Chapter 13 Chapter Thirteen

In the guest room in the backyard, Lieutenant General Wang Qian unbuttoned his jacket, saw that the wound on the shoulder blade had scabbed, moved his arm, turned to Di Renjie who was sitting beside him, and said, "Master Di, the last general's injury has healed. diagnosis and treatment." "Hehe, it's because Vice General Wang has a strong body, so the wound can heal faster." Di Renjie smiled. Seeing Wang Qian turn around and put on his clothes, he raised his eyes to look at Li Yuanfang beside him, and saw Li Yuanfang nodded slightly, A look of affirmation appeared in his eyes.

Di Renjie understood, and changed the subject: "Vice General Wang, General Yang has been missing for a few days, and I have already appeared in the court. Now that Vice General Wang's injuries are not serious, why not go back to Chang'an with all the soldiers to return to Chang'an, and General Yang will leave me alone." Will continue to investigate." Wang Qian's face darkened, and he said: "There is still no news about General Yang, which is really worrying. I will think about the events of that day at the end of the past few days, and I always feel a little strange."

"Oh?" Di Renjie said. "I remember sending the princess and my relatives all the way without incident, until someone asked to see the general that day and presented Princess Wencheng's old thing-a statue of Tara Buddha." Wang Qian recalled. "Vice General Wang also knows about the Buddha statue?" Wang Qian nodded and said, "That's right. When that person claimed to be the son of Princess Wencheng's wet nurse and presented the Buddha statue of Green Tara, the last general was also present. Afterwards, the general put away the statue himself and hurried to see the princess."

"You mean, when the nurse's son asked to see the general, you were still on the way to send the princess to Tibet, not the way back?" Di Renjie asked slowly. Wang Qian seemed to feel that he had made a slip of the tongue. He lowered his head and thought for a while, then said: "Exactly, it has not yet arrived at the place where we agreed with Tubo to welcome the bride." Then he looked up at Di Renjie, and said: "At that time, the general I don’t know if it’s appropriate to say it.” Di Renjie smiled slightly, and said, "Go ahead." "Yes, at that time, the general reported something to the general and entered the inner courtyard of the post house, but he heard the general's voice coming from the room where the princess was staying. Give the prince a helping hand, and implore the princess to help you." It seems to hear the princess whispering, "It's just you and me now, don't need to call me like that, I promise you." And said, "After the matter is done, you are really willing to give up Fame, accompany me to forget each other in the rivers and lakes?" The final general was taken aback, dared not listen any more, and quietly left the courtyard.

Afterwards, I sent the princess all the way to the place where we were going to welcome her. The general ordered me to wait for the return journey, but instead of going the same way, I rushed to Ningzhou day and night, and something happened that night—after thinking about it carefully, the general seemed to be due to The Buddha statue rises. ——Since the general disappeared, I don’t know the whereabouts of the Buddha statue. If I leave for Chang’an at the end, I wonder if I should report the Buddha statue to the court? " "I was about to discuss this matter with Deputy General Wang. General Yang arrived in Ningzhou City that day, and he came to meet the governor's mansion. He left a gilded green bronze statue of Tara at my place. At that time, we met in a hurry. General Yang It is only said that the Buddha statue was brought to Tubo by Princess Wencheng, and now he is still entrusting him to take it back to Chang'an. On the way back, someone suspected that someone was going to steal the Buddha statue, so I asked me to help crack it. General, I found you injured and lying on the side of the road." Di Renjie stroked his beard and said solemnly: "There is no news from General Yang, so the Tara Buddha statue should be sent back to Chang'an by Vice General Wang, and the origin of the Buddha statue should be reported to the court. Consolation Princess Wencheng misses her homeland."

Hearing this, Wang Qian seemed to be faintly relieved, his face was full of respect: "The last general will obey the orders of the adults." For a while, he ordered Di Chun to fetch the Buddha statue, which was still in a wooden box. When Wang Qian opened it, he saw that the Buddha statue was shining brightly. , One side is still carefully put back and picked up. At the moment, Wang Qian and Di Renjie bid farewell first, and went to the posthouse to prepare with everyone. In the study, Di Renjie and Li Yuanfang looked at each other and smiled. Di Renjie said: "Based on today's situation, if Wang Qian is the man in the black cloak that you saw in the villa, if you look at the Buddha statue carefully, you will know that the important thing mentioned at that time is under the Buddha statue. "

"It's just that he didn't expect it to be so easy. Your lord's favor is beyond his expectation." Li Yuanfang laughed. Di Renjie said: "According to what you heard that day, he stayed in the mansion just to get this thing, but he didn't do it for a long time. Presumably, he just learned the exact hiding place of the thing. Could it be that the 'promised person' has appeared, because of some kind of The reason why you can’t come to pick it up, but was Wang Qian informed of the location of the hidden object?” Li Yuanfang said: "My lord, there is a feeling of inferiority. Could Linyue have something to do with it? Or is Linyue the 'promised person'?"

"Only based on Linyue's claimed relationship with Yang Ju, and her failure to return to the inn last night, it is impossible to make a judgment." Di Renjie pondered slightly. Li Yuanfang said with a smile: "Speaking of which, it was Ayu who mentioned Linyue today, and I think the little girl is still very dissatisfied with what happened that day." Just as he was talking, Ayu came in with a few books from outside the door, and said, "Brother Li is talking about me again." He put the books back on the shelf. Di Renjie laughed and said, "It turns out that Ah Yu has learned a lot recently."

Ayu turned her head and cast a sideways glance at Li Yuanfang, and said, "That's natural, I'm not like that Linyue, who only pretends to be a relative of the general, and acts sneakily." Then she said to Di Renjie: "Today, Brother Li and I will go to the inn to see She, Xiao Er said that she hid in the room all day long and didn't go out except to eat. When I went to see her again this morning, she was not in the room, and all the clothes she brought with her were gone. She must have deliberately escaped from the room, Xiao Er. Second, we heard that we met her, so we forced Brother Li to pay for her." Ayu laughed again.

Di Renjie imagined how Li Yuanfang was caught by the second child, and there was a smile in his eyes.After pondering for a moment, he looked at Li Yuanfang and said, "Yuanfang, today you and I gave Wang Qian a nice gift, and he will definitely go back immediately to claim credit. You and Di Chun will go and get the troops right away." "Tonight, let him catch the thief and take the stolen goods." Di Renjie said with a slight smile. Ah Yu listened, but was very excited, pulled Di Renjie's sleeve and said: "My lord, Brother Li, Yu'er is going too!" Li Yuanfang was about to go down to get ready, when she heard this, she hurriedly turned her head and said, "You are messing around again, and you were so frightened that you cried for a while, what should you do?"

But Ayu just looked at Di Renjie with his eyes, talking non-stop, Di Renjie couldn't be bothered by her, so he could only smile and said: "Forget it, you just have to be careful by your brother Li's side, don't cry." Li Yuanfang had no choice but to shake her head and went to find Di Chun.