210 Spirit boy points the way, up

The child guarding the gate of the courtyard saw Xue Yan and the others from a distance, so he quickly went in to report.

And when Xue Yan saw this, he also knew that the next step was not the time to dwell on those messy things. He put aside all his thoughts about the Lin family, and wanted to go back and study it.

After he collected his thoughts, the man also stood in front of the courtyard gate. It happened that a monk in his early twenties also walked out with the child who had been announced.

——The young monk's Dharma name is Yuanjing, and he is Huiyuan's apprentice, and he was the one who bears the title of "Little Uncle" before Xue Yan enters.

Yuan Jing looks ordinary, and his overall temperament gives people a clean and peaceful feeling, but he looks very serious when he doesn't smile, so the children in the temple, except for Xue Yan, are a little afraid of this.

Sure enough, as soon as Yuan Jing appeared, Xiao Shami immediately stood up straight, his eyes stopped looking around, and he called out "Uncle Shi" even louder, looking like a good child.

Xue Yan snickered in his heart, but his face did not show half a point, he followed and saluted: "Senior brother." ”

Yuan Jing returned the salute, called "Little Senior Brother" to Xue Yan, then turned to look at Xiao Shami, and said, "What about you?

The little novice who was named was visibly stiffened all over his body. But this is because of an unexpected situation, not because someone is negligent in their duties, so after a pause, Xiao Shami described what he saw and heard on the back mountain road in the most concise language like pouring beans from a bamboo tube.

After hearing this, Yuan Jing's expression was unnatural for a moment, but it quickly disappeared. He didn't say anything, just nodded to the little novice, indicating that he understood.

Seeing this, the little novice breathed a sigh of relief. He raised his eyes again and peeked at Yuan Jing, and when he saw that there was nothing wrong, he said, "Then, Uncle Shi...... I'm going to get on with things?"

- The so-called "doing things" is actually what Fang just told Xue Yan to gossip, oh no, to find out the situation.

Yuan Jing raised his hand and stopped: "Don't be busy, wait here." I have something to tell you later. ”

When Xue Yan heard this, he immediately thought that Yuan Jing knew about his plan with Xiao Shami, so he deliberately stopped it. When I reacted, it was clear -

Actually, it's for him.

As I said just now, in the name of "sending children", there are always married women who come to see Xue Yan when they hear the news.

Although the number of people called the "child delivery process" has been cut by half, there are still a lot of remains.

As a local temple in Yangzhou with a long history and a great reputation, Daming Temple naturally has no pears to entertain this female guest.

But the problem is that Xue Yan thinks that Yali Mountain is big: every day is either receiving guests, or on the way to the guest's location, nothing else can be done...... Who can stand it!!

I want to say that I simply "draw salary from the bottom of the kettle" and don't go to see anyone, but there are always one or two people who give enough reasons to see Xue Yan that it is impossible to refuse...... However, after seeing these two or two, it is not good to "favor one over the other".

Every time Xue Yan came to this time, he especially wanted to "beep" off the initiator who said that he could "send a son......

Cough!

Fortunately he quickly found a "solution": yes, he found that the ladies were enough to see him, and did not matter how long they met.

Moreover, there is a rule that "sincerity can be sent to children", as long as there is not too much disparity in class status or there is any life and death enmity between each other, these ladies can arrange and stay in the same place.

So now the process of Xue Yan going to meet the visiting female guest is generally like this:

First of all, according to the actual situation, Daming Temple arranged the female guests in a courtyard, at most a few rooms; then called Xue Yan over and "walked" again; finally a person could come out and call him away under the pretext of "something".

If there are few people, Xue Yan will chat with the guests a little, but under normal circumstances, the time will not be very long; if there are one or two people who didn't catch up with Xue Yan's "walk" for some reason, then I'm sorry, please be early next time.

- To sum up, what Yuan Jing means is to let Xiao Shami be the one who called Xue Yan away under the pretext.

In fact, this work is also a habit for the little novice. It's just that this kid is now full of things about the back mountain road, and he can't wait to find out the cause and effect immediately, how can he care about anything else?

However, in the end, Yuan Jing "accumulated a lot of power", and in the end, Xiao Shami still had a bitter face and obediently responded.

Xue Yan saw it, and didn't say much, just gave Xiao Shami a reassuring look, signaling that he would not let him wait for a long time-you must know that at this time, there is only one Mrs. Mai, and at most one Jia Min, it will not take too much time-and then he listened to Yuan Jing say:

"Alright, junior brother, let me in. ”

When the words fell, Yuan Jing ignored Xue Yan, turned around and left. Xue Yan patted Xiao Shami's shoulder and quickly chased after him.

Along the way, neither of them spoke.

Xue Yan knew this reason: cough, he and this Senior Brother Yuanjing are actually not very familiar with each other.

— or rather, don't dare to be too familiar.

Don't look at the disciples who are also Huiyuan, the other senior brothers are familiar with each other, it really doesn't matter, but Yuanjing is not suitable for being too close.

Because Yuan Jing holds the position of "mantle waiter".

Generally, the abbot of a large temple has a special office around him, called "Mantle Liao", and there are also those called "Abbot Hall".

The mantle waiter is one of the positions, and its main work is to send and receive letters, draft documents, and receive visitors. It is very similar to the modern secretary of the president.

That is to say, Yuan Jing is the direct assistant of Abbot Huiyuan, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a confidant.

If Xue Yan rushed to get close to someone...... Why don't others think about it?!

- By the way, the dignified abbot's assistant, why did he have to come out to greet Xue Yan in person?

This is definitely not because Xue Yan is arguing that he is a spirit boy and is putting up a shelf there, but, cough, Huiyuan is entertaining female guests, and Yuan Jing is not good to stay inside.

Yes, it's avoiding suspicion.

In fact, as far as Xue Yan knew, the Dashun Dynasty did not have particularly strict restrictions on outsiders like monks in terms of etiquette. In short, under normal circumstances, young monks such as Yuan Jing would consciously take the initiative to avoid suspicion.

Therefore, Yuan Jing, who couldn't be in the house and had nothing to do, had to "run errands".

Of course, there is also the meaning that Huiyuan values Xue Yan.

- Therefore, although Xue Yan and Yuan Jing have met quite a lot, the relationship between the two has always been lukewarm and tepid.

However, this does not prevent them from exchanging messages occasionally.

- No, when he reached the middle of the courtyard, Yuan Jing suddenly slowed down. As smart as Xue Yan, he immediately thought that the other party was afraid that he had something to say. He hurriedly looked around without a trace, and when he saw that there was no one around, he walked to the other party's side.

Without waiting for Xue Yan to speak first, Yuan Jing said as if talking to himself:

"Uncle Fang Cai Huihai sent someone over and invited Master to the front...... Now it is Ming Tong's uncle who is receiving pilgrims inside. ”

"......!" Xue Yan heard this, and his heart was immediately shocked.

- It seems that there is a big deal on the mountain road today!

First of all, Hui Hai is Hui Yuan's junior brother who is the person in charge of the guest hall.

This person is in charge of the daily affairs inside and outside the temple, and if it is just ordinary trivial matters, he can completely dispose of them on the spot, and he does not even need to report to the abbot afterwards.

In turn, it shows that there is a big event on the back mountain road that even this person can't hold, and he has no choice but to hurriedly invite Huiyuan to preside over the overall situation!

Secondly.

That Mingtong is one of the only remaining Ming characters, and now he is nearly seventy years old, and he has long been out of business...... Now he has come out to receive pilgrims!

This shows that all the Hui Zi generations who can manage things now, as well as the Yuan Zi generations who are of the right age and do not need to avoid suspicion, are all too busy to take a break!

- You can imagine how bad the situation is on the back mountain road!

He thought about it again, Yuan Jing had just heard Xiao Shami's description, and he felt that the situation was wrong. I deliberately told him this, probably to see if I could learn anything more from him.

It's a pity that he, like Yuan Jing, doesn't know anything about the details. Helpless, Xue Yan had no choice but to say to Yuan Jing: "...... Senior Brother Xie informed. ”

The implication is that he doesn't know anything better than you.

Maybe it's the mentality of "knowing that you don't know anything like me will make me happy", after Xue Yan finished speaking, he seemed to see a smile flash in Yuan Jing's eyes.

Xue Yan: ...... This cliff is his delusion, right?

However, this made his already stupid curiosity even more pressed, and he couldn't stop it!

After thinking about it, Xue Yan deliberately lowered his voice and asked:

"Senior brother, it's ...... inside What are the Tanyue?"

Yuan Jing glanced at Xue Yan, but did not hide it, and replied very happily.

Xue Yan heard it: Well, Yangzhou Governor Mai's, this was within his expectations, but the little girl next to Mai's ...... Who is this?

In view of the fact that the "Yangzhou case" was too huge, Xue Yan was not only the Lin family, but all those who had something to do with this case were not let go, and they all asked people to investigate the bottom of the day.

This naturally includes the Yangzhou prefect's family.

Therefore, Xue Yan knew that this Mai prefect's family did not have a daughter, and the eldest daughter was not much older than him. Besides, there's no reason to bring your daughter over!

...... Yes, among the rescued children, there is a little girl who was not abducted by the kidnappers locally, so she has not found her relatives yet. He had heard that Mrs. Mai had brought people home and raised them......

- Not to mention, at least Xue Yan now knows what excuse Mrs. Prefect used to come to Daming Temple with Jia Min. 166 Reading Network