After a while, the monks came to the main hall, where they were ranked according to their ranks, waiting for the abbot to speak, they looked at so many Dongchang eunuchs, and they didn't know what was going on, they were all 'handing over' to ask, what was going on.

Seeing that the people were almost coming, they came to us as soon as they could: "Two adults, you are almost here, what do you think next?" ”

"Then let them sit down, you see how many are left, I want to gather all of them here."

I came to those monks again, looked at them, and asked, who else hadn't come.

A monk in his thirties stood up and said, "Abbot, and Wujing, the three of them didn't come. ”

"Go and call them, and none of them will not come."

The monk saw that the abbot dared to be lazy, and hurriedly went to the back to call someone, and after a while, the monk ran back out of breath and said, "Abbot, they are not here, I don't know where they went." ”

"Go find them for me again, and you must get them back."

Chen Jiu and I looked at each other for a while, and we both knew in our hearts that if a monk disappeared, it was a troublemaker.

"Okay, don't look for it, don't leave any of the people here, Ma Da, you take people to watch them, and the rest of the people will be carefully searched for me." Chen Jiu commanded.

"Brother Chen, I see that our manpower is insufficient, you quickly send someone to Shuntian Mansion or the Five Army Ya 'Gate' to ask for help, now it will be dark soon, this depends on us a hundred people can not find the princess, now the temple is the focus, but other places can not be careless, after coming to the Xiangshan first surrounded around." The relationship between me and Chen Jiu is not an ordinary relationship, and the princess doesn't know what the situation is now, so I also added something that Chen Jiu couldn't think of.

"Okay, Brother Lan is right, but it's too far to go back to the city, Chen Jun, you take my brand to the Jingjun, let them send more people over, tell them the truth, and say that the princess is missing in Xiangshan."

After Chen Jiu sent someone to leave, Chen Jiu and I were going out to check on us, and when we saw that we were going out, we came over and asked, "Two adults, it's about to be dinner now, when can you finish?" ”

"Abbot, it is important to find the princess, or your dinner, if the princess has an accident in your temple, I think it is light for the emperor not to demolish your temple, abbot, you have to cooperate with us to find the princess first." I also said to the abbot politely, I always felt that the abbot seemed to know something, but I couldn't confirm it.

"My lord, let's look for the princess first, do you want the old man to accompany you to look for it."

As soon as he followed the two of us to the courtyard, there were almost two hundred houses, Chen Jiu's people were searching everywhere, and the whole temple was full of 'chaos', and he said distressedly: "Two adults, let your people pay attention, it's a mess, we can't clean it up." ”

Neither of us paid attention to him, and neither of us wanted to make a mess, but now that we don't mess up, how can we find the princess. I have been in the Iron Buddha Temple, and I know that ordinary temples have temple secret rooms, and this Yong'an Temple, whether there is a secret room, this is also where I doubt.

Chen Jiu's people searched the whole time, but they didn't find anything, even the few monks who didn't go to the Daxiong Treasure Hall didn't find it, and the entire temple, except for Chen Jiu's people, there were no other idlers.

"Brother Lan, why is there no one here, you see what to do next, whether you go up the mountain to search."

Before I could speak, I said: "Two adults, the old man has long said, how can we 'private' Tibetans in the realm of Buddhism's 'gate', if the two adults can't find anyone today, then tomorrow the old man will go to Shuntianfu to complain, you see that our temple was made by you, there is still a little temple there." ”

"Abbot, in order to find someone, I've made a mess for you, tomorrow we will send someone to fix it for you, I don't know if there is a dark room or something in your temple, and your monks have gone there."

"My lord, this is not appropriate, how can our temple have a dark room, we are a temple on the right track, we don't do dirty things, what do we want to do in the dark room. As for the monks asked by the adults, maybe they have something to do when they go out, this old man has a lot of things, and it is impossible for so many monks to take care of them, my lord is okay now, you should go to the mountains to look for them, so many people haven't eaten yet, you can't rely on them like this. ”

I looked around and didn't find anything unusual, but I always suspected that there was a secret room in this temple, but I couldn't find where it was, and I always felt wrong when I saw the abbot urging us to leave.

"In this way, abbot, you go to the Daxiong Treasure Hall to appease the monks, let's take a look, if we can't find the princess today, we won't leave your temple."

After leaving, Chen Jiu asked me: "Brother, what should I do if I can't find this, it's about to get dark, and there is no news from your family members." ”

"Brother Chen, let's search carefully, think about the princess's physique, can you go up the mountain, I still suspect that the princess is in the temple, but we haven't found it."

Chen Jiu arranged for people to search one by one, and paid special attention to whether there was a dark room. In addition to the Daxiong Treasure Hall, Chen Jiu's people searched again, but they still didn't find a dark room, and Chen Jiu's people gathered around Chen Jiu and waited for Chen Jiu to give an order.

At this time, Chen Jiu also had no idea, looked at me and asked: "Brother Lan, now what do you say we should do, the princess is sure to come to Xiangshan, but we don't know where it is, and the people who went up the mountain to look for it have not returned, and they don't know what the situation is, and now the search in the temple is over." ”

"Brother Chen, whether we can find the princess or not today, we are waiting to determine this temple, and the people of the Beijing army will come over in a while, and we will also find a place to be the headquarters, I think this place is suitable." It's just that these monks have to be controlled, and they can't be allowed to go out, and the Daxiong Treasure Hall hasn't been seen yet, so in order not to alarm them, let's go and have a look, especially behind the Buddha statue, to see if there is a mechanism or something. ”

Chen Jiu arranged the people, and the two of us came to the Daxiong Treasure Hall again, and the monks in the hall were all chanting there, standing there as empty, looking around, seeing us come in and asking, "Two adults, how is it, now that your search is over, it's time for us to prepare a meal." ”

"Okay, you send a few people to cook, I will send someone to follow, and the rest don't leave here, I can't find the princess today, and no one can leave." Chen Jiu really can't see it, and he can't say that he can't let his family eat, so he has to come up with a compromise strategy.

Chen Jiu and I looked inside the Daxiong Treasure Hall, the statue of the Daxiong Hall can be divided into three parts: one is the main Buddha statue in the middle of the main hall, the second is the eighteen Arhats on both sides of the main hall, and the third is the three major scholars or island Guanyin statues behind the Buddha altar in the center. Buddhist temples in different places are not exactly the same. The one here is set up according to the form, unlike the Iron Buddha Temple, where there is only a squat Iron Buddha in the middle.

I turned to the back of the Buddha statue, under the coffin, and didn't find any secret channels or anything like that, Chen Jiu also looked around, and didn't find anything abnormal, walked up to me and whispered: "Brother Lan, there's nothing suspicious, what now?" ”

I came to the front of the Buddha, picked up three incense sticks and lit them, 'inserted' them into the incense burner, knelt on the futon, kowtowed three times, just when I kowtowed, I lowered my head, and accidentally saw the emptiness from the gap between my arms, and looked into the courtyard, and after I stood up, I also looked at the courtyard, in addition to a few trees in the yard, there were many that had withered because of the winter. Outside the flowers, there is a rockery, and there is a pavilion on the rockery.

The rockery is made of Taihu Lake stones, and when you look at it from a distance, there are all kinds of patterns, some like immortals pointing the way, some like monkeys watching the sea, and some like elephants drinking water. I pretended to appreciate it and said to the sky: "Abbot, your rockery is in good shape, is it piled up with stones from Taihu Lake?" ”

"My lord, I have a vision, it is the Taihu Lake stone pile, this is when the Yong'an Temple was rebuilt, a southern merchant donated to build, if you are interested, you can come to play in the summer." It's natural to speak in the air, but the 'look' is still unnatural.

"Okay, thank you Abbot first." I walked out of the main hall as I spoke, walked to the rockery, and watched me walk towards the rockery outside, and then followed, Chen Jiudang didn't know what I was doing when I went out, but then I followed to the rockery.

"Sir, wait, where are you going?" Walk two steps as quickly as you can, and follow me asked.

"Abbot, I think your rockery is good, the official will go over and take a look."

"My lord, the old man is with you, and I will also tell you the allusion to this rockery."

I paused slightly, and before I could answer him, I felt that the emptiness was not to deal with, only to see that the emptiness, and swung my fist into my 'chest', I turned on one side, and I could avoid it, but I still felt a sharp pain, it turned out that the empty hand was not empty-handed, and I was still holding a dagger in my hand, and it was the side blade of the dagger that scratched me, although it did not hurt my vital point, but it was also very painful.

I didn't stab me as much as I could, and then stabbed forward, I have a guard now, and I will let him stab there, endure the severe pain in my body, and fight with him, Chen Jiu, who followed behind, didn't react at first, until the two of us fought together, I didn't know that this was fighting with me, and at this time Chen Jiu also realized that these monks were not good things.

Chen Jiu shouted to the Dongchang eunuch in the courtyard: "Go and control the monks inside, whoever dares to kill them." ”

The eunuchs of the East Factory in the courtyard heard Chen Jiu's shouts and rushed to the main hall, but the monks inside saw that I was fighting with the sky, and they would be caught there, and the eunuchs of the East Factory who followed up were entangled together.