Ji Qingwen thought about it for a while, and felt that there was no loss in going to Baiyun Temple, so he drank the wontons in front of him, cheered up and asked Li Yuanyin: "Commander Li, you are an old man in the capital, let me ask you, is there a place called Baiyun Temple in the capital?" ”

Li Yuanyin didn't know the cause of the incident, so he was also stunned when he heard Ji Qingwen suddenly mention Baiyun Temple, thought for a while and said, "Yes." In the outer city of Jingshi, it is at the Xibian Gate, next to the Xuanwu Gate. ”

"Okay, then you can take us there." Ji Qingwen got up and was about to leave.

Li Yuanyin said: "Lord Ji, what time is it now, I'm afraid it's not the time to visit the scenery of Beijing, right?" What's more, even if you go, you can't go to Baiyun Temple. ”

"Oh? How do you say that? Ji Qingwen asked, raised his leg and walked in the direction of Xuanwumen.

Li Yuanyin hurriedly followed and introduced the matter of Baiyunguan in detail.

It turns out that Baiyun Temple was specially built by the imperial court in order to support the lineage of Zhang Tianshi in Longhu Mountain, Jiangxi, which can be called the general mountain of Taoism in the world, and it should be the residence of Zhang Tianshi in the past dynasties. However, because the name of Zhang Tianshi of this generation is Zhang Xianyong, who is only in his early tens, and he is still studying Taoism in his hometown Longhu Mountain, he has not yet learned to become a teacher, so he has not settled in Baiyun Temple.

Therefore, now this Baiyun Temple is an empty temple, and only a few eunuchs were sent by the imperial court, and it was only cleaned up and down in a few months, so Li Yuanyin said that the current Baiyun Temple is nothing to look at.

While he was talking, Ji Qingwen and his entourage had come to the front of Baiyun Temple.

Look up and see that this Baiyun Temple is quite grand, the first mountain gate has a height of four or five zhang, and there is a stone lion on both sides that is two people high, and the town guard is very magnificent.

Passing through the mountain gate, there are buildings such as the Lingguan Palace, the Jade Emperor Palace, and the Old Law Hall. These buildings are equally grandiose and only slightly smaller than the palaces in the Forbidden City. However, it is very dilapidated, not to mention that the red flags on the walls and pillars are mottled and faded, and even many window papers are torn and they don't bother to replace them.

So Li Yuanyin said again: "Look, my lord, this is Baiyun Temple." If Zhang Tianshi was here, there would still be an endless stream of people asking for fortune telling, and now that Zhang Tianshi is not there, it would be no different from the empty view......"

Ji Qingwen didn't pay attention to him, and continued to lead everyone to the depths of the White Cloud Temple.

Bypassing the Qiu Zu Palace, Sanqing Pavilion, and passing through a stone gate, I finally came to the backyard of Baiyun Temple. But I saw that this place was extremely dilapidated, and the courtyard was overgrown with weeds, as if no one had ever taken care of half of it.

Walking along the path of the garden, which had been almost submerged with dead grass, there were several large bungalows, which were very rudimentary, but the front of the door was quite neatly clean, and the window paper was not damaged, as if there were people living in them.

So Ji Qingwen shouted loudly: "Hey, come on, is there anyone here who can still breathe?" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a coughing sound like a broken gong in a room, and after coughing for a while, he heard someone say, "Who? Why is it so polite to speak? ”

Then he saw an old man push the door out of the house.

With cloudy eyes, he looked Ji Qingwen and the others up and down, saw clearly the five-grade official robe worn by Ji Qingwen, and saw the flying fish suit on Li Yuanyin's body, and then said: "It turned out that a few adults came, and they lost their welcome and missed their welcome." I don't know where I need to use a minion? ”

Ji Qingwen saw that he was so old, but he didn't have a beard under his chin, and his voice was twisted and pinched, and he had already guessed his identity, so he asked knowingly: "I said, are you the eunuch who guards Baiyun Temple?" ”

The old eunuch bowed down and said, "The slave has been guarding here for more than forty years, and he has served three Zhang Tianshi!" I wonder what the adults commanded? ”

What are the commands? You don't have to tell him that I brought someone to hunt for treasure, right?

So Ji Qingwen had an idea and said, "This ...... That one...... You also know that the Manchurian Tatars outside the city are fierce, and martial law inside and outside the capital division. This official was ordered to carry out safety inspections on you here to eliminate fire safety and production safety hazards, do you understand? ”

In later generations, whenever there was a major event, the police station and the property company would always carry out safety inspections on Ji Qingwen's company, and these words were learned by Ji Qingwen at that time.

The old eunuch had never heard such words, and he had already been confused by Ji Qingwen, so he hurriedly asked: "The slave has never read a book, so I don't understand what the adults are talking about......

"It's nothing, just walk around in the Baiyun Temple to see if there is a fire source, whether there are dilapidated houses and the like......"

Halfway through Ji Qingwen's words, Li Yan interjected: "I also want to see if there are Manchurian spies!" ”

When the old eunuch heard the word "spy", he immediately panicked, and quickly explained: "No, no, definitely not." My lord, look at me here, originally ten eunuchs in the palace came to clean and tidy up. But these monkey cubs saw that the place was big, there were many things, and there was little oil and water, so they fished for three days and dried their nets for two days. I am alone in this Baiyun Temple, where did I come from? Adults, please be aware of it! ”

Ji Qingwen saw that he was in a hurry, so he simply added fuel to the fire and said: "Look at your weak heart, I think you are trying to cover up, I can't believe your words." Let's go, you take us around. ”

The old eunuch immediately agreed, "Yes, yes. It's just that the Baiyun Temple is too big, I don't know where to start? ”

"Look at the backyard first." Ji Qingwen replied without hesitation.

Of course, I looked at the backyard first, what Xu Chunchao said was that if you were short of money, you would go to the "backyard" of Baiyunguan to dig three feet into the ground.

So under the leadership of the old eunuch, Ji Qingwen and his entourage groped up and down in the backyard, especially the ground in the backyard was carefully searched, specifically looking for those with traces of turning, and always pulled twice with their hands to see if there was anything abnormal.

After searching for tea like this, Li Yuanyin found a large area of soil that seemed to be newly buried under a plane tree.

So Ji Qingwen asked Huang Degong and Xiao Duozi to do it, looking for tools to dig down in the Baiyun Temple.

The old eunuch was old and his brain was not clear, and when he saw this scene, he thought that Ji Qingwen was looking for a Manchurian spy hidden underground, so he quickly explained: "Don't be busy, my lord, this is a few eunuchs in the palace who came to dig it a few days ago, saying that the terrain here is low and a few sewers need to be dug." At the beginning, the scene was very big, digging day and night, and no one was allowed to watch, and after digging for three or two days, suddenly it was said that there were not enough people, and it was over. When I saw that they were digging in a mess, I entangled them and let them go until they had filled them up again. ”

Ji Qingwen's eyes lit up when he heard this-he knew that there must be something strange here.

So he asked Huang Degong and Xiao Duozi to work harder and continue to dig down.

Unexpectedly, not to mention digging three feet into the ground, digging until it was less than ten feet, there was nothing abnormal - except for the soil and sand under the ground, not to mention silver, not to mention a single brick.

Ji Qingwen wondered: in his impression, Jinyi Wei Xu Chunchao is not a person who talks nonsense, and there are indeed traces of reaction on the ground of this Baiyun Temple, and every clue points to the abnormality here - but after digging for such an old day, there is no result at all, which is a bit unreasonable.

At this moment, Li Yuanyin gently patted Ji Qingwen's shoulder and asked in a low voice, "My lord, you are in such a hurry to come to Baiyun Temple to find something, right?" ”

When Ji Qingwen was depressed, when he heard him ask, he immediately replied: "Nonsense, you are a Jinyi guard commander, one of the best spies in the court, and you are an expert in finding people and things. Lao Tzu sent someone to dig here for a long time, and you have been watching it for a long time, and you still ask me this question? ”

Li Yuanyin said: "Since you are looking for something, then you might as well go to the two rooms over there to take a look." ”

As he spoke, he raised his hand and pointed behind him.

Ji Qingwen looked in the direction of his finger, but it was a large room, the door was closed, and there was a lock on the door.

The old eunuch on the side heard their conversation and hurriedly said: "Two adults, that is the treasury of Baiyun Temple, and there are all damaged incense burners, incense cases, god statues and other objects in it, and there will never be Manchurian Tartar spies hiding in it." ”

Li Yuanyin grinned: "Let me ask you, when did you build this warehouse?" And how could there be this new lock? ”