"And ...... What else is there to do? Xia Fengyi asked with a pale face.

"Bury this white cat."

The abbot of Xuanyin said: "Good, good! Lord Meng Shi is kind-hearted, and he will become a great weapon in the future! After a while, the poor monk went back and got the hoe. After that, he carried the iron Zen staff back to the temple, and after a while, he ran back with a hoe.

Lao He said: "Young master, let the old slave come." He took the hoe first, dug a pit next to the three graves, pulled out the carved arrows from the white cat's corpse, buried them in the pit with the cat, and brought in several large stones to press them.

Abbot Xuanyin recited a scripture in a low voice, and the group returned to the temple with lanterns. After sitting in the hall of the Mahavira and talking for a while, it was nearly two days before they dispersed and went back to sleep.

Lao He Tou still slept in the original meditation room, Meng Tianchu, Xia Fengyi, and Feiyan slept in the same room, the two of them slept on the bed, and Meng Tianchu lay on the floor.

As soon as Feiyan remembered what happened just now, her face was hot for a while, and she kept hiding and didn't dare to look directly at Meng Tianchu, and even lowered her head when she talked to Meng Tianchu, her voice was soft. It made Meng Tianchu a little uncomfortable.

Too much had happened in two nights, and now I had settled down, and after a conversation, I fell asleep.

The baby's cry was never heard that night, and the three of them slept soundly.

Not only this night, but since then, the baby's cry has disappeared, and I don't know if it was really because the white cat that screamed like a baby was shot to death, or the white-clothed female ghost that Feiyan saw possessing the white cat, because the white cat died, it turned into light smoke and drifted away, anyway, since then, the ancient temple has never heard a baby crying, and there has been no haunting. The number of monks who came here to practice and place orders gradually increased, and this incense gradually flourished, and later became a famous large temple near and far.

Early the next morning, Meng Tianchu and the others got up to wash, and after saying goodbye to Abbot Xuanyin, they rode on horseback and continued to move forward.

When he arrived at the market town in front, Meng Tianchu now had some money, thinking that Xia Fengyi and the others were women after all, and it was not only hard to ride a horse all the way, but it was not suitable for them to show up, so they hired three carriages, and the four of them took the carriage away.

Without saying anything all the way, this day, I finally came to Hangzhou.

There is heaven above, there is Suzhou and Hangzhou below, Hangzhou has been prosperous since ancient times, and it is the hometown of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River, not only the people are rich, but also there are many people in the wind and riots, and the cultural heritage is quite strong.

As soon as he entered Hangzhou City, Meng Tianchu looked everywhere, there were many commercial banks on both sides of the street, and people came and went on the street very lively. Located in the south of the Yangtze River, the climate is pleasant, compared with the capital long shirt and jacket, to have a different taste.

After asking the route, the four of them drove to the county government of Renhe County.

Hangzhou in the Ming Dynasty was the seat of Zhejiang Province, under the jurisdiction of Hangzhou, Huzhou, Shaoxing and other prefectures. The Hangzhou Prefecture itself is governed by the government, under the jurisdiction of nine counties, of which the two counties of Qiantang and Renhe are governed in the same city as the Hangzhou Prefecture, and the two counties respectively govern a number of fangs, li, corners and townships. It is a bit like the city where the provincial capital is located now, and the three levels of government coexist at the same time in Hangzhou, the top is the Zhejiang Political Envoy, the middle is the Hangzhou prefect, and the bottom is Hangzhou Dongcheng District and Xicheng District, that is, Renhe County and Qiantang County.

The place where Meng Tianchu came to take up the post of criminal master is Renhe County in Dongcheng District, which is east of Hangzhou.

The two carriages walked on the bluestone road and headed for the Yamen of Renhe County.

When I was about to arrive, I heard a lot of people in front of me, as if they were arguing about something. Meng Tianchu lifted the curtain and took a look, only to see that the six doors of Renhe County were crowded with people, and a white-haired old man was arguing with a few catchers. A few young men behind the old man rolled up their sleeves, and the green tendons on their necks were rising, as if they were about to beat people without speculating a word.

Meng Tianchu and their carriage stopped in front of the yamen, and Lao He took the stickers in both hands and squeezed into the crowd, only to find that there was a corpse parked next to the stone lion in front of the yamen, covered with a bed of white cloth, revealing a pair of feet.

Lao He's heart was sudden, he didn't dare to look at it anymore, he walked up the steps of the yamen with the worship sticker, bowed to those few catchers and said, "Our young master is here to pay a visit to the county commander Cai Zhao Cai!" ”

The catchers were arguing with the old man, and they didn't pay attention to it. But a small catcher next to him couldn't interject and was panicking, and he listened to what this old servant said Young Master Meng visited, don't really be any relatives and friends of the county master, if it is delayed, you can't eat and walk. He patted Lao He's shoulder and pointed to a class room inside the door: "The second master of the door is there, please stick it to him." ”

In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the chief seal official generally invited many people to help with things, these people were not slaves, and the main seal official was only a contractual relationship, among them, there was a long entourage who held the county yamen, commonly known as "Menzi". Specially responsible for ushering in and sending to the reception. The person who controls the portal is definitely the intimate Douban of the official of Zhengyin, so the common people generally call them the second master.

Lao He Tou stepped into the official office and came to the door's room. The man was sitting at the door with a bamboo chair, holding a pot of tea and lying on the chair listening to the people at the gate of the yamen arguing.

Lao He stepped forward and said, "Second Master, our Meng Gongzi specially came to visit Lord Cai. It was recommended by the shopkeeper of Suzhou Qin Yiyun Qin. Here's a letter of recommendation. "After that, hand over the worship sticker and Qin Yiyun's letter of recommendation to Meng Tianchu.

Menzi lazily took the sticker, but didn't get up to report. Lao He has been a servant for many years, how could he not know the mystery, took out two copper coins from his arms, and handed them over with both hands.

The man changed his smiling face, put the copper coin in his arms, and went to the inner office with the stickers and letters.

Lao He hurriedly ran to the door of the yamen and gestured to Meng Tianchu, indicating that he had been contacted.

It's just that at this moment, Meng Tianchu's attention has been attracted by the two groups of people arguing in front of the yamen, and he dares to have an argument with the yamen to catch up with the yamen.

Just when Meng Tianchu was listening to it with relish, a few soap subordinates and Minzhuang holding water and fire sticks ran out of the yamen, and scolded: "Kneel down and kneel!" Avoid going both ways! The big man is out! ”

The white-bearded old man and several young men hurriedly stepped down the steps and fell to their knees beside the corpse. The crowd also bowed down and stood with their hands down, and the people who had gathered around the yamen just now to watch the excitement had retreated far across the street.