Xie Mulin hurriedly glanced around, making sure that Old Lady Xie and Xie Yingrong had left the table, and only took a pearl with them, and did not bring anyone else to wait.

Although Mrs. Xie said before that she was going to change her clothes, in such a strange place, Xie Yinghui and Xie Yingrong both brought enough girls and mothers-in-law, why did she only bring one pearl?

Moreover, Xie Mulin was so close to them, even if he listened attentively to the play for a while, it was impossible for him to be unaware of the slightly larger movement at the next table. They couldn't have left so quietly unintentionally, otherwise it would not have been possible to make no sound at all.

Xie Mulin subconsciously felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly walked to Wen's side and asked in a whisper, "Mother, where did the old lady and the third sister go?" ”

"I said I went to change clothes." Wen withdrew his attention from the stage, but was still a little careless, "Do you eat vegetarian snacks?" The dim sum at this Taoist temple is good, and the tea is good. ”

Where is Xie Mulin in the mood for dim sum now? However, she had no reason to make a fuss about other people's toilets, so she had to return to her position and whispered to Li'er to tell her to quietly go to the changing place to find Mrs. Xie and Xie Yingrong. If they really don't make any changes, they will be happy, but if there is anything unusual, they must come back and report it to themselves immediately.

Li'er was very happy to watch the play, and after receiving this order, some of the second monks were confused. But she was a very faithful girl, and when the girl told her, she would go to work honestly, and at once she went downstairs quietly.

It wasn't long before she ran back again, her face still a little confused. She reported to Xie Mulin that she did not find the old lady Xie and her grandchildren, and asked the little Taoist priest who swept the floor, knowing that they were not going in the direction of the changing place, but going the other way.

Xie Mulin knew what to expect, so he went to ask the Wen family for instructions, saying that he would go to find Mrs. Xie and Xie Yingrong to come back.

Although Wen was also surprised that Mrs. Xie and Mrs. Xie were inconsistent, she was even more puzzled by her daughter's approach: "Maybe the old lady just went to go shopping elsewhere?" What are you doing with Tete? Today is the Zhao family in this Taoist temple Jiao, except for the guests of the Zhao family, there are no idle people in the temple. The old lady will be fine wherever she goes, you make too much fuss, and the old lady will say that you are not the same. On the big thing, we don't give an inch, a little thing, you still coax some of her old people's good, why bother to make her angry? ”

Xie Mulin said: "I'm just going to look for it and find out if the third sister has instigated the old lady to do something stupid." You can also understand what the old lady said, her old man is here specifically for the Zhao family's daughters today, and she clearly wants to befriend the Zhao family. But the temperament of the old lady is a person who can do such a thing? Don't make good friends, but offend people. If the third sister was smart, she shouldn't have persuaded the old lady to do such a thing. Even the big sister is quietly watching the show, what does she do with that heart? ”

Wen hesitated. She felt that there seemed to be some truth in her daughter's words.

Xie Mulin said again: "I'm going, even if I meet an old lady, I will have something to prevaricate her." For example, our family came over today, nominally to come to see the play, but they came uninvited, just to watch the play, and didn't even bow down to Sanqing, which is too much to say. I thought it was sent by my mother to remind the old lady, even if the old lady only went to the main hall to take a turn and go through the motions, so that the Zhao family could know and talk. ”

Wen Shi hurriedly said: "This is the right reason, let me go, I should also go and worship Sanqing." ”

Xie Mulin persuaded her: "As soon as you leave, there will only be a few of us children left here, and no one will take care of anything else, so let me go." When the old lady comes back, you can take the other brothers and sisters with you, and you will do your best, and it will be the same. ”

Wen didn't say anything more, and Xie Mulin quickly led Li'er downstairs.

They went out of the courtyard gate, figured out the direction, and ran in the direction that the little Taoist priest said before, Old Lady Xie and Xie Yingrong left. Along the way, they passed by several Taoist palace buildings, as well as some pools, pavilions, stele forests, small gardens and other places, but they never saw Mrs. Xie and them.

At this time, Zi Li'er also noticed that something was wrong, and her face was a little scared: "Girl, where did the old lady and the third girl go?" Why haven't you found it for a long time? ”

Xie Mulin thought for a while: "This is just the western half of the Taoist temple, we haven't looked for the eastern half yet, and we haven't seen the several halls on the main road, maybe they went to worship the gods and burn incense?" ”

Li'er said: "Although I only glanced at the changing place a few times, but from a distance, I am afraid that there are more people in the east than in the west. There are mostly Taoist priests here, and there should be a lot of outsiders over there. ”

Xie Mulin was very calm: "What does it matter if there are many people? We are worshipping God and praying for blessings, who can pick out if it is not? There is a backer behind this Taoist temple, and today is the home of the Zhao family, and there are no idle people, etc., we can rest assured that we can wander around, and it would be good to ask the Taoist priest if there is something. Be generous, don't make people suspicious. ”

Li'er suddenly raised her head and puffed up her chest, trying to put on a reasonable posture.

Xie Mulin took her like this, and walked all the way to the middle and east roads, and when he met the hall along the way, he went in to burn incense, pray for a blessing, and asked for a sign and a charm, and asked for a Taoist priest by the way, and sure enough, he found the traces of Mrs. Xie and Xie Yingrong. They should have passed through the aisle on the side of the Wenchang Palace, went around to the Jade Emperor Hall at the back, and then met a Zhao family wife who went to the Niangniang Hall to worship in front of the door.

Xie Mulin passed by the Wenchang Palace, and did not find the side aisle, but walked straight to the west until they saw the wall of the Taoist temple, no wonder they missed the old lady Xie and the grandchildren.

With the guidance in hand, Shemulin has the next count. She took Li'er and continued to look for it from hall to hall until she found a group of people in front of her in front of the temple. Look at the woman in Chinese clothes who is the leader, it seems to be one of the ladies of the Zhao family she has just seen during the banquet of the Zhao family.

However, there was no Old Lady Xie and Xie Yingrong around this group of people, and I didn't know if they were separated from this group of people, or if this group of people were not the ones who were on the same road with them at all.

At this time, Li'er plucked up her courage and stepped forward, looking for a rough envoy behind the group of people, stuffing a small red envelope into the past, and finally inquired that they had indeed met the mother and daughter of Xie Pu, the political envoy of Beiping, but their wives needed to pray quietly in front of the gods for a while, and it was inconvenient for outsiders to be there, so they separated from them. At that time, the woman saw that they had turned into the east aisle, probably going back to the opera garden, right?

As soon as Xie Mulin heard this, he knew that Mrs. Xie's plan to befriend the Zhao family's daughters had been frustrated. When did her old man ever flatter and please others? I guess I don't even know when I said the wrong thing, right? This Mrs. Zhao only brought a few maids-in-law, and there were no other ladies of the Zhao family with her, so it can be seen that she wanted to pay homage in private. The ancestors and grandchildren of the Xie family are just outsiders, even if they meet by chance on the road, it will be annoying if they stick too tightly.

Xie Mulin was not verbose, when Mrs. Zhao turned her head to look over, showing an expression that seemed to be smiling, she simply bowed to the other party from a distance, and then turned around and left.

She turned from the northeast of the Taoist temple to the passage to the south, and saw that not far ahead, it should be the small garden next to the dressing place that Xie Yinghui and Li'er had seen, but a person turned out from behind the bamboo hut in the small garden and almost didn't bump into her.

Xie Mulin immediately stopped his steps, looked up, and couldn't help but be stunned.

That person was actually Xiao Rui, the second son of Xiao who had not been seen for many days. How did he end up here?