Xuyun did not refuse.

He didn't notice anything wrong with this, after all, the transition from being hungry and begging for food to eating and wanting to see the vegetable patch was very natural. The bloody storm that this backmountain once attracted is now just an old thing in a pile of old papers, and if it is not mentioned, those who knew it back then will rarely think about it again.

The group walked to the back mountain of Donglin Temple, no matter what, Bai Ling was a guest who came on behalf of the concubine, Xuyun had been rude to hang her in the tea room for a long time for no reason, and at this time she proposed to go to the back mountain to see the vegetable field, which happened to be an opportunity to make up for the favor.

"Houshan is the treasure land of my temple," along the way, Xuyun introduced, "not only reclaimed the vegetable field, but also planted more than a dozen acres of walnut trees, every summer can harvest a batch of fresh walnuts, a quarter of them are used to make nut preserves, three-quarters are used to extract oil, and when the walnuts are ripe this year, they will also send a copy to Bai Si Yao's family." ”

"No need." Bai Yi had already replied first, "We don't like to eat walnuts very much, more than a dozen acres is not much, the master should leave these walnuts for those who like to enjoy." ”

Xuyun smiled, not minding.

From the back gate of Donglin Temple to the large vegetable fields in the back mountain, there are also some narrow terraced fields dotted around, and it is the time when the farming is busy, and Bai Ling saw some farmers working on the terraces.

"Who are these people?" Bai Ling asked with some curiosity.

"It is the people who have lost their fields in Beijing," replied Xuyun, "and it is also because they are pitiful, so he rents some land here and in the back mountains for them to cultivate, and it is better to have a mouthful of grain than to starve to death." ”

"Why did these peasants lose their fields?"

Xuyun didn't answer immediately, but the young monk on the side immediately replied, "Of course, because the surrounding gentry have annexed the land of these peasants, the cultivators have no land, so they can only go to the city to earn a living. ”

"The court doesn't care about this kind of thing, but the temple wants to take care of it?"

Xuyun smiled and replied in an extremely compassionate tone, "If you can manage one, then you can manage one." ”

After going down the terraced rice fields, you start to climb again, and the road between the mountains is very smooth, so it doesn't take much effort.

Compared with the hill where Donglin Temple is located, the back mountain of Donglin Temple is actually more suitable to be said to be a low hillside. In addition to the connected walnut forest, there are also more than a dozen peach and pear trees planted along the edge.

Further south, the terrain is more flat, and as far as the eye can see, there are green paddy fields that are connected together, ploughing oxen and monks in monk's robes like slow-moving ants, and occasionally startling one or two egrets in the fields.

"This area was originally a wasteland, and it was the previous presiding officer who led the monks to jointly reclaim the situation." Xuyun said slowly, "Yesterday there was a fire in the temple, and the manpower is probably insufficient, so it is estimated that we will have to ask nearby farmers to help this year." ”

Bai Ling could hear every word clearly.

Xuyun said it lightly, and did not mention the matter of the Fang family at all, and the statements on both sides were completely incorrect.

Bai Ling looked into the distance, thought for a while, and suddenly said, "Is this kind of unwarranted disaster really catching people off guard, is it the first time that the temple has been fired?" ”

Xuyun didn't answer immediately, but the young monk on the side opened his mouth again, "Bai Siyao is not a native of the capital. ”

"Not really." Bai Ling replied, "My family just moved to the capital about five years ago. ”

"Five years ago?" The young monk frowned and said, "Then you should have heard about it, the arson case of Donglin Temple four years ago"

"Hongyan, there is no need to mention the past." Xuyun's expression was indifferent, his hands were folded again, he closed his eyes and sighed to the void Amitabha, and then said in a low voice, "That is also the great catastrophe in my temple." ”

Bai Ling looked curious, "Arson? ”

"The case has been thoroughly investigated and finalized by the Metropolitan Procuratorate," the young monk also folded his hands, and he looked at Bai Ling, "If Bai Siyao is really interested, find Niang Niang to take a look at the case file of the year, and it will be clear." ”

Bai Ling looked at Bai Yi and gently pulled his sleeve, "Brother, do you have any impression of this matter?" ”

Of course, Bai Yi was slightly stunned, because it was what Bai Ling had just finished talking to him today.

But seeing Bai Ling's innocent expression, Bai Yi quickly understood, he cleared his throat, added a lot of oil and vinegar to Qinglian's version of the story, and told it in the tone of "folk rumors".

However, just when it was said that "the Fang family's original evidence was conclusive, but somehow the case was suddenly overturned", Xuyun's eyes had already looked over with a little unfriendliness.

Bai Yi seemed to realize that it was inappropriate to say these words in front of the master, so he hurriedly silenced him, and said to Bai Ling, "I'll talk to you in detail when I go back." ”

Bai Ling bit his lower lip and nodded obediently.

The faces of Xuyun and the accompanying young monks on the side became ugly, Xuyun stopped, there was no previous politeness in his words, and he said coldly, "Why does the donor believe those rumors outside!" ”

"It's me who was abrupt," Bai Yi replied with a twelve-point apology, "Master Xuyun forgives." ”

Even if Bai Yi's attitude is sincere now, it won't help, the sentence "I'll talk to you in detail when I go back" is too lethal, what will he say to Bai Ling when he goes back later? After Bai Ling listened, what would he say in front of the concubine?

What kind of storm will be brought by such a hot figure as Bai Ling in the inner palace, Xuyun doesn't know for the time being, but how can he not understand the truth that the embankment of a thousand miles collapsed in the anthill.

After a moment of silence, Xuyun sighed, shook his head, and said, "Sin, sin." ”

Bai Ling looked at Xuyun, and there was a bit of sympathy and concern in his voice, "What's wrong with the master?" ”

"There is no greed for obstacles, and suffering is karma," Xuyun shook his head and sighed, "The suffering of all living beings probably comes from this." ”

Bai Ling reached out and scratched his head, and replied honestly, "I don't understand very much." ”

The young monk on the side hurriedly said, "Four years ago, the abbot, you haven't been the abbot of our Donglin Temple, and you can't blame you for those things." ”

"There is always a cause and effect in everything, and what comes is cultivation." Xuyun's voice sank, "Back then, the people of the Fang family broke into the mountain gate of Donglin Temple at night and set fire to the mountain, killing and injuring sixteen people in my temple overnight. ”

"Why did the Fang family break into Donglin Temple at night to kill people and set fires," Bai Ling asked, "Since several adults from the Metropolitan Procuratorate have already said that they want to give them justice?"

"This is also a rumor, not credible." Xuyun looked at Bai Ling, "They just found a fake way, thinking that they had opened up the relationship, and they could do whatever they wanted with someone to support them." ”

"Fake doorway?" Bai Yi immediately asked, "But in the rumors, even the level of official and the surname and name of the person have been named, can it still be fake?" ”

"Of course it's fake." Xuyun said with a smile, "If the two donors go to the dossier, they will know that those adults have never seen the Fang family from beginning to end, and the dispute over the orchard in the back mountain is even more unheard of, and the Fang family is too anxious, so they found a few fakes without knowing it." When they knew the truth, in order to vent their anger, they attacked my Donglin Temple at night. ”。