The teahouse and the West Guest House are not places that ordinary monks can approach on weekdays.

At the beginning of the establishment of Donglin Temple, there were often dignitaries and dignitaries who meditated with the masters here, which was as long as half a month and as short as three or two days. Because most of these people settled in the West Guest House, the courtyard of the West Guest House became larger and larger, and there were more and more furnishings and living rooms in it.

Later, Donglin Temple opened a new tea room in a secluded place in the south of the temple, which was specially used for those nobles who went up to the mountain to learn Buddhism, but did not stay overnight.

These places do not look more opulent than the others, and even look more modest, but there are many utensils in them, which were left by the nobles so that they can be used at any time when they come later, and most of them have some powerful origins.

In the Jianxi Dynasty, Xiao Shami, who had been cleaning the West Guest House, accidentally broke a pottery cup that did not look good when he was working, so he went down the mountain to find a pottery cup that looked similar and rematched it, but the nobleman saw at a glance that his cup had been replaced, and immediately thundered, saying that the cup was bought by him after several twists and turns, and it was a holy relic used by the monk Jianzhen Master four or five hundred years ago when he was traveling and preaching. Only then did everyone realize that it mattered.

Since then, this kind of chores have not been done by the novices of the temple, but because many nobles like these young and innocent children, the temple arranges for them to chant in the morning.

Now that there is a fire in the temple, the morning recitation of the little novices has been canceled, and there is no one in the tea room, only the monks who occasionally carry the burned stones and wooden stakes to pass by, Zeng Jiuyan walked in front and led the partners behind him to carefully avoid it.

"Look." Zhang Jingzhen's eyes were sharp, and she stretched out her hand and pointed not far away, "It's the palace guard." ”

Zeng Jiuyan looked up and saw that on a high platform not far away, two guards were guarding the door of the courtyard of the tea room, pacing back and forth, vigilant that the movement on this side was indeed here!

"Well, I'm not wrong" Zeng Jiuyan turned his head and was about to open his mouth to the prince, but there was no one behind him.

"Huh?" Zeng Jiuyan grabbed Zhang Jingzhen, who was still tiptoeing to look in the direction of the tea room, "What about Chen Yicong?"

"He's not just following"

Zhang Jingzhen turned around, and only then did he realize that only he and Zeng Jiuyan were left here, and the prince disappeared at some point.

The two of them chuckled in their hearts.

Now something is wrong

The son is lost!

In the West Guest House, Bai Ling and Bai Yi looked at the two crying children in the courtyard of the West Guest House from afar.

Bai Ling was about to step forward to talk, but suddenly Bai Yi grabbed his arm.

"Shh Bai Yi looked ahead vigilantly and returned to the shadows with Bai Ling.

Almost the next moment, a brocade-clothed guard dressed in a flying fish suit leaned out from behind the brick wall of the West Guest House, which was almost ruin, "Lord Han, we've already seen this side once. ”

"Hmm."

Outside of his vision, a low and cold voice came, and the moment he heard it, Bai Ling's eyes widened, and the voice was too recognizable.

Although there was only one voice, there was no doubt that this person was Han Chong.

These brocade guards have been guarding the courtyard, but they have not made a sound.

"We've found a total of eleven fires." Another brocade guard replied, "So it can't be an accident, it must be arson." ”

"Show me." Han Chong replied.

Jin Yiwei led Han Chong and first identified a few wedge-shaped smoke marks outside the courtyard.

"When we look for a fire, we look at the traces of smoke, like here." The brocade guard's voice was low and fast, and he stretched out his hand to point to the wedge-shaped fire mark, "When the fire burns, the flame will first rush upwards, then spread to the sides, until it reaches the eaves," the brocade guard pointed to the roof that was almost non-existent, "and then expand horizontally. ”

"Hmm." Han Chong listened from the sidelines, his eyes closely following the movements of his subordinates.

"So generally speaking, the lowest point of a wedge-shaped fire mark like this can be preliminarily determined to be a fire point." Jin Yiwei said with a solemn face, "And there are still some ashes of firewood and grass here, basically there will be no mistake." There are a total of five outhouses like this in the West Guest House. ”

"Where's the house?" Han Chong asked in a low voice.

"There are also several pot-shaped carbonization zones in the house, and there are even traces of arson on the beams." The brocade guard replied, "There are such dense fire points inside and outside the house, the arsonist must have planned to destroy everything here in the shortest possible time, and in fact he did. ”

"No other clues?"

Jin Yiwei shook his head, "Everything in the room has been burned to charcoal, and I can only guess what it is by the outline." ”

Han Chong raised his chin and motioned for his subordinates to lead the way in front, and he also wanted to go in and have a look.

The man was a little embarrassed, "Lord Han, don't go in, this room may collapse at any time." ”

Han Chong was unmoved, just said with deep eyes, "Lead the way." ”

As Han Chong and his party bent down and leaned into the house from under the half-folded beam, Bai Ling, who had been standing in the shadows, saw clearly that there were only three Jinyi guards in total.

It's no wonder that the side door here is not guarded, and everywhere is empty, not at all like the usual style of Jinyiwei. Thinking of this, Bai Ling suddenly realized that Han Chong probably didn't get an official order for coming this time, but he came here in person out of curiosity.

She couldn't help but squint her eyes, this time Fourteen didn't come with her news, she didn't mention it to anyone.

So this Han Chong, is he coming for this fire, or is he coming for the fourteenth? She glanced in the direction of the two novices with some concern, and she was eager to go up and ask the two children who they were crying for.

"This guy is a bit of a nuisance." Bai Ling sighed softly.

"When you meet Jinyiwei, there is no time when you don't have trouble." Bai Yi paid attention to Bai Ling's gaze and thought for a while, "Do you want to talk to those two children alone?" ”

"Hmm." Bai Ling nodded.

"How long?"

"A cup of tea" Bai Ling thought for a while before answering, but as soon as the words came out, she couldn't help but pull Bai Yi's sleeve, "What do you want to do?" Today, when the fourteenth is not here, don't do anything that puts your life at risk. ”

"Don't worry, I have a way to talk to this person for a while." Bai Yi gently broke Bai Ling's hand, looking like a bamboo in his chest, "You control the time yourself, I won't come back here after I finish talking to him for a while, and you can go back to the tea room directly, if the thing we secretly came out has been revealed by those eunuchs and guards, let's say that it is beautiful to see the clouds in the back mountain, so sneak out to play while they are not paying attention, and the result is delayed." ”。