Night had not yet fallen, and after bypassing a mountain, under the guidance of Ling Hu Yunfei, everyone could vaguely see the black roof of Ziyunguan.

When everyone stood in front of the gate of Ziyunguan Mountain, night had just fallen, and the two Taoist priests were sitting on the steps in front of the mountain gate chatting, Zhao Zimeng looked at his watch, and the time was 6:55.

After seeing Zhao Zimeng and his party, the two Taoist priests stood up.

One of the Taoist priests said, "We're going to close the mountain gate, please come back another day!" ”

"Master, when are you going to close the mountain gate?"

"Seven." Another Taoist priest rolled up his long sleeves and looked at his watch.

The comrades saw from the two Taoist priests that they kept pace with the times, and no one stipulated that the monks and Taoists were insulated from fashion.

Zhao Zimeng got straight to the point: "We are from the Municipal Public Security Bureau, and we are from Mingchen Nunnery - there have been many cases of nuns missing in Mingchen Nunnery, have you heard of it?" ”

"We live in seclusion and don't know about Mingchen'an."

"We want to meet the person in charge of the Taoist temple."

"Wait a minute, we'll take you to the Supreme Elder after we've closed the door."

"Thank you."

The two Taoist priests closed the mountain door and inserted the long and heavy door bar, the door bar of Ziyunguan was much longer than the door bar of Ming Chen'an, and the door bar of Ming Chen'an could be done by one person silently.

After placing the door bar, a Taoist priest also inserted a square iron nail on the door bar, and there was a square hole in the door bar, and there was also a square hole in the door bolt.

The two men led the group up a very high staircase, then up a zigzag-shaped corridor, and then, through a small wood, and then went around and around, up and down, and after a few minutes, a bottle-shaped door appeared in front of them.

Darkness engulfed the entire temple. Buildings of all sizes, high and low, can only see a rough outline, and there are shadows within the outline line; Beyond the contour line is a dark and deep mountain forest and night sky.

Although he can't see the shape of the building, Zhao Zimeng can still see the direction of the Purple Cloud Temple, Mingchen Temple is on the south side of the mountain, the Purple Cloud Temple should be on the east side of the mountain, the Ming Chen Temple sits in the north and faces south, and the Purple Cloud Temple sits in the west and faces east.

The building of Ziyunguan is relatively compact, so people's vision is not wide, looking to the right is a high wall, looking to the left is also a high wall, looking up is the eaves or ridge.

Walking into the bottle-shaped door, the scene in front of me became more and more blurred, looking up, the head was like a canopy of trees, after walking a secluded path, a bright light appeared in front of me, and the light was very faint.

After a while, two Taoist priests stood in front of a door - the so-called front of the door is the right side of the door, three or four meters away from the door, the three people saw not the door, but a door curtain, it is estimated that it is the late autumn season, the cold in the mountains is heavier, so the door curtain was hung early, and a Taoist priest whispered: "True master, someone is looking for it." ”

"Who?" From inside the room came a man's voice—low and loud.

"It's from the Public Security Bureau."

"Someone from the Public Security Bureau? Invite them to sit down at Ziyunxuan for a while, and the master will be there in a moment. ”

"Comrade, please come with us."

The score of the true master is not small! The comrades only saw his voice, but did not see him, and it was really not a simple matter to want to see him.

Two Taoist priests led the way in front and led the comrades out of the bottle-shaped door.

After the two Taoist priests walked out of the bottle-shaped door, they turned right and went up to a small stone bridge, and under the stone bridge, the water was murmuring. Walking across the stone bridge, up a dozen stone steps, above the stone steps stands a small temple roof with four corners upturned, and around the building, there is a half-height fence.

A Taoist priest pushed the door and said, "Please wait a moment, comrades, I'll go in and light the lamp." Doren, go and bring a bottle of water. ”

This is probably Ziyunxuan.

Dojin is gone.

"Master, what do we call you?"

"My name is Qingquan."

Qingquan replied as he walked into Ziyun Xuan, and after a while, he lit the hood lamp, and then led his comrades into the Xuan and sat down.

Zhao Zimeng looked around, this was supposed to be the place where the True Elders would visit: there was a Taiji diagram hanging on the wall facing the Xuanmen Gate - this was probably one of the symbols of Taoism! There is a row of mahogany chairs on the left and right, and a mahogany coffee table in front of each row of chairs. There is a purple sand tray on the coffee table, and there are some purple sand teacups upside down in the purple sand tray; There is also a tea caddy inside the tea tray.

Behind the chairs, there is a row of bookcases with lots of lattices filled with books. Whether it is Buddhism or Taoism, knowledge and knowledge must be incomparably vast and unfathomable, just by reading so many books, you can feel the breadth and profundity of Taoism.

After a while, the Taoist priest named Daoren brought a hot water bottle.

Two people, one washes the teacup and puts the tea leaves, and the other pours boiling water and covers the lid.

"Team Zhao, Mingchen Nunnery has a back door, I don't know if there is a back in Ziyunguan." Xiang Daimo said in a low voice.

Zhao Zimeng heard Xiang Daimo's voice, and he walked to Qingquan: "Master, from Ziyunguan to Mingchen'an, is there a closer way besides taking the main gate?" ”

"Go through the back door."

"Where is the back door of the Purple Cloud Temple?"

"Right behind Ziyunxuan."

Zhao Zimeng wanted to ask something, and saw an old Taoist priest wearing a Taoist robe and a Taoist hat walking into Ziyunxuan.

Dojin and Kiyoizumi took a few steps back and stood by the door.

This person should be the Most True Elder.

In fact, the Supreme True Elder is not old, it seems that the age of the Supreme True Elder is about sixty-five years old, the height of the Supreme True Elder is about one meter seventy-five, the whole person looks relatively thin, but it looks very capable, a monk's robe is not too long, but it looks a little wide, which shows that the Supreme True Elder has no fat on his body.

There was nothing on Elder Zhizhen's face, his eyebrows were protruding, his eye sockets were deep, the bridge of his nose was high, and his cheeks were fleshless. This is probably what a Taoist priest should look like! In many literary works, monks are fat-headed and big-eared, while Taoist priests are described as withered. The so-called "fairy wind bone" probably means this!

The old Taoist priest waved his hand at the two disciples, and the two Taoist priests bent down and bowed down to exit Ziyun Xuan.

Zhao Zimeng stood up and took a step forward: "Are you the Supreme True Elder?" ”

"The poor way is true, the most true is the first, there are many slackness, please forgive the sin of neglect." Zhizhen bent down and bowed to Zhao Zimeng. Although Elder Zhizhen was relatively thin, his voice was very loud and full of qi.

Lin Di stood up: "Elder Zhizhen, this is Captain Zhao of the Criminal Investigation Team of the Municipal Public Security Bureau. ”

"Captain Zhao, please take a seat—please take a seat."

was really polite, and after Zhao Zimeng and Lin Di sat down, he sat down on a chair: "Captain Zhao, visit at this time, do you have any advice, please give advice." ”

"Elder Zhizhen, I'll disturb you at night, it's a little abrupt, and I hope Elder Zhizhen won't be surprised."

"Captain Zhao Zimeng doesn't have to be polite, Poor Dao doesn't know what Captain Zhao is doing?"

The comrades' sudden visit was indeed a bit abrupt, but after listening to Zhao Zimeng's words, everyone would not feel abrupt: "Elder Zhizhen should have heard that in Mingchen Nunnery, several young nuns disappeared mysteriously in a row. ”

Zhizhen changed his sitting posture and put his left hand on his right hand, at first, he put his right hand on his left hand: "Poor Dao has never walked out of the mountain gate half a step since he settled in Ziyunguan, and besides, Ziyunguan and Mingchen'an have never had any contact, so Poor Dao doesn't know what happened to Mingchen'an. I don't know what Poor Dao can do to help comrades? ”

"The situation is like this, we are handling cases in Mingchen Nunnery, but Mingchen Nunnery is a nunnery, and it is inconvenient for us to live in Mingchen Nunnery, so we want to live in Ziyunguan for a period of time, and we don't know if it is convenient or not."

Zhao Zimeng's words were not only not abrupt, but he also solved the problem of entering Ziyunguan - if you want to learn valuable clues, you must live in Ziyunguan, in Zhao Zimeng's opinion, the disappearance case that happened in Mingchen'an is very likely to be related to Ziyunguan. There is a Taoist temple near Mingchen Temple, this must be a coincidence!

Elder Zhizhen put his right hand on his left hand again: "Captain Zhao, the Purple Cloud Temple is full of Taoist priests, and this female comrade is living in, I'm afraid it's a little inappropriate!" ”

"She still lives in Mingchen Nunnery, and a few of us men want to live in Ziyun Temple."

"Ziyunguan has no extra bedding, right now, it is the late autumn season, and at night, the mountain is cold."

"It's not a problem, we have our own quilts. We would like to stay tonight if it was convenient. ”

Elder Zhizhen walked to the door: "Daoren, you come in." ”

Dao Ren walked into Ziyun Xuan.

"These public security comrades are going to live in Ziyun Temple tonight, you and Qingquan will make arrangements. Let's arrange the comrades in the North Warm Pavilion! You just have to arrange the beds, and the comrades have the bedding. Be sure to clean the house. Then ask the room to send a few bottles of hot water. You must be careful and do not neglect your comrades. ”

"We'll arrange it."

Zhao Zimeng stood up: "Elder Zhizhen, we won't disturb you." ”

"Captain Zhao, please forgive the poor Dao who is not far away, if you have any requirements, you tell Daoren and Qingquan. You're welcome. ”

After bidding farewell to Elder Zhizhen, Zhao Zimeng and his entourage went to Beinuan Pavilion with Daoren and Qingquan.

On the way to Beinuan Pavilion, Zhao Zimeng and the two masters chatted about the situation in the temple, the two masters were vain, Zhao Zimeng asked something, they answered, the content of the answer was never oblique, and it was very simple.

And when Zhao Zimeng talked about the Supreme Elder Truth, the two masters' answers were very cautious, and even a little hesitant. In Zhao Zimeng's opinion, it was probably because of the presence of companions, so both of them had some scruples, and Zhao Zimeng, Ling Hu Yunfei and Xiang Daimo obviously felt this.

The following is the content of the conversation between Zhao Zimeng and the two masters, you may wish to feel it directly, I believe you will also have a more accurate judgment.

"Master, how many years is the history of Ziyun Temple?"

"The Purple Cloud Temple was built in the Tang Dynasty." Daoren said.

"Compared with Ziyunguan and Mingchen Temple, who has a longer history?"

"I don't know, we don't know which dynasty Ming Chen'an was built in."

"How many masters are there in Ziyunguan?"

"There are forty-one masters."