When the two of them arrived at Taichang Temple, they saw that the smoky and blackened walls inside were covered with snow, and the ruins and broken walls did not move much at all.

Zhuang Siyan stood outside and asked, "Where are the people from the Ministry of Industry?" ”

Before Ah Si could speak, Qingshi rushed over, he first saluted Zhuang Siyan, and then said: "The weather is too cold, all the ground is frozen, the Ministry of Engineering just cleaned up here a little, and did not start large-scale construction, if it is to be repaired, it may be the spring of next year." ”

Zhuang Siyan turned his head and asked him, "So you mean, the Ministry of Engineering saw that child when they were cleaning up the site?" ”

Bluestone nodded.

Zhuang Siyan walked a few steps inside and asked him again, "Who is the person you saw?" ”

Qingshi: "Several of them have seen it, and they have said vaguely, and the news is not too accurate, so Mr. Wen only asked me to tell you, and I don't have to come to see it." ”

Zhuang Siyan smiled coldly: "Then you tell Mr. Wen, I want to meet those people." ”

Wen Qing is not responsible for finding people.

His people are all in the dark, what they see and hear is what they are, he only finds out what the names of these people he knows, and hands the list to Zhuang Siyan, and it's over.

Zhuang Siyan came back from the east of the city, pinched the names of three people in his hand, and went to the Ministry of Industry.

As soon as Tian Miao, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, heard that the emperor's personal Detective Division was coming, his hands trembled with fright, and he almost threw the teacup out.

He first quickly woke himself up, if there was anything he couldn't do recently, and then hurriedly comforted: "It's okay, maybe he's just bored and talking to his colleagues." ”

After saying this, it seemed to cheer himself up, but Tian Miao didn't believe that Master Si would be bored at all, and even if he was bored, he shouldn't talk to himself.

Tian Miao usually has no friendship with him, let alone a grudge, and there are few people who even meet, after all, Zhuang Siyan is not in court, and many people usually don't see her.

Tian Miao, who was worried, had a lot of things in her mind, but her feet couldn't stop, and she had already rushed out in a hurry.

As soon as he saw Zhuang Siyan, he hurriedly made a big salute, and was directly brought over by Zhuang Siyan: "Lord Tian doesn't have to be polite, we are officials at the same level, so we don't have to be so polite when we meet, and it's good to talk when we arch our hands, right?" ”

When Tian Miao heard this, her heart was a little relaxed.

It's not as terrible as the rumors outside.,Looking at the appearance of this master.,It's still very easy to talk.。

Tian Miao invited Zhuang Siyan into the main hall, and the maids served tea, and the two began to pull.

Although Zhuang Siyan usually does not go to the court, he is also a person who often goes in and out of the Chenxi Palace, and he still has some understanding of these courtiers who are in charge of major affairs.

Sometimes Ling Tiancheng would also say a few words to her, so she knew what kind of person Tian Miao was before she came.

For this kind of greedy and insufficient force, it is still very easy to start.

Zhuang Siyan said in a few words, and he said that Tian Miao wanted to directly lead him to be a confidant, if it weren't for the officialdom's taboo to dig out his heart and lungs, he might have shown his heart to Zhuang Siyan a long time ago.

Even if, after a cup of tea, the two also reached the point where they had nothing to talk about.

Zhuang Siyan only then talked about the repair of Taichang Temple.

Tian Miao made a bitter face and complained about the monks who lacked virtue: "Do you say they are full of food and have nothing to do?" Burn down the temple, these monks should have been withdrawn in the early years, and the emperor was merciful enough to leave them a way to live, and even did this kind of thing. ”

Zhuang Siyan held the tea in his hand, listened to him with a smile on his eyebrows, and echoed from time to time to express that he understood his feelings.

The more Tian Miao spoke, the more he couldn't hold it, and finally almost scolded Ling Tiancheng, after all, the matter of repairing Taichang Temple was Ling Tiancheng's order.

"If you want me to say, they will burn themselves and burn them, so that they will not have a nest in the future, and they will not have to coax the people there every day.

The emperor even ordered them to rebuild, Master Si, tell me that the weather is freezing now, and the mud can't be cracked, where can we repair them? ”

Zhuang Siyan followed and said: "Isn't it, it's really not suitable to break ground in the cold, but if you don't repair, won't the emperor blame?" ”

Tian Miao said with a bitter face: "I have reported the situation two days ago, I don't know what the emperor said, hey, just check inside, and I have to work hard, those pseudo-monks, there are a lot of things burned in it, even wine." ”

Speaking of this, Zhuang Siyan asked: "Then did Lord Tian also report this matter?" ”

Tian Miao shook her head and said: "I didn't dare to report, mainly because I don't know what the emperor is going to do when he repairs Taichang Temple, if it will be of great use in the future, you said that I reported it like this, aren't I waiting to be beaten?" ”

"That's right, you're really hard at work."

The two felt sorry for each other and praised each other, and Zhuang Siyan mentioned seeing the child.

Tian Miao hurriedly glanced outside, and asked him in a suppressed voice: "Master Si, how did you hear about this, we had already sealed the news at that time and didn't let it spread outside." ”

Zhuang Siyan was surprised: "Huh? Why? It's nothing to see a child? ”

Tian Miao waved her hand and said, "That's not the case, that kid...... How to say it, not like a person. ”

"Not like people? What does that look like? Zhuang Siyan was confused by what he said.

Tian Miao was also a little nervous, and kept suppressing his voice and said: "I didn't have the wind to come, I heard the report from the person who came back that I saw it at night, my whole body was black, I ran fast, and it disappeared in a flash, so many of us were there, and no one could see his face clearly, and I couldn't catch him, do you say it's scary?" ”

Zhuang Siyan didn't reply to his question, and asked, "Who saw it, can Lord Tian call them over, let me ask?" ”

Tian Miao called the names of several people in front of him, all of which were on the list that Wen Qing wrote to him.

Tian Miao also said: "Master Si, you can know about this, but don't say it outside, such an evil thing appeared in Taichang Temple again, if you say it, I'm afraid that the emperor will know and blame." ”

"Don't worry, Lord Tian, I'm also curious, so I asked a little more clearly, besides, I won't hide it from you, I really don't believe in evil things, maybe we can ask clearly, we can catch that little ghost, and then the matter will not be solved?"

Regarding Zhuang Siyan's optimism, Tian Miao just smiled worriedly.

He felt that this master Si was carried by the emperor and killed by legends, so he would be so powerful, looking at his appearance, and listening to him again, he was just a hairless young man with no hair on his mouth and no way to do things, what was there to be afraid of?

Not to mention that there is no case, even if there is, she may not be able to find out, right?

I really don't know how Zhuang Xiang and Master Wen planted it, are the two of them more stupid than themselves?

Just when Tian Miao was struggling with who was more stupid, the person he passed came in.

These people had all seen the child, but they were probably too scared, and the past few days have gilded him with a layer of mystery in their minds, so they can't say what the child looks like at all.

talked for a long time, and only the height was right, a bit like Sun Xi's possibility.

If it was really Sun Xi, Zhuang Siyan estimated that he might just want to scare this group of people, and he was not burned at all.

Of course, these workers didn't think so, they all thought that the little monk in the temple was burned to death, so they came out in the middle of the night to find food.

Zhuang Siyan asked, "Come out to find food?" What was he looking for? ”

One of them said: "We were so scared that we lost our dry food when we ran out, and when we went back to look for it, it was gone." ”

Zhuang Siyan immediately asked, "Is there anything else to lose?" ”

The man thought for a moment before he said, "There are also a little pieces of silver and small coins, which are put together with the dry food, and all are gone." ”

Zhuang Siyan smiled at them: "Don't be afraid, it's definitely not a ghost, it's probably someone's hungry child, who really can't find anything to eat, so he paid attention to you." ”

The workers categorically refused to admit that they had been frightened by a child.

Zhuang Siyan explained to them, saying that people can't eat when they die: "You haven't heard of ghosts taking other people's food, at most it's just to scare people, right?" ”

Saying this, several people felt that what he said made a lot of sense.

Zhuang Siyan struck while the iron was hot: "In this way, if you don't believe it, go again tonight, and say that the emperor does not agree to your suspension of work, and the frozen soil has to start, and the construction period is very tight, so you have to do it overnight."

When I went, I brought the dry food and silver with me, and led the little boy out, and then I got a few men outside to keep an eye on you, and when the time came, we got together and caught him. ”

As soon as these people heard this, there was an extra official to support them, and they suddenly felt a lot more confident, Zhuang Siyan didn't leave, and they began to go back to prepare.

Tian Miao also pretended to be very anxious at dusk, and went to the scene to check it out.

After Zhuang Siyan came out, he went to find Wen Qing and told him about the plan here: "Those few will lure people out tonight, your people are ambushed around, as long as he comes out, you can't run him away." ”

Wen Qing looked at her strangely and said, "If he runs outside, let alone one, even ten or eight, he can catch me, but what if he doesn't run outside?" ”

"If he doesn't run outside, where can he run?"

Wen Qing slowly and methodically told her about the basement of Zhuang Changyuan's house.

This made Zhuang Siyan a little dizzy, if that was the case, when his people chased him, Sun Xi would take advantage of the darkness to drill to the ground, then the rumors of this little ghost would become more and more serious, not only could it not be cured, but it might also really frighten Tian Miao, and he would not dare to go there again in the future.

After thinking for a long time, she asked Wen Qing: "Can you let your people pretend to be from the Ministry of Engineering and blend in with them, so that once that kid comes out, your people will move faster, even if he wants to run, it will not be so easy." ”

Wen Qing reluctantly "um", and then said as if he was at a loss: "I heard that after General Ye came back, the relationship between the two of you was not very good, why didn't you ask him for help?" ”

Zhuang Siyan: "......"

Ye Yuanpei also asked her to stay away from this goods, she was really said by him, Wen Qing is a person with a small belly and a strong sense of jealousy.

However, Zhuang Siyan didn't plan to show weakness to him, so he opened his mouth and came: "Your people have been guarding Taichang Temple, and they are more familiar with the situation there than anyone else, why do you still pull General Ye into the water."

Besides, what is my relationship with him, he is just my brother, we should get closer, but I and you, if we get closer, do you think the emperor will be angry? ”