This meal was eaten until the restaurant was about to close, and the group came out.

There are far fewer pedestrians on the streets, and many shops that are not open at night have closed, and there are fewer lights cast on the streets, and there is a period of darkness on the road from time to time.

Zhuang Siyan and the little boss of the rivers and lakes parted at the door of the restaurant and walked back with Qing Ran.

On the way, I couldn't help but laugh with them: "You Mr. Wen, you think you are elusive, and you don't leak anything, if you know that even a child knows his name, I don't know if you will die head-on?" ”

Qing Ran's face was worried, and he said softly, "I shouldn't have let those people go." ”

Zhuang Siyan looked at him: "What if you don't let them go?" You still killed them, huh?

They heard the news in Taichang Temple, and if they can hear it, there will be others who will hear it, and you can still kill everyone?

If you want me to say, hurry back and talk to Wen Qing, and let him go to Taichang Temple to check and see what is going on?

It's not close to his house, why did the news spread and everyone knew about it?

And it's just the past two days, maybe it has something to do with our case. ”

Zhuang Siyan stopped talking, paused for a second, and quickened his pace: "Let's go, let's go first." ”

Qingran and Qingshi hurriedly followed: "Mr. Si, it's the middle of the night, and the east of the city is far away from here, the three of us are afraid that we can't go, what if there is something there and no one answers?" ”

If it were the two of them, it would be fine, but with Zhuang Siyan, she was always afraid that she would make a mistake, after all, her noble status was something that each of them knew.

Zhuang Siyan didn't stop for a moment, only said: "Qingran come with me, Qingshi, you go and inform Wen Qing and let him come to answer." ”

When they arrived at the Taichang Temple in the east of the city, the third watch had already passed.

The night in winter is particularly quiet, especially in the east of the city, which is not a prosperous area, so there is not even a little light, and the lights are turned off in the courtyards along the street.

Taichang Temple, in a Kyoto city near the east gate, from the outside is still very luxurious and atmospheric, and the little boss of the rivers and lakes said the same, usually the incense should be very prosperous.

Zhuang Siyan looked at the high courtyard wall and said, "It's really a bit difficult to pass. ”

Qing Ran nodded: "Why don't you wait here for a while, and I'll go over to investigate the situation alone." ”

Zhuang Siyan said "um" and told him to be careful, to find out the situation, even if he found anything, don't do it easily, so as not to startle the snake.

Qing Ran took the order and left, followed a big tree outside the courtyard, and when he climbed high enough, he flew from the tree and landed lightly on the courtyard wall, and then sank into the courtyard without a sound.

Zhuang Siyan waited outside for a pillar of incense, and when he saw that he hadn't come back yet, he was a little anxious, and he touched the side of the tree, and he also wanted to go up from there and go inside to see the situation.

was softly stopped by Wen Qing: "You are crazy, you still want to enter from here?" ”

Zhuang Siyan returned without thinking about it: "You're crazy, your whole family is crazy, Qingran has been in for a while, and there is no news until now, I plan to go over and answer it." ”

Wen Qing glared at her, winked at the people she had brought, and let the two people climb the tree to enter.

This courtyard wall is really high, almost as high as the palace wall, it is really difficult to enter without borrowing external force, but fortunately there is this big tree.

After the two entered, Zhuang Siyan looked at the courtyard wall and pondered.

This is just a temple, and there are a few gods in it at most, and it's a big deal to have some sesame oil money, as for making the courtyard wall so high?

Wen Qing heard her chatter, and replied lukewarmly: "This used to be the Emperor's Temple. ”

"What? What temple? ”

Wen Qingbai glanced at her, and really didn't want to explain, but if he didn't say it, he dared to guarantee that this woman could keep asking, asking, and asking until he went crazy.

So he explained lukewarmly: "When the first emperor was in power, every spring and autumn, he had to bring hundreds of civil and military officials and royal heirs to the emperor's temple to offer incense and pray for blessings.

Later, the throne changed, it was the turn of this one, I didn't believe in this at all, I could put incense on the palace every year, even if it was good, so I canceled the regulations of the imperial temple and changed the name to Taichang Temple. ”

The news is a bit of a buzz.

Zhuang Siyan didn't expect a temple to have such a history, it seems that there may be something else going on here.

At this moment, the person who was inside to find out the news finally poked his head out of the wall, and then jumped down.

All three are back.

Zhuang Siyan hurriedly asked, "How is it?" What did you find out that you didn't? ”

The other two shook their heads, but Qing Ran whispered: "It's nothing on the surface, but the atmosphere inside is not right." ”

Zhuang Siyan is more superstitious about such things as intuition, and she believes that with her Qingran's experience in the rivers and lakes, she must have a different perception of danger and special events.

So he pulled him aside alone and asked, "What the hell is going on, don't be in a hurry, just say what you think." ”

Qing Ran nodded and glanced at Wen Qing.

"Most of the monks walking inside have martial arts, and their kung fu is not weak, this is one of them;

Second, I see that there are lay disciples who also live in it, and they are not very ruly, and there is a smell of wine coming out of one courtyard;

Another point is that there are shifts on duty in this temple. ”

Judging from these points alone, it seems that there is no problem.

This is a royal temple, maybe the emperor also lived in it before, and it is normal for there to be a few monks who know kung fu.

The second one, lay disciples, many temples have them, right? Moreover, this temple is not owned by the royal family now, and it is difficult to say whether those monks will be greedy.

This kind of thing about changing shifts in the temple is even more reasonable, it is to be on duty all night, and the three of them went in, and the people inside didn't find it, so there was no problem in thinking about it.

However, it has smelled abnormal normal, but in fact it is still abnormal.

Zhuang Siyan didn't let people go in to take risks again, and after discussing with Wen Qing, he let people disperse on the spot, and decided to come back by himself early tomorrow morning.

That night, Zhuang Siyan didn't go back, and found a random inn in the east of the city that was still open.

The next day it was a little cooler, and she got up.

Taking the opportunity of having breakfast in the inn, I asked the guy about the situation of Taichang Temple.

The inn is next to the Taichang Temple, and it has received many pilgrims all year round, although Zhuang Siyan is handsome, but it is not particularly eye-catching on the surface.

The young man spoke without hesitation when she was one of the pilgrims.

"The guest officer is also here to offer incense, right? Then you can really come to the value, this Taichang Temple, big to seek officials to make a fortune, small to pass by as smooth, as long as you have a request, he will respond. ”

Zhuang Siyan smiled and asked, "So amazing?" ”

The man's words were questioned, and he was a little unhappy, carrying the kettle and saying, "That's natural, otherwise you wouldn't have come overnight to inquire, right?" ”

Zhuang Siyan smiled and didn't answer again.

She went very early, and the gate of Taichang Temple had not yet opened, but there was already a queue of people outside.

The costumes are all the people of the city, there are men and women, old and young, and there are many of them.

As soon as I inquired, I found out that today was exactly fifteen, so there were many people in the city who made wishes and repaid their wishes.

Zhuang Siyan also took Qingran and Qingshi with him, and he didn't hold anything in his hand as if he was wandering, so he looked rather weird.

The three big men are also quite handsome, and they can come to this kind of place, not to seek a good marriage, and it is not very similar to seeking fame and official positions, because the clothes on their bodies are not like poor people.

Zhuang Siyan didn't want to attract the attention of others too early, so he bought some incense and candles at the temple gate and whispered a few words to the Qing brothers.

The trio quickly dispersed.

As soon as the gate of Taichang Temple opened, people rushed in, and Zhuang Siyan and the three of them were interspersed in the crowd and hugged inside.

As soon as she entered, she was a little dumbfounded.

It's too big, there are houses everywhere, the main hall and the apse are divided into many kinds, and after all the people enter the door, they will be separated according to their own needs, and in the end, only Zhuang Siyan is left who doesn't know where to go.

Fortunately, Qing Ran came last night, and quietly followed the flow of people heading east.

After Zhuang Siyan was stunned, the team had a small tail left, she carried the incense candle in her hand and hurriedly followed.

There are several gods in the tall hall, and as soon as the good men and women come in, they are busy opening them, offering incense and making wishes, and some going to the back hall.

Zhuang Siyan followed quietly and walked to the back hall, because she didn't see anything special in front of her.

Several monks in yellow robes stopped him at the door of the back hall: "This benefactor, please stay." ”

Zhuang Siyan looked back and forth, then stood up straight and asked the monk, "What?" ”

Monk: "The apse is the place where you make a vow, can the donor come to make a wish before?" ”

"Xu, didn't I hold incense?" Zhuang Siyan said smoothly, and raised the incense candle in his hand.

However, the monk just recited the Buddha's name, but still blocked her from entering.

Qing Ran, who was walking behind the sky, was afraid of revealing his horse's feet, so he gave Zhuang Siyan a look, and the two of them pulled out and walked forward again.

"What is the situation, what am I here for, how can the monk see it at a glance?" Zhuang Siyan didn't quite understand.

Qing Ran was also confused, it was definitely impossible to say that the old monk remembered everyone who made a wish.

"Is there something wrong with what they're holding? I looked at the people who came inside, all holding a box in their hands. ”

The two of them discussed for a while, and they didn't do too much about the subtleties in this, just like Qing Ran said before, it seemed to be normal, but it gave people an abnormal feeling.

Zhuang Siyan walked around in front for a while, and saw people in the hall one after another to make wishes and offer incense, but no one went to the back hall.

The one who went in before seemed to have made an appointment.

And they didn't come out again for a long time after they passed.

"Qing Ran, did you go to the back to see it last night?" Zhuang Siyan asked.

Qing Ran replied to her softly: "Look, I can't see anything on the surface, Childe, we can't stay here for a long time, someone is already paying attention to us." ”

Zhuang Siyan glanced ahead, and just happened to see a monk standing next to the statue of the god who presided over the incense, and withdrew his gaze from her.

The man's eyes were slightly narrowed, his hands were closed in front of his chest, he looked kind and kind, and he was deaf to the outside world, but the gaze that he glanced at Zhuang Siyan just now was full of shrewdness and exploration.