Xingshan Temple is located in the south of Shangjing City 20 miles, but there are few pilgrims, the reason is because this is the royal temple dedicated to the Dahua royal family to worship the Buddha, idle people are not allowed to trespass, only specific festivals will be open to the outside world to open the mountain gate, for the public to preach the scriptures or soup soup medicine. The temple is magnificent, and the scenery of the back mountain is also excellent. If it sounds good, the environment is quiet and elegant, and if it doesn't sound good, it is inaccessible. In addition to monks and monks with status, there are three or two noble brothers who live in the back mountains to study, and there is also a separate garden with a few special people, who are said to be concubines who committed crimes in the mansions of several big nobles in Shangjing.

This time, in addition to Huaxi, the eighth princess of the emperor, Princess Shanghua and Concubine Jinniang, accompanied by Concubine Zhuangnan. Huaxi had met Princess Shanghua twice at the royal banquet, and Shanghua and Huaxi were of the same age, although they were originally nodding friends, but because they became friends this time, they were much more open than in the palace, and they became acquainted with Huaxi in the temple within two days.

Because he can get out of the palace, even if he stays in a different place, Shang Hua is also full of curiosity, like a bird out of the cage, and he will tell Huaxi gossip when he has nothing to do. The gossip in the various mansions, and the concubines in the other garden, were all told to Huaxi by this princess. As for the concubine Niangniang, except for the Buddha and chanting scriptures, most of them accompanied Concubine Zhuangnan, and rarely sat down to gossip with Huaxi monk Hua except for the necessary greeting etiquette, but often sent someone to send some fruit points to Huaxi.

Although the day is boring, but for Huaxi, who has lived in Cuiping Mountain for more than ten years, these are nothing at all, plus the Buddha incense and seal incense of Xingshan Temple are quite famous in Dahua, Huaxi has nothing to do and the master of the temple to discuss the method of making incense, and the harvest is quite rich.

On the fifth day of October, the birthday of the patriarch of Bodhidharma, Xingshan Temple presided over the opening of the altar and said that the mountain gate was open to the public for one day.

Huaxi followed the Zhuangnan Concubine Palace's recitation in the Houshe Sutra Hall, Zhuangnan Concubine said that she was going to listen to the Dharma, and ordered the Jin Concubine to go with her, as for Shanghua and Huaxi did not force it, the two resigned from the concubine and went to the back mountain to enjoy the chrysanthemum. The two swam for an hour, and then went back to their rooms to rest.

As soon as I approached the courtyard, I saw a group of people waiting outside the courtyard, and I could see from afar that in the open courtyard gate, Cui Ming and the accompanying maids and mother-in-law were standing in the courtyard.

"Who's coming?" The soldiers guarding outside the courtyard shouted.

"Princess." Bai Lan saw that the momentum was wrong, and wanted Huaxi to leave, but she didn't want Huaxi to say, "You can't retreat, go up and see what is going on." If she leaves at this time, others really think that she has a ghost in her heart. She is not the orphan girl, she is the princess of Xiyue and the wife of Ouyang Zheng. She wasn't the only one she was out there.

Hua Xi stepped forward and asked in a cold voice: "The royal temple is vainly mobilizing, what do you want?" Although she has been banned from Xingshan Temple in accordance with Emperor Dahua's wishes, it does not mean that her dignity as Princess Xiyue has been violated and she swallows her anger.

A tall and strong man dressed in a dark robe with a rhino horn belt around his waist walked out from behind the crowd, and said to Huaxi: "Xiaguan Yin Zheng has seen Princess Jingxian. It's just that the prison escaped as a felon, and escaped all the way to the vicinity of Xingshan Temple, so it was marked as an order to come to search, and I asked the princess to forgive me for the inappropriateness" Although it was an explanation, Yin Zheng's attitude was cold and hard, and he did not mean to make amends for the rudeness of trespassing.

As soon as she heard the name of the person who came, Huaxi's brows frowned almost imperceptibly, this person she heard Ouyang Zheng say, born in the side branch of the Yin family, last year, he suddenly rose to prominence and suppressed a pirate in the East China Sea, he was quite respected by the emperor, he was promoted to Beijing exceptionally, and served as the deputy commander of the forbidden army, and married the sister-in-law of the princess of Thailand a few years ago, speaking of which he should be a person from Yin Yuanye's faction. It's just that in the past few days, Emperor Dahua has been hunting in the Dongshan enclosure, how could Yin Zheng, who is the deputy commander of the forbidden army, not accompany him, but appear in Xingshan Temple? Something big must have happened

"The palace and Princess Shanghua have just come back from a trip to the garden, and they saw the commander here to search for criminals, and they have not sent anyone to say a word in advance. Or is the commander suspected that the palace is secretly hiding people, so he doesn't even care about the most basic etiquette? ”

Huaxi's face was condensed, and he saw that Yin Zheng was sweating, I originally heard that this Princess Jingxian was an orphan girl, with a cold personality, she didn't like to socialize, and she avoided it when she could avoid it, but she didn't expect that she was not a master to mess with. It's just that he was ordered to come and rob and kill, and chased after him along the bloodstains, and he couldn't let people go.

No, as soon as Huaxi's words fell, the soldiers who searched the courtyard came out, and they knew that no one was found. Huaxi looked at it coldly, and said angrily: "This palace is here to pray for Dahua, not to be bullied, go and invite Concubine Zhuang Nan to come over, this palace has to let her old man give a review."

Yin Zheng stiffened his head and softened his posture, "The princess is angry, the matter is urgent, and she is worried about the safety of the princess and the concubine, so she didn't have time to pass it." It's just that the fugitives will be arrested now, and they will ask Your Majesty and the princess to go and search elsewhere."

Yin Zheng hurriedly retreated with the people, Bai Lan wanted to come forward to theorize, but was stopped by Huaxi, "It's okay, let them go" She was afraid that someone would design a frame-up, and wanted to send away this group of plague gods as soon as possible, but she didn't find anything at this time, so she quickly left clean, and it would be difficult to end up if something happened to theorize.

The people retreated, leaving behind a courtyard of trembling slaves, and Huaxi instructed Bai Lan and Cui Ming to pacify everyone and go back to the house first.

As soon as he changed his clothes and came out, he suddenly smelled a bloody breath, which made Huaxi's body stiffen, and the next moment he heard someone calling: "Huaxi." ”

A person walked out of the shadow behind the cabinet, with messy hair and a cut on his shirt, and it was Yin Chengzong.

"Brother Yin, why are you ......" Huaxi didn't expect that Yin Chengzong suddenly fell into her arms the next second he saw her. She dragged the person to the kang, and the blood oozing from Yin Chengzong's abdomen startled her.

Huaxi was taken aback, could it be that the person Yin Zheng was looking for was Yin Chengzong.

She hurried to the door, asked Bai Lan to come back, and told them not to disturb.

As soon as Bai Lan came in and saw the person on the bed, she understood what Huaxi meant, and walked straight over to check the pulse, treat the wound, and apply medicine, "The county king's injury is not light, and the slave maid has to find some medicine to take internally." ”

Huaxi looked at Yin Chengzong, who was frowning on the kang, "Well, be careful yourself, and call Cui Ming in to help when you leave." ”

I don't know how many hours later, Yin Chengzong, who was lying on the kang, suddenly opened his eyes, looked at the unfamiliar roof, and remembered that he had escaped from the dark arrow along the back cliff of the paddock to the nearby Xingshan Temple...... Later, he avoided the pursuers and seemed to see Huaxi......

"Brother Yin, are you awake?".