Yan Wen came to Hanshan Temple to track down Tan Yi's whereabouts.

Since the day of the beating, he told Lord Han what to do if the evidence is conclusive, Tan Yi disappeared.

The Tan family insisted that Tan Yi had never come back after he went out, and there was no evidence, and the Tan family could not be convicted of harboring criminals.

Lord Han secretly sent someone to investigate for a long time, and finally saw that too much time had passed, and he really couldn't explain it, so he confessed to the prince.

And after Yan Wen heard that Tan Yi's last place of appearance was near Hanshan Temple, he originally said that he would let Xue Nian go to investigate, and immediately turned around, and said that he would come over in person.

Yan Wen has also been very busy recently.

In order to go to Hanshan Temple, I stayed up two big nights to complete the rest of the affairs in advance, so I gave myself a day's time, and planned to set off before dawn, return in the evening, and return to the East Palace at night.

The morning dynasty that came and went was only delayed for one day.

It was a sunny afternoon, and the carriage drove directly into Hanshan Temple, and there were already a bunch of people standing in the courtyard.

Yan Wen got out of the carriage, and the abbot led by him came forward to greet him, and then led him in the direction of the guest room.

"Your Highness has worked the road, please go to the guest room to rest for a while, and I will invite someone over."

Yan Wen's eyebrows and eyes were warm, and he saluted the abbot with his hands together, and his tone was calm and gentle:

"Then the abbot will be bothered."

The abbot turned slightly sideways to avoid it, made a gesture of please, and the two went around the main hall and went up the corridor.

When he turned the corner in the corridor, Yan Wen's gaze turned back slightly, and he quietly glanced at the crowd of people in the courtyard.

It was only for a moment, and it was quickly retracted.

Yan Wen came in a tight time today, and as soon as he sat down, the abbot invited the little novice who had seen Tan Yi at that time.

The little novice said that he happened to go to the back mountain to collect medicine and saw the person.

The man was already a little sneaky, and the clothes he was wearing were very luxurious, unlike the mountain people in the vicinity, so he was deeply impressed by that man.

Yan Wen questioned him carefully, and asked someone to summon all the other possible witnesses and evidence.

The prince came to interrogate in person, and the efficiency was naturally much higher, but it was like this, and it was three o'clock after all the evidence and physical evidence were thoroughly examined.

After everyone went out, Li Fuan stepped forward, looked at the sky, and hesitated, "Your Highness, it's getting late at the moment, do you want to finish your fast here and then come back, or do you make a cushion on the way back?" ”

On more than one occasion, the prince delayed eating because of official business, but on the way back he had to walk a mountain road near a cliff, and if it was too late, he was afraid that it would not be safe.

Yan Wen didn't say anything, and something seemed to be written under his hand.

Li Fuan didn't ask any more questions, and quietly took a step back.

After waiting for a while, Yan Wen put down his pen and handed the road map he had just drawn to Li Fuan, and then said to him:

"This is the topographic map of the entire Xiangshan, and what is drawn with a red pen is Tan Yi's possible hiding place, so let the secret guard send people to search along the path."

Li Fuan took the rice paper, and admired the prince more and more in his heart, so he listened to the prince again:

"Let people bring some fasting food, and go outside to breathe first."

I didn't say I would go back to the palace, and I didn't say I wouldn't go back to the palace.

Since the prince said to breathe, Li Fuan didn't follow, after the prince went out, he first went to order a meal, and then took the drawings to find Xue Nian.

Hanshan Temple has been coming for the past two days because Yan Wen is coming, and other pilgrims have been refused, and the courtyard is very quiet at this moment, only the sound of birds and insects singing comes from the deep woods.

The cold white moonlight sprinkled on the ground paved with blue bricks, as clear as water, there were several dim palace lamps hanging under the corridor not far away, the wind blew, the palace lamps shook gently, and the dim yellow circular halo on the ground also shook.

A damp night breeze blew, and a faint smell of incense wafted through the air.

He stood quietly in the courtyard for a moment, the moonlight pouring down, and the man's long figure was not stained with dust.

Yan Wen looked up at the starry sky, and then his eyes fell on a brightly lit temple not far away, thought about it, and walked in that direction.

The main hall of the lantern is the temple dedicated to the Buddha, and when Yan Wen walked into the courtyard, he smelled a strong smell of incense.

Although the hall was brightly lit, it was very quiet, and he couldn't help but lighten his steps.

The branches of the trees swayed, the shadows moved like algae in the water, the bells came from not far away, and the sound of silence was like a thin layer of frost.

He walked slowly up the steps, skirted the cloister, and before he reached the door, his eyes swept inadvertently, and he saw the small figure through the open window.

Yan Wen paused, stopped outside the window, quietly looked at her silhouette, and his breathing unconsciously slowed down.

The little girl was dressed in plain white clothes, and the fabric looked like the ordinary coarse cloth of the temple, but there was an indescribable simplicity and beauty on her.

She didn't wear a single jewelry ring on her body, and her long, shiny black hair was tied only with a pale yellow headband, loosely scattered behind her.

She was kneeling quietly on the futon mat in front of the Buddha statue, and was reverently burning the yellow watch into the brazier in front of her.

The breeze blew into the temple, and her long hair fluttered slightly in the wind, the tips of which brushed her small earlobes and pink cheeks.

Yan Wen's breathing was sluggish, and the bottom of his eyes suddenly became deep.

The girl's side face looks unusually well-behaved and docile, her fair and flawless skin reveals a faint red pink under the reflection of the firelight, her curled eyelashes are gently fanned, and her lips are like rose petals, which makes people feel pity.

Yan Wen rarely saw Shen Ruolian so pure and graceful.

In his impression, from childhood to adulthood, she has preferred bright colors, and also loves some dazzling jewelry, her personality is always bright and jumpy, and she always loves to be coquettish with him, crying at every turn.

Now that he suddenly saw Shen Ruolian, who was so quiet and plain, he found in an instant that the little girl who loved to cry in the past had grown up.

It was the first time he had perceived so clearly that she had quietly grown from a girl to a woman without him knowing, and that she was no longer just his sister, but more of a slim and fair lady.

Those absurd dreams from the past resurfaced in my mind, but this time there was no longer an ethereal sense of distance, but instead I was wrapped in a kind of chaos that was deeply trapped in it.

I don't know if it's Yan Wen's illusion, but in the smoky smell of incense, there is a faint smell of sweet orange.

It's the smell of her.

Yan Wen took off the wrench on her thumb, rubbed it in her hand, and was about to leave, when she suddenly picked up another piece of paper before approaching the brazier, she suddenly screamed slightly, and her body shook slightly, as if she was frightened by something.

Then, a small black worm quickly jumped into the shadows along the corner.

Yan Wen paused to look at her, thinking that with her former temperament, she would definitely lose the yellow sheet paper in her hand, and leave directly with a pout.

But I didn't want her to just sit quietly for a while, as if she had silently calmed down, and then she was afraid to continue.

Yan Wen's fingers hanging down his side slowly tightened, and the gaze that fell on her became more and more complex and deep.

After a while, he moved his gaze from Shen Ruolian to the Buddha statue in front of her.

The Buddha with kind eyes looked compassionate, and looked at all beings gently.

After looking at it for a long time, Yan Wen calmly withdrew his gaze, lowered his eyelids, rolled down his Adam's apple imperceptibly, and then turned around and walked down the steps as usual.

His figure stepped out of the shadows and re-bathed in the moonlight, as if freed from an invisible net.

The pace of departure is as steady as when it came.

Li Fuan had just set up the meal, carrying a lantern and was about to go to the door to look for Yan Wen, when he saw a figure walking quickly in the distance.

Li Fuan hurriedly greeted him, "Palace-"

"Go back to the palace."

The figure brushed his body past, bringing a chill, leaving only the word cold in the air.

Li Fuan: "......"

Li Fuan hurriedly packed up his things, and before the abbot came out to see him off, Yan Wen was already sitting in the carriage waiting, so he had to arrange for Xiao Shunzi to stay and say goodbye to the abbot, while he followed the large army and the prince down the mountain first.

Li Fuan actually wondered a little in his heart, His Royal Highness obviously came to Hanshan Temple this time, why didn't he mention Princess Jianing.

His Royal Highness has spoiled the princess since she was a child, and even if the princess made Her Royal Highness unhappy before, she had never seen Her Royal Highness angry for so long.

He thought that when he came to Hanshan Temple this time, His Royal Highness would definitely bring the princess back, but he didn't want to, and he didn't say a word about taking the princess back until he left.

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Shen Ruolian knew a few days ago that Yan Wen was coming to Hanshan Temple, thinking that in order to avoid him, she stayed in the room all day yesterday and didn't go out.

Even the meal was sent by the novice.

It was not until evening that she heard no movement outside, and she went to the main hall to finish her prayer for the day.

When I returned, it was already late at night, and I got up late today.

The morning light came in through the window, and Shen Ruo sat on the bed with the quilt in pity for a while.

In fact, she misses him a little, and for so many years, the two have almost never been separated for such a long time.

Yesterday she was in her room, and the thought of him in another room not far from her made her heart beat inexplicably, and she always felt the urge to see him.

She wanted to ask him why she said she was leaving, and he really left her here for half a month.

But he didn't come to see her, and she didn't want to rush up with a shy face.

- The words he said that night were really hurtful, and it was the first time she faced him, and she didn't feel that she had done something wrong.

Shen Ruolian rubbed the tip of her nose and snorted slightly.

Whatever, he left as soon as he left, she stayed in this temple until she got married, anyway, she asked Pei Ci'an to go to the back mountain with her later, and she wouldn't be bored.

Looking at the daylight outside the window, Shen Ruolian estimated that Pei Ci'an was also coming, she got up and put on her shoes, planning to go out to fetch some water to wash.

- Qiu Rong had diarrhea last night, and she asked her to rest today.

The wooden door leaf is a little old, and when it opens, it makes a "squeak" sound that is not light or heavy.

The sunlight suddenly shone directly into her eyes, Shen Ruolian squinted her eyes uncomfortably, and then saw the back of a crane with a loose posture, standing at the bottom of the stairs with her hands in her hands.

The wind all around him stopped, and all the scenery was eclipsed in an instant.

Shen Ruolian's breath tightened, and only the sound of her own frantic heartbeat remained in her ears.

It was the first time she had seen him since the two had quarreled that night.

The man was dressed in an elegant white brocade robe, with a long jade body, standing like this, even if it was just a tall back, it was so dazzling that people couldn't take their eyes off.

Hearing the voice, Yan Wen turned around, his white clothes were like the moon, and his eyebrows and eyes were better than mountains and rivers.

After he turned around, he turned his back to the sun, Shen Ruolian couldn't see his expression clearly, and could only feel his warm and calm gaze fall on her face, seeming to ...... Looking into her eyes.

Shen Ruolian stood still, her mind was confused, and she didn't know how to react for a while, but the man opposite stood for a long time, and suddenly walked towards her.

The delicate black boots stepped calmly on each step, and gradually, he stepped into the shadows under the porch, and Shen Ruolian saw his expression clearly.

The thin lips of pale color were tensed, the eyes were slightly lowered, and the silent eyes were like a bottomless pool of water, and their gaze fell on her face, staring at her with a gaze that she could not understand.

Yan Wen was still the same as before, his face was like a crown of jade, gentle and elegant, but Shen Ruolian always felt that he seemed to be different.

He entered the shadows, and slowed his pace, as if he had been in a hurry, and approached her unhurriedly, inch by inch.

The cold bamboo fragrance lingered on the tip of her nose, and Shen Ruolian's palms couldn't help but ooze fine sweat, and she took half a step back uncontrollably when he stepped closer again.

The heel was against the threshold.

She should still be angry about what happened that night, he said such ugly things to her, she didn't want to forgive him, but his momentum at the moment was too intimidating, Shen Ruolian lost her temper in an instant, and he only panicked in her heart.

Just like when she was a child, she felt an absolute suppressive force in him every time she was about to be reprimanded for something bad.

In the distance, there was a faint melodious and rich sound of bells, which blurred in the air.

Yan Wen noticed her movements, and stood still no longer forward, three steps away from her.

He looked deeply into her eyes, then his gaze shifted to her left earlobe.

Shen Ruolian's heart almost jumped out of her throat, and the left earlobe that he was staring at with a substantial gaze was even more on fire.

She felt that her earlobes seemed to tremble slightly, and she couldn't help but swallow her saliva, and subconsciously called "Your Highness".