At the sight of the yellow dog, Jiang Mian immediately crouched down. The yellow dog then nuzzled into her arms, acting coquettishly. This sight made Mo Zhizhang feel a twinge of jealousy.
He even couldn't help but wonder if he was also sick. Otherwise, why would he feel such strong hostility towards a dog?
"How about it, Dahuang? Did you find any clues inside?" Jiang Mian asked in a low voice, stroking the yellow dog's head.
Next door was the back Buddhist courtyard. Xiao Jingcheng couldn't bark. He controlled Dahuang's body to circle around Jiang Mian twice, then stood upright, clasped his front paws together in a bow, and then ran aside to dig the ground.
Mo Zhizhang gently raised his eyebrows and asked, "Little sister, can you understand?"
Jiang Mian frowned, trying to figure out the meaning of Dahuang's actions.
When they dug out Xiao Jingcheng's body from the tomb and brought him up the mountain, Dahuang had also given her hints through his actions. So, what Dahuang was doing now was related to the situation in the courtyard.
A flash of inspiration came to Jiang Mian's mind. She gently clapped her hands and whispered, "I know!"
Xiao Jingcheng squatted on the ground, looking at the bright eyes of the young girl in the night.
Mo Zhizhang also shifted his gaze to her at this moment.
"Second brother may not know that a long time ago, after Qi Wen and I rescued the crown prince together, we found an empty mansion of the Zhao family in the mountains. There was a secret passage in that empty mansion that led to Dongli Town. It was through that secret passage that we transported the crown prince back to the town."
Mo Zhizhang rubbed his sleeve with his fingers and gently said, "So that's how it is."
Then he changed the subject and said, "But do you mean that there is also a secret passage in this back Buddhist courtyard?"
Jiang Mian smiled and said, "Of course not. What Dahuang wants to tell me is that, like the mountain villa in the mountains, the back Buddhist courtyard is also empty. As for the action he just did when standing up..."
She said firmly, "It's to tell me that the secret of Ling'an Temple is related to these monks in the temple!"
Xiao Jingcheng's eyes also lit up.
Unexpectedly, she could really understand what he wanted to express!
The joy in his heart made his ears itch. Driven by the instinct of a canine, he stepped forward and rubbed his head against Jiang Mian's palm, and his tail wagged vigorously behind him.
Jiang Mian continued following her train of thought, "Since there is no one in the back Buddhist courtyard, why did they refuse our request for accommodation on the pretext that it was full?"
"I think it's because they don't want us to get close to the back Buddhist courtyard. There is a secret hidden here that cannot be known by others. However, after learning about our situation, they allowed us to stay in the temple, which means that the person making the decision is not completely heartless."
While she was thinking, Xiao Jingcheng and Mo Zhizhang both tacitly didn't make a sound to disturb her.
She was the daughter of Li Zhao, the secretary. Her intelligence had been evident from the very beginning, and this was also the most attractive thing about her.
"What kind of secret cannot be known by others but is actually not that important?"
Jiang Mian frowned tightly, searching her mind for the rumors about Ling'an Temple she had heard recently.
"I know!" Jiang Mian finally caught a clue, "Uncle, your guess should be right. The great master Huaihai, who claims to be traveling far and wide, might be in Ling'an Temple at this moment! Ling'an Temple - they are lying!"
Seeing that she had deduced the truth, Mo Zhizhang's face showed a few more sincere smiles. He said, "Then let's go inside and find out."
After saying that, without asking for Jiang Mian's opinion, he said to her, "Hold on tight and don't make a sound."
Jiang Mian only felt a tightness around her waist, and then she was lifted into the air. Fortunately, Mo Zhizhang had reminded her in time. She immediately covered her mouth to prevent herself from exclaiming in surprise.
Xiao Jingcheng never expected Mo Zhizhang to be so bold. He was so angry that he jumped up and down in place. If he wasn't afraid of alarming the monks in the back Buddhist courtyard, he would have barked loudly.
He snorted heavily from his nose, then turned his head and ran to the narrow dog hole he had found before, and got in again.
Mo Zhizhang was excellent at lightness kung fu. He easily carried Jiang Mian over the wall into the back Buddhist courtyard.
Since they knew that there were no disaster - avoiding common people in the back Buddhist courtyard, just a group of ostentatious monks, he acted more recklessly. He swaggered with Jiang Mian and landed in the middle of the courtyard.
The people in the rooms never expected them to break into the back Buddhist courtyard directly, so no one noticed.
Xiao Jingcheng rushed over in a hurry. Seeing that Mo Zhizhang was still holding Jiang Mian's waist, he couldn't bear it any longer. He pounced forward and forced his way between them to separate them.
Only then did Jiang Mian realize that Mo Zhizhang had been holding her waist just now. They had been a bit too close. She quietly moved aside.
The warmth of the girl's waist still remained in Mo Zhizhang's palm. When the girl was beside him, he could faintly smell the charming fragrance.
His heart became more and more troubled. He clenched his fingers, and his drooping eyelashes covered the emotions in his eyes. Then he met the yellow dog glaring at him fiercely.
The yellow dog even bared its teeth at him fiercely to express its dissatisfaction.
But Mo Zhizhang gave a meaningful smile.
This dog was more interesting than he had imagined.
Biting back the impulse to bite Mo Zhizhang, Xiao Jingcheng ran towards one of the meditation rooms and stopped outside, motioning to Jiang Mian.
The bald donkey who might be the great master Huaihai was inside.
As long as she took a step forward, knocked on the door, tied up that stinky bald donkey, and used some means, she didn't believe that she couldn't force out what had really happened in Ling'an Temple eighteen years ago.
But she didn't want to do that.
She wasn't the one who should feel guilty, nor was she the one who had committed evil. She wanted to be upright and get what she wanted without using any means.
Taking a deep breath, Jiang Mian walked step by step to the door, raised her hand and knocked on it, and said loudly, enunciating each word clearly:
"Jiang Mian from Dongli Town requests an audience with the abbot of Ling'an Temple, the great master Huaihai."
As soon as these words were spoken, the already very quiet back Buddhist courtyard fell into a deathly silence. The next moment, candles were lit in several meditation rooms. The monks opened the doors and rushed out. The monk in charge of guarding the door also came after hearing the news, holding a stick in his hand.
The monks in the back Buddhist courtyard surrounded Jiang Mian and Mo Zhizhang. The young monk who had greeted Jiang Mian and the others before looked ashen and roared angrily:
"It's really outrageous for the benefactor to break into the back Buddhist courtyard without our permission in the middle of the night!"
Xiao Jingcheng and Mo Zhizhang stood in front of Jiang Mian to protect her.
In the moonlight, the man as elegant as a green bamboo was smiling, but there was a hint of evil in his eyes: "We also want to ask the young master, since there are so many empty meditation rooms in the back Buddhist courtyard, why did you lie to us that they were full?"
"They all say that a Buddhist monk does not tell lies. You all have lied. Aren't you afraid of the Buddha's punishment?"