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When the "Eternal Fire" jumping on the tip of the "Dragon's Cry" sword was completely burned out, Bai Feng immediately brought the bottle of strange medicine containing the "Taste Stone", and then borrowed a silk scarf and handkerchief from others. , and immediately poured half of the medicine powder in the bottle onto the silk, leaving only a part in the bottle.
The young swordsman carefully wrapped the powdered medicine and handed it to E Feiying, saying: "When I put these bottles of medicine back to their original places and return to meet you here, Miss E will take this evidence for us." Send it to the pharmacy, and then we will discuss how to induce Taipingdao to reveal its true form."
"Then...Sister Murong and Mr. Bai?" Miss E Wu asked.
"Yan'er and I will stay in the Taoist temple, waiting for Sima Tu to return, and see how he reacts!" After that, the young swordsman took the stolen medicine bottles, carefully slipped out of the window, and went straight to that day. Go to the water pavilion.
E Feiying held the inadvertently discovered incriminating evidence in her hands, fearing that an outsider would inadvertently know what they had done, so she protected this small package like her own child. Under such a tense mood, there was naturally no time to talk about the weirdness and magic of this medicinal stone with Murong Yan beside him, or to continue the secret conversation between the two of them.
The two of them were silent for a while, then the young swordsman returned as promised. After greeting each other with E Feiying, the three of them said goodbye to each other.
Bai Feng's two visits to Tianshui Pavilion were extremely smooth, and he didn't encounter anything unexpected. This second return, in addition to returning the previously stolen items to their original places, he also brought back an incense burner.
After watching Miss E Wu leave, Bai Feng opened all the previously closed doors so that anyone passing by could see everything happening in the room from all angles. Then the incense burner he brought was lit, causing the fragrance that spread for ten miles to spread unbridled to the surrounding area of the small room.
Seeing that the young swordsman changed his cautious and cunning demeanor, Murong Yan was very puzzled, so she asked: "Wouldn't it attract everyone's attention if he acted so openly?"
Bai Feng replied: "The two of us were invited here. If we continue to be timid, it will only arouse suspicion. Since we are 'openly building a plank road', why not use an 'empty city strategy' to lure the enemy into a trap?" ? If Sima Tu doubts us, he will definitely search out all the people in the Taoist temple to inquire about our situation. Therefore, the best policy is to remain unchanged in response to all changes."
After Murong Yan heard about it, she still looked half-understood. Perhaps it was due to her own fear of Taiping Dao that she hated being exposed and conspicuous here. As a result, his face looked troubled and he stopped talking.
"Yan'er, what's wrong?" Bai Feng said, "Or maybe you still feel uneasy?"
"That's true...but when I think that Yan'er is now Bai Feng's 'sister', and not the daughter of the Fu family, I feel a lot calmer." Murong Yan looked at the window in front of her and smiled brightly, thinking: "So, as long as I am with Brother Feng, the so-called 'uneasy premonition' will no longer drive me to run around and flee, right?"
After finishing speaking, the Xianbei girl poured a cup of tea for each of them, shared the snacks brought by E Feiying, and talked without any scruples. Accompanied by that light and distant fragrance, I express my heart sincerely and happily.
When the body was tired, the "sister" would lie on the desk to rest, while the "brother" would just stay by her side, watching the people coming and going outside the room.
Gradually, almost all the servants in the Taoist temple were talking about it: a man they had never met before was hanging out in the guest room with a woman dressed like a maid from the E family. There was a unique sword hanging beside the man, and he was sitting there motionless, as "colorless and desireless" as a Buddha statue, so that no stranger dared to approach.
I don’t know how much time passed, but I just know that the sky had gradually darkened by then, and not a drop of rain had fallen since the early shower. At this time, the spices in the incense burner were almost burned to slag, and the fragrance that just filled the air was much lighter.
Bai Feng saw that it was already late, and E Binghuan and others would definitely arrive at any time, so he set out to wake up Murong Yan, who was sleeping beside him. Then, a polite knock on the door suddenly sounded from the direction of the porch. According to the sound, it was a servant girl.
I saw the other party holding a red paper lantern, claiming that he was here to add lamps and change oil for the lighting in the room, and cautiously asked why those two people appeared in E Binghuan's room.
"We are the guests of Mr. E, and we have come specially to seek refuge with you." Bai Feng replied.
The maid suddenly nodded, and after lighting the lights in the four corners of the room, she walked away silently. When he crossed the threshold, he seemed to suddenly remember something, and said to the young swordsman: "Tonight there is a 'Lantern Sacrifice to Heaven' in the Tianchi Pool, and the participants are all chaste men and women. If you two agree, it can be done." Go and do your part for this troubled town." After that, the servant girl left.
Bai Feng took advantage of this to devise a plan, so he might as well take advantage of the situation to get closer to Taiping Dao and reduce the other party's suspicion. After telling Murong Yan everything they wanted, the two decided to leave.
Before leaving, Murong Yan just realized that the string of bells was still hanging on her ankle. After thinking about it for a moment, he took it off and put on his own amulet for the young man, although Bai Feng felt that this thing was more like a token of the relationship between the two of them.
They took the lanterns that the maid had lit from E Binghuan's room and strolled along the corridors extending in all directions. They found that the Taoist temple was getting denser and more crowded, but most of them were young people and girls who looked like fellow villagers, no more than fifteen years old. They have "red lines" on their foreheads and hold candles made of lotus flowers in their hands. They chase each other on the corridor, which is quite interesting.
Halfway through the journey, a figure suddenly ran out in front of him. The other party has a strong figure and is dressed in red. From a distance, you can hear the sound of his footsteps stepping on the covered bridge, and he blurts out at the same time: "Mr. Bai! Mr. Bai!"
Bai Feng hurried forward to greet the people. After learning from E Feiying that Sima Tu was about to return, she planned to take E Feiying to participate in the "Lantern Sacrifice to Heaven" ceremony.
Following the footsteps of the believers, the three of them walked to the end of the road and saw lotus lanterns coming one after another at their feet. It turned out that on the shore of the water pavilion that day, more than ten people were placing lanterns one after another.
Although the sky was not completely dark at this time and there was still a trace of crimson left, dozens of lights moved slowly on the sky pool, as if they were reflecting the stars in the sky. And because the three people did not have lotus lanterns in their hands, they could only stand on the corridor and lean on the railing to admire it.
After Shaoqing passed like this, E Bing and Sima Tu also came to Tianshui Pavilion. The two of them saw Bai Feng and the others on the corridor talking and laughing, talking freely, and they wondered if they were feeling mixed feelings about their original intention to match them?
