Both Shuzi and Xiaohu have long been accustomed to life in the mountains.
The two calmed down and began their own practice. After all, the Imperial City of Great Zhou would be a distant memory for them.
On this day, the old Taoist priest took advantage of the fine weather and took Gao Yue'er to the mountains to collect medicine.
As a master, he wanted to teach Gao Yue'er how to distinguish between elixirs in the mountains and ordinary herbs.
Shuzi and Xiaohu practiced swordsmanship for an hour, and then returned to the living room to make tea with Li Xiuyuan.
Xiaohu made some snow water from Shanzhang to boil water for his husband.
Shuzi carefully cleaned the teacups and purple sand on the tea tray.
Li Xiuyuan cooked a pot of spiritual tea from Tianshan Mountain. On a hot summer day, it was probably only the three of them who could have a sip of spiritual tea boiled in snow water.
Shuzi looked at Li Xiuyuan's silent look and couldn't help but ask, "Brother has something on his mind."
Li Xiuyuan sighed: "To be precise, my thoughts are for you two."
The emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty has made peace with the Turks, and Ashina is about to become the empress of the Imperial City of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Then, what will happen next will be revealed in front of Li Xiuyuan one by one, which means that he will leave again soon.
Regardless of the Qin Dynasty or the Zhou Dynasty, to him, it was just a practice.
He and Xiao Hei are just passers-by.
And no matter what, it seems that neither Shuzi nor Xiaohu can follow them to another era.
Thinking of this, Li Xiuyuan looked at Shuzi and said seriously: "Shuzi, how many years have you spent together from the day Zhang Liang met you to the time he left?"
When Shuzi heard her brother talking about Zhang Liang, her eyes turned red and tears fell down.
After a while, he sighed quietly: "How many years?"
"He has been fighting for Liu Bang all his life, so he has no time to practice well. Shuzi has only been with him for a hundred years. Wow, brother, I miss Zhang Liang so much."
When Shuzi said this, she couldn't help but take out her silk scarf and gently wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes.
Li Xiuyuan nodded when he heard this, then looked at Xiaohu and asked, "What about you, Xiaohu? How many years has your mother been with you, and how many years has your wife been with you?"
When Xiaohu heard this, his eyes turned red.
He sighed and said, "If you think about it carefully, my mother has been with me longer than those women. This is all thanks to my husband..."
Li Xiuyuan sighed leisurely, as if he had traveled back to Great Qin in an instant.
Looking at Shuzi and Xiaohu beside him, he said, "To put it into detail, you two have died in the long river of time. You should have entered reincarnation before I returned to Dazhou."
Xiaohu nodded: "Sir, you are right. If you and Sister Shuzi hadn't found me, I would have died on Tianshan Mountain."
It was only then that Li Xiuyuan's expression relaxed a little.
He said softly: "It should be said that the moment you met me was the beginning of your new life. It can also be said that you were reborn."
Shuzi naturally understood this truth, thought for a while and replied: "What does brother want to say?"
Li Xiuyuan glanced at her and replied: "Your practice has not really begun yet... Zhang Liang and Xiaohu's mother will stay with you for at most two hundred years..."
The two nodded without saying a word.
Li Xiuyuan added: "In the future, you may have a lifespan ten times longer than before. You will leave this world and you will have no relatives at that time. Who will accompany you in those long years?"
"The world is very big, but the world in Dazhou is very small. You will see more of the world..."
Li Xiuyuan said seriously: "In my opinion, there are only two ways for you to leave this world, either break through the void and ascend, or leave with my master..."
When Shuzi heard this, she couldn't help but murmured to herself: "Isn't it bad to ascend?"
Xiaohu looked at her and shook his head: "Sister Shuzi, if we ascend, we may not be able to survive the flight."
Rising thunder disaster. "
Until then, Xiaohu couldn't understand his husband's painstaking efforts.
I had no choice but to ask: "Sir, do you mean to let Master take Xiaohu and Sister Shuzi away? What about you, sir?"
Upon hearing this, Shuzi looked at Li Xiuyuan nervously.
In her opinion, her brother is an omnipotent god, and he can naturally help her survive the thunder catastrophe of ascension.
Li Xiuyuan added spiritual tea to their cups and said with a wry smile: "Of course I can help you survive the thunder tribulation of ascension, but have you ever thought about what if you went to two different worlds after ascension?"
"It is very likely that you will never be able to see each other for the rest of your life, and there is nothing I can do about it."
Li Xiuyuan said seriously: "After much thought, I can only ask Master to take you away together, so that you can still watch each other together."
Hearing this, Xiaohu finally breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "Fortunately, Xiaohu still has a master."
Shuzi heard some other meanings. Although she didn't mean to ask, she couldn't help but ask: "What about Xiao Hei?"
Li Xiuyuan was startled when he heard this. He remembered the fruitless words of the old Taoist priest.
He couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "He has two more sisters, and I don't know where he is going this time. Let's not talk about the three of them. "
Clearing his throat, Li Xiuyuan said sternly: "I hope that one day after Master takes you away, you can think about the past of Da Qin and stop thinking about it."
"What do you mean?" Shuzi was a little confused.
Li Xiudi glanced at Xiaohu and said, "It means that after you leave this world, you will no longer be mortals. In the years to come, you will watch each other and don't betray each other."
Xiaohu glanced at Shuzi, thought for a moment and said, "Xiaohu will not betray Sister Shuzi."
Shuzi's face turned red, she looked at Li Xiuyuan and smiled bitterly, "Brother, just tell me what you have to say."
"Okay, I've been here from Tianshan, so it's time to make it clear to you."
After taking a sip of spiritual tea, Li Xiuyuan said in a solemn voice: "Master said that gods call married couples Taoist couples. I hope you can live together forever after Master leaves..."
"Buddhism says that the past cannot be grasped, the present mind cannot be grasped, and the future mind cannot be grasped. In fact, it means that you should cherish the moment in front of you. Believe me, you will have a better future."
Having said this, Li Xiuyuan waved his hand and said: "The past is past, forget about it, think about it, and stop thinking about it."
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Having said this, Li Xiuyuan took Xiaohu's hand and handed it to Shuzi, who was blushing. He said quietly: "When the time comes, my master will take care of your marriage."
Only then did Xiaohu understand what his husband meant.
He couldn't help but be shocked and said: "So, if you meet Brother Zhang Liang one day, will he kill Xiaohu?"
Shuzi blushed and said nothing. She was waiting for her brother's decision.
Li Xiuyuan laughed: "He drank Po Meng's soup and entered the six realms of reincarnation. He can't even remember who he is. How can he remember Shuzi and you?"
When Shuzi heard this, she couldn't help but glared at Li Xiuyuan, and said with a smile: "How can you be such a big brother? You don't care about your own affairs, but you worry about Shuzi and me, Xiaohu."
Li Xiuyuan shook his head and let out a long sigh: "This matter, you ask my master about this when you see him in the future, and he will tell you how painful and helpless I feel."
Shuzi didn't ask any more questions after hearing this.
I was thinking that I would only be able to ask clearly about this matter after meeting my brother's master.
It’s just like what I said to my brother...
Thinking of this, Shuzi felt a pain in her mouth and was speechless for a moment.
Seeing Shuzi's discomfort, Xiaohu thought it was his fault, so he had to smile: "If Sister Shuzi dislikes Xiaohu..."
Li Xiuyuan shook his head, drank the remaining tea in the cup, waved his hands with and said, "You finish this pot of tea, and I'll go for a walk in the mountains. .”
Shuzi waited until Li Xiuyuan left the living room, then whispered to Xiaohu: "You idiot, it's my fault for reminding my brother of the sad past."
Xiaohu shook his head and said, "Sir is a god and won't be sad."
Shuzi looked at Xiaohu's innocent appearance, thinking about living with this guy for the next few years, and finally felt a hint of sweetness in her heart.
The road to spiritual practice is long, and she has experienced more past events than Xiaohu.
At least Xiaohu has been sleeping for a hundred years, but he has not only experienced a hundred years of loneliness.
After thinking about it, only my brother would take care of everything for the two of them, and finally found this opportunity to pierce this layer of paper.
Otherwise, if it were her and Xiaohu, they would have wasted hundreds of years.
Thinking of this, Shuzi looked at Xiaohu and said with a smile: "Thinking about the bright future, it seems that the hardships we have endured are worth it."
Xiaohu chuckled and said, "As long as Sister Shuzi is not angry, Xiaohu will listen to you."
…
The mountain breeze was slightly cool, blowing Li Xiuyuan's clothes.
While walking in the mountains, I saw some new buds on the plum trees planted by Master.
I don't know whether this plum tree took root and sprouted again after falling branches, or was planted by future generations, or whether the plum tree stood in the mountains with the wind and snow, and bloomed quietly for hundreds of years.
After settling the future whereabouts of the old Taoist priests and apprentices, and settling the future relationship between Shuzi and Xiaohu, Li Xiuyuan wanted to go to Xilin Temple to see the Buddha.
Back then, in front of Ksitigarbha, he had a karmic relationship with Emperor Ming of the Great Zhou Dynasty. In the end, Emperor Ming became a monk in the Buddhist Cave in the Desert, but he himself walked away for many years.
When he was cultivating Buddhism in the abyss, there were still some issues that he didn't fully understand.
Taking advantage of the good weather, it is a good time to see the Buddha and ask questions.
At a glance, not far down the mountain is the imperial city of Zhou Dynasty.
Standing quietly in the mountains, it seems as if the master from back then is standing next to him. The sky is still the same as before. The difference is that the emperors under the mountain have changed.
The difference is that, looking around, there was still a lush academy at the foot of the mountain, with a group of students from all over.
But now, there are more fertile fields with thousands of temples shining green and bright in the sun.
"These thousands of acres of fertile farmland have supported so many people in the imperial city..." Li Xiuyuan, who was thoughtful, couldn't help but murmur to himself.
"Sir, you have misunderstood. These thousand acres of fertile land are not under the jurisdiction of the imperial city of Zhou Dynasty."
At this moment, Gao Yue'er's lukewarm voice came from behind Li Xiuyuan.
