The two returned to the inn and sat down in the room. Li Xiuyuan lit a fire and boiled water while replying: "On the third day, I met another woman, but I never looked back."
The old man looked at the falling snowflakes outside the window and murmured to himself: "You turned back with that woman for me, but you didn't bow to the third person. I don't know whether it was a disaster or a blessing."
Li Xiuyuan replied quietly: "There is no way for misfortunes and blessings, we can only bring them upon ourselves."
The old man sighed, looked away from the window, and said to him: "After you left, the green dragon suddenly transformed into a catastrophe. You should have heard the thunder."
Li Xiuyuan was shocked when he heard this, just like when he squeezed Ximen Mengdie's hand and took the jade pendant from her hand that day.
He was stunned to find that all her evil aura had disappeared and the divine sea turned into a starry sky.
They stayed there for a long time, until the spring water on the stove whirred, and until a cup of steaming spiritual tea was placed in front of the two of them.
Then he said to himself: "It's impossible. Even if she has read the Buddhist scriptures well, she still has to understand the truth between heaven and earth? Unless some miracle happened in the mountains and forests."
The old man took a sip of the spiritual tea and said with a smile: "Good tea... No miracles happened in the mountains and forests that day."
Li Xiuyuan took a deep breath with a tone that was completely different from his age, and his frown gradually relaxed.
In just a moment, he seemed to understand something.
Since miracles happened to Ximen Mengdie and miracles happened to Crow, it may not be possible for Qingjiao.
He took a sip of the spiritual tea and said with a smile, "Maybe, everything has God's will."
The old man sighed and said, "She named herself Yun Qingjiao, saying she wanted to be as free as Yun'er. She originally wanted to practice Buddhism with you..."
Li Xiuyuan nodded, and after a moment of silence he said, "If she doesn't follow me, she can continue to practice Buddhism."
Shaking his head, the old man smiled bitterly and said, "I wonder if you can see the dilapidated temple on the mountain opposite. Many monks in this world believe in Zoroastrianism."
"Zoroastrianism?"
Just in an instant, a flash of fire appeared in front of Li Xiuyuan's eyes. He thought of Sanzang, Wuliang, and the Zoroastrian Cult in Suiye City.
Unexpectedly, I traveled around the heavens, came to this strange world, and met the Zoroastrian Cult again.
Even so, it still couldn't move his mood.
Putting down the tea cup in his hand, he said softly: "It's Zoroastrianism, so what?"
"The woman you met the next day is named Helian Mingyue. She is the leader of the Zoroastrian Cult in the Imperial City."
The old man sighed and continued: "Qing Jiao followed her to the imperial city. I am afraid that in the future, she will join her religion..."
"I have been exposed to Zoroastrianism before, and I have read their teachings. It is not a cult."
Thinking about his days in Broken Leaf City, Li Xiuyuan continued: "I just don't know if the Zoroastrian Cult in this world is the one I saw..."
The old man sighed and murmured to himself: "Tell me, what is the most terrifying thing in the world? Death, illness, separation, or poverty?"
The old man's words reminded Li Xiuyuan of what Huajiao once said to him...
At that moment, I couldn't help but blurt out, "Could it be that it's the human heart?"
The old man nodded and replied seriously: "It seems that the young master is not a monk in this world. He really has a Buddha's heart. Yes, it is the human heart."
"I originally thought that Qingjiao would practice Buddhism with the young master after she transformed, and then benefit the world, but I never thought that you would miss it here..."
He sighed and said leisurely: "Right now, the girl is just like a newly born child, she is still a piece of clean white paper."
There was no need for the old man to continue, Li Xiuyuan understood something instantly.
After thinking about it, he took out the crescent-shaped jade pendant, placed it in front of the table, and then laughed.
She said calmly: "She wanted to use the jade pendant transformed from this strange beast to force a cause and effect on my master and apprentice, but unexpectedly, after just one night, the jade pendant disappeared.
Leaving the body of my disciple..."
The old man was stunned when he heard this. He reached out to pick up the jade pendant on the table and silently felt the breath coming from the jade pendant. The expression on his face suddenly changed again and again.
It can be said that the old man's heart was shocked because Helian Mingyue told him some secrets about Ximen Mengdie.
But the jade pendant under his tentacle only had a trace of fire-like aura. Where could there be any demonic aura?
"I said, our master-disciple matters will be resolved by ourselves."
Li Xiuyuan said calmly: "I also told her that I will not easily ask for a cause and effect from others. Whether it is a good cause or a bad result, it is not what we want."
"Right now, this square jade pendant has been rejected by my disciple. The next time I see her, I will return it to her with my own hands."
The old man sighed heavily and patted the table in front of him gently.
She smiled and said, "Sure enough, there are some differences between Buddhism and the fire worship doctrine she practices... I'm very happy that you can do this."
Li Xiuyuan smiled faintly, pointed to the hillside opposite and asked, "Senior, although the temple is in ruins, are there still monks practicing?"
The old man shook his head, then nodded.
He replied: "Originally it was gone, but then I couldn't bear it... so I went over to clean it from time to time..."
"That's good, that's good."
When Li Xiuyuan heard this, he couldn't help but admired: "Being close to the Buddha and the Tao, it seems that the seniors are also people who yearn for the light. Someday, I will go and have a look."
Before the two of them had finished drinking the three cups of spiritual tea, the crow rushed in with a "Whoosh!", took a sip from the teacup in front of Li Xiuyuan, and then drank it all in one go.
He raised his head and said to him: "Something serious has happened. Come with me to Huajiao's house!"
When Li Xiuyuan arrived at Huajiao's house with Crow Crow and the old man, the coachman had already left, following Ximen Mengdie's instructions to prepare everything needed for Hua Yiyi's funeral.
There is no man in the Hua family, so Ximen Mengdie can only pay Huajiao’s neighbor to help.
When Ximen Mengdie saw the master and the old man coming, she quickly shouted: "Master, please save sister Huajiao first. She has been unconscious for two days."
Seeing the arrival of the master, the little girl finally breathed a sigh of relief and took Li Xiuyuan's hand to walk to Huajiao's room. The old man followed behind with a frown. Read the book
Crow Crow had already told Li Xiuyuan some things on the way, so the old man also understood some things.
Li Xiuyuan felt Huajiao's pulse for a long time before sighing leisurely.
He said to the old man behind him: "Senior, please help me see if there is any good way. I will cook a bowl of medicine for her."
The old man nodded and gently held Huajiao's hand...
Unlike Helian Mingyue, the old man and Huajiao lived in the same small town. They had watched the two siblings grow up since they were young, and they were considered fellow villagers.
Ximen Mengdie followed the master to the kitchen, looked at Li Xiuyuan who was making a fire and cooking medicine, and said, "Master, Xiaodie'er didn't cause any trouble this time... When he found something was wrong, he came back with his junior brother."
Li Xiuyuan nodded: "It's not your fault. You and Wu Wu made the right choice."
While lighting the fire, Li Xiuyuan was afraid.
She regretted her mistake in letting Xiao Die'er leave her and followed Huajiao to Wanping Town, a hundred miles away. What if Xiao Die'er got excited and took the crow to kill the imperial city...
He didn't dare to think about the consequences.
Fortunately, this time Ximen Mengdie listened to his words and hurried back here to find him.
Seeing that the master was silent, Ximen Mengdie couldn't help but ask: "Master, is it troublesome to save Sister Huajiao?"
Shaking his head, Li Xiuyuan replied calmly: "She just couldn't take a breath, and her heart veins were blocked. It's not difficult to save her, but it's difficult to get her out of her sadness."
Ximen Mengdie was stunned for a moment, then remembered what happened between herself and her aunt, so she couldn't help but hug Li Xiuyuan and reached out to touch the black cloth on his face...
The person who best understands Li Xiuyuan's current thoughts must be her, not even the crow.
Thinking that after the master learned about the tragic death of himself and his aunt, the master cried tears of blood and blinded his eyes... Until now, it is estimated that the master has not come out of the shadow of the tragic death of his aunt.
He said softly: "Master, do your eyes still hurt?"
Ximen Mengdie is very smart, she just asked the master if his eyes hurt...
After Li Xiuyuan heard this, he remembered that he had just experienced Ximen Xiaoyu's sadness and death? Came out differently?
However, he couldn't compare Huajiao to himself. After all, Huajiao and his younger brother were siblings. The two had been dependent on each other since they were young. How could they say let go?
Thinking of this, he had no choice but to sigh, point to the fire burning in the stove and said: "Burn the loach on the fire and eat one piece when it is cooked."
Ximen Mengdie didn't understand it for a moment, so she clapped her hands and walked out, while replying: "Xiaodie'er will go back and have a good sleep soon."
Li Xiuyuan waved his hand and said, "When Huajiao wakes up, you can go back to sleep. Crow and I are here."
After spending a while, Li Xiuyuan cooked a bowl of medicine and took it back to Huajiao's room.
The old man looked at him and asked, "So, are you going to stand up for these miserable siblings and seek justice?"
Li Xiuyuan placed the cooked medicine on the table beside him, touched Ximen Mengdie's head and said seriously: "Firstly, I am not the way of heaven in this world, and secondly, I am not a god..."
The old man was startled when he heard this and blurted out: "Is it possible that you want to watch the fun?"
Wu Wu did not expect that Li Xiuyuan would say this, and immediately jumped up anxiously: "This is not okay, this is not your style?"
"We can't kill all the wolves on the prairie."
Somehow, Li Xiuyuan said what he said to Yuwen Liuli and others at this time.
The old man, Xiao Die'er, and Crow were all confused.
After pausing for a moment, Li Xiuyuan continued: "My master has always warned me that it is better to ask for help than to ask for help from others. If you want revenge, you have to rely on yourself. Today I will warn you two again!"
Ximen Mengdie thought of the time when his master taught him how to play, and seemed to understand something, so he stopped making noise at the moment.
Wu Wu didn't dare to argue at this time. At most, he would discuss countermeasures with his senior sister behind Li Xiuyuan's back.
Only the old man nodded and smiled: "It's true, wolves are like weeds. If you kill them all, new wolves will appear next year."
Li Xiuyuan sighed and said, "I want to rebuild the temple opposite the inn. I wonder if senior can help me invite some craftsmen back."
The old man did not expect that at this time, Li Xiuyuan would actually talk about the temple.
He nodded and replied: "It's a simple matter. As long as you have money, there will be people working even on snowy days. You don't have to worry about having no one."
Li Xiuyuan sighed: "I plan to rebuild it with bluestone. Tomorrow I will inform the seniors of my request and ask the craftsmen to prepare the stones first and then carve the stones while building the temple."
Crow thought for a moment and asked, "Where's Huajiao? What should I do if she wakes up?"
Li Xiuyuan smiled lightly: "If she is willing to be like you, then help me build the temple; otherwise, let her stay at home alone and cry every day."
When Crow heard this, he didn't understand for a moment and glanced at Ximen Mengdie.
Xiao Die'er shook her head and told her not to talk too much. Master Xindao would definitely be angrier than herself and her junior brother, but it didn't show on his face.
The old man was stunned for a moment, then said: "That's very good. The way to help her get over her sadness as soon as possible is to find something for her to do."
Li Xiuyuan sighed: "I'm stupid, I can only think of this way."
