Sure enough, as the waiter on the dock said, a large ship today took away most of the businessmen and monks in the inn in the town, and also took away many of the coolies who made a living at the dock.
In this way, Master Li Xiuyuan and his party had to find a quiet backyard in the inn where they were staying.
Even the waiters at the inn said that as long as the master and apprentice had come half a day early, they might not be able to find such a quiet place.
The next day, it rained continuously in the town. The waiter at the inn told Li Xiuyuan to rest peacefully. Whenever a ship docked, someone would come to report the news.
In this way, Huajiao, Xiaodie'er, and Crow held their umbrellas and went shopping without even eating breakfast.
Xiao Die'er said it was poetic to go shopping in the rain.
The crow followed to protect the senior sister and junior sister. This is its responsibility.
It wasn't until 4 o'clock that the old lady got up, washed up, changed into clean clothes, and had breakfast before coming to the living room.
At this time, Li Xiuyuan was already sitting in front of the window, boiling a pot of water and preparing to make tea to entertain guests.
The old woman tidied up and changed into a clean green shirt. In front of Li Xiuyuan, it was still the same black and white color as yesterday.
He couldn't even distinguish the subtle expression on the old man's face.
He just said quietly: "Senior, please sit down, tea will be fine."
The old woman was slightly startled and looked at her outfit up and down. It took her a while to realize that the young man in front of her was missing a pair of bright eyes.
Moving to sit down at the table by the window, the old lady asked with a smile: "Mr., do you dislike me for pestering me all the way and causing a lot of trouble to you, master and disciple?"
Li Xiuyuan shook his head and replied calmly: "Life is a troublesome practice. How many people can live without troubles in their lives?"
The old woman reached out and pushed a piece of white hair on her forehead behind her ears, but she sighed softly in her heart.
He smiled and replied: "You can't say that. Have you never heard that? Even the gods in the sky envy the fireworks in the world and the freedom of lovers in the world?"
"Are they really free?"
The old woman's words instantly reminded him of Qingfeng in Yunqi Temple, and Helian Ruoxue who had probably returned to the Imperial City.
If he really wanted to envy him, he could only envy Wu Xin and Jasmine's life-or-death love.
And the current Qingfeng is probably still a piece of wood, and Qingfeng may even be the next Sanzang. If so, will it be a tragedy for the princess in the imperial city?
Could it be that Helian Ruoxue really had to wait many years before she could let go of her love for Qingfeng.
Then inadvertently, among the huge crowd, she meets someone who happens to be her favorite and who also likes her?
Just like Gong Gu Yangbo and the Princess of the East China Sea, just one look can last ten thousand years.
But even a monk like Gong Yangbo, even with an identity like the Princess of the East China Sea, wouldn't he be harmed by his own relatives in the end? Trapped between yin and yang...
Full of emotion, Li Xiuyuan poured a cup of scalding tea for the old woman and said calmly: "The gods in the sky have not seen the unsatisfactory days of the world."
The old woman picked up the teacup in front of her and took a sip.
After a long while, he asked thoughtfully: "So, is the little gentleman's life bitter? Or sweet?"
Holding a cup of hot tea, Li Xiuyuan's thoughts were like lightning and thunder, from Tianshan Mountain to Luoxia Mountain, to the Snow Mountains of the Tang Dynasty, and even to Mount Sumeru...
When my mind was wandering, I thought about it again and again, and finally replied: "It's been sweet, it's been bitter...I can't forget what I want to forget, and there seems to be no trace of what should be remembered..."
He sighed and said with a wry smile: "It seems that the most carefree thing is the ten years since I lost my memory. If there is a bowl of soul-forgetting soup in the world, I would like to drink ten bowls."
"That soup, mortals can't drink that soup, so they can only go to Wangchuan after death."
The old woman looked at the frowning Li Xiuyuan and asked thoughtfully: "Is it possible that Mr. Wang has been to Wangchuan?"
"Above the River of Forgetfulness, beneath the Mulberry Village. Half is light, half is shadow..."
Li Xiuyuan shook his head gently and said with a wry smile: "I have drunk that soup. I have stood on that bridge for hundreds of years and listened to countless stories told by people crossing the bridge. I have seen just one monk reincarnate in his three lives... .”
"Senior, think about it. On the Forgotten River, at different times, the monk happened to meet me in three reincarnations. I feel incredible..."
Sighing, Li Xiuyuan said: "I have been cooking soup for a hundred years and drinking soup for a hundred years, but there are some things that I still cannot forget."
Unexpectedly, after hearing what Li Xiuyuan said, the old woman didn't show much surprise on her face.
It was as if everything should be like this, or that she had already gained insight into Li Xiuyuan's past.
It wasn't until she finished the cup of tea in her hand that Li Xiuyuan refilled it for her.
Then he said slowly: "If Mrs. Meng forgets her feelings after drinking the soup she cooked, when she wakes up, will she continue to go back to the bridge?"
Li Xiuyuan was stunned when he heard this, and then understood.
He immediately smiled lightly and said: "No wonder the eldest sister is like me, drinking soup like water. It seems that she also has things that she can't forget."
This time, it was the old woman's turn to laugh.
But the old woman sighed and said quietly: "You can meet a monk who has been reincarnated for three times at different times. It seems that that guy has a deep fate with you?"
After Li Xiuyuan heard this, he thought of the colorful divine light that appeared at the end of the bridge when the monk crossed the bridge for the last time, and smiled lightly.
He replied: "Three generations... I'm afraid it will be difficult to see him again in the future."
The old woman was stunned and blurted out: "Why?"
Li Xiuyuan smiled: "He has experienced three reincarnations and has figured out some things. I am afraid that he will not fall into reincarnation again in the future."
The old woman said "Oh!" and then smiled thoughtfully: "That's not good, you have one more friend who is a god..."
What the old woman said was unintentional, but when Li Xiuyuan heard it, it was like a thunderclap in his ears. He was stunned and speechless for a moment?
He suddenly remembered that the monk drank the soup he cooked every time.
But why, after every reincarnation, the monk can remember him as long as he mentions it? Remember Po Meng who lives above the Forgotten River?
Logically speaking, a monk should have no memory after reincarnation, right?
"What's wrong?" The old woman frowned slightly as she looked at Li Xiuyuan's dazed look.
After a long while, Li Xiuyuan sighed: "Then why did the monk reincarnate as a monk in three lifetimes? Then why did the monk drink Po Meng's soup and still remember Po Meng in the previous life in the next life..."
Regardless of whether the old man in front of him could understand or not, Li Xiuyuan spoke out all the questions in his heart.
He really didn't think about this matter carefully before, otherwise he would have asked his eldest sister directly when he was in Wangchuan.
Until this moment, I accidentally talked to the old woman about the monk who reincarnated in three lives, and the topic of discussion was still about whether I could forget it.
The old woman sighed. Not to mention Li Xiuyuan, she had never met him before.
There was deep silence for a long time, until Li Xiuyuan cooked another cup of tea for the two of them.
The old woman said softly: "Maybe the monk didn't need to reincarnate in the first place. He went to reincarnation just to understand some truths. There is a treasure in the divine sea..."
After thinking about it, Li Xiuyuan smiled bitterly and said, "This can only be explained by this principle."
In just a moment, he understood that since the master could give Xiao Die'er a piece of jade that covers the sky, she could embark on the road to heaven.
Then the monk who has been reincarnated for three generations may not be pregnant with a treasure, at least let him retain some memories about himself.
After thinking for a while, he replied calmly: "I am a mortal, but I never thought that I would be so high as a god."
The corners of the old woman's mouth moved. This time, she rarely bothered with Li Xiuyuan about this issue.
...
After talking about heaven and earth, Li Xiuyuan thought of the East China Sea where he wanted to go.
Thinking that since the old woman had been to the East China Sea, she subconsciously couldn't help but ask.
He took a plate of cakes from behind and put it in front of the old woman, and asked: "Senior, do you know why the Duanmu family in Tianshui Town dare not come here to cause trouble for our master and apprentice?"
"Don't you know?" the old woman asked with a smile.
"This junior is just passing by, how could he know?" Li Xiuyuan shook his head.
"Haiyun Town is a place where no one cares..."
The old woman sighed and said: "I also heard what the guys said at the dock in Tianshui. When the taxes from Haiyun Town increase, Wandao Imperial City will take half of it, and the remaining half will go to the East China Sea."
The old woman paused, thought for a moment and said, "Maybe, since the Duanmu family in Tianshui doesn't dare to offend the current queen, they don't dare to offend the people of Donghai."
Li Xiuyuan nodded without saying a word and continued to listen with his head lowered.
The old woman smiled and said: "So in Haiyun Town, it can be said that no one dares to cause trouble here. Once there is trouble, not to mention offending Donghai, there will be no place for them in the entire Central Plains."
"I see. It seems that the Duanmu family also wants to do business with Donghai."
Smiling, Li Xiuyuan thought that in this world, there were only eternal interests, but no eternal enemies. I'm afraid no one wanted to offend two different forces at the same time.
Even the Duanmu family can't be afraid.
"In the final analysis, whether it is the Central Plains or the vast East China Sea Islands, they still believe in the bloodiest jungle law in the world. Whoever has the biggest fist has the final say."
Li Xiuyuan smiled lightly, and the old woman also laughed.
"Fortunately, both sides can stick to their own territory instead of trying to compete for world hegemony!" Li Xiuyuan sighed, thinking about the old incident when the prince of the five regions led the Beihai army to invade.
If not, why would he use his sword to kill the enemy again after he had let that guy go?
Time flies so fast, yesterday's shocking battle has become a joke in his eyes today, although Li Xiuyuan also knows that this is because he has climbed to a higher mountain.
The old woman smiled and said, "If you encounter a battle between these two dynasties for territory in the future, will you act impulsively and be a hero?"
In the old woman's opinion, the current peace is because the current queen has not yet mastered absolute strength and does not dare to launch a revenge war against the East China Sea.
Or maybe the island owner in the East China Sea just wants to live forever, do business with the dynasty of the Central Plains, and maintain the normal operation of the islands.
That's why peace has been maintained for hundreds of years without war.
Li Xiuyuan thought for a while and said seriously: "I don't think it will happen for the time being, at least Her Majesty the Queen will not do it for the time being. I don't know about the people in the East China Sea yet."
"Why?" asked the old woman.
Li Xiuyuan sighed, wanting to catch up on her last words with Helian Mingyue and some possible stories about her future with Gongyang Bo.
Said: "I just had a fight with the Queen and chatted again... Her goal in the future should be to seek immortality, not to dominate the world..."
The old woman was obviously satisfied with Li Xiuyuan's answer. With a faint smile on her face, she picked up a piece of pastry and took a bite.
After being silent for a while, he said: "That's just to keep this world quiet for a few hundred more years."
Li Xiuyuan was speechless after hearing what the old woman said.
Because he thought of his hometown that he had not returned to yet, and he did not know the current situation of Nalan Yu, the emperor, Hua Tianxia, and several masters.
If war breaks out again, what will happen to that world?
If hundreds of years pass, will there be another war in that world?
Thinking of this, Li Xiuyuan could only smile bitterly and said: "Mother-in-law, I am not a god."
