In the early morning, Xiaodie'er had not yet woken up from yesterday's three-point drunkenness. Like Li Xiuyuan, she did not drink much and did not inherit much blood from Ximen Lone Star.
There are bugs crawling on my face, and nasty ants moving around my ears...
She was so angry that she yelled: "A bunch of little bugs dare to wake up this princess from her sweet dream..."
"Ah..." This exclamation was not that of Xiaodie'er, but the exclamation of the peacock who rested in the same room with her yesterday.
"Ah..." This exclamation was the voice of Xiaodie'er. She hugged the peacock beside the bed, kissed it, and giggled: "Master has indeed fulfilled your wish."
Peacock nodded, held in his energy for a long time, and shouted to her: "Sister..."
Xiao Die'er chuckled: "Don't worry, you are just starting to learn how to speak. Let Junior Brother teach you slowly in the future. You will memorize Buddhist scriptures with us."
Peacock finally calmed down a little and continued: "I...I want to be a human being."
Xiao Die'er got up from the bed and said seriously: "Don't be anxious about this, I'll take care of it. You see, Junior Brother Crow hasn't transformed yet."
As he was talking, Huajiao's voice came from outside the door: "Senior sister, you can eat now. Master said hurry up and leave as soon as you finish eating."
"Come on, come on, junior sister, don't rush me."
While getting dressed, Xiao Die'er said, "Sister Peacock, you haven't noticed that after one night, your feathers are much prettier than yesterday. If you don't believe me, ask Junior Sister later."
The peacock became anxious and cooed again.
After waiting for the crow to appear in the living room and everyone arrived, Xiaodieer patted the table proudly: "I announce that from today on, the peacock can memorize Buddhist scriptures."
Crow couldn't figure it out for a moment and couldn't help but ask: "Couldn't she have done it yesterday?"
Huajiao sighed and said with a smile: "Senior brother is so stupid. What senior sister means is that from now on, you can teach the peacock to speak."
"Ah..." Now it was the crow's turn to scream.
"Don't scream, I want to eat. If you don't eat, get out!" Li Xiuyuan and Huajiao ordered: "Huajiao, go and ask the old lady to get up and eat. After that, we will go to the beach."
"No need to call..."
Before Huajiao could reply, the old woman's voice sounded outside the living room: "I didn't expect that after one night, this little peacock can really speak. Congratulations."
Peacock was so anxious that he just held back the words: "Po... Po...".
While waiting for everyone in the room to finish breakfast, when the time was still a quarter of an hour before Chenshi, the voice of Old Turtle came from outside the door: "Peacock, we are about to set off."
Immediately afterwards, there was another burst of exclamation.
By the time a group of people arrived at the pier in a carriage, the crew on the boat had already packed everything and were just waiting for the old man and Peacock to come back before setting sail.
Crow and Xiaodieer stood on the dock, looking at the huge thing in front of them. Even Huajiao was shocked and speechless.
Compared with the small boat they took from Furong Town before, it was simply unimaginable for the three of them.
Li Xiuyuan shook his head and said to Huajiao: "Huajiao helps the old lady get on the boat and let these two guys watch her slowly. Stay here and don't leave."
"No, Xiaodie'er is here."
Xiao Die'er ran over, took Li Xiuyuan's hand, followed Old Turtle, got off the pier, and walked to the boat on the sea.
At this time, the peacock had already flown to the bow of the boat, waiting for Xiaodie.
After a group of people stepped onto the high bow of the ship and the old turtle waved to the man, a horn sounded on the ship and the tall sails were slowly pulled up.
As Xiao Die'er and Crow Crow watched, the dock in Haiyun Town gradually disappeared from their sight.
The old woman glanced at Huajiao and said with a smile: "The scenery here is just like that. It still takes several days to travel, so don't worry."
Li Xiuyuan nodded, cupped his hands with Lao Gui and said, "Senior, please just arrange a place for us, master and disciple, to stay. Thank you."
The old man smiled and said: "There are not many people on our boat. It is enough for the four of you, master and disciple. Come with me."
Li Xiuyuan replied: "Thank you, senior."
Then he told Xiao Die'er: "Xiao Die'er, don't run around. You, Peacock and your junior brother will come to us later."
Xiao Die'er waved her hand: "Master, go drink tea first. Don't worry about Xiao Die'er. I will play with my junior brother at the bow of the boat for a while. There is Peacock Sister."
Li Xiuyuan shook his head. After all, Xiao Die'er, who returned to his youth, was not the Huajiao with a calm mind, let alone the restless Crow.
...
Haiyun Town on the coast of the East China Sea continues to attract countless traders and monks.
However, when the belated merchants and monks came to the pier and learned that the big ship had just left, and the next one might not arrive until a month later, the merchants gathered around the pier dispersed.
They had to quickly go to the town to find a clean inn and wait for a month. Only the monks were idle and bored, asking for gossip and gossip with a group of coolies on the dock.
After all, this idle time is also idle. In the next month, they are afraid that they will have to hang out on this pier every day.
Standing on the bow of the ship, Crow asked Xiaodie'er: "Senior sister, is this big ship almost half as high as the mountain at Yunqi Temple?"
Xiao Die'er shook her head: "No, how can this boat be higher than the Buddha on the mountain?"
"Cuckoo!" Peacock was anxious and couldn't help shouting again, just because she had never been to Yunqi Temple that Crow and Xiaodie'er were talking about.
Xiao Die'er sighed, touched her head and smiled: "That's where the master practices. I'm afraid we won't go back in the future."
Both Crow and Xiaodieer understand that the trip to the East China Sea may be the last journey for the four masters and disciples in this world. If they continue on, they may have to go to the other world.
However, this was a secret between her and her master, but she couldn't tell the peacock in front of her.
Crow thought for a moment and said, "It's okay. As long as the master solves the problem of Sister Peacock's transformation, Senior Sister, you don't have to worry about her in the future."
After hearing this, Xiao Die'er nodded with satisfaction.
When the peacock heard this, he chuckled: "Thank you..."
In the cabin, Lao Gui arranged a large room for Li Xiuyuan and the four masters and apprentices, with several small rooms in it.
The old woman lived in another room, and now the group followed Lao Gui and started boiling water and making tea in the cabin of Li Xiuyuan's ship.
The old woman withdrew her consciousness from looking at the bow of the ship and said softly: "Once she opened her mouth, it was Peacock's lifelong wish. I didn't expect that the young gentleman really fulfilled her wish."
The old turtle nodded and sighed: "Not to mention the peacock, even the old turtle and I seem to be back to the way they were back then. Now all the white hair is gone."
It wasn't until this moment that Huajiao remembered what her husband couldn't see.
He then smiled and said to Li Xiuyuan: "After drinking Mr.'s spirit wine, Huajiao feels like it will break out again soon. Senior's white hair and wrinkles have also disappeared..."
The old woman sighed and said with a smile: "I really envy you. With the help of the little gentleman, one of you has regained his vitality, one can speak, and the other is about to break..."
Li Xiuyuan thought for a while and said to the old woman: "Maybe the things that don't change are the best."
Without warning, the old turtle didn't understand this sentence, Huajiao didn't understand it at all, and the old woman was also stunned at this moment.
Gradually, a loving smile appeared on his face as he looked at the young man in front of him, whose face was covered with a piece of black cloth. Today he was wearing a white shirt.
After passing Liangcai, he smiled gently and said, "It's a pity that the young gentleman is not in the Buddhist hall."
As if he had expected that the old man would understand his words, Li Xiuyuan also had a gleam of sunshine on his face.
He said quietly: "I have already built a Yunqi Temple in Furong Town. Qingfeng and Master will also take Wuliang there. It is no different from where I am."
The old woman sighed and said with a smile: "There are still some differences. Let alone the old monk, just talk about Qingfeng and Wuliang. It is inevitable that they will not return to the human world in the future..."
As if she had seen Qingfeng and the little monk's immeasurable future, the old woman couldn't help but sigh softly.
But Li Xiuyuan disagreed, and after thinking for a while he replied: "Flowing water does not rot. As long as there are people, as long as the old monk is compassionate, there will be new monks going to the mountain to practice and pass on."
He couldn't control the future of Yunqi Temple, so he could only plant a mountain of trees for future generations, just like he couldn't predict who would become emperor in this world after Helian Mingyue.
That was not a question for him to think about. His eyes were already focused on the front.
Huajiao was stunned for a long time, and then asked cautiously: "Sir, will Qingfeng return to secular life and be with the princess?"
Judging from Huajiao's thoughts, she also hoped that one day Qingfeng could walk down the mountain and return to the imperial city with Helian Ruoxue, or return to the Duanmu family to live.
After all, after experiencing what happened to her younger brother, she hoped that both Qingfeng and the princess would have a bright future.
Li Xiuyuan shook his head and replied quietly: "Everything depends on God's will."
The old turtle didn't know the content of the story and didn't interrupt.
The old woman smiled: "Young gentleman, aren't you afraid of God's will?"
Li Xiuyuan poured some spiritual tea for the three of them and said with a smile: "He has teased me more than once. I have many debts and I don't have to worry about them. I just hope that God will let them two go."
...
After half an hour of sea breeze blowing on the bow of the ship, Xiao Die'er felt thirsty and sleepy, so she followed the crow and peacock back to the cabin to find the master for a drink of water.
At this time, the old woman and Huajiao went back to the house to rest. It was the first time for Huajiao to ride on a sea boat, and she felt a little uncomfortable. The old turtle asked her to lie on the bed to adapt.
Xiaodie'er drank two glasses of water and went to bed with Peacock. She said, "Master, it's so fun here. Xiaodie'er will take a nap first."
Li Xiuyuan waved his hand: "Go ahead and I'll call you during dinner."
But Crow lay silently aside, thought for a while, took out a plate of melon seeds and put it on the table: "Master, senior has nothing to eat melon seeds. Senior sister bought a lot of these things."
Li Xiuyuan nodded, then turned to Lao Gui and asked, "Senior, there don't seem to be many merchants on this ship. Could it be that business is not doing well?"
The old man shook his head and said with a smile: "That's not true. Ever since Pian Pian was in danger in the Imperial City, our ship will no longer carry merchants and monks from the Imperial City."
"That's it." Li Xiuyuan nodded.
Crow asked at this time: "Senior, on the day I came, there was a large ship that had just left. I heard that the ship was full of people."
The old turtle was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then frowned slightly.
Looking at Li Xiuyuan, he replied: "Sir, if you have nothing important to do, I would like to advise you not to plan on that ship."
After hearing this, Li Xiuyuan's mind flashed back to the unbearable events of Gong Yang Bo and Helian Mingyue, as well as some old news in the East China Sea.
Thinking about the inner courtyard of the Imperial City of Wandao Imperial City, even the Immortal Mountain of the East China Sea, there are some things that are difficult to calm down.
And is his journey to the island where Old Turtle is, or is it possible that because of certain things and certain people, he will go to the place where Gongyang Bo and his wife lived?
In a daze, Li Xiuyuan said softly: "I seem to understand something..."
Crow thought for a moment, then raised his head and asked, "Master, don't be afraid, are you with me and senior sister?"
Old Turtle smiled faintly: "It's just that the four of you, master and disciple, are following Lao Turtle and Peacock, and there is still Pianpian on the island, so no one dares to trouble you."
Li Xiuyuan nodded and smiled bitterly: "I hope so."
