Great Sui Storyteller

Chapter 449
When the quilt was covered on his body, facing the morning wind, Li Laodao also woke up.

As a cultivator, I am very sensitive to every move around me.Although he had slept soundly, the weight of the quilt was on his body, and it was impossible not to wake up.

When he opened his eyes, he only saw the carriage going away.

"...Tsk."

He really treated Pindao as a tool man.

Quietly rolling his eyes, he got up and took the quilt to go back.

But as soon as he took a step, he stopped.

Subconsciously moving his nose, he smelled a fragrance completely different from those of Yingyingyanyan last night.

"..."

He shivered, shook his head quickly, shook off the things in his mind, and went straight back to the wing with the quilt in his hands.

When he came out again, he had already put on another set of rough sermon robes.

Now I have to go to Fragrant Hills, with a body full of fragrance... that's not going to happen.

He took the old horse out, let Zhui Lei snort uncomfortably, hung the door and ran straight to Nancheng.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he walked to the main road that divided the four areas in the city and was about to walk towards the south gate, Li Zhen noticed something different from the past.

From a long distance, he saw a vast number of carriages heading west from the direction of Nancheng.

The crossroads were full of people, but no one dared to move. They could only wait for the at least a hundred or so carriages to pass by.

Li Zhen is no exception.

Leading the horse and squeezing into the crowd, he asked an old man next to him:

"Fusheng Wuliang Tianzun, layman, what's the matter with these carriages?"

The old man glanced at him, saw that he was a Taoist priest, and took the initiative to explain:

"Daoist, that's what His Majesty used to transport it to the ship."

"what?"

Looking at the long queue, he asked again:

"all these are?"

"That's not true. The old man is working in a carbon workshop outside the city. He just burned the last batch of gold grain charcoal yesterday. Maybe there is the batch that the old man burned in the car."

"I see."

Seeing the carriages heading towards the west city, Li Zhen didn't ask any more questions. After waiting for the carriages to pass with the old man, the people on the street resumed their activities, so he led the horse and continued walking towards the south city.

Because those carriages were delayed for some time, when he arrived at Xiangshan, according to later generations, it was almost 10 o'clock.

He knew the second master's temper well, so he bought some food in the city.

Leading the old horse into the gate of Jingzhen Palace, Li Laodao looked inside the Taoist Palace out of habit.

Because normally speaking, Xuan Suning must be sitting quietly in the palace to realize Taoism at this moment.But there was no one inside!

Li Zhen was stunned for a moment.

The heart said, did you go out?
After thinking about it, he decided to settle down the old horse first. After all, he walked in a hurry in the morning and hadn't had time to feed the fodder yet.

It's not that he's lazy... You know, what he bought was ordinary forage, but all the expenses in Jingzhen Palace are provided by the royal family, so the forage tastes so good that it's unreasonable.

In order to settle the two jealous horses at home, Li Laodao used to take each horse once.

Today it's time for the old horse to enjoy the royal special.

Leading her to walk away, thinking that the teacher had gone out, she planned to clean up, cook and wait for the other party to come back.

But as soon as he entered the backyard, he felt a sight.

Turn around.

In front of the propped up wooden window, the female Taoist woman who was easy to see was looking at him with calm eyes.

"teacher?"

Li Zhen was really surprised this time.

Not practicing Taoism, but drinking tea in the house?

And hearing his voice, Xuan Suning nodded:

"Shou Chu."

"The disciple is here."

"I'm hungry for the teacher."

"..."

Li Zhen froze for a moment, showing a mouthful of small white teeth:

"Hey, let's go get it. Today, there are materials delivered by His Majesty Jianghuai in the city, so I came a little late. Teacher, wait a moment."

He took out the ingredients he bought from the old horse's bag and went straight into the kitchen.And the nose of the female priest sitting in front of the window suddenly moved...

His brows slowly frowned.

In spring, people from the later generations of Yanzhao are used to eating spring pancakes.

Although there are no potatoes, bean sprouts are cheap anyway.

Sour noodles, pancakes, a plate of sour fried mung bean sprouts, and a plate of sliced ​​meat with fungus.

Plus a pack of miscellaneous fish stuffed fish sauce.

This is the ordinary lunch of Jingzhen Palace master and apprentice.

When the pancakes with cheese came out, Xuan Suning was already sitting at the table.

Li Zhen personally rolled one and handed it to her.

Seeing the way the female Taoist nodded slightly after taking a bite, she chuckled, and filled the teapot next to her with water, and the two of them began to eat without talking.

Xuan Suning didn't say much.

After finishing the meal in peace, she ate two pieces of cakes together and drank slightly hot tea. After watching her disciple sweep away the leftovers like a storm, she said:

"Come find me in the palace later, and talk about "Huang Ting" today."

"Eh."

In response, he washed the dishes and chopsticks. After arriving in the Dao Palace, he added some oil to the 49 ever-burning lamps, and sat down on the futon steadily.

The voice of the female Taoist sounded at the same time:

"This sutra focuses on emptiness, so the ear of 'Huang Ting' is used. The scene is the god..."

……

The use of "Harmony with Light and Dust" requires strengthening one's heart with Taoism and resisting the impact of time on one's spiritual platform.

After knowing this function, Li Zhen no longer wastes money on Taoism.

After an afternoon of hard work, I listened carefully to the lecture. Seeing that it was almost dusk, Li Zhen asked tentatively:

"Teacher, do you want something to eat?"

Today's meal time is early, he is afraid that the other party will be hungry.

But Xuan Suning didn't answer the question, but pointed to the backyard:
"Go and make a pot of tea. I need you for my teacher."

"Eh, good."

He didn't think too much about it, and came to the backyard, carrying a pot of boiling water to make tea, he found that the door of Xuan Suning's room had been opened.

He went in with the pot and looked at the female Taoist sitting in front of the window. After making tea, he poured a cup for her before asking:
"The teacher came to find his disciples because..."

"..."

Unexpectedly, the female Taoist was silent.

Just stared straight at him.

He stared at Li Zhen until his heart was a little hairy, and suddenly, he heard a sentence:
"Last night, Li He was with you?"

plum……

It was only then that he remembered who "Li He" was, Li Laodao quickly shook his head:

"The teacher's words are inappropriate."

Looking at the frowning female Taoist, he first gave an explanation:
"After the disciples went out and returned last night, Li Shilang was indeed waiting at home and had social relations, but they were not "together"."

He bit the last three words very hard. After showing the difference, he couldn't help asking curiously at the same time:

"How did the teacher know?"

Unexpectedly, the female Taoist was silent again.

After about ten breaths of effort, a sentence came:
"Summer is approaching, remember to wash and wash carefully in the future."

"……what?"

Li Zhen was a little puzzled... At the same time, she subconsciously smelled her clothes.

Should not be ah.

I changed my clothes...

I was talking about putting the quilt on my body for a while...how did I smell it?
However, seeing him smell the movements on his body, there was a trace of inexplicable dissatisfaction in the eyes of the female Taoist opposite.

"Dong dong."

Tapping the table with his fingertips, he pulled back Li Laodao's nose that was about to touch him.

Looking at his doubtful eyes, she suddenly asked another question:
"Shou Chu."

"what?"

"Are you going to Hedong?"

"Uh……"

Blinking his eyes, it seemed that the dazed Taoist suddenly smiled after he came back to his senses.

"Hey... I really can't hide it from the teacher. Not bad."

He nodded in acknowledgment:
"The disciple really wants to go to Hedong. If there are no accidents... Maybe he will leave in a few days."

"must go?"

"Well, we must go."

Li Laodao nodded:
"It's like...the teacher was forcibly dragged to Hongnong back then. Hedong saw a disaster this year...I don't know if it's the illusion of the disciples. These days, there are more beggars in Luoyang than usual. a little. So go."

Hearing this, Xuan Suning's face showed neither sadness nor joy, without any emotion, and continued to ask:

"What did you go to do?"

"...I don't know."

The biggest demon that plagued the Taoist was summed up in three light words, but his eyes were extremely firm:

"It's up to people. But if you don't go, you will have a breath in your heart for the rest of your life."

"..."

After getting the answer, Xuan Suning didn't continue to ask.

Instead, he fell silent again.

Li Zhen actually wanted to ask the other party what opinion he had, but just as he was about to speak, he heard a sentence:
"What if someone doesn't want you to go?"

For an instant, his eyes narrowed.

Looking at the female Taoist in front of him, he asked in a deep voice:
"The teacher doesn't want me to go?"

"..."

Xuan Suning remained silent.

But not long after, after just one breath, she said to her disciples in a very calm manner:

"It is a great merit for those who cultivate the Tao to be compassionate to all beings. The land along the east bank may have no harvest this year. If you can save one person, it will be a great fortune. Why would I stop you?"

"Then why do you ask that?"

"I'm asking if."

"...There is no if. Teacher, you know that the judge Du Ruhui who traveled with me this time in the three counties of Hongnong has already gone. I have an appointment with others, and I will not let it go. No matter who hinders me, I will go!"

"..."

Although the female Taoist was silent again, this time, Li Zhen could see the radiance of satisfaction in her heart.

"Even if the situation in Hedong is complicated?"

The female Taoist's words were exchanged for the male Taoist's firm answer without hesitation:

"Even if the situation in Hedong is complicated."

Seeing this, she asked again:

"Even if there is chaos in the east of the river?"

"Even if there is chaos in the east of the river."

The Taoist nodded firmly again.

"Have you decided to go?"

"That's right, it's decided to go!"

"Huh~"

In an instant, the smile of the beautiful woman in the city made the room shine brightly.

"Then go."

She nodded:

"It's just that I have to guard the dragon veins of the capital as a teacher, so I can't be with you. And after your majesty goes on a tour, you have to finish the dredging before the national teacher leaves the customs. So this time, as a teacher, I can't go with you. .”

Hearing this, Li Zhen was not surprised, and nodded:
"The disciple knows."

"Ah."

The female Taoist replied again, but changed the subject:
"Since you want to go, then go. No matter who stops you, you just need to remember that I, Xuan Junguan, don't follow orders, don't accept edicts, and I'm dedicated to protecting the common people in the world. In everything, there is a teacher. Whether it is Luoyang or Hedong Forget it, even if you cause trouble..."

Speaking of this, her eyes became serious and stubborn, and she looked at her disciple and said word by word:

"As long as you have a clear conscience, you don't have to worry about it. Even if there is a great cause and effect, I will bear it for you as a teacher."

"..."

Listening to this extremely serious words, Li Zhen was silent and asked:

"Only for common people?"

The identity changed quietly. After hearing this, this time, it was the female Taoist who gave him a serious response:

"Only for common people."

(End of this chapter)