Daoist Abandoned Wisdom

"Xinian, you came so early, I thought you would come to my house at least next month." Yu Yuandao smiled brightly, and put his arms around Tao Xinian's shoulders.

Tao Xinian handed him the silk she was holding in her arms, and said, "Don't dislike it for sister-in-law."

"Hey, just come here, what gift do you bring? You, a pure cultivator, shouldn't you bring a whisk and come and have a chat with me?"

"Just joking, joking, I can't talk casually, it's almost like small talk."

Through the front yard to the hall, servants lead the way all the way, the house is exquisite, like a dragon palace and fairy palace.Yu Yuandao's wife, Mrs. Xu, was sitting behind the screen, with several maids serving beside her, and two children were playing pitching pots.

Yu Yuandao first handed the silk to Mrs. Xu behind the screen, and said, "I gave it to you in Xi Nian, let's see if you like it or not."

Xu's laughter came, she touched the material, and said: "Tao Langjun has a good eye, and I like more simple and elegant patterns."

"Come on, you two little ones, why don't you come over and call Uncle Tao?"

As soon as Yu Yuandao said, the two children, a boy and a girl, stopped playing and came over obediently to say hello to Tao Xinian.

Ziyuan is seven years old, and Hong'er is five years old. Both children are very cute.Tao Xinian smiled and distributed gifts to them, giving them a late New Year's Eve gift.

A child is a child, and she was very happy to see the gift. Zi Yuan even asked the maid for a bronze mirror, and immediately put the new hairpin on her hair and replaced the old hairpin.

"It's past the fifteenth day, so what's the New Year's gift? You really..."

Just as Yu Yuandao was about to ask the child to withdraw the New Year's Eve, Tao Xinian stopped him with a smile and said, "It's not much, and it's not like every year there is a chance to give it, so just keep it."

Xu said: "Yuan Dao, Brother Tao has been sitting for a long time, why don't you treat him to some snacks and tea?"

"What Ma'am said is, it's really rude."

The maids filed in and brought new refreshments. Tao Xinian sat down at the table, Yu Yuandao sat on the right side, and the two children sat down opposite.

Zi Yuan opened her watery eyes and asked, "Uncle Tao, father said that you are a Taoist priest on Qinglong Mountain, but I don't think you look like that at all."

"That's because I don't wear Taoist robes. But in fact, you only need to put your heart into Taoism, and it doesn't matter whether you wear Taoist robes or not." He recently lived at home, and the clothes he changed were all old-fashioned. .

"Uncle Tao, father often mentions you, but why don't you come to see us often? It's the first time Hong'er sees you, and it's not at all like what you imagined." This time it was Hong'er who asked the question. In my imagination, Taoist priests were all old men with long beards, but Tao Xinian turned out to be younger and more handsome than his father.

Hehe, it costs a lot of money to come here often, even if the relationship is good, you have to come here less often.

"I've been here a few times, both when Ziyuan was born and when you were born. You were too young to remember."

"Uncle Tao wants to practice Taoism on the mountain, how can you come here often? If you want to see him, you can go to Qinglong Mountain." Yu Yuandao joked aside.

Unexpectedly, Hong'er was so excited that she wanted to go up the mountain immediately to see what Tao Xinian's Taoist temple looked like.Tao Xinian had no choice but to pat his head and said, "Honger is too young, if you want to go, when you grow up, I will go down the mountain to pick you up to play for a while..."

Several people chatted happily for a while, and the two children seemed to think that the life in the mountains and forests he described was very interesting, and they looked at him without blinking.

"My lord, urgent report!" A voice came from outside the door, and an envoy rushed in and handed Yu Yuandao a letter.

Ziyuan and Hong'er rolled their eyes at the same time, obviously because they were disturbed by urgent reports too many times.Yu Yuandao accepted the letter, read it hastily, and asked with a dignified expression, "What did the palace say?"

"Maoshi Council." The envoy replied.

"Got it, my dad will be there on time." Hong'er said first.

When the messenger returned, Tao Xinian asked, "What's the matter? It's from last time..."

"I don't know. This time the spy was intercepted by the north. He only had a certificate in his luggage and nothing else. Under torture, he refused to confess."

Tao Xinian was startled, and asked nonchalantly, "Du Yi? Isn't that for monks? What does it mean?"

Yu Yuandao shook his head and said, "I don't know, maybe he is preparing to give this certificate to his associates in Jiankang City, and this person is the spy from the north..."

"Hey, maybe this ultimatum was prepared by him to sneak into Daliang."

Yu Yuandao nodded: "It's also possible."

Several people talked for a while, Tao Xinian felt that he should leave some time for Yu Yuandao to prepare, so he got up to leave.The two younger ones were very reluctant, and looked at him eagerly, wanting him to stay for a while, but it was Xu who persuaded him to do so.

Tao Xinian said goodbye to them and walked back slowly.He doesn't want to meddle in other people's business, but at this moment, it is necessary to remind him to repair the edge.Although the two have different positions, as a younger brother of Daliang, he should protect Daliang with all his heart.And Xiu Yuan... I'm afraid he is not called Xiu Yuan...

"Daozhang, you're back, I'm so bored!" Seeing him returning to the Tao Mansion, Abo, who was in a fairy state, immediately rushed over and rubbed against his feet like a puppy.

"Where is Xiuyuan? Are you going out today?"

"Never mind him, you talk about him every day!"

Tao Xinian went to the west courtyard, but the horse was still there, the carrier pigeon was gone, and Xiu Yuan was not there either.He thought absently for a while, if that person followed suit, Xiu Yuan could hide for a few days at most.He thought that his dharma name must be written on the certificate, and the government might send people to various monasteries to ask if any monks with this dharma name had come here to report, and the focus of the investigation must be a few places that Emperor Liang often visited.

Tao's Mansion is not far from Guangzhai Temple, both are in the south of Jiankang City. It is too dangerous for both of them to live here.

In the small inn room, Huiwen and Xiuyuan meet again.

"My lord, I'm afraid we are going to become abandoned children who are left unattended." Huiwen looked miserable, knowing that Emperor Wei had suddenly passed away, and he could hardly sleep at night these days.

"I have written to Dr. Cui, asking him to entrust you with all the duties here."

"grown ups?"

"Huiwen, you have been dormant in Nanliang for many years. To you, this place is no different from the Northern Wei Dynasty. If there is no instruction from above, you can continue to dormant. Don't worry too much."

"What about my lord?"

"I request to be dismissed from all positions and not to return to the court."

"Why?" Huiwen asked in surprise.

"This is my wish."

"Sir, shouldn't you return to the court to continue serving? After all, your lord..."

"I don't understand the way of the court. The old master has gone, so there will be no delay in his official career."

After a while, Huiwen bowed his head and said: "This subordinate understands. From now on, my lord will be free..."

After a simple handover of duties, Xiuyuan walked out of the inn easily.From now on, he no longer needs to dress up as a monk.The only thing I feel a little reluctant about is the name Xiu Yuan.

He likes the name.

Tao Xinian waited and waited for no one, and he felt a little impatience in his heart. When Abo fell asleep, he went to the west courtyard and sat behind the rockery to wait.Feeling bored, he scratched the nose of the big white horse with hay, which made the horse sneeze again and again, and wanted to kick its hooves at him.

Tao Xinian smiled and dodged from left to right, the horse was tied to a wooden stake, and he couldn't move him a bit, he could only scream and spit at him, but Tao Xinian dodged all of them.

He looked left and right, and felt that the horse was not bad, a good horse, worth at least three taels of gold.Originally, his family also had horses, which were used to pull carriages. When he went up the mountain, he found it difficult to raise them, so he sold them all. None of those horses were as good as this one.

Hearing the sound of footsteps in the distance, Tao Xinian stopped guiltily, instead of playing with the horse, he hid in the room in a hurry.

After a while, the door creaked open, and Xiu Yuan's footsteps came.Tao Xinian, who was hiding behind the curtain, really wanted to strangle himself to death, hiding here like a thief, wouldn't it be enough to just talk to him?Simply sick.

anyone?

Xiu Yuan's unusual intuition made him keenly aware of the person behind the curtain as soon as he entered the door. Before the person moved, he turned around and grabbed his throat.

"Cough..." Tao Xinian was almost strangled to death, and couldn't even utter a word.Just when he thought he was going to die inexplicably, Xiu Yuan let go of his hand suddenly.He smelled the familiar aroma of plum blossoms.

"Taoist priest?"

"Cough, cough, cough... almost being strangled by you inexplicably... to death... cough cough cough..." Tao Xinian's face was flushed from coughing, and his confidence was half gone.

Xiu Yuan went to the table and lit the lamp, the pale golden light filled the whole room.Tao Xinian was wearing casual clothes, as if he had just taken a bath, his long black hair was loose and not completely dry, his face was unnaturally bright red, just because he couldn't breathe.

Tao Xinian panted, as if he hadn't recovered from the shock at that moment, he looked at Xiu Yuan, he was not wearing a monk's robe, he was wearing a black emergency suit, like a quack.This is his real face.

Xiu Yuan poured Tao Xinian a glass of water, Tao Xinian took it and took a big gulp.

"I'm sorry Taoist priest, I didn't know it was you. Taoist priest came here to discuss something?"

"Cough... I was playing with your horse just now, and I happened to meet you coming back, so I felt embarrassed, so I hid in, hehehehe..."

Xiuyuan: "..."

"But... I do have something to say." He calmed down a little, straightened his thoughts, and said, "You..., I think you should go back to the north earlier, it's too dangerous here. I'll send you a certificate people, were caught."

The expression of Xiu Yuan's originally gentle light brown eyes suddenly changed, and even Tao Xinian, who was standing nearly ten feet away from him, felt a chill down his back.

"you know?"

"I went to visit my friend's house today. He is a servant in the palace. He received an urgent message saying that he had caught a spy from the north and had a certificate on him. I didn't... just thought of you..."

"Master Dao, I am from the Northern Wei Dynasty, and you are from the Southern Liang Dynasty." Xiu Yuan reminded.

"Whether it's the south or the north, each is its own master, each does its own thing, there's no right or wrong. I've always had no position, hehe... Besides, I don't think Xiu Yuan is a bad person. After all, you saved Emperor Liang. right?"