There's something wrong with the lonely princess

The distance up and down the mountain is not close. Sifang hesitated to glance at the benefactor who was following him, and slowed down a little. Carrying water is a physical effort. Although he is a little younger, he has been training with his master since he was a child. , the master takes the big bucket and he takes the small bucket. I don’t know how many times I have traveled this way.

Now, he replaced the big bucket with the small bucket by the benefactor of the prince. Sifang felt that he had grown up and should take the initiative to take responsibility and know how to take care of the latecomers.

"The benefactor walks this way, the rocks are slippery and he will fall down."

"Thank you little master."

Li Shengjing obediently followed the little monk to the other side.

Just going down the mountain to the place where the water is fetched, he was already sweating all over. Seeing that Si Fang had already started fetching water with a bucket, Li Shengjing didn't care about taking a rest, so he followed Si Fang's example and carried the bucket to fetch water. His bucket It had just been put into the river, and the water hadn't come up yet, so the bucket almost drifted away along the river. Li Shengjing was about to chase after it, but the people downstream brought the bucket back to him.

"Zian, why are you here?" Li Shengjing quickly walked towards him: "I didn't tell you to take a good rest, what are you doing here?"

Xie Yiyan took a bucket of water and put it on the shore.

In fact, he may not be much better than Li Shengjing, he is not in the sun, no one is worse than anyone else, it is just that he is stronger, so he is not ashamed in front of the little prince.

"I'll accompany you." Xie Yiyan did what she said, and snatched the little monk's wooden bucket: "Sifang, go back, we'll fetch the water, you don't need to take care of him, I will take care of it myself."

"Eldest brother, are you sure?" The young monk hesitated, "Master said, the water in the two tanks must be filled every day, so you can't be lazy."

"I know, I still have to make dinner, don't worry, little monk, go back and read the scriptures, I'll be fine."

"Success, see you again, big brother."

There were people scrambling to do the job, so it's no wonder the young monk wasn't lazy, he simply handed over the barrel to the senior brother, and jumped up the mountain by himself.

Li Shengjing was still standing in the river with a bucket, looking a little embarrassed, Xie Yiyan looked at him and laughed: "I never thought that I could have such a life before, come on, fetch water and work! Otherwise, the Maybe the guy really won't let us eat."

"Okay." Seeing Xie Yiyan, who was full of energy and recovering well, Li Shengjing also laughed: "Let's compete to see who can fill the bucket first."

"Then you can't compare to me." Xie Yiyan shook the bucket in her hand, a little proudly: "I'm already full."

Just as he was proud, he stepped on a stone and staggered, and most of the water in the bucket spilled out again.

Li Shengjing: "That's not necessarily true."

The two people who had never worked before put their hands on each other, filled up the water and went back to the mountain to cook. There were times of embarrassment, and there were also times of joy and laughter.

The master wants to test Xiao Jing, Xie Yiyan has nothing to say, it is his master, he sees the master as his father, so he naturally hopes that the master will like Xiao Jing, can really accept them, and then bless them.

"Salt, don't forget to add salt." Xie Yiyan was in charge of lighting the fire, Li Shengjing was in charge of holding the spoon, and the obedient one in charge of the spoon put salt into it, and then tasted it himself, with a strange expression on his face: "It seems like I added too much."

"I'll try it." Xie Yiyan came over, and Li Shengjing took a bite out of his chopsticks and fed it to his mouth.

"It seems a bit salty." Xie Yiyan tasted it and waved her hand: "But it doesn't matter, just add some water."

The little monk Sifang squatted outside, took a look inside, and saw that the two people really added water to the pot, sighed and ran to find the master.

"Master, can you stop letting them cook? It's salty again today, and brother added water just now. What does it look like? Can it still be eaten?" Sifang laughed bitterly: "The ingredients on our mountain are not good enough. You can't waste it like that."

One meal or two is fine, but I can't stand it and always come like this.

"Master, I'm still young, and I still need to grow up. Tell the senior brother, let me cook."

Yikong knocked on the wooden fish without raising his eyelids: "If you grow taller, eat more, don't waste it."

He didn't take his appeal to heart, as if it wasn't important at all. With his appearance, the little monk was willing to come over and grab Master's sleeve and began to complain: "Master, as long as the two of them can I won’t comment on making something for people to eat, but take a look at how many meals have been eaten? Master, can you just pity the poor disciples? Let them do something else, and return the kitchen to me. "

"Sifang, you have to give them a chance, don't you? I think today's breakfast is much better than yesterday's, and the rice grains are already cooked. So, give them another chance, and if they don't have dinner today, they won't be allowed in. It's the kitchen, is this the head office?"

"Master, you keep your word!"

Yikong looked at the little monk's angry look, stretched out his hand and pinched the little monk's face, and said: "You don't know, neither your elder brother nor that one has ever been involved in these mundane affairs, so you can come here Come here, don’t let them do some work, it’s not a waste of time, you little monk also ate the meal made by His Royal Highness, and you can go out to brag in the future, isn’t that good?”

"Who wants to brag about this."

Si Fang sat on the futon, solemnly said: "Master, they have been staying here for several days, the elder brother's poison has almost been cured, and the prince's illness is not difficult at all. When will they leave?"

"Why, are you impatient with them?"

"No." Although Sifang is small, Yikong will tell him anything, and the little monk knows a lot. He stretched his head towards Yikong and whispered: " Master, you told me that the prince's benefactor was assassinated, so wouldn't he go back and seek revenge on the person who assassinated him? He is the prince, and the prince disappeared in such a daze, isn't it going to cause big trouble, will it cause big trouble? "

Sifang scratched his head: "I thought they would be in a hurry to go back to do serious business, but the eldest brother is not in a hurry, and the prince is not in a hurry. Why do I feel that the two of them seem to be staying in our temple for a long time? I see that the prince's benefactor I even repaired our windows, Master, if they really live here forever, will the outside be chaotic?"

Yikong patted Sifang's head, but didn't speak.

The crown prince was assassinated and his whereabouts are unknown. He didn't know whether he was alive or dead. How could there be no chaos?

As for why that person has not moved at all until now, Yikong also can't figure it out, that little prince's thoughts are too heavy, even he can't find out what Li Shengjing is thinking at this moment.

"Master! It's time to eat, hurry up and have a taste, Xiaojing fried fresh water spinach today, it's very delicious, Master! Sifang! It's time to eat!"

At the dining table of the four masters and apprentices, the youngest Sifang was holding a bowl with a bitter look on his face. He really didn't want to eat the food cooked by these two anymore, but he had to succumb to the elder brother's despicable power and put on a show. The dish with one chopstick was picked up, and he started to hold the bowl and eat fiercely, for fear that the big brother would force him to eat the dish again later.

"Xiaojing's craftsmanship is really getting better and better, delicious."

Sifang raised his head to look at his elder brother, very suspicious that there was something wrong with his sense of taste, but he didn't dare to say, so he could only lower his head and eat his own food, being very obedient.

"Master, you eat vegetables." Seeing that his master was only eating, Xie Yiyan took the initiative to bring food for him, Yikong paused for a moment with the chopsticks in his hand, and put down the bowl directly this time.

"Xiao Xie's toxins are almost cleared up, Your Highness's heart and lung injuries need to be recuperated slowly, what are your plans next?" Yi Kong asked straightforwardly: "My place is small, and I don't have much incense. It is already very difficult to feed Sifang, but now that there are two more adults, the food in the temple will not be enough, what do you think?"

"Master, why are you driving us away?" Xie Yiyan said with a stern face, "Aren't we pro-teacher and apprentice? Master, you are too disrespectful. Why don't you eat two more meals of yours? Are you free? Xiaojing and I cooked the rice."

Yikong didn't bother to talk to him, and raised his eyes to look at Li Shengjing: "Your Highness has disappeared for such a long time, and I don't know what's going on outside right now, so instead of spending time here with me to redeem my little bit of psychological guilt and self-blame, Why don't you hurry up and do what you should do, anyway, if he is stupid, he won't care as much as you."

No matter how stupid Xie Yiyan was, she could still hear that Master was scolding him, and immediately put down her chopsticks to argue, Yikong said again: "Although my mountain is clean, it is not a place to stay for a long time. Your Highness should take the overall situation as the first priority." Heavy."

Yikong’s words can only be ordered, and the vegetarian meal is not so delicious, he left first after he finished speaking, and Sifang naturally didn’t want to stay longer when he saw that the master was gone. He was afraid that if he was too late, he would be raped The unpalatable half-baked meal was left behind, but he wasn't really hungry anyway, and he even secretly hid two pieces of pancake, so he could deal with it at night.

"Xiao Jing, Master, he doesn't mean to drive us away, he's just worried." Xie Yiyan was afraid that Li Shengjing would think too much, so she hurriedly explained: "He is a monk, you know, monks are all compassionate."

"By the way, what's the situation with Chihu and the others? If the investigation is almost done, let's go back. Qingyang still has follow-up finishing work to do. We didn't know Qi Rui when we disappeared so suddenly. And what Jin Datong and the others have to worry about." Xie Yiyan muttered about the future arrangements: "Let's go back and deal with Qingyang's affairs first."

Recently, I lived on the mountain, and my master also helped Xiaojing recuperate his body seriously. Xiaojing’s situation is a bit more complicated. Xie Yiyan got his master’s unique secret recipe, and the rest is daily recuperation. This is not a short period of time. He will be able to recuperate in a while, so he has to take his time. With the master making samples in front, Xie Yiyan has learned a lot. When he returns to Yejing, he will definitely not let Xiaojing carry water. Then do something else , For example, you can try running for a walk or something.

The life on the mountain is indeed very leisurely and comfortable. To be honest, Xie Yiyan is a little bit reluctant to leave. Although it seems that it is a bit hard work and has to do a lot of chores every day, but it is okay when you get used to it, but you can miss it. It's nostalgia, Master is right, after all, this is not a place to stay for a long time, Xiaojing still has follow-up plans, but also to investigate the background of those assassins, and to arrest the one in the capital after the attack, and so on. Follow Xiaojing to do it, they don't actually have a lot of time to live this kind of life like a paradise here.

"I haven't contacted Chihu." Li Shengjing lowered his head and ate the food he cooked.

Very salty, a bit mushy, and unpalatable. The last few meals I ate were very unpalatable. Even the little monk in Sifang didn't want to eat it. Only he and Xie Yiyan still ate with relish, probably because it was me. Made it out, so even if the dish is salty and the rice is stuffed with raw, it still feels delicious.

"Didn't contact Chihu?" Xie Yiyan was surprised, and almost lost her chopsticks: "You didn't contact him? Haven't contacted him for so many days? Did you not contact him or what happened? What happened to Chihu, How did he manage his affairs? How could he be out of contact for so many days? How many things will be delayed, no, I'll go down the mountain to find him!"

"Zian." Li Shengjing picked up food for Xie Yiyan: "Let's eat. After eating, go to water the vegetable field in the backyard. There are a few spinach in the back that seem to be stale. I don't know if it's a lack of water or insects. Let's go and see later." look."

"What time is it, we are still watering and returning vegetables, we have to contact Chihu first, otherwise what if they really think you have an accident? It's not going to be messed up!"

Li Shengjing lowered his head to eat, and didn't answer Xie Yiyan's question, as if he didn't hear it.

As dull as Xie Yiyan, she also noticed something unusual at this moment: "You Xiaojing, did you deliberately not contact Chihu? You deliberately let them not find you? Why? Why did you do this? Why didn't you contact Chihu?" Contact? If you don't contact Zhu Yiwei, there will be no news of you in the capital. How anxious should the eldest princess be? They might really think that something happened to you, Xiaojing, you, "

"What would happen if something happened to me? Wouldn't Daxia stop working if I left? Would the people stop living if they left me? Let them all think I'm dead, what's wrong?" Li Shengjing's mouth twitched. A pale smile: "I think this is pretty good, as long as I am dead, I was born a prince, and I never thought that I could have another identity, but now you see, I can have another identity, I can I can fetch water and water vegetables, I can cook by myself, and I can also repair windows, I don’t have to be a prince, nor do I have to have that seat, do I?”