Cold Sword Perched Peach Blossom

Xuan Qing left Nanyin Temple and has been traveling for many years.

More than ten years ago, I happened to pass by Dajing, and accidentally met Bai Rui and Bai Jinglun who were still teenagers.At that time, Bai Jinglun was not as prudent as he is now, his temper was actually similar to that of Bai Rui, and it can even be said that he was more arrogant and self-willed than Bai Rui.After all, he is the eldest prince who was born as his son, and he was held in the palm of his hand like an eyeball since he was a child. He can get whatever he wants, so how could he wrong him.At that time, Bai Rui, who had not yet become a prince, was devoted to the sword, but at first glance, he seemed a little simpler than Bai Jinglun.

Dajing folk customs are open, and there are temples of Tianjun everywhere, which is a good thing for Xuanqing.After all, he had already walked thousands of miles from Nanyin to Dajing, and he had exhausted all the money he had on his body long ago. At this time, he was penniless and could only rely on alms for money to survive.Besides, there is a rule that outsiders don't know about their alms at Nanyin Temple, that is, they can only take things, not money.

Because of this rule, when Xuanqing arrived in Dajing, she didn't even have a copper coin in her purse, so she had to rely on the help of kind-hearted people to make ends meet.

Under such circumstances, Xuan Qing met Bai Jinglun by accident.

He happened to be fetching water at the mouth of the well that day, and two young men in brocade clothes riding tall horses came from the side. The young men's horses stopped beside him, looked at him with interest, and started talking in a low voice at the same time.The two thought that the monk would not know what they were talking about because they were so far apart.He didn't know that the monk was not an ordinary monk, but he could clearly hear the conversation between the two from a distance.

Bai Jinglun spoke first, and said, "Brother, do you think this monk is a real monk or a fake monk?"

Rui glanced at Xuan Qing during the day: "I guess it's true, how can a fake monk be as poor as him."

Bai Jinglun said: "Then let's make a bet."

Bai Rui asked, "What are you betting on?"

Bai Jinglun leaned into Bai Rui's ear and whispered, and then the two hit it off and agreed to the bet.

Bai Jinglun got off his horse, walked up to the monk with a smile, and asked, "Where did Master come from?"

Xuan Qing clasped his hands together and said softly, "In a small temple to the west."

Bai Jinglun said again: "Where does Master plan to go next?"

Xuan Qing said: "The monk intends to ask for alms."

Hearing this, Bai Jinglun took out an ingot of gold, handed it to Xuan Qing, and said with a smile: "The weather is so hot, Master has worked hard, this is my heart, I hope Master will not dislike it."

How could Xuan Qing pick it up? She shook her head and rejected Bai Rui's kindness, saying that she would not accept money for alms.

Bai Jinglun narrowed his eyes when he heard the words, and looked at Xuan Qing carefully, and after a while, he withdrew his hand: "Then what does Master take for alms?"

"Only accept vegetarian food." Xuan Qing replied.

As soon as he spoke, Bai Rui's giggling laughter came from behind him, obviously mocking Bai Jinglun for losing the bet.Bai Jinglun raised his chin and stared at Xuan Qing, then turned his head and walked away with a soft snort, probably thinking that this monk is so boring.If you have money, don't want it. What kind of fasting meal do you want?

Xuan Qing watched Bai Rui and Bai Jinglun go away. At that time, he naively thought that his fate with these two teenagers ended here. Unexpectedly, after a few days, they met again, but this time Xuan Qing suffered a lot. Seriously injured, he hid in a temple in embarrassment to recuperate.

Bai Jinglun, who happened to come in to worship Tianjun, smelled the smell of blood on his body, so he found Xuan Qing who was hiding in the corner, and saw the gentle and dignified young monk sitting in the corner in a state of embarrassment, his whole body covered with blood. It was blood, Bai Jinglun stopped, squatted down, and woke up Xuan Qing who was half unconscious.

"Why did you get hurt so badly?" Bai Jinglun said critically, "Who has the courage to hurt a monk in Dajing?"

Xuan Qing reluctantly replied: "It's the monk's business."

Bai Jinglun tilted his head and looked at him: "Why don't you ask a doctor to look at it for you?"

Xuan Qing said: "No money."

Bai Jinglun: "..."

This answer was really embarrassing, Bai Jinglun froze in place, never expecting to get this answer from the monk's mouth.He wanted to ask again, but the monk passed out again because of his injuries.After thinking about it, Bai Jinglun felt that he still couldn't put the monk here. Wouldn't it be unlucky if he died.After all, this temple is his favorite one, and the statue of Tianjun inside is also the most beautiful one.Wanting to understand this, Bai Jinglun reached out and picked up the monk, turned around and got on the horse, galloping all the way, and entered the palace just like that.

Xuan Qing, who was in a coma, entered Dajing's palace for the first time. If he knew his fate with the Dajing royal family in the future, he might have to crawl out of that temple, but it's too late to think about it now.

Xuan Qing, who was brought into the palace, drank a lot of medicine prescribed by the imperial doctor, and healed for a period of time, her body finally recovered, and she planned to leave.However, before leaving, he went to ask Bai Jinglun if he had any wishes, which he could tell the monk.

Bai Jinglun was joking and unserious, saying that any wish of his could be fulfilled by a monk?

The monk was not angry either, and said in a gentle voice, "It's okay to be a benefactor."

Bai Jinglun casually took out three ingots of gold from his purse, handed them to Xuan Qing, and said seriously: "I just want to give the monk money once, I wonder if the monk can make an exception for me?" When he was young, he was only obsessed with losing Abandoned the gamble with his younger brother, completely unaware of what his actions meant.

Xuan Qing's usual calm look changed after Bai Jinglun finished speaking. He slowly widened his eyes and said, "Can your Highness change your wish?"

"No." Bai Jinglun snorted and said with a smile, "Didn't you just say that any wish can be fulfilled? I just have such a wish. Monk, you should just take the money and leave!"

Xuan Qing was speechless, staring at the gold in Bai Jinglun's hand like a hot potato.

At first, Bai Jinglun thought that the monk was being reserved, but later he found that the pain in his expression was not fake, but his interest was even more serious.He has lived for 20 years, and he has heard a lot of hypocritical politeness, but it is the first time he sees people who really treat money as a thing of tigers and wolves, and he is even more curious.

How can anyone in the world not like money?Bai Jinglun couldn't figure it out.

The two stalemate for a long time, and finally Xuan Qing was defeated. Bai Jinglun was as stubborn as a rock when he was a teenager. How could Xuan Qing, who had a good temper, be his opponent, and he still owed him a life-saving grace.Having figured it out, Xuan Qing had no choice but to stretch out her hand and take the gold.

As soon as the three shiny gold ingots entered Xuan Qing's hand, they made a sizzling sound, and looking at Xuan Qing's originally fair palm, there were actually three burnt black marks.

Bai Jinglun was shocked when he saw this, he pulled Xuan Qing's hand and took a closer look, only to find that what he saw just now seemed to be just an illusion.

"Amitabha." The monk withdrew his hand and bowed to Bai Jinglun, "Then the monk will take his leave first."

"Let's go." Bai Jinglun waved his hand, feeling that this monk is very wicked.

The monk took out a bag from his pocket, handed it to Bai Jinglun, and said, "The monk comes from Nanyin. If your Highness has any troubles, please burn a bead, and the monk will rush over as soon as possible."

At this time, Bai Jinglun didn't know what Nanyin Temple meant, and he wanted to refuse at first, but seeing the monk's stubborn expression, he couldn't say the words of rejection in the end.He took the bag over, threw it casually into the fruit plate in front of him, and said, "Got it."

Xuan Qing sighed, turned and left.

Three ingots of gold and thirty sandalwood beads.The rules in Nanyin Temple have been set long ago, so Xuanqing has never received money from anyone since he came out, and he has never met someone who saved him and insisted on giving him money.

This is probably the fate that the master said, although from Xuan Qing's point of view, this fate is really evil.

When Xuan Qing said this, her expression was light, and most of her mouth was sighed.But Lin Rufei heard that although he was talking about trouble, but there was a slight smile in his eyes, she knew that he didn't really hate Bai Jinglun.

Yes, who would hate such an interesting young man, but they don't know that these thirty sandalwood beads will be burned until the year of the monkey.

Gold is indeed a good thing, but it's a pity that the monk's life is so poor that he can't handle it, Xuan Qing shook her head and sighed.

"Master's words are serious." Lin Rufei laughed and said, "Now the beads have been burned three times?"

"Well." Xuan Qing said, "Unknowingly, they are not teenagers anymore."

An emperor who has become over ten thousand people, and a swordsman who has become an eight-level cultivation base, are not mortals.

Lin Rufei asked, "Does the monk drink alcohol?"

Xuan Qing said: "Mr. Lin wants to buy me a drink?"

Lin Rufei smiled casually: "Don't give you money while you're drunk, why are you so nervous?"

Xuan Qing blinked, and then smiled: "Then it doesn't matter if you have some drinks."

Lin Rufei then took out a jug of unopened wine from her Xumi ring, and called the palace servants to bring two cups.It's a pity that this wine and what Gu Xuandu gave him to drink that day are like heaven and earth. After drinking that wine, drinking other things are as pale as water.

Seeing Lin Rufei's unsatisfactory expression, Xuan Qing smiled and asked him why he looked like this.

"Just drinking this wine, I remembered other good wines I drank before." Lin Rufei said, "After drinking that wine, I always feel that other wines are too weak."

Xuan Qing said: "Oh, there is such a good wine in the world?"

Lin Rufei described it in detail. After Xuan Qing finished listening, she was silent for a moment, and said in a low voice, "The monk seems to have drunk it too."

"Master also drank it?" Lin Rufei wondered.

"En." Xuan Qing said, "I have an old friend, although he is not good at cooking, but some small pastries are very delicious. Among his skills, the most commendable one is the art of wine making." He took a sip and said softly, "Once you've drunk his wine, you won't be able to see any other wine."

"You must have a good relationship," Lin Rufei said.

"That's right." Xuan Qing responded.

"Then where is he now?" Lin Rufei asked casually.

"Dead." Xuan Qing said slowly.

Lin Rufei froze, then became embarrassed: "Sorry, I didn't mean to..."

Xuan Qing waved her hand, indicating that it was okay, and said flatly: "For ordinary people, life and death may be taboo, but for monks, life and death are as ordinary as eating and sleeping, and it is not something unspeakable."

Lin Rufei wondered, "Will Master be sad?"

Xuan Qing smiled and said: "The monk is not a puppet, of course he will be sad."

Lin Rufei said: "Then why is it the same as eating and sleeping?"

Xuan Qing said seriously: "If Mr. Lin eats something unpalatable, will he be sad?"

When it came to unpalatable food, Lin Rufei immediately remembered the traditional Chinese medicine that Fuhua and Yurui had boiled for her, her face wrinkled instantly, and she couldn't stop nodding in agreement: "It's sad, it's really sad."

Xuan Qing laughed out loud.

The two chatted all night until dawn.

Xuan Qing called the palace servants to get off the carriage and went out of the palace with Lin Rufei. The two returned to the inn, ate something casually, and then went to rest.Lin Rufei stayed up all night and drank a lot of wine, but she didn't suffer from insomnia. She fell asleep until noon, and when she got up light-headed, she pinched the corners of her eyes and asked Fuhua to bring over hangover soup.When he walked down the stairs slowly, he saw Xuan Qing sitting in the lobby having lunch.

Lin Rufei sat down opposite him, said with a headache, "Master, why did you wake up so early?"

Xuan Qing smiled and said, "Probably because the monk's drinking capacity is better than the young master's."

Lin Rufei sighed.

Xuan Qing had a good appetite, and happily ate the vegetarian meal in front of him, but Lin Rufei had no appetite, and only felt a splitting headache.Seeing this, Xuan Qing showed no sympathy for him at all, instead she kept laughing, and Lin Rufei who was laughing felt very resentful.

"By the way, I suddenly remembered, why did you insist on delaying this matter for a day?" Lin Rufei said, he always had a feeling that Xuan Qing should be able to solve the matter of the third princess yesterday.

Xuan Qing sighed: "Mr. Lin, you have to know that most fathers actually love their daughters very much."

Lin Rufei frowned.

Xuan Qing said: "But if you are an emperor, the father's side will not be so important."

Lin Rufei didn't understand: "What do you mean?"

"Actually, the third princess is not the concubine's biological daughter." Xuan Qing whispered.

Lin Rufei was stunned, she didn't expect that something private about the royal family that she shouldn't know came out of Xuan Qing's mouth: "Could it be..."

"Yes." Xuan Qing said, "Back then, the concubine had dystocia, and the child was actually gone as soon as it was born, but not many people knew about it, even...the concubine herself didn't know."

Lin Rufei asked, "Whose child is the third princess?" A thought popped into his mind, and he asked in disbelief, "Rabbit spirit?"

Xuan Qing said: "Smart."

Lin Rufei was at a loss for words for a moment, feeling that these facts about the royal family were really troublesome.

"You know, rabbits give birth to one litter all their lives." Xuan Qing said, "The rabbit spirit gave birth to eleven babies in one go... It doesn't seem so unacceptable to adopt one baby by his father's side." It's over. After all, eleven children without a father is really a headache." He seemed to have seen that scene before, showing a horrible look.

Lin Rufei was also taken aback when he heard it. Although he had never raised a child, he felt horrified when he thought of the scene of a dozen cubs crying together.

"It's not easy." Xuan Qing shook her head and said.

Lin Rufei didn't know what to say for a while, so she simply picked up the chopsticks and ate some vegetarian food with Xuan Qing.After dinner, he went back to the inn to catch up on sleep, when Fuhua and the others woke him up, it was dusk outside the window.

Fu Hua said that the carriage in the palace had been waiting outside for a while, but Xuan Qing told them not to wake up Lin Rufei in a hurry.After Lin Rufei washed up, she changed into formal attire, went out and got into the carriage, and saw Xuan Qing sitting inside with her eyes closed and chanting sutras.

"Let's go." Seeing Lin Rufei coming, Xuan Qing nodded to the guard sitting next to him.

The guard called to the coachman, and the carriage drove slowly towards the palace.

At this time, there was a different atmosphere in the palace, Xuan Qing asked the guards what happened during the day.The guard said with a sad face that the emperor made a big fuss in the court this morning, grabbed several ministers and scolded them severely, and at noon turned over the old account and punished several concubines who had tried to mess with it, making everyone now Everyone knew that the emperor was in a bad mood, so he didn't dare to touch bad luck.

Xuan Qing said: "Is there anything else?"

The guard asked, "What do you mean, master?"

Xuan Qing said: "The Holy One didn't send anyone out to find someone?"

The guard smiled wryly: "Master, don't be joking. Naturally, he was looking for him, but if that person is willing to come over, the Holy One wouldn't be so angry."

Xuan Qing said: "That's right."

The words of the two were very vague, but Lin Rufei guessed that the person they were talking about was probably the rabbit spirit who had given birth to more than a dozen children.

Finally arrived at the palace, after getting off the carriage, before entering the study, he heard Bai Jinglun's angry scolding from inside. Judging from the content, it should be scolding some of his children until someone outside went in. The sound stopped after the report.When Lin Rufei entered, what she saw was the calm and dignified Emperor Dajing again.

There were five princes and princesses kneeling in front of the emperor. It seemed that all of them except the third princess had been called over. Judging from their expressions, it was obvious that they had been scolded for a long time, and all of them were trembling and pale.When the emperor asked them to go down in a cold voice, they retreated as if they had been granted amnesty.And during Bai Jinglun's reprimanding his son, Rui Rui sat by the side drinking tea and watching the show, not at all trying to comfort him. Looking at his expression, he could only wait for Bai Jinglun to scold him for a few more rounds.

"Master Xuanqing, Mr. Lin, please sit down." Bai Jinglun waved his hand to signal the two to sit down, and said in a deep voice, "They are all unworthy things."

Xuan Qing said: "Your Majesty, be careful not to get angry and hurt yourself."

"If I die, I must be mad at them." Bai Jinglun said indifferently, "It's all because of my lack of strict management of the family, which caused more gossip in the palace and wronged Mou Mou."

Xuan Qing sighed and did not speak.

Bai Jinglun said: "Master Xuanqing is ready?"

"Okay." Xuan Qing said, "But I still need Mr. Lin to help me."

Lin Rufei asked strangely: "Me? How can I help?"

Xuan Qing smiled and said, "Of course."

Lin Rufei didn't know why, but seeing Xuan Qing's tone was determined, she didn't question her anymore.

Bai Jinglun said: "The princess is right next door, Tianrui, you also go and help Master Xuanqing a bit, I won't go there, wait until the princess wakes up... just let the palace servants call me." He sat down and drank Taking a sip of hot tea, there was some tiredness in his eyes. Thinking about it, he probably didn't sleep all night.

During the day, Rui said hello, then got up and took Lin Rufei and the others to the next room. The three princesses in the room were still sleeping soundly, with a peaceful expression and no signs of pain.

It was getting dark at this time, but the candlelight in the house illuminated the whole room as if it were daytime. Lin Rufei noticed that there were many candlesticks in the room that were newly placed. Presumably, Bai Jinglun was afraid after hearing Xuan Qing's description. The princess put it on purposely because she was harmed by the shadow.

Xuan Qing walked up to the princess, said softly that she was offended, then lifted the princess who was lying on the bed, and leaned on her shoulder.

During the day, Rui watched coldly from the side, although he had a usual smile on his face, but the smile was so cold no matter how you looked at it, when Xuan Qing was moving, he said softly: "Master Xuan Qing, do you think it's really true that the third princess woke up?" Is it okay?"

Xuan Qing said: "What's wrong?"

Bai Rui said: "She doesn't wake up, my brother still has some pity for her, if she wakes up, it's time to settle the score after autumn."

Xuan Qing raised her eyes and looked at him: "What does the prince mean?"

During the day, Rui spread his hands and made an innocent gesture: "Isn't that the truth? To be honest, in the middle of the night last night, Brother Huang sent me to Huangyan Mountain overnight. I also saw that person, but that person refused to come down no matter what he said. .”

Xuan Qing pursed her lips slightly: "The princess will wake up sooner or later."

During the day, Rui sighed, stopped talking, and waved his hand to signal Xuan Qing to continue, the coolness in his expression turned into irritability.

Xuan Qing asked the princess to lean on her shoulder, and then asked Lin Rufei to move the candlestick to the front of the princess, so that a black shadow appeared behind the princess.

Then, Xuan Qing clasped his hands together and muttered the scriptures in a low voice.Lin Rufei also dabbled in scriptures, and heard the content of Xuan Qingnian's scriptures.It was the Ksitigarbha, a scripture usually used to save the dead.

Following Xuan Qing's whispers, the black shadow behind the princess also began to change, twisting and wriggling unceasingly, like a mass of living flesh and blood.

The princess who had been sleeping all this time began to groan slightly, and her tightly closed eyes began to tremble uncontrollably. This change became more and more intense, as if the water was heated and gradually boiled.When it reached a critical point, the princess began to struggle and twist uncontrollably. Seeing this, Bai Rui quickly stepped forward and held her down. A layer of sweat appeared on Xuan Qing's forehead, and he raised his hand to swipe at Lin Rufei.

Lin Rufei walked up to Xuan Qing in a few steps and said, "What am I going to do?"

Xuan Qing whispered: "Trouble Mr. Lin, put your hands deep into the shadows."

Lin Rufei heard the words, and lightly pressed her hand on the black shadow, who knew that the black shadow swallowed his hand like a swamp, and Xuan Qing grabbed Lin Rufei's wrist, preventing him from The black shadow continued to devour, and the mantra continued in his mouth.

"Ah!!!!" The princess let out a shrill scream, and with Xuan Qing's movements, the black shadow also made a terrifying sound like flesh and blood being separated.Xuan Qing held Lin Rufei's wrist, and pulled his hand from the black shadow inch by inch. At the same time, the black shadow attached to Lin Rufei's hand gradually separated from the shadow of the princess.This kind of separation seems to be very painful for the princess, she kept screaming and screaming like being tortured.In the end, he also recruited Bai Jinglun who was waiting in the next room. Seeing her like this, Bai Jinglun couldn't help but step over to the bed, carefully embraced her in his arms, and coaxed her: "Mou Mou is not afraid, Daddy is here, Daddy is here..."

The princess grabbed Bai Jinglun's skirt tightly, crying like hell.

Xuan Qing didn't have the time to watch the scene of father's kindness and son's filial piety. He was sweating profusely, and after finally tearing apart the two black shadows abruptly, there was no trace of blood on his lips.The black shadow was attached to Lin Rufei's arm, and was about to spread along Lin Rufei's arm to his body, but Lin Rufei's hand was suddenly held, and a figure that he hadn't seen for a long time suddenly appeared on Lin Rufei's body. In front of Fei, his face was as beautiful as when we first met him. His long and narrow phoenix eyes carried a deep smile, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, and his tone was as gentle as a spring breeze. He said, "Little Li, long time no see."

Lin Rufei responded softly in her heart: Senior, long time no see.

After a long absence, Gu Xuandu finally reappeared.

The author has something to say: Gu Xuandu: Long time no see, Xiaojiu, do you miss me?

Lin Rufei pointed to the corner of her mouth

Gu Xuandu: I left a little earlier