Chapter 490: Under the Lotus Pond, in the Moonlight

Settle Lu Wang and Lu Hesheng.

Xie Yingmian and Yu Lingye appeared in the lobby of the inn.

The shopkeeper was nowhere to be seen, and only a waiter was wiping the table.

When the waiter saw them, he draped a towel over his shoulders and said, "Dear guests."

"Are you going out?"

"The shopkeeper has something for me to tell you. Tonight might not be peaceful. For your safety, it's best for you to rest in your room."

Xie Yingmian said, "Thank you for your kindness, shopkeeper."

"We like to enjoy the lotus blossoms under the moonlight."

The waiter was just conveying the shopkeeper's instructions. Seeing that the customer insisted on leaving, he did not try to dissuade him and continued to wipe the table with his head down.

Fu Mo and others have prepared the boat.

The boats lie in the lotus pond.

Yu Lingye looked at the densely packed lotus pond, standing with his hands behind his back.

The wind blew, and his robe rustled.

The moon is full and bright.

Sprinkled on the lotus pond, the scenery is unique.

Fu Mo looked up at the sky and said, "It's almost midnight. When are we going to leave?"

Yu Lingye: "Wait a little longer, until everyone arrives."

Fu Mo scratched his head.

Who?

Is there anyone else besides the people from Liuguang Pavilion?

Fu Mo looked at Xie Yingmian and said, "Princess, will there really be an altar tonight?"

Xie Yingmian stepped onto the boat: "Yes."

"Even if you don't believe me, you have to believe Wen Juexia. She brought Wen Zhiqing here, she must have found out everything."

Fu Mo: He was suspicious just because Wen Juexia was always unreliable.

"It's boring waiting on the shore. Why not come on the boat and admire the lotus and the moon?" Xie Yingmian said. "Fu Mo, are the snacks and tea I asked you to prepare ready?"

Fu Mo: It’s already this late, how come the princess still has the leisure time?

Fu Mo was puzzled, but he obeyed.

Soon, tea, cakes and fruits were placed on the boat.

Xie Yingmian and Yu Lingye sat opposite each other.

Fu Mo and Zang Song stood at the bow of the boat on both sides.

Xie Yingmian felt a little regretful: "It's a pity that I have something important to do today and can't drink."

"If I could drink, I would have poured out a poem."

Yu Lingye had a complicated expression.

His literary impression of Xie Yingmian still lingers on her "two orioles singing in the green willows, a line of egrets flying in the blue sky."

The poem is certainly good, but you can tell at a glance that it was not written by her.

Reciting other people's poems would be fine, but the theme at that time was that Xie Yingmian wanted to praise the nightingale. The oriole and egret in the poem have little to do with the nightingale except that they are the same bird.

"Tell me about it." Yu Lingye tried hard not to spoil the fun.

Xie Yingmian: "I often remember the sunset at the pavilion by the stream, when I was so drunk that I didn't know the way home. When I returned to the boat late at night, I strayed into the deep lotus flowers. I struggled to cross the river, and startled a flock of gulls and herons."

This song is indeed appropriate.

"Not bad, who wrote it?" Yu Lingye asked.

Xie Yingmian: "Couldn't it be me who wrote it?"

Yu Lingye looked at Xie Yingmian deeply, and everything was said without words.

Xie Yingmian: ...

"Okay, it's definitely not written by me. The lyricist of this Ru Meng Ling is Li Qingzhao, and I love her poems very much."

"She has a poem: The sky connects to the waves and the morning mist, the Milky Way seems to turn and the sails dance. It is as if my soul has returned to the emperor's abode in a dream, and I hear the voice of heaven, earnestly asking me where I am going."

“Whenever I feel down, I read it, and my mood improves as I read.”

"Oh, right, I remember a song that's also very appropriate for this occasion. It's called 'Moonlight over the Lotus Pond.' It's said that no one in the 21st century can recite the lyrics."

The sky and the earth are vast, and the moonlight is bright.

Among the dancing lotus leaves, the lotus flowers sway in the wind.

Xie Yingmian suddenly became interested and hummed, "I am like a fish in your lotus pond, waiting for the bright moonlight with you. I have swum through the four seasons, and the lotus flowers are still fragrant, waiting for you in the center of the water."

Yu Lingye looked at Xie Yingmian with an even more complicated expression.

You sang very well, don’t sing it next time.

He only dared to think, not to speak.

"What's with that expression on your face?" Xie Yingmian didn't think she was tone-deaf.

Yu Lingye: “…It sounds nice.”

Xie Yingmian: "Do you think I believe it?"

Yu Lingye: "Every profession has its own specialization."

Xie Yingmian: "That doesn't sound good."

Yu Lingye: He didn’t say that.

Fu Mo turned around, his eyes sparkling, "The song you sang, Your Highness, is a bit out of place, but it's catchy and quite easy to sing."

Fu Mo understood it after listening to it once.

Not only did he learn it, he also sang it.

Although Xie Yingmian was reluctant to admit it, Fu Mo did sing better than her.

People cannot be compared.

Fu Mo pestered Xie Yingmian to continue singing, he wanted to learn.

Xie Yingmian refused.

She didn't want to continue to embarrass herself.

While they were chatting and laughing, Yu Lingye suddenly said, "Here I come."

Yu Lingye finished speaking.

Dozens of masters dressed in dark purple clothes appeared on the shore.

The leader was Ji Yunzhang.

Ji Yunzhang cupped his hands and said, "Ji Yunzhang has led the Purple Lion Guard to assist Prince Ling in quelling the demon cult."

Zi Ni Wei is the general term for the palace guards.

Yu Lingye said, "Thank you all for your help."

It was almost midnight (around 11 o'clock in the evening) when a rumbling sound came from the direction of the restricted area of ​​the lotus pond.

Ji Yunzhang asked Yu Lingye for instructions.

Yu Lingye said: "The altar has just been opened, let's wait a little longer."

After waiting for about half an hour, the rumbling sound stopped.

There was a faint sound of piano coming from the room.

The sound of the piano spread across the lotus pond, and the moonlight seemed to be tinged with a layer of pink glow.

Yu Lingye and others also began to act.

It is not easy for the boat to sail in the lotus pond, so it can only move forward slowly while cleaning.

Fortunately, the lotus leaves can perfectly cover the shape of the ship.

They arrived near the restricted area smoothly.

The lotus flowers near the restricted area are more lush than those in ordinary areas, and the lotus leaves are also larger. Under the moonlight, you can clearly see the edges of the huge lotus leaves emitting a faint purple light.

The lotus pond is connected to the restricted area, looking like a mother and child lotus pond.

The lotus pond is the sub-pond, and the restricted area is the main pond.

Just as Lu Wang said, a bridge appeared in the middle of the mother pool, and at the end of the bridge was an altar - to be precise, an exquisitely carved white jade lotus platform.

The lotus platform is slowly rising.

The lotus platform rose, and the lotus petals on the platform slowly opened, like a blooming lotus.

On top of the lotus core were the conjoined twins that Lu Wang had mentioned.

Conjoined twins with two heads sharing one body.

After the conjoined twins were born, their bodies made a crackling sound like rust.

A priest dressed in lotus pink clothing came forward holding a lotus plate.

The conjoined twins smelled something in the lotus plate and seemed to be awakened. They opened their mouths wide and made sounds like "wawuwawu".

The priest fed the conjoined twins the contents of the lotus dish.

The moonlight tonight is beautiful.

Xie Yingmian and others brought the simple telescope newly developed by Yan Qing.

The telescope is in Fu Mo's hand.

With the help of moonlight, Fu Mo could clearly see what was in the lotus plate.

He turned pale and couldn't help but dry heaving twice: "It's the heart."

"The human heart."

"The thing on the lotus plate is a human heart, ugh..."

If he had known that he would see such a disgusting thing, he would not have competed with Zang Song for the use of the telescope.