"After this, my right eye will be completely blind," the old man said to the Taoist priest, "Brother, there will be retribution for revealing the secrets of heaven. You should take care of yourself and don't follow in my footsteps."
The old Taoist looks much older than himself, but because he joined the sect late, he is not allowed to call him senior brother.
The old man fumbled around and ate a bowl of wontons. He wiped his mouth with a handkerchief from his sleeve and whispered to the old Taoist: "If someone can defy the will of heaven, then all fates can't be counted. Brother, since you are following the princess, why not just fight against heaven? If the world is in chaos, you will die. If you lose to heaven, you will die too. You will die anyway. Why not just follow your heart for once?"
After listening to the old man's words, the Taoist priest took a bite of the already cold wonton and said nothing.
The old man continued, "Mo Wen also has someone helping him to spy on the secrets of heaven, so what we know, Mo Wen should also know. Back then, only one traitor and you survived in our Tianji Sect. I am no longer of much use. Brother, if you still remember the vengeance of our sect, you must kill this traitor with your own hands."
A bowl of fragrant wontons became bland in the mouth of an experienced person.
"Just follow your heart," the old man said, "Tell Gu Xinglang a message for me. A man should be worthy of heaven and earth, and should not let down the one he loves. Just do what he wants to do."
The old Taoist wanted to ask more, but the old man had already stood up, bowed to the old Taoist, and said: "Brother, let's say goodbye now."
The old Taoist watched the old man walk away step by step, and suddenly shouted to the old man: "I will bring the head of the earth spirit to see you, Tianjie."
The old man paused, but never looked back. He walked away unsteadily.
A warm breeze blew across the stone bridge, and catkins filled the sky, making the old Taoist feel inexplicably melancholy. Tianjie and Diling were twin brothers. He could still remember how they looked when they first entered Tianji Sect. Tianjie was calm and Diling was lively. However, as Diling joined the Yongsheng Temple and Tianji Sect was destroyed, some things became poison to the intestines when he recalled them.
Yu Xiaoxiao and Gu Xinglang stood under the eaves of a shop not far from the bridge head, watching the earth spirit walk away. Yu Xiaoxiao said to Gu Xinglang: "I always feel like I heard a story of grudges between fellow apprentices."
Gu Xinglang said: "So he is Tianjie."
Yu Xiao: "Is this person famous?"
Gu Xinglang nodded and said, "That earth spirit is also very famous, just like the Taoist priest. It is said that they can predict life and death and predict past and future lives."
"Then why didn't they realize that the Earth Spirit would go with Mo Wen?" Yu Xiao: "So, Xiao Gu, you can't believe what the fortune tellers say."
Gu Xinglang held Yu Xiaoxiao's hand, smiled, and said, "Don't worry, I don't believe in fate."
"Do you want to go talk to Tianjie?" Yu Xiaoxiao asked Gu Xinglang. Although Gu Xinglang couldn't hear the conversation between the two, Yu Xiaoxiao heard it clearly. Her Royal Highness the Princess was in a good mood at the moment, and it was all because the old man named Tianjie said that her little Gu had a way out!
Gu Xinglang shook his head and said, "No, he doesn't want to see us, so let's not bother him."
Yu Xiao: "Is that so? Forget it then. I'll ask the Taoist priest to send him some money and food later."
Gu Xinglang glanced at the old Taoist priest who was still sitting at the bridge head, and pulled Yu Xiaoxiao back, jokingly asking, "Are you willing to give it up now?"
Yu Xiaoxiao muttered, "My uncle is not short of money, but this guy here is obviously short of money, so of course I have to treat him differently."
Gu Xinglang bought a bag of fried rice cakes for Yu Xiaoxiao and asked, "Where else do you want to go shopping?"
Yu Xiaoxiao ate a piece of fried rice cake herself, stuffed another piece into Gu Xinglang's mouth, and said, "It seems that we must not let Wen Fenglin return to the Eternal Life Temple."
Gu Xinglang was now able to keep up with his wife's change of topic and nodded, "That's good, it would be safer for him to stay in Fengjing."
"Well," Yu Xiao said, "I don't believe what the Taoist said, but since it concerns his life, we should be careful."
Gu Xinglang pulled Yu Xiaoxiao away from a carriage that passed by them.
Yu Xiaoxiao looked at the flowery street, took a deep breath, and said to Gu Xinglang, "Xiao Gu, let's just take a walk. Fengjing City is full of flowers now."
Gu Xinglang said yes, and walked slowly on the street with Yu Xiaoxiao. It was almost early summer, the best time of the year in Fengjing City. There were really flowers everywhere. You could see flowers in full bloom, surrounded by light or strong floral fragrance. Gu Xinglang held Yu Xiaoxiao's hand, eating the fried rice cakes that Yu Xiaoxiao stuffed into his mouth from time to time, and wanted to walk around the whole Fengjing City with Yu Xiaoxiao.
When Xiaozhuang and Xiaowei escorted Guining back to the Prince Consort's Mansion, the moon was already above the willows. The lights in front of the Prince Consort's Mansion were bright and the guards were tight.
Gui Ning stood in front of the mansion and looked at this wealthy family. He felt that such a house was not suitable for the princess. When he thought about what kind of house would be a good match for Princess Linglong, Prince Gui Wu could not think of one.
Seeing Gui Ning standing in front of the door, Xiao Wei asked respectfully, "Fifth Prince, what are you doing?"
Gui Ning looked at the open door and said, "Are the princess and her husband not in the house?"
Xiao Wei turned around and asked the doorman who came to greet him, "Are the princess and her husband not here?"
The doorman said, "Master Wei, the princess and her husband haven't come back yet."
The distinguished guest came, but the host was not at home. Xiao Wei was afraid that Gui Ning would be angry, so he hurriedly explained to Gui Ning: "Your Highness, my princess and her husband must have important things to do, so they cannot come to greet you. I hope your Highness will forgive me."
Everyone present, including Gu Xingyan who had already walked to the door with the boss, twitched their lips. They didn't know whether it was an important matter or not, but they knew that the princess would definitely eat a lot when she went to the street.
The eldest boss complained to the second young master Gu: "Second young master, look at this little Wei, why is he so polite to Gui Ning? Are my princess and her husband inferior to this Gui Ning?"
Young Master Gu looked at Prince Gui Wu outside the door and said, "You can tell from the looks of it that he is a scholar. You can't use our warrior tactics to deal with him. Oh, by the way, has Xiao Wei ever been educated?"
The eldest master said, "He should have read it. I think he must have read more books than the princess."
Young Master Gu said, "It turns out that those who serve as secret guards for the emperor also need to study."
The big boss said: "That's not necessarily true. I think Xiaozhuang is about the same as our group."
Young Master Gu punched the boss and said, "Don't talk nonsense. I saw Xiaozhuang studying with my own eyes."
The boss was happy and said, "Second Young Master, he is here to get married. Boss Qian can't marry his daughter to an illiterate guy, right?"
"I'm just not good at accounting," Xiaozhuang's voice came from in front of the big boss, sounding a little eerie, "I have no problem reading and writing, thank you for your concern."
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