Chapter 116 The Mysterious Taoist

"Sir, it's the Sixth Miss!"

Qi Heng ignored Bu Wei and just stared at Minglan. Every time Minglan took a step closer to Qi Heng, Qi Heng's heart couldn't help but beat faster.

"Brother Yuanruo, I've been waiting for a long time!"

"Not long, not long."

The two walked out the door together. Qi Heng noticed that there was not much jewelry on Minglan's bun. Thinking of the jade hairpin he carved for her, he planned to find a suitable opportunity to give it to her. When

they arrived at the foot of the Yanqing Temple, looking at the hundreds of steps that stretched upwards, Minglan turned her head to look at Qi Heng. Climb?

Qi Heng received the signal in Minglan's eyes and hurriedly explained, "Don't panic, Sixth Sister, there are sedan chairs over there. Sixth Sister can take the sedan chair to the temple."

Minglan glanced at Qi Heng, thinking that he was looking down on her. Since Minglan met Zhang Guifen in her childhood, they became good friends. She learned a lot of kung fu from Zhang Guifen. This small staircase was no problem for Minglan.

"Brother Yuanruo, let's compete to see who can pick the peach blossoms at Yanqing Temple first!"

As soon as the voice fell, Minglan ran up quickly. Xiaotao, who was standing there in a daze, had a face full of question marks. Girl, did you forget that you are not wearing a riding suit today? Didn't you say that you would be a gentle lady today?

Xiaotao looked at Minglan who had already climbed up who knows how many steps, and resigned herself to following.

Qi Heng smiled and watched Minglan's figure walking up, and hesitated to move.

Buwei was anxious, "Sir, shouldn't we hurry

up and catch up?" "No hurry, wait until she goes up the stairs again, then we'll catch up. If we follow too closely, she'll look back and get anxious, and I'm afraid of tiring her out. Let's just go slowly and keep a distance."

Buwei looked at the considerate Qi Heng and wanted to say, Sixth Miss's physical strength may be better than yours, there's no need for you to give way to her, hurry up, it'll be embarrassing if you fall behind too much!

After Minglan went up a few more stairs, Qi Heng started to climb the stairs. Qi Heng has always been very popular among the young ladies in Bianjing City, not only because of his handsome appearance, but also because he has mastered the six arts of a gentleman. Although his skills in archery and shooting are not as good as those of men from martial arts families, he is outstanding among literati, so climbing these hundred steps is a piece of cake.

When Qi Heng found Minglan in the peach blossom forest of Yanqing Temple, Minglan was talking to a Taoist priest.

Minglan reached the top before Qi Heng, and seeing Qi Heng lagging behind her, Minglan did not wait for him, but asked the young Taoist priest in the temple directly and found the peach forest in the temple. Minglan was attracted by the peach blossoms and strolled in the peach forest. Suddenly, she heard a voice, "Are you from Yangzhou?"

Minglan turned around and saw a young Taoist priest looking at her. Minglan pointed at herself and asked, "Master, are you talking to me?"

The young master nodded and said, "I am talking to Ju Tu. I wonder if Ju Tu is from Yangzhou?"

Hearing the master asking again, Minglan and Xiaotao looked at each other and thought that the master's question was quite strange, but it seemed that he had no ill intentions. Minglan replied, "My family lives in Bianjing City, not from Yangzhou. Master, are you looking for an old friend from Yangzhou?"

The young master frowned and murmured, "Strange! Strange! How could two people with great luck appear in such a short time? Did I calculate it wrong? It's impossible. Looking at the luck surrounding her, it can't be wrong!"

"Miss, this Taoist priest is probably a little crazy. I heard that people who practice Taoism often go astray. Let's go quickly and find the young master first."

Xiao Tao quietly approached Minglan's ear and whispered in her ear. Minglan saw that the young Taoist priest in front of her was indeed a little weird, and planned to quietly get away from his sight with Xiao Tao and leave the peach forest.

"I can hear what the monks said, I am not crazy." Before Minglan and Xiao Tao could retreat, the young Taoist priest's words floated over.

He stared at Minglan with scrutiny in his eyes, "The monk is a man with great luck!"

Minglan originally had some respect for this Taoist priest, but after hearing what he said, she determined that he was a liar. Minglan's face darkened, "Yanqing Temple is a holy place of Taoism, and you cannot be so deceiving here."

The stern words did not scare the Taoist priest, but he laughed, "You have misunderstood, I am not a deceitful person, I come from Xuanmiao Temple in Suzhou, my Taoist name is Xuanmiao, and I am a very serious Taoist. What you said to me is not to deceive me, I do have a lot of luck around me, I can see it!"

The Taoist priest said it with certainty, Minglan could not tell the truth for a moment, and just kept silent.

"You are really not from Yangzhou? Then is your surname Sheng?"

Minglan's eyes widened suddenly and she became alert. When the Taoist saw it, he said, "It seems that Jutu's surname is Sheng, that should be correct. But I don't know why Jutu refuses to admit that he is from Yangzhou."

"My father used to be an official in Yangzhou, so my girl naturally lived in Yangzhou. But now she has returned to Bian Jing, and her hometown is not in Yangzhou. How can she say that she is from Yangzhou? The Taoist priest should ask my girl whether she has lived in Yangzhou!" Xiao Tao was impatient with the Taoist priest's inquiring look, so she explained.

"That must be right! Ju Tu and I really have a connection. Eight years ago, I visited your mansion in Yangzhou and met Lord Sheng. At that time, there was good fortune lingering in the northeast corner of the Sheng mansion. I concluded that day that there must be a person with great fortune living there, and it seems to be Ju Tu."

Minglan and Xiaotao recalled whether the courtyard they lived in when they were in Yangzhou was in the northeast corner. It seemed to be true, and the two believed the Taoist's words a little bit.

Xiao Tao became interested, "Master, now that my daughter has this good fortune, will she be blessed with good fortune, smooth sailing, and everything goes as she wishes?"

After hearing Xiao Tao's question, Taoist Xuanmiao laughed, "Of course! Sheng Jutu has his own destiny, and he will become a noble and prominent person in the future." After saying that, he turned to look at Xiao Tao, "Jitu, you are with Sheng Jutu every day, so you also have this good fortune. You will be free of illness and disaster in this life, and everything will go smoothly."

Xiao Tao's eyes lit up when she heard it, and she pulled Taoist Xuanmiao to ask more. Qi Heng arrived at this time.

Although Qi Heng did not recognize the Taoist Xuanmiao, he still greeted him politely and then walked towards Minglan, "Sixth sister is indeed in good shape. You got to the peach forest faster than me, but why didn't you pick any peach blossoms?"

Qi Heng asked Minglan with his hands behind his back. Minglan was upset. She didn't expect to meet the Taoist Xuanmiao and even forgot to pick peach blossoms. Qi Heng stretched out his hand in front of him, and in his hand was a branch of peach blossoms in full bloom. He pinned it on Minglan's hair, and the beauty of the peach blossoms really complemented her.

Taoist Xuanmiao watched Qi Heng and Minglan's actions from the side, with a smile on his face, and admired in his heart: a talented man and a beautiful woman, a fairy couple, harmonious and long-lasting!