Outlying Islands and Different Swordsmen

Chapter 2 The dream is strange?People react even more strangely

"Miss, why are you sweating profusely in sleep?"

As soon as Yi Yao opened her eyes, she saw Ling Duo wiping her forehead with a handkerchief.It was already bright outside, and the sun shone on the thin window screens, reflecting a bright white.

"Lingduo, I had a strange dream."

Yi Yao recalled the scene in the dream last night in her mind, Duanmu Hongyan's appearance and what he said are vivid in her memory.

She told Lingduo about her dream, and while listening, Lingduo lifted Yiyao from the bed, arranged her hair, and put on her dressing gown.

"Strange, isn't it?"

"Miss, have you secretly read some strange tales recently?" Ling Duo laughed, "The master won't let you buy it, so did Master Tuoma Pei secretly send it to you?"

Ma Pei, the commander of the guard at the north gate of Linhai City, was Ling Duo's childhood fellow villager, and had a long history with Yuan Wai Yang.According to Lingduo's "observation", Ma Pei seems to have always admired Yiyao in his heart these years, and from time to time he would ask someone to send some gadgets that Yiyao likes to make her happy, but he never dared to express it directly.

"No, it has nothing to do with Master Ma...but this dream is so real..." Yi Yao said.

"Miss, don't think too much, it's just a dream. In my eyes, you are a fairy." Lingduo handed over the small dressing mirror, and said to Yi Yao in the mirror, "You said that Linhai City , No, it should be the entire Southeast Road, is there any lady with such a fairy face!"

Yi Yao smiled and said, "You girl, don't make fun of me."

"Miss, today is the sixteenth day of the first lunar month. As usual, we will go to Yanglong Temple to pay a visit to Mrs. Yun Zhen. You can talk to Mrs. about this dream, maybe she will explain it to you."

……

After eating breakfast, Yi Yao came to the study to say good morning to Yuan Wai Yang.

Seeing his daughter, Yang Yuanwai put down the book with a smile on his face, and asked: "Drinking alcohol last night, don't you have a headache today?"

"I don't have a headache yet," Ling Duo said with a smile, "Master, don't let the young lady drink alcohol in the future. She drank and practiced guns last night. The young lady didn't sleep well."

Yang Yuanwai said to Yi Yao: "So, then father will make up for it with you, and rest in the mansion today."

"Isn't it?" Ling Duo said, "Miss also had a strange dream, and the dream became... What is it... Yes, the fairy of the outlying island!"

Yi Yao stopped her and said, "It's a strange dream, so don't talk about it everywhere."

However, at this moment, Yuanwai Yang's face suddenly changed when he heard the "Island Fairy".He stood up abruptly, took two big strides forward, grabbed Ling Duo's wrist, and asked with a shocked expression: "What did you just say? What did Miss dream about... what fairy?"

Ling Duo was frightened by Yuan Wai Yang's sudden action, he hesitated and said: "Li...the goddess of Li Island..."

"Old Yang! What are you doing?" Yi Yao was also taken aback. Seeing Yuan Wai like this, she hurried over to take his hand holding Ling Duo away, "You scared Ling Duo."

"Daughter..." Yang Yuanwai suddenly turned around, grabbed Yiyao's shoulders tightly with both hands, his face was full of shock and solemnity, and said, "Quick! Tell me about your dream last night!"

Yi Yao was full of doubts, she had never seen Yuan Wai so excited before: "What's going on? Do you know anything about this fairy from the outlying island?"

"Tell me quickly. This matter is very, very important!" Yang Yuanwai said very solemnly, holding Yiyao's shoulder tightly.

"Okay... Lao Yang let go of me first, it hurts so much."

Feeling apprehensive and doubtful, Yiyao told Yang Yuanwai about seeing Duanmu in her dream and what Duanmu said.

Member Yang listened, and was silent for a long time. Finally, he looked at Yiyao with a special look of pity, and said seriously: "Daughter, you must never talk about this dream with anyone. It involves a lot. Once revealed, it will bring disaster!"

Yi Yao and Ling Duo were shocked when they heard this.

Member Yang continued: "Leave Linhai City right now! Go to South Sea Star Island, to your mother's natal home."

Yi Yao anxiously said: "Old Yang, what are you talking about? I really don't understand! Could it be that what I said in this dream is true? You must know something about the fairy of the outlying island and the spiritual root on me. !"

"Stop rambling, go to Nanhai quickly, Dad is going to do something very important now. I'll look for you in a while, hurry up!" Before Yi Yao could speak, Yang Yuanwai ordered the servants to pack up their things and prepare the carriage, Let Yi Yao leave.

"I'm not leaving!" Yi Yao saw her father in this state for the first time, she was terrified and very angry, and went straight out of the courtyard in a fit of anger.Go to the gate.Seeing this, Lingduo wanted to chase her out.

"Don't let your miss go far away, find her quickly. Leave as soon as you come back." Yang Yuanwai said to Ling Duo.He looked at the back of Yi Yao leaving angrily with helpless eyes, and sighed, "She will understand our painstaking efforts in the future."

……

On the streets of Linhai during the day, the Lantern Festival market last night was still going on, and the crowds were bustling.

Ling Duo walked aimlessly with Yi Yao, comforting her at the same time.

"Do you think my father has lost his mind?" Yi Yao said to Ling Duo indignantly, "Just hearing me tell about the dream, he reacted so strongly, but he insisted on asking me to go to the South China Sea without explaining the reason."

"Miss, in fact, I also think this is very strange. I have never seen the master like this." Ling Duo said, "Maybe...you were entrusted by the predecessors. The master didn't say the reason, it should be to protect you."

Yi Yao said: "That is to say, what Duanmu said in my dream may be true? But the fairy gods and spiritual roots are too outrageous, how could it happen in reality..."

"Miss, why don't we go back first, talk to the master and let him explain to you."

Ling Duo held Yi Yao's arm, and the two of them had already walked three streets, before they came to the gate of Yanglong Temple without knowing it.

"Don't go back yet." Yi Yao pointed to the temple gate and said to Ling Duo, "Since you're here, you might as well ask Master Yun Zhen to interpret my dream."

Ling Duo worriedly said: "But miss, didn't the master just say that this matter is very involved, so you can't tell anyone again?"

Yi Yao said: "Of course I won't talk to other people. But Master Yun Zhen is not someone else. We visit her several times every year. As usual, we should come today on the [-]th day of the first lunar month. She is also my mother's best friend. If As you said, the old stories of the predecessors are just a dream, maybe Mrs. Yun Zhen will know something."

"Miss, I think it's better to go back and find the master as soon as possible..."

"No rush, I'll leave after a few words with the teacher." Yi Yao insisted.Ling Duo could only follow her up the stone steps outside the gate of Yanglong Temple.

……

Yanglong Temple is a 600-year-old temple conferred by the dynasty. It only receives female pilgrims, and many of them are the wives and daughters of dignitaries in surrounding cities and counties.

The nun in the temple led Yiyao and the two into the temple and went to the inner courtyard.

Along the way, Lingduo was still worried, and said in a low voice: "Miss, do you really want to tell me...my heart is beating really hard."

Yi Yao patted Ling Duo's head lightly: "It's all right. You girl is so talkative today."

In the inner courtyard, the two met Mrs. Yun Zhen.Master Yun Zhen is highly respected, and is one of the main masters in the temple. Women from noble families often come to visit Linhai City, several surrounding cities, and even Shengjing in the Central Plains.Yiyao also visits several times a year, the teacher is kind and kind, and always answers some life questions for Yiyao.

After a brief greeting, Yiyao signaled the teacher to dismiss the nuns in the inner courtyard, and then told the teacher the content of last night's dream.

After listening to Yi Yao's description of the dream, Mrs. Yun Zhen seemed a little shocked, with a strange expression flashing across her face.Then she silently looked at Yiyao's face, thoughtful.

"Master," Yi Yao said, seeing this, a little embarrassed, "Master, please don't laugh at me, because this dream is too strange, so I chatted with you."

The teacher seemed to have come back to her senses, and said slowly: "Miss Yang, it's okay. The poor nun often tells you, you can talk to me about everything. The poor nun is not in the world of mortals, so I can't resolve it for the young lady, but do some listening and talking. Still doable."

Yi Yao said: "Thank you, Master, for pointing me out so many times. Last night's dream, Master, do you think it is really a dream of the past?"

"Your dream is so clear, perhaps there is indeed a past sustenance."

"You also think it might be true? The main reason is that my father's reaction was too intense, and he must know why."

The teacher seemed a little shocked again, paused, and asked: "What did Mr. Yang say after hearing about this dream?"

"He wants me not to spread this matter, and wants me to leave Linhai immediately and go to..."

Before Yi Yao could finish speaking, Ling Duo, who was holding her at the side, grabbed her arm hard, reminding her not to talk too much.

"Where are you going?" Unexpectedly, the teacher asked.

"Go...to my Yang family's ancestral temple." Yi Yao thought that she and her father would go to the Yang family's ancestral temple in Xianxiang Mountain on the outskirts of Linhai City to pay homage to their ancestors, so she changed her mind.

The teacher was silent for a while, and said: "So... maybe your Yang family's predecessors have an old story, so it's okay to ask you to go to the ancestral temple. Come, give me your hand, and I will feel your pulse. Maybe it's because of your blood deficiency. Only then will this dream come into my body.”

Mrs. Yun Zhen would occasionally check Yiyao's pulse and care about her physical condition.This time Yi Yao also naturally extended her hand to her.

However, the moment the teacher's fingers touched her wrist, Yi Yao suddenly felt an inexplicable numbness from her wrist, and then spread to her entire arm and even her whole body.At first it was numbness, and then the numbness turned into palpable pain—every muscle and bone in the body ached.

"Ah..." Yi Yao cried out in pain, "Master...you..."

At this time, the teacher's wife no longer had a benevolent expression, but showed her a meaningful smile that she had never seen before.

(End of this chapter)