That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 424

Counting the days, the Hungry Ghost Festival is coming soon. The so-called Hungry Ghost Festival, in folk terms, is the Ghost Festival, and in Buddhist terms, it is the Yulan Basin Festival.

Naturally, the Taoist school also has a saying that the Sanyuan Festival is regarded as the birthday of the Tianguan Emperor, the Earth Official Emperor, and the Water Official Emperor, and the Zhongyuan Festival coincides with the Earth Official Emperor. The sin of the dead.

In order to welcome the Ghost Festival, the entire Taoist sect in Qizhou is busy. Whether it is an old real person or a young Taoist boy who has just enlightened, everyone has errands, and the busiest one is naturally Wang Mudao, the sect master. He personally presides over the grand funeral ceremony, and the welcome and seeing off of dignitaries and dignitaries must also require him to appear in person.

On the day of the Hungry Ghost Festival, many pilgrims began to climb the mountain before dawn. According to the usual practice, this stick of incense should naturally belong to His Royal Highness Qi Wang. Only after His Royal Highness Qi offered incense, other pilgrims could offer incense. But even so, there was still an endless stream of people offering incense, and even many Qizhou dignitaries were among them, hoping to compete for the second stick of incense.

Among the endless stream of guests, there was a pair of young men and women who looked like brothers and sisters. Judging by their attire and demeanor, they should be from a family. But for some unknown reason, the two of them climbed the mountain alone without any retinue.

As for why it is said that they are brothers and sisters instead of husband and wife, it is because the two people are too similar in appearance, no matter in appearance or in spirit, there are more than [-]% similarities.

On the way, they met a female crown who was in charge of guiding the way and welcoming guests. She was a little shy, and instead of going to the dignitaries surrounded by servants, she came to lead the way for two people who were alone. Maybe they felt that there were only two people, and they could be less nervous.

The brother and sister claimed to be surnamed Xiao, and had the same surname as today's son. They were locals. A few days ago, the younger sister had a serious illness. The elder brother once came to the mountain to wish that the younger sister would recover soon. After returning, it came true, so the trip of the two brothers and sisters was a Come to fulfill your wish.

And the female crown who is in charge of guiding the way and welcoming guests is not very old, not much different from that younger sister. According to her, she is not from the Taoist sect of Qizhou, but she just traveled here, and it happened to be a temporary help.

The two women didn't talk very much, one was because they were not good at talking, and the other was because they had just recovered from a serious illness and were a little weak. Fortunately, the elder brother was well-informed and humorous. It doesn't make the atmosphere cold.

The three of them are all young people, and the female crown who leads the way is also cultivated. Even if the younger sister is weaker, it will not be a problem to be supported by her brother, so the group will soon drag the old and the young together. The large army led by the family left behind and arrived at Laoding before sunrise.

The two brothers and sisters stood side by side, watching a red sun erupting out of the sea beyond the mountain, the vastness of the soup, the man chuckled lightly, and said with emotion: "If you have the eyes of a thousand miles, you can look forward to the immortal island."

The younger sister asked, "Have you ever been to Biyou Island?"

The man didn't give an answer immediately, but just looked at the misty sea and remained silent for a long time.

The younger sister became interested and asked: "Look at this, you have been to Biyou Island, how is it there?"

The man didn't want to dampen his sister's interest, so he had to say: "I just followed my ancestors around the edge, and I only saw a piece of desolation without the slightest trace of a fairy family. The head of the sect has issued an order not to enter, but I heard from the ancestors that there is already a ruined wall, so I don’t want to go.”

The woman squinted her eyes, and said with a little sigh: "Back then, Jianzong dominated the 36 islands, and Biyou Island was the head of the 36 islands, and it was even called the Immortal Island. Seeing him build a tall building on the ground, and seeing his building collapse, it really makes people have to lament the impermanence of the world."

The dialogue between the two brothers and sisters did not avoid the female crown next to them. It was Zhiyun's female crown who subconsciously glanced at the sword on the man's waist.

The woman suddenly smiled at Zhiyun: "By the way, I haven't asked this Kun Dao what to call him yet?"

Zhiyun was taken aback for a moment, but still answered truthfully: "Just call me Zhiyun."

The woman was a little surprised and said: "It turned out to be the generation of Yunzi, but this generation is not young, but I don't know who the teacher is?"

Zhiyun smiled, but did not speak.

The woman tactfully did not ask any further questions.

After chatting, the group headed towards the Taiqing Palace again, whether it was offering incense or holding a big ceremony for a while, they would all be held there.

When they came to the square in front of the Taiqing Palace, the three parted. The brother and sister continued to go to the Taiqing Palace, while Zhiyun went down the mountain again, repeating the errand of leading the way and welcoming guests.

These siblings are actually not outsiders, they are Xiao Bai and Xiao Zhinan. Xiao Zhinan wanted to return to the imperial capital immediately after his recovery, but Xiao Bai disagreed and insisted on letting her continue to be raised in Qizhou for a period of time. Xiao Zhinan was not good at disobedience Thanks to my brother's kindness, I stayed in Qizhou temporarily. Today coincided with the Hungry Ghost Festival, Xiao Zhinan, who had been in the palace for a long time, wanted to go to Laoshan Mountain, so Xiao Bai personally accompanied her to climb the mountain.

Looking at the world today, there may not be more than one person who can make His Royal Highness King Qi so caring.

The two stood in front of the gate of the Taiqing Palace, Xiao Zhinan did not take a step for a long time, Xiao Bai was not willing to catch up with that stick of incense, and patiently stayed by his sister's side.

Xiao Zhinan raised his head and looked in the direction of the Juxiantai above the Taiqing Palace, and said softly: "I heard from Master Lan that there is a Juxiantai there. Back then, Xiangye Lan and the real person in charge met on the Juxiantai. Why don't we Go up and have a look too?"

Xiao Bai has nothing to do, although he heard that this place was listed as a forbidden area by Wang Mudao, the head of the Taoist sect in Qizhou, but Xiao Bai didn't feel that there were places in Qizhou that he could not go to.

The two turned to the direction of Juxiantai. Several Taoists guarding the entrance of the mountain road recognized Xiao Bai, and they didn't dare to stop them, so they had to report to the sect master.

The journey from Taiqing Palace to Juxiantai is about ten miles long, and the mountain road has not been repaired, so it is rough and difficult to walk. Xiao Zhinan didn't care about it, but just walked and watched the scenery. The two of them walked almost from early morning to noon. Only then did I finally see the shadow of Juxiantai.

But at this moment, the two met Zhiyun who went to Juxiantai by another road again, and they didn't know whether it was fate or coincidence.

Zhiyun was very surprised by this. After all, this place is obviously a forbidden area of ​​Qizhou Daomen. Except for Wang Mudao's approval, no one is allowed to enter. However, Zhiyun is not a stupid person. Reminiscent of the fact that the two claim their surname Xiao, their identities are about to be revealed.

Xiao Zhinan smiled slightly, "Miss Zhiyun, I don't know who is here in Juxiantai? It's because Wang Dazhen made this place a forbidden area without hesitation, and no one else is allowed to set foot here."

Zhiyun was silent for a long time, her thoughts suddenly drifted away.

Now that she guessed the identity of the other party, she couldn't help but think of those rumors that are getting more and more popular. Now even Qizhou Daomen are spreading rumors that Mr. Xu in Jiangdu is going to marry Princess Qiyang and become the third prince of the Daqi court. Emperor son-in-law.

Ever since she parted with Xu Beiyou in Jiangdu, Zhiyun didn't know how to face the princess, and she never thought about facing the princess. Today's meeting was so unexpected that she was at a loss for a moment.

The strong wind howled, blowing Xiao Zhinan's hair and skirts, she raised her head and looked towards Juxiantai, only to see a person walking out of Juxiantai slowly, looking down.

(End of this chapter)