"All conditioned Dharmas are like dreams and bubbles, like dew or lightning, just look at it like this." The old voice of the host read, "Zhixin, your earthly fate is not over, how can the four elements be empty?"
Zen Master Zhixin fell to his knees as if he had been given a slap in the face. He kowtowed to the host three times and then stood up and left.
The Zen master returned to his room, packed his luggage, took off his monk's clothes, and left Huguo Temple that night.
"Zen Master Zhixin, I've been waiting for you for a long time." Shi Yuan was pouring himself a drink in the courtyard and suddenly said towards the courtyard wall.
"I am no longer a Zen master, just call me Zhixin." Zen Master Zhixin sat opposite Shiyuan, picked up the small silver pot on the table and drank it all in one gulp. Nowadays, he seems to have got rid of some invisible shackles, and his whole body temperament has undergone earth-shaking changes. At first glance, people cannot recognize him as the gentle and compassionate Zen Master Zhixin.
"Does Xiaoyou Ye know what you are planning?" Zhixin asked.
"She doesn't need to know." Shi Yuan said, placing a small porcelain on the table.
"I hope Mr. Xie can continue to do this, and there will be no mistakes." Zhixin sneered, picked up the porcelain bottle on the table, and climbed over the wall again.
Early the next morning, a gray dove fluttered and landed on Shiyuan's table. Pigeon raised one foot and tilted his head to look at Shi Yuan.
Shi Yuan took off the letter from the pigeon's feet, unfolded it and read it, then twisted it with his fingers and turned it into ashes.
Ye Wuji is practicing swordsmanship in the courtyard. The Jinghong Swordsmanship she has learned is getting better and better. The increase of experience has deepened her understanding of swordsmanship. Her sword is no longer just a simple sword move, but gradually has its own sword intention. .
Shi Yuan stood aside and watched. When Ye Wuji finished practicing his sword, he stepped forward to wipe the sweat from her forehead with a handkerchief and handed her a bottle of water. This set of actions was extremely skillful, and Ye Wuji accepted it as a matter of course, just because they had been doing this every day since they arrived in the capital.
"Wuji." After resting for a while, Shi Yuan said, "I have to leave for a while."
"Oh, you go." Ye Wuji thought he meant leaving the stone house.
"I have to leave the capital to do something. This matter is quite troublesome and may take several months."
"You want to leave?" Ye Wuji finally realized and blurted out, "Can't you take me with you?"
Shi Yuan shook his head in embarrassment and said: "What I did this time is really dangerous, and I don't want you to take risks."
"Then I won't worry about you even more. Take me with you, my martial arts is not bad either..."
"Wuji." Shi Yuan called her name calmly, his eyes firm.
Looking at each other for a moment, Ye Wuji lowered his head slumpedly, knowing that there was no room for change in the matter. Shi Yuan is such a person. He is determined and his decisions will not be changed by anyone.
"I understand." Ye Wuji said, "Be more careful."
"You should be more careful in the capital." Shi Yuan gently trimmed her hair, but Ye Wuji turned her head away from him.
Shi Yuan disappeared that afternoon. He didn't say hello to anyone except Ye Wuji. Not even the eldest princess of Xinyang knew about it.
Not long after Shi Yuan left, the eldest princess sent someone to invite him, and received the news that he had left.
"He just left like that." The eldest princess murmured. She thought for a while and asked someone to call Jiang Yunguang.
"The day after tomorrow is King Duan's birthday, he sent invitations to both Mr. Shi and Wuji. Mr. Shi is not in the capital, you send the invitation to Wuji, and attend with her the day after tomorrow."
"What did Prince Duan ask Wuji to do? When did they meet?"
"It is said that Princess Xinning met a beautiful young man on her way to the Huguo Temple to offer incense."
"How dare that ugly woman take advantage of Wuji!" Jiang Yunguang was immediately filled with indignation and vowed to protect the chastity of his "good brother".
"I'll send it to him right away. Then I'll bring my rhubarb. If she dares to get close to Wuji, rhubarb will bite her until her face is full of peach blossoms."
The eldest princess looked at Jiang Yunguang who was gearing up with joy, and thought to herself, the brat is not too stupid, and it is not in vain for me to worry about your marriage.