Shen Miao never thought that the so-called master was actually a strange Taoist priest who had a relationship with her at Putuo Temple in Mingqi. That strange Taoist priest’s words made Shen Miao brooding for a long time and felt that this person seemed to have penetrated the secret that she had lived two lives, but later when she sent someone to find the whereabouts of the Taoist priest, she searched the entire Ding capital, and she never Find the trace of the other party.
Now that I think about it, it's no wonder that I couldn't find it. This Taoist priest came all the way to Long Ye in Great Liang.
So things are a little strange. According to what Benyue said, it was a few years ago that the young couple met this Taoist priest. A few years ago, the Taoist priest was in Longye. It seems that this Taoist priest stayed in Longye. The time has not been short. Could it be that this Taoist priest is a native of Great Liang, so why did he appear in the Ding capital of Ming Qi? It's impossible to go back all the way, just to count the two hexagrams for her, right
Shen Miao said, "The Taoist..."
The strange Taoist priest looked at her, stroked his beard, shook his head and said, "Pindao's name is Chiyan, Madam is here to save people, Pindao has been waiting for you for a long time."
Luo Tan was stunned and asked, "Master Chiyan, you already knew that we were coming back to find you?"
Chi Yandao smiled smugly, shook the lottery tube on his waist, and the lottery tube made a "crackling" sound, he said: "Pindao also calculated a fortune for himself."
Shen Miao thought that this Taoist priest was eccentric but seemed to have some real skills, for example, what he said at Putuo Temple was quite reasonable. If he is the so-called expert, it does not seem to be surprising. She said, "My husband is seriously injured. I heard that the Taoist priest can change his life against the sky, so he came here specially, and asked the Taoist priest to save my husband's life. After this is done, I will be grateful."
Fen Xiang and the others were standing behind Shen Miao, they heard what Shen Miao said earlier and seemed to be acquainted with this strange Taoist priest, although they were surprised, it was not a good time to ask. Listening to Shen Miao's words at this moment, she wondered if she was a little stunned, the matter of "defying the sky and changing one's life" is too mysterious, how this Taoist priest looks like an ordinary person who grew up eating whole grains, Shen Miao was not fooled The liar was deceived.
But Shen Miao knew that someone who could see that she had lived two lifetimes, someone who could see that she was a queen in her previous life, this strange Taoist probably could not guess by talking nonsense.
Hearing Shen Miao's words, the strange Taoist smiled and shook his head, the closer he walked, everyone could see clearly, he was carrying a premonition on his back and a fish basket in his hand, it seemed that he was going fishing. It's just that there is a line on the fishing rod, but the hook attached to it is straight, so it is strange that the fish can be caught. Sure enough, the fish basket is also empty, so pitiful.
Seeing that he did not reply to Shen Miao's words, Luo Tan felt anxious and asked, "Master, can you save my brother-in-law?"
The Taoist priest put the fish basket against the door, then straightened up, gave Shen Miao a deep look, and said, "Heavenly secrets cannot be leaked out, and a poor Taoist cannot even reveal the heavenly secrets to his wife, how dare he change his life against the sky. , what happened to this disaster?"
"But you saved Benyue's friend, that little brother." Luo Tan was puzzled, "Isn't that a change of fate?"
"That's because the child's life should not end. God is destined for him to meet me, and it is also destined for me to save his life." Chi Yan said long.
Fennel and Star Anise were taken aback for a moment. They thought it was just the hysteria of the sister and brother talking nonsense, but they didn't expect it to be true, and the Taoist priest in front of him also admitted that he did it.
Shen Miao frowned slightly, "So dare to ask the leader, what is the fate between the Taoist leader and me?"
The Taoist smiled: "The secret cannot be revealed."
The one on the left “the secret of the heavens should not be leaked”, the one on the right “the secret of the heavens should not be leaked”, and it was at such a critical juncture that Shen Miao was able to bear it, but at this moment she was also angry and said angrily, “People outside the party are not doing their best to lose their conscience. Now the good people are harmed by the traitors, but the bad people are proud. They are really killing people and setting fire to the golden belt, repairing bridges and repairing roads and leaving no corpses. What kind of heaven is this? What kind of justice is being done? I was eye-opening and thought it was ridiculous."
Cong Yang's eyes widened, why is Shen Miao still scolding people now? These words could not be described as not being sharp, but Shen Miao said it in such a breath, it made people feel very refreshed.
Contrary to everyone's expectations, the Chi Yan Daochang was scolded for a while, not only was not angry, but he laughed and said with his palms: "If you have stayed with that fierce dragon for a long time, you have become so fierce, very good! "
Luo Tan murmured in a low voice, "You're sick, you're so happy to be scolded..."
Daoist Chi Yan said, "You are right, the way of heaven is inherently unfair, but the world is in charge of human affairs, and the way of heaven controls the way of luck, but not the way of life." He smiled slightly, like a whisk, although the clothes were tattered, But at this moment, there is a sense of immortal style and bone. He said: "Although the Tao of Heaven has not destined me to change my life for him, and his fate is too expensive, I can't change it, but the Tao of Heaven is destined to meet you and me here, and it is destined that the Tao of the poor will give you a fate."
What he said was confusing and everyone heard it in a fog, only Shen Miao looked at him sharply. I just heard the Taoist say, "You really want to save him?"
"good."
The Taoist priest smiled again: "Since you want to save her like this, come with me." After that, he turned around and moved forward.
Shen Miao immediately followed without hesitation, and Fennel and the others set off quickly.
Daoist Chi Yan suddenly turned around again, looked at Fennel and the others and said, "You can't keep up."
"Why?" Congyang had an angry look. They were instructed to protect Shen Miao's safety, how could Shen Miao be allowed to follow a strange Taoist priest alone, if something happened, when Xie Jing Xing woke up, how would they explain to Xie Jing Xing
"There is a Qimen Dunjia arranged by my master in front. No one in the world can understand the Qimen Dunjia arranged by my master, including me. There is only one life door in this trip, and the others are all dead doors, which are aimed at people with martial arts skills. , The higher the martial arts, the faster the death. This lady has no martial arts, so she can move forward with me. The rest..." He shook his head: "If you enter, you will die."
"But why do we believe you won't murder your wife?" Anise said, "If you don't let us follow, how do we know where you will take your wife?"
Daoist Chi Yan spread his hands, like a rogue: "If you don't believe it, the poor Daoist won't go, you should lead this lady back quickly."
I almost vomited blood with the smell of fennel.
Shen Miao said, "You guys just wait for me here, I will go with the Taoist priest."
"Ma'am." Bajiao also disagreed.
"That..." Luo Tan opened her mouth cautiously, and said, "I said, whether I can go or not, although I have martial arts, but my martial arts are not high, it shouldn't affect me much."
Daoist Chiyan seemed to see Luo Tan just now, looked her up and down, and said, "It's okay, I don't have any martial arts. It's okay, come with me too."
Luo Tan: "..." She doesn't have any martial arts. She's just a little bit worse in martial arts. She can't compare to the trainees from Prince Rui's residence who have been trained since childhood, but it's not bad!
But compared to Fennel and the others, at least she could pass with Shen Miao. Luo Tan said, "Little cousin, I'll accompany you. If there is anything, I'd better have someone to take care of you."
Shen Miao thought for a while and nodded. Although Luo Tan was impulsive, she did not cause any trouble and Shen Miao did not know what Daoist Chi Yan wanted to do. She has always been habitually guarding people. Although she believes that Daoist Chiyan has some skills, she is not without doubts about the other party.
Fen Xiang saw that Shen Miao had made up her mind and knew that persuasion was impossible, and seeing Luo Tan following along, they felt a little relieved. He instructed Luo Tan again, and gave Luo Tan the signal fireworks that Mo Yujun used to convey the message, saying that if something happened, they would blow up the fireworks, and they would naturally come up with something.
Daoist Chi Yan was a little impatient, and said: "Let's go quickly, when it's dark, the poor Dao can't help you."
Shen Miao said, "Let's go now."
Daoist Chi Yan led Shen Miao and Luo Tan along a very strange road, or in other words, this place close to a jungle, there was no way to go, Dao Master Chi Yan turned a corner at a certain time. Falling, as if there was a clear path out of their sight. The road he walked was not easy to walk. Sometimes he saw a place that seemed to be a dead end, but he could dig out a new road. Luo Tan was amazed when she saw it, and Shen Miao was also a little surprised.
Luo Tan asked, "Master, this place looks familiar to you. Do you come here often?"
"Pin Dao has lived here since he was a child, so he is naturally familiar." Chi Yandao stroked his beard proudly and said, "Many of these trees were planted by Pin Dao at the beginning."
Luo Tan nodded: "It seems that you are an authentic native of Great Liang. Why did you hear before... You and the little cousin have met once? The little cousin has never been to Long Ye before, did you meet him in Long Ye?" Luo Tan was also thinking about Shen Miao's astonished look when she saw Daoist Chi Yan, obviously she knew it before.
Daoist Chi Yan gave Shen Miao a meaningful look: "Pin Dao and this lady have two lottery fates, no matter where they are, they will definitely meet."
Luo Tan scratched her head, some did not understand, but Shen Miao was thoughtful, she always felt that this Taoist priest seemed to know more than she thought. After the matter of Xie Jing Xing this time is over, can he seriously ask her about his past life
As soon as this thought came to her mind, Daoist Chiyan smiled and said: "Madam wants to save people, but also wants to ask questions, you can only choose one of the two, you can't have both. Yes, Madam must think about her own choice."
Shen Miao's heart was agitated, and the Taoist priest seemed to be able to see through the thoughts in her heart. This means that if you want to ask about the past life, you cannot save Xie Jing Xing, if you want to save Xie Jing Xing, you have to keep silent about the past life. What kind of rules is this, Shen Miao was a little sullen when she heard Daoist Chi Yan ask, “Madam has a decision in mind?”
Luo Tan looked at the two of them curiously and did not understand what kind of cleverness was in the words of Daoist Chi Yan and Shen Miao, but Shen Miao was like this and few people could understand what they said. She has such a bad mind, so don't even think about it.
Shen Miao said lightly, "You can find the answer by yourself, but for saving people, I have neither medical skills nor change of life, so I have to trouble the Taoist priest. How can secrets be compared with life and ask the Taoist priest to save people first. ."
The strange Taoist laughed again: "Madam is so dishonest, what secrets and life are you talking about, it's better to say that you value him more than yourself, so you gave up what you were looking for for him." He was mysterious. Yi smiled: "Madame's hostility has also dissipated a lot because of this."
Shen Miao frowned slightly. The Taoist priest picked up a willow branch, like a child, humming an unknown tune, and continued to walk forward staggeringly.
She had to keep up.
The Taoist priest walked for a long time, afraid of delaying the matter, Luo Tan did not dare to complain, Shen Miao would not say anything, she did not know what time it was, but only felt that the sky was getting darker and the sun was a little faint, the Taoist priest suddenly stopped Footsteps, said: "Here."
Luo Tan and Shen Miao both took two steps forward, but what appeared in front of them was a huge valley. The flowers and plants in this valley were fragrant. It was the midsummer in June. The appearance of the colorful streamer, as if coming to the fairyland on earth, will give birth to a trance and unreal feeling.
"It's so beautiful here!" Luo Tan exclaimed.
Daoist Chi Yan looked at Shen Miao, "Did Madam find anything?"
Shen Miao only felt that there was a faint medicinal fragrance in the air, and seeing that the flowers and plants were everywhere, although they were bright, they did not seem to be very different from ordinary flowers and plants, so she hesitated and said, "It is a medicinal herb. ?"
Daoist Chiyan laughed: "Exactly. Although I can't save your husband or change his fate, my master has a medicine valley, and there is a medicinal herb in it that can detoxify hundreds of poisons, but this medicinal herb can save you. Your husband's life."
Shen Miao did not tell Chi Yan Daoist Master Xie Jing Xing's injury, but Chi Yan Dao Master said that Xie Jing Xing was poisoned, Luo Tan looked at the strange Daoist priest with admiration, but Shen Miao did not take it seriously, she had expected this strange Taoist priests are quite capable. Not surprising at this time.
She said: "I also ask the Taoist priest to give me the medicinal herbs that can detoxify and save my husband's life."
Chi Yan smiled: "This medicinal herb was left by my wife, my wife, and my master. It has been kept in this medicine valley. Until now, there is only such a plant in the world. Ordinary people eat it, prolong life, and get poisoned. When people eat it, it can naturally cure diseases... This herb is so precious, how can I give it to you for nothing?"
"You are a compassionate Taoist priest." Luo Tan said, "If you want gold and silver, my little cousin can also afford it. What do you want in exchange?"
Shen Miao also said, "As long as I can do whatever I can, I will definitely do it for the Taoist priest."
"What if I want Madam to exchange my own life?" Chi Yan said slyly.
Shen Miao was startled, and before she could speak, Luo Tan said, "You are too bullying, how can you do this!"
Chi Yan waved his hand: "The monks are merciful. I am a Taoist priest, so naturally I won't do this kind of murder and arson. It's just a joke. I have a question to ask my wife." He looked at the momentary stunned Shen Miao: "Can Madam help the poor man?"
Only then did Shen Miao come back to her senses and was amazed in her heart, the moment when Chi Yan asked her if she would be willing to exchange her life, a thought quickly flashed through her mind, she was willing.
But how is this possible? Behind her there were Shen Qiu, Shen Xin, Luo Xue Yan, there were a large family of relatives, and now she would give up her life for Xie Jing Xing, Shen Miao suddenly felt a little scared.
If you put too much emotion into it, it will hurt more deeply in the future. Everything in the previous life is a living example. She can try to love again, but she does not dare to bet on strong love.
"Little cousin?" Luo Tan shook her arm.
Shen Miao settled down and looked at the Taoist priest: "The Taoist priest please speak."
"Look," the Taoist head squatted down and pointed to a small flower in the grass: "This is the red-sleeved grass, which is a magic medicine that can cure cough. But these days it doesn't bloom much, madam, what is this? reason?"
What does it mean? Shen Miao was not a doctor and could not even distinguish herbs, so how could she see these problems, but she still squatted down and took a closer look, seeing the densely squirming black dots on the flower buds, when her heart moved, she felt Said: "It's probably a bug."
"Pin Dao also thinks the same way." Chi Yan looked distressed: "But this red-sleeved grass is the most delicate, it can't be used to repel insects, but it is the most attracting insects. If you want to get rid of these insects, you have to use your hands a little bit. When it twists out, it has to be gentle, otherwise it will hurt the petals."
Luo Tan said, "That's true, but what does this have to do with us?"
Daoist Chi Yan stood up and saw that Shen Miao also stood up before laughing, "But Pindao is a man, his movements are rude and he is usually not very careful, so he is afraid that he will not be able to choose clearly, and if he is not careful, he will It will damage the petals. These are rare elixir, very precious, so I would like to ask my wife to pick out the bugs on it for me. "
Luo Tan widened her eyes and asked Shen Miao to come over together with this Taoist priest, but did she think Shen Miao was a flower and pesticide boy
Shen Miao asked, "After picking out these worms, the Taoist priest will give me the herb that detoxifies all the poisons?"
Chi Yan nodded.
“Okay, I will do it.” Shen Miao planned to bury her head in action immediately.
Luo Tan didn't speak anymore, just pretending that a flower farmer could make a single medicinal herb for a while would not be a loss.
But Chi Yan shook her head and led Shen Miao and Luo Tan to walk a few steps forward, "It's the red sleeve grass here."
When the two saw it, they were a little stunned.
It was a large area of medicinal herbs, almost as many as all the farmlands of the big families combined, and the medicinal herbs in the whole field were not neatly grown, some rhododendrons and some other grasses grew together in a random manner. , It is extremely dense, and it takes a lot of effort to find those red-sleeved grasses, not to mention that there are so many red-sleeved grasses, to pick out the bugs, I don't know what year and month to pick.
"Are you trying to trick us on purpose?" Luo Tan jumped up and said angrily, "How can a person choose these things completely?"
Chi Yan just looked at Shen Miao with a smile: "Madam also thinks that one person is not complete, can one person not be able to do it?"
Shen Miao just looked at him deeply and said, "After finishing this, the Taoist priest will really give me the herbal medicine?"
"Little cousin!" Luo Tan said anxiously, "He is clearly trying to trick you on purpose. If he has the heart to save people, why would he propose such an impossible task? How can he look like a compassionate outsider?"
Chi Yan said: "The little girl is wrong. There is no free lunch in this world. In this world, there are gains and losses, and there are losses. There is a corresponding price. If the lady wants my herbs, she will remove the bugs from other herbs for me, this is a very fair thing, and whether it can be done or not, isn't the lady in charge?"
He said: "Pick out the bugs on the buds and flower paths of these red-sleeved grasses, and then fertilize the medicinal herbs in my mountains, and I will return the medicinal herbs to you." He fluttered the dust again: "Can't fool me The matter, Pindao has to check in the end, if there is a half-point perfunctory, then the medicinal materials will not be given to you. Also," looking at Luo Tan again, "this girl can't come to help. Madam, can you? Do it?"
“I can do it, and I hope the Taoist priest will keep his promise.” After saying this, Shen Miao jumped into the medicine bush, bent down and started to stir up the bugs seriously.
A dignified prince concubine, who was also a pampered and pampered woman from an official family, is here to be a flower boy medicinal farmer for a villager in the mountains, even those medicinal farmers will not do so much work alone, pick out bugs, and… Fertilizing... Luo Tan couldn't imagine Shen Miao's weak body carrying fertilizer, but felt that if Shen Xin and Shen Qiu in the Ding capital found out, they would definitely be furious.
But when did Shen Miao go back on what she had decided, Luo Tan gritted her teeth and wanted to help, but Shen Miao sternly stopped her and said, “Stop! If you don’t want me to hate you, then don’t come down.”
She spoke sternly, but Luo Tan's eyes turned red, but her heart was filled with panic, thinking that if she knew this earlier, Shen Miao would be played by the nose, so she would not tell Shen Miao about Benyue. Now it is really a sin for Shen Miao to suffer and be deceived. She shouted: "But this strange Taoist is clearly just bluffing you, is it worth it?"
“I didn’t do anything for him,” Shen Miao carefully took care of the flowers and plants without raising her head, “If there is a chance, just do it.” Then she added, “If you really think about me, find someone or someone for me. I made a lantern myself, and I can't see it when it gets dark later, so I can have a light."
Luo Tan took a deep breath, but in a blink of an eye, she saw Daoist Chiyan smiled and fluttered to the other side, so she quickly followed, "Bad Taoist, listen to me first..."
Shen Miao squatted among the flowers and had not done such a thing for a long time and was not used to it. She didn't think it was unbearable to pick insects and fertilize people to be medicinal farmers. In this world, self-esteem or something is not used at such times. Bend your head down when you should, and when your strategies don't work, you should obediently work hard, and don't do futile things. This truth, she spent her whole life in her previous life, finally understood it in the cold palace.
If she had given up fighting with Mrs. Mei earlier, and she was a little girl, maybe Mrs. Mei would not be so against Fu Ming and Wan Yu. Why make yourself suffer for the sake of your own strength? revenge? Unwilling? After thinking about these things, the present is the most important.
If Chi Yan can keep her promise in the end, then her hardship is worth it. In this wild countryside, fertilizing and doing some coolies like a village woman is far more fair than when she sat on the throne of the queen in her previous life and was greeted with ridicule from everyone.
It was just that the red sleeve grass in the valley was full, really did not know how long it would take to get it, and to lie to her that there was no extra time to waste, Shen Miao could not help but smile bitterly.
By the time Luo Tan brought the lantern, it was already dark. In the valley at night there was cool wind, bright stars, moon and cicadas, but Shen Miao had no intention to appreciate it. In the night, she touched the herbs one by one with a lantern, carrying a heavy burden and staggering around, with mosquitoes and flies around, her delicate skin was bitten by red and swollen bags, and her hands were stabbed. There is no rest.
Luo Tan was in tears when she saw it, but she couldn't help, so she could only scolded Chi Yan in her heart.
It was the afternoon of the second day.
Shen Miao wiped the sweat from her forehead and put the empty burden away for Daoist Chi Yan to look at.
Daoist Chi Yan smiled, "Don't look at it, you did a good job." He took out a box from his personal luggage and handed it to Shen Miao. Shen Miao opened it and saw that there was a medicinal herb lying inside.
"This is that herb." Chi Yan said with a smile: "You heal the mountain of red-sleeved grass for me, and I will also use this to heal your husband's injury. Keep your promise."
Luo Tan said angrily, "You made a profit!"
"Madam's insistence makes Pindao impressed. I hope that no matter what happens in the future, Madam can think about the sincerity of today. If Madam is lucky, this bug will not be expelled, and this herb will not be in Madam's hands. ."
“Many thanks for the gift.” Shen Miao was anxious to rush back, and the moment she received the herbs, her whole body turned out to be deeply exhausted. She hadn't slept all night, and she didn't have a good rest these days. Her bow was almost full of strings. Now she relaxed, and she only felt top-heavy and light-footed.
“Many thanks for the gift.” Luo Tan was very dissatisfied with this Taoist priest’s bizarre request and felt extremely uncomfortable when she saw Shen Miao’s embarrassed appearance, Shen Miao was the most calm and calm person in their Luo family and Shen family, and was not surprised at all. , but now she is being teased like this, and there is no room for backhand, which made her very unwilling, and said: "I also hope that the red sleeve grass of the Taoist priest will not have worms in the future. In the future, no one will be as kind as my little cousin. The medicine farmers have done a lot of work for you, and even those medicine farmers will not do their best to do it overnight."
Daoist Chiyan laughed: "That's not certain, my wife and I have three sides, and this is only two sides, and there is still one side."
Luo Tan pouted: "Who wants to see." Pulling Shen Miao and saying, "I will help you, let's go down the mountain." Then she said to Chi Yan Daoist: "The Daoist should hurry up, still waiting for something to save one's life."
Daoist Chi Yan followed behind, looking at the backs of the two, his eyes fell on Shen Miao’s slightly staggering footsteps, her smile was put away, and a trace of pity flashed in her eyes.
After a while, he shook his head and spit out two words.
"In vain."