Golden Wind. It was almost dusk. The long ship was slowly approaching the shore.
Su Baiyi looked at the lanterns lit up one after another on the shore, sniffed, and smelled the long-lost fragrance of cooking smoke. He sighed and said, "Is this city Qianxun City?"
"Yes. I searched thousands of miles to find her, and suddenly I looked back. It is a very beautiful city. I like it very much." There was some ill intention in Mu Nianhua's smile.
"Your smile seems to reveal something." Su Baiyi said with some disgust.
"This is it." Mu Nianhua suddenly said something out of the blue.
"Okay." Su Baiyi understood and nodded.
As the longboat approached the shore, the entire ship shook violently.
Su Baiyi walked into the cabin and came to the Medicine King Pavilion. Nangong Xier seemed to have just been awakened by the shaking and was rubbing her temples with her hands.
"Senior Sister, we've reached the shore." Su Baiyi said.
"So fast?" Nangong Xier was stunned.
"It's just a stop along the way. We haven't reached the end of this journey yet." Su Baiyi replied, "Senior Sister, let's go down and take a look. We feel like we're getting moldy if we stay on the boat all the time."
"Okay." Nangong Xier stood up and sat down, picked up the Lover's Sword, and followed Su Baiyi out of the cabin.
Su Jian was sitting at the bow enjoying the breeze. Su Baiyi pretended to be calm and greeted him, "Senior, would you like to get off the boat and have a drink together?"
"No, I'm not going. I don't like Qianxun City." Su Jian said lightly.
"Then I will bring back a pot of good wine for you, senior." Su Baiyi clasped his fists and then led Nangong Xier and Mu Nianhua off the boat.
"Qianxun City is a city located in the north, but it looks very much like the south. It is very gentle. When the thousands of lanterns in the city are lit at night, the gentleness is even more charming. Of course, the most gentle are the girls in the city. Speaking of the Guifeng Tower..." Mu Nianhua waved his folding fan with a smile on his face.
"Cough cough." Su Baiyi coughed lightly.
Mu Nianhua immediately changed the subject: "There is also a Taoist temple in Qianxun City that is only open at night. The temple is beside a stream in the south of the city. You can ring the bell in the temple to ask for a fortune, but the fortune you get is actually a blank piece of paper when you first get it."
"White paper? Why is it a blank piece of paper?" Nangong Xier asked curiously.
"Don't be anxious. After you get the fortune stick, walk out of the Taoist temple and come to the stream. Put the fortune stick paper in the stream water and wash it gently. When you take it out again, look at it in the moonlight, and the text on it will slowly appear." Mu Nianhua explained.
"Interesting." Nangong Xier smiled.
"No hurry, no hurry." Mu Nianhua led them into a restaurant, "Let's eat something delicious first." Perhaps because they had been at sea for too long, Mu Nianhua ordered a whole table of dishes in one go, with all kinds of delicacies from land and sea, but Mu Nianhua only ate one bite of each dish.
"I'm so envious." Su Baiyi sighed, "This table of food and wine is probably as much as my master and I spent in Xinghua Village in a year."
"Your master was the young master of the Xie family. How could he endure such hardship?" Mu Nianhua took a sip of wine.
Su Baiyi smiled and said, "I am the one who buys groceries and cooks, so I should have to endure more hardships..."
"Hahahahaha." Mu Nianhua put down his chopsticks. "I'm full. I'm going to Guifeng Tower now. What about you two?"
"What is the name of that Taoist temple?" asked Nangong Xier.
"South of the city, Lishui Temple." Mu Nianhua strode out, waving a fan.
"Let's go and take a look." Nangong Xier said lightly.
"Okay, senior sister!" Su Baiyi immediately stood up and took the sword for his senior sister.
Qianxun City was not a big city, and the two of them arrived at the legendary Lishui Temple after walking for a while. The entire Lishui Temple was painted red, and it looked somewhat exquisite and gorgeous. Most of the people coming in and out were young men and women, and most of them were in pairs. Su Baiyi suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart, but Nangong Xier had already walked into the temple.
The inside of the Lishui Temple was not big. On the left was a place for drawing lots, with a stream flowing below. Some young men and women who had drawn lots directly leaned over there to rinse the blank lots. It seemed that they did not have to go outside the Taoist temple as Mu Nianhua said. On the right was a deity whose name could not be said. There were red ribbons hanging on both sides, and a hemp rope hanging in the middle, with a big red bell tied to it. Most of the men and women put their hands together in front of the bell and prayed for blessings, then walked forward and grabbed the rope together, shaking the bell violently, making a crisp tinkling sound.
"What kind of god is this?" Su Baiyi asked a scholar passing by.
The scholar smiled and said, "This is the Peach Blossom Fairy."
"Peach Blossom Fairy?" Su Baiyi had never heard of it.
"It's a deity from our Qianxun City, and it's related to a love story that has been circulating in our city for a hundred years. In short, praying for love here is very effective." The scholar glanced at Nangong Xier, and his expression revealed a bit of surprise, "You two are really a perfect match."
“Seeking love…” Su Baiyi scratched his head. This Mu Nianhua was indeed very bad.
"Thank you for clearing up my doubts, young master." Nangong Xier smiled at the scholar, grabbed Mu Nianhua's sleeve and came to the bell, then put her hands together and closed her eyes. Su Baiyi saw that Nangong Xier didn't say anything, and was too embarrassed to say anything, so he also put his hands together and closed his eyes.
After a moment, they both opened their eyes at the same time, stretched out their hands at the same time, and grabbed the rope with the bell tied to it.
“Ding ding ding.”
The bell made a crisp sound.
"Hehehe." Nangong Xier looked up at Lingling and laughed so hard that her body shook with laughter.
Su Baiyi looked at Nangong Xier and smiled, and then he smiled too.
The smile of the two immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the Taoist temple. The men were all stunned when they saw Nangong Xier's smile. And the women were also attracted by Su Baiyi.
"Ahem, hehem, you two." An old voice interrupted their laughter.
Nangong Xier and Su Baiyi turned their heads at the same time, only to see a white-haired old Taoist priest sitting in the corner. Next to the old Taoist priest was a small table with a fortune stick on it, and behind him was a wooden cabinet with many small drawers. The old Taoist priest smiled and said to them, "If you two continue to laugh there, I'm sure that the good reputation of my Lishui Temple for love will be ruined tonight."
Nangong Xier blushed, and hurriedly took Su Baiyi away from under the bell, turned around and was about to leave the temple.
"Gentlemen, wouldn't you like to ask for a fortune?" asked the old Taoist priest.
"Asking for fortune?" Nangong Xier was stunned.
"Three copper coins for one lot." The old Taoist priest raised three fingers.
Fortunately, he asked Mu Nianhua for money before leaving. Su Baiyi was delighted and threw a piece of silver on the table. Then he whispered to the old Taoist priest, "Give me the best stick!"
The old Taoist priest immediately took the silver into his arms, and then said in a loud voice: "Whether the lot is good or bad, you can only know it after asking for it! Of course, if you are willing to give more silver, I would like to thank you on behalf of the Peach Blossom Fairy."