Bai He understood what he meant, spread his wings and soared into the sky, flying towards the peak.
The wind moved the courtyard, and the flowers and trees were in a mess. Tang Sanshiliu waved his hand and grabbed a few petals in the air, walked back to the thatched cottage, looked at Huairen and said, "We are not Xiao Zhang, we are guests, right?"
Huairen knew what he had done, so he didn't point it out, and said with a smile, "Of course it's a guest from afar."
Tang Thirty-Six said: "Since we are guests, how can there be no tea?"
Huairen remained calm and said, "Pingxuan, serve tea."
The Nanxizhai disciple who had been kneeling behind her responded in a low voice, got up and walked out of the thatched cottage.
When she passed by Tang Thirty-Six, Tang Thirty-Six called her, stuffed the petals in his hand, and said softly: "Sister Pingxuan, I like to drink scented tea."
Looking at this scene, whether it was the three elders of Nanxizhai or the disciples, they couldn't help but shook their heads, thinking that it was a son of a bitch, which was annoying.
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Even if there is ready-made boiling water, it will take some time to make tea, and it will take time to drink tea with chatting.
Just when Tang Thirty-Six was holding the cup of scented tea, he had just chatted with the senior sister named Pingxuan about the sesame seed cakes in Fuchun Prefecture, and the time was enough.
A clear crane sounded in the sky, and accompanied by the howling wind, the white crane slowly landed in the courtyard.
The disciples of Nanxizhai couldn't help being shocked when they saw someone on the crane, and wondered if the saint had left the customs early
It was not Xu Yourong who came riding a crane, but a young man.
Seeing that young man, Ye Xiaolian and many Nanxizhai disciples bowed down one after another. Some Nanxizhai disciples who had never been to Hanshan and the capital were wondering who could ride the holy maiden's white crane. Seeing this scene, thinking about what the seniors and sisters had said before, they also woke up and quickly bowed their knees to salute.
"Meet Your Majesty the Pope."
Chen Changsheng nodded, said a few words with Ye Xiaolian and those familiar Nanxizhai disciples, and then walked towards the thatched cottage.
Huairen and the other three Nanxizhai elders had already stood up and waited quietly outside the thatched cottage.
Chen Changsheng said apologetically, "It's really wrong to enter without invitation, but I'm just worried, so I hope you can forgive me."
Huairen said calmly: "It seems that His Majesty the Pope has misunderstood, thinking that there is internal turmoil in Nanxi Zhai, and he is worried about the safety of the saint, so he went straight to the peak."
Chen Changsheng really thought so at the beginning, but now it's inconvenient to admit it directly.
Huairen continued: "However, Nanxi Zhai is about to announce a major event to the world. His Majesty the Pope is meeting at the right time, which adds to the honor. Thank you for coming."
Hearing these words, Tang Thirty-Six's heart skipped a beat, knowing that this should be the big thing that Ye Xiaolian was worried about.
Chen Changsheng's expression was slightly concentrated, and he asked, "I don't know what it is?"
Huairen's expression was extremely calm, as if he was talking about a very ordinary incident: "Nanxi Zhai is preparing to fast after the New Year's Eve."
Hearing these words, Pingxuan, Yizhi and other second-generation disciples of Nanxizhai trembled slightly. They looked at Huairen and wanted to say something, but in the end they didn't speak.
The faces of Ye Xiaolian and other girls from Nanxizhai were even more unwilling, but they couldn't make a sound when they arrived.
When Chen Changsheng first heard this sentence, he didn't understand it.
Isn't Xu Yourong retreating in the peak cave? Who wants to fast again
Then he remembered a passage in Nantan Bishu that he read when he was a child.
Nanxi Zhai has three types of He Zhai.
If the ascetics in Nanxi Zhai retreat, it can be called He Zhai.
The entire Nanxi Zhai can also be used as a joint fast, which means similar to the retreat of a monk, and the word is still a combination.
From the day of He Zhai, Nanxi Zhai no longer communicated with the outside world, and the Saint Maiden Peak's restraint formation was activated, which can be said to be isolated from the world.
"The Hezhai you're talking about... means that the Xizhai will be isolated from the outside world?" Chen Changsheng looked into Huairen's eyes and said.
Huai Ren seemed unable to feel the emotion in his eyes, and said calmly, "That's right."
There was silence in the thatched cottage, and there was no speaking for a long time.
Chen Changsheng walked to the door, looked at the beautiful scenery in front of the cliff, and asked, "How long?"
Huai Ren walked behind him and said softly, "Ten years."
Hearing these words, the mood of the disciples of Nanxizhai was as low as before, and there was no change. It was obvious that they had known it beforehand.
"Ten years..." Chen Changsheng said to himself.
The lifespan of ascetics is far longer than that of ordinary people. It is normal to live for more than two or three hundred years. Those ascetics with advanced realms can even live to more than six hundred years old, up to a thousand years old.
For such a long monastic career, ten years is just a short period of time. A beautiful woman may not grow old, and there are still no gray heads in the world.
But the ten years of isolation from the world are still difficult for these girls in Nanxizhai.
They can only see the clouds and mists of the Holy Maiden Peak, but not the clouds and mists outside. They can only see the flowers and trees on the lawn, but not the flowers and trees outside.
They can only see themselves, and can no longer see people outside.
If you don't think about these things, for Chen Changsheng, if Nanxi Zhai is fasted together for ten years, it means that within these ten years, Li Gong will lose the strongest foreign aid.
Back then in Fengyang County, Xiao Zhang said that when he met the imperial mission, he couldn't figure out why, but now he finally understood.
Who would most like to see Nanxi Zhai together for ten years? Of course it was his teacher, Shang Xingzhou, and everyone in the Great Zhou court.
Xiang Wang and Infinity Bi, the two great powers in the sacred field, personally brought the mission here to ensure that this matter can go smoothly.
Inferring from this, the three Taoist nuns of the elders of Nanxi Zhai suddenly stopped their wanderings and returned to the mountains, forcing Nanxi Zhai to eat together, which must have something to do with Shang Xingzhou and the court.
Thinking of this, he took a look at Hu Thirty-two, and thought to himself that such a big event happened in Nanxi Zhai, why didn't the state religion receive any news
Hu Thirty-two shook his head imperceptibly, expressing with his eyes that he would investigate immediately.
Those are things that will follow, the most important thing now is how he can persuade the three masters and uncles of Nanxizhai to change their minds.
"Can we talk alone?" Chen Changsheng looked at Huairen and said.
Huairen said, "Everything is as Your Majesty wishes."
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The sun is setting.
Because the beautiful mountains of Tongjiang Mountain Tour are very high, the sun soon touched the shadow of the mountains, and it felt a little twilight.
Chen Changsheng stood by the cliff, watching the setting sun in the distance, silent, not knowing what he was thinking.
"That's right. It is true that Dao Zun sent someone to find us, and then personally persuaded us, so that we will end the cloud tour early."
Standing beside him, Huai Ren's still young and beautiful face was covered with a layer of gold by the setting sun, looking extremely dignified and holy.
"For disciples, isolation from the world is of course difficult to accept, and I believe the saintess will not agree, but I still insist on doing it."
Huairen turned to look at him, and said calmly: "Your Majesty, you should also know that fasting has three meanings, fasting for ascetics means retreating, and fasting for this fast means extinction from the world, but at first the meaning of fasting is , Nanxi Zhai and Li Palace are reunited, if I don't want this to happen, I can only choose the second option."
Chen Changsheng said: "Nanxi Xianchuang, which was written by the first saintess, once mentioned the last kind of fasting, and you can see clearly between the lines. Although Nanxizhai was created by her, she still hopes for the final state religion. Being able to reunify, what Yourong and I want to do is completely in line with her ideas, what's wrong?"
"That happened countless years ago. Time will always change many things. Nanxi Zhai now has its own inheritance. Why should it be broken and merged with the Li Palace? More importantly, if you follow the ideas of your majesty and the saint If it continues, Nanxi Zhai is very likely to step into the abyss of destruction."
Huairen looked into his eyes and said calmly but firmly, "I can't just watch you and the saint bring Nanxi Zhai into this war."