Qi Yue Wuyi

Nanfeng was called up early in the morning, and the messenger said that General Taiyu came to visit, and when he came to the hall after washing, he saw Taiyu and Lin Luo sitting in the hall.Seeing Nan Feng coming in, the two saluted him, Nan Feng waved his hands: "Just talk about it if you have anything to say."

"Your Highness, the maid cleaned the hall last night and picked this up in the hall." Taiyu took out a handkerchief from his bosom, on which was a topaz gourd, Nanfeng took it over and looked carefully: "What is this? "

"This jade gourd is a piece of topaz that was presented to the third prince. The topaz is very beautiful. The third prince hired the best craftsman to make it into a jade pendant. The craftsman at that time was called Lu Cheng. Lu Cheng was very skilled. In addition to the double-sided carved jade pendant, hollow gourds were carved out of leftovers and dropped on each tassel. There are a total of 81 horsehair tassels. Each gourd is only the size of a peanut, but it is carved with clouds. The pattern and an osmanthus character, Prince Gui liked it very much at that time, and often wore it on his body."

"After Lord Gui's death, his things were taken back by the emperor for a reason. I heard that they were rewarded to the ministers who have made meritorious service." Nan Feng said, "I have received a lot of rewards here."

"This jade pendant was also given to someone else at that time, and that person was none other than Bai Wei."

"That is to say, this gourd is a gift from the emperor to Bai Wei?" Nan Feng raised his eyebrows, which is interesting.

Taiyu nodded: "Not only was it a reward from the emperor, but everyone who was present at the scene can testify that Bai Wei wore it that day."

"It seems that this king is going to visit the place where General Bai stayed today." Nan Feng said, and Lin Luo suddenly said, "Your Highness, I'm afraid I have to go back to Beijing."

"Back to Beijing?" Nanfeng raised his eyebrows, "Did something happen in Beijing?"

"No, the matter of the Tai family has now been settled, and the officials are worried that there will be changes in the capital." Lin Luo paused and continued, "Xin Yi is a man of great martial arts skills but his mind is still too simple. I am worried that the emperor will treat him..."

"I see, then you should go back early." Nan Feng said, seeing Mei Lanji walking past the door, "Lan Ji, where is Su Lan? Why didn't you see her so early in the morning?"

"I'm also curious about where she went. The servant said that he ran out early in the morning. I heard that he often ran out on the boat recently. I'm afraid he was looking for her friend." Mei Lanji said, "Forget it, let's keep her around." It's boring to stay here, are you going out?"

"Well, I have something to go out for." Nan Feng said, "Shall we go together?"

"Sure, I'm free anyway."

"Is that so?" Su Lan asked while holding the embroidered bandage in her hand, Shen Luochuan glanced at it, and said, "Yes, that's it, take your time."

"En." Su Lan nodded, "Ah..." A needle pricked her hand, and a drop of blood came out, Su Lan put her finger in her mouth with a bitter face, Shen Luochuan glanced at her and shook his head with a smile : "I see that your martial arts are light and delicate, why do you become frizzy when it comes to these things?"

"It's much more difficult than practicing swords." Su Lan mumbled, holding her finger in her mouth, "My aunts used to say that you have to pierce a few times to learn how to be a girl."

"When I was learning, I didn't do hand piercing before." Shen Luochuan said with a smile, "Embroidery is a delicate job. You need to unite your mind, eyes and hands. Half-hearted things won't work."

"I do not have……"

"Dare you say you didn't think about anything else just now?" Shen Luochuan shook his head, Su Lan poked her head over to look at the phoenix on his embroidery frame: "It's so beautiful... as real."

"Su Lan, do you know about Baiyun Palace?"

"Ah? Well, I know." Su Lan said, "The founder of Baiyun Palace's sect is surnamed Luo, and his name is Luo Wuming. I heard that he was a person thousands of years ago."

Shen Luochuan smiled and shook his head, "Where is he called Luo Wuming? His surname is Luo, but back then, he was a swordsman and called himself Wuming Swordsman. In the end, he fabricated such a strange name."

"I see."

"He founded Baiyun Palace back then, just like any other sect in Jianghu, it was just a sect, but after a long time, it became more than just a sect."

"It's strange, this school is not the only one that has been passed down for thousands of years. Why did it develop so far?" Su Lan asked curiously, "I really don't understand."

"The nameless swordsman is obsessed with swordsmanship and doesn't care about other things, so he chose such a secluded place to live, and set up various door rules. People from Baiyun Palace rarely go down the mountain, and most of them live on the mountain. Collect all kinds of book skills in the world, in the final analysis, it is just a school." Shen Luochuan smiled, "No, it doesn't even need to be a school, it's just a place for a couple to live in."

"That is to say, Baiyun Palace is actually just a place where the Wuming Swordsman's family lives in seclusion?" Su Lan asked curiously, "But why is there no record in the Baiyun Palace that he has a wife?"

"He doesn't have a wife. Back then, the unknown swordsman and his disciple Su Chengshang retreated to the rivers and lakes together, and lived together." Shen Luochuan looked at the embroidery on the embroidery frame, "He was driven by outstanding talent from birth, and has been Climb up all the time, not daring to slack off, until you step into the altar, and you don’t know how lonely God is until you reach that realm.”

Su Lan looked at him curiously: "Is that why he chose to retire?"

Shen Luochuan smiled and reached out to rub her hair: "One day you will understand."

"Then why is the name Su Chengshang not recorded in the Baiyun Palace Chronicles?" Su Lan asked curiously, "What kind of person is he?"

"He is a cripple." Shen Luochuan said, "I liked reading since I was a child, and he is an elegant person. He is not from the martial arts world, and he likes to raise some flowers and plants. Later... because after his death, Wu Ming didn't want anyone to disturb him, so he was not allowed to be recorded in Baiyun. Gong Zhi, even changed his heir's surname."

"Children?"

"He was adopted by his sister's son."

"So what did they change to?"

"A surname you are very familiar with." Shen Luochuan looked at her with a smile, "Chongwen."

Su Lan looked at him for a while, then suddenly tilted her head and asked, "Why do you know so many things? I've never seen you in Baiyun Palace."

"You've seen it before, but you don't quite remember it." Shen Luochuan smiled, put away the needle and thread and covered the embroidery frame again, "You have never been afraid of life since you were a child, no matter what happens, you have never seen you panic, This point is exactly the same as Su Chengshang."

"According to this, the ancestors of the Chongwen family were actually surnamed Su, so my surname Su follows my mother's surname, doesn't it?" Su Lan asked, "Why do you want me to follow her surname?"

"Miss Sulan, you are Yan Bai's only daughter, but you are not Chongwen Ruoxue's only daughter."

"But I'm not Yan Bai's only daughter." Su Lan looked at him, "I'm not the last heir of the Yan family either, I'm just a pawn that is really useless."

Shen Luochuan looked at her, and suddenly asked: "Why don't you think he's protecting you? Why don't you think...it's safer to put you in everyone's sight like this?"

"But I hate this, I want to be with the person I like."

"So, does he like you?"

Su Lan stared into his eyes, Shen Luochuan didn't dodge, she looked straight at her, and finally Su Lan looked away: "She doesn't like it, she doesn't care about me at all."

"You already have the answer, don't you?"

"But I just can't let her go! I didn't hear her tell me that I just don't give up!" Tears overflowed from Su Lan's big eyes, fell on the couch, slipped into the quilt, and disappeared.Shen Luochuan reached out to rub her hair, and said in a low voice, "Then if you don't ask, how would you know?"

"Girl Sulan, why don't you come back after this hour?" Mei Lanji walked around anxiously in the yard, Nanfeng put down the book in his hand: "I have already sent someone to look for Sulan's obvious target , won’t be found.”

Soon a person ran in, Nanfeng stood up: "Where is the person?"

"Miss Su Lan is on a painting boat, and that boat hasn't come back to shore yet." The boy said, "I don't dare to disturb Miss Su Lan casually, my lord..."

"I'll go and have a look." Nanfeng said and walked out, Mei Lanji hurried to catch up, Shen Luochuan's painting boat was still parked in the lake, Nanfeng watched the servant pointing at a boat from a distance, A little light flew out, and landed on the painting boat after a few light ups and downs in the water. He lifted the curtain and walked in. There was no maid inside, and the candle was flickering.

Nanfeng walked straight inside, and saw Shen Luochuan sitting alone in front of the flower stand embroidering. Nanfeng frowned and looked around, and asked coldly, "Where's Sulan?"

"Lord Nanfeng." Shen Luochuan smiled, and put down the needle and thread in his hand.

"Are you a man?" Nanfeng raised his eyebrows, but no matter how he looked at this person, he was still a woman. Shen Luochuan smiled and said, "I'm sinking Luochuan."

"I didn't ask who you are, I asked Sulan, where did she go?"

"she's back."

"Go home? When did she leave?" Nanfeng asked.

"Someone came to pick her up, so she left." Shen Luochuan stood up, "The man also asked me to send a message to you, my lord, to let you go to Baiyun Palace together."

"What do you want me to do in Baiyun Palace?" Nan Feng frowned and asked.

"At someone's funeral."

"Who?"

"Your acquaintance, Yan Bai."

Nan Feng felt dizzy, as if he heard someone calling him, but before he could respond in time, he fell into the darkness in a daze.

Nan Feng woke up in a daze. He only felt that he was lying on a carriage with a young man in a white gown sitting beside him. He frowned and snorted. That pretty face is a bit like a woman disguised as a man: "Are you awake?"

"Where is this going?" Nan Feng frowned and sat up.

"White Cloud Palace."

"What to do?"

"My lord." He probably heard voices from inside, and Taiyu's voice came from outside, which made Nanfeng quite at ease, and he asked, "What's the matter?"

"It's nothing." Taiyu said, "We have already arrived in Yangzhou."

Nanfeng glanced at Shen Luochuan in confusion, and Shen Luochuan said with a smile: "The journey is long, so you might as well take the waterway, and you can sit in Taoyuan Township in the middle of Shu, let me do my best as a landlord."

"The friendship of the landlord?"

"I didn't have a chance to introduce myself before. My name is Shen Luochuan, and I'm the head of Taoyuan Township." He said with a smile.

Nan Feng thought for a while: "I remember that your embroidery is a tribute."

"That's right, but it's also for rich people." Shen Luochuan took a bundle from the side and handed it to him, "Not long ago, someone ordered a set of clothes from our door, and it's for you."

"But you didn't measure me."

"The man gave it, and it was quite detailed. It's just that the embroidery pattern on it is cumbersome and I haven't had time to finish it. I think it's time to finish it when I arrive in Taoyuan Township. Please try it then." Shen Luochuan smiled, Putting the package inside, Nan Feng looked at it with a frown, and asked again: "Why must I go to Baiyun Palace to attend Yan Bai's funeral? Who arranged it?"

"You should know this person, his name is Yan Xuechang."

"Then he was the one who ordered clothes for me?"

"No, it's another person, he said his name is Yan Bai."

"Yan Bai?" Nan Feng asked in surprise, "When did that happen?"

"More than a month ago, earlier than Yan Xuechang came to find me, and I came to Gusu City at that time."

"What are you doing in Gusu City?"

"Naturally, it is to choose the material for embroidery, and I really want to see you." Shen Luochuan said, "Don't worry about my craftsmanship."

"Yan Bai was alive a month ago, but now he is dead? How did he die?"

"I don't know him, and I don't know if it's him. I just know that he is a strange person. He looks quite young, but his hair is all white."

Nan Feng clenched his fists, that's right, it should be Yan Bai, but... but why: "How did he die?"

"I heard that he was strangled to death." Shen Luochuan thought for a while, "No, it should be said that he fell to death, um..."

"How many causes of death can a person have? What's so hard to answer?"

"It's really hard to answer, because he died twice." Shen Luochuan said, looking at Shang Nanfeng's confused eyes, he explained: "First he fell off a cliff and died once, who knew he narrowly escaped death, and then he was killed by someone else. If it was strangled to death, it might have been strangled first and then thrown off the cliff, who can say for sure?"

"This..." Nanfeng gritted his teeth. What happened during the time he returned to Baiyun Palace? Why did he die suddenly?When Nan Feng lay back, he only felt his head was blank, as if in a dream, but also as if he wasn't.

Qi Yue Wuyi