General Zhiyi

Before the end of the fifteenth day, Xiandu was still busy. Xu Tao was walking along the Xiandu Avenue with a large stack of papers. After all, the person from Wuxu Hall was impatient, unlike the person from Yanyang Hall who was keen on "playing chess pieces in a leisurely way." "Denghua", there is no room for delay in any small matter, and I wish I could solve it all with a wave of my hand. This is a pain for them, a group of petty officials, and they are almost driven crazy.

No matter what, it's better to finish the job sooner and end up with a lighter...

Just as he was comforting himself, a white shadow suddenly passed by in front of him, he couldn't stop for a moment, and bumped into that person head-on, the collision was not light, and he, a puffy and frail scholar, was immediately knocked down to the ground, The paperwork also fell to the ground.

Seeing that he knocked down someone recklessly, the other party quickly stepped forward to help Xu Tao up, and apologized repeatedly: "Mr. Xu, I'm sorry..."

Xu Tao, who was completely dizzy from the fall, stood up and straightened his crooked black gauze hat. Seeing the paperwork he had finally put together scattered all over the floor, he complained incessantly, but the moment he raised his eyes to see the person coming, his eyes froze. Liang, stammering in disbelief, "Tang... General Tang?"

Seeing his shocked face, as if he had seen something terrible, Tang Jingxu smiled and helped Xu Tao pack up the paperwork, saying: "What? I don't look like it? Could it be that some general will be promoted again by chance? Same surname as mine? Make Mr. Xu confused?"

"General Tang!" Xu Tao's eyes were as wide as copper bells, and he suddenly raised his voice and let out a howl. You must know that there is only one General Tang, whether it is the Third Heavenly Desire Realm or the Ninth Heavenly Immortal City, and it is Xu Tao. Tao Xin misses the one who wants to get to the bottom of it!This time it really hit my heart, "You...how did you go to heaven?"

Tang Jingxu was baffled by his howling, blinked his peachy eyes several times but couldn't recover, and said in a daze: "I...can't come?"

Before Xu Tao could answer, the hurried priests on Xiandu Avenue stopped at the same time and looked at Tang Jingxu in unison. Without exception, their faces were filled with disbelief. Tang Jingxu raised his eyebrows. Looking around, he was wondering if Yu Anlin, who had secretly brought the transformed ghost, was caught in the sky, but the priests who met his eyes turned their heads back one after another, and all ran away with a "hula".

"..." Tang Jingxu was completely stunned by this incident, "They ran around when they saw me. Could it be that I was revoked from the priesthood?"

Xu Tao: "Uh...it's not..." I'm just afraid of being missed by you.

Tang Jingxu sniffed exaggeratedly, put one hand on Xu Tao's shoulder, and said with aggrieved face: "Then tell me, why, is it because I have body odor?"

Xu Tao's hands trembled at what he said, and the document in his hand almost fell again. He turned his eyes to his armpit in a daze, "Yes...is there?"

Seeing his blank gaze, Tang Jingxu paused, and then "hehehehe" supported his shoulder and laughed uncontrollably: "We are so close, what do you think?"

Xu Tao's face flushed, he turned his eyes away embarrassingly, and said, "Of course not."

Tang Jingxu: "Seriously, why are they avoiding me?"

Xu Tao glanced at the empty Xiandu Avenue for a moment, and replied bravely: "It's nothing, the general is worrying too much."

Seeing that he didn't want to say more, thinking that there was still business to do, Tang Jingxu didn't hold on any longer, and asked instead: "Speaking of which, this is the first time I have stayed in Xiandu for a stick of incense. I don't know anything about the time, so I wonder if Mr. Xu can tell Tianchi where to go?"

"Tianchi?" Xu Tao was puzzled, "Tianchi is an extremely cold place in the four worlds. The cold air there is unbearable even for a priest with a deep cultivation, let alone..." What's more, Tang Jingxu has hollowed out his foundation like this people.

Tang Jingxu smiled indifferently: "I have something to do with Lord Shuiyue."

Xu Tao was a little surprised. As far as he knew, Shuiyue was the goddess who guarded Tianchi. No one knew when she ascended, let alone her past. No priest has ever interacted with her, and she has always stayed by the Tianchi alone for hundreds of years.But Tang Jingxu, a priest who has been in the mundane world for 800 years, would actually meet Shuiyue, it's unbelievable, and after hearing what he said, the two must not just be nodding acquaintances, this has to be said to be unbelievable.

After being astonished, Xu Tao turned his head to look west of Xiandu Avenue, and said, "Follow this direction until you reach the end."

Tang Jingxu withdrew his hand on his shoulder, clasped his fist and said "thank you" before walking away slowly.

Xu Tao looked at his figure, and then at the pile of documents in his hand, he was really scratching his heart.

God didn't know how much he wanted to find an excuse, followed Tang Jingxu with a small notebook, looking for opportunities to find out, not to mention, this was a glimpse of the true face of the legendary goddess Shuiyue It's a great opportunity, but he has a lot of affairs on his body, and he can't let him put down the burden, so he can only watch Tang Jingxu's figure drifting away, feeling very regretful in his heart.

The further westward he went, the more obvious Tang Jingxu felt a bone-piercing chill accompanied by seemingly invisible snowflakes. He was still wearing only a thin robe, but he seemed to be fearless of the cold, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth. With a gentle smile, her steps are not in a hurry or chaotic at all, as if what she is stepping on is not the thick white snow, but the gorgeous thousands of flowers.

The falling snowflakes could not hide the lonely footprints left on the vast white snow. For some reason, the "creaking" sound of feet stepping on the snow was very comforting to Tang Jingxu's ears. He breathed out a breath of hot air and looked around. Accurately caught a familiar figure under the proudly blooming white plum tree next to the Tianchi Lake.

The man was wearing a snow-like long white dress. The wide hem of the skirt stretched more than three feet, the cuffs moved without wind, and the long hair like splashed ink hung down naturally. The end was only tied with a white ribbon, which was elegant and elegant.

She knelt on the snow, facing the clear and waveless Tianchi, motionless, as if she had lost everything.There was a low table in front of him, a pot with two cups, the tea in the cups had already cooled down after snow fell.

Looking at her beautiful profile, Tang Jingxu unconsciously slowed down.

"Your Majesty." Tang Jingxu stood three steps away from her side, kneeling on one knee respectfully and calling softly.

Shuiyue withdrew her gaze from staring at Tianchi, turned her face slightly, and glanced at Tang Jingxu, not surprised at his sudden visit, her beautiful eyes were as calm as Tianchi water, she nodded, and said Without opening his mouth, he just raised his hand to pick up the teapot that had been boiling on the charcoal fire and filled the cup with tea.

Tang Jingxu stood up by himself, sat down in front of her, looked down at the steam rising from the teacup before his eyes, and couldn't help thinking that someone who knew him afraid of the cold did the same thing two days ago. Smiling, he picked up the tea cup and drank it in one gulp.

Ha, it's so warm, but...it's too bitter...

Putting down the teacup, he quietly looked at Shuiyue who closed her eyes and sipped tea.

Even after thousands of years, the face of the person in front of her has not changed in any way, and she is imbued with the unique profundity of the alien race. She is so beautiful that she is so beautiful that it is sacred and inviolable. The eyes were in a trance for a moment, and Tang Jingxu couldn't help being lost when he saw himself in the eyes that were as clear as heavenly lakes.

"Why did you come here suddenly?"

Shuiyue's ethereal voice was like the sound of heaven, with a ethereal sense of emptiness, lightly breaking Tang Jingxu's deep thoughts. He took off the black umbrella on his back and said honestly, "I want to ask my mother for a ladle of water from the Heavenly Lake."

"Jingxu," Shuiyue put down the teacup, picked up a ladle beside the pool, walked to the edge of the pool, squatted down slowly, scooped up a ladle of water, and stared at the ripples on the surface of Tianchi, "I don't like this name." .”

There was no emotional ups and downs in Shuiyue's words, but Tang Jingxu was keenly aware of her displeasure, sighed lightly, and changed his words: "Yes, Master Shuiyue."

"Call her out."

Tang Jingxu nodded, stood up and opened the black umbrella. The next moment, Yu Anlin's soul appeared under the umbrella. She knelt down on her knees respectfully, folded her hands in front of her belly, and looked around without raising her eyes. He just nodded slightly at the two of them and then bowed his head in silence.

Shuiyue walked behind her, raised the water ladle with one hand, and waved lightly with the other hand, the Tianchi water in the ladle instantly turned into tiny water droplets, which fell on every part of Yu Anlin's soul like rain, and soon melted Infiltrate it as water mist.

Tianchi water is the coldest thing in the world. Although it is simple to use it to cleanse the soul, it is extremely painful. Generally, it only takes half a stick of incense to cleanse the soul, but the soul will be tortured extremely painfully within this half stick of incense. It was the stinging pain from the continuous piercing of ice needles, coupled with the constant invasion of cold, the soul would be so frozen that even the throat could not make a sound, but it would not lose the pain sensation due to numbness.

Tang Jingxu narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Yu Anlin who was hugging him tightly and slowly curled up on the ground, trembling slightly and almost fainting, a feeling of panic gradually emerged in his heart.

The pain that Yu Anlin was suffering at this moment was still fresh in Tang Jingxu's memory, and it was indeed uncomfortable. However, it was also strange that he didn't seem to feel too much pain back then. After closing his eyes for an hour, he felt hearty.

Thinking about it, how can you not feel comfortable after washing away the filth attached to the soul?However, what should be used to wash away the sins deep in the soul?

Heh, idiots are talking about dreams, how can they be washed clean...

"Jingxu." Shuiyue interrupted Tang Jingxu's self-mockery suddenly, "Sit with me for a while."

Seeing Shuiyue knelt and sat back at the low table again, Tang Jingxu nodded, put Yu Anlin back in the umbrella to recuperate, and sat in front of her again. The tea in the cup was completely cold, and the two of them seemed unaware, and toasted in silence. .

Putting down the teacup, Tang Jingxu glanced back at the Tianchi behind him, resting his chin on one hand, with the burning charcoal fire reflected in his eyes, and said softly: "There is a small stream behind the hut on Xiyun Mountain. You have seen it from the Tianchi. him?"

Shuiyue's complexion was like water, and the tea water column poured out of the pot was not messy at all. After pouring tea, she put down the teapot, met Tang Jingxu's eyes calmly, and said slowly: "It's a mistake left by negligence, why bother to look at it?" .”

"Negligence, mistake." Tang Jingxu took a deep breath, and blew on the hot air from the tea water, but failed to suppress the discomfort in his heart, he clenched his fists unconsciously, and pulled the corners of his mouth pretending to be relaxed, "Water Master Yue said that, it hurts my heart."

"It happened 800 years ago, you should let it go." Shuiyue said lightly, raised her glass, and drank it all.

Tang Jingxu didn't say anything anymore, he was silent for a long time, and then asked: "So, Master Shuiyue, do you remember the sea of ​​desire ten years ago?"

As far as Tang Jingxu knew, the Sea of ​​Desire was not far from Yingguo's imperial city, and under the protection of Jianyou, it had never been able to make any big waves, but ten years ago, when Yingxuan was about to ascend the throne, there was a stormy sea, causing In view of the great panic in the whole country, Tang Jingxu would have regarded it as a coincidence if there hadn't been the farce of Yingli offering sacrifices to the sea god, but it just stopped without warning after the sacrifice to the sea god. weird.

Thinking that the Tianchi water can observe the rivers and lakes of the four worlds, Tang Jingxu tried to ask, maybe he could know something, so as to confirm his conjecture.

Seeing Shuiyue slowly close her eyes and slow down her breathing, Tang Jing knew that she was listening to Tianchi's voice, so she slowed down her breathing and waited for the good news.

"Water ghost." Shuiyue opened her eyes, and an imperceptible surprise flashed in her eyes very rarely.