The monk who is going to cross me is bent

When the river thawed and the north-south ferry reopened, Chi Wang still didn't know what precepts the monks in Changuang Temple had broken that day.

But he was indeed punished. After Fang Liu confirmed the incident, Chi Wang became more and more suspicious of the reality of that day's experience.

He asked about Shashi, but Shashi gave him a negative answer, "Xiaochi, it is impossible for us to appear thousands of miles away in an instant, this is not in line with common sense, are you confused?"

Chi Wang couldn't figure out this question, so fortunately he put it aside for the time being, the fate of the world is unpredictable, if the time doesn't come, he won't be able to wait for the answer.It's useless to be anxious, it's better to stabilize your mind so that you can calmly adapt to the situation.

But the channel without the main entrance has confirmed one thing - since the farewell last year, Zian has been hiding in the temple and has never come out. This really makes people want to beat him up, and I don’t know where to start .

The two people on the river crossing boat had different thoughts.In the past few days, Fang Liu's mood has been almost turbulent, not as calm as it appears.

He didn't know what he did wrong, since he returned to the ancestral house in Wisteria Village that day, Chi Wan's attitude towards him became strange.Originally, Fang Liu had to rely on his blood and courage to break the window paper and talk to his beautiful brother Xiaochi, but Chi Wang's sudden indifference seemed to pour a basin of cold water on his head. It forced him to calm down, and he had to temporarily suppress the thoughts that had been surging up.

They returned to the south bank, and shortly after landing, they were approached by someone.

It was Buran's person, who conveyed to Chi Wang and Fang Liu that Fang Xun Buran and the two little girls wanted to get together. They hadn't seen Chi Wang and Fang Liu all winter, and they missed them very much.

They may have noticed the destructive effect of sexual intercourse on their mission, but they obviously haven't found Chi Wang hiding behind the scenes, which makes their interaction with each other more sincere.

When Fang Liu returned to Jiangbei, he should have gone to the palace immediately to meet the saint and report to his emperor's aunt the results of his inspection tour in Jiangbei this winter.But when they arrived at the imperial capital, it was already the time when the palace gate was set, and two more girls invited them, so Fang Liu decided to enter the palace to report back the next morning.

Bu Ran was so eager to make an appointment with Chi Wang, in addition to missing her for a long time, she also had another request - she asked Chi Wang to help cure the eldest princess' voice.

The eldest princess Fang Xun is very healthy, so there is no problem with her body, but she used to take medicine to change into a male voice. Although she has started to recover after taking medicine, her voice is still hoarse and it hurts when she talks too much.

This kind of minor illness is naturally easy for Chi Wang, he quickly prescribed medicine for Fang Xun, and after receiving the prescription prescribed by Chi Wang, Buran was obviously relieved.

But Fang Xun was not so happy, "I don't want to restore my voice, I don't want to go to court! I have to get up so early every day, and I have to listen to a group of civil servants nagging, it's so annoying."

The eldest princess complained very sincerely, "You can just go to court for me, why do you have to drag me here?"

She said this in front of Fang Liu and Chi Wang during the banquet at night. Originally, this kind of thing should be arguing behind closed doors, but Fang Xun used the other party's appearance to determine the degree of favorability, and didn't care about everyone present at all. Be an outsider.

Fang Liu had a weird expression on his face, he raised his cup and drank tea to cover it up, if he had the opportunity to participate in politics and power like the eldest princess, he would not let go for even a moment.But he didn't expect that he would be so dismissive of what he wanted, and he didn't know if she was pretending or sincere.

Could it be that he is too vulgar, likes to exploit power, and his character is not as straightforward as that practiced bald donkey, so Chi Wang looks down on him?Fang Liu frowned, thoughts kept coming and going in his mind.

"Ranran, just let me go to Xiyan Pass. Since the imperial court can allocate money to repair the canal this year, there will always be a need for someone to supervise the work." Speaking of this, Fang Xun finally cheered up and raised his hand to volunteer Said, "I'll go, let me go! I haven't been to the west side yet. It was the place where the Luo'e people in the ancient country later moved to. It is said that there are many handsome men and beautiful women. If you look at the two present here, you will know that it must be very eye-catching. gone."

Buran's expression was indifferent to Fang Xun's words. Based on Fang Liu's understanding of her, Buran was already angry, but he was suppressed.Sure enough, she even ignored Fang Xun's request, and talked to Fang Liuchi on her own.

Fang Liu knew how to chat, so he immediately took over the conversation and told a lot of interesting things about Jiangbei.The meal ended in a pleasant atmosphere, and when it was getting late, they each said goodbye and went home.

Fang Liu took Chi Wang back to his palace to live in. Although Fang Liu's return was not publicized, but now he has gained a little real power in Jiangbei, and people visit him at night to clear up the relationship.

He was busy, but Chi Wang was thinking about the construction of the canal outside Xiyan Pass that Bu Ran and Fang Xun had talked about during the dinner.

Xiyanguan was the place where his old family moved north, and for seven to eight hundred years, the tribe lived and multiplied outside the West Frontier Pass.Back then, there was a water problem in Xiyanguan, and when there was a drought, the crops would fail.When Chi Wang was a teacher of the state, he often worried about Xiyan Pass, but the past few hundred years have passed, and the landscape and environment outside the pass have also changed.

So Chi Wang came up with the idea of ​​going over there to have a look, but it was just an idea, because what he wanted to do most now... was actually to find that basin.

In fact, he didn't know, even if he succeeded in getting Pen'er out of the Changuang Temple, he could prove something, but at least he could find a reason for beating her up.

When Chi Wang decided to go west, he set his first stop near Changuang Temple.

Fang Liu has gradually grown up, and at this age, he can marry a wife.Chi Wang didn't want him to stick to him like a plaster all the time, and wanted to give him a period of time. It's suitable for young people to calm down.

After Chi Wang had dealt with some affairs that required no head nodding, he was ready to rest when the moon was in the sky, but he didn't know that Fang Xun and Bu Ran, whom he had met just now, had a big fight.

Buran has always hidden needles in the cotton, even if she is unhappy, she is quite stable, but what Fang Xun did today made her really angry, "What did you say tonight? What do you mean you don't want to go to court? You Do you really expect me to work for you for the rest of your life? Our mission progress has been dropping, and Liuliu has so many actions in Jiangbei, but we have been stagnant. Not to mention Weita's departure for several months before, we must Be prepared to complete the task on your own when she leaves, but if you go on like this, how can we go home?"

Fang Xun was also quite unhappy, "You have been too serious since you were a child, why can't you live a more casual life like me? Ranran, you have been too tense these days, how about it, put yourself in a hurry." For a short vacation, go to the west with me to have fun, and you can catch up with the Riverside Lantern Festival along the way, let's go around together, you will feel better."

Bu Ran changed color and said: "Do you have any business in your heart? What have you been doing this winter? Just sitting there doing nothing, picking chicken feathers and fighting crickets! Your current handwriting is still so ugly, how can you criticize memorials in the future? I can’t even recognize traditional Chinese characters after reading this book, and I don’t want to read more books, I really don’t like the way you are just muddling along.”

"I didn't know many big characters, let alone the traditional characters with the most strokes! I can't even recognize the simplified characters, let alone such difficult ones. It's not the first day you know me, why do you ask me So tall?" Fang Xun stared, and started to mess around, "I obviously don't like reading, so what's the matter with writing? This is a very good job, and it can feed a group of readers who are waiting to be fed. Why can't you respect me? personal hobbies and aspirations?"

Buran finally saw it, "You pushed back and forth, you just don't want to go back?"

Fang Xun smashed the jar and said: "Yes! What a stupid task! Why do we have to go back? Isn't it good to stay here together?"

The conversation broke up unhappily, and that night Fang Xun went to the palace to ask for an order, and went directly to the west, planning to build a canal there to calm down.

And Chi Wang chose to leave the palace quietly when Fang Liu went to court.One of him and Buran left in the middle of the night, and the other in the morning. Neither of them had deliberately inquired about the other's whereabouts, but they didn't know that their destination was the same.

While on the road, I happened to meet the Riverside Lantern Festival that Fang Xun mentioned.In spring and summer, cities on the north and south banks of the river have the custom of putting lanterns on the river to make wishes.

Chi Wang rushed to such a town at the beginning of the moonlight in time for the Lantern Festival.The town is near the river, and the lights on the river are floating on the water, like a galaxy of stars reflected on the river, peaceful and beautiful.

Young couples will choose to put lights on such nights and make eternal wishes by the river.For the people living along the river, this is an important festival equivalent to the Qixi Qiqiao Festival. People who go out are in pairs, but it is not suitable to go out alone.

Chi Wang's heart is stable and strong, even if there are lovers everywhere on the street, he can walk steadily.But if someone sees his face clearly, men and women will bravely come to chat and invite him to spend the festival together.

Chi Wang was annoyed by the question, so he left the riverside street, which was also very bright at night, and walked directly along the water bank, so that he could see the lights and be clean again.

It's just that by the dark river, occasionally there will be young lovers hiding from the pedestrians on the street and talking privately.As Chi Wang passed by them, he remembered some past events.

When he first entered the Zhuang Mansion when he was subjugated, Zhuang Yan made an agreement to accompany him to celebrate the Lantern Festival, but this agreement was not truly fulfilled until two or three years later.

After Zhuang Yan became independent, the vicinity of Wisteria Village was not near the river, so there were no lights to see.It would not be a wise move for them to return to Marquis Zhuang's territory and take risks just to see a river lantern, so at the turn of spring and summer that year, Zhuang Yan took him across the river for the festival.

Because Zhuang Yan and Mu Beixi were allies, his actions were not blocked in any way.The territory belonging to Mu Beixi on the south bank was very convenient for Zhuang Yan. After Zhuang Yan finished his business, he wanted to take Xiaochi to see Jiangdeng together.

They used to hold hands and set off river lanterns in the river, just like all the lovers and lovers by the river, hiding in the dark and lovingly rubbing each other's ears.

But now, Chi Wang looked at the bright lights on the dark river alone, and listened to the sound of the river rushing against the shore, feeling unwilling.

He thought of Zhuang Yan, but yesterday was gone, and his thoughts would occasionally stay on the monk who was living in the present and looked exactly like Zhuang Yan.

They hadn't seen each other for a long time.

Where would he be now?Sitting quietly in a meditation room, or chanting scriptures in a temple?

... But he will not be in this world of mortals, enjoying the excitement of this secular world.

He felt that there were many things he wanted to ask him... but he didn't know how to ask him.

At this moment, Chi Wang was standing by the river, and the fact that he had walked alone for 700 years was clearly laid out in front of him.

He sighed, and suddenly felt a little regretful, if he could bring Liuliu here and have a few words with that little clever ghost, it would be a pleasure.

He walked quietly by the river until he saw a person in front of him, just like him just now, looking at the river alone.

In the darkness, only his silhouette can be seen. It is a tall man with broad shoulders. He is like Chi Wang, and it is rare to be alone in this festival of couples.

Chi Wang was about to bypass him and walk away, but suddenly felt something was wrong and stopped in his tracks.

He carefully looked in the direction of the man... and saw that the top of the man's head was slightly bright, as if it was reflecting light.

The author has something to say:

Someone who reflects the light: ... I'm afraid I won't be able to pass this hurdle.