The poor monk escorted the benefactor to Su County, and by the way, he recited a sutra for the benefactor's relatives. A voice suddenly sounded behind Ma Xiuying and Mu Longsheng, startling the two of them, and when they looked back, Dao Yan woke up at some point and heard their conversation clearly.

Ma Xiuying shouted in surprise: "Brother Yao?" If Dao Yan is willing to go to Su County with her, she doesn't have to worry that Dao Yan will return to Pingjiang in danger.

Dao Yan took the trouble to correct, "The poor monk law is called Dao Yan. ”

Ma Xiuying and Mu Longsheng looked at each other and snickered, Mu Longsheng stretched the oars, "Let's go!"

The sun rises over the horizon, the water surface ripples with layers of red streaks, and the trees on both sides of the river turn from black to daisy, and then from dai to green. Birds fluttered out of the woods, hovering and soaring over the river, and occasionally a fierce man plunged into the water, picked up a small fish and flew away, occasionally chirping around the boat, as if complaining that the boat had intruded on their territory and interfered with their foraging.

Ma Xiuying simply broke a piece of dry food and threw it into the air, which instantly attracted a group of birds to scramble, and even dared to fly to the boat, pecked at the grain that fell on the bottom of the boat, and patrolled back and forth like a general after eating.

Under the rays of the sun, the wind seems to have become gentler, and the wisps of sympathetic hands gently brush the cheeks, and the morning dew falls on the body bits and pieces, refreshing and pleasant.

Ma Xiuying grinned and laughed non-stop, she hadn't laughed so freely like this for a long time, and it felt good to be unrestrained and not care about other people's eyes. She quietly looked at Dao Yan, who was still serious, but his eyes seemed to be infected by the sun, and he was much gentler.

The crisp laughter knocked on Dao Yan's dusty memory, and the appearance of a quirky girl jumped into his mind, she was sometimes rude and willful, sometimes knowledgeable, sometimes naïve, sometimes mature and steady, sometimes ignorant, sometimes clever......

Amitabha! Dao Yan hurriedly recited the Buddha's name silently, drove out the naughty girl in his mind, looked at the river motionlessly, and refused to look up again.

Gradually, the river became lively, and boats of all sizes, large and small, appeared. The trumpet of the captain, the silk bamboo of the painting boat, and the singing of the fisherwoman form a beautiful symphony.

If they kept going down the river, the speed would be much faster, but Ma Xiuying was worried that they would encounter the inspection of the Xiwu Navy Division on the river, so they went ashore in Wuchang and took a carriage instead.

The carriage is not expensive, even the carriage and the horse cost sixty taels of silver, Ma Xiuying gave most of the cash to Daoyan, and couldn't find a place to exchange the silver ticket for a while, so he had to ask him to pay for it.

Dao Yan went to take out the silver according to his words, and when he stretched out his hand, he was suddenly shocked, the silver ingot and the two ornaments were put together, did Ma Xiuying find the longevity lock and jade bracelet when he put the silver? Shame welled up in his heart, he looked back at Ma Xiuying, and saw that there was no difference on Ma Xiuying's face, and his heart was a little relieved, and he was embarrassed to stuff all the silver to Mu Longsheng, without saying a word.

The previous warm atmosphere was gone, and Mu Longsheng didn't know why Yan suddenly refused to be thousands of miles away, so he paid the money in a daze, and sat on the wheel to greet the two of them to get into the car.

Ma Xiuying is a woman, so she naturally sits in the carriage. The carriages are spacious and there is absolutely no problem accommodating two or three people. Dao Yan insisted on sitting with Mu Longsheng.

In fact, Dao Yan is a monk, so there is no need to pay attention to the difference between men and women, but Mu Longsheng saw that his face was cold and cold, how dare he say more, and quickly whipped the horse.

The car made a monotonous rolling sound, Ma Xiuying leaned against the wall of the car and lowered her eyes gloomily, the joy of having Daoyan company turned sour, obviously close at hand, but it was like the end of the world, she and him could never go back...... That's it, that's it, it's a kind of happiness to be able to see him safe.

After that, Ma Xiuying never laughed like she did on the boat, and a faint alienation filled her and Dao Yan.

She was a "Daoyan master", and he was a "donor", and Mu Longsheng was inexplicably sad when he heard it, and he drove the carriage in a dull manner.

Entering Su County, according to the prior discussion, Ma Xiuying returned to the mountain first, and Mu Longsheng and Daoyan pretended to be wandering monks passing by here, and were invited to the mountains to chant for Ma Xiuying's father and mother by Xun Ying.

At night, Xunying lights candles, sings a one-man show in the house alone, pours tea and water for a while, walks back and forth for a while, and talks to himself for a while. If you get closer, you can hear her repeating it: "Bless the master's safe return, bless Brother Mu and Brother Yao safe and sound......"

"No one noticed me leaving, did they?"

The sudden voice frightened Xun Ying trembling, she stiffened her neck and looked back to see that it was Ma Xiuying, and was suddenly surprised, "My God, you are finally back, Princess." ”

Ma Xiuying was sweating profusely and said with a wry smile: "Quickly get me some water to wash." "When I went down the mountain, I didn't feel anything when I slid down the vine, but when I went up the mountain, I was really struggling, and I almost didn't have the strength to climb up, and my clothes were full of vine juice and dirt, and I felt like there were stones in my mouth even when I said a word.

"Master, you have sinned again. Xun Ying pointed to her face, and she was about to cry.

Ma Xiuying took it easy, only to find that her face had been cut by a blade of grass at some point, but fortunately, the wound was not deep, and the blood had already coagulated. She soaked in the warm water and exhaled comfortably, she had been on the road for nearly a month, and the opportunity to take a bath was very small, and the tension was finally able to relax. But this relaxation, the discomfort of the whole body also came out, not only the face hurts, but also feels back pain, limbs soreness, and at this time soaked in the water and do not want to move.

Xun Ying rubbed her in the bath while talking about what happened here in Su County. The guards didn't notice that she was not on the mountain, but Zhu Yuanzhang sent an order to let her return to Yingtianfu as soon as possible. In addition, the Liu clan seems to be inquiring about the origin of the grave, after all, when Zhu Biao repairs the tomb, it will alarm the local government, if it is not for the guards to stop it, I am afraid that the Liu clan would have rushed up to find out.

"These people have good ears, but unfortunately I don't have time to deal with them now. Ma Xiuying said coldly: "Since the prince urged us to return, we will go back in two days." ”

"How are Brother Yao and Brother Mu?" Seeing that Ma Xiuying's tired face was less anxious, Xun Ying guessed that they must be safe.

"They are all coming to Suxian with me, tomorrow, you find an excuse to take them up the mountain, Master Daoyan wants to ......spend time for my father and mother," Ma Xiuying said, and fell asleep in the water.

Xun Ying carried her to the bed, covered the quilt, and gently wiped her hair, for fear of tearing her up. She was so tired that she must have suffered a lot on the way.

On the second day, Xun Ying went to the bottom of the mountain to pick up Dao Yan and Mu Longsheng, and the guards learned that this was the super master invited by Ma Xiuying, and they let them go, because there was a foreign man, they also sent people to follow them up the mountain.

Dao Yan is sincere to recite scriptures for Liu Dashan and Ma's super, he knew a long time ago that Ma Xiuying loved the two very much, and the two of them also loved Ma Xiuying very much, but unfortunately died young. He once thought that one day he would accompany Ma Xiuying back to worship her father, but he didn't expect that this would be the way when this day really came.