Chapter Forty-Eight: An Island in the Middle of the Lake

"Your Highness, Master Kechen has calculated that you will come over today, and I have ordered Mingxin to wait here, please move to the side room with your distinguished guest. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info“

Mingxin clasped his hands together, his face was plain and there were already traces of wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, he was dressed in a monk's robe, but the green silk was faintly visible in the monk's hat, it turned out to be a person with hair and cultivation, however, what Mingxin said just now, Luo Qi felt that he might have heard it wrong, but Princess Ankang showed a look of surprise, and turned to look at Luo Qi, with surprise in her tone, "Eldest grandson, you are really a blessed person." ”

Seeing that Luo Qi was really ignorant, Princess Ankang asked Master Mingkong to lead the way, and she was a few steps behind and whispered to Luo Qi.

"Master Kechen is not an ordinary person, according to the seniority, I still want to call her an imperial aunt, although she and the national teacher do not have the name of master and apprentice, but there is a master and apprentice, the most good at divination, but she has a strange temper, occupies the name of the host, does not live in the presiding meditation room and does not care about temple affairs, and does not show her face all year round."

"You've seen her?"

"No, I just heard the concubines in the palace mention that there are many people who want to find Master Kechen to calculate a hexagram, but they are all closed, and they can't be rejected by any person, I heard my mother say when I was a child, once my father came to Ganye Temple to ask the emperor's aunt to calculate a hexagram for him, and he didn't even see the face, so he returned with a feather."

Princess Ankang saw that Luo Qi stopped talking, so she said to herself, "I have been here so many times, but this time I was invited to meet, it can be seen that it is stained with your light, remember to be respectful when you meet Master Kechen later." ”

"Why did the princess go to the temple to practice?"

"Who knows, I don't know very well, maybe I feel that this world is so displaced," Princess Ankang felt the feeling of quiet and settled around, remembering the disillusionment when she just came back, "Back then, if it wasn't for Yanyang, I'm afraid I would have come here...... Ganye Temple, which is the family temple of the royal family, there are only two kinds of people who come here, one is the royal family who came here voluntarily, and the other is the childless concubine who was forced to come. ”

"Then she ......"

Princess Ankang followed Luo Qi's meaning and glanced at Mingkong who was quietly walking in front, "Oh, she is different, she is the former female official next to the guest dust host, who volunteered to accompany the princess Qingxiu, and now she is also the most trusted person in the guest dust host." ”

As he spoke, Mingxin paused, turned to Princess Ankang and saluted with his hands, "Your Highness, the front is here." ”

"Thank you, Master." Princess Ankang folded her hands and returned the salute, Luo Qi followed the salute, and the three of them continued to move forward, the guest room of Ganye Temple was different from what she imagined, it was not a row of guest rooms in the sense, but a row of courtyards of different sizes, Master Mingxin took them to shuttle through the courtyard group, "Arrived." ”

Luo Qi looked forward, a large open courtyard gate is near, the fragrant plum fragrance is secretly floating in the air, refreshing, walking closer, the whole person is amazed, the small courtyard gate is a vast green calyx plum garden, the blue plum blossoms blooming on the branches, the petals reflected in the bright sunshine, clear as jade, occasionally falling in the wind, have sprinkled into the soil.

A threshold, two worlds, as if one step in, then step out of the mortal world.

"Your Highness, please follow in the footsteps of the poor nun and enter with your distinguished guests, Master Kechen likes to be quiet, and the palace people can go to the guest house not far away to rest."

Princess Ankang also entered here for the first time, and ordered Cui Yu to leave with the palace people, nodded to Mingxin, Mingxin folded his hands, and stepped into the courtyard, Luo Qi noticed that the plum trees in the entire plum forest were planted at random, and there was no path, however, after following Mingxin's footsteps and walking into the forest, he could feel that there was something faintly strange in this plum forest, Luo Qi guessed, could it be that these plum trees were actually arranged according to a formation?

What kind of person is Kechen?

Her image in Luo Qi's heart added a touch of mystery, walking around in the plum forest, walking for about half an hour, when the plum tree in front of her finally loosened, there was a faint sound of water.

I thought it was a small bridge and flowing water, but I didn't expect to see a wide lake, and in this winter, rippling with sunshine, sparkling without a little bit of freezing, Mingxin pointed to a small island visible to the naked eye in the middle of the lake, "Master Kechen lives on the island, Your Highness, please come here, and then you need to take a boat to get to the island." ”

Luo Qi followed Mingxin out of Meilin not far away, and saw a flat boat parked by the lake, the boat was extremely small, and it could take up to three people at the same time.

Mingxin personally rocked the oar, the boat swayed in the lake, not a straight line, Luo Qi probe overlooked the water, and suddenly found that there were some stone pillars under the lake that were vaguely similar to plum blossom piles, although there were very many, but if you didn't look carefully, it was easy to ignore the past.

She silently observed, although Mingxin's route was constantly changing, the ultimate goal was to avoid these stone pillars hidden underwater, but even if she knew, if she was not familiar with the route, she could not easily avoid it.

Princess Ankang didn't care about this, she kept looking at the island, the closer she got to the more she looked forward to it, the more nervous she became, "It's almost ......"

Hearing this, Mingxin glanced back at Princess Ankang, and then his gaze fell on Luo Qi, who was aware of it, raised his eyes and met Mingxin's gaze, and took a slight breath before they moved their eyes.

On the island, there is no surprising scenery, a path is winding, the land on both sides is combed very neatly, Pei Long, in winter bare can not see the green, only dead leaves and old branches.

"Fruits and vegetables are grown here, right?" Luo Qi knows a lot about vegetables, and he can recognize some of them by identifying the dead stems.

"Yes, there is a vegetable field on the right side of the road, and a medicine field on the left side of the road.

"Is there no one else on this island?"

"No, except for me and Master Kechen on weekdays, there is no third person on the island."

Luo Qi and Princess Ankang were very surprised when they heard this, and then looked at the surrounding more than five or six acres of vast fields, and there was a hint of admiration in their eyes.

The island is not particularly large, and the four simple and sturdy wooden houses in the center of the island are quiet and elegant, and there is the residence of Kechen and Mingxin.

A long stone case is as black as ink, the color is oily and introverted, there are several pieces of light blue porcelain and tea cups, as well as tortoiseshell copper coins and other divination things, a monk and nun are chanting, and a string of golden pramiaries in their hands are slowly turning one by one, smooth and round.

The green monk's robe was a little old, and the silver wire was gathered under the monk's hat, but there was no trace of time on the pure white face, sitting there quietly, as if she had melted into this quiet world, she was the guest dust.

Luo Qi and Princess Ankang followed Mingxin and stopped not far away, waiting. (To be continued.) )