Xiao Yiran and his entourage left Yanshan Mansion and went straight to Wutai Mountain. Xiao Yiran planned to ask Master Yuantong if he and Lin Chen were destined to have no fate, or if there were other causes. Although, from the bottom of his heart, Xiao Yiran didn't dislike Zhao Heng very much, but he already had Lin Chen in his heart, and he couldn't let himself abandon Lin Chen and join Zhao Heng no matter what.

Along the way, Xiaoxing stayed overnight, and on the evening of the fourth day after leaving Yanshan Mansion, he had already seen Wutai Mountain from a distance, Xiao Yiran thought to himself, tonight, it is better to stay nearby, rest for the night, and go up to Wutai Mountain tomorrow morning to visit Master Yuantong.

At night, Xiao Yiran, who was sleeping soundly, was suddenly awakened by a loud bell, got up and listened carefully, the bell came from the direction of Wutai Mountain. Xiao Yiran immediately wondered, they all said that the morning bell and the dusk drum, why did Wutai Mountain ring the bell in the middle of the night? After counting it carefully, it turned out to be ninety-nine eighty-one bells. Xiao Yiran secretly guessed that something big must happen on Wutai Mountain.

In addition, what makes Xiao Yiran wonder is that when he usually hears the bell in the temple, he will calm his troubled mood, but tonight is completely different, every bell seems to knock directly on Xiao Yiran's heart, bringing Xiao Yiran a burst of panic. Because of this, after Xiao Yiran was woken up by the bell, he didn't fall asleep anymore and sat straight until dawn.

After a simple freshen up in the morning and breakfast, he ordered Sun Wang and Li Ming to drive straight to Wutai Mountain, Xiao Yiran had a faint bad feeling in his heart. As soon as the group reached the foot of Wutai Mountain, Xiao Yiran got out of the carriage and saw that when he first came to Wutai Mountain with his mother Sun, the little novice who greeted the mother and daughter was standing quietly at the foot of the steps. Seeing Xiao Yiran get out of the carriage, Xiao Shami took a step forward, folded his hands and bowed slightly.

Seeing this, Xiao Yiran hurriedly returned the salute. Listen to what the little novice said:

"Donor, Master Yuantong ordered the little monk to wait here for a long time."

Xiao Yiran was no longer surprised, after all, when he first came, Master Yuantong had already predicted it in advance.

"Little master, does the master have anything to say?"

"Before the master passed away, let the little monk wait for the donor again, and have something to say to the little monk to the donor."

"What, what did you say?!"

Xiao Shami repeated what he had just said.

Xiao Yiran was stunned and asked:

"When will the master pass away?"

"In the middle of the night."

"That's why the bells in the middle of the night come from?"

"Exactly."

Xiao Yiran was frozen in place at that time. Xiao Shami, seeing Xiao Yiran's sad face, did not speak, but just took out a note from his sleeve and handed it to Xiao Yiran.

"Donor, this is what the master asked the little monk to say."

Waiting for Xiao Yiran to take it, Xiao Shami saluted again, turned around and walked down the steps by himself.

Xiao Yiran was stunned and watched Xiao Shami walk up the steps step by step, enter the temple gate, and could no longer see it, before he looked down at the handwriting on the note.

"Fate comes and goes,

Like clouds and smoke in front of you.

Flower shadow in the mirror, moon in the water,

The road ends in vain. ”

Xiao Yiran looked at the note in his hand and didn't speak for a long time. Looking at the meaning of Master Yuantong's message, whether it is Lin Chen or Zhao Heng, it doesn't seem to be his fate, is this life just a journey?

"Miss, the morning wind is a little cool, since the master has passed away, the temple will definitely not receive us again, let's go back first."

Qingwen saw Xiao Yiran staring at the note in her hand with a stunned face, and was silent for a long time, worried that something would happen, and reminded in a low voice. When Xiao Yiran heard Qingwen's words, he didn't say anything, just put the note away, turned around and silently returned to the carriage, sitting there without saying where to leave or where to go.

Qingwen looked at Sun Wang and Li Ming, who were full of doubts, and whispered to the two:

"Let's go back to the inn in the morning."

Back at the inn, Xiao Yiran locked himself in his room and locked himself up for a day and a night without a drop of water. Just when Qingwen, Musk Yue, Li Ming, and Sun Wang were at a loss, the next morning, Xiao Yiran's door suddenly opened. Seeing that Xiao Yiran, who looked haggard, was already dressed neatly, and came to the front hall of the inn silently, Qingwen hurriedly asked for breakfast, and served Xiao Yiran before asking tentatively:

"Miss, where are you going next?"

"To the west, we will go to the Loess Plateau, to Yan'an."

Li Ming and Sun Wang glanced at each other, and said in their hearts, when they came out, they just said that they would play nearby, and by the way, they would go to Wutai Mountain, and suddenly they wanted to go to Yan'an Mansion, which was not ten days and a half months to be able to come back. If you don't inform the old lady, won't you make the old lady worry?

"Li Ming stays, and Sun Wang will go back to Yanshan Mansion to inform the old lady."

Xiao Yiran also understood that if he didn't tell his parents, he suddenly walked so far, and after a long time, his parents would definitely be worried, so he ordered him so.

Hearing that Miss said so decisively, Li Ming and Sun Wang didn't dare to persuade more, so they had to do what Miss told them. Leaving Li Ming, Sun Wang hurried back to Yanshan Mansion and told the old lady to go.

After breakfast, I packed my luggage, pushed out of the room, turned around and headed towards Wutai Mountain again. Because if you want to go to the boundary of Yan'an Prefecture, you must pass through the foot of Wutai Mountain, and then go all the way to the west. After passing Taihang Luliang, then turn south and go south, about nearly a thousand miles away.

After a day and a night of closed-door thinking, Xiao Yiran has already figured out a clue.

Since the emperor has given himself and Zhao Heng a marriage, there is no reason to resist and disobey the order, even if he is not afraid, he still has to take care of his parents. Parents have been in love for half a lifetime, and finally left the Sun Mansion in Jiangning Mansion, and his father Xiao Guoliang finally got into the Jinshi, so as to enter the official career, and it is not easy to get to where he is today. can't ruin your father's future, or even his life, because of himself.

However, if he wants to marry Zhao Heng against his will, Xiao Yiran can't do it. Whether he wants to marry Zhao Heng or not, it is impossible to marry Lin Chen again in this life no matter what. Xiao Yiran is very clear about this, unless Lin Chen can let go of a qiē and hide in the mountains with himself. Even if Lin Chen can do it, can he do it? Can you let go of your parents? Xiao Yiran understood that he couldn't do it.

If you don't marry Zhao Heng, you have to think of a foolproof strategy. Although he hasn't come up with a countermeasure yet, Xiao Yiran knows in his heart that even if he escapes from his marriage with Zhao Heng, he will inevitably not marry again in this life, and he can only be lonely for a lifetime.

Since he wants to be lonely for a lifetime, Xiao Yiran thinks that after his parents are a hundred years old, he will become a monk directly, whether he is a nun or a Taoist aunt, he can find an ancient temple and Taoist temple at will, and this life will be enough.

After thinking about it in his heart, Xiao Yiran wanted to take advantage of this time to come out and take a walk. You might as well go to Zheng Xinxin's hometown, Yan'an Mansion. As for Zheng Xinxin's husband Wang Chunxia, since he got Master Yuantong's son, Xiao Yiran told his father Xiao Guoliang of Wang Chunxia's name and approximate age, and asked his father to let his subordinates pay attention to whether there is Wang Chunxia on the ground in Yanshan Mansion.