Since Li Tang also regarded Lao Tzu as his ancestor, the status of this Taoism is naturally unique among all sects. Although there are many Buddhist temples in Luoyang, Chang'an, they are still several orders of magnitude different from the various Taoist temples. For example, a wealthy family will send their daughter out of the house to be a female crown, but they will never send their daughter to be a nun.

The nun is a green lantern ancient Buddha who has been miserable all her life, but the female crown can be dashing and in and out of the homes of various powerful families. It's just a robe, you can be vulgar at any time when you want to get married, and when you don't want to get married, you can justifiably associate with a bachelor or a rich son, this day can be described as extremely leisurely.

Xu Yanran is of course more restrained than those profligate female crowns, and the female crown she lives in is specially built by the Xu family, located in Huairenfang next to Jianchun Gate. Although the regulation is not very large, it is better to be quiet and quiet. In the entire Taoist temple, except for her, the contemplator, and the four Taoist aunts who served her, there were two handymen and a gardener in the backyard, and there was no one else.

She usually doesn't go out much, occasionally goes back to Xu's house to see her parents and brothers, and doesn't receive visitors like other female crowns. When she first became a monk, there were still many scholars who admired the name of talented women who came to visit, but because they were closed every time, over time, there were no more people who came to the door. The name of a talented woman who was once popular back then has long been forgotten by people.

Forgetting is a trait of this world, and that has always been an unbreakable truth.

Therefore, today Xu Yanran brought back the guests for the first time, and there were male guests in the middle, which naturally surprised the other people in the audience. They are not the servants of the Xu family, but the Xu family is selected from the female crown of each family, and they are real monks who can afford hardships and have good conduct, so they are not good at handing over with the powerful. Hearing Xu Yanran say that they didn't need to serve, the four female Taoist priests all hid completely, which made Li Yanniang surprised.

"I think when Shen Ruo and Helan became monks, they weren't a group of servants. But you are open-minded! Looking at the girls just now, they are all girls with clear eyebrows, and this heart is strong. Don't talk about Liulang, it's just that the three of them are not conspicuous where they are put inconspicuous, but they seem to be hiding from the plague! ”

As soon as he said this, Li Jingye stopped doing it: "I said Sister Yanniang, even if you praise others, you don't have to hurt us, right?" Where are we like the plague gods? ”

If it's usual. Lee Hyun would have joined the joke with great interest, but now he had something on his mind. I wasn't in such a mood. Seeing his expression, Xu Yanran led him to a door, pointed to it and explained: "He doesn't remember anything now, and he trembles at the mention of going out, so I left him to be a gardener." That's the garden, go in for yourself! ”

Li Xian nodded silently, and walked in directly without saying much. Cheng Bohu and Xue Dingshan wanted to follow when they saw this, but they were caught by Li Jingye one by one. Cheng Bohu turned his head and wanted to argue, but Li Jingye glared at him fiercely. "Don't be too troublesome. This Guo Xingzhen has long since passed the times, so it's good to let Liulang go in alone. ”

Xu Yanran nodded gratefully to Li Jingye, closed the door of the garden, and invited Li Yanniang and Su Yu to sit in the side hall. Li Jingye was afraid that Cheng Bohu and Xue Dingshan would stand here in the way, so he pulled the two away, only Huo Huaien, who was not at ease, guarded the door---- there must be no danger inside, but if someone who doesn't know anything crashes in. That's not interesting.

The garden is small but very touched. The leaves on the trail that were blown off by the wind were not swept away. The color of the green land is very different from the autumn leaves, and there is a strange moist feeling when you step on it. There are naturally flowers in the garden, but there are no gorgeous and fragrant peonies, there are many hibiscus, and more are unknown flowers. Although the flowers are small and inconspicuous. But it's just as vibrant. Just like people say. Cheap flowers are good seeds, that's exactly the case.

Li Xian walked and looked for the person he was looking for. Soon, a figure with his back to a person came into view. According to Xu Yanran, he knew that he was looking for the landlord this time, but the slightly rickety back was too different from the person in his impression.

Although Guo Xingzhen is a little more interested in fame and fortune, in a society like Datang where everyone pursues progress, it is strange for a Taoist priest with a little material to be indifferent to fame and fortune. Moreover, the relationship between them has deepened, and he feels that this magic stick is also cute, and it has deepened the cooperation. From the depths, if it weren't for the fact that he couldn't get used to seeing his father take pills indiscriminately and pull Guo Xingzhen into the water, people wouldn't be able to be that Mr. Dongyue well.

Looking at the messy gray hair, and thinking about the high-spirited Taoist priest in the past, he couldn't help but slow down, stood there and looked at it for a long time, before he called in a low voice: "Lao Guo! ”

Under Li Xian's careful observation, when this cry came out, he clearly saw that the man's shoulders shook slightly, but he didn't turn around. He didn't really believe that Xu Yanran said anything like Guo Xingzhen's amnesia, this kind of lame excuse is almost the same as watching it on TV, and the probability of it happening in reality is very small.

"Lao Guo, when you disappeared, I almost didn't turn over the entire Chang'an City, but I didn't find you. Even after the fall of Li Zhen, the king of Yue, there was no news of you, and I have been thinking about it for almost two years. I don't know that you're hiding here with Yanran, and I don't know why you refuse to come out, in short, you are in charge of your own affairs, and I don't have anything to say. Li Zhen probably made you suffer a lot at the beginning, no matter what you said or not, you don't have to take it to heart, the past is over. ”

Seeing that the figure over there still didn't react, Li Xian couldn't help but sigh. The person found a big stone in his heart and landed, anyway, he didn't think about killing people and killing mouths and other things, since people refused to admit it, forget it. Thinking of this, he added: "If there is anything in the future, you might as well tell Yanran, I will try my best, but don't worry, I won't come here again." ”

With that, he turned away without hesitation. He hadn't gone a few steps before he heard a small sound behind him, and his steps stopped, and after thinking for a moment, he continued to walk forward. It wasn't until a sigh came to his ears clearly, followed by the word "Stay", that he turned his head, and the face that caught his eye almost didn't make him exclaim.

If Guo Xingzhen had a few more knife marks on his face, if that face had been ruined by someone in some way, maybe he wouldn't be so surprised, because, at this moment, the face he saw was wrinkled like the bark of an old tree, how could he have the kind of red demeanor in the past? Not only that, but those eyes also looked dull, only the pupils were still pitch black, and the shadow of the former Mr. Dongyue could be vaguely seen.

"So long...... I haven't spoken for so long, and I doubt I can't speak. ”

Spit out a sentence with difficulty, Guo Xingzhen seemed to open the conversation, and the sentence finally slipped a little smoother, "I thought no one would think about me anymore." ”

"That incident took my heart away at the beginning, and now I can't sleep at night when I think about it, so I have been hiding here and never going out, and I have also wondered if His Highness will send someone to kill him. Now it seems that I have really become a frightened bird, if His Highness really wants to kill me, with the friendship between Lord Xu Guan and His Highness, as long as I miss a word, my life will be gone. However, I can swear that I never said a word to Li Zhen about alchemy. ”

For such an oath, Li Xian only smiled bitterly. If Li Zhen had known about this matter earlier, he would not have thrown out such an important bargaining chip when he swaggered and wanted to hold him hostage. However, even so, he was not without doubts in his heart, this Li Zhen took a lot of trouble to take Guo Xingzhen down, what was the reason?

He has always been a straightforward person, and he naturally opened his mouth to ask when he thought of something, and the answer given by Guo Xingzhen made him almost fall headlong---- "Li Zhen heard that His Majesty did feel good after taking my elixir, and he had a hidden disease, so he wanted me to refine the elixir for him." Through my senior brother, he knew that I had a close relationship with His Highness, so he wanted to frame His Highness extraordinarily, and by the way, cut off my back road, so that people came out and said that I was refining a fake pill. ”

Don't...... That damn Li Zhen actually revealed the truth by mistake?

Li Xian was almost crying without tears, and he felt even more worthless when he saw Guo Xingzhen's tragic situation. It is conceivable that if Li Zhen was still alive now, he would definitely do his best to kill that girl!

After thinking about it, he had to comfort: "Looking at your old appearance in the past two years, it is better to move out first and find a place to recuperate." You also know that the father and the queen mother have now been promoted to the Taishang, which is still very particular about the way of health preservation, and I have not seen a Taoist priest in the past two years, but those people are either not as good as you have real materials, or they are not as eloquent as you. All in all, as long as you find the right time to make a comeback, there is still a lot to be done. ”

He looked at Guo Xingzhen's expression as he spoke, and saw that someone's eyes, which were still dull just now, suddenly burst out with a terrifying brilliance, and a look of hesitation and struggle appeared on his face, he knew that his words had an effect. There is no real hermit in Datang, let alone a character like Guo Xingzhen who was once praised to the sky? Originally, being a gardener in this Taoist temple was just frightened, for fear that his life would not be guaranteed, if his life was worry-free and someone escorted him, could this guy be willing to be a gardener for the rest of his life?

"Your Highness......"

Li Xian went up with a smile and patted Guo Xingzhen's shoulder, and pulled the gray hair again: "Don't worry, everything in the palace is up to me." As for you, you have to be conditioned first. If you look like this, who will believe that you are a living immortal when you go out? A friend, let you suffer so much, I can't compensate for the rest, I can always give you the wealth in the second half of my life, right? ”

Although he Li Xian is not a good person, he is still happy to do some good things. Especially Guo Xingzhen, such a useful character, wouldn't it be a pity if he let his family be miserable and miserable and his relatives survive the rest of their lives?