After the canonization ceremony, the palace banquet, Ye Lan became the protagonist at the banquet, and a number of princes and princesses, generals and ministers, and the heads of various factions in Beijing took turns to toast Ye Lan one by one. The position of the national teacher is extremely noble in Tianning, and everyone has seen Ye Lan's means of defeating Yan Lie with their own eyes, everyone admires him wholeheartedly, and no one dares to be contemptuous because of his tender face. After all, Ye Lan was young, and after listening to everyone's respectful words, he inevitably felt proud, and he did not refuse to toast people, and the wine was dry, and when the midnight banquet ended, he was already drunk, and he had to be supported by Shi Jing to return to Ye Xiangju in three steps and two steps.

In the following months, Ye Lan only entered the palace on the first and fifteenth days of each month to participate in the court meeting, and went to the altar to pray for blessings during festivals.

Although he did not have much official business, but he was in a high position, and all kinds of banquets in the officialdom could not escape, so in the past few months, all he saw in his eyes were the kings and generals, and what he heard in his ears was full of flattery.

On this day, he was ordered to cast a spell and pray for rain, Qin Tianjian laid down a large array, the whole Ning was moistened by the rain, the people in the city were grateful for the kindness of the emperor and the national teacher, Ye Lanti peach wood sword stood in the middle of the heavenly heart altar, looking at the people who knelt in the rain and kept kowtowing, but there was a sense of sadness and dazedness in their hearts. After praying for rain, the city was jubilant, but he was depressed, and after the royal banquet, he went back to Ye Xiangju early to rest.

At this time, he has been in Ningdu for more than two years, Ye Xiang is supported by the position of the national teacher, and he is already a dominant company in Ningdu, and he has Lu Jun, Qiu Haizheng and others to take care of it, so there is no need to worry about it. It happened that Shi Jing had recently returned to the Hongzhou helm of the Tianxing Sect, he was in a bad mood, but there were fewer people around him to speak, and it was even more difficult to forget, he pushed away all the official banquets, and after fishing in the small lake in Ye Xiangju's backyard for a few days, he finally couldn't bear it, and entered the palace to ask Ning Zhan for leave, saying that he wanted to go out of Ningdu to relax.

Ning Zhan didn't stop him, and said to him: "A few days ago, the national teacher just cast a spell to ask for rain, and I thought that the Jingshi would not encounter drought again in the next month, so I will grant you a month off, you have to relax, just go and play." ”

Ye Lan bowed and thanked him, went out of the palace and returned to Ye Xiangju to say goodbye to everyone, Ye Xiangju and everyone have been getting along with him day and night for more than two years, and they are very close to this young master, seeing that he suddenly wants to travel far away, there is reluctance in his heart, at the practice banquet that night, Qiu Siyu asked worriedly: "Young master, our old master has not come back for decades since he left Ye Xiangju last time, you will not be so long, right?"

Ye Lan took a sip of wine and said angrily: "I have only left Liuye Island for more than three years, and it will take nearly seventeen years to return to the island according to the rules of the island, if I don't go back to Ye Xiangju, where else can I go?

Qiu Siyu listened to this ridicule, and did not feel angry at all, and laughed repeatedly: "That's good! That's good!"

In the early morning of the second day, Ye Lan got up without waiting for everyone to see him off, and flew south for more than an hour, traveling about fifty or sixty thousand miles, and then found a small town to fall to the ground.

He didn't have any destination on this trip, but he was tired of being a national teacher in Ningdu, he came out to idle for a few days, ate in the town, continued to travel south, and stopped to visit for half a day when he encountered scenic spots. On this day, I came to a small town called Lingxiao Town, and listened to the residents of the town say that the town was named because the hills around the town were covered with Lingxiao flowers. The color of this Lingxiao flower is light pink, the flower is divided into seven petals, each petal is only the size of a thumb, spread out, and the mountains and fields are full of pink color. This flower is another peculiarity, the flower blooms for a few days, and the petals do not wither and fall after they break away from the calyx, but slowly float into the sky, straight into the sky. When the flowers are gone, countless petals sway upward, and from a distance, it is like the sky hangs upside down, the snow falls into the sky, and the air is full of pink petals, which is spectacular.

Ye Lan came a few days early, at this time the Lingxiao flowers are blooming brightly, most of them have not yet fallen, only a few petals scattered occasionally rise into the air, like butterflies flying, and for the time being, you can't see the wonders of thousands of mountains rising snow and flowers gathering into clouds. He didn't mind, and landed on a hill, looked at the rolling hills for a while, and then walked slowly down with the tourists on the mountain. On the way, I met a little girl with two pigtails, stretched out her little hand to catch a petal that floated in front of her, the petal was far away by the wind, and did not catch, the little girl was in a hurry, her feet were unstable, she fell down, and when she stood up, there were faint tears in her eyes.

Ye Lan saw that the little girl's mouth was pursed, and she was about to cry when she saw it, she smiled slightly, and with a wave of her hand, the fourteen petals in the air suddenly floated to the little girl's eyes, and then gathered into two complete Lingxiao flowers, which fell on the ends of her two pigtails, and stuck to it.

When the little girl saw this vision, she smiled and shouted to a young woman beside her, "Mother, mother, look, flowers have grown on my braids!"

The young woman kept staring at her daughter, seeing the scene in her eyes, until she turned pale with astonishment, and only came to her senses when she heard her cry, and hurriedly picked up her daughter, tore off the flowers from her braids, and walked down the mountain quickly.

Ye Lan saw the frightened expression of the young woman, was slightly stunned, thought for a while, and then understood: "This small town is located in the middle of nowhere, and the townspeople have never seen much of the world, and it is not as big as a big city like Kyoto, which is full of monks. The young woman suddenly saw a vision, and for a moment she thought that it was a monk who cast a spell to coax her daughter, and naturally thought that she had seen a ghost in broad daylight. She didn't faint on the spot, she was quite bold......" He shook his head and smiled bitterly, and secretly sighed that he had acted recklessly, which frightened the young woman, but fortunately this little episode was not seen by others, and did not cause any commotion.

He felt sorry for himself for a while, and followed the tourists to the foot of the mountain, which was the edge of Lingxiao Town, and the townspeople took advantage of this location to naturally open some restaurants and wine shops here to do business for tourists. At this time, it was almost noon, he had nothing to do, so he wanted to find a restaurant to have a few drinks, and was looking for a while, when he suddenly heard a loud shout from afar: "Authentic Lingxiao pork bone soup noodles, noodles gluten, rich taste, not delicious and don't need money!"

Ye Lan listened to the sound of selling, smelled the burst of aroma coming from the noodle shop, and couldn't help but move his index finger, shook his head slightly, and said to himself: "Drinking and appreciating flowers is an elegant thing, and eating noodles and appreciating flowers is also another interesting ......." Shi Shiran walked into the noodle restaurant and said to the guy who was shouting hard: "Man, come to a bowl of noodles." ”

The guy put the towel in his hand over his shoulder and shouted, "Okay!

Ye Lan took a look, and saw that this noodle restaurant was not very big, there were only a dozen square tables, and now there were all people, the guy led Ye Lan to a table where only two people were seated, and said to the two people at the table: "Disturb the guest officer, there are many guests now, please make a table." ”

The two guests obviously looked up at Ye Lan, nodded slightly, and then lowered their heads to eat noodles. Seeing that the two agreed, the shopkeeper led Ye Lan to sit down, and went to the door to continue to solicit tourists. Ye Lan glanced at it and saw that the two people at the table were finished, with swords hanging from their waists, obviously being warriors in the rivers and lakes. He didn't care, and waited for the noodle soup to be served. After a while, I saw the proprietress holding a tray in her hand, carrying a large bowl of noodles, and saying, "Slow use it from the guest!" and turned around and returned to the counter. Ye Lan looked at the back kitchen across the counter, and saw that only a middle-aged man was busy next to the stove, obviously this person was both the chef and the boss, and the second child was the son of the couple.

Ye Lan picked up the chopsticks and ate a few bites, only to feel that this noodle fruit was as Xiao Er said, the noodles were glutenous, the soup was clear, and the toppings were fat, and it was really a bowl of good noodles. He has always eaten very well, three times five divided by two will eat a bowl of noodles to the bottom, was hesitating to have another bowl, but saw two warriors at the same table stand up after eating noodles, walked to the counter, and said to the proprietress: "The proprietress has a good business today, give money quickly!"

Ye Lan heard that these two people actually asked the proprietress for money, but when he heard it wrong, when he looked up, he saw that the man with the long sword hanging from his waist stretched out his arm, spread out his palms, and put on a look of giving money quickly. Ye Lan's eyes widened, and he sighed secretly: "Others eat the overlord meal but they don't give money after eating, these two people not only don't give money after eating, but they also ask the store for money, they really eat the leader in the overlord meal industry." ”

The proprietress was not surprised when she saw the two of them stretching out their hands to ask for money, but her face showed embarrassment, and she hesitated for a while before she muttered: "Two big ...... How much silver do you want?"

The man with the sword turned over his palm, clasped his thumb on his index finger, stretched out the remaining three fingers, and said lazily: "Three taels of silver!"

When the proprietress heard this, her face changed greatly, and she stammered: "Three...... Last month, I only received seven coins of silver, why did it rise so much this month?"

The sword-wielding man withdrew his arm and said lightly: "In a few days, it will be the time of Lingxiao Flowers, within a radius of thousands of miles, the rich people have gathered in Lingxiao Town, and they want to enjoy the wonders of this spring full of people, your rice shop business is more than ten times better, shouldn't you pay more silver?"

The proprietress sighed, did not refute, opened the cash cabinet, and picked up the broken silver in the cabinet. The boss in the back kitchen stopped what he was doing since the two of them reached out for money, crossed his arms, and stared at the two without saying a word. At this time, I saw that the proprietress wanted to give money, but she suddenly stepped forward, stretched out her hand to stop her, looked up and said to the two: "The number of tourists has increased these days, and our business is much better than usual, but Ling Xiaohua only thanks this time a year, and our business is only a few days." When our business is good, you collect more cash, but on weekdays, when our business is bleak, we don't see you collect less cash!"

The sword-wielding man snorted coldly and didn't speak, the sword-wielding man beside him raised his arm, put the saber and sheath on the counter, and said coldly, "Then are you planning not to give face to the Tianxing Sect?"