"Sun Daochang, what do you mean when you say that if Xuanzang doesn't leave now, I'm afraid he won't be able to leave?" Li Xiu couldn't help but ask curiously at this time, Sun Simiao's expression changed too quickly, and it was really difficult to guess what he meant. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Oh, don't say! Unspeakable! But maybe the colt will find out soon! Sun Simiao shook his head at this time, no matter how Li Xiu asked, he didn't open his mouth anymore, which made Li Xiu have no choice.

The carriage soon arrived at the Baqiao that Xuanzang and Sun Simiao had agreed with in advance, it was still early at this time, and the place where Xuanzang lived was some distance from here, so it had not yet arrived, but Baqiao was already very lively here, because this is Chang'an to rush, and there is a post station next to it, and when entering and exiting Chang'an, you need to pass through here.

According to legend, the Baqiao was built by Qin Mugong in the Spring and Autumn Period, when Thailand dominated Xirong, so the water was changed to Ba Shui, and the Ba Bridge was built, but Li Xiu knew that the Ba Bridge built by Qin Mu Gong had long been destroyed in the war, and the Ba Bridge they saw in front of them was built during the Kaihuang period.

Baqiao is the main road in and out of Chang'an, many people will leave Chang'an friends sent here, and then fold a piece of willow branches, the willow "willow" and "stay" sound is similar, in order to express their own friends to keep the meaning, of course, almost no one will stay, and finally the two sides can only say goodbye with tears.

After waiting for a while, I saw Xuanzang wearing a gray monk's robe coming slowly from a distance, carrying a small burden behind him, holding a copper bowl in his hand, and no other luggage.

Seeing Xuanzang, Li Xiu and Sun Simiao greeted them together, and when Xuanzang saw them, his calm face also showed a little sad look, and then he stepped forward and said: "Don Ma, Dao Chief, thank you two for coming to see each other!" ”

"Xuanzang, why are you suffering, usually we use Buddhism and Taoism to confirm each other, and we have gained a lot, maybe you will be able to understand it yourself in the future, why bother to go to Tianzhu thousands of miles away, and I heard the horse say that the Buddhism over there in Tianzhu has declined, I'm afraid you won't have much gain if you go!" When Sun Simiao saw Xuanzang, he couldn't help but persuade him, although it was not the first time he had persuaded him, and he knew that Xuanzang was unlikely to stay, but he still wanted to give it a try.

"Thank you for the kindness of the Taoist, but the poor monk has made up his mind, and the Taoist doesn't have to keep it anymore!" Xuanzang shook his head slightly, although his tone was very light, but he looked very resolute.

"Xuanzang, you are going to Tianzhu, it is thousands of miles away, and I also know that it is difficult to persuade you to give up this ideal, so I have prepared horses and coils for you, and I hope you can accept it!" Li Xiu waved his hand when he said this, and immediately a guard led a horse over, and immediately hung a heavy burden, which was obviously filled with silver coins and the like.

Seeing the horse sent by Li Xiu, Xuanzang also hesitated, and finally nodded to Li Xiu and thanked him: "Thank you for the kindness of the horse, I accepted this horse, but there is no need to entangle, I go on the road alone, and carrying the silver money will only bring disaster to myself, it is better to go on the road lightly, and whether I am in the Tang Dynasty or the Western Regions, it is a place where Buddhism is prosperous, and the poor monks have all the way, but they don't have to worry about food!" ”

Hearing Xuanzang say this, Li Xiu thought about it and felt that it made sense, and immediately asked people to take off the plate on the horse, and then gave the horse to Xuanzang, in fact, Xuanzang is not short of money, if he needs money, he only needs to hold a festival, and there will be countless good men and women who donate incense money, but these things outside his body are of little use to him, and sometimes they are a burden.

After receiving the horses sent by Li Xiu, Xuanzang said some words of farewell to Li Xiu and Sun Simiao, and Li Xiu once again told him some things that he needed to pay attention to on the road, which Xuanzang also wrote down one by one.

At this time, it was not early, Xuanzang also said goodbye to Li Xiu and Sun Simiao and prepared to go on the road, at this time Sun Simiao personally folded a willow branch and gave it to Xuanzang, and Xuanzang turned over and got on the horse, and then turned his head to look at Li Xiu and Sun Simiao, and then bowed with his hands again, and then resolutely turned around and left.

Looking at the back of Xuanzang leaving, Li Xiu was also a little sad in his heart, but at this moment, Xuanzang, who had walked out of a distance, suddenly stopped, and then turned half of his body as if to look at Li Xiu, but Li Xiu felt a little strange at this time, because he found that Xuanzang's gaze did not seem to fall on himself or Sun Simiao, and he didn't know what he was looking at?

I saw Xuanzang turn around and look at it for a while, and then resolutely turned around again and left, but not far away, he turned around again, and his face showed a little reluctance, and then he hit the horse's belly with both legs, so that the horse could go again, but in the end he stopped and turned to look at this side as before, this is the third time he turned back, although he couldn't see the expression on his face clearly, but Li Xiu felt that Xuanzang's eyes were very sad, and even the heart of the westward journey that was as firm as iron seemed to be a little shaken.

"What are Xuanzang looking at, why don't I feel like I'm looking at the two of us?" Li Xiu was also confused by Xuanzang's strange behavior, and asked Sun Simiao at the moment.

"Don't say! Unspeakable! Sun Simiao muttered again at this time, but when he was speaking, the rest of his eyes quietly looked at the Baqiao behind him.

Li Xiu was shrewd, and immediately caught Sun Simiao's eyes, and hurriedly turned his head to look, only to see at a glance that on the Baqiao behind him, there was a carriage parked there.

"Drive!" At this moment, Xuanzang in the distance suddenly broke off, his legs suddenly clamped the horse's belly, and his back disappeared in the blink of an eye.

At the moment when Xuanzang left, Li Xiu clearly saw a white jade-like slender hand stretching out from the car behind him, and at the same time tightly grasping both sides of the window, and the knuckles were also pale because he was too hard, but the curtain on the car window was never opened, so that Li Xiu had not been able to see the appearance of the person in the car, but he heard a few delicate coughs from behind the window, and it seemed that the body of the person in the car was not very good.

Not long after Xuanzang left, the carriage on the Baqiao also slowly left, but the jade hand by the window kept holding the window tightly until the carriage disappeared from Li Xiu's sight, and it was not withdrawn from the window.

"A woman, is she also here to see off Xuanzang?" Li Xiu looked at the carriage in the distance, and after a long while, he said to himself in disbelief, but Xuanzang is a virtuous monk, and he usually only lives in the temple, how can there be a woman to see him off?

Sun Simiao was next to Li Xiu, and naturally heard Li Xiu's words, so he couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head and said, "Bad fate, bad fate!" The colt now knows what the poor road means before! ”

"Before you said that if Xuanzang doesn't leave, I'm afraid he won't be able to leave, is it because of the woman in the car?" Li Xiu finally reacted at this time, and stared at Sun Simiao with a shocked face at the moment, if this matter is true, it is really a big gossip, after all, there is absolutely no such thing recorded in the official history.

"Don't say! Unspeakable! This matter is related to the reputation of Xuanzang and that woman, so don't ask, not to mention that I only know a little bit about this matter, as for the detailed experience, I'm afraid only Xuanzang and the two of them know!! Sun Simiao shook his head again at this time and sighed, and after speaking, he really kept silent, no matter how Li Xiu asked, it was useless.

Sun Simiao didn't want to answer, but Li Xiu was curious in his heart, he didn't hear any news about this matter beforehand, but he couldn't blame him, after all, he didn't usually meet Xuanzang much, but Sun Simiao often went to talk to Xuanzang, but unfortunately Sun Simiao's mouth was too strict, and he refused to reveal the slightest tone.

In desperation, Li Xiu could only rely on his own reasoning, and when he sorted out the information he knew, he could find that Xuanzang cared very much about the woman in the carriage, otherwise he would not have turned back three times and was reluctant to leave. Although Li Xiu didn't see the woman in the carriage, from the slender hand she exposed, it could almost be concluded that the other party was not very old, it should be a very young woman, and this woman was also very excited about Xuanzang's departure, otherwise she would not have been holding on to the window hard.

Although the above information is not very much, the relationship between Xuanzang and the woman in the car is almost obvious, and Sun Simiao also said the word "evil fate" just now, and he knows what he is describing without asking, but this makes Li Xiu more curious about the identity of the woman in the car, and I don't understand which woman would like Xuanzang such a monk?

The carriage that the woman was riding in just now did not have any markings, but it was also very gorgeous, and the horses pulling the carriage were also strong and powerful, so it can be seen that the woman in the carriage must have been born rich and noble, and even probably noble, because the horses used by the other party to pull the carriage are all good horses, and it is difficult for ordinary people to buy them even if they have money.

"A noble woman, a virtuous monk, there will be an intersection between them?" Li Xiu secretly said in his heart, in fact, he really wanted people to investigate the aristocratic women who had been in contact with Xuanzang during this time, plus what he deduced just now, it should be easy to lock the identity of the other party, but it was really disrespectful to Xuanzang to do so, so in the end, Li Xiu had to dispel this idea.

It's just that what Li Xiu didn't expect was that he didn't deliberately inquire about the identity of the woman in the car, but a few months later, the woman took the initiative to come to the door!