It was night, it was pitch black all around, the sound of gradual footsteps was not messy, and the light of a torch reflected three figures, dressed in robes, walking briskly towards this side.

In the faint light of the fire, but seeing the figure flying, the Ling Xuan Sword Array moved in front of Lu Xiyao and the young female Taoist priest in a blink of an eye.

"Poor Dao is Xuanhui, a disciple of Lingxu Dao Chief, who are you? When did you encounter it? The young female Taoist priest stared at the figure in the distance and asked Lu Xiyao.

"My surname is Lu, my name is Xiyao, a native of Beijing, I went to Tanzhe Temple in the morning to pray for blessings and make wishes, and I was tracked by the 'Five Heroes of Xishan', and I fled all the way here."

"Lu Xiyao?" Xuan Hui stared at Lu Xiyao in a daze for a long time, "It turns out that those five thieves are doing evil again!" The three people in front of him pointed to him, "Is that them?" ”

Lu Xiyao shook her head, "It's not like that." ”

The three people in the robes got closer, stopped to look at the sword formation, and one of them stepped forward, bowed slightly, and behaved quite politely, "It turned out to be the disciple of Ling Xu's Dao Master!" I am Fei Yuan, the small banner of the Xicheng Terracotta Division, I heard that there are thieves near Tanzhe Temple, I don't know if you have seen it? ”

Xuan Hui grabbed Lu Xiyao and wanted to step forward to inform the people of the Xicheng Soldiers and Horses Division about her experience, but when she saw Lu Xiyao struggling, she left Lu Xiyao, walked to the sword formation, asked everyone to collect their swords, and turned to the threesome to salute.

"I haven't seen it."

"Farewell." Fei Yuan led his subordinates to turn around and leave.

"The five heroes of Xishan are very skilled, and the three soldiers may not be their opponents." Xuan Hui returned to Lu Xiyao's side and hid under an umbrella to avoid the rain, "Let you go back to Beijing with those three people, it is doubtful whether they can protect you, not to mention that the daughter's family walks a long way with a group of men at night, it is really not reassuring, and it will damage your reputation." But how is it good that your family remembers you? ”

Lu Xiyao just saw Xuan Hui's face reflected in the firelight, and saw that she was born with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and the charm on her face revealed the word "upbringing", so she had a good impression of her, and at this moment she heard Xuan Hui mention her family, Lu Xiyao couldn't help but feel sorry in her heart, and thought that Sister-in-law Wei's whereabouts were unknown, so she wanted to ask Xuan Hui for help, but Xuan Hui opened her mouth first.

"I should have escorted you home, but this place is dozens of miles away from the capital, those five wicked people have good martial arts, we should not take risks at night, you should go to Lingxiao Palace with the poor road, and discuss it after the master returns."

Thinking that Xuanhui was reasonable, although Lu Xiyao missed her family and sister-in-law, it was inconvenient to force others to take risks, so she had to walk two or three miles with eleven female Taoist priests and came to Lingxiao Palace.

Taoism is divided into two kinds according to gender, the main road is the male road, the Kun road is the female road, and the Lingxu Taoist and the Xuanhui in front of them naturally belong to the Kun road. The large-scale buildings of Taoism are generally called palaces or temples, and since Lingxiao Palace is called "palace", the scale should not be small, but the darkness covers the outline of Lingxiao Palace, and it is difficult for Lu Xiyao to see the whole picture. She had heard of Lingxiao Palace, but she was a believer in Buddhism and had never been here.

Entering the Lingxiao Palace, an elderly female Taoist priest led Lu Xiyao to freshen up, and when she came out to see everyone again, she saw Lu Xiyao's graceful figure reflected in the candlelight, although there was still a little bit of depression in her eyes, but her appearance was extraordinary, and there was a breathtaking charm between her eyebrows and eyes. Everyone at the scene was a woman, and she had been in the Tao for many years, and when she saw this scene, she still fixed her surprised eyes on her face, and they were all distracted.

Xuanhui invited Lu Xiyao to the dining room for dinner.

People in Taoism are different from Buddhism, and they do not taboo meat, but they usually still focus on vegetarian food, pay attention to the way of health preservation, light taste, and abstain from "four meat and five bitterness". The so-called abstinence from the "four meats" means: do not eat beef, cattle work all their lives, help all sentient beings, are the best helpers of human beings and half of the "mother" of children, so they cannot eat; Do not eat mullet, as soon as the mullet reaches the spawning period, its eyes will be dizzy, and the young mullet cubs have filial piety, and would rather swim into the mother's mouth to satisfy their mother's hunger, rather than let the mother fish starve to death, so they cannot eat; If you don't eat the wild goose, the wild goose will not cheat, and the unmarried wild goose will live alone all her life and be loyal, so she can't eat it; Don't eat dog meat, "the son is not ugly, the dog is not poor", the dog follows the Lord all his life and serves the Lord, so he can't eat it.

It is not difficult to see from the dietary taboos of people in Taoism that Taoism carries the most simple and kind beautiful emotions of ancient Chinese. In addition to the "four meats", Taoists can still eat other meats, but the meat they eat must be three pure meat, the so-called three pure meat means: do not see killing, do not smell killing, do not kill for yourself.

Lu Xiyao was frightened, and she was full of worries, so she got together to eat with a group of female crowns, but mechanically let the chopsticks rise and fall, and didn't pay attention to the taste of the dishes at all. Occasionally, a female Taoist priest came to say hello, and Lu Xiyao got up from time to time to return the salute, which made her even more absent-minded, and the dinner ended hastily in a daze.

Xuan Hui's gaze never seemed to leave Lu Xiyao, and after the others packed up their meals and left, Xuan Hui sat next to Lu Xiyao and looked at her very intently, "I'm afraid you don't know, I saw you before I became a monk." You are the companion of King Yue, and now you are about to become the princess of Yue. ”

Lu Xiyao was taken aback, thinking that Xuan Hui must be a beautiful woman before she left home, and her appearance would be unforgettable, but she could go through all her memories, but she still couldn't find a figure that matched Xuan Hui.

"How is King Yue doing?" Xuan Hui lowered her head slightly, and there was a sense of worry in her expression.

Could it be that she is Zhu Qiming's old friend? Lu Xiyao was puzzled and was about to answer, but saw a middle-aged female crown with a refined appearance slowly entering, her clothes fluttering all the way, bringing a bit of mystery.

Xuan Hui immediately got up, "I haven't just seen Master." ”

The person who came nodded at Xuanhui, and his eyes were fixed on Lu Xiyao's face. "Yo, it turns out that there is a noble person here."

Lu Xiyao stood up straight and bowed, she realized from the expression and tone of the person who came that she had met an old man, but most of it was not her old friend, it was still Zhu Qiming's.

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Early the next morning, Zhu Qiming heard that Lu Xiyao met a thief on the road of Tanzhe Temple and did not return overnight.

"Hurry up and get ready for the horses!" He screamed, a look of anxiety.

The hundred households leading the team looked sincerely frightened, lowered their eyebrows and lowered their heads, not daring to look directly into Zhu Qiming's eyes, "Your Highness, Miss Lu has been sent back to the Lu family by Daoist Ling Xu. ”

"Daoist Ling Xu?" Zhu Qiming breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and wanted to protect and lose people, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and he wanted to scold everyone sharply, and at a glance he caught a glimpse of the embarrassed appearance of the hundred households and several guards behind him, these people were wet all over their bodies, their legs were full of mud, their faces were pale, and their eyes were red, and they knew at a glance that they had worked hard all night. So, he said slowly, "Who is the thief?" ”

The hundred households finally recovered their composure from their panic, and said a lot of words in one breath, "There were too many people who went to Tanzhe Temple yesterday!" At first, I heard that it was the five heroes of Xishan who suddenly appeared, and the scene was chaotic, and the little ones could no longer find Miss Lu, how dare we slack off, and searched everywhere, but unfortunately we couldn't find Miss Lu's whereabouts. Before dark, I met the people of the Xicheng Terracotta Division, and the people of the Xicheng Terracotta Division fought with the thieves, and finally let the thieves escape, according to them, those thieves are not like the five heroes of the West Mountain, and the suspect is afraid that there are other people. The little ones kept looking and searching, and it wasn't until dawn that they met Ling Xu's party and learned that Miss Lu was rescued by her disciples, and we originally wanted to escort Miss Lu home, but we were blasted away by Ling Xu's Daoist, and Lingxu Daoist personally prepared a carriage to send Miss Lu home. Oh, the little ones don't have any credit, we saved the servant of the Lu family, when she was knocked unconscious in a forest. ”

Hearing this, Zhu Qiming gritted his teeth and waved his hand at Baihu, and after a while, he slowly lowered his hand, "You go down and rest." ”

The hundred households knew that the storm had passed, and grinned, "Your Highness, Daoist Ling Xuan asked the little one to bring a message to His Highness." ”

"Say it quickly."

"Yes." Baihu looked a little hesitant, "She said, since Your Highness has detoxified, why don't you send someone to give her a message?" She led her people to toil in vain in the north for months in vain, and this mistake was very undeserved, and His Highness had to try to make amends. ”

Zhu Qiming tilted his head and thought for a while, "It's the king's carelessness, make up for it, it's not necessary, come to the king of Japan to pay the money to repair her Lingxiao Palace." ”

"Daoist Ling Xuan also said that His Highness was born ugly······ is ugly in the world, but can get a peerless beauty as a concubine, Miss Lu is simply a flower in the ······ On cow dung, it's not worth it, it's not worth it! ”

Won't you embellish Ling Xudao's words? actually learned her tone and said it word for word, could it be that her head was kicked by a donkey! Zhu Qiming glanced at the hundred households, and then pouted, "The female crown who is famous in the capital actually spoke foul words, what kind of system!" Turning his eyes to Tang Ji and Ouyang Tong on the side, "This king is ugly and crowns the world?" ”

Tang Ji preemptively responded: "Hey, hey, it used to be." He stepped back.

Without waiting for Zhu Qiming to speak, the Baihu said again: "Daoist Ling Xuan also said that His Highness had a promise more than ten years ago, but now His Highness has no faith in his words, His Highness is ······ Villain! ”

Zhu Qiming raised his leg suddenly, and wanted to kick it out, but saw that the hundred households led his subordinates to fly away. After a moment, he realized that what Daoist Ling Xuan had said was very strange.

Have a promise? More than 10 years ago? Zhu Qiming pondered for a long time, but still confused.

The hundred households stopped far away and turned around, "Your Highness, as soon as Miss Lu returned home, a palace maid came to the door to spread the word, saying that the queen mother passed that Miss Lu would enter the palace in the afternoon to meet the queen mother, and Miss Lu asked the little one to report to His Royal Highness." ”

Entering the palace to see you? For some reason, Zhu Qiming suddenly felt that he was inexplicably flustered, and couldn't help but turn his head to look at Ouyang Tong, "Ouyang Changshi, this king will go to the Lu family to have a look first." ”

Ouyang Tong frowned, "But Hu Shangshu and His Royal Highness agreed to meet at the beginning of the Chen, calculate the time, if His Royal Highness goes to the Lu family, he will have to break the appointment, Lord Hu is one of the only two remaining ministers, naturally he has to take care of many things, not always convenient, once His Royal Highness fails the appointment, I am afraid that it will be extremely difficult to agree on the time to meet again." ”

Zhu Qiming shook his head helplessly, and looked at Tang Ji, "Send more people to secretly escort Sister Xi Yao into the palace." ”