An attendant dressed as an attendant hurriedly stopped a middle-aged Taoist priest and asked the other party to show them the way.

The middle-aged Taoist priest saw that their group was dressed and graceful, and his attitude was very kind, and he showed them the way in front with a smile, and said, "A few laymen, please go this way." ”

The middle-aged Taoist priest led the emperor and Duanmu Fei and his party back again, until they came to the Dharma Hall in the center of the Taoist temple.

The closer you get to the Dharma Hall, the more pilgrims there are, and from time to time you can see pilgrims walking out of the Dharma Hall with joy or sorrow or surprise or praise, with different descriptions.

The emperor stopped at the door of the Dharma Hall for a moment, then lifted off his robe and walked inside.

Cen Yin, Duanmu Fei, Han Xing and Duanmu Jun followed the emperor and also entered, there was a large red lacquered wood case in the center of the law hall, and behind the case sat a middle-aged Taoist aunt wearing a dark Taoist robe and a bamboo hairpin, which was the female crown Sun Jingxiu who had been to the Jiusi class before.

At this moment, there were many people in the Dharma Hall, but most of them were not around Sun Jingxiu, but around an eleven or twelve-year-old little Taoist.

One by one, the pilgrims picked up a stick holder in front of the little Taoist priest, shook the stick vigorously, and shook a bamboo stick out of it, but most of them sighed.

The middle-aged Taoist priest who led the way to the emperor and his party seemed to see their doubts and explained: "Sun Zhenren's humane law is profound, and there are too many laymen who come to her every day for approval, so they can only choose people who are destined. Sun Zhenren said that whoever can shake out a bamboo stick dyed with red paint at one end from the stick holder is destined to be a person. ”

Before the words fell, I heard an old woman in Tsing Yi with gray hair shouting excitedly: "I'm hit, I'm hit!" ”

A young woman in her twenties beside her put her arm around her and smiled happily, "Grandmother is so nice." It must have been your sincerity that touched the heavens. ”

Both grandparents and grandchildren were smiling brightly, as if silver had fallen from the sky.

The grandfather and grandson happily walked towards Sun Jingxiu, so the eyes of everyone present fell on these three people.

Without waiting for the old woman to speak, Sun Jingxiu took the lead in speaking: "The fate of the layman in the first half of his life was bumpy, and the second half of his life was full of hardships, which is gratifying." ”

Sun Jingxiu is kind and kind-eyed, gentle and quiet, just sitting there like this, she exudes a kind of fairy wind and bone temperament.

When the old woman heard this, she was excited, slapped her thigh and said, "Living immortals, real people, you are really living immortals." ”

"The layman praised it." Sun Jingxiu said modestly, looking like a valley of humility, and the pilgrims around him were boiling, turning their heads and ears, looking at Sun Jingxiu's eyes blooming with blazing light, some people said that they would definitely come to draw lots again tomorrow.

The emperor hooked his lips with interest, and also went to the little Taoist priest to draw lots, the emperor is a micro-service out of the patrol, and they are not too ostentatious, so they lined up with the others, and after a while, it was the emperor's turn to draw lots.

"Click......"

Countless bamboo sticks collided with each other in the holder, and then a bamboo stick jumped out of the holder.

Han Xing curiously stretched his neck to look over, and excitedly rushed to the emperor and called out: "Father...... Dear, you've been drawn! You've been drawn! ”

Han Xing's eyes sparkled like the stars in the dark night, and he was even more excited than the emperor.

The little Taoist priest pinched the bamboo stick that was shaken off by the emperor in his hand, and said with a smile: "The layman has a fate with Sun Zhenren, please wait." ”

At this time, the old woman and her granddaughter-in-law took a note from Sun Jingxiu's hand, held it in their arms, and walked out of the Dharma hall with a smile as if they were carrying a rare treasure.

The emperor slowly shook the folding fan, staggered past the old woman, and walked towards Sun Jingxiu calmly.

The chamberlain, dressed as an entourage, thoughtfully pulled the circle chair opposite Sun Jingxiu a little for the emperor, wiped it with a handkerchief, and then invited the emperor to sit down.

The emperor sat down on the circle chair with a golden sword, and Cen Yin and Duanmu Fei stood behind the emperor with a smile and watched the excitement.

The emperor looked at Sun Jingxiu, who was separated from his case, with a relaxed expression.

The hall was unconsciously quiet, and the pilgrims around them all looked at the two of them.

There was a solemn atmosphere in the air, and time seemed to stand still.

This time, it was the emperor who was the first to speak: "Trouble the real people...... I give orders. ”

Sun Jingxiu and the emperor looked at each other, their expressions were tranquil, and their eyes were gentle, as if nothing in the world could leave any traces in her pupils and heart.

She smiled slightly, picked up the wolf pen on the side, dipped the tip of the pen in the ink on the inkstone, and wrote four simple words on the paper.

The hall was quieter, and you could hear the needles dropping.

The surrounding pilgrims all stretched their necks curiously, but they didn't dare to move for fear of bumping into Sun Zhenren.

Sun Jingxiu put the wolf pen in his hand on the pen stand, and then moved the paper two inches in the direction of the emperor, smiled incomprehensibly, and said, "Master Mu, these four words are for you." ”

The other party revealed his surname "Mu", obviously guessing his identity. The emperor was not surprised, his thin lips hooked up with a smile, and he picked up the piece of silk paper, on which it was written:

Providential.

Hmph, it's a trick. The emperor's eyes were slightly condensed, and he said in his heart.

Han Xing leaned his face over, looked at the silk paper in the emperor's hand curiously, and tilted his little face, looking confused, which was too vague.

Han Xing pulled Duanmu Fei beside him, pointed to the silk paper, and blinked, meaning do you understand?

Duanmu Fei also saw those four words, cleared his throat, and pretended to be unfathomable: "The Buddha said: Everything is free from fate. ”

The corners of Han Xing's eyes twitched, and he felt that Cousin Scarlet had become a "god operator" of Shinto again.

"Sun Zhenren, what do these four words mean?" The emperor pinched the silk paper in one hand, and slowly fanned the folding fan with the other, without speaking, wanting to see what tricks this Dao Gu could play.

The corners of Sun Jingxiu's lips were slightly hooked, and she still looked light, and said lightly: "Ling Yan has a bit of aura." As she spoke, she raised her hand to make an invitation, and said, "The secret of heaven must not be revealed, Master Mu and Ling Yan should please go back." ”

The emperor was stunned, his eyes were deep and complex, there were doubts, surprises, and deep thoughts...... His gaze quickly stayed on the gold collar on Duanmu Fei's chest for a moment, his eyes became sharp, and he said secretly: Sure enough.

Looking at this Sun Daogu's eyes and tone, it is obvious that she mistook this little girl from the Duanmu family for her daughter, and the reason is that Duanmu Fei is wearing Hanxing's gold collar around her neck at the moment.

This gold collar emperor also knows, it was given to several princesses under his knees this spring, each princess has a same gold collar, I think this Sun Daogu just recognized that this is an internal thing, so this misunderstanding occurred.

This also means that this granddaughter crown is really a charlatan!

Even the emperor was still a little uncertain about the "Theory of Phoenix Destiny" in his heart, and he was worried about whether it would violate the will of heaven, but at this time, he was convinced.

Behind all this must be Geng Hai's ghost.

Geng Hai deliberately helped such a "fairy girl" out, in order to build momentum for his daughter Geng Tinglian, and planned to hold Geng Tinglian to the position of the Heavenly Destiny Phoenix Girl, the purpose of which was naturally for this supreme position.

This time, it must have been Geng Hai who deliberately arranged this pretending ghost Dao Gu to meet him here early, no wonder Geng Hai had to come with him today!

The emperor's heart is like a mirror, and what he sees and hears today is just a verification of his ideas.

After being furious, the emperor calmed down, a light smile appeared on his face again, and he said lightly: "Thank you for your advice." ”

As he spoke, the emperor casually put away the folding fan in his hand, Huo Di stood up, and left without hesitation, "Let's go." ”

Han Xing, Duanmu Fei and Duanmu Jun followed with a smile, but Cen Yin stayed in place, the corners of his blood-stained lips slightly curled.

He glanced at Sun Jingxiu lightly, bowed his head slightly, and then followed with his hands.

The emperor in front walked out of the Dharma Hall, stopped under the eaves, and listened to the crisp laughter of Hanxing and Duanmu Fei behind him, and the two cousins' faces were dancing with their eyebrows, and they laughed as they spoke.

The emperor moved his eyebrows, the corners of his mouth hooked a mocking arc, casually crumpled the silk paper in his hand, threw it to the ground, and then stepped on the paper ball without hesitation.

It's okay, just let this Dao Gu pretend to be a few more days, this will be the biggest handle to clean up the Geng family in the future.

A cold mangs flashed under the emperor's eyes, and he strode forward, Yingshan's trip gave him an unexpected gain.

Thinking about it, the emperor's mood was a little better, and his steps were light.

After the emperor left the Dharma Hall, he went all the way to the south and went straight out of the Chaoyang Temple, outside Mu Youjing, Prince Gilles, Lord Roland and others were already waiting there, and the Geng family and Prince Mokemo's family had not yet returned.

The emperor left the chamberlain to wait for Geng Hai and them, and went down the mountain first, and Duanmufei and others naturally followed the emperor down the mountain first.

It's hard to go up the mountain, but it's easy to go down.

On the way down the mountain, Duanmufei's steps were a lot brisk, talking and laughing along the way, looking at the birds for a while, picking flowers for a while, and putting the flower hairpins on the sideburns for a while.

The emperor walked in the forefront, as if he had something on his mind, without saying a word, and walked down the mountain with his head bored.

"Sister, I'll give you a hairpin too." Duanmu Fei enthusiastically gave himself, Hanxing and Duanmu a hairpin of peach blossoms one by one.

Duanmu raised his hand and stroked his sideburns and smiled.

At this time, it is the time when the peach blossoms are first blooming, the pink peach blossom hairpin is on the sideburns of Duanmu, the pink petals tremble slightly in the gentle spring breeze, and her creamy jade bone ice muscles reflect each other, a pair of bright black eyes are radiant, bright and radiant.

Her sister is so good-looking. Duanmu Fei thought smugly in his heart, and noticed that Duanmu Jun was holding a green palm leaf in his hand, and the palm leaf was twisted crookedly.

Duanmu Fei looked at it for a while before she realized that her sister was weaving gadgets with palm leaves, this is ......

"Sister, are you making up a little eight?" Duanmu asked excitedly.

"......" Duanmujun's expression was a little subtle, and he cleared his throat and said, "This is ...... Grasshopper. ”

She actually wanted to weave a grasshopper for her sister, when she was a child, her father made it up for her, and taught her how to weave it, just now she saw a palm tree, and she wanted to weave a grasshopper for her sister.

But when she actually started to do it, she realized that the memory was so far away that even her father's face seemed to begin to blur......

Duanmu silently looked at the half-chubby "grasshopper" in her sister's hand, her little face was a little tangled, should she encourage her sister at this time?

At this moment, a big hand as white as a jade bamboo suddenly appeared between the sisters and pinched one end of the palm leaf.

Duanmu subconsciously smiled at the owner of his hand and let go.

Cen Yin took over the "grasshopper" that was less than half braided, and continued to weave it, his slender fingers skillful and flexible, as if with a wonderful rhythm, as indescribably beautiful as a butterfly flying.

After a while, a delicate grasshopper was transformed by his skillful hands, and it was almost the finishing touch.

Cen Yin handed the straw grasshopper to Duanmufei, who accepted it unceremoniously, and said beautifully: "When I go back, I'll put another pair of eyes on it." ”

She looked at Cen Yin with admiration, and said in her heart: Cen Gongzi is really amazing, he is simply omnipotent!

"Master Cen, can you make another Xiaoba for me?" Duanmu looked at Cen Yin inch by inch, her big black and white eyes blinked, when she asked for something, she was always very well-behaved and cute, which made people can't bear to refuse.

Duanmu Jun has always listened to his sister, and the sisters both raised their eyes to look at Cen Yin, their eyes burning, like two elegant and innocent lion cats.

Cen smiled faintly, the corners of his mouth were lightly raised, and he casually picked the palm leaves on the side of the road.

The attendants followed not far from the rear, and when they saw this scene, they looked at each other, in fact, they could do such a trivial thing for them, why did the governor do it himself? !

Hey, they still don't have eyes, and their hands and feet are too slow. Someone was secretly annoyed.

Cen Yin made up the little starling in three or two clicks, and then handed it to Duanmu Fei as if coaxing a child, Duanmu Fei was even happier, and ran to the front to find Han Xing to show off: "Cousin Han Xing, look, this image is not like my little eight?" ”

Han Xing curiously leaned over and looked at the straw starling in Duanmufei's hand, his eyes lit up, and he nodded frequently: "Like, really like." Scarlet cousin, do you think you can make it look like my amber......"

The cousins also plucked palm leaves from the side of the road as they spoke, and made them up with great interest, but they couldn't do it......

Looking at Duanmu Fei and Hanxing in front of her, the smile on Duanmu Jun's delicate face deepened, and she suddenly remembered what was going on, she almost forgot that she came to Qingqing today to ask Cen Yin about the house.

"Master Cen, I want to ......"

Before she could say anything, the corner of her eye suddenly noticed that Cen Yin's right fingertip was stained with some mud, which she had picked when she was picking palm leaves.

Duanmu Jun changed his words and said, "Gongzi Cen, your hand is ......" She pointed to his right hand, took out a moon-white handkerchief from his sleeve, and stuffed it to Cen Yin.

Cen Yin was stunned, and looked at the silk handkerchief in his hand, which seemed to carry the girl's body temperature and ...... A faint fragrance.

Cen Yin remained motionless.

Seeing this, Duanmu Jun subconsciously followed his gaze and looked at the square handkerchief, thinking that he was looking at the little fox embroidered on the handkerchief, and said with crooked eyebrows: "This is the picture drawn by Zhen Zhen, I embroidered it...... The embroidery is not very good. ”

She is very self-aware, she hasn't put too much thought into female popularity, that is, "will".

On the handkerchief, the little white fox jumped over a clump of bluegrass, so light and elegant, just like the girl in front of her.

The corners of Cen Yin's lips curled higher, and he spat out two words from the bottom of his throat: "Very good." ”

The cool mountain breeze blew from below, blowing away the end of his words, and also blowing his long black hair flying, as if he was about to ride away at any moment.

Duanmu Jun subconsciously raised his hand to hold him, but before his hand was raised, he heard Cen ask with a faint smile: "Duanmu girl, what did you want to say just now?" ”

In just one sentence, he seemed to fall into the mortal dust again.

Duanmu Jun blinked, and then he slowly remembered the business that she had almost forgotten again, and the two talked about buying a house as they walked down.

When the group came to the bottom of the mountain, Duanmu Fei and Han Xing had already changed from being enthusiastic to wilting, and they had seven or eight more crooked birds on hand, and they all sighed in their hearts: This straw weaving is really difficult.

At the foot of the mountain, the second prince Mu Youchang and Chu Qingyu were waiting there, and when they saw the emperor coming down the mountain, the couple greeted them diligently and saluted the emperor, Mu Youchang smiled and said: "Father, the son has already set up camp on the side of Dongying Lake, and he also took people to the mountain to hunt a deer and a few golden chickens. Father, what do you think is a good idea of having roast deer for lunch? ”

Mu Youchang was left behind by the emperor before, and he couldn't climb the mountain with him, so he had to use this way to please the emperor.

When the emperor heard that Mu Youchang had hunted a deer, his face really showed a look of satisfaction, and he slowly fanned the folding fan and said, "Okay, let's eat roast deer today." ”

Mu Youjing smiled slightly from beginning to end, but he was disdainful in his heart: the second emperor brother is really unwilling...... And let him toss it!

The group rode their horses to Dongying Lake, which was three miles away from Yingshan, and on the way, the Geng family and several clans also caught up with the emperor and others from the rear, and the convoy became mighty again.

Mu Youchang had already arranged for the accompanying chamberlains and brocade guards to set up camp by the lake, and also set up tables and chairs, and as soon as the emperor arrived, he sat down comfortably under a big tree, and the others also took their seats one by one.

The dense shade of the trees blocks the midday sun, and only a little light is left to project through the gaps between the branches and leaves, and the surrounding spring breeze blows ripples on the surface of the lake, but also brings bursts of fragrance, a leisurely and comfortable pastoral scenery.

The emperor sat under the tree, looking at the surrounding lakes and mountains, and his mood became broader, chatting with everyone present, talking about the scenery, customs, and horses......

"This Northwest horse is handsome, sturdy and flexible, and has good staying power, so it is indeed a good horse." The emperor praised that when the emperor traveled today, he rode the northwest horse that the northwest tribes paid tribute to.

Gilles and Mo Kemo were not very honored, and Mo Kemo eagerly preemptively said: "Thank you for the emperor's compliment, it is also my northwest grassland is vast, the sky is high and refreshing, and it is suitable for this horse to gallop to the fullest, so I can raise this good horse." ”

The lord of Roland County, who was sitting next to Giles, had a slight glint in his eyes, and seized the opportunity to follow Mo Kemo and said: "Your Majesty, my northwest is not only good at horses, but everyone grew up on horseback, and they can ride horses before they learn to walk, regardless of men and women, young and old, they are all good at riding and shooting and polo. ”

Lord Roland looked at the emperor with his head high, and said: "When I was in the Ningjiang Palace last year, I played polo with Her Royal Highness the Fourth Princess, and lost to Her Royal Highness, because I was careless and underestimated the enemy, and I always wanted to compete with Your Highness again." ”

Lord Roland said, his eyes looked at Han Xing in front of him on the right.

Han Xing was drinking sweet rice wine, and when he heard this, he put down his wine glass, raised his chin and looked at Lord Roland without flinching, and said with his chin bowed: "Compare to compare." ”

Hanxing has always been a character who does not admit defeat, and when someone asks for a challenge, she responds.

Interesting. The emperor raised his eyebrows with interest, he had originally come out to relax, and he thought it was not bad, and said with a smile: "I will be a witness for you today." ”

Lord Roland was overjoyed in her heart, things went more smoothly than she expected, and said: "We are all ethnic groups in the northwest, everyone is good at playing polo, in order to avoid the suspicion of bullying, Your Royal Highness the Fourth Princess, you can pick a few people who are good at playing polo, don't be like ......"

As he spoke, Lord Roland looked at Duanmu Fei mockingly, "Don't be like some people, who will only use some 'crooked ways'. ”

The lord of Roland is upright, as if to say, she will not take advantage of you.

Han Xing pursed his lips and said unconvinced: "Lord Roland, if you have any masters in the northwest clans, don't hesitate to do so. ”

Han Xing then said to the emperor, "Father, can you let someone pass on a message and announce a few helpers to your son?" ”

Han Xing looked like a little daughter, the emperor has always liked this daughter's squeamishness the most, and he also felt that she was good at polo and did not admit defeat like himself, so he happily stroked his palms and said: "Okay, who do you two want to call, just say!" Go back and forth to the capital, let Jinyiwei hurry up, and an hour will almost arrive. ”

The chamberlain listened with a smile on the sidelines, ready to call at any time.

The lord of Roland County was not polite, and directly named a few names, such as the brother and sister of the Huacheng County Lord of the Chaba tribe, such as the son of the Huaqu tribe, such as ......

At the same time, Hanxing also reported several names: Junran brothers and sisters, Mu Huachang, and Mu Jinfan.

"Cousin Hanxing, also call my cousin." Duanmu suggested with a smile.

Han Xing nodded, Li Tingyou is a disciple of the general, whether it is swords, guns and arrows, horseback riding, polo, etc., he is on par with Jun Ran, and he is a good candidate.

Lord Roland looked at Duanmu Fei expectantly, his eyes burning, waiting for her to say another name, the name of the young man he had been dreaming of.

However, Duanmu Fei only said this, then stopped talking, and continued to drink rice wine with his head down. Hmm, it's sweet, it's fragrant, it's delicious.

Lord Roland's face suddenly didn't look good, and the corners of his mouth tightened.

She originally thought that Duanmufei would definitely call Feng Yan to come over to play polo, but she didn't expect Duanmufei to mention Feng Yan...... Did Duanmu Fei not want to let himself see Fengyan, so he ......

The more Lord Roland thought about it, the more she felt that this was the case, she secretly clenched her fists, and said: "For the sake of fairness, Your Royal Highness the Fourth Princess, although you can call a few more, I heard that Feng Gongzi is extraordinary in martial arts, and he also plays polo very well......"

Speaking of Feng Yan, Lord Roland's eyes lit up and sparkled.

"......" The corners of Hanxing's eyes twitched, his expression was a little subtle, and he said in his heart: Sima Zhao's heart, passers-by know it!

She knew that Roland had ill intentions towards Feng Yan, and saw that Duanmu Fei had no intention of calling Feng Yan at all, and she also felt that her cousin was smart this time and put an end to all possibilities.

Unexpectedly, this Roland County Lord is so cheeky that he still doesn't give up!

Han Xing didn't laugh angrily, smiled brightly and movingly, and quickly gave Duanmu Fei a look, meaning: Don't worry, with her, she won't let this Lord of Roland do whatever he wants.

Han Xing said confidently and crisply: "Lord Roland, don't worry, just such a few people can beat you to the ground." She spoke without mercy, raising her chin coquettishly.

Lord Roland almost didn't take the case and left, but thinking of his purpose, he still endured it, and said: "Her Royal Highness the Fourth Princess's words are wrong, since you want to compare, the two parties should choose the elite and go all out." ”

The emperor listened to the thought and said casually: "I remember that Ah Yan is very good at polo. ”

Although it is said that young people are playing together, how can the children of their Han family lose to these northwestern tribes, wouldn't they lose the prestige of the court and themselves?!

"Xuan Ayan is here." The emperor casually opened the folding fan in his hand, gave an order to the chamberlain, and said casually, "Speaking of which, I haven't seen Ah Yan for a few days. ”

That's great! The Lord of Roland was overjoyed, and his pretty face shone with a touching brilliance.

Of course, Cen Yin also heard this, his eyelashes fluttered slightly, and his narrow eyes were as deep as an ancient well under the shadow of the tree.

Cen Yin took a half step forward and opened his lips slightly, and was about to speak, but was preempted by a crisp female voice: "Your Majesty, don't let Feng Gongzi come." ”

The person who spoke was none other than Duanmu Fei.