It's late autumn again.

Dai'an Peak Wanshan is red all over, the frost leaves are brilliant, fluttering in the bleak autumn wind, like the butterfly wings dancing in the mountains, without reminding people of the autumn of Wanyin Mountain. There are countless red maples on the canyon there, and the Zhangjiang River flows through between the canyons, turbulent endlessly, one red and one clear water. Those who come will stop and stand and sigh at the graceful mountains and rivers.

The water source of Dai'an Peak, which is located in Beiyan, is not as abundant as Wanyin Mountain, and only the murmuring stream hangs on the Red Mountain. The stream flows quietly, and sometimes it turns into a waterfall when it encounters stone steps, flowing straight down to the town of Dai'an at the foot of the mountain.

A few years ago, there was a plague outbreak in the town of Dai'an, and almost the entire town was killed and starved to death. Fortunately, there are fairies on Xiaozhong Mountain to rescue, so that people can survive and reproduce, and now it can be regarded as a major town in Yanbei.

There is a famous restaurant in Dai'an Town, which can make a pot of delicious and tempting shabu-shabu and a bowl of sauce that no one loves. The name of this restaurant is Chongxiang Pavilion, and it is said that it was named in memory of the grace of the fairy.

Master Yihua, who was sitting in Chongxiang Pavilion, was very satisfied with the pot of shabu-shabu in front of him. He has always disliked the food on Xianshan, it is too bland and tasteless, but the folk food is more appetizing. Although it is called shabu-shabu, the table is mainly vegetarian with a small amount of meat. Gobble up vegetarian food when you eat it, and chew it carefully when you nibble on meat food, as if you can't bear any kind of taste.

The only dissatisfaction is that the town is sparsely populated, and there is no fireworks at all. Since the second half of the year, residents of this town have moved away one after another. Many of the portals are covered with fallen leaves, and the occasional wheel passes by, often kicking up dust.

The shopkeeper in Chongxiang Pavilion came to add soup to his copper pot, and he couldn't help but ask, "Why is this Dai'an Town almost empty?"

"Don't you know? It is rumored that a few people here were infected with the disease some time ago, and they all said that the symptoms were exactly the same as the plague ten years ago, and people from the fairy mountain came down to check on them! No, when I heard that the plague came out again, half of the people in the town ran away. "The shopkeeper said it clearly.

"Plague, why haven't you run away?"

"Little Lao'er thinks it's all rumors. The plague ten years ago was eradicated by the Xiaoxiang fairies, how could it appear out of thin air? There are so many people in the town who listen to the wind and rain, so I don't believe the rumors. ”

Master Ichika also felt that it was impossible for the plague ten years ago to recur, and praised: "That's right. Then he asked, "What about the other half, and this rumor doesn't scare the whole town?"

The shopkeeper sighed and said, "Isn't this a three-year truce agreement with Baili Jiuzhai that is about to arrive." Who knows who will win and who will lose this battle. It is said that it is not safe to live under the fairy mountain, and it is better to move to the barren mountains than to live here. He glanced worriedly at his attic: "It's not a joke to really fight. For this reason, Xiao Lao'er will move out after a while, and if the guest officer comes later, I am afraid that he will not be able to eat my famous Yanbei shabu. ”

"Then I'll have to eat enough today!" said Master Yihua, picking up a piece of tofu and putting it in the copper pot.

Between the umami tongue, Master Yihua couldn't help but sigh: "For three years, when the truce agreement expires, I don't know what the situation will be like in this world." ”

A thin boy sat next to him, and the boy asked, "Is there really going to be a war then?"

Master Yihua did not answer his question, but asked him while eating, "Say it again, what is your name?"

The young man had a figure-of-eight eyebrows, and his eyes were round and rumbling, which attracted sympathy and pity. He smiled and said, "Break your thoughts, break your thoughts!"

"Oh yes, dismissive. Master Ichibana said and ate something more. Finally full, rubbed his stomach, and began to regret a little: "Hey! I said I wanted to lose weight, but I didn't lose it after three years, why do I feel that my belly is bigger?"

Indeed, three years later, Master Ichibana seems to have been rounded up again, but he is also stronger, which should be the reason for his diligent exercise. He said to Xuan Nian: "This battle is going to be fought after all, it's just a matter of time or time, and it's useless to worry about it." He smashed it again and said, "Doll, you let me eat here for a while, and when I get to Xiaozhongshan, there won't be so much delicious food." ”

In fact, he has been eating with Master Yihua in Chongxiang Pavilion for two days, and if he doesn't "escort" Master Yihua up, Xi Yunshen will definitely feel that he is not doing his job well. It is not easy for him to live under Xi Yunshen's strange temper, and he must not let Xi Yunshen feel that he is useless. So he said: "Senior Xi prepared a good tea after the rain, the master has eaten so much oil and water, isn't it good to go up the mountain and drink some tea?"

Master Yihua waved his hand unwillingly, his lips trembled slightly, he was very aggrieved, staring at his big eyes and begging: "Master......"

"Hey, what's the hurry......" Master Ichika stopped in the middle of his words, because he saw a group of people from the window of Chongxiang Pavilion.

The group of people were dressed in white, plain and unadorned, although they were dressed as nuns, but they did not shave their hair, and their long hair fluttered in the autumn wind. From a distance, it looked like there were dozens of people, and their faces couldn't be seen clearly. Master Yihua summoned a broken thought: "Doll, come and see, you young people have good eyes, are those people the little nuns of Wanyin Temple?"

Broken Nian leaned to the window to look, he also couldn't see clearly, and said uncertainly: "It should be...... Yes?"

"It's only been three years, Duan Hong has recruited so many people into Wanyin Temple? As he spoke, he took a cloth to wipe his hands, and picked up his artifact, the relic, "Let's go, we're going to go up the mountain before they go up." ”

Before he could react, he was pulled away from Chongxiang Pavilion by Master Yihua. Along the way, Master Yihua still disliked the slow pace of breaking thoughts, so he simply carried him on his shoulders and quickly went up the mountain.

There are no autumn leaves on the small mountain, and it is lush all year round, and the mountains and rivers are beautiful. It's not as lively as the main peak, in the past, only Xi Yunshen lived alone, but now even if he is forced to break a thought, it is still extremely quiet, and there are few people.

When I came to the wooden house, the door was open. Master Yihua walked in directly, and before he saw anyone, he asked, "Has Yanlin's doll arrived?"

Xi Yunshen slowly paced out of the room, fiddling with Dong Xiao in his hands. He looks thinner than he did three years ago, and the bags under his eyes are more prominent. Seeing that Master Yihua was coming, he casually inserted Dong Xiao into his waist, slowly poured a cup of tea, and handed it over to eliminate the impatience of Master Yihua at this time. He said: "The flying pigeon has passed the book, and it should be on the road at this time." ”

"Hey," it was only then that Master Yihua began to pant, "thanks to the old monk going up the mountain in a hurry, you guys are going slowly." ”

Xi Yunshen watched Master Yihua take a sip of the tea, and said unhurriedly: "The old man thought that you would eat at the bottom of the mountain for ten days and ten nights before coming up." ”

Master Yihua laughed heartily: "Old man Xi, you understand me." ”

At this time, Duan Nian came over with a teapot and asked, "Does the master want to have some more?" I drank too much just now, I'm afraid I didn't taste anything. ”

"You know me, too. Master Ichibana praised the thought and handed him the cup. After tasting it carefully, I feel that this tea is very fresh, and my lips and teeth are fragrant. He sat down on his cushion and said, "Do you know that the town below the mountain is about to be emptied?"

"There is nothing mundane in the mountains, I naturally don't know. ”

"You don't know about fart. Master Yihua's language was vulgar, and he was frightened, but Xi Yunshen was used to it. Master Yihua asked Xi Yunshen: "I just saw the people of Wanyin Temple at the foot of the mountain, are they also here for the Bodhi Sutra?"

"I won't tell you anything," Xi Yun said in a deep voice, "The old man really doesn't know these things. You always treat the old man as a secret room, and you insist on saying something that the old man doesn't like to hear, and the old man can't listen to it. ”

If Master Yihua listened to Xi Yunshen say this again, he would definitely scold again, after all, Xi Yunshen was not so "extraordinary" before Xiaoxiang's death. He said angrily: "You go out to see if Yan Lin's doll is here?" ”

Broken Nian took the order to go out.

Xi Yun glanced at Master Yihua and said, "When you are older, you should meditate, look at you are still in a hurry." Yan Lin is now a figure with a head and a face in Dai Anfeng, maybe he is stumped by some official business and can't leave, what are you anxious about?"

"Isn't it just a broken leader, can there be anything important to deal with?"

"The leader of Dai Anfeng has one hundred and eighty disciples, from leading the troops to taking care of everything from the size of the sesame seeds. But then again, he was only in his early twenties, and he could be said to be the youngest leader of Dai An Feng since the creation of the faction. ”

Master Yihua said with a calm face: "Unprovoked lifting, Yu Jun must have some conspiracy, have you reminded Yan Lin?"

He knew it in his own heart. Xi Yunshen didn't drink tea, but drank Xiaoxiang rain, "He is no longer the only seedling in Wanyin Temple who is favored by everyone, he knows this better than anyone else." ”

Master Yihua sighed: "Obviously guarded in his heart, but it is difficult for him to pretend to be loyal to Yu Junjian." ”

Xi Yunshen thought of someone: "Isn't my disciple too." Speaking of which, she has hidden her identity, and she has been lurking in Baili Jiuzhai for seven or eight years. These two children ......" Xi Yun smiled deeply: "It can be regarded as sympathy." ”

Xi Yunshen's apprentice is Jiao Shuyu. It was a person who seemed thin and slender, but carried unimaginable pressure from ordinary people, because she was an agent in Baili Jiuzhai. It's been three years, and since that day at the foot of Dai'an Peak, there has been no news of Jiao Shuyu. For someone like her, perhaps no news is the best news.

In the silence between the two, Duan Nian ran in happily, shouting: "Come on, I've already seen Brother Yan, I'll pick him up!"

"He's very familiar with Yan Lin's doll?" asked Master Yihua, pointing to the empty doorway.

Xi Yunshen said lightly: "They often drink. If you're willing to drink with me, our friendship will go even further. ”

"The monks don't drink, so you don't fool me. Master Yihua refused, clinking glasses with the teacup in his hand and Xi Yunshen's wine glass.

In the past three years, Duan Nian and Yan Lin have accumulated a deep friendship. Xi Yunshen has a strange temperament, and it is too late to break his mind and hide, so he can't communicate at all. And Yan Lin knew very well what kind of person Yu Jun was, and after he was in Dai Anfeng, he never poured out his heart and lungs to anyone. Two lonely people happen to meet and become friends. Occasionally, Yan Lin would come to Xiaozhong Mountain to drink, and when Xi Yunshen didn't want to drink, he would break his mind.

At the beginning, Yan Lin would sneak to Xiaozhongshan because he was afraid of being discovered by Yu Junjian. But then I thought that Yu Jun didn't really invite him to Dai'an Peak in the first place, and he must have been on guard against himself when he had other plans. Therefore, even if Yu Junjian knew that he and Xi Yunshen were intersecting, at most he would be more guarded. Thinking of this, Yan Lin began to visit Xiaozhongshan openly, without taboo.

At this time, he pulled a man in with a smile, and said exaggeratedly: "Looking forward to the stars and the moon, I finally hope that our Yan leader is here!"