On this day, a young man and woman came to the shore where the boat was docked in the east of Fairy Lake, which was Luo Xiaoyao and Xiao Muyun.

Luo Xiaoyao came to Xianniao Lake to visit Ma Xilan as he heard what the guardian surnamed Zhang said on Guilong Island. Although he found the right place, he didn't know that Chu Nanfeng had taken Ma Xilan to Fangzhou. Three days after they left the Jiangning branch pavilion, Fang Yuan also sent a message to tell Chu Nanfeng and Ma Xilan about their return.

I saw a small boat moored on the shore, and an old man in his sixties was sitting at the stern of the boat, with three craftsmen on the shore with carpenter tools on the side.

Seeing Luo Xiaoyao and Xiao Muyun arrive, the old man stood up and smiled and said, "Are you going to visit the lake island? I wonder if you want to go to Huixian Island or Dragon King Island?" When he saw Luo, Xiao and the two dressed up, they thought that the rich children from the fairy lake were visiting the fairy lake.

Although Luo Xiaoyao and Xiao Muyun wanted to find Ma Xilan, they didn't know Ma Xilan's appearance, so they couldn't find out what they looked like and dressed. When they saw the old man asking, looking at the lake's water and the continuous islands that were vaguely visible in the distance, they couldn't say which island to go to for a while. Xiao Muyun thought for a moment and said, "Can the boatman know which islands are there female Taoist temples or nunners on it?"

Luo Xiaoyao and her all the way, and both of them speculated that if Ma Xilan was hiding in the lake island, even if she was not in the Taoist temple or the nunnery, she would have contacted these people outside the area, so she asked this question. The old man laughed and said, "Miss is asking the right person. There is no place in this lake island with a radius of hundreds of miles that I don't know. There is Guanyin Temple on Huixian Island and a fairy temple on Dragon King Island..."

But I heard a carpenter sitting on the box on the shore sneer, "Old Man Zhang is boasting, you don't know what I'm going to Mowang Island, haha..."

The old man surnamed Zhang looked dissatisfied with his face, but he did not answer the carpenter. Looking at Luo, Xiao and the other two smiled embarrassedly and said, "This fairy nave on Longwang Island and the Guanyin Temple on Huixian Island, from time to time, there are great officials and nobles here to ask for signs and pray for blessings, asking for rain and rain, asking for children and having children, which is very effective." But when Xiao Muyun asked about Taoist temples and nunnery, he thought he was coming to ask for signs and prayers.

Luo Xiaoyao and Xiao Muyun were originally coming for the word "Immortal" of "Thousands of Mountains and One Water". Now when they arrived at Fairy Lake, they heard about Fairy Island and Fairy Temple. They didn't know where to go for a while, so Luo Xiaoyao said casually: "Then go to Dragon King Island first."

Old Man Zhang was happy, "Okay, if you want the old man to accompany you in one day, it will cost 200 cents. What do you think of the distinguished customer?"

Seeing Luo Xiaoyao nodding and agreeing, Old Man Zhang hurriedly called him and the other men to get on the boat, stepped ashore and untied the ropes, supported the oar, sailed off the shore, and laughed at the carpenter on the shore, "Mo Jiangtou, you can wait slowly, haha... The money of the girl from the Xu family is not easy to earn."

When Xiao Muyun heard something from the old man's words, he smiled and said, "Chuan Family, is it that the girl from the Xu family you mentioned is a villain?"

Old Man Zhang smiled a little embarrassedly: "It's not the case. If you say that this girl Xu is a kind person... Hehe, it's just that Mo Jiangtou's ridicule just now, but the old man was so angry, so I also pissed him off..."

"There are more than 90 islands of all sizes on Fairy Lake, and most of them are named after a little bit. How can the old man know? There are more than 20 people ferrying on the lakeshore. Except for the old man Yang... no one knows where the Mowang Island is."

In his words, Old Man Zhang changed his body and supported Changhao and smiled: "The Mo Jiangtou on the shore is also a native local person. He doesn't know where Mo Wang Island is, but he makes fun of me. It's so funny."

Luo Xiaoyao and Xiao Muyun heard this but knew that this old man Zhang was a serious person who loved face, so they couldn't help but smile. When Old Man Zhang saw Luo, Xiao and the other two did not answer, he said, "Speaking of this Xu Yatou's master is a strange person. He couldn't stay in the good Dragon King Island, and he insisted on going to the uninhabited Mowang Island..."

Luo and Xiao all felt aroused in their hearts when they heard this, but they thought that the master of the Xu family's maid should be a woman. Xiao Muyun asked, "Have the boat family ever seen this Miss Xu's master... how old is?" They didn't know Ma Xilan's appearance, so they had to find out their age.

"It's even more strange..." Old Man Zhang shook his head and said, "Her master has been wearing a hat and a veil that is as good as his waist for many years, but he can't tell her age. In the past five or six years, he has gone to the villages and towns in the temple to purchase food and other supplies on the shore. I have also traveled over to her, but I have never heard her talk..."

Luo and Xiao moved their hearts when they heard this. Luo Xiaoyao was about to ask for advice, but heard a voice coming from a distance: "Hey, Lao Zhang, there is a guest on the boat, congratulations, congratulations." The two of them looked outside the cabin and saw a small boat coming not far away. The ferryer was an old man of the same age as this old man.

"Where is Brother Yang, you are happy? You must have made a lot of money in alcohol these days, right?" Old Man Zhang's tone was sour.

"It's not because of the care of Xu Yatou. Her master is going to live on Mowang Island. I will help her move some peach trees to the island in the past few days, and I will ask you to have a few sips in a few days, haha..." The old man Yang smiled.

Perhaps when he heard that there was wine, Old Man Zhang said, "Then Mo Jiangtou is still waiting for you to take to Mo Wang Island on the shore..."

"I'm rushing over to pick them up." Old Man Yang nodded.

Luo Xiaoyao looked at Xiao Muyunyan and said, "Junior sister, Mo Wangdao should go and take a look..."

Xiao Muyun also had this in his heart, so he said to Old Man Zhang: "Chuanjia wait for a while, and wait for the Yang Chunjia to pick up the carpenter and follow him to Mowang Island?"

Old Man Zhang was stunned when he heard this, and said, "Why is this girl?"

"Not why..." Xiao Muyun chuckled, got up and left the cabin, took out a tael of silver from his waist and handed it to Old Man Zhang, "I'm just curious. Maybe the scenery of Mowang Island is pleasant."

When Old Man Zhang saw Yinzi, he was overjoyed and smiled and said, "Yes, as long as the young master and the girl like it, I, the old man who is the ferryman, will go wherever the two distinguished guests say..." As he said that, he happily took the Yinzi.

So Old Man Zhang slowly rowed his boat. After about a stick of incense, Old Man Yang came with three carpenters. But when he saw Old Man Zhang, he looked surprised when he saw Old Man Zhang, who seemed to be wandering around in place, only to think that it was Luo and Xiao who liked the lake here, so he walked slowly so he greeted Old Man Zhang and walked by.

Old Man Zhang followed him on a boat, but he knew that the carpenter surnamed Mo came from the front and said with a smile: "Haha, Brother Yang, this old man Zhang wants to steal your business and find out where Mo Wang Island is coming."

Old Man Yang smiled and replied: "Everyone can go to the Fairy Lakers. As long as the guest on Old Man Zhang is willing, what do you have to do with me? Haha..."

The two boats were not far apart, and Old Man Zhang heard their conversation, but also smiled: "This Mo Jiangtou is very self-righteous... It's still Brother Yang who is wise."

After about half an hour of driving, he followed Old Man Yang's boat to an island. Xiao Muyun ordered Old Man Zhang to wait on the shore, and then followed Old Man Yang and the three carpenters with Luo Xiaoyao.

At this time, Old Man Yang thought that it was Luo, and Xiao and the others were coming to Mowang Island. From time to time, he looked back at Luo and Xiao and looked at each other with a look of vigilance. When Luo and Xiao saw his expression, they guessed that he was going to rush to inform the woman surnamed Xu that Old Man Zhang said, and couldn't help but look at each other and smile.

After passing through a forest, I saw a vast open land in front of me, with strange flowers and plants planted. There was a wooden house more than ten feet south. On the side, there was a woman in a green skirt and low-haired hair, bent over and raised her hoe to dig the ground. When she heard the sound of everyone walking, she looked up.

Luo and Xiao saw that the woman was about twenty-seven or eight years old. Although she was not outstanding in appearance, she was also very beautiful. Her face was not made up but had natural and simple beauty, which made people feel intimate. The two of them thought that she was the woman of the Xu family mentioned by Old Man Zhang, but they didn't know that she was Xu Wenxiang, a disciple of Ma Xilan.

Old Man Yang quickly stepped forward and spoke to Xu Wenxiang, telling her the story of Luo Xiaoyao and his two followers to the island. Xu Wenxiang was surprised when she heard this. After explaining to the carpenter surnamed Mo and others, she walked towards Luo Xiaoyao and the others.

Thinking that when he saw Luo Xiaoyao with weapons, Xu Wenxiang bowed and bowed: "Little woman Xu Wenxiang, I have seen two guests, but I don't know what you are doing when you come to Mowang Island?" Although her tone was tactful and polite, she also wanted to regard herself as the owner of Mowang Island.

Unfortunately, Luo Xiaoyao has not reached the level of great success in the booming pill, so he can only see that Xu Wenxiang is the cultivation level of "Guyuan Mirror". If he had not fought, he would not be able to explore Xu Wenxiang's "Taisu Heart Sutra" energy.

As a woman, Xiao Muyun saw Xu Wenxiang asking, and then answered first: "Little woman Xiao Muyun and her senior brother came to Xiannv Lake to visit a senior master. She accidentally landed on the island to check. Please forgive me..."

She heard Xu Wenxiang called herself a woman, and she also called her wife. She saw that there was a wooden house built in this empty space, with flowers and plants in rows and no weeds. She thought that someone was carefully caring for watering. When she heard Xu Wenxiang's question as her master, she felt it was natural, so she apologized.

"Xiao Muyun?" Xu Wenxiang felt familiar when he heard this. After Chu Nanfeng met Ma Xilan, he also mentioned the two disciples Luo Xiaoyao and Xiao Muyun. Xu Wenxiang had naturally heard of them when he followed him. He thought about it and looked at Luo and Xiao, and hesitated for a moment, saying, "Please come with me, two..."

Luo Xiaoyao and Xiao Muyun were surprised and followed Xu Wenxiang to a dirt grave. When they saw the words engraved on the tombstone, they were shocked. They looked at each other and said in unison: "Master..."

Xu Wenxiang was also smart, and he was suspicious. He didn't want to ask abruptly, so he took the two to Yi Wuwei's grave.

Luo and Xiao suddenly knelt down and kowtowed. Although Luo Xiaoyao had never met Yi Wuwei, he had been to Taibai Academy since he was a child. He had heard about the deeds of Master Yi Wuwei from Chu Nanfeng, Wu Wangbo and others. He had been fascinated by him for a long time, but he did not expect that Yi Wuwei had turned into loess. Suddenly, sadness surged into his heart, and tears quietly slid down.

Before Xiao Muyun became a disciple of Chu Nanfeng, he had already heard of Yi Wuwei's name from his master Mu Daocheng. He respected Yi Wuwei, who had not met in his heart, and he was the same as Luo Xiaoyao. He was sad and filled with tears.

After kneeling down, Luo Xiaoyao looked at the place where the names of Chu Nanfeng and Ma Xilan were engraved on the stone tablet, stood up excitedly, and said to Xu Wenxiang anxiously: "My master has found the master's wife? Where are they now..." He looked around in his words, thinking that he wanted to find the figures of Chu Nanfeng and Ma Xilan.

At this time, Xu Wenxiang had confirmed that the two people in front of him were the proud disciples whom his husband Chu Nanfeng spoke of. He replied with tears in his eyes: "Mr. and Master have already gone to Taibai Academy."

Luo Xiaoyao and Xiao Muyun were stunned, looked at each other, and then said in unison: "Senior Sister?"

Xu Wenxiang nodded in tears, "Junior Sister Xiao, Junior Brother Luo..."

If Luo Xiaoyao was following the rules of the world, she would have called Luo Xiaoyao a senior brother, but she had never been involved in the world, so she was talking about the rules of the world.

After recognizing each other, Xu Wenxiang informed the two of them about the encounter between Chu Nanfeng and Ma Xilan, but let Luo Xiaoyao and Xiao Muyun look at each other with tears in their eyes. They naturally did not expect that the master's wife Ma Xilan would suffer such pain.

When the two learned that Chu Nanfeng and Ma Xilan planned to live in seclusion on the island in the future, Xu Wenxiang found a carpenter to expand the wooden house and improve the living environment on the island. The young man suddenly became interested and looked for a suitable place in the forest in the south. He took out silver and asked the carpenter to build a few wooden houses, but to prepare for his future residence in the island. Xu Wenxiang saw Luo and Xiao and were innocent and were very happy.

One by one by one

In the hall of the west courtyard of the Nanping Prince's Mansion in Jingnan, Gao Ruoyu sat behind the jade desk and looked at the left front seat, and was filled with dusty offerings. "Thank you Mr. Geng, how did you do this trip?"

Geng Gongfeng responded: "According to the arrangement of the princess, Geng asked Mr. Lin to take his son to Taibai Academy to study. Ten days later, Mr. Lin found out that Mr. Luo was indeed a disciple in the academy. His master was the mountain leader of the academy. His surname was Chu, his name was Kai, and his courtesy name was Nanfeng. It was Geng's inferred a few days ago... More than ten years ago, he killed the Chu master of the Wushan Sword Sect alone."

It turned out that in order to inquire about Luo Xiaoyao's origin and quell the civil strife, Gao Ruoyu sent people to Kaifeng to find out the origin of Jiang Qiubai, and then asked the children of his subordinates to study at Taibai Academy in order to implement Luo Xiaoyao's origin.

"But all the students in the academy don't know Mr. Luo's family background... and Chu Nanfeng has no family. Miss Luo said that her martial arts came from Mr. Luo's master's wife... I'm afraid it's a fraud." Geng Chongfeng said suspiciously.

When Xiao Muyun once told Gao Ruoyu about his martial arts, he did not lie, but few people knew about the twists and turns.

Gao Ruoyu's beautiful eyes condensed, he pondered for a moment, and asked, "Does Mr. Chu have female disciples?"

"The news from Mr. Yilin's assistant minister... Mr. Luo has two junior sisters, one of whom is Cheng's name is Rou. He heard that he is Chu Nanfeng's niece, and the other is Xiao's name is Muyun, who comes from Yunzhou..."

"Xiao Muyun? Luo Muyun... It seems that the so-called sister of Mr. Luo should undoubtedly be his junior sister." Gao Ruoyuzhu's eyes suddenly became angry, "I used a trick to get and used this princess' desire to attract him to kill him. Hehe, what a girl Luo, what a Xiao Muyun..."

Her intelligent person now realized that she had fallen into Xiao Muyun's calculations. However, she had the ambition of a man and was eager to seek talent. She felt that Xiao Muyun was rude to her but was not offended. Zhan Yan chuckled, "All the students of Taibai Academy are not simple. They can be used by me, Jingnan, which is no less than thousands of troops. Ge Xiu, tells Mr. Lin to let his son learn literature and martial arts well in the academy. This princess will be rewarded with great rewards..."

Ge Xiu, who was beside him, was about to bow and accept the order, but Gao Ruoyu said again: "Pick some smart officials and sons to send them to the academy to study. All the expenses are paid by the royal palace."

Ge Xiu thought that he knew Gao Ruoyu's intentions, and looked admiring, and bowed and said, "I will go and make arrangements."

At this time, Gao Baorong and Gao Baoxu walked in one after another, and Gao Ruoyu and others stood up to greet him.

After Gao Baorong sat in the position given up by Gao Ruoyu, he looked at Gao Baoxu and sighed, "Tenth brother, tell me about Yumei..."

"Yes, Brother Wang." Gao Baoxu nodded and looked at Gao Ruoyu and said, "I personally went forward yesterday to invite Mr. Lu to the government to help him, but he refused..."

Gao Ruoyu was stunned when she heard this, looked at Gao Baorong, and pondered: "As it is, my sister still feels that she is still determined the day before yesterday... she can still send troops to Yuezhou. Liu Yan rebelled again, and the Chu area is in chaos. The Southern Han has taken the opportunity to seize several states southwest of Chu. Bian Hao was defeated, and he thought he wanted to withdraw from the Chu area. The Central Plains were tired of dealing with the Liao and Han tigers' sight. This was the time when I, Jingnan, seized Chu..."

Gao Baorong nodded, "What Yumei said was very much. I saw that many civil officials in the hall opposed it. They all said that my Jingnan army was weak and there was insufficient food and grass. I relied on the danger of water but could defend myself..."

Gao Baoxu continued: "The army, horse, food and grass may not be as thoughtful as these people who are sour, but people's hearts are different and they are afraid of major events. Mr. Lu has a high prestige, but unfortunately, he did not give court affairs after the death of the former king, so it would be better for Yumei to ask Mr. Feng to come and invite him..."

At this time, a guard rushed to the door of the hall and saluted: "Report to the prince, Master Huining is here."

Gao Baorong and the three brothers and sisters looked at each other, stood up in surprise, and hurried to greet the outsider of the hall. It turned out that the Master Huining mentioned by the guard was the Thirteenth aunt Gao Baoxu mentioned.

When Gao Jixing was in power, the Jingnan flooded and many people were killed or injured. Gao Jixing felt something and believed that it was caused by his immoral governance, so he let his five daughters become nuns to accumulate merits and eliminate natural disasters.

The name of the Master Huining is Gao Youzhen. It is ranked thirteen among Gao Jixing's nearly twenty children. He entered the "Cheng'en'an" of Jiangling Prefecture, Jingnan to receive the precepts.

When the three brothers and sisters of the Gao family arrived at the corridor leading to the "Yin'an Hall", they saw Ge Xiu leading a nun in her forties to come. Behind him was an old man over 50 years old. The three brothers and sisters of the Gao family hurriedly bowed and bowed: "I have met the Thirteenth Aunt... I have met Mr. Feng."

Master Huining nodded calmly, and with the greeting of Gao Ruoyu and his three siblings, he entered the hall to sit down.

I think it would be that if I had been to this palace for many years, Master Huining looked around the layout in the hall, and his eyes seemed to be sad, and his eyes fell on Gao Baorong who stood by the main seat and did not dare to take a seat. "This is the meeting hall. Baorong, as the King of Nanping, can you stand?"

Gao Baorong hurriedly said, "Nephew obeys the order." Fang Zi entered the main seat and sat down.

Master Huining smiled slightly and said, "Today, I will talk to you three siblings as an aunt..."

Gao Baorong and his three siblings responded in unison: "But listen to your aunt's teachings."

Master Huining nodded, "Not mentioning all dynasties, just say that over the past few decades, in order to compete for the position of emperors, the surrounding courts and vassal states have used all their best efforts to fight for the position of emperors."

"My Gao family is fortunate, and my father-in-law has taught me well. From the brothers of the previous king and my seventeen brothers and sisters to more than ten you... I have never caused any trouble to Xiao Jiang. I wonder which imperial family can do this?" Geng, Tan, Han Yue and others, who were sitting next to me, nodded secretly when they heard this.

"You brother and sister remember the last words of my father and king." Master Huining's eyes swept over Gao Baorong, Gao Baoxu and the other two stayed on Gao Ruoyu.

Gao Ruoyu hurriedly answered: "Ruoyu and his brothers dared not forget the ancestral teachings, 'The roots and branches are connected, the water and dew are in the same vein, thinking about virtue and moving forward with the general trend.' We are thinking about these sixteen words every day."

"Okay." Huining nodded and smiled, "The roots are moist and strong from the ground and water. The branches and leaves carry the pearls of fog and dew and fall down, and they complement each other to obtain towering resources. 'The roots and branches are connected, and the water and dew are in the same marsh'... From the perspective of your brothers and sisters', it is not disappointing the intention of the former kings to leave these eight words."

Gao Ruoyu is so smart, but he has not finished his words when he hears Huining's words. He thinks that "thinking morality and acting in general, and moving on with the general trend" is another saying.

Sure enough, Huining paused for a moment and sighed, "But he did not understand the meaning of the previous king's teachings "thinking morality and acting, and moving on with the general trend". Do you know the reason why the five aunts took the precepts to Buddhism?"

Before Gao Ruoyu and the other two answered, Huining said again: "When my father ascended the throne, Jingnan was devastated and the people lived in poverty... It was up to my father to work hard to govern, so that Jingnan could be stable and prosperous. It was only because of a flood that caused the people to suffer. My father blamed himself for his failure in governance. He only said that his virtue was not worthy of his position, and natural disasters came to my Jingnan, so he sent my five sisters to take the precepts to Buddhism to accumulate merits..." As for this, he paused, and his face was filled with pain.

"Two years after the fourth sister entered the temple, she died of depression..." Huining stopped for a while, sighed softly, and said, "That day, I came to the palace from "Cheng'en'an" and wanted to complain about my father, but accidentally saw her father crying in the "Kuxinzhai" in the backyard, chanting the name of her sister... I realized that her father was not a ruthless person."

"The difficulty in doing things in the world is to be controlled by love, but if you think that your father is the heart of the people of Jingnan, how can you violate the righteousness of your father because of your own love..."

Everyone felt in their hearts that wise emperors have issued crimes due to natural disasters, such as Gao Jixing asked his five daughters to become monks and pray for blessings, but it is rare to eliminate disasters for the people.

The fourth sister Huining mentioned was the fourth daughter of Gao Jixing. She already had a heart. After being sent to Buddhism, her love was unable to be cut off and she ended in depression.

Huining knew that his sister had died, and she felt resentful in her heart, so she returned to the royal palace and wanted to vent her resentment from her father Gao Jixing.
Chapter completed!