They say it's sick

Chapter 32

This Taoist temple is actually not too small, but the layout is very simple. Entering the mountain gate is the main hall. The houses on both sides are the places where the Taoist priests live, live and teach scriptures. The big house is mostly empty on weekdays, and today it happened to be used to entertain a few of them who came from afar.

Although Yunzhi has many problems with his daily diet, he doesn't bother others too much. When he went to live in this deep mountain, he was only called Chen Jin, and Li Yan was not used to being served by others. The drug boy specially arranged by Xiao Luo, plus a coachman, add up to no more than five people, and they can barely live there.

The sun is setting, and the breeze blows through the mountains and forests, bringing a comfortable coolness, and blowing away the heat and boredom accumulated in the capital for several days.

Yun Zhi simply washed up, changed into lighter clothes, and went out refreshed.

The courtyard is some distance away from the main hall. There are not many houses, but the place is not small. The southwest corner is a steep cliff. There is not even a fence. It is an herbal medicine with no category.

Li Yan was squatting in front of the two fields, with a concentrated expression, as if he was studying the herbs in the field.

He also washed and washed, and changed into a light blue singlet. Among the green mountains and clear waters, there is a little more freshness and elegance that was not there before. It may be because of being in the Taoist temple. Yunzhi even saw it from him. A bit fairy.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Li Yan turned his head, saw that it was Yun Zhi, and smiled slightly, his pale cheeks were slightly flushed by the setting sun: "It's packed?"

"Um……"

Yun Zhi responded, walked straight to him, lowered his head only to realize that the man was pulling a passing caterpillar with a branch, blocked the caterpillar's path several times, and forced it to turn, and finally became dizzy.

Yunzhi watched him play for a while, and then looked at the clothes on him that made him misunderstand, and there was a moment of silence.

The next moment, he squatted down next to Li Yan, picked up a branch and went over to play with the poor caterpillar for a while, and realized that the courtyard was extremely quiet, which did not fit Chen Jin's personality, so he turned his gaze away. Looking around, he said in amazement, "Why are you alone, and what about them?"

"I heard that there is a mountain spring in the back mountain, and the spring water is clear and sweet. Chen Jin waited for you here for a while, and felt bored, so he pestered the Taoist priest in the temple to take him to see it, saying that he would return after dinner... ..."

Li Yan replied, "The others were also curious and followed along."

"That guy Chen Jin has been like this since he was a child. He is full of energy and can't rest at all." Yunzhi played with it for a while, and finally moved the branch, "He was uncomfortable in the capital during these days, and finally got a chance to have fun. This mountain is enough for him to play for a few days."

Although there was a bit of disgust in his words, there was nothing in his tone, and there was even a hint of a smile.

Li Yan took that smile into his eyes.

He didn't know what Chen Jin's status was in the Zhenyuan Hou Mansion.But it can be seen that the relationship with Yunzhi is very close. When the mountain was covered by heavy snow, he accompanied him to pick up Yunji, and accompanied him to the capital in such hot weather, and Yunzhi trusted him wholeheartedly.

It may be the reason that they have fought together on the battlefield, that kind of trust can be entrusted with life.

It was something that Li Yan had never experienced or experienced in his past life.

While his thoughts were wandering, Yun Zhi had already got up and walked forward, standing in front of the cliff, overlooking the mountain from afar.

Li Yan lowered his eyes and found that the dizzy caterpillar had already taken advantage of this gap to slowly crawl away, and he didn't stop it any more. He got up after him, but didn't move forward. He just stood there and quietly looked at the back standing in front of the cliff.

For a while neither of them spoke.

In front of Yun Zhi's eyes were mountains and ravines, one after another, magnificent and magnificent, but he didn't know that behind him, Li Yan could only see a young man in high spirits in the glow of the sky.

After a while, the sun set a little lower, the sky became dim, the sky became darker, and even the figures became blurred. Only then did Yun Zhi break the tranquility and pointed to the stone wall on the side of the cliff. A luxuriant cypress tree: "This tree must be hundreds of years old?"

Li Yan finally took a few steps forward, stood next to Yun Zhi, looked down the cliff with his head, saw the tree Yun Zhi was talking about through the remaining dim light, and nodded: "The steward said that he came here back then. When I was young, I was very impressed by the tree on the edge of the cliff, and I asked the Taoist leader in the temple, and said that there was this tree before this temple, and it was at least three to five hundred years ago.”

"Guan Xiao has really been here?"

Yun Zhi was a little surprised, and took advantage of the dark sky to glance at the main hall of the Taoist temple on the other side.

It may be that the light is too dim, and it looks a bit desolate for no reason.

Before setting off, Yun Li mentioned that this Taoist temple is not big, and because it is a little remote in the mountains and forests, the road is inconvenient, and there are few pilgrims on weekdays. He himself also met the Taoist priest in the temple by chance in the city before, and then came here Once or twice, I discovered the good scenery here.

After Yun Zhi arrived, he realized that Yun Li's words were more polite. The reason why there are few pilgrims in this Taoist temple may not only be because of the remoteness, but also because the place is too simple, even dilapidated, even if it is enshrined The main hall of Sanqing also lacks bricks and tiles. The statue of Sanqing was dated many years ago, and its color has faded long ago. Standing in the dim palace room, it looks a bit scary for no reason.

If it hadn't been for the fact that the Taoist priests who came in just now were quite immortal, and Yun Li's previous guarantee, Yun Zhi would have wondered if the Taoist temple had been abandoned long ago, and those Taoist priests were actually victims of disasters living here.

So knowing that Xiao Luo had been here before, and that he chose this place without any hesitation when choosing a place for Li Yan to escape the summer, Yun Zhi was somewhat surprised——

The scenery here is really good, but according to the current status of the Huai'an Palace, it is not difficult at all to choose a more beautiful, quieter, more comfortable place near the capital, and even a closer distance without traveling.

"It should be that when something happened to the palace in the early years, the steward avoided here for a while. The priests never cared about worldly affairs. They didn't ask him where he came from or the reason. They let him live and gave him food..." Li Yan followed Yunzhi glanced at it, "Later, the prince gained power and cleared the wrong for the palace. After the steward returned to the palace, the first thing he did was to invite someone to help rebuild the Taoist temple, but he did not expect to be rejected by the priests without hesitation. He said, "Tao follows nature, go to extremes, go to extravagance, go to Thailand", after the steward heard the message.

Immediately expressed respect for the "road" of several Taoist priests, but I am just a layman, and I don't want to live in a leaky hall when I come to the mountain, so I let people build such a cross-court alone on the edge of the cliff, and send people to take care of it from time to time .The pilgrims in this concept are basically in charge of themselves. "

"No wonder!"

Yun Zhi laughed, the house across the courtyard is not considered extravagant, but it is much better than the main hall. He thought that this Taoist temple would occasionally attract some pilgrims for incense money, but he did not expect It is such a source.

Since it was Xiao Luo's doing, she was not surprised.

Yun Zhi looked back at the few clean and elegant rooms behind her, and thought of something, then turned her gaze back to Li Yan beside her: "You and Guan Shi..."

"I don't know..." Li Yan opened his mouth, cutting off what Yun Zhi hadn't asked, "At first, I also doubted whether the prince asked me to make the book for some purpose. But after a long time, I felt that it was actually the manager who wanted to I entered the mansion, there should be some connection between him and me, he is very likely to be from Juba like my mother."

"You..." Yun Zhi paused slightly, "Why did you even tell me this?"

"We've agreed to be honest with each other from now on, and there's nothing to hide..." Li Yan said with a soft sigh, "Back then Juba Kingdom was destroyed by Marquis Zhenyuan, and Li Xuan was his lieutenant general. What he did You should have heard about it before."

As he spoke, he took out the short knife from his waist and looked down.

After knowing the origin of this knife, Li Yan spent some time looking for some old people.Just like what Xiao Duo said when they first met, everyone in the court knows what Li Xuan did back then.

It's just that there were many female relatives among the captives escorted back then, and Chang was Juba's common surname.Therefore, the rumors only said that Li Xuan took a young and beautiful woman surnamed Chang by force, but did not mention the identity of this woman at all.

So Li Yan still doesn't know the origin of his poor mother, and he doesn't know who the real father of Li Yan who gave her the knife is.

Yun Zhi also glanced at the knife.

He had a deep impression of this knife. When he met him for the first time, Li Yan stabbed the eunuched bandit to death with this knife, and even spattered his own blood.

Yunzhi has practiced martial arts for many years, and seeing a lot of weapons, he can tell at a glance that the short knife is not an ordinary dagger, let alone something that would be found in the small village that was almost wiped out by bandits.

Afterwards, Li Yan stabbed Mr. Zheng with this knife, and frightened Mr. Zheng by the way. It seemed that he usually carried it with him.

"Mother-child knife?" Yun Zhi asked after thinking about it.

"It is said that it was left by my father..." Li Yan nodded, turned over the blade, and handed the handle to Yunzhi, "I don't know how to use a sword, and Bai has carried it on me for so many years."

Yun Zhi took the knife with both hands, and after looking at it carefully, she suddenly raised her head: "Want to learn?"

Li Yan was taken aback: "What?"

"It's getting dark now..." Yun Zhi handed the knife back, "Tomorrow evening will be cooler and I'll teach you a few tricks. Anyway, you've always carried the knife with you and learned self-defense."

Li Yan blinked and smiled: "I have no foundation at all, and I still drag my body like this."

"Take it as a relief. Anyway, there is plenty of time, so take your time..." Yun Zhi stretched out her arms and looked back at him, "Actually, I can ask someone for you if you want to find out, but I don't know. Make sure he knows."

Li Yan was taken aback: "Ask who?"

Yun Zhi pointed to the north: "My father..."