Chapter 61 Dong Se's Letter
Back on the mountain, Bai Shu first sent Xiao Yurou back, and then returned to Tianyiju.
When Bai Shu returned to his residence, he found that Zhiquan was sitting under a peach tree with a little boy who looked about the same age as her. There were copper coins and hexagrams on the stone table in front of them.
When Zhiyuan saw Bai Shu, she quickly stood up and said, "Young Master, you are back. He is a disciple of the Pojun Xingjun, Yaoguang Palace. He is here to find the young master for something."
The little boy had a beautiful face, a Taoist temple, and a Taoist robe. When he saw Bai Shu coming back, he saluted and said, "Hongdou had met Senior Brother Bai, and Xiaodao was ordered to come and give him something to his senior brother."
Hongdou said, taking out a fist-sized jade box from his arms and handing it to Bai Shu.
Bai Shu took the jade box, opened it and looked at it, and found that there was a crystal clear moth inside, its whole body was flawless. If it weren't for the wings still shaking slightly, Bai Shu would not even find its figure.
Bai Shu glanced at Hongdou and said, "Is this?"
"This is Xue Po'e. She doesn't like the fire, but she prefers spiritual wood. Master heard that the elder brother's Forgetful River Peach blossoms on the mountain, so he ordered me to give this Xue Po'e to his elder brother. On the day when the Wangchuan Peach bears fruit, it will definitely attract strange insects and beasts from the mountain to fight for it. At that time, Xue Po'e will gather all the spiritual energy overflowing from the Wangchuan Peach and absorb it into his body. Even if there are any strange insects and beasts covet the Wangchuan Peach, Xue Po'e can protect the spiritual wood from harmless."
As he spoke, Xue Po'e had already stood up, flew to the Forgetful Peach, and danced gracefully.
Pojun Star Lord Jiang Shengxuan, Bai Shu only met him once, but did not have any more interactions. At that moment, Bai Shu said: "I would like to ask my junior brother to convey my gratitude to you. I am really grateful to Uncle Jiang, but I don't know why Uncle Jiang is so concerned about the peach tree where I live?"
Hongdou smiled and said, "That's right. My master wants to get a Wangchuan peach fruit when the Wangchuan peach bears fruit. My master said that this peach tree will bear fruit at most around the Double Ninth Festival. At that time, it will bear about a dozen fruits. I hope my senior brother will be able to do it."
After hearing Hongdou's words, Bai Shu felt relieved and said, "Of course there is no problem."
Hongdou smiled and said, "Xiaodao thanked her senior brother here."
Bai Shu nodded, turned to look at the copper coins and hexagrams on the table and said, "Do you still know how to divine?"
Hongdou replied softly: "Well, I understand a little."
When ordinary children are asked if they can do something, they will probably say I can, but Hongdou only says, "I understand a little." Although he is not old, he is extremely mature in his words and works. At a young age, he just calls himself in a slight manner. He is not careless at all. Even Bai Shu feels a little embarrassed when he sees Hongdou.
After all, this is a disciple born from the pure spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the famous mountain view, and it is comparable to him by ordinary people.
"Are you helping Zhiquan divine?" Bai Shu continued to ask Hongdou.
Hongdou glanced at Zhiyuan, with a happy expression in her eyes and nodded.
"Don't take any matters, and don't take any action. Why did your hexagram start?" Bai Shu continued to ask.
There are rules for divination. No matter what happens or changes, you should not be able to divine easily.
Hongdou sighed and said, "Didn't she meet me? Of course she can't be considered to be fine."
Zhiquan sat aside, holding the table with his hands, holding his chin to watch the two of them talking, but there was a slight smile on the corner of his mouth.
When Bai Shu saw that Zhiquan was happy, she would naturally be happy for her to have another playmate, not to mention that Hongdou looked so cute.
At that moment, Bai Shu stopped disturbing the two of them, went into the house to make a pot of tea for them, took it outside and put it down, and then returned to the house himself and closed the door.
Bai Shu sat in front of the table, with the flax-colored cloth bag on it.
Bai Shu took a deep breath and untied the rope that tied the bag. He immediately smelled a faint fragrance and his spirit was shocked.
The bag contained a sachet and a letter without paint.
The sachet was not very thin, with a woman with short hair embroidered on it, standing by the lake holding an umbrella. Needless to say, the embroidered one must be Dong Se. Bai Shu was standing by the lake that day, and Dong Se walked up to him and held an umbrella for him.
Now that Dong Se is the only one independent person by the lake, it means that Dong Se is waiting for Bai Shu to go back. When Bai Shu is not by her side, she is just like this, holding an umbrella and staring at the lake in a daze.
The two of them had already had a close relationship. Judging from the simple embroidered pattern, Bai Shu could feel the whole meaning that Dong Se wanted to express.
Bai Shu picked up the sachet and sniffed it, and felt that the fragrance of herbs was coming to her face, which was so comfortable.
After playing with the sachet for a while, he took a precious and respectful letter. The words on it were familiar to Bai Shu. Dong Se's handwriting and her small regular script were different from those written by others, with unique charm. When Bai Shu saw this word, he would think of the days when he was washing his pen in the yard of Sanli Lane and in the pond.
Dong Se is not a person who likes to speak too much, so her letter does not have a lot of words.
She wrote in the letter: "Are you okay? After you left, I lived in my mother's house again. The most I do every day is to stare at the lake in a daze and watch the ice collapse."
"There has been a winter and has gained a lot of weight. Now it looks more and more cute. If you see it, you will definitely like it."
"Everything is in good condition in Yanjing. Uncle Miao has found a way to suppress Qianye Bailingzi. I am living a much more comfortable life now than before."
"Bai Lu and Jian Jia also miss you very much. After you leave, they stayed by my side to take care of me. They all said that they prefer to be by your side. Could it be that you have done something strange to them?"
"A few days ago, my master came. She took me to see Senior Brother Feng and asked me if I wanted to kill him. I said no, that was the first time I saw Senior Brother Feng like that. I felt a little distressed in my heart. I didn't expect that the power of habit was so great."
"After my master left, I used a hundred kinds of spiritual medicine to make this sachet for you according to the recipe of Qianye Bailingzi. However, there was a shortage of Qianye Wood and a shortage of medicine. It was not a highly toxic, but a spiritual medicine comparable to the flesh and bones of life and death."
"After that being said, if I hadn't been hit by this Qianye Bailingzi, I'm afraid I would never have met you in my life. In this way, I would like to thank Senior Brother Feng."
"I don't know how you are there. Your hometown and my hometown are in the southernmost part and the northernmost part. It will take a month to ride the fastest horse. It would be great if you were really from Luo."
"But you need not say that I can imagine that you are in Taixu Temple. You must have started to practice, but don't be too kind to others. Remember to say hello to Senior Sister Luo on my behalf when you are free."
"I can't stay in Yanjing anymore. Uncle Miao has been a little busy recently. If I have the chance, I will run out."
"The geese from the south have now flew back."
At the end of the letter, Dong Se only wrote two words: "I miss you."
Seeing the words "Missing You", Bai Shu's heart seemed to be exhausted in an instant. These two words were like the call of a lover, or like the whisper in a dream, which could melt people's hearts. Whether it was the sound of the withering plum blossoms, the whispering of the flowing water, or the cold piano under the moon, or the night flute in the wind, they would not be more touching than this sentence of thinking about you.
Bai Shu closed his eyes, breathed a sigh of relief, and read the letter several times. The letter had no beginning title or signature. Dong Se wrote whatever he thought of.
Dong Se said that she couldn't stay in Yanjing anymore and wanted to run out. She didn't say where to go, but Bai Shu knew that she must be from Taixuguan when she came, but would she really come?
Bai Shu was not sure. The only thing he was sure of was that he had to hurry up and practice. He would be able to go back one day earlier if he ended Taixu's affairs one day earlier.
Bai Shu carefully put Dong Se's letter away, hung the sachet on the head of his bed, and then Bai Shu lay on the bed, closed his eyes, smelled the faint fragrance of herbs beside him, thinking about Dong Se's appearance, and fell asleep deeply. In his dream, Bai Shu seemed to hear the whisper of "I miss you" again.
In a blink of an eye, a few days have passed.
After the Cold Food Festival, Bai Shu's name suddenly spread in Taixu Temple. A young disciple who could drink and drunk Mo Xuan and refused Su Xianyu's invitation to the Tao was rare in Taixu Temple. Especially the disciples from the Wenqu lineage of Tianquan Palace, who talked about this matter even more.
It is not only because of the good writings of Tianquan, but also because of Bai Shu's poem "Secret Plum" that was also spread in the mountains.
"Xiyou cold food, the Emperor's Court gave it to the lonely city with rain." It was this small preface that made everyone see the clues.
Zhong Yuwei is a famous beauty from the Tianquan lineage. When everyone knew that she was following an outer disciple to Taixu Temple, everyone felt sorry for why she was not the one who was in the same year and month as Zhong Yuwei.
But Yang Gucheng is easy to find, and Zhong Yuwei is easy to recognize. Only Bai Shu lives in Tianyi Peak, and few people recognize him.
Bai Shu felt troubled because the more people knew him, the more dangerous he would go to Mochou Lake and Mingyue Gorge to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
Bai Shu really felt a little resentful towards the master and apprentice Su Xianyu and Mo Xuan, but whenever Bai Shu remembered Su Xianyu's appearance when she was overseas and saw nothingness, she felt much more happy.
After this incident, Bai Shu went to Mochou Lake less and less. Even if he went there, he would go there in the morning when the mountains were silent.
The spiritual energy in Bai Shu's body became more and more full and pure, which means that Bai Shu was not far from the realm of returning to the spirit.
Chapter completed!