Early in the morning, Yang Jian, the head of Zhou Dynasty's mission, was invited to the palace to discuss the marriage.

Princess Ashina left the palace for the first time and took two maids to the inn where she found Shuzi who was packing her luggage.

Ashina was startled when she saw Shuzi tidying up. She stepped forward and asked, "Is sister about to leave?"

Shuzi looked at her and said with a smile: "Since your matter has become clearer, we will naturally leave. Is it possible that you need us to escort you to your wedding?"

Asuna held her hand and sighed: "My father insisted on letting me marry to Northern Qi yesterday, but early this morning my mother told me that he had changed his mind."

Shuzi clapped her hand and said seriously: "In that case, you can wait with peace of mind. The marriage is a major event between the two countries, and there will be a large army to protect you as you go to the Imperial City of Zhou Dynasty."

"Why is this?"

Ashina had an unreal feeling and couldn't help but ask: "You said my father will not change his mind tomorrow?"

Shuzi thought for a moment and sighed, "It was possible, but the storm that blew yesterday should have changed your father's mind, right?"

Asuna was startled, but this was something she had never thought of.

It wasn't until Shuzi reminded her that she went through the scene that happened last night in detail.

He couldn't help but sigh quietly and said: "It's really not as good as God."

As he was talking, Xiaohu's voice came from outside the door: "Sister Shuzi, Sir is about to leave."

When Shuzi heard this, she quickly took Asuna's hand and went out.

Looking at the master and the apprentice who were getting ready, they laughed: "Brother is really a god, Ashina's trouble is solved."

Ashina stepped forward to congratulate Li Xiuyuan and asked softly: "Sir, won't you stay in the capital for a few more days?"

Li Xiuyuan shook his head, looked at her and replied gently: "Now that it has been resolved, we can meet again in the imperial city in the future."

Shuzi leaned in Asuna's ear and told her the address of the imperial city.

Then he took her hand and smiled: "Maybe I can go to the palace with my other brother to see the empress?"

Asuna's little face suddenly flew up with two red clouds, and she said softly: "It's too early to do this. Sister, please don't talk nonsense and make people laugh."

The group of people arrived outside the inn. The coachman had already hitched the carriage and was waiting for the three people who were about to leave.

Li Xiuyuan looked at Ashina and said quietly: "Since God's will has been decided, don't be impatient next time."

Xiaohu grinned broadly and said, "Next time I see you again, I will have to salute you!"

The two maids behind Asuna couldn't help but giggle when they heard this. If Asuna turned around and glared at the two of them, they were so frightened that they hurried to hail the carriage back to the palace.

Shuzi gently hugged Asuna and said softly: "To be honest, my sister has finally found a good home."

Ashina shook her head and said solemnly: "I want to practice with my sister."

A gust of wind blew up, picking up the yellow sand on the ground. Shuzi urged Ashina to get on the carriage first.

Looking at the carriage slowly leaving, Shuzi and Li Xiuyuan sighed and said, "Thinking about Shuzi meeting Zhang Liang back then, it was considered a good marriage..."

Li Xiuyuan shook his head, got on the carriage, looked at her and replied: "You two are destined to be a good match. Don't be too greedy."

Xiaohu pulled Shuzi into another carriage, looked at her and said with a smile: "Sister, please don't make your husband angry."

Shuzi was stunned for a moment, and then she remembered that she had watched the prosperity of the world fade away all her life, but her brother was still alone.

Looking at the capital gradually disappearing behind her, Shuzi sighed quietly.

Looking at Xiaohu, he said: "My brother is a god in the sky, how can we mortals compare to him?"

…

When a group of three people came to the grottoes outside Dunhuang City, Li Xiuyuan learned from Huiming that the fat monk had left the void three years after he left.

Shuzi took Xiaohu's hand to look at the words he had carved on the stone wall.

Li Xiuyuan came to the Buddhist hall and sat down, making tea and discussing Taoism with Huiming.

I haven't seen him for nearly six years. Huiming, who abandoned the throne back then, has gone from a mortal to the realm of golden elixir.

I think the fat monk spent a lot of effort, not to mention Hui Ming himself.

Once you have the courage to live towards death, no matter how difficult you are in practice, it will not be considered a hardship.

For Huiming, his previous life has been like a dream since he left the imperial city, not to mention that after practicing Buddhism for several years, he has already seen a higher realm.

No one else knew about his situation, and he couldn't tell others. Only Li Xiuyuan's sudden arrival gave him hope of breaking through.

However, Li Xiuyuan poured a basin of cold water on him.

Looking at him, he said seriously: "Practice is inherently contrary to nature, and it is like taking poison that makes you unable to stop. Since you have practiced Buddhism, you should understand the truth."

He can help Huiming break through the situation, but he must also let him understand that cultivation is not an easy task and he cannot blindly rely on the power of external things.

Otherwise, you will have no choice but to die of old age in this world throughout your life.

Thinking of the fat monk who had left, Li Xiuyuan sighed leisurely.

He said seriously: "Your master was supposed to be able to leave this world six hundred years ago, but because he could not find Ruyi's successor, he delayed it again and again until your arrival..."

During the Qin Dynasty, Li Xiuyuan gave the fat monk the opportunity to ascend, just like he gave Zhang Liang's master, the mysterious old man.

However, in order to fulfill his master's instructions, the fat monk did not hesitate to give up the opportunity to ascend and waited in the grotto for hundreds of years.

At worst, he will have to sit here for the rest of his life.

Hui Ming also mentioned this principle to Master Hui Ming. But when I heard Li Xiuyuan mention it again today, I had a different feeling.

While making tea, he smiled bitterly and said: "The practice of Buddhism is the same as the practice of Taoism. It is a very difficult thing. Disciples should bear this in mind."

Li Xiuyuan smiled lightly: "Actually, you don't need to practice hard. After all, these years have passed and you have already understood it clearly in your heart. You just need to slowly grind it with water to break through it."

"Think about how many years the Emperor of Qin conquered the world and unified the six kingdoms, and how many years he finally ruled? Not to mention the Han Dynasty after that. The changes in the dynasty were just a matter of spring flowers and autumn months."

Thinking of this, Li Xiuyuan was most proud of Xiaohu.

If the little tiger can't see through it, he won't be able to let it go.

In the end, I am afraid that like Zhang Liang, I will disappear in the long river of time. How can I be like Shuzi, waiting for her return?

Just at this moment, Shuzi took Xiaohu into the Buddhist hall.

Li Xiuyuan poured the spiritual tea for the two of them, and pointed to the little tiger with Huiming and said: "My disciple, during the Qin Dynasty, his father was the king of Dunhuang City, and later he was the king of the Han Dynasty, who unified the desert..."

"However, in the end, he was more decisive than you and gave up the wealth and honor in the mortal world to practice in Tianshan Mountain. Otherwise, he would have disappeared in the long river of time."

Having said this, Li Xiuyuan touched Xiaohu's head and sighed.

He smiled and said, "Sir, I never want to praise you because I'm afraid that if you become proud, you won't bother to practice. Come to think of it, you are my most proud disciple!"

Xiaohu chuckled and couldn't help but ask: "Where is Sister Shuzi? Where is Brother Xiaohei? Where is this great monk?"

Li Xiuyuan shook his head and said: "Shuzi is my sister, Xiaohei is my brother, I don't care too much about their practice, and the great monk's master is the fat monk back then..."

Xiaohu then remembered that he hadn't seen the fat monk in an unknown amount of time.

Thinking of every detail of those years, I couldn't help but sigh and said: "I didn't expect that the fat monk would become a god like the master."

Li Xiuyuan thought for a while, looked at the two of them and said, "I'm going to live in the grotto for a few days. If you two are bored, you can go to Dunhuang City to play."

Shuzi smiled, looked at Xiaohu and said, "Take me for a walk tomorrow."

But Xiaohu wanted to go home and see the courtyard where he lived with his mother. Since his husband wanted to stay here, he naturally wanted to go home and see it.

Then he looked at Li Xiuyuan and said with a smile: "Xiaohu went to the city to buy some food and came back."

…

People were flying in the sky, and Xiao Hei, who had left the Imperial City of Northern Qi, and his two younger sisters were already on their way back to the Imperial City of Zhou Dynasty.

The shop at No. 17 Huangcheng closed its door and asked the couple who had been helping to go back from time to time to help.

A group of four people rented two carriages and slowly left the imperial city of Northern Qi.

For the Queen of Da Zhou, Xiao Hei could not actually complete her mission.

Because the old shopkeeper spent money to entrust others to collect information on the Imperial City of Northern Qi over the years, he didn't worry about it at all.

The most proud thing was just helping Dazhou solve the crisis in Danzhou City that year, and Qingyu was by his side at that time.

And now Qingyu has become the disciple of the old Taoist priest.

Not to mention, Gao Yue'er, a county commander in Northern Qi, was also deceived by him into following an old Taoist priest to practice in the Imperial City of Zhou Dynasty.

These two things are the most proud things for Xiao Hei.

Of course, what I am most proud of is saving two little ones, Qingqing and Yaner, in Shekou.

This was also the reason why he often woke up laughing in his dreams. Even in his dreams, he never thought that he would be able to follow his brother to Dazhou and have two more sisters.

After Nirvana, and after Bai Ling left, Xiao Hei's state of mind became much more mature.

When passing by the Baiyu Temple in Liangzhou City, he ignored the shouts of his two sisters and coaxed them to go shopping in Liangzhou City.

Therefore, he avoided the trouble of re-opening the old grudge with Baiyu Temple.

The four of them only rested for one day in Liangzhou City, and then continued towards Da Zhou.

In Xiao Hei's words, it's time to return home, and he doesn't want to cause any more trouble on the road.
To be continued...