In the early morning, Xiao Shufei and the maid were talking about Chen Baoyuan, who was reading a book in an ancient temple on a cliff.
Below this cliff is a dense ginkgo forest, but the cliff is covered with ivy as thick as a child's arm. In the gaps between the ivy, various large and small Buddha statues are carved on the black rocks.
This cliff is a hundred feet high, but there are no roads or steps to go up. Only practitioners can go up and down smoothly.
This is Nantuo Temple. Although it is small, it is an ancient practice place in the south.
The monks of all generations here are good at unique visualization techniques. From this most basic set of visualization techniques, the monks of the past generations have developed several magical methods.
Xiao Yan, the emperor of the Southern Dynasty at this time, strictly speaking learned from this place. The most profound influence on Xiao Yan's practice was the ascetic monk Longmen Master who came out of this ancient temple.
This place is not far from Meishan, so after leaving Meishan, she came here for a short period of practice with the help of the Holy Spirit, so that she could borrow the Dharma learned by the monks in this ancient temple. Although Nantuo Temple is small, and most of the few monks are wandering around.
, but the temple rules are extremely strict. So far, she is the first woman allowed to practice in the temple.
It's just that she received the emperor's permission to practice here, but others were not allowed, so her food and daily life, including the maids who took care of her food and daily life, were also at the bottom of the cliff.
There is a big difference in personality between her and Xiao Shufei. For example, when she was at Qitian College, Xiao Shufei had a cold temperament and was not willing to get close to others. Even those classmates at that time were all important ministers in the court and had powerful families. But in Xiao Shufei's case,
In the eyes of most people, I am afraid that most people have gold and jade on the outside but are ruined on the inside.
Chen Baowan's temperament is more outgoing. She is willing to watch the fun and join in the fun. She is very generous and never pretentious. In the eyes of many people, her temperament is more like that of a boy.
But she knew the choice very well, so most of her classmates were just casual acquaintances to her, and her only real friends were Lin Yi and a few others.
She is different from Xiao Shufei who avoids him if he doesn't like it. She likes to make trouble like Shi Ji in many cases, but her trouble is not like Shi Ji's who just scolds or beats her if she doesn't like it. Instead, it's because a classmate did something.
If she does something bad, she will let everyone discover and know it at a suitable time.
Therefore, although Lin Yi and Shi Yan were the top two students of Qitian College back then, in the hearts of those classmates at that time, they were probably more afraid of her.
In fact, with her independent temperament, unless she really needed help with some chores, she wouldn't need any maid.
When the sun was getting higher and some of the birds that were perched behind the ancient temple were flying out of the forest, it was time for her to go down the mountain to have breakfast and hear some of the latest military news.
She simply stepped on the ivy and flew down the cliff.
It's just that the maid waiting for her today looked at her a little differently than usual.
"how?"
So when she sat down in the forest and started to drink the warm soup, she raised her eyebrows slightly and looked at the maid with a "weird" look and asked.
"Lin Yi wrote you a letter because my family was worried about it, so I opened it and read it before delivering it here. But there was no writing on the inside, only something drawn. My family felt even more worried after reading it.
Ask him what this letter means." The maid still said with a strange expression.
"What are you drawing?"
Chen Baowuan's expression did not change much. Lin Yi should be one of the most popular young practitioners in Meishan, and Lin Yi had a special status. It was no surprise to her to open the letter at home and check it.
A person like her would not regard herself as an ordinary child, nor would her family regard her as an ordinary child.
"A turtle."
The maid couldn't help but want to laugh, but she wanted to hold it back, and she looked like it was very hard to hold it in.
Chen Baowan smiled slightly, looked at the maid but couldn't help but said: "It's just a turtle, what are you doing like this?"
"He really has no talent for calligraphy and painting."
The maid finally couldn't help laughing, "The painting is really ugly. They looked at it and saw it was a turtle, but I always felt like a hunchbacked old dog."
Chen Baowan was not in a hurry. After drinking the bowl of soup in his hand, he stretched out his hand.
The maid then handed over Lin Yi's letter.
"The painting is indeed a bit ugly."
Chen Baowan just glanced at it and couldn't help but smile, "But it has some charm."
The maid was a little speechless, wondering why she couldn't see any charm?
On that piece of yellow grass letter paper, it looked like a child's graffiti. After drawing a circle and two strokes, it turned out to be a turtle shell. A turtle's head and four legs were stretched out very long. I'm afraid the children in Jiankang City
The turtles drawn by children also look more like this.
"What does this mean?" she couldn't help but ask.
Chen Baoyuan looked at it carefully and without any hesitation, said: "He just wants me to help him and let him and Tie Cejun stay in Luoshui City for a longer time so that he can be prepared. What do you mean by this?"
Tell your family that it is not difficult for the Tiece Army under his command to stay in Luoshui City for a while."
"It's just three or four thousand Tie Ce troops, so it's nothing." The maid nodded, looking at the letter, her brows furrowed more and more, "How did you figure this out?"
"What he painted is not a turtle with a shrunken head. The head and four legs are stretched out so long. Naturally, he wants to show off his skills. The four legs are not supported on the ground to walk, and the turtle shell is still stuck on the ground and there are holes in it.
Look."
Chen Baowan smiled slightly.
When she was at Qitian Academy, Lin Yi and several friends often used paintings like this to convey messages, and every time she guessed the content of the paintings, she was the one who guessed the most accurately.
As for Lin Yi, her paintings are ugly, but her paintings are charming, but when guessing her paintings, she often guesses wrong.
She was in a good mood at this time.
Unlike Xiao Shufei, she always felt that it was Lin Yi's unconventional actions that made Lin Yi look different from others.
The more this happened, the more she felt that Lin Yi had a brilliance that none of his classmates had. People like him would often accomplish many amazing things.
For example, his military exploits in Meishan are amazing.
So she wasn't too worried about Lin Yi's safety. She was just curious about what tricks Lin Yi would play if such a handyman-like Tie Ce army was put into Lin Yi's hands.
Even if he does things nonsense, he usually does it wonderfully.
And what she admires most about Lin Yi is that Lin Yi knows when enough is enough and he is not greedy.
Lin Yi asked her and the Chen family to help at this time, but she only asked the Chen family to help with something that was within easy reach and not painful.
In this way, her family members will not refuse, and Lin Yi can always succeed.
(My hand speed is still too slow. It slows down when I write subtle emotions. Time is tight. I will continue to write harder.)