268 Asking for a Sign
Goldwind. It is almost dusk. The longship is slowly docking.
Su Baiyi looked at the lanterns lit one after another on the shore, sniffed, and smelled the long-lost aroma of cooking smoke. He sighed: "Is this city Qianxun City?"
"Yes. Qianxun Qianxun, Qianxun Qianxun, Qianlixun her, suddenly looking back. It is a particularly beautiful city. I like it very much." Mu Nianhua's smile was somewhat malicious.
"Your smile seems to reveal something." Su Baiyi said with some disgust.
"That's it right here." Mu Nianhua suddenly said without thinking.
"Okay." Su Baiyi understood and nodded.
As the longship docked, the entire hull trembled violently.
Su Baiyi walked into the cabin and came to Yaowang Pavilion. Nangong Xi'er seemed to have just been awakened by the shaking just now, and was rubbing her temples with her hands.
"Senior sister, we have docked." Su Baiyi said.
"So fast?" Nangong Xi'er was stunned.
"It's just a stopping point on the way. We haven't reached the end of the trip yet." Su Baiyi replied, "Senior sister, let's go down for a walk. We feel like we're going to get moldy if we stay on the boat all the time."
"Okay." Nangong Xi'er stood up and sat down, picked up the sword of the good man, and followed Su Baiyi out of the cabin.
Su Jian was sitting on the bow of the boat blowing the wind. Su Baiyi pretended to be calm and said hello: "Senior, let's get off the boat and have a drink together?"
"I won't go. I don't like Qianxun City." Su Jian said lightly.
"Then I'll come back and bring a pot of good wine for senior." Su Baiyi said with his fists clasped, and after saying that, he led Nangong Xi'er and followed Mu Nianhua off the boat.
"Qianxun City is a city located in the north, but it is very similar to a city in the south. It is very gentle. When the thousands of lanterns in the city are lit at night, the gentleness becomes even more charming. Of course, the most gentle ones are those in the city.
Girl, talking about Guifeng Tower..." Mu Nianhua waved his folding fan, his eyebrows raised.
"Ahem." Su Baiyi coughed lightly.
Mu Nianhua immediately changed the topic: "There is also a Taoist temple in Qianxun City that is only open at night. The Taoist temple is beside a creek in the south of the city. In the Taoist temple, you can ring the bell to ask for fortune, but when you first get the fortune, it is...
A blank piece of paper."
"White paper? Why is it a blank paper?" Nangong Xi'er asked curiously.
"Don't worry, after you get the signature, go out of the Taoist temple and go to the creek. Put the signature paper in the stream, wash it gently, and when you take it out again, look at it in the moonlight.
The signature on it slowly appeared," Mu Nianhua explained.
"It's interesting." Nangong Xi'er smiled.
"No hurry, no rush." Mu Nianhua led them into a restaurant, "Let's eat something delicious first." Perhaps because he had been at sea for too long, Mu Nianhua ordered a table full of them in one go.
There are all kinds of dishes, delicacies from mountains and seas, but Mu Nianhua only eats one bite of each dish.
"I'm envious." Su Baiyi said with emotion, "This table of food and wine is probably as much as what my master and I spent in Xinghua Village for a year."
"Your master was the young master of the Xie family back then. How could he endure such hardship?" Mu Nianhua took a sip of wine.
Su Baiyi smiled and said: "I am the one who buys and cooks the food. I should suffer more..."
"Hahahahaha." Mu Nianhua put down his chopsticks, "I'm full. I'm going to Guifeng Tower. Where are you two?"
"What's the name of that Taoist temple?" Nangong Xi'er asked.
"South of the city, Lishui Temple." Mu Nianhua strode out, waving her fan.
"Go and have a look." Nangong Xi'er said calmly.
"Okay, senior sister!" Su Baiyi immediately stood up and took the sword for senior sister.
Qianxun City is not a big city. Not long after walking, the two of them arrived at the legendary Lishui Temple. The entire Lishui Temple was painted with red paint and looked a bit exquisite and gorgeous. There were many people coming in and out.
They were young men and women, mostly in pairs. An ominous premonition suddenly arose in Su Baiyi's heart, but Nangong Xi'er had already walked into the temple.
The inside of Lishui Temple is not big. On the left side is a place for asking for signatures. There is a stream flowing below. Some young men and women who have obtained signatures directly lean over there to rinse the wordless signatures. It doesn’t seem like what Mu Nianhua said.
Generally, you have to go outside the Taoist temple. On the right side is an unnamed god, with red ribbons hanging on both sides, a hemp rope hanging in the middle, and a big red bell tied to it. Most of those men and women
Put your hands together in prayer before the bell, then step forward and grab the rope together, shake the bell violently, and make a clear tinkling sound.
"What kind of god is this?" Su Baiyi asked a passing scholar.
The scholar smiled and said: "This is the Peach Blossom Fairy."
"Peach Blossom Fairy?" Su Baiyi had never heard of it.
"They are the gods in our Qianxun City, and they are related to a love story that has been circulating for hundreds of years in our city. In short, seeking love here is very effective." The scholar glanced at Nangong Xi'er, and his expression showed a bit of surprise, "
You two are truly a perfect couple."
"Ask for love..." Su Baiyi scratched his head, Mu Nianhua was indeed very bad.
"Thank you, Master, for clarifying my doubts." Nangong Xi'er smiled at the scholar, grabbed Mu Nianhua's sleeves and came to the bell, then clasped his hands together and closed his eyes. Seeing that Nangong Xi'er didn't say anything, Su Baiyi didn't say anything.
If he had the nerve to speak again, he clasped his hands together and closed his eyes.
After a moment, the two opened their eyes at the same time, and at the same time reached out their hands and grabbed the rope with the bell.
"Ding ding ding."
The bell made a crisp sound.
"Keke." Nangong Xi'er looked up at the bell, laughing so hard that her branches were trembling.
Su Baiyi looked at Nangong Xi'er and smiled, and also laughed too.
But the smiles of the two people immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the Taoist temple. The men were all stunned when they saw Nangong Xi'er's smile. The women were also attracted by Su Baiyi.
"Ahem, cough, you two." An old voice interrupted their laughter.
Nangong Xi'er and Su Baiyi turned their heads at the same time, and saw a white-haired old Taoist priest sitting in the corner. Next to the old Taoist priest was a small table with a lotus tube, and behind it was a wooden cabinet with many small drawers.
, the old Taoist priest smiled and said to them: "If you two continue to laugh there, my reputation for contemplating love through glass water will be ruined tonight."
Nangong Xi'er blushed and hurriedly walked away from the bell with Su Baiyi, turned around and left for the viewing.
"You two, don't you want a lottery?" the old Taoist asked.
"Are you asking for a signature?" Nangong Xi'er was stunned.
"Three copper plates and one lot." The old Taoist priest raised three fingers.
Fortunately, he asked Mu Nianhua for money before going out. Su Baiyi was so happy that he directly threw a piece of silver on the table, and then whispered to the old Taoist priest in a low voice: "Here is the best sign!"
Chapter completed!