Chapter 483: 335. Lady Yunmeng Marsh makes an exception, Yue Lady Yue Chuzi breaks the precept

335. Lady Yunmeng Marsh makes an exception, Yue Lady Yue Chuzi breaks the precept

Rain passed and the sky cleared.

The pear blossom trees all over the mountain were washed clean, dripping with beauty.

Exquisite ancient-style buildings with flying eaves were built along the mountain, spread all over the mountain peaks, not knowing how much land they occupied.

The exquisite gardens and rockery ponds built along the mountain highlighted the elegant taste of the owner of this place.

This place had a quite interesting name, Xuemu Manor.

This manor was hidden in the deep mountains and old forests. Those who came and went on weekdays were all people with close relationships with the owner of the manor. Ordinary people were not allowed to enter, and those who entered by mistake would be politely invited out.

It was rumored that the owner of the manor was a lady who had been widowed when she was young. For a period of time, she was talked about by people in the Tiannan underworld.

However, this widowed lady, together with Xuemu Manor, was very low-key.

Fortunately, the secular industries of Xuemu Manor were all over Jiang Nan Circuit. Even if the owner was low-key, the manor's reputation was still not small.

Laymen watch the excitement, experts watch the doorway.

Those who understood in the Tiannan underworld knew clearly that such a bright and fat sheep could not be without people reaching out their claws in both the black and white paths.

But it had been stable and quiet for so many years, with years of peace... not being swallowed by big figures, naturally, it could not be underestimated.

Either the lady had someone above her, or she had someone above her.

One of the two had to be chosen.

In the morning, the manor was quiet.

Sunlight fell on the pear blossom branches covered with water droplets, and the air was filled with the smell of soil after spring rain.

There was a freshness after the empty mountain rain.

In the manor, at the mountain peak, there were no luxurious mansions built, only an exquisite pavilion that was just right.

The pavilion was named "Chunting." The style was indeed elegant, with the legacy of the Spring and Autumn period. It hung green and black silk curtains. This color tone had the style of ancient Wu and Yue, highlighting the owner's taste.

A tall blonde Hu Ji with hair reaching her waist sat cross-legged on a snow-white mat in the pavilion.

A sword sheath was placed horizontally on her knees.

The snow-white long sword had already left its sheath.

In front of her was a large bucket of clear water covered with pear blossom petals.

The pavilion was quiet, and there was a faint sound of sword humming.

Xue Xue Zhongzhu used a folded white cloth dipped in water to wipe the snow-white long sword, and white petals stuck to the sword body.

She pressed the sword body with her sword finger through the white cloth. Every time she swiped, the long sword hummed softly.

This water was morning dew and rain, taken from the early spring pear trees all over the mountain.

It was an excellent drink for Qi-refining and breathing practitioners.

Now, it was used by this Lady Yunmeng Great Lady to feed the sword and wash her body.

Xue Xue Zhongzhu's face was calm, her emerald eyes lowered, and she was focused.

Outside the pavilion, there was the largest pear blossom tree in the whole manor, as if quietly accompanying her.

One person and one sword, one pavilion and one tree.

The biting mountain wind avoided this mountain peak, and it was quiet and empty.

Bang—!

At this time, a light sound rang out outside the pavilion, as if something had fallen on the branch.

At the same time, accompanied by the movement, a small piece of pear blossom petal, nourished by the spring rain and turned from snow-white to light pink, slowly fell from the branch.

It was like rain.

On the branch, there was a giant bird with three feet and four eyes, standing quietly on the branch.

It had just fallen from above the clouds.

Two claws grasped the branch, and the extra claw grasped a silk book tied with a red rope.

Xue Xue Zhongzhu didn't stop her movements, lowering her head to wash the sword.

The three-footed bird suddenly turned its head and looked at a pool of water on the hillside not far from the mountain peak.

In this Chunting Pavilion on the mountain peak, one could directly overlook the scene by the pool below.

There was a rockery in the center of the pool, and a rare white sturgeon was being raised in the pool.

The white sturgeon was circling around the oval pool, as if it didn't know fatigue.

On the bank of the pond, there was also a little girl in a pink-white ru skirt with her hair tied in double buns, running on her short legs, chasing after this white sturgeon, circling around the pond.

The little loli in her hand was holding a quite long and straight pear blossom branch, poking into the water.

Accompanied by her circling the lake, the pear blossom branch broke the water surface, splashing and splashing, ringing non-stop... as if she was really drawing circles on the water.

A white sturgeon was with her.

The two guys were having a great time.

It was just unknown who was learning from whom.

The three-footed bird on the pear blossom branch at the mountain peak, its eyes reflected this scene, tilting its head slightly.

Four eyes seemed to follow the little loli with a topknot circling by the pool, moving up, down, left, and right.

At a certain moment, as if dizzy from her spinning, the three-footed bird blinked rapidly, flapped its wings, and shook its head violently.

The tall blonde Hu Ji in the pavilion who was washing the sword suddenly stood up, the snow-white long sword didn't even have time to return to its sheath, and she strode out of the pavilion.

Looking at her cold, pretty face, she had reached the limit of her patience.

"Eldest Yuan Shijie."

A white-clothed, gentle female teacher suddenly arrived at the mountain peak, holding a scroll, and walked to the front of the pavilion.

She moved her body without a trace to block the view between Xue Xue Zhongzhu and the pool below where there were people and fish circling.

"Oh, news from the Fifth Xiao Shimei? Chong Niang is here."

Yu N

Xue Xue Zhongzhu ignored her.

"What is this girl doing?" Xue Xue Zhongzhu suddenly spoke, her tone impatient.

"Uh, it seems she is guarding that front tooth."

"Guarding? A front... tooth?"

Xue Xue Zhongzhu enunciated every word, struggling to suppress her anger.

It is estimated that she never imagined that she, a proud, domineering Great Lady of Lady Yunmeng who intimidated all the men in the Tiannan Tiannan Jianghu, would ever utter these words strung together in her life.

What a sin.

Yu Nianyuan, with her white clothes fluttering, held a scroll to her lips, her tone helpless:

"Little Shu was making mischief yesterday afternoon and was thrown out the door by you, Yuan Shijie. She accidentally knocked out a lower front tooth. She held the tooth in her hand all night, and when she got up early this morning, she ran out the door without even eating, saying she wanted to... wanted to throw the lower front tooth in a high place, the higher the better, so that it would grow back quickly later..."

Yu Nianyuan hid the part where the little girl comforted her while lisping through the gap in her teeth, "Don't worry, Master, your disciple doesn't blame Yuan Shijie, I don't hold grudges overnight," and continued to sigh:

"This peak where you are washing your sword, Yuan Shijie, is the highest, and Little Shu originally wanted to throw her front tooth here, but it seems she was afraid of disturbing you, Yuan Shijie, so she didn't dare to come and threw it into the pond halfway up the mountain where the white sturgeon is kept."

Xue Xue Zhongzhu took a deep breath, really not knowing what else to say, and asked through gritted teeth:

"If she's done throwing it, why hasn't she gotten lost yet?"

Yu Nianyuan pressed down the corners of her lips, trying to maintain a serious expression, and explained softly:

"Little Shu regretted it after throwing the tooth. I don't know who she heard it from, um, maybe her father, saying that fish have very poor memories and forget things in a moment... She was afraid that the white sturgeon named Dabai would also forget their friendship and swallow the front tooth she threw at the bottom of the pond, and then it wouldn't be effective... So she came up with this method, bringing the white sturgeon around in circles, wanting to make the fish dizzy..."

Under Xue Xue Zhongzhu's expressionless, direct gaze, Yu Nianyuan's voice grew smaller and smaller as she spoke.

Having taken in such a simple-minded little female disciple, it was inevitable to feel a bit guilty.

"Cough, forget it, don't worry about this girl, let her be. When she gets dizzy from spinning, she'll stop."

Xue Xue Zhongzhu reluctantly turned around and returned to the pavilion with Yu Nianyuan.

Xue Xue Zhongzhu waved her hand casually, and the three-legged monster bird named "Chong Niang" flew over, handing the red-stringed silk scroll to her.

Under Yu Nianyuan's observation, Xue Xue Zhongzhu lowered her eyes and read the secret letter for a while, then calmly tucked it into her sleeve.

"Speak your business." She didn't mention the letter and said coldly.

Yu Nianyuan nodded, took out a piece of rice paper from her bosom, and handed it over.

"This is?"

"The original text of 'The Peach Blossom Spring', given voluntarily by Mr. Wei."

Xue Xue Zhongzhu sneered:

"Wasn't he hiding it?"

"Perhaps he saw the sincerity of this Palace in distributing the Lady Yunmeng Order this time, so he loosened his stance and tacitly allowed us to look for this Peach Blossom Spring. However, he is still hesitating about that painting and refuses to show it."

Xue Xue Zhongzhu curled the corners of her mouth, took the rice paper, and lowered her eyes, appearing to browse through "The Peach Blossom Spring" intently. However, she quickly put it away, not knowing if she had understood the ancient language on it, and replied:

"Hmm, interesting. Send it back to Lady Yunmeng and give it to Little Five." She handed it back to Yu Nianyuan with a normal expression.

"Okay." Yu Nianyuan took paper and pen, wrote a few elegant strokes on the rice paper, folded it again, walked out of the pavilion, and waved her plain sleeves.

Chong Niang landed on her arm, the red string was retied to its leg, and it soared into the sky.

"Let's look for it. We are more familiar with the Lady Yunmeng Marsh. The literary essay left by Tao Yuanming might point out the direction. Let Little Five and the others try."

"Hmm."

"Anything else?"

Yu Nianyuan said softly:

"Regarding the Restoration Army, in the southwest, Mr. Li sent a new letter requesting one thing from the Great Lady."

"Speak."

"Mr. Li hopes that this Palace can help the Restoration Army. The Restoration Army will surely reward us handsomely. In his letter, he also promised Mr. Wei that he could show us that Peach Blossom Spring painting when necessary."

Xue Xue Zhongzhu said faintly:

"Aren't we helping them by obstructing the Great Buddha? It counts as disrupting the rear of Jiangzhou and helping them draw away some of the imperial court's energy. Don't they know how to be grateful? And how else to help?"

Yu Nianyuan sighed lightly and said:

"That Mr. Li said he hopes our Sword Marsh can help further, just like... just like when the Great Lady's Palace helped the Southern Dynasty imperial families during the Northern and Southern Dynasties. They want that level of help."

The atmosphere in the pavilion suddenly became silent, and the air slowly turned cold.

Yu Nianyuan saw a snow-white long sword floating in the pavilion.

Outside the pavilion, a large pear tree had shed all its pear blossoms.

"Heh." The blonde Hu woman walked away with a light laugh, sheathed the snow-white long sword, and her back was tall and imposing.

"He, Li Li Zhengyan, knows quite a lot, even knowing about the old affairs of the Southern Dynasty. Who told him? That Duke grandfather of his? Or the person with ulterior motives who gave them the Peach Blossom Spring painting?"

"I don't know. They suddenly brought this up this morning, and I was also very surprised. Firstly, how dare they bring it up? Secondly, how did they know? There shouldn't be many people left in this world who are clear about this matter. The Northern and Southern Dynasties' struggle contains many things that cannot be recorded in official history, especially after the Sui and Tang established the nation. Even if there are unofficial records, most would have been destroyed by people with ulterior motives. Now, the history of the Northern and Southern Dynasties compiled by the Zhou people will not mention it again..."

Xue Xue Zhongzhu sneered:

"They still have the nerve to mention the old affairs of the Southern Dynasty? Our Great Lady's Palace was out of its mind back then, seeing those southerners fleeing north as pitiful, and ended up supporting a pile of mud that couldn't be plastered onto a wall. We also leaked quite a few of our sect's special Qi-refining techniques in vain, and I don't know if the impact on the secular world below the mountain was good or bad.

"Looking at the entire Southern Dynasty, almost everyone was trash. Except for a brute surnamed Yue Huan, a scholar surnamed Chenjun Xie, and a warrior surnamed Liu who had some ability, the others were not worth using. That place of romance of the Six Dynasties in Jiankang City was full of private family schemes. It was first dismantled by the Great Sui, then plucked and renamed by the Great Li Qian. Now it's called Jin Ling. It's ridiculous and lamentable... In the end, it even backfired on Lady Yunmeng...

"Now that Jiang Nan Circuit and Lingnan Circuit are not valued, isn't it all because they are useless? Why should Lady Yunmeng still care about them? However, the Tiannan Tiannan Jianghu is not as cowardly as they are."

"That may be so, but..."

Xue Xue Zhongzhu interrupted: "Second Xiao Shimei, go and reply. If they want that exceptional help from the Great Lady's Palace, ask them if they are worthy. Don't raise the stakes, just ask him, Li Li Zhengyan, can he compare to those surnamed Yue Huan, Chenjun Xie, or Liu?

"In addition, tell them that this Seat wants to view that Peach Blossom Spring painting. This is the prerequisite for everything. Only if they agree can other matters be discussed!"

Speaking of this, she paused for a moment and waved her large sleeves: "And that's only the beginning of the discussion."

"Okay." Yu Nianyuan nodded, smiled, and whispered: "Even if they agree to talk, they should know this immense honor."

Xue Xue Zhongzhu didn't speak, standing proudly with her head held high, her lips tightly pursed.

By their generation, the strength of Lady Yunmeng Sword Marsh had actually been greatly damaged. There were almost no predecessors from the previous generation in the Palace, which was also a backlash of the karma left by the Southern Dynasty back then.

Therefore, their generation was very special. All the Great Ladies, including Yue Lady Yue Chuzi, had not grown up, and the position of Yunmeng Yuanjun was also vacant. Fortunately, Yue Lady Yue Chuzi had returned to her position early, similar to a secular dynasty where the Crown Prince is the foundation of the country, which could stabilize people's hearts.

And in the past, would the Great Zhou imperial court dare to build a Great Buddha in Jiangzhou? Heh, I'm afraid they don't know the power of the Celestial Beings of the Divine Land, right?

Yu Nianyuan suddenly said: "Wei Wei Shaoqi seems to be ill."

"Oh." Xue Xue Zhongzhu's reaction was indifferent.

Yu Nianyuan asked softly: "Should we bring that person surnamed Sun from the prison and let him see the patient?"

"You're still bringing up that old thing surnamed Sun? That I didn't kill him is already my greatest tolerance. First, he was blinded by 'eye-plucking', and then he instigated Yue Lady Yue Chuzi to break the precepts... And you want to let him out to wander? Do you think it's a regular outing?

"Besides, this Wei Wei Shaoqi is not worthy either. Before presenting that painting, they shouldn't even think about getting anything from our Lady Yunmeng."

"That's fine too." Yu Nianyuan's expression was normal: "It's just that I appreciate this person a little."

Xue Xue Zhongzhu suddenly asked:

"Regarding Little Seven, why didn't you let this Seat send a letter directly to call her back? Would she dare not listen to this Seat's words? Why did you beat around the bush so much after receiving that letter from the bald donkey in Prince Xunyang, Second Xiao Shimei?"

"Yuan Shijie, this time we made an exception to open the Dream Abyss and distributed so many Lady Yunmeng Orders. After seeing the Lady Yunmeng Order, Seventh Xiao Shimei will know our current situation and know that the Dream Abyss has opened, and what she should do... For so many years, you have been standing in the front for her. Going to the Dream Abyss is you, and asking for swords in the Peach Valley is also you... Seventh Xiao Shimei knows your hardships the best. Don't urge her anymore. Yuan Shijie, you are just too anxious, just like last time in Dragon City."

Yu Nianyuan said softly:

"Among so many junior sisters, Seventh Xiao Shimei is actually the most sensible one. It's just because she was too sensible in the past that her occasional lack of sense is so conspicuous. The letter that Master sent through the Fang sisters roughly meant the same thing. She said that the matters of the red dust need to be understood by Yue Lady Yue Chuzi herself, and cannot be forced..."

Xue Xue Zhongzhu kept a cold face and was silent for a while: "Are you sure she has been safe in the city?"

"Hmm, the letter said that after the Great Buddha collapsed, Seventh Xiao Shimei initially hid in the Beitian Tian Jiyang Yuan of Chengtiansi, and only moved out later..." Yu Nianyuan stopped mid-sentence.

Xue Xue Zhongzhu took a deep breath:

"You also know about Little Xiao Shimei's eyes. Although... there is no need to worry for the time being, in terms of cultivation, the consequences of losing her virginity... have already been damaged... It was not easy to take half a turtle-shell beetle to offset it a little. If she suffers some more harm in Prince Xunyang City this time... Second Xiao Shimei, you handle it yourself. Think about how we will explain it to Master and the predecessors of Lady Yunmeng after we go down."

"I understand." Yu Nianyuan's eyes dimmed slightly, and after a while, she smiled gently:

"However, I have learned that Master's Zen method is quite powerful. If even the most persuasive Buddhist Zen cannot enlighten her, let alone the nagging of us senior sisters."

Xue Xue Zhongzhu was noncommittal.

Mentioning Little Xiao Shimei's affairs, the atmosphere in the pavilion temporarily cooled down, leaving only the sound of the little girl playing with water with a tree branch not far away...