Xue Shao and Li Xianyuan returned to the place where they stayed, and the moon slave had already prepared breakfast, and some millet porridge and sesame cakes prepared for lay guests in Xuanyunguan's kitchen.

The group ate some, Li Xianyuan said that it was probably because Xue Gongzi's incense money was strong enough, and the people of Xuanyunguan planned to give Zhang Miaoyao a few more days of water and land dojo, and it was estimated that he would have to wait a few days for the day of burial. Li Xianyuan volunteered to stay here to manage it on his behalf, "Xue Gongzi's mind is enough." It's better to go down the mountain early, there are still many things waiting for you in Chang'an! ”

"There's a lot going on in my family. As you wish, I'll be gone today. Xue Shao looked at him with disdain, this god stick just wanted to stay here, try his luck and meet Xuanyunzi again!

Li Xianyuan smiled dryly, "Brother Xue, you are a full man who doesn't know how hungry you are." This Xuanyunzi is a fairy beauty that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince covets today! ”

"Okay, don't talk about it. I get it, I get it. Xue Shao smiled helplessly and shook his head, a friend is a friend!

After eating breakfast and cleaning up, Xue Shao was about to go to Xuanyun Temple to have a few sticks of incense and say goodbye to the Taoist aunts by the way, and inadvertently saw a large group of people walking on the mountain road not far away, all dressed in white, as if the mountains were covered with a patch of white snow.

Everyone was a little surprised, and when they looked at it, they were all women, and the number was about three to four hundred. Yuenu was very vigilant and stepped forward to investigate, and replied in surprise: "Childe, the leaders of that group of people are the women who followed us all the way up the mountain yesterday!" ”

"Ahem...... Li Xianyuan's expression was a little strange and he coughed dryly, and whispered: "Brother Xue, they all seem to be ...... The people of Pingkangfang! ”

"Do you know them all?" Xue Shaohu looked at him suspiciously, was it you, the god stick, who provoked these people?

Li Xianyuan just whispered a few thoughts, "Isn't it a little bit of insight that followed Brother Xue in the past?" ”

The group of people had already approached, and when they saw Xue Shao, they all stopped involuntarily and looked at Xue Shao, who was also dressed in white.

Most of them are young women, and they have their own merits.

The leader, a tall, handsome woman holding a lute seemed to be the leader of their group, and the twenty-somethings looked calmer and older than most of the women behind her. She handed the pipa in her arms to the people around her, stepped forward and bowed down, "Slave Su Xiaoyan, meet Xue Gongzi." ”

Xue Shao nodded, and Li Xianyuan stepped forward and said, "Su Xiaoyan, you brought these people up the mountain, what is the matter?" ”

Yuenu couldn't help but be surprised when she heard the name of "Su Xiaoyan", even she, a woman who doesn't go out much, is no stranger to the name of Su Xiaoyan, it is one of the famous prostitutes in Beijing who is not under Zhang Xiaoxiao. It is said that she plays a wonderful pipa, and there are rumors that the former prince Li Xiandu once summoned her to the East Palace to appreciate the art of opera, praising her as "miraculous and rare in the world".

"The slave family and Zhang Miaoxiao are close friends, she has passed away, I will send her." Su Xiaoyan's voice was not loud or small, and she didn't seem to have any special feelings, and said lightly, "Most of these people who came with me are sisters who have the same fate in Pingkangfang. Xue Gongzi, can we go in and offer condolences? ”

Xue Shao nodded, "Of course you can." ”

Li Xianyuan frowned, "What did you do earlier?" ”

"Why bother?" Xue Shao scolded lightly, and said in his heart that you are quite capable of acting. If you hadn't taken the initiative to provoke and drive behind the scenes, borrowing the courage of these women, they wouldn't have dared to come up the mountain in vain.

Su Xiaoyan smiled slightly and said, "Li Langjun, when Zhang Miao died, we didn't know about it and didn't dare to ask more; After her death, people like us dare not say a word more; So I could only send her off when she was buried. Li Langjun said this, didn't he think that we, the lowly prostitutes, still need to sell our fame and reputation with hypocrisy? ”

Li Xianyuan coughed dryly and stopped talking.

"Everyone, please!" Xue Shao became more and more convinced in his heart that this matter was provoked by Li Xianyuan. The reason and the motive, of course, is to earn me a reputation...... This magic stick is sometimes quite reliable, and he can actually guess my thoughts!

"Thank you, Master Xue." Su Xiaoyan bent down and bowed, and said, "I think if Zhang Xiaoxiao has a spirit in the sky, he will rest with a smile." Actually, I envy her. Many of our sisters also envy her very much. ”

"What do you mean?" Xue Shao couldn't help frowning.

Su Xiaoyan smiled slightly and said, "Xiaoyan often thinks that if someone gives me a death and buries me properly, it may be the best fate for me in this life." Zhang Miaoxiao is really lucky, there is Xue Gongzi behind her to collect her body and bury her, and she can rest in this fairyland-like place. ”

"Don't be cynical!" The moon slave scolded.

"The conscience of heaven and earth, Xiaoyan's sentences come from the bottom of my heart." Su Xiaoyan smiled slightly and then saluted Xue Shao, and also saluted Li Xianyuan, Yuenu and others, and then slowly walked towards Xuanyun Temple.

All the women who followed behind were also like Su Xiaoyan, silently stepped forward in turn, and gave a meticulous salute to Xue Shao and the others in turn, and then slowly walked into the Xuanyun Temple.

"Childe, they ......" The moon slave was very puzzled, and shook her head in confusion.

Li Xianyuan sighed leisurely, "Perhaps, it's really the same fate; Or perhaps, they are really envious of Zhang Miao. ”

"Do they really think that it is better to die and bury than to live?" The moon slave frowned in confusion.

"Perhaps, not exactly...... Probably, this ......" Li Xianyuan raised his eyebrows, pursed his lips, shook his head and nodded.

"Make it clear!"

Li Xianyuan was so frightened that he shrank behind Xue Shao, "You can only understand, not speak!" ”

“……！” Yue Nu hated it so much, if it weren't for Xue Shao's pretense, he really wanted to beat up this pretentious Li Xianyuan.

Xue Shao thought to himself, the men of the Tang Dynasty are very romantic and happy, and it is a very glorious and fashionable thing to raise prostitutes. But for the prostitutes themselves, their lives are like grass and lowly animals, but they are only vassals and playthings of men. If they are born beautiful and have some talent, they may be better off when they are young, and when they are old and decrepit, who will be responsible for burying them?

Many famous prostitutes will take advantage of their youth to take advantage of the rapids of fame to retreat, bring money and stick to men, even if they sweep the floor and laundry, and be a slave, they are also willing, just to find a place to live for the second half of their lives. But more often than not, "people can't help themselves in the rivers and lakes", they can only find a place to hide after they are old, and disappear and die alone. The bleakness and bitterness behind the scenery of famous prostitutes are not enough for outsiders, let alone those ordinary prostitutes who are not good at mixing.

Su Xiaoyan and these people envy Zhang Miao's "good death", which is really reasonable.

The tragedy of the times!

Xue Shao shook his head, then again, in which era has not had such a tragedy? Compared to the comfort women, they may be considered lucky!

……

The group of women walked into the Xuanyun Temple one after another, and those Taoist aunts received them safely and let them go in one by one to offer incense.

"Childe, do we still want to go in and burn incense?" Moon Nu asked.

"Forget it, let's go!" Xue Shao looked at Li Xianyuan, "Here, I'll leave it to you." ”

"It's convenient for Brother Xue to take care of himself, and there will be Xiaosheng here to take care of it carefully." Li Xianyuan tacitly bowed his hand.

Xue Shao and the others were about to get on their horses and leave, when the Xuanyun Temple suddenly became very quiet, and a string of crisp and pleasant pipa sounds came out. The music is soft, low, lingering, and compassionate, as if there is endless sorrow and sorrow.

"It should be Su Xiaoyan's play, right? When I saw her coming, she hugged a lute. Yuenu was surprised, "It's so good...... It hurts the heart and makes people cry! ”

Xue Shao nodded, even the Yue slave who couldn't understand the rhythm could hear a strong sense of sadness, no wonder Su Xiaoyan was so famous!

The pipa couldn't play more than a few strings, and a crisp and gentle female voice began to sing—

I don't have roots

The end of the world is drifting away

Fallen into the autumn wind

I don't see the flower burial man

……

The singing is miserable and miserable, which is enough to make those who hear it sad and those who see it cry. Even Xue Shao felt a slight tremor in his heart, and only people who empathize with him can sing so emotionally on the spot!

Li Xianyuan was stunned: "Xiaosheng wants to go and see, who sang it!" ”

Without waiting for Li Xianyuan to run to the door of Xuanyun Temple, a group of women inside sang along, and there was a faint sound of crying.

Li Xianyuan was stunned and didn't dare to go in.

Xue Shao furrowed his brows and sighed softly: "They have sold their bodies, but they are more noble than many people who have sold their souls!" ”

Li Xianyuan was stunned, "Xiaosheng...... No more prostitutes! ”

"When I saw them, the moon slave thought I was too lucky!" Yue Nu sighed and said, "They have a sad background, but they have to force their faces to laugh every day, I'm afraid it's rare to cry as happily as today...... Now the moon slaves seem to understand why they envy Zhang Miao! ”

"You're quite perceptive." Xue Shao smiled indifferently, got on his horse and whipped his whip, "Let's go—drive!" ”

The moon slave quickly followed with a horse, and the three or five slaves behind followed from behind in a car, and the group went down the mountain, leaving a piece of mournful music and singing behind them on the ethereal Zhongnan Mountain.

In a suspended attic built against the mountain in the backyard of Xuanyun Temple, the windows are open to the south of the mountain. Xuan Yunzi stood in front of the window and looked at the figure of Xue Shao and his party who were gradually moving away, dusting his hands and smiling miserably.

Behind her, a young Taoist with a long body, a handsome face, and a temperament like a true immortal outside the world walked up, and said with a meaningful smile: "Senior sister, why did you choose him?" ”

"That's what I want to know." Xuan Yunzi smiled slightly, his expression was very playful.

The young Taoist walked to the window and glanced at the Xuanyun Temple Dojo at his feet, "Three hundred prostitutes are dressed like snow, and a song of funeral flowers breaks people's intestines." Perhaps, the junior sister's choice is right. That noble-born young man really had something special about it. ”

"Senior brother, little sister has to give you a helping hand." Xuan Yunzi turned around and looked at the young Taoist with a smile on his face, with a hint of begging in his eyes.

The young Taoist laughed loudly, "You and I have been in the same door for fifteen years, and you have begged me for the first time in your life!" ”

"Yes, my little sister is begging you."

The young Taoist also shook off the dust in his hand, slowly walked to the window, looked at the figure of Xue Shaozhi who was about to disappear in front of him with his eyes slightly narrowed, and said leisurely: "Heaven and earth are long, and blessings and misfortunes are dark; A pinch of loess, where is the soul? ”

"Senior brother, my little sister has a poor understanding, and she doesn't have as deep cultivation as you." Xuan Yunzi said softly.

The dust was flying, and the young Taoist smiled and said, "Three years ago, my junior sister settled here, and the poor Taoist knew your intentions...... Looking at the dragon in the south, there is a shortcut to the sky! ”

Xuan Yunzi smiled slightly, "Senior brother, Master and others have said that cultivators are born or enter the world, all for the benefit of the common people, and there is no need to stick to the form. ”

The young Taoist nodded lightly with a smile on his face, "Everyone has their own ambitions, and they can't be forced." Your background is extraordinary, and the poor road has long expected that sooner or later there will be this day. ”

"Then senior brother, do you want to help?"

“…… Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable! ”.

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