I guess he was mentally prepared, but when he heard the three words "Baiyun Temple", the Taoist priest who looked calm could not help but tremble slightly.

The answer is already in front of you.

But I didn't say much, and I still looked at him. The answer I guessed was one thing, and the answer was another. As I said to him just now, only he admitted it, can only say something. If he doesn't admit it, I can do nothing.

The flames in the alchemy furnace were still swaying, reflected in his eyes, as if his mood was now.

The old man suddenly seemed to have grown much older. When he raised his head again, there were a lot of wrinkles on his face. He sighed softly and said, "Since Miss Yan asked this, he naturally knew the answer. I can't hide the daughter of my benefactor. Yes, I, and the other old guys in this Taoist temple, we all came from Baiyun Temple."

Therefore, the name of this Taoist temple is Congyun Temple.

His answer could not surprise me anymore. What really surprised me was the content of his words just now. I said, "The Taoist priest said - the daughter of the benefactor?"

He looked at me and said solemnly: "Madam, we are our savior."

"My mother?"

It's my mother again?

She had contacts with Tie Yushan and Cha Lin. I can understand all these. Why are she having contacts with these Taoists now?

I looked at him in surprise: "You said my mother is your savior, what's going on?"

When talking about the past, his expression became solemn, and he said, "At that time, Baiyun Temple was destroyed, and I and these brothers could only wander around, but they even met someone to chase us."

"Chasing?"

"Yes, several of my little apprentices are all like this-"

Speaking of this, a burst of tears also rose in the deep sunken eyes of the old Taoist. It seems that no matter how long he has been practicing Taoism, it is still difficult for him to control his feelings when it comes to the events of that year.

My mood was heavier than before, as if a big stone I foreseeed was pressed down. Although it did not crush me, it made me feel a little breathless. I tried hard to calm my breath and said, "Who is it?"

"We don't know that there were so many big things at that time. We were like a frightened group of birds, and we could only escape in all directions, without even having room for self-protection."

"And then, did you meet my mother?"

"Yes, and a little strange is that it seems that the eldest lady is looking for us too."

"My mother is looking for you?"

"That's right, at that time, I was almost buried under the sword of the evil man. The eldest lady sent someone to save us. She came to talk to us and asked about the origin of the poor and others, as well as some past events. At that time, I had nowhere to go, so the eldest lady sent someone to send me all of them here, and paid for the construction of this Congyun Temple, so that I could take root here."

I couldn't help but open my eyes: "This Congyun Temple was cultivated by my mother for you."

"Yes. Because time was rushed at that time, we had nowhere to go, the Taoist temple was not big, and we cultivated very quickly, and the eldest lady also said that if we don't allow us to accept more disciples, we will be here with peace of mind. Therefore, over the years, the Taoist temple has not added any more personnel. Only the young disciple of my father and mother was an orphan, so I adopted him."

“…”

After he finished speaking, I couldn't recover for a while and couldn't help but look up at the surroundings.

This Taoist temple was actually cultivated by my mother. No wonder, although the Taoist temple was small, it was very delicate inside and did not show any financial difficulties at all. Of course, my mother would not be stingy, but she would not be allowed to accept disciples and increase personnel, so the Taoist temple would not need to be cultivated too much, so this small Congyun Temple was settled in this way.

I looked at it for a while, withdrew my gaze, and looked at the abbot Taoist priest again.

"Why were you chased by someone back then? What did my mother talk to you after she saved you?"

When asked this question, the Taoist priest no longer answered questions and spoke in anger. Instead, he looked at me hesitantly, and his gray eyebrows frowned.

I smiled and said, "The Taoist priest is still worried about me?"

He waved his hand quickly: "The eldest lady is the daughter of his benefactor, how dare we be worried about the eldest lady? Just--"

I said, "But I came with the emperor. Are you worried about him?"

He didn't say anything, but his eyes flashed violently.

I saw a lot in his eyes, but the clearest thing was alertness and fear.

"Is it really the emperor?"

“…”

"Master, are you so alert to the emperor because of the past-"

I didn't finish my words, as if I was afraid that after I said it, I would touch something that I shouldn't have touched. The Taoist priest also trembled slightly, raised his head to look at me, and his silent eyes had already explained a lot.

I sighed softly, "Really?"

He said: "We don't know either, but the things we encountered back then..."

His eagerness to speak but stops made me feel that he might not have no idea about some things, or he had no guesses, but he always had concerns in his heart, and the one who made him worried was Pei Yuanhao who came with me.

I thought for a while and then said to him solemnly: "Master, although I came with the emperor and the peace talks between the emperor and the Yan family have already been carried out, it does not mean that I must obey him in everything. I will also protect the people my mother wants to protect, and I will not disobey what my mother wants to do."

“…”

"Please believe me in this."

Hearing me say this, he raised his head and looked into my eyes, as if he had finally found something to be at ease in my eyes. He sighed and said, "Well, since that's the case, I will tell the lady what I know and what I think of."

I asked first: "Did you Baiyunguan have close contacts with the royal family of the previous dynasty?"

When he heard this, he was a little surprised, but he looked at me without any surprise: "So the young lady knows about this too."

"Yes, I have heard something in the palace and I have no desire to tell me."

"Speak without desire..." The name seems to be a very distant memory to him. He thought for a long time before whispering: "It turned out to be him. I thought he had already—, but I didn't expect that he also followed in the footsteps of his master."

Speaking of this, he seemed to be feeling a little emotional and shook his head lightly: "This person is different. At that time, everyone in the Baiyun Temple studied alchemy and the emperor also valued this method more. But he was not interested in this matter at all. He just often grabbed the elixirs and ate it by his master and brothers. I don't know why he took the wrong medicine. He turned white at a young age, but his body was as strong as others and lighter."

"oh?"

Although I have known Yan Wulu for a long time, this is the first time I have heard about him.

It turned out that his hair turned white when he was young, but his appearance did not change at all when he was old, and it was the same as when he was young. This kind of strange appearance is rare.

But now is not the time to care about words and desires.

I said, "Did your master serve Emperor Li in the palace back then?"

The abbot nodded and said, "Yes."

"He was able to serve Emperor Li because of his excellent alchemy skills?"

"...Well," the abbot thought for a while before saying, "It should be too."

"What's the meaning?"

"When Emperor Li asked his master to enter the palace to accompany him, it was indeed because his master's alchemy skills were better than others. He did practice alchemy in the years he entered the palace, but most of the raw materials for the alchemy he used were some very precious medicinal materials."

"oh?"

I subconsciously looked at the rooms on both sides of his alchemy room, and a lot of medicinal materials were placed in the cabinets with a tall wall.

It is not a rare thing for Taoist priests to refine medicine. You often see some Taoist priests selling plasters on the streets. Most of them refine medicines themselves, but most of them are cheating.

At this time, I suddenly remembered that when I was in Taimiao, the Master Huguo once told me that Emperor Li was not good at governing the country, and he hoped that he could give birth to children as soon as possible to inherit his throne, so that he could continue to be free, but his life was uncontrollable. All the people born in his harem were princesses. In despair, he began to get close to some Taoist priests and asked them to refine medicine for themselves in order to give birth to a son who inherited the throne.

This is why their master entered the palace and served my grandfather. He was originally a elixir, but later he began to refine medicine.

But, it's no big deal.

As I said this, the abbot nodded and said, "Indeed, that's no big deal. Although Emperor Li still failed to do his best and gave birth to the princess of Zhenguo, he did not blame our master for this. He just thought that life should be like this, so he went with the flow."

I turned to look at him.

"I just didn't expect that Emperor Li would kill him if Emperor Gao didn't kill him."

"You don't know the reason?"

"I don't know," he shook his head and said, "Emperor Gao attacked the imperial city and killed the sky and the earth. If he wanted to die, he would have died at that time. But he was killed after serving Emperor Gao for a period of time. After he was killed, we began to escape, and—" When he said this, his voice was trembling: "No matter where he escaped, there will be people catching up. We must drive us out!"

I suddenly said, "What do you mean is the person chasing you was sent by Emperor Gao?!"
Chapter completed!