Nephew and Uncle Recognize Each Other, Mirror

General Age suddenly spoke, "Young Hero Su, hold your hand! My Ziqi establishes Buddhism and uses religion to establish the nation. Since my third sister's sacrifice can save the monk's life, it counts as good karma with the Buddha. Let him go."

"But...", Su Dingfeng's words were cut off before he could finish.

General Age was displeased, his brow furrowed as he coldly said, "Insolent! This is Ziqi Country." Though General Age was naturally kind-faced, anger now clouded his expression.

Seeing the situation change, Su Jiangcheng released Monk Sixi and said with a smile, trying to smooth things over, "General Age, my junior brother and I will wait for you at the foot of the mountain to head to Milu City together."

General Age nodded and said to his attendant, "Escort these two distinguished guests from afar to the pier to rest."

After everyone left, General Alu stepped forward and swept his sleeve, clearing the twelve leftover dishes from the stone table to the side.

Alu said unhappily, "Third sister, today is your birthday. Brother has come to see you. You were deceived by people in life, and bullied after death. Why don't you eat the food from Jiangnan? Brother brought you the pastries you loved most as a child."

Tears welled up as General Alu spoke. He squatted down and placed the pastries from the food box onto the stone table, plate by plate.

On Penglai Immortal Island, in the White Jade Palace, White Deer Immortal, standing by her lounge chair, felt a surge of empathy. She remembered her own brother, Hong Sheng, and murmured, "Humans have such good brothers!"

Chen Renfeng glanced at the lounge chair beside him. Pure Yang Emperor and True Martial Great Emperor were actually asleep... They showed no reaction. The faith of mortals, the origin of mortals, had not appeared.

After some thought, Chen Renfeng continued to watch the scene in the water mirror.

The young physician, seeing everything General Alu was doing, finally couldn't hold back, tears streaming down his face as he sobbed.

General Alu looked back and asked, "Why are you crying, physician? Did someone die in your family too?"

"Uncle..."

"What did you just say?" General Alu thought the voice sounded so familiar and asked back.

The young physician removed the bamboo hat from his head and called out again, "Uncle Alu, Uncle Age... sob sob..."

General Age recognized him first and shouted, "Big brother, it's Bingxue! It's Bingxue!"

General Alu exclaimed in surprise, "Ah, Bingxue! You've grown into a young lady!"

General Age sighed, "Big brother, we haven't seen each other for eight years. Of course she'd grow into a young lady."

General Alu asked with concern, "Bingxue, your uncle has been thinking of you. Let me see, have you recovered from your illness?"

The young physician hugged her two uncles, crying, "I've missed you so much, sob sob..."

As the two uncles comforted her, the young monk beside them also began to cry.

General Alu asked, "Young monk, why are you crying?"

Sixi tearfully replied, "I miss my uncle too."

"Who is your uncle? I'll send someone to find him so you can reunite," General Alu said readily, unable to stand seeing people sad.

The young monk said sheepishly, "I am an orphan. I grew up in the temple and don't know who my parents or uncles are."

General Alu's brow furrowed. He thought the monk was joking with him and said angrily, "Go on, go stand over there," pointing far behind the grave mound.

White Bingxue returned after eight years of studying medicine in Gongjiao Country, on Fujian Road, in Nine Dragon Valley. She kowtowed three times before her mother's grave. Her two uncles were very pleased. They helped her up and walked towards the foot of the mountain.

After the boatman Meng San woke up, he found the young monk on the mountain. The two of them gathered together. When White Bingxue and the two uncles returned, General Alu gave them some money and told them to leave on their own.

Seeing that the young monk wasn't leaving, White Bingxue thought he was worried about his injuries and comforted him, "Young monk, you and Old Man Meng should leave together. Your injuries will heal on their own in about a month."

The young monk knelt down and said, "This boy, Sixi, a lay disciple of Chongsheng Temple, thanks sister for saving my life."

White Bingxue helped him up and smiled, "Since you are a monk, there's no need for such formalities. Go down the mountain and return to your temple!"

Sixi's mouth suddenly turned downwards, and tears fell as he cried, "Sister, I can't go back to the temple. My master is dead!"

Just as White Bingxue was about to comfort him, General Alu impatiently said, "Go on, take the money and leave quickly. We still need to return to Milu City."

Sixi's eyes lit up at the mention of Milu City, and he said loudly, "Milu City! I need to deliver a letter to Milu City too."

General Alu said helplessly, "Who are you delivering a letter to in Milu City? I'll take it for you, so you don't have to make the trip."

White Bingxue also nodded.

Sixi quickly refused, "No! Before my master died, he told me to personally present this letter to King Ziqi."

"What? To my father?" General Alu asked in surprise.

Sixi nodded affirmatively.

Half an hour later, in the reception hall at the pier at the foot of Gushan Island, everyone sat around.

Monk Sixi recounted the tragic events of the past few days.

"This boy is a lay disciple named Sixi from Chongsheng Temple in Southern Expedition Country. Seven days ago, Lord Duan of Southern Expedition Country came to the temple to offer incense and pay respects. He invited my master, Master Puxin, for a game of chess. They were chatting and laughing.

At midnight, my master woke me up, and I secretly climbed over the wall and out of the temple. I traveled rapidly southeast all night. At dawn, I hid in a cave. I traveled at night and rested during the day. I ate and slept outdoors, constantly hiding.

I asked my master what had happened, but he wouldn't tell me. He just kept traveling and sleeping. This morning, just as I emerged from a cave about ten miles out, I was chased by a troop of cavalry.

Master found a boat and rowed into Xingyun Lake. The horsemen behind us also found a boat and pursued us.

Seeing that we couldn't escape, Master finally told me the secret."

General Age hurriedly asked, "What secret did Master Puxin tell you?"

Sixi looked at him, then at Su Jiangcheng and Su Dingfeng.

General Age said, "The Su family young masters are on our side. You can tell us, it's alright."

After finally reaching Xingyun Lake today, I was caught up by the army sent by Lord Weichu, Gao Liangcheng.

Sixi continued, "My master was originally a guard for Emperor Wen'an, the former emperor of Southern Expedition Country. He became a monk with Emperor Wen'an. This time, he was entrusted by Lord Duan to deliver a letter to King Ziqi. My master didn't want to implicate me, so he brought me along.

At that time, it was the army sent by Lord Weichu, Gao Liangcheng. The enemy was pursuing closely. My master took out a token and a letter and gave them to me, telling me to go to Milu City and deliver them to King Ziqi personally.

He also instructed me with four Buddhist phrases to remember: 'Idle, idle, do not cultivate good deeds; bustling, bustling, do not commit evil; silent, silent, cut off perception and hearing; vast, vast, the heart is unattached.'

My master stepped onto the lake water and fought with the pursuers. He died and sank to the bottom of the lake.

I was also shot in the shoulder with an arrow. When I woke up, I was on this mountain. Later, I heard from the boatman uncle that it was my sister who saved me."

After Sixi finished speaking, he knelt down and kowtowed to Bai Bingxue.

Bai Bingxue got up and helped him up, saying, "Saving the dying and healing the injured is the duty of a physician. Get up quickly."

Sixi suddenly burst into tears and cried, "Sister, my master is dead, and I have no home to go to. Please take me in as your disciple."

Bai Bingxue was surprised and thought to herself, I'm just a child myself, how can I take in a disciple? Helpless, Bai Bingxue sought help from her two uncles.

General Alu pretended to cough and said, "Monk Sixi, you will go to Milu City with us first to deliver the letter. We will consider your future."

Sixi heard this, got up, and wiped away his tears with his sleeve.

At this moment, General Alu stood up and said, "My father's birthday is the day after tomorrow. All the guests need to arrive before the Shen hour tomorrow, otherwise they will miss the toast banquet."

"Uncle Alu, we should depart!" Bai Bingxue said.

General Alu shouted, "Depart."

Su Jiangcheng whispered to Su Dingfeng, "Sixth Junior Brother, Master had a daughter, who is King Ziqi's granddaughter. Could it be her?"

"Ah? We just offended her," Su Dingfeng said in surprise.