Chapter 16: Dongting Palace
Pan'er saw this scene, quickly closed her eyes and sat down on the bed, stunned, and for a while only her whirring panting sound was left in the room. She suddenly felt a stuffy breath in her chest, she couldn't breathe, and sat quietly for a long time, only to feel that her face was wet, and she touched it, and it was her own tears.
Then, she felt a burst of sourness welling up in her heart, and she cried sadly with a "whimper". The more she thought about it, the more angry she became, she clenched her fists and slammed the wall fiercely, chanting: "You fake monk! Fake benevolence, false righteousness, fake compassion! You shameless! You covet beauty!"
Pounding the wall made her hand hurt, and she immediately pounded the bed board.
Suddenly, I heard a terrifying and strange voice:
"What's wrong with you, girl?"
She was stunned, and her heart was in a mess, and she looked around nervously, but where was there anyone in this dark and narrow room.
She let out a long sigh, thinking that she must be hallucinating. This time, he was injured and in distress and strayed into this green valley, covered in bruises, exhausted, and a little confused. She was a little girl who tried her best, regardless of her life, just to be able to save him, but when she thought of the result she had obtained now, she couldn't help but feel sour and angry, and she actually cried again.
I heard the strange voice sound again.
“...... Girl, don't cry......"
This time, she could hear it clearly, it was indeed someone talking to her, but she didn't know where the voice was coming from. She suddenly felt cold all over her body, covered her mouth with her hands, and didn't dare to say a word.
The room was silent for a moment, and Pan'er's whole body curled up in a ball, wiping her tears while trembling, thinking: "Not only was I killed by bitterness today, but I also encountered a ghost, no matter what, I am a miserable person, let the ghost eat me." Where would he think of me now......" She felt aggrieved and sad, but at this time she was not afraid of the ghosts at all, and even hoped to see them.
She immediately shouted: "I'm not afraid of you! You have the ability to show your prototype! I have seen all kinds of demons and monsters!"
Who knows, when the man heard this, he laughed and said, "You girl has a very big mouth, tell me, what kind of ghosts have you seen?"
Pan'er wiped her tears and panted, and said fiercely: "I have met the Yaksha ghost who eats people and turns into a beautiful woman, and the snake-headed and extremely poisonous Mohuraga! Don't scare me, are you more terrible than them?"
I heard the man pause and ask, "You are from the Desire Realm?"
Pan'er was shocked and asked, "How do you know?"
The man said, "The Yaksha and Mahuraja you mentioned are all evil ghosts, all beings in the Heaven of Desire, and they can't reach my *heaven, if you let me know that they have entered this *heaven, I will ambush them all as soon as I raise my hand!"
The more Pan'er listened, the more strange she became, and asked, "Who are you?"
But I heard the man say, "You don't know who I am." Anyway, girl, I'm not a ghost, you don't have to be afraid. ”
Pan'er then asked, "What about ...... Are you good or evil?"
Suddenly, the man laughed again, and even Pan'er realized that this question didn't make sense at all.
I only heard the man say, "I can't answer this question." Whether it is good or evil, how can you judge for yourself. If you go to the Infernal Hell, the unforgivable evil spirit will also tell you that he is good, and that it is God's injustice that causes him to fall into this hell and suffer. ”
Pan'er held her breath and listened, only to feel that the person's voice was thick and bright, calm and calm, and seemed to have a slightly preachy tone, not only not like a ghost, but more like a fairy. Compared with the voice of the Qianyan woman, there is a little less flashiness, but there is more*.
She also thought that Nakshatra and Maharaja, if it weren't for the appearance of Garuda, she and Liku would have almost died. Thinking of sacrificing his life to save him on the day of his suffering, and now being happy with the woman in red, a burst of anger suddenly rose to his chest, and he immediately asked, "You have such a big breath! Yaksha and Mahuraja, you can ambush them with a single lift of your hand? Who are you?"
The man said, "You girl has such a good mouth, don't cry now?"
Pan'er only felt that the person's tone was like her elder, and she snorted and said, "You don't care about me!"
The man said: "You girl is very straightforward, you might as well tell me if you have anything on your mind." Why don't you come down and let's meet. ”
Pan'er was stunned and asked, "Come down?"
The man said, "I'm under your bed." ”
"What?" Pan'er was so shocked that she wanted to roll out of bed, but the broken leg couldn't stand up at all, so she rolled under the bed with a poof. She was shocked, and hurriedly leaned over to check, fortunately, the board on her leg was tied very strongly, otherwise the broken leg would have to be misplaced.
The man said, "Girl, are you alright?"
Pan'er wiped her sweat, then looked at the iron bed board and asked, "Are you under the bed board?
The man said, "The passage is under the iron plate. ”
Pan'er was surprised, slowly crawled to the side of the bed, gently tapped the iron plate with her hand, and listened with her ears. Sure enough, the iron plate bed actually made a "bell" sound, which showed that the iron plate was empty. She looked around and pushed hard, and after a while, she was tired and sweaty, but the iron plate still didn't move.
She asked, "How did you get in?"
The man said, "The mechanism is on the right side of the bed. ”
Pan'er listened to the instructions of the voice, removed the straw mat on the iron plate, and looked intently, only to see that there was indeed a bronze compass on the right hand side of the iron plate.
The fall fell straight down a few feet, and suddenly a stream of air suddenly appeared under her feet, slowly supporting her down, and when she landed on the ground, she didn't feel any pain at all, only heard a slight sound on the top of her head, and the bed board had returned to its original state.
When she looked up, she saw that there was a stone chamber underground, which was very large, with stalactites hanging from the top, which was obviously a natural stone cave. She secretly praised in her heart: "This mechanism is wonderfully arranged! Who would have thought that the entrance to the secret passage would be in the iron bed of the red-clothed woman's pharmacy. ”
But she felt that the bright light was shining in front of her, and she couldn't open her eyes for a while, and after a while, she slowly opened her eyes, and then looked ahead, the other end of the stone chamber turned out to be the exit of the cave, and the sun was shining outside.
She was amazed and thought, isn't it night?
I heard the man's voice coming from the exit of the cave, and he said, "Can't you stand up?"
Pan'er said: "Yes, one of my legs is broken. ”
The man said, "Oh? let me show you." ”
As soon as he finished speaking, Pan'er felt that a colorful auspicious cloud rose up when she descended, holding her whole body up.
This time, Pan'er was not surprised, this divine realm spell was also cast. She thought to herself, could it be that this person was a supernatural cultivator like Master Liku, but why was he in this stone room?
I saw the clouds moving slowly, holding up Pan'er and floating forward.
Walking out of the cave, Pan'er was stunned and amazed in an instant. In front of her eyes was a gorgeous palace of crimson. The main hall is decorated with inverted bell-like flowers, the calyxes are white, the bone china is translucent, and the top of the petals is a circle of different shades of lilac, which seems to be dyed naturally.
There is a huge night pearl hanging on the top of the treasure in the hall, shining brightly, like a bright moon. The ground is paved with white jade, embedded with gold beads, and the wooden pillars around are carved with lifelike lotus flowers, the petals are fresh and exquisite, and even the stamens are delicate and recognizable.
On the throne of the gold-lacquered carved dragon in the hall, in the midst of the smoke, she saw a king sitting on the throne who seemed to be looking at the world.
Pan'er was shocked and asked, "Who are you?"
The man smiled and said, "It doesn't matter who I am, we're friends now." ”
Pan'er was flustered, and this scene couldn't help but think of the emperor in the world. Although she has never seen the emperor, she has served the princess for many years, and she has seen many royal relatives, princes and princes. She thought to herself: "This person must be the prince and general of this * heaven, but why is this magnificent palace built behind the simple stone house of the woman in red?"
When she thought of the attitude she had just spoken to this man, she couldn't help but feel remorse and horror, so she didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore. Immediately lying on the clouds, he kowtowed three times in a row, and said, "Immortal King, I just said nonsense, please forgive your sin." ”
The man laughed and said, "You little girl is really rateful, I like it very much." Come on, come on, let me see your leg injury......"
As he spoke, the auspicious cloud floated away, and in an instant, it floated to the man's feet.
Pan'er didn't dare to be presumptuous, and kept lying on the ground with her head down, never raising her head.
The man smiled: "Girl, why don't you look up, is your daughter's family embarrassed?"
Pan'er said: "Don't dare, don't dare, in our world, facing the saint is the crime of deceiving the king, and he will be beheaded all over the house." ”
The man said: "This is the * heaven, all beings are equal and good, different from the heaven of the upside-down and vicious desire realm, girl, please raise your head." ”
Pan'er raised her head tremblingly, and saw that the man was dressed in a white robe, his sword eyebrows flew obliquely into his temples, his phoenix eyes were threatening, his wind gods were very different, his bones were extraordinary, although he was full of smiles, he still didn't look angry and arrogant.
Pan'er didn't dare to be contemptuous, and asked respectfully: "May I ask the king, how should I address you?"
The man shook his head and said, "I prefer the tone you spoke just now." With that, he got up from his throne and leaned down to look at Pan'er's broken leg.
I saw him staring at him and said, "This wonderful bone grafting technique, you must have been saved by the red tassel." You just need to rest and recover. ”
Then the man asked, "Girl, how did you come to Hongying? She is very withdrawn and never interacts with people, how can she take you in?"
Pan'er immediately kowtowed and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, the little girl and a little master walked all the way to Wu*tian, because she was injured, she hid in this green valley to heal, and was rescued by the lady in red." ”
She saw that this man seemed to have a relationship with the woman in red, so she immediately changed her name to the lady in red.
The man frowned, and said, "If you call me Your Majesty, but you have broken my heavenly virtue and blessing, so let's call me Emperor Shijun." ”
Pan'er immediately obeyed the order and said respectfully: "Yes, Emperor Shijun." ”
Emperor Shijun smiled: "You talk like this, it's not as interesting as just now. Then he asked: "This * day is peaceful, how did you and the little master get hurt?"
Pan'er said: "Back to Emperor Shijun, I met a vicious ghost on the way with that little master, so I was injured. ”
I saw that Emperor Shijun's face sank, and he said in a sullen voice: "How can there be evil ghosts in this * heaven, if there are really evil ghosts, then it is my sin! ”
Pan'er was startled, and kowtowed again and again: "The king is angry, the king is angry, the little girl is talking nonsense, that person is not an evil ghost, I heard the little master say that he is an asura." ”
Emperor Shijun was stunned, his face softened a lot, he sighed, and said, "It turned out to be Rahu." He is so nonsense that he has hurt innocent people. Is this not the same as that of evil spirits? ”
Pan'er thought to herself, it turned out that this Emperor Shakti also knew the vicious Asura.
I only listened to Emperor Shijun say: "If it weren't for the fact that he is Hongying's brother, I would have surrendered him, lest he harm the peaceful order of this * heaven." ”
Pan'er thought to herself, this Emperor Shakti opened his mouth and closed his mouth, all of them were this * heaven, as if all sentient beings were under his control. Thinking about it, I couldn't help but be secretly shocked, and bowed down again and again: "You are the emperor of the * heavens?"
Emperor Shijun laughed and said: "This * day, there is no emperor, all living beings are equal, all living beings are equal...... although he said so, Pan'er felt that calling him the emperor, he was still smiling.
He then asked, "What's your name, girl?"
Pan'er said: "Back to Your Majesty, the little girl's name is Pan'er." ”
Emperor Shijun said: "Miss Pan'er, you are just a mortal in the Heaven of Desire, how did you get to this * Heaven?"
Pan'er was about to fly over the snowy plateau with Liku and Garuda, and 1510 told the emperor about it.
Hearing this, Emperor Shakti couldn't help but praise: "This is a girl's adventure, to be able to reach this heaven, do you know how many lifetimes sentient beings need to cultivate? Since you have been freed from the sea of suffering in the realm of desire, you should feel happy." It's just that why did the girl cry just now?"
Pan'er lowered her head and said slowly: "The little girl doesn't dare to cry anymore......"
Emperor Shakti looked at her and said, "You and I are destined, we are friends, you can tell me, if you have encountered any trouble, as long as you are in this * world, there is nothing I can't do." ”
Pan'er said in a low voice: "The little girl is not in trouble......"
Emperor Shijun was silent for a while, and asked, "Did Hongying bully you?"
Pan'er trembled and bowed her head silently.
Emperor Shakti shook his head and said, "That red tassel is a little willful, but her heart is kind, if she says something that she doesn't like, you don't have to take it to heart." ”
Pan'er nodded slightly, and when she mentioned the red tassel, her tears flowed out uncontrollably, and she wept: "The little girl doesn't dare, the lady in red saved me, and I am grateful." ”
Emperor Shijun saw her mood swings and asked, "Why is the girl crying again?" Then he looked at Pan'er intently, his face was shocked, and said, "The girl fell for the seven feelings of Qian's mother?"
I saw Emperor Shijun looking at Pan'er thoughtfully, and suddenly said, "The girl's sweetheart is the little master?"
As soon as these words came out, Pan'er trembled, and her daughter's thoughts were seen through, her face suddenly turned red, and she was so ashamed that she couldn't say a word.
Emperor Shakti said, "What about the little master, you call him over, and I'll talk to him." ”
Pan'er suddenly felt embarrassed, and said in a low voice: "Back to Your Majesty, he ...... He was in the boudoir of the lady in red......"
"What?" When he landed, he saw that Emperor Shijun's face changed drastically, and he immediately stood up.