A story about Butterfly Pond
Chapter 1: The Witch Queen's Divination
There are still three days before the butterfly meeting on the 15th day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar, but the butterfly spring under the cloud lane peak of Diancang Mountain has already gathered groups of butterflies of various colors, butterflies and butterflies are connected head to tail, hanging down at the waterside of the mirror pool, such as condensing inflorescences, the butterfly shadow is confused, and the acacia tree with butterfly flowers competes for beauty, and it is all open and studied. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ info
Every year, there will always be a pair of young men and women who come to this butterfly spring, play with a thousand butterflies dancing, tell the love legend of Wengu and Xia Lang, and look forward to their own beautiful story, for this reason, the beautiful girls will carefully take out the colorful stones engraved with their wishes for many years, and throw them into the spring water to make wishes.
Making a wish on the Butterfly Spring is a sincerity that all girls pay for the fantasy of love, because legend has it that the Butterfly Spring is a symbol of love, and all the girls who make a wish here can get the love and happiness she wants.
Like them, I once quietly went to the butterfly spring on a twilight night, when the moon was on the willow tops, and I threw the wishing stone that I had carved for two years into the spring water, and said my first dream in 18 years.
A handsome man in white clothes, Li Bai in my heart.
I look forward to seeing him soon.
In order to fulfill my wish, I danced alone by the Butterfly Spring, and the dance of joy and prayer was so unbelievable that it attracted thousands of butterflies around me.
Dancing with butterflies made me the most dazzling picture by the butterfly spring, and I still remember that at that time, a few boys who were secretly hiding behind the acacia tree couldn't help but jump out and exclaim: "It's so beautiful, it's so fragrant!" β
It is so fragrant, that is, since then, I have known that I will occasionally exude a strange body fragrance, the fragrance of which can even make a hundred flowers bud, a hundred grasses hang low, and people fall into a deep sleep.
But since then, no one has seen me dance that dance again, because all the people who saw me dance with butterflies have unfortunately passed away, including the boys who peeked at me that day.
I don't know why this happened, but perhaps, I, am an ominous curse, I hate my birth, I hate the blood that I have not been stained with, although it is not what I want, but my heart will be a little cold to the point of unconsciousness in silence. So, I no longer believe in those beautiful legends, I no longer believe in the colored stones in my hands, I can only believe in myself, an obsession in my heart, and the books I write.
The sun is full of flowers, and the moon is sleepless.
Zhao Se stopped the phoenix pillar at the beginning, and Shuqin wanted to play the mandarin duck strings.
This song is intended to be passed on, and I am willing to send it with the spring breeze.
Remembering the monarch is all the way away from the blue sky.
In the past, the eyes were horizontal, and now they are tears in the spring.
I don't believe that the concubine's intestines are broken, and I came back to see before the mirror.
Li Bai's "Sauvignon Blanc", every day, I have to write a hundred, I didn't look at the pen in my hand, nor did I look at the scroll under the pen, I just let the obsession in my heart run through my fingers, the pen is stormy, and the scroll is like a cloud and a flowing water on the scroll to the edge of the scroll. And the last stroke, I can't bear to fall, because I want to keep that stroke in my heart forever, waiting for him to appear.
This is my life, my squandering of time and my longing for nothing, something I can never finish.
"Butterfly-"
Suddenly there was a call from my mother, and I knew that she had come with the will of the king, and for a bloody sacrifice, and every time I felt a wave of uncontrollable boredom in my heart.
"What's the matter with you, tell me quickly, I'm not free right now." When I opened my eyes, I was still looking at the scroll I was writing, and the gorgeous figure behind me would only be a nightmare that I would never escape.
"I went to see our king today, King Nanzhao." My mother smiled, "Ever since the king and the Tang Dynasty of the Central Plains met at the Cangshan Shrine, the king has never forgotten you. β
"So what?" I replied nonchalantly to her words.
"No, I just want to say, my daughter, you, will always be my pride, but you will always be my shadow, because you are born to me, and your appearance and wisdom are all because of me."
I could hear that her words were full of sharp sarcasm and selfish pride. Yes, the life with which she depended, for a long time, she would only be proud of herself, proud of what she had.
I couldn't take it anymore, and the pen in my hand turned into a sharp sword, which flew out of the ground, brushed her face, and grabbed the jade wall of the divine tower. I turned around and looked at her coldly, knowing that there must be a fire in my eyes at this moment.
"Yes, that's it, my daughter, you need to be angry." She smiled, a hibiscus face that had been so carefully maintained by her that she looked as young as me, so sometimes, she even dressed up as me, in my name, to deceive those lustful men, to deceive their hearts, their souls, and even their lives. "You're usually too calm, so sometimes, I hope you'll be a little more emotional, even if it's anger."
"How could I have a mother like you?" I sneered, grabbed the scroll on the table, and turned my back on her.
"I haven't finished my words yet, how can you leave your mother." Her voice was still smiling, but that laugh only made people angry, and made people palpitate.
I sneered: "What else do you want to tell me, my mother, don't you just want me to marry the crown prince Mengcuo and become the future queen of Nanzhao Kingdom, and you can be high again?" β
"It's not." She smiled charmingly, "You don't know your mother, but I do." β
"Oh, you know me?" I laughed teasingly, if you really knew me, you wouldn't let me accept your bloody education since I was a child, because you don't understand, that's not what I want, my hobbies are only books from the Central Plains, poems from the Tang Dynasty, and Li Bai's dreams.
"Prince Mengmiao is not fit to be your husband, because his mother has just divined for him, and he will die in the second year of his ascension to the throne."
It is said that thirty-two years ago, at the age of fifteen, she had divined for the king's father, Feng Jiayi, who said that Feng Jia Yi would be heroic in the war, and her divination angered the dragon face of the first king Ge Luo Feng, so that she was punished by the first king Ge Luo Feng, who imprisoned her in the Cangshan Divine Tower as a sacrifice to the gods, causing her to suffer two years of sins in the divine tower, and two years later, Ge Luofeng, who lost her son, forgot her hatred for her in the past, and once again invited her out of the divine tower, and gave her the title of witch queen, so that she could divinate for the Nanzhao royal family, in order to turn evil into good fortune.
And soon after Wang Sun Yimu Xun succeeded to the throne, she made a divination for the king, the year of the king, will be coerced by Tufan and send troops to attack the Tang Dynasty, and that big war, there is God bless the Tang Dynasty, the Nanzhao army will be defeated, the king does not believe it, and marches into the Tang Dynasty, but the whole army is annihilated, the lives are devastated, the blood flows into a river, and the lonely soul is not sent, she uses the technique of reincarnation to go to the other side of the army, calm the grievances and exchange for the peace of the country.
Every time she divined was close to a spell, it became a worry in the king's heart, but after every great disaster, the king always begged her to pray for the blessings of the people of Nanzhao, for the peace of the country, and for the peace of the people.
And her blessing is as the king wishes, the sky descends on the beauty of peace, and the people are blessed by heaven to live and work in peace and contentment.
However, only I know that her divination is as clear as her spell: "Why did he die, it wasn't because of you!" β
"Do you really think I've cursed him?" Her face turned a little sad and a little disappointed, "My daughter, you are the only relative in my world, why have you never believed me for so many years." β
I looked back and sneered, "What do you want me to believe in you?" β
"You've never thought about your mother, can you understand your mother's hardship?" She burst into tears for a moment, "After all, you still blame me for killing your uncle and uncle in front of you when you were five years old, don't you?" β
Thinking of fifteen years ago, that vague memory is now only the shadow of some broken blood, my heart will always have a spasm, a nausea, yes, when I was five years old, I enjoyed the love of many uncles and uncles, at that time I was really like a lady in the sky, a princess-like pride and happiness.
But one day, my mother tied them all to the pagoda of Cangshan, read out their indictments against the gods, and tortured them all to death on a red-hot pillar.
Mother told me, Dieyi, don't cry for them, they are all beasts who are disrespectful to God, they all deserve to die. Have a mother to take care of you for a lifetime, you will not feel lonely in your life, in the future, your mother will pave the way for you, and your mother will let you live a more noble and better life than the princess of Nanzhaoguo, Dieyi, you have to remember that you are your mother's life, your mother is not allowed to cry, you are not allowed to have anything.
Her words are always extremely gentle and show her loving motherhood, but my calm heart will always tremble in the memory of that bloody scene. In the face of her, I still only had a wry smile: "Not only that, but over the years, I have seen everything you have done, in a word, you make me feel ashamed and disgusting." β
"Is it because of those men?" Her smile gradually became distorted, "My mother told you a long time ago that those men are greedy for money and lustful, they are all hypocrites, and they all deserve to die!" Someday, you'll understand. β
"Oh, I wish I never understood. I don't want to be a pervert like you. β
"You think all the fault is the mother's fault, but what about your uncle and uncle? Don't you remember what they did to your mother? Have you blamed them for their unkindness, infidelity, and unrighteousness? β
Her words were deeply hateful, but they were so true, yes, I did see that my uncles and uncles looked at my mother with such obscene eyes, they are all my mother's cousins, why do you just treat my mother as a woman in a green house? But they were so nice to me! How could I bear to watch them die so miserably.
"Mother, don't say it." I don't want to think about it anymore, and I don't want to feel the chaos in my family.
"Dieyi, you have grown up now, many things you don't understand are not unreasonable, but you don't want to bear them, but, my mother wants to tell you that you must learn to bear these things." There was a hint of evil in her eyes, "Because, you will have to bear more in the future, and you will have to bear everything on behalf of your mother, because you are all the beauty and goodness of your mother." β
Looking into her eyes, I had the illusion of a past and present life, as if she was me, I was her, and all the suffering she endured would become an indelible memory in my life.
"Dieyi, the sacrifice is about to begin, you have to go to the Cangshan Shrine with your mother, you will be the greatest female priestess shrine in our Nanzhao Kingdom."
There was a proud charm and bottomless weirdness in her eyes, as if all this was the arrangement of fate that she had manipulated, and all this was only to verify her divination.
"I'm not going!" The sound of blood was still beckoning, and my heart only echoed coldly, "You know, I can't see blood!" β
"You're not going? Will regret it. Because my mother also did a divination for you today. β
"Your divination is just a spell!"
"Huh...... Yes, my previous divination is indeed just a spell, but you have to believe in my mother, the divination for my daughter is definitely auspicious! β
"Gee?" I laughed teasingly, "What is the so-called Ji of my mother?" β
She smiled slightly, walked in front of me, in the long incense sleeves, revealing silver shining fingertips, the fingertips gently caressed my face, I turned my head, refused her rare caresses and touches, she still smiled: "My daughter, your wish for many years, how can my mother not know?" β
"At this memorial ceremony, you will also meet that person, the person you have painted countless times, just like the last memorial ceremony, you met by chance, this is your wish." She elaborated.
Chapter 2: Cangshan Sacrifice
In the middle of the mountain and the foot of the peak, the temple that symbolizes the foundation of the royal family sits in the north and faces south, faces the middle stream in front, bathes in the light of the silver makeup of the Cangshan Mountain, and it seems to be sacred and incomprehensible.
I changed into a sacrificial white robe, and gently stepped on this sacred land that was named Nanzhao Zhongyue by the king, my mother has been quietly following me with her head bowed, her quiet and restrained will also make me feel that I am the goddess of this Cangshan at this moment, I will be in awe of everyone like every sacrifice, even if it is her, my mother, is just my most humble follower, when I raised my head and looked at the temple from afar, I could see the two rows of people in white standing in front of the temple, Like my mother, they bowed their heads, pressed their hands to their brows, and recited inaudible sacrifices, expressing their devotion to God and their reverence for me in their most humble way.
Before I approached the temple, my eyes swept lightly over everyone who sacrificed here, and finally, my eyes fell on one person, because I had to ignore such a person, even in the face of the towering altar, his majesty can still impress all beings, reign over the world, just by looking at his back, I can know that he is the king of our Nanzhao Kingdom.
"Zhao-" Approaching him, I folded my robe, bowed my body, and expressed my supreme respect for him with the title of "king".
"Chang, please be flat!" There was a cool sigh in the king's voice, and it took him a long time before he turned around and said, "Chang, do you see how the world of this Nanzhao has been under the governance of Yuan since Yuan ascended the throne?" He paused, "Yuan Zhun you are blunt. β
I raised my head, looked at him, and smiled slightly: "Zhao, please take a look at the picturesque scenery of the rivers and mountains, the edict since the enthronement, abolish the old and establish the new, in the regime, set up Qingping officials, Tanxuan, Buxie, Jiuzan, change the six Cao to Jiushuang, and set up the large, middle, lower, and small four mansions, in charge of military affairs, in the administration, add six eyelids to ten eyelids, set up six sections and two governors, its subordinates are distinct, each performs its own duties, and shares worries for the king, and the edict is good at using talents, which is related to the community and is also the blessing of the people. β
"What Chang Zhi said, avoid the fault of Yuan! Don't even you want to spit out the truth to Yuan? The king's voice grew weary.
I lowered my head and continued: "The edict blames itself, because of the mistake of the war with the Tang Dynasty, our soldiers were buried in the killing field, there are countless women without husbands, sons without fathers, mothers without children, the whole country mourns, it is really a disaster for the common people, but the war has been peaceful, Yuan Ying is relieved, and my country's righteous army has reached the other side of life and gained a new life." β
"That's what your mother said!" The king still sighed, "But after all, war is a disaster, a disaster caused by Yuan's incompetence. β
I was shocked and bowed my head: "Please don't say that, Zhao is the king of Nanzhao, and will give Nanzhao the glory and great achievements, if you even give up your own edict, what hope will the people have?" β
Perhaps it was really my words that touched the waves in the king's heart, and I saw that the king's eyes gradually turned from sadness to sharpness, that glow was the light of the purple star, and that god was the wisdom of a king who looked down on all living beings.
"So does Chang support all of Yuan's decisions?" He asked, abruptly speaking.
"Please give an edict, Dieyi will obey his fate!" I bow my head.
"Do you know that your mother made up a divination for Prince Nanzhao's dream, and calculated his future fate." The king sighed.
I saw a look of uneasiness in the king's eyes, and said, "Mother has informed Dieyi of this. What's the difference between the edict and the edict? β
"Your mother's divination has always been a hundred souls, and this divination is undoubtedly an ominous omen, Yuan wants to change the fate of Yuan'er Mengminao."
When I saw the cold look in his eyes, I knew that my mother would have to sacrifice a living person again to cleanse her from all earthly sins and bring peace to the blessed person's life, but I couldn't help but ask, "What is my mother's magic method?" β
"The crown prince Mengmiao is not an ordinary person, your mother said that only the blood of the royal family and nobles can buy him a long life."
I saw that the king's eyes were close to sadness, but in addition to that layer of sadness, it was a decisive coldness, I couldn't help but be shocked, and said with a slight bow: "Which princess's blood is the edict to sacrifice?" β
Wang then sighed again and said, "I wanted to sacrifice for her brother with the Shadow of the Carefree Princess, but Liuying has been charged with evil since she was a child, and she is not qualified to clear my father's sins and prolong her brother's life. Therefore, Yuan chose the woman brought back by Mengminao, who has been verified to be the princess of the Mosuo clan and has the purest aristocratic blood. β
"The woman the prince brought back?" I could already guess that this woman might be the future queen chosen by the crown prince, and I immediately understood why my mother had chosen such a person to sacrifice.
"Why, doesn't Lian Chang think it's cruel for Yuan to do this?"
The king seemed to see my heart, but I still just smiled: "In exchange for the longevity of the crown prince and the peace of the Nanzhao Kingdom, this woman must die without regrets." β
"You think so, too?" There was a hint of expectation and apprehension in the king's eyes, but I knew that the king wanted my most affirmative answer at this moment, because my words would bear all the sins that came from iniquity, and only when I bore the sins that God had sent down, would the royal family truly be blessed by God.
However, I was appointed as the shrine of Nanzhao Kingdom, and I had the responsibility to sacrifice everything to God, so I could only smile calmly: "Yes, please send God's sacrifice to the altar by decree!" β
At this time, I saw a satisfied smile on the king's face, and with his command, three figures gradually walked out of the temple. Escorted by two white-clothed guards, the woman who was to be sacrificed to God gradually walked up to me.
When her messy dress caught my eye, I wondered, what kind of woman would this be? What kind of experience does she have, or what kind of perception does she have at this moment, will she have hatred?
However, when she raised her head and looked into my eyes, I couldn't help but be stunned, maybe before this moment, I was proud of my beauty in the world, but after this moment, my faith gradually dissipated because of the appearance of this woman.
Her beauty has a strange charm, as if you feel the deepest call of nature, the soul involuntarily leaps into the ancient silent heaven and earth, with the blowing of the wind, with the flowing clouds to share the vast sky, with the mountains and rivers to share the bright sunshine, with the grass and trees to share the fragrance of birds and flowers, with the stream to share the fish and singing, with the nature of all creatures to cherish and blend, compose the most brilliant movement of life.
Her beauty struck me, not only because of her innate strange charm, but also because of her eyes, and when I saw her eyes, I felt as if I saw another self, a self that was as light as water without too much emotion.
A pair of beautiful eyes, but it seems to be suppressed by the brilliant light, leaving only a quiet pool.
"Are you a puppet too?" She opened her mouth to speak to me, quietly smiling, and the smile was like a faint glow by the water's edge, quietly open.
"Dolls?" I didn't understand what she was talking about, I just rolled my eyes to hide my doubts.
"It turns out that sister, you also have a similar fate to me!" She smiled again, but there was a trace of sadness in her eyes, "If this time, if I don't die, sister, I will definitely come to you!" β
Once again, I was lost in thought at her words, and I didn't realize that the two white-clothed believers who were holding her had pushed her up to the altar, and she did not struggle in the slightest, just like she was dressed, and allowed the two white-clothed believers to cover her with layers of nets.
"If my blood can really make Yumesato live a hundred years, then you can light the fire!"
Her voice descended from the sky, crisp and ethereal, like a piece of music, which resonated with my psyche. I suddenly felt a confusion that I had never felt before, a strange confusion that had been caused by her.
"Edictβ" I begged again, facing the king, "Edict, she is not fit to be a sacrifice for this sacrifice, please forgive!" β
"This is the result of your mother's divination, and she must be the sacrifice of this sacrifice."
I didn't expect that my sincere advice would make him angry, and I didn't say anything, but listened to him: "If Yuan forgives her this time, I'm afraid that the future throne of Mengcuo will be given to others, and the entire Nanzhao Kingdom will face a great calamity because of her." β
I looked up and saw his true melancholy in the king's flaming eyes, it turned out that he also believed that since ancient times, he had snubbed my mother thirty years ago, so that he would have made me a priest at the Cangshan Shrine and would never marry, and only today that he would make this woman who might become the crown princess a sacrificial sacrifice, and only then would I be forever soaked in blood under the halo of glory.
I was silent, and then coldly spit out a few words: "Then, edict, as you wish!" β
When I came to the altar, I looked at the woman who was tied to the pillar, and suddenly I just wanted to smile bitterly, and then, I closed my eyes, raised my staff, and recited the incantation: "Our great gods, please accept my most loyal prayers, and God bless me." Our purest and most unmlawless messenger will convey to you our most devout respect......"
I recited the incantation that I had recited countless times, and there was a trace of unrest in my silent heart, and I could even feel it with my eyes closed, the merciless flames licking the woman's fragile life like thousands of spiritual snakes, and suddenly, the staff in my hand was gone, and the white robe I danced withered like an epiphany.
This is the first time that I have lost the staff that conveyed my will to the gods during the sacrifice to the gods, and at this time, all the people, including the king, have gathered their fearful and angry eyes on me, and if I anger the gods, it will be a sin that I cannot wash away with my blood and soul, and I must give you an explanation, an explanation that is enough to appease everyone.
However, I didn't explain, I didn't even have anything to say, I still looked up at the woman who was bound to the pillar of heaven, watched the smoke had smoked her unconscious, watched the flames climb up her clothes little by little, and then, I don't know if I had hallucinations, I actually felt that the white clouds on the horizon actually changed into a human figure, the figure was majestic and upright, the fairy wind bones, the clouds were beautiful and the wind was clear, the figure came with the sword, and actually destroyed the pillar of worship, and a stunning woman in white clothes and gorgeous clothes flew away.
"Flying Immortals! That's the Flying Immortals! There was a cheer behind me, but my heart cooled down as I recognized the man at a glance, the man who had always been in my memory but had never been there, and who was now fleeing with the other woman in his arms. Tears suddenly appeared in my eyes, which I hadn't moistened in a long time.
Li bai? Are you the Li Bai in my heart?
"It seems that God really liked this sacrifice, so he took her to Heaven." My mother explained to the people, soothing the fear in their hearts and the fear in the king's heart.
Wang Yi looked at the unpredictable clouds in the sky and sighed: "I hope this is not a dream. β
The crowd dispersed with the legend of meeting the gods, and the end of this sacrifice was the beginning of a dream for me.
On this day, the king entrusted me with the important task of making up for my merits, and ordered me to search for the sword fairy and the stunning woman in the whole southern Zhao country.
Chapter 3: Encounter with the Butterfly Spring
By the king's order, I have set up an eyeliner in the whole south of Zhaoguo to secretly find out the whereabouts of him and the girl.
As night fell, none of the people I sent out returned.
I couldn't help but smile wryly, I didn't think that the first acquaintance had drawn an unfriendly dividing line between us.
The moonlight cast a layer of indifferent light on the beaded curtains, I couldn't help but be curious, I wanted to lift the curtains and look at the night sky outside, how many years have passed, since that nightmare entangled, I don't dare to look at the full moon in the sky anymore, or even dare to look up at the sky.
I don't dare to walk alone in the mountains and forests.
"Haven't you found it yet?" I groaned slightly, and there was a bitterness in my heart, maybe I didn't really want to catch him!
"Lord Shrine, please have tea." The crisp voice of the servant girl sounded in my ears, and I took the tea cup casually and drank it all.
"Shrine-sama, is it delicious?" The voice of the maidservant is very beautiful, which can't help but make me slightly stunned, this voice is something I have never heard before, but on today's memorial, I am particularly unforgettable.
I turned my head and vaguely saw a shadowy man in Tsing Yi, the green shadow seemed to be as close as it was far away, and it seemed to drift away like a ghost, and when I wanted to chase it, I found that I could no longer move my footsteps, and the sudden darkness instantly covered my head, and I felt a deep sleepiness attack.
No matter how powerful my mind tried to control my sleepiness, I still couldn't stop the dreams in my mind: the falling pool, the butterflies fluttering high, the dull and smooth altar, the flickering sword light, the staff holding the clouds high, the croaking baby, and even the purple-eyed woman who was naked in the water. Every picture was as red as if it had been splashed with blood, eerie and messy. And every crimson flashed through my mind, and my skull ached as if blood was boiling.
"What kind of poison is this?" I silently recited some words to calm my mind, trying to suppress these illusions in my mind, but all my efforts were in vain, and a girl's voice came to my ears: "It's not poison. Sister, what I gave you to drink is Jichuan water, that should be your memory! β
"Memory?" I couldn't help but be annoyed, and wanted to catch the looming green shadow, but I didn't realize that the green shadow was floating away again, and a soft voice came: "Sister, someone is looking for you, I'll go first!" β
"Dieyi-" Mother's voice came, I endured a severe headache, and asked calmly, "It's late at night, what are you doing here?" β
"Dieyi, I saw someone enter your room, I'm afraid someone will stab you......" Before she finished speaking, I couldn't bear the sharp pain in my mind like an ant bite, grabbed the bead curtain and waved it at her, "Get out!" I don't want to see you at this time! β
"Are you poisoned, Dieyi?" My mother approached me, "Did someone give you a drink of the water from Jichuan?" β
"Jichuan?" I looked at her, and the words of the girl kept ringing in my head, "You also know Jichuan?" β
"It's just poison that makes you hallucinate." My mother suddenly grabbed my hand, and her eyes were full of pity, "Dieyi, my mother knows that you have always had nightmares over the years, and my mother has done a law for you, and asked for the fairy water given by the snow god of Cangshan, which can go to disasters and relieve pain and cure your illness." She took my hands, her seductive eyes were full of loving temptation, and another cup of tea was brought to me, "Drink!" Dieyi, drink it, and you won't be in pain anymore! β
"Heh, poison." I held my head as if it no longer belonged to me, my nails almost cutting open the skull and inserting it into my own brain, and I stepped back, away from her figure, away from the temptation of her voice, "Is it poison or memory?" You never told me the truth, did you give birth to me? β
She looked at me in horror: "You are my daughter, of course I gave birth to you." β
"Then why did you never tell me who my father really was?" I sneered, "I know you like to use your blood to study your spells, maybe...... Perhaps, I'm not your daughter at all, you killed my parents and snatched me, right? "What did you say?" Her eyes flashed with anger, "You actually spoke to your mother like that? β
"Otherwise, what is it?" I slammed down the table in my hand to ease the pain in my head, "Can you tell me, can you?" "Drink this bowl of fairy water, and I'll tell you."
"I don't drinkβ" I pounded my head with my fist, and if this body was really hers for me, then I hated the shell, because it caused me more curse and pain than that.
"Why don't you drink it?" She suddenly hugged me, broke my hands, and pressed me to the table, I barely calmed down, and looked into her tearful eyes, "Are you giving me fairy water or poisonous water?" β
Her eyes were slightly gloomy, and she didn't know whether to cry or laugh: "It turns out that in your heart, your mother is such a person." β
"I don't know what kind of person my mother is?" I sneered, "I just want to know, who am I?" β
All the struggles stopped, and she looked at me quietly, but still refused to say anything, no matter how many times I asked, she would not say, except for the useless pity in her eyes, which was strange that I really could not see.
The room was silent for a moment until a chill was heard, and suddenly there was a knock on the door, and the door opened a crack, followed by a sound of slamming the door. "Shrine-sama, are you there?"
"What?" I suppressed my headache, calmed the anger in my chest, and kept my voice from trembling in the slightest.
"His Royal Highness Childe wants to see the priest."
"Yumeminato?" I was suspicious and hurriedly asked, "Why did you visit late at night?" β
"His Royal Highness didn't say it, but the slave didn't know."
"Okay, got it, you go and spread the word first, saying I'll be here soon." After saying this, I immediately ran to the table, took the bowl of "fairy water" and drank it all, and when the pain gradually disappeared from my mind, I walked out the door.
"Slowβ" Her voice came from behind me. I stopped and listened to her, "You have to put on your makeup, my daughter, and show your best face at all times and in front of anyone." I ignored her, but her voice continued to come from behind me, "Yumito must have come for today's events!" β
This sentence had to make me look back at her, and I wanted to hear her continue, but she didn't say anything more, just threw a jade comb and a bronze mirror over, I took these two things, roughly trimmed my makeup, and went to the White Pagoda Hall.
Walking into the main hall of the White Tower, the figure of the prince Mengzhu was like a bright moonlight imprinted into my eyes, but this light was too dazzling, and too dazzling light would always stab my eyes, this is because I have been afraid of moonlight since I was a child.
The first time I saw him was two years ago, on the day when the king and the envoy of the Central Plains Tang Dynasty met in Cangshan, he was only sixteen years old that year, and his outline looked strange and handsome without wind and rain, and I felt sorry.
And the person I saw today, but because of the tempering of two years, he has become more calm, an eighteen-year-old boy, has unconsciously revealed the deep and deep charm of his father.
"Dieyi bows to His Royal Highness Gongzi!" I pulled up my shirt and wanted to kneel on the ground, but he stopped me, "Lord Shrine, please get up!" Although he is a royal family, his tone is very humble, "I am deeply ashamed to scratch in the middle of the night." I'm here to ask for one thing. β
"Childe's words are serious, if Childe has anything, just tell Dieyi to do it." That being said, I had a rough idea of what he was going to say.
"I'm afraid that the priest will have some concerns." "Today's events are all too clear to the Shrine Lord. Do you think that innocent woman should be sacrificed to the gods? β
As I expected, I saw an unforgettable pain in his slightly sad starry eyes, and although he was not the man I liked, the affection still moved me, and I couldn't help but envy the girl.
"But the king's order is hard to disobey, son, you should know the king's will better than Dieyi." I bowed slightly, firmly rejecting the request he was about to make.
He stared at me for a long time, then sighed and said, "The Shrine Lord may have misunderstood me, I just want to ask the Shrine Lord to let me see her privately before killing her." β
After a moment of silence, I still bowed my head and said, "Your Royal Highness, it's better not to see each other." β
Perhaps it was because I was so heartless, and his handsome face turned blue and angry, and he snorted coldly and said, "This kind of sacrifice with blood as an offering is a sin, it should not exist!" β
After leaving this last sentence, he brushed his sleeves away.
I watched his back disappear into the night, and smiled bitterly, is this the temptation of the future king to me? Perhaps, in the near future, he will be able to do away with such sacrifices of the living, and he will make atonement for my sins.
I turned around and looked at the corner of the north gate of the White Tower, where a green shadow flickered.
I couldn't help but laugh, what a smart girl, I hunted down her all over the country, but I didn't expect her to hide in my white tower.
It's not what she wants to meet with Yumeato! It's strange that I have a curiosity about this girl who wants to know her.
"Lord Shrine, there's a rewardβ"
As I was about to track down the green shadow, a maid ran into the main hall in a panic.
"What's the report? Come on! β
"By the Butterfly Spring, by the Butterfly Spring......" The maid didn't catch her breath for a long time before she said, "A man with strong martial arts broke into the forbidden land of Butterfly Spring, and injured many of us, he said that he wanted to see the shrine of Cangshan, the guardian saint of Butterfly Spring." β
"Looking for me?" I asked, "What kind of man?" β
"Oh, dressed in white, he looks very good, just like a fairy." "However, he is very strange, I saw him talking to the sword in his hand, and the sword seemed to understand his words, and without him having to do it, the sword swept through the air and knocked down all of us." β
"Sword Immortal?" I was surprised, and my heart, which had been sealed for a long time, suddenly brightened, and before the maid could react, I had already flown out of the White Tower like a breeze.
The night was heavy, but the moon was bright and clear, and it poured down from the sky and turned into a quiet stream on the ground, something that was beautiful in the eyes of the world can only be turned into a nightmare in my eyes. I pulled on my hood to keep the moonlight from reaching my eyes, and on a moonlit night, as a nightcrawler, I could only dodge the moonlight like a ghost.
When I came to the Butterfly Spring, I saw people lying on the ground wounded and groaning, all of whom had been given to me by the king, but I did not see any men in white.
"Lord Shrine, my subordinates are incompetent and can't catch that sword immortal."
I saw that the subordinates I had trained were all embarrassed, and I couldn't help but get bored: "It's none of your business, go back!" β
"Lord Shrine, please allow us to make amends!"
"Don't you understand what I'm saying?"
My anger frightened them, and they dragged their injured bodies out of my sight as I watched.
I looked at the crystal clear pool again, and after looking at it for a long time, I felt that the deep pool like beautiful jade trembled slightly, exuding a melancholy and ghostly atmosphere, which was like the sorrow and wail of people, and attracted my heart as if the liver and intestines were broken and desolate. I touched my heart and found that it had a special sense of connection with the butterfly spring.
However, when fatigue hit, I felt a little bad, and immediately withdrew my gaze and looked at the acacia tree: "I can spare my subordinates from dying, Your Excellency's benevolent heart can sign heaven and earth, you might as well show up!" β
A white shadow fell from the tree, and a clear voice came in the wind: "The girl is really smart, and she is on me in the tree at a glance." β
It was the first time I heard his voice and the first time I actually met his gaze.
He was indeed very good-looking, and I was very surprised by the close-up look at him, and that one glimpse had left a perfect shadow on my mind, but I could not have imagined that his face was even more beautiful than the picture I had retouched over the years. He really doesn't seem to be from the human world, and he shouldn't have appeared in the human world, maybe the brilliance of the vast sky is just to set off his light. And he still seems so resigned and independent, as if he may fly away at any time.
I watched him for a long time, and for the first time, I didn't shy away from showing the girl's heart: "You are a sword immortal from Shushan in the Central Plains?" β
He smiled slightly, and said humbly and politely: "The disciple of Shushan Yufeng has come to visit the holy daughter of the shrine of Nanzhao Kingdom. β
"Resist the wind?" I nodded slightly, bowed my head back, and my heart was soaked in his smile for a while, "Why do you call me the Holy Maiden of the Shrine?" β
"I heard that the girl in Butterfly is not only the female shrine of Cangshan, but also the guardian saint of Butterfly Spring." He paused and said with a smile, "I am lazy by nature and don't want to say his name in detail, so I call the two of them together." β
I couldn't help but chuckle, "Not bad." I, Qiandieyi, was originally the guardian saint of this butterfly spring, but because I participated in Wang Yimu Xun's plan to reconcile with Tang two years ago, I became the female priestess of Cangshan Shrine. I looked him in the eye, "However, I'd rather not be a shrine to this mountain." β
"Why?"
"Because ......" I thought of the blood on the altar that could never be dried, and no one could understand the deep imprint of the blood on my heart, but I could not show my heart to anyone, so I still looked at him with a smile, "Because if I were not the priest of Cangshan, I would not have to take the king's order to arrest you now." β
He smiled, "Girl in Butterfly means you're going to arrest me now, aren't you?" β
"Of course." I paused and said, "If you come with me of your own free will, we won't have to do it." β
He didn't even think about it, so he said aloud: "Okay, I'll go with you!" β
"Don't you ask where I'm going to take you?" I was slightly surprised, "Perhaps, I will take you to the altar and sacrifice your blood to the gods." β
"Hah......" he laughed, "it must be an honor to be a sacrifice that the girl fancies!" Of course I do. β
"Did you come to me just to offer sacrifice?" I couldn't help but ask curiously
"Of course not." He smiled implicitly: "I'm here to hear a story." β
I was surprised: "Listen to the story? β
"Yes." He pointed to the Butterfly Spring, "I want to hear the story of this Butterfly Spring, can the girl in the butterfly dress tell me?" β
"The story of Butterfly Spring?" I was slightly stunned, and I felt a blue demonic light flickering in his starry eyes, "Yu Gongzi didn't want to hear the story so simply! β
He smiled slightly, looked at the night sky, and sighed softly: "Maybe! β
"Maybe?" I looked at him in surprise. He came back to his senses, looked at me and smiled, "Won't the girl in the butterfly dress take me to the sacrifice?" β
I was silent, and then smiled: "If the prince is willing, please come with me!" β
At this moment, my heart trembled again, but for the first time, I was truly shocked and frightened by her divination and prophecy.
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