Chapter 20: Release
Fu Yan was drunk and no longer paid attention to the two apprentices, and Sima Luming took out a cloth from his baggage to wipe his sword. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info Changsheng had nothing to do, so he simply sat down and watched the turtle crawl slowly, crawling from one corner of the table to the other.
Until it was dark, Changsheng heard footsteps and quickly hid the little turtle. The shopkeeper came in with a fire fold and helped them light the candles in the room.
There was a lively sound of suona on the street, and the paper lanterns hanging on the eaves to welcome relatives were lit up one by one, like a winding dragon floating in the air, extending in the direction of the Dragon King Temple. Although there are many people on the street, no one dares to crowd for fear of blocking the road to welcome relatives.
On the high sedan chair, a girl in a red wedding dress sits, her hands clenched to show her helplessness, it should be the girl of the Gu family. The girl sobbed quietly, but she didn't dare to lift her hijab to wipe her tears.
Next to the sedan chair was the goddess in the town, frowning and said, "You are going to marry the dragon king, how can you cry and cry, the dragon king will not be happy for a while, and he will be condemned." ”
A woman chased after the sedan chair, shouting loudly while chasing, the girl of the Gu family heard the voice, and finally couldn't help it anymore and lifted the red cloth on her head. Although the phoenix crown is also a good-looking face, if you want to compare, although it is not very good to judge others, it is indeed not as beautiful as Jiang Qu.
is not even as beautiful as Di Sanniang in the tavern, that is, Di Sanniang is too beautiful and fierce, and the girl of the Gu family looks very simple.
The woman climbed the sedan chair and cried, "I won't take the money, my daughter is not married, she is still so young, you can let her go, don't send her to death." ”
The goddess said unhappily, "What is not dead, why can't your family speak like this, she is not going to marry an ordinary man now, you have accepted the dowry, and now you have to regret it?" This is also a family affair that you can repent? ”
The goddess took the hand of the goddess and begged bitterly, "Just let her go, if someone really wants to die, I will go for her." ”
"Nonsense, I think you're delirious." The goddess shook off the woman's hand and called one of her men to take her away, so as not to hinder the marriage.
Changsheng saw it in his eyes, and heard the shopkeeper next to him sigh, and said that he hoped that after the girl of the Gu family would join a good family in her next life, Ai Mo Nengzhu took the fire fold and left.
"Master." Fu Yan hugged the flask and squeezed his nose to answer her. Changsheng asked again, "When are we going to pass?" ”
After a long while, Fu Yan opened his mouth full of wine, "Where are you going?" ”
Of course, the elder said, "Dragon King Temple." ”
"Why do you want to go there, because the teacher said that you want to go there?"
Changsheng remembered what he said to himself today, "But Master, didn't you say that you are admired for destroying demons and defending the Dao?" ”
He asked, "Have you seen any demons and monsters?" Now it's not the demons who come out to harm people, it's people who want to harm people, didn't you listen to what Di Sanniang said, even the government acquiesced to it, and the teacher didn't want to be angry. ”
"But Master, aren't you an ancient Taoist, the head of the sect said that cultivators should have a chivalrous heart, be helpful and distinguish between right and wrong, and be ......" She said it one by one, but she didn't remember the Taoism taught her so clearly, and she said it seriously.
The corners of Sima Luming's mouth curved slightly, and he sat up when he saw a carp in Fu, "You, when you go back to the mountain, you have to cut off your contact with the kid surnamed Jiang, and you can learn from him to have a good mouth." ”
Changsheng pursed his lips.
Fu ruined the corpse and stuffed the empty wine jug into the quilt.
The tavern has been roughly cleaned up, Di Sanniang ordered wine, and was recording how many jars were sold today, and how many jars were broken, and when she saw them come out, she said with her waist in her arms, "Didn't you say that the old lady was not allowed to leave until she had settled the account with you, and it was all in your ears, right?"
Fu Yan smiled, "Isn't this to see the excitement outside, I haven't seen anyone worship with the gods, but I want to see it." ”
"Is it insight or is it to slip away?"
Fu said, "Sanniang doesn't believe me like this? Anyway, I'm also a decent person. ”
Di Sanniang smirked twice, if he was really afraid that the reputation of the Jade Void Sect would be ruined, he would not have left a ** record and looted her wine.
Sima Luming only used one trick, that is, he handed over several silver tickets.
Di Sanniang raised her eyebrows, snatched the silver ticket and dipped it in saliva. In fact, she knew that the silver ticket in her hand was enough to reach the crushed counter in her store, the wine, and the damaged tables and chairs, only a little more. But she still said, "The tables, chairs and benches in my tavern are all antiques, and I haven't figured out whether these silver tickets are enough to cover my losses, so let's put them here as a deposit first." Don't say I'm not humane, just go and see it. ”
Di Sanniang took out the abacus and fiddled with the beads twice, as if she suddenly remembered something, "I just hope that when the goddess throws the cup for a while, there will be nothing wrong, otherwise if we have to worship the church and say that the dragon king doesn't like it, then we will be busy in vain." ”
Changsheng and they followed the crowd until they reached the river. She picked a place near the river where there were few people and released it, and the river slowly calmed to the east, "Don't bite the fish hook next time, otherwise you will really be made into soup." ”
She put the turtle in the water, whether it really understood human speech or not, or kindly admonished it.
The little turtle floated on the water and did not swim away, Changsheng turned around, Sima Luming saw that the little turtle actually swam back to the side, stepped on the wet and smooth small stone, and slowly followed Changsheng.
"Senior sister." Sima Luming motioned for her to look behind her.
Fu Yan smiled and said, "It's a thankful retribution." ”
Changsheng put the little turtle back into the water again, and said several times to go quickly, before the little turtle sank into the water and disappeared.
The Dragon King Temple is built magnificently, the statue of the dragon face and the human body alone is more than nine feet high, and the dragon horn is crowned with a ceremonial crown, and the jade plate is held in the hand. This idol is said to have been carved by the goddess in a dream when she met the dragon lord by chance, and the craftsman carved it according to the description of the goddess.
Changsheng muttered to himself, "Is the Dragon Lord wearing an official uniform?" "The robe on the idol looks like the costume of a drama on the stage, when singing a big drama and playing a big official.
Fu Yan said, "The Dragon King inherited the order of the sky, and he also followed the instructions of the Emperor of Heaven to spread the clouds and rain, and he was the minister of the heavenly court, and there was nothing wrong with wearing official uniforms." ”
The goddess knelt in front of the idol and muttered to herself.
In front of the incense candle, there are two crescent-shaped cups that are convex on the outside and flat on the inside, and I will ask the gods for a while. The goddess picked up the cup and basket and circled it three times on the incense burner, and then reported the name of the girl from the Gu family.
Changsheng looked up at the statue of the dragon king, puzzled in his heart, "Master, do you say that the dragon king really lives in this river, if there is really a god, shouldn't you be merciful, why don't you come out to stop someone when you see someone being sunk in the river?" ”
In the past, she lived in the temple of Hades, rubbed the statue of Hades every day, and fetched well water every day to worship. When her father-in-law was sick, she begged Lord Yama every day, hoping that he would bless her father-in-law with a speedy recovery, but her father-in-law's illness was getting worse day by day.
At that time, she wondered if the gods were all ruthless, suffering from the fireworks of the world, but they only ate and did nothing. Although she and her father-in-law were surrounded by walls at that time, and to be honest, she couldn't take out the silver to buy incense and worship, but Lord Yama also enjoyed the well water she made, isn't it short of hands.
Why can't you bless your father-in-law?
Now this dragon king is also, not only to say that the dragon king temple is full of incense, but also that everyone in the town believes in the dragon king, maybe this dragon king has also enjoyed the incense offered by the girl of the Gu family.
But now this girl is about to be sunk by the river, and she doesn't see him come out to manifest.
"It's rare to see you have a temper too." Fu Yan smiled and said, "Immortality, although our cultivation is to seek immortality, we can only ask for it, and there are as many as stars that we can't ask for. Many people are in the cycle of reincarnation in the Heavenly Dao, cause and effect, and this cause and effect is not only for Buddhists, but also for you and me who cultivate the Tao. Some people do good and some do evil, and since they do it themselves, they must always be responsible for what they do. Maybe there is a reason why the catastrophe is inevitable? If this is the case, you can't blame anyone for not being saved, it's doomed. ”
Changsheng asked again, "If it's really providence?" is destined to have a catastrophe, so we will see injustices in the future, help or not? ”
Fu Yan touched her head, "You have always been a simple-minded girl, like this should help or not, whether it is a matter of providence, you don't have to drill the horns, if you get in, the sea is dry and the rocks are rotten, you can't figure it out." Just ask yourself if you want to help or if you don't want to help. Fu Yan bowed his chin to the girl of the Gu family, "Then do you want to help now or don't you want to help?" ”
Changsheng said, "I want to help." ”
Isn't that the answer, Fu Yan smiled and said, "Do you know why your Uncle Xu Qing became the leader?" ”
Changsheng thought to himself, wasn't the position of the head of the previous generation always assigned when he was dying.
"Just because he thinks too much, his hair is thinning and he is about to become bald." My master, your master, gave him the position of the head of the house. Therefore, his Taoism is profound, but he also has no chance of immortality. ”
This brain thinks about things a lot, and her hair falls out a lot, which she does. But there seems to be no logic between thinking about it and whether or not you can practice the growth technique. "What about Master? Does Master also want to become an immortal? ”
Fu Yan glanced at her, and then at Sima Luming, his tone was a little light, but it seemed to be bound by something, "Master is reluctant to give up on this red dust, and he has a private matter to be resolved, and I don't know if I can do it in this life." In short, he is destined to be a layman, not an immortal. ”
Changsheng wanted to ask him what his so-called private matter was, but he heard the goddess shout, "Please make it clear to the Dragon King." He threw the basket out.
Fu Youya said softly, "Lu Ming." "Pick up the gourd and drink, such a trivial matter doesn't need to be the master's horse.
Sima Luming recited a mantra and drew a circle with his finger pointing to the cup that had been tossed into the air. I saw that the two cups were originally flat and convex on the ground, but one of the cups and baskets turned over as if they had touched something, and became two of them were raised.
If the believers use the cup to ask the gods, if the cup throws a yin and a yang, that is, the two half-moon-shaped cups fall to the ground when they are flat and convex, it means that they agree.
If you cast two sides of the yang, that is, both sides are flat, it is called a laughing cup, indicating that the matter of the inquiry and prayer is undecided by the gods, and it is necessary to vote again and ask for instructions.
And the most afraid is to throw out the yin cup, that is, both sides are raised, which means that you do not agree to what you want, and there is more luck and less luck.
When the goddess saw that she threw out the yin cup, her face changed. For the sake of prudence, I still plan to vote three times according to the rules. The second time, Sima Luming cast some spells as usual, and the cup will automatically turn into a yin cup after it lands.
The goddess was afraid, she had never been in this situation before, she kowtowed to the idol again, and loudly recited the eight characters of the girl of the Gu family again, and then threw the cup.
Sima Luming also wanted to repeat the old trick, if he threw the yin cup three times, he wanted to come to this public eye, and the people in the town would "see with their own eyes" that the Dragon King meant to oppose this family business, and they would not dare to disobey again.
The cups flipped and flew into the air, Changsheng stared nervously, but when he saw the pair of cups and baskets falling, the eyes of the dragon king statue suddenly flashed red.
Sima Luming suddenly grabbed his right wrist with his left hand, gritting his teeth very hard, as if something was competing with him. Fu Yan sensed that something was wrong, put down the gourd and asked, "What's wrong?" ”
Sima Luming struggled, "It seems that something is casting a spell." ”
He looked around, but didn't see anything unusual. But the pair of cups and baskets seemed to be held by some invisible force, turning over in mid-air and not falling for a long time.
The goddess shouted, "This is the manifestation of the Dragon King." ”
When the believers in the temple heard this, they quickly bowed down.
Fu Yan said to Sima Lu, "I don't know who is hindering you, you take back your mana first." ”
Sima Luming gritted his teeth and said, "I can't take it back." ”
He felt that the other party's cultivation was very high, and he didn't know whether it was a god, a demon or a human, in short, it was powerful that he had never encountered before. Although it doesn't feel like it's going to kill him, it's not like he's going to be okay if he stops.
Changsheng saw that Sima Luming's forehead began to break out in a cold sweat, but he didn't know how to help him, so he could only be in a hurry.
Fu Yan took out five copper coins from his arms and placed them flat in his palm, and patted them on Sima Luming's wrist.
Sima Luming withdrew his mana and spit out a mouthful of blood at the same time, and said, "There is such a big trouble today, that girl will be fine for the time being, go back to the tavern first." ”
Di Sanniang was about to let the shopkeeper close, but she didn't know how late the master and apprentice would come back, and she wouldn't deliberately guard the door. Anyway, Fu is so good at it, there is a way to go back to the room without going through the main door. Just as he was about to close the door, Changsheng reached in with a hand and shouted, "Don't close it yet!" ”
Changsheng turned around and helped Sima Luming into the store with Fu Yan left and right, Di Sanniang saw Sima Luming's bloodless face and said strangely, "How did you go and be alive when you go, but when you come back, you are half dead." ”
Fu Yan said solemnly, "I want to heal him, don't let people disturb him." ”
Seeing Fu Yan's expression, Di Sanniang knew that Sima Luming's injury was not very easy to deal with, and occasionally spoke a rare way, "I know, I will never let anyone disturb you." ”
Fu Yan helped Sima Luming back to the room to treat his injuries, and Changsheng anxiously stayed outside the room. After waiting all night, when I was sleepy, I just leaned against the wall to take a nap, and then continued to wait when I woke up.
Two days passed.
Sanniang ordered her a bowl of noodles and sent it, and said, "Although your master doesn't look serious, he still has some skills, and your junior brother will be fine." After eating the noodles, go and rest, and when your master comes out, I will call you again, what kind of system does the girl's family sleep against the wall like this. ”
Changsheng took the dishes and chopsticks, and said warmly in his heart, "Sanniang, you are so good." "Although people are a little fierce, they are very gentle when they are not fierce.
Di Sanniang paused for a moment, and said with a charming smile, "You are the first to say that I am a good person." She also said it so sincerely, making people feel as if if they were a bad person, they would be a little sorry for her evaluation.
"Didn't Master say that?"
Di Sanniang thought for a while, "He said it when he had something to ask for or wanted to steal my wine." ”
Changsheng picked up the noodles and devoured them, in fact, he was hungry for a long time, but he kept worrying, so he didn't go to the kitchen to find something to eat, "Master must also think that Sanniang is a good person, otherwise the junior brother will not bring us back if he is injured." ”
"Silly girl, that's because you have nowhere to go in this town." Changsheng finished eating the noodles in two or three clicks, Di Sanniang took out Juanzi and wiped her mouth, and helped her pluck the broken hair in her ear.
Changsheng smirked, "Thank you, Sanniang." ”
Di Sanniang pointed to another room, "Go to sleep, I'll have someone call you when your master comes out." ”
Changsheng handed the empty bowl to Sanniang and entered the room.
She lay on the bed, thinking that if the master didn't come out tomorrow, then the junior brother's injury would be really tricky, and if she knew pharmacology like Chu Ban, maybe she could go to the pharmacy to buy some medicinal materials that could cure the disease. She had been thinking about Sima Luming's injury, so although she was sleepy, she couldn't fall asleep.
"Is that her?" A child's voice came from outside the window.
"I don't know." Another child's voice rang out.
"The prince said that it was the youngest and most beautiful here, which one is more beautiful than this one or the one next door." The immature voice was full of troubles because it couldn't distinguish between beauty and ugliness.
"I don't know."
"What then? If we don't do well, the prince won't allow us to be his followers in the future. Why don't you bring both of them home? But there is a Taoist priest next door, and it looks difficult to deal with. ”
Changsheng got out of bed, opened the window, and there were two children squatting by the wall, thinking that they were very quiet and no one could hear the discussion in your words.
Changsheng asked, "Which family are you children who don't come home so late?" ”
The two children raised their faces, their skin covered with scales, and their ears were two tiny fins, one with A written on their forehead and the other with B written on their forehead. At this glance, you know that you are not mortals, and you have to shout only when you are immortal. One of the children stood up and blew at her, and she felt her whole body go limp.
"What should I do if I am discovered? Xiao B? The kid with the nail on his forehead asked.
"I don't know." That was called Xiao Yi's head.
Xiao Jia was very distressed, he originally wanted to distinguish which one was more beautiful between this and the one in the next room before he did it, "Then take it away, take both of them away, move this one out first, and then lead away the bull-nosed Taoist priest and take the other one away." Am I smart? Xiao Jia asked.
"Clever." Xiao Yi Road.
The two children climbed into the room, conjured out a sack, one raised his hand and the other raised his foot to try to put Changsheng in, but unfortunately he didn't have enough strength, and he stumbled and stumbled with Changsheng's head, accidentally hitting Changsheng's head against the wall, and turned red.
It took several efforts to get her in the bag. They moved their chairs to the window, stepped on them, and lifted Changsheng out of the window with great difficulty.
If it weren't for the flowers and plants planted outside the window, the soil was soft, and she probably would have fallen to her death.
In fact, she was not unconscious, and she knew very well that she had been thrown out of the window, and after dragging it for a while, it seemed that she had been thrown into the carriage again, and she stayed in the carriage for a while, as if something had been thrown in. Then the carriage carried her away, for she could feel herself moving quickly.
She just couldn't move and couldn't speak.
The car didn't know if it was driving her there, and after stopping, she heard the two children talking again, Xiao Jia asked, "Let's carry one by one, which one do you choose?" ”
Xiao Yimu said, "I don't know. ”
"Then I'll pick this one." Hearing this, the sack containing her fell from the carriage to the ground, and her buttocks hurt, and the child probably dragged her away, but fortunately there was a sack between her and the ground, otherwise she would have worn out a layer of skin.
She was dragged for a long distance before she finally stopped, and the child panted, "I'll call the prince, and when the prince sees that we have done a good job, he must praise us for our ability." ”
The child named Xiao Jia ran away happily, and after a while, Changsheng heard the sound of the curtain being lifted and lowered. Xiao Jia said happily, "Prince, people are here." ”
"How are there two?" There was another child's voice, and Changsheng had a headache, how many monsters were there near her. When did she inadvertently offend these children? What are these kids doing with her? It's not going to be eaten.
The sack was untied, and the first thing I saw was Sima Luming lying next to her, sleeping from her injuries. Changsheng was anxious about how he was also arrested, and called several times, but unfortunately Sima Luming didn't wake up.
She was clearly no longer in the tavern, lying in a palatial room, with a large bright red coral in the corner, and a curtain of white crystal beads beside it.
A small head melon seed stretched out, two distant buns were combed on the top of the head, the big round eyes blinked, and the neck was wrapped with gold wire inlaid with pearls, which was very cute. If it weren't for a pair of small horns on her forehead, she would have thought it was the young master of a wealthy family.
The boy smiled sweetly at her, hugged her waist, and shouted, "Daughter-in-law." ”