Chapter 10: Earth Immortals
The carriage traveled to a deserted outskirts with no village in front of it, no shops in the back, and no idea how far it was from the town, and looked up at the sky, and if it was dark it would not be safe to hurry, it was decided to stay where it was for the night. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ info
Sima Luming went to pick up some dry firewood, and Changsheng helped make a fire. She knew that Fu Yan was still angry at her disobedience, and she hadn't spoken to her for several days, so if she had anything to explain, she would tell Sima Luming, and then let Sima Luming convey it, obviously face to face but when she was not there.
Chongming concluded that he was over half a hundred years old, how could he still be so naΓ―ve, and he was not even as good as a hexagram. completely forgot that when he was angry with Changsheng before, he also directly did not speak. Changsheng is worried about how to make Fu Yan angry, her best thing is cooking, but Fu is angry and angry, but he can't afford to live with his stomach, he is angry, and the food made by Changsheng is also eaten, so Changsheng doesn't know what else to do to make him happy.
Sima Luming handed her a dry branch, and she was a little puzzled. Sima Luming taught her the method, which was similar to the guilt of Jing plea, except that Lian Po used Jing and she used firewood.
The hexagram was eating the candied fruit with relish, and when he saw Changsheng coming over with a branch, he knelt down in front of Fu Yan and said, "Master, if you want to be angry, you can beat me, don't be angry with your body." "She is telling the truth, Master already has bad eyes, and it will be even worse if he is angry.
When she made up her mind to hide it, she was already prepared to be punished, and she was not afraid of being beaten.
Gua Liao glared at Fu Yan and said, "You can't beat my daughter-in-law, if you beat my daughter-in-law, I will pull out your hair and beard, and don't let them grow, so that you will be laughed at by the evil lady when you return to Kunlun Mountain." β
Fu Yan didn't take the threat of the hexagram milk to the milk seriously at all, and turned his palm over, Changsheng thought for a long time before he realized that he wanted firewood, so he took the initiative to put the firewood in his hand.
Fu Wei raised the fine wood, but he hadn't beaten it yet. Sima Lu shouted, "Master." Sima Luming thought that Fu should be reluctant to love Changsheng, but it can be seen that the master raised his hand and was afraid that he would really fight.
Fu Yan raised his eyebrows, "Sima Luming, come here." He listened to the footsteps from far and near, stopping on his right. Hands outstretched. Fu Yan slapped Sima Luming's palm with a thin branch.
Sima Luming's face didn't change, because Fu Yan didn't use any strength at all, he just made a show. But Changsheng didn't know, "Master." β
"Even if you are beaten, you are not afraid, so for the sake of the teacher, I don't beat you, I beat your junior brother. In the future, if you make any mistakes, your teacher will not punish you, but your junior brother will be punished for you. β
"Master......" She wanted to say that this was unfair, she was so stupid, she would make mistakes every three or five times, and it would be just a matter of one person doing things and one person should be the other, but now if she wants her junior brother to be her, wouldn't that be punished every three or five times?
Fu Yan flicked her forehead, "Master, what Master, if you don't want to hurt your junior brother to be beaten, you have to think clearly before doing things in the future." Go cook, I'm hungry for the teacher. β
"Oh." Changsheng looked at Sima Luming apologetically, walked to the carriage to get rice to wash, the carriage stopped in the shade of the tree, Cao Dingtian was well prepared, and all the things that could be used were prepared for them.
A yellow warbler landed on the branch, and Changsheng looked up, and it was not afraid of people singing a very beautiful voice. Behind it, a green snake coiled over a tree, spit out red snake letters under the cover of green leaves, and quietly approached.
Changsheng shook the rice bag in his hand and scared the bird away, and the green snake saw that the prey had run away, and slowly twisted his body and hid back in the leaves to wait for the next unlucky prey.
After eating, Fu Yan asked Sima Luming to take off the blanket in the carriage, and slept in this deserted country that night, and he wanted to listen to her story, so he and the little monkey got into her arms and listened to her soft voice and fell asleep.
In the middle of the moon.
She had fallen asleep, but woke up again when she felt some heat on the left side of her face.
There was a woman dressed in green, carrying a lantern in her hand, and she looked down with wide eyes as if she were recognizing people, so the lantern was also close to her, no wonder it felt hot. She sat up, and at this movement, Fu Yan and Sima Luming also woke up.
The girl owed a debt, and was very polite, and said to Changsheng, "My master has set up a banquet in the mansion, and he has prepared delicious wine and food, so he specially asked me to invite the girl." β
Changsheng said, "Your master? Do I know? β
"This radius of a hundred miles belongs to my master, my master said, the girl is kind to him, please be sure to follow me this trip, let my master do the friendship of the landlord, and repay the girl."
Changsheng grabbed her hair, she couldn't remember who she had helped. "What's your master's name?"
"The name of the master, the slave and the maid dare not call it directly, and the girl will know it with me. It's not far away. The lantern of the girl in green shone in a certain direction, and in the middle of the green weeds was a winding path that led to the darkness.
Fu Yan smiled and said, "Since we have prepared fine wine, we naturally want to go, only entertain Changsheng, if we also go with us, I don't know if we will be turned away." β
The girl in green made a gesture of please, and made a fist with great enthusiasm. Changsheng still felt that the other party had recognized the wrong person, even if she insisted that she was not looking for a mistake, her master asked her to find a girl who wore goose yellow clothes and only used a wooden hairpin to tie her hair, this dress described it in line with Changsheng, but Changsheng couldn't remember who he had helped.
"You don't have to think about it, didn't she say it, you will know when you go." β
Changsheng still remembers that when she went out once upon a time, she told her that she was easy to trust people, and in case she couldn't distinguish between good and bad people, she was stupid and fooled, so she didn't eat strangers' things at will, and she didn't go with strangers at will.
In this regard, he explained, "That was when your master and brother were away, and if we were there, it would be a different matter. β
Then since the master said that he would go, he could only do it as an apprentice.
Sima Luming cleaned up and extinguished the firewood. The girl said, "Just go with me, and the carriage will stop here, and you will never lose it." No matter how much he shouted, Changsheng had to carry him behind him.
They followed the girl with the lantern along the path, the grass on both sides of the path was knee-high, and the summer night was cool, and the insects that lurked in the grass sang in unison, and the sound was unexpectedly very neat, as if it were well coordinated.
Fu Yan smiled, "It seems that your master is not an ordinary person, and the wine and food of this banquet should not be too cold." β
The girl in green smiled and told them to take care of their steps.
It seemed that I had not gone far before I arrived at a brightly lit house, and many lanterns hung under the eaves of the house, illuminating the night as if it were day. Changsheng wondered, there was a wide view in this vicinity, and there were no mountains and mountains to obstruct it, why didn't she see such a "bright" house, or was it because she was careless and didn't pay attention?
She wondered if she could see the carriage they had parked when she turned back on only such a small road, but when she did, she saw only grass and no road.
The girl led them into the hall, saying that she was going to inform her master, that they should wait a little while and that they might be seated and have a good taste of wine and food. A few young men who were also dressed in green came up to greet them, served them food and poured wine.
Changsheng sat down and held the hexagram Liaogai in his arms, allowing him to sleep comfortably on her lap. A little guy was bending down to serve her food, and suddenly he saw that the little guy's fingers were connected to each other like a frog's webbed. But when you close your eyes and look at it again, it's a normal person's hand again.
The delicacies on the table are all flowers, melons and fruits, candied roselle, lily steamed pumpkin, magnolia fried bamboo shoots, silver buds fried golden needle flowers...... It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a table of cauliflower, and it is not fishy at all.
Fu Yan touched the wine jug, picked it up and drank it, the wine was specially chilled, it was very cool to drink, Fu Yan was intoxicated by the aroma of wine and said, "Changsheng, next time you learn to brew a honey bar." β
Honey? Changsheng poured a glass of wine, dipped a little bit of it with his index finger and tasted it, it was really made of honey, and the wine had the sweetness of honey.
Fu said, "This wine and food are stained with aura, since the host is willing to take it out to feast guests, you also have to give some face, even if you can't drink too much wine, you should eat more dishes." β
But if she really found the wrong person to entertain, it didn't seem to be good for her to move other people's meals like this, no matter how she thought about it, Changsheng didn't use chopsticks.
But seeing that the curtain of the door was lifted, the old man who came in in his sixties walked in with his back on his back and surrounded by servants, and when he saw Changsheng, he bowed his hand first. Changsheng wanted to return the salute, but the hexagram pressed her knees, and she could only sit and nod to the old man.
"It's a bit abrupt to invite the girl over late at night, but I'm afraid that the girl will be in a hurry tomorrow, and this kindness can't be repaid, so I asked the maid in the house to invite. Please forgive me. β
Changsheng took a closer look at the appearance of the old man, who had gray hair and birthday eyebrows, and his eyebrows were long and hung down to cover his eyes. It shouldn't be that you cover your eyebrows, so you can't see people clearly, "Old man, I really don't recognize you, I'm afraid you recognize the wrong person." β
The old man said, "The girl is kind and kind, and she doesn't want to repay it, and the old man doesn't admit her mistake." β
He sat down on the throne and began the banquet, in which the musicians played drums and pianos, played the sheng and chime, and five beautiful women in colorful clothes entered and danced. Hexagram shook his mouth, noisy, Changsheng groped in his pouch, but found two balls of cotton, and stuffed them into Hexagram Liao's ears to return a peaceful place in his sleep.
Fu Yan was very casual, simply lying on his side, supporting his head with his right hand, holding the wine jug high with his left hand to pour wine, and then his mouth opened wide, and he saw that the crystal wine was pouring into his mouth like a flowing waterfall, looking drunk and dreaming of death.
The dancer waved his long sleeves in a beautiful posture, and Changsheng was fascinated by it, and he felt like five colorful butterflies waving their wings in the hall. The eyes moved to the musicians, who had cricket heads, and the scholars wore crowns and hats, playing and singing.
Changsheng rubbed his eyes.
The old man said, "The girl is a life-saving grace to me, even if she treats me with wine and food, it is just a reward or two." Don't know what you want in your heart? Seeing that she still couldn't remember, the old man reminded, "The girl still remembers the bird on the date tree." β
Changsheng naturally hasn't forgotten, what happened only tonight. She tilted her head to look at the old man again, and saw that he lifted his long eyebrows to cover his eyes, revealing the black lines at the corners of his eyes.
The bird she saved today seems to have this pattern on its eyes.
Fu said, "This should be the earth immortal here." β
smiled, "Dao Chang really has good eyesight. β
"I'm almost as blind now, I'm half blind, and I don't have any eyesight. It's just that the girl you let lead the way was contaminated with some fairy energy, and you have tasted these drinks and dishes, guess. β
The old man said, "I was originally a yellow bird, and I have accumulated merit through cultivation and become a small earth immortal here, mortals have the so-called calamity, that is, the catastrophe limit, and the immortals also have it." When the girl met me, it was the time when I went through the tribulation, that is, the tribulation, and the result of the temporary loss of mana can only be determined by the will of heaven, thanks to the girl. β
Fu Yan said, "The wine here is good, Changsheng, even if you ask what you want, it is better to let the immortals send you a few jars of beautiful bars." β
Beverage? She didn't want drinks, and her wish now was for Master's eyes to be restored. The earth immortal asked what Changsheng wished, and Sima Luming didn't speak directly, so he said to Changsheng, "Senior sister, maybe you can ask this immortal to take a look at the eyes of the master." β
Changsheng nodded again and again, yes, why didn't she think that after all, she was an immortal, maybe through her supernatural powers, she could directly cure her master's eyes without those medicinal materials. "Immortal, please help me take a look at Master's eyes, but is there any way to cure it?"
Fu shook his hand, but he still didn't agree, "Since it can be cured by medicine and stones, it is no big deal, how can you waste the opportunity in vain, you should ask for wine." β
It is said that Master is addicted to alcohol, but even if he really loves to drink, he should not regard wine as more important than himself, how can it be said that it is no big deal, even the sun rises and the moon sets, and not a single flower or leaf in this world can be seen, it doesn't matter. "Master wants to drink, I can brew ...... for you"
"Immortality, cultivation is also cultivating the mind, although it is inconvenient to see clearly with the eyes, but there are also benefits from not being able to see clearly, and the heart is much more clear than before."
Fu Tan said about his recent enlightenment, his Taoism has been practiced to the current realm, but it has been a long time without progress, he knows that there are some obsessions that he can't let go of and can't concentrate.
It's a pity that his feelings are sincere, and the two apprentices only think that he is addicted to alcohol, Sima Lu said, "Master, when you cure your eyes, I will ask Sima Villa to send two jars of century-old wine up the mountain." β
Fu sighed, "It's really in vain, playing the piano to the cow." β
Changsheng scratched her head, she also wanted to understand, but she may have limited qualifications, and she really can't comprehend anything and can't see what she can understand.
"Master, when I was leaving, Cao Shan told me about you, and she said that it involved your face, so I could only tell me quietly, and she asked me and my junior brother to pay attention to your getting up at night. said that one night when she got up at night and went to the thatched house, she saw you groping, and she probably wanted to go to the thatched house. But you don't have good eyes, and you end up stepping on the ...... of the dog that Cao Dart kept in the front yard to guard the door."
Fu Yan covered her mouth, "I'm really scared of you." "The experience can be put down for the time being, face is a lifelong thing, and it has to be wanted.
The old man waved his hand and withdrew the song and dance, and walked over and looked at Fu Yan's eyes, "This is a witch Gu, and you need Linglingxiang, Dansu, Qian Cao, blood ginseng, and lantern fruit to solve it." β
Sima Lu said, "We know this prescription, is this the only way to cure it?" β
"The old decay mana is limited, and it can't be cured by the immortals in the heavenly court, or the elixir of the Taishang Laojun, but this method may be even more difficult than finding these herbs."
Changsheng thought to himself, too, I have seen Zhao Gongming, and I can't remember anything else, but he opened his mouth and closed his mouth Tiangui Tiantiao was deeply impressed, and the land woman also said that immortals do not easily meddle in mortal affairs, for fear of giving birth to some variables and messing up the lives of mortals.
Therefore, although their idols are enshrined in the temple and receive mortal incense, it would be wrong to think that they really think that they really eat people and have soft mouths to respond to their needs.
"There is giving, there is reluctance. If you are in a hurry, there is another way, but it is much more to give up than to go through a lot of trouble to find medicine, but I don't know if the girl is willing or not. β
Fu Yan didn't wait for Changsheng to answer, he had already cut off his words, "No need. β
Changsheng said, "Master, I haven't heard what the immortals have said yet. β
Fu said in a serious tone, "If you say one more word, the teacher will really be angry." β
The old man said, "The Taoist chief is a person with a clear mind. In fact, it is not easy to find these medicinal materials, but it is not difficult to say that it is difficult. As the so-called Jin Cheng to the golden stone is open, it is said that this sincerity, if the girl is sincere, even if she wants to go over the mountains and mountains and wade through the mountains and rivers, it will not be difficult for the girl. β
Changsheng hurriedly said, "Of course I'm sincere. β
The old man smiled, but his white eyebrows covered two-thirds of his face, and he could only see the corners of his mouth hooked, "Then it's easy to do, this money grass is old and rotten." β
Changsheng was happy when he heard this, but he didn't rejoice for long. Thinking of the old man's mention of Jin Cheng's golden stone for opening, and remembering that Yan Wuming had also said to her in the past, similar to mortals who ask for immortals, most of them have to be tested, such as pouring rain outside the temple for three days and three nights, not eating, drinking, not going to the thatched house, and not sleeping. Or three kneeling and nine knocking, kneeling all the way from the foot of the mountain to the temple gate, must be knocked on the stone to bleed to be called sincerity.
"Do the immortals want me to kneel outside? Or do you want me to kowtow? She prefers the latter, because if she is allowed to skip meals, she does not know if she will have enough strength to last three days without fainting.
The old man said, "I'm afraid the girl has read too many stories about immortals and ghosts written by mortals." The old decay wants to repay the kindness, but how can he embarrass the girl. It's just that there really is something I want to ask for a few people. β
"You don't want to learn from mortals to start trading. β
"Whether a few people are willing to help me or not, Qian Qian Cao should be offered with both hands." In order to show that what he said was true, the old man conjured up a brocade box filled with a golden herb and handed it to Changsheng, who opened the brocade box, in fact, she didn't recognize what this herb looked like, but she felt that the roots of this grass grew a little like copper coins.
Sima Luming had borrowed a lot of books from the Jing Pavilion, including books on herbal medicine, and he nodded to Changsheng, who carefully put away the brocade box.
Fu Yan smiled and said, "I have seen a lot of mortals begging for immortals, but I have never met immortals begging mortals." Since you have supernatural powers, many things that mortals have no choice but to do are easy for you, and I wonder what you are asking for. β
The old man turned to the servant and said, "Go and bring the young lady." After finishing the command, he continued to say to Changsheng, "Sixteen years ago, I picked up a baby, and because I brought it back when the moon was full, I named her the full moon. This child's background is also pitiful, born in a village ten miles away from here, her biological father's surname is Sun, the family is very poor, the full moon is his fifth child, born weak, the doctor said she can't raise it. So her father threw her out into the wilderness, trying to leave her to fend for herself. On the second day, she was already dying, and it was a disaster that attracted wild dogs, and bit off one of her arms. β
The curtain was lifted again, and this time it was a girl who entered. He was about fifteen or sixteen years old, his long hair was coiled up with rattan, and he had a small flower hairpin, and he looked beautiful.
The old man beckoned to the girl, "Full moon, come and see these old benefactors." β
Sima Luming saw that the girl's limbs were sound, and his heart was strange, the old man saw what he was thinking, and explained, "She has broken her right hand, and now this arm is made by me with a branch, and it is just a trick." She couldn't move her right hand. β
Changsheng's gaze moved to the girl's right hand, and after looking at it for a while, the slender fingers exposed under the long sleeves turned into dry and withered branches.
The old man said, "This kid is nearing his life, and he will die in three days." β
As soon as the words came out, Changsheng was surprised, and saw that the immortal did not look like a joke, and looked at the full moon, and the full moon was smiling at her, her face was ruddy and not a little sickly, not like she was infected with some incurable disease, and the full moon did not have the slightest sad and frightened look. The old man said, "Life and death are just a cycle of repetition, ending this life and continuing in the next life, she and I are fated to end, and it is time to go." β
Thinking that the full moon was brought up by immortals, it is not surprising that their views and reactions on life and death are different from theirs.
"What do you want us to help you with?" Fur asked.
"The full moon has been by my side for the past sixteen years, and I have never enjoyed the joy of family, and in the last three days, the old man wants to send her home to see her relatives."
Sima Lu said, "It's not difficult for an immortal to cast a spell to send her home. β
The old man said, "It's really not difficult, the difficult thing is that she grew up here, and for sixteen years, she has only been accompanied by flowers, plants, birds and beasts, and she doesn't know many things and rules in the world. She still has a fate in the world, send her home to end this fate, so that she can go without worry. β
"Do you want us to accompany her back to her house for these three days?" If she does something wrong, we can give her a good time, right? β
The old man nodded.
"It's a good deed." The old man was grateful, and he bowed to them, and ordered the servants to carry five jars of wine and ten servings of snacks to their carriages.
The old man took out another thing, it was a tangled branch hairpin, and he said to Changsheng, "It's useless to keep this thing for old decay, give it to the girl." If you are in trouble, you may be able to help the girl. β
After that, there was suddenly white smoke in front of me, and I couldn't see anything......
Feeling as if there was something on his left face, Changsheng reached out and slapped himself on the left side of his face, knocking himself awake.
The disadvantage of sleeping in the wilderness is that there are many mosquitoes, and she has been bitten on her face for several packs, and it is very itchy. Changsheng scratched his face as he glanced around, finding himself sleeping near the carriage, and then glanced at the place where he was lying, as if he had never moved. She couldn't tell the difference, "Was it a dream last night, or was it real?" β
Fu woke up, but he didn't want to get up so early, turned over, and said, "If you touch your head, you won't know if it's true or not." β
Changsheng touched his head, touched something stuck in his hair, and took it down to see that it was the tangled hairpin.
That's true, where is the full moon? The earth immortals entrusted the full moon to them. Fu Yan lazily said that such a big person would not lose it and went back to sleep, Changsheng could only go to find it with Sima Luming.
After walking a short distance, they saw people, and the hexagram and the little monkey climbed to the tree to pick the fruit, and when they had picked it, they threw it down, and the full moon was at the bottom. Hexagram Liao was condescending, and when he saw Changsheng coming over, he said excitedly, "Daughter-in-law, come here, the fruit here is so sweet." β
A bird landed on the full moon's shoulder, chirped a few times, and after the full moon replied a few words, the bird flew away. Changsheng said, "You seem to understand what it's saying. β
Full Moon smiled, "It's my friend, I told it I'm leaving, it said goodbye to me." β
Changsheng thought that she was smiling and laughing, and she would always be reluctant to leave the place where she had lived since she was a child, and she should be in the same mood as when she left Tianjia Village. "If you're upset, you can cry."
"What's upset?" The full moon asked.
The child raised by the immortals probably didn't understand the seven emotions and six desires very well, Changsheng pointed to his heart and said, "It's just that it's stuffy and uncomfortable here." β
The full moon sighed and continued to catch the fruit again.
Those jars of wine alone took up most of the place in the carriage, and although Changsheng sorted it out again, he still felt that there were too many things in the carriage, and some should be cleared, otherwise even if they were not too hot and willing to squeeze together, it would not be able to accommodate so many people.
Fu Yan wanted to play the idea of the hexagram and burn the cloth bag, coaxing him to let them stuff some daily necessities into his bag, but the hexagram was reluctant, saying that his bag only contained toys and snacks.
Thinking that this time can always let the hexagram Liao willingly put it down, who knows that the hexagram is greedy, and bites down on the cake that the clothes have become, and now it is good, and the crotch of the pants has been bitten out of the big hole and has become the open crotch pants of the yellow child. The hexagram deceived him, and the food sent by the earth immortals was not left at all, and he swallowed it all in his mouth without chewing, and ate it all.
This made room for people to sit, but all the way they sighed, sighing that they had no food to drink. After the carriage had traveled for a while, he saw the smoke of the cooking.
Changsheng reacted, "Oh no, I forgot to ask what the name of the Earth Immortal Moon Full Girl's father is, I only know the surname Sun, what if there are many people with the surname Sun in the village?" β
In the past, most of the people in Tianjia Village had the surname Tian, if this is the case in the village here, how to find it, and there are no recognizable tokens or the like, you can't go door to door knock on the door and ask if your family has lost a child.
Fu Yan was not worried at all, "I can always find it, don't the earth immortals say that she still has a fate." β
The full moon lifted the curtain and looked curiously at the wooden houses in the village, saying that she knew everything about people, and had never seen many scenes in the mortal world, and was curious about what she saw in front of her.
I saw a few women gathered under a locust tree in front of a certain house, shaking a sunflower fan and talking and laughing, this village is not very rich, the poor countryside is almost isolated from the outside, and there are no outsiders for many years.
I saw the carriage with the seal of the dart game passing by. The women all looked at it together, especially when they saw the blue satin of Sima Luming, who was driving the car, and they couldn't take their eyes off it.
"I heard the woman's voice, it's okay now, but someone can inquire, Changsheng, get out of the car and ask." As he spoke, he raised his voice and shouted to Sima Lu, "You can go with you, it's better to inquire with you." β
He knew that this apprentice was handsome, and although he didn't like to show off his hue, it was undeniable that he was good looking and doing things to get twice the result with half the effort, such as listening to news.
Sima Luming parked the carriage and walked towards the locust tree with Changsheng.
The women exchanged their heads and ears, looking back and forth at the clothes of Changsheng and Sima Luming, and Changsheng asked politely, "May I ask how many families with the surname Sun are here?" β
One of the women shook a fan and asked, "Are you visiting relatives or friends?" β
Changsheng thought to himself, the full moon girl came to find her father, "It's a family visit." β
"There were originally three families surnamed Sun in the village, one family moved away, and only one man died in one family, and the man also died the year before last, and another family is here." Shaking his hand, the gate is only five or six steps, that is, the neighbors. "Which one are you looking for?"
Changsheng grabbed her head, she didn't know which household, Sima Luming returned on her behalf, "There are quite a lot of children in his family." β
"Lots of children? That's the house next door to me. The woman's eyes turned to sympathy, "Being relatives with them, a few of them have also fallen moldy for eight lifetimes, I advise a few people, since they haven't knocked on the door yet, it's better to go home." β