Chapter 251: Folklore (2)
"The old fairy liked the sincerity and kindness of the mouse, and said to him, 'Since you are in my position in the mountains, you must also change your original form, so as not to be ridiculed by other senior brothers. When you are in the water for a long time, you should be hungry, so go to the orchard in the back mountain to pick two peaches to satisfy your hunger. ’”
"The rat led the way to the back mountain, and there were many fruit trees on the mountain, and in the middle was a large peach tree, which had already borne a lot of fruit. The mouse slowly climbed to the treetops, picked up two red ones, and ate them into their stomachs. Just as he was about to come down, he suddenly felt an itch in his ribs, so he crawled left and right with his front paws and scratched for a while. I don't know that the more I scratch, the more itchy it gets, and the itch is so itchy that I feel like something is coming out of my body. The mouse panicked, and hurried to climb down the tree to ask the old fairy, and suddenly stretched out two wings from the itch, one for the other, and all the strength seemed to be concentrated on the wings. The mouse was very smart, and realized the meaning of the old fairy to change his form for him, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, and tried to spread his wings, and sure enough, with the help of the air, he flew down to the ground lightly, and flew into the cave to meet the old fairy. When the old fairy saw that the mouse had turned into a flying insect, he laughed, so he changed its name to a bat. ”
Bai Tang and the other old Confucian students stopped drinking bean juice to moisten their mouths, and asked, "That old immortal can't be called Yunzhongzi, right?" ”
The old Confucian gave a thumbs up with his left hand: "This girl has extraordinary knowledge, and she actually made you right, that old immortal is indeed the Immortal Cloud Zhongzi of the Jade Pillar Cave of Zhongnan Mountain." Haven't the girl heard of this legend? ”
Bai Tang said "hehe" in his heart, and said: "I haven't heard of it, it's just a blind guess." ”
Thinking that Yun Zhongzi had a criminal record, he used two apricots to transform Lei Zhenzi, a little doll carved in pink and jade, into the image of Lei Gong with a green face and fangs. Transforming a mouse into a bat with two peaches is a small case.
The young merchant urged the old Confucian to continue.
Since then, bats have followed the old gods to listen to the teachings and learn sincerely, and after six or seven hundred years in a blink of an eye, they can actually speak to people, and can change into all kinds of flying insects and beasts, but they can't turn into people. One day, the old fairy called him to the cave to tell him that his fate had come, because he had contributed to the people and could get them a thousand years of incense. In the future, you will be able to change your life as soon as possible. The future is great. The old gods and goddesses recruited the large and small lands of Guankou for it, and they preached to the people of Guankou to build temples for the bats to worship, in order to show the meaning of worshipping merit. At the same time, it is a good cause and effect. The people of Guankou were given land instructions. Sure enough, every family actively participated in building a temple for the bats. The place is not big though. The system is also solemn, and the people are ordered by the land to build this temple, and they have great respect for bats. Call it a good god. Because the blessing is the same as the bat, it can not only show respect, but also hope that it will be blessed forever. Later, within thousands of miles in the area of Guankou, every time there is a festive event or every New Year's Festival, every family hangs a picture of five bats or nine bats, taking the meaning of a wide range of blessings. ”
Bai Tang noticed that among the people listening, there was an old man with a white beard, holding a fishing drum in his hand, smiling and listening to the old Confucian tell the story, as if he had already known all the contents of the story.
"Although the bat is a small animal, it is quite spiritual, and those who worship it devoutly can also show them some retribution, so the incense in the temple is becoming more and more vigorous. The bat has been suffering from the incense in the world for a long time, and it can actually change into a human form and appear in the world. Even so, it is still conscientious and cautious, and does not dare to leave the temple lightly, for fear of provoking right and wrong and condemning it from heaven. Who knows that the doom has been decided, and those who should suffer will be spared. Suddenly, a thousand years are coming, and a dragon has moved from the flooded river. One day, the dragon turned into a human body, passed through the bat temple and went in to look at it. Seeing that there was a huge bird living in the temple, he didn't know what the origin was, and he mistakenly suspected that it was the Dapeng bird on the top of the Western Rulai, so he hurriedly stepped forward to salute. came out and asked the people, only to know that it was a bat transformed into a mouse, and he was immediately angry and half dead. This Jiaolong is already narrow-minded and ruthless, and he thinks that he is a Jiaolong who lives the same life in heaven and earth, and has cultivated the supreme Dao Method, except for the Erlang God who can control him and the few immortals and Buddhas he admires, when did he say a soft word to those irrelevant obscene little immortals? Unexpectedly, in front of the little beast, the nameless fire was vigorous, and he took out a three-pointed and two-edged knife to split this bat temple. ”
Bai Tang noticed that the old man frowned slightly, as if he was very dissatisfied with Jiaolong's behavior.
"The three-pointed two-edged knife is made by Jiaolong with the scales of his own whiskers, and as soon as the knife comes out of the sheath, there are thousands of cold lights that are directly approaching the human face, invincible, and the bat temple will be bombarded into a rubble field in just one moment. The bat was originally a very disciplined thing, and besides, knowing that the incense was about to be full, sooner or later he would have to go back to the mountain, so he took advantage of this to go back to pay the decree to the master. But the dragon deceived people too much, and after demolishing the temple, he had to kill bats to save his face. Although the bat has practiced for more than 1,000 years, it is really not good at fighting, but after a few rounds, it was killed by the dragon, and a bit of true spirit came out of its body and returned to the Yunzhongzi Cave. Jiaolong didn't let go of the bat, and blocked the bat's true spirit with a knife. At this dangerous moment, Jiro Zhenjun appeared and saved the bat. ”
"It turned out that the dragon was not angry with the people's reverence for bats, but he was negligent with himself, and in a fit of anger, he even mobilized the water in the river to flood the people who 'had no vision'. This practice completely annoyed Erlang Zhenjun. Originally, Guan Kou was under the rule of Erlang Zhenjun, and Jiaolong actually flooded people's houses, and Erlang Zhenjun killed it for a legitimate reason. Although this dragon was heroic when killing bats, how was it the opponent of Erlang Zhenjun, not only was it killed by Zhenjun, but its three-pointed two-edged knife that took a lot of effort to refine was also confiscated by Zhenjun and became Zhenjun's weapon. ”
"After the bat's true spirit returned to the mountain, the old fairy had already been waiting for it in front of the mountain, and it turned out that the old fairy had already calculated that the bat had this calamity, and he was waiting for the bat true spirit to return and send it to reincarnation. So, one of the eight immortals was finally born, guess who is the immortal who was reincarnated by this bat? The old Confucian threw a puzzle at the crowd.
Everyone speculated, some guessed that it was Tie Guan Li, some guessed Uncle Cao Guo, some guessed Lu Dongbin, some guessed Han Zhongli, and some guessed Han Xiangzi and Lan Caihe, and so on. But I heard the old man holding the cylinder board speak: "Don't guess, Lu Dongbin was a Donghua immortal in his previous life, and Tie Guan Li was a Xuandu Grand Master in his previous life, how could he be a little beast who can't get on the stage." That bat was actually Zhang Guolao's previous life. ”
The old Confucian nodded again and again: "What this old brother said is that the family of the bat reincarnated is the family surnamed Zhang." That Zhang family was originally a family of goodness, and there should be the reincarnation of immortals to benefit their descendants. ”
The old man holding the tube board stood up, took out a peach from his arms and put it in front of the old Confucian student: "The story told by the old man is very beautiful, there is nothing to repay, send a peach right as a thank you." ”
After speaking, the old man took the donkey tied to the side and walked slowly onto the rope bridge.
The peach looked very delicious, the old Confucian couldn't help but take a bite, the peach juice fell into the abdomen down his throat, and immediately felt that a warm flame rose in his abdomen and swam all over the body, and the old diseases on his body seemed to be all healed, and his body and bones were much easier.
"Hair!" Someone pointed to the top of the old Confucian head, and everyone looked over and saw that the old Confucian had all turned black with white hair, and the wrinkles on his face were smoothed out a lot.
"The old man who gave the peach can't be a fairy, right?" The young merchant shouted.
"Definitely, definitely!" The old Confucian said again and again, he felt more deeply than others.
Everyone hurriedly looked towards the bridge, and the old man who knew that he was walking slowly, but now he looked at it again, but there was no trace of him. The people who had the good deeds ran to the other side and ran back, saying that there was no old man on the other side, and the people on the other side said that they had never seen the old man come ashore. At this moment, everyone confirmed the old man's immortal identity.
The old Confucian said: "Holding a donkey and holding a fishing drum in his hand, isn't it the image of Zhang Guolao in the legend?" ”
"That's right!" Everyone echoed it, they all met the immortals, and there will be topics to be touted to others in the future.
"The old gentleman told the legend of Zhang Guo's previous life well, which attracted Zhang Guo's old fairy fruit, and the old gentleman was blessed!" The young merchant said enviously. When everyone heard it, they felt that it was very reasonable, thinking that they would tell stories in the future, would they attract the gods again? As a result, the bat incarnated as Zhang Guolao, and the legend of Yang Erlang killing Jiao to cure the flood spread in the Guankou area.
Bai Tang took out a few copper plates and put them on the table, and was about to get up, when he suddenly heard the young merchant shouting again: "Look at the sky, there are immortals again!" ”
Everyone looked up together, and saw all the colors and lights blooming in the blue sky, which looked extremely beautiful. Bai Tang knew that those rays of light looked beautiful, but they were very dangerous, they were the rays of the immortal fighting method, and when mortals touched a little, they would disappear immediately.
But it turned out that it was Yang Jian, the roaring dog, and the agarwood two parties who fought for the Baolian lantern. It turned out that Yang Jian and Agarwood both sensed the Baolian lamp, and before Bai Tang put the Baolian lamp in the system backpack, they couldn't sense the Baolian lamp, so they could only use their strength to sense. As soon as Bai Tang took out the lamp, they sensed it, and rushed to the irrigation mouth with their front and rear feet. In Guankou is Yang Jian's home field, he first got the Baolian lamp, and the agarwood went up to grab it, and the group was very happy. Fortunately, Yang Jian cared about the people under his rule and took everyone to fight in mid-air, without harming the lives and property of ordinary people.
Bai Tang clearly saw how much Yang Jian was releasing water, but a group of people in Agarwood had problems with their brains and eyes, and they couldn't see the burden of Yang Er's forbearance and humiliation, and he was ruthless, if it weren't for Yang Er's profound skills, wouldn't he have died several times? In other words, it is clear that your mother has violated the rules of heaven, but you are so justified in dealing with your uncle, the law enforcer. Disrespecting elders is a major disadvantage, and failing to obey the law is a major sin. If everyone does not obey the rules of heaven like you and your mother, isn't there chaos in heaven and in the mortal world? (To be continued......)