Chapter 5: The Past and the Present Life, First Encounters
In the eleventh year of Song Shaoxing, Bai Suzhen finally met Xu Xian, and the legendary story of these two has to start from a long, long, long time ago. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
It was the thirteenth year of King Ling of Zhou, the Spring and Autumn period in Chinese history. In September of this year, Bai Suzhen, who had been cultivating for a hundred years, was unfortunately captured alive by a snake catcher, but extremely fortunately, a little shepherd boy herding cattle appeared.
"Hey, hey! Well, let me catch you now! The snake catcher triumphantly took a small white snake.
Hearing the snake catcher's voice, the little shepherd boy ran up to him and begged:
"Old man, please let it go! It's so pathetic! ā
"Pathetic? I'm so pitiful! I tell you, I climbed half a mountain for it, and I was soaking wet, and I had smoke in my mouth. I'm going to take out its gall bladder right now. The snake catcher showed a fierce face, and as he spoke, he took out his knife, and was about to cut the belly of the little white snake.
The little shepherd boy wanted to save the little white snake, but he was not afraid at all, and hurriedly took out a peach from his pocket and said:
"Alas, old man, slow down, aren't you sweating and thirsty? This is a peach I just picked, you can try one!. ā
"Uh, this ......" The snake catcher stopped the knife in his hand and stared at the peach in the little shepherd boy's hand.
Seeing that the snake catcher was distracted, the little shepherd boy took the opportunity to stuff the peach into his hand and said, "Take it!" ā
The snake catcher took the little shepherd boy's peach with one hand, and relaxed his guard against the other hand that held the little white snake. The little shepherd boy gave the little white snake a look, as if it had telepathy, only to see the little white snake open its mouth and bite the snake catcher's hand, and then jumped smartly, escaped to the ground in an instant, jumped into the bushes, and slipped away in a blink of an eye.
The snake catcher, who was still drooling over the peach, screamed in pain and scolded:
"Phew! You see, the snake also ran away and was bitten as well. ā
"Old man, don't be angry! How about you eat peaches and I'll play the flute for you? ā
Seeing that the little white snake had escaped, the little shepherd boy was happy, took out his flute, and played a cheerful music, melodious and tactful, fluttering. The snake catcher listened to the beautiful sound of the flute, took a bite of the peach, and exclaimed, "Oh, how sweet! ā
Instead, the snake catcher glanced at the bushes where the little white snake slipped away with gloomy eyes, and said indignantly: "Xiaobai, you can't run!" ā
Half an hour later, the snake catcher was gone. The little shepherd boy, who was still herding his cows, suddenly heard someone calling to him:
"Shepherd Boy!"
"Who? Who's calling me? ā
"Shepherd Boy!"
The little shepherd boy followed the sound and saw a little girl behind a big tree, and saw that she was dressed in white, very clean and cute!
It's strange, how could such a beautiful little sister run out of this wilderness and wilderness! The little shepherd boy asked, "Well, who are you?" ā
The little sister did not answer the little shepherd boy's question, but smiled and said, "Thank you! Shepherd Boy. ā
"Thank me for what?"
"Saving your life!"
"Who did I save, nothing like that!"
"Remember, I'll repay you later."
"Are you kidding, tell me who you are."
"My surname is Bai."
"White? You're probably lost! Go, I'll send you home. ā
"No, let's go! We'll see you later. ā
The little shepherd boy stretched out his right hand and was about to take his little sister's hand. Unexpectedly, in a blink of an eye, the little sister disappeared. The little shepherd boy realized that the little sister might not be human, and was so frightened that he hurried home with the cow.
It turned out that the little girl was the little white snake transformed into a human body, the so-called fairy words are unscrupulous, the little white snake said to repay the little shepherd boy, however, the years are a pig-killing knife, will ruthlessly and cruelly wipe out everything!
In this way, a long, long, long time later, after a long history, three hundred and thirty-eight years, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period ended, and came to the Qin Dynasty. After another sixteen years, the Qin Dynasty ended, and history came to the Chu and Han periods. In another 426 years, the Han Dynasty ended, and history came to the Three Kingdoms period. Another sixty-one years passed, it was the Jin Dynasty, another one hundred and fifty-six years, it was the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and another one hundred and seventy years, it was the Sui Dynasty. After a short thirty-eight years, history came to the Tang Dynasty. More than 340 years later, it was the Song Dynasty.
In this way, in the eleventh year of Song Shaoxing, that is, 1,700 years later, the little white snake was reborn and became Bai Suzhen after nearly two thousand years of cultivation. On this day, the weather above Qingcheng Mountain was sunny and purple, just as Bai Suzhen was preparing to ascend, there was a sudden thunder and lightning in the air, and thick clouds were rolling!
The result is naturally that the catastrophe is inevitable and the ascension fails, otherwise how can the story come from later. As the saying goes, if you have difficulty finding the police... Phew! As the saying goes, to save the suffering and save the Guanyin, Emei gold top cash body.
At the peak of Mount Emei, Bai Suzhen mixed in the ranks of good men and women, bowing to Guanyin Master step by step, and worshipping religiously. Master Guanyin saw the pearls with his eyes, recognized at a glance that Bai Suzhen was not a mortal body, and asked:
"Who's kneeling?"
"Bai Suzhen at the foot of Qingcheng Mountain, knock on the master."
Bai Suzhen then complained in front of Master Guanyin, saying that she was devoted to the Tao without distractions, and had a strong interest in taking refuge in the Three Jewels, and would rather give up the red dust willingly. Unexpectedly, she failed to ascend, and begged the Bodhisattva to enlighten her and cross her out of the mortal world.
Guanyin listened, pinched his fingers, and said, "Good, good! It's rare that you have the sincerity to take refuge in the Three Jewels, but you haven't passed the dust, how can you soar in the day! ā
Bai Suzhen didn't know why, and asked: "The disciple has made up his mind, and all faces are extreme, and he is willing to cut any dust." ā
"The dust can be abandoned, the kindness is difficult to repay, you still owe the world, a deep affection, don't you think about repaying the kindness?" Guanyin said in one word.
"This ......" Bai Suzhen choked for a while, and then remembered the life-saving grace of the little shepherd boy 1,700 years ago, and thought that he had just forgotten, but not an ungrateful person, so he said:
"The disciple also knows the way to repay the favor, but it has been a thousand years, how can the vast sea of people repay the Fa?"
"Good, good!" Avalokiteshvara then revealed:
"March 3 is Qingming, and it rains a lot during Qingming. If you have a chance to meet thousands of miles away, you must go to the height of the West Lake to find it. ā
Under the ignition of Guanyin, Bai Suzhen went to Lin'an Mansion from the land of Sichuan and Shu, and made friends with a similar person on the way, named Xiaoqing, who was recognized as her sister. The sisters arrived in Lin'an before March 3.
Although there are instructions from Guanyin Bodhisattva, but you have to go to the high place of the West Lake to find it, how to find it, Bai Suzhen does not have a little eyebrows. So the sisters went to the West Lake every day, while touring the mountains and rivers, while looking for a benefactor.
Bai Suzhen swore to Xiaoqing: "As soon as this benefactor appears, I repay the favor, and I will fly away from the world with you, and I will never fall in love with Hongchen." ā
Xiaoqing sneered: "If it's a handsome Langjun, I'm afraid I won't be able to help you sister at that time." ā
Bai Suzhen shook her head and said, "I have my own determination, and I will not be led by the seven emotions and six desires of the world. ā
However, the moment Bai Suzhen saw Xu Xian, Xiaoqing's words quietly came true, and no matter how profound her concentration was, she couldn't stop the magic of love at first sight. Xu Xian's movements, a smile, and even a hint of eyes instantly touched Bai Suzhen, as if there was such a feeling in her heart, as gorgeous and open as a summer flower.