However, the wind on the bridge was a little strong, and the wind made all the ghosts cold.

Duckweed also stepped forward to take a bowl, but didn't drink it. Under the cover of the ghosts, he secretly stored Meng Po soup in the jar he prepared in advance. The ghosts drank and walked across the bridge in turn. Duckweed had no choice but to follow them, deliberately walking in the last one. After waiting for the ghosts to be reincarnated in turn, one jumped into the water of Lethe.

The Lechuan River is lonely, and there is no life at all. But if a living creature accidentally touches a drop, it will be robbed of its soul. The river is cold and biting, and duckweed swims in it as if it were ignored.

Yes, she is a 10,000-year-old duckweed, originally born in water and grew up in water, and the water in the world is one with her. The duckweed swam back along the Lethe River, and when they reached the entrance, they brought a small jar into a jar that they had brought. Very happy to leave.

Gusu, in an inn. Xiaowa looked at the two cans of water on the table, and asked the duckweed lying on the bed eating melon seeds with a little face, "Sister, this water is exactly the same as ordinary water, do you want to collect more silver if you waste all this strength?"

Duckweed covered her mouth and smiled: "The little baby is so cute, the silver given by the young woman is enough for us to spend two months, don't be too greedy." ”

"I obviously don't, that woman is so rich, and my sister went to Fengdu to grab something with great difficulty, what's wrong with charging more silver?" Xiaowa pouted and retorted, "By the way, sister, I have a question that I have always wanted to ask you." ”

"What's the problem?" said duckweed laughing, sipping melon seeds.

Xiaowa scratched her head, thought about it carefully, and then asked, "Why does my sister know so many things in the world when she has never been to the world before?" That night we went to the fat woman's house and saw her being bullied by her own husband like that, I thought my sister would save her, but my sister said she would solve it herself. Sure enough, yesterday's Xiao Er in the store shouted that something had happened to Gusu, and a wife from a foreign family poisoned her Langjun and concubine. ”

"Does the little baby think I can understand the world?"

Xiaowa nodded and continued, "Although my sister is sometimes as naïve and playful as me, I always feel that my sister is like a god who can perceive people's hearts. ”

"God, I'm just an old monster who has lived for 10,000 years. Duckweed knocked on Xiaowa's head, "Some gods don't live as long as I do, but I'm not a god, and I can't even cultivate immortals." ”

When Xiaowa heard these words of duckweed, she couldn't help but feel stunned, but she still asked: "My sister has lived for so long, has she ever met a god? What does a god look like? What is the difference between a god and an immortal?"

Duckweed thought for a moment, and replied with a rare and serious feeling: "I have met many gods, but now they are all hidden. Maybe you don't understand it, that is, they don't want to appear in this world anymore. Maybe they found a random place and lived at will. Or maybe they created another world. Now, there are few gods left in this world. They only exist in human myths and legends, and even they have erased all traces of this world. This is what you people often say, when things are done, you will hide your merit and fame. And immortals are just some of the demon spirits that have been successful in the past tribulation. ”

Xiaowa nodded as if she didn't understand, poured a cup of tea for duckweed and said, "Sister, you are thirsty after eating too many melon seeds, drink more water." When I was a child, I used to hear old people say that gods appeared, as if that was a common thing. ”

The duckweed was choked by the melon seeds, and quickly drank a sip of water, coughed several times before replying with a smile: "Little baby, you don't really think that those white snakes speak, and the carp is the gods, right? ”

The little baby paused, and finally reacted, "Ah, I see." It turns out that people mistakenly think that those animals that have become demons are also gods. Isn't it time to see the real God?"

Duckweed nodded, with a little inexplicable bitterness and said, "Yes, under normal circumstances, we can't see God." I used to like a god very much, and his name was Red Songzi[1], which is the rain master recorded in the world. He taught a lot of things, about the cause and effect of love in the world, the joys, sorrows, and sorrows in the world. The day in Kunlun Mountain is very long, and he told me in detail under the maze tree. But later, he went to the world once, and heard from his mother-in-law that he seemed to have met a woman he liked very much. Since then, he has never returned to Kunlun Mountain, and I can't find him. ”

"I've never heard of that name. When I was a child, my father never told me stories, and my mother left early. But sister, don't be sad, since he's still alive, maybe one day he can meet him. Besides, there are so many good men in the world, you will meet people you like very much. That mother-in-law said you came to look for him?"

"Yes and not quite. If I'm honest, I don't know. Duckweed smiled lightly.

This is the first time she has talked so much to Xiaowa, but Xiaowa is only twelve or thirteen years old, so she may not understand much.

Red pine nuts, red pine nuts, where is he?

What was the woman he met? Will she be as childish as her, or will she be gentle and generous? Will she choose a good day to sit under the maze tree and tell her stories about the world?

The handsome, gentle man was so good to her back then, and she thought countless times that he loved him. So she picked a very comfortable afternoon and took a comfortable bath with the ice water of Kunlun Mountain. Under the Maze Tree, she listened to him tell stories, and when the stories talked about the affection between men and women, she casually showed him her heart.

But he said, "I am not Ping'er's lover. ”

Duckweed was anxious, pulled his sleeve and asked, "Does Songzi think I'm not good-looking?"

His voice was as gentle as usual, but the words he said were very hurtful: "It's not that Ping'er is not good-looking, it's not that I don't like Ping'er." It's just that from beginning to end, I just treat Ping'er as a junior sister. The Queen Mother of the West is my teacher and my benefactor. She can't rest assured of you, of course I will take care of you forever for her. ”

Since then, duckweed has never heard his story again. She sealed herself in the secret room for a long time, and when she came out, Chi Songzi had already left Kunlun Mountain, came to the world, and fell in love with an unknown woman.

She couldn't find him again.

[1] "Sou Shen Ji" contains: Red pine nuts, Shennong Shiyu Shishi. Take Bing Yusan to teach Shennong that it can enter the fire without burning. When he was in high faith, he was reinstated as a rain master and a tourist in the world. Today's rain master is Yan.