Chapter 72
also disappeared without a trace between eating and drinking.
During the banquet, Taishang Laojun and the Buddha talked about Buddhism and Taoism, and Wei Changtian had no way to interject, so he simply held the cup in one hand and pinched the fruit in the other hand to eat and drink. After a while, I felt a fever in my cheeks, my mind was dizzy, and I thought: "I think that when I drank with Wang Hu and Tie Gang in the restaurant in Yingzhou City, and a few of them couldn't pour me into battle, why did I get drunk after drinking less than a catty? Well, immortal wine is immortal wine, so powerful!" In fact, he didn't know that this immortal wine had the effect of nourishing longevity after drinking, and the fierceness of the wine was also comparable to the wine in the extraordinary. He drank the glass without stopping, and the wine was surging, and it was strange that he was not drunk.
Taishang Laojun and the Buddha of the Burning Lamp looked at him slightly, and when they saw him full of drunkenness, they couldn't help but smile. The Buddha said, "Wei Xiaoxianyou, you are drunk." ”
Wei Changtian's consciousness gradually blurred in his mind, but he said with self-reliance: "Fuck, old ...... Monk, you are ...... I'm drunk. Old way, give me another ...... Get a few more glasses...... I don't believe it......"
Taishang Laojun and the Burning Lamp Buddha glanced at each other, both shaking their heads and smiling bitterly. Lao Shang Laojun called Qingfeng Mingyue in and said, "Wei Xianyou is not strong enough to drink, you can help him into the back pavilion to rest for the time being." After a while, I will talk about the Buddha and preach with the Buddha on the Zhuling Dantai, and you will go and let the fairy children, immortal generals, immortal officials, and immortal officials in the palace come and listen to it. ”
Qingfeng Mingyue bowed down, one left and one right, grabbed Wei Changtian's arm, and said, "Little fairy, please go with us." ”
Wei Changtian pushed left and right, and said vaguely: "Don't go! Don't go! Whoever touches me, who ...... it's a black ...... Turtle ...... said this, but he couldn't help himself, and he was still helped into a room in the back attic.
Qingfeng Mingyue helped him lie down on the bamboo bed in the room, put on a cotton mattress for him, and then quietly withdrew.
Wei Changtian writhed on the bed for a while, the wine seemed to have a hypnotic effect, and finally fell asleep unconsciously.
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Wake up conscious. Wei Changtian jumped out of bed, only to feel that his ears and eyes were much smarter than before, and his body was becoming lighter and healthier.
But I don't know that since he entered the heavenly realm, what he eats and drinks, all of them are rare heavenly things, and there are a lot of fairy spirits in the dantian.
Where did Wei Changtian know this? He wondered in his heart, and thought, "Am I drunk? Well, it seems that the two boys from Qingfeng Mingyue brought me into this house." When he opened the door, he looked out, looked left and right, and couldn't see a single figure, and muttered, "I don't know how long I've been sleeping, and the master is still waiting for me to go back." I went to say hello to the old man, and then left. ”
Step out of the house and follow the passage to the left. I don't want to be built according to the direction of the gossip, hidden mysteries, like a big labyrinth, if you are not familiar with the truth, you will definitely lose your way, even if it is a big Luo Jinxian who will soar through the clouds, it is probably difficult to get out.
Wei Changtian walked quickly for a while, but then he went back to the same place, scratched his head, and somehow, said to himself: "His grandmother's, what's going on?" walked to the right for a while, and the result was still the same as before.
He tilted his head and thought for a while, as if he had realized something, and as he walked again, he drew a circle in the place he passed to mark it, so that he would not repeat the mistake of the past. It was also his luck that he didn't go back to the place this time, but there were many houses in the Tushi Palace, and it was not easy to find the immortal pavilion that he had just talked to Taishang Laojun.
At that time, the entire Tushi Palace up and down, regardless of the immortal position, gathered on the Zhuling Dantai in the palace to listen to the ancient Buddha and the Taishang Laojun talk about the Buddha on the lamp, Wei Changtian walked around for a while, did not see a single immortal, bored, he wanted to drive the clouds away, and then thought: "No, if I leave so quietly, then the old Taoist priest should not blame me, saying that I am not interesting enough? Well, it is not easy to mix in the sky for the first time, and the old Taoist priest is a big official next to the Jade Emperor, so it is better not to offend." That's it, I'll walk around again, hoping to meet the old Taoist. ”
Thinking of this, he put away his impatience, and entered the house when he saw it, and when he saw the house, he roamed around at will.
Unconsciously touched the Dan room of Taishang Laojun, but saw a huge furnace standing in the center, I don't know what kind of divine iron is casting, when I look closely, the fire in the furnace is blazing, burning, and the flame contains orange red, red, dark red three colors.
Wei Changtian was very curious, and did not know what the furnace was for, so he circled around it until his eyes were sour by the light of the fire, and then he turned away.
This Dan room is not very large, and a huge stove is placed, and the temperature is higher than the outside. Wei Changtian was stunned for a moment, only to feel that his body was hot, and he raised his arm to tear off the shirt on his chest, not wanting to touch the "Qiankun Yin Yang Hu" hanging from his waist. The gourd bounced on the ground a few times, gurgling and rolling to the wall on the left.
Wei Changtian hurriedly stepped forward to pick it up, took a closer look, and saw that the gourd was not damaged, so he was relieved.
Hanging the gourd on his waist, he raised his eyes slightly, and saw five purple gourds hanging directly above the wall, which were similar in shape and size to his "Qiankun Yin and Yang Hurd". He stretched out his hand to pick one up, shook it slightly, and heard the "whooshing" sound inside, obviously pretending to have some things, and under curiosity, he pulled out the lid of the gourd casually, and there was a burst of aroma in his nose, and he couldn't help but sneeze a few times in succession.
"Mother's so fragrant! what's in it?" He spread out his left hand and poured the gourd slightly, and a few pills immediately rolled out of the mouth of the gourd, which was not much bigger than the soybeans planted in the mortal world, and the strange thing was that the body was yellow, as if it was made of gold. Yidan is in hand, and the whole body feels warm and comfortable.
"Ah, it's the golden pill refined by the old way!" "Previously, when he was in the Lingxiao Treasure Palace, Wei Changtian was rewarded with a lot of treasures by the Jade Emperor, during which there was a golden pill, he only tasted peach and other things at that time, but the golden pill was put into the "gourd yin and yang gourd" on his waist.
At this moment, the golden pill was in his hand, and there was no one left or right, so he simply stuffed the few golden pills into his mouth, chewed them into his stomach, and felt that his mouth was full of fragrant, and he couldn't help but secretly praise: "Well, fragrant! delicious!" poured a few more grains out and ate them.
I ate 20 or 30 pills in a row, and it was like an addiction. Suddenly, his heart moved, and he thought: "This elixir was painstakingly refined by the old Taoist priest, if I eat a pure light in one go, wouldn't I be a little sorry for him? If he finds that there is a gourd empty, he will know that I secretly ate the elixir." No, no, I can't eat it anymore, and I'll lose it to death. I wanted to shut up, but I was a little reluctant.
The cemetery had an idea, and thought: "He has five gourds, and it seems that each gourd always contains a hundred and ten pills, and I pour out twenty or thirty pills from each one, and it is difficult to notice that the old Taoist priest is dizzy." Hehe, I'm so clever! I've got a brilliant idea! I've come up with a great trick!"
At that moment, he hung up the gourd in his hand, poured out thirty grains from the other four gourds, ate more than a dozen of them, put the rest into the gourd on his waist, and thought happily: "When I live peacefully in the sky, I will find Sakura and Su Su in the lower realm, and then give them the fairy fruits, peaches, and elixirs contained in this gourd, so that they will also become immortals, and fly to the sky to live with me! Haha, this is the 'fairy couple' that people often envy!" When thinking of the women, although they have not been separated for a long time, they flashed in front of their eyes like pollen, and a little nostalgia rose. After staying for a while, I was afraid that someone would crash in and see that I had stolen the elixir, and at that time, everyone had stolen money, and I couldn't rely on it, so I hurriedly left the alchemy room.
When he came out, he found that the clouds and mist, which were originally colorful, had turned into a monotonous gray color, and the entire heavenly realm was not as bright as before he left, and this scene was like the sunset on the western mountains of the world.
But I don't know that although there is no cold and heat in the heavenly realm, and the four seasons are like spring, the alternation of day and night is just like the earth. It's just one day in the sky, but a long year has passed in the world. As for Yang Xueying, Bai Susu, Bai Zhenzhen and other women waiting in the lower realm, anxious day and night, Wei Changtian is in the heavenly realm, playing and playing, but there is no way to know.
Seeing that the sky was getting dark, I thought, "It's not that I don't say goodbye to the old Taoist, but I can't even find a shadow of him." His grandmother's, no matter, I'm leaving!" He said that he would go, and he did not hesitate, he recited the true secret, and the clouds rose under his feet, holding him and leaving the Doushi Palace of Taishang Laojun.
After a moment of flying, it finally fell dark in the celestial realm. Wei Changtian was sleepy, and he saw that there were Xianfu Temples everywhere, and the lights in it were brilliant and bright, and he remembered in the cemetery that when he was in the Nether, every night, he would always look up at the stars in the sky a few times, and thought: "I don't know if the stars I saw when I was in the world are the lights here." Hey, it must be, look at the light flickering and flashing, isn't it like a star blinking?"
He originally wanted to go back to Master Sun Wukong's Fighting God Mansion, but when he came to the gate of the mansion, he changed his mind again: "I can't sleep when I go back at this time, so it's better to take a walk and enjoy the night view in the heavenly realm." With a slight twist under his feet, the clouds turned westward.
All the way through the "Tianwang Mansion", "Taiyi Palace" and other more than a dozen palaces, one because the gate is closed, the other because of the unfamiliar with the gods and goddesses, it is inconvenient to go in and disturb, just look outside the door, and then go again.
Suddenly, I heard the roar of the water in front of me, and saw a wide and boundless river running through the eyes, the waves were like mountains, and the waves were like mountains, and the danger was extreme.
The clouds descended from the sky and walked to the edge of the river. Although he had seen a lot of dangerous mountains and rivers before, but in front of this river, he felt thrilled and speechless, and said in his heart: "My good man, it turns out that there are such big rivers in the sky." Well, the sky is full of beauty, but this river is too dangerous. After standing for a moment, I found that although the waves in the river were high, they were confined to the riverbed, and there was not a drop of splashing, and I couldn't help but marvel again.
Slowly walking along the river bank to the west for dozens of zhang, I faintly heard the voice of someone coming, raised my eyes to look around, and saw in the dim that there were three figures standing tall and two short standing near the river.
Wei Changtian was overjoyed in his heart, thinking that it must be the heavenly immortals who came out at night to relax, so he hurried a few steps and shouted loudly: "Hey!" The three figures were like wooden people, and they did not respond.
Wei Changtian only thought that the wind and waves were urgent, and the sound was loud, the other party didn't hear him speak, and while walking, he "fed" a few times in succession, and the volume was higher than once, but the three figures were motionless.
Wei Changtian muttered to himself: "Grandma, even your heavenly emperor doesn't dare to underestimate me, you three tattered immortals have quite a big shelf...... Hmph, if you ignore me, I want to talk to you, so that you will not live in peace. ”
When I got closer, I realized that the tall one in the middle was a young man, and on either side stood two children, a man and a woman, who looked to be only six or seven years old. Although the two children were wearing coarse green shirts, their faces were white and tender, red and fluttering, like jade and pink clothes, which made people feel pity when they saw it.
Wei Changtian was still a little angry, but at this time he disappeared without a trace, thinking: "The two children are very similar to young men, and they seem to be a family...... No, it should be a fairy. Well, a family of three has nothing to do after eating, and it's not bad to go out for a walk to get full. Hey, why does that man only bring his children out, but not his wife?"
Standing behind the man, he "coughed" twice vigorously, then put his hand on his shoulder and said, "Big brother is good." ”
The young man didn't seem to expect someone behind him, so he was slightly startled, turned around, and saw that it was a young man with a grin, and frowned: "This brother is ......."
Wei Changtian was afraid that he would underestimate himself, so he straightened his chest, straightened his color, and said: "I am the apprentice of the Monkey King who defeated the Buddha Sun Wukong in the Monkey King, the brother of the Marshal of the Canopy Pure Altar, the South China Sea Guanyin, the Antarctic Immortal Weng, and the Taishang Laojun...... There are also the eight immortals, their good friend ......" patted the pass token on his waist, and continued: "The Jade Emperor and I are not bad, the first time we met, he gave me a 'pass token', saying that it can run rampant in the sky, and the passage is unimpeded, I don't know if it's true or not......"
The young man's face showed a look of surprise, and then he disappeared, and said with a faint smile: "Brother Zun's surname?"
Wei Changtian said a big call, and then he thought that he didn't say his name, and he grinned: "My name is Wei Changtian." ”
The young man let out an "oh", smiled at him again, and nodded, "Hello Brother Wei." After saying this, he slowly turned his head and looked across the river.
Wei Changtian looked closely, and saw that the young man and the two children were all looking at the other side of the river, looking drunk, as if they were waiting for something to come, but it was a little redundant to stand here by himself.
If it was someone else, he should have walked away at this moment, but Wei Changtian was different, he was curious, and accosted the young man: "Big brother, what's your name?"
The young man turned his head sideways and said, "I have been a poor person since I was a child, and I have no name, just call me a cowherd." ”
Wei Changtian said: "Ha, it turns out that the eldest brother's surname is Niu......! Cowboy...... Hehe, what a great name! Good name! Brother Niu, are these two your children?" he said, gesturing to the two children beside the cowherd.
The cowherd stroked the heads of the two children lovingly, and smiled slightly: "Not bad." Magpie, flyover, call uncle well. ”
When the two children, a man and a woman, heard this, they raised their heads and called out in unison, "Hello uncle!" The voice was tender and pleasant, and it made people's hearts warm to hear.
Wei Changtianxin said: "Magpie, Tianqiao, why do you have such a strange name?" Hearing the two children call themselves "uncle", he couldn't help but be happy, and said with a smile: "Good and good, really sensible, much more sensible than when my uncle was a child, and my uncle never called people ...... when he was a child" I thought that when I met for the first time, the two children were cute, and I should give some meeting gifts, so I poured out a ginseng fruit and a handful of fire dates from the "Qiankun Yin and Yang Gourd", bent down and said: "Come, this fruit and dates are very delicious, uncle will give them to you to taste." ”
After all, the magpie and the flyover were young, and when they smelled the fragrant aroma, they were very moved, and wanted to reach out to pick it up, but they were a little afraid, and they all turned their eyes to their father.
Cowherd saw what was in Wei Changtian's hand clearly, and couldn't help but gasp, and exclaimed, "This is ...... Yes...... Ginseng fruit?!fire date?!Brother Wei, these ...... How do you have these things?"
Wei Changtian looked at him with a face full of surprise, and said disappreciably: "Are these things...... I'm not rare, but the Jade Emperor insisted on giving it, and I couldn't resist him, so I had to reluctantly accept it. Hehe, I have a lot of them here, if children love to eat, I will give them all the brains. ”
The cowherd hurriedly waved his hand, shook his head and said, "No, never." This kind of immortal treasure, let alone mortals, even the heavenly immortals can't easily enjoy it, how can I afford these two children? Brother Wei, please take it back. As he spoke, he glared at his son and daughter respectively, and shook his head slightly, signaling that they could not accept Wei Changtian's things.
The magpie and Tianqiao seemed to be afraid of their father, their small mouths snorted, and they reluctantly retracted their hands, but their eyes were still staring at the ginseng fruit and fire dates in Wei Changtian's hand.
Wei Changtian pretended to be angry and said loudly: "What's the matter? What is this? I think Brother Niu is a good person to get along with, but I didn't expect to keep people away from a thousand miles away like this, which is really hurtful...... It's so sad......"
The Cowherd smiled bitterly, sighed, looked at the other side of the river, and muttered: "Qiao'er, Que'er, today is the seventh day of July, and we will soon see the weaving ...... again I've seen your mother. You guys...... You guys...... Are you happy?" When it came to the last sentence, for some reason, his voice was a little choked.
When the magpie and Tianqiao heard their father's words, they immediately turned their heads away and followed their father's gaze forward. Tianqiao said: "Dad, I miss my mother so much!" Magpie said: "I want to too." Daddy, when will my mother come here? I want to see her soon. After a pause, he tugged at his father's sleeve and said, "Dad, why did we see my mother for a long time? Why did she go to live on the other side of the river instead of living with us? Why?
She asked a few times, and the look on the cowherd's face suddenly became painful and resentful, and changed several times, and after a long time, she said gloomily: "Your mother, she...... She can't come, or she'll be punished by heaven......"
The two children probably didn't understand the meaning of "punishment" and looked at each other. Tianqiao clenched his little fist and said loudly: "If my mother can't come, then let's build a big wooden boat and go to the other side of the river to find her, okay?" The girl magpie clapped her hands in agreement.
Cowherd shook his head and said, "No...... What if the Queen Mother learns about it, she is angry, and we are not allowed to meet as a family again?" suddenly sighed, raised his head to the sky, and said stupidly: "Once a year on the seventh day of July, the Tianhe Cowherd will be a weaver girl. Queen Mother, Queen Mother, the immortals of the Heavenly Realm have been pitying my family of four for many years, why are you so heartbroken that you don't allow our family to reunite? Why?"
Wei Changtian listened to it from the sidelines, and couldn't help asking: "Brother Niu, it turns out that my sister-in-law is on the other side of the river." I heard you just say to yourself, saying that sister-in-law can't come over, and if she does, she will be punished by heaven's rules, why is this? Is it the queen mother's old woman who is blocking you from meeting?"
Cowherd heard him call the Queen Mother "Old Woman", and hurriedly whispered: "Brother, be cautious and careful when you say something, there are gods and immortals in the heavenly realm, don't be listened to, spread to the ears of the Queen Mother, the crime is not small!"
Wei Changtian snorted and said loudly: "What's the big deal about spreading out? I'm not afraid!"
Cowherd lowered his voice and said: "Brother, although your backstage is tough, the Queen Mother is the main palace of the Jade Emperor." In the Jade Emperor's house, the Queen Mother said that she wanted to do something, and the Jade Emperor would only stand by and watch, and would never interfere and stop it, and all the immortals knew about it, and none of them dared to disobey. You're going to really her off, that's ...... Alas, if I say something unpleasant, then you can't eat and walk around!"
Wei Changtian was born with a stubborn temper in his bones, and the more he heard him say this, the more dissatisfied he became, and said: "His grandmother's, my Wei Chang is naturally not afraid of the earth, the sky is not afraid, his Jade Emperor is afraid of his wife, it is his business, what am I afraid of her doing? It's not my wife! Fuck, didn't my master make a big fuss in the Heavenly Palace back then, and he pissed me off, and I also made him come out vigorously......
The cowherd listened to what he said more and more disagreeable, but he couldn't stop it, he couldn't help but be anxious, suddenly heard a magpie sound, looked up sharply, and saw a large number of magpies flying over the big river, densely packed with countless magpies.
He was ecstatic in his heart, and couldn't help but exclaim: "Ah, it's a magpie! The magpie is coming! The magpie is coming!" As he spoke, the countless magpies had formed a row of their own, and in front of him, it looked like a huge arched bridge across the sky above the Tianhe.
Wei Changtian had never seen such a spectacle? He opened his mouth wide and exclaimed, "My good God, where did all these magpies come from?"
Cowherd said: "This is the fairy magpie of the heavenly realm, who was ordered by the queen mother to build a bridge for our husband and wife. The place where our family meets once a year is also on this flyover. Brother, I'm going to take the children to see my wife, and we'll talk about that later. Without waiting for Wei Changtian to answer, he took the little hands of the bridge and the magpie, and ran straight to the magpie bridge.
Wei Changtian looked at the back of the cowherd in a hurry, shook his head and sighed: "Running faster than a rabbit! It's really interesting to see my wife and forget my friends! It's not interesting!" Then he thought: "It's no wonder, the Spring Festival is worth a thousand gold, and he and his wife only have to see each other once a year, it's not easy." Hehe, if it were me, I'm afraid I would run faster than him. ”