Chapter 42: Under the Green Fox
When she first met him, he was a green fox in his underadult form.
When he first met her, he was a talented, but unknown teenager.
That day, he sat under the apricot tree and stroked the piano, playing the "Long Side" in Ji's Four Alleys, and she hid behind the bluestone and looked at him, looking at this young man with a head full of apricot blossoms and clear eyes. He was really different, and there was no hypocrisy and cunning of ordinary people in his eyes, so she did not run away in a hurry, but ran around his side several times.
But he turned a blind eye, still pressed the strings and stroked the piano, and watched the clouds rolling in the sky.
She was annoyed for a moment, committed a wild nature, and wanted to tease this beautiful young man who was like a jade mountain, so she jumped into his arms, and swept his soft face with her long tail.
He wasn't annoyed, and he didn't chase her, he just smiled lightly.
"Little thing, do you want to listen to the piano too?" He said.
"Little things?" She laughed secretly in her heart, this young man only thought she was an ordinary wild fox, who knew that she was practicing in the mountains and had a lifespan of nearly 100 years.
"I'll finish playing this song "Long Side" for you."
The young man laughed for a long time, turned the strings with his bare hands, and plucked out the sound of mountains and flowing water.
The sound of the piano turns a thousand times, as fast as a falling pearl, as slow as snow.
This is the intoxicating sound of the piano, in the future, how many vassal and elegant magnates in the world are willing to exchange his daughter for a song, even if it is the powerful general Sima Zhao, he is also willing to condescend for him, and fall off the horse and worship the door.
But at that time, she had not yet cultivated the Seven Senses of the Human Heart, where could she understand the rhythm and music, she just lay quietly in his arms, and fell asleep after a while. When she woke up, the young man was ready to return with the piano on his back, she felt stunned, pretended to be asleep, but her eyes were half-open and half-closed, and she secretly looked at him in front of her.
"People in this world are unpredictable," the young man looked at the green fox and whispered, "On the contrary, he is friends with the fox, and he is at ease." β
From that day on, the boy came here every day, drinking and stroking, and chanting poetry, while she sat quietly at his feet, like a tamed little beast. She was indeed accustomed to him, to the sound of his piano and his poetry, to his untied hair.
She thought that he would always accompany her and play the watery "Long Side" for him forever.
But she didn't expect that the boy would one day come empty-handed. He didn't bring a piano or wine, he just said to her quietly: "The world is uncertain, Ji Kang has a family brother, I'm afraid it will be difficult to be alone, and he can't escape from the world." β
After speaking, he held her in his heart, laughed at himself, and said, "Fox friend, you don't understand, right?" I don't understand how good it is, the game mountains and forests, the curtain is on the ground, which is like a person in the red dust, a hundred years in a hurry, but a ridiculous dream. β
She curled up in his arms, pretending to be asleep.
She wanted to tell him that she understood what he said, but she couldn't.
She knew his name, but he was leaving.
I don't like parting, I want to part.
will be lovesick, and it will be lovesick.
This parting is fifteen years.
When she saw him again, he was already the head of the world-famous "Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest".
She has already cultivated into a human body, sinking fish and geese, and her eyebrows are captivating.
And this apricot forest has also been cut down and turned into a bamboo forest. Today is not yesterday, Shaohua is no more, the scenery has changed, he revisited the hometown with the qin, and he can no longer see the green fox of the year.
"It's just a tame beast, but no one misses the past, I'm afraid I don't know where to go."
He smiled softly, then sat down on the floor and tuned the strings. Now he is accustomed to seeing the warmth and coldness of human feelings, the hardships and dangers of the world, and no longer plays the gentle "Long Side", but "Guangling San" with the spirit of a sword soldier.
"It's such a clever song, but it's just the sonorous sound of weapons faintly in the strings, which is quite ominous."
She walked slowly in front of him, dressed in white and with no hands, without powder, although she was a fox, she was like a fairy who fell from the sky and did not eat grains.
He smiled dismally, but did not answer.
"My lord, why are you here alone playing the harp?"
"I miss my boyhood friends."
"What kind of friend can make adults miss me so much?"
"Very special friend," his eyes looked at the distant world, "but I am afraid that we will never meet again in my life." β
"The best thing in this world is that the person you miss is also missing you."
After speaking, she shook her clothes, revealed her true body, turned into a small green fox, and wandered in front of him for a week.
He was dumbfounded, then smiled and said, "I didn't expect that you have cultivated into a human body, and you are no longer a stupid beast. β
"Aren't you afraid of me?" She turned into a human body again, and smiled in front of him, "I'm not of your race, aren't you afraid that I will dig out your heart and liver, and eat only your skeleton?" β
"What's so scary about you?" He smiled bitterly, "People in this world are more dangerous than ghosts and gods. β
She doesn't understand the chaos of the world, she only knows that in the eyes of this once simple young man, there is a depression and sadness that cannot be solved.
"Please play the harp for me," she said, "play the sound of the piano when we first saw it, and stop playing the fierce song of swords and swords." β
"This is not a murderous song," he explained gently, "This is "Guangling San", which is about Nie Zheng of the Warring States Period, avenging his friend Yan Zhongzi, breaking into Han Xiangxia's tired mansion alone, and assassinating alone. β
"It's like a chivalrous story, a chivalrous man."
"A promise is made, although it is a pity to die! This is the ghost and the bones," he sighed and said hatefully, "I only hate that this body is weak, and I have a family ties, and I can't learn from Nie Zheng and Ren Xia, and kill all the flies and dogs in the world, and the people who are sanctimonious." β
She could see his desolation, but she could not comfort him, and she did not know how to comfort him. She could only hold a wine for him and whisper in his ear: "Since the world is chaotic, why don't you go away and escape from the world?" β
"Where can you go? The world is so big, where is not the king's country? β
"I can accompany you to visit the famous overseas island of Xianshan, drink morning dew in the morning, eat the stamens at dusk, look ageless, and be at ease."
After listening to her words, his eyes suddenly glowed with clear brilliance, but after a while, it dimmed again: "Ji Kang already has a family, and although his wife is the daughter of the Cao family, a son and a daughter are all close relatives, how can they be abandoned?" β
"But adults are not happy."
"I can't be a loser."
She pursed her lips and stood silent, silent for a long time, and suddenly said resolutely: "Adults and children set up their own doors, and when my wife dies, I am willing to step on the clouds to pick me up, and I will be with you for a long time from now on." β
"Are you willing to wait for me?"
"A promise is made, although it is a pity to die!"
"Good, good, a promise is made, even if you die, what a pity!"
He laughed and wept again.
He drank a lot that day, and she drank a lot, and she was too drunk to get drunk, and he fell asleep in a short timeβhe was a drunk, and those who wanted to get drunk were always very drunk.
In the haze, she saw a thin smoke rising from the bamboo forest, and out of the smoke came an old man with a crane-haired and childish face, who quietly came to the two of them with a cane in one hand and a roll of red thread in the other.
"You have a lifetime of fate with him," the old man said with a smile, "the old man is here to tie the marriage line for you." β
She only felt sanity, but she couldn't move, and when the smoke cleared, she had the strength, and the old man was long gone, and she looked down to see that there was a thin red thread on her and his feet.
"You have a lifetime of fate with him."
She thought of what the old man said, and her heart was overjoyed, she stared at him stupidly, watching him sleep soundly, and at that moment she finally understood, this is what the world often says lovesickness.
He slept too long, she watched too long, and he didn't wake up from his drunkenness until twilight was approaching.
"Is this the hour?" He said apologetically, "You should wake me up." β
"You slept too deeply," she said, "and I didn't want to call you." β
He looked at her clear eyes, smiled lightly, and then stood up, like a jade mountain that was not stained with lead.
"I'll come back to you tomorrow," he said, picking up the guqin on the ground and bowing to her.
"My lord," she asked timidly, "wasn't the covenant with the slave just now?" β
"The eldest husband made a promise, how dare he break his promise?" He said in a loud voice, "The covenant with Qing will never be forgotten." β
She finally smiled, laughing freely and briskly, she was innocent, not like a woman in the world.
"The slave still wants to ask the adult for one thing."
"Oh?"
"Please give the slave a name, the name of a human woman."
He smiled softly, remembering the warm blue fur he had covered in when he first met her.
"Qing Niang," his voice was as gentle as water, "you will be called Qing Niang." β
The first parting, she learned his name.
At that time, their reunion was fifteen years apart.
This time of parting, he gave her name.
But in the end, it became a permanent secret.
In the seventh year of Emperor Wen of Wei, Ji Kang was defiled by Sima Zhao of Zhonghui, trapped in the Lu An case, and was convicted of death.
Three thousand students jointly signed a letter to save Ji Kang from death, but Sima Zhao did not allow it.
Before Ji Kang was sentenced, he wore a green robe and clogs, his face did not change, and he leisurely played the song "Guangling San", and then calmly killed.
More than 10,000 people watched the execution, and half of them hid their faces and wept.
Yushan is dumped, and "Guangling San" is extinct.
And the woman who was waiting for her in the mountains couldn't wait for the boy who stroked the piano for her. "Qiu Ye, you have never failed the people of the world, why do the people of the world treat you like this!"
The woman named Qingniang cried bitterly, and pointed to the old temple where the incense was gone: "You said it! You say I have a lifetime of fate with him! Why did he not die well, why did he trap me here for three hundred years!"
"You do have a lifelong relationship with him."
.......
A long sigh came from the bamboo forest on the west side of the Yuelao Temple, with helpless sadness in his voice.
"The old man can protect the smoke, but how can he defeat the power and danger in the world?"
As soon as the words fell, an old man used the supreme light skill of Hongyan Sangu, flew from the bamboo forest, and landed in the middle of the clearing, the beautiful young man Wang Liangyu took a deep breath, looked at the old man in front of him, and said, "Huh? Something familiar to this master? β
The corners of the old man's mouth twitched, and he said, "Hero, you may have recognized the wrong person, I have a public face."
"Impossible," the beautiful boy Wang Liangyu said, "You are a genius who ran away and deceived me of a lot of money!"
"Aha," the old man smiled embarrassedly, and then turned to the young lady beside him: "Qing Niang, the old man left the red line array, not to trap you, but to save you, he knows what a stubborn woman you are, if you learn of Ji Kang's death, you will definitely enter the world to slaughter, once you create a killing karma, you will definitely fall from the sky and turn into ashes." β
"Who are you?" Qing Niang looked at the old man in front of her, her voice was still choked, "The matter of the red line array, only Yue Lao and I know, why do you know so clearly?" β
"This is Changpingzi," Xia Shuo explained, "Elder Tianjimen Chuangong, the guardian of the red line array of this generation, it is he who calculated that the earth will be full and the red line will change, so he came to me and asked me to untie your century-old heart knot." β
"To untie the bell, you have to tie the bell," Chang Pingzi looked at Qing Niang and said in a deep voice, "My Tianji Sect elder has been guarding outside the Red Line Ridge for generations, and his disciples have traveled the world to find the descendants of the Ji family, just because we know that some words are not said by the descendants of the Ji family, you will not believe it after all, Qing Niang, at this moment, the water is out, the knot of a hundred years has been solved, can't you let go?"
"What does it mean to be relieved? Forget, is it a relief?"
The young lady stood silent for a long time, and then whispered to herself: "Do you really think that I don't understand anything?" In fact, I know everything, I know everything, although I am trapped in the Red Line Ridge, I have also seen the woodcutters in the mountains and fields, and the medicine of Fangshi, how can I not know the change of dynasties and the changes of the world? I just don't know the exact year. β
Speaking of this, Qingniang smiled sadly, and sobbed in a low voice: "I said to myself, I don't want to know the truth, even if I know, I have to lie to myself that it is fake, as long as the marriage line on my feet is still there, Qiu Ye is still there, I promised him, I will step on the clouds to pick him up and take him to Haixian Mountain, how can I break my promise?"
"Young lady." Xia Shuo's eyes were already red, "Don't say it again, it's our Ji family who is sorry for you, I came too late and failed you for a hundred years." β
"Silly boy, who is sorry for whom?" Qingniang said, "This is my own choice, I often hear people say that lovesickness is painful, lovesickness is suffering, how did I ever think that it would be so bitter?" In the past, I always laughed at mortals for not being able to see the illusion of red dust, but I didn't expect that the best at self-deception was actually me..."
"You have lived up to your promise," Chang Pingzi snorted, "You have waited for three hundred years, and the descendants of the Ji family have also looked for you for three hundred years, you have all kept your promises, but in different ways, but in different ways," Qing Niang stretched out her wrist like frost, brushed Xia Shuo's double frequency with her bare hand, and slowly spoke, "Qiu Ye, I have waited for it, right?" Although only your descendants, though... He won't stroke the piano for me. β
"Ji Kang is good!" Gu Yudong, a beautiful boy tied to a wooden stake, spoke, "In the end, he played a song "Guangling San" towards the executioner, and he had an unyielding chivalrous spirit in his heart, woman, you didn't choose the wrong person!"
"Woman, you didn't choose the wrong person!" The beautiful boy Wang Liangyu also had tears in the corners of his eyes, "He just couldn't get out of the king's country!"
After listening to the words of the Chang'an rangers, the young lady smiled lightly at them: "Maybe he was born in this era, and he will become a ranger who plays and sings and lives happily like you."
"Woman!" Gu Yudong burst into tears and was impassioned, "It's not as good as Uncle Ji Ye in the next place, if you really need it, you can kill me, I am willing to help you break through the red line formation of the old moon!"
"Woman!" The beautiful young man Wang Liangyu's lips turned pale with fright, "Please don't talk to Gu Yudong, he often can't tell the line between naivety and retarded, feelings belong to feelings, if you can not kill us, please try not to kill us!"
"Please calm down," Chang Heizi answered, "Xiaodao has a way to break the formation, and there is no need to hurt people. β
Chang Pingzi said, took out a copper seal from his arms, he put the copper seal close to the ground, and then recited the proverb of breaking the formation in his mouth, only to see countless red lines rising in the flat ground, those red lines flew into the air, and through the night wind, all turned into red smoke and dust.
"The red line array has been broken," Chang Pingzi said, "Qing Niang, the red line ridge can no longer trap you." β
"You have the seal of Yangping Zhidu," Qing Niang asked, "You could have easily surrendered to me, why did you go to such great lengths to find Qiu Ye's descendants and untie the knot for a monster like me?"
"Because you're not a monster... You're not like that kind of evil villain. Xia Shuo immediately spoke, "Qingniang, you are the person loved by the ancestor Ji Kang, and you are a poor woman waiting to return, who dares to say that you are a monster, you are the enemy of my Ji family!"
"Good boy, good boy..."Qing Niang laughed, "Tell me, where is Qiu Ye buried?"
"Buried at the foot of the mountain, Qingniang, do you want to go?"
"Of course," Qingniang smiled again, "The marriage line is not broken, and I want to keep a good watch for Qiu Ye forever." β
The young lady spoke, her posture was light, and she suddenly turned into a green fox and flew down the mountain.
"Young lady! Wait!" Xia Shuo shouted.
The green fox stopped in the air, looking back at this descendant of the Ji family, I don't know if at a certain moment, I saw the young man who played the piano for her.
"The ancestors left a word."
The green fox stopped in place, staring at Xia Shuo without blinking an eye.
"In this life, I am worthy of the world, I just hate that I didn't play a song "Long Side" for you again!"
The green fox sobbed at the head of his jaw, suddenly led his neck to mourn a few times, and walked away, never looking back.
The marriage line is still there, but there is no marriage.
There is no more Uncle Ji in the world, and there is no fox fairy in the Red Line Ridge.
The case of Red Line Ridge was investigated by Xia Shuo of Dali Temple, and with the help of Gu Yudong, a ranger of Chang'an Weiyang Palace, and Wang Liangyu, a beautiful boy, it finally came to light.
The sky is mighty, and the Tang Dynasty is mighty.
Xia Shuo moved to Dali Temple, and the official came down from the five products.
Gu Yudong and the beautiful boy Wang Liangyu gave them a hundred taels of silver and two iron fast swords. When the prince heard about this incident, he waved his pen and gave him the words "Chang'an Shuangxia".
Since then, Gu Yudong and the beautiful boy Wang Liangyu claimed to be hand-picked by order, and people who are famous all over the world for good things once asked what happened to the Red Line Ridge, but the two always kept silent, just swore that there were no ghosts and no fox fairies in this Tang Dynasty.
But in the distant territory of Suzhou, some people say that in front of the tomb of Ji Kang Ji Qiu, a famous tutu in the former dynasty, there are often heavenly maidens who hold the qin and go down to earth and stroke the qin all night, sometimes playing the long-lost "Guangling San", and sometimes playing the ancient style of "Long Side",
But more often than not, she plays the song "Long Side" that has been forgotten by time for too long.
long side,
long side,
Accompany the long side.
......
The beautiful young man Wang Liangyu came to the grave and looked at the lonely young lady.
"What's the matter with the young man?"
The beautiful young man Wang Liangyu was speechless: "Is the young lady really willing to accept this marriage?" β
Qingniang smiled bitterly.
Gu Yudong answered, "Thanks to what happened last time, the two of us are famous, but the money is a little tight, and now Datang is holding the annual "Datang Good Ranger", and I hope that Qingniang will help secretly." β
Qingniang shook her head, "Although there is no red line, but the obsession in my heart has not disappeared, from tomorrow, I have my own plans, this help can't help." β
The beautiful young man Wang Liangyu was full of disappointment, "Where is the young lady going?" β
Fall,
The wind was blowing, and I saw a sneer at the corner of the beauty's mouth,
"Attach to people with similar appearances, until you meet Qiu Ye again!"
β¦β¦β¦
Su Ye looked at the light rain with pale crane hair, and felt a lot of emotion in his heart.
The love of the young lady is persistent,
But Xiaoyu is innocent!
How many people before her had experienced this pain, how many dark fifteen years?
Which is more important.
Su Ye took a deep breath, "I'll take you to Qiu Ye." β
"You know?" Xiaoyu wrinkled and trembled, "If you lie to me, you will die." β
Su Ye bent down and stretched out his hand.
Xiaoyu put her hand on it and slowly got up.
Walking slowly, staggering, and walking to the living room, Aunt Wu covered her mouth and exclaimed, Su Ye made a quiet gesture.
Push open the door and go downstairs.
Su Ye took out his mobile phone and sent a message to Brother Deng'er.
Since there is something in the body, just look for Brother Deng'er.
Ten minutes away, forty minutes away, the two stood on the pedestrian street.
Deng'er wore a white shirt, jeans, and a baseball cap, squatting under the tree and smoking.
"Is the master back?"
He glanced at Su Ye and then at the old lady, the smile in his mouth suddenly disappeared, and he stared at Xiaoyu with an extremely cold gaze.
"Sir... You're talking about this busy, it's her. β
Su Ye nodded.
The lamp took a breath and looked at the flow of people around her, wondering, "Now?" β
"Hmm"
Deng'er pursed her mouth, took out two white rabbit toffees from her pocket, peeled them off, ate one for herself, and handed them to the old lady's mouth.
"Open your mouth."
The old lady was identifying from beginning to end, and was just about to say a word, when the lamp's fingers flicked, and the white rabbit toffee entrance, there was no time to react,
The lamp untied the coat tied to his waist and flung it in the air, and then with an arrow step, his eyes crossed two blue rays of light, bent down, and grabbed the waist of the old lady of the landlord, without giving any chance, and put his whole face on it.
Begin a long,
Kiss.
The white coat was impartially draped over the heads of both men.
I can't see what's going on inside, but I can feel it, a grumpy thing, struggling desperately!
The air was getting colder and colder.
The guy in the shop put down his work and stood in place, looking at the lamp.
Su Ye clenched his fists and took out the only two steamed buns.
"Panic!" Behind him, there was the lazy hoarse voice of the third uncle.
"Third uncle!"
"Hmm."
The third uncle nodded and looked at Su Ye in wonder, "I said that you rabbit cub is not good looking at the store, what kind of mess are you making mysteriously all day long?" When is this still being pulled out by you?! β
Su Ye scratched his head embarrassedly and didn't make a sound.
The third uncle turned around and lifted the coat on the lamp's head.
I saw that Xiaoyu was constantly spitting black gas in his mouth, and the black gas seemed to be given life, scurrying around trying to escape, but it was all sucked into the mouth of the lamp by a strong gravitational force.
Lamp enjoyed the process.
With the loss of black qi, the old lady who was originally full of furrows began to change at the speed of the naked eye.
The hair, skin, facial features, rickety waist, and even the newborn eyelashes have grown a few centimeters.
Suddenly, she became a slim girl again.
The third uncle lit a cigarette and pointed at the girl: "Acquaintance?" β
Su Ye shook his head, and when he saw that the third uncle's face was wrong, he immediately nodded, "Well, I'm going to introduce it to Brother Deng'er." β
The third uncle paused for a moment and took a sullen puff on his cigarette, "What about the resentment on the board?" β
Su Ye laughed, "Lao Tzu!" β
He only needs to reveal the secret and get the nebula, is it possible that he really wants to help Qingniang find Qiu Ye?
People have been dead for thousands of years, and their bones have turned to ashes.
It's time to put it down, let's put it down.
Su Ye looked at the nebula in the shape of a large mushroom cloud in his body, put his hands on the back of his head, faced the sun, and exhaled deeply.
"Heh..."
The third uncle smiled and nodded, "It's finally a little bit of a look..."
After speaking, he turned around and waved his hand to everyone, signaling everyone to disperse, and then went into the chess and card room by himself.
Pedestrians and couples stopped on the side of the road, and some even took out their mobile phones to take pictures.
Envy came and went.
In my ears is the love song of the bubble tea shop, Lin Junjie, mermaid.
Legend has it that you were stranded for love,
I can dive into the sea for you,
How can I bear to break off and forget my unchanging vows
My tears broke my eyes.
The long kiss ends in a touching melody,
Deng'er looked at the face that was held by herself, and laughed,
"Pretty handsome!"
He let go of his hands and wiped his mouth.
Xiaoyu slowly opened her eyes,
Su Ye stepped forward and smiled, "Did you see that?" This is the outside world. From now on, you don't have to worry about something pestering you anymore, he called the lamp and helped you solve it. β
Xiaoyu raised her head and looked around, those envious eyes, those passing vehicles, even the big trees on the side of the road, the birds on the big trees,
All this can only be seen in the scene of TV,
I have dreamed countless times of longing in my heart,
Finally in this moment,
Realized.
Lamp took out a large white rabbit from his pocket, peeled it off, and said, "Open your mouth." β
Xiaoyu didn't open her mouth,
Instead, he looked at the lamp movingly,
Tears rained down.
In the distance, Aunt Wu stood under the tree, watching her daughter stand in the sun for the first time in fifteen years, still in the posture of a girl, the long-accumulated depression was finally released, and she covered her mouth and cried bitterly.
The lamp has a touch in her heart, and when she devoured the green lady, she already knew everything.
He looked at the teary light rain and sighed, "Isn't everything okay now?" Obedient. β
Xiaoyu shook her head desperately, this kind of grievance that goes deep into the bone marrow has not been experienced, and she will not understand it at all.
"Huh...," Lamp sighed, "Cry, it's better to cry." β
After speaking, he threw the white rabbit into his mouth.
Haven't chewed yet,
I saw Xiaoyu raise her head slowly,
Tearfully pointing to the mouth of the lamp,
"Feed me."