Chapter 60: The Legend of the Goddess
Nangong You's face changed: "What a dead man!" Yan'er, she didn't die. ”
"Didn't you say she was dead?"
"It's the original owner Ye Wanyan who died, her body is not dead, and now it is Ye Xiaoyan's soul from another world who lives in her body."
Xiao Yuhan understood now and asked, "Then, Ye Xiaoyan from another world knows how to heal?" ”
"Yes, not only does she know how to heal, but her world's medicine is superior to ours. So she was able to heal my leg. ”
Xiao Yuhan sighed and said: "Our Xiao family has always passed on the story of the ancestor 'Mrs. Xiao'. She's from another world. It is said that all kinds of knowledge and technology in the other world are more extensive and advanced than this one. Mrs. Xiao founded Shanhe College, devoted her life's learning, and wrote books and lectures. It recruits all kinds of talents in an eclectic way, and establishes various departments of the college to spread knowledge and skills to more people. The purpose of Shanhe College is to inherit and carry forward. ”
Speaking of this, Xiao Yuhan suddenly thought of something and asked, "You say, your princess, will she be a 'goddess'?" ”
"No, it won't." Nangong You said with certainty: "The goddess is still lying in the Western Regions, how can Yan'er be a goddess." ”
Xiao Yuhan thought about it. Legend has it that more than 700 years ago, the goddess brought the first group of people into this world for refuge, and the crisis of the outside world has not been resolved, and they are faced with the need to live here for a long time. So the goddess brought a second group of people, a third group of people, to replenish the world, bringing all kinds of tools, seeds, and all kinds of things to be used. Originally, when the crisis in the outside world was resolved, they could go out, but one day many years later, the goddess suddenly appeared in the Western Regions with a serious injury and fell into a deep sleep, and since then she has been sleeping for seven hundred years.
The goddess is the only bridge between this world and the outside world, and the sleeping of the goddess means that they have no way to get out. For 700 years, the people of this world have died generation after generation, generation after generation, but the goddess has slept to this day, her appearance has not changed, and she is still alive.
Xiao Yuhan still didn't give up, and said: "If you think about it carefully, will your princess be a goddess?" ”
Nangong glanced at him and said, "Yan'er was born in that world, grew up in that world, has parents, and relatives, how can she be a goddess." Besides, isn't the goddess still there? Although it has been sleeping. ”
Xiao Yuhan thought about it. It was he who wanted the goddess to awaken too much. He dreams of getting out of this world and seeing what the other world is like.
Xiao Yuhan put his arm around Nangong You's shoulders and said, "You once said that if I come to the capital, I must live in your mansion. Hurry up and arrange a place for me to live, and I'll move in tomorrow." ”
Nangong squinted at him and said, "Leave your mother and concubine alone, live in my house, how can your conscience be safe?" ”
"Why don't you take my mother over too?"
"How can this work. You are here to congratulate the Queen Mother on her birthday on behalf of King Xiao, and you live in my house, which is unreasonable. ”
"That's it! That's why I had to part with my mother! Xiao Yuhan said with a look of regret.
"Otherwise, don't come to live in my house. If you have time, just come to the house to play. Nangong Yu discussed with him jokingly.
"Nangong You! You forgot how I treated you when I was in Xiao Wang's Mansion? I said I wanted me to live in your house, why has it changed now? ”
"Huh." Nangong Yougan laughed twice, and agreed to it. He knew that Xiao Yuhan, like Duan Haoran, really wanted to be dead and had nothing to do with him.
Nangong looked around and found that after a long time, the people were still those people, and the main characters had not yet come, so he asked, "Where is your mother?" ”
Xiao Yuhan said: "As soon as I entered the palace, I was summoned to the imperial study. As if there was something important to say. ”
Inside the Imperial Study.
The emperor, the queen mother, and Princess Xiao were present. There is also an old woman in her seventies, with a pestle and a cane, and a rickety back, sitting on the last seat. Behind her, a little girl of thirteen or fourteen years old stood.
The emperor said: "Patriarch Mu, tell me what's going on." ”
"Yes." The old woman, who is also the patriarch of Mu, trembled and was about to get up.
"Sit down and talk."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Patriarch Mu said: "My Mu clan has been on the mission of protecting the goddess for hundreds of years. The ancestors divided the place where the goddess was sleeping as a forbidden area, and sent special people to take care of it, day and night, there were people on duty, and there was never an abnormality. Although the goddess has a vivid appearance, she has been like a stone sculpture for hundreds of years, and she has not moved at all. Until the eighth day of March this year, that is, twenty-one days ago, the goddess moved. ”
"How did it move?" The Queen Mother asked anxiously.
Patriarch Mu said, "It was afternoon, and at about the end of the day, the caretaker said that a painful expression appeared on the goddess's face. When I heard the report, I rushed over immediately. But I am old, and my legs and feet are slow, and when I arrive, the goddess will be motionless again. ”
Everyone present was a little regretful.
Patriarch Mu continued: "But my great-granddaughter happened to be by my side at the time, so I asked her to rush over and have a look first. ”
Patriarch Mu looked back at his great-granddaughter and said, "Rui'er, tell me what you saw at that time. ”
"Yes."
The little girl Mu Rui stood up, bowed, and said, "When I arrived, I saw the goddess with a painful expression, her head shaking from side to side, her fingers bent and clenched into fists, like a nightmare in her sleep. ”
The emperor said: "What is it like, you can demonstrate it." ”
Mu Rui demonstrated it and said, "That's what it looks like." Then suddenly it stopped moving, and it went back to the way it was before. ”
"How long did this process last?" The emperor asked.
Patriarch Mu replied, "From the time the caretaker found out to the time he recovered, it lasted about a quarter of an hour. In the days that followed, we watched carefully, and at twelve o'clock we were staring, and our eyes never took off the goddess. However, there has been no movement since. ”
Everyone present pondered.
Patriarch Mu said, "Your Majesty, the goddess may be about to wake up. ”
About the goddess, in folklore, is a legend. But for the Nangong family and the Xiao family, it is true.
Back then, Mrs. Xiao raised the young master of Nangong and told him that their world was actually in a painting. And this painting is a treasure of the Nangong family, called "Mountains and Rivers".
Back then, the Nangong family was bloodied by the pretenders because of this treasure, and the young lady of Nangong fled with her young son, met the goddess on the way, and was escorted by the goddess all the way, sending them to the city lord of Boyang City. But unexpectedly, the pretenders attacked Boyang City, and Boyang City was breached. In times of crisis, the goddess sent the young master of Nangong and Mrs. Xiao, as well as Mrs. Xiao's young daughter, to hide in the "Mountains and Rivers Map". And the young lady of Nangong and the lord of Xiao City were captured alive by the pretenders.
The goddess escaped from Boyang City with the picture, and Mrs. Xiao told the goddess that her mother's brother was in Chiyang City, and asked the goddess to take the "Mountains and Rivers Map" all the way to Chiyang City for help.
One day outside the picture, one month inside the picture. From Boyang City to Chiyang City, there is at least a month's journey, then they are in the map for several years. So, they were ready to live here for a long time. However, suddenly one day the goddess was seriously injured and hid in the picture, and since then she has been asleep ever since.
When the young master of Nangong entered the map, he was less than one year old, and Mrs. Xiao was not from the Nangong family, so she didn't know how to get in and out of the mountains and rivers.
The secrets of this world are known only to the emperors and the Xiao kings. They did not stop the folklore from telling them that their ancestors came from another world, but they also did not tell the people that this world was actually in a picture, one month in the picture, and one day outside the picture. Because in addition to the Nangong family and the Xiao family, most of the other people brought in were beggar orphans and displaced people who were taken in by the goddess all the way, and a few were craftsmen bought by the goddess.