Chapter 9: Midnight Tryst
The moonlight is as cold as water, sprinkled on the water surface and mountains, giving the whole night a layer of mysterious color.
She stood on the embankment, dressed in red, with her skirt fluttering, like a fairy coming from the moon.
The white moonlight seemed to cover her face with a white veil, and she couldn't see her clearly, but I knew who she was.
Mountain god Niangniang, she finally saw me.
Before we met, I had imagined countless scenes of meeting her, but when I met at this time, I was not prepared at all.
And so, I was a few steps away from her, looking at each other, and no one spoke, just as we had seen each other for the first time.
But this time, I didn't flinch from her gaze.
It wasn't until a few minutes later that I couldn't resist the biting cold wind and sneezed violently. I went out in a hurry just now, and in order to show off my strong figure, I didn't wrap my coat.
I looked at each other affectionately with the mountain god Niangniang, such a warm and rare atmosphere, but it was ruined by a sneeze, which was really a big scene.
I looked embarrassed, peeked at the other party, and found that she was also slightly stunned, and finally covered her mouth and chuckled.
She smiled, and the misty veil on her face faded instantly, revealing a stunning beauty.
Laughing at the city, and then laughing at the country, looking at the beauty in front of me, I couldn't help but be stunned for a while, and then the ghost made a god say a word.
"Wife, you're so beautiful."
After saying that, I realized that I was abrupt, we haven't officially married yet, so if I call her like this, will she feel frivolous and a prodigal son?
I heard that women in ancient times were the most conservative in their thinking, what if she was angry and divorced me?
However, to my surprise, she didn't get angry, but sat on the embankment and sighed lightly: "You should call me Jingmei in the future." ”
I nodded, and sat down beside her, looking calm on the surface, but actually panicking on the inside.
"I came this time, in fact, to explain to you that I didn't come to get married that night, I believe the old ghost told you, that night the soul of the resentful dragon suddenly rioted, I had to suppress it, I can't leave, you ...... Do you blame me? ”
Unexpectedly, she came to me to apologize to me, and for a while, she shook her head and said, "There is a reason for it, how can I blame you?" ”
I asked her how the Dragon's Soul was doing. Does it matter?
Qingmei shook her head, with a worried look on her face, she said that the soul of the resentful dragon is now getting stronger and stronger, and it is already a little impossible to suppress it with a single Heavenly Master Sword, I am afraid that it will soon break through the seal and cause chaos in the world.
Seeing Jingmei's frowns, I was very heartbroken, and hurriedly handed her the mountain axe in my hand.
"This is something that the old man accidentally picked up when he was patrolling the mountains, and he said that this axe was the weapon of another of the three masters back then, and it was as famous as the Heavenly Master Sword, which can help you suppress the resentful dragon."
In fact, there is another sentence behind the old man that I didn't say, that is, to use this axe as a dowry to marry her.
Sure enough, Jingmei's face suddenly showed joy when she saw the mountain axe, and that happiness was like a girl seeing brilliant flowers all over the ground, innocent and flawless.
"Great, with this axe, the dragon will be quieter." She was very happy and took the axe from me.
Touching my hands, I felt her body cold.
That night, we sat on the embankment and didn't say much love talk, but confided in each other about our past.
This is the process of the two from strangeness to familiarity, and her short twenty years are incomparable with her long hundreds of years.
Although the time is short, they also have their own wonderful past. And what I'm talking about is something that Jingmei can't experience, she said that she has been on the Heavenly Mountain for hundreds of years, can't leave, and doesn't know what kind of world is outside?
During the conversation, I found that Jingmei seems to be cold and ruthless on the surface, but in fact, she is very pure inside. She said that she was only eighteen years old when she was sent to get rid of the evil dragon, and that the battle was quite tragic, the three Daomen Heavenly Masters and the eighteen mountain gods all died in Huangquan, and she herself was crushed to pieces, leaving only a wisp of remnant soul to survive.
I was curious and asked her what she was when she was alive?
She smiled and didn't tell me right away, saying that I would know later, and that it was not time to tell me the truth.
Then we mentioned the marriage proposal of Lu Ji of the Heavenly Master's Mansion, and she said that she could not do without the mountain seal and the mountain god seal, but the fragments of the Nine Turns Golden Pill were of great use to her.
Because she needs to use the fragments of the Nine Turns Golden Pill to fade the yin qi on her body, and then condense the Yuan Shen and reshape her true body.
Jingmei didn't hide it, telling me that she was now just a Yin Spirit body, and although she was stronger than ordinary Yin Spirits, she couldn't live with me like a normal person.
I asked her if she could snatch the Nine Turns Golden Pill fragment from Lu Ji's hand?
She shook her head and said, "Although the strength of the Dao Sect is not as good as before, it also has many means, and it is very troublesome to snatch things from them. But you don't have to worry, some time ago I found a thousand-year-old blood ginseng on the mountain, although it is not as good as the Nine Turns Golden Pill fragments, but it also has the same effect. ”
The two of us chatted heart-to-heart, and although she didn't answer me when asked about some obscure things, it didn't affect our conversation.
The conversation lasted all night, until the sky turned white and she stood up to say goodbye to me.
When they parted, looking at her departing back, I rushed out: "Jingmei, when will we really get married?" ”
She stood, didn't turn around, but a word floated over.
"You wait for me for another seven days, and after seven days, I can refine blood ginseng and temporarily condense my true body."
She was gone, disillusioned with each step, and disappeared into the dense forest.
I looked at the direction of her departure, and I couldn't take my eyes off it for a long time, and this night of conversation allowed us to get to know each other a lot, and I also got to know her in a new way.
"Actually, the old man's arrangement of this marriage is not bad."
I was looking forward to seven days later, and it was strange to say that I didn't sleep all night, and I didn't feel sleepy at this time, and I don't know if it was because of the excitement.
When I turned around, I was stunned.
I saw that the old man sat on the threshold at some point, smoking a dry cigarette and smiling at me.
I only felt that my face was hot, and I secretly scolded the old man in my heart for being improper, the boss was not small, and he actually peeked at other people's dates, even if he peeked, he didn't know how to hide.
"Actually, the mountain god Niangniang doesn't have to do this, although the thousand-year-old blood ginseng is a great medicine, it can't let her condense the original god and the true body at the same time, so she can only choose one of the two. And she chose to condense her true body, all for you, stinky boy. The old man shook his head and turned back into the house.
I couldn't help but be stunned when I heard this, my heart was full of emotion, and I secretly vowed to treat her well in the future.
When I returned to my room, I fell asleep after lying on the bed for a while, after all, I didn't rest all night, and I relaxed and slept very comfortably.
I slept until the sun was in the west, and when I got up and went into the big house to look for food, I found that the whole house was empty, and the old man had already left.
I don't know what important things he has to do, at this time, he will leave, and there is no nostalgia at all.
To tell the truth, the old man left, and I suddenly got a little unused to it.
But when I saw a passbook left on the table and saw the numbers in the passbook, this unaccustomed habit disappeared without a trace.
"500,000, 500,000."
My hand holding the passbook trembled slightly, although I knew that the old man had made a lot of money over the years, but I didn't expect to make so much.
This is not a small amount, and it is already considered a rich person in the countryside.
Just as I was fantasizing about how I could spend this money to improve my life, the phone rang, and I caught a glimpse of the caller ID on my phone screen.
Sure enough, when I answered the phone, I immediately heard my mother's screams inside.
"Stinky boy, your wings are stiff, aren't they? How many days have I been back, and I don't know how many days I've been back, and I've been out in the wild all day! ”
"My mother told you that if you don't go home tonight, you won't come back in the future."
"You said how old you are, other people's families are like you, and the babies are all in junior high school, but you don't ...... angry."
In the face of my mother's anger, I had to be resigned, and I didn't dare to refute half a sentence.
Finally hanging up the phone, I let out a sigh of relief and wiped the cold sweat from my forehead. I feel strange in my heart, the news of my return doesn't seem to leak out, and there are no acquaintances who have visited the mountain recently, except for the old man, only a few people surnamed Sun......
As soon as I pondered it, I realized that the old man must have released the news before leaving, otherwise the family would not have known that I was back so soon.
Thinking about this, I was indignant in my heart, and I was here to help the old guy clean up the mess. He's good, and he will take me before leaving.
Since my mother has spoken, I am going back tonight no matter what.
However, before leaving, I patrolled around the reservoir to make sure that the snake would not stir up any big storms in the past few days, and then packed up my clothes and went down the mountain.
When I got home, it was already completely dark, but the door was open and the lights were on.
Before I could get closer, a black dog burst out of the door and barked at me, and then I saw my mother rushing out with a broom.
As soon as I saw this posture, I knew that I would inevitably be beaten and criticized, so I simply closed my eyes and waited for the storm to come.
But then I heard the screams of the black dog, and the sound of the broom whistling in my ears, my mother didn't hit me, but the black dog suffered.
It took me ten minutes before my dad and my brother came out of the house, came forward to persuade me, and winked at me at the same time.
I knew in my heart, so I hurriedly snatched the broom from my mother's hand, helped her into the house, and asked for forgiveness while saying kind words of relief.
In fact, it is understandable that my mother has such a big temper. I haven't been home for three years, and I know she must have been worried about me all these years.
She was angry not that I hadn't been home for three years, but that after I came back from outside, I didn't let her know for the first time, and the most important thing was that I came back by myself.
There are more than a dozen dishes on the dining table, which is quite hearty. The meal has been served and the wine has been poured, but the chopsticks have not been moved, and they are waiting for me to come back and eat together.
My sister-in-law was coaxing my three-year-old child next to me, and my eldest brother and sister-in-law had their own accommodations.
The family sat at the dinner table and enjoyed themselves, and the mother's anger quickly subsided. But there is one thing that she cares about very much, and it is the event of my life.
She told me explicitly that she would have to get married anyway when she came back this time, or she would break my leg......