When the flowers sent Jiu'er down the mountain, there was a light rain outside, and I stood under the eaves of the front gate of Yanhua Temple, looking at the Jiangnan washed by the smoke and rain...... Rain, like silk between heaven and earth, the sky is not a trace of gloom, the green leaves and red flowers are more eye-catching in the vast smoke and rain, the rainy day is like this, and the meaning of coldness goes deep into the bone marrow.

Hua Fu took the only umbrella in the temple when he sent Jiu'er down the mountain, I was waiting for him to come back to leave this place, the story of the old monk was still a little interested at first, but he opened his mouth to collect demons and cultivate Buddhas and the like, which made me a little unappetizing, since the soul in the painting is an unjust soul, this is probably going to be handed over to the immortal to deal with, but I don't have much hope for him - although it is natural for him to resolve the unjust soul, but his purpose is only because these unjust souls linger in the world, If someone stands up and seals these resentful spirits for him, he will naturally not have any worries, just like the old monk sealed the snake Suli.

I can't wait to go to Rhino Mountain to find Su Li's bones, just waiting for the flower whisk to return the umbrella.

"Girl, Fu'er hasn't come back yet, let's come in first and rest for a while, and listen to the old man finish the story. ”

I looked back at the pond at the entrance, and the wind was calm: "Old monk, aren't you still telling the truth? What I saw when I entered the door wasn't an illusion, right? That's Su Li's soul!"

"That's right...... Don't hide it from the girl, the eight directions around Yanhua Temple have been laid by me to set up magic barriers, she wants to escape is hopeless, can only swim out of the painting in her spare time to play...... Does the girl think that the old man is a crazy monk? ”

I shook my head and followed him back to the room where the old painting was hung.

"On that day 10,000 years ago, it was also such a rainy weather, I wore a hat and wore a lily robe on the Lingshan Mountain to ask the Buddha and asked, in the Tianwang Hall of the Great Lei Yin Temple, I deducted two thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine heads, and was about to deduct three thousand when I was stopped by the host, he said that the Buddha has gone, my thoughts of red dust have not ended, the Buddha will not take me in, so he wants to persuade me back, but I insisted on not leaving, kneeling on the stone of entering the temple for three days and three nights, the host could not, so I had to go back and accumulate enough three thousand public virtues to say. He looked at the raindrops that slipped down in front of the porch like beads with broken threads, and sighed with emotion.

"If the Buddha had decided to take you in, wouldn't there have been any more things to follow?" I asked casually, picking up a piece of tea cake.

He lowered his eyebrows and smiled: "No, if I escape into Buddhism before the red dust is broken, it will not only be my own calamity, but also cause countless rights and wrongs to Buddhism." The red dust is the most terrifying when it will be broken, and no one knows what kind of fire the spark under the ashes will have.

At that time, I was young, not deeply involved in the world, after listening to the words of the host, I went down the mountain, and from then on began the path of cultivation, accumulating good deeds, and eliminating disasters for others......" He smiled helplessly, "It is really ironic to say, when the public virtue has accumulated enough two thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine pieces, I came to Hongliu Village and experienced a love robbery...... After that, I wondered why I didn't insist on holding 3,000 rings in front of the Buddha, I'm afraid this is fate. ”

"Red Willow Village?"

"It's the village where the Liu family lives. When I got there, I saw a young woman who was strong and beautiful and famous crying at the entrance of the village..."

I didn't seem to understand, and pointed at him with disdain: "Old monk, should you ...... with that young woman?"

He shook his head: "The girl laughed, and listened to the old man - when I came up to ask her why she was crying, he told me that his name is Hongxu, and her husband Hongzimo went up the mountain to manage the fields yesterday, but he didn't return it all night, until some villagers told her that they saw a green-skinned golden-scaled python circling in their field, and she expected that her husband must have been swallowed by the python, so she cried here."

It hasn't been a day or two since the snake appeared on the rhinoceros mountain next to the village, but it had never harmed people before, so I don't know what happened at that time. Now that I think about it, I was really a little bit of a bad thing at that time, and I was still a little happy when I heard such a thing, and finally waited until I could create the third thousand virtues, so I patted my chest and promised her to help her find her husband who was killed by the python, and even help the whole village get rid of the snake. ”

I skimmed the tea leaves floating on the water, frowned, and said, "Who wants to listen to what you tell about subduing demons and eliminating demons, but I am interested in the story of the monk and the young woman." Speaking of a sly smile, this old monk has never liked to play around, so take this opportunity to amuse him, I didn't expect him to be so unbearable to joke.

A faint gloom appeared on his face: "Girl, speak carefully, do you know who that Hongxu is?"

"Oh~ Let's hear it. ”

The old monk was still playing tricks, he shook his head and said, "It's not important, you and I should not slander the affairs of the heavenly realm." ”

I poured the whole cup of hot tea in one go, my tongue was numb, and I put down the teacup: "Then you keep telling stories." ”

"I went up the rhinoceros mountain step by step, and saw that the mountains were full of water, lakes and fields, humid and warm, it was indeed a good place to grow crops, but it was also a good place for snakes, insects, rats and ants. It was almost late and still didn't find any green pythons, but the way down the mountain was far away, so I had no choice but to take advantage of the moonlight to find a place to hide everywhere, but I didn't expect to see a mountain col rising at this time, as if I saw a glimmer of life, I looked for the smoke and went.

After walking for almost an hour, I came to the door of the house, looking at the bright fire inside, smelling the smell of rice, I knocked on the door of the hut, and it was a girl who opened the door, she was wrapped in a plain linen turban, her light eyebrows were like the moon, her eyes were clear like water, and the red lips of April peach blossom smiled softly, and gave my most sincere greetings to the stranger who visited me this night.

When I asked if I could borrow a night late, she looked back at the bed in the cubicle, looked at me embarrassedly, and finally nodded, let go of her slender size, and invited me in for dinner.

Very simple meals, golden porridge and rice made from corn, coarse grain cakes made by yourself, and soy sauce made from wild vegetables that can be seen everywhere in the mountains, although the house is small, but it is all available, although the roof is ugly, but it can protect against the cold wind, it is really rare to find such a family on the mountain.

So I didn't have a formality, I opened my mouth to ask her about Hongxu's husband, and asked her if she saw a green python in the mountains during the day, she looked at me deeply, and said that there are countless snakes and pythons on this rhinoceros mountain, and it is not surprising that you can meet so three or two every day......

While speaking, suddenly a male voice in the compartment coughed violently, as if he was going to cough out his heart and lungs, and it sounded that his condition was quite unoptimistic, but I didn't think about it so much at the time, just stood up and apologized: "I didn't expect the girl's husband to be here, and the little monk was abrupt, so I've seen it in the past." She told me in a hesitant manner that the man fainted in the field yesterday, and she happened to pass by, so she saved the person, and at that time I wondered, this is a good deed, why do you want to swallow and vomit, now I think about it, what should be more wondering is that she knew that the person she saved was a villager of Hongliu Village, why didn't she go to the village to call for help, and carried the person back......

Later, I figured out that since she lived alone in the mountains, she would inevitably be on bad terms with the villagers, but she couldn't see death without help, so I ......"

"No!" I interrupted, "no, if it were me, I would have thought about a question first—how did a weak woman who lived alone in the mountains save an unconscious man back to her own home?" ”

I looked at him with a smile on my face: "Of course you won't find this problem, because you are already attracted to that girl! She, it is Su Li, a green-skinned golden-scaled snake, as long as she shows her original form, she can easily drag people back, which explains why the villagers see a green python in the field where Hongzimo is seen." ”

"The girl is really smart, but I was only thinking about finding the green python and digging out the bones of Hong Zimo from the belly of the green python, and I didn't expect that Hong Zimo was still alive. ”

I smiled and said, "Master, are you really going to avoid the important and take it lightly, is it so difficult to admit that you fell in love with a woman at first sight?

"That's right, she is the last hurdle in my cultivation, and the one I have never crossed.

When she told me that the man lying on the bed was Hong Zimo, I insisted on her sending people down the mountain, but she shook her head firmly, saying that the medicine that could cure him was only here, and sending him down the mountain was nothing more than a dead end, since I wanted to do good things, of course I also supported her, so I accompanied and took care of her on the mountain, but it was unfortunate that ......"

"I still don't admit that you like her, you can leave at dawn the next day, you have to stay, and you call it 'take care of her', it's really interesting, and later, what do you mean by coincidence?"

"That night I was thirsty, and I got up at night to look for water, and groped among the black lights and fires, and found all the utensils, and suddenly found a jar of wine in a wooden box, and when I opened the lid, the strong smell of wine came to my nose, and there was a slight smell of medicine in it, and I did not care much, so I drank all the wine in the jar, and then went back to sleep contentedly.

Who knew that before dawn, I opened my eyes in a daze in the coughing sound of Hong Zimo, and saw that Su Li had already hurried over to take care of him in a coat, and he kept giving him relief with his hands very considerately, but when I looked at Hong Zimo's face carefully, I found that it was different from usual, the previous cough and face were red, this time it was different, the face was as white as a dead man, Su Li was also frightened, and quickly called me over to help her stabilize Hong Zimo, and she turned around to get the medicine.

Unfortunately, it was not a coincidence that on this medicine, I saw that she was very anxious to open the wooden box I had opened last night, and took out the jar of wine that I drank last night, and wanted to rush back, but she found that the weight of the jar was wrong, and when she lifted the lid to see, there was not a drop of wine in it, she looked at me in a daze, and turned the jar of wine in her arms upside down, and as a result, something fell out of it, snake skin, snake gall and the like, and I was speechless.

She glared angrily, I had never seen her angry before, she said angrily: "Xiuyuan, this is a life-saving medicinal wine, don't tell me that you drank it all!" I nodded helplessly. ”

I clapped my hands and laughed: "Hahahaha...... You old monk is so interesting, I didn't expect you to do such a messy thing 10,000 years ago, that girl must have been angry at that time. ”

"No, it's my ...... who will be angry"

In order to control myself from laughing, I stuffed my mouth with tea cakes, and continued to listen to the old monk tell the story: "At that time, Hong Zimo's condition was critical, and he had begun to cough up blood, Su Li looked at the empty altar of medicine and wine, and knew that it was useless to blame me, so she was ruthless and wanted to invite me out, saying that she would heal Hong Zimo, but I ...... it."

"But how can you teach them to live alone in the same room, right? ”

Although I didn't think about it so much at the time, I was really reluctant in my heart, and although she yelled at me hysterically at the end, I still didn't listen to her. But Hong Zimo couldn't bear it anymore, seeing that there was no blood on his face, and the blood he coughed up gradually turned black and red, Su Li had no choice but to ......"

"I have to show my original form?"

"You guessed it again! Young people should not be too clever, otherwise they will not please the elders. ”

"Oh, mage, I think I want you to like it, but looking at your appearance, I guess it's not much worse when you were young, but it's just ......" I suddenly realized that this was not the point, and said instead, "She really showed her original form, just to save people, so she showed her original form in front of you!"

He looked at the endless drizzle at the end of the corridor: "That's right, in order to save an irrelevant person, she did not hesitate to show her original form in front of me - the green skin snake!"

Suddenly I saw the figure outside the window shaking, and hurriedly left the table and rushed out, this time I wanted to catch the real so-called illusion, so I was like an arrow off the string, but at the moment I was about to break out of the door, I was stopped, and there was a green shirt sleeve in front of me, which turned out to be a flower brushing back.

"Sister is in such a hurry to leave, she should be happy to see me come back!"

"Without further ado, bring the umbrella quickly!" I casually reached out to him, but he unexpectedly did not reply to my words, just put the umbrella in my hand and walked away.

I held the oil-paper umbrella in my hand, there was not a single water stain on it, and looking at the heavy rain outside, I couldn't help but wonder: how long has this kid been eavesdropping outside the door!