CHAPTER XXXV

Bigu Jian said: If you hadn't picked me up, I would have frozen to death on the streets or starved to death on the streets.

Jade Barnacle recalls when she was 7 years old, when it was snowing heavily in the sky, and she was playing on the streets, and saw a little boy with thin clothes and purple hands and feet, curled up in the corner and shivering. The jade barnacle thought that the boy must be very cold, so he took off his cloak, put it on the boy, grabbed the boy's hand, rubbed his hands to warm the boy while sighing, and gave the boy his own pastries to eat, and the boy devoured them. Jade Barnacle thought that the boy must be very hungry. The servant of the jade barnacle got impatient and wanted to drive the boy away. The jade barnacle protected the boy and brought him home. Since then, the boy has silently grown up with the jade barnacles. This boy is Bigu Sword. Jade Barnacle rested her head on the shoulder of Higu Sword and closed her eyes to enjoy the feeling of peace and warmth. When I opened my eyes, I saw the black and bright eyes and the high bridge of the nose of the ancient sword, this was a handsome face, why didn't I pay attention to it before. The jade barnacle stroked Bigu Jian's cheek with his hand, and Bigu Jian closed his eyes and enjoyed the beauty. When he touched Bigu Jian's dry lips, his heart ached, which must have been caused by kneeling under the scorching sun for a day without drinking water.

The jade barnacle took out the kettle and fed the ancient sword to drink. The jade barnacle said: Than the ancient sword, it's very uncomfortable not to drink water for a day.

Bigu Jian said: I don't feel bad when I think of you.

The jade barnacle said: Tomorrow Shizun and I will take the displaced people to Penglai Island.

It is slightly more reluctant and sad than the ancient sword.

Jade Barnacle said: However, I will come back to see you again.

Bigu Jian was reluctant to hug the jade barnacle and said: You must remember to come and see me, don't forget me playfully.

Jade Barnacle said: I will not ignore you as I did in the past.

After the two reluctantly said goodbye. After Lin Xiaoyue returned with the jade barnacles, she set off the next day to take the displaced people to Tianbao City.

On the way back to Tianbao City, Lin Xiaoyue found that the jade barnacle was making a female red, the jade barnacle was not good at manual work, and the fingers of both hands were pricked by needles more than a dozen times. Lin Xiaoyue was curious, so she looked at what the jade barnacle was embroidering and saw a yellow circular pattern embroidered.

Lin Xiaoyue said: Xiaoju, why are you embroidering big biscuits.

The jade barnacle said: Master, I embroider flowers, and I want to make a purse for butterflies and flowers.

Lin Xiaoyue smiled bitterly, embroidery pays attention to calmness, jade barnacles are active, how to embroider them.

When resting at night, the jade barnacle was still embroidering the purse, and it was still not well embroidered after changing it a few times, so he was so angry that he threw the purse away and fell asleep. Jade barnacles didn't expect embroidered purses to look so simple and so difficult to do. Now I get together less and more away from the ancient sword, I used to have so much time together, and the ancient sword was on call, and I saw it when I wanted to, but I didn't cherish it. Thinking of this, I regretted it for a while, so I picked up the lost purse and re-embroidered it.

After arriving at Tianbao City, Wuguli arranged for the homeless people to board the ship and prepare for the sea voyage.

Lin Xiaoyue noticed the worry of the jade barnacle's parting, so she took her to Tianbao City for a walk and shopping.

Jade barnacles usually like to buy, buy, buy, and buy, but now they are not interested in ornaments and toys.

Lin Xiaoyue touched the head of the jade barnacle, and the doll began to grow.

At this time, Lin Xiaoyue and Jade Barnacle heard a cry. A ragged woman called out to see Pei Lang in front of the gate of Pei Xiuzhi's mansion in Tianbao City, and was driven away with a wooden stick by the guards in front of the mansion.

Lin Xiaoyue grabbed the wooden stick that hit the woman and glared at the guard, who was stunned by Lin Xiaoyue's momentum and stopped. Lin Xiaoyue expected that there must be a reason for the woman to cry, so she took the woman to a meal, changed her clothes, cleaned up, and found that the woman looked quite dignified and quiet. Lin Xiaoyue asked why the woman was making a fuss in front of Pei's mansion. The woman hid her face and wept, telling the story.

The woman's name is Yun Niang, and she has lived next door to Pei Xiuzhi's house since she was a child, and the two have known each other since childhood. Pei Xiuzhi is a scholarly disciple, and when he was a child, he often sneaked out to play with Yun Niang, and also taught Yun Niang to read and write. When the two grew up, they naturally became lovers. When Pei Xiuzhi was 18 years old, he entered Beijing to take the exam, and promised that Yun Niang would come back after high school to marry her. That year, Yun Niang was 16 years old, and the wait was seven years, and Pei Xiuzhi never came back. Yun Niang's family forced her to marry countless times. Yun Niang swore to death. Yun Niang couldn't wait for Pei Xiuzhi, so she went to the capital alone to look for Pei Xiuzhi, and after hearing about Pei Xiuzhi's high school list, she married the daughter of Bai Thorn Shi. Later, he went to Tianbao City to take up the position of Taishou, and Yun Niang came to Tianbao City again.

Jade Barnacle said angrily: This negative man, I'll poke him in a few holes.

Lin Xiaoyue said: Yun Niang, what are your plans.

Yun Niang said: I want to see him and ask him, otherwise I will not be reconciled.

Lin Xiaoyue said: Okay, I'll take you there.

Lin Xiaoyue and the jade barnacle used light power to lead Yun Niang over the outer wall of Pei's mansion. I found Pei Xiuzhi in Pei's mansion, and at this time he was playing with his wife Bai and his son, and the family was happy.

Yun Niang saw this picture, and tears fell.

Pei Xiuzhi also saw Yun Niang, first surprised, and then a trace of guilt and uneasiness flashed in his eyes.

Lin Xiaoyue said: Pei Xiuzhi, please dismiss everyone, Yun Niang has something to ask you.

Pei Xiuzhi asked everyone to step back and asked Bai to take his son down, Bai noticed that something was wrong, and his heart was uneasy and anxious, Pei Xiuzhi comforted his wife Bai and told her not to worry.

Lin Xiaoyue told Pei Xiuzhi about Yun Niang.

Pei Xiuzhi remembered the friendship with Yun Niang when he was a child, and was also moved by Yun Niang's years of waiting, for him Yun Ying was unmarried, and the difficulties of running thousands of miles to find him as a weak woman. Pei Xiuzhi expressed his willingness to accept Yunniang as a concubine.

Jade Barnacle said angrily: You promised Yun Niang to marry her, but now you are marrying someone else, you liar and negative man.

Pei Xiuzhi felt deeply guilty and said: When I was in high school, my parents forced me to marry Bai's wife, I was helpless, and I didn't have the shame to see Yun Niang, so I thought that after a while, Yun Niang would forget me and marry someone else, but I didn't expect Yun Niang to wait for me all the time.

The jade barnacle said: Then you don't want to marry Yun Niang as your wife.

Pei Xiuzhi said: Madame is not at fault, I can't divorce my wife, but after I take Yunniang as a concubine, I will compensate her well.

Lin Xiaoyue said: Yun Niang, what do you want.

Yun Niang said: Pei Lang, in fact, after I heard that you married the Bai family in the capital, I should be dead, I just was unwilling, I wanted to ask the reason, and now I have clearly understood.

Yun Niang took out a silver bracelet, handed it to Pei Xiuzhi, and said: This is our token of love, return it to you.

Pei Xiuzhi said sadly: Yun Niang, you have changed your mind and don't want to be with me.

Lin Xiaoyue was angry, slapped Pei Xiuzhi in the ear, and said: There is a way to slaughter dogs and slaughter dogs, and all of them are readers.

Pei Xiuzhi was already ashamed, and he knew that he was wrong, and said: You said how you want me to compensate you.

Yun Niang looked at Pei Xiuzhi with cold and unfamiliar eyes, and said: As long as I don't see each other again in this life, in this life, in the next life, and in the next life.

Pei Xiuzhi said sadly: Yun Niang, why do you have to be like this.

Yun Niang turned around, didn't want to look at Pei Xiuzhi again, and said, "Miss Lin, I'm sorry for you to take me away, I don't want to stay here anymore."

Lin Xiaoyue took Yun Niang to leave with light work.

The jade barnacle glared at Pei Xiuzhi and said, "Who is rare to be your concubine."

Lin Xiaoyue placed Yun Niang in an inn.

Jade Barnacle comforted Yun Niang not to be sad, that negative man, she could help Yun Niang take revenge.

Yun Niang said: No need, Miss Yu, I have already died, I have waited for him for seven years, and I have long thought of such an ending, I just don't listen to him himself, I am unwilling.

Lin Xiaoyue said: What are your plans for the future?

Yun Niang said: Monk as a nun, long companion green lamp ancient Buddha.

Lin Xiaoyue said: Okay, I'll find a nunnery for you.

Lin Xiaoyue and Jade Barnacle decided to find a good nunnery for Yun Niang, so that Yun Niang could meditate and cultivate, but found that those empty doors were not empty, all kinds of intrigues, new nuns were often bullied into labor, and some nunnery was still trying to make money and invigorate the economy.

These places are not suitable for cultivating.

Lin Xiaoyue explained the situation to Yun Niang.

Yun Niang sighed: Buddhism is like this, and there is still a pure land in this world.

Lin Xiaoyue said: Now is the period of the law, and the Buddhist gate looks prosperous and lively, but in fact, the things inside have long been lost.

Yun Niang said: What is the thing inside the Buddhist gate.

Lin Xiaoyue said: The core of Buddhism is to let people practice, improve their own power of the primordial gods, and when the primordial energy is enough, they can leave the world and no longer suffer from reincarnation, which is the same as the current monks. Leaving home, regardless of mundane things, is to have a good environment for cultivation.

Yun Niang said: How to practice.

Lin Xiaoyue said: The core of improving the energy of the Yuan Shen is to suppress or dilute the self-consciousness through various exercises, and the Buddha makes people read the scriptures in addition to making people enlightened, but also allows people to dilute their self-awareness, and the Yuan Shen will independently absorb the energy between heaven and earth.

Lin Xiaoyue found a secret place in the mountains to build a house, purchased living materials, bought dozens of scriptures, left a hundred taels of silver for Yun Niang, and passed on the Xiao Zhou Tian Gong Fa to Yun Niang, so that Yun Niang could practice in seclusion. After dealing with Yun Niang's affairs, Lin Xiaoyue and Jade Barnacle also took the displaced people to Penglai Island by boat.

At night, the jade barnacle couldn't sleep, so she ran to Lin Xiaoyue's room and said that she would sleep with Lin Xiaoyue.

Lin Xiaoyue said: Xiaoju, what's on your mind.

Jade Barnacle said: Why don't you say Yun Niang doesn't hate it?

Lin Xiaoyue said: There is love and hate, love is dead and hate is gone, what is there to make trouble.

Jade barnacle said: Why did love die so soon.

Lin Xiaoyue said: It's not fast, seven years of waiting is a long time, enough to make people die.

Yun Niang knew that unless Pei Xiuzhi died, she would be negative, and Yun Niang had already been mentally prepared for today's scene. I looked for him in every possible way and asked him to understand, but also to let myself no longer be nostalgic and worried.

Jade Barnacle said: Does Pei Xiuzhi like Yun Niang?

Lin Xiaoyue said: I think Pei Xiuzhi has feelings for Yun Niang.

Jade Barnacle said: Then why is he upset, because his parents forced him to marry Bai.

Lin Xiaoyue said: Small pots, when people make choices, it is often the result of the combined action of multiple factors. His parents forced him to be just one of the reasons, the most important thing is that he sees himself as more important than everyone else, and his own interests come first. After all, Yun Niang is just the daughter of an ordinary family, and it doesn't help his career. Moreover, disobedience to parents is unfilial piety, and filial piety is the first thing for scholars.

The jade barnacle said: Master, Pei Xiuzhi married the Bai family for profit, so does he like the Bai family?

Lin Xiaoyue said: Judging from the scene in Pei's Mansion that day, Pei Xiuzhi also has feelings for the Bai family, although marrying a wife is for the benefit of his parents, but if the other party has a good personality and gets along harmoniously, after a long time, he will also have feelings.

Lin Xiaoyue touched the head of the jade barnacle and said: It is not strange that men like several women at the same time, you see how many men have taken several concubines.

Jade Barnacle said worriedly: Will Bigu Jian also take concubines in the future?

Lin Xiaoyue said with a smile: Little girl, before she got married, she began to worry about cheating than Gu Jian, but you don't have to worry.

Jade Barnacle said: Why?

Lin Xiaoyue said: Your father and I both hope that you will marry Bigu Jian, all for your good. But the reasons are different. In the future, Bigu Jian can inherit the position of the witch king, and you can become a witch queen if you marry Bigu Jian, enjoy the glory and wealth, and secondly, you are better than the ancient sword and love you, and can treat you well and keep you safe in your life.

Jade Barnacle asked, "Then why are you?"

Lin Xiaoyue said: Although your father loves you and thinks about you everywhere, he is a man after all and doesn't know what women want most. What a woman wants most is not prosperity and wealth, but happiness and a happy marriage.

Jade Barnacle nodded, after all, it is women who understand women.

Lin Xiaoyue said: The relationship between men and women is different from other feelings, and they pay attention to single-mindedness and cannot tolerate others. If you like a man, and you don't want him to take a concubine, but you want to be alone, if he is with another woman, your heart will ache.

Jade Barnacle nodded again.

Lin Xiaoyue said: In addition to being with you, Bigu Jian is either practicing or performing the official duties assigned by the witch king, never messing with flowers and grass, taking the initiative to keep a distance from other women, and has no chance to develop feelings with other women, and Bigu Jian doesn't take a look at beauties, not lustful, and can be a couple with you for the rest of your life.

Jade Barnacle recalled the past, and it seemed that Bigu Jian had never stared at the beauty except for himself.