One

"Don't set foot in the Qujiang River in this life."

In Shen Qingluo's consciousness, she suddenly remembered this sentence clearly.

This is an irreversible fate, and all of this cannot be changed.

But who had insight into this tragic end and gave her prophetic prophecy?

As if falling into the abyss, her body, in a falling posture, slowly sank, she knew that her life was about to end, under this vast water.

"Little fish, you're finally back." A man smiled and called her name.

Yes, for a long time, this name has always belonged to me, but I have always been reluctant to believe it.

"Who is it?" Instinctively, she wanted to find the voice.

This familiar dream was never a fantasy, originally, it was her past life.

Two

Zhongnan Mountain, a waterfall pours from the top of the mountain, the flow goes straight down, and has been falling in the Qianlong Pond under the mountain, the reason why it is called the Qianlong Pond is because, in those years, there was a real Canglong hidden here. However, after the dragon soared, no other creatures grew in this deep water.

Until one day, a small herring appeared here at some point, year after year, in this pool, killing the silence of time. Finally, one day, it couldn't bear the loneliness and surfaced.

That's because, that day, a young man who was picking medicine with a bamboo basket on his back came to the edge of the pool.

The young man, dressed in a blue robe and combed in a bun, sat on a rock, took off his shoes, and put a pair of feet that had traveled long distances in the water.

The young man's white toes are reflected in the water, and the mutton fat white jade is as transparent and beautiful.

Xiao Yu'er looked up at the boy with admiration, and for the first time, he was full of yearning for the alien.

"Little fish." The young man found Youye's it, bent down, and said lovingly: "Little fish." ”

The little fish seemed to be a little frightened, and quickly swam away, hiding behind a lotus flower, and looking at him from a distance.

The boy smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you." ”

The boy pointed to a towering house in the mountains and said, "I live there." It was Taiqingguan, and Master said that those who cultivate the Tao should be kind to all living beings in the world, and they should not be alarmed or blasphemed. So, you can rest assured. ”

Xiao Yu'er still didn't dare to approach, but the look in his eyes was much gentle.

The young man put on his shoes and socks, smiled brightly, and showed his white teeth: "My name is Nan, and the master said that my name should be this Zhongnan Mountain, which is very harmonious, and it is not bad to be a Taoist name." ”

He stood up and patted the dust off his body: "I'm leaving." As he spoke, along the winding mountain road, a puff of smoke disappeared into the verdant mountain forest.

The little fish was stunned, wagged its tail, and returned to the deep water.

The ancestors once said that this is a good place for cultivation, and it is necessary to endure loneliness and hardship, so that you can soar like Canglong and become a god in the sky. Therefore, it is not afraid of hardships and travels long distances, from the distant Qujiang River to this cold deep pool.

The birds love the old forest, and the pond fish thinks about the old place. But I can't go back to my hometown. Sometimes, it really regrets its reckless actions.

"You can't become a dragon." Companion scoffed.

"At most, it will become a dish on the plate of a human being!" A black fish screamed and let out a shrill laugh.

So, on a moonlit night, the weak little fish went upstream, along the Qujiang River, all the way to Qianlong Pond.

Year after year of silence, day after day, never to leave it again.

It thought that there was no end to such years, and it even shook the initial belief until that day, the appearance of Nan.

On that day, seventy years had passed since it came to the Hidden Dragon Pool.

One day, many years later, it finally realized that it had come all the way here just to be able to meet Minami.

Since Nan's face was reflected in his eyes, Xiao Yuer's years began to be less boring, and there was gradually hope in his life.

After all, having a pleasant person to talk to you makes it easier to pass the lonely days.

It noticed that every day at dusk, Nan always appeared on the edge of the pond on time with a heavy bamboo basket on his back, washed the dust on his face and the dirt on his feet, and then happily climbed up the hillside.

From the initial reserve, to the gradual familiarity with trust, this process lasted for a long time.

Until one day, the little fish was hidden behind a rock, and was engrossed in looking at the delicate feet in front of him, when suddenly a passing goshawk spotted it, leaned down from mid-air, and rushed down towards it.

By the time the little fish found out, the goshawk's sharp beak was already in front of him.

Xiao Yu'er's body ached, and he felt that his body was hanging in the air and had left the water.

It struggled in fear, and for the first time, it looked down on the Hidden Dragon Pond and the delicate little Taoist priest from mid-air.

"Help me!" It looked at Minami in despair.

Nan was obviously stunned by this sudden situation, and then picked up a stone beside him and threw it into the air with all his might.

The goshawk was in pain, screamed, didn't care about the food in its mouth, and flew away in a hurry.

The little fish fell into the water for a while before finally relieving itself.

It swam to the south foot for the first time, and gently, across the smooth surface of his foot.

Minami bent down, held it in the palm of his hand, and said to himself, "I'm hurt." ”

It lay in the warm palm of his hand, motionless, looking at the faint mole on his sideburns.

He took out an herb from the back basket behind him, put it in his mouth and chewed it, smeared the medicine mud on Xiao Yu'er, and said softly, "Okay, it won't hurt." ”

Then, gently, place it in the water.

The little fish happily waged its tail in gratitude.

"No thanks." He seemed to understand its intentions, and smiled: "We are friends, and it is right to help each other." ”

The little fish swam away quietly, as if shy.

After walking a long way, I looked back and saw that Minami was still looking there.

Xiao Yu'er's small heart is full of gentle feelings.

Only because of the feeling of Jun a review, it makes me think about Jun Chao and Dusk.

Many years later, the temperature of his palm still remains in its original memory.

After that, as if there was a tacit understanding, as long as the south came to the edge of the pool, he would stand on the stone and call: "Little fish!" ”

Then, no matter where Xiao Yu'er is, he will quickly appear in front of him for the first time.

Many times, Nanhui holds a copy of the "Nanhua Sutra", sits cross-legged on the stone, recites words in his mouth, and the little fish floats quietly on the water, listening quietly, such years are really happy and simple.

Probably this is the life of the gods. It thinks.

Looking at Nan Zhuang's solemn appearance, I really admired and liked it.

"Stillness is sex, and the heart is in it. Movement is the heart, and sex is also in it. The mind is extinguished, and the mind is extinguished, like an empty image, and it is clear and complete. After listening to such sentences a lot, although Xiao Yu'er knew a little bit about it, he couldn't help but gradually become spiritual.

The days passed, the cold came and the summer came and went, and many years passed suddenly.

"This is a fellow Daoist." One day, after a long meditation, Nan looked down at it with a smile: "Let's practice together. ”

"When will I be able to attain the right fruits?" Xiao Yu'er wanted to ask him.

Nan suddenly felt a little sad: "From tomorrow, I won't be able to come." Master said, I have grown up, I can't just care about alchemy and medicine, meditation, I still need some experience, the so-called practice, is asceticism, walking through thousands of mountains and rivers, preaching the Tao, so tomorrow I will go out to travel. ”

Xiao Yu'er panicked and looked up at the faint fluff on his lips.

Nan bent down, and his voice was calm and detailed: "Maybe it's three years, maybe it's ten years, when I'll come back, I can't tell." In my absence, you have to take care of yourself. Remember, don't be lazy, the scriptures I taught you, and when I come back, I will have to test them. With that, he got up and left.

The little fish looked hard until his figure disappeared into the distance.

This farewell, the lotus flowers on the edge of the pond bloomed and fell, and they fell and fell for a full fifteen times.

In the past fifteen years, the innocent little fish has also become a calm and peaceful big fish.

Counting it carefully, a hundred years have been spent in this deep pool.

It was a moonlit night, and the little fish surfaced as usual, exhaling and breathing in the earthly air according to the method of breathing in Nan taught.

Suddenly, the moonlight was full of brilliance, and under this light, Xiao Yu'er felt that she was hot, as if she was about to fly, and her body was fluttering lightly, and she couldn't help herself.

Xiao Yu'er was surprised and delighted. Is this what it feels like to soar? Could it be that he can finally fly to heaven to be an immortal like Canglong?

Before he could rejoice, a huge wave rose from the bottom of the pool, and with a violent impact, threw it ashore.

When Xiao Yu'er woke up, she slowly crawled back into the water with a full body of pain, but suddenly found that a young girl with long hair and shawl and eyebrows appeared in the water as flat as a mirror.

Who is it?

Xiao Yu'er was surprised.

That woman is herself.

The little fish burst into tears.

After practicing for a hundred years, he finally cultivated into the appearance of a human being, but Xu is not enough to practice the Tao, and the fishtail is still impressive.

It doesn't matter, the important thing is that after years of penance, I finally have hope.

The day is a fish, and the night is human, this great joy of the day, she wants to share it with Nan.

She tried, and let out a soft call, "Nan." ”

She could hear her own voice very clearly.

From then on, you can chant with him.

Minami, when will you return?

Three

Finally, one evening, Nan held the dust in his hand, and returned from the dust, still humming a tune in his mouth.

"Remembering the plum down to Xizhou, folding the plum to send the north of the river. The single shirt is apricot red, and the double sideburns are young color······ Picking lotus in Nantang autumn, lotus over the head. Bow your head and get lotus seeds, lotus seeds are as clear as water. ······"

For some reason, the little fish was stunned.

The song is lingering and delicate, and it is not the demeanor of a cultivator.

However, she didn't think about it and immediately surfaced.

It wouldn't be wrong, it was him, and she recognized the mole on his sideburns.

The person who was thinking about it was in front of him, and Xiao Yu'er was full of thoughts, but he didn't know how to express it.

Nan was wearing a dark color robe, with a silk ribbon of the same color tied around his waist, and the black hair on his head was tied with a wooden hairpin.

I haven't seen him for twenty years, and he has grown from a young boy to a calm and dignified middle-aged man.

Xiao Yu'er was stunned at first, and then hid shyly.

Nan smiled slightly: "Little fish, don't come unharmed." ”

He sat down slowly, as before: "I haven't seen you for twenty years, but you have grown a lot." His voice was low and calm, but for some reason, Xiao Yu'er felt as if he had something on his mind.

Sure enough, he sighed lowly.

The little fish's joy turned into sadness.

What happened to him?

He meditated with his eyes closed, and the sound of even breathing was clearly audible.

The little fish, as before, stood quietly in the water, not daring to make a sound.

As the sun set and the sky gradually darkened, he remained motionless, as if he had settled down.

"South." A soft voice whispered in his ear.

"Who?" Taken aback, he snapped open his eyes and stood up alertly.

A delicate girl in Tsing Yi sat quietly on the stone, her long skirt dragged straight to the water's edge, and in the moonlight, she looked like a quiet mermaid. But when she came, he didn't even notice it.

Where did the woman come from on this mountain?

"Could it be that you are a demon?" He was alert.

"I've been sitting with you for so long, and you don't feel it." She smiled and said, "I have memorized the scriptures you taught. ”

Nan was a little incredulous: "Are you a little fish?" Have you cultivated a human body? ”

Xiao Yu'er lowered her head shyly: "It's me." ”

Nan was stunned for a long time: "You have won the Tao, and you are really gratifying." ”

Xiao Yu'er lowered her head and twisted her fingers: "Do you still treat me as a friend?" ”

"That's nature." His voice was soft.

"Today, the tune you sang is very good, can you teach me? As before. Xiao Yu'er said.

"Absolutely." A smile appeared on Nan's face: "That's Xizhou Qu." It's just that it's getting late, and I'll come back tomorrow. As he spoke, he leaned lightly, and was already a few feet away.

In the days that followed, Nan treated her lightly, and when she looked at her under the moon, there was more love and reserve in her eyes.

Xiao Yu'er has been able to sing the whole "Xizhou Song" proficiently, and every time she sings it, Nan is fascinated by it.

It's just that Xiao Yu'er knows that his heart is in the depths that she can't touch.

Finally, on a sunny afternoon, he came to the edge of the pool and looked at the little fish swimming in the water.

"Xiao Yu'er, I have something to tell you, I don't know if you have the patience to listen to me."

"You know, I'm dedicated to cultivating, but yesterday, Master told me that I had moved my mortal heart."

"Master is right, I am indeed in love with a girl."

"On that day, she walked past me, and I knew that years of practice had been in vain." He sighed, but the expression on his face was happy and gentle.

Her heart sank. Naturally, that girl wouldn't be her.

"It's a pity that you are a fish and don't understand human love. You don't know how beautiful she is, when she laughs, even the flowers can't compare to her face. He said softly.

In fact, she really wanted to tell him that she knew what love was.

The cruelest thing in the world is that you have been so kind to him, and you have waited and looked forward to it for many years, but she easily took away all his heart with a look and a smile.

"Xiao Yu'er, if you were me, what should I do?"

"Master said that the origin and extinction of the fate, the six realms of reincarnation, eternal and immortal, everything is destined by heaven, what cannot be obtained is not the most precious, what you have in front of you is real. But I think that what you can't get is what you love the most. ”

You're going crazy. The little fish muttered.

"I'm leaving. Master punished me for thinking about it, and I don't know how long it will take before I can come to see you again. He was silent for a moment, and finally left.

Don't go. Don't leave me behind. The little fish said sadly.

However, under the clear sky, she was just a fish.

After that, Qianlong Pond was dead silent.

The fish sinks and the geese go to the end of the world, and I believe that the world is parting with suffering.

She finally understood the fact that he would never come again.

After the lotus flowers bloomed twice by the pool, she decided to leave. Leave here and return to your long-lost hometown of Qujiang.

Only by forgetting the person named Nan can she start a new life.

Humans and demons can't have results.

Their distance is the distance between the fish and the bird.

One is high in the sky, and the other is about to dive deep to the bottom of the sea.

However, one day, when Nan urgently called to her by the Qujiang River, she immediately forgot her decision.

Four

When the familiar voice echoed on the surface of the river, she dived up from the bottom of the water as if she had gone crazy, searching the rough river for the source of the sound.

Never hear it wrong again, it's Nan's call: "Little fish! ”

She was thrilled and swam desperately to the shore.

Yes, it's the South.

He was dressed in white and lifted by the wind, like a beautiful picture.

"Anan, you're finally here." She opened her mouth and wanted to call her beloved man, but she forgot that at this moment, she was still a herring.

At that time, the remnant sun was like fire, and it still carried the afterglow of summer.

He crouched down and looked at her as usual, with the joy of reunion: "Little Yu'er, I finally found you." ”

Looking at his clear eyes, at this moment, she had to admit that it turned out that she had been looking forward to this day.

"When you're gone, don't tell me." He said softly: "I have been looking for you for a long time by this river. ”

Been looking for a long time. She rejoiced.

"Here you go." He beckoned slowly, "Come close to me." ”

So she tried to get as close to the shore as she could.

He looked at it seriously for a long time, and sighed slightly: "I know, you can only speak under the moon." It doesn't matter, you can hear me. ”

Her heart tightened.

His brow was deeply locked, and there was a deep sorrow hidden between his eyebrows.

So she knew that his thoughts had not dissipated.

Sure enough, he could only be heard whispering, "She went to the capital." Her father was in prison, and she was going to use her body as a gift to the emperor in exchange for her father's life. ”

"Master punished me for facing the wall for two years," his lips trembled slightly, "I thought that my heart was like water, but when I heard the news of her entering the palace, I knew that all my efforts were useless. I still can't forget her. ”

The little fish lay quietly on a water weed, trying to restrain the sadness in her heart.

If the heart moves, tears will be a thousand lines. Unfortunately, no one could see her tears. Because she's in the water.

"It's a pity that my cultivation is still shallow, and I am not enough to sneak into the palace to rescue her, but when I think of the girl I love accompanying other men, my heart is like a knife." He lamented the authenticity.

What do you want? The little fish looked at him weakly.

"So, little fish, I beg you to do me a favor." His eyes became hard and tender, elusive.

What do you want me to do? Xiao Yu'er thought sadly, as long as you are no longer in pain, you can do whatever you want me to do.

If you love someone, you will suddenly feel a weakness, as if you have armor.

"I know you're going to make my wish come true." He seemed to have made up his mind: "Xiao Yu'er, all your pain, in the next life, I will compensate you." With that, his hand quickly reached to his back.

Xiao Yu'er was suddenly shocked in her heart, and a very bad premonition hit her heart.

But before she could dodge, a sharp axe slashed at her, striking her hard in the tail.

Blood immediately stained the river around her.

Immediately after, the axe pressed against her throat.

For the first time, the good-looking man bared his murderous teeth, gritted his teeth, dragged her out of the water with all his might, and pressed her body.

"Maybe you never knew that you had a stone inside you, and it was where your demon was located. It absorbs the essence of the sun and the moon, and has been practicing for a hundred years, and with it, I can soar to save my beloved. So, little fish, don't blame me. ”

He raised his axe and slashed it down at her throat.

Blood splattered, flesh and bone separated.

In her last consciousness, she saw his hideous face.

Love is a demonic barrier, and love has turned him into a devil.

His bloody hand finally grasped the herring stone in her throat.

In the bloodstains, there was a faint fluorescence.

Then he picked up the herring that had lost its life, threw it towards the surface, and threw it down.

"You were born in Si, and you will be buried in Si. I will recite the mantra of rebirth for you, hoping that one day, you can be reincarnated as a human being as soon as possible. He sighed as he watched his old friend disappear into the calm waters.

Five

The faces overlapped, the light and shadow were intertwined, and in the rapidly sinking time, the dusty past life suddenly reappeared clearly, and at this time, Shen Qingluo finally understood that the little fish was Shen Qingluo, and Shen Qingluo was the little fish.

Those mottled dreams are never illusory, they are just memories of past lives that remain in the mind.

She was surprised to find that the scale-like patterns on her body had become real fish scales at this moment under the immersion of the river, and what made her even more frightened was that her legs had turned into a huge fish tail, swaying freely in the water.

A real fish, a mermaid.

The cold river water made her whole body feel a piercing pain, her breathing gradually slowed and heavy, but her mind was calmer and clearer than any other moment.

The man who slashed her throat with an axe had thick eyebrows, a straight nose, and a deep smile, even the mole on his sideburns.

That person is Nagumo.

He turned out to be Anan in his previous life.

According to legend, after death, people do not drink Meng Po soup because they do not want to forget the people they love in this life, so Meng Po leaves marks on them, called moles, so that their lovers can recognize each other in the next life.

Sometimes, of course, it's also for hate.

This mole is probably the hatred left over from the previous life.

She will not forget that after being taken from the demon spirit, a wisp of soul, mourning, fluttering, and having no place to return, until she met Master Guanyin.

Guanyin smiled on the rosette: "You're finally back." ”

Xiao Yu'er was full of confusion: "Who are you?" ”

Guanyin was shrouded in a golden light, and the treasure was solemn: "On that day, there was a great drought in Chang'an, and the Qujiang River dried up. If you don't check it for a while, you are also a red dust, you were originally a herring in my lotus pond, and unexpectedly moved your heart, sneaked into the net bottle, and fell into the Qujiang River, just to experience a bad fate. Now, have you had an epiphany? ”

Xiao Yu'er knelt on the ground and kowtowed, bursting into tears: "I am above the green and looking at my hometown." Hometown can never be forgotten, and hatred can never be forgotten. ”

Guanyin sighed: "You return to the lotus pond with me, and after three months, if you can still remember your resentment, come back to see me." ”

Xiao Yu'er didn't dare to say much, and followed Guanyin back to the lotus pond.

The fairyland is ethereal, but it still can't make her forget the hatred of the axe and chisel one day.

Guanyin clasped his palms, and his voice was compassionate and soft: "You have a wisdom root, you could have entered my sand gate and cultivated to a positive fruit, but it is a pity that the heart is not extinguished, and the fate of the dust is not gone." May in the next life, when you attain Bodhi, your body will be like glass, clear inside and out, pure and unblemished. There you go. ”

Xiao Yu'er was at a loss: "One day in the sky, countless in the world." Tuas, I don't know how many years have passed, will I still be able to meet enemies? ”

Guanyin was hazy and indifferent: "He is still far away, and the pace is not too fast, waiting for you to catch up quickly." ”

Xiao Yu'er was puzzled and said, "Ask the priest for guidance." ”

Guanyin waved her sleeves slightly, and Xiao Yu'er fell into the sleeves of her wide robe, and the sky was clear, and the chaotic smoke and dust rolled in.

"Die when you meet the river, live when you meet Li." Guanyin's distant voice gradually disappeared into the sky.

When she opened her eyes, she became the daughter of the Shen family in Chang'an City.

originally came only for revenge, but he was blinded by the red dust, forgot all the antecedents, and fell in love with the enemy in his previous life, so that he repeated the mistakes of the past and fell into this deep bottom of the river.

He's still human, she's still a demon, he's still hurt her so ruthlessly, nothing has changed.

This was not the outcome she wanted. She is unwilling, she wants revenge.

The river was sparkling, and suddenly the turbid waves were raging, as if to sweep her into the boundless darkness, and she could no longer breathe.

Like, that's what death feels like.

The desire to survive made her struggle desperately, rushing towards a ray of light in the distance.

She felt a tearing pain in her body as she touched the warm object, and then floated away from the water.

When I looked back, a wisp of blue mist had vanished, and only the pale blue cloak floated on the water.

After some time, she heard an eager voice calling in her ear: "Princess! ”