It is said that the Jade Emperor in the sky has a group of maids, some of whom are responsible for cultivating and managing lotus flowers and picking lotus seeds, among which is the first lotus fairy, because she has the skills of boiling lotus seed sugar water and making lotus seed sugar soup, so she also has to make lotus seed products for the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother to enjoy.

This year, the palace will hold a peach festival again, the lotus fairy holds the jade tray in her hand, and gives the boiled lotus seed syrup to the Jade Emperor to enjoy.

Due to the smooth ground of the palace, he was nervous, and his feet slipped, pouring lotus seed sugar water and splashing the Jade Emperor's dragon robe.

The Jade Emperor was furious, punished the lotus fairy, and did not allow her to participate in the reception of various feasts in the future, and degraded her to the fairy palace Lotus Yao to plant lotus flowers, and only allowed her to pick lotus seeds with other fairies during the harvest season.

The Lotus Fairy woman is stubborn and not afraid of power.

She thought that the Jade Emperor was really making such a big fuss about her for this unintentional little mistake, and she was very unconvinced.

This year, it was the season when the lotus seeds were ripe, and when the lotus seeds were picked, the lotus fairy remembered the punishment that the Jade Emperor had punished herself, and the more she thought about it, the more angry she became.

In a fit of anger, the lotus fairy scattered a batch of lotus seeds she had picked down to the mortal earth.

Since then, there have been lotus roots, lotus flowers, lotus seeds and other things in various parts of the world.

On this day, the lotus fairy and the four golden boys and girls met and rode five divine horses to secretly go down to earth to visit the beautiful scenery of the world.

On the way, the Lotus Fairy admonished everyone: "Keep going and do not speak, lest you alarm the court and provoke punishment." ”

After the lotus fairy and others left the fairy world, they waved the divine whip, and the divine horse soared, stepping on the colorful auspicious clouds, coming to the sky above Tianlu Mountain in Xinzhou, pressing the cloud head, and looking down on the mortal world...... I saw a vast ocean below, and there was a large shoal by the sea, overgrown with boundless green leaves and red flowers, and I was very surprised, so I rode my horse towards this area.

When they arrived at the lotus fairy, it turned out that the lotus pond was blooming with red, purple, and white lotus flowers.

At this time, the lotus fairy said to the four golden boys and maidens, "The lotus seeds that I sprinkled on the world have blossomed and borne fruit, so let's go and watch them." ”

In a moment of joy, they had forgotten the warning, and they giggled and shouted.

This is terrible, the sound of frolicking alarmed the Dharma Protector God in the Heavenly Palace.

The great god didn't dare to hide it, so he informed the Jade Emperor.

The Jade Emperor listened to the performance and said angrily: "The Lotus Fairy and others violated the rules of heaven and went down to earth privately, and the Lotus Fairy and the four golden boys and jade girls and the five divine horses are not allowed to return to the heavenly realm in the future." ”

Since then, the lotus fairy, the four golden boys and the five sacred horses have all remained in the world.

At that time, there were no grains in the world, they ate lotus seeds, lotus roots, and wore lotus leaves, lotus, the five gods had to eat grass to satisfy their hunger, due to the lack of feed, over the years, getting thinner and thinner, until one by one lying on the ground, becoming five hills, the horse's head was towards the stable, and then people called these five hills "five horses back to the nest (stable)".

The two pairs of golden boys and girls formed a husband and wife, planted lotus in this area, and reproduced offspring, and later generations called this place "Lotus Pond".

After the golden boy and the girl became husband and wife, the lotus fairy was embarrassed to live with them. She walked to the top of a high mountain behind the lotus pond, built a shed to live, and still returned to the lotus pond during the day to guide the golden boy and jade girl to farm, plant lotus and grow tea, etc.

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Although the things in the mythical world are very innocent and magical, and even become more beautiful and mysterious after being processed by later generations, there is a profound basis for life in its production.

After Huineng finished telling the story of the lotus fairy, Li said: "With such a good environment, it will be good to grow such lotus and tea." ”

After Huineng finished telling the story, he carried Li into the cave, which was also relatively spacious, and there was a small kitchen next to it, with pots, dishes, chopsticks and other things, which was built by Ah Hui's father a few years ago. They are tired from working in the tea farm, so they rest here.

At this time, the occasional partridge call was heard, which made the already silent col even more quiet and gloomy.

"Ah Neng, this place, although it is simple and remote, living here, used as a refuge and seclusion, can be regarded as a good place to stay." Li said, looking at the surrounding environment.

"A-Niang, I think this place is quiet and good, so I came naturally." Huineng said humorously.

When Li heard Huineng's words, his mood immediately improved, and he slowly moved out of the stone gate, raised his finger and pointed to a vegetable field on the right side of the stone gate, and said with great interest: "If we stay, we can also help Ah Hui's family grow vegetables or other things there, and enjoy the fun of ploughing." ”

really said "Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive". As soon as Li's voice came out, at this time, Ah Hui's family of three came with morning dew.

"Brother Aneng, didn't you go to Huangmei Temple in Hubei to seek Buddhism? Ah Hui's sister Liang Jinlian, as soon as she saw Huineng, asked a series of questions, "What kind of wind blew you here today?" ”

"Uncle Cheng, Ah Hui, Sister Ah Lian, it's morning! As soon as I mentioned to my mother, you came. It's really inspiring! As soon as Hui Neng saw Ah Hui and them, after greeting them, he looked at Li, "This is my mother." After the introduction, Hui Neng left Xinzhou to Huangmei Temple to seek Buddhism, was killed by the same teacher, last night when he returned home, the chasing soldiers arrived, and in a hurry to carry his mother to come here, and planned to live here to avoid the pursuers.

Huineng had a life-saving grace for Ah Hui's father, Liang Yaocheng. Once when he went up the mountain to collect firewood, Huineng found that Liang Yaocheng was bitten by a poisonous snake and rescued Liang Yaocheng, who was in danger, home. Since then, their family has been like family to Huineng.

"Sister-in-law, Ah Neng, it's so simple here, how to live, it's convenient to come to our house, food and accommodation." As soon as Liang Yaocheng heard that Huineng's mother and son were going to live in Shimen, he strongly objected.

Under Li's repeated insistence, Liang Yaocheng had no choice but to make concessions and said: "To be honest, your mother and son live here, I am very sorry not to go, Ah Lian, Ah Hui, you go home first and bring two beds of mosquito nets and bedding to settle the benefactor." ”

"Okay." Liang Jinhui and Liang Jinlian left in response.

Zhang Shaofei gratefully: "Uncle Cheng, our arrival is too disturbing for your whole family." ”

Li Shi also gratefully: "Yaocheng, it's too troublesome for your family." ”

"Don't talk to a family. Our whole family is very happy that you are here. Liang Yaocheng said enthusiastically, "In short, we will try to arrange everything as much as possible." Liang Yaocheng stretched the bamboo pole long pipe in his hand forward, pointed to a few hunting forks resting at the corner of the Shimen Cave, and said loudly: "Great benefactor, with our family here, no one wants to find you trouble on this Tianlu Mountain!" ”

"There is clear flowing water next to the stone gate, and there is a vegetable field behind it, which is indeed a good place to live." Huineng couldn't help but praise.

"The water here is so sweet that it can be drunk directly." Liang Yaocheng pointed to the stream, "Also, there is firewood everywhere in this stone gate, you can make a fire and cook rice." In the future, I will bring you rice, oil, salt, and vegetables. ”

Huineng gratefully: "Uncle Cheng, you are really thoughtful. ”

"Neng'er, we have met a noble person when we entered Tianlu Mountain this time." Li looked at Liang Yaocheng and said.

"Noble?" Liang Yaocheng was nodded by Li's words and said, "If I hadn't met the noble man Ah Neng that day, I would have died in the barren grass pile in the mountains." ”

"It's your destiny." Hui Neng said, looked up at the mountain, squinted his eyes and thought for a while, and said, "Yo, I see that the shape of the mountain on the right looks like a tiger." ”

"Haha! Ah Neng, your eyes are so sharp. This mountain is called Lao Luoding, also called Baihu Mountain. Liang Yaocheng laughed and stretched out his finger, "Look, the shape of the mountain is like a tiger's head on this side, and the body and tail of a tiger on that side, like a tiger coming down the mountain." ”

When Hui Neng saw it, he said, "The shape of this mountain does look like a tiger coming down from the mountain. ”

Liang Yaocheng continued: "In addition, the rocks of this mountain are gray-white, so we here call this mountain Baihu Mountain. ”

"White Tiger Mountain?" Li pointed to the depths of the mountain col and said to Liang Yaocheng, "Hearing you say this, the more I look at this mountain, the more it looks like a white tiger." ”

Liang Yaocheng pointed to a forked path in the distance, and the mountain stream diverged down the two paths, and said: "The place where the stream on the right leads is called Chaxi Valley, and the place where the stream on the left leads to the depths of the col is called Tiger Pit." ”

Li looked at Liang Yaocheng incomprehensibly: "Tiger pit? Could it be that there is a tiger hidden in that col? ”

Liang Yaocheng said straightforwardly: "There are indeed tigers hidden in the tiger pit, so we rarely go inside. ”

Li's face suddenly changed: "Ah, there is really a tiger hidden in it?!" ”

Liang Yaocheng raised his hand and pressed it down: "However, you can rest assured, over the years, the tiger has been looking for what it should eat in the mountains, but it has never bitten a person, let alone eaten a person. ”

Li's fear did not fade completely: "No, the tigers in this mountain have not eaten people?"

Huineng said: "There is a saying that people are afraid of tigers for three points, and tigers are afraid of people for seven points." ”

Liang Yaocheng expressed his opinion: "If you don't provoke the tiger, it won't attack you." We never provoke it, so I don't have any scruples about growing tea here to rest. ”

Li Shi was puzzled: "The tiger is not a bodhisattva of great compassion, it must eat if it wants to live!" ”

Liang Yaocheng's face showed a look of disgust: "The cattle, sheep and livestock on the mountain and down the mountain were bitten to death and dragged away a lot by it. ”

Li Shi asked again: "The tiger bit the cattle, sheep and livestock, and the villagers must hate it to death." ”

Liang Yaocheng spit out the sullen breath in his heart: "Yes, we mountain people saw the tiger from a distance when we were hunting, and we didn't dare to rush to hunt it, so we had to install animal traps in the grass. The tiger elf is very good, we have tried many ways, but we always can't hit it, and we are really helpless about it. ”

Huineng's eyes were fixed, thinking about something: "It seems that the tiger is very spiritual." ”

Liang Yaocheng nodded: "Recently, I and several hunters in the village are studying how to modify these animal traps so that they can effectively clamp the tigers to get rid of the scourge in our mountains. ”

After listening to Liang Yaocheng's research, Li said repeatedly: "Okay." ”

"Great benefactor, you will stay here for the time being, and our family will come to visit you often. You are not welcome, come to my house to eat and chat when you have time. Liang Yaocheng saw that it was getting late, and said goodbye to Huineng's mother and son.