Chapter 353: Stealing the Lotus Pond (I)
Li Xiaolan really went down the mountain.
Li Xiaolan only understands one thing, that is, why the Buddhist scriptures in Lilac's hand are like a magic book, very evil, why the Buddhist family has such a Buddhist scripture, and why the Buddhist family can keep it.
After Li Xiaolan went down the mountain, she went to Cining Nunnery and begged Mrs. Shi to let her see Lilac, but Mrs. Shi refused to allow it.
Li Xiaolan found Lilac's home in the city, and saw the Ding family in disarray and unattended, and her heart was sad and indignant, why is this so! Li Xiaolan finally understood the meaning of this sentence.
Ding Zhicong found Li Xiaolan again, and Li Xiaolan was with him again.
Li Xiaolan wants to ask the meditation master for an explanation, why let an innocent-hearted woman practice the evil martial arts, and not let the woman go home.
The affairs of the rivers and lakes must be handled by the rules of the rivers and lakes.
Ding Zhicong told Li Xiaolan with ulterior motives: "Lei Yihu's 'Nine Turns Killing Knife' can only exert its greatest effect when he is extremely angry, and now is the best time." The 'Nine Turns Killing Knife' is not only the Thirty-Nine Paths, nor is it an ordinary martial art, and the effect is different in different hands. β
After Ding Zhicong finished speaking, he smiled sinisterly, "If you don't believe it, you can try ......"
The simple Li Xiaolan, under the provocation of Ding Zhicong, picked up the knife and went straight to Cining Nunnery, with a voice of "Come on!" Li Xiaolan raised and fell with a knife in her hand, and finally slashed Master Jingxin.
The horizontal knife pointed between the eyebrows, and in an instant, lightning and thunder, strong winds, and bloody rain poured down, and the demons rushed to the sun.
The magic knife heart and blood wash the Buddha's door.
Li Xiaolan finally saw Lilac again. It's just that Lilac becomes a nun.
The nun is no longer the lilac she used to be, and coldly dropped a sentence: "Donor, please go back, don't do it again, the sea of bitterness is boundless and turn back to the shore, otherwise don't blame the poor nun for doing the right thing for heaven." β
Li Xiaolan burst into laughter and was defeated by the nun in less than ten rounds.
The nun in the rain had extremely high martial arts, and the last palm slapped Li Xiaolan to spit blood in her mouth, and her internal organs were destroyed.
Li Xiaolan fell heavily to the ground, the nun was expressionless, and folded her palms and said: "Amitabha, the demons have been removed, sins, sins." β
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After An Daocheng finished talking about Li Xiaolan's earth-shattering, crying ghosts and gods, and extremely tragic, he was so sad that he burst into tears and couldn't cry. Soon, he fell asleep and said in his dreams from time to time, "Ah Neng, if it wasn't for the old man who lobbied you, you should enjoy the blessings of all people, and your grandson will be around your knees and enjoy the joy of family......"
Sixth Ancestor Huineng got up from the sofa, went over to add a futon for An Daocheng, thought for a long time, and muttered to himself: The lotus is clean; The lotus is cloudy; The lotus flower is purified.
The mud is muddy......
As he spoke, he felt sleepy, yawned a few times, and fell on the bed to find Zhou Gong......
While...... While...... While......
When the morning bell rang, the sixth ancestor Huineng woke up as usual, and saw that An Daocheng was still sleeping with his head covered, so he walked out of the abbot's room lightly, came to the top of Longshan, and looked around, only to see up and down Longshan, shrouded in fog......
The misty Longshan presents a "real dragon" that is like a real one, entangled between the fairyland-like Longshan and Xialu Village......
The aura on the mountain and under the mountain is everywhere, there is vitality everywhere, and the fragrance of flowers is smelled everywhere, which provokes the six ancestors Huineng to think for a long time, and can't help blurting out and chanting loudly: "Longshan is faintly like a dragon, where is the cave sky and clouds?"
The sixth ancestor Huineng didn't bother to go back to the temple to wash, so he followed You Long straight to his hometown Xialu Village, and came to the lotus pond in front of his old house.
At this moment, the sixth ancestor Huineng stood by the lotus pond in front of his hometown, and saw a lotus pond again.
Last night, from An Daocheng's mouth, he was shocked to hear that Li Xiaolan's original name was Lotus and bad news;
This morning, he came to the lotus pond in front of his hometown, where a pink lotus flower was budding from the mud. touched the scene, and couldn't help but pay tribute-
Sacrifice lotus, cry lotus, to the lotus pond, Ji me, sad and uncontrollable, tears two lines, flow is not dry, I come to sacrifice, sister, you come to see, this sad person, come to see my sister, infinite sorrow, please soul, no resentment, forgive me heartfelt.
Cry a word of Alan Mei, sigh a sentence of flowers falling and people dying. Shocked to hear the bad news of my sister, I seem to be crazy, my sister is away from hating the sky, but I am hidden in the mountains and forests. My sister screamed sadly on her deathbed, complaining about my poor luck. My sister guessed wrong, my sister Hugh holds a grudge, my brother is not a negative person, my brother is a lover. hates only that he didn't say goodbye at the beginning, and he hates Lei Yihu and Ding Zhicong for using poison schemes, borrowing knives to kill people and kill their sisters and kill them in a foreign land...... Alas, it's really sad, yin and yang are blocked, and the two are boundless. Wait for me to drink three cups of water instead of wine, sister, come and taste it.
The first cup of wine, sacrificing lotus flowers, born from ecstasy, dead and broken. The scenery is still the same, people have returned to the sky, empty bamboo leaves, knocking on doors and windows. The wind moves the curtain, the autumn rain sounds, the funeral flowers are misty, and the flowers are also desolate;
Two cups of wine, laying lotus, the old things, turned into a dream. There is Yaoqin, it is difficult to kiss the jade palm again, the lotus in the pond is sheng, and the one who writes the rhetoric. It is precisely that there is a day of hatred, it is difficult to make up for the stone, there is no dream in the clouds, and there is bitterness;
Three glasses of wine, crying lotus. Houliang woman, hopeless to return to the yang. I'll burn the paper money and give it to you. Wait for you to have a road in Huangquan, so you can return to your hometown. The memorial is late, I beg my sister's forgiveness, I beg my sister's forgiveness, forgive me for stealing it, alas! Crying and breaking liver and sausage.
Escape into the empty door, it is difficult to tie the knot, it is difficult to fulfill the wish, and it is a dream. This life is over, the world has been vicissitudes, and it is impermanent. can sigh in life, many obstacles. My brother has despaired, and my heart has been like frost ever since. I am willing to go to Cihang, only to seek guidance, to the other side. Worship the Buddha and burn incense, bow down into meditation, and forget about the world. The red face is peeped through, the blessing is pro-kindness, and there is no blessing to suffer. Swaying lotus leaves, the wind blowing the lotus pond, the desolate scene, feel hesitant, do you feel stupid, sister, your soul, come to lean. But I begged for a while to tell my heart, and it was difficult to tell my dreams, and I didn't get the understanding of the Iraqi people, and finally felt that my heart was uneasy. Today, the clouds are gone, and my body seems to be on the verge of a fluff. Since then, it has been difficult to see each other by the lotus pond......
The six ancestors Huineng has finished the memorial service, standing in the lotus pond, facing the vast sky, the vast sea of fog, let his thoughts fly......
In his thoughts, he seemed to travel through time and space, returning to the innocent era when he and Li Xiaolan, no, it should be Li Lianhua's classmates who spent together-
Li Lianhua in childhood, whose crystal clear figure flashed in his heart all the time, all told about endless lovesickness, and aroused many memories-
Ah, little lotus, do you know? But you have already left an indelible mark on Brother Xiaoneng's young heart.
Lovely little lotus, at that time, you led me to your father's school to study the literature, so that you, the unenlightened Brother Aneng, under the influence of your aura, opened his brain......
It is your compelling aura that gives you endless inspiration and inspires infinite wisdom;
It is your compelling aura that has created your Anengge's unforgettable ability, and even later achieved the talent of the six ancestors of Zen Buddhism......
Facing the lotus flower in the pool, Huineng's thoughts swelled like waves in the sea......
In the hazy rainy season, the little lotus, like the round and full leaves, is covered with crystal raindrops, like pearls, reflecting the light and clean face of the little lotus;
In the moonlight and silver night, it quietly moved the eyes of the six ancestors;
As the years went by, he became more and more fond of the clear and clean jade face in the blue waves, and in the charm of the lotus, he seemed to realize the true meaning of life:
Let the sorrow fade away, let the years be quiet, and live a safe life. "Look at the lotus purity, you should know that your heart is not stained."
The Buddha said: Calm is calm, the wind and moon in the world, do not forget the original intention, the mood of appreciating the flowers, can always be calm and peaceful.
Let's listen to the sound of fish playing green lotus in the warm sun of June in the summer when the breeze blows on our cheeks and frogs chirp and the cicadas chirp.
People who can wait for the flowers to bloom together and gaze at the flowers are all deeply destined......
Please forgive in cherishing, please cherish in forgiveness.
In the moment of juanxiu, read the hurried turning, gathering and dispersing of the years; Let the smoke of the past, in the reincarnation, precipitation, in the lotus of a Zen, floating flowers bloom, the moon is quiet and the days are long, and finally, the years of agarwood.
After all, Sixth Ancestor Huineng is a person who has experienced ups and downs, and he does not want to sigh the bitterness of life between the lintels of the years, so that the slightest resentment spreads.
He wished that the lotus flower in his heart would freeze the peace of a lifetime in the momentary perfection.
In the blooming season, it makes people forget the sadness of withering.
In this bustling and noisy red dust, the lotus flower floats lightly among the mellow leaves, listening to the gentle murmur of the waves, as if a lifetime of quiet anticipation, in the breeze of the lotus pond, rippling in the bottom of the heart.
Huineng silently said in his heart: Let the tranquility of the lotus infect my thoughts, in the years like water, low eyebrows, gazing at the elegance of a flower, in the quiet years, let me read a flower and a world, in a different mood, bloom a chic gentleness. Let me meet and forget in my own world. In the passing years, read the fireworks, the passing years, the red dust, and the vicissitudes of life......
Who said that you can read the arrogance of the lotus?
In the rippling waves, I found the lonely and proud heart. From between a lotus leaf, a green and white bud stands up, and in a touch of tenderness, it is full of affection. Lianru's mood is also lonely, thin, and gloomy. But in the passage of time, he was willing to turn into the throne in front of the Buddha, and in loneliness, he listened to a piece of Sanskrit and Buddhist language.
Lotus, with its own delicateness, surprises the hearts of the world, so that the gentle beauty of the world flows. Let me carefully read the passing years of a lifetime in the quiet that is about to pass away......
And all this has long been gone with the wind.
Let the holy lotus flower in the heart, in the rippling blue water, moisten the delicate face like jade, in the corridor of time, and the Buddha!
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Revisiting the old place, the six ancestors can face the lotus flowers, and their imaginations are fluttering......
Facing the lotus, the sixth ancestor Huineng muttered to himself: "Lotus, since ancient times, you have been the object of the chanting of literati and scholars, and people love her and praise her, not only for her graceful posture and faint fragrance, but also for her noble character that is not stained by the mud, so that the world admires and deeply respects her......
The sixth ancestor Hui Neng sucked out the snake venom for Li Xiaolan with his mouth that time, saved her life, and had the fate to read with her classmates, holding hands in the lotus pond to enjoy the lotus, in front of her, she was called a lotus, and often worshiped her otherworldly temperament and fairy wind in front of the Buddha.
In the propagation of the Dharma in Caoxi Baolin Temple, the sixth ancestor Huineng suddenly discovered one day that in the streets and alleys of Shaozhou, fashion printed with lotus patterns has become people's favorite. What made him even more delighted was that in the galleries of the streets and alleys of Shaozhou, a large portrait of the lotus flower appeared as a symbol in the gallery!
Ah, Lotus, is it an epiphany for all living beings?
This Zen lotus, I hope your noble character is really recognized, and I hope that your unstained wind and bones out of the mud are really appreciated by all sentient beings! May all the images that appear in your name really not insult you!
The Buddha said, "A thousand times of looking back in the past life is exchanged for a passing of the present life." Perhaps, the passing of Huineng and Li Xiaolan in this life is the result of looking back a thousand times in the previous life......
"The lotus flowers in the south of the Yangtze River bloom, and the red flowers cover the blue water. The color is the same, and the lotus root is the same. "This Zen-like "Summer Song" by Xiao Yan, Emperor Wu of Liang in the Southern Dynasty, made the six ancestors Huineng dream back to the Liang Dynasty-
Emperor Wu of Liang, Xiao Yan, was the founding emperor of the Liang Dynasty. His ancestor, the Lanling Xiao family, was originally a northern Shu clan, and his family background was relatively low. But his uncle Xiao Daocheng was a very strategic politician, he took advantage of the civil strife in the imperial court, seized power, and established the Qi Dynasty.
Xiao Yan inherited his uncle's courage and strategy, held a military position in the Southern Qi Dynasty, and fought many times with the Northern Wei army, and became famous.
In the second year of Qi Jianwu (495), the Northern Wei army attacked Xiao Dan, the assassin of Sizhou in Southern Qi, and Xiao Yan followed Wang Guangzhi, the assassin of Jiangzhou, to the rescue. In front of the two armies, the other generals saw that the Wei army was strong and fearful. Xiao Yan personally led the death squad as the vanguard and fought bravely, and the soldiers followed closely behind, breaking 100,000 Wei troops.
After the war, the enemy camp was searched, and the edict of Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty was found from the towel box left by a Wei general, which read: "I heard that Xiao Yan is good at using soldiers, don't fight easily, and wait for me to arrive and discuss countermeasures." If I can capture this person, then Jiangnan will be owned by me. β
Xiao Yan was also a socialite in his early years. Xiao Ziliang, the king of Jingling in the Southern Qi Dynasty, opened the West Mansion, recruited literary scholars, Xiao Yan and celebrities Shen Yue, Wang Rong, Xiao Chen, Fan Yun, Ren Fang, Lu He, etc. traveled in the West Mansion, chanting poems and writings, known as "Jingling Eight Friends".
Before Xiao Yan became emperor, although he was busy with government affairs, he still read under the lamp until late at night every day, and wrote more than 600 volumes of "General History". He also often personally drafted the edicts, praises, prefaces and other official documents of the imperial court, which together amounted to one hundred and twenty volumes; revise the "Hundred Family Trees" and reuse the scholars; Xiao Yan is good at chess, and is good at other aspects such as divination and calligraphy, which can be called versatile.
Such a civil and military all-round talent naturally refused to live under the people for a long time, so when Emperor Qi Wu died of illness and the palace was in turmoil, Xiao Yan assisted Xiao Zhaoye to seize power. At that time, his wings were not yet full, but Xiao Zhaoye relied on him very much, causing his power to grow step by step. After accumulating enough strength, Xiao Yan resolutely launched an uprising in Yongzhou, seized power, established the Liang Dynasty, and changed the Yuan Tianjian.
From then on, Emperor Wu of Liang, Xiao Yan no longer served as a think tank for others, and began to fully display his talents in politics.
Emperor Wu of Liang is a rare long-lived emperor in Chinese history, he lived to be eighty-five years old, reigned for more than fifty years, it can be said that before he believed in Buddhism, he was still very energetic, can be called a Ming monarch who cultivated both civil and military.
Judging from historical data, Xiao Yan is proficient in martial arts and is a master of literature, and he is indeed a rare emperor in Chinese history who is "both civil and military".
Xiao Yan's nicknames are "Lian'er" and "A Lian". Born in 464 A.D. and died in 549 A.D., at the age of 86, he was one of only a handful of long-lived emperors in ancient China.
As the founding emperor of Liang in the "Song, Qi, Liang, and Chen" periods of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Xiao Yan's wisdom and talent are extraordinary. The history book says that "born with a strange nature, two hip bones, a bulge on the top, and a text in the right hand called 'Wu'".
Xiao Yan, who was in his early 20s, worked under the powerful minister Wang Jian, Wang Jian knew a little about the art of physiognomy, and after seeing Xiao Yan's face, he said, "This Xiao Lang is regarded as a servant within thirty years, and it is unspeakably expensive to come out of this." β
Sure enough, in the last year of Xiao Yan's "thirty years", that is, when he was 39 years old (502 AD), Emperor Xiao Baorong Chan of Qi was located in him, and the capital was still located in Jiankang. In fact, what kind of Zen is Xiao Baorong, it is completely forced by Xiao Yan.
In fact, Xiao Yan was deified, in fact, Xiao Yan was also an absurd emperor.
At that time, in a state of division between the north and the south of China, in the context of the strength of the south and the weakness of the north, Xiao Yan had many "northern expeditions", but he never defeated the Northern Wei Dynasty and "recovered the lost territory".
At that time, the northern forces were once divided and leaderless, if Xiao Yan was a Shengming monarch, with the strength of the Southern Dynasty, there would be no problem in unifying China, and there was no need to wait for the appearance of Yang Jian, Emperor Wen of Sui, 50 years later.
Xiao Yan not only failed to be a good emperor, but also made multiple farces such as the "monk show", and his family style also made him a mess.
The emperors of the Southern Dynasty were extravagant and rotten. The harem beauties of the Marquis of Dongdun are like clouds, and there are many beauties, among which there is a concubine named Pan Yuer who is the most favored.
In that year, in order to please Concubine Pan, Xiao Baojuan overhauled the palace and renovated the palaces in the Yuewu Hall of the residence. The road that Pan Yuer passed through was paved with a pure gold floor carved with lotus patterns, which was said to be "this step by step lotus flower".
The custom of ancient Chinese women to wrap their little feet is to imitate Pan Yuer's "three-inch golden lotus".
After Xiao Yan became the emperor, he did not have the courage of Qin Shi Huang to unify the six countries, but he learned the practice of Ying Zheng to accept the harem beauties of the six countries, moved his residence to the place where Xiao Baojuan had fun, and "collected" Xiao Baojuan's harem beauties.
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A refreshing fragrance of lotus flowers wafted in the wind, bringing the six ancestors Hui Neng from the Great Liang Dynasty back to the lotus pond.
The Sixth Ancestor Hui Neng looked at the lotus pond and thought: People, this is the case, but what about flowers? That's exactly what happened! Seeing the lotus people, the fragrance of the lotus brought the sixth ancestor Huineng back to the years spent with Li Xiaolan's classmates......
In the spring, the sixth ancestor Huineng and Xiaolan studied hard in the school, holding hands and strolling by the lotus pond on the left in front of the house. At that time, he looked at a pool of spring water, and then looked at Xiaolan in front of him, and in his contemplation, he suddenly triggered an inspiration: she was more like the lotus leaf floating on the water in the pool, and she was sleeping in the bud wrapped in a green gauze curtain......
On the night of early summer, in the long-lost thunder, it was the lotus flower that worried him the most. Thinking about her delicate body, how could she withstand the test of this heart-pounding thunderstorm! Presumably, his beloved lotus flower will die after this thunderstorm night because of this unbearable devastation, and his efforts will be wasted after the lotus suffers this "catastrophe".
However, contrary to his expectations, after this sudden and painful summer rain, the lotus flower actually bloomed completely in the morning light, like a beauty who had just come out of the bath.
Look at the lotus petals of the ice muscle and jade bones, which are stretched out from the inside to the outside: the petals are white and red, but the heart of the flower is like a burning flame, and it is like the open heart of a girl. In the breeze, the lotus flower dances like a girl in a dress.
Lotus leaves next to it: some are like jasper discs, some are like green umbrellas that shelter lotus flowers from the wind and rain, and some are like dance skirts worn by dancing girls around their waists......
The lotus leaves are rolling with water droplets, and under the sunlight, they release a dazzling light, like crystal clear diamonds.
The red carp in the water looked at the lotus flowers, some swam around happily, some looked at the beautiful woman blankly and were at a loss, and some even jumped out of the water in a daze......
As the sun set, Lotus walked into her green gauze curtain again, as if she wanted to fall asleep at the same time as him, so that she could have a tryst with him, a little lover, at the intersection of dreams.
In the dreams of summer nights, I often have a charming and tender lotus sister like glue, and it is inseparable until dawn......
In autumn, the autumn wind is bleak, the autumn rain is misty, and the weather is cooler. As the earth is gradually sprinkled with golden yellow by the autumn wind, the green leaves and red flowers are leaving.
"Autumn heart is with you, and the freshwater looks at the blue lotus". The lotus flower is like a sleeping beauty, lying in her green gauze curtain all day long and never waking up, no matter how much he calls her beside her, she will not wake up.
I know what is going on in the heart of the lotus flower: the prosperity is gone, leaving behind not only a pool of desolation, but also those poignant memory fragments.
With the silk thread that runs through his life, he connects the fragments of memory that are worth cherishing, treasures them in the warehouse of memory, and leaves a good memory for his bumpy life.
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Thinking back to this day, he separated from the little sister of Lotus, and embarked on the arduous road of seeking the Dharma with the ideal of seeking Buddhism and benefiting the public. I thought that after taking over the mantle of Zen Buddhism taught by the five ancestors and becoming the six ancestors of Zen Buddhism, I would be able to give happiness and happiness to the people I love and those who love me, as well as the suffering of all beings! Unexpectedly, the heavens did not fulfill people's wishes, and after several disasters, they almost died in Huangquan......
After the merciless blow of the cruel reality of his life, he realized that the sky above his head seemed to be within reach, but in fact it was very high. The ruthless reality has dampened the youthful spirit. I have been confused, and even withdrawn.
However, when he was at a loss, at that moment, persistence lit the lamp of his heart and illuminated the way forward; Single-mindedly purified the sewage around him, made his river of life clearer and clearer, and also created a sky of his own!
He has a relationship with the lotus, and deeply understands: the red one is red - because he has been with the lotus day and night, the quality of the lotus has infected him.
In those days of fugitiveness and desolation, he insisted on his persistence and pursued his pursuit......
Even if the sky is so high, standing on tiptoe, it will be a little closer to the sky; Even if the sea is so deep, if you take a step forward, you will be a little closer to the sea; Even if troubles continue to grow, we must learn from the Lotus Flower's spirit of not abandoning and not giving up, and use the fulfillment of continuous improvement to drive away the dark clouds in our hearts.
Even if the environment is as bad as sludge, we must learn to survive in the sludge, absorb the nutrients in the sludge without being polluted, and persist and work hard for the future epiphany of Chinese Zen blooming beautifully.
In the days with the lotus, her qualities influenced him, and the shadow of the lotus gradually appeared on his body. Whenever he has something on his mind, he confides in the lotus flower......
In winter, the lotus flowers sleeping in the green gauze tent seem to have melted into the wind and drift to no one else, leaving only a few withered lotus leaves floating helplessly on the water surface of the lotus pond.
Winter is the season of cold and dry water, he often misses the lotus, and in his dreams he thinks of adding water to the pool, so that her body will wither, and her heart will not feel exhausted; At the same time, he also wants to make her feel that even in her lonely days, no one misses her, and he will quietly wait for her and care for her.
One early winter morning, he visited the lotus flowers as usual. When I came to the lotus pond, I saw that the roots of the lotus flower were floating on the surface of the water with the mud. At that time, he was very anxious, but he didn't dare to act rashly, for fear that it would be self-defeating, so he had to observe from the sidelines.
This was the case for several days in a row.
He was very anxious, but he was still helpless. The only thing he could do was to pray silently for her: may the merciful heavens bless his lotus flowers unharmed......
It may have been his sincerity that moved the heavens, and finally one day, the roots of the lotus wrapped in soil sank into the lotus pond again. He put his head on the surface of the water to take a closer look: he saw that small lotus leaves had grown around her rootsβhis beloved lotus flower, which was finally safe and sound!
After this frightening time, in the cold winter, he cared more about the lotus.
During the freezing day, you can also see the red carp swimming in the water through the ice, still guarding the roots and leaves of the lotus flowers under the lotus leaves covered in ice.
"Chen roots and old leaves are turned into mud and dust. The day of transformation is far away, and the day of the coming is renewed". In fact, although the lotus flower is gone, the flower god is still there.
She has always been by her side, has not left or been idle;
She is constantly trying to absorb the organic and inorganic nutrients in the pool for the brilliant future, and is always brewing hope and opportunities for the beauty of the next reincarnation.
And next to the pool, the flower protector who guards the lotus flower goddess, until she returns in the next reincarnation.
I like the lotus flower in the pond in front of my house, I like her purity when she gets out of the sludge without staining, and I like her perseverance and single-mindedness.
He and she stayed, accompanied and knew each other; They have gone through the wind and rain together, enjoyed the rainbow together, and their hearts are connected.
She, this life blooms only for him;
He, in this life, protects flowers only for the lotus.
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