Chapter 2, Section 28 The Past of Jiashui

When I was young, I lived outside the city of Jiashui County, and there was a big tree outside the city, and our family of three built three thatched huts under the tree. At that time, although the life was very poor, fortunately, the family was in harmony with each other, and they lived happily every day.

Unfortunately, the good times did not last long, and my husband was filled with military service, and he never paid it back. We orphans and widows have no dependence, and we rely on me to make some needlework and thread to make ends meet. When there was really no work to do, he took his children to beg along the street to survive.

At that time, the neighbors persuaded me to remarry. But I thought that although my husband had not been heard from, I would have to guard the house for him, and if he was fortunate enough not to die, that would be his only thought in a foreign land.

I thought that no matter how bitter it was, it would be like this. But God took my baby again. At that time, our mother and mother had eaten the last meal but did not have the next meal, and the child's body was already weak. A violent illness, I stayed by his side for three whole days, did not close my eyes, did not eat a grain of food, but my hard-working child is still gone, he is so well-behaved and obedient, before leaving, the last sentence is to say: "Mother, don't be sad for the child, you have to take care of your body and wait for your father to come back... If there is a next life, I still want you to be my mother. "At that time, I really wanted to die with him, I hugged his cold body and cried and cried and cried and cried until I fainted from crying.

Granny Li looked up at the ceiling, tears in her eyes, and seemed to be back to that grief-stricken day.

"What happened next?" asked You Boyun rubbing the corners of his clothes with red eyes.

Li Xian sorted out his emotions, took another sip of water, and continued to speak.

In the confusion, a well-dressed woman woke me up. She comforted me and said, "People can't be resurrected after death, so let's mourn and change." As he spoke, he brought out some food for me to eat. But I couldn't eat anything. She said, "I live next to your house, and I see that you have a good heart and a noble character, so I have come to meet you." I know you're all dead now, but I still have one more thing to advise you. Think about it, if you die like this, it will not be of any benefit to your children and husband, and you can only comfort your child's spirit in heaven if you live well. Besides, there are many things in this world that you can't imagine, and if you can get back on your feet, I would like to teach you. ”

I didn't really understand what she said, but I just felt that there was something extraordinary about her that I couldn't help but believe her. I was silent for a moment, sat up, and ate the food she gave me. She nodded with satisfaction and said, "Very good, then I'll come over when you're done with the child's funeral." As he spoke, he turned around and vanished.

I sat up in surprise and found that it was just a dream, and the child's cold body was still lying beside me. I was about to cry again, when I saw a lot of scattered silver taels at the head of the bed, and a leaf with words written on it underneath. I carried the child to the bed and lay down, and kept watch for a long time before taking the leaves into the county town to find someone to help me look at them. It turned out that the leaf read, "Please bury the child well." When I heard this, I could not help but cry, and I bought a coffin with the silver, and bought a new dress for the child to wear, burned the paper money, stopped for seven days, and buried him under a big tree behind the hut.

The day after the burial, the woman appeared again, and I immediately knelt down and kowtowed. She helped me up and said, "From today on, I will teach you to read and write, and I will also teach you the pulse spirit of heaven. "I swore right away that I would live up to his expectations.

This is a matter of years. The woman did not come and go every day, and I studied hard every day, and I did not dare to slack off.

One morning, as usual, I went to incense my child. When I came to his grave, there was a white mass moving on the grave. When I got closer, it was actually a coiled little white snake. When the white snake saw me, he did not hide from me, but raised his head to look at me, looking very well-behaved. I had the audacity to stroke it, and it rubbed its head against my hand, just as my children used to do when they were young. At that moment, I had only one thought, it must be the reincarnation of my child.

I gently picked it up and looked at it carefully. It has bright eyes, a clean body, and a little green on its forehead. It kept opening its mouth slightly, as if it was shouting "mother-mother-mother-".

When Li Xian said this, her eyes were full of loving light, as if that little life was in her hands at the moment. She continued to reminisce with a look of hope on her face.

So I took it home and put it at the head of the bed. When the woman came, she was also surprised to see the little white snake, saying that my sincerity touched heaven and earth, and told me to feed well. So I cherished this white snake even more, raised it as if it were my own son, followed my son's nickname, and also called him Jia'er.

Gal is very human and has never hurt me. We ate and slept together, and at night he asked me to finish telling him stories before he could rest. I told it all the stories I knew, including the allusions and histories that the woman had told me. He listened attentively, his body curled, and his little tail flicked and flicked. Occasionally, he would be mischievous and sneak up on the big tree behind the hut to catch birds, which frightened the birds all over the tree.

He grew up very fast, and in a few months he was the thickness of my arm. The edges of the white scales shone with a metallic blue light, and the turquoise color on his head turned into a green tree-like mark, just like the big tree behind the house. I asked the woman, and she said it was just a coincidence.

After a few more years, Gal grew to the size of a bucket. By this time, all the scales and armor of his body had turned dark blue, and only the tree-like mark on the top of his head was still lush and green. At this time, the family has no longer lived in it, and it rests in the branches of the big tree behind the house every day, and every two or three days he goes to the mountains to catch some wild things to wrap his belly, and brings me some back.

The people in the county town were very scared at first, but later they saw that others and animals were harmless, and they slowly eliminated their vigilance. In addition, at that time, I had learned the pulse technique, and often helped the villagers pray for blessings and rain to do some good deeds, and the people in the county called me Li Shenxian and called it the Garan Divine Dragon, and even many people came from far away to kneel and pray, just to see him. But I did as the woman told me, and never let Gar show her easily.

Suddenly, the woman did not show up on time as usual. I waited in the house until midnight and didn't dare to sleep. She did not come on the second or third day, and it was not until the fifth day that she finally came, but she looked very haggard and depressed.

She told me that she was going to take Gar away and go to a fairyland that was more suitable for her growth, and that I should go and say yes to Gar.

Although I was very reluctant, but since it was for the good of Ga'er, I had to endure the pain to persuade him. He didn't allow it at first. Later, I told him that he was just going to learn art, and as long as he completed it, he would come back. He reluctantly agreed, and turned around and followed the woman.

That night, I couldn't sleep, and my eyes were full of Ga'er's figure. Several times there was a slight noise outside the house, and I was surprised that Gal had returned. I was so confused that I saw Gar standing in front of my bed covered in blood, and said to me with tears in her eyes: "Mother, don't be sad for the child, you have to take care of your body and wait for Daddy to come back..."

I got out of bed and hugged him and said, "No, you can't leave me again." "I was crying, but I realized that it was just a nightmare. I sat up and wiped away my tears, confused, not knowing whether to be happy or sad.

At this moment, the door was slammed open, and Gal really broke in. He sprang into my arms and rubbed his head against me. I saw that he was safe and sound, and it was not at all like what I had dreamed of, so I was relieved. When asked why he came back, he just waged his tail and shook his head.

Suddenly, I saw the woman floating in the house, and her eyes were no longer at peace, but with the fury and madness of the Dessty. I subconsciously held Gar behind me and looked at the woman in horror. The woman smiled contemptuously, "You think this will protect it?" and instead roared, "You're wrong, you're very wrong, I'll show you now." ”

With that, she laughed wildly and twisted her hands, and a blue light flashed between her palms. I thought she was going to hurt Ga'er, so I quickly stretched out my arms to protect him and told him to run. But he saw that Ga'er's whole body trembled, and the green mark on his head began to turn blue, and he rushed out of the house, rolling and moving outside the house. The woman smirked and flew out, stopping in mid-air to continue her spell.

I rushed out of the door like crazy, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the woman to spare Ga'er. But the woman did not stop, but recited the spirit spell even more frantically. In an instant, the wind is blowing, the thunder is rolling, the mountains are shaking, and the sky and the earth are changing color. Gal also became blue all over, and her body grew larger and larger. Followed by the torrential rain poured, its momentum was so great that it had never been seen before, as if the river and sea were overturned, and the Milky Way was downstream. If you don't spend your tea, you will listen to the sound of water everywhere, and the monstrous flood will hit the county seat directly.

I was stunned for a moment, and said in a trembling voice, "What are you going to do?"

The woman floated down on top of Gar's huge rock-like head, with a very fanatical look in her eyes, and said proudly: "It's really successful, it's really successful!hahahaha, I have to thank you, thank you well, without your careful care, it would never be so strong!"

I panicked, "What did you do to Gar, and why did he become like this?"

The woman smiled, "It was originally a spirit beast that I cultivated, but I changed the cultivation method. Haha, you see, isn't it beautiful, isn't it strong, isn't it very obedient?"

It was only then that I realized that higher in the sky, there was a man in the prime of life. In the storm, the man was as strong as Mount Tai, and his hair and beard did not move a little.

I only heard the man sigh and say: "Obsession, a thought of demons, tired of the innocent people of this city to give their lives." ”

The woman said angrily: "Don't be full of benevolence and morality in front of me, if you hadn't forced me step by step, I wouldn't have to wear my true body to do this." However, even you are helpless now. The woman laughed maniacally, and with a gesture of her hand, Gar flew into the air and slammed into the man.

The man's eyes were cold, he poked into his left hand, took out an artifact, and threw it into the sky, and the thing slowly floated up, emitting a glow, illuminating the whole world transparently. Suddenly, the rain stopped, the flood receded, the mountains and rivers were clear, the sun was shining, and the whole world was once again full of life.

The woman panicked, shook her head again and again, and muttered, "This is impossible, this is impossible!"

The man said, "In the vein realm I have set up, nothing is impossible. Now that you're in it, you can't fight me, so let's stop. ”

The woman said hatefully: "Chang Zuo, maybe I really can't fight you, but I have spent so much effort, you want me to stop with a word, isn't it too wishful thinking!"

Chang Zuo said: "You have made a big mistake, but you are still obsessed, then I can only do the right thing for heaven." ”

When the woman heard this, she smiled sadly and said: "You always let me follow the right path and keep the right line, but have you really understood me, do you know what I really want?

Chang Zuo heard the woman say this, was stunned for a moment, and immediately said: "Wrong is wrong, poisoning living beings is against the way of heaven, this world is not what you want, you can do whatever you want." The cycle of heaven and earth, your efforts will not be rewarded, but it will always benefit people. But if you are so unscrupulous, even if you are at ease for a while, you will not end up well..."

"Shut up, what kind of heavenly principles circulate heaven and earth, if the heavens want to stop me, I will destroy the heavens, and if the earth wants to stop me, I will destroy the earth, I think you still don't understand, don't understand!" the woman yelled, stepping on Gar and rushing over again.

Gal opened her mouth and spewed out a burst of rain, and the woman followed with a wave of her hand, and the rain lines turned into thousands of ice needles and shot towards Chang Zuo. But before these ice needles could fly out, they disappeared without a trace. Gal spewed out another cloud of blue mist from his mouth, and the mist steamed, enveloping half of the sky. Chang waved the sleeve of his left robe slightly, and the mist rolled and was quickly sucked into the cuffs. When the fog dissipated, she saw that the woman was quickly chanting the incantation, and she and Gal were shining with a strong blue electric light at the same time, and then turned into two tornadoes, one large and one small, and roared to the left. The wind was mixed with crackling blue lightning, and the castration was as fierce as a volcanic eruption or a meteor falling to the ground.

Chang did not squint with his left eye, stood with his hands behind his back, and the strong wind stirred his robe, awe-inspiring like a god. It was only when the wind swept three feet in front of him that he saw him slowly raise his right palm, put it on his chest, hold his breath and concentrate, and only gently pushed at the blue that rushed in front of him. In an instant, the entire space in front of him "clicked" and cracked like a broken mirror, and the cracks gradually became longer and more numerous, like a colorless spark blooming, until Ga'er and the woman were completely enveloped. They are like two fish swimming in the ice, unable to move for half a minute. Chang Zuo turned his palm into a fist, and the space trembled slightly, constantly compressing inward, but the woman's and Ga'er's bodies always maintained the state of attack at the moment. Soon, the edge of the space was faintly frozen and closed, like an amber budding.

I came to my senses and shouted into the air, "Immortal, please spare their lives, Gal... Ga'er is innocent, give them another chance to mend their ways!" I knelt down and kowtowed, but I didn't feel the pain, and I only hoped that Ga'er would come back to me, and rub and coquettish in my arms as usual.

Chang Zuo asked me to stand up, looked at the woman, and said, "Heaven has the virtue of a good life, if you are self-disciplined and self-reflective from now on, I will let you go, how about it?" he said and released his fist half an inch.

The woman turned her head to stare at Chang Zuo, and for a while, her lips squirmed and whispered. Chang Zuo was startled and hurriedly tightened his fists. But the woman had turned into a thousand blue rays and shot into Gal's body. Gar writhed violently in agony, slowly, without moving, and finally turned into a huge piece of amber.

Chang Zuo stood in the air for a long time before he floated down to me and beckoned the piece of amber to fly in front of me. I stroked it with trembling hands. Gal in amber was coiled up, his eyes slightly closed, and his expression was serene, as I had seen him for the first time, except that the green streaks on his forehead were now blue.

Chang Zuo said: "Let it accompany you for a while, and when I come back, I will take it away." ”

I was taken aback and asked, "Why do you want to take it away?"

Chang Zuo Daxian said: "Its demonic nature has not been removed, so I have to seal it." ”

Tears flowed from my eyes.

Chang Zuo said to me: "Huang Zu used your fierce love to cultivate it so powerful, if it is placed by your side, I am afraid that it will once again accumulate strength to break through the seal." ”

I went limp, sat down on the ground, and begged, "How can this be, how can this be, Daxian, you must have another way, right?"

Chang Zuo shook his head and said: "If I didn't have an artifact, it would be difficult to say whether I won or lost today, I could spare her life, but I couldn't save her heart, alas..."

As soon as I heard this, I knew that there was no more loop, so I put my face on the piece of amber and looked and touched and touched.

Chang Zuo flew back into the air, raised his arms together, turned his palms up, and shouted: "Get up." "Just watch countless white smoke rise from the direction of the county seat, float in the air like clouds and hover, and then fall like a sky around my thatched house. The white smoke flickered and disappeared without a trace.

I was looking puzzled, Chang Zuo had fallen lightly in front of me and said, "That's the only way, I will close this place permanently, and you can leave with me in a while." ”

I smiled bitterly and shook my head, "I will be where Gary is, even if I can't see him, I will guard him." ”

Chang Zuo said: "Even if you can't see through it, you can also be detached from the beautiful scenery." As he spoke, he stretched out his right hand and drew a circle in front of him, followed by his left hand in a circle, stopping his hands on his abdomen, and then pressing down with both hands.

I just felt like I had become a ray of light, spinning and expanding with the world. Oh, I touched my body, looked at the grass house, and didn't feel anything unusual, but when I looked up, I saw a withered and half-glazed giant tree plunging into the sky from behind the grass house, the canopy was vast like a canopy, and the branches and leaves were as lush as the starry Milky Way. Looking at the surroundings of the thatched house, no matter the flowers, vines, and roses, they are all huge and incoherent, and I realized that it was I and the thatched house that had become smaller.

Chang Zuo pointed with his hand again, and saw hundreds of birds flying down from the giant tree, fluttering and stopping in the yard, and after a while, these birds lost their feathers and gradually turned into human shapes. Chang Zuo said to me, "I summoned the souls of those who died in Jiashui County, sent them into the bodies of these surviving creatures, and reshaped their bodies. So they have both human nature and retain some of the characteristics of the previous creatures, and I call them Thunder Humans. ”

When I heard the word "Liren" at that time, I was as surprised as you are now, and I asked Chang Zuodao, "Since the Great Immortal is so powerful, why don't you just resurrect those people?"

Chang Zuo said: "In the monstrous flood, their bodies have been shattered, and their souls are scattered. Although the artifact I hold can construct the Vein Realm, it has absolutely no effect of resurrecting the dead, and it has taken a lot of effort to let them continue like this. ”

I nodded as if I didn't understand. Chang Zuo said again: "I'm going to take it away and place it in a proper place." ”

I knew he was going to take Gar, and I knew he was going to take Gar to a place I didn't know. I looked at Ga'er, numb and stunned, with a thousand tastes in my heart, and it was difficult to leave. Chang Zuo didn't wait for me to nod, so he raised his hand to hold up Ga'er, stepped into the air, and disappeared to the top of the giant tree.

At that moment, my heart seemed to be emptied, and I only felt that it was more sad than dead. I remembered what the woman had admonished me in the past, and I tried to comfort myself, saying, "Since Gar is not dead and her husband is uncertain, how can I abandon them first?"