Chapter 5
The Xishan Mountains stretch for hundreds of miles, the mountains stretch like wings, and the forests cover like feathers. The view is majestic and powerful like a swimming dragon. Looking up at the image of the mountain, it is tall, and it has the courage to reach the sky and the earth, and the majestic wind covers the world. However, due to the depletion of the water source, there is hardly a trace of greenery.
The emperor and his entourage of more than ten people were able to successfully reach the West Mountain in the western capital, thanks to the protection of the officers and soldiers along the way. Across thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, through many places...... What he saw and heard was like thunder and lightning, which made the emperor of the earth shake greatly. The miserable scene of thousands of miles of sad wind and a red land was deeply imprinted on his heart.
Although they received top-notch treatment along the way, the group was already tired when they kept running to the west mountain, and because of the lack of water and grass, several horses also died, and several guards had to run to keep up, so the speed was naturally much slower. It took three days to go around the majestic West Mountain......
"Xiduhou, this is the grassy mountain range you saw last time?" The Earth Emperor was already extremely tired, and his mood was extremely complicated.
Xiduhou didn't blink his eyes for the past three days, but unfortunately he didn't see a trace of green, "This last time... It's obviously green, but after a few days of not seeing it, why did it become a scorched yellow? I really didn't expect it. The Marquis of Xidu was worried that the emperor would punish him for the crime of bullying the king, and said flatteringly, "The emperor of the earth, it is getting late, why don't you find a place to rest nearby, and find a few local farmers to explore the mountains tomorrow and then make plans?"
After spending so much time and not seeing a drop of water, the Earth Emperor was extremely annoyed in his heart, but who could blame him? If he wants to blame, he can only blame him, the Emperor of the Water Emperor who died of water as soon as he ascended the throne - this is not a random speculation, he got this discussion from the mouth of the little seventh son - although the Earth Emperor was angry, he could only be angry in his heart, and sighed to himself several times: Oh my God! If you really want to punish me, punish me alone, don't harm your subjects again......
The earth emperor is changing day by day, and he can't hide the little seventh son who is with him and Master Yuan Kun, who lives in the palace together.
Xiao Qizi was humble and didn't dare to say much, Master Yuankun followed him for three days, but he really didn't see any clues, to put it bluntly, he didn't believe that Xishan, which was also in the world, would hide any water sources?
Now, the Earth Emperor kept his eyes on his face and didn't take his eyes off it, he had to speak: "The Marquis of Xidu is right, tomorrow I will find a few farmers to explore the deep mountains, and maybe I can find something." β
The Earth Emperor nodded, and Xiao Qizi hurriedly helped him dismount and sit down on the spot. The night breeze of early spring began to feel a little cool, and slowly it became cold, and a few guards picked up a large pile of dry wood and lit a fire, and the dancing flames not only kept out the cold, but also drove away some of the restless beasts nearby.
The night was very quiet.
But this group of young people who were alive and well couldn't sleep, and Xiao Qizi served the emperor to swallow some dry food, and then untied the water skin bag hanging on his waist and handed it to him. The Earth Emperor took a sip and asked, "Do you all still have water?"
The Marquis of Xidu thought that the Emperor of the Earth had not drunk enough, so he stood up uneasily: "Return to the Emperor of the Earth, the water ...... It's gone......"
By the flickering light of the fire, the Earth Emperor noticed that everyone was looking at him with wide eyes, and everyone's lips were dry and cracked......
"Little Qizi, let's take a sip for everyone!" The Earth Emperor choked up and waved his hand to Xiao Qizi, who was stunned on the side.
Xiao Qizi had no choice but to hand it down. Xidu Hou blocked: "Earth Emperor, there is only this skin bag of water left, we can all block it, so we don't need to drink itβisn't it." β
Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them. The emperor was moved to tears by everyone, so he took a sip of water for this mere - he stood up, stuffed the water skin bag pushed back into the arms of the Marquis of Xidu, and ordered with tears in his eyes: "You drink first, one person takes a sip, and the violator will be beheaded." β
The water skin bag turned around in everyone's hands, and finally handed it to the Earth Emperor from the hands of Xiao Qizi.
The Earth Emperor checked it and found that it was very heavy, barely moving...... Blink to look at Xidu Hou, they are smart and well-behaved, they are all snoring, I don't know whether they are really sleeping or fake sleeping, their noses are sore, and a line of tears is flowing down again.
The Earth Emperor was full of emotion and wanted to relax for a while, but the trembling fire in front of him kept jumping...... Stupefied...... Confused, how can you sleep......
...... Suddenly, a crane flew out of the misty firelight, and stopped in front of the emperor, and unexpectedly there was an immortal man with a fairy wind and a childish face and crane hair sitting on the crane's back.
"Hehe, hey, the king will make you live a good life! β
The Earth Emperor stared at him and was stunned for a long time.
"General Wang, don't you know me Crane Immortal Weng?" Crane Immortal Weng suddenly patted his head, "Oh! No wonder, how can you remember the events of your past life after drinking Ecstasy Soup!"
"Who are you?"
"Hehe, who I am now, you don't know me, in short, it's your old friend, and there will be no malice," Crane Immortal Weng looked cynical, "Wang Jiang... Oh, the Emperor of the Earth... The Emperor of the Earth, I have been idle in the sky for the past few days, and I wanted to come to you to relieve my boredom, but I never thought that you were like this! No wonder there is no one to be the Emperor of the Earth, and if I commit a crime next time and kill me, I will not be the Emperor. β
The Earth Emperor was confused when he heard this, but he understood that this old man was an immortal, and he had no malicious intent, so he couldn't help but be overjoyed: "I implore the immortal Weng to be merciful and merciful to help the world out of the sea of suffering." β
"I can't stand it, my old man, your king doesn't know, it's not a child in heaven, how can there be any great mercy and compassion! I know that the world is suffering, alas! If it weren't for your brother, I wouldn't be too lazy to care. β
When the emperor heard that there was a door, he couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Can the immortal Weng guide me and find a water source for me." β
"Hey, being the emperor of the earth is smarter than before," said the crane fairy Weng smiled, "If I can't help you, what will I do - walk five miles east here, and you can see a huge mountain that reaches into the sky, that is, the 'Zhitian Mountain', this mountain leads to the Tianhe River and the water tribe is connected to the water tribe, and there is a water curtain pouring down in the middle of the mountain, and the Tianhe River and the water tribe are maintained and balanced their respective water levels through the Zhitian mountain water vein. This is not much to say, in short, as long as you obtain the water in Zhitian Mountain that gathers the qi of the Heavenly Palace and the essence of the water tribe, and drink it, not only will you quench your thirst and fill your stomach, but you will not die of thirst for three or five years. β
The emperor was overjoyed when he heard this, stood up and wanted to find it, but the crane fairy Weng stretched out his hand to stop him: "Don't worry, you can't do it in a hurry, it's not easy to take that water, although the water is connected to the Tianhe, but it is still under the control of the water tribe, the water tribe sent a buffalo essence to guard in Zhitian Mountain, the buffalo essence has no humanity, and it is not easy to cultivate to get through his level." β
"It's okay, I can be affectionate and reasonable with him, even if I am hard-hearted, I am determined to influence him. β
Crane Immortal Weng laughed and said: "He has a bunch of stinky cow and has no heart, how can you go about probation?"
"That's... That's a big deal...... fight with him."
"No... No", the crane fairy Weng mysteriously played tricks and winked at him, "It is enough for one person to come forward except for the buffalo spirit." β
"Who's ......?"
"One thing is one thing, do you remember?"
"Hundred Flowers Star Official ......" The Earth Emperor muttered repeatedly, as if he felt a little, and after a while, he shook his head helplessly: "It seems familiar to hear the name, but I really can't remember the specific things." β
"But I have suffered you, and I only complain that your calamity in the world has not yet passed. Seeing his old friends tossing like this, Hexian Weng felt very uncomfortable, but it was inconvenient to point it out, and sighed and said: "There is a 'Xiyuan Nunnery' in the west of here, and there is a layman girl named Furong in the nunnery, and her previous life was a Hundred Flowers Star Official, and you two were originally ...... Hey, that's the case - as long as you ask Furong to go to the bottom of Zhitian Mountain to draw out the buffalo essence, and shout in unison 'stinky cow, stinky cow', the buffalo essence loves face very much, and in the face of the Hundred Flowers Star Official, he will be ashamed of himself and destroy himself. β
The emperor seemed to believe it or not, and was about to ask again, when the crane immortal Weng drove the crane and flew into the firelight......
The emperor was so anxious that he shouted, wanting to hold the crane immortal Weng, but he couldn't hold it, and when he was helpless, he suddenly heard someone shouting, and when he opened his eyes, he saw that the Marquis of Xidu and Master Yuankun were surrounding him in a panic - only then did he understand that he had a dream, wiped his sweat with his sleeves, and suddenly remembered the scene in the dream...... Suddenly a spirit, he stood up and ran east without thinking about riding his horse.
"What's wrong with the Earth Emperor, he was shouting just now, and now he is running wildly...... "Xidu Hou and Xiao Qizi all felt tight, "It's not that you are overly worried and your brain is broken!"
When he caught up with the Earth Emperor, he found that he was kneeling in front of a large rocky mountain towering above the sky, muttering something.
Xiao Qizi thought that the emperor was crazy, and ran up crying to help him up.
Suddenly, a puff of green smoke came out of his eyes, curling in front of the Earth Emperor. Suddenly, a choking stench came to my nose and I almost suffocated.
"Stinky cow," the Earth Emperor shouted, hurriedly covering his mouth and nose, but the stench had already entered his stomach, and he vomited for a while...... The situation was not right, Xiao Qizi hurriedly dragged the Earth Emperor to withdraw, where Master Yuan Kun was located, Zhang Luo wanted to cast a spell to fight, and the Earth Emperor dragged him and retreated.
The buffalo spirit was surprisingly lazy, and danced for a while before shrinking back.
suffered this small loss, but the emperor was very happy in his heart. Because the words of the crane fairy in the dream did not deceive people - after the Marquis of Xidu understood what happened, he was ecstatic, and raised the emperor to find Xiyuan Nunnery.
Furong and Xiao Buregret came back from the source of the Yangtze River, thinking that they would be appreciated by Shitai, but Shitai did not have anything abnormal after listening to their thrilling story. The calm made them a little surprised! Xiao Buregret felt a little aquettish: "The teacher is too careful, we have done a great good deed, it is not interesting at all, it is really boring." Fleur is more sensible than her, although she thinks that the teacher is too unkind, but she still maintains: "Although the teacher is not praised, she is actually encouraging, so that there will be progress!"
Xiao Buregret is not happy in her heart, but she is a big person, and it won't be long before she will be fine. As everyone knows, she has more capital, and after beating this, she blew the sky in front of her sisters, as if she killed the demon dragon! The prince was saved by her......
The crown prince later ascended the throne and became the emperor of the earth, and the Xiyuan Nunnery in the deep mountain pass did not know. But then the overwhelming water shortage did not let Xiyuan Nunnery go.
In the early morning of this day, Mrs. Shi led a group of apprentices into the hall, and her heart was very heavy.
Fleur walked in with a strong man, and the strong man kowtowed when he saw Shitai.
"Is that him?" Shitai frowned.
"Yes," replied Fleur, "I was caught by me when I was patrolling the night just now, and this thief was prying at the Taimen. β
"Mrs. Shi...... Great Mercy ...... Great Compassion...... Spare ...... Spore ......" The strong man trembled with horror, and kowtowed repeatedly, and his head broke and bled out.
"The nunnery is destitute, what is there to toss you ......?"
Only then did the strong man raise his head, and when he saw that Shitai had no malicious intent, he breathed a sigh of relief: "Shitai, I am from a nearby village, and I will come with a thick face tonight...... I was really forced to be helpless - I have 80-year-old parents and two pairs of children, and although the life of a family of eight is not rich, it is safe and happy. I never expected that there would be no drip since the water in Lotus Creek was cut off last month, and I went hundreds of miles with the village boys to find water and almost couldn't come back...... Now that the parents can't bear the hunger and thirst, they have both left, and the young sons are afraid that they will not be able to drag it out, and they will ...... tonight Tonight, I really had nothing to do before I remembered that Mrs. Shi had the habit of snow water, so I had the courage to ...... Hey, did such a shameless thing. The strong man covered his face and cried.
Shi Tai has recognized the strong man, he is an honest man, although he can't name it, but he remembers that every year after the autumn harvest, he more or less picks up some food to give to the nunnery - such a good man, how can Shi Tai blame him for taking this step!
Mrs. Shi picked up the strong man and said to Furong: "Go to my room and scoop some snow water for him, it's not easy for him." β
When the strong man heard this, he kowtowed and made a fuss. Xiao Buregret raised his mouth: "Mrs., Mrs., yesterday you said that the snow water was drunk and you didn't give it to me, but today it was given to outsiders." β
Shi Taibai glanced at her: "It's like you cows drinking horses and drinking my little snow water can last for a few days." β
After sending off the uninvited guests, Mrs. Shi's mood was not calm, on the contrary, it became heavier and heavier, what should I do if it doesn't rain anymore......
It was soon dawning, and the teacher was too energetic to prepare for the morning class, when there was a commotion outside. The nun guarding the door was out of breath: "Master, a group of people on horseback with knives have come outside, and they have arrived outside the door." β
Mrs. Shi's heart condensed: I sent away the stolen ones, and I came to rob them again.
"They're from the government? Or is it on the road?"
"No... I don't know, I don't dare to ask, I'll report it, they've arrived anyway. β
Before the little nun finished speaking, the noise followed.
"Amitabha Buddha", Shi Tai sighed bitterly and greeted him. saw a group of more than ten men lined up in front of him. The young man who started with the head saluted Shitai.
"That's not too ...... Prince!" Xiao Wu regretted his sharp eyes and cried out.
The young man was stunned, raised his eyes to look, and caught a glimpse of the hibiscus in the group of nuns, and his heart sank: "You...... Why are you two here?"
One question and one answer, the teacher has already understood a little. She pressed Fleur, who was already crimson, with her eyes, and greeted the royal people again. After answering, it was learned that the young prince had ascended the throne.
The Earth Emperor was anxious and opened his mouth, so he borrowed a hibiscus from Shitai. Mrs. Shi was puzzled, and began to think that the emperor had bad intentions, and after figuring out the reason, she smiled and pushed out the Furong girl behind her.
The selfish emperor was pleasantly surprised to see that the woman hidden deep in his heart was the Furong who would take on the big responsibility, the Hundred Flowers Star Official. Thinking of the Crane Immortal Weng's vague words to the two of them...... A thought flashed through the Earth Emperor's mind...... The haze made him feel the delicate relationship between him and her, and that there was an inviolable providence and a cause and effect that flowed through history......
It's easy to understand!
Facing the gaze of the Earth Emperor, Fleur did not avoid it, but felt inexplicably at ease...... She vaguely caught a dreamlike feeling in the eyes of the Earth Emperorβshe felt that these eyes were so familiar, so kind, so gentle......
Xiao Qizi stood aside and wondered, what happened to the Earth Emperor? Although that girl was as beautiful as a fairy...... But this is as if they are going to eat someone else - they are still willing to go with you?
Not only the little seven sons, but also the Marquis of Xidu and Master Yuankun all felt the same way, in fact, how did they know that there was such a relationship between the Emperor of the Earth and Furong! In his eagerness, the Marquis of the Western Capital pulled the Emperor back from the "illusion", and regrettably ended the "illusion" that he might be able to understand.
Fleur blushed, and no longer dared to look at the man who was seductive. Shitai agrees to help the emperor defeat what jing-but although she is a weak woman who has learned boxing and kicking, the group of men in front of her is stronger than the other, and any one of them can beat herself, let me help-Furong wondered how Shitai didn't doubt it......
Although she suspected the emperor of the earth, she couldn't see any malicious intent on his part, on the contrary, she wished to go with the emperor of the earth, not because she hoped to climb to the royal family, but she felt that if she could be with him every day, she would not be in vain - as for the reason, she couldn't tell.
So it didn't take much trouble, please move Fleur and bring a little regret, this is the meaning of Mrs. Shi and Fleur's idea.
When she arrived at Zhitian Mountain, Furong understood the purpose of the Emperor of the Earth's invitation, she couldn't help crying and laughing, she would never believe that she could restrain the buffalo essence guarding "Tianshui" with her own face.
The buffalo spirit finally came out again in the cry of the emperor of the earth, this time not only releasing a strange smell but also showing its original form, only to see a fluffy and loose yellow hair scattered, and two lantern-like eyes on the black and brown face, but there were no noses, but there were two black holes in the nose, but the valley-like mouth grew under the chin, and a few white fangs were exposed...... This dignity really frightened the Earth Emperor.
The buffalo spirit rubbed his loose eyes and shouted with great dissatisfaction: "Stinky boy, you have come to disturb you again and again, do you still want to live?"
The emperor didn't expect the buffalo spirit to speak human words, and he wanted to use his sincerity to influence with a glimmer of hope: "Buffalo essence, I am the emperor of the world......"
The buffalo spirit interrupted impatiently: "Hey, there is a great drought in the world, you are here to ask for water." β
"Yes, I implore you to give alms to Tianshui and save the lives of the people in the world. β
"Don't think!" The buffalo spirit waved its sleeves violently, and a gust of stinky wind blew and said viciously, "The water tribe sent me to guard this mountain, and you want to take a drop of water when you wait." Hmph, don't leave when you come, I'm going to eat when I wake up, and I'm going to take it down even though the human flesh smells fishy. β
The Earth Emperor gasped, and in a panic, Furong stood tall in front of the buffalo spirit and shouted loudly: "The Hundred Flowers Star Officer is here, and the stinky cow dares to be presumptuous!"
When the buffalo spirit saw Hibiscus, it was like seeing the nemesis solidify, and the invincible demeanor just now disappeared without a trace, and the shouts of "stinky cow, stinky cow" were everywhere...... It was like a pound hammer that smashed at him, smashing him to the ground...... The poor buffalo spirit covered her ears with her hands and leaned down in front of Fleur and muttered pleading.
No one can hear clearly, but surely he will be begged for mercy, and who will pay attention to him...... After a long time, the buffalo spirit howled a few times and stopped making a sound.
When the stench receded slightly, Xiduhou stepped forward and slashed twice, only to find that it had turned into a pile of hard cow dung, and smashed the cow to accidentally reveal a tiled iron door, which was undoubtedly the only entrance to the water veins of heaven and earth. The hateful and respectable buffalo spirit still wants to use his original form to hide the "heavenly machine" at the last moment in order to fulfill his duties.
Impatiently opened the iron door, wisps of white mist "swished" out, and it was blurred...... Scattered around everyone, refreshing people's spleen, a refreshing coolness is so uncomfortable!
Diving down to the entrance of the cave, I found that the cave contained by the small cave was unprecedentedly spacious, and what made everyone even more amazing was that they heard the long-lost sound of water, the sound was so pleasant, so beautiful...... Looking for the sound, I saw a column of water falling from the sky, gurgling in the clear pond that was neither overflowing nor shallow......
The intoxicating water seemed to have bewitched their minds, and in ecstasy, the emperor knelt in front of the water column and burst into tears...... The Earth Emperor reached into the water with both hands and picked it up a little, sniffed with his eyes closed for a while, and suddenly laughed out loud: "God, you will give the world a way to live......
"The Emperor of the Earth, there should be salvation, but we must immediately organize people to deliver water to the world, the sooner the better. β
The Earth Emperor nodded: "Marquis of the Western Capital, you must strictly keep secrets here, and you must transfer some more soldiers to arrange it." β
"Yes!" The Marquis of the Western Capital took the order and went to do it.
After doing these urgent tasks, the Earth Emperor's excited and complicated heart slowly calmed down.
"Earth Emperor, drink saliva. β
Fleur stood in front of the Earth Emperor with a water skin bag in her hand. Xiao Buregret's face was full of water, and he rubbed his stomach with a full burp: "Hey! It's enjoyable!" After walking a few steps, she collapsed on the ground, she was too drunk and couldn't move-The Earth Emperor couldn't help but laugh and said, "Why is this little nun so greedy?"
Xiao Buregret struggled to sit up, pouting: "I haven't touched a drop of water for half a month, and my stomach is hungry, so I don't swell like this after drinking a little ......"
"Be careful not to hold on," Furong picked up Xiao Buregret, glanced at the Earth Emperor, and whispered, "Earth Emperor, there is nothing to do with the two of us here, so I will leave first." β
The Earth Emperor stood up and asked puzzledly, "Are you leaving, do you want to go back to the nunnery?" For the second time, he was kind to his Furong and saw the abnormal behavior of the emperor, and his heart "knocked" straight up, as a woman, especially his sweetheart who worries and entangles his heart day and night, he makes conditioned reflexes and abnormal actions for his words - isn't this a portrayal of his heart!
Fleur was satisfied, and the Earth Emperor's look of surprise for her balanced the pain of her lovesickness for months. She felt that this moment was the happiest and happiest moment of her life...... Even if she let her life change for this moment, she is willing.
But Fleur didn't know that the unattainable Earth Emperor had put her entire inner world into her inner world. Fleur didn't know that the Emperor rejected the Queen Mother's proposal for her. Unbeknownst to Fleur, the Emperor of the Earth has fallen deeply in love with her. Furong didn't know that the emperor of the earth at this time could no longer do without her......
The emperor was abnormal with the vulgar girls in the nunnery, and also confused Xiao Qizi and Master Yuankun, they are all understanding people, how could they not understand. But this is a big deal, who dares to talk too much and beg for trouble, Xiao Qizi and Master Yuan Kun looked at each other, turned around and moved a few guards nearby.
Xiao Buregret held his stomach and giggled, suddenly stopped again, and walked away with a sense of humor and pretended to drink water again.
The Earth Emperor next to him saw it, but he was not timid, and boldly looked at Fleur with wide eyes, and only then did he see her eyebrows and red lips clearly...... He was so shocked that he couldn't believe that the fairy-looking woman in front of him was a laywoman in a nunnery...... Fleur, think about it for a while, I'm afraid, if Fleur loses her hair, wouldn't it be a disgrace to this woman.
Fleur stood still, but she didn't expect the Earth Emperor to lose his temper and grab her hands. She was ashamed and anxious, and tried hard to break free, but the Earth Emperor held it tightly and didn't let go at all, she panicked: "Earth Emperor, you... How can you do that!"
"Fleur, promise me, don't go. β
Fleur blushed, happy and scared at the same time. The emperor's words made her already extinguished spring dream sprout again. But he is the head of the world, and he is just a laywoman in the nunnery, one is as expensive as the sky, and the other is as cheap as grass...... She shook her head with difficulty, and squeezed out a sentence that went against her heart from between her teeth: "No, the emperor of the earth, the little girl can't promise you. β
"Why?" The Earth Emperor glared and put his arms around Fleur's thin shoulders, "I love you, I won't marry you, Fleur! Don't you like me?"
Fleur threw herself into his arms and cried excitedly. But she was so happy in her heart, because she understood what happiness was like!
...... At this time, Furong, although she did not have the luxury of marrying the emperor, she had secretly handed over this life to him in her heart, even if there was no ending, she was willing to die for him and live for him.