Chapter 8
When I returned to my aunt's house in the evening, my aunt asked, "Li Xuan, what have you been doing all day, why don't you have a reason to have dinner?"
"I was playing by the river today, and when I saw someone overboard, I helped save them. Dinner was eaten at the house of an old man who was also surnamed Li, and he was kind to me. ”
When the aunt heard this, this was terrible, if something happened to Li Xuan, how could she explain it to her younger brother. "You kid, why don't you make people feel at ease? What about Jiang Keshen, many adults have drowned, and you are a little child who still goes to save people, what if there is a good one? You can no longer take this risk. ”
came back, and the aunt reprimanded her cousin Zhou An again, "Zhou An, you know that you play for a day, and you don't look at your cousin." If something happens to Li Xuan, see if I don't discount your legs!"
The eldest sister-in-law stopped doing it on the side, "Li Xuan, this is called righteousness and courage, how can you be a man who can't be saved when you die?" It's just Li Xuan, you have to pay attention to safety in the future, and you have to do what you can to save people." ”
When cousin Zhou An was looking at Li Xuan, a little star flashed in his eyes, which was the light of worship. "This cousin is really powerful, he should belong to the chivalrous series, his martial arts are world-famous and bullish. I didn't accompany my cousin for two days, but I did such a big thing, and I saved three people in a row, which is really exciting. It's a shame not to be there. He secretly decided that he must follow his cousin in the past few days and strive to be able to participate in the cause of saving people. He secretly poked Li Xuan with his hand and whispered, "If you don't take me with you for such a fun thing, I'll follow you tomorrow to see if there's anything else going on." ”
The aunt saw Zhou An and Li Xuan stabbing and muttering there, and she didn't know what she was talking about. "What do you two say?"
"I didn't say anything, I just told my cousin not to go to the river tomorrow, it's too dangerous. ”
That night, Li Xuan entered the dream again.
In the dream, Li Xuan came to his upper dantian again. The pedestal of the Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Linglong Pagoda is still floating in the center of the upper dantian.
Li Xuan stretched out his hand and carefully touched the pedestal. Sure enough, just as he had imagined, saving people might accumulate merit and allow the pagoda to be repaired. Now, three more wall-like sections have grown on this pedestal, which are connected to the original one to form an almost semicircular shape, which feels strange.
At the same time, Li Xuan also felt that his skills seemed to have increased. The yellow air flow was much thicker, and the meridians had a slight swelling feeling. This greatly increased Li Xuan's interest in practicing. If you always cultivate like this, maybe it won't take a few years for the Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Linglong Pagoda to be restored, how awesome it is! It's exciting to think about.
The next few days. Li Xuan and his cousin began to squat by the Mudan River, hoping to meet another accident.
Lao Li Touer has to go up the river embankment every day to chat, play cards, and play chess with his old friends. He can see Li Xuan every day, and he is already very familiar with Li Xuan, and often invites Li Xuan and his cousin to his house for dinner.
Not to mention, hard work pays off. Two days later, in the evening, Li Xuan and his cousin finally discovered a new situation. On the Mudan River Bridge, I saw two people from a distance who seemed to be arguing. It should be a pair of young lovers, and it seems that they fell out because of the object of their involvement.
Li Xuan's ears have been particularly good since he practiced the Xuanhuang merit technique, and he heard the two of them mention the words "suicide by throwing himself into the river". My heart moved, I really just wanted to fall asleep and someone sent a pillow! The news that my cousin inquired about was really accurate, and there were really many people in this city who committed suicide. If there were two pairs of suicides, wouldn't this plan to save people be completed as soon as possible? "Cousin, you wait here, I see that those two people seem to be going to commit suicide, I will go under the bridge and wait to save people. He left his clothes with his cousin and made his own swift downward movement to the bridge.
Swimming under the bridge, they were already very close to the two young men. At this time, the two young men were still talking.
The man said: "We are engaged in the object's business, the family just doesn't agree, I knelt down to my parents, they still don't agree, not to say that we are not in the right household, they want to find me a cadre family background, saying that it will help me in the future." Alas, I really can't help it. ”
"But we're all the same, who else can I marry if I don't marry you!"
Li Xuan didn't understand under the bridge, what is this "like there" and "what is it"? However, this seems to have nothing to do with saving people by himself, and there is no need to waste brain cells.
The man continued, "I don't want to! I really love you! I can't bear you!"
"I only love you in my life, if I can't marry you, it's better to die. The woman began to shed tears as she spoke.
"Don't cry, I'm reluctant to leave you anyway. Even if we die, we will die together, so that we can live and live together. Otherwise, if we jump directly from this bridge, we will be gone, and none of them will be able to control the two of us. ”
The woman looked under the bridge, "This river is very urgent, will we be washed away if we jump down?"
"Then let's just jump down hand in hand. ”
The woman said, "It's still not good, what if you let go of your hand after you die, it will still be washed away." I've got a red silk scarf here, let's tie our hands together. ”
The man said, "It's a good idea, so that we can live and never be separated." ”
So, the two men began to tie their hands with silk scarves.
"How to tie it?" "It should be a male left and a female right, tie your left hand and my right hand together." "Okay, that's it. "These two people are very abrasive, and they have to discuss for a long time to tie their hands.
After tying for more than ten minutes, the two finally tied their left and right hands together, and dragged each other, which felt quite strong.
Li Xuan had been waiting under the bridge for a long time. The river is very urgent, and Li Xuan mainly relies on treading water to fix his position, although his physical strength is very good, but it also takes a lot of effort.
The little couple who were going to throw themselves into the river were finally almost ready. The two of them first leaned on the railing of the bridge and looked down.
The man said, "This river is very fast!"
The woman said, "It's not just urgent, I think it's quite deep!"
The man said, "Let's jump down together, maybe we can go to the underworld and want to see each other." Maybe we'll have to see you again in the next life. ”
The woman nodded, then shook her head: "I don't know!
The man glanced under the bridge again, feeling a little scared, "Are you afraid?"
"It's a little scary. But with you by your side, you are not afraid. ”
Then, she asked the man again: "Then are you afraid?" The man straightened his chest and said, "Of course I'm not afraid, as long as you accompany me, I'm not afraid of anything!"
Li Xuan waited under the bridge for a long time, he was in a hurry, there was no way, this pair chatted on the bridge, and Li Xuan had goosebumps when he heard it.
The two chatted for more than ten minutes, and finally strengthened their determination to commit suicide. Since their hands were tied together, it took a lot of effort to climb the railing of the bridge.
The two of them just wanted to jump down, but they were startled when they saw a person floating in the river under the bridge, standing in the water with half of his body exposed.
The woman said, "Why is the river so shallow, so that the man's waist is gone, what if we jump down and we can't die? If we break our arms and legs, how ugly it is." ”
The man was also a little hesitant: "Otherwise, let's change places and find a deep place to jump." ”
Li Xuan was a little anxious when he heard this, if they changed places, where would they go to save people. Hurriedly shouted: "Don't go, don't go, the water here is deep, you will definitely drown if you jump down." You see, my hands and legs are moving, I'm treading water. ”
The woman felt very strange: "Why don't you go swimming next to you, what are you doing under the bridge?"
"I'm waiting under the bridge to save people. Li Xuan hurriedly replied.
The woman was even more strange: "Who are you going to save?"
"Of course I want to save you both, I've been waiting under the bridge for a long time, you two are not tired on the bridge, I'm quite tired. If you want to kill yourself, you're happy, I've never seen you so grinding!"
When the woman heard this, she didn't do anything, "You are insane, what does it matter to you if we want to throw ourselves into the river? Hurry up and stay away! Otherwise, we will jump down and kill you directly!"
Li Xuan was also angry when he heard this, "You two are purely neurotic, you are not even afraid of death, and you are afraid that you will not be able to get married." If you want to die, hurry up, I'll finish saving people and go home after work!"
This provoked the two people on the bridge, and the woman opened her mouth and scolded: "You damn fellow, you dare to call me a psychopath?
Li Xuan scolded back: "You deserve to die, you two deserve to die! If you want to die, you will be happy, and if you two of you will jump down for me." ”
On the bridge, the two began to curse each other with Li Xuan. After scolding for a while, the two on the bridge suddenly stopped scolding, glanced at each other, smiled smartly, and said at the same time: "We won't jump, I'll be angry with you!
Li Xuan was so angry under the bridge, these two people were going to jump, so he had to answer something. If you hide a little farther away, won't it be okay to wait for them to jump down and then save them? Isn't that a mouthful?
Li Xuan swam back to the shore in a huff. Cousin Zhou An asked him, "What's the matter, why didn't those two people commit suicide again?"
"I don't know what's going on, maybe it's two psychopaths. I was going to save both of them, and I was scolded, so unlucky. ”
This day again yielded nothing. Li Xuan and his cousin returned home, had dinner, and went to bed early.
In his sleep, Li Xuan came to the space in the upper dantian again, and the pedestal of the Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Linglong Pagoda was still rotating by itself. He reached out and touched the pedestal as usual.
"Huh!" Li Xuan felt that there was a new change in this pedestal. It turned out that there were two more small sections of wall on it. This pedestal already looks like a semicircle, and there is still a small gap around it.
"Is it really strange?" Li Xuan couldn't help but think, "I didn't succeed in saving people today, why did I still grow two sections of walls, do I count if I ran away from those two people." ”
Li Xuan still has some misunderstandings about how to obtain merit, thinking that only by saving people with his own hands can he be regarded as gaining merit. In essence, merit is the result of doing good, and the focus is on cause and effect. Although Li Xuan did not directly rescue people today, if Li Xuan did not appear, the two would definitely die. Perhaps in the near future, when the two of them are both floating on the river, it will also cause some conjectures, especially the red silk scarf tied to the hands of the two people, maybe it can also make a love story that has been passed down through the ages, just like the stories of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, Romeo and Juliet.
It was because of Li Xuan's appearance that he talked to and quarreled with these two people, dispelling their thoughts of suicide. Later, the families of these two people heard that the two men almost committed suicide, and they were also terrified. finally agreed to the marriage of the two and achieved a happy marriage. Although the two of them grinded a little, they could grind for more than an hour by themselves. But who made these two people "Wang Ba look at mung beans - eye to eye". This may be the fate of the legend!
Anyway, Li Xuan has obtained two more life-saving merits, and the first layer of the Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Linglong Pagoda is not far from restoration, which still makes Li Xuan very happy.
This is really "the mountains and rivers are exhausted, and there is no way out, and the willow bank is bright and another village"! The world is so wonderful.