Chapter 193: The Broken Bridge of West Lake
Bai Suzhen looked at Xiaoqing, who looked like a woman in front of her, and there was a hint of surprise in her beautiful eyes, she didn't expect that she was a woman dressed as a man before, and after hearing her words, she smiled and said: "Great, hurry up Sister Xiaoqing, my name is Bai Suzhen, and the two of us will be sisters in the future!"
Hearing this, Xiaoqing grabbed Bai Suzhen's arm and shouted with a smile: "Sister!"
Bai Suzhen smiled slightly, and had a lot of intimacy with Xiaoqing beside her, since she gave birth to her spiritual wisdom, she has basically been staying in Qingcheng Mountain to cultivate the Tao, ignoring the world, this time the Tao will be completed, and going down the mountain to enter the world is just to find the opportunity to become an immortal, but what awaits her on the road ahead?
This time, when I got off the mountain, I met Xiaoqing, who was also a snake demon, and I was naturally very happy, and I had a partner on the lonely cultivation road.
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It is another year of spring benefits, the days pass quickly, unconsciously, it is already March, and there are two days of Qingming Festival, when every household has to go to worship their ancestors and sweep the grave, it is one of the most important festivals of the year, Qiantang County belongs to Hangzhou Prefecture, the tomb of the ancestors of the Qiao family is not in Qiantang County, but in a green mountain on the shore of the West Lake, the Qiao family originally lived in Hangzhou, to Qiao Chen'an's grandfather's generation, this moved to Qiantang County to settle down.
This Qingming ancestor worship, naturally to go to Hangzhou, Qiao's family had already set off a day in advance, just afraid of missing the time, that was a great disrespect to the ancestors, so at noon the day before, they arrived in Hangzhou, and temporarily lived in the house purchased by Qiao Chen'an.
Although Qiao's father and Qiao's mother knew that Qiao Chen'an had business cooperation with the Qian family, the richest family in Qiantang County, and a large amount of silver taels were recorded every year, but there was no too clear concept of why the specific amount was.
Qiao Chenan settled the luggage of his parents and said, "Daddy, let's live in this courtyard with my son in the future!"
Unexpectedly, the parents glanced at each other, with a smile on their faces, and Qiao's mother said: "We know Xiao An, you are okay outside, we can't give up that old yard, after living for many years, after all, we have feelings, and your father and I won't move here first." ”
Qiao Chen'an said, "Then how can it be done!?"
But after repeated persuasion, his parents still couldn't give up the old courtyard, and he couldn't force it, looking at the satisfied smile on the faces of his parents in front of him, Qiao Chenan thought that they really couldn't give up the memories of a family!
That night, the nebula was a little dim, the moon only showed a corner, the courtyard was pitch black, and he could barely see his five fingers, Qiao Chenan stood behind the window, looking at the direction of the West Lake, for a long time, sighed softly, what were he waiting for?
One night is just a matter of opening and closing one's eyes, which seems to be fast, but it seems to be long, as if there is no end, but it probably depends on the mood of the person!
The sky has just dawned, there are golden scales in the east, revealing the wisps of glow, a little bit to disperse the early morning fog, the street can be seen everywhere with a package ready to go to the ancestors to sweep the tomb of the people, Qiao Chen'an with his parents like the ancestors of the tomb where the place to go, not long after, has come to the destination of this trip, look up, a piece of green mountains and clear water, there are wild flowers blooming, mixed in a piece of grass green, Hangzhou is located in the south, although it is only three months, but the weather is already very warm, the grass and trees are green, as if it is already April and May.
Not far in front of him is more than a dozen slightly low graves, there are tombstones standing on them, naturally it is the place where the ancestors of the Qiao family sleep, the three of them knelt on the ground, first kowtowed four times, and the parents took out the paper money that had been prepared and lit it, to pay tribute to the ancestors, and to burn incense and worship.
At the same time, on the other side of the West Lake, Xu Xian accompanied his sister Xu Jiaorong and brother-in-law Li Gongfu to sweep the tomb together, Xu Jiaorong talked about some daily mundane things on the grave, and sometimes when it came to sadness, she couldn't help but shed a few tears.
After sweeping the tomb and burning incense, Xu Jiaorong was going to return, and there was still a bunch of mundane things waiting for her to clean up at home, Li Gongfu said to Xu Xian: "Hanwen, it's hard to come out, it happens that this place is not far from the West Lake, you might as well go around!"
Xu Xian shook his head and said with a smile: "That's not good, brother-in-law, I have to go to Qingyutang to help the shopkeeper Wang when I go back!
Li Gongfu said: "Stay in that pharmacy all day, deal with some herbs, and don't even have a moment to speak, don't you feel bored?
Xu Xian had a smile on his face and said, "How can I be bored? I learn a lot of things every day from the shopkeeper, and besides, this knowledge of curing diseases and saving people cannot be wasted for a day, I wish I could live in Qingyu Hall every night!"
But I don't know what has changed in this walk unconsciously? A butterfly flapping its wings can cause a storm in the distance, and the wheel of history will be biased in what direction because of Xu Xian's choice today?!
Xu Jiaorong said: "It's rare that my brother is so interested, just let him go!" Li Gongfu just sighed.
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But he said that after Qiao Chen'an worshiped his ancestors, he was fine, and when it was time to go home, he had no intention of returning, and said with a smile: "Daddy, you two go back first, I want to go around casually!"
As soon as he said this, Qiao's father and Qiao's mother would not disagree, so they let him go, but when he was leaving, Qiao's mother looked up at the sky and said, "There are unforeseen circumstances in the sky, Xiao An, you bring an umbrella!"
Qiao Chenan wanted to open his mouth to refuse, but when he raised his head, he saw his mother's concerned gaze, and when the words came to his mouth, they turned into a "good" and tied the umbrella behind him.
Coming to the West Lake, I saw that there were already a lot of pedestrians and tourists walking along the embankment, all things were vigorous, there was strong vitality, at this time the sun has completely broken away from the shackles of the clouds, and the head was generously exposed, sprinkling thousands of wisps of bright light.
The green willows are like the wind, the clear water is quiet, the sky is blue like a dream, Qiao Chen'an walked by the lake, his face was a little complicated and indescribable, his eyes seemed to be looking for something, although he knew that the possibility was very small, but he still couldn't stop looking forward to it in his heart, maybe, maybe it was really today?
After thousands of years of cultivation, she went through hardships after coming down the mountain, even if she cultivated to become strong, what if she couldn't get rid of it.
Along the way, someone will greet Qiao Chenan from time to time, and now he is also a celebrity, although he is not known to the extent that everyone knows him, but everyone has heard of his Qiao Da Cai's name, and even the general corner child knows that Hangzhou Mansion has a rare talent in the world.
Unconsciously walked to the broken bridge in the middle of the lake, looked around, there was a ray of attack in his eyes, but his expression was a little apprehensive, if he really saw her and recognized her, what could he do then?
Looking down, I saw a boat on the lake that broke through the clear waves, and a few koi jumped out of the water, and I was suddenly relieved that I had always taken her too seriously, probably because of the obsession of the traverser!
After figuring this out, Qiao Chen felt as if he had unloaded a heavy burden, his body and mind were comfortable, and his breathing seemed to be much more casual and natural, this is what he should be, even if he really met, it was just a "Taoist friend"!
In the future, just let it be!
Qiao Chen'an was bored walking around on the broken bridge at the same time, in a pavilion on the edge of the West Lake, there were two women with beautiful faces resting, if Qiao Chen'an was here, he would definitely be able to recognize Xiaoqing at a glance, the two of them were no less than dozens of times old, and they could be regarded as a friendship.
Xiao Qingyi Luo skirt, combed in a bun, black hair hanging down on both shoulders like a waterfall, eyebrows and eyes are a little narrow, pretty face is white, what a wonderful pretty woman, but at this time Xiao Qingyu's cheeks were slightly impatient, and said coquettishly: "Sister, what is the fate to meet thousands of miles away, you need to go to the height of the West Lake to find it." Where is there a master in this West Lake, I can't find it when I look for it! What a master, I think the Bodhisattva and her old man are confused, and it is obvious that she is rectifying the person!" Following Bai Suzhen, she has been looking for a morning, but she has not even found the shadow of her benefactor, so she is naturally a little impatient.
Bai Suzhen on the side smiled slightly when she heard this: "Xiaoqing, you should also be more restrained in this urgency, otherwise you will suffer a big loss." ”
A pair of glass-like beautiful eyes looked at the West Lake, and there was an endless stream of pedestrians, although she said so, but she didn't feel anxious in her heart, after all, the matter of repaying her kindness was related to her future immortal opportunity, and she couldn't help but think of the scene on the top of Emei gold.
Guanyin Bodhisattva appeared on the golden top of Emei, and when he first came out of retreat, he had already sensed it, and he could only ask for the Bodhisattva's guidance.
Thousands of years of cultivation, not close to the world, and finally cultivated the human body, although dedicated to the Tao, want to ascend the immortal path, but there is a kindness that has not been returned, cause and effect have not been broken.
But the Bodhisattva only said that "there is a fate to meet thousands of miles away, you need to go to the height of the West Lake to find" these two clueless words, and then disappeared the fairy trace, everything has to rely on her own to find, but a thousand years of time, it is too long, even with her skills, there is no clue.
Just as she was thinking about it, Xiaoqing suddenly clapped her hands and shouted, "Sister, sister, I know!" A happy look appeared on her pretty face.
Bai Suzhen glanced at her with slight disgust and said, "What do you know?"
Xiaoqing said happily: "Sister, look at that person!" stretched out his jade finger and pointed to a figure on the bridge in the distance, and said with a smile: "The Bodhisattva said, 'You need to go to the high place of the West Lake', that is the master!"
Bai Suzhen was puzzled: "How can he be a master?"
Xiao Qing said: "He's standing on the bridge, isn't his position higher than the two of us?
Bai Suzhen shook her head slightly, she didn't agree with Xiaoqing's statement, but she couldn't bear Xiaoqing's soft grinding and hard bubbles, she had to cast a spell to check her past life and this life, Yingying Hao's wrist flipped, and the mana surged, and with a little jade finger, a streamer flew to the person, closed her eyes, and the person's past life suddenly appeared in her mind, and she opened her eyes in only a moment, and said with some disappointment: "No, his previous life was a pig killer!"
Xiaoqingmei's eyes turned, but she saw a person not far away who was cutting branches on a tree, and said, "This person's position is so high, could it be a master?"
Bai Suzhen cast a spell again, but still shook his head, and said, "He was a beggar in his previous life!"
Xiaoqing still didn't give up, looked in the other direction, there were three people playing chess under the tree, stretched out the green white jade finger and pointed: "Could it be these three people?"
After a while, Bai Suzhen shook her head in disappointment again, Xiaoqing still wanted to point to others, Bai Suzhen held her palm, and said helplessly: "Xiaoqing, we can't look for it like this!"
Xiaoqing said discouragedly: "Then sister, what do you say!"
Bai Suzhen's eyebrows frowned slightly, what Guanyin Bodhisattva said was unclear, how did she know what to do, she could only rely on the word fate, but how could such a thing as fate really be reliable?
Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a person on the broken bridge not far away, who seemed to be looking for something, a little lazily leaning on the guardrail by the bridge, dressed in green clothes, dressed as a scholar, and the whole person seemed to be shrouded in a layer of mysterious meaning, as if he was independent of the world.
Suddenly her heart moved, could this be the person she was looking for? She stretched out her jade finger and pointed at the person on the bridge, and said, "Xiaoqing, do you think it could be this person?"
Xiao Qing looked in the direction of her finger, and after seeing the figure on the broken bridge, she was shocked, how could it be this annoying Qiao Chen'an, how could he be here?
He said: "Definitely not, how can it be this person! Sister, you see that he looks lazy and does not sit upright, at first glance he is not a good person, he will not be your benefactor!"
Bai Suzhen looked at her a little strangely, and said, "Xiaoqing, how do you know that it won't be him?"
Xiaoqing said: "He's not tall at all!" When she said this, her face flushed a little, and she was afraid that even she didn't believe it. In fact, Qiao Chen'an's height is now 1.8 meters, and in Daxia, where his height is generally short, he is already considered "tall and big".
Fortunately, Bai Suzhen's attention was not here, and she opened her mouth and said: "Actually, it doesn't matter whether you are tall or not. "There is another sentence that has not been spoken, the important thing is people!
After only a little distraction, the person on the bridge was gone, and he couldn't help standing up anxiously, looking around with beautiful eyes, and said, "What about the person? Why is the person gone?" But there was a strange feeling in my heart, I always felt that the person was the person I was looking for, but whether it was or not, I still had to see it before I knew.
took Xiaoqing's palm and said, "Xiaoqing, shall we go and find him?"
Xiaoqing was originally full of reluctance, but when she raised her eyes, she saw the look of hope on Bai Suzhen's face, and knew that she couldn't be willful anymore, so she had to say: "Xiaoqing listens to my sister!"
The two figures of blue and white walked towards the broken bridge, but where could they see the shadow of that person?
Who changed the fate of everyone?