Chapter 25: Chang'e Goes to the Moon
Since Houyi shot down nine suns, only one sun was left in the sky, and since then the wind and rain have been smooth, the four seasons are distinct, the five grains are abundant, the people are happy, and the world is peaceful. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info goblin shield, ghost lurking. The wicked converge, and the wicked hibernate. Hou Yikong has a skill, and there is no place to use it, so he thought of asking to take the elixir, cultivate to ascend to heaven, and live forever.
I heard people say that if you want to become an immortal and live forever, the most important thing is to have the help of immortals. The Queen Mother of the West on Kunlun Mountain is the most willing to help mortals. So Hou Yi discussed with Chang'e, and the two decided to go together to find the Queen Mother of the West. Ask the Queen Mother of the West for the elixir of immortality in order to become an immortal.
They went all the way to the west, climbed countless mountains, waded through countless rivers, walked thousands of miles through the Gobi Desert, and climbed over the ice peaks covered with snow all year round. It took more than a year to trek to the weak water river at the foot of Kunlun Mountain.
If you want to climb Kunlun Mountain, you must first cross the weak water river. There is a good saying: "The weak water is three thousand miles, and the goose feathers also sink to the bottom, and only those who are destined to cross it." ”
Hou Yi and Chang'e wandered by the weak water river again, waiting for nine hundred and eighty-one days. On this day, I finally looked forward to the messenger of the Queen Mother of the West - Blue Bird. The bluebird messenger supported a bottomless boat and crossed the weak river between the husband and wife.
Hou Yi and Chang'e climbed Mount Kunlun. Chang'e couldn't help crying with joy: "Hard work pays off, and where there is a will, there is a way." The perseverance and sincerity of mortals have touched the immortals, and we are about to meet the Queen Mother of the West!"
The Blue Bird Messenger led Hou Yi and Chang'e to the edge of Yao Chi on Kunlun Mountain, and they saw the Queen Mother of the West, who was looking forward to it day and night.
After meeting, the Queen Mother of the West asked: "Chang'e Houyi, why do you want to be an immortal?" Houyi said: "I have a martial art, a divine bow, a divine arrow, and a hundred shots." However, since I shot down nine suns, the world is peaceful, and I have no skills, but unfortunately there is no place for heroes. I think that no matter how great a mortal's ability is, he will inevitably die in the end, only immortals can live forever, and there is no mortal in the world who does not want to be an immortal.
I heard people say that if you want to become an immortal, you must get the help of the immortals, and the Queen Mother of the West, you are the immortal who is most willing to help mortals. Therefore, we have traveled more than 10,000 miles, and gone through a lot of hardships to come to Kunlun Mountain, asking you to give us the elixir of immortality. ”
The Queen Mother of the West said: "I do have an elixir here, and people can live forever if they eat it." However, only those who are destined can eat it. Your deeds of eliminating harm for the people, upholding righteousness and eliminating evil, especially the merit of shooting down the nine suns with a divine arrow, are enough to become an immortal, and your character and morality are also enough to become an immortal.
As for Chang'e, she is beautiful, kind, and hardworking, sewing clothes for you, cooking for you, taking care of housework for you, planting vegetables and watering the garden, being your virtuous helper, and relieving your worries. She is a model of the image of a Chinese woman, and she can also become an immortal. ”
When Hou Yi and Chang'e heard the Queen Mother of the West say this, they were overjoyed and bowed to the Queen Mother of the West again and again.
The Queen Mother of the West said to Hou Yi again: "Hou Yi, I also want to tell you that what is lacking in the world is not immortals. And what is missing is the hero. Only heroes can care about the people, worry about the country and the people, benefit the people, and push history forward. The people are also inseparable from heroes. And the gods only know that they are at ease, and for the people, it is of no use at all. ”
The Queen Mother of the West said to Chang'e again: "If Chang'e becomes an immortal, she can add a beautiful scenery to the fairy world and leave a beautiful story in the world." Become the spiritual yearning and unremitting pursuit of those hard-working and kind Chinese women. There has never been a shortage of beauties in the world, and it doesn't matter if there is one less Chang'e. ”
The Queen Mother of the West turned to Hou Yi again and said: "Hou Yi, there are still many things waiting for you to do in the world, if you come to me again in another fifty years, I will definitely allow you to become the god of magic arrows and demons, and live with the sky." If you want to become an immortal now, I can also give you the elixir, as for whether you can eat it in your mouth, it all depends on your personal fate and creation. Which one do you want?"
Hou Yi said: "What you get in your hand and eat in your mouth is your own, who knows what will happen in fifty years, I choose to want it now." ”
When the Queen Mother heard Hou Yi's decision, she sighed and said, "Okay then, then it depends on your fate," so she instructed the fairy to take a packet of elixir and give it to Hou Yi. Instructed: "This pack of elixir can be immortal after eating." After waiting for Kunlun Mountain, you husband and wife eat together, and when eating, you must use white jade paste as a medicine primer, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable. Do you remember?" Hou Yi replied, "Yes." ”
Chang'e couldn't help but ask again: "What will happen if this packet of medicine is taken by one person?" The Queen Mother of the West glanced at Chang'e, smiled slightly, and said: "If one person eats it, it will soar in the sky and live in the heavenly realm forever." ”
Hou Yi and Chang'e bowed to the Queen Mother of the West. said: "Thank you Queen Mother Xi for the grace of the elixir." ”
After going down the Kunlun Mountain and coming to the bank of the weak water river, the bluebird messenger came over the boat, and the two got on the boat, Hou Yi sat in the bow of the boat, and Chang'e sat in the stern.
The boat goes to the upper reaches of the weak water. Hou Yi couldn't help but be curious, and took out the elixir from his arms, wanting to take a look.
I saw that this elixir bag was two inches square, wrapped in lotus leaves, opened the lotus leaves, and saw that there was red medicine powder in it, and when I smelled it, the strange fragrance was fragrant, and it went straight to the lungs and abdomen. Just as he was about to take a closer look, a fresh breeze blew in the air, and he lifted the medicine bag in his hand into the weak water river at once. The powder fell into the water, and the lotus leaves drifted away with the wind.
This change came suddenly, and Hou Yi was suddenly blindsided, at a loss, and froze there.
The elixir happened to fall on the water in front of Chang'e, who was sitting at the stern of the boat, and Chang'e saw this situation, and had only one thought in her heart, that is, she couldn't let the elixir she had worked so hard to sink to the bottom, so she quickly stretched out her hands, and picked up the medicinal powder that was about to sink and hadn't yet sunk along with the river water, opened her mouth, and drank it in one gulp.
Chang'e drank the elixir into her mouth, and suddenly felt fragrant in her mouth. The elixir reaches the internal organs, like a fire burning in the abdomen. The whole human body is like being reborn. After a while, I felt that my body was getting lighter and lighter, and I felt like a fairy. A breeze blew, and he couldn't help but float up. He left the ferry and drifted to the sky.
It turned out that this was the reason why Chang'e only ate the immortal medicine given by the Queen Mother of the West, and did not have time to take the white jade paste of the medicine primer, because to eat the immortal medicine, there must be white jade paste as the primer of the medicine, and without the primer of the medicine, although people can also ascend to heaven, but it makes the human body lose control, cannot be autonomous and do as he pleases, and can only resign himself to fate.
Chang'e was so frightened that she shouted: "Hou Yi save me." At this time, Hou Yi was sitting on the boat in a daze. When I heard Chang'e's shout, I came back to my senses. Looking up, Chang'e had already flown into the air, and flew higher and higher, where could she still reach it.
Hou Yi beat his chest and regretted it. One regrets that he shouldn't be in a hurry to see the elixir, the second regrets that he failed to hold the elixir steady, and the third regrets that he failed to save Chang'e.
The ferry arrived on the other side of the weak water, and Hou Yi got off the ferry, lost his soul. After a lot of hard work, I asked for the elixir, and the elixir was also in my hand, but I couldn't eat it in my mouth. Full of grievances.
Later, he suddenly remembered that Chang'e had asked the Queen Mother of the West what would happen if two people took the elixir. So he suspected that Chang'e had the idea of eating elixir alone. threw all the resentment in his stomach on Chang'e. Just because of this, there were conjectures and legends in the world that Chang'e secretly ate elixir.
In fact, Chang'e asked the Queen Mother of the West what would happen if one of the two people's elixir was eaten by one person, purely out of curiosity, and asked casually, how could there be any idea of taking the elixir alone.
However, the sun god held a grudge against Hou Yi for shooting his nine sons. Seeing that Hou Yi asked the Queen Mother of the West for the elixir, he was about to become an immortal. He obstructed it, lifted his sleeves slightly, and made a fresh breeze blow in the air, and blew the elixir in Hou Yi's hand into the weak water river, making him not a god.
This matter was expected by the Queen Mother of the West. That's why he said to Hou Yi, "The elixir can be given to you, but whether you can eat it or not depends on your personal fate and creation." "That's it. It's just that Hou Yi and Chang'e are mortals, and they don't know these causes and consequences.
Although Hou Yi couldn't eat the elixir, he opened the medicine bag and smelled it. Just smell it and you've benefited a lot. Although he failed to become an immortal, he also lived to be more than 300 years old, and did a lot of good things for the country and the people, and also served as an official position as a great priest in Di Yao's era.
Hou Yi also wanted to go up to Kunlun Mountain again to see the Queen Mother of the West and ask for elixir. But there was no more bluebird messenger to guide him. He lingered by the weak river for more than a year. Helpless, in the end I had to go back to Huaxia.
Besides, Chang'e took the immortal medicine, her body became lighter and she lost control. Ascend faster and higher. At first, you could still see Hou Yi and the ferry, but after a while, I only saw a black spot in the weak water, and after a while, the three thousand miles of weak water became only a cloth belt.
After a while, the sun was setting in the west and the moon was rising in the east. When the moon rose to the middle of the sky, Chang'e just rose above the Moon Palace, floated in front of the Guanghan Palace, and fell involuntarily. Since then, he has lived in the Guanghan Palace forever.
After talking about the past, Chang'e said: "This is how I went to the moon. Although I became an immortal, I gained immortality. But I wasn't happy. I often reminisce about the good times when I was a mortal. Only in the world can there be spring flowers and autumn moons, only in the world, only in love, in love, in love, in love, in order to teach people to promise each other in life and death.
The immortals have cultivated to the point of insensitivity, no love, no sex. Between the gods and the gods, they are not dependent on each other, they have no interest in each other, and the well water does not interfere with the river water. Therefore, there is no love and hatred between them. Immortals can not sleep, eat, or drink water, so they do not have a sense of satisfaction and happiness in the world. In a word: the days of the gods are simply not the days of people."
Dayu listened intently and silently chewed on the last words.
Chang'e said: "Brother Dayu, I said all the words that I held in my stomach, and I vomited as soon as I could, I hope that after you go back, you will correct my name, I really didn't mean to steal the elixir." Dayu replied: "I must testify for Sister Chang'e when I go back." ”
Chang'e asked the maid to bring out a cup of fragrant tea, gave it to Dayu, and said: "Brother Dayu, when you meet for the first time, my sister will give you a cup of fairy tea as a meeting gift." It is a few elixirs that I selected from the elixir pounded by the white rabbit, and I named it 'Light Body Tea', drinking this cup of tea will make you slim and healthy, which is very good for you. ”
Dayu looked at the cup of fairy tea, the color was green, and there was a strange fragrance. So he took it and drank it in one gulp. I only feel that the fragrance is incomparable, and the limbs are incomparably Shutai, as if the body is much lighter all of a sudden, and the muscles and bones of the body are full of strength, which really has an otherworldly feeling.
Chang'e said: "Brother Dayu, try to jump high." Dayu was a little lucky to a high place, only to feel like a cloud driving the fog, his body flew straight into the air, dozens of zhang high, but he was scared. Quickly retract the momentum and slowly fall to the ground. Thanked Fairy Chang'e in surprise: "Thank you Sister Chang'e for the fairy tea, which made me make great progress." ”
Chang'e said: "Although I ascended to heaven and became an immortal, my heart still remembers the people of China. Waiting for you to subdue the flood and save people from the disaster is the best consolation for me. Alright, it's not too early, I'm done talking, you should go back. ”
Dayu got up to say goodbye, and Chang'e sent Dayu to the outside of Guanghan Palace.
Dayu said: "This moon palace seems to be colder than the world." Fairy Chang'e said, "There are no four seasons in the Moon Palace, there is no summer sunshine and frost and snow in winter, and there are no spring flowers and autumn moons in the world, it is always a cold world." ”
Dayu pointed to the big man who cut the osmanthus tree and asked: "This big man cut the tree, cut an axe, and after pulling out the axe, the trunk grew as before, why did he do this futile thing?" Chang'e said: "The person who cut the tree is called Wu Gang." This is the Emperor of Heaven punishing him. Dayu asked, "Why does the Emperor of Heaven punish Wu Gang!"
Fairy Chang'e said: "Because he used to be unfocused when he did things, there was no beginning and no end, and he was not single-minded when he cultivated immortals. The Emperor of Heaven mourned his pity and was angry with him, so he punished him to cut down the osmanthus tree, when he cut down the osmanthus tree, and when he allowed him to become an immortal. The Emperor of Heaven also used Wu Gang's incident of cutting down trees to warn those in the world who are not single-minded, half-hearted, and have no beginning or end. ”
Dayu pointed to the white rabbit again and asked, "This white rabbit has been pounding medicine, is it also the emperor who is punishing him?"
Fairy Chang'e smiled and said, "This white rabbit is different. He is conscientious, persistent, diligent, dedicated, and has a beginning and an end. Therefore, the Emperor of Heaven allowed him to ascend from the mortal world to the Heavenly Palace and live with the heavens.
This work of pounding medicine was done by himself, and no one forced him to do it. In doing so, he is also setting an example to the people of the world. ”
Dayu said: "I understand, it turns out that the Emperor of Heaven wants to let Wu Gang and the White Rabbit, both positive and negative, live in the Moon Palace, so that people in the world can see them as long as they look up, and they can alert themselves at any time." "It's a pity that not many people in the world know this story, and pity the good intentions of the Emperor of Heaven. ”
At this time, the moon wheel had already reached the western sky. Chang'e said to the maid, "Please see Sister Shu." After a while, I saw a fairy who looked like a spinning girl with cuffs and trouser legs walking in, and asked, "I don't know what Sister Fairy is calling!" Lai Chang'e said: "Sister Wangshu, I don't know where the moon wheel is now?" The fairy named Wangshu said: "Now the moon wheel is close to the West Mountain." Fairy Chang'e said: "There is Sister Lao Xian, you go and get busy." ”
Dayu asked: "Who is this fairy named Wangshu? It seems to be very busy." Fairy Chang'e said: "This Wangshu turned out to be a mortal. He lives in the mountain of Xian'a, and has always had the heart to learn the Tao since he was a child, especially envy the moon. One year, when the moon ran to the closest place to the mountain of Xian'a, Wangshu rode the wind and jumped into the Moon Palace.
The Emperor of Heaven remembered that she had a soft spot for the moon, so he ordered her to control the moon wheel from now on. Every day, from dusk to dawn, he rides the moon wheel from the East China Sea to the East China Sea, travels across the sky, and then sets in the West Mountain. Cycle. ”
Dayu sighed: "The work of the Wangshu fairy is also very hard!"
Fairy Chang'e said: "Although it is hard and monotonous, Wangshu is happy from hope. Brother Dayu, it's not too early, if the moon ring falls on the West Mountain, then you won't be able to go back today. Let's leave it for now, wait until you have subdued the flood, and then go back to the Moon Palace. We'll see you then. "Let's say goodbye to Dayu.
Dayu bent down to pick up a piece of osmanthus leaf and said, "I will bring a piece of osmanthus leaf as a souvenir." ”
The angel boy took Dayu to step on the boat that the osmanthus tree also turned into. The boat rose again in the Moon Palace and floated down to the earth.
Mercury-like moonlight sprinkled all over the earth, and Yun Mengze was like a huge mirror that included all the light and moon shadows in the mirror. The boat landed steadily on the island in the middle of the lake.
Dayu jumped off the boat and said goodbye to the angel boy, who went back to the Moon Palace on the boat alone. Look at Xuangong again, Huang Ge and the two. The two slept soundly.