Volume 1 Huangquan December Chapter 49: Water Moon Mirror Flower
The footprints touched every inch of the land during the journey, and were blown away by the wind and washed away by the rain. I walked and walked, stopped and walked, over the mountains and across the river. More than a month passed. The journey was smooth.
The thief has dealt with the little demon, and he has done his best to eliminate violence and act righteously. Occasionally, there will be internal quarrels - quarrels and bickering. In the blink of an eye, he is only half the distance from Qing Lize.
It's the Chinese Valentine's Day.
Lin Shanhai and his companions came to a lively town. They went down the river and found the place was noisy as soon as they landed. It was very lively, as if there was a market everywhere, and there were vendors everywhere making money. They had just left
After a few steps, several beautiful girls came up to them and put garlands of petunia and platycodon on their heads. There were also a few feathers pinned to each garland. Shi Wuqi picked them off curiously and found that they belonged to magpies.
This place is called Jiangyuan Town. In recent years, more and more people have visited this place, and it is slowly expanding. People believe that placing lanterns with their partner in front of the river that crosses this town will make their love wishes come true.
The teahouse was bustling with activity, and there was almost no room to stay. The waiter Zhang Luo and the others shared a large table with some other individual customers before they could sit down and eat. Sitting with them were two couples of men and women, an old man, and another
When Shanhai and the others took their seats, they seemed to be talking about something. After listening for a while, they realized that they were telling stories about love and love.
One of them was a young couple, newly married and traveling around. They talked about what they had seen before coming here. The other couple had grievances between their parents and they eloped and wanted to settle here. They said they were
How to fall in love, and how to escape. The worker was alone, his wife was in a neighboring city, and he came here to make money. He was envious and complained repeatedly. In the end, the old man told a story that he heard from afar when he was young.
"This is a very old legend. Thousands of years ago, deep in the mountains, there was an isolated village. There was a shrine in the mountain village, and a goddess was enshrined in the shrine. The goddess was talented, well-spoken, and was born beautiful and lovable. The goddess
The reason why she is a goddess is because she can talk to gods and tell oracles. She can tell the harvest, health, and marriage with a little divination. The whole village loves her, but she always wants to go out and go outside.
Look at the world. The people in the village were afraid that she would never come back once she left, so they tried to coax her by offering her good food and fun every day."
"Isn't this house arrest?" Mu Wan muttered softly.
"Did she go out later?" Dai Luan asked next.
"No, she knew that the mountain people loved her and respected her. But later, a monster from another place came to the mountain, and he met the goddess by chance. The big monster had an extraordinary conversation and had seen the world, and was more powerful than anyone she had ever seen.
They talked very happily, and fell in love over time. Many men in the village liked her, but naturally they were rejected. If someone really fell in love with her, others would not be jealous to death. But in this way, everyone
They all hated that monster and told her to be careful, but she just smiled."
Shan Hai took a bite of vegetables and shook his head. Aluan asked him what was wrong.
"Emotions between demons and humans cannot go far."
"I know this, I just don't know why?"
He paused his chopsticks and motioned for her to listen.
"As time went by, the mountain people all had opinions. As the saying goes, people's words are scary. People can't drive away monsters, and they have opinions on them. I can't remember clearly what happened next. It seems that the goddess said something
The prophecy was wrong, and several lives were lost. Then, she told the prophecy of destroying the village, and asked everyone to prepare to escape for their lives. One person who had pursued her but was rejected hated her the most, and spread rumors about the Son of God.
Falling in love with a monster will inevitably lead to natural disasters. Only by enshrining the goddess to the mountain god can you survive. What's more, her prophecy has gone awry, either because her divine power has been affected, or she has listened to the monster's lies."
"How could this happen?" the girl opposite scolded, "Isn't it just because you can't defeat the monster that you bully women? It's shameless!"
The old man took a sip of tea and continued:
"The mountain people were ignorant, so they believed it. They wanted to enshrine the goddess to the mountain god. Even when they were walking towards the underworld, the goddess was still saying, run quickly, it's too late - then, the natural disaster really came. Those who loved her deeply
The big monster killed everyone and turned a deaf ear no matter how much the goddess tried to dissuade him. He had long seen that these stupid people didn't like it, destroyed the village, and wanted to raze the mountain to the ground. But at that time, the mountain god really showed up; and the mountain god suppressed him.
If you kill the monster, the story will be over."
After the old man finished speaking, he stroked his beard. After hearing this story, the people at the table looked at each other, not knowing why.
"The mountain god can do it, but he has to wait until the village is destroyed before taking action."
"If we want to destroy mountains and forests, God is not stupid?"
"I can't tell for sure. Some patron saints rely on people's faith to survive. Maybe they have already given those two people enough face."
The others were all talking, arguing and pestering the old man to explain, but Shan Hai and the others finished their meal and left the table quickly.
Whether it is ghosts, gods, or humans, it is hard to tell where they are. Demons are sometimes kinder than humans, and sometimes humans are scarier than ghosts.
There was a girl on the roadside selling impatiens flowers for nail dyeing. Dai Luan ran over to look at it and wanted to dye it too. Shi Wuqi knelt down and the two of them picked some. The little girl was about the same age as Ah Luan, and she saw in their hands
When he saw that he was a stranger, he said:
"Every year at Chinese Valentine's Day, lanterns are set up here. We have a special kind of candle, with a thin layer hollowed out in the middle, into which a note written with wishes can be inserted. Put the candle into the lantern and light it.
If you put it into the river and float away with the current, your wish will come true. We also have a bridge here called Jiangyuan Bridge. It is said that there is a monster living there, and we call her Bridge Princess."
"What kind of monster is it?"
"It started a few years ago. Some people come here to meet their loved ones, and some come here to see the legend of Qiao Ji. My mother said that Qiao Ji was always there. Her man went to Beijing to take the exam and never came back, so she kept waiting.
She kept waiting, standing in the middle of the bridge every day and watching the boats going down the river. Decades passed, and she didn't age. Sometimes some people could see her, and some couldn't. Sometimes they could see her, and sometimes they couldn't. But on the Chinese Valentine's Day night
, many people said they have seen it.”
"Is she dead?" A Luan asked.
"Maybe she died. Some people said that she saw a man who looked like her man on the boat, leaned out to call him, accidentally fell in and drowned; others said that she was lovesick, and it rained heavily one day, and she was soaked.
, died of illness on the bridge; some people said that she was furious when it was rumored that her husband was married to another woman. However, people said that if a loving man and woman saw them and walked across the bridge alive, they would pass.
If you pass the test, you will live a happy life."
Shanhai asked her if there was anyone who had never been there?
"Of course there is. I heard that all those unfaithful men were killed. In the past few years, there were indeed deaths. So in recent years, tourists don't go to the bridge just to look at it. True love
, and see her less.”
The picky Shi Wuqi raised his head and asked, "Oh? Where is the unfaithful woman?"
"He should be dead too."
"oh."
Mu Wan rolled her eyes at him: "Are you mentally balanced?
"That is."
"ill."
They picked the flowers, paid the little girl, stood up and left. Dai Luan took two steps and asked them:
"Why do I always feel that among these ghosts, women and children are the most numerous?"
"It's a good thing that they have strong Yin energy. But moreover, they were unable to take revenge during their lifetime. Those who are unfaithful are most afraid of female ghosts and children."
"This guy just likes to pick on the weak." Shi Wuqi sneered.
It was not completely dark yet, so they were tired of walking and found the hotel closest to Jiangyuan Bridge. But it was already overcrowded, so they had to walk a little further before finding a place. Dai Luan toiled her nails and applied
Wu Qixian had nothing to do, so he dyed it for Miss Qi. Dai Luan also wanted to harm Mu Wan, but she quickly declined because she didn't like warm colors.
"This Xue Yanzong's dress is green and doesn't match."
"There are so many flowers and green leaves. Come and come and you're welcome."
Shi Wuqi rolled his eyes and said, "As expected of you, you are so particular." He was kicked by Mu Wan who was sitting next to him.
After resting for a while, it was getting dark. I looked down from the second floor and saw people rushing towards the river one after another. People were all wearing very nice clothes and carrying various trinkets sold on the street, such as grasshoppers, paper butterflies, etc.
There were also candy paintings, candied figures and candied haws, which the children and girls had their hands full with. Dai Luan kept thinking about it, Shan Hai was too confused, so she asked him to wait, so she found something to do. She walked around the whole room, and finally turned her attention to Shi
If Wu Qi is wearing it, you have to chase him and comb his hair, otherwise it will be a waste of time.
You also have today.
Shan Hai and Mu Wan looked at each other. Mu Wan turned his head and leaned back, taking a special look at Shan Hai's hairstyle.
"I never let her succeed."
After dinner, they followed the crowd.
There are vendors selling candles and lanterns along the river. I heard that their activities here don’t end until after the Hungry Ghost Festival. But they can’t stay that long. If you want to join in the fun, today is the perfect day.
The originally dark and calm river surface was red and full of red lotus lanterns. It was replaced by white ones because it was the Hungry Ghost Festival. Now the entire river surface is red, glowing with golden light, flowing into the distance. Look again
In the far east, the rising moon was eclipsed by the firelight. The lanterns floated far away, as if they were going to flow to the horizon, to the Cowherd and the Vega.
Shanhai had just bought a lantern, and everyone borrowed the pen from the stall and wrote their wishes on the stool. Then they carefully rolled the note into the bottom of the candle and placed it on the lantern. Mu Wan was just
Watching, not participating.
After finishing writing, Dai Luan raised her head and straightened her chest, and carefully examined the wishes she held in her hands. Suddenly, she noticed that there was only one figure on the arch bridge in the distance, and among the crowds of people passing by, motionless.
I rubbed my eyes and it was gone.
It must be that I was dazzled by staring at the lantern for too long.
