I just had a dream, in which I heard a mysterious song. I still remembered some of the lyrics while I was in a daze. Now that I woke up, as soon as I sat up, the lyrics disappeared from my mind little by little. Yu Zhizhou knew that most of the dreams that ordinary people have
It's all like this. I just feel that the content in the dream really shouldn't exist in the real world. I'm not surprised by that. What's surprising is the content in the dream.
But he remembered the meaning clearly.
But when you do good deeds, don’t ask ghosts and gods.
But live this life without seeking immortality.
Before the things in his mind were completely gone, he thought about it crazily, trying to capture that charm.
Where did the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors go? Where were the ministers of the past dynasties?
"Where..."
Yu Zhizhou muttered to himself, you can read it carefully.
It is also impolite to come and go without reciprocating.
There are only a dozen sticks in one rub.
The people around him were woken up by the noise, and they thought it was a rat that had been causing trouble in the house recently. When they found out it was not a rat, they scolded him for being crazy, but he didn't care. He just told his wife to go to sleep first, but he didn't feel sleepy.
Song You turned around and opened the door.
"You doodle."
Drawing a cat is very simple. Use thick ink and thin lines to outline the mouth, nose, eyes, and a few strokes for the ears. Then switch to ink, and with one stroke, the ink immediately spreads along the paper. With just a few strokes, the cat's body is
The head and head are blurred out by ink, and with a little modification, it becomes a cat in traditional painting.
"Then you can't."
"Happy, happy..."
Zhizhou is a bit particular about giving gifts.
"Think about it! Fire!"
"I will teach Sanhua Empress well."
Sanhua Empress stood on the branch, motionless.
But looking at the history, who can avoid impermanence?
"Qing Shi..."
"Ah……"
Song You was drawing pictures on the stone table under the yellow plum tree.
When he turned around, he saw the autumn wind coming in again, trying to lift up the rice paper on the stone table under the yellow plum tree. The calico cat stood beside the stone table, holding the rice paper with one paw, and stared up at him.
"To exchange for Sanhua Empress's felt."
Isn’t this another kind of longevity?
"Confused, confused...
"There are flowers on the painting."
Among the poems read by Song You in his past and present lives, many poets wrote about the paper quilts and furs given by friends when they were trying to keep warm in the cold. It is of course a beautiful thing to feel the warmth from friends in winter.
"oh……"
"alright."
Yu Zhizhou didn't want to admit it or believe it. The result of this burden was too embarrassing, but the mysterious charm seemed to remind him, forcing him to admit it and believe it.
"Return it as a gift."
"One or two years?"
Seeing that he didn't refuse, it seemed to be different from what he imagined. He couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then quickly bowed again:
"When should I start learning?"
"Miss Sanhua is here."
"It will bloom in winter."
With a creaking sound, the wooden door slowly closed.
The same servant from last night was outside.
"Give me?"
A very light sound.
Isn’t the answer in the next sentence?
"It's embarrassing."
The calico cat opened its eyes wide.
"The method of breathing fire."
"Thank you, Miss Sanhua."
Song You looked at the neatly folded felt in his hand and stood at the door for a few seconds before taking it.
"Mao Mao!"
"It's felt."
The servant said, bowing deeply and offering his hands.
"Still a wooden statue."
"Tuk-tuk."
"almost."
"It's a piece of cloth!"
"..."
"Like Sanhua Empress?"
"..."
"oh."
"A handful."
No matter how good this piece of felt is, it is not that valuable. Although it does not have the elegance of calligraphy and painting, it does not have the tackiness of valuable property. It is an item that can be used frequently, and it is warm and considerate. If it is used as a gift to a common friend
, when I rely on it to keep warm in winter, I am afraid I will often remember where it came from.
"What kind of gift?"
"Thank you, Miss Sanhua."
Sanhua Empress couldn't stand still for a long time. After hearing this, she immediately jumped down from the branch and poked her head to look at the rice paper.
"morning."
"Let me think about it." Song You thought for a moment, "While the weather is not too cold yet, I want to go to Qingcheng Mountain outside the city to visit my master's old friend and ask him to bring a letter back for me. If I leave today, I will do it tomorrow morning.
Maybe we can go to the foot of Qingcheng Mountain and find the Taoist temple in the evening. In short, it only takes three or five days to go back and forth. After three to five days, I will teach Sanhua Empress the simplest method of breathing fire."
It is the path of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.
"Yes."
Their names remain in the history of history.
The Sanhua Cat trailed off and stared at the cat on the rice paper carefully and looked at it again and again: "It turns out that the Sanhua Empress looks like this, and she looks nothing like the clay statues in the temple, nor does she look like the wood carvings..."
Song You had already stretched out his hand on the calico cat.
This is what my husband sent me in a dream.
Then draw the branches and sprinkle plum blossoms with cinnabar, which is easy and freehand.
"Sir, please accept it."
Song You shook his head and smiled, then spread out the felt in his hand.
"That depends on how far Sanhua Empress wants to learn. There is no upper limit to the magic in the world, and the five elements' methods have many branches. According to the spells collected by Fulong Temple, Sanhua Empress can first learn the method of spitting fire.
Flame is a method that many monsters and Taoists know well. If you learn it well, you don't need to spit out fire. You can ignite objects with just one breath. If you get more sophisticated, you can reach out and point your finger, and fire will come. If Sanhua Empress can do it here
After studying this road for thousands of years, maybe True Lord Huoyang will make way for you."
"Ten or twenty years?"
"He is an artist who travels around the world and performs tricks. He is not a good person himself, so he has to work hard. Sanhua Empress has already refined her form, so it won't take that long."
Yu Zhizhou understood that this was not his dream.
"Thank you sir."
"How much do you want to borrow?"
"Say good morning sir."
"Miss Sanhua doesn't know what she looks like, she only knows that she is a calico cat."
When Song You walked over, it said to him: "Taoist, the cat you drew is going to be blown away by the wind."
"If you only learn to spit fire, it won't take that long. Maybe it will take three to five months, maybe a year or two." Song You smiled, "There are also ordinary people who need to learn for more than ten or twenty years."
Song You looked left and right and only saw the painting on the stone table. After thinking about it, he said to Empress Sanhua:
"Miss Sanhua, please lend me a handful of hair."
"What is it for?"
"Not a calico cat!"
"There are obviously no flowers on the trees."
It happened that the weather was getting cold, but the cat was afraid of the cold and preferred warmth, so he spread it in the room so that he could sit on it when practicing and making tea by the stove. The little feet of Sanhua Empress no longer felt cold when she went in and out.
"It's a good choice. When I first learned magic, I also learned the method of moving fire." Song You sat in the room and said to Empress Sanhua, "Water is the foundation of life, and fire is the origin of civilization.
Every practitioner should understand the way of water and fire, does Sanhua Empress think so too?"
"Thousands of years!"
Song You held it, shook it in the air, and threw it away.
"How long will it take to study?"
This is her third time as a model.
"It's not that dark."
In the afternoon, my husband spoke vaguely. Perhaps he was moved by his sincerity later and sent me a dream letter to inform myself that no one in this world can live forever. Otherwise, please read the history books. Even the officials of the three emperors and five emperors will not be able to stay, and dust will return to dust.
After returning home, how can I surpass them in this way?
If you think about it, isn't it true that this half-life pursuit of immortality has been in vain? How foolish it is to waste your time on an illusory road and wake up at such an age?
"..." Song You shook his head helplessly, put down his pen and touched her head, "Ms. Sanhua has been thinking about it all night. Have you decided what spells you want to learn?"
"yes."
"It's a black cat!"
"Please tell the state to live a good life for the people and leave a name in history."
The calico cat was still squatting on the stone table, keeping one of its paws in a posture where it could not move, but it lowered its head and stared at his hand, as if it was letting him pull but was afraid that he would pull too much.
.
"You are Welcome."
"My Zhizhou said that thanks to my husband's advice last night, my Zhizhou has come to his senses. From now on, he is determined not to pursue immortality and immortality, but to do good things for the people with peace of mind. Thanks to your teacher's advice, my Zhizhou should have come to express his gratitude in person, but he has been confused for half his life.
I really don’t have the courage to come back to meet you. I want to give him a gift, but I don’t know what to give. After thinking about it, I saw that winter is approaching and the cold is coming from the north. I happened to get a nice Western felt the day before yesterday, so I ordered the little man to give it to him.
Come on. Not to mention resisting the winter cold, spread it in the room, step in and out, practice and sit, and you will feel more comfortable in winter."
"I only have black ink."
"It's based on what Empress Sanhua painted."
Yu Jianbai, Yu Jianbai, you are confused and blind.
"The villain will definitely bring it."
"It's for Empress Sanhua to keep warm."
Yu Zhizhou muttered softly on the bed.
"I'll draw it first."
The man held another felt in his hand.
There was frost last night, the sky was a little gray this morning, and the leaves in the courtyard were turning yellow, making Yidu City seem a lot cooler.
At this moment, there was another knock on the door outside.
Then how come you are not a fairy?
"Thank you Zhizhou for me."
"what for?"
…
"call……"
"..."
Fortunately, my husband informed me again and pointed me to another path.
"The fire is warm! Awesome!"
It seems to be made of pressed wool, not thick, but very warm to the touch.
That handful of hair exploded into a small ball of fireworks in the air, leaving behind a cloud of gray smoke, which all went into the painting.
The cat in the painting seems to be a little more mysterious.
The wet ink has dried, and the charm is gradually revealed.
Song You picked it up and looked at it carefully. Regardless of his painting skills, the cat was really lifelike. But he didn't feel complacent about it. He knew full well that it was just a creation he got from Master Kong.