The woman's eyes were calm. She saw the dishes on the table, the girl with a moist and shiny cheek, and the Taoist's hands that had just peeled the shrimp. Naturally, she also saw the helplessness on the Taoist's face:
"Why don't you come back later in Wanjiang..."
"Is there something wrong with you?"
"It's nothing important." The woman smiled, "It's autumn, and I would like to invite the Taoist priest to go boating on the river to enjoy the autumn together. Is he free?"
"We have been in Changjing for a long time, and we have always hidden our identities. The Taoist Master is the only one who can see our identities." The maid behind the woman said with a smile, "She is also the only one who can talk to us."
"I wonder if I have a piano to listen to?"
"The Taoist Master wants to hear it, and Wan Jiang is naturally willing."
"When are you going?"
"The weather will be best in three days."
"My slave is here to pick up the Taoist priest."
"I will definitely keep the appointment."
"Don't disturb the Taoist priest."
"Thank you, Taoist Master."
"Walk slowly."
Miss Wanjiang took one last look at the table and the little girl beside it, bowed, and left.
The Taoist saw them off and found it very interesting.
In fact, he is still very curious. These two people are one and the same, but whether their thoughts are independent of each other, like a cat and a cat's tail, or whether they are connected and share the same mind.
If you think independently, will the tail think, why should you control the body, and I can only be a tail, why should you be the master, and I can only be a maid. If they are of the same mind, but they want to act like two people, even if they have to say one thing and the other, each pretending to be different, with different styles, I'm afraid it's a bit playful.
The Taoist shook his head and couldn't understand, so he came back and sat down, continuing to peel the shrimps for Sanhua Empress, asking her to eat slowly and not to be disturbed.
…
Hexian Tower.
The maid opened the curtain for the woman, and the woman walked into the room with slow steps.
The decoration of the room is not overly luxurious, it is very stylish. There are vases and ornaments on one side, and famous calligraphy and paintings on the other. If you take a few steps forward, there is a table and desk, and the bed is at the end.
There is a piano on the table, several crystal fruit plates, containing new tribute pears from Pingzhou, late peaches from Jingzhou, and a bunch of amethyst grapes. There are still water drops on the grapes. Although it is still the dog days outside, , but the summer heat in this room has disappeared early.
The woman sat on the couch, fell to the side, and her soft body lay on her side, lazily and leisurely. However, she glanced at the fruits on the table and couldn't help but sigh.
"What's wrong?"
The maid next to me smiled and asked, "Would you like me to bring you a plate of raw meat too?"
"Don't be poor."
"You don't want to eat, but I still want to eat."
"As I said, don't be poor."
"Who are you talking about?"
The maid asked her with a smile.
"How can a monster that has transformed into a human form and wandered around the world eat raw meat casually?" The woman waved her hands and spoke weakly.
"Everyone can eat it."
"..."
"People eat not only raw meat, but also raw fish, and chickens, and there are real people with strong moral skills to help peel the shrimps. But you, you don't even dare to go to eat carp when the nobles invite you, and you have to pretend every day Just act like you like eating grass and fruits." The maid laughed, "How pitiful you are."
"..."
"Are you greedy after watching it today?"
"..."
"Tell me, did the Taoist from Fulong Temple only see that we are monsters, or what kind of monsters we are, or did he also see the details of our origins?"
"Who knows."
"Man is truly God's beloved."
"yes."
"Then what should we do?"
"Let nature take its course." The woman waved her hand, "We have never harmed anyone, and Zhou Lei Gong can't drop thunder from the air to hit us, right?"
"whee……"
"I am a little sleepy."
"you are not tired."
"..."
Three days later.
Outside Changjing City, on the Yuqu River.
Although autumn has already entered, the summer weather has not passed yet, and it is still summer weather. The farmland on both sides of the river is already golden and harvested, but the vegetation on the mountains on both sides is still lush.
A tent boat rowed leisurely on the water.
There is no boatman, no oars, and no pole. The boat just passes through the water quietly, as if drifting with the current.
The sound of a musical instrument sounded intermittently in the boat.
The music this time is slower than that of the Qingming Festival. Every sound of the strings goes straight into people's hearts, and every pause in the middle gives people room for unlimited reverie.
There was an ebony table with tea and snacks on it, as well as a guqin with black lacquer and gold patterns.
The woman concentrates on playing the piano and does not care about the things around her.
The Taoist sat diagonally opposite, looking at the mountains and rivers on the shore.
The calico cat huddled quietly on the Taoist's lap, staring at the green lake outside with its ears erect. Only the occasional ripples in the water or the chirping of apes and birds on the shore could attract her attention.
On the other hand, the maid sat aside, doing nothing, holding a long pole in her hand. If another boat came by and looked at us, she would raise the pole to show that although our boat was moving, there were still people supporting it. In order not to surprise people too much, she just sat in a daze when no one was around.
The sound of the piano still sounded intermittently, and while it was melodious, it was also a bit bleak.
Being close does sound different than being far away.
In a daze, the grass and trees on the shore had withered and turned yellow. Just a few days after the beginning of autumn, the scene of late autumn seemed to appear before our eyes. Even the river surface had ripples in circles, like the continuous autumn rain. But for a moment, everything was as usual again.
The strange thing is that although Song You knew that this person was not a human, but a great demon with profound spiritual knowledge, he also knew clearly that the sound of the piano at this time had nothing to do with the magical power.
All I can say is that in this world, even though Taoism is ever-changing and wonderful, we should not be too arrogant. It should be noted that the great road leads to the same destination, and the end of every road is the great road. At the end of some roads, there may be magic and mystery that exceeds the magical powers of most Taoists.
Just saying "come to the end" is probably more difficult than the transformation of a fairy, more difficult than the transformation of a god into a god, and more difficult than a Taoist cultivating a profound Taoist practice.
After a long time, the sound of the piano gradually died down.
The aftertaste still echoes on the river.
The woman pressed her hands on the strings, and everything suddenly became quiet. She was not in a hurry, and waited for a while before looking at the Taoist and the cat with its tail wagging on the Taoist's lap, and smiled: "The Taoist and the Sanhua Empress is very affectionate and enviable."
"Love lasts forever."
"How did the Taoist priest get to know her?"
"It's fate..."
Thanks to the kind invitation of others, he came to pick her up, and also prepared fruit snacks and played the piano to entertain her. The Taoist was naturally grateful, so he told the story of how he met Sanhua Empress in detail.
As he talks, he sometimes smiles.
The cat on his lap had a blank expression on his face, listening with his ears perked up, as if he was listening to someone else's story, but also seemed like he couldn't believe that the past and now seemed so far away, and that so many changes had taken place.
The woman held her chin with one hand and listened intently. From time to time she followed what he said and glanced at the calico cat. After listening, she smiled lightly and said:
"Ms. Sanhua is also having a rough time."
"Things are tough."
Sanhua Empress is very capable. Even if no one worships her as a god, she can still live a good life hunting in the fields and mountains. In order to help people catch rats and eliminate disasters, they followed the Shinto path, but they didn't expect to cause disasters. Thinking about it, it's not surprising.
"There are fishing rods on the boat. Do you want to go fishing, Taoist Master?"
"I'm not very good at fishing. I'll never catch anything when fishing ten times."
"That's all."
"My feet seem a little tired." Song You looked at the woman's face.
"You can't hide it from the Taoist priest."
The woman had an extraordinary appearance and a lazy manner. She fell back, weak and boneless, and only whispered: "Your Majesty is getting older and older, the prince is getting bigger and bigger, and the princess is gradually unable to sit still, and she is urging me harder."
"I see."
"But that's okay." The woman shook her head, "Whether it's success or failure, I can get rid of it quickly."
"Won't the princess embarrass Shizu elsewhere?"
"I have made an agreement with the princess a long time ago. I will only give her the money I earned from the Hexian Tower and tell her what I heard in the Hexian Tower. That will be considered as repayment and I will ignore the rest. Besides, this is a matter of human nature. It's okay to use monsters to do trivial things. If you really use monsters to seize power, I'm afraid neither the heavenly palace nor the Taoists in the world will agree." The woman said with a smile, "In short, no matter success or failure, I will leave Changchun in a few years at most. It’s Beijing.”
This woman is really charming with every smile.
So much so that Taoists have some doubts——
It is clearly recorded in Fulong Temple that the fox demon is a fairy among demons, and the nine-tailed fox is also a famous ancient auspicious beast. Most fox demons are naughty and active, and often do strange things. In the past two hundred years, the world has begun to associate fox demons with charm, and the legend of fox demons seducing people has begun to spread. In fact, they are just rumors.
Could it be that this kind of rumor has been circulating among the people for a long time and then it really became true?
I wanted to think about it, but I also said:
"The lifespan of monsters is much longer than that of mortals, and some of them are longer than the lifespan of a dynasty. For Shiba, the court disputes and political turmoil in Changjing in the past few years are just a short period of life, right? Everything is happening now a hundred years later. Everything has become a fleeting thing, but I still look at the situation with a smile."
"I think so too." The woman moved her neck. This action was not in line with her beauty and temperament. "Anyway, I live a long life, and it will not be a loss to repay my kindness in ten years."
"yes."
Song You looked at her expression.
"When the time comes, I will follow the example of the Taoist Master, wash away the dust of my life, travel thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, and become the master of the country." The woman said with a smile.
"May all your wishes come true."
The Taoist only complimented and didn't say much.
"But I'm curious about something." The woman suddenly looked at him with a look on her face asking for advice.
"But it doesn't matter."
"I heard that Fulong Temple is the pinnacle of humanity in the world, and all the temple owners in the past generations have magical abilities. Why have I never heard of anyone who achieved immortality?"
"I wonder how long the immortality you are talking about is?"
"The longest living demon I have ever seen lived for more than two thousand years. At that time, there was no calendar, so I don't know how old it is. I heard that if my clan cultivated to the Nine Tails, they would have a lifespan of more than a thousand years." The woman did not say something like the same life as the heaven and the earth, like the sun and the moon, like Yu Zhizhou did at the beginning. Instead, she gave a more practical answer, "Let's consider it as long as a thousand years."
"That person should be the ancient tree incarnation."
"It's just a willow tree in the north."
"It is certainly good to live forever," the Taoist replied, "but I have never sought immortality, and it is passed down from generation to generation. Each generation is raised by the previous generation, so this concept is passed down."
"Are there no exceptions?"
"Of course some people are more obsessed with immortality. Some people even really pursued it, but later gave up."
"Um?"
The woman seemed to be interested and looked at him intently: "What can make people give up immortality?"
This is a good question.
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