"This poem is simple, but neat and ingenious. It will be excellent for beginners to learn." A scholar nearby heard it and couldn't help but praise it, "I wonder where did you hear it, sir?"
"It's been too long, I've forgotten."
"pity……"
"yes."
The Taoist was also quite emotional.
When he passed by this person, he lowered his head and continued to look at the cat in his arms.
The cat also looked up and stared at him.
"Can't understand……"
It was so quiet that only Song You could hear it.
"That is to say, if you look from a distance, you can see the color of the mountains. If you listen closely, the water has no sound, so this thing has mountains and water. But even in spring, the flowers will not wither, and people will leave In the past, birds wouldn't be scared away." Song You was persuasive and asked, "What do you think, Empress Sanhua?"
"what is it then?"
"Do you want to remind Empress Sanhua?"
"Remind Miss Sanhua!"
"We have it at home."
“I have it at home!”
"..."
"..."
The Taoist looked down at the cat, and the cat looked up at the Taoist.
"I watch it often."
"You often see it~"
"..."
"..."
The Taoist's expression was helpless, his eyebrows soft.
Mao'er's eyes were clear and his face was serious.
"Hung on the wall."
"..."
Cat's expression finally changed a little.
It didn't take long for her eyes to light up, and she got rid of the clear stupidity and ignorant curiosity, but she did not forget to lower her voice:
"It's a painting!"
"Although we only have paintings hanging on the walls, Sanhua Empress is very smart if she can think of them all at once." Song You said to her, "I admire you."
"?"
The cat stared at him suspiciously.
After a while, she looked away, trying to respond as usual, but found that the simple sentence "right" was particularly difficult to say today, so she had to change the topic: "Then this horse lantern is Sanhua." Is it yours?"
"Of course, Empress Sanhua guessed it right, so she won the lantern."
"We won!"
"Yes, it all depends on Empress Sanhua's cleverness and quick thinking." The Taoist said, "But this lantern and this incident are both very memorable. After Empress Sanhua accepted this lantern, I'm afraid she should remember to let herself This poem is the right one to win the lantern.”
"remember!"
"So it's time to memorize this poem."
"Back it down!"
"I'm just making a suggestion. I don't know if Empress Sanhua will accept it." Song You said in a sincere tone, "But I don't think it's necessary for me to make this suggestion. Empress Sanhua knows it."
"Mother Sanhua, please carry it on your back when you get back!"
"Heroes see the same thing..."
"Yes!"
"If only I could still write it down..."
"Ms. Sanhua, write it down when you get back!"
"Will it tire Sanhua Empress?"
"Won't!"
"incredible……"
The Taoist held her in his arms and held a lantern with his hand, and walked slowly along the river.
It was probably tonight that the entire Changjing capital came out to enjoy the lanterns. Song You walked along the way and met many acquaintances.
When he saw the shopkeeper of Anleguan and the military attache from Changjing who had invited him to his house, they both just gave him a salute from a distance, which was regarded as a greeting. After walking a little further, I saw Miss Wanjiang from Hexian Tower again. However, when I saw them, they were facing each other across the river. They just bowed to each other and then enjoyed the lanterns.
There were also some strangers who seemed to have heard of him, and seemed to be just friendly to the Taoist, but in fact they did not know him. When they saw him, they bowed their hands to him and saluted with a smile.
When I was about to go home, I met another acquaintance.
He is Cui Nanxi, a frail man with a beard.
Cui Nanxi was almost stunned when he saw it.
However, he was not alone at this time, and there were many friends around him. It was really inconvenient for him to come over and talk to Song You, so after being shocked, he just bowed deeply and bowed deeply, then turned around and left.
We walked almost in a circle along the river, probably walking all the stone arch bridges in Changjing City. As the night got deeper, we headed back.
After leaving the lantern festival venue, only the moonlight night replaced the colorful lanterns, and the quiet streets replaced the noise, but I was still a little uncomfortable.
It's just that one person and one cat also brought a lamp back.
After passing through a dark and deserted alley, the cat in the Taoist's arms disappeared, and was replaced by a little girl following him, carrying a pony lantern, and seemed to tiptoe every step he took. He raised the lantern in front of him and looked closely. The candlelight passed through the thin paper and clearly illuminated her delicate little face and the novelty in her eyes.
"Da da da……"
The little girl ran to a corner with a lantern, held the lantern to shine on the mouse in the corner, looked at it twice, and then ran back.
So slowly walked back to Willow Street.
When she returned home and went upstairs, she would still raise her lantern from time to time and stare at it without blinking, but the candles in the lantern were almost burned out.
Empress Sanhua keenly noticed something was wrong.
"Taoist priest……"
Song You washed his face and brushed his teeth, and replied without looking back: "What do you want, Miss Sanhua?"
"Does the firewood inside cost money?"
"It's expensive."
"!" The little girl's expression was condensed, and she quickly asked, "Can I use firewood that grows on the tree?"
"I'm afraid not."
"!"
The little girl's expression suddenly condensed again.
This is too bad. Sanhua Empress's ability to collect firewood is useless, but she is forced to spend money.
"..."
After wiping his face, Song You wiped his hands. Then he put up the handkerchief, turned to look at her, and said, "But I know a kind of magic, which is related to the fire method that Empress Sanhua has been learning, which is from the fire." Borrow some firelight from Mr. Yang Zhen, specially used to light lanterns without candles and oil lamps without lamp oil, so that they can light up all night."
"Teach it to Empress Sanhua."
"But Empress Sanhua must learn the poem first." Song You reasoned as he went to bed, "After all, Empress Sanhua said she wanted to learn poetry first, and Empress Sanhua understands the principle of first come, first served. If you learn this spell first, , unfair to the poem.”
"unfair."
"Yeah, it'll be sad."
"!"
The little girl's expression condensed again and her expression was firm.
Song You was already lying on the bed, closing his eyes and getting ready to sleep.
"Taoist priest……"
"Um?"
“How do you read that poem?”
"..."
Song You had an ominous premonition.
As expected——
Mao'er was eager to learn, so she studied all night long and asked him over and over again. Finally, she was able to memorize it, and asked him to teach her how to write.
It's not possible to persuade her to go to bed. Empress Sanhua will tell him that she was still catching mice at Ling Shenjun's mansion last night.
I don’t know how late I fell asleep.
…
Early next morning.
When Song You opened his eyes, he saw a calico cat lying next to him with half-closed eyes. As soon as he woke up, he yawned, stood up immediately, shook his head, and regained consciousness.
"Miss Sanhua has memorized it and can already write it."
"..."
"When will you teach Sanhua Empress the magic?"
"In a while."
"after a while."
"There seems to be an old friend downstairs now. Could you please Miss Sanhua go down and open the door for me and invite the guests in?" Song You said, "Let the guests know that I just woke up and I'm going to wash up first."
"OK."
The cat turned his head and jumped out of bed.
The figure is light and elegant.
She was already a little girl when she landed.
Song You put on his clothes in a hurry. There is no reason to entertain guests with disheveled clothes, and there is no reason to entertain guests without washing your face. So he went downstairs to wash up, and faintly heard the sound of the door opening in front of him, and there was a small door. The girl spoke softly.
"It's you?"
"May I ask if this is Master Song's residence?"
"Yes, Taoist Song."
"Dare I ask if you are..."
"I am Empress Sanhua."
"It's actually Sanhua Empress!! Disrespectful, disrespectful!"
"Come in and tell me. The Taoist priest has just woken up. Go wash up first and Sanhua Empress will pour you a glass of water."
"..."
Basically copying his instructions to her.
However, it was enough for him to feel relieved that Sanhua Empress knew that she had to pour a glass of water for the guest.
After washing up, Cui Nanxi was already sitting on the first floor when he went out. There was a glass of water in front of him, but he didn't dare to touch it. Sitting on the bench, he only dared to touch half of his buttocks. He wanted to stare at the front, but couldn't control it. He flew left and right to look at the little girl sitting opposite him, who looked extremely restrained.
There was a guard behind him, who was also very restrained.
On the contrary, the little girl had a normal face, sitting on the bench and swinging her legs. She noticed something was wrong with him and looked at him doubtfully. After he avoided his eyes, she became more enthusiastic and simply stared at him. .
"Mr. Cui."
Song You finally walked out.
"Immortal!"
Cui Nanxi stood up immediately, with excitement and joy on his face.
"Mr. Cui, please don't call me that."
"Immortal Master!"
"Mr. Cui, please sit down." Song You smiled at him and asked him to sit down, while sitting on the other side, "It has been a year since we last saw each other at Yunding Mountain. It seems that Mr. Cui is looking good. "
"Thanks to the Immortal Master, everything is fine." Cui Nanxi said quickly, "When Cui heard about the Taiwei Mansion before, he felt that the legendary Immortal had some resemblance to the Immortal Master, but he couldn't be sure, so he wanted to come over and look for it. He tried to find out if it was the Immortal Master who was in person, but when he and Xu Le came here, they found that the Immortal Master's door was locked. Cui probably understood that the Immortal Master did not want to be disturbed, so he did not come again, but he did not expect that there would be a fate at the lantern festival. I can see the true face of the Immortal Master.”
As he said this, he couldn't help but stand up and salute again: "How lucky, how lucky!"
The guards behind him also saluted.
"When I was drinking tea in a teahouse a few days ago, I heard some scholars talking about the article written by Cui Gong." Song You said with a smile, "Some scholars copied it and sold it on the street. I also bought it and read it. Cui Gong’s article may be a masterpiece that has been passed down through the ages.”
"I just borrowed the immortal energy from the immortal master..."
There was really nothing to do at this time, so Song You made tea for him, and the two reminisced and chatted.
Cui Nanxi talked about the current situation of Yunding Mountain when he left Shizu County and returned to Beijing, and the impact of the rumors of true immortals on Yunding Mountain on Pingzhou. He talks about the canon he is compiling and the learned people who are co-editing the canon. Sometimes he also asks Song You for some knowledge about Taoism and spiritual practice, as if he wants to mention these in the canon.
Such a discussion is naturally enjoyable.
…
beg! moon! ticket! ! !
(End of chapter)
