The past is like the wind, but it is difficult to understand in this life.
Except for Old Man Yue Qiufeng, no one knew what happened to him after he fell off the cliff in front of him.
"May I ask Master, why did my master go crazy back then?" A Niu looked at Monk Yuan Pharaoh and asked.
Yuan Fa glanced at the unconscious Ye Wushuang, sighed and said: "Amitabha, my master was a demon because of love."
"Woman?" Lao Mo asked.
Monk Yuan Pharaoh nodded and said nothing. When Lao Mo saw this, he said with an incomprehensible expression on his face: "It is said that beauty is a disaster, and women are indeed not good things."
Upon hearing this, Monk Yuan Pharaoh recited the Buddha's name and said: "Amitabha, what I said is wrong. Sometimes it is not the woman's fault, so we cannot make general conclusions about who is right and who is wrong."
"If it wasn't the woman's fault, then how could Old Man Qiufeng be possessed by love in the first place?" Lao Mo asked.
The old monk sighed and said, "It all started from a trip to the world twenty years ago."
Twenty years ago, Yue Qiufeng was at an age when she was outstanding in appearance and high-spirited. She was already accomplished in both civil and military affairs at a young age.
It is said that he took part in the imperial examination and won the first prize. In addition, his Qiufeng sword skills won the favor of Princess Pingyang. Therefore, Princess Pingyang asked the emperor to grant her a marriage at the No. 1 Scholar Banquet, so that she could stay with Yue Qiufeng forever.
However, Yue Qiufeng, who is in his twenties, is not a conservative person. He likes to travel around. This is not a good thing for Princess Pingyang, who was born into the royal family.
Princess Pingyang grew up in the palace and had never experienced any hardship. Although the emperor agreed to the marriage after her pleading, she never thought that at the No. 1 Scholar Banquet, Yue Qiufeng said: "Your Majesty, please take back your life." !”
When the emperor heard this, he became angry and said: "Yue Aiqing, is my daughter not worthy of you?"
Yue Qiufeng knelt on the ground and replied: "Princess Pingyang is as beautiful as a fairy, and she is the one that the ordinary people try to reach. It's not that the ordinary people are unwilling, but that the ordinary people have already fallen in love with her."
In fact, before the imperial examination, Yue Qiufeng had already met Princess Pingyang in Kyoto. The reason was a lantern festival during the Shangyuan Festival.
On the day of the Shangyuan Festival, Princess Pingyang took her personal maid, disguised as a man, and went out to play in the palace under the leadership of her brother, King Huai. Of course, the emperor, as his father, knew nothing about it.
Princess Pingyang got playful for a while and played hide-and-seek with her personal maid, deliberately getting separated from her brother. King Han knew that his sister was thoughtful, and since she had sent him a note with the agreed time and place to meet him, he felt at ease and allowed his sister to play by herself.
Besides, in this land of Kyoto, the Imperial Guard patrols are much more frequent than usual, and with the maids accompanying them, nothing will happen.
However, it was his careless thoughts that made Yue Qiufeng and Princess Yangyang possible, but also wrote a tragic love story between a talented man and a beautiful lady.
During the Shangyuan Festival, Kyoto City has canceled the curfew until dawn the next day. As long as you have enough energy to play on the streets, not only will no one interrogate you, but when someone harasses you, the Imperial Guard will come to protect you. You come forward. This is why the King of Han can rest assured that his sister and maids will not play under his eyes.
However, when she and her maid Xiaodie were guessing lantern riddles at a stall by the lake, a gentleman had quietly put his hand into her clothes and tried to steal her wallet. Princess Pingyang felt something strange. She lowered her head and saw that a hand quickly retracted and took away her purse containing money. Then a figure disappeared into the bustling crowd without a trace.
Princess Pingyang, who had grown up in the palace and was served by eunuchs and maids all day long, had never seen such a scene. She screamed loudly, attracting the attention of the surrounding people. The maid heard the sound and quickly stepped forward to support Princess Pingyang and asked: "Master, what's the matter?"
When Princess Pingyang heard Xiaodie's voice, she lowered her head, blushed and whispered, "Someone put their hands into my clothes."
At this moment, a very wretched man in a dark corner not far away was paying attention. He looked at the master and servant who were asking and answering questions and thought to himself: "Is this young master disguised as a man? If so, Really, that guy will make a lot of money today."
He took out the purse just now, put it under his nose and took a deep breath. He smelled the fragrance of the girl coming from the purse. The wretched man had a look of enjoyment and joy on his face. His eyes quietly fell on Princess Pingyang. On the body, he carefully looked at this handsome young man and said with a lewd smile: "Even if you are a man, it is still a pleasure. If you are really a lady disguised as a man, you will make a lot of money."
After saying that, he put his purse into his chest pocket and followed Princess Pingyang and Xiaodie up quietly.
By coincidence, Princess Pingyang and Xiaodie didn't go out often, and were not very familiar with the roads in Kyoto City, so they came to a dead end without knowing it. The two of them saw the dark wall in front of them blocking their way. They were about to turn around and go back the way they came to find a way out again, but they never expected that a gloomy and obscene laughter could be heard.
A thin figure walked out of the shadows, followed immediately by three more figures. Princess Pingyang and Xiaodie were startled by the sudden appearance of the four people. When they heard the malicious laughter and lustful smiles on their faces, they both began to feel uneasy in their hearts.
As a maid, Xiaodie must stand at the front when her master is in danger, stalling for his master's time. Therefore, without saying a word, Xiaodie stood in front of Princess Pingyang and shouted: "Who are you and what are you doing?"
The thin man laughed obscenely and said, "Hey, little lady, don't get excited, I'm just here to have some fun." Then the three people behind him laughed loudly, swallowed their saliva, and approached the two of them.
Listening to the man's words, Xiaodie already understood, and then said with a stern expression: "Don't come over, or I will call someone." After saying that, he pulled out a dagger from his waist, holding it with both hands, pointing the tip of the knife. Four people.
The leader stuck out his tongue and licked his lips and said with a smile: "She is still a bit of a bitchy girl. Well, I like her. The bittier she is, the more I like her."
Seeing the four people getting closer and closer, their bodies had retreated to the foot of the wall. Xiaodie was flying randomly in the air with a dagger, but it did not hurt the four people at all. Suddenly, a palm hit Xiaodie's wrist, and with a designated bang, the dagger fell to the ground. Both of them were startled. Their eyes were so short that they bent down to pick up the dagger, but they didn't expect to be kicked away.
The claws of the four people were about to reach out to the two of them, and a sudden voice came from mid-air and said: "Four grown men bully two weak women, and they are not afraid of being laughed at if they say it."
Hearing the sound, the four of them stopped what they were doing and looked up into the air. They saw a handsome man in white clothes sitting on the roof drinking. The thin man took a step forward, looked at the man and shouted loudly: "Who are you? How dare you come to disturb my good deeds."
The man took a sip of wine and said, "In the autumn wind next month, bullying a woman is the worst thing to do."
