With a smile on his face, Wang Qi looked at Qibao under the bridge and said, "Sister Mingyan, since you don't want to become a monk anymore, you have to marry me. You can set whatever terms you want."
Qibao's original name was Ma Mingyan, and everyone on the street knew it.
The guy in front of me often came to the Buddhist hall to harass Qibao. Later, he heard from the shopkeeper Qiu Yuan that Qibao devoted himself to the Buddha, and he gave up this idea.
Seeing that Qibao didn't want to become a monk anymore, he immediately came to propose marriage with several of his subordinates. He was very worried that he would not get the proposal, so he planned to rob her.
Qibao was so angry that she only told Qiu Yuan, the shopkeeper, that she was leaving.
Where did the evil young man from the Wang family in front of him get the news?
Thinking of this, Qibao couldn't help but turned around and shouted: "Shopkeeper..."
Although her voice was not an angry shout, it still contained the anger and complaint in her heart. Even if I couldn't become a monk, how could you betray me?
Qiu Yuan, who was standing under the eaves, sighed and moved the corners of his mouth, but never defended himself.
Perhaps in her opinion, since Qibao wanted to go home to get married, it would be better to marry the young master of the Wang family from Jiezi.
Wang Qi on the bridge was not angry because of Qibao's roar, but his eyes became brighter.
For a moment, there was deathly silence on the stone bridge.
Not far across the bridge, two carriages were parked. LiYueyuan looked at Qibao across the bridge and couldn't help but feel angry, pulling My brother is about to rush to the stone bridge.
Li Bai glanced at the gentleman next to him and held his sister's hand.
Xiaoguang sighed. This was the first time he encountered such a situation.
I wonder what kind of people are these? To force a marriage and rob someone on a stone bridge in broad daylight?
If he had followed his previous thoughts, he would have killed him with a sword long ago. Saying another word to you would be a waste.
Li Xiuyuan looked at Qibao by the stone bridge, and then at the shopkeeper under the eaves of the street, and couldn't help but sigh quietly in his heart.
I murmured in my heart: "Why bother?"
What was a good relationship turned into a bad relationship at the final moment of separation.
Looking at Li Bai and Li Yueyuan, Li Xiuyuan shook his head: "Good causes have good consequences, and evil thoughts have bad consequences. Don't be impatient. Let's take a look before talking."
The master and the old monk once cast golden light on Li Yueyuan and Qibao. He believed that Qibao would cross the stone bridge by himself.
Seeing that the shopkeeper remained silent, Qibao became angry. He turned to look at Wang Qi and said, "What do you want to do?"
Wang Qi smiled and said, "Miss Mingyan, please come home with me and let my father preside over a lively wedding for us. Don't worry, I won't treat you badly."
Qibao replied coldly: "What if I don't agree?" At this point, she looked back at the shopkeeper Qiu Yuan again.
When Wang Qi heard this, he was furious. He slapped the railing of the stone bridge and said, "In this town, there is no such thing as a woman that I, Wang Qi, can't get."
Qibao shook his head: "I'm not from your town, you can't control me."
Wang Qi waved his hand angrily, and the four guards in black behind him came forward, looked at Qibao under the bridge and said, "Girl, please go back to my young master."
Another guy who was slightly fatter said with a smile: "Don't resist, the young master will be angry."
"That's right, last month a girl resisted fiercely and fell down from a building and died..."
"Come with us!" The last man in black stretched out his hand and was about to pull Qibao's skirt...
"Brother, I can't stand it anymore!" Li Yueyuan broke away from his brother's hand and rushed forward.
"Sister, please don't be impulsive..." Before Li Bai could say anything, he suddenly found that he couldn't move, and even his sister couldn't move. A sword-drawing hand stopped in the air...
Even Xiao Guang, who was about to rush forward, stopped in mid-air.
Qibao under the bridge suddenly stretched out a finger.
Her fingers were slender and soft, unable to hold a sword or draw a bow, but at this moment she had a
Lotuses blossomed between her fingers.
Today is the beginning of spring, and even the peach blossoms and apricot blossoms on the street are just in bud, let alone a green lotus from summer.
Looking at the lotus between Qibao's fingers, Wang Qi's expression changed.
He yelled, "Why are you still standing there? Take her home for me..." The word "go" at the end was not uttered yet.
But he found that he could neither speak nor move.
The man in black who had already rushed to Qibao and was about to pull Qibao's snow-white dress was also frozen on the spot just like a zombie.
Along with the other three guards in black, their fingers were only an inch away from Qibao's white skirt.
And this inch is their end of the world.
Li Xiuyuan murmured to himself in the spring breeze: "Three inches of this world, one inch of the world... Master, Master, I admire your skills and want to learn from you."
The spring breeze is coming, and the water under the bridge is calm.
The entire street town came to a standstill at this moment, including shopkeeper Qiu Yuan who was standing under the eaves of the street.
In the spring breeze, a person strolled in from a distance without an oil-paper umbrella in his hand.
Beside the small bridge, Qibao walked towards the stone bridge step by step...
Lotus flowers grow at every step, holding her clean embroidered shoes and snow-like skirt free from the sludge of the world.
A lotus flower held between his fingers gradually bloomed under Qibao's gaze, and finally lit up the world like a small red sun.
It also blinded the eyes of the people on the bridge.
Li Xiuyuan, who had strolled in the spring breeze, walked to the other side of the stone bridge, stood beside the carriage, took out a few gold coins, and handed them into the hands of the old man driving the carriage.
He said quietly: "Please take care of this girl all the way home."
The old man could not speak, but he murmured in his heart: "I am going to send the female Bodhisattva home this time. This is an honor for three lifetimes."
Stepping onto the stone bridge, Qibao did not look back because he saw the gentleman next to the carriage under the bridge.
There was some mist in his eyes, but Qibao held back from crying. Instead, he stepped off the stone bridge step by step on the golden lotus.
The moment she stepped off the stone bridge, the lotus between her fingers turned into a golden light and disappeared into her body.
He walked up to Li Xiuyuan and gave him a gentle blessing: "Mingyan has nothing to repay, thank you sir for coming to see me off."
Li Xiuyuan handed her a bag and said with a smile: "My two students are also going home... The money should be enough for you to return to Luoyang."
Qibao stayed for a long time before taking the cloth bag.
Looking at the carriage in front of him, he sighed quietly and asked, "Can Qibao see sir again?"
Shaking his head, Li Xiuyuan replied with a smile: "Leave here, put it down, and start your new life."
Qibao murmured: "Sir, are you asking me to break away from my home?"
"Yes and no."
Li Xiuyuan pointed to the stone bridge and said, "You think of this stone bridge as a boat crossing the river. Since you have crossed the river, does this mean that the boat will stay on the shore instead of following you to Luoyang?"
Qibao was stunned and speechless when he heard this. Finally, he blessed Li Xiuyuan and got into the carriage.
Opening the curtain, Qibao smiled: "Like a raft, the law should be given up, let alone the illegal... Is this what you mean, sir?"
With a faint smile, Li Xiuyuan blew the spring breeze and replied: "Go and stop thinking, don't look back."
After that, he clasped hands with the old man driving the car and said, "Excuse me, husband, you can leave now."
The old man who came back to his senses in an instant shivered all over, knowing that he had met a god this time.
He quickly handed over his hand and replied: "Sir, don't worry, I will definitely send Miss Qibao back to her hometown."
With a crack of the whip, the horse took steps and left the shore of the stone bridge.
It wasn't until the carriage gradually left and Qibao could no longer be seen that Li Xiuyuan by the river sighed quietly.
This breath is like the spring breeze blowing across the river, making the whole world resume its operation in an instant...
"ah
…I can’t see with my eyes! "
"Oh my God, I can't see anything!"
"Damn it, where have you four guys gone? Master, I can't see anything. Take me home quickly!"
"Master, I can't see you either..."
The golden lotus on the stone bridge disappeared, and the five people on the stone bridge were already in a mess. Before they could take action, the five masters and servants turned blind.
This is too scary.
Step by step, Li Xiuyuan stepped across the stone bridge and walked along the street paved with bluestone slabs, all the way to the shopkeeper Qiu Yuan.
At this time, the frightened woman regained her freedom.
Looking at the chaos on the stone bridge, the five people covered their mouths in fear and were speechless for a long time.
Just in the blink of an eye, the five masters and servants who had been fine before were blinded in the blink of an eye. There was no blood on the ground, and there was no trace of blood in the wind.
There was only the faint fragrance of flowers, and the golden lotuses gradually disappearing on the stone bridge... At this moment, she seemed to understand something.
Looking at the panicked woman in front of him, Li Xiuyuan couldn't help but sigh. This was the cause and effect of Qibao and shopkeeper Qiu Yuan, and had nothing to do with him.
Even so, he still couldn't help but say: "Buddha says that he can't help giving to others, and he can't help giving to people with colors, scents, touch and Dharma... Shopkeeper, you shouldn't treat the Seven Treasures like this."
Then then ignored the frightened woman and walked forward.
In front of him was a breakfast shop. He wanted to buy some cakes for Li Yueyuan to eat on the road. Everything here had nothing to do with him.
…
Until Li Yueyuan returned to the carriage, until Xiaoguang and Li Bai came to their senses, until the three of them waved goodbye to their husband.
Li Xiuyuan looked at the three of them and smiled: "Today's incident has nothing to do with you three. Xiaoguang remembers to practice in the Beimou Liquor Shop for a few more years..."
Xiaoguang nodded, and asked with a smile: "What if when Xiaoguang leaves, sir hasn't come back yet?"
Li Xiuyuan smiled faintly: "Sell that shop to pay for your travel home."
Li Yueyuan took Li Xiuyuan's hand and asked, "Sir, can Yueyuan see you again?" Li Bai, like his sister, looked at him eagerly.
Waving his hand, Li Xiuyuan laughed: "It's a long road, who knows... maybe one day we will suddenly meet on the street, so don't be frightened."
Li Xiuyuan didn't tell his brother and sister about the principles of life and cultivation.
This is a smart boy and girl who don't need much guidance from him.
Xiaoguang sighed and said with a smile: "Xiaoguang is in Penglai, waiting for Mr...."
The spring light was long, the carriage was rolling, and the three of them gradually disappeared in the spring breeze. From a distance, bursts of wailing and the voice of shopkeeper Qiu Yuan could be heard.
In Li Xiuyuan's eyes, this was just a farce, and it was the cause and effect of the Master above the Nine Heavens who ended this small town for Qibao.
From then on, Qibao was no longer Qibao, but Ma Mingyan, a girl from Luoyang City.
Maybe one day, when he was walking on the streets of Luoyang, he would meet a girl holding a child in her hand, shouting with her mother to eat candied haws.
In his opinion, this is the fireworks world of the Tang Dynasty, and this is all living beings.
Perhaps one day, the Seven Treasures will be like Wuliang in Savatthi, who will see all sentient beings, experience the eight sufferings in the world, and return to the Buddha.
I just don’t know if he will stay in this world at that time.
Back on the carriage, the coachman looked at him and asked, "Sir, are we going back to the mountains?"
Shaking his head, Li Xiuyuan replied softly: "Go all the way north to Chang'an."
The coachman was a little happy and nodded gently. He might have made a lot of money this time. He flicked his whip and said, "Sit down, sir. We're going to set off now."
Smelling the faint fragrance in the wind, Li Xiuyuan sighed softly: "It's hard to stay after going back to Yangguan thousands of times."
…
Qibao, Qibao, are you okay?
?
