At this moment, Li Yu, who had not left and was not visible, looked at the burned photo of Dong Pai and his own portrait, which turned into a shadow one by one. She picked it up and carefully put it into the Kun bag hanging on her chest. She stopped following Dong Pai and came to the City God's Temple in Jinse City like a gust of wind to find the City God.
He took out two yin pictures from his bag and presented them, saying, City God, there is a young man named Dong Pai in Ma'anshan. He saved my life. I have nothing to repay. Now I plan to pledge myself to marry him. Throughout my life, I served diligently and begged for permission.
The city god took the two negative images of a man and a woman, looked at them for a few times, and saw Li Yu kneeling in front of him, kowtowing, and said, "Carp spirit, although you have cultivated into a human body, you have married a man of flesh and blood." Lian Li is always a little reluctant.
Reluctantly, I am willing. Li Yu raised his head and preached.
That's not OK. The City God, who was sitting in the hall, said, and when he saw Li Yu continuing to kowtow, he said, "It doesn't matter if you break your head." Li Yu stopped kowtowing and begged, City God, please have mercy on me, a woman from the Shui Tribe! Dong Pai has been kind to me. If I don’t repay it now, when will I wait?
All right! I promise you. The city god relented and immediately said seriously, "But I can't do it with you now. Since Dong Pai, a young man from Ma'anshan, is willing to marry you, why don't you and him come together for such an important matter?" Even if the civil affairs department in the human world issues a marriage certificate, both the man and the woman will be present. Why do you come alone? This is absolutely not okay.
I thought that even if I brought Brother Dong here, he wouldn't be able to see you, so what's the point of bringing him here? So I just brought our two yin signs together and gave them to you to apply for the marriage registration certificate. Li Yu flicked back her long braids and explained seriously.
Just two negative signs won't do. You said Dong Pai couldn't see my ugly appearance, but when he came here, he could see the statue of me built by the world and erected in the temple! I can see and hear whatever he says when he worships my statue. The city god spoke eloquently.
Okay, it's getting late today. Tomorrow morning, I will bring Dong Pai here to hope that the City God will accomplish our good deeds. Li Yu was excited and kowtowed to the two guards standing on the left and right of the City God.
In the evening, Dong Pai, who had just entered the house in the afterglow of the setting sun, heard Li Yu's voice again in his ears, Brother Dong, would you like to go to the City God's Temple with me tomorrow morning to go through the marriage registration procedures?
Okay, as long as you can show yourself and be as beautiful as the girl the painter painted, of course I am willing to go. After Dong Pai expressed his stance, he said to her, "Sister Li Yu, I don't understand. In fact, the painter is painting your face today, so you don't have to tell me your appearance so clearly." I think, since neither the painter nor I can see you, I can say whatever I want and the painter can paint whatever he wants.
There is a problem. You and the painter are both human beings with naked eyes and can’t see me. It doesn’t matter. But the City God is a god, and he can see me clearly. If the picture of me does not look like me, the City God will not be able to pass the underworld marriage procedures.
The next morning, the old monk in the deep mountain temple was banging wooden fish and studying sutras with other young monks and nuns. Occasionally, he looked up and found a young man resting on the temple grounds outside the sutra class hall carrying a load of dry firewood, as if waiting for someone. .
The old monk stopped and asked a monk next to him to knock the wooden fish in his place. He walked out of the classroom and saw that the young man looked familiar. It was Dong Pai who had been here last time. He wanted to ask something. Unexpectedly, Dong Pai greeted him politely and said, Master, thank you. I listened to your words and said, He gave alms and now lives a good life.
The old monk put his palms together and recited Amitabha, saying, Donor, you don’t need to thank me. If you want to thank me, just thank Buddha and Bodhisattva. Maybe it was Buddha and Bodhisattva who blessed you for your donation and received good rewards.
Dong Pai smiled and said, Master, you are the Buddha. The old monk said, where? where? Even though Lao Na is practicing cultivation, how can he reach a state as sublime as a Buddha or a Bodhisattva? Alas, I asked you what you gave. How do you get rewarded so quickly?
Dong Pai bought him a carp and released it in the river around the city. In order to repay the favor of saving his life, the carp turned into a beautiful girl and quietly came to his house to cook for him and marry him. I will describe it in detail.
When the old monk heard this, he did not congratulate him. Instead, he looked shocked and said sternly, Donor, you are in trouble. The carp spirit's so-called repayment of kindness is harming you! You can't even marry her. If you let her stay with you day and night, the yang energy in you will be sucked out, and eventually your soul will be lost, and you will die.
Dong Pai disagreed. He said, Master, you are so alarmist, but I feel that sister Li Yu is not harming me, but helping me. The old monk opened his eyes wide and advised, Donor, you are stubborn and may have been deceived. Sooner or later I will collect the carp spirit.
Dong Pai said with some confusion, Master, don't say it so harshly. In order to thank you, I specially picked up a load of dry firewood and sent it to the temple. After saying this, he turned around and left. The old monk caught up a few steps and repeated the words, Donor, you have been bewitched. Sooner or later, I will take away the carp spirit.
That morning, Boss Dong Pai came out of the temple unhappy. He didn't quite believe what the old monk said, but he was still very grateful to sister Li Yu who quietly cooked for him, so he still listened to her. Dong Pai went home and changed into clean clothes, then went straight to Jinse City in the distance among the clouds, mountains and sea of mist. He didn't arrive at the City God's Temple until almost noon.
He bought some fruits and other offerings and placed them on the incense table in front of the statue of the City God. He knelt down and worshiped repeatedly. Li Yu, who had been following him without appearing, whispered in his ear some nice words. He obeyed and the City God listened for a long time. Happy. Of course, he couldn't see the city god.
After a while, Li Yu's beautiful figure appeared: a pair of long black braids on her head, a crimson skirt on her body, a pair of round dimples on her face, and a garlic-shaped nose. Two eyes as clear as lake water are parked under the silkworm eyebrows, which are extremely beautiful. Dong Pai said in his heart: This is more beautiful than the picture of Li Yu's sister that he burned.
Before he could recover, Li Yu pulled him up, who was still kneeling on the futon, with a smile and said, "I can change my name to you now, Dong Lang. Just now, the City God asked the temple's minister in charge of shady marriages to handle it for us." With the marriage certificate, we can go back to your hometown of Ma'anshan and be husband and wife.
Dong Pai was overjoyed and looked at Li Yu who was raising his hand as if holding something and asked, Madam, why can't I see the marriage certificate you are holding? Li Yu said, this is a yin book. How can you read it if you are a yang person? Just let me tell you. Dong Pai held Li Yu's hand and said with a happy face, "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter." Madam, just keep the marriage certificate safe.
The couple chatted and laughed as they left the City God's Temple, and then left Jinse City. When the sun was over the mountains, they arrived in front of Dong Pai's house in Ma'anshan. When Dong Pai was unlocking the door, Li Yu, who was standing behind him, lifted up a corner of her crimson skirt. Inadvertently, she shook her hand in front of Dong Pai, and it turned out to be a piece of red paper. Dong Pai looked at her blankly.
Li Yu said, don’t you know the purpose of this red paper? Look at what I'm doing. Dong Pai didn't react for a moment, but he didn't utter a word when he mumbled.
I saw Li Yu entering the room, taking out a pair of scissors from the drawer, and skillfully cutting out a word. What was it? Dong Pai can't see clearly yet.
When Li Yu pasted the word on the door, he saw clearly that it was a huge happy word. He immediately raised his hands and cheered, praising the lady for her great work! So meticulous. Li Yu said, Dong Lang, of course you should put a happy word on it when you get married to create an atmosphere! At this moment, Li Yu frowned, made a sad face, raised his hand, broke a corner of the happy word that had just been posted, and picked up a strand of it, which was about to fall off like a strong wind. Like the maple leaves in the unfallen autumn day.
