At this moment, Qian Lie rode over from Taoyuan. He looked at the stables who had just formed a group of horses in the pasture and then dispersed. He approached the long-faced stable boy and said, "Bring the red horse and let me ride it."
OK! The long-faced horseherd put his fingers in his mouth and barked. The red horse that was grazing raised its head, followed the sound and galloped towards this direction, and soon stopped in front of him. The long-faced horseherd neatly grabbed the rope and threw it to Qian Lie.
Qian Lie said: I will lead the red horse around under a peach tree, and the peaches on that tree will ripen. The fruit fairy uses the red horse to cast spells. Red is a symbol of maturity and the best help. The Fruit Fairy also told me that in less than an hour, the peaches on that peach tree will mature and everyone can share them.
The long-eared horseherd heard it most clearly, and he was the most frightened. He knelt down in front of Qian Lie and complained: Leader, you can't do it. This violates the laws of nature, and we will all be involved in it. In the blink of an eye, the other four horse herders also knelt down one after another, saying that what he said was right, and that we would all be implicated. The long-faced horseherd added, In the past, Sun Wukong secretly picked peaches to eat, and we were also implicated.
Timid, timid, too timid. I'll take responsibility for anything, you don't have to. Qian Lie shook his hand and said, stop kneeling and get up.
The long-faced horseherd said, "Chief, if you do this, you will not only harm us, but most importantly, you will harm yourself."
But Qian Lie refused to listen. He turned around and rode his red horse straight to the peach garden, regardless of whether the horsemen stood up from their knees in the green pasture.
Qian Lie rode a red horse through the peach orchard, circled under the peach tree where the fruit fairy performed the trick, and then left. He rode the horse out of the peach grove and released the red horse back to the pasture. He was thinking about the peach tree in his mind. It would only take an hour for the peaches on the tree to mature.
He approached the long-faced stable boy and said, "In a moment, we will go to the peach orchard together to pick the ripe flat peaches from the tree and enjoy them." The long-faced horseherd said, "I won't go." Appearing to be uneasy.
Qian Lie felt bored and approached the long-eared horseherd again. The long-eared horseherd still said that I wouldn't go either. The other three horse herders also complained about Qian Lie. When they saw him coming, they all walked away and went to the depths of the pasture to ride their horses. Qian Lie was puzzled and felt that they all had a grudge against what he had done.
In the heaven, the fairy wind blows and the auspicious mist curls up. On this day, the Queen Mother of the West walked out of Yaochi and suddenly smelled the scent of peach fruits coming from the Tianhe Ranch. She immediately realized something was wrong and called the fairy Mei Ji and said, do you smell the scent of ripe peaches? Meiji deliberately took a breath through her nostrils and said yes! It has the aroma of ripe peaches. This is not the time when peaches should be ripe. Why are they ripe? Queen Mother Xi said, "Take Meiling, Meifeng, Meiyu, Meijie and the others to the Taoyuan to have a look."
That day, the weather was hot and dry. Meiji had just swung on the swing outside Yaochi, and she was dripping with sweat. She thought: Now that she is going out with the order, she and her sisters can go see the Taoyuan. Afterwards, they can go to Tianchi to take a bath and feel clean and refreshed.
The long-eared stablemaster who was racing horses at Tianhe Ranch had excellent hearing. He clearly heard the laughter of fairies from a long distance away. He turned his horse's head and saw a group of fairies carrying bamboo utensils floating in like clouds. He immediately jumped on his horse. He approached the long-faced horseman on horseback, pointed his hand and said, brother, look. The long-faced horseherd looked up and saw a group of fairies approaching the entrance of the pasture. He knew that they must have smelled the scent of the peaches that ripened in advance and came to pick them.
But once they find out that Bima Wenqian is there picking ripe peaches, they will be in trouble. If a piece of music is published, they, who are horse shepherds, will have something to do with it. Thinking of this, he quickly took a detour into the peach garden, found Qian Lie who was enjoying fresh red peaches, and shouted, "Boss, something bad is going on."
Qian Lie wiped off the peach pulp on his lips, looked at him with wide eyes and asked, what happened? The long-faced horseherd replied in a low voice, "The Queen Mother of the West sent fairies to the peach garden. If they find you stealing peaches here, report it to the Jade Emperor, and you won't be able to bear the punishment if you are punished!" When Qian Lie heard this, he became nervous and asked the long-faced stable boy: What should he do?
Get out of the way quickly. The long-faced horseherd said anxiously, "Follow me."
Qian Lie mounted a red horse and followed the long-faced horseman, leaping on his horse and running out of the Taoyuan in a detour.
The long-eared horseherds have extraordinary hearing, and they heard Qian Lie and the long-faced horseherds riding over from a few miles away. Because the road leading out of Taoyuan was covered with luxuriant green grass, even if the horses' hooves stepped on it, there would be no trace of it. The loud noise could still be heard clearly by the long-eared horseherd.
When they appeared at another entrance of Tianhe Ranch, he was there to greet them. Qian Lie was very nervous, worried that the fairies would find the premature peaches on the tree and blame them for causing trouble. Then he confided his troubles to the long-faced horseherd and asked him if he had any solution. The long-faced horseherd said, "Three cobblers are as good as Zhuge Liang." Let everyone come over and discuss how to solve this problem.
Qian Lie said, OK! So the Long-eared Stabler rode his horse around the pasture and called the other three Stablers for a meeting. Qian Lie explained his intention in a few words, hoping that everyone would help him solve his problem.
A stable boy with a red mole on his chin frowned and raised his face. Everyone looked at him. Because of the characteristic red mole, they all called him a stable boy with a red mole. At that moment, the red mole horseherd said that he had a way to solve this problem. Qian Lie approached him and asked, "What good way do you have? Tell us and let everyone listen." The horseherd with the red mole pretended to be nonchalant and said, "Come with me to the peach garden and talk to the fairies. Whatever I say, you should follow suit. Just don't say too much or say too little."
Qian Lie was unsure, so he took a look at the long-faced horseherd. The long-faced horseherd said, "His method is good, we will follow his instructions." Qian Lie turned his horse's head and said to Taoyuan, "We came out from there just now and are turning around again. Aren't we taking the wrong path?"
Do not talk. The horseman with the red mole circled his hand and emphasized in a low voice that he was definitely not taking the wrong path.
In the peach garden, Meiji and her four sisters, Meiling, Meifeng, Meiyu and Meijie, quickly found the ripe flat peach tree.
What's the reason? The peaches on the surrounding peach trees are not ripe yet, but the peaches on this peach tree are ripe early. Meiling and Meifeng were discussing. Meiyu said, why should I ask? It must be the fruit fairy who has used some means. Only he can make the peaches mature in advance.
Mei Ji interrupted, didn't he know that this was against heaven's rules? Only Meijie didn't say anything and pulled down a branch filled with several flat peaches and picked it up.
Outside the Taoyuan, these words were clearly heard by the long-eared horseherd with strong hearing. He jumped on his horse and crossed the queue, followed the red mole horseherd, and whispered what he heard to the red mole horseherd. The stable boy turned around and said, "It doesn't matter what the fairies are talking about."
After a while, we entered the peach orchard, and through a peach tree bearing ripe fruits, we could see the splendor of fairies in colorful clothes. Each one of them is really wrapped in red makeup and looks pure and pure. The five shepherds in the sky are all accustomed to it and are calm and relaxed. It was just that Qian Lie, who had just arrived in the mortal world, looked fascinated, his eyes uneasily showing the luster of hunting.
At that moment, the red mole horseman rode forward, and the sound of the horse's hooves alerted the fairies who were picking peaches. The leader, Mei Ji, turned around and was about to say something when the red mole horseman pulled the reins and the horse stopped. He jumped down and knelt on his knees with his butt raised high and his head slightly raised.
Those who followed jumped off their horses one by one and knelt on the ground like red mole stable herds. Seeing them trespassing in, Mei Xi was a little sullen at first, but at the moment, she was gone. The other four fairies also stopped what they were doing and looked at a row of horse herders kneeling down in the peach garden, surprised and amused. The beautiful girl raised her voice, "Horses, why do you kneel down?"
We are here to apologize. The horseherd with the red mole said this, and the others also agreed. Mei Ji asked, what crime did you commit? All the fairies also repeated this sentence. The red mole horseherd said, you will definitely guess that this early-ripening flat peach tree has something to do with us. Mei Ji said there was no need to kneel down, everyone stood up. It's useless to complain to us if you are guilty. If you have violated any heavenly rules, you will accept the punishment of the heavenly officials voluntarily.
We beg you to go to the Queen Mother of the West to intercede. If you don't agree, we will keep kneeling here and not get up. The others also said the same thing. When Meiji saw that the horse herdsmen were sincerely admitting their mistakes, she looked at the red mole horse herds and said, "Please tell me the reason for your mistake!"
