(I looked out from the mountains and saw the sparks lighting up the dawn)
It is a beautiful scene in the world, it is midsummer morning, beside the Tongtian River, the smoke from the scattered houses is gradually rising. The mist slowly rises and merges with the white fish belly on the horizon.
This was originally Chenjiazhuang, but since the Inspiration King was subdued by Guanyin five hundred years ago, there has been a locust plague for no reason. The crops have been gnawed clean, and the land and water cannot feed this place...
So they walked away and dispersed, leaving only a dozen or so families guarding this small fishing village and refusing to leave.
The morning breeze was blowing, and a family in the fishing village lit a lamp. A woman's scream and a man's anxious voice came from inside.
"Madam, don't be impatient for a moment. I'll call the second aunt right away." The man comforted the woman on the bed. The woman had a big belly, veins on her forehead were protruding and she was sweating like rain. It was obvious that she was about to give birth.
After the man said that, he put on his clothes and went out.
"Dong dong dong..."
"Second Aunt! Open the door quickly!" The man quickly walked to another thatched cottage.
"Who is this, so early in the morning?" a middle-aged woman inside yelled.
The man said: "Second aunt, it's me, Ye Heng. My wife is about to give birth, and I don't know how to deliver the baby."
After hearing this, the second aunt in the room quickly got up, opened the door and said: "Hurry up, you can't delay the birth of the baby, take me to see it quickly."
Although it was just dawn and no one wanted to be disturbed from their sleep so early in the morning, the folk customs in this small fishing village were quite simple, and everyone was very helpful to anyone who had something to do. When the second aunt heard Ye Heng say that his wife was about to give birth, she hurriedly moved her chubby body out the door, grabbed Ye Heng and ran towards his house.
The two entered the room. The second aunt looked at the woman on the bed and said to Ye Heng: "Go and get some hot water. We are making a brazier. Hurry."
"Hey, okay." Ye Heng nodded and did not dare to neglect. He went out to fetch water and collected firewood in the kitchen, but he heard birds chirping outside the window. He didn't find it novel at all. Originally, it was normal for birds to chirp in the village by the river. So he boiled the water, picked up a brazier and walked to the bedroom. But as soon as he left the kitchen door, Ye Heng was dumbfounded. There are more than a dozen different birds parked on the small huts of my house, chirping.
He felt strange in his heart, but he didn't think much about it and hurriedly sent the hot water and brazier to his second aunt.
"Second Aunt, the water and the brazier are here." Ye Heng said.
The second aunt didn't say anything, and used a towel dipped in hot water to protect the woman on the bed.
At this time, Ye Heng said: "Second Aunt, is my wife okay?"
The second aunt said: "It's like this when giving birth, so why is it so noisy outside the window?"
Ye Heng shook his head: "I don't know either. I just came out to fetch water and saw a dozen birds parked on the house. I don't know why..."
The two people were waiting for the arrival of new life together with the woman on the bed in the house. On the top of the mountain in the distance, an old man also saw a vision by the river.
He was wearing a bamboo hat and leaning on a wooden crutch, with a wisteria gourd and a glowing jade stone hanging on it.
This man was Feng Yi who came to look for Bifang. He followed the red star in the sky and suddenly saw birds flying around in the forest, gathering towards the fishing village. Thinking that this was the scene of hundreds of birds paying homage to the phoenix, he Arrive quickly.
He looked at the fishing village from a distance, and saw that the jade on the wooden crutches was getting brighter and greener, and he arrived in front of the house in a short step.
Feng Yizheng was about to knock on the door, but unexpectedly, the red star passed through the thatched roof facing the rising sun. With a bang, Ye Heng and his second aunt exploded out of the house, and the birds on the roof scattered in all directions, hovering in the air. Refuse to leave. When Feng Yi looked at the thatched cottage again, it was already filled with fire!
"Madam!!!" Ye Heng reluctantly climbed up from the ground, and the second aunt next to him fainted. Ye Heng stood up and rushed into the house, but Feng Yi blocked him with a wooden crutch.
Ye Hengxin said in shock and anger: "Who are you?!"
Feng Yi stared at the fire in the house and said, "Wait here!" After saying that, he picked up the wooden cane and rushed into the house while the fire was burning. He saw that the woman was unconscious, the child in her belly was not yet born, and that A red star is resting on the woman's belly and beating...
"Is Chixing Yinghuo also greedy for this phoenix fire?" Feng Yi murmured, "Then use your demon fire to cover the phoenix fire!"
This Yinghuo is a demonic fire from outside the sky. It was once sealed on the red star. Whenever it comes to the world, the world will be in chaos. When Feng Yi was Yang Jian, he had the intention to cast it down but was stopped by the Jade Emperor. Although the Jade Emperor did not say it, Yang Jian knew that the war would happen. This is the perfect time for the gods to gain the power of faith.
Yinghuo was warlike by nature, but with this red star seal, he could only rely on his body to cause wars. Now that he has come, he must want to annex Fenghuo and break through the shackles of the three realms of cholera!
Feng Yi took off the jade stone from the wooden crutch and locked the seal with the red star. The red star roared: "Old guy! Who are you to ruin my good deeds!"
Feng Yi said nothing, beckoned and turned the red star into light and shot it into the woman's belly!
"Snapped!..."
A ball of light rolled out of the woman's belly. Feng Yi picked up the quilt and picked up the ball. He saw a baby lying quietly in it...
The baby opened his little mouth, and the flames on the room were immediately sucked into his mouth. "It's really you..." Feng Yi felt mixed emotions as he looked at the child in his arms.
"Wow...wow..."
Ye Heng outside the house saw the fire extinguished and heard crying inside the house, so he quickly entered the house and saw Feng Yi holding a child.
When Feng Yi saw Ye Heng come in, he handed the child into Ye Heng's hands. Ye Heng took the child tremblingly and said, "Old sir... Oh no, old god... Thank you for your help." Ye Heng After a pause, he looked at the unconscious woman beside him, "My wife, she..."
Feng Yi stepped forward and looked at the unconscious woman on the bed and said, "It's nothing serious. I just spent too much energy and fell asleep." As he said that, he put a line of Qi on the woman's forehead with his hand, and then she fell asleep. The woman's pale face turned rosy.
Seeing this, Ye Heng quickly knelt down on the ground: "Thank you, old immortal, thank you, old immortal!"
Feng Yi helped Ye Heng up and said, "I'm not a god, I'm just a wandering alchemist who knows some magic. My surname is Feng. Oh, by the way, let's see if it's a boy or a girl."
Only then did Ye Heng smile awkwardly. He pushed aside the quilt and looked at it and said, "Boy, it's a boy, hehe..."
At this time, the door was opened, and it turned out that the second aunt came in from outside the house: "What's going on, Ye Heng? Why am I lying outside? Have I given birth?"
Ye Heng scratched his head and said, "I don't know, maybe the brazier exploded and burned half of the house. But fortunately, Mr. Feng came to help and saved the mother and son. It's a son, haha..."
The second aunt looked at Feng Yi and said with a smile: "You must have accumulated good deeds in your last life. When your son was born, he met a noble person. I hope mother and son are safe! I'll go back first."
Feng Yi nodded and smiled before seeing his second aunt off. Ye Heng placed the child next to the woman, and the child's cry also woke up the unconscious woman. After the woman woke up, she looked at the child beside her dreamily. She turned around and caught a glimpse of Feng Yi, and asked, "Mr.... who is this..."
Ye Heng told the woman what happened, and the woman quickly thanked her.
She picked up the child and suddenly found a fire feather mark on the child's left shoulder, so she called Ye Heng over. After looking at it, Ye Heng said: "This is probably just a birthmark. It doesn't matter. It will be easier to identify if you get lost in the future. Haha... "
Feng Yi saw it and knew that it was the traces left by the bloodline of Red Star Yinghuo and Feng Yi...
"Old sir," Ye Heng's words disrupted Feng Yi's thoughts, "Let's talk somewhere else."
Seeing that the mother and son had fallen asleep, Feng Yi and Ye Heng went out of the room. At this time, the morning sun had risen and the morning fog had dispersed. The villagers outside also began to work for the day, but many villagers had already learned from their second aunt. Zhang Mou learned about Ye Heng's family and congratulated Ye Heng many times when passing by.
The two set up tables and chairs in the courtyard. Ye Heng poured tea and chatted with Feng Yi about home affairs.
"Mr. Feng, thank you very much for today. If it weren't for you, my family would be doomed." Ye Heng took a sip from the tea bowl and rubbed his trousers with his other hand. He was an honest man and didn't know how to talk.
Feng Yi also picked up the tea and took a sip. He looked around. The yard was not big, surrounded by three or four small huts. A few salted fish were drying on the fence in front of the courtyard, firewood was stacked at the door of the kitchen, and chili garlic and some dried corn were hung above the door. It seems that there are also poor families in this village.
Feng Yi squinted his eyes, looked at the sun in the sky and said: "I heard that your place was originally Chenjiazhuang. At that time, Master Sanzang still stayed here. Why are there only these ten families left now?" ?”
Ye Hengting and Feng Yi were shocked when they talked about Chenjiazhuang, and said: "Oh, Mr. Feng. Do you still know about Chenjiazhuang? That happened a long time ago. I only heard from my grandfather that his grandfather told him It's up to you, you..." Ye Heng said this and looked at Feng Yi. He saw that Feng Yi was only in his seventies.
"Who did you hear this from?" Ye Heng asked.
"Isn't that what storytellers say?" Feng Yi said nonchalantly, "That Sun Hou saved two children in Chenjiazhuang and asked Master Guanyin to collect the monsters in the Tongtian River."
Ye Heng felt embarrassed when Feng Yi said this: "Mr. Feng, you are ridiculous. We have been living in this fishing village for several generations. We only occasionally take some river goods to the market to exchange for rice and salt. How can we have money?" Books, hey hey..."
Feng Yi smiled and said, "Then do you know why Chenjiazhuang became the small fishing village it is today?"
"This..." Ye Heng said, "I heard from my grandfather that since Master Tripitaka collected the demons and left, people have made fish basket statues for Guanyin Bodhisattva and visited them day and night. It was really good weather at the beginning. "
"Isn't this a good thing?" Feng Yi said.
Ye Heng shook his head: "But for some reason, after three consecutive years of locust plagues, all the surrounding crops were eaten away, and only the fish in the river could feed this group of people. When it comes to my father's generation, even It was hard to see any fish in the river... So this man wandered away. Those people said that Guanyin was no longer effective, and even the Fish Basket Guanyin statue was ruined..."
"Then why didn't you leave?" Feng Yi asked again.
Ye Heng picked up the teapot and poured another bowl. He said, "My parents have asked us to worship Guanyin in the Fish Basket since we were young. They said that as long as we are sincere, Guanyin will not ignore us. No," he said. , Ye Heng pointed to the salted fish drying by the wall, "You can always catch fish...
We, ordinary people, don’t want to be too rich, but we just want to be safe and sound. It’s best to keep doing this for decades without anything happening..."
Feng Yi looked at Ye Heng in front of him. This person was different throughout his life, but how many people were there who could be like Ye Heng? Many people even pursue fame and wealth, coveting glory and wealth, but they do not live as comfortably as the poor people in this mountainous place.
Feng Yi played with the tea bowl in his hand and said for a long time, "But what if your child wants to go outside in the future?"
"Then let him go, haha!" Ye Heng laughed, "I also hope that he will go see the outside world. His mother and I can just seek stability in this life. The child has to walk his own path... .”
Just as he was talking, Mrs. Ye called Ye Heng in the room. After hearing this, Ye Heng winked at Feng Yi and went into the back room. After a while, he came out with the child in his arms.
"Come on, son, let's go out and bask in the sun~" Ye Heng teased the little guy under the bright summer sun, and a magpie also fell from the branches behind the house and rubbed the child's palm.
"Oh, look, even the little bird likes you." Ye Heng said affectionately.
The child smiled dreamily and stroked the magpie's head with his little hand. He suddenly looked at Feng Yi aside, and his eyes suddenly froze.
"Yi...ah..." the child yelled, waving towards Feng Yi with both hands.
Ye Heng looked at Feng Yi and said, "Mr. Feng, this kid seems to like you very much."
Feng Yi smiled and stroked the child's head, then took off the wisteria gourd on the wooden crutch, tied a knot and hung it around the child's neck.
"Mr. Feng, what are you doing? This gourd looks very valuable, so I can't use it." Ye Heng declined quickly.
Feng Yi waved his hand and said with a smile: "Haha, it doesn't matter. This child is destined to me, and his future achievements will not be simple. It is my blessing to give him this gourd..."
Ye Heng was confused when he heard this and didn't know what to say for a moment. After chatting for a while, Feng Yi looked at the sky and saw that it was noon, so he stood up and said goodbye.
When Ye Heng saw that Feng Yi was about to leave, he said, "Mr. Feng is leaving so soon." He originally wanted to leave Feng Yi to eat before leaving, but after looking at the salted fish on the wall, he really couldn't get rid of it, so he had to He said awkwardly: "Well, you see that you have helped us so much, and you have given this gourd to your child, but I have nothing to entertain you..."
Feng Yi smiled and stroked his beard: "Didn't I say that I am lucky to be able to see your children. I will see you again if we are destined."
After that, Feng Yi took the wooden crutch and left Ye Heng's house.
At this moment, Ye Heng remembered that the child didn't have a name yet, so he rushed out of the door and shouted: "Mr. Feng! Can you give this child a name?!!"
But Feng Yi was nowhere to be seen when he went out, and he could only hear Feng Yi's voice ringing in his ears, saying: "Although the fallen leaves are ruined in the mountains, you can see the world again when you ride the wind. Let's call him Lan Feng..."
"Lan Feng..." Ye Heng muttered while looking into the distance. When he couldn't find Feng Yi, he went back to the room.
No one knew that after Feng Yi walked out of the village, he turned into a wisp of smoke and flew into the wisteria gourd on Lanfeng's neck...
