Chunyin

As the name suggests, there are a few apricot trees at the crossing of Xinghuadu, which bloomed into glowing clouds in the drizzle in early spring.But the flowering period of apricot blossoms is too short, and when it rains, the petals wither and fall into the river.

The Kushui River became a white river.

I stood on the bank and chanted the words of the subjugated king to Baihe: "Falling flowers and flowing water spring will go."

As the boat sailed through the river, the oars of the old boatman broke through the snow-white quilt, revealing the emerald green river water.A carp from the bottom of the river floated up and dropped a petal without making a sound.

My sad emotions are scattered in the rain and fog.Gods and ghosts don't understand human affairs, and no one cares about me.

Hey, I'm lonely again.

When I feel lonely, I go to the Earth Temple in the valley.The Earth Lord is the seventh-rank sesame official in their god world. Although I am a ghost now, I was also a third-rank official in the human world before I died.

The land owner took advantage of it and called me "Brother Liang".

In fact, according to the land lord, my investment in this lake is not worth it.He said that I came from a good background, my father was a good official, and I was also a good official. Although I ended up miserable, I had accumulated a lot of merit. Destroying one's body is violating the taboo in the world - the body, hair and skin are taken care of by the parents - so all the merits and virtues are destroyed, and even a hair cannot be reaped.

I squatted next to the small earth temple, curled up under a large potato leaf, and said, "Oh, so. That's a pity."

But I thought to myself, it is true that the gods in these Taoist temples are enshrined by people, but they are short-handed. When they become gods, they have to work hard for human affairs, or they are like this land company. Not to mention, the immortal body is also not free. I think even a wild ghost like me can't compare to it, and it's far from happy and happy.

The land lord saw my duplicity, and said disapprovingly: "Brother Liang, if you become a fairy, if you don't say anything else, then at least you can go to Liangzhou City if you want."

"Oh. Liangzhou..." I said, "Actually, I want to go back to Liangzhou, but it's just because of some vulgar ideas about the fox's death. I really want to go, but I don't have to. Kushui River is a little small. But it’s better than being clean.”

Clean is clean, but too clean.Both Kushui River and Menggu Mountain are remote areas, with barren spiritual veins and weak spiritual energy. There are small monsters in the mountains, but there are not many ghosts who can cultivate human form and speak human language throughout the year.In the past 100 years, I have chatted with the Lord of the Land, and I have exhausted my words.

The land sighed and said: "It's a pity that Liangzhou is a place where the spiritual energy of mountains and rivers gathers. The immortal officials in charge of Liangzhou are several levels higher than me, and I really can't afford it. Otherwise, brother Liang, if you have any unfulfilled wishes, I will return to heaven. I can even hold you back. Hey..."

The land of Menggu Mountain is very kind and warm-hearted, I was very moved when I heard it.

"Actually, it's not a big deal." I said, "It's just that I buried a strand of hair in Qiuning Mountain together with others. I'm afraid that if the vow comes true, the enemy will really haunt me for lifetimes. Just I just want to get my hair back."

The land listened and shook his head: "I swear..."

Seeing his expression, I twitched my eyebrows: "Why, isn't this vow easy to break?"

The land said: "It has nothing to do with the oath. I remember that Qiuning Mountain is a hunting ground? I am afraid that the mountain god will not meet a person who swears to him in hundreds of years. Because it sounds fresh, he will probably be particularly concerned." Maybe see My complexion turned ashen immediately, and the land hurriedly comforted me, "But it's not always the case. I swear that the moon is in charge, and the mountain god doesn't know how to do it. It might be broken by you indiscriminately. Besides, according to what you said before, you The relationship with that person should have been broken long ago."

I was so relieved.

The land said again: "Besides, Brother Liang, you are accumulating merits, so you don't want to be a human being in the next life? In this way, it will be more difficult to continue the vow. Don't worry."

Speaking of this, I took out the merit bag from my bosom, and felt extraordinarily sad for a while.

The land glanced at it, and said in surprise, "I haven't seen you for a few days, why is the bag not increasing but decreasing?"

I held the bag and raised my hand, hanging in the air, shaking in front of the ground, and saw a few bright white light spots falling from the bottom of the bag, and said bitterly: "I just found out recently that the underworld is so shoddy that it was given to the earth." broken."

Land was speechless for a moment: "This..."

I was on the verge of tears: "Xie Bi'an said that exchanging merits for reincarnation is not an easy task. The merits bag is always broken, and the more it is filled, the faster it will leak. You need to do good deeds every day, and do great deeds before you can fill it up." One day."

When Xie Bi'an said this, he was business-like and meticulous, but I doubt he was taking revenge on "Useless Zen".

I said sadly: "There are not many people in Menggu Mountain. Where can there be so many good deeds?"

He asked him again with tears in his eyes: "In this mountain, where is there any chance to do good deeds recently?"

The Land Lord looked at me sympathetically, and said hesitantly, "There is a chance."

I am eager to hear the details.

He said: "Recently a woman gave birth in Menggu Mountain and was weak after giving birth. She asked for a fish to supplement her."

I didn't feel very good, so I heard him guide me again, "After you go back, if you see a baited hook in the river, just ask your big green carp to bite on it."

I confirmed with him: "You mean, the fish that I possessed, stew confinement soup for others?"

The Lord of the Land showed his unbearable face, but he still nodded.

I asked, "...how much merit does this have?"

The Land Lord hurriedly said: "If you can't ask, you can't ask. You have already discounted the price by asking."

I left the Earth Temple and went back to the Kushui River. Looking at the green carp waiting for me by the river, I was very moved.It is said that being a human is not easy, but how is it easy to be a ghost?Even making fish is not easy.

If it weren't for this green carp, I would be a wandering wandering ghost again.

Forget it, I was originally a lonely ghost.

On the way back, I saw the baitless fishhook in the Kushui River.The silver one hangs vertically from the water surface, quietly suspended in the water, surrounded by aquatic plants and swimming fish, and no one looks at it directly.

I urged the green carp to swim over and stopped beside it.

I don't think this family is sincere enough. How can anyone fish like this?Like other people who wish to take the bait, I am afraid that the child will marry a wife, and the old lady will not be able to drink this mouthful of fish soup.

I tentatively went up to touch the fishhook, being a ghost and being a man, I have never tasted the taste of a fishhook in hundreds of years.It should be very painful for the hook to pierce the upper jaw and then be hung up by the fishing rod.I hesitantly swam around the hook twice, then cut the mess with a sharp knife, and opened my mouth to bite on it.

Immediately afterwards, I didn't taste the taste of the fishhook piercing the upper jaw, but I tasted the feeling of the sky thunder hitting the sky's spirit cap—the spell was cast on the baitless hook, and when I wanted to get out, a force pulled me hard remained in the body of the carp.

As the fishing line lifted the fish out of the water, I also rushed out of the river covered by many apricot petals. I was just tied by a fishing line, and I drew an arc in the air—various flowers and trees in front of me. As soon as I passed by, the last brown hat and a gray-green gown caught my eyes.

The face under the straw hat almost stunned me—to be exact, I was truly stunned.

Still very dazed.

I can't tell the trance of past and present lives.

So much so that it was thrown into the bucket for a long time and still couldn't recover.

My head is full of question marks.

what happened?The person I saw two days ago was really Zhuang Heng?Zhuang Heng hooked me up?Why is Yuanjia Road so narrow?

Still in a trance, that face came to the side of the bucket, which shocked me so much that I spat out a big blister.Subconsciously holding back his anger, he turned his belly upwards to pretend to be dead.

Seeing this, he let out an "ah".

I was staring in the bucket with my belly turned upside down, when suddenly a finger stroked my stomach lightly.I shuddered all over——Dignified Bachelor of Zhizhang Pavilion, have all the etiquette, righteousness, and shame been fed to the dogs?How could you do something so disrespectful to a fish?My whole fish froze and didn't dare to move.

"Dead?" he said to himself.

But I heard the score clearly, and there was a little smile in this guy's words.

I was so angry that I didn't dare to act rashly, so I had to roll my eyes and observe the situation secretly from the bottom of the water.

Looking at it this way, I want to scold people even more.

The apricot trees at the ferry crossing were in full bloom, and the clouds and rosy clouds lined up behind this person, and a few petals floated in the water, vaguely blocking my eyes.Being so half-covered and half-revealed, he actually saw a bit of half-truth and half-fake tenderness in the person in front of him.

I was in a daze, and I didn't hold back, and a fish bubble slipped out of my mouth, and the water surface fluctuated.

All of a sudden, those apricot blossoms, tree shadows, and blue sky all kneaded into a charming and misty light and shadow.In this dreamlike light and shadow, Zhuang Heng smiled.