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There was no one in the field, Cun Xin stood alone beside the Lingshu Well, the wind in the fourth watch became colder and colder.It was the end of spring and the beginning of summer, and the girls in Guankou City at the foot of the mountain had already changed into half-arm short jackets, but the wind on this mountain was still blowing hard.Cun Xin hugged Yang Jian's cloak, letting the hem of the cloak rattle violently in the wind, fearing that the handkerchief in her hand would be blown away by the wind, she hurriedly put it on her wrist and tied it tightly.

Suddenly the wind stopped, the chirping of insects around, and the occasional cuckoo sound before dawn, all disappeared without a trace in an instant.Cun Xin was flustered for a while, turned her head sharply, and suddenly saw the figure behind her.

At that time, the waning moon was setting in the west, which was the darkest hour before sunrise.The man seemed to have stood here silently for an unknown amount of time, covered from head to toe in a big black cloak, the hood drooping down, covering his eyebrows and eyes, leaving only his mouth and nose outside, making it impossible to see his expression clearly.

Cun Xin's chest seemed to be hit by something heavy, and she almost stopped breathing for a while.At the moment when she was about to cry out in surprise, the man said quietly: "Third Princess, please stay safe."

It's Ao Ruo!Cun Xin couldn't tell whether it was happiness or worry for a moment, took a step forward, stopped hesitantly, and asked cautiously: "You, you are the Dragon King of Minjiang?"

The man remained expressionless, and only answered with one word: "Yes."

"Aren't you..." Cun Xin became more and more uneasy, and asked, "Where did you go yesterday?"

The man raised his hand and brushed off the hood, now Cun Xin could see clearly that in front of him was the Minjiang Dragon King who had disappeared a few days ago, his face was slightly pale, but he looked fine.

Cun Xin heaved a sigh of relief, stepped forward and said, "You scare me to death! Your uncle and my second uncle came to Xihai yesterday to inquire about your whereabouts. I didn't know where you were at that time, and he was also anxious. No, you ordered me and elder brother to come here to look for you!" She rushed up, grabbed Ao Ruo's sleeve and said, "Hurry up and follow me to the South China Sea, your uncle and aunt will see that you are safe and sound, they will definitely..." Then Before he finished speaking, he felt that Ao Ruo trembled and almost fell backwards, and Cun Xin gave him a hand to help him stand still.Cun Xin hurriedly said: "Are you not in good health? I think you were injured?" Seeing that Ao Ruo pursed her lips tightly and did not answer, she guessed that he was seriously injured, and secretly regretted her recklessness, and then remembered that Yang Jian was in the well, Then he said again: "You'd better wait for a while, Erlang God is in this well, and I'll invite him up to heal your wounds."

Unexpectedly, when Ao Ruo heard this sentence, he covered his chest and coughed for a while, and hurriedly said: "It's okay, let's go to Nanhai first, and then there is still time to ask Hai to treat the injury." Cun Xin only thought that he was afraid that his aunt would be anxious, think again However, if he is not seriously injured, it is reasonable to report to Ao Qin and his wife first that he is safe, and then he will say yes.Also worried that Yang Jian would not see him when he came back, so he squatted down and picked up a white stone, and sketched a few words on the edge of the well, saying that if he had found it, he would come to the South China Sea to meet Yun Yun.After finishing writing, she stood up and said with a smile to Ao Ruo: "It's good that you have nothing to do now, and I can talk to my uncle and aunt." She frowned and said apologetically, "It's just that I'm not in a good condition right now. Would you please put me in your sleeve and wear a belt?"

Ao Ruo didn't ask her why she couldn't ride the clouds, just nodded, put one hand on Cun Xin's shoulder, said something, then turned Cun Xin into a scallop, took off her sleeve and flew away.

As soon as he landed, Ao Ruo took out the scallop from his sleeve, raised his palm and threw it into the air, Cun Xin transformed into a body and stood on the ground.When she looked around, she was stunned for a moment, and saw that this place was not the Dragon Palace in the South China Sea, but the home of Madam Wang where she was unconscious that day!

The dragon girl was horrified, she raised her head and stared at Ao Ruo in front of her, and said, "Why are you bringing me here if you don't go to the South China Sea?" Ao Ruo didn't answer, walked to the wooden table, poured a bowl of tea, Pass and Cun Xin.Cun Xin took a step back and shouted sharply: "Ao Ruo! Although I am no longer the third princess of the West Sea, I am still your uncle's niece and the sister of Guangli Bodhisattva of Daleiyin Temple. In my original body, I might intercede in front of them and let you go."

Ao Ruo smiled lightly, put the tea bowl back on the table, and said slowly: "Would you like to hear a story?" Before Cun Xin could speak, Ao Ruo said again: "If you still want to leave after listening, I will return it." You precious mirror, let you go back to your original body." After saying that, he smiled brightly again.

Suddenly, Cun Xin felt that the Dragon King's face seemed to be carved out of white jade, and in the flickering candlelight, it looked even more feminine and charming.What a beautiful woman of the dragon family, Cun Xin has been used to seeing all the uncles and brothers in Yushu Linfeng since she was a child, and her three older brothers are leaders in the sea, and they are romantic and romantic, each with its own merits.Although when I saw Yang Jiaerlang in Xihai Yanzi as an adult, I suddenly felt that all the beauties I had seen in the past were inferior, and only her husband was the unique beauty in the Three Realms and Kyushu, but Cun Xin often claimed to be "Read countless beauties".But now Ao Ruo just smiled lightly, which made Cun Xin feel unspeakable compassion and love.

Ao Ruo raised her eyebrows: "If the third princess doesn't answer, I will take it as your acquiescence?" Cun Xin was taken aback, a little embarrassed, at this moment, she still had the heart to compare Yang Jian and Ao Ruo, which is more beautiful, so that Ao Lie I know, I have to grab my ears and twist them hard!Immediately replied: "Let's talk about it and listen to it. If you really have something to hide, I will forgive you for not guilty."

Ao Ruo pouted her lips towards the table, signaling Cun Xin to sit down.Cun Xin was tired from standing in the middle of the night, and wanted to rest for a while, but this time was different, so instead of going to the table, she found a round stool in the corner and sat down far away.

Ao Ruo smiled, sighed, and said softly, "You know that the water level of the Minjiang River has been dropping steadily for years due to the severe drought in central Sichuan." Cun Xin nodded, knowing it. "Three years ago, when I was the prince of Minjiang River, my father sent me to this mountain to look for water sources, and I found Lingshu Well. It turns out that the bottom of this well leads to Minjiang River."

Ao Ruo picked up the tea bowl, took a sip, and said: "It was the middle of the night, and there was no one around. I saw that the well was dark and deep, so I plunged into it and looked up and down. Suddenly, a wooden tree fell into the well. Bucket, hit on top of head."

When Ao Ruo looked up, he saw a young man with a weak crown was looking into the well, the two looked at each other, the young man was so frightened that he backed up a few steps and sat on the ground.Ao Ruo had a bad heart, she only cared about inspections, and forgot to set up a barrier, which frightened the mortals here.If it scares this person out of good or evil, isn't it his fault?Ao Ruo hurried to the surface of the water and was about to come out of the well to save people, when the young man stood up with trembling legs, tremblingly walked to the edge of the well, and timidly shouted inside: "Hey, you must have accidentally fallen Are you in the well?" He grabbed the rope on the beam of the wooden barrel with his hands, and said again: "Come on, you hold on to this well rope with all your strength, and I will pull you up!"

Ao Ruo couldn't help but smile, this idiot is so kind, he was terrified to death, yet he still came to save him!Holding back a laugh, he grabbed the well rope with his hand and let the young man pull himself out of the well.The young man probably didn't work very often, even though Ao Ruo was as light as a swallow, he was still tired and sat on the ground panting.After taking a breath with great difficulty, she looked sideways at Ao Ruo, who was calm and self-sufficient, and gasped: "You, you, you, you, you are a girl!"

Ao Ruo was also startled, for his own sake, it was inconvenient to cast spells in front of ordinary people, so when he came up to the well, the hair on his head fell off, and his black hair fell down his shoulders, the young man naturally thought that the person in front of him was a woman.Ao Ruo didn't expose it, she stepped forward and saluted, "Thank you for saving me, my lord, I will leave now."

The young man hurriedly returned the courtesy and said: "Young lady, you are not from my village. What are you doing here at this well in the middle of the night? How did you fall into the well?" Ao Ruo didn't want to say more because he still had something to do. He only said that he was at home On the bank of the Minjiang River, because I went to Guankou's relatives' house, I passed this small village over the mountain. It was hot and thirsty, and I came here to fetch water. As a result, my feet slipped and fell into the well. have to take off.

The young man smiled and said that thanks to the girl's good water skills, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.Ao Ruo was about to say goodbye, but the young man said: "It's already three o'clock today. It's inconvenient for the girl to walk in the mountains alone. Why don't you stay at my house for one night and go tomorrow."

Ao Ruo was stunned, and was about to evade, but the young man thought he was avoiding suspicion, and hurriedly said: "Don't think too much, my surname is Wang, and my name is Cheng Jiao. " Ao Ruo felt embarrassed, if he wanted to leave at this time, it would seem that he was unreasonable.After thinking about it, the Minjiang River is dry, but the well is always full. They live here, they must know something inside, why not go with Cheng Jiao, and find out.At the moment, he generously agreed and followed Cheng Jiao to his home.

As soon as Cheng Jiao entered the house, he immediately woke up his mother, Madam Wang. When the old woman saw Ao Ruo, she was very polite and quickly took out her own clothes to replace Ao Ruo.In order to hide his identity, Ao Ruo couldn't shirk it. Fortunately, he was not tall enough to wear the rough cloth skirt worn by Wang's mother when she was young.It's just that he never wears women's clothes, but he feels restrained everywhere, with nowhere to rest his hands and feet.

Hearing this, Cun Xin suddenly remembered that Yang Jian was also wearing a dress when he turned into a dragon girl in Xihai, and couldn't help smiling, seeing that Ao Ruo was still immersed in the memory, she felt abrupt.She moved the stool closer, looked at Ao Ruo's expression and asked, "Is this Cheng Jiao the one who gave me the medicine later?"

Ao Ruo glanced at her, her jaw was acquiesced.Cun Xin was surprised and said: "We are at his home now, so where did he go?"

Ao Ruo lowered her eyes, "Xiao Shan is with him and Mama Wang in one of my houses by the Yujing Lake outside Guankou City." Cheng Jiao, together with Ao Ruo, were indeed in collusion.She snorted, and said again: "Then what about the shopkeeper? What about Qiao Er, are you all too?"

Ao Ruo was very calm: "Qiao Er is not, and neither is the shopkeeper. We only wanted Xiaoshan to play by ear and earn your mirror, but we didn't expect Qiao Er to force you to become a mirror. Taught me to spend a lot of effort to go to the pawn shop to change it secretly."

Cun Xin blinked disapprovingly: "Of course it's still mine, right?" Ao Ruoquan couldn't hear, picked up the tea bowl and just ate tea.Cun Xin suddenly remembered what the Dragon Queen said, and hurriedly asked: "You earned my precious mirror, stole my body, and went to the West Sea to cheat my mother's formula. Who are you trying to shape the dragon body for?" She looked up and down. After looking at Ao Ruo, "Could it be that your dharma body was destroyed?"

Ao Ruo slumped against the back of the chair, sighed: "It's not me, it's Cheng Jiao." Cun Xin was puzzled and said: "We have checked Cheng Jiao's body, he is just an ordinary man, he has not cultivated immortality, but why should he Jackie Chan?"

Ao Ruo lowered her head, and pinched the thumb joint of her left hand with two fingers of her right hand until her nails turned bloodless.He opened his voice for a long time, and there was actually a cry: "Cheng Jiao, Cheng Jiao has only 22 years of life expectancy."

Cun Xin trembled in his heart: "Then he..." Ao Ruo held back tears, nodded and said: "Exactly, I secretly went to the underworld to check his fate, after the Dragon Boat Festival this year, it will be his Big limit." Cun Xin was sad, thinking that the world is impermanent, and the birth, old age, sickness and death of mortals are really unavoidable.She raised her eyes to look at Ao Ruo who was about to cry, and she was quite sad in her heart, so she asked, "Aren't you afraid of God's punishment for disobeying the destiny?"

Ao Ruo's teary eyes were extremely firm: "As long as I can save Cheng Jiao's life, even if I have to go to the dragon-cutting platform in the future, I will not hesitate!" Suddenly, Cun Xin's heart moved, and before he had time to think about it, he opened his mouth and said: " Then you and him..." As soon as the words came out, she couldn't continue.Is it possible that Ao Ruo and Cheng Jiao really have some short-sleeved love for each other?Since ancient times, the dragon clan has been unable to restrain marriage. Even if there is no new Tiantiao, mortals can enter the Dragon Palace, as evidenced by Liu Yi and the second sister of Dongting.But this Ao Ruo is clearly a man and the only son of the Minjiang old dragon, so he fell in love with a mortal man and risked his life to defy the heavens for him, which is too...