Buddha's Book of Beauty

Gu Tao found the girls who gave his brother fish yesterday by the river, and gave them the bamboo cakes.

"Sister, this is so polite, oh, it's really unnecessary!"

"Elder sisters are kind, but we cannot accept your favor for nothing, please accept it!" Her words were very polite, which made the fishing girls blush a little.

"Then... let's just accept it!" They didn't put on an air, and took it boldly. "If you want to eat fish, come to my sister's place. Seeing that you are growing up, you can't be hungry anymore." While they were talking, they patted Gu Tao's head lightly.Gu Tao wanted to escape, but held back. "Then...thanks a lot, I'll take my leave now!"

"Go ahead, girl—"

Xiao Hong got out of her sleeve, Gu Tao was afraid of scaring those people, so Gu Tao hid the snake in her sleeve.She walked into the solitary bird forest, came to a secluded cave and began to practice the sword. It was coiled up and stood upright, obediently watching her practice the sword.

"The way to ward off evil spirits is to break the spirit as the bottom, and assimilation is the top. Punish the heart as the second, and purify the heart as the main... Ten thousand sects return to one, one life two or three... one life two and three..." She stopped, "Return to one and it's over Why are you giving birth to Er San?" She poked Xiao Hong's head, and Xiao Hong crawled up to her neck and licked her face, "You little pervert!" She poked Xiao Hong's head again. Head, Xiaohong curled up into a ball aggrieved, looking at her with tears in her eyes.There was some movement outside the cave, Gu Tao hid in the next cave, staring at the movement outside through a small hole.

"Miss ordered us to look for the lost Chilian King Snake. We searched all the way from Shengjing to this place, and the astrolabe shows that it is here! Why can't we see the snake!"

"That snake is very cunning and poisonous, what does Miss want it to do?"

"You fool, Chilian King Snake. Although it is small in size, it is second to none in terms of toxicity in Shengjing. Its snake gall is extremely effective. After taking it, it is not only immune to all poisons, but also able to command snakes."

"Miss has been soaking in medicinal materials all year round, and ordinary poisons can't harm her!"

"You... Get lost, I'm too lazy to tell you!"

Gu Tao was breathing very lightly at the side, wanting to wait until they left before going out, but unexpectedly a cold sword was released from behind and rested on her neck, but she didn't notice it at all.

"Little girl, the eavesdropping is over, just hand over your things!" So they knew they were here all along!Gu Tao stiffened and followed them to the next hole.

"Brother, this girl looks so ugly!" A white-faced man looked at the mark on her forehead with extreme disgust.This person's name is Mu Qi, and he is the third among the three brothers.

"Where can people in this kind of place go? They are exposed to the sun all day, so they are naturally rough-skinned and ugly!"

Gu Tao pretended not to hear, but made a note of the account in his heart. "Girl, hand over the Chilian King Snake, or I'll be rude to you later!" The eldest brother Mu Li said viciously, thinking that this would scare her.

"How impolite?" she asked back.

Seeing that there was no fear on her face, the three brothers gave her a high look. "Girl, there is no one in the cave right now. If you don't hand it over, we will have to send you to see the King of Hades!" Holding her neck was the second child Mu Shan.

Gu Tao thought about it, and said: "I don't quite understand what snake you are talking about, what does it look like?" She has been here these days and has also learned some dialects.

"Stupid! It's the Chilian King Snake!"

"I know I've seen a green snake, a white snake, and a water snake, but I don't know what this red snake looks like!"

"The whole body is red, and the eyeballs are also red." Although Mu Li had a fierce face, he answered patiently.

"That's scary, let me think about it—can you put down this knife first, I can't remember things if I'm afraid..." She made a frightened look, and she had the appearance of a country girl , looking very weak, Mu Li nodded towards Mu, and he put down the knife.

"Let me think about it..." She walked back and forth in the cave, turning her back to them for a while, and looking at them again for a while, turning over and over several times, Na Mu said angrily, "Have you figured it out? Kill you?"

"Don't—I'm a little impressed, is the snake not as thick as my arm?"

Gu Tao wore wide-sleeved clothes, but he could still see the outline of his arms, Mu Qi looked at her wrists, and nodded angrily.

"Is it not half as thick as my waist?" Na Mu Qi nodded again.

Gu Tao hugged his arms, patted his arms twice with his fingers, and walked a few more steps, "This snake...I've seen it before..."

"Where?"

"In the cold mountain behind, I went up the mountain to play that day, and saw a fox holding a snake, a red snake, that fox was so fierce, I didn't dare to approach it, I just stayed by the side for a while, and didn't hear any movement just left."

Mu Li looked at her, and saw that she looked scared and cowering, which was somewhat believable, "Brother, I have searched inside and outside the cave, and there is no trace of the snake." Mu Shan, the second child, reported.

"But this astrolabe has been pointing at her!" Mu Li pointed at her, "You, roll up your sleeves!"

"Men and women don't know each other, you guys..." Gu Tao pretended to blush, "You bully people!"

"Who cares to look at you! Hurry up, or your neck will be wiped!" Mu Qi roared, Gu Tao reluctantly rolled up both sleeves, and there was nothing inside. "Pick up the robe too!" Gu Tao lifted up the robe, only two bare feet and slender calves.

"You, why don't you wear socks?" Na Muqi blushed.

"Country people have no money!"

"Brother, maybe she stayed beside the snake for a long time, Xingpan mistakenly thought that the snake was on her body..."

"There's some truth to this... well, the rain has stopped, let's go out!"

"You, this silver is for you! Go buy a pair of socks, don't dirty my eyes!" Mu Qi threw her a silver coin.

"Thank you, masters!" Seeing the silver, Gu Tao's eyes lit up, looking greedy for money.

"Remember, if today's incident gets out, you will lose your life!" Mu Li warned. "Today, I was here alone to shelter from the rain. When the rain stopped, I went out. Nothing happened." Gu Tao smiled.

"Very good!" The three brothers left the cave.

Gu Tao breathed a sigh of relief, and planned to call Xiao Hong out, but when Mu Qi came back, she pretended to be arranging her clothes.

Mu Qi looked at her and said arrogantly: "You are a girl, you must know how to respect yourself, don't just show off your arms and legs in front of others in the future, you are ugly, your skin is dark, you will not have a good reputation in the future, No one will ask for it..." Gu Tao wondered in his heart, so he had to listen to him finish his sentence, Xiaohong on his waist spit out snake letters and licked her, she was really aggrieved and itchy.

"However, a vulgar country girl like you can't compare to a lady from a famous family in Shengjing City. I'm also stunned to talk nonsense with you." Gu Tao looked at him with a standard smile, "Today's matter , I won't say it, you yourself, in the future, you should pay attention to your conduct!" He was a little annoyed, left this sentence, and left with his brothers waiting at the door.

"Oh, how long-winded! My personality is too awkward..." She lowered her voice, "Xiao Hong, don't come out, we'll talk about it when we get home." The snake wrapped itself around her waist quietly.Fortunately, these people didn't tell her to take off her clothes, otherwise she would be exposed.

The setting sun slanted to the west, the surface of the river was covered with large and small gold flakes, and some fish leaped out of the water. In the shallows, some egrets were pecking at small fish and shrimps. Gu Tao picked up a flat stone and threw it into the river. The stone jumped three times on the surface of the river, and then sank to the bottom of the water.She watched the waves spread out layer by layer, and from the opposite direction, they seemed to expand back again, one after another, and a moon appeared faintly in the sky, rising from the other side of the river, unchanged from ancient times.Every day is like this, calm as water, peaceful and comfortable.She couldn't remember the last time blood was stained under the knife.Xiaohong got out from the cuff, revealing a small head.

"Huahua, do you know? I don't believe in eternity. Humans have a limited lifespan. Demons and gods will also return to chaos. It's just that compared to humans, their lifespans are too long. Humans think that gods are immortal. I hate humans because they will die, get old, get hurt, and are extremely fragile, but now I have become a member of this fragile human being, isn't it extremely ridiculous?" Xiaohong licked lick her hand.

"The me of today, the me of these days, seems to be too sluggish. If those people kill me today, you and I may... never have the chance to meet again. I want to cry, but I know I can't cry "My brother always tolerates me so much. He doesn't have himself in his heart. This kind of care and love is a bit too heavy. Since he was demoted to the mortal world, he has been sick four times. He never got sick before... "She looked into the distance, and a fishing boat was slowly returning.There were voices from various households calling their children to go home for dinner.

"I... I'm not a good sister, I'm always causing trouble for him. He will take care of things when I get into trouble, but who will take care of him when he has something to do? I can hardly remember what my father and mother look like , my brother said that they are long gone, but I always feel that they are still in this world. But I don't want to look for them at all. If they are still there, why don't they come to us? Although my brother always looks calm, But I know, he misses them very much. Sometimes he will call 'A Niang' in his dream, but he is unwilling to admit it when he wakes up... I hate promises, responsibilities, rules, these are what they taught me before ...It seems that only in this way can I be myself, instead of being bound by other things. But I have thought about it for a long time, but it is not always true. Although being a god is lonely and has to bear a lot of troublesome rules, at least in some In the face of things, there is nothing you can do. Huahua..." She put Xiaohong in front of her eyes, "I know you are Huahua, but I don't want others to call you that, so I will call you 'Xiaohong' in front of others from now on." Xiaohong shook her head and nodded again.

"I'm going to start cultivating again. The aura here is low. I'm going to take you to Shengjing, to the Spring River Flower and Moon. Do you want to go with me?" Xiaohong nodded and licked her face.

"Okay, I'll tell my brother when I go back, this time in the world, I must find someone who makes him happy, he's always clinging to me, I'm helpless!" Her tone became the usual Gu Tao again. It seems that she was not the one who sighed so much just now.

"Let's go home for dinner!" She hid the snake and walked briskly back home.