Journey to the East: fairy lotus leaning on the sword

The fairy girl said with a smile: "Why am I unwilling? Have you forgotten my name?" The pangolin laughed and said: "I once read Zhou Dunyi's "Ai Lian Shuo", there is a sentence in it: I love the lotus out of the mud but not stained. , Zhuo Qinglian is not a demon." He Xiangu smiled and said: "You are becoming more and more elegant, gratifying and congratulatory." The pangolin said in his heart: "Xianggu, do you know that I also love Lian alone?" Although he admired her in his heart , but thinking that I haven't achieved the true fruit of cultivation, how can I say something about "the couple of gods" to her?Therefore, there is only one way to bury your love in your heart.Where did He Xiangu know about his worries, she was already in a hurry to enjoy the lotus.

The bamboo forest is rustling, and the lotus pond reflects the sun. It is exactly: the lotus wind sends fragrance, and the bamboo dew drops clear.The two walked through the bamboo forest, but saw the green lotus in the sky, and smelled the fragrance.Water drops roll on the leaves, and the light and shadow flicker like glass; the red lotus is delicate and beautiful, and the white lotus is beautiful, either in full bloom or in bud, which is very pleasant.He Xiangu smiled and said: "This lotus grows really well!" The pangolin said: "Although the lotus is beautiful, people are more delicate and beautiful." He Xiangu laughed and said: "How can you learn sweet words?" The pangolin laughed: "I am sincere. I don't have the slightest distraction to compliment you." He Xiangu smiled and said: "Forget it, just kidding, I'm actually very happy when you praise me." Seeing her smiling like a flower, the pangolin felt distracted.Fortunately, He Xiangu focused on admiring the flowers and didn't care.

He also said that Lu Dongbin was called to the room by Han Zhongli to teach him, so he went to the fairy aunt's room to talk to her, but there was no one in the room.Just as she was about to ask someone else, she saw Bai Mudan walking slowly, thinking that she was also looking for Xiangu, she smiled and said, "You don't have to go, Xiangu is not here." Bai Mudan pursed her lips and smiled, "How do you know that I am Looking for her? I'm actually looking for you!" Lu Dongbin laughed and said, "That's weird, why did you come here to find me?" Bai Mudan sighed, "Don't you think I'm a fool, I see you're not here In the room, of course it is at Xiangu's place." Lu Dongbin saw that her cheeks were dizzy and shy, and he regretted in his heart: "If I wanted to buy her back then, I should let other people come. Now she is in love with me. , Am I going to break her heart?" Then he said, "You have something to do with me?"

Bai Mudan said: "Should I come to you only if I have something to do? It's just to find someone to talk to. You don't know that, except for Xiangu and you, no one else likes me very much." Lu Dongbin laughed and said, "Why did Miss Bai say that? They just don’t know you well, and they’re afraid they’ll offend you.” Bai Mudan said, “You still call me Miss Bai? It’s a bit of a cutie. Why don’t you just call me Peony, and I’ll call you Dongbin? If you despise me I am not worthy of being with you because of my birth status, so I will leave here to avoid being underestimated and said that I am a shameless person." Lu Dongbin hurriedly said: "Peony, if you say that, Xiangu will scold me to death. Bai Mudan laughed and said, "Since that's the case, why don't you sit in my room? I'll treat you with the new tea made from peony stamens." Lu Dongbin was afraid that she would blame herself, so he said, "Of course you should drink the tea you make." Although Peony went to her room.

Bai Mudan invited Lu Dongbin to sit down, the furnishings in the room were all made of bamboo, and there was a refined fragrance when entering the room.There was a small white porcelain pot on the bamboo table. The white peony took off the lid and took out some dried flower stamens from it. The flower stamens are no better than other teas. If you use boiling water to brew them, it will hurt them, so you have to let the boiling water dry for a while. .After brewing the tea, Lu Dongbin took the first sip, and there was a hint of sweetness in the fragrance, which was even more delicious than the peony tea last time.After he drank half a glass, his mind drifted away, as if he had entered a dream.In a daze, he seemed to have arrived at a huge garden.This garden is also strange, there is nothing else, but there are thousands of peach trees, and the trees are full of peach blossoms, all of which are delicate and beautiful pink.He was wondering, but he heard soft chants and whispers from the depths of the peach forest. Because he didn't know where he was, he wanted to ask someone, so he stepped into the peach forest.

But seeing a peach tree in front of him, it seemed as if a swing had fallen out of thin air.On the swing, a beautiful woman in purple frowned slightly, her vermilion lips parted slightly, and the whispers she heard just now naturally came from her.Lu Dongbin was about to go up to ask what happened, but found that this beauty looked like Bai Mudan!She said in a low voice: "Ten miles of Pinghu is full of frost, and every inch of blue silk is full of sorrow. I only envy mandarin ducks but not immortals. Looking at each other in the shape of the moon, I only envy mandarin ducks and not immortals." Lu Dongbin suddenly realized, and thought: "Xianggu It was once said that the Peony Fairy was demoted for thinking of the ordinary, but looking at the appearance here, it looks like the Queen Mother’s Paradise Garden. It seems that she must be the Peony Fairy. But who is her sweetheart?" He became more and more curious, just looked at it from a distance, but Seeing her get up silently, she said again: "Shangxian, I didn't intend to fake the decree, I hope you don't blame me." After finishing speaking, he left.

Lu Dongbin followed slowly, but when he saw her arrive at the Nantian Gate, he said a few words to the gatekeeper, who sent her down respectfully.Lu Dongbin hurried to catch up in fear of losing his footing, and suddenly remembered that he had broken into the heavenly court, and it would be bad if he was discovered by the generals.Unexpectedly, those heavenly generals didn't seem to see him. Lu Dongbin was overjoyed and chased after Peony.It turned out that she was going to the mortal world, and she was full of worries, sighing for a while, and ecstatic for a while.She stopped at a place where the birds were singing and the flowers were fragrant, and she was alone by the bridge, as if waiting for someone, presumably she was the "Shangxian" in her mouth.Not long after, a golden light suddenly appeared, but it was an immortal in white.

When he saw his face clearly, the eyeballs were about to fall out.Although he has two more beards than himself, but with that appearance and demeanor, who else is he?No wonder Xiangu refused to tell him the cause and effect, it turned out to be the case.No wonder you feel familiar when you see peony for the first time?She turned out to be in the world because of herself, and felt guilty, Xiangu refused to tell the truth, was it because she was afraid that she would fall in love with her?Could it be that in He Xiangu's mind, Lu Dongbin was so easily seduced by beauty?Thinking of this, I felt a little angry.Seeing Peony Fairy entangled with that immortal for a while, Peony Fairy glared and left.In the end, it turned out that Peony voluntarily went down to earth for him, preferring to fall into prostitution.

Peony jumped from the Nantian Gate, and he jumped down too, but he felt his heart was empty, but he woke up with a start, the teacup was still in his hand, it turned out to be just a dream.Bai Mudan smiled sweetly, and said: "Why did you fall asleep after drinking my tea? I was shocked." Seeing that his head was covered with sweat, he took out a handkerchief from his sleeve to wipe him, and said "Did you have a nightmare?" Lu Dongbin turned his head slightly to one side, got up and said with a smile, "I have other things to do, so I'll take my leave first!" Bai Mudan tightened her hand holding the handkerchief, and said with a smile, "What do you do?" It's important." Seeing that Lu Dongbin went out, she picked up the teacup that Lu Dongbin had drunk, drank the remaining tea, and smiled softly.

No.20 Chapter [-]

Lu Dongbin left Bai Mudan's room as if fleeing, and ran into He Xiangu and pangolin who had just come back from the Hall of Eight Immortals, talking and laughing, very happy.Lu Dongbin didn't feel angry, stepped forward and grabbed He Xiangu's arm, and said, "Come here, I have something to ask you!" Seeing that his expression was wrong, He Xiangu thought he was jealous of the pangolin, and shook her hand and said, "You What are you messing around with?" The pangolin also said: "Brother Dong Bin, your time to cultivate immortality is not too short, and this fiery temperament should be restrained." Afraid that they would quarrel again, He Xiangu hurriedly said to the pangolin: "You first Go back to the room, maybe Dongbin really has something to do with me." The pangolin nodded and said, "Okay, I'll look for you again tonight." He Xiangu said "Yes", and the pangolin went back to the room slowly.

He Xiangu pulled Lu Dongbin into her room, and asked in confusion, "What's the matter with you?" Lu Dongbin said, "You still ask me what's wrong? Why are you hiding it from me? Am I, Lu Dongbin, a fool?" He Xiangu said "What did I hide from you, tell me clearly!" Lu Dongbin sneered and said, "You still pretend to be garlic? I already know all about why Bai Mudan was demoted! My predecessor is Donghua Shangxian, and I also know it! How long are you going to keep it from me?" He Xiangu pondered for a while before she said, "Dong Bin, it's wrong for us to keep it from you, but it's for your own good. What's the benefit if you know this?"

Lu Dongbin said: "You kept it from me because you were afraid that I would fall in love with her, so that the Eight Immortals would not be able to return to their throne. But, do you know that it is absolutely impossible for me to fall in love with her?" He Xiangu said: "In that case, I can rest assured Peony already has a good impression of you, she is a kind girl, since you have no feelings for her, don't provoke her in the future." Lu Dongbin's eyes turned cold, and he suddenly smiled: "Okay, very good, you really are a competent person. You god, you heartless god!" After saying that, he was about to go out, but he heard a low voice from the door: "Dong Bin, how dare you be rude to Xiangu? Quickly apologize to Xiangu!"

But Lu Dongbin showed no shame, and said to Han Zhongli: "You are all immortals, I, Lu Dongbin, am just a stubborn ordinary person, I dare not join you! Farewell!" Han Zhongli said angrily: "You are so brave, I don't even listen to my teacher!" Lu Dongbin said: "Han Zhongli, I respect you so I respect you as my teacher, but now I only know that you are just a liar full of false words! From now on, I, Lu Dongbin, will never call you Master!" Han Zhongli was trembling with anger, and said: "Okay, okay, I actually accepted such an ungrateful and good apprentice like you! You bully the master and destroy the ancestors like this, what use is it for me to keep you in this world?" After saying that, he raised his head The banana fan in his hand patted the top of Lu Dongbin's head, but Lu Dongbin didn't hide or hide.

He Xiangu hurriedly blocked it with her hand, and shouted: "Brother Zhongli, Dong Bin is ignorant, why are you so impulsive?" Han Zhongli said angrily, "You still protect him?" He Xiangu said: "He already knows about Fairy Peony and Regarding Donghua Shangxian, I couldn't accept that we lied to him for a while, so I said these angry words."