The rumored third prince

The sun in the winter afternoon is pale, hanging high on the sky, without any warmth, and some stubborn yellow leaves are still hanging on the treetops. When the cold wind whizzes past, they fall from the branches alone. A new dust is added to the lifeless earth.

Nezha shuttled among the rotten wood and dead plants, looking for the eyes, and the layers of withered and yellow leaves creaked under her feet.

After a long while, Nezha stopped, and the world returned to silence. She was leaning on a dead tree, seemingly lost in thought——

I can break through everything by myself, I may have been a little confused these two days, otherwise why would I waste time on such insignificant things as looking for arrays?

That's right, it's because I've been a little tired recently.

After giving himself a reason why his rules and regulations became traceable, Nezha casually raised his hand and stuck it against the dead wood on which he was leaning. A little red light started from her palm and rippled from inside When it spread outwards, countless crows and sparrows were startled, and three or two crows and sparrows on the dead wood in the forest soared into the sky, and the insects lurking under the fallen leaves for the winter could not stop singing.

Within half a moment, there was a barely audible 'click' sound amidst the whistling wind. She was familiar with this sound, and she knew very well that the barrier was beginning to crack.

Nezha hooked the corners of his lips, and slightly increased his strength with his hands. After a while, the cracking sound gradually became louder, and he stopped and retracted his strength after confirming that it was correct.

"It's only so little ability, but I gave you a high look." She looked into the distance, with a mocking look on her brows, she didn't know who she was ironic, and then she muttered: "Trade yourself so that you can't get on." countertop stuff."

Ao Bing leaned against a dead tree and stood with his eyes closed, as if he was meditating. He heard the sound, opened his eyes, and followed the sound, but it was Nezha.

Nezha leaned against a tree not far away, tilted his head to look at Ao Bing, and said jokingly, "Tsk, if you make a mistake, you will be hated forever."

"This sentence..." Ao Bing was silent for a while, then suddenly walked up to Nezha, and asked with a smile, "Is that how it is used?"

"It's not impossible." Nezha smiled, took out the Four Elephant Fan from his sleeve, and threw it at Ao Bing, "Go on."

Ao Bing opened the Four Elephant Fan, looked at the patterns on it, and asked, "For me?"

Nezha nodded, introduced the origin of the Four Elephant Fan, and said: "I originally planned to give it to you on your birthday, but it's only a few days away, so it's better to send it to you as soon as possible, so as to save the third princess." It always adds unnecessary trouble. However, now I am curious how many scales you took and how you got trapped here. Three princesses"

Ao Bing said: "This formation is really delicate inside, and it cannot be broken with strength. I have studied it for a long time, and found that I have never seen such a strange formation of fascination. This formation can even follow the sun, moon and stars. Adjustment, this kind of magic circle is definitely not something she can touch, and the difficulty of its practice is probably not ordinary... Her mana is limited, how can she maintain the operation of the formation?"

"You said that you can't break through with strength inside, but I did break through with brute force outside..." Combined with Ao Bing's words, Nezha recalled the whole thing in detail and told it, Then he said: "Ao Jinjin is narrowing the road."

Ao Bing analyzed the situation: "She has a relationship with Shi Ji. If the Jade Emperor finds out about it in the future, it will definitely implicate Xihai. My mother has an unusual relationship with Xihai Dragon Mother. If she knows, she will be very sad."

Nezha was considerate, and fulfilled Ao Bing's filial piety, and said: "Then I will go back to Qianyuan Mountain first, and you go to the West Sea?"

Ao Bing took out a golden slingshot from his sleeve, and said, "This golden bow is no different from Zhang Xiandao's original, but I have made some changes on the basis of Zhang Xiandao, supplemented by silver bullets, which can eliminate damage and evil." The effect of demons is not difficult to deal with ordinary monsters, and I think Brother Yang can temporarily use them for self-defense."

Nezha took the slingshot, and then disappeared in front of Ao Bing like a red light.

Ao Bing sighed helplessly, this was really a mistake that caused eternal hatred, and Nezha said it.

On the way to Xihai, he kept thinking about how to mention this to the Dragon King of the West Sea, and how the Dragon King of the West Sea would react.

The Dragon King of the West Sea was caught off guard by Ao Bing's sudden visit, but it was a good thing to be willing to come. When Ao Bing explained his intention to come, the Dragon King of the West Sea was stunned, and said clearly: "Jin'er has been shutting up so far, how could he be with Shi Ji?" implicate?"

Hearing this, Ao Bing fell into deep thought. If Ao Jinjin stayed behind closed doors these days, who would have used her appearance to trap him outside Chaoge City? Why did Nezha notice her presence in Skull Mountain?

"Nephew, sit down for a while." Seeing that Ao Bing was frowning more and more tightly, the Dragon King of Xihai called two dragon soldiers and said, "Go and invite the third princess."

Long Bing led away, but after a while, he brought Ao Jinjin to the Crystal Palace.

Ao Jin said proudly, "Father, cousin."

The Dragon King of the West Sea said: "Nephew, do you see this?"

Ao Bing looked at Ao Jinjin calmly, didn't see any abnormalities, so he had to give up, no matter it was true or not, he said what should be said, and he had done what should be done. As for the others, it should be Xi Hai The headache has nothing to do with him, so he said goodbye: "Since my cousin is safe and sound in Xihai, it may be a misunderstanding. My nephew has other things to do, so I will leave here."

The Dragon King of Xihai sent two steps away, while Ao Jinjin said softly, "Cousin, go slowly."

Seeing Ao Bing walking away, the Dragon King of Xihai teased, "Jin'er has changed his temper today, but he doesn't chase after him and wants to leave with him?"

Ao Jinjin looked down at her toes, and said in a low voice: "He doesn't care about me, why should my daughter suffer for him?" After finishing speaking, Chong Longwang blessed her body, turned and went back to her bedroom.

The Dragon King looked at Ao Jinjin's back, stroked his beard in relief, and sighed: "Our Jin'er has grown up."

Ao Bing stood on the west coast, staring at the sea level, Ao Jinjin is a little different today than in the past, but what is the difference, due to too little contact with him, he can't tell why.

After thinking about it for a while, Ao Bing gave up the careful investigation, turned back to the East China Sea, took some from the East China Sea, and headed for Qianyuan Mountain.

Sitting on the top of the mountain, Nezha listened to Ao Bing talk about what he had seen and heard in Xihai, and said with a smile: "Ao Jinjin's alleged collusion with Demon King Shiji involves too much scope, involving the whole of Xihai.

To put it mildly, it's Xihai's family matter, and it depends on how your uncle handles it; if it's a big deal, it's colluding with the devil, and if it gets big, the Jade Emperor will handle it.No matter what the result is, it is all self-inflicted. "

Ao Bing nodded, agreeing with Nezha's statement.

"Don't mention people who have nothing to do with it." Ao Bing said, "The new year will be in three days, how do you want to live?"

Nezha thought for a while and said, "Same as before, eating, sleeping, and practicing. What about you?"

Jinxia climbed up the mountain with a roll of bamboo slips in her arms, and was listening to Ao Bing say, "Our Hai people don't have a new year."

Then he asked: "Why? New Year is the most important festival."

Ao Bing explained with a smile: "Once upon a time, there was a monster called 'Xi' on the bottom of the sea. They had sharp horns several feet long on their heads, and their eyes were the size of copper bells, with fierce eyes. They looked like people or livestock. For food, because they only appear once a year, and they make the sound of "Nian" when they howl, people call them "Nian" as well. Knowing the origin of the monster, my father's father's father, my great-grandfather, descended to the mortal world and subdued this monster. From then on, the world called the last day of each year New Year's Eve, and the first day of the new year was called New Year's Eve. .”

"Isn't this the rhinoceros orc clan in Mushan? No wonder they've become vegetarians, and only a few cannibals come out occasionally." Having said this, Nezha paused for a moment, then suddenly came to his senses, and said with a smile, "Rio, Xi, this is really a big misunderstanding."

Jinxia took out a volume of annotations for strange beasts, turned to a page, pointed to it and asked, "Is it this one?"

Nezha nodded and said, "It is."

"Xiqu, with black and blue fur, sounds like a baby, eats people, and is extremely vicious," Jin Xia finished reading, and then asked, "How did senior brother associate Nian Beast with Xiqu?"

"Come, sit here." Nezha took the commentary on the strange beast in Jinxia's hand into his own, and said, "Ao Bing just said that to explain the origin of the year, so you can refine the words about the beast of the year."

Jinxia said honestly: "The third prince just described the appearance of the Nian Beast. He said that the eyes are like copper bells, the head has sharp horns several feet long, and it feeds on people or livestock."

Nezha followed the instructions carefully: "Then how do you link them together?"

Jin Xia thought for a while, and said uncertainly: "Construct the image of Nian Beast in your mind, and then associate it with other similar beasts, and the shape of Xiqu and Nian Beast is almost exactly the same."

The kid was right, but he seemed a little unconfident.

Nezha turned his head to look at Jinxia, ​​and asked in a deep voice, "You are almost fourteen, and you are not far away from going down the mountain to practice. Do you want to continue practicing and become a fairy in the future, or do you have any other ideas?"

She could tell that Jin Xia was not very interested in cultivating immortals and becoming a Taoist. Whenever Qing Mo read the scriptures to them or Yang Chan talked about human affairs, Qing Mo was most interested in it, and Jin Xia did not go down the mountain to experience enough. It's been a year, so she asked this question,

Jinxia thought for a while, looked at the sky, there seemed to be something in her eyes, and her voice gradually became full of enthusiasm: "Wearing a golden armor, straddling a carved saddle, holding a golden shackle, holding a silver gun, under the deep sky, fresh Outrageous horses in clothes, brave in righteousness."

Sure enough, the ambition is not in practice.

Nezha said, "Don't you want to become a god and live forever?"

Jinxia shook her head, she didn't dare to refute Nezha's words, and said in a low voice, "Senior brother, it is good to live forever, but the life of a god is too long, emotions such as joy, anger, sorrow and joy will be farther and farther away from them in the endless life. What fun is there in such a boring and endless life?"

Nezha smiled, but said nothing.

Jin Xia said again: "Brother, I heard that Lord Xibo raised his troops to overthrow King Shang, is it true?"

Nezha nodded, "It's true."

Jin Xia asked expectantly: "Then when I go down the mountain, can I go to his military camp?"

Nezha smiled and said, "I'll let you go after you've practiced martial arts."

"Okay! I'll go find brother Qingmo right now!"

Seeing Jinxia running towards the bamboo forest dancing and dancing, Nezha shook his head helplessly.

Ao Bing said with a smile: "Jinxia has such understanding at a young age, she is considered a genius among mortals, young people always have some heroic dreams.

I have been a dragon since I was born, and I am a fairy if I don’t cultivate. I am like you. Since I can remember, I know that there will be a catastrophe in the future, and it will be a matter of time before I become a fairy. Therefore, apart from cultivation, I am often at a loss.

Speaking of which, I envy him for knowing what he wants to do and what he wants. "

"That's wrong." Nezha denied Ao Bing's words without hesitation.

Ao Bing asked with a smile, "Why?"

"It is precisely because you and I know what to do in the future that we are at a loss while practicing now, as if there is nothing else to do besides practicing." Nezha said: "When you ascend in the future, can you Still have today's leisure? When I come to calamity in the future, the results of my cultivation will be the foundation of my life.

In the words of our old man, my time that really belongs to me is only 20 years, and in these 20 years, cultivation has almost taken up all the time. "

Ao Bing answered, "It seems that I was born for cultivation."

"Practice, what exactly is it cultivated? People have eight sufferings: birth, old age, sickness, death, love and parting, not getting what they want, resentment and hatred, and the five Yins. There are also seven difficulties: fire, rain, bad wind, It is difficult to fight with swords, to be chained, to be a Rakshasa, to be eclipsed by the sun and the moon, to be lost in the constellations." Speaking of the eight sufferings and seven difficulties, Nezha suddenly thought of the mortals at the foot of the mountain.

Everyone in the world has heard the saying that the world is not benevolent and treats everything as a straw dog. They each have their own opinions, but it is nothing more than four words of injustice. But when things happen, most people blindly pray to God and worship Buddha , hoping that gods and Buddhas will solve their immediate difficulties, but they don't know that gods care about all living beings, and all living beings are equal.

For the first time, Ao Bing saw some compassionate expression on Nezha's face, and couldn't help but feel a little unspeakable. Suddenly, he thought about what Nezha told him about the Skull Mountain, and when Nezha met Shi Ji, the words between the words Threats, even with great abilities, her deeds have not been spread, after all, she is still a little-known young man, and Shi Ji has been famous for thousands of years, and the heavens are troubled by it. How can she be afraid of Nezha's threat? Are you being too polite to Nezha?

Although Nezha has often gone down the mountain in recent years, he has also communicated with others, but he is not deeply involved in the world. He only knows that the roadblock is broken, and he doesn't know how to walk and see, and he doesn't understand the excessive politeness between people. There are often stormy waves beneath the surface.

Guess is not wrong, but even Nezha himself doesn't understand what relationship between Shi Ji and himself, how can Ao Bing know?

Nezha turned around and saw Ao Bing staring at him in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking.

Ao Bing knew that Nezha was always proud, so it was not easy to make her unhappy by saying these words clearly, so he asked inducingly: "Nezha, if you want to deal with someone, knowing that the other party will be difficult to attack, what would you do?"

Nezha shrugged his shoulders, half-jokingly, and replied earnestly: "If there is no if, even if there is, there is no need for conspiracy. If I insist on killing someone, no one will be able to keep him."

"Talk too much," Ao Bing shook his head, pointing to the gray sky and said, "Man's calculation is not as good as heaven's calculation."

Nezha pursed his lips, turned and went down the mountain, and said firmly and without taboo: "How could it be my god."

In the final analysis, her God will always be her own decision.

Ao Bing was speechless, knowing that Nezha didn't like to talk about such hypothetical things, and when he raised his eyes, he saw that she looked like a ghost.

Recently, Yang Chan seemed to be possessed by a demon. She was devoted to guarding the pond behind, eating, drinking tea and practicing kung fu in the courtyard. If the stone bed in the room was not too heavy, she wished she would not even take a step away from the pond to sleep.

Nezha stood by the pond, pushed aside a lotus leaf, put his hand into the water, causing ripples, and asked casually, "Yang Chan, the new year is approaching, and you want to go to Yuquan Mountain to spend time with Second Brother Yang?" ?”

"Ah?" Yang Chan responded blankly, and immediately refused: "Second brother is now focused on learning how to save mother, and reunite with mother in the future, so there is no rush for this moment."

Nezha said: "A few days ago, I accompanied Second Brother Yang to visit Goddess Yaoji. When he came out, he seemed to be in a bad state. I think you'd better go and see him."

"Second brother, he always has rules and regulations, not to mention that there is Daoist Yuding beside him to guide him, so it should be fine." Yang Chan straightened the lotus leaf that was crooked to one side, took out another handkerchief and handed it to Nezha, and said seriously: "The real person told me that we must keep an eye on this pond of lotus, it may be of great use in the future."

Nezha said, "Planting flowers intentionally will not bloom, but planting willows and willows unintentionally will make shade. If you force it, you may not get what you want. The so-called inaction is naturally doing." I want Yang Chan to focus on one thing that can be done by human beings instead of Growing flowers is a matter of time.

Yang Chan didn't speak, but just shook her head, she wanted to do what she could to repay the favor she received from others, not to mention that Taoist Taiyi attached great importance to this pond of lotus, so she naturally wanted to reciprocate, not to disappoint the old man.

Yang Chan was persistent, so Nezha had nothing to say. He wanted to find some methods more suitable for his daughter's cultivation and send them to Yang Chan, so that her energy would be distracted from the lotus in the pond. When she turned around, she saw Ao Bing Leaning against the door frame, she looked like a smile but not a smile, thinking she was laughing at her two sets of standards for others and herself.

Ao Bing's posture reminded Nezha of some women he saw in the human world when he went down the mountain. In the city, the beautifully dressed women often coquettishly coquettish with the door frames; Nezha leans on the door frame, holds a rice bowl, or eats and chats with others; but among these women who lean on the door frame, what impressed Nezha the most was a young woman who was [-] years old. The woman in her prime scolded each other, but in the end she won the verbal battle. The woman was hoarse while holding the child, while she was flirtatious and indifferent.

If the memory is correct, Ao Bing's expression at this time is not far from the expression of the girl in Nezha's memory.

Seeing Nezha looking at him, Ao Bing's expression changed all over the place, the changes were wonderful, and he didn't know where he had provoked her again.

Yang Chan covered her lips and said with a smile: "Third Prince, there is a saying in our mortal world that daughters are pretty and filial, and daughters are sloppy, leaning against the door frame. Among the women who lean on the door frame, except for those who do not shy away from evil and play tricks, it is The Merry Girl in the Fireworks Field."

While speaking, he looked Ao Bing up and down, and said: "The third prince has actually implemented these two sentences on the ground."

Ao Bing looked down at his clothes, then stood up straight, opened the Sixiang fan with a 'wow' sound, fanned the wind in a pretend manner, and said, "Mrs. Yin seems to be here."

It was rare to be quiet, and upon hearing Mrs. Yin's words, Nezha felt that something was wrong, and asked impatiently, "What is she here for?"

"I'll know when she comes, she's still on the way." Ao Bing closed the four elephant fan, made way for Nezha, followed her and said, "When I came down just now, I saw her hesitating in front of the mountain gate. .”

Nezha said decisively: "Don't worry about her, I'll just send this golden bow and Second Brother Yang."

He left as soon as he said he would, without even giving Ao Bing a chance to react, Nezha just flashed a red light across the sky and headed for Yuquan Mountain.

Ao Bing sighed helplessly, he could more or less guess where Nezha's dislike for Mrs. Yin came from, but he didn't expect it to reach this level.

Yang Chan cut a piece of cloth, threaded it with a needle, and asked, "Third Prince, Nezha doesn't seem to like seeing Aunt Yin very much? With his temperament, if he really doesn't like it, he shouldn't let her go up the mountain." right......"

Ao Bing said lightly: "Madam Yin and her husband are doing the same things like being born but not raising, and raising but not teaching. How can Nezha's temper be tolerated in his eyes?"

I'm afraid she didn't want to hurt Jinxia's heart by putting it up the mountain, after all, Jinxia still likes to get along with Mrs. Yin very much.

"Speaking of which, the end of the year is approaching, and it should be a good day, but for some reason, I can't bring up any joy in my heart, and there are even some unspeakable..."

At this point, Ao Bing paused, not knowing how to describe the sudden bad mood in his heart.

Yang Chan thought for a while, and asked tentatively, "Is it related to Nezha?"

Ao Bing shook his head with a solemn expression, but thinking of Nezha, he thought that maybe he should speed up the process.

Just as Yang Chan was about to ask again, Madam Yin's voice came from outside the door, and she heard her shouting: "Nezha, Jinxia?" She had to stop thinking, got up and went out to meet Madam Yin, and brought Nezha down the mountain to meet Jinxia at Qingmo. The matter told Mrs. Yin.

When Mrs. Yin heard this, she couldn't help frowning.

She came here because she wanted to take Jinxia to the foot of the mountain to celebrate the New Year, and to ask for something, but Nezha is not here now...

"Nezha, can you say when he will return?"

Yang Chan still understands the principle of not going to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing. She has been a mortal for so many years, and she is more or less proficient in human relationships than Nezha and Ao Bing. , then comforted him: "I didn't tell you when I'd come back, but if you have something urgent, you can tell me and the third prince first. Everyone is gathering firewood like a flame, maybe there will be a way."

When Mrs. Yin heard this, six characters popped up in her mind——

The ugliness cannot be made public.

But it's about Jin Zha's life, so it's okay not to say it.

Madam Yin sorted out her thoughts and told the story, trying to keep the story short.

It turned out that after Nezha dismantled the Gouyin flag behind the longevity seat, Jinzha became more and more sure that Hu Jiuzi was a change from a monster. Every time they saw Hu Jiuzi, they would call monsters with horror, and told them vividly what kind of monster Hu Jiuzi was, from appearance to hair color, it was as if Hu Jiuzi showed his original shape in detail, and even confronted Hu Jiuzi twice with swords, So much so that Li Jing put him in confinement under extreme anger.

Speaking of this, Yang Chan said: "There is no overnight feud between father and son, let the second son bow his head and admit his mistake with Li Zongbing, let's let it go."

Mrs. Yin shook her head, and continued to speak:

"It would be fine if things were really that simple, but Jin Zha is different from Mu Zha. He has a calm temper and knows how to endure more than his younger brother. The wild dogs from several mountains, taught them to be kept in one place, scrambling to bite, seeking one out of a thousand, and finally got a frightening monster. When he led the monster home, all the soldiers were shocked. Dare to get close to the monster, and the monster went straight to Hu Jiuzi, the way is that today the goblin must show its original body, but things are not that simple, the monster seriously injured Hu Jiuzi, and now throws him in a coma In the middle, she was neither seen nor died, now Gui Fangguo wants us to explain, Chao Ge Su Guifei is also blowing pillow wind in front of King Shang, saying that the Li family doesn't take Gui Fang Xiaoguo seriously , but Hu Jiuzi was her adopted sister who had been acquainted with her eight times, and the Li family did not take her Su Daji seriously, let alone King Shang.

Since ancient times, the power of heaven cannot be violated. Hearing the words of Concubine Su Gui, the King of Shang was furious, and quickly delivered an order to question Jin Zha and put him in custody.Not far from the Guifang Kingdom, there are a large number of nomadic tribes of dog Rong giants, Jin Zha and he..."

Yang Chan focused on Mrs. Yin's words, and said: "If you want to protect the eldest son, save the second wife, and then ask Li Zongbing to intercede with her, I think you will be able to keep the eldest son."

Mrs. Yin wiped her tears: "Jin Zha would rather die than say that there is something that can heal the wound left by that strange dog... and the strange magic that trained that strange dog was taught by Nezha and Jin Zha. of."

Hearing this, Ao Bing stepped into the front hall and said calmly: "Mrs. Yin, the difference between the two ladies should be a matter of tacit understanding in the Li family. Dogs have always been able to distinguish non-human things. The pure-blooded dog king committed suicide and came here." , looking for one out of a thousand, it's like a ghost dog coming to the world, full of killing spirit, and it's a thing that specializes in subduing evil spirits. Is there someone to help out?"

Mrs. Yin lowered her head, and said in a low voice, "When the strange dog made the last blow, I caught up with Brother Jing and came home from the martial arts field, and taught him to stab the strange dog's eyes with a flying sword..."