[Lotus Lantern] Free Sky

Yang Jian caught up with him in two steps, as if what happened just now had never happened. With a gentle smile on his face, he said, "Didn't mother want to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with us in Guan Jiangkou? Mother hasn't spent the Mid-Autumn Festival with Jian'er and elder brother for a long time. Don't break your promise! It's getting late, big brother!" Saying this, he called Hou Yi who chased him out together, and the two brothers supported Yao Ji from left to right and walked towards the entrance of the barrier.

"Jian'er? Dalang?" Being caught between her two sons, Yao Ji is not uncomfortable, but she really wants to see Empress Nuwa and Sanqing now, so that she can know as soon as possible that Jade Emperor will be deposed. Where to arrange it, she also knows that her brother has done a lot of evil things, no matter how many merits he has done before, it can't obliterate the disaster he brought to all beings in the three realms.Once it is abolished, I am afraid there will be more than good luck.By the way, this time Qilin and Xiaotiangou came back from the Heavenly Court, and before I had time to ask, they were sent away by the second son again, and they returned so frequently, could it be that the situation in the Heavenly Court is really critical?For the time being, the elder brother is surrounded by imperial aura, so his life should not be in danger.But worry is inevitable.Although Yaoji has a tough mouth, she is the brother of a compatriot, so how can she not worry about it at all?

"Mother, don't worry, the Jade Emperor's position as the Lord of the Three Realms is appointed by Hongjun Patriarch. With only the power of Sanqing and Nuwa Empress, is it not easy to reverse the fate of heaven?" Yang Jian's calmness and affirmation finally gave Yao Ji gave some comfort.

"Jian'er, do you really think so?" Yao Ji was so moved that she wanted to cry, but she controlled it very well, with only a few traces of sparkle in her eyes.

"En." Yang Jian's kind and doting eyes showed a little bit of intolerance, yes, intolerance.Although he never disdained having the Jade Emperor as his uncle, and didn't even have the slightest affection for him, he couldn't watch his mother feel sad.Ever since Yang Jian knew that Yao Ji asked Xiaotiangou about the situation in the heaven from time to time, Yang Jian would try to avoid Yaoji every time he heard Xiaotiangou report the situation above.Because he didn't want his mother to worry.But now, he let the false beast and the Xiaotian dog together, trying to use the specialty of the false beast to speak evil but good. .The false beast is understanding, and many of its lies are not true, but most of its lies are well-intentioned.Yang Jian had seen this spirit beast in "The History of the Great Wilderness and Strange Beasts" in the library of Yuxu Palace. Later, he saw this spirit beast when he was practicing Jiuzhuan Xuangong in seclusion. At first, he thought it was just an ordinary little rabbit, but when he saw it When meeting the delicate face, Yang Jian inadvertently revealed a clear smile.Now the goodwill of the fake Yaoji is going to be used on the real Yaoji, even Yang Jian thinks it's a bit too coincidental.But the actual effect depends on how capable the spirit beast is.Although Yaoji, like the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother, is associated with an ancient god, she doesn't know everything.So is Yaoji.And Yang Jian has already tested it.

lower bound,

On the night of the full moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival, before it was completely dark, there were no pedestrians on the street, but it didn't feel empty at all, because laughter and laughter came from every household from time to time.In Guanjiangkou Yang's Mansion, red lanterns are hung high, and the moonlight is shining in front of the hall and behind the house. People who have been busy buying fruits in the afternoon, now look up suddenly, and a bright moon has climbed up the branches.

"Mother, brother, why did you buy so many things?" Yang Jian looked at the various fruits, dried fruits and moon cakes on the table, "How can I eat them?"

"Erlang, it's the first time for my mother to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, can't you let her be happy as an old man?" Hou Yi asked.

"..." Yang Jian froze for a moment.Seeing Yao Ji rushing in and out, Yang Jian dared not pour cold water on her.The Mid-Autumn Festival has only been popular for a few hundred years. Yaoji came down when she knew there was such a festival. Missing her father was only one of the reasons. Second, she also wanted to give him and her brother everything that a normal family should have like a mortal mother. . "Mom, I can't put it down any more, please sit down."

"Hey. Wait." He went to the kitchen again, and came out with two bottles of hot sweet-scented osmanthus wine.

Yang Jian took the wine, Fu Yao Ji sat on the main seat, Hou Yi and Yang Jian sat on both sides of Yao Ji.Yang Jian picked up the wine, poured it for his mother and elder brother, and said, "Mother, elder brother, this is our first Mid-Autumn Festival in the world, and Erlang didn't prepare any special gifts, this is for you and elder brother." Then he took out two boxes from his sleeve.

"The family is the most important thing. Mother doesn't want Erlang's gift." Yao Ji seemed to know what was in the box, and was a little unhappy.

Hou Yi took it very rudely, opened it, and found a dewdrop the size of a fist in the small wooden box, because Houyi's hand was trembling with excitement since he opened the box, and the dewdrop seemed to be about to fall from the lotus leaf. Uncertain as if slipping up and down.Hou Yi was so startled that his eyeballs almost fell off, he looked up at Yang Jian and said, "Erlang, where did you get this thing?"

The origin of this dewdrop is just a legend: According to legend, after the chaotic green lotus grew its leaves, after ten thousand years, one day, a small dewdrop condensed on the leaf, and as time went by, this dewdrop condensed more With more water, it will gradually become larger.Later, when Pangu opened the world, Qinglian was destroyed, and this dew turned into a pearl and fell on the Kunlun Mountains, turning into a lake. Because of the underground magma, the lake is hot all year round.The upstream of the lake is the Kunlun Snow Mountain, where snow water flows through here all the year round, making this lake a natural hot spring.That is the hot spring in Qingyuan Palace now.Because of the perennial water mist, it is difficult to find that there are countless natural pearls growing below the bottom of the pool.But it is as soft as water, and it will turn into water with a slight external impact and mix with the spring water here.So far, no one has successfully removed it.Because it is like a tear like a bead, it is named "Chaos Tears".Because of the nourishment of spiritual energy around this hot spring, there are rare flowers and plants growing all year round that even Yaochi Wonderland has never had.Although Master Yuding knew the magic of this spring at the beginning, he insisted that Guanyin Bodhisattva poured the nectar into it. On the one hand, it was true that the master loved his disciple so much that he wished to give Yang Jian all the strange herbs and elixir that were useful to Yang Jian's body in the three realms. On the other hand, real Yuding really felt relieved when he saw Guanyin in pain.

"There are a lot of these beads under the Snow Mountain Hot Spring, and I can get them all." Those who know how to use this bead are suitable for all five elements. Hou Yi's gold-type kung fu is very dangerous when it meets the fire-type. Fortunately, his sun-shooting bow It is the most cold thing, so it will be safe.With this bead, he can easily decipher it no matter what kind of technique the enemy is.

"As expected of my brother!" Hou Yi accepted it carelessly.

"Mother." Yang Jian still wanted to give that gift to Yao Ji.

"Today is a happy day, Erlang, you?"

"Mother, look." Yang Jian said.

A streak of flowing clouds gradually appeared in the middle of Yang Jian's forehead, but disappeared after a flash.However, it is blue.

"Mother, this is Erlang's own celestial eye." Hou Yi also said happily.

As a mother, Yao Ji knew that Yang Jian had heavenly eyes since she was born.It's just that Xiao Yang Jian only had Yao Ji's mana in his body at that time, so even the color of his sky eyes was as golden as Yao Ji's.On the day the family was broken, Yao Ji gave Yang Jian the Sky Eye, which contained half of Yao Ji's magic power that day, the purpose was just to let Yang Jian learn to use it to protect himself and his sister.Later, Yang Jian took Yaoji's sky eye to study art in Kunlun, and got his own magic power, blue magic power, and the color of the sky eye should also be this color.Now Yang Jian took off his mother's sky eye from her body and heart, and the sky eye naturally returned to its original blue color.

"Mother, Erlang has sealed his mother's celestial eye with his own celestial eye. From now on, Erlang will know where his mother is and whether he is safe, and his mother will also know where Erlang is and whether he is safe. And the mana in the two celestial eyes It's interoperable."

Yao Ji knows what Yang Jian's blue sky eyes represent. The power of everything in the world and the stars of the universe may converge here.The lethality is enough to swallow the world.Maybe Yao Ji really shouldn't worry about anything anymore, she also knew that Yang Jian's intention was to tell Yao Ji that the mother should stop worrying about her son's safety, because the son is already strong enough.But her son's heart was too soft for her to completely let go.

"Mother, let Jian'er tie it for you, okay?"

"Yes." Yang Jian's filial piety and consideration prevented Yao Ji from saying anything more.

Yang Jian got up from his seat, walked around behind Yao Ji, and helped his mother fasten the sky eye.Yaoji looked up and saw a full moon hanging in the middle of the sky. The sky was as clear as water, and the moon was as bright as a mirror, illuminating thousands of families and refreshing her mind.

Yao Ji said: "Dalang, Erlang, remember that when you were young, you always pestered your mother, listening to the story of Chang'e flying to the moon, mother will tell you again, okay?"

"Okay, as long as it's mother's story, both Da Lang and Er Lang love to listen." Hou Yi drank the wine in his glass and said happily.

"Yes, mother, Erlang hasn't listened to mother's story for a long time." Yang Jian returned to his seat and sat down, ready to listen carefully.

But seeing Hou Yi, Yao Ji realized her gaffe: Can Da Lang really not care?Can he really forget that unforgettable love?The real Houyi is sitting here. Only those who have experienced it know what the story is like.Yao Ji smiled indistinctly, and said to the eldest son: "Mother suddenly remembered that the sweet-scented osmanthus cake that Mother steamed has not been served yet, so Mother will go and see if it is cooked?"

"Mother, second brother, you sit down. You are all busy this afternoon. I have eaten all I have eaten. Let me get it." Hou Yi got up and walked towards the kitchen.

Seeing the eldest son enter the kitchen, Yao Ji sighed softly: "When I was young, Da Lang was always the first to yell at my mother to listen to 'Chang'e Flying to the Moon', and I can never go back to the past."

"Mother, Chang'e swallowed the elixir in a hurry because of Peng Meng, and she has paid the price for it. My child, she is not happy being a fairy of the Moon Palace. Why don't you make a match?" Yang Jian asked tentatively.

"That depends on whether your elder brother's heart is still there?"

"Whose heart is gone? Mother, my son is wholeheartedly spending the Mid-Autumn Festival with your old man. You can't wrong someone!"

"Yes, yes, Da Lang was the most filial since he was a child. Alright, let's cut the moon cakes." As she spoke, Yao Ji picked up a small fruit knife and cut the extra-large moon cake in the middle into five portions.Yao Ji took one of them and went back to the main hall where Yang Tianyou's spirit tablet was placed. Yao Ji put the mooncakes on a jade plate between two plates of fruit.Then I went back to the courtyard and gave one to each of the brothers, and took one of the remaining two, and wrapped the other in rice paper.

"Mother?"

"Don't worry. Although San'er is married, she still has to keep it for her as usual. Mother knows that you care about your sister. When the time is right, mother will take you to see her."

"Yeah." Yang Jian smiled contentedly.

On the main street of Guanjiang Town, there are few people at this time, and most of them are reuniting with relatives and friends.Two burly men walked side by side with the moonlight on their backs.One holds a long knife, and the other holds a barbed scythe.

"Third brother, everyone is looking for a place to drink this Mid-Autumn Festival. Let's find a place to rest for a while too."

"The heavens are not peaceful recently. I always feel that something is going to happen. It's better to be more vigilant. The second master rarely comes to Guanjiangkou, and we brothers have to be more careful."

"It's been a long time since I sat and drank with the second master. I really miss those days!" Looking at the bright moon like a jade plate, the fifth child remembered the days when Yang Jian lived in Guankou for thousands of years, and the seven of them drank and hunted freely together. "Why don't we go to Yang Mansion too?"

"Today is the first Mid-Autumn Festival after their family reunion, let's not bother. We want to drink, there will be plenty of time in the future. Let's go!" Continue to patrol the street.

In the courtyard of Yang's mansion, sweet-scented osmanthus is fragrant. Mother and son are eating moon cakes, admiring the moon and sweet-scented osmanthus, talking and laughing.Although there were many fruits and various mooncakes on the table, Yao Ji cut several pieces of the same kind of mooncakes one after another, the one just cut with black sesame filling.Yang Jian found that the mooncakes he bought today seemed to be filled with sesame seeds.

"Dalang, Erlang, come, try your mother's sweet-scented osmanthus cake."

The plate of sweet-scented osmanthus cake was white in color, with some black sesame mixed in it, and it smelled very fragrant.

"Ahem, it's so salty." At some point, Hou Yi had pinched a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake and put it in his mouth.

Yao Ji usually doesn't cook much, but today Yao Ji insisted on making a meal for the brothers herself, and the result was either salty, sweet, or burnt.So for dinner, the two brothers barely managed to eat half a bowl of rice, and the dishes didn't move much.Hou Yi didn't have a long memory, so he cut a large piece of the sweet-scented osmanthus cake and put it in his mouth.

When Yang Jian heard his elder brother howling, he naturally took a small piece and put it in his mouth, tasted it slowly, and then said with a smile: "It is oily but not greasy, smooth in the mouth, sweet and salty, and fragrant and cool. Good." eat!"

"Erlang, your salty taste is too strong. Forget it, anyway, as long as it is made by your mother, you will say it is delicious."

Yao Ji also took a piece and put it in her mouth. It was indeed too salty, and her mouth was full of bitterness. "Erlang, if it doesn't taste good, don't eat it." Yao Ji persuaded, and then pushed the plate of sweet-scented osmanthus cake away.

At this time, I heard an eagle hovering in the air and screaming sharply, and then it turned into a boy in black and landed in the pavilion.It is the Anti-Sky Eagle.He is holding a fair-skinned girl in her hand, with a petite figure, wearing a flying fairy bun like an ordinary fairy in heaven, and the beads on the bun are precariously falling apart.

"Master, I found a spy at the door."

"I'm not a spy!" The girl was fair-looking, docile and pleasant.

Yang Jian signaled Ni Tianying to let go of the girl, and said, "Yutu, today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, why don't you accompany your master to watch the moon well, what are you doing in the mortal world?"

"His Royal Highness, Master Zhenjun, the Jade Rabbit was ordered by Fairy Chang'e to present a small gift to Lord Zhenjun."

As he spoke, he lifted a jade plate high, and there were two red lacquered wooden boxes inside.Yang Jian signaled Ni Tianying to accept the box, and Ni Tianying sent the box to Yang Jian.When a box was opened, a strong fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus floated into everyone's nostrils.It is a small dish of sweet-scented osmanthus cake, its color is as white as jade, it is cut into squares and neatly placed in the box, the smell is mouth-watering.The other box was opened, and it was a whole piece of sweet-scented osmanthus mooncake with a diameter of about ten inches.The surface of the cake is engraved with the pattern of sweet-scented osmanthus, and the words engraved in the middle are also very ordinary - "Family reunion".

After watching, Yang Jian asked Yuetu, "How does your master know that Yang Jian is here?"

"Today's daytime, the master has nothing to do, sitting in the moon palace as usual, lost in thought, watching the busy but fulfilling life of the mortals in the lower world, I don't want to see Zhenjun and Fairy Yaoji, and Master Houyi is joking on the street , very surprised. Then I made sweet-scented osmanthus cakes and moon cakes, and delivered them to my house tonight."

"How is the situation in Heaven now?"

"True Monarch, forgive me. These days, the master stays at home, and the jade rabbit has not been to the Heavenly Court for a long time, so I really don't know the situation above."

"But there is something else?"

"It's all right." Yutu thought for a while and said, "Yutu resigns."

Yutu made a blessing, turned to leave, suddenly remembered something, turned around a little embarrassed, lowered her head and said: "Forgive me, my servant, there is one more thing."

"Say."

"The master has a letter for Xiao Nu to hand over to Master Hou Yi." He took out a letter from his arms, and the words "Hou Yi's personal letter" were written on the envelope.

Hou Yi held the wine glass in one hand and the letter in the other, with complicated eyes, but his hands didn't stop.Glancing at the envelope, with a nonchalant expression, he slowly put down the cup and opened the wax on the spot. The letter seemed to weigh a thousand catties, and Hou Yi's movements were a bit uncomfortable, as if he was suppressing something.

After reading the letter, Houyi remained silent for a long time, Yaoji said: "Jiao'er, what's the matter?"

"nothing."

"Master Hou Yi has a reply, asking the slave to deliver it to the master?"

"No."

"The little slave has retired."

Yang Jian saw Yu Fang going away, his eyes flickered a few times, and said: "Brother"

"I know what you want to say, you should take care of your own business first. Come, drink!" Yang Jian was about to say something when Hou Yi stopped him.

What's the matter with me?Yang Jian raised his cup suspiciously.Yao Ji also raised her glass, and when she drank the wine, she cast a sideways glance at Hou Yi.

"Second brother, come on, do it!" Hou Yi took one drink after another, really addicted to alcohol.Hou Yi used to spend his days with wine at his elder sister's place, so he was really not used to being away from wine at first.In Yang Jian's Qingyuan Palace, drinking tea made him feel exhausted, now seeing wine, it's like seeing his own brother.

"Drink slowly, it hurts you to get drunk."

"Oh, mother, my second brother and I have been brothers for thousands of years, and it is only now that we can drink together. Please let us drink a few more glasses!"

"Mom, if you're sleepy, take a rest first."

"Okay, you guys drink, mother will go in and have a drink for a while."

"Mom, go slowly."

The brothers watched their mother enter the house.Now it is even more enjoyable to drink, and Hou Yi even replaced the crystal clear jade cup with an extra-large bronze cup.Yang Jian had to accompany each other.Fortunately, Yang Jian is also very good at drinking, neither of them fell down first.

When the wine is half drunk, the moon is in the sky.The dried fruit and fruits on the table were messy, and more than a dozen wine jugs were lying on the table.Yang Jian asked Houyi drunkenly, "Brother, do you still like Chang'e?"

"I don't know." Hou Yi was also half drunk, and said, "What about you?"

"what?"

"Do you think Empress Nuwa is good?"

"Okay." Yang Jian propped his forehead with one hand and held the cup in the other.

"Is it beautiful?"

"Beauty. The beauty of the Nuwa Empress is incomparable in words. The beauty of mountains and rivers, the splendor of the sun and the moon, the spirit of mountains and rivers, and the beauty of clouds and waters"

"Well, that's the truth. Do you like it?"

"Brother, you are confused. Empress Nuwa is a sage, the wife of God King Fuxi, you should not be despised."

"Yes, I almost forgot, you are Yang Jian, hehehehe"

"Brother, what are you laughing at?"

"Leave him alone in Nuwa's palace, and wander around in the world of mortals by himself, you boy, be careful of your daughter-in-law's settlement after autumn."

The two drank and chatted, and neither of them took the other's words at ease.In the middle of the night, the wind was cool, and the two of them started to drink more. They felt hot and dry, and they went to get the teapot one after another, but they took the flagon as a teapot.As a result, the more you drink, the thirstier and hotter you become.

"Why are these two children so drunk?" Yao Ji was finally worried, and came out wearing clothes when she heard the movement.He helped the two into the inner hall.

"Mother, I remember when I was young, every night after dinner, Mother would always sing for us. Mother, Erlang still wants to hear it." Yao Ji had just given them some hangover soup, and saw that the two had hair It was hot, so I took out the autumn fan and sat on the head of the bed to help the two fans catch cold.Yang Jian didn't know whether he was talking in his sleep or while drinking.

"Da Lang wants to listen too."

"Okay, mother will sing for you."

Yao Ji shook her fan, her face full of memories.

"There is a mountain in the distance

there is a tree on the hill

There is a thatched hut under the tree, thatched hut

there is a cloud in the sky

slowly dissipate into fog

The wind on the ground is chasing

there is a mountain in the distance

there is a tree on the hill

The family lives in the house, the house lives

Very very very happy”

……

Around Yin time the next day, Yang Jian woke up first and found himself lying in Yang Jiao's room.A ray of moonlight slanted on the ground through the window, and Yang Jian walked out through the moonlight.He was looking for water to drink, but saw his mother standing alone by the pond, lost in thought.Yang Jian turned back into the room and walked out with a cloak of unknown origin.Yao Ji didn't know what was on her mind, but Yang Jian didn't notice it when she approached.

"Mother." Yang Jian helped her mother put on the cloak, and Yao Ji was surprised by Yang Jian's arrival just now.Yang Jian called softly.

"Erlang, you're awake, do you still feel unwell?"

"No, Erlang is fine." Yang Jian and Yao Ji looked at each other, "Mother, do you miss your father?"

Yao Ji sighed softly, and said with a wry smile: "Perhaps the fate between mother and your father is so shallow."

"How come?" Yang Jian let Yao Ji lean in his arms, with a gentle smile on his face, and comforted her.He said: "Erlang also felt the same way before, thinking that father, mother and elder brother would just leave like that, but now that mother is back and elder brother is back, I believe father will come back soon."

"Erlang, whether you are comforting mother or making mother happy, mother should be satisfied with you and Jiao'er by her side."

"Erlang is not comforting mother, Erlang will definitely find father back."

In the dead of night, the conversation between mother and son clearly passed through the night wind and spread to a dark corner.The gurgling moonlight was like water, shining on his frosty face, it seemed to be even colder.But he couldn't hide the affection in his eyes.This is Yuding who followed down the mountain worried about Yang Jian.

At the same time, it was also Yang Tianyou.

Note: Yin time refers to 3:5 am to [-]:[-] am.