I have a date with Chang'e

The surrounding scenery is not as grand as before, and the smoke from the city outline looms in the distance, which is a sign of mortal activities.Two girls stepping on auspicious clouds and sneaking in the low sky are Chang'e and Qinglin.

"I didn't expect the world to be so big and there are so many mortals." Qing Lin praised.

"The so-called land of China, where all the gods, spirits, and monsters were born and coexisted here. It should be so bustling and prosperous." Chang'e bent her lips and smiled.

"Really? I haven't heard of it." Qinglin was surprised.

"That was the beginning of the world, a long time ago. Since you don't like reading and reasoning, naturally you don't know." Chang'e couldn't help showing a little bit of color.

Qinglin stuck out her tongue, "You know a lot. But is your cloud-soaring skill better than mine?" When he said that, he flew up the clouds, as if he wanted to compete.

Chang'e hurriedly said: "It's so easy to sneak out, and the light is flying in the sky, what's the point? It's better to go down to the world and experience it for a while."

Qinglin heard that it was reasonable, nodded and said: "Let's go down quickly."

The second daughter got off the clouds and saw all the flowers in Chang'an in one day. It goes without saying that the world is bustling and prosperous, eating and drinking in all kinds of ways, and having fun in all kinds of ways.Before I knew it, a few days flew by.

That day, Qinglin had candied haws in one hand and cotton candy in the other, and ate them while walking. Chang'e held a volume of storybook novels in her hand, flipping through them while walking.

"Oops~" Qing Lin cried out suddenly.Diagonally in the distance, under the tree, I saw a woman hanging herself in silk, I don't know if she is dead or alive.

"Tell you to eat so much, it's too sweet." Chang'e muttered without raising her head.

Qinglin had already cast a spell first, and cut off the white silk with a "swish", and the woman fell to the ground in response, motionless.Qinglin flew over to find out his life and death.

Chang'e looked up at this moment, and also flew closer to check.

"There is still life." Qing Lin said with a sigh of relief.When speaking, a ball of soft light was held in the palm of the hand and sent into the woman's body to help her dredge qi and blood and heal the internal organs.

Not long after, the woman woke up and sat up slowly, but she felt that her body was intact, and the pain of suffocation was no longer there. She thought she was dead at the moment.Seeing the two girls beside him again, he said, "Excuse me, is this Huangquan Road?"

Chang'e replied: "You are not dead, you are still alive."

The woman was surprised and didn't believe it, she got up and looked around, but she saw the white silk on the ground, and the surrounding scenery was still where she wanted to die.He murmured, "The envoy hasn't come yet?"

Seeing this, Qing Lin said, "Why do you want to die so much?"

The woman was slightly startled, then turned her head to look at the two girls, and said: "You two sisters, are you ghosts too?"

Chang'e grabbed the woman's arm and pinched it with two fingers. The woman hissed in pain.

"It's the physical body that hurts. The physical body is still there, which means you're not dead, understand?"

The woman nodded slowly, but instead lamented, "Why don't you let me die?"

Chang'e and Qinglin exchanged glances, and then said: "Tell me first, why are you seeking death? If there is really no other way but to die, we will return your three-foot white silk, and we will never intervene to stop you."

The woman sighed again, and slowly said: "The little girl's name is Shen Honglian, she is the daughter of a wealthy businessman in Wenzhou Prefecture..." Then she told how she was seduced by a noodle boy on the way to marry the Central Plains. The dowry eloped with him.It turned out that the man was a gangster, he took her to the den of thieves yesterday, looted all her belongings, and forced her to be his concubine.Today, he brought her to the city, and secretly conspired with the traffickers to sell her to others as a servant girl.

She took advantage of the man's lunch break to escape from the city, and thinking about it again, she had long since lost face to others, was penniless, had nowhere to go, and had no choice but to die.

Shen Honglian was annoyed and remorseful, and burst into tears, which made those who heard it sad and those who saw it cry.

Chang'e said in her heart that there are also such stories in the scriptures, and it turns out that people's hearts are sinister, and what they said is true.Already heard Qinglin say with righteous indignation: "Where does that scoundrel live, I will avenge you."

Shen Honglian shook her head bitterly and said: "That man looks thin, but he possesses martial arts skills. Even if the three of us add up, we will still be caught by him in the end."

Qinglin raised her eyebrows, and was about to speak, but was stopped by Chang'e.Chang'e said: "Coincidentally, my junior sister and I are also martial arts practitioners. We have unique skills, and we were sent down the mountain by the master to eradicate violence, bring peace, and uphold justice. Those thieves are definitely not our opponents. We are destined today to save your life." Life, of course, will teach the gangsters a lesson for you, get back the dowry, and escort you home safely. This is called the way of chivalry."

Seeing that Shen Honglian was skeptical, Chang'e said again: "You were dying just now, and it was all thanks to my junior sister's wonderful hand to rejuvenate you and save you from harm. If you didn't come from a famous school, how could you have such superb medical skills? Besides, if my junior sister and I don't have comparable strength, we can't help you." Why risk your life and provoke that villain?"

Shen Honglian was completely convinced so far, and told the whereabouts of the thief's inn and lair.

Chang'e's nonsense has such a miraculous effect.Qing Lin was surprised, and whispered in his ear: "Where did you make up these rhetoric?"

Chang'e smiled slightly: "The story book."

Qinglin sighed in admiration, and said, "Next time I will be a senior sister."

Chang'e smiled but did not answer.

Not long after, the three women came to the inn where the thief was staying, and learned that the thief had gone out to look for Shen Honglian.The shopkeeper also said that before the man left, he ordered that if he saw Honglian return to the inn, he would tell her to wait until Haishi, and if he couldn't find her, he would come back then.

That being the case, the three women waited for the rabbit, and at the beginning of Haishi, the thief returned to the inn room.The room was pitch black, and as soon as the man entered the door with his feet, the door behind him would automatically shut without any wind, and it would be locked tightly immediately.At this time the room lights were on, the man looked up and saw three young women, all of them looked at him coldly, he was surprised but pleased, and called "Red Lotus" to the woman in the middle.

At this time, Qinglin waved his sleeves, and several long ribbons flew out from the sleeves, tying up the man's hands and feet like swimming snakes, and then tied them up like rice dumplings, lying on the ground crookedly.He asked again: "Honglian, what do you want to do with him?"

Shen Honglian just looked at the man on the ground sadly and resentfully, and she couldn't answer how to deal with it.

Seeing this, Chang'e said, "He broke your heart, so let him feel the hurt too." After speaking, she took the cold air in her palm and hit the man on the chest.The man felt countless icy blades piercing his heart in an instant, and the pain was unbearable immediately. The pain made the veins on his forehead bulge, and he was sweating profusely.

Chang'e's palm, in order to pretend to be martial arts, was not a volley strike, but a real one, reaching out and slapping the man's chest.She took this shot, but found something different, and said in surprise: "You are a woman."

The man endured the pain and said: "I am a woman, and my real name is Feng Ruyi. Honglian, do you still remember sister Ruyi?"

Shen Honglian's eyes widened, and she raised her foot to kick the people on the ground: "You are a big liar! You are a big villain! You lied to me for a dowry, forced me to be a concubine, and sold me to traffickers. How dare you blaspheme sister Ruyi!"

Hearing Shen Honglian's accusation, the man couldn't hide his surprise, and hurriedly said: "Honglian, you misunderstood. I lied to you, but it wasn't for your dowry, and I didn't force you to be a concubine, nor Sell ​​you to a trafficker. You believe me, I am really Feng Ruyi."

Shen Honglian sneered: "You used to call yourself surnamed Ma and you were a man, but now you say your surname is Feng and you are a woman. How can I believe it?"

The man said in a deep voice: "Eight years ago, Feng Cheng, governor of Wenzhou, committed the crime of treason against the Japanese and was sentenced to be executed. The men were exiled into the army and the women were slaves. Feng Ruyi, the youngest daughter of Governor Feng, was just ten years old at that time. At the age of 12, he ran away from his master’s house and became a grassroots bandit. He claimed his surname was Ma and nicknamed Ma Er. If you don’t believe me, look at the seal tattoo on my left shoulder, which is the symbol of an official slave.”

Shen Honglian hurriedly tore off the man's clothes, but saw many criss-crossing scars on the left shoulder blade on the back, when she looked carefully, the scars covered by the faint word slave in seal script.

Shen Honglian stared blankly at the man's face, which faintly overlapped with the face in her memory, and only heard the man say: "If you don't believe me, remember that on my tenth birthday, you gave me a jade pendant engraved with You said that when you grow up, you will marry sister Ruyi. That jade pendant was later confiscated by officers and soldiers."

Shen Honglian's eyes were filled with tears, and she rushed over to untie the man's shackles in a frenzied manner.

Qinglin was still confused, but Chang'e understood the story, and hurriedly cast spells to untie Feng Ruyi's body and relieve the coldness in her chest.

Feng Ruyi freed herself from the restraints, and wanted to embrace Shen Honglian in her arms, but Shen Honglian avoided it, with a wary look on her face again.

Feng Ruyi said: "You still don't believe me?"

Shen Honglian said: "You are sister Ruyi, I believe it. But you still lied to me."

Feng Ruyi sighed: "You married far away in the Central Plains, do you know who your husband is?"

Shen Honglian shook her head sadly.To her, this was just a forced marriage in frustration. As for who the other party was, she didn't care.

Feng Ruyi said: "It's the Kaifeng Jiang Mansion, the seventy-year-old Mr. Jiang, you are his No. 13 concubine."

Shen Honglian said in surprise: "How is it possible, father wouldn't treat me like this!"

Feng Ruyi said: "Uncle Shen owed a huge debt to Mr. Jiang, and he had no choice but to pay it with you."

Shen Honglian grieved in her heart. Over the years, her father was addicted to gambling, and the family money was getting hollowed out day by day, and she was not completely unaware.

Feng Ruyi continued: "When I found out about this, I couldn't help coaxing you to elope with me. I didn't have time to explain the truth to you, but you misunderstood me so much."

Shen Honglian said: "Last night I heard you tell people that you want to force me to be a concubine."

Feng Ruyi smiled bitterly and said, "What I'm saying is, I can't bear to see you being forced to be a concubine."

Shen Honglian said again: "I heard you discuss with the traffickers today, and you want to sell me."

Feng Ruyi couldn't laugh or cry: "I know you are used to being pampered and want to buy a girl to take care of you, so I met the trafficker."

Shen Honglian burst into Feng Ruyi's arms with tears streaming down her face, sobbing and saying, "Who told you to take me to the den of thieves? I was so frightened that I became suspicious and misunderstood."

Feng Ruyi patted her on the back and comforted her: "It's all my fault for not thinking carefully. In my eyes, my family and brothers are safe and reliable. I forgot that in your eyes, they are the most dangerous den of thieves."

Shen Honglian said angrily: "You say that, it's no wonder I treat you as a thief."

Feng Ruyi hurriedly said, "It's no wonder you don't treat me as a thief. I'm at fault for this matter."

Shen Honglian recalled that she almost lost her life because of this misunderstanding, and she was full of emotion in her heart, but she didn't want to reveal the matter, so as not to make Feng Ruyi feel even more guilty.At this time, he thought of the two saviors, and looked around, but the two girls were nowhere to be seen, and the door of the room was still closed, and he didn't know when they left.

In fact, when Shen Honglian raised her eyes and looked around, they had just left.

It was late at night, and the crescent moon was hanging in the western sky. Chang'e and Qinglin walked hand in hand through the quiet streets and alleys.

"Today's events are like a story from a fairy tale," Chang'e said.

"The love, hate, sorrow and joy of ordinary people are really unpredictable." Qinglin sighed.

"Ordinary people like to say that 'human beings have sorrows and joys, and the moon has cloudy and sunny cycles', comparing the impermanence of human affairs to the changing phases of the moon." Chang'e pointed to the crescent moon in the sky.

"When viewed from the sky, how did the moon ever change? How come it changes from cloudy to sunny to waxing and waning when it comes to the human world?" Qing Lin scratched her head in bewilderment.

"The heavenly secret must not be leaked." Chang'e smiled knowingly.

"Then you said, do the gods in the sky also have joys and sorrows?" Qinglin showed a rare look of contemplation.

"There are also, but most of them are not as exciting as the stories in the world." Chang'e looked like she had penetrated the truth.

"Why?" Qing Lin always asks timely questions.

"The splendor of the story comes from human's seven emotions and six desires. There are too few emotions and six desires in the sky." Chang'e seemed to sigh, but also seemed helpless.

"It seems to be like this." Qing Lin pondered, "What if there are more emotions and desires in the sky?"

"'If the sky has love, the sky will grow old', if there are too many emotions and desires in the sky, I'm afraid there will be no sky?" Chang'e is not sure.

"Then if it's just between you and me, why don't you have more emotions and desires?" Qing Lin said, her face burning hot.

"How do you call it 'between you and me, have more emotions and desires'?" Chang'e smiled.

Qing Lin's face became even hotter, and she almost bit her tongue: "That's right, I like you, and you like me too, the kind of love between mortals."

Chang'e said "Oh~", "Is it this kind of liking?" When she said that, she leaned over and touched Qinglin's lips, and they separated immediately.

Qing Lin was stunned, and answered "Yes" after a while.When I looked again, Chang'e had already gone far.Hurry to catch up, walking side by side, silently, fingers intertwined.