[Xianxia] Accompanying Longmian

Seeing Ming Yuan staring at Yun Yiyuan's back in a daze, Mu Bai was afraid that he would be hurt, so he asked: "Shouldn't husband and wife respect and love each other and grow old together? Why did the Fang family couple end up like this in the end?"

Sure enough, Ming Yuan turned his gaze back to Mu Bai, and said with a light smile, "People who are strangers have no entanglement of interests and emotions, and no love and hatred to entangle in their hearts, but people close to them are different. They don't see each other when they look up. If you see a lot, friction will inevitably arise. Husbands and wives are especially special. Two people who have no blood relationship are mostly strangers before marriage, and their temperaments and preferences are different. But if they want to stay together for a lifetime, how can they not be together? Discord? Such resentment grows gradually, accumulates, and eventually leads to catastrophe."

Mu Bai lowered his eyes, and murmured: "'The king is a rock, the concubine is a pampas grass, and the pampas grass is as tough as silk, and the rock can't be moved.' I read in the books that I will never change until death, love deep without regret, but What I actually see is that the appearance is in harmony with the outside world, and you will live or die."

Ming Yuan sighed: "In order to make you stay in the mountain willingly, that person naturally wants to show you the beautiful and bright side of the world, otherwise who would be willing to sacrifice themselves for a filthy quagmire?"

Seeing that Mu Bai was silent, he seemed a little sentimental, so he comforted him: "Actually, it is nonsense to say that human nature is inherently good or evil. Afterwards, it may not have been heartbroken and sad. Song Bo rescued She Qing because of a moment of kindness. After knowing that he was a snake demon, he may not have feared and regretted it. Therefore, most people are unreliable, because they always pop up in their minds. One inexplicable thought after another comes and you never know what they're about to do."

Mu Bai wondered: "Most people are like this? What about other people?"

Ming Yuan looked up at the clear blue sky, and said: "Other people are scary, because they are obsessed with one or several thoughts, they can live for these thoughts, and they can also die for these thoughts..." He turned to Mubai: "Have you heard of 'jealous woman Jin'?"

Mu Bai shook his head.

"Jianfujin is a ferry. According to legend, a literati once visited here with his beloved wife in the previous dynasty. Looking at the waves of the water, he suddenly remembered the description of the beauty of the God of Luoshui in "Luo Shen Fu", and he couldn't help but praise it. After a few words, I also sighed that if I could marry a wife like this, what would my husband ask for?"

Mu Bai frowned and said: "He is married, yet he still says such things in front of his wife? Isn't he afraid of his wife's distress?"

But Ming Yuan said: "Excessive persistence will lead to resentment. That woman loves her husband so much that she is close to madness. On weekdays, she would grit her teeth with hatred for him even looking at other women, so it is not sad to hear these words, but He was so angry that he immediately jumped into the water angrily, thinking that he would also become a water god after death, compete with Luoshen, and get his husband to praise him too, but in the end he only turned into a water ghost and dived into the ferry. When a beautiful woman comes here to take a boat, she will be dragged into the water and killed, so this ferry is named 'Jianfujin'."

Mu Bai sighed: "Is it worth it to throw yourself into the water because of someone else's words?"

Ming Yuan said: "Whether it's worth it or not, the woman herself doesn't know, she just throws water for the pleasure of that thought."

Mu Bai said disappointedly: "It's no wonder that Buddhists always talk about breaking self-attachment. Obsession is indeed harmful to others and oneself."

Ming Yuan suddenly hooked his lips into a smile, and said: "Although that is the case, cultivating the Tao is based on a sliver of obsession, whether it is obsessed with longevity, or obsessed with revenge, or obsessed with staying with your lover, or obsessed with Seeking the Tao itself. It is obsession that allows mortals to jump out of the mold and regain a new life, and it also makes this world more colorful and interesting."

Mu Bai couldn't help blurting out, and asked, "Then what are your obsessions?"

Ming Yuan didn't answer but asked instead: "What about you? What are your obsessions?"

Mu Bai thought for a while, then said blankly: "I thought I would want to find out the culprit who deceived me and almost killed me, and let the Mu family get out of his control, but after all, that person raised me very much. For the rest of the year, I have devoted myself to everything, and I only heard about the so-called Mu clan from his mouth, I have never seen it with my own eyes, and I don't even know whether it exists or not, after thinking about it, there is nothing to be attached to."

Ming Yuan pulled Heitan's rein, and said in a deep voice: "I have been obsessed with many things, but in the end all of them turned into dreams, leaving nothing but heartache. If you can't ask for it, you can't ask for it. If you don't ask for it, you won't suffer. Unable to suffer, how can you gain if you don’t ask for it?” He sighed, turned his head and smiled at Mu Bai: “It’s a mess, there’s no way to solve it, let’s just let nature take its course and follow our heart—let’s go on the road!”

After saying that, he pulled up Mu Baifei's horse and roared loudly, causing Heitan to also neigh, spread his hooves, and galloped in the opposite direction to Yun Yi and the others.

I don't know if it's Heitan who knows the way, or Ming Yuan is too lazy to lead the way, where the two of them go depends entirely on the horse's preference, Mu Bai only feels that he is heading east, south, and turning back to the west again. I got used to walking on the main road and then entered the small road. I walked along the river for a while and then entered the woods. Although I was aimless, it was the end of spring and the beginning of summer around Duanyang, when everything was verdant, and Ming Yuan was talking and laughing beside me. , but there is a kind of indescribable carefree and comfortable.

Originally, Mu Bai had only practiced mind skills, and was only superficial in sword skills and spell skills. Ming Yuan also used this spare time to teach him some self-defense skills.Although he joked and played with Mu Bai on weekdays, he was not ambiguous at all during the lectures, hitting, stabbing, checking, and washing, and did not allow Mu Bai to make any mistakes or slack.

The two walked like this for more than half a month. One day, Ming Yuan suddenly turned his horse's head, walked out of the small road, and took a wide official road. He said that walking along the official road would pass the largest city in Liangjiang. Mu Bai must see it. The real prosperity of the world.

Before entering the city, Mu Bai was deeply shocked by the majestic city wall of more than three feet in front of him. He felt that there was a mud-armored god standing in front of him. The horizon is average.

Ming Yuan and Mu Bai jumped off their horses and walked towards the city. The bluestone pavement was under their feet. All the men and women they came and went were well dressed. Occasionally, there would be carriages and horses passing by, and they were also gorgeously decorated. The variety of goods sold in the surrounding shops was even more dazzling , Overwhelmed - the largest city in Liangjiang really lives up to its reputation.

Ming Yuan walked to a hair accessories stall, picked up a moon-white hairband embroidered with dark patterns, measured it on Mubai's head, and said: "If you study hard, you will enter the country quickly, big brother." I must reward you well. Just ask what you like, and I will buy it for you to enjoy."

Mu Bai said happily: "Thank you, big brother, but it should be because of your good teaching."

Ming Yuan threw a drop of money to the peddler, untied Mubai's headband and replaced it, and said with a smile: "Your aptitude is extremely high, and your aura is pure and free of impurities. Although you hurt your roots a little before, you are still young. After eating that spiritual fruit again, as long as you need to absorb the spiritual power in the jade gourd every night before going to bed, you can make up for it slowly."

Mu Bai felt Ming Yuan's fingers running through his hair, and a warm feeling surged in his heart, and he said softly, "Brother Lao, I'm sorry."

Just as Ming Yuan was about to answer, a familiar voice suddenly came from behind: "Grandfather!? Duke Mingyuan!"

Ming Yuan and Mu Bai turned their heads together, and saw a pretty woman in a pale pink dress standing there, she smiled at Ming Yuan and said, "I don't want to see you again after so many years, it's really God's mercy." !"

Ming Yuan frowned slightly at first, as if he was a little puzzled, then said "oh", nodded to the woman, and said, "Jiaoniang's description has changed so much that I almost can't recognize her."

Seeing that she was acquainted with Ming Yuan, Mu Bai couldn't help raising his eyes to look carefully, the words "peerless beauty" immediately popped up in his mind, because this woman was born really good, with eyes, nose, mouth, neck, etc. , as far as the eye can see, everything is beautiful and wonderful, the skin is as soft as newborn petals, and it can be broken by blowing, and it seems to have a subtle fragrance, and a long black and soft hair hangs down lazily. She just idly tied her up in a bun and inserted a pink and white peony for decoration, making it look like a person is more delicate than a flower, and only a soft and charming name like "Jiaoniang" can be worthy of her.

Mu Bai had never seen such a beautiful woman in his life, and he couldn't help staring blankly for a while, until Ming Yuan pulled him back, only then did he realize that he was staring at her girl without blinking, and quickly bowed, sincerely Said: "I'm going down to Menglang, please don't blame the girl."

But Jiao Niang was not angry at all, and she cast a pleasant look at Mu Bai, smiled charmingly, and said: "What are you talking about, this young man is handsome, it is my honor to covet me a few times Woolen cloth."

Speaking of this, he deliberately slipped around between the two of them with his big black and white eyes, and then covered his mouth with a light smile: "It can be seen that benefactor's vision has always been excellent. "She knew that Ming Yuan liked men and was not close to women, and just now she saw him tie up Mu Bai's hair, and his demeanor and demeanor were intimate, and she thought the two were a couple, now she has something to ask Ming Yuan for help, so naturally she wants to talk more about Mu Bai. Bai's kind words can also please him.

Hearing this, Ming Yuan knew that his old friend might have misunderstood him, and was about to explain, when he saw Mu Bai's profile inadvertently, he couldn't help swallowing the words again.This little cultivator followed him to travel around the mountains and rivers, and the taboo of bigu was gone. After eating every meal, his mouth was full of oil. After half a month, the original lifelessness on his face was gone, his cheeks were flushed, and his skin was as white as jade. When the water was squeezed out, even the eyebrows and eyes were opened like a figure. Where was the sick look when I first saw him, he turned into a plump and elegant handsome man with long eyelashes fluttering. Smiling and looking sideways at himself, he really deserves the word "handsome".

The more Mingyuan looked at it, the more he liked it, and the more he looked at it, the more proud he was. He was quite happy that "my family has a baby who is just growing up", and he even warmed up to Jiao Niang. Invite each other: "It's better to meet by chance than to invite each other. Today I will be the host. Please invite benefactor and this young master to Juxianlou for a few drinks."