Golden Light Puppet Show·Yan Qiao·Guiyan

01

In the early morning of summer, the mountains are humid, and it will rain after a while.

The hut left by the Orion had already been occupied by three or four people sheltering from the rain. Someone knocked on the door outside, and under the umbrella was a white-haired visitor with a gentle face in a monk's robe. He asked gently if there was room.It is rare to go the same way, so the shelter from the rain invited him in.The traveler and the knight-errant sat together in a strange way, but he stood alone by the door with a book on his back.

Someone invited him to sit down, the young man waved his hand and said: "I only read scriptures all day long, and I am young, so I really can't think of anything."

Someone wanted to use the Buddhist beads wrapped around his left hand to watch, and said that his father told him not to leave his body. He was extremely sorry, and even refused politely, so that person no longer insisted.

The mountains are green and the rain is pouring. The sky is not gloomy, and the rain should stop soon.Qiao Tathagata breathed a sigh of relief, and listened to the strange people behind him.

One person said that a friend met by chance, and the man strayed into a large room in the mountains. He saw most of them were beautiful girls and boys.

One person said that in the old days, he heard that there were teenagers and girls in the mountains who asked for help, and they seduced and courted at night. After walking together for a few days, they exhausted their true essence and left only bones. They are painted-skinned ghosts, gorgeous ghosts, so be careful.

The former humane said that fortunately the foot of the mountain is the border of Yu Kingdom, and the priest prayed for the protection of the spirit of the phoenix all the year round, so it was rare to be clean, otherwise it would have been full of demons and ghosts like the devil world.

Talking about Yu Guo, Qiao Tathagata's heart moved slightly, and she was about to ask, when a painful exclamation came from outside the door.

A young man in black angrily got up from the mud pit, yelling at the sky for passing by the sea of ​​clouds.Qiao Rulai was planning to help her up, but was startled by his nimble movements, hesitated for a while, held up her umbrella and approached, leaned halfway and asked, "Are you okay?"

The boy took a step back from under the umbrella, and wiped the mud off his face with the help of the rain.A pair of bright golden eyes were exposed under the wet long brown-red hair, squinting at the pretty Tathagata, obviously expressionless, but it seemed to be full of undisguised disdain from the tip of the brow to the corner of the mouth.

Qiao Rulai was a little embarrassed by the scrutiny and sizing, and said bravely: "The wind and evil are disturbing, you better pay attention."

The boy sneered, "It sounds like you are older than me."

Qiao Tathagata saw that he was only seventeen or eighteen and still childish, and his height was just above the tip of his nose. He hesitated and wanted to nod, but the young man snorted impatiently.

"You say yes."

After all, stand in the heavy rain, wash your hands and wipe your face, and then ignore people.

Even now in such embarrassment, she can still be so calm and relaxed, which makes her admirable for Qiao Tathagata.

The people in the room shouted: "Master, come in quickly, you can't stop the young man from going crazy."

The torrential rain seemed to have weakened, and stopped splashing the sky and the ground, but after a while, Qiao Rulai opened the umbrella, and the falling beads had weakened into filaments, splashing on the wet face, carrying the jerky smell of the forest in the mountains.He put on his hood and closed his umbrella, and was about to thank the people in the room when his arms were caught suddenly, and he turned his head in confusion. It was that strange boy.

"Can't pass."

He said that he grabbed Qiao Rulai and ran to the side of the forest, and the people in the room shouted: "Master, don't go, that's—"

What is it?

Qiao Tathagata couldn't hear clearly.

The yelling also seemed to have changed its tone, and it didn't sound like a story-telling voice.

Qiao Rulai ran out of breath, the rain stopped halfway, and the umbrella was dropped.When he came to a mountain stream, the boy plunged into the water and disappeared.Qiao Tathagata was completely confused, looking around in a daze, so she looked for a place to wash her hands.

After a while, bubbles bubbled from the stream and a head appeared. The young man stroked his hair and said casually, "Take out your clothes."

"……what?"

"Hurry up, one set of clothes is exchanged for one life, you earned it."

He was born handsome, but he didn't have any charming posture, and everything was taken for granted. He was not in front of someone who was so good-tempered that he was so good-tempered that he was close to losing his temper. He might be able to pick up a stone and throw it directly. Without him, he really deserves to be beaten .

It was Qiao Tathagata, who was still thinking seriously, gentle and polite as always, "When did my benefactor save me?"

The boy raised his left hand to make a comparison, and spit out the word "mountain ghost", without even giving an explanation.

Qiao Tathagata roughly understood the reason, and felt more grateful. She found an old shirt from the book and put it in a dry place. She turned her back and said, "We are destined to meet each other. Next to Qiao Tathagata, may I ask your name?"

"My name is Shangguan Hongxin." The young man seemed to smile, "Your name...is very romantic."

It has been a long time since someone made such an evaluation, and Qiao Tathagata was not angry because there was no contempt in her voice.For some reason, the words and deeds of the young man who claimed to be Shangguan Hongxin were always a little familiar for no reason, even if the strangeness appeared, after all, he saved himself, and Qiao Tathagata had a good impression of him.

There was the sound of rushing water, the sudden silence, and the rubbing of clothes was clearly discernible.The wooden clogs kicked, and came to the side from far to near, the person was still the same person, no longer wearing black clothes, a slightly loose white shirt, long hair tied behind his back, still proud and dignified.He was probably born in a noble family, which makes it even more strange that he fell from the sky.

In any case, it is not a good thing to stay any longer, Qiao Tathagata took a look at the sky, solemnly thanked her and wanted to leave.As soon as he turned around, the Buddha beads were hooked by Shangguan Hongxin, Qiao Tathagata was shocked, and rarely raised his voice, "Let go."

Shangguan Hongxin looked expressionlessly at the red fingertips dragged by the Buddhist beads. Qiao Rulai blushed unconsciously because of his impoliteness, and said lightly: "What... what do you want to say, sir?"

Shangguan Hong said: "You want to go down the mountain, why don't you think about whether you can get to the border city of the Demon World?"

Qiao Tathagata asked in surprise: "The Demon World? Isn't this direction Yu Country?"

"Ha, how can you believe what the mountain ghost said? The mountain ghosts are small enough to tease passers-by, and big enough to kill people. I am afraid that you will be lost by the illusion soon after entering the mountain. You are lucky to get here."

Shangguan Hongxin raised his hand to touch Qiao Tathagata's forehead, white light glowed from his fingertips, the person who pricked him couldn't see anything, when his sight became clearer, everything seemed strange, the color in his eyes was sharp and unusual, making Qiao Tathagata dizzy for no reason dizzy.Looking at the place I chose earlier, the forked road disappeared, and the vegetation was as lush as the one next to it. There was a faint whirlpool in the dense greenery, emitting an ominous thick black mist.

He held on to the Buddhist beads tightly, and it was really too much to go on the road before the appointed date. Those who didn't know that nothing happened before were fearless, and foolish people have foolish blessings.

Shangguan Hong said: "Come with me."

Qiao Tathagata said, "Mister, do you come from the Demon World?"

"Just say yes." He gave an answer that didn't count as an answer, and then said, "I think you're lucky, but I don't know why you only choose the entrance of illusions when you choose one of the two paths. If you want to be safe, Going down the mountain, it's better to be close to me, if someone accidentally doesn't keep up, it will drag me down to look for it."

Qiao Rulai was so hot at what he said, so she had no choice but to agree, "Mr. Trouble."

"Hey, you are such a good-tempered person, don't you think it's weird to call me Mr.?" Shangguan Hongxin sighed, as if he couldn't hold back his surly and distant face. Tathagata raised his eyebrows and said, "You can call me Wild Goose King."

"king?"

"The names of the demons are very messy, so don't worry about the people from the Central Plains."

"Oh, King Goose..."

I just tried to read it, but got an unexpected response.The young man walked forward as if in a good mood, his footsteps were brisk, Qiao Rulai was startled, lowered his head and flicked the prayer beads, the rippling in his heart could not be calmed down.

The two walked slowly together, and when encountering an illusion trap on the road, Shangguan Hongxin stopped to teach Qiao Tathagata how to deal with it.Walking on the road was boring, Shangguan Hong believed that he wanted to hear about the Central Plains, Qiao Rulai thought about it, and slowly talked about his two elders.Fortunately, father and uncle have been fighting against each other for so many years, and provided endless conversation materials, which made Shangguan Hongxin's eyes shine when he heard it. It is really a sin.

In the afternoon, I finally went down the mountain, passing through the village of Sanliang, and the gate of the border city was getting closer and closer.

Qiao Tathagata's voice was hoarse when she told the story, "Is it time for the curfew?"

"It doesn't matter, just turn it off and turn it on again." Shangguan Hongxin shrugged.

As soon as the person appeared at the gate of the city, an old man in charge immediately greeted him. He was so excited that he almost burst into tears. Even Qiao Tathagata invited him back to a mansion and enjoyed the long-lost greetings.It was dusk when I entered the city, and the servants and maids rushed to tell each other with great enthusiasm.

After many days of exhaustion, she finally rested. Qiao Tathagata had a good bath, picked a book at random, flipped through a few pages, and fell asleep.When I woke up, the sun was up three poles, my headache was splitting, and my spleen and stomach ached from hunger.Just got up and lack of energy and blood, Qiao Tathagata suddenly fell into darkness, almost tripping, the maid rushed to help, and sent someone to pour tea and prepare plain porridge, and repeatedly advised the distinguished guests not to worry, the young master told him to wait until he was in good spirits and see you again.Having said that, it is always impolite, Qiao Rulai washed up in a hurry, ate most of it, and was about to visit the master.

In the front hall, Shangguan Hongxin was drinking tea with someone, when he saw Qiaoru coming, he very naturally invited him to eat cakes.

The other person praised his clothes and belt, described it as gentle, and said with a smile: "I'm passing by in the sea of ​​clouds, Master, it's a pleasure to meet you."

The name Qiao Tathagata still has an impression, isn't it the one who complained when Shangguan Hongxin fell from the sky?He almost laughed, tried his best to hold back the salute, and said softly: "I have already returned to vulgarity, sir, just call me Qiao Tathagata."

"King Yan has been waiting for you for a long time, hey, King Yan." Yun Hai Passer pushed Shangguan Hongxin with a happy face, as if waiting to watch a play.

Shangguan Hongxin only said: "Pretty Tathagata, this is plain."

Qiao Rulai couldn't resist him, swallowed a piece, unexpectedly choked himself, took the white jade cup pushed by Shangguan Hongxin, took a sip of the sweet, it turned out to be honey water, and licked the corner of his mouth reluctantly after drinking it.

Shangguan Hongxin asked: "How was your rest at night?"

"pretty good."

Shangguan Hongxin sneered at this answer, "Really? It's so good that you look so weak after being beaten all over your face."

Covering his face with a feather fan, the passer-by in the sea of ​​clouds picked up a cup to drink tea, his shoulders trembling slightly.

Qiao Tathagata coughed and said, "I forgot the time while reading a book."

"Oh, what book is so interesting?"

"The one on the table took the book casually, and it's called Yu Guozhiyi."

"What—" Passing through the sea of ​​clouds was extremely joyful and sad, spewed out a mouthful of tea, and coughed loudly while leaning on the table.

"Cejun, Cejun, you have to take good care of your daughter." Shangguan Hongxin didn't hide his ridicule, patted the shoulder of the passerby in the sea of ​​clouds, in exchange for a pair of sad eyes, and pulled away with Qiao Rulai before the maids surrounded him out.

Standing still in the court, Qiao Rulai was thoughtful, and said to Shangguan Hong: "That gentleman... Mr. Ce sounds like a very important person, right?"

"He's just sick on a regular basis, and he'll get back to normal as time goes by."

In his disdain there was a sense of intimacy, obviously he was used to it, Shangguan Hongxin led Qiao Rulai to the study of the mansion, and suddenly asked repeated questions.

"How was your night's rest?"

"It's good, but it's not very comfortable to wake up."

Shangguan Hongxin showed a clear face, "Sure enough."

"what happened?"

"You don't understand magic, so naturally you didn't realize that you were affected by spirits. I can eliminate the marks left by the mountain ghosts, but I can't restore your vitality..." Shangguan Hongxin paused, "You slept for seven days."

Qiaoru said as if talking to herself: "It seems that I don't have enough time."

"Then don't even think about going on the road. The sky is covered with dust, and the fire of the sun is weakened. There will definitely be a lot of spirits and monsters looking for you on the road."

Shangguan Hongxin was full of disgust, Qiao Tathagata was not angry, he just said: "Are demons afraid of ghosts?"

Shangguan Hongxin didn't seem to have thought about this question, he was stunned for a moment, thought for a moment and said: "The demons have dragons and deformed eyes, which are equally inhuman and different from spirits and monsters. The chances of them being entangled are really not high. Speaking of which, In the eyes of you Central Plains people, demons and spirits are about the same?" He pointed to himself, "For example, I am so good-looking, I must be a big monster in troubled times."

Qiao Rulai was amused by his serious appearance of talking nonsense.The more we get along, the more I feel that Shangguan Hongxin is wonderful, a bit like Xiao Kong who has been reborn after going out for a wandering, mature and innocent, seems to have nothing to worry about, walking alone, lonely and at ease—to be honest, I sometimes envy him.

"The Feather Kingdom borders the Demon World, so there are so many strange races?"

"I'll go and see it when you're ready."

He had mentioned before that he was going to Yu Country, Qiao Tathagata was not surprised.It's just that since Yunhai Passenger is called Cejun, he is probably the person he knew before. His status is only lower than that of the Emperor Moshi.

"Cejun comes to the border for his business, and he usually doesn't care about me, so don't worry." Shangguan Hongxin saw his concerns, raised his head slightly, squinted his bright golden eyes, and said softly: "He knows I want to go. Yu Country has been around for a long time, at most send a few people to follow."

The young man didn't care, but Qiao Rulai felt a trace of sadness inexplicably, reached out his hand by accident, stroked his hair, and suddenly froze.In fact, they didn't know each other very well, this gesture was still too intimate, Qiao Rulai was a little embarrassed, and said dryly: "I have a younger brother, he... loves to cry more."

Shangguan Hongxin smiled, "Do I resemble him?"

Qiao Tathagata decided to give up, and said honestly, "Not at all."

Just as she was speaking, someone suddenly jumped into her arms, causing Qiao Rulai to take half a step back, subconsciously embracing the unexpected boy.

Shangguan Hongxin's eyes flickered with cunning, and he said with a smile: "Oh, Qiao Tathagata, we are destined. From now on, you will have another younger brother. This time I will protect you to go to Yu Country. In the future, I will have a place to stay in the Central Plains?"

"Of course." Qiao Rulai responded gently.

Shangguan Hongxin urged him to leave quickly, as if he wanted to show off the Yuguo information he had collected for a long time.

Qiao Rulai couldn't help laughing, and felt that he was like Yinyan, still childish.