I didn't intend to be a Fairy

In the second year of Mingde, early spring, Yinyang Mountain in Lingquan County.

The old Taoist sat by the window, and the letter delivered two days ago was placed on the table. In the past two days, she had read it over and over again.

It's just how to reply, but I hesitate in my heart.

After thinking for a long time, I found a pen and paper.

He bowed his head and began to write.

"...

"I know you are from another world.

"I don't know what kind of world it is. In your heart, it must be much more exciting than this world. Or maybe in that world, there are things you can't let go of, and there is a place for you to feel at ease, which is why you are so reluctant to let go. .

"...

"You think the world is boring, you think the world is suffering, you think the world is ignorant, and this world is full of dark and ignorant things, but by the time you receive this letter, it must have been a few years later. It's not easy to go. By then, you have seen a lot of peerless scenery, right?

"Probably you already know that this gloomy world is actually not a little less colorful than where you came from. It may be true that the world is suffering, the people may be ignorant, and the world is dark. Because of this, I feel that they have no happiness at all, and feel that this world is not worth it, which is really a kind of arrogance.

"Maybe people in the world are really dull, but in their bodies, the heart is no different from you and me.

"...

"Even if you are a visitor in the world, after you have seen all the scenery, you still have to choose a place to settle down and transcend the world. It is better to dissolve in the world. You must have some sense at that time."

Suddenly there was a sound of wind behind him.

"Plop flop..."

A pure black starling flew over.

The hand holding the pen was slightly paused by the old Taoist, and he asked without looking back: "Have the guests been sent away?"

"Sent away."

"Has everything been explained?"

"I told them that your health is getting worse and worse. I'm afraid the deadline is approaching. I told them not to come next year. Wait until twenty years later, when the kid comes back, come again."

"You still can talk."

"Shall I send him the letter?"

"I'll send it after I die."

"you……"

"What's the matter?"

The old man held a pen and looked at the letter in front of him.

If she is really afraid of death, how can death have a chance to catch her?

It's just that sitting here at this moment, holding a pen and looking at the letter I wrote, I can't help but feel dazed for a while, and I can't help but think of my apprentice, and after thinking about it, I think of my master again.

Back then, I was still young, and when I played around in this temple, I was just a little girl, and when I went down the mountain to travel, I was just a young woman. Such a day in front of the window to write a letter for my apprentice who went down the mountain.

The old Taoist suddenly felt the mood of his master back then.

"..."

Shaking his head and smiling, the old Taoist said to the starling behind him: "When I die, remember to bury me next to my master. I miss him very much."

An understatement, like a joke.

The starling didn't answer.

It doesn't matter if you are a veteran, just put pen to paper and continue writing.

"I have never been able to control you, and I don't care about you anymore. I only hope that you can go to a place where you feel at ease. No matter where it is, there will be self-cultivation and freedom."

Blow one breath, and the letter paper will dry itself.

Then fold it well, put it in a box, and let it turn yellow slowly over time.

...

In the north of Yuezhou, the Taoist suddenly opened his eyes.

It was just a dream...

"..."

The Taoist shook his head, and found himself even more amused when he saw that he was still sitting cross-legged on the ground.

Looking up into the distance, the night sky is still clear, there is no trace of any divine bird, the whole forest is completely silent, only the crackling sound of the burning fire next to it.

The Taoist reached out and added some firewood.

The cat huddled in front of his calf, covered with a woolen blanket, and kept warm with him. He didn't know whether he was asleep or not. When he noticed his movement, he opened his eyes and poked his head out to look at him.

"fine……"

Song You's voice was calm, and he pulled the woolen blanket to cover her again: "It's just a dream."

"What did you dream about?"

The three-flowered cat's voice was so soft, and it became even quieter when it came from under the wool blanket.

"Hard to say."

"Has the divine bird come?"

"not yet."

"Could it sneak away?"

"probably not."

"The Taoist priest will sleep for a while, and Empress Sanhua will watch over it."

As the three-flowered cat said, it pupaed up under the wool blanket and wanted to get out.

"fine."

The Taoist also whispered to her, as if he was afraid of disturbing Qing Ye's silence: "If there is a divine bird flying by, I will feel it."

"You're all asleep."

"yes."

"It's all a dream."

"yes."

"Then how do you know?"

"I am powerful."

"..."

The cat poked out only one head, turned back and looked at him suspiciously, with two round eyes, and a very delicate and beautiful face, after looking at him for a few times, he retracted his head suspiciously.

The world immediately quieted down.

It's really cold in the north in winter.

Even though Song You was covered with a wool felt and a wool blanket, it was still very cold. If there was a basin of water next to it, it would have been frozen to ice.

There are only two warmest places. One is the slight crackling sound from the burning fire from time to time, and the other is the three-coloured cat sleeping next to its calf. The body temperature of the cat is higher than that of a human, and the cold rises from her feet. The warm temperature makes me warm, and I can also feel the body ups and downs brought by her breathing, which can make me calm down.

Coupled with the sound of the fire burning, it really lulls people to sleep.

The swallows on the branches not far away shrank their necks and squinted their eyes half-closed, always keeping an eye on the distant sky.

Before he knew it, the Taoist closed his eyes again.

In a trance, it seemed to be dreaming again.

The content of this dream was short and messy.

All of a sudden, I saw mynah holding a letter in his mouth, flying thousands of miles across the starry night. All of a sudden, I saw the northern war more than ten years ago. The iron hooves of Saibei stepped across Yuezhou, burning, killing, and looting. , I don’t know how many wronged souls are stranded here.

I'm afraid the northern part of Yanzhou is not much different now.

When I woke up again, the moon had disappeared, only the stars were left, dense and bright, and the fire beside me was only a pile of scarlet firewood, and the flame was gone.

"It's already five o'clock..."

It's getting colder now.

Song You looked up at the sky, and then at the fire next to him. The firewood had been burned out, and he probably couldn't sleep anymore, so he simply lifted the blanket and got up.

"Plop flop..."

A swallow flew to the front and landed on a branch.

"Shall I go get some more firewood?"

"No need."

"Then we..."

"Pack up and go."

It didn't take long for one person, one cat and one horse to set off again.

The swallows flew behind, sometimes high and sometimes low.

Not far forward, he stepped into the green tung forest.

From a distance, this green tung forest seems to be very dense, but after entering, it is discovered that every tree is far away, very far, far away, but the ancient trees are too huge, which gives people the illusion of denseness. And between the trees there are almost only ground-cover plants, at most some small shrubs, no other trees, and the difference from the plain is not great.

People walking in the middle look very small.

Following the guidance of the swallow, the Taoist walked towards the big tree in the middle step by step, his mind seemed to be thinking, but it seemed to be empty.

In addition to the regret in my heart, there was a lot of loss.

Memories came flooding back little by little.

So step by step, I don't know how far I have gone.

Suddenly, the swallow shouted behind him——

"Look!"

The three-flowered cat heard the sound and turned its head quickly.

There was a blue light in her eyes.

The Taoist also stopped and turned to look——

The night sky was still clear and full of stars, but under the stars, there was a greenish blue light, which seemed to be an illusory bird flying from south to north.

The divine bird has a slender neck and a crown feather dotted on its head. It has a cool and noble demeanor and an elegant figure. It seems to be made of pure aurora, which covers the stars and the Milky Way. I saw it stretching its wings, dragging its long tail feathers behind it, flying from afar, it was extremely huge. When it flew above the heads of a group of people, it almost occupied a small half of the sky. In a trance, the shock was like a scene in a dream.

Song You raised his head high and stared at it blankly.

This is the aura of heaven and earth, a natural creation, a visual shock, and an inner shock. It not only takes away the resentment and resentment in this land, but also brings auspiciousness to this world.

Song You seemed to hear its voice.

Clear and ethereal, echoing in the distance.

I also saw it sprinkle a little bit of light and dust, falling in this night, like a dream.

Sanhuamao was already stunned.

The swallow was even more stunned, forgot to flap its wings, so that it landed on the ground, raised its head high, and only had the divine bird in the night sky in its eyes.

The divine bird gradually went away.

As in the legend, it stayed on the tallest paulownia tree in the middle, and the huge tree nest just held it.

And it landed on the tree, like an ordinary bird, combing its feathers lazily, then lowered its head, its eyes seemed to be able to pass through the barriers of the green paulownia trees, and looked at the Taoist in the distance.

The Taoist stood still, only raised his head to look at it from a distance, and looked at him, but did not intend to go forward to pursue it.

The cat and the swallow didn't move either.

I don't know how long it took, the divine bird rested enough, flapped its wings again, and disappeared into the northern sky, leaving behind a sky full of blue light, like strands of veil on the night sky.

"Meow……"

Mao'er and Yanzi finally withdrew their gazes, but the shock still remained in their eyes, and they turned to look at the Taoist.

The Taoist still stared at that side, wondering what he was thinking.

After a long time, he showed a smile, took a long breath, and continued to walk.

"Let's go."

"Are we still looking for that tree?"

"not going."

"Well?"

The cat tilted its head and stared at the Taoist suspiciously.

Swallow also quietly glanced at the Taoist.

Although he didn't know the relationship between the husband and the starling, and what was written in the letter sent by the starling, he could tell that after the starling sent the letter and left, the husband's mood was obviously depressed. Naturally, he didn't know what Mr. saw and felt from that divine bird, but he could also see that after the divine bird left, Mister's heart became much more open-minded.

There is a sound of horseshoes and the jingle of bells.

A group of people continued to walk among the towering green tung trees, still as small as ants. It was almost dawn, and the encounter with the divine bird was really a rare fate, and it was as beautiful as a dream.

Walking in the world and meeting people is not the case.

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