I didn't intend to be a Fairy

Yang family's mansion, in a guest room.

As the host, Mr. Lang sat in the main seat, and Xiao Chai Niang sat beside him. The Taoist priest came from afar and sat in the guest seat with the cat. Both host and guest respected each other.

Especially Lang Jun, he was almost respectful.

The servants outside were wandering around, all with strange eyes open.

"How did Chai Niang get here?" Song You put down the tea cup and used the tone of greeting an old friend.

"I do not know either……"

Xiao Chainiang's tone was a little sad. Perhaps she felt that the Taoist priest in front of her was the only person in the world who had participated in her growth and life in the first half of her life, so she saw him in this strange world, even if she had only seen him for a few days and ten years. I haven’t seen him before, but I still feel very friendly.

In addition, the Taoist is gentle and calm, and even his appearance has not changed much, making him even more friendly.

"Wengweng went out to farm at that time and didn't come back for a long time. We didn't know what happened to him, and we were worried, so we went out to look for him. Our field was not far from the lake. I was afraid that Wengweng was in danger by the lake, so we went to the lake. I searched for it among the reeds, but couldn't find it for a long time. As a result, I accidentally fell into the water, and when I got up again, I was already here."

"That's it..."

Song You felt the charm of the painting, understood the mystery of the painting, and also discussed it with Master Dou——

The world in the painting is the real world, and it is this world that is painted. Although Mr. Dou has great painting skills, to some extent he is also a practitioner with profound and unique Taoism. This kind of spiritual power and magic practice that is usually invisible has been passed down in his family for thousands of years. Until his generation , gave birth to such a peerless genius, whose talent is no less than that of top achievers in any field, including true practitioners who have embarked on the path of spiritual practice. This inheritance finally changed qualitatively and touched the great road of heaven and earth, thus enabling him to practice Only powerful people have the ability, but even so, everyone in Dou still cannot create a world out of thin air, and the incomplete world in the painting still relies on the outside world to exist.

It is this world that relies on it.

The world in the painting is related to the real world. People in the world in the painting usually cannot get out, but by chance, some people may be able to get out.

Master Dou has told the secret.

The time in the painting is fixed at dusk, but time in the outside world is constantly flowing. If the outside world also happened to be at dusk, at the moment when Dou and his wife completed the painting, the two worlds would have been connected. At that time, if someone happened to be outside the edge of the world in the painting, If you go, you may be able to get out.

Xiao Chai Niang should be like this.

Fate is wonderful, but also frustrating.

"When did that happen?" Song You continued to ask.

"It's been seven or eight years, right?" Xiao Chainiang said, looking at her husband, "It's been seven or eight years, right?"

"Eight years."

Lang Jun was drinking tea, so he quickly put down the tea cup and said respectfully to Song You.

"Eight years..."

It seems that not two years after he left, this little Chai Niang came out.

Song You shook his head and continued to ask: "Did Chai Niang eat the peaches sent by the Taoist Temple in the mountain?"

"I ate it, it was very sweet. Later we planted the peach stones at the door, and they came alive. But before the peach trees grew up, blossomed and bore fruit, I came here." Xiao Chainiang's tone was still sad, "But later Taoist Master The peach tree painted in the Taoist temple on the mountain bore fruit twice more. Each time the Taoist priest on the mountain couldn't finish it, he would take it out and share it with us. I wonder how Father Wengweng is doing now..."

Lang Jun next to him listened silently with a subtle expression.

I originally heard Xiao Chainiang tell the story of a Taoist who painted a peach tree on the wall of a Taoist temple and it came true. I had heard it many times. I believed it but couldn’t believe it at the time. I thought it was true, and because it was too fantasy, it felt like a fairy tale. The distant feeling, now listening to the conversation between Xiao Chainiang and the Taoist, the expressions of both parties are very natural, completely true, and my heart suddenly feels even more strange.

"Why did the Taoist priest come here?"

Xiao Chai Niang asked while suppressing the urgency in her heart.

"I am a wandering Taoist who has traveled all over the world. Now I have come to Yunzhou because I visited the same place as here ten years ago. I was amazed by the scenery here and felt nostalgic, so I really want to come here again. Let’s go and stay for a while.” Song You paused, “I heard your legend when I was halfway there, so I wanted to come even more. I arrived yesterday, and last night I asked the innkeeper about Chai Niang’s story. I’m here to visit you today.”

"Then how did the Taoist leader get to our place? How did he get out? Have you ever gone back in these years?"

Several questions in a row showed the urgency in his heart.

"It was fate at that time. I can't say much about the specifics. As for how I got out, I have a lot of knowledge and practice and I have my own way." Song You replied patiently, "I haven't been back in ten years, so I don't know about Chai Niang's parents. How is everything going on?"

"Some people speculate that our place is a world in a painting, or a fairy cave. Is it true or false?"

"I can't tell you."

"Does the Taoist priest have a way to go back?"

Xiao Chai Niang looked at him without blinking and asked urgently, her eyes dim with tears, full of sadness and longing for her relatives in her hometown.

"..."

Song You looked at her carefully, and then at the man next to her who was drinking tea without interrupting. He sighed in his heart and then said: "I was grateful for the hospitality I received from Chai Niang's family back then. I really know that I will go back." The method is just not easy and quite troublesome. If Chai Niang wants to go back, after going to the south of Yunzhou, she can take Chai Niang on a trip and send Chai Niang back, as a way to repay Chai Niang's family ten years ago. hospitality.”

The Taoist pursed his lips and added:

"It's just that you have to walk thousands of miles, and it's not known to outsiders. Once you go back, it will be difficult to come out."

Xiao Chai Niang suddenly stopped talking.

The journey of thousands of miles was already difficult, enough to make her want to go back and have a look. But if it was just like this, with a longing heart, she might still want to go back and have a look, but the words "It will be difficult to get out again" will It was enough to silence her.

Because I just want to go back and have a look.

That's been eight years.

All the confusion, hesitation, panic and restlessness she felt at the beginning were left in the beginning. The present was the present. She had become accustomed to the rotation of the four seasons here and the changes in wind and rain day and night.

She is already married.

Even have children.

Xiao Chai Niang turned her head to look at Lang Jun, speechless, she just cried in a low voice and covered her face to wipe away her tears.

The Taoist was silent for a while, only stroking the hair on his back with his hand.

Mao'er also turned to stare at him, and from time to time turned to look at Xiao Chai Niang. He could feel the sadness in Xiao Chai Niang's heart at this time, and also the complicated emotions in the hearts of these people.

"How about this--"

The Taoist spoke again.

"After all, Chai Niang has been kind to us. If Chai Niang wants to go back and see her, and she still does so after a few years, then in seven years, please go to Fulong Temple in Yinyang Mountain, Lingquan County, Zhuo County, Yizhou. Then I can Take Chai Niang back to have a look, as long as you don't talk about how to get in and out."

"Yizhou..."

Xiao Chai Niang murmured to herself.

The Yang family is a local merchant. If they want to sell cloth, most of them have to go from Yizhou. Naturally, they know that it is two to three thousand miles from here to Yidu, and the business road is not easy to follow.

I felt sad in my heart, but I also thanked the Taoist.

Song You didn't say much.

Things are unpredictable, and the most amazing thing about time is that you don’t know where it will push you.

The stories of "outsiders" in Xianning, Numa County are wonderful. What's wonderful is that they don't know where these people come from, the world they tell about, and the fact that they see familiar mountains and lakes but not familiar villages and countryside. People cannot go back even if they want to, so it has attracted the interest of many people. Many literati even came here specifically to visit them and write articles about it. However, many years later, there will be a difficult opportunity for them to go back. When they arrived, they discovered that they could no longer go back. Isn’t it also a source of emotion?

After a long time, Xiao Chai Niang recovered and chatted with him about the past and how delicate he was now.

There are countless villages at the foot of the mountain and lake in the world in the painting. There are also countless villages at the foot of the mountain and lake. Many villages are similar, but the names and villagers are completely different. There is also a temple on Xianningcang Mountain, but it is not a Taoist temple but a Buddhist temple, which later became a nunnery.

The similarities arouse emotion, while the differences arouse sadness.

After chatting for a long time, Song You said goodbye and left.

"We live in the Yongchun Inn in front, next to the street. If Mr. Chai Niang has something to do, he can come and visit us. He will stay here until the cold winter."

"Taoist Master, walk slowly."

Xiao Chai Niang's tears were still wet, and she was showering her with gifts.

"Your Majesty, walk slowly."

Lang Jun also quickly stood up and saluted.

Song You naturally returned the favor.

This husband is the younger husband of the Yang family. He looks about thirty and has a bookish air. I heard that he is studying to seek fame. This age is not considered young among ordinary people these days, but he is considered to be studying to seek fame. He doesn't seem to be a particularly old man. He must have been in his early twenties when he took Xiao Chai Niang as his concubine.

These days, the status of concubines is not high. The higher the social status of the husband's family, the more humble the concubines are. The Yang family is a merchant, but the business is quite large. It can be seen that Xiao Chainiang is not looked down upon by this husband. This can be seen from this. He can also be regarded as a gentleman.

Song You also respected him a lot.

"I like to be clean. Please don't spread the news about your visit. If outsiders ask, just tell me about a wandering Taoist you have met before."

"Understood."

The two sent him out the door.

The Taoist told them not to send them far away, and then walked back slowly along the alley.

There was still the sound of cloth shaking in the courtyard wall next to me.

The cat still followed him with small steps, raised its head and stared at him, and said: "You seem to be a little unhappy too..."

"Just some feelings."

"Thank you!"

"yes……"

"What are you feeling about?"

"..."

The Taoist stopped, leaned down, picked up the cat who stopped with him, and said to her, "Because I also have a hometown that I can't go back to."

But if you think about it carefully, who doesn’t?