The story takes place in a remote mountain village in the Qing Dynasty.
At noon on this day, the widow Xiufang was washing clothes at the river bay. The sun was in full swing, but Xiufang was crouching under the willow tree, greedy for a hint of shade.
Quietly around, Xiufang was a little puzzled, on weekdays there would be children playing in the river, fishing and catching shrimp, but today even the figure of a child was not seen. Not only that, but there were not even birds and insects chirping, and it was unusually quiet.
Although Xiufang was confused, she did not think deeply, after all, it was more important to wash her clothes now. Suddenly, Xiufang noticed that there seemed to be a fire burning in her heart, and she quickly washed her face to sober herself up. The trick worked, and the heat dissipated a bit.
At the moment, unspeakably weird, Xiufang just wants to wash her clothes quickly and leave quickly.
"Click, click, click..." Suddenly there was a sound of footsteps behind him, as if running towards him. Xiufang subconsciously turned her head, only to see a beggar in tattered clothes sprinting forward.
Before Xiufang could react, the beggar ran to the front, didn't say a word, reached out and pushed, and directly pushed Xiufang down. "Fluttering" sounded, the water splashed everywhere, and then Xiufang's shout sounded: "Help..."
The river is deep, and Xiufang is a dry duck and does not have water. The beggar watched, but was indifferent, but instead kept kicking and hitting the willow tree next to him, scolding and grinning: "Let you do evil..."
Looking at this scene in front of her, Xiufang was frightened and stupid, and even forgot the cry for help, until she choked on the water, then remembered it again and shouted: "Save me!" The beggar still had no intention of saving.
After a while, Xiufang sank into the water, and her consciousness gradually blurred. With a "thud", the beggar finally jumped into the water, picked up Xiufang, and then swam to the shore.
After landing ashore, Xiufang eased up for a while, immediately stepped back a few steps, and asked with fear on her face: "What are you doing here?" I haven't provoked you! ”
The beggar's body dripped with water droplets, "Save you." Xiufang was incredulous, "Save me? You pushed me into the water and rescued me, and that's what saved me? "There is no such salvation in this world!" It's incomprehensible.
Unexpectedly, the beggar pointed at his body, "Look at your clothes." Xiufang looked down, and was also shocked, her clothes were very dry, without a trace of water. On the other hand, the beggar's torn clothes are constantly dripping with water. "This... What's going on? Frightened, Xiufang stuttered when she spoke.
The beggar broke a willow branch, threw it on the ground, and immediately burned it. Then the beggar spoke, "This old willow tree is some years old, and it has some evil spirits attached to it." This willow branch was stained with yin qi, and when it touched the scorching sun, it would burn. Similarly, you have been squatting under this willow tree for a long time, and you are also contaminated with yin qi, and once you are exposed to the sun, it will be extremely hot. I just pushed you into the water so that the river could absorb the heat. ”
Xiufang was stunned to hear it, or did not understand too much, but she knew a little, she had a stall! Then, she immediately knelt down, "I can't understand what you're saying, you save me..."
The beggar nodded, "I will save you, you come to me, the river can't absorb your heat, I will drain it." ”
Then, following the beggar's instructions, Xiufang walked up to the beggar, turned around, and turned her back on him. The beggar suddenly came out of the palm, with great force, but Xiufang could not feel the pain. "Mouth open", the beggar shouted, Xiufang quickly obeyed, and then a black gas flew out of her mouth.
The beggar breathed a sigh of relief, "Solved. "That black gas is the culprit that caused the sweltering heat, and now that it's out, it's all right." Xiufang thanked her again and again, but the beggar shook her head, "It's not over yet." ”
It turned out that Xiufang had strayed into an alien space, so she couldn't see anyone else. As everyone knows, in this river now, children are playing and bustling. But Xiufang couldn't see them, and they couldn't see Xiufang either. The beggar was originally a high-ranking person of mine, and this was born to rescue me.
At this moment, Xiufang was convinced of the beggar and immediately ran behind him. The beggar plucked two more willow leaves, and then asked Xiufang to close her eyes. The willow leaf gently rubbed in front of his eyes, "Can open it."
Xiufang opened her eyes, startled, saw the children playing in the river, and was surprised and saved!
Although this willow leaf was stained with yin qi, it was expelled by the hand of the beggar, and the yin qi was expelled, and it became an object that exorcised evil spirits. Willow wiped her eyes and let Xiufang walk out of the heterogeneous space.
Afterwards, Xiufang was very grateful, and did not know how to reciprocate, so she knelt down and said, "The slave family is willing to make a promise to each other." "The beggar refuses again and again, and he does not want to go into the world again. But Xiufang's tears came down, "I haven't felt warm for a long time, people say that I will bring bad luck and don't want to deal with me..."
The beggar sighed, "I still can't escape." "It turned out that the beggar was originally a god in the heavens, but because he fell in love with mortals, he was beaten into mortal cultivation. And the woman who fell in love with the dust was the widow in front of her. In this life, she was reincarnated as Xiufang.
I thought that if Xiufang married someone, she would never have another chance. As everyone knows, in the darkness, everything is destined to be good. The beggar looked up at the sky, "Don't do this practice!" ”
In this way, the beggar married Xiufang, changed into a new dress, shaved his beard and hair, and looked dignified. In this life, the beggar originally thought that he could cultivate the right results, but in the end he was still led by feelings.
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