During the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, there was a scholar named Liu Yi, who went to Chang'an to take the exam, but did not take the exam and prepared to return to Xiangshui's hometown. He remembered that there was a fellow villager in Jingyang, so he resigned.
Walking to the outskirts of Jingyang, suddenly a flock of birds flew up, startled his horse, and ran for six or seven miles before stopping.
But I saw a beautiful woman on the side of the road herding sheep. Dressed in shabby clothes and with a sad face, she stood there in amazement, as if she were waiting for something.
Liu Yi couldn't help but ask, "Is there anything wrong with you?" ”
The woman sobbed and said, "I was originally the younger daughter of the Dragon King of Dongting, and my parents married me to the second son of the Dragon King of Jingchuan." My husband, blindly debauched and deceived by his slaves, hated me day by day and abused me. ”
"Later I told my in-laws that they doted on their sons and blamed me. They drove me outside and became what I am now. ”
She went on to say, "The cave court is too far away from here, and my family doesn't know my misery yet. I heard that your hometown is close to Dongting, can you help me carry a letter? ”
Liu Yi said, "I am a person who lectures on morality, and I sympathize with your suffering, but the human world and the fairyland road are not connected, how can I get to the Dragon Palace?" ”
The Dragon Girl told Liu Yi: "There is a large orange tree on the south shore of Dongting Lake, which is called she orange by the locals. You get there, undo your belt, tie something, knock three times on the trunk, and someone will take you there. ”
The dragon girl took the letter from the placket, bowed and bowed to Liu Yi, and solemnly handed the letter to him. Liu Yi said, "I have been your messenger, and in the future you will return to the cave court, but don't avoid me!" ”
Liu Yi said goodbye to her and walked east. Less than a few dozen steps had passed, and looking back, the dragon girl and the flock were gone.
That night, after Liu Yi went to Jingyang to say goodbye to his friends, he went to Dongting. Sure enough, I found the orange tree on the south bank of the cave garden. He unbuckled his belt and tapped three times on the trunk.
After a while, a samurai jumped out of the waves, and Shi Li asked, "Why did your guest come?" Liu Yi did not explain his intentions, but only told him: "I have come to meet the king." ”
The samurai reached out his finger, and a path separated from the water. He commanded, "Please close your eyes." ”
After a while, we arrived at the Dragon Palace. Only to see the palace pavilions lined up, different hui competing for fangs. The samurai pointed to a large hall and said, "This is the Hall of Spiritual Void, please wait here." "After saying that, I went to the harem."
After half a day, the palace door opened widely, and a group of attendants gathered around an old man wearing a purple robe and holding a green jade in his hand to the Spirit Void Hall. The samurai said to Liu Yi, "This is our Great King, Dong Tingjun." ”
Dong Tingjun told Liu Yi to sit down and said, "The Dragon Palace is isolated from the world, Sir has come from afar, what do you see and teach?" ”
Liu Yi told Dong Tingjun about seeing the Dragon Girl. Then, he handed the family letter he had brought to Dong Tingjun.
After reading the letter, Dong Tingjun couldn't help but shed tears: "This is my father's fault, and I don't even know that my daughter is suffering in the distance." How can you forget that you can pass on the book of righteousness, and how can you forget this great kindness! ”
Dong Tingjun then handed the letter to a personal eunuch and ordered him to be sent to the harem. After a while, there was a crying sound. Dong Tingjun hurriedly ordered his attendants: "Go and tell them not to cry, so as not to let Qian Tangjun know." ”
Liu Yi asked incomprehensibly, "Who is Qian Tangjun, and why don't you let him know?" Dong Tingjun said, "It was my younger brother, Qiantang Jun, who was later dismissed." He was brave and fierce. The nine floods of Tang Yao's time were the result of his anger. ”
Only then did he say this, when he overheard a loud crack in the world, he saw a red dragon surrounded by thunderbolts and lightning, and suddenly rain and snow fell with hail.
Liu Yi was so frightened that he threw himself to the ground. After a while, the Red Dragon broke through the air.
Dong Tingjun left Liu Yi behind and warmly entertained him.
After a while, a slight warm wind suddenly blew up, and colorful clouds appeared, only to see a group of maids, surrounded by a beautiful woman who was richly dressed and beautiful.
Liu Yi walked in and took a look, and it turned out to be the woman who entrusted him with the letter. She seemed to like to have sadness again, and tears fell intermittently.
After staring at it for a moment, he went to the inner palace. Dong Tingjun smiled and said, "The people who suffered in Jingshui have returned." After saying that, he also went to the inner palace.
After a while, Dong Tingjun walked in the company of another king-like person. Xiang Liu Yi said, "This is Qian Tangjun." Liu Yi stepped forward to give a salute.
Qian Tangjun also politely replied, saying: "My niece was bullied by the abused dragon, fortunately you brought the news here, and our whole family is grateful for your kindness!" ”
Qian Tangjun said to his brother again: "Just now I have gone to Jingchuan and reported to the Heavenly Emperor, who sympathized with his niece and forgave my mistakes." It's just that I didn't ask you for instructions when I left. "When you're done, take a step back and pray again."
After Dong Tingjun knew that Qian Tangjun had killed 600,000 people this time and ruined the eight-hundred-mile Zhuang family, he asked, "What about that heartless boy?" Qian Tangjun said, "I ate it." ”
Dong Tingjun said, "Although that boy is weak and widowed, you are also too reckless." ”
That night, Liu Yi stayed in the Hall of Condensation. The next day, Dong Tingjun entertained him again at the Ningbi Palace.
The wine was strong, and Dong Tingjun sang excitedly to express his gratitude to Liu Yi for saving his daughter.
Liu Yi bowed his hand: "Thanks for the hospitality, I just miss my hometown, and it is difficult to stay for a long time." ”
Dong Tingjun took out a rhino horn that could separate the water, and Qian Tangjun took out a string of night pearls and gave them to Liu Yi. Liu Yi repeatedly resigned before thanking him for accepting it.
The next day, Dong Tingjun held a banquet at the Qingguang Pavilion. Qian Tangjun said: "My niece is of good character, still innocent, and intends to climb a moral person like you." Liu Yi understood what he meant and politely declined.
Lady Dong Tingjun heard that Liu Yi was leaving, and also set up a banquet at the Hidden View Hall to entertain him.
He also ordered the dragon girl to thank Liu Yi at the banquet, and although Liu Yi rejected Qian Tangjun's kindness yesterday, at this moment he showed a look of nostalgia and regret.
After the banquet, Liu Yi got up to bid farewell, accompanied by more than a dozen people, all carrying boxes.
Liu Yi went to the jewelry store in Yangzhou and sold only one percent of the treasures given to him by the Dragon Palace, becoming a rich man of the Jianghuai generation. Later, he married a girl surnamed Zhang, and soon fell ill and died. He married a han girl again, but died again in just a few months.
Then, Liu Yi moved to Jinling. One day, the matchmaker came to the door and said, "There is a girl surnamed Lu, smart and beautiful, married to the Qinghe Zhang family the year before, unfortunately her husband died, I want to find a suitable family, I don't know if Mr. is willing to marry her?" Liu Yi agreed.
Liu Yi chose a good day to become a parent. Because both men and women are rich families, the ceremony is solemn, and the dowry is luxurious, and the Jinling people are very envious.
More than a month after the marriage, one day, Liu Yi walked into the room, his wife was combing her hair, and suddenly found that her wife was very similar to the dragon girl, but more delicate and plump than the dragon girl.
He told his wife about his previous experience. The wife smiled and said, "Is there such a thing in the world?" ”
More than a year later, the wife gave birth to a fat son, and the wife asked Liu Yi with a smile: "Do you remember my past situation?" Liu Yi said, "I once wrote a letter to Dong Tingjun's daughter, and I still remember it vividly. ”
The wife said, "I am the daughter of Dong Tingjun, you saved me by passing on the book of righteousness, and I am grateful for your kindness and want to repay you." Later, Uncle Qiantang proposed to you, but you did not agree, and you separated. ”
"Later, I heard that you were married twice, and twice unfortunately, and moved here, and my wish for retribution came true." After saying that, I cried.
Liu Yi persuaded for a while, and then his wife turned from sadness to joy and said, "Dragons can live for thousands of years, and they can live on the shore in the water." Liu Yi sighed, "I didn't expect to be a Dragon Palace horse, and I stepped on the ladder of the immortals!" ”
Later, they lived in the South China Sea for forty years, and Liu Yi's age increased year by year, but his appearance did not see aging.
During the Kaiyuan period, the emperor was bent on being a god and visited people with Taoist skills everywhere. Liu Yi could not live in peace, so he and his wife returned to Dongting Lake.
In the last year of the new century, Liu Yi's cousin Xue Gao was relegated to the south, took a boat through Dongting Lake, and suddenly saw a green mountain gushing out of the distant waves.
Xue Gao got off the boat and walked up the mountain. The palace on the hill, like the human world. Liu Yi is right in the middle of the palace.
He walked down the steps, shook Xue Gao's hand and said, "Not long after parting, why did your hair turn gray?" Xue Gao smiled bitterly and said, "The elder brother has become a god, and I will soon become a dry bone." ”
Liu Yi took out fifty pills and gave them to Xue Gao, saying, "Eating one can add a year of life, after fifty years, you come here again, don't stay in the human world to find trouble for yourself." ”
Liu Yi hosted a banquet at the palace to entertain his cousin. After the banquet, Xue Gao resigned and left. Since then, there has been no news of Liu Yi.
Xue Gao often told others about this matter. About forty or fifty years had passed, and Xue Gao didn't know where he was going.