Where did the story begin...
It's been so long that I can't remember it.
In the dark room, a little oil lamp was lit, and the dim green light made the surroundings a little eerie.
A skinny hand moved the wick, in a trance.
I only remember that at the beginning, there was a poor boy who lived by the Luojiang River. His parents had died, and he had to herd cattle every day. Cows...
Yes, cows.
He grinned and finally remembered.
He also had a cow.
.........
His parents died early, and his eldest brother and sister-in-law inherited the house, leaving him a room and a cow.
Nothing to complain about.
He went out early every day, herded cattle to eat grass, and pulled cattle to plow the land. Although he was not rich, he lived a leisurely life.
The poor boy felt that this was enough.
This is a clichéd and ordinary life, marrying a wife and having children, but the story begins to change, starting from when he met that woman, a person he had never seen before. He had never thought that there was such a beautiful person in the world. After just one meeting, he was like possessed, unable to sleep all night and in a daze all day.
He thought about the woman while eating and in his dreams.
He thought and hoped in his heart when he could see the woman again, even if it was just a glance.
He would be satisfied with just one glance.
Pulling the yellow cow to the river, sitting on the bluestone to brush the cow's back, this work that would make the poor boy whistle and feel happy in the past became boring. He stroked the yellow cow's shiny fur and sighed: "Ox, ox, when do you think I can see that girl again?"
It was a question that he was talking to himself, but the yellow cow spoke up and said, "This is a very simple thing."
He looked at the frightened poor boy, shook his head, and said, "As long as you cut a handful of fresh and tender wheat seedlings for me, use soft weeds to make a nest for me, and give me soybeans and eggs to eat tomorrow morning, I can let you see her."
This is a ridiculous thing, but the poor boy did it.
He cut the wheat seedlings in his own field and found the softest grass in the whole village.
The next day, the ox pulled him to run quickly, across the Luo River, across the high mountains, and between a field and a city, he really saw the beautiful girl. After returning home, the poor boy treated the ox better, almost as a friend.
But after seeing the girl, the poor boy missed her even more.
Thinking of the long hair like the night, thinking of the fair face, and the unattainable temperament.
Another day, he couldn't help but stroke the back of the yellow cow while brushing its hair and sighed: "Oh, yellow cow, you are my best friend, can you tell me how I can talk more with that beautiful girl? She is like the bright moon in the sky, I just want to talk to her, then there will be no regrets."
The yellow cow shook his head and said: "This is a bit difficult, but it is not impossible."
"You have to prepare a bed made of silk and satin for me, dishes made of meat and wine, tie a red cloth to my horns tomorrow morning, lie on my back, and don't open your eyes, then I can take you to find her."
"Then tell her that if she doesn't want to be discovered by the Taoist priests in the world, she must take off her shawl and feather clothes and put on human clothes, so that you can become friends."
Silk and satin, good meat and wine are not what a poor boy can get, but he still tried his best to do it.
The next day, the yellow ox showed its fangs, ate meat and drank wine, and was as generous as a mountain bandit. After eating and drinking, the poor boy tied a red cloth on its horns, and then the yellow ox took him all the way. This time the speed was faster. The poor boy felt the wind blowing on his face, which hurt, but he still closed his eyes tightly.
He really saw the girl again. Although he was nervous and stuttered, he still said it as the yellow ox taught him. The girl was very surprised and thanked him politely. He felt satisfied and had no regrets. After returning, he ate and slept with the yellow ox, and they had a deep relationship like brothers.
The girl became friends with him and would visit occasionally. She did not take off the shawl, but turned it into a small and exquisite wooden box and carried it with her. He had seen it twice.
Time passed slowly, and the beautiful girl was still polite and courteous to him.
But the poor boy slowly had other thoughts in his mind, and those thoughts filled his heart like a bunch of weeds. He supported the scalper's back and said, "Brother, you and I are like brothers. Tell me, how can I live with that girl forever? This is my only wish. As long as it can be achieved, I will not be reluctant even if I die."
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This time, Huang Niu shook his head and said:
"I treat you as a brother, so I tell you the truth, this is impossible. She is not a mortal, but a goddess in the mountains. She has never been to the human world below the mountain, so she is curious, but curiosity will always pass. The human world will never be the human world she imagined. One day she will return to the mountain."
"Unless you wrap her shawl with the skin and flesh of monsters, she can't find the shawl. Without the shawl, she has no way to fly back to the mountain. And if you use the flesh and blood of monsters to pollute the feather clothes and bury them at the door, she can't walk out of the threshold, can't fly or walk, and can only stay in the human world, but how can this be done?"
The poor boy sighed and seemed to give up this unrealistic idea.
At night, he invited his elder brother Huang Niu to come out for wine and meat. There were all kinds of delicacies on the table, as well as large jars of fine wine. The poor boy toasted Huang Niu and said, "Brother Duoxie, wake me up so that I won't fall into the point of being obsessed for life. Come, drink."
Huang Niu seemed very happy, and he ate meat and drank wine in big mouthfuls as before.
He ate half a pig's meat and three jars of wine, and passed out drunk.
Then the poor boy used a big axe to chop off the head of the yellow cattle, and used a sawing tool to peel off the skin of the yellow cattle. The blood was dripping, but it was still warm and smelled of wine. The poor boy wiped his sweat, looked at the yellow cattle, and said, "Isn't the monster's skin here?"
"Brother, you and I are like brothers, so help me again."
He said that there was new yellow beef to eat, and invited the girl to be a guest, and then suggested that he wanted to see the box, and then when the girl was not paying attention, he wrapped the wooden box with bloody cowhide and buried it underground. In this way, the goddess who should have been on the mountain was left in this world.
At first, he said with great pain that he would help find it and let the girl live in the attic at home temporarily. And he went to his brother's place to deal with it for a few days, but how could he find it? One day passed, one month passed, and he still couldn't find it. The poor boy began to gradually reveal his true nature.
He actually wanted to make a rude move, but the girl refused with a stern look. The poor boy didn't even get close to the girl, but was blown away by the invisible force and fell to the ground. Finally, he was angry and roared hysterically. He locked the door, wrapped the feather clothes with the monster's cattle bones and flesh, and buried them at the door, so that the girl could never come out again.
He thought that as time passed, she would change her mind.
But the girl just looked at the sky and said nothing.
No matter how angry, insulting, begging, or crying, she still ignored him and just looked at the sky. The flame of desire almost turned him into a paranoid madman. He opened a restaurant here and only set up tables outside and on the first floor. The girl didn't eat or drink, and didn't say a word. When everyone asked, the poor boy said that this was his wife.
He even adopted two children, saying that they were his and his wife's offspring.
However, he still couldn't get close to the girl. As time passed, he gradually grew older and older. Finally, one day, he died here. The girl still looked the same as before. He fell to the ground, looking at the cold eyes that never fell on him. Desire and obsession burned his heart and lungs, and he finally became furious and crazy.
"You are my wife, you are mine!!"
"Even if I die, even if I die, I will not leave you, no!!!"
.........
The blue candlelight flickered, and the surroundings were gloomy.
The man in the Taoist robe exclaimed:
"It's a very interesting story, it's the prototype of the story of the goddess and the mortal, but there is still a question."
He looked at the man half hidden in the darkness and said:
"Why did the poor boy's brother and sister-in-law never appear? It's like they disappeared."
"The second time, where did he get the expensive silk and satin overnight, and where did he get the wine and meat that could feed the demons? Was that meat really just pork? And not... Haha, it's just a guess, after all, the demons The devil ate so happily. "
The Taoist paused, looked at the man, and said playfully:
"Also, did you really have a cow?"
"The one who ate meat to cast spells, was it really a yellow cow?"
The man in the shadow stared at the Taoist, the atmosphere was a little depressing, and he was silent for a long time, then slowly muttered:
"It's just a story."
He looked at the mountain outside the window and said, "A story that will end in two days."
.........
On the mountain surrounded by the Luo River full of dead air, there is an antique attic.
In the attic, there is a girl in white clothes. A clear air different from the ghost realm is trying hard to resist the surging changes in the outside world, but it can no longer resist and slowly shrinks. When she fails completely, this ghost realm will be completely formed.
The woman looked calm.
She has been sleeping for too long, and her power loss is terrible.
And this era is no longer the era of gods after all.
She had accumulated the last bit of strength, at least to die with the ghost. At this moment, a ripple appeared in the void, as if the night was water, a stone fell somewhere, and ripples appeared. The girl's face showed a slight surprise, and she stretched out her fingers, and the ripples touched her fingers.
[Searching for Gods]
The message represented by the ancient mark slowly spread.
"Si Li Xiaowei Wei, please see the goddess."
"Ancient Crouching Tiger...?!"