Longevity, starting from traveling and telling stories

Chapter 200 Dong Yong and the Weaver Girl

"Wait for me here! I'm going to destroy that formation." As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Beixuan turned into a stream of light and disappeared in an instant.

After being repaired by the unknown power in Cui Mingyuan's body, his strength has now been fully restored.

Near the blood evil formation, the blood energy was as thick as substance, permeating the surroundings.

Ye Beixuan followed the blood and soon found the banner.

Fortunately, he had an immune body and successfully destroyed the banner, allowing the absorbed blood and energy to gradually return to their original place.

Seeing Hanmei's face gradually turning rosy, the eldest princess couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The Prime Minister and Jingzhao Yin have suffered such a heavy blow this time, I am afraid they will never let it go.

"Don't worry." Ye Beixuan, who had destroyed the formation, rushed back quickly. He could see the worry in the eldest princess' heart at a glance.

"The Prime Minister and the Jingzhao Yin suffered heavy losses this time. What do you think we should do?" The eldest princess said solemnly.

"I already had an idea. Why not keep Chen Tianchou?" Ye Beixuan smiled calmly and said, "Cui Mingyuan died in the hands of unknown people in order to protect the princess. This is enough reason."

"As for who this unknown person is, Jingzhao Yin will definitely be able to guess it. This will be a hundred benefits for you, with no harm at all."

The eldest princess was slightly stunned, and then she realized that this guy was indeed far-sighted. He had already planned everything from the very beginning when he decided to keep Chen Tianchou.

"According to this plan, I have to return to the capital now! Let's say Cui Mingyuan risked his life to protect his master, and the princess finally escaped danger after going through great difficulties and finally rushed back to the capital." The eldest princess chuckled and said, "And this Chen Tianchou has been secretly pursuing him. Is that what you mean?"

"Hehe!" Ye Beixuan chuckled and did not deny that this girl was indeed very smart.

After the plan was announced, the scene suddenly fell silent.

Ye Beixuan knew what the princess wanted to ask, but he couldn't respond at the moment.

The fragments of the Samsara Mirror have been found, and he is about to go back. Everything here will also change with the correction of time and space.

"Will you... go back with me?" The eldest princess couldn't help herself and asked tentatively.

Looking at Ye Beixuan's smiling face, a trace of disappointment flashed in the princess' eyes. How could someone like him be willing to stay?

"Don't worry, I will come back here in a few years, and we will definitely meet again." Seeing her disappointed and sad expression, Ye Beixuan couldn't help but remind her.

"really?"

"real."

The eldest princess then left with some relief.

After finishing the work here, Ye Beixuan still had one more crucial thing to do, which was to go to the next town and pick up Ren Youlan.

the other side.

Ren Youlan woke up early in the morning and found her husband was not around. She felt panicky for no reason. This feeling was completely different from when Ye Aniu went to the provincial capital for the exam. This time, it felt like she was really going to lose him.

"Dad, Mom, have you seen Aniu? Aniu is gone." She was so anxious that she was about to cry, and hurriedly asked her parents.

"Hey! Don't worry." Master Ren comforted him, "Aniu, you're a grown man, where else can you run to?"

"That's right, you wait a moment, maybe he will be back soon." Aunt Ren also said with a smile.

"No, it's not like that." Ren Youlan's panic grew more intense and indescribable.

"What's wrong?" A gentle voice came, making everyone stunned.

Ren Youlan turned her head and saw her husband looking at her with a smile on his face.

She rushed forward and hugged Aniu tightly.

"Where have you been? I can't find you when I wake up."

"I didn't go anywhere. I went to buy you your favorite big meat bun." Aniu patted her back gently and comforted her softly.

For some reason, Ren Youlan felt that her husband seemed a little different today. He exuded a kind of illusory and hazy feeling, like a banished immortal from heaven, as if he was gradually moving away from her.

"Look, he's back! Look how anxious you are." Mr. Ren laughed and Aunt Ren echoed him.

"Dad, Mom." Ye Aniu called respectfully, "Let's go back to Qingshi Town!"

Ren Youlan watched her husband smiling and chatting with his parents, and she felt something was wrong, but she couldn't put her finger on what it was. She just felt a constant sense of unease.

Qingshi Town was still the same as usual, with people busy working for their livelihoods, completely unaware that they had experienced a life-and-death crisis last night.

Ren Youlan returned to the familiar town, and his gloomy mood seemed to have improved a lot. Along the way, everyone talked and laughed.

In the evening, the family was having a great time. Aunt Ren and Ren Youlan were preparing meals in the kitchen.

suddenly.

Youlan started retching without warning and even ran outside to vomit. Aunt Ren, an experienced person, guessed she might be pregnant.

"Daughter, is your period coming?" Aunt Ren asked with some joy.

Ren Youlan thought carefully and realized that Aniu had not been here for a month since he went to take the exam.

Could it be that she was pregnant on her wedding night? The thought of her being pregnant with his child made her eager to tell him the great news. But for some reason, she began to feel inexplicably uneasy.

"Mom..." Ren Youlan hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "I'll go tell him after I finish my meal."

"Okay!" Aunt Ren didn't notice anything unusual about Youlan and just thought she was too happy.

The starry sky tonight is particularly bright, with numerous stars connected together like a gorgeous Milky Way.

Ren Youlan sat alone in the courtyard, gazing up at the sky. She remembered Ah Niu once telling her that each star represented a person. She just didn't know which star belonged to her and her husband.
Suddenly, a piece of clothing was gently draped over her back, and at the same time, a gentle voice came: "It's cold at night. Why are you interested in looking at the stars today?"

"Brother Niu, tell me, are you from a star in the sky?" Ren Youlan said softly, looking at the brightest star in the sky.

"You seem a little abnormal today." Ye Aniu hugged Ren Youlan from behind and spoke softly.

"Brother Niu, will you leave me?" Ren Youlan felt the warmth of her husband on her back, with a hint of sigh in her tone.

Did this girl realize something? Ye Aniu didn't say anything, but just hugged her tighter.

Ren Youlan held his warm big hand, placed it on her belly, and whispered, "Brother Niu, do you like boys or girls?"

No matter how slow Ye Aniu was, he guessed at this moment that his wife was pregnant and he was about to become a father.

He excitedly grabbed Ren Youlan's pulse, opened his Yin-Yang eyes, and confirmed that there was already an unborn little life in her belly.

So, he said excitedly, "Boys and girls are both good."

"Then Brother Niu, please give the child a name!" Ren Youlan's tone was filled with a hint of happiness.

"Niuniu, just call her Niuniu." Ye Aniu shouted excitedly.

"..." Ren Youlan was speechless. Her husband was a top scholar after all, so how could he choose a name so casually? It would be better for her to do it herself.

Looking at the silver moonlight shining on the fallen leaves in the courtyard, which shone like frost, she said, "How about calling me Ye Qingshuang?"

"Ye Qingshuang?" Ye Aniu was slightly startled... This wasn't... So he said solemnly: "Okay, let's call her Ye Qingshuang."

Thinking of this, Ye Aniu couldn't help but feel anxious. He didn't belong to this time period. If he left, what would happen to the child?
According to the old man in the mirror, after traveling back through time, everything will be corrected by time and space. Does this mean that the child will also be erased due to the time and space paradox?

What should he do? Ye Aniu was extremely anxious. But then he thought again, something was wrong. The place he had just traveled to was Qingshi Town, and Niu Niu existed. This meant that Niu Niu was his daughter.

I traveled back in time and gave birth to a daughter with her. Then I returned to the present. After the time and space correction, my daughter still existed. That meant I must have used some method to resist the time and space correction. What method was it?

Ye Aniu racked his brains, and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind. Yes! The old man in the mirror knew everything, so he must also know the method.

"My dear, please wait here for a while. I'll be back soon." Ye Aniu gently kissed Ren Youlan's earlobe, which made her twitch slightly.

Ren Youlan nodded slightly and continued to look at the starry sky.

Ye Aniu walked out of the house, his figure flashed, and he turned into a stream of light and came to a remote place.

He took out a mirror and injected spiritual power into it. Soon the mirror emitted a dazzling white light and floated in the air.

Immediately afterwards, the mirror emitted a white light to the ground, and the white light gradually turned into the shadow of an old man.

"Nice to meet you again." The old man stroked his beard with an indifferent expression.

"Stop talking nonsense. What will happen to my daughter if I leave?" Ye Aniu couldn't wait to ask the doubts in his heart.

The old man said seriously, "The time-space correction will erase her due to the paradox, and she will no longer exist."

"No! But she does exist now. I saw her when I traveled through time." Ye Aniu retorted.

"Don't you see a problem?" the old man said calmly, "When you came to Qingshi Town to pick orange tree leaves, she told you in a letter that her daughter had disappeared. Her memory was getting worse and worse, and she could barely even remember her daughter. Don't you realize there's a problem?"

Ye Aniu was startled, so he asked, "Could it be that my daughter is missing something, so she is gradually being erased by the time and space paradox?" The old man smiled calmly, nodded, and said, "She is not too stupid!"

"Then tell me quickly, what happened? How can I recover?" Ye Aniu urged anxiously.

"The answer is in your arms, the Moonlight Box." The old man said calmly, "Didn't you notice? When you got the Moonlight Box, your daughter disappeared."

Moonlight Box? Ye Aniu was full of doubts and asked, "Then what should I do?"

"It's very simple. Merge the Moonlight Box into your daughter's body now," the old man said calmly. "But after doing this, she will always remember you until your daughter is born, and then she will gradually forget you."

No wonder! No wonder my daughter gradually disappeared after the treasure box returned to me.

When he went back to the past and was seriously injured on the star road, he was saved by the Moonlight Box. Ye Aniu then realized that it was his daughter who saved his life!

"If I integrate the Moonlight Box into my daughter's body now and return to the present time and space, will she appear?" Ye Aniu was worried at the moment, fearing that taking away the Moonlight Box would cause his daughter to be wiped out by the time and space paradox, but if he integrated the box back into his daughter's body now, would it be able to resist the correction of time and space?

"In theory, it is possible." The old man answered affirmatively.

That's good. Ye Aniu breathed a sigh of relief. As long as his daughter was fine, it was good! He then regained his calm tone and said, "Old man, when should I go back? They're waiting for me over there! Why didn't time and space erase my memory this time?"

"You haven't been gradually erased by time and space because your soul has been hiding in the Book of Genesis. Now that you've lost its protection, don't you realize you're starting to weaken?" The old man poured cold water on him mercilessly. "In my opinion, you'll be gone within the next three days at most."

"Say goodbye to her properly! After all, she'll remember you and miss you for a year until her daughter is born. Even after that, she'll still miss you endlessly."

Ye Aniu was slightly startled and sighed helplessly. Ye Aniu could promise her a lifetime, but Ye Beixuan couldn't. He didn't belong to this time period. He had more important things to do.

After finishing the conversation with the old man, Ye Aniu returned home with a heavy heart. Ren Youlan had already gone back to bed.

He was afraid of disturbing her, so he tiptoed to take off his clothes and lay down beside her gently.

However, before he could settle down, a gentle, delicate and warm hand reached out.

Then, a little head rested on Ye Aniu's shoulder, and Ye Aniu realized that she was not wearing...

The next morning.

Ye Aniu had already ground all the soybeans and finished everything he needed to do, and then he started chopping wood in the yard.

His father-in-law and Aunt Ren were old, and Youlan was pregnant, so he wanted to chop all the firewood. For him, this kind of physical labor was a piece of cake.

Ren Youlan finally woke up after the sun hit her butt. Last night was the most restrained and cautious Ye Aniu had ever been in his life.

After living for so long, this is the first time he has truly been "cherishing and compassionate to women".

Otherwise, given his personality, he would probably still believe that using more force would work miracles. Of course, he couldn't use too much force, after all, he also had to consider whether the road was easy to walk on.

Seeing Ye Aniu finish the laborious work, Master Ren reprimanded him, "A man should read the books of sages. As a top scholar, how can you do such a thing that is beneath your dignity? You must study hard in the future and never do such things again."

"Aniu!" Aunt Ren also advised: "Your father is right. You are the hope of our family in the future. You can't do such things that will bring down your status. Be obedient. I, your mother, will take care of things like chopping wood and grinding beans."

"Besides, Youlan is pregnant, you should spend more time with her."

Ye Aniu was touched, but he was leaving soon! Now he just wanted to do what he could for them. And after he left, in their memory, these firewood would only be chopped by him.

"Yes, I understand. Thank you, Mom and Dad." Ye Aniu put down the axe in his hand and said, "I'll go see Youlan."

Time flies, and it's evening again in the blink of an eye.

Ren Youlan was sewing a blue shirt stitch by stitch.

This blue shirt was exactly the one she gave me when I first arrived in Qingshi Town. It turned out that at that time, she had already...

"What's wrong? Why are you sewing clothes for me?" Ye Aniu asked casually.

"My husband is leaving, so I naturally have to prepare clothes for you." Ren Youlan pretended to be indifferent, but her voice trembled slightly.

"You... know?" Ye Aniu asked doubtfully. She actually felt it?
Ren Youlan forced a smile and said, "I'm your bedmate, so I'm naturally aware of any changes in you. But where did my husband come from? Could he really be an immortal from heaven?"

"Yes." Ye Aniu did not deny it. This could be considered a white lie.

"As expected, my husband is the immortal sent to me by God! Then I will tell my daughter that her father is an immortal from heaven." Ren Youlan seemed very happy and said, "Accompany me to watch the stars again!"

She couldn't hide the faint sadness between her brows. If possible, she would rather he was an ordinary person. She didn't ask him to be a hero who saved the world, nor did she hope he was an immortal who soared above the nine heavens.

She only hoped that he could be an ordinary, common, healthy person and accompany her, just like the most ordinary couple in the world.

"Okay." Ye Aniu felt a pang of pain in his heart. He held Ren Youlan's hand tightly and said softly, "Youlan, do you remember the story of Su Tan becoming an immortal that I told you?"

Ren Youlan couldn't hold back her tears and said, "Brother Niu, I will always wait for you."

Ye Aniu held her gently in his arms, gently stroked her hair, and comforted her softly. Then, he gently opened her hand and put a seed in it.

"This is a seed. Plant it in the yard. When it blooms, I will come back." Ye Aniu kissed her forehead and said.

Ren Youlan nodded, wiped away her tears, picked up the needle and thread again, and continued to sew the blue shirt.

Time passed slowly in silence, night fell completely, and starlight filled the entire yard.

Ye Aniu and Ren Youlan sat side by side in the yard, looking up at the starry sky, as if they were back to the night when they first met.

"Brother Niu, look at that star, isn't it very bright?" Ren Youlan asked softly, pointing to the brightest star in the sky.

Ye Aniu looked in the direction of her finger and his heart moved.

"Yes, that star is bright, just like you."

Ren Youlan smiled slightly, leaned on Ye Aniu's shoulder, and said softly: "Brother Aniu, no matter where you go, remember that star is me, and I will always be here waiting for you."

Ye Aniu held her hand tightly, his heart filled with endless emotion and reluctance.

But he also understood that he had to go back.

"Youlan, I will come back. No matter how long it takes, I will come back to find you." Ye Aniu's voice was firm and gentle, and he gently kissed her forehead.

Ren Youlan clenched her fists tightly, as if this would prevent her husband from leaving.

As if she remembered something, she picked up the needle and thread again and continued to sew the blue shirt.

As time passed, the night grew darker, the silver moon became brighter, and the stars became more and more numerous.

The starlight and moonlight intertwined together and fell on the two figures who were tightly holding each other in the yard.

"Brother Niu, what does the sky look like?" Youlan asked seriously.

Upon hearing this, Ye Aniu said slowly: "Let me tell you a story!"

So, Ye Aniu began to tell the story:
"There was a man named Dong Yong. His family was poor, so he had no choice but to sell himself to bury his father." (From the Dong Yong chapter of "Soushen Ji")
Then he told the story of a wealthy family who bought Dong Yong as a slave. Moved by his noble character, they gave him ten thousand coins and let him go home.

Dong Yong used the ten thousand coins to properly bury his father. After three years of mourning at home, he decided to fulfill his duties as a slave.

"Just then, a woman as beautiful as a fairy appeared and told Dong Yong that she was willing to be his wife." Ye Aniu said excitedly.

"Isn't this very similar to Brother Niu's situation! I picked you up and you became my husband." Ren Youlan covered her mouth and chuckled, and her gloomy mood seemed to be swept away in an instant.

Ah Niu's lips curled up slightly, revealing a gentle smile, and he continued, "So, Dong Yong and this woman were married, and together they went to their master's house to fulfill their duties as slaves."

Aniu continued to speak, and the owner said, "I give you the money as a gift, and I don't ask for anything in return." However, after thinking it over again and again, the owner of the wealthy family still asked Dong Yong what his wife was good at.

Dong Yong replied that his wife was an expert in weaving, so the master asked them to weave a hundred rolls of fine silk for him.

Ren Youlan listened quietly, and the more she listened, the more she felt that this story was telling the story of her own experience with her husband.

"Later, the woman was very virtuous. In just ten days, she finished weaving the cloth and paid off her master's debt." Ah Niu continued, "After paying off the debt, the woman confessed to Dong Yong that she was the Weaver Girl from Heaven."

"Because she saw Dong Yong's extraordinary filial piety, this filial piety moved the Emperor of Heaven, so he sent her down to earth to help Dong Yong repay his debts."

Hearing this, Ren Youlan couldn't help but feel a pang of bitterness in her heart. Could it be that her husband came to her just to repay her kindness?
"Alas..." Ah Niu sighed softly and continued, "It just so happened that it was the seventh day of the seventh month. After the woman finished speaking, she turned into a golden light and disappeared without a trace. No one knew where she went."

As soon as he finished speaking, a crystal clear teardrop quietly fell on the back of the hand that was embracing Ren Youlan's abdomen. Aniu clearly felt the warmth of the teardrop.

A gentle breeze blew by, and Ah Niu whispered, "I'm leaving now. Don't miss me too much. I will definitely come back when the orange trees bloom. Wait for me."

After saying that, Aniu slowly let go of the hands that were holding Ren Youlan and walked towards the center of the yard.

At this moment, he could clearly feel the Samsara Mirror pulling him.

"Brother Niu, don't worry about me. I will definitely take good care of our child."

Aniu nodded slightly and stood quietly in the middle of the yard with his back to Ren Youlan.

In a moment, his outline gradually became blurred and faded. Accompanied by a gentle breeze, it gradually turned into a phantom, and disappeared completely in an instant, leaving no trace.

On the ground, only the blue shirt he had just held in his hand was left.

(End of this chapter)