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    Chapter 27

    Thousands of years of drama in the world of mortals, lotuses and whites share the same bed

    After bidding farewell to the Aegean Sea in Greece, the figures of Qinglian and Gu Baifei traveled freely through the millennia of China, changing their identities wherever they went, and in the mortal world of different dynasties, they performed all kinds of tenderness and fireworks in the world.

    Wei and Jin·Hermit and Medicine Girl

    The two of them landed in the bamboo forest of the Wei and Jin Dynasties. Gu Baifei transformed into a hermit in a green shirt, with a bamboo flute hanging from his waist. With clear eyebrows and eyes, he played the piano and flute in the bamboo forest every day, pretending to be a scholar who escaped from the world. Qinglian pretended to be a mountain medicine girl, carrying a medicine basket on her back. The corners of her skirt were stained with morning dew and the fragrance of medicine. She picked spiritual herbs in her free time and occasionally treated the injuries of the passing woodcutter.They built a hut deep in the bamboo forest, with purple lotus and medicinal herbs planted in front of the yard. When they got up in the morning, Gu Baifei made tea and dried the green lotus for medicine. In the afternoon, they sat side by side under the shade of the bamboo, listening to his talk about metaphysics, and she mended his clothes.An elegant scholar came to the hermit to talk about Taoism due to his reputation, but he only saw the two of them cuddling together. They just said that they were “a couple of gods and immortals, and they don’t envy fame and fame”, so they also followed him to live in seclusion for a while.

    The prosperous Tang Dynasty·Musicians and dancers

    Fast forward to the prosperous Tang Dynasty in Chang’an, Gu Baifei became the chief musician of the Jiaofang Division, and played the pipa to make up the wind and moon in Chang’an, attracting countless dignitaries to compete for invitations; Qinglian turned into the most stunning dancer in the Jiaofang, with purple clothes, light steps, and a “Lotus Flower Dance” that shocked the night of Chang’an.On the Lantern Festival, Gu Baifei accompanied her by the Qujiang Pond. She danced under the moonlight, and the lotus fragrance mixed with the sound of music spread out, causing the lotuses in the pond to bloom all night long, causing people all over the city to exclaim “A fairy has descended to earth.”After the song ended, the two took off their costumes as musicians and dancers, and walked hand in hand around the Chang’an Night Market, gnawing on cakes and looking at the lanterns, turning the prosperity of Chang’an into their own treasure.

    Mr. Shuyuan and the Embroiderer in the Song Dynasty

    When he arrived in Lin’an during the Song Dynasty, Gu Baifei transformed into a school teacher. Dressed in plain robes and holding a scroll, he taught young children to read the books of saints and sages in the school. His gentle and elegant words attracted the women in the neighboring villages to look forward to him.The son-in-law of the family was able to worship him as his teacher; Qinglian became an embroiderer in the alley, guarding an embroidery frame and specializing in embroidering purple lotus patterns. Her embroidery was snapped up by dignitaries, but she was only willing to embroider a lotus pattern handkerchief for Gu Baifei.After school every day, Gu Baifei would pick her up at the Xiufang. The two of them would go to the market with their vegetable baskets, buy a piece of tofu, weigh a pound of fresh fish, and then go back to the courtyard to cook a pot of warm soup. Outside the window was the misty rain in Lin’an, and inside the house were their fireworks, which were actually more delicious than the sages’ books in the academy.

    Ming Dynasty general and his female doctor

    Finally, the two of them stepped into the border of the Ming Dynasty. Gu Baifei transformed into a young general guarding the border, wearing armor and holding a spear, protecting peace on the battlefield. The fierceness in his eyebrows turned into gentleness when he saw Qinglian;On the day of the great victory, a celebration banquet was held in the military camp. Gu Baifei held Qinglian’s hand and climbed up to the city tower. Looking at the stars in the sky and the moonlight at the border, he took off his armor and she collected her medicine bag. They just became an ordinary couple. In the wind at the border, they made a promise to “protect their homeland and I will also protect you.”

    From the bamboo forest of the Wei and Jin Dynasties to the border of the Ming Dynasty, the two changed countless identities in a thousand years, but they always held hands, turning every scene in the human world into a tender love that is unique to them and spans the years.

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