
The journey from the hamlet to the city of Peking takes a day. Along the way, the
the salt merchant of course freed the two virgins from bearing salt and only what if
they passed through the hamlets only the two virgins had to carry salt.
By late afternoon, the group arrived in front of the city gate of Peking. Everyone gets tense
his heart when they arrived at the gate and were forced to stop because it was about to be done
inspection by the gatekeepers headed by a high commanding officer
big, fierce and brewok. It just so happened that the salt merchant group numbered nine
these twelve men arrived at the gate and a group of salt merchants from another region arrived
the number of twenty more until the situation there became very crowded.
“Haiiii!” The commander who jumped onto a table shouted with his hands on his waist,
it was loud and proud. “You have to go in one by one! Each basket will
checked, also everyone will be examined carefully because it is feared there are smugglers! If we
can arrest just one smuggler, all of you will be severely punished!”
The thick mustache had already slipped and approached the commander, whispering slowly while handing over
a bag of money. “Excuse me, tai-ciangkun, we are in a hurry. Look, there's a troupe
other salt traders, if we lose first, will certainly fall the price of salt. It's a little thank you sign
for tai-ciangkun and if we have sold out our salt, of course it will be added again..“.
The commanding officer snatched the bag of money and said, “Hemm.
pass first, but still have to be checked! The situation is now serious!”
The thick mustache had retreated and his face was pale. If it is checked and found out that two people
among them are women, there will certainly be a commotion, what else if the princess is known!
At that moment, there was a commotion on the part of the salt merchant group of twenty people more.
A salt merchant whose face was black and pockmarked with smallpox, shouted and
pecking, “Hayaaa... woe... who put these snakes in my bed...? Of course traders
salt from the west, motherfucker..!”
There was a row and a storm because it suddenly appeared a lot of small large snakes in place
it! The sharp-eyed Lan earlier saw how pockmarked black-faced salt merchant was
he had taken out a yellow bundle of cloth from the basket and presumably the serpents had come out of it
that bundle! And while lan lan was pensive, she suddenly saw how pockmarked the paw was
kicking a little snake. The snake floated upwards and hit the chest of the commander standing on.
table top. No one saw this movement except lan lan. The commander shouted and
mentioning clothes.
“Official all snakes...!” he shouted to his men. “Hayo you guys go ahead immediately, do not meet
this place!” He shouted at the group of thick mustaches.
Using the opportunity while it was in chaos, the two princesses were already
shouldering each other's pikulan and with the insistence of the thick mustache they quickly shouldered
the salt basket entered the gate.
“Haiii, checked first.. eihhh, wretched..!” The commander who shouted back was surprised because there was a
the green snake that floated up and hit his face, almost biting his nose!
the two princesses were able to escape quickly, then were protected by her friends, the second
the virgin let go of the pikulan and hurriedly walked into Peking city, For she did not
bearing the salt, then after the rowdy state at the gate subsided and all the merchants were examined,
in the company there were no longer these two women and they were not called because there was none
the guard who thought that the two people who walked away without carrying the pikulan were
members of the salt merchant group. What's more because all the guards were busy killing the snakes
so their attention is divided.
Last night, the two men fled. They understood that if they did not quickly leave the city of Pe King, their situation was still in great danger, even to the point of
at that time no one suspected them.
They had easily escaped from Peking out of the north door and traveled
all through the dark night with no particular direction except one wish, that of escape
only knew that they were fleeing towards the east. By looking at the stars, they can
turn your feet towards the east.
On the other day, they rested for a while in a forest, eating the dry bread they brought
as a provision of the salt merchants, drink the clear water they got in the forest,
then lying on the grass letting go of fatigue.
“Aihhhhh... instead of playing the comfort of falling like this..,” The Princess complains of favor. “And bread
dry earlier, how delicious, the clear water was also very refreshing. Never in my life have I
you can eat and sleep like this!”
Hearing this, Lan lan laughed freely until she saw a row of her teeth and tongue. Because there is no
there was someone else, then he laughed as freely as possible. Hearing this, Lin Lin looked in surprise. ”Eh, you
why, lan's sister? Why laugh so much?”
“I was amused to listen to your words earlier, and maybe I laughed because I was relieved and
happy to be free from danger. Your words made me think of a fairy tale about a king who
do not like to eat and can not sleep..”.
“The king left the palace in annoyance, and in the middle of the forest he saw a farmer
hoeing the ground and eating it. The king then helped the farmer, hoeing the land for
get a bowl of rice and side dishes consisting only of salted fish, and drink only
it consists of clear water. After he finished working hard until his hands were scuffed and his body was tired
instead of playing, he ate the drink and enjoyed it like he had never felt it
his life! Just like you are! You are a princess who eats every day
all-expensive meal, now eat dry bread drink clear water, your sleep is not in the room
beautiful and based on a thick mattress but in the forest, on the grass, but you feel good
once! Hi-hik, isn't this funny?”
Lin laughed as well. “You liken me to a king in a fairy tale? Don't do it, ah! He is
lazy, if I don't! I wonder why I enjoy all of this.
This experience has opened my eyes, my sister, that which is said to be delicious or unpleasant,
pleasant or unpleasant, happy or unhappy, rejoicing or grieving, are not at all dependent on outside circumstances,
but to our own hearts, from our own moods, from our own minds, from ourselves! To the heart and to the body, its shortness depends on the self
whether we want to rejoice or mourn, if his heart wants to rejoice, then rejoice us, another when we think that sad continues, like a cake, then rejoice, so the last cake makes us sad continuously, unless we want to throw away our sadness and want to leave only joy.
"Surprised that Kim Thian heard the words of this princess, he was amazed by her mature mind. "
“Lezatnya food is not in the bowl, good bad something is not in front of us, but
within ourselves. My mind is now in relief from the disaster, tired body and stomach
hungrier. Of course, all the food and drinks are delicious! This grass is much more enjoyable to sleep with
than all sorts of fur mattresses because now my body is tired. So then...
the statement that this is delicious is not good, this is good it is not good, not true reality, but
opinion of the heart affected by the circumstances of that time.” continued daughter Lin lin.
“Hemm... Then how?” Lan lan furrowed her well-shaped brows, her eyes looking
with a joyous light as she began to be able to catch the intended in her brother's speech.
“Then there is nothing good or bad in this world. We decide ourselves! And...
ahh, I got confused myself facing this obvious reality! We are usually played by
own mind that likes to make it up!”
Lan lan was already unable to answer because she was barely able to endure her drowsiness, only
nod weakly and cover the mouth with the fingers holding the mouth that wants to yawn only. Tak
a long time later, the two virgins had fallen asleep under a tree, based on the grass
pliable. A tired body demands rest after a hungry stomach is filled.
The sun had risen high when the two virgins woke up and they became shocked to see
that day has been day. First it was Lin Lin who woke up first. He woke up like a man
startled and got up to sit down, rubbed his eyes and complained softly. “Uuhhh, may only dream...,