Obsessed princess

Once upon a time there was a cavalry who had been the king's guard for twenty-five years, honest and loyal. He behaved well, and the king ordered him to retire honorably, giving him the horse he rode, and the full set of saddles he had used.

　　The soldier said goodbye to his comrades and went back to his hometown. He walked day after day, week after week. He ran out of money, he had nothing to eat, his horses had nothing to eat, and he was still far from home. He was so hungry that he saw that things were not going well. He looked to the left and right and saw a large castle.

　　He thought to himself: Why don't I go there and find a temporary job, as long as I can make money.

　　He went to the castle, entered the yard, locked the horse in the stable, and put some ingredients for the horse to eat. He walked into the house by himself, and saw that there was wine and vegetables on the table, and he couldn't ask for it! He ate and drank violently, and was full of wine and food. He thought to himself: Now you can sleep well!

　　A mother bear suddenly ran in and said to him, "Don't be afraid, boy. You are going to be lucky, I am not a man-eating mother bear, but a beautiful girl, an enchanted princess. If you can stay and sleep for three days and three nights, you can drive away the devil from me. I will become the princess I used to be and marry you as a wife."

　　The soldier agreed. The mother bear ran out, leaving him alone. He was annoyed, and the further he looked, the more annoyed he became. If it wasn't for a few glasses of wine, he wouldn't be able to support it all night.

　　On the third night, he was so unbearable that he decided to leave the castle. He looked everywhere for the door, looking for it, but couldn't find it. There was no way, so he had to bite the bullet and stay.

　　On the third morning, a beautiful princess came to him, thanked him for his help, and wanted to marry him. They had a wedding and lived happily and without worries.

　　After some days, the soldier missed his hometown and wanted to go back to see, but the princess advised him not to go back. "Don't go back, dear, you don't lack anything now."

　　The wife did not persuade her, so she sent her husband off, gave him a bag of tree seeds, and said to him, "Scatter these tree seeds on the side of the road you pass by, and the seeds will immediately grow into trees, bearing precious fruits, birds singing on the trees, and cats tell you stories."

　　He rode his hard-working war horse and went back to his hometown. Along the way, he scattered tree seeds on both sides of the road, and trees immediately grew in Shili and kept growing up.

　　On the third day, he met a group of camels, and the merchant was sitting on the grass playing cards. There was a pot hanging beside it. There was no fire under the pot, but the water in the pot boiled and poured out.

　　The soldier thought to himself, it's amazing, I can't see the fire, the boiling water in the pot is coming out, wait for me to come closer and have a look. He turned his horse's head and rode towards the merchant.

　　"Hello, respect friends!" He didn't expect that these were devils, not business people.

　　"Your stuff is good, no fire can boil water, mine is better than yours!" He took a tree seed from the bag and sprinkled it on the ground, and immediately a century-old tree grew, full of precious fruit, birds sing on the trees, and cats tell stories. The devil saw this thing and recognized him.

　　They quietly discussed: "This is the person who rescued the princess. We used medicinal wine to get him drunk and told him to sleep here for half a year."

　　The devil invited the soldier to drink and got him drunk with medicinal wine. He fell on the grass and fell asleep, not waking up from the lightning. The merchant, the camel, the pot, all disappeared without a trace.

　　The princess went for a walk in the garden and found that the treetops had turned yellow. She thought to herself: It's broken, her husband is in danger. Three months have passed, and he should have come back, but he was nowhere to be seen.

　　The princess set off to find her husband. She walked along the road her husband had walked. There were trees by the road, birds were singing on the trees, and cats were telling stories.

　　She came to a place where she could not see a tree, and a road twisted and turned on the bare flat ground. She thought to herself: Where is the prince, has he gone underground? If you look closely, there is a strange tree next to her, and her dear husband is lying under the tree.

　　The wife went to her husband and pushed him, trying to wake him up, but she didn't wake him up. She twisted her husband and stabbed him with a pin. The husband didn't know the pain, and he didn't move like a dead man. The princess got angry and scolded: "You nasty sleepy bug, let the wind blow you away, 108,000 miles away!"

　　As soon as she finished speaking, the wind suddenly blew her husband away and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

　　The princess regretted saying the unlucky words, burst into tears, returned home, and lived alone.

　　The poor soldier was blown far and far by the wind and landed on a small piece of land between two seas, rolling in any direction and falling into the sea without help.

　　He slept for half a year without moving his fingers. As soon as he opened his eyes, he stood up and glanced around, the waves were surging on both sides, and the shore could not be seen. He thought for a while, and said to himself, "Strange, how did I get here, and who sent me here?" He walked to an island. There is a mountain on the island, high and steep, with the peak reaching into the clouds and a large rock on the mountainside.

　　He went to the foot of the mountain and saw three devils fighting, covered in blood and torn.

　　"Stop! Why are you fighting?"

　　"It's been three days since my father died, leaving behind three treasures: the flying carpet, the thousand-mile boots, and the invisibility hat, which are not easy to divide."

　　"You nasty things, fighting over such a trivial matter. I'll give you a share to ensure that everyone is satisfied, and no one will have an opinion."

　　"Okay, please do me a favor."

　　"Yes! If you go to the woods to collect resin, you have to collect thousands of catties. Every time you collect 100 catties, you will send it here."

　　The three devils went to extract resin and collected thousands of catties. Give it to the soldiers.

　　"Now go to hell and carry the biggest pot."

　　The devil took a very large pot and poured the resin into the pot.

　　The soldiers lit a fire. When the resin began to melt, he ordered the ghost to carry the pot up the mountain and pour it down from the mountain. The three devils were done in no time.

　　The soldier said, "Now, you go and push that stone, push it down the mountain, and then go after the stone, whoever catches up first, whoever picks first, pick one of the three treasures. Whoever catches up with the second The stone, pick one of the two treasures. The last one to catch up with the stone, take the remaining one."

　　The devil pushed the stone hard, and the stone rolled down the mountain, rolling very fast. Three devils ran after him, one caught up, reached out to grab the stone, the stone rolled back, pressed the devil underneath, rolled into the resin, and the other two devils also caught up with the stone, and the result was the same, being caught by the resin. Tightly stuck.

　　The soldier picked up his thousand-mile boots and invisibility hat, sat on the flying carpet, and flew to his country.

　　He flew for a while, and flew to a small house, where sat an old witch with missing teeth, who was very old. He walked into the house and asked the witch, "Grandma, please tell me how to find my wife, she is a beautiful princess."

　　"I don't know, dear. I don't know her. You go to my second sister, you have to cross several seas and walk a long way to find her. She knows more than I do, and maybe she can point you."

　　He sat on the flying carpet and continued to fly, and flew for a long time, hungry and thirsty. He put on his invisibility hat, fell in a city, walked into a store, grabbed something he wanted, sat on the flying carpet and continued to fly.

　　He flew to a hut and went in. In the house sat a toothless witch, very old.

　　"Hello, grandma. Please tell me where to find my wife, she is a beautiful princess."

　　"I don't know, dear. I have a sister who has to cross several seas and walk a long way to find her. She might know."

　　He sat on the flying carpet and went to the witch's eldest sister.

　　He flew for a long time, flew over several seas, flew a long way, and flew to the horizon. There is a hut here. Can't go any further, it's pitch black ahead, and nothing can be seen. He thought to himself: If there is no name here, there is no way. He went into the house. There was a white-haired witch in the house who lost her teeth.

　　"Hello, grandma. Please tell me where to find my wife, she is a princess."

　　"Wait a minute, I'll ask the wind. It blows all over the world, and it should know where your wife is."

　　She went up the steps and screamed, blew a loud whistle, and suddenly a strong wind blew from all directions, making the hut wobbly.

　　"Shave small, shave small!" said the witch.

　　"My strong wind, have you traveled all over the world and seen a beautiful princess?"

　　"No, I've never seen it before," Gale said in unison.

　　"Are you all here?" "Only the south wind didn't arrive."

　　Nanfeng was late. The witch asked it, "Where have you been, I only came at this time, and I have been waiting for you for a long time."

　　"I'm sorry, grandma. I went to a newly formed kingdom. There was a beautiful princess whose husband was missing, and kings and princes of many countries proposed to her."

　　"How far is it from here?"

　　"It takes thirty years to walk and ten years to fly. I can be there in three hours."

　　With tears in his eyes, the soldier begged the south wind to send him away.

　　"I can send you there, but promise me to walk around your country for three days and three nights."

　　"Three weeks doesn't matter!"

　　"Okay, I'll rest for two or three days to keep my spirits up, and we'll leave."

　　Nanfeng rested and rested up, and said to the soldiers, "Hey, brother, pack up, you can leave. Don't be afraid, I won't drop you."

　　Suddenly the wind whistled, and a strong wind blew up, and the soldier was swept into the air, over the mountains, over the ocean, through the clouds, no more, no less, and after three hours he was where his wife was.

　　Nanfeng said to him, "Goodbye, young man. I pity you for not wandering here."

　　"Why?"

　　"Because as soon as I walk around, the houses in the city and the trees in the garden will be turned upside down, and nothing will be left."

　　"Thank you, I wish you a safe journey." After the soldier finished speaking, he put on his invisibility hat and walked into the palace.

　　After the soldier disappeared, the leaves in the garden dried up. When he came back, the leaves turned green again.

　　He entered the hall, and the king and prince who had come to propose were drinking happily. As long as someone poured wine and raised the glass, the soldier raised his fist and knocked it out. The guest was surprised, and the princess immediately understood. She thought to herself that it was her husband who had returned.

　　She glanced out the window, and the trees in the garden turned green. She gave her guests a riddle: "I have a small box and a golden key. I lost the key and thought I couldn't find it, but the key appeared by itself. Whoever can guess this riddle, I will marry whoever."

　　The king and prince thought about it for a long time, and used a lot of brains, but they couldn't guess it. The princess said, "My dear, come out." The soldier took off his invisibility hat, took his wife's hand and kissed her.

　　"This is the answer!" the princess said to the guests, "the box is me, and the golden key is my husband.

　　The suitor had to turn the car around and go home. The princess and her husband live a happy life.