Zhu He

Wu Zhang brought Chang Jiaci into the stone room, just like he brought Dong Qinghe that day.Facing the person standing beside Tianxiang Lake, Wu Zhang said: "Although Tianxiang Lake has the effect of insight into the past and present, it can only glimpse your own fate. If you want to find out about others, it may depend on chance. "

Chang Jiaci stared at Xiaotan at his feet, smiled and nodded.

"I know."

Wu Zhang looked at the back of the man again, only to feel that this man was too weak and thin, as if he would be broken in two with a light fold.

Wu Zhang sighed in a low voice, this is the case with both of them, whether it is good fortune to trick others, or love words to harm others, he himself is somewhat confused.

Hearing the people in the room leave, Chang Jiaci slowly bent down, and sat down cross-legged at the place where Dong Qinghe had stayed. Looking at the quiet lake, Chang Jiaci suddenly said.

"That day you thought I was dead, what kind of thoughts did you come here? Is it... the same as me now? And what did you see here? Qinghe, can you tell me?"

Chang Jiaci talked to himself for a while, then laughed at himself, and finally stuck his hand into the lake in front of him.

At first he didn't see anything, even if he closed his eyes and felt for a long time, he still didn't feel anything, but Chang Jiaci didn't mean to give up. Xianghu has heard it for a long time. If you want to find out such things as fate, you can't be impatient, and Tianxiang Lake is unpredictable. Before coming here, Chang Jiaci made preparations for a long wait, and he was very patient.

Sure enough, gradually some fragmented pictures began to appear in front of his eyes, sometimes they just passed by in a flash, and sometimes they flickered like scattered fireworks. Chang Jiaci waited for a long time and finally captured what it was.

His heart skipped a beat.

It was the back of a man, looking at that figure, Chang Jiaci was very familiar with him, but it was obviously not the man now, but the man from many, many years ago, he was no longer dressed as a scholar, but He was wearing a crimson official robe, holding three pillars of fragrance in his hand, and was bending forward to worship.

Although he almost understood something in his heart, when he really saw the haggard, yellow and thin face opposite, Chang Jiaci's chest was pulled up heavily, and he followed the man's line of sight, and when things fell in front of him, often Jiaci only felt a buzzing in his ears.

That's... a tablet.

After inserting the incense in his hand into the censer, the man couldn't help stretching out his hand to caress the name on the tablet, repeatedly, until he couldn't help but coughed quickly, his face was red and his breath was surging. Only then had to give up.

If the servant outside the door hadn't heard the movement and rushed in, the man would have passed out.

"Master Lian? Are you okay, Sir Lian? This slave will call the doctor right now."

The servant helped him to the outer hall, only then did Chang Jiaci see clearly that the other party put the tablet in his bedroom.

The man known as Mr. Lian slowly stopped his heavy cough, and the corners of his mouth were slightly red. He wiped it casually with his cuff, and shook his hand at the boy: "No need... Let me ask you, has the emperor's will come down?" ?”

The servant nodded: "I came down in the early court, saying that although the right minister was accused of murdering the whole family of the Minister of Justice three years ago, the left minister's party members were secretly involved with him, and today there are other people. After looking at the ironclad evidence, he got angry and ordered the Zuo Chancellor to ransack the house and exile."

Sir Lian just nodded slightly after hearing this, and was about to wave his hand to let the boy down, when a man who looked like a housekeeper came to the door in a hurry, and said anxiously: "My lord...the emperor is here."

Even the adults raised their eyebrows and stretched out their hands for the servant to help him up. Not long after, a man in a black robe walked in outside. He was not confused at his age, with calm eyebrows and eyes. He didn't have the slightest sense of determination of a high-ranking person. Pretty mediocre.

Seeing that Master Lian wanted to say hello, the other party quickly stepped forward to give him a hand, and even pulled him to sit down beside him.

The two said something, nothing more than the situation in the court and the crimes of the left, the black-robed man praised Lord Lianhao again, praising that if he hadn't been by his side these years, after Yang Shangshu's death, he would have sentenced him to death. The crime of the right prime minister, and even the adult pretended to rely on the left prime minister to collect evidence for himself, and he could not bring down the two mountains that had oppressed him for more than ten years.

"Back then I was sorry for your Lian family, but now that the world is at peace, I will clear up the grievances for General Lian and your Lian family."

The superior was there swearing, but even the lord just turned his head and quietly looked at a pear blossom outside the courtyard, and said for a long while: "Your Majesty, I will never forget what we said back then."

"When I first entered the capital, I was confronted with enemies. How did I get your confidantes with the body of a sinner? The reason why you can use my ministers everywhere is that after the death of Yang Shangshu, I will guarantee you and will eradicate the villains in the court for you. And as long as you trust me for a few years, when things are done, I won't take credit for it, and I will end it myself."

"Lian Aiqing..."

"Your Majesty, now that it's done, I will keep my promise, but I'm afraid that if I don't come by myself, God will take me away..." After speaking, the Lord Lian coughed heavily again, covering his mouth. The veil slowly revealed a dazzling bright red.

"Lian Aiqing, don't think so, you are my hero, and I will definitely let the imperial physician..."

Sir Lian still shook his head, with a smile on his face: "No need, Your Majesty... I live a very tiring life. I am too tired to be alone day after day all these years. It is enough for me to stay until now. Let's go later, I'm afraid that person won't wait for me on Huangquan Road, and leave first, he already hates me..."

The emperor couldn't understand what he said, so he tried to comfort him a few more words, seeing that Mr. Lian was lacking in energy, he finally got up first.

Listening to the other party repeatedly reminding the boys outside the house to take good care of the people inside, even the adults leaned on the couch and looked at the pear blossoms outside the window in a daze, and slowly rolled their eyelids.

His lips moved slightly, as if he was whispering something, but he couldn't hear anything clearly...

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You don't know how he, who was left alone in this world, spent his days after you died!He has nothing left!Everything I had to live and work for was gone...

This is what he yelled at him when he first met He Qiran. At that time, Chang Jiaci didn't understand what it meant, until this moment...

Obviously he caused that person to have nothing, but after his death, Lian Tang still survived, struggling with those complicated schemes, which he obviously hated the most. He never had any intention of harming others, but he But he gave up everything for himself, including his persistence all the time.

Chang Jiaci wanted to reach out and touch the man who was crooked in the chair, but in the next moment everything shattered in front of his eyes like a mirror.

Chang Jiaci thought that he would be pulled out of Tianxiang Lake, but the fact is that he is still in it. I don’t know, as Wu Zhang said, Chang Jiaci’s opportunity has come, or Dong Qinghe’s residual knowledge wants him to see him In the past, scenes of more detailed scenes continued to rotate in front of Chang Jiaci.

Those things that he had neglected in the past, those things that were hidden by memory and erased by reincarnation, were finally revealed to him bit by bit...

He hated him for so many years, hated himself for being miserable, hated his unfair fate, hated Lian Tang, who was supposed to advance and retreat with him, but had a polarized fate. Why has he always been responsible for himself in the past few lifetimes, while the other party has enjoyed all the glory happily?For this reason, Chang Jiaci even felt murderous, but he couldn't see that what he saw was never the truth.

Never.

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In the second life, Chang Jiaci was reincarnated as a beggar who did all kinds of crimes, and finally died at the hands of a catcher, and the catcher was seriously injured and died in the pursuit of several other vicious fugitives within a few days after killing him. died.

In the third life, Chang Jiaci was a servant who coveted the owner's property, and was finally turned to the government and beaten to death with sticks. The owner was also beaten to death by bandits half a month later on the way to sell goods.

In the fourth world, Chang Jiaci was a gangster who was a gangster and a thief. He was chased into a trap by a benevolent hero and fell to his death. The hero was sent to the battle invitation the next day after the gangster's death. , In the end, unfortunately, he was ambushed by the opponent and died.

In the fifth life, Chang Jiaci became a scholar who was greedy for life and afraid of death. Because he was a deserter, he was beheaded by a high official as a warning to others. He was implicated and beheaded by high-ranking people before he arrived, and died.

In the sixth world, Chang Jiaci turned into an ugly violinist with a humble appearance but a vicious mind. He was jealous of fellow actors being favored and almost poisoned his benefactor. The assassin was poisoned and died in his own mansion.

The seventh generation, Chang Jiaci, was an enemy spy who infiltrated the military camp. He was captured by the general in the army and tortured in every possible way, but he ended up in a lingering end. However, he didn’t want the general to lead his army into battle three days later and be caught by the enemy’s treacherous plan and be captured. , also cannot escape the result of being hacked into pieces.

In a blink of an eye, they came to the eighth life, which was also Chang Jiaci's most hated life. Because of the pursuit of that stinky Taoist priest, he stumbled and fell to Xiaoping Mountain and became a half-human, but after his death, Chang Jiaci Seeing that Taoist priest standing blankly on the top of Xiaoping Mountain, he did not leave the place where his footprints remained for a long time, as if his own death also gave him too much impact.

Until an old Taoist priest came to the mountain.

Seeing the old Taoist, the young Taoist suddenly knelt down in front of him.

"Master, I finally understand what you said, 'The way of heaven has no relatives, and it is always with good people. If they are good, they will be protected by the way of heaven. If they are not good, the way of heaven will give them an end, and we only need to follow our heart', The master wants to say that good and evil are determined by God, and it is not my turn to be a fearless savior. It is a pity that the disciple understands it too late... The disciple cannot bear the deep meaning of this Tao, and if he kills others, the disciple is not worthy of cultivation after all. the road……"

As he spoke, the man untied the saber from his waist, and took off the crown of five mountains from his head, and solemnly placed it in front of the old Taoist priest.

The old Taoist watched silently, and said for a moment: "You know that you are very destined to be immortal. If you continue to practice, you may be able to achieve great success in this life, and you can save thousands of years of time."

"The disciple is not filial..." The young Taoist bent down and kowtowed heavily.

The old Taoist said again: "Then you know, if you cut off the relationship between you and me as a master and apprentice, even in the next life, I will not teach you anything again."

"Disciple...not filial." The young Taoist tapped his forehead again.

The old Taoist said again: "You know, without my enlightenment, your path of practice will go through many hardships, or it will end here, and there will be no way forward."

The young Taoist stopped talking, but did not lift his deeply bowed head, as if he had made up his mind.

The old Taoist sighed: "Forget it, you have a deep obsession, and I can't do anything about it, so let's do it for myself."

As he said that, he flicked the sleeve robe and disappeared from the spot.

And the last thing Chang Jiaci looked at in the lake was the back of the young Taoist priest who watched him go away, who hadn't gotten up for a long time, was slightly swayed by the strong wind on the top of the mountain...

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The picture in front of him had disappeared for a while, but Chang Jiaci still didn't open his eyes.

First one drop, then another, and then more and more tears slid down his face line by line, wet the front of his front.

Going around, I thought that there was only one person to share the pain of the ten lives alone, but Chang Jiaci didn't believe that the same death in that life was a coincidence, it was Dong Qinghe, it was Lian Tang... ...It must be something he did, he should have a great fate, but for himself, for himself...

He Qiran said... Jiaxi has paid a lot for us, but you don't know how much another person has done for you...

Qinghe...

Did you see it that day?See, in fact, in this life, apart from me, you will die?

I'm so stupid, I'm so stupid, I'm sorry...

Chang Jiaci covered his face in tears.

Suddenly, a light and shadow flashed in front of Chang Jiaci's eyes, and he suddenly remembered the thought that passed by when he was caught by the lakeside and beaten severely by the people sent by the right minister in the first life.

Because it hurts so much, his heart hurts, his body hurts too, Chang Jiaci only hopes that someone can take him away in his mind, but he knows there won't be, so he listens to the sound of water pattering in his ears and feels the wind blowing With the cold wind on his face, Chang Jiaci thought again, if he died like this, if he had a few more lives, he hoped that God could turn himself into a bird that could swim and soar, making him want to go You can go wherever you want, and you will never be entangled by the sky and the earth again.

And in the end, God satisfied him...

But Chang Jiaci didn't notice it.

Chang Jiaci couldn't help laughing, crying and laughing, laughing for a long time...

……

When he walked out of the stone room in a trance, the sun was already setting, and the blood-red morning glow shone in front of him, causing Chang Jiaci to close his eyes and avoid it for a moment before he dared to turn his head to look.

Staring at Canse in front of him, Chang Jiaci suddenly realized how delicate and beautiful it was.

This is actually the case with everything in the world. Even if the darkness is coming, there is still a ray of light that has been preserved and waited for the clouds to open. When the night fades, the bright sun will shine on the earth again...