dragon pen

In the front hall of Yuzao, the whole palace was very quiet.There are no servants, and there are many rooms on both sides of the corridor, but the doors are tightly closed, and it seems that no one has pushed them open for a long time.

The palace is silent in the quiet and dim fluorescent green, as if there are hundreds of fireflies hidden in some corner, or it is the ghostly ghost in Qing Xingdeng's hands at all - when people walk in the corridor, they can only hear their own lonely voice. footsteps...

pat, pat.

Zhang Ziyao looked behind him and found that Zhu Jiuyin and the others didn't follow in - or they just got separated at a certain moment, and now he was standing alone in the corridor, not far from him was an open small When Zhang Ziyao went around the small courtyard, he saw some buildings, which looked familiar, like the study in his house before he burned it down.

At this moment, Zhang Ziyao didn't take this matter to heart.

Not far ahead, beyond a few walls, there is an orange light that seems to be guiding him. In the darkness, the young man walked along the lighted place without thinking, walked around several corridors, and finally stepped out of the courtyard. In the open--

A gust of cool wind blows, and the fragrance of lotus penetrates into the nose.

The moment he raised his head, Zhang Ziyao was stunned: at this moment, what he saw was a path paved with cobblestones extending under his feet, and on the other side of the path was a pool of lotus flowers in full bloom. The flowers sway gently in the cool breeze, giving off a "sand" fragrance, and at the same time, the rich floral fragrance hits the nostrils...

There is a log cabin in the middle of the whole lotus pond.

The orange-yellow light came from the wooden house.

Zhang Ziyao's feet seemed to have taken root, and he stood there in a daze, unable to move - the log cabin in front of him felt so familiar to him, in the past many years, he would walk through courtyards after morning classes, I walked through many doors to bring this place... Zhang Ziyao guessed that there would probably be no other person in the world who is more familiar with the lotus pond in front of him than he is. attitude--

He would always step on the creaking small wooden bridge, let the water dripping from the stretched lotus leaves wet his trousers, and come to the door of the lake center amidst the rustling sound of the lotus leaves rubbing against his clothes , Knock lightly and push open the door...

as it is now.

He knocked on the door in front of him and pushed it open. A strong smell of traditional Chinese medicine came out of the room. Zhang Ziyao's heart jumped wildly. He held his breath and stepped into the door. Then, he saw the sitting chair at a glance. The woman on the bed—it seems to be due to long-term illness and tuberculosis, the woman's face is not good-looking, her complexion is yellow, and her lips are a little dry—only her eyes are clear, she looks at the retreating boy, revealing smiled.

"Zi Yao, you are here."

Zhang Ziyao pushed the door completely open and walked in, carefully walked around the table placed in the middle of the room, he dragged the small bench he always sat on from the side of the bed familiarly - the scratches on it were exactly the same as in memory , Zhang Ziyao lowered his eyes and smiled, sat down, but didn't speak, just looked at Yuan Shi in front of him.

The latter sat up a little bit, and said to himself: "Son, forgive me for leaving without saying goodbye - it's just that mother really didn't know how to face you... After leaving Wusai City, mother went all the way to the east into the desert, At first, I thought about where I could go, even if I died of thirst and exhaustion in the desert, I would have to suffer on my own, but then somehow, I arrived at Yunqi Kingdom, was rescued by the people here, and settled down..."

"This courtyard is—"

"Mother specially asked someone to do it with the coils on her body. How about it? Is it the same as the scene at home?" Yuanshi laughed, "Mother just thought that if you find it one day, you can feel at ease as if you are at home. Didn’t you always say you want to buy a separate courtyard in Wubei City before, but my mother thinks this place is not bad..."

Zhang Ziyao looked around, then nodded and said, "Well, it's really exactly the same."

Yuanshi took Zhang Ziyao's hand with a smile, and stretched out his hand to touch his head: "It's been a long time since I saw you, but my son has grown up again, and I always feel that you are the same as the naive little guy who said you don't want to paint and only read books." The child is different. At that time, mother was always worried that you would be bullied by your brothers when you grow up, and she was worried about you..."

Zhang Ziyao: "..."

Yuanshi: "It's all right now, you won't resist to continue painting, and mother can feel relieved a little..."

Zhang Ziyao looked at the woman with a kind smile in front of him, as if a hand had been inserted into his chest and was cruelly squeezing his heart at this moment, his chest heaved but he felt that he couldn't breathe, he looked at Yuanshi for a long time without saying goodbye She smiled, but suddenly asked: "Why did you suddenly attack Hongye?"

Yuan Shi was taken aback for a moment, and his smile froze slightly.

"At the beginning, I didn't know that the rose withered would make my mother disappear, so I let her go. This is my fault. I'm sorry——After I knew it, I simply thought, or revive the general Well, even if this mother can't become a living person, at least she can get rid of the rose mark, and there is actually nothing wrong with being able to live like this..."

Zhang Ziyao gritted his teeth——

"But you jumped out yourself and stopped General Hongye from resurrection... I originally thought that you were going to sacrifice yourself to fulfill Hongye and let her get rid of her identity as a mirror witch, but I didn't expect that you would kill Hongye in the end !"

Yuanshi was stunned, his pupils narrowed slightly: "Why do you..."

"I've seen it all." Zhang Ziyao lowered his head like a defeated chicken, "I saw it all in Houtu's mirror. I know that Hongye is actually just a stranger to me. Compared to you, What is she, but I just feel that something is not right—sometimes, I also hate my superfluous kindness. Is it okay if I live a good life? Why should I care about these people so much? "

"..."

"But it can't be done."

"..."

"I can't see you doing that kind of thing; I can't see Zhu Jiuyin doing that kind of thing... When you guys do something bad, I just stand aside and keep silent, because it has nothing to do with me, so I pretend that I have nothing to do with you." Didn't see—" Zhang Ziyao stood up from the bed, "I can't do it."

Yuanshi's eyes were slightly shocked, and she showed a hesitant expression... But before she could speak, Zhang Ziyao took a step back a little later: "After my mother left, I didn't look for it specially, because I was afraid... I don’t know how to face it even if I really found it? What to say? What to do? Or pretend nothing happened..."

The corners of the boy's eyes were reddish.

He stood not far from the bed and bowed slightly, then straightened up, his Adam's apple was tight and he said with difficulty: "So Yuzaoqian, please stop playing with Ziyao like this—whatever you want, just tell me Me, just don't do this again..."

The woman sitting on the bed stood up slightly, her eyes shook, and she muttered with a smile, "Mother can't understand what you are talking about", as if she still wanted to defend herself—but when she raised her head and looked at the black-haired boy Finally, the peaceful smile on her lips could no longer hang on.

The smile paused for a moment, and suddenly turned into a strange arc——

"I told you to see it."

In front of her, the woman with a sick face suddenly changed her expression. Although her appearance remained the same and her clothes were still the same, the strange thing was that when she smiled, she became a completely different person—— ——Although Yuan Shi has been ill for a long time, he has taken good care of himself these years. In addition, he cannot be said to be a beauty when he was young, but Zhang Ziyao never thought that he would be on Yuan Shi's face.Seeing such a look...

charming?

Or something else.

Zhang Ziyao lowered his eyes and remained silent, and at the same time, the scene around him also changed—the small bench that Zhang Ziyao sat on, which was full of familiar scratches, turned into an exquisitely crafted glass chair; the yellowed window curtains turned red The light gauze; the ground that would creak when walking on the ground also fell on the roaring animal skin carpet...

The dilapidated coffee table in the middle of the cabin turned into a large bronze basin—although the basin was old, it was extremely exquisite. Zhang Ziyao saw about eighteen levels of hell depicted on it with a quick glance, while the bronze basin On the front of the basin, the eight characters are written in ancient characters: it is better to forget the sins of the previous life.

The cabin is gone, replaced by a magnificent palace.A full moon shines down from the hollowed-out patio, and the moonlight shines lightly, reflecting in the copper basin...

Even the smell of traditional Chinese medicine dissipated, and there was a faint scent of rouge and water powder in the breath, and the air was full of ambiguity that made people unconsciously want to relax.

Only Yuzaoqian's empress remained sitting in front of the bed in Yuanshi's appearance.She took a picture with the small bronze mirror at hand, looked at herself left and right, and hummed softly: "Well, although I am old, I have an enviable good temperament..."

Zhang Ziyao's eyelashes trembled slightly, and in the next second, he heard the person beside the bed giggling: "It's not that this palace will not change back to the original, it's just that this palace is born like this. It will definitely be the appearance of the person he cares about the most in his heart, whether he loves or hates—"

The smile in front of Yuzao twisted, and the smile was stained with sarcasm: "Including those men who gave me the so-called unswerving love, it is just their compensation or deficiency for another woman... Xia Jie is also, Zishou (King of Zhou and Shang) also—”

She turned her head to look at Zhang Ziyao and said with a smile, "You are much more sober-minded than these famous stupid kings in history."

Zhang Ziyao said indifferently: "It's just that when I entered the palace, my mind was sober and I knew where I came from... Besides, my mother would not say that she is relieved just because I am willing to inherit the family business with peace of mind."

"Since it has already been exposed, how can you tell me so much?"

"I can't help it." Zhang Ziyao said without hesitation, with a calm expression on his face, as if he was not hiding it.

Yu Zaoqian seemed to find it funny, stared at Zhang Ziyao for a moment, then laughed cheerfully, and then wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and got off the bed—she walked like Fuyao , as if her waist was limp and boneless, Zhang Ziyao seemed to be able to see nine tails swaying slightly behind her in the air...

"It's not that I can't help it," Yuzao leaned on the young man's shoulder and breathed out the orchid fragrance. She gently scraped the young man's cheek with her nails, narrowed her eyes slightly, and teased, "It's because you are ice in your bones. Although you are kind, you seem to When reincarnated, I forgot to bring your heart..."

Yuzao smiled before, and she reached out and tapped the corner of Zhang Ziyao's eyes: "Look at you smiling, but you can't laugh from the bottom of your heart; crying, the tears just flow on the surface, have you ever experienced heartbreaking to the point that you feel that you can't do it anymore?" Get out of a predicament?"

Zhang Ziyao was silent.

"You didn't." The woman said lightly, pressing the catkin lightly on the boy's chest, she tilted her head, and asked with a smile, "Can you hear your heartbeat?"

Zhang Ziyao frowned slightly, and brushed her hand away.

Yu Zaoqian didn't care, she seemed to like the boy in front of her very much, her chest was tightly pressed against his back, even if his hand was pushed away, she would not be angry.He just smiled and stretched his arms over Zhang Ziyao's shoulders to caress the water in the bronze basin behind them——

The water in the basin made a soft "squeak" sound.

The moon reflected in the water is broken.

"You probably don't know, in fact, even if you drink Mengpo soup, the things you experienced in the previous life will still leave some imprints and bring them to the next life-after all, what you lack is only memory, but some things are deeply rooted. etched deep in your soul."

Hearing this, Zhang Ziyao raised his eyes slightly, and he saw in the copper basin, a woman in a fine attire sitting lazily on top of the main hall, her face was covered by a bead curtain... When the officials at his feet shouted, let the king of a country cut Don't be obsessed with women and accuse her of being a monster, she also looks natural, just leaning on the shoulder of the man next to her, and coquettishly said in a soft voice: [Zi Shou, going up is so boring, come down and go to see Bai How is the Bird Terrace going?Hearing so much yelling, I want to hear the birds sing...]

King Zhou moved his lips and said something, but Zhang Ziyao couldn't hear or see it because——

"You are not allowed to peek at my past life." The slender fingertips gently twisted the boy's face away, with a complaining and coquettish tone, "Don't you know that these things are extremely secret..."

As she spoke, there was a soft ringing in her ear.When Zhang Ziyao saw the woman pick up a male doll in a black dress and a crown from the copper basin, she turned around, threw it into a wooden box, and then closed the box with a "slap"——

The movements are skillful, and the appearance is relentless.

She turned around, cast a sideways glance at Zhang Ziyao, and continued, "Come back to business, I'm really curious about what your child's previous life has caused your soul to become so incomplete and indifferent, but there is something rare in your bones. Another stupid 'big good'..."

"I'm not interested in my previous life. I came here today just to take away the copper basin in front of me."

"It's not that you're not interested, you're resisting and avoiding in your bones."

"No matter what happened in the previous life, or what I experienced, it has nothing to do with my life-such and such, why should I resist? Why should I escape?"

"When you said that, there was ice in your eyes that couldn't be melted." Yuzao covered her lips and smiled lightly, "I should find a mirror for you to take a look at—"

"..."

"I wonder why this cold ice came from?"

"Not curious."

"Then your heart will probably always be just an empty decoration," Yuzao said indifferently, "Even a demon understands love, hatred, and hatred, but you don't understand it as a human being, just like a three-year-old child who learns the same thing." Learn to be a human being, learn others to have joys, sorrows, sorrows and joys. If you had planned to live like this for a long time, why did you waste time reincarnating as a human being? Wouldn’t it be fun to be a beast that only eats when you are full, sleeps and wakes up..."

Zhang Ziyao pursed his lips and remained silent.

At this time, Yu Zaoqian seemed to have heard something coming from outside and raised his head slightly, and said indifferently for a long time: "After I know tonight, this past life and this life basin will no longer belong to me—after all, that adult has come, if I force it to be with you If he fights over, he is afraid he will ask for trouble, this copper basin, you can take it if you want it."

Zhang Ziyao glanced at her, muttered "thank you" in a low voice, turned around without hesitation and went to serve the pot——

Yuzao widened her eyes slightly, showing an unconcealable astonishment, and stomped her feet fiercely on the spot for a long time: "You idiot! Did you really take it if you were told to? This copper basin fell into someone else's hands, you are really I have no chance to find out what happened in my previous life..."

"It's worth noting this opportunity, haven't you heard that curiosity kills people?"

Zhang Ziyao frowned slightly, and he was about to pick up the basin - because of his touch, there were water marks on the surface of the basin, and the reflection of the moon that had just been restored to its original shape in the water was shaking slightly...

Yuzao saw the trembling young man holding up the copper basin in front of him, and finally couldn't help but rolled his eyes: "Wait a minute."

Zhang Ziyao: "?"

Yu Zaoqian: "I have changed my mind. If you don't look at the things in the basin, I will not give you the basin."

Zhang Ziyao put down the basin, thought for a while and said, "Zhu Jiuyin is outside, if you don't give it to him, come back and grab it."

Yu Zaoqian: "Yes, he is kicking the door now."

Zhang Ziyao: "Kick it away sooner or later."

Yuzao: "But not now."

Zhang Ziyao: "You can't beat him."

Yu Zaoqian smiled: "But I can smash the pot, none of us should worry about it, you just don't understand women's ruthlessness that would rather break the jade than make it whole..."

Smashing the pot = can't take the pot back to Yuma = can't get rid of the filth on his body = just two days later this month, he will suffer again...

Zhang Ziyao: "..."

Zhang Ziyao's eyes tightened, and he protected the bronze basin behind his back like an old hen guarding its cubs—this tense look caught the woman's eyes, and she naturally knew that she might be talking about something that the young man in front of her cared about. Today, my old lady must see it"'s competitive spirit came up, and the smile on the corner of her lips became clearer: "Think clearly, what to protect, no matter how capable you are, you are still a mortal..."

That look, even with Yuanshi's face, makes people feel extremely hateful.

Zhang Ziyao thought about it, but finally decided not to take the risk—although he was conflicted in his heart, but he was him, and just looking at what happened in his previous life to satisfy the curiosity of this difficult woman, he would not lose a piece of meat——

Thinking of this, his resistance also weakened a little, he relaxed his tight body protecting the copper basin, he thought for a while and said lightly: "It's up to you, just agreed, after seeing the previous life, you have to obediently put the copper basin on the ground. Hand over the pot, don't resist, don't struggle, don't argue, don't damage..."

At this moment, the door behind them shook violently.

The balls of Yuzao's front eyes rolled around in their sockets, and she said "OK" with a smile and leaned against the door, and the vibration suddenly subsided again.

Zhang Ziyao turned around and came to the copper basin, looking at the full moon reflected in the water. At this moment, footsteps came from behind, and Yuzao approached step by step——

"The past life was too complicated, so I wish to be a simple-minded person in this life... I don't know that the karmic hatred is too deep, and it has already been engraved in the soul——Okay, reach out, smash the moonlight, let me Take a look, what exactly did you experience in your child's previous life..."

The voice in front of Yuzao fluctuated from far to near.

It's like hypnosis.

Following her voice, Zhang Ziyao stretched out his hand in a daze, and when his fingertips touched the surface of the water, he saw ripples on the surface of the water, and the moonlight was gradually dispersed——

thump.

thump.

The cold wooden fish sounded.

【Ananda.The case is in the category of sentient beings.Also each of the twelve upside down.It's like pinching the eyes to make flowers happen.Upside down the wonderful circle, the pure and bright mind...]

On the surface of the water, a picture gradually appeared like an illusory reflection——

It was a huge temple, and the tall Buddha statue nodded compassionately, as if gazing at all living beings—on the altar, there were fresh melons, fruits and dry food, and three pillars of newly lit incense smoke curled up, hovering above the beams, and finally seemed Blurred the Buddha's benevolent look...

This is a temple full of incense, with the words "Anle Temple" written on the huge gold plaque. At this time of night, it is different from the bustle of the pilgrims coming and going in the daytime. When the last pilgrim has left, the huge The temple of the temple finally fell silent in the silence of the night...

At this moment, there is only a young monk about thirteen or fourteen years old in front of the Buddha statue. At this moment, he is holding a rag, pushing it from side to side, and from side to side...

With his butt pouted, he scrubbed the ground trampled by daytime pilgrims, while reciting scriptures to be memorized in the evening class. He stopped when he couldn't remember or suddenly didn't understand the meaning of a sentence.After thinking about it carefully, I was so happy that I continued to push the rag to scrub happily...

[There is less movement and more silence in the world.After the end of life, he went peacefully in the void.The light of the sun and the moon cannot reach it, but all people have their own light. Such a class is called Xuyan Motian...]

As the breeze blew, the intermittent chanting sound seemed to be mixed with a few whispers.

That was the voice that did not belong to the little monk.

Zhang Ziyao was slightly taken aback, as if he heard someone whispering in his ear——

[Little monk. 】

【Little monk...】

When the sound sounded, the young man lying in front of the copper basin seemed to have been awakened from some bad memory. After being stunned for a while, he withdrew his hand as if it was hot, unwilling to look down, but at this time it seemed It was too late——Suddenly, he only felt that his eyes went dark, and he fell into the copper basin, only feeling that the cold water in the copper basin, which was deeper than he imagined, had passed over his body...

At the same time, he heard a loud bang from the door behind him!

It was as if someone forcibly kicked open the door and broke in from the outside...

Zhu Jiuyin?

Is he here?

Zhang Ziyao wanted to look back, but he didn't have the slightest strength. The water invaded his mouth and nose, taking away all his thinking ability, and then he lost consciousness.

Volume [-] Empty Door