chronicle of court survival

In the second half of the night, I don't know if Lou Guanxue slept or not, anyway, Xia Qing made himself sleepy first.Excessive mood swings will always make him feel very tired, his eyelids will fight with sleepiness, and his eyelashes will tremble uncontrollably.

Lou Guanxue smiled and asked him softly if he wants to sleep on the bed.

Xia Qing gave him a horrified look and slipped away.

Farewell.This thing is too exciting.

Xia Qing returned to the place he was most familiar with, blew out the candle lamp, leaned on the desk with his arm under his pillow, and fell asleep.

The moonlight shone coldly on the young man's tired eyes.

This time Xia Qing was dreaming again.

It is also strange.A dream that I seldom had in my life, but this time because of Lingweihua's bewitching, I actually had it twice in one night.

He dreamed of the wall of the orphanage.

Childhood memories are always inseparable from the bloody sunset over the city.

The wall before renovation is very dilapidated, covered with dense creepers, like a layer of green waves when the wind blows.He just dangled his legs on the green sea.

Opposite the orphanage is the construction site.

Reinforced concrete forms the skeleton of a giant beast. Excavators and mixers always start to make noise early in the morning, beeping. The dean and nearby residents quarreled with the developer countless times because of the sound of construction, mixed with dialects. The scolding was in full swing, and every time people watched the play to persuade them, they gathered in a circle.

There was finally no sound from the construction site behind.

Because the developer ran away, it became an unfinished building.

So the people who quarreled changed to another group, which became more intense and broke down even more.Men and women, young and old, screamed, knelt, fought and wailed.

One day, he sat on the wall and saw a 40-year-old middle-aged man climbed to the height of the unfinished building.

Xia Qing's eyes were puzzled and clear.

The man's complexion was sallow, he was wearing an outdated old cotton coat, his face was covered with stubble, and his expression was numb. He seemed to have seen him too, but he didn't say anything.

He jumped off the top floor.

When the man jumped off the building, Xia Qing should have heard the sound, but he couldn't remember what kind of sound it was.

It should be the sound of bones shattering and flesh and blood splattering.

The setting sun was like blood, Xia Qing turned pale and jumped off the wall. When he arrived, the body was already covered with white cloth.

The police pulled up the protective line and evacuated the crowd.

Xia Qing stood where he was, listening to the discussions of the onlookers.

They scolded the developer as a beast who ran away with money without conscience.I also regret that I can only admit that I am unlucky when I encounter an unfinished building.

I also heard them lament how pitiful this man is.

A few years after the parents passed away, my wife got breast cancer and passed away. I spent half my life savings to pay a down payment for the child to get married. As a result, the child was in a car accident last month when he was going to college in another city, and now the house is in ruins.

A lifetime of bondage and hard work are like bubbles that disappear in an instant.This uneducated, honest and dull man had no choice but to choose to end his life in this way.

When Xia Qing was having lunch at the orphanage, she also heard the nurse mention this matter.

The two little kids sitting next to him had just fought over the swing in the morning, and now they were fighting over the ribs again, until the end of the quarrel was crying loudly.

The nurse said "If I were him, I would not live" one second, and ran over the next second, "What's the matter, why are you crying?"

The other nurse shook her head, met Xia Qing's gaze, suddenly froze, bent down and asked in a low voice, "Qingqing, did you see it?"

Xia Qing swallowed and nodded.The nurse was in a hurry, afraid of leaving him with a shadow and trauma, so she hurriedly found a psychiatrist to chat with him.

In the end Xia Qing's examination was normal, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he didn't see clearly or was too young to understand death.

But it's neither.

Xia Qing couldn't remember how he felt when he was a child, but he remembered that he was sad.Sad for a long time, sitting on that wall, looking at the tall unfinished building opposite, he always wondered what that man was thinking at that time.

Dead parents?A deceased wife and child?Or was this unfinished building that became the last straw that overwhelmed him?

The iron rings on the railings of the dormitory building in the orphanage are rusted, the walls are mottled and peeled off, and the stairs lead to the playful dormitory.

Xia Qing was just a little weird when he was a child, but he was not withdrawn. He even had a good relationship with everyone.

One time, while biting a one-dollar popsicle given to him by his friend, he passed the stairs and heard a newly graduated nurse crying on the phone.

She squatted in the corner, her eyes were as red as the setting sun outside, her voice was trembling, and she shouted with all her strength: "Then what do you want me to do! Tell me! What do you want me to do!"

On the other side of the phone was her long-distance boyfriend. The day-to-day quarrels put this young relationship in jeopardy. After a long silence, the other side of the phone said wearily: "I really don't want to be exhausted after being a dog for the leader every day." I still have to quarrel with you after work. I'm a little tired, aren't you tired?"

The nurse gritted her teeth and said, "Tired, I'm already fucking tired, let's break up."

She buried her head in tears for a while, and then received another call from her mother.She asked for money before she even asked, saying that her younger brother needed a new computer when he went to college, and the family's mortgage hadn't been settled this month.She broke down and cursed back.The woman paused, and began to mutter and preach, saying that what is the use of her after college, and now she has little money to be a social worker.The nurse hung up the phone without hesitation, her teeth chattered, her eyes were red, but her face showed a kind of confusion.

A kind of confusion that Xia Qing had seen on many people's faces.

"Eat a popsicle?" Xia Qing thought for a while, and gave her another [-] cents unopened popsicle.

The nurse obviously didn't realize that he was there, and was taken aback.She took it blankly, bit it down, and the ice shattered in her mouth. She was so cold that she was trembling with tears and breathing, but she forced a smile.

When I was young, caring people from all walks of life donated books to the orphanage.

The book that Xia Qing was very impressed with was called "To Live".

There is a sentence in it.

"In the beginning we came into this world because we had to come; in the end we left this world because we had to go."

His concept of life and death may be derived from this sentence.

However, the aunt in the courtyard always lied to them, "When you die, you will go to a place where you will never come back and continue to live."

Of course, she had fooled all the little kids, but not Xia Qing.

However, Xia Qing's performance was no different from that of a "deceived" kid.

Because he never resisted birth, old age, sickness and death, nor was he afraid of separation, as if he didn't understand anything.

Later, the orphanage was renovated, the wall was rebuilt, and the two kids who were always fighting had an adoptive family.

The nurse resigned and left, and the unfinished building opposite was picked up by a new investor.

Many people say that the new investor is a good man, and the houses that have died have continued to be built.

September [-] of a certain year.

He started school and opened the house.

On the opening day, the opposite real estate was covered with exaggerated banners.

Xia Qing was carrying a schoolbag, biting a mung bean popsicle, and looking at the words on the big red banner across the street.

【Warmly celebrate the grand opening of Spring River Garden】

[Staying above the bustling city, enjoying the beautiful scenery of the prosperous age]

【Pure ecological waterfront community】

[New coordinates of natural life]

Be beaming, bustling.

Everyone is happy.

The developer was happy, the people who bought the house were happy, and the people nearby were also happy—I thought that this annoying thing that killed thousands of dollars was over.

And Xia Qing looked at the top floor, his light brown eyes were as quiet as a lake.

Xiaopang urged him beside him: "After leaving Xia Qing, what are you dawdling about? Have you finished your summer homework! Why don't you hurry to the classroom to make up your homework?!"

Xia Qing threw the popsicle stick into the trash can and said to him, "I've already finished writing. Are you questioning the number one in the class?"

Xiaopang was overjoyed: "Damn, I almost forgot that you are still a top student! Let me copy the homework of the top student. But Xia Qing, what were you looking at just now?"

The dumb hair on the top of Xia Qing's head was blown up by the wind, he was stunned for a while, and said softly: "Look at the opening."

The sound dissipated in the wind.

Fatty: "What?"

Xia Qing ignored him and rode his bicycle to school.

On the opposite side, the colorful new real estates rise from the ground, like wild beasts breaking through the ground, and all the tears, blood, quarrels, and hatreds of the past are buried under the ground.

The memory of the orphanage ends on the opening day.

The fragrance of Lingwei flowers came again.

This time the humid sea breeze is rolling with fairy mist.

In the hazy white light, Xia Qing vaguely heard the old man's voice again.

Vigorous and vicissitudes, like a drum in the evening and a bell in the morning, you can drink it right away.

The old man said: "The sea of ​​bitterness is full of karma."

A boy's immature words sounded, tearing the water curtain of memories clearly.

"Master, what does Nie Nie mean?"

The old man blew his beard and stared: "You tell me clearly before asking questions!"

A gentle young man next to him smiled and said, "It's karma, not Nie Nie."

"Oh. What does Nie Nie mean?" The boy thought he had pronounced it correctly, and his voice became more serious.

The old man has lost his temper.

The people next to him laughed unsteadily.

"I said, master, don't make things difficult for the younger brother. It's not bad for him to have a little thirst for knowledge."

So, what is the meaning of karma...

All actions, words, and thoughts are karma.

All evil deeds, evil causes, and evil effects are evil.

Amidst the roar of mountains and tsunami, the old man handed over the sword to him.

The Ananda sword, which means "joy".

The old man said: "You are the most suitable person for it."

"But before handing over the sword to you, you have to promise me one thing."

This should be a very important, very important matter, so important that even in his dream he felt his heart tense up.

But Xia Qing couldn't remember what it was.

When Xia Qing woke up, it was already noon.

Lou Guanxue was reading next to him.

Xia Qing was stunned for a long time, then suddenly leaned over like a puppy, rubbing his nose directly against his clothes.

Lou Guanxue put down the book, stretched out her hand to hold his shoulder, stopped his movement, and frowned slightly: "Are you sleepy?"

Xia Qing said vaguely, "You smell bad."

Lou Guanxue chuckled lightly: "Oh, does it smell good?"

Xia Qing paused: "It smells so good."

Lou Guanxue was wearing a black dragon robe with a dark red neckline. From Xia Qing's current angle, he could see his collarbone.He was not angry when he heard the words, and his voice was light: "It doesn't smell good, so you still come here?"

Xia Qing said: "I just want to smell if this is the fragrance of Lingwei flower."

The corners of Lou Guanxue's lips curled up: "Have you ever seen Lingwei flower? Do you know what it smells like?"

Xia Qing didn't speak.

Lou Guanxue lowered her eyes: "Oh, you've seen it before, it's inside my barrier."

"..."

Xia Qing felt that he was really sleepy, so he scratched his hair depressingly, and then sat back upright.But he still couldn't hold back, and asked, "Can the fragrance of Lingwei flowers make people hallucinate?"

Lou Guanxue gave an ambiguous answer: "Maybe."

Xia Qing let out a long sigh of relief.

Illusion, it's fine if it's an illusion.

Lou Guanxue put down the book and looked over: "Did you have a nightmare?"

Xia Qing didn't intend to lie to him either: "That's right."

Lou Guanxue casually asked, "What did you dream about?"

"Some things about my childhood." Xia Qing was very distressed: "But I don't think there are some memories that belong to me."

Lou Guanxue smiled, and said slowly: "I see, I thought you had a nightmare because you dreamed of me."

Xia Qing choked for a moment: "You're quite self-aware. But forget it, you'll wake up from the dream, and you won't be able to continue this dream." His chaotic brain suddenly regained consciousness, looking at Lou Guanxue, who had her hair tightly tied with a jade crown, was surprised and said, "You came back from court?"

Lou Guanxue: "I didn't go to court."

Xia Qing was puzzled: "Ah, why?"

Lou Guanxue glanced at him and said lightly, "Can't you leave me?"

Xia Qing was stunned, and after thinking about it, she felt complicated, and replied uncomfortably: "Oh." After holding back for a long time, she continued to add dryly: "Thank you."

Lou Guanxue pointed her fingers on the table, raised her eyes, and suddenly said: "Want to see Ling Guang? I'll take you out today."

"!"

Xia Qing became energetic all of a sudden, her eyes lit up, and the depression she felt when she just woke up was swept away, and she said excitedly, "Okay! Really!" It turns out that breaking barriers can make Lou Guanxue a normal person? !

He has long wanted to see what Lingguang City looks like!

When Lou Guanxue went out and changed into casual clothes, Chu Guo saw it with her own eyes.

There are not many people who have seen him, so there is no need to be too restrained.

When passing through the imperial garden, Xia Qing felt his scalp tingle when he saw the blue paper kites and candied haws flying all over the sky.

He didn't even dare to think about how Lou Guanxue would feel when he saw these people seduce him with these two things that he hated the most in childhood.

"Ask whatever you want." Lou Guanxue met his strange and puzzled eyes, and smiled lightly, as gentle as Zhilan Yushu.

Xia Qing also asked, "Why do you say you like candied haws and kites?"

Isn't this releasing fake news and making a group of people jump wildly in their own minefield?

Lou Guanxue thought for a while and said, "They like to guess my mind so much, they just give me an answer."

Xia Qing: "...Are you torturing them or yourself?"

Lou Guanxue smiled and said, "How can it be considered torture?"

Xia Qing choked, pursed her lips and stopped talking.

Even after seeing Lou Guanxue's five-year-old appearance and knowing his most obsessed memory, Xia Qing dare not say he understands him.After all, from the age of five to the age of 15, there is no way of knowing what happened in the past ten years, and everything about Lou Guanxue is still a mystery.

Ling Guangcheng really lived up to Xia Qing's expectations.

The imperial capital of the Chu Kingdom, a prosperous place under heaven, is extremely prosperous and lively.Once the building is hundreds of feet high, the streets are vertical and horizontal.Within ten feet of Ruanhong is bustling with businessmen and travelers.

Recently, a group of brand new people have come to Lingguang.

They wear wide blue Taoist robes, hold compasses or sabers in their hands, have immortal demeanor, and each eye is higher than the top.

Xia Qing still maintained his eccentricity. He was busy looking left and right on the street, and when his eyes fell on a group of Taoist priests, he was stunned.

"There are still Taoists in this world."

Lou Guanxue put on a mask, and gave an indifferent "hmm".

Xia Qing saw across the street again.

A peddler pushing a cart accidentally scratched the robe of a Taoist priest, and the Taoist priest immediately stopped him in a cold voice.The peddler was shocked and knelt on the ground, crawling to wipe the hem of his robe, but the Taoist kicked him away in disgust, and cursed at the same time: "Don't touch me."

"..."

Xia Qing was dumbfounded.Without holding back the fire, he picked up a fruit casually, and while there were so many people and no one noticed the abnormality, he slammed it on the head of the monk accurately and ruthlessly.

The monk was still planning to show his prestige, when a sudden disaster fell from the sky, his skin was red and swollen. "Ah!" He yelled, covered his forehead, and looked around, but he couldn't see who did it. He thought it was an expert spying in the dark, his face was slightly flustered, he swung his sleeves, cursed bad luck, and left .

Xia Qing complained: "That's it, that's it? This is also a Taoist priest? I haven't practiced any way yet, so I look down on people so much."

Lou Guanxue said with a smile: "They are not like this in front of the powerful."

Xia Qing was even more surprised.

Lou Guanxue looked at the front thoughtfully, and said meaningfully: "Today's Taoist sects with a little bit of strength are probably raised in the three families of Wei, Yan and Wu."

"..."

Xia Qing finally understood that these Taoist priests were just like some swindlers in modern society!

Lou Guanxue had no interest in Ling Guang at all, and asked him, "Where do you want to go?"

Xia Qing looked away from those green-robed Taoist priests, just when they walked near a teahouse, they were stunned for a moment, and then said enthusiastically, "Lou Guanxue, I want to listen to books."

Anyway, he was curious about everything in ancient times.

Lou Guanxue looked strange: "Listen to the book?" He was indifferent, noncommittal, but he still went up with Xia Qing.

Although he was wearing a mask, Lou Guanxue had a pampered temperament and looked like a son of a family. The servants did not dare to neglect him, so they led him to a private room on the top floor.Of course, the fairies of Jinzhiyuyelou would not eat outside food, and Xia Qing took all the melons, fruits and cakes.

Lou Guanxue propped her chin with one hand, and looked down at the storyteller in the middle of the first floor outside.

The stories told by the storyteller are all in keeping with the times.

Just as monks from all over the world gathered in Lingguang, they told the story of the ancestors of Chu State who led a group of monks to expedition to Tongtianhai.The few strokes mentioned in "Dongzhou Miscellaneous Tan" are described as thrilling and exciting twists and turns in teahouses.

The monks showed their magical powers, faced dangers, and went through all kinds of hardships to force the mermaid clan, who were making waves in the sea, to retreat steadily.

The ancestors overcame all kinds of difficulties and obstacles, and finally entered the shrine, won the favor of the "god", and blessed the state of Chu for a hundred years of prosperity and prosperity.

Xia Qing almost fell asleep when he heard it.He murmured in his heart, as for the group of monks he saw today, let's go and stuff the shark's teeth.

But why did the Shark Race fall to the present situation?

Isn't he the legendary overlord of the sea?He recalled the absolutely powerful aura that Yao Ke could display before dying in the barrier, and he was very puzzled.

boom.At this moment, the storyteller suddenly patted Xingmu, bringing Xia Qing's thoughts back.

The storyteller said: "When we talk about monks, we have to say something about the high priest of our Jingshi Temple. The high priest was the head of all cultivators at the beginning. He held a sword of Sifan, and the sea was shocked. I heard that the high priest came from Penglai. Do you know Penglai?"

The crowd laughed and said, "Who doesn't know the fairy mountains overseas, who doesn't know."

The audience in the audience wondered: "But isn't Penglai fake? For so many years, so many people have set off from Dongzhou to Tongtianhai to look for it, and they haven't heard any news."

Someone answered: "That's right, the ancestors all reached the end of the Tongtian Sea back then, and there was no mention of this place in the history books."

The storyteller stroked his beard and shook his head: "No, no. Penglai is a land of extreme spirits, and a sanctuary for Taoists. Naturally, it is an illusory existence. How can ordinary people find it? Only Penglai Xiandao can cultivate great Priests are separated from the flesh...the mortal body is immortal sword cultivator. Although the name of the sword is Sifan, the high priest cultivates the Dao of the common people, the way of the common people, with the intention of sympathizing with the common people and protecting the peace of the world. One who is close to 'Fan'. I heard that the high priest once had a wife who was a childhood sweetheart, and the husband and wife were deeply in love, and they promised each other life and death, but because he entered the common people's way, he chose to reconcile and divorce, and never saw each other again."

While sighing.

Someone said doubtfully, "But I've never seen the high priest use a sword."

Immediately someone retorted: "Why did you use the sword in the peaceful and prosperous age?"

"That's right, there is no need to draw a sword in the prosperous age."

Another person asked: "Then this Sifan sword is the most powerful sword in the world?"

The storyteller was stunned, he was quite knowledgeable to be a storyteller in a luxury restaurant in such a bustling capital city as Lingguang.

In the early years, I traveled all over the world and heard all kinds of miscellaneous things.After thinking for a while, the storyteller shook his head and took a sip of tea before hesitating to say, "The most powerful sword in the world may not be Sifan."

The full house is full of interest.

"Oh? Then tell me."

The storyteller looked a little uncertain: "I also forgot where I heard it from. It may be from the mouth of a beggar, or it may be some worn-out ancient books."

He said solemnly: "The number one sword in the world is called Ananda."

Xia Qing was eating a peach, and when he heard this, he almost swallowed the entire core.

He was choked and coughed, tears streaming down his face.

Lou Guanxue glanced at him from the opposite side.

Xia Qing pinched his throat, almost dying.

I'm going to die, I'm going to choke to death.

There was already a sigh of relief from the restaurant.

"Ananda? Is this the name of the sword? It looks like a Buddhist word."

"Anandajian, why have I never heard of this. It stands to reason that if it is the best sword in the world, then the owner of the sword should be very famous."

The storyteller laughed and dismissed the matter: "However, some outlying legends are unbelievable or unreliable. Let me speak nonsense, and everyone will listen to it."

Xia Qing finally recovered from the feeling of being choked by Taozi, his eyes were flushed, and a little physiological tears overflowed, he looked at Lou Guanxue: "What sword did he just say, Ananda sword?"

Lou Guanxue's gaze fell on his reddened eyes from crying, she stayed interested for a few seconds, then nodded.

Xia Qing looked confused and couldn't believe it: "Didn't I tell you in the morning that I had some dreams that didn't belong to me?"

Lou Guanxue smiled: "Well, tell me."

Xia Qing, who has never kept things in his mind since he was a child, became anxious, and said in a panic, "I have dreamed about the Ananda Sword in my dreams! I dreamed that someone said that he would give it to me, and that he wanted me to promise one thing first. "

Lou Guanxue chuckled and commented: "Well, you really dare to dream of anything."

Xia Qing: "..." Believe it or not!

Xia Qing now only needs a listener to relieve his anxiety, and he turned pale with fright: "But I'm sure I'm not the master of Ananda Sword."

Lou Guanxue was puzzled, and asked coldly, "Why?"

Xia Qing: "I don't know, but I'm sure."

Lou Guanxue's lips curled into a long smile: "Don't worry, there will always be a reason, think slowly."

Xia Qing likes to grab his hair whenever he gets annoyed. He suspects that he doesn't have that silly hair, but was caught by himself.

It's annoying, it's annoying.

He was very much against it.

So after hearing Lou Guanxue say that the Lingwei flower can induce hallucinations, he was relieved.

Can't think of a reason.

Xia Qing pursed her lips tightly, hesitated for a long time before opening her mouth, her voice was a little hoarse, and she lowered her voice, "I just think that if I were the master of Ananda Sword, it should be in my hands now..."

Lou Guanxue looked at his expression, pointed at the table, and said with a smile: "Forget it, don't think about it. If it's not, then it's not."

Xia Qing still bowed his head and did not speak, frowning in depression.

Whether it is Penglai or Sifanjian, they are far away from the life of normal people.The storyteller turned his head and began to talk about the recent uproar in Lingguang City.The overlord of the Yan family and the dandy of the Wei family bumped into each other and fought over a stunning shark prostitute, and even made trouble in the court, which aroused the curiosity of the young emperor.

The three fell in love with a shark.

Everyone shouted excitement.

Xia Qing was also shocked by the romantic talk, and subconsciously looked at the young emperor opposite.

Lou Guanxue raised her eyes and laughed, "Didn't you see clearly that day?"

Xia Qing couldn't hold back, and asked aloud, "Are you curious?"

Lou Guanxue stared at him and smiled: "What do you think?"

Xia Qing: "..." He didn't think...

The storyteller continued with various divergent thinking.

"Your Majesty is the son of the Great Chu. He has seen all the common colors in the world. The beauties who can arouse his interest must have something special. I heard that now in Fengyuelou, Miss Xuanjia is already a daughter!"

Xuan Jia.Xia Qing said the name in his mouth.

Spectators are always talking about other people's love affairs.

"Your Majesty is known as the jewel of mausoleum, and he is beautiful in himself, and he is also powerful when he ascends the throne at a young age. Such a person, the woman he will fall in love with must be different from others."

"It is estimated that everyone is a lady. I have seen a lot of noble ladies in the capital. Now I want to taste wild flowers and grasses."

"I heard that the disciples of rich families are tired of tenderness and innocence, and like more spicy and interesting things."

"In short, it can arouse interest."

The topic is getting wider and wider.

After listening too much, Xia Qing asked casually, "What do you like?"

It was really the first time in his life that Lou Guanxue was asked this question face to face, and he smiled, but he was not surprised, put the mask back on, and said casually, "I don't like anyone."

Xia Qing: "...Okay."

Sorry for forgetting that you are a fairy.

Fairies have no love.

Lou Guanxue got up: "Go back to the palace."

Xia Qing was already satisfied: "Yes."

When they left, the group of people were still guessing, and came to the same conclusion that those who have everything they want are only interested in women who can attract their attention.

Xia Qing is really powerless to complain. It can be seen that all the straight men have the same sex throughout the ages. Although I don't have a wife, it doesn't prevent me from picking a woman for the rich second generation.

When she walked out of the teahouse, Lou Guanxue revealed a sarcastic smile on her lips under the silver mask, and said softly to Xia Qing: "Many people in the palace think the same way. Why do so many people think that I am very curious?"

Xia Qing: "...you really have no curiosity."

Having seen Lou Guanxue when she was a child, Xia Qing was not surprised at all.

Lou Guanxue has been rebellious since she was a child.

At the age of five, you can say with a look of disgust, "I have lived a bad life in this life, and I have given birth to demons to torment myself. Am I out of my mind?"It can be seen how clearly this person lived, and how sober and rational he lived.

Now change the sentence. "Just because a woman is a little different, I will be curious, and I am so thirsty for knowledge?"

Thinking about it, Xia Qing made himself laugh.

He had to admit that in the barrier, he was shocked by Lou Guanxue's desire for life and the wildness in his eyes.