[Comprehensive] living to death

She likes the feeling of the wind passing by her side.When she is running in the vast sky, she can think about things without restraint, as long as she is happy, she can think about it.

But now she is just sorting out the news she has received in her mind, recalling the mythical stories she has collected one after another.

Not only the myths here, but also the world across the sea—Penglai to Kunlun, as well as various legends from the western world.

If possible, she would really like to go once.That world... that world where Shang Long said he had seen her portrait...

But she couldn't cross the sea.When she tried to set off an "eclipse" and pass through the channel connecting the two banks, she could only bring devastating disaster to the worlds on both sides at the same time.

This is not the case with other unicorns.Mingyue knew that Mrs. Liu liked to go to Penglai to play from time to time, so she asked him to collect information there.

She shook her head in the wind, suppressing those churning emotions and focusing on analyzing the information.The Heavenly Emperor and the Queen Mother of the West did not leave their names, and even sorted out, they were able to find several different versions of creation legends and contradictory deeds.But if we add the mythology of another world with different systems, we can find some similarities in the seemingly chaotic and different stories, for example, there is often a self-sacrificing father or mother god...

Orwell wasn't going to sit still, he wasn't the type to play the game properly.Mingyue knows that her memory is still missing, and it is a crucial piece, such as... a thousand years ago, when she went crazy in Pengshan, what did she take away... or what did she leave behind?

Two more years is enough.

The misty sea of ​​clouds around me is gradually thickening.Looking from a distance, the cities on the ground are hidden behind the hazy clouds like white gauze, and countless houses are like small clods of mud, crowded together on the vast plain.Further ahead, where the clouds and mist completely flow into the sea and cover the sky above, there stands a towering shadow, which is Lingyun Mountain, which bears the Qiao Palace.

If you want to go to the palace, you will rise to the sea of ​​clouds here.Mingyue rubbed Zouyu's big tiger head, signaling it to fly higher.The white tiger-like monster turned its head and gave her a soft call, its round eyes like black agate showed a bit of aggrieved emotion.Mingyue laughed, hugged its neck, stroked its head, and comforted: "Don't worry, your beautiful fur won't get wet."

Zou Yu's furry face showed a humane relaxed expression, he nudged her affectionately, and swung his tail into the sea of ​​clouds.

The moment I jumped out of the sea of ​​clouds, the sun and the flawless blue sky rushed towards my face.The top of Lingyun Mountain is higher, and the palace is located in the sunken place in the middle of the mountain.If you stand on the ground of Aoshuang and look up, you will only think that there is no grass on the rigid mountain of Lingyun Mountain, but from here, you will see greenery around the palace, and there are pink and white flowers in the clouds.A streak of silver flies down from the top of Lingyun Mountain, splashing iridescent halos in the sunlight; it seems that it really has the meaning of "suspecting that the Milky Way falls nine days".

The tall forbidden gate of the royal palace stands solemnly on a cliff. The guards guarding the gate were lazily leaning against the cliff. When they saw the beast approaching from afar, they straightened their backs. When the beast slowed down, their expressions relaxed again. Come down and even smile.

"Taifu is back!"

"Taifu!"

Mingyue jumped down, handed Zou Yu's reins into the hands of an imperial guard, greeted everyone on duty today, then threw two big gourds to the leading officer, and said with a smile: "The most famous soldier in Peilang Fine wine, I see some people are enjoying themselves, so I will bring you some."

A few people were smiling, booing and asking each other for a while, until they heard the noise of the door officer hurried over, sternly scolding them for not being upright. It's full of joy.

Drinking famous wine is of course a pleasant surprise, but what is even more gratifying is meeting the famous man known as the "Light of the Palace" and talking to her.Although we all know that Yantai has a beautiful personality, but they, the imperial guards, don't often see her.

"...You are not allowed to drink when you are on duty!" The door officer stared and wanted to reprimand him a few more words, but he saw Mr. Gong walking towards the palace with his dress fluttering.He no longer cared about the soldiers below, and hurriedly followed.

"Xiaguan would like to say hello to Taifu. I am very excited to see Taifu return safely..."

The door officer followed Mingyue's thoughts, and the flattery was very smooth, without repeating a word.Mingyue glanced at him and interrupted him amusedly: "Don't think about it, I don't care about officials' evaluation and promotion."

"Oh, Taifu's words are serious, the official has no such intentions, but if Xia Guan and Xiaochen ask Taifu's opinion..."

Mingyue jumped onto a nearby rock, then jumped onto a flower branch, and then jumped onto the ridge of the roof with her strength, and then smiled and said to the upturned door officer: "Of course I'm telling the truth, and I won't speak for anyone on purpose. If I really asked my opinion on you, I would say, 'The door officials are very capable, it would be better if there is less flattery', what do you think?"

"Taifu, there's no need for the second half of the sentence..." The gate official grimaced.

However, Gong Taifu had already run to the deeper part of the palace with a loud smile.

Coincidentally, the palace is named "Cuihuang", which is the Cuihuang where "Green Yun surrounds Xiu, Cuihuang Mianling".The scenery in the palace is also true to its name, green bamboos are swaying everywhere, and the golden sunlight filters out a faint coolness.Perhaps in order to match the scenery, the palaces of Qiaoguo are different from the extravagance of other countries. Instead, they use light colors and simple and elegant shapes.

Mingyue thought that the workaholic king should be in the political affairs hall at this time, so she ran there first, but only saw the local official Kou Shang discussing something with other officials.Kou Shang, whose name is Ji Heng, is a capable minister who is highly valued by King Gong. He is stable and meticulous, and he advances and retreats properly.Mingyue thinks his temperament is similar to Zhishui.

"Taifu is back."

"Ji Heng, isn't His Majesty here?"

The magistrate stroked his little goatee and smiled gratifiedly: "Your Majesty finally decided to take a day off today. It's strange, didn't Taifu feel where His Majesty is?"

"Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhss I was moved to tears."

"Hey, Dafu, please pay attention to maintaining the etiquette to His Majesty in front of outsiders..."

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, Ji Heng is not an 'outsider'." Mingyue patted the ground officer's shoulder with a smile, "Besides, I am not boasting. Compared with Yan Taifu, I have paid more attention to this."

Yan Taifu, who was thousands of miles away, sneezed, rubbed his nose carelessly, and continued to catch up with his friends.

"I'll go find him."

The royal palace in this world is much bigger than the Forbidden City in Kunlun, it is actually equivalent to a big city.The outermost is the mansion of the officials, and the military training ground is also here; then there is the inner court, which is also the front hall of the royal palace, where the most important affairs of the Qiao Kingdom will be dealt with; the deepest part is collectively called the "East Palace". It is the place where the king and his relatives (if any) live.

Going in from the front hall, you have to pass through a long corridor.It is said to be a corridor, but there is no roof, only bluestone slabs spread all the way, stretching on both sides are the only bright red walls and black tiles in the palace. The colors that should be bright and eye-catching are softened by the equally long and dark green bamboo forests on both sides. like a dream.Thousands of green bamboos grow upwards, and countless slender bamboo leaves overlap over the road, and cast light and shadow on the ancient bluestone road, silent as flowers.

The wind blows from the arched door at the end, rustling the bamboo leaves on both sides.She reached out and plucked a long and narrow bamboo leaf from the wind, put it to her lips and tried to blow it a few times; the thin bamboo leaf trembled in the air current, and made a few broken notes, as if teasing her sense of music.

At the end of the long bamboo forest is the garden of Chaoyun Palace.The entire Cuihuang Palace is not a large flat building, but is built on the mountain, overlapping and circling on Lingyun Mountain, which is a bit fantastic in three dimensions.The so-called East Palace "in the depths of the palace" - Chaoyun Palace is actually on the other side of the cliff of Lingyun Mountain, and the garden is opening to the vast sky and the flowing sea of ​​clouds.Every day at sunrise and sunset, standing on the platform at the end, you can see the changing rays of light and the unwinding of clouds and tides.Occasionally, when the sea of ​​clouds is particularly thick, a large piece of white mist will cross the white jade railing and diffuse into the garden, bringing along the cool and humid water vapor and ethereal artistic conception.It is said that many years ago, a certain King Gong saw such a fairyland, and named it "Chaoyun" for this place.

In such an environment, no matter what he did, it seemed that he could be tainted with Miao Miao's immortal energy.No matter reading a book, playing chess, or even in a daze, it will be very suitable.

Sword practice is also suitable.

At this time, the sun shines on the garden clearly and transparently, and the sea of ​​clouds is churning in the distance. The boundary between that illusory and wonderful wave and the palace is clearly separated, and only the reflected sparkling light can be transmitted.All these lights converged on the shaking sword body, forming an even more dazzling light.

King Gong is practicing against others.The moves are neither gorgeous nor elegant, but they are extremely practical, full of the killing and decisive spirit tempered in the army.

Itachi is a rigorous character who doesn't like to waste what he has learned. Although he has become a king, he is not willing to give up the skills he has practiced hard in the first half of his life.The martial arts here are completely different from that of the ninja world, so he asked Xia Guanzhang, who is in charge of the imperial army, to teach him martial arts.

It is said that Chief Xia looked down on the young king at the beginning, but after being beaten down by the expressionless king, he felt very wronged: Your Majesty, you are so strong that you are not like a human being, why do you still have to fight with the minister? Learn martial arts?

—Be in awe of the unknown.Only after learning with humility can we master it.Besides, the martial arts here are quite desirable, it's just that Officer Xia is not strong enough.

At that time, King Gong who said the above words calmly, his eyes clearly conveyed the meaning: I can't find anyone except you for the time being, so I can only make do with it.

It made Officer Xia so depressed that he went home and banged his head against the wall.But everyone can see that since then, Officer Xia has been completely convinced by His Majesty. Even though he would be beaten every time he practiced, he was still happy, and privately told his nephew, who was also an official in the dynasty, that he could follow such a powerful The king is really good.

Surrender to the strong - warriors are sometimes such simple creatures.

Those swaying sword shadows carried a cold and evil spirit, which was not very comfortable for Qilin.Mingyue stopped at the gate of the garden and watched from afar, seeing King Gong knocking down Officer Xia's weapon with a sword, and then put the sword back into its sheath, indicating that today's practice is over.

Officer Xia was a big man with beards, and he didn't make a fuss when his weapon was knocked down. Instead, he laughed boldly, saluted the king, and saluted Mingyue from a distance, saying loudly that in order not to offend the famous people, he would not approached her.After saying that, he really waited for Mingyue to walk over seriously, then made a long circle, rushed out of the garden of Chaoyun Palace, and ran away quickly.

Mingyue suspects that Officer Xia is only embarrassed to see her because he was surrounded by her last time and fell on a big horse.But the reason she laughed that time was not because she saw him make a fool of himself, but because...

The king put the sword in his hand on the stone table beside him, and wiped the sweat on his forehead casually. His dark eyes were still as cool as jade in the sun, but he didn't know when, the tightness and repulsiveness of the past disappeared. outside indifference.He has always been a very precocious person, and his heart was full of worries and deep thoughts since he was very young, but even Mingyue never thought that now, when standing straight beside the sea of ​​clouds as the King of Gong, he would look like A truly high-spirited young man; all ambitions are no longer forced to hide in the dark night, suppressed into silent whispers that cannot be poured out and no one knows, but are poured out brightly, like the unscrupulous sunshine covering the garden in front of you.

"You know, Ferret," Mingyue said suddenly, "I've always thought that humans, like plants, are creatures that need photosynthesis to be healthy/growth."

——Just do what you want to do, and work hard to be the kind of person you want to be. You don’t have to give up your life again and again, and in the end you only burn a little light for others.

"I'm very happy," she said.

——I am very happy to see that you have many people who really love you; I am very happy to see that you are realizing your wishes little by little; I am very happy...you really like your life now.

"Say strange things again."

Even so, Itachi smiled lightly; that handsome but always too cold face was always extraordinarily soft when he smiled.He went over and patted her head, and was satisfied that she didn't hide this time - which was rare.She even gave him a gentle hug.

"Welcome back," said Itachi.