Chapter 058 Once
At the young emperor's signal, the group of scholars left one after another.
Wrong idea?
Wen Shu did have some speculation.
She walked all the way from Zhongzhou to Nanzhou, and when she opened her eyes, she saw a county town in the midst of civil unrest. At first, she could only see cold winds blowing and evil spirits eating people. She thought she was confused because of doing the questions, and even her mind was confused. She even wondered whether a mentally ill person could take the college entrance examination.
But the next second, the splattered warm blood splashed onto her face, and the stink made her feel dizzy.
The evil ghost's face turned pale, and the man holding his head took a deep breath. His cheeks instantly flushed, as if the living person was a tonic.
She couldn't even react at the time and could only sit there in a daze. If it weren't for the police who came later to kill the evil spirit, she would have died there and the so-called curse of the name would have no chance of working.
At that time, the government office of that small county town took in Wen Shu. The county magistrate saw that Wen Shu was quite knowledgeable and intended to accept her as a Confucian disciple and keep her by his side. It was because of this that she developed her own talents.
After all, as a child born under the information explosion, time travel and rebirth are certainly not unfamiliar to Wen Shu. However, when it really hits her head, the strong sense of unreality makes her shiver in her bed every night.
But she was always lucky and met a Confucian teacher. She followed him to clear the evil spirits in the county and helped him secure the position of county magistrate.
If Wen Shu had not seen Yuelai Inn, she thought her future goal would be to "make the best of it", and with the recommendation of her teacher, she would participate in the imperial examination of the Zhongzhou Dynasty and become a Confucian disciple. If she was appointed as an official and obtained the Qilin official seal, she would never dream of the powerlessness and fear she felt in the past again in her life.
But she saw it.
"The moon shines brightly before my bed, I wonder if it is frost on the ground."
"Look up at the bright moon, and think of my hometown."
When I first heard it, I didn't realize the meaning of the poem, but when I saw it again, I was already the person in the poem.
Tears flowed down my cheeks, nothing more than this.
A lonely stranger seemed to have returned home at that moment.
People have countless needs. People in ancient times were suppressed by the crisis of survival and could only think of the need for survival. It was difficult to accumulate layer by layer and burst out psychological needs. But modern people are different. They have all kinds of time to understand their own hearts. When they travel back to ancient times, when their physiological needs are not met, this psychological need is directly met in one step. It is hard to say whether this is fortunate or unfortunate.
After tossing and turning for a long time, she finally cut off her long hair and cut it back into her student style.
A young man always has the courage to fight against the sky.
She bid farewell to her teacher and set out for Nanzhou.
She has always been lucky and always meets a noble person before she dies.
Wen Shu had a difficult adventure, but she was like the heroes in all the anime, she gained a lot and became brave, resolute and fearless.
It wasn’t until I came to Yujing that I met so many fellow countrymen.
Wen Shucai was surprised to realize her God-given luck. Among her 250 fellow villagers, only three had not died. Before she came, this was just a difficult two.
They were all extremely lucky people. They were not killed at the beginning before coming to Zhongzhou, and they met their companions on the road and exchanged their names. Later, they were found by Shen Cuo and brought back to life with the help of puppets.
Perhaps there are still fellow countrymen struggling all over the world, and perhaps before they die they will be surrounded by the loneliness of isolation from the world or the fear of facing a different world alone.
Human curiosity is endless.
When Shen Cuo said that he could send them home, Wen Shu's first reaction was unrealistic joy, followed by doubt.
How on earth could he do that?
Wen Shu thought that it might be because he had never experienced being rescued from death by Shen Cuo and resurrected by a puppet, nor had he seen Shen Cuo overwhelm everyone and quell the chaos of the Nanzhou Dynasty by himself, so he became suspicious of this amiable boss.
Out of curiosity and the desire to control his fate and know the truth, Wen Shu ignored the warnings of Baitanggao and Youzhagui and tried to find out the truth.
She borrowed many related books from the library on the side and saw many tricks, but she still had no clue.
Wen Shu took a deep breath and said bluntly: "Speak clearly, I am a student and I don't understand what you are saying."
Aquarius smiled slightly: "Have you tried to see the entire Yujing from a high altitude?"
A pair of hands with calloused marks fell on Wen Shu's shoulders and pushed her to the railing of the platform.
On the crowded street below, two or three prison vans drove slowly by, with rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs flying everywhere. Along with the crowd's curses and onlookers, the people in the vans were dejected and locked inside like a dead dog.
Wen Shu continued to look outside.
Yujing was so huge that Shen Cuo spent more than ten years to build it. It was prosperous, beautiful and unforgettable.
A large piece of fiery red clouds rolled up on the horizon. Looking around, the rosy clouds covered thousands of houses. The rising lanterns were like stars in the Milky Way falling into the mortal world.
This more than ten-meter-high building cannot even fully see her entire appearance, but just by looking down at the lights, one can see the deep love contained therein.
Wen Shu couldn't help but be moved.
But when she turned to look at Aquarius, she suddenly discovered that Aquarius didn't seem to be moved by this. She silently placed her hands on the railing, her body slightly hunched, tightly gripping the wooden railing. An extremely heavy feeling of powerlessness emanated from her body from the inside out.
"I have been friends with Shen Cuo for twelve years. When he brought me back to life, he was just about to secure his position as the Imperial Master. At that time, he was overwhelmed by the endless affairs of the court. If he had not had the natural strength of martial arts to suppress the ministers in the court, there would be no Yujing today."
"When he found out about my talent, he was so happy that he was like someone who had finally drawn a UR card. I was also very excited. Who could have thought that I could be reborn? This is simply a fantasy."
"But at the beginning, after Shen Cuo brought me back to life, he just settled me down and let me be on my own. He didn't assign me any work, but he himself was trying hard to sort out the government. I was very confused at the time."
Aquarius sighed with emotion: "I asked him why he worked so hard to develop Yujing. The first time I died, I was killed by a group of unruly people. I have long been disappointed with this world. I'm fine with being a paperhanger."
"Who would have thought that he would tell me that he felt guilty when he saw the refugees in front of him. I checked my conscience at the time and thought, damn, after being killed by the unruly people, I couldn't even let them die. It was like a loud bang in the sky and the Virgin Mary appeared! I wanted to kill myself at the time, but the result was that I was already a puppet and couldn't die. I was persuaded by him and had to follow his will."
Aquarius said calmly: "Later I found out that he was completely different from what I imagined. He was actually very good at acting. He said one thing to one person and another to another. He relied on countless tricks to achieve his goals. He seemed to be a two-faced person."
"He seems to be growing along with the prosperity of Yujing."
"But whether he has really grown or has always been like this, I don't know."
"Just when I had given up hope of returning home, Shen Cuo suddenly told me that everything was ready and we could go home."
Aquarius was silent for a moment: "It sounds like a joke, but we believed him."
"He always has a way to achieve his goals. He is omnipotent. He can become the national teacher and accept fellow countrymen. He can lead us through countless difficulties and resurrect us."
"Although it sounds like a piece of cake, all my fellow countrymen, including me, can't refuse it."
"We all call him the boss. He is the one who leads us. He dares to make choices for all of us when we are all undecided. How can we not trust him? Not love him?"
"But the bad thing is that I have always had a good memory and I always find something important in the details. And I am a person who finds it difficult to deceive myself."
"Xiao Jue, bring me the picture." Aquarius called out to the little emperor who was silently eating melon seeds.
The young emperor responded quickly and took out the blueprint and handed it over.
The blueprint was unfolded, and it was the planning map of the entire Yujing. Aquarius calmly explained to Wen Shu: "Look here, connect the East Square, West Market, and Chang'an Square in series, and then look at it this way."
As Aquarius gestured, Wen Shu's pupils shrank.
The blurred lines were actually a formation diagram.
A guess suddenly popped into Wen Shu's mind.
After all, she had been flipping through books for seven or eight days in a row. What in this strange world could help her fulfill her wish?
There is a simple and unpretentious popular method in the book, which has been used unconsciously by everyone from princes to ordinary people.
——Sacrifice.
Offer sacrifices to seek blessings from the gods.
"There is something in this world that is always used as a sacrifice."
Aquarius reminded softly.
I felt a chill down my spine as I reviewed the book.
people.
She looked up again in a daze, staring at the myriad lights. The sky had darkened and the night was gradually falling, like a pair of invisible giant hands covering the sky above the city.
Wherever you look, there are people, people everywhere.
This is a well-known trading capital in the strange world, handling millions of people every day and night.
"He saw through my compassion for the world, so he told me that. Does he feel guilty about it?" Aquarius looked slightly puzzled: "What did he say to others?"
"The more people there are and the bigger the ceremony is, the greater the chance of success." Wen Shu muttered to himself.
So he had been planning for so many years, organizing the government, establishing the Jinyiwei, killing man-eating ghosts, building roads, and constructing Yujing. Was his ultimate goal to siphon off all the people in the surrounding areas and use them as sacrifices when he returned home?
How could this world be so absurd! Is this really true? Or is Aquarius lying?
The national teacher is so kind!
In her memory, Shen Cuo, who smiled at her kindly, was surrounded by a warm light that made people unable to help but give him their trust.
Wen Shu didn't notice that his expression had become distorted.
Aquarius was still talking: "Have we really traveled through time and space here? Or is this just a joke from the gods? We may have already died... Is it really worth sacrificing the people of an entire city?"
Wen Shu didn't want to listen any more, so he turned around and left.
Watching the girl's back as she left.
The little majesty sighed slightly: "You have taken away another friend of mine. She probably won't come to play with me anymore."
Aquarius also sighed calmly: "You also think I'm crazy, thank you so much for being willing to play with me."
The young emperor drew circles along the rim of the white porcelain cup with his fingers and remained silent for a while.
"Xiaojue, listen to me and leave Yujing on the day of the ceremony."
The little majesty looked at Aquarius silently: "...You are just sick, you should believe the teacher, the teacher has never been that kind of person."
"Really? But in the face of all this, you also didn't inform your teacher, right?"
The little Majesty did not answer.
Aquarius lowered his head, staring at the lines in his palm, with no expression on his face.
***
The curiosity I had about Yujing City in the past no longer exists.
Wen Shu didn't know what he was thinking, nor did he know what he should think.
Her breathing became more and more rapid.
There are people everywhere, and it's suffocating.
The crescent moon under the sky was like a curved hook with a hint of chillness, which made people shiver.
Wen Shu was silent, unable to control his emotions, and ran into the night.
Is this really what it means to “go home”?
Is this truth really what she is looking for?
The formation diagram lingered in her mind.
Her feet unconsciously carried her to the neighborhood.
The alleys are brightly lit and full of people. The highlight of the town is a college. When classes are over at night, students in the college come out in groups of three or five.
Wen Shu found a stall and ate two bowls of wontons.
She was absent-mindedly chewing the wontons.
It's just an ordinary academy, why think so much about it?
The boss has been here for decades, so what's wrong with having some secret techniques?
The silver and coins were put down, leaving two empty bowls.
Wen Shu was walking on his way home when he suddenly saw a ghost across the street.
Sui Niang, wearing a bell on her head, came over excitedly. When she saw Wen Shu, she greeted him cheerfully. The light from the lantern made her face look particularly beautiful.
Wen Shu's face softened instantly, and he felt at ease.
Sui Niang stepped forward and took Wen Shu's hand.
Wen Shu was about to say a few words to her, but suddenly he heard Sui Niang softly ask, "Why are the Jinyiwei following behind you?"
Wen Shu was stunned.
A chill rose from the soles of his feet all the way up, and his cheeks turned pale as paper in an instant.
The night market in Yujing is always crowded with people, and the lights of Yujing create a prosperous scene.
But in the ghost's worried eyes, it was completely different.
Those who were either sitting on the stalls, or strolling arm in arm at night, or chatting and bargaining with the stall owners, they were all dressed in cloth, with honest faces, as if they were just ordinary people.
They appear to be pretending, but that cannot conceal their true nature as hyenas; they are silently following their prey, with identical yet different faces hidden in the darkness.
And the poor prey is not even aware of this and is still immersed in its own world, full of flaws.
She couldn't see the Jinyiwei.
I can't feel those secretive eyes watching over me.
Can't distinguish those ever-changing faces.
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