Great Sui Storyteller

Chapter 686 685. Let's make do with it

Jiangdu City is very lively on the first day of the new year. Even if the year is a bit difficult, a new year and a new start always have to be a good sign.

Master Huqiu was walking between the alleys of the city with a bamboo hat. Occasionally, a few children ran and jumped past, and when they saw her in white clothes and official boots, they would subconsciously walk away.

I'm afraid I'll get my white clothes dirty.

She walked in the direction of home without any thoughts rolling in her eyes.

On the contrary, she enjoyed the peace.

If... it wasn't for the Taoist priest in front of her to stop her way back.

"Why. Daoist Tianji is not older than Xi Sui?"

The bamboo hat hid his eyes, and the voice sounded from his mouth, reaching the ears of the Taoist priest in front of him wearing a Taoist robe.

"Blessed Immeasurable Heavenly Venerate."

Tianji quietly took a step forward.

"Pindao has seen Mr. Shi Lang."

Master Fox Qiu narrowed his eyes...

"What? Daoist Master Tianji, what's up?"

Tianji smiled and shook his head:

"It's nothing, I just saw Mr. Minister Minister suddenly and came to say hello. I don't know... where does Mr. Minister want to go?"

"Daoist Tianji is famous for his intelligence and agility, and he is one of the proud disciples of the national teacher. Why don't you do some calculations and figure out where I am going?"

There was a bit of a smile in Master Huqiu's voice.

Ridiculous but somewhat cold.

Obviously, she doesn't like the other party blocking here.

And Tianji seemed a little dazed after hearing this, but immediately smiled and stepped out of the way, and made a respectful appearance of asking:
"It's the poor way that has overstepped, please, Mr. Minister."

"..."

The woman silently moved forward again.

Originally, the distance between her and Tianji was about seven or eight steps away.

And Tianji stepped aside and bent over to show respect, every step Mr. Huqiu landed on the ground, the distance between him and him was getting closer.

But there was a gleam of light in Tianji's slightly lowered eyes.

He seemed to be waiting, but also seemed to be thinking.

Occasionally, even a trace of worry and struggle appeared in these eyes.

But Master Huqiu didn't see it.

Didn't pay attention either.

Step by step, walk forward with a casual pace.

Just like that, getting closer and closer to him.

Eight steps, seven steps... three steps, two steps, one step...

Da, da, da, da...

Just like that, he was about to pass by.

But the worry in Tianji's eyes turned into determination at this moment.

The fingers that were originally gathered in the wide avenue robe suddenly resembled swords.

The mind only needs to communicate with the qi of heaven and earth in an instant, and turn it into a merciless ultimate move against the enemy...

But his fingers had already stood up, but suddenly... felt something was wrong.

What about Qi?

Da, da, da, da...

People, drifting away.

Re-opened the body distance.

One step, two steps, three steps, four steps...

After walking seven or eight steps away, Tianji could feel the flow of the energy of heaven and earth again.

It feels awkward.

It's like being blind for a moment, and then being able to see again after being blinded.

This sudden transition seems to be an illusion, it has never happened before.

But Tianji's fingers gathered in the Taoist robe relaxed.

Silent, silent.

It wasn't until Master Huqiu's figure disappeared at the corner of the street that he straightened up again.

A breeze played between the palms of his hands, making the long sleeves of his Taoist robe gently sway.

He thought for a while, then disappeared in place with a shake of his shoulders.

After a few dodges, people have already left Jiangdu.

Then, standing in the desolate wind and snow outside the city, he gasped heavily:

"Hahaha……"

Inside the room.

The light in Li Zhen's eyes, like a rippling sea of ​​gold, disappeared in the depths of his pupils.

Doubt welled up.

According to Mr. Huqiu, this person is called Tianji?
Can the secret of the sky not be leaked?
The name is also crazy.

Just thinking about it, I heard Mu Yan's words:

"Are you still eating this..."

"If you don't eat, don't eat, I'll give it to you."

Li Zhen smiled and handed over the roast chicken in front of him.

……

I was full of wine and food, and I was in a good mood.

Mu Yan rubbed her stomach, and frankly said something that was a bit of a "traitor".

"Your food is much better than ours. You can't eat enough..."

"What about you guys? How do you... eat? No, I don't mean anything else. Is it... raw food?"

"Previously."

It was Mu Ci who answered him:
"It used to be raw food. But now we have also learned to use fire..."

Hearing this, Li Zhen was stunned for a while and asked:

"barbecue?"

"Ah."

Mu Ci nodded, but suddenly glanced at Li Zhen, and asked:

"Are you curious about us?"

Li Zhen's head immediately nodded like pounding garlic.

Can you not be curious?
The so-called know yourself, know your enemy, and win a hundred battles... What's more, in the future, if you are not sure, you will have to ask "people" to do things.It's not a bad thing to learn more now.

Seeing him nodding, Mu Ci felt a little strange:
"Why are you so curious about us?"

"...Is it convenient to say?"

"That's not true. I just can't figure out the meaning of your curiosity about us. In your eyes, shouldn't we always be the kind of horrible monsters who drink blood and eat human flesh?"

Li Zhenxin said, take a look at the little fox next to you.

She was hiccupping all the time.

still scary...

If I want to kill her, I don't need anything else, just find a chicken, sprinkle some spices, and she will be so hungry...

But this must not be said, so he just smiled and shook his head:
"But you also saved my life, didn't you? ...Speaking of which, how are those children ...?"

"It was fine before we both left. But..."

Speaking of this, Mu Ci turned his head and glanced at the bustling street under the open window, and whispered:
"We've had a tough winter. Let's hope they all get through."

"... Are the conditions on the Yaozu side very bad?"

These words obviously sounded silly to Mu Ci.

So, her tone couldn't help showing a trace of sarcasm:
"Who of you human race doesn't know that the extreme north is the world's first-class place of bitter cold. Over there, the cold is as long as the endless darkness. Using your time, we have at most three or four months a year Most of the time they can enjoy the warm sun, but most of the time of the year they have to run around for food to raise their cubs.

You can enjoy the sunny and sunny weather inside the Great Wall, but you still want to set off internal strife and kill each other... Sometimes I really want to switch the place where you live with us, to see if you still have These redundant thoughts. "

"Look, look, isn't this just chatting, why are you so anxious..."

Hearing the displeasure in her tone, Li Zhen didn't care.

In fact, what people say is quite right.

If everyone was starving, no one would be able to think of these moths.

Only when they are full, will everyone have time to fight for power...at least in his opinion.

It can be said that, in the final analysis, what she said was a bit "racist".

Not quite right.

So Li Zhen put it another way:
"Don't you have any... city-state or something like that?"

"No, and there is no need."

Mu Ci shook her head slightly:

"We all have our own tribe's territory, and we only need to migrate every year to follow the food. We can't eat people, we can only eat those of the same kind that can't transform, and in order not to eat them all at once and cause no food in the future, we still have to eat them." The amount of food needs to be controlled. No one will bring food to trade, and the monsters who can’t protect their territory have only death and the fate of becoming food. What do we want the city-state to do?”

"...It sounds cruel."

Hearing Li Zhen's words, there was a trace of sarcasm in Mu Ci's eyes:
"You care?"

"Want to hear the truth?"

"Ah."

"not give a damn about."

Li Zhen shook his head slightly:

"Because what happened to you is actually what happened to our ancestors. This is just a reincarnation."

Mu Ci didn't intend to quarrel either.

Although this sounds like a conflict, it's just the end of the chat.

But after hearing Li Zhen's words, she couldn't help asking:
"Then when will the next reincarnation be?"

"...It's just waiting for us to weaken and you to rise, and then you will be used as food again?"

"Correct."

"...Can we stop talking about such a horrible thing?"

"I thought you'd say never."

"...ha~"

Li Zhen suddenly smiled.

Laughing a little meaningfully:

"Some things...maybe there will be another result."

Mu Ci didn't take this seriously.

Instead, he looked at Mu Yan who had been hiccupping.

After making sure her sister was full, she asked:
"where are we going?"

"Come on, let's go back."

Li Zhen got up and walked out of the private room. After paying the bill downstairs, the carriage returned to the mansion.

When he returned to the mansion, Master Huqiu was also there.

Xue Rulong and Xiao Cui Nvxia are also there.

And it seemed that the two of them should know the identities of the two village women, but Xue Rulong bowed his hands in salute, which made Mu Yan feel a little at a loss.

But Mu Ci returned the salute decently.

Then, the two led the two village women to the room.

And Li Zhen walked into the main hall, looking at Lord Huqiu who suddenly started playing chess:

"My lord, that Tianji..."

"To kill me."

"..."

"I know."

Lord Huqiu didn't lift his head, he stared at the chessboard and said:
"He's a national teacher... Let's just say he's a closed disciple. After all, before Li Chunfeng appeared, he was the last disciple accepted by the national teacher. He was young and intelligent, and a natural practitioner. In recent years, he has rarely appeared in the arena, but every time If he shows up, nothing good will happen. But today he suddenly stopped me, so I guessed... As for why he didn't do it, you did it?"

"Uh... um."

Li Zhen nodded:
"Give me a little warning, now I'm out of town..."

Speaking of this, he paused and said:

"Your Excellency should know why I want to keep Mu Ci and Mu Yan?"

"Yeah. I know."

Master Huqiu made another move on the chessboard.

Unfortunately, Li Zhen can't understand Go.

Seeing that she was clear, Li Zhen didn't waste his time talking, but asked:

"Then what shall we do next...?"

"Braking still."

"clatter."

She dropped another child very quickly:
"I've done everything I can. Wagang won, Xue Ju rebelled, Liang Shi all rebelled, Du Fuwei, Dou Jiande and others all rebelled. Before you wake up, I plan to die here of."

"..."

In Li Zhen's silence and speechlessness, she finally raised her head.

There is no sadness or joy in the eyes, it just reflects the appearance of the Taoist in front of him:
"Right here, quietly watching everything I have accomplished, watching it completely collapse. Why... do you have an idea?"

Li Zhen pondered for a while and asked:
"Aren't you going home to have a look?"

"Li Xiuning has already died in a cold, and I will die again when I go back, so that everyone will be sad along with me?"

"Uh……"

Looking at Li Zhen, who was full of astonishment, a smile appeared on Lord Huqiu's face.

It's just that people don't feel the warmth at all.

It's all desolate with nowhere to tell people.

"Taoist..."

There was calm in her voice:
"How can there be so many perfections in this world? There is no impenetrable wall in this world. My existence...do you know what it means to Mrs. Li?"

"..."

Without waiting for Li Zhen to answer, she gave the answer:

"It means that once all my deeds are revealed, it will be a disgraceful disaster for the family. I will be reviled by thousands of people, condemned by the scholars in the world, and will be left in the history books for thousands of years. Don't say whether I can get it It's going to fall that day... If it were you, would you take this risk?"

"..."

Li Zhen was speechless.

I don't know what to say at all.

because……

What she said was true.

Yes.

A witch who can be called a disaster for the country, one of the sources of chaos in the world.

So much has been done in incognito.

Could it be that when Li Tang won the world, he would really allow her to recognize her ancestors?
Then... Could it be that Li Xiuning in history is also really...

Don't...don't.

It's too ruinous, isn't it?

He wants to say something.

But looking at the face in front of him that lowered his head again...

Her brows and eyes are calm.

There was no joy or sorrow on his face.

It seemed that the whole person was attracted by the game between black and white.

Quiet and beautiful.

Alluring country.

But... in Li Zhen's eyes, all he saw was endless loneliness.

He really couldn't imagine how a kind of awareness could make a... In this era where the kinship relationship is so strong that it is frightening, she can make such a decision that she would rather die in another country than go back.

Although she did so at first glance is the best solution for the family.

But what about herself?
What about herself?
Think of this...

The moment the woman pinched the sunspot in her hand and wanted to drop it.

suddenly……

To be held by a dry and warm hand.

"..."

Master Huqiu's body froze.

Take a breath.

Two breaths.

Three breaths.

After three breaths...

A calm voice sounded:
"open."

Did you let go?

No.

New Year's Day.

The wind and snow outside are like flour sprinkled in the sky.

Instantly.

In the main hall, the charcoal fire in the fire dragon has no effect on the room with the door open, it is dim and gray.

The world is very cold.

It was so cold that there seemed to be only the warmth of this hand left between the sky and the earth.

And a sound in the warmth...

With some tentative and apprehensive words:

"My... my lord. Pindao is also surnamed Li... if... or... let's make do... let's live."

Outside, the wind and snow are raging.

　Hmm...why isn't it sweet~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)