After the hero goes crazy

Yao Shouning found that the days of walking with Chen Taiwei seemed to lose the concept of time.

By his side, the sun and the moon will not alternate, and the clouds covering the sky will not dissipate.

At first, she thought that it was because she was forced to follow such a terrible person that she felt that the days were like years, but later she found something was wrong.

A long time has passed, and the two have been discussing what Chen Taiwei's possible wish is, but nothing around them has changed.

Yao Shouning still remembered that when she and Chen Taiwei left the King Han's cemetery, the sky was twilight. Logically speaking, after such a long time, it should have been morning, but it was still a long night, as if the sun would never rise.

She and Chen Taiwei are in a special dark time before dawn, there are no 'people' around, and everything is empty.

Immediately Yao Shouning realized a problem: this might be Chen Taiwei's domain.

Or put it another way, this may be Chen Taiwei's special world.

'He' walks in the darkness, looking forward to the arrival of the light, but he can never justly embrace the sunshine, but can only work with the haze and walk in loneliness.

After thinking about this point clearly, Yao Shouning understood the real reason why Emperor Shenqi issued an arrest warrant and Chen Taiwei roamed around the city of God, but no one was able to arrest this 'demon' and bring him to justice.

In layman's terms, that is: Yin and Yang are separated.

'Here' and reality are like two parallel worlds, the only point of contact is Chen Taiwei himself.

If he wanted to hide in the shadows, how could the people in the world catch him?
"Ugh."

She let out a long sigh.

No matter how powerful my grandfather was, he might not be able to find and save himself.

When she thought of this, she felt a little sad.

When she left, her mother was still seriously injured. The son managed to find the coffin for her. Xu Xiangyi was casting spells to heal her wounds. I don't know if she is better now.

She left in a hurry, and she couldn't talk to Lu Zhi and the others before leaving. I don't know if Shizi is in a hurry at this time?Maybe he will still feel guilty for not protecting himself well.

My sister is about to give birth, she is sensitive and worrying, I hope she will not worry about herself.

"Oh—" she sighed again.

Now Chen Taiwei couldn't pretend he didn't hear it any more, he turned his head and looked at the girl with a sad face and frowning with a half-smile:
"Guess the truth?"

The two got along for a long time, in order to discuss Chen Taiwei's true unfulfilled wish, both sides did not hide anything, and Chen Taiwei's life was told to Yao Shouning after these time spent together.

Although he keeps saying that time has passed and he no longer remembers the past, in fact he is extremely talented and has an amazing memory.

He remembered every little thing that happened back then, and if he thought it was important, he would tell Yao Shouning about it all.

It can be said that Yao Shouning "thinks" that he understands him even better than the eldest son at this time. She clearly knows the food Meng Songyun liked back then, the techniques he practiced, the relationship between him and Ming Yangzi like a master and apprentice, and his relationship with his sworn brothers. The pleasure of traveling the world.

……

But this so-called 'understanding' as time went by, Yao Shouning became more and more aware that this was just an illusion.

The longer I spend with Chen Taiwei, the more I can understand this man's 'ruthlessness', his emotions are all fake, it's just an appearance he made to paralyze the world.

He is like a ghost pretending to be a human being. He doesn't understand emotion, but he tries to imitate it so that he can blend into the human world.

He wanders in his own world and refuses to integrate into the real human world. He tells the past with sincerity, but those things are just his "past", not his present.

Her "understanding" refers to understanding the real and lively Meng Songyun 700 years ago, not the indifferent Chen Taiwei today.

"Ugh!"

Yao Shouning sighed louder when he thought of this.

Seeing her frowning, Chen Taiwei couldn't help smiling.

"National teacher, is the time here synchronized with the outside world?" She is worthy of being the descendant of the Bianji family, and her understanding of the concept of time is much more sensitive than ordinary people.

Chen Taiwei didn't mean to hide it from her, and nodded upon hearing the words:

"nature."

Yao Shouning asked softly:
"How many days have passed?"

She was walking with the prince, but encountered a demon again, and later called Chen Taiwei to rescue her, and then disappeared because of this, if a long time passed, the family members might have gone crazy.

What's more, the day and night when she acted was only a few days away from the catastrophe of the 'River God', so I don't know what the situation outside is like now.

"Six days and seven nights." Chen Taiwei replied.

"Six days and seven nights—" Yao Shouning's pupils shrank sharply.

She remembered that the day she and Shizi acted was the early morning of the eighth day of the seventh lunar month. If six days and seven nights had passed, plus the night when the incident happened, wouldn't that mean that it was already the fourteenth day of the seventh month?

Yao Shouning was in a state of anxiety, but he saw Chen Taiwei smiling and calm, like a clay sculpture whose expression had been fixed.

"National teacher..." she shouted, and then her eyes were sore, and tears quickly welled up:

"I don't know if my mother has regained consciousness, whether my sister gave birth, how my grandfather is preparing, and whether the eldest princess has returned to her senses..."

Chen Taiwei was unmoved.

He just looked at Yao Shouning with a smile on his face, watching her helplessly wipe away her tears, the little girl's eyes were red.

This appearance is enough to impress anyone in the world, but Chen Taiwei's heart is calm:
"Shouning, what are you talking about?" He reminded lightly:
"Have you thought about my unfulfilled wish? If you think about it, we should take action. If things go well, you will go home as soon as possible." In the dim light, Chen Taiwei's voice was gentle, his eyes were like autumn water, But Yao Shouning had gotten to know him very well during the days he spent with him, and he already knew that his chest was empty, and this gentleness was just an appearance.

"If it can't be done," he sighed, and regretted:
"We will perish together. When the cause and effect of death disappear, what does the life and death of these people have to do with you?"

Yao Shouning was very anxious, but he knew that he couldn't explain it clearly.

Chen Taiwei is heartless and ruthless, but he is right in saying one thing, this cause and effect should not be involved, she should not have been involved in this muddy water, now she can't hide, it is better to face it as soon as possible, and solve it as soon as possible.

"National teacher, you can't remember your main wish. Does this inability to remember have anything to do with the disappearance of your 'heart'?"

She forcibly suppressed the panic in her heart and forced herself to calm down.

The time spent with Chen Taiwei was not fruitless for Yao Shouning. She grew up rapidly, and her thinking was much broader and more active than before.

"It's possible." Taiwei Chen nodded.

When Yao Shouning heard this, his beautiful eyes lit up, and he looked up at him in surprise:

"Then why don't we kill Emperor Shenqi and get his heart back?"

Mrs. Chen smiled softly.

Yao Shouning's changes are not small, and she is much more decisive than Liu Bingzhou, but Chen Taiwei still said after hearing the words:
"Shou Ning, I also had your thoughts, but it's a pity—"

He pressed Fuchen on his waist and said softly:
"This heart, although it is 'mine', it is no longer completely mine."

"How do you say that?" Yao Shouning held back his uneasiness and asked.

Recalling the past, Chen Taiwei's expression became a little more serious, and said:
"After I cut out my heart back then, I thought that I would definitely die, but I didn't know that my soul did not return to the underworld, but woke up leisurely."

When he said this, a smile appeared on his pale face:
"I was thinking, maybe the hell will not accept a villain like me." He made a rare joke, and then said seriously:

"But after I woke up, I soon discovered that my state was too strange. The wound on my chest had been treated, and the heart placed on my master's mourning hall was missing."

If it weren't for the blood remaining on his body, he might have guessed that what happened before might just be a big dream.

Because not only Meng Qingsong's gouged out heart disappeared, but also the corpses slaughtered by him in Qingfeng Temple and the people in the nearby Huanggang village who were massacred disappeared.

Afterwards, he inspected himself and found that his heart had indeed disappeared, and the vitality of his physical body had been cut off, but he did not know why his consciousness did not die.

"People don't want to live, but I lost my heart, but I survived." The corners of his mouth raised, revealing a faint arc:
"Just live like a monster."

"In the time since then, my consciousness is still there, but my physical body has rotted—" So he absorbed evil spirits and turned to "ghost way", which made him walk out of an alternative path by accident.

"During this period, I have been looking for the truth of the incident that year," Chen Taiwei said calmly, "but I suspect that Zhu Shizhen did all of this, so I focused on the royal family first, but the strange thing is that within a few years, Zhu Shizhen died."

When he said this, the muscles on his face twitched slightly.

If it is said that Chen Taiwei's previous joy, laughter and anger were superficial, then the subtle muscle twitches on his face at this moment are much more real.

His evil spirit was well controlled, and there was no joy or anger in his eyes, but the corners of his mouth drooped unconsciously, as if he wanted to cry, but his eyes were dry, unable to squeeze out a single tear, and finally subconsciously turned into a smile.

"Do you believe Shou Ning? He, Zhu Shizhen, was a man of destiny. He was born with great fortune. After practicing cultivation, he was supposed to live as long as the heavens, but he died after living only sixty."

"Ridiculous! Ridiculous!"

He shook his head, "After Zhu Shizhen's death, the people who followed him left one after another, and the temporary team dispersed. After a few more years of investigation, I finally found out the truth."

"I discovered the place where Master's bones are buried, and the corpses of the top and bottom of Qingfeng Temple are also guarding around the tomb of Master's clothes. Someone collected their bones for me," he sighed silently:
"At the same time, I also discovered that my lost heart grew in Emperor Tianyuan's chest cavity. Since then, it has become a royal heirloom 'treasure' and has been kept in their chest cavity from generation to generation."

"Because of this, my bloodline and the royal family's luck are also connected in a certain way. Maybe it's because of this reason that my spirit body can stay alive. Even though my body has decayed, I can still 'alive'." Chen Taiwei turned He turned his head and looked at Yao Shouning:
"You should know what happened after that."

The royal family has his heart, but it has been cultivated for dozens of generations. This heart is not so much his, but not entirely his. It is closely connected with the royal family, and can no longer sense the call of the main body, and return to him. body.

But at the same time, the heart has also become a "sacred object" to check and balance Chen Taiwei. His physical body has been cultivated into a spiritual body, and he has lost his five senses, but when his heart is damaged, he can feel severe pain.

"I am strong by nature, and I don't want to be restrained by others. After discovering this, I wanted to solve this matter, but I later discovered that the heart is bound to the luck of the dynasty, and they are inseparable. My luck collapsed, and I died immediately."

"Alas—" He sighed again, with a look of injury on his handsome face:
"Shou Ning, before the accident, my brothers and I had a very deep relationship. The fourth brother has a bold nature and has always taken care of me like a younger brother. During the years when we killed demons, several brothers ate and lived together. He knows me very well. , why do you think he did this?"

"..."

Yao Shouning was dumbfounded when he heard these secrets, unable to speak.

She has only met Zhu Shizhen once, and she doesn't dare to say that she understands his personality very well, but she believes that she can't make mistakes in judging people with her extraordinary sense.

Hearing this, she hesitated for a moment:
"Could it be, could it be Taizu who wanted to save you?"

'laugh. 'Hearing this, Chen Taiwei let out a sneer:
"Shouning, you are really kind."

She is pure in heart, only optimistic about everything, and does not want to guess human nature into evil.

And he is the exact opposite of Yao Shouning. He has an extreme personality and extreme actions. He firmly believes that only evil can suppress evil, and his thoughts are also very dark. He said:

"My thoughts are different from yours. I guess Zhu Shizhen wants to use me as a 'weapon' of the Daqing royal family, and bind me in this way so that I cannot escape."

"I, I don't believe..."

She retorted loudly: "I don't think he is such a mean person."

"I didn't believe it at first either." Chen Taiwei turned around and turned his back to her:

"But that's the truth. I have a proud personality. I would rather die standing up than live on my knees. He, Zhu Shizhen, should know how to do this? A heart that has been passed down from generation to generation..."

'hehe. ' He chuckled:
"Did you know that Xu Zhao said that Daqing died in the 31st generation, and Emperor Shenqi was destined to be the subjugated king of this generation. He abdicated the throne and passed it on to his son that day. Said, hand over my 'heart' to his son Zhu Jingcun."

"I have calculated that Emperor Shenqi's lifespan is coming to an end, within a few days. If he dies, and the 'heart' is not supported by the next emperor, I will definitely die."

Perhaps the two are now grasshoppers on the same rope, Chen Taiwei has no intention of hiding anything, and told her all the secrets:
"I wanted to die at first, but after I 'resurrected', my thoughts were different from before. I not only want to live, but also to 'live' well. How can I be willing to hand over my wealth and life to others?"

He asked Yao Shouning:
"You ask me why I want to become a fairy, and these various reasons are my answers."

Chen Taiwei is actually a very complicated person. The reason why he became a fairy may be due to the influence of Ming Yangzi earlier, or it may be because of his deep affection for Master during his lifetime, or it may be as he said at this time, he absolutely does not want to Ken is permanently under the control of others, trying to think of a way to get rid of the fire, and solve this trouble once and for all...

In any case, his wish is very straightforward: he wants to become a god!And become a god before the death of Emperor Shenqi!
All the known information was interconnected in Yao Shouning's mind, gradually forming a clear clue.

Combined with the fact that he suddenly went crazy and wanted to kill Emperor Shenqi before, and with his current words to prove it, what he said at this time should be true.

And from his words, Yao Shouning got two more messages:
[-]. Chen Taiwei's time is also very tight, and it is imminent for him to become a god. He is only allowed to succeed and never fails.

[-]. Emperor Shenqi is not dead yet, but he is dying.

The behemoth of the Daqing Dynasty is about to collapse, and history is about to verify it. Is it related to the catastrophe of the "River God" when it appeared at this critical juncture?
She suddenly thought of what Liu Bingzhou once said: The eldest princess should be the one chosen by heaven, and kill relatives righteously.

In other words, in Liu Bingzhou's budget, he hoped that the eldest princess would personally kill Emperor Shenqi, end the old dynasty and start a new dynasty.

Yao Shouning has a close relationship with the eldest son, and the eldest princess also likes her very much. She once mentioned something to her: when the first emperor was alive, he wanted to pass on his daughter, but was rejected by Zhang Raozhi, and finally died in depression.

At the time, it sounded like Yao Shouning was just a legendary story. Now that she knew about the past and had some contact with these predecessors, a bold guess emerged from her mind:

My grandfather was not from Meng Lang. When he said this, could it be that when Zhang Raozhi was dying, he had confessed to him that he hoped that the eldest princess would end the 700-year foundation of the Daqing Dynasty, fulfill the late emperor's last wish in another form, and finally ascend to the throne? As the empress?

If this is the case, then Liu Bingzhou's actions make sense!

If the eldest princess really kills the faint king, calms the 'river god' robbery, and eliminates evil spirits, such feats will be unrivaled in the world, and her ascension to the throne as an empress will be the heart of the world, and no one will dare to say no to it.

So my grandfather didn't want Emperor Shenqi to die at this time, let alone die at the hands of Chen Taiwei, in order to add the name of 'National Teacher'.

……

Yao Shouning's heart fluttered at the thought of this.

But she was happy only for a moment, and suddenly thought of an important thing: if all her conjectures are true, then Emperor Shen Qi is not dead, which means that the eldest princess has not yet returned to Shendu!

"It's already the fourteenth day of July, the catastrophe of the 'River God' is just around the corner, and the eldest princess hasn't returned yet..."

Yao Shouning's heart sank to the bottom, and the scene she "saw" in the illusion that day appeared in her mind. Liu Bingzhou was pale, his chest was empty, he was seriously injured and dying, and he was the patron saint.

"No no no—"

She turned pale and shook her head desperately.

Chen Taiwei looked at her with pity, but the eyes were clear and bright, black and white, facing her painful expression, it seemed too calm, and then there was a kind of chilling indifference.

"You are such a clever boy."

He said:
"So I'm still bringing up the old thing again. If you want to change everything, you have to think of my wish quickly, so that you can rush back home and join hands with your grandfather to tide over the difficulties."

Yao Shouning hated his calm appearance very much at this time, but she clearly knew that this kind of resentment was useless, and in the end she could only suppress her anxiety and said:
"I know."

She took a few deep breaths one after another, calmed down, and asked suddenly:

"National teacher, you said that your heart cannot be separated from the lifeline of the royal family of the Daqing Dynasty, but you have an unfulfilled wish at this time. This 'wish' is obviously related to your heart. Is there any relationship between this? You didn't tell me. I?"

"good."

Yao Shouning had just had an idea at first, but when he thought of this and asked casually, Chen Taiwei nodded his head.

She immediately realized: During the few days she spent with this Taoist priest, he seemed to be honest and knew everything, but in fact he still had reservations.

Thinking of this, Yao Shouning wanted to scold people no matter how good his temper was.

"This mad Taoist." The lives of two people were at stake, and he even concealed some important information.

At that time, if something happens, not only will he die, but he will also have a hard time living.

"What's the matter with you!" She couldn't help complaining:
"Okay, don't hide it from me, why didn't you tell me such news earlier?"

Chen Taiwei said:
"Just tell the truth, but don't say that everything is in detail, you kid is so unreasonable."

"..." Yao Shouning was so angry that he vomited blood, but he had no choice but to feel unhappy:
"You have to hide it. I made a wrong choice then. Not only will I die, but you will die too."

"Shouning, I died 700 years ago." Mrs. Chen reminded me gently.

"..." Yao Shouning was irritated by his light words, "Since you are dead, why do you want to cultivate to become an immortal?"

She was angry from her heart, evil from her gall, and in her anger, she cursed:
"You big liar."

Chen Taiwei showed a look of uncontrollable laughter, deliberately teasing her:

"It's okay to fix it, or not to fix it."

"Shut up!" Yao Shouning shouted.

If she wasn't inferior in skills, she really wanted to beat Chen Taiwei to death.

At this moment, she suddenly missed Shizi.

When she was walking with Shizi in the past, when she saw him meet Chen Taiwei, she wanted to make a move. At that time, she thought that Shizi was too young and had an impulsive personality. Only now did she know that Chen Taiwei is a sinister and cunning person, and she is more angry than life.

"If you want to get your heart back, what conditions do you need?" She asked calmly.

Chen Taiwei laughed immediately:
"Before my fourth brother died, he asked his son to tell me that if I want to get my heart back, I need not forget my 'original heart'."

He gouged out his heart and died. His heart was damaged. Although Zhu Shizhen tried his best to repair it, his heart was still damaged and a piece was missing. Therefore, this heart, which does not belong to the royal blood, can be nourished in the bodies of successive emperors.

To get back the heart, Chen Taiwei needs to get back this part of his wish and make up for the heart completely.

And in this part of the missing heart, his wish is hidden, which is his true self's original wish.

What is his original intention?
In 700 years, things have changed and people have changed, and he will forget many memories. The rules set by Zhu Shizhen require him to find his "true heart". Chen Taiwei first smiled, and then his eyes were clouded:

"And this original intention is what I told you, my wish."

So the question went back to the original place, and he looked at Yao Shouning with a smile:
"Shouning, what is my wish?"

Ah ah ah ah ah!Yao Shouning wanted to scream.

She is just an innocent passerby 700 years later, so what does the grievances 700 years ago have to do with her?How would she know the wish of someone like Chen Taiwei?Why did it suddenly become her business at this time?

Yao Shouning couldn't help stretching out his hand to scratch his head, making the already slightly messy hair even more messy:
"I want to be quiet and think about it."

She is not a depressed character, this blow only temporarily affected her mood, she quickly regained her mentality, and asked again:

"National teacher, what is your greatest wish in life?" She wanted to start with Chen Taiwei's wish, but after speaking, she remembered some key information, and quickly added:
"Before you cut out your heart, what is your wish?"

Regarding Chen Taiwei's desire to 'redeem his heart', Zhu Shizhen put forward the condition: to find his original heart and make up for his lack of heart.

When she asked this question, both of them froze.

During the two of them getting along for so many days, Chen Taiwei always answered every question, said what he had to say, and never concealed it. Yao Shouning's understanding of him was gradually deepening.

He is elusive now, but 700 years ago, when he 'died', his wish could not have been guessed.

"You want to save your master."

"I want to save my master."

The two spoke in unison and said this wish.