I live in Dayu Changsheng

Chapter 238, time

20 years later.

Jianye, the courtyard where Fang Rui lived.

In the atrium, the pines and cypresses are becoming more and more green, and moss has climbed up the ancient well and stone steps; the creeper planted on the south wall has covered the wall and began to spread towards the east corner.

The scenery in the small courtyard is getting quieter and quieter. The sun in the hot summer afternoon can hardly penetrate the dense greenery, and can only leave light and subtle shadows on the pebble-paved path.

This yard is like a pot of old tea that has settled, with traces of time.

People often say that the people are outstanding, which is not bad. The brook like a mirror like a silk belt seems to have a spirituality, and it pours into the blue and blue pool water that expands beside the Baiyu Pavilion, and you can see the giants swimming in it. fish.

"The passing is like a man, the law of time, isn't it just like a trickling water?"

Fang Rui sat cross-legged by the pool, holding the fishing rod in both hands, looking at the spring water flowing slowly in the afternoon light, comprehending the incomplete symbols on the strange things on the panel in the sea of ​​consciousness, and the mysterious aura fluctuated around him.

Swish!
He suddenly pointed.

Susu!

The golden sand by the stream flew up and melted in mid-air, turning into a transparent glass jar, with strange power surging around it, as if adding some magic to it.

"Water is coming!"

Fang Rui spat out two words.

Whoa!
The clear pool water went up against the current, came to the mid-air, and poured into the glass tank, but it was strange that the small glass tank with a volume of only two or three liters actually contained several cubic meters of water.

This makes people wonder how it was installed and why it was not broken?
"Fish!"

Fang Rui said again.

Pfft!
A three-foot big red carp jumped out of the pool, but miraculously passed through the mouth of a glass tank with a diameter of only three inches, and fell into it.

After entering the glass tank, the movement of the red carp's gills and the shaking of its tail suddenly slowed down, like a slow motion at 0.2 times speed.

"The universe is big in the sleeve, and the sun and the moon are long in the pot. This is the magic of the law of time and space!"

Fang Rui held the glass jar with his right hand: "Because of the law of space, this glass jar looks small, but there are several cubic meters inside; because of the law of time, the flow of time inside it is four or five times slower than outside."

In the past 20 years, even with the help of panel derivation and power supply, he has not made much progress in his plan to combine the advantages of spiritual masters and martial arts to create a new method. The difficulty of this matter exceeded his original expectations.

However, in terms of comprehension of laws, it is quite gratifying. The law of reincarnation is the deepest, followed by the laws of time and space.

Of course, it is still far from a complete grasp, but it is possible to use the power of time and space law a little bit, and this glass jar is their practical application.

If a knowledgeable person sees it, they will definitely find it incredible and am amazed at Fang Rui's comprehension of the laws of time and space.

But at this moment, there were only two small audiences witnessing this scene.

The animated puppet, compared to 20 years ago, is much smarter and has some wisdom. At this time, its small mouth opened and its eyes widened.

"Hmm?!"

Xiao Nian'er, Hua Ling, was even smarter, flying around the glass tank curiously, a series of question marks seemed to pop up slowly on her little head.

In other words, Xin Xueer is now in her 20s and has become a female official. If it wasn't for Xiu Mu, she wouldn't be here.

Also because she grew up and ran out of time, the two little ones who used to play together naturally followed Fang Rui.

"My lord, is this fishing?"

Li Zhao has arrived, and compared with 20 years ago, he is more dignified than before, but his attitude in front of Fang Rui is the same as before, and he has become familiar with Fang Rui a lot, and he is not particular. He sits next to him and looks at the glass jar: Fishing, isn’t it always released, how did you catch it this time?”

"By the way, I remember, there is no such a small red carp in the pool, it is still sick."

Thanks to Xin Xueer's hard work in the past, the fish in this pool are basically all fat and big, like fat-headed fish. The entire pool has expanded and deepened twice because of this.

"You'll know when you release it." Fang Rui laughed.

"what?!"

Li Zhao took the glass jar, and his hand sank. It didn't match the weight on the surface. He frowned suspiciously, and poured it down into the pool of water.

Whoa!
The water that was poured out was much larger than the apparent volume of the glass jar, and when the red carp flew out of the mouth of the jug, it instantly became larger and became three feet long.

Moreover, alive and kicking, how could he have the same dementia, slow movement, and sickness before?

An unbelievable look appeared in Li Zhao's phoenix eyes, and it was not until the red carp swam around in the pool that he was shocked, and then he recovered from his trance: "My lord, what's going on?"

"It's just the power of the law."

Fang Rui explained, and then asked about the business: "Has the resolution on the Northern Expedition ever been passed?"

"The unification of China is the aspiration of the people and the trend of the times. It will naturally pass. Now the court has begun preparations." Li Zhao affirmed.

"Ugh!"

Fang Rui suddenly let out a sigh.

In the past 20 years, the incense fire gods have become popular in the world, and the incense fire temples have substantially covered nineteen states. He sensed that the "crowdfunding underworld plan" has been able to pick the fruits, which also means that the decisive battle with the Holy Emperor coming soon.

This is the upper factor.

On the other hand, the reform of Nanyu, the expansion of national power, the government, the people, and the people have the interests of expanding outward; the reform of Dayu also squeezed some problems, which need to be vented and transfer conflicts to the outside world.

From these perspectives, the battle between Nanyu and Dayu is inevitable.

"The lord is worried about the result? Compared with Dayu's incomplete reform, I, Nanyu, took the lead in setting off reforms. Although Dayu is less than a state, but the overall national strength is still higher than Dayu. With such an advantage, I will eventually die We will definitely win." Li Zhao narrowed her phoenix eyes with strong confidence.

"How can there be absolutes in the world? Dayu is not so easy to deal with!"

Fang Rui shook his head.

In the past 20 years, the two countries of Nanyu and Dayu have made great efforts to reform and reform and accumulate national power, which is like a long arms race.

He has made a lot of plans himself, and it is expected that the Holy Emperor will never do nothing... The battle between the two, the war between the two countries, the outcome is really hard to say until the last moment.

"I know that self-confidence is a good thing, but you can't be blind!"

Li Zhao nodded slightly, and mentioned another matter: "Xun Shoufu has become an official and left Beijing today. Do you want to see the lord?"

Fang Rui was silent.

In the past 20 years, he has been in-depth and simple, and all the state affairs of Dayu have been handed over to Li Zhao. In the past, it was difficult for civil and military officials to see his true face.

The chief minister of the cabinet, Xun Bai, was about to retire a few days ago and wished to see Fang Rui, but was rejected.

"Let's go out for a walk, you go find fellow Taoist Yu together."

"Lord, you..."

Li Zhao smiled and didn't continue. She knew that Fang Rui's character seemed indifferent, but in fact he was affectionate, so she decided to go.

Fang Rui went to change clothes, and she went to call Yu Yunlan.

backyard.

The piece of green bamboo planted in the early years has now become a lush and majestic forest.

Among the bamboo shadows of the afternoon scenery, Yu Yunlan sat alone in the secluded huang, with the Xianyao Qin placed in front of him, the sound of the piano was one of heaven and man, as cold as Chang'e on the moon.

Li Zhao pouted secretly, remembering that time when he saw two people get up and go out together.

She explained her purpose.

"Okay." Yu Yunlan agreed.

……

Jianye Center Plaza.

Fang Rui, Li Zhao, and Yu Yunlan came under cover.

On the square, there are bicycles passing by one by one; there are also rickshaws to solicit customers; there are also automatic newspaper vending machines, and many literati buy newspapers with coins...

Such a scene, the people of Nanyu 20 years ago, would have never imagined it.

Most of the people who came and went had ruddy complexions and generally had no patches on their clothes. Obviously, as the capital of Nanyu, the first place of goodness, the people of Jianye had begun to change to eat well after they were full, and had spare money to spend.

People held their heads high, with the pride of a big place, the pride of the people in the capital, and they would only show envy when they saw people in official uniforms.

Yes, there is also a chain of contempt among them.

Officials of the Nanyu court, who had established establishments before and after death, had the strongest sense of superiority in their hearts; then, the natives of Jianye had a psychological advantage over outsiders; outsiders also had a sense of pride over people from Dayu.

Thanks to the newspaper propaganda, the people of Nanyu now know that it has been Shenhuang for 21 years, and Dayu still has the behavior of "making medicine with people". God, what kind of misery are the people of Dayu living in? ?
With such a comparison, a sense of superiority suddenly arises.

Fang Rui, Li Zhao, and Yu Yunlan walked past the square.

A man with wicked eyebrows and mouse eyes suddenly came over, opened his clothes and took out a booklet, and said mysteriously: "Young master, I think you have a full heaven and a rich face, and you will definitely be the butcher of an official in the future... My friend's uncle is a court official. Zhong... get the scientific examination secret volume, 20 taels of silver will be given to you..."

"No! No!"

Fang Rui waved this person away, turned his head and smiled at Li Zhao and Yu Yunlan, and said, "Do I look so foolish?"

Both girls had smiles on their faces.

Compared with 20 years ago, Yu Yunlan still seems to be cold and unconcerned about everything, but in fact he has changed a lot, at least in front of an acquaintance like Fang Rui, he is much more vivid.

At this time, she looked at Li Zhao, took the initiative to start the topic, and teased: "Your sister doesn't care?"

"How to manage it? If you have no brains and believe that the secret volume is real, you deserve to be fooled."

Li Zhao sighed: "In the past, there were too many idiots and not enough liars, but now, few people believe it."

At the time of the second scientific examination that year, there were many people who bought fake secret volumes and reported to the officials afterwards.

For this kind of thing, if you buy real test questions, it will be a big event, but if you buy a fake secret test paper, it will be pure fun.

The Jianye Town God's Temple is located in the center of the big square. Now the surrounding shops are full of land and gold, and there is a stream of people on non-holidays and holidays.

Fang Rui and the others didn't enter. He stood in the distance and looked through the City God's Temple. He saw the avatar of the incense god in the city god's domain, reflecting golden light, with divine power like a sea, and divine power like a prison.

After the panels devoured the 'Kunlun Mirror' and the 'Chaos Four Elephant Banners', he deduced and updated the "Incense and Fire Treasure Sutra" again, and added the offerings of incense and fire luck from Nanyu and Kyushu. The first incense god has now reached the quasi-fourth level.

If Fang Rui wins the battle with the Holy Emperor, this clone will ascend to the position of Underworld Lord and become a terrifying existence of a half-step saint.

He didn't stay in Chenghuang Temple for a long time, but when he passed the teahouse, Fang Rui glanced at him suddenly, and said "what a coincidence" in his heart, but he didn't stop, and took Yu Yunlan and Li Zhao away.

Above the tea house.

Jiang Chen, Wang Chong, and Li Shiwen reunited again after many years.

Back then, Jiang Chen was demoted to a local government after a year in central Beijing.

Wang Chong is in the Academy of Sciences of the Ministry of Industry and has been working for so many years.

Li Shiwen failed in the exam for seven years, completely lost his thoughts on scientific research, and did business with peace of mind. During the great development of Nanyu, he made a lot of money traveling all over the world.

The three of them were in different circumstances, and the reunion after many years was like a reunion of classmates after graduation for many years.

The unfamiliarity at the beginning disappeared during the exchange of cups and cups, as if returning to 20 years ago, with a lively atmosphere, talking about family, and talking about their own development.

"Brother Jiang returns to the capital this time and enters the center, just like a fish entering the sea and a dragon soaring into the sky. The future is boundless!" Li Shiwen poured wine for Jiang Chen.

"Where, it's not as good as Brother Wang's consecutive achievements in the Academy of Sciences, and now he is a rank higher than me!" Jiang Chen waved his hand.

"This...Brother Jiang, Brother Li, you don't know, I am suffering! It is not easy to live in Jianye, the housing price is high, the price of goods is high, and the salary in the imperial court is not low. If it is used for living, there will be a surplus."

Wang Chong said with a bitter expression on his face: "It's just that I have three sons, and they will need three houses when they get married in the future. The first house will be allocated by the court. The gap... I thought at the beginning that the housing price of Jianye would drop, and I waited a little longer, but the more I waited, the higher the housing price, and the more unaffordable it was.”

"Nowadays, when I open my eyes every day, I see how far away I am from buying a second house... Sigh, it can't compare to brother Li's wealth."

Because of the system of incense and gods, the officialdom of Nanyu officials is extremely clean, and all officials are clean.

——You are not clean and clean, and some people force you to clean yourself, but no, countless pairs of eyes are staring at you, waiting for you to take the initiative to make mistakes and pull you down.

Therefore, it is okay for An An to be an official, but it is a dream to get black income, even if it is gray income, he has to take the big risk of losing his official position.

"What about the wealth? I didn't pass the seven tests and I knew I wasn't that kind of material, so I ran away from home to start a business. Because of this, my father never forgave me until his death. After I died, I would have no face to see the ancestors of the Li family!"

Li Shiwen covered his face and sighed: "Speaking of after death, you are all well-organized people, and you are also incense gods after death, so I will..."

Every time he thinks about this place, he has mixed feelings. He doesn't know whether it was right or wrong to escape at the beginning, and he has also thought countless times if he persisted a little longer, whether he would be able to go ashore successfully.

The three of them talked about the general trend of the world today.

"Looking at the direction of the wind, I, Nanyu, seem to be going to use troops against Dayu. I heard that there is still a matter of 'using people to refine medicine' on Dayu's side.

"I don't like Dayu either. It's just that if a war is going on, if we can't stop it, it will last for a long time, and I'm afraid that the common people will be robbed! But I hope that Nanyu can win this battle quickly!"

Wang Chong looked sad.

He firmly believed in Nanyu's victory, but he just hoped for a quick victory.

"Brother Wang, don't worry."

Li Shiwen comforted: "The reform of Dayu mostly follows the example of my Nanyu, and its comprehensive national strength is also much behind. I, Nanyu, is a master of strategy, and I think it will not be delayed for too long."

They are confident, or in other words, this is also the thinking of most people in Nanyu.

……

'But I have confidence in me. I really can't lose this battle! '

Fang Rui sighed secretly, his footsteps stopped.

"My lord, what's the matter?"

"It's okay, let's go! Calculate the time, it's almost time, let's go to the west station outside the city!"

……

(End of this chapter)