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Looking at the young man's calm smile, Victor shivered slowly.

What kind of monster did his cousin unleash? Even his cousin's death only helped this monster complete his self-awakening.

"So how do you feel about killing someone?" Keynes asked.

Le Jing held his chin and thought for a moment: "It seems, there is no special feeling?" He had a careless smile on his face: "As you said, I want to kill people, and I happen to have the ability to kill people, then I Why not?"

It seems that my father is not completely wrong, at least he is indeed a born murderer.

A faint smile appeared on Keynes's face: "So you are just like me, we are the same kind."

Unexpectedly, Lejing shook his head and denied Keynes's statement: "No, we are different."

"Is it different there?"

"Not to mention that I don't like killing people to solve problems if it's not necessary. The biggest difference between us is probably that I have an ego, but you don't, right?"

Keynes frowned and asked in confusion: "What is the self you have been talking about? Why do you say I don't have it?"

"Explained from a psychological perspective, self, also known as self-awareness or self-concept, mainly refers to an individual's understanding of his own state of existence and is the result of an individual's self-evaluation of his or her social role. Self-awareness mainly includes the following three aspects Content: First, the individual’s understanding and evaluation of their own physiological state, mainly including their understanding of their weight, height, body shape, appearance and other aspects of body image and gender, as well as their feelings of physical pain, hunger, fatigue, etc. own psychology Understanding and evaluation of status. Mainly includes understanding and evaluation of one's own abilities, knowledge, emotions, temperament, ideals, beliefs, interests, hobbies, etc. The third one mainly includes understanding and evaluation of the relationship between oneself and the surroundings. One's own status and role in certain social relationships, as well as the understanding and evaluation of one's own relationship with others. ①" Le Jing paused for a while, gave Keynes some time to think, and then asked: "So do you think you meet these? Conditions?"

Keynes was silent for a moment, his voice a little dry: "No. Not one."

Le Jing pointedly commented: "That's why I said you are just alive. To put it more simply, you are a body without a soul."

Keynes asked eagerly: "Then how do you have yourself?"

If possible, Keynes would not want to live in such a lifeless way. Such a life is pale and boring, without any value. He wants to make his life come alive.

"People do not have a self when they are born. Human growth is actually a process of self-development and growth. Therefore, it is difficult for people to remember when they are one or two years old, because people have not yet formed a self at that time, so there is no memory based on self. "The young man's eyes were empty, obviously lost in memories, and there was a relaxed and happy smile on his lips. "My self was born very early, probably when I was two years old when I was learning to walk. It was an autumn, and there were many red maple leaves falling on the ground. At a young age when I had not yet formed an aesthetic consciousness, where did I stand and look? Looking at those maple leaves, a consciousness about beauty emerged: Maple leaves are so beautiful, and 'I' was born."

"My ego forced me to get close to the maple leaves. So I learned to walk without anyone's support. This is the original story about my ego. A beautiful story that started with the maple leaves."

The young man held up his chin with his hands intertwined, and smiled at the stunned half-elf, his eyes rarely bright and lively: "In other words, I came to this world because of 'beauty', and 'beauty' is who I am. The connection with the world. So if I hold a sword, I will not fight for personal gain, but to protect 'beauty', and I will do whatever it takes and use whatever means necessary."

That's why he always ignored his father's worries and control. My father was really worried. Crime is indeed very simple to him, as instinctive as breathing. It was therefore too unchallenging and boring.

Life is short, you must find some meaning for your life so that you can live up to your experience in this world. What a beautiful yet ugly world it is. So he is willing to use his own life to protect this beauty, and will always point his sharp sword at evil and ugliness.

Not for justice, not for righteousness, not for law or morality, just because it was interesting enough and he wanted to do it.

Keynes looked at Le Jing blankly and asked, "What is beauty?"

"Everyone has a different definition of beauty." Le Jing smiled softly, his eyes like the Milky Way hanging in the sky, bright, gorgeous, always bright, always shining: "For me, interesting is beautiful. Interesting Beautiful people are beautiful, and so is the interesting world. In order to protect interesting people and the world, I will become the night watchman of the times.”

Le Jing closed his eyes slightly, his expression was indescribably solemn and pious, his voice was clear and firm, and he softly recited the oath he had silently recited countless times in his heart: "The long night is coming, and I will watch from now on until I die. Fang Xiu.”

"I will take no wives, no fiefdoms, no children."

"I will not wear a crown or compete for honors."

"I will live and die faithfully to my duty."

"I am the sword in the darkness, the guard on the wall, the fire that protects against the cold, the light at dawn, the horn that wakes the sleeping, the shield that protects the kingdom."

"I dedicate my life and honor to the Night's Watch, tonight and every night."

This is the oath of the Night's Watch that appeared in "Game of Thrones". He has not watched this American TV series much, but he has firmly remembered this oath.

This is an oath that would be extremely childish if he said it at his age, but is "childish" bad? Compared to being a conventional and dull adult, he would rather be a "childish" teenager forever. At least "childish" represents a courage and unyielding passion to fight against the whole world.

However, if it were him now, he should add this sentence: "If I am in the dark, then I will always face the east - because that is where the sun rises."

Le Jing's eyes fell on the bookshelf behind Keynes, his eyes were like the sky after the rain, clean and without a trace of dust. Keynes' heart suddenly beat violently, and the young man's eyes seemed to have an incredible magic that made him unable to look away.

It's so beautiful, this concept suddenly popped up in his mind. He covered his pounding heart with curiosity, and for the first time in his life, he felt the reality of being alive. So, is this beauty?

He had never seen such a person before. He was a monster in the dark like him, but he was not stained with dust and was shining. He was firm and fearless, and never lost. He was the opposite of Keynes.

Le Jing looked at the half-elf who was in shock and silent for a long time, and showed a childish and naughty smile: "It doesn't matter if you don't understand, I can teach you slowly." He looked at Keynes sincerely: "So, stay, Keynes, I need you, and you need me too. We are the same kind, aren't we?"

He looked at the half-elf who was thinking with interest. Just like gambling on stones, no one knows what will be inside before the stone layer wrapped on the outside is worn off. His inner body may be just a worthless waste stone, but it may also become a beautiful and unique treasure.

Because of the unknown, there is expectation, so excitement, so eager to try.

Keynes stared at him for a while, and the pair of green eyes that had been lifeless for a long time showed violent fluctuations for the first time. Le Jing even felt that Keynes' eyes at this time were like two marbles full of cracks.

Le Jing suddenly remembered a poem by Leonard Cohen: "Everything has cracks, that's where the light comes in."

No one can close themselves off forever and become an island. People are a kind of creature that is very easy to be lonely.

For a while, Keynes looked straight into his eyes uncomfortably and asked dryly: "What do I need to do here?"

The young man relaxed his eyebrows and showed a gentle and comfortable smile: "Organize books, clean up, and entertain guests. There is one more thing I hope you can do."

"What?"

"No killing without my permission." The young man looked at him inquiringly, with the corners of his mouth unchanged, "How, can you do it?"

Keynes hesitated for a moment, but still nodded in agreement: "Okay, I promise you."

He wanted to stay with this person, so he was willing to listen to him.

Victor twitched his lips. After hearing about Le Jing's past, he was no longer surprised by the current plot development.

At the same time, he wanted to eat Le Jing even more. His soul must be more delicious than he imagined!

...But he couldn't eat it now. Demons can only get souls by signing a contract, and Le Jing refused to sign a contract with him. So he could only swallow his saliva while watching the delicious food.

He turned around and prepared to find a corner to sleep for a while to relieve his surging appetite.

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It had just rained, and there was fresh water vapor floating in the forest, and the air was filled with the fresh smell of mud and grass. Le Jing pushed open the door and walked out, stretching, "Good morning, Eric."

The tree man said friendly: "Good morning, young man."

While the two were talking, a black shadow suddenly jumped out of the bushes and pounced on Le Jing. All this happened so quickly that Le Jing only had time to turn his head slightly before the black shadow exploded in the air into a blood mist that spilled all over the ground.

The originally fresh air was suddenly filled with a layer of stinking bloody smell. Le Jing covered his nose in disgust and frowned at the half-elf who appeared from behind the tree, "Didn't you promise me that you are not allowed to kill people without my permission?"

Keynes said stubbornly: "But he wants to kill you."

Le Jing helplessly held his forehead and said: "At least don't make the scene so bloody next time." He looked at the tree man Eric embarrassedly, "Sorry, I polluted the environment and air here."

The tree man showed a kind smile and told him not to care, because "human corpses will be good fertilizer."

Le Jing suddenly remembered the popular tree burial in modern society. Sprinkle the ashes in the soil, the nutrients in the ashes will be absorbed by the tree and become part of the tree, and people also complete the continuation of life in this way.

In Le Jing's opinion, this is a very fair approach. Yes, fair.

Humans obtain a lot of resources from nature when they are alive, so it is fair to use the corpse as nutrients in nature to nourish all things after death.

So after his death, Le Jing wanted to scatter his ashes in the river and the sea, letting the sea breeze sweep him, letting the waves wash him, letting the fish eat him. From then on, the sea breeze was him, the waves were him, and the fish were also him.

Suddenly, Keynes looked up at the sky with caution. Le Jing followed his gaze and found a small black dot in the sky, approaching them at a very fast speed.

Ten seconds later, Le Jing finally saw the true identity of the black spot - it was a big bird with feathers all over its body that seemed to be burning, and its gorgeous tail feathers were like burning fireworks, drawing bright arcs in the air.

"It's a phoenix." Eric exclaimed, "I haven't seen this... great creature for... many years..."

Phoenix is ​​also translated as Phoenix, and some people call it Phoenix. But in fact, the Phoenix and the Eastern Phoenix are not the same race.

In terms of appearance, the phoenix is ​​closer to the eagle, while the phoenix is ​​closer to the golden pheasant. Due to the fusion of Eastern and Western cultures in modern times, many characteristics of the phoenix have been grafted onto the phoenix. First of all, the Phoenix is ​​a firebird, and the Phoenix, as the king of birds, does not have the ability to breathe fire. Secondly, the so-called phoenix reborn from nirvana every five hundred years actually refers to the phoenix. The phoenix will not be reborn because the phoenix is ​​immortal. Then the phoenix rests on the sycamore tree and will not fall unless it is a blessed place. The phoenix needs to build a nest, and in the sense of Greek philosophy, the phoenix belongs to a kind of hyperspace energy similar to the material of belief.

Fawkes, the phoenix in Harry Potter, is actually a phoenix, but it was translated into a phoenix out of localization needs.

Under Le Jing's curious eyes, the phoenix got closer and closer to them, close enough to notice that there was a person sitting on its back - a girl with hair and eyes that were like the phoenix.

When she was only one person high from the ground, she jumped down from the Phoenix and stood a few meters away from Le Jing.

This is a girl whose whole body is like a burning flame. She has red hair and eyes similar to Tatora, but unlike the undead witch who is as thick and dark red as blood, her eyes and hair are colored like eternal flames. This was a passionate girl. Le Jing made this judgment the first time he saw her.

She looked straight at Le Jing, "Hello." She asked politely, "Are you a black dragon?"

Le Jing didn't think there was anything to hide, so he readily admitted: "Yes, I am. What can I do for you?"

The girl smiled slyly and replied: "What do you think?"

Le Jing raised his eyebrows, "I hope you are not here to kill me."

The girl looked at him with a half-smile: "Why? Are you afraid of death?"

"No." Le Jing shook his head, "Because I will be very disappointed."

"Disappointed?" The girl didn't expect to get such an answer from Le Jing, and asked in surprise: "Why?"

Le Jing said calmly: "Because people like you shouldn't become killers."

"Oh?" The girl let out a short laugh, "You seem to know me very well."

"Because I like to observe human beings," Le Jing said, "so being good at recognizing people is one of my few strengths."

Hearing what he said, the girl became completely interested, "Then tell me, what should I be?"

Le Jing said without thinking: "Revolutionary."

This short word seemed to have huge power, and it hit the ground with a loud sound. The girl looked at the young man's calm eyes that seemed to see through everything, and slowly put away the smile on her face. She asked calmly: "Why do you say that? "

"If you want to ask the reason, it probably has something to do with my personal complex." Le Jing smiled sheepishly, looking at her with complete appreciation and praise, "You are the perfect idealist in my mind. : Passion is like fire, always burning and never extinguished.”

"And often an idealist will become the most perfect revolutionary. So it can be said that secretly, I want you to become a revolutionary."

"I know what a revolutionary is, but what is an idealist?" The girl was silent for a moment and couldn't help but ask.

"Idealism is an ideological tendency that is higher than reality and can adjust reality. ②" The young man replied with a smile, "So in my opinion, an idealist is a person who can do anything for his own ideals."

"It seems like a derogatory term?"

"No, in my opinion, idealist is a neutral word. If the idealist's ideals are good for society, then the idealist will become the bravest fighter and the greatest hero. He will even But if an idealist's ideals are harmful to society, then maybe he will become a notorious villain and murderer."

Representative figures of the former include Nightingale, Mahatma Gandhi, etc., while representatives of the latter include Mussolini, Hitler, etc.

The young man looked deeply into the girl's bright eyes and said meaningfully: "But no matter what, throughout human history, it is often idealists who change the world."

The girl stared at him blankly for a few seconds, struggling to digest everything she had heard from Le Jing.

"So are you an idealist?" the girl couldn't help but ask.

"Do you think I am?"

"I think you are." The girl smiled again, "Because you are a man who subverted a country with revolution."

Girl, Malinda looked at this Easterner with admiration. He was the destroyer of the Ossian Empire, the sower of revolutionary fire, and the eternal revolutionary mentor in the hearts of all those who yearn for freedom.

"Hello, mentor, my name is Malinda." The flame witch bent down deeply and respectfully pleaded: "I am here to ask you to help us."

"Oh?" Le Jing raised his eyebrows and asked, "Who are you?"

"We are the revolutionary army of the Marin Empire." Marinda stood up and said nervously: "We are eager to liberate the people and build a country belonging to witches like Queen Dodora of the Os Empire."

"This is not an easy task. It may take a long time." Le Jing paused and said calmly: "I just talk. You are the ones who really need to take action."

Marynda was disappointed when she heard the first half of Le Jing's words. In her opinion, this was already a tactful refusal. Just when she made up her mind to ask Le Jing to agree even if she had to pester him, things had taken a turn and moved towards the situation she hoped for.

She raised her head in surprise and asked for confirmation: "You promised to help me?"

"Of course." The young man's eyes darkened, and he raised his mouth happily, revealing a gentle smile that made Victor shudder: "Since the church and the royal family of the whole continent are looking for me, I have to do something so as not to live up to the bounty of 1 million gold coins."

"Please let me go with you!" Keynes stepped forward and looked at Le Jing stubbornly, his eyes full of pleading.

Le Jing was stunned by his vivid expression, and raised his lips in a good mood: "Okay." He said, "My safety is in your hands, you must protect me well, Keynes."

Keynes nodded happily and answered loudly: "Yes!"

He turned his head and squinted at a black cat lying on the windowsill: "Do you want to go with me?"

The black cat hesitated for a while, but still jumped off the windowsill and ran to Le Jing's feet. Le Jing reached out his hand in cooperation, and the black cat easily jumped into his arms and rubbed against him comfortably.

The sunlight shone through the dense leaves, casting mottled light and shadows on the young man's face, and his cold eyes also had a bit of warmth. He raised his eyebrows and chuckled, with an indescribable elegance and youthful arrogance: "Let's go, let's have a good fight."

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"Europe in the 16th century was destined to remember the name of Mr. Le Jing.

This was an Oriental man whose origin was a mystery, but he spread the seeds of revolution all over the European continent. Countless dynasties were overthrown because of this, but countless dynasties rose because of this.

He influenced the history and situation of the 16th century with his own strength, and was the veritable uncrowned king of the entire European continent.

His students were spread all over the world. They believed in his doctrines, practiced his theories, and recorded his thoughts, "as devoutly as believers treated their pope" (Archcardinal Hill said to his friends privately.)

Those who followed him regarded him as a revolutionary mentor and a life signpost, while those who opposed him regarded him as a warmongerer, a dictator, and an anti-corruptionist. A madman in society. But even those who hated him the most had to admit that this man had terrifying ideas that could subvert the world.

Because of this mysterious Oriental man who suddenly appeared, Europe in the second half of the 16th century was destined to have no peace. The raging flames of war swept across every piece of land in Europe, and war and death were happening every minute and every second. But it awakened the serfs, made the witches independent, made the most cowardly people take up arms, and made the ideas of freedom and equality deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Later historians mentioned Mr. Le Jing, and most of them held an affirmative and appreciative attitude. This revolutionary mentor single-handedly promoted the Renaissance and promoted the development of the Enlightenment. He broke the monopoly of the royal family and the nobility on social classes, promoted class mobility, and significantly eased social contradictions. At the same time, he vigorously developed civilian education and improved The quality of the population laid a solid talent foundation for the subsequent vigorous industrial revolutions in various countries.

Guided by Mr. Le Jing's anti-imperialist and anti-feudal ideas, most of his students are firm revolutionaries and defenders of human rights.

Among them, Queen Dodora took the initiative to promulgate laws to restrict the emperor's rights three years after he ascended the throne, and the Os Empire became the world's first constitutional monarchy. After the revolutionary leader Marinda overthrew the feudal rule of the Marin Empire through hard struggle, she announced the abolition of the monarchy and the establishment of a proletarian regime. The Marin Empire was renamed the Marin People's Republic, and Marinda served as the first chairman. The revolutionary, thinker, and fire witch Sophia helped the people of the New World colonies of the Os Empire break away from the control of the Os Empire and establish the free country of the Buda Republic. Sophia served as the first president...

Mr. Le Jing's students Many of them are outstanding people. In the following decades, they have emerged in various industries and changed the world history with their own actions. It is worth mentioning that because Mr. Le Jing's witch disciples are so outstanding, women's rights in countries around the world have been significantly improved, especially in the political field, there is a superstitious saying that "only witches know how to govern a country"..."

Joyce yawned quietly, rolled his eyes carefully, and complained to his deskmate in a low voice: "Teacher Catherine is really good at talking."

The deskmate held his face with his eyes shining: "There is nothing I can do about it. After all, who can not admire Mr. Le Jing! I also wrote a time-travel novel specifically, telling the beautiful love story of the heroine who traveled through time and space to the era of Mr. Le Jing, helped him carry out the revolution, developed the army, and finally married Mr. Le Jing. "

Glancing at the rosy-cheeked girl sitting next to him, Joyce shuddered with disgust and rolled his eyes again.

Come on, although Mr. Lejing is a household name in Europe, and almost every child's bedtime story involves this mysterious gentleman, he is also an old man from centuries ago! It's really disgusting to fantasize about an old man like this.

"Joyce!" His absent-mindedness finally aroused the dissatisfaction of the chatty history teacher Kathleen on the stage. She asked sternly: "Please briefly describe the religious debate on July 7, 1568. Le Jing What did Sir say to the old Pope Arthur?"

Joyce breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but smile happily. Unfortunately, he actually knew the answer to this question. This is thanks to his mother who is a music fan.

He stood up and said solemnly: "At that time, Pope Arthur of the old religion questioned Mr. Le Jing——" He cleared his throat in a pretentious manner and said in a sharp voice: "You provoke wars everywhere like this, and you have harmed many innocent people. Life! You evil devil, you will definitely go to hell after death!"

Then Joyce suppressed the usual frivolous and lazy smile on his face, lowered his voice and said solemnly: "Innocent people? Do you mean those emperors, nobles and priests? Killing one of them can save the lives of at least a hundred people." Joyce raised his head and said arrogantly: "I killed them to save more people. If God doesn't let me enter heaven because of this, then this heaven will also be hell."

After he finished speaking, the classroom fell into a long silence. His deskmate stared at him as if he had seen a ghost. Even Teacher Kathleen was speechless.

Joyce immediately stopped acting and became as quiet as a chicken. He couldn't help but feel uneasy. Was his acting too OOC? Will Teacher Kathleen scold him later...

"Bah bang bang!" Kathleen looked at him excitedly, and then there was even warmer applause in the classroom. Everyone looked at Joyce with surprised and appreciative eyes. This made Joyce, who was always just a little transparent in the class, Somewhat flattered.

Katherine made the final decision: "You will play the male lead, Mr. Le Jing, in the drama "Revolutionary Road" that the drama club is about to rehearse this time!"

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So Joyce inexplicably became the leading actor in the drama club - a treatment that was always reserved for the most influential figures on campus.

After school, when Joyce went home with his schoolbag on his back, he once again saw the statue standing tall at the school gate.

This is a tall and straight oriental man, wearing slim-fitting clothes and trousers, holding a book representing knowledge in one hand and a torch representing revolution in the other, looking into the distance with firm eyes. Under the statue is written in Chinese characters: "Le Jing (date of birth and death unknown) is an eternal revolutionary mentor, thinker, politician, activist, and artist."

This should be a sculpture in every school, and Joyce should have been commonplace long ago. But this time he stopped for some reason and bowed deeply to the statue in the astonished eyes of others.

Thank you for your bloody struggle in exchange for the opportunity for me, a farmer's son, to be sleepy in class.

Thank you for your perseverance in exchange for our peaceful and beautiful today.

Joyce secretly decided that on this year’s National Day, he would go with his mother to visit the Lejing Revolutionary Memorial Hall.

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①②From Baidu Encyclopedia