I Have a Diary

Then Chu Jiang hugged the body of the whale, and Chen Ke'er squatted down, gently holding the long, pointed and long spiral horn with his right hand, and took photos of the two of them and the narwhal from various angles.

After editing the text and sending it to Moments to make her girlfriends envious, Chen Keer pulled Chu Jiang ashore with a smile, "I love you, husband~"

"I love you too." Chu Jiang had a faint smile on his face.

Chu Jiang has always felt that he is very lucky to have so many people by his side along the way.His life is not over yet, and the days to come are long, long...

(End of the book)

PS: The last two chapters were merged and published together. I originally said that there would be about ten chapters yesterday; but I wrote here today and thought about it. I wrote everything that should be written and explained everything that should be explained. Don't worry, let's just end it.

In the next few days, I may write a little extra. After all, it is a bit obsessive-compulsive to be stuck at the end of 98 words, but there is no guarantee how much I can write.

After I finish writing the episode, I will finish this testimonial again. Thank you, readers who have subscribed, for your support along the way.

Spoiler

The time is eight months after the completion of the door opening plan.

In response to Jing Ruoxue's long-standing invitation, Chu Jiang set off with her on a formal trip back to Chu.

The two went back by plane. Now Jing Ruoxue has learned to integrate into the modern society. She is no longer the ancient chivalrous woman dressed in white and holding a long sword. She is wearing a white long-sleeved shirt with a pair of A pair of off-white trousers.

Jing Ruoxue and Chen Ke'er can be said to be two extremes, she doesn't know how to wear clothes at all.

At the beginning, after hearing from Chu Jiang that he should try to be as close to modern people as possible in terms of appearance and clothing, Jing Ruoxue put on a colorful plaid shirt and baggy pants for herself, which made people shake their heads repeatedly.

In the end, Chen Keer took her to go shopping, dressed her up well; and gave her some simple and easy-to-understand dressing tips, such as [warm with warm, cold with cold, green is the bridge, black, white and gray] After wearing], her clothes are not so bad.

Today, Chu Jiang was wearing a light blue shirt and black slacks. He was sitting in the first class cabin with Jing Ruoxue. He could be regarded as a beautiful woman. He was misunderstood by the flight attendant who brought him drinks as a couple.

Jing Ruoxue didn't know why, but she was a little nervous. She looked out the window, not knowing why she felt guilty.

Obviously this is a normal thing, and it was an appointment a long time ago...

"What's wrong with you?" Chu Jiang looked sideways at her.

"No, it's nothing." Jing Ruoxue lowered her head slightly, but when she got nervous, a white mask loomed on her face.

This is Chu Mei's power, although now Jing Ruoxue's control over the ghost in her body is much stronger than before; but sometimes when her mood fluctuates too much, there will still be some uncontrollable phenomena.

Seeing this, Chu Jiang reached out and rubbed her little face to help her suppress the supernatural power; not to mention, this face was quite tender, and he couldn't help but pinch it after rubbing it.

This made Jing Ruoxue's face turn red up to the ears.

Chu Jiang smiled and said: "So this time it's so exaggerated, I remember the first time I did this, you were expressionless."

At that time, Jing Ruoxue started to blush after the topic of "having a baby" was mentioned later.

Jing Ruoxue shook her head slightly, and made a mosquito-like sound, which was not clear.

"By the way, I have always had a question, since the supernatural recovery is over, why are you still willing to stay with the company?"

Just as Jing Ruoxue was about to answer, Chu Jiang continued, "Don't say it's because of the alliance between the two families, or what the elders mean; I know that you didn't stay for such a simple reason."

Jing Ruoxue got stuck for a moment, then turned her gaze out of the porthole to the endless sea of ​​clouds.

After a while, she continued: "In "The Songs of Chu Nine Songs", there are two chapters, "Da Siming" and "Shao Si Ming."

"But what many people don't know is that these two poems are actually sung in the voices of two gods."

"Among them, "Da Siming" has seven stanzas, the first four stanzas are sung by Da Siming, and the last three stanzas are sung by Shao Siming."

"The last two stanzas are sung like this: Riding the dragon and swaying, galloping high and soaring to the sky; knotting osmanthus branches and standing still, Qiang is more thoughtful and worrying about people. Worrying about people is nothing, I hope there is no loss if it is today; When, what is the reason for separation and reunion?"

"It means: Da Si Ming rode a dragon chariot rumbling, and galloped quickly to the high sky. I wove osmanthus branches and looked at the distance. The more I missed it, the more worried I became. Sorrow really makes people helpless, I hope he Like now I cherish it. Originally, people’s lifespans are different, who can control joys and sorrows?”

Speaking of this, Jing Ruoxue hesitated, "You asked me why I stayed, and my answer is: I may be... a little hesitant, just like the young commander in poetry."

Chu Jiang smiled, "Are you afraid that I will run away?"

Jing Ruoxue shook her head, "I just don't want to be too far away from you, I know how to say it, and I don't know why."

"Then don't think too much, just do your job with peace of mind, and I won't treat you badly."

After speaking, Chu Jiang took a sip of Coke, closed his eyes and took a rest.

Jing Ruoxue looked at the Coke straw, then at Chu Jiang's side face, and finally just closed her eyes to rest.

......

The plane landed in Shigui City, and the two went to Jing's residence first.

Shao Si Ming's lineage has been passed down from generation to generation since ancient times and has never been cut off, so it is not as declining as the Chu family.

Their home is located in the remaining mountains of Wushan, surrounded by mountains, in a quiet location.

However, in recent years, the scope of human development has become wider and wider. In order to prevent the family from being directly exposed to outsiders, more than ten years ago, the consortium under the Jing family even specially developed a tourist scenic spot, surrounded by some ancient buildings. Get up so that outsiders cannot easily approach.

Under the guidance of Jing Ruoxue, Chu Jiang walked into this ancient building complex, and felt quite pleasing to the eye, as if he had traveled to ancient times all at once.

This is the contemporary Da Si Ming, and it is the first time to visit Shao Si Ming's lineage as a guest, so Chu Jiang naturally received a grand welcome and courteous reception.

Even though Chu Jiang said before that it is not necessary to be too polite, according to Jing Ruoxue, this is already a simplified ceremony. According to the previous records, it was a large-scale celebration comparable to a sacrifice.

After the welcome banquet at the Jing family, Chu Jiang politely declined the invitations of the rest of the Jing family, but stayed alone in the guest room, and prepared to attend tonight's sacrificial ceremony with peace of mind.

......

In fact, there are not many people who will actually come to participate in the sacrificial ceremony, and it is far from the [grand] that Jing Ruoxue said before.

This is normal, times are changing, originally because of the supernatural recovery, these strange things still showed signs of rising, but now the supernatural recovery has been directly wiped out by Chu Jiang, this... you say Who makes sense.

Fortunately, it hasn't been long since the disaster that swept the world. At least everyone has passed through the mysterious door and knows that there are indeed all incomprehensible forces and phenomena in this world.

So this time, the Jing family was finally able to gather more than 500 pure people from the Chu region to participate.

In fact, if you really want to make it big, it’s not impossible, just let the official organization, the entire cultural root-seeking activities, sacrificial celebrations and so on, TV live broadcasts, and Internet live broadcasts are all arranged.

This place is still in a tourist attraction. At that time, I am afraid that tens of thousands, or even tens of thousands of people from all over the country will be able to participate.

But in that case, the ritual will change, and Chu Zhuang and Chu Mei will not be able to collect many pure "thoughts".

So in the end, the Jing family decided to hold a more retro ceremony.

At [-] o'clock in the evening, the moon was in the sky, and the ceremony was officially held beside the Jiuwan River.

Although the number of people was small this time, the altar was set up exquisitely. The whole ceremony was divided into three parts: music and dance, chanting, and worshiping the gods.

This corresponds to [Lezhi, Baizhi, Ganzhi] in Chu bamboo slips.

First, the gods are pleased with exquisite dance and music; then wizards and witches come out to pray to the gods, sing "Nine Songs", and invite the gods to descend to the mortal world; finally, the gods appear in the world and accept sacrifices and worship from mortals.

In fact, there is an epilogue at the end, which is "Send the Gods Back", mostly with singing and dancing.

In the first two sessions of the ceremony, Chu Jiang and Jing Ruoxue did not participate, but stood by the river, looking at the distant fire.

They were dressed in splendid clothes and crowns. Chu Jiang wore a blue-black robe with a sapphire mask on his face; Jing Ruoxue wore a long white dress with a white jade mask on his face.

Even from a long distance, they can smell the incense of burning wormwood; hear the desolate and distant tunes played by chime bells, zithers, drums, cymbals, xun, chime and other instruments.

This feeling is so familiar, Chu Jiang has dreamed of this scene many times, so that at this moment, he can feel that Chu Zhuang in his body is spontaneously active.

Jing Ruoxue next to her felt the same way.

She looked at Chujiang, and then at the sacrificial flames in the distance, but she was not as happy as she had expected.

Maybe Chu Jiang is right, the old era has passed, only she is still clinging to the past, relentlessly...

With a somewhat lonely mind, when the last link came, Jing Ruoxue and Chu Jiang flew into the air together, and finally landed on the altar through a beam of light at a very high distance.

It has to be said that this scene was still very spectacular. Above the nine heavens, two mysterious gods, a man and a woman, descended in light.

There is an awe-inspiring aura emanating from them that makes people afraid to look up.

The 600 people present at the ceremony knelt down in unison at this moment. Under the guidance of wizards and witches, they began to recite lyrics, mostly praying for the blessing of the gods and praying for happiness and well-being.

At this moment, Chu Jiang and Jing Ruoxue did not make a sound, but silently felt the feedback of "Nian". Due to the number of people, this kind of feedback was not much, but it was the first time for Chu Jiang to experience such a thing, so it was relatively novel .

He can even detect which believers are more pious and which believers are skeptical.

In the next step, the two raised their fingers at the same time, a bit of blue-black light and a bit of gray-white light burst out from their fingertips, dispersed into equal weight, and flew towards all the mortals present.

This is also one of the ritual procedures, a blessing from the gods.

However, Chu Jiang felt that it was impossible to take effect, because now these people had entered the real world.

But what surprised him was that these energies originating from ghosts could enter the body of ordinary people.

It was also at this moment that all those who received the blessing immediately felt at ease physically and mentally; those with minor ailments were healed immediately, which made the part of the people who were not devout immediately deepen their faith.

Chu Jiang looked at his fingers, still a little unbelievable. Could it be that this moment is really an interaction between man and god; rather than an interaction between man and ghost?

Including making these believers get better this time, Chu Jiang just instinctively used the power of [Director of Lifespan], but he didn't understand how this principle was realized at all.

On the other side, Jing Ruoxue was even more melancholy. The Jing family held such a ceremony more than ten years ago; when she was still young, she had received five or six times more "nian" than now. everything.

Just when the two people had different thoughts in their hearts, they suddenly raised their heads together.

Something is coming.

These cold things emerge from the ground, climb out of the water, drill out of the trees, and fly from the air. They look like pale ghosts. They kneel down devoutly to worship after approaching the altar, as many years ago...

There are so many of these ghosts that Chu Jiang finds it unimaginable; they are all over the mountains and plains, but they are distinct from ordinary people. They bow their heads slightly and open and close their mouths, as if they are praying silently.

Even if she couldn't get the power of "Nian" from these ghosts, at this moment, Jing Ruoxue still couldn't help but her eyes were red, and tears fell from the mask.

This kind of scene had never happened before, probably because the senior commander and the young commander hadn't appeared together for many years, so the ceremonies held by the Jing family in the past were incomplete.

From the ghosts all over the mountains and plains, she seemed to be able to vaguely see the glory thousands of years ago, the glory that belonged to [Si Ming], the glory that belonged to the Nine Gods of Chu.

It was a splendid era, people, gods, and ghosts, the three intertwined with each other, constituted that era...

Not long after, the ceremony officially came to an end. Da Si Ming and Shao Si Ming flew into the sky in a dragon chariot made of condensed brilliance and disappeared.

The gods leave the stage, and after the last music and dance, people and ghosts also leave the stage together.

......

By the Jiuwan River, Jing Ruoxue, who had already taken off her fine clothes and mask, seemed to have calmed down, even a little more calm than before.

Seeing this, Chu Jiang asked, "Let it go?"

Jing Ruoxue nodded, "Let go, but not give up."