Rihu's Pit Brother's Journey

The beauty of men and women is originally a concept of an era, an average appearance, so each era has its own advantages and disadvantages in the perception of beauty.

But for some reason, this woman—the woman who called herself Kaguya, her beauty surpassed the times.

Judging from how other ancients treated her, she is still beautiful in the eyes of people of this era.

For example, no matter which country or age people look at the sea, they will feel excited, and they will feel joy when they see petrels flying by gracefully. Looking up at the bright moon, whether it is a new moon or a full moon, it will make people feel mysterious and heart-warming. Longing for life—that is a beauty that transcends life and species. No one will measure her with narrow beauty. When you see her, you immediately know that this is a beautiful thing, and there is no need to question it.

Of course, Ji Guoyansheng himself is actually such a beauty.Someone once said that a beauty is beyond the skin, and that is what he meant. He himself did not realize it, but the patriarch of the successor country and the former city lord who was trained through strict education, no matter his temperament or gestures, he immediately dumped other mortals. He drove for several blocks, not to mention his face that could not even be concealed by his markings, even though he was dressed like a commoner, he still stood out like a chicken out of the crowd.

No, not to mention the mere markings, even when he was Heishimu with terrifying and abnormal six eyes, he could still be seen as a beauty who had attracted other evil spirits and even human beings.

Moreover, very mysteriously, Kaguya's temperament is very close to Iwakatsu's, they are both the type that reveals nobility invisibly, has the aura of a superior, and is not angry but powerful.But surprisingly, Kaguya didn't appear particularly sharp or aggressive in front of Iwakatsu, on the contrary, the originally tough aura softened a lot, this is probably the beauty's advantage!Kaguya Hime is also an ordinary woman, she will feel better when she sees a good-looking man, and she is easier to approach than usual.

Yansheng claims to be a foreigner from far away. The culture and living habits are quite different from the people here, and he doesn't understand the language.

Kaguya felt strange: "Since you don't even understand the language, why did you run so far?"

Yan Sheng directly borrowed Huamanlou's previous statement: "My brother and I are twins. We have been staying in the same place, looking at the same scenery, so that we only have each other in our eyes. I always feel that this will not work. I A friend of mine told me that it’s best to go out for a walk, whether it’s me or him, if you can see more people and things, you will definitely be able to make a difference. Just like this water, if it doesn’t flow, the inside Life is going to die. I want to... flow."

Kaguya looked up at the sky: "Traveling... Is it? I have also traveled far away, visited many places, and finally came here."

Seeing her looking up at the sky, Yansheng couldn't help feeling: "Kaguya... the name reminds me of the story of Princess Kaguya. I don't know if you have such a story here, the princess from the moon."

Kaguya lowered his head and turned to look at him: "The moon?"

Yan Sheng said: "Well, the moon is... that will appear at night, a beautiful and soft light, a light source that illuminates the dark night."

Iwakatsu thought that Kaguya didn't understand the word moon, so he explained it in depth.

Kaguya thought, listening to the description, it should be the unique name of some kind of star at night, the brightest star—is it the morning star?So she nodded and motioned for him to continue.

Iwakatsu roughly tells the story of Kaguya Hime, a baby girl picked up by a couple in a hollow bamboo in a bamboo forest, who grows up to be a beautiful woman and is proposed by princes of various countries.He didn't want to marry any of them, so he asked for all kinds of things that were impossible to get. When these princes offered fakes, they easily exposed them and made them leave in shame.So she could continue to live with her adoptive parents at ease, until one day, the family on the moon sent someone to pick her up, and she left her adoptive parents and returned to her own home.

Hui Ye laughed lightly after hearing this: "What do you want to express in this kind of story? The princess from the moon returned to the moon, leaving only a beautiful imagination for people? And those princes, if you don't like them, just say it directly, why do you want to bring it up?" An unattainable gift that makes them waste their efforts?"

Yansheng explained: "This is the cleverness of this story. From this story, we can see the shadow of reality. Kaguya Hime is a very smart girl. She knows that if she directly rejects the princes, or agrees to one of the princes, she will probably die. Angry the other princes, and then let herself and even her adoptive parents suffer misfortune. After all, she is just an ordinary weak woman."

Hui Ye didn't know why, but her expression was a little sad: "Yeah, she is just an ordinary weak woman, she wants to protect her family, but there is no other way."

Yan Sheng said: "So her rude request is actually a tactful refusal. After hearing the request, if you are a sensible person, you should understand that the other party has given yourself face. After all, 'I don't like you' and 'I don't like you' "You can't meet the excessive requirements" are two concepts. The latter is easier to win the sympathy of others, but the former will make others question whether the rejected person's character and appearance are extremely poor to be rejected. This is true for women. It’s a very elegant and considerate way to say no.”

Hui Ye already understood: "So that's the case, but those princes not only didn't notice, but even worsened their fraud, which made the princess have to expose it face to face, and let them leave in embarrassment, so that they can't make trouble. If the reason for the trouble is that they can't get a woman Love, maybe other people not only do not sympathize with the woman, but they will implicitly agree with the prince, thinking that the prince will be unwilling to like her so much, and even criticize the princess later on why she cannot accept such a strong love."

Yansheng nodded: "That's right, but the fact that the fraud is exposed is another aspect - the issue of credibility. For those who will deceive others and have insufficient credibility, it is only natural to be questioned whether he is sincere. In this way, they will lose face at all. Stay on."

Having said that, Yansheng changed the subject.

"However, I think the last 'return to the moon' may not be true that she came from the moon and returned to the moon, but was with the person she really loves, and then used this statement to dispel worries. In this way, She can protect all her loved ones. I don't know if she is the princess from the moon, but she is a very smart girl."

Kaguya smiled: "Ah, so those princes who once pursued her can only give up. And compared to the princess they like who hate themselves and choose others, it is obviously easier to satisfy their self-esteem by going back to the moon. No way, she didn't choose me because she is a princess from the moon, she will go back to the moon one day, it's not that she doesn't love me."

Kaguya paused, and looked at Yansheng: "I like this story. If only... just if, earlier, when I first came here, I could hear such a story."

Yansheng didn't respond, he guessed that the Kaguya in front of him might also have some unknown past.

Kaguya asked: "Can you stay here for a while? You don't know the language of this country. I can teach you, and I can also provide you with living supplies and accommodation when you stay here. In exchange, I want to hear more from you. Lots of stories. Like you just told me, from somewhere far away, stories that no one has heard."

Yansheng thought, so it was a routine like the story of One Thousand and One Nights?The system engineer seemed to have nothing to do with it, and casually integrated fairy tales into the dungeon.However, it was not bad, and he didn't dislike Kaguya Ji in front of him, so he readily agreed.

In fact, Yansheng knows a lot of stories, and those are... the stories that he read book by book when he taught Yuanyi to read and recognize characters when he was a child.Neither the teacher his father found for him nor his father would give him such a playful book.He asked his mother to ask his maid to buy them from other places.

...Even if it is that kind of past, even that kind of memory, even if it is the knowledge that seemed to be playful at the time, it is unexpectedly used today.Really as the teacher said, there is no "useless knowledge", only people who don't know how to use it.

So Iwakatsu lived in the residence arranged by Kaguya, and he vaguely noticed that Kaguya seemed to be quite an authoritative person here, maybe something like a local leader.In ancient times, it was a society of mixed matrilineal and patrilineal clans, and it is not surprising that the leaders here are women.In this way, the story of Kaguya Ji he told before is actually somewhat inappropriate.The background of such a story is actually in the patrilineal clan, and it may be a strange story in Kaguya's view.

Ji Guoyansheng thought about it for a long time, and found that most of the books he read when he was a child were similar to this plot. After all, the Warring States Period was also dominated by patriarchy.

It's best if it's a female-dominated story, a female-dominated...

He couldn't help but think of the legendary Kikyo who died to protect the jade of the four souls, Kagome who fulfilled Kikyo's wish and finally saved Inuyasha, and the little witch who died to protect the city.

They are all fighters, but they are also victims.Kikyo chooses the Jade of the Four Souls to sacrifice his love, Kagome chooses Inuyasha to sacrifice the chance to be with his family, his maiden...his maiden sacrifices the future that should be filled with more beautiful things , guarding the citizens of that city to the end.

He also thought of the other women around him—his wife Lingzi reluctantly went to work as the wife of the city lord in order to support him, sacrificed her health, and passed away early.In order to defeat the evil spirit and carry out her own spirit, Kanae left his protection and returned to the ghost killing team, and sacrificed her own life.

...Why, most of the legendary monsters and ghosts are women?Couldn't it be that most of them are so brave and fragile, obviously weak but full of courage to burn themselves, that's why they died early?

Teacher Dazai always said that he couldn't refuse women's invitation to die, because they were so "cute and pitiful", and such a useless self, who existed as if he didn't exist, if he could give them some comfort, then Life is not worthless.

Yan Sheng thought, he only vaguely understood what the teacher said now.

Wanting to help them is not because they are weak, on the contrary, their hearts are actually extremely tough, and wanting to do something for them is a matter of course.