Earth Exam [Unlimited]

Jane turned her head quietly.

"Why, don't you recognize me?"

The girl who spoke was wearing a light-colored skirt with deep and shallow peach blossoms embroidered on the corners of the skirt, and the shawl was held between her elbows, shaking slightly in the wind.Her black hair was twisted sideways, and she combed into a bun with a cloud, and a peach branch was attached to the bun.

The whole person has bright eyes and bright teeth, and his gaze shines brightly, which is completely different from the little girl who led him the way.

Jane's eyes fell on the peach branches in her bun:

Xuebi smiled sweetly, her hand habitually stretched to her waist, but found nothing: "I actually forgot again, Duer is long gone."

—she was speaking of the black dagger.

"I thought you would continue to kill me after this meeting."

"There is no need to burden the judge." Seven peach blossoms bloomed on the peach branches in Sprite's hair, and the peach blossoms were blooming in the sun, and the stretching scenery was reflected in her amber eyes, "Now Mr. Li, it is me .”

Her tone was brisk, as if she didn't care about the terrible fate Li Jun would face when he became Peach Blossom Spring: "Do you want to go with me to see the current Peach Blossom Spring?"

Jane nodded quietly:

"it is good."

This peach forest used to have pitch-black trunks, peach blossoms as red as blood, and white bones under the soil at the roots of the peach trees, but now, a thick layer of pink-white peach blossoms has fallen on the ground, as if spreading from the sky The clouds that came over had a tangy aroma, like a dream.

"Does it look good?" Sprite turned her head slightly, they had already walked out of the peach grove, "I don't like the original peach grove, it's too depressing, it's uncomfortable to look at."

A petal fell on Jane's shoulder, and Jane picked up that petal -- exactly like a real peach blossom.

"Sister Sprite!"

On this remote path, two little girls were running towards each other, the one in front was smaller and the one in back was bigger, both of them saw Sprite.

The younger child plunged into Xuebi's arms, raised his head, and said, "Sister Xuebi!"

The older child was a little slower than her, and she stretched out her hand to pull the child: "Don't be unreasonable to Mr. Li Jun!"

The child in Xuebi's arms dodged flexibly, and said unconvinced:

"I'm the best!"

She shook her Sprite sleeves and began to act coquettishly:

"Sister Xuebi, Master Li~ When will you give me a name?"

"Jiangli, don't talk nonsense!" The older child's displeasure was written all over his face, "Don't you have a name?"

"Don't fool me just because I'm young!" Xiaobudian retorted, "That's Shaoyao's name! It's not mine!"

"Then Chaosheng is still an alias of Mujin!" The eldest child was angry, "I don't mind, what do you mind!"

Jiang Li is still too young to say why:

"It's not your real name, it's different! Anyway, it's not your real name, it feels different from your real name!"

She said it so upside down that she blushed:

"Anyway, Sister Xuebi's real name is her real name!"

—Her intuition is keen to a terrible degree.

Asahi stomped:

"Master Lijun is very busy, so I don't have time to name you! Don't make trouble for no reason!"

Xuebi knelt down/body, and rubbed the little neck that was about to leave:

"The name is just for convenience. Could it be that Jiangli is not you if you change your name?"

Chaosheng echoed:

"Yes, yes, if you change your name, everyone will not get used to it."

"But I want a name..." Jiang Li dragged his tone, and said in a low voice, "Sister Xuebi, why don't you give me a name, for a while, don't delay the matter~"

Sprite coaxed her tenderly:

"But I'm busy, can I name you next time?"

"Then... that's fine."

Jiang Li was originally an obedient child, pestering Sprite to name her was the most "unobedient" thing she had ever done.

"Then let's go to Taolin!" Jiang Li waved his hand, "Goodbye, Sister Xuebi!"

Chaosheng also said: "Goodbye, Mr. Li!"

The two children ran away, and they could vaguely hear their conversation:

"...Jiangli, why do you always like to run into the peach forest?"

"Isn't it because Sister Xuebi always stays in the peach forest!" Jiang Li's tone was a little bit aggrieved, "I don't know what Sister Xuebi is busy with, but every time I say next time, I guess it will be next time! "

"Next time and next time, there are so many next times! I will live until the next time, and everything will be wasted!"

Zhao Sheng: "Pfft!"

"Chaosheng, you are bad! Don't laugh at me!!"

"Okay, stop laughing! Stop laughing!"

"Chaosheng, why do you keep looking behind?"

"Don't you think there is someone next to Master Li Jun?"

"No?" Jiang Li turned his head, "Sister Xuebi is the only one!"

Akimbo:

"Smelly Chaosheng! You lied to me again!"

Their voices became smaller and smaller until they could no longer be heard.

Sprite patted the dust on the corner of her skirt:

"You haven't answered the question I just asked."

"The peach grove is very beautiful now." Jian whispered, "The flowers are very beautiful."

The Taolin is transformed from the ghostly spirit of each Lijun. The previous Lijun was punished by heaven, and the blood-red petals were his punishment knife, making him suffer day and night.

But this time, before the punishment of God came, Xuebi, as the new Lord Li, put away the ghostly aura that could hurt people in the peach forest, making it look like an ordinary peach forest.

The once extreme and stubborn girl grew up and began to let go of unwillingness and resentment, and tried to accept the world gently and treat others with tolerance.

"When Jiang Li regained his senses, he was in a clump of peony lace, so he borrowed the alias of peony." Xuebi said, "If my brother were to name it, it would definitely be Xiaohua. When this name was called in Taoyuan, even the people at the entrance of the village The little flower dog will respond."

"It's really vulgar," she said, "fortunately, he is still a scholar."

"Indeed." Jane said with emotion, "You can get a glimpse of it from a young pig."

"Don't be complacent, do you think that the name you chose is of a high standard? 'The scenery turns Luwen, the sky above the snowflakes' - Sprite." She can say bad things about her brother herself, but she can't see others say, "I'll never be with you From the memories of those who came with you, I already knew that this is the drink you often drink."

If she hadn't known about it later, she would have had a good talk with Jian Qiao.

"Sprite is very popular in later generations." Jian whispered, "If you don't like it, Fang Yue in the Song Dynasty wrote 'Fortunately, there is a piece of green hills, and the white clouds are given for thousands of years, so you can be happy in Yuji'——"

"How about changing the name to Coke?"

Sprite threw him a blank stare:

"I return Fanta!"

While talking, they had already arrived at the dilapidated house where Jian Qiao once lived. This house has been repaired now, with blue bricks and black tiles, it looks like a Jiangnan water town --- it is no longer full of walls. There are cracks, the thatch is moldy, and the varnish on the window frames is peeling off.

"When you came, it was the time when the aura of Peach Blossom Land was in chaos and evil spirits were rampant." Xuebi looked at the changed house, and said in a nostalgic tone, "As long as there was a place where people could live in Peach Blossom Land at that time, it would be considered excellent. .”

"What if the old man let me go to the west?"

"Then it's impossible for you to stand here and talk to me now." Sprite pointed far away to the west, "At that time, there were a lot of ghosts trapped in the west of Peach Blossom Spring. The ghostly aura of the ghost invades the body."

"Two of the group of people who traveled with you went to the west, and were bitten into empty skins in the pile of ghosts."

"We have all seen people who died here after the Tang Dynasty."

"So your time has to be before the Tang Dynasty."

Xuebi took Jian Qiao all the way forward, and the layout of Taohuayuan was completely changed. After leaving this place, there were rural houses, criss-crossed paths, people in costumes of different ages were working in the fields, and there were children running around on the ridges. A barking big yellow dog wagging its tail was chasing after him.

Everything looks like the years are quiet.

"Lord Lijun!" The middle-aged man working in the field near them saw Sprite, he stopped to say hello to Sprite, his face was filled with reverence, "Are you here to see the growth of the seedlings in the field? "

Xuebi didn't come here on purpose, but she didn't refute. Instead, she checked carefully at the edge of the field: "The growth is very good, you don't have to worry."

She walked a few steps forward, and in the field in front of her was a hunchbacked old man with a shriveled body and cracked hands, wearing a bamboo hat, and was catching insects in the field.

"Old man, take a rest. This kind of seedling doesn't need to catch insects often. It doesn't grow insects very much."

"It's Master Li!" The hunchbacked old man raised his head, squinted his eyes and smiled, "There are a lot of insects in this seedling, if you don't believe me, look over there——"

A fat worm appeared out of nowhere on the tender green leaves, and it was desperately gnawing on the leaves, but the old man didn't notice anything wrong, he moved with difficulty in the field, and ran over to catch the worm.

He looked at the gap on the leaf with distress:

"A good seedling has been spoiled again..."

While muttering to himself, he went to other places in the field.

Jane asked softly, "Isn't this a bug on the seedlings?"

"Of course not." Sprite had already turned around the field and was walking in the direction of the cottage. "This is the worm in his heart."

Everything in the Peach Blossom Spring is a mixture of spiritual energy and ghost energy. All things are illusory and can be controlled by human will. He thinks that if there are insects on the seedlings, there will be insects on the seedlings that can never be caught. insect.

Sprite has no way to correct their point of view, but to guide them as best they can, because all people are "alive" and no one feels that they can control everything around them.

They entered the village, it was the season for making wheat cakes, and the smell of wheat was lingering in front of every house.

"Lord Lijun, try the wheat cakes made by our family!" The door of a house in the village was wide open, and a woman inside was walking out with a large bowl of fragrant flour cakes, "This is our family's ancestral handicraft. ! Good job!"

The woman picked the largest and roundest one and stuffed it into Sprite's hand, and told her to eat it while it was hot, and then went to knock on the doors of other people's houses.

There are smiles on the faces of every family, as if they have never been sad.

The heat from the pancake blurred Sprite's face.

Jian quietly saw Sprite taking a bite of the bread:

"My aunt... is the best noodle maker in the whole village."

But she is the second Li Jun.

Sprite took Jane around the entire Peach Blossom Spring, which seemed to be a small village that was truly isolated from the world.

Their last stop was the Palace of the King of Hell, where Jian Qiao had been. The vermilion gate was half closed, and there was a yellow copper ring hanging on the gate.

The scribe still clings to the bamboo slips, but in front of him is a large misty pond, on which floats a translucent soul.

The shape of the soul in the mist is changing rapidly, from old age to middle age, from middle age to youth, from youth to baby, and finally becomes a blurred light group—the law of life and death has reversed on this soul.

The scribe wrote something on the bamboo slips, and the ball of light flew up from the pool and projected into the distant sky. In the peaceful small village, there was a cry of a baby.

Life and death alternate, life reincarnation.

"Why are you here again?" The scribe didn't realize the existence of the two of them until he finished his work. He looked at Jian Qiao and wondered, "Didn't you leave last time?"

Jane quietly dragged a stool from the pool and sat down:

"If you leave, you can come again!"

No one stipulates that one examination room cannot come twice.

By this time, Jian Qiao probably guessed the reason why he would enter Taohuayuan

Maybe he didn't know it himself, he has been regretting this exam room.

I regret the future of Taohuayuan, and I also regret the fate of every Lijun.

This regret prompted him to come here again.

"It's rare to see you so lively." The scribe said, "Did something good happen?"

Sprite nodded.

Every Lijun has lost his soul for the peach blossoms, but after the soul that has been punished by heaven dissipates, everyone's impression of him will gradually fade until he is forgotten.

She also started to forget.

She has already forgotten her father's appearance, and she is about to forget Aunt's appearance. She only remembers Aunt's gentle hands when combing her hair. Give her the round one.

She remembered that the dagger her brother had given her was called "Duer", but she didn't remember the style of the dagger. Maybe one day, she would also forget her brother's voice and smile, and never think of it again.

"Even if you and I, even if everyone forgets—" Sprite said, "he still remembers."

Jian Qiao is not from Taohuayuan, this kind of forgetting rule will not affect him, even if one day Taohuayuan disappears in this world, there will always be someone who will remember it.

She never understood the way to choose Lijun—until her elder brother disappeared into the world, and the Taohuayuan was restored to its original state in an instant.

Her elder brother wanted her to live a stable and smooth life in the future, so he abandoned himself.

The soul has a strong and extreme guardian heart, and it will become extremely tough.This kind of tough soul can resist pain without shrinking back.

This is the secret of becoming Li Jun.

When she was suffering in pain, she could always hear a voice in her heart: "Why do you want to be Li Jun?"

"do not know."

She seemed to be holding a breath in her heart, desperate to vent it out.

But sometimes she thinks of Jiangli who acted like a baby, the stern Chaosheng, the villagers who greeted her, the aunt who would make her food in different ways, and the scribe who disliked too many things every day...

She seems to know, but also seems not to know.

But she never regrets it.

Jane quietly asked her:

"You become Li Jun, do you regret it?"

"No." Sprite sat on the railing of the pool, shaking her legs, humming a little tune, the peach branches on her temples were trembling, the flowers were in full bloom, and a little frost was faintly showing in her bun, "I never forgot I regret the decision I made."

Her Wu Nong's soft-spoken ditties were scattered far away by the wind.

"The jackdaws are full of sorrow in the evening. The willow pond is fresh and green but gentle..."

"...If you teach that there is no hatred in your eyes, you don't believe that there are white heads in the world..."

The author has something to say: "The jackdaws are full of sorrow in the evening. The willow pond is green but gentle. If you teach that there is no hatred in your eyes, you don't believe that there are gray heads in the world." It comes from "Partridge Sky: Jackdaws Are Sorrowful in the Evening Sun" by Xin Qiji in the Song Dynasty .

Translation: Jackdaws in the evening, a sad scene.Only the willows in the pond gave out tender green shoots, showing a gentle situation.If he hadn't personally suffered the torment of parting and parting, he would never have believed that there would be such a thing as white hair overnight in this world.