I have a deep love for Zhenjun

93.

Two days are but a blink of an eye.

I sat by the makeup mirror and looked ahead. A pale face was reflected in the mirror, and it also cast the same indifferent gaze on me.

She has a thin chin, a straight nose, a red mole at the end of her eyes, and her eyes are as black as splashed ink, like still water, with occasional glimmers of light shining through, without struggling, they have been completely swallowed up.

My eyes rolled a few times, and my eyes fell on Yun Min.

Today, despite my refusal, he gave me the finely-prepared costume in the clan for him to attend the Eastern Great Ceremony, but he himself only wore a plain white dress, without any extra decorations.

What exactly is he trying to do?I really don't know his intentions.

It was probably because my eyes were too naked. After he tied the jasper crown for me, he bent down and whispered softly in my ear: "Last time, I didn't think carefully. Young Heath, you said that now I look at it like this, I don't know." Doesn't look like your squire, huh?"

When he said this, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, his eyes were smiling, and he appeared to be in a good mood.But I remained silent, thinking that he was really a demon.What's so fun about being a squire?If it were me, if it were me...

——If it were me, I must break out of this destiny, and let all the people who bullied and humiliated me before kneel at my feet, just bow their heads to me and beg for mercy!

The tone of the voice was brisk and high-spirited.I was stunned, and when I wanted to listen attentively again, I couldn't find it anywhere.

There is no one else in this room except me and Yun Mo, maybe I am hallucinating.

Yes, it must be an illusion.Otherwise... how could I have such a rebellious thought?Since I was selected as the companion branch, didn't I already clearly understand that the reason why the destiny is called the destiny is because it cannot be defied and cannot be changed?

But a leaf of duckweed is already hard to protect itself, so how can you go beyond your means and ask for more?Kneel obediently, bow your head and accept your fate.

Even though I thought so, my brows unconsciously frowned more and more tightly, as if there was a hostile energy rampaging in my body, disturbing my stability.

I didn't want to look ugly, so I could only close my eyes slightly and endure secretly.But I heard Yun Man calling me: "Young She, are you still not happy?"

I endured this and breathed a sigh of relief: "I'm very happy."

— Actually, there is nothing to be happy about.

Even if he put on a layer of gorgeous feathers at this time, it should be a humble ant inside, but it is still a humble ant.It will not change in the slightest because of these illusory forms.

But he won't understand, so I don't have to say it.

I lowered my eyes, scanned the table for a week, and raised my hand to put the newly carved wooden figurine into my sleeve, so as not to be idle on the road with nothing to do.

94.

Yun Mo summoned a spirit bird that looked like vermilion.

It carried a moon chariot on its back, hung with curtains and light gauze, decorated with tassel pendants, built-in soft, and there was also a tripod incense burner, and the green smoke curled away with the wind.

I sat in the chariot, looked around casually, and happened to meet the eyes of the patriarch standing below.

When he saw me dressed like this, he was stunned at first, then his face turned livid, and he seemed to be extremely angry. He leaned on his walking stick and stomped hard several times.The eyes are like flying knives, almost gouging me to pieces, and then smashing my bones into ashes.

It's a pity that the moon chariot has gone far, even if he wanted to call me a waste, I couldn't hear him.

With a calm expression, I looked away, took out the wooden figurine in my sleeve, and carved it carefully.Yun Man sat on the side, looking at me with his head propped up, without saying a word, as if he was deep in thought.

I don't know if the moon chariot is too fast, or the East Pole is too close.

I had just finished sculpting the villain's eyes when Yun Man patted the back of my hand lightly, motioning me to look out.

Looking down from a high altitude, there is an endless water area in front of you.The waves are bright, and the scales are layered endlessly, or there are small boats floating, or floating jade lotuses.

A town falls in the middle of the water.

Let the wind and waves float, and stand still.

95.

The moon chariot stopped at the gate of the town.I pulled back the curtain and stepped on the ground firmly, only to feel that the scene in front of me was real.

The long street is full of people, bright lights are hanging high, and all the pedestrians around are full of laughter, and their eyes reflect the brilliance.

Standing alone on the street, I suddenly felt a little overwhelmed, my feet seemed to be firmly nailed in place, and I couldn't take a step.Although I was in front of me the scene of a prosperous age, I didn't know where to go or where to go.

Seeing that I hadn't moved for a long time, Yun Man took my hand naturally, with concern in his eyes, and asked, "What's wrong? But you're not used to it?"

I nodded.

"Don't be afraid, just follow me. The grand ceremony hasn't started yet, I'll take you around." He said, holding my hand tightly, and leading me forward.

There were many yelling and hawking along the street, and I cast my eyes one by one, but I couldn't arouse any interest.I didn't stop until I passed a row of stalls hung with lanterns, pointed there, and asked, "Why is this lantern so strange?"

Yun Mo glanced at it and said with a smile, "This is not a lantern, but a river lantern. Later, you can find a river bank and release this lantern. At that time, the surface of the water will be as if a thousand lanterns are lit, and it will be very eye-catching."

I painted that scene in my mind, and I found it a little moving, so I pulled Yun Min to walk there.After choosing from left to right, I chose a river lantern in the shape of a lotus flower, and begged: "I want this, is it okay?"

Yun Mo didn't answer, he pointed long and pointed, and picked out a square river lantern made of white silk cloth, then asked the stall owner for a brush, and drew several ink bamboos with it.

Looking at the tall and straight posture, there is a state of preferring to bend rather than bend.

He returned the pen, handed the river lantern to me, and said softly: "The word "箨" also means that the word "箨" has the meaning of falling into a bamboo. This is more suitable for you, do you like it?"

I froze for a moment before reaching out to take it.He lowered his eyes and looked at these black bamboos, feeling a little dazed.

Yun Man seemed to want to say something else, but at this moment, a female voice came out clearly, "Brother Yun!"

The woman in red walked briskly through the crowd.

She stretched out her hand to hook Yun Mo's arm, and said affectionately: "Father said that you will come today. I arrived at the East Pole early and have been looking for you here for a long time. There are still many beautiful tricks over there. Brother Yun, I want you to accompany me." I'll go and see."

Yun Man let her pull her, with an invariable smile on his face, and his tone was light: "If you want to go, I will naturally accompany you. It's just that it's the first time for Shao She to come to Dongji, so I can't leave him alone."

But the woman was unmoved: "He's not young anymore, you can't stay by his side all day long." As she said that, she raised her chin lightly, showing a somewhat arrogant expression, "Brother Shaohe, what do you think?" .”

I understand that this means that I should not disturb them.

"What Diji said is true. Since that's the case, I can walk around casually, and I won't go too far away, so it should be fine. You can rest assured."

Hearing this, Yun Man looked at me silently for a while, his eyes became colder, but the smile on his face became softer: "Young She, you are very... understanding."

"He's already said that, so why is Brother Yun still worried? Let's go." Di Ji Sheng pulled Yun Min and walked into the crowd.

I watched the two of them leave, but I vaguely felt that Yun Man's look at me before leaving was very cold and very strange.After hesitating for a moment, he used his spiritual sense to probe, only to realize that he was angry again.

Since you praised me for being considerate, why are you still angry?

I touched the river lantern in my hand and thought about it for a long time, but I still couldn't understand it.

96.

If I can't figure it out, I won't think about it again.

Holding the river lantern in my hand, I wandered aimlessly on the long street. I decided to find a place on the river later, put the river lantern there, and take a look at the scene of thousands of bright lights.

At this moment, several young men in black bunts passed me by.One of them lowered his head, probably because he was restless, he didn't look at the road in front of him, and bumped into my shoulder and elbow hard.

I turned around and looked, the man didn't even notice anything, he just walked forward, muttering something about the young master and the master all the time.

is a weirdo.

I turned back without interest, and before I could see the way ahead, I bumped into the person who came.This time I was a little caught off guard, and one of them was not held firmly, and the river lantern fell to the ground.

The man bent down one step ahead of me, picked up the river lantern and returned it to me, and said softly: "My lord, it was Xin'er who was rude just now."

I took the river lantern and saw that she was still young, and her behavior was extremely considerate and polite, so I didn't intend to make things difficult for her: "I'm fine."

She bowed profusely and raised her foot to go forward, but she turned back for some reason and said to me, "I don't know if this young man can see a guy who is about this tall, with curly hair and red clothes." man."

I shook my head: "No."

She showed disappointment, but she still smiled politely: "It's Xin'er bothering you."

After another bow, Shi Shi ran away.

97.

I walked alone for a long time, and finally found a deserted river bank, and then I stopped.Just as she was about to squat down, the rustling of clothes could be heard next to her ears.

Looking sideways, there was actually someone standing in that dark corner.

The man was leaning against the wall, wearing a black cloak, which was tightly wrapped, and the wide brim of the hat fell straight down, barely covering his entire face, so he couldn't see clearly.There was only a black hole left, facing me, I don't know if he was looking at me.

Could it be that I took his place?

I hesitated for a while before asking: "...Are you also here to release the river lanterns?"

The black figure just stood there and didn't respond to his voice, maybe he didn't hear me, or maybe he didn't want to talk to me.

I shut my mouth wisely and made room for him.Then squatted down/body, wanting to put the river lantern in his hand on the sparkling river surface, the bright flame came out from the silk cloth, and it was glowing with warm color.

Suddenly, the flame trembled violently and turned into a wisp of misty blue smoke, which was completely extinguished.

I was stunned, and then realized that there seemed to be a circle of shadows covering the top of my head. When I looked up, the mysterious man in the black cloak stood beside me at some point, revealing the lower half of his face that was as white as jade.

"...You're so stupid." The man snorted slightly, "It's your first time to release a river lantern? Don't you even know how to write a prayer?"

Although his tone was harsh, his voice was pleasant.Besides, it's not the first time someone pointed at me and scolded me, so I wasn't angry. I just took the river lantern back into my arms and asked him sincerely: "If you pray, what do you have?"

"Helping lonely souls, praying for a good night, looking forward to the Ming Dynasty, whatever. Such a simple thing, do you still need my master to teach you?"

I thought the voice was familiar, but I didn't pay much attention to it until I heard the last person's claim, and a face overlapped with the person in front of me in my mind.

"You are...Fu Qing?"

The man took two steps back and said sharply, "You, how did you recognize it?"

I was just trying to test it out, but now seeing his reaction like this, I have no doubts: "Isn't today your succession ceremony? Why do you want to hide and see no one?"

Fu Qing was categorical: "I will not take over the East Pole."

"Why?" I really don't know the answer, "It is said that there is dry mulberry in the north and Xianyin in the east. The title of master of Dongji is a blessing that ordinary people can't get if they squeeze their heads."

"Ordinary people are ordinary people, I am me, how can they be compared?"

Also, he is different from me.

I showed admiration on my face: "You are born with perfect immortality, so naturally you don't need to look forward and backward, worry about gains and losses. Perhaps it is reasonable to look down on the position of master of Dongji."

Unexpectedly, after Fu Qing heard this, he was slightly angry: "Young master has come to this day, relying on himself, not this shabby fate. If you want the perfect fate of the fairy, take it. Rare?"

When he said this, he sneered even more: "People say that I just cast a good baby, and I have nothing else. Do you think so?"

I hurriedly said: "You misunderstood, I didn't mean that. I just said those words just... just because I envy you very much."

"Really?" He picked the end of the voice.

"It's absolutely true." I said sincerely, "I have met you several times in the Gansang tribe. At that time, you said that you want to win the way of heaven by yourself instead of relying on others, so I felt...you must have achieved."

Only then did Fu Qing seem to calm down: "You remember clearly."

I turned my head to look at him: "However, since you have such a good opportunity, you can accept it with peace of mind. Why should you care about other people's opinions?"

"What do you think is a good opportunity for the master of Dongji? He has a false name on his head, but he wants to take over many trivial matters in the clan. Talking about doing whatever he wants, roaming around the world, I'm afraid it's all wishful thinking."

At the end, he snorted coldly, "What are you talking about? You don't understand."

I lowered my eyes and thought to myself, I really don't understand.

Can freedom be compared with power and status...?

98.

After the words fell, Fu Qing urged: "Aren't you here to release the river lantern? The time has come now."

I saw him change a pen out of thin air, and I also changed a pen to hold it in his hand in the same way.When I was about to write, I stopped because I didn't know what to write.

Helping lonely souls, praying for a good night, looking forward to the Ming Dynasty...

I have no one to miss, and nothing else to look forward to.

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of Fu Qing, but he wrote seriously and in one go.After finishing writing, I covered it with my hand, as if afraid of being seen by others.

I withdrew from the corner of my eye, pondered for a long time, and then hesitated to write.

After finishing writing, Fu Qing was extremely impatient: "Didling, why does it take so long to write? The young master is about to fall asleep."

he wants to know?

I held the river lantern in front of my eyes as I said, and read out the above words one by one: "What I wrote is that I hope Fuqing can be as chic as he is today, free and unrestrained, and roam around the world."

The brim of Fu Qing's hat fell even lower for some reason, and it took him a long time to choke out a sentence: "You——! Stupid, stupid! How can you just tell others your wish, it won't work if you say it!"

I suddenly realized that I wanted to destroy the river lantern, but he grabbed my wrist and asked in an unhappy tone, "What are you doing?"

"Since the wish won't work if you say it out, then I'll destroy this one and write you a new one, wouldn't it be fine?"

He said: "That would be too troublesome. The young master showed mercy today, just as if nothing happened just now."

"...that's good." I was about to raise my wrist, but found that he was clenched too tightly, and reminded me softly, "How can I put the river lantern when you pull me like this?"

He hurriedly shook off my hand: "Don't be sentimental!"

Why is this guy so volatile?How strange.

I re-ignited the wick in the river lamp, dropped the river lamp steadily on the water, and then pushed hard.

It floated forward leisurely, connected with the floating ten thousand lamps, and floated to the opposite bank...or the sky.

The surface of the water is covered with tiny particles of stars, meandering for thousands of miles.

It is indeed a magnificent beauty.

99.

In a trance, I heard Fu Qing ask me: "Are you also here to watch the ceremony today?"

I nodded: "Not bad."

He paused for a while, and when he spoke again, his tone was rather strange: "Did you come empty-handed to observe the ceremony?"

After thinking about it for a while, I realized that he was asking for a congratulatory gift from me.

It's just that I don't have anything long, except for this clothes, it seems that I have nothing else to give him.

However, the form still needs to be complete.

I pretended to search my whole body.Sure enough, it was empty.Just when I lowered my hand and wanted to say something, a small wooden figure suddenly fell out of my sleeve and rolled to Fu Qing's feet.

I secretly thought that it was not good, the wood carving only had a pair of eyes, and there was no time to carve the rest, it was very simple.

If it is regarded as a gift, I am afraid it is too shabby.

Without waiting for me to stop him, he bent down to pick it up, held it up to his eyes and looked at it, a little disgusted: "Why so ugly?"

I opened my mouth to say, this is not for you.

He moved neatly, and in the blink of an eye, he had already put the wood carving into his pocket: "It's all in your heart. It doesn't matter."

Seeing this, I had no choice but to keep silent. Anyway, there was only one eye carved in the dark, so I couldn't recognize who it was, so it didn't matter.

But Yun Min's side... has to start all over again.

Sighing lightly, looking up, the sky above is a gorgeous night scene, covered with fiery trees and silver flowers, the sky is full of splendor and glittering streamers.

Suddenly, several streams of red fireflies streaked across the sky, and with a loud noise, they exploded in the sky.

Suddenly, I was startled by the sound.

Fu Qing didn't respond, took off his hood, and looked up.

After the firefly burned, it did not dissipate, but stayed in the night, like a smog, and slowly dispersed.

"I'm leaving." His tone was rare and low, "Something happened to Dongji."