Peach wood

"Now I have a question." Mo Yun said suddenly.

Studying hard and asking questions is the starting point of wisdom. Shuhuai gave a "hmm" to indicate that he can ask any questions he wants without restraint.

Then he heard the other party hesitate and say, "Are we going to find our way by ourselves in the future?"

Shuhuai: "..."

He stood up abruptly, and the jade plate slipped out of his hand, he couldn't bear it anymore, at this moment he really wanted to go back to Hades to sleep late.

There are two consequences of the failure of the teleportation array. One is that the immortals cannot accurately grasp their whereabouts, and the other is that they have lost their shortcuts.

Thinking of the hundreds of thousands of mountains and thousands of miles of rivers in the human world, Shuhuai's scalp began to tingle. He thought that there would be no major disturbances in the human world, and the evil spirits they wanted to suppress were all chess pieces arranged by Fengyi. After the accident, the Heavenly Palace and the Underworld had already been torn apart. Instead of being restrained by the enemy, it is better to go back underground and hide, and steal a moment of leisure.

But since he took the sword of the Emperor of Heaven, he must bear certain responsibilities. Mu Hua's actions are all logical, and she never does useless things, including choosing a new owner for the sword.Shuhuai stood at the same place, fighting with heaven and man in his mind, but in the end reason prevailed, and he made a decision that made him extremely painful: stay in the world, and use the jade plate to guide and crush Fengyi's conspiracy step by step.

Many times, Shuhuai really felt that Mu Hua had misjudged his vision, or fell into the vortex of love, so his thinking was not normal. Mu Hua said that he was selfless, that he had great love in his heart, but he thought he didn't have it. such quality.He has long seen through his own nature - he was born with no ambitions, he only wanted to live and die in peace, he didn't have any great love, but he had a lot of selfishness.

If you want to talk about what is admirable in him, probably only the strange sense of responsibility is left. This thing appears in him, it is really inconsistent with the whole, a lazy person with a sense of responsibility, after all Should it be considered lazy, or should it be considered hardworking?

"If you find it troublesome..." The little demon king's voice pulled back Shuhuai's thoughts, "It's too late to regret it now."

His tone was soothing, seemingly calm, but anyone could tell that he was in a bad mood.Mu You and his elder brother looked at each other, and took their children away in a tacit understanding. Shuhuai pressed his forehead and sighed faintly: "Don't worry, I won't leave you behind."

Mo Yun became stubborn in a rare way: "If you think walking with me is a burden, I advise you to return to Hades as soon as possible."

"What do you mean? You want me to go back and stay in the human world to fight against Fengyi?" Shuhuai picked up the jade plate and stuffed it back into the hands of the Little Demon King.

"Why not?" Mo Yun took the jade plate, showing a half-smile expression, "I'm doing it for your own good, continue to walk with me, maybe you can't get used to it."

This sentence was said without thinking, but Shuhuai could still understand the deep meaning, he subconsciously bit his nails, after thinking for a while, he finally came up with a plan that seemed feasible. "You can try whatever you have in mind, and I will never interfere, including this matter..." He looked at Mo Yun helplessly, "But don't mess around."

The little demon king stared at the pocket of the book with burning eyes, and finally there was light in his eyes, he opened his mouth, and asked with unconcealed joy: "Then can I throw away the sword tonight and sleep with you in my arms?"

What a different focus!Fortunately, Taomu has no spirit and can't understand words. If it knows that it is so disgusted, it might fly up and stab Mo Yun through.

The little wolf cub still can't learn those euphemistic expressions, no matter how he feels in his heart, he has to describe it directly. Shuhuai looked at his hopeful eyes, and his face was a little hot, but it was not good to disappoint him, so he had to put it aside. With a fierce attitude: "What are you asking! Is my opinion useful? I told you to sleep with the sword in your arms, but you didn't climb into bed in the middle of the night?"

The jade plate was in the way, Mo Yun casually threw it away, hugged the book and rubbed it.The latter let him act like a baby with a blank face, and said in his heart that when your parents came back, I must talk to them about your education.

Fengyi did not come to Beihai to provoke troubles again. In the next five days, several other brothers of Changqing hurried back to the Dragon Palace. Shuhuai saw that the weather in the Northland was getting colder and colder, so he bid farewell to the Dragon King, saying that he would go back to the Underworld first. A trip—there is no one of Mo Yun's parents, but he has something to say in his heart, and he really wants to find a listener to listen to him.

Brought by the bitter north wind, Shuhuai and the little demon king stepped into the hall of Hades together. Yan Qingran sat at the table, resting his chin in a drowsy state. When he saw them coming in, he just raised his eyelids.

Sleepy in spring, tired in autumn, dozing off in summer, unable to wake up in winter and March, Mingjun belongs to the category that often feels sleepy in winter and March. He sat upright at first, but after a while, his figure gradually began to crooked, and then he slumped on the table. If you lie down, you will sleep at your desk forever.When he was tired, he lay down and went to sleep. This seemed to be a habit he developed when he was the prime minister in the human world. Shuhuai stared at him for a long time, but still didn't dare to wake him up.

This is a common scene for ghost envoys, and he didn't try to shake Mingjun to wake him up, but took the pen from the latter's hand very naturally, and sketched, smeared, deleted and changed for him.

There seems to be no problem.Shuhuai turned his head and whispered to Mo Yun, "It would be great if you could be so worry-free."

Ever since the restrictions on Mo Yun were relaxed, this kid seemed to be letting himself go, Shuhuai heard him laughing: "It would be great if you were so busy."

Nothing to say, difficult to communicate.Shuhuai rolled his eyes, not going to look at him again.

Yan Qingran didn't sleep for a long time, and then opened his eyes again. After only a short rest, he regained his vigor. The ghost envoy put the pen and paper back on the table, and stood by with his arms folded. .

Although winter has entered, there are not many new ghosts in the underworld, perhaps because the quality of life in the human world has improved, or because the living people are about to die.In short, no matter what the reason is, Hades has finally ushered in a rare leisure time in a century.Yan Qingran sat behind the table and rubbed his shoulders, looking between Shuhuai and the little demon king, suspiciously said: "Why did you come to me suddenly? Who is bullying whom, and I need you to judge?"

Shu Huai came back this time mainly to discuss Mo Yun's problems, and to rest in the underworld for a while, but this main purpose was not easy to talk about in front of Mo Yun, so he told Ming Jun that he had something important to report.

Sure enough, Yan Qingran became energetic, and urged him to come quickly, but the little demon king started to look at the Styx River in a daze, Shuhuai took the opportunity to send him away, and told him to look around for the scenery.Hearing their conversation, Wen Yanzhi thought it was a little bit funny, what scenery is there to see in Hades?According to the usual practice, what Shuhuai will say next must be related to Mo Yun.

The little demon king walked outside step by step, turning his head three times, and then the ghost messenger looked away, waiting for Shuhuai to speak.Shuhuai opened his mouth, and was about to complain to Mingjun, when he accidentally saw Wen Yanzhi staring at him, his words suddenly turned a corner, and changed to "you also go out".

"Why?" asked the ghost, "It's not your family who built the Great Hall of Hades, yet you still ask me to go out?"

"I don't want you to know about this." Shuhuai repeated, "You also go outside, don't listen."

Listen or not.The ghost emissary let out a "tss", and strutted out of the hall.

Watching his back disappear outside the door, Shuhuai opened his mouth and told Hades what he saw and heard in Beihai Dragon Palace. Of course, he mentioned the important things first, such as the alliance relationship between Hades and Beihai, and the part of heaven The jade plate with the teleportation array, Yan Qingran listened to him and nodded from time to time.

But Mingjun also knew in his heart that what Shuhuai didn't want Wen Yanzhi to hear was definitely not these.The Ghost Messenger has lived for thousands of years, and has been working here since the very beginning of the Hades. If he is always immersed in his work, he will definitely find it boring. Therefore, he has developed many hobbies, and his greatest joy in life is to collect anecdotes from the Three Realms , and even assembled into a book.Yan Qingran had seen those pamphlets in his residence, from the ancient tortoise shell and animal skins, to the later bamboo slips, and now to the present paper, all kinds of materials, chats from different periods, all kinds of materials, it makes people feel hairy and worried. He was also written into the book by him.

He is different from Mu You. What Mu You records is all serious events. The disputes between human beings and gods, or the changes of successive rulers in the Three Realms can all be shown in Mu You's works.But the ghost messenger doesn't care about them, and has no intention of rushing to remember these things with the dragon girl. He has been writing small stories for thousands of years, sometimes funny and sometimes deep. Accumulate materials.

In the past 800 years, Shuhuai has seen Wen Yanzhi write that stuff. He doesn't want to be the protagonist of this "so-so love history", although the story told by the ghost messenger has a wide audience and is very famous in the Three Realms.

"What's wrong with that kid from Mo Hui's family?" After listening for a while, Mingjun stretched himself when he saw that Shuhuai stopped talking suddenly, and told him to speak quickly, don't be coy about it.

For Shuhuai, this matter was a bit difficult to talk about, his eyes drifted, and it took a long time before he asked in a low voice: "Do you still remember the evaluation of the Emperor of Heaven and the reason why I went to the human world? I think , I may have failed."

Mu Hua's evaluation of Shuhuai was nothing more than about saving the world and the so-called great love. Yan Qingran raised his eyelids and glanced at the other party, vaguely remembering that he returned to the world precisely to put "great love" and "saving the world" into practice .The confrontation with Tiangong has just begun, no matter how clever Shuhuai is, he can't predict the outcome of this battle, so the failure he said must mean something else.

What do you have to do to be regarded as not having great love in your heart?Yan Qingran thought about it carefully, and jumped up from his seat: "Did he see you murder?"

Shuhuai: "..."

Conscience of heaven and earth, he has lived to this day and has never killed a chicken, how could he have the guts to kill someone?Beihai's big ax wanted to chop off his head, but he didn't even think about killing him. Now Mingjun's big black pot is being held back, it's really wronged him.

"I didn't! He, he that day—" Shuhuai became ruthless, and decided to humiliate himself for the time being, and explain this matter to Mingjun clearly, "At his age, if calculated according to the age of ordinary people, it is also the stage of the first love Yes, he said something to me... You, do you understand me?"

Mingjun took a sip of water, but didn't react much: "So what? How does this matter have anything to do with your great love?"

"I think that great love means treating all people in the world equally. As for those personal relationships, they all belong to the category of small love." Shuhuai sighed, "It is difficult for the latter to coexist with the former. If someone has a bias in his heart, Then he loses forever the possibility of putting everything in the world on an equal footing."

"Sounds very reasonable." Ming Jun commented, "So, in order to explore the great love that the Emperor of Heaven said, you choose to reject him."

"No." Shuhuai reiterated blankly, "In the process of pursuing great love, I failed."

The moment Mo Yun said those words to him, he was moved, even if it was only for a moment, it was considered moved, and according to his standards, it meant that he chose Xiaoai and lost his pursuit. Qualification for great love.

The hall suddenly fell into dead silence, and Yan Qingran tremblingly put down the teacup in his hand. He drank too anxiously, his tongue was scalded and numb, and he couldn't taste any taste, but he still had to pretend to be calm and maintain his appearance of strategizing: "I have expected this result a long time ago, but falling in love with anyone is falling in love, regardless of race or identity, and affection does not only appear between men and women... The son of Mo Hui's family is very good, you do it It’s okay to make this choice, you don’t need to worry, no matter where you go, Hades will always be your solid backing…”

"Can you stop shaking?" Shuhuai couldn't help but interrupted him.

Wen Yanzhi lingered in the underworld for a long time, and then went back outside this door. He finally got his wish and waited until Shuhuai was blasted out of the hall.The latter didn't know what he had done, he looked a little guilty, he didn't bother to argue with him, and slipped away holding his sword.He looked at Shuhuai's back and fell into deep thought. Years of accumulated experience told him that most of Shuhuai's ulterior secrets were related to emotions.

The ghost emissary tiptoed into the hall, staring at Mingjun with inquiring eyes, while the other side covered his face, looking in pain, he couldn't help wondering: What kind of blow did he suffer?

"Yanzhi, tell me," Mingjun sighed heavily, and asked a profound question, "What is the relationship between great love and personal love? Can these two kinds of love coexist in one person's heart?"

After three days of farewell, you should treat each other with admiration. It turns out that what Shuhuai and Mingjun discussed was such a mysterious truth!The ghost emissary stood in awe.He pondered for a moment and answered seriously: "This question should start from their respective characteristics and key points. The key to great love lies in equality and consistency, while the key to personal affection lies in particularity. If anyone has great love in his heart without selfish affection, Then he will be called holy, and he will never have the chance to be an ordinary person. To everyone, he is high above, and he will inevitably be lonely; but he has an affair without great love, but he also deviates from the nature of life, only for himself Thinking about it, disregarding the interests of others is too cruel, and it will also become an isolated existence; as for the situation of combining the two, there are some. Emperor Muhua is an example of the perfect combination of great love and personal affection. The subordinates believe that, As long as justice remains in the heart, personal relationships will never become a stumbling block to great love."

"Hmm... makes sense too." Yan Qingran tapped on the table thoughtfully, "Then, in your opinion, which one of the three is Shuhuai?"

"My subordinates tell the truth, he is of the same type as the Emperor of Heaven." Wen Yanzhi rarely derogated from Shuhuai, and his expression was serious, as if he was dissecting this friend with his heart. There are two sides of good and evil, but simply using this to make a distinction is somewhat inaccurate and incomplete, and subordinates prefer to call those behaviors by loving others and loving themselves."

Ming Jun was fascinated by what he heard, so he changed his sitting position and listened to him continue talking.

Few people are willing to think or discuss these things. For mortals, time is too precious. They have to run around for their livelihood and have no time to think about other things; Think about it more, whether it is a human immortal or a natural god, they are more willing to concentrate on cultivation or play around; there are only a few people in the underworld who are full of enthusiasm for this kind of topic, and talk a few words from time to time.

The ghost emissary talked eloquently and explained to Mingjun the meaning of loving others and self-love. The "love" in his mouth refers to "being considerate of others" in a broad sense. As for "self-love", it includes two aspects. That is, reasonable seeking of self-interest and unreasonable extreme selfishness.

Regarding the difference between reasonable and unreasonable, Wen Yanzhi didn't go into details. After he explained "love others and love yourself", he went straight to the topic: "The heart of loving others is always found in good people; the heart of loving oneself is found in all living beings." , but finding a balance between loving others and loving oneself is as difficult as climbing the sky. Those who have biases in their hearts will never affect the overall situation. The subordinates have only seen Muhua Tiandi. Although she fell in love with the former demon king and did not Give birth to a son, but never use her real power to seek benefits that her husband and son should not have. Shuhuai is similar to the emperor of heaven. one day."

Having said that, the ghost messenger paused, as if he sensed something was wrong.This is fine, why did Mingjun ask him to evaluate Shuhuai?

"Yanzhi's words really speak to my heart." Yan Qingran blew on the tea in his cup and sipped it in small sips. After a while, he put down the teacup and told the truth to his subordinates: "He's tempted."

Ghost Envoy: "..."

This matter was indeed within his expectations, but now that he heard it with his own ears, he still felt a sense of unreality.He suddenly understood why Mingjun wanted to talk about loving others and loving himself with him first. If he was knocked out by the news first, how could he have the heart to talk so much?

The author has something to say: When discussing esoteric topics, suddenly telling me that someone is in love with someone will indeed instantly extinguish my academic enthusiasm.

Let Comrade Guishi feel the same sadness as me.