Although Leng Zongzheng has a place to live in the academy, the place where Zhou Wen went this time was not in the academy, but in an inconspicuous small courtyard in the old area of Luoyang City.

The small yard is very ordinary, because the surrounding area is very wet, and there is moss at the base of the wall, and there are many plants on the wall that look like creepers.

The house inside is also a common red brick structure in the past, although it is very clean, it is difficult to hide the traces of time, and some of the bricks on the wall have already shown signs of weathering.

"Principal Leng, I'm Zhou Wen, are you at home?" Zhou Wen knocked on the door.

"Come in. Leng Zongzheng's voice came from inside the house, and when Zhou Wen pushed the door in, Leng Zongzheng moved a pot of cacti out of the house.

"Principal Leng, is this your home?" Zhou Wen looked inside the room as if he saw that the various decorations inside were very outdated, but they were not ancient, giving people a mediocre and dilapidated feeling.

This is very different from Leng Zongzheng's feeling to Zhou Wen, Leng Zongzheng is a bit aristocratic in terms of appearance and behavior, and his life and soul are things that look very atmospheric like the Moqin Throne, so it always makes people feel that Leng Zongzheng will be a person who pays great attention to the quality and details of life, and should not live in such a mediocre home.

In this courtyard, Zhou Wen couldn't see a special thing at all, no matter how you looked at it, it was all some household items, and there were even a lot of stalls.

"I lived here when I was a kid and it was my grandfather's old home. Leng Zongzheng put the cactus aside, patted the dust on his hands, and continued: "I didn't like it here before, I always felt that I had to get ahead, I had to live in a beautiful big house, and I had to live like a person. But then, I don't know when, I suddenly felt that I was still comfortable living here, so I moved back again. ”

"You should be back to basics, right?" Zhou Wen said.

Leng Zongzheng glanced at Zhou Wen, pursed his lips and said, "What do you mean to return to the basics? To put it bluntly, it means that I have eaten too much braised pork and want to eat a mouthful of green vegetables to relieve my greasyness." I haven't reached that point yet, and there are a lot of good things that I haven't tasted yet, and I haven't gotten tired of them yet. ”

As he spoke, Leng Zong sat down on the wooden bench in the courtyard, basking in the sun and continuing: "I have also thought about why I want to move back, in terms of comfort, this place is definitely not as good as any place I have ever lived, and in terms of convenience, it is not convenient here. If the environment is good and quiet, it is far from the villa I bought before. To say that the neighbors here are nice and human. Actually, it's not the case, there are no people here anymore, and the old neighbors are long gone. Even if they're still around, I don't have a good impression of them, and I don't like them in my heart. ”

"Then why do you like to live here?" Zhou Wen asked curiously.

"I thought about this for a long time, and then I decided that the reason why I like to live here is because I am afraid. Leng Zongzheng said.

"Scared?" Zhou Wen was even more puzzled.

In terms of security, this place is far worse than the academy, there are no defenses at all, it is a dilapidated old town, and any fear level can be beaten into ruins with one hand.

"Yes, scared. Leng Zongzheng said: "People are afraid of death, but the degree is different, some people put the fear of death first, and some people put the fear of death behind some things, so when they encounter certain things, they will seem not afraid of death." But in fact, no one is not afraid of death, it's just that he encountered something that scared him more than death, so it didn't matter so much whether he died or not. ”

Leng Zongzheng said, took out a lighter and a cigarette from his arms, skillfully popped out a cigarette, held it in his mouth, lit the cigarette, and then took a puff, closed his eyes, and seemed to enjoy it.

Zhou Wen looked at Leng Zongzheng in a daze, this is too different from the impression Leng Zongzheng usually gives him, if he doesn't know that this is Leng Zongzheng, looking at his appearance, he thinks it is a decadent middle-aged uncle who likes to gamble and drink.

After a while, Leng Zongzheng closed his eyes and basked in the sun and continued: "Later, I thought about it carefully, my fear of death should be ranked third, before death, there are two other things ranked before death, if I encounter those two things, I would rather choose death." ”

"Is the reason why you're here because you're afraid that those two things will happen?" Zhou Wen asked.

Who knew that Leng Zongzheng shook his head and said, "No, those two things have already happened. ”

Zhou Wen looked at Leng Zongzheng in a daze, not knowing what he wanted to say.

Leng Zongzheng continued: "I used to be afraid that I would become a person like my parents, but now, I am no different from them in essence. I used to be afraid that my grandfather would leave me and that I would be left alone in this world, but that day came. I live here because I'm afraid of being alone, but in fact, I've always been alone. ”

Zhou Wen didn't know what to say, what Leng Zongzheng said, he occasionally had some flashes, but he didn't understand as clearly as Leng Zongzheng thought.

However, looking at Leng Zongzheng, Zhou Wen felt that this Leng Principal didn't seem to be as difficult to get along with as he had imagined before.

Leng Zongzheng took another puff of cigarette, pressed the remaining half of the cigarette on the cement flower bed next to it, extinguished the spark, and reached out and flicked it into the trash can.

"Living here will give me an inexplicable sense of security, feeling that this is my little world, as long as I hide here, I don't need to worry about anything, I don't need to worry about anything, as long as I sleep, it seems that anything bad will disappear by itself." ”

Speaking of this, Leng Zongzheng smiled self-deprecatingly: "But in fact, nothing can be solved, it's just self-deception." ”

"It can't be said that people need a pure land in their hearts to cultivate and restore their souls. It may not really help you solve the problem, but it is important to have peace of mind and to be able to face those problems with a calm mind. Zhou Wenzhengrong said.

"You're right. Leng Zongzheng said, suddenly stretched out his palm and pressed it against the wall next to him, and the entire courtyard and house shattered in an instant, turning into fragments and rising up.

"You...... What is this for......" Standing in the ruins, the rubble around him kept rising, Zhou Wen looked at Leng Zongzheng blankly, not knowing why he did this.

In the midst of the shattered and rising fragments, Leng Zongzheng turned to leave, and said as he walked: "As you said, there is a pure land of self-escape in everyone's heart, which is a place of fear that is closer to the heart than death. If one day, you encounter an enemy who does not put the fear of death first, then you should think about how to find the pure land that belongs to him, and kill people and punish hearts, sometimes it is more terrible than killing people. You are good at everything, but you are too kind, and sometimes, kindness is also a sin. ”

"Murder...... Zhu Xin ......" Zhou Wen stood in the ruins, looking at Leng Zongzheng's back, and there seemed to be some kind of emotion surging in his heart.