Chapter 209: The Checkmate of Man
Zhang Xuan and the Li family have been friends for three or four years, and have been in and out of the Xinguo Mansion countless times, but they have never felt this atmosphere once.
Starting from the next person who opened the door, everyone had a kind of decadent atmosphere, and some people even bumped around like headless flies, and when they saw him, they didn't see him, and they suddenly shook their heads when they got closer, and then hurriedly avoided them.
It's just that Old Taijun Qiu is sick, and it will make the entire Xinguo Mansion lose its vitality. Even if Mrs. Qiu was assassinated last year and was bedridden, when Zhang Xuan came to visit, the Xinguo Mansion was not so hasty.
Isn't it just drowsiness?
Zhang Xuan was led from the West Garden, through the verandah, and headed towards the North Garden. Where the west garden meets the north is a lake, and the verandah is built on the water. At this time, it is already early summer, and the weather is very hot, and the pavilions should have been replaced with screen screens to avoid mosquitoes. But Zhang Xuan came all the way from the West Garden and didn't see any changes.
His family is also a big family, although he has been on the mountain since he was a child, he still remembers the details of the change of seasons in his family when he was a child. The more particular people are, the less negligent they will be in this kind of thing.
Obviously, the housewife in charge of this house has not taken care of these details, and the subordinates have not mentioned them, or they have not been ignored.
Zhang Xuan's heart suddenly cooled in half.
He had always been sure that this Heavenly Monarch came down to save the world. But if it's just been chaotic today, why can't the Heavenly Monarch?
Could it be that the turbidity in this world is so powerful that even the Heavenly Monarch can't suppress this group of demon stars?
Zhang Xuan was thinking like this while arriving at the North Park.
When they arrived at the entrance of Zhiyun Courtyard, the two brothers Li Rui and Li Ming had already greeted them at the door. The two brothers were all worried, and Li Rui's face was even more sad.
"The two virtuous brothers of the Li family, you are" Zhang Xuan naturally didn't feel that he was worthy of the two grandsons of the Xinguo Mansion who left their grandmother to come out to greet them, so they showed a look of doubt.
"Zhang Daochang, that's the case, my grandmother ......" Li Ming began to say all kinds of abnormalities that his grandmother had since she began to be sleepy, he was young, but he was quick-witted, articulate and clever, and he said it very clearly before and after, and even the imperial doctor's suspicion that it might be "soul leaving" was made clear.
"My grandmother is not such a person, if it is because of illness and torture, then my grandmother should have been emotionally unstable when she couldn't move her left body a year ago, Zhang Daochang, you are a person who has attained the Tao, please help my grandmother unravel it, and then see if my grandmother is really out of her soul." Li Ming solemnly bowed to Zhang Xuan, but Li Rui only hesitated for a moment and bowed to Zhang Xuan.
"Don't dare, I regard Mrs. Qiu as my teacher, and I will naturally do my best." Zhang Xuan picked up the two children, responded to their request, and entered the house.
Gu Qing was still sitting in his wheelchair, but he didn't have the gentle smile that often hung on his face.
The people in the room were all frightened and frightened, and Mama Hua did not stand behind Mrs. Qiu as usual, but stood alone by the window, like a young woman making a small temperament.
In fact, Mama Hua was a little angry since Gu Qing drove Li Rui out of the city. She didn't know why she was angry with the eldest prince because Mrs. Qiu was unwell, and after several times of persuasion to no avail, Mama Hua could only sulk alone.
You must know that although Mrs. Qiu couldn't say that she was obedient to her in the past, she had always been kind and good, but now she has become so unrecognizable that Mama Hua really can't follow it.
Gu Qing seemed to feel that he had done something wrong, but he couldn't remember it, and when he raised his eyes and saw Zhang Xuan standing at the door, he thought he was wrong, stroked his forehead with his hand, and said with a wry smile:
"Am I so bad? There were even hallucinations. ”
Am I having a problem with the Sky Eye? Hallucinations?
As soon as Zhang Xuan opened his heavenly eyes and swept towards Old Taijun Qiu, he was immediately frightened by the black qi that was about to devour Old Taijun Qiu, and he took a few steps back, almost not falling to the ground.
Where does this breath of retribution come from? I can't even suppress the golden light of merit!
If this continues, Mrs. Qiu will not die well!
Zhang Xuan has never seen anyone who can be entangled in such a strong force of cause and effect, Qiu Lao Taijun's face is originally a dead person, all relying on the merits of the Heavenly Monarch to prolong life, but longevity is only longevity, and there is always a time when the body runs out of essence and blood, which is what people often say The limit has come.
Old Taijun Qiu's deadline should have arrived when he was assassinated last year, and I don't know why it has lasted for a long time, but until now, it has indeed reached the verge of running out of oil and drying up.
Later, the border was in an emergency, and Zhang Xuan had an epiphany that the reason why the Heavenly Monarch did not leave was to suppress the luck of the frontier, and the imperial court now still needs Li Guogong, the secretary of the military department, so even if it is a crippled body, the Heavenly Monarch has to hold on.
When Zhang Xuan and his senior brothers and sisters thought of the sacrifice of this heavenly monarch, they were often in awe, and regarded her as a model of heaven and man, and they couldn't wait to listen to the teachings by her side every day.
Heaven and man are painless and disaster-free, but cause and effect, void and pure. If you are attached to an old and sick old woman today, it is just that, and now you can't bathe and change clothes by yourself, and you are not good at walking, and you will even have stiffness when you speak, how helpless and humiliating it will be, Zhang Xuan will be heartbroken as long as he thinks about it.
The merits of the Heavenly Monarch would have guaranteed that even if she had successfully retired, she would have died peacefully. Just like last year, when the deadline was approaching, if you fell that way, you must be completely painless and unconscious.
But now that the black gas is riddled with black energy, how the Heavenly Monarch will get out of it, Zhang Xuan can't be sure.
Gu Qing was still holding his forehead, thinking that his brain was confused, Zhang Xuan rushed to the front in a few steps, hugging Gu Qing's thighs and crying like rain.
"Old lady, old lady sacrificed like this...... It's our incompetence that we've tired you! Zhang Xuan was shocked and shocked the people in the room.
What is sacrifice? What is involvement?
The Taoist is talking nonsense again.
Only Gu Qing was shocked, and looked at Zhang Xuan with suspicious eyes.
What did he see?
Did he know that he had made a sacrifice?
"If the old lady couldn't afford it last year, he doesn't have to suffer so many sins now. But now that the north is in turmoil, and the people are displaced, you can't even go, woo hoo lament, Xiao Dao thought of the old lady's current situation...... "Zhang Xuan was out of breath crying, so Gu Qing couldn't help but reach out and pat him on the shoulder.
"You...... You know I'm ......"
Traversal?
Zhang Xuan nodded with tears on his face.
"I know."
I know that you are the king of heaven who has descended to earth to save the suffering.
"I am a descendant of Longhu Mountain, and I have opened my eyes since I was a child, and I can see clearly the scenes that do not belong to the world."
"You all go down!" Gu Qing pointed to the door. "Mama Flowers. I have something to talk about with Daochang Zhang, so I bother you to take your subordinates out of the city, and keep the door, no one is allowed to come in, including Ming'er and Rui'er! ”
Mama Hua and the people in the room were shocked and suspicious from the beginning of Zhang Xuan's gaffe, and some people even thought that Zhang Xuan was some lost relative of Mrs. Qiu, or that there was some terrible identity that was known by Zhang Daochang.
Adhering to the theorem of knowing the Tao of many deaths, a group of subordinates retreated very quickly, lest they stay longer and be suspected by the two.
Gu Qing trembled her lower lip and couldn't help asking:
"You...... Do you know my troubles? ”
Zhang Xuan wiped his tears, knelt on the ground, and bowed to the ground in front of Mrs. Qiu.
"You must have been peaceful and joyful before, living a peaceful life in the upper realm that we cannot imagine here. Human nature is ugly, the world is miserable, you are a newcomer, and you are an old woman, and you are uncomfortable, naturally it is conceivable. But it is a matter of human life, you have to work hard to support, and you must be extremely depressed in your heart. ”
As soon as Zhang Xuan's words were finished, Gu Qing's tears fell suddenly.
No one can stand to die of old age. No one can stand to see themselves die like the walking dead.
Even if she is an old lady, she has money and nowhere to go, and it is difficult to move an inch with her feet, so she is trapped in the back house all day long, looking at this acre and three points of land to live. The grandchildren are naturally happy when they are there, but as the grandchildren grow up, she is like what modern people call the "empty nester".
With this problem, the imperial doctor said that she would probably not be able to sleep one day, or that she would not be able to move her tongue when she slept.
Could it be that God sent her here to torture her?
"I'm really depressed." Gu Qing wiped away her tears with the back of her hand. "But what makes me even more depressed is that I feel that it is pointless for me to insist so much."
"Why is the old lady so thin! This letter is full of mansions, which one of them was not saved by you? Think about the victims in Xicheng, think about why we want to go down to the south of the Yangtze River, think about why Li Guogong is going to the front line now, and think about the people in the world who have benefited because of you! ”
Zhang Xuan doesn't know that heaven and man will also be confused, maybe this is the heart calamity? He could only try his best to explain her.
"Maybe we are just insignificant illusions, and we are tribulations that do not exist in your eyes, but for us ordinary people, isn't it a great significance that your many unintentional actions have changed our lives, and are about to continue to change?"
Maybe we are all fake, maybe it is the parallel world in your eyes, but for us, we are also flesh and blood people, some of the things you have done, maybe not deliberately, but it has changed the trajectory of history in this parallel world, and it will continue to change, isn't this a greater significance? ’
Just as Zhang Xuan often made up Gu Qing's words, now Gu Qing also made up what Zhang Xuan said.
"The way of heaven goes back and forth, and there has never been a time when there is no man who can go against the sky, but you have changed with the body of an old woman. Xiaodao doesn't know how many celestial beings like you have been in this world throughout the ages, but even if you just move your heart to save people, you have great compassion. Isn't this the luck of our world? Maybe you have suffered a lot now, but when you get out of your body and return to your world, you will be happy to see how many good karma you have made, right? ”
The way of heaven is ruthless, and the immortals need to cut off the seven emotions and six desires, but such a compassionate and compassionate person as the Heavenly Monarch, even in the immortals, it should be rare, this is the blessing of the nether, the blessing of mortals.
'I don't know how many parallel worlds there are, but I haven't seen anyone who can turn history around with the strength of one person, but when you put it in the body of an old lady, it changes a lot of things. I don't know how many people in the road have traveled through time and space like you, but even if they only move the good idea of saving people in the process, they are people with great compassion. Maybe you've suffered a lot now, but when you go back to your world......
Wait, can you wear it back?
"Hey, you mean, can I go back?" Gu Qing was overjoyed, and even the sadness on his face was gone, and he stared at Zhang Xuan with blinking eyes.
It turns out that Tianjun is worried that he has not completed his mission and will not be able to return to the heavenly realm?
Didn't the Heavenly Monarch come down to experience calamities, but made mistakes and was demoted to the lower realm? Ouch is so irritable, I don't dare to ask more, for fear of accidentally letting the Heavenly Monarch reveal the heavenly secret and be punished by God!
Zhang Xuan thought that he knew the reason why Gu Qing was sad, and couldn't help but comfort: "Xiaodao doesn't know what the heavens of Lu Dao sent you to possess Old Taijun Qiu for, but when you are successful and retired, you will return to where you came." When you get out of your mind, Xiaodao must be by your side to see you off. ”
'So I could go back.' Gu Qing muttered to herself in a low voice, as if some kind of boulder that had been oppressing her in her heart was violently removed, and even the fear of dying dissipated a lot.
It turns out that it's the same as playing a game, I've opened a lot of endings, and when I clear the level, I'm going back! Gu Qing pressed his chest.
In this case, she is afraid of hair!
Gu Qing thought of another possibility, squinted and asked Zhang Xuan:
"You said that the way of heaven is reciprocating, and manpower cannot be reversed against the sky, has your heavenly eye seen that I have gone against the sky?"
"Exactly. Li Dagongzi, Li Xiaogongzi, Li Guogong, and most of the subordinates in the mansion are all the faces of dead people. But because of your intervention, now you have opened up a new destiny and become a person protected by the Heavenly Dao. Zhang Xuan replied to Gu Qing affirmatively, "With just a few hundred lives in this mansion, you are worthy of bowing down!" ”
"That's ......" Gu Qing blinked.
But nothing happened to her, which shows that there is no big problem for this parallel time and space to be changed by her.
Maybe the retribution has already been retributed to her, and she will be sick like this.
No, she is gradually getting sick, which is in line with the old man's physical condition and the development of the disease, not retribution.
That said, she doesn't have to be so careful?
"Then trouble Daochang Zhang to sweep the eye of heaven again and see how long I can live?"
Gu Qing had no burden at all to use Zhang Xuan's Tianyan as an X-ray.
Zhang Xuan didn't tell Mrs. Qiu that it took a lot of effort to open her eyes, and she looked at her again without saying anything.
The black gas is swirling like this, and it can't last for a hundred days.
"You...... I'm afraid I still have a 100-day life. Now you have bad luck, and I'm afraid you're in some pain when you get out of your body. Xiaodao will ask Senior Brother Kou to prepare the mandala flower milk, so that you can be more comfortable at that time. ”
Yo, anesthetics, euthanasia are all ready!
Then what is she afraid of!
When she was half-paralyzed, she asked her to feed her medicine, and she simply fell asleep!
The most fearful things in Gu Qing's heart have been resolved, and it really depends on how Zhang Xuan looks at it.
How did you think he was a literary young man with some brain problems!
He's a very nice person!
"Then there is the chief of the road. As you said, I deserved to die, and there is nothing to be sad about. In the next 100 days, I will make my life more meaningful, and I will no longer be afraid and worried. Gu Qing smiled at Zhang Xuan. Since I only have a 100-day lifespan, then in the last month, I will trouble you to live in my courtyard and give me the last ride. ”
"Yes." Zhang Xuan felt a little sad and a little excited, "Xiaodao will draw your soul and send you back to heaven." ”
Gu Qing was in a good mood, but his spirit began to deteriorate again.
Lately, she barely woke up for hours before she fell asleep. And every time I wake up, my body is tired, and I don't look like a person who has been asleep for a long time.
Zhang Xuan saw that Tianjun was unwell, and said goodbye very brightly.
When he left the house, he saw Mama Hua and the two teenagers standing at the door, with a worried face.
Zhang Xuan didn't say anything, just smiled faintly and arched his hand to a few people.
"Is Grandma in a better mood now?" Li Ming tilted his head and asked Zhang Xuan, "What did you say to grandma?" ”
"The old lady was just trapped by herself, and now that her heart has been opened, her mood is naturally much better."
Zhang Xuan likes Li Ming very much, he has a clear mind, in fact, he is very suitable for cultivation, but as the concubine of the princess, he wants to inherit the title in the future, and he has long broken off his mind to lead him into the Tao.
Li Rui and Li Ming were overjoyed when they heard Zhang Xuan's words, and Li Ming even pulled Li Rui directly into the house, shouting grandma incessantly.
Mama Hua also showed a pleased smile, and politely led Zhang Xuan out of the hall in person.
When he was out of the second gate of the Cloud Courtyard, Zhang Xuan occasionally met the Duchess of the Xinguo Mansion.
At this time, Fang's family was surrounded by a group of girls and mothers-in-law to Zhiyun Courtyard, and the girl Wen Xiu next to her was holding her little daughter Li Mei in her arms.
Zhang Xuan hurriedly turned around to avoid it, and felt that this little girl's "qi" was different from everyone else, so he took a few more looks.
Seeing these mothers-in-law making such a fuss, Mama Hua was also a little unbearable on her face, but Fang Shi frowned and interrupted her mother-in-law's shouting and let Zhang Xuan pass first.
Zhang Xuan lowered his head, but secretly opened his eyes again.
This look frightened him and quickly lowered his head, and he didn't dare to look at it anymore.
Behind the girl, there are colorful colors, and the eight winds are ringing, which is the image of a phoenix.
He never dared to watch the emperor with the eye of heaven, because the "weather" of the dragon and phoenix could not even look directly at his eye of heaven.
He didn't know if his master could see clearly, but he didn't practice enough, and he could only vaguely glimpse a scale and a half claw.
It's just that......
What is that somewhat vague aura behind the Duchess of the Kingdom?
Do mortals also have a heart calamity?
In the main house of the temple in Mokumoin.
Li Rui followed Li Ming into the house with some trepidation, thinking that even if his grandmother was in a good mood, she would not shout and ask for warmth as usual when she saw him.
Who knew that grandma was so sleepy that she couldn't open her eyes, but she still called him in front of her, patted his hand and said with an apologetic face:
"Grandma has been sick these days, she is already sick and confused, she was so moody with you before, it was grandma's, don't take it to heart. Grandma is going to die, and she is scared, because she was awakened by you before, so she is angry with you, and she always thinks that it will be good to fall and die at that time. ”
As soon as Li Rui heard what Gu Qing said, he immediately knelt on his knees, fell on her knees and swallowed speechlessly.
He felt something hot coming up from his throat and choked. It turned out that the truth was so simple, so simple that he couldn't bear it.
Will my grandmother, who is always smiling and facing the world, be afraid? Scared to the point of losing your mind?
Li Ming stood aside in a daze, and the tears that flowed down his cheeks were now flowing down his cheeks. He felt tears dripping from his chin, and then he swallowed a mouthful of saliva that let it flow into his choked throat.
"But now Grandma isn't afraid. Zhang Daochang is right, as long as you do something meaningful while you are alive, you will die the next moment, and it cannot be regarded as a vain death. Zhang Daochang said that I still have 100 days to live, and I have to do more meaningful things in the remaining three months. ”
Gu Qing looked at the two children and showed an unfathomable smile.
"You don't have to go to school for three months. When I'm awake, come and listen to my story. ”
"And your friends, Qi Shao, Wan Ning, and Zhao Yanni...... Even Zhang Suyi, before I die, I will see him. ”
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Small Theatre:
Gu Qing was still holding his forehead, thinking that his brain was confused, Zhang Xuan rushed to the front in a few steps, hugging Gu Qing's thighs and crying like rain.
Gu Qing: ...... It's a shame to be hugged on your thighs or something.