Chapter 348: Sword of Alexander the Great (1)
"You used to hold the Electric Falcon hostage, didn't you talk to him?" I asked.
Sun Yueniang shook her head and did not answer.
Her gaze was so deep that I couldn't fathom her mind.
"It's up to you to settle this matter. I believe that you are a wise man who can take on great things, and the rise and continuation of every era are supported by one or more outstanding wise men. The other mediocre are but ants under the feet of the wise. She said.
I'm not an eventful person, there must have been a lot of things that happened to her, but they are all history and don't need to be mentioned.
"I'll do my best to persuade Joyna." I don't want to say more.
The big event is coming, the boastful talker has lost the stage, and only those who do things in a down-to-earth way can truly stand up to the sky and become the pillars of the world.
After that, we didn't speak again, just sat silently.
I think of Electric Falcon, Miyankov, Lady Ice, Gabov and others, if it goes well, Electric Falcon and Miyankov should have returned to the barracks as soon as possible after evacuating Cheka Town and meeting Lady Ice. There, they are relatively safe. Since Lady Ice sent Joyna to carry a miniature nucleus to eject the horse, she was naturally prepared for a big explosion.
"Super spies are really ruthlessβ" I sighed, but also regretted a little.
In the face of a great spy like Lady Ice, I shouldn't lose my vigilance.
As the third head of a great power, she has thousands of wise and brave men under her command, but she just asks for help from me, which in itself is a bit strange, because she can send too many people, each of whom is more loyal than me, more willing to sacrifice himself, and more willing to become a national hero under the banner of the great northern powers, sending them is definitely more reassuring to Madame Bing than sending me out.
I didn't think it through, and I made too many unforgivable mistakes by allowing Joyna to go with her.
Tracing back to the source, I attached too much importance to the illusion that appeared on the ancient stage, and connected the clues here with the Mogao Grottoes, thinking that Gu Tingcheng was also entangled. This is my selfishness, and I refuse to let go of any clues to find Gu Qingcheng, even if it is a glimmer of hope that is extremely slim.
I'm not a sage, and of course I have selfish intentions.
Since they have selfish intentions, they will be taken advantage of and put in a dilemma.
"I'm not a selfish person." Ri Yueniang said to herself, "In the heyday of the country, I handed over the power to others and retreated alone. I don't want a country, but an ideal, a real ideal, just like it-"
Sun Moon Niang pointed to the giant statue in the relief, and her eyes became deeper and deeper, like two thousand-year-old ancient pools.
History records that she built the colossus to show her strength and make a name for eternity, but this claim is not credible. Many famous historical figures have tried to use this method to leave a name in history, such as Qin Shi Huang Taishan Feng Chan, the two Han Dynasty monks Linjiang carved Buddha, the Jin Dynasty calligrapher Ling Feng Leshi, the Tang and Song Dynasty rich man Wan Jin Qi Lou, the Ming Dynasty great writer Jiangnan Library Building...... Some things have indeed remained, but most of them have decayed over time and have been lost to the tide of history.
The day the colossus of Tongtian was built was already doomed to collapse, and when the empress returned power to Li Tang, the fate of the colossus can be imagined. After the new emperor ascended the throne, as long as he saw the Colossus, he must think of the humiliating history of "falling from power" in the past. Therefore, the construction of the Colossus is "inviting trouble", not "blessing".
Seeing the reliefs in this hall, I can understand that the role of the Colossus of Tongtian is not "to show off and leave a name" as the historian thinks, but to have another deep meaning.
"It's a floating slaughter that leads to heaven - if you want to reach heaven, you have to have it?" I asked.
Actually, I already have the answer in my mind. As in the "Tower of Babel" mentioned in the Bible, human beings must transcend racial boundaries and ascend from personality to Godhead through such extreme situations. In the West, that tool is the Tower of Babel; In the East, it is called "Tongtian Futu".
The empress successfully built the ladder to heaven, and she successfully reached the sky and reached another realm.
The women who admired her and learned from her did not understand this layer, but only knew how to control totalitarianism, poverty and luxury, and live a life of drunken dreams and death. In the end, he can only be born, old, sick and die like mortals, and then lie in the grave and decay into ashes.
"You've made it, congratulations, congratulations." I say it from the bottom of my heart.
Sun Moon Niang shook her head: "I didn't succeed, just like we went upstairs." Comparatively speaking, people who climb the second floor are more successful than those who stand downstairs, but above the second floor, there are three, ten, hundred, and even countless levels. I was lucky enough to go upstairs, thinking that I had gotten rid of the greed and pain of the world, but instead fell into more endless desires. I'm tired of being here, but I'm fortunate to have come across a sword of wisdom that can help me cut through the cobwebs that puzzle me. β
I believe she is telling the truth.
Human desires can never be stopped, as long as there is a human form and a human heart, it will always be difficult to quench the desire. Okay, strive for better; High, strive for higher...... If the human heart is unbalanced, it will never know where it should stop.
Sun Yueniang used the analogy of "climbing the stairs" to illustrate the predicament she is currently facing.
The Bible records that the people of the earth worked together to build the Tower of Babel to lead to heaven so that all people could live happily in heaven. As a result, the heavens worried that these people had their own languages, and they could not communicate with each other, so they could not cooperate smoothly, and finally abandoned the plan to build the tower.
Today, the strife of various countries is exactly what happened after the fall of the Tower of Babel. When the six billion people on the earth are gearing up and filled with righteous indignation for their own land, they have long forgotten the reality that "the people of the earth are ants at the feet of the gods", and only care about internal strife and do not seek development.
"At least you've broken through yourself, more than six billion people." I say.
"It's pointless, it's just 50 steps and a hundred steps. I invite you here to quell the war, so that all bridges and roads will return to their own well, and no more wars and killings for the borders of the earth's surface. Sun Moon Niang said.
"You can easily hold the electric falcon hostage, and of course you can coerce him to bow his head and agree. That's the simplest, most straightforward way to do that than to bring me here. I said.
Sun Yueniang smiled: "Yes, it can indeed be done, but what I want is a united, peaceful, tranquil, and stable world, where there can be no oppression and resistance, and there can be no change of order and mutual suspicion." Only you can unite all the forces together. Don't be modest, capable people don't make unnecessary concessions, don't they? β
I thought about it for a moment, nodded and replied, "I'll solve Joyna's troubles first, and then go back to the Electric Falcon to solve the troubles between the northern powers and the Wandering Ghost Country." After all this, solve the troubles of the Arctic Circle. β
These things can be done, and only then can the situation in the Arctic Circle be stabilized.
The actions of the northern powers to disturb the permafrost must be stopped, and this is a major event related to the operation of the earth and the reproduction of mankind, and belongs to the interests of all mankind, and it is absolutely not up to any one head of state to decide.
It is a pity that since the day of its establishment, this organization has had fatal flaws of money, power, responsibility, and unclear affiliation, and it cannot make its own blood, and must rely on the contributions paid by various countries to maintain its operation, which will inevitably lead to the phenomenon of "eating people with short mouths and taking short hands", and eventually degenerate into a chicken rib organization left and right by several Western countries.
"You need that sword of wisdom." Sun Moon Niang said, "Please wait. β
She gave her a light high-five, and Zoya walked in, holding a two-foot-long sword with a white scabbard and white hilt in both hands.
Riyue Niang took the sword, held it in both hands, and sent it to me.
"This is the sword with which Alexander the Great cut the dead knot." She said.
I stretched out my hands to pick it up, but it was empty. The sword disappeared out of thin air, neither in my hand nor in the hand of Sun Moon Niang.
"What's going on?" I asked.
Sun Yueniang smiled and explained: "Legend has it that Alexander the Great used his sword to cut off the dead knot that everyone could not untie. If both 'dead knots' and 'swords' are metaphors, then it is very easy to understand that Alexander the Great did not have a 'sword' and there is no 'dead knot' in the world, and the original meaning of that legend is nothing more than that Alexander the Great solved a man's problems. What exactly is the problem? That's how wisdom is delivered. Now, the sword is in your eyes, and it can help you overcome obstacles and obstacles. β
I couldn't help frowning, Sun Moon Niang said more and more mysterious, but she cut it first and then didn't tell me what was going to happen in advance.
Zoya came over with a mirror and held it gently in front of me.
I saw my own eyes, and between them there was indeed a miniature white sword, like a cat's eye at noon.
"Thank you." I smiled wryly and thanked him.
"Go ahead, go fix the trouble Joyner has caused. As long as you have faith, you will succeed. Sun Moon Niang said.
I have so much to ask the other person, after all, it is very difficult to encounter such an extreme situation, and the opportunity is too rare. So many things have happened in the long history, and the life of the empress recorded in history has long been a legend among legends, not to mention that her departure from Tongtian Futu is simply a continuation of the legend.
Such a person is an example for all to follow.
She didn't want to say, and I didn't ask more, nodded slightly, and exited the room with Zoya.
"I've been watching Joyna, and since you came out, she's sat still, like she was petrified." Zoya reports.
It took me a lot of effort to break free from my trance and erase all the confusion caused by Sun Moon Niang.
"Keep watching." I say.
"Time...... Time flies, and the situation will soon spiral out of control. Zoya said uneasily.
"Sun Moon Niang is not worried, what are you worried about?" I asked.
When facing Sun Moon Niang, I was never able to find her psychological flaws, as if I was talking to a huge iceberg. That kind of conversation is very inefficient, because we can only talk about what she wants to talk about, not about the two sides expressing their opinions to reach a workable outcome.
"Yes, Sun Moon Niang is not worried, what are we worried about as little people in the Wandering Ghost Country?" Zoya smiled wryly.
I know that in any kind of country, system, and environment, the roles will be divided into three, six, nine, and so on, and it cannot be exactly the same. Even among the gods and heavens, the gods are different from each other. Like Zoya, her status is definitely not comparable to that of Sun Moon Niang.
"What will happen here once a nuclear bomb explodes? I asked.
"There is no longer any place here, neither I nor the Earth King nor I exist. However, it is obvious that the Sun Moon Lady will live forever. She has always been able to escape the catastrophe, never die, and live forever. Mr. Long, stop gossiping, let's try to persuade your friend not to destroy everything, but to leave a way for this world to live, right? Zoya said.
We walked to the door of Joyna's room, and Zoya stopped, opened the door for me, and silently made a "please come in" motion.
Joyna remained in the sitting position I had left, her eyes staring blankly ahead, her body motionless. If it weren't for the fact that her eyes were still blinking and her chest was still heaving, she would have really become a sculpture.
I walked in, and Zoya dutifully closed the door again.
"Joyna, I'm back, if there's anything you want to say, just say it." I sat down slowly.
I have to give her a chance to express her thoughts freely, which is only a fair and reasonable thing to do.
"I think about it a lot, I think about my childhood, I think about my family. In this life, the most important thing is family affection. I didn't have to get involved in this war, but I was very meritorious, and Mrs. Ice offered too generous conditions, so I couldn't resist the temptation, so I could only go out and put myself in the embarrassing situation of not being able to live or die. This is what I brought on myself, and I can't blame anyone else. I've thought about it just now...... I should have already thought about it, I must die, complete the mission assigned by Madame Ice, and save my family. I'm sorry Mr. Long, before I die, I can only do so much, please forgive me for being selfish...... I've read the materials of the temple and I can't bear to be imprisoned there in that way, it's definitely better to live than to die...... This is my final decision, to say goodbye to Mr. Long. Joyna said.
This decision is very cruel, one move is a win or loser, and I can't turn the tables.
"Very good decision, I support you." I say.
She begged to die at Lady Ice's orders to detonate it in order to save her family instead of herself. I'm an orphan, but I'm still deeply moved by Joyna's decision.
If a person does not love his family, then all his feelings are hypocritical, and they have not been carefully thought out and tested by the years, and they have no power and no value.