Chapter 5: The Land of Nothingness
The affairs of the southern kingdom are more complicated than they imagined.
Previously it was just hearsay. The battles that have been tossed in the past ten years have indeed left a deep impression on everyone's hearts. Even children born over the years have grown up and remember more or less a little. There are many versions of the story according to rumors, and those stories that are either carefree or dangerous have become people's after-dinner pastimes. In fact, what the imperial court can determine is only up to the part of "no news", which is really thin and has nothing to do. There are also some bizarre conspiracy theories, most of which are untenable. In the end, the people who still live on this land only occasionally hear that a big man or a well-known person in the rivers and lakes has disappeared and may have gone to sea, and they have a somewhat empty feeling.
One day after that, a strange rumor spread everywhere.
"None of the people who went came came back β what if they didn't want to come back? It must be the Land of Bliss. β
"The Nine Heavens Kingdom is a pure land, a mirage, and a paradise."
"Dogs and horses, money and beauty, what do you want. No calamity exists from the beginning, and any wish can be granted. It is a fairyland on earth, a kingdom of heaven. β
"People don't need to plow the fields, they don't need to gain fame. Birth, old age, sickness and death, joys and sorrows, joys and sorrows, all of which are meaningless in this place. There is only eternal peace, silence, where people know everything and have everything. All sins will be forgiven and all suffering will be erased. β
Until Shui Wujun told them that there were six impermanences visiting there to find out. Since then, there has been no news.
"Ah, this ......" Qi Huan felt weird, "Isn't the six realms of impermanence going and not coming back?" Is it that fun? β
"If that's the case, not only do I not care about my father's business, but I also suggest you go and check it out." Bai Ya sneered, "Maybe you can find true happiness." I don't expect you to share the same feelings with others, but I can also give you a taste of what freedom is like. I see that you have been under the hands of the Yama demon for a long time, and everyone is stupid. β
"Uh, you're polite, what's the matter...... Qi Huan lowered his voice, "It's no good to offend impermanence." β
Shui Wujun didn't seem to hear them, and didn't care about their words. He just continued:
"We couldn't get in touch with people inside the southern country, and neither could our colleagues, and Huang Quanling's voice was intercepted. We have no way of knowing what happened. β
"This ......"
The two were silent for a while. In the final analysis, those miraculous rumors are just groundless, and the world speculates and has no reference value. This description over-glorifies the mystery of the disappearance of the Nine Heavens, and is more like a beautiful story woven by the poor people who have lost their loved ones than an explanation, and it is just some hope to talk about comfort.
"Why can't you get in touch?" Bai Ya asked, "Isn't it a ...... between you And Yama, you-"
"Not even the grown-in could see everything thereβhe could."
After Shui Wujun finished speaking, there was a brief silence. Some of them could not understand the meaning of this sentence, but vaguely felt that it was an extremely heavy and ominous message.
After holding it for a long time, Qi Huan asked rhetorically: "Can't you see?" β
"Definitely. In that place, there was an unusually powerful enchantment. This barrier was born suddenly overnight, silently. After its appearance, the people of the two countries continued to live as usual, but the estrangement has arisen. That barrier hid the entire 'Nine Heavens' like a blank piece of paper. Nothing that happens in it can be observed from the outside. So, after careful consideration with the adult, we decided to investigate from the inside. But the situation is also clear - even if the results can be obtained, they cannot be fed back to the outside world. We still don't know anything about it. β
Although they are both young, they know more or less the ins and outs. They knew very well what that meant: an unknown, powerful force was born from the Biluo Islands, from the outside or from within, but it did appear. This power builds an impregnable and impermeable fortress.
"What is it protecting?" Qi Huan said to himself, "What is there in the south that is worth protecting?" β
Shui Wujun said: "Maybe it's 'them'." It was a very abrupt and unbelievably strong force, and it was probably something that came from many forces suddenly united and constructed. β
"They'......" Bai Ya pinched the bridge of his nose, "since it's a group, how could the Yama Demon not be aware of it beforehand?" β
"Maybe they're stealthy, or they're taking cover, and they're not being noticed. Even if it was a secret room conversation between people, it was impossible for the adult to listen to every word. Before the enchantment was formed, they were probably very small parts. β
"That's your negligence and dereliction of duty." Bai Ya was unceremonious.
"We can admit it. After all, there are still a few people left before the 'Yellow Springs December' that the adult wants to build. It's really hard to rely on that Lord and a few of the six realms of impermanence to do thisβ"
"Damn, it's enough to have you with one dead brain, and a whole twelve."
"Uh, I don't think it's good to talk about them like that......"
It really doesn't make sense to just dry the mouthpiece. But thinking about this matter as a whole, it makes them feel a little empty. Bai Ya was also silent for a while, and then said hesitantly:
"Maybe not protection."
"It's possible." Shui Wujun replied, "There are only two possibilities for building an enchantment: not letting the outside come in, and not letting the inside out. The former, relatively speaking, does seem to be protecting. The rigid barrier is like a barrier that separates people from life; Flexible, something like this...... There is no return. β
"What about the latter?" Bai Ya pondered, "Don't let the people inside out, do the southerners know some secret of this power, or the secret technique that can be used for this power?" Or, on the contrary, to frame something dangerous and not to threaten the peace of the outside world...... Can you be so kind? β
"Whether it's good or evil, we can't tell." As he spoke, Qi Huan picked up the cup and moistened his throat.
ββ¦β¦ It can be asserted that it is evil. β
"Basic? There is, there is no, there is not, where there are so many roundabout gaps. β
"Because they're in ...... Trying to lure something from the outside world in. β
"Seduction?" The two spoke in unison.
Shui Wujun seems to be organizing language. He wasn't very good at talking, and he had to explain things more seriously. He thought for a moment, dipped his hand in a cup of tea, and drew a circle on the table.
"Because there's a strange rumor coming out there." As he spoke, after the circle was sealed, he pulled out a trail, "They create a scene of a fairyland on earth, and trick people from the outside into it in a steady stream." Up to now, the only people that the imperial court can recruit are the folk righteous people. There's so much to be unclear about. β
"Are you saying that the rumors were released from the Nine Heavens Kingdom, and not from the imagination of our people here?"
"When someone close to me goes missing, people will only feel panic and fear."
That's right.
"." Bai Ya scolded again, "Lao Tzu knows that there is a problem inside." Isn't it clear enough to be called in?! β
Qi Huan saw that he was very angry, but he didn't understand.
"You mean?"
"People are consumables."
Hiss......
These words came out of Shui Wujun's mouth, which did not have any tone or expression fluctuations, and there was an amazing coldness. His words were so plain that they seemed to tell something prosaic. Qi Huan somewhat understood why Bai Ya had such a big opinion about him.
"The southern country is such a big place!" Bai Ya kept tapping the table with his fingers, shaking the water circle and spreading a little, "It is said that it is 300,000, and the imperial court has thrown more than a million into it!" It's just that I'm afraid that the vassal states and the people will shout, and they will throw it quietly, and there will be no splash at all! They have no subsidies, they have no reputation, they think they are serving their country! β
Qi Huan didn't know where Bai Ya heard thisβprobably his father. If these words were true, they would be outrageous. No wonder the imperial court has been conscripting troops, but there is no battle to fight. Sometimes the imperial court forcibly conscripted the soldiers and horses of the princes, which naturally aroused dissatisfaction. More and more contradictions and frictions have arisen, and they are constantly intensifying and expanding.
But throughout, the order to close customs was never issued. Because the court knows that this is tantamount to slapping itself in the face. Now, soon the knife will be handed to the hands of those princes and heroes?
Face, power, face, power......
Bai Ya's life is the most disgusting set of naΓ―ve and vulgar deeds. It is a big country, and it is still full of child's play.
The rights and interests of the people of Dawn are constantly being squeezed and encroached, but they do not know it and are helpless.
Ridiculous.
"We asked you to go there to see what is going on, also with you and your father ......"
"Shut up." Bai Ya cocked Erlang's legs, "Lao Tzu is most annoying for you to talk about your feelings." To put it bluntly, okay? The order of the imperial court made people go into trouble, and they continued to send people to death; If something happens to you impermanence, you send people to die. β
"That's just one aspect."
"Alright, alright, alright." Bai Ya waved his hand impatiently.
Oh, I see. Qi Huan understood. Let's just say, where does anyone really believe those nonsense, or go to an inexplicable place for no reason. It turned out that it was not only because of the family, but also because of the impermanence of the arrangement.
"Well, there are some things I don't know if I should say," Qi Huan said slowly, ...... said.
"Since it's not appropriate to talk about it, don't talk about it."
"Y-I'm speaking for you!" Qi Huan glared at him, and turned to look at Shui Wujun, "You haven't said it yet, about his father...... Bai Ye's situation, what is going on? β
Shui Wujun looked at Bai Ya, who still didn't look at him. He said blandly:
"It's not like you're dying. In the prison, your father refused to leave with me...... For he heard the guards frightening them and wanted to exile them to the sea to feed the fish. He knew that they would go to the Kingdom of the Nine Heavens. β
"Does he want to go?"
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