Shendu, the official name of Luoyang in the Tang Dynasty, means 'the capital of the land of China', the capital of the Tang and Wu Zhou empires, and the political, economic and cultural center of the land of China and even the world.

In the first year of Tang Ruizong's Guangzhai, Empress Wu came to the dynasty and changed the eastern capital to the 'divine capital'.

In the first year of Tianzhu, Wu Zetian proclaimed himself emperor, and under the petition of more than 60,000 people, including hundreds of officials, royal families, kings of various countries, Shamen Taoist priests and people near and far, Tang Dynasty was changed to Zhou, and the capital was set as the capital of God. Four years later, the kings of the world established the 'Great Zhou Dynasty and All Nations Praise and Virtue Heavenly Hub', which symbolized the center of the world.

In the same year, auspicious rain descended from heaven, and the phoenix divine bird circled the god capital several times, and the sound of chirping was endless for several days......

After that, Luoyang developed rapidly, and a huge city soon developed into the Great Zhou (Da Tang?). One of the most prosperous and glorious cities, and none of them.

It is mainly divided into Miyagi, Imperial City, Waiguo City and Shangyang Palace, Shendu Garden, etc., with a total of one hundred and nine squares in three cities, nearly 200,000 households, and a population of 1.2 million!

And it is also designed according to the concept of the unity of heaven and man, leading Luo water through the capital, symbolizing the Milky Way in the sky; With the imperial palace Ziwei City as the core, it symbolizes the Ziwei Palace, the residence of the Emperor of Heaven, and the imperial power of the female emperor.

That Ziwei Palace is amazing, it is extremely grandiose, covers a huge area, and has the reputation of 'Palace of Ten Thousand Palaces'!

There is no doubt that the palace is the pinnacle of palace architecture in the world today, even outside the city, more than ten miles away, you can clearly see its burly shadow in the distance.

At this time, outside the majestic huge city that lay across the earth, in a mountaintop garden not far from the Shendu Luoyang City, a little cardamom lady who looked to be only thirteen or fourteen years old was looking curiously at the huge city in the distance, while trying to hold a stone lock that was completely incommensurate with her size, and only wearing a relatively thin silk suit in the snow of this courtyard.

Next to her, under the eaves, was a woman in palace clothes who looked older.

Unlike the little lady who was training with a stone lock in the snow, she was holding her arm and standing by the stove under the eaves with a straight face, just watching the young girl keep lifting and lowering the stone lock in the snow with cold eyes.

However, if you look closely, you will find that her eyes are slightly distracted at this time, and her vision is also divergent, as if she is thinking about something, so that she has not been locked on the little lady who is holding the stone lock high.

Long......

Bang!!

In the courtyard, with the sound of the stone lock falling to the ground, the little lady who was already sweating slightly in this cold weather at this time, her delicate and somewhat baby-round little face also turned red, and she was constantly exhaling white air in her mouth and nose at this time, as if relieved, clapped her hands and looked at the woman in palace clothes.

"Senior sister!"

"According to what you said, it's a hundred and eight strokes, not a little less, and people have just played it!"

"Huh?"

"Already done?"

Hearing the little girl's words, the woman in the palace dress came back to her senses for a long time, then looked at the footprints on the snow, and then looked at the stone lock.

"Good!"

found that the other party was indeed not lazy, and the woman in the palace costume bowed her head slightly with satisfaction, which was considered to be more satisfied with the other party's training process today.

“！！”

"Then senior sister, can I go take a shower and eat now?"

Seeing the other party nodding, the little girl also showed a big smile like relief, and then she was ready to pack up and leave here.

"No!"

"It's not enough!"

"I want you to continue to lift one hundred and eight times, remember to move silently, and the pace can't be messy, just follow the footprints you stepped on, and don't deviate in the slightest!"

"When you're done, you'll go down and up the mountain five times with that stone lock!"

Unexpectedly, a few cold words from the palace woman, after the cardamom little lady heard it, made her instantly like a thunderbolt, and the whole person was not good.

“！？”

"Teacher, sister, ?!!"

"Didn't you just say ......"

The cardamom little lady just wanted to defend a few words, but she was so frightened by the eyes of the woman in the palace costume that she shuddered and immediately closed her mouth, and before she could finish it, she stubbornly held back.

"Humph!"

"What, little Nizi, didn't you hear what Senior Sister I just said?!"

"Ahh

"Heard, heard......"

"Now that you heard it, why don't you hurry up and do it?"

“……”

"Yes......"

"People just do it......"

Helplessly, seeing that her senior sister didn't even speak, the little cardamom lady with an aggrieved face had no choice but to flatten her mouth aggrievedly, turn her head and bend down again to grab the huge stone lock that weighed at least dozens or hundreds of pounds, and then according to the way she had just looked, while constantly throwing left and right, while walking back and forth in this huge courtyard full of snow at a certain pace.

Although she had to constantly lift and toss the stone locks from side to side, she didn't look too struggling, and her steps weren't messy in the slightest, and she could still walk impartially according to the footprints she had stepped on in the snow before.

Just this terrifying ability after careful consideration, it is estimated that there are few people in the entire Luoyang City who can do it.

But......

At this time, the woman in the palace costume didn't know why, but she didn't look too satisfied?

"Humph!"

"Xiao Nizi, I feel it, you're not convinced, are you?"

"Nope! No! ”

"Teacher, sister, sister dare not be unconvinced......"

'Aren't they lifting it now?' ’

The last sentence, the little lady only dared to read it in a whisper, as for whether it was heard by the palace sister behind her, she didn't know.

"Don't dare?"

"Is that unconvinced?"

“……”

However, in the face of her own sister's questioning, the little lady did not speak again, but continued to practice the strange steps and the homework of lifting the stone lock.

"Hey!"

"Senior sister, don't blame Senior Sister for being ruthless, you don't know, Shizun has also told Senior Sister and me before......"

She said...... In today's world, it is very difficult for us women to be recognized by others, especially those men! ”

"No matter how good and good you are, others, those men, only need to say, 'That's just a woman,' to negate all your efforts!"

"at home, that's a man's credit! To go out and hang out is to corrupt customs...... Standing high above the court and ruling the world with a curtain, then they will also say that it is the ...... of the chicken."

"Humph!"

"So, little junior sister, do you know?"

"They don't treat us women as human beings, if you want to become a human being, if you want to dominate yourself, you don't want to become a vassal of others, you don't want to become a dispensable item, then you have to be cruel to yourself, don't treat yourself as a woman, and don't treat those men as people!"

"Do you understand everything?"

After speaking, the palace woman's eyes suddenly changed, and when she looked into the courtyard, she became extremely ruthless, like a she-wolf.

“！！”

"My brother and I are not like that......

I heard it, but the little girl holding the stone lock muttered in a little disagreement, of course, her voice was much quieter than just now, as if she was afraid that the woman in the palace costume under the eaves behind her would hear it.

"Huh?"

"Little junior sister, what are you muttering there?"

“！！”

"Nope! Nothing! ”

"Didn't you?"

"Really, really, no!"

"Then you're not convinced? That's it, go up and down the mountain to 10 trips!! ”

"Teacher, teacher, sister?!!!"

"If you dare to complain for half a sentence, it will be changed to twenty times."

“！！”

"Teacher, sister! I didn't, I didn't complain!! ”

"Humph!"

"Senior sister, don't blame Senior Sister for being ruthless, you guy has so much potential, you can't waste it! Senior sister, this is also for your good, you will naturally understand in the future. ”

"Yes......"

'Abuse of others and say that it is good for others?' ’

Obviously, judging from the expression on her face, you can tell that the cardamom little lady doesn't really believe her senior sister's nonsense.

"I think at the beginning, senior sister, I have been trained by my master since I was five years old, as for you, ......"

"You're still a little too old, and although your talent is good, we were a little late when we visited you...... If you don't lay a good foundation now, if you don't force out all your potential and consolidate it, you will definitely not be able to learn it if you are afraid of Master's mastery! ”

"Did you hear everything?"

"Yes, I heard, I heard......"

"But Senior Sister!"

"Huh? What do you want to say? ”

"I ...... I've been practicing hard, but when can I go home? ”

"Oh? Go home? ”

"Hah! Little junior sister, isn't this your home, senior sister doesn't understand, where do you want to go back? ”

“……”

Call! Call!

"People are not talking about this home, people want to go back to their own homes!"

After taking two breaths, the cardamom girl turned her head and spoke carefully to her senior sister.

"But don't you have no family?"

"We've checked your family's household registration, your Lin family is all dead, and you're the only seedling left, where do you still have a home? Also, the food and costumes in the high-rise mansion compound here are not good, why do you want to go back to your broken mountain village to eat chaff and drink thin? ”

"But ......"

"People just want to go home......"

"Oh?"

"Little junior sister, is it difficult, do you have any relatives at home that you can't let go? If so, please be sure to tell your sister, and she will definitely have someone bring them to join you. ”

"But...... Limited to their heads? ”

"Humph......"

Sneering, the woman in the palace costume said the most vicious and cruel words that the little lady heard in that seemingly bland tone.

“！！”

"Teacher, sister! I don't, I don't have any relatives, I'm the only one left in my family who has died, really! ”

"I'm just ......"

"I just want to go back and see Grandpa Muramasa...... They took good care of me during those years...... Guys...... Took good care of me! ”

"So ......"

The little lady holding the stone lock continued to move forward, and said only resignedly, for fear that she would accidentally say something that would make the other party do something terrible.

"Muramasa?"

"Oh! Yes, I remember, that bad old man! ”

"Humph!"

"If it were him, you wouldn't have to go back!"

“！！”

"Why?"

"It's nothing, but I heard that it died of old age not long ago, and now the corpse is afraid that it will soon melt into the loess, right?"

"But little sister ......"

"Let's talk about it, who else is more worried about you, senior sister can call the shots and help you bring 'them' back to you, so that you can look at them every day?"

The woman in the palace costume squinted her eyes and said leisurely, and as for whether the person she brought back was complete, she didn't dare to guarantee it.

“！！”

"No, no! There really isn't any!! ”

"Really?"

"Really!!"

"Humph! Then you can continue to practice, and when you are done, you can quickly go to the hot spring to find me, and you can only go to eat after you have completed the meridians! ”

"Yes......"

While practicing, she watched the terrible senior sister leave, until the other party disappeared at the end of the corridor, and the little lady who was still honestly holding the stone lock in the courtyard sighed in frustration.

'What to do!' What to do? ’

'That's really ......'

He doesn't know how worried he is now, maybe he thinks they're dead, right? ’

'Woo......'

'Will he forget about other people, and then fall in love with other little ladies, right?' ’

'Surely, right?' ’

"That senior sister is so annoying, let the family go home and see what is the matter, it's so fierce all day long......

'Woo......'

"I shouldn't have gone with her then, and people aren't very afraid of that monster, and although the axe is useless, maybe I can really hammer it to death with my fists......

'It's been so long......

I wonder what he's doing now, brother? ’

Without people to bother him, is he ready to study well and then take the top exam? ’

‘！！ ’

'He-he's not going to think they're dead and fool around with other women, right? ’

"Oops, not good!"

He's like that, a bad guy!! ’

'Woo woo ......'

'What to do?' ’

'Senior sister doesn't allow people to go back to see, and if you ask someone to send a letter, you will definitely kill him, what should I do now?' ’

'Woo......'

'It's annoying!! ’

In this way, the little girl held the stone lock while taking advantage of the absence of her senior sister and muttered to herself what was on her mind.

As for the huge stone lock that flew in her hand, she had unconsciously ignored it completely, as if the thing she was lifting and tossing from side to side was just a fluttering foam or a plastic toy?