Chapter 8: Journey to the West 8
"The matter of you being caught by monsters in Gongzhou City has been spread in the demon world as early as possible, as long as you want to know about it, investigate it a little, and you will know, I asked Zhuyu to inquire about your whereabouts, I didn't expect you to come to Wusi Tibetan Country so soon."
It turns out that the appearance of Zhuyu is not accidental, it is approached with a destination.
For some reason, this realization made Tang Sanqing even more disappointed.
Tang Sanzang's identity as a reincarnation made her the object of plunder in the demon world.
Along the way, Sun Shengyin used his eyes and stick to repel many ill-intentioned monsters.
It turns out that there are also people in the human world who are full of intentions for her.
She couldn't help but look up in Zhuyu's direction, the teapot in his hand emitting smoke that swept his thin eyebrows and blurred the alienation that permeated him.
Tang Sanqing retracted his gaze, his starry eyes shining like fireflies, like a candle flame on the verge of dying, gradually returning to a black pupil as dark as night.
In the next second, Zhu Yu stopped in a panic, and the tea overflowed the small teacup and spread to the table, not like he usually looked at ease.
"What are you looking for me to do?"
Tang Sanqing asked puzzled.
Sister Ya seemed to inadvertently glance in the direction of Zhuyu and spoke.
"Actually, there is something that needs your help, but before I say that, I want to help you solve your confusion first, do you feel anything strange about coming here?"
Sister Ya didn't answer her question first, but asked her another question.
She is like a calm lake, silent, unfathomable, as if it can contain everything.
"The people here feel very strange to me, who is Lord Sha Zhan, and why is there such a high popularity among the people? The outside world imagines that the Tibetan country should be closed and backward, but in fact, the people here live a good life. ”
"The problems you found are very critical, in fact, the Wusi Tibetan Kingdom was not the current flowery scenery fifteen years ago, and all these changes began with the death of the former Emperor Wuqi fifteen years ago. In recent centuries, the Tibetan state has always adhered to the policy of closing ports and sealing them, completely losing contact with the outside world, but such a policy is obviously a mistake, and the people are not able to make a living, and the phenomenon of lack of access has lasted for hundreds of years. And the emperor's early death seems to have become a curse that everyone in the imperial family knows, and the previous emperors rarely served for more than ten years, and the shortest died in just one year. The emperor's throne has changed frequently, the people's hearts are bleak and uneasy, and the country has been closed and blocked, and the country has basically been empty and ruined. Until fifteen years ago, Wu Qi died at the age of nineteen, and he had not had time to leave behind the royal heirs, and there was no successor, and the country was leaderless. At this time, someone among the royal family and nobles picked up a child from outside, the appearance is exquisite, it is said that he was born with a fairy fetus, born with divine power, although he is only six years old, but he is familiar with astronomy, knows geography, calls for wind and rain, and has boundless mana. Since he took office, the wind and rain have been smooth, the country and the people have been safe, and it took only 15 years to rejuvenate the country's governance. He is also growing in the image of the people, like a god, he is the praise of the Sha Zhan in the mouth of everyone. ”
Sister Ya's voice spread in the room, and Zhuyu's face was silent, not knowing what she was thinking.
"So, Lord Sha Zhan is indeed a gifted god, but why do the people here always look empty and godless?"
Tang Sanqing asked puzzledly, if this country is really on the right track, the country and the people are safe, and the faces of the people should not look like this.
"This is the real purpose of my invitation to you, no matter how flowery it is on the outside, it still can't whitewash the emptiness and decay inside and out.
What you see is just a show of a bunch of people deceiving themselves. ”
"What does that mean?"
"If the people are really living in peace, how can they live like walking corpses all day long? In recent years, through the investigation of the people I sent out, it has been revealed that Lord Sha Zhan's mana is far beyond our imagination, and the interior of this country is far from as glamorous as it seems. It is said that Sha Zhan has a special ability to turn his mana into dust and scatter it in every corner of the land, as long as he stands on this land, everyone's words and deeds are under his surveillance. No matter how comfortable life is, it will not be happy to be watched and controlled. ”
"You mean it's all done by Sha Zhan?"
"In fact, it's not just these that make the people here suffer, they are like puppets pulling strings, being manipulated, every day as if they were completing tasks, they are determined to have a day's itinerary, it seems that the entire imperial city is well governed, but after a few days, you will find that the people here seem to be clockwork, walking according to the clock every day. The slightest dissent will disappear silently, and no one will dare to doubt it the next day. The current state of Usz Tibetan can be said to be a stagnant water, without waves, and it is desperately dead. ”
"How so? Is there anything I can do to help? What kind of thing did you bring me in? ”
"I'll tell you the truth, I really need your help. As the reincarnation of Tang Sanzang, Tang Sanqing has an unparalleled status in the hearts of the people, and the help of Sun Wukong's later generations is also indispensable. ”
It seems that Sister Ya really knows everything about her and Sun Shengyin, and even Sun Shengyin, who now looks like a monkey, knows about it.
"If we can contribute a little bit of our meager strength, of course we are duty-bound, Sister Ya, you must know that it is Sun Shengyin, the descendant of Sun Wukong, but I don't know why since he entered the city, he can't change back to his original body."
Sun Shengyin, who was in Tang Sanqing's arms, also looked at Sister Ya with round eyes, hoping that she could find a way to help him.
"The reason why he can't change back to his original body is probably because of the ban placed by Lord Sha Zhan, maybe because you just broke the seal for a few days, and the magic force has not fully recovered, so you rashly entered the city and was suppressed by Lord Sha Zhan's spell. I can't help it right now, but I'll find a way to help you get back to your original self as soon as possible. ”
After talking to Sister Ya again and deciding what to do next, Zhu Yu took Tang Sanqing back the same way and got off the boat.
There are no words all the way, and everyone has something on their minds.
Tang Sanqing thought about following the circus into the palace to perform, how to find out the specific location of Lord Sha Zhan in the palace with a complicated environment, or find out more information about him.
This is the next step she decided to make after discussing it with Sister Ya just now.
Zhu Yu walked behind Tang Sanqing, looking at his slender back, the thin clothes in summer, outlining his beautiful back, the waist that was not in a grip, and the fragrance brought by the breeze lingered on the tip of his nose and lingered.
The mask hid his face, but it couldn't hide the delicate snow-white skin on his neck.
still hugging the pipa and half-covering his face, he wants to speak.
It seems that Tang Sanqing, who has a peerless appearance in the legend, is really like a rumor, and it makes people lose their souls at just one glance.
Suddenly, I remembered that twice, he had leaned weakly on his chest, and his heartbeat couldn't help but speed up like a drum.
Zhu Yu frowned more and more, and a trace of complex emotions crossed his eyes as deep as a lake, fleeting, and so fast that it was difficult to detect.
No matter how well disguised he is on the outside, only he can understand that the turmoil in his heart caused by the scene just now cannot be calmed down for a long time.
"I wonder if Sister Ya knows where the messenger of the Pure Altar - Wujing's future life is? We came here to find him, and we went on the road together to re-embark on the journey to the west. ”
"I don't know the whereabouts of the people of the Pure Altar Messenger, but ...... If it is destined to be a person, it will definitely meet. ”
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The few words between Sister Fang Caiya and Tang Sanqing made him float like the wind, and his free and debauched heart was like being tied to a rope, with a sense of restraint, not uncomfortable but not used to it.
Back at the inn, Tang Sanqing was informed that the day he entered the palace would be tomorrow.
The head of the troupe once again explained in front of them in detail the importance of this performance, to the effect that this year is the twenty-first birthday of Emperor Sha Zhan, if we mess up, let alone Lord Sha Zhan let us go, with the worship of the people here who are mad with Lord Sha Zhan, they will not let us go.
In the early morning of the next day, Tang Sanqing followed the circus into the palace, and entered the palace through the small gate of the partial palace, and there were many guards who strictly checked it.
Into the wall of blue bricks and red tiles, the interior is splendid, Qionglou Yuyu, famous rockery, iron trees and silver flowers, countless.
Although it is very different from the style of the palace where she lives, it is probably built with gold and silver treasures, glory and wealth.
It's just that the prosperity of this palace is even more than that.
The palace maids in the palace are strictly hierarchical, and along the way, there are not more than a dozen times but eight or nine times when they meet people, and their attitude must be extremely humble.
The palace maid leads to a side hall, although it is not as prosperous and exquisite as the central palace, but the scenery is beautiful, the pavilion is elegant, and the treasury is abundant and the territory is vast everywhere.
Tang Sanqing sat by the window, through the circular hollow window pavilion, across a calm and waveless, as green and clear as jade, he could see a corner of the palace built of towering gold bricks and jade tiles in the distance.
Is that the palace where Lord Sha Zhan lived?
Every time the palace maids and maids passing by, on their delicate faces that want to talk, they always show a yearning look on the ground.
It's night.
The cool moonlight is as beautiful as a fantasy.
Putting on a thin coat, she whispered out of the room.
Walking alone by the lake, the bright moonlight seems to envelop everything on the ground in a layer of silvery mist, which is beautiful.
The crystal dewdrops on the petals, brewing and born, are as ephemeral as a flash in the pan, but they are so beautiful that people are reluctant to take their eyes off.
As if pulling a string in the dark, the heart contracted uncontrollably and beat violently.
The indescribable feeling, without any basis, suddenly turned her gaze in another direction, and the throbbing intensified when she touched the corner of the palace hidden in the hazy darkness of the night, where only the outline could be distinguished.
Sometimes, people are very strange, just a glance, but it seems to involve the fate of three lives and three lives, a hundred years of entanglement.
Although I didn't see it, I wanted to see the people who lived in that palace, and this impulse was suppressed in my heart, and I almost burst out.
Who is it?
Can it give her such a strong throbbing?
She could feel that hidden in the darkness, there was a person with the same throbbing as her, and it still couldn't be calmed down for a long time across the distant lake.
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Tianming, I thought that when I entered the palace, I would be able to see the true face of Lord Sha Zhan, but I didn't expect that things were far from being that simple.
Sitting in another room, Tang Sanqing was in a state of confusion, he didn't expect that there would be a second-level inspection, and everyone had to be carefully examined to avoid assassins or heretics who knew martial arts.
Although there is a guarantee of Guanzi Bodhisattva's spell, her daughter's body should not be recognized, but once the mask is taken off, her identity as the reincarnation of Tang Sanzang will definitely be revealed.
Now that Son Sung-in is locked up with the other animals in the circus, not by her side, what should she do now?
Taking advantage of the fact that there were still many people, and it was not her turn to check for a while, she lied that it was convenient to go out and left.
After escaping, I'm afraid it will bring a lot of trouble to the regiment commander.
There are many palace buildings, the route is complicated, no one leads it, and he can't figure out the direction at all, Tang Sanqing can only walk to the lake where he went last night, at least it is relatively remote and not easy to be discovered.
The view under the bright sun during the day is completely different from the cool moonlight at night.
At this moment, the surface of the lake is sparkling, like a brilliant diamond being thrown into the lake in a steady stream, green trees and red flowers, birds and warblers.
Gently, it is about to melt in this piece of warmth.
The soft sunlight shines through the jagged leaves, leaving dappled shadows on the ground.
Under the mottled shadow of the trees, there was a mass of unreal things nesting under the trees.
Tang Sanqing couldn't help but approach, it turned out to be a person.
The slender limbs were curled up together by the owner, and the messy hair did not cover the face, obviously in a bright and warm place, but the loneliness and hopelessness around the body made people feel hopeless.
Curled up with effort, trembling.
The sunlight is at your fingertips, and you can reach it at your fingertips.
But his trembling fingers could not be touched, not because he was afraid of the sun, but because he was afraid that after touching it, he would be abandoned again.
Once you touch that warmth, it's like taking a drug, humbly waging your tail and begging for mercy, in heaven on one side and in hell on the other.
Tang Sanqing didn't know why, as soon as he saw this person who couldn't even see his face, he could hear the voice in his heart just by looking at it.