How can I not understand, I just don't want to admit it in my heart. Some things are too cruel, so cruel that people dare not touch them, for fear that life will be worse than death if they finally know the truth.

Xue Lan sat there fixedly, the whole person was stunned, and her body and mind trembled.

Mu Baili let out a long breath, "The so-called life and death Gu is not to live and die with you, but to leave the hope of life to each other. From the beginning, Wang Shaojun didn't want to die with you, what he hoped was that no matter when, he could be your last straw. He is alive just to be a container for you to raise Gu! ”

"So I don't know how to cherish it?" Xue Lan smiled bitterly twice, and then leaned weakly against the trunk of the tree. Some things, once the truth is revealed, turn into a bloody appearance.

Xue Lan thought that she was the one who lost him after all.

Wang Shaojun is a paranoid person, and he believes that he will not regret death. This is especially true for Xuelan. Love at first sight, goodbye is a lifetime. He really gave his life, whether it was the beginning or the present, it has never changed.

She suddenly figured it out, and looked at Mu Baili with red eyes, "So you also have such feelings for Zhao Wuwu?" ”

Mu Baili didn't say anything, and the poison in his body no longer allowed him to think about those long-standing myths. He was only worried now that she would wander to him. Zhao Wuwu's temperament, he knows best, and he vows not to give up until he reaches his goal.

The chest rises and falls violently, this poison is really powerful, as long as there is a slight residue, it will come back again in the body. Before he had recovered much of his internal strength, the poison had already spread to all his limbs.

The black mist in his palms filled the air, and Mu Baili sighed softly, leaning against the trunk of the tree and closing his eyes.

"If there really is a day, you will both die for each other, right?" Xue Lan suddenly burst into tears, "I haven't been able to enter between you from beginning to end, it's always me who doesn't know what to do, it's me who ...... There will be no second Wang Shaojun in this world. ”

Mu Baili opened his eyes and looked at her, "There is only one Zhao Wuwu in this world." ”

Xue Lan smiled and cried, "You know what? I worshipped Wang Shaojun and the world, although it was not out of my original intention. But now that I think about it, he is the one who treats me most sincerely, and I don't have a chance...... There's no chance to do it all over again. ”

Mu Baili remembered the days and nights with Zhao Wuwu, the appearance of Zhao Wuwu in a wedding dress, and the tenderness between her bowing her head and smiling. Such an indifferent and detached person, he finally warmed her heart, but accidentally chilled her heart.

Now that the future is bleak and life and death are unpredictable, what should he do? But if there is any possibility, even if it is death, he will die by her side. But when he thought about it, if he saw her, how could he be willing to die?

Xue Lan wept silently, but what is the use of more remorse? People have to wait until they lose to know the preciousness they once had.

The Buddha said that all human suffering comes from: not being able to get it and not being able to let go.

In the next life, will you still recognize me?

There was movement outside, and Mu Baili frowned suddenly, "Someone is coming!" ”

Xue Lan quickly wiped away her tears and put her ear on the ground, "It's the sound of horses' hooves, someone is coming here, probably a chasing soldier." ”

"How many are there?" Mu Baili asked.

Xue Lan listened carefully, "There are more than ten people!" ”

Mu Baili's eyebrows furrowed a little deeper, "It won't be a chaser, I guess it's ......" he didn't continue, "Help me up." ”

Xue Lan bowed her head, and immediately carefully hugged Mu Baili to get up, "How are you?" Can you still walk? Lu Qianhu hasn't come back yet, isn't it...... Why don't we go find Lu Qianhu! ”

"You won't understand!" Mu Baili's eyes were fierce, and after these days of fleeing, he gradually felt the strangeness from behind. Later, he figured out one thing, Lu Guoan said that Jian Yan was still alive, running around like a living dead, and he understood that this thing was probably following him.

It's dangerous, but it's also excellent, at least she's safe.

Taking a deep breath, he relaxed slightly, "Are you okay?" ”

Xue Lan nodded, "Don't worry, it's not a problem to deal with those juniors." "How can a man with two lives on his shoulders fall so easily? She thought that if she had the opportunity to return to the capital, she might be able to sit in front of his grave and talk well!

Mu Baili sneered twice, "Little boy? "That thing is powerful, you must know that Jian Yan's ability comes from the Ghost Palace, and he has a strong resentment, I am afraid that it will affect the formation he has laid out.

After all, Mu Baili at this moment did not have any internal strength, and he could not lay out a higher and more profound and mysterious formation, and he could not sit in the formation.

However, the more you are afraid of something, the more you will come, and in the deep formation of Mu Baili, you have already seen those menacing people. They were all people specially assigned to Jian Yan by He Feng, and they had been hiding behind the chasing soldiers.

And now that Lu Guoan has finally killed all the pursuers, and seeing that he can escape into the territory of Daqi, Jian Yan can no longer hold back.

"Withdraw!" Mu Baili only felt that his body hurt so badly that he was screaming in the cracks of his bones. It is probably that this corpse poison originally came from Jian Yan, and now that he sees his master, he is even more unscrupulous.

Xue Lan also noticed the sudden change in Mu Baili's complexion, and knew that something was wrong, so she hurriedly hugged Mu Baili and prepared to leave the formation from Shengmen. Use this array to temporarily trap Jian Yan and the others, and give yourself some time to escape.

Mu Baili struggled to support his body, he must not fall.

When the two quietly ran out of the formation, Mu Baili was already a little unable to bear it, but fortunately, Lu Guoan returned in time. He had some dry bread and some water, and when he saw such a situation, he had to fight hard to kill those who were outside the battle.

Jian Yan has already entered the formation, probably trying to find out where Mu Baili is in the formation.

The cold arrow left the string and quickly sank into Lu Guoan's chest. He took a hard breath, and the cold sword left his hand, piercing the archer's throat. His feet were weak, and he looked down at the arrow in his chest, and he thought...... I'm afraid it's going to be bad.

But even so, the breath in this chest cavity still can't be spit out. If he died, then this Mu Baili would definitely die. Seeing that hope lay ahead, how could he fall at this time?

Picking up a sword on the ground, he immediately broke the arrow in his chest, leaving only the arrow in his body. That part can't be easily pulled out of the arrow, otherwise if it bleeds heavily, I'm afraid that I really won't be able to hold out even one breath.

These people had arrows in their hands, and Lu Guoan flew up and tried his best to slash all these people to the ground. When the last arrow came, Lu Guoan had no strength to dodge, and he received another solid arrow on his body.

In the end, it was Xue Lan who came out with Mu Baili, and it was Xue Lan who took the man's life, got into the carriage together with Lu Guoan, and quickly drove away with the two of them.

Mu Baili's face has become worse and worse, and in the end, he is basically not much different from a dead person. But he didn't dare to close his eyes, for fear that this closing of his eyes would be the eternal secret of the past and present lives.

Lu Guoan leaned against the wall of the car, his face was as white as paper, his hands were full of blood, and he trembled and took out a small porcelain bottle from his arms.

"Chitose-sama." He shouted in a low voice, poured the medicine in the porcelain bottle into the palm of his hand, and stuffed it into Mu Baili's mouth with all his strength, "Swallow it, you can live." ”

Mu Baili blinked at him weakly, looked at the blood on Lu Guoan's lips, looked at the smile on the corner of his lips, and swallowed his eyebrows slightly. His friendship with Lu Guoan has long gone beyond life and death, and the tacit understanding between the two doesn't need to say anything.

Seeing Mu Baili swallowing, Lu Guoan leaned on him with relief, and the two big men wanted to say something confidant.

"I'm dying." Lu Guoan smiled weakly, "If you are injured, you will die if you don't pull out the arrow." But Chitose Lord, you have to live well, Lord Zhao is still waiting for your news in the capital like crazy, if you don't go back, I'm afraid she will really have to wash the East Factory in blood. ”

"I forgot to tell you, I said that Lord Zhao may be pregnant with a daughter, I can't see the child's full moon banquet, so I won't give gifts, anyway, you have everything, and I don't miss this little object."

He swallowed hard, his throat filled with fishy sweetness. Turning his head to look at Mu Baili's helpless smile, he also laughed out loud. But with this smile, the blood in his throat was already spurting out, staining the placket of his clothes red.

"I can't accompany you." Lu Guoan smiled and said, "It's just a pity that I died here like this, and I couldn't go back to the capital again." ”

Xu heard the laughter inside, and Xue Lan stopped the carriage on the Gobi. There was no one to chase after her, and she thought it was safe for the time being. The moment she lifted the curtain, she was shocked.

Lu Guoan was covered in blood, leaning against the wall of the car, and the two of them laughed like two fools.

This is probably the love between men, and Xue Lan doesn't understand.

Good brother, there is no afterlife in this life.

Lu Guoan pinched the hairpin in his hand, "You know, I gave Su Xi a promise, but I can't go back, it's very sad." But if you can go back, there will be fewer sad poor people in this world, who are the plain girls who have wronged me. ”

Xue Lan burst into tears, "You all have to hold on, there is a desert across the way to Nanfu Town." I came out of the desert, and I can take you through the desert into the territory of Daqi. As long as we can leave Daye, we will not be afraid of pursuers. ”

"Good!" Lu Guoan nodded, put the hairpin in his arms and put it close to him, "I want to accompany Chitose Master to finish this road." ”

Mu Baili still sneered, "It's really hypocritical." But he added, "Life and death go together." ”

The two men looked at each other for more than a thousand words.

Xue Lan led the horse and walked in the desert, stepping on the yellow sand with one foot deep and one foot shallow. Coming out of the desert, she is well versed in the rules of survival in the desert, and knows how to distinguish the southeast and northwest in the desert.

It's just that she never thought that Jian Yan was a ghostly existence. Even after entering this desert, he never thought of letting Mu Baili go.

Jian Yan led people into the desert, he knew that his body would speed up corruption in the heat, but he still chose to die together. This kind of obsession has long gone beyond the scope of human beings, and it is a demonic existence.

In that sandstorm, everything came to naught.

The wind and sand blew on the face, and the pain was numb. In the dark world, life has become extremely small, and the wind and sand in the sky quickly engulf people. In the shadow of the sword and sword, he couldn't see the situation around him clearly.

In this battle, Xue Lan thinks that it is the hardest battle, no matter how high her martial arts are, she can't fight this devastating sandstorm, and no matter how good her internal strength is, she can't try it. In the end, what happened, Xue Lan couldn't remember.

She only remembered that in the storm, most of Lu Guoan and Mu Baili's bodies were buried in the wind and sand, but the two of them were desperately trying to drag each other out of the sand.

The love of life and death has long surpassed the love of brotherhood.

What happened later, Xue Lan can't remember clearly. The sandstorm came too violently, and no one cared about fighting again, and a woman in Xuelan, desperately trying to protect two dying men, was finally exhausted......

By the time she opened her eyes, she was already in the inn.

"When I woke up, I was already here, and I can't remember how far I dragged them, but I just tried my best." Xue Lan said in a low voice, "But as a result of my desperate efforts, I am still the only one standing here, telling you about those tragic sorrows." ”

She looked up at Zhao Wuwu and Su Xi, "If I could, I'd rather die myself than have an accident with the two of them." But it backfired, there was only so much I could do, I couldn't save Mu Baili, and I couldn't save Lu Guoan. In this mess, my lock only plays the role of a microphone, and nothing else can be done. ”

After speaking, Xue Lan bowed her hand to Zhao Wuwu and left silently.

The old man sighed lightly, "I happened to go out to have something to do, who knew how many people were involved in this sandstorm." I thought it was cheap for nothing, and I pulled it back directly, but I didn't expect it to be alive. ”

Su Xi didn't react, just looked at the cold tombstone fixedly, didn't say a word, only when this life ended, did he dare to tell you that you are the most misunderstood choice in this life.

"Suxi?" Zhao Wuwu leaned over.

Seeing this, the old man sighed lightly, "This story is really not good, you talk slowly, I'll go back first!" If this continues, the old man will feel that his sadness will also be overflowing.

"I just regret that when he left, why was he so stingy with giving him an answer? Childe, do you know how much remorse I have? Su Xi smiled bitterly, "I finally understand Childe's original mood, it turns out that when people are grief-stricken, they really can't cry." ”

She looked at Zhao Wuwu, smiling more ugly than crying, "I can't cry...... But this heart hurts terribly. How long has it been? Earlier, he brazenly said that he wanted to spend his life with me, but now he doesn't count when he closes his eyes. ”

Zhao Wuwu gently hugged Su Xi, "When you are sad, you can think about the things that were happy before, and when you think about it, your heart will hurt more and more, and then you can cry." Years ago, I was able to make you start over, so that you slowly forgot about that tragedy. Now I can only say that everything will pass, and time is the best torment. ”

Su Xi smiled hard, her eyes were blown dry by the wind, and she couldn't shed a single tear. Life is full of joys, sorrows, and sorrows, but the departure of some people can take away all your joys, sorrows, and sorrows.

If you feel so distressed that you are numb, it won't hurt anymore.

"This time I don't have to worry about him leaving again, and I don't have to worry about not finding him anymore." Su Xi smiled, "I'll talk to him well, and Childe will go first!" ”

Zhao Wuwu nodded, what Su Xi needed at this time was calm. The person she wants to accompany is this man who will never come back.

The yellow sand covered the sky, the sun was excellent, and the scorching sand ironed the skin, bringing burning pain.

Su Xi sat in front of the stele and gently brushed the hairpin on the stele, "I knew that I wouldn't be able to come back, so I shouldn't have let you take this hairpin away." She choked up, then laughed softly, "You should have taken me with you." ”

Looking at the hairpin with red eyes, Su Xi took a deep breath, and then slowly exhaled, "Isn't it a little late to say this?" If I answered you that day, would you be able to hold out until I came to you? I don't understand the relationship between you men, but I know you're doing the right thing. ”

"If one day Childe encounters danger, I will be like you, desperate for her, even if it is at the expense of my own life. But Lu Guoan, you are worthy of heaven and earth, but you are ashamed of me, aren't you? ”

"The confession before parting, is it child's play? But I took it seriously! Why don't you count when I take it seriously? As I said, when you were in therapy, I thought, maybe I should try to let go of everything I used to have, maybe I should really start over. ”

"I'm trying, but you're letting go."

And now? Only a handful of acacia turned to ashes, and it will never come back.

"I was a widow once, and I don't want to be a widow a second time." Su Xi finally burst into tears, her hands on both sides of the stele, "Men are all bastards, and every time they talk, it doesn't count." If you have the ability, you can climb out and explain it to me. Don't you feel justified in saying those affectionate words, but doing ruthless things? Lying down here so peacefully, do you think this is your admiration? What about me? ”

If you know you can't do it, why promise? Why provoke? What is the difference between being provoked and not being responsible, and those who are unlucky?

Zhao Wuwu stood quietly in front of the inn, looking at the yellow sand in the sky, looking up at the scorching sun, and lowering his eyebrows slightly, "It took me a long, long time to pull Su Xi back from the edge of despair." In this world, she only trusts two people, one is me and the other is her senior brother. ”

"Then I wanted her to come out of the shadows and persuade her to start over. But I didn't expect it to be like this in the end. I knew that this would be the case, and the person who didn't do this messy mandarin duck spectrum in the first place would not be the culprit today. ”

Xue Lan sobbed, "It's that I can't help you, I can't save them." ”

"Man's destiny is predestined, and God's arrangement, who can say clearly?" Zhao Wuwu let out a long breath, "It's Su Xi and Lu Guoan who don't have this blessing, and they have made all the preparations, but they still fall short." In life, the last thing you can do is wait. ”

No one will wait for you where they are, and no one will wait for you all the time. If you are still hesitating, God will make up your mind for you. So when you regret it, it's just your regret.

Su Xi is like this, and so is Xue Lan.

They all regretted it, but ...... God didn't give them another chance, because the people who loved them were buried in the ground for a long time now.

Zhao Wuwu looked at the yellow sand in the sky and remembered the sentence: Jun buried the mud under the spring, and I sent the world full of snow.

This is probably the biggest regret in the world.

The white clothes are slender, Zhao Wuwu is still Zhao Wuwu, except for the blood in his heart when he first saw Mu Baili, there are no mood swings. This seemed almost inconceivable to the mad old man.

"No wonder Xue Lan said that you are an amazing person, and now it seems that you are really amazing." The crazy old man led the way, "I thought you would be sad and sad for a while, but I didn't expect you to wake up with nothing to do." ”

"How do you know I'm not sad?" Zhao Wuwu's voice was low, "It's just that if I do too much of this kind of sad and sad thing, it is inevitable that the relatives will hurt the enemies quickly, so why should I embarrass myself and cheapen others?" My husband is not dead, I have to put away all this sadness and sadness, if even I am only desperate, then who will save him? ”

The old man thought about it, and it seemed to be this reason.

"There's a bit of a stink in this house, you can bear with it." The old man grinned and was a little energetic, "You don't know, this man is a hard bone." No, I should say that this dead man is a hard bone. But don't worry, I tied him tightly, and he couldn't hurt you. If he knew that he was not such a thing, the old man should have given him a good taste, and took it out to dry it from time to time, so that it would be fun to dry it. ”

Zhao Wuwu stood outside the basement door, his eyebrows slightly sunk, "The troublesome shopkeeper is waiting outside." ”

"Don't worry!" The old man sat down outside, "I'll wait here, you just have to stimulate him, right...... It's best to let him tell me where the Gu on his body is raised, and the old man wants to see with his own eyes what this Gu is. I heard, it's a bug? ”

Zhao Wuwu didn't say anything, pushed the door in.

It is true that as the old man said, there is a rancid smell in this room, and ordinary people really can't stand it.

Zhao Wuwu walked to the candlestick, took the fire fold from his waist, and lit the candlestick.

The candlelight was extinguished, reflecting the white face dressed like snow. Zhao Wuwu was not in a hurry, he sat down at the table without hurrying, and did not want to approach the bed at all to take a look at Jian Yan's current situation.

She is not embarrassed, she is silent, and her indifference and detachment are like an outsider.

Jian Yan was stunned by the light, and it took a while to break open a slit in his eyes, and then he was stunned there, looking at Zhao Wuwu, who was sitting not far away, without saying a word, in disbelief. The young man in white has picturesque eyebrows, but his face is always expressionless.

"Acacia?" In his hoarse voice, a faint sound sounded. These two words haunted him for a lifetime, and it was for these two words that he ended up like this.

He couldn't remember how long it had been since he had seen her, and when the white dress appeared in front of him, he only felt like a dream, and he couldn't help himself.

Zhao Wuwu sat in the faint light, his white clothes were as old as before, and his face was the same as before. She looked at him very calmly, without the slightest mood swing. At this time, even if you step forward and tear Jian Yan, what's the use? Can Mu Baili open his eyes, can Lu Guoan be resurrected?

Neither!

Since you can't, you don't have to waste your emotions on such people.

"Hehuan, why don't you speak? Hehuan ......" Jian Yan was a little nervous, "It's because I'm scaring you now, right?" Don't be afraid, I'm still Jian Yan, I'm still your Ayan, and I'm still the Jian Yan who grew up with your childhood sweetheart. Hehuan, Hehuan, is it good for you to say something, every time you don't speak, I feel so sad in my heart. ”

"Ah Yan?" Zhao Wuwu opened his mouth in a low voice, "My childhood sweetheart Ah Yan has long since died, and you are just an immortal who is being used by others!" If you look at what you look like now, are there still any traces of people? In addition to being able to speak well and being a little conscious, do you still have humanity? ”

Jian Yan paused, "Hehuan? ”

"Don't call it that, I'm dirty." Zhao Wuwu opened his mouth lightly, and his fingertips groped for the bone flute in his hand.

"No, Hehuan, you are my Hehuan, Hehuan ......" Jian Yan seemed to be crazy, and the whole person began to struggle.

But his current physical condition can no longer be willful, and if he tosses it again, the rotten flesh will break, and then the bones will be damaged. Once this kind of damage has formed, it is difficult to heal, after all, he is dead, and there is no possibility of any healing.

"I was never yours." Zhao Wuwu stroked the bone flute, his eyes were fierce, "From the beginning, I said that it was impossible between us. But you think you are everything to me. You took matters into your own hands and wanted to change my life, but you never asked me if I said yes. You think it's for my good, but you just moved yourself and disgusted me! ”

Jian Yan was still struggling, he looked at her in disbelief, "It's not like this, I'm for you, everything I do is for you." Hehuan, you believe me! You believe me! ”

"What if I believe you? You're dead. Zhao Wuwu stood up to look at him, in the face of such a terrifying face, she didn't have the slightest fear, she just felt disgusted, "You almost ruined the first half of my life when you were alive, and now you are dead and trying to ruin the second half of my life." Jian Yan, do you dare to say that everything you do is for me? ”

"I give you opportunities at every turn, I want you to wake up, but then I learned that showing mercy to the enemy's men is cruelty to yourself. Mubari's current situation is the best proof of this. ”

Jian Yan was stunned, "You mean, you don't regret killing me?" ”

"Regrets?" Zhao Wuwu smiled, "What I regret is that I didn't break your body into ten thousand pieces, so that you can still do nonsense in this world, and change everyone's ending with self-righteousness." If it weren't for you, tens of thousands of people in Jinling City would not have died, and so many people would not have been displaced. If it weren't for you, Lu Guoan wouldn't have died, he wouldn't have been sad, and Mu Baili wouldn't have become like this, so that my children and I would have nothing to rely on. ”

"You—and your children? Mu Baili ......" Jian Yan sneered twice.

Zhao Wuwu raised his head and took a deep breath, "Yes, we are very good and happy." A family of three, seeing that they were going to be together forever, didn't expect that you, the ghost, would still succeed. ”

"Then I'm right to do it!" Jian Yan smiled coldly, almost gritting his teeth, "I finally made you feel distressed, didn't I?" Acacia, do you feel distressed? Do you feel the pain of life being worse than death? Isn't it painful and uncomfortable? You know, that's what I've experienced, the pain you've given. ”

"You are wrong, this pain does not come from you, but between me and Mu Baili, what does it matter to you?" Zhao Wuwu sneered, "You think that killing Mu Baili will make me miserable for the rest of my life, that's wrong." He never gave me pain, only joy and happiness. I have no regrets in my life to have this beloved person. It's a big deal that he dies and I die, it's all in one place! This is a deep meaning that you will never have in your life. ”

"What about your child!" Jian Yan shouted angrily, "I don't believe that Master will let your child be safe and sound." ”

Zhao Wuwu suddenly clenched the bone flute in his hand, "You notified Xiao Rong?" ”

"Yes!" Jian Yan suddenly laughed, laughing so wildly, "When I came back from Lu Guoan, I knew that the possibility of killing Mu Baili was very small. In that case, I had to try another way. I didn't expect it, I didn't expect ......."

He smiled so harshly that Zhao Wuwu's face gradually changed.

As a mother, the most intolerable thing is the child's affairs. She was pregnant in October and gave birth to a child, and she couldn't wait for her husband to return, and she lost her child, and only she knew how heavy the pain and hatred accumulated in her heart was.

The joints were white, and Zhao Wuwu hated to crush the bones of the person in front of him.

But after thinking about it, Jian Yan is already a dead man, and he won't feel any pain except waiting for death, so even if you stab him a few times, he won't feel pain. Killing him like this would be too cheap for him.

"Hehuan, are you distressed?" Jian Yan asked gently.

Zhao Wuwu was silent, and stood there slightly tensed.

Jian Yan smiled softly again, "If you feel distressed, then cry out!" You don't need any disguise with me, if you feel uncomfortable, cry! Hehuan, I hurt Mu Baili, and let the master deal with your child, do you feel that you hate me extraordinarily? Do you regret it now? Regret killing me, regret not being with me? Acacia ......"

"I'll save Mubari." Zhao Wuwu stepped forward slowly, "I will be with him for a long time, of course, you can't see this day." I have a lot of friends with him, we will have many children, and we will have a better future. ”

"You don't know yet, Xiao Rong has become a lost dog, and the whole Daye is chasing him. Can you still expect Xiao Rong to save you again? Don't think about it, what can he do with my child? He no longer has the power to turn the tide. ”

Jian Yan looked at Zhao Wuwu in front of him steadily, "Why aren't you angry?" Why not...... Don't hate me? ”

"Why should I be angry? You're already a dead man? If I am angry with a dead man, will I not be angry with him too? Zhao Wuwu sighed lightly, "Since you are ghostly, then I have to let you see clearly, all your wishful thinking will come to naught." You know Butterfly Gu! Wuji Palace's covetousness for butterfly Gu, you know it. ”

"What do you want to say?" Jian Yan's eyes widened, "The butterfly Gu will make you weaker and weaker, if you can't take it out in time, you will die." ”

Zhao Wuwu sneered, "You are smart all your life, but you were deceived by Xiao Rong like this." Am I pathetic, or are you more pathetic? Xiao Rong has Gu poison in his body, and he needs the butterfly Gu on my body to live the flesh and bones of the dead and cure his Gu. He just uses you, and you still worship him as a god, which is simply stupid. ”