167. Chu City

Gaze gaze and shake his head: "I won't believe you anymore, amnesia is too bad." The words are affirmative, but I am hesitating in my heart: Is it really amnesia? What if the sanity is completely destroyed? Originally, he had been partially damaged by Xu Jianglun's stone sound array, and he was able to escape the bomb on the kayak with his instinctive sense of crisis and escape his life, but even if he was buried in the water, he couldn't avoid the huge explosion sound, and the sound that once again exceeded the capacity of his eardrum would completely shatter his nervous nerves that were already on the verge of collapse? No, if that were the case, then he would be an inactive person, not what he is now.

I suddenly felt a chill on my left calf, interrupted my thoughts, turned my eyes to look, and then remembered that my left leg was shot by Xu Jianglun's men, and he was still bleeding at that time. It was because of that injury and the fact that I almost died at the bottom of the lake.

At this time, Gao Cheng was smearing the calf with the flesh of the fruit, and he didn't know what he had applied before, but it didn't hurt too much, and it was numb. The bullet must have been removed by him.

After dressing the wounded flesh, he tied it with strips of cloth. Then he leaned over and lifted me up from the ground, and instinctively pulled his hands on the placket of his chest to control my balance. He glanced down at my hand that grabbed the hem of his coat, and without saying a word, he strode away. Soon out of the cave, I looked around, and although it was dark all around, the moon was high and the stars were shining brightly, and I could still see the surroundings clearly.

After only one turn, I was sure that this was not the rocky beach we had entered the water. But looking at the nearby waterfront, I can't be sure whether it is still in the range of Huya Mountain, the area is not large, and I can see the shadows of the trees not far away, but the trees are all bare, and I don't know where he found the fruit just now.

He lowered me down on a high rock, sat down beside him, and took me to his side as a matter of course. After a moment, he didn't speak, just stared at the tranquil lake under the dark curtain. His side face is as delicate as a knife, especially when he is so silent and focused, there is an indescribable charm.

Suddenly, he chuckled and spoke: "Listen to you call me Chu Gaocheng, some things slowly came into my mind just now." Actually, this name was given by me, and it is also like the current situation, I have no impression of the previous situation, and there is no one like you to remind me, plus there are some special images in my mind, so I came up with this name. He turned his eyes to me and asked, "Do you want to know what my special image was at that time?" ”

Since he specifically mentioned it, it must have meant something unusual. It doesn't matter if he is awake or chaotic at this time, he has the will to speak, and I naturally want to hear it, so I nodded without hesitation.

He once again fixed his eyes on the surface of the lake, raised his hand and pointed: "It is also the calm water surface under such darkness, the moon is hanging high in the sky, the waves are craggy, and a city sits on the surface of the river," paused, and spit out two words: "Chu City." ”

I asked, "Why is it called Chu Cheng?" ”

The Southern Song Dynasty poet Lu You once wrote a seven-character quatrain called "Chu City". The apes and birds in the deserted city on the river are sad, and across the river is Qu Yuan's ancestral hall. Fifteen hundred years have passed, and only the sound of the beach is like the old days. ”

Listening to his low voice printing this poem, it is very feeling, as if seeing a deserted city erected in the middle of the lake in front of him, telling the sorrow of the decline of the prosperous world.

Gao Cheng seemed to have a strong conversation, and continued to say plainly for me: "The apes and birds in the deserted city on the river are sad. The city is on the river, and it is the city of the king of Chu, that is, the birthplace of the state of Chu. Across the river is Qu Yuan Temple, which refers to its geographical location. Here's a little story, you may have heard: Qu Yuan assisted King Chu Huai, advocated the manifestation of the law, promoted the virtuous and empowered the power, united the Qi State in the east, and resisted the strong Qin in the west, but was slandered and dismissed. King Huai violated Qu Yuan's alliance with Qi to resist Qin, leaving Chu isolated and defeated by King Hui of Qin. After that, King Huai did not listen to Qu Yuan's advice, and entered Qin at the request of King Qin Zhao, was detained, and died in Qin. King Xiang of Chu succeeded him, trusted the traitor, exiled Qu Yuan, and continued to implement the pro-Qin policy, and the state affairs became increasingly chaotic, and the Qin soldiers invaded and bullied. Seeing the imminent death of the motherland, Qu Yuan was grief-stricken and depressed, and threw himself into the Miluo River to die. In the twenty-fourth year of Qin Shi Huang (223 BC), the state of Chu was finally destroyed by the state of Qin. ”

I only know Qu Yuan's story that he was depressed and committed suicide by throwing himself into the river, but I don't know such a detailed content. Gao Cheng's complaint is equivalent to a history of the Chu State, and the fate of the Chu State is inseparable from Qu Yuan's experience. Therefore, Chu City is actually the meaning of Chu State, but there is a sense of sadness in the desolation.

I asked, "So you used Chu as the surname of Chu State, so what about Gao and Cheng?" ”

He shook his head: "I wanted to be called Chu City directly, but looking at the Hessian Mountain that towers in the distance, it has the artistic conception of high mountains and distant waters, and I thought at that time, even if it is a deserted city, if I have the ability, I will build it high and become an eternal city, so that the world will pay attention to and respect Chu City." ”

With my mind turning, I blurted out what I had heard in Luojinghan: "Luojing smells the cold pestle, and Tunyun is against Gaocheng." He turned his eyes again, with surprise in his eyes: "This sentence is good, it summarizes my name and artistic conception." ”

"I didn't say that." I stared into his eyes, "It was Luo Jinghan who said." ”

The black eyes did not flicker at all, but there was no surprise, and he only said: "Your expression is telling me that this is another person I know, a man, between 20 and 25 years old." He would have taken a trick and cut off those three words to be his name, but he was a little childish, and he didn't know what his name meant. The word "falling scene" itself is inferior, and if you add the word cold, this person's fortune is bound to decline. ”

I couldn't cry or laugh, if Luo Jinghan heard his city brother comment on his name like this, he would probably be so annoyed that he wanted to cry. Gao Cheng is really like that from his expression to his words, but there are contradictions, he is still sensitive to the logic and details of his behavior, and the origin of his name, it is not that he is also making up to lie to me.

After thinking about it, he raised one of the two questions in his heart: "Why do you have such special feelings for Chu Cheng?" ”

He pointed to his head, "During that period of confusion, it was the only one that was engraved here, do you think I can't be interested in it?" Later......" he frowned and thought for a moment, "and then it seems that there is no more, maybe I forgot about it." ”

I wondered if his particular image was similar to my early stage of painting. I'm a reflection of the environment and the details, but what about him? Is it because there is such an image of a deserted city sitting on the river, floating in my mind, and reflecting it into the concept of Chu City. Could it be that there really was such a strange scene that appeared, was seen by him, and then remembered it deeply?

Naturally, there was no answer to these thoughts in my heart, so I put aside my thoughts and asked the second question: "Do you know how to study public opinion?" "Just now he mentioned "fortune" when analyzing Luo Jinghan's name, which reminded me of what Luo Jinghan had mentioned, and he never remembered his identity too much: Kanyu Master.

"Kanyu." He read those two words lightly, and then replied with some hesitation: "It should be...... Got it. ”

This is the first time I've seen him not be positive about something.

He said: "Kanyu is called Feng Shui among the people, but in fact it is divided into five parts: Luoluo, Daily Lessons, Xuankong Studies, Funeral Methods, and Xingjia. Kan, the meaning of the terrain, represents the word "terrain"; "Chengyu" means to study the topography and features, focusing on the description of landforms. For example, at this moment, I can see the fortunes of this lake and this mountain, but I am not necessarily specialized in this science. ”

I discovered something he didn't have before: humility.

How was he before? arrogant and poisonous, but it is indeed omnipotent, and there is that proud capital. In contrast, at this moment he spoke calmly, slightly hesitantly, and was more approachable. I suddenly don't want to argue whether he is really sane and forgetful, or is he pretending, isn't it nice to get along so peacefully?

Hearing him suddenly ask softly, "Is that little girl you?" ”

I didn't react for a moment, and turned my head to look at him suspiciously. This time he pointed to my head, "I saw what you thought here before." Those eyes are a lot like yours. ”

Only then did I realize that he was talking about the image of me disappearing into the darkness, and he actually looked at it. I was suspicious again, he can escape into other people's thinking space, this ability is still there? "Why can you see that?" Asked directly.

"There's no why, just look at you and suddenly become emotionally upset, and it enters your mind. When you were a child, you have changed quite a lot from you now, but these eyes haven't changed much," he paused, and said softly: "It seems peaceful but it is untamed." ”

I was silent, my thoughts drifting away.

Xia Zhu's identity is imposed, and Yang Xiaofeng's memory is also injected, does this spatial memory about the little girl belong to me or is it another person? I'm not sure. Where the hell am I coming from? Why would someone stuff me with one life after another, and let me play different roles one after another?

As soon as his shoulders tightened, his whole body was hugged tighter by Gao Cheng. I raised my eyes to see him staring intently at the side of the lake in front of me, and if he really became a blank slate, how much more similar it would be to me. He didn't know what was going on, and he only remembered some because he had a name; I have a name, but neither Xia Zhu nor Yang Xiaofeng really belong to me, my name is called a in that thinking space, simple pronunciation, like a code name, and the rest of my life is filled in for me by others. <