For me, being in this era is like a fantasy in itself, and what I have just experienced is a fantasy within a fantasy. Or is what happened in the belly of the mountain reality, and I'm now in a fantasy again?

The human brain is too good at self-deception, and when faced with various illusions, it will choose one of them to define as reality, so as to maintain inner balance and spiritual stability. But is what one believes in really a reality from the perspective of other people?

Moreover, the so-called reality, after being captured by a person's five senses and then expressed through language, produces more errors and becomes more difficult to distinguish between reality and fiction, who can be 100% sure of which is reality?

If there must be some kind of criterion for distinguishing between reality and fantasy, it is probably in favor of oneself. The one you are most willing to believe, no matter how many people around you refute it, will stubbornly believe that it is the reality.

I sat there stunned, so many thoughts flashed through my head, and I wondered why a chill ran through my spine: Why did I think of this? These thoughts flow so naturally, so casually, without any hindrance or resistance, and are recognized by my heart, is this really my thoughts?

was spontaneously stunned, Sang Qing said on the other side: "Why did you come here?" Let's find it! ”

"I ......," I asked, looking up at her sparkling eyes in the morning light, as if I had suddenly remembered something, "what about you?" Where are you from? ”

"What are you talking about?" Her face was full of surprise, "I woke up this morning and I didn't see you, all the way to this mountain!" ”

"You didn't go out last night?" I asked again.

She was stunned for a moment, and then responded: "No! ”

As if I understood, I stood up and patted the dirt on my body, and said to the crowd of onlookers, "It's okay, I couldn't sleep last night and went out for a walk, and I accidentally fell asleep when I came here to rest for a while." Everyone's worried! ”

When the people heard me say this, and saw that I was calm and relaxed, they naturally breathed a sigh of relief, and the group walked back to the camp from the mountain together.

For a moment, I looked back at the depths of the forest, and found that the mountain and the tree had taken on a completely different appearance from yesterday in my eyes, and even in the bright morning sun, the sinuous curves of the countless giant trees were still like twisted souls.

"Mo Yan, did you find anything on the mountain last night?" When he returned to the tent, he had just changed his muddy outfit when Sang Qing walked in and suddenly asked.

This Nizi, the ability to observe words and colors has always been very powerful, and I can't hide her from the perfunctory remarks I just made just now.

"I met a strange person on the mountain, and he told me that someone had summoned a demon tree on this mountain to deal with the corpses produced in this fortification, to prevent the creation of resentful spirits, and to affect the feng shui of the imperial tomb." I don't think there's anything to hide in front of this female celestial master, so I just tell the truth.

When she heard this, she didn't show any surprise, and after a little hesitation, she said, "No wonder I didn't find too much evil qi after I came here. There are a lot of capable people in the court, and there must be a lot of ways to deal with resentful spirits, but the use of demon trees is something I haven't thought of, it's really ingenious...... Do you know who summoned it? ”

I shook my head and said, "It could be a woman, and that person told me that he was waiting for a woman, saying that he wanted to get the truth about the cycle of life and death or something." ”

"What does that mean?" This time, Sang Qing really didn't understand.

"I don't know, we were found by you before we finished speaking." I said helplessly.

"How did you come up with the idea of going to the mountains to find that man?" She asked again.

I looked at her, and suddenly I didn't think it was appropriate to mention that I couldn't find her in the middle of the night, so I laughed, "Have you forgotten, I'm actually a bit sleepwalking." Didn't I accidentally break into the scene of the ceremony between you and Lao Mu before! ”

"Nonsense!" She snorted. But he didn't continue to ask, but urged: "Hurry up, it's time to see Master Zhang!" ”

"Gotcha!" I answered, and walked out of the tent with her, and at a glance, I saw that Yue Bi and Qin Qi were already waiting there, so I naturally waved my hand to them. Yue Bi didn't know if he was in a hurry, and when he saw me coming out unhurriedly, he turned around and left with a sullen face.

The four of them arrived at Zhang Han's big tent, but this time he was the only one, and General Wei Qi was not present. When we entered, we saw him kneeling behind a desk full of books, busy at all, not at all as he had said yesterday.

As soon as he saw us come in, he immediately put down the book in his hand, immediately focused his attention on us, waved his hand and said, "You guys are here!" Great, please take a seat! ”

I walked to the side collapse and was just about to sit down, when my heart moved, and I remembered it all at once!

Zhang Han! This person...... I've heard of it!

After the Xiang Yu Incident at the end of Qin, there was a "Battle of the Giant Deer" known for "breaking the cauldron and sinking the boat", and the battle was against the 200,000 army led by Zhang Han, a famous general of the Qin side! This chapter of Han, who has defeated the Chu army several times, can be regarded as a well-known figure in history!

Such a brave general, was he once a civil official like Shaofu Ling? And it seems so modest, no wonder I didn't get the right number for a while.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but look at him a few more times, but he looked at me and naturally asked, "I heard that Gongzi Mo Yan also took a trip to the mountains last night?" How does it feel? ”

It seems that this matter has already been returned to him, so I naturally didn't dare to be careless, and arched my hand and said: "I like rainy nights more, the sour spirit of the literati is difficult to restrain for a while, which makes the adults laugh!" ”

When he heard this, he was stunned for a moment, but then he laughed out loud, but he didn't question it in any way. However, Sang Qing and the three of them all looked at me together, all of them with an expression of "ghost only believes".

After some routine cold noise, Zhang Han seemed to have nothing to do, but said very seriously: "What are you going to do this time to invite the famous 'Four Sages of Hedong' over, do you know what?" ”

In fact, the four of us have discussed this matter many times, and the meeting with the imperial court that I did not participate in actually conveyed exactly this thing, but it only said that we were recruited to "help build the fortifications of the imperial mausoleum", and did not say anything particularly specific. So our discussion is just speculation, not conclusive.

Now, when it was time to uncover this mystery, I immediately straightened my posture and replied loudly: "Forgive me for being stupid, please show me!" ”

Zhang Han smiled slightly, his tone was understated, but he said clearly word by word: "I want to ask the four to help quell a riot." (To be continued.) )