"Mr. Chang promised me to be glorious and wealthy, and said that after the matter was completed, the four mountains of Taihang, Wangwu, Zhongnan, and Kunlun were canonized to me in the form of a national decree, helping me to become the 'King of Central Plains Thaumaturgy' and the first leader of tens of thousands of Chinese thaumaturgists. The first time he came to Caolu, I had already introduced his birth date into the Hetuluo Book, and calculated that he had 'a hundred valleys, mountains and rivers, and a fief of thousands of miles,' so when he visited Caolu for the second and third time, I readily agreed to do it for him. It's really simple to say, he just wanted me to follow Jing Ke's example, take the geographical map of mountains and rivers to the east to Fusang, and assassinate the Japanese big man at that time. To me, this matter is like picking up an object, as long as the hundreds of links of the assassination process are carefully assembled like a clock movement, and the moment when the final life is taken, it is just a matter of lifting a fly swatter and eliminating a small fly buzzing against the wall......" Zhang Quanzhong said.

I nodded subconsciously, and the analogy he made was apt. At that time, the Japanese invaders were advancing smoothly on the land of China, and the good news was spread one after another, probably the Japanese bigwigs could not have imagined that there would be a lone Chinese army who would go deep and risk death to assassinate. Besides, the big man was surrounded by top ninjutsu masters of the Koga faction and the Iga faction, and these people were great experts in assassination, and they were not afraid of the assassins sent by the Chinese government at all.

If, I just say "if", if Zhang Quanzhong really succeeded in one blow as Mr. Chang instructed, then the situation in Asia in the twentieth century would have changed. If Japan is defeated, the remaining Germany and Italy of the Axis of Evil will also suffer a heavy blow, and perhaps World War II will end early.

There is no "if" in the world, the Japanese big man was not assassinated, the history of World War II dragged on until 1945, and the people of the world suffered from the war for a full decade.

"In my eyes, Mr. Chang is the reincarnation of Qin Shi Huang. Speaking of excitement, Zhang Quanzhong patted the tile ridge with both hands, as if he was beating the beat for the burning years of the three visits to the thatched house and the loyal ministers of the Ming monarch.

He compares Mr. Chang to Qin Shi Huang, the founder of feudal society, which I disagree, but I don't want to refute either. Everyone's understanding of historical figures is different, full of subjective thoughts, and there is no need to force uniformity.

"What happened?" I asked.

Zhang Quanzhong sighed and quoted the first two sentences of a revolutionary poem: "Life is precious, and love is more valuable." ”

I realized that the change must have something to do with Jingguan Xiaowu.

He was willing to quote the poem, but he forgot that the main thrust of the whole poem lies in the last two lines - "If it is for the sake of freedom, both can be thrown".

The reason why this poem has been widely spread in the Central Plains is because the author has made the most important and appropriate order of life, love, and freedom.

Life represents the ego, love represents lust, and freedom represents the "ego" of the country and the nation. The poet not only writes this, but he does it by giving up everything in order to realize the Greater Self.

As for Zhang Quanzhong, he just gave up his ego for love, and this kind of realm is already a millimeter away from it.

"You met Jingguan Xiaowu, and then you forgot Mr. Chang's national trust? In your values, Jingguan Xiaowu is more important than the rise and fall of the country?" I said the answer directly.

If a person has a sense of shame and patriotism, then he will definitely refute my point of view, and will never admit that he puts love above all other elements of life.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Quanzhong nodded and frankly admitted my two questions.

I was speechless for a while, after all, I received an orthodox education of "serving the people and dedicating myself to the country" since I was a child, and my values, outlook on life, and world outlook were formed on the basis of the sole principle of "national interests above all else". Among the ordinary people I have come into contact with in the past, no one has ever dared to admit that his love is above the interests of the country.

"You...... Mr. Zhang, I was really surprised by your candour. I smiled wryly.

In public opinion, if a person like Zhang Quanzhong appears, he will definitely be criticized by the public moral representatives, who will regard him as a great rebel and morally corrupt person, and will criticize him as a social villain in turn.

"I calculated everything, went deep into the temple in Kyoto, Japan, hid for seven days and nights, and when the big man entered the temple to worship and kneel and march to incense, I suddenly jumped up from the hiding cave under the carpet, held a short knife with a curved blade quenched with poison, and stabbed the big man in the heart. Unexpectedly, when there was no room for it, Jingguan Xiaowu suddenly slipped over and blocked the knife with his body. If she hadn't practiced Koga Sect ninjutsu, she would have been killed on the spot, and she wouldn't have been able to drag on for even a minute. If the assassination failed, I could have fled immediately and waited for the next opportunity, but my gaze met with that of Jingguan Xiaowu, and suddenly I fell into a sinking hell. Her gaze was like a bolt of lightning that illuminated my entire consciousness. I have been in retreat in Canglong Ridge for seven years, immersed in the arithmetic world of Hetu Luoshu, and every night, I can see a woman like a bright moon floating among the numbers, and her slender jade feet trampling on the changing numbers towards me. The more thoroughly I understood the Hetuluo book, the clearer the woman's face became. At the moment when I stabbed Jingguan Xiaowu, I suddenly understood that she was the woman who appeared in the Hetuluo book, and it was the end of all the arithmetic in my mind. So, I gave up escaping, but stayed in that temple and stayed awake for thirty days to dispel poison and heal Jingguan Xiaowu. The full moon on the 30th, and my fate and her fate have been tightly entangled......"

Speaking of Jingguan Xiaowu, Zhang Quanzhong had an idiotic smile on his face.

He is old, and eighty years have passed since the day of the stabbing of the knife, but the smile on his face is as young as that of a young man in white clothes.

"It's a story to celebrate. I said lightly.

In that era when Japanese invaders were raging in the Central Plains, it was impossible for any love between Chinese and Japanese to be blessed, and any Chinese who dared to describe and contact the Japanese positively would also be scolded by the Chinese. Even a national player like Wu Qingyuan, a generation of Go masters, has been abused and criticized by patriots. This is the inevitability of history, and anyone who tries to prove his innocence will eventually collapse in the course of a mantis fight.

On the level of love, I bless Zhang Quanzhong, but on the national level, I am very disdainful of his defection.

"Mr. Chang regarded you as a national soldier and pinned his hopes on you to change the fate of the Central Plains, but in the end you disappointed him and the 40,000,000 people at that time. I said.

Suddenly, another meaning came to my mind, and I shuddered.

"Mr. Zhang, you didn't ...... You didn't rebel because of Jingguan Xiaowu and became a traitor to the state of the Chinese nation, did you?" I asked in a bitter voice.

Since Lieutenant Zhang Quanzhong values love above all else, if Jingguan Xiaowu persuades him to board the crazy chariot of militarism, won't he immediately stand on the opposite side of China's resistance against Japan and become a traitor, traitor, and traitor who has been infamous for thousands of years?

If he is such a person, it will be a great shame in the Chinese thaumaturgical world, and he will never be worthy of the title of "Chinese thaumaturgist", nor will he be worthy of being with my generation.

Zhang Quanzhong sighed repeatedly: "How could it be? I am Chinese, China and Japan are at war, no matter how confused I am, it is impossible for me to listen to the advice of Japanese bigwigs, take one wrong step, and become a sinner in history." ”

His emotions grew heavier, but I was relieved.

"I can't betray the country to plan for Japan, and Jingguan Xiaowu can't kill his own people for the sake of the Chinese, so the two of us fled at night, disguised and returned to the Central Plains on a Japanese cargo ship. Zhang Quanzhong said.

I recalled the battle of the Tiegong Temple on the shore of Daming Lake, and I felt a little comforted, at least he and Jingguan Xiaowu were "anti-Japanese" at that time, leading the thaumaturgists of Jinan City to resist the occupation army. However, wouldn't that go against Jingguan Xiaowu's wishes?

Zhang Quanzhong is really an extremely complicated person, I can't see through him, and I can't grasp his true thoughts.

This kind of dialogue and exchange took place in a completely unequal situation, and most of the things he recounted were beyond my expectations, and there were too many bizarre twists, such as what he said next-

"I don't resist Japan, and Jingguan Xiaowu doesn't resist China, the only purpose we have together is to live, live forever. The Central Plains religion believes in the six realms of reincarnation, agreeing with the theory of 'early reincarnation and reincarnation', and uses this to appease the people, so that every soul who has fallen into darkness will voluntarily go their own way. As for the Tibetan Esoteric people, they believe in the theory of 'reincarnation', believing that after a living person has devoted himself to cultivation, he will be able to obtain great blessings in the process of reincarnation and become the kind of person he desires. The theories of the Central Plains religion and Tibetan esoteric are correct, but they ignore that in addition to the 'six realms of reincarnation' and 'reincarnation', there is another unknown crack in eternal life. I am proficient in arithmetic, and what I can do is to rely on the calculation arrangement that is accurate to one ten-thousandth of a micron, and take Jingguan Xiaowu with me to pass through the cracks of eternal life and live all the way. The Wulongtan tragedy you witnessed is an example of how only by living towards death can you live from death and become a rift escapee outside of the six realms of reincarnation and the reincarnation of the Tibetan Secret. That time, it was me who died, and it was Jingguan Xiaowu who was born, but this time it fell one by one, and it was Jingguan Xiaowu who died, and it was me who was born. I believe that this time we will be able to pass the test safely, pass through the crack of eternal life again, and continue to live......" At this point, his face has sunk like water, as if I Buddha Nyorai standing on the throne of the West Heavenly Lotus Terrace, guiding the world and enlightening sentient beings.

In this case, he is not just an outlier who "jumps out of the Three Realms and is not in the Five Elements", but is the creator of the life order that created the "Three Realms and Five Elements".

He said eternal life, which is eternal life.

He said that he wanted Jingguan Xiaowu to live forever, and Jingguan Xiaowu would be able to live forever.

The transformation from a fierce assassin to a tender amorous man is a magical process. I can only say that this is Zhang Quanzhong's life, and perhaps Mr. Chang's life.

The latter looked at the thatched house three times and tried his best to get Zhang Quanzhong to agree to make a move, but in the blink of an eye, there was one more thaumaturgical monster in the world who was desperate for love. This is something that Mr. Chang would never have thought of, if he had this kind of expectation, the Central Plains master is like a cloud, it is better to send someone else.

"Mr. Zhang, I really have a ...... about your and Jingguan Xiaowu's lives There is nothing to say, I just hope that you can calculate accurately again and leave no regrets in your life. I said.

Life and death are major events in life, and before Jingguan Xiaowu came back to life, I didn't dare to take everything lightly.

"Thank you, in fact, you are the only one who has blessed us after knowing the truth. Zhang Quanzhong responded.

"Wang Yu has already left, what about the three visitors from Mt. Fuji, who can save them?" I asked.

In the courtyard, the sprinkler sprinkler is spraying water more and more slowly, and it seems that it will soon stop.

"Don't panic, he'll be back soon. Zhang Quanzhong said.

I couldn't help frowning, but then I understood that the entire backstreet of the Tongyuan Bureau was Zhang Quanzhong's people, and it was definitely easy for him to keep Wang Yu.

"The only difficulty was to ask him to be willing to rescue the visitors to Mt. Fuji. The Wang family's snuff skills are the best in the Central Plains, which not only has pure Chinese medicine pharmacology, but also has some idealistic ingredients in it, similar to the metaphysical dark power of the likes of 'Shen Da'. If he is willing to save people, snuff can work, and if he refuses to save people, it is useless to leave snuff behind. Brother Xia, next, I have to ask you for help, only you can persuade him. Zhang Quanzhong said.

I don't have a deep understanding of snuff, if it is really as Zhang Quanzhong said, the snuff of the Wang family for six generations has this miraculous effect of combining material and force, then convincing him is the key to saving people.

"Are you sure I can convince him?" I asked.

Zhang Quanzhong shook his head: "On the contrary, I calculated that this was a catastrophe for me and Jingguan Xiaowu, and we must help you to survive the catastrophe." Brother Xia, the last time I was at the bottom of Wulong Pond, it was also with your help that Jingguan Xiaowu was able to live forever through the cracks of life. You are our destiny and I believe in that 100%. ”

I couldn't help but smile bitterly, feeling that I had been kidnapped by Zhang Quanzhong and put in the carriage of morality.

When the Wulongtan tragedy happened, I was willing to save Jingguan Xiaowu in despair. Zhang Quanzhong pushed me to the edge of the cliff of "this must be" through calculations, and asked me to actively choose my next move.

"Mr. Zhang, are you going to force me to make a choice again?" I asked.

Zhang Quanzhong pointed downward: "Brother Xia, Jingguan Xiaowu is lying in the ice coffin, whether you can save her or not, it's all up to you and not me." You have also seen and heard with your own eyes that Wang Yu has a deep prejudice against the Japanese, and even if I put a knife on his neck, it is impossible for him to change his mind. At this moment, in this situation, what can I do? For the sake of Xiao Wu, I can put down my dignity and beg anyone, but now you are the only person who can solve the dilemma......

I held my head in my hands, plugged my ears with my fingers, and didn't listen to Zhang Quanzhong.

It turned out that I thought I was the audience, but I had been swept up by Zhang Quanzhong and became the leading pillar of the leading role.

Suddenly, a gentle hand reached out and pressed it against the back of my hand.

I don't have to look up, I know it's a city.

"Saving someone's life is better than building a seventh-level floating slaughter. We only save people, and we don't ask the reason for saving people, okay?" Lian Chengbi said softly.

I didn't open my eyes, but my mind was full of the old and lifeless face of Jingguan Xiaowu in the ice coffin.

"I know the whole story. Lian Chengbi sat down beside me and snuggled me gently.

"What's the whole story?" I asked.

"Jingguan Xiaowu once left a diary, from the time she met Mr. Zhang, to the eve of our visit. She said that she has long regarded the flesh and blood of the body as a burden, and only seeks the eternal spirit, just like Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai in ancient China. It's just that life is not a mythical story, and in order to stick to this love, they must go through a long period of suffering. Of all things in the world, it is easiest to seek death, but it is the hardest to survive. They are not afraid of death, but they don't want love to be as gorgeous but short-lived as summer flowers. I want to help them—if I have the means, even if I have nowhere to help, I'm willing to do everything in my power to accompany them until they get through it. Lian Chengbi replied.

"What about the diary?" I asked.

Lian Chengbi sighed: "I only read it once, and the booklet instantly turned to ashes and scattered in Jingguan Xiaowu's old house." I guess she just wants one person to read her heart, as long as there is one person in the world who understands her heart, that's enough. ”

Obviously, like me, even Chengbi was kidnapped by Zhang Quanzhong's morality and couldn't break free.

"I'll go, I'll go see Wang Yu. "I stood up.

"I'm with you. "Even Chengbi stood up.

Now, the two of us have taken all the responsibility for rescuing Jingguan Xiaowu, and Zhang Quanzhong has become a bystander.

"Mr. Zhang, thank you for teaching me a vivid lesson and making me understand that everything in the world can be calculated. In fact, I am also deeply glad that if you did not meet Jingguan Xiaowu, but succeeded in stabbing and changed the course of history, then today's Central Plains rivers and lakes may have already become a stage for you to splash ink alone. "I bowed my hand to Zhang Quanzhong.

In fact, God is the fairest, always creating a balance between intentional and unintentional, the strong suppress it, and the high one can never let a certain person, a certain force, or a certain organization occupy an absolute hegemonic position.

In the past, Mr. Chang and the old government he represented were too strong, so God created a chaotic situation in which the warlords were divided and fought on their own, making the old government troubled internally and externally, and unable to quickly establish an Asian superpower after the collapse of the Qing government. After that, Mr. Chang was good at dancing with long sleeves, or coercion and temptation, or called him a brother, pacified several major warlords, and strictly implemented his idea of "settling inside before the outside". However, the Japanese invaders immediately launched the "Qiqi Lugou Bridge Incident" to ignite the war that had just subsided.

From the twists and turns of Mr. Chang's life, it can be seen that the hand of heaven has never stopped playing with the clouds, and can take care of every country and every person absolutely fairly. Similarly, Zhang Quanzhong, who is good at calculations, may also be a master of high merit and become the enemy of Mr. Chang in his life. Then, God launched Jingguan Xiaowu in time, putting Zhang Quanzhong in a dilemma, and it was too late to make an enemy of Mr. Chang.

"What about me, and what will Heaven do?" I couldn't help but sigh silently.

Lian Chengbi and I landed down the ladder and walked out side by side.

"The sprinkler stopped. Lian Chengbi whispered.

Sure enough, the sprinkler no longer sprayed water, only the water on the blades of the broken intestine grass occasionally fell, making a tick-tock sound.