One day.

Cloudy.

The soldiers defending the city had gloomy faces, dispersed the people, and posted the imperial list.

The emperor list is announced to the world.

An imperial list, written on it, is like a hurricane, sweeping the world.

"Have you heard?"

"What did you hear?"

"Haven't heard? The emperor's list has been posted all over the world! ”

"Shhh...... What do you mean...... What about increasing household tax, land tax, house tax, concubinage tax, and child tax? ”

"The tenants in the village are crazy! Nowadays, every family does not dare to have a baby! I heard that the village flower in the next village has a round chest and is easy to give birth to, and the bamboo shoots are white, with good skin and flesh, and now no one is willing to marry the bride price! ”

on the streets.

Between the alleys.

Two ragged tenant farmers, who went into the city to buy and sell, squatted in the shade of a tree in the sun, chatting in frustration.

The older one opened his mouth wide, and he had never heard such a ridiculous thing in his fifty years of life: "Really? Why? ”

"The village flowers are good everywhere, but they are weak and can't work! Isn't this marrying home a loss-making business! ”

The two dirty tenant farmers looked at each other and sighed, "Evil! ”

"Shh

"Here comes the one with the knife!"

A general with a grim face led his army out of the city.

The murderous all the way was shocking to the silence of the market.

After a while, someone whispered.

"Did you hear that?"

"There is another flood in the south."

"Thousands of miles dead!"

"A lot of people are starving to death, and a few days ago, some relatives fled from the south, and finally got here, and they were as thin as bamboo poles."

"I didn't know until I asked......"

"Someone in the South has rebelled!"

"Shhh Really fake! ”

"What did I lie to you! Not only in the south, but also in many places! The world is not working again! ”

"Then let's run!"

"Where are you going?"

"Why don't you be, Beiban? I heard that over the years, Beiban has been quite peaceful. ”

……

The most prosperous street in the West Market, with black smoke billowing out, the sound of the stove blowing like a violent wind and rain, and the sound of striking iron like dense thunder, make noise all day long, and become the most dazzling scenery of the imperial city.

This is a street of "iron shop", every household hangs the plaque of "Red Iron Fang", among which the best iron-striking expert is called Yan Jiji, ancestral craftsmanship, very good.

The people heard that behind this red iron workshop, there is the shadow of the official family.

……

Although Zheng Xiu has never experienced it.

However, since the founding of the country, the Daqian Dynasty has had a perfect system of imperial examinations and schools.

In ancient times, Gongsun Mo had the ambition to be the champion.

Taixue University has four branches in the city.

They are the four courtyards of "Deer", "Lin", "Crane" and "Tiger".

Early one morning, the students of the Fourth Academy washed and changed their clothes sleepily and sat down in the hall.

A corner of Luyuan, known as the youngest "Mo Fuzi" in the history of Daqian, walked slowly to the class with a "new book" in his hand.

Mo Fuzi is sixteen years old, but the talent is outstanding, two years ago only fourteen, with a "book of right and wrong" skills shocked the four, won the champion, that champion article, the most amazing thing is that he with a full 36 lines of neat "put aside right and wrong, right and wrong do not talk about ......" sentence, sprinkled with thousands of words, through the past and the present, has become a good story, attracting countless people to follow suit.

Later, this champion article was included in Taixue, and when the students read it, it was as if their minds had been beaten with a full thirty-six punches.

Others often say that literati are inferior to each other, but this ink master has used his incomparable and epochal talent to convince all literati.

"Ahem."

On the podium, the young Mo Fuzi wore a green shirt, wore jade around his waist, and his face was as white as jade, which was quite stylish.

"Today, Master Ben and you will study a new book together."

Young Mo Fuzi's eyes twinkled, and he picked up a book.

Only then did the students notice that each of them had a brand new book on their desk.

"Master Mo!"

Someone obediently raised his hand.

"Say."

Mo Fuzi nodded, motioning for the students to ask questions.

"This ink ...... Doesn't seem to be doing it yet? ”

The other students didn't believe it, and reached out to dip it, but the ink was not completely dry, and it seemed to be a new book that had just been baked.

"Hehe......" Mo Fuzi shook his head and chuckled: "Books are not ancient, but if there is a soul, there is a spirit." ”

"The soul, the soul of the word, the soul of the book, the soul of the meaning, a book of a thousand words, if it contains the soul of the book, then you can travel the world proudly, the fugue is too empty, know the vastness of the world, watch the infinity of the sun and the moon, and feel the ruthlessness of the years."

The students were stunned for a moment, and then applauded.

Reasonable.

Mo Fuzi wiped the sweat from his forehead and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

The brand new cover has three words written - "The Prisoner Says".

It's an obscure new book that even he doesn't understand.

He read it several times, and the book probably did say that this small heaven and earth seemed to be endless, but in fact the sky was round and the earth was round, and it was a huge cage, and people in prison suffered a lot without knowing it.

Moisten his throat, and Mo Fuzi, who is sought after by countless people as "Tianjing Xiaowen Sheng", reads the title page aloud.

Not only "Deer Temple".

In the whole city, and even all over the world, in academies and tea houses, a book written by someone who did not know who was "The Prisoner Said" gradually circulated.

"Heaven and earth are unkind, take heaven as prison, earth as prison, and all things as prisoners......"

"The husband is born in heaven and earth, works at sunrise, rests at sunset......"

"Above the starry sky, is the glow of the sun and moon hundreds of millions of years ago, or the cold eyes that are staring at all living beings?"

He said......

The sound of reading aloud came out of the academy in a thriving atmosphere, drifted into the sky, and gradually dissipated, leaving a little contemplation.

This little bit of contemplation is like a spark of spark.

……

"A spark is enough to start a prairie fire."

In the evening, the whole city was overshadowed by the tax increase.

The atmosphere has lost its usual enthusiasm and hustle.

A lantern was lit sickly.

A man, a cat, sat on a high wall, overlooking the earth, and watched coldly.

There was a moment of trance in the orange cat's eyes, and then he touched his chin with a little surprise: "It turns out that you have tried a few times, this strange sense of disobedience." So ......"

Anne's eyes were shining, and the cat's whiskers brushed gently beside the man, and the cat was cat-like, and she asked, "You understand now?" The root of the huge distortion is the creation of a 'knot'. ”

"It's a lot, a lot, a lot, a lot of knots." Zheng Xiu's eyes were calm, and he corrected the orange cat's words: "It's incredible. This 'error' is like a virus, twisting wildly and giving rise to more 'mistakes'. I later discovered that the root of this 'error' was not entirely here, but further outer, there was something that, in the depths, was like a wishing machine, distorting everything indiscriminately just to make everything seem 'right'. ”

The orange cat was stunned when he heard this.

Zheng Xiu raised his index finger and smiled slightly: "In addition, a similar conversation between us has already happened in the 'last time'. The only difference is that you're more cat. ”

The orange cat was stunned again, and the next second he wanted to cry without tears. She turned her back to Zheng Xiu and sneaked a glance at her "authority", and sure enough, the jade feet were even more jade, with more holes, and they were becoming less and less qualified.

"Meow woo woo woo ......"

Anne, the haughty and great, the only and unspeakable one, was crying like a little female cat on the operating table, about to complete the sterilization operation.

Zheng Xiu gently touched the orange cat's head, as if soothing. He glanced at the orange cat and said indifferently: "Sure enough, you also said that when you look at it from the 'outside', it is different from the view from the 'inside'. It's like we're looking at a nest of ants, we can easily trample on them, ravage them, and bring them 'extinction', but in a trance, it's hard to distinguish between them, who is missing, and who is doing what. ”

"It's called the higher you stand, the wider your field of vision, and the wider and more blurred it is. Unless...... They deign to become ants, and they change their vision to be like 'ants'. ”

"You only notice that it's twisted, twisted, and changed color, but you can't tell what I've done."

"Unless, the 'change' in this is too big, huge enough for them to glance at it and see the 'difference'."

"So, a few times, I've accidentally caught their attention."

Did I say such things?

A rare look of shock appeared on Mistress Anne's face.

Zheng Xiu bowed his head and said to himself: "You also said that they are just occupying authority, without corresponding 'divinity', and there is no false god with 'authority' and 'divine power', so there is nothing to be afraid of. ”

"So I carefully tried to untie every 'knot' again and again."

"Wrong many times, many times."

"But, they, there are too many."

"You coaxed twice."

"I was struck three times by lightning."

"I've been frozen four times."

"Pierced by tentacles six times."

"I was flattened eleven times by the mountain."

"Blown away by the wind five times."

"Well, this world was accidentally destroyed twice, and I almost didn't run away."

When the orange cat heard that he had "coaxed him twice" at first, his face showed a little disdain. When I was in my heyday, those false gods were trampled on one by one, and now it is really a cat who has fallen here and been deceived by God. But the more Anne listened, the more frightened she became, her eyes widened, and she asked dumbfoundedly, "Wait, wait, what are you ...... How many times have you tried? ”

Zheng Xiu's eyes were slightly empty, as if he hadn't heard the orange cat's words, and was muttering to himself:

"Annie, you know what? In fact, everything is the same, I regard that road as a 'doorway', my attempts again and again as a 'rule', and that 'knot' as a door. ”

"It's just the same way."

"As the saying goes, 'those who are poor in the extreme, they will return to the same place', this thing is no different from practicing the door, it is practice, there is nothing to say."

"But one thing is different, there are thousands of thaumaturgists in the world, as far as I know, even Gongsun Mo's so-called 'walking' to the end is just 'walking', and there are still 108,000 miles away from the 'authority' you said."

"To get there, you have to fly up."

"You have said that 'understanding' is the basis for forging 'authority'. The 'rules' again and again are to constantly temper the self-throne until they reach the peak. ”

"Shut up!" Anne was like an irritated kitten, listening to Zheng Xiu's increasingly indifferent tone, and became inexplicably angry. She clearly hadn't said those words, she didn't remember. But what Zheng Xiu said was indeed something that could not be said by his "current" vision. The orange cat's eyes almost shrunk into two slits: "You...... How many times have I tried! ”

Zheng Xiu was silent for a moment, and he raised an index finger.

"I don't remember."

The tip of his index finger suddenly twisted.

A "sphere" appeared out of thin air and spun on Zheng Xiu's fingertips.

The sphere is hollow, and the sphere is made up of countless tiny chains, and inside the sphere is a mass of "matter" that constantly changes shape, color, and material. No, it can't even be called a "substance", the orange cat stared blankly at the "ball" on Zheng Xiu's fingertips, she had never seen this kind of "authority", the "thing" wrapped in the sphere seemed to be a thing that was flickering and changing every moment, ethereal and uncertain.

"Variable", "Random", "Unstable". Three nouns flashed through the orange cat's mind in an instant.

She couldn't summarize the "that thing" on Zheng Xiu's fingertips.

She wasn't even sure if it was a sign of "authority" or ...... Semi-finished products?

She couldn't be sure. In fact, even though she is backtracking and becoming cat-like, her vision is still there. Being able to make her "uncertain" at a glance, this "uncertainty" itself is a thing that is enough to shock the heavens and all worlds.

"I don't remember."

Zheng Xiu didn't deliberately sell Guan Zi at the moment, he raised his index finger, the sphere turned, and he lowered his head in contemplation. He was really contemplative.

"Ten thousand? 20,000 times? 100,000 times? ”

"I ...... I can't remember. ”

Zheng Xiu's eyes were blank.

The pupils were dark.

"I guess I do...... Inside, a thousand years passed. ”

……

……

"There are always one or two winds ...... the world"

A full blood-colored moon hung high in the sky.

The color is more vivid than blood, so that the huge full moon is like an "eye" entrenched in the sky, staring coldly at the earth.

The undulating jungle stretches as far as the eye can see.

This used to be a "world" full of greenery.

Today, the huge rhizomes are withered, and the black, sticky "river" flows through the forest, emitting a foul stench. The "jungle" is still breathing, losing its former vitality.

Countless red shimmers condensed into balls of bewitching light, moving flexibly through the towering ancient forest.

Colorful monsters that are 100 meters long and resemble butterflies fly in groups among the towering giant trees hundreds of meters high, chasing the blood-colored balls of light.

Feng Bei was still dressed in black like a crow's feather, sitting on a tree trunk hundreds of meters high, swinging his legs and humming softly in his mouth.

Beside Fengbei, a bat is lying on a mini beach chair, wearing sunglasses on its eyes, crossing its legs, and resting its wings behind its head, basking in the "blood moon" in a leisurely manner.

Shout~

The blood-colored ball of light flew by, and the bat took a small mouth, and the ball of light that had no time to escape in the future was in its mouth.

"This essence tastes really good."

After taking a sip of the "Blood Moon Essence", the bat shivered with satisfaction, took off his glasses, listened to Fengbei's soft humming, and conjured a small book between his wings like magic.

"You've hummed this strange song three thousand six hundred and seventy-two times."

Feng Bei instantly closed his mouth and ignored the bat.

"Still thinking about your man?"

The batwing made a complicated gesture and asked with a wicked smile.

"Boring."

"Heh~ woman." The bat crossed his waist and sneered, "You have to get out of there, for his good." This place should not stay for a long time, and sooner or later it will be finished together, unless, you want to die holding a piece. Hehe, compared to 'backtracking' here, 'death' is also quite happy, eyes closed, and a long sleep in peace. ”

Fengbei was silent and ignored the bat.

"You, it's always like this, men are not happy when they are not around, and we can't be independent and self-reliant as women? Putting aside whether he can come or not, isn't it a little wrong that you have disappeared for so long and your men haven't even come to see you? ”

Feng Bei was stunned when she heard this, she was speechless for this sentence, and it seemed to sound ...... No, he can't get out! Fengbei reacted, and she almost didn't block this punch. Feng Bei rolled his eyes.

"So," the bat was still chattering, its wings curled up like an index finger: "When you come to a new place, you should walk more, see more, learn some new postures, knowledge, and become bigger and stronger, otherwise, you are always so sullen, can you maintain freshness in front of your men?" ”

"...... you" Feng Bei's eyes were cold: "'Peeping' at my dream again?" ”

"Just look at it and don't lose the meat!" When the bat heard this, he was a little weak-hearted, lowered his head and muttered: "In my opinion, your dream is like a bubble movie screen hanging above your head, playing in a 360-degree HD uncensored loop, you can see things when you open your eyes, how can it be called voyeurism in the open?" Turning her head to see Fengbei's stingy woman's face darkened, she immediately puffed up her chest: "In short, I'm for your good!" ”

"Hmph."

"Madam," the bat's furry little face showed a vivid "intriguing" look, and he smiled: "You don't want to, your man is snatched away by a more skillful hoof because you are not fresh enough, right?" ”

The bat rolled its wings together and made a "hook" gesture.

Ahh

Fengbei was instantly alert.

After a while, she stood up and looked calmly into the distance: "I...... Get around. ”

"That's right! Each ship is constructed differently and operates according to different rules, so it's always good to take a closer look. ”

Bat smiled, "It's time to ask questions." ”

A man, a bat, running like lightning in the thick trunk of a tree.

"Why don't you leave, and your man can't leave?"

Feng Bei thought for a moment: "Prisoner? ”

"Only half of the answers are correct, seven points!" The bat gave the answer: "I didn't tell you before, every world needs 'all sorts' of people. ”

"Some places are: 'Pioneer', 'Son of the World', 'Hunter', 'Scavenger', 'Rich', 'Vanquished', 'Broken Brother', 'Good Brother', 'Comedian', 'Rebel'、......"

"Where you used to be, what was called a 'doorway' was something or nothing."

"But there is only one character, no matter what the world, is indispensable and must exist."

Feng Bei thought for a moment, recalling the knowledge that the bats had instilled in her like cramming. Feng Bei, who has never liked to use her brain, showed an embarrassed look, and after a while, she still couldn't remember.

The bat laughed and held up the chestnut:

"The Snake of the Snakes,"

"The Emperor of Dogs,"

"The best of the best."

Fengbei: "? ”

"In a complete 'system', there is a kind of person who is the 'core', the 'pillar', and the 'support point' of the world. They may be smooth sailing, or turn over in adversity, or move forward, 'they', if there is no external interference, can eventually be compared to the gods with mortal bodies. Such people, in the 'variety' system, are called 'saints'. And before that, the 'saint' of that place is you. ”

Feng Bei was stunned.

"Now, the place in that shape is vacant."

The enchanting little bat giggled.

Ask for a commuter pass!

(End of chapter)