Chapter 390: Where Did the Time Go (Interlude)
Chinese.
Sanjiang.
Low bungalow area.
In the dim light, the air is humid, and the road is undulating and narrow, allowing at most two people to pass side by side.
Chu Ye lives in this area, and he came back drunk today.
He is not tall, only one meter seven or eight, and there is still a long way to go from two meters, and this kind of thing cannot be rushed.
His appearance is not high, only eighty or ninety points, far from ten thousand points, this is innate, given by his parents, no way, he can't blame them.
Plastic surgery can change the appearance, but Chu Ye has no such plans.
It is good to be able to improve the appearance, but it is still necessary to take risks, if the pursuit of artistic beauty fails, the natural beauty of itself will be lost, and the gains outweigh the losses.
His grades are not high, and he is in the middle of the whole grade, only one step away from the top, and only half a step away from the top ten.
is not useless like this, but he still found a girlfriend who envies others.
She is very good-looking, so she has more than 90 points, and the full score is 100 points.
She had good grades, so she was the first in the class and the second in the class.
She has a very good family background, she is the second generation of officials and the second generation of wealth, and she has no worries about food and clothing.
The college entrance examination has passed, and today is a celebration party, and the whole class has gone, and he has also gone.
I thought that from now on, I could step into the door of the university with my girlfriend and live in both rooms.
Unexpectedly, his girlfriend broke the news that he was going to study abroad, which swept away Chu Ye's joy.
For him, it was like a sudden thunderbolt from the clouds high above him to the dark and cold abyss in an instant.
The first trough of his life suddenly appeared, Chu Ye was full of thoughts, melancholy, mixed feelings, and the idea of using everything to save it was all in vain.
The light in front of him was like a floating cloud, crushing the city and wanting to destroy it, hovering above his head, lingering.
What will he be able to do?
What else could he do?
The whole person has lost his direction, and his life is going to be bleak from now on?
He asked himself, repeatedly:
Where did the feelings go?
What the hell is wrong with you?
What did you do wrong?
Ill-fated, why do you always play tricks on yourself?
Isn't it okay to change people?
For a while, Chu Ye couldn't find an answer, so he could only use wine to drown his sorrows.
got an admission letter from the university, but lost a girlfriend because of it, no matter how you count it, it's a loss.
Can a piece of paper replace a girlfriend?
Losing is always so abrupt, parting is always so ruthless, and forgetting is always so heartbreaking.
Her name was hidden deep in Chu Ye's heart, deep in her heart, unwilling to remember, unwilling to say it, waiting for time to devour this name little by little, until there was no trace!
Staggered to the first floor, the locked door could be seen to be rusty, took out the key from his pocket, in order not to disturb his parents' rest, Chu Ye carefully opened the door.
It was darkness in front of his eyes, Chu Ye controlled the sound of his footsteps, and returned to his room without any washing, and lay straight on the bed.
The bed was so cold, and the breeze outside the window was also blowing, as cold as his heart, as if he was comforting Chu Ye: Don't be sad, don't be sad, and we will accompany you.
They seemed to be whispering in Chu Ye's ears:
If life deceives you,
Don't be sad, don't be anxious!
Calm down on a gloomy day:
Believe it, happy days will come!
The heart is always yearning for the future;
Now it's often melancholy.
Everything is instantaneous, everything will pass;
And what has passed will become a cordial nostalgia.
Chu Ye, who was quietly staring at the ceiling, suddenly rose in his heart:
"Do you regret it?"
"Are you disappointed?"
"Are you desperate?"
This passage was like thunder, not that he was talking to himself, nor that he was asking and answering himself, but that it came from other places, and it directly shook the depths of his soul.
Suddenly, a look of surprise appeared in Chu Ye's eyes, his expression was dumb, a creepy horror flowed in the bone marrow, his body shook, jumped up from the bed, and stood upright on the ground.
"Who is it?" Chu Ye frowned, raised his eyes and looked around, looking for the source of this voice, but he found nothing, and did not recognize and answer his question.
"Could it be that I'm too suspicious?" A few minutes later, the room was terrifyingly calm, and Chu Ye could hear his heartbeat, breathing, and his brows slowly stretched, sighing, and breathing a sigh of relief.
Lying back on the bed lazily, but unexpectedly, just lying down, this voice appeared again:
"Do you regret it?"
"Are you disappointed?"
"Are you desperate?"
Before, he thought it was just an illusion, but now, Chu Ye didn't think so, and a heavy and oppressive atmosphere suddenly permeated, making him a little more vigilant and vigilant, and his drunkenness subsided a lot, and he instantly clenched his fists and was ready to attack.
Just as he wanted to look for it again, Chu Ye heard a new voice: "You don't have to look for it, if I don't want to come out, you won't be able to find me anyway!"
"Who the hell are you?What are you doing here?If it's just to see my jokes, then please, I'm sorry to send it away!" Chu Ye looked all over the house, but still didn't find any other figures, he couldn't help but feel uneasy, and hurriedly wanted to evict the guest, and gave the eviction order without hesitation.
The weird voice laughed and reappeared: "I'm another you, how can I see your jokes!"
After saying that, a figure gradually appeared in front of Chu Ye's eyes.
has the same figure and the same appearance as Chu Ye, even the clothes he is wearing at this moment are exactly the same.
It's just that this figure is illusory, but Chu Ye is real.
"You ......"
"Are you...... Youkai?"
"How could you be me?!"
Chu Ye was stunned for a moment, feeling incredible, the scene in front of him made him unbelievable, his expression was terrified, his body was a little trembling, his teeth were also chattering, and he said in a slur manner.
The virtual version of Chu Ye shook his head gently: "You are me, I am you, you and I are one." It's just that I'm from another plane, which you can call a parallel world. If I'm a youkai, then wouldn't you be a youkai too!"
"Parallel world?" Chu Ye was stunned, and after rubbing his eyes vigorously, he found that the phantom still existed in front of his eyes, his heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and his breathing became rapid.
Is this true?
It sounds so appalling, I don't know, I thought it was making a science fiction movie, Chu Ye muttered in his heart: "Haven't I even woken up yet, am I wandering into the world?"
The virtual version of Chu Ye smiled indifferently, giving people the feeling of a spring breeze: "Are you interested, play a game with me?"
At this time, two things appeared in the phantom version of Chu Ye's hand, one similar to a coin and one dice, respectively in the palm of his left hand and right hand.
"I didn't ...... No interest!" Chu Ye looked at these two things, was stunned, relieved himself, and immediately refused.
Chu Ye didn't know what the intention of this 'monster' that suddenly ran out of nowhere, how could he go on according to his wishes, Chu Ye was not mentally retarded, let alone an idiot, how could he be so easy to fool.
The virtual version of Chu Ye was not angry, he was still indifferent, and said: "Don't be busy refusing first, I'll show you something, and after reading it, you can tell me your decision!"
Then, he put away the things in his hands and waved them casually, and a picture appeared in front of his eyes in front of the first night.
The picture is located in a hotel room, there are two people in it, a man and a woman, Chu Ye knows both, the former is the president of their class, and the latter is his ex-girlfriend who broke up with him not long ago.
The two of them are fighting, you come and go, it's not lively, sweat, saliva, blood......
Seeing that Chu Ye was first taken aback, then deeply angry, and then furious, he was furious, and his clenched hands flowed with blood like a stream, and it fell to the ground ticking, endlessly.
The picture lasted less than a minute, and Chu Ye already had a hideous face, his eyes were red, as if he was a fierce beast from the ancient century, which was very terrifying.
Unable to watch it anymore, Chu Ye shouted at the virtual version of Chu Ye: "Enough! ”
A smile appeared on the corner of Chu Ye's mouth, a touch of cunning color flashed away, and with a wave of his hand, the picture disappeared: "I knew that you were a smart person, so you would naturally make smart choices." ”
"How to play?" Chu Ye's expression softened a little, the hideous and terrifying did not fade, and he looked at him with hatred and asked.
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The land of Yangyang has many and complex scenes, or mountains with mountains and mountains, or surging flowing water, or muddy and sticky swamps, or endless deserts, or dense ancient road forests......
This is the land of the Great Qin Empire, and it is also an era that created a legendary hegemony, which is not known for thousands of miles long and thousands of miles wide, and the territory is measured by years.
Under its iron horse, no matter how talented it is, as long as it disobeys the rule of Great Qin, it will be turned into ashes of history, turned into insignificant dust, and trampled under the feet of countless people.
Colorful names disappeared between this world and the world, and hatred rose here, and they were helpless again and again.
Canghai City is close to a vast ocean, rippling blue waves as always, and the waves of different heights crash against the jagged reefs, just like the people living on land, their talents are different from the depth of the city, producing different forms of reaction.
The buildings are scattered and like, the traffic is strange, the chickens and dogs smell each other, a prosperous scene, the people are sunrise and sunset, and they have long been accustomed to this kind of life.
Recently, some strangers have appeared in the city, more than ten times more than before, which makes everyone a little more vigilant, until the eastern part of the city all falls into the hands of these strangers, and they all smell a trace of something unusual - something big has happened!
People come and go, they are all talking about speculation about this matter, or shocking news:
"Do you know, there are a large number of strangers in the city who have recently come to our Canghai City, they are all very rich, and they are very powerful, the city lord does not dare to offend them, and sold the eastern area of the city to them, it is estimated that they are big officials from Beijing, it seems that there is something big about us in Canghai City recently. ”
"What is this, I also know that the city lord saddled the horse for them, respectfully, like a slave, invited their big man to the city lord's mansion for a banquet, but was mercilessly refused, and he had to leave with a smiling face, which is really a powerful place!"
"Cut, the news you all know is outdated, one of my classmates is on an errand in the City Lord's Mansion, I have already got the latest news, that big man harvested a delicate beautiful lady the night before, and he is upside down. Do you know who this beautiful lady is?"
"Tell me quickly, who the hell is it, could it be your wife?"
"At this juncture, we are still not good friends, if you continue to sell Guanzi, I won't invite you to drink today, you can drink the sea water alone with the little news in your heart." ”
"That's right, happiness is commonplace, it's better to be happy alone than to be happy, you know what's the use, we don't know it's better not to know it from the beginning, you shouldn't say it, it makes us itch in our hearts, we are not good brothers. ”
"What I mean is that you should eat this news alone and drink it as a drink, and if you continue to sell it, we will not be uncommon. ”
"Everyone is a brother, you are so unkind, can we still have a good time?"
Under the urging and threats of several people, the crowd named Liu Xiaoer still chose to cooperate, because this is his bargaining chip for a good meal today, even if they don't threaten, they will still say it under the urging of a few of them.
Liu Xiaoer's expression suddenly became a little worried and scared, looked forward and backward, and then took a few of them to a place with a relatively sparse flow of people, and began to talk about the confidentiality agreement with a few of his friends, and said solemnly: "Today's incident is inside information, and it is also very important news, if I don't know if I will be arrested by the official to suffer, I am taking a big risk, you must ensure that the news you heard today cannot be said, otherwise, everyone will have to bear the disaster of prison, do you understand?"
Everyone is a classmate, and if they can gather together, they are naturally a type of people, belonging to the ranks of smart people, so they all nodded in unison and said in unison: "Don't worry, we understand!"
Liu Xiaoer put his mind at ease, saw that it was time to see the poor dagger, glanced at a few of them, and then said the chips unhurriedly: "I can tell you you, but, you also know that I have a lot of money these days, and everyone has a treat for a day, do you have no opinion?"
Several of them have long been accustomed to Liu Xiaoer's temperament, so it is not surprising that they are expected:
"We've known for a long time that you're going to play this kind of insider exchange chips, so of course there's no problem with that. ”
"You still don't believe it if you say you're not kind, but now that you've recruited it yourself, it's expected that you should hurry up and say it, which makes our curiosity very uncomfortable. ”
"That's it, that's all you have to do, can you change the way you play pleasantly, even if it's a novel method, and make us feel like outsiders. ”
"I think it's time for us to break off our friendship with you, foodies, lest we lose our money and food, and lest our right hearts be hurt. This is the last time, and if there is a next time, you see if we will ignore you flamboyant and slippery. ”
Being exposed like this, Liu Xiaoer was also a little embarrassed, they were all telling the facts that were clear and blatant at a glance, and they couldn't refute it, so they had to scratch their heads and smile awkwardly: "Hehe, it's all an accident, I promise there will be no next time." ”
After getting their affirmative answers, Liu Xiaoer let them gather around him, leaned over and whispered to him: "This time the inside information is guaranteed to surprise you, you would never have thought that this person is the fiancée of Chu Tomb, the first genius in Canghai City, and the Chu family was killed because of her."
It is said that there is another person in the Chu family who is outside and has not been killed, it is also the tomb of Chu, and the Qin army sent people to secretly run around and search hard, as long as there is news of him, report it immediately, and you can get a rich reward of 10,000 gold, which is definitely from the mortal world to heaven in an instant.
Of course, there is still only one fate for the Chu Tomb - there is no place to bury you!"
Liu Xiaoer was talking, and several people were also listening, thinking with relish, but they didn't notice that at the other end of the narrow alley, a ragged beggar was leaning over and slowly walking towards them.
The beggar held a half-human-tall and swarthy cane in his hand, which was full of the smell of dirt, mixed with the smell of decay and decay, combined with his unkempt and sloppy image, and his inferior complex, as well as his pitiful eyes, almost everyone would think that he was a beggar worthy of the name.
As everyone knows, he is the Chu tomb mentioned by Liu Xiaoer, the former first genius of Canghai City, and the only surviving descendant of the Chu family.
Chu Xiao knew that the Second Emperor Chenggongzi did not come only for his fiancée, but also his family heirloom jade-Fengshen Soul Jade.
It is said that the Fengshen Soul Jade is an immortal gift from Penglai Xiandao to the Chu family, with fairy rhyme, worn on the body, it can nourish the body, stabilize the original spirit, enhance vitality, prolong life, and has a role, that is, to preserve the soul for thousands of years.
Most people have speculated that there is an immortal path in the Sealed Divine Soul Jade, as long as you can break the hidden prohibition, you can obtain the cultivation method, ask the immortals, fade the mortal body, achieve the real immortal body, rank in the immortal class, fly to the ninefold heaven, immortal and immortal.
This is a legend about Penglai Immortal Island, and it is also a legend of the Soul Jade, after the king of the Great Qin Empire unified the Seven Kingdoms, he was more eager to meet the immortals, obtain their guidance, and achieve the great cause of long life. Therefore, he planned the eastern tour, starting from Xianyang and ending with Canghai, and the second prince was just the person he sent to supervise the construction of the palace.
As the saying goes, you can't have both fish and bear's paws, and the second prince just did the opposite, both of which wanted to be owned, which shows that he is ambitious, has the heart of jackals, tigers and leopards, and the meaning of greed can be described as flooding.
At present, the second prince has not made Sima Zhao's heart known to passers-by, because his strength is limited, so he uses Chu Xiao's fiancée as a tool to hide people's eyes, and it is not known whether he is sincere or not.
Hundreds of years have passed, and I don't know why the secret of the Chu family's possession of the Divine Soul Jade suddenly leaked out, and it also reached the ears of the second prince, causing the Chu family to perish, leaving him alone in this world, Chu Xiao is also very puzzled, who is this person?
The current Fengshen Soul Jade is only known to him, and it is not as mysterious as people rumore, it is just a palm-sized jade pendant, except for the faint word 'Penglai' that will appear on it with blood, there is no difference between ordinary Hetian jade in other places.
Now the only person who makes Chu Xiao feel at ease is his fiancée, who doesn't want to go to the City Lord's Mansion to rescue her all the time, but there are thousands of people on the Great Qin Iron Cavalry who came to Canghai City with the second prince, which can be described as heavily guarded, like a strong barrier, and ordinary people approaching it is tantamount to a sheep entering the tiger's mouth, and it is inevitable that they will die.
Located in ordinary people, Chu Xiao hated that he was not strong enough, he couldn't even protect his relatives, hated having the so-called Sealing God Soul Jade, which was useless at all, and hated the person who passed on the secret.
If he had the chance, he would have destroyed this person and sacrificed the dead Chu clan with blood to mourn their souls in the sky.
Chu Xiao leaned on crutches, bent his body, lowered his head, and gradually passed by Li Xiaoer and a few of them.