Chapter 8, the spring breeze is warm

On the first day of March in the seventy-first year of the Great Qiankang Dynasty, at noon, Chang'an City Star Picking Tower]

The spring sun is warm, the south wind is slow, people come and go everywhere in Chang'an City, the vehicles are endless, and the roads are full of people, which is a prosperous scene. At this time, in front of a square table by the window on the second floor of the Star Picking Building in Chang'an City, Xu Ke and Yi Qing sat opposite each other, raising their glasses and drinking. The two of them drank and whispered to the noisy street scene outside the window, chatting and laughing casually, and each of them did not feel that they were flying freely and happily. At this time, Xu Ke could hear that there were two men in Chinese clothes in the next seat, who were also chatting energetically. The two of them exchanged cups and kept talking, and the topic they talked about was vaguely a few strange cases that had recently happened in the capital.

A middle-aged man in a green suit said, "Brother He, do you know how many strange things have happened in the capital one after another?"

Another young man in a green robe said: "Brother Fang, what you are talking about are the few strange cases that have been plagued by ghosts in Chang'an City recently, I heard that for these cases, Lord Zhong of Jingzhao Mansion is so anxious as if he has lost his soul......"

The man in the green suit took a sip of wine and sighed: "Ahem! Lord Zhong is really a bad year, we have finally survived a great drought, seeing that a heavy rain has just fallen, and the people are busy with spring ploughing, this year finally has a good year, who would have thought that there have been several bizarre murders in Chang'an City one after another! However, how can Brother He conclude that those murders are all caused by ghosts?"

The man in the green robe also took a sip of wine, and responded: "Brother Fang, the younger brother listened to what the catcher in the Yali of Chang'an County said in person, saying that those dead people were all as white as paper, bloodless, and shriveled up like a dry corpse, and the deceased did not have any wounds on his body.

The man in green said: "Did the deceased be poisoned? Or did these people die in vendetta in the ......rivers and lakes?

The blue-robed man waved his hand and said disdainfully: "Even though there are a few strange people in the rivers and lakes, where do they have such a means to make a living person look like a dried corpse? What's more, several people have died in Chang'an City one after another in the past few days, these people have nothing to do with each other, whether they are south or north, they have nothing to do with each other, could it be that they were all killed by the same enemy at the same time?"

The man in green said: "Or, they have offended a big gang in the rivers and lakes, I have heard that there is a big faction called 'Shuzhong Kangmen', the door is full of masters, and they are good at using hidden weapons, and they will also use poison, I heard that the people in the Kangmen also came to Chang'an, maybe, these people died at the hands of that Kangmen......

The blue-robed man laughed and said: "Brother Fang, you are also a little naïve! The little brother of 'Shuzhong Kangmen' has also heard of it, but there are some means, but to make these many men who look like dried corpses for no reason, I don't think they have this kind of ability! Not to mention Shuzhong Kangmen, just ask this world, who can suddenly turn a living person into a dry corpse, except for those powerful ghosts in the underworld, who else can be in the mortal world?!"

The man in green looked around and said softly, "Brother Fang, be cautious! If these words reach the ears of the saints, there will be no good fruit for us to eat!"

The man in the green robe was drunk and hot at this time, obviously he didn't take the words of the man in green seriously, he shook the sleeves of his robe, shook his head and said:

"What are you afraid of! Our brothers are chatting casually in the restaurant, these words are just talking at our wine table, out of the door of this star picking building, who else can know?!"

The man in green said in a low voice: "Brother He, it's better to be careful! Don't you hear that I have a Tsing Yi Weihu?" Maybe ......" The middle-aged man was halfway through his words, and looked around again, his eyes touched Xu Ke's square table, and the words in his mouth immediately stopped.

The man in the green robe heard the word "Tsing Yi Wei", and immediately sobered up halfway, and his triumphant and high-minded attitude was suddenly swept away. He didn't wait for the man in green to say more, and then he also said:

"Yes, yes, yes! Brother Fang reminded me! The little brother is drunk today, and his words are really Meng Lang! Come on, come on, let's two drink a glass of booze, the gentleman is silent, let's just drink, drink!"

I don't know if these two people knew that Xu Ke had been on an errand in Tsing Yiwei, or if they had already drunk almost, but after seeing the man in green clothes and the man in green robe drink a few glasses of water and wine, they called the shopkeeper to settle the bill and hurriedly went downstairs.

Xu Ke saw the two of them leave in a hurry, but he had already heard their words clearly, and he couldn't help but be a little curious in his heart at the moment. He thought in his heart, how could there be a powerful ghost in Chang'an City? How could a monster suddenly appear at the foot of this dignified son of heaven, in the important land of Gyeonggi? The world he lives in now is not the 12-line life wheel of Jiazi, how can a demon suddenly appear under the bright sky and white sun? Moreover, even in the 12-line life wheel of Jiazi, it was only on the first day of the first month of June that the drastic changes in the heavens and the earth were shocked......

Yiqing saw Xu Ke put down the wine glass thoughtfully, so he asked with a smile:

"What's the matter? You heard that there was a strange murder in Chang'an City, so you are anxious to solve the case?"

Xu Ke also responded with a smile: "Now that I am no longer a public person, these murders have been investigated by Jingzhao Mansion, what do they have to do with me? I just heard that some people actually said that these murders were 'terrible ghosts', and I didn't think it was ridiculous." ”

Yiqing said: "Do you think these murders are all committed by mortals, and there are no ghosts and monsters in Chang'an City to harm people?"

Xu Ke said with a smile: "Where did these so many 'powerful ghosts and demons' come from! In this world, if I remember correctly, it should be the eight-line life wheel of Yichou, in this life wheel, human beings are very safe, and they will not encounter demons anywhere......

Yiqing said: "You often talk about the 'wheel of life', what is the matter with the 'wheel of life' you say?"

Xu Ke said: "The so-called 'wheel of life' is that the world we live in actually has different evolutions and directions, just like you drive a carriage in the vast wilderness, as long as the wheels move slightly, the carriage will move in a different direction." Neither you nor your carriage have changed, but the trajectory of the wheels and the path of the carriage are very different from the original......"

After all, Yiqing is a disciple of Emei, and she heard the master explain all the mysteries in the Taoist door every day, and heard Xu Ke talk about the "wheel of life", she seemed to have understood it in her heart, and immediately asked:

"So in the Divine King Pavilion, have you crossed into another wheel of life, in that world, have you ever met another 'me'?"

Xu Ke looked at Yiqing, raised the "Fenyang Drunk" in the cup and took a big sip, before sighing faintly: "Miss Yiqing, if Xu said that in another wheel of life, not only have we been with the girl for a long time, but we have also raised our swords together to fight against demons, experienced life and death together, and almost became the food in the mouth of the monster, you ...... Can you believe it?"

"I believe it!" replied Yiqing without thinking, and she asked again:

"Sick man, what did you experience in that chakra, what did you say and do with the 'me' of that world...... You might as well tell them all!"

Xu Ke smiled bitterly: "Miss Yiqing, in that world, you have never called me any 'sick man'!"

Yiqing was curious: "That...... What am I calling you?"

Xu Ke thought about it for a while, but he wanted to say something, he opened his mouth and drank a big sip of wine, and said: "Forget it, don't talk about this! In that world, the girl is holding a double-strand sword, and also driving a white mouse, everywhere she goes, the demons are all frightened, retreating, the girl is sassy and heroic, Lei Lei is imposing, which really makes Xu admire!"

Yiqing couldn't help but wonder, "I still drive a big mouse, how big is that mouse?"

Xu Ke said with a smile: "That 'Shu Hatetian' looks like a white mouse, in terms of size, it is not lost to a tall horse!"

"Shu Hattian?" Yiqing couldn't help but laugh and said, "The name of my white rat is called 'Shu Hattian'? Wasn't Shu Hattian rescued by your 'fox sister'? Why did it become my car again?"

"This ...... That's a long story......"

At that moment, Xu Ke shuttled himself to the 12-line life wheel of Jiazi ten years later in the Shenwang Pavilion with the help of the power of the Cloud Shadow Bead, and then recounted the past with "Yiqing" there and Yiqing in front of him.

Xu Ke only said a few words, and many of his experiences with the four women in that world were not mentioned, but Yiqing couldn't help but listen to it leisurely, looking at the expression on her face, as if he wanted to go into the Divine King Pavilion and experience the past Xu Ke experienced again.

After listening to what Xu Ke said, Yiqing pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "I remember that when I was in the master's gate, I also heard the master and the senior sister say that as the years pass like a river, the world we live in may have different changes and operations, and each change of fate is a different wheel of life...... It turns out that this 'theory of the wheel of life' is indeed true! However, since we live in this eight-line wheel of life, we don't have to pay attention to the evolution of the rest of the wheel of life. But I don't know, why did the White Old Pavilion Master let you travel to the future, and let you enter a different wheel of life?"

Xu Ke thought for a while, and then said, "This ...... I don't know why, it's just that in that wheel of life, many people said that 'I' changed the wheel of life without authorization, and it was because of this that the world there suddenly changed dramatically, the world became dark in an instant, and the demons in the world were rampant......"

"Is it 'you' who changed the wheel of life? Can the wheel of life be changed at will? Can't you see that you look like a piece of wood stake, and you have such ability?!" Yiqing didn't wait for Xu Ke to finish speaking, and then interjected and asked a series of questions.

"This ......" Xu Ke scratched his forehead, not knowing how to answer for a while. He thought to himself, whether I can change the wheel of life, how can I know now? After all, this is something that will happen in the future, and I can't wait until the first day of the sixth month to know?

However, when he saw Yiqing at this moment, his face was full of curiosity and urgency, and this situation was so similar to the "Yiqing" in the 12th line of Jiazi! He thought back to the past, and couldn't help but look at Yiqing a few more times, but he still didn't know how to explain it to Yiqing.

Just when Xu Ke was dumbfounded and didn't know how to answer, he suddenly heard an old and hoarse voice coming from the stairwell:

"I said that there is no disease, brother, everyone is about to run all over half of Chang'an City in order to find you, but you only care about having a good time here with the beautiful woman!"