Chapter 19: The Path of the Heart
Zhang Zhiping didn't know that the three girls were so sensitive to his state of mind, otherwise he would have to sigh that women's intuition was really terrifying.
After Zhang Zhiping died in his previous life, he did not wake up in this world immediately, but came to this world after experiencing endless darkness. This time seemed like a moment, and it seemed like a hundred million years, and it made him unforgettable, and he was deeply terrified of it. The reason why he set the goal of cultivating immortals and seeking the Tao when he was a child was because he was afraid of the darkness and did not want to return there after a hundred years, but wanted to live forever and be at ease like an immortal, and his mood was very heavy at this time.
But after reincarnation, the meticulous love of his parents gradually soothed the scars in his heart, the serious but silently paid father, gentle but firm belief in his mother, the beauty of family affection made him addicted to it, for the endless darkness is no longer afraid, but worried about loss, the fetters of family affection make it difficult for him to relax;
After that, he embarked on the immortal road, left his parents, and let his mind fly, and the magical and mysterious world of immortal cultivation attracted him, deeply impacting the worldview he brought in his previous life. At this time, he had initially embarked on the path of cultivating immortals, and he had the hope and path to move forward, so his mood gradually relaxed;
As he continued to learn spells, he found that the thinking brought by his previous life could help him better understand the world, and then it was interesting, he kept trying to understand the magic of this world with the thinking of his previous life, and every time he explained a magic, it was like solving a difficult problem, which filled his body and mind with pleasure, at this time, the whole world became vivid in his eyes, and he felt more and more the beauty of life and the colorfulness of the world, which made him want to indulge in it and continue to enjoy;
Now, he is observing the world with great interest, unraveling the principles of spells with great interest, thinking about the problems in the cultivation with interest, the whole person's life is like a seed, breaking through the endless darkness, poking out the delicate green shoots, enjoying this colorful world, even if he will encounter all kinds of wind and rain, insects and beasts, that kind of pain will make him more memorable than emptiness, he feels that he has found something that he has forgotten before.
This life-like atmosphere attracted the three girls who had just grown up, and they couldn't help but want to chat with Zhang Zhiping, so they invited Zhang Zhiping to the backyard despite the shyness of the girl. Zhang Zhiping didn't have much experience with girls like this in his past and present lives combined, and even the maidservants when he was a child have always been respectful, and it is difficult to feel close. So most of the time, Zhang Zhiping is listening to the girls say interesting things, listening to them introduce every flower in the garden, occasionally saying a few words, expressing their feelings, making the girls sneer, both sides happily enjoy the process, without any pretentiousness and scheming, only a simple beauty and enjoyment, unconsciously chatted for a whole morning.
At noon, Meng Shouyi went home and was greeted by everyone. Meng Shouyi set up a banquet to entertain, full of the pleasure and comfort of the scholar class, at this time the butler suddenly came up and said something in his ear, which immediately made him frown, and he ordered Meng Zhixin to continue to preside over the banquet, while he walked to the backyard.
Soon Meng Shouyi arrived in the garden, looking from a distance, he saw three girls leading a young man to walk in the garden, stopping from time to time to introduce the scenery here, the distance between the two sides was moderate, there was nothing rude, so he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. walked in front of everyone in a few steps, and saluted first: "Chen Meng Shouyi has seen Princess Jing and Lord Qianjun. After speaking, he didn't look at the two princesses, but at Zhang Zhiping.
Zhang Zhiping was a little embarrassed by this gaze, and couldn't help but reach out and touch his nose, but he met Meng Shouyi's gaze with a frank expression, not afraid that he would misunderstand anything.
Zhou Jing looked at Meng Shouyi and Zhang Zhiping with a little amusement, and hurriedly said: "Uncle Meng doesn't have to be polite, let's come to Lingru to play and disturb Uncle Meng." ”
Meng Shouyi retracted his gaze, somehow, he didn't have much disgust with the clean person in front of him, and responded, "Princess Xie." "Princess Jing and Lord Qianjun have a good relationship with their beloved daughter, so they often play together, and he has nothing to worry about, but today the three of them chatted with a strange man all morning, which has to make him care, don't be an oily boy to cheat money and sex.
Meng Shouyi didn't directly say anything embarrassing, but directly ignored Zhang Zhiping and said to Zhou Jing: "Now that a banquet is being held in the hall, I wonder if the princess would like to go to meet this year's move?"
Zhou Jing shook her head and said, "No, this is Uncle Meng's banquet, so I won't bother." Zhou Qian on the side was obviously dominated by Zhou Jing at this time, and knew when she should do something, showing a good royal education.
Then Meng Shouyi said to Meng Lingru again: "Lingru, you are not in good health, why don't you go back to the room to rest quickly?"
Meng Lingru smiled, and did not mean to refuse.
In the end, Meng Shouyi looked at Zhang Zhiping again, and without waiting for him to speak, Zhang Zhiping hurriedly said, "I'm going to attend the banquet." After speaking, he left in embarrassment, Meng Shouyi didn't say anything, as if this person didn't exist.
Seeing this, the three girls smiled and didn't say anything, and then they all went to Meng Lingru's boudoir. Meng Shouyi called the housekeeper and asked him to carefully check the origin of this young man.
Zhang Zhiping came to the banquet and saw his two elder brothers wandering, but they didn't have the slightest solemnity on weekdays, and they didn't even notice that he was back by his side.
All kinds of delicacies from the mountains and seas at the banquet look pleasing to the eye on the surface, but Zhang Zhiping has no appetite, his perception is too powerful, even if a mortal chef carefully processes the ingredients, he can still distinguish the uneven taste and various fine dust, this is not a problem of cooking skills, but the perception of mortals is limited, and he can't even see it, how can he deal with it deeply.
However, the singing and dancing in the center of the banquet is okay, if you ignore the various defects of the dancer, just looking at her body and dancing posture, it is still more pleasing to the eye. This couldn't help but make Zhang Zhiping sigh even more in his heart, the gap between immortal cultivators and mortals is too big, and just one perception dooms immortal cultivators to not be able to live among mortals for a long time.
Thinking of this, he thought of the immortal city that Li Zhenchang said, which made him very curious, how did those immortal cities with many mortals allow immortal cultivators to live with mortals?
Until the end of the banquet, Meng Shouyi did not come again, Zhang Zhiping had nothing to be nostalgic for, and helped the two drunken brothers out of the house. When he arrived at the door, a maidservant girl came forward and handed Zhang Zhiping an invitation, and left without waiting for him to say anything.
Zhang Zhiping opened it and saw that it was a spring outing held by Zhou Jing nine days later, inviting him to come.