Chapter 414: The Fragment That Breaks Through Time and Space (Preface to Volume 3)
I...... is a man who has been forgotten by time.
Maybe I shouldn't say that, whether time forgot me, or I forgot time, I can't figure it out now.
Maybe it's because of a curse, or whatever, time has lost its meaning to me.
It was all yesterday, on that sunny afternoon, I imagined my future life and chatted with my friends comfortably.
Later, everything changed.
In this long process, I have tried many things that I would never have thought of before.
For example, in a moment, you can look at someone else's life, and then turn your head away and savor it.
For example, I once held a rock in my hand and watched it weathered rapidly, eventually turning into a handful of fine sand and dissipating into the air.
Confidant, family, country, society, achievement, status, real money.
All of this has lost its meaning of existence.
It was as if I was stuck in an endless loop, whether I had seen through the trap of time or if I had escaped into another trap.
The people I have seen, the words I have said, and the things I have done are still in my mind. To this day, I can't even tell the difference between real and fake.
Did they exist in my mind in the first place, or did they really happen?
This mysterious continent, with hundreds of millions of living beings and countless combinations of abilities, is slowly evolving in the long river of time.
But at some point, these things were just a moment in my eyes.
Time is like a road for me, there is endless space on both sides of the road, and I can enter at will, enter other people's space, and check their lives, but in the process, life has lost its meaning to me.
I have returned to my homeland more than once, trying to get back the original feeling, but I see it again and again, it is still that ignorant teenager, every time I see it, my heart hurts, until now, there is no slightest feeling.
In front of me, it seems to be someone else's life, even if I know deeply that it is my life, but I can't escape the perspective of a bystander.
I don't know when I gave up changing my fate, tried again and again, failed again and again, and in the end, I was still in this damn cycle, unable to get out of this path of time.
Repeatedly, the road seems to have no end, moving forward, and I don't know where it leads.
I have never had the courage to go straight forward, and there are still some obsessions in my heart that cannot be erased.
I looked at my life over and over again, over and over again, until finally, the other me in time and space also became someone else.
Perhaps, it's time to move forward.
Looking at the dark road ahead, I hesitated again.
I don't know when I developed this habit of hesitation, and although I don't have the slightest worry now, I still can't move forward.
With a soft sigh, I once again chose the clearest fragment in my memory, fell silent, and went to see it one last time, just this once......
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Pray for the Heavenly Empire, the East Palace.
Dongwang Huang Yeyu is very happy today, his third son, Huang Yanghui, was appointed by the empire with the title of general, which is the third heir to serve in the imperial army after his first two children.
Dongwang's family is full of loyalty.
The eldest son, Emperor Yuanwu, was awarded the emperor
With the rank of general, he has followed the troops of the East Wangfu for many years, made great achievements, and opened up territory for the empire.
The second son, Emperor Yongning, with the rank of imperial general, both civil and military, often accompanied the king of the east, repeatedly fought on the battlefield, won more with less, and was a rare general. Now, sitting beside Huang Yuanwu, with a smile like a spring breeze, looking at his two brothers.
The third son, Emperor Yanghui, was awarded the title of general today because of the imperial capital Wubi, and today's celebration in the East Palace's mansion was organized to celebrate this event.
The king of the east sat on the first throne, on the left hand side were his three sons, and on the right hand side were the right-hand man of the east king's house.
The military advisor Ning Yi sat in the first seat with a smile, his hand on the table, dragging his chin, looking at the two princes who were frolicking in front of him.
The city lord Xiao Yibo was drinking with another city lord, and the one who drank with him was a big man, this person was the city lord of Dongwangfu, Liu Yuanliu endlessly.
Below, the city lord Yu Sheng was filling the last city lord Ye Guan with wine, and Ye Guan, with a peaceful smile, quietly looked at everything that happened in front of him.
Behind the East King, there stood a half-grown child, dressed in the armor of a sergeant, not tall, looking like a teenager, with a happy smile on his immature face, and from time to time stepped forward to fill the East King's wine glass.
This is one of the few gatherings of all the high-level leaders of the East Palace, and Huang Yuchen also participated, and this is also the only time.
That year, he was thirteen years old, a young boy, and he was sincerely happy that his third brother was awarded the title.
Dongwangfu, far girl, since the death of the master mother of Dongfu, the entire palace, not even a maid, said to be a monk temple, it is not too much.
The eldest son, Huang Yuanwu, has reached the age of marriage, but he did not say a word about this matter and put the cause of the palace first.
For these sons, the king of the east is satisfied from the heart, looking at the entire Qitian Empire, like the king of the east, there are no heirs who have become talents, and there are few people.
Everyone in the hall drank and feasted, and the king of the east poured himself a drink, and after a while, he was already drunk with red faces.
"You've drunk a little too much. Huang Yuchen whispered in his father's ear, but still filled his father's wine glass.
Dongwang smiled with a smile on his face, glanced at Huang Yuchen, stretched out his hand, pinched his face, and said softly: "Got it, drink this cup again." ”
Huang Yuchen glanced at his father with some complaints, but didn't say anything, seeing his father pick up the wine glass and drink it all, he took the wine jug on the table and hid it behind the chair.
"Fill it up. King Dong drank all the wine in his hand, glanced at Huang Yuchen, and commanded softly.
"Back to the prince. Huang Yuchen straightened his face and replied softly: "The wine is gone, and the wine jug has been drunk by the prince." ”
Dongwang was stunned when he heard this, looked left and right, but couldn't see the wine jug, then laughed and said, "Okay, okay, don't drink it." ”
Then, the king of the east got up and said to everyone in the hall: "Ladies and gentlemen, this king is not strong enough to drink, go down first, you can enjoy yourself." Immediately, he smiled at everyone, and under everyone's attention, he turned around and went to the back hall.
Huang Yuanwu glanced at Huang Yuchen and motioned for him to follow, Huang Yuchen smiled at his eldest brother, and then followed behind his father and returned to the back hall.
Dongwang didn't drink much, and for his drinking, it was impossible for him to get drunk with this little drink, so he went straight back to the back hall and sat in his chair
Zishang, picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip gently, looked at Huang Yuchen who came in later, and asked with a smile: "Yuchen, you asked me to come to the back, do you have something to say?"
Huang Yuchen didn't speak, walked up to Dongwang, and sat down on the chair next to him, but his face was a little sullen.
Dongwang glanced at Huang Yuchen, smiled, and said, "What, Xiao Yuchen, you also have troubles?"
Huang Yuchen raised his eyes and glanced at his father, hesitated a little, lowered his head, and said, "No." ”
King Dong laughed, stretched out his hand and knocked on Huang Yuchen's helmet, and said: "You still said no, you have written it on your face, what do you think in your heart The father knows, and the father promised you that sooner or later he would let you be born, but now, it is not the time." ”
"When was that?" Huang Yuchen heard his father say this, his eyes immediately lit up, and he raised his head and asked.
Dongwang narrowed his eyes, looked at Huang Yuchen, and said mysteriously: "When you can stand in front of others in a dignified manner." Then, laughing, he stood up straight, didn't care about Huang Yuchen, and went into the back room by himself.
Huang Yuchen sat on the chair, muttering his father's words, and said, "Every time I ask you, you say that, when is it, I am suffocated in the mansion, and I am about to suffocate to death." ”
No one answered him, after the East King left, the back hall became very deserted, the East King's Mansion had few servants, the front hall was drinking and feasting, and the East King did not like to be served, so there were no servants waiting in the back hall.
A few candles illuminated the back hall, and Huang Yuchen sat on the chair blankly, thinking about what he might have to do in the future, and from time to time he showed a smirk.
This year, he was thirteen years old.
All I think about is the outside world, all of which are fighting on the battlefield, breaking the territory, and becoming a man like my father and brother.
After a while, Ning Yi came in from the front hall, saw Huang Yuchen who was in a daze, walked closer with a smile on his face, and asked softly, "Yuchen, what do you want?"
"Ah, Senior Ning. Huang Yuchen didn't hear anyone coming, he was startled by Ning Yi's words, and hurriedly said, "It's nothing." ”
"Hehehe, you can hide it from others, but you can't hide it from me. Ning Yi smiled, his eyes narrowed into a slit, and said, "I just thought, when can you go out of the mansion and make war achievements, and the empire will also grant you the title of general at that time, you will be able to fight on the battlefield, right?"
Huang Yuchen glanced at Ning Yi, and could only sigh at the person he was most familiar with, and said, "I can't hide anything from you, it's too boring to stay in the palace, Senior Ning, next time you go on an expedition, you can secretly bring me with you." ”
Ning Yi smiled when he heard this, stood up, patted Huang Yuchen on the shoulder, and said softly: "When you figure out the formation, you can go wherever you want, why let me bring it." After saying that, he also turned around and left.
Huang Yuchen sat on the chair in a daze, looked at the direction in which Ning Yi disappeared, and then looked back at the bedroom where his father entered, scratching his head, a little unclear.
......
Little did I know it was the first and last time I saw everyone come together.
And now I can't tell whether this is Huang Yuchen's life or my own life.
Or maybe it's just a memory that never existed, it just got in my head.
Looking up again, he looked at the path to a dark space-time and sighed.
Eventually, I was on the way forward, into the unknown.