Chapter 13: Emperor Flowing Pulp
General Yin's hand suddenly stopped, so stiff that even Xiao Wang felt that it was not normal. He looked up at the Tiger King under the bizarre night sky, and found that his gaze was deep, looking into the unknown distance.
After a while, General Yin said to himself: "It's strange, it's really strange." ”
"What have you discovered, uncle, why do I think there is nothing special except for the beautiful aurora?" Xiao Wang was very curious, and couldn't help asking.
"Look at the night sky under the aurora, what's unusual?" General Yin seemed to be unsure, and seemed to be about to test Xiao Wang.
"Well, it's not surprising that the aurora is bright, the night sky is clear, there is no moonlight, and the stars shine, but the aurora obscures the starlight. Xiao Wang said as he watched.
"You should experience it carefully, with your heart, not with your eyes, and not with your other senses. "General Yin patiently guided.
In fact, for us, every sense we have as human beings is fully developed, lest there be something that cannot be used. In fact, this has brought us new confusion. Sometimes we have the experience of turning off some of our senses once in a while, but instead we can feel things that we didn't perceive before, and we can feel a whole new world, and this world can have a great impact on our minds. For example, if we listen to a movie, we will find that even if we have watched the movie dozens of times, we can still hear new meanings if we listen to it with our hearts.
Deaf people can become musicians, like Beethoven, which we previously found incomprehensible. He couldn't hear anything, how could he still make such beautiful music. Perhaps the Creator will open a window for you when He closes a door. If only from an inspirational point of view, this is relatively superficial. If you put it on the sensory level, it's very apt. A deaf person cannot hear outside sounds, and if they are able to block out loud noises, they may be able to hear another sound. Zhuangzi said that there is a difference between human and heavenly sounds, and the music created by man is different from the music created by heaven. Sometimes people listen to too much music, and you can't listen to the beautiful sounds of the sky.
"Well, the air is fresher, a bit of spring, as if there is spring blooming in the distant sky. When everything is growing, it is a feeling of life. It's strange, it's winter, how can you feel like this?" Xiao Wang was taken aback by his feelings.
"That's right. That's it, the feeling is very accurate. It seems that your spirituality is much better than I imagined. General Yin happily praised Xiao Wang.
"Uncle, why is this happening?" Xiao Wang was praised, and while he was excited, he became even more curious.
"Emperor Flow. General Yin said word by word.
"What is that?" Xiao Wang's curiosity was even more difficult to suppress.
"Have you heard of Yuan Mei?" General Yin suddenly looked left and right about other things.
"The book can't be read unless borrowed, is that Yuan Mei of the Qing Dynasty who said this?" Xiao Wang was a little anxious.
"Don't worry, don't worry. That's what he's talking about. "General Yin is still slow and unproductive.
Mr. Yuan Mei, a talented man of the Qianlong Dynasty, was leisurely and curious all his life, and he dabbled in a wide range of things. The old gentleman was definitely a genius, and he spent time to renovate the garden, and instead of enclosing it for his family to enjoy, he deliberately demolished the fence and let visitors enjoy the garden at will. When the garden became famous, he wrote "Sui Yuan Food List", which tried his best to exaggerate the subtlety of the food in his own private garden and the high standard of home cooking, and aroused the interest of those who were keen on appetite. Yuan Mei is also very good at studying the food atmosphere, every time a guest comes, he has to ask someone to set the table to some pavilions with beautiful scenery, and also arrange for self-raised beauties to sing and dance for it, and the food business in Suiyuan is very hot. When Suiyuan was hot and his personal popularity rose dramatically, Yuan Mei began to expand his business scope, selling works such as "The Complete Works of Suiyuan" and "Suiyuan Food List" in the garden. Selling books alone, Yuan Mei could earn three or four thousand taels of silver a year. After middle age, people from all walks of life rushed to ask Yuan Mei to write entertainment articles, Yuan Mei did not refuse, epitaphs, longevity prefaces, as long as he gave enough silver, he definitely served three packs, and made a lot of money. Mr. Sui Yuan is the most famous poet in the Qianlong period, and this great wisdom is far from being comparable to Ji Xiaolan, who is known as a great talent.
Rich and talented people, of course, are more capricious. One of Yuan Mei's willfulness, he is a person with a strong Longyang, Yuan Mei in "Suiyuan Poems", "Zi Bu Silent", "Continuation Zi Bu Si", repeatedly talked about the beauty of Longyang, and yearning for Yan. Because of his Hanlin literati and handsome appearance, there are many people who throw him into his arms. Even Yuan Mei told a story in "Zi Bu Silent", a pair of beautiful young men were heart-to-heart, going in and out of the same company, in order to maintain their chastity and not be defiled by a rude third party, they worked together to kill them and were punished for this. Yuan Mei wrote: "The two young people, usually cowardly, the literature and science are smooth, and the people of Yi pity them, for the establishment of a temple, each worship must be offered a branch of apricot blossoms, called the Shuanghua Temple." This graceful apricot blossom has almost accompanied Yuan Mei all his life. Until the end of the year, he also accepted the young and beautiful Liu Xiashang as a disciple, every time he travels and climbs the mountain, he will go with him, the so-called "from the tour to the clogs, sleep together and bed at night." In the past three years, the article has been in business all the way". Yuan Mei didn't care about other people's doubts and slanders.
In the "Continuation of the Silence" that he wrote to Liu Xiashang for enjoyment, he recorded the following content: All plants and trees become demons, they must receive the essence of Yuehua, but they must be Gengshen Night Yuehua. Because of the night moon of Gengshen, there is an emperor flow pulp, which is shaped like countless olives, ten thousand golden wires, and hangs down in strings. The plants and trees in the world can become demons by their essence, and the foxes and ghosts can show their magical powers. Plants and trees have sex without life, and pulp has sex, which can replenish life; foxes and ghosts have their own lives, so food is also beneficial.
It turns out that in addition to the natural monster race and humans, animals, plants and trees become demons, and they must be baptized and nourished by the sun and the moon. The most amazing thing is that the light of the full moon on the fifteenth day of the seventh month of the Gengshen year will contain the emperor slurry. Only when the grass and wood animals accept it can they be reborn, gain their minds, and begin to practice spells. And if the youkai eat it, one night's cultivation is equivalent to absorbing the essence of the sun and the moon for decades or more, so no youkai will miss the opportunity once in sixty years.
"Is that that in the night sky over there, there will be a lot of emperor slurry?" Xiao Wang was also very interested, and if he got some, wouldn't his skills improve by leaps and bounds.
"This year is not the year of Gengshen, not only is it not July 15 tonight, but there is no moonlight. That's what's weird. I'm afraid something big is about to happen. ”
General Yin, who has always been strong, was a little worried.