Chapter 43: West Lake
Is the real Zhou Bai, that is to say, the other Zhou Bai in Bai Susu's mouth really exist?
Xiao Qing's eyes flashed with a fine light, and he said coldly: "No need. With his right hand stroking the leather bag beside him, Xiaoqing couldn't help but regret that he was negligent in his cultivation on weekdays, so that his realm was insufficient, and he couldn't even see the origin of the other party's cultivation.
Fa Ming sighed and said, "If Daoist friends don't show up again, the poor monk will have to wake up this beautiful dream of yours." Fa Ming's voice echoed in the carriage, but the surrounding passengers were as if they had not heard of it, and even the crew pushing the dining car passed straight past Fa Ming.
Like a ghost, or a mirror image, Xiaoqing's eyes narrowed slightly, leaving only a gap, her eyelashes jumped, and a blue soft sword came out of her hand, like an antelope hanging its horns, and like a flying fairy out of the sky, Xiaoqing's figure turned into a streamer in the narrow carriage, but it instantly stopped in front of Bai Susu's seat.
Bai Susu looked at Xiao Qing hanging in the air in horror, and Zhou Bai who appeared out of thin air.
"Zhou Bai?" Bai Susu shook his head and said, "You are not Zhou Bai, who are you?"
During the day, she and Xu Shiwen saw Zhou Bai's hair no more than half a finger long, but now Zhou Bai, who suddenly appeared, was a long shirt and long hair, both dressed and temperamental, just like the ancients.
A soft sound came from his fingers, Fa Ming smiled, let go of the finger that was gripping the blade, and countless fragments fell in an uproar, each broken fragment reflected the bitterness and indifference in Zhou Bai's eyes.
With the shattering of the soft sword, Xiaoqing's body, which was forbidden in the air, fell into Bai Susu's arms as soon as he softened, looking up at Zhou Bai's back, Xiaoqing's heart was filled with an inexplicable bitterness.
Ten fingers connected to the heart, the palm of the hand was also broken, and the shattering of the sword body also caused the tiger's mouth of her right hand to be shattered, and the sharp pain that penetrated into the bone marrow was like her heart at the moment, faintly twitching.
Trembling and stretching out her hand, Xiaoqing tentatively pulled at the corner of Zhou Bai's clothes, the red blood slipped down like tears, and the trance caused by blood loss seemed to make her see a small courtyard called 'Liao Zhai', which only belonged to the two of them overnight.
"Zhou Bai ......"
A weak voice spat out from Xiaoqing's lips, and as soon as she grabbed it, Xiaoqing fell from Bai Susu's arms, and at the end of her sight was the dim light and the last thing she wanted to hear.
....
"Xiaoqing!What's wrong with you? Xiaoqing??"
The anxious voice sounded in his ears, and the constant pushing made Xiao Qingyou, who had fallen into a deep sleep, wake up, and turn his head to look, only to see the lights outside the window, and the noisy sounds of pedestrians coming and going and beside him were endless.
Xiaoqing reached out and rubbed her eyes, the tingling sensation in her right hand made her heart tremble, and she exclaimed.
Bai Susu handed over a cup of hot water and said with concern: "Did you have a nightmare?"
Xiaoqing hesitated and stretched out her right hand, slowly spreading it out, the flawless palm made her secretly relieved, but she also rose an inexplicable loss.
After shaking her senses, she took the water cup handed by Bai Susu, and Xiaoqing choked up: "I... Asleep?" The crying voice startled Bai Susu, Bai Susu asked with concern: "We were still talking just now, you fell asleep against the windowsill, I thought you were tired, I only called you a few times when I was about to stand up, but I didn't expect that no matter how I screamed, I couldn't wake you up, and your expression became more and more painful, what's wrong?
Xiao Qingqiang smiled: "Nightmare? maybe." Thinking back to the memories that had become blurred, my vision gradually blurred, and a few tears in my eyes slid down with the blinking eyelashes, like a broken embankment, and I could no longer stop.
"Huh?" Bai Susu hurriedly took out a tissue and handed it to Xiaoqing, who hesitantly stretched out her hand to touch her wet cheek, and forced a smile: "I cried?"
Wiping away the eyes that couldn't remember why they were shed, Xiaoqing looked at the passengers who were almost finished walking in the aisle, and asked, "It's already at the station, right? Let's get off the train quickly." ”
Outside the car window, Xu Shiwen waved slightly, Bai Susu hesitated, buried what he wanted to say in his heart, and said with a smile: "Well, let's go too." ”
The lights outside the station were dim, and after declining several waves of guest hotels and taxis, the three of them came to the bus stop, Bai Susu glanced at Xiaoqing beside him, and whispered to Xu Shiwen: "You go back first, I'll accompany Xiaoqing back to the campus." ”
Xu Shiwen was stunned, and since he got out of the car, he found that Xiaoqing's mood seemed to be very low, especially the crimson of his cheeks, as if he had just cried.
Coughing lightly, Xu Shiwen nodded and said, "Well, then I'll go to my brother-in-law's house to live today, and I'll go to the campus tomorrow to find you." Looking at Xiaoqing, Xu Shiwen waved his hand and said, "Sister Xiaoqing, see you tomorrow." ”
"Fuck off, who's your sister? Xiaoqing kicked Xu Shiwen's knee, snorted and walked to the stop sign, looking at the route map.
"Telephone contact in the evening. Xu Shiwen rubbed his knees and whispered to Bai Susu.
Bai Susu nodded and said, "Well, wait for me to call you." ”
.......
Endless chaos beyond the universe.
Burning the lamp, who was sleeping on his side, woke up leisurely, looked at Zhou Bai, who was standing with his back to him, and said with a smile: "Fellow Daoist, you really came." ”
Zhou Bai sighed and said: "As a quasi-saint of Buddhism, and an ancient Buddha, he actually wants to use his mortal life to threaten him to appear, if I don't come forward again, I think the ancient Buddha has already started to kill and destroy the era, right?"
Burning the lamp showed a sad look on his face, shook his head and said: "The poor monk is a monk, how can he kill in vain." Spreading out his palm, a gray oil lamp loomed in the palm of his hand, and the illusory light was as fleeting as a candle in the wind.
Ran Deng knew in his heart that once even the phantom of the coffin lamp could not be revealed, the connection between him and the associated spirit treasure would be completely severed, and it would fall into Zhou Bai's hands just like the previous loss of Dinghai Zhu.
Zhou Bai let out a long sigh and looked at the burning lamp with a complicated expression.
If you have an obsession, you will appear in this chaotic world, and the obsession of burning the lamp is a magic weapon, and he always wants to ask for it and is unwilling to put it down, so his magic weapon will be included in the museum, exposed by the media, watched by everyone, and captured by Zhou Bai.
Zhou Bai also has obsessions, his obsessions are very messy and messy, he used to be kind, and now he is not evil, but his obsessions are also present in this world.
There is Bai Suzhen Xu Xian, who loves each other, and Xiaoqing 'Zhou Bai' who came together, as well as the 'red jade sword' that he doesn't want Zhou Bai to cast.
The withered palm was put into the sleeve, and the phantom of the coffin lamp also disappeared into the invisible, and the lamp said in a deep voice: "You are the way of heaven in this world, but the way of heaven is the way of justice, will Taoist friends do favoritism?" With this time of getting along, Ran Deng noticed Zhou Bai's inappropriateness.
can quietly loot the spiritual treasures of quasi-saints, restrict the spiritual energy from being replenished by 'outsiders', and the divine soul sweeps every corner without finding Zhou Bai's location.
All of these things point to the only answer, Zhou Bai has the 'authority' of this world, why don't he just wipe himself out with such power?
Burning the lamp said in a deep voice: "Yes, although you are the way of heaven, you are not the way." ”
As soon as he thought through everything, he understood what Zhou Bai wanted to do, and he couldn't directly erase it, so he tried his best to weaken his strength, depriving him of magic weapons and Taoism layer by layer, and only when Zhou Bai had the confidence to kill him, he would show up and make a move.
Or if he creates boundless karma in this world, Zhou Bai can mobilize the Heavenly Dao authority to directly wipe him out with supreme power.
With a long sigh, the space in front of the lamp shattered, and it disappeared with one step.
"Fellow Daoist, you can use my obsession to destroy my strength, and the poor monk can also use your obsession to destroy your state of mind. ”
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At the end of May 1 at the end of the month, May is undoubtedly the happiest month for students, and two consecutive holidays can naturally let go of playing.
Looking at Bai Susu and Xu Shiwen, who staged the 'Broken Bridge Meeting' on the crowded Broken Bridge, Xiaoqing climbed Zhou Bai's arm helplessly, and said with a wry smile: "Even if there are so many people on May Day, there are also so many people on this Dragon Boat Festival, isn't it just a long bridge?"
Zhou Bai looked down at Xiaoqing's puffed side face, and said with a smile: "Others are watching the scenery on the bridge, let's go under the bridge to see these people watching the scenery, right?" After that, he took Xiaoqing's hand, walked to the boat shop on the lakeside, and said with a smile: "Boss, rent a boat." ”
Xiaoqing's eyes turned into a crooked crescent, and the corners of her mouth curled up and said coquettishly: "I want to sit on that one." Zhou Bai looked at her gaze and couldn't help laughing: "Okay, then sit on that one." ”
After a while, a clumsy big yellow duck left the dock slowly, stretched out his hand to play with the clear lake water, Xiaoqing lifted the hair that was blown up, and looked back and said, "Zhou Bai, is this our first time coming to West Lake?"
Zhou Bai nodded and said, "It seems to be." ”
Xiao Qing's eyes flashed, he propped up the seat with his arms, leaned over, and his crystal eyes were like two transparent gems, reflecting Zhou Bai's indifferent smiling expression.
"I always feel like we've been here before, drinking together, drinking tea together, enjoying the snow together. The face got closer and closer, and the sweet breath came to his face, making Zhou Bai's heart also tremble.
In a trance, he seemed to have returned to the cold winter and heavy snow of that year, and the heartbeat of the jade neck with a touch of wine.
The lips met, Xiaoqing's body trembled, and for some reason, an indescribable hatred sprouted in her heart, and her teeth opened slightly, biting Zhou Bai's lips fiercely.
It wasn't until the rusty smell of blood flowed into his heart that Xiao Qingfang woke up, quickly pushed Zhou Bai away, and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry." I don't know what's going on, I just suddenly ....."
Zhou Bai shook his head, a trace of guilt flashed in his eyes, and he reached out to caress Xiaoqing's cheek, his palm full of scars was extremely rough, so his movements were very light and gentle, as if a little more force would damage Xiaoqing's delicate skin.
At the same time as Shicai kissed, there seemed to be pictures that didn't exist in his heart, each of which was Xiaoqing's aggrieved or tearful expression, just like a previous life..... He once hurt Xiaoqing.
As the boat slowly approached the shore, Bai Susu and Xu Shiwen, who had been waiting for a long time on the shore, greeted each other with two cones.
"I also said that the two of us are tired of playing the broken bridge, why did you quietly run away for rafting?" Bai Susu handed the cone in his hand to Xiaoqing and laughed.
Xiaoqing took the cone and stuck out his tongue a little embarrassed: "This is Zhou Bai's idea, he finally came to the West Lake, of course I want to accompany him to see the scenery on the lake." ”
Zhou Bai on the other side also took the cone handed by Xu Shiwen, said thank you, and watched the interaction between the two with a smile.
Xu Shiwen glanced at the back of Zhou Bai's hand full of iron spots, his heart trembled, and he coughed lightly and looked away, he thought how calm he was, Mount Tai collapsed in front of him and remained silent, but he didn't want to meet the mysterious old monk in the past few days, and then encountered the strange appearance of the cultural relics lost in front of him, and now he couldn't help but touch his heart when he saw the back of Zhou Bai's hand.
Xu Shiwen secretly smiled bitterly, looked down at Rouyi who was holding his arm, and didn't know what to say for a while.
After leaving the West Lake, the four of them walked to the Provincial Museum.
It's strange to say that Bai Susu and Xu Shiwen haven't seen 'another Zhou Bai' again along the way, as if the other party is deliberately avoiding them, and even that Faming Zen master has disappeared.
Because the 'National Treasure' is a key project of CCTV, so all places attach great importance to it, along the way the streets are covered with propaganda posters, several people are talking and chatting, Xu Shiwen's eyes suddenly stopped on a poster on the side of the road.
'Twelve Golden Lotus'?
Xu Shiwen blinked and wondered, "This thing is also a cultural relic?"
Seeing Xu Shiwen stop, Bai Susu also stopped, and looked at the stop poster beside him suspiciously:
Cultural relics: 12 pins of golden lotus
Origin: unearthed at the same time as the coffin lamp, the lotus platform is divided into 12 products, of which five products are spliced by the day after tomorrow, according to legend, it is the Dharma position of Buddhism, and it is also the ancient Buddha of the legendary Buddha of the three Buddhas of the ancient Buddha.
"Another relic of the Ancient Buddha that burns the lamp?" Bai Susu said with a frown, "I have an ominous premonition that this relic may also be lost." ”
"What are you looking at?" Xiao Qing tilted his head to look at the poster from the side of the two, and couldn't help laughing: "Zhou Bai is also here today to see this cultural relic." When the words fell, the smile on her face froze, she didn't know much about Jin Lian's origin before, but now she looked at the poster in detail before she reacted.
Thinking back to the old monk's words and the chaotic memories that kept resurfaced during this time, Xiao Qing hid the worry in his eyes and said with a smile: "Zhou Bai, you see, the twelve-grade golden lotus is also a cultural relic of the lamp. ”
Zhou Bai said: "Well, I know. A strange look flashed in the depths of his eyes, I wonder if this cultural relic will also be stolen, or if the 'Zhou Bai' who is exactly the same as him will give him this golden lotus?
West Lake is not far from the Provincial Museum, after the four of them came from the scenic spot, they walked for a while before taking the car to the museum, all the way without saying anything, until Zhou Bai and Xu Shiwen went to buy tickets for the two, Bai Susu took Xiaoqing's cold hand, and said in a deep voice: "Xiaoqing, Zhou Bai's matter, I think you need to tell your family." ”
Xiao Qingqiang smiled: "Didn't I say it? My parents already know." ”
Bai Susu shook his head, looked at Xiaoqing with burning eyes, and said in a deep voice: "I'm talking about your own family." In the past month, she has been constantly flipping through the information, and even Xu Shiwen has been mobilized to read almost all the floods, and after more than ten years of development, the number of the Internet has exceeded one million.
It's too unrealistic to want to read them all, but fortunately, most of the Hong Huangwen are similar, and most of them are set up in the same way, after Xu Shiwen's efforts for many days, the most common settings have finally been sorted out.
It is illusory, but the reality is sometimes far more illusory, and in the face of the Buddha and magic weapons that only exist in mythology, these preparations are better than nothing after all.