Chapter 1 001 The Temple of Meditation
The grains are damaged, and the solar terms are destroyed;
Alien races are rampant, trampling on dust, and riding on strange horses;
Stepping on the creatures, the ears are curled, and the haunts are free.
Thirty-six years of earth movement, ninety-nine years of the review of the ancients.
There is a drought in the north, flooding in the south, and people are displaced. Strange races, demons and evil spirits disturb the frontier, the chaotic Central Plains, the farmland is barren, the war is difficult to rest, the old have nothing to support, and the young have nowhere to rely on.
The prince visited the Jingsi Hall at night and asked for the assistance of the ancestors to divert water and silt up. If you save the world and are in danger, you will be supported from generation to generation.
The prince's face was pale, there was no trace of blood between his lips, and his slender fingers were already grinding blood. The forehead was already stained with blood.
"Your Royal Highness, the affairs of the world have their own fate that the people of the world have to bear, and you don't have to torture yourself so much for this. ”
"Your Royal Highness, I don't remember the last time you called me like that. ”
"Sixteen years ago. ”
The voice of the speaker is gentle, like the warmth of a harsh winter, and new shoots emerging from the dead leaves. His face is clear, and his facial features are more delicate than a woman's. The man had been standing in the temple of meditation for thirty-six hours, and for thirty-six hours he had not drunk a drop of water or eaten a grain of rice, but he had stood there without a single hair moving.
"Do you have something to say to me?" the prince was still on his knees, unable to stand up on his own.
"The things of the world have their own joys and sorrows, and there are no difficulties in life? Everyone in the world likes to celebrate the prosperous world, and it is unbearable in the troubled times and disasters, which is the sorrow of people. ”
"It's also my pain. ”
"The three princes want to save the world by themselves, but can't they?"
"If you are saved, you will be saved. Dark red blood flowed from the corner of the prince's mouth, and then he wanted to say something, but a mouthful of black blood burst out of his mouth, and the prince fell to the ground.
The person behind him remained motionless, and said quietly, "You can't save yourself now." ”
"You're not going to watch me die. The prince's voice grew weaker.
"I didn't expect you to be a gambler. ”
"So what? If it's so unbearable today, how many days can I live in peace?"
"I will not save people who do not value their lives. ”
"But you'll save me, I know you're not that ruthless. The prince laughed out loud, poignantly, but laughed into the heart of another person.
He moved, no one knew how to move, the prince didn't want to know at all, he had long been used to this person who came and went without a trace, and when he returned to the original position, the apricot blossoms falling outside the hall had not yet touched the ground, and the fish jumping in the pond had just been drilled back into the water, and the prince's complexion was already much better.
"I said you wouldn't watch me die. ”
"A gambler will die sooner or later, and seeing how you will die in the future makes me a little interested. ”
"A little bit of interest. The prince coughed lightly, as if mocking. "Even if there is a little interest, Ye Xiaolou will wait at all costs. ”
"You know that very well. ”
"It's enough to know you. The prince was able to continue to kneel and worship, and the corners of his mouth no longer bleed. He seems to be full of power, and if his prayers are fulfilled, he can give his life.
Ye Xiaolou was still standing behind him, looking at him as if he was looking farther away. The prince knew that this young man would not let him die, he thought that he knew this ruthless person very well, but for Ye Xiaolou, the prince knew him the same way that all sects and sentient beings knew him. As long as Ye Xiaolou is interested, Jing Xianglou will be desperate until he is satisfied.
At the moment, even if it is a big thing, it is impossible for Ye Xiaolou to move again, unless the nightingale sings, no matter how far away it is, he will rush there immediately.
He didn't even look at the prince twice, and returned to the mirror to the building. Sitting in a crystal clear chair with an equally crystal clear pool of water in front of the chair.
The nightingale is in front of him, he only has a chance to say three sentences, if three sentences still can't make Ye Xiaolou interested, then the nightingale will no longer be a nightingale.
"It rained red rain in Suishan for seven days in a row, and the people's skin was festering, and the cloth could not be touched. One scholar and one dose can cure several people in one hour. None of the doctors know the prescription, the powerful and the powerful pour thousands of their wealth to protect their own safety, and the people should sell to save their lives. ”
"One side is a dose for a while, and it's interesting. Ye Xiaolou stood up, a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes. He became interested in this man, and the next thing was to see if he was worth a second look.
"It's interesting for a scholar to charge so much money for treatment. Go and bring him in, and see if he's worth it. ”
"Yes, landlord. ”
"Nightingale, how many talented people are there in the world?" Ye Xiaolou seemed to say to himself.
"No matter how much, as long as the landlord is interested...... Nightingale didn't continue, he understood the landlord's temper, if he said too much, he would have lost, he was just a traitor who was expelled from the division back then, if Ye Xiaolou hadn't healed his injuries, he would have been a lonely ghost now. Ye Xiaolou always has a way to make every useful person bow down. He has a magic in him that warms his heart, and the nightingale admires him and can do anything for him, and as for death, it is only the simplest and most natural of all things.
"Landlord, there's something I don't know whether to say or not. He hesitated, but then asked.
"If you ask like this, you should know not to say it. Ye Xiaolou's tone was more lonely than Xue Feng in winter.
"Landlord, Nightingale has to say. ”
Ye Xiaolou moved his fingers lightly, and the nightingale felt as if his throat was tightly held by a string, his face turned blue, and he coughed incessantly.
"If you have to, don't say it, do what you have to do. Ye Xiaolou's tone did not blame at all, but he did not miss the shot, and if he had a little more strength, he would have killed the nightingale, and the nightingale would definitely be able to avoid it if he had less strength.
"I already know what you're going to say, so I don't have to do anything more. Bring that person to me, and if he really has the ability, I can also go and meet him, but if it's the latter, you and he better be really interesting. ”
Before Ye Xiaolou's words fell, the person had already left, and the nightingale's neck was instantly injured as if it had not been injured at all, and it was a little more relaxed and strong. He knelt on the ground for a long while, and the delay of this meeting was something that Ye Xiaolou would not allow, but he would do it even if he was punished, this was his uncontrollable gratitude, and he would rush to make up for this delay.
The prince was still kneeling in place, his face covered in blood. Ye Xiaolou saw it in his eyes and was silent. The hall is full of clouds, the two of them are like in the fog, and the Tao Ling is dangdang, as if coming from the ground, straight through the sky. There are only two people in the Jingsi Palace, the prince and Ye Xiaolou, if there is a third person present, he will definitely be burned by the fog and pierced by the eardrum by the sound of Tao bells. But the two of them didn't seem to see anything, they couldn't hear anything. It was not until a clear spring gushed out of the chime in the center of the meditation hall that the prince stopped and bowed, and the spring water flooded his body and then subsided.
"That's good news. Ye Xiaolou said slowly. "Water is not a stone chisel, but can enter the stone, the chime has been pierced, the prince you can't turn back. ”
The prince woke up, and the blood stains on his face were gone. In front of Ye Xiaolou was a young man in his early twenties, with a handsome face, although he did not have Ye Xiaolou's delicate facial features, he was also gentle and elegant, wearing jade apricot clothes, and he was tender. It's just that he was raised in the deep palace and raised by the women in the palace, his body is weak, he has no power to bind the chicken, and he has no ability to dance.
"It's not a waste of time. Have you been here all along?" The prince walked up to Ye Xiaolou, and Ye Xiaolou nodded.
"Is it for the sake of these people to ask for help from other races with the blood of the royal family?"
"This is my fate. ”
"Your fate? A gambler's fate is usually not very good. ”
The prince laughed on his back after hearing this, Tao Ling accompanied by laughter, just after midnight, the solemnity of the usual righteousness of the meditation hall disappeared in this laughter in an instant, and the noise was numerous, lingering between the beams and pillars.
"This is the difference between you and me, Ye Xiaolou is erudite, good at writing, can play the piano, work calligraphy and painting, and the rest of the skillful arts are incomplete. It's a pity that sex is not happy in the world, and he only entertains himself with piano books. The prince patted Ye Xiaolou on the shoulder, the two have known each other for more than ten years, but they are like strangers at the moment.
"I, Xiao Jin, am not as good as you, sometimes I really envy you. ”
"It's all your own choice, and now that you choose to cooperate with a foreign race, you will eventually be pushed into the public spotlight, and the decent will never tolerate this kind of behavior. What you have done for the people of the world will not be praised, but will only invite disaster. ”
"What kind of destiny there is, what kind of choice there is. In the face of rivers drying up, the earth connected, and the war raging, you know what you can do, and if you don't do it, then you are sorry for your life. ”
"You are not alone, you can always have a better choice. ”
"You talk a little too much today, are you afraid that there will be fewer and fewer opportunities to talk to me in the future?"
"When the time comes, there will be no chance at all. Ye Xiaolou was telling the truth.
"Aren't you interested in any of that?"
"Yes. ”
"Then it looks like I'll have a long time to live. I really haven't lived enough, there are countless beauties in the harem, but I haven't even met the girl who makes my heart move, how can I be willing to die. ”
"You're really getting more and more interested in me. "Maybe I don't know the three princes, maybe under the blue moonlight this night, the weak prince instantly became the strength that the royal family relied on. Ye Xiaolou thought to himself, the undercurrent had risen, even if it was only a calm night on the surface, it would be one day less.
The mist cleared, and the blood stains on the prince's face had faded, and even the clothes on his body seemed to be spotless. The east pottery bell shook gently, the breeze, the moon, it was a good night. Some people just don't let others enjoy the peace.
"Mr. Ye, what happened to my third brother?" The girl was wearing a green dress, without makeup, she was already fragrant and beautiful, with red lips and bright teeth, and her temples were dyed with spring smoke.
"Princess Ben asks you again, what happened to my third brother?"
"Okay, Xiaolou has been protecting me. ”
"Brother, what are you doing without eating or drinking in the meditation hall for a few days? Although I have never entered this palace, I am very familiar with the palace, but just now I got lost on the way to the meditation hall, as if I was misguided by the sound of the pottery bell. She walked towards Tao Ling, full of doubts, "No, this voice obviously didn't come from the east." ”
"I know, Ye Xiaolou, did you deliberately lure me away with your voice. Don't let me come to the third brother. ”
Ye Xiaolou didn't answer, he didn't look at this girl who chattered as soon as she entered the hall, and he didn't have anything to say.
"Okay, Ling'er, when did you see him answer your question? The third prince said with a smile.
"As long as you protect him, I really don't know what is good about this wooden man. Xiao Ling coquettishly grabbed the hand of the third prince. "I'm afraid you'll do something stupid, my stupid brother. ”
Ye Xiaolou felt that there was no need to stay in the palace tonight, the third prince not only connected the alien race, but the alien race also seemed to accept him and healed his injuries in a moment. Although Ye Xiaolou knew the existence of the alien race under the sea better than anyone else, even Jing Xianglou, who knew the world, knew very little about that race, and never to the extent of knowing himself and his opponent. He was not only curious about the power of chiseling through the chime, but also in awe. This is a kind of awe that only human beings can have in the face of unknown forces.
"Xiaolou, thank you for protecting me when I was hurt. ”
"Thank him for what he is doing? Where are you injured?" Xiao Ling saw that the prince was hesitant, so he rushed to Ye Xiaolou and asked, "Where is my prince's brother injured, and who can hurt my third brother Mr. Ye?"
"He won't answer you. This sentence was said to Xiao Ling, but it seemed to be ordering Ye Xiaolou.
"Why didn't he answer me? You trust such an outsider so much, even I know how to worry about you, why doesn't the third brother understand the truth?"
"The truth?" Xiao Jin looked puzzled. He likes Xiao Ling very much, although he is a little willful, but there is nothing to criticize other than that, to talk about this willfulness, she seems to have been dissatisfied with Ye Xiaolou for more than a year, and even said, "With a woman's intuition, Ye Xiaolou is definitely not a good person who looks like that." ”
Xiao Jin also took this as a joke, it doesn't matter if Ye Xiaolou is a good person or not, in Xiao Jin's eyes, this scholar who grew up together since childhood, except for treating people a little indifferently, there is nothing bad about Ye Xiaolou's personality.
"The whole world knows that Ye Xiaolou is not close to women, and no matter how natural and beautiful women are, they are currently turning a blind eye. You don't like men, do you?" Xiao Ling seemed to deliberately want to provoke Ye Xiaolou. She could never get used to this man ignoring her existence like a piece of wood, and if she couldn't make him look at herself, this person was fortunately not a man.
"If you weren't my sister, I wouldn't bother to pay attention to you, and blame my father for spoiling you. ”
"I'm protecting you, you're with him all day, if you spread the word that you're ...... Say you ......"
"What are you talking about me?" Xiao Jin asked softly, his voice sounded like a gentle breeze, and under the moonlight, it was even more warm with rippling water. A delicate woman like Xiao Ling also quieted down in this warmth, forgetting everything she just wanted to say.
Ye Xiaolou knew very well in his heart that Xiao Ling's worries were not unreasonable, but how could the third prince take it to heart, his heart had been squeezed by the people of the world without a gap.