man sanctified in death row vest

Chapter 333 "The Saint" (5200 words)
One day.

partly cloudy.

The soldiers guarding the city looked gloomy, dispersed the crowd, and posted the imperial list.

The imperial list is announced to the world.

An imperial list, the words written on it are like a hurricane, sweeping the world.

"Have you heard?"

"What did you hear?"

"I haven't heard of it? The imperial list has been posted all over the world!"

"Hiss... you mean... the increase in household tax, land tax, house tax, concubine tax, and childbirth tax?"

"The tenants in the village are going crazy! Nowadays, every household is afraid to have a baby! If you have more babies, you will have to pay an extra household tax. I heard that the village flower in the next village has round breasts and is easy to have children. She has white bamboo shoots and a good skin, but now no one is willing to marry her even if she pays the bride price!"

on the street.

Between alleys.

Two ragged tenant farmers went to the city to buy and sell, squatting in the shade of a tree under the sun, chatting dejectedly.

The elder opened his mouth wide. He had never heard of such a ridiculous thing in his fifty years of life: "Really? Why?"

"That village flower is good everywhere, but she is weak and can't do work! Isn't it a loss-making business to marry back home?"

The two dirty tenant farmers looked at each other and sighed at the same time: "What a crime!"

"Shh!"

"Here comes the one with the knife!"

A general with a stern face led his army out of the city.

All the way with murderous intent, the market was so shocked that there was no sound.

After a while, someone whispered.

"Have you heard?"

"There's another flood in the south."

"Thousands of miles died!"

"Many people starved to death. A few days ago, some relatives fled from the south and finally got here. They were as thin as bamboo poles."

"I only found out when I asked..."

"Someone in the south is rebelling!"

"Hey! It's true!"

"Why did I lie to you! Not only in the south, but also in many places, the banner is raised! The morals of the world are gone!"

"Then let's run!"

"Where are you going?"

"Why not, Beiman? I heard that these years, Beiman has been quite peaceful."

……

The busiest street in the West Market is billowing with black smoke, the sound of the stove blowing like a gust of wind and rain, and the sound of blacksmithing like dense thunder, making it the most dazzling scenery in the imperial city.

This is the "Tiepu" street, and every household has a plaque of "Chitiefang". Among them, the best blacksmith is Yan Jiji, whose ancestral craftsmanship is very good.

The common people heard that behind this Chitiefang, there is the shadow of the official family.

……

Although Zheng Xiu has never experienced it.

However, since the founding of the country, the Dagan Dynasty has had a complete system of imperial examinations and institutions of learning.

In ancient times, Gongsun Mo once had the ambition to obtain the number one scholar.

Taixue Institute has four branches in the city.

They are the four courtyards of "Deer", "Lin", "Crane" and "Tiger".

One morning, the students of the Fourth Academy washed and changed their clothes sleepily, and sat in the hall.

In the corner of Luyuan, known as the youngest "Mofuzi" in the history of Daqian, he walked slowly to class holding a "new book".

Mr. Mo was only sixteen years old, but his talent was outstanding. Two years ago, he was only fourteen. He surprised everyone with his "Book of Right and Wrong", and won the first prize. In that essay, the most amazing thing is that he The neat 36-line sentence pattern of "putting aside right and wrong, right and wrong..." and the eloquent thousand-character prose, which satirizes the present through the past, became a good story for a while, attracting countless people to follow suit.

Later, this No. 36 essay was collected by Taixue, and countless scholars read it, as if Shensi had been punched hard for a full [-] times. Mao Sai suddenly realized, shocked as a heavenly man, and convinced the young master.

Others often say that literati look down on each other, but this Master Mo has conquered all literati with his unparalleled talent that spans the ages.

"Cough cough."

On the podium, the young Master Mo was dressed in a green shirt with jade on his waist. His face was as white as jade, and he was quite elegant.

"Today, I will study a new book with you."

Young Master Mo's eyes flickered and he held up a book.

Only then did the students notice that there was a brand new book on each of their desks.

"Master Mo!"

Some people raised their hands obediently.

"Let's talk."

Master Mo nodded and motioned for the students to ask questions.

"This ink... seems to be still dry?"

The other students didn't believe it, and dipped their hands in it. The ink was not completely dry, and it seemed to be a new book just out of the oven.

"Hehe..." Master Mo shook his head and chuckled, "Books are not ancient, but there is a soul and a spirit."

"Soul, the soul of the word, the soul of the book, the soul of the meaning, a book with a thousand words, if the soul of the book is contained in it, you can travel proudly in the world, travel in the sky, know the vastness of the world, see the infinity of the sun and the moon, and feel the ruthlessness of the years .”

The students were taken aback for a moment, and then applauded.

Makes sense.

Master Mo wiped the sweat from his forehead, and heaved a sigh of relief.

On the brand new cover, there are three words written - "The Prisoner Says".

It was an obscure new book that even he didn't quite understand.

He read it several times, and the book probably said that the seemingly endless world is actually round and round, and it is a huge cage. People in the prison suffer all kinds of suffering without knowing it.

Moisturizing his throat, Mr. Mo, who is sought after by countless people as the "little literary saint of Tianjing", read the title page aloud.

Not only "Deer Courtyard".

Throughout the city, and even across the country, in academies and teahouses, a copy of "The Story of the Prisoner" written by an unknown person is gradually being circulated.

"Heaven and earth are not benevolent, use the sky as a prison, use the earth as a prison, and use everything as a prisoner..."

"The husband lives in the world, he works at sunrise and rests at sunset..."

"Above the starry sky, are the sun and the moon glowing hundreds of millions of years ago, or the cold eyes staring at all living beings?"

"He said..."

The sound of reading aloud came out of the academy in a thriving atmosphere, floated to the sky, and gradually dissipated, leaving a little bit of contemplation behind.

This little meditation is like a spark of fire.

……

"A single spark is enough to start a prairie fire."

In the evening, the whole city was filled with gloom due to the tax increase.

The atmosphere lost its usual enthusiasm and hustle and bustle.

The lanterns lit up sickly.

One person, one cat, sitting on a high wall, overlooking the earth, watching with cold eyes.

There was a moment of trance in the orange cat's eyes, and then he touched his chin in surprise: "So you have tried it several times, this weird feeling of disobedience. So..."

Annie's eyes were shining brightly, and the cat's whiskers brushed gently beside the man. She was cat-like, and she asked, "You understand now? The root of the huge distortion is a 'knot'."

"It's a lot, a lot, a lot, a lot." Zheng Xiu calmly corrected the orange cat's words: "It's unbelievably many. This 'mistake' is like a virus, twisted crazily, and spawned more 'mistakes' .I later discovered that the source of this 'error' was not entirely here, but somewhere further outside. There was something, deep down, like a wishing machine, twisting everything indiscriminately, just to make everything Looks 'right'."

The orange cat was startled when he heard this.

Zheng Xiu raised an index finger and smiled slightly: "In addition, a similar conversation between us has already happened 'last time'. The only difference is that you are more catty."

The orange cat was stunned again, and the next second wanted to cry but had no tears.She turned her back to Zheng Xiu, and took a sneaky look at her "authority". Sure enough, those jade feet became more jade, with more holes, and they became more and more unqualified.

"Meow woo woo woo..."

The proud, great, extraordinary, and only indescribable Annie was crying at this moment, like a little female cat being put on the operating table and about to be sterilized.

Zheng Xiu gently stroked the orange cat's head, as if soothing.He glanced at the orange cat and said calmly: "Sure enough, you also said that the field of view is different when looking from the 'outside' and from the 'inside'. It feels like we are looking at a nest of ants. Can we It is easy to trample them to death, ravage them, and bring them "destroy the world", but when we are in a daze, it is difficult to distinguish who is more, who is missing, and who is doing what."

"This is the so-called the higher you stand, the wider your field of vision, the wider and more blurred. Unless...they condescend, become ants, and change their field of vision to be the same as 'ants'."

"You only notice that the twist shakes, twists, and changes color, but you have no way of knowing what I did."

"Unless the 'change' is so great that they can see the 'difference' at a glance."

"So, I accidentally caught their attention a few times."

Did I say that?

A rare look of shock appeared on Lady Anne's face.

Zheng Xiu bowed his head and said to himself: "You also said that they just occupy the authority, there is no corresponding 'divinity', false gods with 'authority' and 'divine power', nothing to be afraid of."

"So I carefully tried to untie every 'knot' over and over again."

"Wrong many, many times."

"But, there are too many of them."

"You coaxed me twice."

"I was struck by lightning three times."

"Frozen four times."

"Pierced six times by tentacles."

"I was crushed eleven times by the mountain."

"Five times blown away by the wind."

"Well, this world was accidentally destroyed twice, and I almost didn't run away."

When the orange cat first heard that he had "cowed twice", there was still a bit of disdain on his face.When I was in my heyday, those false gods were wiped out in one fell swoop, but now it’s really the cat that fell here and was deceived by the gods.But as she listened, Annie became more and more frightened. Her eyes widened and she asked dumbfounded: "Wait, wait a minute, how many times have you tried...?"

Zheng Xiu's eyes were slightly empty, as if he didn't hear the orange cat's words, he was talking to himself:

"Annie, do you know? In fact, everything is the same. I regard that road as a 'gateway', my repeated attempts as a 'rule', and the 'knots' as doors."

"It's all about the same goal."

"As the saying goes, 'Those who have reached the extreme end of the Tao will end up in the same place.' This thing is no different from practicing the art. It is just practice. There is nothing to say."

"But one difference is that there are tens of thousands of thaumaturgy in the world. As far as I know, even Gongsun Mo's so-called 'walking' to the end is just 'walking' to it. , there is still a hundred and eight thousand miles to go."

"To get there, you have to fly up."

"You said that 'understanding' is the basis for casting 'authority'. Every 'rule' is to constantly temper the throne of oneself until it reaches its peak."

"Shut up!" Annie, like an irritated kitten, became inexplicably angry when she heard Zheng Xiu's increasingly indifferent tone.She obviously didn't say those words, she doesn't remember.But what Zheng Xiu said was indeed something impossible to say with his "current" vision.The orange cat's pupils almost shrink into two slits: "You... how many times have you tried!"

Zheng Xiu was silent for a moment, then he raised his index finger.

"I do not remember."

The tip of his index finger twisted suddenly.

A "sphere" appeared out of thin air, spinning on Zheng Xiu's fingertips.

The sphere is hollow, and its body is made up of countless tiny chains. Inside the sphere, there is a mass of "matter" that is constantly changing shape, color, and material.No, it can't even be called a "substance". The orange cat stared blankly at the "ball" on Zheng Xiu's fingertips. She had never seen this kind of "authority", the "thing" wrapped in the sphere, It seems to be something that is flickering and changing every moment, elusive and indeterminate.

"Variables", "randomness", "unstable factors".Three terms flashed through the orange cat's mind.

She couldn't summarize "that thing" on Zheng Xiu's fingertips.

She wasn't even sure if it was a manifestation of "authority", or... a half-finished product?

She couldn't be sure.In fact, even though she was backtracking and became cat-like, her vision was still there.Being able to see something that made her "uncertain" at a glance, this "uncertainty" itself was enough to shock the heavens and the world.

"I do not remember."

Zheng Xiu didn't deliberately show off at this moment, he raised his index finger, turned the sphere, and lowered his head in thought.He was really thinking.

"Ten thousand times? Twenty thousand times? One hundred thousand times?"

"I... can't remember."

Zheng Xiu’s eyes were blank.

The pupils were deeply black.

"I probably did...in it, after 1000 years."

……

……

"There is always a wind or two in the world..."

The bloody full moon hangs high in the sky.

The color is brighter than blood, making the huge full moon look like an "eye" entrenched in the sky, staring at the earth coldly.

The undulating jungle stretches as far as the eye can see.

This used to be a "world" full of greenery.

Today, huge rhizomes are withered, and black sticky "rivers" flow through the forest, emitting a foul smell. The "jungle" lingered and lost its vitality.

Countless red shimmers condensed into groups of coquettish light balls, moving swiftly among the towering ancient forests.

Colorful butterfly-like monsters with a length of [-] meters are flying in groups among the towering giant trees hundreds of meters high, chasing the blood-colored balls of light.

Feng Bei was still dressed in black like a crow's feather, sitting on a tree trunk hundreds of meters high, swinging his legs, humming softly.

Beside Fengbei, a bat was lying on a mini beach chair, with sunglasses on its eyes, its legs crossed, its wings resting on its head, basking in the "Blood Moon" leisurely.

huh~
The blood-colored ball of light flew past, and the bat took a small mouthful, and the ball of light, which had no time to escape, slurped into its mouth.

"This essence tastes really good."

After taking a mouthful of "Blood Moon Essence", the bat shivered contentedly, took off its glasses, listened to Feng Bei humming softly, and transformed into a small book between its wings like magic.

"You hummed this strange song for the 670th time."

Feng Bei shut his mouth instantly and ignored the bat.

"Still thinking about your man?"

Bat Wing made a complicated gesture and asked with a smirk.

"boring."

"Ha~ Woman." Bat put his hands on his hips and sneered: "You have to leave there, for his own good. It's not suitable to stay in this shabby place for a long time. Sooner or later, we will end together, unless you want to die together. Haha, compared to being here Here's 'retrospection', 'death' is also quite happy, as soon as you close your eyes, you'll sleep peacefully."

Fengbei remained silent, ignoring the bat.

"You, it's always like this. If a man is not around, we will be unhappy. As women, we can't be independent and self-reliant? Regardless of whether he can come and talk, you have disappeared for so long, and your man hasn't even come to see you. Is there nothing wrong with that?"

Feng Bei was stunned when she heard this. She was speechless. It sounded like... wrong, he couldn't come out!Feng Bei reacted and she almost missed the punch.Feng Bei rolled his eyes.

"So," the bat is still chattering, its wings curled up like index fingers: "When you come to a new place, you should walk more, look more, learn new postures, knowledge, and become bigger and stronger, otherwise, you will always be like this Stuffy, can you maintain a sense of freshness in front of your man?"

"You..." Feng Bei's eyes turned cold: "Peeping into my dreams again?"

"Just look at it without losing the meat!" Bat heard this, a little guilty, lowered his head and muttered: "In my opinion, your dream is like a bubble movie screen hanging above your head, 360-degree high-definition uncensored loop playback You can see things with your eyes open, how can it be called peeping in the open and aboveboard?" Turning her head to see Fengbei, a stingy woman, her face darkened, and she immediately puffed up her chest: "In short, I am doing it for your own good! "

"Humph."

"Ma'am," Bat's furry little face showed a vivid "intriguing" expression, and he laughed straight: "You don't want to, because you are not fresh enough, your man will be hooked away by a more cunning hoof? "

The bat's wings curled together, making a "hook" gesture.

Ah this.

Fengbei was instantly alert.

After a while, she stood up and looked into the distance calmly: "I... walked around."

"That's right! The structure of each ship is different, and the rules of operation are also different. You can never go wrong if you look more."

Bat smiled and said: "It's time for questions."

One person, one bat, running through the thick trunk like lightning.

"Why don't you go, and your man can't go?"

Feng Bei thought for a while: "Prisoner?"

"Only half of the answers are correct, seven points!" Bat said the answer: "Didn't I tell you before, every world needs people of all kinds."

"Some places are: 'pioneer', 'son of the world', 'hunter', 'scavenger', 'rich man', 'loser', 'broken brother', 'good brother', 'comedian', 'rebel By',……"

"Where you used to be, what was called a 'doorway' was just the same thing."

"But there is only one character, no matter which world it is, it is indispensable and must exist."

Feng Bei thought for a while, recalling the knowledge that Bats had crammed into her.Feng Bei, who never liked using her brain, looked embarrassed. After a while, she still couldn't remember.

The bat chuckled and held up the chestnut:
"The Flood Dragon Among the Snakes,"

"The King of Dogs,"

"The king of chickens."

Fengbei: "?"

"In a complete 'system', there is a kind of person who is the 'core' of the world, the 'pillar', and the 'support point'. They either go smoothly, or turn around in adversity, or go forward indomitably, 'they', if there is no Interference from external forces can eventually be compared to gods with a mortal body. This kind of person is called a "sage" in the "various" system. Before that, the "sage" in that place was you."

Feng Bei was taken aback.

"Now, that Xingxing position is vacant."

The enchanting and charming little bat giggled.

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(End of this chapter)