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Chapter 181 The light of heaven is invisible, it is contained in our eyes.

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Looking at the girl.

Looking at her determined face and eyes, she no longer had the timidity and cowardice she had before, and she bravely stood in front of her grandmother.

Wu Wen smiled slightly, then asked, "What's your name?"

"Flower slave." The little girl answered forcefully.

"Flower slave!"

After hearing the name, Wu Wen repeated it to himself and then nodded in approval.

Huanu is a nickname. The word "nu" in it does not have a derogatory meaning or mean slave, but rather carries a sense of intimacy and care.

This was a common naming custom for little girls during the Tang Dynasty.

Wu Wen asked softly, "Is this person usually nice to you?"

The girl remained silent and did not give a direct answer.

Wu Wen saw the clue at a glance.

He turned his head and looked down, giving the old woman a cold look.

The other party was so frightened that he became limp all over and his face turned pale.

"My name is Wu Wen, and I was the one who saved your mother from the Gaochang people.

After your mother died, I entrusted you to her and asked her to take care of you."

Wu Wen pointed at the old woman and said.

"Do you know my mother?"

When the girl heard Wu Wen mention her mother, her eyes immediately lit up and she asked excitedly.

Wu Wen turned his head and glanced at the old woman, and asked, "Why, didn't you tell her her identity and origin?"

"My Lord, I...I..."

The old woman became even more frightened under his questioning.

"Humph~"

Wu Wen snorted coldly, then asked the girl, "How did she tell you your identity?"

The girl glanced at her frightened grandmother and whispered, "Grandma told me that she picked me up on the roadside."

The little girl was telling the truth, but to the old woman, it sounded like a complaint.

She felt a pang of regret, wondering why she had not been nicer to the girl over the years.

At the beginning, the old woman took good care of her, but as time went on, no one ever cared about her, as if the girl had been forgotten.

In her opinion, a big shot like Marquis Dingxiang was so busy with affairs of state every day that he probably had forgotten about this little girl long ago.

So, she took it less and less seriously.

Coupled with the girl's scary eyes and the constant gossip from people around her, she became less and less fond of the little girl.

"Why did you lie to her?" Wu Wen asked again.

"me……"

The frightened old woman continued to hesitate, not knowing how to answer.

In her opinion, the girl's mother was a monster who died because of giving birth to her, and the girl was also a monster.

So in her heart, not telling the girl the truth was also for her own good.

What I am doing can be considered as doing good deeds and accumulating virtue.

Don't bother about this old woman anymore.

Wu Wen said to the girl: "This person is just someone I arranged to take care of you. Since she can't take good care of you, then you should come with me."

As he spoke, Wu Wen walked towards the door.

The girl looked at his back and did not follow him. Instead, she turned to look at her "grandmother".

Although the old woman was not kind to her, she had been supporting her after all. How could the girl not have feelings for her?
But at this moment, the old woman urged the girl, "Why don't you go with the Marquis!"

In her heart, she was lucky that Wu Wen did not blame her. Nothing could happen again, otherwise, with just one word from Wu Wen, her future life would be ruined.

The girl stayed for a while, looking at the old woman.

But under the other party's constant urging, the girl finally caught up with Wu Wen who was about to leave the house.

The two walked towards the government office.

The girl followed Wu Wen and asked curiously, "Can you tell me who my mother is? What kind of person is she?"

"Your mother is a poor person!"

Wu Wen didn't think there was anything to hide, so he just said what he wanted to say.

After listening to Wu Wen’s story.

Although the girl was too young to understand some of the words, she had some general understanding of her mother.

Two figures, one big and one small.

Before I knew it, I arrived in front of the government office.

County Magistrate Chen Zheng and Cheng Tiehuan came out to greet him.

Seeing the little girl next to Wu Wen, both of them showed surprise on their faces.

Wu Wen asked the little girl beside him:

"I'm leaving. I'm giving you two choices. One is to go to Dingxiang with me, and the other is that I'll find someone here to take care of you and live a good life.

Which one do you choose? "

The girl looked at Wu Wen and answered almost without thinking: "I want to follow you!"

Hearing this, Wu Wen nodded, and then said to Chen Zheng: "Prepare a carriage and take her back to Dingxiang with me."

"Yes!" Chen Zheng immediately went to do it. "My Lord, if you want to go back to Dingxiang, I will go with you. It just so happens that my Cheng family's caravan is also going to Dingxiang." Cheng Tiehuan said.

Wu Wen nodded slightly.

Not long after, Chen Zheng prepared the carriage.

The little girl Hua Nu got on the carriage, and Cheng Tiehuan also accompanied her.

Wu Wen carried with him a box containing the tentacle ball.

He rode on the wolf-headed horse and led the guards and the caravan to Dingxiang.

On the carriage.

During their playful chats, Cheng Tiehuan gradually got information out of the little girl and learned about her identity.

After learning about the bizarre life story that Wu Wen told the little girl Hua Nu, Cheng Tiehuan was amazed and moved.

Then, Cheng Tiehuan looked at her gauze-covered eyes curiously and asked:

"Can you take off the cloth and let Sister Cheng see your eyes?"

These words seemed to have touched the little girl's pain point, and she immediately shook her head.

Ever since the little girl could remember, everyone who had seen her eyes beneath the gauze thought she was a monster, so she had always been bullied by people around her.

Cheng Tiehuan stretched out his hand and smiled at her soothingly, "Don't worry, Sister Cheng is different from others. She won't treat you as a monster. Sister is just a little curious."

After thinking for a while, Hua Nucai carefully removed the gauze from her eyes.

When Cheng Tiehuan saw her strange, gem-like compound eyes, he was immediately surprised and couldn't help but lean forward to observe her carefully.

At this time, Wu Wen, who was riding on the wolf horse at the front of the team, couldn't help but turn his head to look at the carriage not far behind him.

Cheng Tiehuan looked into Hua Nu's eyes and couldn't help but exclaim: "This... is so amazing!"

Hua Nu felt that it was about time, so she immediately covered her eyes with gauze again.

Cheng Tiehuan was still a little unsatisfied, but she did not ask Hua Nu to take off the gauze. Instead, she asked her curiously:

"Hua Nu, what's so special about your eyes?"

Hearing this, Hua Nu looked at her in confusion.

Then he asked in a different way: "Tell Sister Cheng, is there anything different between what you see and what others see?"

Hua Nu thought for a moment, then replied, "I can see the bugs on the tree, and I can also see what the bugs look like, which no one else can see."

After hearing what Hua Nu said, Cheng Tiehuan's eyes flashed with surprise and curiosity, and then she asked softly:
"Then can you see farther away? For example, can you see the hills in the distance clearly?"

Cheng Tiehuan pointed outside the car window at a hill far away.

Hua Nu looked up first, then shook her head.

After Cheng Tiehuan's careful questioning, she gradually realized that Hua Nu's special eyes could not only see tiny objects nearby.

Moreover, they have a unique perception of flying objects, and feel that they fly exceptionally slowly.

Just like when a small flying insect is flying in the air, in Hua Nu's vision, its flying speed will become very slow, just like a slowed-down picture.

What surprised her even more was that Hua Nu's eyes could see more different colors.

Although the world in the eyes of normal people is colorful, in the world of flower slaves, it is as colorful as a kaleidoscope.

When Cheng Tiehuan was communicating with Hua Nu.

Wu Wen also heard their conversation.

According to Hua Nu's description, her eyes actually have a special ability that Cheng Tiehuan did not notice, that is: polarized light sensing.

Polarized light is an optical phenomenon, which refers to light in which the vibration direction of the electric vector of the light wave is limited to a fixed direction.

Light is an electromagnetic wave, which is a transverse wave. The plane formed by the vibration direction and the direction of light wave propagation is called the vibration plane.

If the vibration plane of light is limited to a fixed direction, this light is called polarized light.

For example, when sunlight shines on water, the light reflected by the water surface is polarized light.

The ordinary person's ability to perceive light is only to perceive basic information such as light intensity, color, direction, etc.

The ability to perceive polarized light is the ability to perceive the polarization state of light, that is, the vibration direction of the electric vector of the light wave.

This ability can capture the polarization characteristics of light, such as vibration direction and degree of polarization.

The most important manifestation of the ability to perceive polarized light is the ability to identify the direction based on the light.

This is also an ability that many insects have: they can navigate without any reference points using only light, and thus avoid getting lost.

Flower slaves can perceive more rich and delicate colors, which is also a manifestation of polarized light sensing ability.

In something she didn't explicitly describe.

Wu Wen could also speculate that her eyes should also have the capabilities of object recognition, visual contrast enhancement, and optical detection.

Because these are the manifestations that can be achieved by having the ability to perceive polarized light.

Light!
Riding on the back of a horse-headed wolf.

Wu Wen looked up at the sky, looking at the bright sun.

This not only reminded him of a passage that was recorded in "Taiyi Jinhua Lu".

[Human life is invisible, so it is entrusted to the light of heaven; the light of heaven is invisible, so it is entrusted to our eyes.]

The eyes are the gateway to the heart and the residence of the spirit.

Through your eyes, you can catch a glimpse of the sky and feel the source of life.

Those who practice Taoism should calm their minds and concentrate their spirits, close their sight and listen, and let the light of their eyes look inward in order to observe the true nature of life.

Heavenly light is the positive energy of the universe and the source of life.

It is invisible and intangible, but it nourishes all things and dominates life and death.

Those who practice Taoism should follow the light of heaven and guide it into their bodies to nourish their lives and elevate their realm. 】

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(End of this chapter)