It took Shuang'er a while to wake up.
She could see that the young Taoist priest was not deliberately mocking or teasing her, but that she really didn't listen to what she said. Looking at the serious and calm expression of the other party, she became more and more angry for some reason.
She said bitterly: "You will die."
Chen Changsheng opened his eyes wide and said, "Everyone will die."
Shuang'er said, "You know that's not what I meant."
Chen Changsheng said seriously: "Thank you for telling me this."
Shuang'er's complexion was ugly, and she said: "Ma'am, if you want to retire the engagement, you promise it, and you will get your own rewards. Why do you have to get angry and say that you are here to retire? Do you think this is the only way to save some face? If that's the case, that's fine. Why did you change your mind in the end? The repeated appearance is really not good-looking."
"Actually... I really came to retire. It doesn't matter whether you believe it or not, but I really don't want to retire now."
"Why?"
Chen Changsheng tilted his head and thought about it seriously, a smile gradually appeared on his immature face, because he confirmed that he had found a reason to convince himself, and said, "Because...you never asked my name."
Shuang'er didn't understand.
"Since entering the mansion until now, neither Madam nor you have asked my name."
Chen Changsheng looked at her and said seriously: "My name is Chen Changsheng. I know this name is very vulgar, but Master hopes that I can live forever. I have a good intention, so I always use this name."
When he said this, his eyes were bright and his expression was very upright.
Shuang'er suddenly felt that this seemingly ordinary young Taoist priest exuded a certain luster, probably that kind of serious temperament? She understood his reason, and felt inexplicably ashamed.
From the moment he walked into the Divine General's Mansion until now, no one has asked his name. But he didn't show any feeling of being angry or humiliated. No matter facing his wife or Shuang'er, he was very polite, not lacking in any etiquette, and even seemed a little dull. But the wonderful thing is that those who made him unhappy, Both end up being more unpleasant than him.
It's not that he is very good at making people unpleasant, but that he is doing what he thinks he should do seriously. Regardless of retiring the engagement or changing his mind, he thinks it is correct, and he is so sure that it makes people feel undeniable. Therefore, those who make him unhappy will eventually be too depressed to be happy.
Shuang'er had lived in the Shenjiang's mansion since she was a child, and because of the young lady, she had a very high status. Even the Lord Shenjiang and his wife didn't have much to say to her, and she had never met anyone like Chen Changsheng. She was very unaccustomed to this feeling, subconsciously felt uneasy, she didn't know whether it was to persuade Chen Changsheng or herself, and said with a stronger tone.
"In the entire continent, only my young lady has the blood of the true phoenix, she is unique!"
"There is a sentence in my senior brother's notes that I have always thought made sense. I will give it to you at this time. I hope you can understand it seriously in the future. He said: Everyone is unique in this world."
Chen Changsheng looked at her and said seriously.
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There is a simple stone arch bridge at the end of the long street. Under the bridge is not the Luo River, but an inconspicuous small ditch. Chen Changsheng walked to the bridge, turned his head and looked in the direction of the General's Mansion. He saw that the place was quiet, but it was not lacking in prosperity. There were countless mansions and beautiful courtyards, and the Xu Mansion was the most conspicuous and prominent place among them. He couldn't help but shook his head. .
After he entered the capital, he didn't go to those scenic spots, nor was he in a hurry to go to the Mausoleum of Books. Instead, he washed up by the Luo River, and then went directly to the General's Mansion—he wanted to divorce. He was really anxious, if he married the young lady of the general's mansion, if his illness could not be cured, why bother with her? Even if it can be cured, it will probably take many years.
He didn't want to delay the other party's youth, but he didn't expect to meet those white eyes, those contempt, and those mocking in Xu's mansion. Looking back now, since the age of ten, the temple has not received any gifts from the other party, and the two parties have cut off contact, which shows that the other party has long since intended to regret the marriage. He came to the capital today to voluntarily withdraw the engagement. It was a matter of course and mutual consent, but he didn't expect to encounter such a battle, so he changed his mind on the spot.
He has no practice, nor is he a Taoist priest, but he has been deeply influenced by reading Daoist scriptures since he was a child, and his own destiny is bleak, so he has three thousand roads. It was my wish to come all the way to Kyoto to retire the engagement. Not retiring the engagement is also going according to one's will - God General's Mansion is rude, and he doesn't want the other party to go along with one's wishes - because then, it will be difficult for him to go along with one's wishes.
Of course, until now, Chen Changsheng just wanted to worry about the general's wife who hid her indifference behind her kind face and the girl who only stared at the sky. After a few days, he would naturally return the marriage certificate to each other. Human life is at stake, and the happiness of that Miss Xu's life is far more important than the cold reception and supercilious stares he has suffered, he still thinks so.
It's just that, after all, it's still very unpleasant. Sometimes, Chen Changsheng himself would forget that he was still a fourteen-year-old boy, but he was a boy after all, he had his own pride and dignity, and he would always have emotions when he was humiliated.
He walked down the stone bridge, bought two biscuits from a street stall, squatted down on the stone slab by the river, gnawed the biscuits, and looked at the Shenjiang Mansion in the distance, feeling a little sour in his heart. He knew where this emotion came from, but he knew better that if he allowed it to overflow, it would hurt his body, and it would not help to solve this matter.
On the Luohe River in the distance, the shadows of sails were like clouds. On the long street across the river, there were wolves riding from the west. From a distance, it seemed as if they could smell the rotten smell from the mouths of those giant wolves. There was a shadow floating across the water, and he looked up, only to see a pegasus with snow-white wings flying northwards, dragging a magnificent chariot. At the watchtower on the city wall in the distance, the red goshawks in charge of military communication kept taking off and landing, and in the blue sky farther away, there was a flying chariot patrolling the city, looking like those annoying dragonflies outside the temple...
This is the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and there are countless miraculous scenes that can't be imagined by ordinary people in the countryside. Chen Changsheng gnawed on the biscuit, opened his eyes wide, looked at these pictures with relish, and compared them with the records on Daozang, wondering when he would have the chance to see those legendary magical creatures, such as the one in Li Palace. The tortoise that bears the stone pillar for more than 3,000 years does not know if there are any dragons that are extremely noble and majestic in the legend. It is said that the rarest and most noble golden dragon has not appeared in the world for tens of thousands of years. Will I have a chance to see it in the future? By the way, there is also the rumored Phoenix...
The biscuits are very fragrant and hard, and it takes a lot of effort to eat. Chen Changsheng originally thought that he had put all the experiences in the God General's Mansion behind him, and successfully dispelled those slightly sour emotions. However, when he thought of the word "Phoenix", he naturally thought of the real phoenix that he had just heard about today. The blood of the real phoenix, thinking of the Miss Xu Fu who possessed the blood of the real phoenix, and the little things I received many years ago...
He stared at the last piece of biscuit between his fingers, paused for a while, then put it into his lips, chewed it carefully thirty-two times before swallowing it, took out a handkerchief from his sleeve to wipe off the crumbs on his hands, He got up, picked up his luggage, and disappeared into the crowd.
He didn't notice that there was an inconspicuous carriage parked at a street corner not far away, and somewhere inconspicuously on the shaft, there was a dimly colored blood phoenix emblem. Of course, even if he saw it, he wouldn't know it The emblem represents the East Imperial General's Mansion—after Miss Xu was born, the Holy Empress gave the blood phoenix to the Divine General's Mansion as a new emblem. This is a supreme honor and a kind of declaration.
The war horse in front of the car has the blood of a unicorn, looking at the flowing water under the bridge with indifferent eyes, and the eyes of the old woman in the car are also indifferent, but there is also some surprise and vigilance hidden in it.
Ever since Chen Changsheng left the Divine General's Mansion, she has been following him. She did not expect that young man to behave so calmly after seeing Da Zhou's capital, not like an ignorant country child at all. That's because she didn't know that the young man had read countless books since he was a child, had seen countless scenery in the books, and traveled countless miles.
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Xu Shiji was sitting in the study, his burly body exuded a faint smell of blood. Through the window, the kingfisher on the tree more than ten feet away hid its head under its wings in horror, not daring to make the slightest sound. The powerful aura with the blood demon proved the terrifying strength of this Great Zhou God General, and also showed that he was in a bad mood right now.
What made him so irritable was the half jade pendant on the desk.
"Back then, my father was in the position of Dazai, and won the trust of the Queen of God. He was ordered to go to Mount Tai to preside over the burning of books in the ceremony. In order to sabotage the matter, the demons sent Gong Yangchun to assassinate my father secretly, and my father was seriously injured. His Excellency the Holy Father He couldn't be cured even when he went to Mount Tai, until a wandering Taoist passed through Taishan County, he healed his father's injury, so this marriage contract came into being."
Mrs. Xu said in a low voice: "From this point of view, that Taoist indeed has some skills."
Xu Shiji raised his head, looked at the blue sky outside the window and said: "In the vast world, there are winds, tigers, clouds and dragons, and countless strong people. That man can be called a master in the field of medicine. Of course he is extraordinary. Otherwise, how could father betroth Rong'er to his queen?" people?"
Mrs. Xu was a little uneasy, and asked: "The most important thing now is the marriage letter... If the Taoist has no background and is not an important person, he will not be at a loss when things are handled."
Xu Shiji said indifferently, "Let that little Taoist priest wake up."
Mrs. Xu's voice became even lower, and if she wasn't careful, she couldn't hear clearly at all: "The little Taoist priest doesn't seem to be someone who can be dismissed at will. What if he stalks him? Next year, the Tianshu Mausoleum will open. I will definitely send a mission to come over, and I am afraid that I will formally propose marriage to the court, so nothing can go wrong."
Xu Shiji narrowed his eyes slightly, like a tiger sleeping, and said, "Then burn him to ashes and throw him into the Luo River."
In a few days, it will be the rainy season, and the Luo River will soon swell. No matter whether ashes or bones fall into the river, they will disappear in an instant.