He has met this middle-aged woman many times and is no stranger to her.
He had thought about her identity many times, but he couldn't find any clues. She felt very mysterious, but she must be a big shot in the palace.
The wind and rain are about to come to the capital tonight, and the light rain has arrived. With this middle-aged woman's status, logically speaking, she shouldn't be here at all.
Chen Changsheng suddenly thought of a possibility, and felt that the light rain falling on his face became a little cold.
Or, did she come to kill herself
Fortunately, this kind of thing didn't happen, otherwise he would really feel a little sad.
The middle-aged woman tapped her finger, and motioned him to sit down and drink tea as usual.
Chen Changsheng heaved a sigh of relief.
The forest in Baicao Garden has great meaning to him, it is the place where he can feel the most peace of mind in Kyoto.
In the past two years, those nights when he sat and drank tea with this middle-aged woman were the most peaceful time in Kyoto.
If a middle-aged woman chooses this forest, this stone tea table to kill him, he will feel very unhappy.
He likes this feeling of sitting silently, it is very comfortable and at ease, and it easily reminds him of Xining Town...
His brows are slightly frowned, because he doesn't like to think of Xining Town now.
Well, but the stream behind the old temple is still clear.
His eyebrows gradually relaxed.
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Seeing him frowning, watching him open his brows, and seeing the greenness between his brows, he remembered, oh, he will only be seventeen years old in a few days, but isn't that fake? But what an amazing little guy, who is about to die, but can still stop, pick up that cup of warm white tea at the table in the forest, and still be able to think about other things.
The corners of Tianhai's lips gradually turned up at an extremely slow speed, and a smile was contained in it.
If this young man is really my son, or it’s a good thing, at least it won’t embarrass me too much, so that when I watch you die, I can feel more of the feelings I want to feel, so that I can be in the sky Find the hidden traces of the way of heaven in the starry sky, and finally gain real freedom.
The corners of Tianhai's lips gradually flattened at an extremely slow speed, so the smile went nowhere.
She looked at Chen Changsheng quietly, and stretched out a finger to point to the center of his brow.
Chen Changsheng came to his senses, a little startled, but he didn't avoid it.
It's not that he doesn't want to avoid it, but that he can't.
Whether it's when she first entered the capital or now, no matter what she wants to do to him, he has no way to object.
At the beginning, he was a little uncomfortable, especially when she grabbed his chin and stroked his cheek sometimes, he felt a sense of humiliation, but later... maybe he got used to it.
With a light touch of his fingertips, there was a faint popping sound in his sea of consciousness, like a bubble being popped.
The night wind walked through the herb garden, bringing the scent of those medicinal herbs and spiritual fruits, and some scents that only she could smell.
Because her fingers pierced the holy light placed by Xu Yourong at that moment, her divine sense brought this breeze, and there was his breath in the wind.
She quietly closed her eyes, and carefully felt the breath, her expression gradually becoming calmer and softer.
That aura is indeed like a spring breeze, intoxicating. It is hard to imagine that if it is fully released, who can resist this temptation.
She opened her eyes, tapped the table lightly, and signaled Chen Changsheng to drink tea.
Chen Changsheng kept holding the teacup in his hand, took a sip, and then put the teacup down.
He looked at the middle-aged woman, wanted to say something, closed his mouth again, and finally couldn't help but speak out.
"I... may not come here again in the future."
He paused for a while, looked at her and continued, "I am Chen Changsheng."
She looked at him quietly without any change in expression.
Chen Changsheng was a little surprised at first, and then laughed at himself. He had met so many times in two years, and with the unfathomable strength of a middle-aged woman, he naturally knew his origin long ago.
"Since you know who I am, you probably also know my current situation." He looked down at the tea soup in the teacup, which was as light as water, and his voice became as light as water, "I still don't know who you are until now. , or because of this, I always feel that there are some things that are not good to say to others, and I can tell you."
She looked at him quietly, still without any reaction.
From Chen Changsheng's point of view, or rather, he was willing to take this as an encouragement.
After thinking for a while, he said, "I'm dying."
Then he began to tell his own story, starting before he was born, of course it was the result of old man Tianji's deduction of Ji Dao, and then after he was born, it was the picture that Senior Brother Yu Ren described to him, Qingxi and the golden dragon, Then he talked about the life in the old temple in Xining Town, and then he talked about the divorce in Kyoto and the stories that happened after that, until now.
When he was in the old temple in Xining Town, no one talked to him, so he also developed a taciturn character, which became much better after he came to Kyoto, especially after getting to know Tang Sanshiliu, and occasionally he would show himself On the nagging side, when he was with Xu Yourong, he also had a lot to say, but none of them were as much as he said tonight.
He sorted out his whole life, and then read it to her in pieces.
"The demon king went to Hanshan. At that time, I had doubts, but there was no evidence, but the current situation... is very clear. I know that Master is using me."
He finally said: "But I have always had that disease. After all, it is a matter of bad luck. Who can I blame?"
No matter what he said, she just listened quietly, drinking a sip of tea occasionally, her expression was very calm.
It seemed that the names of Old Temple in Xining Town, Golden Dragon, Holy Light Continent, Chen Xuanba, Zhou Dufu, did not shock her at all.
After finishing the narration, Chen Changsheng's mouth was a little dry, and after drinking the remaining tea in the cup, he realized that she was too calm.
This made her even more mysterious in his eyes.
"You... who are you?"
he looked at her curiously and asked.
The Baicao Garden was very quiet, there was not even a ray of wind, so naturally there was no sound of wind, and the light rain suddenly stopped, so naturally there was no sound of rain.
Even the wailing of insects at the foot of the wall and in the grass has disappeared.
After a long period of silence, a voice suddenly sounded.
"who I am?"
Chen Changsheng was very surprised because she said this sentence.
He could hear clearly that these three words came from her lips.
He always thought she couldn't speak.
For two years, he has been talking, and she has never said a word.
However, it turned out that she could talk, she just didn't want to.
Who is she
Shocked, Chen Changsheng suddenly felt extremely vigilant and uneasy.
Because she stood up.
She suddenly became extremely tall, like a mountain suddenly appeared between the sky and the earth.
She slowly put her hands behind her back, and the sleeves of her robe flicked lightly, and there was a strong wind in the woods.
She looked down at Chen Changsheng with an indifferent expression, and the temperature in the woods dropped a few minutes.
The night wind gently brushed her face, and her eyebrows stretched towards her temples, like swords about to fly, more like wings waiting to be shaken.
Her eyes became extraordinarily clear, as if there were stars in them.
That ordinary face, within a few breaths, turned into the most beautiful face people could imagine.
The aura emanating from her body became extremely powerful.
who is she
Of course she is the Heavenly and Earthly Empress of Heaven and Sea who is the only one I respect.
The woods in Baicao Garden became quieter.
Chen Changsheng held the teacup and forgot to put it down in shock.
I don't know how long it took before he woke up and put the teacup on the table.
He was silent for a long time, then looked at the teacup and said, "Hello."
It's a very simple word, it should be courteous, but it should not appear between him and her.
His voice was calm, but his emotions were unimaginably complicated.
At the same time, he figured out something by the way.
When Xu Yourong entered the Zhou Garden, she had also changed her appearance, and no one could see it. Afterwards, she said that it was a secret technique of the Thirteenth Division of Qingyu. But he read Daozang thoroughly and never heard of it.
At this time, he naturally knew that Xu Youyirong's methods were the same as the Holy Queen's, or was it because the phoenix was able to transform freely
"Shouldn't you call me mother?" The Empress Tianhai looked at him and said.
When she said this, her voice was very indifferent, but she didn't know if she really had no emotion.
Chen Changsheng raised his head, looked at this woman who was too beautiful to look at directly, and thought, is this his mother
In the years since his master picked him up by the stream and brought him back to the old temple in Xining Town, of course he has thought about this question countless times. Who are his parents, but he has never had an answer.
It wasn't until last year that the rumor began to spread in Kyoto that he began to face up to this issue again, and then some time ago in Hanshan, he got a certain degree of confirmation.
No matter before or after the rumors, he also occasionally thought about what kind of scene he would have if they met... and what he should do, even when he jumped out of the window of the small building of the Orthodox Academy and decided to go to the palace to face her, He is still thinking about these questions.
However, after the real encounter, he realized that all the preparations were meaningless.
His mind was in a trance, and his body was a little cold.
He looked at her indifferent and beautiful face, and couldn't find even a trace of the feeling he had tried to have, such as warmth.
Sensing the change in his mood, Holy Empress Tianhai raised her eyebrows and said, "Useless thing, I shouldn't have given birth to you in the first place."
When she said this, her eyebrows were like swords, as if she was about to fly into the night sky in the next moment.
Coupled with the indifference between her eyebrows and eyes, it made people feel even colder.
Chen Changsheng was a little angry, breathed heavily and said, "I went to kill Zhou Tong just now."
When this sentence appeared at this time, it seemed a little abrupt and a little inexplicable.
The Holy Empress Tianhai said: "Want to prove that you are useful? Do you have the courage to face the world? How many candies do you want from me?"
Chen Changsheng thought it wasn't like that, I just want to tell you that if you don't care about some things, I don't have to care about them either. If I have the courage to kill Zhou Tong, I will have the courage to face you.
Even if we are mother and son, even if you are a mother who is cruel enough to kill her own son.