Chapter 174 All are alone
Chapter 174 All are alone
“Is there any night without the moon in the world?”
Gu Zhuo said calmly: "What night is not filled with the desolate scenery of that night?"
The warden looked at him.
Gu Zhuo looked quietly at the vast old imperial city and said, "The meaning of scenery always depends on the mood of the person viewing it at that time. What you see as coldness may be coldness in the eyes of others, and what others see as gentleness may be ridicule in your eyes."
"Using scenery to capture meaning, what you capture is often what's in your heart."
His voice was as clear as water: "It is not the will of heaven and earth."
The supervisor asked, "How can we know the will of heaven and earth?"
Gu Zhuo stopped, turned around and looked into the pair of eyes that had never been cloudy, and said, "It's very simple."
The supervisor said seriously, "Please speak."
Gu Zhuo laughed and said, "Just let everything in the world tell you."
The warden was silent for a moment, then he sighed deeply and began to laugh, but his smile was full of mockery and self-mockery.
Having said that, there is nothing more to say.
He then asked: "You should guess what I will do tomorrow?"
Gu Zhuo said: "What about the three talismans?"
What appeared before everyone's eyes tonight was the true appearance of the old imperial city's great formation, but it was not the whole picture. There were things hidden deeper inside that had never been seen by the officials.
How can the true face of a thousand-year-old formation be revealed by simply turning over a few bluestone bricks and splitting open a few pillars?
On that boring and complicated blueprint, it was clearly recorded that the Imperial City Formation had three talismans, which were like three nails driven deep into the formation, playing a decisive role in consolidating and stabilizing it.
It is said that now the gods have five great talismans scattered throughout the city to suppress the luck of the whole city.
There are only a handful of government offices and officials who are qualified to know the truth of this matter, but the Imperial Observatory is probably one of them.
"good."
The supervisor nodded and said, "Since you want to watch the process of repairing this formation, don't miss it. I will personally repair the three talismans."
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The office of the Imperial Observatory was located in the old imperial city, so the director would naturally not deliberately choose a place far away to stay. He walked side by side with Gu Zhuo just to see him off.
The supervisor did not return to his room. Instead, he went up to the observatory alone, using the cold moonlight as a lamp.
He stood with his hands behind his back, at the very edge of the observatory, with a deep darkness in front of him.
The moon and stars are hidden. There are no stars to be seen tonight. What he is observing is both people and the moon.
The person is Gu Zhuo.
The moon is still the same moon.
The Supervisor increasingly felt that what the Chief of the Sky Patrol Department said made sense. There were many things about people like Gu Zhuo that were worth seeing, and those things were worth pondering over again and again, and there were many meanings that were worth serious consideration.
But the meaning of this is really hard to understand. Tonight he asked the question in a tactful way, and Gu Zhuo's answer was undoubtedly serious and not nonsense, but he always felt that something was missing in his words.
Just like the moon tonight is missing half, the remaining half is still enough to illuminate the world.
The supervisor pondered those words silently.
Suddenly, he looked up at the lonely waning moon in the night sky and had a subtle feeling that he was being watched, and felt a little uneasy.
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"We were right. This guy really came to Wangjing for you!"
"But he seemed... just curious?"
"I didn't sense any murderous intent from this guy. He was more like one of those old pedants you met in Changzhou Academy before, who would hold on to an interesting problem after encountering it."
"Yes, that's it!"
Gu Zhuo listened to these voices and responded from time to time, all of which were in agreement.
In fact, he did not sense even the slightest murderous intent from the supervisor's words and actions, only curiosity.
But he didn't like being treated as a secret, or as a treasure or something like that. It was really troublesome just thinking about it.
Thinking of this, Gu Zhuo turned and walked into a restaurant to have a midnight snack.
There were few customers in the restaurant and it was ready to close. The waiters were already exhausted after a hard day's work, but when they saw that it was Gu Zhuo who came in, they still showed great enthusiasm.
The young master was even more excited, nervous and embarrassed - last spring, he was instigated to send a letter of challenge to Gu Zhuo, and in the end he received a humiliating response.
——I understand, what about you?
The young master was extremely angry at that time, and thought that he would hold a grudge against Gu Zhuo for the rest of his life. He never expected that this year he had carefully kept the reply letter and kept it as a family heirloom to brag about to his descendants in the future.
In just one year, it seems like dozens of autumns.
Gu Zhuo sat down and placed his order. He responded to the enthusiasm skillfully and then found some peace and quiet.
Just then, a curious voice came from the night and asked.
"So what do you do next?"
Gu Zhuo thought for a while and said, "Let's eat first."
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The porridge was warm, the pastries were exquisite, and the jerky had an enticing aroma.
However, Lin Wanyi had no interest in picking up her chopsticks to eat.
She frowned as she looked at the secret letter from Gu Zhuo in her hand, unable to think of how to deal with it properly.
What was written in the letter was, of course, the truth about the assassination last spring.
In the past, Lin Wanyi would not hesitate to make Xie pay a heavy price for this, but now she hesitated.
It was not because there were superfluous words in the letter, but because she and Gu Zhuo held the same opinion and did not understand why Wuyoushan had to do things in this way and take such a long detour.
What's more, the most crucial thing is that since Wuyoushan has decided to apologize and is willing to break its own rules for this, why is the sincerity shown to the buyer of the assassination in early spring last year?
Why not the buyer of that assassination late last winter?
Thinking of this, Lin Wanyi looked at Gu Zhuo speechlessly, thinking, couldn't you have asked a question at that time?
Even if Jin Cancan is unwilling to answer, at least you know that Wuyoushan has something to hide.
The girl sighed.
In fact, she wasn't really blaming Gu Zhuo, and she didn't think that he did anything wrong.
She just looked at the letter and couldn't help thinking about the person in Wangjing. She felt a little depressed...that's all.
The assassination attempt at Dong Mo was extremely dangerous and her life was really on the line. If Qing Xiaoyue had not arrived in time, she would have really died.
In fact, when her eyes were blurred by blood and closed helplessly, it was like the arrival of death.
Later, when she opened her eyes, she saw many faces of people who were very concerned about her and took care of her in every possible way.
But she could never see the face she wanted to see the most.
This was actually something she could understand, because even if Gu Zhuo came all the way to see her, it would just be a meeting and it would not bring any impact or change.
If she was alive, then he wouldn't have to rush here.
If she died, then there was no need for him to come in such a hurry.
These are all very simple principles and the right choice. There is nothing difficult to understand.
Lin Wanyi thought so, telling herself that she should understand, but she was still in a low mood. Since the end of winter, she has been staying in Chaotian Sword Palace to recuperate, but her wounds are still aching.
Instead of making her angry, the endless pain made her mind clearer, allowing her to think about the problems that had troubled her in the past.
She has already found answers to some of the questions, such as how to view the relationship between mother and daughter, where her future lies, and... the choice this letter asked her to make.
The mother-daughter relationship is real, but she doesn't think she is a loved daughter, so there is no need to return respect and love.
Her future lies not in Shendu or Wangjing, but on the avenue.
As for the sincerity sent by Wuyoushan, she decided to turn a deaf ear to it, because revenge was her own business and she didn't need to rely on other people's hands, even if that hand was her biological mother.
What's more, last winter, Xie Yinglian, the most outstanding talent of the Xie family at that time, had his heart broken by her and fell into that kind of situation. From this perspective, how could it not be considered that she had taken revenge?
His thoughts were clear now. Lin Wanyi endured the pain from the wound and picked up the pen to write a reply.
After the ink dried, she put the letter into an envelope. She was not in a hurry to have the letter delivered to Wangjing. She picked up her chopsticks and started to enjoy her midnight snack.
While eating, I thought about the last question.
Is what you like real?
Maybe it's just that after being lonely for too long, I happened to meet such a person and mistakenly thought I liked him?
In fact, it has nothing to do with love, but she is tired of being alone in this world?
It's so annoying.
Lin Wanyi took a big bite of the jerky, her dark brows tightly furrowed, feeling both pain and pleasure.
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Shendu, Imperial Study.
The news about Pei Jinge's departure from the palace was sent here by the Sky Patrol and reviewed by the Empress.
After reading the relevant information, the woman who was about to become the mother of the country did not remain silent for too long and put it aside.
His Majesty still did not pay attention to state affairs, and her shoulders were always heavy. Even though the most important day of her life would be in five days, her current situation was no different from the past.
However, tonight her heart was a little confused. She was not as tired and immersed in various affairs as in the past.
She looked at the trusted eunuch standing in the imperial study and said, "How is Cihang Temple?"
Eunuch Cao quickly stepped forward and whispered, "It's very quiet. There's no movement. It seems that he has decided to stay out of it."
The queen said calmly: "You don't even look at the position of the national teacher?"
Eunuch Cao didn't dare to respond because he knew he was not qualified.
This is a major event that concerns the direction of the Qin Dynasty and even the entire human world.
Compared with this, the assassination attempt on Lin Wanyi was not worth mentioning.
Just at this moment, someone brought new information.
The queen flipped through it.
After a moment, she wanted to close her eyes, but ended up just letting her eyelids droop slightly.
The light illuminated her beautiful face, which seemed to reveal a hint of sadness, but it disappeared in an instant, like an illusion.
This intelligence only says one thing.
——The monk who crossed the sea has passed away.
The queen was silent for a while, put the information into the small copper stove beside her, and watched the birth of ashes quietly.
Then she continued to deal with the unfinished business, her eyes as calm as before, as if nothing had happened.
The person who died was just a stranger who had nothing to do with her.
That's it.
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Time flies by, just like a few spring rains and the coming and going of the morning sun.
The whole territory of Daqin was bustling with activity. There was nothing better than a universal celebration. The gloom of last winter had disappeared without a trace, or perhaps was hidden in the deepest part of the crowd.
Wangjing has become an exception.
The people living here, from the bigwigs of the old families to the ordinary people in the market, did not show much interest in the fact that the lady became the queen, and few people talked about it.
To them, this matter was even less important than Wang Mo being defeated by Gu Zhuo.
Many people felt sorry for this, thinking that if the Emperor's wedding hadn't been too noisy, the limelight would have been hard to steal. The fact that Gu Zhuo defeated Wang Mo would have spread throughout the world and been known to everyone.
This unique emotion, or focus, undoubtedly makes Gu Zhuo carry a stronger sense of the old times.
In recent days, the work on the transformation of the formation in the old imperial city has never stopped.
The supervisor personally took action while Gu Zhuo watched from the sidelines.
The officials were busy all the time.
As the apprentice of the supervisor, Song Jinglun could not be as aloof as Gu Zhuo. He often squeezed himself into the cracks between the bricks and tiles and worked so hard that he was covered in dust.
When the sun set and he took a rest, because he had grown up in the capital, he could not accept Wangjing's indifference to major events from the bottom of his heart. Even when he drank, he could not enjoy it to his heart's content, and the depression in his heart became more and more difficult to resolve.
The only thing that made him a little less depressed was that the repair of the formation would be completed soon, probably the day before the Empress was enthroned as Queen.
Moreover, the Supervisor seemed very satisfied with his diligence and seriousness. He had given him a lot of guidance on his practice in recent days, which had led to quite obvious progress in his realm. This was undoubtedly a good thing.
Most importantly, Song Jinglun vaguely felt that Jian Zheng was preparing to teach him his magical power based on cause and effect.
Although he didn't dare to believe it too much, fearing that his expectations would be dashed and lead to disappointment, he couldn't help but feel excited in his heart.
Everything is moving in the right direction.
Qiuzhi also stayed in Wangjing City.
This rising star of Wuyou Mountain did not get any new tasks from Jin Cancan, so he wandered around the streets and alleys of the city all day, eating and drinking leisurely, and lived a very carefree life.
As for Jin Cancan, no one knew what he was busy with. He went out early and came back late every day. Occasionally, Qiuzhi would come back happily after drinking, and his fat face was full of fatigue.
There are stories happening in this world every moment, but the world people can see is only the small space in front of them, with no time to look far into the distance.
This may be the most regrettable thing in life.
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It was the sixth day since the Supervisor arrived in Wangjing.
The day before the queen was enthroned.
The renovation of the large formation in the old palace is about to be completed.
Perhaps because of the imminent departure, Wangjing was greeted by a spring rain just before dusk.
The rain is not heavy, just drizzling.
The moss is greener and the wind chimes are ringing.
The rain chains hanging from the eaves bundle the water into a line, which looks like a sword from a distance.
Gu Zhuo stood on a tall building, side by side with the supervisor, waiting for the final moment.
Outside Wangjing City.
Pei Jinge was wearing a bamboo hat and queuing with ordinary people, waiting to enter the city. He looked very inconspicuous.
I had something to do during the day, so I touched it today.
(End of this chapter)