Deep in the Forbidden City, Yin Xiu sat on a chair with her legs crossed and her hands folded on her knees, her expression very relaxed.
"Do you know that the whole world is looking for you?"
Across from him, a young man who looked slightly older than Yin Xiu asked him.
This man is called Ayi, and he is one of the few men in the palace.
He is very good-looking, with features like a woman's, but the bridge of his nose is straight and tall.
He was as relaxed as Yin Xiu, standing and playing with a piece of jade Ruyi in his hand.
Between the two of them sat "Prince Su", Gao Tianyu, the Holy Son of White Lotus.
Different from the two people who were sitting and standing, he looked awkward, sitting on the chair as if he was about to slip off and fall to the ground at any time.
I don’t know when he got into the habit of smoking tobacco. On the table were his pipe, an oil lamp, and a box of tobacco the size of his thumb.
Chi!
He took out a match and struck it on the sole of his shoe, and the bright light swayed with his trembling fingers.
Phew!
Yin Xiu sat on the chair and blew out the match in one breath.
Gao Tianyu said nothing, took out a match from his pocket, and drew it on the sole of the shoe again.
Phew!
Yin Xiu put out the match again.
“What are you doing?”
Gao Tianyu finally opened his eyes wide, full of hatred.
"I don't want to do anything, I just want to say that smoking this thing is not good for your health."
Yin Xiu put her hands behind her head and asked Ayi, "What about you? Do you smoke? ”
"I don't touch this thing either."
"Are you afraid that it will be bad for your health?"
"No."
Ayi nodded, "I'm afraid It hurts your brain.”
The two looked at each other and smiled, only Gao Tianyu, who was sandwiched between them, turned his head angrily.
"I still have to ask you, are you worried with so many people looking for you?"
"I really have nothing to worry about."
Yin Xiu spread her hands, "Can I get out now? Go, once you climb over the wall of the Forbidden City, it’s like a fish out of water. Since I can’t go anywhere, I’m destined to be found sooner or later, so what do I have to worry about?”
Ayi played with Yu Ruyi and said, "You are indeed open-minded and open-minded. You are an amazing person."
"You are also amazing."
Yin Xiu almost killed everyone in and out of the palace. Only the man named A Yi in front of him could stop him and bring him here.
As for how much Ayi weighed, Yin Xiu felt that she still couldn’t see clearly.
This man's strength, his identity, and his motives are all like a mystery, elusive.
However, Ayi did not seem to want to kill him, and hid himself in a place where the masters could not find him. Then Yinxiu sat with him for a while, chatted, and took it seriously. To pass the time.
Because right now, not to mention his physical body, even the spells he uses are all inseparable from the Great Inner Forbidden Palace.
The Great Inner Forbidden Palace became a birdcage, trapping Yin Xiu in it, making him, like those old monsters, unable to leave the palace.
Ayi seemed to see what he was thinking, raised his head and asked: "You don't want to ask me how to leave here."
Yin Xiu shook his head, "If you knew, you would have left long ago "
"Or maybe it's the same everywhere in the world, so there's no need for me to leave?"
Ayi pulled up a chair and sat down, "I'm not lying, it's the same everywhere. No difference.”
"Really?"
Yin Xiu let out a long breath, "I don't have as much experience as you. I just feel that it's different here, and it's different there. Some places are higher, some are colder, and some are colder. The place is hot and very different.”
“Then I really envy you.”
Ayi narrowed his eyes, “I have been to many places in Kyushu, even if the seasons are different. , The seasons are different, but they are all the same, the snow scene, the yellow sand, and the blazing mountain fire are all the same."
He was still holding the jade Ruyi in his hand, "So I have to find something new. ”
"New fun?"
Yin Xiu looked around, "Is it in the Forbidden Palace?"
"Maybe inside the wall, maybe outside the wall, who knows? "
Ayi turned to Gao Tianyu who had been silent and felt guilty and complicated.
"But you are a very interesting person. The holy son of the White Lotus Sect has become the prince of the imperial court. Anyone who hears it will find this very interesting."
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"Is it interesting?"
Veins popped up on Gao Tianyu's forehead, "I could have escaped when we were in Changbai Mountain, but Dewei kept me and wouldn't let me go."
" I know."
Yin Xiu nodded and guessed, "He asked you to cooperate, right?"
"Cooperation?"
Gao Tianyu shook his head, "That bastard treats me as a chess piece, and he can do whatever he wants! For more than half a year, I have been like a dog beside him, at his command. I will say whatever he tells me to say, and I will behave how he wants me to. , I just behave like a doll."
"What do you have to complain about?"
Yin Xiu spread his hands. , "Didn't you play with people's hearts like this before? And so many people died in Changbai Mountain, but you survived. Don't forget, you also killed the White Lotus Saint."
"She blocked Our way."
Gao Tianyu was about to stand up from the chair, but before his butt left the chair, he lost his spirit again.
"It doesn't matter, now I'm just a dog tied up in this palace. I can't figure out whether I am Prince Su who is being bossed around by Di Weiyi, or the Holy Son of White Lotus who is being chased, intercepted, and the court has been trying to kill."
“What do you want to do with such a clear distinction?”
Ayi shook his head and said: “As a human being, there is no need to be so clear-cut. In fact, no one can accurately know who he is.< br>
For example, some people think that they are heroes who can be brave and brave for their friends, but when something really happens, they realize that they just want to live a good life
Some people think they are good people, but they can be greedy for a few taels of gold and commit crimes
Speaking of which, everyone knows nothing about the world, not even about themselves. "
Yin Xiu quite agreed with what he said. However, this was not the time to discuss life or philosophy. He just asked: "Why did you bring us here? "
"What do you think? ”
“I don’t know. "
Yin Xiu had no intention of guessing and solving the riddle, "You neither let me go, nor killed me, or you had other intentions, so I have no idea what you want to do. ”
"What about you?" Ayi asked Gao Tianyu again.
Gao Tianyu's face was full of reluctance.
"I don't know. I only know that old dog Dewei is more scared to see you than to see the emperor. He doesn't dare to raise his head. If you tell him to bring me here, what will he do? I didn’t even dare to ask, I just obeyed.
So I came here and sat with you two.” After a pause, Gao Tianyu asked what he had been wanting to ask. question.
"Yin Xiu, are you here to seek revenge from me?"
"I don't have that much time."
Yin Xiu waved her hand, "You are not as important as you think. I have many goals. , but there is no place for you." Hearing this, Gao Tianyu didn't feel happy at all, or that he had escaped from death. He just sat there.
He even felt a little depressed and angry because he realized his insignificance in this matter.
"You don't have to worry about it."
Ayi waved his hand at him, "Holy Son, everyone has his own destiny. The matter about you has come to an end before."
His words did not comfort Gao Tianyu at all, but only made him more depressed.
“But, who are you?”
Yin Xiu suddenly asked A Yi: “You said that everyone cannot recognize themselves, but at least everyone should understand My identity, for example, he is the Holy Son of White Lotus, and I am a Taoist priest. What about you? "
"Are you interested?"
Ayi turned over the jade Ruyi in his hand, "Actually, I can't tell you who I am.
I should be considered a very noble person , because as the Holy Son said, even the human demon Diwei would not dare to make a mistake when he saw me. However, no one here calls me by my title or anything else. You know that noble people all have a title.
Or maybe I am a Jiang Lake Knight, a martial arts myth similar to that of Northland Spear Saint Bai Ruo? I’m not bragging, but I think that Northland Spear Saint’s understanding of martial arts is much worse than mine.
But if I am. I am a Jianghu person, so why do I In the Great Inner Forbidden Palace and not in the Jianghu, I have neither enemies nor so-called friends. This is not what Jianghu people should do, because Jianghu people eat meat with big mouthfuls, drink from big bowls, and enjoy grudges and grudges. .
So I thought, should I be a fairy or a ghost? "
"Immortal? "
Yin Xiu frowned, feeling that Ayi was nervous. However, for such a master, what he said seemed reasonable and acceptable.
"I am I feel this way, so I am waiting for a chance, cause and effect, so that I can transcend and ascend. "
"Ascension again? ”
Gao Tianyu thought of the ghost fairy he met in Changbai Mountain before, or the prince of Shang.
That experience was so terrifying that when anyone mentions this word to him now, he just feels bored and wants to avoid it.
Ayi did not give him this chance to escape, and he did not care what Holy Son Bailian was thinking. He just held his chin and asked Yin Xiu, "Tell me, how did people ascend more than two hundred years ago?" ? Which is more important, merit or luck? "
"I don't know."
Yin Xiu said, "We in the Maoshan sect are cultivating this life, and we don't want to ascend or become immortals. ”
"Really?"
Ayi was a little disappointed, "I asked Dongfang Guoshi of Qintianjian. Although he did not practice Maoshan Taoism, he still had an explanation."
" Oh?”
On the other hand, Yin Xiu was surprised, “That kid is really not an ordinary person.”
“You are already a national master, how can you be an ordinary person?”< br>
Gao Tianyu snorted coldly, "That guy is also scary. He seems to be able to see through me at a glance."
"Really?"
Yin Xiu has never seen Dongfang Future until now. , I just heard Ma Xiaoyu talk about him a few times.
"Then I would like to go to the Qintian Prison to see it."
"Didn't you already go there once?"
Gao Tianyu laughed, "But you were chased and intercepted, so you hid here."
"I didn't want to hide here."
Yin Xiu looked at Ayi, " You asked me to come here."< br>
"Yes, I saw you running around in the palace like a headless fly, so I might as well bring you here and stay with me for a while."
"It's just That’s all?”
"Yes, it's just that."
Ayi smiled, "Just like some warriors polish their weapons before going into battle, I don't sharpen my weapons, but sharpen myself."
" So, why am I here?" Gao Tianyu asked.
“Because it’s boring when two people stare at each other, that’s all.”
“So I’m just a companion?”
Gao Tianyu was so angry that he laughed, but he couldn't do anything. At this time, he was only thinking about the pipe on the table, and just looking at it made him feel a lot more at ease.
While the three of them were silent, the originally bright and sunny sunshine outside the house suddenly disappeared, and the sun was gradually swallowed up by the black shadow.
They did not look at the strange sight, they just remained sitting and allowed the darkness to swallow their figures together.
After sitting quietly for a while, the sun appeared again, shining on the faces and shoulders of the three people.
Dewey has also arrived at the door of the room. He did not enter the door, but looked inside through a door and said respectfully: "Sir, we have arrived."
"Okay."
Ayi stood up, put Yu Ruyi into his clothes, walked aside, and took out the box in the secret compartment.
He opened the box and there was a long sword lying inside.
Just looking at the dark scabbard, Yin Xiu felt the hairs on her arms stand up.
"You can go wherever you want to go. I have other things to be busy with."
Saying this, he glanced at Yin Xiu again, "Speaking of which, I have to thank you."
"Thank me for what?" Yin Xiu was confused.
"Nothing, just thank you for bringing me here."
After saying that, he left without looking back.
Di Wei followed him, gave Yin Xiu a hard look, and then left with A Yi.
Now that he could leave, Yin Xiu wouldn't stay any longer, so he stood up.
Gao Tianyu suddenly became nervous. If Di Wei also left, no one here could stop Yin Xiu from taking his life.
However, Yin Xiu didn't even look at him and just walked outside.
When he crossed the threshold, Gao Tianyu didn’t know why, but still asked: “Forget it like this?”
“Forget what?”
"I said," he swallowed, "you won't kill me?"
Yin Xiu stopped, "I was going to kill you."
A man appeared behind Gao Tianyu She was sweating coldly, knowing that she and him were mortal enemies. Both of them were rivals fighting for the world, and there was no way they would let each other go and let him return to the sea.
Under Yin Xiu's gaze, he felt that his palms were getting wet and his death was near.
However, Yin Xiu did not take action. He only glanced at the pipe on the table and left without looking back.
Gao Tianyu was stunned on the spot, and after a while he came back to his senses and realized why Yin Xiu didn't kill him just now, or even say anything to him.
"Does he no longer regard me as his opponent?"
Gao Tianyu smiled foolishly, took out another match and burned it on the sole of his shoe, lighting the oil lamp.
Holding the pipe in one hand, he still held the match in the other hand, staring at the burning light of the match without blinking.
The firelight illuminated his fingers and also illuminated his eyes.
It wasn't until the tongue of fire kissed his fingers that Gao Tianyu threw away the match, and tears welled up in his eyes. (End of this chapter)