Su Wu took a piece of yellow paper from his arms and hurried along the path.
The trail winds upwards and eventually leads to a high hill covered with wild jujube trees.
On the high hill, a tall and thin man with disheveled hair unloaded the book box behind him and took a long breath in the direction of the rising sun in the east. As he inhaled this breath into his abdomen, a sudden wave of emotion surged through his body. There were bursts of roaring sounds, as if the internal organs in his body were taking over the breath of air and using it for their own purposes.
Su Wu stood on the edge of the high hill and waited quietly.
The tall and thin scholar didn't seem to notice the person coming behind him. He inhaled and exhaled like this for several days, until when the sun rose in the eastern sky, he stopped and turned around to look at Su Wu.
This scholar had an ordinary appearance, with high cheekbones, and a pair of eyes sunk deep in the eye sockets, but they were like stars, gathering scorching light. He lowered his hands and looked at Su Wu without any expression, and said with a straight face: "Your Excellency, look Are you here specifically to find me?
You have been waiting here for two or three moments.
Why are you looking for me?"
Sensing the scholar's aura of calamity, Su Wu smiled and said, "Your name is Zhong Sui?"
The scholar raised his eyebrows when he heard this: "Exactly. I have never met you, but you know my name. It seems that someone specially invited you to find me? Who is it?"
He was quick in thinking, and almost as soon as Su Wu finished speaking, he found clues from Su Wu's inquiry, and then asked Su Wu in return.
Su Wu looked at the opposite 'Zhong Sui' who had a dull look on his face and vaguely revealed a withdrawn temperament that would make people thousands of miles away. He felt quite emotional in his heart. He did not expect that 'Xin Sheng Yuan Shen' had such a distant and bold personality. The 'Suwang Yuanshen' has the same origin as the 'Heart Saint Yuanshen', but he has such a withdrawn and cold temper.
The reason why this scholar, who would later call himself "King Su", has such a withdrawn and blunt character today must be related to the fact that his wife was killed by Li Ju, and he was determined to find a way to kill Li Ju.
At this time, 'Zhong Sui' probably had some doubts about 'God's will'.
——Su Wu was able to gain these understandings thanks to the ‘terma paper’ he was holding in his hand.
On the terma paper, a scholar's diary was once written.
"I was indeed entrusted by someone to find you. The person asked me to entrust this thing to you, saying that it may be of great use to you." Su Wu folded the yellow paper in his hand and handed it to you. Zhong Sui said at the same time, "I hope you can make good use of this thing and make some achievements."
Zhong Sui looked at the withered yellow paper Su Wu handed over suspiciously, and then turned his attention to Su Wu: "What use do I need this thing for? I don't even know how to use this thing, so how can I talk about 'making good use of it'?" Want to make some achievements with this thing?
What achievements have been made?”
His words made Su Wu frown secretly.
Things were already a little different from what Su Wu had imagined.
It is still 1715 - the fifty-fourth year of Kangxi. He was supposed to meet King Su this year and hand over the terma paper to him as a carrier for him to study the 'Rightness Talisman'.
However, the person who originally entrusted the treasure paper to Zhong Sui was a young Taoist priest from a Taoist temple near Zhong Sui's residence.
Su Wu today is naturally not the image of a young Taoist priest, nor is he someone who lives next to Zhong Sui. Zhong Sui has never seen him before - could this be the main reason for the change?
Or is it that I arrived too late after all and missed the time?
——It is already the twelfth lunar month of the fifty-fourth year of Kangxi's reign, and the New Year will not be long before the new year comes.
However, even though he came too late, and he was not the young Taoist priest who lived next to Zhong Sui in the original time and space, some things existed objectively after all - Zhong Sui vaguely figured out at this time that the 'righteousness talisman' should always be there. Judging from Zhong Sui's reaction, he has not yet needed the terma paper to carry the righteousness talisman, which shows that he has no concept of the 'righteousness talisman' at this time!
How to explain this?
Su Wu's mind was spinning and he asked Zhong Sui again: "You really don't have anything, do you want to write it down on this piece of paper?"
He raised the terma paper in his hand.
Zhong Sui frowned and said impatiently: "Your Majesty, please don't play riddles here. If you have any questions, just say it! Who asked you to come find me? I don't remember who told me in advance and said there would be a meeting. You, a weirdo like you, came specifically to find me and give me a piece of paper?"
"Your Excellency is indeed Zhong Sui?"
"Guaranteed replacement if fake!"
"Have you ever met a Taoist named Shao Taoist? Have you personally experienced the disaster of 'Ten Thousand Eyes of Strangeness' with him?"
"Master Shao's name is known all over the world.
But I have never seen him.
The other person is the ‘Zhenren Du’e’ whom the emperor has personally named. How can I, a poor scholar who writes plays and sells manuscripts to make money, be so virtuous and noble?”
"Your Excellency, please excuse me——
Is your lady well now?"
"..."
As soon as Su Wu mentioned Zhong Sui's wife, Zhong Sui's face suddenly turned cloudy, as if he could squeeze out water!
He stared at Su Wu coldly and said in a cold voice: "My wife has been dead for several years!
Your Excellency not only mentioned your deceased wife, but also specifically asked her if she was okay - it seems that you already knew that she was not okay - you knew she was not okay, but you still asked this question, did you do this on purpose?!"
Zhong Sui's logic is meticulous and interlocking, which can be called perfect.
Su Wu was speechless for a moment.
The other party simply hit his mark!
He did know that Zhong Sui's wife might be gone, so he deliberately asked this question to confirm whether this Zhong Sui was really 'Zhong Sui'...
Su Wu sighed and bowed his hands to Zhong Sui: "Please forgive me.
It is indeed as you think. I deliberately asked this question, which is indeed presumptuous - but it is also to confirm whether you are the 'Zhong Sui' I am looking for...
Now it is certain.
But I have one last question..."
Zhong Sui looked at Su Wu, his face twitched, he was silent for a long time, and finally said: "Just ask..."
"Is there a Taoist temple near where you live?
Is there a young Taoist priest in that Taoist temple? He often comes out to discuss astronomy and geography with you, and the wonders and weirdness of the universe..." Before Su Wu could finish his words, he was interrupted by Zhong Sui shaking his head.
"There was a Taoist temple near where I used to live.
However, it looked like a Taoist temple, but in fact it was a prostitute's den.
The prostitutes inside are all dressed as women's crowns, specifically to attract passing businessmen, and officials from far away come to stay. They have sex with them at night, and the money they receive for sleeping is quite large. There are indeed no young Taoist priests inside... The inside is full of people responsible for cleaning work. The servants are all plump women." Zhong Sui looked at Su Wu with a sneer, regarding Su Wu as a magic stick, "It was this Taoist temple, half a month ago, when I went out, I was also visited by the 'Paper Queen' 'One pot is served.
In the 'Paper Lady Society', the 'White Paper Lady', who has the highest status, often appears in various forms.
In recent days, there are rumors that she often uses the image of a "young Taoist" to show others.
But I have never met her, let alone discussed any mysteries of the universe, the weirdness of the world, or astronomy and geography with her."
"Paper Empress will..."
Su Wu frowned when he heard Zhong Sui suddenly mention this paper queen meeting.
More than a month ago, when he escaped from the Taihang Mountains and reorganized the Yin Temple system, he also met the "White Paper Queen" in the Paper Queen Society. He had a vague feeling that this White Paper Queen was connected to everything, and even to that The 'Young Taoist' also has some kind of causal relationship - however, there are too few clues here, and it is difficult for him to truly analyze the complete chain of clues based on just these few feelings.
"You don't know how the Paper Empress knows?
The Paper Lady Society was branched off from the ‘Red Ai Society’.
The leader, "White Paper Empress", has created a certain method that can mix human wishes into "Heaven's Will" and condense "Xi Lacquer". It is said that the condensed Xi Lacquer is refined by Bihong Aihui with the Kitchen God's fire. Xiqi is even more ferocious, and has a strong suppressive power over the mourning gods of the Red Ai Society. He can often disintegrate the mourning gods, and in turn refines the mourning gods for his own use, and takes them under the command of the Paper Empress Society..." Zhong Sui and the tall man opposite him The young man talked, and the more he talked with the other person, the more refreshing he felt.
He is withdrawn, taciturn, and rarely speaks to people he knows well.
Now I bumped into this person. He seemed to understand him, but he didn't seem to understand him at the moment. This was quite interesting. Zhong Sui became interested in chatting with him. Once the conversation started, he couldn't hold on. Talking about all kinds of things without restraint.
The tall young man opposite was actually a very good listener.
When the other party occasionally asked questions, he always hit the point, which made Zhong Sui deeply satisfied.
“Mixing human wishes with heaven’s wishes to condense ‘happy lacquer’…
I think this wish is because of the other's 'resentment'.
Human beings’ resentments all have their causes. What is the root cause of Heaven’s resentment?
This White Paper Empress can sense the resentment of heaven and find ways to mix it with human wishes. She is also a person with amazing talent and beauty." After hearing what Zhong Sui said, Su Wu said with emotion, "I have also been with We have met this White Paper Empress before, but it was just a one-time encounter.
At that time, I just felt that she had gathered a lot of resentment, like a sea and a deep, to give me a strong help, but I never thought that she had reached such a state."
"Have you really seen the White Paper Empress?" Zhong Sui looked at the tall young man opposite him in surprise. The other person's expression was frank. As soon as he heard what the other party said, he immediately felt that the other party was not telling lies. But the other party's previous behavior made him feel that the other party was more serious.
He seemed to be just a charlatan with extremely good verbal skills, so I couldn't help but be a little suspicious of what he was saying at the moment.
But whether it's true or not, this guy is quite interesting.
It's so bragging that it looks like that.
Zhong Sui soon stopped pursuing the truth and then asked Su Wu: "Since you have seen the White Paper Empress, have you ever seen the Duan'e Zhenren 'Shao Zhenren'?"
And his Taoist companion ‘Ma Xiangu’?
You also mentioned Taoist Shao's name before and said that I should have met these two people.
If I had seen these two people, I would have fulfilled my wish."