Things in the South are more complicated than they imagined.
It was just hearsay before. The battles that took place in the past ten years have indeed left a deep impression on everyone's heart. Even the children born in these years will still remember more or less when they grow up. The script was published based on the rumors
In many versions, those happy or dangerous stories have become people's pastime after dinner. In fact, the content that the court can determine is not
It's just that it ends with the "no news" part, which is really thin and has nothing to write about. There are also some weird conspiracy theories, most of which are untenable. In the end, the people who still live on this land can only
Occasionally, I hear that a big shot I know or a well-known person in the world has disappeared, perhaps going to sea, which gives me a somewhat empty feeling.
The day after that, a strange rumor spread everywhere.
"No one who goes there ever comes back - what if they don't want to come back? It must be a paradise."
"The Kingdom of Nine Heavens is a pure land, a mirage, and a paradise."
"Sex, money, beauty, whatever you want is available. Any disaster has never existed from the beginning, and any wish can be realized. That is the fairyland on earth, the kingdom of heaven."
"People don't need to work in the fields or get fame. Birth, old age, sickness and death, joys and sorrows, joys and sorrows, everything is meaningless here. There is only eternal peace and quiet here. People know everything and own everything. All sins will be eliminated.
Forgive and all suffering will be erased.”
Until Shui Wujun told them that the Six Paths of Impermanence visited there and wanted to find out. After that, there was no news.
"Ah, this..." Qi Huan felt strange, "Is the Six Paths of Impermanence not coming back? Is it so fun?"
"If that's the case, not only do I not care about my father's affairs, I also suggest that you go and take a look." Bai Ya sneered, "Maybe you can find real happiness. I don't expect you to share the same feelings with others, anyway.
Let me also give you a taste of what freedom is like. I think you have been under the hands of Yama for so long that you have become stupid."
"Uh, be polite, no matter what you say..." Qi Huan lowered his voice, "There's no good in offending Zai Wuchang."
Shuiwu-kun seemed not to have heard anything and didn't care about their words. He just continued:
"We can't get in touch with people inside the Southern Kingdom, nor can we get in touch with our colleagues. Huang Quanling's voice was intercepted. We have no way of knowing what's going on."
"this……"
The two were silent for a while. In the final analysis, those mythical rumors were just groundless and the world's speculations had little reference value. This description overly beautified the disappearance mystery of Jiutian Kingdom. Rather than an explanation, it was more like a story made by poor people who had lost their loved ones.
Telling beautiful stories is just a comforting expectation.
"Why can't we contact you?" Bai Ya asked, "Isn't it between you... and Yama Demon, you--"
"Even the lord couldn't see what was there - he could have."
After Shui Wujun finished speaking, there was a brief silence. Some of them could not understand the meaning of this sentence, but they vaguely felt that it was an extremely heavy and ominous message.
After holding it in for a long time, Qi Huan asked, "Can't you see it?"
"Indeed. In that place, there is an extremely powerful barrier. This barrier was suddenly born overnight, silently. After it appeared, the people of the two countries still lived step by step, but the gap has been created. That barrier
The world hides the entire "Nine Heavens Kingdom" like a piece of paper
Blank. Anything that happened there could not be observed from the outside. So after careful consideration with the adult, we decided to investigate from the inside. But the situation was obvious - even if the results could be obtained, they could not be fed back to the outside world.
The world. We still know nothing about it.”
Although both of them are young, they somewhat know the secrets involved. They know very well what this means: an unknown, powerful force was born from the Biluo Islands, whether from the outside or from the inside, but in short it did appear. This kind of
Strength builds an impenetrable and airtight fortress.
"What is it protecting?" Qi Huan said to himself, "What is there in the South worth protecting?"
Shui Wujun said: "Maybe it's 'them'. The power is very sudden and unreasonably strong. It is probably something that forces from many parties suddenly united together to build something."
"They..." Bai Ya pinched the bridge of his nose, "Since they are a group, how could the Yama Demon be unaware of it in advance?"
"Perhaps they acted covertly or used a cover to prevent others from noticing. Even if it is a secret room conversation between people, it is impossible for that adult to listen to every word. Before the barrier is formed, they may all
It’s a very small part.”
"That's because you were careless and derelict in your work." Bai Ya was rude.
"We can admit it. After all, we are still a few people away from the 'December of Underworld' that the Lord wants to build. It is indeed difficult to rely only on that Lord and the few six-path impermanence -"
"Damn it, it's enough to have a dead brain like you, and twelve more of you."
"Uh, Lao Bai, I don't think it's good to say that about them..."
There is really no point in just arguing like this. But thinking about it as a whole, they felt a little guilty. Bai Ya was silent for a while, and then said hesitantly:
"Maybe not protection."
"It's possible." Shui Wujun replied, "There are only two possibilities for building a barrier: not letting the outside in, and not letting the inside out. The former, relatively speaking, does seem to protect something. A rigid barrier is like a
A barrier separates people forever; a flexible one is like this... there is no return."
"What about the latter?" Bai Ya pondered, "By not allowing the people inside to get out, did the people from the South learn some secrets about this power, or a secret technique that can be used to harness this power? Or on the contrary, is it because the people inside are not allowed out?
To frame dangerous things and not threaten the peace of the outside world...how can you be so kind?"
"We can't tell whether it's good or evil." As he said that, Qi Huan picked up the cup and moistened his throat.
"...It can basically be concluded that it is evil."
"Basically? If you have it, you have it, if you don't have it, you don't have it. There are so many roundabout gaps."
"Because they are... trying to lure things from the outside in."
"Seduction?" the two said in unison.
Shui Wujun seemed to be organizing his words. He was not good at talking, and he could only talk more when he was doing serious explanations. He thought for a while, dipped his hand in a cup of tea, and drew a circle on the table.
"Because there are strange rumors coming from inside." He said, after sealing the circle, he pulled out a trail, "They created a scene of a fairyland on earth, tricking people from outside into it in a steady stream. So far, what the court can do
Only civil servants are recruited. There are too many unclear things here."
"Are you saying that the rumors came from the Nine Heavens Kingdom and were not just fantasies of people here?"
"If someone close to them disappears, people will only feel panic and fear."
This is true.
"Damn it." Bai Ya cursed again, "I knew there was something wrong inside. Isn't it clear enough that I was summoned in?"
Qi Huan saw that he was very angry, but he didn't understand.
"You mean?"
"People are expendable."
hiss……
These words came from Shui Wujun, who had no fluctuation in tone or expression, and there was an astonishing coldness. His words were too plain, as if he were telling something ordinary. Qi Huan somewhat understood why Bai Ya treated him so much.
Such a great opinion.
"The Southern Kingdom is such a big place!" Bai Ya kept tapping the table with his fingers, causing the water circle to spread. "It was said to be three hundred thousand, but the imperial court invested more than one million in it! I was just afraid that the princes and the people would shout,
It was thrown quietly, without a splash of water! They have no subsidies and no status, they think they are serving the country!"
Qi Huan didn't know where Bai Ya heard this from - maybe it was his father. If these words are true, it is really outrageous. No wonder the court has been recruiting troops, but there is no battle to fight. Sometimes the court forcibly recruits soldiers from the princes.
Horses naturally arouse dissatisfaction. More and more contradictions and frictions arise, and they continue to intensify and expand.
But from beginning to end, the order to close the customs was never issued. Because the imperial court knew that this was tantamount to a slap in the face. Now, the knife was soon handed to the hands of those princes and heroes?
Face, power, face, power...
The most disgusting thing in Bai Ya's life is this childish and vulgar activity. Even in a huge country, it is still full of child's play.
The rights and interests of the people in Liming are constantly being squeezed and eroded, but they don't know it and there is nothing they can do about it.
absurd.
"We asked you to go there to see what's going on, because we are considering you and your father..."
"Shut up." Bai Ya crossed his legs, "I hate you talking about feelings the most. Can you be more straightforward? If something happens to someone under the imperial court's order, they will continue to send people to die; if something happens to you impermanent ghosts,
Also send people to die."
"That's just one aspect."
"Okay, okay, okay." Bai Ya waved his hand impatiently.
Oh, that's it. Qi Huan understood. Let's just say, how can anyone really believe those lies, or go to inexplicable places for no reason. It turns out that it's not only because of family members, but also because of impermanent arrangements.
"Well, there are some things I don't know whether to say or not..." Qi Huan said slowly.
"If you don't want to talk about it, then don't talk about it."
"You - I'm speaking for you!" Qi Huan glared at him, then turned to look at Shui Wujun, "You haven't said anything yet, about his father... Mr. Bai's situation, what exactly is going on?
"
Shui Wujun looked at Bai Ya, who still didn't look at him. He said calmly:
"I am not unwilling to save you. In the prison, your father refused to leave with me... because he heard the guards threatening to send them to the sea to feed the fish. He knew that they would go to the Nine Heavens Kingdom."
