Chapter 1205 1205: Dying young (Part 2) [Asking for monthly votes]
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Shen Tang saw that the battle was about to break out, but there was a sound like peeling and cracking in her ears. She knew that this weird dream was about to end. She turned to leave, but there was a strong puncture and tearing feeling in her chest. She stopped and looked back for the last time. .
The whole world is in some kind of distortion.
Only the reincarnation of the spirit pierced through the heart is clearly visible.
The indistinguishable voices of men and women came from the void, and even an invisible body like Shen Tang felt a vague sense of suffocation, and the stinging pain in his heart became stronger: [Do you know the consequences of betraying God?]
The young man said calmly: [I don’t know, but I want to give it a try!]
The voice did not respond, but a strange answer quietly emerged in Shen Tang's heart: [Life after life, life and death.]
As a dark thunderstorm struck down from the sky and the earth, the young man and the figures who were still struggling were all swallowed up.
Shen Tang's ears also buzzed for a moment.
She suddenly opened her eyes and sat up straight.
The dormitory was silent. The dim moonlight filtered through the window, and the sky was vaguely visible at this time. Shen Tang panted, his eyes gradually became focused, and he lowered his head to look at the thin silk quilt piled around his waist. He had just escaped from the long dream, Everything around me seemed strange.
He raised his hand to cover his cold forehead, feeling the sticky sweat.
Did you actually sweat so much?
Is the heater in the dormitory too hot?
Shen Tang closed his eyes and exhaled, and asked: "When is it now?"
Two voices, a man and a woman, came from above the rafters.
"Back to my lord, it's just the fourth watch of the day, the first quarter of the first lunar month."
Shen Tang was stunned for a moment: "Why is it only the fourth watch?"
The span of the dream just now seemed to be as long as a thousand years, and it was only the first moment when I woke up? Shen Tang did not believe in evil, and he was a little unsure and asked: "How long did I sleep just now? Did I talk in my dreams?"
Shen Tang's sleep quality has always been relatively good.
She can fall asleep whenever she wants, and wakes up as soon as her biological clock hits, which is even more punctual than the alarm clock. She sleeps a little wildly, often sleeping with her head on the head of the bed, and when she wakes up, she may sleep at the end of the bed. But there is one thing worth praising, she does not sleep well He can kill people in his sleep, can react faster than the bodyguards at night, and can't talk in his sleep.
The bodyguards don’t have to worry about being caught if they hear the Lord talking in his sleep.
As the elders said, it is a good job to keep vigil for the Lord.
The guard said: "I'm not talking in my sleep."
It's okay to grind your teeth occasionally.
Thinking of the content of the dream, Shen Tang rubbed his forehead and said, "In other words, I only slept for less than two hours tonight..."
Dreaming is also physical work, and I feel a little hungry.
She got off the bed and stepped on her wooden clogs. When the waiter heard the noise, he brought her a warm cloak and put it on her. Shen Tang rubbed his stomach and said, "I'm hungry. Let the dining room prepare some food."
Shen Tang has never been very demanding about food.
As long as it satisfies your stomach and is full, just eat a lot.
After the establishment of the royal court, this living habit was forcibly corrected by Qin Li. Whether she wanted it or not, the ostentation of the head of a country should not be too shabby. Shen Tang could only take a step back and choose to compromise, but the dining room supply was still poor compared to the previous dynasty. Despite being so shabby, Shen Tang has few luxuries - she can still eat hot fish noodle soup in the middle of the night. Her appetite is so great that she can finish eighteen bowls in one go!
The chef who made the fish soup noodles smiled so hard that his eyes almost disappeared.
After eating and drinking enough, it feels uncomfortable to lie down now.
So she took a walk in the middle of the night to eat.
After wandering around, I arrived at the outer court and saw a building with lights on in the distance. Even in the darkness, Shen Tang recognized where it was. He raised his hand to signal the night official to be quiet and opened the door gently. , the people in the house didn’t even raise their heads to chase people away.
Shen Tang said: "Why hasn't Wuhui gone back yet?"
This is all closed for the New Year.
Chu Yao heard Shen Tang's voice and raised his head to look at her.
Seeing Shen Tang's slightly casual attire, he hurriedly stood up and welcomed her in. He also ordered someone to turn up the heating in the room to avoid freezing Shen Tang. At the same time, he was also confused as to why the Lord appeared at this time. Shen Tang wanted to take off his cloak. But Chu Yao held him down, his eyes full of disapproval. Shen Tang laughed and shook his head: "Wu Hui is afraid that I will catch a cold?"
Chu Yao said: "It's freezing outside..."
Shen Tang was just about to say that she had the civility and martial energy to protect her body, and it would not be her fault if anyone caught a cold. Chu Yao added: "That's not possible either."
"How does Wuhui know what I'm going to say?"
She could only continue to wear the heavy cloak.
The cloak was wide and fluffy, and Shen Tang felt like she was sinking into a ball of soft fur when she was wrapped in it. Coupled with the wonderful atmosphere created by the light and shadow of the candlelight, it made her look weak and petite. Shen Tang chose an empty seat and sat down, catching a glimpse of her from the corner of her eye. Lao Gao's documents were piled on Chu Yao's case: "It's not important, I can just keep it for later in the year."
There is no need to work late at night and overtime.
This shows that Shen Tang, the leader of the country, is too capitalist.
Chu Yao said: "There is nothing wrong with you."
He is the only one in his family. Most of the relatives and friends he interacts with on weekdays have their own families to take care of them. They spend time with their families during the Chinese New Year. How can they care about an old man like him? Chu Jie is sensible and will not disturb him during the Chinese New Year; Wei Shou is busy with Jin Rui Xiao is better than a newlywed, and she also cares about the education and marriage of her children; there are two students, Lin Feng and Tu Rong. The former has to take care of the elderly people in the family and has social contacts with various families on behalf of the Lin family, while Tu Rong returns to his hometown to pay homage to his ancestors and visit the tombs of his ancestors. ...It is estimated that they will have to wait until after the new year to pay him New Year greetings.
It’s not like Chu Yao feels that life is deserted and lonely anymore...
There was simply no place for him to visit, only the office.
Shen Tang looked at the already cool supper next to him and said, "You can't use work to kill time if you have nothing to do. Wuhui can sign up for a New Year tour group and go shopping... After fighting for so many years, it's time to relax and unwind. , enjoy it a lot.”
Chu Yao was not interested in this.
I randomly found a topic and diverted it.
"Why are you still not sleeping at this hour, Your Majesty?" When Shen Tang first appeared, Chu Yao noticed that she seemed to be worried, so he asked, "But are you still worrying about state affairs and planning for the coming year?"
Shen Tang coughed twice in embarrassment.
He said vaguely: "It's not a state matter either."
Chu Yao understood: "Is that a private matter?"
Shen Tang's reaction proved his suspicion.
Chu Yao couldn't be happy. He had known his master for more than ten years, but when had he seen her so worried about personal matters? Alarm bells blared in his mind, and he asked sideways what the personal matters that bothered Shen Tang were.
"...Yao may be able to clear up my lord's doubts."
Shen Tang didn't say anything clearly, but just asked a strange question.
"Wuhui, what do you mean by life and death?"
"A crane lives a thousand years and swims in extremes; a mayfly lives in the morning and dies in the evening, enjoying its full life." Chu Yao answered while guessing the Lord's original intention of asking this question, "From the literal meaning, it means that it is born at daytime and dies at night. And die, life is short.”
Shen Tang murmured: "Is that so..."
Chu Yao looked at the somewhat abnormal Lord and felt worried in his heart.
Shen Tang met his concerned eyes, smiled and reassured: "...I'm fine, I just had a weird dream. I was disturbed by the things in the dream, and I feel a little unhappy...I'll be fine in a while."
If that was just a fabricated fairy tale, Shen Tang could certainly laugh it off, but these past events seemed to be inextricably related to him... No, maybe they had happened before. Even if reason told Shen Tang, these shit The matter has nothing to do with her, at least it has nothing to do with "Shen Youli"!
What is relevant is the "self" who does not have the memory of "Shen Youli".
She doesn't have to care at all!
The more you tell yourself this, the more your emotions will be affected.
An unprecedented feeling of "loneliness" filled her heart - this emotion should be very unfamiliar to her. Since she came to this world, she has always had people around her who she can trust wholeheartedly. Loneliness should be insulated from Shen Youli. Shen Youli Tang suspected that this emotion did not originate from herself, but from the woman in green in the dream. She seemed to be the one entangled in loneliness.
Chu Yao said: "Dreams are all reversed."
This relief is quite unconvincing.
Shen Tang rubbed his forehead and looked at the gray-haired young man in the dim candlelight: "I also hope it is reversed... Wuhui——"
"My lord?"
"Will you always be here?"
Chu Yao's expression suddenly changed. He couldn't figure out why the Lord would ask such a strange question. The Lord today was so abnormal!
If something goes wrong, there must be a monster!
Shen Tang didn't seem to notice his expression, and continued to murmur: "A hundred years, a thousand years, ten thousand years later, will you still be there?"
Chu Yao: "..."
He didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "My lord, Yao can accompany you for a hundred years. If nothing happens to a literary scholar, it should not be a problem to live for a hundred years, but for thousands of years... this is really embarrassing for Yao."
"Humans can't live this long."
As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Tang's eyes suddenly turned red.
She said: "What if I can? What if?"
That dream seemed to open a secret gap, and the strong emotions that did not belong to Shen Tang almost overwhelmed her. The warm cloak wrapped around her body could not dispel the overwhelming coldness. She tried her best to fight against this emotion with reason. .
Chu Yao half-knelt in front of Shen Tang.
He stared at Shen Tang seriously and said, "It may be a good thing for all the people in the world, but it will inevitably cause suffering to the Lord."
The Lord will bring eternal peace and tranquility.
Shen Tang stubbornly asked: "I ask, what about you?"
Chu Yao said: "Yao will enjoy the Lord's kindness in all his life, and he will work hard to be by your side and accompany you in all his life..."
After he finished speaking, he noticed that Shen Tang was covering his forehead in pain.
A few tears came out of the corners of his eyes.
This scene almost scared Chu Yao out of his mind.
In the eyes of the officials, the prudent and mature Chu Shangshu was actually in a hurry, his face was anxious, frightened and frightened, and there was a vague murderous intention. This murderous intention was directed at Shen Tang's dream! What kind of broken dream could disturb the Lord's mood to this point? ?But, he couldn't help.
Shen Tang took several deep breaths to suppress the inexplicable pain.
The unfamiliar emotions are ebbing away, gradually withdrawing.
She touched her heart with lingering fear.
Turning to look at Chu Yao, his face was as pale as Chu Yao had ever seen before, and his expression was completely different from usual. It was not so much the Lord, but a fleeting evil thought from back then: "Life after life... Oh, Wuhui, don't do it." You make promises to others easily, especially me. You cannot be the master of the next life in this life..."
It’s not that I don’t believe in this promise.
But "she" knows how difficult it is to fulfill this promise.
Chu Yao asked cautiously: "Your Majesty?"
Taking a closer look, Shen Tang was breathing evenly and fell asleep at some point. He was worried and hurriedly asked people to go to the medical office to ask Dr. Xing Lin to take a look. After a while, people from the medical office came.
He was surprised: "Why is it you?"
The imperial doctor ordered Dong Dao to invite this person to join the Medical Office several times, but there was no response. Therefore, no matter how close Jimo Qiu was to the Medical Office, he was still not the Royal Physician of the Medical Department, but Bai Shen. Shouldn't the person invited be the Royal Physician on duty?
Chu Yao stared at Jimo Qiu and checked the master's pulse.
"My lord, is your health any problem?"
"It's okay, it's just a physical problem. I'll be fine tomorrow."
Chu Yao hesitated for a while: "This body..."
This Lord's body is not normal after all.
This abnormality must also be due to physical reasons.
Jimo Qiu said: "It will be okay."
Chu Yao breathed a sigh of relief at first, and then thought of something again: "This body of Lord...what happened before?"
Jimo Qiu was from the Gongxi clan, so he must know something inside.
He said: "I can't reveal too much. I can only say that Your Highness was very lonely before, and her personality was not like this... At first, she was as cheerful and optimistic as she is now. The long loneliness made her become cold and taciturn... Obviously she just wanted to not be so lonely. That's all, I didn't do anything else at all, and this kind of selfishness is not allowed..."
Chu Yao was quite puzzled when he heard this.
Jimo Qiu also knew that he didn't understand: "It's probably the same as - Qi Zhongshu has no relatives and is alone. As time goes by, he feels endless loneliness, so he hires a plain merchant and treats him as a treasure. He also loves the house and has many cats. Shi Tai was dissatisfied and felt that this move was not conducive to Kang's plans, so he forced Qi Zhongshu to kill each other."
Chu Yao: "... Yushitai is not likely to have this disease."
Family murders caused by keeping pets.
It would explode in any dynasty or generation.
Jimo Qiu laughed: "Yushitai has this disease."
As soon as he finished speaking, a thunder suddenly exploded in the sky.
The thunder broke through the sky and was as bright as day, illuminating half of Jimo Qiu's face. The sound did not drown out his voice: "Yushitai is the most just place in the world, and I would not care about a cat's life even if I think about it..."
Chu Yao was almost speechless.
"Even if Yushitai has this disease, Qi Yuanliang is not a vegetarian. If his cat harms him, he can destroy his entire family."
Don't doubt it, Qi Yuanliang can really do it.
Jimo Qiu did not comment on this.
There was a thunderstorm on a snowy night, but the sky cleared up the next day. It turned out to be a rare good weather, and red lights were hung up and down in Fengluo, the capital city.
Every household posted couplets with the word "Fu" on them.
It was rare for Shen Tang to sleep until three o'clock in the morning before waking up.
When she opened the window, she saw white snow and the cold air penetrated her heart and spleen. She instantly felt refreshed and her sleepiness disappeared.
"Siha - hot, hot, hot -"
An energetic day starts with piping hot soup dumplings.
Shen Tang pretended to freshen up, climbed over the wall and ran out of the palace gate, and disappeared into the sea of people in the blink of an eye. Several personal guards could only shout and run behind them. They watched helplessly as the master entered Chu Shangshu's house.
Shen Tang found Chu Yao in Dongchu.
The gray-haired young man was dressed in plain clothes and said without raising his head: "There are big fireworks in the east kitchen. Your Majesty, go to the main hall and wait. It will be ready soon."
Shen Tang's memory of last night was a little fuzzy.
However, she vaguely remembered that Chu Yao was still working at the fourth watch.
Now I'm busy in the east kitchen again, which is too stupid.
Shen Tang's tongue was almost numbed by the heat. Siha took several times to suppress the burning sensation: "Wuhui, here you go, this year's money!"
He took out a small red envelope with body temperature from his arms.
Chu Yao smiled and watched Shen Tang dancing, and he said with great energy that this year's money is a monogram pendant made of pure gold!
Hmm, solid gold?
It's a huge investment.
It seems that the Lord did make a fortune last year.
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ps: Tanzi Dabao has also published a new book, time flies so fast.
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