[5200-word chapter] Chapter 142 The extremely beautiful Princess Yicheng and the diminishing margina
After Yuwen Jianxue left, Wu Ma didn't see her for several days. She just left a note for Wu Ma. The handwriting was very delicate and very kind, and her cold temperament when facing others could not be seen at all. Of course,
Here at Wu Ma, Yuwen Jianxue has long since lost her arrogance and indifference.
The letter reads:
[Good morning, Brother Dancer. Ever since I learned about the curse, I have been restless. I always feel as if there is a huge invisible sword between heaven and earth, hanging above your head, and it will fall down at any moment and kill you.
Everything is two.
Recently, I always have the same dream. In the dream, we are standing in a vast expanse of snow, very far away from each other, and you seem to be going somewhere far, far away.
Maybe it's another world, a permanent departure.
You waved goodbye to me, and I felt unspeakably uncomfortable. At this moment, the invisible sharp sword between heaven and earth suddenly fell, cutting you into two halves.
I was so frightened that I quickly ran over to see you and found that the two halves of the body fell on the snow respectively, with blood flowing all over the floor, but the expression on the face was still clearly visible - half of the face was still cold and arrogant.
, very disdainful; but the other half's face was filled with a warm smile, which reminded me of your smile I saw one night under the moonlight.
I always suspect that this dream is some kind of sign. It is a sign that you will say goodbye to me at any time, and it will be an eternal farewell.
Logically speaking, people always have to say goodbye. There is no banquet in the world that never ends. No one can stay with another person forever. Even if they are a couple who share joys and sorrows, one will always go first and the other will go last.
It's hard to happen to leave this world together.
Even if two people are in love with each other and love each other to the extreme, they will never want one to live alone after the other leaves the world, so they choose to die in love or something, so that the two people die together. But after leaving the world, they are like a person without roots.
The grass is floating in the netherworld, even more involuntarily, which makes it even more painful.】
When Yu Wen Jianxue wrote this, it seemed that he had written something wrong, so he used a pen to thickly smear the wrong words on the line. It became a dense black and neat square, and it was completely unclear to see the large pool of ink.
What exactly was written?
Wu Ma tried to turn to the back of the paper to look, but still found nothing. He only vaguely saw a deep word "send", but he didn't know why.
So, I turned to the front and looked down, and it read:
[Perhaps my analogy is not quite accurate, but you should understand what I mean - I rarely feel sad about spring or autumn, but because of the omen that you will leave forever, I feel particularly uneasy, frightened and at a loss.
I think that with your intelligence, you will never misunderstand my meaning. The separation of life and death between husband and wife mentioned above is just an example. And my reluctance to part with you is all due to friends. No, they should be close friends.
Between sadness and reluctance.
I have imagined countless times how I would feel if the sharp sword above your head really fell and took you away from this world forever.
The result is unimaginable, unimaginable. I can only choose to let the sword never fall down, or take it away completely.
I must do this.
When the gods of the Two Realms Mountains issued the decree, I had made up my mind not to passively wait for fate to play with me. Now, I will carry your suffering and fight back against fate.
In the days after arriving in the grassland, I did not wait in comfort. I had already inquired about some of the past experiences of Ah Di Ge Lan, that is, Tian Deping. I will follow this clue and continue to explore until I find a way to break the curse.
There is no need to worry about me, since I learned [Qiu Zhi Zao Hu], I have many more ways to hide, save my life and escape.
There is no need to help me, because every move you make is in the eyes of others, and the slightest disturbance will cause a lot of trouble.
I just need you to be patient and wait for me to return triumphantly and bring good news. I wish you well, and I wish we will always be safe and go smoothly.】
Dancing Horse put away the letter and put it in his arms. It was very warm.
…
The following days became quieter.
For unknown reasons, Shibi Khan never summoned Wu Ma again. After Wu Ma asked for permission several times and was shied away, he stopped asking for permission. When leaving Jinyang, Li Yuan once warned that although this trip was a request for permission,
Talk with them, but you must not compromise too much, so as not to raise the price at the beginning and take advantage of the situation.
Of course Wu Ma also understands this truth, so he simply calms down and studies the spell——
After a period of exploration, Wu Ma has some experience with [Soul Transferring Technique] and [Puppet Technique], as well as the [Immortality Technique] that Chun Sansanniang attached to them.
It's a pity that the spiritual energy of the tents near the Khan Court is somewhat thin. The two places where it is denser are one near Shibi Khan's tent and the other, looking at the direction, is near the famous Tengri Pagoda in Turks.
As a dancing horse, if you go to practice near Shibi Khan's tent, you will be suspected of being an assassin.
As an out-and-out awakening tower, Tengri Tower is a forbidden place that outsiders must not approach for the Turks.
In addition, Wu Ma also discovered that the Turkic shamans seemed to have some witchcraft that the Han awakened disciples had not mastered. This made him a little worried. If he practices [immortality skill] [soul transfer method] [puppet technique] unscrupulously,
Will it arouse the other party's vigilance, or simply let the other party peek into your secret?
It should be noted that these three spells or techniques are all fished out of the world of divine will. According to Liu Wenjing, it seems that no one has ever obtained benefits from the world of divine will other than light balls and enlightenment rewards in the past.
It is even more unheard of to practice magic in the world of divine will. In this case, Huaibi is guilty, and there is no guarantee that Turkic shamans will not covet it.
Wu Ma thought about it and decided to be cautious and only do some minor experiments for the time being. Let's not touch [Soul Transferring Technique] and [Puppet Technique] for now. However, [Longevity Skill] can be familiar with the operation method first and be cautious.
And absorb some spiritual energy without leaving a trace to see what's going on.
After giving it a try, I made a special discovery——
In the records of "Longevity Kung Fu", people who can practice immortal magic have one thing in common, that is, there is an invisible spiritual root in the Dantian, which is probably the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. There are also some variations, such as thunder root, wind root, etc.
Spiritual roots, ice spiritual roots, etc.
When ordinary people practice immortal magic, they must use their spiritual roots to absorb spiritual energy.
But Wu Ma used the gray mist to carefully check up and down his body, inside and out, and found that there was absolutely nothing similar to spiritual roots. On the contrary, when he was running the [Immortality Skill], from the Sea of Consciousness [Datang Monster Illustrated Book of the Tang Dynasty]
】A golden light extends out of it, which seems to replace the role of the spiritual root. Based on this golden light, it can also absorb the surrounding spiritual energy.
Dancing Horse really doesn't understand how useful this [Illustrated Book] is, it's like Doraemon's pocket. Think about it, if he doesn't have to worry at all, just like the big bear, he can live a smooth life stupidly, and there is a
With the help of knowledgeable and knowledgeable people at your side, you can overcome all kinds of difficulties and your life can be said to be pretty good.
Wu Ma couldn't figure out the reason why the illustrated book could emit golden light for a while, and he didn't have the time to check it out in detail. Even if he wanted to check it out, it was definitely not something he could check out at his current level, so he happily used the borrowed
The golden light absorbed the spiritual energy in small strokes, and time passed unknowingly.
When night came, as she had agreed with Qingxia, she wore the [Moon Kasaya] and sneaked into the other party's tent to discuss how to deal with Princess Yicheng. At this time, Qingxia completely put away her past treatment of Wu Ma.
A slightly seductive and lightly teasing attitude, but one that is serious, meticulous, and strives to be perfect.
As for Qingxia's evaluation of Princess Yicheng, she is - a woman who does not look very scary, but is actually extremely difficult to deal with. She herself was an ordinary woman before marrying to the Turks, and soon after that she became
Awakened disciples have even learned some shamanistic witchcraft.
"The most troublesome part,"
One night, Qingxia suddenly said to Wu Ma seriously: "It's the appearance of Princess Yicheng. This is the biggest risk in our overall plan. If you are confused by Yicheng's beautiful appearance, then no matter how close we are,
Victory will always fall short in the end.”
"so smart?"
"More powerful than you think."
"Then I have an idea."
"tell me the story."
“Have you ever heard of diminishing marginal effects?”
"Whip...chicken...younger sister? Sakura?"
"Forget it... the so-called diminishing margin, from a certain perspective, means that a person continues to enjoy the same thing over and over again. If this continues, the enjoyment brought by this thing will gradually decrease as time passes."
"What? It sounds so profound at first glance, but isn't it human nature?"
"Do you understand?"
"It's so simple. Let me use an analogy, your whipped chicken sister, it's like I eat a delicious dish - the first time you eat it, you will definitely be full of praise, but the second time you will find it delicious,
But you must lose the surprise of the first time. The third time, you will only feel that it is delicious. The fourth, fifth, and sixth times will feel ordinary. Seven times, eight times, nine times, and ten times will definitely
It's a bit cloying, twenty times, thirty times, a hundred times, I don't need to eat it, I'll throw it up after just one whiff."
"Good understanding."
"It's just, what does this have to do with whipping chicken...brothers and sisters? Or is it some kind of weird bad taste?"
"..." Wu Ma said: "After all, the Khan has not summoned me these days, and has no intention of negotiating peace talks. I have some free time. Please help me find out where Princess Yicheng will appear in these days."
"Oh, I understand." Qingxia clapped her hands.
"Understand what?"
"You want to be a 'whip chicken brother' -" Qingxia said with a smile: "You plan to meet Princess Yicheng, and you want to meet her several times. In this way, you may be very surprised when we meet you for the first time.
The second time is still amazing, the third, fourth and fifth time, until twenty or thirty times, you will get used to it."
"clever."
"But I think this method may not work."
"How to say……"
"Your so-called 'whip chicken sister' takes food as an example. She will only get tired of eating food with almost the same taste, but people are different. She is a great beauty, and she is by no means stationary. Today, she will change her clothes.
Change your clothes, change your hair into a bun tomorrow, put on some blush today, draw your eyebrows tomorrow, it will always give you the freshest feeling, the most unexpected beauty, and there will always be surprises, how can you be the 'whip chicken brother sister'?"
"It makes sense, but you can't just sit back and wait for death. Or do you have a better idea?"
"I have been thinking about a way to prevent you from seeing her at all, but at the same time help me deal with her, but I have never thought clearly about it. However, after hearing what you said today, I think you are right.
You can also try this method of ‘whipping the chicken brother and sister’.”
The two made up their mind, and Qingxia planned to let Wu Ma and Princess Yicheng meet first. Originally, Princess Yicheng was extremely difficult for others to see, even a native Turk. Otherwise, with her beauty,
It is easy to cause a commotion. But if Qingxia arranges it, she can ask him to hide in a hidden place in advance, and it is also convenient to observe secretly.
But for some unknown reason, Princess Yicheng complained of illness and avoided seeing guests for several days in a row. The dancing horse was not seen at all, but her curiosity was aroused even more. So, they had breakfast with Qingxia every day, and the two of them discussed
Otherwise, we could set out at night and try to sneak near Princess Yicheng's tent while [The Dark Side of the Kasaya] was invisible. However, the risk was still too great, so we couldn't do it for a while.
One day, on the road leading to the Khan's tent, I finally met Princess Yicheng by chance, but I saw that she was covered with a veil. Only her slim figure could be seen, which did not have the effect of whipping the chicken sister.
I persisted for a few more days, but before I could see Princess Yicheng again, Sunong Dalai, the Igontubishi who presided over Solchuk that day, a young man who was said to have been engaged to Qingxia came to visit.
coming.
Sunong Dalai opened the door curtain and barged in unceremoniously. The guards around him did not dare to stop him too persistently.
"Special Envoy,"
After Sunon Dalai Lama walked into the tent, the first thing he saw was the dancing horse sitting behind the desk, reading a book. He said with a face full of anger: "I respectfully call you Special Envoy. Are you worthy of this title? Why do you have to come all the way to Turks?"
Hooking up with a woman who is already engaged."
The dancing horse pretends to be confused.
"Princess Ashinayan,"
Sunong Dalai gestured in the direction of Qingxia's tent. If his sword could emit sword energy, Wu Ma's tent would have been opened with a big hole.
"Since you are pretending, then I will speak frankly. Princess Ashinayan is already engaged to me, the Sunong Dalai Lama, the legitimate son of the Sunong tribe leader. Why do you have the audacity to meet her alone and shamelessly
To seduce Her Highness the Princess?
Moreover, it has happened over and over again, day by day, and it has become a habit. You Han people often talk about etiquette, justice and integrity, and you all think of yourself as a gentleman or a refined scholar. Is it possible that you all say one thing with your mouth and do another with your hands? This is such a despicable act.
!”
"But... it was Princess Ashinayan who came to me on her own initiative."
"You don't have to see me."
"It's not very good. Her Royal Highness the Princess came to accompany the meal on the Khan's order. If I didn't see you, wouldn't it be a disgrace to the Khan's face?"
"You can report illness."
"I am in good health. What if the Khan sends someone to see me?"
"That's not right," Sunong Dalai seemed to suddenly understand. "If you can't clap your hands, even if it's the Khan's order, you won't see Princess Ashinayan obeying his orders so obediently in the past. The princess has never taken that seriously.
The problem is that you, a Han thief, used some evil method to deceive you. I know that you are an awakened disciple among the Han people, and your skills are on par with those of our own shamans. There is no guarantee that you will not seduce some evil spirits.
Techniques and the like——”
This man was obviously a little unclear. Or perhaps because he liked Qingxia too eagerly, his mind was a little confused. But no matter what, Wu Ma didn't have the patience to fight with him.
"This little brother,"
Wu Ma stretched out her hand toward him, pressed her palm down, and told him to calm down, "I don't care what you think. I have no interest in the noble Princess Ashinayan, and I have no intention of becoming a love rival with you."
Interested. As for Princess Ashinayan coming to see me and having breakfast with me, that is a matter for Her Highness the Princess and an order from the Khan. What does it have to do with me? If you have time to cause trouble for me, you might as well persuade the princess.
Your Highness."
Of course, Wu Ma knew very well in his heart that if Sunong Dalai could convince Qingxia, he would certainly not come to find him. For a man to bend down and plead with his love rival, this must be a despicable act out of desperation.
Sunong Dalai seemed to realize that it was meaningless to keep entangled like this. If Wu Ma was really offended and appealed to the Khan as a special envoy, it would be even more unreasonable for Sunong Dalai himself. So he
After being silent for a long time, he finally thought about something clearly and raised his head to look directly at the dancing horse: "Do you dare to swear to God that you have no personal feelings for Princess Ashinayan and no love between men and women?"
Dancing Horse was really impatient with him.
"I, Wu Ma, swear to God that I have no personal feelings for Ashinayan, and no love between men and women. Even if the sky falls, I will not be with her."
"What I want is your words,"
Sunong Dalai said, taking out a stone from his arms, "I might as well spread it out with you and tell you that I got this stone from a shaman and it's called a sound stone. What you just said,
I'll keep it inside the stone, and I'll take it to the princess later. Do you have anything to say?" After saying that, he seemed to be afraid of being snatched by the dancing horse, so he put the stone in his arms.
"take it."
"What?"
"I said, just take it to her. The sooner the better, the more the better."
"Aren't you worried that the princess will be angry with you?" Sunong Dalai pinched the stone and said, "I am not playing with this stone for you."
As he said that, he grabbed it hard, and the sound of dancing horses came from inside the stone——
"This little brother... I don't care what you think or think. I have no interest in the noble Princess Ashinayan, and I have no intention or interest in becoming a love rival with you...
I, Dancing Horse, swear to God, I have no personal feelings for Ashinayan, and I don’t have the slightest bit of love between men and women...
Even if the sky falls, I will not be with her..."
After the sound in the stone was played, Sunong Dalai looked at the dancing horse with a slightly provocative and tentative look.
"I didn't realize it before," Wu Ma touched his chin, "my speaking voice is quite pleasant."
Sunung Dalai trembled as he grabbed the stone.
Obviously, this sentence was also recorded.
…
After this meeting, it seemed that Sunong Dalai's doubts were really dispelled. He stopped for a while and did not come back to the trouble of looking for dancing horses.
The next day, I suddenly heard a low and wailing horn sound in the Turkic Khan's court. After asking around, I found out that an old man with great prestige among the Turkic people had passed away. Then, it was said that a very grand funeral would be held.
The translator came to see Dancing Horse and asked if he wanted to go to the funeral.
"What's so good about burying the dead?"
"Young Dancer, are you afraid of bad luck?"
"That's not true. I am much more unlucky than a funeral."
"..." The translator held up his forehead, "Then come and have a look with me. The funerals of the Turks are very different from those of us Han people. What's more, the person who died was a big shot, so you can go and learn more about it."
Big shot... Suddenly an idea flashed in Wu Ma's mind——
"In this case, Princess Yicheng will also attend the funeral?"