【Zhou Ye】The Foot of Time

The first time Zhou Zekai met Ye Xiu was on that blue planet called Earth, calculated in local time, in [-] BC, in a place called Xianyang.

At that time, he was basking in the sun on the roof of the palace, and he heard the melodious sound of silk and bamboo.He especially likes the sound of chime bells. Such a heavy instrument, under the strike of a mallet, can produce a clean, clear and crisp sound, like the gurgling sound of water, flowing directly into the bottom of his heart, dispelling all negative things. Emotions are washed clean.

Zhou Zekai picked up the purple sand pot, tilted it slightly, and the light blue and slightly yellowish tea came out with the fragrance of the tea.He took a sip, and his eyebrows stretched more and more - the tea in this pot was the Dragon Well tea given by the master of Lingyin Temple more than [-] years later. Although he is not very good at tasting tea, he is also good Feeling a few sips of tea into the throat, the whole person feels refreshed and comfortable.

He took a book from the shelf at hand, and just listened to the music in his ears, and started to read it amidst the scent of tea.There are more than a dozen books on that shelf, "Book of Songs", "Divine Comedy", "Evil Under the Sun", "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea", "Strange Tales from a Liaozhai Studio", "Sunset of Cybermen"...

Not to mention the tea leaves in the early Northern Song Dynasty, those books that are only found in other continents or later generations, the book written by aliens alone should not appear here.

The most out of place was of course Zhou Zekai and the thing he was sitting with the door open.

He was wearing a top hat and a gray double-breasted trench coat with a black shirt inside.Although he was sitting cross-legged, it could still be seen that his legs were straight and slender.On the handmade cowhide belt, there are two gun holsters on the left and the right, revealing two gun handles, one black and one silver.

This is a person who does not belong to this time and space.

But he's not the only one.

The noise from far and near caused Zhou Zekai to raise his head, and he frowned slightly - no matter who it is, they don't want to be disturbed when they are enjoying the holiday and listening to music.He closed the book, put it back on the shelf at the door, stood up and looked into the distance.

There was a man, wearing a white T-shirt and jeans and carrying a backpack, running in front with something, while a group of people with weapons in their hands chased after him, shouting non-stop.That man was extremely agile, always able to rush out from some tricky angles before being surrounded, and then dragged a long stream of people to continue rushing left and right, and in a blink of an eye he arrived at the house where Zhou Zekai was staying.

The sound of silk and bamboo stopped abruptly.

Standing on a high place and taking a few glances, Zhou Zekai knew that the other party would be arrested sooner or later, and there were hundreds of people gathering towards him.But the next moment, he saw that the man suddenly raised his head and met his gaze.

Zhou Zekai's heart skipped a beat, but he instantly denied this idea—it must be an illusion.He was standing in his TARDIS, and although the door was open, not even a toe was exposed.The TARDIS has a chameleon system, which will automatically blend into the background. As long as you stand within its range, you will never be seen by outsiders.

In the next second, Zhou Zekai knew he was wrong.

Surrounded in the open space, the man smiled calmly and took out a car key from his trouser pocket with his free hand.

Zhou Zekai suddenly had an ominous premonition.

The man looked into his eyes and pressed the top button on the car key, and Zhou Zekai instantly felt a clear sense of weightlessness—the TARDIS flew up.He quickly clasped the door frame with both hands to stabilize his figure, but he couldn't stop the purple sand pot he placed on the threshold from rolling out at a tilt, and fell directly on the roof tiles, breaking into several petals.

Then his TARDIS flew straight towards the man, and after landing on the ground, it made a beautiful drift and stopped firmly in front of the man.Before Zhou Zekai could react, he was pushed in.

"boom!"

Even with the door closed, Zhou Zekai could still hear the exclamation of a person who suddenly disappeared.

"you--"

"Xiao Zhou, I really love you to death!" The man strode forward, held Zhou Zekai's face happily and kissed him on the mouth, "I just thought it would be great if you were here, you are here, enough Tacit understanding!" After finishing speaking, he continued to press down his lips, rubbed them hard a few times, and stuck out his tongue to sweep it around twice.

Zhou Zekai, whose brain was almost shut down, was able to pick up such a thought from his mind - great, this is not the future me.

No wonder Zhou Zekai thought so.As a time lord, in addition to being able to travel freely in time and space, he also has twelve chances to be reborn.If there is no deliberate limitation, rebirth will reorganize every cell in the body, not to mention the appearance will change, and the personality will also be slightly deviated.

When the other party took out the key of his TARDIS and manipulated it, Zhou Zekai thought he had met his reborn self many years later.As a time traveler, this kind of thing is easy to happen, and even has a bad taste, such as Huang Shaotian, he had an interesting experience of having a tea party with every reborn self-of course, thirteen Huang Shaotian tea parties , This is simply as terrible as hell for others.

But Zhou Zekai was sure that he would not kiss himself, no one would be so narcissistic, and the other party's words also confirmed this point.

So...he is his future lover?

Zhou Zekai, who wanted to understand, blushed belatedly.

However, this future lover had let go of him and rushed directly to the TARDIS bridge, inputting the password with unusual proficiency, and entering the operation interface.He walked around the circular console, pressing the buttons while circling.Zhou Zekai glanced at him, then immediately looked away, staring at a corner of the cab——

Long, good-looking, especially the hands...

The tips of Zhou Zekai's ears turned red.

After the man turned around, he pulled the screen to his eyes, checked the data, and conveniently pulled down a red handle.

"Om-"

Immediately, Zhou Zekai heard the protest from the Tardis—she was very unhappy, very unhappy, otherwise she would not have trembled, Zhou Zekai had never trembled like this in decades of driving.

"Relax and don't stretch your face so long every time you see me," the man touched the screen, showing a teasing smile, "Or are you really too arrogant and shy when you see me?"

It is estimated that Tardis has never seen such a brazen person. The next shock directly shook all the books on the shelf at the door.

Zhou Zekai put the book back and opened the door. There was already a lush forest outside the door, and they had already left the palace.And in this uninhabited wilderness, TARDIS also released the chameleon state and restored its original appearance—it should be said that it was the default state set by Zhou Zekai.

This is a black sports car.

Yes, a sports car, the standard size, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like it can fit such a huge cab inside.In fact, in addition to the cab, there are libraries, gyms, bedrooms, tennis courts...even swimming pools.

TARDIS, TARDIS, the abbreviation of Time And Relative Dimensions In Space (TimeAndRelativeDimensionsInSpace), the reason why the time lord can travel freely in time and space is that the inside is always bigger than the outside, much bigger.

"Xiao Zhou, come and see," the man's familiar greeting sounded, Zhou Zekai turned around and saw him holding the cloth-wrapped thing and asked himself with a smile, "Do you know what this is?"

Zhou Zekai shook his head honestly.

"guess?"

Zhou Zekai thought for a while, but still shook his head.

The man chuckled and lifted the cloth.

Zhou Zekai...was shocked.He finally understood why so many people ran after each other. If he was Ying Zheng, he would definitely shake the whole country up and down until the little thief fell out.

"Ordered by the heavens, you will live forever." The man turned it over and read the eight big characters printed on it, "This insect and bird script is really... abstract enough, fortunately your little Chuanyun can translate .”

The TARDIS with its own translation system protested again.

"The Jade Seal of Chuanguo." Zhou Zekai had no time to worry about what the other party called Tadis, his attention was all on the jade seal, "You stole it?"

"What is stealing?" The man raised his index finger and shook, "I just borrowed it to have a look, and I will return it after I read it. I am just curious about what it looks like and what material it is made of. Unfortunately, I just touched it. It was discovered, otherwise how would I run away with it? Hmm... this is not jade, right?" The man turned back and put the jade seal on the table, took out a sonic screwdriver, and scanned it, "I don't know much about ores. There is research, Xiao Zhou, come over and take a look?" The chemical structure diagram of the sonic screwdriver appeared on the small screen, but the other party obviously did not know it.

Zhou Zekai took a deep breath, walked over, glanced at it, and said with certainty: "Moonstone." The main ingredients are sodium and potassium, and with that glowing appearance, Zhou Zekai came to such a conclusion.As long as there is no accident, the time lords have almost unlimited years, so they are like thirsty sponges, trying their best to learn all kinds of knowledge.But the universe is so vast, and the knowledge of the past, present, and future is so vast that even they cannot input all the knowledge into their brains, and they will always have their own blind spots.Zhou Zekai, on the other hand, happened to have some knowledge of ore knowledge.

"Okay, Hao Yongwei (Note 1) won." Ye Xiu curled his lips, "It makes me sad that the legendary He's Bi is actually not jade." He was still very happy when he said this He took out the notebook and ink pads from his backpack, stamped the jade seal, blew on the not yet dry stamp with satisfaction, and nodded, "Okay, for its beauty, I won't complain about it." It's gone."

It is indeed beautiful.The jade seal passed down from generation to generation by emperors of so many dynasties is not only a symbol of power.No matter in terms of material or carving, it is worthy of the status of a national treasure.Zhou Zekai couldn't resist touching it, and his hands were so warm that people couldn't bear to pull their fingers away.

"Ok?"

Inadvertently, Zhou Zekai's face was pinched, and being molested, he reflexively looked into the other's eyes.Zhou Zekai, who hadn't looked at the other party carefully before, looked at the other party at this moment, staring into the other party's eyes, but couldn't help but be dazed——

Such a young face, such old and wise eyes... Such a sense of contradiction, Zhou Zekai has only seen on the face of a compatriot who has lived a long, long, long age, and the other party has more than 2000 years of age. Years old.However, Zhou Zekai knew very well that this person was not the Time Lord—if not, how could he have such a pair of aged eyes?

Zhou Zekai couldn't come up with a conclusion, but he knew that this person must have come back from a very distant timeline. He and himself should have experienced a lot, but the tenderness and love in his eyes are still touching, just take a look, You can feel deeply that you are deeply loved by this person.

Zhou Zekai felt that his two hearts (Note 2) were beating violently, and the beating was a little irregular.

Zhou Zekai, who was only 60 years old, tasted the feeling of being washed away by love for the first time.

"Okay Xiao Zhou, let's send it back, it still has to witness a history of more than 1000 years." The man wrapped up this peerless treasure again, "I know where it is placed, and this time it can be accurately located. "It must be airborne directly, otherwise they will be surrounded by groups before they touch it back.

"coordinate?"

Ye Xiu reported a long list of numbers, and after Zhou Zekai had set the settings, Ye Xiu, who was standing in front of the handle, pulled it down again——

"boom!"

The violent shaking almost knocked them both to the ground. Zhou Zekai clung to the operating table, looked at the messy data on the screen, and moved his fingers quickly, trying to make amends—his TARDIS was trying to deviate from the coordinates, intending to move towards an unknown place to run.And the most frightening thing is that Tardis himself obviously doesn't know where he's going, he's just aimlessly manic!

"Hold her!" the man yelled. "She's going to run into the time storm! Believe me she's done it!"

"How to be stable?!" Zhou Zekai became anxious. The Tadis had never had this kind of malfunction. She was the latest model, very gentle and stable, which made him not know how to deal with it for a while.

"Give her something exciting!"

Exciting?What will she be stimulated by?

The Time Lords kindly regard Tardis who will accompany them all their lives as their relatives. In fact, Tardis does have its own thinking and personality, but it is difficult for the two parties to communicate after all. Many Time Lords spend hundreds or thousands of years Let's get used to it and get to know it slowly, but how could Zhou Zekai, who has only been driving for decades, know her characteristics in this respect?

Zhou Zekai didn't know, but of course this lover who came from the future knew.

"Salt!" The man's hands were so fast that he could see afterimages, but the situation in TARDIS was getting worse and worse, and sparks even burst out from the console, "Why are you standing still? The box under the stairs Grab a bag!"

Zhou Zekai didn't move, he just looked at the other party with a troubled face - doesn't he know about his own TARDIS?There are no boxes under the stairs at all.And even salt... He didn't have a kitchen in the TARDIS, and among the condiments, he only had sugar for his coffee.

The man understood Zhou Zekai's expression in an instant, and sighed helplessly: "Oh, did I tell you that Cloud Piercer needs salt? It's enough... Believe me, Xiao Zhou, buy a box of salt and put it away when you go back. You can guarantee it at any time." The box is full, you won't suffer, be sure to bring salt for yourself!"

Zhou Zekai looked at the screen and realized that unfortunately he was hit by the other party. If this continues, the TARDIS will really crash into the space-time storm.Although the TARDIS has protective shields, they can't last long in the ferocious storm. They are likely to be torn into pieces, and these pieces will even be scattered to any age and any planet.Rao is a time lord who can be reborn, and there is no chance of rebirth in this case.

But...he still has a future, and he will know this person in the future.

So he definitely won't die here.

There must be another way!

"Salt..." Zhou Zekai murmured.

"Salt..." The man was also thinking hard.

Suddenly, they all came to their senses, looked at each other, and then fixed their eyes on the cloth dumpling.

"...Don't." Zhou Zekai said with difficulty, "It is a priceless treasure."

Moonstone, the main components are sodium and potassium, and more specifically, aluminosilicates.

"No matter how priceless it is, it's not worth your life!"

Zhou Zekai didn't have time to stop him, and saw the man pull open the operation panel of the TARDIS after he finished speaking, and threw this shocking treasure, the most important weapon of the country, and the orthodox and legal token of imperial power into the time vortex without hesitation. Spin (Note 3).

Zhou Zekai: "... = mouth ="

——My future lover is actually... so cruel...

And Tadis, who had eaten the salt, shook violently again, and then slowly quieted down.

The man wiped the sweat from his brow, panting with his hands resting on the console.After a while, he raised his head, stroked his chin and asked, "Xiao Zhou, do you think I can get past it by imitating one made of glass?"

Zhou Zekai replied him firmly with his eyes - no way!Impossible!

The man walked back and forth three times, pondered for a while, and suddenly said "ah", rushed to the bridge again, and re-entered a series of coordinates.Zhou Zekai glanced over and found that it was 1294 A.D....Huh? 1294?

Zhou Zekai opened his eyes wide and looked at Ye Xiu - didn't he?

"Xiao Zhou," the man blinked his right eye at Zhou Zekai, "Let's see how I can turn decay into magic for you!"

In 1294 AD, Kublai Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan Dynasty, died, and the "Jade Seal of the Kingdom" suddenly appeared in Dadu, and was sold in the market, and was bought by someone sent by the Prime Minister Boyan.Boyan once polished all the seals of the past dynasties confiscated by Mongolia and Yuan, and distributed them to princes and ministers to engrave private seals.People in later generations thought that the Jade Seal of Chuanguo might be caught in it... what a ghost.

Jumping to the front of stealing the Jade Seal of Chuanguo, replacing the Jade Seal with the one after 490 and five years, and then flying back with the Jade Seal and being found, he put the treasure that really belonged to this era back on the Qin Shihuang Book Case, and the man turned his head to Zhou Zekai Compared with scissorhands: "How is it? I am so witty, have you fallen in love with me again?"

Zhou Zekai felt that he racked his brains and couldn't figure out what kind of mentality his future self would have in giving the TARDIS key and password to the other party.

but……

Zhou Zekai suddenly laughed.

Instead of just going to different times to bask in the sun and listen to music, if it is a little exciting, it seems to be quite interesting.

"Beep-beep-beep-"

The hand on Zhou Zekai's wrist suddenly rang, and a message came in through the TARDIS.He glanced at it, and it was the meeting of the council, and he had to go back to his home planet, Garifrey.

"Is something wrong?"

Zhou Zekai nodded.

The man didn't hold back either, he just pulled Zhou Zekai back and pecked lightly on his lips.

"Farewell kiss." The man looked at Zhou Zekai's flushed cheeks, and pinched again with an itchy heart, "Hey, I'll pinch you again next time I see you."

Zhou Zekai nodded in confusion.

"Then I'm going back to my TARDIS, you go!" The man waved his hand.

Zhou Zekai stood at the gate of the TARDIS, watching him off, seeing him go further and further away, he suddenly rushed up, grabbed him, and asked eagerly, "You...what's your name? When will I see you again?"

The man's eyes suddenly widened by three points, and a trace of impatience flashed across his face.But he quickly restrained his expression, and only looked at Zhou Zekai deeply, deeply. Those eyes seemed to contain everything in the world, so complicated that Zhou Zekai couldn't understand it.

"...There are always some surprises in life," the man laughed, and raised his hand to stroke Zhou Zekai's hair. "I told you in advance, but it would be too boring. Of course, you have to find my name yourself." .”

Zhou Zekai nodded hesitantly.

"Don't worry, when the time comes, you will see me. You still have a long way to go, Xiao Zhou."

Zhou Zekai opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but the watch rang again.

"Go." The man pushed him.

Zhou Zekai turned around and ran towards the TARDIS. The moment he stepped in, he looked back again - the man was still standing there looking this way, motionless.

It was not until many, many years later that Zhou Zekai realized what Ye Xiu's eyes were full of when he was staring at him.

Because at that time, he was looking at Ye Xiu with the same eyes - the Ye Xiu who was still young and had the same eyes as his back then.

TBC

Note 1: Hao Yongwei, member of China Gemstone Association, geoarchaeologist Hao Yongwei announced at the National Geological History Academic Conference in 1986 with the title "Exploring the Origin of Heshibi": "Heshibi is a moonstone, produced in Shennongjia The area around Bancangping and Yinyu River, the source of Jushui in the west of Nanzhang, is where Bian and Baopu used to be..." It has been affirmed and praised by scholars and experts in the field of geology, archaeology and gemstones in my country, and has attracted attention at home and abroad. Big sensation. [Another one is turquoise. Note 2: Time Lords have two hearts. That’s right, it’s just such a foul. To kill them, you have to shoot from both the left and right sides, otherwise they will change your face and be reborn.

Note 3: You can see the heart of TARDIS when you open the bridge, that is, the time vortex. Don't just look at it casually, there will be serious consequences.

That's right, this is the mystery of the disappearance of the Chuanguo Yuxi! 【roll