Quotation

Indescribably miserable: "Tower Top"

([-]) An Neng Li Guo Zhong Shang

The shadow of the candle was negligent, and the light and shade were uncertain. Xie Yaozhi held the lamp quietly and watched Su Jianxing slowly turn around: "The long tongue of Pan Chi on the top of the eaves was cut off."

Tall towers are easy to be struck by lightning, so dragon ornaments are often placed on the top of the eaves, with the mouth open to the sky, and the iron tongue in the mouth is connected to the earth. If there is a thunderstorm, the sky fire can be drawn into the ground to keep the tower safe.Now that the long tongue is cut off, not only can't guide the fire from the sky, but it's tantamount to burning yourself. Moreover, the pagoda is very dangerous and built on high ground around it. It's the thunderstorm season in Luoyang, so there is no reason to escape.

Xie Yao knew this truth, and now he heard what Su Jianxing said, he couldn't help but be surprised: "This day's fire was indeed drawn down by someone!"

Who killed the people in the middle of the pagoda?Who caused the sky fire?Who trapped the man at the bottom of the tower in the fire?Who are the eyes behind that?Who is the one who finally stands behind?

"Asu, tell me, does this have anything to do with the case of Buddha Treasure?" Xie Yaozhi paused, pointing up and down the stupa, "I always feel that we are not bystanders, we are inside."

A strange color suddenly flashed across Shen Ruo Zhishui's eyes, like a shooting star passing by the night, disappearing in a blink of an eye.After a moment of silence, Su Jianxing said slowly: "I think, maybe I know why you feel this way." After a pause, the voice echoed like a candlelight, "Ah Xie, the tower on this side is the Longchi guard envoy. Lang's secret meeting place, but why didn't we notice anyone when we poked in last night? Is our luck really that good? But why, as soon as we left, so many things happened right after us?— —It’s not that we are too careless, but that they know our every move, but they let us go, or even take advantage of us.”

Su Jianxing paused for a moment, and said again: "I don't understand? Dianzuo and Ade didn't want us to come near here, but we came anyway in the end. Axie, we are just the first time to independently accept the case. , I am afraid that we may not be able to reach some of the "sangha" in this temple, so they can see our every move very clearly, perhaps from the first step of our involvement in this case, it was in their plan-you Do you still remember that when we first came to the pagoda, although the top of the pagoda was flooded, the door of the pagoda was still locked, and when we came back last night, the door on the top of the pagoda was not locked."

"What can this explain?" Xie Yaozhi frowned slightly, but he didn't dare to say the words after all.

"He left it for us on purpose. He knew that sooner or later we would see through the secrets of the side towers, and sooner or later we would think further, so he simply let us find the Buddha treasure. First, to set up a mission, and second, to remind us to recognize the current affairs and get out early. .”

Xie Yaozhi looked solemn: "If there is no such thing as the stupa's water leakage again and Jian Shilang's disappearance, it would be true. But who is the 'he' you are talking about?"

"Tianzao may be one... I can't tell. The person who died in the tower had eyes behind his back, the person who died at the bottom of the tower had eyes behind his back, and we also have eyes behind—I don't know if they have the same eyes behind them, or, they itself is one of the eyes."

"Asu, you're confusing me."

"I am also confused, but there is one thing we must think about now, no one can be confused anymore." Su Jianxing looked cold and serious, staring at the open top tower door, "Do you want to investigate this case again?" Go on? If you take a step back, you may still be safe, but if you take this step, you will be resigned to fate."

Liu Mei furrowed silently, Xie Yaozhi said in a deep voice, "A Su, I will advance and retreat with you."

"Okay!" He clenched his hands tightly, and after a moment, he let go silently.Su Jianxing retreated a few steps solemnly, turned around, and suddenly knocked on the empty compartment on the top of the tower: "Chen Su Jianxing collided with the holy driver, I hope your majesty will forgive me."

--His Majesty?Xie Yaozhi was taken aback, and then kowtowed in a daze.

There was dead silence in the tower, only the flame of the oil lamp was streaming silently.After careful examination, Xie Yaozhi could still distinguish the breathing sounds other than the two of them.Suddenly, the lights flickered, and a second floor opened, and a pair of bright yellow chiseled gold high-soled boots walked out, and slowly came to the front, standing still, but not in a hurry to speak.

Xie Yaozhi leaned on his body stiffly, his eyes were only on the bright yellow boots, he didn't dare to move lightly, he just felt that the time was extremely hard to bear.I don't know how long it has passed, but seeing the person with the toe of the boot slightly turned to his side: "Your name is Su Jianxing?"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"How do you know I'm in the tower?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, when I first arrived at the pagoda, the top door of the pagoda was locked, but now the door of the pagoda is open. If it was not left on purpose, there must be someone in the pagoda. Thinking of this floor, I looked around carefully and found out The breathing of the third person. Your Majesty does not practice martial arts, so it is normal to be unable to hide your breath. However, for those who practice martial arts, the higher the practice, the more they can hide their breathing so that people cannot detect it. There is also an invisible aura that makes people dare not get close easily. Although the minister did not hear other breathing sounds, he felt this aura, so he guessed that apart from a person who does not know martial arts, there is another person hidden in the tower. Three or four masters. Three or four masters guard a person who does not practice martial arts, presumably his status is extremely noble. At the foot of the emperor, the royal temple is guarded by masters. Anyone who enters and exits the stupa at will, I dare you to guess, it must be Now a saint."

As soon as Su Jianxing's words fell, the pagoda became silent again. After a while, the dignified and majestic voice sounded again: "Are you from Zhen Mingtai?"

"Return to Your Majesty, that's right."

"Which department? What position?"

"Jianbu, learn from Longchiwei."

"Oh, it's not Long Chiwei." The queen responded lightly, "I don't know whether your envoy thinks highly of you or looks down on you." The inexplicable sentence made people wait for a reaction, but was overwhelmed by the next sentence But, "Su Jianxing, you are very good. I will give you a reward today. I will allow you to decide whether to investigate or not to investigate this case. You should think clearly."

There was a sudden movement in my heart, this is the peace talisman promised by the emperor, to stop this matter and save the seat for rebuilding, this is the best result.However, if she can retreat by herself, then what about Jian Shao, her parents' best friend, her savior, her teacher and friend, if he is allowed to hide in this pagoda like this, she is only afraid that she will not be safe in this life.

In fact, there is no choice at all.

With his mind set, Su Jianxing sighed, and quietly met the Queen's stern gaze: "I would like to investigate."

"Okay." The empress seemed to be admiring and regretful, she slowly turned her hands behind her back, and threw down a piece of jade pendant, "With this pendant, you can freely enter and leave the Forbidden Palace. I only give you three days, and I will see you in the Imperial Garden in three days. The answer cannot satisfy me, and you will know the consequences yourself."

Su Jianxing straightened his body and watched the queen's back disappear into the blackness of the pagoda, and suddenly felt so powerless for the first time in his life.This kind of feeling, even when she used the name of Long Chiwei to reverse the case for her parents at a mere age, she never had it.Maybe at that time, she knew that Jian Shao would help him, but now, she can only rely on herself.

She also knew that sooner or later she would have to face these storms by herself, but the cover above her head disappeared too quickly, and the oncoming wind and rain came too fiercely, like a young sprout suddenly exposed to the rainstorm, suddenly, unknowingly Overwhelmed.

——Unexpectedly, even the emperor was among them!

Heaven and earth are scales, all things are sons, who is in whose game, and who is whose pawn?In the midst of the world, the world of mortals is boundless, if one step is wrong, it will be lost forever.

Chaotic and disorderly thoughts filled his mind, for some reason, Su Jianxing suddenly recalled a story he heard in childhood.The story is published in "Shuo Yuan", but there is a line in it that is quite thought-provoking:

The mantis catches the cicada, and the oriole is behind.

Jian Shao, as expected, disappeared in Longchi Guard.In Longchiwei, people are like ants. There are many stories like this, and ghosts have long been seen, and they are like stagnant water, which cannot be disturbed at all.Even if you are an envoy, it is the same.

Su Jianxing just stood in the long and dimly lit corridor, allowing himself not to enter the darkness - he could not see the way forward or the way back, but he found that he did not have the panic as he imagined, but the endless desolation.At that moment, Su Jianxing suddenly remembered what Jian Shao had said to her: "You know, there are some things in Longchiwei that I can cover up with one hand, but most of the time, I'm just a drop in the ocean, just begging for help." Tears were shed without warning.

On that day, the deputy envoy Lang Guo Yu also evaporated from the Longchi Guard, Su Jianxing and Xie Yaozhi were not so surprised.It's not like the two of them couldn't hear the words that morning. He knew too much and saw too clearly. But, if you want to get drunk, can you really get drunk?they do not know.If they met Jian Shao's ending by chance, then Guo Yuan's life and death may be an eternal mystery.And there are too many such passers-by in life, who can expect to see someone's life to the full?

([-]) An Neng Li Guo Zhong · Next

After returning from Luming Temple, Su Jianxing locked himself in the house without saying a word. For two days, he did not know what he had drawn on the paper, wrote it over and over again, and burned it over and over again after writing.Only in the early morning of the third day, Xie Yao knew that he couldn't bear it anymore, went straight in, took out the pen and paper and said, "Enough Su Jianxing, what are you doing now?! The paths of Jian Shilang and Guo Shilang were chosen by themselves, and they were for themselves. What is it for you to choose the price of comeback? Do you know what you are doing? What are you betting on?"

"It's fate, wealth and life." The person in front of the case sighed to himself.

"You also know." Xie Yaozhi's expression darkened, "Asu, you are a ruthless lover, you want to save the world but you can't; I'm just a passionate ruthless person, I don't love the world, only care about me Caring and caring about me." After a pause, he said again, "Asu, this is the last day, no matter what, we can't just sit and wait for death, the big deal is to do our best and obey the destiny."

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