Chapter 1206 The cause and effect of change (12)
Su Wu took a piece of yellow paper from his arms and hurried along the path.
The trail winds upwards and eventually leads to a high hill covered with wild jujube trees.
On the high hill, a tall and thin man with disheveled hair unloaded the book box behind him, facing the rising sun in the east, and took a long breath. As he inhaled this breath into his abdomen, bursts of roaring sounds suddenly came from his body, as if all the internal organs in his body were taking over this inhaled breath and using it for their own use.
Su Wu stood on the edge of the high hill and waited quietly.
The tall and thin scholar didn't seem to notice the person coming behind him. He inhaled and exhaled like this for several weeks. It wasn't until the sun rose in the eastern sky that he stopped and turned to look at Su Wu.
This scholar has an ordinary appearance, with high cheekbones, and a pair of eyes sunk deeply into the eye sockets, but they are like stars, gathering blazing light. He lowered his hands and looked at Su Wu without any expression, and said with a straight face: "It seems that you are here specifically to find me?
You have been waiting here for two or three moments.
Why are you looking for me? "
Sensing the scholar's aura of calamity, Su Wu smiled and said, "Your name is Zhong Sui?"
The scholar raised his eyebrows when he heard this: "Exactly. I have never met you, but you know my name. It seems that someone specially invited you to find me? Who is it?"
He was quick in thinking, and almost as soon as Su Wu finished speaking, he found clues from Su Wu's inquiry, and then asked Su Wu in return.
Su Wu looked at the opposite 'Zhong Sui' who had a dull look on his face and vaguely revealed a withdrawn temperament that would make people thousands of miles away. He felt quite emotional in his heart. He did not expect that 'Xin Sheng Yuanshen' had such a loose and bold personality. The 'Suwang Yuanshen' has the same origin as the 'Heart Saint Yuanshen', but he has such a withdrawn and cold temper.
The reason why this scholar, who would later call himself the "Su King", is so withdrawn and blunt now must be related to the fact that his wife was killed by Li Ju, and he was determined to find a way to kill Li Ju.
At this time, 'Zhong Sui' probably had some doubts about 'God's will'.
——Su Wu was able to gain these understandings thanks to the ‘terma paper’ he was holding in his hand.
On the terma paper, a scholar's diary was once written.
"I was indeed entrusted by someone to find you. The person asked me to entrust this thing to you, saying that it may be of great use to you." Su Wu folded the yellow paper in his hand and handed it to you. Zhong Sui said at the same time, "I hope you can make good use of this thing and make some achievements."
Zhong Sui looked at the withered yellow paper Su Wu handed over suspiciously, and then turned his attention to Su Wu: "What use do I need this thing for? I don't even know how to use this thing, so how can I talk about 'making good use of it'?" Want to make some achievements with this thing?
What achievements were made? "
His words made Su Wu frown secretly.
Things were a little different from what Su Wu had imagined.
It is still 1715 - the fifty-fourth year of Kangxi. He was supposed to meet King Su this year and hand over the terma paper to him as a carrier for him to study the 'righteousness talisman'.
However, the person who originally entrusted the treasure paper to Zhong Sui was a young Taoist priest from a Taoist temple near Zhong Sui's residence.
Su Wu today is naturally not the image of a young Taoist priest, nor is he someone who lives next to Zhong Sui. Zhong Sui has never seen him before - could this be the main reason for the change?
Or is it that he arrived too late after all and missed the time?
——It’s already the twelfth lunar month of the fifty-fourth year of Kangxi’s reign, and the New Year will come soon.
However, even though he came too late, and he was not the young Taoist priest who lived next to Zhong Sui in the original time and space, some things existed objectively after all - Zhong Sui vaguely figured out at this time that the 'righteousness talisman' should always be there. Judging from Zhong Sui's reaction, he has not yet needed the terma paper to carry the righteousness talisman. It can be seen that he has no concept of the 'righteousness talisman' at this time!
How to explain this?
Su Wu's mind was spinning and he asked Zhong Sui again: "You really don't have anything, do you want to write it down on this piece of paper?"
He raised the terma paper in his hand.
Zhong Sui frowned and said impatiently: "Your Majesty, please don't play riddles here. If you have any questions, just say it! Who asked you to come find me? I don't remember who told me in advance that he would be there. You are such a weirdo, you came here specifically to give me a piece of paper?"
"Your Excellency is indeed Zhong Sui?"
"If it's fake, it's guaranteed to be replaced!"
"Have you ever met a Taoist named Shao Taoist? Have you personally experienced the disaster of 'Ten Thousand Eyes' with him?"
"Master Shao's name is known all over the world.
But I have never seen him.
The other person is the "Zhenren Du'e" who was personally named by the emperor. How can I, a poor scholar who writes plays and sells manuscripts to make money, be so virtuous and noble? "
"Your Excellency, please forgive me——
Is your lady well now? "
"..."
As soon as Su Wu mentioned Zhong Sui's wife, Zhong Sui's face suddenly turned cloudy, as if he could squeeze out water!
He stared at Su Wu coldly and said in a cold voice: "My wife has been dead for several years!
Your Excellency not only mentioned your late wife, but also specifically asked her if she was okay - it seems that you already knew that she was not okay - you knew that she was not okay, but you still asked this question, did you do this on purpose? ! "
Zhong Sui's logic is meticulous and interlocking, which can be called perfect.
Su Wu was speechless for a moment.
The other party simply hit his mark!
He knew that Zhong Sui's wife might not be around anymore, but he asked this question deliberately to confirm whether this Zhong Sui was the real 'Zhong Sui'...
Su Wu sighed and bowed to Zhong Sui: "Please forgive me.
It is indeed as you think. I asked this question deliberately. It is indeed presumptuous - but it is also to confirm whether you are the 'Zhong Sui' I am looking for...
Now it can be confirmed.
But I have one last question..."
Zhong Sui looked at Su Wu, his face twitched, and he was silent for a long time, and finally said: "Ask..."
"Is there a Taoist temple near your residence?
Is there a young Taoist priest in that Taoist temple, who often comes out of the temple to discuss astronomy and geography, the wonders of the universe, and all kinds of strangeness with you..." Su Wu was interrupted by Zhong Sui shaking his head before he finished speaking.
"There is indeed a Taoist temple near where I used to live.
But that Taoist temple looks like a Taoist temple, but it is actually a brothel.
The prostitutes inside are all dressed as nuns, specifically to attract passing merchants and officials from afar to stay overnight, and have sex with them at night, and collect a lot of money for sleeping. There are indeed no young Taoists inside... There are servants who are responsible for sweeping and working inside, and they are all fat women." Zhong Sui sneered and looked at Su Wu, thinking that Su Wu was a charlatan, "It was this Taoist temple that half a month ago, When I was out, I was also wiped out by the 'Paper Goddess Society'.
The 'White Paper Goddess', who has the highest status in the 'Paper Goddess Society', often appears in various forms.
Recently, it is rumored that she often appears in the form of a 'young Taoist'.
But I have never seen her, let alone discussed with her the mysteries of the universe, the strangeness of the world, astronomy and geography. "
"Paper Goddess Society..."
Su Wu frowned when he heard Zhong Sui suddenly mention the Paper Goddess Society.
More than a month ago, when he escaped from the Taihang Mountains and reorganized the Beiyin Temple system, he also met the 'White Paper Goddess' in the Paper Goddess Society. He vaguely felt that this White Paper Goddess was connected to everything, and even had a certain cause and effect relationship with the 'young Taoist' - however, there were too few clues here, and he could not really analyze the clue chain completely based on these slight feelings.
"You don't know the Paper Goddess Society?
The Paper Goddess Society was separated from the 'Red Sorrow Society'.
The leader, 'White Paper Goddess', created a unique method that can mix human wishes with 'heavenly wishes' and condense 'happy lacquer'. This condensed happy lacquer is said to be more ferocious than the happy lacquer refined by the Red Sorrow Society with the firewood of the Kitchen God. It has a strong suppressive power on the various sad gods of the Red Sorrow Society, and can often disintegrate the sad gods, and in turn refine the sad gods for their own use and bring them under the command of the Paper Goddess Society..." Zhong Sui was talking to the tall young man opposite him. The more he talked with him, the more refreshing he felt.
He was eccentric and taciturn, and he rarely spoke to people he knew.
Now he ran into this person, who seemed to understand him, but he didn't seem to understand the current self. This was very interesting, and made Zhong Sui interested in talking to him. Once he started talking, he couldn't keep his gates, and talked about all kinds of things without restraint.
The tall young man opposite him was a good listener.
The other party occasionally asked questions, and he always hit the point, which made Zhong Sui feel satisfied.
"Use human wishes to mix with heaven's wishes and condense 'joyful paint'...
This wish is probably the 'grudge' of the other party.
People's grudges all have their reasons, but what is the root of heaven's grudge?
This White Paper Lady can sense the grudge of heaven and find a way to mix it with human wishes. She is also a person of extraordinary talent." Su Wu heard what Zhong Sui said and said with emotion, "I have also met this White Paper Lady, but I didn't have the chance to meet her.
At that time, I only felt that she had gathered a lot of grudges, like the sea and the abyss, which gave me great help. I didn't expect that she had reached such a level."
"Have you really seen White Paper Lady?" Zhong Sui looked at the tall young man opposite with surprise. The other party looked honest. When he heard what the other party said, he intuitively felt that the other party was not lying. But the other party's previous performance made him feel that the other party was more like a charlatan with extremely good speaking skills, so he couldn't help but be a little suspicious of what he said at the moment.
But whether it is true or not, this person is quite interesting.
He brags and looks like that.
Zhong Sui soon stopped pursuing the truth and asked Su Wu: "Since you have seen Baizhi Niangniang, have you ever seen Dao'e Zhenren 'Shao Zhenren'?
And his Taoist partner 'Ma Xian Gu'?
You also mentioned the name of Shao Daoren before, and said that I should have met these two people.
If I have met these two people, it would have fulfilled a wish."
There is a chapter marked with the date of the twelfth month of the fifty-fifth year of Kangxi. I looked it up again and found that I wrote the wrong date and had corrected it.
The cover is not suitable because it has the three words "simulator", so I changed it to the current one (I can't find the old cover)
It's still early for this book to be finished, so you can stop speculating about the end for a while.
The Qing Dynasty volume may end soon (within half a month), and if there is any magical development, it may take one or two months.
However, the writing has indeed progressed to the middle and late stages of the plot. The Qing Dynasty copy is a copy that gradually transitions from the middle level to the high level, and the Tang Dynasty copy should be a copy where the high-level existence blooms in full (tentatively set to this, we will see how it is written at that time).
I wish you all a happy reading!