1118 The End (2/2)
Yu Lian said, ”How long will it take? Some days ago, I heard that peony fish appeared in the mud pond, and I am afraid that it will be eaten by the old black donkey if you didn't go and do something about it. Brother, hand it over to me.”
She was the Devil's Doctrine Grand Master, the archenemy of Taoism. During the 23 years of studying in the Academy, she had intensively read many Taoism books. Her Eldest Brother knew about her talents, and had no objection.
”I will talk, and you will take note,” Yu Lian said.
That old Taoist man dared not to oppose, hurriedly picked up a pen and listened carefully.
”Tao can Tao, very Tao…”
A moment passed.
”Finished?”
”Finished.”
”Only five thousand words!”
”Isn't that enough?”
”The mystery of mysteries… Mr. Three, this is too mysterious… I am too dumb, I really cannot understand it.”
”Read slowly if you don't understand.”
The oxcart continued west.
Hearing that there was peony fish in front available for eating, the old ox finally got some spirit.
The Eldest Brother looked at Yu Lian and smiled quietly. Yu Lian looked calm. The Eldest Brother started to laugh. Yu Lian also laughed.
”Actually, there is something I have always wondered about,” the Eldest Brother said.
Yu Lian was impassive but somewhat uneasy.
The Eldest Brother was a little astounded, and asked, ”Why is Youngest Brother always wanting me to find a person named Ah Man as a disciple? He also said that he would be able to learn the Distanceless State?”
Yu Lian was slightly distressed and decided that when cutting the peony fish, she would absolutely not the one doing it.
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There were two people who were the best in the world at cutting the peony fish, which was the Eldest Brother and Sangsang. The Headmaster of Academy did not count. And the key was the dipping sauce. Therefore Gaga was extremely not satisfied, it chewed the raw fish like firewood, while looking at the Goddess Horse which was fighting fiercely with the big black one, and thought to itself that when the old ox came later, it would frame the naive ox that the peony fish inside the pond were all eaten by the ox.
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The new world and the old world were not really that different.
Those who were fond of eating the peony fish were still fond of it; those who were fond of being emotional were still fond of it.
Fifth Brother and Eighth Brother were still used to be playing chess at the back of the mountains, Ximen and Beigong were still fond of playing Chinese piano and flute by the side of the lake, because they felt that nobody in the world was qualified to listen to their melody, the rightful companion was still each other. Wang Chi went to Yuelun Kingdom, and it was rumored that he met Flower Fanatic. As for what had happened to them, nobody knew.
Chen Pipi and Tang Xiaotang stayed in the Divine Halls of West-Hill.
Jun Mo and Seventh Sister went to a very far place, the increasingly fertile wasteland still spreading his legend, no one knew where his iron sword was speaking of his teachings.
The Academy was still that Academy, and Chang'an was still that Chang'an. The House of Red Sleeves was currently managed by Xiaocao, the Tang Emperor had officially ascended to the throne, Li Yu was living in the Qing Palace, and was rarely seen. Shangguan Yangyu was the ugliest prime minister in history. After the Zeng Jing and his wife drank that cup of tea, they had longevity. The sound of the bell from Wanyan Tower was still as far away.
The sound of laughter from Chao's residence in the Spring Breeze Pavilion never stopped, Elder Chao had accepted Zhang Sanli as his son. Chang'an's famous Three Sticks of Old and Young had officially become a family, the brothers from the gang were sitting in the banquet hall listening to the play, while the women were in the flower hall enjoying the melon seeds. Chao Xiaoshu was looking quietly at the night sky in the garden.
In these two months, more than ten cultivators were gone, rumor has it that there was a special saying currently, called Soar? Chao Xiaoshu looked dim as he thought that it would be difficult for him in his life to see the scenery of the Opposite World.
Yes, the world had a moon now, according to the phases of the moon.
In the streets outside of the Chao's residence, there was a carriage slowly approaching towards the forty-seventh lane.
”It was hard to get Pipi to refine the Heavenly Power Pill. Why do you want to sneak them into his cup? Aren't you worried about him chucking the tea out of his cup?”
”He might chuck the tea that someone else's has poured, but you as the sister-in-law who pours the tea for him, how could he not drink it? How many people in this world are qualified to let Haotian pour the tea for him? Although that guy always likes to pretend to be cool, but don't forget his famous saying: If Heaven allows me, then I can live… Did you hear that? It is being polite to you!”
”Fair enough… but why should I serve him tea today?”
”Because I owe him a bowl of fried egg noodles.”
”That makes sense.”
”When have I, your man, ever made sense?”
”You are not Second Brother.”
”Hey, can you not mention that cold-blooded, heartless man with a broken arm?”
The conversation in the carriage continued until it stopped in front of the Old Brush Pen Shop.
Ning Que and Sangsang walked down. Sangsang was as plump as ever, holding a… green dog. Standing in front of the Old Brush Pen Shop, Sangsang looked at the night sky, and asked softly, ”Is this the world that you came from?”
Ning Que replied, ”It should be.”
Sangsang looked at him and asked, ”Why are you so certain?”
Ning Que pointed to the bright moon in the night sky and said, ”Because there is a moon.”
This sentence was actually very unreasonable, but weren't that the disciples of the Academy as such?
Sangsang asked, ”The Qi of Heaven and Earth of this world is dissipating to the outer world, and it will be completely drained one day in the future, have you ever thought about what to do after that day comes?”
Ning Que said, ”I think that people may have already left this place by then.”
Sangsang was silent for a moment, and said, ”Are you willing? This is our home.”
Ning Que took her in his arms, looked at the night sky and said, ”The journey of mankind, should have always been a sea of stars.”
”But, isn't it a pity that so many people have lived here without leaving a trace?”
”The air current will always be blown away by the wind and rain. No matter how strong a building is, and even the inscription of the writing on the stones, will be weathered by time. But I think that there will always be something spiritual left behind.”
Ning Que said, ”Or maybe after countless years, there will be a new civilization reappearing here. In that civilization, the teachers, the Abbey Dean and the Eldest Brother will become legends and myths.”
Sangsang earnestly asked, ”What will be left behind?”
Ning Que smiled slightly, and said, ”For instance… what Confucius said?”
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The Old Brush Pen Shop door was opened, and there was a customer inside. The woman was wearing the blood-colored Gown of Judgement, who would it be none other than Ye Hongyu?
Ye Hongyu said directly to Sangsang, ”I have something to say to him, do not get jealous.”
Sangsang said, ”I eat dumplings only with soy sauce.”
Ye Hongyu said with a poker face, ”I heard that the owner of the sour and spicy noodle soup shop on the streets was rewarded with a gold brick by you?”
Sangsang, who was holding the green dog, headed toward the backyard.
”Is this the woman that you wanted to marry badly that you were even willing to set an apocalypse to the whole world?” Ye Hongyu looked at Ning Que and mockingly said, ”Send a pair of children to the Grand Secretary Mansion. Holding a green dog and strolling around everyday, such a lady. Did the Headmaster of Academy know about this previously?”
Ning Que spread out his hand helplessly, for it could not be explained.
Ye Hongyu said, ”Business calls, I have to go.”
Ning Que was silent, although knowing that this was an inevitable matter, his mood was still somewhat complicated.
Ye Hongyu took out a letter from her arms, handed it to him and said, ”I will go with her, this is her letter to you.”
Obviously it was from Mo Shanshan. Ning Que took the letter, took a glance at the backyard, and tucked it under his sleeve.
”You are such a loser,” Ye Hongyu sneered.
Ning Que was in great anger, and said, ”If you act like this again, I will be angry with you!”
Ye Hongyu reached out and grabbed his face, and said, ”I will help you with that.”
Ning Que used the Natural Stream Magical Finger and was going to stab her chest.
Ye Hongyu suddenly came forward to embrace him.
His hand fell on her chest. Her lips rested on his. Very soft, very elastic, very wet, eagerly wanting to kiss again. At the time when Ning Que felt that way, Ye Hongyu had already backed off to her original position.
She looked at his poker face and said, ”This is for Shanshan.”
Ning Que looked at her lips, laughed grimly and said, ”Unless she kissed you first.”
Ye Hongyu was a little angry, and said, ”That was full of heart and soul, don't you understand?”
Ning Que suddenly became quiet and said, ”Take care.”
Ye Hongyu was also silent.
After a long time, she said, ”There used to be a saying from the cultivation realm, that the joys and sorrows of the two worlds cannot be interlinked. If you could do this, you will be a saint… Ning Que, you are a sage.”
Ning Que quietly looked at her, and said, ”You are a saintess.”
Ye Hongyu smiled and said, ”You are still as shameless as before.”
Ning Que greeted her with a bow with his hands cupped in front of him. ”You said before, the universe is so huge, it is hard to meet again.”
Yu Hongyu said, ”But, I hope we can meet in another world.”
Ning Que said, ”When the children are older, and after the problems of the eldest child and the third child are solved, we will come.”
Ye Hongyu sighed, ”You loving couple will not bring children, why take this as an excuse?”
Ning Que was very embarrassed, and said, ”Help me give two kisses to Shanshan, or, should I kiss you again?”
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The people who should not leave were gone, but the people who should leave were still there.
Ning Que sat beside the bed, looking at the thick pile of letters in the box, thinking silently to himself.
Sangsang looked at him indifferently and said, ”Who is the one who should not leave? Who is the one who should leave? Me?”
Ning Que was just able to react to the situation, she knew everything that he was thinking. He suddenly felt that this kind of life was really meaningless, mainly because there was no privacy, and it was too easy to misunderstand.
Sure enough, as predicted.
”Today in the Chao's residence, what were you thinking when you looked at the little girl at the stage, do you think I didn't know? Tsk, that waist was thin, tender, and soft… if you like it you should go and touch it then!”
”Now that the House of Red Sleeves is in charged by Xiaocao, the previous prohibition has been lifted, if you like, you can casually touch, I will let Xiaocao pick you the hottest.
Sangsang who was holding the green-skinned dog kept blabbering.
”Enough!”
Ning Que was unable to take it anymore and stood up, ”I just silently praised the waist, and how did that provoke you?”
Sangsang was about to cry with slightly wet eyes, and said, ”You are just unsatisfied with my thick waist.”
Ning Que was very depressed, he did not know how to explain. With a broken heart, he simply broke a jar, and yelled, ”Does this have any relation to the waist? I am just not satisfied that you are not willing to cook! Not willing to clean the table! Not willing to pour me water for my foot! Refusing to save money! Spending money every day! Holding a dog and stroll everywhere everyday! A look of indifferent at any instance! You need to understand that you are my wife now! And not Grand Master Haotian!
Sangsang cried and said, ”Ning Que, you liar.”
Ning Que was a little panicky, and said, ”What did I lie about?”
She said sadly, ”Previously I said that I would no longer serve you again, and you said you would always serve me in the future.”
Yes, this was the first sentence she thought of during the intersection of the old world and the new world in front of the Chang'an City. It seemed that the sentence was really important to her.
Miraculously, after that day, Sangsang really forgot all about the practices of the chores. Ning Que observed secretly for a very long time and found out that it was true, that she was not lying to him. Sangsang had become a lady who would only know to stroll around while holding a dog.
So before this, he really did not know how to explain to Ye Hongyu.
He sighed. ”Shouldn't you learn to do something at least?”
Sangsang didn't listen to anything he said, and sadly said, ”You are just unsatisfied with my thick waist.”
Ning Que was silent for a very long time, softly said, ”Alright… I admit that I am a little bit, the baby has been born for quite a long time, I thought you would lose some weight, but…”
Sangsang turned to exit the Old Brush Pen Shop.
Ning Que stood up, anxiously asked, ”Where are you going?”
Sangsang answered without turning her head, ”I am going to the Secretary Mansion.”
Ning Que was very angry, he fetched the clothes pole from the patio and was about to cause an uproar.
”If you dare to run away from home again, I will beat you to death!”
Sangsang did not pay attention to him and went out directly. A moment later, the sound of the door closing came from the front of the shop. Ning Que was stunned in place and was so worried. He instantly changed his clothes, and was going to stop her. Just because he was too nervous and uneasy, it took forever for him to wear his shoes properly.
When he was putting on his shoes, he looked up, and Sangsang was at the door.
As she wiped her tears, she said, ”Ning Que, are you hungry? I am going to cook some noodles for you.”
She did not leave at all, she never left. Ning Que went forward to her, holding her hand and walked to the kitchen. He began to teach her how to cook, how to cut the green onions, and how to fry an egg… just like many years ago.This was not that hard, right? This was very happy, wasn't it?
The moon shone on the new world and shone on the Old Brush Pen Shop. On the wall of the courtyard, there was an old cat lying lazily.
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