Chapter 81 Reciting the Sad Mantra
When did the spring flowers and autumn moon come, how much do we know about the past? There was an east wind in the small building last night, and the motherland cannot bear to look back at the bright moon.
The carved railings and jades are still there, but the beauty has changed. I ask you how much sorrow you can have, just like a river of spring water flowing eastward.
——Li Yu.
This poem was written approximately in the third year after Li Yu returned to the Song Dynasty. The poem reveals unabashed longing for his motherland, expresses the author's lament that "it is unbearable to look back" on the past, and evokes the author's feelings about the right and wrong of characters and human beings.
It highlights his sorrow of being imprisoned in a foreign country. It is said that this is one of the reasons that prompted Song Taizong to order Li Yu to be poisoned.
Admittedly, Li Yu's longing for his motherland may not be worthy of sympathy. The past events he misses are inseparable from the imperial life of "carved railings and jade bricks" and the secrets of the palace with personal affairs.
Although Tang Zhong was not born in an emperor's family, under the care of his parents and grandfather, he also lived an imperial life of "spring flowers and autumn moon" like Li Yu. He was not a king who subjugated his country, but like Li Yu, he also lived an "eagle" life.
"Lan Yuche"'s life suddenly collapsed and turned into a past that was "unbearable to look back on." It was replaced by the question "how much do you know about the past?" and a river of sorrow.
Although Wu Xing and Wu Zhizhi intended to help him, they also knew that they could not really save Tang Zhong from the crisis in his life.
In adversity, the compassion and help of others can only work if you try hard to help yourself. If a person doesn't even want to live himself, then others can't help him at all.
The fifth line can only help Tang Zhong get rid of his pursuers, but it cannot help him get out of trouble.
Lu Chengyong, Yu Qian and others chased him in the forest for a while, but suddenly there was no trace of Tang Zhong. Everyone was hesitating when suddenly a figure flashed in front of them, wearing the same clothes as Tang Zhong, and also carrying two bodies.
Corpse.
Lu Chengyong and others did not hesitate and immediately chased after them.
The little monk Baoli was very attentive, and he discovered that the movement technique of the person in front of him was somewhat different from what Tang Zhong had used before. Not only was the number of moves different, but the speed was also faster.
Baoli didn't have time to think about it, so he could only fly after him.
Lu Chengyong chased for a moment and realized something was wrong. Although the speed of the person in front of him was faster, his movement skills did not seem as good as before, so he, Yu Qian, and Bao Li only chased for a moment.
He was already approaching that person.
Seeing that the three of them were surrounded, the man in front suddenly made a move that surprised Lu Chengyong and others. Seeing that it was difficult to escape the pursuit, he suddenly threw the two corpses on his body towards Lu Chengyong and Yu Qian.
You must know that Tang Zhong would rather be injured than put down the bodies of his parents. This was beyond Lu Chengyong and Yu Qian's expectations.
Before the two of them could figure it out, the corpse was coming towards them with great force. They stretched out their hands to catch it, but seeing that the corpse was ridiculously light, they hurriedly took off their clothes and saw that they were two straw men. The two of them were held back by the straw men, and then
The man took the opportunity to escape without a trace. Baoli saw the straw man
, the expression on his face flickered for a few times, but he did not speak, nor did he pursue again. Only then did Lu and Yu understand why this person was not as good as Tang Zhong in personal skills, but he ran faster. The reason was that
The straw man is much lighter than the real person.
Yu Qian knew he had been fooled and said angrily: "Damn it, this person is definitely not Tang Zhong."
Lu Chengyong said: "I don't care, Master Yu. I'm wondering, who could this person be? Could he be Tang Siji's accomplice in robbing the official bank?"
Bao Li listened to the conversation between the two and never spoke, but a faint, somewhat weird smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
The three of them paused for a moment, then had no choice but to rush back, hoping to find Tang Zhong's traces again. However, Tang Zhong's extraordinary lightness skills had already left them far behind.
Tang Zhong kept running, fearing that the enemy would chase him. As he kept running, he suddenly ran to a cliff with no road ahead. Tang Zhong looked up at the cliff and saw that the cliff was towering into the clouds, but he didn't know how high it was.
The cliff surface is very smooth and difficult to climb. Although Tang Zhong threw away his pursuers far away, he was still able to
Hearing the sound of chasing in the distance, Tang Zhong knew that Lu Chengyong and others would catch up here sooner or later, so he gritted his teeth, took a strong breath of energy, picked up the corpses of his parents and flew towards the top of the cliff. His Qinggong was weird, holding his arms
The two corpses were actually able to walk upwards on the cliff vertical to the ground as if they were walking on flat ground.
Everyone searched for a moment in the woods, but still there was no trace of Tang Zhong. At this time, Monk Baoli suddenly saw a small black spot slowly moving upward on an unattainable cliff in the distance. Baoli was shocked at first.
Then he woke up and said, "Where is he?"
Everyone went away after hearing the news, but they were also stunned and could not utter a word.
Everyone quickly came to the cliff. Because the cliff was too high, Tang Zhong had not yet climbed to the top of the cliff. When everyone looked up again, they were so impressed that they were so impressed. They saw that Tang Zhong's method of climbing the cliff was not any light work all the way.
Shenfa, just do it
As if walking, he treated the cliff as flat ground and stepped up step by step. This seemed to be much more advanced than Qinggong such as Tiyunzong. Even an old man like Lu Chengyong saw this for the first time.
To this weird lightness skill.
The crowd could not get up the cliff, and they could not find the way up the cliff. They waited under the cliff for a long time, but did not see Tang Zhong coming down, so they had to disperse one by one.
Tang Zhong summoned his strength and climbed to the top of the cliff in one breath, but he was exhausted. When he was about to reach the top of the cliff, he almost couldn't catch his breath and fell down. Fortunately, he climbed a tree on the cliff.
, stayed on it to rest for a while, and then finally climbed up the cliff.
Tang Zhong expected that the crowd would not be able to catch up to the cliff, so he felt relieved and rested on the cliff for a while before starting to look for a burial place for his parents.
He thought that the top of the cliff was inaccessible and his parents would be buried here without being disturbed by outsiders, but it couldn't be better.
He chose a flat place to bury his parents safely, and moved two huge stones to erect two monuments for his parents. But after moving the huge stones, he didn't know what to do. Before, he only stayed in Tangmen
When the clan was offering sacrifices, he saw an old man carving words on a stone tablet. As for what should be written on it, he didn't know. What's more, he was still a freak who could read but couldn't write. Even if he knew what to write on the tablet,
, he didn’t know how to write either.
He knelt in front of his parents' graves, and besides crying like a child, he didn't know what else to do.
He cried a lot, and he didn't know how long he cried. In short, he was tired from crying.
A lot had happened these days, and he was so tired now that he just knelt there and fell asleep crying.
He said he was asleep, but actually he wasn't.
It should be said to be meditation.
Because his brain did not stop resting, but kept repeating the happy life he had with his parents before. Every move, word and deed of his parents came vividly to his eyes at this time.
He is really meditating, a fool meditating, and a fool meditating.
Meditate on his past and his future.
While he was meditating, the two boulders slowly changed.
The stone surface slowly cracked, and small pieces of gravel continued to fall.
Gradually, the boulders on both sides continued to crack and fall off, and two human figures slowly emerged - a man and a woman, one tall and mighty, and the other delicate and handsome.
Suddenly, Tang Zhong's mind flashed back to his mother's words before she died.
"To live, one must rely on oneself; to live, one must strive for self-improvement." The voice echoed in Tang Zhong's ears for a long time.
"Mom!" Tang Zhong shouted, and he immediately woke up from his meditative state, only to see his parents standing in front of him, still smiling and still amiable.
Tang Zhong was about to step forward to hug him, only to find two stone statues. Only then did Tang Zhong understand that his parents had really left him, and he would really have to rely on himself in the future.
He remembered what he said just now, so he became more determined. He wanted to live well on his own, and he wanted to be a good man who constantly strives for self-improvement. Even if he is a fool, he must be a fool who constantly strives for self-improvement.
He did not dare to go down the cliff from where he had just come up, because he was afraid of meeting those annoying people. So he wiped away his tears, bowed respectfully three times in front of his parents' graves, and then strode towards the opposite direction of the cliff.
.
He didn't know it at this time, but while he was meditating, his inner power naturally emitted, causing the two boulders to completely crack into the shape of the person he missed. This was the predecessor of his magical skill of reciting the sad mantra in the future.
Chapter completed!