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Chapter 29 imperial envoy

kafka short stories 卡夫卡 541Words 2018-03-20
You, a poor servant alone, your small shadow is thrown far away in front of the emperor's sun.The so-called emperor was ill and blind, and sent you a decree from his sickbed.He asked the imperial envoy to kneel in front of the couch and whispered the imperial decree into his ear.This is an imperial decree that is very important to the emperor, so he asked the imperial envoy to repeat it to his ears, and then nodded, indicating that it was word for word.All the house walls blocking the way have been demolished. On the huge and endless steps, the ministers of the empire stood respectfully around. In front of these people who visited the holy dragon body, the emperor sent imperial envoys to go on the road.The imperial envoy set off immediately.He is physically strong and never tires. His arms alternately push through the crowd and open a path.In case of resistance, he will show the sun symbol on his chest, so he will be unimpeded, and his power is incomparable.However, the crowd is like a sea, boundless, and the houses are also endless.If he encounters a clearing, he is eager to fly, and the next moment you may hear his fists slamming on your door.Not so.Although he kept rushing left and right, he couldn't escape the encirclement of the inner palace.He will never break through their encirclement, even if he does, it will be in vain.He must rush down the steps, and if he succeeds, he will gain nothing.You have to go through those courtyards. After the courtyard, there are two palaces surrounded, and then there are steps, courtyards and palaces again, and so on, even for thousands of years.Even if you rush through the last threshold—this is a delusion, you will never be able to reach it—there is still the imperial city in front of you, it is the center of the world, and the sediment is piled up like a mountain.No one can cross this place, let alone one with the will of the dead. ——However, you sit at the window, dreaming of the coming of the edict in the twilight.

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