Chapter 11 Chapter 10 The Old Lover

The narration in the last chapter mentioned that I suddenly stepped into a world of rich imagination, like the "sudden enlightenment" of an eminent monk in Zen Buddhism, so I titled that experience "enlightenment". One is also about the process of enlightenment, which is recorded in the book.Said: "The emperor of the South Sea is Shu, the emperor of the North Sea is Hu, and the emperor of the center is Hundun. Shu and Hu often visit Hundun, and Hundun treats them very well. Shu and Hu want to repay Hundun." The virtue of hospitality, the two discussed: Humans have seven orifices for seeing, hearing, eating, and breathing, but Hun Huan doesn’t have them, why don’t we dig them out for him!”

(This central emperor has such a strange appearance, without seven orifices, it is even hard to imagine what he looks like and how to live. There are many examples of this kind of imaginativeness in classical Chinese literature.) "Thus, Shu and Hu started to open the orifices for Hun Dun, one every day, and after seven days, seven orifices were dug out in the head of Hun Dun, and he died because of this." It is known that the orifice cannot be opened indiscriminately. Some people insist on not opening the orifice, so there is no need to work hard to open it, just let him go, otherwise, it will kill him instead!

Gossip has been said, besides, I was in the cold and windy, and suddenly I was in the thick fog, and I answered with a mysterious voice. After accepting the entrustment of "them", I was going to find Wang Tianbing (my master), and then I walked out of the thick fog. , "walked" out, at the very beginning, my thoughts were disordered, and to the extreme, I didn't even feel the cold wind like a blade blowing up. After a while, I figured out a few clues: First, someone really had a conversation with me, and what happened just now was definitely not an illusion.Second, Zhu Yinghao is fine, I guessed right, they caught the wrong person.Third, if I find Ding Wang Tianbing, I can contact them again, and the method is: think!

It's not easy to understand what the word "think" means, but it's easy to understand if you think about it. think!Just want me to concentrate on thinking about them. Concentrate on thinking about one of my kind (earth people), the person being thought of will not know that I am thinking about him, because the brain energy between people cannot communicate directly. To make the person I think of know that I am thinking about him, thinking alone is not enough. I must tell the other party through other behaviors, express it in words or language, or use a look, a look that is so subtle that only the other party can understand, and so on.

Naturally, if the other party wants to respond, he must adopt the same method. At this time, my thoughts were confused, and my thoughts were very chaotic. Naturally, I thought of Zhu Xiangxiang, and the incomparable comfort when I met her eyes, but I also thought of Kuang Yinghao. He turned out to be Zhu Xiangxiang who married her Husband, hum, it's a mess, it's a mess! I shook my head vigorously, took in a few mouthfuls of cold air that hurt my lungs, and pulled my thoughts back. When I think of a person on earth, the person being thought will not know, but when I think of them, they will know.

It can be seen that they have the ability to receive human brain energy, and the "ghost bamboo" will also appear as a human figure, which also proves this point. Thinking of this, I can't help but feel a chill—not from the cold, but from fear!If they had this kind of power, wouldn't they be able to know what anyone was thinking on earth?That is to say, they have insight into what all people on earth are thinking, and they know the secrets of all people on earth! What a terrible situation, they are simply gods! But suddenly, I laughed dumbfounded again: there is nothing to be afraid of, they can't even find my master, and if they entrust me to look for it, their ability is very limited!

How do you go about finding my master?It seems that there must be a deep entanglement between my master, Xiang Ma, and General Kuang. Zhu Xiangxiang doesn't know much about it. Maybe I can get a lot of information from my master's old lover. I call Zhu Xiangxiang's mother "my master's old lover" in my heart, and I don't mean to be disrespectful. Of course, I can only call it secretly in my heart, and I can't say it in person. Energy benefits.Otherwise, who hasn't called a person a different name in his heart than he said in his mouth?Wouldn't it be embarrassing to let the other party know all about it?

(A few years later, I met a person who "knows exactly what the other person is thinking". This person is inexplicably painful and would rather become an idiot.) When he was thinking wildly, the sound of a car came loudly, and several cars were speeding up. Before the front one stopped, he saw Kuang Yinghao yelling (his words and deeds were quite exaggerated): "Hey, why are you here?" ! Didn't tell them to take you away?" I laughed: "No big temple, no small temple, no one wants me!" Kuang Yinghao laughed: "My experience is the best in the world. What the hell is it... divine?"

After "Where", he hesitated for a while. It seemed that he originally wanted to say "Where is the evildoer", but after thinking about it, he stopped. I spread my hands and said I don't know. Although it was a tossing all night, everyone was elated when Kuang Yinghao returned safely. My cousin invited a group of people, including General Kuang, to my mansion. Kuang Yinghao kept talking about his experience—just like mine, he said repeatedly: "It's unreasonable, that voice keeps asking me where Wang Tianbing is, and I have never even heard of this person's name!"

He said it at least three times. He was very careless, and he didn't notice that when he said this, Xiangma and General Kuang would show strange expressions—otherwise, he wouldn't have said it again and again. . At this time, I had an idea, how to start looking for Wang Tianbing, that was entrusted to me by some power, and I will do everything I can to live up to the entrustment.And deep down, my real desire was to get in touch with them again. After a rich lunch, General Kuang and his staff took their leave and left. My cousin, my uncle, and several elders in the family sent us out the door. The senior officer patted me on the shoulder: "Little friend, we are lucky to meet each other. This parting, I don’t know when we will see each other again!”

It's a shame to understate it. I am very moved that an adult can show such affection to a teenager. Kuang Yinghao listened from the side, and said loudly: "I also want to enter the Virginia Military Academy. When I graduate, you, an old senior, will come to the graduation ceremony with Wesley, so we can meet!" Everyone laughed. Until a long time later, I never met anyone who was more optimistic than Kuang Yinghao. At this moment, I took an opportunity and whispered to Xiang's mother, "I'll show you the courtyard where Master lived in later." I didn't ask her if she wanted to see it, but directly said that I would take her to see it, which was tantamount to making a decision for her. She thought about it for a while, and then agreed.Zhu Xiangxiang saw this situation well, and later she said to me: "You and my mother can understand it very well!" The distinguished guest left, Kuang Yinghao and Zhu Xiangxiang stood together, showing no intention of leaving, and Xiang's mother was already gesturing to me, which made me very embarrassed.I want to take her to see the courtyard where Master lived. The purpose is to get some information about her old lover from her mouth. If you follow her around, she may not say anything! But for a while, I couldn't think of any way to distract them.Of course I can say "you are a couple who are married by the belly, and you always have something to say, so please go ahead". But I don't want to say that, I don't want them to really hide aside and talk about themselves. Therefore, Zhu Xiangxiang and Kuang Yinghao followed Xiangma and me to the yard.Along the way, Kuang Yinghao wanted to shake Zhu Xiangxiang's hand several times, but Zhu Xiangxiang avoided it, which made me very happy. As soon as she entered the yard, she saw that there were all kinds of bamboos planted all over the yard, and Xiang Ma's complexion suddenly changed. My master likes to plant bamboo, and it really goes too far.Every place that can be planted is covered with bamboo. Bamboo is a very easy-to-grow plant. If you plant it intentionally, it will grow more luxuriantly naturally. So when you enter the yard, you can only hear the "swipe" of the bamboo leaves blown by the wind. "Sound, the ground is also full of bamboo leaves.If it is in midsummer, of course it is lush with greenery. But my master doesn't love bamboo. He didn't grow bamboo for the sentiment of "sitting alone in the secluded grove".More than once, I saw him hold the old and thick bamboo in his hand, and when he tried hard, the strength of his seemingly bony hand was really shocking, and the bamboo thicker than his arm made an astonishing shattering sound , cracked open. There are quite a few bamboos crushed by him in the yard, and they can be seen everywhere. Bamboos have strong vitality. Although they are crushed, they are still growing, but they are no longer so straight. I only thought that he did this to practice his hands. Later, I felt that he might have a quirk and liked to listen to the sound of bamboo breaking (there was a woman named Bao Si in the Zhou Dynasty who liked to hear the sound of tearing silk). Thinking that there would be other reasons, I didn't realize it until Xiangma said it. However, as soon as she entered the yard, Xiang Ma's expression changed drastically, her breath became short of breath, and her body seemed to be unable to stand still. She caught her heart with one hand and stretched out with the other to hold a bamboo, which was quite thick and had been broken. When it was cracked, she supported the bamboo, showing a very sad expression. I know that Zhu Xiangxiang's martial arts was taught by her mother, so Xiang's mother's martial arts must be very strong.To make a person with high martial arts so bewildered, the blow she received must be very serious. I had long expected that there was an unusual relationship between her and my master. I guessed that she remembered the past and couldn't control herself. (Actually, Xiangma was only in her early thirties at the time, but in the eyes of teenagers, she was an adult, and she must have had many vicissitudes and memories worth remembering.) Zhu Xiangxiang pursed her lips and went to grab her mother's hand. Kuang Yinghao didn't know what happened. I saw Xiang Ma's eyes stopped at the cracked part of the bamboo, her sad expression became even more profound, and she murmured: "I hate so deeply, I hate so deeply..." Zhu Xiangxiang called out: "Mom..." Her call was full of doubts, obviously she didn't know what her mother meant by that. Xiang Ma closed her eyes for a while, then opened her eyes, she looked at me in a daze, and said, "You said that I am Wang Tianbing's dream lover, that's not bad at all." I never imagined that Xiangma would say such a sentence as soon as she opened her mouth. Although I was very surprised, I also felt that the distance between me and her was shortened a lot at once, and there was no barrier anymore—— When people can tell others what is on their minds without reservation, this is an inevitable phenomenon. Zhu Xiangxiang lowered her head, bit her lower lip and remained silent. Kuang Yinghao was greatly astonished, because he wasn't there when I made this astonishing speculation in the train compartment, so I didn't understand the ins and outs.After being surprised, he stretched out his hand to push Zhu Xiangxiang, wanting to get a further explanation from Zhu Xiangxiang, but Zhu Xiangxiang stared back with a big white eye. He looked at me again, and I gestured him to calm down and I'll tell him when I get a chance. Kuang Yinghao scratched his head vigorously. At this moment, I boldly asked tentatively, "My master is your... old lover?" As soon as these words came out, Zhu Xiangxiang glared at me angrily.But Xiang Ma was not angry, she just raised her head, her eyes were lost, she didn't know where to look, and she remained silent for a long time. Her demeanor seemed to be acquiescing. Zhu Xiangxiang's pretty face flushed with anxiety, and she called out, "Mom!" Only then did Xiang Ma stretch out her hand, stroked her head, and replied: "I can't say yes, it's just that he has been in love with me." Zhu Xiangxiang sighed, she felt relieved, not to mention it was in those days, even now, if a girl suddenly heard that her mother had a lover, she would be very nervous. But Zhu Xiangxiang's reaction to "mother's old lover" was far beyond normal. She glared at me again, not only angry, but also full of blame. Later, when I was alone with her, I couldn't help expressing dissatisfaction with her attitude: "Your father has passed away for a long time, you don't necessarily want Lingtang to have a chastity archway!" A pretty girl like Zhu Xiangxiang actually had a gritted teeth expression. Her answer to me was: "He killed my father." What Zhu Xiangxiang meant was that she would not interfere with her mother's love life, but it must not be Wang Tianbing, because Wang Tianbing "killed" her father, and she was even more decisive: "I must take revenge!" When she said this, I was thinking in my heart, don't become her enemy, otherwise, it will be terrible. Zhu Xiangxiang's father, in fact, cannot be said to have been killed by Wang Tianbing. When Zhu Xiangxiang said this, I already knew the general history of the matter, so I can draw such a conclusion.My master Wang Tianbing can only say that it has something to do with Zhu Xiangxiang's father's death, or it has a lot to do with it. The antecedents and consequences in the meantime are very complicated and tortuous, and there are also many mistakes and accidents, and things that were absolutely unexpected in advance are caught in it. I said what I thought, and said what I thought.Zhu Xiangxiang's answer was: "To you, Zhu Zhiqiang is just a name, which represents a stranger, but to me, this name represents the father who is connected with me by flesh and blood. You can be objective and rational. Analysis, I can't, I just think that he killed my father, and I want revenge." Since Zhu Xiangxiang said that, what else can I say?Moreover, her words are also very reasonable. If things happen to me, maybe I will be more extreme than her. But at that time, in the cold wind, the bamboo branches were swaying, Xiangma walked forward slowly, the three of us followed behind, every time we passed the cracked bamboo, Xiangma would reach out and touch it. After walking about ten steps, she asked me, "Your master...does he often crush the bamboo with his hands?" I said, "Yes, is he practicing?" Xiang Ma's voice was bitter: "No, he planted bamboo just to crush it..." When she said this, she turned around and looked at me with very sad eyes.She asked me, "Do you know why?" Suddenly my heart moved, and I blurted out: "Because he hates bamboo, and what he hates is bamboo—a person named Zhu, and he wants to crush that person named Zhu..." ("Bamboo" and "Zhu" sound very close in northern dialect.) I wanted to say "throat" or bones, but Zhu Xiangxiang's cold eyes shot at me, making me unable to speak. Xiang Ma let out a long sigh: "It's really unexpected that even people are dead, and the hatred is still so hard to dispel." Mama Xiang's exclamation left a deep impression on me, and I can't help but feel a chill when thinking about it many years later. Zhu Xiangxiang immediately said: "Mom, is this Wang Tianbing related to Dad's death?" Zhu Xiangxiang is very sensitive, and I believe she knows something about the previous generation, otherwise, she would not ask me to bring her to see my master——when she saw my master, she yelled and left, what was that for? Still a mystery. Xiang Ma raised her head, her expression became very serious: "Xiang Xiang, he is my brother and your uncle, you can't call him by his first name." As soon as Xiang Ma said this, Zhu Xiangxiang pursed her lips with an expression of disbelief, and I was inexplicably surprised. If Xiangma and my master are brothers and sisters, then Xiangma is my sister-in-law, and Xiangxiang can be regarded as my sister-in-law! Don't think that this kind of relationship is nothing, in the world of martial arts, it is a very close relationship with one another. I looked at Zhu Xiangxiang, she showed a hesitant but determined expression, she said: "Mom, it's not fair, I don't know anything!" Xiang Ma said in a deep voice, "I'm going to tell you." She said, took a few steps forward, before coming to the house, opened the door and walked in.