Chapter 9 The Ninth Heart of a Child

At this moment, the sky and the earth seemed to change color at the same time, and the black mulberry paper covers of the two books seemed to be covered with bloodstains. Those were the ones who once loved Pei Jue and for Pei Jue The difference is that they no longer seem to love Pei Jue, but Pei Jue has always loved them. In fact, he has suffered enough tortures, enough to make his emotions colder, but I don’t know whether he is smarter or dumber than others. These setbacks have not only failed to kill his courage in life. , and failed to cool down his enthusiasm. Although life is rough and people are cruel, he still loves them.

Now that he was sitting on the horse, he had to support himself very hard so as not to fall off the horse. A wind blew past, blowing the silver-gray robes of the Qianshou Scholar opposite him fluttering, and also fluttering the pages of the two books held by the Qianshou Scholar in his palm. Pei Jue's gaze shifted dully from these two books, which had brought him many disasters, to the silver-clothed man who seemed unattainable in his eyes, but he saw the stern face of the thousand-handed scholar, who seemed to be pandering at the moment. Let out a warm smile. "Warmth" is what Pei Jue longed for so eagerly, so he raised his head and bravely looked at the cold man in silver shirt. The two looked at each other, and Pei Jue felt that there was something in the cold man's eyes. The only thing about human emotions is that he can't understand what the meaning of this emotion is.

How much he wished he could hear and speak, because at this moment he was full of doubts in his heart, and he wished to get the answer immediately, so he stretched out his hand and pointed to the two books, but he couldn't compare one that could represent The gesture of his mind came. He was trying to straighten out his chaotic thoughts, but unexpectedly a gust of extremely strong wind suddenly passed through the trees on the right side of the road, and with a "huh", he actually held the two books in the palm of the thousand-handed scholar, Blowing far to the ground, Pei Jue, who was sitting on the horse, swayed twice, but could no longer control his figure, and fell off the saddle with a "poof".

The moment Pei Jue's body fell to the ground, a figure suddenly appeared from the forest on the left side of the road, and rushed to the horse like lightning, reached out and copied the book that had just fallen on the ground into his hand. Forming a bow, it passed under the horse's belly and swept into the forest on the right. It is a pity that people will never be able to describe the events that happened at the same time at the moment when the lightning flashed by at the same speed. happened in the same instant. The figure in front of Pei Jue was blurred, and the face of the thousand-handed scholar also changed suddenly. With a sneer, his figure suddenly flew up, turned around in the air, and flew into the forest like an arrow.

Although Pei Jue's eyes were quick, he couldn't keep up with the changes at this moment. He struggled to get up from the ground, and looked around, only to see the trees still, the branches and leaves slightly shaking, but the figures were indistinct, and the pavilions hidden by the trees were still there. Standing there quietly, although the change came suddenly and hugely, the earth was not affected in the slightest. He lightly stroked the painful place on his body, feeling at a loss in his heart. For all the changes in the world, he neither knew where they came from, nor where they went. Even though these changes deeply affected him, and even seriously damaged It hurt him, but he seemed to have no other choice but to bear it silently.

A lot of doubts condensed into a heavy stone in his heart. He wished he could tear his chest apart, take out this stone, and throw it far away. He remembered that when he was very young, his father once told him that a smart person should never be nostalgic for the past, look forward to the future, and let go of the present gently. Although he is not nostalgic for the past at this moment, because there is nothing worthy of nostalgia in his life.But the future is also at a loss, but "now", isn't he also empty now?Is there anything in the world that he can change or create? So he sighed heavily and climbed onto the horse in a daze. He was convinced that as long as there was a goal that he could pursue, he would try his best to pursue it.Even after all the hardships and tortures, he will not frown.

"Father's enmity" is still very deep in his heart, but it is very far away, because he knows that his father-killing enemy has died at the hands of Zhongzhou Yijian, but the long-term humiliation and love The feeling of contempt has turned into an extremely heavy burden in his heart. His expectations for himself, Tan Wenqi's charming smile, and Sun Jinping's eye waves made his burden even heavier. However, all these things seem to be beyond his reach at the moment, so what can he do to change them? The lonely boy had nothing but faith in life. Riding his horse out of the forest, he was at a loss for a long time. He didn't know where he was going. After walking along the avenue for a while, he returned to the three-way intersection just now. Looking at the two roads that diverged in front of him, he secretly Gritting his teeth, he wanted to walk straight forward.

But the horse he was sitting on didn't seem to listen to his commands. The horse turned its head and went another way. Pei Jue felt a surge of anger in his heart, and he pulled the rein suddenly, trying to pull the horse back. To the road he wanted to go. Unexpectedly, the healthy horse raised its head and let out a long neigh, but lifted Pei Jue off the horse's back and ran away. Pei Jue turned over and got up, picked up a stone, swung his arm, and threw it at the stone. The horse, but the horse has already gone far away, and the stones can only reach the dust raised behind the horse.

He patted the dust off his body, turned around and walked towards the road he wanted to go. His resistance to fate was his first victory, although his opponent was only a horse. The scorching sun disappeared behind the mountains in the west, and the earth turned from dusk to night. In the twilight, Pei Jue walked alone. Hunger and fatigue made his legs feel as heavy as a thousand pounds. However, he didn't regret why he didn't ride that horse, just as he never regretted it. It's like escaping from the Flying Dragon Escort where you can get plenty of food and clothing. The shadow of the city outline was approaching, and Pei Jue's footsteps were also fast. When he walked to the gate of the city, he looked up and saw the word "Zhenjiang" vaguely written on it, so he took big steps and walked into the city.

The night market was about to close, and although he was walking with his head held high, his eyes were already black with hunger, when suddenly there was a soft "dang" sound in his ear, and the man walking in front of him dropped what seemed to be a heavy wallet, and he hurried forward In two steps, he picked up the wallet in his hand, chased after him and returned it to the careless pedestrian, but the man gave him a fierce look, snatched the wallet away with his hands, moved his mouth twice, turned his head and walked away . Pei Jue was taken aback for a moment, he didn't know why that person did this to him, but in his heart, he still felt a little happy because of this matter, because he had already helped others and enjoyed the joy of helping others, As for other people's attitude towards him, he doesn't care about it.

It never seemed to occur to him that if he had put the purse in his lap, at least he would not have to suffer from hunger any more. After turning a few streets, he curled up in a dark corner. Gradually, he realized that his fatigue was more than hunger, because he fell asleep quickly. When he woke up, it was broad daylight. Although he couldn't hear the noise of the bustling market, he could see the crowds. It turned out that the place where he stayed last night was actually a market. There are row upon row of vendors, some selling vegetables, some selling cloth, and some making a circle on the ground with bamboo branches, selling chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep. Pei Jue rubbed his eyes, looked around at the crowd, and suddenly saw a young man who was about his own age and dressed in rags sitting on a small open space opposite him, carefully pushing a huge From the cloth bag, he took out bricks one by one, carefully placed them on the ground to form a small stove, these bricks had been blackened by smoke and fire, but the young man handled it very carefully, as if he was afraid of breaking it. Pei Jue felt strange, and looked at the young man helplessly, but saw the young man raised his head, looked at him, and smiled, the two eyes met, Pei Jue felt that the young man was dressed in rags, but his eyes were piercing. However, it was shining brightly, making him not look wretched at all. Pei Jue turned over and sat up, looking at him more carefully, but saw that he took out some dry wood and dead branches from the cloth bag again, and started a fire in the small stove made of bricks. After a while, the fire was lit. He took out a huge iron pot and set it on the stove. He also took a small bucket, ran to get a bucket of water, and poured it into the iron pot. At this moment, not only Pei Jue looked at him curiously, some old women and women carrying vegetable baskets, and even some nosy men stopped beside him, wanting to see what kind of tricks this young man was up to. , but he seemed to turn a blind eye, sighed softly, and slowly took out a small blue cloth bag from his arms. Pei Jue couldn't help but also stood up, walked to his side, and saw that the young man opened the small blue cloth bag very carefully and cautiously, and inside was a copper bracelet. People couldn't help whispering, guessing what the young man was doing, Pei Jue was even more surprised, almost forgot about his own hunger, and looked at the copper bracelet for a moment. I saw the young man pinching the copper bracelet with two fingers, put it in front of his eyes and looked at it carefully, then slowly put it in the pot, a vortex formed on the water surface, and the copper bracelet instantly sank to the bottom of the pot. On the pot, he didn't even look at the crowd surrounding him. A fat and strong woman finally couldn't bear the curiosity in her heart, said "Hello" and asked: "Young man, what are you doing?" The young man raised his eyes, made a very contemptuous expression on the corner of his mouth, and said coldly: "Cook the soup." The woman's eyes widened, and she said: "Cooking soup?" She wiped her eyes with that fat palm, stared at the iron pot twice, and continued in surprise: "Use this copper bracelet to cook soup?" The young man's thin lips curled down, as if he didn't bother to answer her words anymore, he nodded slightly and closed his eyes. As a result, the onlookers were even more surprised, and they all wanted to see what kind of soup this copper bracelet could cook. Although Pei Jue couldn't hear what they said, the curiosity in his heart became stronger, and he became more reluctant to leave. After a while, the water in the pot boiled, the boy opened his eyes, added a few dead branches to the stove, then took out a spoon from the cloth bag, wiped it with the skirt of his clothes, and scooped the spoon into the pot. He took a sip of his "soup", then closed his eyes, sighed softly, and said to himself: "It would be nice if there were some scallions and ginger, but—it doesn't matter if you don't." A little girl with two braids came out shyly, holding some onion and ginger in her hand, and put it on the ground next to the boy without saying a word, her face was already flushed with shame, she turned around and walked away. The young man turned his eyes, a smile flashed in his eyes, he picked up the onion and ginger, put it in the pot, the fat woman couldn't help but ran out, and said expectantly: "I think...I don't know...would it taste better to add some green vegetables?" Holding a handful of green vegetables in his hand, he sent them to the young man, as if he was afraid that they would not want them. The boy looked not very happy, as if he was not happy that someone came to disturb him, and said coldly: "It doesn't matter." Slowly took the handful of vegetables, and reluctantly put them into the pot. After the vegetables, the curious people brought tofu, radish, even eggs, and pork liver to the young man one after another. Put it in the big iron pot. In a short while, a strong aroma emerged from the pot. So the curious people's curiosity was satisfied, and they whispered in amazement: "Smell it, it smells delicious, do you know that this is soup made from copper bracelets." One side walked away satisfied. So Pei Jue smiled. At this moment, he seemed to understand something. That is, there are some things in the world, if you ask for them, you will never be able to get them, but if you don’t ask for them, but refuse instead—at least pretend to refuse, then what you can’t ask for may be automatically delivered to you hands. It should be known that Pei Jue is an extremely intelligent person, it's not that he can't understand some things, he just doesn't want to understand them. The boy also laughed, and the two looked at each other with smiles. There was an emotion in each other's hearts that could be conveyed to each other, and this emotion was the first time Pei Jue felt in his life. The boy waved to Pei Jue and said with a smile: "Would you like to try the soup made by my copper bracelet? It's better than the soup made by the old hen." Naturally, Pei Jue couldn't hear what he said, so he shook his head blankly, and pointed to his ears and mouth. He seemed to have a feeling that he could tell all his thoughts in front of this young man, and use Neither shy nor disturbed. The young man showed surprise on his face, as if he was wondering how the handsome young man in front of him was a deaf and dumb cripple. He turned his eyes twice, stood up abruptly, walked up to Pei Jue, and looked at him. Looking at him with a slight smile, he stretched out his hand to hold his arm, walked to the pot of fragrant hot soup, pointed to his own mouth, pointed to Pei Jue's mouth, and then pointed to the pot of hot soup. Tang, smiled again. Although Pei Jue met this young man for the first time, he had a good impression of him. Seeing him at this moment, his expression was neither contempt nor pity, but it seemed that he was eager to make friends with him. Xia couldn't help being greatly moved, couldn't help but smiled and nodded, the young man showed joy, and Fang wanted to drag Pei Jue to the ground to sit down. Unexpectedly, Pei Jue shook his head again, and pointed at the clamoring crowd in the market. The young man was extremely smart, and with a turn of his eyes, he already understood his intentions, smiled loudly, and said: "It turns out that Xiongtai doesn't want to be in front of so many ordinary people, and—" halfway through the conversation, he suddenly thought that the other party was deaf, so his voice stopped suddenly, and he looked back at Pei Jue. The two looked at each other, and Pei Jue felt that there seemed to be a guilty look in the young man's eyes, as if he was afraid that he would speak again just now, which would stimulate him, and he couldn't help but feel blood boiling in his heart. Hold the boy's hand. It must be known that Pei Jue was lonely and miserable all his life, and others treated him with contempt or insult, even if he met a few people who were kind to him, it was nothing more than pity. Seeing this young man's demeanor at this moment, he treats himself completely as a friend. He is a person of sincerity and sincerity, as long as others treat him a little better, even if he repays it with death, he will not hesitate to pay it back. The young man's hand was so touched that tears flowed from his eyes. But he didn't know that the young man was also a person with a strange nature. When he saw Pei Jue, he felt a good impression from the bottom of his heart. At this moment, the two held hands tightly and looked at each other. There is an indescribably comfortable and happy feeling, like an old friend who has been parted for many years, once reunited in a foreign land. The two were focused on each other, the young man smiled suddenly, let go of Pei Jue's hand, patted him on the shoulder, and threw all the spoons and sundries on the ground into the cloth bag, then picked up the bag with his left hand, Holding the iron pot full of boiling soup, he held the side of the pot with the thumb, food, and middle fingers of his right hand, and lifted it up. Looking at Pei Jue with a slight smile, he took big steps and walked out of the market. Go, don't even want those few bricks on the ground. Although the people in the market were constantly on the move, those vendors who sold vegetables, fruits, meat and other things were already curious about this ragged young man. Seeing him filling the pot with three fingers Holding the boiling soup in his hand, he strode forward, unconsciously everyone blurted out in surprise, not knowing who this young man was. Pei Jue was also shocked. Although his martial arts were weak, all the people he came into contact with were martial arts figures in his life, and he was very knowledgeable about martial arts. Seeing this young man's astonishing finger strength, he couldn't help but feel even worse. Surprised, sighing inwardly, I often hear people say that the whole world is a land of crouching tigers, hidden dragons, among the wind and dust, there are many strange people, this young man who seems to be younger than himself has such martial arts, these words The fruit is true. With a thought in his mind, he thought of himself again, couldn't help but hate himself for being useless, and sighed secretly, but saw that the young man had stopped and looked back at him with a smile, his eyes were full of sincerity, and he couldn't help but feel sorry for it Xuanmei smiled and followed in stride. The young man was carrying such a heavy iron pot in his hand, but his feet were still calm and he didn't seem to be struggling at all. Pei Jue walked with all his strength to follow closely behind. Passers-by on the road, when they saw them, all looked sideways with astonished eyes, but the young man didn't pay attention at all, and led Pei Jue through the streets and alleys. Pei Jue didn't know where he was going, but he walked for a long time , but has gone out of the city. After leaving the city, the boy did not stop. The soup in the pot was getting less and less hot, and it was going to be cold soon. The boy sniffed it with his nose, frowned, then smiled at Pei Jue, and walked forward again. After a long while, he walked to a mound, put down the iron pot and cloth bag in his hand, opened his arms, drew a circle around, looked up to the sky and laughed. Pei Jue looked around, and saw the green fields all around, forests and fields, all closed in, but he couldn't see a single person, and he smiled at it unconsciously, and the depression in his chest disappeared a lot. The young man put the cauldron on the stone, got two more stones, sat down with Pei Jue, took two spoons, one large and one small, from the cloth bag, handed the big one to Pei Jue, and used the small one There is soup and vegetables in the pot, a spoonful full of it, and I eat it immediately. Pei Jue was already hungry, so he was no longer polite at this moment, and took a spoonful and put it in his mouth. After tasting it, he felt that the fragrance and sweetness were incomparable, and there is nothing better than this in his life. The young man ate two spoonfuls, put down the spoon suddenly, took out a wine gourd from the cloth bag, uncorked it, took two sips, and handed it to Pei Jue. Pei Jue has never touched his lips with a single drop of wine in his life. Now he took the wine gourd and was startled for a moment, but saw the young man looking at him with a smile. Suddenly, two lines of Tang poems he read when he was young flashed through his mind, Lifting the wine gourd, without any further hesitation, he looked up to the sky and took a long gulp. When the wine entered the mouth, it was not spicy, but as soon as he drank it down his throat and flowed into his stomach, Pei Jue felt a rush of heat, which immediately spread in his stomach. I have drank wine, but when I was at the Flying Dragon Escort, I often heard people talking about the difference between good and bad wine, and what they said was good wine, drinking it was the taste I felt at the moment. His heart moved, he couldn't help laughing secretly, this young man didn't know what method he used to get such good wine, but he didn't know that this wine was not only good wine, but also the highest quality among all good wines. The two of them took a sip and drank a few sips of wine. Those two lines of Tang poems flashed in Pei Jue's mind again. Zhuji, tasted carefully, is even more wonderful, but it is difficult to speak, unable to say these two lines of poems. He murmured those two lines of poetry over and over again in his heart, and finally couldn't bear it anymore, picked up a stone from the ground, and wrote very quickly on the muddy ground of this hill: "Advise you to have a glass of wine, and share your eternal sorrow with me." The young man glanced away, took another sip of wine, looked up to the sky and laughed, snatched the stone from Pei Jue's hand, and wrote: "Cheers are enough to meet your bosom friend, come! Take another sip." He raised his head and took another sip of the wine. After a while, these two young men with different backgrounds and temperaments, but each had their own sentiments, took three catties of the wine gourd. Daughter Hong drank half of it. It was the first time in Pei Jue's life to drink alcohol. Although he had already experienced the beauty of wine, he was still too strong to drink. He was already drunk at the moment, and his mind was full of chaos. , I saw the young man holding a wine gourd in one hand and beating a spoon with the other, looking up, as if he was singing loudly. Although Pei Jue couldn't hear his singing, he could see the expression on his face. His eyes were bright and his face was sad. After singing, he suddenly raised his hand and threw the gourd in his hand. Regardless, he grabbed Pei Jue's wrist and burst into tears. Although Pei Jue was surprised, how could this young boy have so much sorrow in his heart. But when I turned my mind, I thought of myself, so why not be young?Why not a sad person?In an instant, all the past flashed in my heart, and I couldn't help but burst into tears. Although one of the two was speaking and the other was silent, each of them was crying very sadly. The young man suddenly pushed Pei Jue away, picked up another stone, and wrote: "Why do you have so many sad things?" Pei Jue was startled, thinking to himself that this is exactly what I wanted to ask you, but at the moment his heart was blocked, and he was eager for someone to confide in him, so he took the stone and put his Everything that happened in my life was written on the ground. He wiped and wrote, wrote and wiped, and he didn't know how long he wrote, but the soil on the ground was so loose that he couldn't write, so he changed another place, and he wrote until his arms were sore He took a break, and when he was resting, he couldn't help crying again. The young man was also crying while watching, and ran to the side after a while to pick up the wine gourd that he had thrown away just now, and drank the leftover wine together with Pei Jue. He originally lamented his fate, but at this moment he was crying bitterly for Pei Jue's fate, but when the wine drank up and the tears ran out, the sun rose from the east and reached the middle, but at this moment it was about to return to the west and set . Pei Jue stood up suddenly, and threw the stone in his hand far away. He seemed to feel much more at ease in his heart, because after many years, he finally found a person who could confide his sorrow. Once the depression disappeared, he felt nothing but emptiness in his heart, and he couldn't think of anything anymore. The feeling of fluttering wings rose in his heart again. For the first time, he felt what a wonderful thing wine is. For the first time, I felt how wonderful it is to cry. Dusk is approaching, and the wind is already a bit chilly, but the hearts of these two young men are still hot. Is there anything in the world that can cool the blood in the hearts of young people?