At the end of March, it rained several times in succession. The rain was not heavy, not even a patter. It was just like a light mist, shrouded between the sky and the earth, accompanied by the warm spring breeze, falling on the mountains and grass.
, falls on the faces of pedestrians.
People are not afraid of the rain, and they don’t even need to wear raincoats when going out. Children are laughing and jumping, like ponies with their reins loosened, exuding joyful vitality. Most of the time, adults will not stop them.
They just smiled and indulged their wild behavior. Some old people even said happily: "It's better to be wild. Wild children are strong and easy to feed and grow up."
"Is this some kind of festival? It feels like there are a lot of people on the road, and they all seem to be going in the same direction." Yin Shuang was being held by Wu Jie, walking slowly like an ordinary couple in the world. She enjoyed the warm and peaceful atmosphere.
, so I didn’t even bother to use my spiritual power to explore.
Wu Jie smiled and pointed at himself.
"What's the meaning?"
"They are celebrating the Wuhou Festival." Wu Jie said with a smile, "It's my birthday in a few days."
Yin Shuang's eyes widened and she looked at Wu Jie in surprise. After a moment, she couldn't help laughing.
After she finished laughing, she couldn't help but ask: "Your birthday is not today, why are they celebrating it today?"
"The so-called Wuhou Festival does not have a fixed date. It is roughly the period between the end of March and the beginning of April. As long as the weather is good, you can celebrate it." Wu Jie said with a smile, "It is similar to the Qingming tomb sweeping, but it actually lasts until
There are only a few people who visit tombs during the Qingming Festival."
Yin Shuang nodded slightly, she also knew this custom.
"Since my father compiled the Qing Yi Jing, many people in the world have added a statue to my father in Yaowang Temple. In our country of Eastern Chu, the number of statues added is not one, but three." Wu Jie explained in a low voice, "Generally,
Said, my father is in the middle wearing a blue medical robe, on the left is my brother in official uniform, and on the right is me in a Taoist robe."
"The three of us, father and son, are commonly known as Old Wuhou, Da Wuhou, and Xiao Wuhou by the people. But when they celebrate the Wuhou Festival, they usually choose my birthday - because with the tacit approval of the Chu Kingdom's court,
My birth shrines have been built in many places, and my birthday is enshrined in the shrines, and sacrifices are held every year on my birthday."
"Then...who is this Wuhou Festival commemorating?" Yin Shuang asked curiously.
Wu Jie smiled and looked up at the sky: "The General Du enshrined in the General Du Temple is the eldest brother Du Yu who has never been on the battlefield a few times? Or is he his son? Or is he his grandson or great-grandson... who?
Can you explain it clearly? Therefore, it actually doesn’t matter whether the Wuhou Festival commemorates my father, my brother or me.”
"This kind of thing is related to the ownership of faith in the world. It can't be indifferent."
"My father and brother have probably been reincarnated a long time ago. I am an outsider and do not need human faith." Wu Jie said lightly, "The people respect us and establish festivals for us to recite and celebrate from generation to generation. I am very happy and very happy.
Thanks to them, but I really don’t need any faith... It’s like our sect’s Patriarch Yuan who devoted his whole life to improving rice seeds. He is now revered as the god of agriculture, but he has already ascended to the upper world and is now in the human world.
Faith means nothing to him."
"But... this is recognition of your efforts."
"The people in Nanping County live a peaceful and happy life, and "The Story of Tsing Yi" can be published all over the world... These are the recognition of our efforts. As for other things, they are just trivial details." Wu Jie said with a smile, "If Patriarch Yuan is
If he is able to know the situation in the world, he will probably only be interested in questions like what the people sow? How is the harvest? How are their lives?... Questions like this will not take him to heart as to whether the world worships him or not."
Yin Shuang was silent for a moment and sighed deeply.
"I feel more and more... that we actually lack a common language..."
"How could it be? In this world, we are the only ones who understand each other. I once tried to imagine the world without you - it was a very scary imagination. I lived in the world at a loss, chasing the road to immortality, but I couldn't
I don’t even know whether my previous life is true or false…”
After listening to Wu Jie's words, Yin Shuang held his hand tightly: "Me too, you know, before meeting you, I had doubted more than once whether those memories about the earth were hallucinations? Maybe everything is just a small thing in the sky.
A girl’s dream? Maybe the reason why she is incompatible with others is just because of her lack of character?”
Wu Jie turned around, grabbed her right hand with his left hand, and held her slightly cold hands in his palm.
"So, don't say anything about the lack of a common language. We have the same memories and the same mind; it's just that the different experiences in this world have given us different temperaments - there are inherent differences between people.
. We are different people, but we care about each other, trust each other, and truly love each other...this is enough."
Yin Shuang was silent for a long time and whispered: "The most unreliable thing in this world is probably the heart."
Wu Jie smiled and pressed her hand on his chest so that she could clearly feel her heartbeat: "If one day, you feel that this guy has betrayed you, then dig it out."
"Don't say such things." Yin Shuang's face changed drastically, and she hurriedly took out her hand and covered his mouth, "How can you talk nonsense? There are some things that cannot be said."
There is a well-known taboo among monks, that is, not to talk about the future casually. Especially those with advanced cultivation, their power has gradually touched fate and cause and effect, and often unintentional casual remarks will lead to many years.
Then it becomes a fact - this is called "one word becomes a motto".
At first glance, this kind of situation may seem like nothing. But according to statistics, in most or even the vast majority of cases, good things don't work but bad things work, just like a crow's mouth.
That's why Yin Shuang was shocked when she heard Wu Jie's promise. Even if what Wu Jie said was possible, it was enough to scare her.
Wu Jie didn't care, he smiled and hugged her.
He could feel that the body in his arms was shaking slightly.
Yin Shuang is a very strong and even ferocious person. Her ability to gain a firm foothold in the dangerous Demon Sect and reach her current height step by step proves that she is by no means a believer.
But no matter how fierce a person is, there will inevitably be softness in his heart. The softness in Yin Shuang's heart is Wu Jie. When Wu Jie's affairs are involved, she will lose her cool, stop being fierce, and become afraid
Wu Jie patted her back gently, signaling not to be nervous.
"Don't be afraid," he whispered in her ear, "We can break through the barriers of the world to meet each other, and we can break through the incompatible order of Tao and demons and come together. What else can stop us?"
Yin Shuang's trembling gradually stopped, and she sighed deeply.
"I always feel that... my life now is just like a dream... I don't know when this dream will wake up. I am still struggling alone in the Blood Sect, and I am still a person worth mentioning.
Junior disciples..."
"This is not a dream, I am by your side, and we will always be together."
Yin Shuang raised her head and looked at him carefully with her bright red eyes, as if she wanted to carve his face into her heart.
Wu Jie smiled gently and responded to her gaze, but his eyes naturally slipped down and landed on her lips that lacked blood color.
It will probably be a little cold, right? But it will definitely be soft and smell good...
Yin Shuang noticed his gaze, her pretty face turned red immediately, and she ran away from his arms in a panic, just like a little rabbit being chased by a big bad wolf.
Wu Jie laughed loudly, chased after her and held her hand.
"Come with me and I'll take you somewhere."
"It's not a motel, is it?"
"...Where in the world can motels come from? You think too much about it." Wu Jie couldn't laugh or cry. He shook his head, held her hand, and followed the endless stream of pedestrians forward on the flat country road.
After walking for about half an hour, after turning around a forest of pine trees, a solemn cemetery suddenly opened up in front of me.
There was a group of soldiers guarding the entrance to the cemetery. They were old and young, but they all looked energetic, holding their heads high and full of pride.
Yin Shuang's eyes swept over those people, and she was suddenly stunned for a moment. She looked carefully at the middle-aged man in the lead, and then looked back at Wu Jie.
She felt... that man's appearance was somewhat similar to Wu Jie...
"That's my eldest brother's descendant. It's not surprising that he looks a bit like me." Wu Jie said with a smile, "They are all from the Wu family - in fact, my eldest brother's second grandson is just like me. They are just the same mold.
The carved one is much taller than me..."
“It feels good to have family”
Wu Jie smiled and held her hand tightly.
"That's silly. Aren't we just family?"
Yin Shuang was silent for a moment and nodded slightly.
Because of the concealment used, the soldiers guarding the entrance of the cemetery did not discover Wu Jie's identity, allowing them to easily follow the worshipers in and walk to the depths of the cemetery.
There is not only one tomb in the cemetery, but many tombs arranged scatteredly. Not only the successive Wu marquises were buried here, but also some loyal people from Zhaoyang County who were buried in the cemetery because their families were ruined and there was no suitable cemetery.
here.
For example, not long after they left, they saw the tomb of Yao Xiang, the Minister of Rites. This Master Yao was originally a member of the famous Yao family of Chu, but when the Chu Kingdom fell, he disdained the ugly behavior of his people and went to the ancestral hall.
He wiped out his name in the genealogy with a pen, then came to the gate of Changning City, shouted "Chu can surrender, but Yao Xiang will not", jumped down, and fell to his death at the gate of the city.
As a "traitor" who rebelled against the Han Dynasty, the Yao family was busy surrendering to the new dynasty and continuing to consolidate the family and gain benefits. Naturally, it was impossible for the Yao family to let Yao Xiang be buried in the Yao family cemetery. Yao Xiang had no children, and his nephew Yao was as close as a father and son.
Tong burst into tears, cremated his uncle's body, and slept on the street with the ashes in his hands, like a beggar.
A few months later, Yao Tong took his uncle's ashes and boarded the fire cloud to Nanping County.
After he settled down, he went to the Wu family and asked the Wu family to allow his uncle to be buried in the Wuhou Cemetery in view of the fact that he had gone on a mission with Ji Shihou.
Naturally, the Wu family would not reject a loyal person, so there was an outsider's tomb in the cemetery.
Wu Jie's eyes were like torches, and he could clearly see the words on the epitaph with just one glance. He sighed softly and walked towards the tombstone.
At that time, he used to feel that the people in the Eastern Chu Kingdom were really unbearable and could not support the country at all. But now it seems that it was just that his demands were too high.
People like Yao Xiang, even though their abilities are mediocre, are definitely not unworthy. With this loyalty alone, he is qualified to be respected by Wu Jie
After walking for a while, they saw many tombs one after another. The names on the tombstones were all familiar to him.
The tomb of Shen Yi, a congenital master, Marquis of Nanhua of the Great Chu State and leader of the Nanhua Sword Sect, is very close to Yao Xiang's tomb. This master who transported grain to Nanping County with Wu Jie has been training for the Great Chu State for decades. Warrior masters were a thorn in the side of the Han army. When Changning City fell, they asked several swordsmen from Baidi Pavilion to surround him from a distance, making it impossible for Shen Yi to break through and escape. Then six or seven innate masters swarmed up.
Even though Shen Yi was highly skilled in martial arts, he could not defeat so many people. He fought hard for four hours with the Nanhua Sword Sect's most precious treasure, the Broken Water Sword, which Wu Jie had helped recapture from the traitor Wei Shu, for four hours. In the end, the sword was broken and people died, staining the loess with blood.
The Han army intended to hang his body in public, but was dissuaded by the monks of Baidi Pavilion. They simply burned his body to ashes and scattered it into the river. Later, people in the center of Changning City who cherished their homeland followed Xiong Jiong to Nanping County. At that time, Shen Yi's grandson carried the memorial tablets of the seventy-six martyrs of the Nanhua Sword Sect on his back, held the Broken Water Sword broken in two, and followed the crowd onto the fire cloud.
After arriving in Nanping County, someone who had studied martial arts under Nan Hua came to the Wu family and suggested that the Wu family also place Shen Yi's tomb in the cemetery. After all, Shen Yi had been friends with the Wu family for generations, and he was really not an outsider.
Of course, the Wu family could not refuse, so there was another tomb inside the mausoleum. There was no corpse in the tomb, only a half-cut sword.
A similar tomb is the tomb of Sword Lady who guarded the Forbidden Palace of the Great Chu State. Sword Lady did not leave a body after her death. Her adopted daughter could only replace the corpse with the clothes of her adoptive mother during her lifetime and built a tomb - this tomb is located in Opposite Shen Yi's tomb, across the road paved with bluestones, they looked at each other from a distance. Just like when they were alive, one guarded the inside of the palace, the other guarded outside the palace, and they guarded Changning City together.
Wu Jie and Yin Shuang walked between the tombs, introducing the owners of these tombs to her as they walked. In his memory, these people were all vivid images, and their voices and smiles were still vivid in his mind, as if they were with them. It's only been a few days since we last said goodbye.
But in fact, many years have passed and these people are no longer here.
Yin Shuang's heart gradually became heavy as she listened to Wu Jie's introduction.
The Yin family in Tianwaitian has been exterminated long ago, and the Blood Sect has become history. But Yin Shuang has neither cared about the Yin family nor missed the Blood Sect - the Demon Sect does not advocate remembering the dead, because in their view, death is Useless, useless people are not worth remembering
In fact... the Demon Sect will even use the corpses of many dead as materials for refining weapons. The various methods are really outrageous.
Yin Shuang doesn't like the practices of the Demon Sect, but she has been influenced by them all year round, so it's impossible not to be affected. Now watching Wu Jie slowly talking about the things that happened to those friends during their lives, with a smile that is both kind and sad, she can't help but feel a little sad.
Wu Jie's world is completely different from hers
Can people from two different worlds really come together safely? Can they really stay together forever and never be separated?
Yin Shuang was very uneasy, but she didn't say anything.
If he said it, Wu Jie would probably laugh again. He would definitely say: "I heard that some people in this world suffer from pre-marital depression. The closer the wedding day is, the more depressed and melancholy they feel. They will constantly doubt."
Should I not get married? Can a person like me really be happy? Such stupid and retarded questions. Some people will actually do ridiculous things because of such stupid ideas...
But you are different. You are an immortal. At least you should show some of the spirit of an immortal."
Well...he would definitely say that and he would hug her hard while saying with a smile.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but think of the situation just now.
At that time, Wu Jie's face was almost close to hers, and she could clearly feel his breath, warm breath, full of manly breath.
His lips are not thick, but they look very powerful. If he had kissed them at that time...
"Why is your face red again? Are you uncomfortable? Or are you unhappy?" Wu Jie asked with some confusion, "Oh... your gods don't seem to have the habit of remembering the dead... If you don't like these things, I will
No more talking."
Yin Shuang came back to her senses and hurriedly shook her head in denial.
"I like it very much, please continue"
Her voice was a bit loud, revealing the panic that could not be concealed.
Wu Jie frowned, not understanding what she meant, but continued talking.
As they talked and walked, they gradually came to the deepest part of the cemetery.
Wu Jie's parents, brother and sister-in-law are buried here. Next to the tombs of the old Marquis Wu and his wife, the Great Marquis Wu, there is a small thatched cottage that he built when he guarded the tombs of his parents.
This time, Wu Jie did not rush to introduce the thatched cottage to Yin Shuang, but took her hand and came to the tombstone of his parents.
"Father, mother, you have always been worried about my life-long affairs. The children were unfilial, and the two elders were unable to fulfill their wishes in the end... Today, I brought my daughter-in-law. Although I know that you have been reincarnated and must have lived a good life in this life, I
still……"
Wu Jie's voice gradually became deeper and deeper, and even Yin Shuang couldn't hear clearly what he was saying.
But she had heard the previous words clearly and understood Wu Jie's real purpose of bringing her here.
Wu Jie brought her here not only to explain his past life to her in detail, but also to introduce her to his relatives and friends. The most important thing is that he brought her here to introduce her to his parents and introduce this Jean
The daughter-in-law that even the two elders could not wait for until their death
Unknowingly, tears flowed out of her eyes, blurring her vision.
After Wu Jie finished speaking, he turned around and held her hand tightly: "I don't know what to say...can you marry me?"
Yin Shuang did not speak, but nodded solemnly.
The next moment, the two figures hugged each other tightly, their lips touching.