Extra article, this life (for the talking elbow of the lord)
In a spacious and bright conference room, after someone pointed at the screen and said something, many people started talking.
"Does the boss really want to do this?"
"I thought only the crazy rich people in Silicon Valley would have such unrealistic dreams, 'Ah, I will live forever and become a member of the immortal overlord class', haha."
"It's a meeting, don't joke."
"Okay, but does the boss really intend to achieve immortality through the so-called 'Blueprint Plan' like that Johnson?"
"Eat nutritional supplements in a rationed manner, have a fixed schedule and specify what to do every minute and every second, apply seven types of lactic acid, and strictly manage various body data, including how many times you have erections at night? Managing the human body as a data table is different from managing the human body as a data table.
What’s the difference in prison?”
"Okay, stop talking, just do your part."
"I want to say, are retired athletes very rich? How much money do they spend every year to realize this impossible wish?"
"newcomer?"
"To be honest, this is the most successful way to stop aging and reverse growth in the world today, and it has pioneering data. Johnson even established a global reverse growth enthusiast website, and now he is ranked number one in the world.
"
"I think the boss just thinks he can surpass him in self-discipline."
"Okay, let's take a look at this. Let's check a few points now, including the purchase of experimental genetic equipment and the hiring of a medical team. First, we will build a private sanatorium in Xixi Wetland..."
Suddenly, someone hurriedly opened the door and said, "The boss is almost here."
Everyone in the conference room couldn't help but become busy.
…
A private jet flies through the clouds.
Li Xia looked at the information in his hand and felt that this was a crazy plan.
He never felt that he had anything in common with those Silicon Valley capitalists. However, using absolute self-discipline and perseverance to maintain physical condition and even extend his life to a certain singularity had a fatal attraction for him.
He hopes that in the rest of his life, he can do great things with continuous efforts.
Looking through the plane window, I can finally see the majestic and vast continent in front of me.
An announcement sounded in the cabin.
"The front is about to arrive at Xiaoshan..."
Suddenly, a harsh sound of electricity interrupted the broadcast, and the plane shook violently.
"Sizzsssssssssss..."
The plane seemed to have crashed into some black cloud, and the window was completely dark.
Amid the strong shaking, Li Xia fastened his seat belt and pulled down his oxygen mask...
Up to this point, he still remained calm, trying to find a glimmer of hope in the desperate situation.
However, the next moment, everything in the black cloud was completely annihilated...
~~
In the fourth year of Xingchang of Song Dynasty, Lin'an.
Nie Zhongyou walked through Tianjingfang from Wushan and was going to Qiantang County Prison.
The sky suddenly darkened. He looked up and saw a black cloud covering the sun.
"Is it going to rain?" he thought to himself.
However, when he walked to the Qiantang County Prison, he looked up again and saw a cloudless sky and a clear sky.
"How can we be so willing to lose everything we have in this world?"
Nie Zhong couldn't help but sigh, turned around and walked into the dark cell, took out a token, and said coldly: "Let the cell leader come to see me..."
~~
The Song Dynasty was in the 10th year of Xianding and the Tang Dynasty was in the 5th year of Jiantong.
The Royal Street is still the same Royal Street, but the world has been transformed.
Jia Xuanweng left the palace with a decree and walked to Jiang Wanli, Ma Tingluan and others.
"The Queen Mother has made up her mind. The country of the Song Dynasty... has been destroyed for more than three hundred years."
After a long time, Jiang Wanli let out a long sigh and slowly walked towards Yu Street.
He looked up at the sky, filled with confusion.
"For decades, countless capable people and strangers have tried to save the world... Zhao Kui regained the three capitals, Meng Gong raised three layers of fences, Xie Fangshu asked for land restrictions, Wu Qian rectified the finances, Jia Sidao reformed the public land, and Chen Yizhong joined forces.
.Only that person, as early as more than ten years ago, when he was only sixteen years old, chose the right path."
"Maybe he did it, so that's the right way."
"No, choosing the right path is very important. All the princes in the court can be said to be geniuses, but who thought from the beginning that only by overthrowing the Song Dynasty and starting a new one would it be possible to unify the world? Too many people are on the wrong path.
He walked too far, but he cut through the thorns and found a road to the sky."
"Dr. Jiang said he planned to do this from the beginning?"
"In the fourth year of Xingchang, I met him once in the Xuande Hall." Jiang Wanli murmured: "The sixteen-year-old boy has eyes that seem to have seen through a thousand years. Now that I think about it, it becomes even more confusing."
"No matter what, the world is unified and you and I can return home."
"I just hope that the sea and the river will be clear in the future..."
~~
Ten years after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
In the palace city, Hu Zhen rushed to Li Xia's side quietly.
"Your Majesty, Concubine Ning is using these again."
Several bottles and cans were placed on the royal eucalyptus. Li Xia picked them up one by one and looked at them for a while before standing up.
At this time, in the harem, Yan Rong was sitting in front of the bronze mirror, tinkering with something. When he heard the soft call of "Hail, Your Majesty" from outside, he quickly packed up the things on the table.
"doing what?"
Yan Rong stood up quickly, hid his hands behind his back, pursed his lips and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is here? Did your Majesty like the gift my concubine gave you yesterday?"
Li Xia shook his head, walked up to her, and looked behind her.
Yan Rong dodged and said with a smile: "Wang Qinghui is beautiful and has unparalleled talents. We invited her to teach poetry to the princes and princesses, but her eyes filled with tears every time she heard His Majesty. I wonder if Your Majesty has any
Intoxicated in her water town?"
"I didn't touch her and sent her back. Don't give her such gifts in the future."
Yan Rong had obviously put away the things in his hands, put his hands around Li Xia's neck, pushed him a few steps behind the screen, and said: "Your Majesty, you don't have to dislike her. Who doesn't know the beauty in Zhao He's palace these years?"
Everyone is as good as new, Your Majesty doesn't know how much she wants..."
"Stop doing these boring things."
"I want to make His Majesty happy." Yan Rong stood on tiptoe and leaned against Li Xia's ear, saying, "When Your Majesty lets her know how comfortable it is... won't it be much more interesting than ordinary women?"
"I have nothing to be unhappy about."
"But His Majesty is just not satisfied, and I can feel it." Yan Rong traced circles on Li Xia with his fingers and said, "It seems that Your Majesty always feels that something is missing in his heart?"
Li Xia held her hand, turned around and opened her drawer, and sure enough, she took out two porcelain bottles, one containing arsenic and the other containing pills.
"His Majesty……"
"How dare you eat these."
"I just don't want to get wrinkles."
"Didn't the method I gave you work?"
"A little bit, but arsenic is more useful. Your Majesty, look at my concubine..."
"You don't have wrinkles in the first place, so why is arsenic useful? It will only kill you."
"I am never afraid of death, and I don't want to grow old and ugly."
Only Yan Rong dared to act coquettishly in front of Li Xia, but she actually knew that Li Xia was very angry, so she quickly begged for mercy and kept rubbing against him.
"Everyone can grow old calmly, why can't you?"
Li Xia pushed her away, collected the medicine bottle, turned around and left Chunhua Palace, where Miao Lan led Gong E to greet her.
"His Majesty."
"Concubine Ning is grounded and strictly prohibited from purchasing any more items. Even the Queen and Zhao Jin are not allowed to visit her."
But that night, Li Xia suddenly remembered again what he had done some time before the accident.
He stood up in his clothes and came to Chunhua Palace again.
Pushing the door open and walking around the screen, he saw Yan Rong lying on the couch crying softly. He couldn't help but sigh.
Yan Rong looked back, wiping away tears and said: "Your Majesty thinks that I am old and shabby, so I want to send you to the cold palace."
"You don't need to beat me up, do you believe it yourself?"
There were tears in Yan Rong's eyes, but he smiled proudly, stroking his charming face, and said: "Your Majesty is angry today but is still willing to come back, because I am beautiful. If I really get old and lose my beauty, Your Majesty will not be angry, nor will I."
Will come back again.”
Li Xia let out a long sigh, sat on the edge of the couch, and asked, "You only believe in your own beauty and don't believe in our relationship over the years, right?"
"I've been pampered all my life because of my beauty. I don't know how I would live without it?"
"I will live a good life with you."
Yan Rong was already moved. He moved closer to Li Xia, his enchanting figure swayed slightly, and murmured: "I want you to love me even more."
"..."
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty... Isn't this concubine very beautiful?"
Yan Rong always liked to cater to Li Xia in an extremely burning and blooming way. For a long time, until she finally exhausted all her strength, she curled up in a ball with satisfaction.
The hair on the temples was loose and fell all over the bed.
"I really like... Your Majesty... the champion's will." Yan Rong panted lightly and said: "I often think that I would rather die at a time like this. Your Majesty doesn't understand me. I would rather die than Zhu.
My face is fading... Even if you say I have a mental illness, I am. But this is me, I am a firework not a dead flower."
Li Xia's sweat was soaked on the couch, and he was finally no longer as angry as before.
Yan Rong thought to himself and said, "Do you know? If it weren't for Your Majesty, I would have died twice in Lin'an. I have picked up all these years, and I want to be as beautiful as I can."
Li Xia hugged her and said, "I'm sorry that even though I'm rich in the world, I can't help you preserve your years."
Yan Rong laughed and murmured: "Your Majesty has given me the best years..."
At this point, there was water in her eyes again. She raised her already weak waist, straightened her temples, and said: "I'm here, I want to make Your Majesty happy..."
~~
Forty years after the founding of the Han Dynasty.
Li Xia often stayed alone in the Sandpan Garden.
It was a large newly built garden in the palace city. The map of the world was turned into a sand table, with a pool representing the sea and a lawn representing the grassland... You need to stand in a high pavilion to overlook the whole picture.
"His Majesty."
Gao Mingyue walked to the pavilion and called softly.
Li Xia stretched out his hand to hold each other's arms with her, and sighed: "I have been emperor for forty years, and I have described everything I have predicted to the world. This is what makes me different from ordinary people. Putting aside these, I am not an outstanding politician.
family, so it’s time to pass the throne to Chang Yi.”
"I knew this day would come, but now that it's finally here, I'm still feeling uneasy. Can Your Majesty really rest assured about Chang Yi?"
"If you don't worry, you have to hand it over. Now is the best time. I promised you that I would accompany you back to Dali, and we can set off next year."
This year, Li Xia began to gradually put down his government affairs.
He found a lot of paintings in Tang An'an's residence, most of which were portraits of them in their early years. No matter when you look at them, they are still as beautiful as gods.
He was quite emotional as he packed up these paintings with his own hands.
"A few years after Yan Rong passed away, cameras appeared in the world, but she refused to wait any longer. But in fact, like her, I still don't know how to face aging."
While they were talking, a palace maid hurried over and said, "Your Majesty, Prince Fang is about to die."
"Show off."
…
Since Japan was pacified and maritime trade became increasingly prosperous, Li Zhaocheng has returned to Beijing to live and now serves as Minister of Zongzheng Temple.
In fact, when the dynasty was first established, Zongzheng Temple did not have many things to take care of. If it had been more than ten years earlier, there would have been some princes and princesses who did some slightly outrageous things. Nowadays, most of the naughty princes have gone to conquer various countries. Li Zhaocheng
It was a little more leisurely.
On this day, when Li Xia arrived at Daifang County Prince's Mansion incognito, what he saw was not a dying person lying on the bed.
Li Zhaocheng was cooking. When he turned around and saw Li Xia coming, he hurried out of the kitchen... Other kitchens were located in the back yard, but his home was located in the front yard.
"Your Majesty, I am bold and want to invite your Majesty for a few drinks."
At this point, Li Zhaocheng added: "Your Majesty is busy with state affairs and has not had a private chat with his senior officials over wine for more than forty years."
Li Xia smiled and said: "You are not afraid of committing the crime of deceiving the emperor, but this year, I have gained nothing..."
There are many dishes on the table.
When the last dish was served, Li Xia was stunned for a moment.
"Your Majesty, please take a look." Li Zhaocheng stroked his beard and said, "Is this 'crayfish' the lobster that Your Majesty told me about many years ago?"
"Did I mention it?"
"That year, I accompanied your Majesty to taste chili peppers in Chang'an Farm. His Majesty mentioned many dishes, and I remember them all." Li Zhaocheng slowly said this, and then said: "By the way, I have a secret private matter, the Bao family in the capital.
20% of the shares in the restaurant are owned by Lao Chen."
As he got older, he was no longer as afraid of Li Xia as before.
"Is there really a descendant of the Bao family?"
Li Zhaocheng smiled and said: "It is true, but it is not from Bao Zhongbang's lineage."
"I wonder if you still remember that in the past few decades, the world's dining tables have become increasingly rich, and you have contributed a lot." Li Xia picked up a crayfish and looked at it for a while. Seeing that it still looked a little different, he asked: "Why?"
From somewhere?"
"It was brought back by the cargo ship from the New Continent. I know some explorers who are looking for products in various continents, so I sent someone to send some to me."
"You're getting older, so don't eat everything indiscriminately." Li Xia said, "Even I'm not sure whether some things can be eaten today."
In recent years, he has indeed seen many animals and plants that have never been seen by later generations, and many explorers have died due to eating indiscriminately.
However, Li Zhaocheng smiled heartily and said: "I have been thinking in recent years that if future generations can occasionally mention my name when eating, then even though I am not as good as many of the founding heroes, I can still be considered to have made contributions to future generations."
Li Xia peeled off a lobster and tasted it. He was stunned for a while, and finally said: "It's not easy to have such a bite."
"Is it a smell familiar to Your Majesty?"
"Maybe."
Li Zhaocheng was a little proud, but he had lost all his teeth and couldn't eat much.
"Your Majesty, over the past few decades, I have come to believe it even if I don't believe it. Your Majesty is no longer the original Erlang... But when I realize this..."
Li Xia peeled the lobsters and never heard what Li Zhaocheng said next.
Looking over, I saw that Li Zhaocheng was crying so hard that he couldn't make a sound.
"I understand what you mean. After so many years, yes and no have become family members. That's what I told the old man when I was conferring the title of Supreme Emperor on him."
"I feel ashamed every time I think about it."
"After living to this age, I see many things differently from the past." Li Xia said: "I was not close to others when I was young. I can live without loneliness in this poor world. Thank you very much."
Li Zhaocheng was stunned for a moment, laughed heartily, and picked up the wine glass with trembling hands.
"Old minister, if you can listen to His Majesty say something like this, you will die without regrets."
Li Xia picked up the wine glass and clinked it with him, and said, "Let's go to this world for a while."
This courtyard used to be a gathering place for high-spirited young people, but today it was two old men chatting like this...
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The third year of Taihe.
Dali, Erhai Lake.
The setting sun elongated the silhouettes of the two people walking on the beach, and the wind felt very comfortable.
"Let's go, Wen Jing and the others are still waiting for me to beat them up," Gao Mingyue said.
"You go back first, and I'll sit down for a while."
Gao Mingyue took two steps, then turned back, looked at Li Xia for a while, and sat down next to him.
"Ask you something."
"Um?"
"Do you still have any unfulfilled wishes? Let's do it while we can still move in the next few years, so as not to leave any regrets."
Li Xia said with some pride: "With this kind of life, how can I have any regrets?"
"But we have always felt that you are not that happy."
"how come?"
"We are all saying privately that if someone else had half of your achievements, they would be crazy."
Li Xia looked at the elegant birds on the sea, thought for a while, and sighed: "I once had a very long dream, as long as a lifetime. When I lived in the last few years of my life, I originally wanted to cultivate immortality."
"Cultivation?"
"Well, let's pursue immortality."
"Like Qin Shihuang or Tang Taizong?"
"More scientific than them." Li Xia sighed: "But the desire is the same. This is the highest pursuit after realizing worldly values in life."
"But in these years I have never seen you looking for immortality and medicine."
"Because it's no longer possible." Li Xia said: "In my previous life, I felt there was a glimmer of hope. I consider myself a self-disciplined, focused, and perseverant person, so when I knew that strictly controlling my body data would make it possible to achieve immortality.
, I was very excited and felt that the plan was tailor-made for me. But the moment I was about to let it go, I woke up from the dream."
Gao Mingyue asked: "Is it a pity?"
"Yan Rong always asked me in the past. In those years, what I thought was, 'If I expand my territory and promote science and technology in this life, some things will never be achieved, and the world will never know what I have lost.' But in the years since, I have thought
I understand a lot of things... I actually don't care about immortality. In fact, it was an impossible plan to succeed in the first place. I just want to do something to make sure that I have not wasted my time. This wish has been fulfilled in this life.
, I’m pretty sure I didn’t waste my time.”
"If you want to reach this point, it would be too difficult to 'not waste your time'." Gao Mingyue said in a low voice: "I just think about chatting and playing tricks all day long."
"It depends on the inner satisfaction. Some people have lofty ambitions, while others are indifferent. As long as people can satisfy themselves." Li Xia said: "For me, being able to do these things in this life and having you by my side is better than immortality.
Make me satisfied."
Gao Mingyue was stunned for a moment and looked up at Li Xia.
She could see the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes and the white hair on his head.
Looking carefully into his eyes, she realized that his eyes no longer had the indifferent feeling of isolation and alienation from the world in his early years.
Gao Mingyue couldn't help laughing and scolding: "You old man, the more you live, the less serious you become. There is no immortality in the world, so for you to say this is like you gave up immortality and chose to go down to earth."
"It would be more accurate to say 'descend to the earth'. I originally lived a life of a god that was more comfortable than an emperor, but I accidentally came down to earth for a visit."
"If you dare to say it, I dare to believe it. Are you afraid?"
"It's true." Li Xia said, "I told Qiaoer a long time ago that 'Brother Li is from heaven'."
Gao Mingyue couldn't help but stop smiling. Thinking of the many unexplainable things over the past decades, she became more convinced.
She changed her mind and became sad instead, whispering: "So my husband is really an immortal. Then, you have always been sad, right?"
"Won't."
Li Xia laughed instead and held Gao Mingyue's hand.