BSI Chapter 73 - Extra Story - Zhou She
Chapter 73 - Extra Story - Zhou She
The night is getting darker, except for some specific streets, most of Zhengzhou City is shrouded in blackness, pedestrians are sparse, voices are getting quieter, occasionally there are scattered candles faintly revealing a faint yellow light from the windows facing the street .
Zhou She wandered in a daze in the dark alleyway.
Time passed bit by bit, Zhou She stopped and shouted behind him: "Let's go back! I know you are here!"
Qiye came out of the darkness, with dark clothes and black hair, almost blending into the night.
Zhou She said sullenly, "Let's go back."
Qiye nodded, released the Yixi sword, and flew around Zhou She's waist to control the sword.He didn't ask anything, and his attitude was natural, which made Zhou She heave a sigh of relief.
The city of Zhengzhou dissipated behind him like a dense ink painting. In a moment, Qiye landed on the top of Xiaofeng Mountain around Zhou She's waist.
The mountain was high and the wind was cool, Qiye let go of his hand, as if an invisible barrier disappeared, Zhou She was wrapped in the cold wind and sneezed.Qiye put away the Yixi sword, and hurriedly held Zhou She's hand, the spiritual power flowed, dispelling the chill for him.
The room is covered with a barrier, so if you enter quickly, you will be able to block the cool wind of late autumn outside.
Zhou She leaned against the soft couch on the left side of the hall, watching Qiye boil water and make tea for him, and there was a stack of sweet-scented osmanthus cakes on the low table on the right hand side, which he could take later.
"I'm tired today too, have some snacks and go to bed early after drinking tea. The hot water is in your room." Qiye reminded carefully.
"En." Zhou She responded.
Qiye sat cross-legged on the other side, only to hear Zhou She hesitantly ask: "Is there really karma in the world?"
That's a good question for no reason.
"Of course there is. Good will be rewarded with good, and evil will be rewarded with evil. It's not that the time has not come." Qiye said as a matter of course.
Zhou She's eyes were misty: "I'm in the city today, did you hear me? Boss Yu... You saved Niu Er and the others last time, but Boss Yu's strength was greatly damaged. Now he has changed from a bully in Zhengzhou to a street rat. Retribution? When he was majestic, he cheated, kidnapped, murdered, set fire and forced his good to become prostitutes. Now everyone praises him when he is in distress. But the reason is that you made the move at the beginning, and the masters of Yu Boss were scared away. The root cause is you, not God. .Is this still retribution?"
When they watched the juggling, many people talked about the matter of the boss.
"I thought you didn't hear anything." Qiye teased: "Why don't you think it's God's will for me to appear here? It's God's will for me to save Niu Er and the others? God's will let me encounter this matter, lend me your hand Lower the retribution."
Zhou She retorted: "But you didn't come here for this. If I hadn't made a foolish move, how could you have saved Niu Er and the others!"
"I'm here for you, can't I just do justice for the sky?" Qiye raised his eyebrows.
Zhou She was displeased: "This is a bit preposterous."
Qiye smiled and said: "Of course it's not arguing. The way of the sky is permanent, it has its own cause and effect, and all living beings have their own way of survival. People like Boss and Niu Er are not uncommon at any time and place. Who can control it? It’s all about God’s will. You say this time is man-made, but how do you know that I’ve never been bothered to care about it? If it didn’t involve you, how could I be troublesome? Do you think this is God’s will?”
Zhou She didn't think it counted, but when he thought about it deeply, it seemed that he couldn't tell the truth.
"You care about the affairs of the world, aren't you afraid of cause and effect?"
There was concern in these words, and Qiye said happily: "I am not afraid. What do ordinary people seek immortality for? Immortality, transcending reincarnation. In the final analysis, it is to jump out of karma. Although I am not yet in such a state, ordinary karma cannot affect me. I."
This is true.What can mortals do to gods!Zhou She thought.
Qiye took the opportunity to educate him: "I don't like to meddle in human affairs. The reason why I made exceptions several times is that I don't want you to be entangled in karma. You know what you have done. If you don't want to suffer retribution, start now. When you redouble your efforts, you will succeed in cultivation as soon as possible."
"Will you watch my retribution with cold eyes?" Zhou She squinted at him.
Qiye's serious face suddenly turned into a wry smile: "Oh... I am naturally reluctant."
"Huh!" Zhou She swept away the depression in his heart, and his spirit improved.
Looking at the corner of his mouth curled up triumphantly, Qiye felt a faint feeling of golden light, and couldn't help reaching out to touch the corner of his raised mouth.In the past, Jin Guang didn't say anything on the surface when he was proud, but the curvature of the corner of his mouth would always betray him.It's just that Jin Guang is more reserved than Zhou She.
As soon as he stretched out his hand, Zhou She's expression changed rapidly, and suddenly became gloomy.He stood up abruptly, rushed into his room with a few steps, and slammed the door hard with a bang.
Qiye's hands froze in mid-air.
Zhou She buried herself in the quilt and rolled around angrily.
How could he say such a thing?
When did he feel that he could rely on Qiye?
Are you really going to like men?
Are you starting to compromise?
Full of thoughts, Zhou She got up from the bed and walked around the room for a while, threw herself on the bed and kneaded the pillow and quilt, and spread out her limbs in a daze.
In the middle of the night, I fell asleep in a daze.
It is destined that there will be no peace this day, not even in the dream.
Zhou She dreamed that he was wearing a golden red robe with a jade belt around his waist, standing side by side with Qiye in the air.All of a sudden, the scene changed, and it turned into a deep mountain and old forest, with one hand attached to a frighteningly thick tree trunk, and the branches and leaves of that big tree stretched out and circled around.All of a sudden, I was sitting in the solemn hall to receive congratulations from everyone...
The dream this night was much clearer than the previous one. When Zhou She woke up early, she didn't forget everything like last time.He knew that the person in the dream should be his previous life "Golden Light".Prestige than myself, more capable than myself, smarter than myself, better than myself in everything.Of course Qiye wouldn't say that, but there was such a meaning in his words.Zhou She has always been unconvinced. He always thinks that no matter what people in the world look like on the surface, there must be some shady things in private.But the golden light in his dream last night, he didn't feel anything bad, all he felt was closeness, warmth, and sadness...
nonsense!That's me!
Zhou She shook her head, a little shy and a little proud.
Qiye unexpectedly saw a relaxed face.According to the movement last night, he thought he would see a face full of resentment this morning!
Zhou She hesitated for a while, and told Qiye about the dream last night.
Sure enough, Qiye was very excited, and kept asking about the details of the dream.What did you say?What did you do?What is the weather like in the dream?Character geometry?How is the environment?Even the details of clothing, whether he is smiling or angry, he has to ask.Zhou She was so impatient for asking!
If it wasn't for making a request, Zhou She wouldn't have patiently allowed him to interrogate him so thoroughly.
After asking about the dream, Qiye began to ask about his feelings.Did you feel the aura?How did you feel when you had this dream?And so on, annoying.
Zhou She had something on his mind, coupled with Qiye's endless interrogation, his good mood had already turned sour.
Finally Qiye asked enough, he couldn't wait to say: "I want to go to the city today."
Qiye was sorting out the results of the cross-examination in his mind, absent-mindedly: "Oh."
When Zhou She agreed, his complexion improved a little. "I want to go alone. Do you have any way for me to fly over? Or any other way?" No way, if there is no Qiye Yujian flying, with only Zhou She's two legs, he will at most walk until dark to the foot of the mountain.
Although there is a small character in the name of Xiaofeng Mountain, it is actually not small at all. It takes more than half a day to ride a horse from Zhengzhou City to Xiaofeng Mountain.
A person?
Qiye narrowed his eyes and said, "Let me take you there. It's inconvenient to be alone."
Zhou She wanted to go to Zhengzhou City first, so he acquiesced.
Qiye set up the Yixi sword and still landed in a narrow alley in Zhengzhou City.
Zhou She wanted to act alone, but no matter how much Qiye asked him, he refused to say what to do. In the end, he said that he had no chance to act alone.
He took Qiye to travel east and west, and he knew at a glance that there was no clear destination.Soon it was time to eat, and he took Qiye straight to the Jade Building.
The Emerald Building was the same as yesterday, with stalls on both sides of the street and beggars under the nearby walls.The waiter who greeted the guests still remembered these two high-flyers who made big mistakes, and approached enthusiastically.
Zhou She hushed with Xiaoer, while sweeping his eyes among the beggars.
Seeing his gradually disappointed expression, Qiye knew it well.
I still eat the food in the Accord on the second floor, and I still eat absent-mindedly.
Zhou She finished his luxurious lunch in a desperate manner, wiped his mouth, and walked to the window to look at the bottom of the opposite wall while waiting for tea, but he still couldn't find the old woman from yesterday.
Why not?
Beggars can't do without dirty things. Could it be that some accident happened to her and she couldn't come out to beg?
Did the ten taels of silver yesterday cause trouble for her?
In the eyes of a beggar, more than a dozen taels of silver is definitely a huge sum of money, and he gave out more than ten taels of silver in a daze, who knows what trouble will happen?
Zhou She was dizzy for a while, couldn't stand steadily, and hurriedly supported the wall.
no, no...
The beggar she was with looked different from the other beggars.
Know people, know face, but not heart.There are others besides beggars!Hooligans, hooligans!As old and weak as she is, she is the lowest level person, and there is no pressure to bully her.
Zhou She was anxious and decided to go down and ask.
At this time, the tea was served, Qiye picked up the tea bowl and blew it, and said slowly: "I forgot to tell you something. Yesterday I met an old woman who was begging. I thought it was destined for me, so I placed her in the Yunlai Inn. Come and see her with me later."
It took Zhou She a while to react.
Begging old woman!
Destiny!
What else does not understand, Zhou She teeth itch: "You follow me!!"
Qiye raised her eyes: "Don't you know?"
Zhou She was dumbfounded, kicked the stool angrily, and said sullenly, "Why did you hide it from me?"
"Hiding it to you?" Qiye asked in surprise: "What is there to hide? Is it related to you?"
Seeing his anger, Qiye stopped teasing and said seriously: "If I told you about this yesterday, would you be happy?"
of course not!
He didn't make a decision yesterday, he only thought that Qiye was meddling.Zhou She understood Qiye's meaning as soon as she heard it, the world is dangerous, if it wasn't for Qiye's unnecessary actions, maybe she would really encounter accidents.Logically speaking, Zhou She should be grateful to Qiye.
But he had no choice but to say thank you.
"Have you... talked to her?" After dawdling for a while, he asked vaguely.
Seven nights shook his head. "Although I followed you, I was worried about you getting into trouble in order to protect you. I didn't want to spy on your body. I always hope that you will tell me about your affairs. If you don't tell me, then I can wait for you Willing to tell me about that day."
Zhou She was silent.
The past is buried in my heart, and I have never forgotten it for a moment.Those are his most secret pains, the fragility he most wants to cover up, and the source of all resentment.He intends to bury her for the rest of his life without letting anyone know about it, and regards her as the deepest shame in his life, and will never forgive her.The previous Zhou She would never mention the past to anyone.Now Zhou She really wants to talk to Qiye.After several months of getting along, he really didn't want to admit it, but Qiye did wear down his defenses, and unknowingly made him develop a habit of dependence.
"She... is the woman who gave birth to me." The first sentence was extremely difficult.Zhou She's expression was extremely complicated, mixed with resentment, pain, expectation, vulnerability and indifference.He didn't call him "Ma" or "mother", but "the woman who gave birth to him".
"She is the kind of woman who has to rely on a man to survive. My surname was not Zhou, and my biological father died early. She took me to remarry a man surnamed Zhou, my first stepfather. I was very young at that time, and I vaguely remember The first stepfather was a scholar, failed to succeed after repeated trials, had a bad temper, yelled and drank all day, and had no good looks. The first stepfather could only read books, did not do production, and brought two oil bottles and treated me No. But she wasn’t angry at all. The weaver and embroiderer supported their family, and treated that man’s cub much better than me, and spent all the little family fortune left by my biological father on this man. It's a pity that she is a kefu, and her second husband died before her. She remarried with three oil bottles including me. This time, she married a butcher. My second stepfather can earn money, food and clothing Worry-free, her ex-wife didn't leave any children behind, but unfortunately her temper is worse than the previous one's, and she would beat and scold her at every turn. She was afraid that others would say that her stepmother was vicious, so every time the butcher beat someone, she would protect two cubs who had nothing to do with her, Let me be beaten and scolded. Every time our mother and I were beaten, she would cry and apologize to me, saying how distressed she was, but she would still ignore me next time. I got used to it over time. At that time, I thought, I must Grow up quickly, and when I grow up, I will leave here, so I won't have to be beaten." Zhou She was still a little awkward at the beginning, but the more he spoke, the smoother he went.
Those grievances and resentments that he thought he would never speak out in his life finally spoke out today.Being a mother is strong, but that so-called mother never protected him, and—
"I hate that family more and more, hate everything around me, hate my stepfather, hate my stepbrothers, hate those children who mock and bully me, and the most hated is the mother who can't do anything but cry."
"If it's just like this, then I'm not the Zhou She I am today. Growing up in such a bad environment, Zhou She's best future will probably grow up to be a sloppy and cynical butcher." Zhou She said here with a soft laugh , like a mockery like a mockery.
"What is the will of God? I have always thought that God is ruthless. It never gives a way out to those who are struggling to survive. If you want to live well, you must work hard and find your own way. Expecting the kindness of others will only be endless. Disappointed. I’ve always seen wicked people, but I’ve never seen good people helping others? I lived with my second stepfather until I was six years old, and the butcher hooked up with a prostitute. She swallowed her anger and didn't dare to object at all. She didn't dare to say anything about how the prostitute squeezed her out and bullied me after she entered the door. In fact, that **** didn't feel at ease at all, and it didn't take long for the butcher's property and female gangsters to be involved The husband ran away. It's ridiculous that she was glad that the branch girl was gone at that time, and she had no idea what the deceived butcher would do."
Zhou She stopped, his tone was unstable due to strong emotions, he closed his eyes and breathed slowly, refused the hot tea, and continued.
"Without money, the butcher took his ideas elsewhere. She's old, and years of hard work make her look much older than she really is. But I'm different, young and pretty. He knows a lot of rich people Nobles like to raise prostitutes|children, especially my kind of boys who have not grown up. He secretly contacted the toothman to sell me to a resigned high official. If you sell me, you have to sell them. After all, they are older than me and can do more work than me, so they are good candidates to be servants."
"Of course I'm not that stupid. I knew what they were up to. The only thing I blame is that I am young, soft-hearted, and still hopeful for her. Knowing that they are going to sell me, I went to her first and asked her to take me away with me. I How naive and stupid haha, she actually ran to question the butcher after hearing this. He is not a fool, how could he tell the truth. He knelt down in front of her in tears and said that his family had no money. I took away all the money in the family, and borrowed a usury loan in his name. He went to the road and so on. He lied to her that he sold me into the mansion of a high official to be a servant, signed a five-year contract, and I will be a free person in the future. He also praised how good that old woman is, how good she is, how charitable and generous, and maybe even reward a maid as a daughter-in-law, etc. The most ridiculous thing is that she actually believed it, tied me up and handed me over to the Tooth man!"
The scabbed wound was opened, bloody.
Seeing Qiye's worried and loving eyes, Zhou She laughed loudly: "Have you ever seen such a confused and incompetent mother? From the moment she sold me, I no longer consider her my mother. If she doesn't save me, I can still save myself! When I arrived at that old pervert's house, I pretended to be a good boy, and I would do whatever he asked me to do. Then at night I stole all the oil from the kitchen and sprinkled it everywhere, especially the pervert|ghost in the courtyard, lit a fire, and escaped while they were fighting the fire."
A few years later, when he passed by the old place, he heard that half of the property and the old man in charge of the family were destroyed by a fire.The descendants are unworthy, and it turns out that the family of officials has been reduced to pawning for a living.
This was the first happy thing Zhou She did.
The fire not only burned Zhou She's enemies, but also illuminated Zhou She's way forward.Since then, he has known that being a good person will only suffer for himself, if he wants to live, live well, and live like a human being, he must be a villain!
Skin and conscience are the cheapest things.It can't be used as food or clothing, and it can't protect you from being bullied.
Zhou She escaped from his hometown and was displaced. He endured a lot of hardships and learned a lot.
"After escaping, I changed my name. Give up, give up. Give up everything in the past and be a completely different person from her!"
It wasn't until he met her again that he realized that the abandonment he thought he had never succeeded.All the buried memories were revived at that moment, as clear as if it happened yesterday.
After a long time, Zhou She said bitterly: "But I don't hate her so much now. Because I know that God really has eyes. Look at her horrible appearance, she has suffered retribution! Retribution... Retribution ..."
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