In the south of Chang 'an, there were willows beside the official road. The traces of the war had mostly been erased by time. Only the injured soldiers with crutches in the tea shop kept reminding people of the past.
Sangsang returned to the city with many memories, but she looked very calm as if she had never left. She walked casually through the familiar streets with her hands behind her back.
Entering from the south gate, they turned to the west of the city and went to the gambling house with Ning Que. She did not collect her dividends, but looked at the gamblers' joyful or desperate expressions in silence.
Next, Sangsang went to the House of Red Sleeves. Ning Que never left her side, so he had no time to see Mistress Jian. He met Xiaocao in a quiet courtyard behind the building.
Xiaocao looked at Sangsang with a confused expression. She vaguely remembered seeing this tall figure behind the veil of the Divine Hall of Light. However, before she could say anything, a cup of tea appeared in front of her.
Sangsang said, "Drink this cup of tea."
Xiaocao's thoughts became more and more confused. She did not understand why Sangsang wanted her to drink this cup of tea.
Ning Que said, "Drink it. She won't hurt you."
Xiaocao picked up the cup and drank it. She had no idea what the tea tasted like. Then, she felt her body become light and warm, and she wanted to sleep.
Looking at Xiaocao who had fallen asleep, Ning Que asked uncertainly, "Is she immortal just like that?"
Sangsang ignored him and left the House of Red Sleeves for the Grand Secretary's Mansion.
Perhaps because she did not want to see them, or because she did not want her indigo clothes to be stained with women's tears, she let Zeng Jing and his wife sleep and let Ning Que feed Mrs. Zeng a cup of tea.
Ning Que held the cup and said, "If your mother is immortal, what will your father do? After a few decades, your father will die, and your mother will live alone. It will not be a good thing. "
Sangsang thought for a while and said, "Then bring this cup of tea back?"
Ning Que said, "Can you have more positive energy? Can't you make more tea for your father? "
Sangsang said, "First of all, I am Haotian. I have no parents. They are just the former homes of my body. Secondly, not everyone is qualified to drink this cup of tea."
Ning Que looked at her and did not say anything.
She made another cup of tea.
Ning Que smiled, carried the teacup to Grand Secretary Zeng Jing, and fed him.
As he walked out of the Grand Scholar Manor, Jing Jiu asked earnestly, "It seems that the cup of tea can really make people live forever?"
Sangsang said, "I said I would grant them immortality."
Ning Que said, "Then you still owe me a few cups of tea."
Sangsang said, "Since Jun Mo doesn't want to drink, I won't force him."
Ning Que sighed helplessly. He pointed at himself and said, "What about me?"
"You've never liked drinking tea," said Sangsang.
Ning Que was annoyed and said, "Who doesn't want to drink the tea of immortality?"
Sangsang said, "I told you, not everyone is qualified to drink this tea."
Ning Que was really angry and said, "You are my wife. If I am not qualified to drink your tea, who is?"
Sangsang said nothing and walked toward the east side of the city.
Ning Que chased after her and kept saying, "It's just a cup of tea. Why are you so stingy?"
Sangsang remained silent.
Ning Que begged, "Please do me a favor and give me a cup."
Sangsang still said nothing.
Ning Que was furious and shouted, "If you don't give me tea, I won't cook for you!"
Begging and threatening along the way were boring and one-sided conversations. The two returned to Lin 47th Street.
They pushed open the door of the Old Brush Pen Shop. There was no dust in the room. They walked into the small courtyard and scared away the old cat on the windowsill. Sangsang walked into the kitchen and took a look. Then she walked back to the front berth and sat down. She knocked on the table.
Ning Que understood what she meant. He reluctantly went to the market to buy ingredients and made two meat and two vegetable dishes. Then he filled two big bowls of fragrant white rice.
In the past, Sangsang cooked, except for the time when she ran away from home. Now she was Haotian, so she naturally wouldn't cook anymore. He had already gotten used to the change of status in the family since he was in the Divine Hall of Light.
After dinner, Ning Que washed the dishes. Sangsang walked out of the Old Brush Pen Shop and into the shop next door.
For some reason, the business of the shops on Lin 47th Street was not doing well. Many shops had moved away a few years ago. But because the Old Brush Pen Shop had been closed these years, those shops gradually moved back.
The shop next to the Old Brush Pen Shop was still the fake antique shop.
Sangsang walked into the fake antique shop and said to Boss Wu, "You can take a concubine now."
After saying this, she turned around and left.
Boss Wu sat in an old-fashioned wooden armchair with a teapot in his hand. Looking at the empty shop door, he wondered if he was blind and deaf. What did the girl say just now?
He didn't hear it clearly, but someone in the shop heard it clearly.
Aunt Wu rushed out from the backyard with a wet dishcloth in her hand. She stared at Boss Wu and asked, "What's going on? You want to take a concubine? "
Boss Wu was a little confused and said, "Are you talking about taking a concubine?"
Aunt Wu's eyes turned red and she said in a trembling voice, "I heard it clearly from inside. How dare you lie to me? Tell me clearly, whose woman is she?"
Boss Wu was very innocent and said, "I don't even know that woman."
Aunt Wu's breath suddenly became heavy and her voice also became rough. "How dare you bring a woman you don't know home!"
Boss Wu said angrily, "What are you talking about? I don't know anything about it! "
Auntie Wu grabbed Boss Wu's collar with her left hand and slapped him with the wet rag in her right hand. She cursed, "Wu Laoer, you bastard! Now you are rich, but you don't even know your name after running a shop in Chang 'an for a few years! If it weren't for my dowry, you would be a little hooligan in Eastern County! How dare you take a concubine! Let me tell you, there is no way! "
In the antique shop on Lin 47th Street, there was a perfect family farce. From time to time, there were dramatic sound effects, screams and the sound of furniture falling on the ground.
Sangsang didn't know these things and she didn't care about them. In her opinion, as long as Ning Que became the emperor of the Great River Kingdom, the bet would stand. As for whether Boss Wu could keep it or not, it was his own business.
At this time, she was shopping with Ning Que in Chang 'an.
They went to Chenjinji Cosmetics Store, but they didn't buy cosmetics. They went to the Eastern City Market, but they didn't buy vegetables. They went to the Fragrance Workshop, but they didn't buy pen and paper. They went to the Building of Pines and Cranes, but they didn't ask for noodles.
She was a tourist who traveled all over Chang 'an without leaving a trace. She just left new footprints in the streets where she had left her footprints, removing the traces of the past.
Chang 'an was the God-stunning Array. She had lived in this city for many years, and the aura she left behind had greatly affected the God-stunning Array. Now she was walking to repair it.
The next morning, she and Ning Que returned to the house by Yanming Lake.
She went to the lake and stood on the embankment, thinking for a moment while facing the lotus field on the lake. Then she plucked a few soft willow branches and made a dozen little things at a speed that was too fast for the naked eye to see.
Among the little things she made were bamboo baskets, tables, chairs, and a frog. After she finished, she didn't hand them to Ning Que, but threw them into Yanming Lake.
Looking at the willow things floating in the lake and gradually sinking, Ning Que was silent. When he saw the willow frog also sink to the bottom of the lake, he broke the silence and said, "Buddha is not a frog, and I am not a prince. It seems that there are no fairy tales in this world."
Sangsang returned to Chang 'an and did these things to revisit and repay her debt. Back in the Divine Hall of Light, she had decided to cut off her ties with the human world in this way. Now she was still doing this, which meant that she still wanted to leave the human world and return to the Divine Kingdom.
"Many years ago, in Min Mountain, beside the bonfire at the entrance of Northern Mountain Road, you also said that fairy tales are lies. The ugly duckling can become a swan not because of its efforts, but because it is a swan. I am Haotian, so I can't stay in the human world. No matter how hard you try, you can't change it."
After a long silence, Ning Que said, "You know, I still have many tricks."
Sangsang looked at the lotus field and said, "Yes, you can use the God-stunning Array to suppress me."
Ning Que said, "You know I won't do that."
Sangsang said, "Because you know very well that even if the God-stunning Array is repaired, it can't kill me now."
Sangsang said, "Why? You wanted me to return to Chang 'an because of this. "
Ning Que said, "We just want to use the God-stunning Array to cut off your ties with the Divine Kingdom. The Academy has never thought of killing you."
Sangsang thought of what Li Manman said at the back of the mountain of the Academy. After a moment of silence, she said, "Why? I killed Ke Haoran, and your Headmaster is destined to be killed by me. "
Ning Que said, "I've explained it before. It was Haotian who killed Youngest Uncle, not you. Now you are a living person, not a cold rule. As for the Headmaster … he didn't want you to die."
Sangsang looked at him quietly and said, "I don't know what the Headmaster of the Academy is thinking, but I know you are lying. The Academy knows that the Headmaster of the Academy will fail. That is why they want me to repair the God-stunning Array. Only when the God-stunning Array is repaired can the Academy pose a threat to the Divine Kingdom and help your Headmaster."
Ning Que did not say anything.
Sangsang smiled and turned to leave the lake.
The spring light shone on the city wall. She came to the city wall.
She looked at the distant south, at the mountain with blooming peach blossoms, and said, "Do you know your sins?"
The West-Hill Divine Palace was on the Peach Mountain.
Hundreds of priests and thousands of deacons, as well as countless devout believers of Haotian, were carrying out a grand sacrifice. This sacrifice had been going on for many days. It started when the spring thunder bloomed. Even the endless spring rain did not stop the sacrifice, and the devout prayers never stopped.
Today, the prayers suddenly stopped.
Because a thunderous voice suddenly sounded in the sky. It was full of irresistible power and the most profound sense of majesty, as if Heaven was admonishing the human world.
"Do you know your sins?"
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