Book 33 - Chapter 13 – Emotion Cannot Be Stopped By Oneself (1/2)
Inside a s Canal, Yun Shuai invited Kou Zhong to sit in the hall He laughed and said, “A wise person reflecting a thousand times can still make a mistake This is your honorable country’s widely popular saying that is the truth If you only thought carefully, you ought to know that I can’t possibly letcould be considered extreuisedto Persian and Arabs (Courtesy of Akolaw)]to the east to do business, I still could not hide fro shook his head and said, “I underesti, he has no reason not to come”
Yun Shuai said, “Why do you think he has no reason not to coht I stole so that is extreet a glie Method”
Staring blankly, Yun Shuai said, “Yang Xuyan is unexpectedly shi+ Zhixuan’s disciple?”
After giving hi Xuyan really wishes to eat my flesh and drink my blood; this scheht to come?”
Yun Shuai sh place behind the temple, ready to ambush Shao Shuai, only too bad the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind it; I aility was indeed outstandingly quick At that time I had a hundred-percent confidence that I would be able to subdue and kill hied to escape This man is indeed Shao Shuai’s for cried, ‘Lucky!’ inwardly He said, “Was Guoshi+ unable to bear not going to your temple to worshi+p God? How could you coincidentally cohed and said, “When one already left his hohts and feeling Seeing the entire city of Chang’an celebrating the beginning of Spring invoked the ho in my heart, inadvertently I cahborhood I saw a large nu over, so I knew you ratitude again, while casually asked what happened after they parted
Yun Shuai’s pair of eyes emitted an intense murderous aura, but the tone of his voice was unusually calht shade, he said, “Since shi+ Zhixuan’s sneak attack, I knew that I auys were unable to stop him Therefore, aftertree by the road and hid over there, letting the carriage leaving withoutstared blankly He wanted to say so but then hesitated
Yun Shuai spoke indifferently, “Let the things of the past remain in the past, I could retain e on the to say; he could only earnestly hope for Xie Xianting, two persons – that Heaven would help the worthy, that shi+ Zhixuan could not catch up with them, or perhaps he disdained to kill the to ask his relationshi+p with Zhu Can, but in the end he decided it was inappropriate for hied the subject instead, “Why did Guoshi+ co’an?” he asked
Yun Shuai pondered silently for a , “I came to see the situation in the Central Plains We, the Western Tujue have been fighting against the Eastern Tujue for h there have been many victory and defeat between the two, the fact is that we are actually inferior to theuished country could turn the chaos back and put it under control, the land under heaven is unified, theis naturally to deal with Xieli by all means, then our objective would be the same, hence there would be the possibility that we could cooperate”
S’an, evidently you decided that the House of Tang has the best chance to unify the world, ainally I thought so But once I sa nu’an are, how the Qin wang Mansion and the Taizi Mansion, the two cannot exist together, to such an extent as toto the east to attack Luoyang and let wang shi+chong sorting out the re worried for the Li Family If Xieli’s evil clutches seize this opportunity to invade, the Central Plains will be in great danger”
Kou Zhong cheerfully said, “Now that I know the reason why Guoshi+ ca’an secretly,ene his brows, Yun Shuai asked, “Are you referring to shi+ Zhixuan?”
Kou Zhong replied, “Not only shi+ Zhixuan, there is also Zhu Yuyan and Zhao Deyan These three are joining hands in a conspiracy to deal with Qin wang Li shi+min”
Greatly astonished, Yun Shuai said, “Isn’t Li shi+min your enemy as well? Why don’t Shao Shuai sit on the ht, while also seize the opportunity to take away the weapons and other things frohed and said, “Thisthere is a partnershi+p relation between Li shi+min and me; if Xieli invades, all of us would have to pack our food and leave before we finish eating”
After staring fixedly at hihed hoarsely and said, “Although I still don’t understand you too well, furthermore, your action and style don’t ly, I admire you verythe decision I wonder if Shao Shuai couldfirst …”
Kou Zhong gladly said, “If I can’t even acco together? I’ll do it right away I will give Guoshi+ a definite answer before nightfall today”
Inwardly he thought it was really not suitable for hi
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Usually the Bei Li [northern neighborhood] was already crowded and bustling with noise and exciteh Every casino had people at thewould they allow another person entering, so that there was a long line outside the door
Even Lei Jiuzhi, soaze wistfully at the gate and sigh, but had to step back On the contrary, Xu Ziling happily pulled Lei Jiuzhi to turn around and leave; he said with a laugh, “Everybody is scra to uanzhu [owner] are the only ones getting rich We’d better stroll around a little bit, and then later on we go to Fu Ju Lou to enjoy the beautiful scenery of snowflakes floating down over the Yue Ma Bridge”
Lei Jiuzhi said, “These few days, all the restaurants and wine shops are closed, only pleasure houses and casinos are still opening their door to do business With nowhere else to go, everybody is just flocking into these places; that’s why their doors are like thethe Yong An Canal; he lightly said, “Don’t you use your lotus-flower-lustrous-tongue to tell me to brave the snoait for our turn at the casino door The temples should be open?”
Stunned, Lei Jiuzhi asked, “Are you thinking of going to Wu Lou Si? Aren’t you afraid of alerting shi+ Zhixuan?”
Xu Ziling said, “shi+ Zhixuan is a holyin seclusion in clear o all over the place watching and searching for people? Besides, the tee of the confusion to get into the teht find the entrance to the buried treasure, and then ould be able to ement hat is about to happen”
Greatly astonished, Lei Jiuzhi said, “I thought you are hoping that Xiao Zhong is not going to find the treasure, and then he would give up his a for the world; why do you suddenly beco said, “Supposing after doing my best I still cannot find the treasure, I can persuade hi is, I already promised hi that I promised, I have to strive my hardest to accomplish it”
Wu Lou Si appeared ahead As expected, people were co, the rain and snow did not affect their enthusiass
Lei Jiuzhi said, “The people co to worshi+p Buddha are e; I wonder if the closer one is to one’s death, the more one hope that there will be another heaven and earth after death, so that their life could go on”
Xu Ziling did not expect Lei Jiuzhi ht suddenly make such a deep philosophical remark; he responded, “Based on what they have seen and heard, people ht, over the years, deepen what they know about life fro for exa as decreed by fate But after going through all kinds of situation, he felt that in everything, there is a pair of hands of the fate behind it; therefore, gradually he is developing different way of looking at things
Lei Jiuzhi laughed and asked, “Does Ziling believe in fate?”
Looking up to let the snowflakes floating onto his face, Xu Ziling replied, “I don’t know”
He could not stop theBuddhist nun attire thisrose up in his heart
What kind of arrange hurriedly ca’s temporary residence, located within a standalone courtyard house with a fully enclosed courtyard [see footnote Book 31 Chapter 11] west of Shang Lin Yuan
The heavenly wohout the world, aiting eagerly at the ing, saw his arrival
She was sitting quietly in front of the qin, tuning its silky string, facing the , looking at the garden outside, where snowflakes were floating down, in har in the air
In the hall of the wing, the stove was blazing, so that the roo
Perhaps her subordinates were out to enjoy the festivities, but other than two ht
After closing the door, the maid left The pavilion courtyard was quiet without any noise, a piece of tranquil harmony Only occasional noise of the firecrackers fro the auspicious day of New Year’s Day, but that it was so Xiufang softly said, “Sit down by Xiufang’s side, will you?”
Kou Zhong lifted a chair and set it down by her side, slightly behind her, and sat down obediently