Chapter 215

Exactly 35 years ago. The Roland Empire dates back to the spring of 925.

Perhaps many people have long forgotten what happened in the spring of this year. In most people's hearts, it seems that the only thing worth remembering about the spring more than 30 years ago is that it seems to come very late.

The early cold of early spring swept across the central part of the mainland. In order to prevent the soldiers from being frozen during the spring drill, the military headquarters made a batch of thick military uniforms. After busy work, they were finally sent to all the troops before the spring drill.

However, the spring of this year is not so simple. For the people of the imperial capital, a lot of things happened in the spring of this year, which later affected the whole continent.

In the spring of this year, his majesty Augustine VI officially established the crown prince status of his only son, the eldest prince Arvin. In the spring, the head of the Rowling family died of illness. Raymond of the Rowling family inherited the title of Earl and became the new Earl of Rowling. He inherited the fertile plain of Rowling.

Among the young aristocrats of the Empire, this 20-year-old Raymond is undoubtedly a rising star. His talent, his outstanding martial arts skills, and his talent in the military field have convinced all those who are optimistic about him that there is another outstanding patriarch in the Rowling family.

At this time, young earl Raymond's best friend is the eldest prince Arvin, who has just been established as the crown prince. One is a young and promising future imperial general, and the other is a future Imperial Emperor. Their intimate relationship makes everyone optimistic about the future of the Rowling family... It clearly indicates the future generation of Ming Junliang. And at this time, who would have thought that one day in the future, the great prince, who is considered to be the future emperor, would be defeated and die? And the head of the Rowling family, who has an unlimited future, will fall into disrepute. Losing office?

At this time, they are young, hopeful and complacent.

Also in his golden age, there is the head of the Liszt family. He was a famous beautiful man in the imperial capital. He was erudite, intelligent and witty. Within a short year after he came to the imperial capital, he had a lot of knowledge. He conquered the aristocratic circle of the whole imperial capital with his personal charm. From music, flowers, art, astronomy, divination, history, dance... There seems to be nothing Mr. Liszt can't do. And he was as handsome as the sun god, with an intoxicating smile. It also made countless noble girls and ladies fall for it.

Even his majesty Augustine VI gave Mr. Liszt a knighthood. Although the title of knighthood is a low rank that can not be inherited, the title granted by the Emperor himself has made Mr. Liszt more valuable in the imperial capital.

At the same time, Mr. Liszt also has a fortune of hundreds of millions, as a famous rich family in mainland China. His background is enviable: young, rich and talented, making him the lover of countless girls.

What is more memorable is that in the spring of this year. The blue ocean scholar in the imperial capital finally soared to the sky!

In everyone's memory, about a few years ago, a middle-aged man named blue ocean came to the imperial capital. No one knows where the old man came from. He has always been a plain cotton padded robe, and his long hair is so casual. He chose to live in the south of the city where civilians gathered. On the long street where he lives, everyone, every day, sees this blue ocean man walking on the street with a smile.

No matter who you are. Even if you are just a bakery owner, or a rickshaw puller, as long as you greet him, he will smile and nod to you.

In the eyes of these civilians, this blue ocean gentleman is erudite and versatile! Because since he came here, he has solved many thorny problems for us many times.

If you are sick and look down on the doctor, you can ask Mr. blue ocean for help. He will find some herbs that even professional doctors can't understand. You will be cured soon.

At first, people thought that Mr. Blue Ocean was a doctor.

Later. When the owner of a poorly managed grocery store next door decided to sell his property back to his hometown, but he could not calculate the accounts accumulated over the years. Mr. Blue Ocean only calculated for him one afternoon, and then settled all the accounts for six years.

At this time, people think that Mr. blue ocean is an excellent accountant.

Later, a leather merchant spread all the leather goods in the yard and exposed them to the sun. However, Mr. Blue Ocean went to tell him that it would be rainy in the coming month and advised him to transport all the goods out of the imperial capital. At that time, the scorching sun was the hottest season of the year. No one listened to the advice of Mr. blue ocean.

As a result, as Mr. blue ocean said, two days later, the torrential rain poured down, and a month of torrential rain made the Lancang canal burst in many places, resulting in heavy losses to the fur merchant.

After that, everyone thought that Mr. blue ocean might be a diviner.

Then, in order to make a new robe for an aristocrat, a tailor accidentally lost the cloth that the aristocrat gave him and found Mr. blue ocean for help. But Mr. blue ocean just pulled down a curtain at will, and made a new robe with that curtain in one afternoon. No one who saw that robe did not praise its beautiful style.

At this time, people began to wonder... Is there anything else that this Mr. blue ocean won't do?

His fame began to spread.

A man who worked as a gardener in an aristocrat's house accidentally killed some of the aristocrat's favorite pots of flowers. He asked for help from Mr. blue ocean. After Mr. blue ocean taught him several ways, the dead plants were miraculously revived.

A cattle dealer was cheated by his opponent and bought a thousand bad horses at a high price. Facing the loss, he turned to Mr. blue ocean for help. As a result, Mr. blue ocean accompanied him to look at the horses, selected two pregnant mares, and then gave some advice to the businessman.

As a result, the two pregnant mares. Actually gave birth to two of the best horses! And two years later, the two horses were trained to be good horses that travel thousands of miles every day. The money for selling the two horses alone made the businessman earn all his capital.

The most amazing thing is that one night, a thief broke into Mr. blue ocean's house... I don't know what happened. After daybreak, the thief had changed into a servant's costume, and then he stayed with Mr. blue ocean and became his loyal servant.

The reputation of blue ocean began to spread in the imperial capital. Some civilian families around. People began to ask Mr. blue ocean to educate their children.

Three years after Mr. LAN Hai came to the imperial capital, he has become a famous scholar. Although he lives in a civilian area, eats ordinary bread, has no carriage, lives in a simple yard, and even greets a groom politely.

But everyone respects this gentleman. Of course, some scholars in the imperial capital do not think so. They think that the existence of blue ocean is a violation of their own identity.

As a scholar. How can you mix up in dirty civilian areas? I heard that the blue ocean, even sometimes go out without shoes... This is too impolite!

So someone came to the door to find fault. In the name of discussing knowledge to challenge this blue ocean gentleman... But without exception, every scholar who comes to ask for trouble will leave with a face of shame in the end. Blue ocean, however, still carries a chair every day. Sitting in the yard under the locust tree in the sun.

His fame began to spread to some aristocrats. At the beginning, these nobles thought that blue ocean was just a traditional scholar... Just like those nobles who needed to please themselves, boasting and flattering around them. Those "scholars" who help themselves to be mediocre and elegant.

As a result, blue ocean turned down almost all the "invitation.".

This action made him become the "ungrateful hillbilly" in the hearts of many aristocrats.

However, in the spring of 925, the triennial academic conference of scholars, unexpectedly, this blue ocean gentleman, who was indifferent to fame and wealth, also attended.

This is a gathering of almost all the most famous scholars in the imperial capital. It is also the best opportunity for scholars to spread their fame and raise their value. All the learned scholars of the Empire. They will publicize their theories and show their erudition at this conference. According to the tradition, those who can perform well in this triennial conference are often employed as palace scholars!

And this time, everyone's demeanor is covered by the blue ocean.

Among a large group of scholars dressed in gorgeous clothes, the blue ocean, dressed in plain robes and barefoot, is so different. In the eyes of many mockers. Blue ocean raises three questions for famous scholars

First question: when a person is a baby. I'm not ashamed of being naked, but why when I grow up. All dressed in thick clothes and ashamed of being naked?

The second question, he asked, is that for wild animals, life is all about mating, fighting and hunting. The same is true in human life: mating, fighting, hunting. So, what's the difference between man and beast?

The third question is even more interesting. He invited one of the most famous university students in the imperial capital at that time. Then he asked the scholar to hold a bunch of flowers in full bloom in his hand, and he held a piece of cow dung in his hand regardless of people's surprise. Then he asked with a smile: what do you think when you see me? And what do I think when I see him?

This strange act shocked everyone.

At the conference which gathered so many famous scholars who were almost the most famous in the whole empire, no one could answer the three questions of blue ocean completely.

After a heated discussion, blue ocean easily announced its answer:

First question: he told everyone, "when you're wearing clothes now, it's not your body that you're hiding. It's the shame of your breath. Babies have no sense of shame

The second question, the difference between man and beast, no one in the audience can accurately answer, and blue ocean is easy to tell you: the biggest difference is that we will "think" this question here, but the beast will not.

And the third question is even more interesting. He held cow dung in his hand and looked at the university student with flowers in his hand opposite him. Ask him what he sees when he looks at himself. "What I see is cow dung," said the college student with a mockery of the blue ocean. Blue ocean is not angry, but very elegant to tell each other, "I see the flowers in your hand."

Just when that college student thought that blue ocean was soft on himself in disguise, the next sentence of blue ocean made him completely speechless.

"What you see in your eyes is cow dung, that's because you think of cow dung in your heart. I see flowers in my eyes because I think of flowers in my heart... Sir, that's the difference between us before. "

Blue ocean uses these three questions. Cleverly give these hypocritical scholars a biggest irony. The first question satirizes the shame of these guys, the second question satirizes that they can't think... And the third question satirizes their dirty heart.

After all the words, blue ocean left with a smile.

Just after that day, the name of blue ocean was completely established in the imperial capital. He asked hundreds of scholars in silence. After that, many people left the capital in shame.

On the evening of the spring of 925, blue ocean was sitting under the big locust tree, holding a cup of tea. The thief servant who was taken in by him stood quietly behind him.

At this time, a 10-year-old boy stood outside the courtyard where blue ocean lived. It's been a good afternoon.

This young man is thin and tall. He looks very pretty. It seems that he was born in a poor family. It's just that he's standing there. But with a different look in his eyes, as if with a pride in his bones.

He waited from noon until the afternoon, until in the evening, when the door of the courtyard where blue ocean lived was opened, he came in.

"Mr. blue ocean." He just stood at the door, his pretty face full of firmness: "I come to ask you to accept me as an apprentice."

Blue ocean laughs. He doesn't get up and still sits there. Holding tea in his hand, he noticed that the shoes on the young child's feet had worn out, the dust on the child's face, and the child's thin body.

"You come from a long way?"

"... northwest." The young man replied, "I have been walking for a month and come to the imperial capital all the way. I heard your name three days ago. I think you can relieve my confusion."

"What do you want from me?" Blue ocean is interested in this child.

"The answer." The boy's voice was very low: "Sir, I listen to others. You are the most intelligent and knowledgeable person in the imperial capital. I'm from the northwest. My family lives in the province of Desa, and my great great grandfather was a nobleman. My grandfather was an officer, and my father became a blacksmith in the army. He told me that the army would protect us. But my sister died three years ago, and my house was visited by brigands disguised as foreigners who insulted her, cut off her head and hung it on the fence in the yard. My mother held me in her arms and hid in the cellar. I listened to the robbers insulting my sister and heard her crying. But my mother covered my mouth and we didn't go out. After the robber left, my mother cried for three days and three nights, and then she died. My father was killed by the horse robber a year ago. All he left me was a sword, five copper horns, and a sentence: "live.". Dear sir, there are many people like me in the northwest province of Desa. I don't know. Is this destiny determined by a kind God? Can't our tragic fate be changed? "

The boy's voice is hoarse. There seems to be something in his eyes. Even the blue ocean can't bear to look directly at him.

He saw a cloth bag behind the boy, which seemed to be the outline of a sword.

After a long time, blue ocean sighed. He looked at the boy and apologized: "I'm sorry, kid, I can't answer your question."

On the young man's childish and firm face, a trace of deep disappointment flashed. He was about to turn around and leave, but blue ocean suddenly stopped him: "wait a minute."

The boy stopped. Blue ocean stood up from the chair and went to the boy. He looked into the boy's eyes and said in a low voice: "there are some things that we can't think out the answers... But not all things have to have answers. Can do... A lot of times, we will do it first, and then look at the results. We can do it first, even if such an attempt fails, then at least we can know that this way is not feasible, which is also a kind of harvest. If we just blindly think about it, instead of doing it, we may wait for you to think about it for a lifetime. There was no result

After a pause, he said slowly, "I can't tell you the answer, but I can help you to try... Child, what do you want to learn?"

"Wu!" The boy's answer was firm.

Blue ocean laughs: "Wu? You should know that I am a scholar. "

The boy was silent. He seemed embarrassed and disappointed. But blue ocean is carefully staring at this young man for a while, and then gently said: "you come with me."

He said. Blue ocean seems to be about to turn back and go inside, but then asked: "I almost forgot... What's your name?"

"Rodriguez." The boy replied, "you can also call me Rodney."

"All right, Rodriguez." Blue ocean quietly recites the name, and then he smiles: "you are my first disciple... And I think if there is no accident. He is also the only one who studies martial arts in my school. "

Rodriguez with the blue ocean into the house, the house also has a door, inside is a small room.

"This door is never locked." Blue ocean laughs: "however, I think. You may also be the only one who goes in except me. "

The small room inside is not as narrow as it looks from the outside. Blue ocean is obviously a person who knows how to make full use of space. What's more surprising to Rodriguez is that there is a curtain hanging in the room. On the curtain, those strange words and patterns... Rodriguez actually knows it.

"This is..." the young man's face suddenly became very strange: "this is the writing of those grassland barbarians?"

"Yes." Blue ocean stands in front of teenagers. The answer was very calm.

"Why do you have such things here?"

"Because..." Blue Ocean said with a smile, "because I am one of the" prairie barbarians "you said... If you don't mind. In fact, I'm not from mainland Loran. I was born in the grassland. I'm a grassland man. "

Rodriguez's face suddenly changed. He couldn't help stepping back and looking at the blue ocean carefully.

Blue ocean's eyes are blue ground, and he can't see the slightest trace of grassland alien blood, and his elegant temperament doesn't have the appearance of grassland people.

"Strange?" Blue ocean smile: "maybe in your heart. The so-called grassland people. Are they all the guys running on horses? However, after people's understanding of the grassland. How much do you really know? "

Blue ocean said, he gently lifted the cloth curtain, exposed behind a long box.

"I came from the prairie, but not the tribes and herdsmen. At the north end of the grassland, there is a big snow mountain, the highest peak of the snow mountain. It is said that standing on it, you can directly touch the sky. On the snow mountain, it is the Holy Land in the hearts of all grassland people, because that place is the cradle of all shamans. Every shaman wizard on the grassland comes from the big snow mountain... And the people on the big snow mountain are different from the people on the grassland. We look very much like the people of the Roland empire Blue ocean said with a smile on his face: "when I was born, I was already on the snow mountain. It's not as wild as you think. In fact... On the snow mountain, there is a relic of a civilization completely different from that of Loran, and we snow mountain people claim to be the blood of that lost civilization. "

Rodriguez was a little surprised: "you..."

"Don't use that look." Blue ocean light smile: "since I left the big snow mountain, I have been no longer there. Because a long time ago, I have seen very clearly... That mountain is a group of madmen... Or a crazy remnant race. I left the mountain and came here just because I didn't want to go crazy with those people. "

With that, blue ocean gently opened the box, which is a slender sword!

After opening the box, a cold air from the box immediately enveloped the whole room! Young Rodriguez was excited by the cold and could not help shivering gently. The cold light, like a cold moon, reflected on his young face. It was full of green and strange arcs. It appeared on the edge of the sword. The edge of the sword seemed to be shrouded in a layer of transparent ice, but it could be seen that

It's sharp!

"The name of this sword is" beauty under the moon. " Blue ocean sighed softly: "although I think. You are not fit to use this sword, but... I'll lend it to you for the time being. Although this sword is powerful, it will become a shackle when your martial arts reach a certain level in the future. Because this sword does not belong to you, although it can bring you a certain degree of improvement, but one day, you will find that you can not play its real power, at that time. Will become your bondage

After a pause, blue ocean asked, "didn't your father leave a sword? You can put that sword in this box. When one day in the future, this beauty under the moon can no longer provide you with growth, but becomes your shackles, you can come here. Take out your father's relic sword that you have here. At that time, I will teach you how to cultivate a sword that really belongs to you. A sword that makes your soul fit with your sword. "

Rodriguez carefully stared at the beauty under the moon in the box. Although he was still young, he could still feel the magic and extraordinary of this sword... The young man suddenly thought: "Sir, whose sword is this? Did you use it? "

"It's mine." Blue ocean seems to smile: "but now, I can no longer use it."

Rodriguez was a little surprised: "sir... Have you ever been a warrior?"

A strange expression appeared on blue ocean's face. Instead of answering Rodriguez's words immediately, he put out his hand and gently stroked the sword edge of the beauty under the moon. His movements were soft and delicate, and he sighed, "it's not anymore."

Then he seemed to smile: "anyone who leaves Daxueshan must voluntarily give up something that belongs to himself... And what I stay in Daxueshan is my" martial spirit. "

Young some at a loss, blue ocean said these things, young Rodriguez is still unable to understand. However, the heart of the young man, all his attention has been focused on this handle "beauty under the moon". It's so beautiful! Rodriguez has never seen such a beautiful sword! Its beauty seems to hide all its dangers. The chill of the forest. Seems to be able to let people's souls are deep, involuntarily trapped in it... Young in a daze. Blue ocean has taken the sword out of the box. Rodriguez quickly holds it in both hands“ Using this sword, I will teach you a kind of martial arts... But this kind of martial arts is not so easy to learn, especially in the beginning, your progress will even be much slower than ordinary people, but once you really practice it, you will find that this kind of martial arts has infinite power. Would you like to With the boy's voice gently answered "I do", from then on, the mainland, finally more than a strong decision! It took 25 years for a "fool" to go from level 1 to level 3, and only five years for a "genius" to go from level 3 to level 8! In the spring of 925. In the spring of this year, Yawen became the crown prince, and everyone thought that he would become the future emperor. Raymond Rowling became the new Earl of the Rowling family. The banquet of the Earl's taking office was in the new Earl's house. Outside the hall of the banquet guests, at the back door of the Earl's house, on a carriage, a young coachman was dozing. He tightened his clothes and muttered: "damn the weather, it's still so cold at night... Alas, is that housekeeper very proud... Hum, I, madder, one day, On the same night, among everyone's surprise, Mr. Liszt, the popular lover worshipped by countless girls, unexpectedly married a beautiful girl from poor family. On this wedding night, Mr. Liszt said to his new wife with a smile: "dear, if we have children in the future, I want to be a beautiful daughter... In memory of our love, I want to name her after you... LAN Liszt. " At the same time, Augustine VI, the great emperor, has begun to turn his conquering eyes to the northwest. There is a huge map hanging in his bedroom, and on the corner of the northwest, it is heavily painted with a circle... When all these things that affect the future history of the continent happen on the same night, A young man named Rodriguez, in a cabin of his blue ocean family, took up his swordsmanship and started his life's struggle“ My child, since you are my student now, I will tell you my real name Blue ocean looked at this young disciple who was obsessed with the beauty under the moon: "remember, my real name is" Blue Ocean Yue. " Rodriguez a Leng: "blue sea Yue? What a strange name. "“ Not the strangest. " Blue ocean scholar gently smiles, and then his face suddenly becomes serious: "I also want to remind you of one thing, which I ask you to remember firmly under any circumstances!"“ What? "“ Keep a name in mind, and you must swear to me that under no circumstances will you confront that person head on! Because if there is a devil in the world, he must be the closest one! " Blue ocean's face became very grim“ Yes, teacher, please“ That man, he's my brother, my own brother. But I always feel that when the Spirit sent his soul to the world, it must be sent to the wrong place... He should not be born in my family, he should become the devil directly... In fact, when I left the snow mountain, he has been designated as the only candidate for the next wizard king! " Blue ocean's eyes flashed a strange look, and then he said with a bitter smile: "maybe it's a coincidence, maybe it's doomed, his name just forms a strange contrast with my name." At this point, the university man sighed gently: "his name is... Baihechou!" With this sigh, blue ocean gently dipped his hand in the teacup and wrote down a few words Rodriguez didn't know. Young Rodriguez looked at the words like a square, with a surprised expression: "this is..." "this is the words on the snow mountain, which is different from the words of Roland empire. This is the name of Bai He Chou. Maybe I'm the only one in the Empire who can recognize this kind of writing. " Although blue ocean is erudite and versatile, his last sentence is wrong after all. Because, 35 years later, there was a person on the mainland who recognized this kind of writing. This man, of course, is... Dewey!