The young man raised his foot and stomped on the floor twice, and Yellow Ox was reined in. The two people in the car looked at Li Xian, who was standing blankly on Vermilion Bird Avenue with his face facing south and his back facing north.
The two people on the ox cart were Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng. Yuan Tiangang was originally a disciple of Confucianism, but he later learned martial arts from an eminent monk on Mount Emei. He then learned medicine from Sun Simiao, the King of Medicine, and later learned Taoism from Li Chunfeng's father, Li Bo. He learned the strengths of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. He was very outstanding.
Previously, he was the county magistrate of Huojing County, Qiongzhou County, Jiannan Road. This time, his term of office had expired. Li Shimin had long heard that he knew astronomy, geography, and Taoism. Therefore, he ordered him to go to the capital to report on his work and personally evaluate him for appointment. Li Chunfeng was the son of Yuan Tiangang's master, Li Bo, so he was naturally his junior brother.
Li Chunfeng had learned it earlier than his senior brother. The calendar used in the early Tang Dynasty was the Wuyin Yuan Calendar. This calendar had certain flaws. Li Chunfeng had done a detailed study of it and proposed modifications to improve it. Calendar compilation was a specialized subject, and it was difficult for ordinary scholars to learn about it. Li Chunfeng was young, but he had such profound attainments in astronomy. Naturally, he attracted the attention of Li Shimin, who was thirsty for talent. Therefore, he was awarded the title of General Shi Lang and served in the Imperial Historian Bureau.
Li Chunfeng couldn't help but be overjoyed when his senior brother entered the capital. He went to the Ten Mile Pavilion in the south of the city to pick up his senior brother.
Yuan Tiangang listened to Li Chunfeng's words and carefully looked at Li Xian a few more times. He smiled and said,""What's so special about this kid's appearance?"
Li Chunfeng didn't believe that his senior brother was so blind. When his father, Li Bo, entered the capital to write a letter, he had praised him more than once, saying that his senior brother's Dao was far superior to his. Li Chunfeng knew that his senior brother was testing him, so he said,""This child seems to have died early, suffering many disasters and hardships. Moreover, if one looked closely at his face, he should be dead by now, but he was still alive. Wasn't that strange?”
Yuan Tiangang narrowed his eyes and smiled."If I'm not wrong, this child has been imprisoned for eighty-one days. The fiendish aura between his eyebrows has almost dissipated. Today is the ninth day of the ninth month, and it is the day of the extreme of the number to be released. The extreme of bad luck comes good fortune, and the disaster has been solved.”
"Has the disaster been resolved?" Li Chunfeng chuckled. I don't think so. He's standing on Vermilion Bird Avenue at this moment, hesitating and not knowing where to go. Vermilion Bird Avenue connected the north and south. Qian was in the north and Kun was in the south. The universe was heaven and earth, the sun and moon, Yin and Yang, and life and death. He was standing at the moment of life and death.”
"Where can I live and where should I die?" Yuan Tiangang smiled.”
Li Chunfeng said," The Vermilion Bird is to the south, and he is currently standing on Vermilion Bird Street in the capital. If he goes south, he can borrow the vitality of Vermilion Bird Street to obtain a chance of survival, but this chance of survival will only extend his lifespan by a year! If he went in the other three directions, he wouldn't even have a year left! Especially in the east, where there was a black dragon, which was against the true dragon qi of the Son of Heaven. If he went east, he would die suddenly within three days.”
Yuan Tiangang nodded slightly, his eyes revealing a look of approval. This little junior brother was indeed talented and intelligent. At the age of twenty, his physiognomy was not inferior to his. It was just that he still had the temperament of a youth and liked to show off. He still had to temper his temperament.
Seeing Yuan Tiangang nod, Li Chunfeng said happily,""Little brother is right, right?"
Li Chunfeng paused for a moment and said regretfully,""I think this person has some affinity. Should I give him some advice so that he won't take the wrong path and lose his life in vain?”
"Wait!" Yuan Tiangang immediately said. Chunfeng was too rash! Life and death are predestined, how can we interfere?”
Yuan Tiangang looked deeply at Li Xian and said,""He can't make a decision on where to go. It's not the will of the heavens. Let him make his own choice. Let's go!"
Yuan Tiangang kicked his feet and whipped the ox. The ox slowly walked forward.
Li Xian was at a loss and didn't know where to go. As he thought about the past, his nose ached and his eyes moistened. Suddenly, someone patted him on the shoulder. Li Xian turned his head and saw that it was the captain, Liu Yuntao. Liu Yuntao said happily to Li Xian,""Little brother, why aren't you home yet?”
"Boss Liu, you haven't left yet?" Li Xian asked in surprise.”
Boss Liu said," I went to borrow some money from a friend. I'll go to Baqiao in a while and take a boat. I'll sail east and return to Luoyang." Where is your home, can you go the same way as me?”
Li Xian's heart skipped a beat. Since he had nowhere to go, why not go with Boss Liu and freeload with him for a few days? It wouldn't be too late to make plans after he became familiar with this world. Perhaps he could even find a way to return to the future world.
But as the words reached his mouth, a " familiar " figure suddenly appeared in his mind. It was Li Xian's mother. He had only seen her once on the day he was escorted into the capital.
That day, it was raining heavily. She ran in the rain, fell, got up, fell again, and got up again. She was covered in mud, tears, and rain. Her miserable cries seemed to still linger in his ears. Li Xian suddenly felt a little suffocated.
Li Xian hesitated and shook his head.""My home is in the Sword Offering Dao Li Prefecture. We have to go south.”
Boss Liu looked at his strange expression and couldn't help but laugh,""Haha! Why do you look so strange? Do you really think that you're someone who transmigrated over a thousand years in the future?”
Li Xian was shocked. He had thought that he would die. He wanted the whole world to know that he had transmigrated and left his mark in this short stay in time and space. Now that he was alive, how could he reveal this secret again?
Li Xian immediately denied it. In prison, I said that on purpose. I was hoping…"
Boss Liu pointed at him and laughed. Alright, let's not talk anymore. I wish I could grow wings and go home now. Let's meet again next September!”
" Ninth of September next year?" Li Xian was stunned. You…really plan to come back?"
Boss Liu was also stunned." Of course I'm coming back. In prison, we all swore to the heavens." The emperor has shown mercy and extended our lifespans by a year, allowing us to fulfill many of our unfulfilled wishes. How can we be worse than pigs and dogs and go back on our words?”
Boss Liu looked at Li Xian strangely and suddenly pointed at him.""You're not planning to run away and never come back, are you?”
"No, no, of course not!" Li Xian couldn't help but jump in fright when he was exposed. He hurriedly shook his head in denial.
"Let me tell you, a man cannot stand without his word!" Boss Liu said seriously. We are all people who have died once. We should understand that the most important thing for a person to live is not to be able to breathe. We have to live to be human. We can't do things that aren't for our children!”
Li Xian sweated and repeatedly exclaimed. Boss Liu looked at him up and down a few more times, snorted coldly, and turned to leave. His attitude towards him was not as familiar as before.
"A man can't stand without faith? For the word 'trust', he would give up his life, tsk!”Li Xian thought otherwise.
However, since he had nowhere to go, he decided that he might as well head south first, to Jiannan, to Lizhou, and to Li Xian's home. In any case, he had always borrowed Li Xian's body to survive. In his memory, Li Xian's mother had experienced war and Li Xian was her only relative, unless she had no other relatives.
Although he wasn't Li Xian, Li Xian's memory gave him a strong feeling. If he did nothing to Li Xian's mother, his conscience would probably never be at peace again. He had to go to Lizhou and, in Li Xian's name, let his miserable mother know that his son was still alive.
Perhaps, he could do his best to save up some money for Li Xian's mother. That way, when the autumn date came next year, he could change his name and escape to the ends of the world, feeling at ease. Thinking of this, Li Xian finally made up his mind. He raised his head and looked at the straight and magnificent Vermilion Bird Avenue.
Since he had nowhere to go, he would head south and fulfill the wish of the original owner of this body! From then on, he could be free and unfettered.
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