Most of the content in this chapter (including the chapter title ashesoftime) is a spoof of the movie "Ashes of Time". Any similarities are not coincidental.
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Autumn, the twenty-fourth year of Hongde.
This year, as the Five Yellow Emperor approaches Tai Sui, there is drought everywhere.
Wherever there is drought, there must be trouble.
Whenever there is trouble, I have business.
My name is Di Bujue, from Dengzhou Prefecture, Shandong Province. My profession is to help others solve their problems.
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“It seems that you are in your early forties.
“In the past forty years, there are always some things that you don’t I'd like to mention it again, there are some people you don't want to see again.
“Some people have been sorry to you, and maybe you have thought about... killing them.
“But you don’t dare, or you feel it’s not worth it.
"Now, actually killing people... is very easy."
"I have a friend who is very good at martial arts, but his life has been a little difficult recently. As long as you give him a little If it's silver, he can definitely help you kill that person.
"Heh... just think about it."
That day, as soon as I finished saying this to the other party, dozens of officers and soldiers rushed out from around me, and they couldn't help but say I was beaten violently and then taken to the Yamen.
In prison, they asked me if the "friend" I was talking about was myself...
I was twenty years old at that time. I have been traveling under the banner of Jianghu for several years, but this is the first time I have come out to make a living, and my experience is indeed somewhat lacking...
But after being "fished" this time, I understand that the security of the capital is really It's not bad. It doesn't matter whether there is a drought or not. It would be better for me to do business in a more remote place.
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In the spring of the twenty-fifth year of Hongde.
After using some money to get out of prison, I left the capital and went to the desert to start another life.
In the past, I was the younger brother of the young gang leader of the Cao Gang. I was very powerful and powerful, and even those old guys had to give me some respect when I walked around the world.
Now, I am just the unknown shopkeeper of a small wine shop. Of course, I also do some part-time "killer agency" business.
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On the sixth day of the lunar month, the awakening of insects occurred.
A man came to me for a drink. His name was Hu Wenzhi.
This man is from the east.
If you ask why, it is naturally because the desert is in the west.
That day, in addition to wine, Hu Wenzhi also brought me a souvenir.
While drinking at night, he said to me:
"Not long ago, I met someone who gave me a jar of wine.
" She said It's called drunkenness, life and death.
“After drinking it, you can forget anything you have done before.
“I am very strange., why is there such a wine.
"She said that the biggest trouble people have is that they have a good memory. If you can forget everything, every day will be a new beginning. How happy would you be?"
That night, I beat Hu Wenzhi violently and sent him to the county government.
After all, we have known each other for so many years, but he actually wants to use this kind of wine to trick me, hehe... He takes advantage of others, right? Then you can't blame the brothers for being unkind.
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There are always a few months every year when people seem unwilling to die.
Well, when I say "a few months," I actually mean "twelve months."
In short, I have not been buying or selling since the beginning of spring last year.
I heard that someone in this area is very fast with his sword recently, and I happened to have nothing to do, so I went to find him to see whether his sword or my palm was faster.
"I shouldn't have come here."
"You know it's too late now."
"Can you leave one hand?"
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"No, if you want to stay, keep your life."
I originally thought I had won.
Unexpectedly, after he said this, he immediately yelled, "There is no need to talk about moral principles with this scum, let's go together." Then his dozens of brothers who were ambushing around him They rushed out and attacked me with lime powder and sticks.
The world is dangerous, and I am still too young. Fortunately, this group of people are just ordinary scoundrels. If they were really people in the world... I am afraid they would have fallen into trouble here.
Of course, they would not really beat me to death. "Keep me alive" was just a harsh word spoken by the scoundrels, but I was still beaten so hard that I couldn't get off the ground for more than half a month.
Since then, I have understood that in this world, martial arts alone are of no use. The so-called "morality" is just something that only those who have survived can talk about or make up.
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Xia, the twenty-fifth year of Hongde.
A swordsman came to me, his name is Lin Dong.
Lin Dong’s sword is very fast, but he is very sloppy and doesn’t even like to wear shoes.
I know he can help me make a lot of money, but I have never liked this person because a fortune teller once told me that I "will end up in bad luck".
Lin Dong is a full ten years older than me, but most of the time he is as childish as a stupid boy. Once the money is in his hands, he will spend it all quickly.
Of course, he is not stupid, he is just too principled.
If he doesn’t want to do the business I introduced, he won’t do it.
I told him that I was here to find killers, not knights, so he smiled and continued to eat for free.
I want to drive him away, but his martial arts skills are much higher than mine.
When I came back to my senses, I realized that this shameless guy seemed to be planning to eat me to death, so one night, I took out the jar of wine left by Hu Wenzhi and told him about it. "The story of "Drunken Life and Dreaming of Death".
But he said that he did not want to drink.
Because there were many things that he did not want to forget.
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On the tenth day of the lunar month, it was sunny.
A woman came to see Lin Dong.
“That woman has been waiting for you outside for several days. "
"What can I do if I don't drive her away? Do you want me to travel around the world with my wife? "
"Ha... Who says it's not possible? It all depends on people. I have also..."
"Have you ever crossed mountains and seas, and also crossed mountains and seas of people? "
"No..."
"Isn't that okay? What’s your ‘past’ when you’re only in your early twenties? Okay, eat, eat. "
"Oh..."
I don't know if Lin Dong is simply rude, or if he has seen through my mind.
He didn't let me speak. The words I spoke were truly from my heart.
I was once like Lin Dong, who was bent on conquering the world and thought I could leave my woman behind. But when I got home, I realized that she had become me. Sister-in-law.
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On the 15th, it will be sunny and windy. The earth official will come down to determine the good and evil in the world. There will be blood. It is forbidden to travel far. It is advisable to recite sutras and interpretations. Disaster.
Today, Lin Dong made another loss-making business.
He killed a local bully in order to stand up for a poor girl.
The bully's martial arts skills were not bad, and he had many accomplices around him, but Lin Dong came to the door single-handedly, and the result...
"I lost my life for a bowl of powder. A finger, is it worth it? ”
“It’s not worth it, but I ate two bowls of noodles and only had the money for one bowl of noodles with me. I couldn’t help it. I don’t like to owe others.” "
"Do you want to be shameless? "
"The child said that her parents were killed by the bully, so she was selling fans there alone. I can't be a freebie at her place. ”
“If I chop you to death now, it doesn’t count as taking advantage of someone else’s danger, does it? "
"Sigh... I should have been fine, but my sword is not as fast as before. I was fast before because I was direct and just did what I thought was right. I never thought about the cost, but Hanging around with you all the time makes me gradually lose myself... I don't want to be like you, because I know that Di Bujue will never take risks for a bowl of noodles. This is the difference between you and me. "
I was very angry with this freeloader that day. Fortunately, within a few days, he finally decided to leave me.
"Where are you going? ”
“If you always call me a freeloader, then I will join the beggars. I will be the overlord among the beggars in the future.” "
"What is that? ”
“Still a beggar. "
"Well...what about her? "
"Take her with you. Like you said, it all depends on the person. Who said you are not allowed to take your wife to wander the world, right? "
I finally understand why that woman likes Lin Dong, because with such a thick-skinned person, you will always have something to eat.
When I watched them leave, I was very jealous. I once had such an opportunity, but I don’t know why...but gave up.
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After Lin Dong left, it kept raining.
Every time it rains, I will think of someone who once liked me very much.
I don’t know if it’s a coincidence or other reasons, but every time I leave her for a long trip, it rains. She said it’s because she’s unhappy.
Later, she married my brother.
I went to see her the night she got married and asked her to come with me.
But in the end, I left Caobang alone.
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In the early years of Yongtai, the new emperor ascended the throne and granted amnesty to the world.
Hu Wenzhi should have been released, but he will never come to my place again, and he will never see me again.
Many years later, I accidentally heard that he had already sailed eastward and had not been heard from since.
This year Jingzhe, when I was packing my things, I found a souvenir.
Because I misunderstood Hu Wenzhi, I put this letter away and couldn't find it. I didn't expect it to appear again now.
This letter was written to me by my sister-in-law Ruan. She told me that she found out that she was pregnant not long ago and hoped that I could know about it.
A fortune teller once said to me: "If the sun in the husband and wife palace turns into evil, the marriage will be real but not real." I didn't expect it to be true.
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I sat outside the door for two days and two nights, watching the sky keep changing.
Then I understood Lin Dong - the feeling of being hungry is really bad, and it doesn't help you think.
That night, I drank that jar and became drunk.
I never thought that the woman I had loved for more than twenty years would actually use laxatives on me in such a despicable way.
This is also the first time I know that the laxatives added to the wine are still effective more than a year later.
If I had understood at that time that she was really stupid and was more than happy to torture me for the rest of my life, I might not have gone back.
But after all, I was young and confused...
Not long after, I left this desert and returned to Caobang.
On the day I left, the almanac read: The post horses moved, the water flowed into the sky, and there was wind and thunder in the east.
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Dengzhou in the winter of the 24th year of Hongde.
Hu Wenzhi: "I always thought you would be together, why didn't you marry him?"
Ruan: "He never said he liked me."
< p>Hu Wenzhi: "Some words don't have to be said."Ruan: "I just want him to say a word, but he refuses to say a word. He is too confident and thinks that I will definitely marry He, who knew I was marryingkilled his brother.
"On the day I got married, he asked me to go with him...I...I didn't agree.
"Why do you have to wait until you lose to fight for it? In that case, I won't let him get it. "
Hu Wenzhi: "Do you think you will win this way? ”
Ruan: “I don’t know whether I won, but he will definitely lose. ”
Before Hu Wenzhi left that day, Mrs. Ruan gave Hu Wenzhi a jar of wine and a souvenir.