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This aroused Su Bai's curiosity, and at the same time made his walking steps smoother, shuttling through the chaotic and disorderly dream world, interspersed with countless memories, countless past flowing, in this huge Wanhua Mirror There are countless memory worlds hidden, every place is false, and every place is true.
Su Bai is like a mayfly under the vast starry sky, looking at the beauty of this changing scene, walking step by step, trying to find that special speck of dust from the dream of Ganges sand.
He was not afraid of wasting time, so he walked slowly, and his eyes flicked past countless memories, seeing joy, anger, sorrow, joy, birth, old age, sickness and death, wedding candles, gold list titles, unrequited love, parting from love... Maybe let Some people who like to read comics and read stories come here. They are reluctant to leave for the rest of their lives. There are countless lives here for them to experience at any time.
In the overlapping gorgeous dreams, Su Bai saw a black butterfly. This is a butterfly, like a bit of red in a gray world, like a bit of blackness in a colorful scene, so conspicuous and out of place, yet instantly disappearing. into a dream.
Butterflies have always been an imagery of dreams. The allusion of Zhuang Zhou’s dream of butterflies made the butterfly a kind of sustenance for dreams. Its appearance made Su Bai slightly startled, and he followed the black butterfly. It flew against the light. Flying in the colorful, and hidden in a gray dream.
Reversed Butterfly.
Su Bai couldn't help following this flying butterfly. Its wings appeared colorful in the gray dream, but appeared dark in the colorful dream.
Walking like this, after an unknown amount of time, Su Bai saw more reversing butterflies, flapping their wings in the gray dreamland, flying towards a door, which looked like a picture scroll, In front of this indistinct picture scroll, I vaguely saw a familiar silhouette with long black hair, a petite figure, and long black hair.
"Lianhua?" Su Bai asked softly.
Hearing the sound, among the flying butterflies, the familiar girl turned her face slightly, her emerald green eyes were shining brightly, she turned around slowly, opened her lips lightly, and uttered words like singing an ancient song.
... Cause and effect are spinning wheels, mirrors of light and shadow
... The floating world is boundless, but a fleeting dream.
...... Good, evil, love and deceit, all have a fixed number in the wheel of fate, swallowed by the darkness of the underworld.
... Alas, I am the guardian of dreams, the observer of fantasy love, only in the Wanhua mirror, I will live forever
Lianhua's voice came from her ears, and the words and sounds almost turned into substance, echoing in the depths of her soul. She sang softly and walked slowly until she stepped into the gray picture scroll in front of her, wearing black clothes as the background. The clothes are colorfully reflected by the butterflies.
After the song ended, she walked into the picture scroll, and then disappeared.
The butterflies flying all over the sky also disappeared, and the appearance of Reversed Butterfly and Lianhua was accompanied by a connection.
Su Bai didn't understand the meaning of the ballad she said, but he had an intuition that he didn't guess wrong, she was waiting here, waiting for him to find it, this picture scroll should be the last dream .
The finger touched the picture scroll, from the finger to the elbow was submerged in it instantly, the consciousness was sucked into the vortex, it was different from the past, this time the memory seemed much stronger, it seemed that too many emotions had been accumulated, and it seemed It was waiting for too long and too long. Once it was caught, it did not intend to let go, and directly threw the visitor into the dream of memory.
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The chaos didn't last long. When Su Bai woke up, he was lying on the tatami, and the familiar ceiling almost didn't ask what you were looking at.
Surrounded by a familiar environment, there are many dolls in the room. Although the positions have changed, and the proficiency and shape are also different, but this is indeed among the dolls, and the size and pattern of the room are slightly different.
"This is me?" Su Bai scratched his hair: "Are you back?"
He wasn't quite sure if he had returned to the real world, or if he was still in the dream made by Wanhua Mirror.
He tried to call Lianhua twice, but there was no response, so he opened the wooden door and walked out of the room. Only then did he realize that he was wearing a loose kimono, with a strange token hanging on his waist .
Outside the door is still the compartment of Azi Hotel, but the scenery in the atrium has changed slightly. It should be autumn, but the maple trees outside the door have returned to green. The subtle changes seem to tell him that this is not the real world .
He tried to release his mental wavelength, and as expected, his soul power was restricted and he couldn't use it at all. He almost turned his eyes into distant pupils, and he seemed to be an ordinary person again. The nerf is not a good experience either.
Walking through the corridor and coming to the front hall, the decoration style here has undergone considerable changes, and it can be seen that they are all old styles. Judging from the painting style on the screen, Su Bai thinks it looks familiar, this may be In the Edo period, because I brought it in the world of Ghost Slayer, I have some understanding of the style of objects in the Edo period, and I am familiar with it.
When the waitress saw Su Bai, she approached immediately, bowed her head, and said respectfully: "Good morning, my lord, how did you rest last night?"
"...Not bad." Su Bai moved his arms, but his shoulders were actually a bit stiff.
"Then, that small shop..." The proprietress asked softly, "Shouldn't they be ordered to close?"
Hearing these words, Su Bai guessed that his identity was unusual, so he asked calmly, "Let me ask you, why do I stay here?"
"Please forgive me..." The proprietress thought she had said something wrong, and hurriedly knelt down.
Su Bai supported her shoulders with one hand: "Don't be too busy kneeling, I don't like others kneeling and prostrating. Also, I just want to ask you again, why do I come to stay here?"
"This, this..." The proprietress tremblingly said: "Because, because some guests went to the enforcement office and said that our hotel is haunted by ghosts and monsters, so Mr. Fengxing came here to inspect."
Enforcement... Enforcement office?So I'm still a yamen chief?
Pursuing is a kind of ancient Japanese official position. In the era of the Edo Shogunate, there are roughly several types of enforcing, such as temple and shrine enforcing, survey and appointment enforcing, town enforcing, distant country enforcing...the enforcing of the administrative justice of the city in the territory, and the office of enforcing is equivalent to Chinese yamen.
Yamato is also a society with a solidified class system. Since the Heian period, social classes have been divided into the emperor, nobles, samurai, commoners, and tenant farmers. In this completely class-solidified society, the inheritance between classes depends on blood. Any promotion channel, even the emperor cannot dismiss the nobles, so some are born nobles, and samurai, as the carrier of military power, have the right to kill civilians at will, but they must serve the emperor or nobles.
Being able to serve as the envoy proves that Su Bai should belong to the nobles of the public, at least the class of high-ranking warriors, and it is no wonder that the proprietress is so trembling.
Speaking of which, Azi Hotel has a history of hundreds of years. It started to operate as early as the Edo period. According to its geographical location, the post I hold here may be a post from a distant country. After all, this place does not belong to the scope of Edo. .
Su Bai roughly figured out his situation, and glanced at the proprietress: "Is there any evil here? I stayed for one night but nothing happened. It's already very clear. There's nothing to find out. Since your hotel is fine, then there's nothing wrong with it." There is no need to close the door for rectification, let’s continue to operate with peace of mind.”
The proprietress heard the words and hurriedly thanked: "Thank you, thank you Lord Fengxing! Should the dolls be withdrawn..."
"No, but I still suggest that you change it into a special custom-made room for people who like the supernatural and are interested in the weird, but you have to let the other party sign an informed agreement in advance." Su Bai mentioned it casually, and he finished speaking. Only then did I realize that this dream was different from before, how could he just swear at random?Obviously the previous lines were designed, but here can I let myself go?
"In short, this hotel is pretty good, and I will come again next time." Su Bai said casually, "I should go back too."
"Okay, sir." The proprietress respectfully said: "Please go slowly."
Walking out of the shop of Azi Hotel, Su Bai realized that he didn't know where he should go. He lived here before, but now he has nowhere to go, just like the old hooligan Zelda who entered Hailar for the first time. Facing east, west, north and south, I was a little entangled in which side I should choose.
Finally, I turned around and asked the proprietress. Guided by her kind smile, Su Bai returned to the town. The town here is named after the town and has a large population. It can be seen that it has developed quite well after entering the shogunate era.
In the Edo period, the production of land and grain had been greatly increased, life was not as difficult as before, and there were opportunities for further development of culture and commerce. As a new class of businessmen, merchants had gradually occupied a place in society.
Su Bai was walking on the street, looking at the various sceneries of the Edo period. Because of his outstanding appearance and the popularity of his practice, many people greeted him along the way, which made him a little unaccustomed. Fortunately, this group of people There is no flattering look in people's eyes, but they show respect and trust, which proves that Su Bai in the memory of the dream is a reliable follower, has a good reputation, praises him, and seems to be quite famous.
It wasn't until they entered the upper city that the number of civilians gradually decreased. After walking through a ramp paved with cherry blossoms, they climbed up the stone steps all the way to the execution office.