My enemies became my companions

Chapter 608 Tao (Two in One)

Whether it was Lu Ying who had become always silent, or Lin Wanheng who cried all day long, even the Taihua Goddess Yin Weiying who seemed to be indifferent was worried. Chen Yi's sudden serious injury really touched the hearts of Yingying and Yanyan, and all of them were seen by Donggong Ruoshu who had turned into a ghost.

There is always something indescribably interesting about the things happening around Chen Yi.

Donggong Ruoshu is not the type of person who finds joy in misery, nor will she deliberately seek fun when bored. To her, one is one and two is two, and if it's interesting, it's really interesting. Chen Yi is never dull, nor does he put on airs. He can be serious sometimes. He is an interesting person himself, and makes the people around him interesting as well.

Let’s not talk about anything else, just talking about myself, wasn’t it because of meeting Chen Yi that I became a ghost?

How does that fancy saying go...For example, the North Star stays in its place and all the other stars revolve around it.

So when Chen Yi was seriously injured, everyone was worried to death, but Miss Donggong was not worried at all. Instead, she was happy when she heard that he was injured.

The Holy Emperor once said that she had a pure heart.

During those days, the Holy Emperor taught her many things, some of which were long speeches. She couldn't remember most of them clearly, and there was no need to remember them clearly, but there were some that she remembered very clearly for some reason...

"The ancient kings often said that everything was determined by destiny. The paths they took were definitely correct, and everything they did was in accordance with the will of heaven. There was no need to doubt them. We should not delve into or deny the paths we had not taken. Everything was inevitable and final. It was not that they were necessarily greater than others, but that the past could not be traced back. When I stood there, I found that the world was small, and there was no other way to go except the road under my feet. But even the road under my feet was only a way to death."

"Suddenly a wild bird flew into the house and said to me: 'Leave here!' So I flew up into the sky, imitating the birds and leaving the original world. Looking down from a high place, I truly understood what the world is. People often say: 'Good birds choose trees to live in, but Yang Zhu cried when he walked to a fork in the road. This is because there are too many good trees and too few good birds in the world. Before his death, Confucius dreamed of the rituals of the Shang Dynasty. He exclaimed and found that he was a descendant of the Shang people. What did his restoration of Zhou rituals have to do with his ancestors? Why did he cry? It turned out that King Wu conquered Shang and seized the Mandate of Heaven. Ten generations of hatred could still be avenged. This violated the filial piety he talked about! Countless Confucian scholars were entangled in this and called it 'Dream Memorial'. But I found that the world is so vast that the Shang people can also restore Zhou rituals!"

"Wise people always want to distinguish between high and low, considering vulgar people as low and good people as high. But what is the difference between high and low? They just share the same world. People die for money and birds die for food. But money without people is nothing but dung, and food without birds is rotten. This is the vastness of heaven and earth. If a person cannot occupy the vastness of heaven and earth, how can he distinguish between high and low?"

"Live wherever you can, be at ease wherever you are. There is no place in the world that you cannot go. I saw an old man riding a cow upside down on the roadside. He debated with me, but in the end, neither of us could convince the other, so we had to make peace. I blinked again and realized that he was also a child. Although he was young, he taught me in an old-fashioned way: 'From now on, we must go our separate ways!'"

"People in the east say: Good is rewarded with good, evil is punished with evil. People in the west say: Misfortune is the root of blessing, blessing is the root of misfortune. Which side is right? The wind blows east and west, but it can't find a place to rest, because people know too many proverbs and understand too few truths."

"So he included himself in the truth and became a part of it. People who have attained the truth give up their wisdom and abandon their bodies. They transcend all things and return to all things. One day, they come out from all things and speak many truths. People respect his virtues and regard him as a saint. He originally came from all things, so how can he be regarded as a saint? Is it just because he speaks out the truth? Once the truth is spoken, it becomes vulgar language. People often love vulgar language because of emotions and benefits, and they cannot get the truth from vulgar language. This is why it is said that as long as the saints are alive, the thieves will not stop."

"Li Si always said that Confucian scholars were ruining the country, but the whole world was full of Confucian scholars, so where was there a piece of pure land that was not ruining the country? Han Feizi kept claiming that Shun usurped the throne from Yao, but why did Shun die in the wilderness in the end? We doubt too much and are sure of too little, so people no longer believe in the ancient stories. At this time, usurpation appeared. The literati used the rituals and music of the dukes, and the dukes used the rituals and music of the emperor. The sage said that the collapse of rituals and music was because people were no longer wise and could not see the harm. In my opinion, it was because people were too wise, but not wise enough. They were neither smart enough to make themselves as small as sand nor smart enough to plan the trajectory of the stars. A wise person can be as small as a mustard seed, but can also span the heavens and the earth. The Taoist scriptures say that great wisdom is like stupidity, which is the truth!

So I have no reason to speak of, because I am still within reason. "

"Much of what I said is nonsense. You will forget what you heard today tomorrow, just like you may not remember what you ate on the same day a year ago."

"I remember," Donggong Ruoshu suddenly said, "I had stir-fried yellow beef, two bowls of rice, and braised pork, but it was too sweet and I didn't like it at all, so I ate two more green vegetables to relieve the greasiness, but I got an upset stomach and it hurt so much that I was still having diarrhea when I woke up."

After listening to this, the Holy Emperor was not angry at being interrupted, but was surprised and said: "I met the saint today."

"Saint?" Donggong Ruoshu said in surprise, "I don't know much either."

"After Yao appointed Gun, floods still occurred. Did Yao know in advance that Gun was incompetent? Confucius saw two children arguing about the sun on the road, but he didn't know how to answer. Wasn't he ignorant? People still worship them as saints. This is because people are following their virtues, not their wisdom!"

"Oh..." Donggong Ruoshu thought carefully and said, "Then I am really amazing."

"Wisdom makes us think too much, but we can do too little. The universe is vast and boundless. When can I reach the end? Knowing what you know and not knowing what you don't know is the virtue of a saint! Knowing what you don't know and not knowing what you know is the sin of an ordinary person!

So if someone knows everything and knows nothing, and even knows that he knows nothing and doesn’t know that he knows everything, then what is that?

"……what is that?"

"That is..." Saint Emperor paused, "The way."

Donggong Ruoshu didn't know why she remembered these words so clearly, even too clearly, even word for word. At this time, she accidentally walked to the window of Chen Yi's bedroom, thought for a moment, and then moved her face closer.

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"There's no need for outsiders to know about what's going on between you and me. Just carry on as usual to avoid any unexpected twists and turns."

"I have experience, and so do you... right?"

"Don't talk nonsense, just do what you are told. Especially Lu Ying, she shouldn't know about it."

"Speaking of which, Senior Sister Lu has entered the realm of oblivion of both self and other things, but has not yet reached the stage of beheading the three corpses. I think I can teach her my sword and let her change back."

"Make your way clear first."

"You mean wait until I reach the first or second level? That won't be too late."

"It's shameless to talk big."

“…Okay, okay, Master is right.”

"Rest well these few days, and avoid moving around casually, especially in the boudoir, you should be self-disciplined."

"There's nothing I can do in this situation."

"I listened to the snow then..."

"I really couldn't help it at that time, but I just asked her for help."

"Anyway, you should rest."

"Then...walk again?"

"..."

"..."

“…Um, uh…traitor!”

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The muffled groans seemed to still linger in his ears. Chen Yi turned back from the lake of his heart, opened his eyes, and saw the candlelight that had long been extinguished and the dawn spreading over the roof tiles.

Zhou Yitang disappeared in the blink of an eye.
It's like a spring dream without a trace.

Chen Yi was also unrestrained. He stretched his neck slightly and looked to the left. The little fox who was knocked unconscious was still lying on the chaise longue, breathing evenly.

"The little concubine on the chaise longue." Chen Yi said for no reason. Perhaps it was the girl's natural and lovable temperament that touched his heart. He suddenly thought that if he were the emperor, he would definitely make the little fox a concubine.

However, if he really became an emperor, he would definitely not want to care about state affairs and would linger in the harem day and night. Even watching them being jealous of each other, scheming, and even fighting in the palace would be much more pleasant than many other things.

Chen Yi was lying on the bed, bored, his thoughts drifting around, not touching the ground. The time spent in the lake of his heart was not the same as the flow of time in the outside world. He had been with his master for so long, and they had helped each other several times, but it was only a few hours in the outside world. Now the sky was just beginning to rise.

Feeling a little hungry, Chen Yi did not get up rashly. His body was on the verge of collapse and he did not want to make matters worse. He did not wake Yin Tingxue up, but waited for her to sleep for a while.

After a long while, Yin Tingxue groaned a few times, turned over, and suddenly woke up.

She was fuzzy, her thoughts seemed to still be on last night, she murmured: "Master Zhou, you can't come in either, he needs to rest..."

When she woke up in the morning, Yin Tingxue looked left and right, but could not find any trace of the one-armed woman.

"Is the little fox awake?"

Hearing this, Yin Tingxue turned around and met Chen Yi's gaze. This time he did not scare her.

Yin Tingxue nodded and asked softly, "Master Zhou didn't come in last night...right?"

Chen Yi nodded sincerely.

"It's good that he didn't come in." Yin Tingxue breathed a sigh of relief.

She didn't dare let Master Zhou in, not because she was afraid that he would bully Master Zhou. Chen Yi was too seriously injured now, and he would definitely not be able to bully Master Zhou. He might even be bullied in return. This was what Yin Tingxue was wary of. The relationship between the two of them had always been tense. They would draw their swords against each other at the slightest disagreement, and they usually didn't show any warmth or kindness. If she hadn't been there to mediate, something really might have happened.

Yin Tingxue recalled last night, her memory was hazy and she didn't know if she was dreaming or what. She was just trying to help Chen Yi relieve the tension, but when she heard Zhou Yitong was about to come in, she was extremely nervous. However, she didn't come in in the end and didn't let Master Zhou succeed.

She scratched her head and said:

"I accidentally dozed off and fell asleep, I think."

Chen Yi sighed and said, "Too sleepy."

"I didn't mean to do that... Are you hungry, husband?"

Perhaps feeling apologetic, Yin Tingxue softly called him husband.

Normally she would only call him husband when she begged him or when she couldn't bear it anymore on the couch. Chen Yi felt comfortable hearing that and moved his body slightly.

"I'm hungry, please feed me something."

"I'll go right away."

Yin Tingxue stood up. She didn't rush to wash up. She fed Chen Yi something and then washed up. She didn't leave immediately. Instead, she came up to check on Chen Yi's condition and finally reminded him:

"Sister Weiying said that you are recovering well. Don't move around. I will be back soon."

"Alright, alright, just go ahead, stop nagging." Chen Yi was not used to hearing such words, especially since he was injured. Yin Tingxue, who was usually obedient, actually spoke in a condescending tone.

"Yeah, get well soon."

"I'm going to bully you severely when I get better."

"Then you'd better not..."

Chen Yi raised his eyebrows, "Say it again?"

Before she finished her words, Yin Tingxue turned around and ran out of the room, leaving no chance for Chen Yi to catch her.

Chen Yi let out a breath and laughed.

He didn't know since when, but the little fox had become more and more courageous. He was still obedient, but if he wasn't tough, he wouldn't be as submissive as before. Although he had some complaints in his heart, he thought that such behavior also meant that the little fox's life was much easier than before.

fair enough.

After all, it’s your own little fox, so it’s better to be more relaxed and happy.

After a while, Yin Tingxue came back. Holding a bowl of porridge, she carefully approached the crack of the door and looked at Chen Yi's expression.

He was not angry, and he probably didn't intend to use this as an opportunity to provoke or bully me.

Yin Tingxue curled her lips and smiled. He was such a bad guy. He wanted to scare himself just after waking up from a serious injury. But he learned a little better this morning and didn't scare himself suddenly.

Just as he was thinking this, Yin Tingxue walked in with some porridge in her hand.
"That!"

Suddenly, Chen Yi shouted.

Yin Tingxue was stunned for a moment and saw Chen Yi's eyes staring straight in one direction, his lips trembling, as if he saw something strange.

She turned her head away stiffly.

In the window, a pale ghost face looked at her coldly.

Yin Tingxue froze.

After a while, the window trembled twice again. Miss Donggong was trying hard to lift her face to come in. She banged on the window, but it turned out to be a barrier and she couldn't get in.

Yin Tingxue shuddered, reacted, and when she turned around, she saw Chen Yi with a smile on his face.

"Why, why did you scare me again?"

"How can I scare you? You are so stupid that you can't help being scared."

"…You just want to scare me for no reason…Is it hot? If it's hot, let me blow on it. Don't rush to eat it…Oh, don't scare me…"

Tears welled up in her eyes, but she still walked over with the bowl and fed him the porridge bit by bit.

By the window, Miss Donggong, who had been unable to get in, did not force herself to come in. She held her face with both hands and watched the scene happily. What was happening around Chen Yi was really interesting.

(End of this chapter)