You have mastered the art of thunder and you tell me that it is in a strange world?

Chapter 162 Delicate Thoughts
Hu Wen was completely lost in all desire to sleep.

He really didn't expect that Ning Wei actually ran into Zuo Chen's lotus!

Hu Wen compared the sizes and found that if he pulled Ning Wei in his dream out, he would probably be not much different in height from this little Ning Wei.

He looked at Zuo Chen with strange eyes.

"This is not Ning Wei's three souls and seven spirits." Zuo Chen coughed lightly and explained: "This is a thought of his. It will last for one day at the shortest and three days at the slowest."

After hearing what Zuo Chen said, Hu Wen lowered his head and looked at Ning Wei in the lotus.

Indeed, Lotus's Ning Wei did not seem to be very smart. His movements were slow, his reactions were not quick, and he even spoke incoherently.

As if sensing Hu Wen's gaze, Ning Wei raised his head and asked with some confusion:

"Xiao Hu, is what the Taoist said true?"

"Ah?" Hu Wen's words got stuck in his throat.

He didn't know what this thought would think if it knew that he was not Ning Wei and would disappear in just a few days.

Hu Wen's silence actually served as an answer. Little Ning Wei was silent for a while, and suddenly he smiled with relief:

"Xiao Hu, don't worry. The body is the body, and the thoughts are the thoughts. I can still tell the difference."

When Hu Wen heard Ning Wei comforting him, he felt his face burning.

"However, if Ning Wei's thoughts were taken out..." Zuo Chen changed the subject: "I'm afraid he has something on his mind."

"What do you mean?" Hu Wen asked doubtfully.

"At that time, the lotus enveloped more than just him, but only his thoughts were raised. In other words, he had the strongest obsession, and this obsession was temporarily imprinted on the lotus in the form of a little man."

Hu Wen suddenly realized it, then half bent down and looked at Ning Wei in the lotus:
"Brother Ning, do you have anything to do?"

"Things? What can I do? Drink? Eat meat? Find a few more pretty sisters?" Ning Wei fell into deep thought. He seemed to have thought about it for a long time before he spoke hesitantly:

"Defending the country?"

"That's not it." Hu Wen laughed dumbly, "Is there anything else? Do you need my help?"

Ning Wei covered his head and thought about this, it seemed that he could not give Hu Wen an answer for the time being.

"The way they think is different from that of normal people. Moreover, even if they are real people, if you ask them to think about it out of the blue, they probably won't be able to figure out what their obsession is."

Zuo Chen turned the lotus over and took it into his arms, but left little Ning Wei behind and handed it to Hu Wen:
"Anyway, we have to go to Western Union and ask Ning Wei in person."

Hu Wen nodded and lifted Ning Wei onto his shoulders.

I guess Hu Ni will have to stay in Hu Wen's arms for the time being tomorrow.

After chatting with Zuo Chen for a few more sentences, Hu Wen really couldn't fall asleep. He was afraid of delaying tomorrow's trip, so he simply found a place on the deck to close his eyes and rest. Ning Wei's remnant also sat on his shoulder, looking at the starry sky without saying a word.

Zuo Chen walked to the side of the boat in silence, looking far into the distance towards the north.

There were actually some things he didn't tell Hu Wen.

When the dream was blown away just now, Zuo Chen could clearly feel a resistance coming from the north.

Obviously, these flying fragments of the dream are not the core of the whole dream, but just scattered fragments.

It is obvious that something in the north is playing with people's thoughts at night, weaving a huge dream web.

and……

If Zuo Chen is not mistaken,

The dream web in the north seemed to have something to do with the unclear and faint tune floating in the sky of Youzhou.

……

Hu Wen leaned on the boat, turned left twice, circled right twice, closed his eyes, opened them again, stared at the sky for a while, and then closed them again.

Fox Girl, who was standing next to him, couldn't fall asleep because of the noise he made, so she got up, walked to the side with small steps, curled herself up into a circle, and fell asleep again.

Ning Wei, who was squatting on Hu Wen's shoulder, chuckled:
"Brother Hu, I can't sleep."

"I really can't sleep." Hu Wen opened his eyes and looked at Ning Wei: "Brother Ning, how do you feel now?"

"How it feels? It's like I've been stuck in a restaurant drinking good wine for three days. My head is dizzy. I don't know if I can bring back these precious memories after returning to my body." Ning Wei touched his chin and pondered.

"I don't drink, so I don't know what that feels like."

"How come you don't have any hobbies at all, no wonder you are so depressed." Ning Wei rolled his eyes at him.

Hu Wen sighed deeply, "Too many things have happened recently. I can't contact the northern fortress, and Xiao Huanxi is wandering around Youzhou. It feels like I just went to Xuzhou, and when I came back, the whole Youzhou has changed."

"You are just too young." Ning Wei looked at Hu Wen twice and chuckled:
"Do you know how chaotic Youzhou was when I was young?"

"what?"

Hu Wen was slightly startled.

It has only been twenty years since he opened his eyes. If Ning Wei calculates his age, he should be almost forty.

When he was young...Hu Wen might not have been born yet.

"It sounded like there was a war going on during that time..."

"Hey, of course we were fighting." Ning Wei said, "I was only fourteen years old that year, and it happened that the old emperor went crazy. The whole world was in chaos! Not only the princes of various places, but even the cavalry in Kyoto began to run around everywhere. Some turned into bandits, following the emperor's orders to kill people everywhere, and some even turned into lunatics, and there was no way to communicate at all. I don't know what evil magic they practiced, but they became stronger and stronger!"

"That year, King Kang was young and timid, so he simply closed the gates of Xuzhou and sent soldiers to defend it. He neither accepted officials nor civilians from Kyoto. That year, the Black Water monsters happened to attack the fortress, and King Wei didn't have time to close the Youzhou checkpoint. Good fellows! Those bastards just smelled meat and ran into Youzhou!"

Listening to Ning Wei's words, Hu Wen's mind flashed back to those days.

At that time, his uncle had not yet found Liu Xian, and he relied entirely on the soldiers under his command.

The cavalry under the King of Zhenbei are powerful, and the imperial guards of Kyoto who have transformed into bandits are also quite strong. If the two sides clash, there will surely be rivers of blood.

"My family lived on the border between the two places back then. When those bandits from Kyoto came over, they slaughtered us all. They were such bastards that they didn't even spare my little sister. She fell to death. If I hadn't run fast and run into King Wei's troops, you wouldn't be able to see your brother Ning now!"

Ning Wei laughed out loud when he said this, and the atmosphere was just like a joke told over a drink at the table. However, when these words reached Hu Wen's ears, he felt his heart ache.

"Brother Ning..."

"What's with your expression?" Ning Wei scolded him with a smile, "How many years have passed? It's a good thing that I can still be alive at that critical moment! I think my family members in heaven would also like to see me live."

"I've met so many people, but few are as open-minded as you, Brother Ning."

"That group of people are blinded, and they are easily trapped in the past because of obstacles in their hearts." Ning Wei said, "You are the same, you have experienced too little. You should know that I really conquered Youzhou step by step with King Wei. Later, the old emperor finally died. King Wei invited Liu Xian to come out and suppress the evil creatures in the Black Sea. Only then did he free up his hands to deal with the thieves. Those thieves no longer have any ability to resist."

"I don't know anything about that."

Hu Wen smiled bitterly.

"How old are you today?"

"Exactly twenty."

"Let me calculate the days." Ning Wei calculated for a while: "It has been more than 20 years since the end of this war. You are lucky, you just happened to catch a good day. This time can be regarded as a broadening of your horizons. You should know that the responsibility of protecting Youzhou will fall on you young people in the future. There are not many capable people like Taoist priests in the world. You have to work harder and grow up."

"Brother Ning, you are still the same as before, always nagging."

"I'm just speaking my mind, what do you mean by nagging?"

It has to be said that after listening to Ning Wei's comfort, Hu Wen felt a lot better.

Ning Wei has been like this for a long time.

He could barely read or write, and could barely even write his own name, but he was gifted with a clever tongue. No matter who it was, he could chat and talk about anything. He was popular and had a good heart.

When I was teaching Hu Wen, I praised him in various ways, which helped the naughty boy to become the successful person he is today.

Hu Wen was naturally very grateful to Ning Wei.

His mood became relaxed and sleepiness came over him, so Hu Wen slowly closed his eyes.

The moon is bright in the sky, with few clouds and many stars.

I fell asleep, but I had no more dreams.

……

The northern part of Youzhou was quiet and peaceful at night, like a calm lake without any ripples.

The river connected to Shangbao City is called "Donglai", which means a long river coming from the east. At the end of the river is a large lake with a sluice next to the lake. One is to block possible floods, and the other is that when a ship goes north downstream, the strong men in the sluice will help unload the cargo, allowing the ship to circle around the lake and then return to Shangbao City along the river.

It was late at night and the staff at the sluice were yawning.

Things have not been peaceful in the north recently, and there have been no ships coming here for several days.

A gentleman in charge of clerical work finished checking the latest account books, stood up, walked to the window, and looked at the bright moon in the lake.

It is like a treasure in the lake, as if waiting for someone to fish it out in the water.

Suddenly, a person seemed to appear beside the river. The accountant rubbed his eyes and looked over there carefully, but he was too far away to see clearly. He could only barely make out that the person had no hair.

"Jingle Bell."

The sound of bells rang out from mid-air, and suddenly a thick fog rose on the lake, covering all directions.

The accountant was startled and quickly closed the window.

When the windows were closed, the fog was also kept out.

He breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that he was safe.

"Hmm? What happened out there?"

As if he had heard someone else's question, the accountant turned around and looked behind him: "Nothing, it's just that fog suddenly appeared on the lake."

He said with a smile to the porters who were sleeping soundly on the ground.

When he walked away, he saw an accountant lying by the window, soundly sleeping.

(End of this chapter)