Chapter 444: Enter the Clouds, Chase the Sun and Moon

Heaven and earth are boundless, the blue water is endless, and the fallen leaves have no roots.

Ten azure boats turned into azure leaves, drifting and swaying in the wind.

More than half of the sterns were pulling a long thin rope; following the rope all the way up, the clouds unfolded, and five kites roamed on the wind.

Most were floating level, but one elegant kite, like a landscape ink painting, drifted at the very top, its tail trailing two long strips as it flew high, like the mane and tail of a horse spreading out while running on the wilderness.

The person on the back of the kite wore a long indigo robe, silver fish leaping, his sleeves fluttering in the wind.

"Crossing ten thousand ravines, the peaks are stacked,

The peaks are stacked, entering the clouds,

Entering the clouds, chasing the sun and moon,

Roaming with you, the years are remote."

Liang Qu sat in the middle, as steady as a mountain peak, his breath long, the blood Qi surging in his body twisting and knotting, turning into a silver-white meridian.

The fierce wind lifted his long hair and his long clothes, spreading them out to both sides.

The ants crawling on the azure leaves on the lake all looked up, none without envy.

What an epiphany while riding the wind!

The heroes in the various government offices walked out of the cabins, stood on the deck, and discussed and commented under the fluttering flags.

Sui Sui Hongyan put his two fingers together, and his finger joints tapped the ship railing rhythmically.

"Those who can receive the Holy Emperor's oral decree are truly different; even flying a kite can lead to an epiphany.

When I was seventeen, I ascended Mount Tai and had the fortune to see the Sun and Moon Dual Brilliance Terrace, but I had no feelings, only feeling that the purple Qi coming from the east was quite good-looking; if I meet someone I like in the future, I must come again."

Zuo Heng laughed loudly: "Planting bamboo and flowers, playing with cranes and watching fish, one must also have a place of self-satisfaction. If one only lingers on light and darkness, playing with the beauty of things, it is just the empty talk of the Confucians and the stubborn emptiness of the Buddhists. What good taste is there?"

Sui Sui Hongyan smiled, turned his head to look at the black-clothed young man on the other side.

"Zhao Hongyuan, go up and fly a bit? You also have innate martial bones, and your Glazed Bone is no worse than Dragon Tendon and Tiger Bone; go up, and maybe you can have an epiphany too, easily saving half a year of effort!"

Zuo Heng shook his head: "Whether one has an epiphany or not is related to one's personal understanding and life experiences, and has no great connection to martial bones. Stop teasing him."

Qi Zhao Hongyuan didn't have much reaction, looking toward the opposite side, his eyes gloomy.

"Do Guan Guan Congjian and Zong Zong Lichan have any movement?"

Sui Sui Hongyan leaned out to look at the large ships behind, then turned his head back.

"I feel like they don't; they're just standing on the deck joining the fun like you. Oh, Guan Guan Congjian is gnawing on a bun, looks like beef and scallion filling."

"This Liang Water-Lang of the River Patrol Office suddenly came up with such a thing, and many people are being put on the spot," someone interjected.

Sui Sui Hongyan and Zuo Heng couldn't help but nod.

Whether one has an epiphany or not has no great connection to martial bones.

It is related to each person's life experience and encounters, followed by understanding.

But others don't think so.

The world only loves to fan the flames.

Both have innate martial bones; one goes up and has an epiphany, you go up and just play, with no reaction at all—how embarrassing?

"It's a pity; if Liang Water-Lang hadn't come up with such a thing, riding a kite in the sky for a turn would have been a good way to pass the time while traveling."

Zuo Heng expressed regret, left a sentence, and turned to pace back to the cabin.

"Who says it isn't? I want to play but I can't."

Sui Sui Hongyan hummed a small tune and left.

With the Commander and Deputy Commander gone, a crowd of Demon Suppression Division subordinates remained.

Several young men stared at the large kite on their own ship, rolled up their sleeves, and were eager to try.

"Exactly, no one is playing, so I'll play; I don't have the burden of being a genius."

"Exactly, exactly!"

"Hey, let's play rock-paper-scissors and rank one, two, three!"

On other ships.

"Is he the Liang Water-Lang of the River Patrol Office? I've heard of him before, but haven't seen him. I didn't expect him to be quite handsome."

"Sigh, comparing people to people, it's enough to kill you..."

"A fisherman's son, being able to reach this point today, can be considered his ancestors' graves smoking green smoke."

"An epiphany while riding the wind—damn, that's impressive! It's enough to go to the pleasure boats and freeload a few times!"

"Pfft, dog shit luck."

The moods of the people on the ten large ships were different, either admiring, jealous, or indifferent.

The four people in the sky had a much simpler mood—without exception, they felt uncomfortable.

Too damn ridiculous!

If he had an epiphany at another time or place, they wouldn't be so embarrassed!

For a moment, it wasn't right to go down, and it wasn't right not to go down.

Weng Weng Shaoping turned his head to stare at Liang Qu, regretting that he had borrowed it too early and boarded too early; he should have let his younger brother go up first.

Xu Xu Zishuai sat on the back of the kite, sometimes turning his head to stare at the rainbow bridge, sometimes turning his head to look at the sun, and then spitting at the water birds flying past, scratching his chest, with no mood at all.

Sigh...

Looking at each other left and right, then looking at the top of their heads.

They were truly too happy too early; they shouldn't have flown with their Junior Brother.

Just as the crowd was falling into disappointment, a sound of a flute mixed with the sound of the tide rose slowly, as if water waves were overflowing, rising from the very low place all the way to the kite in the clouds.

May's Xiaoman is usually dry and hot, but hearing this song, a sense of coolness actually arose in their hearts!

Comfortable!

The discomfort brought by someone's epiphany while riding the wind dissipated for the most part, and the simple joy of flying a kite returned to their hearts.

"Who is playing the flute?"

Xu Xu Zishuai poked out half his body and looked down from the edge of the kite.

While patrolling, he found a familiar figure on an azure boat on the right side.

"Magistrate Jian Magistrate Jian Zhongyi?"

On the deck of the azure boat, Magistrate Jian Magistrate Jian Zhongyi stood alone at the bow, stroking a long flute.

The Azure Cloud Boat's long sails were bulging, and the waves collided with the ship's hull, shattering into scattered water foam.

The light, water-like melody did not cover the sound of the wind and the tide, but instead blended into one, harmonizing, and even from several hundred or a thousand meters away, it could be heard clearly.

It expanded leisurely, reflecting interest.

The few people on the kite didn't understand the name of the song, but they could feel its peace and help to their state of mind.

They immediately understood who the song was played for.

"Prefecture Magistrate Magistrate Jian actually has such silk and bamboo attainments..."

"Worthy of being a child of a great family!"

On the leading azure boat.

Xu Xu Yuelong leaned halfway out of the window, tossing two fried silkworms into his mouth, crunching them.

"Seeing Ran Zhongshi, what song is Prefecture Magistrate Magistrate Jian playing? It sounds quite good, and I even feel it's a bit familiar."

Xiang Fang Su, Ke Ko Wenbin, and others cast their gazes over.

Obviously, everyone felt the same.

"'Quiet Bamboo Realizing the Heart'." Ran Seeing Ran Zhongshi looked up. "The bamboo flute of the Huang Bamboo on Qingshan in Qingzhou is the best in the world; the color is warm and moist like jade, and when made into silk and bamboo, the tone is clear and not turbid, like the wind of the green mountains, the water of the green mountains, unique in the world.

The Magistrate Jian family of Qingzhou has also produced several silk and bamboo masters, and many famous songs have been left to the world; 'Jade Flute Flying Flowers' and 'Cloud Azure Sea' are among them, and 'Quiet Bamboo Realizing the Heart' is one of them. It is said that this song helps in enlightenment.

Feeling familiar... three years ago, a silk and bamboo master named Magistrate Jian Longtu was invited to perform at the Changyin Pavilion, and we went to listen together that day.

It's just that he used a guqin to play the song at that time, and you mocked Qiu Zhishi for dressing like a eunuch, without half a man's spirit.

Liang Qu grabbed Xu Xu Zishuai's shoulders in return, twisted his waist, and pressed him down: "I don't recognize the person on the side, wouldn't it be too embarrassing to jump over there?"

"Damn, you're even killing familiar!"

The two splashed and fought, turning over and over, turning into water tops, raising large splashes.

The soldiers couldn't get close, turned their heads to see the fleet drifting far away, and hurriedly said: "Two Lords, get on the boat quickly, if you're late, the fleet will run far away!"

The two looked up, found the Azure Boat fleet had sailed a long distance, stopped fighting, and turned into the small boat.

Taking the dry towel handed over by the soldier, Liang Qu wiped his hair dry, and saw another youth on the other small boat who was also soaked, the innocent person who had been dragged down by the two just now.

Over a hundred Dragon People were carving dense caves into the stone walls, and the planted fluorescent vines spread for several li.

Hey.

Not completely unfamiliar.

Weng family's Weng Weng Shaoping!

Liang Qu cupped his fists: "Really sorry, Young Master Weng, I played too much and implicated you."

"No matter, I took a few clansmen to fly kites when I was young; if you're close, the long line will entangle, it's easy to get pulled down together." Weng Weng Shaoping shook his head, didn't take it to heart, and instead laughed, "You brothers have a very good relationship."

Xu Xu Zishuai was helping to row the boat, and hearing this, he was indignant: "It's not good anymore!"

Liang Qu didn't pay attention: "With a generous brother like Young Master Weng, I think the relationship between you and your clansmen won't be too bad."

Weng Weng Shaoping shook his head.

"It was still okay when I was young, didn't understand anything, but when I grew up, I had to fight for opportunities, fight for power, and then we became disgusted with each other. This trip to the Great Marsh even caused a falling out with a few."

These words were too straightforward, and Liang Qu didn't know how to respond for a moment.

"Sigh, relatives, just like that, distance makes the heart grow fonder, resources, each according to their ability." Xu Xu Zishuai said casually.

Weng Weng Shaoping smiled and didn't speak again.

The small boat entered the center of the fleet, Liang Qu could feel many gazes cast over, with different emotions, returned to the ship, and was surrounded tightly.

Epiphany while riding the wind, truly showed a big face!

Ke Ko Wenbin draped his arm over Liang Qu's shoulder: "Forgot to say just now, kites aren't for playing for free, three thousand taels for one time in the sky!"

Liang Qu raised an eyebrow: "Then what about your cutting the rope? I haven't asked you for compensation yet! If I were an ordinary person, I would have fallen to my death! Five thousand, this matter isn't over!"

"You're not an ordinary person."

"I'm not an ordinary person, that's my ability, it's a separate matter from your cutting the rope!"