"What's going on? How did you lose the giant? Tell me."
Shui Han asked.
At this time, the palace of King Yan was already in chaos. Everyone was chasing the regicide Yi Shuihan and his two accomplices who had fled in fear of crime. However, Shuihan and his two accomplices were in a place where they would not be disturbed at all. The whole story was discussed where they were found.
Xiaotian said:
"I remember that after you were taken away by the two eunuchs, the room was filled with incense. Then, I lost consciousness. When I woke up, the giant was gone."
Young Master Zhong saw Shui Han staring at him with a questioning look on his face, asking if he had anything to hide from me. He felt a little at a loss as to what to do. He waved his hand and said:
"Don't look at me. Even if there was no incense or anything, I didn't wake up at that time. After all, I tried my best to save people. What's wrong with taking more rest?"
Shui Han said:
"You only took the giant man to frame me? Why didn't you do it to you two by the way?"
Mr. Zhong said disdainfully:
"Idiots are indeed idiots. The three of us are all from Taoyuan. There is a legitimate reason for you to be killed. If you are charged with regicide, you will be killed. Xiaotian and I are not guilty. If we also die here, then Yan The people in the palace can’t explain it.”
Shui Han said:
"makes sense."
A female voice interrupted their conversation, "You three really don't think of yourselves as outsiders. This is my princess's palace, and now there are people guarding the palace outside. Can you keep a low profile?"
The person who spoke was none other than Yan Qing, the princess of the Yan Kingdom, and the place where the three of them were at the moment was the princess's palace. It was Yan Qing who helped Xiaotian and Zhong Shao find the prison and rescued them. Shui Han, now she has provided shelter to these three wanted criminals. No one knows the reason for this. Xiaotian and Zhong Shao have not asked. The reason why they believe in this Princess of Yan is because they do not know the reason. There is no choice. Now it seems that this princess is very trustworthy. At least so far, her behavior has undoubtedly been on the side of the three outsiders.
Shui Han was confused. He had too many questions, but since Her Highness the Princess spoke first, Shui Han simply asked her first:
"Princess, since you brought us back to your palace, you are naturally confident. If you don't worry, there is no need for us to worry. But having said that, princess, is it really okay for you to do this? I can't say it is your father-killer. Enemy, you are actually willing to help us?"
Yan Qing's expression was calm, completely unlike the one who had just lost her father. She said:
"I know it wasn't you, and the person who died may not be my father."
As soon as these words came out, Shui Han became even more confused.
"What does it mean?"
"Ever heard of shadow?"
"Shadow?" Shui Han glanced at the shadow at his feet and pointed:
"Do you mean this?"
"No, to put it simply, he is a substitute, a genuine substitute."
Shui Han suddenly realized and said:
"Are you saying that the dead one is the shadow of King Yan? The real King Yan is not dead at all?"
"I mean not necessarily, which means it may be, it may not be."
Yan Qing's voice was still calm, as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him.
Xiaotian seemed to understand what the shadow said. He said: "I heard that the princes in the Spring and Autumn Period were often assassinated. In order to cope with this situation, those princes would basically find a substitute for themselves. These substitutes were basically the same as themselves. They are similar in every aspect. If you are not an extremely close person, you won't be able to tell at all. This kind of substitute is called a shadow. I used to think it was just a rumor, but I didn't expect it to be true."
"Not only is it true, it has been spread to this day. Even me, for example, has a shadow."
The "I" Yan Qing was referring to was naturally herself. Shui Han looked at her high-end face, which was half a degree more advanced than an ordinary face in every aspect, and suddenly understood, he said:
"Is that Li Sisi your shadow?"
"I have said before, the shadow is a real substitute, so rather than saying that Li Sisi is my shadow, it is better to say that we are each other's substitutes, and the king and his substitute also have this relationship."
"So are you Yan Qing or Li Sisi now?"
"I said, I am the princess of the Yan Kingdom, Yan Qing. As long as I am in this Yan Palace, I will be the princess of the Yan Kingdom."
After hearing this, Shui Han seemed to have a deeper understanding of the so-called shadow. This shadow is definitely not an ordinary substitute, nor does it just look like the real master. What they play instead is the whole life of the real master, including the real master. Everything in their lives, it can be said that from the day they became shadows, they gave up the right to choose their own lives. In their future lives, they will follow a predetermined route, associate with predetermined people, and learn from predetermined things. He hates his established enemies until they die.
How sad and difficult.
"So you can't tell whether the person who died is King Yan?"
Shui Han no longer dwells on the issue of shadows, because this is a question that is meaningless to study further. Existence is reasonable. People should not decide the fate of another person. This is Shui Han's consistent thought. What he pursues is He is free and unrestrained, but his pursuit is not the same as others' pursuit. He is not qualified to judge other people's lives, because he is just a piece of duckweed in troubled times.
After experiencing Yuxian and Mrs. Shenji, Shui Han understood this truth. Is their life good? In Shui Han's opinion, it is naturally not good. One has completely closed himself off and put it away for twelve years, and the other has been lost in the world. They are unable to extricate themselves from the temptation of immortality until death. Their life is not good or even bad, but it is indeed the life they choose. Sometimes the choice has nothing to do with good or bad, and the same is true with life.
Shui Han will lament that people in this world can obviously choose to become better, but he will not help them choose, but follow his heart, he hopes that he will be like this, and he also hopes that others will be like this, and others, naturally including Shadow , things in the world are ultimately like people drinking water, knowing whether it is warm or cold.
So, can you really choose your own life?
Zhi Wu could obviously read Shui Han's mind, and it was precisely because she could understand that she looked worried. She had never felt this kind of worry when Shui Han was surrounded or interrogated, but Now, Shui Han's sudden confusion made her have to worry, because she knew very well that what Shui Han wanted, what he pursued, was called freedom. However, just these two simple words, for For him, it is the greatest extravagant wish.
Because Zhiwu knew very well that his present situation was obtained with freedom. There was no essential difference between him and the shadow. He was also living a predetermined life.
