Capítulo 1535: Chapter 13: Heroes!
The winter chill deepens, and the leaves in the forest rustle desolately.
The Northern regions and the Western Regions, needless to say, are considered bitterly cold places by the people of the Central Plains. At this ti of year, snow falls thickly, and the warm breath that cos out when speaking turns into large clouds of white mist.
In the small town further south, the days are gradually growing colder. When the wind is still, the sunlight falling on people offers a sowhat warm feeling.
But once the wind rises, it cuts through like a cold knife, slicing into people’s chests.
People are accustod to wrapping their clothes tightly around them to ward off the cold wind, yet these days, it’s more bearable than in previous years. The new policies have brought clothing made from Western wool.
For so reason, the price is surprisingly low, and the quality is good and cheap.
The townsfolk have all changed into these new clothes. In the past, when a new City Lord or leader was appointed, people felt it made little difference. But now, with these successive new policies, warm and affordable clothing, and gradually built public schools,
the people who have lived here for generations are beginning to notice a difference.
This morning, Zhao Laoqi let out a breath, grabbed a bite to eat, and then, dressed in his new clothes, opened the door and faced the cold wind to do his shopping. He saw the young ones running to the public school to study martial arts and suddenly felt life was quite good.
Seeing a woman ahead, Zhao Laoqi imdiately perked up, tidied his clothing, smoothed the stray hair on his forehead, and smiled, “Ah, it’s Miss Yu, you’re early today.”
The woman, Miss Yu, smiled in return and chatted a little before leaving.
Zhao Laoqi looked at Miss Yu’s departing figure with so admiration but did not dare to approach her.
In this small town, the population is sparse. A few years ago, a young woman arrived here, always dressed in dark colors, her hands covered with leather gloves that concealed her arms, with the sleeves of her clothes hanging low to cover them.
She ntioned once that her arms had had issues, so she preferred not to show them out of fear of scaring people. The townsfolk are kind, and no one wishes to bring up such matters.
There were so unruly youths who, seeing her beauty, spoke carelessly, insisting on seeing her arms. They were chased from the east side of town to the west with the cane of the town’s elder, crying out, and after that incident, naturally, no one dared to ntion it again.
The girl had a very peculiar na.
Yu Junyue.
A very rare surna.
It’s said she chose the na herself.
In such a small town, the populace is few, life is peaceful, and after her arrival, she brought so ripples and change, living here with an elderly person.
The elder, dressed in a dark-colored robe, often traveled outside, while the girl beca the town’s doctor, treating the sick and teaching children willing to learn music and literacy.
Later, the policies of Prince Qin reached here.
A Colonel in black armor, clad in a scarlet war robe, arrived, gathered the townsfolk, announced the new policies, and brought forth each of the town’s notable figures for people to voice their grievances against them.
After these events, a public school was established, encouraging children to learn to read and write. During that ti, Miss Yu went to teach dical skills and literacy. Her zither sound was so exquisite that even the teacher who ca to the public school was stunned.
The over fifty-year-old zither teacher ca from the city.
Initially, he had so pride in his zither skills, but when the peaceful and gentle Miss Yu placed her hands on the strings and plucked them lightly, the once arrogant zither teacher, willing to impart his skills to the town’s children, changed his expression.
As the zither sound shifted, the zither teacher gradually beca entranced, leaning closer,
listening in a daze, nearly brought to tears, saying, “This, such skill, can be called a masterpiece. I, soone like , can hear such celestial music in this rural place?”
“This is almost the style of a grand master fit to play by the emperor’s side.”
“Hmm? You, you are!!!”
The forrly haughty zither teacher seed to notice sothing, his expression changing. However, the gentle woman only softly said, “I am Yu Junyue, rely a doctor in this town, sir, perhaps you have mistaken for soone else.”
The zither teacher stroked his beard, watching this woman of gentle and warm elegance.
His eyes were sowhat fixed as he recalled over ten years ago, when he was in his thirties and considered the best prodigy for miles around, mastering any zither lody with ease, surpassing his teachers in divine charm.
Yet one day, he accidentally attended a zither masters’ gathering in the State City and witnessed a girl not yet ten years old who, with just one zither lody, reached a realm zither masters of that ti could only aspire to.
On the path of music, talent transcends all.
The zither teacher’s Taoist Heart was broken, realizing then the imnse and despairing gap between him and true genius. From then on, he no longer sought fa or gain, returning ho to teach future generations.
But now, this gentle woman contrasted greatly with the mory of the girl, exquisite and indifferent like a wooden sculpture. Yu Junyue had already departed. She wore slightly thicker clothing as she returned ho.
User Comments
0 comments from readers