rebirth against the times

Today is February 2, 2020. People nowadays always love to find reasons to be happy in ordinary days. Baijia Town is no longer a town, it has long become a core component of Shudu City, everywhere

It all shows the atmosphere of a big city. The bearded bar has disappeared. Not far from the bar, an open space where Bai Shuo and his friends used to play football when they were young has now been built into a large museum.

On this day, various merchants have launched the "20200202" campaign. A huge advertising screen in "Hongwan Plaza", one of the busiest commercial squares in Shudu, is broadcasting a special advertisement for the festival: an elegant beauty reclining.

On the European-style sofa chair, I held a bottle of skin care product in my hand and applied it evenly on the sexy skin. I looked over with my seductive eyes and said: Women should be kinder to themselves. The advertisement subtitles next to it read: "Meet.

20200202, take care of me forever." Bai Shuo knew that this beauty was Yue Wenshan, a veteran star from Hong Kong Island. She should be close to forty years old, but her skin was well maintained and she looked like a woman under thirty years old. Plus

With her beautiful face and tall and sexy figure, she is indeed very charming and persuasive when she endorses this advertisement. Another jewelry store next to the square also ran a huge spray-painted advertisement, with a diamond ring among the delicate rose stamens.

It looks dazzling. Below it is a row of big characters: "20200202 Millennium Promise, what are you waiting for?"

I don’t know if he was moved by such an atmosphere, but Bai Shuo was willing to buy a bouquet of roses at a high price. On the roses was tied a delicate heart-shaped card, with a sentence written on the card: "The original years can be looked back on, and with this

Let's grow old together." Tonight, Bai Shuo made an appointment with Li Zhen for dinner at home. This bouquet of roses and those words were what Bai Shuo wanted to express to Li Zhen. At this moment, he had made up his mind to take the initiative to break through the ambiguity.

In the past ten years, Li Zhen has been running to his home every three days, and there have been gossips for a long time. Zhao Lan's mother even went to Bai Shuo's house to make a fuss because of these gossips.

.But tonight he decided to break through all obstacles and make Li Zhen the legitimate mistress of the family.

The place where Bai Shuo lives is the old house where his parents used to live. It is now located in an old-fashioned community next to the newly built Shudu Museum. When passing by the Shudu Museum, Bai Shuo discovered that places like the museum actually hold events that cater to the times.

Large-scale cultural relics are on display. Judging from the introduction, one of the cultural relics - the Han Dynasty brocade wristband unearthed from the ruins of the Jingjue Ancient Kingdom in Xinjiang is particularly eye-catching. Perhaps due to the influence of tomb robberies in recent years, the Jingjue Ancient Kingdom's gimmick is even more eye-catching.

This cultural relic adds a sense of mystery. Introductions to the exhibition by various experts, scholars, and event organizers have been played on the large screen outside the exhibition hall.

On the big screen, a security manager named Zhu Suian introduced the important and strict security measures of this exhibition. The reason why I am interested in this security manager is because his name makes Bai Shuo inexplicably funny, just like his name was Bai when he was a child.

Like Chang Geng, he was vulgar and ugly. The appearance of the next person attracted Bai Shuo's attention even more. On the big screen, he saw a man about 1.78 meters tall, with a burly figure, sharp eyes, and sharp edges on his face, revealing a trace of anger.

The upright middle-aged man was standing upright and slightly serious to be interviewed by reporters. Judging from his stance, he had a vague military demeanor.

"We have chosen a very meaningful time for this first exhibition in 20200202, precisely because we want the cultural relics on display and our audience to have such a thousand-year encounter during this once-in-a-millennium time. And the exhibition

The address is the Shudu Museum located in Baijia, Shudu City, which has some special feelings for me. It used to be a small town called Baijia Town, and it was the first place I worked after I transferred from the army.

This place, I once served as the mayor and secretary of the town party committee here. I am deeply gratified to see the earth-shaking changes here. This is the epitome of the great success of the country's western development strategy and the reform and opening up..." Yes, this person

It was Mayor Xiao who had been a guest at Bai Shuo's home more than ten years ago. The subtitles on the screen showed that his current identity was "Deputy Director of the National Museum—Xiao Zhen."

However, before continuing to read Xiao Zhen's introduction, Bai Shuo, who was busy going home to prepare dinner, turned around and walked into a narrow alleyway next to the exhibition hall. This is a shortcut that can go straight into the community. It can be passed through to the community in three minutes.

The back door. The light in the alley alternates between bright and dim. A bouquet of fiery red roses passed through the alley, looking particularly bright.

Bai Shuo was walking happily and lightly, when suddenly a man dressed in white appeared quickly from the side road. Before anyone could react, he felt a gust of fragrant wind entering his arms and violently colliding with the roses. The bouquet flew out.

, smashed against the mottled wall, rose petals scattered all over the floor, and the white clothes had already fallen into Bai Shuo's arms, and the two fell to the ground. Smelling the fragrance in their arms, this was definitely not the smell of powder or perfume, but

It was a very natural, yet breathtaking fragrance. Only then did Bai Shuo discover that a fairy-like woman with a slightly classical charm and an appearance that could surpass all the stars at the moment was being held tightly in his arms. The woman broke free.

After opening the door, he suddenly stood up in an extremely graceful and fairy-like manner, stepped back a few steps, glanced at Bai Shuo slightly angrily, and was about to leave, when he suddenly walked out of the fork in the road.

A figure rushed out and rushed towards the woman. The moment he pushed the woman away, he dodged a roll of something in the woman's hand and rushed towards Bai Shuo, as if preparing to escape from the alley behind Bai Shuo.

Robbery? Bai Shuo immediately thought that this was a robbery. After seeing clearly that this was a short man with a fierce look, Bai Shuo became more determined in his thoughts. Just when the short man was about to jump over Bai Shuo who was still lying on the ground.

, Bai Shuo suddenly jumped up with a kick, hitting the man's abdomen, and kicked the short man out. You must know that Bai Shuo has been fighting in Baijia Town since he was a child. Although he is not as good as a professional boxer, he is still from all over the world.

He is famous for being ruthless. Although he no longer fights with others as an adult, his momentum and foundation are still there after all. At the same time that he was kicked out by Bai Shuo, the woman in white from behind had already arrived.

He knocked the short man unconscious with a palm from behind, and then searched for something on the man. Bai Shuo saw something like a roll of brocade falling on the ground beside him. It was the object that the short man snatched from the fairy woman.

Bai Shuo picked it up and unfolded it, and then realized that the matter was beyond his imagination. He suddenly felt a cold sweat coming out of his back. This roll was clearly the brocade of the Han Dynasty that was on display in the museum that he had seen before. It was close up.

After observing, I found that this piece of stuff was very well preserved. Although it was very old, there seemed to be some kind of power protecting the tapestry from the erosion of the years. There were eight roughly identifiable ancient characters on it, "Five stars come out of the east and benefit China."

There was another piece, but it was missing. At this time, the woman found a similar piece from the body of the fainted short man. It was almost certain that it was the missing piece. Bai Shuo looked at the woman in white in shock, even though she had a fairy-like appearance.

At this time, Bai Shuo felt a chill and fear in his heart. The truth of the matter, the identity of the woman and the short man, who was the good guy and who was the bad guy, or whether there were no good guys at all, Bai Shuo's heart was blank, he only knew

He was involved in an incident beyond his level of understanding.

The woman effortlessly pulled the brocade from the stunned Bai Shuo, breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Bai Shuo in a pleasant voice: "I am not a bad person, this matter has nothing to do with you, and don't tell anyone about it, you

Let's go." After saying that, he squatted down and spread out the two pieces of brocade in his hands on the ground and spliced ​​them together.

Hearing that the woman in white said that he was not a bad person, Bai Shuo was willing to believe it, but of course he had to trust her. He quickly stood up and prepared to find a way to leave.

"Great, the five-star secret tapestry is finally complete."

Just when the woman in white had finished identifying the brocade and was happily preparing to put it away, Bai Shuo suddenly saw a man in black appearing in the direction facing the woman in white, holding a dagger and stabbing her quietly.

The woman in white was obviously focused on the brocade and had not noticed the danger behind her at this moment. Bai Shuo hurriedly opened the woman in white and kicked the man in black again, but this time he obviously miscalculated.

The man in the clothes cleverly avoided the attack, and at the same time, a dagger was inserted into Bai Shuo's chest. "Fuck!" Bai Shuo thought something was wrong in his heart, so he fell down heavily, just in time to press the brocade on the ground. The man was

He wanted to stretch out his hand to pull out the brocade, but he suddenly sensed a hint of danger. He turned his head to look at the woman in white, and his eyes shrank. A black gun muzzle in front of him was aimed at his forehead. A flash of bullet flashed by, and the man in black

Then he fell straight down.

Bai Shuo fell to the ground, his head and shoulders were slightly raised by the woman in white, "Thank you, you saved me" the woman in white said guiltily.

Through the location where the dagger penetrated and the current feeling of his body, Bai Shuo judged that his injuries made it difficult to survive. With his right hand, he struggled to grab two pieces of brocade from under his body and put them between his wrists, facing Bai Yi in embarrassment and pain.

The woman smiled: "I didn't expect that my life would end like this. I believe you are a good person. Can you please tell my daughter and my senior sister?"

"Yes!" The woman in white nodded affirmatively.

"Tell them that I love them." Bai Shuo said the last thing he wanted to say, while trying to hand the brocade to the woman in white with difficulty. The woman in white nodded sadly, and was about to take the brocade, but suddenly noticed that Bai Shuo

The blood flowing down his arm has already soaked into the brocade on his wrist. But what is even more surprising is that at this moment, the words on the brocade are actually glowing with a faint golden light. Bai Shuo feels that the brocade is getting hotter and hotter in his hands, as if it is burning.

As usual, the woman in white looked frightened and looked at him in disbelief. At this time, Bai Shuo's consciousness became more and more blurred, the heat and body pain gradually disappeared, and everything in front of him began to become chaotic and unclear.

Until it turns white.

Bai Shuo seemed to have come to a void, with no pictures and no pain. Is this death? Is this heaven or hell? At least now he can only think so. After a while, things slowly changed in front of his eyes, and the picture reappeared.

. He found that there were five stars arranged in a string in the sky, which was very strange. And he was in a deserted ancient city. The style of the ancient city was not like the Chinese style. The mottled stone walls were carved with patterns.

mural.

Bai Shuo looked around the ancient city, and then focused on the mural closest to him. On the painting was a queen-like figure, accepting the worship of her subjects, while a kind of sacrifice seemed to be going on in the distance.

Program. There are exactly five stars in a row in the sky in the mural. A mural on the right shows five warriors slaying a dragon. The five men are using different weapons, some with swords, some with sticks, and some with throws.

There are stones, some are set on fire...; the one on the left is a painting of a war scene, it seems to be a battle between giants and dwarves, and there are some incomprehensible words engraved on it.

Bai Shuo casually walked to another stone wall. On this wall, there should be paintings about love and pursuit between men and women. There were seven pairs of men and women in total, but when he took a closer look, he found it intriguing. Although the first pair of men and women

They were walking intimately on the same road, but there were two forks in front of them. The man and woman each looked left and right. There were several ancient Chinese characters engraved next to them, which they guessed should be "beginning without end"; the second pair had one person on top,

One person is standing upside down, like a reflection, and the inscription shows "Yin and Yang are broken"; the third pair of men and women are separated by a poisonous snake, spitting out a message fiercely, and the words "Worldly Break" are engraved next to it; the following ones are clearer,

Some of them are very blurry, but the handwriting can still be barely discerned. They should be roughly "infatuated with love", "dreams are strange", "lonely in the sky", and "fateless". Bai Shuo is not in the mood to understand deeply.

Then walked towards the stone wall on the other side.

The murals on this wall are more abstract. There are five paintings in total. Where Bai Shuo walked over, there happened to be a painting of something like a boat. There seemed to be five crew members sitting on it. Everyone seemed to be rowing hard, but the front of the boat

In front of it, there was a waterfall flowing down from a high place, bringing huge waves towards the bow of the ship. There seemed to be words engraved on the right side of the picture, but it was not very clear. Bai Shuo wiped the weathered water with his hand.

I wanted to identify the dust particles carefully, but I felt dizzy and everything in front of me became blurry again.

After a while, Bai Shuo seemed to be a third party and saw the trajectory of his previous life. Some past fragments appeared in front of him scene by scene. There were happy times in the bearded bar, stumbling at work, and the death of his parents.

His voice and smile, his love and hatred for Zhao Lan...

There was another change, and Bai Shuo seemed to be in a park again. He seemed to be floating in mid-air. There was a familiar figure sitting on the seat below. It was Li Zhen. Li Zhen was dignified and quiet at the moment, full of the charm of a mature woman.

There is a girl next to her. She is clearly Yu Fei, who seems to be a few years older. At this moment, Yu Fei is happily eating a hamburger. Li Zhen looks at her with concern, as if she is a mother and daughter. Bai Shuo thought with difficulty.

He wanted to get to them, but he couldn't get even close to them no matter what. He was just like a puppet at the moment, staring blankly at the scene that seemed to have been arranged for him. Suddenly, his eyes became gray again, and his head felt dizzy again.