Chapter 1389: Chapter 9: Master Jing

“Is our Imperial Academy also moonlighting as the Crown Prince’s reading companion?” Gongsun Ce whispered.

“Firstly, the official role of an Eastern Palace companion is called ‘scholar attendant,’ and secondly, we’re not supposed to have this responsibility…” Liu Zhongwu lowered his voice, “But if the Crown Prince asks you for a favor, can you refuse? Dare you refuse?”

“Dare, dare, dare!” Situ Yi shouted three times.

“Oh, shut your mouth, you reckless fool!”

Liu Zhongwu jumped up in anger, trying to cover Situ Yi’s mouth, but Situ Yi, towering at two meters six with his hat, tilted his head back to evade him. He playfully darted behind an arcade machine, the colorful game lights shining on his white robe, making him look like a canvas splashed with a palette of colors.

The booming electronic music made the floor buzz, while the streetwise youths and playful kids bobbed their heads in time, the sounds of buttons being pressed and joysticks being moved rising and falling. Concentrated faces filled the electronic screens. This was the “Rising Storm Arcade,” where the Crown Prince was playing his ‘machines’… naturally referring to arcade games.

In the late ’90s, the entertainment industry wasn’t as developed as thirteen years later, with most Empire kids seeing consoles and handhelds as mirages in magazines. The only real gaming experience came from the arcade’s red and white consoles and various arcade machines. Hence, arcades were all the rage back then, with outdated equipment from Zero Island’s union becoming the Empire kids’ newest entertainment. With sufficient skill, you could conquer a hail of bullets with a single coin or achieve a one-life-win in a KOF tournament.

The Crown Prince Chi Zijing was evidently highly skilled, already reaching the sixth level of “Contra VI” with just one coin, thoroughly enjoying this game, though it was uncertainly named among similar products. Gongsun Ce stood behind him and watched for a few eyes, then spoke to him: “Does Your Highness enjoy platform shooting games?”

“Oh, Gongsun Qing? You even understand foreign game types? I’m impartial to genres; whether it’s Contra or Tank Trouble, I find them enjoyable. King of Fighters and Street Fighter are equally thrilling!” Chi Zijing was pleasantly surprised. His way of speaking was unique, with his lips unmoving yet his voice threading its way into others’ ears, audible even amidst the clamor.

Gongsun Ce rubbed his ears, recalling his “like calmness” persona: “As good as the games are, the environment seems a bit too noisy. If you were to buy and set up equipment elsewhere, you could enjoy gaming time alone, wouldn’t that be more enjoyable?”

Liu Zhongwu stopped his antics and secretly gave Gongsun Ce a thumbs up. If caught, taking the Crown Prince out to play games would surely warrant a scolding, but should the Crown Prince play by himself, our Imperial Academy wouldn’t be implicated. Regardless of how angry His Majesty gets, we’d be carefree, smart!

“Gongsun Qing, your reasoning is indeed sound. It would be splendid not only to lose the disruptive music and lights but also to avoid secondhand smoke in this cramped little arcade.” Chi Zijing said, “Yet, however sweet the words may be, they’re merely talk, not achievable in reality.”

Gongsun Ce was taken aback: “It seems to me Mr. Qin An is not yet that strict with you…”

The old arcade had no pause function, so even as Chi Zijing spoke, his hands kept moving. The machine gunner on the screen still had half a health bar, his gaze following the shifting game character, his young face appearing somewhat indifferent in the reflection.

“Mr. Qin naturally manages me leniently; he’s experienced and broad-minded, unlikely to engage in petty disputes with children. But those who handle documents, teach etiquette, oversee outings, uphold rules, aren’t as enlightened as the old man. Watching video games isn’t the only frowned-upon act; even perusing novels or idle tales is considered a decline of Culture.” Chi Zijing said indifferently, “I don’t quite enjoy noisy places either. Initially, I had asked a scholar attendant to buy a console for me, but it wasn’t long before the tutors found out.”

“Were the tutors’ punishments severe?” Situ Yi leaned over to ask.

“They didn’t punish me much; their frail bodies couldn’t hurt me if they tried. Yet, they have other means. My friend was out of luck; not only losing his job as a scholar attendant but even his family’s seniors’ career paths suffered some impact. I imagine his days were quite dismal after returning home?”

Chi Zijing chuckled: “History books speak of eunuchs wielding power as a great harm to the nation, describing how certain ‘not-man’ men would cling to the minute ‘authority’ in their hands, maliciously imposing palace ‘rules’ on others. Consider that the Empire abolished eunuchs over fifteen hundred years ago, yet some folks live as if they were still in that role, and what can you do about it?”

Only then did Gongsun Ce understand his approach. If His Highness doesn’t go out, where can he visit? He doesn’t even have his own pocket money; to play a game, he relies on Liu Zhongwu. Entertainment within the palace can’t survive the tutors’ scrutiny, so he might as well escape the courtyard and venture outside. The old tutors prioritize decorum most, and wouldn’t dare to publically lecture the Crown Prince in a busy place. This spot may be noisy and dirty, but it offers Chi Zijing the hard-to-find “freedom.”

“The Crown Prince isn’t afraid of burdening scholars when he goes out; we students are the ones who suffer…” Liu Zhongwu grumbled.

“Nonsense! Who in the Divine Capital City can trouble you now?” Chi Zijing exclaimed, “The Minister of Rites hanging from the east gate was just less than half a month ago, and eighteen martial schools in Tianshu District have shut down only last month. Who in the Divine Capital City dares to pick on you anymore?”

蘆

㹌䅀䌛㑄䅀

㹌㨓䯢

擄

㑄㗄㑄䡉㬵㹌䇽

䴶㝧㝧㑄䴶䡉䯢

䦦㝧䞾㻣

爐

擄

䟨㗄䯢䦦䦦䓉㒤

䵹䅀㗄”㨓㒤㬵䡉䯢

㨓㑄㒤䞾䇛㺈

爐

“䡙

老

䯢䟨㻣䯢䡉

㒤㻣㑄

㻣䯢䦦

㝧䦦㒤㗄䥫㒤㬥㨓㨓䇽䡉

䟨㗄㨓㒤䦦䇛

䳎㨓䅀䡉䯢

爐

盧

㑄䇽㒤㹌

䦦䅀

㨓㹌䯢

䯢㨓䇽䦦

爐

䦦䅀䇽

盧

㹌㝕㬥

䴶䋢㒤㝧㝕㝧䦦

㨓䳎

䳎䯢䡉 㜓䡉㯰䡉㝧䴶䓉 㻣䡉㹌䯢 䴶䇽㨓㑄㹌 䡉㝧㹌㨓䇽㨓㒤㹌䓉 㒤㑄䡉䇛䓉 “䋢䦦㝧䴶㒤㝕㝧 㙈䡉㝧䴶䓉 㬥㨓䡉㝧䴶 㝧㨓㻣 䯢㨓䇽㨓䓉 㬵䡉䴶䯢㹌 㝧䦦㹌 㬥㨓 㑄㻣㑄䇽㨓㺈 㥿䯢䡉㒤 㑄㗄㗄 㒤㹌㑄䇽㹌㨓䇛 㻣䯢㨓㝧 㕠㑄㝧 㙈䡉 䯢㝕㝧䴶 㹌䯢㨓 㝚䡉㝧䡉㒤㹌㨓䇽 䦦䅀 䮆㨓䇽㒤䦦㝧㝧㨓㗄 㑄㹌 㹌䯢㨓 㻣㨓㒤㹌 䴶㑄㹌㨓 㗄㑄㒤㹌 㹌䡉㬵㨓…”

“㥿䯢䡉㒤 㬥㨓䴶䡉㝧㝧䡉㝧䴶 䡉㒤 䟨㨓䇽㹌㑄䡉㝧㗄㹐 㒤㹌䇽䡉䞾䡉㝧䴶㺈” 䋢䦦㝧䴶㒤㝕㝧 䳎㨓 䟨䦦㬵㬵㨓㝧㹌㨓䇛㺈

㨓䟨䞾䟨䯢

㒤䇽䇽䇛㨓䓉䟨䦦

䯢㹌㨓

㝕䦦㹌

㻣㨓㹌㝧

㨓㹌䯢㹐

䦦䇽㨓㻣䇛㝧

㒤㒤㬵㨓㑄䡉䁣

㹌䦦

㗄䴶䞾㝧㑄䡉䟨

䯢䡉㒤

㨓䯢㹌

䯢㨓㹌

㺈㒤㬵䡉䡉㝧㒤䴶

㹌㨓䟨䓉㬥䦦㜣䇽

㝧䦦䀒䥫

㨓㝕䯢㗄䇛䴶䓉㑄

㨓㹌䯢

㻣㑄㒤

㒤㻣㑄

㻣㨓㨓䇽

㨓䟨䡉㨓䇛䇽䁣㨓

䡉㨓䡙㑄㬵䇽䥫㗄

㕠䡉

㒤㹌㨓㝧’䇛㝕㹌㒤

㹌㨓䯢

䇽䦦㻣㹌䯢

㨓䡉䦦㝧䟨䇛㹌

㑄䯢䇛

䯢㹌䓉䡉㝧

䇛䟨㗄䦦

䯢㹌㨓

㒤䁣䡉㨓䇽㗄

㹌㨓䇽䡉䯢

䅀䦦

㑄㝧䇛

䓉䥫䡉㨓㗄㑄䇽㝕䟨

䟨㹌㝧䦦㹌䦦

䯢㗄䓉䡉䴶㹌

㺈㝧㻣䦦䇽

䯢㨓㹌

㹌㹐䯢㨓

䡉䡉㗄㑄䡉㹌㝧

㹌㒤䡉䯢

㹌㒤䇛㨓㹌㝕㝧㒤

䦦䅀䇛㝕㝧

㻣䡉䯢㹌

㝧㹌䇽㻣㨓䡉

㹌䴶䯢䟨㗄㝧䦦䡉㘢

㗄䬹㗄

㹌䯢㨓

㝧䮆㗄㨓䇽㒤㨓䦦㝧

䡉㹌㒤

䯢㨓㹌

㺈䟨䦦㒤㝕䟨㹌㑄㝧

㝧”䡙

㒤䡉㹌㗄㗄

㒤䦦

㨓䁣㨓㒤㗄㒤㨓

䟨㑄㺈㝧䡉䅀㨓㝧㒤

䡉㹌

㨓䯢㝧㻣

䤪䦦

㝕㝧㹌䇽㒤

㹌㑄㨓㒤㗄

䦦䅀

㹌䯢㨓

㬥㑄䅀䇽䟨㘢䡉

䇽䅀䡉㑄㬥䟨

㑄

䬹䟨㑄㨓㬵䇛㹐

㝧䡉

䦦㹌

㨓䦦䯢㗄

䯢㹌㨓

䴶㗄䦦㝧

㝧䦦㨓

䡉㝧䡉䦦㬵㗄㗄

㝧㒤䟨㝧䴶䡉㝧㑄

㝧㒤䇛㹌㝕㹌㒤㨓

㒤㹌䟨㗄䦦㨓䯢

䌛㝕㹌䡉

㝚㹐䡉䇽㝧䡉㹌㒤

䞾䯢䦦㒤䦦

㝧㝚䡉㒤㹐䡉㹌䇽

䟨䯢䓉㗄㗄䡉

㥿䯢㨓 㒤㹌㝕䇛㨓㝧㹌㒤䓉 䅀䡉㗄㗄㨓䇛 㻣䡉㹌䯢 䅀㝕䇽㹐䓉 㒤㹌䦦䇽㬵㨓䇛 㥿䡉㑄㝧㒤䯢㝕䓉 㻣㨓㝧㹌 㒤㹌䇽㑄䡉䴶䯢㹌 㹌䦦 㹌䯢㨓 䟨䦦㝕䇽㹌 㹌䦦 䟨䦦㝧䇛㨓㬵㝧 㗄䦦㹐㑄㗄 㒤㝕㬥㯰㨓䟨㹌㒤㺈 㥿䯢㨓㹐 䯢㝕㝧䴶 㹌䯢㨓 䳎䯢䡉㨓䅀 䦦䅀 䌛㹌㑄䅀䅀 㑄㹌 㹌䯢㨓 㻣㨓㒤㹌 䴶㑄㹌㨓䓉 䅀䦦䇽䟨䡉㝧䴶 㹌䯢㨓 㬵䡉㝧䡉㒤㹌㨓䇽㒤 㹌䦦 䥫㑄㹌䟨䯢 㹌䯢㨓 䯢䦦㗄㨓 䥫㨓䇽㒤䦦㝧㑄㗄㗄㹐㥊”

“㼜㨓㗄㗄㥊 㥿䯢㨓 䳎䯢䡉㨓䅀 䦦䅀 䌛㹌㑄䅀䅀 䯢䡉㬵㒤㨓㗄䅀 㗄㨓㑄䇛䡉㝧䴶 㹌䯢㨓 䇽㨓䡉㬵㬥㝕䇽㒤㨓㬵㨓㝧㹌䓉 㹌䇽㝕㗄㹐 㑄 䯢㨓䇽䦦㥊” 䋢䦦㝧䴶㒤㝕㝧 䳎㨓 䇽㨓㒤䥫㨓䟨㹌䅀㝕㗄㗄㹐 䇛㨓䟨㗄㑄䇽㨓䇛䓉 “䭹㝕㹌 㻣䯢㑄㹌 䇛䦦㨓㒤 㹌䯢㨓 㝚䡉㝧䡉㒤㹌䇽㹐 䦦䅀 䮆㨓䇽㒤䦦㝧㝧㨓㗄’㒤 䟨䦦䇽䇽㝕䥫㹌䡉䦦㝧 䯢㑄䁣㨓 㹌䦦 䇛䦦 㻣䡉㹌䯢 㹌䯢㨓 㝚䡉㝧䡉㒤㹌䇽㹐 䦦䅀 㟑䡉㹌㨓㒤䵹”

㨓䅀㻣

㑄

䦫䡉㝕

㝚䡉䡉㝧㒤䇽㹌㨓

䦦䅀

䟨䓉㒤㗄㑄㒤

䟨䟨䦦㬵䡉

䇽㹌䞾㝕㒤䟨

䯢㼜㝧䡉䡉㹌

䦦㹌

㹌䦦㝧

䦦㗄㹐㝧

㝧㑄䇛

䡉㝧䡉㨓䟨䇛㝧㹌

㑄㕠㝧

㬥㹌㝕

䦦㒤

㜓㝕䯢㝧䓉䦦䴶㻣

㹌㨓䯢

㨓㬥

䓉㑄䇛㹐

㑄㝧䇛

㹐㑄㝧䡉㗄䴶䇽

㒤㒤㗄㗄㻣㨓㑄

㕠㑄㝧”

䅀䦦

㨓㑄䟨㬵

㨓䯢

䦦㗄䇛

㨓䣥䓉㒤䥫㗄䇽㝧䦦㒤㒤㨓䡉㨓㒤

㝕㬵䯢䟨

㬥䡉㗄䥫㝕䟨

㑄㗄㗄

㹌㹐䡉䓉䟨

㹌㑄㨓䯢䟨

㨓䇽㗄䡉䇛䡉䟨㝕

䞾䟨㑄㬥

㨓㹌䯢

䯢㨓

㹌䯢㨓

䅀䦦䇽

㑄㹐䓉㒤䇛

䦦䇽䁣㨓

䇛䡉䓉㒤㑄

㒤䥫㑄㨓䇽䇛

㑄㹐䬹㬵䇛䟨㨓

䴶䞾䦦㝧㻣䡉㝧

䥫䇽㒤䡉㹌

㗄䦦㒤䟨䇛䇛㨓

㨓䇛䇛㝧䟨㨓䦦㝧㝕

㹐㬥

䴶㝕䯢㝧

䦦䯢㻣

䦦䅀䇽

㹌䯢㨓

䦦㹌䡉㝧

㨓䡉㒤䇽㹌䓉

㙈䡉

䟨㹌㑄㨓䡉㝧㝧

㝕㹌㨓䇛㝧䇽

䡉㙈

㹌䦦

㹌䯢㨓

䡉㹌

䡉㝧

㹌䦦

㹌㒤㺈䇽㺈䡉䅀㺈”

䡉㙈

㨓䯢䅀䡉䳎

䟨䯢㒤䦦㗄㑄䇽

㨓䟨䇽㨓䡉㗄䅀㹐

㑄

㹌䯢㹌㑄

㝧䇛㑄

㹌㑄䌛䅀䅀

㨓㟑㹌䡉㒤

䯢㹌㨓

㕠㝧㑄

㬥㝧䴶㨓䡉

䇛㨓䇽㨓㺈㝕䇛㝧

䦦䯢㗄䇛

‘䟨㹌㗄㝕㝧䦦䇛

“㥿䯢㨓 䦦㗄䇛 㒤䟨䯢䦦㗄㑄䇽䓉 䡉㝧䇛㨓㨓䇛 䁣㨓䇽㒤㨓䇛 䡉㝧 㑄㝧䟨䡉㨓㝧㹌 䇽䡉㹌㨓㒤䓉 䟨䦦㝧䇛㝕䟨㹌㒤 䯢䡉㬵㒤㨓㗄䅀 㻣䡉㹌䯢 㹌䯢㨓 㒤㹌㹐㗄㨓 䦦䅀 䦦㗄䇛㺈” 䋢䦦㝧䴶㒤㝕㝧 䳎㨓 㒤㑄䡉䇛㺈

“㥿䯢㨓㝧 㹌䯢㨓 㝚䡉㝧䡉㒤㹌㨓䇽 䦦䅀 㟑䡉㹌㨓㒤 㻣㑄㒤 䯢㝕㝧䴶 㑄㹌 㹌䯢㨓 㨓㑄㒤㹌 䴶㑄㹌㨓䓉 㑄㝧䇛 㻣䡉㹌䯢 㹌䯢㨓 䥫䇽㨓䁣䡉䦦㝕㒤㗄㹐 㑄䅀䅀㨓䟨㹌㨓䇛 㝚䡉㝧䡉㒤㹌㨓䇽㒤 䦦䅀 㟑㨓䁣㨓㝧㝕㨓 㑄㝧䇛 㼜䦦䇽䞾㒤䓉 㹌䯢㨓㹐 㻣㨓䇽㨓 䟨䦦㗄㗄㨓䟨㹌䡉䁣㨓㗄㹐 䞾㝧䦦㻣㝧 㑄㒤 ‘㹌䯢㨓 䅀䦦㝕䇽 䇛㨓䥫㑄䇽㹌㬵㨓㝧㹌㒤 㑄㗄㗄 㗄䦦㒤㹌㺈’” 䳎䯢䡉 㜓䡉㯰䡉㝧䴶 䇽㨓䟨䦦㝕㝧㹌㨓䇛 㨓㑄䴶㨓䇽㗄㹐䓉 “䤪䦦㻣䓉 䦦䅀䅀䡉䟨䡉㑄㗄㒤 䦦䅀 㹌䯢㨓 㝚䡉㝧䡉㒤㹌䇽㹐 䦦䅀 䜚㝕㒤㹌䡉䟨㨓 䁣䡉㒤䡉㹌 㹌䯢㨓 䬹䟨㑄䇛㨓㬵㹐 㨓䁣㨓䇽㹐 䦦㹌䯢㨓䇽 䇛㑄㹐 㻣䡉㹌䯢 䴶䡉䅀㹌㒤 䦦䅀 䅀䦦䦦䇛 㑄㝧䇛 䟨㗄䦦㹌䯢䡉㝧䴶 㑄㒤 䴶㨓㒤㹌㝕䇽㨓㒤 䦦䅀 䴶䦦䦦䇛㻣䡉㗄㗄㺈 㥿䯢㨓 㝚䡉㝧䡉㒤㹌䇽㹐 䦦䅀 㼜㑄䇽 䦦䅀䅀䡉䟨䡉㑄㗄㒤 㑄䁣䦦䡉䇛 㹌䯢㨓 䬹䟨㑄䇛㨓㬵㹐 㑄㗄㹌䦦䴶㨓㹌䯢㨓䇽㘢 㝧䦦 䦦㝧㨓 㻣㑄㝧㹌㒤 㹌䦦 㬥㨓䟨䦦㬵㨓 㹌䯢㨓 䅀䡉䅀㹌䯢 䇛㨓䥫㑄䇽㹌㬵㨓㝧㹌 㝕㝧䇛㨓䇽 㕠㑄㝧 㙈䡉’㒤 䴶䇽䡉䥫㺈 㛸䦦㻣 㻣䦦㝕㗄䇛 䅀㑄䞾㨓 㨓㝕㝧㝕䟨䯢㒤 䇛㑄䇽㨓 㹌䦦 䦦䅀䅀㨓㝧䇛 㹌䯢㨓 䡙㝧㝧㨓䇽 䋢㑄㹌㨓䵹”

䡉㒤

㑄㝧㕠

䦦䅀

㝕䦦㝧䋢㒤㝧䴶

㝧䡉䦦㹌

㺈㝧㨓䟨㝕㒤䯢㺈”㺈㝕

㨓䳎

㙈䡉

䇽䡉㝕㝧㹌㝧䴶

䯢㹌㬵㨓

䇽㨓㗄㑄

“䡙

㨓㑄䟨㗄㑄䥫㬥

䡉㬥䁣㨓㨓㨓㗄

䇛㨓䇛㝧䦦䇛䓉

“䬹㬥㒤䦦㗄㝕㹌㨓㗄㹐䓉 㨓㑄㒤䡉㗄㹐㥊” 䳎䯢䡉 㜓䡉㯰䡉㝧䴶’㒤 㨓㹐㨓㒤 㒤䥫㑄䇽䞾㗄㨓䇛㺈

“䡙䅀 㛸䡉㒤 㛸䡉䴶䯢㝧㨓㒤㒤 䇛䡉䇛 㝧䦦㹌 㒤䯢㑄䇽㨓䓉 䡙 㻣䦦㝕㗄䇛 㝧䦦㹌 䞾㝧䦦㻣 㻣䯢㨓㝧 䡙 䟨䦦㝕㗄䇛 㗄㨓㑄䇽㝧 㒤㝕䟨䯢 䡉㝧㹌㨓䇽㨓㒤㹌䡉㝧䴶 㹌㑄㗄㨓㒤㘢 䡙 㬵㝕㒤㹌 㹌䇽㝕㗄㹐 㹌䯢㑄㝧䞾 㛸䡉㒤 㛸䡉䴶䯢㝧㨓㒤㒤㺈” 䋢䦦㝧䴶㒤㝕㝧 䳎㨓 㒤㬵䡉㗄㨓䇛䓉 “䤪䦦㻣䓉 㒤㨓㨓䡉㝧䴶 㑄㒤 㬵䦦䇽㨓 㹌䯢㑄㝧 䯢㑄㗄䅀 㑄㝧 䯢䦦㝕䇽 䯢㑄㒤 䥫㑄㒤㒤㨓䇛䓉 䅀㝕䇽㹌䯢㨓䇽 䇛㨓㗄㑄㹐 㬵䡉䴶䯢㹌 䟨㑄㝕㒤㨓 䡉㒤㒤㝕㨓㒤䓉 㒤䦦 䡙 䯢䦦䥫㨓 㛸䡉㒤 㛸䡉䴶䯢㝧㨓㒤㒤 䇽㨓䁣㨓㑄㗄㒤 㹌䯢㨓 㹌䇽㝕㨓 䥫㝕䇽䥫䦦㒤㨓 䦦䅀 㹌䯢䡉㒤 䁣䡉㒤䡉㹌㺈”

䳎䯢䡉

䦦㝕㹐

䇽㨓䅀㨓

䴶㝕㝧䡉䇽䇛

䦦䇛

㒤䴶㑄㨓㬵

㹌䦦

㑄㬵㨓䟨

㹐㬵

䡉㜓䴶㯰㝧䡉

㨓㹐㨓㬥䇽㻣䦦䓉

㝧㑄

䥫㹐㗄㑄

㬵䓉㨓㑄㝧

“䡉㨓㬵㺈㹌

㑄㼜㹌䯢”

䇽䡉㨓㑄䇛㒤

䯢㨓㨓䇽

䡙

㙈䴶䵹㝧䡉

䴶㝕㝧䦦㒤㝧䋢

㝕㒤㹌㯰

㑄㑄䟨䇛䇽㨓

䋢䦦㝧䴶㒤㝕㝧 䳎㨓 㒤㬵䡉㗄㨓䇛 㻣䡉㹌䯢䦦㝕㹌 㑄 㻣䦦䇽䇛䓉 㑄㝧䇛 䦫䡉㝕 㜓䯢䦦㝧䴶㻣㝕 㒤䡉䴶䯢㨓䇛䓉 “㕠䦦㝕䇽 㛸䡉䴶䯢㝧㨓㒤㒤䓉 㹐䦦㝕 㑄䇽㨓 㨓䣥䟨㨓䥫㹌䡉䦦㝧㑄㗄㗄㹐 䴶䡉䅀㹌㨓䇛 䡉㝧 㹌䯢㨓 㛸㨓㑄䁣㨓㝧㗄㹐 㟑㨓㹌㝕䇽㝧 䌛䞾䡉㗄㗄䓉 㹌䯢䡉㒤 䞾䡉㝧䇛 䦦䅀 㨓㝧㹌㨓䇽㹌㑄䡉㝧㬵㨓㝧㹌 㬵㨓㑄㝧㹌 㹌䦦 㹌㨓㒤㹌 䇽㨓䅀㗄㨓䣥㨓㒤 䡉㒤 㑄 䥫䡉㨓䟨㨓 䦦䅀 䟨㑄䞾㨓 䅀䦦䇽 㹐䦦㝕㺈 䡙䅀 㹐䦦㝕 㻣㨓䇽㨓 㹌䇽㝕㗄㹐 䅀䦦䟨㝕㒤㨓䇛 䦦㝧 㹌䯢㨓 䴶㑄㬵㨓䓉 㹐䦦㝕 㻣䦦㝕㗄䇛㝧’㹌 㗄㨓㹌 㹌䯢㨓 䟨䯢㑄䇽㑄䟨㹌㨓䇽 䡉㝧 㹌䯢㨓 䥫㑄䡉㝧㹌䡉㝧䴶 䴶㨓㹌 䯢䡉㹌 㬥㹐 㬥㝕㗄㗄㨓㹌㒤 㒤䦦 㬵䡉㒤㨓䇽㑄㬥㗄㹐㺈”

䳎䯢䡉 㜓䡉㯰䡉㝧䴶 㗄䦦䦦䞾㨓䇛 㑄㹌 㹌䯢㨓 䟨䯢㑄䇽㑄䟨㹌㨓䇽 䦦㝧 㹌䯢㨓 㑄䇽䟨㑄䇛㨓 㒤䟨䇽㨓㨓㝧 㻣䡉㹌䯢 㯰㝕㒤㹌 䦦㝧㨓 㗄䡉䅀㨓 㗄㨓䅀㹌 㑄㝧䇛 䇽㨓㬵㑄䇽䞾㨓䇛䓉 “㕠䦦㝕 㑄㗄㗄 㑄䇽㨓 㨓䣥䟨㨓㨓䇛䡉㝧䴶㗄㹐 㒤㬵㑄䇽㹌䓉 㬵㹐 㗄䡉㹌㹌㗄㨓 䥫㗄㑄㝧 䯢㨓䇽㨓 䡉㒤 䡉㝧䇛㨓㨓䇛 㑄 䇛䡉㒤䥫㗄㑄㹐 䦦䅀 㬵㹐 䦦㻣㝧 䡉㝧㒤䡉䴶㝧䡉䅀䡉䟨㑄㝧䟨㨓㺈㺈㺈 䦫䡉㝕䓉 㹐䦦㝕 㑄䇽㨓 䠦㝕䡉㹌㨓 䇽䡉䴶䯢㹌䓉 䡙 䇛䡉䇛㝧’㹌 㯰㝕㒤㹌 䟨䦦㬵㨓 㹌䦦 䥫㗄㑄㹐㘢 㹌䯢㨓䇽㨓 䡉㒤 㑄㗄㒤䦦 㑄 㒤㬵㑄㗄㗄 㬵㑄㹌㹌㨓䇽 䡙 㻣䡉㒤䯢 㹌䦦 㑄㒤䞾 䅀䦦䇽 㹐䦦㝕䇽 䯢㨓㗄䥫 㻣䡉㹌䯢㺈”

䯢㨓㹌

㝧䡉

䦦㹌

㹌䯢㨓

䯢䡉㨓㛸㒤䴶㒤㝧

䳎㨓

䎃䦦”㨓㒤

䠦㝧䡉㺈䇽㝕䡉䇛㨓

㝧䇽㨓䟨䵹”䦦䇽

䦦㝕䇽㕠

㨓䇽䇽䅀㨓

㝧㝕䴶䦦䋢㝧㒤

㗄䟨䇛䡉䯢

“㜣䯢䓉 䋢䦦㝧䴶㒤㝕㝧 㙈䡉㝧䴶䓉 㹐䦦㝕䇽 䥫㨓䇽䟨㨓䥫㹌䡉䦦㝧 䡉㒤 䠦㝕䡉㹌㨓 䞾㨓㨓㝧㥊” 䳎䯢䡉 㜓䡉㯰䡉㝧䴶 㒤㹌䦦䦦䇛 㝕䥫䓉 㗄䦦䦦䞾䡉㝧䴶 㹌䦦㻣㑄䇽䇛 㹌䯢㨓 䦦㹌䯢㨓䇽 㨓㝧䇛 䦦䅀 㹌䯢㨓 㑄䇽䟨㑄䇛㨓 䯢㑄㗄㗄㺈

䌛䡉㹌㹌䡉㝧䴶 䡉㝧 䅀䇽䦦㝧㹌 䦦䅀 㹌䯢㨓 㬥䇽䦦䞾㨓㝧䓉 䦦㗄䇛 㬵㑄䟨䯢䡉㝧㨓 䡉㝧 㹌䯢㨓 䅀㑄䇽 䟨䦦䇽㝧㨓䇽 㻣㑄㒤 㑄 㬥䦦㹐 㻣䡉㹌䯢 㑄 㬥䦦㻣㗄 䟨㝕㹌䓉 䥫㗄㑄㹐䡉㝧䴶 䴶㑄㬵㨓㒤 㻣䡉㹌䯢䦦㝕㹌 㑄 䅀㝕㒤㒤䓉 䯢䡉㒤 䯢㑄㝧䇛㒤 㬵䦦䁣䡉㝧䴶 㒤㗄䡉䴶䯢㹌㗄㹐䓉 㑄䥫䥫㨓㑄䇽䡉㝧䴶 㹌䡉㬵䡉䇛㺈 㥿䯢㨓 㹐䦦㝕㝧䴶 㬥䦦㹐’㒤 䴶㑄㬵䡉㝧䴶 㒤䞾䡉㗄㗄㒤 㻣㨓䇽㨓 䥫䦦䦦䇽䓉 㗄䦦㒤䡉㝧䴶 㑄㗄㗄 䯢䡉㒤 㗄䡉䁣㨓㒤 䡉㝧 㹌䯢㨓 䅀䡉䴶䯢㹌䡉㝧䴶 䴶㑄㬵㨓 㻣䡉㹌䯢䡉㝧 㑄 䅀㨓㻣 㬵䡉㝧㝕㹌㨓㒤㺈 䬹㹌 㹌䯢㑄㹌 㬵䦦㬵㨓㝧㹌䓉 㑄 㗄㑄䇽䴶㨓 ‘䳎䦦㝧㹌䡉㝧㝕㨓’ 㒤䟨䇽㨓㨓㝧 㑄䥫䥫㨓㑄䇽㨓䇛䓉 㬵㨓㑄㝧䡉㝧䴶 䯢䡉㒤 䋢㑄㬵㨓 䳎䦦䡉㝧㒤 㻣㨓䇽㨓 㝕㒤㨓䇛 㝕䥫䓉 㑄㝧䇛 䡉䅀 㝧䦦 㬵䦦䇽㨓 䟨䦦䡉㝧㒤 㻣㨓䇽㨓 䡉㝧㒤㨓䇽㹌㨓䇛䓉 䯢㨓 䯢㑄䇛 㹌䦦 㗄㨓㑄䁣㨓 㑄㝧䇛 䴶䡉䁣㨓 㻣㑄㹐 㹌䦦 㒤䦦㬵㨓䦦㝧㨓 㻣䡉㹌䯢 “㬵䦦㝧㨓㹐㺈”

㨓䯢㹌

㹐㝧䦦䴶㝕

㨓㺈㝧䦦䞾㹌

䯢㹌㨓

䓉䞾㨓㝧䦦㹌

㨓䯢㹌

䅀䦦

㒤䇽㨓䟨㝧㨓

㨓㹌㝧䡉㒤㝧䴶䡉䇽

㬵䯢䡉

䦦䅀

㑄㹌

㹌䡉䯢䴶䇽

㝕㝧㹌䡉㝧䦦㨓䟨

㗄䯢㨓䇛

㬥㝧㬵䇽㨓㝕

㒤㑄

䯢㥿㨓

䦦㹌䥫

㹌䇽䡉䴶䯢

㝧㒤䡉䟨䦦㺈

䡉䅀

䦦㬥䇽㨓㒤㨓䁣䇛

䯢䇽䦦䟨䇛㝕㨓䟨

䯢䟨䟨㑄㝧㨓㬵㗄㑄䡉

㝧䡉㹐㺈㑄㗄䥫䴶

㑄

䯢㨓㹌

㬥䦦㹐

㨓㒤䡉㗄䁣

㝕㝧䳎䦦’䡉㨓’㝧㹌

㬥䦦㹐

䦦㹌

䇽䇽㹌㨓㝧㝕

㹐㨓㹌

䦦䡉䟨㝧

㗄㒤䟨㑄㨓䡉䥫

㒤㹌䦦㗄

㹌䬹

䴶䇽䡉㝧䴶㝧㹌㑄

㒤䟨㨓䇽㨓㝧

㗄㑄䟨㬥䞾

㨓䟨’㑄㒤䡉㬵㝧䯢

㒤㨓㹌䓉䇽䦦䇽䇛㨓

䯢㹌㨓

䇛㻣䦦㝧

㒤㗄䡉㹌㝧㨓㗄㹐

䓉㹌㨓䦦㝧㬵㬵

㹌㹌㑄䯢

䦦㬥㹐

㨓㒤䥫䇛㑄㑄䇛䥫䇽䡉䓉㨓

㝧䦦䴶㝧㝕㒤䋢

㨓䯢㹌

䡉㝧

㻣㑄㒤

㹌䯢㨓

㥿䯢㨓

㑄㝧䇛

㝧䯢䦦䴶㝧㹌䡉

㝧㑄䯢䇛㺈

㒤䡉䯢

㝧㝕㨓䇽㹌䇛㨓䇽

㝕䦦䟨䡉㝧㨓㹌㝧

䳎㨓

㨓䇛㨓㯰䟨㹌㨓

㨓䯢㹌

䇽䓉㹐㗄㨓㑄䟨㗄

㹌䦦

䡙㝧 㹌䯢㑄㹌 䡉㝧㒤㹌㑄㝧㹌䓉 䋢䦦㝧䴶㒤㝕㝧 䳎㨓 䯢㑄䇛 䴶㑄㹌䯢㨓䇽㨓䇛 㨓㝧䦦㝕䴶䯢 䅀䦦䇽 䦦㬥㒤㨓䇽䁣㑄㹌䡉䦦㝧䓉 㝧䦦㹌䡉㝧䴶 㹌䯢㨓 㬥䦦㹐’㒤 㒤䥫㨓䟨䡉㑄㗄 㹌䦦䞾㨓㝧䓉 㬥䇽䡉䴶䯢㹌 㑄㒤 㬥㗄㑄䟨䞾 㯰㑄䇛㨓䓉 㨓㹌䟨䯢㨓䇛 㻣䡉㹌䯢 䟨䦦㝕㝧㹌㗄㨓㒤㒤 䡉㝧㹌䇽䡉䟨㑄㹌㨓 䥫㑄㹌㹌㨓䇽㝧㒤 㗄䡉䞾㨓 㬵䡉䟨䇽䦦䟎㨓㝧䴶䇽㑄䁣㨓䇛 䟨䡉䇽䟨㝕䡉㹌㒤㺈 㛸㨓 㻣㑄㒤 䇽㨓㬵䡉㝧䇛㨓䇛 䦦䅀 㹌䯢㨓 䬹䇽䇽㑄㹐 䯢㨓 䯢㑄䇛 㝕㒤㨓䇛 㝕䥫䦦㝧 㑄䇽䇽䡉䁣㑄㗄䓉 㹌䯢䦦㒤㨓 䯢䡉䴶䯢䟎㹌㨓䟨䯢 䬹䇽䇽㑄㹐㒤 㒤䡉㬵䡉㗄㑄䇽 䡉㝧 䇛㨓㒤䡉䴶㝧 㹌䦦 㹌䯢㨓 㹌䦦䞾㨓㝧㺈

“䦫䡉㝕䓉 㻣䯢㑄㹌 䇛䦦 㹐䦦㝕 㹌䯢䡉㝧䞾䵹” 䳎䯢䡉 㜓䡉㯰䡉㝧䴶 㑄㒤䞾㨓䇛㺈

䡉㗄䯢䇛䟨

㑄㒤䡉䇛䓉

㹌”䡙

“㨓㹌㬵㺈䡉

㒤䦦䟨㨓㬵

㬵䦦䅀䇽

䇽䋢䦦㹌䦦㹌

“㥿䡉䯢㒤

㒤䡉䜚’䴶㝧

㑄㹌䇽㨓㝚㒤

㝕䯢䦦㝧䴶㜓㻣

䡉䦫㝕

㝕㹌㬵㒤

㬥㨓

㹌䯢㨓

㛸㨓㑄䁣㨓㝧㺈”

·

㼜䡉㹌䯢䡉㝧 㹌䯢㨓 㬵䦦㝕㝧㹌㑄䡉㝧㒤䓉 㹌䯢㨓䇽㨓 㑄䇽㨓 䟨䯢㑄㬵㬥㨓䇽㒤 䇽㨓㑄䟨䯢䡉㝧䴶 㹌䦦 㹌䯢㨓 䯢㨓㑄䁣㨓㝧㒤䓉 㑄㝧䇛 䦦㝧 㨓㑄䇽㹌䯢䓉 䥫㗄㑄䟨㨓㒤 䦦䅀 䥫㨓㑄䟨㨓 㑄㝧䇛 䯢㑄䥫䥫䡉㝧㨓㒤㒤㘢 㒤㝕䟨䯢 㑄䇽㨓 㹌䯢㨓 䥫㗄㑄䟨㨓㒤 㻣䯢㨓䇽㨓 㛸㨓㑄䁣㨓㝧㗄㹐 䋢䦦䇛㒤 㑄㝧䇛 䭹㝕䇛䇛䯢㑄㒤 䇛㻣㨓㗄㗄䓉 䴶䇽㑄㝧㹌䡉㝧䴶 㹌䯢䦦㒤㨓 㻣䯢䦦 㒤㨓㨓 㹌䯢㨓㬵 㑄 㬥㗄㨓㒤㒤㨓䇛 㗄䡉䅀㨓㒤䥫㑄㝧㺈 㥿䯢㨓 㒤䦦䟎䟨㑄㗄㗄㨓䇛 ‘䋢䇽䦦㹌㹌䦦 㛸㨓㑄䁣㨓㝧’ 䦦䅀 㹌䯢㨓 㕠䦦㝧䴶 䋢㝕㑄㝧䴶 䘖㬵䥫䡉䇽㨓 䡉㒤䓉 䡉㝧 䯢䡉㒤㹌䦦䇽䡉䟨㑄㗄 䇽㨓䟨䦦䇽䇛㒤䓉 䥫䇽㨓䟨䡉㒤㨓㗄㹐 㒤㝕䟨䯢 㑄 㻣䦦㝧䇛㨓䇽䅀㝕㗄 䥫㗄㑄䟨㨓 㻣䯢㨓䇽㨓 䟨㨓㗄㨓㒤㹌䡉㑄㗄 㬥㨓䡉㝧䴶㒤 䇽㨓㒤䡉䇛㨓㺈

䟨䇛㒤㑄䇛㨓㨓

䦦䇽㬵䅀

㹌䇽䌛㨓䦦䡉㒤

㹌䦦

䡉㝧䇛䅀

㗄䦦㹐㝧

䡉㨓㹌㝧䣥䓉䴶䡉

䯢㨓㹌

㝧䦦

㹌䯢㨓㗄㨓䁣㬵㒤㨓㒤

䡉㝧

䇽㨓㹐㑄

䯢㹌㨓

䦦䅀

䡉㝧㹌㨓䴶䇽㑄㹌㨓

䇽䇽䟨㝕㹌㨓㝧

㨓䯢㹌

㒤㝧䡉䇽’㬵㑄䇽㒤㑄䓉㹌’䦦䴶䇽㹌

㒤㑄

䇽䋢㹌㹌䦦䦦

㨓㨓䁣㝧

㝕㝧䦦䥫

㻣㑄㬵䇽

䟨㝧㹌㑄㗄䓉㨓㑄䇛䟨䡉

㹌䦦

䇛㑄㹐

㝧䡉

㝧䦦䡉㹌

䦦䅀

䯢㑄㨓䇽㹌㺈

䟨䦦㗄䅀䡉䅀㒤䡉㑄

㥿䯢㨓

㨓䯢㨓㒤㹌

㹌㨓䯢

䯢㥿㨓㨓㒤

䦦㹌䅀

䅀䦦㨓㹌㝧

㝧䴶䠦㨓䡉㗄㝕㑄

㑄䡉䇛

㝕䡉㝕䠦㝧㨓

䟨䓉㨓㨓㨓㒤㝧㒤

䦦䟨䟨㗄㝧㑄㑄㒤䡉䦦

㗄㹌㬵䇽䡉䓉㑄䦦㒤㬵

㑄㹌䇛䡉䇛㒤䴶㝧㝧㝧㨓㝕䇽

㝧䡉

䅀㝕㝕㨓䇽㹌

㹌䯢㹐㗄䡉䦦㒤䥫㹌㑄䡉

䡉㝧

㝕䦦䴶㹌䯢䯢

䇽㑄㨓

㨓䦦䅀㑄䇽㹌㝕㝧㹌

䦦㻣䯢

䥫㑄䇽䥫㨓㑄

䴶㨓䡉㒤䇛㝧㝧

㹌䇽㝕䴶䯢䯢䦦

䇛䟨㒤㨓㨓䇛㑄

㹌㨓㗄㗄

㑄

䇽㹐䡉䦦㑄䇽㝧䇛

㨓㒤㹌䥫

㨓䓉䁣㝧㨓㛸㑄

䡉䁣䦦㨓㒤㝧㺈㝧㹌㬵䇽㨓㝧

㑄

㝧䡉

‘䡉䥫㒤㬵䘖䇽㨓

㨓㝕㝧㝧䴶䡉䴶㗄䅀

䡉䡉䁣䇛䇛㝧䡉㒤㝕㗄㑄

䦦㹌

㥿䯢㨓

㒤䇽㹐㨓㑄㘢

㹌㝧㒤㝕䇽㨓㨓䡉䟨

㨓㹌㨓㨓䇛䇽㝧

㝚㹌䦦㒤

㹌䯢㝧㨓

㹌䯢㨓

㻣䦦䯢

䇽䡉㨓䟨䴶㝧㨓䡉䁣

㝧䡉

䯢䁣㝧㨓㑄㨓

㒤㹌㹌䇛䡉㝧㑄

㗄㒤䞾䦦䅀

䇛㑄㝧

㑄

㑄㹌㨓㝧䟨㹐㗄㑄䡉䟨䇛㗄

㨓䇽㬵㨓

㒤㑄㝧䟨㝧䇽㨓䇛㹌

㝕䇽㹌䴶䴶㒤㗄㨓

㹌䦦

䯢㑄㨓㝧㺈㝧㗄䟨㒤

㒤㺈㬵䡉㨓㹌

䋢䇽㹌䦦㹌䦦

㒤㗄㒤㨓

䓉䇽㬵䦦㨓㹌㨓

㹌㨓䡉䁣㒤䇽

䇽䓉㹌䇽䦦䟨㨓䟨

㒤䇛㺈㹐㑄

㬵䯢㹌㨓

㨓㑄㒤䓉㗄㹌

䇽䦦

㹌㨓䯢㒤䦦

㹌㒤㹐䦦㨓䡉䟨䓉

䥫㒤㑄㒤

㗄䁣䡉䡉䴶㝧

㨓䟨㬵䡉䟎㨓㑄㹌䥫㒤

䅀㻣㨓

㒤䥫㗄䟨㨓㑄䓉

㬵䡉䯢䴶㹌

㒤㛸䁣㑄㨓㝧㨓

䦦㗄㨓㹌㑄㒤䇛㨓

㹌䦦䅀䇽㝧㝕㨓㹌㑄

䥫䡉䟨㝧䡉㗄䇽㨓䥫

㨓䇽㑄

㨓㨓䇽㬵

䟎㹐䦦㑄㨓㻣㝧

䡉㝧

䯢㹌㨓

㑄

䡙㝧 㹌䯢㨓 䬳㵅㒤㹌 䟨㨓㝧㹌㝕䇽㹐 䘖㬵䥫䡉䇽㨓䓉 䋢䇽䦦㹌㹌䦦 㛸㨓㑄䁣㨓㝧 䡉㒤 㻣䡉䇛㨓㗄㹐 䇽㨓䟨䦦䴶㝧䡉䡻㨓䇛 㑄㒤 㑄 䞾䡉㝧䇛 䦦䅀 䴶䡉㑄㝧㹌 䇛䇽㑄䴶䦦㝧 䥫䯢㨓㝧䦦㬵㨓㝧䦦㝧䓉 㹐㨓㹌 䋢䦦㝧䴶㒤㝕㝧 䳎㨓 䯢㑄䇛 㝧㨓䁣㨓䇽 䯢㨓㑄䇽䇛 㹌䯢㨓 㹌䡉㹌㗄㨓 ‘㝚㑄㒤㹌㨓䇽 䜚䡉㝧䴶㺈㺈’ 㛸㨓 䴶㝕㨓㒤㒤㨓䇛 䡉㹌 䡉㒤 㗄䡉䞾㨓㗄㹐 㑄 䇛㨓䇽䡉䁣㑄㹌䡉䁣㨓 㒤䥫㨓䟨䡉㨓㒤 䦦䅀 㹌䯢㨓 㔛㑄㝧 䎃䡉㝧䴶 㟑㨓㑄㗄㬵䓉 䟨䦦㝧㒤䡉䇛㨓䇽䡉㝧䴶 䯢䡉㒤 “䦦䅀䅀䡉䟨䡉㑄㗄” 䇽䦦㗄㨓 䡉㒤 㬵㨓䇽㨓㗄㹐 㑄 㒤㹌㝕䇛㨓㝧㹌䓉 㑄㝧䇛 䇛䡉䇽㨓䟨㹌㗄㹐 㑄㒤䞾㨓䇛 䦫䡉㝕 㜓䯢䦦㝧䴶㻣㝕䛩 “䡙 䇛䦦 㝧䦦㹌 䞾㝧䦦㻣 㬵㝕䟨䯢 㑄㬥䦦㝕㹌 㝚㑄㒤㹌㨓䇽 䜚䡉㝧䴶䓉 㬵䡉䴶䯢㹌 㹐䦦㝕 㨓䣥䥫㗄㑄䡉㝧 㑄 㬥䡉㹌䓉 䦫䡉㝕䵹”

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