Chapter 1370 Murder and Punishment

Although Leng Zongzheng had a residence in the academy, the place where Zhou Wen went this time was not in the academy, but a small courtyard in the old district of Luoyang City.

The small yard is very ordinary, because the surrounding area is very humid, moss grows on the roots of the walls, and there are many plants like creepers on the walls.

The house inside is also a red brick structure that was often seen in the past. Although it was cleaned very cleanly, it was difficult to hide the traces of the years. Some of the bricks on the walls already showed signs of weathering.

"Principal Leng, I'm Zhou Wen, are you at home?" Zhou Wen knocked on the door.

"Come in." Leng Zongzheng's voice came from inside the room, and when Zhou Wen pushed the door in, Leng Zongzheng brought a pot of cactus out of the room.

"Principal Leng, this is your house?" Zhou Wen looked at the house as if looking at it, and saw that the various decorations inside were outdated, but not ancient, giving people a mediocre and shabby feeling.

This is very different from the feeling that Leng Zongzheng gave Zhou Wen. Leng Zongzheng is a bit aristocratic in appearance and behavior, and his life and soul is something that looks very atmospheric like the Throne of the Magic Qin, so it always makes people feel I feel that Leng Zongzheng is a person who pays great attention to the quality of life and details, and should not live in such a mediocre home.

In this yard, Zhou Wen can't see a special thing at all. No matter how you look at it, it's all household items, and there are even many stalls.

"I lived here when I was a child, this is my grandfather's old house." Leng Zongzheng put the cactus next to him, patted the dust on his hands, and continued: "I didn't like this place very much before, and I always felt that I had to stand out. , I must live in a beautiful big house, and I must live like a person. But then I don't know when, I suddenly felt that I was still comfortable living here, so I moved back. "

"You should be returning to the original, right?" Zhou Wen said.

Leng Zongzheng glanced at Zhou Wen, curled his lips and said, "What is a return to the original? To put it bluntly, it means that I have eaten too much braised pork and want to eat green vegetables to relieve my tiredness. I haven't reached that stage yet, and I still have many good things. I haven't tasted it yet, and I'm not tired of it."

With that said, Leng Zong sat down on the wooden stool in the yard, basking in the sun and continued: "I have also thought about why I would want to move back, and in terms of comfort, this place is definitely not as good as my own. In terms of convenience, this place is not convenient. To say that the environment is good enough and quiet enough, it is far inferior to the villa I bought before. To say that the neighbors here are good and humane. In fact, there are no people here. The old neighbors are long gone. Even if they are still there, I don’t have a good impression of them, and I don’t like them at all.”

"Then why do you like to live here?" Zhou Wen asked curiously.

"I've been thinking about this for a long time.

I later determined that the reason I liked living here was because I was afraid. "Leng Zongzheng said.

"Afraid?" Zhou Wen was even more puzzled.

In terms of safety, this place is far worse than the academy. There are no defensive measures at all. It is just a dilapidated old town. If you come to the fear level, you can smash this place into ruins with one hand.

"Yes, afraid." Leng Zongzheng said: "Everyone is afraid of death, but the degree is different. Some people put the fear of death first, while some people put the fear of death behind some things. Therefore, when encountering certain things, it will appear that they are not afraid of death. But in fact, no one is not afraid of death, but he encountered some things that made him more afraid than death, so it is not so important to die. "

Leng Zongzheng said, took out a lighter and a cigarette from his arms, skillfully ejected a cigarette, put it in his mouth, lit the cigarette, took a sip, closed his eyes, and seemed to be enjoying it.

Zhou Wen stared blankly at Leng Zongzheng, which was too different from the impression Leng Zongzheng usually gave him. If he didn't know it was Leng Zongzheng, he would have thought it was some decadent middle-aged uncle who liked gambling and drinking.

After a while, Leng Zongzheng basked in the sun with his eyes closed and continued: "I then thought about it carefully, my fear of death should be ranked third, and before death, there are two other things in the ranking of death. Before, if I could choose between those two things, I would rather choose death."

"The reason why you are here is because you are afraid of those two things happening?" Zhou Wen asked.

Who knew that Leng Zongzheng shook his head and said, "No, those two things have already happened."

Zhou Wen stared blankly at Leng Zongzheng, not knowing what he wanted to say.

Leng Zongzheng continued: "I used to be very afraid that I would become a person like my parents, but now, I am no different from them in essence. I used to be very afraid that my grandfather would leave me, and the world would become I'm alone, but that day has come. I live here because I'm afraid of being alone, but in fact, I've always been alone."

Zhou Wen didn't know what to say. What Leng Zongzheng said, he occasionally had some flashes, but he was not as clear as Leng Zongzheng thought.

But looking at Leng Zongzheng, Zhou Wen felt that this Principal Leng was not as difficult to get along with as he thought.

Leng Zongzheng took another sip of the cigarette, pressed the remaining half of the cigarette on the cement flower bed next to it, pressed the spark off, and reached out and flicked it into the trash can.

"Living here will give me an inexplicable sense of security, I feel like this is my little world, as long as I hide here, I don't need to worry about anything, and I don't need to worry about anything. Anything bad will go away on its own."

Having said this, Leng Zongzheng laughed at himself: "But in fact, it's hard to solve anything, it's just self-deception."

"It can't be said that everyone needs a pure land in their hearts, so that their souls can be cultivated and restored. Maybe this place will not help you solve your problems, but this place can bring peace to your mind and allow you to It is very important to face those problems with a calm mind." Zhou Wenzhengrong said.

"You're right." Leng Zongzheng said, suddenly stretched out his palm and pressed it against the wall next to it. The entire courtyard and house collapsed in an instant, turning into pieces and rising up.

"You...what are you doing..." Standing in the ruins, the gravel around him kept rising, Zhou Wen looked at Leng Zongzheng blankly, not knowing why he did this.

Among the broken and rising fragments, Leng Zongzheng turned to leave, and said as he walked: "As you said, everyone has a pure land of self-escape, which is a place of fear that is closer to the soul than death. If one day , you have encountered an enemy who does not put the fear of death in the first place, then you should think about how to find the pure land that belongs to him, kill and punish, sometimes killing is more terrifying than killing. Well, it's just too kind, and sometimes being kind is a sin."

"Killing... Punishing the heart..." Zhou Wen stood in the rubble, looking at Leng Zongzheng's retreating back, there seemed to be some kind of emotion surging in his heart.