"Sir! You go so far, you aren't afraid of getting lost?" Zhu Su approached Gao Qing whom was sitting on the rocks. The old man was gazing at the plain of Yunnan, which spread out majestically under the mists and clouds.
Gao Qing turned his head. "I am very familiar with mountains. I will never be lost on any kind of mountains."
"But you haven't been here before, have you?"
"All mountains in the world have the same characteristics. What you have to do is just to know them well with your intuition, and you won't be afraid of being lost even though you've never visited that mountain."
"Well... that's good. Mount Laojun is exceedingly spacious, I'm just worried about you." Zhu Su sat beside him. "Sir, why do you always avoid people? Like now, you are avoiding Brother Di."
Gao Qing turned his gaze back to the majestic natural scenery below. "I told you, I don't want to get involved in the war. That's why I don't want to deal much with government officials and royalty."
"Brother Di is looking for you..."
"Especially with Yan Wang. I don't like him."
Zhu Su gasped. "Sir! How can you say such about someone you've never met?!"
"I indeed never have a direct conversation with him, but I had seen him. Just a glance and I know right away that Yan Wang isn't the type of nobleman I will like. He is very different from you, he is hungry for worldly power and grandeur. He is the kind of leader who can do anything to preserve his power."
"Ah, you think so just because he is very aggressive in launching Jingnan Campaign. But we indeed must be very aggressive in order to defeat the Emperor..."
"And I must warn you about this. Don't get too close to him. Especially if he really manages to seize the throne, you must stay away from him, the further, the better."
Zhu Su blinked. "Eh... I don't get the point..."
"I know, he is your brother, brotherhood should make your relationship more sticky than anything else. However, the throne of the Ming Emperor can only be occupied by one person, and blood must sprinkle when it comes to power. I don't want your brotherhood to be broken and your heart gets hurt again, that's why I warn you so."
"No way!" Zhu Su answered firmly. "Brother Di is a good brother. Don't compare him to Yunwen. If he really manages to become the Emperor, I believe he will be the good emperor who is responsible for the country and the welfare of his people... and also for his younger siblings, I'm sure of that!"
Zhu Su looked so firmly, Gao Qing could only sigh, "Well... you are a good brother. I just hope, your brother also has the same thought with yours..."
For a while, Mount Laojun's wind whistling around the grass and trees became the main fillers of natural music.
"Alright. You'd better focus on contributing to Yi. Still remember what I said before? To write your own work?"
"Ah!" Zhu Su gasped. He almost forgot that idea! "That's true... You ever said that... but, it's hard to realize, Sir! Because I have no material support let alone moral support!" That's why I forget about it! He added in his mind.
Gao Qing looked displeased. "Why do you forget it?"
"Do you know why the creators of any works are all well-known scholars? Have you ever found commoners who are able to complete their works? Because they are out of time, they must work hard, they have no leisure time to create work. And most important, they have no moral support. Their surroundings don't support them, even underestimate them, always order them to give up and return to walk their boring lives. Nobody wants to read their works. They don't have material to print books, either. And I, now am in that category anyway."
"And you want to spend your whole life living that way?"
The mountain breeze blew one more time, blowing a heartbreaking rustling sound.
"We live only once in our life. After that, we will not repeat the same life again. People theorize about reincarnation, but in reality, reincarnation can't be proven to be real. At the conclusion, we live only once for sure. What is our main purpose in life? To actualize what our conscience has intended into reality. And what might your pure conscience intend to? You must know the answer. Even I can soon figure out what your conscience really wants. The vibrations of Pure Energy emanating from your inner soul are so clear. You feel very happy when you are dedicating yourself to Yi as well as natural science. And I am sure, you will feel the same delight if you can complete a work which is useful for this world."
Zhu Su remained silent. Gao Qing was correct. He was very passionate with Yi, more than anything else. He felt pure happiness when he completed Xiu Zhen Fang. Suddenly, it crossed his mind - the words he had once said, "Xiu Zhen Fang is merely a little book, it also only contains so few prescriptions and thus it's too simple to be used in medical science. I intend to make a book that includes as many prescriptions as possible, and I hope, it also includes the prescriptions which have been missing before the Yuan Dynasty. The Book of Universal Prescriptions!"
Yes. He indeed ever said so.
Everyone considered it as a very ambitious idea. He also thought the same. In this country, or even in this world right now, the books of knowledge were in very limited numbers, let alone the books of medicine. As the result, many sick people got incurable. And more severe, lots of books that they needed so much, had been lost because of war. That was why he wanted to recollect it...
This was a crazy idea. This idea might not work. It was impossible to accomplish.
"Nothing is impossible to be achieved in this world!"
Gao Qing's voice echoed thunderously by the hard mountain rocks. Zhu Su gasped. He did not expect that Gao Qing could know what he was thinking.
"There are two kinds of achievement. The achievement whose goal is worldly materials, and the achievement which focuses on how much the contributions that we will give to this world. They look similar on the surface, but immersing more deeply, we will find that they are very different. The big difference between the two of them is, that the first one will not definitely give you happiness, but the second one will certainly make you happy. It is the second type of achievement that you need to realize. I know, once you create a work, you indeed expect your work to be liked, adored, and praised by others. Then you think, you are a fugitive, how can Ming people appreciate your work? Maybe they will immediately burn your book so as not to be imprisoned by the Emperor. Since nobody appreciates your work, why must you bother yourself to make it as the only people who will read it are limited to your family and men?"
Zhu Su nodded.
"Totally wrong. In fact, you never know what kind of thinking other people actually have. And, you'll never know the future. Now you're a fugitive, but later? So the conclusion is, the external situation is uncertain, is always changing. Then you will let that uncertain thing restrain you? You know, that is indeed the reason why human beings are suffering. The biggest cause of suffering is because they allow themselves to be restrained by their surroundings. Don't do that. You have to let yourself be the determinant of your own happiness. I believe, everything which is carried out with sincere heart will surely be rewarded. If you keep trying, and don't give up easily, Heaven will be touched, He will help you in His own way. Believe me, when you do it with all your heart, at the last moment, you will get the help that you even did not expect before."