nonexistent garden

"He could probably control everyone."

My heart skipped a beat, "Where do you start with this, you haven't seen the owner of the garden a few times in such a remote place..."

The alcoholic groom changed his sitting position. "I really want to know the situation in the stables, because I drank yesterday, well, it should be a long, long time ago, and it seems like it happened yesterday to me."

I can't bear to tell him that was hundreds of years ago...

He went on to say, "It was not my intention to stop you just now and let you go to the stables. The words blurted out out of my control, can you understand?"

I said, "When you say that, can you feel the owner's presence?" I assume that the owner can control others, so he should feel it.

He said, "Not at all, hey, why don't you go?"

"Just now we talked about the garden owner..."

"It's only for a short moment under control," he said quickly, "Also, next time you pass by me, I may forget that I've seen you before."

"I can hardly remember what you said just now, let's go and find your way out."

I walked forward to the other end of the corridor, and vaguely saw the horse lying on the ground. He tried to move his body but failed, and sat on the ground, leaving me with a lonely back.I can't help but think, is it really appropriate to live in another way?

Zheng Xuan just closed the entire garden and activated the formation for Song Zhi. After all, he has lived for such a long time. Will he be lonely? What does Song Zhi think?

Right now it seems that it is not as safe as what Zheng Xuan said, if he wants to harm me, I have no room to resist.

The entire garden is his territory, he has been here for hundreds of years, he is familiar with every corner, there is no absolutely safe place here, I don't even have a place to hide.

The sun was shining brightly, and the lotus flowers in the center of the lake were in full bloom. I could see the pavilion where the two played chess in my memory, and further away was a complex of buildings with uneven houses. The room I was looking for was in a certain room.I think it's best that Zheng Xuan really plans to send me out in three days without any bad intentions, and then I will leave here and end this journey.

I first walked along the lake to the pavilion, and there was a stone table in the center of the pavilion, which was no different from my memory.I vaguely remembered the location where Zheng Xuan took out the two boxes of chess pieces, and looked in the dark compartment of the stone table, the chess pieces were still there.Only the two players who played chess were missing.

"You're here." It was Zheng Xuan's voice.

I turned around and saw that Zheng Xuan was not the only one coming, Song Zhi stood behind Zheng Xuan and nodded to me.

"you--"

"Azhi's illness was cured earlier, so we came here. I kept you waiting for a long time." Zheng Xuan said

Song Zhi said, "It was a pleasure chatting with you that day, but the sudden onset scared you, so I'm really sorry."

Before I could speak, Zheng Xuan said, "Since you're here, let's go in and sit down. What do you think?" He asked Song Zhi.

"Ok."

Zheng Xuan saw the chess box on the table at a glance, "Forget me, I will take it out. You come to play chess too."

I would, but honestly "I wouldn't."

"It's okay, just watch me play a few rounds with Ah Zhi and you'll learn it." Zheng Xuan turned to Song Zhi and said, "How about it? Come on, let us demonstrate to this friend."

The positions where Song Zhi and Zheng Xuan sat down seemed to reproduce a scene in memory, Song Zhi was black, Zheng Xuan was white.

Zheng Xuan invited me to sit by his side and watch chess, I did not object.Zheng Xuan seriously explained the rules of Go. Considering that I am a novice, he deliberately explained the details in place, and only missed a word to make up a sentence.The downside is that this round went very slowly, one round was completed from noon to afternoon, and Zheng Xuan lost this round.Zheng Xuan didn't start the next game either, he taught me how to count to judge winning or losing first.

In the middle of the second round, Song Zhi couldn't help saying, "You made a mistake." He clicked on a spot next to him, "This is more suitable."

Zheng Xuan said, "No regrets, losing is losing." Then he said to me, "Azhi is also teaching you, you should learn more from him"

Song Zhi's expression was a little unnatural.

Zheng Xuan added, "I have already told this friend about our relationship, and he accepted it frankly."

"Really? Oh, why bother to bring up unpleasant things. You and I never had a precedent of two men falling in love at that time. Besides, this matter has nothing to do with sending this friend out, so why bother to mention it again." Song Zhi said with an expression on his face. Calm, no joy or anger.

"It's not easy for someone to come in after so many years. I can't help but say a few more words. Don't worry about it." Zheng Xuan comforted.

I weighed my words, "Now the outside world is much more enlightened than you were then, and it is much more tolerant of dating between men and women, but same-sex love is still a minority after all, so I feel surprised, not disgusted."

Reminiscing about the past, Zheng Xuan sighed, "Azhi and I withstood a lot of pressure back then, and many things happened because of it, but unfortunately we still couldn't get what we wanted."

Song Zhi stopped him from going on, "There is no need to mention the old things."