Farewell to the Ancient House

Lu Jingchun's eyes widened: "What, 50 years ago you didn't...impossible..."

Lu Tong smiled and said, "There's nothing impossible." He stared at Lu Jingchun: "You're so smart, why can't you figure it out? It's just that you don't want to believe it."

Lu Tong turned to look at Bai Jie again: "You should already know what's going on, right?"

Bai Ting shook his head: "I'm all guessing."

Lu Tong smiled and said, "Tell me about it."

Bai Ting looked at Lu Tong and said: "It is written in the diary that Zhou Xuan has no heartbeat, but she can enter and leave the Lu family mansion at will without being turned into ashes, and she can still speak after her head is beheaded. I guess she is a survivor of the last zombie incident. "

He shook his head: "The so-called legend that the only survivor will be resurrected in each event is false. In the end, the body with the most complete body is just a zombie that can move freely. And you," Bai Ting and Lu Tong looked at each other In contrast, "it is the body of the second brother left over from the zombie incident 50 years ago."

"That's right," Lu Tong said with a smile. "Probably there is no problem." He also looked at Bai Ting, but his eyes were very gentle: "Then Bai Ting, you came to me tonight, probably because you wanted to kill me first, and then you were killed by Jingchun. In the end Lu Luo is left alone, let his so-called 'live' go on."

Bai Ting did not speak, acquiescing to Lu Tong's statement.

"However," Lu Tong looked at the white collar and said, "Have you ever thought about whether Lu Luo is really willing to become like me? An immortal zombie with no heartbeat?"

Bai Ting was silent for a while, then replied: "This is the best way."

Lu Tong looked at the white collar with a half-smile: "Then how will Lu Luo feel when he stands here tomorrow morning and sees your torn corpse?"

Bai Jie felt his heart suddenly seized.He stared at Lu Tong without saying a word.

"Bai Ling," Lu Tong shook his head, "Have you ever thought that Lu Luo also knows that he is dead. He is using your feelings to make himself the last one to survive."

After Bai Ting listened, he felt a little more relaxed.He smiled slightly: "That's good."

If I live on, I will certainly not be happy.If he has the intention of using me to live, let him live.White collar thought.

Lu Tong looked at the white collar, and suddenly smiled: "Actually, you don't need to worry about this. The legend of zombies is true. In the end, one person will be resurrected, regain life and heartbeat, and the other person will become a zombie that can walk freely. That's 'monitoring'."

Bai Ting was stunned.He looked at Lu Tong, as if he was questioning the veracity of his words.Lu Tong smiled and looked at Bai Ting: "What I said is true. Bai Ting, I can see that you really like Lu Luo." He then shook his head and lowered his eyes: "Lu Luo will regrettable."

Bai Ting seemed to have come to his senses, and hurriedly asked: "Then Zhou Xuan is..."

"Zhou Xuan is the so-called 'supervisor'." Lu Tong said, "If there are multiple intact corpses after a week, the supervisor will decide who will be resurrected. At the same time, the supervisor can also die himself to choose a new one. 'Monitoring'."

"Zhou Xuan found me in the warehouse that day and told me everything. She said that she died in an incident and was chosen as a supervisor by accident. And my grandfather, the builder of this mansion, was Zhou Xuan's enemy involved in the incident. Fearing revenge, he bought the land and built his own mansion, and made the bedrooms the same to confuse outsiders. At the same time, he built secret passages connecting each bedroom so that he could escape in an emergency He thought that as long as the land where the zombies were resurrected was owned by his family, there would be no possibility for an outsider like Zhou Xuan to enter. Unexpectedly, she came in the end. At that time, her grandfather was dead, and she would take the bad luck she had suffered. , to take revenge on his descendants."

"After Zhou Xuan told me this, Jing Chun came in. Then he chopped off her head with a knife." Lu Tong said calmly.

"Wait," Bai Ting said suddenly, "You said that there is a person who can be completely resurrected into a normal person. Fifty years ago, this person was..."

"Of course it's him." Lu Tong looked at Lu Jingchun with a smile.

Lu Jingchun was obviously shocked. He stared at Lu Tong with a look of disbelief: "Second brother, when did I...? Why did you..."

Lu Tong tilted his head, still smiling and said: "Jingchun, do you really think you will survive the melee of zombies? Zhou Xuan said that you were shot in the back of the head and died as soon as you went out. It's just that you I just didn't realize it. As for why you survived," he blinked. "Of course it's for revenge."

Lu Jingchun and Bai Ting were stunned at the same time. "Revenge?" Lu Jingchun murmured and repeated these two words.

"Yes." Lu Tong said indifferently, "Zhou Xuan originally planned to let you - the last member of the Lu family - experience the taste of the living dead, so that her revenge will be completed directly. But I stopped her, I said I want revenge too, turn me into a supervisor."

With a relaxed expression, Lu Tong pointed in Lu Jingchun's direction, and then pointed at himself: "Because I know that Jingchun likes me very much."

He looked at Lu Jingchun, and said with a smile, "So when you learned that you tried hard to kill Zhou Xuan and wanted to bring me back to life, but I chose to be the supervisor, how did you feel?"

Lu Jingchun looked at Lu Tong with a livid face, pursed his lips and said nothing.Lu Tong continued to speak as if he couldn't see his expression.

"Of course, this is just the first step." Lu Tong pulled his finger. "After the incident, I left home very quickly. Because I couldn't let Jing Chun find out that I was not really resurrected. I need to prepare for my real 'revenge' 50 years later."

"But what should I do? How can I make that person suffer? I had no idea until I met Zhao Duzhong on the train three years ago."

"Zhao Duzhong and I went to this city together. It was difficult for him to find a job because of his disfigurement. I suddenly had an idea, let him pretend to be 'me' in words and actions, and mentioned some details to him, so that he can come to Lu Zhai Applying for a doctor. And myself, in order to prevent Zhao Duzhong from being exposed, I also disguised myself as my son and came to the Lu residence."

"Jingchun began to think that Zhao Duzhong was me. He gave Zhao Duzhong great trust and love. But I used this face to do things completely different from the second brother Jingchun knew well. Jingchun hated me, but because He felt ashamed of me as a 'second brother's son' and dared not touch me in the slightest."

Lu Tong looked at Lu Jingchun, a trace of sadness flashed on his face, but it was replaced by a malicious smile in an instant.

"It's really interesting to watch Jingchun love the fake 'I' very much, but despise and hate the real 'I'." He said softly.

"But this is just a prelude." Lu Tong continued. "The real revenge is the day when the zombie incident begins."

"That morning, I estimated the time, and before Lu Ai and Zhao Duzhong were about to enter the room, I took a knife and pretended to kill Jingchun. As expected, Lu Ai and the others rushed over to stop me, so I inserted the knife into my chest, pretending to be a man. The illusion of death and resurrection.

"This mansion looks calm on the surface, but in fact, it has long been undercurrents. Many people are waiting for an opportunity to get rid of various factors that are not good for them, and the zombie incident is such an opportunity. They can kill people, hide the time of killing, or Throwing away the corpse easily. So as I expected, when I died, there were different dead people due to various reasons, and Jingchun had to do his best because he felt guilty about his second brother and wanted to save his heir. I can guarantee that I will be resurrected, so I dismember the dead one by one, so that they can really die."

"Jingchun knew that Lu Ai was going to kill him. In order to make Lu Ai relax his vigilance, he colluded with Zhao Duzhong and pretended to have a stroke and lay in bed for a year. Only at night, he would walk around secret passages and warehouses to prevent muscle atrophy. For several days and nights, he shuttled back and forth in the secret passage, depriving his relatives of the chance to survive with his own hands."

"On the first night, he tried to kill white collars. He didn't succeed."

"On the second night, Ming Zhang hid in the warehouse 50 years ago and heard the conversation between me and Zhou Xuan. He knew my identity and wanted to kill me. To ensure my safety, Jing Chun killed his cousin, and Decompose the corpse."

"On the third night, Lu Luo went to chase Lu Ai, but he didn't really catch up. In order not to make Bai Ting suspicious, he went back to the room directly. It was Jing Chun who found Lu Ai in the middle of the night and killed his son. .”

"On the fourth night, he killed Zhao Duzhong."

"But I didn't expect to kill Zhao Duzhong." Lu Tong looked at Lu Jingchun with a smile, but there was no smile in his eyes, "I thought you would always recognize him as me, and put me—Lu Tong— Kill, and let the so-called 'second brother' live. In this way, the real, your favorite second brother will die tragically by your hands, and a fake 'second brother' will be safe and content under your protection Alive. If you are like this, how painful would it be if you knew the truth, killed your own relatives and favorites, but saved a stranger." Lu Tong said coldly, "In this way, my revenge will truly succeed."

"But you didn't," Lu Tong shook his head, "You seem to have recognized my true identity, and chose to kill Zhao Duzhong."

He looked at Lu Jingchun: "I think I cooperate well with Zhao Duzhong, how did you recognize my identity?"

Lu Jingchun remained silent, he looked at Lu Tong motionlessly, but there was no anger in his eyes, only deep sadness flowed out.

"Teacher Lu," Bai Ting looked at the two of them, feeling sad.He asked softly, "Do you really hate Master Lu?"

Lu Tong turned around and looked at Bai Jie, who couldn't see his feelings.

Lu Tong smiled lightly and said: "Bai Ling. The man in front of you, his mother killed my mother, and his father occupied my body. His elder brother robbed my fiancée, and he killed his own elder brother with his own hands, and took the blame Throw it to me, and finally cut off my fiancée's head." Lu Tong showed a sarcastic expression on his face, "Bai Ling, how could I not hate him."

"Teacher Lu." Bai Ting shook his head. "If you really hate him, why did you make such a plan full of loopholes? If no one killed in this house, wouldn't nothing happen?"

Lu Tong smiled: "How could it not be possible to kill. Everyone in this house has their own thoughts. When they saw that I came back from the dead and learned that the zombie incident was real, they began to plan how to kill people."

"However," Bai Ting looked at Lu Tong and said, "Doctor Zhao and Lu Ai have known about the legend of zombies for a long time, and they killed the nanny Xiao Yang before you faked your death."

Lu Tong's eyes moved. "That's what I told them," he said.

"Since you plan to play a fake death in front of them, why tell them the truth of the legend in advance?" Bai Ting shook his head. "Besides, Dr. Zhao and Lu Ai have colluded together and poisoned Mr. Lu in the food every day." Bai Ting paused, "Master Lu trusts the doctor and even asks him to fake a stroke for himself, so he won't doubt him at all." Participate in poisoning yourself." He stared at Lu Tong, "If someone hadn't secretly replaced Mr. Lu, Mr. Lu would have died long ago."

Lu Tong said casually: "I don't want him to die too soon, it's too cheap for him."

Bai Ting sighed: "Then, these few days you are guarding the study every day, because you are afraid that someone will suddenly go in and stab Master Lu to death, making him die too comfortably?"

"White collar," the smile on Lu Tong's face disappeared. "I do not understand what you mean."

"Mr. Lu," Bai Ting stared at Lu Tong, and said slowly, "You didn't realize that although you acted very dishonestly, you are actually a person who is not good at pretending."

"You probably don't know that every time you lie or say something against your will, you will pretend to be casual and indifferent, and that look is very unnatural."

"Ms. Lu," Bai Ting said softly, "I've only known you for two years, and I can tell. But him," Bai Ting pointed to Lu Jingchun. "He grew up with you and has liked you for so many years, can he not see it?"

Lu Tong looked at Bai Jie quietly, as if he had never known him.In an instant, he slowly turned to Lu Jingchun.

"When did you find out?" he asked softly.

Lu Jingchun didn't answer him, he stared at Lu Tong and asked, "Why did you give Zhao Duzhong the watch I gave you?"

Lu Tong looked into Lu Jingchun's eyes, and replied: "He asked me for it the day before yesterday. He said that you seem to be doubting his identity, and he needs this watch to prove it."

Lu Jingchun seemed a little angry, he grabbed Lu Tong's upper arm with both hands, looked at his face, and asked: "So you take the watch from here—" He moved his eyes to Lu Tong's chest "Take it out and give it to him ?”

"Yes." Lu Tong smiled. "Although the time of this pocket watch is inaccurate, it can still somewhat disguise the heartbeat." He looked at Lu Jingchun: "Did you find it?"

Lu Jingchun was still holding onto Lu Tong, looking at him sadly and helplessly: "I've been making watches for half my life, and this watch is the one I've spent the longest time on. I can still tell the difference between the pallet fork and the sound of the heart. "

Lu Tong looked at Lu Jingchun: "You asked him to ask me for a pocket watch?"

"Yes," Lu Jingchun replied, he shook his head again, and said in a low voice, "I'm making the final confirmation. I told Zhao Duzhong that I gave my second brother a watch with the information of the secret passage at home engraved on it." , my grandfather put a lot of property in secret passages. The real you knew what was engraved on the watch, but he didn't. He just took the watch and tried to open it, but it broke."

Lu Tong sighed, as if he was used to it, he stretched out his hand to touch Lu Jingchun's white hair: "You already know it's me, what are you sure about? You broke a watch for nothing."

Lu Jingchun lowered his head: "I'm afraid of killing the wrong person. I'm afraid you're playing tricks on me again."

"But I've already fixed it," Lu Jingchun said immediately, looking at Lu Tong with the eyes of a teenager. "I retrieved the parts from Zhao Duzhong's room, and installed a new watch case."

"No need," Lu Tong looked at Lu Jingchun and smiled, "I don't need it anymore."

Lu Jingchun was silent, his hands were still tightly grasping Lu Tong's shoulders, his eyes looked at Lu Tong hard, as if he wanted to see through him.

After a while, he said softly, "Second Brother, can I hug you again?"

Lu Tong froze for a moment, then smiled softly: "Come on." He opened his arms.

Like a child, Lu Jingchun stretched out his arms to hug Lu Tong.His head was buried deep in his shoulder.

"Jing Chun," Lu Tong said softly, "Since you knew my identity long ago, you also know that I have no heartbeat. Zhao Duzhong and I act like clowns in front of you, it must be ridiculous."

"No." Lu Jingchun hugged Lu Tong tightly as if he wanted to rub Lu Tong into his body: "As long as you feel happy. I don't care."

"Yeah," Lu Tong smiled, "I should be very satisfied when I saw what you did for me and killed so many corpses. Because I hate you," he grabbed Lu Jingchun's clothes. "You made me like this, I wish you could walk alone forever and die alone forever."

"However, it's so strange," Lu Tong turned his back to Bai Jie, Bai Jie couldn't see his expression, he could only hear his voice, so gentle, but so sad, "I hate you so much, but I can't see you You suffer."

He paused, his voice hoarse and sad: "I curse you to be lonely forever, and at the same time, I wish you peace and joy in your old age from the bottom of my heart."

Lu Tong shook his head, leaned lightly on Lu Jingchun's shoulder: "I don't understand."

Lu Jingchun couldn't speak, he closed his eyes, hugged his brother tightly, and burst into tears.

Lu Tong stroked his head, like comforting a child.

"This time it's a real farewell, Jingchun." He said softly.

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July 35, XXX1

It snowed heavily today.I was reading by the fire in the house when I heard a knock on the door.Opening the door, she found that it was Jing Chun.

He was dressed very thinly, his face was pale and trembling from the cold.I hurriedly pulled him closer to the stove and warmed him a bowl of soup.

Jingchun must have quarreled with his family again.Every time he quarreled with his family, he would take the train across several cities to find me.Sometimes even if there is nothing at home, he will find a reason to visit me.

Sure enough, while drinking the soup, Jingchun sobbed and talked about how he and his father had quarreled and how he ran out of the house in a fit of anger.

Although he looks like a young man now, he is still a child inside.I think.

I comforted him, but I felt that the family put too much pressure on him.He was only 16 after all.Father is also old.If I go home, it will be bad for Yu Jingchun and me.I want to take Jingchun to live with me, but my father will not agree, and his mother will definitely not let me go.

I feel that my language must be very weak, useless at all.But Jingchun's mood improved instead.He has been a child who is good at self-regulation since he was a child. He looks very strong and happy, and it is also very distressing.He urged me to read, and he sat beside him quietly, not knowing what he was thinking.

In the evening, Jingchun stayed overnight and shared the same bed with me.For some reason, I couldn't fall asleep.Jing Chun didn't seem to fall asleep either.

"Second brother." He called softly.I didn't answer, just pretended to be asleep.

He probably thought I had fallen asleep, and gently pressed his head against my back.

After a while, I felt the clothes on my back were wet, and heard Jingchun sobbing softly.

Alas, the child.

I am distraught.I want to turn around and hug him, let him stay here with me, but I can't move.I want to take him out of that home, that dark and scary place.Take him away from his father's control and his big brother's violence.But I can't, I can't protect myself.I am as weak as a speck of dust, anyone can easily erase me from this world.I can't make him suffer.I was too selfish to just run away by myself.

If I say let him be with me all the time, will he agree?I thought painfully.Jing Chun is so sensible, he knows that he has a family to support himself, he has his father and mother.He certainly wouldn't just leave with me.

I want to give him the best things in this world, but I have nothing but this life.If someone wants to trade my life for Jing Chun's, I will not hesitate.

My brother, my only relative, the person I love the most.

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Lu Tong lightly patted Lu Jingchun on the back, asking Lu Jingchun to let him go.Lu Jingchun let go of his arms, still looking at Lu Tong with good eyes.

"Bai Ting." Lu Tong looked at Bai Ting, "Do you want to live?"

Bai Ting also looked at Lu Tong: "I want to monitor. Let Lu Luo live."

Lu Tong's eyes moved, and he said softly: "You never thought about Lu Luo..." He shook his head, and changed his words: "Have you never thought that you will regret it?"

Bai Ting shook his head: "I won't regret it." He looked at Lu Tong and whispered, "I know everything."

Lu Tong sighed, and patted Bai Ting's head: "You are too gentle, Bai Ting." He said, "It will be a disadvantage."

At this moment, the sky was already twilight, and the morning light shone through the skylight on the clocks in the hall.

"Then that's it." Lu Tong looked up at Chen Guang, smiled and nodded. "it's all over."

He waved at Bai Jie, turned and walked towards the door: "Goodbye, Bai Jie."

Lu Jingchun seemed to realize something, "Wait! Don't!" He yelled, and chased after Lu Tong's figure, but it was already too late.

Lu Tong has already stepped out of the courtyard gate.He stood on the path in front of the door, and the morning sun cast a layer of gold on his body.He looked at the panicked Lu Jingchun, shook his head sadly, and then showed a gentle smile.

"I'm sorry." He said softly.

Lu Jingchun rushed forward, but only grabbed the empty sleeve.Lu Tong's body turned to ashes in the morning light, flying together with the floating dust in the air.

He burst into tears.

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