[Rat and Cat] Han Palace Autumn

"So it's the benefactor Bai, I'm sorry to welcome you." The abbot of Lingyin Temple had kind eyebrows and kind eyes, dressed in yellow monk robes and cassocks, looked respected, clasped his hands slightly like three people nodding to say hello.

The three of them also raised their palms in front of their chests and bowed in return. Bai Yutang couldn't wait to take two steps forward and asked, "Master abbot, I wonder if Mr. Lin Bu has told you about my subordinate, and he left a message saying that the medicine The quotation is here for you."

The abbot nodded and raised his finger to the monastery in the backyard: "Indeed, please."

Zhan Bai and Lin Zihe followed him and filed in. The layout of the room was very simple, with only a few cabinets and a bed, and a few half-worn futons on the floor.

The abbot motioned Zhan Zhao to sit on one of the futons, turned around and opened the cabinet, took out a small wooden box, and said to Lin Zihe, "Come here, do what your master ordered, you—" He nodded at Bai Yutang, "" Go and boil a bucket of hot water, move here—by the way, go outside and buy a jug of wine, burn it together and bring it back.”

Lin Zihe listened to his instructions, and immediately dragged a futon to sit behind Zhan Zhao, took out the pill left by his master, stuffed it into Zhan Zhao's mouth, and said, "Hold it, don't swallow it." With the posture of the heart facing the sky, he raised his hands high and made gestures.

Bai Yutang also took the order to go, first he fetched a few buckets of well water and set them on fire, then ran out of the temple gate in a hurry - but the temple was repaired, there were no wine and meat stalls nearby, so he had to search along the lake with luck.After running for a stick of incense, I finally found a wine shop. I threw down the silver and picked up a jar of water and wine, and then rushed back quickly.

When he returned to the temple, the water was about to boil, so he quickly immersed the wine jar in the hot water.After burning for a while, the water boiled endlessly, and there was a gurgling sound from the sealed wine jar. Bai Yutang simply let the wine jar float in the vat, lifted it up with luck, and ran to the presiding room.

When he entered the room, Lin Zihe happened to finish his work, and he was sweating profusely, but looked refreshed. Zhan Zhao was still quietly sitting cross-legged on the futon, with his eyes closed so he couldn't see clearly.

Bai Yutang lifted the wine jar, and poured the boiling water in the vat directly into the wooden barrels placed in the house. The boiling water evaporated with a white mist, and the whole room suddenly became warm and humid.

The abbot opened the wooden box, which was full of purple powder. He poured the whole box into hot water. After boiling for a while, the hot water suddenly turned into a bright purple color. , took a bowl to scoop out some medicine and poured it into the wine, handed it to Bai Yutang and said, "Jun Fu should have told you what's going to happen next, you can do it yourself, Lao Na and Zihe go to the front hall and wait."

"Thank you, Master." Bai Yutang clasped his fists gratefully, and then patted Lin Zihe on the top of his head, "Zihe also worked hard."

The old and the young smiled at him, and left the simple monk's room one after the other.

The door closed, and the room quickly returned to silence. Bai Yutang took a deep breath, tore off his clothes, stepped forward to pick up Zhan Zhao, took off his whole clothes, and then the two of them soaked in that Bucket to go.

He picked up the wine jar and took a sip, channeling all the energy in his body, but when his true energy came out, it was light purple in color. He put one hand on Zhan Zhao's back heart, and the other on his chest, slowly pushing in along his meridians.

The room was steaming with heat, the purple medicinal powder was somehow made, but it was able to keep the water temperature at a suitable state. Bai Yutang kept working hard, and when he noticed that the purple color in the true energy had faded, he took another sip of the medicinal wine.Just going back and forth like this, the whole jar of wine was finally drunk until the moon was in the middle of the sky, the water in the wooden barrel gradually became clear and transparent, and Bai Yutang's true energy circulated more and more in Zhan Zhao's meridians. It became smoother and smoother, slowly dissolving the black Gu poison stagnated in the meridians, when the last ray of purple was finally absorbed, Zhan Zhao spat out a mouthful of bright purple blood, Bai Yutang hurriedly pulled him out of the barrel Come out, put on the clean clothes prepared in advance, and slowly help the person sit on the bed.

"Huh..." Zhan Zhao let out a long breath, opened his eyes, carefully felt the situation inside, and said pleasantly, "It seems to have really recovered! Although the meridian is still empty, it seems to be the same as before. The situation of blocking is completely different, on the contrary, it is like the state when the internal energy was exhausted in the past... Ah," he stopped suddenly, closed his eyes and felt it carefully for a while, "really, in just such a short time, I can already feel a trace of recovery Really angry!"

Bai Yutang was also overjoyed—his cat, the unrestrained and gentle knight-errant who took the world as his own responsibility, came back, and he could feel the vitality emanating from Zhan Zhao's body. Some injuries in the body that have not been fully recuperated are also cleaned up.

He seemed to have thought of something suddenly, and took out the human-shaped mold that had become a nightmare for both of them from the clothes he was changing. Poke the villain's leg.

Zhan Zhao's body tensed up suddenly, and there was a hint of tension in his eyes, but after a while, the tension was gradually replaced by joy.Bai Yutang looked at him, and also showed a happy smile - in this way, it can be seen that the Gu poison has been completely removed.

The figure in Bai Yutang's hand suddenly became scorching hot. He was caught off guard and threw the thing out at once, only to see the small mold trembling on the ground for a while and bursting with a bang. One of them was completely black and described. The terrifying Gu worms are still writhing, wanting to squirm to places where the light can't reach.

Bai Yutang was furious, he slammed a palm, and the wind of the palm even brought a wave of fluctuating air, and the wind directly hit the mother Gu, and was slapped into a cloud of dust without even making a sound.

"Hmph, this lifeless thing..." Bai Yutang was still cursing angrily, but was stopped by Zhan Zhao: "Okay, this thing is wiped out...we have made the room of the abbot so messy , let’s pack it up quickly.”

The two looked at the water stains in the room and the smoke and dust from the explosion of the mold just now, and they were a little embarrassed. They stood up together and got tools to start the general cleaning in the meditation room.

Early the next morning, just after dawn, the sound of fists and feet waving mixed with the murmurs of chanting scriptures and wooden fish rang out in the Zen courtyard of Lingyin Temple. In the backyard, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang stood opposite each other, and they were fighting at the same place for a while. , The moves are vigorous and vigorous, both sides come and go, the moves are as fast as lightning, and sweating profusely after a while.

"Haha, cat, it seems that you are doing well, your skill is better than before!" Bai Yutang laughed, not caring that he was sweating and steaming in the wind, and gestured to Zhan Zhao, "Come again!" !"

"Hey, Master Bai," said the old abbot, "Master Zhan is just recovering from a serious illness after all, so don't use too much force."

"Yes, Yutang, you should be merciful." Zhan Zhao smiled slightly, and gave a deep salute to the abbot who just came over, "Master, Zhan Zhao's success this time is all due to the help of Master and Senior Lin, please Blessed by Zhan Zhao."

Bai Yutang also calmed down, walked to Zhan Zhao's side, and said in the same manner: "Mao'er is right, the master's help is a kindness to us, and if there is any order in the future, the two of us will surely die." No excuses."

"Oh, the two benefactors are serious. The monks are merciful, not to mention, this matter is actually all done by brother Lin. I dare not take credit for it. I dare not take credit for it." The abbot clasped his hands together, closed his eyes and moved aside. , he is not Lin Zihe, as early as the first time he saw the two men coming together, he already understood their relationship. It's just that a monk sees all appearances in the world of mortals as false, on the contrary, there is no worldly person who falls in love with two men Surprised and misunderstood, so when they get along with the two of them in daily life, they don't look at each other in the slightest.

The two got up, and Zhan Zhao said: "Master, don't refuse any more, we understand the reason... If you say that Senior Lin is indeed a ghost born in the world, he is proficient in all the ways of the world, and he can see through the secrets and leave a way. To solve the calamity of the two of us, no one in this world can compare...It's a pity that the heavens are jealous of the talents, and they can't meet each other, really..." He shook his head, quite sad.

"Zhan benefactor doesn't have to be like this," the abbot said indifferently, "life, old age, sickness and death in the world have their own reasons. Although Jun Fu was poor and guarded himself in this life, he was a plum wife and a crane son. He was at ease, so why wasn't he happy? Although this is going to immortality, it is also to seek bliss, and to leave a pure name in the world for a lifetime, which is enough to smile at Jiuquan."

"The master is right, we are the ones who made the appearance," Zhan Zhao also smiled faintly, and bowed his head respectfully, "Thank you for your teaching, master."

The abbot nodded at them, turned around and walked into the hall surrounded by fireworks, a peaceful and peaceful voice came from afar: "All conditioned dharmas are born of causes and conditions, like dreams and bubbles, like dew or electricity, you should observe it like this..."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other and smiled, they both felt that their minds were clear and open, just like this bright and clear sky, clear for thousands of miles, pure and flawless.

In the distance, suddenly a row of cranes fluttered their wings and went straight to the sky. Lin Zihe, who had been waiting quietly by the side, jumped up all of a sudden: "It's broken, it's broken, from noon yesterday to now, I haven't given it to those crane ancestors. Feed it! Brother Bai and Brother Zhan, since the poison has been detoxified, let's go back quickly, otherwise if those cranes go crazy in a while, it will be over."

"Okay!" Bai Yutang laughed loudly, raised his thin body against his shoulders, and shouted: "You count by dozens, Brother Bai will take you back, sit still!" The ground rushed towards the direction of the lonely mountain.

Zhan Zhao smiled helplessly——the white mouse probably forgot that the lonely mountain is on a small island in the lake, and that landlubber like him might float on the water for a while.Thinking about it, he screamed: "Yutang, go slowly—" Then he used Swallow Fly to chase after him, only Lin Zihe's irritating shout and Bai Yutang's voice could be heard from a distance:

"It's good for Zihe to learn martial arts from Big Brother Bai, and then he will be able to fly by himself every day!"

"But, I still have to take care of Master's plum trees and cranes..."

"Hey, the plum tree is the most free and unrestrained when it grows by itself. Why do you want to take care of it? As for those cranes, with Bai Ye...Brother brought them back to Xingkong Island, where the cranes will definitely like it. There is also a soft Oh little brother."

"Um...really?"

"Of course it's true, Brother Bai still can't lie to you!"

"Then...uh, let me think about it..."

"Hey, I said you kid, why are you twitching..."

"Alright, Yutang, don't tease him, let him decide for himself."

"Okay, okay, since Master Mao has spoken, how dare Xiaomin disobey?"

"You dead mouse..."

"Smelly cat, sick cat, three-legged cat!"

"Bai Yutang!"

"Haha, cat, come and bite me..."

As the saying goes: slender clouds play tricks, flying stars spread hatred, and silver men are far and dark.Once the golden wind and jade dew meet, they will win but there are countless in the world.

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"Everything is wrong when you are over Changmen, so what is the same thing? After the phoenix tree was half dead, the white mandarin duck flew away..." Bai Yutang leaned against the wall, and suddenly laughed softly, the louder he laughed, and finally raised his hand. He took a sip from the wine jar in his left hand, coughed so much that he coughed, covered his face with the other hand while coughing, and sobbed chillingly like a wild wolf with stumps, from his throat.

With his current appearance, how could he be that Chinchilla Bai Yutang who "looks like a virgin, but is as cruel as an Asura"?The gorgeous white clothes were wrinkled, reeked of alcohol, and two swords, one black and one white, hung casually on his waist, and he was in a terrible panic.

"Don't...don't sing...don't sing!" He murmured, always putting one hand on his eyes, and when he said it for the last time, his voice suddenly became louder, and his whole body exuded an extremely cold feeling. There was a bitter breath, and the singing inside the wall almost stopped suddenly.Hearing the noises of the guarding yard rushing towards him, he tried his best to suppress the fierce anger rising in his heart, and his clothes fluttered away like a puff of smoke.

Bai Yutang stopped by the lake in Xiuyage Pavilion—the place where he and Zhan Zhao often wandered in Xiangyang.The cold wind in late autumn quickly dissipated his anger for no reason. He simply fell back and lay on the ground covered with a layer of withered grass.

"Cat... you stinky cat, you must be blaming Fifth Master, right? You must be blaming me for not coming to rescue you in time... No, with your temperament, how could you think of this, you must be Blame Fifth Lord for killing the old man in Xiangyang? Hehe, Fifth Lord still doesn't know Zhao Zhen's careful thinking... He just wants to catch Master's handle, hum, those things are not as important as you... That old thief bullied Grandpa's cat, it's really cheap to take his life, cat..."

His expression softened, his fingertips rubbed the jade pendants on the handles of the two swords, and stared at the starry sky: "How could you just disappear like this? You don't know how ugly the corpse pretending to be you is— — That's right, you have never cared about these things... Then you know, Lord Bai cares, so much that your heart will break..."

"...Brother, they insisted on saying that you are dead, and that Master Wu is suffering from a demonic disease... Isn't it ridiculous? Mao'er, I don't know anything about your body... Hey, don't be shy," The corners of his lips twitched, and a foolish smile appeared, "Fifth Master is telling the truth, why, Mr. Zhan still wants to renege on his debt?"

"Cat, you are so cruel..." He took a deep breath, and continued to babble in this desolate and uninhabited place. I feel cold.

Bai Yutang laughed wildly suddenly, the laughter was very loud in the silent courtyard, he was lying on the ground, staring at the lofty sky, trying to recall those past events like masochistic, while laughing intermittently.

"Cat, cat...you are a cat!" "You... Bai Yutang, you are a stinky mouse, huh, little white mouse!"

"I'll let you see and see, Yumao, that's what it looks like."

"Nan Xia is a noble character, so how can you allow me to speculate. This time, I will warn you first. If Grandpa Bai sees you again, I will hit you once, get out!"

"Brother Bai, it's been a long time."

"The white mouse, may I call you Yutang?"

"How about punishing you with your body?"

"White mouse, if you are rude again, I will be rude to you!"

"So what if you're welcome? Are you biting me?! Hahahaha!"

"Naturally, it's completely quiet—if one day Master Bao resigns from office, Zhan would really like to find this wonderful place, and build a hut to plant seeds. Wouldn't it be a lot of fun?"

"Mao'er, this is what you said, when Mr. Bao is no longer an official, you will go back to the mountains and forests with me, and enjoy the rivers and lakes?"

"Three respects to Yutang, I wish to grow old with you, and meet Prime Minister Bai."

"Mao'er, I hope that I will grow old with you in this life, and be inseparable in life and death."

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"Cat... relax, give me... okay?"

"If you see it, you can see it. Shouldn't the matter between the two of us be hidden from the family?"

"Fifth Master... Cough, I've never... never been in such a mess..."

"Xiao Wu, can you take your big brother Tang out?"

"Being able to live and die with Yutang, I have no regrets...cough, I will wait for you here...waiting for you to save me."

"Take it away for me, the Juque cannot fall into the hands of King Xiangyang..."

"Yutang...I love you..."

"Cat...cat..." The corners of Bai Yutang's self-smiling mouth finally collapsed, he covered his face with one hand, and choked up in a low voice. Tears welled up from his eyes and wet his neck, and he uttered The voice is like a beast that has lost the pride of the whole world.

"I love you, Zhan Zhao." Bai Yutang said softly, the setting sun took away the last ray of warm light from his face.

The solidified loneliness was suddenly broken by the clear young voice.

"Brother Bai, where are you?" Zhang Wu came over, noticed Bai Yutang lying on the ground, exclaimed, and hurried over, "Brother Bai, dinner is ready in the house, everyone is looking for you. "

Bai Yutang had already tidied himself up when he heard about life, and when he heard the words, another burst of anger surged up—in such a tone—how dare he?Sister-in-law and the others know themselves best, and they all have good friends with Zhan Zhao, so it's definitely not at this time...

He stood up indifferently, without even looking at Zhang Wu who was standing beside him, he just practiced Qinggong and disappeared.

Tomorrow, I'm going back to Beijing... Bai Yutang wiped his face, his cold eyes revealed a sharp and firm light: "Cat, wait for me, no matter where you are, Bai Yutang will definitely be with you See!"

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Today's daytime is the day when Zhan Zhao, the fourth-rank imperial guard with a sword in front of Kaifeng Mansion, is buried.

It was already late at night, Bai Yutang stood quietly in the small courtyard where Zhan Zhao used to live, the whole city of Kaifeng was silent, a bit more depressing and desolate than the noise in the past.

Bai Yutang was in a daze, he ate very little recently, and his whole temperament became more and more chilly - it wasn't that he didn't see the worried and regretful eyes of his eldest brother, but he looked at the world as if separated by a layer of ice, very indifferent , is also very calm.

He knew that everyone thought he was crazy, an unrealistic hallucination caused by excessive grief, but he knew in his heart that he was sober - now only his sister-in-law Min Soo-soo had a glimmer of hope for what he said, ah, of course... There are also people from the Zhan family, but—he twitched the corners of his mouth, in fact, they are the ones who have "fantasies" due to excessive sadness.

A figure stood silently behind him.

"What are you doing here?" Bai Yutang didn't turn around, just looked at the full moon in the sky and smiled ironically.

"..." The person behind did not speak, but stood quietly, spraying his light breath on his back.

Bai Yutang ignored him, but he didn't feel any impatience, he just ignored him completely, looking at the moon and thinking about his cat.

"...Yutang." The voice was clear and clear, with unspeakable love and tenderness.

Bai Yutang froze for a moment, then burst into anger. He suddenly turned around, stared at Zhang Wu's pale face who was obviously frightened by his reaction, and said through his teeth: "Who, you are not allowed to call me that! !"

"Bai...Brother Bai..." Zhang Wu panicked instantly, his eyes dodged, he didn't dare to meet Bai Yutang's gaze, hesitantly stepped back, "I just... I just look at you as if you are very sad..."

"It seems very sad? Huh?" Bai Yutang laughed angrily, "Today is the cat's funeral, you are very happy, huh?"

His voice is like the frozen snow on the extreme northern ice field, and his words have a sharp sense of cutting like a wind blade.

Zhang Wu was so frightened that he stumbled and sat down on the ground, with tears streaming down his face, he stammered to explain: "I didn't...I didn't...I just..."

Bai Yutang didn't have the heart to listen to him, but just stared at him with extremely cold and disgusted eyes: "Zhang Wu, don't think I don't know what you've been doing these days, you're a fool, huh?" He bowed down. body, grabbed the boy's collar, and said darkly, "It seems that you don't have a long memory in Xiangyang, what did you say?"

The moonlight reflected on his face, making the other half hiding in the shadows even more gloomy.

"I'm not crazy, I'm not stupid. Is the cat alive? When will it be your turn?" He squinted his eyes, "Do your part." After finishing his speech, he rubbed Zhang Wu's side step by step. Go back to the room.

That night, the lights in Zhan Zhao’s room were kept on all night. Bai Yutang sat in front of the simple table and stared at the candlelight. In the middle of the night, he seemed to wake up suddenly. According to the written records of his completely opposite temperament, his bloodshot eyes were always indifferent.

The next day, he confessed the relationship between the two to Zhanhui, and then with the help of Min Xiuxiu, he persuaded the people who had been shaken these days, gathered three forces, and started to radiate the entire territory of Song Dynasty from Xiangyang to investigate his missing lover trail.

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"Fifth, let's take a break." In the candlelight, Min Xiuxiu leaned over and put a blouse on Bai Yutang's body——Bai Yutang has become thinner these days, and his handsome cheeks have sunken in, which was soft and soft before. His appearance added a bit of chilling hostility.Min Xiuxiu was a little worried about his mental state: "Old Wu, this is not going to happen in a short while, no matter how much you worry about it, it won't help... Do you want the kitten to see you fall ill as soon as it is rescued?" ?”

"Okay sister-in-law," Bai Yutang pressed his eyebrows, and finally brought a little warmth to his cold voice, "I understand what you said...Okay, I will take care of myself."

Min Xiuxiu hesitated to speak, and finally could only persuade: "Let's rest early today, isn't there some news in the day? I think it will be soon..." She paused, trying to make her voice cheerful, "Now Everyone believed that the kitten was still alive, but I didn't expect it to be the emperor... I thought, maybe it's not too far to bring him back."

Bai Yutang's expression softened, his hands rested on the table, and Moyu's cat under his palm had become more radiant and lovely after days of caressing, and the flagon in his hand had been unsealed, exuding the fragrance of wine.

Min Soo-soo sighed, patted him on the shoulder, and walked out the door.

Silence returned to the room, Bai Yutang sat blankly - how could his sister-in-law understand what he saw and heard today - took a sip of wine from time to time, and by midnight, he was already drunk on the table and passed out .

The lighted candle has been burned out, and the candle tears are condensed on the table. The room is quiet, and only the more heavy gasping of the prostrate person can be heard.

"Hmm... cat... huh..." Bai Yutang turned impatiently, he felt hot all over his body while he was half asleep, and in the hazy moonlight, he seemed to see that young man in blue who was as warm and clear as jade was breathing the usual spring breeze Smiling, she walked towards him slowly.

"Cat..." He stretched out his hand obsessively, wanting to touch that illusory shadow, but he didn't expect that the palm under his palm was not the emptiness and indifference as expected, but something real and warm. He actually touched it. To that delicate skin.

Bai Yutang was taken aback, subconsciously aware that something was wrong, but the excessive exhaustion and longing over the past few days had overwhelmed his sanity, and the abnormal heat in his body had almost exhausted his patience, so he suddenly pulled him over and hugged him in his arms Li, intermittently said: "Mao'er...you are so cruel...Mao'er, Mao'er, Fifth Master misses you so much, he is going crazy..."

The person in his arms didn't make a sound, but moved slightly with some trembling connivance, two arms broke out from his arms, one wrapped around his shoulders, the other tremblingly untied the two of them. neckline.

The warm and cool skin against each other made Bai Yutang feel refreshed for a while, he almost couldn't wait to find the man's earlobe and kiss it... He wrapped his arms around the man's slender waist, using the strength as if he wanted to melt him into his body.

Suddenly, a small sense of disobedience hit him like lightning, and he still couldn't regard the person he was holding in his arms as his life-and-death lover—no matter how similar the breath was, even if they were two identical in appearance. Xiuzhu, however, one exudes a faint and elegant fragrance, while the other has long been rotten inside.

When he regained his sanity, he abruptly pulled the man out of his arms, took two steps back and leaned against the wall, panting heavily, and shook his drowsy head violently.

"——Zhang Wu!" The sight gradually became clear, the slender young man bit his lip and stood in place, wearing a blue dress that he was familiar with, with the same bun on his head as Zhan Zhao.

"You—" The soaring anger almost burned Bai Yutang's sanity. He struck out a palm like lightning, but in the end, the palm turned into a claw, which grabbed the boy's neck and stuck him firmly on the table.

"How dare you... Zhang Wu, who borrowed your courage?!"

"Bai...Brother...you...are you going to kill...me?" Zhang Wu's face was bruised and purple, but the corners of his mouth curled up twistedly, "You...don't you feel bad...you were hit... I took that kind of medicine..." As he spoke, he struggled to stretch out a hand, trying to reach up and touch it.

Bai Yutang gasped, his eyes turned red in an instant, he pinched Zhang Wu's neck and threw him to the corner of the wall, he sat down patiently, collected himself, and gasped for a while before saying, "You... go out……"

"Brother Bai..." With tears in Zhang Wu's eyes, he struggled to stand up, his voice tinged with hysteria, "What are you still thinking! Today you are having a meeting together, why don't you let me participate! Brother Bai, you You thought I didn’t understand...you’re still thinking about Zhan Zhao? Hahahahahahaha—” He laughed with tears in his eyes, “Give up, he’s dead, he’s already dead! Even if he wasn’t dead, he isn’t dead now He has learned martial arts, his body is weak, and he has long been a useless person! You still miss him... It’s fine before, but now you only have him in your eyes! What is wrong with me? Tell me!”

Bai Yutang tightly clenched his fist, took a deep breath, slapped him back, pointed at the door and said in a low voice, "Get out, don't let me say it a third time."

Zhang Wu was frightened by him, there were thin bloodstains running down his lips, but he stubbornly stood still.

Bai Yutang opened his eyes, looked at him gloomyly, then threw him out of the window with his collar in hand, and said coldly, "Are you comparing yourself to him? Zhang Wu, you really make me sick... For the sake of previous affection, today's I won't kill you, from now on, don't let me see you again!"

The footsteps outside the window staggered away, accompanied by intermittent weak sobs.

Bai Yutang jumped into the yard, picked up a bucket of ice water and poured it all over himself.He stood dripping in the cold wind whistling under the moonlight, but felt a small flame flickering in his heart.

No matter how painful it is now, the darkest days before dawn are finally coming to an end.