[Rat cat] Mirror City

"The king of Xiangyang is bloodthirsty, colluded with treacherous parties, secretly liaised with foreign countries, and coveted our Dasong Rivers and mountains. Take him into Dali Temple and try again at another day..."

Bai Yutang didn't understand when and why he came to this place.He only knew that when he woke up, he came to this magnificent and extremely solemn hall.

Standing in the middle of the hall, Bai Yutang observed everything that happened in the hall.At both ends of the main hall, a group of people in official robes stood respectfully, turning sideways to the emperor with peaceful eyes but hidden sharpness on the dragon chair.

And not far in front of Bai Yutang, an old man in a white prison uniform knelt on the ground, trembling all over.Bai Yutang took two steps forward, he didn't see the fear of death on the old man's face, only viciousness, resentment, and overwhelming unwillingness.

"Hahahahaha, Zhao Zhen! I, Zhao Jue, have devoted my life to being able to sit on this dragon chair one day. I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it! I didn't expect that I would fall into your hands, I would fall into yours hand!"

Zhao Jue has long lost his original majesty, and just laughed wildly, "I am not reconciled, this dragon chair, this dragon chair, this is what I have tried my best for decades, why should I give it to you, you brat coward."

Zhao Jue's crazy words and crazy laughter hovered in the quiet hall like a curse, making everyone close their eyes.

"This old man doesn't even understand the principle of success and defeat, and he is so stubborn when he is about to die." Bai Wuye Quan thought that he had watched a play, and the villain in the play was still stubborn in the end.

"Uncle Huang, this is probably the last time my nephew will call you Uncle Huang." Zhao Zhen supported his forehead and lowered his eyes in pain, "It's also the blood of the Zhao family, my nephew just wants to say that blood cannibalism has never been an issue." My nephew intended."

Zhao Zhen closed his eyes, not wanting to see his uncle being escorted away like this.

He no longer had the idea of ​​continuing to go to court, so Zhao Zhen waved his hand, "All loves, I'm tired, so let's leave today." Zhao Zhen stood up unsteadily, "Bao Qing, you and Zhan Weiwei are here Chui Gong Palace, I have something to say to you two."

After standing in the Daqing Hall and watching the play for a long time, Bai Yutang understood his situation.No one here could see him, but he... Bai Yutang lowered his head, but he didn't see his outstretched hand.

He doesn't even have a physical presence in this place, or he's only vaguely aware of it.Judging from what King Xiangyang said just now, it is Song Renzong Zhao Zhen who is sitting on the dragon chair now.

Bai Wuye has always adhered to such a principle, everything will be blocked by soldiers.So instead of thinking about what happened here, Bai Wuye wanted to know what would happen next.

Just heard Zhao Zhen say "Bao Qing", could it be Bao Zheng?Bai Yutang looked in the direction of Zhao Zhen's speech, and he saw a minister wearing a court uniform standing there, and his complexion was extremely dark, worthy of the name of black charcoal.

But what really caught Bai Yutang's sight was the man in red with his head bowed standing behind Bao Zheng.I saw him standing with a sword in his hand, his figure was tall and straight, but his head was lowered, forcibly separating himself from everything in this hall.

Bao Zheng bent down and said yes, and noticed that Zhan Zhao behind him did not respond to the emperor's words. Before other people in the hall realized that something was wrong, Bao Zheng secretly reached out and tugged Zhan Zhao's sleeve.

Only then did Zhan Zhao come to his senses, and hurriedly cupped his hands in a bow, and followed Mr. Bao in a yes.The other officials in the main hall left one after another, and Zhao Zhen had long since disappeared.

Bao Zheng often came and went in and out of the palace, so this time he did not leave his servants to guide the two of them.After everyone left, Bao Zheng and Zhan Zhao were the only ones left in the huge Daqing Palace... Well, counting Bai Wuye, there are two and a half.

Seeing the distraught Zhan Zhao, Bao Zheng pressed Zhan Zhao's shoulder, "Zhan Zhao, you must be tired. After so many things, it is really hard for you to go to court today. You go back to Kaifeng mansion first and take care of yourself." Rest, I can go to Zichen Palace."

Zhan Zhao finally raised his head, allowing Bai Yutang to see his face clearly.It was a clear and heroic face, even just looking at it would make people feel extremely soft and close to him.

Even with Bai Yutang's usual haughty personality, he admits that he didn't know Zhan Zhao for the first time, but he would definitely not hate him.

Then Bai Yutang frowned in dissatisfaction, it was obviously such a face that made people close, but it was full of haggardness and grief, even if Zhan Zhao tried his best to suppress it, he couldn't dispel the sadness in his eyes.

When Bai Wuye was in a trance, Zhan Zhao said, "Lord Bao, the emperor invited you and me to go together. Zhan Zhao is fine, let's go together."

Be brave!Bai Yutang looked at this man dissatisfied, and really wanted to step up to pat him and wake him up.But Bao Zheng could only sigh helplessly at Zhan Zhao's bravado. He had known Zhan Zhao for several years, and he had already regarded Zhan Zhao as his son-in-law. Zhan Zhao's bravado made him feel distressed, but he was powerless.

"Alright then." Bao Zheng turned around and walked towards Zichen Palace.Zhan Zhao responded, and followed closely behind Bao Zheng, but when he passed by Bai Yutang, Zhan Zhao suddenly staggered.

Bai Yutang had been watching Zhan Zhao all the time, so when Zhan Zhao stumbled, he immediately stretched out his hand, but found that he couldn't touch Zhan Zhao at all.

And Zhan Zhao just stabilized his body quickly, didn't even make any extra noise, just quickened his pace and followed Bao Zheng to leave the Daqing Hall.

Bai Yutang stayed where he was, only then did he realize that he was really just a bystander in this place.Anyway, I can't go back for the time being, so I just wait and see what happens.Suddenly, he really wanted to know what would happen to Zhan Zhao next, so Bai Yutang immediately chased after him. Seeing the corner of Zhu Hong's clothes at a far corner, Bai Yutang immediately chased after him.

Arriving at the Zichen Hall, Bai Yutang heard Zhao Zhen talking as soon as he entered the Zichen Hall.

"This time we were able to capture Xiangyang Net, Bai Huwei contributed a lot. I am very sorry for his death. This time I called Bao Qing and Zhan Huwei to discuss Bai Huwei's funeral with you. I plan to hold a funeral for Bai Huwei personally. , I wonder what the two of you think..." Zhao Zhen asked.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness, it's just..." Bao Zheng bowed his hands to thank En, but his eyes glanced at Zhan Zhao who was standing behind him.Of course Zhao Zhen also noticed Bao Zheng's gaze, and looked at Zhan Zhao questioningly.

This time, Zhan Zhao did not remain silent, but stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, although Fifth Brother Bai entered the palace, his heart is in Jianghu after all. The four elder brothers also want to bury Fifth Brother in person, and I beseech His Majesty's permission."

Although he pretended to be calm, Zhan Zhao's trembling body and voice completely betrayed him.Zhao Zhen was not dissatisfied with Zhan Zhao's request, but said with a sigh: "Zhan Huwei and Bai Huwei really have a very close personal relationship. Let's just settle this matter."

Bai Yutang stood at the door and listened for a long time, finally he understood.This time they were able to successfully capture King Xiangyang, even as the winner, Zhao Zhen, they must have paid a lot of price.

For example, Kaifeng Mansion lost a white guard.And Zhan Zhao's grief is because of the death of that white guard.His surname is Bai, Bai Yutang thought with interest.

Zhao Zhen summoned Bao Zheng and Zhan Zhao originally for Bai Huwei's funeral, if they agree, then they will discuss the next details.

But Zhan Zhao refused, and the conversation between the three of them ended quickly.Bai Yutang followed Bao Zheng and Zhan Zhao back to Kaifeng Mansion.As soon as they arrived at Kaifeng Mansion, several people rushed up and surrounded the two of them.

As soon as he returned to Kaifeng Mansion, Zhan Zhao returned to rest in his small courtyard under Gongsun Ce's order.Bai Yutang also followed Zhan Zhao to his courtyard.

Zhan Zhao tried his best to restrain himself all the way, until he returned to his room, he fell down on the bed, trembling uncontrollably all over his body.

"Hello, Zhan Zhao? Are you okay?" Seeing that Zhan Zhao's expression was not quite right, Bai Yutang asked worriedly, and just as he spoke, he was annoyed that the other party couldn't hear his voice.

But Bai Yutang could clearly see that Zhan Zhao was desperately trying to restrain himself, the current Zhan Zhao made Bai Yutang feel like he would collapse completely if he touched it.

"Hey..." Just as Bai Yutang was about to step forward, Zhan Zhao vomited a big mouthful of blood with a "wow", then fell limply on the bed and lost consciousness.

This person is obviously so weak that he still managed to go back to the room to spit out this blood!Bai Yutang was furious for no reason. He remembered that the scholar named Gongsun Ce he saw at the gate of Kaifeng Mansion just now smelled like medicine, so he must be a doctor!

Bai Yutang, who was full of thoughts about pulling Gongsun Ce here, never thought that he couldn't touch anything in this place.

But when he directly rushed out of Zhan Zhao's room due to inertia, and even passed Mr. Gongsun and Bao Zheng who came because they were worried about Zhan Zhao, Bai Yutang was more relieved.

But when the two of them saw Zhan Zhao and the blood on his lips, their hearts suddenly dropped.Gongsun Ce hurried forward to diagnose Zhan Zhao's pulse, perform acupuncture, and prescribe medicine, without daring to distract himself at all.

"How is Zhan Zhao?" Bao Zheng asked worriedly, while looking at Zhan Zhao who was pale on the bed, he carefully aimed at Gongsun Ce.He has known Gongsun Ce for more than 20 years, and he has a clear grasp of Gongsun Ce's personality.

Although the current Gongsun Ce is concentrating on prescribing the medicine there, he must have actually exploded with anger.If he accidentally said a wrong sentence, he might be directly bombed by Gongsun Ce.

Sure enough, Gongsun Ce slapped the pen hard, and the ink splashed, "How is it? You clearly know how hard Zhan Zhao was hit by Bai Yutang's death, and you still let him go to the early court? You know that Zhan Zhao This child has a stubborn temper and doesn't know how to cherish himself at all, why do you..."

"But we can't stop him, can't we?" Bao Zheng looked at his friend helplessly, and could only say this sentence, Gongsun Ce also lost the ability to speak because of Bao Zheng's words.

And Bai Yutang here was even more shocked.Bai Yutang?The guard who died in Kaifeng Mansion was also called Bai Yutang?Same name as yourself?What are you doing?Could it be that he came to this place just to resurrect his soul because of the same name and surname?

How could it be possible, Bai Yutang clearly remembered that he just drank a glass of red wine normally and then lay down on the bed to sleep.And if it's really a resurrection of the dead, will someone stand in this place just like him to act as a perspective!

Aside from so many shocks, Bai Yutang was inexplicably concerned about Zhan Zhao's situation, so he leaned forward to read the prescription written by Gongsun Ce.As a result, Master Wu's eyebrows twitched. Sure enough, the words on the doctor's prescriptions always form a system of their own. This practice has really been passed down since ancient times.

The prescription was taken away suddenly, Bai Yutang raised his head, just in time to see Gongsun Ce put away the prescription, "Zhan Zhao has stagnation in his chest, and it will be much better if he vomits out the blood, but Bai Yutang's death means nothing to him. ...It is bound to be a knot in the heart."

"Oh, it's really not easy for them..." Bao Zheng sighed, and finally left Zhan Zhao's room with Gongsun Ce, leaving Bai Yutang standing by Zhan Zhao's bed, puzzled by the inexplicable sourness in his heart and pain.

Bai Yutang didn't understand why he appeared in this place.But what he hopes more now is that Zhan Zhao can open his eyes.

So he sat by Zhan Zhao's bed, looked at him, and waited for Zhan Zhao to wake up.

Zhan Zhao fell asleep until late at night, propped himself up to sit up, and felt a pain in his chest.Zhan Zhao clutched his chest, mocking himself that he couldn't hold back the blood in the end.

Seeing Zhan Zhao turning over and getting out of bed with difficulty, Bai Yutang quickly stopped him, "Hey, you are dying, you vomit blood like this, so stay on the bed and have a good rest!"

But Zhan Zhao didn't hear it at all, he just went to the table and poured himself a cup of tea, but he didn't drink it, he just pushed it to the side, and he just pulled out the giant handle and began to wipe his sword.The candlelight wandered on the edge of the sword, the air exploded, and the cold air was threatening, Zhan Zhao actually looked thinner and thinner in the middle of the cold air.

Bai Yutang looked at the cup of tea that Zhan Zhao was brewing.Zhan Zhao didn't touch that cup of tea by himself, as if...

It seems that there should be someone in that seat.

That person would watch Zhan Zhao wiping his sword while drinking the tea that Zhan Zhao made for him, and the time would be between the two of them, slowly imprinted into eternity in such silence.

Bai Yutang sat on that seat by accident, did not touch the cup of tea, but looked at Zhan Zhao intently.When he touched Zhan Zhao's eyes, Bai Yutang was once again overwhelmed by the grief and nostalgia in his eyes.

"Speak up if you have something to say!" Bai Yutang didn't know what was wrong with him, but he just couldn't help it, stood up suddenly, knowing that the other party couldn't hear his voice, Bai Yutang still couldn't restrain himself from shouting loudly. shouted.

If you have something on your mind, just say it!Don't torture yourself in your own heart!

Zhan Zhao's hand for wiping the sword stopped, as if he had no more strength to do it.Zhan Zhao put down his sword and finally spoke, "Fifth brother... Yutang..."

The hoarse voice, the extremely soft voice, is almost ignored.And Bai Yutang heard it.

Bai Yutang heard it, this man named Zhan Zhao sat alone under the lamp, forced himself to wipe his sword, but hoarsely called Bai Yutang's name.

The one with the same name as myself.When Bai Yutang heard that hoarse voice, he felt his heart ache tearing him apart.The man he called would not answer him.Bai Yutang knew about it.

But for a moment, Bai Yutang really wanted to take that person's place in front of Zhan Zhao and tell Zhan Zhao "I'm here".But he couldn't do it, and the person Zhan Zhao called couldn't do it either.

"What am I doing..." Zhan Zhao stood up, staring at the cup of tea in front of him.The clear tea was shining with little lights under the candlelight, which made Zhan Zhao feel dazzled.

Speaking of which, Zhan Zhao reached out to get the cup of tea, wanting to pour it out, because the person who drank it is gone now.Bai Yutang hurriedly tried to stop him, "What are you doing? I haven't drunk this cup of tea yet, so don't pour it away..."

Although he knew that Zhan Zhao couldn't hear his words, Bai Yutang still wanted to stop him.Zhan Zhao originally wanted to throw the cup of tea away, but in the end he put it back in its original place.

"Come on, let's go, if you were here, you might be angry with me when you see me pouring out the tea." After speaking, Zhan Zhao raised the corners of his mouth, showing a heart-rending smile.

"I know I'll be mad at you for coming!" Bai Yutang replied without thinking.

Of course Zhan Zhao couldn't hear it, he just walked behind the screen, and Bai Yutang also saw a knife hanging on the wall behind the screen.

Zhan Zhao stepped forward, lightly brushed the scabbard with his fingers, and finally grasped the handle.With just a light pull, Bai Yutang heard the sound of Qingyue's treasured sword being drawn out of its sheath, and the slightly exposed blade gleamed coldly, extremely sharp.Zhan Zhao quickly put the knife back into its sheath.

This is a good knife, but it is not Zhan Zhao's knife.Bai Yutang turned his head and looked at the giant que that was placed on the table by Zhan Zhao. Zhan Zhao used a sword.

Then the weapon that Zhan Zhao cherished so much, presumably it was the weapon of the white guard.Why is he here?

Zhan Zhao stared at the knife for a long time. He always remembered that day when the young man in white threw the seedling knife to himself, and laughed so wildly: "Cat, keep it for me. The king of Xiangyang is not worthy for me to use this knife." knife."

He still remembered that day before the young man in white got on his horse, he leaned into his ear and promised, "Cat, when this matter is over, the two of us will walk all over thousands of miles of rivers and mountains with one sword and one sword, how about fighting for justice?"

It's just that he is still there now, with a sword and a sword, but the person who made the promise to him back then is gone.