[Rat cat] Mirror City

Zhan Zhao rested at home for two days. During these two days, Bai Yutang wandered around Zhan Zhao's house. It was strange that he would not be tired or hungry, and he could keep spinning 24 hours a day.

On the first night when the Zhan family didn't need to fall asleep, Bai Yutang was a little dazed.At the beginning, he found that it was late at night, but after he hadn't woken up, Bai Yutang began to think about where he would go to sleep.

Of course, it is impossible for Bai Yutang to share the same room with Zhan Zhao, this is a bit strange, especially when one of them cannot see the other.

So Bai Yutang went around the guest rooms in Zhan Zhao's courtyard, but every time he entered a room, Bai Yutang would turn black.Zhan Zhao hasn't been home for a long time, this time he hurried home without any guests, so the servants just tidy up Zhan Zhao's room hastily, not even the guest rooms in Zhan Zhao's courtyard.

So the guest rooms were already covered in dust, even though he knew that the dust would not contaminate himself, Bai Yutang still couldn't bear to sleep in these dusty guest rooms.

Zhan's family has a big business, and besides Zhan Zhao's small courtyard, there are also many guest rooms in other places.However, Bai Yutang's temper flared up, and he had followed Zhan Zhao for five full days. Even if Bai Yutang wasn't tired, he definitely wasn't in the mood to go any further to find another guest room.

After walking around Zhan Zhao's yard, Bai Yutang finally made up his mind to return to Zhan Zhao's room.Isn't it just for sleeping, Zhan Zhao's room has a couch besides the bed.

After making up his mind, Bai Yutang lay down on the couch, he suddenly wanted to laugh, what would happen if he slept in a dream, would he have another dream within a dream?

Bai Yutang thought in a mess, and closed his eyes to usher in his sleep.But the strange thing is that Bai Yutang knows that he is a light sleeper, and he is very sensitive to outside sounds when he sleeps, and the slightest noise will wake him up.

But this time he felt that all the sounds were extremely clear, as clear as before he lay down, which was not like when he usually slept.

There's no clock here, so you can't hear the ticking of the second hand.Bai Yutang turned over, thinking about counting.

Counting to 250 three, Bai Yutang turned over again, finally sat up helplessly, and admitted one thing - he had insomnia.

He actually lost sleep.Those dream-within-dream considerations were in vain, because he didn't need sleep at all in this dream.He will not be hungry, thirsty, or tired, so he does not need to eat or drink, let alone sleep.He just needs to be here to watch.

But what exactly are we going to see at night, Zhan Zhao?Bai Yutang walked to Zhan Zhao's bed, and saw that Zhan Zhao was sleeping on the inner side of the bed, occupying only half of the whole bed.

It's really strange, Zhan Zhao's pillow is placed on the inside instead of in the middle, and the quilt is only half covered, and the other half is thrown on the outer half of the bed. Half of the bed floor was left out, as if reserved for someone.

For whom?Bai Yutang felt that a certain answer flashed by, but he couldn't grasp it.When he recovered from his hard thinking, he found that he had been staring at Zhan Zhao.

Bai Yutang took a step back in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking, anyway, he wouldn't stand by someone's bed and watch that person sleep.

So what was he going to do with the daylight hours?Bai Yutang lay back on the bed and thought hard, spending the whole night like this.

The next morning, Bai Yutang, who hadn't slept all night, rushed straight to the stable to find Zhan Zhao's horse, Qianru, and then spent all his extra energy bullying Qianru. The only person Don can see here who can barely communicate is Chiru.

So today, Qianru faced uninterrupted pain all day long. For example, when she was eating a carrot, a human face was enlarged in front of her, causing it to scream, and then the delicious carrot in her mouth fell directly to the ground.

Qianru blinked her big black eyes, lowered her head and continued to eat her own carrot.Then when Qianru was grazing grass and the river, different farces happened countless times.

After Bai Yutang interrupted Qian Ru's meal countless times, Qian Ru neighed aggrievedly, and directly pointed her head at Bai Yutang, but of course, she couldn't touch it.

Embarrassed, Qianru turned her back and didn't look at Bai Yutang, Bai Yutang rubbed her nose, leaned over to Qianru's side and said, "Hey, don't ignore me, I'll be completely bored if you ignore me Big deal, I won't bother you to eat."

Sure enough, the resentment of foodies is infinite.

Qian Ru turned her face away and gestured to the radish over there, obviously it was willing to look at Bai Yutang only after asking Bai Yutang to personally deliver the food.But on this point, Bai Yutang felt helpless again.

"Qianru, it's not that I don't want to do it for you, I can't touch carrots." Bai Yutang explained to Qianru, making sure that the expression on his face was sincere, although he wasn't sure if he could see it or not.

Qian Ru tilted her head, snorted in the end, walked over to eat carrots silently, and expressed her satisfaction at Bai Yutang's behavior of not disturbing it.

After a while, Bai Yutang still couldn't bear the loneliness, he felt that in this dream, it might be turned into chatter, "Where do you think Zhan Zhao will go next?"

Here we go again!If Ma could roll her eyes, Qian Ru would definitely roll her eyes at Bai Yutang right now, "Didn't you bastard just say not to disturb me when I was eating?"

Qianru snorted, and flicked her tail directly, if she didn't want to hit her, she had to say something else, just relieve her anger in her heart!

In this way, Bai Yutang and Qianru spent a day in the stables, during which Bai Yutang kept finding fault with Qianru, while Qianru was always devoted to the great cause of "eating".

It wasn't until dusk that Zhan Zhao came to the stable with two jars of wine, and patted Qianru who was still buried in her food, "I'm still eating, I've been eating for a whole day, I'm not afraid of getting fat to death."

Qian Ru looked at Zhan Zhao aggrievedly, who said he had eaten for a whole day.It was pestered and chatted by Bai Yutang today, don't look at it bowed its head to eat all day long, more than half of its movements of bowing its head were interrupted by Bai Yutang.

It ate for a whole day today, and it only ate half of what it had eaten. It was still not full, and it felt that its horse's neck was about to be broken by Bai Yutang.

As a result, the owner even took pictures of it, thinking it was eating all day long.After following Zhan Zhao for more than half a year, Qian Ru felt that she had never experienced such pain in her life, so she snorted dissatisfiedly.Both are bullying it today!

Seeing that his horse was angry, Zhan Zhao quickly picked up a carrot beside him and handed it to Qianru's mouth, "Okay, don't be angry, eat some carrots. I'm going out tonight, and I need you to give me a ride."

Qianru turned her head away, glanced at the radish, then glanced at the radish, and finally leaned over to eat it very spinelessly.During the process of eating, Qian Ru glanced at Bai Yutang, as if to say, "It's the same thing that makes me angry, look at him, and then look at you."

Bai Yutang felt helpless, could it be that living in this world was doomed to be unable to do anything but watch, or was it his own fault?But Bai Yutang was very curious about where Zhan Zhao was going tonight.

After feeding a few more radishes, Qianru turned around twice in place satisfied.Zhan Zhao looked at Qian Ru helplessly, then smiled and led Qian Ru out of Zhan's house.

Bai Yutang also chased him out. At this time, the night had already fallen, and there was only a little bit of sunshine in the sky, and the evening wind seemed to be there, so it was a good choice to go out at this time.

But at this time... Zhan Zhao came out on horseback, he didn't intend to take the horse to the night market, so where exactly does Zhan Zhao want to go?

There were people coming and going in the night market, Zhan Zhao led Qian Ru all the way to the outside of the city before getting on his horse and galloping away one by one.Bai Yutang also quickly chased after him.

The two stopped at the foot of a mountain, Zhan Zhao fed Qian Ru some water, and led the horse up again.The mountain is not very high, and it will reach the top soon.

Bai Yutang discovered that the top of the mountain was a large bamboo forest, which grew in a patchwork order, and grew orderly and distinctly on both sides of the path. The rustling of bamboo leaves sounded particularly pleasant in such a quiet night.

And on the top of the mountain, right on the edge of the cliff, there was even a stone table and two stone benches, which reminded Bai Yutang of his last dream, in which Zhan Zhao drank his sorrow with wine under the rain of peach blossoms.

Is it the same today?Bai Yutang felt that there would definitely be differences inside, but a feeling of similarity inevitably arose.

Zhan Zhao put three jars of wine on the stone table, carried one jar to the edge of the cliff, and sat on the ground like this.Shouldn't you want to jump off a cliff this time?After all, there are still two jars of wine that have not been drunk.Bai Yutang told himself so.

Then this is where Zhan Zhao will come.What is the significance of this quiet mountain and this quiet bamboo forest to Zhan Zhao? It allows him to bring three jars of wine here at night, Bai Yutang thought about it, and heard Zhan Zhao speak.

"You told me before that you want to take me to the sunken island to watch the sunrise, take me to see the scenery of the sunken island, take me to taste the handicrafts of my sister-in-law, rest in peace of mind for a few days on the sunken island, play a few My God, let’s rest for a few days, this time I’m going.”

Zhan Zhao took a sip of wine to relieve the depression in his chest, "The sunrise is really beautiful, as you said, the whole sky, the whole sea is burning quietly, fire in the water, that's what you mean .

And my sister-in-law's craftsmanship is really good, but she is very aggressive when people eat. You are right, it is really a bit scary, but the food is delicious, and my sister-in-law is also very kind to me. "

Bai Yutang knew that Zhan Zhao was talking to that Bai Yutang.In fact, every time I hear Zhan Zhao talking to himself, talking to Bai Yutang who is no longer there, Bai Yutang who should not be here but is here, he will be very uncomfortable

Because that would give him a wonderful sense of substitution, although he clearly knew that the person was not him, but he still couldn't help feeling sorry for Zhan Zhao.

"At that time you also mentioned to me that I would let you visit my hometown and take you to my favorite places." Zhan Zhao remembered something and couldn't help laughing.

"I still remember at that time you said that the places I like to go must not be interesting places. If you see this place now, you will definitely say that I am boring. I am afraid that if I hear it, you will definitely secretly say that I am boring in your heart." Zhan Zhao said with certainty.

Bai Yutang turned his head to look at Zhan Zhao, if he hadn't been sure that Zhan Zhao couldn't see him, Bai Yutang would have thought that Zhan Zhao was talking to him, because he really thought so in his heart just now.

"But I really like this place, so I decided at that time that if there is a chance one day, I must bring you to this place." Zhan Zhao was very confident, convinced of the beauty of this place,

"When you see what I see, I think you will agree with me."

Aroused by Zhan Zhao's words, Bai Yutang walked up to Zhan Zhao's side, and looked in the direction Zhan Zhao pointed. There were people coming and going, and thousands of lights.

Bai Yutang should have been used to seeing bright lights. He had also tried to look down on the city at night from a higher altitude than here, and it was more dazzling and colorful than the current scene.

But maybe it is because of the emptiness, the fragrance of bamboo, and the tranquility here rather than the high-rise buildings, flow of people, and heavy traffic in the city. Here, Bai Yutang feels a strong sense of freedom from the outside world.

"I have liked coming here since a long time ago. I feel that as long as I come to this place, I can put aside everything in my heart, put aside my chivalry, put aside everything, and just simply look at the place where I live, without responsibility, There is no pain, so I wanted to bring Yutang you here a long time ago, we had a good drink and talk, nothing else, just each other."

"But you didn't bring him here." Bai Yutang said affirmatively, otherwise you wouldn't be drinking here alone.

"But I didn't do it." Zhan Zhao said as if confirming Bai Yutang's conjecture.

"I can't let go of the responsibilities on my shoulders, I can't let go of the people of Kaifeng, I can't let go of the burden of serving the country and the people, I..."

Zhan Zhao recalled that he was rushing around because of the case before, and Bai Yutang finally couldn't bear to say to him one day: "Mao'er, the trip to Changzhou that we promised was dragged somewhere by your business affairs."

At that time, Bai Yutang's words were not without resentment. He has always been a direct person and would tolerate, but when he reached the limit, he would still speak directly.

Zhan Zhao replied apologetically, "Yutang, when this matter is over, shall we set off together?"

Bai Yutang could never refuse Zhan Zhao's sincere words and eyes. He would continue to help Zhan Zhao with business affairs, but kept complaining, "Stupid cat, silly cat, if you don't hurry up, be careful that I won't go, you want to take me with you?" Grandpa is not going."

Then God made a joke with them, one thing ended and another happened, until he met the big event of King Xiangyang, and that time, he promised to travel all over the world with Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang is a wise man, whatever he says will come true.

"This time, you've hit the mark again. After I unload the burden on my shoulders, I won't be able to walk across rivers and mountains with you again." Zhan Zhao took a sip of wine, letting the wine stain his clothes, and the feeling of alcohol rolled in his chest .

Bai Yutang only felt that Zhan Zhao was so sad, and he even felt that this was the only time Zhan Zhao showed his heart like this after the death of that Bai Yutang.

"Yutang." Zhan Zhao's voice was a little drunk, he lowered his head and didn't know what he was talking about.

"Hey, Zhan Zhao, don't drink, you have to go back." Bai Yutang bent down to approach Zhan Zhao, and heard a sentence that made him unable to move.

"I failed you." Zhan Zhao muttered to himself, some warm water dripped on his hand, it should be from a bar?Zhan Zhao doesn't care.

What made Bai Yutang lose his movements was not only Zhan Zhao's words, but also the jade cat pendant and jade mouse pendant that Zhan Zhao was holding.

Bai Yutang only felt a voice humming in his head, and then the thoughts that flashed through his mind but didn't catch them appeared collectively at this moment, and exploded in his head.

He should have known why Zhan Zhao was sad differently from the others;

He should have known earlier why Zhan Zhao was in so much pain when he looked at the sword, looked at the peach blossom rain, and drank the peach blossom wine;

He should have known why Zhan Zhao's sister-in-law asked Zhan Zhao to regard Xing Kong Island as his home;

He should have known that he loved him, that they were in love.

This should obviously be a very shocking thing, but Bai Yutang felt inexplicably that things should have developed like this.

Bai Yutang found himself not surprised at all that they were in love.

Recognizing this reality only made Bai Yutang more worried about Zhan Zhao in his dream. He is strong, but some things will follow him for the rest of his life.

Bai Yutang was awakened from his thoughts by a loud shattering noise. He turned his head and saw that Zhan Zhao was no longer sitting beside him.

Zhan Zhao didn't know when he returned to the side of the stone table, opened the second jar of wine, and poured the wine directly with his head raised.

Bai Yutang didn't know Zhan Zhao's drinking capacity, but this way of drinking was too harmful to the body, and when people were sad, it was easier to get drunk.

Suddenly there was a sound of horse whining, and Bai Yutang saw Qian Ru pacing restlessly, as if trying to stop Zhan Zhao from continuing to drink.It was also reminding Bai Yutang to stop him.

Zhan Zhao was already drunk, Bai Yutang could tell. "Stop drinking." Bai Yutang subconsciously stopped, but Zhan Zhao couldn't hear him.

After drinking the second jar of wine, Zhan Zhao suddenly clenched the Juque sword in his hand, drew it out of its sheath, "Yutang, actually, my favorite is to practice swords in this place."

As soon as the words fell, a fierce aura emanated from him, and Bai Yutang only saw Zhan Zhao's sword posture. Originally, he was worried that Zhan Zhao would accidentally injure himself, but Zhan Zhao's hand holding the sword was so steady, every move , Zhan Zhao was extremely serious, as if he was playing tricks with his opponent.

Bai Yutang understood that this was what Zhan Zhao originally wanted to do with Bai Yutang, drinking, chatting and fighting on the top of the mountain.He made up for the things that Bai Yutang did not have time to do during his lifetime. This is Zhan Zhao's tribute to Bai Yutang.Bai Yutang is really a lucky man to have someone like Zhan Zhao who loves him.

Driven by Zhan Zhao's sword wind, the bamboo leaves fell and slashed across the sword's edge. That scene was too bleak.Qianru neighed even louder, and it tore the rein with one force.

It knew it couldn't touch Bai Yutang, so it walked over and pushed Zhao Zhao with its head, trying to push him towards Bai Yutang, and it even looked up at Bai Yutang.It tried to make Zhan Zhao see Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang was stunned, he glanced at the jade mouse and jade cat on the table, although Qian Ru wanted to comfort Zhan Zhao, but he was not that Bai Yutang.And Bai Yutang didn't want to stop Zhan Zhao, what could be more important than getting him to speak his mind.

"Qianru, I'm fine." Zhan Zhao patted Qianru's head, returned to the stone bench and sat down, stretched out his hand to the third jar of wine, "This time, it's time to get drunk."

Qian Ru wanted to bite Zhan Zhao's sleeve to stop him, but Bai Yutang stopped it.

"Let him drink." Bai Yutang quietly looked at Zhan Zhao's back, "Get drunk and start over."