[Rat cat] Mirror City

Blocked by a large stack of documents in his hand, Zhan Zhao didn't even notice that a person came out of the corner in a hurry, and then he was knocked back and fell straight backwards.

Before falling to the ground, the only thing Zhan Zhao was thinking about was whether he should turn sideways to stabilize himself, or reach out to catch the stack of documents.But seeing the materials in his hand flying all over the sky, Zhan Zhao planned to die, but just thinking about it for a while made Zhan Zhao miss the good opportunity to stabilize his body.

Shouldn't he be on his back like this?Gritting his teeth, Zhan Zhao tried to endure the pain, but he didn't expect to see a hand stretched out towards him, Zhan Zhao held that hand, and was pulled by that person forcefully.

When he bumped into someone, Bai Yutang only felt that he was very unlucky today, but he noticed that the person he knocked down didn't even utter an exclamation, but just fell straight backwards, Bai Yutang didn't even let his body fall. Without even stabilizing his body, he stretched out his hand directly towards that person.

After confirming that the other party had already held his hand, Bai Yutang pulled that person towards him forcefully, and immediately supported the wall with his left hand, the two of them finally avoided the fate of falling down.

And Bai Yutang pulled Zhan Zhao too hard, causing Zhan Zhao to crash into Bai Yutang's arms directly, all the breath in his chest was squeezed out in an instant, but he didn't feel uncomfortable at all.

When Zhan Zhao was pulled like this, he was pretending to be a nonsense, but it was better than falling directly on his back.When he recovered, Zhan Zhao hurriedly thanked him, "Thank you."

Just as Bai Yutang raised his head to say no, both of them were taken aback.Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao were about the same height, and they raised their heads at the same time, almost at the distance between face to face, eye to eye, and lips to lips.

With such a close distance, the two of them were a little distracted for a while.I don't know whose foot moved and stepped on the paper on the ground. The sound of "rustling" was like itching, and Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang came back to their senses at the same time.

Bai Yutang was the first in his life to be so close to a strange man. He was feeling embarrassed and didn't know what to say.But reality doesn't seem to require Bai Yutang to say anything.

Because Zhan Zhao was also in embarrassment at first, but when he glanced at the mess of papers on the ground, the embarrassing words he had been brewing for a long time were suddenly overturned by the storm of information from this place.

"Ah, my documents!" Zhan Zhao let out a wail, and then rushed to the ground to collect all the documents.I'm going to die, this is, so many data pages have been messed up, and some of them have been stepped on by myself?When will this be sorted out?Zhan Zhao wailed and put away all these papers, tidying up... Maybe he should work overtime tonight, but is working overtime really enough for him to finish reading these?

"It's over, it's over... It was okay at first, but now the page numbers are all messed up, can I really read it before Gongsun comes back?" Zhan Zhao felt that his future in the next few days was dark.

At first, Bai Yutang was taken aback by Zhan Zhao's sudden outburst of wailing, and his embarrassment was completely blown away.All he knew was that the face that was almost touching him before suddenly disappeared, and what Bai Yutang saw was Zhan Zhao's back in a hurry.

Originally, Bai Yutang planned to help, after all, this incident was caused by his carelessness, but the scene in front of him...Bai Yutang crossed his arms and looked at the back of Zhan Zhao sorting out the materials with great interest. It's a flustered cat.Just as Bai Yutang was watching, he heard Zhan Zhao muttering about Gongsun.

Gongsun?Gongsun Ce?Bai Yutang stared at Zhan Zhao's back for a few more seconds, "Are you Gongsun Ce's assistant?"

What?Zhan Zhao stopped what he was doing, and then remembered that the gentleman who bumped into him just now was still standing here, "I am, are you?" But let alone, this person really looks a little look familiar.

When Zhan Zhao turned around, Bai Yutang raised his eyebrows. Gongsun Ce's assistant not only looked like a cat from the back, but also looked more like a cat from the front, especially Zhan Zhao's eyes, which became more and more similar the more he looked.

Seeing that Zhan Zhao didn't speak, Bai Yutang remembered that he hadn't formally met the two of them last time. After all, seeing Zhan Zhao from a distance was not considered meeting, so he planned to introduce himself.

Originally, Zhan Zhao couldn't remember it, but when he saw Bai Yutang's half-smile expression, he immediately remembered, "You are Bai Yutang?"

Bai Yutang always felt that the tone of Zhan Zhao's words sounded a bit strange, not like surprise, nor like the atmosphere when he saw the person who rejected them last time, but rather like meeting old acquaintances.

In the end, he saw Zhan Zhao looking at him with a half-smile and said, "Fifth Bai is not pretending to be sick this time?"

The lie was told straight away, Bai Yutang was not as embarrassed as he imagined before, anyway, Zhan Zhao had already seen him looking at the scenery on the second floor before, so there was no need to find a reason to prevaricate, "I was really wrong last time, I was in a bit of a mess at the time. This time I wanted to ask Professor Gongsun for something, but I heard he wasn't here."

Speaking of this, Zhan Zhao also understood the reason why Bai Yutang came here, probably it has something to do with that mirror.Although Zhan Zhao didn't know Bai Yutang well, he just felt that it was impossible for Bai Yutang to come here to apologize because of guilt or something.

Although Bai Yutang really wanted to continue talking with Zhan Zhao, but... he glanced at the mess on the floor, "Well...let's talk in another place."

Being mentioned by Bai Yutang, Zhan Zhao's heart was shattered once again after recovering from the flood of documents.Bai Yutang also knelt down to help Zhan Zhao collect the materials.

With Bai Yutang's help, Zhan Zhao quickly packed up the materials on the floor. When he returned to the research room, Zhan Zhao realized that he hadn't introduced himself to Bai Yutang.

"By the way, I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Zhan Zhao, Gongsun Ce's assistant." Zhan Zhao was busy putting the documents on the table, so he didn't notice Bai Yutang's unnatural expression behind him.

His name is Zhan Zhao?Is there really such a coincidence in this world?He knew that there was a real person named Gongsun Ce, and now he found that the person in front of him was also called Zhan Zhao.

Bai Yutang looked Zhan Zhao's back up and down, and it actually overlapped with the red figure walking alone in the rain in his dream. Is this really a coincidence?

Countless thoughts in his mind were inextricably entangled. When Bai Yutang saw Zhan Zhao turn around, he immediately suppressed all these boiling doubts. Some things need to be solved one by one. Bai Yutang decided to go first. Achieve the purpose of coming here today.

Zhan Zhao saw the solemn expression on Bai Yutang's face disappear for a moment, thinking that he was thinking about Gongsun Ce, "Gongsun is on a business trip and will be back in a week. If your situation is urgent, I will help you right now." How about contacting him?"

"That's not necessary." In fact, my situation is not so urgent, "You are Gongsun Ce's assistant, so I think you should also be able to help me solve my problem."

"I'm not as capable as Gongsun." Zhan Zhao replied with a smile.If ordinary people answer like this, it will inevitably make people feel sour, but when Zhan Zhao said it, he was very frank, but it made people believe that he could solve this matter.

Bai Yutang smiled, and the two of them looked at each other from a distance, counting the time before, this time they met for the second time, and they didn't speak more than ten sentences back and forth, but the atmosphere between the two of them was as if they were friends.

Zhan Zhao was still willing to help Bai Yutang with this favor, poured a glass of water for Bai Yutang, Zhan Zhao sat opposite Bai Yutang and motioned for him.

Bai Yutang tidied up his words, hoping that Zhan Zhao would not think of himself as a lunatic, "Someone will see something different after getting an ancient mirror? For example, something from another era."

Bai Yutang thought of the ancient mirror again. Ever since he got it, the dream never stopped. Bai Yutang never regretted it, but this dream was like a tsunami that happened on the sea of ​​his life. Occupying the tip of the iceberg, but set off a big storm.

"Mr. Bai, did you see the scene of the Song Dynasty after you got that ancient Northern Song mirror?" Zhan Zhao grasped the point of Bai Yutang's topic right away, and what made Bai Yutang most happy was that he didn't have any excessive expressions at all. reaction.

Bai Yutang knew right away, if it was the person in front of him, he could tell him these things, "Yes, I started dreaming, in the dream I saw the imperial palace, and it was Song Renzong Zhao Zhen who was in the court at that time."

He didn't talk about the dream with Zhan Zhao in detail, Bai Yutang is more concerned about his dream now, because Zhan Zhao didn't even frown when he heard about Song Renzong's reign, and didn't even ask a question , but Bai Yutang could see that Zhan Zhao's view on this matter was very natural.

Is there really a show?Bai Yutang put down his water glass, "Is what I said really possible?"

Zhan Zhao showed an inscrutable smile, "I'll show you something, follow me." A bunch of keys appeared in Zhan Zhao's hand, and Bai Yutang followed to the door of another research room.

Zhan Zhao was opening the door there when he suddenly turned around and said with a mysterious smile, "Mr. Bai..."

"Don't call me Mr. Bai, it's weird." There are quite a few people who call him Mr. Bai. Bai Yutang has never been so uncomfortable with the three titles of Mr. Bai as he is now. Anyway, he thinks it's a bit strange for Zhan Zhao to say it. But when it came to what he wanted Zhan Zhao to call him, Bai Yutang hadn't figured it out yet.

As for this proposal, Zhan Zhao was also very happy to accept it, "Then... Bai Yutang, close your eyes first." Zhan Zhao's eyes were full of cunning, and Bai Yutang began to expect that there was someone behind this door. What could make Zhan Zhao show such an expression.

When the eyes are closed, the function of vision is cut off by a thin layer of eyelids, and the sense of hearing and smell is instantly amplified.Bai Yutang heard the crisp sound of the key turning to unlock the door.

The door opened, Bai Yutang paused, he couldn't see the front now, so how should he go forward?Hearing Zhan Zhao's footsteps, Bai Yutang couldn't help but say, "Hello..." What should I do if you go in?

Zhan Zhao smiled and looked at Bai Yutang, who was slightly uneasy because he couldn't see, and jokingly walked around Bai Yutang's side, and then took Bai Yutang's hand.

Bai Yutang didn't struggle, but held Zhan Zhao's hand behind his back, allowing him to lead him into another research room.As soon as he entered the research room, Bai Yutang could smell a faint metallic smell.

Is there anything in here?Bai Yutang curiously turned his head in the direction of Zhan Zhao's voice.Zhan Zhao patted Bai Yutang's shoulder, "You can open your eyes."

Bai Yutang opened his eyes in response, and then he saw that there were ancient mirrors placed on the quaint desks, and these mirrors were all covered by flannelette.

No matter how calm Bai Yutang's state of mind is, seeing so many mirrors lined up around the three walls of the entire research room, this is a big enough fight. Even if Gongsun Ce likes ancient mirrors, it won't be to this extent, right? ?

"This is Gongsun's collection room, and the mirrors in it were put away through various channels. Gongsun originally wanted to keep it at home, but considering that it is more convenient to study in school, he directly used one of the research rooms as a collection room. Zhan Zhao said without any surprise, he used to live close to Gongsun's house and had been to Gongsun's house.

At the beginning, he was indeed intimidated by the posture of Gongsun's family, but after seeing him for a long time, Zhan Zhao got used to it, and gradually became interested in such things.

Now that I think about it, Gongsun Ce might have just taken a fancy to his curiosity about these things and deliberately explained these things to himself, waiting for himself to fall into the pit obediently.Occasionally, Zhan Zhao would lament to Gongsun that he was young and ignorant, but every time Gongsun always took it for granted, you boy, I don't know the expression.

"What did you bring me here for? What does it have to do with the question I just asked?" Bai Yutang didn't quite understand, and he still felt unaccustomed to seeing so many ancient mirrors.

Zhan Zhao asked Bai Yutang to sit down in front of one of the mirrors, while he stood behind him.Bai Yutang turned around in confusion, "Let me look in the mirror?"

"No." Zhan Zhao pulled the flannel off the mirror in front of Bai Yutang, "Look at this mirror."

Bai Yutang didn't quite understand, but he still looked into the mirror as Zhan Zhao said, the image on the mirror was very blurry, Bai Yutang frowned uncomfortably, but he continued to look inside.

After a while, Bai Yutang only felt a little dazed, and after the daze, his shoulders suddenly tightened, and Bai Yutang subconsciously turned his head to look at Zhan Zhao.

Knowing that Bai Yutang had shown the reaction he hoped for, Zhan Zhao covered the mirror with a flannel cloth again, and sat beside Bai Yutang, "Did you lose your mind just now?"

Bai Yutang nodded, since he got that mirror, he began to pay attention to this kind of inexplicable distraction, "It's a little distracted, but the situation is not as strong as the mirror I bought."

"Then did you feel any different when you first saw this mirror?" Zhan Zhao asked with a smile, just like a teacher who is good at teaching students.

Bai Yutang recalled, "A little bit, it feels a little heavy." Or it could be said to be a stuffy feeling.Bai Yutang recalled that when he saw the mirror he bought, he felt the same way today, but this feeling was more obvious.

"That's why Gongsun is so obsessed with ancient mirrors." Zhan Zhao stretched out his hand to touch the edge of one of the mirrors, feeling the uneven lines under his fingers.

"Gongsun and I have always believed that not only people have memories, but objects also have memories." Zhan Zhao said to Bai Yutang.

memory?If it wasn't for Zhan Zhao's serious face, Bai Yutang really thought he was talking about philosophy or ghost studies, but Zhan Zhao said it very seriously.

"Do you have such an experience that when you see something, you will think of a certain person, and often this person will have a deep connection with such a thing? Another example is entering an old friend's house, and the old friend is not there. But you feel his breath everywhere, and even have the illusion that he is here?" Zhan Zhao still had a persuasive look.

To be honest, seeing Zhan Zhao's expression, others might think that he is preaching some weird ideas, and he looks like a missionary, because this topic has gone in a weird direction.

But Zhan Zhao's eyes were clear, without confusion or anything else at all, Bai Yutang followed his train of thought and nodded.

"This is called 'seeing things and thinking about people', but Gongsun and I feel that not only people's memories are at work, but objects also have memories, and the memories of objects are also playing a role in these cases.

Once an object has a deep connection with a person, it has the potential to record what happened to that person.The mirror is the most special among all items, because it can reflect the outside world, so the memory it carries is the clearest among all things. Of course, the clearest part is the part it once reflected, but other memories will also very deep.Once someone with a deep connection with it gets it, then its memory will be seen. "

Bai Yutang was taken aback by Zhan Zhao's words, but he also noticed that the topic was shifting towards his question, "You mean my dreams are the past recorded by this mirror?"

"I know this sounds a bit like sophistry." Zhan Zhao shrugged, this statement is beyond common sense from all angles, it's normal to find it hard to accept.

"If I had known you before, I would definitely think you were crazy when you said these words." Bai Yutang touched his forehead empathetically, "But after going through all this, I don't think there is anything wrong with your views."

"Then you mean that I have a deep connection with that mirror?" Ever since he got that mirror, Bai Yutang felt like he was in a dream.

Zhan Zhao nodded, "Of course, this kind of situation is rare, and it is even rarer if it happens to fall into the hands of someone who is connected with it. Look, so many ancient mirrors have been excavated so far. Gongsun only put so few yuan here.

These are given to Gongsun by those who can't stand the weird dreams.We agreed to keep it secret, so this matter did not spread on a large scale, but among some collectors, the saying that mirrors can convey dreams does exist. "

Of course, the transfer fee... was reduced to a very low figure under Gongsun's coercion and lure.Zhan Zhao still remembers the expression when he saw a man handing over the mirror to Gongsun... his whole face was green.

After chatting with Zhan Zhao for a while, Bai Yutang felt a lot more relaxed, "Zhan Zhao, thank you today, if it's convenient, how about I treat you to lunch to thank you?"

Normally, Zhan Zhao would not be able to walk if he heard that there was food to eat, but today... Zhan Zhao's expression changed from sunny to cloudy in an instant, "I'm afraid not today..."

Bai Yutang saw that Zhan Zhao was very resentful, and looked at him curiously.Seeing Bai Yutang's innocence, Zhan Zhao became resentful, "I was in the same building as you just now, and all the materials I had sorted out were scattered, and the page numbers were all messed up... There is still a stack of materials in the library..."

The more he talked, the more Zhan Zhao felt that today was a dark day.Bai Yutang watched Zhan Zhao weaken little by little, his sense of responsibility was bouncing up and down, at least he helped him today.

"Or, let me help you." Bai Yutang was sure that when he finished saying this, he definitely found the same green light in Zhan Zhao's eyes as his sister-in-law's!