[Rat cat] Mirror City

Knowing that Zhan Zhao was going to be busy these days, Bai Yutang didn't contact him again. After work, he spent most of his time on the few books he got from Mr. Shen.

These books are already worn out, some of the handwriting is even blurred, and reading a large amount of words is a great challenge for Bai Yutang.

For several days in a row, whenever Bai Yutang was free, he would flip through books in the study. In order to understand the contents of the book, Bai Yutang even asked his assistant to buy a lot of reference books.

Rao Bai Yutang was extremely smart, and it took him four or five days to read through the little booklets Mr. Shen gave him. Fortunately, he didn't need to know all the contents, as long as he memorized some things related to Kaifeng Mansion. Come down on it.

Even with such a workload, Bai Yutang felt a headache. Every time he picked up a book in the afternoon, it was already dark when he came to his senses.

Having flipped through these books several times, Bai Yutang found to his dismay that he still hadn't found any new clues.

Everything is just like what Mr. Shen said. In these books, it was indeed vaguely mentioned that in Kaifeng, Bao Zheng had a master bookkeeper with excellent medical skills, and there were indeed several in the Kaifeng mansion. The guards come from the rivers and lakes.

But he had already heard old master Shen say all of this.Bai Yutang believed that Mr. Shen would not hide his secrets. He was a respectable old man, but no matter how much he read these books, he found nothing extra, which made Bai Yutang inevitably frustrated and irritable.

Picking up a reference book that was thick enough to kill someone, Bai Yutang's hands stopped, and he examined the weight of the book in his hand. Bai Yutang silently changed to a lighter and thinner book, and covered his face superior.

Bai Yutang slumped on the chair lazily, the angle of his body was not right, Bai Yutang moved his neck slightly, and the book on his face slid down a little, Bai Yutang only glanced at the darkness in the room with the end of his eyes.

It turned out that it was getting dark unconsciously, and in his room, except for a desk lamp on the desk, the other lights were not lit.And himself, sitting in the very center of the light like this.

Watching the pale halo emanating from the lamp tube, Bai Yutang only needs to look away for a moment and squint his eyes, and Bai Yutang can see the tiny air fluctuations around the lamp tube.

The light seemed to vibrate with this small fluctuation, tremblingly covering the entire desk in a small circle.Sitting in the center, Bai Yutang glanced at the end of his eyes, only to see the pale light melting into the darkness, swinging around, and the boundaries became blurred.

Whether it was the pale lights or the turbulent boundaries, Bai Yutang became even more irritable.It would be great if Zhan Zhao was here at this time.Bai Yutang thought so.

But when he thought that Zhan Zhao was busy with his own affairs these days, Bai Yutang sat up straight suddenly, not knowing who he was angry with, Bai Yutang reached out and pressed the lamp directly, and covered the book on himself again. On his face, a man calmed himself down in the dark.

Bai Yutang only felt that his mind was in a mess, and he didn't know how long he had been thinking about messy things like this. He heard the sound of the door being pushed open, and then the light in the room was turned on with a snap. up.

The glare of the light pierced the edge of the book, Bai Yutang subconsciously compared his eyes, and then heard Jiang Ping's laughter.Bai Yutang was taken aback at first, but then he thought that after finishing work these days, he would stay in his room and fight at night, which did not conform to his usual behavior pattern at all. Brothers, sisters-in-law and the others endured until now to come over to see his situation. It can be regarded as letting him fend for himself.

Bai Yutang sat up straight in discouragement, and the book covering his face slid down.After successfully catching the book without opening his eyes, Bai Yutang called out weakly, "Fourth Brother."

It was rare to see Bai Yutang look so depressed, and then glanced at the messy desk that did not meet Bai Yutang's cleanliness requirements. Jiang Ping didn't know whether to cry or laugh, but he still helped Bai Yutang clean up those few books one time.

It is true that Jiang Ping has flipped through these books several times in the past few days, but when he saw the contents on them, Jiang Ping felt dizzy, and it was difficult for Bai Yutang to spend so much effort on them.

If Bai Yutang could be depressed like this, Jiang Ping knew that Bai Yutang hadn't gotten the result he wanted these days.

"Fourth brother, I don't understand why I searched all these books and all the information, but I can't find any more information, even a little bit." Bai Yutang rubbed his aching head. Just stand up and exercise your muscles.

Jiang Ping sighed, and patted Bai Yutang's shoulder, "Fifth, I'm not talking about you, you are very smart and hardworking, but you sometimes go astray, of course this is rare, but it doesn't mean it doesn't happen.

When a problem enters a dead end, why not think about changing the angle.If you are really interested in the things in the dream, but you can't find anything from now on, you should not continue to entangle here, but go back to thinking about that dream.And what could be more direct than seeing in a dream?It's not like you can't keep dreaming. "

Jiang Ping pointedly told Bai Yutang that it's not that these brothers don't know about Bai Yutang's affairs, although they usually don't speak up, they will help Bai Yutang when needed.

Sure enough, Bai Yutang's brain has long been dizzy after soaking in books for the past few days. When Jiang Ping pointed this out, he still didn't react stupidly.

After a while Bai Yutang came to his senses, thanked Jiang Ping and ran out of the room.Jiang Ping rubbed his head, and blinked in disbelief, "The fifth one is so lively these days, he doesn't even know that so many of you are eavesdropping outside." Bai Yutang's door suddenly appeared Nodding four heads, he nodded in agreement.

After Bai Yutang rushed to the door of the collection room, he listened and gasped for breath. He had been holding his breath all the way just now, and now that he recovered, he felt a tightness in his chest.

After careful calculation, since he went to Zhan Zhao to ask about the dream, he never touched the mirror again, and he didn't dream again for several days, Bai Yutang didn't care about the mirror even more.Or, subconsciously not thinking about that mirror.Not thinking about it for a long time caused Bai Yutang to habitually not remember the existence of the mirror.

Pushing open the door of the collection room, even though the mirror was placed in the innermost part, it still caught all of Bai Yutang's attention immediately, and there was a strange light on the mirror.

Maybe he just thought too much, but Bai Yutang somehow felt that this mirror had been waiting for his arrival for many, many days.

The items in the collection room all carried a unique aura. Bai Yutang stood in front of the mirror. It was obviously just a mirror, but the aura emanating from it moved the entire room, making Bai Yutang unable to explain clearly.

Perhaps, tonight he will also dream about something.Perhaps, only after touching this mirror can he dream of something.Bai Yutang returned to his room with the mirror in his arms.

Leaning against the head of the bed, Bai Yutang stroked the texture of the entire mirror, bent down and pressed his forehead to the mirror, "Please, let me see." Let him see, don't end.

Zhan Zhao's death does not mean the end of everything, he hopes to see more things, more.Please let him see it.Bai Yutang tensed up rarely, and closed his eyes tightly.He didn't see the reflected light flicker twice, as if answering his question.

His foot slipped, and the feeling of his body leaning to the side made Bai Yutang shudder, he was on the bed now, and this fall would definitely fall off the bed.

Bai Yutang subconsciously stretched out his left hand to support his body, but found that there was nothing under his hand.After a stagger, Bai Yutang regained his stability.

Only then did he realize that he was not in his own bed, or even in his own room, but in a gray space.

Bai Yutang knew right away that he had entered a dream again.Bai Yutang stood where he was. Although the mirror was not here, he still said "thank you" softly.

He wasn't expecting an answer, thanking a mirror was crazy enough, after all.But it happened like this, and Bai Yutang heard a "tick" sound of water, and the echo was empty, as if telling himself that you are welcome.

So evil... Bai Yutang shook his head, and then put all his attention on where he was now.Now that you have come in, cherish this opportunity well.

No longer thinking about these things, Bai Yutang focused all his attention on the environment he was in now, the gray space with nothing but dust.

Bai Yutang lowered his head, the ground under his feet was like a mirror, extending forward from his feet, extending forward, and he didn't know where it would end up.

Other than that, there is nothing else in this place. It seems that Zhan Zhao's death is the end of this space. After Zhan Zhao's death, this space no longer knows what to place.

Silence, Xiao Su, is this the world after death?This desperate thought appeared at an inopportune time, Bai Yutang immediately shook his head to dismiss this thought, and ran forward.

Bai Yutang kept telling himself to be calm, just like what Zhan Zhao said, the mirror has spirituality, it can allow him to see the scene of the master's life, then all this will not end like that.

Bai Yutang ran forward while calling Zhan Zhao. At first he thought it was useless. Calling Zhan Zhao was just his subconscious reaction. Unexpectedly, this space began to respond. Except for the ground under his feet, the left and right sides were gray. The walls are starting to melt.

The gray liquid dripped down, seeped into the ground, and merged into one, as if answering every call of "Zhan Zhao" from Bai Yutang.

There is no need to continue running.Bai Yutang was tired from running, panting and holding his knees, calmly watching the mutation in this space.It was strange that the surrounding melted gray walls were dripping and dripping, but there was no sound.

"Zhan Zhao." Bai Yutang called out tentatively, followed by a ticking sound, which was regarded as an answer.This space, Zhan Zhao, or this mirror, no matter which one it is, they are responding to him.

Bai Yutang was a little excited, he stood up straight and held his breath watching the changes in this space.Things developed as Bai Yutang hoped, the surrounding walls melted faster, and half-height fragments kept leaping out from the walls, spinning around Bai Yutang at high speed.

"Zhan Zhao." Bai Yutang yelled again, and the high-speed spinning debris suddenly stopped, floating peacefully around Bai Yutang.Through the gaps in the fragments, Bai Yutang could see the ground extending infinitely.

Just as he imagined, there was no need to run down, and even if he wanted to run down, there would be no boundaries.So what exactly are these fragments?

Bai Yutang shuttled back and forth between these fragments floating in mid-air, and there was nothing in this space except these fragments.Are these the fragments recorded by this mirror?

Bai Yutang tentatively reached out to the piece of debris closest to him in front of him, but when he stretched out his hand, it was as if he had guessed a certain minefield, and the surrounding pieces spun wildly again.

The half-height fragments shattered into pieces one after another, and then all rushed towards Bai Yutang, bursting out with a strong light in an instant, and Bai Yutang immediately blocked the dazzling light with his hand.

When he opened his eyes again, Bai Yutang found himself back in Zhan Zhao's room again.It was that night again, the night Zhan Zhao left, when he was dying, Zhan Zhao leaned against the bedpost alone, waiting for death.

Bai Yutang tried to take a step forward, but just like before, the barrier still stood there to block his actions.She obviously allowed him to come and go in previous dreams, but at this moment she forbids his actions, knowing that he can't interfere, but still doesn't let him step forward to interfere with Zhan Zhao's death.

Annoyed for just a moment, Bai Yutang immediately realized that something was wrong with this dream.Everything around is deformed and gradually distorted.This space is distorting, falling apart.Sure enough, after a while, the whole room shook violently.

The entire dream space was just like the gray space he was in before, falling apart under the shaking, and the disintegrated fragments continued to melt and drip little by little.

"Zhan Zhao!" Bai Yutang couldn't leave this place, and he didn't want to leave. He had a premonition that this time's departure might be the last, because whether it was just now or now, the only direction of the whole dream is to dissolve, to disappear.

Fragments kept falling, but Zhan Zhao didn't seem to notice it. Finally, the jade cat and mouse in Zhan Zhao's hands fell on the bed, and Zhan Zhao's body gradually slid down.

The whole dream was dark, dimmed little by little, only Zhan Zhao, and Bai Yutang could only see that Zhan Zhao.Don't die, don't die!Even though a huge suction force came from behind to tear him away, Bai Yutang still shouted in his heart not to die regardless of everything.

"Don't die!" Finally, Bai Yutang yelled, even though Zhan Zhao couldn't hear him.However, Zhan Zhao on the other side of the dream raised his head as if he had sensed something.

this is not right...

Bai Yutang suddenly felt that the blood in his body was congealed, this is wrong... In his memory, Zhan Zhao died at this time.In the reality that he could not interfere with, Zhan Zhao died like this.

After the jade cat and mouse fell, he never raised his head again.Not looking up like this time, no.This dream was different from the previous ones, Zhan Zhao raised his head, and he felt his own existence!

"Zhan..." Bai Yutang wanted to speak, but he immediately fell silent.Because he saw that Zhan Zhao seemed to have something to say.

Then, the suction suddenly strengthened, and there was another burst of strong light. Bai Yutang only felt that there were countless images speeding past in front of his eyes, and he couldn't catch them or stop them.

He didn't understand what was going on.In the dream, Bai Yutang called Zhan Zhao's name, but this time he couldn't see anything, the surrounding light was too strong, as if it was burning the vitality of the entire space.

Bai Yutang desperately stretched out his hand to grab something, but he caught everything.He was repelled by this space, and finally his whole body was thrown out.

"Zhan Zhao!" Bai Yutang woke up by shouting Zhan Zhao's name.He sat up in shock from the bed, only to find that the mirror had fallen to the side.

Only then did Bai Yutang realize that his whole body was covered in cold sweat. The dream just now made him exhausted, and he only felt chills all over his body.Bai Yutang covered his face and gasped for breath, he was still immersed in what he had seen before and couldn't extricate himself.

He couldn't be wrong.Even if the whole space is on the verge of collapse, he still can't see it wrong, and he never remembers it wrong.The last dream changed.

Zhan Zhao in the dream knew of his existence, and raised his head to look at him.As he was dying, Zhan Zhao struggled to convey some kind of message to him.

He couldn't hear the sound, or Zhan Zhao couldn't make a sound at all.But Bai Yutang clearly remembered Zhan Zhao's mouth shape.

The first word, the lips touched up and down, and then retracted.

For the second word, the lips touched up and down.

Bai Yutang doesn't know lip language, so he can only try again and again, trying to find the pronunciation that fits the shape of his mouth.

"..."

"……I……"

"Bundle……"

"help me……"

Help me... yes help me.

The last thing Zhan Zhao wants to tell him is "help me".

There is a thousand years of difference between the two of them, but luckily because of a mirror, he was able to see most of Zhan Zhao's life.But he has always been a bystander, just watching, the people in the dream are living on their own.

Why did Zhan Zhao in the dream notice him?Bai Yutang didn't know.

And what does the phrase "help me" mean?Thousands of years later, Zhan Zhao has long since died, so why does he need his help?

Or in other words, after a thousand years, just by chance, seeing half of his life, how can he help him?