[Rat cat] Mirror City

On the road to Kaifeng again, both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang felt as if they had been separated from each other.

The small village is still as quiet as last time, standing far away, separated by a piece of greenery, the small village seems to be isolated from the world.

Zhan Zhao still remembered the pond from before, and dragged Bai Yutang back to the pond.The pond was hidden by waist-high weeds, as if forgotten by the village.

However, during this period of time, the village seemed to think of the pond again, and some weeds by the pond were pulled out.Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang walked a certain distance and saw the sparkling water surface at a glance.

Zhan Zhao squatted down, and Bai Yutang reached out and grabbed Zhan Zhao's strap at the same time.Zhan Zhao squatted halfway, raised his head and looked at Bai Yutang.Bai Yutang touched Zhan Zhao's head, grabbed the strap and shook it.

Zhan Zhao obediently stretched out his hand, asking Bai Yutang to take away the painting tube on his back.

This time it was only the two of them who came to Kaifeng. The two of them could not dangle the Juque Sword and Miaodao in the streets and alleys, so they ordered two painting tubes to hold the Juque and Miaodao.

Juque and Miaodao are quite long, if Zhan Zhao squatted down with the painting tube on his back, the bottom of the painting tube would definitely hit the ground.

The painting tube was held in Bai Yutang's hand, Zhan Zhao jumped up on his knees, and stretched exaggeratedly, "I didn't feel it when I was carrying it just now, Ju Que is really heavy. It seems to be heavier than Miao Dao coming."

As he said that, Zhan Zhao leaned forward to take the Miao Dao on Bai Yutang's back.After leaving the busy life and work, and returning to this place with clear mountains and clear waters, Zhan Zhao was in a good mood, so Bai Yutang let him make trouble, took the painting tube on his back and handed it to Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao weighed the Juque in one hand and the Miao Dao in the other for a while, then sighed bitterly, "It's true that the Juque sword is heavier."

"Don't hold it if it's heavy." Bai Yutang still remembered that Zhan Zhao wanted to play in the water with great interest, so he took the two painting tubes over.

As soon as the weight in his hands lightened, Zhan Zhao felt his arms ache.Shaking his hands, Zhan Zhao crouched by the pond again.The water in the pond was very clear, Zhan Zhao scooped up a handful of water, then looked at Bai Yutang seriously.

"What are you doing?" Bai Yutang took a step back, looking down at Zhan Zhao warily.Generally speaking, as long as Zhan Zhao's eyes sparkle, he is thinking about something that will cause headaches for others.

Folding his palms vigorously to prevent water from leaking from his palms, Zhan Zhao tilted his head and looked at Bai Yutang with a smile: "It's a bit hot today, I want you to cool off."

Bai Yutang raised his eyebrows, "If you dare to let me cool off, I will let you swim in the water. Don't forget, you and water are very destined recently."

Which pot is not mentioned... Zhan Zhao glared at Bai Yutang depressedly, and the purpose of pouring water in his hand changed from keeping Bai Yutang cool to watering the lovely grass by the pond, "Forget it, you don't want it, or Take good care of the flowers and plants." After thinking for a while, he said to Bai Yutang depressedly: "Don't forget that you also have a destiny with water recently."

"That's two different things." Bai Yutang said proudly.It's good that Bai Yutang doesn't choke, but if he chokes, even Zhan Zhao will be choked.

The water in the pool was so cool, Zhan Zhao decided to enjoy him well.Stretching out his hand to stir the pool water again, there were a few fish not deep below the water surface, startled by the fluctuation caused by Zhan Zhao's stirring of the pool water, they swung their tails and dived deeper.

Bai Yutang looked at this scene, no matter how he looked at it, he felt that a greedy kitten wanted to catch fish, but he couldn't catch it no matter what.The more he thought about this scene, the more vivid it became, Bai Yutang smiled with the corners of his mouth curled up.

When the two were in a good mood, they heard the sound of shoe soles, clothes rubbing against weeds at the same time.It's terrible in my heart, they can't be seen by the people in the village.

Both of them stooped, and escaped behind a big tree by taking advantage of the cover effect of weeds. "Who is it?" Zhan Zhao asked Bai Yutang, blinking.

Bai Yutang also shook his head, making a silent movement, the two stuck their heads out at the same time, and then saw the small figure standing by the pond clearly, when the other party turned around, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang retracted their heads at the same time, and hid.

"It's that child." Zhan Zhao was very happy.It was this child who told them that someone had sneaked into Zhanbai's tomb before.Not long has passed, but the child seems to have grown up a lot.

Bai Yutang also nodded, not being affected by the sudden appearance of this child.

The little girl is very confused now.

This pond is not big, but a child accidentally fell into it before. Although it was not life-threatening, the villagers were so frightened that the children were not allowed to play by the pond.

Over time, the weeds along this pond grew taller and taller.However, as the children grew up and knew to be careful, the adults relaxed their discipline on the children and cleaned up the weeds by the pond, but only warned the children not to get too close.

The little girl especially likes to come to the pond to play, and today she also wants to come to the pond to daze.It's just that she didn't expect that today she saw two people standing by the pond from a distance.

The backs of the two looked very familiar, and one of them seemed to be Uncle Cat who gave him a wreath before.The person next to him should be Uncle Leng Bingbing who has been with Uncle Cat all the time.

The little girl has a good impression of Uncle Cat and is very excited.She thought she was dreaming, and wanted to catch up in a hurry.But unexpectedly, just after she ran two steps, the two figures in front of her disappeared.

Standing by the pond, the little girl looked around blankly, "It's strange, I saw it just now." The child's mind was very simple, and she was not sure at first, but now she looked around and didn't see it, so she thought that I dreamed.

Because the little girl was still standing by the pond, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang couldn't sneak away yet.There are too many weeds around, making noise will attract attention.And the little girl's confused look is very cute, so Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang simply watched for a while longer.

The little girl did not stay long by the pond, and after a while her mother came out to look for her. "Why are you squatting here? What if you fall?" the little girl's mother asked worriedly, pulling her to stand up.

The little girl obediently followed her mother towards the village.Standing behind the tree, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang could still hear the conversation between the little girl and her mother.

"Mom, I seem to have seen the uncles who came to the village last time, that is, Uncle Cat and Uncle Lengbing who gave me flowers."

"How is it possible? They are all busy and won't come to our small village. You must be tired from playing and your eyes are blurred. Go home with your mother."

"I'm not tired."

The little girl and her mother drifted away, and Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao came out from behind the tree.Bai Yutang glanced at Zhan Zhao, "Don't hold back."

"Uncle Leng Bingbing...haha." Zhan Zhao endured it for a long time. He selectively ignored the title of Uncle Cat, or he had already accepted it.And every time Bai Yutang heard the little girl call him "Uncle Leng Bingbing", his expression would be very funny, and this time was no exception.

Zhan Zhao threw himself in front of Bai Yutang and slapped him on the face, "Stop putting on a cold expression, I promise, if you smile at that little girl, she won't call you Uncle Cold, what should I call you... Smiling uncle?"

Bai Yutang was still thinking about his facial expression, but when he heard the address that Zhan Zhao came up with, he suppressed this thought and urged Zhan Zhao: "It's still troublesome, if you go down again, you can't go down the mountain when it gets dark."

They came here this time to make a quick decision.Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang walked up the mountain along the path according to their memory, and then came to the pool before.

While lamenting that this life is inseparable from water, Bai Yutang handed both Juque and Miaodao to Zhan Zhao, and Zhan Zhao also took the backpack from Bai Yutang's back, and stood in front of Bai Yutang, " I said you are destined to be cool today."

"Hold your breath," Bai Yutang reminded Zhan Zhao.After Zhan Zhao took a big breath, he grabbed his waist and jumped into the pool.Zhan Zhao closed his eyes.

The suction force from the bottom of the pool quickly caught Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao.This time they didn't struggle and were dragged down immediately.

When the suction disappeared, Bai Yutang held Zhan Zhao and swam to the surface of the water.After rushing out of the water, both of them struggled to climb ashore and lay on the ground gasping for breath.

"If I had known, we would have prepared two sets of diving equipment." His chest was still aching from holding his breath for a long time just now, and Zhan Zhao even reached out to help Bai Yutang breathe. He himself was in such pain, and Bai Yutang must be even more tired.

Bai Yutang pinched Zhan Zhao's face, "If you want to carry a lot of diving equipment, you might as well learn to swim. You can learn when you get back."

"Please allow me to solemnly refuse." Zhan Zhao said without hesitation, "I would rather live on land for the rest of my life."

"Cat, you really are..." Bai Yutang didn't know how to describe Zhan Zhao, and shook his head with a smile.The two just lay on the ground like this, and did not stand up until their breathing became smooth.

Zhan Zhao took out the dry bath towel prepared in advance from his backpack and handed it to Bai Yutang.The two of them were in a mess like puppies falling into the water, and they wiped off all the water on their bodies with bath towels.

Wrapping their bodies in bath towels, the two continued to move forward into the depths of the tomb.The scene of the last time I came here is still vivid in my memory, the deeper the two of them are, the colder they will feel.

But this time, neither of them felt the biting cold. On the contrary, a warm current overflowed from their dantians, supporting them to go deeper step by step.

There was a fluctuation in the depths of the spirit, and Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang knew that "Zhan Zhao" and "Bai Yutang", who had been sleeping all this time, had come out.

They said before that they would not reappear until they returned to the Kaifeng Tomb, but the two of them stuck to this sentence and never reappeared in the following days.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other with complicated feelings in their hearts.The appearance this time was accompanied by the parting later.

Relying on the support of "Zhan Zhao" and "Bai Yutang" internal forces, the two once again walked into the tomb full of ice that would not melt for a thousand years.

Just like before, the two people in the ice still hug each other, no matter how time goes by or the outside world turns upside down, they will never be disturbed.

"So that's how we are."

Perhaps because the physical bodies of the two are here, "Zhan Zhao" and "Bai Yutang" were separated from their bodies.

"Zhan Zhao" and "Bai Yutang" caressed the solid ice, seeming to be emotional, but also sad.In this world, how many people can have such an opportunity to see their own immortal body after death.

"Mao'er, you and I will never be separated in heaven and earth." "Bai Yutang" pointed at the two embracing each other in the ice, full of interest.

"Zhan Zhao" rolled his eyes at him, "You're talking nonsense!" But there was no sign of displeasure on his expression.

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao stood behind silently, this was the last time for those two, and they couldn't disturb them.

After a while, "Zhan Zhao" and "Bai Yutang" turned around and looked at them.Zhan Zhao knowingly handed over the backpack, which contained the spirit tablets of the four brothers of "Bai Yutang".

Holding the four spirit tablets in both hands, the hands of "Zhan Zhao" and "Bai Yutang" were shaking.They passed Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang to the wall behind them.

With one hand away, the two palmed the ice on the wall at the same time.Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang covered their ears, then looked at the wall, and there were four small holes. "Zhan Zhao" and "Bai Yutang" embedded the four spiritual tablets into the wall, and used internal force to melt the ice into water and cover it, freezing the four spiritual tablets in the solid ice.

The two knelt down, faced the spirit tablets of the four elder brothers, and kowtowed three times.

One kowtow, thank you for the crime of pride and early death;

Second kowtow, thank you brother for your unwavering grace;

Three kowtows, may the brotherhood last forever.

After that, the two returned to their corpses with Juque and Miaodao.The sword never came out of its sheath, and the two just used their internal force to insert the Juque Sword and Miao Dao into the ground.

The scabbard and scabbard shattered the solid ice, and Juquejian and Miaodao fell halfway to the ground, standing still.

"Zhan Zhao" and "Bai Yutang" caressed the weapons that had accompanied them for many years. They had become a part of their souls. Zhao" and "Bai Yutang" have never felt so complete.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang silently watched as they finished everything. "Zhan Zhao" and "Bai Yutang" stood up, turned around and said to them, "We have to leave."

"...Oh." What else could they say besides this word?

The two had seen enough of the sights of time, there was nothing more they could do in this world, and they had decided to leave.

No matter what Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang did or said, they would not stay.

I understand this truth in my heart, but if I can let it go when I understand it, how can there be so many unsatisfactory things in this world?For Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, the two are their distant half bodies, and the connection deep in their souls makes them unable to remain indifferent to their impending passing.

Letting the two of them leave is like letting a part of your soul die.

"Zhan Zhao" also looked at the two of them in a complicated manner, and when he walked up to the ice, he stuck his hand into the ice. "Bai Yutang" understood what "Zhan Zhao" wanted to do and waited for him.

When "Zhan Zhao" withdrew his hand, there was already a jade mouse and a jade cat in his hand.It was bought by "Bai Yutang" at a glance back then, and the two of them wore it with them and never left their bodies.

"My time with the cat is over, but your time is still going on." "Bai Yutang" said to the two of them earnestly.

It turned out that they had strayed into Zhan Showa and Bai Yutang's life.Now that the rain is over, it's time to turn the page on them and start a new life.

Putting the Jade Mouse and Jade Cat in the palms of the two, "Zhan Zhao" said: "Let's take it as a souvenir. After all, this meeting is not easy."

"Yeah." Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang nodded, and accepted the souvenirs they left for them, "We'll watch you go."

This is the last journey of "Bai Yutang" and "Zhan Zhao", and the two of them need to witness in person.

This was their attachment, so "Bai Yutang" and "Zhan Zhao" naturally didn't say anything.They just stared at each other, smiled at each other, and held each other's hands.

"Do us a favor at the end and really settle this matter." "Bai Yutang" said with determination.

"Okay." Bai Yutang agreed.

No more regrets, no matter how much reluctance there is, they can't keep the two from leaving. The figures of "Zhan Zhao" and "Bai Yutang" became ethereal, and the two walked into the solid ice just like that, overlapping with their own corpses.

Through the cold ice, it can be clearly seen that the hands of the two have never been separated.When the figure overlapped with the corpse, a brilliance that couldn't be ignored radiated, hurting the eyes of bystanders.

After the brilliance dissipated, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang could no longer hear or feel their existence.The heart just collapsed in a place, so painful, so dazed.

The cold that had been forgotten began to eat away at the two, and they unconsciously moved closer to each other.Give yourself time to allow yourself to grieve for lost souls, give yourself time to be strong again.

Looking around, bearing in mind the appearance of the entire tomb, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang turned and left, and found the mechanism that put down the Dragon-Breaking Stone.

As long as the mechanism is turned, everything is over.This tomb will never be discovered by the world again.The heart that hesitated many years ago is broken today.

"Are you coming or me?" Bai Yutang asked Zhan Zhao. Among the two, Bai Yutang was always the calmer one.

"Let's go together." Zhan Zhao smiled, since it was the end, how could he give up.

Two hands folded, turning the long-forgotten switch.

Click, they heard the sound of gears snapping together.

Click, they turn more smoothly.

Click, the mechanism is screwed to the bottom.

The soles of his feet shook, and Bai Yutang pulled Zhan Zhao back.

A stone gate slowly descended from the top of the passage, getting closer and closer to the ground inch by inch, until finally it was closely attached to the ground.

Dust rises and falls, and a stone gate represents the end of everything.

The way down the mountain is far longer than the way up, Zhan Zhao lowered his head, counting the plots on the ground and the grass beside the road.

Because Zhan Zhao had been silent all this time, Bai Yutang worriedly followed behind him, suddenly Zhan Zhao turned around, and Bai Yutang stopped in fright.

"What's wrong?" Bai Yutang asked Zhan Zhao worriedly.

Zhan Zhao gave Bai Yutang the jade cat in his hand.Bai Yutang took it, and squeezed Zhan Zhao's hand together.Understanding Zhan Zhao's meaning, Bai Yutang pursed his lips and pulled Zhan Zhao into his arms, "Little Zhan, I will always be here."

"What you say is what you say." Zhan Zhao hugged Bai Yutang back forcefully, as if this was the only way to warm himself.These hands, this person, will never let go in this life.

The wind blew up on the mountain, and the forest leaves rustled as they caressed each other, as if wishing blessings, and also as if saying goodbye again and again.

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