Jiang Qing

"Tick-tick-tick-"

There are intermittent sounds of raindrops wafting in my ears, neither fast nor slow, like water droplets under the eaves after the first break of the shower.

Has it rained outside the window?

Bai Bingchen was trapped in a dream surrounded by white light. He realized that he was still conscious in a trance. He tried his best to open his eyes, but he could only see a corner of the brocade quilt through the cracks in his eyes.

He vaguely remembered that he fell asleep after dinner, and then Tong Shen came to report that Mei Shao was attacking Wudu after rebellion, and then his consciousness became a little unclear, as if he saw Mei Shao and heard He cried and called his name...

Is it all just a dream?

Bai Bingchen had never felt so tired from this sleep, so tired that he didn't even have the energy to turn his head.

"Boom—" There was a sudden thunder, and Bai Bingchen's heart beat violently.

There were two more thunderclaps, as if hitting his ears, the lightning flashed across the dim room, and Bai Bingchen heard the louder and louder pouring rain belatedly.

The rain didn't stop, and Bai Bingchen woke up.

He tried his best to move his fingers, turned his head sideways, and found that one of his arms was tightly wrapped, his heart paused, and he subconsciously looked at himself.

The bruises all over the place and the soreness around his waist reminded him that all this was not a dream, and that Mei Shao had really entered Wudu and cured him of his love poison.Bai Bingchen propped himself up slowly, trying to sit up, but just half way through, he smelled a strong smell of blood in the room.

His gaze moved down with difficulty, and landed on a hand hanging by the bed. The jade wrench on the thumb was stuck in the middle, as if it was about to fall off.

Bai Bingchen sat up and leaned over to see Mei Shao sitting on the ground with his back facing him, as if he had fallen asleep, with his head tilted to one side, motionless.

He pursed his lips, and reached out to help him put the jade finger on, but felt cold.

Mei Shao's hand was cold, so cold that he seemed lifeless, Bai Bingchen was stunned, and slid down his wrist to feel for the pulse, but his fingertips seemed to touch a grain.

"Chongjin?" Bai Bingchen called him very softly.

No answer.

Bai Bingchen withdrew his hand, looked at the dried blood on his fingertips, his whole body was completely cold from inside to outside.

"Chongjin!" Enduring the discomfort in his body, Bai Bingchen leaned out with most of his body to pull his shoulders, but he clearly saw a large bloodstain on his chest.

Mei Shao's lips were bloodless, she seemed to have lost consciousness, she fell limply to the side, and the ground was covered with blood.

Bai Bingchen was stunned, his wrist suddenly twitched, he looked down, and there was a bloodstain on the shallow scar on his wrist, and there was a slight bulge under the blue meridian.

He stretched out his hand and pressed it, and the protrusion seemed to come alive, moved twice, and blended into the skin texture.

It's a Gu worm... Mei Shao exchanged the golden Gu for herself?

Bai Bingchen's breathing became rapid, and he stretched out his hand to feel his breath, his mind was in a mess and he lost his mind.

He had seen the appearance of Concubine Mei after digging out her heart, and the scene in his memory overlapped a little bit with the one in front of him, the same bloodstain on the chest, the same bloodstain on the ground, the same cold body...

Bai Bingchen didn't dare to think about it anymore, Mei Shao was clearly within reach, but his hand stayed in the air for a long time, and he didn't dare to drop it.

He looked at Mei Shao's side face, his trembling hand finally reached under his nose, before he could feel it carefully, he was held by a light force.

It's Mei Shao.

Bai Bingchen was so grateful that he was about to shed tears.

"You..." He held Mei Shao's cold hand behind his back, his eyes were slightly hot, he stared at Mei Shao carefully, slowly opened his eyes, and turned around.

Mei Shao looked very weak, his face was pale, his eyes were dim, and he just glanced at him indifferently, that glance was complicated and lost, but there was no blame or anger, which made Bai Bingchen feel pain in his heart, and then felt a strong uneasiness .

According to Mei Shao's temperament, after finding out that she ran to Wudu with him on her back, she must be so angry that she didn't say anything, just hung her head like this, without even looking at herself.

The clasped hands were still cold, and Bai Bingchen couldn't cover them no matter how hard he covered them, his heart panicked all of a sudden.

When he saw Concubine Mei, she was already in the state of being coffined. No one knew what kind of torture and pain she had suffered before she died after being de-gut.

Bai Bingchen was terrified. Mei Shao didn't even have the strength to speak now. The hand he was holding was like a passing life, so cold that he couldn't hold it at all.

Bai Bingchen moved over slowly, staring at the blood on his chest, gritted his teeth and reached out to touch it.

"Pa—" Mei Shao raised his eyes feebly, and slapped his hand back.

Bai Bingchen's heart also stopped for a moment following his movement, and then he grabbed it violently, with a little bit of pain spreading out.

"Chongjin...let me take a look..." He panicked and stretched out his hand again, before touching Mei Shao's clothes, it was opened again.

His abnormal behavior undoubtedly confirmed Bai Bingchen's inner conjecture. Bai Bingchen's brain exploded, he clenched his teeth and stretched out his hand stubbornly.

"Pa—" There was another sound that was neither light nor heavy.

Mei Shao just looked at him coldly, as if calm after having enough disappointment, he didn't say a word, watching Bai Bingchen reach out his hand again and again, and hit back again and again.

Mei Shao's strength is not heavy, but every time he silently refuses is like stabbing another knife in Bai Bingchen's heart, the knife sees blood, and the pain grows and accumulates slowly and lingeringly.

After an unknown amount of time, Bai Bingchen's eyes were blurred, and he still stubbornly stretched out his red hand, wanting to reach out to Mei Shao.

There was no unexpected sound, Mei Shao turned around with great effort and avoided it.

Bai Bingchen couldn't hold back all of a sudden, the heat in his eyes rolled down, dripped into a mist, and covered his eyes, he couldn't even see Mei Shao's appearance clearly.

Sitting on his knees, he took two steps forward, stretched out his hand again, and said in a trembling voice, "Ah Shao... just give me a look..."

Mei Shao didn't avoid it this time, but when his hand touched the fabric, he raised his hand and grabbed his wrist, stared into Bai Bingchen's eyes, and said in a low voice: "What do you want to see?"

His fingertips touched Bai Bingchen's wrist, feeling the subtle movements of the Gu worms, and smiled lightly, "Are you confirming this?"

Bai Bingchen's breathing stopped for a moment, and he tried his best to hear every word of Mei Shao, as if he was listening to his own judgment.

"Yes. I dug the golden Gu for you, and I dug it out from here." Mei Shao stretched out her other hand and tapped her chest feebly, with a trace of relief in her voice, "Bai Bingchen, I'm going to die." .”

A series of dull pains surged up in his heart, with the force to tear his whole body apart, Bai Bingchen bent down suddenly, and even his breathing was filled with unspeakable pain.

Mei Shao's words immediately sentenced him to death, and all the pain and regret swept up, overwhelming Bai Bingchen to the point where he couldn't even speak.

"There is still a way... There must be other ways..." Bai Bingchen covered his chest and murmured incoherently, "I must...you won't...you won't."

"There is no way." Mei Shao shattered his fantasy cruelly, lingering at him word by word, "You have seen how my aunt died, and I will die like that in less than a quarter of an hour. There is no way in this world to die like that." help me."

"You Bai Bingchen can't save me."

"No... I'll give it back to you, don't... don't... okay?" Bai Bingchen looked at him beggingly, as if as long as Mei Shao nodded, everything would be leeway, he broke free from being restrained by Mei Shao He stared at the red line on his wrist for a long time, and then smiled sadly at Mei Shao.

He suddenly rolled up the dagger beside the bed and dug into his wrist. The tip of the knife scratched his skin and fell to the ground, leaving a very shallow bloodstain.

Mei Shao's calm eyes suddenly accumulated surging anger, he grabbed Bai Bingchen's hand again, and said slightly mockingly: "Regret?"

"I'll pay you back...in exchange for you not to die, can't you!" Bai Bingchen cried out in dismay, tears rolling down his face, his heart seemed to be beating on the tip of a knife, and every beating brought a deep pain, Invading his nerves, connecting his limbs and bones, they are all screaming.

The storm in Mei Shao's eyes didn't stop, she stared at every inch of pain and regret on Bai Bingchen's face, and asked softly, "Does it hurt?"

He leaned forward, put his hand on Bai Bingchen's beating heart, and asked, "Does it hurt here?"

"It hurts..." Bai Bingchen's lips were bitten until he bled. He pressed Mei Shao's hand tightly against his chest, "I hurt... Ah Shao, I hurt..."

Bai Bingchen's whole body was trembling, like a dead leaf with no branches to support in the wind and rain, thin and powerless, murmuring over and over again.

"I hurt..."

Mei Shao slowly grasped the hand that was firmly clutching his heart, and slowly pressed it against her chest in front of his face.

At this moment, Bai Bingchen actually wanted to retreat, but Mei Shao pressed him forcefully and let go.

The flesh under his hands was warm and flat, his heart was beating powerfully, and he didn't seem to be hurt at all. Bai Bingchen held his breath, touched it carefully twice, and then untied Mei Shao's clothes.

There were bloodstains on the same spot on every layer of clothes, and Bai Bingchen became more and more chilled, until Mei Shao's entire chest was exposed in front of him.

There was a deep dagger mark on it, but it didn't touch the heart, it was not at all the same as Mei Guifei's appearance when she died.

Trembling, Bai Bingchen touched the scar, over and over again, as if confirming it, and checked Mei Shao's whole body over and over again several times, his suspended heart finally regained some vitality.

He was immersed in the pain of losing Mei Shao for a long time, and he was able to recover after a long time.

He slowly put on the clothes for Mei Shao, still terrified, he asked tentatively: "You lied to me just now, didn't you?"

Bai Bingchen looked down at Mei Shao, looked at him with admiration, touched his pale lips, and asked tremblingly, "Is it?"

He desperately wanted an exact answer, and wanted to hear from Mei Shao that he was fine.

"Yanfang, I'm in pain too." Mei Shao looked at him with calm and deep eyes, "I've been in pain like this too. Are you willing to let me hurt like this?"

Bai Bingchen's fingers twitched, and he even plucked his heartstrings.

Mei Shao didn't say anything further, but Bai Bingchen's heart became hot, and he understood everything.

He was reminding himself in this way that when he vomited blood and passed out, the pain in his heart would not be less than that of himself just now.They have long been fused into each other's flesh and blood, no matter who is hurt, it is tantamount to stabbing a knife in the softest part of the other party.

He was afraid of Mei Shao's death, just as Mei Shao was afraid of his departure.

Under one knife, there are two wounds.