Jiang Qing

"Drink the medicine."

Bai Bingchen half-supported Mei Shao to lean against the head of the bed, handed over the medicine bowl, and watched him finish the medicine.

I don't know what medicinal materials Ji Pu used, but it tasted extremely bitter, Mei Shao frowned after taking a sip, and forced himself to drink it down.

The remaining medicine dregs remained in his throat, which made Mei Shao feel nauseous, and just about to swallow it forcefully, a plate of candied hawthorn caught his eyes.

Mei Shao couldn't help being taken aback, then stretched out her hand and twisted a piece into her mouth.

The sour hawthorn is coated with sugar, and the sweet and sour taste neutralizes the bitterness of the medicine, suppressing the discomfort in the stomach.

"The people on Weihu Mountain, you could have dealt with them with less fanfare. Fortunately, this is in Cangzhou, Fang Min will cover it up for you, and his soldiers will also control their tongues, otherwise a random censor will know , read your book, and you won’t be able to stay here any longer.” Sitting at the end of the bed, Bai Bingchen pointed out the pros and cons of this incident in a flat tone.

Even though Mei Shao has changed his disposition, Bai Bingchen still feels that he is not such a disregard for the overall situation, and in addition to hearing some things Fang Min said on Weihu Mountain, he feels that there is something hidden in it, but he doesn't know that Mei Shao wishes to unwilling to tell myself.

"Lin Hu sneaked up on you on the mountain, so it's not because of this that you killed him?" Bai Bingchen spoke gently, and guided Mei Shao to tell the story step by step. Added a sentence, "You have just returned to the court, and many human relations here are unclear. According to our current cooperative relationship, you don't have to worry that I will..."

"Damn him!" Mei Shao interrupted Bai Bingchen with anger and patience in his tone.

Unexpectedly, just asking about such a matter would cause such a big emotional fluctuation in Mei Shao. In a vague way, Bai Bingchen could guess that it should be related to his deceased relatives.

A strong killing intent surged in Mei Shao's eyes, causing his whole body to tremble again. Before Bai Bingchen could speak to comfort him, he suppressed it alive again.

"Before the bandits were suppressed in Weihu Mountain, you reminded me that Lin Hu belonged to the young master, and I learned from Lin Hu that the young master was the murderer who killed my master, and that the Anxiang Pavilion was the culprit behind the Cangshan change. "Mei Shao gritted her teeth and said: "If I had known earlier, even if I was in the ghost market, even if the Tower of Rebirth was turned upside down, I would find him and kill him quickly."

"It's just a little short, Yanfang, my enemy is so close to me, and I have done business with him for several years, but I didn't realize it at all."

With deep remorse, Mei Shao lowered his head weakly and buried his face in his palms.

Bai Bingchen stretched out his hand, and then stopped in the air. He wanted to touch his head at first, but in the end he restrained himself and landed on his shoulder, patting him lightly.

When his mood calmed down a bit, Bai Bingchen asked, "Have you seen him in person?"

"He is very cautious. I only saw him for the first time when I talked to him about the business of Lone Pillow, and it was also in the Pagoda of Rebirth. We were in two rooms facing each other, and there was a ghost merchant in the tower to help pass the message, and he With a mask on, I couldn't see his face clearly."

Mei Shao stopped suddenly in the middle of speaking, looked at Bai Bingchen with a strange look, and asked hesitantly, "Patriarch Bai...or your mother, do you have any other children?"

"Father is my elder sister - the current queen, and mother has a son..." Bai Bingchen hesitated, wondering if he should tell Zhou Yue's true identity to him.

"That's probably it." Mei Shao suddenly came to a conclusion firmly, "He is probably the son."

"Impossible!" Bai Bingchen quickly denied, "He is already dead."

"Death is the easiest thing to fake. Didn't I also fake my death to enter the capital?" Mei Shao was a little dissatisfied with his arbitrariness.

"I did it myself. I have been with him day and night for so many years. It is impossible not to recognize that the dead one is my own brother."

Bai Bingchen's understated explanation stirred up waves in Mei Shao's heart, and he said in surprise: "Why didn't I know that you have a younger brother by your side..."

In the middle of speaking, Mei Shao suddenly thought of something, grabbed Bai Bingchen's hand, "You mean..."

"It's Zhou Yue." Bai Bingchen glanced at his hand and confirmed Mei Shao's guess.

"After my mother gave birth to me in Tongbeigu, she remarried to a merchant in Jingzhou. When I was six years old, I gave birth to Zhou Yue. Later, my father wanted to take me back to Pingdu, and my mother asked Zhou Yue to go back with me. , I thought my father would disagree, but he also agreed, and Zhou Yue was raised by my side as a younger brother." Bai Bingchen talked about this past, but his eyes were very calm, as if talking about making peace. Things that have nothing to do with me.

Mei Shao couldn't say a word when he heard it, many small memories mixed in his mind, responding to the facts that Bai Bingchen said.For example, every time the seasons change, Zhou Yue will receive clothes made by his mother himself. Mei Shao had never seen any novel patterns on clothes at that time, but every time he approached Zhou Yue to inquire about them, he was very upset. The look of fear.

Then...Mei Shao asked Bai Bingchen, and not long after, he received the clothes.

In his memory, Bai Bingchen had never had a dress of that kind, so he had speculated about the various relationships between Bai Bingchen and Zhou Yue, but he had never thought about it.

Mei Shao secretly glanced at Bai Bingchen's face, seeing that everything was as usual, but his heart seemed to be stuffed with something, stuffy.

At that time, Bai Bingchen was only a half-grown child, and he was already able to control his emotions very well without showing half of it.

But if he doesn't reveal it, does it really mean that he is not sad at all?

"I remember I asked you about the patterns on Zhou Yue's body. Did you ask your mother for the patterns you gave me later?"

"Yes. My mother likes to embroider herbal medicine on her clothes, thinking it can bless her health."

However, since Bai Bingchen was sent to Pingdu, he has never received the clothes that he hoped that the child would grow up healthily.What kind of mentality did he have when he watched his mother give all her love to another child, but never set her eyes on him.

Mei Shao held Bai Bingchen's hand and didn't let go. He suddenly realized that he didn't seem to know the person in front of him at all.

Mei Shao remembered that the first time he saw Bai Bingchen was in the school in Pingdu, and he noticed Bai Bingchen on the first day he just entered.

Because he is very different, always sitting in the corner alone, without the vitality of a teenager, withdrawn and cold, he will not say a word when he is bullied, and he will not fight back.The school said that he was the illegitimate son of the Bai family, and he was only recognized when he was a teenager. In addition, the Bai family's family background was much simpler than those of the family, so Bai Bingchen became the target of most people's bullying.

Before Mei Shao returned to the capital, Qian Huaiming, the eldest brother of the Qian family, had been taking care of Bai Bingchen secretly, but Bai Bingchen had never received favors, and never talked to him.

Mei Shao also helped him a few times later, but he didn't get any attention. It was also at that time that Mei Shao was hot-tempered and pestered Bai Bingchen alive for more than half a year. When the teacher was giving lectures, he would secretly throw paper balls at him, and after school, he would be semi-forced. Push people into the restaurant.

Although the two were about the same size at that time, Bai Bingchen was no match for Mei Shao at all. After school, he would be blocked even if he tried to run, and then he was held by Mei Shao's shoulders, and most of his weight was on him. Follow him to the restaurant.

Although the kid from the Feng family was the youngest of them, he was the one who had the most trouble. Every time, he and Mei Shao put Bai Bingchen in the middle to prevent him from running away.According to the usual practice, Mei Shao ordered a pot of seasonal tea for Bai Bingchen, and fought with Liu Yongsi, Qian Huai and the others to drink.

They like to sit at a table by the window the most. After a few people drink a little too much, they start yelling at the bottom, making silly bets to guess whether the next person passing by on the street is a man or a woman. To jump from the window.

But every time the loser leaned against the window, he was slapped back by Bai Bingchen with a cold face.At the end of the show, everyone except Bai Bingchen couldn't even walk steadily. In the end, Bai Bingchen looked at a table of drunk people, helped them down the stairs one by one, and called them into the carriage to see them off.

They are all big-hearted, and they didn't care how they got home after waking up, until after a banquet, Mei Shao was still somewhat conscious, vaguely feeling that she was being carried downstairs by Bai Bingchen, thinking that The person who was like an ice cube was moved by his enthusiasm, and just about to reach out to pat him, he was so frightened by Bai Bingchen's sudden curse words that he woke up most of the wine, and felt the weak and pitiful image of Bai Bingchen in his heart with a complex expression Collapse at this moment.

But Mei Shao was still foolishly happy, feeling that her hard work for half a year had paid off, at least Bai Bingchen didn't leave them alone and ran away, completely unaware that most of his wallet would be emptied every time he finished drinking.

After that, Mei Shao gradually discovered that every time someone wanted to jump while drinking, it was Bai Bingchen who stopped him. He enthusiastically told Qian Huai and the others about this important development, but no one believed it.In order to prove to them that what he said was true, the next day Mei Shao escorted Bai Bingchen to the restaurant as usual, hinted at his brothers with a wink, and jumped down by the window.

Under Bai Bingchen's astonished eyes, Mei Shao fell down in a daze and hurt her leg, and thus gained the honor of being ridiculed by her brothers in turn when she was recuperating.

On Mei Shao's first day back to school after recovering from his injuries, Bai Bingchen took the initiative to stand in front of him and said "Let's go" before school was over.

It was also from then on that Bai Bingchen gradually integrated into their small group of "fellow friends" and began to get closer and closer to Mei Shao.

The temperature in his hands spread to Bai Bingchen's palm little by little, but Mei Shao still felt that it was not enough. He knew that Bingchen didn't show any sadness now, but he just felt that Bai Bingchen had returned to the way he thought before, so thin and gentle. Weakness makes people want to push him to take a good look at the springtime and the hustle and bustle of the world.

At the palace banquet of King Xie En returning to the capital, Mei Shao sat at the last seat, across the entire hall, watching him from a distance laughing and accepting the toast from all the officials, he just felt that the world was unfair, why should he Such a person can be proud of the spring breeze and be rewarded by the prime minister?

But now holding his hand that can't be warmed, and watching him quietly close at hand, Mei Shao realized that he was like a piece of peerless beautiful jade with cracks, radiant when viewed from a distance, but devastated when viewed close up .

The author says:

(when young

Meimei: He is so thin and weak, he dare not fight back when he is bullied, so pitiful, I want to help him to build a team!

Bai Bai who was bullied: High cold, doesn't want to pay attention to those people

Bai Bai, who was dragged to the team building: Are they missing someone to help them go home? Will I be asked for drinks by the second if I run away?Forget it, pay with Mei Shao's purse

Seeing Meimei jumping down, Bai Bai: She looks pretty, but she doesn't seem to be in a good mind, and she can fall and fall without drinking. If I don't follow him, will he throw himself stupid?

In summary, everyone thought the other party was an idiot and needed to take care of themselves.