Twilight Ghost

Chapter 25 Riding Alone

It was raining when Bai Ze came, and Hua Chongming was still drunk, sitting alone in front of the window, letting the rain splash on his face, his pale and thin figure looked even more haggard.

"Chongming..."

"Have a drink?"

Bai Ze snatched the wine glass from Hua Chongming's hand, closed the window and said, "If you blame me for getting you involved in this dispute, you can beat me and scold me to take revenge on me, why bother to torture yourself like this."

"I don't blame you, I'm just curious about what kind of plot you can make up to push me deeper into the abyss." Hua Chongming laughed as he said that, reflecting the dim candlelight, it looked like he hadn't seen it for a long time. The warmth: "Now I am finally alone, no one can trust me, and no one can help me. I am used to this feeling of isolation and helplessness."

"How can you say that you have no clothes, and you share the same robe with your son?"

As he spoke, Bai Ze leaned lightly in Hua Chongming's arms, but he pushed him away. The staggering figure moved to the side of the table, and simply picked up the jug and drank it down, laughing more and more fiercely: "Bai Ze Ze, what Zhulu owes you, I will pay you back. He owes you company, I will spend the rest of my life with you, he owes you a promise, I can promise you forever, he owes you tenderness, I It can also interrupt all rebellious bones just because you are as affectionate as water... But Bai Ze, no matter what I do to you, you love him after all, and I, I am just a substitute that you have been waiting for for 900 years, but If you really have feelings for me, even just a little bit... stop, let me go."

Bai Ze's light gray eyes were condensed with thousands of years of frost. He walked forward to help Hua Chongming lie down, brushed his slender fingers over his thin cheeks, and said in a gentle and calm tone, "Is there no clothes? In the same robe. Wang Yu Xingshi, repair my spear. I have the same hatred with my son. Do you say no clothes? I share the same color with you. Wang Yu Xingshi, repair my spear and halberd. Work together with my son. Do you say no clothes? I have the same clothes as your son. .Wang Yu Xingshi, repair my armor soldiers. Walk with you."

"White Pond……"

"You are drunk, go to bed early. But remember, Chongming, the only person who loves you the most in this world is me. Everything I do is for your own good. You just need to follow what I say, and I will give you a bright future." the future." As he spoke, Bai Ze kissed his forehead, blew out the lamp, and accompanied by the sound of rain, softly sang the old tune: "Sunrise and sunset, sails and fishing boats, I am sitting on a shaky paper boat, watching you come and go I walked by..."

Man is a very powerful creature, no matter how terrible things are, they will gradually become numb after experiencing too much, hurting, killing, cruelty, all these things they were unwilling to accept, once they become commonplace in their lives, they will also become boring or even dull.

Li Taifu, Shangguan Shilang, Governor Mo, Dali Siqing, Wangfu Chief Shi, hideous and desperate heads, and blood-spattered confessions, accumulated under the bone-streaked throne, making Cheng Wang'an's status worse and worse day by day. One day is as solid as Mount Tai.

As for Hua Chongming, all the civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty were silent when they mentioned his name. He became a vicious dog in the mouth of the people. No one dared to say no to him, and no one could laugh in front of him.

Even the police officers who used to play and joke with their bosses gradually kept away from him.

Bai Ze often heard Hua Chongming talking in his sleep, reciting names of people he had never heard before, and sometimes he would cry like a child in his dreams, and there was nothing he could do except wipe the tears from the corners of his eyes.

To finish the confession of Yu Cheng, the minister of the household department, Hua Chongming was exhausted physically and mentally. He carefully wiped off the blood splashed on his face with a wet towel, and went out to breathe fresh air.

"Master Hua, Master Hua, this is from Butou Lin."

Hua Chongming glanced at the frightened little policeman, wiped away the remaining blood on his face, and lazily took the wormwood in his hand.

Today is Dragon Boat Festival.

Hua Chongming stretched out his hand to catch the falling drizzle, and asked shallowly, "What else did he say?"

"He also said... If it's convenient for Mr. Hua, he can give you face and sit at his house."

At that moment, Hua Chongming felt an inexplicable joy, and the deepening loneliness almost swallowed him up. Whether it was Cheng Wangan or Bai Ze, the unfathomable eyes of everyone here frightened him. Only Lin Chuchen was careless. A person who is unscrupulous is like a pure land that will never be desecrated in his helpless life.

The drizzle of rain on the umbrella made this lonely journey less lonely. The people of Mo'an City are like an agreement. As long as there is Mrs. Hua around, no one dares to make a sound. It is so quiet that you can hear it. Seeing the feeling of the embroidery needle falling to the ground completely made him feel abandoned by the world.

"At first, I thought it would be a little later... If I miss you, please don't blame Master Hua."

Just now when he knocked on the door of Lin's family, Hua Chongming's heart was half-cooled by such a polite and sarcastic remark. He looked at Lin's second sister-in-law who said this, and he didn't dare to mention Lin's Erlang's suicide, and walked into the house without saying a word.

Lin Chuchen was sitting at the table reading a book, when he saw Hua Chongming coming, he quickly got up and wiped off the rain on his body: "I thought you wouldn't come."

"His Royal Highness didn't embarrass you any more?"

Lin Chuchen shook his head, suddenly remembered something, and quickly called the girl to bring a bowl of rice dumplings: "My mother left it for you... I know you like it."

Hua Chongming slowly peeled off the dumpling skin, dipped it in sugar and fed it to Lin Chuchen's mouth: "In the past, you always told me the story of Kong Rong letting pears to fool people. I'll listen to you once, here."

"This rice dumpling is made of glutinous rice from Lu's family and candied fruit from Lu's family. If you buy it on the street, it costs at least three yuan each... It's specially prepared for Mrs. Hua, and my mother won't let me eat it."

Hua Chongming stopped talking, and lowered his head to bite a few mouthfuls of zongzi. Tears fell down uncontrollably. He quickly wiped it with his sleeve, and the sleeve was stained with white sugar, which was sticky all over his face. , Lin Chuchen had already grinned to the ears, but this time he didn't smile, but ran to the kitchen to get a warm towel, and respectfully wiped it off for Hua Chongming.

"Since when did it start?"

"what?"

"I want to know when it started." Hua Chongming raised his head to look at Lin Chuchen, his eyes were still as clear as water, but they no longer had the warmth of the past: "When did we start to be so estranged to this extent? Do you remember Did you sew me a sachet every year? I called you a bitch, do you remember?"

"But you don't like..."

"I like it! Who said I don't like it anymore? If I don't like it, why should I carry it with me? And the colorful rope you weaved, you said that when it rains, put it in the water, it will turn into a small snake, do you remember ?"

"That's a lie to children. We've all grown up."

"No, you weren't like this a year ago. Ever since we came back from Twilight Snow Realm, the emperor rewarded my house and we lived separately, you have started to alienate me..."

"Listen to me, I didn't..."

"Originally!" Hua Chongming finally couldn't help crying like a child, grabbed Lin Chuchen's collar, and seemed to tell all the grievances of these days: "You are alienating me, you were not like this before , you fought for me, sewed me ragged clothes, you couldn’t afford medicine for sores when your family was the poorest, and you even went to the pharmacy to steal it for me... In the hottest summer, you and I sat on the bed and counted who was killed. There are many mosquito bites, and then you squeezed the aloe vera juice raised by Aunt Gu’s family and wiped it on me. We sneaked up on the roof to eat a watermelon, but the nanny saw and stalked us to go down... Lin Chuchen, bro, don’t do this ... Please, I really don't want to be alone, please don't drive me away, please..."

"Chongming...Master Hua, let's go." Lin Chuchen gently wiped away the tears on his face, and his smile was as warm as a spring breeze: "I beg you, because my family has never treated you badly. Anyway, for the sake of heart-to-heart confession, if you still treat me as your brother, spare my father, or... you forgive me, you know, my father has been impeaching the prince, he belongs to the seventh prince, Cheng Wang It is only a matter of time before An will find my family, as long as you let my family go, Lin Chuchen will be a cow and a horse in the next life to repay the kindness of Master Hua."

In the eyes of everyone, Hua Chongming is just a dog under Cheng Wangan's subordinates, including Lin Chuchen.

"Brother, can you give me another hug?"

"Master Hua, you and I are already Yunni. Chu Chen really can't bear such an honor. I don't want my lord to reminisce about the past. I just want to spare my Lin family a way to survive."

The rain, the pattering rain, the pouring rain from the Milky Way, the torrential rain, gradually turned into snow and ice, covering Hua Chongming's heart layer after layer.

He didn't struggle too much. Fate was like a mighty fighter. In his hands, everyone was a weak baby. The harder he struggled, the sooner his throat would be crushed.

Bai Ze stood at the gate of the Lin Mansion, didn't knock on the door, and didn't hide under the eaves to take shelter from the rain. His thin body was swaying in the wind under the umbrella. Seeing Hua Chongming come out, he closed the umbrella and leaned forward to support him a handful.

"Why don't you ask me?"

Bai Ze shook his head, and wiped off the water marks on his cheeks with a smile: "I'm holding an umbrella, but why did I still get caught in the rain? Let me hold it up."

"No need." Hua Chongming held him in his arms and kissed his forehead lightly: "Let's go home."

Loneliness is such a terrible thing, it can make you no longer doubt anyone who is by your side, whether you cry or laugh, as long as he is willing to stay by your side, even if only for a moment, it is better than a grand plan .