Lights on the other side

Li Ruoci lay obediently in the dungeon, and Xu Wan later put chains on his ankles and wrists for fear that he would run away.

Li Ruoci was lying on the ground, not moving much, as if he was dead.Xu Wan's distorted and sinister expression was magnified several times when he closed his eyes, and together with the shadow of the iron chain reflected on the wall, it turned into a nightmare to haunt him.He guessed that Xu Wan was thinking of a good way to die for him, so that he would regret what he had done until the last second of his life.He really didn't expect that an unintentional act between him and Yun Liujin would lead to such an ending, which made Xu Wan miss them so much for so many years.

Li Ruoci coughed, her throat hurt and dry.He turned his head and asked the guards outside in a hoarse voice, "Can I have some water, please?"

The man outside was startled, stared at him for a few more seconds, picked up the bowl on the table hesitantly, and poured him half a bowl of water from the kettle.

"I can't open this door, you move it this way."

Li Ruoci endured the severe pain all over his body and moved. The man stretched the bowl over the iron bars and tilted the bowl towards him.

The rim of the bowl was much higher than his lips, and the water poured directly down.In this way, in fact, Li Ruoci didn't drink much, and most of the water flowed onto his face, but it also made him feel a lot better.

"Thank you."

The man hesitated to speak.

Li Ruoci looked up a little bit.

"Third Young Master, you... Mr. Xu didn't save you a way out."

"I know."

For him now, a better ending would be a happy death.However, according to Xu Wan's character, it is unlikely that he will die too well.

The man sighed, stopped looking at him, and stood back to his original position, dutifully guarding the prison gate.

It was five days after Xu Wan came back, and his figure blocked Li Ruoci's light.

"It seems that Mr. Xu is very busy these days."

Xu Wan smiled.

"Even if I'm busy, I still remember you."

"Then shouldn't I be honored for your concern?"

Xu Wan stared at Li Ruoci, wondering what she was thinking.There was a few seconds of silence, but Li Ruoci's eyes shuddered.Xu Wan squatted down slowly, and put her hands on Li Ruoci's face, from forehead to chin.

"Tell me, what does this person look like after death?"

"Hehe, it depends on how to die? If you stab me to death with a sword now, you will see what it looks like immediately."

"How can you die so cheaply?"

Li Ruoci thought: That's right, those who had nothing to do with him died so badly, and people like him who once gave Xu Wan pain will not end well.

"then you……"

Xu Wan interrupted him and said, "Recently, the imperial court has sent additional reinforcements to Jingzhou. We will definitely not be able to fight, so peace talks are the best. It happens that Jingzhou also wants to cease fighting, but we are in a weak position after all. One side has to express something, don't you think?"

"..."

"So I gave you to them, let them execute you, to comfort the souls of their dead comrades and soldiers in heaven, and let you be considered dead as worthwhile."

Xu Wan looked at Li Ruoci with great interest, as if expecting him to make some expression in response, but Li Ruoci closed his eyes, not wanting to look at the other person's face again.In the darkness, he heard Xu Wan staying by his side for a while, then got up and walked out.

Silence returned to the dungeon, and Li Ruoci opened his eyes, staring blankly in one direction.He also specially came to make a death sentence. Xu Wan's malice towards him was so unbearable.

Li Ruoci waits here for death, saying that he is not afraid is a lie. He does not believe in the underworld, let alone reincarnation, and he believes that death will lead him to an unknown place, where he may be with his eyes open, or he may be With his eyes closed, it is more likely that he has no awareness of the world.

Thinking of this, Li Ruoci also felt lonely.He felt that if this is the case, it would be better to turn into a gust of wind, cross thousands of mountains and rivers, and wrap around someone's sleeve forever.He pressed his forehead to the ground, bit his lip, and closed his eyes.

A few days later, some people brought him out of the dungeon.

The sky was high and cloudless that day, and it was almost autumn again.

Between the two city towers of Jiuyunzhou and Jingzhou, there was a solemn and solemn scene.On the tower behind him, Xu Wan looked at him from a distance, and on the opposite tower, there were people in white clothes.

Next, a rain of black swords fell, thousands of arrows passed through his body, and blood flowed all over the ground.

Li Ruoci felt that such a death was not suitable for him. He had thought that one day he would die in a corner where no one was around. After many years, there would only be an unclaimed bone left.But in fact, this kind of death is also suitable for him. No one is sad, no one cries, there is no shroud, no coffin, and even he himself has no sorrow or joy.For so many years, he has held his breath and lived in the world without knowing why.Living for the sake of living may be the most meaningless thing in the world.

But at the end, he saw Pei Shi.His clothes were stained with his blood.

Pei Shi's appearance broke everything.After feeling Pei Shi's tears, Li Ruoci suddenly wanted to live. He wanted to just look at Pei Shi so simply, with tenderness and joy. Even if Pei Shi didn't know his mood, he didn't want to see it. Pei Shi was so sad.

So even if he knew it was impossible, he would still say: "If there really is an afterlife, let's go to Xiuyuan Town to see the snow together."

He once hated Pei Shi, was jealous of Pei Shi, hated him because he was against him, was his enemy, envied him because everyone, including Tang Yuanchu, liked him, he was brilliant and a blessing from heaven .

But if you stare at a person for a long time, you will unknowingly engrave him in your heart.He can be sad and gloomy, but not Pei Shi.Sometimes he even wanted to pull Pei Shi over and let him accompany him in a dark place, but in the end he still liked that Pei Shi who had a coquettish smile.

He thought that Pei Shi shed tears for him, maybe he really regarded him as a friend back then.But after he died, Xue Danggui, Sheng Wuxia, and Xie Yun would come to accompany him, so he didn't have to worry about his future life.Pei Shihui will be the same as before, with a icy heart and jade pot, talking and laughing in the wind and moon, it doesn't matter whether Li Ruoci comes or not.

Li Ruoci slowly closed his eyes.

On an ordinary day, he died.