Tide beat empty city

After feeding him porridge and medicine, Bai Yutang ordered Jumang to go to bed outside, removed his coat and boots, and shared the bed with Zhan Zhao.In the dream, I was still apprehensive, always afraid that I would disappear if I turned around.A heart goes up and down, tossing and falling asleep until dawn.

When I wake up, the morning light fills the room.Zhan Zhao beside him opened his eyes wide, looking at him from the pillow.

Bai Yu sat up vigorously, stunned for a while, and asked in a daze, "Cat, don't sleep well, what are you doing looking at me?"

Zhan Zhao closed his eyes and said softly, "I've lost a lot of weight."

Bai Yutang put on his shoes and got off the bed, walked and said, "You still dare to pick and choose. You don't even look at yourself, you're just skinny." Suddenly he turned his head and said in surprise, "Cat, can you see it?"

Zhan Zhao smiled wryly, I could have seen it.Bai Yutang rushed back to the front of the couch to look at him, and said to himself, "I didn't see clearly last night when it was dark, you were really skinny. Don't they give you food?"

Zhan Zhao remained silent.To be honest, he doesn't remember.

Bai Yutang called Goumang to fetch water, moistened his face towel, wiped his hands and face, and rinsed his mouth with warm water.Zhan Zhao didn't say a word, when the medicine and porridge came, he opened his mouth to eat them.Bai Yutang was happy in his heart, from this point of view, it will be healed soon.

Zhan Zhao sat halfway on the pillow, seeing him busy, smiled and said, "How are you?"

Seeing Bai Yutang nod his head, he asked again, "Where's the Miao Village?"

Gou Mang answered from the side: "The South Vietnamese army drove the Xixia people away. The Miao village has elected a new leader, and I will not be the high priest. I will let an uncle in the clan. Nothing will happen, Brother Mao, don't worry."

This title... Zhan Zhao was speechless, looking at Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang grinned, "Jumang, I'll be called Brother Zhao from now on." Cats belong to the master.

"En. Brother Zhao." Jumang changed his words obediently, and took out the tray.

Zhan Zhao patted his side: "Brother Bai, come and sit down."

He became Brother Bai again.Bai Yutang was not very happy, so he went to sit down.Zhan Zhao pulled his wrist, closed his eyes for a while, and said, "You're not well."

Bai Yutang withdrew his hand and turned to him with a sullen face: "Better than you."

Zhan Zhao propped himself up a little bit, panting a bit: "Yongnian took the medicine. Isn't it?"

Bai Yutang frowned, and said, "So what? Forgive him for not daring to do anything to me. My health is so poor, don't worry about everything."

Why do I take the medicine? Is it just worrying about it?Zhan Zhao stopped him in one breath, unable to speak.Frowning, he spit out the porridge and medicine he had taken.Lie back on the bed, no more words.Not long after, he fell asleep again.

Zhan Zhao was bedridden all day long, waking up from time to time.I still take the medicine and rice, and spit it out after eating.

Bai Yutang admitted his mistake listlessly: "Mao'er, you can say whatever you want, I won't love you anymore."

Zhan Zhao sighed, "It's none of your business."

Bai Yutang held his hand and pressed his forehead against it: "It's okay if you can't eat it. You can't bear it."

Zhan Zhao smiled, closed his eyes, unable to answer him.

Gou Mang stood aside, terrified.He whispered to Bai Yutang, "Will Brother Zhao die?"

Bai Yutang raised his head, with a dull expression and red eyes.After a long while, he said, "I will accompany him in life and death."

Yongnian stepped into the door.Zhan Zhao fell asleep alone, and there was no one else in the room.

He moved closer, staring down.His eagle looked dazed and dying.

Isn't it getting better?The medical officer said that heart disease is difficult to cure, so what else do you have?

Yongnian sat down and called softly: "Zhao, what's wrong with you? Zhao, can you hear me?"

Hearing the cry, Zhan Zhao wakes up dimly.He opened his eyes and saw him, then closed them again.After a while, he said, "Zhan is fine."

Yongnian reached out his hand to touch his forehead, bowed his head and said, "Fortunately, he doesn't have a fever. Why is he vomiting so badly again, is his stomach upset?"

Zhan Zhao brushed him away with difficulty, and said: "For those who are about to die, don't bother the prince." He kept coughing.

Yongnian turned around to fetch water, brought it to his mouth to feed two mouthfuls, and said, "How can you die. Even if you are not afraid of me being sad, what about Fifth Brother, if you die, can he still live?"

Zhan Zhao panted for a while, and chuckled: "The prince is threatening Zhan? If I die, you can cut off his medicine without any scruples. Isn't this just in line with your wishes? How can Zhan not do it."

Yongnian's eyes dimmed: "How can you say that? Ever since I met you, I have done everything for you. How could you be so cruel and say that you are going to die at the very beginning?"

Zhan Zhao wanted to speak, but curled up from coughing.Yongnian helped him sit up halfway, took a handkerchief and covered his mouth.When it was uncovered, there was a dark red bloodstain.

Putting down the veil, Yongnian shook his hands and brought warm water for him to rinse his mouth.

Spitting out the blood in his mouth, Zhan Zhao closed his eyes and leaned back for a while, then said with a smile, "It's the debt or the fate, it's all settled once I die. The prince doesn't have to bear too much because of me. This way, it's not all good."

Forever in a daze.Suddenly he threw the water bottle on the ground, stepped forward and shook his shoulder and shouted: "You are clear, what should I do? This life is so long, without you, I don't know how to live. You are so disregarding your body now, you are going to kill me. Did you kill me? It must be! You are taking revenge, revenge for him; you are serious, life and death are only for him?!..."

Zhan Zhao's body swayed, blood dripped from the corner of his mouth again.But just looked at him indifferently.

Your eyes are still so bright, Akira.It is as bright as the crystal cup you handed over with a smile, containing the beautiful poison of the dovetail.

But I am willing to spend my whole life in exchange for drinking it.

After calming down, Yongnian sat back down.Staring at him for a long time, he stretched out his hand to wipe away the blood stains on his lips bit by bit, and said softly: "I understand. Brother Wu's medicine will be handed over to Gou Mang for safekeeping tomorrow. Zhao, you always know what you are doing. You are not afraid If you die, you don't want to die, right. From now on, you don't have to tell me to die anymore. "

Helping him lie down, Yongnian walked out gently.

What Zhan Zhao thinks about is never life and death itself, he just wants to achieve his goal.You can live and die for this.Neither is afraid.

So he dare not gamble.Zhan Zhao also knew that he dared not gamble.Because every word of Zhan Zhao can be taken seriously.Never empty threats.

Zhan Zhao fell asleep without any strength left.Yongnian must know that reducing the dose of medicine will not only damage the medicine, but also damage the vitality of the patient.The longer it is dragged on, the greater the damage.He treated Bai Yutang like this completely on purpose.

The damage stays in the body, no matter how long it has been latent, it will eventually explode out of control.How could he let him do it.

Bai Yutang, he is really a dangerous person.Otherwise, why would danger always find him.

Bai Yutang danced faster and faster, the sword light was wrapped in one piece, and gradually his figure seemed to emit light.Standing far away, Gou Mang felt that he danced so thrillingly and so beautifully that people couldn't express their feelings, it seemed that he could only cry once; knowing that he couldn't get what he wanted, but he couldn't stop wanting to be hugged in his arms.

The little girl lowered her eyes slightly, feeling inexplicably sad.As soon as he looked away, he immediately saw the person supporting the door, and Jumang called out in surprise: "Brother Zhao, why did you get out of bed by yourself? Can you do it?" After speaking, he remembered that he should be potting medicine at this time, Alas, he ran out of the yard in a hurry.

Bai Yutang withdrew his sword momentum, grabbed his arms around his waist, and looked at him with a half smile and half annoyance: "The cat can't lie still, and wants to make gestures? You're still too early."

Help the person to sit on the bamboo chair in the courtyard.The sunlight filtered through the thick shade, finely sifting on his face, showing a little blood.Bai Yutang frowned and complained: "But it's a little better than a dead person, so I ran out in a hurry. Don't you want to call someone?"

Zhan Zhao smiled: "I want to bask in the sun. I don't know who to call?"

Bai Yutang turned to his back, wrapped his arms around him, and whispered with a smile: "Is it warm? The sun is no more than that. Then you have nothing to worry about."

Zhan Zhao patted the back of his hand: "Don't worry. Otherwise, I won't have the time to watch mice dance swords."

Bai Yutang turned his face to him, and said for a long time, "Aren't you worried? Don't think that Master doesn't know."

Zhan Zhao smiled, leaned back on the chair, closed his eyes and remained silent.

Bai Yutang turned back, leaned on his knees, and closed his eyes: "Does the cat know, there is a place for you, I don't mind walking slowly."

Zhan Zhao sighed and opened his eyes, watching silently.Hanging around with people behind their backs, for fear that they will melt into the light.

Bai Yutang touched his hand, pulled it over and pressed it on his chest: "You are really not afraid of my sadness if you toss yourself like that. Touch it, it's all broken."

Zhan Zhao's cheeks were slightly hot, and he withdrew his hand to argue, "You didn't listen to the doctor who said that all the symptoms come together, and the illnesses come like a mountain. It's Zhan who is tossing."

Bai Yutang gritted his teeth and turned his head to stare at him: "Stop pretending to be confused. I told you clearly today that you are in charge of your own life, and you don't need to sacrifice your life for a tiger's skin. Is this enough? Don't make me more unpleasant."

Zhan Zhao avoided his eyes, staring at the corner of the courtyard wall, the tree swaying in the wind.After a while of silence, he said in a harmonious voice: "If it were you, you would do the same for me, wouldn't you?" Seeing Bai Yutang raised his eyebrows angrily, he shook his head and smiled, "I really don't know what you're fussing about. I want to go out for a walk , you come too."

Nonsense, if you don't come, can you leave by yourself?Bai Yutang said something in his heart, he stood up and went into the room to take a thin satin cloak of his own, and began to wrap him up.

Zhan Zhao wondered: "Brother Bai..." Now it's Xia Zhong.

Bai Yutang gave him a sideways look, and said with a smile, "Does the cat really want to go out? It's just a talk, right?"

Zhan Zhao lowered his head and kept silent, and let him tightly tie the belt around his neck.

Stopping and walking, I came to the bank of the river without realizing it.The eyes are full of green, the flowers bloom early among the green leaves, and the falling red is also swept away by yesterday's wind, annihilated without a trace.

Still under the willow, Zhan Zhao stood half leaning against Bai Yutang.After resting for a while, he took his hand to support him, and said with a smile, "Suddenly I want to go to the river and follow the wind."

After walking for a long time, I was a little short of breath.Bai Yutang suppressed his worries and said nothing, raised his eyes, shook his head and said, "There is no boat."

No pleasure boats.Zhan Zhao sneered, twitching his chin: "That's not a boat."

It was cloudy.What time does the fishing boat on the river shuttle back and forth.

Bai Yutang turned his head to look at him for a while, and said slowly, "I think you'd better stay on the shore."

Zhan Zhao sighed lightly, nodded and said, "Forget it. I also know that I'm useless, and I don't know how to punting a boat."

I can't stand it whether I know you or not.Bai Yutang was so angry that he gave him a blank look, and summoned a fishing boat to approach, paid a lot of money, and said to the boatman, "You go ashore yourself. I will lend the boat to you, and I will return it to you later."

The boatman took the money happily and stopped the boat.Seeing Bai Yutang leap onto the board with Zhan Zhao in his arms, he reminded him kindly: "Is this young master sick? Be careful, it might rain when the clouds are thick."

Zhan Zhao smiled and thanked him.When the boatman went ashore, Bai Yutang helped him sit down in the cabin, walked to the stern, picked up the penny, and tapped it left and right in the water.

The small boat left the shore, and gradually merged into the midstream with the wind.I was driving well, but it didn't work any more.The bow followed the stern, turning in circles in situ.Bai Yutang asked anxiously: "What's wrong? Isn't that how punting is?"

Zhan Zhao followed him in a hurry, and suddenly felt it was funny.Ren Ren said: "Brother Bai, there is a boat nearby, call someone to help."

Bai Yutang shook his head in a hurry: "Don't call me." With you and me, no one else is allowed to come up.He thought to himself, continuing to fiddle with his hands tenaciously.

The white clothes shaking in front of his eyes, Zhan Zhao watched, gradually getting into a trance.

In the past, I can't remember ever being on the same boat with him.

His life is uncertain, and he has no extravagant hope of coming and returning with anyone.I just want to remember how many past ten years I have used to exchange this life so hard.

A gust of wind blows, and the cold rain falls on his face.He looked up in an instant, and the place where he lived was already smoky and misty.On the boat board, Bai Yutang had long wanted to break his pole to vent his anger, but he stood stubbornly in the rain, unwilling to give up.Zhan Zhao got up reluctantly, led him into the cabin and sat down, gasped and said, "Let it be. If you don't die."

After only looking at him, Bai Yutang suddenly fell silent.Both ends of the cabin were open, but the overhead was covered, and the front and back wind still picked up a lot of rain, which wet the clothes.

Is it cold, he reached out and wrapped him in his arms.

Zhan Zhao raised his hand to touch the slumped ceiling, seemingly apologetic: "It's really not the place for Fifth Lord to stay. I've wronged Brother Bai."

Bai Yutang stretched out his arms, covered him even more, shook his head and said, "Of course it's not the boat I'm on. However," I don't know how to block him, he pressed one hand on Zhan Zhao's abdomen, and poured his internal energy into his dantian. He drives the cold away.Then he said: "It doesn't matter if the boat is broken, if you are a cat, I won't pick it."

I can be as low as the dust without self-pity or shame.

Zhan Zhao was slightly startled, leaned over his shoulder and closed his eyes, "Let me lean on you."

His face, which was getting paler in the rain, was wet and cold against his cheeks.Bai Yutang panicked, supported him with half of his arm, and softly persuaded him, "Don't sleep, the cat, it looks like it's cold."

Zhan Zhao pulled the corner of his lips, closed his eyes and smiled: "It's okay. I'm fine."

Can't get ashore.Let me rely on you when the chaos is not divided.

As the rain intensified, Zhan Zhao leaned on his body and became heavier and heavier, his chest heaved rapidly, and he frowned and coughed from time to time, unable to bear the impact of the true energy in his body.Bai Yutang had no choice but to give up, and hugged him again.Looking up at the clouds, the rootless rain falling in the darkness seems to be endless.The feeling of getting cold in his arms made Bai Yutang feel scared.Is it like this, let him be drenched in the cold rain, but he has nothing to do.

Knowing that rain or shine is unpredictable, why did he follow him to the river.He was annoyed, Zhan Zhao's eyelashes flickered slightly, and he called softly: "Bai Yutang."

It was Bai Yutang, not Yutang.

Bai Yutang responded with a stiff face.

Zhan Zhao said weakly, "Go back to Bianliang."

It is Bianliang, not Jiangnan.

A few words have made it clear, he is just weak, and his consciousness has not been lost.Lying peacefully in Bai Yutang's arms was that Zhan Zhao who was so preoccupied.

The blood all over the body rushed back to the heart, and it was almost unbearable.Bai Yutang couldn't help but opened his mouth wide, gasped for breath a few times, hugged his hands fiercely, reaching the limit.

Almost crushed him.Zhan Zhao frowned in pain, and didn't have time to swallow back his groan.

Are you really like iron inside and out, and you don’t know the pain.Bai Yutang thought bitterly, and continued to exert force with his hands.

The body has long been unable to support it, and it still insists on Feilaijiang.Is it because I was thinking about the old man's phrase "Looking at the moon for a drink", and wanted to hurry up and cut off all the sustenance and hope of the two of them in the days to come?

How could it be so cheap, Bai Yutang wanted to shout.This broken boat is cold and rainy, who promised you?

But he couldn't shout, and he didn't dare to ask.

Cat, Master is right.Bai Yutang bowed his head and buried his face in his chest.

Holding it in the hand, the thin and bony body seems to be reduced to nothing.

In this world, there are people who are like a shadow and want to hold on to each other; some people retreat to advance and pretend to let go.No matter what you really want, what you can catch in your hand is nothing after all.

Have you seen the end at a glance?What are you deciding again.He was too numb to think about it.

Faintly hearing shouts outside the cabin, Bai Yutang raised his head in a daze.Another fishing boat on the river rushed towards them through the wind and waves. There was a man standing wrapped in a straw hat on the bow of the boat, with his mouth open and closed, facing this side, talking loudly.

Zhan Zhao opened his eyes slightly, and said in a low voice, "Brother Bai, don't be in a daze. The owner of the boat came here, so you should teach him to roll the boat ashore first."

While speaking, the boatman jumped over, waved the penny to adjust the direction, and the boat sailed out like an arrow.Not long after, they rowed to the shore and moored, and the boatman said to Bai Yutang, "The rain is difficult for a while. I'm afraid it's inconvenient for you to take a sick man with you. The villain's house is on the top. You might as well come in to shelter from the rain. How about you?" ?”

Bai Yutang was silent all the way, then nodded and said "Thank you".After landing, the boatman helped Zhan Zhao into the house.Putting it on the couch, I saw that his cheeks were burning red, and he fell into a deep sleep as soon as he lay down.When the master came in to deliver hot water, Bai Yutang took out some silver and asked him to help him make some wine.Then close the doors and windows and walk back to the couch.

When Zhan Zhao was awake, there was a light on the desk, and the sky was dim through the window, so he couldn't tell what time it was.Turning his head to look, Bai Yutang took a towel dipped in wine and wiped his body from the wrist up a little bit.The dry cloth was wrapped up to the chest, and I felt that the heat had dropped a bit, and my body was much lighter.The coolness on his skin made him couldn't help but sigh.He held Bai Yutang with his backhand and said, "Are you still angry?"

Bai Yutang gently broke away, and continued to wipe: "I want to be angry and swear. It's a pity that I don't have time at this time." He raised his eyes and looked at him with burning eyes: "You know, and you still say that, deliberately to make you angry?"

Staring at him for a while, Zhan Zhao smiled slightly: "I'm sorry."

Bai Yutang's fingers trembled slightly, and his movements slowed down.Finally throwing the towel on the ground, he suppressed his anger and said in a slow voice, "Cat, are you so impatient? You show me how to walk like this?"

Zhan Zhao pushed himself up and sat up with the quilt.His face was still burning red, and his eyes were so clear that they were watery and black.He stretched out his hand to pull Bai Yutang to sit on the edge of the bed, and said with a smile, "I'll teach you how to leave, because I'm going back to South Vietnam too. Don't worry, rest and recuperate all the way, and you'll be fine when the time comes."

Bai Yutang's eyes twinkled, and he was thoughtful: "If you don't like me going to Nanyue, you can just tell me straight up. I'm used to driving people away, so why should I be afraid of you?"

Zhan Zhao bowed his head and thought for a while, then said, "It's Zhan Zhao's fault. I just got burned and confused, and my words are inappropriate. Brother Bai, please don't be upset."

Bai Yutang smiled wryly: "If you don't leave, you have to leave. Why are you bothered? Don't you think about this step by step a long time ago." Even if I don't do anything, it's because you want me to do that.

Not wanting to say any more, he picked him up and walked out the door, smiling and saying, "I'll send you away. Go early and fulfill you and yourself."

Zhan Zhao quietly closed his eyes in his arms without struggling.It is no longer possible to clearly distinguish whether the pouring of this rain is only for the pity of the heavens, allowing him to linger in his arms at this moment.

Being carried away by him, Zhan Zhao doesn't remember when he fell asleep.Waking up and lying on the old sickbed, Yongnian was alone by the bedside.Seeing his eyes turn, Yongnian held his hand and said, "Are you looking for Fifth Brother? He is going to pack his bags and return to Beijing tomorrow morning."

Zhan Zhao closed his eyes and remained silent for a long time.

Yongnian lowered his head and smiled, and said to himself: "So, you told him. He will definitely do it."

Zhan Zhao tore off the half-dried wet towel on his forehead, and said coldly, "Is the lord finally satisfied?"

Yongnian quickly replaced it with another piece, and said comfortingly, "Zhao, the fever hasn't subsided yet, so don't get excited. According to what you said, Fifth Brother's Gu has been cured, shouldn't he go home? Didn't we agree?" , why are you blaming me again?"

Zhan Zhao frowned and sat up, sweating slightly.After a pause, he said, "Go home? His home is not in Bianliang."

Yongnian put up two pillows behind him and said softly: "If you don't tell me, he will go to Bianliang too. Guard Kaifeng mansion, Mr. Bao... If you care about him, he will also care about you. What do you do? I don't understand."

Zhan Zhao leaned back on the pillow, suffering waves of suffocating pain in his chest.It was Yongnian's appointment to go to Bianliang, what was he expecting.

Yongnian wiped the sweat off his face with a towel, and said, "Does Fifth Brother use someone to protect you? Why are you so worried. Besides, he is willing. It's like one day you say something, and I am willing to do everything for you. "

Zhan Zhao looked at him for a while, then suddenly smiled: "Is that so? Looking at it now, it seems that the prince is giving orders to Zhan. But I don't know when I will be able to stand up."

Yongnian shook his head: "Zhao, do you think I have the ability to order you? You give him what I say, because you don't want to owe me favors, after all, Brother Wu, I let him take care of you. Actually, you don't have to listen."

He leaned down to the edge of the bed, put one side of his face in the palm of his hand, closed his eyes and said, "You are such a good person, you will never stop being a gentleman." After a pause, he continued: "Threat me with your death, and I won't let you die in the future." Don't do that anymore. You don't know how scared I am."

After speaking, he thought, he was right.Zhan Zhao knew everything, so he decided not to owe.He was angry because he just didn't like this forced form.

Zhan Zhao withdrew his hand and coughed sideways to cover his mouth.The shoulders trembled for a long time.

Yongnian caressed his back and said in panic: "Zhao, but he vomited blood again? He's better, why did he go to the river to get wet in the rain. The medical officer said, at least half a month before was wasted."

Zhan Zhao barely stopped coughing, clenched his fists and put it under the quilt, closed his eyes and said, "It's all right. We will leave tomorrow, so it won't hinder the prince's schedule."

Yongnian said anxiously: "The road is very bumpy. It's better to take care of it for a few more days. When it gets better, it won't be too late to leave."

Zhan Zhao shook his head, lay down and stopped talking.

After a hundred years of gathering, we must say goodbye.He was too tired to wear it down, and he had no intention of procrastinating any longer.

Besides, if he stays to recuperate from his illness, Bai Yutang will definitely not feel at ease, and will leave first; if he stays for one more day, there will be more variables, good or bad is hard to predict.In the past, I have been worrying and thinking constantly, and it is difficult for me to take care of my body.If the time is delayed like this, I'm afraid that nothing good will happen.

After waiting for a while and seeing that he didn't move, Yongnian got up and said, "Zhao, go to sleep when you're tired. I'll call you when the medicine is ready."

Yongnian came out behind closed doors.Walking into the courtyard, stop and take a deep breath.

---- Zhao.Tomorrow, only you and I will be on the road.

He knew that even if he didn't say anything, Zhan Zhao would not let Bai Yutang take risks and follow him to South Vietnam.

But he threatened him that he could use anything.It's just that he shouldn't take his own life.

----I want you to understand that I won't allow it.You have to be very clear that you are going to pay for it.Whether it is his sadness, or your unhappiness.

There must be some fear to prevent the next time.

Thinking of this, Yongnian was faintly at a loss.

What they did was, in the final analysis, what they did voluntarily.Who will be afraid of whom.

It only depends on whose strength it overwhelms the opponent.

He raised his face and closed his eyes to feel the touch of the moonlight.In the sky above the night, a smile emerged.

Holding the reins of the horse, Bai Yutang looked at the opposite side of the road, where Zhan Zhao was helped into the carriage.The curtain of the car was drawn down, and I couldn't see the road ahead.What will happen to him?The carriage is wide enough for him to sleep peacefully.When I brought him back yesterday, he was still running a fever.

After standing for a long time, Gou Mang held him by the corner of his clothes and whispered, "Brother Zhao is gone. When will he go back to his home?"

Bai Yutang smiled without answering, picked her up and put her on the horse.He also jumped up and told her: "Gumang, I'll take you to my home on Xingkong Island. There are elder brothers and sisters-in-law at home, and you will like them."

"What else is there at home?"

"There are still green mountains and green waters, a silver moon and reeds. And..."

"what?"

"The only cat in the world. I keep it."