Chapter 45: The Passage of Time
Time is like a one-way street, there is never a moment of turning back, and soon twenty years have passed. www.biquge.info In this world, people may commemorate this lost time in various ways, but for the god of death in the corpse soul world, this is only a blink of an eye. New souls are constantly coming, and the dead souls are turned into grains of spirits, decorating the magnificent quiet soul garden. And the Grim Reaper is also entangled and fighting with the soul-devouring void for ultimate justice, until death.
The passage of time gradually washed away the existence of the Exterminator, just like the Lady Sawada Piaoxu of the Silent Spirit Garden, fading out of people's sight. Although she has the power to shake the 46th Central Chamber, she is just a puppet. But the strange thing is that she has not used her veto power in the past 20 years, and there has been no peachy news, which makes the Grim Reaper have less to talk about after dinner.
In the past 20 years, Xue'er is still blind in her eyes, and even the captain of the fourth team is helpless, and what is even more strange is that Xue'er has not grown up and still maintains the same appearance as when she got married. All the people who are in love are speculating that the last burst of power and the inexplicable disappearance must have caused undeniable damage to Xue'er's body, perhaps the seal on Xue'er's body that prevented her from growing up?
However, all these changes must not be known to the outside world, otherwise there will be chaos. Therefore, Sawada Yuxuan and Rotten Wood Silver Bell did not hesitate to use forbidden techniques to seal the surroundings of the Bihe Hall and restrict all the people who entered and exited, so that this secret was preserved.
But what is strange is that Garo Fujisaki did not look for every opportunity to spy on the situation of Biheden as before. It's not that he doesn't want to, it's that he understands that now his biggest enemy is Yamamoto, the Thirteen Guardians, not the aristocratic forces that are attached to him. What's more, he also knew that the grass had already startled the snake, and instead of going to the trouble of investigating Mrs. Sawada, it was better to think about how to deal with the insignificant weakness of Lord Yamamoto, which was the best policy, but it was difficult to catch the handle, so it stopped.
In the past 20 years, both Sawada Yuxuan and Yamamoto-sama have turned their eyes to the East 66th District, but they have not found the slightest clue after digging three feet into the ground, and even the books in the Great Spirit Book Corridor have no relevant records, and the soul of the East 66th District has disappeared without a trace. The massacre, which has no beginning and no end, reveals too much incomprehension, which makes several adults in the center of the storm extremely anxious, but there is nothing they can do.
At this moment in the Bihe Palace, Mama Yingxue instructed the servants to cook the meal carefully, not to be sloppy, after the advice, she returned to the main hall and served hot tea for Xue'er, although it is early summer, but the morning is still a little cool, do not catch a cold.
As soon as she returned to the hall, she saw Xue'er sitting crookedly on the chair and taking a nap, but the indifference on her face made her uncomfortable, and after twenty years, Xue'er still hadn't grown up, her eyes were still blind, and time seemed to have stopped on her. In order to cover up the truth, the head of the Sawada family released the married Youran and Yuxiang out of the house to start a family, and even the domestic servants who served were changed every year. But no matter how lowly a slave is, she can get out of this Bihe Palace, but Xue'er can't get out, no matter where she is, she can't get rid of the fate of being under house arrest.
"Xue'er, take a sip of hot tea, be careful of catching a cold," Sakura said softly.
Xue'er shook her head and said, "Mama, I don't want to drink, you go down, I want to stay alone for a while." ”
Hearing Xue'er say this, Mama Yingxue said "hey", put the hot tea on the table and turned away, leaving Xue'er sitting alone in the main hall.
At this time, the snow-white parrot landed in front of Xue'er, pecked her little finger, and Xue'er touched its little head and said, "It's good that you are with me." ”
Since the end of the last ceremony, Xue'er has become less and less talkative, and her heart is completely closed, and she is also cold to the head of the Sawada family, and even Mama Sakura, who served her to grow up, has become more and more estranged, not to mention her grandfather and brother, she can't see her several times a year, she always avoids anyone, and the only one who accompanies her is the parrot that Bai Ya sent. They also wanted to enlighten her, but they didn't know where to start, how to make a bird with its wings cut off and locked in a cage let it fly into the blue sky again?
That night, Sawada Yuxuan had dinner with Xue'er as usual, a habit he had maintained for many years, and he would eat in the council hall unless it was a very important matter. After dinner, he tells Cher about what's happening outside, trying to make her happy, even if she's still cold. After finishing speaking, when he wanted to go to the Japanese room next door to rest, he heard Xue'er say, "Brother Yuxuan, I want to talk to you about something." ”
When Sawada Yuxuan heard this, he immediately sat down in front of Xue'er and said, "Say it, Xue'er." ”
"Brother Yuxuan, I don't know if there is a woman of the right age in Sawada's family, I want to take a concubine for you," after speaking, her godless eyes stared at him.
Hearing her say this, Sawada Yuxuan immediately returned: "Nonsense, why do you think so, I swore in front of my grandfather that I would never take a concubine." ”
"If I don't grow up in my life, do you want to make the Sawada family go astray?" explained Cher.
"Then follow your brother's child," Sawada Yuxuan clenched his right hand after speaking.
"But in this way, the power of the head of the nobility will fall into the Kuchiki family," Xue'er calmly explained the pros and cons of this, ignoring Sawada Yuxuan's anger at all, and hearing that he did not refute, Xue'er said again: "It doesn't matter if it is a concubine, I will not only put him under my name, but also transfer the rights of the head of the nobility to him, do you say okay." ”
After listening to Xue'er's statement, he understood that Xue'er didn't want to act with him anymore, and the last grand ceremony had erected a high wall in her heart, and he would not be able to cross the past for the rest of his life. The reason why he was allowed to be by her side for twenty years was just to repay the favor, and to give Sawada, who was not strong, more time to consolidate.
As soon as he had a concubine and an heir, she would be able to justifiably give her the right back to herself, a plan she must have had already thought of a long time ago, so that she would not owe herself a favor, and she would repay everyone's debts. Then he was lonely all his life in this Bihe Palace, and he left.
What a perfect plan, even herself, who has always prided herself as smart, can't find any flaws at all, as a chess piece, she not only played the greatest role, but also retained her last dignity. It's just that he is unwilling, unwilling to live with her for the rest of his life, their lives cannot be dominated by her, and she is not allowed to abandon him like this now.
Yes, the interests of the Sawada family are above all else, but in his heart, Cher is irreplaceable by any woman, no matter how hard the retainers beg him to take a concubine, he is not moved, because he firmly believes that he will reheat Cher's cold heart, but in the end he finds that everything is in vain, and it is really self-inflicted.
There was silence in the room.
Seeing that Xue'er was going to say something, Sawada Yuxuan preemptively said: "Xue'er, I won't take a concubine, not now, not in the future, I know that there are too many secrets hidden between us, but you have to believe me, in my heart, you are as important as the interests of the Sawada family." Maybe I would have given you up for the benefit of the Sawada family in the past, but I will never choose this way in the future," After speaking, he clenched Xue'er's small hand, and did not let go until Xue'er frowned slightly: "The reason why you haven't grown up is because the power in your body has been forcibly sealed, and the mother of the young master of Sawada can only be you, and there is no second candidate; ”
Xue'er heard Brother Yuxuan say this, and her heart suddenly had mixed feelings, this was the first time they were honest with each other, but under such circumstances, the world was really impermanent. Seeing Xue'er stunned aside, Sawada Yuxuan knew that his words had caused some cracks in the high wall in Xue'er's heart, and he lovingly hugged Xue'er into his arms and kissed the tears in the corners of her eyes.
Sawada Yuxuan held her like this, and it wasn't until Sakurayuki's mother reminded him that he let her go. Just as he was about to go to bed, he heard a voice from his retainers saying that he was in a hurry and asked him to come to the council chamber.
When he walks into this Bihe again with Cher and his child, he will think about how good it would have been if he hadn't left that day, maybe their lives wouldn't end like this, but unfortunately life has no ifs.