Chapter 159: Linghu Goes to Death
"Don't leave him a memory......" Yun Qing repeated in a low voice, and after a while, he added, "I'll make proper arrangements, but what will you do when you go out?" ”
"I've already arranged the outside affairs, you just need to help me get out of the Blue Mansion smoothly." I said.
Yun Qing paced a few steps, then said to me, "Okay." ”
My gaze was cast on a blur of ground, and on such a night, none of us had a shadow.
Coming back from the garden, Yueying and I tidied up the things that weren't much. It was about the time of dawn when Tsukiying extinguished the candles in the room, and a pot of burning charcoal glowed a cloudy red light in the dark night, reflecting the face of Tsukiying sitting beside me.
In the early hours of the morning, the entire Blue Mansion was still asleep, but Yue Ying and I had already got into the carriage that Fei Yi had prepared.
The wheels passed on the brick and stone pavement, and the sound of wheels resounded in the silent streets, which was a farewell song. I sat in the carriage with the hand stove in my arms and didn't look back.
Shortly before that, the carriage took us to a secluded apartment in Qingzhiwu, Qiantang. I wrapped it tightly and entered the yard, and after settling down, I immediately wrote two letters, one for the coachman to send to Zhao Yuan's mansion for Zhao Yuan, and the other for people to send to his home.
Today's weather was relatively fine, and after I finished writing the letter, I took a horse-drawn carriage to Linghu. In my letter to Zhao Yuan, I asked him to come to Linghu for a reunion.
In this season, it gets dark early, but the sun begins to set at the end of the Xin period, and at three o'clock, the surroundings are already blurry, and the water of the Linghu Lake has become as deep as the night.
As I stood in the pavilion, quietly reflecting, I suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves. After a while, the horse neighed and stopped. Then there were hurried footsteps.
I turned around, and in the twilight I saw a figure running towards the pavilion.
He stepped up to me in a few steps, shook his robe, and said loudly, "Zhu Wan, you crazy woman, what is it that makes me come here now?" I didn't even have time to change my clothes, I froze to death......"
I said, "I'm still alive." ”
"Death? What's the life? He wondered.
"You've saved my life here," I walked a few steps toward the pavilion pillar, and continued, "I'll give you back your life today, okay?" ”
"Ridiculous!" He folded his hands a little angrily and said, "I have already let you go, what else do you want to do?" Didn't I say that? I don't want your cheap life! ”
"Zhao Yuan," I said in a deep voice, "I have already planned, and tomorrow the whole Qiantang will know that I have drowned in the Spirit Lake." ”
"What are you talking nonsense?" He rebuked, "You just want to die like that? ”
I walked to the fence and didn't speak.
He continued: "What are you going to do if you want to die and call me here? Do you push it? Or do you want me to be buried with you? You just dream about it, you! ”
He snorted and chirped for a while, and then said, "I don't understand, what are you talking to me for?" What the hell do you want to do? ”
"I called you here because you would be the first to know that I was drowning." I turned around and said.
"Neurotic!" He puffed, then flicked his sleeves and walked up the corridor.
I didn't move. After walking a few steps, he came back and said to me, "Why don't you leave?" Are you really going to feed the fish here? I'm leaving, I'm cold......"
"Zhao Yuan, I'm leaving, I'm leaving forever." I said.
He looked at me and asked, "Where are you leaving?" ”
"Leave Qiantang, leave Haining."
He didn't talk.
I continued, "You have to do me a favor?" ”
He raised his head and said arrogantly, "Why should I help you?" After a pause, he said, "I really don't know what you think?" At the beginning, you were determined to talk to the man surnamed Lan, why are you yelling to leave now? That guy with the surname Blue is not good for you, is he? I know that he took a concubine this year...... How are you going to leave now? Are you alone? Where are you going? ”
I said calmly: "Lan Sheng, he treats me very well, after I leave, please don't embarrass him." ”
"Then why are you leaving?" He was surprised.
I was silent for a moment and said, "I'm not Zhu Shuzhen, so I don't want to live under her name anymore." ”
"You, what do you mean?" He asked, exclaimed.
"Didn't I tell you that my name is 'Zhu Wan'?" I smiled slightly, and continued, "Anyway, I just want the world to think that Zhu Shuzhen is dead, and she died tonight, drowning in the Spirit Lake." ”
"You're cheating on death, aren't you?" He said, "And you want me to be your accomplice?" ”
"That's exactly what it means." I laughed.
"Shameless......," he muttered, "is more shameless than me...... and then said to me, "Why should I be your accomplice?" And, how can others believe that you are really dead? ”
I cheekily said, "You saved my life, I want to return it." As for whether others believe in each other or not, they will naturally have a reason to explain it, and I will disappear from now on, isn't it like I am dead? ”
"You're gone...... Where are you going? He asked.
I turned to the side and said, "I can't say that." ”
He paused, then asked, "Are you alone?" ”
I gave a soft "um" and didn't answer his question directly.
He continued, "You are with your master? Then he said, "It is rumored that your master went to another place because his private affairs were exposed." He sighed again and said, "I should be blamed for this matter, if I hadn't told you and your master about it in the first place...... Wouldn't you, you wouldn't do it? ”
"Not really." I said lightly, "I'm going to leave after all." ”
He didn't speak.
I laughed a little and said, "So you have to help me all the more and keep me away from all this right and wrong." ”
He was silent for a long time and said, "Okay, I'll help you." What do you want me to do? ”
"As I said earlier, you are the first person to know that I drowned Spirit Lake."
He paused and said, "You want me to spread the news?" ”
"Yes." I hooked the corners of my mouth and said, "You're good at that, too." ”
He chuckled, laughing a little desolately, and said, "You are making fun of me." ”
I smiled and said, "Zhao Yuan, I will say 'thank you' to you for the last time." ”
He looked at me and said in a straight voice, "You're alone...... If anything...... Just tell me, I, Zhao Yuan, am not a stingy person. ”
I didn't reply, but turned to look at the mountains and lakes that had been completely covered in night. The dark night sky was dotted with stars, and there was silence all around. It's nice to have the stars with me when I'm leaving.
I stepped on the fence.
Zhao Yuan asked, "What are you going to do?" ”
"Jump down here."
Then, there was a loud and piercing sound, completely breaking the silence of the night......
[End of the book] (To be continued.) )