Chapter 159: Panic
The morning sun shines on the Forbidden City, and the red walls and green tiles shimmer gently. The best part of the day comes with the moment the sun rises. The palace also began a busy day, although busy, but the night was mechanically busy, and many people's faces could no longer laugh or cry.
Wanjun couldn't close his eyes after tossing and turning in bed, he didn't sleep all night last night, and he still couldn't sleep until now.
He simply sat up from the bed and looked at the window, where the sunlight was creeping in. Although his eyes were dry and tired because he hadn't slept all night, his mind was very clear.
He jumped out of bed, walked to the table, poured a glass of water, and was just about to get ready, when he heard a knock on the door. The teacup that reached his mouth was almost bitten by him, but fortunately he stopped in time.
He lazily walked over and opened the door, and the person standing at the door turned out to be a magpie.
He stared at him in surprise for a long time before he asked, "You, is there anything wrong with coming to me so early?" โ
"I'll come in and say!"
Ignoring Wanjun's existence, he panicked in.
He looked at his bed and saw that his quilt was messy, and knew that he had just woken up.
"Young master, young master, when is it, why did you wake up?"
He seemed to have something on his mind, and the look in her eyes seemed to be very wrong.
"Oh! I couldn't sleep last night, what's wrong? โ
He couldn't say it, but he felt that he was in a trance from the moment he stood at the door, and his eyes revealed gains and losses.
"That, that......"
He sat down and picked up the glass of water he had just poured, but he was not in a hurry to drink it, but turned it restlessly in his hand again. The water in the cup was overflowing like a storm.
"Y-are all right?"
He looked at him and asked.
"What?"
When he heard the voice, he looked up at him in fear.
"Yique, what's wrong with you today? You came running just after dawn, and from the moment you opened the door, I felt that something was wrong with you. Honestly, did something happen? โ
He asked, sitting down, looking him in the eye.
"Donglin Party, it's Donglin Party!"
He trembled incessantly as he spoke, and it was evident that he had been hurt by the incident.
"Donglin Party?"
He asked, confused.
"Yes, last night, they captured ten people, who were related to the Donglin Party, and they were directly executed!"
As he spoke, tears came out, and Huan was a little sad after being frightened.
"You're saying you're starting to arrest the Donglin Party now?"
He asked.
He nodded, his red eyes bloodshot.
"The doctor who cured Concubine Shu is the Donglin Party, and he deliberately left their talisman in Concubine Shu's room!"
He was wary, his eyes moving around as he spoke.
"Lian Chengyu? Are you saying he's a member of the Donglin Party? โ
He asked, looking him in the eye in disbelief.
"But wasn't the Donglin Party completely wiped out a few years ago? What, why is there a resurgence again? โ
He was still frightened by his words. The sudden appearance of the Donglin Party is a big deal, and the Dongchang side will not sit idly by. Judging from Yique's expression, they have already begun to act.
Now that he has acted, what is he afraid of! Seeing him like this, it seems that he is not lightly tortured by this matter.
"Yique, then you go and catch it, what are you doing here with me?"
He looked at him and asked.
"It's not like this, it's not like this!"
He looked at him and smiled, then immediately lowered his head and continued to turn the teacup in his hand.
"I've always been able to see Xiyan, he, he said he was a member of the Donglin Party!"
When he panicked, he grabbed the teacup and drank the water from the cup in one gulp. He poured another cup and drank it, and when he drank the third one, he crawled on the table and wept bitterly.
"He must be dreaming for me, it must be like this. I knew I was doing something wrong, and he wouldn't want me to do it! โ
He said as he took out a small wooden plaque from his bosom.
"You see, this is what he gave me in a dream, and when I opened my eyes, I found it in my hands!"
His features twisted, and fear and self-blame made him tremble.
He took the small wooden sign from his hand and found that it had the word "East" written on it, and he was also shocked when he saw it. This is the unique token of the Donglin Party, and the items they are connected with each other also rely on this.
He looked at it for a long time, and this talisman was not like a water fake. Besides, who is so bored to forge a fake talisman now, and it's too late for people to avoid it!
But he didn't want Yique to continue to be sad and sinking, so he held his hand and said, "Maybe someone is playing a prank, how can there be any Donglin Party now?" โ
He couldn't even say anything to himself, so he forced a smile and continued to look down at the talisman.
"They really exist, they're like devils, watching us all the time. We cry, they laugh, we laugh, they cry! โ
He grinned, then fell into silence again.
After a long time, he suddenly remembered something, stood up and looked at it and said, "Yes, Chunqiu, Chunqiu's face was cut off, and this talisman was also found on his body!" โ
He seemed to cry and laugh, and then staggered out.
"Spring and autumn? What happened to him in the spring and autumn? โ
As soon as he heard his name Chunqiu, he ran to him like crazy, grabbed his arm and questioned him.
"Tell me, what's wrong with him in Chunqiu?"
He asked, choking on this.
"Hahahaha, there is a wrong, and there is a debtor! What a reward for good and evil! He died, and even if he died, he didn't have to die well. His face was cut off, what a bloody face, hahahaha, flesh and blood, flesh and blood! โ
He turned around and looked like he was crying, but he was actually laughing, and no one could know what kind of mood he was feeling at the moment. He grinned a few times, tears squeezing out of his eyes. After that, he staggered away.
"No, no, you won't die, you won't die, you won't die......"
He crawled on the ground and wept bitterly.
"He must be lying to me, he must be lying to me. Chunqiu must be fine, he must be fine, he must be fine! โ
He thought about it, and just crawled on the ground and started crying.
A dark cloud drifted from the sky, which soon obscured the sun, and after a while, the sky was overcast, and a rainstorm was about to come.
Wanjun was still crawling on the ground, and he didn't believe that Chunqiu was just leaving. He still has a lot of medicine to talk to him, and there are still a lot of things to do. How could he have passed away so callously?
No, he must go to him, he wants to see people in life and corpses in death, and he can't just believe his words.
"Spring and Autumn, wait for me, I'm coming......"
He wiped away his tears, got up, and ran towards Yique's mansion.
The wind is getting stronger and stronger, blowing so that people can't open their eyes, the tiles are moving, the Forbidden City is also shaking, and Wanjun's heart has no harbor.
He ran to Yique's house, and no one stopped him. He ran to the room where Chunqiu lived before his death, and no one stopped him.
He gently pushed the door open and walked inside. The room was cleaned, but there was still his breath. He walked over to the bed, his face pressed against the quilt she had slept on, and grieved.
He stood up and yelled in the room like crazy.
"Zuo Chunqiu, you come out for me, you come out for me!"
He cried and rummaged through the room, but when he searched all the rooms and saw him, she was completely devastated.
Why? Why did you say that you want to walk the rest of your life together, but you said goodbye first. Why? Who, exactly, why?
It was raining heavily, and the tiles crackled. He ran out and ran wildly in the rain, he didn't want to stop, he wanted to let Dad's own guilt wash away.
Running and running, he fell into the rain. He knelt in the rain and raised his head and shouted.
Oh my God, you should open your eyes and see, what did she do wrong? Why did you want him to leave me, and why?
The thunder rolled in, causing those who couldn't open their eyes to open their eyes, and then they all closed their eyes again. Only Wanjun was still kneeling on the ground, drenched in tears of God's pity for him.
"Zuo Chunqiu, can you hear me? I'm Wanjun, I'm Wanjun! โ
He roared, and the rain fell not only into his eyes, but also into his heart.
"Chunqiu, I know you're not dead, you won't die so easily!"
His hands flapped wildly in the rain, tears and rain composing the most heart-wrenching prelude to their grief.
The thunder was still resounding throughout the sky, shaking the earth and trembling, but the hearts of the people were unmoved.
......
Zuo Chunqiu and Lian Chengyu were still in the inn, and they had been staying here for several days.
Lian Chengyu finally couldn't bear the repeated questions of the spring and autumn and said where they were going.
"Okay, I'll tell you, we're going to Kanwai!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he stared into his eyes to see how he reacted. But after waiting for a long time, I didn't see much reaction from him, so I grinned to myself.
"Go hunting outside the gates......"
He said boredly.
"Oh, Kanwai is a good place, we should go there!"
He smiled at him and continued to eat with his head down.
"You're going to have to change your name, you can't use that name anymore."
He put a chopstick in the bowl and said.
"I know, call me Xia Dong in the future!"
After he finished speaking, he looked at the rain outside and had no intention of stopping.
"Xia Dong! It's really yours, this Spring and Autumn and Xia Dong really let you occupy all the four seasons of the year......"
Lian Chengyu saw that he had a depressed face, so he didn't speak again, sighed and turned around to eat.
"Wanjun, it's raining, I don't know if it's raining in the palace, I don't know if you have an umbrella?"
He stood up and walked to the door, breathing in the cold smell of rain outside.
"Where are you going?"
Lian Chengyu hadn't swallowed the food in his mouth yet, so he ran to his side.
"I'm not going anywhere, I just want to see when the rain will stop."
The sadness in his eyes, which had nowhere to hide, made him depressed. Although this face is not his, he has given this face a new missionโmelancholy.
"Da Ming's qi is exhausted, everything will be fine when we go to Guanwai!"
When he saw him like this, he patted him on the shoulder and said.
"What did you say?"
Chunqiu looked back at him and asked.
"Huh? I said that this rain is really heavy, someone must have died unjustly......"
He smiled and walked back to eat with his head down.