Chapter 36: Heartbeat (Epilogue)
After half a month of silence, the Pavilion reopened.
On this day, although the goose feathers and heavy snow drifted for a day, the business of the Wubi Pavilion was extremely prosperous, the people who came to eat were endless, the outside was full of cars and horses, and everyone in the pavilion was busy until midnight, before sending away the last group of diners.
When everything was quiet, Zifu came out of the back door of the Wubi Pavilion, and he sat on the threshold, looking out at the lonely mountains and forests in the distance.
Now, the jade stone steps that had been placed outside the threshold were gone, and Zifu didn't know how it disappeared, but he understood that it must have something to do with what happened that night. Because that night, Aunt Rong and Lin Songyao were also gone, and he only found a letter outside the house he rented, and the payment was Lin Songyao.
There were only a few notes in the letter, first expressing deep apologies to Zifu to the Chen family, and then, the conversation changed. Lin Songyao said that he wanted Zifu to take over the Wubi Pavilion to make up for the sins committed by himself and Aunt Rong against the Chen family.
There was also a wad of silver tickets and house deeds in the envelope, which were not thick, but the amount was frighteningly large, a number he could not even think of.
At first, Zifu was still very angry about this incident, he thought that Lin Songyao was going to use the money to bribe him, so that he would not expose Aunt Rong's crimes. But the next day, when he came to the inn to discuss the matter with Lord Zhao, he got a piece of news, a piece of news that shocked him.
Zhao Zimai told him: The Lin mother and son have paid the price for the evil they have committed, and let him accept Lin Songyao's gift, get out of the haze, and live a good life from now on. Lord Zhao didn't tell him what the price paid by the Lin family mother and son, but from the look in his eyes, Zifu guessed that this price must be much heavier than he could have imagined.
Lin Songyao...... Why? "He didn't understand.
"Guilt, of course, and ...... He ...... to Chen Yuan, "Zhao Zimai wanted to speak and stopped, and did not give him a clear answer.
But later, in Lin Songyao's house, Zifu found a book, a widely circulated one, he inadvertently flipped through it, but found that Lin Songyao had been marked in many places. For example, the sentence "Sigh in the world, the fly in the ointment is not today's letter, even if it is a case with eyebrows, it is difficult to calm down in the end." Another example is the sentence "Let the weak water be 3,000, I will only take one scoop to drink." Lin Songyao marked the words "sad and lamentable".
Of course, what shocked Zifu the most was the sentence "Ten thousand taels of gold are easy to get, but it is difficult to find one", because under that sentence, the name of his brother Chen Yuan appeared.
"Chen Yuan, many years after your death, I realized your intentions, you are my confidant, how can I not, but in this world, there is only one Chen Yuan, you died, and took half of me with you, and every day I live in the world from now on, I am just a walking corpse."
Zifu closed the book, so shocked that he couldn't help himself, but at this moment, the door was pushed open, and several girls who had served Lin Songyao walked in, and when they saw him, they wrapped themselves up and flattered him in every way.
Zifu shrank back in fright, and finally escaped their entanglement, but heard one of the girls complain, "We are all yellow flower girls, don't dislike us for being unclean, if you don't believe us, you can find someone to test our bodies and see which one has been touched." ”
Zifu had heard that there were a lot of girls in Lin Songyao's mansion, and when he heard this, he became suspicious, and couldn't help but ask, "You have followed Lin Gongzi for so many years, how is it possible?" ”
"How could it be?" The girl pursed her lips, "He usually only plays with us, but when he closes the door, he doesn't touch us." A few of us often say in private, I don't know if this Young Master Lin is useless, so we deliberately bought more girls to cover people's eyes. ”
Zifu walked towards the door in a drowsy manner, and when he walked to the door, he almost tripped over the threshold, he held on to the door, and after a long time, he finally figured out the meaning of Zhao Zimai's words.
"Lin Songyao ...... to your brother Maybe ......"
He has affection for him, and he does the same for him, this unspeakable friendship makes one person die and another depressed for life.
"Now, you're together, aren't you?"
Zifu looked at the barren mountain in the distance, and among the shadows of the trees, there seemed to be two figures, walking side by side, talking and laughing, and the two handsome teenagers walked forward like this, walking out of the hustle and bustle of the world, and disappearing into the place where the sky and the mountain peaks meet.
"We'll definitely be together."
***
The cup on the table was steaming, but Zhao Zimai sat at the table and didn't pick up the chopsticks for a long time.
Seeing this, Baotian leaned forward and said with a smile, "Childe, why are these dishes unappetizing?" This is already the best inn in the famous city, and the dishes are made in the latest and best style of the capital, and the son has been running all the way, and he has not suffered anything, how did he come here and pick it up? ”
Zhao Zimai was stunned for a long time, and Fang said softly, "I think this bowl of eight-treasure rice is very good, you can send it to them in a while, by the way, and this fried fish, also send it, they should like it." ”
Hearing him say this, Baotian also lowered his voice, but his eyes squinted towards the door, "This Imperial Doctor Hu, how is it the same as his name, confused, all the way here, he and his subordinates have to be separated between you and the great immortals, and they don't even let you say a few more words." Childe, you told her that they are friends, but they don't listen, and they don't know why. ”
Zhao Zimai smiled, "What else could it be?" It's just that I'm afraid that something will happen to me outside and affect my father's reputation. Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered something, grabbed Baotian and said, "You must not tell your father about that night when you go back." ”
"Childe said he saw the eldest lady? Don't worry, I'll keep my mouth shut in front of you. It's just," Baotian snorted coldly and rolled his eyes, "I think they are too worried, what kind of person is the great immortal, that is, what do you want to do, then you have to dare, in my opinion, even if you borrow a few guts, you don't dare." ”
"Lots of words."
Zhao Zimai replied to him lightly, watching Baotian go out with two dishes, but his heart was touched, and he kept jumping suddenly, just like every time he inadvertently looked at it in the past half a month.
He remembered that night, that night, San's body was already frozen, he held it in his arms, and ran down the hill in a hurry, and when he was halfway there, he found that the person in his arms had opened his eyes at some point, and was staring at him fixedly.
As soon as his heart moved, his arm loosened, and he almost dropped it, but fortunately, it hugged his neck tightly. He was so close to it that he had never been before.
"Boy, did you come to the Infinite Pavilion that night to learn that cherry meat?"