Bai Xuan took advantage of the summer vacation and couldn't wait to get on a ship to return to China. After a long journey, he returned to the White House. The house was already as lively as a festival, and Mrs. Bai set up a table for him to pick up the wind and wash the dust. At this time, Lin Sining heard that he had already come to Baifu. Bai Xuan estimated that her mother called her. "You kid, you have been gone for so long, and you don't send a letter to Miss Lin, so she is in a hurry, and she runs to me twice in three days." Lin Sining was embarrassed by Mrs. Bai's words, "Isn't this just a good time to chat with your aunt." Bai Xuan was silent, and said after a while, "I'll go live in another garden tonight." ”

Mrs. Bai was stunned, "Why did you just come and leave, are you so unkind to see your mother?" After saying that, he pulled out his handkerchief and looked like he was about to cry. Bai Xuan was in a dilemma, Lin Sining went up to relieve the siege, "Auntie, don't be sad, Brother Hanyu is tired, it's hot weather, it's cooler there, let him recuperate and recuperate." Madame Bai burst into tears and smiled, "It's still Miss Lin who is sensible." ”

Bai Xuan entered the other garden, everything was the same as before, but things were not people, Bai Fu sent a new group of subordinates to serve, but he didn't find Lanxi everywhere. "What about the Lanxi people?"

Lin Sining didn't know how to explain to him, "She should be married." "The voice is getting lower and lower. Bai Xuan looked at her eyes and knew that something was wrong. He said to the maid who came to serve, "Where has she gone, tell me quickly." Lin Sining was a little frightened by his voice. The maid was trembling and could only confess, "Not long after you left, she was kicked out of the house, and I don't know where she went." Bai Xuan was so angry that he trembled, and he walked towards the outside of the courtyard with his legs, but was stopped by Lin Sining. Don't stop me, I'm going to ask why I drove her away. ”

"She's been gone for months, what are you going to ask for now. If you ask, you don't know your whereabouts, it will only make you and your parents have a rift, do you turn your face for a maid and your family? ”

"Maid?" Bai Xuan glanced at her, Lin Sining had never seen such a contemptuous look in his eyes, "Isn't the maid a human?" In your eyes, should you be allowed to sell anything? ”

Lin Sining was stunned, she had a small concept, naturally the maid was the maid, and the master was the master, she didn't know that Bai Xuan would treat the maid as a family. She really couldn't understand his concept for a while, but when she said goodbye this time, Bai Xuan did change a little. Lin Sining saw that Bai Xuan was more cold to him than before, and only stayed for a moment before leaving.

Bai Xuan changed his clothes, went out and walked straight to Qinghebang, and walked to the door of Shen's house, the door was closed and a seal was pasted. The seal is old and tattered, and the door is dusty, and it is estimated that no one has lived in this house for a long time. He intuitively felt that something had changed in the Shen family, and he was looking for Shen Zhiqing everywhere on the street, asking people everywhere, but the people who asked were so frightened that they shook their heads and said they didn't know. Bai Xuan was going crazy, he searched for most of the day, but he still didn't see Shen Zhiqing's figure, and he didn't ask for any information. He immediately went straight to the pharmacy. Shopkeeper Zhang was a little surprised when he saw Bai Xuan, and just wanted to say a few words. Bai Xuan rushed up and asked, what happened to the Shen family. Shopkeeper Zhang thought that it would be better for Han Zheng to say the reason for this matter, but now Han Zheng is not down. His face twitched for a long time, and he only said a few words, "Something happened to the Shen family." Bai Xuan was so anxious, "What about Han Zheng?" He turned around and went to the hammer door of the Han Mansion and directly hammered Han Zheng out. When Han Zheng saw his anxious look, he guessed why he came. Han Zheng led him in and told him all the consequences of the frontier. I saw that Bai Xuan's knuckles holding the teacup were getting whiter and whiter, and when he finished speaking, Bai Xuan had already pinched the cup finely, and blood came out of his fingers. Seeing this, Han Zheng hurriedly took a piece of clean gauze and wrapped it around him. He threw off his robe, stood up, gritted his teeth, and said, "I'll go back to the house and ask them!" ”

"What for?" Han Zheng immediately ran to the front to stop him, "This time, your father arrested people, there is a well-founded basis, and the court has also issued a reward." Now that the crime is confirmed, if you let him overturn the case, it will be a bully, and he will be implicated with your eldest brother at that time. Do you still want to see Miss Shen? ”

"Where is she?" Bai Xuan tugged at his sleeve.

"She left a note and left, and I sent someone to find her, and she should have gone out of town. Don't worry, she'll be fine, and she probably wants to come back for revenge. Han Zheng sighed, "Alas, it's only because you have no fate." ”

"I hurt her. I should go and explain everything to the court, and I will give her an explanation. Bai Xuan was a little distracted and took a few steps forward. Han Zheng still pulled him back, and Jiang Ruohan was coming in at this time, "Brother Hanyu, you're back." Looking at his face again, it didn't seem right, Han Zheng glanced at him, Jiang Ruohan looked at his mouth, knowing that he was asking him to persuade Bai Xuan. Brother Hanyu, I think it is very inappropriate for you to confront Baifu at the moment, once you are implicated, you and Miss Shen are completely lost, and you can't make up for her; Second, now that our career is not over, this confrontation, we will suffer from the enemy, and more colleagues may be implicated in this, have you ever thought about them? Bai Xuan heard Jiang Ruohan say that he was powerless to refute, and suddenly felt extremely depressed, and hammered himself on the head a few times with his fist, he felt that he was the most useless person in the world. For the first time, he felt that he was so powerless, once upon a time he also had the mind to govern the country and level the world, and then with the sword and courage of the heart, he traveled the world, saw the flames of war, the people were displaced, he was compassionate to the people, and hoped to gather a group of people of insight to live a happy land. Now, he traveled to Dongying, formed an alliance with the Tongxing Association, he was full of ambition to return to China, hoping to break this fragmented old system with Han Zheng and others, he thought of reuniting with Qing this time, so he married her and spent the rest of his life with her. He took out the purse in his arms, the green silk here has bypassed his heart countless times, he thought more than once, holding the hand of the son and the son to grow old together, and now only leave empty hatred. When Han Zheng handed over the broken hairpin to him, Bai Xuan's eyes moistened, "Under the Yellow Spring, there is no common sky, she hates me for being like this, I deserve to die." He couldn't think that he couldn't even protect the woman he loved, so what was the use of him fighting the sword in the world; He can't even keep the people around him, what kind of face does he have to seek for the common people. The resentment gathered by Bai Xuan finally burst out, and he danced his sword in the courtyard of the annex like mad until he was exhausted, and he refused to see any more visitors from the Bai Mansion, and he smashed the piano and drunk himself. When Lin Sining came to look for him, he found him drunk and half-lying in the pool in the courtyard. The clothes on his body were soaked, clinging to his body, Lin Sining had never even seen a man with his chest and back exposed, and when he saw Bai Xuan's muscles protruding under his clothes, he couldn't help blushing, but for some reason his heartbeat accelerated. She hurriedly called someone to pull Bai Xuan up and place him on the collapse, and Lin Sining used a handkerchief to help him wipe the mud off his face. Bai Xuan was half drunk and half awake and saw the figure of a woman, "Zhiqing? Lin Sining was stunned for a moment, and Bai Xuan saw clearly, "Oh, it's you." ”

"Brother Hanyu, what's wrong with you?"

"Hmph, I don't know what's wrong with me, I know my heart is empty, like something has been sucked away." Bai Xuan stroked the door of his head, "This world makes people unable to breathe, I want to struggle but can't break free." ”

Lin Sining didn't understand what he meant, but looking at the emotion, he must have encountered something very painful, "Is it related to the Qing you just mentioned?" ”

Bai Xuan did not answer. Lin Sining sat down beside him, poured a cup of hot water, and helped him drink it, "Life is eight hardships, birth, old age, sickness and death, love and separation, resentment and hatred, I can't ask for it, I can't let it go." Whether it is love or resentment, it is all concern, and we can't escape the cycle of eight sufferings. If there is love, there will always be a day to meet. ”

Bai Xuan looked at Lin Sining's somewhat gloomy eyes, "You also have something you can't let go?" Suddenly, I felt that this was a bit presumptuous to ask, "I'm sorry." ”

"It's fine. I didn't count on my business. Lin Sining was embarrassed to look at his wet body, so she had to turn her head, because she didn't want him to see some tears in her eyes, "Brother Hanyu, I understand now, there are some things that you can't do if you don't want to." You can't let go, but you can't become an obsession, otherwise it will affect others. ”

Bai Xuan looked at the ceiling and pondered for a moment, he turned his head and looked at Lin Sining, "Thank you, Ning'er." Lin Sining smiled sweetly again, "Brother Hanyu, I will come to see you in the future, but you can't give up on yourself anymore." Otherwise, Ning'er will be unhappy. Bai Xuan smiled and nodded. Lin Sining left a box of cold cakes, and when she was about to leave, Han Zheng walked in. "Brother Zijun, Brother Hanyu just fell into the pool, you can change him into clean clothes." Lin Sining smiled, said hello and left.

Han Zheng saw Bai Xuan's wet clothes close to his body, and he smelled a smell of wine when he got close, guessing that he was in a bad mood and just vented. Han Zheng called someone to help him change into clean clothes. "Miss Lin was here just now, you won't offend her like this."

"She's my sister." Bai Xuan was a little weak. Han Zheng saw that his mood had recovered a little, and asked him to sit down and drink a few more glasses of water. "We may have an internal ghost." Han Zheng said softly, "Have you changed people in your house?" Is it convenient to speak? ”

Bai Xuan glanced at him, and the two walked into the dark room. "Jiang Mansion was targeted, Feng Yin and I could only temporarily close the lecture hall, and now he is temporarily in the limelight at my house, and several industries in Zhou Nan have also been closed by the government. Recently, Zhang Changhe's pharmacy has been frequented by people, nominally buying medicine, but he said that when he saw calluses on his fingers, he looked like a person who usually held a knife, so it was inconvenient for us to go to the pharmacy recently. Now it's important to find out what is going on, and we have to find a place to reopen the lecture hall. Otherwise, it will be in vain. ”

"This dark room can only be temporarily connected, and it is not safe for a long time, after all, there are people from Baifu here now." Bai Xuan frowned and pondered for a while, "I thought of a place, but I don't know if it's suitable?" ”

"Where?"

"Mu Hanshuang there." Bai Xuan frowned, Hefeng Yaxu people come and go is indeed a more suitable place for cover, but there are more idle people, and there will inevitably be hidden dangers, and it is only an expedient measure to discuss there. "That's the only way to go, and I can't think of a better way to do it at the moment." Han Zheng thought for a while, "You said that you united the people of the Tongxing Association in Japan, so what do they say now?" ”

"They're very powerful, and they have arms."

"You want to do something with them?" Han Zheng was a little surprised, at the beginning, they just wanted to unite the students, go straight to the Hanlin Academy, and advise the court to change the law, he originally hid some firearms and wanted to use them for self-defense, but once it reached the point of making a move, it was not trivial, which was the same crime as rebellion.

"If you want to get rid of the chronic disease, you must take fierce medicine, the so-called not broken and not standing." Bai Xuan's tone was firm, "What we are doing now is just alleviating, and it can't change the status quo of the imperial court." ”

"Well, if you really make up your mind, I'll follow. It's just ......" he hesitated.

"You want to say that you want to protect the wind?" Han Zheng nodded, "He is a saint admired by students, and he is also the seed of scholars in the world, please protect him when the time comes." Bai Xuan suddenly felt sour, and he patted Han Zheng on the shoulder, "Don't worry, it's enough for him to have you as a confidant for this life." ”

"I'm enough. It is also an honor for me to have you as a brother in this life, and I am willing to live and die with him and fight the world with the sword. ”