Chapter 792: Farewell Words and a Covenant of Life and Death
In Zhao Yuecheng's bedroom, a variety of fine wines and meals have been laid out on a simple Bailing table.
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However, there are only two stools.
At this moment, in another room, Qian Pianpian was entertaining Long Gongjin, Mrs. Hui and Cang.
The old butler seemed to know something. After serving the food, he quietly wiped away his tears.
I could only endure a moment of sadness and quietly tell my servants to order a good coffin.
When Mrs. Hui saw this, she felt a trace of unbearability in her heart:
"Miss Pianpian, you...don't blame your brother."
Qian Pianpian shook her head, with red eyes and a smile:
"I don't blame him."
"My cousin has sacrificed a lot for a wealthy family that has nothing to do with him."
"In this last period of time, he was able to meet a friend that he fell in love with throughout his life. I am not happy enough."
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"It's just a pity that it's too late now and the cook didn't make much preparation. I'm afraid he has neglected several benefactors."
Mrs. Hui and others naturally would not care about this kind of thing, and they had a tacit understanding with each other. They did not mention this matter again and began to eat with Qian Pianpian.
Qian Pianpian, who was weak-tempered, also poured himself a glass of wine for the first time.
Everyone, with a hint of complicated emotions, continued the dinner.
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On the other side:
After washing up and putting on decent clothes, Zhao Yuecheng poured Sang a glass of wine.
Sang looked at Zhao Yuecheng with a complicated look on his face:
"The last time...isn't it reserved for your cousin?"
Zhao Yuecheng smiled and immediately shook his head:
"Taoist Master, come, cheers!"
Seeing this, Sang decisively shut her mouth.
After the two had a drink, Zhao Yuecheng drank the wine in one gulp.
"call……"
Zhao Yuecheng exhaled a breath, with a trace of nostalgia in his eyes:
"Maybe I haven't drank for a long time."
"Ever since I was diagnosed with a congenital heart defect a few years ago."
Sang was silent for a while. He didn't know... how to comfort Zhao Yuecheng.
Zhao Yuecheng smiled:
"But it doesn't matter today."
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"Taoist Priest, let me tell you... my story..."
"Xiao Cheng and I came to Qian's house when we were ten years old."
"Because, that year, our parents passed away."
"The Qian family was already in a state of decline at that time, and even... lived in a bit of abjection."
"However, the Qian family still treats Xiaocheng and I as their own children and takes care of us as much as possible."
"We even got richer learning resources than our cousin Pianpian."
"From that moment on, I understood that what I could repay was to complete all my goals, all my studies, and help the Qian family, which was already in decline at that time, to become glorious again."
With that said, Zhao Yuecheng poured himself another glass, clinked the glasses and drank it all in one gulp.
Sang picked up some vegetables and put them into Zhao Yuecheng's bowl:
"Eat something. Drinking alone will make you easily drunk."
Immediately, Sang said: "At least, you and your brother are successful in this matter."
Zhao Yuecheng nodded, but there was a trace of confusion in his eyes:
"Yeah...successful..."
"But... precisely because of success, the city of Jinling has become more dangerous."
"Some officers and senior officials are very greedy. They are like leeches. They suck the blood of others and are unwilling to let go!"
"That's why, behind the prosperity of Jinling City, there are too many people who are living in dire straits."
"There will only be a lot of patriots who laugh at business girls who don't know how to hate the country's subjugation..."
"But... the most ironic thing is that those who really don't care about the country's embarrassment are the high-ranking officials and wealthy businessmen who usually use this as a banner."
"On the contrary, people like the merchant girls and their lackeys still have the integrity of people from Kyushu!"
"Many poor people call us...the upper class."
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"But in fact, although we people look very respectable and attend various dinner parties and drinking parties every day, we actually put our heads on our belts."
"If one day we fail to fulfill the wishes of those officials, we will end up like now."
"And what about the people at the grassroots level? There are many people who don't have enough to eat and don't have enough clothes to wear..."
"In general, everyone has his own suffering."
As he spoke, Zhao Yuecheng poured another glass of strong wine into his throat.
He frowned slightly and immediately breathed out a hint of alcohol.
Sang was silent for a while and said:
"If you make one wrong move, will you be doomed?"
"Mr. Zhao, will you blame me?"
"If it weren't for me, maybe you and Liu Xiang wouldn't know each other."
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"If you don't know each other, at least... the Qian family can still survive."
Zhao Yuecheng smiled and waved his hand:
"This has nothing to do with the Taoist priest. It is my own choice."
"I support the Anei faction in the hope that my people and the workers in the Jinling City Chamber of Commerce can live a better life."
"Even though I know that feeding them is equivalent to drinking poison to quench their thirst."
"But what can be done?"
"Before today, even the commander-in-chief was sent by Anne."
"So, no matter what choice the Qian family makes, the outcome is already doomed. It's just a matter of time."
As he spoke, Zhao Yuecheng suddenly changed the subject:
"Taoist Priest, can you tell me what you did when you went to Sichuan?"
Sang nodded.
Immediately, he began to tell everything about the dragon veins, the invasion of Japanese witches, the incident of the bloody red worms, and the construction of the trap wall, one by one.
From beginning to end, the two of them drank with each other in the quiet room, one talking and the other listening.
"...This is what I experienced in Chengdu."
After Sang finished telling about his trip to Chengdu, half of the candles on the table had been burned.
Zhao Yuecheng sighed slightly:
"So...Commander Liu Xiang also made such a difficult choice?"
"So, you will soon... follow the commander-in-chief and leave Jinling?"
Sang nodded:
"The impact of the Killing Wall will still last for some time."
"Therefore, I cannot lose this memory and cause and effect until the Marshal's situation is resolved."
"So, if the commander leaves Jinling and goes to other battlefields, I will follow him."
"Today, I have given Ozaki Hidemoto's information to the Commander-in-Chief. I should not have to worry about Jinling's deployment."
"As for those ninjas and the like, with the masters from the palaces and temples in Jinling City, there shouldn't be much of a problem."
"I, a rough Taoist priest, can't worry about so many things."
Zhao Yuecheng suddenly laughed:
"Taoist Priest, among the people I have met, you are truly a pure person."
"Your emotions can be expressed on your face."
"You can be compassionate or ruthless. You can do whatever you want and be free and easy."
Sang shook his head with a wry smile and poured himself a glass:
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"That's just the appearance."
"Look at me now, I look like a human being or a ghost."
"I have also done a lot of evil..."
"Of course there are various reasons, but since God let me bite back, it shows my fault."
Zhao Yuecheng said:
"But no matter what, let Xiao Cheng leave safely."
"You let Azhe leave safely."
"You saved Pianpian and gave me dignity."
"I'm afraid my Qian family will never be able to repay this kindness in this lifetime."
At this time, the candle has burned most of the way and is about to see the bottom.
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Zhao Yuecheng smiled and said:
"When I was in the cell, I kept thinking, who can save me?"
"But, after thinking about it for a while, I found that apart from the Taoist priest, there seemed to be no one else."
Sang smiled dumbly:
"Don't you have any friends these years?"
Zhao Yuecheng did not refute:
"Taoist priest, the shopping mall is like a battlefield."
"Although the Jinling Chamber of Commerce was established by me,... a businessman is a businessman."
"When you become prosperous, they will become brothers with you."
"When you have a problem, no one can help."
"Let's just say that when you and I met for the first time, the Qian family was already in a dilemma of isolation and helplessness. Otherwise, I wouldn't have found the Taoist priest directly."
"But to say the least, it's quite strange."
"I was in the cell and had a dream."
Sang poured another glass for Zhao Yuecheng:
"Oh? Tell me."
Zhao Yuecheng's eyes seemed to be filled with nostalgia, surprise, and fondness:
"In the dream, I became a Japanese, a Japanese from the Edo period."
"I have become a famous Yuan Boya in Japanese history."
"And the Taoist priest... is the famous Onmyoji, Abe Seimei."
Sang Mei's heart skipped a beat and she looked at Zhao Yuecheng in disbelief.
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"I also dreamed that...Pianpian became one of the three great female poets, Qing Shao Nayan."
"And we... are all close friends with you."
"I can no longer remember the process of the dream."
"It's just that in the dream, as Yuan Boya, when I was dying, I told you, Taoist Master, that I hope to go to Kyushu and appreciate the culture and style of Kyushu."
"Then, the Taoist priest really took me to Kyushu."
"Pianpian...the same is true."
At this moment, Zhao Yuecheng looked at Sang and said quietly:
"I have never had a dream."
"Taoist priest...this dream...isn't a dream, is it?"
Sang fell silent.
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He looked at the wine glass in his hand and drank it in one gulp.
"Frankly speaking, I have no memory of that time."
"But...since Abe Seimei was mentioned, then...it should be true!"
Zhao Yuecheng's eyes lit up and he immediately laughed:
"So, the Taoist priest and I are really destined!"
With that said, Zhao Yuecheng drank another glass.
At this time, the wine jug was empty, and Zhao Yuecheng was also a little tipsy.
And the candle... also burned out at this moment.
Zhao Yuecheng smiled:
"In the dream, I, as Yuan Boya, was protected by the Taoist priest and fulfilled my wish."
"In this life, you and I have known each other for only a few months, but the Taoist priest saved me twice more, and in the end, gave me dignity."
"I can only owe this kind of kindness in this life..."
As he said that, Zhao Yuecheng seemed to be drunk, a little bit... he lay down on the table and murmured:
"Next life...next life..."
"It's me...protecting...the Taoist Priest..."
"Okay...?"
Sang slowly put down the wine glass, tears falling on the back of his hand, and a little sadness bloomed: