The night is silent, everything is silent.
In the dark alley, there was a night-watching watch in the distance, the fourth watch.
A shadow quickly jumped out of the inn's window lattice, stepping on a cat-like light pace, blending with the night. At first sight, it was like a ghost running at night, with a shape like the wind and a shadow like a soul.
Before the black shadow came to a gorgeous official mansion, he climbed the wall without a trace.
On the east side of the vast and quiet house, the dimly lit study is the only place where people stay awake.
In the study, the sound of paper torn and the smell of burning fire could be heard from time to time.
The middle-aged man who turned his back to the door and focused on burning the "criminal evidence" didn't notice someone walking slowly behind him, until the shadow projected on the floor blocked the light, and he jumped in surprise.
The lazy figure was half leaning against the doorpost, with the moonlight on his back, making it impossible for him to identify the person coming.
"What a big dog! Who broke into the imperial censor's mansion at night?!" The middle-aged man shouted angrily.
A smiling voice echoed in the room mockingly, "What? It's been a while since I saw you, don't you recognize my face? 'Dear uncle'."
The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, then his copper bell eyes widened, and he let out a low voice in disbelief.
"you-"
The shadow approached, illuminating his clear face with long hair half-covered by the burning stove.
Light and shadow intertwined on his knife-like facial features, forming a bizarre picture.
"Aren't you already..." The middle-aged man trembled, staring at the face that looked like a monster, the face he taught him to destroy more than ten years ago!
How is that possible?! He clearly…
"Should have died?" Bai Yunhe smiled softly, but the smile didn't show in his eyes, "It's a pity that the king of hell didn't accept my life—no, it should be said that my life was 'sold' to the king of hell, just waiting for this-day —" He squatted down and looked at the middle-aged man, his right hand caressed his neck, his tone became cold, "bite your throat."
Looking at the trembling and fear of the middle-aged man with satisfaction, the corners of Bo Yang's lips overflowed with ridicule.
"No... Uncle didn't mean to harm you... It's your aunt! It's all your aunt's idea! You can't blame me..." The man shivered and moved his body back in a hurry.
He took a step back, and Bai Yunhe took a step closer.
"Dear uncle, don't show such a fearful and rigid appearance, or I will waste more of my strength when I want to tear off your head later." Bai Yunhe reminded him with a smile.
"Yeah—" Bai Yunhe pretended to be surprised and gave a high five, as if he remembered something. "In order to express the courtesy of being a nephew, I will 'honour' you with the best weapon."
His arms were slightly expanded, and a strange dazzling silver light flashed between his palms, his tone and movements were completely different and melodious.
"You can't just blame me..." The middle-aged man shook his head violently, and shouted in cold sweat, "If you really want to blame, your aunt Liu, your father, and the Liao people who have sex with you and that damn bastard, they It's the enemy you should really kill!"
That's right, although he was the one who set fire to Bai Yunhe because of his covetous property, the mastermind was the woman Liu Qian! If his father did not dote on his mother, how could Liu Qian's murderous intention be triggered? If not for his mother He had a husband already, but he hooked up with that Liao native, how could he teach his father to kill him? It's just that he deserved to be born into the Bai family, and he deserved to have a pair of parents who didn't care about him!
"Don't worry, the damned one can't be missed. It's a pity... you can't see it anymore." Bai Yunhe narrowed his phoenix eyes, his mother's eyes were stained with blood.
"You, your eyes! Could it be that you are also from that Liao—"
Bai Yunhe swung his hand to the silver light, his stern face revealed a charming smile, and with a wave of his right hand, the silver light wrapped around the man's neck like a poisonous snake, tightening it.
"I am Bai Yanran's biological son, there is no doubt about it." He sneered, "The difference is that I am no longer the Bai Yunhe I used to be." Go through it once and see through the sinister nature of the Hell King's court judge!
The man struggled fiercely, but the silver thread on his neck became even tighter. He pulled out the dagger in his arms, trying to cut the tangled silver thread, but in vain.
"Don't... don't kill me... cough, cough!" He pleaded with a painful expression as the air couldn't get into his lungs.
"I'll tell you another thing—" Bai Yunhe slightly loosened the silver wire that was holding the man's throat, and the evil cat who played with the mouse, deliberately played with it before swallowing the mouse, "I killed you, not only because I wanted to I want to get back all the pain you have inflicted on me, but someone made an offer to the King of Hell to buy your life."
"Who... who is..." Before his masculinity could go smoothly, his eyes turned, "I'll pay two... no, five times, as long as you let me go...don't kill me..." He knelt down and begged for mercy in disregard of his dignity.
Bai Yunhe violently pulled the silver wire, pulled the man closer, and slowly leaned into his ear and said, "Although the King of Hell will accept the offer as long as the price is high, this time to kill you is the order of the King of Hell, so you—not You can't die."
"No..." The man burst into tears in panic.
"Because, 'Ye Wang' hates you even more than I do." Bai Yunhe grinned at him, like a tiger before tearing its prey.
"Why...why?" He didn't remember that he had offended the famous "Yewang"! Although he was a bit corrupt for officials and his methods were a bit vicious, he was not stupid enough to commit a crime against the head of the King of Hell!
Bai Yunhe's expression tightened, his right hand was raised, the silver thread instantly turned into a sharp blade, slashing the man's neck, forming a demonic bloodstain in the air, the severed head rolled down to his feet, his frightened eyes filled with confusion Di Yuan stared at him.
Bai Yunhe flicked the silver thread in his palm, flung away the crimson sticking to it, and wrapped it back between his wrists.
Ru Ying's gaze moved back to the severed head on the floor, and slowly answered the question of the breathless man.
"Because, he is the 'bong' you call him."
***
Hongdou, who had already gone to bed, suddenly remembered in the middle of a dream and half-awake that he forgot to give him the peace talisman that he asked for for Bai Yunhe at the Buddhist temple in the morning. Red Bean sat up, dazed and soft eyes.
It's better to give it to the second uncle tomorrow morning... She thought dimly, and the head was on the edge of the pillow again.
But will she be forgotten again tomorrow? According to her ability to forget, there is a possibility.
"It's better to sneak it into the second uncle's clothes." She persuaded her sleepy worm, got up and put on her clothes, and gently pushed open the door of Baiyunhe's room.
In the dark and silent room, it was so quiet that it was a little scary. Hongdou tiptoed open the curtain, stuck out her little hand, and searched for her target in the dark.
Touched from the edge of the bed to the corner of the bed, but still couldn't find the bulging human body. Could it be that the second uncle slept under the bed? The red bean palm turned on the light and found that the beautiful brocade was folded smoothly and steadily. Signs that no one is sleeping.
"It's so late, where will the second uncle meet?"
She sneaked into the close-fitting Fengshang clothes room to investigate, except for Fengshangyi, who was sleeping like a pig, where did the second uncle come from? She paced back to the Baiyunhe room angrily.
After waiting for the first half, Hongdou's heavy upper and lower eyelids sent a message of happiness. She nestled on Bai Yunhe's bed, and couldn't help taking a nap.
This is what Bai Yunhe saw when he returned to the room.
Hongdou's feet were wrapped around the quilt, and she held a small red bag in both hands. Half of her leaning body was leaning on the pillow and half on the edge of the bed. Lingzui made a slight snoring sound like a cat's chirping.
How long has she been here? Bai Yunhe was stunned for a moment, then thought that he had to change out of this bloody suit first.
"Second Uncle..." A faint call came from behind him, Bai Yunhe didn't think twice, quickly extinguished the candle, and returned the inner room to darkness.
"Why did the candle go out?" Hongdou's sleepy voice was full of tiredness.
"It's windy. Why are you sleeping in the second uncle's room? The quilt is not covered, so what if you catch a cold?" Bai Yunhe approached the bed calmly, even in the dark room where the light could not be discerned , he can still have a panoramic view of Hongdou's charming and cute appearance.
"I... By the way, I'm going to bring you the Peace Talisman, but you're not in the room. Second uncle, where are you going?" In the darkness, Hongdou couldn't see Baiyunhe clearly, so he could only transmit it with his voice. Talk to him where you came from.
"Can't sleep, go out for a walk. Hongdou, do you want to go back to your room to sleep?" Bai Yunhe was already sitting on the edge of the bed, and the bed board made a heavy sound due to the weight.
Hongxi sat up and felt the warm breath of Baiyunhe breathing in front of her. She reached out and pulled his sleeve, but touched a wet and slippery ice cold.
She put her mucus-stained index finger in front of her nose and sniffed—
Blood! The taste of blood!
"Second uncle, are you bleeding?!" She exclaimed, stumbled off the bed, and quickly lit the candle, trying to find out what happened to Bai Yunhe!
The flames lit up, illuminating Bai Yunhe's dark appearance clearly.
This is what she has never seen before, at least she has never seen the second uncle in black!
He always wears a white long gown, holds a paper fan, his gestures are full of bookish air, and his smile is even more elegant and handsome. Unexpectedly, just a change of clothes color would bring about a huge change. Now he is just like the killer she saw in Hell's Gate in the past!
"Second uncle..."
"I'm not injured." Bai Yun closed his eyes slightly, took out clean clothes, and walked behind the screen.
"You murdered?" Hongdou followed closely and asked softly.
Bai Yunhe turned his back to her, and after taking off his black clothes, his bare back was covered with old scars and welts.
Hongdou was stunned, his eyes inseparable from the terrifying scars on his body.
At this moment, she realized that the second uncle, who had been with her for more than ten years, had a past that she did not understand at all.
She spread her palms and pressed them flat against the bulging scar on his back.
Bai Yunhe stiffened, as if he was not used to letting people touch the devastated memory behind him.
"It hurts..." She said hoarsely, not daring to imagine the cruel origin of the scars.
"Will not."
"Liar... how is it possible... it doesn't hurt... "
"It really doesn't hurt." Even if he had been in pain, he would have long forgotten the bit of gnashing his teeth and enduring it.
"Second uncle..." Hongdou buried his head behind him, and the warm tears wet his back muscles, as if weeping for him, for him who couldn't cry before, making up for the grief and anger he swallowed every time because of the pain.
"You don't ask me the origin of my scars? Don't you ask me where I went and what I did tonight?" Bai Yunhe still didn't move, quietly letting her wrap his arms around his waist, feeling that she was crying and shaking from behind. shake.
She is so stupid! Who else has clean hands in the Hell's Gate? No! She is the only one who is closely protected, ignorant of suffering, and foolishly thinks that everyone in the Hell's Gate is just like her!
"Don't ask! Don't ask! Don't ask!" She shook her head violently and choked: "Let the past pass, and since the scabbed wound won't hurt anymore, don't open it again. ... this evening, you said just going out for a walk, I believe in you... I believe in you... "
A flash of relief flashed in Bai Yunhe's serene eyes, softening the light worry that had been occupied before.
If he doesn't say it, she doesn't ask!
He smiled slightly, and clenched the pair of lotus arms that hugged him tightly.
There is no need to appease, no need to repeat, in this small arm, this seemingly weak, thin body that seems to break easily, unexpectedly supports him with the heavy memory that has been carried on his shoulders for several years...
***
In the early morning of the next day, the refreshing wind clothes slipped into the white cloud room as usual, ready to have a good morning kiss. Just opened the door-
"Shh!" The red bean on the bed turned to him sharply, her index finger making a silent motion.
I saw Bai Yunhe leaning on Hongdou's shoulder, with a faint smile on his tired face, sinking into a dream.
Although the two of them were not disheveled, they were quite uncomfortable in Fengshangyi's eyes, especially Bai Yunhe was completely relaxed, and he didn't even notice when he entered the room!
"What's going on? What did you do?" Fengshangyi jumped in a hurry, and didn't dare to wake up the sleeping Bai Yunhe, so she could only keep "pushing" Hongdou with her lips.
Hongdou blinked in confusion, unable to understand the "lip language" of Fengshangyi's mouth opening and closing.
Fengshangyi separated the two of them, placed Bai Yunhe in the quilt, and hooked his index finger towards Hongdou.
"Let's go downstairs and talk."
Hongdou patted the wrinkled red shirt and nodded.
Just as she was leaving the bed, she looked down and saw the safety talisman held tightly in her hand, she lightly hung it around Bai Yunhe's neck, and then went to the cafeteria downstairs for breakfast.
"How could you two sleep together? Is it your **** who climbed to Baiyun?" Feng Changyi overturned the vinegar jar, nibbled at the meat bun dissatisfied, and said fiercely.
He didn't even touch the white cloud, yet he was given the first step by this unsprouted little red bean?!
"Last night was very cold, so I asked the second uncle to help me warm up, why, can't you?" She casually said nonsense, not planning to tell the truth about what happened last night.
"How could he sleep so deadly? Did you drug him?" Feng Changyi used the heart of a villain to treat a gentleman's belly, and he still couldn't believe that Bai Yun would sleep in front of her defenselessly.
The red bean took a small dish and gave it to the mouth, chewed it tastelessly, and was too lazy to answer Fengshangyi.
How did she know that the second uncle would sleep so soundly? Last night, she surrounded him, crying indulgently, only to realize that the second uncle was actually asleep! No matter how she swayed, shouted, dragged and abducted, he didn't move like a mountain, and he would have to harm her. Holding and dragging his tall body to the **, she was so tired that she closed her eyes and fell asleep until dawn.
Second uncle's peaceful sleeping face looks like he is relieved after being tired for a long time...
Some childish, some silly.
"It's also unlikely... If you drug him, he will probably beat him to a bruised nose, how could you be alive and have breakfast?" Fengshangyi continued talking to herself when she saw Hongdou didn't answer.
"How do you know that if you give medicine to the second uncle, you will be beaten by him?"
"Nonsense, because I have done this kind of thing." Fengshangyi answered as a matter of course, he is the best example of living blood.
"Oh?" The red bean raised her eyebrows and bit the bamboo chopsticks, "Why did you prescribe medicine to my second uncle?"
There was a smirk from Fengshang's throat, and he blinked at Hongdou with an ambiguous expression, "Hehehe... I want to order a medicine, and I'll go directly to Baiyun for 'raw rice and cooked rice' Luo."
"Cooking?" She had never heard that the second uncle could cook.
"As a result, your second uncle not only beat me into a human shape, but also tied me and threw me into the rushing river, treating me like a dead dog!" Thinking back on the scene, Fengshangyi couldn't help but shiver. The most disgusting thing is that he taught people to be paralyzed before he even touched Baiyun's clothes!
"It must be because your cooking is too hard to swallow, so the second uncle didn't cook with you." After hearing this, Hongdou made a simple conclusion.
Fengshangyi was too lazy to explain the true meaning of "cooking" to Hongdou.
"He's so determined, but I just love his cold appearance." Feng Changyi held her cheeks and made a tender gesture of a little woman, causing Hongdou to roll her eyes.
"Second uncle won't be cold." Her second uncle is gentle and considerate.
Hearing this, an evil thought suddenly appeared in Fengshangyi's mind, her eyes flashed with mischievous brilliance, she took out a white jade medicine bottle from her sleeve, and swayed mysteriously in front of Hongdou.
"That's because you've never seen Baiyun's true face—here, this pill can make you understand and recognize it clearly, so that you won't be kept in the dark and foolishly think how kind and great Baiyun is."
"what is this?"
"The pills that were prepared to 'cook rice' with Baiyun." He opened the cork and poured out two crystal clear emerald green pills.
Pick up a red bean, smell it in the east and smell it in the west, except for a faint fragrance of flowers and plants, there is no other peculiarity.
"Try it." Fengshangyi encouraged.
Red Bean did not suspect him, put the pill in his mouth and chewed it again and again.
"It's nothing particularly delicious." It's neither sweet nor delicious, just like chewing raw soybean kernels.
"It's not sweet candy." Fengshangyi gave her a wide-eyed look, "Carefully feel the smell spreading in your mouth."
Adonis puffed out her cheeks and did as Fengshangyi said seriously.
"Yeah! It's the smell of wine!" She suddenly realized.
"Smart." Because Baiyun doesn't drink alcohol, all alcoholic products, even food that tastes like alcohol, should be avoided. In order to "settle" Baiyun, he spent all his energy, searched the north and south of the river, and developed a variety of herbs and flowers, and finally made these little things - a small one, comparable to a pot of old Qionghualu.
"What does this have to do with the second uncle?" Red bean wriggled her cheeks. The more she chewed the pills in her mouth, the stronger the wine tasted. She drank the tea vigorously to flush out the taste in her mouth.
"Before you left the gate of Hell, Yan Guan should have explained that Baiyun could not touch the bar?"
"How do you know?" she asked in surprise. It's amazing! Even the little godfather's advice is clear.
"I am more familiar with Yanguan's temperament than you, and that bear can't say too many complicated words." Fengshangyi seemed to praise and criticize, and he could even imagine the various things Shi Yanguan said when he said this. look.
"Little godfather said that the second uncle's drinking capacity is not good, so he can't drink."
"Not good at drinking? Haha - a joke! Baiyun's drinking is too good." It's just that the wine is too bad. Fengshangyi secretly added a sentence in his heart. He picked up another pill, placed it in the palm of the red bean, and said softly, "Would you like to see a different 'Baiyunhe'?"
"A different Baiyunhe?" Hongdou repeated stupidly. Fengshangyi nodded happily, his face brighter due to the mischief.
"Find a way to get Baiyun to eat this emerald pill, I'm sure it will open your eyes."
He is so curious! Will Baiyun, who loves Hongdou, slap her down after drinking alcohol, just like the way he treated him last time? There is no grievance or enmity with you. She is afraid that she can't even stand Baiyun's finger. What if Baiyun accidentally kills her? Besides, this girl has a more "unexpected" future waiting for her, so he doesn't need to get down.
"No! No! Don't try. The consequences are too serious!"
"Why?" Hongdou shrank his hands, not understanding Fengshangyi's strange reaction with a smirk and guilt for a while.
"Baiyun is very scary when he's drunk! Give me the pills back!" He is doing her best! This little red bean doesn't appreciate it!
"No!" Hongdou insisted against it. Her curiosity has all made Feng Changyi's words hooked out, how can she just pay it back
In the end, what will happen to the second uncle when he is drunk? Why does Feng Changyi and the little godfather always bring a touch of fear on their faces when they mention it
"If you don't, don't blame me for hitting you." Feng Changyi threatened her with a grin and raised her fist. Although he doesn't hit women, his scaring skills are top-notch.
"Yeah—Second Uncle!" Hongdou called softly behind him.
Fengshangyi pouted, not believing her lie at all, "Want to bluff me? There is no door! Give me back quickly!" He raised his fist.
"What did she take from you?" Bai Yun asked in a deep voice, putting his hands around his chest.
Fengshangyi turned around abruptly, not knowing how long Baiyun had been standing behind him, let alone how much he had heard.
"Red Bean?" Bai Yun ignored Fengshangyi's overly frightened stunned expression, and turned to Hongdou.
"It's nothing, it's the wind—" Before Hongdou could speak, Feng Changyi's big palm accurately covered her mouth, blocking all the sounds.
"I was playing around with Hongdou." He threw a few hints at Hongdou, asking her to hurry up to hide the emerald pill in his hand. When Hongdou received the message, he cooperated and took the small pill with a nonchalant attitude. tucked at the waist.
"Don't move your hands or feet." Bai Yunhe stared coldly at Fengshangyi's hand on Hongdou's mouth, as if he could break it with his eyes.
Feng Changyi quickly retracted his palm. On the one hand, he did not want his sweetheart to be misunderstood. On the other hand, if the palm was broken again, it would be as difficult to get it back.
"Second Uncle, where are we going next? Are we going back to Hell's Gate?" Hongdou asked, and started to fill him with a bowl of clear porridge.
"Do you want to go back?"
Red Bean shook his head. "Let's play for a few more days, shall we?" It was rare for her to travel far away. After returning to Hell's Gate this time, she didn't know how long it would take to leave the house again.
"Okay, the second uncle happens to be visiting a friend, and it's okay to go back to the house later."
"I want to follow too." Feng Changyi kept buzzing in Bai Yun's ears, like a sticky fly, but unfortunately no one paid him any attention.
"Also, I'm going to buy some stuff for my daddy this time, as well as pity my sister, Huang Xing, Qing Xing, Lan Kui, Niu Tau, Ma Mian..." Hongdou began to calculate how many things he had to buy this time to go back to Hell's Gate. "Xiao Jing "People.
"Hey, did you hear? I, also, want, follow!" Fengshangyi shouted perseveringly.
Pah! A plate of tofu smashed into Feng Changyi's face with precision, sealing his noisy mouth.