Bai Qingqu was not very satisfied with his life.
He did have ambitions when he was young.
I want to practice hard, I want to enter the inner gate of Tianxuan Mountain, I want to become a swordsman in the world.
But there are always many trivial things in life that will consume your limited energy.
After more than ten years of stumbling and confusion, Bai Qingqu, who has passed his age, has probably realized that he has no hope of entering the inner gate.
This is a very despairing thing.
But something more desperate.
This thing didn't start suddenly.
Instead, it slowly reveals itself before your eyes over time and without any trace.
When you understand.
You have actually accepted this fact.
Like most people.
No matter how many times I said "I was promised to be the best in the world" when I was young.
In the end, you have to accept your own mediocrity.
so.
Bai Qingqu told himself that even so, he would always be a good father.
Work hard to make money and protect him and his wife.
Twenty years of time slipped through his fingers like a fleeting moment.
They have a house of their own in Tianxuan City, where every inch of land is at a premium. Although it is small, it has a yard where you can enjoy the shade and an eaves that can protect your children from wind and rain.
To this.
Bai Qingqu was very satisfied.
At least, this gave me a pretty good explanation for my imperfect life.
In this way, they watched their children grow up day by day in this small courtyard.
Watching him grow from a little kid with a runny nose who cried that he was afraid of the dark and had to be lifted high into a tall and tall boy who could help him carry the goods that he could hardly lift.
Seeing him as high-spirited as he was back then, he said that he wanted to become a disciple of Tianxuan Mountain and become the best swordsman in the world.
Bai Qingqu knew that was impossible.
But he would still smile and nod, and look forward to it with him. After he became the best in the world, he would buy himself as big a yard as possible and eat as many delicious dishes as he could.
after that.
Although there are some ups and downs.
His son finally got admitted to the inner sect.
Watching his son appear at the door of his house with an inner belt badge, and listening to the envious compliments from the neighbors around him.
At that moment, Bai Qingqu felt that his life seemed to be worth it.
But this dream only lasted for a year.
It was New Year's Eve.
At this time, Tianxuan Mountain will give the disciples a month's holiday, allowing the disciples who have practiced in the sect for a year to go home and reunite.
But some people will be left behind to serve as guards at the mountain gate.
His son happened to be chosen.
But logically speaking, it's not his turn.
After all, he had only started for one year, so it would take a disciple of more than three years to do this kind of thing.
However, because the disciple who was assigned to do this had urgent matters at home, he was asked to take his place.
Bai Qingqu's wife complained a lot, saying that she was deliberately making things difficult and bullying her son because he wanted to be honest.
But Bai Qingqu didn't think it was a big deal. They were all brothers from the same sect. They had no foundation in Tianxuan Mountain. It would be beneficial for his son to do more and the elders of the mountain sect would see it.
But on the New Year's Eve night, Bai Zian suddenly came back.
The couple was overjoyed.
When he walked to the door, he found that something was wrong with his son.
Their child's body was purple and blue, and the exposed arms and face had bulging blood vessels. The purple blood inside seemed to burst at any time. There was also a huge pustule on the left side of his face. It's weird and scary up there.
The couple panicked, and Bai Qingqu immediately wanted to find a doctor for his son.
But Bai Zian, who was paralyzed on the ground, took his father's hand and said angrily: "I can't go..."
"You will be discovered by them if you go there..."
Bai Qingqu asked him what happened and who were they?
Bai Zian spoke intermittently.
Bai Qingqu barely understood the whole story.
Bai Zian was not assigned to be on duty on the mountain. He signed up to be Fu Xuance's drug tester.
Bai Tuofeng is famous for his alchemy, and Fu Xuance is a miracle doctor in the world.
The elixirs he refined are hard to find in the outside world.
And the rewards promised by the other party are quite generous.
For an ordinary disciple like Bai Zian without family support, if he wants to improve his practice, good pills are an extremely important resource, but the corresponding high price is not what he can afford.
In addition, Fu Xuance swore that this elixir was only for nourishing the blood. Even if it really failed, it would only make the user uncomfortable for a few days at most, without any other side effects.
Bai Zian and several of his classmates decided to become drug testers. In order not to worry their parents at home, they said they would be on guard duty at the mountain gate.
But who would have expected that after taking this elixir, he and several of his fellow disciples began to experience various strange symptoms.
Some people vomit blood, some are mentally disturbed, and more often than not, like Bai Zian, have pustules all over their body...
They realized something was wrong and wanted to ask Fu Xuance for rescue, but found that their group had been closely supervised. White Hump ignored them and just locked them in an attic. Someone came to extract them every day. The blood is taken away, and I don’t know what it is used for...
Soon people started dying.
Bai Zian's heart was extremely frightened.
At the same time, he tried his best to escape, but there was no chance.
I knew that tonight, a fellow disciple who had also taken the elixir suddenly mutated. A rotten wing grew out of his back, tentacles protruded from his mouth, his body grew several times taller, and he wreaked havoc in the attic. Huge... The noise caused a commotion, and the disciples responsible for guarding them were tired of dealing with the mutated disciple. Only then did Bai Zian find a chance to escape...
In the hearts of Bai Qingqu and his wife.
Tianxuan Mountain has always been a famous and upright sect.
They felt that entering the inner gate would mean they could rest easy for the rest of their lives. They never thought that their son would encounter such misfortune in this holy place in their hearts.
The couple immediately panicked.
They did not dare to go to the doctor, because if the news got out, the White Hump people would come looking for them, and their son would have no chance of survival.
But Bai Zian's condition is getting worse and worse, and his life is in danger at any time. How can they bear to watch their son die in front of them.
After thinking about it, Bai Qingqu could only go to the drug store and pick up some medicine according to Bai Zian's symptoms. But as soon as he arrived at the door of his house, he heard his wife crying.
He walked in and saw his son lying on the bed, with blood oozing from his mouth, nose and even his ears and eyes, and he was breathless.
He hurried forward, and before he could ask any questions, he heard Bai Zian's trembling voice say.
"Dad...I'm cold..."
Bai Qingqu hugged him and said with a cry: "It's okay, dad is here..."
Just like he did every time there was thunder when he was a kid.
He hugged him, comforted him, and told him that as long as daddy is here, nothing in this world can hurt you.
But this time is different.
He couldn't protect his son, he could only hold him hard and watch him die in pain in his arms.
That night.
Bai Qingqu's life died together with Bai Zian.
He didn't even hold on to his last bit of dignity.
Early the next morning, he carried his son's body to the sword-wielding hall with his wife, and told him exactly what happened when Fu Xuance tested his son's medicine, causing him to die violently. .
His son died tragically, and the outside of the sword-wielding hall was filled with onlookers.
After hearing the words Fu Xuance, everyone's faces were filled with disbelief.
Obviously they didn't want to believe the story told by Bai Qingqu and his wife.
White Hump also responded quickly.
They said that it was Bai Zian who infiltrated Fu Xuance's prescription and stole the elixir that Fu Xuance had failed to refine, and that was why he ended up like this.
Logically speaking, White Hump should severely punish this matter.
But since Bai Zian was dead, he ignored the blame and even gave Bai Qingqu and his wife a hundred taels of silver as appeasement.
Everyone praised Fu Xuance, saying that he was benevolent and righteous, and repaid evil with kindness.
After all, it was Fu Xuance!
His good reputation spread far and wide, and it was too late to save people. How could he harm others?
His medical skills are superb, and the elixirs he refines are hard to come by, so how can they cause people to die suddenly?
This is just a couple trying to use the sudden death of their son to intimidate Bai Hump and ask for money.
The couple never imagined that not only did they fail to seek justice for their son, but they actually made him suffer infamy.
For a long time, they sold their property and wanted to find evidence.
But they didn't understand at all how someone like Fu Xuance would dare to offend the other party for two ordinary people like them?
In the end, he was defrauded of all his money and became impoverished.
Having lost his son, there is no way to seek justice for him.
Both husband and wife seemed to have lost their souls.
From that day on, his wife became taciturn, irritable and withdrawn.
Bai Qingqu was still trying to cheer up and take up the responsibilities of a husband again. He tried hard to pretend that nothing had happened.
But every time this time, he would think of the scene where his son was holding his hand before he died and saying how scared and cold he was.
At the same time, his wife would always stare at him when he wanted to start over, asking him if he had forgotten their son.
After his son left.
It seemed that even if he was happy for a moment, he would be betraying his son.
Days like this are actually very painful for Bai Qingqu.
Everything in the past haunted him like a nightmare, keeping him awake all night.
And his wife will constantly remind him that he must remember the death of their son.
But what can I do if I remember?
They were just an ordinary couple, how could they shake an existence like Fu Xuance.
That's just torturing yourself.
I can't change the past, and I don't have the courage to face the future.
This is the most realistic portrayal of the Bai Qingqu couple in the six or seven years after their son left.
So when Mr. Meng came to talk about the matter, his wife's eyes lit up and she agreed almost immediately.
Mr. Meng is a very good person.
To this point, Bai Qingqu can give the answer with confidence.
He never lied to them, not even with this plan.
He told Bai Qingqu and his wife very straightforwardly how this plan started and how it ended, that they would die in the process, and that other people might also be affected.
This was the only thing that made Bai Qingqu hesitate.
He is reluctant to hurt others.
This is the principle he has adhered to for so many years.
After all, many things in his life have gone against his wishes.
He has not become a swordsman who wields his sword to the end of the world, nor has he become a qualified father, but at least he wants to be a good person.
And at this moment.
Looking at the onlookers around him who were making wanton accusations against him and his wife.
He suddenly felt how ridiculous his whole life was.
No one in this world cares whether he is good or bad.
Just like many years ago, no one cared what kind of person his son was and whether he would commit theft.
They just stand in a superior position and use their likes and dislikes to simply identify the authenticity of something.
That's the case.
Then you should also be buried with my son!
…
Xu Chen.
That is, Bai Qingqu's married wife heard Bai Qingqu's words.
She raised her head, and her face was covered with purple blood vessels, looking ferocious and terrifying.
However, she seemed to feel her husband's feelings at that time.
At this moment, a smile appeared on her face that had not smiled for many years.
She looked at him and nodded with difficulty but happiness.
"good……"
"I can……"
As she said this, blood overflowed from the corners of her mouth - divinity had begun to rage in her body at this time, and she was on the verge of collapse.
He should be suffering from huge pain at this moment, but her eyes were filled with slow expectation and yearning...
Compared to the mental pain he suffered over the past few years, for Xu Chen, this physical pain was nothing to mention.
As long as she can make those who killed her son pay the price, she can still enjoy the pain even if it is a hundred times or ten thousand times stronger.
Bai Qingqu looked at his wife in front of him.
She has become extremely old, and her face has wrinkles all over it, and she is no longer what she used to be.
But when she smiled, time seemed to go back to the afternoon when they met decades ago.
At that time, he once vowed to her that he would protect her for the rest of his life...
Obviously, he wasn't doing too well at this point.
Now, he may not be able to protect her, but he can follow her ideas and complete the most important thing to them without any worries.
Thinking of this, he also smiled at the woman, then turned to look at the many big shots standing in front of him.
Everyone looked at him strangely, but Fu Zhengliang continued to curse angrily: "If you want to ruin Elder Fu's reputation, why don't you look at how much you weigh!?"
"Do you really think that I and all the adults present are fools? Will you believe what you say just because of your nonsense?"
Bai Qingqu listened to his angry curses without any disturbance in his heart.
Until now, everything is still sounding according to Mr. Meng's speculation. Now he only needs to complete the last step.
Thinking this, he took a step forward and was about to say something.
But his body trembled suddenly at this moment, his face suddenly turned pale, and his body froze in place. A series of raised blood vessels emerged from his sight, and then spread towards his cheeks like poisonous snakes.
He knew that the elixir in his body was starting to take effect.
A heartbreaking pain continued to surge through his limbs, and his body almost fell to the ground under such pain.
But he couldn't fall down at this moment, he still had the most important thing to accomplish.
He endured the severe pain and took a step forward, reaching into his arms with one hand to pull something out.
This was originally a simple matter, but at this moment, his body was stiff, and it was extremely difficult for him to move even the slightest step, whether it was the steps he took or the hand he extended into his arms.
The corners of his mouth began to twitch, and he could clearly feel something sweet gushing out of his throat.
The distance from where he was to the officials in front of him was only two or three steps, but at this moment, this short distance was like a chasm to him.
When he took his first step and landed, the thing wrapped in his mouth could no longer be blocked and spilled out from the corners of his mouth.
This scene stunned everyone around him, and at the same time, purple-brown blood vessels continued to spread from his neck, gradually occupying the lower half of his cheeks.
His appearance became terrifying and strange, and a cold aura spread around him.
The spectators who had been talking loudly just now also noticed his weirdness, and they all closed their mouths and looked at him in horror.
The officials in front of him also frowned, and almost took a step back subconsciously when faced with the strange changes in Bai Qingqu's body.
This made all Bai Qingqu's efforts to get close to everyone in vain.
He gritted his teeth and stepped forward again. He had to get closer, he told himself in his heart, but the surging medicinal power in his body began to surge more and more violently. He felt that he could no longer suppress the terrifying power.
His raised feet were hanging in the air and did not fall down.
He felt that he had reached the end of his strength, and that his consciousness and soul were about to be swallowed up by that terrible force...
And at this moment, a hand suddenly came deep to support his shaky body. At the same time, a powerful force poured into his body, helping him suppress the rioting aura in his body, making his confused mind. At this moment, there was a brief moment of clarity.
Although this clarity could not last long, it was enough for Bai Qingqu to complete the last thing.
Bai Qingqu raised his head in shock and looked at the person who helped him.
This is very strange.
The other party seemed to understand his situation very well. The timing of the attack and the power injected into his body were all just right to alleviate the temporary embarrassment in his body.
It was as if he was waiting for him to take action at any time to help him accomplish all this.
Bai Qingqu saw the other person's appearance clearly. He was a middle-aged man with a beard.
He was also one of the officials from the royal capital.
He didn't recognize him.
But the other party looked at him with a smile, with a hint of encouragement in his eyes that only he could understand. At that time, he asked in a concerned tone: "Old man, do you have anything else to say?"
"Just say it..."
"I, Zhong Yuan, swear in the name of King Wu..."
"I will never let you down."
