Oh, by the way, the changes in heaven and earth that Chu Qi had mentioned before leaving also happened.
But it was not as serious as what she had said before. There were no mountains and rivers overturned, and no earth shaking.
The weather abnormality really happened.
During the hot season of July, three winters came first and then three summers in one month. The crops in the fields were rotten and ripe, which frightened the entire Song Dynasty.
The Holy One was even more frightened, and he wanted to issue an edict to punish himself no matter what happened.
Fortunately, these abnormalities only lasted for that month. In the end, because of the three-crop crops, everyone had a good year.
I thought that was all, but then gradually, many ghosts would come to Kaifeng Mansion in the middle of the night and ask Mr. Bao to redress their grievances by name.
Whenever they were asked why they had to come to Mr. Bao, they hesitated and couldn't explain clearly. They only said that someone told them, but they didn't know who it was.
Later, Bao Zheng's reputation of interrogating yang every day and interrogating yin at night somehow spread further and further. His reputation became even bigger, and even ghosts thousands of miles away wanted to ask him to investigate the case.
Zhan Zhao and Gongsun Ce followed him and saw many ghosts with different ways of death, different encounters and strange shapes.
Later, they thought, maybe Chu Qi was still watching them.
After a few years, they have become big shots who can make good friends with Yin Chai.
And they also learned many secrets from Yin Chai's mouth. For example, not everyone can become a ghost after death. The attachment to life and the longing for relatives are both indispensable for the soul to turn into a ghost.
--Oh I got it.
They nodded, but they seemed to understand.
One day when he was drunk, the green-faced Yin Cha looked at Bao Zheng with bleary eyes. Suddenly, he got drunk and hugged him, crying and shouting that he should die soon, and he also said something about the vacancy of Yama's seat in the underworld. Waiting for him to return.
"...A lot of files have been delayed, and the judges are in a worse mood than the others. Sir, we are suffering too!!!"
When they woke up the next morning, Yin Chai had disappeared, leaving the three of them looking at each other.
Then, Gongsun Ce told Bao Zheng about the "King of Yama" that he heard Chu Qi mention in the carriage many years ago, and finally nudged Bao Zheng for a while.
At that time, Zhan Zhao watched the two of them talking and laughing, and couldn't help but think of Chu Qi again.
He couldn't help but wonder - where is she now? How are you doing? Was he reincarnated into an adult? Or have you still not entered reincarnation?
When he also enters the underworld, will he be able to see her?
Over the years, he has never gotten married. Bao Zheng proposed marriage to him, and the Holy Spirit tried to secure a match for him, but he refused them all.
"Zhan already has a sweetheart, but he really doesn't want to empathize with others."
At that time, this was his answer.
Yes, his sweetheart, his sweetheart who never declared his love in words.
He thought again about the day Chu Qi left, she said she was lucky to meet them, but, but...
"Miss Chu Qi, it is a blessing to meet you Zhan Zhao."
That full moon night, the moonlight was so bright.
Zhan Zhao drank alone to Yue and became extremely drunk.
He actually understood very well that in Chu Qi's eyes, there was no difference at all between him, Bao Zheng, and Gongsun Ce.
In her heart, they are just friends.
But it was precisely because he clearly understood this that Zhan Zhao felt painful.
He never regretted meeting her, he only regretted not being able to tell her earlier that he liked her.
The next morning, Zhan Zhao got up from the bed. Zhang Long told him that he was carried back by Gongsun Ce last night. Take a breath.
Gongsun Ce hasn't gotten married in recent years. When asked, he said he was busy investigating the case.
He brought Xiaohua back from Jiangzhou and recognized her as his younger sister. After teaching Xiaohua a few years ago, he opened a female household for her alone. Then he completely let himself go.
From time to time, I would go into seclusion in the mountains and forests to write books.
The manuscripts written by Gongsun Ce are of various types, covering everything from astronomy and geography to strange folk customs.
He was obsessed with literature all day long, and seemed to have no time for the love of his children.
No one can persuade me.
There is also Xiao Hei. I don’t know what instructions I gave him before Chu Qi left. From then on, he followed Zhan Zhao wholeheartedly. He pointed east and never flew west. He was so well-behaved and cute that even the Holy Lord They all find it novel and often give it some royal fruits to eat.
Only occasionally, it would hang upside down on the window edge of Kaifeng Mansion on a bright moonlit night, silently looking at the moon, and it would last all night.
Xiao Hei followed Zhan Zhao all over the country for more than 20 years. He and the bat were inseparable, which made Bai Yutang always joke that there was a flying mouse following Zhan Zhao next to him.
Later, after blocking a poison dart for Zhan Zhao, it finally left.
Zhan Zhao found a way to bring it back to Jiangzhou intact and buried it next to the small temple built by Sima Qing.
By this time, Sima Qing had already passed away, but none of the children he had adopted were willing to stay in this small temple.
As a result, this place was deserted.
"Sleep well, good boy, Xiao Hei. I have worked hard for you these years...but now, you can go back to see her."
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A few years later, Gongsun Ce also passed away. Before leaving, he looked at Zhan Zhao and Bao Zheng who looked sad and said:
"What do you have to be sad about? Maybe you can see me again tomorrow night. Don't be scared by me then."
However, they had been waiting in front of the funeral for three days, but they did not see Gongsun Ce floating in front of their eyes and continuing to behave strangely.
Hey, look at this liar who is full of lies. He has no obsession at all.
Not two years after Gongsun Ce left, Bao Zheng also fell seriously ill. He was very open-minded about his death. He even joked to Zhan Zhao who came to visit him and said that when he went down, he would help find traces of Chu Qi. .
It seemed that he was really impatient. The next day after saying these words, he passed away peacefully in his sleep.
Finally, Zhan Zhao, with gray hair on his temples, could finally bid farewell to Kyoto.
After going round and round, he finally returned to Jiangzhou alone.
This is the origin of everything. Maybe he can have a good dream here.
In the past few decades, sometimes he couldn't help complaining that his Chuqi girl was really cruel.
Half of my life passed by, and I didn't have a dream one night.
Zhan Zhao briefly repaired the small temple and lived here alone in the following days.
As time passed by, ravines gradually formed between his eyebrows, but his eyes were still as clear as before.
I don’t know how many years have passed. It’s another cold winter. The snow fell heavily that day. Zhan Zhao lit the fire, pillowed on his coat, and finally had a good time that had been delayed for many years. Dream.
In the dream, Chu Qi held a bunch of smile gold in his hand, stood in the long shimmering night, and smiled gently at him.
The next day, the snow finally stopped, and Zhan Zhao also went with the sweetheart he had been pursuing for half his life.
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Chu Qi left.
It's like a passing guest passing through Zhan Zhao's life.
But Zhan Zhao spent the rest of his life embracing the memories she gave him. He treasured that red coat and carried it with him wherever he went, from the south to the north, from young to old.
It turned out that since the first time he met her in the cave, he was destined to be unable to forget her.
"Miss Chuqi, I feel happy when I see you."
The words that I never had time to say finally came out.
——Volume 1·End——
