[Rat Cat] Eternal Night

All unexpected encounters in the world are reunions after a long absence, and there is only one person who can leave traces in the bottom of my heart in the vast sea of ​​people.

Bai Yutang brought the wine cup to his mouth, took a sip, and couldn't move his eyes away from that person——that's really interesting, that person, really interesting.

The man seemed to be aware of the distant gaze, and looked up to this side.When the cold look met the fiery gaze, the young man in blue robe was taken aback for a moment, and then he actually laughed.

Bai Yutang's heart felt hot, seeing the man's brows and eyes crooked with a smile, everything around him seemed to be rippling in the spring breeze, round and round, making people confused, hands and feet weak, and he couldn't help smiling.

"Brother Bai, Brother Bai..." It's a bit...noisy...

The man in blue smiled and shook his head slowly, put up a finger, and pressed it gently on his lips, his bright black eyes shone with a sly light.

"Brother Bai? Brother Bai!" The voice became louder, like a fly buzzing in his ear.

Bai Yutang squinted impatiently, causing the opponent to shrink back suddenly, almost falling to the ground.

"What's the matter?" Bai Yutang recognized this person as Xiang Fu, whom he had helped, and stretched out his hand to give him a hand.

"No...it's nothing..." Xiang Fu sat down flattered and asked curiously, "Brother Bai, what were you watching just now?"

Bai Yutang turned his head, the table by the window was empty, only the cup of steaming tea on the table proved the existence of that person just now.The second brother picked up the three copper plates next to the teacup, quickly took off the cloth towel on his shoulders to wipe the table, and led another guest to take a seat.

What a pity... This is a bright spot that has never appeared before.

Bai Yutang sighed secretly, recovered his senses and said: "Brother Xiang, it's been a long time."

"Ha, long time no see, Brother Bai, someone from Xiang came over to say hello." Knowing that he probably missed something good for Bai Yutang, Xiang Fu quickly changed the subject, "It's been three years since we last parted. I want to visit your house, but I'm so busy. How is your brother?"

elder brother?Bai Yutang was stunned for a moment, vaguely remembering that he had an older brother named Bai Jintang, he frowned, and let out a sigh of relief: "My brother has passed away."

"What?!" Xiang Fu said in surprise, "Why did the great benefactor pass away? What a pity, what a pity!"

Yes, when did this elder brother die?Bai Yutang was too lazy to rummage through the information in his head, anyway, these were all background information, and generally had little to do with the task.

While responding, he looked at the other person - this person was wearing a brown samurai uniform, ordinary, nothing worthy of attention, and he didn't look like the object of his mission this time.

But if it wasn't the target of the mission, this person would never be a character partner, he looked so wretched, it was too hurtful to look at.

The partner should be like the man in blue who left just now, Bai Yutang stroked his chin and thought, new character?

"Hey, brother Bai, you're distracted again." Xiang Fu sighed helplessly, "An Lehou is really nice, you can listen to me..."

An Lehou, who is this?It sounds so familiar.

Bai Yutang wouldn't admit that he didn't listen to the other party at all, so how could he be distracted?He was about to ask a question in a different way, but he saw an old man in rags climbing up the stairs with a cane.

The old man walked tremblingly to the next table, knelt down to a man dressed as a village eunuch, and said, "Master Miao, I beg you, please give me some relief, the little old man has sold everything that can be sold at home, it's really worth it." not come out."

The eunuch frowned and flicked his clothes and said, "Reduction? That's not what you said when you asked me to borrow money. If you don't have money to pay back, why do you borrow money? Do you know what the consequences are if you don't pay back the money? Still thinking about it?" Don't want to stay in this town anymore, huh?"

"Who can afford to borrow this way of yours?!" The old man mourned with a bitter face, "Little old man lent you ten taels of silver, and you have to repay you 35 taels in three years. Thirty-five taels, my family If you don't eat or drink for a year, you can save three or two taels...how about you allow more grace?"

"Hmph! I understand. You old man Yang just doesn't want to pay back the money?" Miao Xianghuan shook off the old man's hand, bent down and lowered his voice, "What kind of grace period? You can't afford to pay it back for a year. Why don't you pay it back?" Sell ​​the little granddaughter to me so that you don't have to leave home with you, huh?"

"This! How can this be done?!" Old Man Yang struggled and looked around helplessly.There was a sudden silence in the teahouse, and almost everyone lowered their heads and drank tea on their own—what are you kidding, 35 taels of silver is enough for a wealthy family of four to live for two years.

Bai Yutang's heart skipped a beat, so it seems that this old man is the key to his character, and the details of this dream have surpassed those in the past.

He stood up, walked over calmly, and grabbed the hand of the Miaoxiang eunuch on the old man's chest: "Isn't it just 35 taels of silver? I'll pay it back for him, and get his IOU!"

"Who are you, dare to take care of my Miao Xiu's affairs?" The Miaoxiang eunuch narrowed his eyes and wanted to take out his hand, "Let go, you dare to treat me like this? Do you know who my son is?"

"I don't care who your son is." Bai Yutang let go of his hand, threw out a small bag of taels of silver, and smiled contemptuously, "Don't you just want money? Borrowing five taels of silver with an interest of 30 taels for three years is too light Yes. Here's the IOU!"

Miao Xiu saw that he was well-dressed and not arrogant, so she was also worried that he was some kind of extraordinary person.He had no choice but to take out the IOU, slapped Bai Yutang's palm, picked up the bag of silver and left, before leaving, he gave Old Man Yang an indignant look.

The people in the teahouse regained their vitality by chattering, and their eyes wandered for a while before returning to normal.

Bai Yutang helped Old Man Yang to sit at the table, and offered him a cup of tea, "Take a break first, don't worry, I won't ask you for money."

Xiang Fu followed suit with a few words of comfort, and then smiled at Bai Yutang: "Brother Bai is really righteous. This situation and this scene immediately reminded Xiang of the great benefactor who helped me that day. It's a pity, alas..."

Bai Yutang didn't bother to pay attention to him, so he took out a fire pocket, put the IOU on it, burned it, and threw it on the ground, turning it into a pile of black ashes.He clapped his hands, and handed out another five taels of silver to Old Man Yang, telling him to find a way to move out of this place, so as not to be harassed by Miao Xiang officials again.

"Thank you benefactor!" Old Yang took the silver and wanted to kowtow to Bai Yutang, but he said shamelessly after being stopped by that person, "Old man Yang and his family dare not forget the great kindness. It's just that this Miaoxiang eunuch... Miao Xianghuan's words in the village carry a lot of weight, and his son Miao Hengyi is an official in this town, so if Mr. Benedict ruined his affairs this time, I'm afraid that in the future..."

"You don't have to worry about the future, it's serious to leave as soon as possible." Bai Yutang waved his hand nonchalantly, feeling at ease now, the target of this mission is probably the Miao family father and son.However, I don't know where they live...

After sending old man Yang away, Xiang Fu came over: "Brother Bai, I know you are not afraid of trouble, but a brother should also remind you a few words. There is a saying that 'the king of hell is easy to see, but the little ghost is hard to deal with'. My father and son are more or less officials. Since ancient times, the people have not fought with officials. If you really have a little trouble with them, you will inevitably suffer a small crime in the future. Why don't you follow my brother and me to join a high-ranking official? After all, it is better to be under a big tree. Enjoy the cool."

After listening to what he said patiently, Bai Yutang asked him a little funny, "Oh? Which one are you talking about?"

"Of course it's Anlehou."

"Which Anlehou?"

"Which one else?" Xiang Fu said proudly, "Of course it's Grand Master Pang's son, Pang Yu, Marquis of Anle!"

It turned out to be this person!Every time the villain cannon fodder appeared in his mission, this time should be no exception.

Bai Yutang sneered: "So that's how it is. It's good that you've joined him!" After speaking, he immediately asked Xiaoer to pay the bill, got up and turned around to leave, without even looking at Xiang Fu again.Cannon fodder's subordinates are still cannon fodder, so there's nothing to worry about.

After leaving the teahouse, Bai Yutang found a restaurant to eat something casually, then asked the waiter where the Miao family's father and son lived, and then went to the Miaojiaji.

No one dared to ask him for 35 taels of silver from Bai Yutang. If he wasn't the target of the mission, he probably wouldn't bother with them.What's more, it's only natural to pay off debts, and it's not bad to ask for some interest.

On the way, Bai Yutang felt in a trance that the scene in front of him was shaking—the dark blue sea poured down from mid-air, and the cities, villages, forests, bridges, everything was broken by the deep blue waves and turned into a living and full of life. Dead picture.

The green jungle was smashed, the road paved with gravel was cut off, and the endless stream of people was cut into pieces...

People still have mask-like expressions on their faces, performing in their respective pictures, seemingly without end.

Is this... a sign of sobriety?He is about to float out of the dreamland!

what happened?It hasn't been long since entering the dreamland, why did it show signs of premature collapse?

no!It took a lot of effort to sneak in once, and no matter what you say, you can't return without success!

Bai Yutang stopped and forced himself to calm down. If he started to panic, the speed of his ascent would become faster and faster, and this dream would never come back again!He can't leave yet, he still has someone to meet, and unfinished business, at least... At least let him see that person again!

He took out a few small porcelain bottles from his bosom—this bottle speeds up the dream, this bottle slows down, this bottle helps him escape from the dream, this bottle—picked out a bottle of Seven Souls and Eight Treasures Pill that stabilizes the dream, and poured out several Swallowing it dry, it took a while for the scene in front of me to return to stability.

Bai Yutang shook his head and smiled, he didn't know what he was thinking, he might fall into a dream and couldn't extricate himself from taking too much stabilizer at one time.If this kind of thing really happens, the devil knows what will happen to his body in reality. He really can't believe that Liu Qing will help him take good care of his body.It's just...the task this time seems to be very different from the previous ones, maybe... maybe it's because of the appearance of that person.

that funny man!

The time in the dream was extremely unreliable. It was a sunny afternoon just now, but now it was late at night.Bai Yutang, dressed in white, jumped between the roofs.

I don't know if it will be regarded as a female ghost... Forget it, I will recognize it as a female ghost, anyway, I don't know what will happen in the next dream.

Bai Yutang finally came to the center of the mansion, which should be where the Miao family and his son lived.From a distance, he saw a figure floating in from the opposite periphery, that light figure was like a swallow~

Although his whole body was wrapped in black night clothes, he still recognized that person!With such a handsome skill, why not call it "Swallow Flying"!

Bai Yutang smiled, followed in with "following like a shadow", and saw the man hanging upside down on the beam outside the main room, looking inside.Needless to say, it must be that the Miao family father and son are tossing some tricks again.

The man's face was covered with a large piece of cloth, revealing only a pair of dark eyes, round and vivid.Bai Yutang felt itchy when he saw it, but he was too embarrassed to push forward, so he could only squat down and look at him.The feeling he gave Bai Yutang was better than all the treasures. Such a feeling of being sucked in makes people feel that this life... has no regrets?

Why did you suddenly think of these words?Bai Yutang was taken aback by himself, and after a while he calmed down again—all the joys in the world lasted day and night, but parting... parting is just the condiment of a long life, those who should meet, will always meet again.This is fate.

He saw the man sticking to the window to eavesdrop, and he also saw the man sticking himself to the pillar when the Miaojiaji patrol team passed by, and saw the man's black eyes flickering, seeming to be joyful, mischievous, and thinking , or...resentment...

Ah, this is him~ Bai Yutang himself didn't realize the intimacy in his thoughts.His vision trembled again, Bai Yutang knew that the time was almost up, and he had to make a decision early.

Another patrol team came over in the distance, and Bai Yutang kicked the woman who appeared at his feet off the fence.Amidst the woman's screams like killing a pig, the door of the main house was completely opened, and the Miao family father and son rushed out.

The "Swallow Fly" really flew into the room like a swallow flying past, and flew out again after a while.He squatted in the corner of the room and looked around, as if he was looking for something.Bai Yutang's heart felt hot, and he waved his hand involuntarily.Sure enough, those dark eyes were smiling again after seeing him.

There seemed to be the roar of sea water tumbling in his ears, and Bai Yutang's expression turned serious. It was time for the stabilizer, and he... was about to float up.There was not much time, and he was about to make a move when he saw "Swallow Fly" in the distance raised a finger lightly, and tapped lightly on the position of the mouth on the cloth.It's really him, he's signaling to himself~

Bai Yutang was so happy that he almost flew up, and took a closer look at the other party's actions.The man made a "six", then slashed his knife diagonally, made a "three" again, and pointed into the room.In the end, he actually waved his hand, climbed down the roof and left.

Bai Yutang thought about it for a while, then turned into the living room of Miao's father and son with the help of a shadow, and immediately saw four kits on the desk, one small and three big.The small one was the little cloth bag that Bai Yutang used to pay off the debts of Old Yang. When he opened it, 35 taels of silver was a lot.

What are the other three kits for?

Bai Yutang picked one at random, and it turned out to be a gold ingot, about 50 taels in size.This is not a small amount, Bai Yutang weighed it down and there are two left - 150 taels of gold.He couldn't help laughing as he recalled the gestures made by the man. It seemed that there were originally six kits here, but "Swallow Flying" went half way and kept the remaining three for himself.

He had expected that he would come to Miaojiaji, and he had already calculated when and from which direction he would enter here, so...he would wait here in advance, wait for himself, wait...to share the time with himself equally ill-gotten gains.

This man is really interesting~

Bai Yutang cheerfully put the things into his arms, no longer resisting the force that would pull him upwards.

The surrounding scenery gradually blurred with the rising tide, and the eardrums were aching under the pressure.The dark blue water curtain gradually turned into a deep dark blue, and then gradually changed from dark blue to a bright azure blue, and the eyes brightened...

call……

Bai Yutang slowly opened his eyes, and the blood-red sunset outside the window cast a layer of warmth on the usually deserted room.

"woke up?"

"Well," Bai Yutang closed his eyes, looked at the person at the table, and... the small metal box beside him, for the first time he had expectations, "Can I see it this time?"

Liu Qing raised her eyebrows differently, and closed the folder in her hand with a "snap": "I remember...you never read your work before the test."

"I want to see it this time."

"Can I know the reason?" Liu Qing came over, helped to pull out the needle on his wrist, and handed him a glass of water, "You...seem very happy?"

"That's right!" Bai Yutang gulped down his drink and said with a grin, "When I encounter something interesting, I just take a look."

"Unfortunately, it's against the rules. I'm a supervisor..." Liu Qing smiled, holding the folder and putting it in a small box, and said slowly, "And you, a dream catcher..."

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