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Chapter 41]

The next day Jiang Weiyan didn't let Bai Lian see him off, he said he was reluctant to leave when he saw Bai Lian.

Bai Lian didn't know if he was talking nonsense for a while, Jiang Weiyan was very measured in front of major events.

No matter what the reason was, Bai Lian really stayed in the mansion obediently and did not go out.He heard soldiers and horses passing by the gate, and he obviously didn't take this road when he left the city.

"Young Master is leaving." Feng Zhi put the hot tea on the table.

"En." Bai Lian had been holding the booklet in his hand for a long time, but he didn't read a single word.He turned his head and looked out the window, the snow seemed to be heavier than yesterday, and the wind was also stronger.

He didn't look away until he could no longer hear the sound of soldiers and horses, "I heard it."

Baili Eucalyptus put down the booklet and picked up the teacup, suddenly felt the darkness in front of her eyes, and her heart constricted.

The teacup fell and the plum blossom tea spilled all over the floor.

"master!"

Feng Zhi hurriedly supported him, and the next second Baili An bowed and spat out a mouthful of blood, and passed out.

When Bai Lian woke up, it was already three days later.

Yuan Yu sat on the wicker chair beside the bed with his eyes closed, and Feng Zhi was adding calming incense to the red sandalwood incense burner.

His throat was dry and itchy, and Thyme coughed a few times in a muffled voice.

Yuan Yu woke up with a start, lifted the curtain, grabbed Bai Lian's hand to feel his pulse.

"It's good to wake up... It's good to wake up..." Yuan Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief, raised his hand and waved in front of Baili's eyes, "Xiaobai, do you recognize Master?"

"Hmm..." Baili Eucalyptus responded weakly, and said in a hoarse voice, "I want to drink water."

Feng Zhi immediately went to the table and poured a glass of warm water, helped Bai Lian up, and slowly fed him the water.

"Master..."

Yuan Yu looked at him with a sad expression, and asked: "I told you to rest more and don't work too hard, did you pretend you didn't hear it?"

Bai Lian lowered his head, "I'm sorry."

"Don't tell me that, it's not me you're sorry for, and it's not my body you're hurting."

"I don't feel tired."

"When you really feel tired, it's the same as three days ago, and you vomit blood directly." Yuan Yu said, "From now on, it will take up to half an hour to process official documents every day."

Bai Lian anxiously said: "More..."

"Xiaobai!" Yuan Yu had never talked to Bailian so angrily before. He knew that Bailian was for Daxia's community, but now he couldn't consume his energy like before.But Bai Lian's temperament is like this, he always feels that he can persist and work hard, and he won't listen to what he says.

Knowing that Yuan Yu was angry, Bai Lian opened his mouth to say something, but was blocked by Yuan Yu's next words.

Yuan Yu sighed, "Think about Ah Yan, you don't care, he does."

Bai Lian lowered his eyes and caught a glimpse of the red string on his wrist.

Yes, and Jiang Weiyan.He will be angry, he will be annoyed, he will care about Thyme...

He loves Thyme more than Thyme.

After a while, Bai Lian agreed in a low voice: "I see, Master."

***

Every winter solstice, the city of Bianjing is always bustling with excitement. Bai Lian always has to rely on a wheelchair to travel in winter. He is used to it, but Jiang Weiyan is not used to it.

Jiang Weiyan came back a few days before the winter solstice. At that time, Bai Lian had just gone to sleep after secretly handling an extra cup of tea time with Yuan Yu on his back.

Feeling in a daze that someone was sitting beside the bed, he thought it was Yuan Yu who came to see if he was resting, and he didn't care.Sleepiness swept over him, and he fell into a deep sleep.

When I woke up, it was already dusk, the first frost and snow, and the clear frost was shining brilliantly.

Bai Lian felt that his hand was being held all the time, and he opened his eyes to take a look. The sleepiness had not dissipated, making him unable to tell whether he was dreaming or awake.

Although he couldn't tell the difference, he still murmured: "Jiang Weiyan..."

Every time he dreamed of Jiang Weiyan, he couldn't see him when he woke up.

But he still calls his name.

Even if no one responded to him.

But this time is different.

Jiang Weiyan leaned over, put his forehead against his, and said softly, "I'm back."

On the first day after the winter solstice, Jiang Weiyan set off back to the edge again.Half a month later, Baili An received a letter from Feiyan, and he would attack Great Liang in ten days.

Bai Lian pinched the letter paper and wrote a few lines with a pen.

Zhan Xin'an.

The cold winter has come, I heard that there is heavy snow on the edge, and it is difficult to march. Hope you are well.

Recently, I sat alone by the window looking at the snow. I often heard Qing calling my name, but I never saw you when I looked back.

The memory of each other is deep, and I look forward to your return.

Since then, battle reports have often been sent back to the capital.

In the third month of the calendar, the commander-in-chief Jiang Weiyan led troops to attack Daliang and reached the capital of Daliang.

Great Liang has been subjugated since then.

***

When Jiang Weiyan returned to Beijing, spring was in full swing, and the smoke and willows in Bianjing were clearing up the sky.

When he returned to Prince Jing's mansion, he hadn't seen Baili Eucalyptus, and was dragged away by Yuan Yu to a deserted place.

"Xiaobai is still sleeping." Yuan Yu leaned against the wall, hesitated for a while, and said, "He didn't want me to tell you these words, for fear that you would feel uncomfortable if you knew."

"I can guess." Jiang Weiyan sighed, "I wrote him many letters when I was on the edge, but he never mentioned his physical condition in his reply letter, no matter how I asked him, he didn't say anything."

"Um……"

Jiang Weiyan smiled wryly: "Uncle, I'm not that fragile, there's nothing I can't hear. I'm not afraid to know what's going on with him, I'm afraid I don't know anything."

Yuan Yu told Jiang Weiyan everything about the past few months.

Jiang Weiyan didn't say a word after listening, bowed to Yuan Yu, turned around and walked to Baili's bedroom.

Through the window, Yuan Yu saw Jiang Weiyan holding Baili's hand, without any other movements, just sitting on the side of the bed, quietly looking at the sleeping Baili.

There didn't seem to be any strange emotions.

Only Jiang Weiyan knew that it was like facing the abyss.

When the wind picked up, Yuan Yu gently closed the window and left the backyard.

It's almost the vernal equinox.

The pear blossoms in the yard are about to bloom.

Just a little more time...

***

It was February [-]th, two days before the vernal equinox.

Eucalyptus Baili's spirit is better than before, and he asks Feng Zhi to move the piano under the pear blossom tree.

The pear blossoms have not yet bloomed, only new shoots have sprouted.

In fact, he couldn't see clearly, but there was wind today, but when he stretched out his hand, no pear blossoms fell to his palm.

Baili Eucalyptus found a sunny place and sat directly on the grass under the tree, leaning against the tree trunk, with the paulownia qin resting on his lap.

It's been a long time since I played the piano, and Su Bai put her fingers on the strings.He wanted to play a song of Chu Ge, but his fingers were not strong enough, so the sound he played was all floating.

Perhaps the sun was too warm, and Bai Lian didn't know when he fell asleep.When he woke up, he saw Jiang Weiyan's frowning face, with panic still in his eyes.

"Don't frown, it's ugly." Bai Lian raised his hand to caress his eyebrows and coaxed him softly, "It's just asleep."

Jiang Weiyan pushed away the leaves that had fallen on the head of Eucalyptus barbatus, "Do you want to go back to your room?"

Bai Lian shook his head and pulled him to sit down, "No, you can sit here with me for a while."

"it is good."

"Can you play the piano?"

"Mother once taught me, but I haven't played the piano for a long time, so I don't think I'm very good at it."

"I'll read the score to you, and you play it to me, okay?"

"Okay." Jiang Weiyan moved the piano to his lap.

Baili Eucalyptus leaned on Jiang Weiyan's shoulder, closed his eyes and read the music score, listening to the piano sounds played out one by one from Jiang Weiyan's fingers.

At the end of the song, Jiang Weiyan asked, "What's the name of this song?"

"Hua Xu Yin." Bai Lian's voice was very soft, "I won't read the music, play it for me again."

Jiang Weiyan's fingers trembled inexplicably, and the sound of the piano was disordered.

"Yuan." He looked sideways at him.

Bai Lian still lazily replied, "En."

Jiang Weiyan lowered his head and kissed Baili'an's forehead, his heart was sour, and he said every word carefully, "I love you, I love you very much."

"Ok, I know."

Hua Xu cited...

Jiang Weiyan memorized the piano score and plucked the strings with his fingertips.

"Jiang Weiyan..."

"Well, I'm here."

Bai Lian seemed to be smiling, his voice floated in the soft wind, he said to Jiang Weiyan: "You just had a Huaxu dream."

He heard the breathing of Thyme Eucalyptus getting weaker and weaker, and the tune gradually became unstable.

At the end of the song, no words were heard from him.

That was the last sentence Bai Lian left him.

Hua Xu had a dream, but it was nothingness in the end.

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