Chapter 147: One hundred and forty-seventh tripod
◎Cancellation of contract◎
When Song Dingding returned to the yard, it was already half afternoon. Li Huazheng was drinking alone. When he saw her coming back, he smiled and waved: "I asked the cook to restore the spicy lobster you made in the past, come and taste how it tastes. ."
She didn't speak, she rushed to the stone table in the yard in a rage, picked up the jug, raised her head and took a few sips.
Li Hua was stunned to see this move.
He reacted after half a beat, quickly put down his chopsticks, and snatched the jug from her hand: "You haven't recovered yet, what wine are you drinking?!"
But after taking three or two sips, Song Dingding's cheeks slowly turned pale pink, her arms shook, and her palms slammed on the stone table: "Pei Ming, he is too much!"
Li Hua raised his eyebrows: "What did he do again?"
"He actually..." Just as she was about to say Pei Ming's behavior as a straight steel man, the words were all in her throat, but she stopped suddenly.
She couldn't tell Li Hua that she was angry because Pei Ming didn't take the initiative to kiss her, right?
Song Dingding pursed his mouth, like a leaking ball, his taut arms collapsed, he sighed, and sat opposite Li Hua: "It's nothing."
"By the way, didn't you go after Bai Qi yesterday?" She suddenly remembered something and turned her head to look at him: "Are you two making trouble?"
Although it was intentional to change the subject, Song Dingding was also a little curious about this matter. If Bai Qi was mistaken by the affection gu, wouldn't they have to have **** to get rid of the affection gu?
When Li Hua heard her mention this matter, a trace of confusion and helplessness flashed on his face: "I don't know what happened to her, I just proposed to solve the love trick yesterday, and she suddenly ran away. I went after her, she was already gone. It was a barrier outside the residence, I guarded it all night last night, and she didn't come out."
Seeing his foggy appearance, Song Dingding couldn't help but laugh.
She was distracted yesterday, and she didn't pay attention to what happened between them. If it was because of this, she probably guessed why Bai Qi suddenly left.
Song Dingding is not easy to mix things up between them. Since Bai Qi didn't explain the reason to Li Hua, she was an outsider, so naturally she couldn't make up her mind and talk nonsense.
She looked at a few snacks on the table and asked, "Is this why you are drunk?"
Li Hua fell silent.
Seeing his depressed expression, Song Dingding was about to say a few words of comfort, but he lowered his eyes and whispered, "It's almost Li Zhi's death day."
"…"
She froze for a moment, then fell silent.
She probably knew that there was a misunderstanding between Li Hua and Pei Ming, but although Pei Ming did not do Li Zhi's mutilation, it was Pei Ming who ended up killing Li Zhi.
But no matter what state of mind he was in at the time, whether he wanted to use her blood to repair the Chaos Lock or help her get rid of it, the outcome of Li Zhi's death would not change.
"You know, in the secret realm, I went back to the past several times by swallowing dragon balls." Song Dingding pursed his lips, hesitated for a long time, and said slowly: "The second time I went back, I became a soul and saw Li Zhi. No one can see my presence except her."
She didn't give him time to react, and continued: "I know that her departure has brought you a lot of pain. So as soon as I saw her, I told her the truth and told everything that happened in the future. took her."
"I thought that as long as she told you about this matter, prevented you from single-handedly fighting each sword sect, and stayed by her side all the time, the tragedy could be prevented."
"But after Li Zhi heard that you became the No. 1 Sword Immortal in Jiuzhou, she thought about it for a long time and finally decided to hide it. Because Li Zhi didn't want to change the past and the future because of her, she didn't want to delay your future."
"At that time, Pei Ming returned from the Demon Realm and was seriously injured. Li Zhi rescued Pei Ming at my begging. I don't know what you saw in the secret realm, but the one who killed Li Zhi was not him, but It's Cuizhu, the maid next to Madam Tianjun."
Song Dingding lowered his head, his voice getting lower and lower: "I don't know if you believe it or not, but I believe that he ended Li Zhi's life in hopes of her liberation."
"If it was just to repair the Chaos Lock, he had countless opportunities to attack Li Zhi, but he never did it. After all, this matter is my responsibility. If I hadn't prayed to Li Zhi to bring back Pei Ming, She won't be targeted by the Celestial Clan..."
She hid her hands in her sleeves, her fingertips pinched her palm tightly, her fingernails were embedded in her flesh, and she didn't even dare to look up at Li Hua.
Song Dingding didn't want to open his scar again, but she found that if he didn't know anything, he would be in pain and regret.
What's more, not knowing the truth and being kept in the dark forever, this is not a kind of harm to Li Hua.
Just like at the beginning, she thought she was hiding everything and asked Bai Zhou not to tell Pei Ming that she saved him.
If not, how could Pei Ming have been living in the shadow of being abandoned and betrayed.
The air fell into an almost eerie silence.
Just when Song Dingding couldn't help but wanted to kneel down and kowtow to Li Hua to apologize, she heard his slightly hoarse voice: "You mean, Li Zhi knew that she was going to die, so she expected me to take her to the back mountain to see it. flower?"
She didn't answer, because he already had the answer in his heart.
"Before her birthday, Pei Ming took her to the back mountain and saw the spring flowers all over the mountains and plains." Song Dingding still dared not look at him, she vaguely heard his sniffling sound: "She left without regret, but unfortunately not without See you one last time."
She didn't know how to comfort him, she could only tell what she knew, hoping to make him feel better.
Mr. Lu Xun is right, the joys and sorrows of human beings are not connected. She felt sad and depressed when she saw Li Zhi's departure, but for Li Hua, the sorrow she suffered was far less than one ten thousandth of his.
Only the parties involved know what it is like to lose a loved one. Those who have not experienced the same will never be able to feel the same.
At this moment, all consolation seems so pale and powerless.
"I want to be quiet." Li Hua got up and walked out in a chaotic manner.
When going out, he bumped into Bai Qi who came to look for Song Dingding. Before Bai Qi could say anything, he hurried away with a pale face.
"What's wrong with him?" Bai Qi frowned and walked into the yard, looking somewhat inexplicable.
Song Dingding shook his head and didn't say anything about Li Zhi and Pei Ming. He just said, "It's almost Li Zhi's death day."
Bai Qi had heard a little about Li Zhi. Hearing her say this, thinking of Li Hua's hurried footsteps, he couldn't help feeling tight in his chest.
She thought it was an emotional attack again, so she endured the discomfort and suppressed the depression: "The Lu family has brought people to make trouble. Mother Lu saw Lu Qingchen's body, she was distraught, and she invited him from nowhere. Some crooked and wicked ghosts actually sneaked into the Immortal Mansion without the Yuze Beast."
"Mother Lu probably blamed Pei Ming for Lu Qingchen's death."
"But you don't have to panic, and you don't have to worry about Pei Ming. He is from the blood of the Celestial Clan, and his fate is very big. Even a hundred ghosts can't help him." Bai Qi closed the courtyard door and rubbed his eyebrows: "I Dad is gone again, and I can't contact Pei Ming, so I'm a little worried about your safety."
"I have already ordered people to surround the neighborhood. I'll make you stay in the yard first, and I'll stay by your side until Pei Ming comes back, so there's no need to be so vigilant."
Song Dingding nodded, his mood seemed a little down.
Bai Qi was not in a good mood, so the two of them sat in the yard dryly, and neither of them spoke.
It wasn't until night that the two came back to their senses one after another.
Bai Qi seemed to remember something, and asked, "I saw that the mansion was reopening again, and I heard someone say, the day after tomorrow you are going to get married?"
Song Dingding knew what Bai Qi meant, but actually wanted to ask, this time Pei Ming forced her again, or she voluntarily.
She didn't want Pei Ming to be misunderstood, so she explained two sentences: "Let the past pass. This time, it's the marriage I mentioned."
Seeing that Song Dingding had figured it out, Bai Qi got a little psychological comfort: "It's so good. It's late at night, so I'll be cheeky and stay in your room."
That being said, Bai Qi did not sleep with her on the couch, but found a dry place in the room to study the Gu worms.
Bai Qi seldom trusted others, she didn't dare to pin Song Dingding's safety on others, so she could only exert herself.
Fortunately, although she is weak, she is a cultivator, and it is not difficult for her to stay up all night.
Song Dingding became interested when she saw the Gu cup on the ground. He pointed at a white Gu cup and asked, "Can I open it and take a look?"
Bai Qi opened the white Gu cup, but the Gu cup was still covered with a transparent ice-glazed glass cover, and inside the cover was a maroon wasp, bright red and translucent.
"This Gu worm is called Wan Poison Bee. It is made from thousands of scorpions, centipedes, white snakes and other highly poisonous things. He died of poison within the hour."
Saying that, Bai Qi was stunned for a moment, as if he remembered something, and pushed the Gu cup in front of Song Dingding: "Take it first, and stay by your side for self-defense."
Song Dingding saw Bai Qi's appearance as if he was facing a great enemy, and did not reject Bai Qi's kindness, but she looked at the ten thousand poisonous bee in the transparent cover and was slightly worried: "It won't fly out and bite me, right? "
Bai Qi waved his hand and handed a white jade bottle: "Sprinkle the powder in the bottle on your body, and even if it flies out, it will avoid you."
Song Dingding took the bottle, sprinkled the powder on his body according to Bai Qi's wishes, and then put away the white Gu cup.
Although Bai Qi tensed his nerves and stayed in the house all night, nothing happened that night. According to the doorman who was guarding outside the house, there was not even a fly last night, not to mention the ghosts that Mother Lu brought.
But Bai Qi didn't dare to relax her vigilance. She tried to use the jade slip to contact Pei Ming and Bai Zhou, but she still couldn't contact them.
At noon the next day, Xiu Niang came to deliver the wedding dress. After Bai Qi cautiously hesitated, he still did not let Xiu Niang enter the room, but through the hands of the doorman, he took all the phoenix crowns used for marriage into Song Dingding's room.
Bai Qi couldn't help complaining: "What happened to Pei Ming, the wedding date is so tight. It's time to get married tomorrow, but he's still missing!"
Song Dingding didn't speak, she lowered her head in deep thought.
When he got married last time, Pei Ming was also missing for a long time. That time he was preparing for the change of heart.
This time, he offered to not see each other for two days before the marriage, and disappeared together with Bai Zhou, probably because he was angered by Pei Yuan's remarks, and in order to prevent another incident, he brought the change of heart forward.
If he said that he still had a point or two of sympathy for Pei Yuan in the past, he felt that all the dirty things were done by his parents.
He was also an unknowing victim. He was seriously injured and died for the purpose of saving the people of Jiuzhou before being devoured by the evil beast.
After these two times, that little sympathy was completely wiped out, and I just felt that Pei Yuantu had a good appearance and was ashamed of being worshipped by the world, and he was no different from his parents who did all the evil.
Now Pei Yuan is just returning the things that originally belonged to Pei Ming to him.
Song Dingding reassured: "It doesn't matter. He will appear tomorrow."
Bai Qi wanted to say something, but when he saw the phoenix crown, he stopped again. If she is in a bad mood at the moment, then Song Dingding, as Pei Ming's fiancee, is probably in a lower mood than her.
If at this time, she kept complaining about Pei Ming, she was afraid it would make Song Dingding's already depressed mood worse. If Song Dingding thinks that Pei Ming doesn't care about her again, it will go against her original intention.
Thinking like this, Bai Qi swallowed all the resentment, she adjusted her emotions and picked up the newly made wedding dress: "This wedding dress seems to be more gorgeous and refined than the last time, it seems that Pei Ming used his heart, do you try it on?"
Song Dingding was bored and bored in the house all the time. He thought it was just to pass the time, so he agreed with Bai Qi and changed into the bright red wedding dress sent by Xiu Niang.
Bai Qi was also bored. After seeing Song Dingding put on her wedding dress, she felt that her makeup was too light and her hair bun did not match the wedding dress, so she helped her dress up by herself.
After tossing for an hour or two, Bai Qi clapped his hands in satisfaction until the night rose outside the window.
The last time I saw Song Dingding wearing a wedding dress, this time, I was still a little surprised.
The blue silk is like a phoenix crown on the waterfall, the green phoenix is holding a bead drop, the tassel is hanging down, and the red silk is bright like fire, reflecting her skin as thick as fat, as flawless and clear as jade.
Bai Qi didn't have time to praise, when a whistle sounded outside the window. It was the code that the doorman had agreed with her. If it sounded, it meant that ghosts had been found around Song Dingding's residence.
The smile at the corner of her mouth froze, and she frowned tightly: "A Ding, wait a moment, don't go out and walk around, wait here for me to come back."
After saying that, Bai Qi hurried out.
Song Dingding came back to his senses, Bai Qi had gone far.
She knew that Lu Qingchen's death was a big blow to Mother Lu. After all, she was her own son who had been pampered and raised in the palm of her hand since childhood. Even if Lu Qingchen committed a monstrous crime, Mother Lu would not hesitate to choose to cover up her pampering.
Being able to be entrusted by Mother Lu, under the eyes of Yuze Beast, took advantage of the opportunity to enter the Immortal Mansion, which means that it is not easy to come.
Song Dingding walked into the bedroom and sat on the couch, feeling a little uneasy.
In the absence of her mind, the sound of 'ding dong' colliding with jade suddenly came from the silent room. It was the sound of jade slips. She always carried the jade slips with her, and just after changing into her wedding dress, she put the jade slips away. under the pillow.
She lifted the pillow and took out the jade slip, and there was a clear and slightly tired voice: "Ding Ding...Are you asleep?"
This is Pei Ming's voice.
His voice was hoarse and low, and he seemed very tired.
"Pei Ming?" Song Dingding clenched the jade slip, and the unease in her heart seemed to be settled, she asked in a low voice, "Are you alright?"
Hearing her cautious voice, he knew she had guessed what he was doing.
Although it was expected, Pei Ming has been trying his best to avoid it, unwilling to let her see her dark and cruel side, full of ill-will.
He was silent for a moment, then gave a soft 'um' as an answer.
Pei Yuan died without much pain.
Bai Zhou used enough numbing powder and sweating medicine to make Pei Yuan leave peacefully in his sleep.
Maybe he didn't want to hear Pei Yuan shake his heart again, or maybe he just let go of his hatred and didn't bother to torture Pei Yuan again.
Bai Zhou took out his stone heart and replaced it with his original heart. He originally wanted to take out Song Dingding's consciousness, but for some reason, there was no her consciousness on the stone.
When he woke up again, it was a day and a night.
Bai Zhou said that he needed some time to recover. At least at this moment, he and his heart were not fully used to it. In addition, he was injured by defending the head of the Song family before, and his body could no longer bear it.
He was in a hurry to see Song Dingding, but was pushed back by Baizhou on the ice stone to rest. Perhaps he remembered that he said that it was not appropriate to meet before marriage, and he didn't want her to know that he killed Pei Yuan for the time being, so he had to give up.
Just seeing that he couldn't stand it anymore, Baizhou suggested that he could use the jade slip to talk to Song Dingding first.
Pei Ming didn't want to go into this topic, and said softly, "Dingding, what are you doing?"
Song Dingding heard the words, looked out the window, hesitated for a long time, and finally did not tell the story of Mother Lu looking for someone to seek revenge.
She believed that with his temperament, when he heard about this, he would immediately run to her and protect her well.
But since he only used the jade slip to contact her and didn't come to see her at the moment, it means that he can't see her now, and listening to his hoarse and tired voice, he also knows that he is probably inconvenient.
She couldn't ignore Pei Ming's body and ask him to come and accompany her just because she was timid.
"Xiu Niang brought a wedding dress today, I tried it on, and it looks better than the previous wedding dress." Song Dingding picked some insignificant things, and talked to Pei Ming: "It's just that this phoenix crown is too heavy..."
"Dingding." Pei Ming pursed his lips, and with his blood-stained fingertips, he gently stroked the stone heart taken out by Baizhou.
There was a bullet deeply embedded in the stone, which was the bullet that Pei Ming blocked for Song Dingding in the secret realm of the first layer.
The bullet is embedded in the heart, and even a heart made of stone will feel uncomfortable.
When he was with Song Dingding, he often felt cramps in his heart. He thought it was all caused by bullets. Now that he thought about it, maybe he had fallen in love with her long ago, but he didn't know it.
"In the name of the Palace Master of the Immortal Palace, I will cancel the contract with you. From now on, we will not owe each other."
As soon as the voice fell, Song Dingding hadn't reacted, and a scalding heat flowed from his shoulder blades.
There are countless thin golden threads extending from the fingertips, flashing with a faint light, and the strands are intertwined and condensed in the air, turning into a lifelike butterfly at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The gorgeous and magnificent butterfly wings are stained with brilliant fluorescent blue, and the front wings and phoenix tail are wrapped in a circle of dark black, and the slender and delicate patterns form the butterfly wings.
The wings are shining metallic blue, green and purple, and the blue morpho is ready to fly, as if alive.
Song Dingding was fascinated.
She had only seen this blue morpho butterfly sitting behind her shoulders in the mirror, but she never knew that it was so magnificent and dazzling.
She didn't have time to admire, the blue Morpho butterfly hovering in the air was like a dazzling firework, and it disappeared after a short bloom.
"Pei Ming..."
Song Dingding did not expect that the contract that she had been racking her brains and painstakingly wanted to cancel was finally released without any warning.
She looked complicated and wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Pei Ming: "Dingding, when you see me tomorrow, can you let me... kiss."
His voice was soft and faint, and if you didn't listen carefully, you wouldn't even be able to hear what he was saying.
He seemed a little shy, and there was some expectation hidden in his voice. Hearing his cautious look made Song Dingding feel a little uncomfortable.
Even though Pei Ming couldn't see it, she still nodded heavily: "Well."
After getting a positive answer, Pei Ming laughed softly, seemingly excited: "It's a word."
Hearing his laughter, Song Dingding couldn't help laughing. She lowered her head and stroked the jade slip with her fingertips, looking forward to seeing him tomorrow when she got married.
She has seen him wearing black and white clothes, and she has seen him wearing bright and light persimmon colors, but she has never seen him wearing a big red auspicious uniform.
It must be beautiful.
"Don't talk, keep your spirits up, otherwise you won't be able to see your bride tomorrow if you say bad things."
Bai Zhou's snorted snort came from Yu Jian's end, as if he was a little disdainful of this sticky couple.
When Song Dingding heard this, he quickly said: "Then let's do it first. If you have anything you want to say, you can leave it for tomorrow when you are in your bridal chamber."
She didn't think there was anything wrong with what she said, but Pei Ming's ears were red when she heard it, and Bai Zhou couldn't help sneering: "You girl, you have such a thick skin, even the bridal chamber is too embarrassing to show it... "
Before he could finish the words, he was cut off by Pei Ming and Li Suo, Song Dingding's eyes were bent, and he held the jade slip in his hand, and his heart was filled with a hint of sweetness.
The outer door was pushed open with a creak. She thought it was Bai Qi who came back, so she subconsciously called out, "Bai Qi..."
Before he finished speaking, the unhurried footsteps made Song Dingding's face turn pale.
The shadow of the person in the future was drawn by the moonlight, and the slender figure of the woman was reflected on the window lattice. With the sound of footsteps, a crisp copper bell rang—she was not Bai Qi.
Song Dingding held the jade slip in one hand, and clenched the ten thousand poison bee Gu cup Bai Qi gave her for self-defense with the other, and his body was slightly tense.
"I'm sorry, I'm going to disturb your newlyweds." Xu Shi was not going to let her go. The person who came didn't cover up his identity, and the big thorns walked towards the bedroom.
Facing Yuebai outside the window, she could see the face of the person coming.
That is Cuizhu, the one who helped Zhou to abuse the dragon beside the princess, is also Baizhou's former wife, Bai Qi's biological mother.