Recap
Rong Yu said, “Yan Zhao, do you know what the four joys of people are?”
“Hmm?”
“It’s raining after a long drought, meeting an old friend in a foreign land, and passing the imperial examination.”
Yan Zhao looked up and said, “Isn’t it the four joys? There is another joy.”
Rong Yu looked at him for a moment, pulled him onto the bed, and put down the red curtain.
He took off his champion robe and covered his cold body with it.
“And the wedding night.”
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“Wait, Rong Rong.” Yan Zhao was still confused, and the young man on his body undressed most of his clothes neatly, revealing a snow-white outfit.
“I’m not afraid of the cold anymore.” Rong Yu stared at him and asked, “Are you still afraid of getting married?”
Yan Zhao’s lips moved, hesitating to speak.
He was still afraid.
Rong Yu was considerate and said, “I won’t ask you to get married now. I’ll have the wedding night when you pass the imperial examination. I just want to have double happiness.”
Yan Zhao hesitated, “You are too wronged because you have no status.”
“I am even more wronged because you are not satisfied with your desires. You don’t want to get married, and you don’t want to spend the wedding night with me. Do you not want to spend your life with me, or is it that the person you are waiting for is not me at all?” Rong Yu’s expression turned cold, and he left Yan Zhao. “If you hate me, just say it directly. At worst, we can break up immediately.”
“No.” Yan Zhao quickly pulled him back. “Of course I… like you.”
“Then what are you hesitating about?” Rong Yu said impatiently, “I finally overcame your cold body. Don’t do anything to me again.”
Yan Zhao asked in a low voice, “Is this body yours?”
He knew that Rong Yu and Wen Yichu were not the same person, and he was reluctant to touch other people’s bodies.
“We’ve kissed so many times; why are you asking this now?”
Yan Zhao lowered his head in guilt. That’s because he couldn’t help himself.
Rong Yu said with a smile, “Don’t worry, it’s not Wen Yichu’s. Do you really think that ordinary mortals can adapt to your temperature in half a year?”
Yan Zhao said quietly, “Yes, Rong Rong is very powerful.”
He only knew that his Rong Rong was very powerful, but he didn’t know what kind of existence Rong Yu was. Knowing nothing, he was worried about gains and losses.
When Rong Yu saw him like this, he knew in his heart that he was probably really scared in the last world, and his psychological shadow was very heavy.
The shadow brought to this world is more serious than the stress response in the physiological sense of mortals. It is a fear engraved in the soul that is unforgettable.
It’s called fear of marriage, but in fact it’s fear that he will leave.
If he confesses his identity and origins, he can appease Yan Zhao.
But, why?
Let alone psychological shadows, the devil’s heart was once black, without any shadows, and he lived comfortably. If it hadn’t been illuminated by a beam of light, his heart would not have become hot and bright red. If the beam of light had not been withdrawn, his heart would not have returned to darkness and would have fallen into eternal anxiety.
In those long years, the sun never came back to comfort him.
This is the sun’s own fault.
“Are you still afraid that I will leave?” Rong Yu asked bluntly.
Yan Zhao’s thoughts were exposed, and he was stunned for a moment, trying to cover up: “No, I believe you…”
“You believe me, but you are not confident at all.” Rong Yu hit the nail on the head.
Yan Zhao didn’t believe that he could keep Rong Yu.
The proud sun in this world really has no confidence.
“I’ll give you something.” Rong Yu took out the pisces jade pendant and handed it to Yan Zhao.
Yan Zhao glanced at the jade pendant and looked at him puzzledly.
“Why are you looking at me? Keep it.”
Yan Zhao accepted the jade pendant: “Why do you suddenly want to give me a jade pendant?”
“These two fish—one is you, the other is me. As long as the jade pendant doesn’t break into two pieces, we will be together forever.” Rong Yu said clearly, “Do you believe that I won’t leave you now?”
This set of rhetoric was thought up by Gu Minghuai in the first world, and Rong Yu now uses it to comfort him.
He still has to stay in this world for two and a half years, and he can’t stand Yan Zhao’s cautious look, so he still gives him reassurance first.
Yan Zhao was stunned; his eyes lit up, and his attitude towards the Pisces jade pendant suddenly became very serious.
This time he smiled sincerely, with a burning look in his eyes: “Well, I believe you.”
Rong Rong is willing to give him a token and a promise, so he should try to break his fear.
Rong Yu said easily, “Then let’s forget about it. Let’s get down to business next… Um, Yan Zhao, were you born in the Year of the Dog?* I asked you to kiss me, not bite me!”
*(ref: zodiac)
“I’ve been shrinking for so long.” Yan Zhao smiled. “I should take the initiative this time.”
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After half a year of adaptation, Rong has become well accustomed to Yan Zhao’s body temperature, and he won’t be frozen even if he hugs him all night.
But surface contact is indeed different from internal contact.
Rong Yu regretted it a little. Although he loves to eat a popsicle in the hot summer, that doesn’t mean he likes to be nailed to the popsicle and can’t get off. After a long time, the popsicle showed no sign of melting. He was about to turn from a raging fire into spring water.
After tasting the popsicle, Rong Yu lay on the bed and pondered.
The Lord God is asking for trouble, and the Demon King is asking for trouble.
They are the same, and no one is smarter than the other.
Yan Zhao looked nervous. “Rong Rong?”
Rong Yu closed his eyes and said, “Don’t talk to me; I want to commit a crime when I hear your voice.”
Yan Zhao coughed: “Then we can do it again… I don’t mind being an accomplice.”
Rong Yu: “I mean murder.”
Yan Zhao: “…”
Rong Yu sighed. “I would rather you drip candles on me.”
The candles won’t hurt him, but the cold Yan Zhao can.
Yan Zhao: “?” Does Rong Rong have any special fetishes?
Yan Zhao didn’t understand Rong Yu’s annoyance at the moment.
After three worlds, Yan Zhao’s skills have actually been steadily improving. It’s just that the situation in this life is special; Rong Yu didn’t feel happy, just cold.
Rong Yu originally thought that sex was a very wonderful way of entertainment, so he worked hard to adapt himself to Yan Zhao’s cold body. Now that he has experienced it, he doesn’t think it’s so wonderful, so you can imagine how he feels.
“We have reached a consensus,” Rong Yu said.
Yan Zhao: “Hmm?”
Rong Yu: “I’m afraid of marriage too.”
It’s still necessary to have sexual intercourse before marriage; otherwise, it would be a tragedy if you found that your sexual life was not harmonious after marriage.
Yan Zhao: “…”
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Rong Yu has been in this world for three years.
In three years, he was promoted from a fourth-rank official to a third-rank official. The rest of his career will be left to Wen Yichu to walk on his own. The son of luck also needs experience. If he is promoted directly to the maximum level, the son of luck may not be able to maintain a high position.
Rong Yu never understood what was going on in the court, so he didn’t know how shocking Yan Zhao’s words were. Wen Yichu, however, listened to the whole story from beginning to end on the soul lamp. He could see Yan Zhao’s soul, and the more he listened, the more shocked he became.
Yan Zhao was completely governing the country with the emperor’s thinking, which not only inspired Wen Yichu but also gave a lot of advice to the young emperor Ren. Both Wen Yichu and Rendi respected Yan Zhao from the bottom of their hearts. Of course, in Rendi’s eyes, the person he respected was Rong Yu.
In the normal world, Wen Yichu’s career on the court was not smooth sailing. He became an official at the age of seventeen, and he understood knowledge, but he didn’t understand people’s hearts. He was excluded by the old foxes in the court because he was too upright and outspoken, and he was ridiculed and persecuted by the ministers because the reforms he proposed were too naive to challenge the secular world. Emperor Ren also had great ambitions and regarded Wen Yichu as his confidant. However, the young emperor himself had an unstable foundation and could not protect Wen Yichu. He was often helpless and helpless. In the first few years after entering the court, Wen Yichu was framed and exiled several times, and he had countless setbacks.
Later, they grew up in hardship. This pair of monarchs and ministers finally found the right direction and created a peaceful and prosperous era praised by everyone in history.
Historical books record how glorious they were at their peak, but rarely record the nails they encountered when they were young and frivolous. And Yan Zhao was acting as a teacher. He seemed to be Rong Yu’s plug-in, but in fact, every word was giving advice and teaching to Emperor Ren and Wen Yichu, reducing their unnecessary detours but not clearing all their obstacles and losing the opportunity to hone their skills.
When Wen Yichu saw the injustice of the landlords oppressing the people, he was indignant and wanted to overthrow the landlords in the world. This was out of the passion of a young man. Yan Zhao, however, stood from a more calm and objective perspective, letting him know that the consequence of rushing forward recklessly was the overthrow of the dynasty.
Listening to his words is better than reading ten years of books. Wen Yichu really benefited a lot. He still did not change his idea of benefiting the people, but he was no longer obsessed with unrealistic ideals.
He didn’t know who Yan Zhao was, but he must have been a man of his generation during his lifetime.
Yan Zhao was indeed extraordinary. The emperor governed a dynasty and a country, but he governed the world as more than the emperor.
Wen Yichu never achieved the achievement of overthrowing the landlord class throughout his life, but he shone in other aspects, worked for the welfare of the people, pioneered the admission of women to school, and was regarded as a pioneer of a new era.
He had many students all over the world, and his original ideal was finally realized by future generations thousands of years later.
He was a pearl in history and an indispensable part of the world process. He was so important that if there was a deviation, the world would be destroyed in an instant.
These are all later stories.
In the past three years, Wen Dao Academy was established all over the country to provide education for children who could not afford to go to school; the Sheng Dynasty had more laws prohibiting ghost marriages; the government strictly investigated corruption and collusion between officials and businessmen and rectified a clean atmosphere.
The world is slowly getting better.
In the third year, Rong Yu returned to Yuexi Town out of homesickness. The place has changed a lot. Every household has a good harvest and is no longer hungry and cold. The children are reading in the Wen Dao Academy, and the academy is no longer a thatched hut with air leaking on all sides. Ghost marriages are banned, and no one dares to violate the law blatantly. The former corrupt county magistrate has been dismissed under strict investigation, and the new one is a good official who loves the people like his own children…
Many places have swept away the deadness of the past and exuded vitality.
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Rong Yu knew that this trip would be the last journey with Yan Zhao in this world. Three years are coming, and he can’t say goodbye even if he wants to.
Of course, he would not miss home. He came back here just to go back to the tomb with Yan Zhao and hold the unfinished wedding.
He said he would get married, so he could not leave any regrets in this life.
It was the middle of the night when he returned to Yuexi Town. The town was very quiet, and everyone was asleep. Rong Yu and Yan Zhao went directly to the tomb deep in Yuexi Mountain.
Maybe it was because Rong Yu had been by his side for three years that Yan Zhao’s resistance to getting married was no longer so strong. In these three years, they got along like an ordinary couple, although Rong Rong always complained that he was too cold in bed. Well, anyway, he believed that Rong Rong would not leave him again.
So this time, the wedding ceremony went very smoothly.
“Mortals kneel to heaven and earth, parents and kings, but I am different.” Rong Yu looked at him, his chin slightly raised. “I don’t bow to heaven and earth, parents and kings; I only want to bow three times with you. Yan Zhao, today, will you agree to marry me?”
Yan Zhao said, “Okay.”
So they bowed three times and got married together.
They still entered the same wedding room.
Rong Yu took out the purse containing the hair from under the pillow and looked at it for a long time. “It’s just right; the step of tying the hair is saved.”
Yan Zhao disagreed: “How can the steps of marriage be saved?”
“This is one less step; I will take one more step.” Rong Yu took Yan Zhao’s hand, looked at the real gold ring on his ring finger, and took out the fire he had taken away from the last world.
“Let’s exchange rings.”
Yan Zhao looked at the rings, which were obviously a pair, and was slightly stunned.
“What are you standing there for? Why don’t you put the ring on me?”
Yan Zhao came back to his senses and said, “Oh.”
He put the fire on Rong Yu’s slender ring finger and couldn’t help asking, “What does exchanging rings mean?”
“It’s almost like tying the knot.” Rong Yu put the real gold on him, his eyebrows slightly curved. “It means that we will be together for a long time in the future, my husband.”
Yan Zhao’s breathing stagnated. “What did you call me just now?”
Rong Yu raised his head and said in a generous tone, “My husband.”
He smiled and said, “Aren’t you my husband now?”
Yan Zhao couldn’t help it anymore, and he pulled Rong Yu to complete the real wedding night.
…
The next day, Rong Yu said lazily, “Take me to see my betrothal gifts; there is still a lot of it that I haven’t seen yet.”
Yan Zhao asked with concern, “Aren’t you tired?”
Rong Yu stretched out his hand and said, “Then carry me.”
Yan Zhao was helpless. “Okay.”
This time, Yan Zhao carried Rong Yu on his back and visited all the tombs that he had not visited at the beginning. In the end, only the main tomb was left.
Yan Zhao suddenly stopped and said, “Let’s not look at that place.”
Rong Yu asked, “Why?”
Yan Zhao whispered, “Ugly, not good-looking.”
Rong Yu raised his eyebrows and did not insist: “Okay, let’s go out.”
Yan Zhao did not expect Rong Yu to be so easy to talk to suddenly, and he could not help but breathe a sigh of relief: “Yeah.”
After they left the tomb, they teleported to the town. They came back secretly last night, and when they came out early this morning, they were discovered by the villagers.
The villagers were excited and surprised to see him coming back, and they immediately ran around to tell each other, “Mr. Wen is back!”
The children immediately put down their books and ran out of the academy, chirping, “Brother Wen! Brother Wen!”
Xiao Hu’s mother said excitedly, “Mr. Wen must come to our house tonight as a guest, and we will treat him to the best dishes. Thanks to the people-friendly policies you have implemented since you took office, every family can now afford chicken, duck, and fish.”
The people all love this good official who serves the country and the people very much.
Seeing this new atmosphere, Wen Yichu’s soul lamp finally lit up.
Rong Yu lowered his eyes, let go of the hand he was holding with Yan Zhao, rejected the enthusiastic villagers, and walked alone to the secluded shade of the tree.
Yan Zhao just thought it was inconvenient for him to be in front of people, didn’t think much about it, and followed him.
The next moment, he saw the young man’s eyebrows suddenly soften when he turned around.
Yan Zhao froze all over.
“Where is he?” Yan Zhao heard the voice of himself trying to stay calm.
Wen Yichu wanted to say something, but he didn’t know where to start. The ghost in front of him was obviously only concerned about Rong Yu.
He finally had to apologize: “I don’t know.”
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Underground main tomb.
The walls of the tomb were covered with paintings. They were so old that nothing could be seen clearly.
Rong Yu finally knew why Yan Zhao refused to let him enter here.
Because Yan Zhao’s body was lying in the coffin.
Dressed in black clothes.
It was a skeleton.
The skeleton lay on the left side of the coffin, not in the middle. There was a space for one person on the right side, as if it were prepared for him.
Rong Yu, dressed in red, stood quietly in front of the coffin, looking at the skeleton, and the teardrop mole at the end of his eyes became more and more charming.
He looked for a long time, stepped into the coffin, lay beside the skeleton, and looked sideways at the empty eye sockets of the skeleton.
Are you here, waiting for me for a thousand years?
He remembered that Fu Qianzhi had imagined a future with him. They would travel the sea of stars for their whole lives, finally stop on a beautiful planet, be buried together, and sleep in the ground forever.
We could not sleep together in life, but we should sleep in the same coffin in death.
“Are you afraid that I think you are ugly? I will not deny it.” Rong Yu poked the bones, but of course he could not touch them. The soul passed through directly.
He withdrew his hand and stamped, “The person in the coffin is my husband.”
This time, Rong Yu took away the purse containing the black hair and left the Pisces jade pendant for Yan Zhao.
He saw Yan Zhao hurry to the tomb but did not find him.
As a soul, his existence dimension is still higher than Yan Zhao’s in this world, so the other party cannot see him.
But he can see Yan Zhao kneeling in front of the coffin, stroking the Pisces jade pendant with red eyes, gritting his teeth, and choking with sobs.
“Liar.”
“I knew it.” He was silent for a long time; his voice was low and hoarse, like crying and laughing.
“You lied to me again.”
The blood-jade bracelet shed tears like a river. The Lord’s words made it feel so distressed.
The Great Demon King watched coldly and said ruthlessly, “Teleport.”
Red light and golden light intertwined, and two figures disappeared in the quiet tomb at the same time.
The faded scroll on the wall vaguely showed the eyebrows and eyes of a pair of lovers.
The Pisces jade pendant was not held by anyone, fell from mid-air, and fell into the coffin with a “clang.”.
In the world numbered 4444, Wen Yichu, the son of destiny, abolished the bad custom of ghost marriage, founded the Wen Dao Academy, eradicated the atmosphere of corruption, and improved people’s lives. The third lamp was lit.
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