Clouds and Waters

Came to the capital and found his old subordinate, but he didn't get any money?Is it because Tang Xiaohan and Chu Yuxi really have no money, or is it because they don't have enough face?Even if Yun Chenxiao doesn't have enough face, isn't Shui Xinyou's face not enough?Anyway, she was once your supreme emperor!

Yun Chenxiao has been complaining to Shui Xinyou since she came out of the Tang residence, scolding these two girls for having no conscience.Shui Xinyou waited quietly for her to finish cursing, and asked, "Then what shall we do next?"

"I still don't believe it! With my name, Yun Chenxiao, I can't borrow hundreds of taels of silver!" Then he winked at Shui Xinyou and said, "Are Xiao Yufan and A Huan in Beijing right now? I think ..."

"No! You mustn't think about it!" Before Yun Chenxiao finished speaking, Shui Xinyou interrupted: "Don't think about my apprentice and junior sister! Yufan is now the master of the water gate, and the burden on his shoulders is heavy! Ah Huan doesn't care about anything else, he only knows where to spend money to make money, and it's all supported by Yufan. Besides, they are not in the capital right now, they are going back to Changbai Mountain to escape the summer heat!" Shui Xinyou said angrily.

"I knew you were protecting your weaknesses, so I didn't dare to think about them..." Yun Chenxiao said awkwardly.

Seeing her drooping head and looking listless, Shui Xinyoufang pursed her lips, took her arm, and whispered: "Yun'er, if the richest among our old friends is probably your sister Wan'er, right? "

"Her?! Stop joking..." After hearing the words "Sister Wan'er", Yun Chenxiao wished she could find a crack in the ground and sneak in.

Shui Xinyou continued to laugh and said: "Where am I kidding! Think about it, after Master Murong passed away, his big house and his life savings should all be left to his precious daughter. In addition to Liu Rumei's business experience, it is really true. I got the true biography of Master Jin Lian and Jin. When she was in the household department, she was so good at calculating accounts... If you say that others have no money, I will believe it. But if you say that they have no money, I will not believe it even if you kill them!"

"Hey, what the lady said is right! Then we'll go to Miss Liu to borrow it. Why are we looking for Sister Wan'er?"

"Stupid little dog!" Shui Xinyou said with a coquettish voice: "Then Liu Rumei treats you like a scourge, it's no wonder she would borrow you! Wan'er is the only one who can invite Miss Liu. Besides..." Shui Xinyou's eyes turned around, and she said with a smile: "Yun'er, since you said goodbye to her in the past, I'm afraid you haven't seen her again? You don't want to know if she is doing well?"

"I..." Yun Chenxiao felt that the person she was most sorry for in this life was Murong Wan, so she naturally hoped that the rest of her life would go smoothly.Since the farewell that year, the two have indeed never met again, but occasionally learned from others that Murong Wan has never married.Even if it was Murong Guang's funeral, Yun Chenxiao also found excuses to avoid it, in order to avoid embarrassment.Thinking of the past, while Yun Chenxiao was feeling sad, she suddenly thought of a doubt that had been hidden in her heart for a long time—what happened to the brocade bag that Murong Wan brought with her when she went to Sichuan that day?Did Murong Guang really want to put him to death, or was there something else hidden?

"Go!" Shui Xinyou withdrew her joking expression, straightened Yun Chenxiao's clothes and said, "I know you are deliberately avoiding her, which means you still have concerns. Since you have concerns, why don't you go and see? Okay, how can you get rid of the burden? I'll just wait for you to come back here."

With some doubts and a little apprehension, Yun Chenxiao stood in front of Murong's house under Shui Xinyou's urging.

***

The Murong Mansion, which was full of people back then, is no longer what it used to be.The glazed gold tiles and red lacquer gates are slightly mottled, and the dust on the knocker is also visible.Yun Chenxiao mustered up her courage and knocked on the door.After a while, a crisp voice asked from inside the door: "Who is here?"

Yun Chenxiao didn't know the situation in the house, so she told the truth: "I... came to find Miss Murong Wan."

The voice said impatiently: "Of course I know why you are here. So I just ask who you are, so I can inform you!"

"You just said it was an old friend named Yun." Yun Chenxiao said helplessly.

Slowly, the door opened slowly.Yun Chenxiao saw clearly that the girl who opened the door was a four or five-year-old girl, with immature characters, pink and cute, very cute.Yun Chenxiao couldn't help laughing and said: "Little girl, are you not as high as the door bolt? How did you open the door?"

"How rare! Do you know that there is a kind of martial art called Qinggong?" The little girl gave Yun Chenxiao a look of disdain before leading the way.The Murong Mansion was huge, and the little girl walked extremely slowly, Yun Chenxiao had no choice but to follow patiently.As soon as she walked out of the stone's throw, the girl suddenly turned her head and asked, "What's the grudge between you and my mother? Why does my mother's piano sound go out of tune when I mention your name?"

"Your mother? Your mother is..."

"Aren't you looking for Murong Wan? She is my mother!"

Yun Chenxiao was taken aback, and was about to ask, but saw a person walking slowly out of the house with lotus steps, beckoning to the little girl, "Guoer! Come here!"

There is Dai in the distant mountains, and the eyebrows remain the same.The years seem to have been extraordinarily generous to Murong Wan, without leaving too many traces.The difference from previous years is that the waist-length hair has been tied into a bun and dressed as a young woman.

The doubts and apprehensions when we didn't see each other disappeared at the moment of reunion, and the restless heart suddenly calmed down.At some point, the two had familiar smiles on their faces, like friends reunited after a long absence.

"Your daughter?" Yun Chenxiao asked after a long silence.

Murong Wan lowered her head, stroked the little girl's hair and said, "Her parents left early, and I thought she was pitiful, so I adopted her. Now she is very naughty." Although her mouth was complaining, her eyes were full of doting Doting love.

Yun Chenxiao smiled knowingly: "It's not a bad thing to be naughty, it's just that you, a mother, have to worry a lot."

After all, the four eyes met, and there was no more words.It seemed that the conversation between the two was boring, or that the aura exuded by the two was a little weird, the little girl called Guoer pulled Murong Wan's dress and said coquettishly: "Mother, this person is not good! Once she comes, you will be different from before... Mother, let's go and play with Aunt Liu, shall we?"

Yun Chenxiao lowered her head in embarrassment.Murong Wan blushed, and said with a stern face: "Don't be rude! You go to play by yourself, and mother has to accompany the guests. Also, you are not allowed to disturb your Aunt Liu today, do you hear that?"

Although Guo'er was naughty, she was obviously more afraid of Murong Wan's anger, so she obediently ran to the backyard to play.Only then did Murong Wan invite Yun Chenxiao into the room.The interior furnishings are simple, just a guqin, a tea table, a bookshelf, and a few chairs.Yun Chenxiao sat down, Murong Wan brewed a cup of tea for her and placed it in front of her, saying: "New tea before tomorrow, try it?"

Yun Chenxiao was full of worries, so she had no time to drink tea, and drank it all in one go.Seeing that she finished drinking, Murong Wan gracefully refilled another glass and said, "How does it taste?"

"Drinking too fast, I don't know." Yun Chenxiao replied truthfully.

Murong Wan couldn't hold back for a moment, covered her mouth with a smile and said: "Xiaoyun, you are still the same as before, drinking tea is always a good drink. It's a pity that my tea is so good."

Yun Chenxiao recalled the scene when they met for the first time in Yandang Mountain, and said with a smile: "Who told you to serve tea at the right time every time. I was so thirsty that I only cared about quenching my thirst and ignored other things."

After coming and going, the two slowly relaxed.During the chat, Yun Chenxiao found out that Murong Guang was a high-ranking and powerful man back then, but he still secretly communicated with King Ning, and was noticed by Shui Xinyou.Shui Xinyou took great pains to wipe out the loyalists of King Ning of the court.Later, King Ning was defeated and Murong Guang had resigned from office, so it was difficult to make any big moves.The following year, Murong Guang died with hatred.Murong Wan wanted to sell the property and return to Zhejiang, but was stopped by Liu Rumei.In fact, she has no relatives or friends in Zhejiang, since Liu Rumei sincerely wanted to stay with her, she did not refuse.Unexpectedly, this stay will last for more than ten years.

After hearing this, Yun Chenxiao nodded and said, "My sister has lived a happy life these few years."

Murong Wan smiled and said: "What a happy life, it's just burning the zither and cooking the cranes, just to live. How can you and Senior Sister Xinyou? When you were born, you are vigorous and majestic; when you escape from the world, you are unrestrained and unrestrained. You are the gods and couples who envy others, right?" Little sister is not blessed, without your intelligence and wisdom, Xiaoyun, and senior sister Xinyou's grand strategy, I just want to be safe, to raise my fruit, and I have nothing else to ask for."

Listening to Murong Wan's tone, Yun Chenxiao really seemed to have reached the realm of wanting nothing, thinking that this is fine, the dull and idle life is also suitable for Murong Wan's temperament.She originally wanted to ask about the secret of the kit, but seeing Murong Wan's appearance of being indifferent to the world, she didn't want to mention it any more.

After drinking two cups of tea soup, Yun Chenxiao was about to stand up and leave, but Liu Rumei carried Guo'er in with a happy face and said, "General Yun's return to the capital, I actually learned about such a big event from Guo'er, what do you think?" Should it be punished!"

Murong Wan frowned upon hearing this.Seeing Murong Wan's serious expression, Guo'er was so frightened that she hid in Liu Rumei's arms and dared not raise her head.Liu Rumei protected her and sat down, and said to Murong Wan: "Don't blame Guo'er. I came to look for you by myself, and I happened to meet her, so I knew that General Yun was also here."

Murong Wan said angrily: "Don't coax me. How can you have a free moment to settle the accounts at the end of the day? This monkey must be looking for you! It is you who protect her all day long and let her mess around! She got into a catastrophe today, and you protect her?" Although complaining, a cup of tea was offered.

Liu Rumei listened to her lesson and didn't refute. She obediently took a cup of tea, took a sip, and then said with a smile: "General Yun still has a big face. When I come to Wan'er, she has never entertained me with such good tea! "

After hearing this, Murong Wan splashed the remaining tea soup on Liu Rumei, blushed and said in annoyance, "Are you drinking too little of mine?"

Guoer suddenly jumped out from Liu Rumei's arms, stretched his arms to protect her and said, "Mother, you are not allowed to bully Aunt Liu!" Then he pushed Yun Chenxiao aside, and said angrily, "Hurry up, hurry up Mother and Aunt Liu are going to have a private conversation!"

For a while, Yun Chenxiao couldn't sit or stand, and she blushed a lot.All her life, she had never seen any powerful people, nor had she ever dealt with any dangerous scenes, but now she was at a loss by a little girl.When Murong Wan saw her, she apologized to Yun Chenxiao while scolding her daughter.But Yun Chenxiao only felt a thorn in his back. Seeing the three of them talking and laughing, they were very happy. Like an outsider, he got up and left after sitting for a long time.

Seeing that she was leaving, Murong Wan hurriedly went to see her off.But Liu Rumei stopped her and said, "Wan'er, look at Guoguo, I'll see off General Yun."

***

"Do you know how much I hated you at that time?" In the Murong Mansion courtyard, Liu Rumei suddenly threw out such a sentence.Knowing that what she said was the day when she rejected Murong Wan's favor, Yun Chenxiao lowered her head, sighed and said nothing.

"You hurt Wan'er so deeply. At that time, although she was alive, her heart seemed to be dead." Liu Rumei closed her eyes and shook her head vigorously, as if she wanted to forget all those past events.

"Do you know how much danger she took when she gave you the kit at that time? That kit was originally Murong Guang's sharp sword to kill you. There was a plea letter hidden in the kit. That letter can only be soaked in salt water. Only King Ning knows about this matter. Murong Guang knew the world situation at that time, and knew that if he wanted to conquer the world, Sichuan must be established first, so he had already negotiated with Luo Feng that as soon as you go, you will be killed. If If you take out the bag in front of Luo Feng, he will kill you. But if you show the bag in front of King Ning, it means that you are too young to change the troubled times. Murong Guangcheng saved your life, There is no gain or loss in selling favors. But Wan'er didn't know her father's ingenious thoughts at the time. In order to save you, she secretly changed the kit. If Luo Feng hadn't recognized the kit at that time, you would have brought out Wan'er's bag again. How can you take Shuzhong so quickly?"

Only now did Yun Chenxiao know the situation at that time.Liu Rumei said again: "At that time, I accompanied Wan'er every day, relieved her, and made her happy. After a few years, she recovered a little bit, but you led General Zhenxi and led the army to go out At that time, Wan'er was staring at the mansion newspaper every day, for fear of missing any news about you. You won, she was happy, and you lost, and she couldn't sleep and eat... Later, you finally returned home with great glory, but... ...But she didn't even look at her. I guess, maybe since then, she has completely given up on you."

"These...if you didn't tell me, I wouldn't even know..."

"You?" Liu Rumei squinted at her, and said, "You only care about the South and North Wars, Shui Xinyou's safety and the world, so why would you pay attention to Wan'er's contribution to you? That's all, now Wan'er has let go , Why am I bringing up these past events again! Speaking of which, if you hadn’t been hard-hearted back then, how could Wan’er be reborn? So, even though I hated you for making her sad at the time, I want to thank you now.”

Yun Chenxiao smiled wryly and said, "I was the one who delayed sister Wan'er's happiness for half of her life, how could I dare to bear your thank you?"

Liu Rumei smiled and said: "I really thank you. I heard that you came to Beijing this time to raise money?"

Yun Chenxiao said in embarrassment: "How do you know... who told you? Tang Xiaohan? Chu Yuxi?"

Liu Rumei didn't answer, and took out a title deed from her bosom and said, "This is the title deed of Pinheng Academy in Yandang Mountain. I think, you, General Yun, are unparalleled in the world. Open an academy, recruit disciples, and preach to others. With your name and knowledge of General Yun, how can Shu Xiu be less? This will solve your source of livelihood, and secondly, it will be considered as a waste of heat to serve me. To cultivate talents. How good do you think?"

Yun Chenxiao didn't expect Liu Rumei's way of thanking her to be so special, so she stopped refusing, took the land deed in her hand, and said happily: "That's great! Now You'er has something to do! A gentleman has three joys, and he can win the world's talents." Educate them, and the world will not live with you!"

As the two talked, they had already arrived at the gate of Murong Mansion.Liu Rumei pouted her lips in the alley opposite and said, "Miss Shui has been waiting for you for a long time, right?"

Yun Chenxiao looked up, but saw Shui Xinyou's beautiful figure curling up in the setting sun, indescribably graceful and moving.Even though he was already the closest pillow person, Yun Chenxiao was still as shocked as when they first met, speechless in astonishment.

"My whole life, I'm afraid I will spend my whole life in the water."

For some reason, Yun Chenxiao suddenly remembered a sentence he had said unintentionally many years ago.That's what it means to be a prophecy, right?

Yun Chenxiao smiled even more, walked to Shui Xinyou's side, took her hand, step by step, step by step, as if holding the most precious treasure in the world, and slowly disappeared at the end of the world...

(End of the book)

The author has something to say:

After typing the three words of the whole book, I feel a little complicated. . .

Anyway, the hole was dug and filled. . .Thank you readers who have always supported, and thank you former readers.It wasn't you guys, I wouldn't push myself so hard to finish it.Although there are still many unsatisfactory things, I still have to say--

The book is over, scattered flowers! ! !