Changyang

"Yang'er, what are you looking at? Go away!"

Liu Changyang took his father's hand and said, father, look over there, there is a man.

Liu Mingfeng looked along his fingers, and sure enough there was a little boy lying on the thin snow surface, disheveled and ragged, like a little beggar.

"He didn't freeze to death, did he?"

Liu Changyang left his father who was waiting by the carriage, ran to the boy, squatted down, and touched the boy's face.

"It's warm! Dad, he's not dead, can you save him?"

Liu Changyang turned his head and shouted towards Liu Mingfeng.

"Young Master Liu has a kind heart at such a young age, it is truly commendable, Amitabha."

The eminent monk who came out of Nanhua Temple to see him off praised him.

Liu Mingfeng also said Amitabha with a smile, seeing that the child on the ground was really breathing, he ordered Xiao Si who was accompanying him to take him to the car and bring him back to Liu's mansion for treatment.

That year, when the spring snow melted and the peach blossoms first bloomed, Liu Changyang, the young master of the Liu family, a wealthy businessman in Fengcheng, accompanied his father to Nanhua Temple to offer incense. On the way, he picked up a child with sudden kindness.

That child was two years older than Young Master Liu, and he called himself Zhou Mu.For the people of Zhoujia Village on the edge of the closed city, many people in the village couldn’t survive the severe winter that happened once in a century. Some died of freezing and some starved to death. Zhou Mu’s parents left at that time.

Zhou Mu has been handsome and elegant since he was a child, and he has a good temper.It is probably because of those unfortunate experiences in childhood that made him more well-behaved, sensible, hardworking and capable, and more mature and stable than those children of the same age.So, when Liu Changyang grew up to the age of playing and playing, smashing bird's nests to put paper kites, playing mud and fighting crickets, Zhou Mu could already recite the Four Books and Five Classics, recite poems and compose Fu, chop firewood and fetch water, wash and cook.

Compared with the young and carefree Liu Changyang who is innocent and innocent, the entire Zhou family obviously loves the precocious Zhou Mu more.

There are even some servants who like to gossip in private, saying behind their backs that this Zhou Mu has a more youthful temperament than Liu Changyang, and he is also knowledgeable. The private school teacher often said that this son is limitless, and he will definitely achieve great things in the future.It would be great if he was the authentic young master of the Liu family.A lot of gossip fell into Liu Changyang's ears, and Young Master Liu couldn't help but gritted his teeth and hated secretly, but there was nothing he could do.Liu Changyang felt that Zhou Mu and Zhou Mu were not fellow travelers at first, and their hobbies and behaviors were very different. The two rarely had the opportunity to play together on weekdays, and since then they have become even more distant.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival when Liu Changyang was 14 years old, the young master in fresh clothes and furious horses finally felt that he was crazy enough, and accepted the arrangement of his family to study in a prestigious local private school, where he became a classmate with Zhou Mu.

That year, Liu Biyan, the daughter of the Liu family, known as the number one beauty in the closed city, personally sewed a new set of clothes for her little brother.The precious new silk with dark gold thread on a black background is used, which is gorgeous and restrained. I searched all over the city and couldn't find a second piece of fabric comparable to it.

Liu Changyang was overjoyed, fearing that others would wear the new clothes made by his sister and show off everywhere.I don't want to, showing off to Zhou Mu, I was shocked to find that Liu Biyan actually made a set for Zhou Mu. Although the fabric is not as good as her own, it is also well-made, exquisite and gorgeous, and more than her own. A headband!

At that time, the crescent moon's pigmented net robe was adorning the handsome face of the young man, his black hair was like silk and satin, and he was loosely tied in a bun with the same color hair band, and the rest of the hair band hung on the table and blended with the white rice paper. Holding the wolf hair with sharp knuckles, he is lying on the stone table in the courtyard to copy and write.Looking from a distance, the white clothes are as bright as the moon, and it is said to be shining brightly. The bright and moving begonias in autumn are really like a famous painting and a fairy.

Zhou Mu, who noticed his gaze, stopped writing, and raised his eyes to look in the direction of Liu Changyang. His eyes reflected the autumn water, seeming to be shining brightly.Liu Changyang was stunned for a moment, then made a grimace, and said loudly, "If you're timid, you know how to put on a show!" Then he left in a hurry, not daring to look at that person any more.The reason for this should not be delved into.

Besides, Young Master Liu went to a private school, and the children from the aristocratic families who usually get along with each other naturally also went to have fun together.When a few people get together, they will naturally have to play all the new and interesting things nowadays.Today we make an appointment to drink and enjoy the flowers, and tomorrow we will watch operas and sing music together. As for poetry and books, it will not be too late to review them before the exam.

At the end of that year, there was a joint examination in ten townships.

Zhou Mu topped the list and was well received by all.Liu Changyang was the fourth from last, with a disheveled face.

The Patriarch of the Liu family hated that iron cannot be made into steel. It was the first time he slapped the table in front of the children. After a bang resounded in the hall, everything was completely silent.Liu Mingfeng pointed at Liu Changyang's nose and said, "I only know how to mess around with those ignorant and idle aristocratic sons all day long. What can I do when I grow up? What can I do? Look at you, brother Zhou Mu, who is as old as you How many articles have you memorized and written by you when you were born? And what did you show me?" After finishing speaking, he was so angry that he threw the thin paper in his hand to Liu Changyang's feet.

Liu Changyang was at the age of rebellion. Hearing this, he was filled with jealousy, and felt that not only his subordinates were partial, but even his sister and father, who were closest to him, preferred Zhou Mu more. He felt that he was not as good as Zhou Mu in every way. Anger went straight to his heart.Without even thinking about it, he opened his mouth and shouted, "Brother Zhou Mu, I only have one sister and no brother! If Zhou Mu hadn't been kind enough to save him, he would have froze to death in some corner, would he still be alive today? He is fine, but He robs and fights with me everywhere, I really hate him!"

After speaking, he didn't dare to look at his father's face, let alone Zhou Mu's face standing beside him, and ran out without looking back.

It was the twelfth lunar month of severe winter, with the north wind howling and the snow covered.In the icy and snowy world, Young Master Liu, who had always been well-clothed and well-fed, tasted the taste of hunger and cold for the first time.His knuckles were red and swollen from the cold, his cheeks were blown unconscious by the wind, and the blood all over his body seemed to be frozen. Zhou Mu who died in the snow.For the first time in his life, Liu Changyang knew how to write the word regret.

Liu Changyang didn't dare to go home. He couldn't admit his mistake and didn't know how to face Zhou Mu. After hesitating for a long time, he had to hide in the corner next to Liu's mansion, picked up a broken coir raincoat discarded by fishermen and draped it over his body to barely block the wind.His teeth were chattering from the cold, and he saw Zhou Mu carrying a paper lantern around the Liu Mansion, then turned his head and saw himself squatting in the coir raincoat.

Strange to say, it was dark that day, and Liu Changyang was able to recognize that person the moment Zhou Mu appeared in his line of sight, and even saw that person's face that was no longer calm, and his blue waves and autumn waters. There was a glint of fire in his eyes.

"Master"

Zhou Mu walked towards Liu Changyang, called softly, and looked down at him leaning against the corner of the wall.The hand that was not holding the lantern stretched forward, but thought of something that stopped in mid-air.

Even though the cold wind was blowing on Liu Changyang's face, Liu Changyang still felt a little heat on his face.Secretly thought, this person is indeed still angry with himself.

Liu Changyang felt uncomfortable, guilty and wronged at the same time. After confirming the undisguised concern in the man's eyes, he turned his face away and deliberately kept his petty temper from looking at him. Mu Qian made such a move subconsciously.

Zhou Mu knelt down on one knee in front of Liu Changyang, quickly took off his cloak and replaced Liu Changyang's dirty coir raincoat, and said calmly, "Young Master, come back with me. Everyone is looking for you." , you go back with me, and I will never argue with you again."

You never fought for anything at all!

Liu Changyang choked up for a moment, he was so ashamed that he was speechless, his face felt dry and hot, and his face that had been turned pale from the cold actually recovered a bit of life, and his eyes were finally stained with some brilliance, he paused for a moment He raised his eyes and gave Zhou Mu a look of coquettishness, then silently followed Zhou Mu back.

After returning home, Liu Changyang caught a cold and became seriously ill.The soup and good medicine continued, and it lasted for more than half a month.As a result, everyone in the family was terrified by the sudden serious illness, just to avoid the embarrassment of falling out earlier.Regarding the matter of that day, after all, it was a scandal, so it was naturally exposed and will not be mentioned again.

During Liu Changyang's serious illness, in addition to Liu Mingfeng and Liu Biyan who came to visit him every day, there were also several family members who were close to him who came to inquire one after another.But only Zhou Mu, who sent him back to his room that day, has not been seen since that day.

Liu Changyang felt melancholy, thinking that Zhou Mu must have cared about his outspokenness that day, and he only hoped that he would recover soon and go to the bed to grind it out, maybe he would forgive himself.

When Liu Changyang recovered from his illness, it was already early spring again.The private school also started classes early.Only now did Liu Changyang know that as early as half a month ago, Zhou Mu had moved out of the Liu mansion on the grounds of cleanliness, and moved to the ancestral house of the Liu family alone.

Knowing this, Young Master Liu felt as if he had been slapped in the face, his heart was in a daze, and he didn't know what was wrong.Faintly knowing that cleanliness is false, perhaps avoiding is true.No wonder Liu Biyan and Liu Mingfeng looked at him with hesitant eyes every time they asked about Zhou Mu.After all, the words "hate" that day were still in my ears. Liu Changyang was a bit skinny since he was a child, but he was kind to everyone except Zhou Mu, and he never broke his face with anyone.This time, everyone, including Zhou Mu himself, really mistakenly thought that he had a lot of dissatisfaction with Zhou Mu.

The Liu family's ancestral house is located on the outskirts of the city, and it takes an hour to walk back and forth, which is not too far.But Liu Changyang thought about it, but he still didn't have the courage to take a look. The manuscripts that had been typed on the sick bed were all invalidated because of Zhou Mu's departure.

Now that Liu Changyang has recovered from his illness, he naturally wants to go back to his private school.

In the school, Zhou Mu was still the first one to arrive every day.Touching the paper with one hand, holding the pen with the other, with a focused expression, like an ice sculpture.

"Cough, um, why did you move out?"

After class was over, Liu Changyang walked behind Zhou Mu for a long time before hesitantly sat next to Zhou Mu, apologizing unnaturally when it came to his lips.

Asked, Zhou Mu stopped the pen in his hand, his long eyelashes trembled, he raised his head and said, "Return to the young master, it's clean over there."

"But, uh, it's dilapidated and old over there, maybe you'll knock it down someday. It's an ancestral house after all, so it wouldn't be good if it fell down."

Liu Changyang wanted Zhou Mu to move back in his heart, but the young master never looked down, and he couldn't say anything well.

Zhou Mu lowered his eyes and said, "Don't worry, young master, I have already repaired everything inside and out before moving in."

Liu Changyang looked at Zhou Mu's drooping long eyelashes, and felt like being scratched by a milk cat's paw, he couldn't tell what it was like.

"I... this young master never drove you away..."

"Yes. I want to move out myself, and I won't embarrass the young master."

Zhou Mu still said in a calm tone without sadness or joy.

Liu Changyang hit a soft nail and didn't know what to say, so he could only leave resentfully.

Liu Changyang, who has always been going smoothly, thought this was the worst thing that happened, but he didn't expect worse things to happen one after another.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the eldest lady of the Liu family is the most beautiful woman in Fengcheng. This year is the [-]th year, and there are an endless stream of people who come to propose marriage.It's a pity that Mr. Liu loves his daughters as much as his life, and he is reluctant to let his daughter marry off so early, and politely rejected many famous families.Unexpectedly, after a long time, some gossip came up again, saying that Mr. Liu planned to bring Zhou Mu into his family, so that he could be better educated, and only waited for Zhou Mu to be named on the gold list one day, so that the Liu family could use it to ascend to heaven.

"It's just nonsense! It's all right to tell my right and wrong behind my back. My children have to be criticized for their mistakes. If I know who is gossiping, I will never let it go!"

Liu Mingfeng was so angry that he couldn't eat that night when he heard about this, he just sat there blowing his beard and staring.

"Don't get angry, Daddy, drink a cup of tea to calm down."

In a certain way, Liu Biyan and Zhou Mu are surprisingly similar.For example, he has always had a moody expression.

"It's about a girl's reputation. You have to find a good family in the future. What should I do?"

The reputation of the daughter's family is indeed not a trifling matter, and it is no wonder that Master Liu is furious.

"Daddy burns incense and pays respects to the Buddha from time to time. Is the word fortune-telling reliable? Fate is destined sometimes, and there is no time to force it. The same is true for marriage. Whoever belongs to it belongs to whom. Everything depends on nature."

Liu Biyan persuaded with gentle words, every word was perfect, Master Liu listened to it, and his anger really subsided a lot.After pondering for a while, he said, "Yan'er's words are reasonable, no matter how bad it is, I see that Mu'er has a pure nature, and the relationship between the two of you was good in the past. Even if it turned out to be a good thing, it is a good thing. I was confused before."

Liu Changyang's heart shook violently when he heard the words, as if someone had hit him hard with a hammer, and his heart felt an indescribable pain.Looking at my sister again, I saw that she didn't agree or refute, she really looked like everything was going by fate, her heart was more like being roasted on a fire, and she was so uncomfortable that she couldn't speak.

The Liu family did not clarify the matter, and the rumors intensified in a short time.Those aristocratic princes who couldn't get enough of Liu Biyan, and those students and disciples who were jealous of Zhou Mu's literary talents, all took advantage of it, wishing to paint those two as black as possible.The two people who were at the center of the topic seemed to stay out of the matter for a while, and what they should do or what they should do on weekdays.

Liu Changyang didn't know why, but when he saw Zhou Mu not clarifying or refuting, he felt an unknown rage.

Damn it, she's just a simple-minded person with no family background, so how can she be worthy of her elder sister!Why, if his father didn't let him study, he would be just a servant now!Yes, he is just a servant, and he wants to be his brother-in-law and the head of the Liu family, making himself shorter for no reason, this is wishful thinking!

Liu Changyang gritted his teeth and stared at Zhou Mu's back in the school. The more he thought about it, the more he hated it, and the more he thought about it, the more outrageous he became. As soon as get out of class was over, he walked up to Zhou Mu in three steps and grabbed his pen.

Zhou Muying was dipping in the ink, but suddenly the brush was taken away, and the ink splashed, directly onto Zhou Muying's fair and delicate face, and the crescent-colored white robe, coupled with his slightly astonished expression for a moment, he looked even more embarrassed.

Most of the students in the school were still packing up their stationery, and when they saw this, they all surrounded them with the excitement of watching the excitement, pointing and discussing.

Zhou Mu is good at his homework and is valued by his teacher. He has already made some villains jealous, not to mention he is cold-tempered, often walks alone, and is not good at getting along with others.Quite a few disciples had complained about him, saying that he was self-righteous and arrogant.Seeing this matter at this time, I can't wait for the two of them to fight.

Seeing the ink on Zhou Mu's face, Liu Changyang was stunned for a moment, but then he thought of the anger that had been suppressed so hard just now, so he patted Zhou Mu's table and said, "My young master asked you, do you want to marry me?" my sister?"

Zhou Mu had come to his senses at this moment, and his face regained his composure.Hearing the words, he didn't answer, and lowered his head indifferently to clean up the messed up stationery on the table.

"Hey! Are you deaf or dumb? This young master is asking you something!"

Liu Changyang made up his mind to let Zhou Mu deny the matter in front of everyone. Seeing that Zhou Mu was about to pack up and leave, he immediately pressed Zhou Mu's hand that was packing up the books on the table.

Zhou Mu was helpless.Raising his eyes, he looked at Liu Changyang with eyes as thick as black ink, those eyes were as deep as a big ink vat, as if he could absorb people in with just one more glance, there were too many emotions mixed in, too much to see The sadness, joy, pain and loss that I don't understand flowed through those eyes, almost like a meteor flashing.

Liu Changyang only felt his heart beating fast, his throat was so dry and sore, his Adam's apple was moving up and down, his heart felt inexplicably weak, his eyes also wandered, and he didn't dare to look directly at Zhou Mu's eyes.

"Yes, so what? No, so what? This should be a matter between me and the eldest lady, so what does it have to do with you, young master?"

Seeing that Liu Changyang was firmly holding his hand, Zhou Mu only smiled wryly, and opened his lips and said calmly.

Liu Changyang felt as if his heart had been stabbed by a sharp weapon, and the dull pain flowed to his limbs and bones. He wanted to say something, but he opened his mouth, but he didn't say anything.

"Why has nothing to do with him? Have you recognized your identity? He is the young master, and you are just a servant. You just got the appreciation of the master and drank a few sips of ink. Do you really think you are a character?" Some of the people shouted as if they were falling into trouble.

"That's right, if any of my servants dared to talk to me like this, I would have expelled him from the house long ago! How can it be his turn to sit here and play the young master's temper?" Someone echoed.

All of a sudden, the crowd was bustling with malicious words such as "revenge for kindness", "ungrateful", "climbing for power", "self-satisfied", "greedy" and other malicious words.Every word you say to me seems to be impassioned and upright.

Things began to go out of control, which made Liu Changyang unprepared, and his heart became flustered. He wanted to refute something but didn't know how to say it.

When Liu Changyang was distracted, the strength in his hand loosened, and Zhou Mu withdrew his pressed hand without hesitation, moving swiftly, like avoiding a snake or a scorpion.

When the warm touch of his hand was withdrawn, Liu Changyang felt an unknown nerve in his brain also twitch.An inexplicable sense of loss welled up in my heart, it was terribly strange, and I strongly clamored to vent it, but I still couldn't find a way.

"enough!"

Liu Changyang yelled back at everyone, then looked down at Zhou Mu again.

"Anyway, anyway, I will never agree with you marrying my sister, stop daydreaming! It's best to recognize your identity and cut off those unrealistic fantasies forever. The toad wants to eat swan meat. Do you think you are worthy?"

His temples throbbed one after another, his mind was in a mess, and Liu Changyang didn't know what he was talking about. Some words were clearly not intended, and he knew he couldn't say them, and he knew what consequences he would have to bear. The broken jar said it out resolutely.Even if he regretted it as soon as he said it, he wanted to slap himself in the face!

"Daydreams...unrealistic fantasies...a toad wants to eat swan meat..."

Zhou Mu's body shape remained unchanged, and he still maintained the sitting posture just now, but his eyes became distant and empty, and his eyes fell on a certain empty point in front of him, and the brilliance of the fallen stars dimmed little by little in his eyes.He murmured and repeated Liu Changyang's words, with a blank expression.

The situation was very wrong, no matter how angry Zhou Mu was, he shouldn't have such an expression. Liu Changyang was startled, and instinctively stretched out his hand to pull him.

But at this moment Zhou Mu suddenly looked like he had just woken up from a dream, smiled wryly, then raised his head and closed his eyes again, his Adam's apple moved up and down.

"I understand, Young Master Liu. I understand what you mean very well. Don't worry, what you are worried about will never happen."

After Zhou Mu finished speaking, he got up and pushed his way through the crowd and walked out, his back was gloomy.

Looking at Zhou Mu's back, Liu Changyang couldn't help but raise his hand to cover his heart, where it seemed to be writhing in pain.

The cold comes and the summer goes, and the time of a teenager is always like a white horse.

The three-year scientific examination is just around the corner, and the grievances and grievances between the teenagers have become irrelevant, but at this juncture, the Liu family has encountered a rather difficult problem at this time.

Among the big households in the closed city was a family of merchants named Zhu.Zhu Yuanwai has only one only son, named Zhu Youfu, who is 26 years old.When the Zhu family learned that Miss Liu's beauty was as beautiful as a flower, she had been rejected many times to ask for marriage, so they were suffocated and had nowhere to vent their anger.

One day, when Zhu Youfu went to the street, he happened to meet the Liu family siblings who were also out for a stroll.Zhu Youfu didn't recognize Liu Biyan at first, but felt that the woman in front of him was as beautiful as a fairy, with an indescribable elegance in her gestures, how much more beautiful than the famous prostitutes in brothels he had come into contact with in normal times, so he immediately thought about it. If you don't want to, you want to step forward and flirt.

With Liu Changyang around, naturally Zhu Youfu would not be asked to take advantage of it, so he called the two accompanying Xiaosi, and the three punched and kicked Mr. Zhu until his nose was bruised and his face was swollen, until Liu Biyan stepped forward to stop him in fear of trouble. That's all.But I didn't expect to get into trouble because of it.

Zhu Yuanwai saw that Du Miao Miao, whom he was holding in his hands as an offering, was beaten up by someone, and immediately became furious, spreading money and entrusting relationships everywhere, vowing to avenge his son's revenge.The first thing I did was to sue the officials.

Liu Changyang was dragged out of bed overnight by the yamen people, and before he could change his pajamas, he was put in the dark and damp official prison, where he awaited trial.

Liu Mingfeng's actions were not slow either, he scattered his money, entrusted others, left his connections, and set up a few wine games.It was not easy to pick up Liu Changyang, who had been in prison for several days and suffered several beatings. He didn't want to suffer another setback in business.

Part of the Liu family's business is in the tea business.Tea is afraid of tides, so it has always been transported by land.He has been honestly and dutifully walking the official road for many years and has never had any accidents. He did not expect to encounter bandits this time, who robbed a batch of tea and even damaged two people.When Liu Mingfeng heard the news, his eyes went dark and he passed out.After waking up, it is inevitable to do some management again. First, we must appease the family members of the deceased and arrange their future livelihood.Furthermore, most of these tea leaves were ordered by old merchants who often had business dealings, and now they would have to pay a large sum of liquidated damages if they could not deliver on time, and some even got angry and directly stated that they would cut off business relations with the Liu family from now on.

The so-called house leak happened to be raining all night, and I'm afraid it was the Liu family's situation at that time.Not waiting for the Liu family to recuperate, the Liu family's cloth line over there inexplicably got out of the water at night.The entire cloth shop and thousands of pieces of cloth were destroyed overnight and turned into nothing.

It was often the last straw that broke the camel's back. The Liu family finally sold the land due to heavy debts and dismissed the slaves.The scenery is gone, and the glory of the past is like a shooting star, falling into the vast galaxy and disappearing.

The door opened with a creak, and Liu Changyang said to Zhou Mu who was standing outside, "Come in, it just so happens that Daddy has something to tell you."

Growth does not have to go through the years of polishing, sometimes it only needs to go through a big ups and downs, things are different, and you can see the warmth and warmth of human relationships and the inconsistency of the world.The appearance of the reckless young man of the past has not changed, but some rain, snow and wind and frost have been added to his eyes.

"master."

Zhou Mu sat on the side of the bed and held the hand that Liu Mingfeng extended to him.

"Hey, Mu'er, you're here. Come, this is for you."

Liu Mingfeng took out the cloth bag that he had already prepared from the side, handed it to Zhou Mu, and then said, "This is for you to go to Beijing to catch the exam. I was worried about you going to Beijing to catch the exam alone, and I planned to wait for family matters to take the exam." It's almost reasonable to go with you, but now my health is failing, people, it really is impossible to accept the old."

Zhou Mu hesitated for a moment before saying, "Master, I don't plan to go to Beijing."

As soon as these words came out, Liu Changyang glared at Zhou Mu, but Liu Mingfeng was calm as expected.

"I know what you're thinking. You've been more sensible than Yang'er and Yan'er since you were a child, and you have more ideas of your own. I'm at ease with you, so I care less about you and rarely make arrangements for you. But You have to listen to me this time, you don’t have to worry about family matters, Yang’er’s shameful grades won’t go to Beijing, it’s enough to have him here, you can just rest assured.”

Zhou Mu's eyes were red, and after a long silence, he nodded and said, "Okay."

Liu Mingfeng said, "Good boy." He closed his eyes, as if he was extremely sleepy. "Let's start tomorrow, don't delay."

Zhou Mushun said obediently, "Yes."

"Let Yang'er take you out of the city tomorrow, and I don't know what you think, but I have always raised you as my own child... No matter what the outcome of this scientific expedition is, I hope you don't take it too seriously." Just do your best, and we will all be proud of you."

Zhou Mu pressed the center of his eyebrows, took a deep breath, lowered his head and said, "I see...Father."

Hearing this, Liu Mingfeng showed a gratified smile.

Early the next morning, the morning dew waits for the sun, and the grass sends each other off.

Sure enough, Liu Changyang got up early in the morning and followed Zhou Mu all the way to the city gate.

"Then what, you, take the exam." Liu Changyang scratched his hair and said, "You will definitely pass. If you are not a monster like you, who else will pass, we are all very relieved."

Zhou Mu stood in the backlight and looked at him, and said in a low voice, "Actually, it doesn't matter to me whether I hit or not, the important thing is..."

"What's important?" Liu Changyang didn't hear clearly.

"It's you who matter."

Zhou Mu raised his voice and answered.

"You don't have to worry at home. I've made up my mind. If you can't get along, we'll go to Beijing to find you at most. If you become a high-ranking official, you have to remember us. Don't think that those of us from the countryside have never seen the world."

Liu Changyang said with a smile, showing his white teeth.

"I'll get home as soon as possible, hit or miss."

Zhou Mu spoke loudly and solemnly like a promise.

"Okay, I don't miss you so much, let's go, young master, I'm almost dying of heat."

Liu Changyang blushed and waved impatiently.But after the man left, he stared at the man's back, as if he wanted to engrave it in his heart.

After a hasty year, Zhou Mu, the champion of the new division, returned home in fine clothes.

As soon as Zhou Mufang entered the city gate, he saw the local officials leading the people to welcome him on both sides of the road, the firecrackers were set off resoundingly, and congratulations were endless.

Playing horses and parading through the streets, drinking banquets in front of the imperial court, and exploring flowers in famous gardens.It can be said that once he leaps to the dragon's gate, he is worth a hundred times.The champion of the new department is young and handsome, Fu Fen He Lang, who has fascinated many boudoir girls.

"Brother Zhou Xian, why doesn't your family come out to greet you? Think about when I was in high school. The string of firecrackers my dad bought were the loudest in the city!"

Zhou Mu heard that he didn't answer his friend Su Minran's words, his expression was stern, and his heart was beating uneasy.

The group stopped at the gate of Liu's Mansion, only to see that the plaque on the door had been replaced with the words Zhu's Mansion You.

Zhou Mu gritted his teeth, pointed at the plaque, turned to the local officials and asked loudly, "What's going on?"

At this moment, even Su Minran sensed that the atmosphere was not right, so he turned his face away and stopped talking.

The official said with a smile, "I don't know the number one scholar. The Liu family mansion has long since changed hands. Just rest assured, my lord. The next official has already arranged the residence of the two lords..."

"I asked my family!"

Zhou Mu's eyes were red, and the frenzy in his eyes was unprecedented.

Fortunately, before the official could answer, he heard a familiar call.

"Zhou Mu!"

Zhou Mu looked at the siblings who were running towards him, and the bloodshot eyes became more bloodshot. After the fear, it was the joy of the rest of the life after the catastrophe.

Zhou Mu rejected the accommodation prepared by the magistrate for them, and returned to the old house of the Liu family where they had lived before.The dilapidated wall tiles are the same as the ones I have repaired before, except that there are a group of chickens in front of the house and a pile of firewood in the back of the house.

Liu Biyan in commoner clothes rolled up her sleeves in the station kitchen, cooking delicious fish soup.That fish was just caught by Liu Changyang from the edge of the pond in the morning, and it was the most tender and delicious. It was precisely to catch this big fish to celebrate Zhou Mu's return from high school, so he almost missed meeting Zhou Mu.

Liu Changyang has grown a lot taller, and is also dressed in coarse cloth clothes. He took a copper kettle to cook water and tea for guests, and his movements were neat and neat, not at all like the spoiled and willful young master back then.The hands with thin skin and tender flesh were covered with a thin layer of calluses due to doing too much rough work, and there were some small wounds with scabs, telling the story of the hardships of life in the past year.

"Master Su, please have some tea."

Liu Changyang brought two cups of tea to the table, and when he put the teacups in front of Zhou Mu, his hands paused, his eyes flickered, but he didn't say anything.

"Where's Dad?"

Zhou Mu looked around, but he couldn't find Liu Mingfeng in a place as big as a palm.

"I'll take you to see him tomorrow. He's getting better during this time, so he wants to go to Nanhua Temple to stay for a while, meet old friends, and play chess. Unfortunately, you're back."

After Liu Changyang finished speaking, Liu Biyan had already picked up the curtain and brought in the fish soup.

"Master Su, don't be disgusted with rough tea and light food."

Liu Biyan said politely to Su Minran after putting down the fish soup.

"Miss Liu, you're being polite. It's Su's good fortune to be able to eat such fresh and plump fish."

Su Minran's words were not necessarily polite, the farm dishes were indeed unique, and the four of them enjoyed themselves after a meal.

After the meal, there was a knock on the door, and Liu Changyang got up and opened the door.

A little girl with a double bun was standing outside the door with a basket of local eggs on her shoulders. She seemed to be very familiar with Liu Changyang. It hasn't been separated for a while.

"She's Xiner next door."

Seeing Zhou Mu kept looking in that direction, Liu Biyan introduced him.

"Ah."

Zhou Mu hummed thoughtfully, then lowered his head and continued to help Liu Biyan pick up millet.After picking it up a few times, she couldn't help but turned her head and looked out the door. Seeing this, Liu Biyan shook her head, got up and went to feed the chickens.

"Miss Liu, I'll help you."

Su Minran had nothing to do, seeing Liu Biyan was about to leave, he hurriedly followed.

Liu Biyan smiled when he heard the words, and said, "Then there is Lord Laosu."

Zhou Mu waited for a long time before Liu Changyang brought a basket of eggs into the room, with a smile on his face that did not fade away, just a look of smugness.

"Master!"

Zhou Mu closed his eyes, couldn't hold back, dropped the millet in his hand, stood up and asked, "That girl just now..."

"Huh? What's wrong with the girl? Ah, by the way, I'll prepare it for you what you want to eat tonight. There are not many rooms at home, so Mrs. Su will naturally sleep in one if Mrs. Su is a guest, and my sister wants one if she is a girl. I have to be wronged that Zhuangyuan Lang and I sleep in the same room. If you mind, I can sleep on the floor, don’t worry, I don’t snore.”

Liu Changyang changed the topic unnaturally, obviously he didn't want to talk more, and after he finished speaking, he went to collect the firewood with an excuse, and left in a hurry.

In the evening, Liu Biyan made egg custard, which was smooth, tender and refreshing, moderately salty, and made Su Minran feel satisfied after eating it.

However, Zhou Mu lost his appetite after taking two mouthfuls of rice, and he didn't even touch the egg custard.

"Zhou Mu, why aren't you feeling well?"

Liu Biyan rolled her eyes, as if she knew what to ask.

"My head hurts a bit."

Zhou Mu replied casually.

"Perhaps the weather has been bad recently. There is a hot spring on the hillside behind the house. It might be more refreshing to take a dip. Ask Yang'er to take you there at night."

Before Zhou Mu could answer, Liu Changyang happily said, "Okay."

"Master Su, I read a poem recently, and there are a few things I didn't understand. Can I ask you for advice after dinner?"

Liu Biyan turned to Su Minran and said.

"my pleasure!"

Su Minran was bored, so he hurriedly agreed.

The hot spring was not far from the old house. Liu Changyang often went there to take a bath, walking in front of him in the bright moonlight, with a small jar of wine in his hand.

"You didn't like to drink alcohol before, but it's very comfortable to drink two cups and then soak in the hot spring. You can drink a few sips if you want to, just don't get drunk."

Under the moonlight, the well-proportioned young man left a straight back, his black hair was tied neatly behind his head, and he spoke in a low voice.

Only at this time, Zhou Mu can let go of the wishful thinking that he has not dared to say for many years, pouring out with the gurgling eyes, depicting the figure of that person without any scruples, and looking back at the beautiful and beautiful things he has done repeatedly for many years. The dream, he thought, maybe he was already drunk at this time.

"arrive."

Liu Changyang stopped.Sure enough, there was a hot spring in front of it, flowing with the clear moonlight and shimmering like a dream.

Liu Changyang poured two bowls of wine and passed one to Zhou Mu.

After Zhou Mu took it, staring at Liu Changyang's face, he drank the wine in the bowl in one go.The person you've been thinking about day and night is within reach, and he's passing you a drink, so why not get drunk?

Liu Changyang was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "I didn't expect you to be good at drinking."

Liu Changyang also drank the wine in the bowl in one gulp.Then she took off her clothes with a rustle, and sat naked on the big rock by the spring.Looking back, he said, "Why are you staring blankly, come here."

Zhou Mu walked carefully step by step, as if he was afraid of accidentally crushing this beautiful dream.

Zhou Mu sat beside Liu Changyang and looked at him without blinking.Looking at the young face, the slender neck, the delicate collarbone, and the white chest below, the two dogwoods on the top are shimmering in pink, the flat belly without a trace of fat, and the two legs are white and tender. Slender...everything is thousands of times more beautiful than in the dream, unbelievably beautiful.

A pair of warm hands covered Zhou Mu's cold back.

"I'm drunk, Zhou Mu."

Liu Changyang turned his head and looked at Zhou Mu's unavoidable gaze.

Zhou Mu forgot whether his heart was still beating, the world lost its color in an instant, and the only thing in his eyes and mind was the person in front of him.

"From a long time ago, when you just left, I told myself that I can only get drunk this once, and I want to let myself get drunk this once..."

Liu Changyang said in a barely audible volume, but it fell into Zhou Mu's ears, but it was so real, like a thunderbolt, it exploded violently in his ears, making people caught off guard.

Liu Changyang closed his eyes, approached the person in front of him, and then approached until his breath intertwined and his lips pressed together.

I don't know who moved first, the two of them lay on their backs on the stone and rolled repeatedly.Bit by bit, the strength on the lips deepened, from light kisses to kisses, to gnawing on each other.

Zhou Mu pulled off his robe and covered Liu Changyang's body, sharing each other's body temperature.

Rolling from the stone to the water, and then from the water, pushing the other party back to the stone, back and forth countless times, until they tasted the smell of blood between each other's lips before they stopped.

Zhou Mu clasped Liu Changyang's narrow waist with one hand, lifted his chin with the other, gasped for confusion, looked at Liu Changyang's outstanding eyebrows and eyes, and said in a hoarse voice, "I don't want to do this with you in a daze. This kind of thing, let me ask you, do you know what you are doing?"

Liu Changyang smiled, his eyes rolled, as clear as autumn water, it was easier for people to indulge in it than the moonlight.He raised his hand and opened the hand under his chin, leaned over to hold Zhou Mu's Adam's apple, and murmured, "In the past, I have lived in a muddle many times, and whether it is the past or the future, I promise I will never It's time to be more aware of what you're doing than you are right now."

Years of forbearance has reached the end of its strength, and no amount of reasons for forbearance can match two hearts that love each other.

Zhou Mu started to move before Liu Changyang's final sound. He acted vigorously, aggressively yet gentle, as if he had been rehearsing in his mind for many years.

The moment the pain hit, Liu Changyang couldn't help grinning again as he looked at Zhou Mu's cruel expression focused on him.

Liu Changyang had a dream. In the dream, he was in a small boat, drifting aimlessly along the river.The riverside is full of spring, and flowers are blooming all the way. I don’t know how many literati are drunk.It's just that the spring breeze is blowing on the face, and I still feel a little cold.A pair of hands circled towards him from behind, and pressed his back against the man's chest, the coldness subsided immediately, and the warmth melted away.He smiled at that person, and that person pressed his cheek against his. He is the most proud person in life, and the spring breeze is not the only intoxicating thing?

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