Life is as short as a spring dream

Back in Yunshui Building, Ren Pingsheng went back to his room in silence.Hua Manzhu was full of doubts, but he went to boil a pot of hot water first, and made a cup of hand-warming tea for Ren Pingsheng.

He knocked on the door, and Ren Pingsheng answered with a calm voice, which made Huamanzhu even more uneasy.He pushed the door open, Ren Pingsheng did not lie on the couch in a daze as usual, his back was straight, he sat by the window and watched Hua Manzhu walk in, as if he was waiting for Hua Manzhu.

"Brother," Hua Manzhu took a deep breath, "I just came back from the snow, drink a cup of hot tea to warm up."

"Xiao Zhu, sit down." Ren Pingsheng said calmly while holding Hua Manzhu's hand pouring tea.

Hua Manzhu froze.It was extremely rare for Ren Pingsheng to call him "Little Zhu". Hua Manzhu looked up at him, but couldn't see any emotion, so he had to sit down.

The two sat there for a long time without speaking.Hua Manzhu thought over and over again, but opened his mouth first: "Brother, you... Is it because I've made you unhappy again?"

If it's because of playing with Ouying for too long, then it's okay.But his intuition told Hua Manzhu that Ren Pingsheng today was unusual, and he was not trying to make trouble for Ouying's petty affairs.

Ren Pingsheng turned his head when he heard the words, looked at Hua Manzhu and said, "I'm not angry with you."

"That……"

"Xiaozhu," Ren Pingsheng looked at Huamanzhu steadfastly, "You really don't remember anything before you came to Jishan?"

Hua Manzhu was taken aback for a moment, but Ren Pingsheng's eyes were firmly locked on him.

"Why did senior brother ask this suddenly?" Hua Manzhu's eyes were extremely confused, "I was young at that time, so I really can't remember."

"No impression at all?"

Ren Pingsheng frowned slightly, his eyes seemed to penetrate Huamanzhu.

"..." Hua Manzhu thought for a while, "I only vaguely remember that when I was young, there were many people in my family, and the house was very big. Later, some bad guys broke in, and someone hugged me and ran away. And then..." Hua Manzhu bit her lower lip , recalling with difficulty, "I don't remember, I only know that when I woke up, I was beside Master. He gave me a name and took me back to Mount Ji."

"Then what was your original name, do you remember?"

"...I don't remember." Hua Manzhu thought for a while, "Brother, didn't you already know these things? Why did you suddenly ask?"

Ren Pingsheng was silent for a long time, Hua Manzhu waited for a while, then called again: "Brother?"

Ren Pingsheng looked at him, there were still marks on his lips from the biting when he recalled the past.Yes, didn't he already know these things, why bother to ask again.

Ren Pingsheng smiled, rubbed Hua Manzhu's head and said, "Just asking."

Hua Manzhu knew it was not that simple, but seeing Ren Pingsheng's expression, he didn't dare to ask again.

"Xiao Zhu," Ren Pingsheng withdrew his hand, "Our enemy has been found."

Hua Manzhu straightened up all of a sudden.

"Pack up your things, we will set off for Qingcheng tomorrow morning."

Huamanzhu was still stiff in his seat.

What are you doing in Qingcheng?

Who is the enemy found?

How to take revenge?

……

Full of questions, Hua Manzhu didn't ask a single word.He said hello, turned around and walked out the door.

"Before you leave," Ren Pingsheng looked at his back and said, "you go and say goodbye to Ou Ying."

Although the little girl's twittering annoyed Ren Shengsheng, but...at least she was really kind to Huamanzhu.Human affection is as thin as autumn clouds, how many people in the world really care for you?Even his master didn't know why he adopted this child...

Ren Pingsheng couldn't tell what it was like.

Hua Manzhu looked back at him in surprise.Senior brother asked him to find Ou Ying?

"This farewell, maybe there will be no return date." Ren Pingsheng smiled faintly, "Go and say goodbye, she will not be in vain for her company with you for the past three years."

Hua Manzhu lowered his head, raised it again after a while, and asked softly, "Brother, what is it that you said you wanted to tell me this morning?"

Ren Pingsheng's heart was surging, and he swallowed the words again.

"Now is not the time to talk." Ren Pingsheng still replied, "Go."

Hua Manzhu sighed silently, and walked outside.

In the early morning of the next day, Hua Manzhu and Ren Pingsheng traveled south on white horses and lightly dressed on snow.After coming to Yunshuilou for three years, the two of them didn't have many things, and now they left with only a few clothes and some entanglements.Walking to the mouth of the valley, Ren Pingsheng reined in his horse and looked back, and Yunshui Tower was hidden in the whiteness of snow.After leaving Jishan, Yunshuilou was the only place they stayed in this world, even though they were in a business relationship for mutual use.Ren Pingsheng dismounted from his horse, stood still for a moment, put his hands together, bent down and bowed towards the seemingly uninhabited valley.

Hua Manzhu stood aside and followed suit.He looked at the solemn Ren Pingsheng, but he didn't know what to say.

When the two of them swung their whips forward again, there was a faint shout behind them.Ren Pingsheng didn't respond, just rode his horse out of the valley, Hua Manzhu frowned, and speeded up to keep up.When he ran to the bend of the mountain road and turned the corner and could no longer see the valley, Hua Manzhu couldn't help turning his head back after all.

I saw a bright yellow figure running from a distance in the snow, shouting with a crying voice, and slammed in the wind.Behind that person there were several people who came in a hurry and were chasing her.

"...Why are you doing this?" Hua Manzhu said softly, "A person like me is not worth it."

Immediately, he stepped hard, and the white horse suffered from pain, and turned around the ridge with a long hiss, and was no longer seen.

In the snowy field at the mouth of the valley, Ou Ying was still running and shouting. She saw Hua Manzhu stop, and she was overjoyed, but in a blink of an eye, she saw him galloping away. Straight into the snow.

When I woke up this morning, I saw a letter on the dressing table. When I opened it, it was Hua Manzhu's farewell.She didn't even have time to put on a piece of thick clothes, so she hurried after him, but she still couldn't keep him.

"Xiaozhu...don't go..." Ou Ying felt extremely uncomfortable, and when her footsteps softened, she fell into the snow, "don't go..."

He clearly saw that he was coming after him, but he refused to say anything in person. The more Ou Ying thought about it, the more wronged he became, and his shouting gradually turned into howling, but he couldn't say a word.

The servants who followed closely tried to pull her up in a panic, but they seemed frightened by her crying.When did the lively and bright Miss Yunshuilou cry so miserably?For a moment, some dared not touch her.

In the distance, Du Yu stood there silently, with Ouying's cloak still in his hand.After Ouying cried for a long time, he finally sighed, stepped forward and retreated from the servants, and hugged Ouying who was cold all over.

The weather was getting colder and colder every day. Although the snow did not fall again, the north wind was howling hard day and night.Although Ren Pingsheng and Hua Manzhu's two horses are strong, it is difficult to gallop under such conditions, so their speed is not fast.Hua Manzhu asked Ren Pingsheng who his enemy was several times, but Ren Pingsheng never answered, only saying that he would know when the time came.Although Hua Manzhu was helpless, there was nothing he could do about Ren Pingsheng, and he really couldn't figure out what he was planning this time.

They stopped and stopped along the way, the weather became warmer as they got to the south, and their walking speed was also faster. Even so, it was already the twelfth lunar month when they arrived in Qingcheng.

Qingcheng is not a big city in the south, but it is busier than the small towns in the north that we passed along the way.Near the end of the new year, the streets are bustling with people, but it is a scene of joy.Ren Pingsheng and Hua Manzhu led the horses and walked slowly on the street. They passed several inns but Ren Pingsheng stopped.Seeing Ren Pingsheng's interested look, Hua Manzhu thought that it was a long time since he had seen the excitement of ordinary people's New Year's Eve, and wanted to take a stroll, but didn't ask any questions.

As a result, Ren Pingsheng actually walked into a commercial firm and rented a yard in one go.There were few people doing business at the end of the year, and Ren Pingsheng used to be a smooth talker in the past, so this small but very comfortable courtyard was tricked into making it much cheaper by his eloquent lotus flowers.

Hua Manzhu was very surprised, and when Ren Pingsheng happily went to harness the horses, he couldn't help asking: "Brother, do we want to live here for a long time? Why rent a yard?"

Ren Pingsheng seemed to be in a good mood, "Isn't it the New Year's Eve, let's not stay in that boring inn, let's spend a good New Year here."

It's not the truth when you hear it.Hua Manzhu pursed his lips, and wanted to continue to ask, but after thinking about it, he and his senior brother didn't seem to be celebrating the New Year together in a serious way.In the past in Jishan, life was simple. During the Chinese New Year, those who had family members went home, and the remaining disciples drank wine and ate meat, and went for a stroll in Jizhou City.The master wants to watch the year, and always drags Hua Manzhu to play chess to pass the time. Ren Pingsheng either sleeps on the side, or runs out to play, and the two have never been alone together.Later, when we arrived at Yunshui Tower, although there were many people there, they were all rootless duckweed-like people. Except for Du Yu, none of them seemed to have the habit of celebrating the New Year.Although Ou Ying was pestering Du Yu all day long, at the end of the new year, he had to obediently go to the ancestral hall with Du Yu to worship the ancestors for seven days. Huamanzhu was rarely quiet, but after all, there was no festival for three years.

Senior brother used to be so lively... Hua Manzhu thought to himself, with a smile on his face, he said to Ren Pingsheng: "Alright, let's have a good New Year."

Ren Pingsheng raised his eyebrows and smiled at Huamanzhu.

Brother, if you want to celebrate the New Year, I will accompany you to celebrate the New Year, no matter what you are thinking.

It doesn't matter whether this first year spent by two people will be the last year we spend together.

Hua Manzhu squeezed his palms hard, calmed down his emotions, and began to tidy up the house.