Life is as short as a spring dream

Hua Manzhu, who ordered breakfast and came to wake Ren Pingsheng up, was taken aback by Ren Pingsheng's expression, and was about to go up to ask what's the matter, when Ren Pingsheng dodged and rushed downstairs, leaving only one sentence: " I'm going out for a walk".

With Ren Pingsheng away, Hua Manzhu and Li Wangpin didn't know what to do.Li Wangpin watched Huamanzhu for a long time in a daze, he was really bored, so he went out to find Ren Pingsheng.

The two of them didn't see each other all day. Hua Manzhu read, wrote, and even practiced boxing in the house for a while, and went downstairs for dinner after dark.

Not long after sitting down, Li Wangpin came back with a red face, saw Huamanzhu at a glance, and waved his hand: "Xiao Er, add more food to this table!"

Before Hua Manzhu could ask, Li Wangpin said it himself: "I met someone in the street who was setting up a martial arts competition, so I went up to try my hand. What happened? Ha, I won a whole 50 taels of silver!"

Li Wangpin put the money bag on the table and poured a glass of water with his head up.

Hua Manzhu also laughed: "Brother Li is good at kung fu, he deserves to win."

"Hehe, it would be even more powerful if Pingsheng went there, you don't know, those people are wild people..." Li Wangpin spat and talked for a long time, after the meal, Ren Pingsheng still didn't come back.

The two went back to the house together, Li Wangpin was still not finished, followed to Hua Manzhu's room, and continued to talk about his heroic deeds.

Later, Li Wangpin said that he was sleepy and went back to the room with a yawn, while Hua Manzhu sat at the table, read a book for a while and stared blankly for a while, waiting for Ren Pingsheng to come back.

At this time, Ren Pingsheng was already lying on the next bed.

Li Wangpin was startled when he saw him, and ran forward like a dog to beat his leg: "You are back, Xiaozhu is still waiting for you."

Ren Pingsheng hummed, but still lay there without moving.Li Wangpin's drowsy heart disappeared as soon as he saw Ren Pingsheng, and he happily recounted his journey in the afternoon.Ren Pingsheng didn't respond to what he heard. He spent a day wandering outside today, and he didn't know why he dreamed of Huamanzhu, and he didn't know how to face him.When Li Wangpin's snoring sounded, he was still frowning, and didn't fall asleep until the middle of the night.

Not long after falling asleep, Ren Pingsheng was awakened by a short cry.It wasn't loud, but it was Huamanzhu's voice.

Ren Pingsheng's scalp tightened, he jumped up from the bed, and quickly ran into the next door.

Kicking open the door, there were two big men in black in the room, Hua Manzhu fell on the ground without knowing anything.The two big men in black were still rummaging for something, when they saw Ren Pingsheng barging in, they immediately raised their hands.

Ren Pingsheng was furious, and without hesitation, he kicked the two men in black to the ground. Li Wangpin ran over when he heard the movement, and quickly found a rope to tie them up.

Ren Pingsheng picked up Huamanzhu, saw the blood on the back of his head, turned around and slapped him several times, making the two black-clothed men stumble.

"What's up with him!"

One of the men in black was frightened dumb by the ferocity, and the other hurriedly begged for mercy: "Knock, knock me out..."

Ren Pingsheng slapped him again.He carefully stabilized Huamanzhu, checked the injury, the wound was not serious, and he should wake up in a while, so he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Li Wangpin, go get some hot water and some wound medicine."

Li Wangpin almost ran away, and he was terribly frightened.

After taking care of Hua Manzhu's injury, Ren Pingsheng stood in front of the two men in black, his face already like hell.He dragged one with each hand, and told Li Wangpin to take the other one, and went out of the room to the backyard.

The two men in black were trembling and hadn't stood firm yet, they were already dazzled by Ren Pingsheng's punch.Ren Pingsheng beat him like crazy, without mercy, Li Wangpin who was standing next to him was stunned, and suddenly felt that Ren Pingsheng was playing with him when he usually fought with him.

After Ren Pingsheng finished venting, the two little thieves basically only had to breathe.Li Wangpin came back to his senses, only then did he realize that the two looked familiar.

"Hey, aren't you the warriors in the ring in the afternoon?"

"What warrior?" Ren Pingsheng stared at Li Wangpin suddenly.Ren Pingsheng didn't listen to Li Wangpin's nagging before, so he had to explain it again, but this time he didn't dare to brag, it was simple and straightforward.

"So," Ren Pingsheng gritted his teeth, "These two people were recruited by the 50 taels you won?"

At this moment, Li Wangpin is very eager to grow darker, preferably so dark that he can melt into the night.

But God did not hear his prayer.

"What the hell are you pretending to be full of shit? You just recruit a bunch of flies if you have nothing to do!! You also join in the fun of that kind of gambling ring! And show off everywhere! Can you be more stupid! You have nothing to do! What are you doing in Huamanzhu's room! Huamanzhu, if there is something wrong with me, I will skin you!!!"

Ren Pingsheng cursed and kicked Li Wangpin all over the yard like a ball. When he was about to go back to the house, he turned his head and stepped on the leg of the man in black, crushing it hard.

The two thieves were already in so much pain that they couldn't scream, and their hands and feet were basically useless.Li Wangpin had lingering fears, he carried the two of them to the front of the yamen and threw them away, and obediently went back to the room to face the wall.

When Hua Manzhu woke up, the sky was beginning to turn pale, and Ren Pingsheng was staring at him intently.

"Brother?" Hua Manzhu still didn't understand what happened.

"Are you awake?" Ren Pingsheng suddenly threw himself on the bedside and touched Huamanzhu's head, "Does your head still hurt?"

Hua Manzhu was still a little dizzy, and in a trance, he felt that the moment Ren Pingsheng rushed over was a bit like the big dog raised by Uncle Wang.

Ren Pingchang breathed a sigh of relief, rested his chin on the head of Huamanzhu's bed, and said angrily, "It's all because of that pig, Li Wangpin, do you believe that he's even worse than you, luckily you're fine, and so are you, I taught you so many self-defense and escaping techniques, why didn't you use any of them..." After a pause, Ren Pingsheng lowered his eyelids, "It's also my fault, if I were with you, I wouldn't be like this..."

Hua Manzhu didn't respond, Ren Pingsheng was a little nervous, looked up, and saw that the pig had fallen asleep again in a daze.

After a fierce struggle, Ren Pingsheng still climbed onto the bed, carefully lay down next to Hua Manzhu, trying not to look at Hua Manzhu's face.

"I just left for a while and something happened. My wife told me to take care of Huamanzhu. Well, I have to stay with him." Ren Pingsheng talked to himself, and the sleepiness finally hit.

For the next two days, Li Wangpin followed the basic principles of atonement and waited on Hua Manzhu. Ren Pingsheng was still cold-hearted, but Hua Manzhu was very embarrassed. If he had to say it dozens of times, Ren Pingsheng was so annoying that he wanted to gag him.Under Ren Pingsheng's nose, Li Wangpin didn't dare to listen to Hua Manzhu's kind words, so he could only show his courtesy even more vigorously.

The Yangzhou Poetry Festival finally started. Ren Pingsheng and Li Wangpin guarded Huamanzhu from left to right. One was domineering and the other was tall and burly. They completely ignored Huamanzhu's restraint and overwhelmed the frail people on the street. The literati.

This poetry meeting is actually not a formal competition. Yangzhou is a place rich in water and soil, and the people love to dance and write and ink when they are full.At first, it was just some poets who picked a good time to hold some small gatherings spontaneously. Later, many people followed suit, and gradually evolved into the annual Yangzhou Poetry Fair, and many people came here after hearing the news.During the exhibition period, in the long streets, short alleys, riverside corridors, and even brothel flower streets, literati shaking their heads can be seen everywhere reciting poems, splashing ink in a chic manner.It's okay during the day, but it's even more colorful at night, and the excitement is even more lively than the Beijing Lantern Festival.

The three of them went around, and most of the literati had their own small circles, working in groups of twos and threes, and they didn't meet Hua Manzhu who was particularly interested.Li Wangpin was afraid that Ren Pingsheng would be unhappy again, so he rushed back and forth with a lot of poetry recitation questions, just to give Hua Manzhu a bad eye.After making some twisted words, laughing about his vision, Hua Manzhu lacked interest, so he simply ignored the poetry meeting and started touring the scenery with Ren Pingsheng.

Both sides of the Changhe River were originally a land of love and moon, and it was the time of the poetry festival, and singers and dancers who came to add to the fun can be seen everywhere. Ren Pingsheng and Li Wangpin didn't know where to put their eyes, so they ordered two jugs of wine in a restaurant. He looked at the girls dancing in the corridor very comfortably.

Hua Manzhu was unhappy, and afraid that Ren Pingsheng would get angry again if he said the wrong thing, so he could only sit on the side with his mouth pouting.

Ren Pingsheng embraced Huamanzhu's shoulder with one arm carelessly: "Little pig, you said that you are so big, why are you so unresponsive? Beauty is still so gloomy at the moment, come and have fun !” Then he picked up a glass of wine.

Hua Manzhu usually doesn't drink much, but this time he was bored and troubled, so he took it and drank it.Ren Pingsheng was stunned for a moment, seeing Hua Manzhu's visibly angry and cowardly person who didn't dare to say anything, his heart became irritable, he let go of his shoulder and went to drink with Li Wangpin.

Li Wangpin was so silly that he was so happy that Ren Pingsheng asked him to drink whenever he asked, and he didn't notice Hua Manzhu's strangeness at all.Hua Manzhu sighed in his heart, thinking that his wife would lose her temper if she knew that they came to Yangzhou for such fun.Ren Pingsheng looked at Yingge and Yanwu with good eyesight, and didn't care about Hua Manzhu, Hua Manzhu actually picked up the wine glass by himself.

Three youths in their prime, laughing and drinking in the corridor, are very eye-catching in Yangzhou.Not long after, a few charming women turned around, saluted shyly at the table, and asked if they could enjoy the moon and have a drink together.

Li Wangpin's ears went numb when he heard that soft voice, Ren Pingsheng had no objection, leaving Hua Manzhu dumbfounded.

Huamanzhu was the youngest, and most of the girls went there for the well-dressed Li Wangpin and the handsome Ren Pingsheng.But sitting at the same table, we can't be left out, there is still a woman sitting beside Hua Manzhu considerately, a young man sips, and a glass of wine with a stretched bare hand.Hua Manzhu couldn't hide, and looked at Ren Pingsheng as if asking for help, unexpectedly, Ren Pingsheng didn't look at him at all, and just kept banging on the table and having fun with other girls.

In a daze, Hua Manzhu had already been poured two cups in succession, and his mind was a little dizzy.

Before the flowers and the moon, and now the wine, Li Wangpin has long since cared about the right and wrong in the world, and Ren Pingsheng's unscrupulous heart is even more presumptuous.He only felt sorry for the tender Hua Manzhu, who was in a daze with drunken eyes, and drank the wine whenever he was offered it.The girl who was used to making fun of him saw that he was young and cute, she stretched out two white onion-like fingers and pinched him on the face, and asked with a coquettish smile, "What are you thinking, young master? "

Hua Manzhu's mind was in a mess, he grabbed the girl's wrist subconsciously, frowned and grinned again: "Brother, why are you pinching me again?"

Losing control after drinking, Huamanzhu's voice was louder than usual.Ren Pingsheng turned his head when he heard the sound, and saw Hua Manzhu holding the girl's wrist, smiling like an idiot, the girl was about to fall shyly into his arms.

Ren Pingsheng's first reaction was, how dare you shake someone's hand!