Falling plum

◇Wu

It was already late to send off the guests who came to the mourning hall to pay their respects. Liu Wenze let the aunts go to rest first, and he stayed in front of his father's mourning hall for a while. Glancing at it, he said, "Don't hide, come out."

Reluctantly, a figure of Pingting flashed by the door, it was Sixth Aunt Bai Mei.

Seeing her hesitate to speak, Liu Wenze was a little impatient, and said, "Just say what you have to say."

Bai Mei pondered for a while, and finally spoke, and said, "The young master is away all year round, and there are some things at home that you don't know, but I think it's really not good for them to hide it from you like this...Master's health has been deteriorating this year, The ladies seem to be peaceful, but they actually have plans behind their backs..."

"Oh?"

"Isn't it? Only the fourth child, relying on her own charm, has long flirted with Boss Liu of the silk and satin village, and the third child is not a fuel-efficient lamp. People say that she is too close to the housekeeper, and she is the eldest wife." , and I have accumulated a lot of personal wealth...just me, I was born as a member of the Liu family, and died as a ghost of the Liu family."

Liu Wenze snorted, "Master is gone, so what are you doing at Liu's house?"

Bai Mei's face turned red unknowingly. Liu Wenze's question touched his heart. She married into the Liu family five years ago. In fact, she was only one year older than Liu Wenze in terms of age. It will be buried with Liu Ya's coffin planks.

Looking at Liu Wenze's handsome and youthful face, her mind became active again, she thought, such a good young master doesn't have a wife yet?She lowered her head and finally whispered, "...willing to be a concubine."

really.

Liu Wenze thought.

"It's a pity that my father gave me my flesh and blood, but I don't want other things." Liu Wenze said, "When my father was there, he always said how considerate and considerate my aunts are, but now that my father is gone, it is human nature for the aunts to find another home. "

Bai Mei's face was turned pale by Liu Wenze's words, she suddenly remembered something, she raised her head, "Then do you want to know why the master drove Liu Wenqing out of the house back then?"

Liu Wenze's face suddenly sank.

"Sure enough." Bai Mei smiled, "Master, you are said to be gentle and polite, but in fact you are the most cold-hearted. You don't care about the Liu family at all. You care about only Liu Wenqing."

There used to be a white plum tree outside the window of Liu Wenze's room.

It's a pity that after being damaged by a cold wave ten years ago, it never bloomed again, like a dead tree. At that time, Liu Wenze was still a boy, and he raised his head and pulled his third brother's sleeve, "It would be great if I could bloom again one day. ?”

Liu Wenqing laughed at him, "How can it be so easy, haven't you heard of 'overwhelming water is hard to recover'?"

At that time Liu Wenze was not as tall as Liu Wenqing, so he was sweating profusely, but he couldn't find anything to refute Liu Wenqing's words.

When he saw this tree now, he remembered what Bai Mei told him just now, and thought of this incident again, and finally smiled——

"Third brother, I've heard that 'overwhelmed water is hard to harvest', but I... prefer 'spring comes with a dead tree'."

◇Lu◆

Liu Wenze opened the door and went in. The light in the room was very dark, reflecting the loneliness of the snowy light, and the surrounding was lonely.

He didn't hear anything, and suspected that Liu Wenqing had run away again, until he heard a rustling sound in front of the desk, he walked over intently, and saw Liu Wenqing lying on his desk, his documents and memorials were in a mess, he bit The pen draws a plate of ducks on the documents he reported to the court, and he is about to draw a plate of round, unknowable dishes on it.

"What are you doing?"

"Paint cakes to satisfy your hunger." Liu Wenqing answered earnestly while biting the holder of his pen.

Liu Wenze laughed back angrily, "Won't you call your servants when you're hungry?..." He realized immediately after he finished speaking, and now everyone in the Liu family wished that Liu Wenqing was a dumb stick, so he wouldn't ruin the Liu family outside In the family, who would care about Liu Wenqing's life or death.

Liu Wenqing was a thorn in everyone's side, and also - a thorn in his flesh, Liu Wenze.

He gritted his teeth but there was nothing he could do, he couldn't move, he couldn't pull out, his foot was sunken.

He sighed and said, "I'll take you to the kitchen to get something to eat."

Because of Liu Ya's funeral, Liu's family went up and down for a feast, Liu Wenze found no meat in the kitchen, but found a few pieces of dough, Liu Wenqing didn't mind, wrapped it in soy sauce, ate it with relish, and wiped his mouth after eating , and asked him with a smile, "I'm done eating, so when will you let me go, Lord Yushi?"

"You want to go?" Liu Wenze murmured, and quickly changed his words, "No, you can't go! You have to stay where I...where I can see it!"

"?" Liu Wen froze for a moment, then quickly changed into his usual cynical smile, teasing, "Isn't Azemo still afraid of the dark, afraid to sleep alone, and wants third brother to sleep with you?"

Liu Wenze was about to die of anger from him, his face flushed red, "What are you talking about, go to sleep."

Liu Wenze said that he was going to sleep, and he really pulled Liu Wenqing into his quilt. This made Liu Wenqing stay at the bedside. He didn't know what to do. He molested Liu Wenze because Liu Wenze was a child he taught, and he was sure of Liu Wenze's Personality, knowledgeable and polite, and thin-skinned, if you say that about him, you will definitely not bring him under the covers, but Liu Wenze's behavior surprised him a bit.

"Come up, isn't it cold outside?" Liu Wenze urged impatiently, Liu Wenqing hesitated for a moment, and finally lay down with his back to Liu Wenze, but covered his coat tighter.

Liu Wenze snorted and ignored him.

But when he actually lay down, Liu Wenze couldn't fall asleep. The events of the past few days flashed through his head. First, Liu Ya passed away suddenly, and he returned to Muzhou, and then there was civil strife in Liu's family, aunt's internal strife, and... he His eyes opened suddenly, and he subconsciously pulled Liu Wenqing's sleeve.

When he touched Liu Wenqing's chest, his violently beating heart calmed down a little. However, Liu Wenqing was lying beside him, and he could touch him with his hand. Liu Wenqing's body was as cold as ice and snow. , but he couldn't feel Liu Wenqing's breathing or heartbeat - he was so ignorant that he seemed to have fallen asleep.

Liu Wenze recalled the dream he had dreamed a few months ago, and violently shook Liu Wenqing awake. Liu Wenqing was dazed at first when he woke up from his sleep, but in the next second he was rubbed heavily into Liu Wenqing's arms.

Liu Wenqing regained consciousness a little bit before asking him, "Ah Ze," he always felt that Liu Wenze was very strange after he came back, as if he wanted to tie Liu Wenqing in his belt and stay by his side even when he was sleeping and going to the latrine, "What's the matter? "

"Liu Wenqing, I dreamed of you...you don't want to die." The normally calm young man even started to cry.

Liu Wenqing couldn't help but laugh, "My lord Yushi is probably in a dream. There are thousands of miles of mountains and rivers in the world, and there are four seasons. How can I be willing to die?"

Liu Wenze closed his eyes, and was about to say, who cares about your life or death, but Liu Wenqing's tone was cold, and instead of the previous unscrupulous teasing, he said——

"Aze, in fact, you know that I am not your third brother."