Tide beat empty city

The wind was blowing, Bai Yutang bent and stretched his legs, and leaned on the green tile roof of Kaifeng Mansion to drink slowly.Tonight is fine, the moon is bright and the wind is clear, that is the person who laughs at being alone in the lower world.It's not enough to drink wine into worry, but Bai Yutang thought, what is it that alone has brought the master here.Leaning down to the opposite room, the door will not open with a slight sound, and the cat will not come out quietly. No matter how you laugh, you have to raise your head and call 'Brother Bai' before jumping up and sitting beside you.

The cat is not there.The light from the windows reflected in Bai Yutang's dark eyes, softly fluctuating.For several nights, who did he leave this light to.After gazing for a long time, Bai Yutang hugged the wine jar, jumped back to the yard, and kicked the window in.

The scholar looked up from the desk, smiled and stood up: "Young Xia Bai, you are here."

Bai Yutang clasped his fists in salute: "Mr. Gongsun, from what you say, are you waiting for Bai here?"

Gongsun Ce nodded and said: "Guard Zhan has something to say before he leaves. If Shaoxia Bai returns to Tokyo, I will entrust you with four words: stop fighting and fight."

Bai Yutang thought about it, and couldn't help laughing: "That cat is really worrying. Bai came here to take care of his brother's shop; business is about harmony and wealth, so there is no reason to fight. It's hard work, Mr. Gongsun, every night cat nest Li Ku sat down."

Gongsun Ce didn't ask him how he came here because of his business, he smiled modestly and said, "I read the official documents, and it's the same when I move here. It's not as hard work as Shaoxia Bai, taking care of the shop."

Bai Yutang's complexion gradually darkened.Gongsun Ce smiled secretly, and slowly continued: "This house is quiet, so it's good to live in it at first. It's just that I'm choosing a seat, and I have to go back and forth. I saw Bai Shaoxia today, and I will live in peace tonight."

Bai Yutang was uncertain for a while, and realized once again that if you say too much to the old fox, you will always lose.He raised his hands and raised his feet to leave, but suddenly he turned around and asked: "You live in the same house, Mr. Gongsun should know, what's wrong with Zhan Zhao? He was fine the day before yesterday, coughing and bleeding."

Gongsun Ce hesitated, and repeated softly: "Cough coughing up blood?"

Seeing Bai Yutang's long eyebrows flicked up, he nodded and said: "Suddenly coughing up blood, or a temporary emotional agitation triggers an old disease; or he has worked hard recently, and the deficiency fire brought up half of it. Before the guard Zhan left, I checked his pulse with him, There are no major symptoms. You don't need to worry too much about Bai Shaoxia."

Bai Yutang shook his head: "It's not a good thing after all." After resigning and going out, thinking about what kind of emotion Zhan Zhao was aroused by, Suan Ru seemed to know it.It's just that everyone in the world can ask, but Gongsun is not.Zhan Zhao is no different, but he is a cat.

There is only one cat in the world, which can make Bai Yutang swear to his eldest brother that he will never cause trouble when he comes to the capital, and only focus on learning business.

A cat that chased him away and waited for him to come back.In your own house, light a lamp for him.

Will it always be like this?And Bai Yutang really made him wait.

It's crazy.Bai Yutang said something else secretly, laughing in the night wind.

You know me, how can I not know you.How can it be said that it is so redundant.

Pushing the door and going in, Zhan Zhao looked at it and said, "It has been cleaned. You will live here from now on, okay?"

Bai Tang followed closely behind him, glanced left and right inadvertently, and nodded.

Zhan Zhao was speechless for a while, thought about it and said: "It's night, let's rest." Turning around and going back to the room, he picked up the book and turned a few pages, but he couldn't read any more.How to get along with Mr. Tang, he wanted to ask Bai Yutang about his experience, but found out it was too late.Thinking about it, I couldn't help laughing, I am afraid that the experience of the mouse cannot be copied by the cat.Do whatever you want, in short, it is necessary to keep him.

Why is it necessary?It's better to ask why he is Zhan Zhao.

Blow out the candles, Zhan Zhao goes to bed early.Listen quietly, there is no sound from the next door, only my own breathing, like a boat moored in the deep sea; and the day is the beginning of such hard work at the helm.

If so, ten days have passed.Although Zhan Zhao is not used to the imperial mausoleum's official duties, he learned the inner strength and swordsmanship, and even read all the books he brought out from Beijing at night, and he enjoyed it.

Bai Tang was at the side, at the beginning he was rigorous, but after a long time seeing that Zhan Zhao was neither aggressive nor harsh, he became sloppy.Zhan Zhao is not like Bai Yutang who is often restrained. After all, Bai Tang is young, and his life is changing. Gradually, his nature is revealed, and he is only interested in playing.

One day I went into the forest to hunt birds, but I didn't feel that I went deeper and deeper.When it rained again, I hurriedly climbed up to the cave in the middle of the mountain to take shelter.When the rain stopped, it was dark and the jungle was dense, so I couldn't find my way back.After stumbling, crawling and groping for a while, I realized that behind me and in front of me, there was darkness and indistinctness, as if there was no way forward or retreat in the world.Frightened, the young man rolled all over in muddy water, unable to look after him.I wiped my face, not knowing whether it was rain or sweat.

When I was almost desperate, I heard a call from afar, and it was far and near in the wind.Bai Tang cheered up and shouted: "I'm here!" After saying that, tears streamed down his face.

No matter how much he stumbled, he ran towards the sound.People who seem to be desperate, rush from darkness to light.

Finally found his arms.Bai Tang clenched his hands tightly and cried loudly.

Zhan Zhao patted him on the back, and only said: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, it's okay..."

The boy couldn't stop.It seems that there is only one time in a lifetime, and there is no need for more tears.

Back in the room, the boy was still trembling.Light up the candle and take a closer look, the sewage is flowing across his face, the only pair of eyes are big, black and bright like stars.Zhan Zhao couldn't help laughing, fetched water to wipe him off, and said, "When you go out in the future, ask someone to follow you. If you lose it, it will be gone."

Bai Tang's teeth were chattering, and he still didn't forget to be curious: "What's gone?"

Zhan Zhao took off his already torn clothes, let him half lean in his arms to keep warm, and explained: "Everyone in this world has only one, and if you lose it, you can't get it back. If you lose it, your loved ones will be sad." .”

Bai Tang unconsciously leaned closer, bowed his head and remained silent.

Zhan Zhao washed him and wiped him dry, applied medicine to the bruises on his body and face one by one, stuffed them into the quilt and said with a smile, "I just take care of you. I'll go wash up, you go to bed earlier." After saying that, he turned off the lights, closed the door and went out .

Hearing his footsteps walking away, Bai Tang suddenly felt empty and couldn't fall asleep.

After Zhan Zhao took a bath, he remembered that Bai Tang had gone out for a day, wondering if he was hungry.In the middle of the night, he didn't want to disturb others, so he got up and went to the kitchen to find some snacks to bring out.

As Fang Xing approached his residence, he saw a figure flashing in front of him, sneaking straight into the Baitang Gate.Raising his hand and tossing it, the steamed bun flew over and blocked people, Zhan Zhao's figure was already in front of him.The man stretched out his hand to undo the attack, seeing that he was invincible, he immediately took two steps back, and shot the hidden weapon into the door brightly.Zhan Zhao rushed forward to stop them one by one, and then looked back, the assassins were rising and falling, and their backs were already far away.

He hastily opened the door and went in, shouting: "Bai Tang! Are you asleep yet?"

Bai Tang had already sat up, lying on the bed under the quilt, feeling stupid.Zhan Zhao approached and saw that his eyes were round and wide open, he breathed a sigh of relief and asked softly, "Are you scared by a nightmare?"

Bai Tang shook his head.He knew it wasn't a nightmare, why did Zhan Zhao say that.

Zhan Zhao sat down beside the bed, and asked silently, "Are you hungry? I brought you something to eat."

Bai Tang took the snack and filled it into his mouth without saying a word.

Stay or go, it's hard to say right or wrong at this time.Zhan Zhao lowered his head and hesitated.

Something grows in silence, but the connotation of infection cannot be synchronized.

After Bai Tang finished eating, he tightened the quilt and said, "Can I go to sleep in your room?"

In the darkness, the boy hugged him sideways.Gently breathing on his face, Zhan Zhao stared at him for a while, and sighed inwardly.

In the early morning light, Zhan Zhao sat and wrote seriously.The windows are bright and clean, and the shadows of people are like cutting.Bai Tang opened his eyes and saw this.

Put on your shoes and walk over to him.The shadow of the tree outside the window was swaying, reflecting his soft face, the young man looked at it, and felt a soft sadness that had never been felt in his heart.

After Zhan Zhao finished writing, he smiled in the blink of an eye, "Morning. Wash up and eat." When he was about to put away the paper, the young man reached for a pen and wrote "Yongnian" next to his handwriting.

Zhan Zhao couldn't help being surprised, and asked: "What is this?" But he thought in his heart, saying that he is ignorant, but his handwriting is pretty good.

Bai Tang's answer surprised him even more: "My name. I don't like 'Bai Tang'."

After thinking about it, Zhan Zhao said, "If you don't like it, you can tell Fifth Lord Bai."

Seeing that he didn't answer, try to ask: "Who chose this name?"

The boy's eyes lit up, then dimmed again: "My mother took it from me when I was born."

Zhan Zhao didn't know what to say.After a while, he nodded and said, "Lingtang must love you very much."

The young man bowed his head and said, "She died a long time ago. I never heard her call."

Zhan Zhao was stunned, stroked his shoulder, and said for a long time, "You want someone to call you that, don't you?"

The young man was speechless, and nodded slightly.

Zhan Zhao inhaled slightly, and his smile spread: "Yongnian."

After dinner, Zhan Zhao asked, "Where is Yongnian going to play today?"

The young man looked around and asked, "Who did you send to follow me?"

Zhan Zhao smiled: "Who do you want to follow?"

The boy's gaze settled on his face.No more transfers.

Zhan Zhao smiled deeply: "Me? I don't follow people. Only people follow me."

On this day, he watched him read books and dance swords.

On the second day, he danced sword with him and read books.

Strange hands, warm eyes.

Sleeping together in the dark.

Looking back after a long time, tears are still in my eyes.Not only for that time, it will never come again.

He had taught him and treated him so hard.With his young heart at the time, he failed to appreciate the meticulousness and kindness.

Never care about whether everything is just in vain.

The young man moved his lips and quickly endorsed the book.Automatically omit words that you don't know and don't remember.

Zhan Zhao frowned and thought, being a teacher is not easy.

The article came to an end soon, and the young man leaned on his back to stack the arhat: "You just arranged it in the morning, can I recite it quickly?"

Zhan Zhao said: "A lot of words are missing. If you don't recognize it, you can ask me. If you save it like this, the meaning will be wrong."

The young man grabbed his shoulders and shook gently: "You are not here during the day, and you will test me as soon as you come back. How can you have time to ask questions?"

This is a fact.Another fact is that this book has been taught for three days, and all the words have been read.Just as Zhan Zhao was about to say, "You rascal is trying to trick me," the young man hurriedly begged, "Zhao, don't be angry. If you test me tomorrow morning, you must memorize it all."

Zhan Zhao reprimanded: "Don't call me by my name. Bai has taught you to read and practice martial arts, so call me Master."

The boy stopped shaking, and put all the weight on his back: "I used to have many masters, and I only wanted to earn money from my family, and I didn't teach the good ones. I hate them very much. I don't want to call you that."

Zhan Zhao frowned again: "That can't be called by name." Even... (some names omitted here) have never been called so close.

The young man folded his hands and hugged him lightly: "Just call. Nothing else sounds as good as 'Zhao'."

Zhan Zhao sighed helplessly.He clapped his hands away and said, "Get up and stand up. What do you look like?" Having lived so long, he didn't bother about how others called him.Let alone corrections.

There is no time and no intention to experience it. If there is indulgence, there is willfulness.

The next day, the young man recited the article word for word.After learning a book, I never missed a word.

Martial arts are mediocre.Zhan Zhao's teaching is tepid and patient.Practicing martial arts is like practicing literature, people's aptitudes are different, he just wants to do his best.

But the young man is only greedy for this time.When the mind is not yet clear.

I practiced sweating profusely again, which was extremely boring.The boy threw down the wooden sword and panted, and said, "I'm too tired. Zhao, I want to go to Fushui. Otherwise, I'll die of heat."

There is a full moon-shaped lake in the forest.The clear blue horizon spreads over the grass, and the silver light scatters, crystal clear and bright.The boy took off his shirt and plunged in. He rushed to the opposite bank and shouted, "It's so comfortable in the water! Come down quickly!"

Zhan Zhaoan couldn't sit still, waited for him to swim back and tugged at the hem of his clothes before standing up with a smile: "Go ahead and play. I'm not hot."

The young man clasped his hands on the shore of the lake, puzzled and said: "But you are sweating. Ah," he suddenly realized: "You, you don't know how to swim?"

Zhan Zhao didn't answer, just smiled.

The young man stared at him: "You are so powerful, why can't you swim?" He rolled his eyes, and there was a big splash, and he poked and fell into the bottom of the water.

Zhan Zhao plays with him.After waiting for a while, not even a bubble appeared on the surface of the water, and it was as calm as if no one had been there.He couldn't help hesitating, thought for a while, and removed his shoes and socks.He just entered the water with both feet, and was pulled violently by something, and the whole body slid in.

After struggling for a while, he floated out of the water in a daze.He was gently supported by his hands under the chest and abdomen, and the excited voice of the boy was next to his ears: "Look, are you okay? I'm here, don't be afraid."

Zhan Zhao coughed so hard that he couldn't speak.He hadn't been in such a mess since he was an adult.

After his breathing calmed down, he simply closed his eyes and let him do what he wanted.

The boy's slender arms cling to each other.The tenderness flowing over the chest is water or human.

Been quiet for too long.He opened his eyes involuntarily, and touched the same dark eyes of the young man, deeply obsessed.

What is he looking at.Uneasy, Zhan Zhao said, "Go up. I'm a little cold."

The boy still didn't speak, he wrapped his arm around half of his body, and carried him across the deep water.

Cold against hot.

On the grass outside the forest, the boy spread out into a big character.

The afternoon sun is hot and desolate.The air of the earth rushed up in bursts, and the clothes were already dry.

His body was cold in the water and tasted like a mountain stream.Flowing thousands of miles from the top of the snow-covered mountain, it has always been clear and clean.

The water is smooth and soft, not as good as an inch of his skin.Let him involuntarily want to get closer.

He was speechless, not knowing what was filling his heart.What is he going to say.

The attachment that satisfied him before suddenly felt that it was not enough.

Zhan Zhao pushed him: "Get up, go back to sleep. The skin is exposed."

The boy opened his eyes and closed them again.

I dare not look at him.Afraid that I couldn't help but rushed to hug him, clinging to his heartbeat, and couldn't let go.

Zhan Zhao got up helplessly, and said, "Then I'm leaving. Don't delay too late."

The boy was silent.Then try to get out of my heart.

At night when he couldn't sleep, the boy wrapped his arms and legs together: "Zhao, you are so hot. You have a fever."

Zhan Zhao tore him down and laid him flat, and said flatly, "Then stay away from me."

The boy continued to pester: "I'm not afraid."

After a while of silence, Zhan Zhao said: "Reading is sensible, the sage will teach you how to walk, sit, sit and lie down?"

The young man put his face on his shoulder and shook his head: "I don't know. If you don't rely on it, you will burn yourself to ashes. I don't want it."

Zhan Zhao can't laugh or cry.I am not burned to ashes, you have been roasted as charcoal.Spread those hands and feet again: "Tang Yongnian! I will teach you to read, not just to memorize it. No matter how dishonest you are, don't come into my room tomorrow."

The boy suddenly didn't move.After a while, he moved away a little, thinking of the scar he had bitten on his shoulder during the day, feeling very wronged.

Is it because I'm not cruel enough to leave marks on you in the same way.