It was late at night, and the already quiet Willow Branch Garden seemed even more peaceful.
Tingsheng was lying on the bed alone, and no matter how hard he tried, he still didn't feel sleepy at all. At the same time, Lu Yuan, who lived in the same room with Tingsheng, was also like this.
"Lu Yuan, are you asleep?" Tingsheng asked in a low voice.
Lu Yuan sat up and said, "I'm asleep."
Looking at Lu Yuan's joke, Tingsheng smiled lightly, and the sadness on his face was reduced a little.
Lu Yuan walked down to Tingsheng's bed and sat down, "How about, if you can't sleep, let's go for a walk outside?"
Tingsheng nodded, put on his shoes, and walked out with Lu Yuan.
Willow Branch Garden is not big, not small, and the two walked for a while, and they were a little confused about the direction, so they had to find a place with a coffee table and sit down. Surrounding all around, there are flowers, plants and trees. Looking forward, there is also a lake, which is refreshing. It is indeed a good place for leisure.
However, the two of them were very upset and had no intention of enjoying the scenery, so they wasted the beautiful scenery in front of them.
Tingsheng sighed, looked at Lu Yuan, and said, "Do you think I should stay?"
Lu Yuan didn't know how to answer this question, but he already had someone in his heart, "If you stay, I'll be here. If you go, I'll follow you." Perhaps because he had already made a decision, Lu Yuan seemed more calm than Tingsheng.
Tingsheng paused for a moment, looked at Lu Yuan seriously, or was moved, so he nodded.
The two looked at the lake, and Tingsheng said, "Lu Yuan, I am a person without roots. When I was young, I often heard my mother mention a man named Xiao Jingyu, and I often heard stories about Lin Shu. However, whenever I asked in detail, my mother stopped answering and just shook her head, saying that there was no hope. Later I learned that the gentleman was Lin Shu, but I really didn't know anything else. But I just felt that the gentleman was related to me." Tingsheng took a breath, "To be honest, sometimes I feel that I am a person without a past. Do you think that people without a past will have a future?" Listening to these words that were already beyond his age, Lu Yuan looked at the young man in front of him who was only in the age of dancing with a spoon, and he was actually a little sad in his heart. Lu Yuan was not a person who was good at expressing himself. He just wanted to be with his brothers at all times. After a while, Tingsheng continued, "A few days ago, when I went to the palace to pay my respects, I accidentally met a crazy woman, who should be the concubine of the previous emperor. She said very strange things to me, mentioned Xiao Jingyu, and also mentioned Mr. To this day, I still can't understand what she meant."
"Tingsheng, you know that woman is crazy, how can you take her words seriously? Just treat it as dust passing by your ears, why do you have to make it so difficult for yourself."
"It's because I can't treat it as dust passing by my ears that I feel like this. Lu Yuan, I always feel that many people are hiding some secrets from me that they don't want me to know. Although I'm not sure, I always feel uneasy."
"Tingsheng," Lu Yuan didn't know how to comfort Tingsheng, "No matter how difficult it is, it will eventually pass." After that, he shook his brother's shoulder.
Tingsheng nodded, and finally showed a childlike smile, "It's really good to see Mr. today.
"Yes." Lu Yuan agreed.
"Lu Yuan, Mr. wrote a letter on the last book in the stack of books he gave me. "Tingsheng said with a little satisfaction.
Lu Yuan was whetted by Tingsheng and listened attentively.
Tingsheng took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Lu Yuan. Probably because Tingsheng carried it close to him, the letter was still warm. Lu Yuan opened the letter and saw Changsu's instructions to Tingsheng, "Tingsheng, don't be sad after the teacher leaves. Because I am worried that you will be too sad, I leave this letter here for you to read. Life in the world has its own sufferings of birth, old age, sickness and death. However, a gentleman should not slaughter the people because of the unkindness of heaven, and should not change his original intention because of love, hate, gains and losses. If you don't ask for it, you can't ask for it, but you have to get it. If you don't want to be a politician in this life, you can take your family and retire to Jiangzuo League. If you are determined to be an official, you should take the people of the world as your root and loyalty to the emperor and patriotism as your foundation. The teacher has no children in his life, and only Tingsheng is his disciple. However, the master's time is running out. I hope that I can live a peaceful life. Don't forget the relationship between master and apprentice. If you return to your hometown in the future, we will continue the relationship between master and apprentice. "
Looking at the sincerity between the lines, Lu Yuan couldn't help but feel sore eyes and smiled, "The master is really good to you."
"Yes," Tingsheng said slowly, "but..."
"But what?" Suddenly a voice passed from behind.
Tingsheng and Lu Yuan were startled and turned around to see that it was You'er standing behind them.
"How can you eavesdrop on others talking?" Tingsheng was a little unhappy.
"How could I eavesdrop?"
"It's late at night. If you are a girl, why are you here if you don't want to eavesdrop?" Tingsheng's tone was a little heavier.
You'er glanced at Tingsheng and accused, "Look where you are sitting? "
Tingsheng and Luyuan looked around and found nothing wrong.
You'er shook his head and took them to the other side of the wall, only to find that there was another door on the side of the wall. You'er lived inside.
"It's the middle of the night, and you two don't sleep, and you sit under my wall and chat, waking me up, and you actually said that I was eavesdropping?" You'er's sharp tongue is indeed not comparable to that of ordinary people.
Luyuan, who was already a little numb, was speechless at this moment, and Tingsheng, who thought he was right, had no place to defend himself under the ironclad evidence.
You'er sighed, complained with a girl's shyness, and said, "You woke me up, what should I do?"
Tingsheng and Luyuan had very few girls, and they were suddenly questioned by a girl, and they were speechless.
Looking at the two people who were so bored, You'er smiled lightly, with a small arc on his face, "Well, anyway, I heard your conversation, why not tell me everything, so that it can be considered as your apology. "
Tingsheng and Lu Yuan looked at each other without saying anything.
"Okay, really, two men are so nagging." You'er urged.
Tingsheng thought for a moment, looked at You'er, and said, "If I tell you today, will you promise not to tell others, including Mr.?"
You'er nodded and said seriously, "Don't worry."
Tingsheng thought for a moment, looked at You'er, and said, "If I tell you today, will you promise not to tell others, including Mr.?"
You'er nodded and said seriously, "I won't tell."
Tingsheng was helpless, but You'er had heard most of it. If she didn't make it clear today, she would ask others in the future, wouldn't it be even more confusing.
"I'm wondering whether I should stay in Jiangzuo League or go back to where I came from." Tingsheng deliberately avoided the word "palace".
After a moment of silence, You'er pursed her lips, "Just follow my heart. "
Tingsheng and Lu Yuan were stunned and looked at Youer.
Youer continued, "You are so lucky. Whether it is Jiangzuo League or hometown, you can stay or go. Unlike me, Youer, there is no other place except to accompany you, Mr. ." Although they didn't know where Tingsheng came from, they understood that Tingsheng had some concerns, and Youer only used the word "hometown".
The two were silent and thought about it, and listened to Youer continue to say, "Youer was born without a father or a mother, and didn't know his surname or name, and didn't know his hometown relatives. He grew up eating food from hundreds of families and wearing clothes from hundreds of families to keep warm. Half a year ago, Pingyao was massacred and no one was spared. Youer crawled out of the pile of dead bodies. Maybe it was not his fate. When it rained, Youer was actually woken up by the rain, and was taken to the barracks by the soldiers who were collecting the bodies at the time, and met Mr. , From then on, he followed Mr. ."
Tingsheng didn't expect Youer to have such a past. Like himself, he was also a rootless person.
"Who gave you your name? "Tingsheng was a little curious.
Youer smiled slightly, "It's an old man in Pingyao City. Youer didn't know who he was. I only know that he gave the name, and it has a good meaning."
"What does it mean?" Lu Yuan asked this time.
Youer's eyes rolled and his face turned red, but he didn't answer. The body of a child is like a fire man, and this shyness makes it even hotter. Tingsheng knew that Youer was inconvenient to answer, so he made a look at Lu Yuan, and Lu Yuan naturally understood.
Just when she was shy, she was troubled for a while. Youer took a deep breath and sobbed a little, "It's just that, Mr.'s health... If Mr. is gone, Youer will be alone again."
Isn't this what Tingsheng and Lu Yuan are worried about.
"How is Mr.'s health? "Tingsheng asked hurriedly.
Lu Yuan patted Tingsheng's shoulder without saying anything.
You'er frowned, tears rolled in her eyes, and just as they were about to fall, they fell between her eyelashes and eye sockets. The moonlight shone on the lakeside, and under the fluorescent light, she looked extremely shy and cute.
"Doctor Yan and Master Lin never told me about Mr.'s condition, but they always sighed every time they boiled medicine. Since Mr. came back from the gates of hell last time, his limbs have no strength, and he hasn't gotten off the bed for a long time." You'er's tone was steady, but it was full of worry.
"Mr. is a proud man, and now he is suffering from illness, I'm afraid he is not feeling well." Lu Yuan said worriedly.
You'er nodded, "I ate half a bowl of rice more today because I saw you, and I ate less in the past. It can be seen that you are very important to the master." Tingsheng on the side was silent, as if he was thinking about something in his heart. After a moment of silence, Youer took a deep breath again, relieved a little, and smiled slightly, "No matter what, the master is still here, everyone is here, and there is still hope." "Yes, there is still hope," Tingsheng repeated Youer's words softly, with a glimmer in his eyes. Lu Yuan nodded in agreement. "Well, as long as people are alive, they can't give up. Maybe everything will get better tomorrow! In short, I have to work hard and live very hard, because life is so beautiful, I must cherish it!" Youer said loudly, laughing as he spoke, and there was no sign of tears just now. Tingsheng seemed to understand something, as if he had never been so relaxed. "I know. Thank you, Youer." "So, do you decide to go or stay?" "Just follow your heart." "Well, yes, that's it. "You'er was a little excited and jumped up.
You'er smiled brightly, as if the sadness and sorrow in the previous second had disappeared, and Tingsheng and Lu Yuan also laughed.
"As long as the decision we make can make us happy, why bother so much!" You'er said loudly.
"Yes!" Tingsheng and Lu Yuan said in unison.
"Who is it, not sleeping in the middle of the night, yelling here!" Doctor Yan opened the door at some point and spoke loudly like a cow.
Even the leader of the Jiangzuo League couldn't stand Doctor Yan's temper, let alone three children. The three of them shrugged at the same time, shrank their necks, and ran to the corner of the wall, looking back as they ran, laughing.
Only this three-person trip under the moonlight was quietly beginning at this time.