[Baiyutang] Wind-dried clothes

Lu Caichun hooked his feet to the pillars, kicked with his strength, stretched out his hands, and grabbed the eaves.Turning over, he landed firmly on the roof.She lightly stepped on the swallow tiles, quietly walked up to the ridge, wiped the water on the ridge tiles, raised her legs, and sat down.

After knocking off the mud on the altar, the aroma of wine overflowed.Lu Caichun closed her eyes and sniffed, raised her neck and took a sip of wine, and put it in her mouth, as if she was holding a mouthful of flames.She swallowed slowly, her mind drifting away.

Today, I had a happy chat with Pang Mei and his wife, and the worries that had lingered in my heart for a long time dissipated for a while, but after the banquet, those thoughts that were constantly cut and confused came back.One is Ding Meng's death, and the other is Tang's matter. The former has all the clues she can find, and the latter makes her helpless and can only take one step at a time.

Just as her thoughts were flying, there was a sudden sound of footsteps behind her, tiles collided, and there was a soft bang.Lu Caichun looked back, and saw Bai Yutang walking over with his hands behind his back.

Lu Caichun gulped down the wine in her mouth, it was so hot that she stuck out her tongue, and then she asked in surprise, "Fifth brother, why are you here?"

Bai Yutang said: "I should ask you this—it's so late, why are you still sitting here?"

Regardless of the burning in her mouth, Lu Caichun drank another half sip of wine, and said sleepily: "I'm upset, even if I go to sleep, I can't fall asleep."

Bai Yutang sat down beside her, seeing her pouring down the wine one after another, seeing that her cheeks were flushed red again, he must have almost drunk again.Seeing this, Bai Yutang hurriedly snatched the wine jar from her hand into his own, and hid it behind his back.

Lu Caichun pounced on her to snatch it, but unfortunately her mind was not clear and she staggered, Bai Yutang easily dodged her.

Lu Caichun refused to give up, and yelled: "You are such an adult, robbing... robbing other people's things... what is it?"

While avoiding her, Bai Yutang was wary of her unsteady footsteps, so he fell off the roof.He stretched out his arm, stopped her, and asked her: "I asked you something, if you can answer, I will return this wine to you, otherwise, this wine will be mine."

Hearing this, Lu Caichun stopped in her tracks, swayed her body a few times, but still stood still, raised her chin, and asked him, "Wh...what's the matter? Ask!"

Bai Yutang said: "The last time in Bianjing, do you still remember what you did when you were drunk?"

"What did you do?" Lu Caishu frowned, rubbed the heels of his palms on his temples, and said, "What can you do... no... isn't it just sleepy?"

Bai Yutang shook his head and said, "That's not right. You're wrong, this wine belongs to me."

Lu Caichun gritted her teeth and said, "I think it's important... something important, you just want to blackmail me for drinking! Come back soon!" After saying that, he jumped forward again.

Bai Yutang dodged left and right, and said: "What are you robbing? I'd like to bet and lose." After saying that, he lifted the wine jar, and the wine poured down, dripping down the eaves of the wing, and poured it on the front steps of the wing.

"You!" Lu Caichun stretched out his arms, but Bai Yutang didn't hide, and she snatched the wine jar into her hands.He weighed the wine jar in his hand, and shook it to his ear, Lu Caichun found out in frustration that the wine had been completely poured out by Bai Yutang.

She was out of breath and stared at Bai Yutang.Seeing her panic-stricken look, Bai Yutang couldn't help laughing out loud.

Now it's hard to get the wine back, Lu Caichun felt drunk again and his body was weak, he didn't bother to argue with Bai Yutang, just hugged the empty wine jar, sighed, and sat on the roof again.

Seeing that she had no intention of making trouble, Bai Yutang also stepped forward and sat beside her.

Lu Caichun hugged the empty wine jar, stared straight at the moon in the sky, and after a while, he sighed and said, "Fifth brother, why do you think it's so difficult for people to live?"

Bai Yutang asked: "Just tell me what's bothering you—" Lu Caichun was greatly moved when he heard this, but unexpectedly his next sentence was: "I promise not to laugh at you."

Lu Caichun pushed his hands at him, and said angrily, "Then I have to thank Fifth Brother for not smiling?"

After finishing speaking, she looked at the moon and said softly: "What worries me is not just the few things in front of me—"

"Ever since I brought Mrs. Tang into the house, I always felt...she was hiding something from me. Just like that time...that time she asked me to write a letter, but finally persuaded me to go out, the screen door... What is she looking for—I don’t know what she is looking for." Lu Caichun sighed, "She is a woman with... a young boy, what happened to her... what is worth hiding with?"

Bai Yutang asked: "Didn't she send you the bundle later? Didn't you secretly take it apart?"

Lu Caichun patted the empty wine jar, causing a loud noise, and she called out, "Your sixth sister, I am... am I this kind of person?"

Bai Yutang laughed, and comforted her: "Sixth Sister has a good character, so she will definitely not do such stealthy things."

"You still...you still understand me." Lu Caichun raised the corners of his mouth and smiled, and patted Bai Yutang's shoulder vigorously.Bai Yutang couldn't dodge it in time, so he allowed her to pat her firmly twice, and because of her drunkenness, he secretly forgave her.

"And the second son of the Pang family—Fifth Brother, have I... ever mentioned him to you?"

Before that, Bai Yutang had only met Pang Yu twice.Once in the Yamen of Kaifeng Mansion, he really defended the arrogant Pang Can, but he was polite and polite to himself and Lu Caichun; once again in the Zhaixing Building leaning on the imperial palace, he and his wife Mei He gave up his seat to himself and Lu Caichun.Based on these two times alone, although Bai Yutang didn't have a good impression of Pang Yu, he didn't hate him either.

At today's gathering, although Pang Yu is the son of Grand Master Pang, Bai Yutang felt a little admiration for him in his heart.Hearing Lu Caichun mention Pang Yu, he couldn't help asking, "What are you going to tell him?"

Lu Caichun frowned and said: "When I... when I entered Pang's mansion, I heard... I heard from Pang Can that the second son of Pang stopped the young master and taught him not to help the victims... What did you say... The refugees can't help Pang Mansion's busy... roughly this is what..."

She paused, and then continued: "I saw that Second Young Master Pang today, he is really a fairy-like figure just like Sister Mei...why did he... stop that little duke from doing good deeds ?”

She still kept talking, and said: "Also, he came to Fengtai County... Is it really just to collect some money from Zhizhi County? He is also a relative of the emperor after all, and he came to the county to pay a What... the magistrate's collection of debts really doesn't make sense. If it is said that he is traveling in mountains and rivers and begging for a piano for Sister Mei, but you see that Sister Mei is really... considerate to him. The second son of Pang has a handicap, and Sister Mei How come...thinking of traveling thousands of miles to Fengtai...to make a qin for myself?"

Bai Yutang was not without doubts about what Lu Caichun said later.But he didn't want to think badly about Pang Mei and his wife, so he said, "It seems that you are very suspicious of them?"

Lu Caichun hurriedly shook his head and said, "It's not that I don't want to believe them—it's just...Fengtai is really troubled. First, a county magistrate died, and then some people from Xiangyang...went to the county to recruit young men...This back foot, Here are the husband and wife again... I really..." After speaking, she felt that her mind was confused, so she shook her head violently.

Bai Yutang asked, "Xiangyang?"

Lu Caichun briefly told him the whole story.Bai Yutang said: "When I was patrolling the streets, I should have seen this group of rascals, but I didn't know that the person who came to recruit young men was actually from Xiangyang."

Lu Caichun said: "This matter...tomorrow...tomorrow, I will go and investigate with Fifth Brother."

After finishing the call, Lu Caichun finally felt better.She lowered her head, staring at the dark belly of the empty jar, as if swearing, she said softly: "No matter what... no matter what it is... I will keep Mrs. Tang and Ah Jin."

"Anyway?" Bai Yutang asked, "What does this mean?"

Lu Caichun said: "You think... Mr. Yan must protect Mr. Yi and the others... and the people in the house are walking around, who knows that the news that Mrs. Tang brought the orphan of the prophet county will not leak out... You see, Mrs. Tang usually The one who always covers his head... can't... can't just take shelter from the wind and sand."

"But I'm not afraid," Lu Caichun said with her head held high. "Anyway...it's on our side...what kind of debt is paid by the father, it's a damn thing! If they dare to come, I dare to confront them!"

Bai Yutang suddenly felt that what she said was unusual, as if there was deep resentment in it, so he tried to test her with words, and asked: "Madam Tang has offended everyone by telling Mr. Yan. If she can know The magistrate's deeds are too numerous to describe, and he knows he's wronged, so it's okay to swallow his anger..."

Before Bai Yutang finished speaking, Lu Caichun had already shouted: "What... swallow your anger! Zhang Zhuo and Fang Yuan should be punished for committing suicide privately! Is it a crime to provoke public anger? Master Yi and Zhang Fang... two people of the same breed, this Those in the entire county who took property from the Prophet's family... are all the same! Aunt Tang told Mr. Yan about the matter, that's what she did! She just took advantage of other people in the county! Those people have nothing to show favoritism ! Should there be favoritism if there are too many people? Should there be favoritism if you are a good citizen first and then do evil things?"

As she spoke, she started to cry, tears rolled down from her eyes, and slapped on the back of her hands and the wine jar.

Bai Yutang asked her, "Do you have a handkerchief?"

While sobbing, Lu Caichun took out a handkerchief from her bosom, handed it to him, and asked, "You...what do you want a handkerchief for?"

Bai Yutang rubbed the handkerchief in his hands, brushed Lu Caishu's face with one hand, and wiped away the tears on her cheeks.Lu Caichun struggled a few times, but she couldn't, so she let him wipe her face carelessly.

"Mr. Yan is not clear about how to deal with this matter. He must have concerns about the overall situation. The most important thing right now is to send Aunt Tang and Hu Jin to another country as soon as possible." After Lu Caichun stopped sobbing, Bai Yutang withdrew his hand and took the handkerchief Holding it in his hand, he said, "It's just you—why do you have such deep grievances on this matter? Are there other things hidden in your heart?"

Lu Caichun hung his head, and said after a long while, "I don't want to talk about it."

"It's okay." Bai Yutang didn't force her, but just sat quietly beside her.

"Fifth brother," Lu Caishu suddenly said again, "Do you selfishly... think I'm ignorant? Like my uncle... and like me, like this... I was wandering in the rivers and lakes, and I didn't have a serious job to do... ...There are not too few villains who died under the hands of the uncle, but I just feel that what Zhang Zhuo Fangyuan did is not honest... Do I think that the uncle is one way, and others are another way?"

Bai Yutang didn't know how to answer her, he had already spoken words of comfort, but it was still hard to get rid of her doubts.Bai Yutang had never doubted whether what he had done was proper or not before. He was one of the five members of the empty island, protecting the people of one side, and had blood on his hands.He has his own set of principles in dealing with things, but he has never thought about whether what he is doing is right or wrong.

Perhaps in this world, there are so many unreasonable things that no one can decide on.

Lu Caishu didn't hear him when he was drunk, so he said to himself: "You don't need to answer me - I can think about it myself."

She said: "Fifth brother, I'm really glad I can walk this journey with you... Do you know... my uncle... When he left, he told me that the road in this world will be much easier if we walk with you in the future..."

Bai Yutang never expected that Ouyang Chun would say such things to Lu Caichun, but after thinking about it carefully, it made sense.He asked, "What else did your uncle tell you?"

But Lu Caishu didn't seem to hear what he said, so she continued: "At that time, the uncle suddenly said that he was going back to Danzhou... I was really shocked... When I think about going back with him, I can only sit around all day long." In the house... You don't know, my grandfather's old house, the house is full of rotten wood smells... Once it is steamed by heat, it really smells strange... If you smell it once, you don't want to smell it again in the future ..."

"It's not all that I hate the smell in the house," Lu Caichun stared down at the dark altar mouth, her voice suddenly lowered, as if hesitating and shy, "There is one more thing, that is, I'm afraid it will be difficult from now on. Seeing you...it's really bad..."

When Bai Yutang heard this, he was startled, but then it was an inexplicable feeling that slowly spread.

On the same day, when he came out of Zhan Zhao's house, Lu Caichun also had a whim, took a jar of wine and went back to drink, until the end, he almost had the same virtue in front of him.Talking nonsense, there is almost no time for others to interrupt, and the sky is full of nonsense.

Bai Yutang also heard strange words from her, such as she was very annoyed that Bai Yutang took her back to Xingkong Island, and when she went to Bianjing on the same boat with him, she even thought of throwing sand in his meal, but on second thought, Or Ouyang Chun, who had his throat stuck several times by a fishbone and coughed until his face turned purple, but he was still addicted to fresh fish afterward; or Zhan Zhao went home every day, She would take down the Juque Sword without hesitation and wipe it; like Ya Huan in Zhan Zhao’s family, she would wrap Ding Meng’s leftover cakes and fruits in a handkerchief, and secretly eat them by herself by the stove...

As she spoke, supplemented by almost comical gestures, Bai Yutang couldn't help laughing, laughing until his hands shook so much that he couldn't hold the wine jar, and the wine spilled all over his clothes.

Only a few months later, what she said when she was drunk made people sad.Even to confide in him like this was painful.

Bai Yutang raised his hand, hung it over her drooping head, hesitated, and finally lowered it lightly, stroking her soft long hair.