Every day at this time, Liu Zhengping likes to pour a pot of wine for himself, ask his wife to warm up, and then nest at the head of the bed and drink by himself.

The wine is just an ordinary rice flower fragrance, women can drink it, there is no strength, Liu Zhengping drank a pot, not to get drunk, more like a sleep aid.

The rain outside the window is ringing, and it is not spring.

The candlelight flickered like a ghost, flickering for no reason, and was inexplicably quiet for a long time, indescribable, inexplicable.

Liu Zhengping looked at his wife, who was cleaning up the bed, and yawned.

"Husband, I've been busy like this these days. Now that most of the victims have dispersed, is it possible to rest for a while? The woman is busy with the work in her hands, and she can't stop talking, "It's just a normal job, and you can get some benefits back." But in the past few months, I have helped some penniless victims, husband, I don't understand, what do you mean by this? ”

Liu Zhengping frowned when he heard this, obviously he didn't want to answer this question.

"I'm a woman, and I really don't understand a lot of things. But where is the family up and down I don't take care of, how much is the daily expenses, husband, can't you figure it out? Your little bit of money is quite nice to say, but when you really use it, it's like a snow flake that falls on the West Lake in winter, but it will disappear in a moment! The neighbors looked outside, and thought how vigorous our house was, and they knew that if I hadn't been stiff and strong, this house would have collapsed a long time ago! ”

The more the woman spoke, the more angry she became, so she simply threw the mattress in her hand and said hatefully: "How can you say that it is also a government affair of the governor's mansion, and the official position is there, why don't you do something!" I won't say anything about others, you just look at the other Zhou Fushi. Life is going well, which of the children in the family is not decent? In the school in and out of the school looks glamorous! Look at our two sons, who are struggling to even make a new brocade dress! You are also all government affairs, why don't you learn some! ”

These words hit Liu Zhengping's sore spot in the end, and his brain was hot, so he picked up the tea cup next to him with his backhand. Slammed to the ground.

The porcelain pieces scattered in all directions, and the woman was startled, and her face turned white.

But this fear was only a moment's work, and in the blink of an eye, the woman was confident again, stood up and pinched her waist and scolded: "Okay! If you have the ability, you will stone me to death! I was really blind back then, marrying such a white-eyed wolf as you! If it weren't for my family holding you, you would still have the ability to sit in this position today! You bullshit thing, Takeo! There is no strength. I don't know a few big characters. If it weren't for my father's vicious eyes and seeing the opportunity back then, you would be just a servant who was called around in the yamen now. All right! All right! What a rebellion! He was so angry with me, a benefactor! ”

When she said the painful part, the woman really began to cry.

The lights of the next room came on, the footsteps were sparkling, and after a while, the sound of the door banging and the sound of children calling for "mother" sounded at the same time.

Hearing her son's voice, the woman was even more confident. He collapsed on the ground and cried, "Anyway, I have also bore you two sons!" I don't ask for anything! This is just for his son to have a good life! You're a father, too. Why are you so hard-hearted! Son! Don't blame your mother, you're really incompetent—"

"Fuck your shit!"

Liu Zhengping couldn't bear it anymore after all, stood up suddenly, and raised his hand to lift the heavy table of ash beside him. The tea bowls and wine cups and dishes on the table fell to the ground whirring, and the sound of cracking at the same time was very terrifying.

The woman has been married for so many years. The first time I saw Liu Zhengping making such a big fire, I was a little shocked for a while. Secretly raised his eyes to look, and found that Liu Zhengping's face was gloomy and ruthless, terrifying!

This time, the woman was really afraid. She cringed back. His back was pressed against the edge of the bed, and his face was pale.

The sound outside the door also stopped, and the children were already scared silly.

"If you hadn't told me about your family, I probably wouldn't have been so angry."

Liu Zhengping glanced at his wife, turned around and went to get his coat, and wore it slowly.

"If you hadn't blown the wind in my ears back then, I wouldn't have done such a fucking thing. Scold! What kind of bullshit is just a dog in front of those adults, where the adults point, I will bite it, and how much better can it be than the officials? ”

Liu Zhengping sneered, and then said: "I may not usually say much, but it's not because I'm stupid, but I don't want to meet you like a woman." What are you worried about for my son's livelihood, do you think I'm blind or deaf? What happened in this house, all the expenses, do you really think I don't know anything? Didn't you make the two pieces of jewelry in the Zhao family's gold shop? Two strings of beads in the east market, six pieces of gold chuan in the west city, you tell me, which of my sons needs to bring these things? ”

The woman's eyes widened, she thought that these things were secret, but she didn't expect that now they had been revealed by her husband, and she was terrified for a while, and looked at him in horror.

Liu Zhengping put on his coat one by one, took his official boots, sat back to the place where he was eating and drinking, and lifted his shoes unhurriedly.

Beside him was a staggering mess of ceramic debris all over the floor. Only his chair was still upright and neatly dressed, which looked a little discordant.

"If you don't tell me about the events of that year, that's it." Liu Zhengping put on his shoes and got up slowly. His tone was already calm, but it was even more cold than when he was fierce before, "Your father is indeed a good hand, he saw the matter of Hua Shigang, and with a clever push, he asked me to do such a thing, so that I am now 'on the rise'." However, after all these years, can't you still see it? It's that gentle push, in exchange for my current betrayal! ”

The woman didn't understand the suppressed danger, and at this time, seeing that Liu Zhengping's voice was much lighter, her heart was a little less afraid, and she couldn't help muttering: "Why did everyone betray their relatives and leave." You are now powerful and powerful, relatives and friends who do not come to stammer. ”

Liu Zhengping laughed, turned around to get his waist knife, and slowly walked to his wife's side.

This time. The woman finally saw the anger that filled Liu Zhengping's body. She suddenly remembered that her husband's hands had also fallen a few lives. So her face was as pale as paper, and she trembled like chaff.

"Are you really stupid, or are you pretending to be stupid?" Liu Zhengping's voice was extremely soft. The corners of the mouth are slightly raised, just like the love words between husband and wife.

But the woman could feel the majesty with the smell of blood, she looked at the knife held in Liu Zhengping's right hand, smelled the smell of wine lingering on the tip of her nose, and tears continued to flow uncontrollably.

Liu Zhengping patted his wife's face with the handle of the knife, stared at her eyes full of fear, sneered, got up, and went out.

Push the door and go out. The fluttering rain falls on the face, which makes people notice a trace of extra refreshment.

The two sons were standing under the cloister, looking at themselves with some fear.

The subordinates had already hid far away, pretending not to hear the quarrel between the two.

Liu Zhengping looked up at the moonlight shrouded in darkness, and for some reason, he felt very comfortable.

"Bring your mother a man." Liu Zhengping looked at his eldest son, a boy who was already eleven years old.

The young man looks very much like his mother, but with Liu Zhengqing's fortitude between his eyebrows. Of course. That's also my own fortitude.

Suddenly, he missed his brother.

"I'm going to watch the night. I won't be back tonight. Liu Zhengping commanded, without looking back, "Take care of your mother." ”

He said.

The night and the rain washed his figure at the same time, and the official uniform gradually became stiff because of the raindrops, and the color became darker and more solemn.

The drizzle was silent.

But it's moving enough.

Liu Zhengping does not ride a horse or hold an umbrella. I didn't even bother to wear a hat and a hat.

Along the way, I met many colleagues and subordinates, and came forward to greet him, of course, some people looked at him with puzzled eyes and gave him umbrellas, but he refused.

He suddenly liked the feeling. Soggy. It's as cool as when I was a teenager and my younger brother in the water.

Of course, Liu Zhengping didn't think his brother would meet him. So he walked very slowly in the night, as if he hoped that he would not be able to walk to Liu Zhengqing's house overnight.

The doors of the neighborhood were opened for him one by one, and one by one closed for him.

But Hangzhou City is only Hangzhou City after all, no matter how slow you go, you can always get there.

Liu Zhengping stood in front of his younger brother's house with his arms crossed, looking at the slightly inclined door panel due to disrepair, and the two broken stone slabs on the steps, and his heart was silent.

The wild people are quiet, and they don't even hear the barking of dogs.

Of course, the people in the yard have long been asleep.

I can't, wake him up like this inexplicably.

Liu Zhengping laughed at himself, and scolded himself in his heart: Liu Zhengping, Liu Zhengping, who do you think you are. Do you think that in the past few months, with Chu Langjun's idea, he has done some good things, and he will be impressed by himself as soon as he is called!

Liu Zhengping knew his brother's temperament very well, so he consciously did not knock on the door.

He took two steps back and leaned against the wall behind him. The eaves were just wide enough to cover his body, and the rain was falling in front of his eyes.

From this angle, he could see the upper edge of the window lattice in the courtyard wall.

The night breeze blew, Liu Zhengping's heart was a little disturbed, and at the same time, it contained a calm that he had not seen for a long time.

It's a strange feeling.

On that rainy day many years ago, he walked into the house with a knife on his shoulder, and asked his men to smash the west wall of his house in order to transport a piece of flower and stone.

Cause and effect have retribution.

All of this is what he Liu Zhengping deserves.

To put it simply, it's just two words - deserved!

Liu Zhengping smiled.

At this time, almost inexplicably, the courtyard lit up.

Liu Zhengping held his breath and his eyes widened.

There was a sound of human voices, and the sound of rustling could not be heard far in the rainy night. But the light was real, Liu Zhengping counted his breaths, twenty-three times, but the light still did not dim.

Why, point lights?

Liu Zhengping felt an inexplicable nervousness. This kind of nervousness is even more nervous than when he was alone with bandits and pulled out a knife and slaughtered three people.

Liu Zhengping has to admit that life is really a very interesting thing.

He waited sixteen breaths before he finally made up his mind.

As if dying, Liu Zhengping quietly went around the backyard, ready to take a peek.

People are like shadows, and lamps are like beans.

There was no conspiracy or ghost in the light, just a figure in front of the window, holding a scroll, reading.

The lights of the third watch and the fifth watch of the chicken are when the boy is studying.

Through the window, the figure inside was not clear, but Liu Zhengping recognized that it was indeed his younger brother.

An inexplicable feeling filled Liu Zhengping's heart, and he suddenly wanted to knock on the window and tell the other party all the words in his heart.

But on the other hand, reason warned him that the moment he pushed open the window, when the man inside saw his face, the most likely scenario was just a fist slamming into his face.

Such an outcome would not make any sense.

Thinking of this, Liu Zhengping smiled.

He suddenly noticed that he was laughing a lot tonight. These smiles are all from the heart, but the meaning is a little more complicated.

After standing outside the window for a while, Liu Zhengping finally chose to leave.

Before leaving, he let out a sigh.

The sunset wine is far away.

In an empty night, Liu Zhengqing pushed open the window beside him.

The night breeze poured in, accompanied by some sporadic rain, hitting the face, slightly cool.

"What's wrong? Why open windows? ”

Zhou, who was sewing and mending on the bed, was stunned, and was blown by the cold wind and sneezed.

Liu Zhengqing stared at the darkness outside the window for a while, something in his eyes jumped twice, but it quickly went out.

"It's nothing," with a smile on his face, Liu Zhengqing got up and closed the window tightly, "It's stupid to read, I thought someone was outside." ”

When Zhou heard this, he laughed softly: "It seems that it is really stupid to read, in the middle of the night, where will anyone be running outside!" ”

"Yes." Liu Zhengqing responded with a smile, and said, "If you don't sleep, you might as well light another lamp and hurt your eyes carefully." ”

"Out of the way, it's very bright here!" Zhou smiled, "Don't worry about these things, just study!" ”

Liu Zhengqing nodded, sat back down, and picked up the book, but his mind was already confused.

Chu Feng's recent letter said a lot of things, all kinds of disaster relief, saying that he and Liu Zhengping were studying together, Liu Zhengping is implementing it little by little, and the resistance is not small, but the results are indeed very good.

These seem to be things written by Chu Fengxin by hand, and they are not deliberately pointed, but Liu Zhengqing is not a fool, so he naturally understands what Chu Feng secretly meant.

Liu Zhengqing also carefully observed Liu Zhengping for a long time, and had to admit that he had indeed done a lot of things for the victims these days.

It's just that...... Because of this, do you have to forgive him?

No one knows the answer.

Liu Zhengqing himself didn't know.

The light rain knocks on the window, the night, sleepless. (To be continued.) )