"Xiao Jiu, don't do stupid things!" Huzi was anxious and annoyed, and his words were also out of proportion, "Everyone else is left behind for the time being, you just think about your father." You are the only seedling of your family, if you die, how can you let your family live? ”

Xiao Jiu leaned on the bedpost, glanced at Huzi, and said, "Who really can't live without this world?" I have eight older siblings, none of whom survived. How did my father and mother live before I died, and after I died, they should live like this. ”

Huzi was choked by Xiao Jiu's words, and he was blocked in his heart in one breath, unable to spit it out or swallow.

"There are two things in life that are the saddest," Xiao Jiu continued, "one is that there is no way to survive, and the other is to die wholeheartedly, and now I have all of them." Huzi, if you really treat me as a brother, when I have been friends with you since childhood, you will give me a good time. ”

Huzi's eyebrows widened, his eyes widened, and he grabbed the knife that Shicai snatched from Xiao Jiu's hand, and took a step back: "You...... What do you mean? ”

Xiao Jiu actually laughed dismally: "I'm not afraid of your jokes when I say it, I dare to use a knife against myself with a moment of blood, and now that I have been intercepted by you, I only feel that my heart hurts, and I don't have the courage to die." Your martial arts are so strong, if you kill someone, you should be able to give me a good time, right? ”

Huzi hated so much that the root of his teeth itched, and he raised the knife he snatched from Xiao Jiu horizontally: "Are you really going crazy? ”

"Huzi, you and I are average years," Xiao Jiu closed his eyes and raised his neck, "It's just that you don't know your birthday, the two of us haven't been able to decide who is a brother and who is a brother, and today I will call you a brother." Brother Huzi, give me a good time! ”

"I have fulfilled you!" Huzi stepped forward and raised the knife to bring the wind, and the knife came out of his hand!

"Boring"!

Xiao Jiu trembled when he heard the voice, and he was dripping with cold sweat. Slowly opening his eyes and turning his head, the knife was nailed to the bedpost, less than an inch, and it was only three fingers wide from his head.

"I'm stupid," Huzi gasped, "and I won't say anything nice to persuade you." I'm going to ask you now, do you still want to die? ”

Xiao Jiu's tears flowed down again. He just looked at Huzi like this, stared at the half-burnt incense, and then spoke again: "Are you afraid of getting your hands dirty?" Am I not even worthy to die at your hands? ”

"There is no way to survive, go to death wholeheartedly......" Huzi muttered these two sentences, took a deep breath, and asked sharply, "I have seen you 'go to death with all your heart', you say that you have no way to survive, what do you say?" If you understand it, I, as a brother, will really send you on the road, and I will not teach you to suffer in this world! ”

"Does that need to be said?" Xiao Jiu threw the list aside, revealing his naked body, "I'm not a hero, but a little drama, I can't say such heroic words as 'I was born a man, how can I survive in the world with such a great shame as I was born'." I just feel that I'm looking forward to going on stage, singing well, singing popular, and I'm done. And I became it, but I also taught people to ruin. I don't know when this kind of life will be the end, if it is dead, it will be a hundred. Isn't that a way to survive? With only a little courage, he raised a knife, and he was taken away by you, and now it's 'I can't survive, I can't die', but you show me a way out! ”

The more Xiao Jiu spoke, the more excited he became, so he stood up and pointed to Huzi's nose and asked.

Huzi let out a long sigh, slapped Xiao Jiu's hand off, went around behind Xiao Jiu, picked up the list from the ground and put it back on Xiao Jiu's body. He said softly: "The ants are still stealing their lives, how can anyone not want to live?" You're right, it's really not like you can't live without anyone in this world, so it's not like you can't live without the Drum Tower. If you are in the Drum Tower for a day, Andre will come to look for you for a day, why do you have to guard this place? Run! The farther you run, the better! Leave Changtu Province, leave Mukden Province, leave Kanto! To take root in a place where no one knows you, you will be regarded as a matter of your previous life. Isn't it possible? ”

Xiao Jiu turned around suddenly, looked at Huzi, his lips moved, but he took it away. He sat down in front of the dressing table, combed his wet hair in the mirror, and said, "My brother said that it was light, and if he could do this, it would be a good thing." But have you ever thought about where I can go? What can be done? Can I really be safe when I leave the Drum Tower? ”

Xiao Jiu wiped his hair clean and straightened it out, and handed the comb back to his hand: "Help me braid my hair." ”

Huzi took the comb and stood behind Xiao Jiu, and braided Xiao Jiu's hair: "You thought about it." Tell me, what do you think? ”

Xiao Jiu looked at Huzi through the mirror and said: "The world is big, and there are thousands of lights, but only the lamp in the Drum Tower is lit for me, my home is here, where else can I go?" What's more, I can't pick my shoulders, I can't lift my hands, I learned the four skills and five methods, singing, chanting, doing, playing, hand, eye, body steps, day after day since I was a child, these things are melted into my bones, and I won't do anything else except singing. Falling to the roots, you said lightly. I don't have the ability to survive, and when I leave the troupe, most of them are begging for food on the street. What's more, since Andre has already set his sights on me, he won't let me go easily, it's easy for me to leave, and he's afraid that he will take the drum tower to open the knife. He doesn't love Peking Opera, he just uses my body to put out the fire, there is nothing worthy of him in the Drum Tower, as soon as I leave, everyone in this class will suffer. I am the young class master of the Drum Tower, and I should have some responsibility, and I can't let the people in the Drum Tower suffer because of me. ”

Xiao Jiu's words were sad, and his tears were about to fall. Tie the tassel silk on the braid, and he patted Xiao Jiu's shoulder: "It's not your fault, you shouldn't take this responsibility." ”

"It's my fault." Xiao Jiu slapped Huzi's hand off, "I was wrong with the appearance of boys and girls, but I was not born in a powerful family, but just a play, so I can only let others play with it...... No, I was wrong, I was born in the Qing Dynasty. No matter how expensive the magnates of Changtu Mansion are, they are nothing more than Feng'en Auxiliary Princes. Do you believe it or not, as long as Lao Maozi wants to, Nalan Shiheng can send his own children to Andre's bed? This is my life. ”

"'Heaven and earth are unkind, and all things are used as dogs,'" Huzi shook his head, "This sentence is from the Tao Te Ching." It means that heaven and earth do not care whether they are benevolent or unkind, and they look at everything the same. So there was no life. My master taught me that there is no choice in life, but there is a choice for others. ”

"I'm not in the mood to talk to you." Xiao Jiu stretched out his hand and tugged at the back of his head, pulling the braid in front of his eyes, "Aren't you able?" Aren't you reluctant to let me die? Then you'll show me a way out. ”

"You walk to live!" Huzi suddenly turned over Xiao Jiu's body and made him face him.

"I can't go."

"You can go," Huzi shook Xiao Jiu's shoulder, "you listen to me." ”

Xiao Jiu looked at Huzi's eyes, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly: "You say, I'll listen." ”

"You have to go, you have to go! You are the young master of the Drum Tower, but you are not alone. You have wronged yourself to suffer this sin to protect it, and it is not natural and righteous to deserve it! Where is the world so big that you can't go? And today, my train station has been repaired, and as long as it costs money, we can also get on the train. This thing travels thousands of miles a day, and Andre can't go there to chase you down. As long as it is out of Andre's hands, isn't it a vast heaven? ”

"And then?"

"Xiao Jiu, you are only fourteen this year, and if you put it somewhere else, you are just starting to learn the craft. You can read and hyphenate, which is already rare. You can find a pawnshop and a money village, and call yourself a young master from a dilapidated big family, starting as an apprentice, and you don't have to worry about having no food. If you really can't bear the hard work of these years, or still want to sing, then go south, go to Tianjin and Beijing. Didn't you still have a senior brother from the previous few subjects who also went to Beijing to make a living? You go to them. I don't know what the big bosses in the capital sing like, but I don't think you can be worse than them, this is also a way to live! ”

"You said it lightly, what should I do about the Drum Tower?"

"I repeat, the Drum Tower is not yours alone! Such a large piece of industry can collapse? Andre doesn't like to listen to operas, but the Japanese love to listen to them, and those high-ranking families love to listen to them, don't even those officials and masters in Shengjing invite you to sing in the Drum Tower from time to time? The entire Taipan who sings Peking Opera outside the gate can be counted on one hand, although the Opera Drum Tower is only sitting in Changtu Mansion, but the reputation is outside, can he Andre really take the Opera Drum Tower? Even if there is a splash of fire, you have a chance to play the drum tower! ”

After Huzi finished speaking, Xiao Jiu was stunned for a long time. He didn't know where to look.

But Huzi could see that he was moved. The eyes were no longer like clay sculptures, empty and blank, although they didn't know how to look there, they became brighter and brighter.

"I ...... I take it seriously...... Can you really go? Xiao Jiu's voice trembled a little.

Huzi nodded: "You can really go!" I believe that Class Master Chen doesn't want you to suffer this either, if you open your mouth to bring it up, he will definitely send you away. ”

"I can walk ......," Xiao Jiu repeated this sentence several times in his mouth. Suddenly, he stood up again: "Brother Huzi, you will be my own brother in the future!" I...... I ......"

Seeing Xiao Jiu's incoherent words, Huzi helped him back to the bed and sat down: "You and I are like brothers in a family, and it would be a bit out of sight to say this again." It's just a pity that if you leave Changtu Mansion, I'm afraid that it will be difficult to meet again in the future. But don't be afraid, the mountains don't turn around, and our brothers will definitely have a day of reunion. Without further ado, you'll discuss things with your dad early tomorrow morning, and I'll buy you a ticket, the farther away the better! ”

Xiao Jiu's expression suddenly darkened: "Brother Huzi, but I'm still a little reluctant." ”

In fact, this is also human nature. The carriage and horses are far away, and the future of this trip away from home is uncertain, and it is a place where it has grown for more than ten years, and it is possible that it will not be returned, and not everyone can easily give it up.

"It's not that I'm reluctant to do anything else," Xiao Jiu sighed, "I'm really leaving, I'm reluctant to be on such a stage." Brother Huzi, I want to wait another month. ”

"Wait an extra month?" Huzi's eyes widened, "You...... Then Andrei will definitely come looking for you! ”

"I know," Xiao Jiu's face turned ugly at the mention of Andre, "but I don't want to leave like this." I've endured it for more than a month, but it's just another month. I rehearse a new play, I want the people of Changtu Mansion to see me, and when I think of my Xiaojiu in the future, I Chen Caiyuan, I can only think of Fanghua peerless, I can only think of beauty! Even if I am forced to never return to Changtu Mansion in this life, all the people of Changtu Mansion will remember my reputation! ”

Huzi was taken aback. He never thought that Xiao Jiu could have such a heart! In his impression, Xiao Jiu was naughty and jumped, and he was also an obedient child, and he never acted out of the ordinary. Now that I see it, he really loves Peking Opera and really wants to be a corner!

"Have you figured it out?" Huzi asked.

"Think about it," Xiao Jiu nodded, "But there is one thing, I want Brother Huzi to answer me." ”

"Say it, I'll do it!" Huzi didn't even ask what this matter was, he just agreed to it.

"If I don't succeed and die in Changtu Mansion, Brother Huzi, I want you to take revenge on me." Xiao Jiu gritted his teeth, and the things in his eyes were indescribable.

"I promise it." Huzi took a deep breath and replied, "If you fail to escape and encounter an accident, I will definitely send Andre to Huangquan Road to accompany you!" ”

"Bang", the door was pushed open from the outside!

Huzi and Xiao Jiu were both frightened. It was said that Xiao Jiuyi might not encounter a big disaster when he walked to the Drum Tower, but in fact, he also muttered in his heart, but he couldn't bear to see Xiao Jiu suffering like this, so he said such a thing. This matter is known to others in the Drum Tower, and Xiao Jiu may not be allowed to leave!

"Xiao Jiu! You said you were leaving? "The person who came is not someone else, it is Liu Chun!

Huzi and Xiao Jiu were scared at this time, and the two of them patronized and talked, forgetting that there was such a number one person living next door! The words of the two just now must have been heard clearly and clearly.

Liu Chun took two steps forward, threw a small bag in his hand on the table, and spread it out to see that there were some scattered pieces of silver inside.

"The poor family is rich," Liu Chun looked at Xiao Jiu and Huzi, and said slowly, "If you want to leave, how can you not be entangled?" Your uncle and I are single, and I usually don't have much money, but I have saved a little over the years, so let's take the expenses on the road! I slept so hard tonight that I didn't hear anything. ”

Liu Chun walked out of Xiao Jiu's room with his hands behind his back, and closed the door with his hand.

The oil in the oil lamp burned clean, and with a "poof" sound, it went out.