My name is Golden Palace.

I was an orphan, and I was picked up by my master Yuhuazi when I was very young, saying that I was an apprentice, but in fact I was raised as my own child.

More than a year ago, Master said that he wanted to go out for a tour, but I had no objection and would not object, and after following Master for so many years, I had long been accustomed to him going out for a spin every once in a while.

I don't know what Master is going out for, and Master never tells me.

Every time Master goes out, he always comes back with some new things, delicious food, fun things, and some things that he needs for daily use.

I thought that when Master went out this time, he would bring the things he had brought with him as usual, but in a different way. But I didn't expect that when Master came back this time, he would bring back a person.

This man is Luo Fan, my senior brother.

As we all know, no matter how old or young you are when you enter the master's door, your seniority is calculated according to the time you entered the master's door, and I entered the master's door nearly 20 years earlier than Luo Fan, but when the master brought Luo Fan back, he pointed at him and said to me, "Xiaolong, call me senior brother." ”

I'm a little reluctant, he entered the teacher later than me, why should I call him senior brother?

But I didn't dare to disobey Master's wishes, so I could only obediently call Luo Fan, "Hello senior brother." ”

Luo Fan stood not far away, bowed his head slightly at me, and his voice was faint, with a kind of nonchalance, "Hello, junior brother." ”

He's not polite at all!

I looked at Luo Fan, I was not low, he was actually half a head taller than me, he was straight and straight when he was standing, and he was covered with a layer of indifference, and even when he looked at people, his eyes were faint and cold, as if no one could look down on him.

When I looked at him, Luo Fan also looked at me, his eyes were indifferent and detached, looking at me as if he were looking at a stone, without the slightest emotion.

This person is so cold, and there is not the slightest warmth in his body.

"Xiaolong, your senior brother has just arrived, you have to take care of your senior brother more." Master didn't seem to see the dark tide between me and Luo Fan, but just gave me a light command and walked towards his room, without even saying anything more to introduce Luo Fan.

I looked at Luo Fan, followed Master into his room, and asked Master curiously, "Master, is this the disciple you just accepted?" ”

"That's right." Master looked at me, his eyes were full of love, "You have to take care of him more in the future, he is not familiar with many things here." ”

I was a little dissatisfied, and muttered, "Since he just came here, and he is a senior brother, why do you want me to take care of him, shouldn't he take care of me?" ”

Master looked at me, suddenly smiled, patted me on the shoulder, and said earnestly, "Xiaolong, you take care of your senior brother, you won't suffer." ”

Why don't you suffer? It's obviously a loss!

But the master didn't explain much, and after saying this, he waved his hand and asked me to go out, "You go out first, Master is tired and wants to rest." ”

My master has always been very good-tempered to me, but that doesn't mean I dare not listen to what he says. Therefore, when Master said to let me go out, I didn't dare to delay in the slightest, so I immediately walked out of the room and helped my Master close the door, and the moment I closed the door, I already had an idea in my heart: since Master asked me to take care of this senior brother who had just arrived, I would take good care of him.

For the next period of time, I did not "take care" of Luo Fan.

But no matter how much I do it, Luo Fan is light, never angry, and a faint smile is in the past.

After tossing for a long time, he didn't get angry, but I didn't think it was boring.

But just when I felt bored, Master suddenly began to get sick.

I have followed Master for more than 20 years, and Master has never been sick, but he got sick inexplicably, and soon he was so sick that he couldn't even get out of bed, and he lay in bed all day.

I was anxious and distressed, but Master often called Luo Fan into his room, and he talked about it for most of the day. When they were talking, they never let me in.

Finally, one day, while Master and Luo Fan were talking in the room again, I pushed open the door and broke in.

The moment I broke in, the master was still lying on the bed, Luo Fan was sitting next to him, the two looked up at me together, the master nodded at Luo Fan, and said with difficulty: "Luo Fan, you go out first, I will explain some things to Xiaolong." ”

"Okay." Luo Fan didn't say much else, the master asked him to go out, he just got up and nodded, and then walked out, without even looking at me.

Finally, he walked out and closed the door for Master and me.

Seeing that I was stunned, the master took care of me with a weak smile, "Xiaolong, what are you still standing for, sit down and talk, cough cough cough ......"

I was angry, but the moment I saw Master coughing, the anger in my stomach dissipated all of a sudden, and I hurriedly stepped forward to pat Master on the back, wondering: "Master, I grew up with you, and I have never seen you sick, how can I ...... this time?"

Before I finished the rest of the sentence, when I saw the skinny man, my voice suddenly choked up—Master is the only relative in my world.

"Xiaolong, you are still young, you don't understand." Seeing that I was choked, Master gently patted the back of my hand, looked at me lovingly, and said, "Master is sick because Master should be sick. ”

Should I get sick?

To be sick is to be sick, what should I not be sick of?

"Master, I don't understand, what is the time to be sick? Does anyone have to be sick for you? I frowned slightly, raising my doubts.

The master smiled, but his eyes were full of bitterness, "Xiaolong, you don't understand it now, but you will understand it later." ”

When was that?

"I asked you to come in today to explain something to you." Seeing that I didn't understand for a moment, Master didn't continue to talk about this question, but continued: "Master is going soon, and you have to rely on your two brothers for your life......

My head buzzed, and before my master could finish speaking, I grabbed his hand and asked urgently, "Master, what are you going to do?" ”

"Alas......" Seeing my fierce reaction, Master let out a long sigh, looked at me lovingly, and said, "Xiaolong, people are born, old, sick and die, and Master is just an ordinary person, just relying on years of cultivation to live for decades, but after all, he still has to return to the Nine Heavens." ”

I was stunned.

I never thought that Master would die.

Master looked at me with pity in his eyes, "Xiaolong, I know that you are a loving child, and I already knew that I had such a catastrophe, so I found Luo Fan before I died. You deceived him for a while, but he will take care of you for the rest of ......your life in the place of Master."

I couldn't listen to what my master said later, I only knew that my master was going to die, and my master was going to die, and he would never be able to accompany me.

Master was sick, and it took a lot of effort to say a word.

That time, he told me for a long time, in fact, it was nothing more than that after a hundred years, he asked me to take good care of myself, and everything depended on Luo Fan...... Knowing that Master was going to die, I didn't listen to anything, just kept nodding and crying.

For as long as I can remember, I've known that a man can't cry, but that day I cried like a tearful man, as if I had dried up all my life's tears.

But since this long conversation, Master has never let me into his room again, and even if I sneak in, he will scold me and never let me stay in his room for a long time.

Luo Fan, on the other hand, can come and go in and out of Master's room at will, and he stays with Master almost all day.

I was in a hurry, angry, and even settled accounts with Luo Fan, but Luo Fan's eyes were cold when he looked at me, and his voice was also very cold, "If you still care that you are your master's pull, don't trouble your master at this time, just listen to your master's words." ”

I was stunned, my fists were clenched in pain, and I hated it like something, but I just couldn't say anything to refute it.

After Luo Fan finished speaking, I turned around and left!

A few days later, when I came back from outside, Luo Fan's expression was extremely solemn, and when he saw me come in, he said in a deep voice, "Xiaolong, your master has gone to ......."

I paused in my footsteps, looked up at Luo Fan suddenly, shook my body, and fell to the ground at once.

Luo Fan, who has always been calm, saw that my reaction was so fierce, he panicked for the first time, flew forward, grabbed me, and his voice was anxious, "Xiaolong, how are you?" ”

At the moment when Luo Fan grabbed me, I only felt my blood surge, and I opened my mouth and spit out a mouthful of blood. Luo Fan raised his hand suddenly, his middle finger and index finger together, quickly clicked on a few acupuncture points on my body, and helped me pat my back a few times, and the always cold voice softened a lot, "It's people who have to take this road after all, your master is a hundred years old, so naturally he also wants to take this road, you look down, don't be so sad." ”

I turned my head coldly to look at him, and pushed him over with a slap, and the grief and indignation in my heart instantly turned into anger, and yelled at Luo Fan, who was pushed to the ground by me at once: "Luo Fan, what the hell do you tell me, you are in the same room with Master all day, and what are you studying all day?" Master has been fine, why did he get sick as soon as you came? Tell me, did you kill Master? ”

Luo Fan was pushed to the ground by me, and he didn't stand up, but sat cross-legged on the ground, I yelled at him, and he didn't fight back, but smiled bitterly, "Xiaolong, if you think it feels better to scold me, you can scold." ”

"You don't have to pretend with me, I'll go to see the master first, if I find out that there is something wrong with the master, you see how I can settle accounts with you!" Fighting back my grief, I staggered to my feet and stumbled towards Master's room.

Luo Fan still sat quietly on the ground, did not move, and did not stop me.

Master lay quietly on the bed, his face was peaceful, no different from usual, the only difference was that he would never get up and smile at me again, let alone tell me to practice diligently and not be lazy.

"Master......" I stiffened step by step and moved to the edge of the bed, and finally threw myself down beside Master, wailing and crying......

I don't know how long it took, but I finally cried enough, stood up and began to help Master sort things out.

At this time, Luo Fan walked into the master's room and stopped me, "You go out, I'll do the burial of your master." ”

"Luo Fan, what the are you going to do!" My angry muscles were exposed, my teeth were clucking, and I waved my fist and yelled at him: "This is my master, who raised me since I was a child, no different from my own father." He was just an apprentice like me for the rest of his life, why can't I bury him? ”

When I yelled at Luo Fan, he returned to his usual appearance, looked at me lightly, and had no intention of dodging, and when I was almost done, he said lightly, "This is what your master ordered." ”

I was stunned for a moment - Master told him that when Master died, let Luo Fan bury Master and not let my apprentice touch it?

I suddenly had some doubts, if my master was caught up in Luo Fan's way, otherwise why would he trust him so much, and even me, an apprentice, would not trust him?

Thinking of this, I rushed to Luo Fan, casually drew a sword from the master's room and put it across Luo Fan's neck, and said coldly, "Luo Fan, you tell me, you have been in the master's room for the past few days, what have you done?" ”