Going up the second floor of the building, the corridor is extremely long and the stairs are even longer.
This is also why the Shehe Building has only three floors, but it stands out like a chicken in the capital of Xijun. This is because the fifty or sixty steps are extremely steep and sloping, and when you step on them, there is a faint echo in the narrow corridor.
The scholar climbed up the stairs and felt something in his heart.
The steps from the first floor to the second floor of this Shede building are wide enough to accommodate five or six people walking side by side. However, the steps on the third floor are only as wide as one person. Liu Qing is quite tall and has strange shoulders. Kuan, just looking at his body, he looks like a rough man who travels around the world, but looking at his face and daily conversation, he feels that he is clearly a humble scholar. However, the narrow stairs really made Liu Qing feel constrained when walking, unable to let go at all.
Liu Qing was walking very slowly at this moment. Before he stepped onto the third floor, he had already figured out the layout of the Shede Building. It was indeed the work of an expert.
You can go up to the second floor with your friends. The stairs are flat and wide. If you give up the back hall and caress the scrolls at night under the cold window for ten years, you can enjoy the front hall for years to come.
Climbing three floors is only enough for a person to walk slowly alone. The stairs are steep and narrow, like walking on thin ice. If you don't pay attention, you will slip and fall to the bottom in just a moment. Looking from the bottom up, you can see that the skylight is weak and almost invisible.
It's just a teahouse, it's all official business.
"No wonder he dares to call himself an expert. He has indeed lived a very transparent life." After a long cup of tea, the scholar stood up on the third floor. Looking back, he couldn't help but admire: Now that he has climbed to the top floor and looked down from a high position, it was originally difficult to see. Inside the sunlit corridor, the steps are all inlaid with strange stones. You can climb up the stairs in a fashionable and unconscious way, but now when you look down, you can see the bright sunlight reflected in it, like melted gold and jade.
On the third floor facing the terrace, Chu Jingchuan raised his head and frowned slowly.
Even he couldn't remember clearly how long it had been since he left the building and there had been no intruders. Moreover, looking at the tall scholar, his face was calm and tense, and he didn't show the slightest sign of panic that a person who intruded into the building would have.
Li Yu looked at Chu Jingchuan and was also puzzled, but he didn't think too much. He put down the tea in his hand and scolded, "Where did this wild scholar come from? You are willing to give up your property. Is it possible that no one has ever shared your experience with you?" Did you say that no one from the Xijun family is allowed to enter? Even if you are a high-ranking official from the imperial capital, if you want to enter these three floors, you must inform the building owner, how can you allow others to come and go at will?"
After hearing Li Yu's rebuke, the surrounding attendants quickly came forward from behind the screen and surrounded the scholar, all with unkind expressions.
But Chu Jingchuan's expression suddenly darkened, and he said in a deep voice, "I, Chu Jingchuan, have always been kind to literati. If I expel this scholar from the building today and spread the word, wouldn't I be ruining my own reputation? Brother Li There is no need to do this, just leave some favors for me and order the attendants to retreat quickly."
Li Yu's eyes flashed, but he saw his opponent Chu Jingchuan knocking on the table with one finger, so he had to grunt twice and wave away the attendants.
Chu Jingchuan stood up, took a futon from the agarwood cabinet with a blue crane carved on the side, placed it on the side of the table, smiled at the scholar who always looked calm, and said, "Little brother, you can do whatever you want, even if it doesn't suit you." As a rule, just mention it to the host when I come."
Liu Qing was even more rude. After bowing solemnly, he calmly sat down and smiled at Chu Jingchuan. "I have devoted myself to the world for many years. I thought that Yizhang only had a few immortal families and hundreds of cultivators. Now it seems, The vision is still unsatisfactory.”
The latter did not waver, raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, "Most of the literati who have lived in the capital of Xijun for a long time are kind-hearted, but my little brother is a bit unfamiliar. I don't know why I am here?"
The scholar was not in a hurry to answer. He felt at ease and took a newly filled teacup with glazed patterns. He took two sips and sighed, "Although this Zhongming tea is rich, my lord, when you taste it, it is indeed far inferior to the tea outside the city." So moderate.”
Li Yu had been confused for a moment, and it wasn't until he heard what the scholar's words meant that he raised his eyes and looked at the two of them.
"Little brother, Chu was a little confused when he heard what he said." Chu Jingchuan held up the tea cup with his palms very steady, and the tea soup did not move at all. After taking a sip, he asked with a smile, "There are also people outside the city who are good at picking tea. Ming's tea master, this is a strange thing. Probably because he has not moved around all these years, he has never even heard of such things. If the little brother knows where the tea master lives in seclusion, he will take Chu out of the city to have a look. "
"That's natural." The scholar smiled, "There was a woman from an ordinary family outside the city. She was killed by vicious means a while ago. I heard a fat man who was good at pinching and calculating guessed that the person behind the scenes happened to be in this willing place. In the building, this is the purpose of my trip. Now it seems that your Excellency really doesn’t know the secret, so I won’t bother you anymore and take my leave.”
Immediately, Liu Qing put down the tea cup without hesitation, stood up, slightly cupped her hands at the two of them, and left.
"Little Master, there are some roads that you don't need to trace back too far. Sometimes the sky is high, the clouds are vast, the waterfalls are shining with silver, but sometimes there are wolves, tigers, bears, wind, knives and frost swords. This is a good thing." Liu Qing walked to the steps. At this time, Chu Jingchuan, who was drinking tea by himself, spoke slowly, holding the tea cup in his palm, his eyes dim.
The skylight suddenly turned, and the strange stones engraved on the steps also flashed suddenly. It seemed that for a moment, the building shook slightly, but except for the wisps of old dust falling outside the building, neither the people in the building noticed it. to this scene. On the second floor, there were still a group of people drinking tea and writing poems. They mentioned that a few unique volumes had been added to the back hall recently, and they would copy them down in the future so that students could read them. If they gain more knowledge and insight, they will be able to read more when they become officials. One point of action.
The cup in Chu Jingchuan's palm suddenly exploded. Although the palm and wrists were not cut, all the tea was splashed all over the body, making him extremely embarrassed.
On the other hand, the scholar was still calm and there was nothing strange about him. He patted his sleeves and glanced at Chu Jingchuan, who was covered in tea and showed no signs of being indifferent and elegant at first.
"How dare you do this, junior!" Li Yu Kuan's fat figure suddenly stood up, glared at Liu Qing, waved his hand to order the attendants to come forward, and didn't even care about the cunning method the scholar had just used. He couldn't hold back his murderous intention, but Chu Jingchuan held his arms firmly and shook his head slowly, "Half of the skin has been torn apart. If you don't want these people to die in vain, just follow my advice and don't embarrass yourself again." This person, not to mention a few attendants, even a strong army and good soldiers will not be able to restrain him."
The scholar was speechless. He gave up first and then gave up.
Just on the second floor, I stopped for a few breaths and then walked away.
Unexpectedly, this high-ranking and powerful master of the Chu family was also a practicing practitioner. Before he came to Nangong, he didn't know that there were so many noble people in the family who had entered the practice.
It is said that the immortal family is not stained by dust. It can be said that it is an immortal family, but it is not an immortal family. After all, it can be promoted by profit.
Really disturbing.
