The inside of the old rain building is also very old.
For example, the paint-stained beams and walls.
But inside it was clean, but not tidy.
The gardens we passed by were probably because Shang Di had not lived here for a long time. There were no flowers blooming in the summer season in the gardens. Instead, the wild grasses grew extremely well.
If Xiao Shisanniang were here, she would probably be heartbroken to death when she saw those grassy gardens.
If Wanxi Zhai's disciples lived here...there wouldn't be beautiful flowers in these gardens, they would become, well, leeks!
Or cabbage.
Even become rice fields.
Li Chenan thought of the female disciples in Wanxi Zhai and suddenly smiled.
The bluestone corridor is very clean, and the trees on both sides of the corridor have grown wantonly without pruning, so some branches have reached into the road. Qiu Ju carefully lifted those branches in front, allowing Li Chenan and others to able to pass more easily.
"The owner of the house said there was no need to prune it, because...the owner said he would return to Guangling in a few days, and the old Yulou...he said he would leave it to its new owner."
This place is completely incomparable with the orderliness of Peach Blossom Island.
They are two completely different pictures. Of course Zhongli Ruoshui is very confused about this, but Li Chenan doesn't care.
"Brother Shang wants to sell this house?"
"My slave doesn't know either. It's just... I'm still a little reluctant to let go."
"My master bought me from the Yachang when I was five years old, along with Chunlan, Xiahe and Dongmei... I remember that I lived here for more than a year. It was my second home in my heart."
Qiu Ju walked along the way, feeling a little sad along the way.
"At that time, the old Yulou was not like it is now. Although there were fewer people, it was very warm and beautiful."
"That spring, the garden was full of spring orchids, and in summer, the lotus pond was also full of summer lotuses."
"In autumn, the garden is full of autumn chrysanthemums again, and when the winter snow falls... there are plum blossoms reflecting the snow in the corners of the yard."
"Later, when we went to Guangling City, we learned that the owner had a bigger and more beautiful home on Peach Blossom Island."
"Of course, we also like it very much. Now that I think about it, maybe it's because Peach Blossom Island is more open and more relaxing."
"And here...it's a little more depressing after all."
Li Chenan looked around, not feeling depressed at all. He thought that it was time for these girls to grow up and know what happened between Shang Di and Fan Taohua. They also understood the meaning of seeing things and missing people, and also understood the old rain. The meaning in the word "lou" is that there is that depressing feeling.
After all, no one wants to live in the shadow of the past.
What's more, Jiuyulou is a heavy name that carries the weight of an old relationship that has been cut and sorted out for decades.
For Shang Di, it is a prison.
He knew it well, so he went to Guangling and found the Peach Blossom Island.
But that Peach Blossom Island was another prison that imprisoned him, because of the peach blossoms on that island!
He jumped from one cage into another, larger cage... Was he really trying to escape when he left Kyoto?
This thought only flashed through Li Chenan's mind, and Qiu Ju led them into the inner courtyard.
"Master Li, Third Miss, please sit down for a moment, and I will go and invite the master of the house to get up."
Before Qiu Ju finished speaking, a loud voice sounded from the second floor of the main building:
"Hahahaha, no wonder the magpies on the branches keep chirping, waking me up from my sleep. It turns out that I am here!"
Li Chenan looked up and said, "Brother, I've delayed your sleep!"
Shang Di waved his hand, "I am already sixty years old. In a few days, if I go into that coffin, I will sleep until the end of the world!"
"Wait until I come down, Qiu Ju, to get the tea... get that jar of Shouzhou yellow buds!"
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…
There is a towering big-leafed banyan tree in the corner of the main courtyard of Jiuyu Building.
It covers this world like a huge umbrella, giving this world a rare coolness in this hot summer.
It also gave many cicadas a comfortable home.
The cicadas chirped without stopping.
But neither Shang Di nor Li Chenan felt irritated by the chirping of the cicadas.
Shang Di was brewing this new pot of tea very carefully. Li Chenan and Zhongli Ruoshui were sitting next to the ancient tea table, and Amu and Jianwu were standing behind them.
"This tea was given to Liang Manman by a tea merchant from Shuzhou."
Shang Di poured a cup of tea for Li Chen'an and Zhong Li Ruoshui, and then said: "Last night I listened to Liang Manman singing at Yihong Mansion, so she gave it to me... She said she was grateful for the song "Tian Jing Sha"."
Shang Di poured himself a cup, looked up at Li Chenan, and said with a smile: "Actually, she wanted to thank you, but she didn't know how to thank you... So, when she gave me this pot of tea, she said, if you If you have free time in Kyoto, please go to Yihong Tower and sit for a while."
Li Chenan touched his nose embarrassedly, "Let's look at this later."
"Well, I also know that you must have many important things to do when you come to Kyoto."
After saying this, he turned to look at Zhongli Ruoshui, with a doting look on his face, "How are you, madam?"
Zhongli Ruoshui stood up, said a respectful blessing, and replied: "Grandma is very good...Grandma still likes the song you composed for "Tian Jing Sha"."
"It's just that grandma thinks that song is a little, a little sad."
"She even said something at that time."
Shang Di was stunned and asked, "What did she say?"
"She said...she is a martial artist after all. She listened to the piano through the window that day. Although she was a close friend, she was not a close friend!"
Shang Di was silent.
Serve tea.
Haven't drank for a long time.
Li Chenan raised his eyes, and of course he understood the meaning of Mrs. Fan's words——
There is this sentence in "Tian Jing Sha":
"It's like fighting without a dream, we really met each other at that time.
Who loves to listen to the piano through the window?
The person who leans against the curtain is a close friend, one word from that time to this day. "
Shang Di blew on the hot tea, took a sip, and put down the tea cup.
"That day, I played the piano in Guiyan Tower because she was right next door."
"One sentence from that time to this day... After she listened to the piece of music I played, she said that sentence through the window."
"She said... at dusk in the spring rain, the sound of the piano echoes around the beams, attracting the swallows to return. Although I don't understand its meaning, it seems to be very powerful, but after all, it is not as good as the sound of swords, guns, swords and halberds."
"The harp and the sword are all about the sword, but the harem is all about swords and not playing the harp!"
Shang Di stroked his long beard and looked slightly gloomy. After a moment, he smiled and said, "She's right!"
"The world only talks about the sword, not the piano."
"Qin can only entertain, but can't kill, especially in these troubled times."
"It was only later that I understood the meaning of this as I grew older..." Shang Di looked at Li Chen'an, "Just like you said when you were at South Gate, you are a scholar who is useless!"
"So I started practicing martial arts again."
"Let's not talk about the past. Try this tea. Why did you come to this old Yulou today?"
Li Chenan took a sip of tea and did not mention Wen Xiaowan's incident for the time being. Instead, he smiled bitterly: "Actually, not all scholars are useless."
"I understand, brother, but how many merchants are there in the world?"
“How many meat-eaters are there to protect the country?”
"How many ordinary people are responsible for protecting the world?"
"How many students are studying to create peace for all generations?"
"Just like when I played the piano before, it was just to make Bo Jiaren smile. Why did I ever think about studying to spread the truth and playing the piano to cultivate one's character?"
"There are countless people in the world who deceive themselves, countless people who fool the people, countless people who wield power, and countless people who steal the country..."
"Of course there is sobriety in the world, but... the road is as difficult and dangerous as climbing to the sky. You will know it in the future."
Li Chenan pondered for a moment and nodded, because what Shang Di said was the current situation in Ningguo.
Of course, this nonsense still has little to do with him in his opinion.
He does not have the lofty ideal of turning the tide and supporting the building that is about to collapse. He still just wants to make more money and gradually establish his own power, just so that he and Zhongli Ruoshui can live happily every day in the future. That’s all.
"Come today, there is really something."
"What's the matter?"
"Wen Xiaowan is missing. I suspect she was kidnapped to Kyoto by the Fish and Dragon Society!"
