Take a carriage and pass through half of the imperial city to the western suburbs.www
"Hey, doesn't Master Shen live in the city?" Someone like him can be considered a big shot, right? However, the so-called city here refers to the inner city, which is very close to the palace.
"Teacher doesn't like the inner city. It's not as spacious as here. The environment is not as good as here..."
"The environment here is indeed better than in the city!" She agreed very much. "It seems that your ancestors also lived in the outer city, right?" [
"Yes, but my ancestors lived in the northern suburbs. There are mountains there, and my ancestors liked to indulge in the mountains and forests... It is said to be good for spiritual practice. I don't understand, but I heard that the other two masters seemed to be like this... just go there if nothing happens.
Drill in the mountains!" At this point, she sighed again: "Actually, people like our ancestors probably don't like to stay in the capital!"
What Yan'er was thinking was, could this be the reason why the Tang Dynasty's martial arts academy was built on a mountain?
…
Arriving in front of Shen's house, the two got out of the car.
The coachman knocked on the door for them, and the small door next to the door opened, and a middle-aged concierge came out. He knew Xiaoxiao, so he immediately greeted him with a smile: "Hey, it's Miss Du Er! I have been talking about you several times...
…You are here…”
With that said, he opened the door and welcomed them in. The concierge looked at Yan'er curiously, didn't ask anything, and stood quietly beside her. After the two of them entered, he closed the door again.
"That's Uncle Lu. Although he's just a concierge, he's not a servant, but a friend of the teacher." Xiaoxiao introduced Yan'er in a low voice, but she didn't let Yan'er pay homage to Uncle Lu. Nor did she herself...
Although he is not a servant, he is different after all.
The so-called rules are right!
"Why are there so few servants here?" Yan'er looked around. It is indeed the home of a master of architecture and design. It can be said to be a collection of the most distinctive contemporary buildings... The most rare thing is that everything is in
Here, everything blends together very well.
Yan'er actually suspected that it wasn't that Mr. Shen's place had integrated all the characteristics of the capital city in terms of construction. It was that those so-called characteristics were born here... Although this was just her guess, she had a feeling that it was a fact.
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But it must be said that Mr. Shen’s house is very large. Moreover, probably because there are very few people, there are few houses and buildings here, and there are more landscapes and blank spaces. Therefore, it looks even more empty!
And there were indeed too few people. Except for Uncle Lu when they entered, they had walked so far and didn’t see anyone!
"Teacher only has two servants, a coachman, plus Lu Bo, there are four people in total. Teacher likes to be quiet. Unless his disciples come over, this place is more lively. On weekdays, it is quiet here..." At the end of the sentence
, smiled and sighed: "Probably only if you can endure such an environment, can you become a great person like the teacher! I can't do it, and neither can the many disciples of the master... Even if you endure it deliberately, you still can't..."
This is normal. Master Shen’s disciples are all young people. Good-looking young people, except for special reasons, who can endure complete loneliness? The world is so wonderful and there are so many temptations...
"Where is his family?"
"No. The teacher has always been alone..." Xiaoxiao didn't want to say more about this.
There was no chance to say more, because they finally arrived at Master Shen’s residence. There were only three buildings, forming a kind of quadrangle, but they were not connected. They opened wide to the south... There were six stone blocks between the three buildings.
The Table Stone Group looks like a place where students are taught in an academy.