Chen Caozhi's master and servant rested for the night at the Lu's villa in Huating, and set out to return home early on April 24th. When the ox cart drove out of the huge wooden gate of the Lu's manor, Chen Caozhi looked back.
At the top of Meiling Mountain, there is a faint white figure, like an unfading white orchid. The farther away you are, the more refreshing the fragrance becomes.
Ran Sheng had extraordinary eyesight and could see farther than ordinary people. He sat on the carriage and followed Chen Caozhi's gaze. The thirteen-year-old boy was thoughtful. When he was far away from Lu's villa, Mei
Ling could no longer be seen, so he asked Chen Caozhi: "Xiao Langjun, do you like Mrs. Lu?"
Chen Caozhi raised his eyebrows, narrowed his eyes slightly, and asked, "How can you see it?"
Ran Sheng said: "You can see that Mrs. Lu also likes Mr. Chen. Didn't she climb the mountain early just to see Mr. Chen go further?"
Laide said indifferently: "This is not unusual. There are not many ladies in Wu County who like our young man. He gave us dozens of sachets. The carriages were all fragrant. The eggs he gave were not eaten in three days."
, Xiao Sheng ate more than 20 yesterday, and I also ate more than a dozen."
Chen Caozhi laughed and warned: "You are not allowed to tell others about Mrs. Lu's affairs, even when you return to Chenjiawu, do you hear me?"
Lai De responded, and Lai De promised not to tell even if he was beaten to death.
Ran Sheng also said that he would never say it, but he raised his voice and asked: "My dear husband, do you want to marry Mrs. Lu? I think it will work, Mrs. Lu is very good——"
Chen Caozhi interrupted: "Xiao Sheng, from now on, you are not allowed to talk about Mrs. Lu's affairs."
Ran Sheng shrank his neck, grinned, turned around and sat down, not daring to say any more.
Chen Caozhi shook his head and leaned against the wall of the compartment, deep in thought. Since both Ran Sheng and Lai De could see the affection between him and Lu Wei Rui, the maids around Wei Rui were not fools, so how could they not see it! Yesterday, Short Hoe said
The sentence "Chen Langjun belongs to Miss Wei Rui" is certainly an unintentional remark, but it may not be the true thought of the short hoe. The short hoe and the hairpin flower are Wei Rui's personal maids.
How could we meet Taoist by chance every time? That time in Huqiu, when he held Lu Weirui's hand across the stream, Hairpin Hua's eyes looked unnatural and she blushed a little. She must have realized something, short
Both Chu and Hairpin are simple girls who respect and love Wei Rui sincerely, and the second maid is also kind to him. She smiles every time she sees him, and she always likes to see Chen Langjun——
But this matter cannot be escaped in the end. When the truth comes out, can Wei Rui withstand the strong pressure from her family?
Thinking of Lu Weirui's sweet and charming smile with eyes like crescent moons, and thinking that she would suffer a lot of injustice due to the pressure from her family, Chen Caozhi couldn't bear it. But since they love each other and want to stay together, there is always a difficult road ahead.
Walk.
The oxcart rolled along and arrived at the north bank of Songjiang River. Chen Cao got off the boat and waited for the ferry to cross the river.
Huating Ferry has been around since the Qin and Han Dynasties. There are two ancient cypress trees at the ferry, which are said to be more than 600 years old. Under the trees there is a stele with verses engraved with seal characters. Due to the passage of time, the writing has been lost and blurred.
The ferry was slowly coming here. The current of the Songjiang River was much smaller and gentler than that of the Qiantang River. Chen Caozhi looked up at the sky. There were steaming clouds in the distant mountains, and he thought: "This weather may be sunny."
In just a few days, it will rain and flood every year before the Dragon Boat Festival."
At this moment, he heard two more ox carts coming on the road, and Ran Sheng was surprised and said: "Ah, it's Zhu Langjun and the others!"
Chen Caozhi looked back and saw two of Zhu's servants driving to the ferry. When the two servants saw Chen Caozhi, they greeted him with a humble smile: "Good morning, Mr. Chen."
Two oxcarts stopped, and two maids got out of the one in front. One of the maids walked to the oxcart behind and lifted the curtain covering the cart. The tall Zhu Yingtai stepped off the cart and stood up straight.
Chen Caozhi greeted him in surprise, cupped his hands and said, "Brother Yingtai, why are you here?"
Zhu Yingtai put powder on her face, showing no emotion or anger, and said in a cold tone: "Why can't I be here?"
Chen Cao smiled and didn't say much. He just asked, "Brother Yingtai, do you want to cross the river?"
Zhu Yingtai saw that Chen Caozhi's surprised expression when he saw him was out of sincerity, and his heart softened, and he said: "Am I a person who breaks my word? I said I would see you off, so I will catch up with you."
Qian Tang, I will also give you a ride."
Chen Caozhi said "ah" and looked at Zhu Yingtai. Zhu Yingtai turned her head away from Chen Caozhi and said "hum" softly.
Chen Caozhi smiled and said: "Brother Yingtai's kindness is deeply touched by Cao Zhiming. The day before yesterday at the South Gate Post Office of Wu County, I was still thinking that Brother Yingtai is not the kind of person who is proud of his family status. Why didn't he come to say goodbye to me?
My heart is very sad——"
Zhu Yingtai said: "Brother Zizhong left the county, and there was a lot of excitement and excitement. It is comparable to the departure of an envoy who has benefited a party. Well, the envoy is not as good as you. I have never heard of any envoy who leaves office and receives a big reward."
The sachet!"
Chen Caozhi laughed loudly and asked: "Brother Yingtai is also here? Why didn't I see you?"
Zhu Yingtai did not answer, but pointed to the docked ferry and said: "Please get on the boat."
Chen Caozhi stepped back half a step, bowed deeply to Zhu Yingtai, and said sincerely: "I have been dating brother Yingtai for more than two months. We have argued with each other and discussed the meaning of scriptures. I often make loud noises when I knock on the small knock. I have lived up to my expectations."
I have no words to express my gratitude to my good friends, and I am so grateful to see you from afar. I am deeply relieved that we have to say goodbye today, and I don’t know when we will see each other again!" After that, he walked to the stone steps on the shore and turned back to
Zhu Yingtai bowed his head and said: "Farewell brother Yingtai, take care of me!"
Zhu Yingtai did not return the gift or speak. He stood there motionless, but a smile slowly appeared on his lips. When he saw Chen Cao getting on the boat, Laide and Ran Sheng carefully held the Luxi ox and prepared to drag the ox cart.
After getting on the ferry, he walked over and said, "Wait a minute, the oxcart will wait for the next trip before crossing the river." He waved to the back, and a maid came over holding a long cloth bag, and got on the boat with Zhu Yingtai.
Chen Caozhi said in surprise: "Brother Yingtai, do you want to cross the river?"
Zhu Yingtai said: "I said I wanted to send Brother Zichong a ride, so why don't we go at the ferry?" Pointing to the big long cloth bag held by the maid, he asked: "Brother Zichong, guess what this is?"
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Chen Caozhi looked at it and said, "Lyre?"
Zhu Yingtai smiled and said: "That's right." He ordered the boatman to sail the boat not to go too fast, and he paid double the ferry fare.
When the ferry leaves the shore, the people on board don't feel the boat moving, but when the shore is far away, the river water outside the ship's side makes a gurgling sound, and it flows continuously -
Chen Cao said: "I have been with Brother Yingtai for several months, but I have never heard him play the piano. Brother Yingtai can be said to be a good man who hides his secrets even if he is imaginary."
Zhu Yingtai said: "I play the piano every day, but Brother Zizhong has no chance to hear it." He added: "I don't want to play it for others."
Chen Caozhi stopped talking and quietly watched Zhu Yingtai kneeling on the reed mat in the cabin. He untied the cloth bag and took out a paulownia guqin, shaped like a banana leaf, with beautiful lines on the body and painted with raw lacquer.
, the hardwood of the string frame does not need to be nailed with tenons, but is connected with antler frost, and the two sides of the shallow groove at the end of the piano are inlaid with precious sapphires——
After Zhu Yingtai tuned the strings, he changed from kneeling to sitting with his lyre on his knees. He raised his eyes to look at Chen Caozhi, smiled slightly, lowered his head and lowered his eyebrows. He pressed the strings with his left hand and strummed them with his right hand, making a long trill of "zheng".
Suddenly, I feel the ancient charm of pine wind blowing in my face.
What Zhu Yingtai played was Ji Kang's qin music "Changqing". Chen Caozhi was very familiar with this piece. He had adapted the two qin music "Changqing" and "Duanqing" into Dongxiao music, but now he listens to it
Zhu Yingtai played the music with a clanging lyre, which gave him a different idea. The lyre had a deep tone, a clear and lingering sound, and a long charm. The first sound was still curling, and the second sound followed, like running water rushing one after another.
Chen Caozhi was leisurely and intoxicated. His fingers holding on to the side of the boat couldn't help but stretch and press, as if he was holding a Keting flute in his hand, matching the rhythm of the music.
After finishing the song, Zhu Yingtai looked at Chen Caozhi's slender beating fingers and asked with a smile: "Brother Zizhong is also very interested in playing the flute and wants to play?"
Chen Cao said: "Ke Ting's flute is on the shore - Brother Yingtai wants to hear me play the flute?"
Zhu Yingtai said: "There's no rush."
Chen Caozhi thought to himself, "No hurry? If we say goodbye today, I'm afraid I won't have another chance to listen to the flute." He smiled and said, "It is said that the ancient sages had a stringless qin. When the mood struck, they would play the stringless qin."
I just played a false tune until my interest was exhausted. I just played a false tune, and Brother Yingtai must have realized that?"
Zhu Yingtai smiled and said: "Stringless qin? That should be a sign of poor qin skills hiding clumsiness. It's like taking Five Stone Powder and thinking that it's wonderful, but in fact it's just sitting in silence."
Zhu Yingtai's words were always so sharp. Chen Caozhi looked at Zhu Yingtai's smile and secretly felt ashamed. He didn't expect that Zhu Yingtai had two smiles! Zhu Yingtai had never been like this in front of him before.
He smiled undisguisedly, it was nothing more than a slight twitch of the corner of his mouth, and the powder was thick. After being together for so long, he really didn't notice Zhu Yingtai's two pear dimples, even though the man had a pear dimple.
It's not unusual, but it still looks a little strange - but this Zhu Yingtai is probably not a man.
When the ferry arrived, Chen Caozhi got ashore first and bowed to Zhu Yingtai: "Brother Yingtai, please go back with the boat. If you have time in the future, please come to Chenjiawu with your brother Yingting. I will sweep it."
Welcome on the couch." This was a polite statement, but it didn't feel right until I said it.
Zhu Yingting did not notice, but he also got off the boat with the maid holding the piano, and said: "I will give you a ride by water, and another by land. Anyway, you are already a hundred miles away, so why not give me a happy farewell."
Chen Caozhi was speechless and thought to himself: "This is a strange thing to say. It's a pleasant way to say goodbye." Feeling his kindness, he did not refuse politely.
Zhu Yingtai said: "The ferry will not arrive for a while. Brother Zizhong, please go on your way first. I will walk slowly with you."
Chen Cao said: "Then I will take you back to the ferry later."
Zhu Yingtai smiled and said: "Exactly - you don't want to?"
Chen Cao said: "Brother Yingtai chased you hundreds of miles to see me off, so it doesn't matter if I send you back to the ferry." Then he walked side by side with Zhu Yingtai, and an astonishing idea suddenly jumped out of his mind, very clear:
"This is very similar to the eighteenth birthday of Liang Zhu, then I will become Liang Shanbo!"
