53. Bamboo is like a gentleman and plum is like a beautiful woman
Fifty-three, bamboo is like a gentleman and plum is like a beautiful woman
According to legend, Wulong Mountain in Jinling was transformed from the black dragon in the vast Taihu Lake in the south. The mountain is not high and stands as tall as a fist. From the foot of the mountain to the middle of the mountain, there are tens of thousands of plum trees. Above the middle of the mountain, there are green bamboo forests. On the top of the mountain,
However, among the ancient pines and pine forests, there is the Jizi Hall. Together with the Yanling Jizi Temple in Qu'a, it is a place to worship the sage Jizi. This hall was rebuilt by Gu Kaizhi from his uncle Gu Rong fifty years ago. Now it has a mottled color with the vicissitudes of life.
When the sun first appeared, Zhang Tongyun came to invite Lu Weirui to visit Wulong Mountain. He took a group of maidservants and drove to the plum forest at the foot of Wulong Mountain five miles away. Lu Weirui looked at the large tracts of red flowers in full bloom in the thin morning mist.
Plum blossoms, white plum blossoms, green plum blossoms, and three-leaf plum blossoms reminded me of the time when she and Chen Caozhi met on the Meiling in Huating in mid-spring of that year. The plum blossoms in Meiling were not as prosperous as here.
Zhang Tongyun said with a smile: "Wei Rui, this is my first time visiting Wulong Mountain. Last year I returned to Wu County with Gu Lang and only stayed one night in the village. I didn't have time to visit, but the plum blossoms were not in bloom at that time."
The maidservant, short maid, short hoe suddenly asked: "Ms. A Tong, why doesn't your Mr. Gu come to accompany you on your trip?"
Zhang Tongyun said with a smile: "I want to accompany Wei Rui, and Gu Lang wants to accompany other friends."
The short hoe is very smart. Looking at Zhang Tongyun's smile, he guessed that this is an opportunity for Miss Wei Rui and Mr. Chen to meet. The short hoe is very happy, and she will be happy when the little miss Wei Rui is happy.
The group of people meandered up the mountain, where they saw the fragrance of plum trees and the deep green of bamboo groves. When they reached the top of the mountain, they suddenly had a clear view and had a panoramic view of Gu's large manor covering an area of hundreds of hectares. At this time, the rays of light came out of the eastern sky.
Zhang Tongyun and Lu Weirui paid homage to the statue of Ji Zi. They stood on the Danqi in front of the temple and looked down the mountain. Zhang Tongyun was a little short-sighted and could not see clearly down the Baizhang Mountain. A little maid next to him suddenly said: "Madam, they are coming.
." Pointing to where he came from.
Zhang Tongyun squinted his eyes and saw that there seemed to be several people riding horses from the other side of the manor. Knowing that Changkang was coming with Chen Langjun, he called Lu Weirui and said, "Weirui, come and see, who is your Chen Langjun?"
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Lu Weirui's delicate eyebrows wrinkled cutely and said, "Then you identify it first."
Zhang Tongyun said angrily: "Wei Rui, you don't know that my eyesight is not good. I can only see nearsighted but not far away. Although I can see those figures, they are all blurry and the fog has not cleared away. How can I tell the difference?"
, you come, you come.”
Lu Weirui took a closer look and saw that Ran Sheng was easily distinguishable. He was obviously taller than the others, and he was riding a white horse. There were four or five others who were also riding horses. They were far apart and shrouded in mist. Both the man and the horse were black and white.
The two colors looked like an ink painting painted by Chen Langjun. After looking at it for a while, both the man and the horse were obscured by the trees. He shook his head and said, "I can't tell." But I thought in my heart: "The person wearing the crown on the right front should be Chen Langjun. The shirt seems to be
It’s cyan.”
Zhang Tongyun said with a smile: "It's too far away and there's fog, so it's really hard to tell. Why did Changkang bring so many people here? Could it be that Xie Langjun and the others are here?" Then he asked a servant girl,
Are there any other quiet places here?
The servant woman was the Gu family's shade house in the manor, and she came to guide the two ladies. She said respectfully: "More than a hundred steps east of this palace, there are three hundreds of years old plum trees. They are green-calyx plum trees, which are rare to see elsewhere.
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Zhang Tongyun said "hmm" and left a maid to wait for Gu Kaizhi and Chen Caozhi. She, Lu Weirui and other maids bypassed Jizi Hall and headed east.
Before two o'clock, Gu Kaizhi, Chen Caozhi, Xie Daoyun, Xie Xuan, Liu Shangzhi, Ran Sheng, Shen Chiqian and their entourage came to the outside of Ji Zi Hall. Gu Kaizhi's eyebrows were dancing and he was talking loudly. He had forgotten to surprise Chen Caozhi. He only talked about the beauty of Jinling's landscape, and suddenly realized it when he saw the maid Zhang Tongyun left behind. Taking advantage of the crowd entering the palace to pay homage to Ji Zi, he signaled Chen Caozhi to follow the maid.
The maid pursed her lips and smiled and said, "Mr. Chen, please come with me." She turned around and left.
Chen Caozhi followed the maidservant around to the back of the temple and walked eastward on the ancient pine path.
Ran Sheng caught a glimpse of his brother Chen Caozhi's back and smiled slightly, his tall body blocking everyone's sight.
Over there, Lu Weirui and Zhang Tongyun were wandering under the green-calyx plum blossoms. Lu Weirui looked at the thousands of green-calyx white plums and couldn't help singing softly: "There are plums, but they are actually seven. I beg you, my common man, to be lucky." "There are plum blossoms, but they are actually three plum blossoms. Please beg me, a common man." Suddenly he stopped singing, and his pretty face turned red with embarrassment.
"The Book of Songs. Zhao Nan. Plum Blossoms" is a love poem, simple and fresh, clear and affectionate. The poem is about an unmarried girl showing off her beauty with mature plums, lamenting that time is fleeting, youth is hard to retain, and she longs for her beloved. The man hurriedly proposed to her. "Preface to Mao's Poems" said in this poem that "men and women are in time", and men and women in time mean marriage is in time.
Lu Weirui's face turned red and hot. She didn't understand why she suddenly sang this ancient song softly. She really didn't think about it, at least not now, but she sang it out loud. It was so embarrassing!
Zhang Tongyun smiled and quickly turned away. She heard the footsteps on the other side and whispered: "Wei Rui, your custard is here. I'll go back to the palace first." Without waiting for Lu Wei Rui's answer, she took a few A maid and a servant girl walked back and saw Chen Caozhi approaching with his big sleeves swinging, so they took shelter by the mountain road.
Chen Caozhi came up to him and bowed deeply. Zhang Tongyun returned the bow with his crotch folded, and passed by without saying a word.
Zhang Tongyun returned to Jizi Hall and waited in the quiet room in the back hall, asking the maid to help her rub her feet. Zhang Tongyun could not compare to Lu Weirui's hiking. It was quite hard after walking all morning. She faintly heard the cheerful voice of her husband Gu Kaizhi in the front hall. With a Jinling accent, I couldn’t help but sigh when I thought of the song "There Are Plums" sung by Wei Rui just now. Wei Rui is one year older than her. She is twenty this year and she is still waiting for Chen Langjun. It is really pitiful. ah.
Gu Kaizhi and others in the front hall remembered the sage Ji Zi and went out to enjoy the mountain scenery. Xie Daoyun did not see Chen Caozhi and felt slightly strange. He asked Ran Sheng: "Zisheng, where is your brother?"
Ran Sheng thought to himself: "Brother, of course, is going to see Miss Lu. It would be nice to let this lady of the Xie family see the closeness between brother and Miss Lu, so that she can give up." Then he pointed to the back of the palace and said, "My brother If you go over there, there must be a nice scenery, Zhu Yun, do you want to take a look?"
Xie Daoyun turned around and glanced at Xie Xuan. Xie Xuan was discussing with Gu Kaizhi which of the mountains and rivers in Jinling and Kuaiji was more beautiful. Xie Daoyun did not ask Xie Xuan to go with her. If she wanted to be friends with Chen Caozhi, she had to be friends with Chen Caozhi. Being friends, this is really difficult for Xie Daoyun, a woman. Men can tolerate each other's shortcomings when they are friends with men, but this is not the case when a woman is friends with men. Xie Daoyun admires Chen Caozhi, and as time goes by, she becomes more aware It is not an exaggeration to say that Chen Cao's character is beautiful and pure, and she can be relegated to an immortal. She can travel thousands of miles with Chen Cao, but it is difficult for her to do so with Gu Kaizhi and Liu Shangzhi. After all, she is Woman.
The path behind the palace slanted downward toward the east, and Xie Daoyunxin walked there. At this time, a red sun burst out from the eastern sky, the sun shone brightly, the light mist quickly dissipated, and the birds chirped in the forest, making it noisy.
Xie Daoyun walked in the rising spring sun, feeling a little happy in her heart. She felt happy in the mountains and forests of heaven, earth, mountains and forests. Well, she was free. She was not like ordinary women who obeyed their father at home and their husbands when they got married. She could work as an official and use her own talents.
With talent and learning, you can do what you want to do. For example, now, walking on the Songzhu Mountain Road, with brisk steps and no worries, it seems ordinary, but in fact, how many harem women can experience it? How many virtuous ladies in ancient times have taken care of their husbands and raised their children?
Then let me thank Daoyun for being independent for once, so what if I never marry for the rest of my life!
When Xie Daoyun saw Chen Caozhi's back under the white plum tree, he raised his voice and said, "Zizhong, have you come here to find seclusion?"
Before Chen Caozhi turned around, a maid suddenly appeared from under the old plum tree and looked at Xie Daoyun walking over in surprise, because Xie Daoyun did not speak in Luoyang accent just now, and it was clearly a woman's voice.
Xie Daoyun stopped immediately. She recognized this maid, and this maid had an unforgettable name. With a short hoe, Xie Daoyun's face suddenly burned, as if she had forced the monks to open the door of the main hall in Waguan Temple.
What he saw was the private meeting between Chen Caozhi and Lu Weirui in the palace. After that time, Xie Daoyun would never meet Chen Caozhi in women's clothing again.
Xie Daoyun quickly calmed down and thought of countermeasures. She saw Chen Caozhi turn around. Isn't it Lu Weirui standing pretty beside the plum tree? Lu Weirui's expression showed the shyness of being caught, and there was more in his black and white eyes.
What a surprise!
Chen Caozhi felt a little embarrassed and raised his hands: "Brother Yingtai, are you also here to appreciate the plum blossoms?"
Xie Daoyun said with a smile: "Bamboo is like a gentleman, and plum is like a beautiful woman. The bamboo and plum meet here. I am presumptuous enough to disturb you." He bowed to Chen Cao and then to Lu Weirui, then calmly turned around and left.
The short hoe looked at Xie Daoyun's thin back and murmured: "This Zhu Langjun is so strange. Why did his voice sound so like a woman's before?"
Chen Caozhi looked at Lu Weirui, who met him with clear eyes. Chen Caozhi asked with a smile: "Does Wei Rui find it strange too?"
Lu Weirui had seen this Zhu Yingtai four years ago in Taolin Xiaozhu outside Lion Rock. Later, she and Chen Caozhi met again when they visited Huqiu. She always felt that this Zhu Yingtai gave her a very strange feeling. Lu Weirui was very good.
The maidservant never scolded her when she got along with her, but the maidservant would never be presumptuous because of her kindness. They all sincerely respected and loved the little lady, but Lu Weirui had a bad impression of this Zhu Yingtai.
A few years later, Lu Weirui met Zhu Yingtai again in Waguan Temple. Zhu Yingtai and Chen Caozhi were arguing in front of the Empress Dowager and the King of Kuaiji. At that time, Lu Weirui was only paying attention to Chen Caozhi and watched Chen Langjun's elegant demeanor during the argument.
I felt indescribable joy in my heart, but after thinking about it, I had the same strange feeling towards Zhu Langjun who was arguing with Chen Langjun. Later I found out that Zhu Yingtai and Chen Caozhi were the principal and the deputy.
I went to Kuaiji to review Tuduan. I didn’t feel it until I saw it with my own eyes. But when I saw it, that strange feeling came again!
