Jing Huang noticed Jing Long's eyes looking towards the window, his expression changed, and he immediately looked behind him!
However, outside the window behind her, there was only the non-stop rainstorm and nothing else.
Not to mention that the rain still shows no sign of letting up. It is obviously broad daylight, but the rising sun is completely blocked by layers of thick clouds, making it look no different from the night.
Kitayama Jinghuang doesn't like the dark night. This is exactly the opposite of her elder brother Jinglong, who has a bit of literary temperament. She remembers that when he was a child, his favorite was the book of poems by Miyazawa Kenji in his grandfather's study. He would later choose to write,
It may also have something to do with the experience at that time.
"Jing Huang..." At this time, Jing Long walked up, grabbed Jing Huang's hand, and said: "Hurry up and leave..."
"I want to stay here for a while."
"Just come with me!"
Jing Huang noticed that Jing Long's expression became rather urgent, and before he had time to think about anything, his brother forcibly pulled him out of the room and walked outside the door.
Jinghuang rarely remembers that his brother Jingryu would be in such a mood. He is a very gentle person, which is also caused by his literary temperament. Since childhood, he has liked Kawabata Yasunari, Akutagawa Ryunosuke, and Mishima.
Books by writers such as Yukio. On the contrary, Jinghuang has only liked reading "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Journey to the West" since she was a child, and is not interested in most books by Japanese writers. The only Japanese writer she admires is Haruki Murakami.
But he is a writer with the most un-Japanese style, and her favorite work is Murakami's recent work "Knight Leader".
As we all know...Kawabata Yasunari, Akutagawa Ryunosuke, and Mishima Yukio, what these three people have in common is...they all committed suicide. In Japan, suicide is often regarded as an aesthetically deformed art.
, to this day, Japan is still a country with a high suicide rate. Because of the influence of her brother, she once learned about the lives of writers who committed suicide, but she still could not understand the reasons for their suicide. Especially Kawabata Yasunari, who himself was opposed to
Akutagawa and Mishima's suicide behavior, even before he committed suicide, he had won the Nobel Prize.
Later... as she grew older, she gradually discovered something. It seemed that everyone in this family inherited this longing for the aesthetics of death, including Aunt Xingzhi. And Aunt Xingzhi's favorite writer during her lifetime
, it was Mishima Yukio. To this day, Jinghuang still remembers the book "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion" that was always placed beside the bed in Aunt Xingzhi's bedroom.
Kitayama Yukieda, a woman, has always longed for death. She only understood this fact after her aunt Yukieda died. In other words, everyone in this family has this yearning for death in their bones. For Kitayama Yukieda,
Death has never been a question of survival or destruction, but a question of when and how. But as she was raising herself, perhaps she began to change her mind.
To this day, she still doesn't understand how Japan's deep-rooted suicide complex came about.
Just as she turned around a corridor, she suddenly stopped.
"Jinghuang?" Beishan Jinglong turned around and looked at his sister Jinghuang in confusion.
At the corner of the corridor ahead, about ten meters away, there is a door leading to the back door.
"I'll come over in a minute."
There happened to be a restroom on one side of this corridor. Jinglong thought his sister was going to the restroom, so he said, "Then come here quickly."
"Um."
Beishan Jinghuang walked into this corridor.
This corridor...she couldn't help but be impressed.
The memories of that year began to sting her a little bit.
"Jinghuang, I have made arrangements. You wait for me under the persimmon tree by the back door tonight. I have already applied for your passport and visa. I will take you out of this country. I will never do it again.
A witch."
That night, Aunt Xingzhi passed away.
She only learned later that her aunt had always wanted to commit suicide. She had been pursuing a perfect suicide. At this point, she especially favored Mishima Yukio. Before his death, Mishima Yukio
, he spent several months in advance to formulate his suicide plan, and performed a very traditional Japanese ritual of seppuku, and found an intermediary in advance. Aunt Xingzhi intended to imitate Mishima Yukio.
, he conceived multiple specific suicide plans in detail and put them into practice, but they failed in the end.
Ironically, when she finally died, it was not because of suicide. On the contrary, at that time, she had a strong desire to survive. She died when she wanted to live the most.
She walked towards the back door of the corridor little by little. At that time, she had a hunch that if she opened the back door, she might see Aunt Xingzhi's figure under the persimmon tree.
This kind of thing sounds ridiculous.
If she told others, they might think she was crazy.
However, she still remembered clearly. Yesterday, when she was hiding under the grass, she felt someone touching her shoulder.
She came to the back door, stretched out her hand, turned the door handle, and then slowly pushed it open...
…
"Who is your favorite character from the Warring States Period?"
"Sen no Rikyu...let's do it."
"Ah?" Ming Chenyan who asked the question felt a little stunned.
The person who answered his question was Qin Ziyuan.
This is a room with quite Japanese classical characteristics, and in front of you is a screen painted with Ukiyo-e paintings. Frankly speaking, if you see a few samurai swords or armor from the Warring States Period here, it will not make Mo Yuan feel...
strangeness.
Looking at the ukiyo-e in front of me, Mingchenyan also remembered some of the history of Japan's Warring States Period that his teacher mentioned to him when he was learning Japanese. For the average Chinese, most of their understanding of the history of Japan's Warring States Period comes from
Games and river dramas.
"Who is Sen Rikyu?" Kuang Wenxuan was stunned and had no impression of this name. The only person he knew about Japan's Warring States Period was Oda Nobunaga.
Qin Ziyuan replied: "A tea ceremony master from the Azuchi Momoyama period was known as one of the three greatest craftsmen in the world. Unfortunately, he offended Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and was asked to commit suicide by committing seppuku."
Kuang Wenxuan smacked his lips and said, "Then..."
But before they could ask any more questions, a sliding door suddenly opened behind the screen, and then they saw a figure walking behind the screen.
"I also like Rikyu very much. By the way, Rikyu is not only one of the three great craftsmen, but also the best craftsman in the world. The title of Rikyu was given by the Emperor himself."
A gentle female voice came from across the screen, and what she said was actually Mandarin.
"Excuse me..." Ming Chenyan immediately said in Japanese: "Mrs. Femura Garo?"
"Actually, Rikyu could have survived."
However, the woman behind the screen did not answer the question.
"Perhaps you Chinese people don't understand it very well. For Guan Bai, who had all the power in the world at that time, a 70-year-old man who cooked tea was not the slightest threat to his power. However, as a tea ceremony master with the highest reputation in the world, he
His pride hurt the humble Toyotomi Hideyoshi. With his reputation, if he was willing to completely surrender to Guan Bai, he would not be reduced to a situation where he had to die. However, for him, life was never higher than his
Aesthetic pursuit. Therefore, Rikyu can also be said to have committed suicide."
Qin Ziyuan was stunned.
Although the topic started because of them, he had a vague feeling that these words might also be part of the clue to his livelihood?
"This is also the reason why I admire Rikyu." Qin Ziyuan murmured: "But in a different place, I will never make the same choice as him. How can a powerless tea ceremony master compete with the best person in the world?
Toyotomi Hideyoshi."
"Then why do you still admire him so much?"
"Just because he can do it and I can't, I appreciate it."
Qin Ziyuan was thinking in his heart, just like my admiration and admiration for Fang Han.
"Do you appreciate Li Xiu's choice to commit suicide because of this?" Qin Ziyuan continued to ask.
The person behind the screen... was none other than Himura Karo. When she heard these words, she remembered the former miko Kitayama Yukieda whom she had been serving.
She knew very well that Xingzhi had longed for death for a long time.
Died in this shrine.
Then, stay here forever.
At this time, Beishan Jinghuang opened the back door.
Under the persimmon tree outside...
No one is there.
She showed a bitter expression and was about to close the door. Suddenly, she looked under the door.
There was a book soaked by the rain, but stained with bright red blood.
This book is surprisingly - "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion" by Yukio Mishima!
