The inside of the old Yulou is also very old.
For example, the beams and walls that have taken off the paint.
But inside it was clean, but not tidy.
Those passing gardens may be because Shang Di has not lived here for a long time. There are no flowers that bloom in the summer season in the gardens, but the weeds grow very well.
If Shisanniang Xiao was here, she would feel distressed to death seeing those grassy gardens.
If Wanxizhai's disciples lived here... there wouldn't be pretty flowers in these gardens either, they would turn into, well, leeks!
Or cabbage.
Even become rice fields.
Li Chen'an thought of those female disciples of Wanxi Zhai, and suddenly showed a smile.
The bluestone corridor is very clean, and the trees on both sides of the corridor are also growing wantonly because they have not been pruned, so some branches came into the road, Qiu Ju carefully lifted those branches in front, let Li Chenan and others able to pass more easily.
"The owner said that there is no need to trim it, because... because the owner said that he would return to Guangling in a few days. The old Yulou...he said that 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 puzzled by this, but Li Chenan doesn't care.
"Brother Shang wants to sell this house?"
"The servant doesn't know either, it's just... just that I still feel a little bit reluctant."
"The slave was bought by the owner from the tooth shop when he was five years old, along with Chunlan, Xia He and Dongmei... I remember living here for more than a year, and it was my second home in my heart."
Qiu Ju walked all the way, feeling a little sad all 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."
"In the spring of that year, 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, and when the winter snow falls...there are plums reflecting the snow in the corners of the yard."
"After we went to Guangling City, we found out that the Patriarch has a bigger and more beautiful home on Peach Blossom Island."
"Of course, we also like it very much. Thinking about it now, maybe it's because Peach Blossom Island is more open and refreshing."
"And here... here, after all, it's a bit suppressed."
Li Chenan watched from side to side, but didn't feel depressed at all, thinking that these girls should have grown up, knew about the things between Shang Di and Fan Taohua, understood the meaning of looking at things and thinking about others, and also understood the old rain The meaning in the three words Lou, so 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 bears the old relationship that has been cut and messed up for decades.
For Shang Di, it is a cage.
He knew it well, that's why he went to Guangling and got the Peach Blossom Island.
It's just that the peach blossom island was another cage that imprisoned him, because of the peach blossoms on that island!
He jumped from one cage into another bigger one... Was he really trying to escape when he left the capital?
This thought just flashed through Li Chenan's mind, and Qiu Ju led them into the inner courtyard.
"Mr. Li, Miss San, please sit down for a while, and this servant will go and invite the Patriarch up."
Before Qiu Ju finished speaking, a loud voice sounded from the second floor of the main building
"Hahahaha, no wonder the magpie on the branch keeps calling, waking up my brother from his dream, so it's my brother who has arrived!"
Li Chenan looked up, "Brother, it has delayed your sleep!"
Shang Di waved his hand, "Brother is already in his sixties, in a few days, if he goes to that coffin, he will sleep till the end of time!"
"Wait for me to come down, Qiu Ju, go get some tea... take that pot of Shouzhou Huangya!"
...
...
There is a towering big-leaf banyan in the corner of the old Yulou main courtyard.
It covers the world like a huge umbrella, giving the world a rare coolness in the heat.
It also gave many cicadas a comfortable home.
The chirping of cicadas did not stop.
But neither Shang Di nor Li Chenan felt irritable because of the cicadas.
Shang Di carefully brewed the new pot of tea, Li Chenan and Zhongli Ruoshui sat beside the old tea table, and Amu and Jian Wu stood behind them.
"This tea was given to Liang Manman by a tea merchant from Shuzhou."
Shang Di poured a cup of tea for Li Chenan and Zhongli Ruoshui, and said, "I heard Liang Manman sing in Yihonglou last night, so she gave it to me as a gift... She said it was thanks to the song "Tianjingsha"."
Shang Di also 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 this pot of tea to the old man, she said, if you are here If you have time in Kyoto, please go to Yihonglou to sit down."
Li Chenan rubbed his nose in embarrassment, "Let's look at this matter later."
"Well, my brother also knows that you must have many important things to do when you come to Kyoto."
After saying this, he turned his head to look at Zhongli Ruoshui, with a doting look on his face, "How is the old lady?"
Zhongli Ruoshui stood up, said a blessing respectfully, and replied, "Grandma is very good...Grandma still likes the song you composed for "Tianjingsha" very much."
"It's just, it's just that grandma thinks that song is a little, a little sad."
"Her old man also said a word at that time."
Shang Di was taken aback, and asked, "What did she say?"
"She said... she is a warrior after all, she listened to the piano through the window that day, although she is from Yilian, she is not a bosom friend!"
Shangdi was silent.
serve tea.
Haven't drank for a long time.
Li Chenan raised his eyes and looked, of course he also understood the meaning of Mrs. Fan's words——
There is such a sentence in "Tianjingsha"
"Struggle like no dream, it was really a reunion at that time.
Who likes to listen to the piano through the window?
The person leaning on the curtain is a bosom friend, a word from then to now. "
Shang Di blew on the hot tea, took a sip, and put down the cup.
"That day, I was playing the piano in Guiyanlou, because she was next door."
"A sentence from then to now... She said that sentence through the window after listening to the piece I played."
"She said... In the dusk of the spring rain, the sound of the zither lingered on the beams and brought back the swallows. Although she didn't understand what it meant, it seemed very powerful, but it was not as good as the sound of swords, guns, swords and halberds."
"Qin and sword Jianghu, but Jianghu only talks about swords, not playing piano!"
Shang Di stroked his long beard, his complexion darkened, but after a while he smiled, "She's right!"
"The rivers and lakes only talk about swords, not playing the piano."
"Qin can only add to the fun, but it can't kill people, especially in this troubled world."
"I didn't understand the meaning of these words until I got older..." Shang Di looked at Li Chen'an, "Just like what you said when you were at the South Gate, you are a scholar who is useless!"
"So I started practicing martial arts again."
"Don't talk about the past, try this tea, why are you here in the old Yulou today?"
Li Chenan took a sip of tea, didn't bring up Wen Xiaowan's matter for the time being, but smiled wryly, "Actually, not all scholars are useless."
"Brother understands, but how many merchants are there in the world?"
"How many of the meat-eaters seek to protect the country?"
"How many people are responsible for protecting the world?"
"How many students are studying for the peace of the world?"
"It's just like my brother played the piano before, just to smile for the Bojia people. Why did he ever think about reading to convey the truth, and playing the piano to cultivate his character?"
"There are countless people in the world who deceive themselves, there are countless people who fool the people, there are countless people who exercise power, and there are countless people who steal the country..."
"Of course there is sobriety in the world, but...the road is as difficult and dangerous as going up to the blue sky. You will know it later."
Li Chenan pondered for a moment and nodded, because what Shang Di said was the current situation of Ningguo.
Of course, this shit still had little to do with him in his opinion.
He didn't have the lofty ideal of turning the tide and helping the building to collapse. He still just wanted to earn more money and gradually build up his own power, so that he and Zhongli Ruoshui could live happily every day in the future. That's all.
"Today, there is really one thing."
"What is it?"
"Wen Xiaowan is missing, I suspect she was kidnapped to Kyoto by the Ichthyosaur Society!"