Chapter 14: The Dark Fragrance Lingers

Like the living room, the same color of carved Nanmu doors and windows in the compartment has a dark red texture, which is the color of the accumulated years. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"Excuse me, is that room occupied?"

"Back to Ai Gongzi, it was a study, and there were only bookcases, tables and chairs in the room, and no one lived in it."

I casually stopped a maid who was holding a flower pot in both hands and asked, but the result was a little unsatisfactory.

"Can I go in and take a look?"

"Of course, Ai Gongzi is the most honored guest, and the lord has long instructed not to hinder the personal freedom of the guests today, but ......"

"But what?" I hurriedly asked.

"The lotus pond next to the rockery in the backyard is planted with the master's favorite 'water ripple golden autumn', if the son picks it at will, the master will probably blame."

After saying this, the maid walked away with the pot of flowers. It was a potted gardenia, the buds were tightly closed, and the green leaves that matched the buds were densely covered with water beads, and it looked like they had just been watered.

I gently pushed open the wooden door of the cubicle, and since my uncle and father were next door, I didn't dare to make too much noise.

"Brother Ai, since this is the case, the marriage between Qingyangxian's nephew and the little daughter Xuanyan is decided! Ha ha. ”

Yes, right here. The owner of those eyes was standing where I was standing at this moment, only a curtain and a window away, peeking at the three people in the living room just now. We can also hear our conversation clearly.

"Who is it? Who would be peeking here. ”

Suddenly, I smelled a scent, a familiar smell, but for a moment I couldn't remember where.

On the shady side of the room, there is a back door, which allows you to enjoy the spring garden behind the room. I think that my uncle usually dances and paints in this room, and then walks out of this back door to enjoy the beauty of the garden, which is also a special taste, why didn't our family make good use of this design?

But fortunately, I didn't, otherwise I would have been peeked at by others when I was taking a bath in Crystal Lake, which was always inconvenient and unelegant.

Stepping into the back garden is like stepping on a giant chessboard. The blue-gray bricks under his feet are moistened in this shade. The delicate moss in the brick cracks, criss-crossing each other, paints a natural chess game.

People can't bear to step on it when they see it, for fear of destroying the thoughts of the "chess player".

In the center of this "chess game", there is a forest of rockeries and strange stones, and through these, you can see that the emerald green bamboo branches are surrounded by stones.

It seems that you have to pass through this rockery to enjoy the scenery inside.

It's also strange to say that I, who had been walking along the path, actually walked into a dead end. The road in front of you has been blocked by a rockery, could it be that you took the wrong road at the fork in the road just now?

After returning the way I came, I finally found the right direction.

The lotus pond that the maid spoke of appeared in front of my eyes.

The pool, which is about the size of the living room, is covered with golden lotus flowers like autumn chrysanthemums, and it is known as the "golden autumn of water ripples".

The lotus flower, out of the mud but not stained, clear ripples but not demons, is a symbol of holiness. In particular, this golden lotus flower of "water ripples in golden autumn" is a Buddhist sacred relic that goes hand in hand with the purple bamboo, which is called "purple qi Lingyun".

Find comfort in the purple bamboo forest, and the lotus pond is like this. That's what we're talking about.

"Wait, that's ...... Purple bamboo? ”

In the middle of the pond, in the surrounding land, there are three bamboos, with tall stems and green leaves, which are exactly the ones I saw on the periphery of the rockery.

However, the leaves of these three bamboos are as green as ever, and the bamboo trunks are strangely purple. I have never seen the real purple bamboo, but I can conclude that this is the "purple air Lingyun" with the same name as the "Water Ripple Golden Autumn" - purple bamboo.

There is a festival before it has been unearthed, even if Lingyun is still modest. The spirit of bamboo has been sung through the ages.

The pond of the Shifu is geometric, and there are three bamboos, which is indeed extraordinary. The heritage of one of the nine tripods is not something that can be easily surpassed.

I found a strange place, around the pond under my feet, the ground was very wet, but no moss had grown.

"Even if there are people walking around and watching, there should be moss in the brick cracks! Don't...... Could it be that the bottom of this pond is completely empty? ”

Suddenly, a piano sound came from behind the rockery. I looked for the direction of the sound and walked over.

After bypassing the rockery and corridor, a two-story pavilion finally appeared in front of me.

The sound of the piano is bleak, and it is true that it comes from the second floor.

I walked downstairs and the wooden door of the room on the first floor was lightly closed. I touched it with my hand, and the door opened.

"Is anyone there?"

Just as my shouting ended, the sound came to an abrupt end. That curtain of acacia lingers in my ears alone.

And that smell, quite strong in this room.

Follow the stairs to the right of the pavilion and slowly walk into the second floor.

Compared with the first floor, the decoration of the second floor can be regarded as showing the real strength of Shi's from silk to clothing industry.

Every corner of the room is made up of brocade and satin. From the tablecloth to the bed curtain, it is immaculate.

In front of the window was a seven-stringed guqin, which should be the one the person used to play.

"Compared with the thirteenth string, the lyre is more suitable for the 'curtain acacia' song. The thirteen-string accent, the seven-stringed piano is more dependent on the mood of the Shi Qin people. It is not an exaggeration to call it a string thousand tones. ”

My tirade to myself looks weird, but it's not.

Under the large flower bed that sits against the west wall, a pair of delicate flower shoes lay flat there, and the curtains hung down. The person who played the piano just now should be lying in it at this time. Or maybe it's hiding there!

On the north side of the room, except for the staircase, the guqin, and the flower bed, an unfinished painting is placed on the bookcase.

Draw a man dressed in the costume of the Yuan Tan school proudly in the wind. It's the costume of the sect where the eldest brother belongs, and there are usually disciples of the Yuantan faction who go down the mountain to do errands, so I can still identify it.

The faces of the people in the strange painting are all blank. I smiled evilly and drew with my pen, filling in the gaps in the painting with my countenance.

Just as I was about to leave here, I accidentally saw the view of the lotus pond outside the building.

The rockery rocks are placed in a circle on the periphery, what are the three incense sticks?

"What? Is that Zizhu? It turned out to be exactly the same as Buddha incense. ”

The whole garden, from this angle, looks like a giant tripod. The three purple bamboos are the Buddha incense burning in the giant ding.

"Jiuding, is this legend true?"

Then I got out of here. With doubts, surprises, praises, and admiration for this place, only the painting I completed remained.

What I don't know is that this painting is a girl's fantasy of half of the future. My unintentional behavior unintentionally changed a fantasy, and unintentionally changed my lifelong bond with her.

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