Chapter 49
Gu Shaoqing took me to the Qinhuai River first, the liveliness in winter is not as lively as spring, and caught up with yesterday's snow, foggy afternoon river breeze is cool, looking down from the Zhenhuai Bridge, the day's flower boat cruise is passing by. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
The Tang Dynasty poet Liu Yuxi once had a well-known nostalgic masterpiece "Wuyi Lane":
"The wild grass and flowers by the Vermilion Bird Bridge, the sunset at the mouth of Wuyi Alley.
In the old days, Wang Xie Tang Qianyan flew into the homes of ordinary people. ”
Due to its age, the Suzaku Bridge has long been gone, and the ruins are also elusive. On the Shangyuan Festival in the fifth year of the Republic of China, I followed the teacher to visit Qinhuai at night, and he once told me: Zhuque Bridge was built in the Dongwu period, because the Qinhuai River was in the south of the capital at that time, so it was named "Nanjin Bridge", which was 100 meters long. During the period of the Six Dynasties, the Qinhuai River had the famous "Twenty-four Voyages", and the Vermilion Bird Bridge was the most eye-catching of the twenty-four pontoon bridges. Just because it is connected to the boat as a bridge, if the war comes, the bridge body can be withdrawn immediately to cut off the cross-strait traffic and prevent the enemy from crossing the bridge. Because it was located in the south of Miyagi at that time, opposite to Suzaku Gate, it was called Suzaku Bridge. It is also rumored that during the Yang and Wu periods, Wang Xun was made to build a bridge here, because he was afraid that the flooding of the Qinhuai River would affect the residents on both sides, so he gave the bridge an interesting name "Zhenhuai Bridge", which means "to live in the Qinhuai River".
In the Song Dynasty, the craftsman built 16 big houses on the bridge, the history books record as 'covered bridge', the covered bridge was originally built to protect the wooden bridge body, later the tourists and the people came and went a lot, sheltered from the rain on rainy days, shaded the sun on sunny days, the time was long, the wooden bridge of the market gas was quite heavy and undertook its unique life value again. The years have inadvertently become obsolete, and the Suzaku Bridge has been destroyed and rebuilt several times, witnessing countless tragic wars.
I remember looking at the interesting stories of Qin Huai when I was a child, there is such a narrative: When Emperor Wu of Liang attacked Xiao Baojuan, the Marquis of Dongdu, Xiao Baojuan retreated to the Vermilion Bird Bridge, and he thought that he might be able to win the battle against the water, but he didn't expect to lose miserably in the end. After that battle, countless soldiers were killed and drowned. Later, when I grew up, I always heard the old people tell the children that because of its age, the Suzaku Bridge has often become a place where the head of the offender is to be displayed to the public, so it is better for the children not to go, otherwise they will be followed by the unjust spirits in the river.
This is probably nonsense, the Qing dynasty Chen Wenshu has already written a poem "Vermilion Bird Bridge":
"The weeds and streams are beautiful and cool at night, and the residue is still said to be Jin Xiankang
There is no ruins in the north of the bridge, where is the twenty-fourth voyage of the year? ”
The bridge was long gone, so where did you find the slightest trace?
Liu Yuxi's "Wuyi Lane" has allowed countless benevolent people in later generations to reminisce about the old things, but it is just a mulberry feeling, and reminiscing about the past is just a rehash of the old things, leaving generosity in vain. Qinhuai's water waves turn slightly, how many stories are left here, and how many can be remembered by future generations?
I looked sideways at the person next to me with bright eyebrows, and then looked up at the gray sky, remembering the situation of lying on the bridge with Haizhu and shouting with the crowd that day, I was annoyed that he was nosy and pulled me away without seeing the Oiran, but in an instant I followed him to the teahouse to make up for the regret, but it was more real than the crowded people on the bridge. Sometimes I don't think about it, if he hadn't pulled me at the time, or if I hadn't thought about apologizing later, we might have had a different experience, but before this thought was over, he had already measured his head and asked me with a smile: "Why do you want to be so quiet?" It's getting quieter and quieter now, and I remember seeing you in the spring was very noisy. ”
I giggled and said, "How can I be very noisy, everyone was noisy that day, everyone yelled, why did you see me noisy and screaming?" After asking like this, I blushed a little, isn't this like being ashamed to chase after people and ask thousands of girls like the world, why do you like stupid questions like me? Scolding yourself at the moment, Liu Hanzhao, you are really getting more and more shameless.
I only heard the man snort, as if he was laughing, and a deep voice sounded in his ears: "It turns out that our Ah Zhao is thinking about such a big question, then I might as well give you a solemn answer."
I hurriedly shook my head, and said while covering my ears with my hands: "I don't listen, I don't listen, senior brother, look over there!" This is supposed to be a method of delaying the war, but it does not make this finger really point me to an acquaintance.
Uncle He, who hadn't seen him for a few days, walked from the other side of the bridge energetically with neat hair.
How do you look at that look, how can there be an illusion of meeting a lover. I turned my head to look at Gu Shaoqing, and saw that he was also confused, so I relieved my heart.
"Shaoqing, Han Zhao, I never thought it was really you. I had tea with a few friends in the teahouse opposite, and they said that you took a little girl to watch the scenery on the bridge for a long time, at first I didn't believe it, I didn't think it was really you. How about it, will you follow me to meet those buddies? ”
Senior brother glanced at me and said with a smile: "I won't go today, just another day." Finally, Ah Zhao and Ah Zhao took time to relax, and they had to go to the southern suburbs for a walk. You accompany them on my behalf, and I'll invite you to drink another day. "He knows that those people are all difficult masters, if they go with Uncle He, they will definitely have to make today's arrangements, and I don't want to have more contact with Uncle He
It's just that Uncle He is not a grinding master on weekdays, and now that he heard Gu Shaoqing say this, he should have agreed and left. I saw that there seemed to be a hesitation between his eyebrows, and sure enough, after a while, He Shutong still slowly persuaded: "Shaoqing, there is Commander Wang's son in this group of people today. Even if you don't want to see them rarely, you might as well meet them yourself. I really can't do it, I'll arrange for someone to send her back first. ”
I was surprised, this was a half-joking and half-joking invitation, but seeing Gu Shaoqing's serious appearance when he heard the last words, I didn't know how to react.
His eyes looked unfathomable under the low sky, like the pool of water in an ancient well, so quiet that there was not the slightest ripple. In a moment of lightning, I was stunned to remember that Shike and my sister had asked me the same thing: "Do you really know Gu Shaoqing?" ”
Do I know my brother, I was also asking myself the same question, but in a flash, I thought, just a meeting between friends, why did I have unwarranted weird thoughts, maybe really important friends? But in his heart, his intuition told him that he still had something to say.
Sure enough, after a moment of silence, Gu Shaoqing decided to ask someone to escort me back, and went to see the son of Commander Wang that Uncle He said in his mouth. Before leaving, he only said: "Ah Zhao, I'm really sorry, I have asked him many times for this person, but I haven't had the opportunity to meet him, and I will meet him today, but I can't tell you the reason." You go back first, and I'll look for you in the evening. I'll tell you then. ”