Chapter 43 Ancient Music of Lijiang
In the courtyard, Zhu Houzhao and Feng Zhongyan discussed together, "Yes, maybe he only sees a part, he sees that his strength can defeat the troops in a corner of the Ming Dynasty, maybe he sees that the troops in these corners are not enough or the soldiers are not very strong, but he doesn't see that if the best troops of the entire Ming Dynasty are attacked with all their strength, or if they fight for a long time, he will not win." Feng Zhongyan said, "Yes, the war is together, the lives are just miserable, he will definitely not win, but the people here must have suffered heavy casualties, I heard that the Burmese soldiers are still very cruel, often use all kinds of torture to deal with prisoners of war, but also use very cruel methods to deal with the people." Speaking of this, Zhu Houzhao closed his eyes,
"If he chooses to attack Daming and seize the territories of the various Xuanwei Divisions of Daming, then there will definitely be no peace here." The swallow in the wind said,
"yes." Zhu Houzhao said, "Then what should we do now, Yan'er, what do you say, should we close the net first, if it is determined that the Donghu Dynasty in Myanmar is doing the blame, then we should collect the net first, no longer have to wait, clean up all the spies here, and then report to the local Tusi, the major propaganda envoys, and prepare for defense." Zhu Houzhao said, "Alas, is it better to wait, when the evidence is more conclusive, maybe the enemy will flee now, and maybe you won't get more accurate information, but you can decide everything yourself." "The swallow in the wind said,
"Alright then, I'll think about it again." Zhu Houzhao said,
"Let's go, Yan'er, let's go out for a walk." Zhu Houzhao said,
Zhu Houzhao and Feng Zhongyan walked on the streets of Lijiang, and the Sifang Street was still so prosperous.
Looking at those red buildings, walking on the stone streets, and people in various costumes walking around him from time to time, Zhu Houzhao felt very peaceful,
It's just that how long can this tranquility last, Zhu Houzhao sighed,
"Don't sigh, you have to come, no one can hide." The swallow in the wind said,
"Yan'er, I think you are stronger than me," Zhu Houzhao said, "No, when you really face things, you are not afraid at all, I heard them say that when you were fighting with Wara, you still rushed to the front to kill the enemy soldiers, you are not strong, I have always felt that you are very strong." "The swallow in the wind said,
"But I feel very helpless in the face of such a situation, I want the people here to be peaceful, I think the people over there don't have those ambitions, their ambitions are too big, if it continues, the whole south will enter the war, they won't win, but everything in front of them will be ruined." Zhu Houzhao said,
Feng Zhongyan watched people of all nationalities trading here on the street, many people bought things, many people sold things, and many children were laughing and running around.
Suddenly tears welled up in her eyes,
"Yan'er, what's wrong with you." Zhu Houzhao said in surprise,
"Lord, do you think that I am a hard-hearted person, when I think of war and killing, my heart will hurt, but what can I do, we can't dominate other people's thoughts, we can only calm down and face it." The swallow in the wind said,
"Well, none of us can control others, we can only try to do our own thing." Zhu Houzhao said,
It's raining, and the entire square street is shrouded in smoke and rain.
Zhu Houzhao and Feng Zhongyan hid under a teahouse, and they watched the people here dodging around.
This kind of scene makes everything look very vibrant,
Zhu Houzhao saw that some people were playing musical instruments in this teahouse at this time.
It happened to be raining, so Zhu Houzhao beckoned Feng Zhongyan to go up to the second floor and sat down by the window.
At this time, those elders began to play, and Zhu Houzhao slowly followed these music, and began to enter a lot of imaginary illusions.
Those music is played with a lot of ancient musical instruments, there are flutes, pipa, and gourd silk, anyway, these instruments are very heavy in national style, even the flute is different from the flute of the Han people.
Zhu Houzhao began to feel that this music was similar to the cave flute music he heard in some Taoist temples, but slowly, he heard a lot of different places.
In these music, it seems to contain a thousand years of vicissitudes and loneliness,
It seems that the ancient emotions of the nation under the snow-capped mountain are all in it, there is the tranquility of natural life, the sadness of meeting and parting, the happiness of men and women weaving, and the melancholy of birth, old age, sickness and death.
Unconsciously, Zhu Houzhao shed tears,
At the end of the song, Zhu Houzhao seemed to be still immersed in that song,
Immediately after another song, Zhu Houzhao woke up from that artistic conception, he picked up the tea and took a sip,
He saw that Yan in the wind was also there in a daze, "Yan'er, you also played your tune very well, how did you feel when you listened to this tune." Zhu Houzhao said,
"I am very moved, I want to live in this land forever, never fight and never mourn parting!" Feng Zhongyan said, "Well, yes, everything is so beautiful. Zhu Houzhao said,
At this time, it will be late, and in the twilight, the roofs of those red mansions look exceptionally warm in the twilight.
But when I think of this place as a place outside the world, I feel so lonely,
Such an ancient nation, in such a paradise, living carefree, is really happy,
Zhu Houzhao tightened the hand of the swallow in the wind, and at this time the rain outside also stopped.
"Let's go, let's go to dinner, and it's not okay to drink tea all the time." Zhu Houzhao said,
"I thought you were a fairy, you can just drink tea." The swallow in the wind smiled,
"What are we going to eat?" Walking on the street, Zhu Houzhao said,
At this time, they saw a very clean shop, opened by a husband and wife, and their signboard said "cross-bridge rice noodles",
"Cross the bridge rice noodles," Zhu Houzhao said, he hadn't heard of it, "Let's go, let's go eat," Zhu Houzhao said, "Okay, I'm also curious," Feng Zhongyan smiled,
They walked into the shop, and at this time, the owner of the shop greeted him politely, "Hello guest officer, welcome to our store, are you two eating our cross-bridge rice noodles?" "The boss said,
"yes, we want to know the origin of this cross-bridge rice noodle." Zhu Houzhao said,
"The story of this rice noodle across the bridge is romantic." The boss said,
"Oh, tell me about it." Zhu Houzhao said, "The story is very beautiful, according to legend, a Han Xianggong wants to catch the exam, he locked himself on an island in a lake, reads hard every day, and sees nothing, the lady is worried about his body, because this Xianggong reads the book, he forgets to sleep and eat, and makes his body very thin, and then this lady thinks of a way, that is, to send him good food, she thought of using a lot of good things to eat together, but the lady thought of what to do if it is sent to the cold, At this time, she thought of using the hot chicken soup to put it in the jar alone, and then took out the boiled rice noodles and dried them, and then put the chicken, eggs and other good things together, and when she sent it to Xianggong's study, she poured the hot chicken soup on those rice noodles, eggs, and chicken, at this time, the rice noodles are very delicious, and they are also very nourishing, because she has to cross the small bridge every day to deliver food, so this thing is called rice noodles across the bridge. ”