Chapter Forty-Six: Idle Flowers Fall to the Ground and Listen to Silence
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The news of Fan Lou that night spread in the same way and in such a way that it was shocking at first, like ripples on the surface of the lake, was the news that He Junhao had retreated to the second place.
In the initial period of time, this news was more striking than who defeated him.
It's like Wellington who defeated Napoleon. Napoleon's fame is resounding all over the world, but the number of people who know Wellington is much less.
This was the case with what Chu Feng was facing.
It wasn't until the next day, after everyone recovered from the afterglow of He Junhao's defeat, that more details began to come into everyone's sight. For example, who defeated He Junhao? Who is Chu Feng? Why wasn't it known before? What is so good about his paintings? Is there any greasy in this judgment......
A series of questions began to emerge in people's field of vision, and a lot of information about Chu Feng was also scattered throughout the city of Tokyo like poplars in the spring breeze.
Of course, there are people who act quickly and react quickly. For example, I heard the news of Chu Feng yesterday, and I went to Fan's calligraphy and painting shop to see what those young men were.
But from the identity, it can be concluded that most of the people who went yesterday were people who had ordinary contacts with Xiao Ting and Xu Qing, and they were of the same class and had close contacts, so they got the first-hand news at the first time.
It's just that when those people stepped on the threshold of Fan's calligraphy and painting shop yesterday, Fan Yangming and Huang shopkeeper had already quarreled and left one after another, so they didn't realize what happened in the store after that.
And the other people in the store, such as Yan Chaofeng and the like. After recovering from the shock, he subconsciously thought that the proprietor and the shopkeeper must have known about such a big thing, so the whole news was suppressed in such an inexplicable situation. Until the matter of Fan Lou was separated by a whole day, and it was dusk in the afternoon of this day. It reached the ears of Fan Yangming and Shopkeeper Huang.
The two were a little puzzled, a little confused, and more shocked.
It is almost difficult to imagine such a figure. The night before yesterday, he became famous overnight, and the good story spread throughout the city of Tokyo, and the next day he went to work as if nothing had happened. And on the third day, under the pretext of visiting the patient, he slowly opened his mouth in front of his eyes in the morning, and said some views and strategies on business without revealing anything. For a whole morning, he didn't even mention the matter of Fan Lou.
Fan Yangming still remembers his son. In the same seventeen years old. After he made his mark at a banquet in the city, he woke himself up in the middle of the night with a happy third watch, and couldn't wait to tell himself the news.
At the same age, why is his son so frivolous and uncomposed, and this Chu Feng ...... The reaction to the words "overnight success" is also too simple and casual.
Fan Yangming could barely comprehend. also maintained this feeling, as well as the yellow shopkeeper and ...... Xiao Ting and others.
Sitting in the carriage of the carriage, Xiao Ting watched Lao Zhang climb the ladder. took down the plaque of "Lu Mansion", and sighed slightly in his heart.
The sigh is not because of disappointment. It's not because he's been waiting here for too long, but Xiao Ting suddenly feels that he can't catch Chu Feng.
Since he was a child, he has been mixed up in the circle of the second generation of Tokyo city officials, and I have to say that in fact, Xiao Ting has seen a lot of people, all kinds of people.
Obsessed with power, obsessed with materialism, obsessed with women, obsessed with fame...... All these people are obsessed at the same time. will carry a lot of weaknesses that come with this obsession. What Xiao Ting is good at is to grasp these weaknesses, and then turn them into his "friends" for his own use.
I have to say that he does have some talent in this area.
But Chu Feng is a ...... His indifference to fame and fortune. Is it real, or is it fake?
If it's true, then this person is too scary. If it's pretended, and it's pretended to be so realistic, it's even more terrifying.
Xiao Ting's heart was full of all kinds of questions and complicated emotions, and in this not very airy carriage, he was slightly bored waiting.
"Xiao Langjun, I'm really sorry." Lao Zhang sent the plaque back to the courtyard, and when he came out again, he found that the carriage was still parked there, so he felt a little embarrassed, and stepped forward and said respectfully, "I thought that Chu Langjun would come back after going to Fan's Mansion, but now it looks like it is estimated that there is a delay, and it has made you wait for so long." ”
"It's okay, it's okay to leave and right, it's not bad to be idle here." Xiao Ting held a book of poetry in his hand and pretended to be, but in the past two hours, no matter how hard he tried to calm down, he still couldn't really read it.
Xiao Ting smiled, still elegant and reserved.
Lao Zhang saw that the other party still had no intention of leaving, so he scratched his head and said honestly: "Otherwise, you better go in and wait, the two gentlemen are playing chess, and it won't affect anything." ”
If it was in the past, being able to enter the room and get close to a character like Mr. Lu would naturally be something that Xiao Ting was willing to do. But now, his mind was in turmoil, and he was in the mood to interact with people, so he smiled and declined.
Lao Zhang didn't quite understand Xiao Ting's thoughts, since he could sit in the courtyard and enjoy the coolness, why was he still stuffy in the carriage? But the other party insisted on this, so he had to scratch his head and retreat.
Of course, he didn't understand that for a person like Xiao Ting, it was impossible to interact with people casually. In his life, every word must be carefully considered, and every person he sees must be prepared, otherwise, it will be his mistake.
I have to say that people like him live very tired. But often, it will also live beautifully.
Just when Xiao Ting was about to give up waiting, Chu Feng, who was carrying two small paper bags, walked in from the mouth of the alley unhurriedly. I said hello to the neighbor next door who was pouring water, and asked a few trivial things with a smile.
Xiao Ting looked at the incomparably amiable and indifferent figure at the same time, sighed softly in his heart, got out of the carriage, and straightened his clothes.
Chu Feng saw Xiao Ting from a distance and was slightly stunned. Hurriedly walked two steps to meet him, and Nahan asked, "Why is Brother Xiao here?" Oh, did you come to see Mr. Bunduan? ”
"I'm looking for you." Xiao Ting smiled kindly, stepped forward and patted Chu Feng's shoulder very naturally, and said with a smile like a spring wind: "Hey, I'm here to make amends to you." ”
"Reparations?" Chu Feng became more and more puzzled. I don't understand where Xiao Ting's "crime" is.
"Did someone find you yesterday at the end of Fan's Calligraphy and Painting Shop, hey, those are some of my friends in the past day, and I haven't seen them once for a long time. It's just that after the incident in Fan Lou, some of the people who climbed the mountain together that day couldn't help but say some right and wrong outside with joy. To put it bluntly, Brother Chu, you should be able to understand this state of mind, after all, a place like Tokyo City looks prosperous and lively. But what actually happened was just a little bit of a story, and it wasn't really interesting. ”
Xiao Ting said with a smile: "All kinds of things on the eve of Fan Lou are a rare experience for most of us. Some of my friends, who I saw on the mountain that day, will inevitably make a big fuss about it. Hehe, in the city of Tokyo, you can meet the protagonist who is famous for something. It's all something worth showing off. So, some people can't help but make a big splash...... You said at the time that you were doing things at Fan's Calligraphy and Painting Shop......"
Chu Feng smiled and raised his hand. stopped Xiao Ting's words, shook his head and said, "I thought it was a big deal, but it turned out that it was such a small thing." Although I, Chu Feng, have not seen much of the world, I still won't care about this kind of thing. And I understand that if someone wants to find me. Sooner or later, you can find it by any means. This kind of thing has nothing to do with those Langjun sons and sons that day, Brother Xiao is really too worried. ”
Xiao Ting listened, and made a long-breathing movement, as if he was relaxed. smiled: "Brother Chu, I really didn't misunderstand you, you are really a person who can be friends!" Rest assured, I will never tell anyone about the place where you live now. The friends of this place do not know, I have already instructed the coachman not to leak the news. Of course, if something really goes wrong in the future and someone finds here, you and the two gentlemen can go to live in another industry outside our Xiao family city for a while, and try to be quiet. ”
Xiao Ting said, and added: "Of course, if you have nothing to do, you can go at any time." ”
"Thank you in advance." Chu Feng responded with a smile.
At this time, Lao Zhang heard the voice in the courtyard, opened the door and came out to look, and saw the two gossiping at the door, so he couldn't help scratching his head and said: "What's wrong with the two Langjun today, don't they go into the courtyard one by one?" ”
"Haha! Brother Chu, if you really don't blame me, can you go out to eat and drink with me? Xiao Tinglang laughed.
At this point, Chu Feng naturally couldn't shirk it, so he had to nod and smile: "You can accompany you here, but if you really get drunk, you will fall asleep immediately...... Brother Zhang, this is the mung bean cake that Xiao Liuzi said, let's eat some to relieve the Xia Department. Brother Xiao, I just bought two packs, if you don't think this thing is meager, just take it. ”
Xiao Ting subconsciously took it, looked at the words "Xue Ji" branded on the paper cloth bag, and was slightly stunned for a while: "Brother Chu, why do you still buy these things by yourself?" Especially at this time......"
"Huh?" Chu Feng didn't understand what Xiao Ting meant, and only smiled, "In the afternoon, I met a friend from Hangzhou City, who happened to be over there in Dongshi, anyway, there was nothing to do, so I walked around casually." I heard a little guy in our family say that this family's mung bean cake is very famous, so I bought some back. Why, listening to Brother Xiao's meaning, could it be that there is something else to say about this mung bean cake? ”
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Of course, mung bean cake will not say anything.
In fact, the mung bean cake of Higashi Xue Kee is indeed famous in the entire city of Tokyo.
The reason why Xiao Ting was slightly stunned was not because of the mung bean cake itself, but because of Chu Feng's behavior of buying mung bean cake by himself.
The son of a big family, when he sees the state of ordinary little people's lives, there will always be many things that he can't understand.
For example, why Chu Feng only wears cloth clothes and no silk, and why Chu Feng rarely uses his own carriage when he goes out, and now he has to add ...... Why did Chu Feng go to the East Market to buy mung bean cakes in person, instead of letting his subordinates buy them.
In Xiao Ting's opinion, standing on the street like a woman and a child queuing up to buy some kind of food may not make him scoff, but it does make him quite incomprehensible.
On the slightly swaying carriage, Xiao Ting secretly looked at Chu Feng in the afterglow of the sunset, and couldn't help admiring his handsomeness on the one hand, and feeling more and more unable to see through this person on the other hand.
Of course, all of this is the most natural thing for Chu.
The carriage staggered and came to a wine shop in the West Market, with only a small shop on the first floor and seven or eight tables, which did not look lively.
"Don't look at the small size of this store, the osmanthus duck made is a must. I don't bring much other people to this place, it's a feng shui treasure that I found myself, and now it's just you and me, so I came here. ”
Xiao Ting was afraid that Chu Feng would dislike the shabby here, so he explained with a smile first.
Chu Feng naturally didn't care about this kind of thing, compared to that kind of magnificent restaurant, he liked this kind of small wine shop with a slanted wine flag.
"Shopkeeper, an osmanthus duck, a jar of wine, and a set of eight small plates. If I drink and forget to order again, you can just look at it, and don't make my distinguished guest feel left out. Xiao Ting said hello to the shopkeeper familiarly, and came out one by one without looking at the food brand.
"It turned out to be Xiao Langjun! Please sit inside. A few days ago, I happened to leave a jar of good wine, and I guess you are about to come to enjoy it, and I have never dared to sell it to others. I'll get it for you! ”
The shopkeeper is a middle-aged man in his forties and fifties, with a greasy apron tied around his waist, acting as a shopkeeper and a cook on the other.
At this time, there were not many guests, except for Chu Feng and the others, there were only two tables of guests.
Xiao Ting took Chu Feng to the corner, stopped by a window, pointed to the scenery outside the window and said with a smile: "Brother Chu, look at the scenery outside, it is not worthy of the sentence 'The fragrance of the evening flowers has not diminished, and the diseased leaves of the sycamore have fallen silently'." ”
Chu Feng followed Xiao Ting's point and looked, and sure enough, he saw that the scenery outside the window was quite interesting.
This is the corner of a wine shop, and on one side is the backyard of the wine store's own house, which has a rather thick plane tree. And in another window opposite the 90-degree angle, but I don't know where it is connected, there is a lotus pond in the eye, at this time it is just open, and it is moving under the light of the sunset.
The windows are crimson wooden windows, with some half-old traces, but at this time, they are like the frames of old paintings, but they show a unique charm.
One window, one painting. It's really interesting.
Xiao Ting saw the admiration on Chu Feng's face, and couldn't help but smile proudly: "I heard that Lu Fangweng's "Summer Night" was written in this place. Of course, some people say that the shopkeeper of this wine shop is elegant and elegant, but as far as I know, this shopkeeper doesn't know a few big characters, so I'm afraid it will be difficult to make up such a story. ”
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It's rare to get together with classmates and friends from college, and I came back late, and I spread it late.
I always feel that no matter how good the world is, the world is similar and impermanent.
There is no such advice as doing and cherishing, just sighing and embracing life is enough.
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