Jing Huang noticed Jing Long's eyes looking at the window, his expression moved, and he immediately looked behind him!

But outside the window behind her, there was nothing but a non-stop torrential rain.

Not to mention that the rain still has no stopping momentum, it is now broad daylight, but the rising sun is completely obscured by layers of thick clouds, and it looks like it is no different from night.

Beishan Jinghuang doesn't like the night. This is just the opposite of his brother Jinglong, who has a bit of a literary temperament. She remembers that when her brother was a child, he liked the book of poems by Kenji Miyazawa in his grandfather's study, and he would choose to write later, which may have something to do with his experience at that time.

"Jinghuang ......" At this time, Jinglong walked up, grabbed Jinghuang's hand, and said, "Hurry up......

"I'd like to stay here for a while."

"Just come with me!"

Jing Huang found that Jing Long's expression became quite urgent, and before he had time to think about anything, he was forcibly pulled out of the room by his brother and walked out of the door.

Jing Huang rarely remembers that his brother Jing Long would be in such an emotion. He is a very gentle person, and this is also due to his youthful temperament. Since he was a child, he has loved the books of writers such as Yasunari Kawabata, Ryunosuke Akutagawa, and Yukio Mishima. Jing Huang, on the contrary, only likes to read "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Journey to the West" since she was a child, and she is not interested in most of the books of local Japanese writers. The only Japanese writer she admires, Haruki Murakami, is one of the most unJapanese writers, and her favorite work is Murakami's recent work "Assassination of the Knight Commander".

As everyone knows...... Yasunari Kawabata, Ryunosuke Akutagawa, and Yukio Mishima, what these three have in common is ...... All of them committed suicide. Suicide is often seen as an aesthetic art deformity in Japan, and it still has a high suicide rate today. She once learned about the lives of writers who committed suicide because of her brother's influence, but she was never able to understand the reasons for their suicides. Yasunari Kawabata, in particular, was opposed to the suicides of Akutagawa and Mishima, and even won the Nobel Prize before he committed suicide.

Afterward...... As she grew older, she gradually discovered one thing. It seems that everyone in this family has inherited this yearning for the aesthetics of death in their bones, including Aunt Koeda. And Aunt Koeda's favorite writer during her lifetime was Yukio Mishima. To this day, Jinghuang still remembers the book "Kinkakuji" that is always placed at the head of the bed in Aunt Koeda's bedroom.

Kitayama Koe, a woman, has always longed for death. It was only after Aunt Koeda's death that she realized this fact. In other words, everyone in this family has this yearning for death in their bones. For Kitayama Yukie, death is never a question of survival or destruction, but of time and means. However, while raising herself, perhaps she began to change her mind.

To this day, she still doesn't understand how this deep-rooted suicide complex in Japan came about.

Just as she turned a hallway, she suddenly stopped.

"Jinghuang?" Beishan Jinglong turned his head and looked at his sister Jinghuang in confusion.

At the corner of a corridor in front, about ten meters away, there is a door that leads to the back door.

"I'll come back later."

There happened to be a bathroom on one side of this corridor, and Jinglong thought that his sister was going to go to the bathroom, so he said, "Then come over quickly." ”

"Hmm."

Beishan Jinghuang walked into this corridor.

This corridor ...... She couldn't do it without being impressed.

The memories of those years began to sting her a little bit.

"Jinghuang, I've made the arrangements. You are waiting for me tonight under the persimmon tree at the back door, I have already prepared your passport and visa for you, and I will take you out of this country. I'm not going to be a shrine maiden anymore. ”

That night, Aunt Koeda died.

It was only later that she learned that her aunt had been trying to kill herself. She has always pursued a perfect suicide, and in this regard, she is particularly favored by Yukio Mishima. At that time, before Yukio Mishima died, he spent several months in advance to formulate his suicide plan, and performed a very traditional Japanese seppuku ceremony, and found the wrong person in advance. Aunt Koeda intended to emulate Yukio Mishima, and when she was young, she conceived a number of specific suicide plans in detail, and some of them were implemented, but in the end they did not succeed.

Ironically, when she finally died, it was not because of suicide. On the contrary, at that time, she had a strong desire to survive. She died when she wanted to live the most.

Little by little, she walked to the back door of the hallway. At that time, she had a hunch that if she opened the back door, she might see Aunt Koeda under the persimmon tree.

This kind of thing sounds ridiculous.

If you talk to others, maybe everyone will think she is crazy.

However, she still remembers it clearly. Yesterday, when she was hiding under the grass, she felt the sensation of being touched on her shoulder.

She came to the back door, reached out, turned the doorknob, and slowly pushed it open......

……

"Who is your favorite Sengoku period figure?"

"Sen no Rikyu...... bar. ”

"Huh?" Ming Chenyan, who asked the question, only felt a little stunned.

It was Qin Ziyuan who answered his question.

This is a room with a classical Japanese style, and in front of you is a screen painted with ukiyo-e. Frankly speaking, if you see a few katana swords here, or armor from the Warring States Period, it won't make Mo Yuan feel strange.

Looking at the ukiyo-e in front of him, it also reminded Ming Chenhiko of some of the history of Japan's Warring States mentioned to him by his teacher when he was learning Japanese. For the average Chinese, most of the understanding of Japan's Warring States history comes from games and Taiga dramas.

"Who is Sen no Rikyu?" Guo Wenxuan was stunned, and he had no impression of the name. The only thing he knew about Japan's Warring States was Oda Nobunaga.

Qin Ziyuan replied: "A tea ceremony master in the Azuchi-Momoyama era is known as one of the three great craftsmen in the world. But it's a pity that he angered Sekibai Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and was asked to commit suicide by seppuku. ”

Guo Wenxuan smacked his lips and said, "Then ......"

But before they could ask anything, a sliding door suddenly opened behind the screen, and then they saw a figure walking behind the screen.

"I also like Rikyu. By the way, Rikyu is not only one of the three great craftsmen, but also the first craftsman in the world. The name Rikyu was bestowed by the Emperor himself. ”

On the other side of the screen, a gentle female voice came out, and it was Mandarin that was full of words.

"May I ask ......" Akitahiko immediately said in Japanese, "Mrs. Karomura?" ”

"Actually, Rikyu could have been immortal."

However, the woman behind the screen answered the question.

"Maybe you Chinese don't understand very well. For Guan Bai, who was powerful all over the world at that time, a septuagenarian who cooked tea did not threaten his power at all. However, as the master of the tea ceremony with the highest reputation in the world, his arrogance touched the humble Toyotomi Hideyoshi. With his reputation, if he is willing to completely surrender to Guan Bai, he will not be reduced to a situation where he must die. For him, however, life is never above his aesthetic pursuits. So, Rikyū can also be said to be suicidal. ”

Qin Ziyuan was stunned.

Although the topic was raised because of them, he had a vague feeling that these words would also be part of the clue to life.

"The reason why I appreciate Rikyu is the same." Qin Ziyuan muttered: "But if I change places, I will never make the same choice as him." How could a powerless tea ceremony master compete with Sekihaku Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the first person in the world. ”

"Then why do you still admire him so much?"

"It's because he can do it and I can't do it, that I appreciate it."

Qin Ziyuan thought in his heart, just like my admiration and longing for Fang Han.

"Do you appreciate Rikyu's choice to commit suicide because of this?" Qin Ziyuan continued to ask.

The person behind the screen...... It's Karo Scarlet Village. When she heard this, she remembered the previous generation of shrine maidens Kitayama Koe that she had been serving.

She knew very well that for a long time, Yukieda had longed for death.

Died inside this shrine.

Then, it resides here permanently.

At this time, Beishan Jinghuang opened the back door.

Under the persimmon tree outside......

No one was there.

With a bitter expression, she was about to close the door, when suddenly, she looked under the door.

There was a rain-soaked book stained with red blood.

This book is impressive - Yukio Mishima's "Kinkakuji"!