Zhangzhu crossed the high threshold and stepped into the long-lost home.

This tree, this house, is still the way it is in memory. The Hong family has been entrenched here for a few years and has not changed much here. From the main entrance, you will cross a gently flowing stream that is a stream of living water from the back garden that winds its way to the front yard and then from the southeast corner to the outside into the river.

The creek is shallow, and the figure of the palm beads can be reflected. When you get off the bluestone bridge, you will see a red-painted two-story heavy building. The Hong family used to be the maiden family of the noble concubine, and it is said that they acted in a very high-profile manner, and it is not surprising that all the buildings were painted in eye-catching vermilion, and a plaque was hung between the two-story buildings, with two big characters "Chonghua" written on it. When this heavy building was still surnamed Xie, it was black painted, and it was not called Chonghua, but called "Mingde".

The two of them went to the heavy building, the whole building had been locked, Yuan Zhen didn't have the key here, so she had to sigh: "I'm sorry, I can't let her go in and have a walk." ”

Zhangzhu shook his head and said, "You don't need to apologize to me. Mingde Building was not inhabited before, there is a landscape painting in the main hall room below, which is the manuscript of Emperor Taizong, and it is the treasure of our Xie family's town, but I am afraid that it is no longer in that house. ”

"It's not impossible for you to get that painting back, it's just going to take some work."

"The painting was given to my great-grandfather by Emperor Taizong, and according to my father, it was a congratulatory gift from my great-grandfather on his fiftieth birthday." Being able to get the emperor's imperial pen, such a courtesy is extremely high, which shows how important the Xie family's status in the court was.

Yuan Zhen said: "I remember the first time I came to your house, I saw it, and it was indeed a good painting. "It's just that I don't know where I've fallen now.

They couldn't enter this heavy building, so they had to bypass this building and go to other courtyards, the General's Mansion covers an area as large as a few acres of land, and it is the most prosperous existence of Dagongfang. But now the building is empty. What was once prosperous has become history.

Zhangzhu followed Yuan Zhen to the main courtyard of the General's Mansion, which is the courtyard where the eldest uncle lives, the Hong family has just moved away, and the yard is not buried by the wild grass, and the pots of blooming flowers seem to tell that a few months ago it was still a splendid place.

The front room can't be entered, but a few rooms are not locked, and the furnishings in the house are messy, and it seems that the Hong family is in a hurry when they leave.

Zhangzhu tried hard to recall what these houses were like in her memory, and she described them to Yuanzhen one by one: "This is the house where my second sister once lived, her female red is very good, and the patterns are very vivid, I envy her craftsmanship, but unfortunately I have not been able to learn." I remember that there was a large embroidery stand on the east wall, and the shelf was stretched with white silk, and various colors of silk threads were neatly arranged on the side. The second sister sat on the embroidery pier here and bowed her head to embroider. As soon as you close your eyes, the scenes of the past seem to be playing out at this moment.

Zhangzhu's second sister got married when she was six years old in Yuanjia, and the second sister married not far away, in the capital. When the Xie case came out, the second sister's family did not escape, and it is said that the second sister hanged herself. Her second brother-in-law and nephew did not survive.

Out of the courtyard on the eldest uncle's side, Zhangzhu took Yuanzhen to see his father's former study, but because his father was a military general, he was rarely at home, and the study was used by Seventh Brother. The sycamore tree in the courtyard outside the study has grown a lot taller, and Zhangzhu remembers that it was under this sycamore tree that the seventh brother taught her Xie Jiaquan.

"For as long as I can remember, this plane tree has been very tall, and after some years, it has grown a lot taller. When I saw this tree, I remembered how naughty I used to be, and my seventh brother......"

The seventh brother of Zhangzhu is Yuan Zhen who has met a few times, and he is a good young man, but unfortunately he did not escape the family change in the end.

Out of the study, Zhangzhu took Yuanzhen to the yard where his parents lived, his mother Xu likes chrysanthemums, this yard is the most gorgeous when there are more than 30 kinds of chrysanthemums, fifty or sixty pots of flowers compete to bloom how lively.

In the eighth year of Yuanjia, the chrysanthemums bloomed the best that year. My mother has been waiting for my father to come back, but unfortunately I have not been able to wait for my father back. Thinking of this, the palms and eyes turned red, and he didn't shed tears.

She took Yuanzhen to the Baoxiang Pavilion where she lived, and the red magnolia outside the Baoxiang Pavilion had already passed the flowering period, and she hadn't enjoyed the flowers once since she planted it.

She moved from her parents' yard to live alone when she was ten years old.

There is no lockdown here, but the room has already seemed empty, looking at the desertion, the palm beads are a little emotional. She stood under the window and watched as the Treasure Pavilion had already become empty. There used to be a lot of bottles and cans on this shelf, and there were a lot of books, but now there is not even a shadow, and the dust has fallen.

Yuan Zhen hugged the palm bead from behind: "I will try to make it change back to its original appearance and return your former home." ”

Zhangzhu turned around and looked at Yuan Zhen in amazement: "What did you say?" Did you get here? ”

"Almost, I have a way to get this place back. This was originally your home, and I want you to come back here. ”

Zhangzhu was surprised: "Will it really come back?" ”

"Yes, definitely." Yuan Zhen's words were so gentle, he kissed Zhangzhu's forehead softly, and Zhangzhu stared at him in disbelief.

"You don't believe I have what it takes?"

"No, no." Zhangzhu hurriedly shook her head, can the former general's mansion really return to her hands?

"After you buy it, let people clean it up, and you can live with Ruolan, this is originally your home."

Zhangzhu thought of Ruolan, she nodded and said, "I'll take you to see the house where Ruolan lived." ”

Chu Yuanzhen followed Fu Zhangzhu all over the General's Mansion, and finally Zhangzhu took Yuanzhen to the back garden, and she saw the ancient well next to the lilac tree. The ancient well was where my mother jumped when she was desperate, and now it has been sealed with a large stone slab. Fortunately, Yuan Zhen didn't let her mother soak in the cold well water for too long.

Zhangzhu secretly wiped the corners of her eyes, and she said to Yuan Zhen: "You go to the bamboo house over there to find a hoe." ”

Yuan Zhen went quickly, and then he got a hoe from the bamboo house. He didn't know what the palm beads were going to do, but the palm beads were digging under the lilac tree.

"What are you going to dig, I'll help you." Yuan Zhen took the initiative to step forward.

Zhangzhu declined his help, and dug vigorously with his hoe, and soon a small pit appeared, and a small wooden box was buried in the pit. Zhangzhu took out the wooden box with great dignity.

With the passage of time and the soaking of rain, the lacquer color on the wooden box has long been mottled. Zhangzhu opened the box, and there was a bound booklet inside, which had not been eroded much, but the paper was intact and the handwriting was clear.