Chapter 11 Taibai Courtyard
Seeing that both of them turned their eyes to themselves, Xiyun's cheeks turned red, and she was also complacent in her heart, guessing riddles, it was difficult for her, the annual Lantern Festival was her favorite day, because she could show her strengths and win back many gifts.
Xiyun chose the door on the right hand side near the big maple tree, and saw the words "Taibai Courtyard" hanging on the door, she looked at the wooden sign, which read, "The wind goes and comes, and the geese in front of the peak are slanting." She thought for a while, then raised her eyebrows and said: "The 'wind' is removed from the remaining 'few', and 'again' goes in to become 'phoenix'; 'in front of the peak' is the mountain, 'geese walking' is the shape of the word 'human', the word 'person' oblique becomes a single person, and the 'goose in front of the peak' becomes the word 'immortal'." Therefore, the answer to the mystery is 'Impatiens'. ”
As before, she wrote the note and placed it on the door or window. Footsteps sounded inside the door, and the same footsteps slowly faded away. In a short time, when the footsteps sounded again, the door opened from the inside. It was a little monk who opened the door to them, and the little monk led them in front and led them in.
This side is completely different from the "Songyue Temple" just now, the entrance is a curved arch bridge, I saw a two-story house in the middle of the opposite side of the bridge, surrounded by a high platform standing in the water, just outside the small river, it seems to be connected with this, Xiyun saw the building surrounded by water for the first time, or on this high mountain, I can't help but be a little amazed.
After getting off the bridge, the little monk took them directly into the room. Xiyun saw an old man with white hair sitting cross-legged on the collapse, he was holding a tea bowl and tasting tea, after the three of them entered the door, they took a look and continued to taste tea, and did not mean to get up. He said, "You may be seated. ”
There are four comb-backed chairs in front of the couch and a small square table between the two chairs. Xiao Jingyu and the man in scarlet clothes were not polite, they each found a seat and sat down. Xiyun, who was standing in the middle, was a little embarrassed, she didn't know whether it was better to sit or stand.
"Little girl, please sit down too." Hearing the old man speak, Xiyun, who was standing hesitant in the middle, hurriedly sat down next to Xiao Jingyu, and the man in scarlet clothes sitting opposite seemed to be dissatisfied with her choice, and was frowning at her.
Xiyun wanted to sit down, but found that the old man had been looking at her just now. She wondered if there was something on her face, and she couldn't help but touch her cheek. Before she could speak, she heard the old man speak again.
"The answer to this mystery was guessed by the little girl." This is not an inquiry, but an affirmative. Xiyun was a little surprised, among the three people, she was dressed in the costume of a servant, and she was the most ordinary. It wouldn't be her. With a puzzled look, she glanced at the old man, and saw that on the old man's coffee table, there was a note she had just written.
"The words on this are handsome and delicate." The old man said again, and Xiyun suddenly turned pale, and it turned out that it was it that showed its face. I think it was just before the little monk opened the door, coming and going, and he took the note to the old man, and only then opened the door to them.
Xiyun got up and replied, "It's the little girl." ”
The bearded old man nodded with satisfaction. Xiyun looked at this old man compared to the white-haired old man of "Songyue Courtyard", his body was thinner and his demeanor was softer, but both of them were in good spirits.
"It's been a long time since anyone has visited, so it's time to be lively." The old man seemed to be talking to himself, and made three bowls of tea himself, and the little monk stepped forward and brought the tea to Xiyun and them one by one. Xiyun picked up the tea bowl, the tea bowl is an ordinary style, the tea in the bowl is bright, she tasted it lightly, and a bitter taste spread from the tip of her tongue, and then it slowly returned to sweetness, good tea, she thought. She secretly glanced at Xiao Jingyu, but she couldn't see any change in his expression.
"Good tea." The man in scarlet clothes opened his mouth and praised, and then asked, "I don't understand something, why there are puzzles in the four courtyards." ”
"These riddles are a precedent at the beginning of the establishment of the 'cherry blossom viewing party', but they are just for fun."
"Yayoi, you should lead a few donors to enjoy the flowers."
When the little monk standing beside the old man heard the old man call him, he answered and said to Xiyun and the others, "Three donors, please come with me." ”
Seeing that the old man was drinking tea by himself again, the three of them got up to say goodbye and followed Yayoi out. Xiyun thought about it, these two old men should be hermits stationed in the hospital, she didn't know their names, and even Liu Rencheng didn't know their identities.
Because, every time a hermit settles in, he will not tell anyone his real name, nor will he say who it is, and no one will ask their name, the hermit who lives here. So, it's like an unwritten contract.
The three of them followed Yayoi to the right side of the house, there is also a curved arch bridge on the right, after the bridge, it is a semi-circular doorway, out of the doorway, against the wall is a straight corridor, along the corridor to the end, you can see a few white 'Taibai cherry trees', under the cherry trees is a round flower bed made of stones.
Xiyun and the others approached to take a closer look, these are large, white single-layer petals, white cherry blossoms, no pink delicate, no red semi-delicate, pure and beautiful.
Xiyun looked at the white figure standing under the tree, as if he was the white cherry blossom illusion, he stood there quietly, Xiyun was a little swaying, she wanted to come forward to hug that figure, at this time, he seemed so lonely.
There was a trace of pain in her forehead, Xiyun came back to her senses from the fantasy, there was still a white figure in front of her, only the snort of the man in scarlet clothes approaching, blowing on her face, looking at her with some strange eyes, Xiyun suddenly became alarmed, thinking, this guy will not be lighthearted.
In the next second, the man in scarlet clothes straightened up and said, "You are too short, it is a little difficult to talk to you." With that, he walked out on his own.
Xiyun puffed out his cheeks, hurriedly stepped forward, walked in front of the man, turned his head and snorted at him, glared at him fiercely, and said in his heart, it was not enough to flick her forehead with his fingers, and said that she was short, where was she short, and the yin and yin were that they were too tall.
Xiao Jingyu was a little disappointed, there was no one he was looking for here, so he couldn't help but feel a little restless, and he didn't want to watch, so he stayed for a while, and then turned around and walked outside.
Xiyun ignored the man in scarlet clothes and hurriedly wanted to catch up with Xiao Jingyu. She has always been paying attention to Xiao Jingyu, from the 'Songyue Courtyard' just now to the current 'Taibai Courtyard', he didn't say a word, and seemed to be full of concerns. However, in the face of Xiao Jingyu, she couldn't speak, and she didn't know what to say, so every time the words came to her mouth, she held back. Because, she was afraid that she would dislike him, and that he would alienate herself because of it.
The man in scarlet looked at the small figure that disappeared in front of him, and for the first time he had a feeling of loss, just now he actually wanted to kiss it, and he himself was not white, why. However, fortunately he didn't do that, and everyone with yin eyes could see it, and her eager eyes on the man in white were almost all on that person.
However, all this is not undecided, just like his own fate. At this time, the scarlet-clothed man's eyes were full of fighting spirit, he couldn't admit defeat, he had to wait until the day when she was willing.