For a long time after that, Mr. Gu Chuan and Mr. De were editing the history of the Round Pagoda family.

Rizhao Village is a new land opened up by a group of people of the same clan who came out of Sunset City.

Judging from the history compiled by Mr. De, Sunset City was originally a new land opened up by immigrants from far away. However, that was already a matter of many solar terms, and when converted into the calendar that Gu Chuan was familiar with, it might be enough for hundreds of years.

The Round Tower family was one of the original founders of Sunset City in that long history. It is said that the ancestors of the Round Tower family arrived in this land and led their gang to build the original residence, so until now, the Round Tower family has also controlled most of the buildings in Sunset City.

Mr. De's draft states that more than half of the design of the inner city came directly or indirectly from the Round Tower family, and that the iconic sundial tower was also built by the Round Tower family.

"Didn't the Round Tower family master the lifeblood of the entire inner city of Sunset City, from water supply and drainage to the rest of the underground pipes, from small paths to secret passages that no one knew about, and even included the instructions of the Sundial Tower for work and rest."

Gu Chuan couldn't help but ask.

At that time, the doors, windows, and curtains were drawn, and the room was dark. Gu Chuan asked Mr. Guo De if this was for secrecy. Mr. De said how could it be for secrecy! He said it didn't make any sense, but it would be reassuring to do it.

"You're talking about folk speculation from a long time ago, and you're right." Mr. De, who also learned from the old man of Sunset City, continued, "But all prosperity cannot be eternal. According to the information I have, the power of the Yuanta family was divided during the Third Twilight War. This split is the part I'm about to write about. ”

In this central division of the Round Pagoda family, the maintenance of the Sundial Pagoda was transferred to the newly established Council, and the absolute monopoly of the Round Pagoda family over the building was also said to be "bad" by the unique crown of Sunset City. So in one day, the private engineering contractors rose one after another, and the round tower family did not regain its original grandeur.

The draft of the history of the founding of the city that Mr. De is writing says that the Yuanta family has mastered a special technique that allows them to easily make stones glued together, which makes Gu Chuan curious:

"How do you do that by freely controlling stones, or helping to burn bricks?"

"Nobody knows. We think this technology should also be for the function of some rare treasure. ”

Mr. Tak replied.

"The construction process of the Round Pagoda Family will never be seen by anyone outside the clan, and the Round Pagoda Family has never lent or publicly used any rare treasures."

As long as you don't get your hands on a strange thing, it's hard to know exactly what kind of technology it looks like.

"But there are so many people involved in construction projects, and it's impossible for everyone to keep secrets, right? Someone is going to leak it, right? Gu Chuan turned another page of Mr. De's draft, confused.

"First of all, the Yuanta family has rarely done outside work, and the most recent one was twelve solar terms ago, the end of the Sixth Dusk War. Secondly, Ogawa, Sunset City's common law protects copyrights and prohibits leaks, do you understand what that means? ”

"I don't quite understand."

"If your leak is confirmed by the family, the family has the right to put you to death in the street. This is the infamous law of infinite retribution. ”

These words startled Gu Chuan, he didn't know much about the laws of Sunset City, and he didn't know that it was so strict.

Mr. De continued:

"Finally, there are some gossip rumors, which are true, but whether they are true or not, whether they are false or not, no one knows. As long as the Yuanta family doesn't announce it, who can determine the inside story based on gossip? The capital of each family is those secret technologies, if these technologies are known by everyone, then the family's business will be shaken at all, and they are no different from ordinary small families. ”

"I see."

The young man replied worriedly.

At that time, a few rainflakes were floating outside the window. The faintly visible mountain disappeared into the drizzle. The huge river was followed by a series of splashes. Sunset City has reached the solar term of light rain.

In this drizzly season, there are many annoying realities. For example, if his body is drenched in rain, Gu Chuan can't help but want to take a hot bath like in his previous life.

However, there is no bathhouse in the rented house, so you can only go to the public bath on the street.

A few days later, Gu Chuan returned to Mr. De's house after a visit with an old soldier. Mrs. Tak is helping Mr. Tak write a letter to the inner city. As soon as Gu Chuan came, she covered up this letter.

Gu Chuan knew that there was a confidentiality requirement for this letter, and he did not doubt it, but when he found that Mr. De had gone out, he asked:

"Sir, where have you been, ma'am?"

Madame De's face was not good-looking. She raised her head and said quietly:

"There is a salon in Shanghuai, and Mr. De rushed to the salon. You shouldn't be back today, didn't he have anything for you? ”

Gu Chuan shook his head.

Mrs. De considered it and said:

"That's a holiday. You go first, I'll be the master, and today's work will not be deducted. ”

Shanghuai is the inner city. Access to the inner city is more than ten times tighter than that of the outer city, and citizen authentication is required. Gu Chuan's current identity will never be able to enter.

"That's fine, ma'am, my half day is just connected with tomorrow's rest."

Gu Chuan said with a smile.

This person who looks young on the outside and seems to be young in heart walks much faster. I don't know if it's arranged by God, but coincidences will always collide together.

When he returned to the rented house, Yuhua was leaning against the window, frowning and looking at the wind and rain.

"Yuhua!"

He screamed downstairs and waved to her.

"You can rest too!"

The young girl opened her eyes wide and looked at the people under the window, who were also smiling and looking back at her. In the pouring rain, the man was as happy as if she had no of the many troubles she had encountered in the city. Suddenly, she was a little embarrassed and turned her head.

Gu Chuan ran upstairs, opened the door, took off his raincoat, and saw Yuhua pretending to be careless in arranging flowers.

"Where did you bring this plant from?"

He approached Yuhua's side, and a good smell made Yuhua bow her head.

The girl replied in a mosquito-thin voice:

"My teacher had some potted plants that I didn't use, so I brought them back and put them on the window, thinking about making this place look better."

Her mind is delicate, and she has always wanted to dress up the temporary residence of her fellow villagers beautifully, and Gu Chuan knows it.

"Then you really have a heart."

He exclaimed heartily.

Yuhua's head was lowered, and there was a strange silence and silence...... It's just not lively anymore.

At that time, Gu Chuan's attention was attracted by the potted plant in Yuhua's hand. In the eyes of this traveler, everything in this world is new. He had never seen such a flower, so he asked:

"What kind of flower is this?"

It was a large green leaf, with a few small yellow flowers blooming here and there.

"This is a small pothos flower, which only blooms in a plateau far away from Rizhao Village, and was very sought after by the nobles of Sunset City in the past.

Yuhua lowered her head and finished speaking, silent for a long time.

She raised her head, but saw Gu Chuan sitting on the other side, staring at her with straight eyes. She was taken aback:

"What's wrong?"

Gu Chuan didn't answer, but only asked:

"Lately, how are you doing? I always feel like your mind is heavy. ”

Four out of ten people no longer live here and live in their employer's home. Now there are only six people left who still live here, the river bank, pebbles, rain flowers, mountain peaches, dew, and him.

Yuhua didn't know how to answer, but said:

"It's okay."

"Your teacher or your classmates didn't bully you, did they?"

Classmate is a somewhat strange word, and Yuhua is roughly understood as the meaning of an apprentice who works and learns together.

She laughed:

"No, that's not it! None of them! I think life in Sunset City is still very good. ”

"What's so good?"

The young man was still uneasy, and spoke clumsily as if it were a forced question. As he spoke, he took out a change of clothes and a large soft cloth, put it in a bag, and said that he was going to take a shower in the public bathhouse on the street.

"Fortunately, ......" Yuhua didn't know what to say, her eyes looked at the gray and muffled wall outside the window, and she just said, "You said a word, saying that life in the city is glamorous...... I guess that's what it is. ”

There are no hot springs in the so-called public baths, and individual bathing is a high-cost service, which is generally a large bath boiled with river water, and there is basically no time limit for a few people during the day.

By the time he had returned to his lodgings in dry clothes and neatly through the long corridors of the overlapping buildings, the girls had finished preparing dinner.

It's just that the young people have a tradition of eating together, and if there is one less person, they are not ready to start a group.

"Hasn't the riverbank come back yet?"

"He didn't come back."

Yamamoto replied.

The rest of the people were silent, unprepared to eat, and didn't seem to hear the question. This phenomenon made Gu Chuan puzzled.

It's been a long time since he's been so quiet with everyone, or rather, it's been a long time since he's been carefully observing the people around him, and he's not keeping track of the changes in the young people around him.

"You don't seem to like to talk anymore, did someone keep your mouth shut!"

He said with teeth and claws. Shan Tao and Yuhua laughed and explained:

"I'm thinking about a lot of things that I encountered during the day, and I was tired from working during the day."

"Then let's eat first, just leave one for the riverbank, and everyone rest early."

Gu Chuan said again.

No one refuted either.

But when they ran out of food and were ready to rest, the riverbank did not return.

It was extremely dark, but no matter how dark it was outside Sunset City, there were human voices.

Gu Chuan leaned against the window, and through the faint light, he could see that at night in Sunset City, there were many drunken men crying and falling to the ground. The rain hit these homeless people and soaked the ground.

"Won't Riverbank go drinking too?"

Gu Chuan suddenly thought.

"He wasn't that kind of person...... However, he may have been taken by his master and colleague and then drunk. He guessed.

Until he couldn't bear the sleepiness anymore, the riverbank didn't come back.

I don't know how late it was, and what time it was, Gu Chuan, who was half asleep, suddenly heard the sound of drizzle, and turned to the sound of opening the door in a carefully suppressed manner. He awoke at once, looked up, and saw a staggering old figure leaning against the wall in the darkness.

"Riverside ......"

The riverbank leaned against the wall for a long time, he didn't make any sound, he didn't eat anything, and Gu Chuan reminded him in a whisper, but he didn't reply. Until salty tears passed his lips, and he suddenly fell to his bed, and his soul was languishing, like a pillar that had fallen and had been crushed to pieces.

"What happened?"

Gu Chuan's shop is next to the riverbank.

"Nothing."

At that time, the river bank said.

"Haha, it's okay, tell me, maybe tell me, something good will happen?"

Gu Chuan preached patiently.

But the riverbank remained silent.

"Do you think your life is not good right now?"

Gu Chuan asked him.

The riverbank seemed to fall into a stiff, near-comatose state. He was silent for a long time, and the sound of the rain outside became rapid again, and kept beating against the window, so that he woke up, and his eyes shone horribly in the darkness, and he said in a loud voice that had broken his throat:

"In Sunset City, if you have money, you are respected, and if you don't have money, you are not respected...... Why is that? ”

Then the sound became quieter, smaller than the afternoon rain:

"I don't quite understand that...... I'm going to sleep, I'm sorry, Chuan. ”

Gu Chuan couldn't answer his question, and he didn't know what was going on on the riverbank.

He didn't ask either.

The experience of the river bank must be different from Gu Chuan's. There must also be incomprehensible differences in the sensitive heart of every young man.

He only said:

"And what do you think of now?"