At eight o'clock in Copenhagen, the sky is still dark, after entering the city, the old buildings gradually increase, the mottled wall tiles are either gray or red, and the roofs are mostly paved with red west tiles, in the hazy weather to build a classical dream, but the trees born in the houses have long been shaken off the residual leaves, only a cold branch remains, it seems lonely and bleak.

Xie Minyun slowly drove through the streets of Copenhagen according to the navigation, this ancient city is full of palaces and castles, sculptures and stone monuments can be seen everywhere, and you can see the cultural relics-like buildings as far as the eye can see, it seems to be the fairytale kingdom written by Hans Christian Andersen, a beautiful and melancholy atmosphere runs through the city, the bronze statue of the mermaid by the silent harbor is covered with patina, and the handsome prince has long become a dry bone. The dim morning light could not warm the old streets, and the pedestrians on both sides of the road were sparse, wrapped in coats and woolen hats, and they walked in the cold wind, past one colorful masonry attic after another.

Cheng Mo quietly watched history flow in front of his eyes through the window, and felt a rare sense of grandeur.

Bai Xiuxiu, who was sitting in the front row, changed her snarky yesterday and sat elegantly in the co-pilot with her eyes closed, until Xie Minyun drove for more than half an hour and asked Cheng Mo, "How long is it until you arrive", she opened her eyes.

Generally speaking, no matter where Bai Xiuxiu is, others take the initiative to talk to her, but today Cheng Mo and Xie Minyun didn't talk to her, but they didn't snub her, Xie Minyun drove intently, Cheng Mo looked at the street scene while pointing the way, and the two of them didn't chat, which made Bai Xiuxiu a little embarrassed in the harmonious silence of the two.

If it were the other two people sitting in the car in the past, Bai Xiuxiu would definitely be able to calm down and be at ease, but in the past two days, her temper is not as peaceful as usual, especially when facing Cheng Mo, she is even more mean.

Of course, Bai Xiuxiu's meanness is actually very restrained, but it is just a little inconsistent with her own usual light-hearted speech and demeanor.

At this moment, Bai Xiuxiu sat in the seat and tried her best to suppress her urge to speak, just now she couldn't help it after pretending to sleep for more than half an hour before she found a chance to pretend to wake up, and when she heard Cheng Mo say that it would take about half an hour to go, Bai Xiuxiu frowned lightly, looked at Cheng Mo in the rearview mirror and said in the tone of an elder: "Why do you have to visit the cemetery if you have nothing to do?" This is not a good sign for us Chinese people.....

After all, in Europe, cemeteries are adjacent to neighborhoods, many of which are even in the center of the city, and in Europe, the opposite of China, houses built next to cemeteries tend to sell very expensive, because Westerners think it will bring good luck. Cheng Mo said.

"I don't feel the need to waste a few hours visiting the cemetery for such reasons. Bai Xiuxiu said as indifferently as possible, so that her tone was not as high as yesterday.

"Of course not, I wanted to go to Atherston Cemetery mainly to pay tribute to someone. Cheng Mo said.

"Who are you going to see?" Andersen?" Bai Xiuxiu didn't have any opinion on Cheng Mo's desire to visit the cemetery, but just wanted to stir up a topic to break the silence, so she asked with interest.

Cheng Mo did not immediately deny it, but said: "Speaking of Andersen, Hans Christian Andersen is also an interesting character, he and the character I want to pay tribute to have the same tragic fate, but it is diametrically opposed, and it really confirms the sentence 'Happy people are the same, but unfortunate people have their own misfortunes'......."

As a road idiot, Xie Minyun was afraid of missing the intersection, and had been staring at the road ahead seriously and solemnly, but at this time, he couldn't help but interject and said, "Do you want to pay tribute to Kierkegaard?"

Cheng Mo said "um": "Andersen and Kierkegaard were the pioneers of the greatest Danish culture in the nineteenth century, one was a master of literature and the other was a master of philosophy. One to the left, writing dark and eternal fairy tales for children and adults, and the other to the right, creating existentialism and raising love to the level of religion with his whole life...."

Of course, Andersen Bai Xiuxiu knew that although she had only read the illustration collection of "Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales" when she was a child, it did not prevent her from knowing that Andersen actually wrote a lot of travelogues, poems, and plays, and his attainments were very high, but unfortunately most people only remembered the fairy tales he wrote.

Remember "The Ugly Duckling", remember "The Pea Princess", remember "The Daughter of the Sea", remember "Thumbelina", remember "The Little Match Girl", and of course, remember the most famous emperor in the history of literature - the stupid emperor without clothes.

But few people can read the broad, cold, existential despair of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales.

Bai Xiuxiu doesn't like Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales, because Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales are not fairy tales at all. As for Kierkegaard, Bai Xiuxiu is not even familiar with this name, and when she heard Xie Minyun directly say who Cheng Mo wanted to pay tribute to, this tacit understanding made Bai Xiuxiu not want to speak again, even if Cheng Mo threw a stalk that made her very curious - "Kierkegaard used his whole life to raise love to the height of religion", Bai Xiuxiu just looked at the street scene outside the windshield and was silent.

No one answered the question and continued to speak, so the Grand Cherokee fell into a subtle silence again, until Xie Minyun drove the car to the parking lot of Atherston National Cemetery.

After turning off the fire, Bai Xiuxiu said lazily: "If you want to visit, just go to the two of you, my 'sun' is still far away from the two of you, so don't get in the way." ”

Cheng Mo, who was about to get out of the car, stopped opening the door, looked back at Bai Xiuxiu and said, "Chairman Bai, since you're here, let's go and have a look!" ”

Bai Xiuxiu clasped her hands to her chest and said lightly: "I don't believe in fairy tales, nor do I love philosophy, forget it." ”

Cheng Mo persuaded with a sincere expression: "But the lives of Hans Christian Andersen and Kierkegaard are really interesting, and it is good to listen to the story and understand it!"

Bai Xiuxiu was about to refuse again, but at this time, Xie Minyun directly turned out the fire, and then pulled out the key and turned to Bai Xiuxiu and said: "Instructor Bai, it will be boring to sit alone in the car, it is better to walk together and listen to what kind of story Cheng Mo wants to have with you." ”

Obviously, Xie Minyun knew what Cheng Mo wanted to say, but Xie Minyun's face still had expectation written on it, which made Bai Xiuxiu's curiosity swelled up again, and when he was hesitating, Xie Minyun whispered again: "Taking a walk in the park during your period will make your mood happy." ”

Bai Xiuxiu didn't expect Xie Minyun to be able to see this, so she didn't say more, smiled, picked up the scarf that was resting on the co-pilot's decorative board, and after wrapping it up, she picked up her coat and pulled the car door and got out of the car.

Xie Minyun got out of the car and locked the car door, and the three of them walked towards the cemetery, the cemeteries in Europe and the United States are completely different from the Chinese cemetery, the Chinese cemetery pays attention to feng shui and specifications, and the funeral customs in Europe and the United States are derived from Christianity, the cemetery layout is no different from the park, and even the ashes of many celebrities are directly stored in the church, such as Westminster Abbey, or the main church in the center of the city in a small place, even the floor is paved with sarcophagus, which is a bug for Chinese people, but if you want not to step on the territory of the dead, there is no way to visit the church。

Not only is the floor taboo, but the sarcophagus of the sage is often stored in the church, and it can be said that there are no bodies of one or two historical celebrities in the church, and it is not a well-known cathedral at all.

For example, the three famous cemeteries in Paris: Lachaise Cemetery, Montmartre Cemetery and Montparnasse Cemetery are not only picturesque, but also stand countless exquisite sculptures and bury the twists and turns of the lives of countless celebrities. Visiting these cemeteries is not really for the sake of paying respects, but for experiencing the open-air museums, because they are steeped in the history of Europe.

Atherston Cemetery is far less famous than the three major cemeteries in Paris, but the setting is actually more beautiful, the main road is spread out under a manicured poplar tree, and the tall, dry branches of the midwinter season point to the gloomy sky, like withered torches, adding to the solemnity and solemnity.

Cheng Mo bought two bouquets of flowers and a postcard at the entrance to the park, and took a free map of the park and took Bai Xiuxiu and Xie Minyun to walk inside, the cemeteries of Andersen and Kierkegaard are in the cemetery in Beiqiao District, and the three of them walked along the main road, surrounded by open open-air tombstones, and the grass on both sides is full of cherry blossom trees and other green plants, although the beauty of flowers in full bloom can not be seen in this season, but the green pines and cypresses, the golden cherubs standing next to the tombstones, and the wind lanterns hanging on the branches with withered green leaves, The dolls also have candlesticks, notebooks and other cute little decorations, which make people feel warm in the cold weather.

In winter, there are few tourists, and the three of them walked through the cemetery and felt a kind of empty tranquility. After walking for a while, Cheng Mo spoke: "Is Chairman Bai willing to listen to me and see Hans Christian Andersen's story?"

Of course, Bai Xiuxiu has realized that Cheng Mo's visit to Atherston Cemetery is a cover, and Cheng Mo's purpose should be to appease her dissatisfaction, Bai Xiuxiu certainly doesn't think that Cheng Mo can make her angry with just a few words, and responds noncommittally: "Say." ”

Cheng Mo groaned and said slowly: "Andersen was born in a poor family in Odense, the only son in the family, his father was a shoemaker, and his mother was a laundry worker. When Hans Christian Andersen was a child, his father said to him: 'My life is hard, I have not found the opportunity to study, you must have ambition, you must strive to learn some culture, so that you can become a knowledgeable person'. Therefore, Andersen's father did not forget to educate his son in a poor living environment. Not only did he spend money to set up a home full of artistic atmosphere, hung many pictures and decorations on the walls, and placed a lot of toys on the frames, but also often recited the plays of the famous Danish comedy writer Louvy Holbay for him, and recited passages from Shakespeare's plays......"

Cheng Mo's bland narration echoes in the secluded cemetery, and in combination with this situation, Xie Minyun and Bai Xiuxiu seem to be walking in the scene of a documentary, listening to the third-person narration. Cheng Mo's voice didn't have much emotion, but it vividly depicted Andersen's growth trajectory.

After talking about Andersen's growth, Xie Minyun pulled Cheng Mo, who was originally walking on the far right, to the middle, sandwiching him between himself and Bai Xiuxiu, Cheng Mo smelled the quiet fragrance of plants and trees, looked at the vast sky, and then told Andersen's love story.

Most people commented on Andersen and said that he dedicated his life to fairy tales, but in fact this is not the case, Andersen belongs to the people who yearn for love but can't ask for it, he never married because he didn't want to get married, but because there was no one to marry.

The story of Hans Christian Andersen's first love is exactly the same as today's eight-o'clock bloody romance drama, when he was young, Andersen fell in love with the most beautiful girl in the town, Lipol, the two childhood sweethearts and two little guesses, but because Hans Christian Andersen was too poor and insisted on going to Copenhagen to study, Lipol chose to marry someone else.

Then Andersen met a famous girl named Lieburgh Vogt, and the two spent an ambiguous time, but after weighing this famous girl several times, they finally gave up on Andersen.

This made Andersen depressed for a long time, and once thought that he was poor and ugly and did not dare to find a partner, until he met the "Swedish Nightingale" Linde in 1843, Andersen fell madly in love with this popular female singer, and Linde also received this famous writer very warmly, and the talented and beautiful woman talked very happily, but this was not a comedy.

On Christmas night, Lind approached Andersen, helped him light the Christmas tree, and said to Andersen: "I wish I had a brother here, in Copenhagen, would you like to be my brother?".

Hans Christian Andersen looked confused: "????"

"Then it's decided, we'll be good brothers from now on!" said Linde, patting Andersen on the shoulder.

In this way, Andersen became Linde's best brother.

Cheng Mo sighed and said: "There is no doubt that this is the earliest good guy card + brother card in history. ”

Cheng Mo can't tell cold jokes as a cold-faced joker, but it's okay to tell a story, after telling the story of Hans Christian Andersen and Linde becoming good brothers, Bai Xiuxiu couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle in the solemn cemetery, in order not to make herself too gaffe, she forcibly held back a smile and shrugged her shoulders.

Xie Minyun also curled the corners of his mouth, and at this time, the three of them had already passed by countless tombstones, passed countless dark green pines and cypresses, and followed the sign to Andersen's tombstone. The dark grey tombstone is shaded by shrubs, and the top of the tombstone is engraved in Danish: "Poet, Hans Christian Andersen" and the date of birth and death of Hans Christian Andersen, and below is the last chapter of Hans Christian Andersen's poem "The Old Man", written in 1830:

DenSjl，GudisitBilledeharskabt，

Eruforkrnkelig，kaneigaae；

VortJordlivhererEvighedensFr，

VortLegem’der，menSjlenkaneide！

(The soul, which God has created in its form,

Pure, never lost,

Our life is the eternal seed of this world,

Our bodies can die, but our souls live forever!)

Cheng Mo bent down and put a bouquet of white roses in his arms in front of the tombstone, he straightened up and turned his head to look at Xie Minyun and whispered: "Andersen's last love affair was with Louise Colin, the daughter of his patron...... Until he died, Andersen did not get a single love, and he was depressed and lonely all his life. ”

Cheng Mo whispered like mourning, and the dew on the pine needles next to the tombstone was like tears on the eyelashes.

Bai Xiuxiu also lost her smile and Xie Minyun bowed to the tombstone, and the three of them didn't stay long before turning around and continuing to move towards Kierkegaard's cemetery, compared to the signs of Hans Christian Andersen's cemetery everywhere, Kierkegaard's signs were much less.

Bai Xiuxiu, who would listen to the story and hear the fun, also forgot the queen's reserve, and turned her head to ask Cheng Mo: "Then the fate of this Kierkegaard can be worse than that of Hans Christian Andersen?"

Cheng meditated for a moment and said, "How can I say that? Although Kierkegaard's fate is unfortunate, it is completely different from the worldly misfortune of Hans Christian Andersen.....

"Worldly misfortunes, is there also elegant misfortune?" Cheng Mo's description made Bai Xiuxiu confused, and also made Bai Xiuxiu more and more curious, what kind of life story could make Cheng Mo go to the cemetery to tell her.

"It's not a good idea to describe it as elegant, but I think it's a misfortune that is beyond the world. Xie Minyun whispered, but immediately she immediately turned her head to look at Cheng Mo and said, "Don't bother Mr. to tell the story, although I know what is going on, I am still curious how you will portray it." ”

Cheng Mo nodded, and said softly with footsteps: "Kierkegaard is six years younger than Andersen, this Danish nineteenth-century philosopher master is not as famous as Andersen, but he is recognized as the father of existentialism or existential philosophy in contemporary times, the father of Christian neo-orthodoxy, the master of post-psychoanalysis, and the master of the Trinity. And his life situation can be said to be just the opposite of Andersen. ”

Kierkegaard was born into a wealthy family, and even the royal family was a guest of their family, and in 1796 Kierkegaard's father lost his wife in middle age, so he remarried a distant relative, and over the next 16 years, Kierkegaard's father had six children, the last of whom was Sauron Kierkegaard. Kierkegaard's father was very serious, unsmiling, and God-fearing, and governed the family in an old-fashioned patriarchal way, giving his children a strict religious education from an early age, teaching them to fear God, and instilling in them the idea that people are born sinful, and Jesus' mercy lies in bearing sins for people and being crucified to atone for their sins. As a result, Kierkegaard grew up living in a serious religious atmosphere. I don't know if it was a trick of fate or a malicious joke by God, but Kierkegaard's pious father cheated on the maid and died five children, only two of whom survived, and Sauron Kierkegaard was lucky to survive. At the age of 17, he entered the Faculty of Theology at the University of Copenhagen, and it seemed that his future was to become a priest who could not be blasphemed, but it was at this time that Kierkegaard met the love of his life, Regina....."

Unlike Hans Christian Andersen's ugly poverty, Kierkegaard was a wealthy and handsome man who first met at a house gathering in Rodam, when Regina was only 15 years old, and the difference between the two was nine years. But it can almost be said that it was love at first sight, and soon Kierkegaard began to pursue Regina, his talent and wisdom opened the girl's heart, and one day he suddenly proposed to Regina, and Regina agreed with tears on the spot, which made the whole Copenhagen sensation so far, all the nobles and commoners were concerned about it, and the two wealthy families also complied with the expectations of the couple and the public, and began to plan the wedding. ”

When she was first engaged, Kierkegaard would often visit Regina, walk with her, and teach her how to ride a horse, and Regina was completely immersed in the happy picture of the future. However, the good times were short-lived, and soon Kierkegaard reduced the number of meetings on the pretext of being busy writing, and Regina gradually sensed that he intended to flee. During this time, they had a lot of correspondence, and every Wednesday Regina received Kierkegaard's vague letters, and sweet love turned into a game of abandonment and dodging. Until one day, Regina received a letter from Kierkegaard dissolving the engagement, which contained an engagement ring and a withered rose. ”

What an incredible blow to the young girl Regina, she rushed to Kierkegaard's residence, but Kierkegaard was nowhere to be found, she left a sincere letter begging her fiancé Kierkegaard not to leave, but Kierkegaard completely avoided it, and at Regina's insistence, he was finally found by Regina, who was already going crazy, so Kierkegaard he would marry in 10 years but not now. ”

Kierkegaard and Regina's family was famous in Copenhagen, and the divorce became the talk of the town, Kierkegaard's rash escape and brutal seduction were reported in countless newspapers, and he became a notorious figure, and countless people even slandered him as a homosexual or epileptic person..... But it seems that Regina is more hurt, she has been sick for a long time and even tried to kill herself in order to save her marriage. In 19th-century Denmark, a woman's honor and fame were inseparable from marriage, and for Regina, it was not just the pain of love, but also the shame of the abandonment of an unmarried girl, and she could not understand any of the reasons given by Kierkegaard. Speaking of this, Cheng Mo and Xie Minyun sighed in a low voice at the same time.

Bai Xiuxiu tilted her head and said noncommittally: "Hearing that this seems to be the love story between an ordinary scumbag and an innocent girl." I really can't figure out why Kierkegaard deserves 'unhappiness beyond the world', could it be that he knew that he was terminally ill, and in order not to make his lover sad, he would rather be infamous than cut ties with her......? That's really...... It's a Korean drama!"

Cheng Mo looked at the end of the trail, Kierkegaard's bluestone tombstone stood low-key on the side of the road, if according to Chinese feng shui, his tombstone was far worse than Andersen in terms of specifications and feng shui. Cheng Mo pointed to Kierkegaard's tombstone and said: "On both sides of Kierkegaard's tomb are Regina's grave and Regina's husband Schlegel's grave...... Regina finally understood Kierkegaard in her later years, forgave him, and buried herself next to Kierkegaard's cemetery after her death....."

Bai Xiuxiu followed Cheng Mo's fingers and immediately saw three bluestone tombstones that looked a little heavy on the roadbed on the side of the black iron railing, with some green moss growing on them, far less bright than Andersen's tombstone. Bai Xiuxiu frowned and said dissatisfiedly: "It's not a good habit to break the chapter. ”

Kierkegaard's behaviour was so bad in contrast to Regina's endless anguish that he pretended to be indifferent and cheerful, spending his days at the opera house, and acting as a cynical playboy who had always been abandoned. Knowing everything, Regina finally gave up on Kierkegaard, and quickly married her governess, the gentle and generous Schlegel, and the wedding of the two was held at the Church of the Savior in Copenhagen, and they were elated, and read aloud sentences from Kierkegaard's book in public, which caused a sensation again, and people applauded, thinking that Regina's happiness was the most powerful response to Kierkegaard's badness....."

It wasn't until years later, after Kierkegaard's death, that people opened his diary and realized that his heart was actually more painful than Regina's, and he said in his diary that he cried all night in bed and in bed, and the reason why he used this cruel appearance to treat Regina was just to get her out of the pain as soon as possible. He repeatedly begged Regina for forgiveness in his diary and prayed that God would make Regina forget about him as a person. In Kierkegaard's view, the first layer of love is desire, the pursuit of boring sensual gratification, the second is morality, a kind of self-restraint, abiding by morality and norms, and being a perfect husband, and the third is the religious stage, elevating love to faith, not being tempted by material things, not afraid of the pressure of public opinion, breaking free from the earthly network, indifferent to moral judgment, and only talking to God. His purpose in doing so was to sublimate his love for Regina into a love of faith....."

But this was not enough, and after Regina got married, Kierkegaard went to Berlin to live in seclusion in order to avoid the criticism of others and newspapers, and he began to write "Either/or", which Walsh called the 'existentialist aesthetic creation period', and this great magnum opus also ushered in the 'Danish Golden Age'. During this era, Kierkegaard wrote "Intermezzo", "Stages of Direct X Love or Music X Love", and "Diary of a Seducer", all of which can be seen as a spiritual reconstruction of his relationship with Regina. In fact, each of Kierkegaard's works conveys a heartfelt love to Regina, and in "Either/Or" he borrows the words of Elmita: 'As a publisher, I would like to add a wish that this book will meet its readers at a desirable time, and that the gracious and lovely female reader will succeed in following B's kind advice accurately.' In Fear and Trembling, he uses Haman's words: 'What Takilius Suppelbass said in the garden by the poppy, his son understood it, but the messenger did not understand it.' He then used Abraham's burnt offering of Isaac to warn Regina that she loved him even though she was gone. In "The Stages of the Path of Life", he explains to Regina: 'Please forget the person who wrote this letter and forgive him, maybe he can do many things, but he cannot give happiness to a woman.' ”

"Although no one wanted to buy a book by a shameless man at the time, Kierkegaard had the money, and he spent a lot of money to publish his book, which was scolded by his peers and newspapers, despite the dismal sales....."

Standing side by side in front of Kierkegaard's mottled and heavy tombstone, Cheng Mo raised his voice slightly for the first time, and the cold wind blew his voice a little trembling, "When Kierkegaard was sick and refused to be treated, refused to visit, and refused to take communion and was about to die, he wrote in his diary: 'Young girl, my true love, your name will go down in history with me, and pain and lovesickness consume me. Alas, this is an unusual religious conflict, and I will return to myself'..... The girl who was abandoned from the beginning lived a happy life, while the man who had been abandoned from the beginning spent his life in endless attacks and abuse, and during his lifetime, his great works were unread, and after he completed the leap of faith, the pain of genius crystallized into great achievements......"

Cheng Mo did not continue, but looked at Kierkegaard's tombstone and fell into deep thought, and the cold air fell silent, except for the rustling of pines and cypresses blown by the cold wind, there was no sound between heaven and earth.

After a long time, Bai Xiuxiu spoke: "Didn't they see each other in the end?"

Cheng Mo shook his head, "Regina has not seen each other since she got married, and Regina left Copenhagen after six years of marriage, and did not return until 1860, when Kierkegaard had been dead for 5 years, and in his will he announced that he would leave all his property and original manuscripts to Regina. And history has justified this genius, he created a genre and became a master to whom the stars looked up, and he remained unmarried for the rest of his life, sticking to his love for Regina. Now that Regina has been brought into history by Kierkegaard, Goff regards Kierkegaard's love story with Regina as 'one of the greatest love stories in world literature'..... Kierkegaard's genius engraves their fleeting love on an eternal monument of history......"

Cheng Mo turned his head to look at Bai Xiuxiu and asked softly, "Chairman Bai, do you think that the love tragedy of the fairy tale master is worthy of sympathy, or is the love tragedy of the philosophy master more shocking?"