The night was deep and slightly cool, and a wisp of piano sound sounded in Gusu City, echoing for a long time and never dissipating.

"Miss, it must be that Lu Gongzi is playing the piano again. "On the boat, a maid held a lantern lightly and stood beside another woman, who was lightly dressed and covered with only a golden step on her hair bun, and the rest was decorated.

The woman raised the jade flute in her hand, lightly opened her lips, and accompanied by the sound of the piano in the distance, there was a flute sound, in the sound of the flute, it was helpless, it was indifferent, and the distant sound of the flute passed through the cold Lianshui River, faintly, towards the place where the sound of the piano was.

Gusu City, surrounded by the Lianshui River, is a famous water town in the south of the Yangtze River, the spring water is blue in the sky, the painting boat listens to the rain sleep, it is said that this is the picturesque general place, the sound of the flute follows the sound of the water, slowly flows to the city, on the highest pavilion in the city, a window opens, there is no light in the window, only a pair of bright eyes, as if illuminating the night sky.

"In the past, in this rainy Jiangnan, Sima Xiangru won the heart of the beauty Zhuo Wenjun with a song of phoenix seeking the phoenix, and today Lu also plays the phoenix, but only this lonely flute sound is accompanied. Those eyes blinked and reappeared, with a little less expectation and a little more sadness in their eyes.

The beautiful scenery of the south of the Yangtze River is poetic and picturesque, how many literati and scholars linger here, every time the bright moon is in the sky, the painting boat on the riverside will light up the dark river and the lonely night sky, the dancing girl and the singer, the Confucian scholar, is the person who indulges in the sound of lust on the painting boat.

Ordinary businesswomen, a song and a dance, but a hundred taels of head, but also have to force a smile, to show people, or have a talent and color, when the respect of the Oiran, a cup of tea, three or two words, is also worth tens of thousands of waist wraps, for Jiangnan to bring Xu Xu Xu vitality and agility is this kind of woman, perhaps, the footprints into Jiangnan, people are haunted by dreams, not only touching the heartstrings of the scene, but also the end of the world.

In Gusu City, there are three Oiran, the first of which is Xu Wenrou on the Water Moon Fang, "The water does not go for the moon, and the water flows for the moon." Whenever the moon crosses the sky, it is a great pleasure to see the falling flowers and flowing water, the mirror flowers and the water moon, the name of the water moon fang comes from this, Xu Wenrou is its maiden name, this woman's ancestral home in Jiaxing fell here because of the war, therefore, her own name - Xu Jia.

Before March, a rich businessman came from Chu, surnamed Lu, celebrity Yun, Lu Liuyun was already a famous tea merchant in Chu at a young age, came to Jiangnan to play in March, and since then he lingered in this place after a hangover on Shuiyuefang and refused to leave, to this day, his bitter love for Xu Jia has been well known in Gusu City, so there is one more prodigal son on the Lianshui River, and there is one more wanderer in Gusu City who refuses to return to his hometown.

When we first met, it was on the Water Moon Fang, a song "Alpine Flowing Water", a lotus leaf dance, Xu Jia captured Lu Liuyun's heart, in "Alpine Flowing Water", he heard the meaning that it was difficult to find a bosom friend, and between the lotus leaves fluttering, he saw the desolation in Xu Jia's eyes. That night, he chartered Shuiyuefang, just because he didn't want others to see her dancing and not let others desecrate her delicate appearance.

At the end of the song, people dispersed, Lu Liuyun refused to leave for a long time, Xu Jia's song was enough to make ordinary people worry about food and clothing for a year, and Lu Liuyun's heavy remuneration that day finally made her show up, Xu Jia thought that she was another amorous rich child, and she planned to retreat and rest after a few perfunctory words, but the moment she saw Lu Liuyun, her heart couldn't help but move, Lu Liuyun's eyes did not have the slightest lustful color, and some were clear and tired.

Young and golden, suave and suave, a man like Lu Liuyun is the ideal lover of women in the world, and he is full of poetry and books, well-read and strong-remembered, and people are like a spring breeze in conversation, plus in recent years, he has traveled all over the country, and he has seen extraordinary, without the frivolity and rudeness of the children of rich families, Xu Jia is only excited when she first sees it, but she has been in the red dust for many years, and has seen many men who are not lucky, so she is like a jade, even if she meets a heart-warming person, she is not willing to easily confide in her heart.

The two of them hit it off at first sight, only felt that there were endless words to confide in each other, unconsciously, it was already dawn, and when they left, Lu Liuyun left a word: "Since you miss the lotus of your hometown, then I will promise a thing, three days later, above this ripple water, it is what you said, 'The lotus leaves are infinitely green, and the lotus flowers are different red'. ”

There are no lotus flowers here, only a hundred miles away on the Taihu Lake there are lotus flowers, the Xu family went to it once in the early years, and still feels that they are lingering, and they will cry every time they think of it in their dreams, because her hometown is full of lotus flowers, Lu Liuyun's words, although she has some expectations, but she did not take it to heart, I don't know how many men have promised her that they have become empty words.

After Lu Liuyun said goodbye to Xu Jia, he disappeared for three days, Xu Jia was a famous Oiran in the city, and there were many people who intended to seek the phoenix, and the things that Lu Liuyun promised spread in the city on the second day, and everyone thought that this was the sweet words of the merry boy to please the beauties, and saw that Lu Liuyun had disappeared, and after tea and dinner, he regarded this matter as a laughing stock, laughing at the absurdity of Lu Liuyun.

On the third day, Lu Liuyun was still nowhere to be seen, and Xu Jia also felt a trace of loss in his heart. The next day, Xu Jia walked out of the door early, the stars twinkled last night, and today you may be able to see the sunrise.

When he came to the deck, thinking of the man in front of him today, Xu Jia finally sighed softly: "Hongchen is infatuated, what does it have to do with me, he is just a passerby after all, that night is just my dream." ”

When the words came out, Xu Jia felt someone approaching behind her, and then her words said: "Since it is a dream, then, Lu will give you a dream today." ”

Lu Liuyun, who had disappeared for three days, appeared behind her, at this time, the morning sun also rose slowly, Lu Liuyun did not speak, but pointed to the river, Xu Jia looked at his hand, and couldn't help but be shocked, and couldn't help but exhale softly.

On the surface of the river, it has been covered with lotus leaves, densely surrounding the Lianshui River, but overnight, as if it has been on the Taihu Lake thousands of miles away, Xu Jia faintly saw that there were several fishing boats in the distance to throw the lotus leaves on the boat into the river.

The morning sun sprinkled a red light, reflecting on the lotus leaves, for a while I couldn't find any words to describe it, and Xu Jia's heart remembered two lines of poetry - the lotus leaves are infinitely green, and the lotus flowers are different red.

"People in a lifetime, and can have a little obsession, a little infatuation, the clouds are just a floating dust between the heaven and the earth, like the clouds, scattered and impermanent, one day will go with the wind, Miss Love Lotus, I took the lotus of Taihu Lake, life in the world, do not seek glory and wealth, do not seek fame, but seek peace of mind, today completed the promise to Miss, Lu Mou's heart is a little peaceful. ”

didn't speak, Xu Jia bowed her head and was silent, after a long time, she slowly walked to the door, walked to the door, turned around, and said softly: "Wenrou is a rootless Ping, how dare you be so loved by the son, the son should go back." ”

Lu Liuyun seemed to have expected Xu Jia's words, and there was no joy or sorrow on his face, and after a while, he said to Xu Jia: "Lu is a floating cloud wanderer, when I first saw him at the beginning of that day, Miss has made me toss and turn, if I can't return hand in hand, I'm afraid that I will regret this life, I will stay here for three months, if it is after March, Miss still has no intention, Liuyun will go away, and I will never see each other again in this life." ”

After that day, no matter where Xu Jia traveled, someone had prepared everything in advance, whether it was food, clothing, housing or entertainment, it was very much in line with her mind, she naturally knew who did it, and she did not refuse, just silently traveled in Gusu City.

What she didn't know was that every time she went to a place, there would be a man who followed her footsteps and experienced the scenery she had seen and the tea she had tasted one by one.

Every night, there will be the sound of the piano to the Shuiyuefang, she carefully noticed, it was actually a small song in Jiaxing, but the playing was quite jerky, obviously a beginner.

On weekdays, she even found that the clothes and meals prepared for her in the painting boat had the shadow of her hometown, and this scene lasted for three months.

"Wenrou, how you act is up to you, but no matter what, my aunt hopes that you don't regret it, don't be like your aunt, in your twilight years, and miss the scene and the person back then. "The owner of Shuiyuefang is a forty-year-old woman, and she has a different style from Xu Jia under heavy makeup.

Xu Jia was silent, she knew that the owner of the workshop was living in Jiangnan when he was young, and then stayed in Gusu, and lived up to a scholar's heart, often only in the dead of night, she could hear the owner's intermittent crying, tomorrow, it will be the third month, looking at the lotus flowers on the river, she sank into her thoughts.

"Yanyu Jiangnan, poetic and picturesque, Lu Mou will never step into this place again in this life, no wonder people say that the old Mo returned to his hometown, and he returned to his hometown, this Jiangnan really made me reluctant to leave, this trip has lived up to this life, so let's leave. Lu Liuyun carried a burden on his back and stepped on a flat boat, today, he was about to leave this Jiangnan town, and before the neighboring trip, he played the song "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix".

At the end of the song, Lu Liuyun was already in tears, Qingyuan's melodious flute sound sounded on the river, and a small boat slowly rowed from behind, with a woman on it.

This song is called "Tao Yao". Xu Jia put down the jade flute in his hand, boarded Lu Liuyun's boat, and came to him.

Liuyun Ji, the end