Zhu Xiangru drank the tea in the cup in one gulp, and Chen Diqiu laughed out loud. Zhu Xiangru only felt that the tea was mellow and fragrant, and his teeth and cheeks were full of relish, and he couldn't help but praise: "It's really good tea!" Hearing Chen Diqiu's laughter, his face turned red, and he said: "I haven't drunk water in the second half of the day, and I'm a little thirsty. ”

Chen Diqiu said: "Brother Qingxuan, you and I are destined to know each other, don't call me Gongzi in the future, just call me Diqiu." Zhu Xiangru said: "That being the case, it is better to obey your fate than to be respectful." ”

Chen Diqiu said: "I heard that Brother Zun's accent is not from Yunnan, where is the fairy township, what is the noble thing to do in Kunming?" Zhu Xiangru said: "I grew up in Kunming since I was a child, left home at the age of ten, and have been away for more than ten years. I went back to Kunming this time to meet Brother Chen. ”

Chen Diqiu said: "There is a fate to meet thousands of miles away. In this way, Brother Qingxuan is also a native of Yunnan. The so-called homeland is hard to leave, now I will replace the wine with tea and welcome Brother Li back!" Saying that, he raised the teacup to Zhu Xiangru, Zhu Xiangru's heart was hot, and he raised the teacup that the servant had just poured, and the two took another sip.

This is Ah Yun has ordered someone to send some melon seeds, peanuts, snacks and other things, and the two chatted for a while, and the more they talked, the more speculative they became. Chen Diqiu was very excited, stood up, walked to the window of the boat, and stared at the Xiaoxiao spring rain on the surface of Dianchi Lake, which was raining happily without the slightest sign of stopping. Although the rain was murmuring outside the window, the cabin was warm.

Chen Diqiu turned around and said to Zhu Xiangru happily: "Brother Li, the two of us hit it off at first sight, and it is very reasonable. There is an existing guqin, how about the little brother play a song for you?" Zhu Xiangru said: "Brother is versatile, I am fortunate to listen to Yayin, I can't ask for it!"

Chen Diqiu smiled: "I'll be ugly." As he spoke, he walked to the guqin, sat down cross-legged on the brocade mat, stretched out his slender ten fingers, tuned the strings, and played.

I saw his ten fingers 'hooking, picking, wiping, pressing, twisting', and the sound of the piano sounded, like a melodious turn. Zhu Xiangru listened to him play a welcome song, which is a song of "Xiaoya Luming" in the Book of Poetry, which is said to have friends and guests arrived, and welcomed each other with wine and music, the tune was cheerful and enthusiastic, Zhu Xiangru had listened to Xuangui play at that time, and at this time he played it, and there was another charm.

Chen Diqiu's fingers jumped smartly on the strings, smiling at Zhu Xiangru, only to hear him chant: "Yo yo deer chirping, eating wild apples." I have guests, drummers and shengs. Blowing the sheng drum spring, bearing the basket is the will. People are kind to me, show me to walk. Yo yo deer chirping, eating wild artemisia. I have a guest, Deyin Kong Zhao. If the people are not ashamed, the gentleman is effective. ”

Zhu Xiangru listened emotionally, unconsciously stood up, joined the string beat, and then Chen Diqiu's poem chanted: "I have a purpose wine, and the guest style Yan Yiao." Yo yo deer chirping, eating wild Qin. I have guests, drums and pianos. The drums and drums are harmonious and harmonious. I have the heart of a guest with a purpose to drink. At the end of the song, the two stroked their palms, looked at each other and smiled.

Chen Diqiu said: "This song "Deer Song" is in line with the current state of mind. The younger brother played the piano for the eldest brother again. Zhu Xiangru smiled: "Very good." Chen Diqiu gently wiped the slow twist again, and played it with dingding cong, but listening to the melodious sound of the piano, full of affection, it was a song "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix", this song is the famous genius Sima Xiangru in the Eastern Han Dynasty in order to win the heart of Zhuo Wenjun, to Zhuo Wenjun to play the piano courtship song, the song is full of lovesickness and longing, and slightly teasing and seducing. Zhu Xiangru thought that his name was Xiangru, which was taken by his grandfather Wu Wenru, which meant that he encouraged himself to take Sima Xiangru as an example and become a person with ambition and sentiment.

Just listen to the sound of the piano, sometimes lingering, sometimes beating happily. Chen Diqiu sang in a festive manner, his voice was crisp and bright, very moving, only to hear him sing in a long voice:

There are beauties, and they will never forget it. I don't see it for a day, and I think like crazy.

The phoenix soars, seeking the phoenix from all over the world. Helpless beauty, not on the east wall.

The piano will be used as a substitute for the language, and the conversation will be heartfelt. When I see Xu Xi one day, comfort me and wander.

I am willing to match virtue and join hands. I shall not fly away, and I shall be destroyed.

He played and sang at the same time, looking at Zhu Xiangru with a smile on his face, and his eyes showed affection. Zhu Xiangru was surprised in his heart, thinking that the man with the eyebrows would meet, how did this Chen brother play the song of male and female love, it seemed that it was a little unsuitable, and he saw that his cheeks were slightly red, and he looked at himself with a smile, and his heart couldn't help but move. I also want him to grow up in a rich family, although he is a man, but he also ends up like a child, so he doesn't care at the moment, smiles, clasps his hands, and responds to each other.

At the end of the song, Zhu Xiangru stood up and applauded, praising and saying: "Brother Chen plays the syllables well and caresses the tune well, and Li is blessed today." ”

Chen Diqiu also got up from the piano and said, "Brother Li can understand the words of his brother in the piano and the meaning of the song, and he can be regarded as a bosom friend." Youdao is the most difficult to find a bosom friend, I met Brother Li unexpectedly, I have a proposal, I don't know if Brother Li is willing to agree?"

Zhu Xiangru said: "Brother Chen has something, just say it." Chen Diqiu said: "Brother Li and I hit it off at first sight, and we are very agreed, why don't we become brothers of the opposite sex, how about it?"

Zhu Xiangru was stunned, he had formed a righteous alliance with Zhao Hezun at the foot of Wudang Mountain before, it was really a matter of the two of them talking about martial arts, sympathizing with each other, and it was a promise to appreciate the true temperament of a real man. Now I heard what Chen Diqiu said, it was really unexpected, and I didn't know whether it was good to agree or not to agree for a while.

Chen Diqiu saw that he hesitated to answer, but he was not angry, but still asked with a smile: "Could it be that Brother Li feels that he can't climb down the heights?"

Zhu Xiangru hurriedly said: "Where does Brother Chen say, if you don't dislike it, we will become brothers at this moment." ”

Chen Diqiu was overjoyed and shouted to Ah Yun: "Ah Yun, quickly put the incense case, I want to form a righteous alliance with Brother Li." Ah Yun answered and left. Zhu Xiangru saw him so solemn, shaking the paper fan in his hand, walking around the cabin, looking very excited, and a little moved in his heart.

The incense case was placed, and the two knelt down in front of the incense case, and Ah Yun had already handed the lit three-pillar green incense in the hands of the two. Chen Diqiu raised the incense high with both hands, and swore loudly: "Today, I, Chen Diqiu and Li Qingxuan, are brothers with different surnames, and in the future, we will depend on each other for blessings and woes, and share weal and woe, not to be born on the same day and month of the same year, but to die on the same day of the same month and month of the same year, if there is a violation, heaven and man will be killed!" After speaking, he inserted the incense into the incense burner on the case. Zhu Xiangru also burned incense and swore: "I, Li Qingxuan and Chen Diqiu, are brothers with different surnames, and in the future, we will depend on each other for blessings and woes, and share weal and woe, not to be born on the same day and month of the same year, but to die on the same day of the same month and month of the same year, if there is a violation, heaven and man will be killed together!"

After the oath was completed, the two told each other about their age, Zhu Xiangru was twenty-one years old, and Chen Diqiu was nineteen years old. Chen Diqiu said: "I am two years younger than you, you are a brother, I am a brother." He bowed down to Zhu Xiangru and said, "The younger brother meets the eldest brother." Zhu Xiangru hurriedly knelt and kowtowed. Seeing that he was quite familiar with the rules and etiquette of things in the rivers and lakes, he was surprised again.

After the two finished their bows, they stood up hand in hand. Ah Yun and others withdrew the incense case. Chen Diqiu said again: "Big brother, since you and I have already bowed, we are our own people." At this moment, my heart was very happy, and I wanted to stroke the piano again, so as to relax my chest. Then he sat down in front of the piano and played.

This time, the sound of the piano was passionate and generous, quite a man's heroic spirit, only to hear him sing in a loud voice: "The wind is blowing and the clouds are flying, Weijia is returning to his hometown, and the warriors are guarding the Quartet." "The Song of the Great Wind made for Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty. Although the sound of the piano is agitated, there is a bit of sadness in the song.

After he finished playing, Zhu Xiangru asked: "I seem to have something difficult to say in my brother's singing, why don't you talk to me?" Chen Diqiu sighed and said: "My father likes this "Song of the Great Wind" the most, and whenever he has free time, he asks my mother to play it for him. Later, my mother taught me this song. The tunes I play are all taught by my mother. Zhu Xiangru said: "It seems that Lingtang is a versatile woman. Chen Diqiu said: "My mother knows a lot about music. But now my father is far away from Kunming, leaving my mother and me alone in Kunming, and I have not seen each other for several years. As a child, I saw that she was depressed all day, and her health was deteriorating, and she couldn't help much. I just played the piano and remembered, so the song was sad. ”

Zhu Xiangru said: "I see, I don't know why my brother's Ling Zun left Kunming, and where did he go?" Chen Diqiu didn't answer, and pointed to Zhu Xiangru with his finger outside the cabin: "Big brother, look outside." Zhu Xiangru raised his eyes to look out of the boat, it turned out that he didn't know when the rain had subsided, the sky had turned clear again, and the sun shone into the cabin in a colorful way, which made the cabin produce another strange beauty.

At this moment, I suddenly heard a noise on the surface of Dianchi Lake, and someone shouted: "Brothers, hurry up and surround the big boat, don't let that sissy escape!"