The third floor of the Stargazing Pavilion was unlit and pitch black. Studying the starry sky, most of the time is quiet, so the eaves of the second floor of the Stargazing Pavilion are perfectly blocked between the doors and windows of the third floor and the patrolling road. The Scholar of Variety calculated the position of the guard, pushed open the two windows on the safest north side, and the moonlight and starlight suddenly poured into the room.

Looking around, the room was empty, no wonder the third floor was unguarded. It may only be when Si Tianling is stargazing that this layer will be activated.

Looking closely, it wasn't that there weren't any items, there was a small object hanging on the east wall, reflecting a few bits of light in the moonlight, which caught my attention.

When I got closer, I saw that it was a small astrolabe, and the crape myrtle wall with fifteen stars was engraved on it. The work in the form of poetry, "Butian Song", takes the Sanyuan and Twenty-eight Houses as the main body, and introduces the all-heavenly star officials divided into 31 districts. Crape myrtle wall, one of the three walls, is located in the center of the northern sky, also known as the middle palace, with the North Pole as the center.

The astrolabe is exquisitely made, but what attracts my attention the most is the silver inscription in the lower right corner of the astrolabe: Wei Shao, Princess of Mingyuan.

I was shocked, and the woman in Huayi that I saw in the distance in Mingyuan Wangfu on the night of Puyue 17 appeared in front of me. I had stood motionless in the shadows, fearing that she would find out.

"In the hearts of people who love astronomy and like to look far away, the Stargazing Pavilion is the charm of Stone City. King Mingyuan once brought the princess to Zizhou, and Princess Mingyuan happened to be a person who knew astronomy and geography, and the Star Pavilion naturally became a must-pass place for them. ”

Si Tianling of Shicheng received them and had a good conversation with Princess Mingyuan. When Princess Mingyuan was leaving, she left this astrolabe for the Star Pavilion, which was not only a gift, but also a footprint of her visit. The scholar leaned against the window and introduced me. He was not close to me, and with his position, he could not see the astrolabe on the wall.

I squinted my eyes at him, and asked him silently in my heart: Wouldn't you be that Si Tianling?

The corners of the scholar's mouth seemed to be smiling, but he didn't really see it.

I also walked to the window and stood beside the Ever-Changing Scholar.

The weather is clear, cloudless, and the stars are holding the moon.

"The view from the north window is not bad, and most of the view of the stone city can be seen. You see, there's a lake, and in autumn, many red-billed birds come from the north, and they migrate to warm places for the winter. Not far from the lake, is the prosperous center of Shicheng, because there are often high-ranking officials of the royal family on the stargazing pavilion, so Shicheng people like to pursue uniqueness in the arrangement of night lights. The lamps are arranged in the shape of two layers of petals, which is the famous restaurant and camellia building in Shicheng, the square one is the Yamen of Shicheng, and the three rows of lamps are the Shicheng Inn. ”

"In the distance, there is the Seshu Sea, although it is a sea, it is an inland lake. The area is large, stretching for thousands of miles, all the way through the capital of the state of Sezhou. ”

I quietly listened to the introduction of the Variety Scholar to me, in his voice, it seemed that I had visited the Stone City in the night, and it seemed that I had returned to the night window of the Stone City Inn, I looked at the Star Pavilion, and the Variety Scholar walked under the window.

The Variety Scholar has been talking to me for a long time, and I have a lot of thoughts, and I have been sorting out for a long time.

The familiar starry sky, the quiet night, such a feeling, long time no see. I thought about it.

The Scholar suddenly looked at me and raised his hand to the sky. Dumb riddle again, I smiled, looked up, stretched out my right hand, and pointed to the star closest to the north celestial pole.

"What's your favorite star?"

"North Star. ”

"Why? because it's the brightest? and because of Emperor Star Ziwei?"

"It's so complicated, because you can't get lost with it. Facing the North Star, the left hand side is the west side, the right hand side is the east side, and the back side is the south side. ”

"I know that, too. ”

"There are a few more words that you certainly don't know. ”

"What is it?"

"There are thousands of stars in the sky, and it is enough to understand one, and there are thousands of girls in the world, and it is enough to fall in love with one. ”

"Why don't you speak? Although you are older than me, you are so young, you must have never heard of it, right?"

"Hmm. Don't worry, Sister Zhen, with my brother here, I won't let others bully you. ”

Brother, Leng Yijun's brother.

The night breeze blew me out of my memories, and I looked at the Changeable Scholar, who seemed to have not noticed my wandering.

The Scholar took something out of his bosom and handed it to me.

I know it, a wooden figure wrapped in oiled paper, which is the work of the Ever-Changing Scholar who has been carving all day. I opened the oil paper, and at this moment, I felt as if I was in the lake, and I could only hear my own heartbeat, because this wooden figure was carved by me. Its face is my real face at this moment, its eyes are me, its eyebrows, nose and mouth are all mine, this dress is my favorite white men's clothes, and the hairstyle is also the one I comb most often, a hairpin provokes a long hair.

I looked up, only to find that the scholar was gone. In the empty room, it was just me and a few pieces of moonlight.

Variety scholar, I shouted silently in my heart.

Holding the wooden figure in my hand, I remembered that in the evening, after the scholar had finished sketching the last stroke, he gently wiped the wooden figure's face with his thumb. For a second, I didn't know what I was thinking.

Putting away the wooden figure and closing the window, I opened the door to the third floor of the Stargazing Pavilion.

After the seventeenth month of Puyue, I once again used the limit of light power. Beside the pillars of fire on the city wall, in the deepest part of the night, I was like a lonely ghost, white shadows flashing and flickering, and in the sparkling waves, on the moonlight, I stepped on the traces that seemed to be there but not, and rose and fell in the air.

My sense of direction was as bad as my wateriness, but I still found the small bamboo house where the scholar was a changeable scholar.

Pushing open the door, the room was pitch black.

Sitting at the table in disappointment, he actually missed the Variety Scholar again.

With a soft sigh in his ear, the oil lamp on the table suddenly lit up.

I saw a tall and thin man in white standing in front of the window, his coat flowing like a fairy, who was not a scholar of various changes.

"There's only one bed in the inner room, and since you like it so much, I'll give it to you. He said to me in a relaxed tone.

"And what about you?" I tried to hide the nervousness in my tone, I was afraid that he would disappear again.

"There's a deck chair in the backyard and I'll move it in a moment. The scholar said.

Hearing him say this, I was secretly happy and relieved.

"There are a lot of insect repellent drugs buried in the hospital, so you don't have to worry about mosquitoes. I make some more ginseng tea and put it on the table. It's not early, so let's rest early. The scholar picked up another oil lamp, lit it, and put it in the inner room.

"Good. I bowed my head and said.

The bamboo bed of the Variety Scholar is very comfortable, although today's experience is worth recalling, although I need to worry about whether the Variety Scholar will leave me alone again, but sleepiness hits, carrying the wooden villain, I close my eyes and quickly fall asleep.

I slept very deeply, and the birds chirped twice in front of the window in the early morning, and I was reluctant to open my eyes.

Lying on the bed, carefully looking at the inner room of the ever-changing scholar, no matter how you look at it, it is extremely pleasing to the eye. A scent came from the window, and I was finally willing to get out of bed, and when I looked around, I saw the Variety Scholar setting up a campfire in the backyard and grilling fish. The Variety Scholar is really a must-have product at home, I secretly praised.

Not far from the small bamboo house, the scholar built a safe, hygienic and hidden latrine. After relaxing inside, I walked to the lake, picked a place in clear, shallow water, and freshened up. Back in the inner room, I opened a wooden box on the bamboo shelf, and sure enough, I found moisturizing cream and rouge gouache. I didn't expect it to be brand new, I don't like to use them one by one, and the effect is very satisfying.

The old clothes I changed out of last night had been dried by the night breeze, and I didn't plan to wear it again, so I left it on the bamboo frame for the first time.

By the time I hummed a little tune, opened the back door, and came to the backyard, the Scholar had already prepared breakfast. He sat on a chair woven of bamboo strips, drinking ginseng tea, and I walked over to another chair across from him and sat down. The table is also made of woven bamboo strips, and there are several large washed bamboo leaves on it, on which are placed three grilled fish and four grilled steamed buns, which have an attractive aroma.

The Scholar of Variety glanced at my face and handed me a pair of silver chopsticks.

It turned out that he had two pairs of silver chopsticks. Taking the chopsticks, I took a piece of grilled fish, which was tender and tasted as pleasant as it smelled.

Seeing that I liked his craft, the scholar also raised his chopsticks and dined with me.

After eating, the scholar took the chopsticks in my hand, cleaned up the table, and went to the lake to wash the two pairs of chopsticks.

The scenery around the bamboo house is more beautiful in the daytime, with clear water and blue sky, cotton-like white clouds floating low, and there is a reclining chair in the backyard, which is also spotless, comfortable and comfortable to lie on.

However, before he could feel too much, he saw the scholar of all kinds carefully close the door and walk in the direction of the bamboo raft.

I jumped up from the recliner, trotted over, caught up with him, and stepped on the raft.

The scholar untied the cable, picked up the wood pulp, and cut through the water.

As I stood beside him, I suddenly remembered yesterday's waterfall double-decker lake, and I was a little scared and looked around. The scholar chose a different route from yesterday, and as far as the eye could see, the lake was rippling with microwaves, which should be safe.

Relaxed, idle, I enjoy the scenery in the distance. The bamboo raft was moving so fast on the surface of the lake that I could only look into the distance, and if I only looked at the scenery in front of me, I thought I would soon feel dizzy.

After two quarters of an hour, the lake narrowed, the trees around the lake became denser, and behind the dense forest, several walls were faintly visible. It didn't take long for a section of the fence to come into full view, with a small door in the wall. The raft stopped, and the scholar tied the cable to the stake next to the stone steps.

He pushed open the small door, and I followed closely behind, and found a small alley in front of me. After turning a few corners in the alley, the eyes suddenly opened up, and all kinds of voices and things came, and it turned out that we had arrived at the center of the prosperous place of Stone City.

The Scholar walked straight to a small two-story building with an obvious wooden structure. I looked up and saw a plaque hanging on the top of the building, with three big characters in Phnom Penh: Camellia Building. I immediately remembered that last night in the Stargazing Pavilion, the scholar of Variety had pointed out to me that the lamps were arranged in the shape of two petals is the famous restaurant in Shicheng, the Camellia Building.

Restaurant? Come to the restaurant in the morning? In the morning, the restaurant is actually open for business?

A series of questions, unanswered.

The little guy ushered in.

The scholar said to him: "Nanshan Tea Hall, I have made an appointment. ”

The little guy understood and replied: "The person has arrived, please come here." ”

Walking to the staircase, the scholar stopped, pointed at me, and said to the little girl, "Is there a reservation for the Pomegranate Tea Room?"

The little guy was smart and clever, and replied: "There is no reservation." ”

The scholar nodded, and said, "A pot of Icelandic tea, a plate of rose cakes, and a plate of candied fruit in the pomegranate tea room." ”

It turns out that the restaurant can only serve tea and snacks during the day.

After the scholar finished speaking, he walked up to the second floor with a familiar way.

The little guy looked at me and said, "Miss, please come here." ”

I blinked, I didn't expect that the Variety Scholar had an appointment today, and he broke me up openly and magnificently. The Variety Scholar is indeed the rumored Variety Scholar, which is unusual.

The pomegranate tea hall is on the first floor, and after the little guy brought me into the private room, I took out a string of coins and handed it to him, and asked him word by word: "In the Nanshan tea hall, is it a girl who has arrived?"

The little girl bent the corner of his eyes, put away the coin, and whispered to me: "Don't worry, Miss, that person has a hat, but judging by the style of clothing and slender figure, he should be a son." ”

"That's good. I replied casually.

The servant closed the door and left me alone in the room.

I walked back and forth a few steps, pushed open the window, and saw that the inner courtyard was outside. Recalling the two-story petal-like shape of the Camellia Building I saw last night, considering the entire area of the building, the area of the inner courtyard should not be small.

Footsteps sounded outside the door, and I sat down at the table.

The little guy came in with a pot of hot water and a small box of purple sand.

He first cleaned the tea set on the table again with hot water, took the tea out of the purple sand box, and put it into a small purple sand pot. After a short steeping, pour the tea into another larger purple clay pot.

After filling the larger purple clay pot, the little guy got up and left.

I picked up the teacup, poured a cup, and drank it. The taste is similar to that brewed by the Variety Scholar in Jinyi Villa, and if you taste it carefully, the tea brewed by the Variety Scholar may be stronger.

After drinking a pot of tea, there are still no scholars.

The servant knocked on the door again and came in, bringing rosecakes and preserves. Seeing that I had finished my tea, he brought new hot water and made me another pot of tea.

After drinking the second pot of tea, there is still no scholar in sight.

I got up, opened the door, walked lightly, and walked quickly to the stairs. With one foot on the steps, he rotated his body and flew upstairs to stand at the entrance of the second floor.

As soon as I looked up, I suddenly saw the scholar with his hands on his chest, leaning against the wall, his legs stretched out casually, and his eyes looking at me.

I couldn't help but want to step back, but I didn't realize that I was already standing on the edge of the ground on the second floor, and this step back, my feet were empty, and my body began to fall backwards.

didn't bring the wind, but the ever-changing scholar shifted in an instant and came to my eyes. His right hand wrapped around my waist and stopped me from leaning backwards.

This moment, the second time, I felt like I was in the water of the lake, and I could only hear my own heartbeat.

Such light work must be above me.

Last night in the Stargazing Pavilion, the Variety Scholar told me a long story about Stone City, and at that time, I had a lot of thoughts and sorted out for a long time. I think that at this time, I finally determined the identity of the Variety Scholar.

The Scholar looked at me with a deep gaze like a bottomless pit. He suddenly raised his left hand, rubbed his fingers behind his ear, lifted a corner of the human skin mask, and said to me, "Since you have shown your true face, I naturally want it." ”