Chapter 4: The Legend of the Cat Ghost (34) - A pavilion made of pencils

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Seeing his daughter's indifferent look, Zong Zhe raised his eyebrows and said angrily: "I really don't know what you're thinking about all day long in the little brain of this stinky girl? Believe it or not, I'll go out and find out all the messy words you read and burn them?"

Qing'er said in her heart: Hmph, wait until you find your father!

Having lost his appetite, he put the food back in the food box. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

Zong Zhe suddenly stood up and walked to the small window. The curly seahead head covered half of his face, and his slender eyes narrowed into a slit as he stared into the distance. Under the dim moonlight shining through the narrow cell window, his long narrow cheeks seemed to turn into a battlefield, and light and shadow fought on it, and his heart was also fiercely fighting: during the day, the sword shop came to test me, saying that it had found out that I was innocent, but he still wanted to wronged me to stay in the prison for a few days, in order to let the real arsonist relax his vigilance...... It's really hard to see any clues from his words and expressions...... Did Qing'er really say that Jian Shi was suspicious of me, or did he really have a definite clue about the person who set the fire that night? No...... No, I'm afraid it's both, and it's really not easy to deal with this sword!

With the long fingers of the luthier, he lightly buckled a small piece of wood on the railing, and a cylindrical wooden pipe was hidden underneath. He hooked his lips and smiled, secretly saying that Qing'er just loves to worry about it, and his father still didn't let people send information in under the nose of Lord Shenzhu.

Not to mention the prison of Kaifeng Mansion, it is a prison, and no one can stop your father if he wants to leave.

He took out the woodpipe and put the stick back in.

Qing'er saw that her father was so serious, and she knew that she had to get down to business.

Zong Zhe handed the wooden pipe to Qing'er and said, "The fierce fire oil in that workshop is about half used, and there should be another fire!"

"But the wind is so tight......"

Zong Zhe interrupted her and said, "This time I startled the snake, it was indeed my father's thoughtlessness. Time is running out, so we need to act like this......"

Qing'er didn't say a word, listening quietly, not missing a word, but there were a few things that she didn't quite understand her father's arrangement.

After a while, the voice fell silent. A faint sound grew louder and louder, breaking the silence.

It was just in time that the prison guards were about to return.

Zong Zhe turned his head and said in a low voice: "You put away the things, hand them over to Qin Yun as soon as possible, and let him act according to the plan!"

Qing'er nodded obediently.

As the jailer's footsteps got closer, Qing'er had already walked to the cell door with a food box.

Zong Zhe deliberately said loudly: "Dad has a few piano scores to put in the Lord Shenzhu, one day you get them back, give them back to the grandfather first, and tell him that the old man is okay, and I can go back in a few days!"

Daddy, this is for me to keep an eye on Lord Shenzhu! Qing'er wiped her tears with the back of her hand, and said with a crying voice: "Dad, the child knows!"

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As agreed with Ouyang Feng, this morning, Hu Shuxiu, Li Zhiyi and his wife came to the garden he built in the northern suburbs, accompanied by Shen Kuo.

The outer wall and the buildings facing the street were built by Zhang Ruoshui in accordance with the popular architectural style of the time, and they had begun to take shape at this time. The main residence and courtyard are still in full swing.

However, Hu Shuxiu came in by water from the Wuzhang River in the north, and along the way, they passed through the "Western-style" part that Chris was responsible for building.

Li Zhiyi stood at the bow of the boat and looked out, and when she raised her eyes, she saw that everything was empty. He wondered in his heart: the trees and rocks here are dense, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, and the scenery is not bad, if this chaotic layout is slightly repaired, it will be a good garden. But where is there any sign of half-divided house construction right now?

He turned his head and teased: "Lady, Ouyang Gongzi bought such a large piece of land, shouldn't he just build a waterway and build a thatched hut?"

Hu Shuxiu replied: "If you can do this, you will have a different artistic conception!"

Isn't that to startle the big teeth of a group of people? With only one hut built on such an inch of land, I don't know whether it's a waste or a luxury! Li Zhiyi has a black line when he thinks about it, and he always feels that he can't judge Ouyang Feng with common sense! He said: "Maybe Brother Ouyang will really do such a shocking and unexpected thing!"

Hu Shuxiu pursed his lips and smiled, reminding: "Xianggong, don't forget that Brother Bo Shi said that he would help Ouyang Gongzi draw a picture book of the garden, he has been in this garden for a few days, if it is really just a thatched hut, wouldn't he have been able to finish painting it early, why take such a long time?"

"This ...... The lady is reasonable...... Li Zhiyi still felt a little strange, and said without giving up, "However, it is rare for Bo Shi to take the initiative to draw a "Garden Map" for others. Bo Shi has always admired the style of the Wei and Jin dynasties, isn't this garden just to present the most 'transcendent and unconventional' state, so it has entered his eyes? This is the most prosperous capital in the world...... In the great hidden place, build a grass hut, refine a furnace of elixir, cook a pot of warm wine, and drink freely and talk in this smoke, clouds, and water.

Hu Shuxiu said: "Hearing Xianggong say this, I have a yearning meaning, don't you also want to move into this garden with Bo Shi and enjoy this kind of idle clouds and wild cranes, ethereal and elegant life?"

"The lady made fun of you, your husband is a vassal and elegant person, it's okay to live for a few days, if it's like this every day, I can't stand this suffering!" he leaned into her ear and whispered, "Besides, I am reluctant to let the lady stay alone in the empty room." ”

Hu Shuxiu glanced at him, and a faint red appeared on his face.

Li Zhiyi said: "When Uncle Shi first came to Beijing not long ago, he lived with his uncle, and he had the intention of buying a garden and building another courtyard by himself. I couldn't help but look at a few places and was not satisfied, so I gave up. Brother Ouyang will be picky, this is located in the suburbs, quiet and blessed, and I don't know who the seller who owns such a large piece ......of land is, how can Brother Ouyang know a person from the Western Regions? And how much silver taels does it cost?"

Hu Shuxiu didn't care about these issues, and was still skeptical of "a thatched house", so he asked Shen Kuo for confirmation: "Brother Shen, the last time you came with Brother Bo Shi, do you know why this garden is like this?"

Shen Kuo smiled at the beginning and said after a while: "When I came with Bo Shi, I also had a lot of doubts, which are no different from the conjectures you just made just now. ”

Hu Shuxiu said in his heart: Brother Shen smiled strangely between his eyebrows, there must be a mystery in this garden!

"Do you remember that in the painting studio of the Wu family, we first met Ouyang Feng? Everyone thought that he was from the wild land of the Western Regions, and he was dressed strangely and tattered, so they despised him at first. However, he surprised us, his painting and knowledge are eye-opening, Shen knows that 'there are people outside the world'!" Shen Kuo said this, he actually took a deep breath, as if he was very excited, and said, "Such a garden cultivated by strange people, Bo Shi and I have very high expectations, and when we see it, it is much beyond what we know and think!"

"It's so curious!" Li Zhiyi was itchy to hear and interrupted him, "What did you see?"

"This ...... Shen didn't know how to explain it...... I can't tell you a sentence or two!"

Hu Shuxiu frowned and said, "Is even Brother Shen stumped?"

Li Zhiyi smiled secretly in her heart: Shen Kuo's love for the powerful is annoying, but he treats his mother like his own sister. And although the lady called him a big brother, she treated him with respect for his teacher, and the two were also teachers and friends. The lady is usually polite to Shen Kuo, but today she even used the agitation method. It can be seen that she has been looking forward to it for a long time, and finally she can't hold her breath.

"Well," Shen Kuo is a manly man, and he is so competitive that he naturally doesn't want to fall behind. So after thinking about it, he suddenly slapped his head, "Pencil!"

"Pencil?" Li Zhiyi couldn't bear it anymore, "Do you mean that Ouyang Feng brought the paintbrush last time? What does this have to do with pencils, it's not uncommon to draw with pencils, right?" Lord Shen! For the sake of my wife's thin face, don't you sell it?"

"It's not that I'm selling guanzi, I just think of that peculiar pavilion...... A pencil pavilion!"

"A pencil pavilion?" said the couple in unison, their voices filled with irrepressible amazement, they had heard of pavilions made of wood, bamboo, stone, bricks, and thatch, but they had never heard of "pencil pavilions".

"You two don't have to be impatient," Shen Kuo was forced to ask two steps back, and his waist hit the boat, he waved his hand and said, "Hey, I didn't make it clear, I mean the wood used to build the pavilion, which is long and round and very similar to a 'pencil', and the style of the pavilion is also something I have never seen before...... It's amazing!"

Li Zhiyi desperately drew in his mind for a long time, and it was unimaginable, and sighed: "Are you trying to relieve our confusion or increase doubts? ”

"Brother Xian, Brother and Sister Xian, look at it!" When Shen Kuo said this, he looked at the rocks on the left bank of the waterway, and suddenly his eyes lit up, as if he had seen the answer, "You can see the pavilion after that mountain, you can find out the mystery for yourself!"

The two turned their heads to look, only to see a rocky hill obscuring their view. The hills are gentle and long, with tall shrubs running from the summit to the waterways. It had been raining for the past few days, but it finally cleared up, and the sun shone on the large patches of discolored leaves, red, orange, gold, and green mixed together, shining brightly. The breeze blows, the leaves flutter slightly, and the birds hidden in the trees make a constant chirp. The boat sailed through the waterway, making waves that crashed against the shore and set a silver rim on the hill.

Everything is full of business and poetry.

Imagine yourself standing at the top of a hill with a panoramic view of the surrounding landscape. Li Zhiyi pointed and asked, "If you build a pavilion, why not build it there?"

Shen Kuo stroked his beard and said, "Ouyang Gongzi's 'pavilion' is not a common viewing pavilion!"

Hearing this, Hu Shuxiu showed a slightly surprised expression, and Shen Kuo's words completely disturbed her various abnormally active thoughts. I thought: This pavilion is not the other pavilion, but the pavilion is not used for resting, viewing, and playing, what is the use?

Unlike his wife, who is good at thinking, Li Zhiyi has a skeptical smile on the corner of her mouth.

"It's almost there. Shen Kuo said.

The boat followed the waterway, rounding the rocks, and both looked into the distance with curiosity.

In front of you is a flat river, the field of vision suddenly opens up, but there are no shocking buildings in front of you, let alone any strange pavilions that attract attention.

This time Li Zhiyi put his mind at ease, as if he had seen through the whole set of ingenious tricks.

The waterway leads to a small inlet, which is like the water of the Nine Heavens Pool, turquoise and flawless, and crystal clear. The boat was moored in this small inlet, which was hidden by the rocky hill just now. If the fairy descends to earth, I am afraid that she will be attracted by this sheltered and elegant pool water, and come down to bathe and play in the water.

Hu Shuxiu looked around at the nearby scenery and hurriedly went ashore to find the answer, and Li Zhiyi naturally followed closely. After the boatman docked the boat, Shen Kuo ordered someone to carry down the wooden box from the boat.

The box was weighty, and the two boatmen carried it out of the ship with great difficulty.

Hu Shuxiu's eyes fell on the box and asked, "Is this a gift that Brother Shen brought to Ouyang Gongzi?"

Shen Kuo's expression was serious, and he said, "This is indeed what I prepared for Ouyang Gongzi, but it is not a gift. I'll listen to my brother later. ”

Li Zhiyi said with a smile: "Why is Lord Shen always mysterious and mysterious today?"

Hu Shuxiu tugged at his shirt, motioned for him to restrain himself, and said softly, "Someone." ”

A man stood on the dock, with a black band tied around his forehead, and his hair stood up, short and dense, not as short as a monk, and not as long as a walker or a header. Dressed in a tight-fitting dark robe, the hem of the clothes is also embroidered with a large golden lotus flower, and the peculiar style of clothing is like an envoy from the Western Regions.

Xiong Daiying hugged his fists and said, "Brother Feng has been waiting for you for a long time, let me come down to greet you." ”

"Who is this?" asked Li Zhiyi.

It was not the first time Shen Kuo had seen Xiong Daiying, so he introduced the husband and wife: "This is Ouyang Feng's friend!"

"I've seen Brother Li and Mrs. Li! ”

Li Zhiyi asked, "People from the Western Regions?"

"Zai Xia is the same as Brother Feng, they are both Han Chinese, but they just grew up in the Western Regions!"

Li Zhiyi saw that he was dressed in a strange dress but looked neat and chic, but he was a little envious, and said to his wife: "Lady, I see that Brother Dai is very capable, how about I get something to wear when I go back?"

The suit is already very slim, and Xiong Daiying is a person who practices martial arts, and his capable body is immediately visible.

Xiong Daiying said: "This dress is from Brother Feng's handwriting, and he calls the embroidery on it 'to Jin Jinlian'!"

Li Zhiyi was surprised: "He can get you such capable clothes, why do you have to dress in a mess and tattered?"

"......," Xiong Daiying thought for a moment and replied, "He said that is also a style!"

A few people exchanged pleasantries and walked up a gently inclined slope along the boardwalk on the waterfront. Towering bamboos are densely planted on both sides of the ramp, and the old bamboo and new bamboos are adjacent to each other, reflecting each other, and the bamboos compete inward, almost arching, forming a natural jade corridor.