Chapter 14 14. Tower meeting

The sun at the top of the sky is hot on the pavement, which is the weather of long noon in early summer.Liang Shanbo brought Sijiu along the sidewalk to Zhujia Village. Liang Shanbo saw a bamboo forest in the distance, surrounded by a horoscope gatehouse, which was Zhu Yingtai's house.Walking to the door, Liang Shanbo asked Sijiu to knock on the door.An old man came out of the door and asked, "Which one are you looking for?" Sijiu said: "We are from Kuaiji, and we are visiting the old man, Zhu Gongyuan." The old man said: "It's not a coincidence that I came here, the member went out yesterday."

Liang Shanbo rushed forward, nodded and said: "Young Master Zhu Yingtai is at home, see you in the same way." Hearing this, the old man hesitated for a while and said, "We don't have Zhuang Gongya here!" Liang Shanbo said: "The little gentleman who is studying books in Hangzhou. My name is Liang Shanbo, and I have been classmates with him for three years. I can't live without wow." The old man let out a sigh, looked at Liang Shanbo, and said: "Your Excellency is Liang Xianggong. An Ren is in the hall, wait for me to report." Liang Shanbo said: "Teng Lao'an is also about to visit."

The old man asked Liang Shanbo to come in and wait at the door, and reported to the old man himself.Mrs. Teng is watching the flowers in the back hall. The old man went forward and said: "A Mr. Liang came to the door and said that he was visiting the old man. I said that the man had already gone out. He said that it was the same to visit the young man. I said that there is no young man in my family. He said his name is Liang Shanbo, he was a classmate with the young man for three years, why not? I heard him say his name is Liang Shanbo, so I understood, and I promised him to report to An Ren. He also said that An Ren also wants to visit. "

Shocked, Teng said: "Oh! Liang Shanbo is here, is he alone?" The old man said: "There is also a book boy." Teng thought for a while and said, "They have come from a long way, and we cannot see each other. You can take him to the living room to meet them." The old man agreed yes.He thought to himself, Miss treats me very well, her classmate is here, don't hide it from her.So he walked outside the Huixin Building and shouted loudly outside the window: "Sister Yinxin." She looked out of the window and said, "Who is it?" The old man said: "I tell you some good news."

Yin Xin said, "What good news?" The old man said: "At the door just now, a man wearing a blue shirt, whose surname is Liang..." Yin Xin waved from the window and said, "Ouch! He's here, please wait for me." Then she hurried downstairs, bypassed the backyard, ran to the old man, and asked, "Do you think he is Liang Shanbo?" The old man said: "Yes! He is willing to visit Mr. An because the member is not at home. I reported it, and Mr. An ordered me to meet him in the living room." Yin Xin said: "Thank you so much, old man." The old man said: "Quickly go and report to Miss. There is also a book boy, and Yin Xin wants to see her too!" Said Yin Xin smiled and spat.

The old man said: "Quickly report to Miss, I'm going to the front to invite guests to visit." He said and went. Yin Xin ran into the house and shouted in the courtyard: "This is great, this is great!" Zhu Yingtai is tidying up her clothes and planning to go to the study building.He only heard Yin Xin yelling all the way in, and asked what was the matter. Yin Xin stood in front of Zhu Yingtai, couldn't hold back a smile on her face and said, "Just now the gatekeeper reported that Liang Shanbo is here, and Old An asked him to meet in the living room." Zhu Yingtai also couldn't help smiling and said, "How do you know?"

Yin Xin said: "I was packing my things upstairs, he came to call me and told me." After hearing this, Zhu Yingtai leaned against the dressing table, put her right hand on her face, and lowered her head in thought. Yin Xin said: "Miss, what else are you thinking about?" Zhu Yingtai said: "I'm afraid my mother won't let me see, I..." Yin Xin said: "How is it?" Zhu Yingtai said: "Okay, let's go all the way to the living room and let mother know on purpose. If the person announces it to me, I will see it naturally. If the person announces it, I will see it...of course I will see it too."

Yinxin said: "Okay! Let's go." So Yinxin was in front and Yingtai was behind, and they all came to the living room. At this time, Liang Shanbo had already led into the living room, followed by Sijiu, he saw an old woman on the side, who was supposed to be Yingtai's mother, and said: "Auntie is here, my nephew will see you." Mrs. Teng stood up and said, "The road is long, and it's really hard to walk, so don't ask for help." Liang Shanbo bowed four times, and then asked Sijiu to come forward and salute.Mrs. Teng led him to sit on the kang, but he refused to sit, so he sat on the side chair with him, and Mrs. Teng sat opposite him to accompany her.Yin said: "My nephew is passing by the humble house, right?"

Liang Shanbo said: "No, my nephew came to see you sincerely. Why didn't the old man disappear?" Teng said: "A friend made an appointment, and it will take about two days to come back." Liang Shanbo was talking, looking around, because he said: "My dear brother Yingtai, I want to be at home, and my nephew needs to see me urgently." Mrs. Teng looked at Liang Shanbo, and was about to say that Yingtai was not at home.At this moment, Yin Xin hurried into the living room.Say hello to Liang Shanbo.And said: "Mr. Liang, how are you?" Liang Shanbo was startled when he saw that she was wearing two round buns and wearing a half-new green silk pleat, with a long round face, she was actually a high-class maid.Because after the farewell, although I knew that Zhu's master and servant was a woman, I didn't expect to meet in women's clothing.He said, "Yo! Yinxin."

That Sijiu was standing next to Liang Shanbo, but he didn't expect it to be a woman, she opened her eyes, looked at Yin Xin, then at Shanbo. Yin Xin smiled at him and said, "Hello Brother Sijiu!" Sijiu said tongue-tiedly: "You are Yinxin Xiandi!" He pointed his finger. Seeing the embarrassment of the master and servant, Mrs. Teng said, "Yingtai is a woman. Brother Liang Xian knows about this. Of course you can see each other when you have been classmates for three years. Yin Xin, where is your girl!" Before Yin Xin could answer, there was a screen by the side door, and Zhu Yingtai had appeared in the red dress inside the screen.She is wearing a water-red shirt and a light yellow pleated skirt, her hair is combed in a cloud bun, and her face is lightly painted with powder, so her eyes are more flexible, her eyebrows are long, and her mouth and teeth are neat. A little frivolous.She went straight to Liang Shanbo's seat, and said a deep blessing.He said, "Brother Liang, hello!"

Liang Shanbo got up and bowed back, and asked, "Oh! You are Yingtaixian..." Zhu Yingtai said, "That's right! Let's call her Xiaomei." Liang Shanbo said: "Sister, how are you, Brother Yu, how are you, Sister?" Zhu Yingtai looked down, and then replied: "Little sister? That's fine." After finishing speaking, she forced a smile. Liang Shanbo said: "Sijiu, this is the second miss of your Zhu family, come and see me." Sijiu came over and saluted, "I wish Er Xianggong..." Zhu Yingtai smiled and said, "You can also call me Er Xianggong." Liang Shanbo also laughed for it.Sijiu knew that he had made a mistake in yelling, so his face flushed with embarrassment, and he stepped aside. Mrs. Teng saw that Liang Shanbo's eyes were wide open, his flesh and blood were steady, and his speech was gentle. He really had what Yingtai called a loyal face.If it weren't for the fact that Ma's family matchmaker had already made a good match, it would have been possible to change from classmates to husband and wife.She softened her mind and thought, I'll go away.It's okay to let them talk.He said: "Nephew Liang, I am old and have something to do, so I will not accompany you. Yingtai treats Brother Liang well and must not be neglected." Liang Shanbo cupped his hands and said, "Auntie, please go ahead." Teng stood up and said, "Yingtai comes with me, I have a few words to tell you." Zhu Yingtai looked at her mother, so she got up and walked with her.Mrs. Teng was already far away from the living room, so she said, "I wanted to say that you had gone on a long journey. Before I could say it, Yin Xin came out in a hurry. Because I guessed that you already knew that Liang Shanbo was coming, so you couldn't hide it. , I had to let you meet. This is just the right time. Your father has gone out. If you want to be at home, it may be a happy event, or it may not be a happy event. Well, he has gone out, and I will tell you Kitchen, feast and hospitality, after the hospitality, go back immediately." Zhu Yingtai said: "In the past, we were brothers with different surnames, but now we are brothers and sisters with different surnames. What hinders the long talk?" Teng said: "It's a good intention. You must know that you are from the Ma family. Don't let other people gossip. That's all for you. You can decide for yourself. I'll go and treat you." As he said, he hurried back to the upper room. Zhu Yingtai was very sad when she heard this.Pausing for a while, he got rid of his worry, changed into a happy look, and returned to the living room.At this time, Sijiu was chatting with Yinxin, and Liang Shanbo was listening, just smiling, putting his hands behind his back, sometimes moving them in front of him, standing idly, talking to Sijiu Yinxin, without adding Prohibition, do not open your mouth to intervene. Zhu Yingtai walked closer and said, "Brother Liang, this is not a place to talk, my younger sister has a library, please sit upstairs." Liang Shanbo said: "It's so good." Zhu Yingtai said: "Yin Xin, you can go downstairs with Sijiu to rest." Yin Xin agreed, and she said, "Brother Sijiu, come with me!" Sijiu took two steps closer and whispered to Liang Shanbo, "Can I go?" Liang Shanbo said: "Be careful, come when I tell you." So Yin Xin led Sijiu away. Zhu Yingtai said: "Brother Liang, follow me!" Liang Shanbo said hello.Zhu Yingtai led the way, but the way she saw was covered by thick shade.Liang Shanbo saw that, on the contrary, he felt that the scorching sun was in the sky, covered by the shadows of trees, Zhu Yingtai walked lightly, stepping on the shadows of trees, as if the way ahead was covered by clouds.Walking to the entrance of the building, Liang Shanbo saw a horizontal plaque hanging on the horizontal wall, on which there were three buildings of Huixin Building written on it.He looked at it and nodded secretly. Zhu Yingtai supported the long case, let the chair first and said, "Brother Liang, please sit down, let's have a long talk!" Liang Shanbo looked at the building, there were windows on three sides, all of which had been opened.Now the leaves of various trees form a dense green shade, which heavily protects the building.On one side is the horizontal wall with the plaque of knowing the heart building.The upper floor is full of bookshelves arranged in three columns.All kinds of musical instrument flower pots are placed according to the gaps on the floor.On the north side of the building, there is a long carved wooden table, on which are listed the four treasures of the study, which are things used by scholars.On both sides of the long wooden table, there are three square piers, which are also owned by scholars. Liang Shanbo said: "It's a good building. Invite a friend or two to sit and talk together. It's a joy not to mention." After speaking, he leaned on the long table and sat down. Zhu Yingtai sat opposite the long table, Yin said: "Yes. It is our lifelong ambition to invite one or two close friends to sit and talk with each other, but this matter is really not easy." Liang Shanbo said: "Why does Xianmei have this idea? Brother Yu dare not say that Xianmei is a confidant, but Xianmei is indeed brother's confidant. It is a lot of fun to talk today!" Zhu Yingtai smiled slightly after hearing what he said.Yin said: "Brother, did you come here just to have a heart-to-heart talk with your seat?" Liang Shanbo said: "It's one of the reasons why we came to talk with each other. But the biggest reason is to say hello to the old aunt and aunt. The second is that the time limit for Xianmei's charade is limited, so I don't dare to delay it. I came here specially to visit Jiumei. !" Zhu Yingtai said, "Oh! Ninth Sister." Liang Shanbo said: "Yes! Sister Duomeng is a matchmaker, and she came here specially to ask for good news." Zhu Yingtai said: "Where is there Jiumei in my family, Jiumei is Yingtai!" When she said that, she raised her sleeves and massaged the flowers on her temples with her hands, with a smile on her face. Liang Shanbo clapped his hands and said, "I already knew this. It's really a marriage in a previous life. Haha!" At this moment, I was really overjoyed. Zhu Yingtai stood up suddenly, and said weakly, "Brother Liang..." Liang Shanbo looked at Zhu Yingtai and said, "I can't figure out why my sister wants to say it but resists it." Zhu Yingtai said: "Hey! Brother Liang..." As she spoke, she took two steps back. Liang Shanbo said: "There are common things to come back, so there is a delay of two days, but it is not too late." Zhu Yingtai said: "Brother, it's not too late, it's just that others can't wait, it's really useless!" Liang Shanbo stood up and said, "Others can't wait, what does this sentence mean?" Zhu Yingtai said: "My little sister came back from Hangzhou. Two high-ranking officials came and called themselves Icemen. My father saw that the coming was very powerful, so he didn't dare to disobey, so he betrothed me to a horse..." As he spoke, his face turned pale, and he stretched himself Hold the bookshelf with one hand. Liang Shanbo said, "What is a horse?" Zhu Yingtai only said a word, and when she moved, she almost fell down. She quickly withdrew her hand, but her body was unsteady, and she went downstairs by herself. At this time, Yin Xin burned two bowls of tea soup, put them on a tray, and went upstairs to respect the guests.Upstairs, Liang Shanbo supported the long table, and kept his eyes on the downstairs, when he saw Yin Xin came to him and put down the tea bowl, he came to his senses, and said: "Your lady just mentioned the Ma's house, her face turned pale, grab it." Go downstairs, and you will know the reason of this matter!" Yin Xin saw Liang Shanbo's pale face, and said, "You don't need to ask." Liang Shanbo put his hand on the edge of the table, looked at him again and said, "It's a matter of life and death, why don't you ask?" Yin Xin was holding the tray, and was about to leave when Liang Shanbo forced her to say, "Miss has been betrothed to Ma Wencai, the son of Ma Taishou." Liang Shanbo said: "Oh! Ma Wencai..." Supporting the table with both hands, he forgot to move or speak. Zhu Yingtai had already rushed upstairs and said, "Brother Liang, I can't help myself!" Liang Shanbo said: "Okay! It's not about Xianmei. I've been here for a long time, and it's a little inconvenient. Let me take my leave, brother." Then he came over and gave a long bow. Zhu Yingtai stopped on the way downstairs and said, "Brother Liang, please slow down a step. Although it's an empty trip, but we have been married for three years and we can't let it go. I have a few glasses of water and wine to commemorate the brotherhood." Liang Shanbo nodded and said, "Alright!" Then he turned around and sat down on the round pier. Zhu Yingtai ordered the kitchen to just bring a few bowls of vegetables and put them downstairs, and then Yin Xin brought them upstairs and displayed them at the Four Immortals' table next to her.The rest of the dishes are unnecessary.Yin Xin promised to know and went downstairs. Zhu Yingtai's complexion was red and white, she slowly turned around, sat down facing Liang Shanbo and said, "Brother Liang, you can't blame my sister for this matter, but the power is oppressive." Liang Shanbo was sitting with his big sleeves covering his thighs, not saying a word. Zhu Yingtai said: "Do you remember the night of Qixi Festival, talking about Tianhe together? Do you remember the day of Double Ninth Festival, talking about green leaves together?" Liang Shanbo sighed and said, "How can I understand that you are a woman!" Zhu Yingtai said, "Do you remember that I was sick?" Liang Shanbo put his feet heavily on the floor and said, "Remember!" Zhu Yingtai said: "Brother Liang, you are really a gentleman. You hug the quilt tightly and sleep at your feet. You don't think about evil ways at all. But I..." Speaking of this, I don't know why, I just feel a little Hot tears fell straight from the eyes.But she couldn't feel too sad for Liang Shanbo, she just turned her head and looked around to look for Yin Xin.It happened that Yin Xin brought the food and wine upstairs with a tray in his hand, and put them on the table of the four immortals. Zhu Yingtai got up slowly, her tears were dry, she said to Liang Shanbo: "The wine has arrived, let me toast you three." Yin Xin stood aside and said, "Mr. Liang, please come over for a drink! Let our young lady express her gratitude." Liang Shanbo stood up slowly, and nodded with Yin Xin.Yin Xin went downstairs. Liang Shanbo stood still by the table, because he said: "You don't need to sit down, Xianmei pours the wine, and I will leave after drinking." Zhu Yingtai moved a large pottery cup in front of the guest, and poured wine into it from the jug.But she was holding half a catty wine jug, but she couldn't lift it.Hold the cup with one hand, and slowly move the pot with the other, shaking like sifting chaff.After finally filling up the wine glass, he put down the wine pot, held the wine glass with both hands and said, "Brother Liang, please have a drink! Please take care of your future." Liang Shanbo took the wine, raised the glass with one hand, poured it into his mouth, drank it up.Putting the wine glass on the table, Yin said: "Sister Xian, Brother Yu is gone." Zhu Yingtai raised her right hand to block the way: "Brother Liang, please walk slowly." Liang Shanbo was startled and said: "Oh, we have to go slowly. That's right, sister Xian is going with brother Yu. Good! Brother, wait for sister Xian to order." Zhu Yingtai said: "Then how can it be possible? This Zhujia village is all outside the family. If you call it down, you will never want to leave the gate of Zhujia. That's not to mention, the Majia forces are in these counties. You can never escape his net, let alone this level." Liang Shanbo said: "Then, what can Xianmei say?" Zhu Yingtai compared her hands and said, "I gave brother a pair of jade butterflies on the fan, are they still there?" Liang Shanbo fumbled in his clothes hastily and said, "I forgot, but now I'm wearing it, I should give it back to my virtuous sister!" Zhu Yingtai shook her hand and said, "No, no! My brother kept it well." Liang Shanbo didn't fumble, but clapped his hands together and said, "Everyone has returned to the Ma family, what use does Jade Butterfly want it for?" Zhu Yingtai said in a soft voice: "I...I...I'm always worthy of Brother Liang. Keeping those butterflies can be used as proof!" Liang Shanbo said: "Why did you say that, my virtuous sister!" Zhu Yingtai said: "Brother Liang! My brother is in the school, and my younger sister speaks thousands of words. I always hope that my brother understands, but I have no choice but my brother always doesn't understand. When my sister is sick, my brother's service is nothing more than my own brother. Because It was secretly decided not to marry non-brother. At the time of parting, I deliberately ceded my beloved to my brother, but my brother was still puzzled. In the eighteen-mile long pavilion, I almost revealed my heart during the conversation, but my brother was still puzzled. There was no other way. Sister agrees with each other. I thought that the brother would come to marry naturally. Unexpectedly, in a month, the personnel will change drastically. Although, my heart will never change." As he spoke, his face was pale, and he supported the column with one hand and tidied it up with the other. clothing. Liang Shanbo said: "Xianmei, I'm too loyal and useless. I can't..." After coughing for a while, he quickly took out a white handkerchief from his body, held it with both hands, and tightly held his mouth.There was a round pier behind him, so he sat down.He lowered his head, bent over, held the gagged handkerchief with both hands, and could not cough. When Zhu Yingtai saw it, she suddenly said, "Why are there so many red dots on your handkerchief? Don't tell me it's red!" Liang Shanbo didn't make a sound. Zhu Yingtai bent down and snatched the handkerchief, and when she opened it, there was a bloody ball in the middle, and four or five layers of the handkerchief were soaked.She shook her handkerchief and said, "Hey...you...you really vomited blood? Little sister killed you!" Liang Shanbo said weakly: "It doesn't matter, it's because I'm bored, coughing for a while and turning red, it will be fine after a while." Zhu Yingtai put the handkerchief on the table, held a bowl of vegetable soup from Yin Xin on the table, and handed it to Liang Shanbo with both hands.Yin said: "Brother Liang, please rinse your mouth." Because the bowl was in Zhu Yingtai's hand, Liang Shanbo looked at her and said, "I'm sorry for you." After taking two sips from the bowl, he rinsed his mouth, took the handkerchief from the table, and spit water on it. He folded the handkerchief and squeezed it, stood up and said, "I'm here, I can't fall ill, I really have to go." Zhu Yingtai put down the bowl, nodded for a long time, and said, "Brother Liang, I'll give you a ride, I'll do it all..." Before she could finish her sentence, her eyes couldn't contain the tears anymore, like throwing sand, she just turned to you. whereabouts.Standing under the knowing plaque, she lifted up one sleeve and just wiped away her tears. Liang Shanbo sighed and said: "I've been running all the way, I'm really sweating like rain, but I don't care about seeing my virtuous sister. Now..." Shaking his head, he said, and walked downstairs. Zhu Yingtai was afraid that he would fall, so she followed him step by step, because she said: "I study books upstairs every day, and every time I hear footsteps, I always think my brother is coming. Now I see my brother coming, so I go back like this, spit red, Poor! Poor!" Liang Shanbo said: "I hope that the virtuous sister will always think of the foolish brother." Sijiu Yinxin was downstairs, and saw Liang Shanbo leaning on the wall, walking step by step.Zhu Yingtai followed the people downstairs, crying like tears.Both of them were taken aback, and shouted at the same time. Zhu Yingtai said: "Yin Xin, you take my horse, prepare the saddle, lead it outside the door, and send Mr. Liang back?" Yin Xin agreed, and hurried to lead the horse. Liang Shanbo looked at Zhu Yingtai, cupped his hands and said, "There is no need to send it off." Zhu Yingtai wiped away her tears, also looked at Liang Shanbo and said, "I hope brother will go home and have a good rest. Well, I hope to come again." Liang Shanbo said: "If there is no serious illness, I will come naturally. If the illness worsens, I am afraid that I will die soon, so I can't come." When I said that, I had already walked out of the downstairs, and the westward sun shone in the shade of the willow trees downstairs, which were half the size of the yard and had moved to the east. Standing under the shade of the willow tree, Zhu Yingtai said, "Brother, why did you say such unfortunate words? In case of misfortune, there is Huqiao Town on the bank of the Yongjiang River. It is the place where the two of us rest forever. On one stele, Liang Shanbo is written, and on the other, Zhu Yingtai is written, I..." She was in tears. Liang Shanbo was waiting for Yinxin to lead the horse, and heard a horse barking outside the door.Hearing Zhu Yingtai's words, she was taken aback and asked, "Huqiao Town is the place where the two of us rest forever, and my sister is also willing to go?" Zhu Yingtai said: "I have already said that I have secretly decided not to marry my brother, even if I die. If my brother decides Huqiao town as a resting place for thousands of years, my sister is determined to go and share the grave with my brother." Liang Shanbo nodded and said: "My sister's words can definitely be done. It really shines through the past and the present. In case of misfortune, brother, I will ask my family to bury me in Huqiao Town and set up two monuments. I will wait for my sister to come." Zhu Yingtai burst into tears and just nodded. Sijiu came out of the house and said, "Master, go back, your health is not very good?" Liang Shanbo bowed to Zhu Yingtai and said, "Xianmei, I'm leaving." Zhu Yingtai returned a blessing.Liang Shanbo turned around and walked towards the gate. Zhu Yingtai said: "Brother Liang..." The willow branches were blown by the turbulent wind, and they all came to the east, blocking the eyes of those who watched from a distance.