Chapter 4 Chapter Two Clues

It was very late, and I was still flipping through the materials I found from the library in the afternoon. On the desk, there was a table full of books, all of which were records about Lu Yu's life. However, all the records are the same, talking about how he was abandoned, how he changed from stuttering to singing, how he wrote the "Tea Classic" and so on. As for the cause of his death and the description of his burial, there are almost only a few words, and there is no detailed statement. Did Lu Yu really die naturally because of old age?I have seen his body more than a thousand years after his death. Although I only glimpsed it briefly, there is still an inexplicable vitality on the body.

There is also the serenity of his demeanor, so that people will not feel that he has lost his life, as if he is just asleep, and will wake up at any time... I sighed, leaned heavily on the back of the chair, and pressed my temples hard with my index finger. There were several knocks on the door, and then Yu Xin's sweet voice came: "Brother Xiao Ye, are you asleep? Do you want to eat supper?" Before I could answer, she had already walked in with a tray.Throwing away a few books in front of her, and putting things on the table where there was not much space left, she said in surprise, "Brother Xiao Ye, you are working too hard."

Yuxin scanned the room with her eyes, sat down on the sofa, picked up the TV remote control, and said to herself: "Have you watched the program 'Midnight Philosophy'? It's very interesting, Brother Xiaoye, I'll watch it with you , Just take it as a rest for the brain!" I was too lazy to answer these unnutritious words, so I picked up another book and buried myself in it.Yu Xin sighed, added milk and sugar to the coffee, stirred it, and put it in front of me. The TV was turned on, and the so-called "Midnight Philosophy" program seemed to have just started. The voices of two hosts, a man and a woman, came to my ears from time to time.

The so-called "Midnight Philosophy", this program is really inexplicable. It is similar to some devil's dictionaries, it uses some vague words that have no meaning and are specious, piled up into a so-called second-level philosophy that seems to be meaningful at first glance, but the ratings are not bad . "The public is right, and the woman is right. Who is right? You are right, I am not, and you ignore me." A bass who sounded annoying, speaking of the opening remarks, his voice was as deep as reciting a spell. I frowned, raised my head, and saw Yu Xin hugging the pillow, sitting on the sofa watching intently, with an innocent and cute look, and immediately suppressed the words I was about to call out in my throat.

Alas, there is really nothing I can do about this sister. From time to time, the sound of the TV persevered into my ears. I sighed, dropped the book helplessly, and read it too.Tonight seems to be discussing the topic of men and women, and the female questioning and male answering system is adopted, and the answers are quite brilliant. Q: What is the difference between a girlfriend and a wife? Answer: The difference is fifteen kilograms. Q: What is the difference between a boyfriend and a husband? Answer: Forty-five minutes. Question: What is it called when a man speaks imprudently to a woman?

A: It's called sexual harassment. Question: What is it called when a woman speaks imprudently to a man? Answer: It is called the 20 yuan per minute paid hotline. Q: How do you know that your wife has passed away? Answer: The sex life has not changed, but the dishes have not been washed for a long time. Q: How do you know that your husband has passed away? A: The sex life hasn't changed, but the remote is finally in your hands. Q: What is it called when a woman is paralyzed below the waist? Answer: Married women. Q: How many men does it take to change a light bulb? A: None, they just sit in the dark and complain.

Q: What is the fastest way to directly reach a man's heart? Answer: A sharp blade pierces the heart. Q: What are the similarities between men and parking spaces? A: All good seats are taken, and the rest are for the handicapped. Q: What are the similarities between men and public toilets? A: All the good seats are taken, and the rest are piles of shit. Q: What are the similarities between men and floor tiles? Answer: If it is well paved when it is first laid, you can step on it for a lifetime without any problem. Q: What are the similarities and differences between man and mousefish (scavenger fish)?

Answer: They also eat garbage, but one of them is fish. Hearing this, Yu Xin turned to look at me and asked, "Isn't it interesting. Although I don't understand some things, it seems to be very philosophical." I was immediately amused by her and burst out laughing. With this smile, all the troubles in my mind were thrown away. I looked into her shiny black eyes and said mysteriously, "Xiaoyi, let me tell you a very philosophical story too. It is said that those who understand can pass the eight-level Buddhist major exam!" "Really?" Yuxin got excited immediately, took my arm vigorously and said repeatedly: "I want to hear, tell me quickly!"

The soft and full chest was squeezed on my arm. I suddenly looked at the ceiling absent-mindedly, scratched my nose, and started to talk: "It is said that there is a monk named Judi Zen Master, who told the story of "One-Finger Zen" in Chinese Zen. , it came from him. Do you know that Zen Buddhism is not limited to preaching through words. "This great Zen master after the Sixth Patriarch, someone asked him what is 'Tao'? He answered very simply, every time he raised a stick of food to point people, saying: 'This is it!' But what is this? Who I don't know, but those who asked him all understood and realized the Tao.

"One day the old monk went out and was not at home. A young novice who had been with him for many years was guarding the temple. One day someone came to the old monk to ask, and the little novice said: 'Master is not here. If you want to ask, just ask Just ask me.” The person who asked asked the little novice to tell him what Tao is. The little novice followed the example of the master, raised an index finger, and said to the person who asked: “This!” The person who asked The person was very happy and knelt down, because the person who asked the question really understood and enlightened to the Tao. But this little monk really didn't understand.

"When the master came back, the little novice told the master the matter. After hearing the report, the master walked into the firewood room without saying a word. After a while, he came out with his hands behind his back and asked the little novice to tell him what happened. preached to people. "The little novice gesticulated and stretched out an index finger and said: 'This!' The master waved the hand behind his back and cut off the little novice's index finger with the hatchet in his hand. The little novice's finger was chopped off. , cried out in pain: "Alas!" It is said that from then on, the little novice also realized the Tao." Yu Xin didn't seem to understand at all, she still looked at me blankly, and after a long time, she asked carefully: "It's over?" "It's over." I nodded, smiled and said, "Xiao Yuxin, do you understand, do you think this story is very philosophical?" "I think people who can understand this story can go to a mental hospital to apply for the job to be studied!" Yu Xin pouted her small mouth angrily: "Brother Xiaoye is lying, I don't believe anyone will understand, and there is nothing in it." There is no philosophy!" "There must be philosophy. But..." I felt more and more amused, and squinted my eyes like a profiteer: "However, we are all ordinary people, and we should understand it. If we don't understand it now, maybe we will figure it out later. Already!" Ye Yuxin hummed, then turned to watch TV again. "Midnight Philosophy" is not over yet, and seems to be still discussing men and women. Question: Why do men like to marry virgins? Answer: Because men can't stand criticism. Q: Why is it so difficult for women to find a man who is sensitive, considerate, and good-looking? Answer: Because such men already have girlfriends or wives. Q: What is "safe sex" for men? A: The headboard is upholstered. Question: How do men classify their clothes when they organize them? Answer: "Dirty" and "Dirty but wearable"! Q: Why do men have bigger brains than dogs? Answer: In this way, men will not go out in public and go to women when they see them. Q: Why do women fake orgasms? A: Because men always fake "foreplay". Q: What is the difference between a new husband and a new dog? Answer: A year later, the dog is still as excited when he sees you. Q: What makes a man go after a woman he doesn't want to marry back home? Answer: It is the same reason that makes dogs chase cars that they don't want to drive. Q: What is the biggest problem with atheists? Answer: No one can shout during orgasm. Q: Why do brides wear white wedding dresses? Answer: It is easy to match the color of the dishwasher stove and refrigerator. Q: How are women and batteries different? Answer: The battery must have a positive (positive) side. Question: Why do men like to take a shower rather than take a bath? Answer: Because peeing in the bath is too disgusting. Q: How are terrorists different from women? Answer: Terrorists can negotiate conditions, but women cannot. The show seems to end the first part here, followed by the second part "philosophical life".The general idea is that in a temple, once, an abbot asked a new monk, "Have you ever been here?" The monk replied, "Come here." So the host said: "Okay, drink tea." Then, the host asked the visiting monk the same question. After thinking about it, the monk replied, "I haven't been here." The host smiled and said, "Very well, please drink tea." At that time, a man asked the abbot in bewilderment, "Master, why do you ask him to drink tea no matter what his answer is? Why on earth does he want to drink tea?" The host smiled and didn't answer, but just called the visiting monk. The monk's eyes lit up suddenly, he looked at the host solemnly, and shouted: "Go and drink tea!" Then both of them passed away. I froze for a moment, and explained to Ye Yuxin who was still puzzled: "This story is about a story between Master Jigong and Zen Master Cong Zen in the Tang Dynasty before they died." Said: "Do you know who Master Jigong is?" Yu Xin shook her head. I smiled and said, "He is the master of the tea sage Lu Yu, a famous monk in the Tang Dynasty. Maybe this show is telling this story now, just to make a circle and bring Lu Yu out. After all, Lu Yu's body was just now Dig it out, newspapers and magazines are reporting about him every day, if the TV station does not do a little article on it, it will be too sorry for the audience." Sure enough, the male host began to introduce Lu Yu's life, talking about things that were discussed and published in books and newspapers until they were rotten, which made me very disappointed. The hostess still acted like an idiot and put on an expression of relish, which was disgusting to watch. At the end of the male host's speech, he paused, and then laughed mysteriously. He glanced at the female host beside him, and changed his words pretending to be hesitant: "Few people know that Lu Yu, a saint, is actually There was an earth-shattering relationship.” I jerked my head up and stared at the TV without blinking.Did Lu Yu ever have a lover?Why are there no records in all the books?Immediately, curiosity was successfully provoked by this program. "According to a book I read, it was a girl named Cui Miao'er, and she committed suicide for Lu Yu in the end!" "Cui Miaoer"? !These three words pierced through my body like lightning. My whole body shook violently, and I jumped up from the chair. Yu Xin looked at me in astonishment, and asked blankly, "Brother Xiao Ye, what's wrong with you?" "Cui Miaoer, this name is so familiar, I seem to have seen it somewhere." I covered my head and tried desperately to recall, yes, it was there! I remember that it was there, I vaguely saw these three words, but I didn't pay much attention at the time. I pulled Yuxin's hand violently and ran out quickly. "Where are we going?" Yuxin asked while running with me.I hurriedly replied without turning my head: "Go to the basement! I remember the words 'Cui Miao'er' were engraved on that coffin. Damn it!" For some reason, there was always a faint feeling of uneasiness in my heart. Cui Miaoer, what does this woman have to do with Lu Yu?Is it really his lover? Why have I read all the records about Lu Yu, but there is no word or phrase describing her existence? Also, my heart is so depressed, I always feel that something is slowly changing... After some difficulty, he ran to the research room in the basement where the coffin was kept. The coffin was still quietly placed in the center of the room, and the shards of glass around it had not been cleaned, showing the original state after Lu Yu's body disappeared a week ago. Withered and yellow leaves, with an indescribable feeling of depression and loneliness, are laid on the bottom of the coffin. The dark brown sarcophagus still reflects the cold light in the orange light. This kind of living utensils that do not belong to living people, no matter who was once in full bloom, will bring people a kind of chill, that kind of chill directly penetrates deep into the heart, even the bone marrow can freeze. Why did this room suddenly become weird?I took a deep breath and walked over to the coffin. Yuxin held me desperately with her hands, as if she would die if she let go. I pushed aside the unknown layer of tea leaves, revealing the faintly engraved characters on the right side of the coffin. Looking carefully, the characters consisted of six lines. They were in seal script. Although it is a bit discolored after thousands of years of devastation, it can still be seen clearly, but I don't know if it was written by the tea sage Lu Yu himself. Putting the words together, it is a poem, the title is: "Send Cui Miaoer to Huzhou", and the following is the main body of the poem: "Jingling West Pagoda Temple, the traces are still empty. "When the trees move and the cicadas quarrel, the ramie weng is full of worries. "Happiness is someone who climbs the lanyard, but I am ashamed not to be a sage of the tripod. "Don't ask to rely on the fence, return to the old and share the white years. "Tang Zhenyuan lived in Huzhou in the 22nd year", I gently stroked the last few words, my thoughts were a little confused. Yu Xin stared blankly at the poem, and said after a long time, "That Cui Miaoer, is the lover of the tea sage Lu Yu mentioned by the male host just now? This poem is so artistic!" I shook my head: "Lu Yu has never been married in his life. This Cui Miaoer is probably the woman who loves him and he also loves." After all, when Lu Yu was about to enter the coffin, he still remembered her.Tang Zhenyuan twenty-two years?That is, in 804 AD, when Lu Yu died of old age.Really weird though! "Frowning, I muttered:" Since Lu Yu loves her so deeply, why didn't he marry her?Moreover, there is no record about Cui Miao'er in the works about him. "I just read all the collection of poems written by Lu Yu when he was alive, and I don't have the impression of this poem. In other words, this poem is the only evidence that the character Cui Miaoer once existed?" "Brother Xiao Ye, what are you talking to yourself?" Yu Xin tugged at the corner of my clothes vigorously. I suddenly came back to my senses and explained: "I always feel that there is something vaguely intended to be revealed in this poem, but my foundation in classical Chinese is too poor, so I really don't understand it." Yu Xin immediately became happy, and shouted in a high-frequency voice: "Let me tell you the general meaning. Hee hee, great, I finally found something that you don't understand, Brother Xiaoye." Depressed, is it worth the excitement?It seems that this little girl really wants to see me embarrassed. She coughed a few times and read the poem carefully again, as if trying to whet my appetite. Seeing that I hadn't responded for a long time, she said disappointedly: "The meaning of this poem is, go back to Jingling's West Pagoda. The monastery, only to find that all the monks had left, and the huge temple seemed empty. The trees outside were blown by the wind, which caused the cicadas to sing. "Rui Weng, that is, Lu Yu himself, is full of sorrow because of someone's departure. He put his hand on the railing and wanted to laugh, but he felt that the sadness became more and more intense with the accumulation of years. Don't ask me if I love you You, after I die, I will be with you forever. It's over. It's really touching, I didn't expect that Lu Yu is still such an infatuated person! Much better than someone." After she finished speaking, she glanced at me cautiously.I ignored her, my brain was running fast. It seems that the relationship between Cui Miaoer and Lu Yu is indeed not simple. The tea sage even wanted to take her into the coffin, but the question is, since they said they would be together forever, why was there only Lu Yu's body in the unearthed coffin?It appears that they were not buried together. Suddenly I remembered the words of the male host of "Midnight Philosophy". He once said that Cui Miaoer finally committed suicide for Lu Yu. So, who will die first?After Cui Miaoer died, Lu Yu died of old age with a sad heart?Or after Lu Yu's death, Cui Miao'er had nothing to love and ended her life? Alas, the life of this tea sage is becoming more and more unclear.My head was so big that I smiled wryly, and my smile was full of helplessness. Yuxin frowned like me, and said, "What's the matter with you? Brother Xiaoye, why do you always look sad every time something weird happens to you, and you don't even want to investigate. Just It seems like you are the only one who can untie the whole world, it’s really unbearable!" I glared at her, and said: "You little girl is not too lenient. I don't know who it is, but when I heard that my father and someone who had hated each other for decades were cleared up because of a coffin, I immediately Like a fly smelling poop, it ran over by plane without telling its mother." "Brother Xiao Ye, what you said is too ugly!" Yu Xin was so angry that she grabbed my arm hard, the pain made me almost burst into tears. Women, no matter how gentle their character looks, as long as they offend them a little, they will immediately become tigresses. Especially for women with the surname "Ye", there is not a single problem that is not strange.I can't afford to offend this little girl and I can't avoid it. It's better not to offend her, otherwise one day my arm will really be crippled by her. Speaking of which, we have been in Huzhou for a week, but we have not seen Yuxin's father. The second uncle said he went shopping, what exactly did he go shopping for?It took more than seven days and they still haven't come back! When I was thinking wildly, the mobile phone in my pocket rang quickly. It was Zhang Ke's girlfriend Zhao Qian'er. I looked at the time, it was past two o'clock in the morning, and I only met her once in the hospital. It's so late, why is she looking for me? I connected the phone with doubts, and a tense soprano voice came from the speaker. I didn't expect such a quiet woman to make such a high-frequency voice. "Night is silent, I found a notebook just now when I was cleaning Ake's room." She cried nervously and loudly: "That notebook is full of a woman's name! Zhang Ke that Bastard, him! He must have another woman! Oh, I don't have any friends, I really don't know who to tell." "Calm down! Calm down." My voice also rose, "You said that guy Zhang Ke would have an affair, how is it possible? Not getting rid of him is already a blessing accumulated by his ancestors for eight lifetimes. I don't believe that other than you will like that fool, anyone else will appreciate him!" The voice on the other side of the phone gradually calmed down, and Zhao Qian'er said hesitantly: "But, I heard him call this woman's name before when he was sleeping." "Could you have heard wrong?" "Absolutely not. The three words 'Cui Miao'er' are definitely a woman's name. That bastard Zhang Ke actually wrote her name in a whole book. When he wakes up, I, I..." On this side of the phone, I was completely stunned. "Cui Miaoer", these three words again.What happened today, why did this very obscure name repeat dozens of times in my life within three hours? "You said her name is Cui Miao'er? Is it the Miao from Sanshui?" I tried to keep my voice as calm as possible and asked calmly. "Yes, how do you know?" Zhao Qian'er was obviously surprised. My heart was beating wildly, and I felt as if I had caught a very big clue. After a pause, I asked, "Where are you? Yu Xin and I will come over right away!" Lu Yu, Cui Miaoer, and Zhang Ke, is there any inevitable connection between them? I really don't believe that Zhang Ke will have an affair, but he wrote a book full of Cui Miaoer's name, is it a coincidence?Or is there some unknown reason in it?Curiosity, like a drug addiction, was so hot it felt like my whole body was on fire. Heart itch, it seems that things are getting more and more complicated.