Green and black floating fragrance

Pick seven

The wind and rain blowing outside, the raindrops knocked, and the boards creaked, and the lattice windows opened a small gap, and the cherry blossoms and residual leaves were blown into the gaps between the lattice doors and windows, and some petals were sent into the house, sticking to them. The cherry petals of the water lie limply on the tatami, no longer as elegant as in the daytime.

The light of the soybean-sized candle was flickering, and a slightly slow male voice sounded.

"Harmony, respect and tranquility, from tranquility to tranquility. Ways are easy to connect, but people are difficult to combine." Dezong sighed softly, "Zhe Ye, do you remember what you said at the beginning?"

"Zhe has always kept it in his heart."

Dezong remained silent, the room was silent for a moment, the candle tears slowly slid down, just drew a light red mark, before it condensed into a drop, it was blown off by the wind, Heizi was about to roll up his sleeves to cut the lantern flowers, Dezong waved his hand , "Tetsuya, if it is destroyed, it will be destroyed, come here."

Heizi gathered his clothes and walked up on his knees. The wick was too long and couldn't stand it. It flickered a few times, the strong wind blew past, and there was a roaring sound. Go, only a wisp of green smoke dissipated.

The sky was gloomy, the moon was covered by dark clouds, and the house was bleak and desolate. In the early spring, the cold air came from under his knees. Heizi only felt itchy in his throat. He held his breath for a few times and continued to cough intermittently.

He was about to apologize, but suddenly there was more weight on his back, Heizi touched it with his backhand, and couldn't help but said in surprise, "Teacher..."

"Put it on, it's cold and windy at night, don't be infected with evil spirits." Dezong put the futon under his knees again, "Zheye, just put it on."

Dezong has always acted vigorously and resolutely, giving people a sense of toughness and sternness, but today he showed a bit of kindness. Although Heizi didn't know the reason, he obediently accepted this rare act of warmth.

"I've done countless wrong things in my life. If I'm wrong, I'm wrong, and if I'm right, I can't care about it. But there are two things I really regret." Dezong said slowly, "The first one is following Fujiwara. Shi became a tea ceremony attendant...the second one is you."

His voice trembled slightly, Heizi's heart tightened, and his body froze unconsciously——

Was he the second thing you regretted?

"The first time I saw you at my sister's place, you were only that old." Dezong crossed his hand, realizing that Heizi couldn't see clearly in the dark, and played it again, "You were only three years old at that time Well, I don’t know if the nanny is being lazy or something, but she cut off a shoulder-length doll’s head, which looks a little emerald in the sun, sitting on the promenade and tilting her head to look at the water-drawing bamboo knots in the yard. Don't blink, just stare."

"I walked over and asked you quietly, 'What are you looking at?' You also answered me in a soft voice, 'Look at the dragonfly sitting on the bamboo joint.' After speaking, the bamboo joint happened to be full of water, and you I said silently: "The dragonfly flew away." I was thinking at the time, how clean and cute it is."

"You were born for tea." Dezong sighed, "The idea of ​​preparing to bring you to learn the tea ceremony was born at that time."

Heizi heard what Dezong said about him when he was young, and it obviously happened to him, but it suddenly seemed like someone else's.

"You probably don't remember either." Dezong caressed Heizi's forehead hair lightly. Heizi was taken aback by this sudden intimacy and couldn't help avoiding it, but Dezong still stroked again as if he didn't notice, " I have always thought that as long as you avoid human affairs and stay close to flowers and plants, you will be able to leave a pure land, but I have forgotten that you are still young, and the more you force, the less you will get."

"...Teacher..." Heizi called out in a low voice.

"It's a good thing that it's not me that you're intimate with..." Dezong withdrew his hand and smiled wryly, "It's a good thing it wasn't me..."

"Teacher, I don't..." Heizi heard the bitterness in Dezong's words, and held Dezong's arm, "I have always respected you."

"Oh... I know, I know." Dezong repeated several times, "but respect is just respect."

"Although he has a bit of a temper, he also values ​​love and righteousness. If we let it go at that time, it would be a good move to have him take care of us in the future." Dezong's voice shuddered, "But now is now, you should never become an official. , but after all, it is the person who was once protected by the Fujiwara clan."

Heizi pursed his lips tightly and raised his head after a while and said, "He and I..."

"Needless to say." Dezong patted him on the head, "Your own affairs will eventually be understood, so let's rest today."

The quilt in the inner room had been made up, Dezong covered Heizi with a quilt, Fu sat on the side again, and said with a light smile, "When you first came, you were so close to me, you had to watch over me every night before you fell asleep."

Heizi closed his eyes silently, and only heard the sound of the sliding door being pulled, and then whispered something.

"...Master."

Since he has become a tea master, he needs to pay attention to the tea set and utensils all the time, to match the tea party and other things. Sometimes he can't find a match, so he has to draw a picture to make it himself.

That day, Heizi saw a pool of spring water rippling, wrinkling the weeds, and pushing away the fallen leaves. He wanted to make a tea set. The sides of the bowl were pleated, and the rough pottery was filled with clear water.He drew the picture and gave it to the potter, but he didn't expect that the pottery made the lake green glaze color on his own initiative.

He looked at the utensils and refused, but the pottery maker also had plausible words: "The glaze is bright and the shape is complete. Besides, it looks better than the rough and rough pottery after being glazed. If you sell it directly, you won't be the only one." Give so much!"

This set of tea sets is indeed well-burned, the green of the lake is gradually changing, with undulating depths, and it feels cool to hold in the hand, just like holding the lake in your hands.It’s just that the tea ceremony pays attention to imperfection and nature, if it is too perfect and gorgeous, it will only spoil the simplicity and simplicity.

Heizi and the pottery maker were in a stalemate. During the stalemate, they suddenly heard a crisp sound of beating, and the pottery maker rushed over immediately, shouting: "Hey! What are you doing!"

He hadn't gotten close to him yet, but someone had already stepped aside to stop him. Heizi reacted a little slower than him, and when he turned around, he heard someone order, "Xiaotaro, step back."

The voice was not rough, on the contrary, it was very pleasant. With just a few words, the person who came out obediently retreated back, showing a dark red color.

The visitor was dressed in a red patterned hakama with feathers. Although he had a friendly face, his eyes were piercing, but he didn't take it away. He put the chess piece with his fingertips in his palm, and there were already a few cracks in the rough pottery lake green glazed cup.

He picked up the tea bowl, looked at it playfully for a few times, and then handed it to Heizi.

"Look, how good is this?"

The tea bowl is made of a square shape, with a large mouth and a shallow bottom, with loquat-colored withered leaves lying quietly on the bottom of the bowl, which is unique and delicate in its roughness.Where the chess pieces are struck, the shallow grooves of the grooves fall between the dead leaves, the white foam piles up, and the ice shards are different from the warm and melting colors of spring. The stone was thrown into the ice, and there were potholes and shallow holes, and there were cracks.

"The leaves in the small pond are frozen to preserve the autumn, and the young children break the ice and crack the spring. I don't know how such a scene is?"

He hit the chess pieces just right, one point ruined the glaze, and one point lost less wit. Although he was full of laughter, his arrogance did not disappear at all.Although he didn't reveal his identity, but with such a naked display of momentum, Heizi thought a little bit about it, so he didn't go to pick up the tea bowl, but just took a step away without any trace, and replied: "A piece of ice hides autumn, it's not a child." Tong Toushi frolicked and didn't know the spring news. A little turn of his thoughts brought a new scene, and he knew the news of spring dawn with one child, but I was too persistent just now. My mood has changed, so I can't ask for this bowl."

"Oh?" Seeing that Heizi didn't take the tea bowl, the man was not annoyed, and just played with the tea bowl with one hand, "You mean, you want to give this bowl to me?"

"One bowl of Yizi, the artistic conception is born because of you, and this teacup belongs to you." Heizi slowly shook his head, "The mood is different. Although I can understand the beauty in it, I can't understand it by myself. Even if it is given to me, it will be ruined." .”

"You completely blocked me in one breath." The man smiled slightly, "What you see is the same with the first glance, but the scene with the heart is different, but I really want to hear from you."

Heizi let out a shallow breath, and didn't open his mouth until the small cloud of white mist dissipated, "Pursue its origin, enjoy its nature, and don't want to demand perfection."

These words were already rude, but the other party didn't show any shame or annoyance on his face, he just sighed, "That's what I did on purpose." He weighed the bottom of the bowl and let it go aside, "Little Taro, put it away for me." .”

The man called "Little Taro" has quick hands and feet, and a quick figure. Just now Heizi saw that he was a few yards away from the man holding the chess, and he stood beside the man holding the chess in just a moment, holding the teacup firmly. , Heizi suppressed the surprise in his eyes, and still remained indifferent.

"You really don't ask anything." The strange-colored eyes dimmed slightly, and they became bright again in an instant, becoming dazzling and compelling.

"One piece is easy for one bowl." He murmured and repeated, turning his wrist lightly, and the put away chess piece returned to his fingertips.His fingers are long and slender, his nails are neatly trimmed and round, and his hands are shiny and pearly. It can be seen that he has not done rough things and is well maintained.Because of Heizi's long-term study of tea ceremony, he always pays special attention to his opponent, if he doesn't notice, the opponent has already stood up and stood in front of him.

There is not much difference in stature between the two, the red feathers are similar, and the light incense reaches the nose. When Heizi raised his head, the other's eyes that looked like flames were pressed down.

"Since one piece is easy for one bowl, if you gave me the bowl, I should also give you the chess piece." He deliberately lowered his voice with a slight smile, but Heizi felt cold all over his body, and he couldn't even move his limbs.

"But I gave you a piece, how should I play after this game of chess?" As soon as the hot breath covered the earlobe, it immediately turned cold, and the laughter from the throat shook the eardrum, which was very clear, "Zhe Ye, Um?"

"This chess piece, Tetsuya, how are you going to help me play?"

The incense in the room was wafting, and the words of the chess man before he left were still in his ears. Heizi slowly let out a breath and opened his eyes.

Xiangche can go forward but not backward, and we are the defender, and the other side is the attacker.Heizi took a deep look at the small wooden chess piece, the bell-shaped chess piece was sitting on the tea table, motionless.

Judging from the colors of Dezi, Renqing, Lichi, Xinhuang, Yibai, and Zhihei, he probably also belongs to the fifth and sixth ranks of the third rank; red symbolizes magic power, and is not worn on special occasions. He is generous and elegant. Higher-level status, but avoided talking about identity, leaving only one pawn.

Heizi had an intuition that this matter should not be told to others, and he also made up his mind to figure it out for himself.Since the other party already knew his name and identity, they should have expected him to take some action, but how to find him and what leverage should be used to negotiate.

He turned the chess pieces over, extinguished the incense sticks, closed his eyes but was still restless.

Xiangche Xiangche, but you can't go forward, you can't go back, there is no way out...

Can only be discarded.