Chapter 172 The Truth Buried by Time 1

Seven years later, Qiuxian Town, an ancient town in Jiangnan Water Township.

Qiuxian Town is located in the west of Yuecheng, surrounded by mountains on both sides and beautiful scenery. Now it is a tourist attraction that Chinese and foreign tourists are the first to yearn for.

An ancient canal passes through the ancient town. On the old long street paved with bluestone slabs, there are many big house gardens. Under the Daiwa pink wall, between the green mountains and clear water, the ancient ebony boats are freely in the water town, creating their own charm.

Since Fifteen years ago, Qiuxian Town has been highly valued by provincial and municipal leaders and has been included in the protection list of national key historical and cultural towns. As a result, five years of protective development has been carried out. At that time, a large number of ancient residential houses and garden buildings have been improved and built, and then it has been gradually developed into tourist attractions.

Every spring, the flowers are in full bloom, the temperature is suitable, and tourists are the most vigorous.

Today is the second day of April. It is sunny and warm. On weekends, just dawn, the quaint long streets have been filled with many tourist groups.

On both sides of the ancient canal, on the two commercial streets connected by tall stone arch bridges, there are a variety of stalls, specializing in selling snacks and delicacies with Yuecheng local characteristics, colorful silk costumes, and antique jade.

At the end of the west side of Long Street, there is a red garden, which was originally the courtyard of a celebrity during the Qing Dynasty. Since it was converted into a Chinese and Western hotel "Yunxiangju" seven years ago, it has now become the first choice for tourists to rest at night.

There are roughly three reasons why tourists like it.

First, the environment is elegant, comfortable and generous. From the outside, the hotel is still an ancient building with carved jade and flying eaves, and the interior facilities are inclined to European pastoral style, which can be called the supporting facilities of a four-star hotel in a big city. In this way, tourists staying here can also get a perfect rest at night after experiencing the original water town customs of the ancient town in the daytime, which is very suitable for the living habits of contemporary urban people.

The second is fair price and comprehensive service. The hotel's facilities are excellent, but the price is positioned at a level acceptable to ordinary working people. In the past seven years, it has accumulated a wide range of consumer groups. In addition, the hotel service staff are on duty after strict training, are proficient in English, enthusiastic about hospitality, and have a good reputation. Three years ago, it was specially approved by the Yuecheng City Government to become a designated hotel for receiving foreign guests in Qiuxian Town. In this way, the business of "Yunxiangju" has naturally reached a higher level.

As for the third reason, it is related to a legendary anecdome that is now passed down in Qiuxian Town.

The cause and effect of this anecdomet are as follows.

"Yunxiangju" has been bought by a mysterious woman 7 years ago. After some decoration and official opening, the big and small things have been handled by the female supervisor who is over 50 years old and still charming. The staff of the hotel call her Mr. Lin, and the older generation in the town is also very close to her. Mr. Lin is shrewd and neat. I won the trust of the female boss.

However, the legendary female boss herself rarely comes forward to manage hotel affairs. Even the old employees who have worked in the store for many years rarely see her, let alone those passers-by.

It is also because of this that it stimulates people's curiosity. At the streets and alleys of Qiuxian Town, everyone has nothing to do after dinner. What they like to talk about most is the hostess of Yunxiangju.

According to people familiar with the matter, the female boss is not only gorgeous, but also plays the piano well. Whenever it is quiet at night, those guests living in the hotel and neighboring fellow villagers can always faintly hear the beautiful piano sound accompanied by the ancient river in the dim yellow night light. Flowing, the sound was as bright as the moon in the sky, without a trace of impurities, and it easily flowed into the heart of the listener.

However, after listening to it for a long time, people find that the sound of the piano sounds as clear as morning beads on the surface, as quiet as running water, and calm and indifferent.

But there was a bosom friend who thought about it carefully, but found that under the calm on that side, there was actually a solemn sadness lurking. The sadness seemed so weak and so desperate that it could not be expressed in words. Only by relying on this boundless darkness can it be released silently...

Night after night, the piano-player persists, but the people who listen to the piano do feel sad and touching, and sometimes they can't help crying.

From this, people can't help guessing that the mysterious female boss must have twists and turns and unbearable legendary past. It is also for this reason that many tourists scramble to come here just to listen to this mysterious legendary woman play a sad and lingering piano song in the dead of night...

It is said that it is already 9 a.m. at this time. The "Yunxiangju" is already quite lively. Most of the tourists who walk around are full of energy. Tourists who plan to go shopping or prepare to finish the trip and are checking out are rarely visited.

The welcome lobby of the hotel is located in the main building in front of you, facing the gate and a circular garden. Two on-duty customer service personnel are busy receiving three young people who are about to check out. Suddenly, they heard a beautiful male voice getting into their ears. "Miss, how can I get to your boss's office?"

When I looked up, I saw a beautiful and heartbreaking beautiful man standing in front of her. Xiao Liu, who first reacted, suddenly felt a dazzling in front of him. The red on his cheeks spread all the way to the top of his head, which made his thoughts chaotic. After stammer for a long time, he said, "Please... please... Ask, what's the matter with you? Just tell me directly. Our boss doesn't accept guests.

The beautiful man bent his beautiful eyes, and the faint crow's feet on his forehead loomed. His smile was polite, and his tone was also gentlemanly polite: "Please inform me. Please tell your boss that I am her old friend and I have something very important to ask her. This is my business card. I think she will see me naturally after reading it.

After saying that, she took out a delicate light-colored business card from the black leather bag she carried with her and handed it to her in front of her.

Xiao Liu's trembling hands seemed to receive the imperial edict. He solemnly took the small piece of paper, but was grabbed by Xiao Xu who came up from the side. Xiao Xu stared at Xiao Liu unconsciously and said first, "Let's talk to Mr. Lin first. I don't know if the boss will be in the room. What about it?"

In the face of Xiao Xu's intentional evasion and embarrassment, the beautiful man was still not angry. He just replied with a smile, "Well, please, I'll wait for her reply here." After saying that, he turned around and chatted with the blonde foreigner behind him.

Seeing this, little girl Xu also faintly felt a little strange smell in her heart. She turned her head and ran to Mr. Lin's office on the second floor.

At this moment, Mr. Lin, who has a clear face and is more than 50 years old, but does not have a trace of fortune, is holding the business card tightly in his hand and looking at it for a long time. Finally, he can't make up his mind and decides to ask the boss in person.

Therefore, about a quarter of an hour later, when Mr. Lin personally came to invite the two uninvited guests to the backyard - the room where the boss lived, not the office, Miss Xu was really shocked, and Miss Liu stared back at her with a very proud look to show her wisdom.

Mr. Lin took a beautiful man and a blonde foreigner along the bluestone path in front of the main building, through two stone bridges and a pavilion in the garden, and then he saw the two-story red building in the depths of the ancient house.

The three of them went straight up the ebony stairs covered with the red carpet and came to the living room on the second floor. They looked at the water-blue background wall that came to their faces, looked at the clusters of strange flowers and grasses on the balcony, and looked at the familiar scenery in front of them. The beautiful man suddenly stopped, and a layer of water mist gradually condensed in his beautiful eyes.

Just as he was wandering, the door on the left side had opened, and a long figure came out of it, wearing an elegant beige windbreaker, as graceful as ever, as ever, but the beautiful and refined face, after years of precipitation, is no longer as pure and tender as before, but A little more calm and a little mature charm.

"Ru Lin, I'm all well."

With a soft call, he woke Fang Rulin up from his dream. He was stunned and strode forward, but stood in front of her for a long time before he gradually bent a beautiful smile and said with difficulty, "Shu'an, I'm all right."