The rich man and the poor man

For many days after that, there was no light rain in the neon lights of Paris night.

Han Fu and Pei Zhen would go for a walk in the nearby small street corners after nightfall every day, trying to try their luck, maybe they would meet some strange car or coffee shop, which would bring them back to the dreamlike past.

However, for several days, in the end, I only teased the little wild cats along the way, chatted with the locals, and then returned to the hotel with a cup of freshly ground coffee, iron tower handicrafts or small bouquets.Xiao Yuye's fortuitous encounter never happened again.

The two of them came to Europe this time. Although it was Han Fu clamoring to find the secrets hidden by Mo Luowei and Eugene in name, for Pei Zhen, this was just a game to accompany him after finishing the busy work of researching incense. My family, Han Xiaohua, came to travel and relax on a familytrip.

It’s the business to enjoy the scenery together happily. You can’t wait for a strange time travel that you don’t know what conditions to meet to come, can you just stay in one place in Paris?

Pei Zhen is in a good mood - why not just treat that night as a beautiful dream.To be praised by Morovie and taught by Eugene, this kind of luck is enough to be remembered once in a lifetime.For the rest of the time, he would rather walk hand in hand with Han Xiaohua and eat in the beautiful scenery of various countries than to scurry around like blind flies.

Early that morning, Liszt rushed to the room screaming and showed Han Fu his mobile phone, annoyed and said that he just saw on the Internet that an auction had just ended yesterday in Reims, a city in northeastern France.

At the auction, many aloes, letters and belongings of famous French perfumers in the 20s and 30s were sold.It is said that not only Merovey's letters, but also the private diary of Merovey's childhood sweetheart, Miss Greta.

Han Fu: "Ah! There must be something about Merovie and Eugene in her diary!"

Pei Zhen also quickly seized the opportunity to persuade Han Fu: "Look, Han Xiaohua, our original plan was to go to Brussels two days ago, and we happened to pass by Reims. If we don't delay in Paris these two days, we will go to Reims according to the original plan." Time for this auction!"

"So, continue to follow the route? The story of chasing them is interesting, but it's hard to come to Europe, don't you really want to go to more places together? Actually, I really want to go to Belgium early to see that peeing boy copper Like..."

Han Fu: "Do you want to see it?"

Pei Zhen: "...Think about it." Actually, it's okay, I went to see it a long time ago, it's very small, and there are always dark people crowded beside it, so there's nothing to see.

Han Fu: "So you want to see it? Then let's go, today!"

……

The rich Liszt hired another small plane.

Did not fly directly to Brussels, but stopped in Reims, France as originally planned.Both Han Fu and Liszt really wanted to try their luck—perhaps, the buyer of the legendary Greta's Diary hadn't left yet.

Then they can come to the door to borrow it to have a look, maybe this is the evidence of Merovey's adultery.

The city of Reims is the economic capital of the Champagne province in France. The Ville River, a tributary of the Seine River, winds through here. The "Reims Cathedral", which must be visited when the kings of all ages are crowned, is the most classic sightseeing spot in the city.

The road from the airport to the city is splendid all the way, and the whole city seems less crowded and quiet.

Other buildings were almost completely destroyed during World War II. Today's new city is almost completely rebuilt on the ruins. The bombing burned down the trees, so that even except for the train station and the river, there is no green left on many main roads. Down.

"MADAM Greta's diary was indeed purchased by a beautiful Oriental lady the day before yesterday. I still remember her black hair..."

At the auction house, the old man in charge wore reading glasses, and slowly flipped through the thick roster.Han Fu stared at the table wagging his tail to be cute: "Grandpa, you must have information about that lady here, can you tell us how to find her?"

"Young man, I want to help too," the old man playfully raised the mirror frame, "but according to regulations, customer information cannot be leaked~"

"Grandpa, secretly." Han Fu stretched out his claws and shook hands with him affectionately.

Pei Zhen: "?"

I always feel that my young man has done something secretly. Anyway, after shaking hands, the grandfather put down the hard-shell roster in his hand with a happy look: "Oh, I lost to you young people. Take a peek and see Take a look, don't talk nonsense."

After finishing speaking, he happily tucked the extra Ouyuan banknotes in his heart into his trouser pocket.

The person who bought Greta's diary was indeed an oriental woman as the old man said, and the signature was "JennyYE".

The problem is... Jenny Yeh, there are too many girls named Jenny in English.

Han Fu and Liszt were both in a daze at the name without any other information, but Pei Zhen smiled inscrutablely.

"It's not Jenny Ye." He looked at the silly dog ​​with a smile, "You try to pronounce the name Jenny separately."

Han Fu: "Separate?"

Pei Zhen: "Well, read it separately, read it a little slower, and read it a few more times."

"Jennie Ye, Ye Zhenni..." Han Fu repeated it several times, and the more he said it, the more familiar it became, "Ye Zhenyi?"

Pei Zhen: "Yes."

……

Ye Zhenyi went to Paris to participate in the autumn fashion week.As a result, I heard about the auction in Paris, so I came to Reims on purpose, but I didn't leave the hotel.

They are all big acquaintances, she said that of course she can share the contents of this diary.

The exchange was for three people to translate for her on the spot, because she herself didn't understand a word of French.Han Fu picked up the old sheepskin booklet and opened the first page, which contained the girl's handwriting.

[1930, Paris, winter is coming. 】

【The dance party carefully arranged by Miss Elda is coming soon, but at this juncture, the hero Merovie applies to do volunteer work at the leather market in the slum area, and uses this as a reason to avoid it.Aidelda was dismayed, and Baron Duke was displeased with Merovey for it. 】

[It seems that Merovie really doesn't want to be engaged to Elda.But why?Elda is the most beautiful girl in Paris in the eyes of everyone, with doll-like blue eyes, white porcelain skin and enviable blond hair, and a good family background...]

[I went to the leather market in a carriage today.I want to see if there are any new leather bags, and by the way, I want to see how the volunteers in Merowi are doing. 】

[As a result, Merovie was not at the volunteer position at all. When he was found, he and Eugene were hiding in the corner next to the waste yard... smoking cigars together. It looked like the two of them leaned together and giggled drunkenly at me, and there was a bottle of Armagnac brandy on the ground. 】

[That seems to be... the expensive Cuban cigars and the famous wine on the top floor of the drunk drive that Mo Luowei's father has kept for a long time in the cypress wooden box. Just look at the bottle engraved with the upper body of the goddess to know how expensive it is! 】

[If you go back, your legs will probably be broken. 】

[However, I really didn't expect Morovie to drink with Eugene. After becoming a volunteer, did the relationship finally ease? 】

When Han Fu read this, Pei Zhen frowned and leaned over to see if he had added fuel.

Absolutely not.That's what it says in the diary!

Of course, drinking together once in a while...doesn't prove anything inevitable.On the contrary, Ye Zhenyi had a surprised face: "I always thought that the relationship between the two of them was very bad."

Liszt: "Actually, the relationship might be very good."

Han Fu: "That's right, maybe it's really good!"

Ye Zhenyi: "?"

Pei Zhen: "..."

Han Fu continued to turn down a few pages.As a eldest lady, Greta's daily life is not ordinary after all. She either got her nails done with the countess today, went to the show tomorrow, and had afternoon tea at Maxim's restaurant.The diary recorded a lot of romantic gossip in the circle of celebrities in Paris, and the various small scandals of the childhood sweetheart Melovy were the center of the rumors.

[Recently, there have been rumors everywhere, saying that Merovie has been staying in the leather market as a volunteer and refused to come back. In fact, he was seduced by a girl from the slums. 】

[But I think that must be just rumors spread by her suitors after Elda was rejected. I went to the leather market to find Merovie, but I never saw any poor girls around him.There is one poor boy. 】

[Eugene's house is at the end of Leather Street. The house is very dilapidated, and the door panels are full of gaps, but if you look inside, you can see a new sofa and a vase with flowers.I heard from a neighbor that the new sofa was bought by Merovie, because he went to Eugene to try fragrances after he was free since he was a volunteer. . 】

【Lose once, buy a new pot for Eugene; lose twice, fix a window for Eugene’s house, lose three times, buy a new bed directly...】

[I don’t know what happened in the end, the rumors came back, and it turned out that Merovie took care of poor girls in the leather market, and bought vases, necklaces and dressing tables for them. 】

【... He seems to have lost to Eugene an ancestral golden anchor necklace recently. 】

[1931, Paris, Christmas Eve. 】

【Hahaha, Merovie seems to be unable to stand the stench of the leather market, and is finally willing to come back. 】

[Appeared at Felice's party at night, reeking of alcohol, talking and laughing loudly, but I know him, he doesn't make noise when he's really happy, but he should be in a bad mood with his appearance.Could it be that he lost the fragrance test again? 】

[But it's really strange, it should have won, right?I saw the heirloom gold anchor necklace hanging back around his own neck, where Eugene had worn it last time. 】

……

[1931, Paris, heavy snow. 】

[For a whole month, Merovie drank and went to parties every day, or shut himself up at home in a daze, and didn't grind incense.The family is very anxious, but let me persuade me to ask what happened. 】

[In 1931, Paris, the snow finally melted. 】

[Drinking tea with Phyllis and the others in the afternoon, I heard that Eugene seems to be sick, and he is very sick.When I met Merovie at the party at night, when I mentioned this, Merovey turned pale, stood up and rushed out. 】

【I rushed to Eugene's house with him. Eugene was very weak with a fever, but his family couldn't afford a doctor.Merovie hurriedly carried him to a private clinic, and after he recovered a little, he immediately took him to the champagne manor in Lance to escape the cold. 】

"Lance's manor?" Ye Zhenyi raised his head and asked Han Fu when he heard this, "Isn't our place just Lance? Merovie had a manor here back then?"

Han Fu: "Since this is written in the diary, there should be some. Champagne is the best place for French wine production, partly due to the temperate maritime climate in this area, which is warm and livable in winter. And Mexico Loewy created the perfume 'Winter Kiss' at the Champagne estate in Reims, which is similarly recorded in the notebooks given to us by Grandpa Liszt."

Ye Zhenyi stood up with Xingyan eyes: "So, you said that the villa...was it blown up in World War II, or is it still there?"

……

If the manor house is still there, according to the vague description in Greta's diary, it should also be in the eastern suburbs of the city.

It was already dusk when the four of them ran out of the hotel. Except for Pei Zhen, who always took the calm and realistic route, the other three got into the car as excited as if they were eager to explore treasures.

However, before halfway through the rugged path out of the city, light rain began to fall.

Ye Zhenyi: "Ah, I checked the weather and it said it's going to rain tonight! I passed by a convenience store just now, and I forgot to remind everyone to buy an umbrella!"

Liszt: "It's okay, it's okay, it's so small, it might stop after a while."

Ye Zhenyi nodded lightly, and was taken aback again: "What's the smell? It's so sweet, which one of you sprinkled perfume?"

All three men in the car shook their heads.The faint fragrance of the small plants hanging on the wrists of Han Fu and Pei Zhen diffused again following the moisture from the rain that penetrated into the car.

[1931, Reims, February. 】

Greta's diary says so.

[I came to the villa in Merovilance to spend the winter together. 】

[The doctor said that Eugene needs absolute rest.So as soon as Merovie came over, he let more than half of the servants go home, leaving only the cleaning and cooking maids, and even sent the dog to foster care.I was also told by him to be quiet every day.Fortunately, I had the foresight to bring novel books and fishing rods. 】

[During the day, I went out to go fishing with my friends, and at night I came back to read in the living room.Merovey liked to wrap Eugene in a blanket on a chaise longue, let him sleep by the warm fireplace, and wake up looking out the window at the blue and quiet Wheeler River. 】

[Because Eugene said that the Vele River in winter is very similar to Lake Baikal in Siberia. 】

[Actually, we all know that he probably misses his former home, the vast land of his motherland, Russia, and the carefree days when he was a noble young master.It's a pity that it would be very difficult for him not to go back to that place and those days. 】

[Merovie always said that Eugene was too sick and too thin, and always liked to ask the kitchen to cook delicious food for Eugene in different ways. 】

[Eugene can't eat much, and he will try to feed him; when Eugene is in a bad mood, he will read to him and play the violin serenade for him.Eugene occasionally reads by himself when he is in good spirits, and the flames are crackling, and Merovie sits next to him with a smile and looks at his profile. 】

[But he is not so patient with my childhood sweetheart. 】

[Eugene sometimes suffers from headaches and has trouble falling asleep. When I finally fall asleep, even if I walk on my feet, Merovie often "shh" at me fiercely]

[In the early spring, Eugene's body recovered more than half, and his smile gradually increased. 】

[The three of us chatted together more and more, discussing why the Red Sea is red, how much salt is in the Dead Sea, discussing Russian history, and talking about Empress Catherine's affair. 】

【Merovie and Eugene also gradually solved a lot of misunderstandings. 】

[It seems that... In the past, Eugene always mistakenly thought that Merovie hated him and looked down on him, and felt very sad because Merovie always listened to some false rumors that smeared him.And Morovie was also very wronged by this, saying that he ran to the slums every day when he had nothing to do, and wanted to give Eugene any good things, but Eugene was always unwilling to accept his gifts. So ruthless. 】

[Two fools, what is the matter. 】

[I spent the whole winter with the two of them. There are some things... Although Merovey has never admitted it to me personally, I can feel it very clearly when I look at him and them. . 】

[I have been arranged to marry Riley, the son of my father's friend since I was a child. We will get married when he returns from studying in England next year.But after seeing the eyes of Morovie looking at Eugene, and seeing the scene of them grinding incense together, I was not so sure for the first time. 】

[I don't hate Riley either.He is tall and handsome, humorous, and a gentleman to others.But do I understand him?do i love himWill he want to know me again?Will we be happy together? 】

【Only once in a lifetime is fine, I also want to love someone like that. 】

After reading the diary here, it is said that the amount of information has exploded.

The people in the car should be very surprised, but no one was surprised by the contents of the diary, what they were surprised... was the surrounding scene.The roar of the motors of the cars they were driving turned into the sound of trampling horseshoes without knowing when.The wheels grunted, imprinting two rows of ruts on the winding dirt road.

The manor villa is in front of you, a very beautiful three-story chapel.

And there's no going back...

With a radius of a hundred miles, as far as the eye can see, there are all vineyards under the darkness of night.Just this one house stands, if it is not for some lights, it looks like a ghost house.

Han Fu and Liszt got out of the car first, knocking on the carved door one by one.

After a while, the door bolt rang inside, and a servant, behind him was a young Merovey with a half-eyed mirror: "Ah, it's you, the perfumer from the East, and a beautiful lady, please come in. You're all wet Right? I'll have your rooms and baths ready."

Saying this, he told a few people: "Please keep your voice down, the people upstairs finally fell asleep."

The season has not changed, it is still late autumn.

Greta's diary reads: [The next year, in the autumn of 1932, Eugene fell ill again, this time the illness was very serious, and he suffered from tuberculosis.Regardless of his family's opposition, Merovie took him to Lance's villa to recuperate.Tuberculosis is a very serious infectious disease. I really dare not pass it this time, because I am so worried about Merowe. 】

Merowe: "Greta should have told you about Eugene's condition. I have been telling the doctor that he is just an inflammation. You must not tell him."

Liszt thought for a while: "Speaking of which, tuberculosis is still an incurable disease in this era, right?" Wow, could it be that this person died of tuberculosis in the end?

Merovey turned his head, unhappy in the dim light.

He was originally displeased with this good-looking man who used to walk with Eugene, and now, he said such nonsense nonsense!

"My grandma had tuberculosis and she recovered. She was in her 30s when she got sick, and Eugene was so young!"

He paused, and said again: "If you are afraid of infection, you should leave here early. Anyway, I will stay and take good care of him. He will be fine."

Han Fu also waved his hands stupidly: "No, the four of us will definitely not be infected. We were all given BCG vaccines when we were young. The only ones who are at risk here are you and your servant."

Merovie was stunned, puzzled.

Pei Zhen: "..."

If you tell people in the 30s about defense needles, can they understand?