The ten-year trace of the soul of chess

A night without dreams.

Waking up in the dim light of birdsong, the bright light is still the posture of embracing and sleeping when falling asleep last night.

It's hard to tell who disturbed whom, who looked at whom first.

There is not much difference from before.

It's just that they are far away from the hustle and bustle of personnel, and suddenly they are placed in an unfamiliar environment, and then feel each other's breathing and heartbeat so closely, even the originally repressed fetters become deeper and hotter.

Before 7 o'clock in the morning, the commercial vehicle stopped at the hotel entrance as scheduled.

After Guangguang got in the car, Igarashi introduced the two new members of the trip to them. One was Mr. Kengo Nishimoto who was in charge of this shooting, and the other was Ms. Chiho Kuriyama who was in charge of their hairstyles.

Nishimoto shook hands with both of them.When he let go, he took a meaningful look.

For this trip, three shooting locations were mainly selected, namely: Yuanguang Temple, Liuliguangyuan, and Jiguang Temple.

According to the plan, we will first go to the first two places to take pictures today.

Half an hour after the commercial vehicle drove out, it stopped in front of a clothing store.

As soon as the vehicle stopped, the shop owner came out from behind the curtain as if he had a premonition.It is a middle-aged woman in a simple and elegant kimono with light makeup.

Before Xu Shi came, she had communicated with Igarashi. She led everyone into the store for a rest, and then walked to the tailor room at the back of the store with a bright light.

I knew in advance that I needed to wear a hakama suit for shooting.

Without much hesitation, the female general chose the color and style of the hakama suits for the two of them.

They thought they would change clothes together, but when they reached the end of the corridor, the female general motioned for the two to dress separately.

Standing at the entrances of their respective Japanese rooms, Hikari turned his face slightly to the right, and when he caught the sight of his lover looking back, he smiled very shallowly, as if to say, "See you later."

Pull the door and enter the Japanese room, and someone is already waiting inside.

The wearing of hakama clothes is extremely complicated.

Guang took off all the clothes on his body, leaving only his underwear, and then, under the guidance of a special person——

Off-white twill cotton false collar, wear first;

Black silk dress, right lapel;

Navy blue ribbon, waist;

Blue water wave silk satin corner belt, covering it;

A black and white striped cotton horse rides in a hakama, right foot first...

Even though it was early winter, after wearing a whole set of hakama clothes, Hikari was already sweating from the three inner and outer layers.

The one who instructed Guang to dress was a middle-aged man who was nearly fifty years old, and he acted extremely rigorously. He checked Guang's attire again, and after confirming that it was correct, he opened the door and walked out of the Japanese room with him.

As for the next door and the room, Liang also happened to be dressed properly at this time, and opened the door and went out.

When the female general was picking up her clothes before, Guang Guang didn't even have time to see the style of the other party's hakama, and it was only at this moment that they were finally able to take a closer look at each other.

The same fabric is made of plain silk with a black background, but the dark patterns embroidered on it are slightly different.

Dressed in a black background inlaid with golden waves and auspicious cloud patterns, black and white striped cotton horse rides the light of the hakama;

as well as.

Dressed in a black background inlaid with silver dragon needle pine pattern, white and gray gradient twill cotton horse riding hakama is bright.

The hakama suit, which was originally rented temporarily, was handed by two sewing masters, who only slightly modified the size of the garment, and it fit perfectly on Liang and Guang's body as if it were tailor-made.

It was the first time Xu saw each other in hakama uniforms, and the two teenagers opened their eyes wide open unconsciously.After a little bit of daze, Fei Yun floated on the cheeks of the two of them, looked at each other and smiled, still showing a bit of restraint, but his eyes were full of undisguised admiration and amazement.

Although I didn’t say anything, the overly grand costumes almost made the two of them have some unrealistic expectations at that moment-if one day, I can wear the monozuke hakama, hold your hand, and go to the shrine with you, Make an eternal vow before the gods...

That would be great.

But the moment the delusion was born, it was stopped by Liang.

I shouldn't expect more from myself.

As if afraid of being noticed by his lover, Liang finally moved away from the entangled eyes of each other, but still couldn't help but draw a faintly visible arc at the corner of his mouth.

The main hall of Yuanguang Temple is famous for its two windows.

One is a round "Window of Enlightenment", which means to get rid of confusion and gain spiritual openness and freedom; the other is a square "Window of Confusion", which symbolizes life sufferings of life, old age, sickness, death, love, hatred and ignorance.

In this shoot, two windows are used as the background.

After pre-negotiation, a group of people admitted to the hospital for filming was almost unimpeded.

After entering the main hall, Nishimoto took out his camera and explained the next arrangement - first two groups of Liang and Guang single-person portraits, and then two photo shoots together.

Considering that bright hairstyles are a bit complicated to take care of, the solo shooting starts with light.

In order to keep the models from being disturbed by the outside world during the shoot, when all the photography, makeup, and hairstyles were ready, Nishimoto screened out the others, leaving only Meixiang to assist.

"In a short while you will be sitting in front of the 'window of confusion', like this," said Nishimoto, with a camera hanging around his neck, demonstrating to the light himself.

Guang nodded, and sat in front of the square corner window according to his request.

"Then...turn your face slightly to the side—yes, that's it!" Nishimoto gave him an "OK" gesture, and stepped back by himself, "Afterwards, I will ask you some questions while taking pictures .You don’t have to answer me, but you must have an answer in your heart.”

Mitsu thought that the so-called "question" was just an interaction similar to small talk.

Until Nishimoto raised the camera and asked the first question: "So far, what is the most regrettable thing for you?"

——Sai.

Sitting in front of the "Window of Confusion", Guang almost thought of the name reflexively.

Shutter sound, click, click.

Only 2 seconds later, the second question came one after another: "Is there anyone you want to see but never see again?"

——Sai.

Click, click.

Then...

"What does that person mean to you?"

"Do you think you are strong enough?"

"Do you have an ulterior secret in your heart?"

"Have you ever said something mean to someone closest to you?"

"In the past, is there anything you regret?"

"If you could turn back time, what would you most like to do?"

……

One voice, one sentence.

The question that Nishimoto kept knocking on the door of Guang's heart pierced into the deepest part of Guang's heart like a sharp knife.

The bare body shook slightly, and the ankles were almost unable to support the weight of the whole body.

why?

Why are you asking these questions?

Why do I have to answer these questions?

Just looking at the lens in Xiben's hand that is constantly adjusting the focus, I feel that the lens is not shooting people, but spying on his heart.

For a moment, Guang suddenly repelled the photographer with almost disgust, wishing he could rush over and smash the camera to pieces.

Outside the window, the red maple is like fire, as if it will rush into the window and burn the whole hall in the next second;

Inside the window, Guang's eyes turned cold little by little, like two black mist that swallowed everything.

Nishimoto seemed to see through the emptiness in Guang's eyes, and pulled him back to reality from the ice and snow with a sharp shout: "Answer my question, Shinto!"

Finally, there is no avoiding it.

The fragments of the buried memory box were suddenly exposed to the sunlight, and the light unconsciously frowned, and stopped looking at the camera as if escaping, and gradually revealed a struggling and even painful expression on his face looking out of the window—some things even You can already let go, time has changed, but there will still be a dull pain.

In the quiet main hall, the sound of shutters roared like waves.

Nishimoto instructed behind the camera: "Shinto, stand up now and look out the window."

Guang seemed to be lost in his own thoughts, but mechanically got up and held on to the window frame, looking out the window.

Why am I confused by that guy's few words?Light thought.I am still too weak.

The end of November is the best time to enjoy maple leaves.

At this moment, outside the main hall of Yuanguang nunnery, the maple leaves are like a cover, but people's voices are heard, but no one is seen.

At the moment when Guang clearly realized and accepted that "I am not mature enough", the surroundings that were originally no different from black and white,

As if the color palette was overturned suddenly, in the eyes of the light, large pieces of red and green, green with gold are rushing into the eyes of the light.

And the pair of eyes that originally reflected confusion also became clear and bright in an instant—it turned out that it was in this flower, leaf, and thought that I discovered my own shortcomings and reconciled with myself.

After the filming ended, when Nishimoto said "hard work", Hikaru turned around and walked out of the house without saying a word.

When passing by Nishimoto, Nishimoto whispered something in his ear, but Hikari left as if he had never heard of it.

Walking into the Japanese room where everyone was sitting, leaving only one sentence "I will talk to him alone", Hikaru clasped Liang's hand and took him away from everyone's sight.

Liang's feet were wearing foot bags and clogs, which made it extremely difficult for him to walk.

Being pulled all the way to the backyard of the main hall by the light, Liang's footsteps just stood firm when he fell into the arms of the light unexpectedly.

Liang staggered, his chin almost hit Guang's shoulder.

"F-what happened, Hikari?" I had never seen Hikari so panic-stricken, and Ryo also became nervous, patting Hikari's back repeatedly.

But Guang just shook his head, grabbing the hands on Liang's back and scratching deep marks on the silk hakama jacket.

At this moment, I finally put my lover back into my arms, and the extreme panic that was born during the shooting just now was slightly relieved.

During filming, two models suddenly disappeared for no reason.

After waiting in the Japanese room for a while, Igarashi didn't hold his breath after all, he just chatted with the others while holding his mobile phone, then got up and looked outside the house.

After about a moment, the two finally returned to the sight of everyone.

Eriko, who was interrupted by the light just now in the middle of putting on makeup for Liang, rushed out first, and complained to the light involuntarily.

Knowing that he was wrong, he had to put his hands together to ask for forgiveness.

After Eriko brought Ryo into the Japanese room to retouch her makeup, Kuriyama Chiho who was standing behind her poked her head out and asked doubtfully, "Where is Igarashi? Didn't she come back with you?"

Light was taken aback.

Fortunately, during the conversation, the person concerned had already walked behind Guang, and asked with a normal expression, "What can I do for you?"

If Liang still had doubts about the anomaly of light before the shooting, then after the shooting started, he fully understood.

In front of him, the person hiding behind the camera, perhaps he never wanted to photograph the models in front of him, but their hearts.

Ryo doesn't know if Nishimoto said anything to Hikari, at least after he finished filming, Nishimoto said: "It is not as hard as iron that is strong, but a soft heart will make you stronger."

The penultimate mirror at Genko-an.

Xiben asked Liang Guang to sit in front of the "Window of Enlightenment" with their shoulders to one another.In the same way, the outer leg is bent, the inner side is straightened, while the outer arm hangs down naturally, and the palm is supported on the tatami.

In the lens, the eyes of the bright lights are all looking forward from a distance, as if checking and balancing each other, and as if relying on each other.

One last shot.

Nishimoto placed chess blocks in front of the "window of epiphany", and then asked Liang and Guang to sit on both sides of the chess blocks and look at the chessboard.

After Kuriyama Chiho's care, the blond hair in front of the light forehead stood up slightly, and the black hair at the back of the head became fluffy and soft, wrapping a full arc; The headband was loosely tied up, and the short sideburns that were not tied into the hair tie curled slightly inwards, hooking his slightly thin chin.

Looking from a distance, the golden waves and auspicious cloud patterns on Guang's body and the blond hair on his forehead reflect each other, solemn yet innocent and lively; the silver silk Tenglong pine and bamboo patterns on Liang's body are in sharp contrast with the red maple scenery outside the window, and further set off the He has a calm and restrained elegance.

At this time, a beam of natural light shines into the main hall from the "window of epiphany", and the two different spirits interweave and collide in the lens, and they seem to complement each other as a whole.

With a "click", the picture freezes.

The author has something to say:

The title of this chapter is "Bright Light Takes You to Kyoto II" (×), it is not.

I have never been to Yuanguang Temple, but looking at the photos, the scenery outside the two windows when the maple leaves are red is really beautiful~

How cumbersome it is to wear a hakama suit, you can watch this video, it doesn’t matter if you don’t know Japanese: