Shenjing, Beauty Building.
When a bloody, cruel and inhumane tragedy occurred in the distant Taiyang, there was singing and dancing in Shenmiao Street in Shenjing.
Tonight, two yellow lanterns were hung at the door of Beauty Building early, and the door was not opened.
In Shenmiao Street, the courtesans who are qualified to open their own buildings will hang two red lanterns at the door every time when they are willing to open the door to welcome guests. At this time, the young men guarding the door will know that the courtesan is going to The party opens the door to welcome guests, and then happily report to their masters. When the time comes, their masters will come dressed up.
Hanging two blue lanterns on the gatehouse means that the oirans have not returned from the trip, but the flower house is still open. Except that the oirans cannot be seen, everything else remains as usual. There are still prostitutes who can accompany them to drink and have fun and recite poems. Keep company.
This is also the reason why courtesans will support a group of prostitutes after they become independent, so as to avoid losing the popularity of their flower houses when they are unable to welcome guests. After all, the flower garden is like a love scene, and those wealthy customers can fall in love with them at first sight. Naturally You can also fall in love with someone at first sight.
This is the elegance and beauty of the people who are in harmony, and the falling flowers and flowing water suddenly appear from the west to the east. How can there be true love in the joyous scene
Hanging a yellow lantern at the door means that the oiran is not available to receive guests today, or is ill, or is inconvenient to the flower house, and is unable to receive guests. Generally, this situation does not last for many days.
But the yellow lanterns in the Beauty Building were hung up for ten consecutive days. The boys who were looking for information at the door were all confused: Is the Beauty Building not going to open anymore? Or are all the sisters getting popular? But you haven’t been here for ten consecutive days, right
What the hell is going on in this beauty building? Is it still open for business
Among these servants, there were also some servants from other flower buildings. They saw that the beauty building had been closed for so long to thank guests, and there were faint sounds of pianos in the building. It was obvious that they were rehearsing behind closed doors, in order to pass the time. Chunlan will prepare for the day.
"It seems that Mr. Yu wants to make a splash!" A young man in black robe swung his chin and looked thoughtfully at the two yellow lanterns hanging in front of the beauty building.
A boy next to him looked extremely young. He asked timidly: "May I ask this big brother what you mean by this sentence?"
The black-robed boy looked up and down at the young boy in front of him and said with a smile, "Which family are you from?"
The boy cupped his hands and said, "Qianshan family."
The young man in black robe was stunned and said: "Qianshan family? Which Qianshan family?"
This originally submissive and timid young man couldn't help but put on a bit of pride on his face: "Which Qianshan family is there in the world?"
The young man in black robe was immediately in awe, and his face became much more enthusiastic: "It turns out that this is the Qianshan family of the Fifth Third Grand Master! Sorry, disrespectful! It's a good time for Mr. Qianshan to return to the capital!" In seven days, it will be the Chunlan Party! At that time, our oiran troupes in Daqi will have to show off their skills, and that will be a blessing! Now the flower houses at the heads of all the oiran troupes are staring at each other, and they all want to spy on each other. What kind of tricks are you rehearsing?"
The young man asked curiously: "What are you doing asking about this?"
The young man in black robe was very proud and said as if he was in love with the lake: "You don't understand this! In this brothel, there are a lot of intrigues and intrigues! These characters look like sisters. Deep, but in fact, I am secretly on guard. Those courtesans are not fuel-efficient lamps. Which one of them is not holding back and wanting to make a splash at the Chunlan Festival and steal the limelight of these leaders? Since ancient times, this flower house has been like a battlefield, and the relationship between women Although there is no blood in the battle, the cruelty and ruthlessness in it is no less than that of men!
The young man honestly held up his hands and asked for advice: "I just came to Shenjing not long ago, please give me some advice."
The young man in black robe laughed and said: "Back then, the eight major troupes seemed to be competing on the same stage, but they secretly stole music scores, censored corners, and even poisoned and killed people. They did a lot of things!"
The young boy couldn't help but turn pale in horror: "Is there anything about poisoning and killing people?"
The young man in black robe sneered: "Hey, don't think that these courtesans and courtesans are all as beautiful as gods. But in fact, some of them are as ruthless and as poisonous as snakes and scorpions! Back then, a certain leader wanted to ruin the song. During the performance at the beginning of the tour, she even poisoned her first musician to death. This incident caused a sensation in Shenjing, didn't you know?"
The young man smiled bitterly and said, "I'm new to Shenjing, so naturally I don't know about it."
The young man in black robe added: "Some oirans secretly found out the content of the song and dance that the other party was going to perform, and deliberately arranged for them to perform at the same time. But because they were at the forefront of the performance, they naturally took advantage of it!"
The young man looked like his eyes had been opened and he couldn't help but sigh: "I am living in Taizhou with the old man. I only know that Taizhou is barren and hard, and the people are strong and martial. I only see village swordsmen on weekdays. How have I heard of such flowers?" The secret of the building is so hidden with murderous intent!"
The young man in black robe said again: "Hey, just watch, this Chunlan Party will definitely be another fight without weapons! Yu Xingshou stayed behind closed doors, he must have been holding back in the flower house. It’s going to be a blockbuster! Haven’t you seen that they haven’t even released a single person recently?”
The young man immediately said, "What do you mean by not letting anyone out?"
The young man in black robe said: "In each of these big flower houses, they all have their own spies, but some of them are open spies, and some are secret spies, which are used to send messages to outsiders at critical moments. Everyone knows this, so they do it for To prevent the leakage of information, we will completely seal off the Hualou and centrally manage them these days so that these secret agents cannot pass on the information to the outside world, so as to achieve the goal of completely sealing off the information!"
The young boy sighed: "The flower building is like a battlefield, it's so powerful!" He said: "Then it seems that Yu Xingshou will win the first place this time?"
The black-robed boy curled his lips and said, "That's not necessarily the case. Each of the eight major costumes has its own merits, not to mention the two oirans Nalan Qian and Miao Keren who are good at singing and dancing. Everyone swears that they want to bring the eight costumes together. It has become one of the top ten!" He said, and couldn't help but shake his head: "This time, the orchids and autumn chrysanthemums are all in their own way, and hundreds of flowers gather together to compete in the same field!"
As he spoke, he clicked his tongue and sighed with anticipation.
While the two young men were whispering outside, in a small courtyard in the backyard of the beauty building, Poppy, Chu Chu and other pipa musicians were watching Mingzhu playing a piece they were familiar with. , and a strange musical instrument, the five-string pipa!
The shape of this pipa is exactly the same as that of the four-stringed pipa, but the only difference is that there is one more string, a bass string. But just the addition of this bass string makes the music that they were familiar with change the momentum and flavor of playing it now. huge change.
Poppy, Chu Chu and these pipa musicians are all experts, so they can naturally hear the changes and understand that although there is only one more string, this has brought earth-shaking changes to the expressiveness of the music. Variety!
Mingzhu was playing a section of Qian Shanxue's new song "General's Banquet" called "Besieged from both sides". This was still describing the earth-shattering battle in Jiuyuan. At this time, when Mingzhu was playing the five-string pipa, although the usual song Each section has its own merits in expressiveness, and even the four-string pipa has an advantage in melodious and melodious chanting. But once the music enters the part depicting the battlefield, the resonance and lowness of the bass strings perfectly complete the expressiveness of the entire music. Improved several levels.
As the pearl continued to play, the five strings continued to sound at the same time, creating an overwhelming shocking effect in terms of resonance and momentum. Whether it was Poppy, Chu Chu, or several other pipa musicians, all of them fell to the ground at this time. Looking at the pearl with gleaming eyes, it's like looking at heaven!
After Mingzhu played the last note, Chu Chu was so excited that she couldn't hold it back and clapped vigorously. Even the reserved poppy couldn't help but stepped forward, took Mingzhu's hand and said, "Sister, I'm so happy." Immortal descends to earth! Among the pipa players in the world, my sister deserves to be at the head of the group!"
Chu Chu also nodded quickly and vigorously: "Absolutely, absolutely! Gongsun and everyone are far inferior to Sister Mingzhu! Moreover, how did Sister come up with the idea of adding this string? This is simply a stroke of genius! With this change, all pipa players in the world will want it. I respect my sister as the master of the five-stringed pipa!"
The poppy added: "Let me tell you, sister, this song is really good. It is majestic and impassioned. Although I have only listened to a section, I already feel that this song is the first of a hundred! It's just that the song is new to me. I have never heard it before, but Sister’s new one?”
Mingzhu felt proud and sad at the same time. She held her pipa and bowed slightly to Poppy, Chu Chu and others. She smiled bitterly and said: "I didn't write this song..."
Poppy's eyes lit up, she held Mingzhu's hand tightly and said, "Where did you write this? Can my sister recommend it to my sister?"
Mingzhu fell silent, and her heart was filled with confusion: This man was unparalleled in terms of talent in music and dance, and invincible in the world, but he was also full of evil, and his hands were stained with human life and blood!
It can be said that it is not a pity for him to die!
But... Do I have to watch his earth-shattering talent be buried like this? Is it just like watching "The General's Banquet" that he worked so hard to compose and rehearse become covered in dust
There was a war between heaven and man in Mingzhu's heart. She took a deep breath and said, "I can't answer my sister until I go back and ask..."
Chu Chu said bluntly: "Oh, this can't be done. Our Beauty Building is closed now! No one is allowed to..."
Before she could finish speaking, Poppy stopped her and said: "It doesn't matter, sister, it's okay to go, but it's an emergency right now, sister must go and come back quickly, and pay more attention to safety."
Mingzhu was moved and bowed to the poppy while holding her five-stringed harp.
Chu Chu watched Mingzhu leave, and she whispered to Poppy: "Sister, are you not afraid of her..."
The poppy shook her head and said: "Don't be suspicious of people, but don't be suspicious of employees! With her earth-shattering talent and ability, she is more than enough to be an oiran, how can she be a coward? Don't underestimate her, don't underestimate her either. Got me!"
Chu Chu smiled sheepishly: "It's my little sister who has a villainous heart."
While the two were chatting and laughing, Mingzhu quietly left the small door under the escort of the strong guards sent by the Beauty Building, and headed southwest of the city of Shenjing. After Mingzhu arrived at the entrance of the shanty town, she jumped After getting off the carriage, she quickened her pace and went back. She couldn't wait to share the news with Qian Shanxue.
In her opinion, this is the best way for Qian Shanxue to forgive her sins!
However, when Mingzhu opened the door panting with joy on her face, her smile suddenly froze on her face.