Love Affairs in Chang’an

Chapter 41: Taught folk music personally

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"What a pity that such a beautiful girl is blind!" Yuwen Hongtai shouted in a loud voice.

The blind girl had just sat down. When she heard this, her whole body trembled. She hurriedly put down her pipa and bowed to the ground: "Your Majesty, my dear, this little girl was not born blind, so she has learned to play the pipa well since she was a child."

The other two women also said helpfully: "Guests, although Yao'er is a blind girl, her pipa music is very exquisite... How about you, please be patient and let us play it and listen to it?"

All the sergeants made a fuss: "How can a blind man play the pipa? Don't ruin Brother Qin's fun!"

"Let's play music!" Qin Mubai said loudly, placing the wine glass on the table and making a sonorous sound.

Everyone immediately fell silent and said no more.

The blind female Yao'er turned around and bowed on the ground in the direction of Qin Mubai: "Thank you, sir."

"No need, just play music."

The three women knelt down in the room and played a soft tune. It was probably the kind of fragrant ditty that was played in the streets and Yingtai wine shops. It was as light and graceful as the tinkling sound of running water. It sounds nice, but not very distinctive.

People like Yuwen Hongtai are rough people, and few of them really understand music. Coming here to drink and have fun is nothing more than to have a good time. After listening to the song for a long time, this snow-like song was as addictive as scratching an itch, and there was not even a showy dance showing the breasts.

"Stop, stop, babble, babble, babble!" Yuwen Hongtai, who was half drunk, shouted, "Change it, change it! Who wants to listen to your sleepy little songs? Let's If you want a woman with big breasts and big butt to dance to a song, the less she wears, the better, and the more slutty she dances, the better!”

"Hahaha, that's right, that's right!" Yin Yang and others also echoed loudly. Naturally, they have similar personalities.

The three women shook their heads helplessly, put away their instruments without saying much, and slowly withdrew.

Qin Mubai saw that there seemed to be some tears on the blind girl's face. The other two women helped her wipe away her tears while softly comforting her.

"Wait a minute, come back." Qin Mubai suddenly called out.

As soon as the three girls reached the door, they were startled when they heard this call, and had to come back again: "What are your orders, sir?"

"Why is she crying?" Qin Mubai asked.

Only then did Yuwen Hongtai and others notice, and asked: "We didn't bully you, we just wanted to change the dance, are you okay?"

Yao'er covered her face with her sleeves and cried even more sadly. His thin shoulders shrugged and he fell into the arms of a woman next to him.

"Your Majesty, I don't know..." Another woman said, "Yao'er was originally a good girl. Half a year ago, her family members suddenly contracted a strange disease and died one after another. Although she saved her life, she became blind. She was lonely and helpless. , had no choice but to come out to perform. Most of the guests who came here to have fun didn't like her blindness. For four or five days in a row, no customers were willing to listen to her music... If this continues, even if the shopkeeper is kind enough to take her in, she won't. It's not good to sit here and eat and drink for nothing. So yesterday she vowed to complain that if she couldn't sell any more music today, she would be in trouble. "

"Hey, it's such a pity that such a beautiful and innocent little lady has fallen into the dust. Come and warm my bed!" Yuwen Hongtai roared out.

"Shut up!" Qin Mubai scolded lightly and said, "Yao'er, it's one thing to be blind, but you are indeed an average pipa player. If you don't work hard, it's really hard to make a living by selling music. Disaster."

The three women were startled and lowered their heads with blushes. Yao'er stood up straight, wiped the tears on his face and nodded: "The guest officer is right, the little girl is indeed not good at academics. But apart from knowing a little pipa, the little girl really has no other talents, so she thought of selling music. To make a living. Even though I work hard day and night, I can only reach this level. God wants me to die, and I can no longer make a living in this industry... I'll go to Yingyuan and make a living by selling myself. Even though I'm blind, I can't do it anymore. There must be someone who wants it." At this point, Yao'er cried sadly, and his tears kept falling like broken beads.

The other two women hugged her and comforted her in a low voice, and then said, "Please don't be offended, sir. I'll leave later."

Just then, two other women walked in. He immediately scolded him: "How is it appropriate to cry and cry? Yao'er, you can't do business but you still disturb the guests' enjoyment. It seems that we really shouldn't take you in!"

"Sister Feng, forgive me... Yao'er will leave on your own now. When I make money, I will compensate you." Yao'er whispered while sobbing.

But Sister Feng ignored her, turned around and bowed down to Qin Mubai who was sitting in the seat, and said with a peach-blossom smile: "My dear sir, please forgive me! I will choose another wonderful opera to perform for you."

"No need, I want this monster to play music." Qin Mubai picked up the wine glass and took a sip, and said, "That's it."

"This... it will be a great pity if you don't listen to the wonderful music of the shop!" Sister Feng was still smiling, as if she was afraid that Qin Mubai and others would not come again in the future. Qian Yin said, "Especially the pipa music, it is one of the best in the world."

"Oh? How awesome is it?" Qin Mubai was interested.

"The guest may not know something." Sister Feng smiled and said with some pride, "There are two quqi in the shop. They studied under the great master Qin Mubai, Mr. Qin, and learned the unique pipa skills. That is a small shop. A big sign! Many dignitaries and literati came here for this Pipa. In addition, this wine is also brewed with Master Qin Mubai's unique secret recipe - it is the "Qin Xian Royal Wine" given by the emperor. Because the shop had taboos, it was renamed 'The Best Wine in the World'! And..."

Before she finished speaking, Yuwen Hongtai and others burst into laughter. Qin Mubai himself couldn't help but laugh. He waved his hand to Yuwen Hongtai and others not to tell the truth, and said, "That's strange. Then he called the two wonderful musicians over and gave it a try. Yeah. , these three women don’t need to retreat, the rewards will be generous to you.”

"Thank you, sir!" Sister Feng walked away happily, and not long after, two gorgeous beauties came in, each carrying a pipa.

When the two beauties saw Yao'er and the others, they showed their displeasure and scolded in a low voice: "We are waiting for the performance. Yao'er, why are you still here? Do you want to steal the teacher? Why don't you retreat!"

"Presumptuous." Qin Mubai scolded lightly, "I ordered them, but you want to drive them away. Do you think your store is going to bully customers?"

"This... no no." The two beauties said hurriedly, "Official guests, please calm down. It's just... we spent a lot of money to learn this pipa song from Master Qin Mubai. If they steal it easily, this..."

"Yao'er is blind, are you blind too?" Qin Mubai sneered, "How can a blind man steal a teacher?"

"Uh, yes..." The two women said no more and had no choice but to sit down and play music.

Having said that, these two beauties are indeed quite good at playing the pipa, and they do play it with their hands. The music was light and sweet, and it was indeed several times better than what Yao'er played.

Yao'er and others sat aside, all bowing their heads in shame, their expressions getting increasingly ugly.

At the end of the song, Yuwen Hongtai and others applauded so loudly that their hands were almost broken. The two beauties naturally looked triumphant, like proud peacocks opening their tails, waiting for a moment of admiration and envy from others.

"Hey, I've only heard that Brother Qin can play the pipa, but I've never heard it with my own ears. Are these two women really his disciples?" Yuwen Hongtai asked Yin Yang in a low voice.

"You are stupid! If they are really the disciples of Third Brother Qin, how can they not know each other when they come in? In my opinion, none of these people have really seen Third Brother Qin. Isn't this obvious!" Yin Yang cursed in a low voice.

"Hehe, then today is really a good show! These guys actually dare to use the name of Third Brother Qin to deceive. We will have to deal with them in a while. It's such a big store, tsk tsk... How much do you charge? Or? How many women do you want, hehe..." Yuwen Hongtai muttered in a low voice, and the saliva almost sprayed onto Yin Yang's face, causing him to retreat.

"Guests, how are we playing?" The two women playing the pipa put away their instruments and bowed to Qin Mubai, asking with a bit of pride and provocation.

Qin Mubai raised the corner of his mouth and smiled noncommittally, but waved his hand to Yao'er: "Yao'er, come here."

Yao'er was stunned for a moment and didn't know what to do. The two women next to her had no choice but to support her and send her to Qin Mubai's side.

"Come, sit down next to me." Qin Mubai patted the seat next to him and helped her sit down, then moved behind her, wrapped his arms around her, and held her wrist.

"Guest, sir, please respect yourself!" Yao'er shouted in panic, and the other two women seemed to be in a panic and wanted to come up to pull him away.

"Don't move!" Qin Mubai smiled and hugged her with a little force. At the same time, he snatched the wooden peg in her hand that was used to play the pipa and threw it aside, and then pressed her fingers on the pipa strings.

In every move, Qin Mubai's expression was very serious and focused, and there was no hint of frivolity or evil.

Yao'er slowly relaxed, while the others stared at them in surprise.

"What is he going to do?"

"Yao'er, do you want to play better than them?" Qin Mubai said in her ear.

"Think, think about it! But I am not very talented, and I don't have the money to study with a great master like Mr. Qin Mubai... Besides, how can I, a blind man, learn such exquisite piano skills as they do?" Yao'er said timidly. said.

"It doesn't matter if you are blind. Pipa is actually played with your heart." Qin Mubai completely ignored the horrified expressions of the two pipa girls, relaxed his fingers, held Yao'er's delicate jade fingers respectively, and plucked the strings.

"Feel with your heart and play with your emotions. Now I will close your eyes and teach you how to play the pipa with your fingers..." Qin Mubai said so quietly that only Yao'er could hear it.

"Ah? Master... you?"

"Stop talking, start now!"

Qin Mubai's hands held Yao'er's jade hands respectively, guiding her fingers to play the first note on the pipa strings.

"Dong-"

A crisp sound made everyone in the hall tremble slightly.

It is such a simple note that seems to have the power to penetrate the soul.

"Remember, the title of the song is "Overlord Disarms"!"

"Ding-ding-dong-dong!"

An impassioned overlord disarming dance song burst out!

Yuwen Hongtai and others were confused at first, then horrified and excited, and finally they all stood up and cheered loudly.

The two Pipa players were dumbfounded, their faces whitened, and they couldn't help but cover their mouths, as if they were dumbfounded and terrified all day long. The other two women were so excited that they were shaking and crying!

They saw that Qin Mubai's hands and Yao'er's fingers seemed to be integrated into one body, jumping quickly and nimbly on the piano surface, and the piece of music played was like the sound of heaven!

Yao'er felt like she was about to melt. The man's strong arms and warm chest made her tremble and frighten. Now, she felt as if she had merged into a mass of warmth. She was like a leaf swaying in the spring breeze, losing herself in the graceful dance, and she was so intoxicated that she didn't know her way back.

Qin Mubai held Yao'er's hand and played, closing his eyes tightly and shaking his body with forgetfulness. The rhythm of each note seemed to be integrated with the two of them, as if it were natural.

The song ended and the whole hall was silent.

There was a soft "bang" sound, and the hot tears rolling down Yao'er's face fell on Mizhi's sitting pouch.

"Okay! Okay! My mother! This is probably the most beautiful song in the world!" Yuwen Hongtai jumped to his feet and shouted, his roar was like thunder. Yin Yang and others also cheered loudly, as if they had won a great victory, they were so excited that they could not control themselves.

Qin Mubai slowly let go of Yao'er and let her stand up. The eyes of the two pipa girls were already as wide as bells, staring straight at Qin Mubai without moving their eyes.

"Your Excellency, who are you?" Pipa Girl asked with a trembling voice.

"Hahaha! You two silly girls, you are such idiots!" Yuwen Hongtai rushed up with a laugh, pointed at Qin Mubai and said, "Didn't you say you worship Qin Mubai as your teacher? A living Qin Mubai is standing in front of you. , you don’t know each other? Haha, I’m going to laugh out loud!”

"Ah... You, you are Mr. Qin Mu Bai Qin?!" The faces of the two Pipas turned pale in an instant, and they looked as if they were petrified in an instant.

"Yes, your master! I paid a lot of money for your tuition and personally taught you how to play the pipa, but you don't recognize me so soon?" Qin Mubai smiled.

"Hahaha!" Yuwen Hongtai and others laughed wildly, and even Yao'er and others couldn't help wiping away their tears and chuckled a few times.

"This, this..." The two pipa girls lost their position in an instant, and they were so helpless that they wished they could dig a hole and get in.

"Young Master, please forgive me! Young Master, please forgive me! The little girl had no choice but to use the Young Master's name in vain, but she couldn't help herself!" The two Pipas hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to apologize.

"That's all, I'm not interested in arguing with you." Qin Mubai played with the wine glass and said casually, "However, you all saw that I personally taught Yao'er how to play the pipa just now. I, Qin Mubai, have only taught me all my life. There are two people playing the pipa. One is the emperor's court official, and the other is Yao'er. I think it won't be too difficult for her to make a living with your music in the future, right

"Absolutely no problem!" A female voice suddenly came from the door, as clear and sweet as pearls falling on a plate.

Everyone looked toward the door in response, and they were all stunned.