"Save people."
Huo Weilou didn't hesitate to order, Lu Ke immediately rushed to the side of the ship with the embroidered clothes envoy.
When we got to the side of the boat, we only saw two little girls looking at the Lancang River with horrified faces. They were the closest to Song Meiniang. They watched her jump into the river, and their eyes turned red with fright.
Lu Ke asked, "Where did you jump from?"
The little girl pointed to the footstool in front of her, "That's where I jumped off."
Lu Ke and the embroidered envoy around him looked at each other, they untied their swords, and jumped into the river. There was a great chaos on the balcony, Shen Ya frowned, shilling the insignificant passengers back to their cabins to rest, The rest of the Yuchun class were in front of them.
Boss Yu knelt down on the side of the boat with a frown, and could only see the dark and raging waves of the river below, but he couldn't see the shadow of Song Meiniang, and Liu Huiniang was standing beside her wearing a cloak. Seeing this, he gritted his teeth and said, : "Elder Sister Song is really disrespectful. Tonight is supposed to be perfect, but she is looking for life and death."
"Why are you so vicious? Sister Song is half of your master. Without her teaching you, how would you be where you are today? She taught you everything. You are not half grateful, but you always want to replace her. Now her life and death are unknown. But you only care about looking good in front of nobles, how can there be such an ungrateful person like you in this world?"
When the curtain came to an end, the actors toasted tea and wine, and the others were packing things around the stage. As soon as Song Meiniang had an accident, everyone from the Yuchun class gathered on the balcony. There was a sound of throwing the ground, and when everyone looked back, they saw a little girl about ten years old, who was Yueniang.
Liu Huiniang turned her head and saw Yueniang, she sneered, "It's because she is old and can't sing, so she stopped singing, but she is bent on fighting for those false names. She taught me, but my talent is here. What does it matter if you have her or not?"
As she spoke, she pointed to the side of the boat, "In order to save her, several attendants jumped down. If there is any good or bad, I don't know if she is safe or not on the road to Huangquan."
Yueniang turned pale with anger, and she wanted to say more, but Boss Yu yelled angrily, "Shut up, don't you think it's embarrassing enough?"
Huo Weilou and his entourage turned back again, Boss Yu didn't dare to let everyone make trouble, the rescuer was sent by Huo Weilou, Boss Yu immediately stepped forward, "Thank you for your generous rescue, my lord, I really can't repay you."
Huo Weilou ignored Boss Yu, and stood on the side of the boat himself. Looking down, he saw that the river was pitch black, and he could vaguely see Luke and the others struggling to search, "Light the torches."
Shen Ya heard the words, and immediately ordered the boatmen, "Go to the deck on the first floor and light the torches, and light them..."
The torch was lit, and the river beside the boat was illuminated for a few minutes. Lu Ke also went into the water. At this moment, he only saw four or five shadows hesitating in the river, but he didn't see Song Meiniang for a long time. Lu Ke looked around Suddenly, a fierce person plunged into the river, and there were already people crying in fright. Boss Yu was clasping his hands anxiously. He didn't know if he was worried about Song Meiniang's life, or because he felt that it was very wrong for the Yuchun class to make such a scene in front of the nobles. nice.
Soon, a low voice rang out, "I found it—"
Everyone hurriedly leaned over to look down, and they saw Lu Ke dragging a person to the side of the boat. Someone on the deck let down the rope. Soon, Lu Ke took Song Meiniang, who was soaking wet, onto the deck, and the people on the balcony on the second floor Everyone hurried to the deck on the first floor.
Song Meiniang lay on the ground with a white face, her voice was extremely weak, Bo Ruoyou followed Huo Weilou and walked up to Song Meiniang as soon as she got on the deck, she first checked Song Meiniang's voice, and then knelt down and pressed Song Meiniang's chest.
Boss Yu and Shen Ya followed, hesitant to speak when seeing this, Lu Ke said: "Our girl is half a doctor."
Of course, a doctor who knows medicine can also be said to be half a doctor. Boss Yu and Shen Ya didn't ask any more questions when they saw this. At this time, Ming Guilan was also carried down. Seeing that Bo Ruoyou was saving Song Meiniang, he just Holding Song Meiniang's wrist, she asked for her pulse, and quickly ordered: "Bake two bowls of soup and medicine according to the most commonly used prescription for dispelling typhoid fever, and you have to feed it as soon as you wake up."
At the end of winter, and at night, the river water was bone-chillingly cold. After all, Song Meiniang was a delicate woman, and she jumped into the river to beg her death. Naturally, she dared not be careless. As soon as Ming Guilan finished giving her orders, Song Meiniang woke up with a cough.
Her face was as white as paper, her eyes were red, and she opened them vacantly, but when she saw the crowd surrounding her, she looked a little confused. At this time, Yue Niang came up from the crowd, and seeing Song Meiniang like this, her eyes turned red, "Sister Song , everything must be alive, how can you be so overwhelmed?"
Song Meiniang knew that she was not dead, she closed her eyes, a line of clear tears flowed from the corner of her eyes, but she didn't speak anymore.
Boss Yu had an angry look on his face, and when he saw someone alive, he hurried forward and said, "Thank you, my lord, for helping me out, the strong men were all frozen, I am really grateful—"
Now that the person woke up, Bo Ruoyou clapped his hands and stood up, Yueniang glanced at Bo Ruoyou at this moment, her eyes were filled with gratitude, Bo Ruoyou said: "Send people in quickly, Frightened and cold, it is inevitable to have typhoid fever, feed her medicine according to the young master's order, so as not to be seriously ill."
Although Bo Ruoyou is a woman, she can speak with dignity and calmness, and she is also a member of Huo Weilou, Boss Yu hastily agreed, seeing that the servants of Yuchun class took Song Meiniang away, Bo Ruoyou was relieved .
The river wind was biting on the deck, and Huo Weilou didn't stay any longer, and led everyone to the third floor. Huo Qinghong was somewhat dispirited, "After a good night, I almost lost my life, even if I couldn't sing anymore, I shouldn't dance Jiang."
Seeing that Lu Ke and the others were dripping wet, Huo Qinghong urged: "Go back to your room and change your clothes, lest you also fall ill."
Bo Ruoyou casually said: "I'd better drink a bowl of soup and medicine later to get rid of the cold."
Lu Ke scratched his head and smiled, "Girl, don't worry about us, it's nothing to be cold about." Saying his goodbyes, he stepped back quickly.
After returning to the third floor, there seemed to be noise in the cabins below. It was probably because of Song Meiniang's jumping into the river, but the noise soon subsided. Quiet.
Cheng Yunzhi's legs and feet are not good, and he didn't go down to listen to the opera at night, but the movement below still alarmed him, and when Bo Ruoyou came to talk to him at night, he said: "Actors rely on their voices. It's all gone, no one appreciates, no one values, livelihood is still secondary, if you can't be on stage again in the future, it will be fatal."
Bo Ruoyou sighed, "Everyone Song jumped down in front of everyone like that, it's really a bit of a whim."
Cheng Yunzhi shook his head, "Everyone has their own destiny, and this time I have died once. If you can let go of the hardships, you will be fine. If she is such a famous actress, she has saved enough money over the years." If you have enough money, you will always be able to live comfortably in the rest of your life."
Bo Ruoyou thought of Song Meiniang's figure when she appeared on the stage, she really could see that her physical skills were perfect, but she was getting old, her voice was not working well, and she wanted to fight for the first place, so she couldn't help but look ugly. The so-called hero's end and beauty's twilight are nothing more than this, but there are very few people who think about danger and retire when the flowers are blooming.
Thinking of Song Meiniang's desperate appearance, Bo Ruoyou inexplicably felt that she might not let her go easily.
Her worries became reality early the next morning. After finishing her breakfast, she was about to deliver food to Cheng Yunzhi, but she was blocked by Yueniang at the corner from the first floor to the second floor. Yue Niang, who was very vigilant, looked at her beggingly at this moment, "Sister, can sister help us?"
Bo Ruoyou frowned slightly, "What's wrong?"
Yueniang's eyes were red, "Sister Song is not well, and she can't eat or drink soup. I don't know what to do. The master doesn't care about Sister Song, the others are also stepping down..."
Bo Ruoyou found an embroidered envoy to deliver meals to Cheng Yunzhi, and followed Yueniang to see Song Meiniang. As soon as he walked to the door, Bo Ruoyou was taken aback. Song Meiniang lived next to Yueniang's cabin. The place where she and Huo Weilou hesitated that night.
Pushing away the room, the smell of soup and medicine came in, but the person lying on the bed did not move when he heard the movement, Yueniang whispered, "Sister, I brought the doctor who rescued you last night to see you. "
Yueniang walked to the bed and stood still. Song Meiniang lay lifeless, her eyes were slightly closed, her eyelashes were visibly trembling, but she never opened them. Red, she raised her hand and touched her forehead, sure enough, it was a little hot, she looked at her neckline again, only to see sweat profusely.
Bo Ruoyou said badly, "I can't let her be like this, let her drink the medicine no matter what."
Yueniang's small face was wrinkled, and her eyes were about to turn red again. Bo Ruoyou looked at Song Meiniang and sighed, "If you don't accept it, you have to take care of yourself before you can compete with others. If you are not willing, then you can't." To be compared with such an appearance, not only will you not be sympathetic, but you will be ridiculed by others, why is this so?"
Yueniang lay beside the bed, "Sister, did you hear that? If you die, Yue'er won't be alive..."
Song Meiniang moved her fingers, although she didn't open her eyes, she seemed to be touched. Bo Ruoyou saw the paper and pen in the room, so she turned around and wrote a prescription for Yueniang, "Use this prescription, three times a day, decoct the medicine in cold water , she is extremely hot, so don't be careless."
Yueniang hurriedly said: "Thank you sister, if my sister is well, she will go to thank you in person." She said sadly and glanced at Song Meiniang, "It's just that her heart is dead now, and her body is half dead, and I don't know why. Good times."
Although Song Meiniang suppressed Liu Huiniang, Yueniang was loyal to her this time, and Bo Ruoyou couldn't help asking, "Are you two real sisters?"
Yueniang shook her head, but said again, "It's not a relative, but it's the same as a relative."
After all, Bo Ruoyou is an outsider, so it's not easy to ask any more questions. After a few more instructions on how to take medicine and take care of her, she was about to leave. Seeing this, Yue Niang personally sent her out. As soon as she left, she saw Boss Yu and Liu Huiniang walking this way , behind them was a handsome man, who seemed to be the young man who sang "End of Love" last night. This man was in his twenties, and he was handsome and tall. Perhaps it was because he practiced his posture all the year round, and his eyebrows and eyes were quite dichotomous. Merry state.
"Hey, why are you here?" Boss Yu's eyes lit up when he saw Bo Ruoyou.
Yueniang stood by Bo Ruoyou's side, lowered her eyebrows and muttered, "Sister, come to see Sister Song."
It sounded like Bo Ruoyou came by herself. She glanced at Yueniang, but she didn't reveal it. Boss Yu was a little flattered, "Oh, I made you tired last night. You still remember it today. I'm really sorry for you."
Bo Ruoyou smiled lightly, "She is not in good health, and she needs to take care of herself. I have told Yueniang, so I am leaving."
Boss Yu hurriedly moved out of the way, and waited for Bo Ruoyou to take a few steps before turning his eyes to look at Yueniang. He looked at Yueniang with a pleasant face, "You have been here with Meiniang all this time? There is a meeting tonight, you should also Going to rehearse and rehearse, there is no need to stay here for long."
The corners of Yueniang's lips twitched slightly, and Liu Huiniang smiled, "What are you standing there for? The master values you and let you be on stage like this. We didn't have such a chance back then. You are not sensible?"
Yueniang raised her eyes, gave Liu Huiniang a hard look, turned and ran away.
Bo Ruoyou went back to the third floor, just in time to bump into Huo Weilou coming out of the room, seeing her, she asked, "Why have you been here for so long?"
Bo Ruoyou then told about meeting Yueniang, Huo Weilou frowned, "She didn't appreciate your affection at that time, but now she found you by herself. too concerned."
Bo Ruoyou nodded, "Master Hou, don't worry, women have a sense of propriety, but she's still a child, so it's always pity to see her."
"You are always very patient with these children." Huo Weilou thought of the young master of Anqinghou's mansion, she was also very kind to him.
At this time, the sound of drums and flutes came from the stage downstairs. They looked down and saw someone walking on the stage. Then they took a closer look and found that the person who sang at the front was not Xiaoyueniang who was it? Although she is young, her figure is extremely delicate and flexible. She is light and delicate made of a few lying fish, quite like Liu Huiniang's sword dance last night.
Bo Ruoyou knew that the actors were all good at it since they were young, so they sighed a little more. Huo Qinghong and Wu Yu also heard the movement in the cabin, and they also came out and stood on the corridor, Huo Qinghong raised her brows, "I wasn't interested last night, but now that I hear this song, I think it's interesting."
There is still a meeting tonight, but knowing the struggle in Yuchun's class and seeing Song Meiniang jumping into the river, I was somewhat disappointed, but Huo Qinghong likes to be lively, and Wu Yu likes to listen to operas, so I won't miss it. But Bo Ruoyou didn't really want to go see it anymore, so when night fell and the stage below was fully prepared, Bo Ruoyou told Eunuch Fu that he couldn't go down tonight.
Eunuch Fu didn't force himself, he just accompanied Huo Weilou and Huo Qinghong downstairs. Huo Weilou didn't have much interest in Southern Opera, so he sat in the private seat this time, and his mind was even more erratic. I thought I could just sit down and listen to the play, but Liu Huiniang and the others lingered in the makeup tent for a while, this kind of waiting made Huo Weilou a little bit less interested.
After a stick of incense, the "Companion of Lianxiang" ① sung tonight started, but when they appeared, there were two people, one tall and one short. The tall one was naturally Liu Huiniang, and the one beside her was the young Yueniang .
Wu Yu was slightly surprised, "This little girl was actually allowed to appear on stage. This "Lianxiang Companion" was originally a story about two beauties with similar talents who became confidantes. Now that they are one big and one small, it feels a little bit out of harmony."
Although it was a discordant figure, when Yueniang opened her mouth, she was quite amazing. Wu Yu immediately praised, "Good! Although the singing is childish at a young age, but the foundation is not weak at all, this must be extremely talented Well, she has been taught since she was a child, this little girl will be great in the future, maybe even more powerful than everyone in Liu."
Shen Ya waited at the side, heard the words and said with a smile: ""Lianxiang Companion" was originally a masterpiece of Master Song and Master Liu, but what happened to Master Song last night, it is impossible to sing today, regardless of the age of this little girl It's small, but it was also taught by Master Song."
Huo Qinghong remembered what Yueniang said last night, and asked, "This Liu family was also taught by the Song family?"
Shen Ya responded with a smile, "Master Song is the earliest actor in the Yuchun troupe, and she personally taught the later generations of dandans. Boss Yu is an idiot of southern opera. He can also sing and act, and he can also write legendary stories. He searched everywhere for talented opera actors, so other theater troupes only produced a top-notch opera troupe in twenty or thirty years, but here, he went on and on, and when the Liu family retired, this little girl would take over. "
There are two beauties on the stage, one big and one small, with graceful and lifelike hands, eyes, body, and movements. Liu Huiniang hired Ting to be affectionate, and Yueniang was delicate and aura. In three years, he will stand shoulder to shoulder with Liu Huiniang. The audience was full of clothes because the two of them entered the play, and when the first episode was over, the hall was full of splendor again.
When it came to the second discount, it wasn't a beautiful couple who cherished each other, but a couple playing with each other in spring.
As soon as the show started, Wu Yu looked at the hall, and said, "Fortunately, today Miss Bo is coming, and the female guests who came last night have not arrived tonight, otherwise it would be a bit impolite."
Huo Weilou didn't understand at first, but after the libretto was sung, his eyes changed slightly.
"... The sky keeps people at ease, the grass borrows flowers to sleep, and the clouds are dotted, and the red pines are emerald..."
"Seeing you cuddling close to each other slowly, I can't wait to be like flesh, to form a group with you, so funny, rouge in the sun, fresh in the rain②..."
Xiaosheng's singing is melodious and lingering, Hui Niang's expression is shy and she half hides her face, the audience is full of spectators, all of them are red-eyed, and today's spectators are all men, and everyone naturally understands what these words are talking about, but they see Hui Niang In the eyes of everyone, she still has a pretty figure and a soft and elegant demeanor, which makes many people present lose most of their souls.
Wu Yu clasped his hands together and sighed, "It's really rainy in the spring, and it's a cloud in Wushan to sleep..."
Huo Qinghong smiled with twitching eyes, "Wonderful—"
On the stage, Huiniang and Xiaosheng were eye-catching, they were deeply affectionate, and the lingering libretto came out of the mouths of the two of them. They sat down and sat down, and everyone was excited. Picking up the cold tea and taking a sip, he inadvertently glanced up to the third floor, unable to sit still for some reason.
As soon as the play ended, before Liu Huiniang and others came to offer tea, Huo Weilou got up and left the table. Boss Yu was a little disappointed. Seeing that Huo Qinghong and Wu Yu hadn't moved, he hurriedly brought Liu Huiniang to show his goodwill.
Huo Wei went up to the third floor, and the corridor was very quiet, only the flickering lights cast mottled shadows. He walked to the door with heavy steps, but he didn't hear any movement from the next door. He stood there for a while, Suddenly the door was pushed open heavily, and there was a loud bang, and Bo Ruoyou, who was startled, walked out of the room quickly—
"Master Hou?" Bo Ruoyou thought it was the wind that blew the door open, but she didn't want Huo Weilou to stand at the door, she also pretended that Huo Weilou had drunk, but when he looked carefully, his eyes were very clear.
Huo Weilou stood at the door, looking down at her condescendingly, without answering or moving, Bo Ruoyou blinked, "What's wrong with Master Hou?"
Huo Weilou looked at Bao Ruoyou, saw her bun with a few strands of broken hair, her eyebrows and eyes that looked more and more delicate in the dim light, and her thin lips that were somewhat moist after drinking tea. , He entered the door without saying a word, and closed the door again with a "bang".
Bo Ruoyou stood outside in a daze, she didn't know what Huo Weilou was going crazy, she shook her head angrily after a while and turned back into the room, isn't she listening to a play? Why do people get weird after listening to a play
Although Bo Ruoyou could hear the sound of drums and zithers, the lyrics were not clear, and naturally she didn't know what Huo Weilou was doing. It was already late at this moment, so she didn't care about it, so she quickly rested.
Not long after lying down, the sound of singing sounded again in the cabin on the second floor, the lyrics were still inaudible, but the clear and lingering singing voice must have come from Liu Huiniang's mouth, half dreaming and half waking, as if thinking about it, this Liu Huiniang today Leading the splendor alone, not stopping at such a late hour, I'm afraid Song Meiniang will not be able to sleep tonight.
When Bo Ruoyou fell into a deep sleep, the night in Huoweilou, which was separated by a wall, was a bit difficult. At first, it was difficult to fall asleep, but then he had a weird dream. In the dream, he slept on grass as a cushion with flowers, and the ground was full of red On the skin of the bullying Saixue, it was so bright and beautiful that it almost made him lose control. Before dawn, Huo Weilou woke up in a dank blanket.
He got up to change his clothes, drank another cup of cold tea, and couldn't fall asleep again.
When the sky was light, the sleepy-eyed boatmen also got up. It is easy to go wrong at night, so they have to lower the mast and lower the anchor to slow down the boat. It will be bright and the canvas needs to be raised. The anchor has to be put up too. The two boatmen in charge of harvesting the anchor yawned and went up to the deck. This was their daily work. They knew where the thick rope hanging the anchor was without opening their eyes. Start pulling up.
Pulling, pulling, just halfway through the pull, the anchor was stuck by something and couldn't pull it anymore. A boatman cursed in a low voice, and walked towards the side of the ship impatiently, thinking that it was just caught in some weeds. But when he leaned over to look into the river, his hazy sleepy eyes suddenly woke up.
The surface of the river was foggy, but the river water was still clear. He saw at a glance that it was not aquatic plants that were mixed with the anchor rope, but a floating corpse that had been floating on the river for an unknown period of time...
The boatman yelled in horror.
The author has something to say: Notes:
①: Kunqu Opera "Lianxiang Companion", the original author Li Yu [Qing].
②: An excerpt from Kunqu Opera "The Peony Pavilion", the original author Tang Xianzu [Ming Dynasty].