Chapter 5 Chapter 5 Window Shadow

This is the sixth day of the performance of "Flower Moon Nong". Although the price has doubled again and again, all the places in the song and dance studio are still sold out, even the next two days are sold out. Because I said earlier that, in addition to the head wraps given by their respective guests, everyone will get a share of the income according to their roles in the song and dance at the end of the month. smile.She has already become famous, and now her money is almost higher than that of the most popular singer in Tianxiangfang, and if she can afford it, it depends on whether Fang Ru is willing to meet customers, so the only chance for ordinary people to see her There is only "Flowers and Moons", which is played once a day.

In addition to the place where the tea table is sold at the bottom, there are independent small rooms on the upper part of the song and dance workshop. There are gauze and bamboo curtains hanging outside, which can be rolled up or down, so that women and distinguished guests can listen to music and watch dances. I took Li Yannian's three brothers and sisters to sit in a hut, Li Yannian said: "Yu Niang, we just sit down, we don't need such a good seat." I smiled and said, "This is the seat I reserved for sale, and it's still vacant. Master Li, please rest assured!"

Li Yan looked at me with flickering eyes, as if asking: Who did you leave it for?I smiled sideways: Guess what. A maid opened the door and walked in. She didn't care to say hello to Li Yannian and the others, so she hurriedly said: "Gu Hong asked the master to come over quickly, a distinguished guest has come, Gu Hong thinks it would be better for the master to receive him personally." I stood up abruptly, paused for a moment, then sat down slowly, the little maid stared at me blankly. Li Yan asked with a smile: "The person you were waiting for has arrived?" I nodded my head: "It's almost inseparable. Honggu grew up in Chang'an City. She is not someone who has never seen the world. If there is no involvement, she doesn't need to ask me to go there."

Li Yan asked: "Do you want us to come out?" I shook my head: "There are still vacancies." After finishing speaking, I took a sip of tea and adjusted my mood, then stood up calmly, straightened my clothes and went out. Aunt Hong was walking along the corridor with two people, when she saw me, her expression relaxed. Xiao Huo, no, Huo Qubing had his hair tied up in a jade crown, dressed in brocade clothes, walking indifferently.The moment he saw me, he immediately stopped in his tracks. With a slight smile in the corner of my mouth, Yingying stepped forward and saluted: "Lord Huo condescends to Luoyufang, it is so radiant and fragrant in the dark room."

He looked at me for a while, then raised his eyebrows suddenly, and laughed: "You really came to Chang'an!" Hong Gu looked at me and then at Huo Qubing, with a confused expression on his face. I originally meant to tease him a little bit, but he chuckled a few times, showing no signs of being wronged.I was a little annoyed, turned to one side, and asked him to move forward. Before he could move, a little maid came running quickly with her skirt in hand.Hong Gu reprimanded coldly: "What is it like? Even if you are in a hurry, you have to pay attention to your appearance."

The little maid hurriedly stopped and looked at me with some grievances.I asked: "What's wrong?" She took a breath and said, "Master Wu is here. There is also a gentleman and good-looking man in his early twenties, but Master Wu calls him Mr. Shi, and there seems to be someone else in the carriage." I said "ah", lifted my skirt slightly and ran away, then woke up suddenly, turned around and hurriedly saluted Huo Qubing: "I have something urgent suddenly, I hope you will forgive me." I hurriedly said to Hong Gu: "You take Huo Qubing with you." Your Excellency, take your seat." After speaking, he ran out quickly.The little maid yelled from behind: "At the side door."

Master Jiu is pushing the wheelchair slowly, followed by Master Wu, Amaterasu and Shi Feng.Before I arrived, the voice arrived first, and I asked happily, "Why didn't you send someone to say something in advance?" Master Jiu said with a smile: "I also came up on the spur of the moment to see what you are up to, but you didn't return all night yesterday." I wrinkled my nose and smiled, and walked beside him: "I was not busy last night, I was looking at beauties. I will show you a big beauty later." He smiled and said nothing. I took them to the side of the porch, and said with a smile: "Please go up the stairs, Mr. Shi, please."

Master Wu and Amaterasu looked at each other without moving.Seeing that the two of them were not moving, Shi Feng could only stand quietly.Master Jiu ordered: "Go first!" The three saluted, then turned and walked towards the stairs.I took Master Jiu into a small narrow room, saying that the small room is actually a wooden box, which accommodated me and Master Jiu just now, and I couldn't stand up straight, so I just knelt down beside Master Jiu . I apologized and said: "For the sake of safety, I dare not do too much." Closed the door and rang a copper bell.Before long, the little house began to rise slowly.Master Jiu was silent for a while, and asked: "It looks like a hanging basket used when building a house, did you make it on purpose?" I gave a soft "hmm".

It was extremely quiet in the dark, so quiet that I seemed to be able to hear my "pounding" heartbeat.In fact, the ointment candle is within reach, but I don't want to light it, and Master Jiu doesn't mention it. We are silent with each other in this cramped space.The faint fragrance of medicinal herbs from Master Jiu's body diffused faintly, contaminating my eyebrows and nose, and entwined into my heart unconsciously. When we arrived, the singing and dancing had already begun.I was helping Master Jiu to make tea, and Master Wu whispered beside me: "At least you should go and see Hong Gu, it's not a big deal that you dumped a mess on her!"

Master Jiu heard us whispering, turned around and said, "Yu'er, if you have something to do, go!" I thought about it, handed the tea set in my hand to Amaterasu, turned around and left the room. As soon as Aunt Hong saw me, she immediately put the tea tray she was holding into my hand: "I can't take it anymore, Young Master Huo's face can freeze to death. Ever since he stepped into this garden, I feel like I'm back in the garden again." It was a cold winter day, but I was pitifully only wearing a spring shirt. I put a smile on my face and tried my best to say 10,000 words, but no one even raised their eyebrows. I was scared to death, thinking that our singing and dancing didn’t offend Wei Da. General, but you have provoked this cold-faced overlord in Chang'an City. But when you appeared, he laughed and didn't understand what you were playing. If I continue to play with you, I will die." to go.

I dodged to stop her: "You can't go." Honggu bypassed me: "You are the owner of the workshop, this is the critical moment to use you. We little soldiers can just fight." As he said that, the person walked away quickly, leaving only my back. I said angrily, "No morality." Hong Gu turned her head and said with a smile: "Loyalty is important and life is important? What's more, Fangzhu, I have confidence in you, I will give you support in spirit, and I will wave the flag for you." I sighed, and walked slowly with the tea tray in my hand. The attendant standing outside saw me and hurriedly opened the door. I bowed slightly to express my gratitude, and walked into the room gently.This Young Master Huo, who was said to be able to change the solar terms, was kneeling on the mat, watching the scenes on the stage expressionlessly. I put the tea tray on the table, and put the tea in both hands respectfully.Seeing that he didn't answer me, I didn't bother to speak, so I simply watched the singing and dancing. Huo Qubing casually picked up the tea bowl and took a sip.At this time, it was Qiuxiang's turn to play the general. She danced and sang on the stage with a fake sword, reprimanding the Huns for being greedy and bloodthirsty, and wanting to use what she had learned to protect the country and the people.Huo Qubing spewed out all the tea in his mouth with a "puchi", holding the table with one hand and holding the tea bowl with the other, lowering his head and trembling all over his body, the tea bowl in his hand was shaking. I hurriedly went around to him, snatched the tea bowl from his hand, put it back on the table, and took a handkerchief to wipe the tea splashed on the table.He suppressed a smile, and nodded Qiu Xiang on the stage: "If General Wei looks like this, I'm afraid it's the Huns who killed him, not him." Thinking of the sturdy figure of the Huns immediately, I felt a bit shy, and forced a smile to stand up and go back to my seat.He grabbed me, and I looked at him suspiciously, and he said: "Except for the one who pretends to be a princess, this song and dance is worth watching, so you don't need to watch the rest. Sit down and talk with me for a while, I have something to ask you. " I bent down and said, "Yes, Mr. Huo." "Xiaoyu, it was inconvenient for me to tell you my identity at that time, but you can still call me Xiaohuo." He said helplessly. "Now do you believe that I am a Han Chinese?" "I don't know. You appear very strange. You are very familiar with the landforms of the Western Regions. You claim to be Han, but you are very unfamiliar with the Han Dynasty. If we are not suspicious at all, do you think we are normal? After traveling with you, I will definitely At least you didn't have malicious intentions. But I went to the Western Regions in disguise at the time, so it's really inconvenient to tell you my identity." I lowered my head and didn't speak. What he said was very reasonable. He asked softly, "Xiaoyu, can you accept my explanation?" I looked up at him: "I am familiar with the Western Regions because I grew up among wolves, and we have the instinct not to get lost in the desert. I have never lived in the Han Dynasty, so I am unfamiliar. I consider myself a Han, Because I’m a Han Chinese here.” I pointed to my heart, “But maybe I don’t belong anywhere, I belong to the wolves. That’s all I can say, do you believe what I say?” He stared into my eyes and nodded: "I believe, as for the others, maybe one day you will be willing to tell me." Only those who are extremely confident will often choose to look each other directly in the eye, and Huo Qubing is undoubtedly such a person.After I looked at him for a moment, I looked away. I didn't want to explore his heart, and I didn't want to be explored by him. He asked, "How long have you been in Chang'an?" I said, "Half a year." He was silent for a while, and asked: "Since you specially arranged this song and dance, you should already know my identity, why don't you come to me directly? What if I don't come to see this song and dance even if I hear it?" He actually misunderstood that all the scenes on the stage were set up for him. This person is really overconfident.There was a sneering smile on my lips: "When I want to find you, I don't know where you are. When I know where you are, I don't care if I see you or not." He looked at me, and his face became extremely cold in an instant: "What is the purpose of you rehearsing this song and dance?" I listened to Fang Ru's soft and cowardly singing voice, but didn't answer. His hands lying flat on his knees suddenly gathered into fists: "You want to enter the palace? I thought it was a strange flower in the desert, but it turned out to be another one who wanted to be a phoenix." I shook my head and smiled: "No, why should I go to that ghostly place alone?" Everything I experienced in the court of the Huns made me understand that the most magnificent palace is actually a ghost land on earth. His face slowed down, and he looked at Fang Ru: "Is it her idea?" I smiled and shook my head: "Her mind is very simple. She just wants to use this moment to find a good place for herself, or at least to have enough food and clothing for the rest of her life. I won't force others to do things I don't want to do. A man who can survive well in that kind of place." He said: "This is not true, and that is not true, then what is your plan?" I looked sideways at Fang Ru on the stage: "It was her idea." He raised his eyebrows and looked at me with a half-smile: "I don't think you grew up among wolves, but rather like you were raised by foxes. Your idea is on the right track. The princess has heard about it." "Flower Moon Dense", asked me if I have ever been to Luoyufang, and I have seen the people who arranged the song and dance." I bowed my body: "Thank you for your praise." Father is indeed a smart fox. He listened carefully to the joys and sorrows on the stage, a little lost in thought. I sat quietly for a while, seeing that he seemed to have no intention of speaking anymore, and was about to ask him to resign, he said: "You are cautious in every way in this song and dance, and every lyrics is measured, but you didn't say anything earlier. Aren't you afraid that I'll get angry if you leave me behind and hurried out to meet the master of Shifang?" I did not think about it at the time, but I don't regret it.I thought about it for a while and replied cautiously: "He is my chief shopkeeper, and the buddy has no reason not to welcome the shopkeeper when he hears it." He glanced at me indifferently: "Really? My status is no better than a shopkeeper?" I haven't answered yet, the attendant standing outside the door said: "Master, Honggu please see me." He said impatiently, "Say something directly." Honggu said hastily: "Master Huo, I have no choice but to disturb my lord's pleasure by being a concubine. I beg Haihan. Yuniang, I heard brother Shifeng say that the boat master is furious, and he is sternly reprimanding Master Wu." Outraged?This seemed to be the worst reaction I expected. I put my hand on my forehead and said weakly: "Understood, I will go there as soon as possible." I smiled apologetically at Huo Qubing: "I want to go ahead, and you are not mean People, don’t make things difficult for me on purpose. I still have to go to confess the crime now, the situation is miserable enough.” "No wonder the princess wondered why Shi Fang changed his style again. You are quite bold enough to act like a fellow. You dared to make up a song and dance about royal private affairs without the shopkeeper's consent." I didn't say a word, stood up slowly, and he suddenly Said, "Do you want me to accompany you there?" I froze for a moment, and when I realized it, I felt warm in my heart, and shook my head with a smile. He smiled lazily, and said half-truthfully: "Don't wrong yourself too much, if Shifang doesn't want you, my family wants you." I gave him a sideways look, and pulled the door out. When Aunt Hong saw me, she immediately grabbed my hand.I only felt that what I touched was a piece of ice, and I quickly held her back: "What's going on?" Hong Gu said: "I don't know, I can't get through it at all. It was a little brother named Shi Feng who secretly told me to find you, saying that Master Wu is kneeling to answer the question! It seems to be for singing and dancing. " I said: "Don't be afraid, everything depends on me." Hong Gu said in a low voice: "You don't know the rules of Shifang. In the past, some people lost their wealth from Wanguan's family to begging on the street overnight, and finally starved to death. There are other punishments that I don't know at all. The more I think about it, the more I am afraid. " My heart was getting more and more uncertain, but I still smiled on my face: "Even if something happens, it's me, and it has nothing to do with you." Honggu walked with me silently with a worried expression on her face. Xiaofeng stopped us, looked at Honggu and said, "She can't pass." Hong Gu seemed to want to wait outside, I said: "The song and dance is almost over, you go and watch it, don't make any trouble at this juncture, it will add trouble to Master Wu." She thought what I said was reasonable, hurry up head, turned and left. I said to Xiaofeng: "Thank you very much." He snorted, looked at the sky with his nose and said: "Hurry up and think about how to explain to Master Jiu! No wonder the third master said that women are difficult to raise when he lectured to me." I reached out and tapped his forehead, and said viciously: "You son of a bitch, don't ask for a wife if you are capable." Taking a deep breath, he gently opened the door.Master Wu was kneeling on the ground with his back to the door.Master Jiu's face was calm, and he didn't look like he was angry, but there was no trace of the usual gentleness in his brows and eyes.Amaterasu stood behind Master Jiu with his hands down.The bamboo curtains at the windows have been lowered, cutting off the charming singing and dancing on the stage, leaving only solemnity in the room. Hearing the sound of me coming in, Master Jiu and Tianzhao didn't lift their eyelids. The people in charge of all the song and dance workshops in Shifang knelt on the ground, as if I had no reason not to kneel.I walked up to Master Wu with small steps and knelt down on the ground. Master Jiu said lightly: "Go down! How to send you off, Shen Xing will give you an explanation." Master Wu kowtowed and said, "I'm an orphan. If Shi Fang hadn't raised me, I might have been eaten by wild dogs long ago. This time I kept the matter of Luoyufang from the truth, and I didn't report it to the masters. Jiu Ye didn't care. I don't have any complaints about how I was punished. But I just don't want to be reconciled. Why did Shifang become what it is today? Compared with other businesses, we treated our servants generously, traded fairly with customers, and never bullied the market. Seeing that the singing and dancing workshops under my command are either robbing each other of business, or being bought by others. Every time I ask Shi Erye why he does this, Shi Erye always just tells him not to interfere, just watch. Old master, master Is the property that you have worked so hard all your life going to be wiped out like this? Master Jiu, what will you look like in the future..." Tianzhao shouted: "Shut up! The older you are, the more courageous you become. Did the old man teach you to talk to Master Jiu like this?" While kowtowing, Master Wu said with a choked voice, "I dare not, I just don't understand, I'm not reconciled, I'm not reconciled!" He was already sobbing and crying. Jiuye's expression didn't change at all, his eyes turned to me, I raised my head and looked at him without reason, and he said: "You really surprised me, since you have such resourcefulness, Luoyufang has wronged you. Okay If you don’t do business, but are busy climbing dragons and phoenixes, why are you tossing about these things?” Master Wu wiped away his tears, and said first: "Yu Niang is young, so it's not wrong to act like this in order to popularize the brand. Any mistakes are all my fault. I didn't mention her, but let her mess around. Master Jiu will be punished, and I will take care of everything." Master Jiu snorted coldly, and said slowly: "Old Wu, you missed your point this time, listened carefully to the lyrics, every single word took a lot of effort, how can a person who is greedy for a moment can do it? Singing and dancing I saw that it was enough to come up with an idea, if it was just to make a brand of Hongluoyufang in Chang'an City, an ordinary story would be enough, and there is no need to take such a big risk to allude to the royal family's private affairs. After a big risk, it must be a big conspiracy." Master Wu looked at me in shock, I looked at Master Wu apologetically, then looked at Master Jiu and said calmly: "I did do it on purpose, the purpose was to attract the attention of Princess Pingyang and make friends with her." Master Jiu looked at me and nodded, "You are ambitious enough, but have you considered that you might bear the consequences?" I said: "Consequences? I don't know what Jiuye is afraid of? There are three possibilities for Shifang's current situation: First, Shifang's internal incompetence, no one can take care of the huge business, but I know it is not. Shifang's The decline was accompanied by the decline of Dou's relatives and the rise of Wei's relatives. There are two other possibilities, that is, either Shifang used to have a close relationship with Dou's, because today's emperor's aversion to Dou was affected, or Shifang I once had a bad relationship with Wei Shi, so it's normal for it to grow and disappear." Amaterasu raised his eyes to look at me, Master Wu's face suddenly realized, his expression fluctuated from joy to worry.I continued: "Although the Wei family is very powerful, General Wei has always tried his best to restrain the Wei family members, forbidding them to bully others, even those who whipped him in the past will not be held accountable. So unless Shi Fang has a big problem with the Wei family, Otherwise, Shi Fang is like this, because the possibility of the Wei family is very low. The so-called power and money are inseparable. Since ancient times, if you want to grow a business, you must have contacts with the government. ? Although I have never met the old man, but I can still recall his demeanor back then, so I guess the old man must have had a good relationship with the Dou family." Master Jiu picked up the tea on the table and took a sip: "Since you understand, why do you still want to do this?" I said, "If it was three or four years earlier, I wouldn't dare, but things are turning around now." Both Amaterasu and Master Wu's eyes lit up, and they fixedly looked at me.Master Jiu put down the tea bowl and said indifferently, "Miss Jinyu, there are thousands of people eating under the stone boat. They don't have your resourcefulness, your ambition, and they can't spend the lives of the whole family to play with you." This game. From today onwards, Luoyufang will be sold to the girl, and it has nothing to do with Shifang. How the girl manages the Luoyufang is her own business. Amaterasu, go back to the house." Because of the extreme paleness, although his complexion is gentle , but it seems that everything is alienated and indifferent that has nothing to do with oneself. I stared at him in disbelief, but he stopped looking at me and tried to leave with his wheelchair. When he passed by Mr. Wu and me, because we were kneeling in front of the door, the wheelchair couldn't get through.He looked at the doorway and said, "Please make way, both of you." His voice was so polite that his heart was freezing every inch of his heart. I stood up abruptly, opened the door and rushed out.Xiaofeng called "Sister Yu", but I ignored it, I just wanted to leave here quickly, away from him, away from the cold. After running far away, he suddenly remembered how he was going to go downstairs, he definitely didn't want others to touch his body.I gritted my teeth, stomped a few times, and ran back in a hurry, looking for someone who could operate the wooden box to tell Amaterasu and Shi Feng how to go downstairs. The method of employing troops is to be ordered by the ruler, to unite the army and gather the masses, to destroy the ground without giving up, to cross the ground to intersect, to leave nothing behind, to encircle the ground, to plan, to kill the ground, to fight; if the road cannot be controlled, the army does not attack, and the city has What is not attacked, the land is not contested, and the king's order is not accepted. ... I thought about it and stopped writing.Why?Frightened by Jiu Ye's expression and tone that day, he didn't think carefully about what he said.According to what he said, it was because of the thousands of people in Shifang that I was not allowed to cause trouble, but what we took refuge in the official family was only for business convenience, and we will not intervene in the power struggle in the court, and even deliberately distance ourselves from the struggle .Since the downfall of Dou's relatives, who were domineering and domineering back then, didn't kill thousands of people in Shifang, wouldn't it be safer for me to rely on the prudent princess?As long as we act properly, we will at most turn from prosperity to decline in the future. Could it be that the situation will be worse than it is now?What is Master Jiu thinking?Could it be that the faint gloom between his brows was not because of Shi Fang? Hearing the sound of the door being pushed, I didn't move, still staring at the "Sun Tzu's Art of War" I was copying in a daze. Li Yan put a jug of wine in front of me: "How long do you plan to stay in the room?" I put down my brush and looked at her, "Did Hong Gu invite you here?" Li Yan lowered her eyes and poured the wine: "Even if she doesn't let me come, I have to ask myself to understand. You put us brothers and sisters in the garden, you don't want us to eat and drink for nothing, right?" Me, "Would you like a drink? This stuff will make you forget some of your sorrows." I pushed the wine glass back to her: "It's just a temporary numbness, everything will continue after I wake up." Li Yan shook her head, raised her glass with a smile and drank it down: "You don't understand its benefits, it can make you not you, and make your heart feel light and light, although it's only temporary, it's better than nothing it is good." Without saying a word, I picked up the teacup on the desk and took a sip.While sipping the wine slowly, Li Yan said, "What are your plans?" Holding the tea bowl, I lost my mind for a while, and shook my head: "I don't know. Originally, I wanted to reverse the situation of Shifang's gradual decline, but I suddenly realized that no one needs me to do this, it's just my own wishful thinking. Li Yan , did I do something wrong?" "Jinyu, can you ask such a stupid question? No matter what you do in life, it is like sailing against the current. If you are not stable, you will not be allowed to stand still. If you don't paddle hard, you will only be pushed back by the rapids. Even falling jade Tianxiangfang wants to keep a good business, can you keep it? Tianxiangfang is aggressive, and there must be official power behind it. Many song and dance workshops in Shifang have been squeezed out and bought by it. under its feet?" I smiled meaningfully and said, "You haven't been in Chang'an for a long time, but you know a lot about things." Li Yan's complexion changed, she suddenly held my hand, stared at me and said in a low voice: "You and I don't talk secretly, from the time I guessed your intention of singing and dancing, you must understand what I want, I I need your help." Although I didn't take my hand away, I didn't respond to her either. I just smiled and said, "Even without my help, with your wisdom and beauty, you can get what you want." Li Yan looked at me for a while, smiled and let go of my hand, picked up the wine and raised her neck for another glass.Her cheeks were dizzy with wine, and she was as delicate and charming as peach blossoms, she was truly unparalleled in beauty.Her autumn water pupils were not as sparkling as before, but a pool of silence.Her youth is like a flower, and her appearance is overwhelming, but she has a delicate face and is full of worries. Fang Ru's soft voice: "Yu Niang, can I come in?" The tone was to ask me, but the action didn't mean it at all. As soon as the words fell, Fang Ru had already pushed the door and walked in. I sighed, "How many lobbyists did Hong Gu find?" Unexpectedly, Hong Gu laughed outside and said, "It's so annoying that you can't stay in the house any longer." I said: "Come in, let's all sit together and explain things clearly." Li Yan put on her veil the moment Fang Ru entered the door, and sat quietly in the corner with her head bowed.Fang Ru and Hong Gu sat side by side across from me.While putting away the bamboo slips on the case, I said: "Gu Hong, Master Wu should have told you that Shifang no longer wants us." Hong Gu smiled and said: "I don't know if you will be annoyed if I say that, anyway, I dare not say this in front of Master Wu. Shi Fang has let go of the song and dance studio in charge of Master Wu this time, saying that it is for Raising money to do medicinal herb business, as long as you pay enough money within a certain period of time, you can run your own business, and outsiders are allowed to buy, but they will give preferential treatment to those who belonged to Shifang. Now Master Wu looks as if his family has been ruined. People stay at home all day. But I am very happy to hear this! There is no stone boat tied up, don't we just do what we like?" Give it all up?I bowed my head and said nothing, Honggu waited for a while, seeing that I hadn't moved at all, she stretched out her hand to push me and said, "Yu Niang, what's wrong with you?" I reacted, quickly shook my head, thought for a while and said: "I am very grateful that you are willing to follow me, but have you ever thought about where I will take you? What is ahead? Take this song and dance as an example. , A bad thing may anger the Heavenly Family, and the disaster is extraordinary." Hong Gu shook her head and said with a smile: "I have already figured out one thing in my heart, that is, if there is a disaster and the head is to be beheaded, then you will be the first one to be beheaded. , but you will not lose us. Besides, I think you are neither crazy nor stupid, and you probably won't put your own head under the knife, so I am very relieved." Fang Ru lowered her head and wrapped the silk handkerchief in her hand. After Hong Gu finished speaking, she looked up at me and said in a soft voice: "Master Sun asked me to drink with me today, but I refused because I didn't like it. Although he was full of anger, But he didn't dare to get angry at all, because he also knew that General Wei's subordinates, General Gongsun Ao, the Empress, General Wei's nephew Lord Huo, the imperial historian Li's nephew, and General Li Guang's son Li Sanlang all came to see me. Li Sanlang gave me silk, Master Huo gave me brocade." I smiled and shook my head, looking at Honggu.Hong Gu smiled and said: "You have been bored in the room reading a book, I have no chance to talk to you about these things." Fang Ru continued: "I don't know what's ahead, but I know that if it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have the right to say 'no' to Mrs. Sun. Even the other sisters in the garden who really don't want to see now don't see anyone. Force myself, one is for money, but our song and dance performance for one day, they just pretend to be maids, and they can earn a lot of money, and the other is that they didn’t dare to offend the guests easily, but now those guests know who has come to the garden. Gu is very protective of us, but they dare not easily offend our garden." When Honggu heard Fang Ru praise her, she felt a little embarrassed, and rushed to pour her own wine, avoiding our eyes.I smiled and said, "In just a few days, Hong Gu, you have done a lot!" Hong Gu lowered her head and was busy drinking tea, as if she didn't hear what I said. Li Yan still sat with her head down, as if she didn't listen to what we were saying.I glanced at her, clapped my hands and said: "Then let's continue, as long as I don't leave Chang'an for a day, we will work hard to make more money." Hong Gu raised her head and said, "If we want to expand our business, there is an excellent opportunity in front of us. Since you took charge of the song and dance workshop in the early spring, our income has been increasing day by day. In addition to my own savings for many years, it is just enough now Buy Luoyufang. However, not every song and dance workshop can raise a large sum of money in time like us, and as long as we have money, we can take the opportunity..." I nodded slightly, indicating that I understand, but interrupted Her words: "Everyone has nothing to do, let's leave! I have been confined in the house for a few days and want to go out for a walk." Fang Ru bowed to me and left first, and Hong Gu followed her out the door. I got up and made a gesture of invitation to Li Yan: "I wonder if the beauty would like to accompany you to enjoy the outdoor scenery?" Li Yan bowed elegantly and said: "Elegance is hard to get rid of, I am willing to go to it." Both of them walked side by side with smiles in their eyes. Li Yan said: "Are you going to visit Shifang at night?" I sighed lightly and didn't answer. Li Yan said: "The owner of the stone boat is really a weird person. Why don't you do the singing and dancing business with low risk, but go into the medicinal material business with a big fluctuation in market price? It's really easy if you still care about the stone boat. You should ask for clarification." I changed the subject with a smile, and talked with her about the fun places outside Chang'an City at this time of year, and discussed whether we should also go there. The branches and leaves of weeping willows by the lake were luxuriant, and several maidservants were playing around by the lake. One maidservant broke a lot of willow branches at random, and each of them divided some of them to play with the water. Displeasure flashed across Li Yan's eyes, she frowned slightly and said to me, "I'm going back to my room first." I nodded, and she turned and hurried away.Because of her expression, my heart suddenly moved. I seemed to think of something, but I didn't catch it, so I had to put it down first. When the maidservants saw me, they were all startled, threw willow branches and rushed to salute.Without saying a word, I walked over and picked up the willow branches one by one, looked at them and asked, "Can this willow branch survive if it is stuck in the soil?" Several girls looked at each other, and an older one replied: "It's past the time to plant willows, I'm afraid I won't survive." I said: "Give these to the gardener to try! Take care of them carefully, maybe one or two plants will survive." The maid took it with a puzzled face, and I said gently: "If you pick the flowers for the sake of viewing flowers and put them in the house The flowers will not blame you. If it is for use, pick the wicker and weave it into a willow basket. Make the best use of everything, and the willow is willing. But if it is just for picking and throwing away, don't touch it. they." The maidservants didn't understand what I was talking about at all, but at least they understood. I was not happy to see them breaking willow branches with fear on their faces.I waved my hand helplessly to let them go, and the maidservants rushed away.They grew up in the fertile land of the Central Plains, and they don't understand how precious green is. I thought of my father, and the long yellow of the Western Regions. I suppressed all kinds of thoughts, but my heart became a little empty. I stood on the shore, staring at the willow trees across the lake in a daze.They don't understand, they don't understand?Li Yan's anger, does Li Yan understand?Li Yan is by no means a person who sheds tears when facing Luohua.Thinking about the many insoluble doubts about her since Li Yan appeared, my heart was shocked, and I suddenly thought of Li Yan's possible identity, and I yelled out "ah". Unexpectedly, there was a cry behind me, and I turned around immediately.Huo Qubing was standing right behind me, I almost bumped into his chest when I turned around sharply, I hurriedly jumped back subconsciously, only after I jumped out did I realize that there was a lake behind me, if I tried to turn around, there was nowhere to go. Huo Qubing hurriedly stretched out his hand to pull me, but I was wronged by my good posture, I jumped too far, before the two of them touched their hands, they missed it, and I fell into the pond. I learned to swim from Brother Wolf, so it should be considered a "wolf planer".This swimming action definitely runs counter to words such as beautiful and elegant, graceful as a swimming dragon, and graceful as a frightened bird.I swam to the shore, but Huo Qubing laughed loudly on the shore, and he almost collapsed on the ground clutching his stomach after laughing: "You were really raised by wolves, this posture, this posture, hahaha...you are almost Open your mouth, stick out your tongue..." His words were drowned in laughter. I was angry from the bottom of my heart, evil to the gallbladder, pawing the water with both hands one after the other, opening my mouth, sticking out my tongue like a wolf, laughing at you to death!He let out a scream, covered his eyes with his hands, squatted on the ground, lowered his head and smiled. I swam to the shore, and he stretched out his right hand to drag me ashore.I didn't want to pay attention to him at first, but in a flash, I stretched out my hand and grabbed his hand tightly. Just as he was about to use force, I immediately pulled it hard, held my breath and sank to the bottom of the water. Unexpectedly, he didn't resist, and seemed to tighten his hands slightly, and fell into the lake following my strength.I succeeded in my evil intentions, and wanted to let go of his hand, but he held on tight and wouldn't let go.We looked at each other across the clear water at the bottom of the lake. His black hair was flamboyant in the water amidst the rippling water, making the smile on his brows even more unscrupulous. I pushed my legs into the water and floated up, and he took my hand and floated out of the water.When we got to the shore, he still didn't want to let go. I pressed the thumb of my other hand to the numbness of his elbow.I smiled sweetly, and suddenly grabbed his hands, and with the strength of his hands, I kicked his crotch.He saw me smiling strangely, looked down at the water, and hurriedly pushed me away with a scream: "Why are you so poisonous, woman? I was really kicked by you. Isn't this life over?" I supported the shore and jumped onto the shore.Maytian's clothes were already light and thin, and when they were soaked in water, they were all stuck to his body, and he laughed loudly in the water.I didn't dare to look back, and rushed to the house. I hurried into the house, changed my clothes, and told Xin Yan, the servant girl outside the house: "Notify everyone in the garden that Lord Huo's entourage will ask for clean clothes later, and no one will give them to you. Just say I told you to. The men's robes happen to be washed, but there are quite a lot of women's dresses, I can give him one or two sets." Xinyan answered in confusion, and hurried away.I was combing my wet hair in front of the bronze mirror, while pursing my lips and laughing, laughing at me in my field, but to see who would be laughed at. During dinner, Aunt Hong looked at me and said, "Young Master Huo entered the garden with a cold face today. After watching the singing and dancing for a while, he disappeared. Looking back, his entourage asked us for clean clothes, but do you have any?" Fate comes first, we are in a dilemma, I am afraid that Young Master Huo will demolish the garden in a fit of anger, everyone in Chang'an City knows that it is nothing to offend General Wei, but if he offends Young Master Huo, I am afraid that he will really have to prepare for his own funeral gone." I smiled and picked up chopsticks for Hong Gu: "Then did you give it or not?" Aunt Hong said with a bitter face: "No, but I was almost worried to death. Auntie, grandma, you can play whatever you want, but don't bring us idlers in. Women can't stand being scared, and they age very quickly." I suppressed a smile and said: "Then you can see Mr. Huo?" Hong Gu said: "No, later he ordered people to drive the carriage directly to the front of the house, and ordered everyone to avoid it, and then left. It's just...just..." I said anxiously, "Just what?" Hong Gu also laughed: "It's just...it's just that it rained on the ground that Young Master Huo walked on, and the whole mat and cushion in the room where he sat was soaked." I hurriedly threw the chopsticks away, Leaning on the mat, he covered his stomach with one hand and laughed. Since today's emperor respected Confucianism alone, the requirements for "propriety" that Confucius has been advocating throughout his life are also extraordinary.In Chang'an City, from the emperor down to the common people, everyone was very particular about dressing, and Huo Qubing had a jade crown with his hair tied, a right lapel collar, wide sleeves and a belt, and he had an extraordinary demeanor.This time he was annoyed, if unfortunately he was seen by the dignitaries in Chang'an City, I'm afraid it would immediately become a joke in the court. His unscrupulous eyes flashed before my eyes, and I suddenly felt that I was smiling wrongly.Does he care?No, he is not a person who will be bound by clothes, he can avoid it if he can, but if he is really bumped into, I am afraid that he will either look at the other person with a cold face, and make the other person suspect that he is wearing the wrong clothes Clothes, "wet outfits" are popular in Chang'an City these days, either with a nonchalant smile, making the other party think it's not a big deal. The wind was whistling in my ears, this was the first time I ran at full speed in the night after I arrived in Chang'an, and I couldn't help shaking my arms and screaming at the happy place. When I arrived at Shifu, I stopped to look at the courtyard wall for a while, threw the zip line, and I immediately climbed up with my strength.Before my feet landed, there were already two people attacking me.I didn't want to fight back and hurt them, so I tried my best to dodge, but the two of them were very strong and pushed me into the corner. Usually in the mansion, he never felt that the Shi Mansion was heavily guarded, only now did he realize that it was loose on the outside and tight on the inside.I glanced around and felt that the person standing in the shadow seemed to be Shi Bo, so I hurriedly called out, "Shi Bo, it's Yu'er." Shi Bo said: "You guys go down." Hearing the sound, the two immediately withdrew their hands and retreated into the darkness.Shi Bo walked towards me with his waist bent: "Why do you pretend to be a snitch if you don't go through the good gate?" I tore off the veil on my face, pouted and said nothing. Uncle Shi looked at me and laughed, turned around and left, and said, "Oh! I don't understand what you guys are thinking, Mr. Jiu probably hasn't rested yet, you go!" I snorted and said, "Who says I'm here to find Master Jiu? I just haven't seen Uncle Shi for several days. Let's come and see Uncle Shi." Uncle Shi didn't turn his head back, he laughed and said: "I'm getting old, I have to rest early, I can't afford to worry about it, next time I come to visit, I remember to come earlier, this time, let Master Jiu pick up the guests for me!" , People gradually walk away. I stood there in a daze for a while, bit my lip, and ran away with my feet lifted. A ray of flute sound lingered in the bamboo forest, the cold moon was breezy, and the bamboo leaves were bleak. I suddenly felt a little cold on my body, so I hurriedly quickened my pace. In the screen window bamboo house, a lamp is like a bean, and the fire is green. His figure is reflected on the window casement, which seems to bring the loneliness of the night.After I sat on the wall and listened to the music, I slid to the ground without a sound. After standing for a while, he still sat motionless. I stood outside the window, leaning against his shadow, I raised and lowered my hand, lowered it and raised it, and finally touched his face with my fingertips. These are your eyebrows, these are your eyes, this is your nose, here are... your lips, I lightly touched them with my fingers, my heart trembled, and I quickly moved them away.The fingertips slid gently between his brows and eyes, I couldn't see it, but I also knew that there was a layer of smoke here, maybe I could act as a wind to blow away that layer of smoke?You are his shadow, then you should know what is on his mind, why is he so unhappy?tell me! The window opened suddenly, and his face appeared in front of me.My hand was still stretched out in the air, very close to his face, so close that I seemed to be able to feel his body temperature, but in the end I didn't touch it. I can't tell what it feels like, regret or happiness?I smiled silly at him, retracted my hand, and hid it behind my back. He also smiled gently: "How long have you been here?" I said, "Just arrived." He said: "It's heavy outside, if you don't hurry to leave, just come in and sit for a while." I nodded and entered the house.He closed the window, pushed the wheelchair to Hu's desk, and placed the jade flute on the Hu's desk. I looked down at the clear oil lamp on Hu's table. Red bean-like flowers had formed on the wick, which was making a crackling sound.I casually pulled out a silver hairpin on my head and flicked the wick lightly. After the lights faded, the light became much brighter. As I put the silver hairpin back on my head, I asked, "Why don't you use candles? How do you learn how to light a green lantern like ordinary people?" He stared at the green lantern and said: "The old man said 'the lights are hot, the happy event is coming', I want to see if it is correct." My heart jumped up immediately, and I pretended to be nonchalant and asked, "Is that for sure?" The corners of his mouth slowly raised into a beautiful arc, and he didn't answer my question. He said with a smile: "I also heard that the green light can tell ghosts, and the light will turn green when ghosts come. I just watched the light turn green first." , just opened the window to find out, when you were standing outside just now, did you feel that there was something around you?" I covered my mouth and laughed: "It is said that ghosts love handsome men and like to suck their yang energy, you should be careful." He said: "I see that you are really fearless, is there anything in the world that makes you afraid?" I almost blurted out: "You!" But I dare not, and I don't want to spoil the feast of laughter under the lamp. My eyeballs rolled around, and I asked with a smile: "Master Jiu, I heard from Xiaofeng that you will still see a doctor. After that, if we get sick, can we all save the money to hire a doctor?" Master Jiu smiled slightly and said: "Being a doctor after a long illness, the best doctor in the world has been in and out of the mansion since he was a child, and some of them lived there for a year or so, so I can hear you." Although he was smiling, I felt a little sad when I heard it. I looked sideways at the window. If someone is looking outside now, it should be two shadows reflected on the window, next to each other. The coldness of the night will not affect them. He asked, "What are you laughing at?" I smiled: "I laughed when I felt happy, do I need a reason?" He also smiled lightly. "What are you laughing at?" I asked. He smiled and said, "Just laugh when you feel happy, you don't need a reason." The two sat silently, I picked up the jade flute on the table and fiddled with it, casually brought it to my mouth and blew a few incoherent tunes, he suddenly looked a little strange, turned his face away and looked away.I was confused for a moment, and then I realized that the moist jade flute seemed to still have the moisture on his lips, and with a little joy in my panic, I put the flute back on the Hu table. After a while, he turned around with his usual expression: "It's getting late, go back to your room and rest!" I asked, "Are you still willing to let me live here?" He said: "That is a vacant room. It's okay to keep it for you all the time. It's just that you have your own business to take care of now, so it's not convenient to go back and forth." I thought about it and asked, "Why did you give up the singing and dancing studio in Chang'an City? If I tried to buy the singing and dancing studio you gave up, would you object?" He said indifferently: "How to manage is your business. After you pay the money, you will have nothing to do with Shifang. We will do our own business." I looked at him angrily, the more you want to separate yourself from me, the more unclear I will be: "I don't have any money, please lend me some money." He even said with a slight smile: "I can only give you a sum of money enough to buy Luoyufang. Since you don't have money to buy other houses, why not just guard Luoyufang and live a peaceful life." My eyes were wide open, and I stared at him full of grievances: "Master Jiu!" He suppressed his smile, stared at me, pondered for a while before slowly saying: "Yu'er, the water in Chang'an City is very deep. As a living, if you want to do business, it is enough to do a good job in Luoyufang." I pouted and said, "How can it be so easy? If I don't offend people, people will offend me! Can Tianxiangfang let Luoyufang go?" Master Jiu said with a smile: "Don't worry about that, I won't let him touch you." It turned out that you still wanted to help me, so I pursed my lips and laughed: "Jiuye, I don't want to be Siluo. Siluo grows by climbing trees, trees can shelter Siluo from the wind and rain, and protect her from the wind and rain. But will the tree be tired? Or when the wind and rain are too heavy, it also needs some help, but Siluo can only watch helplessly, unable to do anything. I don’t want to live by the tree, I want to be the tree , can help the trees beside you to withstand the wind and rain, bathe in the sunshine together, and watch the beautiful rainbow after the storm.” After finishing speaking in one breath, my face felt a little hot.Master Jiu stared at me blankly, with various emotions intertwined in his eyes.My heart fluttered, I lowered my head, and twisted my sleeves vigorously under the table. After being silent for a long time, Master Jiu said word by word: "Yu'er, do it according to your own will!" I looked up at him happily, and he said with a joking smile: "However, I will only lend you enough money to buy Luoyufang. Since you want to be a tree, you have to rely on your own ability to fight the wind and rain .” I smiled and curled my lips: "If you don't borrow it, you won't borrow it. Is there nothing I can do?" He nodded and smiled, "Then I'll just wait and see." "Why did you switch to medicinal materials business?" I asked with a smile. Master Jiu seemed to have suddenly remembered something, and the smile on his face was a little shy. He forced a smile and said, "Since we have made the settlement clear, we will each do our own business in the future without interfering with each other." My originally warm heart suddenly turned a little cold, and I looked at him at a loss, what was wrong with what I just asked? 他有些无奈地看着我：“玉儿，你和我不一样，我这样安排是为你好，也是为那些歌舞坊好。” “我们哪里不一样？”我紧盯着他问。 他看着我笑起来，但笑容透着若有若无的苦涩：“回房睡觉吧！我也累了。” 他的眉宇间真带着些许倦色，我心一软，忙站起来：“那我回去了。”他颔了下首，探手拿了盏陶制鲤鱼灯，又取了根膏烛点燃插好，递给我。我向他行了一礼，捧着灯回自己的屋子。