Chapter 6 Chapter Six Intoxicated

It was a little late to get up, and the sun was already high when we arrived at Luoyufang.Honggu was watching Li Yan teaching the little girls to dance, she glanced at me and said, "If you don't show up, I'm going to report to the police." I ignored her, sat down quietly, and watched Li Yan's dancing carefully . She sat cross-legged on the ground, only occasionally pointing out a few words about the dancing postures of the little girls, a casual demonstration, her jade hands whirling with winking eyes like silk. Hong Gu whispered: "When will you let her take the stage? You don't need any gimmicks at all, but they dragged her down. She alone is enough. If it is accompanied by Master Li's piano sound, it will be really..."

I interrupted her and said, "You have practiced singing and dancing since childhood, and you were once a member of Chang'an City. Don't you think that Li Yan's subtle movements have a strange style?" Hong Gu nodded and said, "That's right! I've also seen a few of her dance steps, and she seems to have integrated the dance moves from the Western Regions into her own dance. Her tenderness and restraint are accompanied by a hint of enthusiasm. Especially her eyes , I have seen dancers from the Western Regions dance, their eyes are passionate and provocative, seductive, but they are too frivolous for us, and real maikos don't care about them. But Li Yan has managed to be charming but not superficial, her eyes are dotted, and she wants to hide them Lu, where people are fascinated, but she is still pure and untainted."

After the little girls thanked Li Yan, they dispersed one after another. When they passed by us, they all quietly bowed. Li Yan bowed to me and sat across from us: "Can you get the license gold medal?" I smiled and didn't answer her, turned my head to Honggu and said, "I want you to do something serious. You can collect information about the song and dance workshops that Shi Fang gave up before and recently. The more detailed the better. Well, there are others. If you don't like it, if you have grievances, collect them all." Hong Gu smiled and said, "I really don't let me down. I've been thinking about it for several days, and I'm going to order someone to go, but where does the money come from?"

I said: "Including Luoyufang, I only plan to buy four of them. We already have the money to buy two of them. I can find my own way for the rest." Hong Gu was full of doubts, but she didn't ask any more questions, and left in a hurry. Li Yan looked at me with a smile, nodded and said: "Don't be impatient, act steadily, you say that I am your bosom friend, but I am a little ashamed, as long as you are willing, sooner or later this song and dance workshop in Chang'an City will be your world .” I smiled and said, "I should be ashamed. I'm afraid you still don't like the song and dance workshop in Chang'an City."

Li Yan said: "When I heard your singing and dancing for the first time, I figured that you are a person who is determined to climb the dragon and the phoenix, with a quick mind and good at taking advantage of the situation. Only now do I know that you are really in business, and everything else is just your leverage to do business. For a woman in this line of work, no matter whether she really likes singing and dancing in her heart or not, her ultimate goal is to get rid of her own identity, but you are doing it comfortably, what exactly do you want?" I said: "It's not as complicated as you think. I am a person who comes and goes without worries, and I don't have any desire for power and wealth. Unless power and wealth make me happy, mountains of gold and silver may not be worth a full moon in the desert." When I do things, I have all sorts of weird thoughts and all kinds of means, but what I want is very simple. I just want my heart to be happy, and the people I care about are also happy. If Chang’an City is not fun, maybe one day I will run back when I am tired. The Western Regions."

Li Yan stared at me and said: "You seem to be an unfettered person, like an eagle in the sky. The place where you should fly is the Western Regions. Chang'an City may not be suitable for you." I looked at her with a smile and asked, "Have you ever been to the Western Regions? You seem to like it very much." Li Yanyan smiled and said: "I want to go, but I don't. It's just that I have heard many stories about the Western Regions from my father since I was a child." Aunt Hong rushed in with joy and anxiety on her face. I laughed and said, "Why is the person who pays the most attention to appearance so disregarding his image today? The servant girl you trained must be snickering."

Hong Gu said: "I don't have time to argue with you now, Princess Pingyang's servant has just arrived, and told us to prepare carefully, the princess will come soon." I said "Oh" and said indifferently: "How do you prepare? Do you want us all to kneel at the door to greet him? Say 'Thousands, Thousands, Thousands' three times?" Hong Gu dragged me to stand up: "Get up quickly, I have ordered the maid to prepare clothes and jewelry, hurry up and dress up." I was forced to go out by Hong Gu, so I could only turn my head and say to Li Yan: "You go back and ask Master Li to prepare it too." Li Yan's eyes lit up.

I looked at the pile of jewelry spread out on the countertop, and shouted, "Do I need a wig? With all these gold, silver, silver, jade and jade, can I still walk?" Aunt Hong ignored me, and ordered Mrs. Wang, who was in charge of combing my hair in the garden, to come up with all her skills to comb my hair for me.Mrs. Wang dipped the elm shavings in water with the grate and smoothed my hair first. The bundles were tightly stretched, and my eyes and eyebrows were wrinkled into balls where it hurt. Ms. Wang explained kindly with her eyebrows: "The bun that is shaved tightly is smooth and smooth, and the hair is not messy."

But I felt that she had a ferocious face, and said in a breathless breath: "Hurry up! Killing people is nothing more than nodding your head. You are not combing your hair, it can be regarded as torture." Hong Gu said: "I'll go and invite the guests to go back. By the way, I will order someone to clean the house, change the gauze curtains, and light the incense." As she said that, she was about to go out.I hurriedly motioned for Mrs. Wang to stop: "How do you plan to tell the guest?" Hong Gu said: "It's hard to say, let's say that the princess came, firstly, she made a name for us, and secondly, no one dared to object to her."

I said: "Not good, you find a good excuse to send them away, return all the money to them this time, and then promise them to come to the garden next time, and they will be free of charge." Hong Gu frowned, and I said, "I'm reluctant to part with small money, and I can't earn big money. Naturally, we have to rely on the princess' power, but we can't rely on it like this. It's a bit bullying. It's not a good thing to hear about the princess." Hong Gu smiled and said, "Okay! I'll listen to you." Before leaving, she said to Mrs. Wang again: "Comb it carefully, I will come back as soon as I go."

A lady who combs my hair and three maidservants spent a whole meal combing my hair and helping me put on the clothes Honggu brought out. "Long skirt with tie belt, wide-sleeved acacia jacket. Blue field jade with black hair, tortoiseshell hairpin with cloud temples. Gold flower bracelets on snowy arms, jade wrists jumping off. Pearl shoes with showy feet..." I muttered to myself.Maybe I'm really petty, and I've been dazzled by jewels and jewels. Honggu will do whatever she wants, and I wonder if she put all her belongings on me. I said feebly: "Is it okay? You have to let me think about what to say when I meet the princess later..." Honggu, who was looking up and down at me, screamed in surprise, pointed at my ear and shouted: "Take it off!" I touched my ear, there was a small silver ring on it, and I took it off obediently.Hong Gu rummaged through her dowry for a while, and took out a pair of heavy gold strings.It seems that we have to add the phrase "double cord in the ear". Honggu put it on for me herself, and said in a fluttering voice: "The dowry is the only thing that belongs to women completely, and what we can really rely on is them. A beautiful man, what do you have now?" I just nodded, and she still wanted to look at me carefully, so I hurriedly ran out of her clutches.After I calmed down, I suddenly felt that it was inappropriate to dress so well, and then I thought about it, forget it, I have been tossing around for so long, the princess should be here soon, there is no time for me to toss about again. The idlers in the garden have already avoided, I stood at the door, quietly waiting for this woman who single-handedly contributed to the rise of the Wei family and the deposed Empress Chen. The princess's car stopped in front of the door, and two seventeen or eighteen-year-old maids got out of the car immediately, and I bowed to salute.When they saw my outfit, a trace of surprise flashed across their faces, and they immediately showed satisfaction and smiled at me.It seems that Honggu's approach is also right, she dresses like a man and behaves like a man. The two women served the princess to get off the car, and Princess Pingyang stood in front of me in a fine attire. Her eyebrows and eyes were a little old, but her appearance was rich and beautiful, and her temperament was graceful and elegant. She said softly: "Get up! Today I am here to watch the singing and dancing." I kowtowed, got up and led the way, and said respectfully: "A quiet room has been specially set up, and Kabuki is waiting for the princess." Fang Ru and Qiu Xiang were very cautious when they saw the princess. When the princess gave them a seat, they looked at me hesitantly. I nodded slightly before they knelt down.Li Yannian was neither humble nor overbearing, he saluted respectfully and sat down calmly.The princess couldn't help but look at him more, and I immediately said: "This is the musician who plays the piano, his surname is Li and his name is Yannian." The princess nodded and said, "Let's begin!" I said: "This set of songs and dances is relatively long. We usually finish singing in a few days. I don't know if the princess means watching from the beginning or specifying a scene?" Princess Pingyang looked at Fang Ru and Qiu Xiang who had already stood up and said, "Let's choose your best singing!" Fang Ru and Qiu Xiang hurriedly saluted. Qiuxiang sang first. It is a scene where the general wanders alone under the moon and misses the princess when he is fighting in the Western Regions.Qiuxiang's literary opera is indeed much better than her martial arts, but Li Yannian's piano sound is even more outstanding. This is the first time I ordered Li Yannian to perform as a guest, and I specially used a solo, because with his piano skills, no one in Luoyufang can play with him. Missing strings, voices and emotions, tragic places on the battlefield, and lingering love between children, contradict and complement each other. Under the guidance of the sound of the piano, Qiuxiang sang far beyond her usual level. Fang Ru and Qiu Xiang sang a farewell scene together. Fang Ru sang this scene very well, and with the sound of Li Yannian's piano, the eyes of the two women standing under the princess were a little red.The princess looked slightly dazed. Before Fang Ru and Qiu Xiang finished singing, the door was opened, and the princess's servant said, "Master Huo, please see the princess." Before the words finished, Huo Qubing walked in carelessly.The princess smiled and said, "You are still so irritable, your uncle should blame you again when he sees you." Huo Qubing saluted casually, smiled and sat down under the princess: "He says his thing, and I do mine, it's really annoying, just hide for a while." The princess said: "Hide away? How long has it been since you came to visit your uncle? How can I remember that you came to pay your respects during the Chinese New Year, and you usually only come when your uncle is away. It's been almost half a year. Anyway, we are a family Man, you..." Huo Qubing hastily bowed to the princess: "My dear princess aunt, you should spare my nephew now! When I entered the palace and was told by the empress, why did my aunt, who has always been good to me, start talking about me? I don't dare to go to my aunt again. Home." The princess shook her head and continued listening to the song. As soon as the princess turned his head, Huo Qubing's face immediately changed from spring in March to winter in twelfth lunar month. He looked me over from head to toe with a cold face, and finally stared fiercely into my eyes. I pretended I didn't see it, and looked sideways at Fang Ru and the others, but his gaze never moved away.It was not until Fang Ru finished singing that Fang Ru, Qiu Xiang, and Li Yannian all knelt down and waited for the princess to speak, then he looked away. "You sang very well, and you played the piano well, but I don't want this song and dance to be performed again." Fang Ru and Qiu Xiang heard the words, and the blood on their faces faded immediately. The princess looked at me, and I hurriedly got up and knelt down in front of the princess and kowtowed: "The daughter of the people will obey the princess' orders." The princess nodded with a smile, and waved Fang Ru and the others to retreat.She looked at me carefully, nodded her head and said in praise: "What a beautiful face, but she also has a big heart, and she is considered courageous and resourceful..." Huo Qubing got up and walked a few steps, knelt beside me in front of the princess, and interrupted the princess: "Qubing is going to make an apology to the princess." As he said the apology, the expression on his face was still indifferent. The princess smiled in surprise and said, "You may be wrong too? Go and see if the sun is going to set from the east today." The two maids bowed and left the room with their heads bowed. "It's a long story, and I have to tell it from the first time Qu Bing and this Jin girl met..." Huo Qu Bing said while reaching out his hand under the sleeve of his robe to shake my hand. The costumes of the Han Dynasty paid attention to the wide robes and large sleeves. When we knelt down with our hands down, our sleeves overlapped one another, which happened to be convenient for him to do things.When I realized that he had already touched my finger, I immediately bent my middle finger to press his Quchi acupoint, he smiled and talked to the princess, but his hands reacted very quickly, avoiding the momentary palm pressure of my middle finger My palm, and then immediately closed my hand and received it in his palm. He was quite proud, smiled and glanced sideways at me, and squeezed my hand lightly.I looked up at the princess, who was just hearing the tension, and stared at Huo Qubing without blinking her eyes, as if she was also being chased by sand robbers for a long distance, life and death. I withdrew my strength, softened my hand and retracted it into his palm as much as I could. His voice paused slightly, and he turned his head and gave me a slightly puzzled look. I knelt with my head down, motionless, and slowly but firmly pinched my nails towards the palm of his hand. Thanks to Honggu, I have three slender fingers.He frowned, and there was a slight smile on the corner of my mouth, it depends how long you can bear it. "...but we lost our way again. There is no water in the desert and we don't know the way. We must have escaped death... Ouch!" , I was also frightened by him and trembled, and looked at the princess nervously, not daring to use any more force. The princess asked in surprise, "What's the matter?" Huo Qubing still held my hand tightly: "I feel like I was bitten by a vicious scorpion." The princess was about to get up in surprise, and I hurriedly replied, "The room is lit with incense, and the princess cleaned it carefully before coming, so there will never be any insects and ants." The princess was still full of shock, wanting to get up.In desperation, I looked at Huo Qubing begging for mercy, and gently squeezed his hand. Huo Qubing smiled and said: "Ah! Look carefully, it was accidentally scratched off by the hook." The princess looked relaxed, looked at him with a smile, and said, "You're so hands-and-footed, I really don't know who you look like. What happened next?" Huo Qubing continued to talk, I was so angry that I wanted to strike again, but as soon as the nails were hardened, he immediately shouted: "Poisonous snake!" I was scared and quickly retracted. The princess asked suspiciously, "What?" He said solemnly: "There are many poisonous snakes, poisonous ants, and poisonous bees in the desert, and they like to bite people, but as long as you call, they will not dare to bite." The princess nodded inexplicably with a blank face. Continuing with his desert adventures.I sighed in my heart, forget it, how can I not bow my head when the situation is stronger than others?Let him go!He also relaxed, just holding me gently. After he finished speaking, the princess looked at me and asked, "You said she arranged this song and dance to attract your attention?" He said: "Exactly." After he finished speaking, he looked at me sideways, but for the first time, his eyes were cold and threatening, and the strength of holding my hand suddenly increased, and the pain was unbearable.I thought about it a few times, and quickly responded: "The daughter of the people has acted recklessly, please punish the princess." His eyes softened, the strength in his hands dissipated, and he looked at the princess and said: "All these things are caused by Qubing , and begged the princess to spare Qu Bing this time." The princess looked at him and then at me, and smiled lightly with the corners of her lips pursed: "Okay, get up! I didn't plan to blame Jin Yu at all, and I can't care about your right and wrong, kindness and resentment, you yourself After all this fuss, Ben Gong would be happy to hear a story, but this is the first time I hear that someone can drive wolves away." Huo Qubing said nonchalantly: "It's nothing rare. Birds, beasts and people communicate with each other since ancient times. In the Spring and Autumn Period, one of the seventy-two sages and Confucius' disciple Gong Yechang was proficient in bird language, and later became Confucius' son-in-law. Uncle Because I have been with horses since I was a child, I also know the nature of horses very well and drive them as I wish. It is also rumored that there are eagles in the Western Regions that can be the eyes and ears of their masters." The princess smiled and said, "Yes! Your uncle's war horse seems to be able to understand your uncle's words. Whenever your uncle finds time, he will brush and wash it himself. Sometimes while washing and talking, it looks like an old friend. I think Your uncle talks more with it than with people." I tried to pull out my hand, Huo Qubing didn't make things difficult any more, just squeezed lightly and then let go.I kowtowed to the princess to thank him, and he also kowtowed, got up and sat back beside the princess.The princess looked at him and said, "You said you went hunting in the mountains last year, but you actually went to the Western Regions. If your uncle finds out about this, what should you do?" Huo Qubing snorted: "Your Majesty has given permission, who dares to accuse me?" The princess sighed softly, and said to me: "I have watched the singing and dancing in this palace, and I have heard the story, so I will call them in to serve and return home." I hurriedly saluted and got up and called the maid to come in. I knelt in front of the door until the princess's carriage was far away before I stood up.Huo Qubing turned around and looked at me, I ignored him and walked back on my own, he chased after me.I entered the room where the princess had been received before, and sat in the seat where the princess had sat, silently lost in thought.He sat quietly with me for a while, then suddenly fell down and lay on his back on the couch: "How do you feel?" I said: "I'm a little tired. I have to think through every sentence before I can say it, but I can't reply slowly. My knees hurt a little from kneeling." He laughed: "Then you still dress up like this? Fortunately, I heard that the princess is coming, so I hurried over here, otherwise you will be scolded to death and you will not be able to get back." I said, "You worry too much." He suddenly sat up, sneered at me, and said, "Why am I worrying? When the princess dedicated you to Your Majesty, you didn't look back even if you were ten big-hearted." I smiled and said, "What if there is something better?" He was taken aback: "Who? There is still a girl who hasn't shown up in this garden? What do you want to do?" I looked at him and said, "No matter what you say today, I would like to thank you for your kindness. Now I want to ask you something, if someone enters the palace from me, will you blame me?" He smiled lightly, and lay back on the couch again: "Auntie is already a failed flower in the eyes of His Majesty. Palace ladies have been selected in various places, and interested people in the court are also looking for a perfect woman. If it is not you, there will be others. In this way, the princess has been paying attention. When His Majesty came to the Princess Mansion, the Princess always called young and beautiful women to perform singing and dancing to accompany wine and serve, and some were brought back to the palace by His Majesty, but it was always a little bit worse. It was left behind. 'There is no anger in giving birth to a daughter, no joy in giving birth to a boy, but Wei Zifu dominates the world?' A Yuefu ballad, anyone who can sing it with some color wants to be Wei Zifu, but how many people have it? Wei Zifu's flower-like appearance and water-like gentleness back then?" I said, "Not many people have a younger brother like General Wei and a nephew like you." He smiled and bowed his hands to me: "I'm out! In the eyes of General Wei, I'm just a dandy, domineering, extravagant and wasteful. General Wei can't wait to deny that I'm the best." I smiled back and asked, "Are you?" He also smiled and asked back: "Do you think I am?" I didn't answer his question, and asked with some puzzlement: "Master Gongye was once regarded as a monster and thrown into prison because he was proficient in bird language. Confucius deliberately married his daughter to him to show that Mr. Gongye was not a monster. Since you Worried that I will be regarded as a monster, why did you tell the princess what happened in the desert?" "If I was the only one back then, I would never bring up this matter again, but those who went with me have all witnessed you driving the wolves, and His Majesty knew about it a long time ago. It doesn't matter whether you hide it from the princess or not." I nodded, people really can't think carefully about everything. He said, "Feed me some fruits." I put the plate next to his head: "Eat it yourself! I am not a maid in your house." He smiled and took my hand: "If there is someone like you in my house, why would I bother to come to you to be angry?" I opened him with a wave of my hand, and said solemnly: "Now there is no one there, and the room is still spacious, shall we compare pictures?" He sighed, and lay down again: "You are used to killing scenery." I said, "Are you flirting with the maid in the Fuzhong?" He looked at me with a smile and said: "Don't you know how many nights you stay with me in the mansion?" I snorted and didn't speak again. He said: "Call that beauty of yours to see if it's worth our time." I asked in surprise, "Us?" He raised his eyebrows and asked, "Why not?" I bowed my head and thought for a while: "Understood, but I think it's better for the princess to come forward in this matter." He laughed: "It's tiring to talk to you thoughtful people. You just think of an extra meaning for me. I don't want to bother. I can't do it by presenting beauties to please His Majesty. But I just like to say the word 'we', we, we, not you and me, but us, we..." I said, "Stop talking." He ignored it, and continued to say: "We, we..." I casually took a fruit and stuffed it into his mouth, but he was not annoyed, and started chewing with a smile. I stood up and said, "I'm too lazy to talk to you, I'm busy with my own business." He also turned over and sat up: "I should go back too." I looked at him with a smile and asked, "Aren't you going to see the beauty with me?" He asked with a half-smile, "Do you really think I'm a womanizer?" He looked at me with piercing eyes, and I was silent for a moment, then shook my head lightly. He suppressed his smile, stared at me and said: "Why do I need to rely on these means to achieve fame? I don't understand, but I disdain. If you think it's fun, go and play, just be careful not to get yourself involved." After finishing speaking, he turned around. , with the sleeves fluttering, the person has already left the room. Honggu, Fangru, Qiuxiang, etc. were all sitting in my room, all with downcast faces full of frustration.Seeing me coming in, Quan stood up and looked at me silently.I laughed: "What are you doing? Don't worry! The sun will rise as usual tomorrow." Honggu said angrily: "Are you still in the mood to laugh? You can't perform the song and dance again, and you offended the princess. What should you do in the future?" I said to Fang Ru and the others: "You all go back first, don't worry, life in the future will only be better than now, not worse than now. With the ban of "Flower Moon Nong", don't we rehearse other songs and dances? What's more, Fang Ru and Qiu Xiang have been praised by Princess Yukou as 'good singing'. With this sentence, are you afraid that the princes and grandchildren of Chang'an City will not come to chase after them?" Everyone heard this, and their faces showed a little joy. , exited the room with half joy and half worry. Hong Gu asked: "You mean, the princess is not angry?" I leaned on the couch: "Why are you angry? If you want to be angry, you have come to seal the garden, and you will wait until today?" Honggu sat across from me and poured me a glass of syrup: "Then why don't we sing again?" I smiled and said: ""Flower Moon Nong" is about the private affairs of the princess and the general after all. The princess has achieved her goal, so it is time to maintain her majesty. Now that the ban is just right, those who have seen it are glad they Those who have seen it, and those who haven’t seen it, are annoyed why they didn’t go see it sooner, and they must be unable to hold back their curiosity to ask those who have seen it, and word of mouth, Fang Ru and Qiu Xiang have really become popular in Chang’an City.” Honggu listened, pondered, nodded and said: "Even if there is no "Flower Moon", people will still come to see Fang Ru and Qiu Xiang. Except for women like Li Yan, who is really the top girl in every song and dance hall in Chang'an City?" How is it better than anyone else? It’s just the spring breeze and autumn moon, each is good at winning, and the rest depends on their own methods. Now, no one can overwhelm Fang Ru and Qiu Xiang.” "Master, someone has brought something." The maid outside said respectfully. I wondered, "For me?" Hong Gu smiled and said, "It's not for you. Can the servant girl be sent here? You're smart and scheming, but you're ridiculously stupid when you're foolish." She raised her voice and ordered, "Bring it in." A little slave came in after the maidservant, holding a cage covered in black cloth in his hand. After bowing to Honggu and me, he put the cage lightly on the ground. "It looks like a birdcage, who gave this thing?" Hong Gu said as she got up to untie the black cloth. I asked, "Who sent it?" Xiao Nu replied: "A young man brought it. He didn't leave his name. He just said it was for the owner. Let's ask again, and he said that the owner will understand when he sees it." I nodded lightly and let them go out. "What a beautiful pair of pigeons." Hong Gu exclaimed, "but beautiful is beautiful, what's the use of giving this thing? A pair of pure gold would be good." I got up and walked to the cage, knelt down and looked at them.Its feathers are as white as snow, and its eyes are like a pair of small rubies. One is dozing off with one foot curled up, while the other is looking at me and staring at me with its head tilted.There was some joy in my heart, and I yelled to order the maid to bring in the millet. Honggu asked: "Who gave it to me?" She waited for a long time, saw that I was just smiling with my lips pursed, and shook her head, "You must be silly! Go back and think about what to sing next." After speaking, she went out. I put the cage on the case and feed them with the grain.Seeing that there was something to eat, the dozing pigeon stopped sleeping and snatched the grain from the other's beak. The other was not angry, but just watched it eat. Put some grains in. "You are so naughty, you are called Xiaotao, you are so humble, you are called Xiaoqian, and I am Xiaoyu." The two of them cooed, and they didn't know if they understood me, but unfortunately, I only understand wolves. Xiao, but do not understand pigeon cooing. After dinner, I hurried to Shifu.Look at the gate, look at the wall, hesitating which is better to go, the decision is not yet made, the door has opened a crack, Shi Bo asked: "Is it Yu'er?" I replied: "Uncle Shi, it's Yu'er, haven't you rested yet?" Uncle Shi let me in: "Master Jiu ordered the door to be reserved for you." I hurriedly thanked him.Shi Bo closed the door and said, "Hurry up!" After I saluted, I ran quickly to the Bamboo Pavilion. With the bamboo curtain half-raised, I kept my momentum undiminished. I turned around and fell lightly into the room without touching the bamboo curtain.Master Jiu smiled and praised: "Good skill." I was very annoyed, why was I so careless?There was only a faint smile on his face. I sat beside him and said, "Thank you for sending me the pigeons. I like them very much. Do they have their own names? I named them casually." Master Jiu said: "There are only serial numbers, what name did you give them?" I said, "One is domineering and mischievous, Xiao Tao, and the other is gentle and humble, Xiao Qian." He laughed: "Then you are Xiaoyu." I lifted my chin slightly and said with a smile, "Yes! Next time I introduce you, I will say Xiao Jiu." He smiled noncommittally, and handed me a small bamboo whistle: "According to the pigeon trainer, these two pigeons are the best among the pigeons he has trained in the past few years. You never let them see you when you are with water. You can only feed them food and water for the first month, and once they recognize you, you can go out of the cage completely." I looked carefully at the bamboo whistle in my hand. It was very delicately made. A pair of pigeons flying on paired wings were engraved on the outside. There was a small hole at the bottom to tie a rope for easy carrying. I brought it to my mouth and blew, the sharp and ear-piercing sound made my ears hurt, so I hurriedly took it away. Master Jiu laughed and said, "This is a special bamboo whistle. Different sounds represent different orders. Pigeons have received sound training since they were young, so they can follow your orders." I said happily: "Can you teach me how to play?" He said: "Since I gave you a pigeon, why don't I teach you to use it?" After speaking, he took a bamboo whistle and brought it to my mouth. I hurriedly covered my ears with my hands, but unexpectedly the sound was very clear and pleasant. The timbre is monotonous, but a piece of music is played smoothly and lively, like a village boy playing, and it is simple and moving. After he finished playing a song, he told me softly the sound of the whistle and various commands, demonstrating while speaking, and beckoned me to follow his example. The warm wind blows gently outside the window, and the bamboo shadows are whirling. Inside the window, one teaches and one learns, laughing and annoyed. The unknown fragrance of flowers permeated the room, and the joy of wanting to talk lingered on the brows and lips of the two of them. The mind is shaking, trembling, crisp and numb, rippling in circles, and lingering in circles, like silk, lingering. Where the eye waves lightly touch, if there is affection, it seems unintentional. Intoxicated, intoxicated, just because of the joy of intoxication, so the heart sank regardless.