Chapter 17 Chanting in Three Sorrows

It has been a month since the Piaodeng Pavilion was seized.From the view of class leader Cao Meiniang, this month has passed extremely long.She sent people to look into the mansion to deliver posts, like a mud cow into the sea.She paced back and forth on the empty stage every day, and gradually became restless.Finally one day she rushed to the backstage, picked out a suit of colorful clothes, and then put on makeup and combed a fashionable bun.Call the boy to drive to Chengfu by himself.I went there for a day, and when I came back, I locked myself in the door, ignoring everyone with red eyes.After a few days, I got better and went again.After going back and forth several times, there was still no news of the Piaodeng Pavilion being lifted.Cao Meiniang only said to people that the matter is too big, so take your time.Having said that, some people in the team have gradually left.Cao Meiniang was so angry that she scolded, one day Piao Deng Pavilion will be prosperous again, and they will have no way to come back and pass handkerchiefs!

Yu Liusu just pretended not to see her, and she didn't seem to want to move her nest at all.This made the people around the class feel at ease, Cao Meiniang was somewhat grateful, and became more kind and respectful to her. Yu Liusu smiled and said, "Mom doesn't have to be like this. If it wasn't for your mother's praise, Tassel wouldn't be as beautiful as he is today." Cao Meiniang sighed: "People miss the old days like you, so I don't need to be sad." Yu Liusu was moved when he heard this.Yu Liusu is not blind, so where is Piaodeng Pavilion?With her reputation for skills, it is easy to find a decent troupe to jump ship.But she has been messing around all these years.Firstly, it was to get closer to the enemy, and secondly, it was because of Cao Meiniang's kindness to her.When she was sold in Duocui Building, she recovered from a serious illness, finally gritted her teeth and agreed, dressed up and came out to meet guests. That night, among a bunch of drunken old men, she played the dumb piano with a dead heart.Suddenly a middle-aged beautiful woman came in, couldn't help but drag her away, paid three times the price to the old bustard of Duocuilou on the spot, and took her away.This Cao Meiniang is also a respectable master in the Fengyue Field in the capital. She has been fighting for so many years, and her methods are so bold that even ten men can't match her.None of the bustard mothers in Nancheng dared to say "no" to her.When Yu Liusu was puzzled, Cao Meiniang said, "I like your good piano skills. I have recruited a new theater troupe. If you have a piano player like you, it must be extraordinary."Joining an opera troupe, even one like Piaodeng Pavilion, is far better than selling yourself as a prostitute.Jade tassels almost have a sense of transcendence.Because of this, I am embarrassed to pretend to forget Cao Meiniang's help.

Besides, Yu Liusu was too busy with her own affairs.In the past month, she has traveled a lot without stopping.What's more, some regular customers who listen to the piano have to go to socialize, for example, Li Lao Yushi's mansion who serves the guests with high-quality almond tea. That night, when Yu Liusu came back from Li's residence, it was still early.She washed her face and shut herself in the room, slowly calculating. As long as he can get the criminal evidence, Li Yushi is willing to fight his old bones and bring him down in court.Yu Liusu told her plan, since hiring a killer failed, she had to venture deep into the tiger's den by herself.The old censor frowned and said that I still have savings here, so I might as well ask Qinglong to help the three elders go out of the mountain and try again.Yu Liusu flatly refused.She couldn't bear it, she couldn't bear it, she couldn't bear to let the Qinglong Gang be hit hard again; what's more, the coldness in the old Yushi's mansion was comparable to that of the Su family back then, for the sake of assassination, they had helped her a lot in bits and pieces over the years, The so-called still has savings, I am afraid it refers to his coffin money.

Old Yushi Li shook his head, and said, Miss Su, what chance do you have to get close to Cheng Linghai.Yu Liusu said, with my piano. Old Yushi Li sighed, I'm afraid you can't get close to him with your qin.In the past, the opera troupe of Piaodeng Pavilion had the opportunity to go to his mansion to sing opera, but you could only play the huqin in the background, and you were not allowed to get close.What's more, you don't sing anymore.Cheng Linghai is not a refined person, it is impossible to invite a luthier to play some high mountains and flowing waters or some golden hazel tunes in the mansion alone.He didn't go any further, he couldn't bear it.

The old coachman spoke without hesitation, the old eunuch Cheng Linghai is a hungry ghost.If Ms. Su is willing to sacrifice her appearance, there is a chance. The old coachman's name is Sun Yin, and he is not an ordinary person.In fact, he is the confidant of Li Yushi for decades, and it is said that he is outstanding in martial arts and strategy. Old Yushi Li was a little heartbroken.In fact, he didn't have much friendship with the dead Su Jingmei.They have been officials in the same dynasty for many years, and they admire each other in character, but the friendship between gentlemen is as pale as water.When Su Jingmei risked his life to impeach the eunuch Cheng Linghai, Li Zejian did not stand up.Everyone has a cowardly side. He thought he was old and had long since lost the spirit of a young man.Six months after Su Jingmei's blood stained Caishikou, Li Zejian was filled with grief and indignation, but he was also annoyed.Li Zejian resigned.If you don't want to endure a world where right and wrong are reversed, it's always okay to hide.Whenever he thought of Su Jingmei's tragic death, until the woman who played the piano came to his door, he was shocked by her determination to take revenge, and would rather devote the rest of his life to help.

He thought, if there is a woman like this, Su Jing Meiquan will have no regrets.Could it be that he actually wants to persuade her to lose herself to that old thief who is not as good as a beast? "No, absolutely not." The old censor waved his hands. Yu Liusu left, gradually making up her mind. Old Yushi Li became uneasy: "Miss Su, you must promise me that you must tell this old man before you take any action." On the way back, Sun Yin sent her off as usual.When passing by the Happy Square gambling house, Yu Liusu asked Sun Yin to stop for a while, and looked inside hesitantly.Zhang Huabing didn't seem to be there.Yu Liusu secretly smiled bitterly.I've already said that I don't dare to bother him anymore, what else is there to see.

Sun Yin lowered his head, and suddenly said in a low voice: "Master Yu, the person you hired Qinglong has missed three times. Haven't you ever thought that someone is betraying you?" Yu Liusu said: "The Qinglong side should be very reliable. The rest... I really can't think of who it is." "Really?" Sun Yin's eagle-like eyes flashed in the dark. Yu Liusu felt uncomfortable under his gaze. This discomfort has been brought to her own room in Piaodeng Pavilion.Yu Liusu tried to figure out what Sun Yin meant while turning the wick by himself.The man spoke well.Before we start, we must find out the source of the news leak.But where exactly?

"Master Yu—won't you sleep so late? Let's have some supper." Cao Meiniang stepped on the threshold, holding a plate of sweet-scented osmanthus cake in her hand. Yu Liusu accepted it with a smile: "Mom is so troublesome." "Try it!" Yu Liusu picked up a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake with two fingers and sipped it, it was soft and sweet. "Not bad, right?" Cao Meiniang asked. "That's right, it looks like you took a mouthful of fresh sweet-scented osmanthus. Isn't it made by Yihezhai?" Yu Liusu said. Cao Meiniang pursed her lips and smiled, "This is something from the palace."

The jade tassel froze, and the sweet-scented osmanthus cake suddenly turned into a piece of tissue paper, sticking astringently in his mouth. "It's our father-in-law Cheng who specially rewarded you." Come so fast. "I went to Cheng's mansion in Beiji Pavilion today and met Eunuch Cheng. Speaking of our theater troupe, his old man also heard about your reputation, saying that with such an excellent luthier, the theater troupe would not open. It's strange." It's a pity, why don't you sing it again tomorrow. Eunuch Cheng praised you for being dignified and mature, and gave you some snacks. Liusu, it's his birthday in a few days, go to Cheng's mansion and kowtow to thank you."

"No." Yu Liusu retorted instinctively. "Not going?" Cao Meiniang's face immediately fell. Yu Liusu is not unprepared.But when things really came to an end, it was impossible anyway.She stopped talking, and her pointed nails dug into the flesh of her palm. "I want to see how long you can be tough!" Cao Meiniang slammed the door and went out. The sweet-scented osmanthus cake was blown by the wind all night, and dried into hard paper. Cao Meiniang slammed the door and stomped her feet downstairs, pointing at Sang and scolding Huai. Jade tassels just pretend not to hear.She sat in front of the dressing table, slowly raising her long eyebrows.Her eyebrows are not well formed, they are thin and thin, but they are raised high to the two suns.When the snails and tin were used up, Yu Liusu opened the drawer to see if there were any left.The drawer was a little deep, and an unused powder box fell out, and there was a note inside.Yu Liusu was startled.

The characters were written in thrush snail tin, crooked and unreasonable, but Yuliusu understood. "Xiaohui, Xiaohui..." She held the paper tightly, with long nails.The writer has become a rotting bone in a mass grave in the wilderness, and she never even went to collect the corpse for her.Xiao Hui already knew who she was from Wang Qian.This was the last warning Wang Qian and Tan Xiaohui gave her before they died.Such an important warning, but she discovered it too late. She read the words again, almost out of breath. "...Jiaoluan and the young phoenix lost their male and female; before the end of the song, I became more interested in fighting Naboluo and Feiyan, all without saying a word..." Xiaohui's singing that night seemed to be still in my ears, Yu Liusu was a little dizzy, and walked to the window, letting the cold morning wind blow on her hot forehead. how could this be. The dumb piano is silent.It is said that the hero Cheng Zhu has left organs in it, which can be used for self-defense.After so many years, she hasn't found where the mechanism is, and she doesn't want to look for it anymore, maybe it really exists.She couldn't bear to dismantle the piano to have a look. Thinking of the night Xiaohui died, when she heard Zhang Huabing's "Witch Hazel Song", she remembered it word by word: "I am quite proud of myself in this life. In the world, there are only a few ancient chrysanthemums and dangerous orchids. It is also scattered and lonely. , every time I think about a drink, the moonlight is full of beauty. Who will talk when the scab is uncovered in the middle of the night, it is really painful to have the past life and this life. Reckless years, turbulent wind and rain..." Not knowing what the second half is, Yu Liusu thought slowly.It's really painful to have a past life and this life... Reckless years, shocking wind and rain, shocking wind and rain... It's all like this, with a beginning and no end. It was still that dirty and dilapidated corner of Nancheng.There was still no business in Huichun Hall at noon.Just as the shadow of the eaves fell on the threshold, a wheelchair slid silently to the dark counter.As usual, the clerk took out a bundle of medicinal materials and placed them on the disabled man's lap.The wheelchair slid slowly out the door again. Suddenly, a figure in a sapphire blue shirt came slantingly, with a jade-white hand clasped firmly on his shoulder.The disabled man squinted his eyes and raised his head. In the strong sunlight, he saw a pair of clear eyes. Yu Liusu finally came to the dilapidated ancestral hall where the three heroes lived in seclusion.Ma Shuiqing poured all kinds of medicine into the dark scorpion, and added a piece of firewood.Suddenly, the small and dark room was filled with a strange medicinal fragrance. "Usual medicine, taken every day, is not a small expense." "Is it your medicine?" Ma Shuiqing snorted softly: "The leg is broken, can it grow again after taking medicine?" Yu Liusu lowered her head, took the chopsticks in his hand, and stirred them in the hanging basket. Ma Shuiqing said slowly: "It's Junior Sister Lingbo." Yu Liusu was startled.Following Ma Shuiqing's turbid eyes, she saw a narrow staircase, the attic was dark, and a dim light seemed to be on and off.Yu Liusu then said: "I've always wanted to see Miss Cheng Lingbo, I've always wanted to." After hesitating for a while, he continued: "I've heard that Cheng Zhu's daughter, Cheng Nvxia, not only has superb martial arts skills, but also has a gentle temperament. And people are born very beautiful..." "You don't need to see her anymore!" Ma Shuiqing interrupted her, "She is worse than a beast now!" The chopsticks fell to the ground. Jade Liusu hurriedly picked it up. "When Su Jingmei was rescued from the law field that year, she was seriously injured in order to protect her second child, and fell into the hands of officers and soldiers. When we snatched her back, she had become a fool. These medicines made her sleep Yes, or she'll go mad, and go mad, and she'll die." Jade Tassel was speechless. "These years, the only thing I do every day is to go to the Huichuntang to get the medicine and come back to fry it, give her a drink, let her fall asleep and live, and live like this until the day I die too. " Yu Liusu suddenly said: "Ma Shuiqing, do you hate our Su family?" Ma Shuiqing nodded. Yuliusu said sadly: "I know. It wasn't to save my father. You won't be disabled, Cheng Lingbo won't be seriously ill, and Zhang Huabing... you three, the Three Heroes of Wind and Dust, are unyielding knights and righteous men. But, Is it because of your chivalry that you saved my father and did not allow traitors like Cheng Linghai to run rampant in this world..." "Ha!" Ma Shuiqing laughed loudly, "Well said!" Yu Liusu blushed, quite excited: "All these years, I have thought the same way myself." Ma Shuiqing looked at the luthier's face, was silent for a moment, and then sneered again: "At the beginning, the second child was the one who advocated the rescue of Su Yushi by robbing the court. In fact, I don't really agree with it. The chances of winning are too small. However, since it was proposed by the second child, Junior Sister Ling Bo of course strongly supports it. The two of them are young and energetic, saying that someone must come out to touch this hard rock." Yu Liusu said silently: "Someone has to come out to touch this hard rock. But what about now?" Ma Shuiqing glanced at her, and continued: "And the second child said that Su Yushi owed him the kindness of knowing him, and he had no way of repaying it." Yu Liusu's face turned pale. Ma Shuiqing said slowly: "There is nothing to repay——Miss Su, you may know this. My second child and I were both brought up by our master—that is, the father of Junior Sister Ling Bo. I am older than the two of them Six or seven years old. Ling Bo and the second child played together and learned martial arts together when they were young. When they grew up, they became teachers at the same time. Although the meaning is not clearly stated, don’t I still understand? Lingbo was born in spring, when we were in Tianmu Mountain, and the valley was covered with pink cherry blossoms. When Lingbo grows up, the cherry blossoms all over the mountain can’t compare to her cuteness... ..." "Don't talk about it!" Yu Liusu yelled sharply, "Who wants him to repay the kindness of knowing you! Zhang Huabing—does he deserve it too! He—he—he just repays Linghai's kindness of knowing him! " This time, it was Ma Shuiqing's turn to turn pale. Yu Liusu said coldly: "The three masters who killed the 'Qinglong' one after another, none of them will survive. Even Wang Qian, Wang Qian has never been able to match. How many people are there in the world with this kind of kung fu! The three heroes of the world, It's amazing!" She took a step back and stared at Ma Shuiqing's face, "I'm going to tell Qinglong's people, if they know that Zhang Huabing has become the secret bodyguard of the eunuch Cheng Linghai, they will never let him go He, no matter how powerful Zhang Huabing is, if he is good and evil, he will have an end. A chivalrous person, even if he is the last one to die, must be eliminated, get rid of this kind of rebellion!" Ma Shuiqing sighed: "Miss Su, do you hate the second child like this?" Yu Liusu bit her lips tightly.she hates.Ever since seeing the note left by Tan Xiaohui, her heart has been bitten by monstrous hatred every day.Although Wang Qian was defeated, he finally picked off the veil of the mysterious bodyguard next to Cheng Linghai.He risked his life and fled to Piaodeng Pavilion in order to tell Miss Su who the poisonous snake was lurking in the dark.Pity him and Xiaohui's tragic death.Yu Liusu himself had been expecting that one day the poisonous snake would pick up the old sword to help him take revenge. For so many years, he had misread and thought wrongly.How could she not hate. "You really hate him?" Ma Shuiqing said. The reddish-brown liquid in the sling was tumbling, as if thousands of little snakes were tangled and wriggling desperately. "Don't hate him." Ma Shuiqing said, "If you want to hate, you can hate me. I forced the second child to do this. After your father died, Junior Sister Ling Bo fell into their hands and was tortured. My legs were broken at the time, and I wanted my second child to rescue Ling Bo like crazy. Cheng Linghai's condition was that my second child would work for him from now on, but my second child refused. I scolded him from the sidelines, saying that Ling Bo was you Your fiancée, you don’t care about her, why do you have the face to meet the underground master. The second child still refuses, saying that he is a thief with his body, and neither the master nor Ling Bo can agree. In the end, I drew my sword and faced death. Forced, to save Ling Bo, I am willing to kill myself in front of you Zhang Huabing. So you love her more than me! He finally nodded after hearing this. Miss Su, don't blame him. The second child is also very bitter Yes. Ever since he entered Cheng Mansion, his heart has been dead. He drinks and gambles all day long, and when he wins, he takes it back to give Ling Bo medicine. He has been staying in Cheng Linghai and can't get out, because Ling Bo was secretly set by them. After taking the medicine, the antidote is in Huichuntang, as you probably know, that’s where Cheng Linghai’s men belong. Even if he killed those killers in Qinglongtang, Li Zhuhua, Sang Jiuting, Xia Ming, Wang Qian, he never He never betrayed you. Cheng Linghai still doesn't know that Su Yushi still has a righteous daughter like you in the world, and he doesn't know that you sent those killers. He also mentioned in the early years that he would try to get you out of the world. When Cuilou was redeemed, I scolded him for half-heartedness. Of course, you became famous later, and it was different..." Yu Liusu couldn't listen anymore, she dropped her chopsticks and rushed out the door. Ma Shuiqing leaned over to touch the chopsticks, and murmured to himself: "At that time, the second child refused to give in to Cheng Linghai, and said that perhaps Ling Bo himself would rather die than us all like this, idling along. I scolded him for not human nature……" He paused, and clearly saw the shadow of a slender man cast on the ground, and he didn't know when it appeared. "Who is that woman?" the man at the door asked. Ma Shuiqing heard that it was the guy who cut the medicine in Huichuntang. "What did you say?" the man said coldly. Ma Shuiqing sighed and threw the chopsticks on the ground. The thin bamboo chopsticks suddenly rebounded and pierced the man at the door between the eyebrows.The man was caught off guard and fell to the ground without a sound. Ma Shuiqing suddenly woke up, and hurried over to test it.The guy from Huichun Hall died. He raised his head blankly, stared at the dark attic, and was stunned for a long time. "...We are trying to survive. What the second child said may be right." Yu Liusu was very drunk.In a secluded restaurant like Yulouchun, no one will know that the reserved female luthier is hiding here, and she wants nothing but a catty of rice wine.She started to feel dizzy, holding on to the table, afraid to stand up, and poured herself another glass.Originally overwhelmed by alcohol, he felt his stomach rolling violently, and suddenly burst into tears. The waiter poked his head from outside the door, seeing that the customer was just drunk and crazy, so he didn't bother to answer. Yu Liusu vented for a while, and her voice became hoarse, but the tears in her eyes could no longer be held back, and she lay on the table, choking with sobs, one high and one low.She thought of the carefree years when she was young with her adoptive father, the courtyard that no longer existed and her childhood.She was an orphan with no roots, her upright and noble father was the sky of her life and everything she believed in in her life.What is good and evil, what is good and evil, those things that can't be compromised even in the extreme.But this kind of survival is doomed to be isolated and helpless.That small courtyard is shrouded in bloody gloom all the year round.Only the sound of the piano and wintersweet flowers, the cold comfort year after year. Later came the dream about chivalry.I used to think that person, that sword, would also become the support of the hit—just like a father who let go.But soon, all of this is over and has been changed.Looking back thousands of miles, the old friend will never die.Just like ice floes on the sea, they met by chance, collided, and left marks on each other.Persevering in the tide of the sea, involuntarily, when we look at each other, we have forgotten each other, and the only thing that cannot be changed is loneliness.Who will share with me, Zui Mingyue! Yu Liusu wept mournfully, as if she wanted to pour out all the pain and sorrow of her life. I didn't know anything after that.When he woke up, he was lying in his own tent in Piaodeng Pavilion, with Cao Meiniang's round face like a silver basin waving in front of him. "Master Yu, I'm awake." Yu Liusu struggled to get up, still dizzy, with a cold veil still on her face.When she was about to brush it off, Cao Meiniang hurriedly covered her up: "Don't don't—look at your face, it's so swollen that you can't see anyone. Liusu, why are you crying like this? Do you have something on your mind?" "No way." Yu Liusu said with a smile, "I was so drunk that I couldn't vomit, so I cried." Cao Meiniang smiled with half-belief: "It doesn't matter if you get drunk outside, you don't know, if you don't come back this day, you will scare us to death. Early this morning, the chief manager of Chengfu came, Tell us to go to the mansion tomorrow to celebrate Eunuch Cheng's birthday. Her old man even specially ordered your music. I am still worried that if you never come back to this Piaodeng Pavilion..." Yuliusu embraced the mirror, and sure enough her eyes were swollen like peaches, she hurriedly put on powder: "Maybe to cover it up. I hope Eunuch Cheng won't see it tomorrow." When Cao Meiniang heard this, she knew that she had agreed, so she smiled with satisfaction.Turning her back, she pulled out a set of clothes like a conjurer: "Liu Su, how about this outfit? When you go to Chengfu to perform, you can no longer wear your big blue gown, which looks like a bell." The jade tassels were worn according to the words, and all the pieces fit together, and instantly changed into a different person.It was like a pink water lily suddenly blooming in the cold clear water, which is indescribably charming. Cao Meiniang suddenly fell silent, she turned her back, poured herself a glass of wine, and downed it.Another glass.Yu Liusu was immersed in his own thoughts at this time, and did not notice Cao Meiniang's face.That face was already showing an old look, the fine lines on the corners of the lips could not be covered by the daily sculpting, the two blue eye bags seemed to be full of tears, at this moment a drop quietly spilled out. After a while, Cao Meiniang turned around and said with a smile, "Master Yu is overjoyed, would you like to have a drink with me?" Yuliusu said coquettishly: "Good mother, Liusu will never dare to touch alcohol again in this life." "You really don't want to drink it?" Cao Meiniang seemed to be teasing the female luthier, while turning a delicate silver jug ​​in her hand, on which a bunch of mandala flowers were engraved, which seemed to be a Tibetan craft. "You don't know, this wine is called Xichenyuan. After drinking it, all troubles are forgotten. There are too many troubles in this world." Yu Liusu didn't care, smiled and shook his head.Cao Meiniang's face darkened, and she said nothing more.For a while, the two fell silent again, as if they both had endless thoughts.Yu Liusu looked at himself in the mirror in a daze. So she agreed to Cao Meiniang.She wants to assassinate Cheng Linghai by herself.Beside Cheng Linghai is the person she has missed for so many years.Even when she drew her sword and looked around, all the support and comfort around her abandoned her, even if the pulse was deep in her heart, the warm memories and expectations turned into flying smoke, even if there was a cliff and an abyss, even if her heart was dry, she could not give up.Life is a long pilgrimage, full of loneliness and hardships, avoiding tigers and snakes at night.Yu Liusu has traveled alone for many years, and now she is willing to be the root of the dead in the wilderness.As long as she is still facing the original direction when she finally falls down, she can emit the most grand and grand brilliance of life in the midst of death.And this kind of brilliance illuminates a short moment on this long journey that is as dark as iron.All she wanted was a moment like that. This way she will have no regrets. What's more, he will definitely appear at that time.She doesn't know martial arts at all.He killed her, it should be just a matter of a moment.However, she could always see the sword light falling from the sky again.Then her soul would break free from this scarred body and soar into the air.However, if he stopped paying attention to her, would she still have a chance to ask him the last sentence: reckless years, stormy weather.What is the second half of that "Witch Hazel"? The setting sun is like blood.Zhang Huabing returned to Nancheng with exhausted steps, and was surprised to find that the dilapidated ancestral hall no longer existed, only broken bricks and tiles were left on the ground, and black smoke was still faintly rising from among the fallen beams. "Brother, brother..." He panicked. No one answered. The black smoke was strange.He jumped over and removed the decayed beam.There was a pitch-black mass below, and there were two curled human figures indistinctly.One has no legs, but hugs the other body tightly. Zhang Huabing almost fainted. "Don't blame us for not being willing to die!" A lander next to him lazily said. "Yes, yes," the other echoed, "We even fetched water, but the cripple was standing at the door, saying that he set the fire, and whoever dared to save and beat someone to death. I can't see how crooked it is. Little old man, there are still two things to do. We dare not compete with him. After a while, the fire will get worse, but there is nothing we can do." As if enlightened, he suddenly sobered up, yelled, and stumbled out. "Are these people crazy?" someone whispered.