Chapter 33 first quarter
"How many times do you have to say something before you can do it well?" Shi Shi welcomed the two guests who came here on order and feared that they would not be welcome with a welcome speech that contained infinite coquettishness.She was also afraid that the two of them would not be able to appreciate the depth of her longing, so she added, "The waiter wants to be inferior to the two of you, and I don't know how much eloquence and thoughtfulness I spent here to have a small gathering! Fortunately, you are favored, I don’t think it’s flourishing.” This sentence was said so eloquently, which made the two of them completely relieved.
"Where does the lady speak!" Liu Kai, who is gentle and polite, immediately stepped forward and said humbly, "If the lady has a job, just order an envoy to call her, how dare she not go straight to the dressing table to serve her, why bother so much?" Zhou Zhang?"
"Liu Sixiang, it's so easy for you to say it," Shishi flicked up a pair of clear winking eyes, and said angrily, "but it's been more than two years since the dressing table was opened, and it's been more than two years. Didn't you ask Dr. Xing to speed up again?"
This is even more a strong guarantee that they will receive good treatment here, and they completely let go of their hearts.
It turned out that they were really worried beforehand.The dignity and self-respect of a teacher is a well-known fact. Since she had this biggest protector, princes, princes, and princes have all become dung under her steps.From what they had heard, it was not uncommon for her to turn away unhappy guests, or to embarrass them in person.This time they came, although the conjecture may be due to her own wishes, but the conjecture is just a conjecture, and the officials did not make this meaning clear, what if things are not like this?They could not clearly claim that they had come by imperial decree.Also, Shishi's mood changes rapidly, even if it is her wish that they go, what should they do when they go and meet her feeling restless?In short, when they came here, they were always uneasy, and they were taking certain risks.
They know that what Shishi hates the most are those dignitaries who insist that they have jurisdiction over the capital. Those people think that they can influence Shishi, as if they can influence all the common people under their jurisdiction.They always came to visit with a certain political purpose, but they all turned away.To those people, Shishi is harsh, almost abhorrent, so in recent years there have been fewer and fewer daredevils who have tried this, but they have not disappeared completely.
There is also a class of guests who are not high-ranking officials and nobles. They brought a bag of gold from the outside, trying to come to Fengcheng to buy a drink.They admire the name of the teacher.See you at the door.Teachers reserve the right to meet them whether they are willing or not, depending on their state of mind.But if it is found that they also come with a certain political purpose, the teacher will immediately send them out.Anyone who wants to use the gate of Zhen'anfang as a channel leading to the forbidden palace, Shishi regards them as despicable politicians-this is a modern term, and the language Shishi used at that time was "a maggot ", she is absolutely unwilling to make any dirty deals with the maggots.
Liu Qi and Ma Kuo were also afraid that they would be misunderstood by her as daredevils who came to visit with some political intention, so they received her cold reception.If so, it is really self-defeating.
However, Shi Shi definitely does not have no choice but to treat guests equally.Although she is very cold towards villains, she is cordial and sincere towards real friends, and her conversations with them are often eloquent.
The regular guests of Zhen’an Square include Zhou Bangyan, a bachelor, Yuan Yu, nicknamed “Flute King” by Jiaofang, Lei Zhongqing, a dance teacher of Jiaofang known as “Ambassador Lei”, Liu Ji’an, a pipa player, Zhang Zeduan, who is enshrined in the Painting Bureau of the Imperial Academy, Xing Liang, an old medical officer, and others.
There is also a prominent figure who is respectfully called "Papa He" by the teacher.He is a colleague of Shi Shi's father in the dyeing bureau, and he is a relationship person who can trace Shi Shi's personal history back to his childhood.If Shi Shi still has a relative in this world who is not his heir, but has a blood relative, then this old man He is the only such person.When Shi Shi's father had an accident, Father He was entrusted by him to run to rescue him outside and raise the baby on his behalf, which made him physically and mentally exhausted.Later, her father died, and a headless lawsuit spread to him like a vine, and he himself was thrown into prison.Nobody adopted Shishi, so he was sold into prostitution.The existence of Father He is of great significance to Shishi: he dredges and communicates a spiritual channel for Shishi who is currently at the extreme of society, and guides her to return to this extreme of society through childhood memories. .Although he and Master Shi are both engaged in the dyeing industry, he carefully guards against letting the big dye vat of society pollute Shi Shi's heart.He didn't want to come to Zhen'anfang to see Shishi. The superficial reason was that he didn't want to see Grandma Li who sent her to the fire pit. The actual reason was that he regarded Zhen'anfang as a dyeing vat that was corroding Shishi's soul day by day. , he himself does not want to get involved in this.Among his elders and friends, he is the one who most dares to challenge the authority of officials.He opposed Shi Shi's approach to officials, and used his influence on Shi Shi to try to prevent her from entering the palace as a concubine.Every once in a while, Shi Shi would go to visit him with an almost "pilgrimage" mood, and draw strength from him to increase his resistance to officials.For example, on the day the official presented Go to her, she went to visit him first.
This is a great contradiction that exists in Shi Shi.Objectively, she can't get rid of the extreme of the society that attracts her and sinks her deeper and deeper; but subjectively, she has been resisting and struggling.When this latter effort prevailed, she felt better, clearer, and sometimes even a better person.
Thirty years ago, Xing Liang went to the east of the sea to treat a king of a foreign country. He cured his incurable disease and returned with great reputation.This glorious record, of course, still relies on his true talents and knowledge, which makes him a preeminent position in his line of work.Now he is an old doctor with snow-white beard and white hair. Doctors are like old wine, getting better and better with age, and his temper is also like old ginger, which is called "old and spicy".Almost as many patients were attracted by his fame and medical skills as by his bad temper.But he is by no means a stubborn, eccentric, unreasonable person.He quietly took care of the health that Shi Shi himself was least willing to take care of.Not only did Shishi never pay attention to her own health, but she sometimes consciously tore it apart with her wayward and unconventional life order.Xing Liang was also reluctant to come to Zhen'anfang, but for the sake of Shishi's health, he had to follow her, patching and putting together the healthy pieces that she had torn apart like a rag bag. stand up.Sometimes he persuaded her earnestly, sometimes he warned her sternly, stipulating her life order and restricting her daily life.This kind of persuasion and warning is generally ineffective, so that he privately worried that once he died with a few old friends who really cared about her, who would take care of her.
On several occasions, Shi Shi suddenly became enlightened and truly determined to change his past mistakes. He earnestly expressed that he would listen to the old medical officer and take good care of his body so as not to arouse the worries of his friends.The old medical officer smiled slightly, not so much because he was happy, but because he felt ridiculous.Experience had taught him that her decision, even if sincere, would not last longer than the words wafted through the air and vanished.He also understood that no skilled doctor could cure her fundamental and willful disease well, so it would be impossible to cure her other diseases.
Zhou Xueshi is a famous contemporary lyricist and a lyricist who is well-known all over the world. If he praised another poet: "Wherever there is well water, there are people singing his lyrics" and handed it over to Zhou Xueshi, he would be completely Well deserved.
By the time of Xuanhe, this nationally famous poet was over sixty years old.In Ladi last year, it was rumored that he had died of illness. This news has not been confirmed, but friends in Tokyo have not received confirmation of him for a long time. "Shuiyi spring back, hope to send me Jiangnan Mei'e!" This is the promise he promised when he left Tokyo. This promise was not fulfilled, which made his friends very worried about him.
Zhou Xueshi and Shishi have been friends for many years. He once said that his pen is heavy when he is in front of Shishi.Those beautiful and light words that I used to improvise before singing and dancing banquets can no longer be filled in, and have changed into a gloomy and vigorous style.Shi Shi was tired of reading those small words, and he especially admired his innovative style, and appreciated his words even more.
In the eyes of the officials, Shi Shi, who is very cold, becomes childish in the eyes of the old medical officer, and gloomy, vigorous and unfathomable in the eyes of the old poet.Obviously, Shishi's own style is also varied.She is a multi-faceted angular crystal, a side of her can be seen from every angle, but few people see her whole, even old friends.
Flute players, pipa players, and dancers are all teachers who have trained teachers since childhood.Now continue to instruct her in the craft.Among them, Yuan Xuan once dealt with Su Xueshi, and now that he is nearly eighty years old, he is still in good spirits, and his interest remains the same as before.In addition to being known as the flute king, he is also the most famous contemporary singer. When he has a whim, he sings a song that cracks gold and stone.
In terms of art, Shishi knows everything and is good at everything, but it is a pity that he cannot become an expert in everything.On the one hand, they lamented that Shishi's slackness has spoiled her excellent talent; on the other hand, they still like to come to her house to perform.This is no longer the hope of cultivating her to be the successor of their unique skills. This hope has long since been shattered.With the artist's intuition, they realize that a student as enlightened as Shi Shi has fully mastered the basic skills when he was sixteen or seventeen years old, but in the next more important ten years, he will make no progress or breakthrough. If she is not obsessed with any one to the point that she can't eat or sleep, it is destined that she will not have greater achievements.The reason why they still like to play here is that they can get real respect and proper evaluation here.After they finished playing, they exchanged a tacit nod with each other, which is a very high-level compliment. Sometimes they catch each other's accidental mistakes and make fun of them, which is either sincere or not.Everyone is used to it, and it's okay to say what you say, and don't think it's disobedient.Playing in the master's house will never be distorted, belittled, viciously criticized and frantically praised by the bad guests, all of which are great insults to the artists, and in the living room where they have to go out to entertain and play often received treatment.
The reason why they like to come here is that there is also a secret that is tacit to each other, because they can enjoy very high-level life treatment here.Shishi handles his life very casually, but treats his friends wholeheartedly.Artists are generally food connoisseurs, and sometimes even gourmets.Liu Ji'an's ability to cook a carp from the Yellow River is no less than his pipa.Sometimes amidst the rushing sound of the pipa, he could suddenly hear the roaring fire, the hissing of oil, and the clinking of iron woks and spatulas, which meant that his heart had left the strings and went to the kitchen.At this time, we should stop playing and wait for him to present another unique skill, and invite everyone to taste it.Liu Pai's famous delicacy is called "Dragon Girl One Dendrobium Pearl". Dozens of cuts are cut in the middle of the carp, and a Xiang lotus is embedded in each cut. .Shishi has followed him for twenty years in vain. Although he is one of the best in terms of pipa, he is far behind in cooking.
All these visitors are no longer dangerous to the officials, but Shishi does not need to go through some struggles in order to obtain the freedom to communicate with them.It was not until much later that Shishi was able to convince the officials of the nature of their friendship and save them from expulsion from Beijing.Sometimes Shishi received some strangers in order to show her independence, but this was accidental and accidental.
For example, Ma Kuo, who came to visit today, is just acquainted with her for the first time. Not only has he never met her, he has never been to any Gesi Xingyuan.He is a special guest, otherwise it would not be possible to be here.As for Liu Kai, he was an old acquaintance. When he first came to Tokyo, he was driven by curiosity. Through Yuan Yu's introduction, he went to Zhen'anfang to visit the teacher several times, and gained her considerable favor.Later, the development of the situation made him realize that coming here again would not only put himself, especially Shishi, in a very difficult position (Shishi himself didn't think so), so he made up his mind to stop contacting.
Shi Shi, who has a strong memory, completely remembered the process of their acquaintance, and recalled his last visit very clearly.Xueshi Zhou was also present that day, and on a note, he wrote down a poem he had written for his singer at the family banquet of King Yan's Mansion last night.It was really an insignificant little poem, and it was nothing more than describing her graceful figure and drunken appearance with delicate style of writing.Shishi was happy for a while, and transferred it into the score, Liu Kai played the flute, and the scene of Shishi singing in a low voice was still in front of his eyes.Unexpectedly, this little poem tuned to "Ding Feng Bo" caused a moderate political turmoil, involving several people.For this reason, Zhou Xueshi had to resign from his position as Lezheng in Dasheng Mansion in Beijing, and was exiled in disguise to Xuanzhou Mansion to work as an errand.Zhou Xueshi, who was originally a southerner, was forced to return to the south this time, and he was very dissatisfied, so he wrote "The land is low and the mountains are close, and the clothes moisten the smoke", "The plum wind blows the ground, the rainbow rains and the moss grows, and a dancing red All changed” and other phrases, and blamed his rheumatoid arthritis on the southern climate.It has been two years now, things have changed, and personnel affairs have undergone many changes. There is no definite news about Zhou Xueshi's life or death.When Shishi mentioned it, he was still full of resentment, and expressed strong hatred for Cai Jing and other people who spread rumors and gossips from it.
Liu Qi didn't want this unpleasant memory to poison today's happy reunion.Since the teacher sincerely welcomes them, this is enough.He knew that today's protagonist was Ma Kuo, and he was just an accompanying guest.So he tactfully pushed Ma Kuo up and said:
"I brought 'Ye Li Ma Li', Shi Shi can have a good talk with him. It's a pity that his unique skill is useless in Shi Shi's boudoir."
Ma Zengzhang, who was not used to it, was greatly embarrassed by Liu Kai's excessive banter.Shishi quickly came up to rescue him, and she greeted Ma Kuo again, and then took them to Zuixinglou.
All the decorations and decorations in the Zuixing Tower that could hint at the relationship between the officials and her were removed, and even the most recent painting "Picture of Playing in the Water" bestowed by the imperial court was put into limbo.But the officials have left so many traces here that it is impossible to completely cover them up.For example, when they walked through the corridor downstairs, they caught a glimpse of a pot of peony flowers marked "one foot yellow" with a toothpick. Glaze.It's not fully opened yet, it's about the size of a washbasin, and it's probably about a foot in diameter when it's fully opened.This kind of famous flower, which is unique in the sky and unique in the world, if it didn't come from the forbidden, how could the teacher get it?
Liu Kai, who is an expert, knew its extraordinary origin at the first sight, and was about to ask about it.
"Don't ask questions!" Shishi stopped him and said with a smile, "This pot of flowers has a lot to say, don't mention it now, let's talk about it later and listen to you two."
The relationship between teachers and officials is known to everyone, and there is no need to keep it secret from anyone.But Shishi never shows it off in front of her friends. She neither wants to mention him in front of her friends, nor does she want friends to mention him in front of herself.On the contrary, in front of her haters, she not only does not deny this relationship, but sometimes uses it as a weapon to suppress their arrogance.Shishi would never let them take advantage of her relationship with officials, but she herself wanted to use it to overwhelm them.Treat a "gentleman" in the way of a gentleman, and treat a "little man" in the way of a villain. Here, the master draws a clear line that cannot be confused.The result of her doing so is to expand people's love and hatred for her from two poles: those who respect her respect her more because of her self-esteem, and those who hate her hate her more because of her embarrassment in person.Of course she knew that even Wang Fu and Gao Qiu, who hated her the most, only dared to conspire behind their backs and vent their hatred in private, and never dared to confront her openly.If they were to speak out against her, they would be speaking out against their own interests, a step they dared not take.The rich and powerful have no choice but to show their prestige in front of the weak, and when they encounter a greater authority than them, they all become cartilaginous worms.Shishi used this "little man" method to beat them out of their original shape. Although this method is not without shame, it is also very enjoyable.
Now Shishi is in front of his friends.She got stuck in the story of "Yi Chi Huang", and first took a closer look at the guest who came here for the first time.
In order to satisfy her curiosity, she invited Ma Kuo after some twists and turns.Unexpectedly, Ma Kuo had a very close relationship with Liu Kai.This can be seen from Liu Kai's overly elegant banter.Liu Qi was her friend, and Ma Kuo was a friend of her friend, which first made her have a good impression of Ma Kuo.
Secondly, Ma Kuo's own conditions are also in his favor.If Ma Kuo pretends to be more like a martial artist than himself, it will make Shi Shi feel his hypocrisy; The teacher was tired, but he was neither.What kind of person he was originally, he was still his original face in front of Shi Shi, without losing his shape at all.He is the type of person that Shishi has rarely come into contact with in the field of life, or even has never come into contact with.
According to experience, Shi Shi knew that anyone who came to visit her, especially those who met her for the first time, had to dress up in disguise, sometimes beyond recognition.Laughing at their "distortion" and using some ingenuity to "restore" them is a joy in Shishi's life.But she found that the guest in front of her was unprocessed raw juice, which still kept the freshness that came directly from the soil.He impressed Shi Shi deeply with his honesty, intelligence, simplicity and subtlety, so that he was very useful in Shi Shi's boudoir.
Their conversation began when Shi Shi asked him to talk about the process of making gold.
Shishi obviously also cares about this national event.She was eager to hear first-hand information about it from him.However, Ma Kuo had already reported this subject to the imperial court, and had a long discussion in Liu Kai's living room, and now it is a bit embarrassing to discuss it in a serious manner in Shi Shi's boudoir.Before coming here, although he had made various suspense, he was not prepared to talk about it seriously as a serious matter right from the start.
Shi Shi helped him in time.
Shishi has a set of skills that no one else can learn.Her eyes are the eyes of a Persian who can see into the depths of other people's hearts and know what treasures are buried there.Then, she was good at teasing him from all angles to dig out his treasures shovel after shovel from the mine of his heart and dedicate them to her.Obviously she was the one who teased people, but they still mistakenly thought that they were wooing her and saying what she liked.Although Ma Kuo left the army to pursue politics, he was a professional diplomat for three years.In terms of business, his negotiating opponents are shrewd, cunning, and reckless, and they always threaten the breakdown of negotiations, but in fact they have always maintained advanced diplomatic art such as continuous negotiations.They made the honest Ma Kuo smart, otherwise he would not be able to perform his duties.However, he has never been able to develop the profound skills and defensive skills that Shi Shi is displaying on him from his diplomatic practice.They are arguably a more advanced art of negotiation.
Shishi tried his best to lure him to talk about his experience in the Jin Dynasty from a curious perspective.Breaking up this whole set of topics into pieces made it easier for Ma Kuo to speak.Without knowing it, he fell into the trap of her first question, which was a little awkward at first, but then he became very fluent and very active in talking about the daily life of the Jurchens.
Men's life is inseparable from fighting and hunting.They never leave their horses and bows and arrows all year round.The north wind is hunting, the zebras are rustling, the blares are singing, and the tigers and leopards are galloping.Some hunters hide in the grass, blow out the sound of birch bark horns, and attract the deer to come out, shoot them to death with one arrow, and set up a fire to roast them on the spot.In a few words, he brought a picture of Jurchens shooting and hunting in the mountains and forests of Northeast China into Zuixing Tower.
"A good bow has been handed down from generation to generation. The handle of the bow is so red that it shines. They still regard it as a treasure. They rub it several times a day and can't let go of it. Relatives and friends give each other gifts, either wild game and rare birds, or swords and foals. We are used to each other." He added, "Not only men are like this, but women are no exception. Most of them can tame bad horses and manipulate them freely. Even babies are mostly raised on horseback. Whenever the tribe moves, or recruits The men and horses are marching to battle, the large army is mighty, and the women carry one or two babies on their backs, and they are still running around nimbly, helping the men to take on the heavy chores, it looks so spectacular!"
"Their lords and generals are all proficient in this way!"
"That's yet to be said! I've lived on horseback all my life, crossed rivers in Zhishan, and rode on horseback. When I saw birds and beasts, I drew my bow and shot them. Are you still proficient?" Then he introduced Bibang at the request of his teacher. He introduced the experience, appearance and special skills of the gold master Wanyan Aguda, the second prince Wulibu, the fourth prince Wushu, the general Lou Shi, and his mother, saying, "They are all accustomed to After learning about troops to fight, entering and leaving the battlefield is like hunting in a paddock, and he doesn't care. In the past few years, he has learned large-scale warfare, and he has deployed tens of thousands of people to the battlefield at every turn, dancing freely and unparalleled. They have a set of methods for galloping and shooting, and they have a set of methods for marching and commanding. It is no wonder that the Liao army will be invincible when they encounter them." Speaking of this, he couldn't help complaining a little, "The unique skills of the Jurchen noble chiefs are martial arts galloping and marching. , just like our ministers and ministers are good at feasting, having fun, and chasing songs. Comparing the two, it can be said that 'they are good at each other, and each has its own merits'!"
Unknowingly, Ma Kuo imitated the scolding Guan Fu, but won the sympathy of his teacher and Liu Kai.
"Xuan Zan scolded me so much," Shi Shi nodded thoughtfully, and then added, "But that's not always the case. For example, don't we also have a 'Ye Li Ma Li' here?"
One sentence made Ma Kuo blush, and Liu Kai quickly rescued him and said:
"Although my brother is good at archery, he is just a close-door proclaimer. When he manages to govern the two governments, he will look the same again."
"The two governments are in power, don't have a face, don't have a heart, how can people like me do it?"
"Xuan Zan is right. The people in charge of the two governments are born with different kinds of people. Even in our pavilion, we cannot allow them to mingle."
Then Shishi asked about Wanyan Aguda's palace situation and the daily life of the concubines.
"They created the imperial court in the first place, and they have no concubine or concubine. A Guda is devoted to destroying the Liao Dynasty, and often lives in a camp, even on days when there is no war. Even when he returns to Huining Mansion, he still has everything to do. I have seen it with my own eyes. The wives who saw him would come out to tuck up their skirts, command the servants, pass food and wine whenever the envoys were invited to a banquet, and they didn't pay attention to the difference between men and women."
Then they talked about their palace living.Ma Kuo quoted Aguda's own words: "My family's ancestors have passed down such a custom, without extravagant decorations. They only want a house that is warm in winter and cool in summer, and there is no need to spend money on extensive palace repairs. The envoy of the South sees it Just kidding." Ma Kuo, as an eyewitness, confirmed that these words were basically true.He said, "The place where Aguda and the others often meet, discuss, do business, have banquets, and rest is called a palace. In fact, there are only a hundred or ten wooden houses with windows and doors, and a little lacquer, whichever is stronger. It is just as strong as I am. The majestic palaces of the imperial court are incomparable. Although Aguda's words are true, there is no intention of ridicule, but I listened to it, but I couldn't help but feel ashamed."
Shi Shi asked: "Of course the official towers cannot be compared. But do they also have toilers who are so poor that they can't even live in a wooden house or a wooden shed?"
"It is true that the poor live in huts made of birch bark and wooden fences, with some mud inside. Even if it is a home, sometimes they can dig a burrow by themselves, and they can live there. How can we talk about the joy of living in the house?" Then he talked. Speaking of Jurchens, of course there are distinctions between high and low, rich and poor. From what he saw, "Although the nobles, chiefs and rich people dare not be too fancy, they all wear black fur, fine cloth, ermine, and blue fox. Clothes……"
"A mink hat sells for dozens of taels of silver at the leather goods store on Junyiqiao Street." Liu Kai said, "This is the fashion now, Wang Fu, Cai You and the others, once the Mid-Autumn Festival is over, the weather has not turned cold, so people come in and out. Wearing a mink cap, covered with a bright gold patterned head, and deliberately exposed the brim of the cap under the head, to show extravagance. You may not be able to buy a good one!"
"Sables are not enough, dog tails continue. I'm afraid that in the future, officials will wear dog tail hats in fashion, which will look good." Shi Shi sneered.It is her happiest pleasure to wantonly insult officials, and Liu Kai is very familiar with this temper.
"The mink is also a rare treasure in the Jurchen territory. Poor people risked being swallowed by tigers and leopards, went into the mountains and forests to capture it, but were extorted by your family to offset debts and taxes. Some of them are slaves of your family , known as 'Ali Xi', if they catch minks, they must give them to their masters. How can they use them for themselves? I think poor slaves only wear a linen skirt in summer, and it is very cold for more than half of the year. , snow and ice. They had no choice but to hide in the burrow to warm themselves, and only wore the skins of cattle, sheep and fish, and walked outside the road, rich and poor, high and low, you can tell at a glance."
"They marry men and women, and the system of marriage is roughly the same as ours?"
"Although the customs of the two families are not the same, their weddings in rich families also have ceremonies such as giving gifts and accepting gifts. When they get married, they also use colorful satin drums to make it lively. On the day when the fourth prince Wushu got married, he specially invited Song envoys to Watching the ceremony, there are dozens of wooden boxes piled up with mountain-like delicacies, wild game and livestock, and jars full of wine. They can't eat and drink for a month or two. Who cares about their marriage for daughters of poor families? In the year of Jiji, I go to the market to sing songs, describe my family background, praise my beauty and craftsmanship, and express my intention to seek a spouse. Poor and unmarried men fall in love with her. If they agree with each other, they can take her home and get married. Afterwards, I will tell my parents that I will gather some wine, meat and wild game to entertain relatives and friends."
"Will it be easy for them to find Mr. Right?" Shi Shi heard it with great interest, and couldn't help but connect it with her early life.She secretly thought: If she had gone to the market to sing and seek a spouse, with her bleak life experience and peerless appearance, she would have been able to find a good husband, then her fate would be very different from what it is now.Now she is in this humiliating position of being humiliated by others, her heart has been traumatized long ago, even though her status is deprived and she looks good, she herself understands that she is just a mica coix lamp that has already extinguished the flame in her heart.A lamp that does not emit light, no matter how good its texture or shape is, is not worthy of people's envy.
Ma Kuo did not follow her thoughts, but only answered according to the facts, greatly destroying her romantic imagination.
"Whether the poor girls can find a suitable couple," he replied, "of course it depends on the situation. It's just that I often see them come out to sing, once it's her, and the second time it's still her. The tune of singing is so It's desolate and emotional, and when I think about it, it's mostly when I don't like it."
"The poor people in the world are all ordinary, and they often live in eight or nine times when they don't like it. How can they have a good life?" Shishi sighed, and at the same time made a request, "Since Xuan Zan has listened to their singing several times, I must have understood it, let’s sing one, let us learn to sing too.”
This request is too much for Ma Kuo.Except for military songs, he has never sung any songs in his life, let alone the songs of Jurchen girls!What he said just now is based on the translator's translation, so he knows the general idea, and he can understand the content of the song no matter where he is!Not to mention learning to sing.
Seeing that Ma Kuo was in trouble, Shishi smiled and withdrew his request, and asked again:
"Xuan Zan has been there a few times, and he has always learned how they speak, can he have a conversation with them?"
"I'm ashamed to say that even though I've been there a few times, the accompanying officials and tongue-tricksters are always at my heels. How can I have a chance to learn a word? Besides, with my stupid head, I can't remember all the words I learned. Up to now, only Just remember a few words."
"Okay, okay!" Shishi glowed like a child, "I will send the singing for now. I must praise and say a few words about the Jurchen story, and try my stupid brain to remember how much I can remember in one night. "
With the intimate conversation between them, a mysterious and unattainable Li Shishi gradually recedes behind the scenes, replaced by a naive, frank and honest Li Shishi.It turned out that Li Shishi, who came from the bottom of the society, was genuine and frank by nature, and she didn't like to be fake.The daughter of a poor family has nothing to hide and cover up.But unfortunately, she became a singing girl, and even more unfortunately, she became a famous singing girl. Her occupation required her to put on a disguise.She had to live in the world according to the requirements of her profession and against her own nature.In this regard, she developed a set of advanced skills that enabled her to cope with Yuru in the upper class.Especially in her dealings with officials, she is almost every step of the way, every word, every action, contains a deep scheming.If she sometimes expressed a certain degree of frankness to the officials, that kind of frankness was also processed, but it was only used to cover up her scheming out of strategic considerations.
Of course, her purpose of using her tricks is not to hurt others, but to protect herself, because she is in danger of being attacked all the time, and the purpose of people coming to accommodate her at all costs is to Hope to get something out of her.She didn't want to betray herself, so she had to protect herself with several layers of thick armor. The deeper her scheming and the tighter her defenses, the more she would gain the initiative, but it didn't make her happy.Some people only hope that they can strut their heads in the world alone, walk alone, take the initiative everywhere, beat others to a passive position, and take pleasure in it.Shi Shi, who is generous by nature, does not want to use her own initiative to take advantage of others when dealing with others. Sometimes when she uses skills to take advantage of others, she often realizes that she is a bad person and a bad person. False, spiritually defiled, one with whom one would never wish to be friends.
Now she was talking to an unpretentious young man.The young man had no intention of pleasing her, nor of her pleasing himself (in her experience, the people she usually met were seldom free from either, or at least one or the other).He just complied with his teacher’s request out of kindness, and honestly talked about his feelings in a foreign land. He reflected objective things and expressed subjective thoughts, all of which were so natural and true.As an upright person, it should be like this, just like a tree, it should grow and develop according to the requirements of nature.But some people like the beauty of sickness, the beauty of artificiality, and they want to prune or twist a normal tree into what they think is "beautiful".Shishi felt that the contemporary characters were distorted and distorted by the pressure of the society. When she came into contact with them, she would have a feeling of nausea caused by eating too much greasy food.
Because of this, Ma Kuo's real, natural power overwhelms her easily.She herself gradually shed the disguise she put on to suit the visitors, and gradually withdrew the necessary vigilance and defenses of a singing girl for visitors, and finally became a completely undefended city.She doesn't need to be pretentiously coquettish anymore, she was still pretentious when they entered the door just now.In fact, the heart of an innocent young girl is always coquettish, and there is nothing artificial about it.She needn't guard their approaching with melancholy armor, they didn't intend to; she needn't wring something out of his heart in a mysterious way, he had honestly said that he was willing to be with her. May say everything.
Only when dealing with people who have the same social experience and have special intentions, do you need to use her advanced skills, otherwise it is an act of bullying.She let go of her pretense, was back to her true self, and felt relieved and happy.
“多么奇怪！”在一旁观察的刘锜不禁大为惊奇起来，想道，“难道眼前这个师师就是以骄贵矜重著名于京师的李师师？不！这简直叫人不敢置信了，她变得多么快，变得多么厉害，完全是另外一个人了。”
“四厢袖手旁观，也不帮衬咱说句话儿！”她看了刘锜一眼，似乎已经猜到刘锜心里的想法，“四厢看咱变了样吗？不！咱可真想学几句女真话，明儿也被派出去跟他们打交道哩！”
“谩都歌！”看见师师一心要想学女真话的那付傻劲儿，马扩不禁说出一个不太好听的字眼，然后应师师的要求解释“谩都歌”是一心一意要想得到什么的痴心汉的意思。
“咱可真是一个想学女真话的谩都歌呢！”师师欣然同意地说。
其实马扩对女真话的知识也确是十分有限的，他说了几个单字，一般的官儿称为“孛极烈”，称官之极尊者和国主的继承人为“谙版孛极烈”，大官儿为“固论孛极烈”，宗室的男子是一个汉化的词儿，称为“郎君”。夫称妻为“萨那罕”，妻称夫为“好痕”，和睦爱好称为“奴申”，好称为“塞痕”，坏称为“辣撒”。这最后的一个词儿发音十分拗口，他说了两遍也没说准。
“还有吗？”师师把它一一记熟了，用了她的女性的柔和的发音在心里重温一遍。再问。
“还有一个不好听的字，”马扩又想起一个，“女真人犯了法，轻则用柳条鞭打，重则用大棒敲杀，这个刑罚，他们称为'蒙霜特姑'。”
“听邢太医说起，”师师笑嘻嘻地把已经记得的词儿串成一串说，“令岳是个蹇谔正直的长者，新近把爱女遣嫁宣赞。宣赞新婚燕尔，一定能曲尽为夫之道。但愿宣赞是个'塞痕好痕'，与'萨那罕'永保'奴申'，体得惹怒了令岳，把你'蒙……姑'的。”
“师师不必担心！”刘锜道，“宣赞的新夫人与内子亲如姊妹。宣赞要有一点'撒野'……”
“撒辣，不是撒野，”师师含笑地纠正他。
“是那个拗口的词儿。”刘锜点点头，“宣赞对新夫人要有一点撒辣，休说他的老丈人，就是内子也不会答应他，顶少也要叫他尝尝柳条鞭的滋味。”
师师十分高兴听到这句话。然后她以一句东京式的诙谐结束了这场谈话：
“怪道两位形影不离，原来你们哥儿俩的衣襟是连缀在一块的。”
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