Chapter 31: Drinking Flowers and Wine
Ling Qingcheng's birthday jade was carved by them, and the Xiao family has always been loyal to the royal family, and every ornament is done with all their heart. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
At that time, the first emperor's health was not as good as before, and the Xiao family's guilt was solid, and they had no time to help them overturn the case, so they could only save their lives.
Later, Ling Qingcheng found someone to help verify it, only to know that all this was done by the dealer.
At the beginning, the dealer wanted Xiao Hong to make a set of pen holders and congratulate Master Zhuang on his birthday, but Xiao Hong did not agree, he was only responsible for the things of the royal family, and only if His Majesty agreed, he would reward the ministers with ornaments.
Therefore, Zhuang Ran designed to borrow the hands of the Jun family to make Xiao Hong's family suffer.
Ling Qingcheng and Wei Mian went to the Dark Court together, which was the place where slaves in the capital gathered, which was the so-called slum.
When the Xiao family was in trouble, they all changed their names and surnames, and Huai Yu found out that they took some laundry and sewing things in the dark court, barely making ends meet.
There are a lot of people in the dark court, and it is not convenient for her to talk to them.
There are a total of thirty-nine people in the Xiao family, and the first emperor left them in the dark court to protect their lives.
Huaiyu inquired that Xiao Hong's eldest son was an adult at the time, so Tesuji was picked, and only two boys survived in the entire family, one was five years old and the other was sixteen years old.
The skills of the Xiao family have always been passed on to men but not to women, and now the only one who can be found is Xiao Hong's youngest son, Xiao Enqiao.
Ling Qingcheng and Wei Mian hid in the Dark Court, planning to find Xiao Hong's residence first and then make plans.
After waiting for half an hour, it was already dark, and they saw Xiao Hang come back.
When Xiao Hong came out, he carried a wooden stick as a crutch, and staggered out a little while holding on to the door.
Ling Qingcheng saw his appearance and his breath stagnated, Xiao Hong was now emaciated, his eyes were sunken, he should be blind.
Ling Qingcheng regretted a little, regretting that he hadn't been able to find out their whereabouts earlier.
Wei Mian knew that she was sad, and put his hand on her shoulder: "Your Majesty." ”
Ling Qingcheng endured it and didn't step forward, Xiao Hang took a small cloth bag in his hand and held it in front of him happily: "Dad, today the shopkeeper rewarded me with a bag of buckwheat, which can be used to cook porridge." ”
"Hang'er, why hasn't Xiaoqiao come back yet?" Xiao Hong held on to the wooden door and wanted to listen to the sound outside.
Xiao Hang helped him and said, "The third brother is still busy, he has a lot of work today, and he will come back later." ”
"Then remember to leave him some food."
"yes, I see."
Ling Qingcheng took Wei Mian to leave first, and Huai Yu found out that the women of the Xiao family were all slaves and maids, and she planned to help them redeem themselves first, and then send them out of Beijing after the matter was completed.
When the two came to the flower building, they saw crowds of people coming from all directions, with red flowers and willow green, and a waist and limbs.
Wei Mian followed Ling Qingcheng and went in directly, and the girls in the flower building pounced directly, rubbing against them like bones.
Wei Mian pushed them away in disgust, causing a commotion among the Hua sisters.
Ling Qingcheng threw a piece of silver to the old bustard: "Find a clean room." ”
"Yes, yes, guest upstairs, please."
Ling Qingcheng was taken upstairs, and the old bustard pushed open a room called Chunxiangju and let her in.
"I don't know what kind of girl do you like?"
"Come here to a few elegant ones, my lord is heavy on art, I heard that you still have a few piano musicians here, who are beautiful and beautiful, call me."
"Okay, Childe likes this, that's the right place." The old bustard was full of smiles, and her heavy makeup was forced out by her to squeeze out a few ugly big folds.
Ling Qingcheng stopped her: "Is there a little girl?" ”
The old bustard shook his handkerchief and smiled: "Childe, we are a flower building here, you are looking for a little man, this is not a smashing of our field." ”
"It's okay to play the piano, the kind that doesn't sell your body, the master is rich, so he likes to eat both men and women."
Wei Mian's face turned red when he listened to it, His Majesty doesn't come to Hualou often, why is he so skilled?
Ling Qingcheng had only seen it in some scripts, so he learned according to the mold, if Jun Haoyu was in the capital, I was afraid that she would be packed and carried back to the palace by him before she arrived at Hualou, how could she have the opportunity to come here to connect theory with practice.
In order to show that he had a lot of money, he took out a silver ticket of one hundred taels and put it on the table.
The bustard's eyes lit up, and he immediately beckoned someone to come and serve.
This flower building is not a famous store, the place is not big, and the girl's appearance is average.
But it's because it's a small shop, so there are a lot of people from the dark court who come here to make a living, do laundry, cook, or clean or something.
The famous Hualou doesn't look down on the people in the dark court at all, and thinks they are very unlucky.
After a while, several handsome women came in, and the old bustard led two piano actors to her to choose.
"Childe, what about these two people, their piano skills are good, look at your ......"
"All stay, are there any younger ones?"
The old bustard hesitated: "Yes, yes, I'm afraid that I won't be able to get into the eyes of the son." ”
"It doesn't matter. As long as you play it well. ”
The old bustard called people happily, and at this time, she saw a tall and thin young man standing at the door with a very ordinary stringed piano.
A flower sister leaned on Ling Qingcheng's body and said coquettishly: "Childe is really good-natured, such an ugly little girl also wants it." ”
"Master sees that it is his piano skills, if you look at the face, won't you be fine?"
In a word, the two flower sisters who flirted with laughter trembled, and kept saying that they hated and hated.
Wei Mian had goosebumps, and silently took a few steps back, His Majesty still has such a dissolute side.
The young man sat in the corner with the piano in his arms, and Ling Qingcheng ordered a tune for them to play.
At the end of the song, she asked, "What are your names?" ”
"Slaves are like the wind."
"Snow falls from the slave house."
The first two lyinists opened their mouths, and the tall, thin boy who came in last said in a slurring voice, "Slave...... Slave ...... Licorice. ”
Ling Qingcheng noticed that his face was painted with heavy makeup, and he couldn't see the original appearance at all, because the fat powder was the cheapest, it was very thick on his face, and the whole person was very white, plus there were no accessories on his head, and the clothes on his body were provided by Hualou, which was obviously much fatter than him and did not fit.
"Licorice? The name is very special, you can play another song for the master to hear. ”
"Yes."
It was another song, and Ling Qingcheng looked at him playfully.
At the end of the song, she took out some silver ingots and rewarded them separately, and when it was time for the licorice, she grabbed his hand hard, leaned over and said: "Your hands are slender and dexterous, the master has a guqin, if you are willing to stroke the qin to me, I can promise you one thing." ”
Licorice was shocked and then retreated: "Slave...... Slave ...... Stupid. ”
"It's just playing the piano, it won't be anything, if you go against my will, you won't even be able to get out of this door tonight."