Chapter 15: The Night Song

There was a few whoosh sounds, and a few arrows flew through the air.

One of the arrows pierced the leaping wolf, and swooped down with such force that it rolled to the feet of the maidservant by the campfire.

The maid let out a scream and turned around to hug Cheng Jianniang.

Fortunately, Cheng Jianniang is now flexible and throws the fire stick in her hand out in time, otherwise this servant girl would have been burned if she hadn't been bitten by a wolf.

She looked up and saw a succession of arrows whizzing, and the arrows hit, and there was even a double wolf with one arrow.

Soon the threat on this side was gone.

In the darkness of the night, several horses appeared nearby, and the men on the horses let out a burst of howling sounds.

β€œβ€¦ It's been a long time since I've shot a wolf like this! ”

"Big brother, it seems that you are killing wolves in the northwest again!"

"Get out of the way, keep it for grandpa, grandpa wants to kill him!"

With another wolf shot through the waist, the few remaining wolves screamed and fled.

The crowd shouted in unison to celebrate the release from the crisis.

The bonfire re-ignited three piles, and after a dangerous battle, the estrangement was completely eliminated, but it became a little more intimate.

Together, the attendants worked together to recover the fleeing horses, bandage their wounds, and laugh fiercely.

Here, Master Chen Si and Steward Cao talked with the young man, of course, neither of them asked each other's origins, but just thanked each other.

"It's dangerous to rush at night." Fourth Master Chen said, with palpitations.

"I haven't walked and I don't know the road, but if I have walked through it, I know the road, it's good." The young man said.

What's so good?

Fourth Master Chen and Steward Cao were stunned.

Look at this young man, he is only fifteen or sixteen years old, and his dress seems simple. But he couldn't hide his wealth, and he seemed to be afraid of the night wind and put on his hood. I can't see the description in the light of the fire.

He sat by the campfire with a twig in his hand. Pick and choose in the campfire.

How can young people know the danger of playing sex......

Fourth Master Chen shook his head and looked at Steward Cao.

"If it weren't for those men catching up, we would be a little dangerous this time." He said.

Steward Cao was grabbed by the wolf on the arm, and at this time he was wrapped in a wound cloth and nodded.

Speaking of this, everyone looked over, and by the other bonfire, sat the few men who suddenly came in the dark night like a timely rain.

"What are they here for?" The young man also looked over. Asked.

"Yes, to see a doctor." Fourth Master Chen said.

"Doctor?" The young man was surprised, glanced at Fourth Master Chen, and then at the people over there, and finally his eyes fell on the woman who was wrapped in a big cloak and hooded like himself, and couldn't see the description clearly.

Cheng Jianniang was watching the maid bandage Jin Ge'er, the child was bitten by a wolf just now, and he was young, and the traces of snot and tears were still on his face.

The handmaid bandaged him and praised him. The two men next to him also patted him on the shoulder, praising the young hero for his future success.

The most dangerous situation that Jin Ge'er encountered when he grew up was to meet a few vicious dogs at the mouth of the alley, and at this time, he actually fought the wolves at night, and after being afraid, he also felt extremely excited. was said to grin, and he felt that he would be a good son after returning from this battle.

"It's a good recovery." Cheng Jianniang said, and glanced sideways at the man who was taken off a carriage by several men.

Not seen for a few days. The injured person is no longer near death.

Like other men, the injured man stood up with five big and three thick. Compared with the previous illness, he was also strong, and at this time his beard was unshaven. His face is still a little sallow, but his eyes are very energetic.

"It's the Holy Hand of the Lady's Divine Doctor." He laughed, his voice hoarse and lacking his breath.

"Lady, what kind of medicine do you think my third brother still needs to take?" The person next to him hurriedly asked.

"No need." Cheng Jianniang said, no longer looking at these people, but staring at the bonfire, "Just eat meat and drink wine to make up for it." ”

The man laughed.

"Good, good, I like this kind of healing." He smiled, with a little regret, "I don't touch meat and wine for a few days, I can't wait to eat meat and drink a lot." ”

Cheng Jianniang turned her head to look at him.

"The wine here is only slightly stronger than the water, so it's nothing, so let's have fun." She said, gesturing with the burning stick in her hand, "There's no meat over there." ”

Over there?

The men looked over and saw a horse lying on the side of the road that had been bitten by a wolf and could not save the dead.

There was a lot of screaming and jumping up, attracting everyone to look at it.

"What are they going to do?"

"Eat meat, eat meat." He shouted in reply, and soon took a knife to cut the flesh of the dead horse.

It's a pity that there aren't many dead horses, but no one else has anything to eat, which can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune.

"Eating horse meat?"

"It's too unpalatable, isn't it?"

The men who set up the fire and started to barbecue the horse meat laughed.

"You pampered people, where do you know the deliciousness of this horse meat, if it is left in the northwest, it will not be our turn to eat."

Fourth Master Chen shook his head and retracted his gaze.

"These people may be deserters from the Northwest." Steward Cao said in a low voice.

Deserters, Master Chen Si is even more disdainful.

"Wang Butang's subordinates are just these cowards, it's no wonder if they don't lose the battle." He said.

The young man next to him glanced at him, didn't speak, and turned his gaze to that side.

"Horse meat?" He asked, seemingly curious, "Is it delicious?" ”

"It's not delicious, Childe." The attendant next to him said, "It stinks." ”

The young man stopped asking, still looking at this side.

"Then let them eat while guarding what kind of body the lady becomes." Fourth Master Chen said.

Steward Cao didn't seem to hear it, and his eyes and nose were concerned.

If you want to drive these men away, do you have to wait for them to exit? That woman couldn't say anything ugly, and she couldn't do anything ugly.

Leave it alone, let it be, let it be.

Steward Cao had already kept Qin Langjun's words in mind.

Before Fourth Master Chen stepped forward to speak, someone ran over there.

"This lord, the lady said, you have wine here. Can you lend us a drink? The two men asked with a grin.

All the ladies said it, what else could he say.

"Don't dare. Yes, thanks to each other. How dare you talk about borrowing? Master Chen Si said with a smile, raised his hand and motioned to his entourage to take down a few jars of wine from his carriage that were used to ward off the cold at night, "Serve wine to the heroes, everyone has a share." ”

The camp became more lively, and there were even people who came over to share some horse meat to eat, including the young man.

Of course, he only took a bite and spat on the ground.

"It's really unpalatable." He said, and then seemed to think of something funny, and his body trembled slightly. looked at Steward Cao and Master Chen Si next to him, "Hey, hey, if I say another word at this time, why don't you eat minced meat, it will be more fun, right?" ”

What a mess ....

Is this man sick?

Fourth Master Chen and Steward Cao frowned.

"It's so funny, you can't hear it?" The young man was still a little dissatisfied, shook his head and said.

Fourth Master Chen and Steward Cao laughed dryly.

"I'll go and see how many horses I've lost." Fourth Master Chen said, got up and walked away.

Steward Cao naturally refused to stay by himself. Also find an excuse and walk away.

Only the young man and his retinue were left by the campfire.

Under the leap of the firelight, the corners of the young man's upturned mouth slowly drooped, where was there still half a joke, and the silhouette was solemn in the gloomy flicker. The noise seemed to be cut off, until a loud laugh came.

"Be quiet, be quiet. My third brother is going to sing! ”

Sing? People who laugh and drink have seen it.

The man leaning on the wooden frame grinned, his beard growing more and more disorganized.

"Have a good day! Joyfully! He said. Holding a wine jar in his hand, his originally sallow face was red under the stimulation of wine. The eyes were also drunk, "We are coarse, we can't speak, we can't speak, we, sing!" ”

Everyone burst into laughter, and they really hadn't seen a rough man who couldn't speak and could sing, and they started to laugh at the moment.

"Our third brother is a scholar!" A few men shouted, with a bit of pride, "I can recite poetry!" ”

Scholar? Bard right? Everyone laughed even more, such a reader is really rare.

The man didn't care, and Ha Luha laughed.

β€œβ€¦ Brotherhoodβ€”" he suddenly opened his mouth and sang. [Note 1]

It's better to roar than rap, because I'm sick and weak, my voice is hoarse, and it sounds different.

Did you really sing it? Everyone gradually fell silent.

β€œβ€¦ Two-ribbed knives..."

It doesn't seem to be a tune, but it is a bit of a taste to listen to it when it comes out like this, and it is in such a night.

β€œβ€¦ Life and death are at stake....love is higher than the sky...."

The young man here turned his head.

"Looks like I've read books." He said.

The attendant did not speak, but also looked over.

Seeing that the man seemed to be a little short of words, he scratched his head and suddenly looked at the delicate woman sitting by the campfire.

"Lady of the Girl, smile for me..."

The maid's eyes widened, and she immediately stood up.

The young man laughed.

"I'm still a merry reader, I'm going to make that little lady cry, it's fun, it's fun." He said.

If it were left at another time, this kind of flirtatious little lady's words would definitely be coaxed by the men.

But the strange thing is that the scene was so quiet that the men who were already grinning and ready to laugh unconsciously only grinned.

Although Master Chen Si and Steward Cao didn't say it clearly, they came all the way for this lady, and its importance is self-evident.

Let their masters have a lady who asks for it, how dare they, the attendants, laugh.

"It's disrespectful to your benefactor." The eldest brother frowned and said.

This lady looks like a rich and noble lady in the boudoir, and the idle people have to be beaten at a glance, not to mention teasing with words like this, although he knows that his brother has no intention of provoking, but the speaker has no intention, and the listener has a heart.

The man didn't know if he was running out of words or he was also worried, and he was silent after singing this sentence.

"Get me a jar." Cheng Jianniang said.

In the silence everyone heard.

"Smash his head with a jar of wine." Steward Cao gloated and said to the entourage beside him, "This lady did it." ”

The maidservant girl responded by reaching out and scooping up a wine jar, and Cheng Jianniang stretched out her hand.

"He..."The eldest brother got up to apologize before he opened his mouth, and Cheng Jianniang took over the conversation.

"Give me a knife." She said.

The eldest brother just stood up, and without hesitation, he raised his hand and handed over his knife.

"Lady, my brother heβ€”" He whispered again to speak.

Cheng Jianniang raised the knife. The backhand struck the back of the knife on the wine jar, making a muffled sound.

The eldest brother's words stopped.

Cheng Jianniang's knife back knocked down in different places one after another. The sullen wine jar gradually made a different sound, and it sounded strange in the dark night.

The young man sighed. Lift your hood slightly and look this way.

"Strike?" He said.

"A shoulder of romance through the ages... Pick..."Cheng Jianniang sang slowly.

It is better to say that it is singing, it is better to say that her voice is calm, except for the elongated tone, there are no ups and downs.

The scene was quiet, which made Cheng Jianniang, who originally had a small voice, sing.

"For a confidant... Everything can be thrown away..."

The back of the knife struck the jar, and the tempo was as slow as her voice.

With her own voice, Cheng Jianniang's heart gradually fluctuated.

confidant, she seems to have a confidant too. It seems that everything can be thrown away for the sake of a confidant.

But she couldn't remember, she forgot, forgot everything that made people cry or laugh......

"Angry at the crown... Break the rules..."

She sat cross-legged on the ground with her head bowed, her hood covering her head and face, and sang little by little.

There are memories, experiences, and naturally there are joys and angers.

What if she was angry?

The waves hit his chest, but in the end, his face was blank. The voice is silent.

She's like a beast trapped in a cage, no, it's not as good as a beast, she can't even scream.

The striking tile is low. The lyrics are word by word, and all the people are slowly immersed in it.

Especially this Chong Guan's angry violation of the heavenly rules, it turned out to be from this Mu Nasha's hoarse and smooth tone. Excitement was heard.

Some clasped their hands.

"Brotherhood, two ribs in the sword. Life and death are at stake, and love is higher than the sky. Girl, smile for me......"

The man suddenly reacted, and immediately sang along, repeating himself.

β€œβ€¦ Through the ages, he has been carrying everything on his shoulder, throwing everything away for his confidant, and breaking the rules of heaven in anger. He continued to sing Cheng Jiaoniang's.

The male voice sings the vicissitudes of life.

Everyone present at this singing was surprised that it was in response.

This lady actually raised her hand and opened her mouth to continue the song that this man sang indiscriminately!

The beating sound in Cheng Jianniang's hand did not stop, and it catered to his tune.

The people at the scene finally woke up, and instead of being angry, this lady wanted to have fun.

But no one dared to make a roaring sound, for fear of missing the lady's singing.

"Hongyan... Gray hair....infatuated but not old...."

Cheng Jianniang sang slowly, still silent, but there were ups and downs in the sound of hitting, which seemed to have a unique flavor.

The female voice, the monotonous sound of hitting the tiles, listened to the ears, with the vicissitudes of life that penetrated the ages.

Is it the vicissitudes of the singer, the vicissitudes of the instrument, or the vicissitudes of the lyrics?

"Ask the hero... What's the matter... It's hard...."

What's so hard about asking heroes?

When it's hard! What's so hard!

This sentence came into the ears of the people present, and the hearts of the people suddenly felt a little vicissitudes.

What's so hard? What's so hard?

The old mother of the family is waiting to make a name for herself...

The bamboo horse next door is looking forward to it....

The wine market on East Street hasn't been to the hotel yet...

The deeds of the west have not yet been tasted....

Parents' kindness, children's love, loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness....

With a bang, the third brother who originally started was stunned.

"Laughing people have seen smoke and clouds, empty or empty!" He roared.

Cheng Jianniang continued, "The daughter is gone....dreams are endless..."

In the moment of the sea, persuade the monarch not to worry, the daughter is scattered, and the dream is endless.

The people present were stunned again.

It doesn't matter, even if you don't know who you are, even if you can't keep anything, you can't do anything.

It doesn't matter, she still came to this point, even if she stumbles.

It doesn't matter, there is no need to be sad, she can go, she can move, she can think, what she gains and what she loses, she comes and goes, the sea is just an instant, as long as she is still there, everything is endless.

Cheng Jianniang raised the knife in her hand and knocked over the wine jar with a snap, and the wine in the wine jar spilled out, splashing a burst of sparks.

The song is finished.

"Happy." Cheng Jianniang Mumu spit out two words, bent the knife in her hand to the lower part of the body, and handed it out.

"Happy!" The third brother man who came back to his senses let out a sigh, grabbed the wine jar placed on the side and raised his head to drink.

Joyfully! Fourth Master Chen couldn't hide his excitement, picked up his wine jug and looked up.

Joyfully! Steward Cao did not participate in drinking, and was so excited at this time that he simply grabbed a piece of tea cake from his waist and put it in his mouth, replacing the bar with tea.

Joyfully! The others also shouted in their hearts, grabbed their wine bowls and drank them all, and fell to the ground with a bang.

The sound of slapping in the ears, the hoarse singing voices of men and women echoed, and the torches of the bonfire in the night sounded, and there was a kind of tragic feeling after the battle of life and death.

"It's just that I killed a few wolves, where did I get so cold and cold......," the young man sat by the campfire and said slowly, as if talking to everyone and himself.

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Ask for tickets, everyone give a good time, thank you very much

Note 1: The lyrics come from the first song of the 1994 Taiwan China Television version of the classic TV series "Seven Heroes and Five Righteousness", lyrics: Zhang Yongxiang, I heard it by chance that day, and I couldn't help but surging, so I let the song sung in this scene borrow this word, you can search and listen to it, I am listening to it with my hands on the table, very feeling. (To be continued......)