Chapter 8: Brazier
Looking at Su Lan with her head down, Shangguan Haiyin understood what she meant by the words she said to herself just now, it was arranged by her mother? So he grabbed Su Lan's hand and asked, "Mother arranged it?" ”
Su Lan didn't answer, just lowered her head and didn't dare to look at her. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Before she could ask why, Shangguan Luoxiang over there threw the hat to the maidservant and walked over angrily, asking her loudly: "Why are you here!" ”
Shangguan Haiyin looked at Shangguan Luoxiang, whose eyes were wide and her face was a little hideous, and this expression was very inconsistent with her clothes. She wore a light-colored Luoxian skirt with silver filigree edges, a lake blue gauze belt with a manly waist, and a long skirt with violet painted hibiscus trailing the waist and sleeves. When she questioned hard, the hairpin on her head swayed, although she had never seen the hairpin, but she also knew what material it was - the special purple jade glass.
Shangguan Haiyin didn't have time to pay attention to her, shook Su Lan's hand away, and said coldly, "I want to go back." ”
Su Lan raised her head, looked at her with burning eyes, and said in a cold voice: "Third Miss, according to the law, signing up but not participating in the draft is a big crime of bullying the king, and the ...... of the Nine Clans will be punished."
After hearing this, Shangguan Haiyin raised her face vigorously, and asked in a low voice as if there was fire in her eyes: "Who is it that handed over my name post?" ”
Su Lan still didn't answer, leaving Shangguan Haiyin with a stubborn corner of her mouth. Shangguan Haiyin was extremely angry, and when she let go of her shoulder and raised her hand to chop it off, she was pulled by Shangguan Luoxiang hard. Shangguan Haiyin looked back at her, and the information conveyed by her eyes was that she had no time to pay attention to her now, but Shangguan Luoxiang did not relent: "Why are you here!" Didn't you promise me not to rob me? YOU JIAN! Talking doesn't count! ”
Shangguan Luoxiang's shouting made the surrounding show girls look at them, Shangguan Haiyin didn't want to mess with her, shook off her hand and turned around and walked out. She hasn't entered the draft hall yet, so she should still be able to get out.
But just a few steps away, more than a dozen guards appeared in front of her, and those guards were holding spears in front of her: "Show girls who enter Di'anmen are not allowed to leave without permission." ”
Even if Shangguan Haiyin had martial arts, he would not dare to break out of the palace rashly, so he had to come back. Shangguan Luoxiang was a little frightened when she saw her pale face and silent appearance, but she still couldn't help but open her mouth: "You are wearing red clothes but let me wear blue, I thought you were for my good, but I didn't expect you to want to run for election yourself!" You're a femme fatale...... I haven't seen me in eight years, I thought you didn't have to fight with me for everything, and I should have understood from the moment you agreed to escort me over......"
Shangguan Haiyin quickly slashed at the back of her head with a little force with her hand, Shangguan Luoxiang stumbled and began to make no sound, the person was a little shaky, and was quickly supported by the eyes of Hongluan who rushed over, and shouted in surprise: "Miss!" After finishing speaking, Hongluan glared at her: "What did you do?" ”
Shangguan Haiyin just cut her dumb acupoint, which can make her lose her voice for a moment. Shangguan Haiyin raised her eyebrows, looked at Hongluan, who was as blind as her young lady, and said in a low voice: "Don't you take her out of my sight?" ”
The Red Mansion Pavilion hurriedly helped Shangguan Luoxiang, who was constantly pinching his neck and trying to happen, and Shangguan Luoxiang's resentful gaze followed, Shangguan Haiyin, left.
Shangguan Haiyin stood there and calmed down, Su Lan next to her still didn't say a word, Shangguan Haiyin suddenly laughed, she was originally beautiful, she used to be hidden by men's clothes, and now she is wearing rouge powder, but her smile is extremely enchanting, although her voice is small, but Su Lan can hear it clearly: "I remember, in the former Ming Dynasty, those who fail to pass the draft can be given money to return to their hometown, right?" ”
Su Lan's heart, which had already been relieved, was brought up again, and she was even more flustered than just now at this time.
Shangguan Haiyin was satisfied to see her reaction, and then looked at the clothes on her body, she really didn't want to insert willows, she just felt that the goose yellow dress was too weak, so she chose this set of crimson clothes, but she didn't expect to "do what she liked". In this case, when the draft is held, you can not care about letting them out of the draft.
There was a sudden agitation in front, and a few lines of people came over, led by a woman in her thirties and forties wearing dark green palace clothes, with her hair simply coiled and a straight hairpin decorated with emerald green broken jade. His face was grim, the corners of his thin mouth were lightly pursed, and he stood at the front of the crowd.
"All the girls who saw the draft should have arrived, now please sit back in the sedan chair where you came." The woman opened her mouth to speak, her voice a little hoarse, and her tone was unmistakable.
Su Lan looked at Shangguan Haiyin with a hint of meaning, and then didn't say much and sat in the sedan chair. Not long after, the sedan chair was all carried away by the sedan chair driver, and after the sedan chair was empty, all the nuns who remained in place were wearing colorful hair accessories.
Shangguan Haiyin was the farthest away from the palace maid who spoke, but she could see the situation around her clearly, there were about a hundred show girls participating in the election, ranging in age from thirteen to seventeen years old, Shangguan Luoxiang seemed to have eased up and stood very far away from her.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I am the aunt in the palace, and you call me Aunt Xue with your face. Today this is the first problem for you to enter the palace gate, after which we will enter this Shenwu Gate, if you can't enter, then your dream of flying the phoenix will be shattered, I hope you girls will seize the opportunity. As he spoke, he took a step to the side, where a brazier, about three feet long, was already set up, and the charcoal was scorching. On both sides are the palace maids standing upright, wearing light green palace clothes.
Folk customs say that the bride must step over the brazier to burn off the bad luck on her body when she enters the door, but the palace is the same as the folk, but the length of the brazier is a little embarrassing.
After seeing this brazier, many show girls exclaimed, the brazier of the common family is only about one and a half feet, and the brazier of the big family is only two feet, which is more than the brazier with long legs.
Aunt Xue stood beside the brazier and waited patiently for a show girl to pass first, and after a long silence, a girl wearing a cyan pomegranate skirt walked over, the girl had her hair combed in a flying bun, and Shangguan Haiyin could only see her back. The woman straightened her back and stood in front of the brazier, lifting her skirt to reveal her smooth white legs.
She looked at the show girls around her, gritted her teeth, and jumped, but when she fell, she kicked the front edge of the brazier and fell to both sides. The nearest palace maid quickly caught her and helped her up.
"Pick up the sign, give gold." Aunt Xue said without the slightest emotion.
A little palace maid walked from behind Aunt Xue, holding a large tray with a square piece of gold on it. The woman put the other green sign on her waist, covered her face with the piece of gold, and left through the side path under the guidance of the palace maid.
After seeing her fail, no one dared to go any further, and the girl who gave the gold didn't seem to be short, but she didn't step over the three-foot brazier, so what happened after that.
Shangguan Haiyin looked at the brazier and immediately understood. This is the first level, which examines not only the height of the show girls, but also their legs and feet. Although the woman's height just now is enough, it is true that the left and right legs are not the same length, although wearing shoes can be avoided, but it is inevitable that there will be problems when jumping.
It didn't take long for another show girl to stand up, lift her skirt, and jump over with all her might. But he fell into the brazier and cried out miserably: "Ah! ”
The palace maid hurriedly helped her out of it, lifted the burnt skirt, exposed her scalded and swollen legs, sprinkled with iced wheat flour, and then applied the ointment, waiting for Aunt Xue's instructions.
"Pick up the sign, give gold." Aunt Xue said again.
After the girl left, no one dared to move forward, the charcoal in the brazier was red, if it succeeded, it must be good, if it failed, there would be this indelible burn on the body......
Time passed little by little, and the sun was already noon, and the show girls were sweating. They came out early, and in order to look beautiful, they wore a lot, and at this time the sweat was already soaking their backs, and the appearance on their faces was also washed away by sweat.
Shangguan Haiyin is cold herself, and she doesn't feel hot when she is so sunburned, but she can't bear to look at those crooked show girls. After thinking about it, if you want to go back quickly, it is better to stumble and fall by the brazier now.
Thinking of this, Shangguan Haiyin walked forward and ended his draft journey as soon as possible, but a show girl suddenly appeared in front of him. The show girl was wearing a white dress, with a white flower bandeau inside, and a white gauze dress outside, Ruoxue's skin was translucent, and three thousand strands of hair were scattered on her shoulders, without any superfluous hair accessories, just a lot of flowers, and those flowers took advantage of her to be more snow-white.
She lifted her skirt, her legs straight and slender, first measured the length of the brazier, then took a few steps back, then jumped forward three steps, jumped the first step and the second step directly over the brazier, and stood behind the brazier in the third step. After standing firmly, the skirt was lowered, and the hem of the skirt was not stained at all.
Aunt Xue didn't show an approving expression after seeing her, but just changed her words: "Bring it into the Shenwu Gate and wait." The woman followed the maid away.
After watching her leave, the show girls behind began to be eager to try, just now the woman's height is not outstanding, it must have the advantage of leg length, rather than spending time here to endure the sun exposure, it is better to go out and fight, anyway, this level must be passed, and failure and success are inevitable.
Thinking of this, the show girls who were watching from the back quickly squeezed forward, instantly squeezing Shangguan Haiyin to the back. Shangguan Haiyin looked at the tenacity on their faces and shook his head, they must have not read much since they were children, can hundreds of people and thousands of people compete for a husband to be happy?
Shangguan Haiyin saw that Shangguan Luoxiang was also queuing up behind, her height was outstanding, and it was no surprise that the brazier could not stump her. I thought about it and followed into the team, it's not difficult to pretend to trip, and it's up to you to see if you can go home.
Every time a show girl passes in front, you can hear a loud or small sad or wailing voice. Shangguan Haiyin listened to Aunt Xue's words, in such a short period of time, she had already put up more than 30 brands, and there were only 40 show girls who entered, and it seemed that she would not be found even if she pretended to be unable to pass.
It's just that I didn't see Shangguan Luoxiang for a long time, Shangguan Haiyin didn't have time to find where she was, and when she was lined up, she lifted her skirt and slowly walked forward, standing about three feet away from the brazier, ready to deliberately jump closer at the second step.
As soon as he lifted his feet, he was suddenly pushed hard behind his waist, Shangguan Haiyin almost shook his nerves, in order to avoid the whole person from throwing himself into the brazier, he had to use light skills to point on the ground, and then stepped straight across the brazier, and after standing firmly on the ground, Shangguan Haiyin did not slow down for a long time, until Aunt Xue said: "Bring it into the Shenwu Gate and wait." ”