Chapter 105: The Ballad of Lingding (1)
100 The Ballad of Lingding (1)
The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water-
It's cooled down!
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Unfortunately, the cold of winter makes people who have nothing to do prefer to spend the good morning in their warm bedding rather than crawl out of the soft bedding and move outside.
So maybe it's just the courage of one foot, but under the stimulation of the cold air, the only bit of courage that remains is gone-its owner retracted his foot as fast as he could, and then said to himself, "It's starting to cool down again, let's get up later~" and something like that, and then wrapped the cover to keep out the cold and continued to retract his neck and squint.
In short, if you don't have this kind of thinking in such weather, there must be a reason why you have to get up early, or it is a habit.
At this time, in a courtyard in Chang'an City, a handsome young man was waving a gun and stick in his hand in the cold wind. A powerful sound rippled through the air, knocking down the few remaining leaves on the dead tree in the corner. After humming in the eyes of the layman for a while, the young man Xu achieved his goal, jumped up, threw the spear in his hand in the air to the wooden frame of the weapon on the side, and when the gun was inserted into the wooden frame and still shaking, then he ran over and lifted the two iron hammers, and waved them in a drunken haha.
I don't know how long it took, the boy finally stopped again, put the double hammer back in its place, and then he instinctively opened his sleeves, trying to wipe the sweat droplets the size of a bean grain from his forehead with the inside, but suddenly the newly raised arm stiffened there, and at the same time, the young man's handsome face was also instantly red - under the eaves of that corner, a middle-aged beautiful woman in simple clothes but graceful and elegant stared at her son with a smile and a piece of brocade cloth in her hand.
"A-Niang~" The young man hurriedly put his hands behind his back, then spoke softly, and walked quickly to the woman under the eaves.
Seeing her son coming, the middle-aged woman didn't say anything, still with a smile on her face, but just handed the brocade cloth in her hand.
The boy also reached out and took the brocade cloth from his mother's hand, and by this time the sleeves of his shirt had long since returned to their original state.
"Let's eat after wiping the sweat~" The middle-aged woman naturally noticed this small detail, but her son knew it himself, his skin was too thin, if he minded a little, I was afraid that he would hide in the room and not come out again, right?
With this in mind, she quietly took her son's arm and turned in the direction of the hall.
The young man who was pulled down lowered his head and let his mother pull him, but the other hand tightened the brocade cloth in his hand.
"Aya~" As soon as he entered the hall, the young man first handed the brocade cloth in his hand to the maid who was already waiting for him, and then he bowed his head to greet his father.
"Come on, just sit down~" The old man who was squinting opened his eyes slightly, glanced at his wife and son, then nodded his head and motioned for the maid to bring breakfast.
The maid took the order, and the boy sat down after his mother had sat down, so that no one spoke again, and the hall fell silent. It's just that the atmosphere in the hall today is really a little subtle, even the maids on the side can vaguely detect it, but no one speaks.
Because, the family rule of the Qin family is that food is silent and sleeping.
It's just that today is obviously a bit of an exception, because the old man who finally opened his mouth to ask questions.
"I heard you had a friend looking for you last night?" The old man picked up the rice porridge full of red dates and blew it gently, but he didn't care about it, but such a sentence came out again.
"Yes!" The corners of the young man's eyes jumped slightly, and the bamboo chopsticks he had just raised stayed in the air for a few seconds, and then he lowered his head and said in a muffled voice.
The middle-aged woman who lived between the father and son also slowly put down the chopsticks in her hand and pricked up her ears to listen to the conversation between the father and son.
"Please?" The old man brought the somewhat cooled rice porridge to his mouth, slowly sucked a few bites, and then put down the bowl in his hand and picked up the chopsticks in front of him.
"Yes!" The young man also lifted his chopsticks and stretched out to the dish in front of him, and his face did not change.
"What are you going to do?" The old man put the pickles into his mouth, and then continued to ask, seemingly pointingly, but also seemingly unintentionally.
"If you think it's right, I'll help!" The young man put down the bamboo chopsticks in his hand, raised his head and looked directly at his father, and said word by word, "If you think it's wrong, you won't pay attention to it!" ā
"Do you think it's right, or is it wrong?" The old man also put down the chopsticks in his hand and slowly chewed the dishes in his mouth.
"The child thinks the child should help!" The young man hooked his lips and smiled lightly, but his tone was unwavering.
"And what are you doing here? Isn't his business in a hurry? The old man also curled the corners of his mouth, but his tone was very serious.
"Got it!" When the young man heard this, he immediately got up and bowed deeply to the parents above, "Then the child will retire first!" ā
"Master~" always smiled lightly, until she saw her son disappear from her field of vision, and the woman called softly.
"The child has grown up, and some things have to be experienced by himself~" The old man's hand at the table quietly stretched out and held his wife's plain hand, "And it is also his blessing that people can find him~"
"What's more, as parents, we must believe that he knows what to do and what not to do!"
"But I heard that the one who broke into the Yue Wang's Mansion later" The woman held her husband's hand instead, her eyebrows full of worry, "If that's the case, then the princess ...... there"
"There will be a way~" The old man sighed secretly, but he still comforted his wife......
"Qin An!" And the young man who had just left the mansion had to turn his head and ask the little guy next to him, "Where can I find someone who can compose a tune?" ā
"Da Lang~" Who knew that he could hear his own young man's question, but the little guy twisted and pinched it, and when he looked up and saw his own Lang Jun's eyebrows frowning slightly, the little guy hurriedly shirked and said, "This kind of thing still has to be asked to the Cheng family, he must know!" ā
"Let's go! Go to Chengfu! Listening to the little guy's suggestion, the young man's eyes turned slightly, and his expression was entangled, but in the end he made up his mind and turned around and ran in the direction of Chengfu.
"Knock knock!"
The speed was fast, and the boy ran to his destination. Then there was a knock on the door, and then in just a second, the door of the house was opened, and then Cheng Chumo, the eldest of the Cheng family, came out with that fluffy head, and smiled at the comer, "The old man kicked me out early, so that I was ready to face the elders, but I didn't expect it to be Huaiyu, you stuffy gourd~"
As he spoke, he walked out and pulled the young man's arm and dragged him to the house, complaining as he walked, "But what kind of elder are you, if Uncle Qin is still about the same~"
"Brother Chumo!" Who knew that the young man was nailed to the spot and did not move, and at the same time he dragged the smiling young man hard, "Huaiyu is here to find you today!" ā
After speaking, he violently dragged out the young man who had stepped into the door of the mansion with one foot.
"Hahaha!"
However, Qin Huaiyu was still a step too late - a deafening hearty smile sounded, which made the young man's body shake involuntarily.
"Who does Lao Cheng think it is, it turns out to be Huaiyu, you kid!"
"Huaiyu sees Uncle Cheng!" Seeing that there was nowhere to escape, the young man had to turn around and bow deeply to the bearded man.
"Okay~" Who knew that Cheng Biting Jin was full of disgust and waved his hand and skimmed his face, half with a helpless look, "You kid is too funny!" Salute to Lao Tzu on his face, maybe he is scolding Lao Tzu in his heart! ā
As he spoke, he kicked the eldest son who was smiling on the side, "Since you are here to find this kid, Lao Tzu will not keep you!" Don't waste time, hurry up and get out, Lao Tzu still wants to find you Lao Tzu! ā
A mouthful of "Lao Tzu Lao Tzu", what he said made the corners of the mouth of the young man with his head hanging down twitch, but he still had to listen respectfully and didn't dare to say more.
"Huaiyu, let's go first!" Cheng Chumo, who was kicked by his father, jumped out very actively this time, grabbed Qin Huaiyu's arm and ran out, for fear that he would be rewarded with a few kicks for being half a step slower.
"Huaiyu will retire first!" The young man who was dragged to run was also relieved, and left with a quick word.
And the smug strong man in front of the mansion gate only sank his face and walked quickly in the direction where Qin Huaiyu came after they disappeared from view......
"Brother Chumo" disappeared around the corner, and the young man who had been being pulled stopped with the strong boy, "Huaiyu wants to ask, where is the best musician to compose music?" ā
"Brother!" Who knew that he could hear his question, and Cheng Chumo put his arms around the young man's neck, with a cheap smile on the corner of his mouth, but he still looked mysterious, "You are asking the right person!" ā
"You can definitely find the best musicians in Chang'an City in that place! And the second child in that place begged me several times, but I didn't take him with me! ā
The strong man patted his chest proudly and assured Qin Huaiyu that he would swear, but the young man was still suspicious, because his eyebrows were dancing and he was too uneasy!
But he still chose to believe in his somewhat unreliable brother, because he knew that he would not be able to find a qualified musician on his own.
"Then there is Brother Lao Shi~"
Qin Huaiyu smiled in agreement......
"This is it?!"
Glancing at the women wearing fancy clothes and heavy makeup and revealing to attract pedestrians, Qin Huaiyu raised his head and looked at the big signboard of "Yihong Mansion", the corners of his eyes twitched, and he glanced at the brother on the side who was already staring intently at the woman with a good face but very frivolous.
"Ahem!" Feeling the young man's unkindness and hidden contempt, Cheng Chumo pretended to raise his hand to his mouth and coughed lightly, and then quietly wiped the water stains from the corners of his mouth, "Huaiyu, don't worry!" Here, Big Brother guarantees that you can find a musician who meets your requirements! ā
"Anyway, it's too cold outside, let's go in quickly!"
Looking like a decent man and a gentleman, Cheng Chu dragged Qin Huaiyu and rushed in.
"What's that, find your best girl for the master!"
As soon as he entered the hall, he casually found a table to sit down, Cheng Chumo waved his hand, skillfully recruited a small guy, and the bold voice resounded in the hall, after attracting many women to look back, he immediately widened his eyes and swept over, and muttered with a worried face, "Why is there still no new face~"
When the sound of laughter sounded again, several women with heavy makeup who seemed to know Cheng Chumo leaned over with a smile, "Oops, Cheng Ye hasn't come to see anyone for a long time~"
The pretentious voice made Qin Huaiyu frown, but he didn't speak because of his literacy, but he just leaned away slightly.
"Oops~" Who knew that the two women didn't want to let him go, and the blue-eyed woman who was already skilled in green chuckled, "This master doesn't look down on others~"
"The little girl lingers fragrant, I've seen the two masters!"
At the beginning of Qin Huaiyu's anger, a sudden cold voice sounded on the side, which directly caused the two women to immediately put away their smiles and turn back.
"What a thing, you still sell your art, you don't sell yourself! Can you get clean when you enter this door? ā
"That's it! What to pack! In the end, it's not the same as us! ā
There was no suppression of the voice at all, so the words reached the ears of the people around them in their entirety.
"I don't know what the two masters have to tell you to find the little girl?" Gave the two of them a salute again, and she continued to ask, still with a cold face.
"Can you ask the little lady to help Huaiyu compose this song?" Qin Huaiyu stood up solemnly, took out a piece of paper from his arms, and handed it over quite respectfully.
"Can Lang Jun deign to wait in the incense room?" also respectfully took the piece of paper, and the girl's face changed slightly under the serious gaze, and then raised the delicate face that was not decorated with pink, and the bright eyes shimmered......
This book was first published in Reading Rim