Chapter 133: The Pipa Woman
"Sister, our blessing is really big enough, when we first arrived, we had this result, and it seems that this is not very difficult to find. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info" On the stairs of the teahouse, Lin Xun and the three of them whispered as they walked up.
"This is just the first step, you are so excited, you are too much."
Tang Guxi smiled and said to Lin Xun: "I know why you are so excited, because you can see the beauty." Fang Cai Lin also said that this craft is only available to skilled people, and this time you are right. ”
Lin Xun snorted and said, "I, Lin Xun, have always been very accurate in seeing people, but you don't know." ”
"Oh?" Tang Guxi glanced at him, "Then guess what kind of woman on this upstairs should look like and what kind of dress should she be?" ”
"This upstairs girl must be a flower and moon, ethereal clothes, slender hands, and insignificant piano sounds." After Lin Xun finished speaking, the three of them climbed to the floor of the pavilion.
When they stood still, they stopped talking, and their eyes fell on the woman by the window, and all but her in the attic were men. The woman had her back to them, dressed in coarse cloth, simple and plain, without the slightest ornamentation on her head, and a green silk quilt was made in the shape of a woman, and tied behind her head. Holding a lute in his hand, he sat facing the window and played.
Tang Guxi glanced at Lin Xun and said softly, "Look at this dress, you are only half right." ”
Lin Xun raised his eyebrows, a little puzzled: "Why is this woman dressed so unpretentiously...... But also, this is not in the Qinglou, so naturally it can't be too ostentatious. ”
"Didn't that person just say that?" Lin Luo said softly, looking at the woman's back, "This woman is already married, and she is performing here to subsidize her family, presumably ...... Her husband's family background should not be very good. ”
"Well, that's true." Tang Guxi nodded thoughtfully.
After speaking, Lin Luo walked over, and Lin Xun and Tang Guxi also followed. The three of them stood next to the woman and looked at her, but they saw that the woman's face was covered with a plain white scarf, which covered all her face, leaving only the part above the bridge of her nose, and her dark eyes were looking straight ahead.
The woman didn't seem to notice that someone was standing beside her, and still looked out the window calmly, the lute in her hand was skillfully plucked, without waves and lines, slowly flowing out of her fingertips, just as her face was not disturbed.
Tang Guxi had some doubts in his heart, turned his head and whispered to Lin Xun: "Why does this woman cover her face, in this way, how can you judge whether your guess is accurate?" ”
Lin Xun's tone was a little disdainful, and he lowered his voice and said, "What does it mean to 'still hold the pipa and half cover your face'?" It must be a beautiful woman who wants to cover up and be ashamed, and if you just look at her eyebrows, her eyes are full of autumn water, and her eyebrows are like distant mountains...... The girl is still very beautiful. ”
Lin Luo didn't pay attention to the whispering of the two of them, and his eyes fell on a small stool beside the woman, only to see a brown cloth bag placed on the stool, and in the cloth bag, it was probably the copper coins rewarded by the guest officials. However, at this time, it seems that there are very few copper coins in it.
She withdrew her gaze, took a small ingot of silver from her waist, bent down, and gently placed it into the cloth bag.
When she straightened up again, the woman's face seemed to move, but her eyes still did not withdraw from the window, and the movements of her hands did not stop.
Lin Luo and the three of them no longer stood on either side of her, but instead sat on both sides of a table next to them, seemingly waiting for the tea to be served, but in fact waiting for the woman to finish playing a song.
After a quarter of an hour, the woman finally stopped, and ten jade fingers caressed the string, taking the last wisp of sound into the palm of her hand. There was silence all around, and the woman paused for a moment before slowly standing up and holding the half-pear-shaped lute to her chest. Twisting around and picking up the cloth bag on the stool, he didn't look at how many silver taels there was, but put it into his cuff with great calm.
Everything is done in an orderly manner, not in a hurry. When she had finished her work, she turned around, and her gaze did not sweep over any of them, but she was still as indifferent as water and mist, and walked straight around the table next to her, and walked towards the stairs.
Lin Xun and the three of them glanced at each other, all stood up, and followed her down the stairs.
"This girl," Lin Luo called behind her, "please stay. ”
Hearing this, the woman listened on the wooden ladder, paused, then turned and looked at them.
"Girl, we have something to trust each other, and I hope the girl can stop talking for a while."
"Ladies and gentlemen, I'm really sorry, but I have a busy family affair and I can't afford to delay for a moment. Please noble Haihan. The woman's voice was soft, and when she finished speaking slowly, she bowed and bowed, and walked away.
Seeing this, Lin Xun immediately rushed over and stopped her in front of the woman. The woman was stopped abruptly by this, and was not aware of the fright, and suddenly took a step back, with a frightened face.
"This girl, you...... You don't need to be afraid. Lin Xun hurriedly gave up his hand and explained, "The three of us are not wicked people, we really have something to ask for, and only you can help with this matter, girl." ”
The woman breathed a sigh of relief, but she still did not let her guard down, looked at him and asked, "I don't know you, how do you know that I will help you in your trouble?" ”
"That's right." Tang Guxi hurriedly walked over and said to the woman, "We just heard someone downstairs that you used to be a member of the Water Cloud Pavilion, and the matter we want to inquire about happens to be about the Water Cloud Pavilion." Therefore, we came to us, and we can only ask the girl. Please also ask the girl to agree. ”
After hearing this, the woman's face hesitated, frowned and thought for a while, and then asked, "Who are you and where do you come from?" What does the Water Cloud Pavilion do? ”
Lin Xun and Tang Guxi glanced at each other, turned around and laughed dryly at the woman, and stammered, "We'...... From Sheng Ge, inquire about the Water Cloud Pavilion...... Actually, it's to inquire about a person. ”
"Who?"
"The person in charge of the Water Cloud Pavilion, Hua Ning." Lin Xun said, staring at her, "I wonder if the girl can help us with this?" ”
After hearing what he said, the girl's expression suddenly changed, her eyes sank, and she stared at the ground for a long time, before she slowly raised her gaze and looked at them again, "Three nobles, forgive me for not being able to tell them. Since I have left the Water Cloud Pavilion, I will no longer be involved in anything in the Water Cloud Pavilion, and I ask for your understanding. Sorry. ”
With that, she bowed her head slightly and walked past Lin Xun.
Looking at her back as she walked down, Lin Xun glanced at Lin Luo and sighed: "How is this good, people just don't want to tell it, so you can't force people to make it difficult." ”
"This woman knows everything, but she doesn't tell us, she doesn't ask why we ask about this, why?" Tang Guxi wondered, "Also, why does she have to wear a veil all the time?" ”
Lin Luo didn't answer, his eyes stared straight at the figure who was about to walk out, and said in a low voice: "Follow up." With that, she walked forward.
The three of them followed the woman out of the teahouse, and were untying the horse, when they heard a rough man's voice.
"Ouch? I said why didn't I see the little lady these days, it turned out that she had left an hour early! No wonder my brother can't touch you. But what a coincidence today, we came an hour early, and we are here early...... Haha, the lady didn't expect it, right? (To be continued.) )