Chapter Seventy-Three
The case of Windy City has been solved, and it stands to reason that they should also leave Windy City and continue to rush to the capital, but there are three famous things in this Windy City, and they have already experienced two of them, but the third one has not yet been experienced.
The first is the osmanthus cake of the king's widow, and the second is the pavilion of the water diversion lake, and the third is the ......
It's the smoke girl in the purple smoke building.
I heard that this Yan'er girl has an excellent figure, is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and always wears a wisp of tulle on her face when she meets people, which is extremely mysterious.
The smoke girl does not sell her body, only three times a month, each time is only for an hour, even so, the people of this Windy City are squeezing their heads in order to see the smoke girl.
It just so happened that this day was the day when the smoke girl came out, and before a few people left, Su Jinshi thought about going to the Ziyan Building to take a look at the smoke girl.
Tang Mingze was also a little interested, he had heard of the beauty of this Yan'er girl in the capital as early as in the capital, and now he was very happy to see it.
So, the itinerary of several people slowed down, Su Jinshi also went to the ready-to-wear store to buy two sets of men's clothes, she and Nian Su each had one, Nian Su was a little unhappy to go, but he couldn't bear Su Jinshi's soft grinding and hard foam, so he went with him.
Tang Yaxin has always been interested in fun things, Tang Mingze didn't want to take her there, but Su Jinshi and Nian Su also went together, so they had to take it with them.
Because the men's clothing bought by Su Jinshi and Nian Su was not good, the two disguised themselves as Tang Mingze's subordinates.
This day is the night of the moon and stars, a few people talked and laughed together and came to the Ziyan Building, but saw that there were many people around the door, all of them were crowded to enter the Ziyan Building, and the Qinglou on the side was deserted in front of the door, and the girls tried hard to solicit customers, but to no avail.
Su Jinshi sighed slightly, this smoke girl is so charming? Can these people with status and status squeeze their heads like this?
Tang Mingze's clothes looked ordinary, but they were dimly shining, and the girls who greeted the guests at the door were all trained, and they knew which were the children of famous families, so just when Tang Mingze was worried, a girl stepped forward.
"This boy looks good, there is an appointment, come in quickly, it has all been prepared for you." The girl was dressed in pink, and the smile on her face was kind but not excessive, which made people feel good.
At that moment, Tang Mingze took out a small silver ingot from his arms and put it in the girl's hand, the girl accepted it without a trace, and welcomed several people in with a smile.
The girl had just been delivered to the door, and she was greeted by another girl, dressed in pink and green, which was refreshing in the heat of summer.
When the girl saw Tang Mingze and the others, her eyes fluttered, and she immediately stepped forward, "A few sons, but you came to see Miss Yan'er's performance?" We have ordinary seats, distinguished guest seats and immortal seats here, a few sons, dare to ask what kind of seats do sons want? โ
Tang Mingze raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Tell me, what are these seats?" โ
The girl took a few people to visit, and said: "This ordinary table is here, the general table of eight immortals, there are snacks on the table, because the smoke girl is very popular, this ordinary seat is usually mixed with others, this noble seat is on the second floor, the bead curtain is separated, the environment is relatively quiet, you can also enjoy the scenery on the stage, as for this immortal seat......"
The girl paused, pointed to the half-story room facing the stage, and said, "That's the immortal seat, you can see it clearly and no one disturbs you, of course, the price of such a seat is naturally high." โ
After speaking, the girl secretly glanced at Tang Mingze, as if she was a little apprehensive.
Tang Mingze took a look at the immortal seat, and saw that the location was indeed good, and it was not affected by the people around him, so he wanted to pack the immortal seat in his heart.
He just wanted to speak, but heard Lu Ning say: "My master didn't bring enough silver taels today, so he only wrapped a noble guest seat." โ
The girl was stunned when she heard this, but when she saw that the person who spoke was the entourage of the son, she wanted to persuade her a few more words, after all, this immortal seat had not been wrapped for several months, and if it was wrapped in her hands today, it would be excellent.
Tang Mingze patted his head and said: "I'm confused, I want to come to the immortal seat to be reserved for the immortal to sit, I'll wait for the ordinary man to sit on the distinguished guest seat, and bother the girl to lead the way." โ
Tang Mingze said so, the girl had no choice but to nod, she led a few people to a private room with a better view, and stayed, she smiled and said: "The slave maid brought a few sons in, and the slave maid served here. โ
Tang Mingze nodded, took a sip of tea, and slowly looked at the layout here.
Su Jinshi came here for the first time, she was very curious, she deliberately lowered her voice, and asked the girl: "Girl, tell me about the girl with Yan'er, I was very curious when I first came here." โ
The girl had a look of pride on her face, and she said: "Yan'er girl is the treasure of our purple smoke building, only three times a month, each time it is full, I heard that there are many famous people in this capital, I dare to say that they must be inferior to Yan'er girl." โ
Su Jinshi raised his eyebrows and asked again: "I see that you admire that Yan'er girl very much, why is this?" โ
"Miss Yan'er is not only beautiful and beautiful, but also has an excellent heart, so I naturally like it very much."
The girl was childish, and not long after she came out, Su Jinshi smiled, and she said, "This smoke girl is so good, why did she fall into this dusty place?" โ
Su Jinshi just asked casually, but the girl had an angry look on her face, and she said: "Although we are here in your eyes the so-called land of wind and dust, in our eyes, this is our only home. โ
Su Jinshi raised her eyebrows, she looked at the girl and pondered for a moment, did not speak, but she was interested in this purple smoke building, as far as she knew, most of the girls in this era were very conservative, and they were even more scornful of the women in the green building, but the girls in this building regarded this place as home.
"What do you need?" The girl probably felt that her tone was not very good, and then she said with some embarrassment.
Tang Yaxin couldn't help but say, "Girl, when will your Yan'er girl here come out?" โ
As soon as Tang Yaxin opened her mouth, she was a crisp woman's voice, and the girl heard it at once, and her eyes were also inquiring when she looked at them.
After Tang Yaxin finished speaking, she remembered that she was dressed as a man, so she couldn't help but bow her head and stick out her tongue.
"I didn't expect a girl to come here to see the smoke girl." The girl smiled but didn't make a loud noise.
Su Jinshi secretly sighed that this purple smoke building is not simple, the girl in this building not only talks and behaves extraordinarily, but also is good at controlling feelings, and has a very good way of seeing people, this Tang Mingze did not have a predetermined position, but he was welcomed in as a distinguished guest, but she was not as snobbish as the girls in the ordinary Qinglou.
"A few of them are early, and the smoke girl will appear in a quarter of an hour, and if a few of them find it boring, the little girl can also present a song, which is not as good as the smoke girl." The girl smiled.
Tang Yaxin shouted happily, "Okay, okay." โ
Tang Mingze frowned and said with a smile: "My sister has been obedient since she was a child, if the girl doesn't mind, she can play a song." โ
The girl nodded, turned and went outside, commanded a little maid at the door, and came in again.
"Wait a minute."
After saying that, she walked to the beaded curtain in the room and sat down.
After a while, a maid came in with the piano in her arms and carefully placed it on the table.
"The little woman Mu Tao presented a song "Youlan" to several sons."
After speaking, Mu Tao calmly began to play.
Su Jinshi doesn't understand music theory, but he can also feel the tranquility in this song, if he has distracting thoughts, he will definitely not be able to play such a tune.
Su Jinshi didn't want to listen to the music, but he took a closer look at this purple smoke building, although this building is located in the willow lane of Flower Street, the objects furnished in it are not half of the color of wind and dust, and there is a faint sense of luxury.
Soon at the end of the song, Tang Yaxin clapped her hands and praised: "The girl's piano skills are superb, and it is excellent to have a little bit of the breath of the Hollow Valley Youlan in the song "Youlan". โ
Mu Tao stood up, smiled humbly, and said: "The girl has won the award, the little girl's piano skills are far worse than the Yan'er girl, if the girl is lucky, she can listen to it today." โ
Su Jinshi saw that Nian Su had not spoken, so he shook Nian Su's hand and asked in a low voice, "Why don't you speak?" โ
Nian Su was stunned for a moment, she smiled and shook her head, indicating that she was fine.
Su Jinshi wanted to ask again, but he also felt that this was not the time, so he also fell silent.
A few people chatted for a while, until there was a lot of noise downstairs, and a plump woman appeared on the stage, they all looked over, but saw that the woman was plump, dressed in big red clothes but not vulgar at all.
"Hello guests, I am Yao Niang, the proprietress of this purple smoke building, today is the day when the smoke girl comes out, this smoke girl is still changing clothes in the back, if you are in a hurry, I will let the other girls dance a song, okay?"
Yao Niang's voice was loud and charming, and the men in the audience disagreed, all of them asked Yan'er to come out quickly.
Yao Niang smiled and apologized, but to no avail, some of the guests in the ordinary seats downstairs stood up and shouted.
Seeing this, Tang Mingze frowned and asked, "Mu Tao, was it like this in the past?" โ
Mu Tao smiled and did not speak.
The following became more and more noisy, and I saw that it was about to be chaotic, but suddenly a cold voice passed through my ears: "No need, I'm here." โ
Just six words, but Su Jinshi suddenly froze and couldn't move.
Sometimes she occasionally wonders, if this is her new life, will the people she has met reappear in her life?
Those unsolved mysteries, those who have passed away, and those who have given her encouragement and hurt her.
Will she ever come back to her life again and tell her what she doesn't know.
At this moment, all her blood stopped flowing, and the cold voice kept echoing in her ears.
The voice she once loved the most, and the voice she hated the most.
She couldn't hear all the noise around her, she only heard the woman on the stage wearing a lilac gauze dress with a light veil on her face, and she said, "I'm the smoke girl." โ
Her attitude was lonely and her voice was cold, but many people who saw her for the first time felt a little sorry, only to think that this smoke girl was just in name.
And those who have watched her performance a few times are happy and look at her with some obsession.
Su Jinshi couldn't help but sink in her heart when she saw those people looking at her like this, she could almost guess what show this Yan'er girl would perform.
The smoke girl looked around, and her voice was smiling slightly, "That is the case, and the smoke will dance." โ
After that, there was music, and it was a very rhythmic dance music that ordinary people had never heard before.
Su Jinshi was very familiar with this music, she looked at the smoke dancing enthusiastically on the stage, and her eyes were complicated.
She was dressed in a pale pink gauze skirt, wearing a water-red belly pocket, because the gauze skirt was translucent, there was that belly pocket looming, with her dancing, her waist twisted, her arms swam like a snake, her eyes flowed, and there was an undisguised glow.
A qiฤ is so familiar, yet so unfamiliar.
Lu Jingshen, did you come here too?
What are you doing here?
Before I knew it, was your dance already so seductive?
You promised me not to do that to anyone again, do you remember?
Or rather, do you remember me?
Do you remember the one you hurt mercilessly?
The men in the audience had already been shocked by such dancing and music, and some of them were thin-skinned and their cheeks were already crimson.
There was a lot of discussion in the audience, but the dance on the stage became more and more energetic, the rhythm of the music accelerated, and the smoke danced faster and faster, and at the last moment, she took off the obstructive gauze skirt on her body and threw it forward, and she was only left with a water-red belly pocket and white pants that only reached the root of her legs.
The audience exclaimed, and some scholars had already turned their heads and scolded secretly, this girl is really.
At any time, everyone's cheeks were crimson, and although no one cheered each other, if you looked closely, you could see the changes in each man's body.
Tang Yaxin finished reading it with a red face, she covered her face and said, "Why is this girl like this...... So ......"
She said for a while, but she couldn't say that, she turned her head and took a sip of tea, not wanting to look at the smoke girl again, but she couldn't help but glance at it secretly.
Su Jinshi stared at Yan'er deadly, his face pale.
Yan'er on the stage smiled slightly, and said deliberately charmingly: "Just a dance, are you satisfied?" โ
There was silence in the audience, but Yan'er turned away, and she was still lonely, as if she was not the one who danced the show.
When she had disappeared from the stage, everyone realized that the smoke girl had left.
For a while, the audience began to make a commotion again, and several people shouted the name of the girl Yan'er, hoping that she would come out again.
"Brother, shall we go? This smoke girl is really ...... It's really ......," Tang Yaxin said with a red face.
Tang Mingze held his forehead, he regretted a little that he had brought this sister here, if he came alone......
Alas.
How is it good now, I want to come to Lu Ning and want to stay, but there are still three girls here, so it is not good for a few girls to see this.
"Yaxin, let's wait." Su Jinshi said lightly, there was no trace of surprise or embarrassment on his face, and his face was not even red.
Tang Yaxin saw that her brother did not object, she pouted and did not speak again, twisting her head and not looking at the stage.
After a while, Yan'er walked out, wearing a white gauze robe, but she couldn't see what was wearing inside, and then a maid moved on the guqin, and the Yan'er girl sat down slowly, her eyes were lowered, and she stroked the strings with her bare hands, and the shaft plucked the strings three or two times.
Everyone quieted down, thinking that this smoke would dance again, but they didn't guess that she only quietly began to play the guqin.
It's a song that everyone has never heard, a very light tune, seemingly played at random, but vaguely there is a faint clarity and sadness.
This song, Su Jinshi is very familiar with, it is a song she likes very much, when they were still together before, Lu Jingshen would often play her on the guitar.
Now that the guqin is used, although it is less meaningful, it is more quaint, and Yan'er's face is still wearing a thin veil, but Su Jinshi is sure that this person is Lu Jingshen.
Familiar dance steps and familiar melodies, the ancients would never have played such a tune.
If it's a coincidence, then so many coincidences happen to the same person, then it's not a coincidence.
At this time, Nian Su's hand suddenly covered Su Jinshi's hand, and her hand was warmly placed on Su Jinshi's tightly held hand, and a burst of warmth spread to the back of her hand.
Su Jinshi realized that her hand had been clenched all along.
And she was a little afraid to look at Niansu, she didn't want her to see her current appearance, and she was depressed because of the appearance of a person.
Yan'er's music gradually โกโก, and the melodious and sad melody spread throughout the hall, and Su Jinshi could even guess what kind of expressions the spectators would make after watching the performance.
Nian Su's hand has been covering Su Jinshi's hand, and slowly Su Jinshi's tense nerves have relaxed a little, and his hand has loosened a little, but his eyes are still looking at the smoke in the middle of the stage.
At the end of the song, Yan'er stood up, bowed to the people below, and did not speak.
Everyone was stunned for a while, but they applauded one after another, and they all praised: "This smoke girl is really a strange person......
Even some of the more upright scholars applauded, the red tide on their faces had receded, and there was admiration in their eyes.
Su Jinshi suddenly smiled coldly.
Her tricks of hooking up with people are still the same.
"This smoke girl's piano skills are not as good as she imagined, but this song is novel, I have never heard it, but it is not bad." After listening to it, Tang Yaxin commented.
This evaluation is not as high as the evaluation of the wood peach.
Mu Tao on the side was a little unconvinced, "Miss Yan'er's piano skills are unparalleled, how can a little girl like me compare?" โ
Tang Yaxin frowned, and just wanted to speak, but was blinded by Tang Mingze, so she had to endure it.
Tang Mingze only felt that this purple smoke building was a little weird, he looked at Lu Ning, but saw that Lu Ning's eyes were gloomy, so he didn't say anything.
"Shall we go back?" Nian Su suddenly said aloud.
A few people remembered that there was Nian Su together this time, Tang Mingze looked at Su Jin, and saw that her eyes were glued to the stage, so he smiled and said, "Wait a while, how about we go after watching the show?" โ
Nian Su had to nod, but he was a little worried when he looked at Su Jinshi.
She always felt that since the smoke girl came out, Su Jinshi's whole person was wrong, and she felt that Su Jinshi must know the smoke girl.
After playing a song, Yan'er didn't say anything about the program, just looked at the spectators below, and said with a smile: "You are here today, Yan'er will not treat you badly, but most of the hour has passed, and there is still a while, I will follow you, what do you want Yan'er to do, Yan'er will do, how?" โ
As soon as these words came out, the spectators below were all boiling, and they began to shout, some of them had seen Yan'er perform several times, and they had never seen such Yan'er, and they couldn't help but be a little excited.
At this time, Yao Niang came to the stage, she smiled and said: "Don't worry, since the Yan'er girl plans to do this, naturally she has the idea of the Yan'er girl, let's listen to what the Yan'er girl has to say, okay?" โ
As soon as Yao Niang spoke, the audience immediately quieted down, but she heard Na Yan'er laugh lightly and said, "That's it, the maid of Ziyan Mansion will send you a small piece of paper, and you will write down what you want Yan'er to do on the paper. However, if you want Yan'er to dedicate yourself to such a thing, Yan'er will not be able to obey his fate. โ
Then some maids began to distribute small papers, and when they were sent to Su Jinshi, she took the small paper and looked at it for a long time, and finally wrote on it and handed it to the maids.
After writing, she quietly looked at Yan'er, she was calm on stage, as if everything was under her control.
Lu Jingshen is a calm and ambitious person, no matter in modern or ancient times, she will not dare to be ordinary.
After a while, the maids had neatly collected the little paper that had been handed down, and put it into a vase, and Smoke stood beside her, and she smiled and said, "Now that I have collected them all, I will take out three pieces of paper from them, and see what you have written." โ
Finally, the playful tone made the people present breathe, and they all fell silent, quietly watching the smoke draw lots.
She smiled and pulled out one, opened it to see, she raised her eyebrows, and said with a smile, "I hope Miss Yan'er dances again." โ
Yan'er suddenly laughed, and the audience also laughed, but heard the Yan'er girl say: "Even so, after Yan'er smokes the remaining two, she will dance again." โ
The audience cheered.
Su Jinshi quietly looked at the cigarette in the guest seat, and looked forward to her smoking what she wrote, and expecting that she would not smoke it.
The second one.
"Can you invite Miss Yan'er to talk about poetry and painting together?"
Yan'er exclaimed slightly, "Are men so rude to ask now?" When they meet alone, Yan'er will be difficult to obey. โ
With a smile in her eyes, she said softly and slightly aggrieved.
When the spectators in the audience saw Yan'er like this, although they sighed in their hearts, they were also glad that Yan'er did not agree to this.
If he agreed, Yan'er would talk about poetry and painting with other men, it would be really cheap for that man.
"Alright, I'll draw the last one." The sound of smoke rang out again.
This was the last one, and everyone in the audience was a little nervous, not knowing what this person would ask for.
When the cigarette was smoked this time, he deliberately stopped for a while to whet his appetite.
Su Jinshi quietly watched her movements, and her heart was a little nervous, she saw Yan'er take out a small piece of paper, and then opened it with a smile, but saw that the expression on her face instantly froze.
Su Jinshi guessed that the cigarette was about to smoke herself, she pursed her lips and said to Tang Mingze: "I'm a little tired, I want to go back and rest first." โ
After speaking, she didn't care what Tang Mingze and the others said, so she got up and left, Nian Su apologized in a low voice, and also left with Su Jinshi.
But the girl on the stage was holding the small paper with trembling hands, and she didn't dare to look up at the stage, until Yao Niang on the side gently pushed her, and she came back to her senses.
She rubbed the small paper in her hand, looked up and smiled again, "The paper is blank, and Yan'er doesn't know what the person who wrote wants to do." โ