On the first day of the ninth lunar month, the Du family came to Rong's house to report the good news.

Du Hongyuan took the first place in the examination and won the first place. Du's mother took him to the Rong family to kowtow, and Du saw that his nephew was so promising, and he liked it very much. At that moment, he was rewarded with a few fine satins for him to tailor, and a set of four treasures of the study, and twenty taels of silver.

Du's mother smiled so much that her mouth couldn't close it, and her son's excellence made her see hope.

"Now Brother Hong is a talent and has a fame. But you have to work hard and strive to go further. The year after tomorrow is the year of Dabi, and if you can follow the lì, you will be a master. Sister-in-law, what did I say in the past, Brother Hong really lived up to your expectations. ”

Du Mu said proudly: "It is he who is willing to work hard." ”

Du Hong sat down and didn't say much, but Rong Xiao congratulated him in front of him, and said, "Why did my cousin move back to live, it's much more convenient to live here with us and go to the school." ”

Du Hong sneered: "Since you have already gone out, where is there any reason to come back." When I had some free time, I came in and saw my aunt and sister. ”

Here, Du Mu said again: "After the banquet in the ninth day, I will invite Dehuiban to sing at home for a day, and I will invite you to come and sit down at that time." ”

Du Shi nodded and said, "It's very deserved." This is the first happy event of the Du family. Then he asked her, "Have you been to the second room?" ”

Du Mu said: "This side where I went first, I should also go over there to report good news." ”

Du Shi knew her sister-in-law's temperament, and she had to persuade: "Brother Hong'er is studying thanks to the second master mentioning it next to him, otherwise where would he have today." One yard at a time. It just so happens that the second master has not yet taken office. Brother Hong kowtowed to the second master twice. Since the family is going to be lively, my sister-in-law might as well invite my second sister-in-law as well, and Sister Zheng should also invite her. ”

Although they did not form a family, they could not be cut off like this. In the future, if his son wants to follow the lì, he will have to rely on Rong Jiang's guidance. There is no reason for the Du family to be estranged from the second room. Du Mu understands the truth, so after Du Shi said this, Du Mu got up and said, "Then I'll bring Brother Hong over." ”

Duch nodded. She added, "I'll let the kitchen clean up a table of food." Your mother and son will go back after eating. ”

Rong Jiang planned to go to Anyang after fifteen, and he had already heard about Du Hong's case. When Du Hong came to kowtow to him, he generously accepted Du Hong's salute. He went to help him up again, and praised him repeatedly: "Good boy, I didn't look away!" ”

"It's all up to the second uncle's point."

"Then you have to be able to do that. If you work hard for a few more years, you may be able to mix up people. The more Rong Jiang looked at Du Hong, the more pleasing it became. Now he only has two daughters by his side. I don't know if it's a man or a woman in Huiqiu's belly. He thought about how good it would be if he could have such a great son.

Rong Jiang really praised Du Hong, and Du Hong took advantage of this to say that there was a banquet in the ninth family of Chu Jiu, and invited Rong Jiang to go.

Rong Jiang said: "I won't go, I can't get away from something here." Let your aunt take your sister to have fun for a day. ”

Du Hongben said that Rong Jiang's sister was Rong Zheng, and he lowered his head and did not speak.

"Daddy!" Rong Zheng's voice came in from the door.

When Rong Zheng stepped into the threshold. I saw that Du Hong was also here. She was stunned, wondering if she would come back later.

When Rong Jiang saw his daughter, he left Du Hong and asked, "What are you doing here?" ”

Rong Zheng glanced at Du Hong and said, "Daddy, if it's inconvenient here, I'll come back later." ”

Rong Jiang said: "It's not that it's inconvenient. "He didn't treat Du Hong as an outsider.

When Rong Zheng saw his father say this, he smiled and said, "Daddy, can you lend me that piano for a few days?" As he spoke, he pointed to Feng Yin Jiuxiao in the study.

"Don't you have a piano, why are you thinking about this one again?"

Rong Zheng said: "Master asked me to go to Qingyuan Temple with her on the ninth day of junior high school. ”

"Qingyuan View?" Of course, Rong Jiang has heard about the annual Chongyang Qingyuan Guan Douqin, but when Du Hong heard this, he couldn't help but look up at Rong Zheng, and said in his heart that her piano is playing so well now? I once heard the sound of the piano from the study. But he didn't know who played it.

"Yes, Master promised to take me there. Daddy, you can lend me this piano for a few days, okay? ”

Although he is not very in favor of the daughter of the boudoir showing up, if this matter can give his daughter the name of "talented girl", it may be beneficial to her family affairs in the future. Rong Jiang thought about it for a while, and finally agreed to Rong Zheng's request, and took the piano down. Rong Zheng let Ruyi hug him, and then thanked Rong Jiang.

Rong Jiang said: "You go." ”

Rong Zheng never glanced at Du Hong from beginning to end, and took the piano and left happily.

When she returned to the courtyard here, sure enough, Shisu said to her, "Miss." Mrs. Du said that you should go to their house on the ninth day of the first month to watch a play and enjoy chrysanthemums. ”

Exactly like the previous life, Du Hong was hit by the case, and the Du family gave her a post. In her previous life, she didn't get any chance to go to Qingyuanguan, so she went to Du's house with Ma. She and Du's mother are very close. accompanied Du Mu to watch the play for a long time. Halfway through, Siqin, who was beside Du Hong, came to her, and she found an excuse to leave the play. She ran to see Du Hong in private, Du Hong took her hand and swore and said: "I have the confidence to speak now, you wait patiently, my mother will definitely invite a matchmaker to your house to propose." Then we will be able to stay together for a long time. ”

With Du Hong's promise, Rong Zheng felt that he had something to rely on for life. It seems that at this moment, both of them forgot that Rong Jiang had rejected the Du family's family affairs before. And Rong Zheng waited and waited. I waited for many months, and I didn't wait for any action from the Du family. Until that incident happened, some time later, the uncle of the Liao family came to the door, and his father and stepmother were eager to marry her off, regardless of whether they were in Nanyang or not. She became the daughter-in-law of the Liao family and began a tragic life.

Now that it's time again, there is no going to Qingyuanguan, and Rong Zheng will never agree to go to Du's house to watch the play.

She practiced the piano at home intently, without taking a single step. Zheng Niangzi asked her to practice the song "Youlan" is already very familiar, and she has practiced one more song "Yangchun White Snow". Later, Zheng Niangzi listened carefully again, nodded and said: "I have grown much better than before, but there are only two details that you don't pay much attention to need to be strengthened." ”

Rong Zheng humbly received the teaching.

Rong Xiao was very envious of Rong Zheng for being able to go to Qingyuanguan, but Rong Sheng secretly blamed Zheng Niangzi for being biased, no matter what he always taught Rong Zheng first and then taught them. She ran to complain to her mother, and Ma Shi also said angrily after hearing this: "She will stammer!" Later, he also comforted his daughter: "Piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are always some icing on the cake, and you can't point to this to find a good family." You are by my side with peace of mind, you remember everything I teach you, can't you be stronger than Sister Zheng? ”

The first time. Rong Sheng was jealous of Rong Zheng.

On the ninth day of September, Chongyang.

Early this morning, Mrs. Zheng took a car to Rong's house and took Rong Zheng to Qingyuanguan together. Rong Zheng slightly groomed once. Wearing an ordinary green and gold brocade gown, let Ruyi take her phoenix Yin Jiuxiao. She went to say goodbye to Ma first, and Ma was about to go to Du's house for a banquet with Rong Sheng, and when she saw Rong Zheng, she only said: "I know." ”

That Rong Sheng was full of redness.

Qingyuan Temple was originally a Taoist temple, and now it is a lady who heard that it is a famous family. I heard that she was a famous talented woman when she was at home. There is also a poetry society, which is famous far and wide. The ladies and ladies in the Bianliang area have a lot of names in the poetry society, which is a great thing. It's just that the young lady somehow gave up Hongchen and became a female Taoist priest in Qingyuanguan. When Qingyuan saw her hand, on the day of the Double Ninth Festival every year, she posted widely to invite the celebrities and talented women in Bianliang to recite poems and play the piano, which became the most prosperous and elegant thing in Bianliang.

When Zheng Niangzi was a daughter in the past, she had some dealings with this female viewer. Every year she has to go to an appointment, but this year she has moved her mind. I want to take Rong Zheng out to see the world.

Qingyuan view is outside the Wuzhang River, very quiet.

By the time Rong Zheng and the others arrived, there were already a lot of people here. Rong Zheng raised his eyes and saw that there were all well-dressed women, including the young woman with a woman's hair, the wife of the eunuch family who had turned white with her sideburns, and the woman who had not left the pavilion like Rong Zheng.

It wasn't until later that she found the figure of the fifteenth mother of the Li family, and she took the initiative to come forward and greet Li fifteen niang: "Miss fifteen, why are you here?" ”

Li Wuniang didn't recognize Rong Zheng for a while, but the maid in front of her reminded her. She suddenly realized, took the initiative to take Rong Zheng's arm, and said with a smile: "I really didn't recognize you because of my clumsiness." By the way, how did you get here? ”

Rong Zheng glanced at Zheng Niangzi, who had already gone to talk to the master, and said, "My master asked me to come out and see the world. ”

Li Shiniang said: "No wonder, I also came with my second sister-in-law." It's just to join in the fun. It's a lot of fun here. I heard that almost all the talented women in Bianliang came. ”

Later, Rong Zheng saw the figure of the county lord of Duanhui, and said in his heart, the county lord is also a gentleman. She went up to greet the county lord.

Duan Hui was also surprised, and then smiled: "It turns out that you are here too." What are you busy at home these days, and come to our villa when you are free. ”

Rong Zheng said okay.

The Taoist aunts shuttled back and forth, waiting for the ladies and wives. There's already a poem title to couple. Rong Zheng doesn't have much effort in poetry, but it's just a lively look.

Seven or eight women, but there are dozens of sentences on it with a stick of incense, and there are many splendid sentences.

Rong Zheng finally knew why it was called the first elegant thing in Bianliang.

If you connect the poems, there will be painters over there. Li Shi Niang is good at Danqing, Rong Zheng is popular, only to see that Li Shi Niang is painting a colored landscape, sprinkled, without too much stagnation and hesitation between the strokes.

At that moment, Zheng Niang played a "Hu Ji Eighteen Beats", and the piano sound was cut and poignant. Her song silenced everyone in the audience. Rong Zheng held his breath and contemplated it. couldn't help but be secretly convinced, her master's skills were really good.

After Zheng Niangzi's "Hu Ji Eighteen Beats" was played, the county lord of Duanhui and Zheng Niangzi started a ring and played "Drunken Fishing Singing Night".

Rong Zheng sighed that the master of Duanhui County had superb piano skills, and his attainments were only above her master.

One of the tunes of the county lord of Duanhui won the applause of the audience.

Guan Zhu said: "The county lord has not come to us for a few years, but it is the same as before, and there is no regression at all. ”

Zheng Niangzi also took advantage of this to praise a few words, and then said: "I have an apprentice who has only been learning the piano for less than a year, so please ask the county lord for advice." ”

Rong Zheng was slightly surprised, is this what made her on.

She blessed her body, and Ruyi had already set up the piano for her. Rong Zheng sat upright, she has practiced the song "Youlan" dozens of times in recent days, and she has long been familiar with it. It's just that in front of so many people today, it's inevitable that there will be some stage fright.

All her thoughts poured into the strings in her hands, playing every note she had written down in her heart.

Everyone listened attentively, and the lord of Duanhui secretly praised in his heart, he had such attainments in less than a year of learning, and it seemed that he had a good talent. This kid is a smart man!

When Rong Zheng finished playing this song, the county lord first praised it: "Very aura." Over time, the piano technique will surely become more sophisticated. In the end, it was sorted out by Master Zheng's hands, and it was indeed different. ”

"I'm also willing to play a song and ask the county lord for advice."

I don't know who said this in the crowd, but when everyone went to look, they saw a fifteen or sixteen-year-old woman step forward.

The lord of Duanhui recognized her, this little girl's surname was Zhao, her father was the country's chief priest, and she came from a scholarly family.

Miss Zhao asked the maid to set up the piano, blessed her body, sat down generously, and played "Flowing Water" calmly. I have to say that this Miss Zhao's piano skills are really good. Rong Zheng was dwarfed by her when compared to her.

Later, Li Shiniang told Rong Zheng: "You don't know this Miss Zhao, she is a famous talented girl in Bianliang City, I heard that she has been learning words since she could speak, and she learned the piano at the age of three." The four books and the five classics all know that the couplet just now, she alone has the most agile thinking and the most sentences. ”

Rong Zheng secretly looked at the young lady of the Zhao family, and had a blessed face. Why didn't she know this person before?

After the event dissipated, Duan Hui also deliberately said a few words to Rong Zheng alone.

"It's okay to come to our villa to play. We'll talk about the piano skills again another day. ”

Rong Zheng did not refuse the invitation of the county lord, and said with a smile: "The county lord plays the piano well, and I hope I can be blessed to get the guidance of the county lord." ”

The county lord said: "You come another day and we will discuss it again." ”

On the way back, Zheng Niangzi and Rong Zheng said, "I didn't expect you to have some friendship with the county lord of Duanhui. ”

Rong Zheng said: "It's not a friendship, it's just a guest in Qixia Villa." Is Master familiar with the county lord? ”

Zheng Niangzi smiled: "She is a dignified county lord, with golden branches and jade leaves, what do I know with her." It's just that when she wasn't married in the early years, she was able to meet her at Qingyuanguan at this time of year. I heard that she married in Fujian, why did I see her in plain clothes today. ”

Rong Zheng knew the reason, and only said lightly: "The guest of honor is gone, and the county lord has returned home." ”

"It's weird!" (To be continued.) )