Chapter 38: Homesickness
Yueniang will play and sing and dance as the highlight of the "Super Oiran" competition, originally, qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, in addition to the piano can make people who don't understand can also listen to the excitement, the other three things are too small, are some literati love to engage in things. Since the "Super Oiran" is playing the sign of "having fun with the people", of course, it must be fun for most people, otherwise if you play chess on the stage, the audience will probably be suffocated. As a specialty to make decorations for the girls, it is okay to be long, and I am afraid that I can't eat it when I use it for competition. In this way, the Yuzhu girl is a little at a loss, who let that be someone's strength.
Directly opposite the stage, there are more than 20 round tables, and the wooden fence surrounds the perimeter of the round table to separate the people. In the wooden fence below the left side of the stage, there are thirty-one public judges selected by the Red Mansion; At the back of the stage, against the wooden fence, there was a row of ten long tables, each with a large wine jar, and a red lantern with the girl's name hanging above each table. This is the place where the people outside the venue vote, and three people are responsible for watching the wine jar, one counting, one counting copper coins, and one scrutinizing; The wooden fence on the right side of the stage is closest to the stage, so the most crowded group of the girls' relatives and friends are pulling various banners, writing cheering slogans, holding flowers, holding gongs and drums, and tying neatly colored headscarves. Tsk, this formation is really not inferior to fans from all walks of life in the 21st century, I snickered in my heart.
On the stage, on the right side of the stage are the three judges and their followers, and on the left side are the musicians who are accompaniing. The master of ceremonies of this competition is Yueniang herself, today's competition has a total of two rounds, after the opening dance, each girl performs a piece of their best musical instrument in turn, and then the judges select a girl with the weakest performance and the girl with the lowest support rate of the people on the scene for a "duel", and then voted by the public judges, the winner of the vote enters the second round of the competition, and then performs a round of singing and dancing, and then knocks out today's second girl in the same way, and the top eight are produced.
To be honest, this Yihong Mansion has occupied the signboard of "No. 1 in Beijing" for many years, and it is not without some reason, the ten participating girls are all beautiful and moving, plus they are all dressed up today, and when they appear collectively, they make the people outside the venue drool. Even those celebrities who often go in and out of the hook bar have bright eyes and look forward to it. The girls all have good musical instruments, guqin, guzheng, flute, erhu, seven-string, pipa, ......, the first round of the competition was wonderful at the beginning, attracting cheers from the audience, and those relatives and friends and fan groups were even more excited, shouting slogans desperately on stage. Looking at this formation, no matter which one is eliminated, it will cause a lot of confusion, I lowered my head and thought for a while, and asked Xiaohong to quietly invite Yueniang to come over.
Yueniang moved to my side without a trace, with a question: "Is there something wrong with the girl?" ”
"Wait a minute, if the supporters of the eliminated girl are not convinced, and there will be a commotion, can Mother Yue think of a countermeasure?" This game doesn't matter to me, it doesn't matter to me if Yueniang messes up, I just don't want Momiji's game to be messed up, after all, it has always been her wish to be the first red card in Yihong Mansion, and she is also determined to win the champion spot of this "Super Oiran".
"This ......" Yueniang hesitated for a moment, and said softly, "There are so many adults here, and Lord Fuyi has also sent a catcher ......."
I smiled and interrupted her, "I'm afraid it's not going to help." ”
Yueniang looked at me apprehensively: "What does that girl mean ......?" ”
I pondered for a moment and said: "Wait a minute, before the duel, you have to tell everyone that the name 'Super Oiran' is not for the top three, the girls who entered the top ten are all 'Super Oiran', in addition, the girls who have not been shortlisted for the top three, Yi Red Mansion has other arrangements, so that they can be organized into an orchestra, named 'Super Oiran Music Fang', as another living signboard of Yi Red Mansion, to promote the peaceful competition atmosphere of 'competition second, friendship first'." Give the eliminated girls and their supporters a little hope, otherwise people voted with real money, and they will definitely be in a bad mood, and if something happens under the nose of this pilgrimage and the Son of Heaven, it will be difficult for Mother Yue to explain. After watching the ongoing competition, I suddenly remembered the "Women's Twelve Orchestra", and leaned these eliminated girls on that combination, even if it didn't work in the future, it would be good to deal with the situation that might arise in front of me.
Yueniang's eyes lit up, and the more she listened, the more convinced she became, and nodded again and again: "Thank you, girl, for your advice." He turned around and went away.
I continued to watch the game, but I heard the man sitting next to me chuckle and said, "I think you are more exquisite than Boss Yue, if you start from scratch, I'm afraid that this signboard of the Red Mansion 'No. 1 in Beijing' will change hands?" ”
"Ye said that I laughed, I don't have that evil mind." I said lightly, "It's just a matter of incurring a debt." ”
"Debt? Then why don't you turn your own debts into yourself? He smiled lazily and said casually, "Listen to Ping'an, are you willing to stay in the Red Mansion by yourself?" ”
"Who really wants to stay in the dust of fireworks?" My expression darkened, "Stay, there is always an unspeakable distress." ”
"Even I can't say it?" He turned his eyes to me, "Why don't you tell me?" ”
"I know, it's not good for you." I smiled, "The relationship between Master and me is still simpler." ”
He held my hand tightly, and sneered, "You girl, why are you still fighting with me?" ”
"It's not vindictive, sir." I looked at him with a faint smile, but my eyes were very serious, "It's true." ”
He looked at me with a look of confusion, and I lowered my eyelids. At this time, there was a pleasant sound on the stage, with a sense of resentment and sorrow to the listener, I turned my head to look over, it turned out to be the No. 7 Yuzhu girl playing the guqin, I don't know what kind of tune she played, her piano skills are really good, but it seems to be full of heart, the more I listen, the more I feel particularly depressed, not like the piano of Fengge, when playing without distractions, the piano sound is out, the heart is smooth, personal conduct and cultivation, in order to give the soul of the piano. This Yuzhu girl cares too much about gains and losses.
After the song was played, several judges began to comment, and His Royal Highness King Jing spoke first, praising it: "The sound of the Yuzhu girl's piano is like a trickle, the far shore is thin, and the waves crash on the shore and roll up thousands of piles of snow, which is really wonderful." ”
The fan group of Yuzhu below heard the praise and cheered loudly, and a shallow smile appeared on the corner of Yuzhu's lips: "His Royal Highness King Xie Jing." ”
But I heard the ninth prince smile and said: "Uncle Wang is full of praise for Miss Yuzhu, Miss Yuzhu's song 'landscape' shows the dynamics of flowing water vividly, but it lacks the solemnity of the mountain, Uncle Wang, do you think it's right?" ”
The smile on Yuzhu's face faded, and King Jing touched his beard and nodded: "It's indeed a little emphasis, General Lonely, what do you think?" ”
Silent Jingyun smiled: "I'm a rough person, I can't tell so much truth about the two princes, I just think that the sound of the Yuzhu girl's piano sounds very sad, which makes me feel sad after listening to it for a long time." ”
I smiled, and I really heard the taste if I didn't know how to play the piano. Yu Gongzi pinched me under his sleeve and said softly, "What do you think?" ”
I smiled and said softly, "Miss Yuzhu is in an unstable mood, maybe she is a little nervous. ”
Yu Gongzi glanced at me with a smile, only to hear Yueniang smile and say: "Thank you three adults for your comments on Yuzhu girl, the one who appears below is the No. 8 red leaf girl, and she plays the pipa song 'Huanqin'." ”
As soon as the words fell, I heard a lively and funny piano sound jumping over, and when the enchanted Momiji appeared on the stage like a cheerful elf, the fans of Momiji cheered enthusiastically in the audience. Her outfit dazzled everyone's eyes and they gasped. It seems that I have drawn the right treasure, I laughed, red leaves, red leaves, don't disappoint me.
The girl in front of her plays musical instruments in a regular manner, sitting or standing, only she is dancing while playing, with spring on her face, her eyes are charming but not floating, and her dancing posture is enchanting but not silver. My younger brother Ye Zi in my previous life has studied the pipa for more than ten years, so I know that the pipa is actually one of the most difficult musical instruments to learn. I watched the red leaves jumping and dancing on the stage, as if she had really turned into the flying sky on the Dunhuang murals, with flowing clothes, chic winds, fluttering ribbons, and flying flowers. Flying to the sky, the musicians under the Buddha's seat, if it is really so brilliant and incomprehensible, why should the Buddhas pursue liberation? Why talk about what color is emptiness and emptiness is color? The reason why the Buddha became a Buddha is probably also for this flying sky, right? Thinking of this, I couldn't help laughing, Momiji, Momiji, you really didn't disappoint me.
After the dance of the red leaves, the audience was silent, and for a long time, there was applause from the judges' seats, which immediately triggered the applause and cheers of the audience under the stage. I only heard King Jing on the stage looking at the red leaves with great interest, pinching his beard and saying: "The red leaves girl has outstanding piano skills, and her dancing skills are even more outstanding. ”
Hongye Luoluo smiled generously: "His Royal Highness King Huijing, this song is very big, it is composed by the Carmen girl who leaned on the Red Mansion and composed by the Moon Phoenix Song Gongzi." ”
"Oh?" King Jing glanced back at Silent Surprise Cloud and asked with a smile, "But that Carmen girl who made General Silent fall in love at first sight?" ”
"Exactly." Momiji smiled at the embarrassed lonely clouds, her eyes looked at me, and I smiled and shook my head slightly, suggesting that she should not be too ostentatious. Momiji stuck out his tongue and stopped his mouth neatly.
"Nine Emperor Nephews, the Red Leaf Girl is really eye-catching today." King Jing smiled and joked with the Nine Princes. The Ninth Prince smiled: "This girl has always had some luck. ”
I don't care about the next performance, I just think about the next round of singing and dancing of the red leaves, but it is Yu Gongzi, who seems to be watching the performance attentively, but he keeps playing with my palm, and he doesn't speak, I don't know what I'm thinking. After a round, the No. 3 Frost Girl and the No. 10 Caiyun Girl were going to have a showdown, and the stage really began to stir, and Yueniang hurriedly lost no time in using the trick I just gave her, and sure enough, the excitement of the fans in the audience was extinguished. As a result, Frost Girl won the duel and advanced to the second round.
This round of Yuzhu is still playing the piano, while playing and singing a song of grievances and haunting mian, I haven't heard the song of this time and space anyway, and I can't remember the lyrics, in short, the tune is not bad, she has a good voice, and she sings softly, which makes people's hearts sour. My heart is tight, and the next song of red leaves, which is also the route taken, the two are afraid that they will collide, but the red leaves are "original", and they should be able to add some points.
When the red leaves appeared, everyone was shocked again, and I laughed, this girl is smart. She has changed out of the sultry flying outfit, and put on a plain white Luo skirt, the style is very simple, there is almost no decoration on the body, and the spirit snake bun is only inserted with a shiny mulberry flower hosta, which is indescribably elegant and demure. The whole game, after two rounds, she had to change her clothes alone, which shows that this girl has spent a lot of effort in preparation, I thoughtfully glanced at the Nine Princes sitting over there, Hongye herself is not so careful, this trick is probably the Nine Masters to help her.
She sat in the middle of the stage with the pipa in her arms, and picked out a few notes gracefully and softly with her wrist, and a melody sounded softly, and the audience was instantly silent, I laughed, such a classic song, why don't I have confidence in it? Momiji played calmly, not in a hurry to sing, until the whole melody was played, and the elegant singing sounded.
The sound of the pipa is still ringing here today.
Through the search for thousands of years, the old dreams are still faint.
This sigh is how much of a complaint in the world.
The end of the world drifts in Xunyang, sad tears.
The sound of the pipa is still ringing here today.
Playing the pipa with bare hands, the pipa is crisp and ringing, dingdong, dingdong.
Keep your eyebrows low, continue to play, and play the infinite things in your heart.
Keep your eyebrows low, keep playing, and play all the infinite things in your heart.
The sound of laughter has become a memory of yesterday.
Playing the pipa with bare hands, the pipa is crisp and ringing, dingdong, dingdong.
There are tears in the eyes, there are teardrops, what is the long parting in the world.
There are clearly tears, there are teardrops, and there is nowhere to send lovesickness in the world.
The sound of laughter has become a memory of yesterday.
The red face is not as old as it used to be, and it is empty of sorrow.
This sigh is how much of a complaint in the world.
Playing a thousand years of loneliness, sighing alone.
Playing a thousand years of loneliness, sighing alone.
I fell into the torrent of memory, vaguely, still in the small courtyard of my hometown, I took the guitar, Ye Zi hugged the pipa, the two of them were crazy to entertain themselves, this "Pipa Language" is Ye Zi's favorite pipa song, I like his focused expression of playing the pipa with low eyebrows, although when he insisted on learning the pipa, I used to make fun of how he learned the musical instrument played by women. Although I don't know how to play the pipa, I also like the music of the pipa, Ye Zi loves the album of "Pipa Phase" the most, I bought him three, when he scolded me for being wasteful, I smiled and said, I'm afraid you can't buy it if you hear it, and it will make his eyes red.
Leaves, leaves, now that we are on different sides, we will never have a chance to meet again in this life, in the future, you must follow your path well, change your temper, and don't let my sister worry anymore, okay? Tears flowed down in the familiar melody, I felt my hand being held tightly, turned my face, the man next to me looked at me silently, and I smiled gently at him in the hazy tears.
――2006、9、17
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