Chapter 658: The Pipa Girl (I)
It seems that it is necessary to re-understand the neighbor in the north of Datang, but unfortunately Chen Fang has no good channels to understand at this time.
Is there any way to capture the ships of the Northern Han or blend into the ships, it is better to blend in.
On the second day, accompanying Taiping to the lake, Chen Fang was still in a trance, and he had been in a trance for a day.
After staying on the shore of Taihu Lake for three days, Chen Fang didn't seem to be interested in everything around him, and once An Ding and Taiping saw Chen Fang painting something on the sand, and Taiping said it was a rooster.
Chen Fang told her that it was a rooster.
Chen Fang wiped the map on the sand, the eastern coast of the map, there were dense lines, and the two princesses couldn't understand the things marked, Chen Fang knew that it was the direction of the ocean current and the seasonal wind.
In fact, his memory is very vague, this is geographical knowledge, even if he is a traverser, in fact, he can only blur his memory, but there is such a freak in the Northern Han, Chen Fang doubts that he can memorize the entire world map, and clearly know all the routes in the Pacific Ocean and the supply islands along the way.
On the fourth day, the convoy set off to Suzhou and Hangzhou, and could have taken a boat directly across Taihu Lake to Suzhou on the east bank of Taihu Lake.
The horse was in a trance all the way, Wu Meiniang had already noticed it, but she asked a few times, but the horse didn't say anything to her.
Chen Fang just felt that it was useless to say it, and it would make Wu Meiniang more troubled, so why bother.
All the troubles were carried by himself, and the strong enemy in the north made Chen Fang more and more unable to see clearly.
When he arrived in Suzhou, Hangzhou, and West Lake, Chen Fang gradually came out of that trance, and he was already determined to risk getting into a sea boat and go to the Northern Han Dynasty to see how far this neighbor had developed.
At this time, March is approaching the end, and if you want to blend into the fleet of the Northern Han, this is also a good season.
On the shore of Xizi Lake, there was a sea of people in front of him, and Chen Fang could hear the sound of pipa, which was someone singing by the lake.
In this era, there are not many singing, this is a skill, and it belongs to the category of performing arts.
Hearing the sound of the pipa, Chen Fang heard that this melody was familiar, and listened to a few sounds, but it was the song made up by the second princess of Qin and Zheng Jieyu for the ninety-nine daughter Hong.
I didn't expect it to be sung so fast, and it has spread to Suzhou and Hangzhou.
"Chen Fang, this song is special!"
"yes!"
There, Zheng Jieyu smiled and walked to Wu Meiniang's side.
"Sister knows how this song came about?"
"How does this sister know!"
Wu Meiniang and Concubine Zheng Jieyu are sisters all the way, Concubine Shu is naturally the largest, and Zheng Jieyu is the youngest.
Zheng Jieyu covered her mouth and smiled, and glanced at Chen Fang.
Wu Meiniang naturally saw her gaze and looked at Chen Fang.
"He made this tune?"
"Don't talk nonsense, where will I make music."
"The song was written by me, Linda and the wealthy businesswoman in Yangzhou, but he wrote the song."
Zheng Jieyu said, the pipa girl over there was already playing the pipa and singing the song of her daughter red.
At this time, Wu Meiniang walked into the crowd, and Dingyu and Feng Yi unconsciously separated the crowd and let Wu Meiniang stand in the inner circle.
A daughter is red, and the surrounding listeners voted a lot of coins, and one or two pieces of silver were put into the scattered copper coins by a pair of jade hands.
The pipa girl raised her head and bowed slightly to Wu Meiniang.
"But free?"
"Back to this lady, I am free."
"I like your singing, would you like to follow me?"
The pipa girl looked at Wu Meiniang, looked at Ding Yu and Feng Yi beside Wu Meiniang, she was born in the arts, and naturally recognized the clothes of the lady and the two maids in front of her, such a dress is already extremely rich.
Chen Fang also squeezed into the crowd at this time. After listening to Wu Meiniang's words, she put five taels of silver ingots in front of the pipa girl.
"I followed my wife, five taels of silver a month."
When the surrounding listeners heard this, they gasped.
Five taels of silver a month, this wealth is generous, you must know that five taels of silver is enough for an ordinary family to easily live for a year, and there is surplus.
"Ying'er has to ask her father at home before she can agree."
"You ask, the silver can be given to you first!"
Chen Fang didn't take back the five taels of silver, the pipa girl who called herself Ying'er took the silver and hurriedly walked through the crowd, Chen Fang saw that there seemed to be someone in the crowd who had a bad idea, and unconsciously said a word in Wu Meiniang's ear, and the person disappeared into the vast sea of people.
Ying'er was in a hurry to go home at this time, and she was in a hurry on the road, passing through the bustling lakeside, passing through the bluestone street near the lake, and arriving at a place of alleys and alleys.
This is the place where the poor and the rich and the official gentry live in strict division in Hangzhou, because it is the feudal era, and the residences of the poor and the rich and the official gentry are strictly divided, and the north of the town generally lives in the rich area, and the south is the slum area.
The slum is messy here, and whether it is life or management here, it naturally cannot be compared with the north of the city.
As soon as Ying'er walked through an alley, she saw two ruffians blocking the way.
"Sister Ying'er, I haven't paid the money today!"
The ruffian said, holding out his hand.
When Ying'er saw it, she searched for a few copper plates around her waist and stuffed the ruffian.
Suddenly, the ruffian raised his hand and slapped the little girl directly against the wall.
Then, he also pasted on the wall, and was just about to scold, when he saw a bright straight knife on his neck, which was a Tang knife and Chen Fang carried with him.
Tang Dao was on his neck at this time, and this little ruffian immediately begged for mercy, where did he dare to have the arrogant appearance just now at this time.
This kind of local hooligan ruffian, on weekdays, he is a bully and a hard person, when he encounters Chen Fang, where can he have the appearance of slapping Ying'er over just now.
"Get out!"
Chen Fang didn't want to kill people at this time, he was just a ruffian, and he couldn't kill one after another.
The two ruffians hurriedly ran away at this time, ran a few alleys, and were kicked by Chen Fang, and the ruffian suddenly felt that something was wrong in his abdomen, and at this time he suddenly covered his lower abdomen, blood came out of his mouth, and he was no longer alive in a blink of an eye.
This Chen Fang didn't know, he was just afraid that something would happen to Ying'er, so he followed all the way, saw the hooligan ruffian blocking the road to collect money, and slapped Ying'er before he kicked out to teach the ruffian.
In fact, even if you know, what about Chen Fang, a ruffian, if you kill it, you will kill it. It belongs to the elimination of harm for the people.
At this time, he saw that the two ruffians had fled without their lives, and helped Ying'er up.
"Miss Ying'er, don't blame, I followed when I saw a bad guy following me."
"Thank you, boy! My house is not far away, please come and sit at home. It's just that it's cold at home, and I'm afraid that the hospitality will not be good. ”
"No problem!"
As Ying'er arrived at her house, there was only one old father in her family, Ying'er told her father about the lakeside, and said that Chen Fang had saved her just now, and the old man was about to bow his head and thank him, and Chen Fang hurriedly helped.