Gongsun Yourou seemed to suddenly think of something, exclaimed, and then whispered to Yu Youwei: "Sister Youwei, when I was looking for Gongzi just now, in fact, there are many talented people and elders who are looking for you, sister, I hope that you, as the first Oiran and the head of Qin Huai Bayan, can also perform tonight, so that this Yunxiao Yaji will be really full of sages and elegance." ”

"Hmm...... Youwei, wait a minute, you better go on stage and perform, since everyone is kind, and this time it is organized by the madman, we should give the madman face......" Cao Yi pondered for a while after hearing this, and then said to Yu Youwei. But there is still a sentence in his heart that he hasn't said, that is, "If you don't behave well, I will definitely be caught by the madman and forced to do things at that time......"

Yu Youwei flashed her eyes after hearing this, and looked at Cao Yi, Cao Yi replied with a warm smile, revealing a row of big white front teeth, and smiled hehe, because she had her own little abacus, so she smiled a little lacking in confidence at this time, it didn't seem so natural, and her image even looked a little silly.

Yu Youwei looked at Cao Yi's appearance, laughed out loud, nodded and said: "Since Gongzi asked me to perform, then I will perform well, it just so happens that I have been practicing the three poems written by Gongzi to Lu Lao at home for the past few days, and I will find one of them to sing at that time." ”

"Master Cao, have you made three new lyrics?" Gongsun Yourou, who was on the side, exclaimed, she knew that Cao Yi usually didn't write it, and it was rare for such a poem to come out every few months, but as long as it was written by Cao Yi, it was basically an absolute good poem and a good word, and it was completely worthy of the sentence "Cao Yi produced it, it must be a high-quality product!" ”

And now listening to what Yu Youwei said, Cao Yi actually wrote three poems to Lu Lao at once, but she knew that Lu Lao was the supervisor of Jiangning Mansion and was Cao Yi's teacher, so Cao Yi's lyrics to his teacher would definitely not be bad, and now she was very curious about the quality of the three poems that Cao Yi wrote at once, so she asked.

"Well, Childe has written three new lyrics, but it is more difficult to sing any of these three lyrics, so I have been practicing the singing of these three lyrics in the past few days." Yu Youwei said with a smile.

"......" Gongsun Yourou was frightened by Yu Youwei's words, and even Yu Youwei, who was the first Oiran in the hall and good at playing and singing, said that it was difficult, so what did these three songs have to look like for her to make such an evaluation, so that the curiosity in her heart became heavier, and she asked urgently: "Sister Youwei, do you have a music score?" Why don't I come and give you an accompaniment, you can sing? ”

"Huh? Is that okay? Yu Youwei was also a little moved at first glance, and then asked embarrassedly: "Sister Yourou, have you practiced the copper pipa before?" ”

The copper pipa is actually a pipa made of copper wire, which was created by the literati of the Tang Dynasty, mainly in order to pursue a rich and tragic timbre and try a reform, so it has higher requirements for the finger power of ordinary players. Before, Yu Youwei had been using the guqin to play three words, and the effect was not very good, but later, under the guidance of Cao Yi, she switched to playing the copper pipa, and the effect was really much better.

It's just that this copper pipa needs to use false nails when playing because of the copper strings, and they need to be tied to the fingers to make the timbre more rounded, and it will not hurt the fingernails, which is more convenient to exert force, but at the same time, because of the relationship between the false nails and the copper strings, the requirements for finger power during the playing process will become very high. So she was afraid that Gongsun Yourou had not practiced the copper pipa before, and when the time came, she would not be used to playing it on stage and it would be counterproductive, so she asked

"Is my sister afraid that I won't be able to do that? Don't worry, little sister, I have practiced sword dancing since I was a child, and my arm strength and finger strength are higher than that of ordinary men, and I have practiced copper pipa for a period of time before, so I am also very skilled in this. Gongsun Yourou replied with a smile, paused and said, "It's just that I didn't know that my sister had to cooperate with the copper pipa in the performance, so I didn't bring that fake nail ......."

When Yu Youwei came, she had already thought about playing on stage, otherwise other crazy men would not write invitations to herself, so she carried a series of items such as guqin, copper pipa, iron plates, and fake nails.

"This matter is easy to solve, I brought two pairs of fake nails, and when the time comes, my sister can take one and tie it to her fingers."

"It's so good, but I don't know what the names of these three words are, I want to familiarize myself with them first, no matter which one my sister is going to perform at that time, I can try my best to cooperate well." Gongsun Yourou stuffed the last bite of shortbread into his mouth, and after chewing, he wiped his mouth and hands with the silk scarf he carried, and said with a smile.

"In fact, the lyrics and songs are still old, they are "Linjiang Immortal", "Jiangchengzi" and "Yongyule", but the content written by the son is more heroic and powerful, and I have not been able to sing that kind of charm before, so I thought about changing it to copper pipa and iron spur, and in addition to my own deliberate regional change of singing tone and technique, I rented and practiced for four or five days before I felt that it was barely in my ears."

"No, it's my sister, you're too demanding of yourself, right?" Gongsun Yourou asked in shock.

Yu Youwei smiled and said, "I've already brought the lyrics and songs, you can see it later, well, we also need to find a place to practice well, otherwise there will be a lack of tacit understanding......"

"Jin'er, you should come along, do you still need your iron plate when performing?" Yu Youwei turned her head to Jin'er and said.

"Huh? Am I going to stay on stage then? Jin Erqi said timidly.

"That's right, so that the guqin, copper pipa, and iron plate are all available, don't you want Miss and me to perform better and more perfectly?" Yu Youwei said deliberately.

Naturally, Jin'er hurriedly shook her head and denied it, waved her hand anxiously and said, "No, no, how could Jin'er think so, of course, I hope that Miss, the more perfect your performance is, the better...... Jin'er will practice with Miss ...... later"

Cao Yi looked at Jin'er speechlessly, it was so easy to be tricked by her own lady, it was really simple, it seems that you have to guide this aspect well in the future, otherwise if Jin'er is in charge of the business affairs of the Taibai Chamber of Commerce in the future, it will be easy to be deceived.

Then Yu Youwei, Jin'er and Gongsun Yourou took the instrument and went to find a quiet, nobody's place to practice the repertoire, originally they asked Cao Yi if they wanted to go together, but Cao Yi refused, anyway, he was already very familiar with these three words, and Cao Yi had usually listened to Yu Youwei's private practice many times, so there was no motivation, it was better to stay here to eat and eat more realistically.

Since Cao Yi stayed here, it was not good for Red Sleeves to go with Yu Youwei, so he stayed with Cao Yi.

"Red Sleeves can go with you if you want to go, I'm just sitting here eating anyway, and I won't go anywhere, so it's okay." Cao Yi said to the red sleeves.

Red Sleeves shook his head after hearing this, and didn't say anything, Cao Yi didn't say anything anymore when he saw this, and ate some fruit to satisfy his hunger.

"Childe, after the Lantern Festival, we will arrange a carriage to pick up Sikong Ye and his brother and sister to Jiangning." Red Sleeves looked at Cao Yi for a while, and suddenly his heart moved, and he spoke.

"Oh, yes, school is going to start again soon, Red Sleeves, you didn't remind me that I really forgot, haha! A few years ago, I swore that I would arrange a carriage to pick up the Sikong Ye brothers and sisters, ha, thanks to your reminder, otherwise I would have become a no-nonsense person. Cao Yi smiled brightly at the red sleeves, and the red sleeves were in a trance.

"That's it, Red Sleeves, you give Tie Zhu two pieces of money tomorrow, and let him drive to pick up Sikong Ye, anyway, he will also go when he sends it, and he is familiar with the road, but you ask him to pay attention to safety on the road, because it is too tiring to run for a day, let him stay in a hotel for a night on the way, otherwise he will drive tiredly...... Cao Yi ordered.

Red Sleeves nodded and promised, although Red Sleeves didn't really understand what Childe said about fatigue driving, but it should be literal, let the iron pillar pay more attention to rest, don't be too tired.

"Gongzi Cao...... Is Cao Gongzi here? Cao Yi and Red Sleeves were discussing the matter of picking up Sikong Ye, and a small servant in the He Mansion came over from outside, shouting as he walked.

Cao Yi was about to bow his head to cover it, but the little guy saw this in an instant, walked over quickly, and said anxiously: "Master Cao, it turns out that you are here, let the villain have a good time to find it, our master asked me to invite you to his side, saying that all the elders want to meet you, Gongzi......"

Cao Yi knew that there was no way to hide, so he had to nod sheepishly and said, "Then little brother, you lead the way in front, let's go over." After saying that, he gave Red Sleeves a look and asked her to follow.

Along the way, many people greeted Cao Yi, and they all said that the madman was looking for him before, but he never found words like that, Cao Yi responded with a smile, and at the same time thought in his heart, according to the current posture of the people, it is estimated that the madman will not have anything good to find himself in the past, and he has secretly speculated how to find an excuse to deal with it later.

The venue for this Lantern Festival gathering is actually the place where the last Mid-Autumn Festival poetry meeting was held, so after a while, he came to the location where the elders were, Cao Yi was far away, so he stepped forward with a warm face, bowed deeply, and shouted loudly: "Junior Cao Yi to meet all the elders!" ”

"Humph! If I don't let people come to you, aren't you going to come? Cao Yi boy, let me tell you, all the other talents have already come to say hello, the toast that should be toasted, the greeting that should be greeted, and some people have even come twice. You're good, what? You, the number one in Jiangning, look down on us bad old men, right, you haven't taken the initiative to come over for so long, let alone toast, even if you come over to show up, it can be regarded as giving us face, but the facts, you don't even want to give this face, right? "Cao Yi's bowed body hasn't straightened yet, and the madman has already crackled and said a lot, but the central idea is, Cao Yi, if you don't take the initiative to come, now I'm very angry, you can do it yourself!

Cao Yi touched his forehead, and said with a smile: "Crazy man, you can't wronged me, I did have something to do just now......

"Come on, come on, tell me, what were you up to? If you don't say that you are ugly, I will never spare you! The madman said angrily.

"Uh...... The junior was really busy just now, don't believe you ask Red Sleeves, I definitely didn't lie to you. Cao Yi was thinking about what kind of excuse to find in his mind, and at the same time coping with the madman's questioning.

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