"Xing'er, guess how old that Cao Gongzi is?"

"Huh? Sixteen or seventeen years old, right? Miss, why did you suddenly ask about this ......" Xing'er asked suspiciously, and then suddenly let out an exclamation of "ah", looked at her young lady with wide eyes and disbelief, and said in a trembling voice: "Little ...... Miss, you ...... You won't be ...... Have you taken a fancy to him? ”

Miss Yue's eyes went up, revealing two good-looking white eyes, stretched out her green jade and pointed at Xing'er's forehead, and said, "What do you think about every day, this little head?" ”

Xing'er covered her head, pursed her mouth aggrievedly, and said in a low voice: "Miss, you asked questions yourself too much to provoke reverie, how can you blame me?" I thought you fell in love at first sight, Miss, and then had a singing and crying love......"

Miss Yue's eyebrows twitched slightly at this time, she forcibly restrained the impatience of her fingers, glared at Xing'er angrily, and said hatefully: "I'm asking him age, according to his age, don't you think it's time to study hard and work hard to gain fame...... But he took the goods of a merchant ship from Jiangning to Yangzhou to do business, what do you think he or the family behind him? ”

"It's normal, maybe he's not smart enough, or he's not favored at home, everyone has gone to get famous, so someone has to take over the family's business, so I didn't let him study, and it was very likely that he would help the family manage some business affairs, just like Liu Chengze and Liu Gongzi." Xing'er tilted her head sideways and thought for a moment before saying.

"But...... Look at his maids or ladies...... Also, Wang Gong's kind reminder hinted at us, saying that this Cao Gongzi and the prefect of Jiangning talked and laughed...... Let me wait not to offend, in this way, this is not an ordinary merchant family, after all, in front of the officials, the businessmen are not allowed to be on the stage, even if they have money, they are not good, not to mention that they are still the dignified Jiangning prefect, the feudal officials of the Great Yan Dynasty...... There is no reason to talk and laugh with a junior from a merchant family......" The Moon Girl muttered to herself after a long silence.

"Yes, it seems to be the case, and our Dayan Dynasty has always paid attention to 'everything is inferior, only reading is high', if the family background is really so good, he will definitely not let him come out to do business, so the problem is here......" Xing'er also had a burst of light in his eyes, and then said: "But there is another possibility, as I said before, this Cao Gongzi does have a great family background, but he may really have no talent for learning, and he is relatively dull, so his family will give up reading, as long as he can read and write, It is not required to obtain fame or anything like that, it is difficult to say that other people's families can already rely on their ancestors Yu Yin to obtain one official and two positions, and they can become officials without passing the imperial examination......" Xing'er pouted and said.

After a pause, he suddenly reacted: "No, miss, with your usual cold personality, how could you suddenly be so interested in a man you don't know?" ”

The moon girl, who was still pondering on the side, also suddenly came to her senses at this time, and frowned and whispered, "Yes, why is this?" ”

Xing'er on the side tilted his head and pondered for a while before he spoke: "Miss, it may be that everyone else is very attentive to you, Miss, and this Cao Gongzi has been very calm when he looks at us in the morning, and looking at us is the same as looking at Wang Gong on the side...... And then make the lady feel ...... This person is not quite the same as everyone else? So...... Just noticed? ”

The Moon Girl leaned on the cabin, looking at the scenery outside the window, frowning slightly and thoughtfully...... When she was young, she was the focus of the attention of a group of children, teachers and people around her, and when she grew up a little, she could be said to be famous in Yangzhou, and the visitors and admirers were like crossing the river, everyone was deliberately flattering to themselves, even if they just said a few words to others, smiled and nodded, the other party was like getting great glory and doing what a great thing, and he seemed to be used to being so complimented and treated by others...... She thought so, and then laughed uncontrollably, only with a slight self-deprecation in her smile.

In the next few hours, the two of them stayed in the cabin, and I don't know if it was because he was both women, since they boarded the ship and lived in the cabin, they basically didn't go out much, and even the lunch was sent by the Red Sleeves, and then sent out by Xing'er after eating. Of course, both Xing'er and Yue Girl were grateful to the girl who came to deliver the meal, and asked someone to bring their sincere thanks to the red-sleeved girl and Cao Gongzi.

Here Xing'er and Yue Girl locked themselves in the cabin, but Cao Yi, Red Sleeves and Yu Youwei and others all walked out of the cabin to move on the deck, today is rare and beautiful, the sun is warm and comfortable on it, basking in the sun and eating melon and fruit cakes, Cao Yi is full of rich and noble style, accompanied by all kinds of beauties next to him, Red Sleeves is much better than the previous two days, at this time also with Cao Yi on the deck, watching Yu Youwei playing the guqin.

Since the day Jiang Ning boarded the ship, today is the third day, Yu Youwei has not touched the piano for three days, for her who feels that she lacks something if she doesn't play the piano for a day, she is really panicked, the sun is just right at the moment, and the wind and waves are calm, it is a good time to play a few songs on the deck.

Yu Youwei took the guqin handed over by Jin'er, sat in the middle of the crowd, stretched out her slender and white jade fingers, and twisted it lightly and slowly, the sound of the piano suddenly sounded on the merchant ship, the sound of the piano was beautiful, the timbre was like a pool of spring water, with layers of rippling echoes, gurgling charm, smart and refreshing, inviting people's hearts to relax and ethereal.

"Miss...... Someone is playing the piano......" Xing'er suddenly listened to it for a while, and then spoke.

The Moon Girl nodded, listened quietly for a while, showed an intoxicated look, and said faintly: "The person who plays the piano is very strong...... I only see ...... in my life"

"Miss, shall we ...... Let's go out and have a look

？ Xing'er looked very interested.

Miss Yue hesitated, originally she planned to stay in the cabin until Yangzhou in order to avoid trouble, but hearing this kind of piano sound at this moment, it was really a great attraction for her, who was also proficient in music, and at this moment she was encouraged by Xing'er, so she nodded and walked out slowly following the sound of the piano.

However, they did not go directly to the deck, but hid behind the ship's side at the exit of the cabin...... After all, the two of them were outsiders and strangers in the whole ship.

"It's the girl named Youwei......" Xing'er whispered.

The Moon Maiden nodded, her eyes fixed intently on that side.

At this time, Yu Youwei just finished the song, looked up at Cao Yi, who had closed his eyes and listened to the music before, and now he had not opened his eyes, with a playful smile on his face, and the jade hand continued to stir the strings, plucking gracefully, a tactful and somewhat sad piano sound slowly poured out, and then the beautiful and pleasant song sounded in vain.

"The sound of prosperity escaped into the empty door and tormented the world...... The dream is cold, tossing and turning for a lifetime, and the love debt is a few books......"

And Cao Yi, who was originally listening with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes at this time, and looked at Yu Youwei who was playing and singing in a low voice with a look of surprise and disbelief in his eyes......

It turned out to be "Fireworks Are Easy to Cold", and it is also a highly restored "Fireworks Are Easy to Cold", before I just wrote the words to Tan Yun, and then taught to sing it, now it seems that Yu Youwei learned the singing method of this song from Tan Yun, and then composed a tune according to the singing tone.

For Cao Yi, who has crossed over, listening to the almost original guqin accompaniment, and listening to Yu Youwei sing this song with an intoxicating ethereal voice, there is a great touch in his heart.

"Miss, what kind of music is this?" Xing'er looked at the other end, her eyes widened, and she asked softly.

Miss Yue shook her head, listened to it for a while, and showed a thoughtful expression on her face, "It shouldn't be a word card music, but it looks like a folk tune, and the young girl has never seen this singing before, although this song does not respect the word card law, but it is also very good and meaningful, but it is just ......"

"Just what?" Xing'er asked puzzled.

"If it's a singer who enters the house, it's okay to change some singing, it's okay to have this qualification, if it's just an ordinary singer singer, it can't be so modified, the current singing style is good, but it's more like a game, it shouldn't be able to perform in public, you can only sing it in private like now, otherwise it will be heard by outsiders and will definitely attract criticism......"

Miss Yue'er frowned and explained, her heart was also wondering, could it be that this young girl who plays and sings is already strong enough to study new singing methods and new styles?

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