"Slow down, slow down." Qiu Tang beckoned the two porters to carry the two large bags of grain into the courtyard, "Okay, let's put it in the east wing." ”

"Qiu Tang, what is this?" The noise outside the house attracted the pearls.

"Oh, I found an errand for singing music in the teahouse, and then sold a silk handkerchief I brought with me, and bought some food, and in a few days it is estimated that Boss Gu and they should enter the palace, and we will also prepare some food ourselves." Qiu Tang hit the floating ash on his body, took out ten copper plates from his arms, and handed them to the porter, "It's hard work." ”

The two porters borrowed the money, counted it, and left.

"Come on, come into the house and rest. Dinner is ready. ”

On the treetops of the moon, Fu Liang took two little eunuchs, carrying lanterns, to the gate of Xiwang Mansion. After stepping forward and knocking on the door, after a while, the double door opened inward, and a pink-faced boy with a double bun on his head greeted him: "It turned out to be Master Fu, please come in quickly." ”

"Where's your master?" Fu Liang knew that this boy was brought by Boss Gu in the troupe to serve those corners.

"My master and brothers are practicing. Fu-sama, please. The boy said as he led Fu Liang inside.

"Boss Gu." Following the boy, Fu Liang walked into the second courtyard, and at a glance saw Boss Gu talking to Yuluan and Yuchen, this should be a child's play.

"Master Fu." Boss Gu was interrupted and displeased, but when he raised his eyes and saw Fu Liang, he had to suppress the dissatisfaction in his heart and greet him with a smile, "It's so late, Lord Fu is here, but there is something important?" ”

"The lower official is here on the order of His Royal Highness the current Crown Prince to invite Boss Gu into the palace to discuss the drama of his birthday." Fu Liang was not polite either, and directly explained his intentions.

"This ......," Boss Gu muttered, "It's getting late today, why didn't Master Fu lead me to meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince tomorrow?" ”

"The Holy Lord has just issued a holy order, ordering His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to handle the birthday of the old queen mother, His Royal Highness wants to discuss it with you earlier, after all, time is pressing."

"In that case, then there is Lord Laofu." Seeing that he couldn't refuse, Boss Gu had to respond, turned around and said to Brother Yuluan, "Go back for the teacher, you have a good life to practice here, don't slack off, don't go out to cause trouble." ”

"Remember Master's teachings." Yuluan and Yuchen both saluted.

"Master Fu, let's go." Seeing that Yuluan and Yuchen should be down, Boss Gu was slightly relieved, raised his hand and walked out with Fu Liang.

"That's it." The sky was bright, Luan Pu'an jumped out of the carriage, opened the curtain, Luan Qingyao slowly leaned out, looked around, and saw that the carriage stopped in front of a small house.

"Uncle, where is this?" Luan Qingyao now calls Luan Pu'an his uncle, and he has already shouted very smoothly.

"Come down, the house I bought the other day. Lord Xue didn't leave us much, I kept some of it for daily expenses, and the rest of the money bought this house, so our uncle and nephew can be regarded as having a place to stay. Luan Pu'an stepped forward and pushed the door open, but the door was empty and there was nothing.

"It's the little girl who is dragging down my uncle." Luan Qingyao jumped out of the carriage and helped Luan Puan lead the carriage into the courtyard.

"What do you say? You just call me uncle, and you talk about dragging me down. Luan Pu'an said with a smile.

The uncle and nephew parked the carriage and opened the door of the house, and a puff of old dust hit their faces, choking them and coughing repeatedly. After the dust settled, Luan Qingyao helped Luan Pu'an carry the burden on the carriage into the house together, and lit the oil lamp. Under the dim light, the fine dust flew up and down, Luan Qingyao walked to the yard and found a bucket with cracks in the corner, she didn't care if there were cracks or not, now it was important to get some water and clean the house. The heavy wheels creaked, like an old man in his last years of life struggling to move his body. A bucket of water swayed and hung up, Luan Pu'an hurriedly stepped forward to help, the splash hit his face, and a trace of coolness spread along the pores in his body.

After tossing for a whole day, the house can finally move around and sit and lie down at will, Luan Qingyao put the bucket into the well, and hoisted half a bucket of water up, and a person staggered the water to the small kitchen next to the east wall of the courtyard, opened the burden of grain, poured out a few brown rice from it, Luan Qingyao lit the firewood, and prepared to cook on the fire.

"Qingyao, you rest, I'll come." Just after tightening the bed hoop in the west wing, Luan Pu'an went into the kitchen again.

"Uncle has worked hard, I'll do the cooking." Luan Qingyao was blessed and blocked Luan Pu'an out of the kitchen. At this time, Luan Qingyao was still very grateful to Mother Xu in her heart, if it weren't for Mother Xu's demonic abuse and training, she might not be able to do anything now.

"Then be careful." Seeing that Luan Qingyao insisted, Luan Pu'an didn't say anything more, and went back to the house after a few words.

"Boss Fang, where did this girl come from?" The tea guests of Shuyutang drank tea, looked at Qiu Tang who was singing on the stage, and called Fang Jiasheng, the owner of Shuyutang.

"Yo, Master Cao, you didn't come yesterday afternoon, did you?" Seeing the curiosity of the tea guest, Fang Jiasheng quipped, "This girl sang in our teahouse yesterday afternoon." I heard her say that she followed her adoptive mother into the city to look for relatives, but her adoptive mother was seriously ill and couldn't find her relatives, so she came here with a cheeky face to sing and make money and treat her adoptive mother. ”

"I wasn't free yesterday afternoon," Cao Ye smiled, "This girl sings really well, not only does she sing well, but the sound of the pipa in her arms is also good." ”

"Yo, I really don't know if the pipa is good or not, Cao Ye, you are an expert in this regard, if you say it is good, then it can't be wrong. I'm a rough guy, and I just know that the tea in your bowl is the best tea in my shop. Fang Jiasheng said, and added another pot of hot water to Cao Ye.

"Boss Fang laughed." No one doesn't like to be praised, Cao Ye seemed very happy, "Boss Fang, you are busy, I won't bother you." ”

"You drink, I won't disturb you listening to the music." Fang Jiasheng bowed and went to the side to get busy.

Cao Ye drank tea, a pair of eyes looked at Qiu Tang from top to bottom, and every time his eyes slid over the pipa, the corners of his mouth would be uncontrollable smiles. This instrument, even in a place like the Holy City, is a rare and good instrument.

Cao Ye insisted on renewing two more pots of hot water, and when Qiu Tang finished singing and stepped off the stage, Cao Ye called Fang Jiasheng again: "Boss Fang, you know, I have always had no resistance to a good piano, I just saw that girl's piano, I like it very much, I don't know if I can trouble Boss Fang to introduce me, let me take a good look at this piano?" ”

"Master Cao, you're polite, I'll go and call that kid." Fang Jiasheng turned around and shouted to Qiu Tang, who had just finished receiving the money and was about to leave.

Qiu Tang saw Boss Fang calling her, so she came back with the qin: "Shopkeeper Fang." "Blessed to speak.

"A beautiful woman with a good piano, good!" Seeing Qiu Tang's graceful posture, Cao Ye couldn't help but praise.

Being praised like this by others, Qiu Tang couldn't help but be vigilant, and raised his eyes to look at Fang Jiasheng.

"Oh, Qiu Tang, this is Cao Jingxiu, the royal pianist of the palace music workshop, Cao Ye." Fang Jiasheng hurriedly introduced, "Master Cao, this is the girl who just sang the song, her name is Qiu Tang." ”

"Qiu Tang greets Cao Ye." Begonia is once again blessed.

"Hurry up, hurry up." Cao Jingxiu hurriedly stretched out his hand to help, "I just listened to the girl's singing, I felt refreshed, and I saw that the pipa in the girl's arms was not a vulgar thing, so I asked Boss Fang to leave the girl, I don't know if it is inconvenient for the girl to let me take a look at the piano?" ”

"Cao Ye wants to see it, that is the blessing of the little girl and this piano, but this piano has followed the little girl for many years, and after the wind and dust, the little girl is afraid that Cao Ye's hands will be dirty." Qiu Tang lowered his eyes and responded.

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. To be honest, I have an old acquaintance with this piano. Cao Jingxiu said with a smile. He didn't talk nonsense, this piano was originally purchased in the Holy City by Mu Lingyi, the eleventh prince, Mu Lingyi only said that he wanted to give it away, but he didn't want to meet the person who received the piano by chance today.

"Since Cao Ye doesn't dislike it, then ask Cao Ye to give him a palm." As he spoke, Qiu Tang handed the piano to Cao Jingxiu. Whether Cao Jingxiu's words are true or false, Qiu Tang can't tell whether it's true or not, but he won't look bad if he looks at it, so he simply handed it over.

"Good piano!" Cao Jingxiu looked back and forth. He didn't know why this piano was in the hands of such a woman, and he couldn't guess the relationship between this woman and Mu Lingyi, as a luthier, these were not what he cared about, what he cared about was that this piano had been replaced, "Girl, has this piano ever been damaged?" ”

"Yes, it was the little girl who was careless and broke a string." Qiu Tang nodded.

"The strings I put on are still a little worse than the previous ones, no matter what, who let me meet them, tomorrow, I will bring good strings tomorrow and replace them with the girl again." Cao Jing cultivated.

"It's too troublesome for Master Cao." Qiu Tang hurriedly excused himself.

"No, no, no, such a good piano can't let one string affect its whole. I'll bring it tomorrow. Girl, don't excuse yourself. ”

Qiu Tang really didn't understand why Cao Jingxiu had to change the strings for his piano, but looking at Cao Jingxiu's gaze, Qiu Tang didn't have the courage to excuse again, so he had to agree.

"Take it well. Don't let it down. Cao Jingxiu returned the pipa to Qiu Tang and casually instructed.

"Thank you, Master Cao." Qiu Tang Wanfu thanked Cao Ye, resigned from the two, and left the teahouse.

"Jiaman, pack up and meet the guests." As soon as the sun was red, Meng Ling'er beckoned the girls of Fengqi Pavilion to dress up and prepare to meet guests. The girls began to dress up one by one, only Lu Jiaman's door was still closed, and Meng Ling'er had to step forward and knock on the door.

"Mom, I really can't see ......the guest today," Lu Jiaman held on to the door frame, his voice was weak, and his face was pale.

"Eh, what's going on?" Seeing that Lu Jiaman's face was not bloody, Meng Ling'er also panicked, even if this child's life was cheap, if he threw his life on his own territory, it would be a trouble. Meng Ling'er said, helped Lu Jiaman into the house, raised her nose and smelled the smell of medicinal powder all over the room.

Lu Jiaman sat on the edge of the bed, untied the silk silk around his waist, took off his clothes, and leaked out of his back, only to see that his back, which should have been as white as clotted fat, was drenched in blood at this time, and it was miserable.

"Oh, it!" Seeing the injury on Lu Jiaman's back, Meng Ling'er understood eight or nine points, "Rest." As soon as the words fell, Meng Ling'er took the door and went out.