The residence of the Kabuki Shinnou was at the back of the workshop, so entering the side door, Sang Xiu led Shang Cheng to an unobtrusive path by the courtyard wall. Because she was so excited, she didn't even notice that the guards who followed Shang Cheng were missing a person when she entered the door. She was completely immersed in the bliss that fell from the sky......

If it weren't for the tea shop she met with Shang Cheng in Zhang Xiao's house a few days ago, she would probably be on the way back to Beijing now......

Really, before the steward of the workshop and her made it clear that the general wanted to ask her to come through, she never thought that she would have such a fate. In fact, before that day, she hadn't had much to think about the future. She grew up without parents and was sold into the workshop when she could not remember, where she grew up working in the workshop, playing the harp, singing, drumming and dancing for the guests...... Living in this environment for a long time, teaching and scolding customers, and forcing a smile, her character is very cowardly. The only thing she worked hard for in her life was probably last year when she begged her master Sang Aiai to find a way to send her to the inner garden in Beijing. This is the thing, and it is also the courage that she finally mustered up after not sleeping for a few days and nights. She originally thought that after dissolving the contract with the teaching workshop, she would return to Shangjing, like the sisters she knew who were lucky enough to get free in advance, work in the inner garden for a few more years, save some self, and then find an honest man to live a stable life. However, now that she has dissolved the contract with the teaching workshop and ticked her name in the flower book, she doesn't want to go back to Beijing at all. She wants to try again!

But all the sisters who knew the rumor and knew her persuaded her to die. She didn't even have to think about it, was that the place she could go into? The door she wants to step on is not an ordinary big family, it is a merchant in Yi County, it is the Admiral's General's Mansion, and it is likely that the red gold plaque of the prince or even the county marquis will be hung in a year or two.

She said that she had never had the luxury of expecting the imperial court's edicts, which were not the things that people like her dared to hope for, she just wanted to enter that door, couldn't this be done?

Of course not! The sisters ruthlessly shattered her dreams for the sake of not regretting her in the future. She is not only a kabuki, but also a bearded girl, even if her household registration has fallen to Yanzhou, it can't change this cruel fact! Even if she finally enters someone's door, she can only be a maid, not even a concubine!

It's not that she doesn't know this. But she thinks that people have to give themselves a little hope in life, right? Her past life was like a dead leaf swept up by the cold wind in winter, full of anxiety and turmoil, and even if she was careful, she would often encounter undeserved pain and suffering. If it weren't for the lack of a way, she would never have thought of such a glamorous but bitter day behind it! She hates this kind of life where she has to go through the torment with a smiling face every day! She longs for a dull and demure day, even if it is only for one day, she is willing to die! Now, this opportunity finally appeared in front of her, so she must go for it. Fight for it at all costs!

The sisters were all frightened by her words. None of them could understand why she had such thoughts. As they said in the song they sang, throughout the ages, the kabuki and dancers in the workshop, as well as the pianists and drummers, who did not live with a smiling face every day? The sisters told her that the suffering of this life was God's punishment for the wrong things they had done in their previous life; Endure it, accumulate virtue and cultivate blessings in this life, and hope to be born in a good family in the next life......

In the face of the punishment of fate, she doesn't know what others think, but she doesn't want to live like this anymore. Because there is a yearning, and because hope seems slim but not hopeless, this woman who has always been weak suddenly becomes strong. She said to herself that she had to do something, to do something to change her fate......

She couldn't get help from her good sisters, so she took advantage of the Huo family's wine feast to celebrate Huo Shiqi's award from the imperial court, and went to Huo Mansion to visit her master.

Sang Aiai, who was also happy for Huo Shiqi's award, left her for dinner. Of course, neither of them was qualified to go to the front yard where there were so many guests that the threshold was about to break, so Sang Aiai was entertaining the proud disciples of the past in his own courtyard.

This is exactly what Sang Xiu wants, she can talk to her master alone and ask her master to help her get some ideas.

Sang Aiai couldn't come up with any ideas for his apprentice. There are some things she can't say to Sang Xiu. For example, the thoughts of Aunt Seventeen, such as the thoughts of generals in the army such as Sun Zhongshan and Baokan, and the thoughts of the Lu family's ladies. There is also a vague rumor that the reason why Shang Cheng did not marry was because there was another princess in the Jingshi...... She couldn't say any of that. She could only tell Sang Xiu to break off this idea as soon as possible and hurry up and go back to Beijing.

The apprentice, who had always been obedient to her, didn't know what was crazy this time, and couldn't even listen to a word of her words. She had to scare her with the stories in the playbook, and told her how desolate the partial room in this play was, and how miserable the concubine room was in that play. But she used it to reason with these plays, Sang Xiu all knew that every play was a jealous and vicious woman who didn't end well, and then the concubine who endured humiliation in the previous days either made a decree or became the main room. This is to warn her, and it is to encourage her! In the end, Sang Aiai had no choice but to threaten that if Sang Xiu did not return to Beijing, she would not be recognized as an apprentice.

This threat is clearly useless. At present, Sang Xiu's heart has been completely stirred up by the story told by the master. Regardless of whether there is a result or not, even if there is a mountain of swords and fires ahead, she has to break through! Otherwise, she will not be reconciled!

Of course, it's a good thing to be determined, but unfortunately, she doesn't know how to "break through" at all. In the entire workshop, except for the real slaves, almost no one has spoken to the Admiral, so no one can help her in the middle. Besides, Lord Admiral rarely sets foot in the workshop, how can others help? Even the real slave who claimed to have been praised by the Admiral for singing and dancing actually had just a few words to the Admiral:

"My lord, do you want some wine?"

"Don't."

"My lord, this mutton soup is cooked by Master Liu Yidao Liu in the north of the city, the ingredients are heavy, and the heat is good. Shall I serve you a bowl? ”

"Thank you. I can't eat this. ”

That's all......

Although she has a heart, she can't meet adults, let alone have the opportunity to get close to adults. She's dead. Just the day before yesterday, she also went to order a carriage and prepared to return to Beijing in the next two days. Who knew that on that day, the church suddenly invited her to a send-off banquet, and the send-off banquet was presided over by the Admiral himself. And today, she came to congratulate Zhennu's birthday in advance, and she met an adult at the door...... Could it be that God thanked her for his sincerity and gave her the opportunity to devote himself?

Now, walking by Shang Cheng's side and guiding him to the backyard of the teaching workshop, she feels a feeling of dizziness accompanying her at any time. Something seemed to be pressing on her chest, her breathing was not smooth, and her heart was pounding. She unconsciously wanted to cheer loudly, wanted to scream loudly, and wanted to say loudly to the heavenly gods and bodhisattvas: Thank you! Thank you!

The path to the edge wall was not very long, and soon at the end of it appeared a half-man-high mud wall.

She pointed to the door and said, "My lord, when you pass through the corner gate, you will see the house of the real slave." ”

"Oh."

Shang Cheng's indifferent simple answer startled Sang Xiu. She only now suddenly realized that she had come all the way, and she was so happy that she hadn't said a word to the adults for a long time. And listening to the tone of the adult, he seemed to be very dissatisfied. What can I do?

She cautiously observed Shang Cheng's face, and asked worriedly, "My lord, is it ...... Isn't it me, I'm ...... Did I upset you? ”

Shang Cheng glanced at the tall brown-haired bearded girl beside him. This woman's personality is like that of a rabbit, and it seems that she does not forget to carefully observe the movements around her even when she eats grass, and she is always on the lookout for something; I don't know if this is due to the environment or the personality itself. In addition, she is also a little naturally cunning, such as today's meeting, from the very beginning she grasped the omission in his first sentence and kept using words to trick him; He had already seen that. But it's not annoying or annoying...... He withdrew his gaze, shook his head, and said, "No." ”

Sang Xiuhu looked at him suspiciously, more carefully distinguishing every subtle expression on his face, and his tone became more and more careful: "But, I seem to think, you don't seem to be very happy?" ”

Shang Cheng pushed open the rotten wooden door on the mud wall. He was really thinking about something else a little distracted; Because his thoughts were too deep, he probably showed something on his face, so he scared Sang Xiu. However, the things he was thinking about were 108,000 miles away from Sang Xiu and the teaching workshop and the send-off banquet in the evening. So he said, "It's none of your business. Probably the tone of these words was relatively cold, and he immediately saw that Sang Xiu's face became pale as snow, and he knew that she had misunderstood, and he couldn't explain it, so he changed the topic and said, "How did you get out of the country?" ”

"Do, do...... That's it. Sang Xiu buried his head and stumbled. She had met Shang Cheng a few times before, and she knew from the beginning that he was a young officer with a high rank, but she could not only talk and laugh with a shopkeeper in a store, but also chat with the guys in the teahouse, so even if she later knew his true identity, although she was horrified, she still subconsciously regarded him as the person who laughed with Gao Xiaosan. It wasn't until Shang Cheng said "This has nothing to do with you" just now that the general's majesty and power came to his face. For a moment, she felt like an ant too small to be seen, looking up at a mountain that stood tall and high into the sky. This contrast between the big and the small is so strong that it completely makes her lose the courage to climb - does a small figure like her dare to compare with a general as high and unattainable as a mountain?

Almost instinctively, her feet were also half a beat slower, from walking side by side with Shang Cheng to half a step behind.

Shang Cheng pretended not to see her fear and cowering, and continued to ask, "Then what are your plans in the future?" He sighed inwardly. He has been troubled for a while recently, often can't sleep well all night, and it is rare for his spirit to relax during the day, so the whole person is as tense as a bow, and he may collapse or explode at any time. Talking and joking with Sang Xiu, so that her cunning "trick" that can be understood at a glance "succeeds" step by step, is also a way to relax her mood. How do you know that this matter was finally messed up by yourself!

"Yet, haven't thought about it yet." Sang Xiu lowered his head and said in a snort, "Master said, let me go back to Beijing first." I also think it's good to go back to Beijing. ”

"When are you going to go back?"

"It's just these days."

Shang Cheng beckoned the guards to come over, took a few ingots of silver and handed them to her, and said, "A little bit of my heart, you can take the flowers on the road." I will have time in the future......" He originally wanted to say that he would remember to come back to see Sang Aiai and her son who was less than half a year old when he had time, but thinking that Jingshi and Yanshan were separated by more than a thousand miles, and the road was far away and the road was difficult, so he simply forgot it.

"Adult ......"

Shang Cheng waved his hand. She doesn't need to thank her for this money. So he asked her, "Is that where the real slave lives?" Also, the group of women clustered under the pergola over there are the kabuki and dancers in the Yanshan Sect he once saw, "looking at each other with red daisies, looking forward to the brilliance of the two"?