At night, on the Yanliu River on the outskirts of Beijing, it is very lively. The large and small painting boats are full of lights, the boats are shuttling like weaving, the literati and ink writers are talking, and the sons of wealthy families are drinking and talking. The colorful lanterns on the boats connected from end to end weave the spacious Yanliu River into a glittering ribbon, and the voices of men and women chatting and laughing loosely ripple with the quiet water waves.

Two sons and sons in fine clothes are riding a small boat and sailing towards a huge painting boat.

"Brother Nian, it's the first time you've come to listen to Miss Ruyan's singing, right? Ruyan girl is now the Oiran on the Smoke Willow River, with good color and art, and most of the songs she sings are composed by herself, and her talent is not inferior to that of men. ”

"What can a little geisha do? It's just hearsay. ”

"Shhhh Beware of the other sons and sons who heard it, and threw you into the river in a fit of rage to feed the king. ”

A purple-clothed boy smiled slightly when he heard the conversation between the two, turned his head and said to the boatman: "Boatman, row over quickly, I heard the sound of the piano on the painting boat." ”

After the boat docked at the painting boat, several attendants who looked like small servants reached out to support the purple-clothed boy, but he waved his hand and drove aside.

The huge painting boat was full of friends, but there was no crowd. The sons of the wealthy families all seemed to be polite and polite, and they deliberately lowered their voices when talking to each other.

A mother-in-law dressed in brocade appeared in front of everyone, and said with a deep salute: "Thank you for coming, cheering for the girl like a cigarette, the refreshments and drinks on the table in front of you can be used casually, and the girl who is like a cigarette will come out to perform for all the nobles." ”

A son-in-law, who was obviously a regular customer, asked, "Mother-in-law, does Miss Ruyan have a new song recently?" ”。

The old woman said with a smile on her face: "This master, you are here, there is a new song today, it was written by Miss Ruyan yesterday, you can taste it slowly later." ”

As he spoke, the bead curtain was lifted, and a girl in a snow-white dress came out, holding the pipa and half-covering her face, bowing slightly to everyone, and then quietly sat on a soft floor and plucked the strings.

Everyone was silent, did not speak, the string sound is ethereal and mournful, like a wisp of fragrance, has penetrated into the hearts of the people.

The red lips opened, and the singing voice was like a heavenly sound, like crying and complaining. Just listen to her sing softly:

There is a cold wave, ruthless residual photos, it is Xiao Xiao Nanpu. More blowing, frost stripes lonely shadows, remember, the old time flying flocculents. In the evening, the smoke and waves are slanting, and when I see the travelers, I specially thin my waist like a dance. There is always a kind of desolation, very haggard, and there are still good sentences of Yantai.

Spring makes autumn rain. Thinking of the past, the secret wound is like a promise. Indulgently, around the embankment to draw boats, cold out, water clouds are still there. Recalling the past, a little east wind, a few heavy curtains, and sad eyebrows. Wait for an appointment with a plum soul, the dusk and the moon are light, and whisper to Yi Shen.

When the song stopped, no one spoke, and they all fell into a deep aftertaste, and the singing and piano still lingered.

The two sons in fancy clothes who had met in the back row began to whisper.

"What does Brother Nian think? Do you still think that the girl is an ordinary geisha with no talent? ”

Another son raised his hand to wipe the tears flowing from the corners of his eyes, and said in a low voice: "Brother Nian Hugh wants to mention it again, just because I was farting just now!" ”。

Although the voices of the two were small, they were still heard by a son in the front row, and he turned his face and whispered angrily: "Fart out!" Don't defile the elegance here. ”

The two were stunned for a moment, then their faces turned red and their ears were red, and they bowed their heads and were silent.

The spring night is bitter and short, and the moon shadow is slanting westward. Seeing the mother-in-law smiling and shuttling back and forth with a wooden tray to ask for a reward from the princes, everyone knew that it was time for the end of the song to disperse. The sons of wealthy families spent a lot of money, and the mother-in-law's face suddenly bloomed with joy, and she thanked her again and again.

The purple-clothed boy waited until everyone gradually dispersed, then took out a palm-sized piece of beautiful jade from his sleeve and handed it to his mother-in-law, and said softly: "Mother-in-law, can you help accommodate me and let my son meet alone with the girl like smoke?" ”。

As the saying goes, gold has a price and jade is priceless, for the sake of beautiful jade, the mother-in-law agreed, and smiled with a smile: "Wait a while, I will go and invite Miss Ruyan." ”

Tea kung fu, like a cigarette girl, she has washed off the fat powder, changed into a pink dress, more and more clear water hibiscus, beautiful and incomprehensible. The boy in purple was stunned for a moment.

The girl smiled and said, "What else does the son want to listen to?" Please go to the private room and sing to you like smoke. ”

The boy in purple shook his hand and said, "The girl has been singing all night, and I really should rest." I just want to ask Miss Ruyan to have two drinks with me and gossip. ”

The girl bent down and gently stroked it, and walked into the private room with the purple-clothed boy. After the two sat down, the girl like a cigarette quickly took out the amber cup, poured it full of wine, and held it in front of the purple-clothed boy with both hands.

Before I knew it, an hour had passed, and the boy in purple was already a little drunk. From the conversation, he learned about the life experience of the Ruyan girl, but it turned out to be from the family of the official eunuch in Kyoto, and her father was an important minister in the court. When the girl was seven years old, his father suddenly had a second spring, married four or five aunts in a row, and drove the eldest lady who was very obnoxious to the old Zhu Huang and the girl Ruyan back to his hometown, and never cared about it.

Later, the old lady fell ill, and the girl who grew up was like smoke and accompanied her mother all the way to the capital. I wanted to ask my father for help, but unexpectedly, I was in time for the frenzied purge of the former Dazai's remnants in the capital, and his father and several aunts died overnight as the remnants of the former Dazai. To say that the aunts of Ruyan are indeed wronged, and they are accused of Dazai's remnants, and before they died, they didn't even know what Dazai looked like, whether they had a beard or not.

In the end, the girl was unable to see her father, and her mother's illness became increasingly serious. The lonely, unaccompanied girl like smoke had no choice but to grit her teeth and stomp her feet to be a clear person. I wanted to earn some silver to save my mother's life, but as a newcomer, my business was bleak at first, few people cared about it, and I couldn't fill my stomach. It wasn't until her mother's death that business became more and more prosperous with her talent and diligence.

The drunken purple-clothed boy listened to Ruyan's narration and suddenly felt compassionate, he grabbed Ruyan's jade hand and took her into his arms, and touched her hand up and down, thinking that if such a wonderful person was included in the harem, he could not only save her from the sea of suffering, but also show his love for the people.

Ruyan girl struggled to break free from the arms of the purple-clothed boy, and said indignantly: "Son, please respect yourself, Ruyan is a clean person, and he doesn't sell his body!" ”。

The purple-clothed man's face was cloudy, and he sneered: "If you are invited to spend the Spring Festival with today, do you dare to refuse?" Aren't you afraid of killing your head? ”

The girl who was like a cigarette straightened her dress, and said: "If you are reluctant, even if you are today, you can win the first place like smoke, and don't want to take the heart of smoke!" ”。

She turned around and said to her mother-in-law who heard the voice: "Mother-in-law, return this son's Laoshzi to him, Ruyan is unwell today, say goodbye first, and you will send me off." After speaking, he didn't look at the two strong men dressed as small guys who rushed in, and walked away.

The two little guys raised their eyes to look at the purple-clothed boy, who shook his head imperceptibly.

The mother-in-law hurriedly stepped forward to apologize and said: "Don't blame the distinguished guest, such as the smoke girl who was born in a small official eunuch's family, is pampered, and has a stubborn temperament, and the old man will apologize to you on her behalf." ”

The purple-clothed boy stood up, shook his head and smiled: "It's this boy who is drunk Meng Lang." You take that piece of jade first, you don't have to return it to me, this son will come again. ”

After that, he waved his hand lightly and walked away with the two little guys.

"Tell General Yao, our reinforcements have arrived!" A lieutenant general knelt on one leg with joy and said loudly to Yao Taihe.

"Oh?" General Yao jumped up, waved his fat little short legs, and rushed up to the city tower, raising his eyes to look down at the city.

But seeing that the camp of the Red Turban Army under the city was already in chaos, the smoke was billowing and the flames were soaring into the sky. People shouted and horses neighed, and the sonorous sound of weapons colliding was endless. He looked closely, and the flags of the tiger camp fluttered high in the thick smoke, and he was impressive.

General Yao turned around and shouted excitedly, "Brothers, our reinforcements have finally arrived!" Bring me my big brass hammer! Open the city gates, all of them will go out of the city with me, and the inside and outside should be combined, and all the bandits will be killed! ”。

The defenders cheered in unison.

With a loud "boom", the city gate opened, and Yao Tai, who was neatly draped all over his body, and two big copper hammers danced in his hands, screamed wildly, and led the defenders to kill the enemy like a tiger out of the cage.

The Red Turban Army was attacked by the enemy, and it was even more chaotic.

In the chaos of the army, General Yao took the lead, rushing left and right. Ruan Wu, who was dressed in golden armor and holding Fang Tian's halberd, burst out and urged the horse to kill.

When the hammer arrived, the double hammer carried the whirring wind, and a Mount Tai pressed the top and smashed at Ruan Wu. Ruan Wu gritted his teeth and raised his halberd to meet him, and with a loud "bang", sparks splashed in all directions, knocking open the heavy copper hammer.

Suddenly, a black steed rushed under the banner of the Tiger Camp next to him. The man on the horse was in a silver helmet and silver armor, wearing a white battle robe, holding a big black iron spear, and without saying a word, he stabbed Yao Taihe with a spear.

Yao Taihe was taken aback, his own people beat his own people? Crazy, right?!

He looked closely, and this man had a white face, a hippie smile, and a scoundrel look, which he had never seen in the camp.

Yao Taihe shouted and asked, "Who are you?" ”。

The person who came looked up to the sky and laughed, and said loudly: "This general will not change his name or change his surname, and his surname will be long!" Don't you like to be a turtle with a shrunken head? Why are you willing to show your head today? If you don't get off your horse and die quickly, when will you wait?! ”

Ruan Wu, who had no beard, lightly lifted the reins of his horse, stepped forward and said with a smile: "Sixth brother's plan to lure the snake out of the hole really worked, but it just burned dozens of my military tents, and you have to make up for it for me when you go back." After speaking, he raised Fang Tian's painting halberd high and shouted: "Change formation!" ”。

With his order, the team, which had seemed chaotic, suddenly divided into three groups.

A group of men and horses whipped their horses and rushed to the open city gate with a shout. The other two groups formed a large ring, enclosing Yao Taihe and the centaurs brought out of him.

Yao Taihe's fat face instantly turned pale, and beads of sweat the size of soybeans on his forehead quietly rolled down. He knew that the general trend was gone, and gritted his teeth and shouted: "Lao Tzu fought with you!" Dancing the twin hammers rushed forward.