Chapter 54: A sword to cut the head
It's snowing, and the flowers are flying.
The cangtou slave Liu Taozhi stood under the eaves in front of the hall and watched the thinly dressed Kang Ji come alone.
Her slave didn't know where she was, and her son had already been sent by her to the princess Yuan Zhonghua.
Liu Taozhi didn't know what this Kang was thinking. Everyone said that Kang Ji deliberately competed for favor. Liu Taozhi never asked much about Queen Gao's house, but he felt that this Kang Ji might be a little different.
Everyone else is dressed in brocade clothes, but she doesn't seem to even know about the cold. I can't see a little bit of Israel's thoughts, what does she rely on to compete for favor? So the concubines secretly laughed at Kang Ji, and they wanted to go crazy if they wanted to compete for favor. Especially Li Changyi, she couldn't help but sneer in her heart. thought it was Kang Naning's dress, how could Gao Cheng be willing to look at her more?
Li Changyi didn't look down on Yu Jiulu's arbitrary arrogance in her heart, and always felt that no matter how beautiful the worm was, it was not enough to captivate the country and the city. Gu Ying is self-pitying, she herself is the real beauty of the city, and she should not let it go.
Sure enough, when Li Changyi silently walked through the courtyard and entered the hall, the hall immediately seemed to be full of light. But such a good posture is useless, and beautiful makeup is useless, but people secretly laugh at her for not being favored and being so flamboyant. No one thinks she's beautiful, they just think she's ridiculous. But their own identities are more humble than Li Changyi, who was born in the Li family of Zhao County, and they dare not really show this kind of extremely resentful and sarcastic ridicule.
Li Changyi was really uncomfortable in her heart. Gao Cheng's personality she knows, is an excellent woman. He had obviously been eyeing her for a long time, when she was still Gao Zhongmi's wife. But why did he marry him as a concubine, but he became more and more cold to her? It's better to make him more attentive when he wasn't married.
Except for the moonlight, all of them are the wives and concubines of Gao Cheng's name.
It's just that Moonlight doesn't care about it. Instead, others want to avoid her, avoid her.
The moonlight wants to be intentional and self-respecting with Gao Chengqing in front of these beautiful women like flowers. The concubines all know in their hearts that the husband has only Princess Rouran in his heart, and even the princess and the eldest princess can't do anything, let alone them? I was extremely dissatisfied with this exclusivity of moonlight, but I didn't dare to show it at all.
If it is accidentally revealed, Moonlight himself doesn't care, and the king will definitely not be happy. Even the princess was in danger of being abandoned by the king if she was slightly dissatisfied, let alone them?
It's a tasteless feast.
People who are full of anticipation are sad and lost in their hearts again.
Seeing the princess sitting next to the king, she was just closer to the king. This is still relying on the identity of the eldest princess of the Yuan clan and the child in her belly. What are these humble concubines?
Everyone could see that the king's mind was on the Yu Jiulu clan on the other side of him. Although she was not as close to him as the eldest princess. But he could barely take his eyes off him, and every now and then he had to look back at her. There was a look between the two people's eyebrows that only they could understand.
Li Changyi really couldn't stand it, she wanted Gao Cheng to turn her mind away.
She picked up the ear cup full of Hedong Yibai, knelt down straight at the banquet and smiled at Gao Cheng, "King, it's really boring to have no singing and dancing at the banquet. The princess is pregnant and can't drink, so she must be even more bored. Ask the king Yun Kangji to dance to cheer up the princess. ”
Lee's proposal apparently piqued Gao Cheng's interest. He looked at Kang Nanen in the last seat, as if waiting for her to come forward and ask for her life. If he was willing to listen to the song and dance, she should have stepped forward and asked for her life.
Yuan Zhonghua glanced at Li Changyi.
Lee Chang-yi was deeply proud of her proposal. not only successfully attracted Gao Cheng's attention, but also secretly depreciated Kang Naning's identity. Except for the eldest princess, they are all concubines, but Kang Ji wants to entertain everyone with singing and dancing.
Li Changyi's proposal is for the eldest princess, and it seems that she is dedicated to the housewife. Success or failure, she won a round.
Kang Nanen sat motionless on the seat, not flattered. looked straight at Gao Cheng, who was far away from her and was high up.
The moonlight beside Gao Cheng said with real interest, "Kang Niangzi's dancing is indeed unmatched." ”
The other concubines, especially those who live very close to Kang Naning, know that she is **** practicing hard, and they are full of hatred at this time. I think she is deliberately contrived, obviously looking forward to this moment, but now she is pretending to be quieter than anyone else. I didn't expect this Western Regions orchid to be so scheming.
Li Changyi looked at Kang Naning with a smile on her face and mockery. She didn't believe that Kang Naning would let go of this opportunity after so much effort. She just wants to see how she plays.
"Kang Ji." Gao Cheng called.
Kang Nanen finally stood up, and she stepped forward, calm and composed. Her eyes were staring straight at Gao Cheng, there was no one else in her eyes, and her expression was extremely complicated.
Gao Cheng saw that Kang Nanen's hair was combed in the style of a Sogdian woman, but the clothes on her body were Han clothes and skirts, which were very nondescript, and he even doubted whether she had the heart to dance. He didn't want to ruin the fun.
"The king, the concubine has been practicing the sword dance for several months, and she is willing to dance for the king and the princess to congratulate the king and the princess on their joy again." Kang Naning didn't wait for Gao Cheng to suspect it, so he simply asked for his life.
She took a deep look at Yuan Zhonghua.
Gao Cheng saw that Kang Naning really had this thought, and he also knew that she had been practicing sword dance, but he didn't have the heart to pay attention to it, so he ordered, "Since you have this heart, go and change your clothes first." ”
The music gradually rose, not only the huqin, pipa and qiang flute, but Gao Cheng also ordered the addition of drums.
When Kang Naning came back from changing clothes, it was not very unusual, it was still white, but it was just a white linen dance dress.
Yuan Zhonghua looked at her makeup, she didn't like this kind of dance dress very much.
Gao Cheng's expression changed slightly. His eyes remained unwavering as Kang Nanen kept coming forward.
"Since you have been practicing sword dance for a long time, can you really use the sword dance today?" Gao Cheng stared at Kang Naning stupidly and asked.
Kang Nanen's heart beat hard when she heard his question. She finally stabilized her mind, suppressed her heartbeat, and replied slowly, "The concubine usually uses a sword when she practices this dance, but today she doesn't dare to use a sharp blade in front of the king and princess." There was a slight tremor in her voice.
"It's okay, since it's a sword dance, you have to use a sword." Gao Cheng didn't wait for Kang Naning to say anything more, and he had already ordered the slave to get the sword.
Although there were many people in the hall, they all kept silent, and they all concentrated on Kang Naning, who was waiting quietly, in the deep and slow sound of drums one after another. She was calmer than anyone else.
Yuan Zhonghua subconsciously stroked his chest, suddenly feeling flustered. The sound of the drum was not heavy, it was not fast, but it was as if it was beating on her heart one by one.
"Kang Niangzi, although it was Li Niangzi who proposed, if you don't want to, don't force it." Yuan Zhonghua looked at Kang Naning, who was standing in the center.
Kang Naning turned his head and glanced at Li Changyi.
Li Changyi was looking at her triumphantly.
"The princess doesn't have to worry, since it is Mrs. Li who wants to see it, the concubine will follow her wishes." Kang Naning turned his head to look at Yuan Zhonghua again, "The princess just sit down and don't move lightly." She looked at Yuan Zhonghua with a pair of big brown eyes, as if she was a little reluctant.
The slave came with a sword, a soft sword that could be wrapped around the waist. If you don't know how to use it, you may hurt yourself.
Kang Naning was not afraid, took the soft sword in his hand and looked at it carefully repeatedly.
"Kang Ji, can you dance?" Li Changyi saw her think about it repeatedly, and thought that she would not use this soft sword, so she urged Kang Naning first without waiting for Gao Cheng to speak.
Kang Naning raised his sword and looked up at Gao Cheng, "Thank you Lord Lang for your kindness." ”
This is a bit inexplicable.
However, without waiting for anyone to think about it, Kang Naning already held the sword in his hand.
The music is loud, but the tempo is not very fast. Kang Nanen was originally a Sogdian who was good at music and dancing, and singing and dancing were natural skills, not to mention that she had been studying hard for so long.
There was not a single word of speech in the hall except for the sound of music. Everyone was quickly hooked. It does not rely on beautiful appearances, does not rely on gorgeous clothes, does not rely on skills, it is purely the harmony of man and sword and the rhythm is integrated, natural and natural, and the real dance of everyone.
Gao Cheng has a deep knowledge in dance and music, and he is also attracted to the point that he can't take his eyes off. This is compared with Yuan Yuyi's previous white silk dance, and it is immediate. He suddenly realized that Conanain looked extremely strange.
They met in the Yecheng wine shop, and Chenggao met again, and soon you were willing and painted. However, when he returned to Yecheng, he was quicker and left her aside. He didn't have the patience to know what kind of person she was, and he didn't have the heart to care what she would do. He really didn't have this person in his heart.
Kang Naning's bun suddenly fell apart, and a few long braids hung down, which was the hairstyle of a Lite girl. The golden hairpin used by the women of the Han family that was originally inserted on her head fell to the ground. It was a golden hairpin with two butterflies flying in pairs.
Naturally, she didn't care.
No one else paid attention, and I had never seen such a wonderful dance.
Only Li Changyi's face was stupid.
The sound of the drums became heavier and heavier, and gradually accelerated. Kang Naning danced like shooting down nine days, and suddenly danced like a flying mantle. Suddenly the silver glittered, and suddenly the long sleeves fluttered.
Just as her long sleeves were flying, all the lights in the hall were extinguished, and only the blue light was seen.
Gao Cheng felt something different, and put down his hand.
The cold wind swept by, and the delicate and colorful concubines suddenly found that the blue light flew towards "Mrs. Li".
Before anyone else could understand what was going on, they heard a "bang", and a ball-like thing fell heavily to the ground and rolled away.
However, when they understood it again, the screams and screams were continuous, and the concubines crawled and retreated. It seems that he wishes that he had a few more hands and feet to hide farther.
The round ball is Li Changyi's head. Her body stood upright for a moment, blood pouring out of her cavity and splattering everywhere, and then her headless body fell to the ground.
The head had tumbled down to the open ground in the middle of the hall, right in the center. There was a grim smile on his head.
Gao Cheng stood up suddenly.
Moonlight also got up. She turned back and took the bow from the slave behind her, and held Kanemaru in her hand, staring at Kang Naning calmly. She's ready.
Yuan Zhonghua swayed and stood up, forgetting that Kang Naning had asked her to sit down just now.
"Kang Niangzi......" Yuan Zhonghua took a few steps forward and walked in front of Gao Cheng.
Kang Naning had already raised her sword, and she didn't see her steps moving, Kang Naning had already arrived in front of Gao Cheng like a ghost.
Gao Cheng subconsciously dragged Yuan Zhonghua back, and he stepped forward to protect her.
"What do you say?" Gao Cheng pointed straight at the sharp blade that Kang Naning pointed at him in his hand.
"Gao Zihui," Kang Naning pointed his sword at him, "The Li family has a blood feud with me that broke the family and harmed my relatives, and my uncle died at her hands. I didn't stop bullying me for her when I killed her, but I can't help but avenge the destruction of my family. When she faced Gao Cheng, she no longer had the same obedience as before, because she no longer had any hope in her heart. She already saw him as a passerby.
"I see." Gao Cheng's heart became clear. He hadn't cared before, because he didn't care. It turned out that Kang Naning went to Chenggao because Li Changyi made her unable to accommodate herself in Yecheng.
Gao Cheng actually didn't care that Kang Naning killed Li Changyi. He already knew that Li Changyi was sent to him by Emperor Yuan Shanjian, and he also knew that Li Changyi was a scheming, sexually treacherous, and vicious, but he didn't want to startle the snake now.
Li Changyi borrowed a little thing to stir up such a big storm, although he snubbed her, but in the end it was still not as happy as Kang Naning's treatment, and he would never suffer in the future.
"Now that the Li family is dead, you have taken revenge, what are you still worried about?" Gao Cheng didn't want to punish Kang Naning because of Li Changyi. On the contrary, it was in his best interest to do so.
The concubines all trembled like leaves in the wind, and they didn't dare to make a sound to look in front of them.
Gao Cheng saw Liu Taozhi come in. He glanced at Liu Taozhi, his eyes meaningful. Liu Taozhi understood that Lord Lang had stopped him. But he couldn't help but be on guard, and looked at Kang Naning calmly. He didn't lose his mind and run out of means for such a woman.
Moonlight looked at Kang Nanen, and she admired her. used to think that she was from a humble background and had no personality and temper, but she could be so strong and forbearing. It's worth it to finally take revenge.
She wasn't worried about Gao Cheng anymore. Kang Naning has such clear grievances, she really doesn't believe that she will kill Gao Cheng.
"Kang Niangzi, what do you want to do?" Yuan Zhonghua pushed away the aunt who was pulling her and walked over. She had composed herself by this time. "Don't you want to think about Asu?"
Kang Naning smiled sadly, "I said that Asu is the son of the princess. I have taken revenge, and I am relieved that I will be relieved except for the calamity of His Highness. ”
Everyone understood. It turned out that Kang Naning had always deliberately put Shiro Asu by Yuan Zhonghua's side. She has been practicing sword dance hard not to compete for favor, but to have a day of revenge.
Li Changyi's maidservant Kuye had already shrunk in the corner at this time, and her body was paralyzed and couldn't get up. She never thought that the little lady would end up like this, and her face turned into dry bones in a blink of an eye.
Even if the little lady bullied Kang's family, she would kill herself. She was also a helper who helped her beg for death. didn't care about thinking about the little lady anymore, she just hoped that Kang Naning couldn't think of her.
Gao Cheng frowned, he really didn't expect Kang Naning to be such a person. The only thing he regretted was that he shouldn't have walked into the liquor shop in the market that day. If it hadn't been for that time, maybe Kang Naning could have been selling wine in the liquor store all the time, and playing the turtle pipa when he was in the mood. Then you can marry a man who is truly compatible with her......
After all, she paid him wrongly, and he failed her again.
What can he do now?
He pulled Yuan Zhonghua away and walked up to meet the sharp blade in Kang Naning's hand. Cona-Ning raised her sword, the tip of her sword almost against his throat.
"Kang Niangzi, if you have a heart, I will let you leave today, and you will have nothing to do with the Gao Wangfu from now on." If he can't go back to the past, the only thing he can do is that. Let her live, the two will never have anything to do with each other again, and she can go wherever she wants in the future.
Kang Naning sneered, "Gao Zihui, is this the only thing you can come up with?" When I met you outside Chenggao City, you didn't bless me with the God of Light, but set up a robbery for me. Today is the time of my calamity. With that, she discarded the sword in her hand.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
"I am a Rite, and I want you to bury me in the manner of a Rite. I am the only one in my grave, and you are not allowed to leave any trace. I never want to see you again, never to see you again. Kang Nanen said this appalling words, and then suddenly reached out and pulled out the only remaining golden hairpin from his head and nailed it into his neck.
"Kang Hee!" Yuan Zhonghua saw that her body fell softly, and the blood flowed profusely, and she immediately fell down with a black eye.