The first volume was young and thin-shirted at the time, and Chapter 54 The night banquet of the Dou Mansion was dismounted
PS: The night ban is the night ban, and the nightlife of the upper class in the workshop has been photographed, this is the difference between nobles and commoners...... Ahem, the second is more recommended votes, and today's ^_^ situation seems to be better than yesterday
The drums of the six streets are closed to pedestrians, and there is a moon in the vast sky of Jiuqu.
This is a description of the scene after the drums of the closed door have sounded, and there are no more pedestrians on the streets of the capital. However, although it is also the time of night fasting, it is not really quiet in Luoyang Quanshanfang, and on the cross streets, there are often extravagantly decorated ox carts and carriages and even all kinds of people in fresh clothes and angry horses. The officials and martial marquis who patrolled in the workshop also turned a blind eye to this situation. Only when some unfamiliar faces appear will they come forward to interrogate and intercept them.
Du Shiyi, who was a fresh face, was treated as an interrogator. However, he rode a tall horse, and the Kunlun Nutian Mo, who was accompanying the horse, was holding a small glass lamp, and there was a gold post from Bi Guogong Dou Xi, and the Wuhou who stopped the horse to check only glanced at it and politely let him go, and even enthusiastically pointed the way: "Bi Guogong Dou's house is in the northwest corner, Lang Jun, please follow this cross street and go straight to the west." β
Xie Guo pointed out that he continued to ride his horse westward, and when he arrived at Bi Guogong's Dou house, Du Shiyi saw that there were already many carriages and horses in front of the door, and it was not uncommon for him to ride a horse like this with only one or two entourages. Obviously, this night banquet in Bi Guogong's Dou Mansion is not the first day for a long time. He deliberately slowed down his horse, and only approached it when there were few guests in front of him, and sure enough, one of his servants stopped the horse's head.
He glanced at Du Shiyi, and when he saw that he was really born, he politely asked, "Does this little Langjun have a post?" β
Du Shiyi got off the horse, and motioned to Tian Mo to come forward and present the gold post, seeing that he took it and swept it, his face showed a suspicious expression, he knew that this servant must be literate, and immediately smiled and said: "Dou Gonggu invited him, he shouldn't have resigned, but Lu Shi is very old, and he has been tired all the way, and he didn't even have to eat as soon as he arrived at the hostel." As a last resort, I can only come on behalf of the teacher and thank Dou Gong for his kindness. β
The servant suddenly came to his senses, and hurriedly nodded respectfully and said, "It turned out to be a disciple of Duke Lu of Songshan." So he returned to the protagonist and asked Xiao Langjun for his name. β
"Jingzhao Du Ling Du XIX."
"Please wait a moment, Du Xiaolangjun!"
Seeing that the servant turned around and trotted into the door, Du Shiyi instructed Tian Mo to lead the horse to the side of the wall, and he looked up thoughtfully at the mansion of Duke Dou of Bi Guo. I saw that the three rooms of the gatehouse were all painted with vermilion lacquer, with a copper ring with a beast face, and four glass lamps hung high on the top, illuminating a large area of the street in front of the door. There was a faint sound of melodious silk and bamboo orchestra in the door, mixed with the singing of musicians from time to time. It was about late at the moment, and there were few more guests arriving, and the other servants at the door were all slacking off, and there was a faint sound of discussion.
"The sage issued an edict to prohibit all states and counties from using evil money, will our Dou family have an impact?"
"What's the connection, the imperial court has repeatedly ordered and declared, and the one who should have minted money is not a cast? The protagonist is the uncle of the saint, you must know that the public died in the country last year, and now it is not the most courteous for the protagonist! β
"That's right, when the Duke of Youguo passed away last year, the saint came to mourn in person, and even dropped out of the dynasty. At present, who is not eager to feast on the host's banquet? β
Hearing these discussions, which were only slightly lowered and somewhat unscrupulous, Du Shiyi couldn't help but rub the mane of his mount thoughtfully. After a while, he only heard Tian Mo speak: "Lang Jun, someone is here." β
Du Shiyi looked up, and saw that the servant who had entered with a Cambodian slip at the beginning hurriedly came out again, and when he arrived in front of him, he bowed down with a smile and said: "Du Xiaolangjun, the master of my family is invited, please follow this person in." β
The person brought by the servant was obviously of a higher status, and as soon as he waved his hand, he ordered the horses to be taken to the stable, so he casually let Du Shiyi take Tian Mo to follow him.
Bi Guogong Dou Mansion occupies nearly two-thirds of the northwest corner of the entire Quanshan Fang, that is, it is almost equivalent to one-sixth of the entire Quanshan Fang. Although Li Xian, the prince of Zhanghuai in the time of Gaozong, made Yongwang in one square of land, and Princess Changning of Zhongzong crossed two squares, this regulation is not the most extravagant, but since the death of Princess Taiping, today's son has been advocating thrift and simplicity to the outside world, not to mention that Dou Xiqian has another main house in Chang'an, this magnificent mansion is already second to none in Luoyang.
At this moment, Du Shiyi followed the servant into the gatehouse, and after bypassing a small four-cornered pavilion in the middle, there was another door in front of him. It wasn't until I passed through this door again that I suddenly opened up in front of me.
I saw that the spacious courtyard was more than ten zhang square, and the front was a spacious front hall that was located on a stone foundation four or five feet high from the ground, with two red and white sèsè all over the body, and the eaves were decorated with a pair of upturned owl tails, and the face was extremely wide. The front hall is walled on three sides in the north and east and west, but there is no shelter in front of the south, like a large stand.
From his direction at the moment, he could clearly see that there were many high-ranking guests among them, and there was a beard in the open space among the dozens of food tables on both sides
The dancing girl was dancing the Hu Xuan dance, several musicians stood aside, and the sound of the silk and bamboo orchestra was mixed with cheers, which was noisy and lively. He was amazed that this rΓ¬zi, who was still warm and cold now, could have such a banquet, but the servant who led him in suddenly became angry, and then smiled a little embarrassedly: "Du Xiaolangjun, you can't trespass here at will, you just go forward." β
Seeing that the servant saluted deeply, and then ran fast in a puff of smoke, Du Shiyi turned his head and looked at the scene of countless people clapping their hands and shouting haode in the lobby, and the servants who were standing in the hall with their hands hanging down seemed to have not seen themselves, and he couldn't help but chuckle in his heart. Although he had already found an excuse for Lu Hong when he reported before, for a dignitary like Dou Xijun, who had a vegetarian meal, maybe he had already hyped up in front of the guests and boasted that he had invited the famous hermit Lu Hong tonight, I am afraid that after hearing the truth, he would only feel that he had lost face, and now he should be deliberately hanging him and have a dismount!
He groaned and took refuge under a tree in the open courtyard, but he stood for a moment when he suddenly heard a commotion coming from the hall. At first, there was some chaos and indistinctness, but gradually the hall was silent, and only an arrogant voice remained: "I have always heard that the music and dance in the Bi Guo Mansion are unparalleled, and now it seems that the dance is okay, but unfortunately this music is lackluster!" Everywhere I went, it was all such clichΓ©d tunes, but it made me impatient to listen to them! β
At this moment, Du Shiyi saw that the Hu Xuan dance in the hall had obviously come to an end, because of this abrupt accusation, the dancing girl obviously didn't know whether to retire or stay, standing there was extremely helpless, and the first few musicians behind were even more trembling and didn't dare to say a word. However, the master and other guests in the hall seemed to be choked by this wild talk, but the young man who spoke did not have the slightest intention of giving up, but stood up and stretched, and yawned loudly.
"Bi Guogong, I was busy with official business during the day, and now that it is late at night, I'm afraid I have to leave!"
Before the young man Shi Shiran came to the outside of the hall, Dou Xiqian on the main seat finally shouted angrily: "Come on, drive out these embarrassing things for me!" β
In an instant, those musicians were still dedicating their skills to the guests in the hall, but at this moment, they were dragged out by a group of wolf-like house slaves. When the middle-aged musician who was holding the pipa in his arms kicked his legs desperately with a desperate face and was dragged past him, Du Shiyi couldn't help but feel a trace of compassion, and then his heart moved. Without much thought, he stepped forward and said, "Can you please pause for a moment?" Also, lend me this lute for the time being! β
The few family servants were stunned for a moment, and they saw that Du Shiyi had already walked up the steps and stepped straight into the front hall with the pipa he had taken from the musician, and they couldn't help but look at each other for a while. A house slave frowned and asked, "Who is this person?" β
The other house slave, who was the strongest among the crowd, glanced thoughtfully at Tian Mo, a Kunlun slave left by Du Shiyi, and after a little thought, he said: "Since the door can be put in, it may be a late guest, let's see who he is and what he plans to do!" β
As soon as she stepped into the front hall, Du Shiyi only felt that the night chill outside just now subsided in an instant, and was replaced by a warm feeling. Although the fat Bi Guogong Dou Xiqian on the main throne and the four guests, seeing that he suddenly entered, some were surprised and some were suspicious, and his expressions were different for a while, but he calmly held the pipa and slowly took two steps forward, and then said with a smile: "Tonight is the festive rΓ¬ of Dou Gong's feast, if you blame the musician because there is no new music, wouldn't it be a disappointment?" Although he is not talented, there is a new music, dedicated to Dou Gong. β
Dou Xiqian has just been reported, where would he not see Du Shiyi standing outside the hall. However, he was annoyed that Lu Hong dared to accept the post but did not come, which caused him to lose face in front of everyone, so he had the intention to give Du Shiyi a dismissal, and just turned a deaf ear. But in contrast, the one who ridiculed the musicians in his house for having no new music was Jiang Du, the son of Jiang Jiao, the Duke of Chu, and this kind of public slap in the face undoubtedly made him even more angry, so when he heard Du Shiyi say this, he immediately turned his anger into joy, stroked his palms and smiled: "There is a new song, please Du Lang play it immediately!" β
Although it has only been more than a year to learn the pipa from beginning to end, Pei Ning, the teacher, has really only taught for a few months, but fortunately, he strictly urged him to practice solid basic skills, after Pei Ning returned to his hometown, he was also quite familiar with this technique Lu Wangzhi's point, coupled with Du Shiyi's deep foundation in his previous life, and his talent in music and rhythm is praised by everyone, and now his fingers and wrists have been flexible and free, and he is willing to work hard, except for the "Plugged Song" that Pei Ning asked when he left, he also practiced most of the music scores that Lu Wangzhi hid.
He knew very well that at this moment, in the face of this full audience, even if he played those familiar tunes at the moment, he would not be able to handle them, and the only ones he could get hold of were the ones they had never heard before! For example, he practiced the most during this period, and remembered the songs he was best at!
After the maid respectfully set up the haode and sat down on the couch, he casually took out the finger guard in the leather bag he carried with his hand, wrapped it around, put on the tortoiseshell nails, took the unfamiliar pipa in his hand and tried a few notes, and when he saw that the tuning was quite good, he took a deep breath, and then held the pipa vertically and gently plucked the strings with his hand. Suddenly, a string of smooth notes came out from under his hand like a flowing stream.