Chapter 7 Music is only listened to by the rich
After separating from Mei Kaifang, Xu Qing found a mid-range restaurant to share lunch with Zhao's father and daughter, Nie Hu, and Jia Quan. As soon as the meal was served, the seven young men who followed Xu Qing and his party into the restaurant to eat seemed to be about to walk to the table next to Xu Qing, but suddenly took out the dagger hidden on their bodies at the same time, avoiding the sight of Xu Qing and his party sitting around the table, and couldn't help but say that they were holding Xu Qing from left to right and stabbing Xu Qing's left and right waist and back at the same time. Xu Qing fortunately had body armor to protect his body, the dagger could not be pierced, and he launched a counterattack at the moment when the enemy was stunned, grabbed a dagger with his left and right hands at the same time, turned around and slashed the right hand of the enemy who stabbed him from the back with the dagger he snatched, forcing the enemy to fall to the ground under severe pain, taking advantage of the enemy's offensive being blocked, Xu Qing quickly stood up, cut down one person, and kicked one person away. Xu Qing repelled five young men with daggers in an instant and injured three in an instant. The other two young men, who had not yet had time to launch an offensive, changed their faces in fright, beckoned their accomplices, and fled from the hotel first. The fight of life and death took place between lightning and fire, Xu Qing's four entourage guards were all masters, completely unaware that the danger would happen around him, it was too late to save Xu Qing, Zhao Mengchen was stunned. Fortunately, Xu Qing has body armor to protect his body, and he has strong martial arts, agility, and proper response, so that he can avoid a bloody disaster without danger.
Zhao Tuozhi, who was closest to Xu Qing's door, could not allow the sneak attack on Xu Qing to leave, and the last to arrive first, knocking all the fleeing enemies to the ground.
"Who are you? Who instigated me to assassinate me? Xu Qing asked the captured enemy in a majestic voice.
"We are disciples of the Fang Gang, and it was Fang Xing, the deputy gang leader of the Fang Gang, who asked us to kill and kill the young man. The small one has a high hall on it, a wife and children on the bottom, and the young man spares his life. Seven young men shuddered and pleaded.
"Tell your deputy helper that it is better to settle the grievances than to tie the knot. If he sends another assassin against me, I will surely assassinate him. Xu Qingdao said, "Let's go." ”
"Thank you Shaoxia for not killing, Shaoxia's words will definitely be turned around." The seven young men thanked each other and left.
Zhao Mengchen said to Xu Qing: "They stabbed you, if you didn't have a protective robe, you would have encountered an accident, why did you let them go so easily?" ”
Xu Qing explained: "They are all little minions, acting according to orders, killing them will not only not solve the problem, but also intensify the conflict between us and the Fang Gang." Don't forget that we are people who do great things, and at the moment of national crisis, we go out to fight, defend the national territory, kill a few small minions, have **, and make enemies with the Fang Gang, expose our strength, arouse the suspicion of the imperial court, and it is not good for us. ”
After experiencing being assassinated, Xu Qing was not in the mood to eat in this restaurant, only served two side dishes, and did not move the chopsticks, Xu Qing told the restaurant not to serve any more food, he paid three times the money to settle the bill and left, and the extra money was counted as compensation for the destruction of tables and chairs.
Xu Qing and his entourage were looking for a quiet, clean and high-grade restaurant on the street, and suddenly a wisp of zither sound came into their ears, the zither sound was beautiful and pleasant, Xu Qing looked for the sound of the zither and came to a teahouse. The teahouse is a brick and wood structure, four floors high, carved beams and painted buildings, very magnificent. The plaque reads "Anshun Tea House" in four gilded characters. The sound of the zither came from the third floor.
Xu Qing spends most of his time working, practicing martial arts, military training and attending classes, and he has a lot of songs stored in his mobile phone, but he doesn't have time to listen to them. Li Xiu'er, Fei'er and Lian'er are all proficient in music, and Xu Qing is busy and rarely listens to them play music for herself. This zither sound is better than Li Xiu'er, Fei'er, and Lian'er, Xu Qing wants to find a hotel, but his feet involuntarily walk into the door of "Anshun Tea House" and climb the stairs. At the staircase on the second floor, the two juniors glanced at Xu Qing and his party, and said, "Five taels of silver for each person who ascends the stairs, three taels of appearance fee for Miss Yan Susu, and two taels of refreshments." ”
Although Xu Qing was mentally prepared, he was still taken aback by such an expensive price, hesitated whether to be slaughtered, and thought about it for a while, such a good music, even Fei'er, who had been professionally trained in the palace, could not play, maybe after this village, there would be no shop, so he paid to take four of his men upstairs.
Playing the kite is a beautiful woman with an elegant temperament, about 20 years old. She wore a big red floral mid-collar tight-fitting gown on the outside, a white mid-coat inside, an apricot yellow embroidered pleated skirt, dark blue trousers, and red cloth shoes.
She was engrossed in playing the kite, ignoring Xu Qing's arrival. There were sixty or seventy people sitting upstairs, all young and middle-aged men. The first song Xu Qing heard was fierce and high-pitched, as if he was on a battlefield with golden iron horses and noisy war drums; The second song is low and tactful, like crying and complaining, as if telling a poignant love story; The third song is melodious, the tone is cheerful, and listening to it makes people have a feeling of flying from the world to heaven, not knowing what sorrow is, and not knowing what year it is. When the sound of the zither is urgent, it is like a rapids and waterfalls, and when it is slow, it is like a small stream spring; When Qingyue is just like a pearl falling on a jade plate, it is like a sword contending, when it is turbid, it is like hearing a muffled thunder in an open place, and it is like the earth-shattering roar of the tide of the Qiantang River. At the end of each song, the audience received warm applause. At the end of the three songs, the audience began a new round of bidding for the songs, you can order a single song, or you can order three songs, whoever gives more money will play the kite for whomever the beauty will dedicate the song. After fierce bidding, the rights to the three pieces were contracted by one person, with a total of eight thousand taels of silver. In order to make the beauty smile, that person did not hesitate to spend a lot of money. He is Fang Zairong, the leader of the Fang Gang in Fujia Youzhou City, his cousin and deputy celebrated his birthday today, and held a banquet to celebrate, but he didn't go, but he came here to support Yan Susu, which shows how great Yan Susu's charm is. The first three tunes were also ordered by him alone. Xu Qing felt that it was meaningless to pay for music to be enjoyed, and the zither music of the beautiful kite was wrapped, just like her person was wrapped, Xu Qing felt that it was not interesting to listen to it anymore, so he left the "Anshun Tea House". To compete with Fang Zairong, Xu Qing is afraid that he will have to spend 10,000 taels of silver to buy the right to a piece of music by Yan Susu, although Xu Qing can afford to spend this money, but he feels that it is not worth it. After all, Xu Qing is the first time to see Yan Susu, although she is beautiful, she is only comparable to Zhao Mengchen's beauty, if she spends a lot of money for Yan Susu's smile, Zhao Mengchen will definitely be unhappy. Xu Qing and Zhao Mengchen stick together all day long, although it is not enough to talk about long-term love, but it is certain to get Zhao Mengchen's favor and recognition, Xu Qing is very promising to succeed in chasing Zhao Mengchen, but it still takes time, and it is impossible to fall short in order to smile at Yan Susu.
In any case, Xu Qing remembered the name "Yan Susu" - her beauty and superb zheng, and the way she was engrossed in playing, made people respect her as a musician, not a courtesan who misbehaved, and the important thing was that her zhengqu made Xu Qing understand that many beautiful things in the world could not be obtained without money.