Chapter Ninety-Three: Qin Huai Fengyue
The three of them went back to their rooms to change their clothes, and it was indeed a bit inappropriate to wear military uniforms on such occasions.
Luo Jian was wearing a navy blue short-sleeved T-shirt, a white eagle embroidered on the upper left side of his chest, and the pants were the pants of the military summer uniform.
Wang Qiang was still a little twisted when he changed his clothes and came out, because the clothes he was wearing were sewn by Xing'er herself, and the young Wang Qiang looked very much like the young master of a big family.
Liu Lan didn't laugh at him along the way, but Wang Qiang said that Xing'er is too young now, and if she waits for two years, she is not in a hurry now.
Today's Liu Lan is a beautiful woman, with long hair in a shawl, a fuchsia cheongsam and homemade high heels, and a Xiaokun bag in her hand, which looks elegant and generous.
Wang Qiang drove out of the Guogong Mansion, and when he saw the warrior car going out, there were really a lot of onlookers along the way, so angry that Wang Qiang honked the horn all the way.
By the time the warrior car went around and around the old courtyard, it was already the beginning of the lanterns, and the nightlife on the Qinhuai River had already begun.
A few people got out of the car, and Luo Jian looked at the Qinhuai River in front of him, but the scenery was very different from the scenery seen in later generations.
"Painting boats and drums, going and coming, twists and turns. Outside the river house, the home has a terrace, a red fence riding sparse, and a bamboo curtain and veil. After bathing in the summer moon, the terrace sits together, and in the water buildings on both sides, the jasmine wind rises. ”
Looking at the scenery in front of him, Luo Jian felt that Zhang Dai's travelogue in the Ming Dynasty was really good at portraying the Qinhuai River.
The summer heat doesn't seem to exist here, and the cool breeze on the river and the sound of the piano from the painting boat in the distance make people feel refreshed from the heart.
Seeing Luo Jian in a daze at Qin Huai's night scene, the staff who led the way didn't dare to come forward to disturb, but just shouted to the entourage next to him to hurry upstairs.
After a while, a few people came down from the upstairs next to them, and it was Ma Shiying Ma Ge who walked in front.
"Ma Gebu, everyone, I'm really sorry, there are too many people on this street, and our car is blocked enough, so it's too late." Luo Jian stepped forward and made a cold noise.
"Wei Guogong, it's okay, it's okay, I've just arrived." Ma Shiying clenched his fists and arched his hands, and as he spoke, he led a few people upstairs.
It is a three-storey wooden building with crimson walls illuminated by lanterns lining the corridors.
Ma Shiying led everyone directly to the third floor, the entire floor of the third floor is connected, and there are red pillars in the middle, which is roughly similar to the layout of the main hall.
Luo Jian looked at the lobby and saw that there were several small desks around the lobby, and there was a small brocade pier behind the desks, which was not the kneeling of the Tang Dynasty, but the middle position was vacant, obviously for singing and dancing performances.
There were already exquisite dishes on the small desk, and when he saw the wine glass on the table, Luo Jian smiled in his heart, it was actually a wine glass produced by Yangzhou Glass Factory.
After Ma Shiying led Luo Jian to greet everyone one by one, he went to the left of the two desks in front of the hall, and sat down in front of the desk on the right.
Ma Shiying didn't invite many guests today, only Wang Duo, Qian Qianyi, Ruan Dacheng, and Liu Hongji came.
Liu Rushi also sat on a small brocade pier, sitting next to Qian Qianyi, and Liu Ru, who had changed back into women's clothes, looked bright and moving.
This form of banquet Luo Jian thinks it's good, at least no one cares about you when you drink too much or too little, it is estimated that this is mainly for appreciating singing and dancing.
When he went upstairs, he didn't pay attention to the plaque upstairs, Luo Jian didn't know what the place of this red mansion was, maybe it was a green building.
After a bunch of scenes and a glass of wine, the dish came up like a stream, the table was too small, and the appetizer had to be removed when a new dish was served, and some dishes were removed without tasting a mouthful.
Wang Qiang saw that the dishes were withdrawn so quickly, and when he picked up the chopsticks, he ate violently, not caring about the strange eyes of others, and Liu Lan next to him whispered, "Are you good at it?" It's all civilized here. ”
"I've been hungry for a long time, and I'm still civilized." Wang Qiang, whose mouth was full of vegetables, said vaguely.
After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Ma Shiying clapped his hands, the music behind the pillar sounded, and a group of dancers walked into the hall in a curling manner, and danced after saluting everyone.
Accustomed to seeing the multi-person dances on the stage of later generations, Luo Jian and the three of them were not interested in dancing at this time, and felt that although they danced tactfully, they lacked a lot of rhythm in later generations.
Seeing that everyone went to watch the dance in the field, Luo Jian took the opportunity to eat a lot of food, in fact, he was already hungry enough.
Fine beads of sweat had already oozed from the foreheads of the dancers in the audience, and finally the dance ended in a burst of rhythmic music.
After the dancers in the hall retreated, Ma Shiying said to Qian Qianyi: "Elder Shepherd, since everyone Liu has arrived today, why don't you ask everyone Liu to play a song for everyone?" ”
Qian Qianyi waved to the back, and a few people immediately came up from behind, carrying the desk and stool to the middle of the hall, and one person behind him held a guqin and put it on the desk.
Liu Ru walked to the hall, blessed everyone, sat down in front of the guqin, and a maid on the side came up with a basin of water to clean her hands, and then calmly held her breath and began to play.
Luo Jian couldn't hear what the song was at all, anyway, he thought it was better, and he closed his eyes and shook his head and pretended to appreciate it.
The whole hall was extremely quiet, only the sound of the piano flowed gracefully and melodiously in the hall.
Everyone listened to it fascinated, only Wang Qiang frowned, he didn't understand it anyway, he just felt that this song was too girly.
Liu Ru played for a while, and then let go of his voice and sang, accompanied by the melodious sound of the piano, Qian Qianyi's poem was sung by Liu Ru a thousand times.
Luo Jian listened for a while, and felt that Liu Ru was indeed born in the wrong era, if he was born in Luo Jian's era, I am afraid that all those popular stars would be ashamed of themselves.
At the end of the song, the hall was still silent, and after a while, applause and applause rang out.
Wang Qiang obviously didn't understand, remembering the guzheng music played by Liu Lan at the whole regiment party when he was in the army, and quietly said to Liu Lan beside him: "Sister Liu Lan, I think you play better than her." ”
"You kid doesn't understand anything, I play the guzheng, this is the guqin." Liu Lan saw that Wang Qiang couldn't even tell the difference between the guqin and the guzheng, so she scolded with a smile.
The whispered words of the two were heard by Liu Ru in the hall, Liu Ru stood up, blessed Luo Jian, and said, "Is Miss Liu Lan also an expert here?" How about asking Miss Liulan to play a song for everyone? ”
Luo Jian looked at Liu Lan with a smile, and the others in the hall also looked at Liu Lan with expectant eyes.
Seeing that Liu Ru played so well, Liu Lan, who had only passed the ninth level of the amateur guzheng, was a little timid, and looked at Luo Jian hesitantly.
Wang Qiang, who is very arrogant, is not afraid at all, this kid has won awards in the singing competition of the whole group, and he has also sung at the party of the whole group, this kind of small occasion he thinks is much easier than the thousands of audiences in the audience.
Wang Qiang stood up and said: "Sister Liulan, just that song "Loyal to the Country", you play and sing it!" It's a pity that there is no stereo. ”
Liu Rushi had already asked people to remove the guqin, replace it with a guzheng and put it on the desk.
Wang Qiang saw that there were people holding tambourine in the band behind him, so he took it directly from the drummer and handed it to Luo Jian, saying, "Just ask the chief to play the drum!" ”
Liu Lan, who was forced to go to Liangshan, glared at Wang Qiang fiercely, so she had to stand up and walk towards the guzheng in the hall.
Waiting for Liu Lan to try two notes, Wang Qiang in the hall had already put on a posture, and the passionate song sounded, accompanied by the sound of drums beaten by Luo Jian, Wang Qiang's deep voice echoed in the hall, and everyone was in good spirits.
Seeing Wang Qiang's excellent performance, Liu Lan gradually felt better, and the initial jerky feeling passed in an instant.
Qian Qianyi listened with his eyes closed and shook his head, and when Wang Qiang sang "The horseshoe goes south and people look north", he suddenly opened his eyes, muttering to himself, not knowing what to say.
Everyone in the hall looked at Wang Qiang, and they couldn't figure out how Wang Qiang, who didn't seem to understand Sven just now, could sing such a charming tune.
Ma Shiying looked at Wang Qiang in the hall thoughtfully, thinking about the origin of these people, seeing that they are so familiar with this song "Loyal to the Country", could it be that God sent it to save the Ming Dynasty?
As soon as Wang Qiang finished singing, Mr. Qian shouted hello, and everyone cheered up.
After everyone shouted, they fell silent again, and they seemed to have no interest in listening to songs and dancing.
Tomorrow I have to go on a pilgrimage to see the emperor, seeing that the time is almost up, Luo Jian hurriedly got up and said goodbye to everyone and returned home, Ma Shiying and others did not stay, and everyone dispersed.
Downstairs, Wang Sicheng waited downstairs with more than a dozen guards, and led the warrior car in the direction of the Guogong Mansion.
Ma Shiying lifted the curtain of the sedan chair on the sedan chair next to the Red Mansion, looked at the fierce car with dazzling lights, and didn't know what he was thinking.
The painting boats on the Qinhuai River are dotted with stars, walking back and forth in the river.
A boat that is no different from other boats is also lit with lanterns, but there is no sound of silk and bamboo coming from the boat. In the room on the second floor of the ship, several people sat together, as if they were discussing something.
"The Ma Ge Department is hosting them in the Red Chamber tonight, right? Let's see how long they can be proud! One person pointed to the Red Mansion where Luo Jian and they were drinking on the shore, and when he looked back, it was Li Zhan, the right capital of Yushi.
"This Luo Jian insulted me too much, the old man will not rest with him! Tomorrow the court will impeach the Holy One! Gritting his teeth and speaking, it was Lang Tian Yang, the right attendant of the military department.
"These people really don't know what to do, the emperor wants to repair the palace, they actually prevent us from collecting taxes in Yangzhou, and I will go to the court tomorrow to visit them!"
It was Zhu Guobi who said this, in fact, he felt that it didn't matter if the emperor could build a palace, he was angry that the mine in his fief was a good time to make money, who knew that this Luo Jian actually let people reopen the mine, and the mines in his fief were no longer cared for.
"I think this Luo Jian is really crazy, I heard that I didn't give face when I saw Qin Cha Zhang Gonggong today, and being disrespectful to Qin Cha is disrespectful to the emperor, and I want to join him for a big crime of disrespect!" Zhu Guobi could only find this handle of Luo Jian and the others.
Li Zhan picked up a piece of paper on the table, and said with pity: "It's okay to be disrespectful to Qincha, you look at this "Letter to All Chinese Compatriots", what is his identity, but he is the governor of Huaiyang, what qualifications does he have to write this thing?" ”
After glancing at a few people, Li Zhan felt that he was still unsatisfied, and then said: "You look at this public book, but there is no mention of the emperor and my Daming, what does this mean?" This shows that there is no emperor in his eyes, and there is no Ming at all! ”
"I also heard that he opened a school in the mansion, and specialized in teaching some strange and ingenious techniques to deceive people, and to preach their so-called scientific way everywhere, where is the way of the most holy man?" Tian Yang recalled what he had been asked about in the past few days.
"We must contact a few more people before we can impeach him, otherwise the emperor will ignore it." Tian Yang was extremely afraid of Luo Jian's strength, and his voice trembled a little.
"It's just that the attitude of Ma Gebu and Ruan Shangshu really makes me a little embarrassed." Tian Yang looked at the lights on the red mansion and was still worried.
"You don't have to worry about this, I have already contacted a group of imperial historians in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Duke of Baoguo has already contacted a few people from Chengyi, and he will not be able to eat tomorrow!" Li said hatefully.