This young man was about twenty-eight or nine years old, a young Confucian student, wearing a white-washed green shirt and a spotted bamboo flute tied around his waist, and seemed to be quite down-and-out, but he was delicate and elegant, and had a noble bearing, as if he did not care about the poor life. The young man was always playing with a folding fan in his hand, and the folding fan swayed, opening and closing, faintly revealing the image of the beautiful woman on the fan. This folding fan is gorgeous and precious, which is in stark contrast to his cold clothes, and the frivolous beauty fan is not quite commensurate with his cold expression. But the strange thing is that this kind of incongruity reveals an inexplicable harmony, which makes this young man more and more handsome.

The young man drank a few more glasses of wine, and sang in a low voice: "The melancholy dream is slanted by the mountains and the moon, the lonely lamp shines on the wall and the window screen, and the small building is high and the pavilion is Xie Niang's house." Secretly thinking about what Yurong looks like, a branch of spring snow frozen plum blossoms, full of fragrant mist clusters of morning glow. (Note 1)"

His voice is a little hoarse, but this song is sung like a low back, affectionate, this restaurant is full of friends, his singing voice together, is full of silence, his voice is not high, but everyone can hear it clearly, they are listening attentively, and some people are gently beating the tune. As soon as the second sentence was sung, the beautiful and moving flute sounded in the building, and the flute accompanied by the singing sound became more and more intoxicating.

A song was sung, but the flute did not stop, and then a woman's clear and transparent singing voice sounded in the building, but the woman sang the song sung by the young man again, although it was the same tune and phrase, but there were many more changes in the details, and the woman's singing voice turned back to the bowels, and the deep meaning of the words was vividly interpreted, so that everyone in the building forgot what day and night.

The young man closed his eyes slightly, savoring the wonderful singing, for a long time, the singing dissipated, and a light footnote stopped at the door of the wing, he opened his eyes, sighed: "It must be like a dream girl to come, alas, the girl's singing and dancing is hard to buy, but now she is showing her singing voice in this small restaurant, if you know it to the children of Jianye Fengliu, it must be beating your chest and sighing." ”

As soon as the bamboo curtain was lifted, a girl wearing a red Zhaojun suit floated in, and behind her was a maid in green clothes and a strong and majestic man. The girl entered the room, the maid in green clothes helped her take off the Zhaojun set, the girl was long and jade, wearing a simple and unpretentious white satin floor-length dress, as if a white lotus bloomed silently. The girl was about in her early twenties, beautiful and elegant, regardless of her skin like condensation and willow eyebrows like leaves, but a pair of clear and clear autumn waves, where there were thousands of styles. She stepped forward and bowed down and said, "The concubine is like a dream, and I have seen Mr. Song Yusong." ”

The young man smiled slightly, got up and said: "Miss Rumeng Painting Willow, known for her singing and dancing in Jiangnan, Song is just a prodigal son from a poor family, how can he afford a girl's gift." But between his eyebrows, he was arrogant, without the slightest hint of inferiority.

The girl sighed lightly, her eyebrows showed a faint sadness, her bright eyes flowed, and she felt even more sad, she said in a low voice: "The concubine is in Qinhuai to entertain people with her voice, but she is always excluded and bullied, this time the Southern Chu army repelled the Yongjun, Qinhuai all the Qinglou painting boats discussed together, Shangyuan Day to hold an Oiran competition in Xuanwu Lake, and selected three people to be called the champion, Bangyan and Tanhua, from now on, only these three people can be called the Oiran lady." In the past, everyone was independent, as long as there were more people on the scene, they could be respected as Oiran by their peers, but this time it was different from the past, the sisters needed to perform on the spot, and then tasted by the guests of the lake, the winner was famous in the south of the Yangtze River, and the loser was shameless from now on. ”

The young man said lightly: "The girl who is like a dream is both beautiful and artistic, who doesn't know about Qin Huai, why worry about this." ”

Liu Rumeng's eyes seemed to flash with tears, and said: "The concubine has always been alone and unrestrained. Qin Huai Qinglou is now faintly a confrontation between the two males, Wanhualou and Yueyingxuan do not let each other, this time in order to compete for the Oiran, both sides are trying their best, Wanhualou is just that, they launched the top brand of the autumn goose girl, the color art is not under the concubine, that Yueyingxuan's Xiao Erniang is trying in every possible way to force the concubine to join, the concubine is not allowed, so they used tricks and stole the new words that the concubine was seeking for this grand event, if the concubine is above the Xuanwu Lake Grand Event, she can only sing some clichés, not to mention that the position of the Oiran is not obtained, I am afraid that it will be laughed at. The concubine thinks about it, only Mr. Song can help me, and I ask Mr. to have mercy. ”

The young man frowned when he heard this: "You should know, although I often write some poems for others, but most of them are for the girls under Wanhualou, and I have a good relationship with the owner of Wanlou, this time the stakes are very high, if I help you, wouldn't I offend the owner of Wanlou, and Qin Huai who doesn't know that Qin Erniang of Moon Shadow Xuan is ruthless, if I do something bad to her, I am afraid that I will never be able to live in Qin Huai again, such as a dream girl, you should know Song's hardship." ”

Liu Rumeng hid his face and said: "If there are no four or five new words, I am afraid that it will be difficult to support, and in a hurry, where can the concubine buy these many gorgeous new words, alas, is the concubine really going to be defeated this time, that's it, my Liu Rumeng is not as good as Liu Piaoxiang after all, I want to be the original Piaoxiang girl dancing in the city, unique on the Qinhuai River, thinking of her smiling and proud prince, denouncing the legend of King Han, Rumeng always feels angry, always thinking of emulating Sister Piaoxiang's heroic posture, now it seems that it is just a fool's dream. ”

The deepest sorrow flashed in the young man's eyes when he heard this, and it disappeared in an instant, and then sighed: "The girl has such ambition, Song admires, if the girl does not dislike it, Song is willing to accompany the dressing table, fill in the lyrics and compose music for the girl, but I don't know if the girl lacks a violinist, and Song's piano skills are also quite impressive." ”

Liu Rumeng originally saw that the last hope was cut off, and couldn't help but say what was in her heart, but she didn't expect Song Yu to suddenly agree to write words for her, and she was willing to further be her minister under her skirt, she couldn't help but be overjoyed, put down her sleeves, and her beautiful face was full of tears. She stepped forward and pulled Song Yu's sleeve and said, "Oh, if Mr. Song is willing to condescend, he is willing to worship Mr. as a teacher and listen to the lessons." ”

Song Yu saw her surprised look, only felt that his heart was fluttering, he couldn't help himself, he mixed in the fireworks of the Qinglou, originally to anesthetize himself, for those warblers and Yanyan, it was just a scene to play, and the most indulgent time was only the warmth of the hands and eyes, although he was in the midst of a hundred flowers, his heart was like an ancient well. Although Liu Rumeng has always been famous, but he has a knot in his heart, as soon as he heard that this woman's surname is Liu, he deliberately avoided it, and has never met so far, how can he not think of seeing it today, this Liu Rumeng is like a beautiful woman he has admired for a long time in his heart, how not to make him fascinated.

Song Yu, originally the son of the Hanmen of Southern Chu, his real name is Song Min, when he was twelve years old, he had already won the show, and was praised as a genius by the township, but he was unexpectedly returned to Lu, and had to live in Jianye. At that time, although he was young, but he had an admiration for Liu Piaoxiang, for the infatuation in his heart, he was willing to stay on the painting boat to operate the cheap labor, although there was no chance to get close to the beauty, but Liu Piaoxiang's smile was the most precious memory in his heart. Because he is always careful, he even knows a little about Liu Piaoxiang and Jiang Zhe's private relationship, although he is also happy that Liu Piaoxiang can match his lover, but the pain in his heart cannot be reduced slightly. After Liu Piaoxiang left the painting boat, he left sadly, so he avoided the slaughter that came later. Later, he joined the secret camp by chance, but was shocked to learn that Liu Piaoxiang had disappeared. In order to avenge his sweetheart, he concentrated on hard training, although the qualification of martial arts was only in the middle and upper, but with his unremitting efforts, he was finally promoted to the eighth horse, and Jiang Zhe gave him the name of the wheel.

The secret camp eight horses, the dragon group, and Chiji are the most reused by Jiang Zhe, with generals, love and righteousness, robber Li has a resolute temperament, and is calm, but he is cold on the outside and hot on the inside; The Tiger Group, Bai Yi has a simple appearance, but he has the talent of a leader, commanding the main combat force of the secret camp; In the dark group, Shanzi is good at trapping hidden weapons, and even later abandoned his martial arts, but the assassination plan of the secret camp dark group often relies on his support, Qu Huang, mediocre appearance, unforgettable, often before the enemy is dying, he will only notice his existence; Hidden group, Hua Liu, peaceful appearance, easy to approach, but thoughtful, although often because of the soft hand, but when really needed, he can be ruthless to the extreme, green ears, the appearance of hearty and kind, in fact, shrewd and capable, good at management.

And Yu Lun is the most special person among the eight horses, he was originally the head of the Tiger Group, under Bai Yi, it can be said that his martial arts are outstanding in the secret camp, and he should have killed people with open fire like Huo Yi, but he prefers to be an assassin, originally Jiang Zhe was too outstanding because of his appearance, and thought he was not suitable for entering the dark group, but later, everyone had to admit that he was the best assassin. The folding fan in his hand is his weapon, the fan bone of the folding fan is made of stainless steel, and the hidden steel needle concealment weapon can directly take the enemy's vital point when facing the enemy, and there are countless masters who have died under this folding fan. However, most of the overturns are the use of the method of secret attack to control the enemy, he is carefully planned, meticulous layout, never misses, good use of strategy, perceive people's hearts, sometimes have a stroke of genius, often take the enemy's life under impossible circumstances, but no one knows that it is his hand. And from the time he debuted, he used debauchery to hide his true face, coupled with his outstanding talent, he wrote poems and lyrics with a wave, and lingered in the fireworks and willow alleys when he had a little spare time, this kind of indulgent behavior became his best cover. On the surface, he was a noble scholar and a dissolute prodigal, but no one thought that he would be a hard-hearted assassin.

The disciples of the secret camp officially left the school in January of the twenty-second year of Nanchu Xiande, and in the first month of the sixth year of Dayong Longsheng, that is, two years ago, according to the original ten-year covenant, the disciples of the secret camp can be free and live the life they want. Although they were free, almost all the people in the secret camp chose to continue to be loyal to Jiang Zhe, after all, whether they wanted to get wealth or wealth, it was not difficult to get it with Jiang Zhe, not to mention that their loyalty to Jiang Zhe was deep-rooted. Chaolun is almost the only exception, as one of the eight horses, he is already one of Jiang Zhe's registered disciples, the Dayong country is in full swing, Jiang Zhe is in the sky, with this identity, he can get almost everything he dreams of. However, he chose to leave the secret camp and return to Jianye, the capital of Southern Chu State, to spend his life in the past. Yu Lun didn't know if Jiang Zhe had any intention of killing him, but in the end he returned to Jianye safely and lived the life he wanted. Comparatively speaking, among the eight horses, his loyalty to Jiang Zhe is the weakest, leaving the secret camp and Jiang Zhe, not for Nanchu and any other reason, in fact, if Jiang Zhe forced him to stay, he would not resist, he just wanted to go back to the beginning.

After leaving the secret camp, Yu Lun's life soon fell into a predicament, all he learned in the secret camp was killing conspiracy, but he didn't learn how to make a living, after all, he was not a person in the dark group or the hidden group, and he was no longer used to whispering his voice for many years, let alone making a living by his strength. His only talent is to kill people, but he doesn't even know how to contact the assassination business, and other than that, he can only write poems and fill in the lyrics, but he doesn't care about exchanging poetry for money, not to mention that he doesn't value money when he is in the secret camp, and he often squanders gold and silver quickly, if he doesn't get a sum of money when he leaves, I'm afraid he can only leave empty-handed.

After getting rid of the fetters, Yu Lun almost directly arrived at the Qinhuai River, he had an extraordinary bearing, handsome appearance, coupled with his literary brilliance and a lot of gold in his pocket, he soon became a good guest on the Qinhuai River. Lingering in the wind and moon every day, leaning on the red Kuma Cui, drinking and singing and dancing, he is idle to chant poems against him, his poems are elegant and moving, entangled in mian sympathetic, ordinary singers sing a song, and can also be red on the first half of the moon. Later, he had all the money in his pocket, if it weren't for the red card in the Qinglou that often asked him for poetry, and then gave him gold and silver, I was afraid that he would have been empty.

Even so, it didn't take long for him to be destitute, from the status of fine clothes and jade food, and a hundred responses to this embarrassment, if ordinary people could not help but feel distressed and remorseful, but the wheel was as happy as a glutton, and such a poor life lived for a whole year and a half. Until Qu Huang went to Jianye one day to do business, knowing that he was living in seclusion here, he came to visit him, and saw that he was so poor, Qu Huang was almost stunned. As a result, Qu Huang, who had always been taciturn, couldn't help but say that he dragged him to the restaurant to drink for a night, and then almost all the gold and silver on his body disappeared without a trace. A month later, Qu Huang reappeared, but with an assassination mission. Since then, the life of the Transcendence has changed, every once in a while, he will get a variety of tasks from the hands of the Tianji Pavilion or the secret camp, these tasks are concentrated in the vicinity of Jianye, and most of them are quite difficult, in fact, the Tianji Pavilion has some industries in Jianye, and the activities of the secret camp in Jianye are also very frequent, but after the Wheel leaves the secret camp, I don't know the details, every time he completes the task, the remuneration he gets is enough for him to live a luxurious life for a period of time, so that he will not be poor and have no place to stand.

Yu Lun accepted such a change without hesitation, although he has changed from the former master of the secret camp to the tool that is driven today, he has no complaints, nor the slightest remorse, the flame of his life seems to have burned out more than ten years ago, only in the wind and moon of Qin Huai, Yu Lun can feel peace and joy. In fact, sometimes, he doesn't understand why he has no regrets like a moth to a fire, and whenever he wants to figure it out, his eyes always shine with a bright face that can never be forgotten.

Until today, on the top of this ordinary restaurant, he met Liu Rumeng, only to feel that life seems to have waves again, this woman's appearance and Liu Piaoxiang have no similarity, but after she poured out her heartfelt feelings, Yu Lun found that this woman's temperament and style are very similar to the person he dreamed of, and only for this reason can he agree to stay with this woman, completely forgetting how dangerous and unpredictable the task he took three months ago. Thinking of this, his gaze at Liu Rumeng became more and more sad.

Liu Rumeng's heart is as careful as a hair, and she can naturally detect the changes in his mood, she has already heard of this young Song Yu, many sisters on the Qinhuai River have mentioned this person to her, but for some reason, the two have never met, she also thought about whether Song Yu has the intention to avoid it, but she feels that it is impossible. The sisters all said that Song Yu was eccentric, although he either sang and cried every day, or bought drunk Qin Huai, and hugged left and right in the Fengyue Field, spending money like dirt, willful indulgence, and often looked at high-ranking officials and scribes, but he was not arrogant at all for these women who made a living by laughing, but treated each other as friends and friends, not at all like those men who were looking for fun in Qinhuai, even if they were full of laughter, they were also disdainful in their hearts. A careful sister once said that although this Mr. Song was in the flowers, he was never really happy, even if he was greasy, he couldn't hide his cold demeanor, even if it was laughter, it couldn't hide the pain in his eyes. Liu Rumeng was originally skeptical, but when she saw it today, she realized that it was indeed the case. It's just that I don't know why he was so sad when he was not in the middle of his life, so that the pearl was covered with dust.

However, the secrets of Song Yu's body can be slowly discovered, Liu Rumeng said: "Since Mr. has allowed Rumeng, why don't you go back with Rumeng now, alas, Moon Shadow Xuan has always been arrogant and unreasonable, if you let them know that Mr. helps the concubine, I am afraid that there will be something unbearable." ”

Yu Lun retracted his gaze and said lightly: "I don't care about the people of Moon Shadow Xuan yet, girl, please go back first, I will meet you at the painting boat tomorrow." ”

Liu Rumeng wanted to persuade again, but seeing Song Yu's cold expression, there was an irreversible solemn aura between his eyebrows, and his mind turned back and forth, and he bowed down and said: "In this case, the concubine is waiting for Mr. on the boat." ”

Yu Lun turned his back, raised his glass to invite the moon, felt a sour feeling in his heart, and couldn't help but whisper: "The amorous son of the past, now I am afraid that there is only a newcomer Yan Ruyu in his eyes, where do you still remember the desolation of the ancient tomb of Jianye City." Miss Liu, I thought that no one in the world remembered you except me, and I didn't expect you to have a confidant in the dust today. ”

When he was passing the ninth turn of reincarnation, someone laughed and walked in, and said, "Brother Song, this time I showed my face for my brother, thank you for your idea, why are you wronged in this small place on such a good day, how about it, how about going to Moon Shadow Xuan with me for a few drinks?" ”

A trace of coldness flashed in Yu Lun's eyes, and he said with a smile: "Brother Shang's words are serious, I'm just talking casually, those national affairs have their own people to worry about, why bother us small people to have a lot of things, it's okay to drink, but Brother Shang don't talk about those ruined things." ”

That person is Shang Chengye, although he is Shang Weijun's only son, his status is precious, and then he is mediocre and dull, the people he meets on weekdays are either flattering and flattering, or superficial respect, but in fact he is despised, although Shang Chengye is stupid, after a long time, he also knows that most of the people around him are hypocritical, only the friends he met in this Fengyue field, although he often speaks coldly, but he only treats him as an ordinary person, and he is comfortable getting along. So after hearing this, not only was he not angry, but he stepped forward with a smile and pulled up the wheel and walked out, saying as he walked: "What's the matter, my father and they will take care of the major affairs of the military state, let's go, this time I must get drunk and rest." ”

Yorawa smiled slightly, and let him pull him out.

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Note 1: Wei Zhuang "Huanxi Sand"