Chapter 92: Chinese New Year's Eve (Part II)
Jiang Wuyi can only be regarded as a distant relative of Li Linfu, due to the dilapidated family situation, living in her uncle Li Linfu's mansion, originally she did not want to come to the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet in Li Mansion, but in the afternoon the housekeeper found her, the lord had an order, on Chinese New Year's Eve, everyone in the mansion had to go to the lobby for a banquet.
According to last year's seat, her seat should be on the last edge of the first left, but she looked around, but she couldn't find her seat.
At this time, the housekeeper's wife stepped forward and whispered to her, "Miss Jiang, your seat is no longer here, please come with me." ”
The housekeeper led her to the middle of the left head, where Li Linfu's daughters were sitting, and the housekeeper pointed to a separate seat in the middle and said, "Miss Jiang, that's your seat." ”
Jiang Wuyi couldn't help but be a little stunned, why was she sitting here?
"Humph!" A few women next to him snorted softly, and someone whispered, "Everyone be careful, the mourning star is coming." ”
More than a dozen women glanced at her with disdain, and as Jiang Wuyi entered the table, everyone was silent, no one paid attention to her, and after a while, the women talked and laughed again, Jiang Wuyi sat alone in the middle of the seat, bowing her head and saying nothing.
The six unmarried daughters gathered together and pointed at Li Qing'an on the opposite side and chuckled.
"Did you see it, that's Li Qing'an, oops, he looks really good!"
"Twenty-two Niang, you have taken a fancy to him! Do you want your dad to be your matchmaker? ”
"Humph! I think you have this heart, I don't know who secretly went to Chongrenfang to watch others play. ”
"I didn't, Twenty-three Niang is, you know she never dresses up, but why is it like this today? The face is so white! ”
"You talk nonsense! See that I don't tear your mouth. ”
Several women were chattering and frolicking, and suddenly, Twenty-two Niang said excitedly: "Look, he's looking at us!" ”
Jiang Wuyi looked at the opposite side with some curiosity, and saw a young man with a scar on his head looking this way, his skin was slightly dark, and his whole body seemed to be filled with a huge unreleased power, which seemed to be heroic, he was very tall, his forehead was broad and high, and his contoured face carried a kind of sternness, calmness and gloom that was unique to men, but what impressed Jiang Wuyi was his eyes, which contained an extraordinary spark of youth and fiery vitality.
The two looked at each other, Jiang Wuyi's heart suddenly jumped up, the young man was actually staring at him, Jiang Wuyi bit his lip lightly and lowered his head.
Today, Jiang Wuyi did not deliberately dress up, she was wearing an ordinary white silk dress, her hair bun was pulled on her head at will, revealing her snow-white, swan-like neck, the last time Li Qing'an did not see her face clearly in the Liyuan Courtyard, her beautiful appearance at this time made Li Qing'an deeply intoxicated.
At this time, there were low laughter voices from several Li family disciples behind him, "Sixteen Lang, who are you looking at with that obsessive eye?" ”
"Each other! Each other! Aren't you looking at her too? ”
"Huh! You two unproductive guys, if you have the ability, go get her,"
"Starling, are you promising? Aren't you just as fierce? Last time, you went to the gate of her yard for a long time, and I don't think you dared to go in. ”
"Humph! If it weren't for my aunt protecting her, she would have been my woman a long time ago. ”
Li Qingxin was secretly angry, and he glanced back at Li Linfu's sons sitting behind him.
"These bastards!"
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Li Linfu picked a horse ** grape, put it in his mouth and chewed it slowly, Li Qingan's every move couldn't escape his eyes, he couldn't help squinting and laughing.
At this time, Li Fudao leaned closer to him and laughed in a low voice: "Big brother, it seems that several nieces are quite interested in Li Qing'an, do you want to .....?"
Li Linfu snorted and said unhappily: "Third brother, the same surname is not allowed to intermarry, have you forgotten?" ”
"Of course I know that, but ......"
Li Daofu sighed, he was a little regretful, he felt that this Li Qingan was really good.
"Third brother, you don't have to think about it too much."
Li Linfu smiled faintly, he suddenly raised his glass and stood up, "Everyone, be quiet!" ”
The lobby was quiet for a moment, and Li Linfu laughed loudly: "Liu Tingzhi once had poetry clouds, the years and years are similar, the years and years are different, last year's Chinese New Year's Eve banquet is still fresh in my memory, and in a blink of an eye, it is the New Year, Chinese New Year's Eve is still the same, but people have added new faces, Fourteen Lang and Seventeen Lang married and started a family, Liulang and Hachilang added a new ding to the Li family, hehe!" The old man also has more than a dozen wives and concubines, not only his own family, but also a few distinguished guests this year, and the royal history Wang Zhongcheng is an old friend of our family. ”
Wang Heng hurriedly stood up and bowed to everyone, Li Linfu smiled and said, "As for Ji Shaoqing and Luo Yushi, except for my two newborn grandchildren, I think everyone else should know each other." ”
There was a burst of knowing laughter in the lobby, Ji Wen and Luo Xixiao also bowed to everyone, Li Linfu's eyes fell on Li Qing'an's body again, and said with a slight smile: "There is another new guest this year, but I think many people have also heard of it, Qilang, you can introduce yourself!" ”
Li Qing'an stood up and smiled at everyone: "Li Qing'an, who is in the Xi'an Army, is deeply honored to be able to spend Chinese New Year's Eve in your mansion today, especially the joy of your family, which makes people feel more warm.....
Li Qingan was introducing himself, but there was a buzz below.
"It turns out that he is Li Qing'an, the No. 1 pot thrower who defeated Shi Siming, he is so young!"
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"Twenty-four Niang, why are your eyes straight?"
"You talk nonsense! I was just.... It's just...."
"Twenty-two Niang, you are the same! What are you giggling at? ”
"Hee-hee! Why is your face red? ”
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Jiang Wuyi next to him heard that he was an Anxi general, a slight flash of brightness flashed in his eyes, and he secretly wondered: "It turns out that he is from Anxi, I wonder if he participated in the battle of Xiao Bolu?" ’
At this time, Li Linfu coughed, and laughed loudly: "Our General Li is too modest, let me add two sentences to you, Qilang has repeatedly performed miraculous feats in Anxi, known as the first arrow in Anxi, and made the first contribution in the battle of Xiaobolu not long ago, crossed the Tanju Ridge, flew to capture the city of Across, and stifled the last hope of the Tubo army. ”
Li Qingan hurriedly bowed down and said: "Xiangguo is too praised, it is only my duty to defend the border and defend the territory, and to serve the country and kill the enemy." ”
There was silence in the lobby, no one applauded, although Li Linfu said it beautifully, his women and grandchildren were not interested in this, he was more interested in Li Qing'an's performance after entering Beijing.
Li Linfu smiled again: "But today is Chinese New Year's Eve, I think everyone is more interested in Qilang's other skills, Qilang, you see everyone is looking at you expectantly, can you show everyone a hand and let them open their eyes?" ”
Li Qingan smiled slightly: "I have been in Anxi for a long time, good at playing Huren musical instruments, today is a good day on Chinese New Year's Eve, I would like to play a Hu song to help everyone's fun, Xiangguo can allow it?" ”
"Oh! Shichiro can actually play the piano too? ”
A hint of surprise flashed in Li Linfu's eyes, and he couldn't help but nod and smile: "Not bad!" Not bad! The old man is willing to listen. ”
Li Qingan beckoned to the second butler on the side and whispered to him, "Go and bring a long box on my horse." ”
The second housekeeper hurriedly went, and after a while, he took Li Qing'an's piano case, Li Qing'an walked to the midfield, and smiled at everyone: "This is a musical instrument popular in Western Byzantium and big food, I don't know if anyone here knows, if anyone knows, please tell raise your hand and tell, I will give her a special reward." ”
There was a stir in the lobby, and everyone looked at Li Qing'an's case, which opened to the left and held his improved Persian guqin high.
"How? Does anyone know each other? ”
Everyone's eyes were staring at the piano in Li Qing'an's hand, and suddenly, Jiang Wuyi 'Ah! A low cry screamed, she immediately covered her mouth with her hand, staring incredulously at the piano in Li Qing'an's hand, he, can he actually play this kind of piano?
Li Qingan glanced at Jiang Wuyi deeply, but turned around and said with a smile: "How is it?" Does anyone know each other? ”
"Isn't it like eating a lute!" Someone laughed.
"Nope! No. ”
Li Qingan waited for a while, and saw that no one knew him, so he slowly walked up to Jiang Wuyi, bowed down and said, "Girl, do you know this instrument?" ”
"Will she know? What a joke. Someone whispered a mocking.
Li Linfu's daughters all glanced at Jiang Wuyi with disdain out of the corner of their eyes, and snorted lightly in their noses, although Wuyi was known as Qin Xian outside, she was very careful to cover herself and try not to let people see her true face, plus Li Linfu's children were generally not keen on music, so no one knew that she was Qin Xian.
Wuyi slowly stood up and said: "If I'm not mistaken, your kind of qin should be the Persian guqin, and few people can play it anymore, but the Persian guqin has five compound strings, and your qin has six single strings, so I can't be sure." ”
A few women next to me'shh! He laughed out loud, and said in a low voice: "It turns out that she doesn't know each other, I thought she really knew?" ”
"This girl is right!"
Li Qing'an raised the qin high and said loudly: "This is the Persian guqin, but I have slightly changed it." ”
Li Qingan took out a palm-sized guitar model from the piano case, handed it to Jiang Wuyi and said, "Girl, this is a reward for you, thank you for knowing this piano." ”
Jiang Wuyi took this vividly made Persian guqin, looked carefully at the six single strings on it, a trace of brilliance flashed in her eyes, and a strong interest appeared in her heart, what kind of music can these six single strings play?
Li Linfu's daughters next to her stared at the model in Jiang Wuyi's hand with jealousy, how could she know?
At this time, Li Fudao approached Li Linfu and asked in a low voice, "Who is this woman?" ”
"She is the granddaughter of the Duke of Chu, who lives in my mansion and plays the piano very well."
"I see, no wonder she knows this instrument!"
Li Linfu smiled faintly and said, "No matter what she says, the answer is definitely right." ”
Li Fudao was stunned.
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In the lobby, Li Qingan's strings have been plucked, although the remodeled guqin is still different from the guitar of later generations, but after a few days of Li Qingan's practice, he still gradually found that familiar feeling.
The song "Sad Spain" was played in the Tang Dynasty 1,300 years ago, and the sound of the piano swirled, as if a melancholy soul docked on the western coast, and a passionate Spanish girl was outstanding in the moonlight, dancing with the sound of the piano on the seashore to soothe the lonely soul.
Li Qing'an looked affectionately at the beautiful girl like a swan not far away, the fairy in white like a hibiscus out of the water appeared in his mind from time to time, the beautiful and beautiful shadow, the sound of the heavenly sound, his piano sound only gave her alone.
The beautiful melody intoxicated Mai Yi, a piece of music she had never heard before, it was so graceful and melodious, it was so deep as water, it was like the bright moon in the night sky in front of her window, gently touching her sensitive and sad heart.
She couldn't help but close Xiaoqin in her palm and put it on her chest, who is he? His voice seemed familiar.
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Chinese New Year's Eve feast continued, but the guests had already taken their leave, and the dance dress had returned to her courtyard, she sat in front of the window, the silver moonlight sprinkled on her fair face, the moonlight reflected the loneliness and sadness in her eyes, she silently stared at the violin on the table, the sound of the six-stringed piano like flowing water slipped through her heart, plucking her heartstrings.......
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(To be continued)