At night, the moon and stars are scarce.

The city of Ningzhou had already fallen asleep in the twilight, and there were few pedestrians on the streets. However, the Ningzhou City Taishou Mansion was brightly lit, and the hall was full of singing and dancing, and the sound of guessing the boxing order was endless.

This is because Zhao Xianglin, the Taishou of Ningzhou City, is in the mansion to feast on Ji Qingchen, the Nine Emperor Princes of Dayan who has just returned to China, as the Taishou of Ningzhou City, he is a powerful figure in the officialdom of Ningzhou, and he can feast Ji Qingchen in his own mansion, in addition to congratulating the Nine Emperors on behalf of the hundred officials of Ningzhou for the Nine Emperors to return to Yan Kingdom safely, he was instructed by Zhuge Jin, the assassin of Ningzhou, and wanted to ease the tension between the Nine Emperors and the Ningzhou general Liu Donglou through this banquet.

Because this banquet is mixed with special meanings, except for Zhuge Jin, the assassin who guarded Ningzhou, the rest of the officials who went to the banquet were all powerful figures in the military and political circles of Ningzhou and the patriarchs of various families in Ningzhou, and the scale of the banquet was also very large and luxurious.

Among the military representatives, there was Liu Donglou, the general of Ningzhou, who had already had a conflict with Ji Qingchen outside the city in the morning. However, Liu Donglou doesn't seem to be very interested in this banquet, and has been silent with a straight face since he entered the banquet, with a very gloomy expression, and it seems that he is extremely reluctant to participate in tonight's banquet, and this time he can come to the banquet, there may be another hidden reason.

Ji Qingchen sat at the top of Liu Donglou, and naturally took in the expression of the third person of the Dayan military. However, he only sighed slightly in his heart, and then moved his gaze to Zhuge Jin on the side, compared to the Great Yan Divine Spear Liu Donglou, he was more interested in the feudal official who could shepherd Ningzhou on the side. The supporters of Liu Donglou and King Ning of the Liu clan in Ningzhou, no matter how polite and virtuous the corporal is, even if the relationship is eased, it is impossible to use it for himself, since this is the case, there is no need to be false and wronged with the other party, so as not to make his father suspicious as soon as he returns to Yan, thinking that he has an unusual relationship with the border generals as soon as he returns to Yan.

And this is also the reason why he dared to offend Liu Donglou under the city of Ningzhou.

Therefore, Ji Qingchen ignored Liu Donglou's indifferent attitude after knowing the purpose of Zhao Xianglin's banquet, the relationship between the two was still very cold, and the atmosphere between the two was also a little condensed.

However, Zhuge Jin's performance on the side made Ji Qingchen a little surprised, just through a few words of conversation, he had already found that the history of the thorn in front of him was not simple, in addition to having good political talents, he found that Zhuge Jin was also very sleek and transparent, and seemed to treat people peacefully, but in fact, he was definitely a ruthless character who hid needles in his heart.

Just when Ji Qingchen was chatting with Zhuge Jin, the banquet was already halfway over.

At this time, I suddenly heard Zhuge Jin say to Zhao Xianglin, who bowed his head, "This official heard that there is a beautiful lady in Lord Zhao's mansion, who is good at singing and dancing, and good at the piano, since today is a banquet for the Nine Emperor Princes to celebrate, and there are so many colleagues and patriarchs in the Ningzhou officialdom at the scene, why didn't Lord Zhao summon her out for us to see our vision?" ”

Zhao Xianglin's expression froze, and he couldn't believe Zhuge Jin's proposal, but his eyes fell on Zhuge Jin's face, and he found that the other party was looking at him with a determined smile, as if he understood something all of a sudden, and his face suddenly became a little pale, but he still couldn't hold back the anger in his heart, moved his gaze to the Nine Emperor Prince Ji Qingchen, and said with a smile, "Your Royal Highness the Nine, there are indeed a few singers in the Xiaguan family, but their dancing posture is rude, and their piano skills are even rougher, and it is difficult to enter the hall of elegance, I am afraid that I will not be able to enter the eyes of His Highness, please forgive Your Highness." ”

It has been 800 years since the founding of Dayan, and before the Spring and Autumn War, it was a real state of etiquette and music, so today, the custom of liking singing and dancing has not changed, and the ministers of Dayan like to keep a few singers in captivity at home.

Ji Qingchen didn't know what Zhuge Jin's intentions were, but he only used a simple sentence to make Zhao Xianglin, who was the Taishou of Ningzhou City, so angry, and he was suddenly a little curious in his heart. But he also found that the reason why Zhuge Jin made such a request at this time was obviously to use his identity to put pressure on Zhao Xianglin, and he was suspected of using his identity as a gunman, so he was a little unhappy in his heart, so he didn't speak, but moved his eyes to Zhuge Jin, wanting to see how Zhuge Jin responded.

Zhuge Jin seemed to have expected Zhao Xianglin to say this, facing Ji Qingchen's curious gaze, he smiled faintly, and said to Zhao Xianglin calmly, "Lord Zhao is polite, His Royal Highness the Ninth has been away from the country for ten years, and when he first arrived in Ningzhou City today, he doesn't know the customs and singing and dancing of Ningzhou, Lord Zhao, if you say so, he will naturally not embarrass you again." But who of you sitting in the hall doesn't have a few singers, how can you not know the dancing posture and piano skills of the singers in Ningzhou? So Lord Zhao, I'm afraid that your remarks are a bit suspicious of self-cherishment! ”

"This-" Zhao Xianglin was angry, he didn't expect Zhuge Jin to speak so ruthlessly, seeing that everyone in the hall moved their eyes to him, knowing that Zhuge Jin had already said it to this point, if he wanted to refuse, he could only offend His Royal Highness the Ninth and the people in the Ningzhou officialdom, so he could only glare at Zhuge Jin fiercely, and reluctantly got up and said a few words to the housekeeper next to him, and the housekeeper nodded and left.

After a while, they heard the sound of a guzheng drifting into the hall, and everyone who was drinking couldn't help but be shocked, and they all focused on the sound of the piano.

The moment Ji Qingchen heard the sound of the piano, his eyes showed a look of surprise. His mother is good at playing the piano and likes music, so that he has a strong interest in music since he was a child, and when he was seven years old, he left the country as a hostage, and practiced his piano skills for ten years, and now his guzheng level has reached the level of a master. So when he heard the sound of this singer drifting faintly into his ears, he found that this singer's piano skills were very good.

The sound of the guzheng floating in the hall is very beautiful, like the tinkling of the spring water of the stream, and there is sadness, like the valley of the orchid, but also a lot of that spirit, like a hero.

Ji Qingchen knows that it is not easy to play a song "Returning" so many times, which is obsessive.

This is not something that can be done by the skill alone, but also depends on the mood and feeling of the person who plays the qin, because the guzheng is an instrument with an intoxicating sound and makes people feel as if they are in the scene......

So, at this moment, he had the urge to meet the singer who played the piano.

"Zheng-" When the last note fell, everyone in the hall was still silent in this beautiful and sad piano sound, except for Ningzhou General Liu Donglou and Ji Qingchen, who were already awake.

"Humph——!" Liu Donglou saw the intoxicated state of everyone in the hall, and snorted very dissatisfiedly, and began to close his eyes again.

Ji Qingchen glanced at Liu Donglou in the lower position and did not speak. If you don't talk about the unpleasantness that happened between the two outside Ningzhou City today, as far as Liu Donglou is concerned, Ji Qingchen still respects each other very much. Although he doesn't know the true strength of Liu Donglou, he can know the ability of his senior brother Mu Feng, Liu Donglou can sit in Ningzhou and lead an army of 100,000 against his senior brother Mu Feng, making it difficult for 100,000 iron horsemen to leave the country to go south to Ningzhou, just this ability is enough to make him proud of the Great Yan Temple, and the title of Great Yan Divine Spear and Great Yan Tiger General is well deserved.

"Bang Bang Bang-"

At this time, Zhuge Jin had also woken up, and began to applaud to express his praise for the piano player. He was born in Jinshi, and he is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, so he naturally likes this piece very much.

Seeing this, everyone in the hall did not dare to lag behind, and began to applaud.

Suddenly, the hall burst into applause.

"Lord Zhao, I don't know what the girl who played the piano just now is called? Can you let her come out and see her? Since she has such superb piano skills, she must also be outstanding in her dancing! Why don't you let her perform another dance to cheer up His Highness the Nine and the adults? Just waiting for the applause, Zhuge Jin said to Zhao Xianglin unhurriedly.

Zhao Xianglin was very angry by Zhuge Jin's words, but what Zhuge Jin said made him unable to refute, so he could only ignore Zhuge Jin, who seemed to be smiling but not smiling, and said to Ji Qingchen with a smile, "Since His Highness likes it, the lower officials will let Mingyan dance for His Highness." ”

Ji Qingchen originally wanted to see this woman with superb piano skills, but now when he heard Zhao Xianglin ask like this, he nodded slightly and agreed. Zhao Xianglin bowed down to receive the order, said a few words to the housekeeper beside him, and the housekeeper left the hall in small steps.

Shaoqing, I saw a twenty-eight girl slowly walking into the hall.

When the girl slowly walked into the hall, everyone in the hall moved their eyes to the girl's body, and even a few people couldn't help but exclaim when they saw the girl's face.

Because this girl is indeed beautiful.

The girl held the guzheng like this, and when she walked into the hall in small steps, her emerald green dress fluttered in the wind, and she was like a fairy in the sky, with a dusty breath.

Seeing the girl's beauty, everyone in the hall understood that Zhao Xianglin cherished the broom of this singer named Mingyan and did not dare to show it publicly. Such a beautiful and talented woman, if she is not a person of power and status, ordinary people really dare not guarantee that she will always be by her side.

Ji Qingchen did not show a greedy gaze on his face when he saw the song Ji Mingyan, but quietly looked at the girl with an appreciative gaze, and when the girl approached, he found that the other party had a round goose egg face, his eyes were black, his cheeks were red, and his body was full of a dusty and cold and arrogant atmosphere, his face was crystal clear, his complexion was like snow, and there was a small dimple on his face, slightly shy, very delicate and beautiful, plus the tall body was wearing an emerald green long skirt, Outside is covered with a white strawberry flower jacket, shallow exposed snow-like breasts, the skirt only covers the knees, and the belt of the same color around the waist binds the waist to a slender grip, which makes her delicate figure.

After singing Ji Mingyan walked into the hall, she turned a blind eye to the greedy gaze on everyone's faces, just handed the guzheng to a maid beside her, and bowed to Ji Qingchen, Liu Donglou, and Zhuge Jin one by one, and began to dance in the hall.

Accompanied by the soft sound of the piano, the singer Mingyan began to dance in the hall, her steps were light, and her emerald green long sleeves fluttered, suddenly like a fairy descending to earth. Ji Qingchen quietly stared at the dancing girl in the hall, a little stunned, because at this moment, the memories of the past came to his mind again, and outside the capital, on the slope of the high gang, Princess Anle's dancing posture appeared in front of his eyes again.

"Fetch the piano!" Suddenly, his heart moved, and he shouted.

Everyone in the hall was stunned, and Liu Donglou and Zhuge Jin beside him also didn't understand why His Royal Highness Jiu suddenly wanted the piano. Only Ye Qingchen, who was sitting at the bottom, knew what his nephew wanted to do, so he sighed slightly and bowed his head silently. And Zhuge Jin is also a smart person, but he was slightly stunned, and he thought of what His Royal Highness the Ninth wanted Qin to do, so he immediately asked the maid in the hall to send the guzheng to Ji Qingchen. Ji Qingchen didn't care about everyone's eyes, he took the guzheng handed to him by the maid, swept all the wine and food on the table in front of him to the ground with a wave of his big sleeves, put the guzheng on it, and began to play. The beautiful sound of the piano came out of the guzheng and floated into the hall, and everyone in the hall who was still surprised by the unruly behavior of His Royal Highness Nine just now found that His Royal Highness Nine in front of him still had such talent, so they moved their eyes to the singer Mingyan in the center of the hall.

The moment Song Ji Mingyan heard the piano sound played by Ji Qingchen, her body shook suddenly.

As a singer who has been immersed in musical instruments and singing and dancing for more than ten years, she naturally has a standard judgment on the level of the piano sound, and when she heard the notes coming from Ji Qingchen's zither, she guessed how exquisite the piano skills of His Royal Highness the Nine Highnesses in the high position were. And when she heard every note reach her ears and merge into her body, she found herself unconsciously jumping out of a difficult movement that she had never done before. At this moment, a sense of intimacy rose in her heart after a long absence, as if this person who played the piano was not a stranger she had just met today, but more like a confidant who had been reunited after a long absence.

The piano notes fell, and with the last note of the piano landing, the dance of the smoke fell and stopped in front of the case of the Nine Emperor Prince Ji Qingchen. Suddenly raised her head, facing the Nine Emperor Princes in front of her who was of the same grade as herself, but her piano skills were more exquisite than herself, and her status was noble, at this moment, her face did not face the humility of the dignitaries, but only a faint intoxication and a faint admiration between her eyebrows.

Ji Qingchen played a song, slowly raised his head, only to find that the girl who was still dancing in the center of the hall just now had arrived in front of him at some point, facing the admiration in the girl's eyes, he did not show any expression, naturally handed over the guzheng to the other party, and said with a faint smile, "The girl dances exquisitely, and the piano skills are exquisite, but unfortunately there is only a famous piano missing." If he is destined to meet in King's Landing, Qingchen will definitely give the girl a famous piano. After that, he ignored Zhuge Jin and Zhao Xianglin, who seemed to be smiling on the side, and strode out of the hall with a stunned look in the hall.