Chapter 33: Night Tour (3)
Gongzi Li restrained his expression and looked in the direction I was pointing. Sure enough, many people poured in the main hall. The white-clothed scribes, the brown-clad sergeants, and several brightly dressed noblewomen also sat down slowly in the company of their servants.
"It's strange, it's still early today, why are so many people here?" Childe Lihu doubted.
"Whatever the reason, it's good that we came early." I got up slightly and straightened the hem of my skirt, then looked expectantly at the bustling hall downstairs.
"Why aren't you annoyed now?" Gongzi Li looked at me and raised an eyebrow and smiled.
"Anyway, it's all here, and you said Shi Yue and Lan Ji so well, how can I see the most affectionate dance in this world! However, if the downstairs is crowded later, will someone come upstairs? ”
"Don't worry! This is where the musicians usually stack their instruments, and if there are no seats, others will naturally not come up. ”
I looked around and saw that there was indeed a row of chimes, a stack of worn-out leather drums, and a row of bamboo fungus tied with multicolored silk threads beyond the curtains, and the "back door" that Gongzili spoke of was hidden in the corner to our right. He's arranged it so well, I don't seem to have anything to worry about.
After a while, the sky was getting dark, the lights downstairs were bright, people came and went, and beauties in various colored gauze skirts shuttled through it with delicious wine and food, so it was not lively.
Suddenly, a series of drums sounded, and I saw two columns of girls dressed in moon-white light gauze dance clothes through the beaded curtains, dancing gracefully on the red lacquer drums. I have never seen such a big singing and dancing scene, and I can't help but lean over to see it more realistically, but I didn't expect that this look scared my scalp and grabbed Gongzili's arm.
Prince Martial, why is he here too?!
Downstairs, the golden-crowned and ink-clothed prince sat in the best position in the hall with a group of entourage, hugging left and right and drinking the wine handed to his lips by the beauty. Gongzili patted my hand and said softly: "Don't be afraid, with me, I won't let him hurt you again." ”
I nodded, and sighed in my heart, not to mention whether the prince still wants to kill me now, just because he saw me and Gongzili sitting behind this ambiguous curtain, I don't know how many ugly words he will say. But now, I haven't even seen Shi Yue and Lan Ji in person, and I really can't afford to leave.
Just as I was hesitating, the candles in the hall suddenly dimmed. A series of piano sounds flow out of the darkness, like pearls and jade, like the jingle of a stream, and the ethereal and pleasant sound makes people seem to wander among the green mountains and green waters, forgetting their sorrows. Suddenly, the sound of the piano turned, the tune became softer, and in a trance, it seemed that thousands of hollow valley orchids opened in front of me in an instant.
When the listeners were fascinated, they saw a peerless beauty wrapped in a scarlet dress, standing on a black leather drum, carried by four handsome young men to the main hall. Her 3,000 green silk bundles are tied on the top of her head, coiled into a high bun, and a purple glazed orchid-shaped comb grate is obliquely inserted into the bun, revealing a white and smooth neck and two inches of imaginative bare back.
Is she the legendary Orchid? It's really gorgeous! Mo said that it was a group of men underneath, and even I couldn't take my eyes off her.
Lan Ji gently moved the lotus step up to the big drum in the main hall, and in the light, hundreds of colorful butterflies embroidered on the wide skirt behind her also flew up the huge drum surface with her footsteps. The sound of the piano suddenly accelerated at this time, Lan Ji bent her waist and spun, and the gorgeous robe on her body flew out in an instant, falling into the crowd of spectators, causing a commotion.
On the black lacquer drum, she covered her lips and smiled, and immediately danced a perfect arc with her left hand wide sleeve, her willow waist was lightly folded, and her right hand was enchanting and spun up. Leaping and spinning, every time she landed, the beat of the drum and the sound of the piano were perfectly matched, and her posture dragged everyone into the dream she had created like a fluttering butterfly.
At the end of the song, the candle flame dimmed again, and when it was lit up again, Lanki on the drum was gone. What I just saw seemed to be just a dream for us spectators. The hall was filled with applause. I'm also enthusiastic at the moment, and I can't wait to shout a few words.
"Childe, do you think Lan Ji will come out again?" I looked at Gongzi Li with sparkling eyes.
Gongzi Li smiled: "Even if it is a prince and nobleman, Lan Ji only dances once a night. ”
"Huh?" I didn't hide my disappointment, and when I saw that everyone downstairs was still pushing their cups, I asked, "Since Lan Ji is no longer dancing, why is everyone still sitting?" ”
"In addition to Lan Ji, the "Chu Waist" danced by the Southern Chu Girl is also a must, and you will definitely like it when you watch it." Gongzi Li said as he turned his head to check on the prince downstairs.
I followed his line of sight, but found that the position of the prince was empty, "What about the prince?" "As soon as I finished speaking, I saw on the steps opposite, the prince was holding two beauties and staggering up with three guards.
"Childe, I'll avoid it for a while. I'll be waiting for you at the intersection behind Le Fang. My heart tightened, so I picked up the veiled hat and rushed to the small door on the right as fast as I could, opened the door and hid in.
I didn't know where the gloomy staircase led, and I climbed down cautiously against the wall, and after walking for a long time, I saw the light, where more than a dozen young girls were lining up to get ready to appear. And Lan Ji stood not far from them, stroking her temples with her slender hands, bowing her head and groaning, with a faint vermilion in the center of her full and round forehead, as if she had painted an orchid.
"Stinky girl, what are you still standing there for? Let's change your clothes yet! You lowly embryos from Chudi, when will you be able to compare to Lan Ji! ”
I looked around and thought, is this old mother calling me?!
I'm the same age as these girls, and I'm standing in a dark corner at the moment, and I'm afraid that the mother in charge has recognized the wrong person.
"Talk about you! What are you still standing on, hurry up and take off your clothes for me! Underwear, underwear, you hurry up for me! The old lady threw me a dress and stared at me impatiently.
I was afraid that she would come over and pull me in a hurry, so I turned around and untied my belt, took off my robe, and slowly put on a peach-pink skirt like a maiko.
When the old lady saw that I was almost dressed, she turned her head and urged the other girls to teach her a lesson, and I took the opportunity to find the door and ran out.
I walked in the dark alley with my support for the outer wall, shivering from the cold, and then I remembered that my clothes and hat had fallen inside.
I clasped my arms and hid behind a big tree to avoid the wind, cursing the hateful prince in my heart.
After more than a quarter of an hour, a woman came from the mouth of the alley in the distance. I cowered behind the tree, not wanting to frighten innocent passers-by with my appearance.
But as the man got closer and closer, the suspicion in my heart became thicker and thicker.
Yao girl?! How could she be here at such a late hour? Could it be that she made an appointment with her lover here tonight?
Just as I was thinking about it, Yao Nu had passed in front of the big tree where I was hiding and stopped at the corner of the wall three zhang away, looking left and right as if she was really waiting for someone.
A moment later, the person she was waiting for appeared.
Yao Nu took two steps forward, bowed, and called, "Master." ”
Jin language, Yao Nu's lover is not a nobleman of the Jin Kingdom?!