In a corner of the garden, the prince placed a few wine tables. At this time, it was late autumn, the season of withering flowers, but the garden of the prince's mansion was full of red, and dozens of small trees one person high were full of clusters of red and bright fruits, adding a bright color to Xiao Suo's autumn day.

I walked to the prince under the guidance of my servant, and the originally noisy banquet suddenly became quiet.

The prince looked at me from beginning to end with half-squinted eyes, and said with a smile: "Weak bones and slender shape, fairy posture and jade color, how about everyone drink a cup for my beauty?" ”

As soon as the prince said this, all the guests also reacted and raised their glasses in response.

After a drink, I saluted the prince, and then turned to the guest Yingying and bowed: "I will give you a salute." ”

"Is this a kabuki or a noblewoman, how can she still have a surname?"

"Yes, don't be abrupt if you're a noblewoman......" The guests whispered.

"Don't salute. Pour wine and pour it all over them. The prince shouted loudly.

Immediately, someone handed me a double-beast face bronze piercing ear pot. I squeezed out a smile and walked over to the prince, kneeling down to pour him a drink.

The prince leaned into my ear and joked: "It's really unique for a child to wear this dress." Why don't you stay in my house and be a concubine? I will not do you any wrong. ”

His heavy breath mixed with the heavy smell of wine sprayed directly on my neck, and I leaned back and said, "The prince is drunk." ”

He picked up the wine bottle and drank it all in one gulp, gritted his teeth in a voice that only I could hear: "If Wu Feng doesn't come within three days, I will go to the monarch's father and commit him to the death penalty of plotting to assassinate the prince, and you won't regret it when the time comes!" ”

"Now that the prince has found the evidence of what the servant said, it should not be the general who should be worried at this moment, but the real mastermind behind the scenes. Perhaps, they arranged more than just Yao Nu! With that, I got up and ignored him, smiling and filling the bottles for the other guests.

"I wonder if the prince thinks the minister's previous proposal is feasible?" It was a young man sitting next to the prince, with red lips and white face, who was elegant and gentle.

"Let's say that we won't talk about political affairs today, Zhao Zi shouldn't be disappointed!" The prince chuckled lightly, raised the wine bottle and blocked the words, "The musician plays music!" Let Cao Nu dance a song. ”

Mi Cao, who had been kneeling on the side, got up and moved the lotus step slowly, and deliberately pushed me on the shoulder when he passed me, casting a very provocative look. I had no intention of comparing beauty with her, smiling and bowing my head away.

In the sound of drums, Mi Cao is dressed in a deep coat with a concubine-colored silk bottom embroidered with white edges, holding two colorful pheasants. Although I don't like her, I must admit that she is beautiful, especially the charm between her long eyebrows and phoenix eyes, which I can never learn.

After the dance, everyone praised it, Mi Caojiao stepped forward with a smile and bowed to Yingying.

"Beauty is great and kind, what reward do you want, just say it!" The prince seemed to be still immersed in Mi Cao's dancing, drinking wine and looking intoxicated.

"The slave family saw that the girl was born with a charming bone, I wonder if I can borrow the prince's light to see the girl's dancing?"

Listening to Mi Cao's words, my hand holding the flask couldn't help but shake. I embarrassed her several times before, but now that it is in her hands, I am afraid that this humiliation will not be escaped.

"Very good, how about a child's dance?" The prince narrowed his eyes and asked with a smile.

"Prince, the servant has never learned to dance."

"What about Fuqin?"

"I haven't learned."

Mi Cao Zhu pursed her lips and chuckled: "The girl didn't mean to refute the prince's face, right?" Or is it - the girl's dance can only be seen by Gongzi Li? ”

Prince Yan's face was already ugly, and Mi Cao's words undoubtedly added another fire to his heart.

At this time, a man sitting at the bottom of the banquet suddenly spoke: "Then dare to ask the girl if she can sing?" I heard that the women of Qindi were born with a good voice. ”

There were many maidservants at this banquet, but there were only six guests in total, and they were all unfamiliar faces. The one who spoke, sitting at the bottom, should be below the other five, he had a high nose and deep eyes like a northern alien, and there was a small water-red birthmark on the corner of his right eyebrow, which looked like two red plums falling on the tip of his eyebrows from a distance.

"The servant has learned a few folk tunes, if the prince does not give up, he can barely listen to it." I nodded gratefully at the man and replied softly.

"Very good, and a song." The prince eased his face, poured himself a glass of wine, and looked at me with great interest.

I went to the musician, took a black lacquered wooden building (1) and a bamboo ruler, sat down in the middle of the banquet, pressed the strings with my left hand, and struck the strings with the bamboo ruler with my right hand, and the sound of clanging immediately calmed the audience.

Years ago, I met two drunken rangers on the streets of Yongcheng. In the bustling crowd, one of them sat on the ground and sang in harmony. The sound of the building is sonorous and pathetic; The song of harmony tells the pride and loneliness of men in the world. After the song, the two hugged each other and laughed and cried. I stood there in a daze, watching them pick up their swords, mount their horses, and gallop away in the bloody sun.

From this, I learned how to build and memorized the song. After the song was sung, some of the men in the banquet burst into tears.

There is no daughter's tenderness, not a folk tune, I sing a seven-foot man, a heart of the family and the country, a dream.

There was silence during the feast, and I could even hear the wind blowing the leaves.

It wasn't until the man with the water-red birthmark on his eyebrows raised his palms and said: "I don't know today that there are women in Qin who can build and sing, good, great good!" ”

Everyone came back to their senses and cast admiring glances at me.

The crown prince laughed and said to the man sitting next to him: "Zhao Zi, your retainers seem to like me very much, why don't I give her to you and bring her back to the Jin Kingdom together after three days?" ”

I was shocked, the Jin people wanted to kill him, and he actually invited the Jin people to a banquet at this time?!

Zhao Zi...... Could it be that sitting next to the crown prince will be the son of Zhao Ying, the secretary of the Jin Kingdom!

I was shocked here, and the man who had just high-fived actually stood up with his coat raised, bowed to the prince, and replied loudly: "Zhang Mengtan, a retainer of the Zhao family, thank you to the prince!" ”

The crown prince may have said this just to scare me, but I didn't expect this Jin man named Zhang Mengtan to take it seriously, which made him extremely embarrassed for a while, and after laughing twice, he turned his head and whispered to the Zhao family of the Jin Kingdom, ignoring us anymore.

Zhang Mengtan helped me to sit down on his couch and said seriously: "The girl's song is moving, and Meng Tan really admires it." If the girl is not happy here, it is better to go back to the Jin Kingdom with me, and I will treat you well. ”

I saw that he looked sincere, although I didn't want to hit him, but I could only tell the truth: "Mr.'s simplicity is the most commendable, but you don't have to take the prince's words seriously, he won't let me go with you." Even if he wanted to, there would be others who would stand in his way. ”

"What? Are there many people who are as fond of girls as I am? ”

"Pleasing to me? Sir, which girl did you say that? I picked up the wine bottle on the table and poured myself a glass, and said with a smile, "You and I are the first time we have met today, so why do you like it?" Mr. just said to help, you and I can be friends, I don't know what Mr. thinks? ”

"I don't want to." He smiled slightly, snatched the wine bottle from my hand and drank it down.

I looked down and smiled, and continued to drink to keep warm.

After a while, he spoke again: "You can sing another song for me, whatever you want." ”

I was already slightly drunk at the moment, so I knelt down on the wine table, gently hit the table with my index finger, and sang a song of Yao Nu's "Zijin".

Zhang Mengtan was a little distracted after listening to this song, and only after a long time did he come up with a sentence: "This song doesn't sound like a ballad from Qin Di." ”

"This is Zheng Guo's tune, I once heard a poor man sing it, and I wrote it down when I thought it sounded, and Mr. likes it too?"

"I like it, it's just that you're singing too miserably."

"I was moved when I first listened to it, and now that the song is wrong, how can I be happy when I live and die?"

Zhang Mengtan didn't speak, just looked at me quietly, his eyes were like the clearest sky in autumn, clear and gentle.

"A day is as good as March, has Mr. ever tasted like this?" I asked.

He smiled slightly and turned his head: "Meng Tan doesn't know what to miss in this life, a good man should take the world as his ambition, and the feelings of children are the most important." ”

When I heard this, I hid the sadness on my face, raised my head and said with a smile: "Then Ah Shi respects Mr., don't meet that woman who can make you miss painfully in this life, so as not to damage your ambition for your family and country." ”

"Hahaha, I've heard countless toasts here, but the girl is the most interesting, and it's worth a drink." He poured me a glass of wine, and without excuse I took a big sip.

"Very good, the girl seems to be weak, but her temperament is honest and bold, happy!"

"If he has the opportunity to see him again, I will invite him to drink my own wine."

"Great goodness! Meng Tan thanked him in advance. ”

"Sir, who is the head of your family? Why did you come to Qin? "I almost forgot to get down to business after a few glasses of wine.

"The head of my family, Zhao Wuxian, is the son of Zhao Ying, Jinqing, and was an official in Qin in his early years. This time I came to pass on the book to Uncle Qin for the Marquis of Jin, and by the way, I also visited a few old friends. ”

In addition to keeping the eldest son by his side, the concubines are usually sent to other countries as officials, one is to study, and the other is to avoid the possibility of competing for power. Jin Qing Zhao Ying is the head of the four secretaries of the Jin State, in charge of state affairs, and this Zhao Wuxian sitting next to the crown prince must be one of his many concubines.

"Since the head of your family is the son of the Zhao family, why didn't you see the head of your family go to the banquet at the prince's birthday banquet a few days ago?" Before, Yao Nu called the beast-faced man as the master, but now that this Zhao Wuxian suddenly appeared in the Prince's Mansion, I couldn't help but be suspicious.

"My family master and I only arrived in Yongcheng yesterday, so I unfortunately missed it. What's interesting about the feast? Zhang Mengtan put a piece of roasted meat in his mouth with a spoon and smiled calmly.

"It's nothing, it's just a pity for Mr. Lanji who can't see the world's glamorous Lan Ji dancing." I replied nonchalantly.