CHAPTER XXXIX

In order to complete the list on time in the scheduled date, the Lu family opera troupe divided the troupe into two groups.

Xiao Jinmei is a corner, or the famous character of the Lu family opera troupe singing the north and south of the river, she has the ability to pick up the beam alone, and only the old Wu who is in charge of miscellaneous work is with her, and the head of the Lu family took a group of senior brothers and brothers to sing elsewhere.

But on the way to the capital, she also inquired around, and no one saw Lu Jiaban's opera car appear in the capital, although it is now a peaceful and prosperous world, everyone is not famine, but the bandits in the mountain nest are not full and can't come out to hang around, in case something happens............

Just when Xiao Jinmei was worried, she heard a knock on the door, she walked to the door and asked softly, "Who?" ”

"It's me."

Lao Wu's voice came from outside the door, Xiao Jinmei opened the door, Lao Wu walked in with a bag of oil paper packages on his face, and without waiting for Xiao Jinmei to ask, Lao Wu's chatterbox opened by himself.

"I found the head of the class, just the shopkeeper said, Lu Ban Master checked into the inn three days ago, early this morning there was a well-dressed person who claimed to be a housekeeper invited the head of the class, the shopkeeper said, maybe this time is an unprecedented big business, let's stay in the inn, and when they come back, the shopkeeper will tell us. By the way, someone at the door just now was selling rice dumplings, thinking that you like to eat them, so I bought some for you! ”

"Thank you, Uncle Wu!"

As soon as she heard the news of Master Lu, Xiao Jinmei was overjoyed, and when Uncle Wu put the oiled paper package containing rice dumplings in front of her, her original joy instantly decreased by nine points, and the lingering clouds of sorrow re-enveloped her delicate eyebrows.

Lao Wu only left the room when she was tired from running all the way, and left the room after saying a good rest, Xiao Jinmei sat back in front of the window, and took out a half-old pink handkerchief from her arms, and the handkerchief was embroidered with a delicate peach blossom, which was the most popular pattern in Beijing ten years ago.

“.................... It was only said that Yang Yanei came to make trouble again, but it turned out to be this young man, looking at this person's appearance, it seems like my son-in-law survived after his death.............................."

There was a faint sound of a woman singing in the guest room, and the shopkeeper who was cleaning up the ledger suddenly raised his head and exclaimed to Lao Wu, who was eating peanuts on the side, "This little Jinmei's singing skills are really amazing now, and the first of the three famous actors is well deserved!" Lu Jiaban is afraid that he will gain a foothold in Beijing in the future, and it will become more and more prosperous. ”

Lao Wu chewed peanuts and said happily, "The shopkeeper said that he laughed, there is no rice at home, how can he settle down." This place in the capital is too expensive, and we ordinary people can't afford to live in it. ”

The shopkeeper rarely put down the ledger in his hand and listened carefully, and he was happy in his heart and simply hummed along, seeing the old Wu Le looking at himself, he was a little embarrassed and said, "Let my brother see me laugh, among the many excerpts, I love the play "Wangjiang Pavilion", and I can't help but sing along when I hear this tune. ”

Lao Wu waved his hand and said with a smile, "What I said, it's good if the shopkeeper likes it, we go to the rivers and lakes to sing, and the most afraid thing is that no one likes it." ”

In the evening, Lu Banzhu took some young young descendants to appear in the expectation of Lao Wu, Lao Wu said about the distance of the past half a month, Xiao Jinmei also went downstairs to greet when she heard the movement, and looked at the senior brothers and sisters in front of her with great joy.

The master of the Lu class happily reunited with the two people who had been separated for a long time, and said that this time they had taken on a big job, and the famous Yu Mansion in Beijing wanted to invite the Lu family opera troupe to sing a big play. The lord of Yu Mansion is the father-in-law of Yu in the palace, that is a great character, if he gets a good word in front of him, maybe he can enter the palace and sing it to the ladies of the Lafayette Emperor.

The future is so bright, all the men, women and children in the class are very happy, only Xiao Jinmei has a faint smile, but the smile does not enter the bottom of the eye.

Master Lu Ban happily took the heavy deposit in his hand, accepted it with a smile, and said solemnly, "When you go to Yufu to sing, the big guys have to show their housekeeping skills, if it's not the best, don't go to the stage to be embarrassed." If the singing is smashed, the reputation of our Lu family class will be completely repented! ”

The big guys also nodded in agreement, discussing what they should prepare.

"Master, don't worry, we won't embarrass you, and when the time comes, I will sing "White Lady Stealing Spirit Grass" to ensure that Father-in-law Yu is satisfied."

"Then I'll come to Wu Song to fight the tiger."

"I sang 'Flower Field Wrong'."

"Hey, you kid dare to steal my specialty dish! No, I'll sing the best in "The Wrong Flower Field", and you can change it again. ”

"Are you sure you want to sing 'Flower Field Wrong'?"

"Sure!"

"Then I won't change it, Master, let's settle down! I sang "Flower Field Wrong". ”

"Your uncle.............."

"Little Jinmei, what are you going to sing?"

The class master Lu suddenly turned his head and asked the proud disciple who had been silent, Xiao Jinmei didn't expect the class master to suddenly ask, and after being stunned for a moment, he said, "Jin Yunu." ”

Master Lu asked the shopkeeper to prepare the four treasures of the study, wrote down the excerpts that the apprentices were going to sing one by one, and specially discussed with Lao Wu, who would open and who would finale, and stayed up all night, until the next day, when the chicken was crooked, he lay on the table and took a nap for a while.

"What? Temporary change of play! ”

Master Lu Ban hurriedly shook his head beside him: "No!" No way! This play has already been sung halfway through the opening, and the play list was also given to Yu Gonggong, and he suddenly changed the play at the end of the singing, which ..... What is this called? Besides, there has always been only the owner who temporarily changed the play, how can there be a troupe that makes its own decisions and says that if you don't sing, you won't sing! Xiao Jinmei, this father-in-law is a great big man, we can't afford to offend, even if the master begs you, you can sing the "Golden Jade Slave" you set before, when can't you sing "Wangjiang Pavilion", if you like it, you can sing "Wangjiang Pavilion" on every stage in the future. ”

Xiao Jinmei, who was sitting in front of the bronze mirror and putting on makeup, unexpectedly rejected Lu Banzhu's request, and the firmness and stubbornness that she had never had before surprised Lu Banzhu.

Xiao Jinmei was raised by him, she was a well-behaved and sensible child from childhood to adulthood, and she never said a word of no from her mouth, and why did it suddenly become so strange today, Master Lu looked at the somewhat strange little apprentice in front of him in a daze, and understood in his heart that this little apprentice suddenly had such a big change I am afraid that it has a direct relationship with the young master at home.

Although Xiao Jinmei often has a smile on her face, she is actually a person who doesn't care about anything, whether it is singing or going to the rivers and lakes to set up a scene, she never knows what she is seeing, and she has never taken the initiative to ask anyone.

And after entering the Yu Mansion today, I accidentally met the eldest young master of the Yu family, and since I met the eldest young master, Xiao Jinmei's eyes have never been able to leave him. After the eldest young master left, she seemed to have left her soul, sitting in the background, sometimes smiling, sometimes frowning.

sang most of the drama on the stage, and saw that it was about to be her play, but she said lightly but wanted to change the play!

"Xiao Jinmei, if we don't do this, you sing your "Jin Yu Nu" first, and when "Jin Yu Nu" is sung, we will add another "Wangjiang Pavilion", do you think it's okay?"

In the expectant gaze of the Lu class master, Xiao Jinmei finally nodded and agreed, and the Lu class master breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly went to the housekeeper of the Yu Mansion to discuss.

Xiao Jinmei happily pasted herself in the background, painted makeup, and hummed softly in her mouth.

After many years, she finally saw him again.

is getting westward, and the big drama on the stage is gradually coming to an end, and Xiao Jinmei walked to the stage in white clothes and plain clothes in the sound of gongs and drums.

The moment she stood on the stage, she was not the usual girl Xiao Jinmei, but the new widow Tan Ji'er who was both talented and beautiful.

A pair of long eyebrows hung sorrowful, and his eyes were empty and cold. She is no longer the immature doll she sang when she was a child, and now she is the head of the golden horns who are popular all over the country.

Xiao Jinmei smiled and vividly expressed Tan Jier's admiration and shyness when she met Bai Shizhong, and the audience applauded continuously, cheering higher than one another.

Master Lu stood beside Father-in-law Yu, cautiously accompanied him and said with a smile, "Father-in-law Yu, this "Wangjiang Pavilion" is our little Jinmei's specialty, and it is also a piece of our Lv family's class for you. Do you think it's okay? ”

Father-in-law Yu nodded slowly, "Hmm! The first of the three famous actors, well deserved. Master Lu Ban, your moves are bright enough, such a golden phoenix falls beside you, Lu Jiaban, the future is immeasurable! ”

"Oops! Don't dare to be it, Father-in-law Yu is too high-minded, as long as you listen to it, we will be happy. ”

Father-in-law Yu looked at Xiao Jinmei, who was dressed in plain clothes, and suddenly "Huh! With a sound, Lu Banzhu's heart suddenly twitched, and before he could ask, he heard his father-in-law say to the housekeeper on the side, "Look, why is this little Jinmei so familiar?" ”

The housekeeper on the side looked up and down, and said with a low smile, "No wonder you look familiar, this little Jin Mei is not bad, there is a bit of the charm of the eldest lady of the Ye family between her eyebrows, and then put on this plain clothes, look at it from a distance, tsk!" It's even more like. ”

Father-in-law Yu nodded and smiled at the frightened Lu Banzhu next to him, "Today's play sounds good, it's over in a while, go to the housekeeper to receive the reward!" ”

Master Lu's heart suddenly relaxed, and he smiled and said, "Thank you!" ”

Early in the morning of the second day, the housekeeper of the Yu family personally brought the dowry and the matchmaker to the door to ask for marriage, and the one who asked for it was not someone else, but Xiao Jinmei, the head of the horn.

Since yesterday's change of play list, the master of the Lu class knew that Xiao Jinmei was a person with a temperament, and he didn't dare to call the shots without permission, so he secretly asked Xiao Jinmei's thoughts, who knew that Xiao Jinmei heard that it was hired by the eldest young master of the Yu family, and agreed without saying a word.

So in the afternoon of the same day, a big red sedan chair stopped at the door of the inn, and Xiao Jinmei said goodbye to the master of Lu Ban and a group of senior brothers and sisters, and happily got on the big sedan chair of the Yu family.

After Xiao Jinmei entered the Yu Mansion, she inquired from the maid from time to time, asking where the eldest young master of the Yu family was now, when he would come back, in the eyes of the maid, I was afraid that she was going to laugh at this bride who had not passed the door A little too anxious, but Xiao Jinmei didn't care, she was not afraid of being laughed at, the reason why she inquired about the news of the eldest young master was to return a thing that had been borrowed for ten years to him before the wedding.

Her close maid told her that there seemed to be a quarrel between Young Master Yu and Father-in-law Yu, and Father-in-law Yu locked up the young master in a fit of anger, and Father-in-law Yu also issued a death order, and no one could open the door for the young master without his permission, even the daily meals.

She couldn't bear to take advantage of the darkness to sneak a snack to see him, she lied that she was a new maid, and the two chatted for a long time through the thick door panel.

Every sentence he asked was related to the eldest lady of the Ye family, she didn't know who the eldest lady of the Ye family was, what was her recent situation, every sentence she answered was good, very good, very good for his relief.

Finally he said that he wanted to ask her for a favor, and she immediately answered, and he said that there were many scrolls in his study, and asked her to help him get a random scroll, and she answered and turned and ran to his study.

Following the route he had told, she successfully stood at the door of the study, where there were only a few books, and the rest of the place was obliterated by the scrolls.

She couldn't help but the curiosity in her heart secretly opened to see, and the moment she opened the scroll, her heart seemed to fall into the bottomless ice abyss, and the rolling gestures and regrets ruthlessly devoured her.

The picture scroll depicts a graceful woman, her eyes are full of brilliance, there is a trace of cunning between her eyebrows, her plain clothes are like clouds, her hosta is leaning against the window, her slender jade fingers are holding a crystal clear jade, her smart eyes fall on the jade in her hand with a smile, and there is a colorful small incense burner on the side.

Although she had never seen the woman before, a vague answer came to her mind.

This is the Miss Ye that the eldest young master is talking about!

She opened the scrolls in the study one after another, and the women in the scrolls were either standing under the trees, or sitting by the water, or looking at the phoenix butterflies at their fingertips, or glaring angrily, the scenery in the paintings was not the same, and the only thing that remained unchanged was that the women in the paintings were the same person.

Xiao Jinmei let out a long sigh, and the joy that had been hovering in her heart disappeared in an instant, and was replaced by overwhelming darkness and coldness.

Lang Junyuan, who she has been waiting for for ten years, is also silently waiting for another person, and in some ways, the two of them are also a good match.

Xiao Jinmei doesn't remember how she went back to the room, she only knew that she was very tired, lying on the bed but couldn't close her eyes, her mind was full of portraits of the hairpin woman, one after another, she obviously didn't want to see it anymore, but the portrait was like a horse watching the lamp, turning around in her mind again and again, turning her dizzy and her ears buzzing.

On the second day, as soon as she finished lunch, a little girl suddenly ran to her with a spring breeze on her face, saying that the eldest young master's confinement had been lifted and she wanted to see her, she dressed up and went to him half-happily and half-worriedly, and he just glanced at her lightly and asked, "What's your name?" ”

She didn't dare to look at him, looked down at her toes, and replied softly, "Little Jinmei." ”

I only heard his voice from the top of my head, "I see that your eyebrows and eyes are very good, like a crescent moon in the water, it is better to change your name to Water Moon!" ”

This sentence smashed her heartstrings like a hammer, the moon in the water, the moon shadow in the water, he wanted to be her shadow because he couldn't get the moon of the eldest lady of the Ye family?

Listening to Lang Jun in front of him calling names that don't belong to him every day, when he puts his eyes on himself, he knows that the tenderness and love don't belong to him.

How cruel is this!

"What, don't like it?"

She swallowed the bitterness on her lips quickly, and said with a light smile, "I like it, Master Xie!" ”

The stubbornness in her heart can't help but refuse, today she is the moon shadow in the water, but she firmly believes that tomorrow is the moon in his heart that can never be erased, she has the time and the way to make him feel her heart, until he replaces the woman in the painting.