Chapter 276: Green Leaves and Flowers
There was still some time before the evening, Liu Yu asked Yang Lie to track down the Qinglou woman named Liu Meier, and on the other hand, he thought of using Sima Xuan'er, who was very related to Liu Liniang, to try to verify the identity of this woman, even if Liu Liniang put on makeup, dressed herself as young and weak, and portrayed her demeanor and demeanor as another person, but she couldn't disguise it in dance and charm.
Liu Liniang is also a criminal of the imperial court after all, although Han Sheng and He Mao, who were in charge of tracking down Liu Liniang in the past, are not in Chang'an City now, it does not mean that Liu Liniang dares to appear so unscrupulously.
In the afternoon, after sending Qi'er and Wu Shuo away, Liu Yu went to the singing and dancing workshop not far away, all of which were under the Jinchang workshop, and he was embarrassed to disturb him on weekdays. This time I went to see if I could find Sima Xuan'er, and even if I couldn't find it, I should be able to find out her home address from Aunt Xuan or others.
When I arrived at the singing and dancing workshop, it was about the relationship of casual workers, there were not many people inside, and there was not even a guest at the door, Liu Yu went directly to the door of the dance hall, and heard an old woman arguing with a young woman inside. The old Liu Yue didn't recognize it, but the young woman, as soon as she heard him, knew that it was Sima Xuan'er.
"Culture, education, and learning, everyone has their own pursuits, please don't embarrass Lan anymore, it's a big deal, Lan Lan won't practice dancing here in the future." Liu Yu arrived at the door of the dance hall and happened to hear Qi Lan's slightly sad and angry words.
Liu Yu suddenly remembered that he did leave a sum of silver for Sima Xuan'er when he left Chang'an City, but after the year, this silver should have been used up, and it had not been used up for her family for two months. Don't you have no money to pay for the dance hall to be kicked out? Listen closely, but it doesn't look like it. It seems to be about the performance activities.
Liu Yu walked in the door. The teacher immediately looked displeased. I was about to question someone. But if you look closely, it is Liu Yu, and hurriedly walked out of the dance hall quietly, Liu Yue has visited many times before, and the old teachers of the song and dance workshop have all seen it.
Only Liu Yu and Sima Xuan'er were left in the entire dance hall.
"General Liu, have you returned triumphantly?" Sima Xuan'er faced Liu Yu, a little panicked, and then the look on her face calmed down and said.
"Come back for a few days. I haven't come to visit Miss Sima. It was an oversight under the order, and this time it was time to send the moon silver. Forgive me for being a little late. Liu Yu took out some silver, including a sample of the silver ticket that the Commerce and Trade Department was going to implement, and handed it to Sima Xuan'er.
"General Liu's words are serious, you still have a lot of silver for the little girl before, and it is enough to take care of the family, and you don't need so much."
Liu Yu asked in detail, only to learn that the quarrel just now was not because of money, but because Sima Xuan'er had never been out to perform in the past few months. made some powerful people who wanted her to play very annoyed, so they found a teacher in the singing and dancing workshop to persuade her. will lead her to say the bold words of "everyone has their own pursuit".
Liu Yu smiled faintly. In fact, this also shows that Sima Xuan'er is not short of money for the time being.
"How are you at home?" Liu Yu asked.
"Hmm." The two of them sat on the wooden shelf on the side, and Liu Yu didn't have any shelf, so she was not so restrained, and replied, "My younger brothers and sisters can continue to study, and my mother and aunt are living better than before." If it weren't for General Liu's generous funding, maybe Kang Lan would have been married and would not have been able to come out to practice dancing again. ”
A girl should have sought a stable life, but Liu Yu didn't expect that after her life was stable, Sima Xuan'er would still be so keen on dancing. Although Liu Yu asked for a decree to prepare to clear the grievances of some old ministers who had been wronged during the previous emperor's period, but because of the obstruction of Yuan Bolang and others, this matter has not been completed, and now after returning to Chang'an City, it is even more inconvenient for him to interfere in these matters. If Sima Xuan'er's father Sima Lang's crime back then is washed away, at least Sima's family will no longer have to be looked at by others, and the family will be able to have land to collect rent, and their lives will be better.
The two chatted for a while, and they talked about Sima Xuan'er's recent situation. Sima Xuan'er said: "General Liu came this time, but he was looking for a performance in Qianlan?" There is no merit, and I have been waiting for this day for a long time. ”
"Not really." Liu Yu said, "Today is here for you to meet someone, you know it, but you don't necessarily know it." But we'll talk about it. ”
Sima Xuan'er's eyebrows lowered slightly, and asked, "I don't know if General Liu is so solemn, and he came to find Qi Lan in person, who did he see?" ”
"This person may be Liu Liniang, but it may or may not be, but it is said that her dancing style is in the same vein as Liu Liniang, and Miss Sima should be interested in meeting her."
Sima Xuan'er nodded and said: "This person has also heard of it, she has come to Chang'an City to perform several times, and many people have gone to see it every time, it is reported that she is indeed a little similar to Liu Liniang, but there are still differences." ”
When Sima Xuan'er said this, she was a little disappointed in her words, probably because she felt that Liu Yue came to her for someone else, maybe she didn't pay enough attention to her, or she felt that her dancing was not as good as Liu Liniang, and wanted to take her to study. Originally, she knew that her dancing style was not as good as Liu Liniang's, and she was not jealous, but now she has a little daughter's mentality, thinking about going to Bibi.
She can't compare to a real Liu Liniang, a fake Liu Liniang who is a toddler in Handan, can't she compare?
"I was going to take Miss Sima to take a look, but since that's the case......"
"Take Lan with you." Sima Xuan'er smiled faintly, and did not say the jealousy in her heart, but only said a very simple appeal, "Qi Lan also hopes to find out his own shortcomings by comparing with other people's dancing styles, and make up for his weaknesses in order to make progress." I am very grateful to General Liu for giving Kang Lan such an opportunity. ”
Originally, Liu Yu still felt that it was difficult to speak, so he took the girl's house to the Qinglou to watch other women's performances, and ordinary girls from good families always had to avoid taboos. Now Sima Xuan'er seems to be seizing this opportunity, Liu Yue thinks that maybe Sima Xuan'er is obsessed with dancing and intoxicated, so she will be so urgent.
"Then Miss Sima should go back and change into clothes?" Liu Yu looked at Sima Xuan'er's clothes, the bells and whistles of the dance clothes, even if he didn't wear this costume, wearing ordinary women's clothes, it would be unseemly to enter Xiaohualou.
Sima Xuan'er looked at the clothes on her body and said with a little disappointment: "It's a pity that there are no men's clothes in Qianlan." ”
"Then you might as well go buy a few new ones."
Hearing that Liu Yu wanted to buy her clothes, but it was still men's clothes, Sima Xuan'er smiled on her face, she would definitely be laughed at if she said this, but since Liu Yu, the minister of the court, didn't care, she was a dancer, and she wouldn't care about other people's comments.
"There's General Lao Liu."
If you want to buy clothes, you don't need Liu Yu to do it yourself, this time Liu Yu came over with the guards, because Lian Husheng has now been promoted to a general, and it is no longer suitable to be the commander of the guards, and the guards around him have also changed. These people don't know Sima Xuan'er either, so it's most appropriate for them to buy men's clothes.
Buy it back, let Sima Xuan'er change it in, tie a headscarf, a handsome offspring with a heroic and graceful demeanor, really a little white face than a little white face. Liu Yu was afraid of taking Sima Xuan'er in men's clothes out of the city, and the beauties focused all their attention on Sima Xuan'er, and they wanted to be green leaves to set off others. (To be continued......)