Chapter 35: The Dancer
Liu Pi's army was stationed in the valley, while He Man chose the hill. His military camp was not as well organized as Liu Pi's, with many marching tents scattered on a relatively wide hill between trees.
This is Homan's barracks!
Compared to Liu Pi's barracks, He Man's barracks were completely undisciplined, and once an army adept at lurking launched a surprise attack on them, they would be completely powerless.
He Man and several Yellow Turban Army generals rode horses to lead the way, while Liu Wei and others followed closely behind a group of He Man's personal soldiers.
"Sir." He Man and the others who were walking in front had already dismounted, handed over the horses to the soldiers to lead, and climbed up the hillside, Liu Wei was about to follow behind and walk up the mountain, Shan Fu took two quick steps to catch up with him, and whispered: "Does Mr. think that leaving from He Man's military camp is much easier than walking from Liu Pi?" ”
Liu Wei was thinking like this in his heart, and he was seen through by Shan Fu at a glance, he was stunned, turned his head to look at Shan Fu, but said nothing.
"If Mr. has the heart to leave, Shan Fu is willing to help." Shan Fu smiled slightly, and did not wait for Liu Wei to answer, but then whispered: "Later, Shan Fu will come to Mr.'s tent to meet him." ”
After speaking, Shan Fu not only did not move forward, but took two steps back and walked behind Liu Wei.
Liu Wei didn't look back at him, there were some Yellow Turban soldiers under He Man beside him, and it was not appropriate to be too close to Shan Fu after all.
After entering the mountains and forests, before He Man and the others approached the barracks, a team of Yellow Turban soldiers came out, and the soldiers in front of them clasped their fists with both hands, bowed slightly and said to He Man: "Shuai Qu, the banquet has been prepared." ”
Hearing what the soldier said, Liu Wei's brows furrowed slightly. Shan Fu, who was following Liu Wei, had a faint smile on his face, with an expression of "I knew that Lu Dao would be like this".
Coming out of Liu Pi's military camp, He Man and the others were non-stop all the way, and the distance between the two camps was not very far, even if he sent someone back to order the preparation of the banquet before leaving, he would definitely not be prepared so quickly.
The only explanation is that He Man has already made calculations. This is a coarse and delicate character, his mind is definitely not as simple as Zhou Cang, and the moment he learned that the banquet had been prepared, Liu Wei instantly changed his opinion of He Man.
followed He Man and the others into the barracks, and more than a dozen women wearing brocade skirts walked out.
During the Han Dynasty, deep clothes replaced the early skirts, and most folk women wore deep clothes. Only a few women will retain the dress of the underskirt.
Many people believe that in the Han Dynasty, the skirt had been completely replaced by deep clothes, and it was not until the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties that it flourished again. In fact, this is not the case, the style of the upper skirt and the lower skirt are temporarily abandoned by the folk women because they are too fat and inconvenient to move, but the women of the rich and noble families still like this kind of ethereal style.
More than a dozen women came out, lined up, bowed slightly, and blessed He Manfu.
"Today's distinguished guests are coming, you are waiting for a good life to entertain Mrs." He Man waved his hand at those women, turned his head and said to Liu Wei: "Sir, these are the family members of a certain person, how about Mrs. be entertained by them?" ”
Glancing at the more than a dozen flowers, although the appearance is quite good, but there is a vulgar meaning in her bones, Liu Wei nodded, and replied to He Man: "The insiders will have to bother the ladies to take care of them." ”
"Go with the ladies." In response to He Man's call, Liu Wei turned his head and said softly to Tang Ji who was following him: "I'll pick you up later." ”
"No!" Tang Ji bowed to Liu Wei, pursed his lips, and followed the dozen or so women to the women's tent.
"Between the mountains and the wilderness, there is not much delicacies to entertain you, I have prepared some vulgar and leaky food, and I hope a few people will forgive me" When he arrived at the big tent, He Man made a gesture of please, and said to Liu Wei, Zhou Cang and Shan Fu: "Please! ”
The soldiers standing on the side stretched out their hands to lift the curtain of the tent, and Liu Wei and the others thanked He Man and bowed down into the big tent.
As soon as he entered the tent, Liu Wei smelled the smell of meat and wine, and two young girls in light blue clothes were kneeling in front of a large wine barrel, gently stirring the wine in the barrel with a long-rod wine spoon.
There was a slight noise when the curtain was lifted, and the two girls who were stirring the wine heard the sound and quickly turned their faces to look at the curtain.
When they saw He Man walking into the tent with the three strangers, they quickly stood up, bowed down and stood on both sides of the wine barrel, and said to He Man: "Wait for Qu Shuai." ”
"Hmm!" He Man nodded, waved his hand at them, and said to them, "Go down." ”
The two girls answered, bowed and exited the tent.
"You may be seated!" After entering the big tent, He Man made a gesture of invitation to Liu Wei and the others again, and then turned his head to the yellow turban general who followed the tent and said, "There is only a wine banquet but no singing and dancing, isn't it boring?" You go and bring in the dancers we found a few days ago, and cheer us up for singing and dancing. ”
"No!" The Yellow Turban General answered, turned and walked out of the tent.
Same as in Liu Bi's place, although a table case was prepared for Zhou Cang in the big tent, Zhou Cang insisted on not sitting, just pressing the sword in his hand, standing behind Liu Bi, guarding Liu Bi.
Zhou Cang insisted on not sitting, and He Man was not reluctant, but just confessed, sat down on the main seat of the head of the house, and ordered his soldiers to let people enter the tent and pour wine.
Hearing that there are dancers here, Liu Wei couldn't help but look at He Man twice. I didn't expect this rough man to know how to enjoy it, and he camped in this deep mountain, but he didn't forget to grab a few dancers to relieve his boredom.
Soon after everyone sat down, the curtain was lifted again, and the yellow turban general, who had left earlier, led in nine girls in gauze skirts.
The age difference between these nine girls is not much, they are all sixteen or seventeen years old, all of them have willow waists and delicate faces, and as soon as they enter the tent, they bring a different kind of freshness to everyone.
At the front was a girl in a royal blue dress, and the eight girls behind her were dressed in snow-white gauze dresses. The two gauze skirt girls in the back of the most Lu are also holding a yaoqin in their arms, thinking that they should be the musicians of the soundtrack.
Entering the tent, a girl in a royal blue dress stood at the front, and eight girls in white gauze skirts stood behind her in a line, and blessed He Manfu, who was sitting at the top, and said in unison: "The slave and maid worship Qu Shuai." ”
He Man, who was rough-looking, nodded at the girls with a smile, raised his hand and said: "Today, Benqu Shuai has a distinguished guest, you wait for a good life to sing and dance, Benqu Shuai will not treat you badly." ”
The nine girls answered in unison, and the two girls holding Yaoqin in their arms walked to the corner of the big tent, and two piano cases had been placed in the corner, they sat down behind the piano case, gently plucked the strings twice with their slender white fingers, and after adjusting the timbre, they nodded to the seven girls standing in the middle of the open space.
Qingyue's piano sounded, and the six white-shirted girls standing behind the blue-shirted girl trotted out, fanning the blue-shirted girl in the middle.
The blue-shirted girl raised her head slightly, raised an arm as white as a green onion, her willow waist collapsed, her round buttocks stood up, and she assumed a dancing posture.
After the blue-shirted girl danced, the six girls around her also took the same pose, but the six girls were not as soft as hers, giving people a slightly stiff feeling.
"Go out of the east gate, and don't care about returning; Come to the beginning, sad and sad; There is no bucket of rice storage in Anzhong, and there is no hanging clothes on the shelf. Draw the sword and go to the east gate, and the mother in the house is holding her clothes and crying: his family wants to be rich, and the concubine and the king will feed together. The upper use of Canglang is sophistical, and the lower should use this yellow mouth, this is not! Duh! Yes! I'm too late! Gray hair is difficult to live for a long time nowadays. As the girls danced, the blue-shirted girl lightly opened her lips and sang a song "Traveling to the East Gate", which was very popular in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.
This song is very suitable for the Yellow Turban Army who rebelled, and it can often be heard in the tooth tents of the Yellow Turban Army generals.
Zhou Cang and He Man, who were born in the Yellow Turban Army, felt quite emotional in their hearts when they listened to this song. It was precisely because of the lack of food and clothing at home that they saw that the whole family was going to starve to death, so they believed in the Taiping Tao and followed the Zhang Jiao brothers to rebel.
After the incident, the mighty Yellow Turban Army was not united with each other, and the combat effectiveness of the army was very fragile, and tens of thousands of Yellow Turban troops were defeated by more than 1,000 Han troops in battles repeatedly, only a few months later, Zhang Jiao, Zhang Bao, Zhang Liang brothers were killed in battle, and the Yellow Turban Uprising was also declared a failure.
Compared with Zhou Cang and He Man, who looked embarrassed, Liu Wei, who had not participated in the Yellow Turban Uprising, and had never tried to cook without rice at home, naturally would not have such a deep understanding.
He glanced at Shan Fu, who was sitting opposite, and saw that Shan Fu was also indifferent.
The girls were singing and dancing, the curtain was lifted, and five girls dressed in dark blue clothes walked in from outside.
Compared with the girls who were singing and dancing, these girls were younger, no more than fourteen or fifteen years old. After entering the tent, two of the girls walked from the corner of the side of the tent with their heads bowed to He Man.
One of the other three girls came to Shan Fu's side, knelt beside him, reached out and picked up the long-rod wine spoon in the wine barrel beside him, and poured wine for Shan Fu.
The two girls who walked towards Liu Wei and Zhou Cang, one of them sat next to Liu Wei, while the other stood beside Zhou Cang, looking at He Man and not knowing what to do.
"General Zhou doesn't want to sit down and eat, so you can also serve Mr. Liu." He Man put one hand around the girl who was kneeling on his right, put his palm into the collar of the girl's chest, and waved his other hand towards the girl beside Zhou Cang, and gave a faint order.
At He Man's command, the girl bowed slightly, took two small steps forward, and knelt on the other side of Liu Wei.
Not long after entering the barracks, he saw more than 20 women in a row, and Liu Wei wondered very much, how did He Man take these women to fight together when he was marching and fighting?