Chapter 14: The Merchant Girl Hates
The moon is in the middle of the sky,
Yunlou also began its drunken and extravagant night.
wine, fat, sandalwood,
The fragrance is intoxicating,
The sound of the piano, the human voice, the sound of the wind,
The sound is ecstatic.
In the high-rise boudoir,
Wearing a pink light veil, Shan Xiao'e frowned lightly, plucked the yaoqin with her bare hands, and the beautiful jade face was like frost, and two delicate little maids stood aside.
The sound of the piano is melodious and pleasant, such as the flow of a clear spring, but there is a slight noise, the rhythm is slow and fast, there is a slight lag between them, and there is no fluency of the clear spring.
It's not a piano mess,
It's a disturbed mind.
A charming woman with red makeup and coquettish walked into the room with her waist swaying, gently shaking the small fan, and ordered the two maids to stand down, and then smiled at Shan Xiao'ejiao: "Daughter, rest, wait for His Royal Highness the Prince to come later, but you can play it, come and talk to your mother." ”
The woman who claimed to be her mother saw that Shan Xiao'e's jade face was frosty, so she found a small chair to sit down, tilted her toes, and picked a grape from the jade plate on the table.
"Look at how much His Royal Highness the prince likes you, the grapes of the Western Regions are tired of eight good horses, and they came here with good luck in the snow mountain Xuanbing, you are really blessed."
The sound of the piano stopped suddenly, and Shan Xiao'e raised her head.
"I know how he treats me, but he is just infatuated with my complexion, but he doesn't really like me."
"Ah, what kind of words is this, my little girl is as beautiful as a fairy, and a man is fascinated."
"I am a woman in a green building, a pair of jade arms and pillows, a little red lips and ten thousand tastes, he is a prince, how can he really like me."
"Ah, good daughter, don't think about this, tonight the four buildings gathered, strive for the first beauty in the world, and there will be distinguished guests at night~"
Shan Xiao'e didn't seem to hear the bustard's words, holding a gorgeous golden knife in a daze, and muttered to herself at the golden knife: "If you don't like me, why do you give me your sincere knife for making meritorious contributions to kill the enemy... Who in the world doesn't know... Whoever takes you the golden sword, you will marry her..."
The old bustard frowned, and his voice couldn't help but raise half an inch.
"Good Xiao'e, listen well, you can't lose in fighting for the first beauty in the world tonight! That honored guest was..."
Shan Xiao'e raised her head.
"More noble than His Royal Highness the Prince, isn't it? You want me to accompany him? I don't want to. ”
The old bustard was stunned and awkwardly diverted the topic.
"Good daughter, don't drill the horns, our people in the Qinglou have already broken their love and love, you can't move your true feelings."
Shan Xiao'e closed her eyes and sighed.
"Are you afraid that he will take me away and redeem me for me, yes or no?"
"It's... Mom wants you to have a good home, but this royal system..."
"Are you afraid that if he takes me away, this cloud building will have one less cash cow, yes or no?"
The old bustard's face changed for a while, and he snorted coldly.
"Shan Xiao'e, you have to recognize your identity, do you really think that your sister Yiyao can really fly on the branches and be a phoenix? Are you worthy? Do you still want to be a princess, but can't you be a queen? You'll have to give the old lady a look tonight. ”
Gently placing the golden knife on the table, the corners of Shan Xiao'e's mouth were slightly raised.
"Is it more noble than the prince, that is the emperor, I don't want to."
The old bustard narrowed his eyes and crushed the grapes in his hand with his fingers.
"You know that it is the emperor, don't be ignorant! Do you think you're still a young lady of the Southern Dynasty Shangshujia? What kind of high-ranking family is the death of the national capital? Yo, after reading books for a few years and playing songs for a few years, you can endure it! Don't forget, you're a bitch now! ”
Shan Xiao'e covered her heart, and a line of tears slipped down her delicate face. The old bustard stood up, pointed at Shan Xiao'e and sneered.
"Tonight's competition, you give the old lady your own discretion, if there is a half-point difference, the old lady will be like dealing with your sister, throw you to Hong Sanye's gang to pickle and splash the skin, and let them teach you what the rules are and what is the system!"
Just then, a small man knocked on the door and came in, and he crouched down.
"Honggu, that Xiaoni surnamed Lu is going to run away, and she has just been arrested."
Honggu slammed the table.
"It's the other way around! Why are the bitches of the Southern Dynasty not easy to serve these years, this girl is too, and so is that little slut, is there no means to deceive my Honggu? Get ready for the whip, the old lady will smoke it herself today! ”
Shan Xiao'e couldn't help but cover her mouth and snort softly.
"Mother, the child is still young, she is lonely, and she is blind, please have mercy, if you beat her again, she will be beaten to death..."
"Hmph, it's better to be killed, and only by killing can you sisters who don't know anything have a memory! She is a little blind and has learned to run away, and the old lady broke one of her legs today, see if she dares to run! ”
Shan Xiao'e hurriedly jumped up and knelt on the ground, with tears in the corners of her eyes, and bowed down.
"Mom, please have mercy, the child's father is Prime Minister Lu Cheng, Prime Minister Lu Cheng has done his best for the country, his descendants should not receive this retribution, you are also from the Song Dynasty, please look at the love of the Great Song Dynasty..."
"The old lady is now a Yuan person! Hmph, Lu Xiufu, that old puppet doesn't know the number of days, if he didn't die and didn't surrender, how could the old lady sell herself as a prostitute? Do you really think he's a hero? If it is a hero, how can he be indifferent to watching his daughter being stabbed blind in front of the battle? Your Majesty didn't let her continue to be the eldest lady by throwing this useless blind girl to our Cloud Tower! ”
Shan Xiao'e wiped her tears and buried her head deeply.
"I do."
The old bustard turned around with a triumphant smile on his face.
"May what?"
"I am willing to compete for the first beauty in the world, I am willing... Accompany Your Majesty. ”
Watching the old bustard leave, thinking of the ruin of the country and the death of the family, thinking of the drifting of his life, thinking of his sister who was ravaged to the point of losing her mind, thinking of the blind girl who was about to have her leg broken, and thinking of the affectionate His Royal Highness the Prince, Shan Xiao'e couldn't help but pounce on the piano, gently stroked the golden knife, and tears flowed down.
"Being in the prison at this door, my heart is like a desolate grave. The merchant girl still sings the flower of the backyard, who doesn't know the hatred of the country! ”
"The poem is good, the grapes are good, wow, and apples~!"
A crisp girl's voice came, and Shan Xiao'e wiped her tears in surprise and got up, only to see the window wide open, and a girl with a ponytail flicking her back and forth and a red nose squatting on the stool where Honggu was just sitting and stuffing grapes into her small mouth, her snow-white cheeks bulging high like a little hamster.
Shan Xiao'e looked at the girl's starry eyes, only to feel that she saw the boundless cosmic starry sky, and the troubled mood miraculously calmed down, and the exclamation that originally mentioned her throat and eyes dissipated, turning into a gentle inquiry like a breeze and drizzle.
"Who are you?"
The star-eyed girl's ears were pricked, her eyes were full of brilliance, and she swallowed the grapes in her mouth and jumped up violently.
"Since you have asked the question sincerely, then I will be merciful to tell you! In order to compete for the title of the world's first beauty, in order to defeat the shameless weak chicken, the beautiful, gentle, kind and lovely Grim Reaper Xiao Ali, who came to borrow some rouge gouache and beautiful clothes, appeared! “
Yaoyao pointed at the stupid and stupid Xiao Xiao'e, and inserted a small waist.
"Life is boring, I want to make the light strange and separate~!!"
Stuffing the red apple into his mouth, Ah Li had a cool expression, but he didn't pay attention to the squeaky sound of the stool under his feet, and he accidentally fell to the ground.
"Oops!"
The red apple smashed on the door of his head, as if Xu Fan's brain had collapsed through the void, and a big bag immediately bulged out on his smooth forehead.
"Woo woo woo, failed to pretend to beep! Is the unlucky aura of waste wood still there?! Ah Li will never lose!! “
Rubbing his head, the ponytail jumped, and he came to Shan Xiao'e.
"Hey, hey, borrow the rouge gouache beautiful clothes, pretty young lady~"
Shan Xiao'e blinked, looked at Ah Li's red nose, and couldn't help but pick up the small fan on the table to cover her small mouth and giggle.
In an instant, the dark clouds cleared and the sky cleared.
"Hehehehe, your name is Ah Li, right? You're so interesting, but why should I lend you? You also want to compete for the name of the first beauty in the world, don't you~"
Ah Li's ponytail dangled at the back of his head, shamelessly squeezing his wide eyes.
"Little sister, we are all cultural people, cultural people have the way of being recognized by cultural people, for example, I only need to say two words, and you will regard this seat as a confidant!"
"Then you say, I really don't believe it."
Ah Li coughed lightly, and said faintly: "Xiangzi is light and paints Ting, and her eyes are full of stars." The small fan is difficult to hide the things in his heart, and the light and wind and the moon and the rain turn into sunshine. ”
Shan Xiao'e froze slightly, chewing Ah Li's poems carefully, her big eyes lit up, and a gentle smile appeared on her face.
"You, little clever ghost, do you think that people who praise people for their good looks are willing to help you?"
Ah Li's flat mouth.
"Little shameless, who praised you, the first two sentences of this seat are praised by yourself, and the last two sentences are what you are talking about," stared at Shan Xiao'e with big round eyes, pointed to the stars in his pupils and shouted: "See clearly, my bright and moving big eyes!" This is the bright eyes and clear shadows full of stars! ”
Shan Xiao'e couldn't hold back any longer, holding her stomach and even laughing with tears.
"Hahaha, you, you're so interesting, okay, you're right, you can make people serve in two sentences, I'll help you~"
Ah Li squeezed a pair of scissor hands, picked up the apple and rubbed it and stuffed it into his mouth.
"Hey, hey, hey, I'm done~"
Wiping the corners of her eyes, Shan Xiao'e looked at Ah Li with a smile.
"Your poem just now is so good, is it really fake, do you know what is in my heart?"
Ah Li took a big bite of the free apple, the sweet apple juice overflowed, stained with the tender white little face, his eyes narrowed happily, and the ponytail flicked around.
"Woohoo! Of course! Death is omnipotent! ”
"Then tell me about it~"
"Cut, deep boudoir, resentful girl, plus the background of the times, you have a lot on your mind, but the most troublesome thing at the moment should be related to men~"
Shan Xiao'e's eyes widened and she looked at Ah Li in surprise.
"Can you guess?"
"Again, the Grim Reaper is omnipotent!"
"I... I... He... He has a noble status, he is the prince of Dayuan, there is a difference between me and him, he said that he loves me, gave me this golden knife, and said that he would marry me... I can't... Nor can you... There is a national hatred, there is a family hatred, there is..."
"Stop, stop, do you love him?"
Shan Xiao'e was slightly stunned, her heart was on her lips, and she couldn't spit it out, so she only nodded imperceptibly.
Ah Li jumped on the window edge and sat down, his snow-white feet swinging around.
"That's not it, both of them are happy, just like me and Brother Xu Fan~Ohhehehehe~"
"But, but... I'm a woman from the Green House..."
"Ah, what is this, the most bullish people in the Great Song Dynasty are all Qinglou women, you see Zhao Ji and Master Li of Song Huizong, Zhao Ji ruined his family for Master Li... Ahem, a negative example... Yes, yes, you look at Han Shizhong and Liang Hongyu, what's wrong with the Qinglou woman, Liang Hongyu beats the drum and fights Jinshan, and thousands of generations can't find a more bullish woman than her! ”
Shan Xiao'e covered her mouth and laughed tremblingly, being told nonsense by Ah Li
Dao, I only feel that the mood is extremely bright, and I gently flirt
With hair between the sideburns, lying on the table and learning, Ah Li picked a big red apple, and took a big bite without any ladylike image.
"Are you also from Song? Your skin is good, you must have been born in Jiangnan. ”
"Oh, this seat is indeed Han."
"Your name is Ah Li, which one is Li?"
"Departed departure~~!"
"Poof, this word is not auspicious, leaving, separation, the Lu family's Xiaoli sister is also this departure, because Prime Minister Lu Cheng gave her the name in the upheaval, so it is called Xiao Luli..."
Ah Li's ponytail stood up at the back of his head.
"What? Little Luli? This seat is not registered? ”
Yashan,
The vast sea,
Via ferrata.
Lu Xiufu, the prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty, stood on the bow of the boat with his hands in his hands, his eyes full of solemnity.
Looking at the camp of the Yuan army on the shore, he sighed leisurely.
A young man in a strong suit with thick eyebrows and big eyes, about eleven or twelve years old, walked up to Lu Xiufu and draped a large coat over him.
"Father, what are you thinking?"
Lu Xiufu's eyes did not move, his white hair flew in the wind, and his pale and haggard face was full of wrinkles, and no one could tell that this was just a middle-aged man who had just passed the age of confusion.
"I think my Great Song has passed today, what should I do tomorrow..."
The boy lowered his eyelids and asked softly, "Dad, are you thinking about your sister?" ”
Lu Xiufu's somewhat cloudy eyes fluctuated.
"Stepson, do you hate your father? I... Not a good father. ”
"Don't hate. The stepchild understands that his father is more painful than anyone else, the building will collapse, and the entire Great Song Dynasty will be carried by his father..."
Lu Xiufu gently patted the back of his son's hand, and the corners of his eyes were a little moist.
"But Dad really hurts, it hurts..."
Lu Xiufu paused, his face in a trance.
"Dad was thinking about it just now, thinking about Li'er, Li'er's eyes are the best, those big eyes are beautiful, as if they are pretending to be the heavens and stars, but, but..." Looking... But I still have to hold on, hold on..."
Lu Ji hugged Lu Xiufu's somewhat thin body, tears rolled down, and his voice became hoarse.
"Dad, my stepson knows, Dad, you are not only the father of my sister and stepson, you are also the father of thousands of people in my Great Song Dynasty, you can't fall, even if you are vulnerable, because you are the Prime Minister of the Great Song Dynasty, Lu Xiufu!"
"I'd rather be a peace dog than a troubled man, I'd rather be a peace dog than a troubled man... Lu Xiufu... Hehe, hehe, hahahahahaha..."
Lu Ji's somewhat childish face flashed with a trace of maturity and fortitude that did not belong to his age.
"Dad, please take care of your body, Uncle Wen is in prison, Uncle Zhang has just been defeated, you are the only one left to support this Great Song Dynasty, you must not be too sad! I only hate that the child is incompetent, and I can't bear it with my father! ”
Lu Xiufu looked at his son, stretched out his bony palm and patted his head gently.
"Stepson, you are gifted and intelligent, a hundred times stronger than me, you are good at the art of war at a young age, if you are in the prosperous era, you must be a minister who opens up the territory and expands the territory! It's a pity that the privy envoy thinks you are young and didn't listen to your methods, so you end up at the end of the mountain today... It's a pity, it's a pity, you're just a kid... Maybe tomorrow, you and my father and son will be in jeopardy, but it's a pity that you're in a good year..."
Lu Ji shook his head.
"At this time on the battlefield, regardless of men, women and children, the child only hopes to be able to work with his father to return my Song Dynasty to a bright future."
Lu Xiufu smiled with satisfaction.
"No, you're still young, you still have a chance, your father is already a dry bone in the grave, it's not okay to accompany your father, you... What do you think of the Xu Fan real person who appeared today? He's so capable, you're..."
Lu Ji froze slightly, and shook his head firmly.
"Father, the child will never leave you here, follow Xu Zhenren, the child will work with his father to support my Da Song!"
Lu Xiufu patted the side of the boat with his palm, and sighed leisurely: "Why bother, why bother..."
Lu Ji gritted his teeth and knelt down on one knee.
"Prime Minister Lu! The lower official begged the prime minister for approval, and asked Xu Zhenren to escape with His Majesty! Xu Zhenren is so capable, he will definitely be able to fight his way out of the encirclement with His Majesty alone! ”
Lu Xiufu sighed.
"Run... Flee again... When is this an end, we fled from Hangzhou to Liangguang, all the way on the run, Your Majesty is here, the Great Song Dynasty is here, the Mongols will not die, my Great Song will never give up, they can chase us to Yashan, they can chase us to the ends of the earth! Hate that Jia seems to say, hateful, if it weren't for him, how could my Great Song Dynasty fall into today's haste and flee, unable to return to the sky! ”
Lu Ji gritted his teeth.
"The child has a plan!"
Standing up and muttering in Lu Xiufu's ear, Lu Xiufu's expression at first was still like rotten wood, his brows were more and more wrinkled, and finally he was tightly twisted together, his body was shaky, holding on to the side of the boat, and covering his heart tightly.
Xu Fan, who was watching the father and son not far away, was holding a cigarette, and there was a trace of unbearability in his eyes.
Xu Fan knows,
There is no tomorrow in this Great Song,
The wheels of history are mercilessly crushed,
Soon after,
The Great Song Dynasty will be flattened by the Mongols,
No matter how hard Lu Xiufu tried his best, there was no way to support this fallen empire.
Extinguishing the cigarette butt, Xu Fan clenched his fists and made a decision in his heart.
(Anyway, I have to take Lu Ji away tomorrow, Da Song...) Just let me take one last look at you... Let this kid take one last look at you... )
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