Vast rivers and lakes (3)
The Dunhuang murals will make people unforgettable, and the flying dance derived from the Dunhuang murals is even more exquisite and beautiful.
The dance that Ling Xiao wants to choreograph is the flying sky that modern people are all too familiar with, and this dance can be danced alone or in groups. Although Ling Xiao didn't skip it, he was also very familiar with the movements, just instructing these women. Ling Xiao needs to let these women learn and master it before leaving here, otherwise they will be the same
The sample will be sold to Japan. Fortunately, for those who can dance since childhood, it is not difficult to learn a new dance style, and the flexibility of the body is not comparable to modern people, fifteen days is enough.
The flying dance is stunning in the combination of the elegance of the dress and the softness of the posture, as well as the foil of the shawl fluttering in the air. These are indispensable, so Ling Xiao has already asked the old bustard to prepare light dresses and colorful shawls. And those women were also practicing carefully according to every movement instructed by Ling Xiao
Practice.
Ling Xiao spent most of the day on choreography, and at night he still went to the hall to play the piano as usual, and sometimes he was forced to meet the people who came here to listen to the piano and have fun, but most of the time the person who came was still the same Sun Gongzi. Time flies very quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it is five or six days, and the basic movements of the flying dance have been taken by these women
The sub has the most of it. Ling Xiao didn't have to watch on the stage all the time, the essence of the dance still needed to be comprehended by themselves, Ling Xiao thought that this would not be difficult for them, so I mostly stayed in the room for the next few days and didn't come out.
On this day, Miao Ying pushed the door in, and when she arrived in front of her, she handed Ling Xiao a hairpin: "This one will be returned to you." ”
Ling Xiao recognized that it was the one they had snatched, "Why?" Ling Xiao was slightly surprised and didn't pick it up.
Miao Ying sat in front of Ling Xiao and asked with interest, "This is a gift from her sweetheart, right?" ”
"How do you know it's a gift from your sweetheart?" Ling Xiao was curious, there are many hairpins in the world.
"I carefully observed this hairpin, the production is exquisite, the material is superior, and the most important thing is that there is a word engraved on it, but unfortunately I am only sparsely learned, I don't know a few big characters, and the Oiran relies on talent and beauty, superb skills, and I rely on this dance skills and this face."
Ling Xiao really didn't pay attention to the words on it, although the maidservant girl wore it for her every day, but she never took it off and observed it carefully, if Miao Ying didn't say it, she wouldn't know.
Ling Xiao took it in his hand and looked at it, and really engraved a stack of words, and said, "Even if there are words, it doesn't necessarily prove this." ”
"Don't you know? According to the customs of the Central Plains, if a man gives a woman a token of love, the man will engrave his name on the token of love, and the same is true for women to give to men. Miao Ying explained.
Seeing that Ling Xiao didn't speak, Miao Ying affirmed: "It seems that I am right, you care so much about your innocence, it is also for that person." ”
Ling Xiao thought that even if it wasn't for others, wouldn't a woman's innocence care? And even in ancient times, women's honors were even more important. This is what Miao Ying has lived here since she was a child, and she has looked down on the name and festival, and she can't understand it.
Ling Xiao handed the hairpin to Miao Ying again: "You take it, it doesn't mean much to me." I'm just interested in him, and it's just a flattery. ”
Miao Ying listened to Ling Xiao's words and sighed, "You guys are really complicated. ”
"I'll send you off." Ling Xiao stuffed the hairpin into her hand.
"Okay then." Seeing that Ling Xiao was like this, Miao Ying no longer refused, and said, "Actually, I'm quite curious about your past and how you were plotted by others. ”
"What's this?" Ling Xiao asked simply.
"The day before you were kidnapped, someone came to my mother, and I happened to be there at the time, and the man said that he wanted to send a woman with good looks, and he would not charge her a tael of silver from her, but she had to send this woman to the Japanese country, and my mother agreed at that time." Miao Ying said.
"Does the Central Plains Kingdom do this kind of business for your Qinglou?" Ling Xiao really wanted to find out who kidnapped her, and it was good to have a little clue.
"How dare other Qinglou do such a thing, this drunken shadow building is no different from other places on the surface, but behind the scenes, there is the support of a powerful high-ranking official in Donghuan Kingdom." After listening to Miao Ying's words, Ling Xiao understood a little why he sent her here, but it was a pity that he couldn't fulfill their wishes
, They planned very well, and when the Hou Mansion was busy and the number of people increased, they mixed into the mansion to take Ling Xiao away, and planned to send her to Japan, but the matter was lost by an old bustard who was greedy for money.
"Thank you for telling me this." Ling Xiao said.
Miao Ying waved her hand nonchalantly: "Thank you for what I do, I don't have any friends here, other girls are a little jealous when they see me so favored, they rarely interact with me, although you have a cold temperament, but you are a good person, I am willing to be friends with you." ”
Ling Xiao is not, he has always been alone, and he doesn't feel lonely after being lonely to the point of numbness, but for some reason he feels a little lost now. Ling Xiao said, "You can be regarded as my second friend. ”
"The second? And what about the first one? Miao Ying asked.
"Her name is Sheng Mufei, a few years older than me, I have been with her for three years, she is versatile, well-read in ancient books, elegant and elegant, and generous. It was only later that he died unexpectedly. Ling Xiao met Sheng Mufei when she was studying in the United States, saying that she was Chinese, but in fact she was of mixed Chinese and American descent, and her father was Chinese
Although her mother is American, she is of Caucasian descent, so she was born with a very attractive pair of blue eyes. It's just that Ling Xiao didn't know why Sheng Mufei entered the showbiz after returning to China, when she had become a scientist. After Ling Xiao returned to China, he didn't have time to contact her due to work reasons
I heard the news of her death.
"It's a strange name, it's just that he died at a young age, it's a pity." Miao Ying lamented.
Modern names are of course different from those of ancient times, "I came into contact with the piano because of her, and then I fell in love with playing the piano." Ling Xiao said lightly.
"It's not bad to be your second friend." Miao Ying said, and Ling Xiao smiled after hearing this.
After this conversation, the two of them often stayed together in the next few days, sometimes playing the piano, and Miao Ying would dance to the sound of the piano, dancing like a shock. Sometimes Miao Ying saw that Ling Xiao was silent alone, so she sat quietly on the side. Miao Ying knew that Ling Xiao didn't say much, so she didn't say much.
Ling Xiao had never believed that there was such a thing as martial arts in the world, but this night had made her see its power. As soon as Ling Xiao walked out of the room, he saw three people hurrying in from the outside in the hall downstairs, and it seemed as if someone was chasing him. Sure enough, within a moment, a man chased after him
, with a palm in the air, one of the three people was beaten to the point that he vomited blood and fell to the ground, and even the surrounding tables and chairs were shocked and flew out, and the people around him were even more frightened as if they had lost their souls, fleeing in all directions, and Ling Xiao saw all this through the carving column. When the other two saw the man groaning and groaning on the ground, they went up together and gathered around him
The man was still screaming. For a moment, the three of them fought vigorously, but the solid tables and chairs in front of them became vulnerable, shattered all over the ground, the air was shaken by the internal force, and most of the leno on the beam had been torn off, dancing in the air, and from time to time there was the crisp sound of swords clashing. The old bustard hid in the distance,
Seeing it in his eyes, it hurts in his heart, he wants to stop it but he doesn't dare, he stomps his feet there with a sad face, tonight's loss of the bustard is really not small, Ling Xiao thinks that her heart is dripping blood at this moment. After a fierce fight, the remaining two also fell to the ground, and one of them seemed to have lost his breath and fell to the ground
He was stabbed in the heart with a sword, and when the sword was drawn, blood flowed like a stream to the floor. Some of the people hiding in the distance were already trembling with fear, while some of them seemed very calm, this kind of scene should have seen a lot or also had martial arts. He didn't kill the two people who were alive, he turned around and left with his sword
。 The murderous scene Ling Xiao saw for the first time, but he was not afraid, and his mind had already been hardened.
By the time the man left, the hall was a mess and covered in blood. I was not in the mood to have fun at this moment, some of my feet trembled and left quickly, only a few of them took the girl upstairs, and the guests who watched the game at the carved railing in front of the door and watched the excitement were in the mood at this moment and entered the room. Only the bustards remained
Watching it all wail there.
The two people on the ground struggled to get up, and said in their mouths: "Lu Jingxing, we won't let you go." Then he walked outside.
Later, Xiao Si Ya of the Drunken Shadow Building was busy until the middle of the night to clean up these and carry the corpse out.
In his sleep, Ling Xiao had the illusion of someone training, and now when he opened his eyes, the voice that came into his ears was really from the old bustard downstairs who was training people.
After Ling Xiao finished freshening up, he saw Miao Ying walking in with a plate of pastries, "Come and try it, I just asked the maid to buy it from the market." Miao Ying put the pastry on the table and said to Ling Xiao.
"That's good." Ling Xiao tasted a piece.
"Didn't freak out last night, did you? You have to get used to it, once or twice a year. Miao Ying said and didn't forget to take a bite of the pastry.
"Dead people, you don't report to the official?" Ling Xiao saw that the corpse was carried out directly last night, and he didn't mean to report to the official at all, so he asked.
Miao Ying explained to Ling Xiao: "The affairs of the rivers and lakes are solved by the people of the rivers and lakes themselves, as long as they do not hurt the people who are powerless, the government will not take care of it." This is also the rule formed invisibly by the imperial court and the rivers and lakes. ”
"I see." Ling Xiao nodded.
"No, my mother has nowhere to vent her anger, and she is reprimanding this crowd!" Miao Ying said again. Ling Xiao sneered, this old bustard, she suffered a loss, and it was enough to use innocent people as punching bags.
Before Miao Ying left Ling Xiao's room, she heard the courteous voice of the old bustard downstairs: "Sun Gongzi, why did you come so early today?"
"I'm here to see Miss Smoke, is she okay?"
"She's okay with light smoke, go ahead, she's waiting for you upstairs!" The old bustard's laughter was worse than crying.
"I'm looking for you, I'll go first." After saying that, Miao Ying left, leaving the plate of pastries that had not eaten a few pieces.
Ling Xiao didn't expect that Sun Gongzi to come so early, but fortunately, she was prepared so that she would not show her flaws.
"Light smoke, you're not hurt, are you? I heard about last night. Ling Xiao felt that what he said was disgusting, and he even omitted the word girl.
Ling Xiao replied lightly: "It's okay, son, please take a seat." ”
"I didn't come to see you when I had official business last night, but I never thought that such a thing happened, these people are really becoming more and more lawless." Sun Gongzi said resentfully.
"I just watched a show." Ling Xiao said.
"I'll go and tell that mother later, it's too unsafe to ransom you out." Sun Gongzi said.
"I'm doing well here, and I don't need you to redeem me. And what about you after you have redeemed me? Why did Ling Xiao need him to redeem him, so Ling Xiao asked casually.
"Of course, I will take you into the mansion and be my concubine, and I will treat you well." Sun Gongzi said.
"Are you sure your family will agree to let a woman from a green house into the house?" Ling Xiao deliberately said this in order to dispel his thoughts.
"You don't have to worry about this, I have my own way." Sun Gongzi looked confident.
"You ransom me before you even see my face?" When he saw Ling Xiao's appearance under the veil, he was afraid that it would not be like this now.
"Just by looking at the eyebrows and eyes of the light smoke, you can see that your appearance must be impeccable." He reasoned.
"Childe wanted to see my face that night, but I didn't agree, and now I'll let Childe see me." After speaking, Ling Xiao took off the hairpin with the veil fixed on the left side, revealing half of his face, and he was speechless for a long time after reading it.
"Childe." Ling Xiao deliberately called him in a tentative tone.
He came back to his senses, shook his head and said, "It's a pity, it's a pity, your face is ......."
"Wounded by alum oil." This is where Ling Xiao asked the bustard for the use of the dummy skin, and painted the left side of the face rugged and terrifying, as if it had been eroded by sulfuric acid.
He said after a long time: "The girl has suffered so much at such a young age, no wonder she has become so cold. ”
"That's all in the past." Ling Xiao put the veil back on, he no longer mentioned the matter of ransom Ling Xiao's departure, barely maintained his son-in-law demeanor and talked with Ling Xiao for a while, and then strode away.
Since seeing Ling Xiao's true face that time, that Sun Gongzi still often comes to this drunken studio, but he has never asked Ling Xiao alone to listen to the piano. For people like him, Ling Xiao was accustomed to it before, and with a little temptation, he could see his true nature, he didn't have the deep city of Yanling Stack, so it was easy for Ling Xiao to understand.
This flying dance has been practiced for more than ten days, and now the costumes are ready, in order to reflect the effect, Ling Xiao asked them to wear them and dance on the stage. The colorful shawl dances in the air, and the graceful posture is like the fine willow in the spring of March, and the ensemble of flute, pipa, piano and other musical instruments is good. at
The old bustard on the side was dazzled and amazed.
"How's this dance?" After the jump, Ling Xiao asked the bustard.
"Yes, yes, I picked up a live treasure this time." The old bustard was smiling very happily, and at this moment his eyes were full of silver flying.
"Then don't forget the promise you made to me." Ling Xiao said deliberately.
"Don't worry, my little aunt, you are so powerful, I will not treat you badly." The old bustard played a package ticket.
"As long as you can make me live a good life, your benefits are indispensable." At first, the four of them looked at Ling Xiao, but now they have changed to two, although their hearts are weaker, but they still don't trust her, so Ling Xiao has to take advantage of every conversation, if he doesn't ask the old bustard for a little benefit, but let this old man go
Bustard was suspicious, and it was not easy to believe Ling Xiao.
"When have I done you wrong! Haven't I been here for more than ten days? The old bustard's face became more and more amused when he looked at it.
"Okay, you can continue to watch them dance, I'll go back to the room first, it's hot." Ling Xiao slapped his fan twice and slowly left in front of the old bustard.
"Why hasn't Sun Gongzi come to see you these days?" Miao Ying saw that Sun Gongzi had been here for a few days, so she asked curiously.
"He said he was going to ransom me out, and then I took off my veil and scared him to come." Ling Xiao said lightly.
"He wants to redeem you, what a good thing, why do you still do this?" Miao Ying didn't understand.
"What's so good?" Ling Xiao asked rhetorically.
"You haven't heard the saying that your face is easy to grow old, marry while someone is redeeming it now, otherwise when your face is gone, and you have no support, it will be very bleak." What Miao Ying said was indeed what happened to most women in ancient times, but Ling Xiao didn't want to be that kind of person, and if she wanted to live, she had to let her do it herself
for the strong. "Everyone thinks differently, and being with someone you don't love will ruin your life. Women should also be self-reliant, shouldn't they? I envy those who know martial arts, at least they can protect themselves. Ling Xiao told Miao Ying what she thought. Miao Ying rolled her eyes, no
Know what to say.