"What happened on stage that day?"

"I didn't dance the dance costume of "Hu Xuan Dance", I originally planned to pick a similar one to wear, but Wei Chi said that "Hu Xuan Dance" is different from other dances, if there is no corresponding dance costume, it will not be able to dance this dance. I'm my master's apprentice, and I've been watching her since she started choreographing, so I don't understand this truth. But the dance costume of "Hu Xuan Dance" was extremely cumbersome to make, and at that time, there was no time to customize another one. We hesitated for a long time before deciding to bring out the dance dress left by the master. ”

"Did anything strange happen when you took out that dance suit?" Xing Ruyi asked.

Peony shook his head slightly: "No!" The dance robe was originally intended to be placed in the master's coffin and buried with the master. "Hu Xuan Dance" is the master's painstaking effort, and that dance costume is the master's favorite, and we never thought of leaving that dance costume. Besides, the master is extremely beautiful, and she is wearing the right dance clothes, which may not be suitable for us. But on the day when the master was sent away, there were many guests outside the door, and they all shouted that they wanted to see the master for the last time. The master loves beauty very much, and the appearance when he leaves is already different from when he was born, and we must not let those people see the bad appearance of the master, so they hurriedly cover the coffin. The dance dress was forgotten in a hurry. ”

"You can take it to the grave and burn it to your master."

"I thought about it, but I didn't give it up." Peony looked to the side, and it turned out that there was a portrait hanging on the wall, and there was a dancing woman in the portrait. "That's my master, she dances "Hu Xuan Dance", and the one she wears is her dance dress. This dance dress not only uses extremely precious gold and silver threads, but also inlays a lot of glass beads, which shine unusually under the light. Those beads, burned with fire, are not broken, if there are no beads, the dance clothes will have a defect, even if they are sent to the master, it is no longer the master's original dance clothes. ”

"I see." Xing Ruyi stared at the painting, as if he really saw a dancer with a heavenly appearance spinning and dancing on the stage. "It's a really good drawing."

"It was painted by Wei Chi, he has been with the master for the longest time, and he knows the master the most. The master's smile and smile made him aware of it. In this world, probably only Wei Chi can paint the agility and beauty of the master. ”

"Your master and Wei Chi ......"

"It's just a master and a servant." Peony knew what Xing Ruyi wanted to ask, and explained: "In our eyes, the master is like a heavenly maiden, we respect her and love her, no matter what she tells us to do, we will not hesitate." ”

"Okay, I'm thinking too much, or tell me what you saw on the stage that day. This authority is confused, and the onlookers are clear, and I can see some differences. ”

"Before going on stage, everything was fine, it was the same as usual. Although I have not performed "Hu Xuan Dance" on stage, after all, it is a dance created by the master himself, and I dare not abandon it. There is a melody in "Hu Xuan Dance", which means that there is a rotation in this dance. But just as I was spinning, I saw the master, and she was standing in front of me, looking at me with a melancholy gaze. Later, when there was a gust of wind and the candlelight flickered, I saw that the master had turned into a skeleton. It was a white skeleton standing in front of me, wearing the same dance costume as mine. It's just that the dance clothes are in tatters, and even covered with some dirt. Faintly, I could still smell the smell of rotting flesh after a person died. That smell, which has been in my nose for years, is familiar to me. ”

"Anything else?" Maybe I watched too many horror movies in my previous life, and when I heard Peony's description, Xing Ruyi was a little disappointed.

"No, that's all." Peony sighed: "After stepping down, I told Wei Chi what I saw, and Wei Chi said that it was because I was too nervous that I saw the master." I thought so. When I was a child, I saw so many people who were starving to death that I dreamed of that scene at night. I thought that it was the first time I put on the master's dance costume and danced the master's own choreography, and I would be a little worried in my heart, worried that I would not dance well and let the master down. Isn't this old saying said, I think about it every day, I dream at night, and when I see the master on the stage, it's probably because I miss the master too much. But it didn't end there. ”

"Anything else?"

"Hmm!" Peony nodded lightly: "Since I met the master on stage, I can always see the master when I dream back at midnight." Sometimes, it's in a dream, and sometimes, it's not in a dream. ”

Peony turned her head and looked at the hibiscus in the yard.

"Once upon a time, when the master was still there, he used to stand under the hibiscus tree and practice dancing. The tree, which has been around for many years, was there before the master bought this yard. The master liked those flowers, and when he built the yard, he kept them. But in the past month, every time I wake up in the middle of the night, I can always see the master practicing over there, and every time there is only one back, and the head is very strange, the kind that hangs down. Ruyi, I'm not a timid person, and I'm not afraid of ghosts, but I'm afraid of a master, I'm afraid of a master like that, I'm always afraid that she will turn around when she jumps, and then show a bright red tongue. ”

Peony said, shuddering slightly. Xing Ruyi hurriedly reached out and patted her.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, it's in me again."

"I'm not afraid of death, and it's nothing to die. I just happened to go underground to see my father and brother, but I was afraid, afraid that the master would come back, and there was something unfulfilled in my wish. I was stupid by nature, and I couldn't see what she was trying to do. Ruyi, can you help me? I don't want the master to be restless. ”

"Will you still be able to see her these two days? I mean, will your master still dance under that tree these two nights? ”

Peony coughed lightly and nodded.

"What about Wei Chi? Can Wei Chi and the girls who live in this courtyard also see Miss Liuli? ”

"I asked, and they didn't see it. Strange to say, it seems that I am the only one who is woken up every night. Every time I saw the master, it was in the middle of the day, it was very dark, the moon was very big, but there was a strange fog in the yard. Every time, the master came out of the fog. Not facing me, but out of the fog with his back, and in a strange way, and when he got to the bottom of the tree, he began to dance. Sometimes, he would also sing songs, which were the ones that the master loved to sing during his lifetime. ”

"You rest first, and I'll come back in the evening."

"Ruyi." Peony stopped Xing Ruyi: "Thank you." ”

"Thank you, you're not friends with me."

"It's a friend, so I shouldn't have involved you." Peony looked apologetic: "But I really can't help it." My illness is not good, and I don't want to leave by myself with regrets. ”

"Your illness will be fine, if you want me to help you, don't let yourself think about these nonsense things again. Come to think of it, you've known each other for so long, and I haven't seen you dance on stage. Peony, if you were my friend, you shouldn't let me have regrets, right? You've got to get better, you've got to dance and show me. ”

"Good!" Peony agreed, with tears in her eyes and a smile on the corner of her mouth: "When I'm ready, I'll dance a dance specially for you." ”

"Then I'll give you a set of skin care products made from peony flowers." Xing Ruyi blinked his eyes: "Peony rouge, peony lipstick and peony flower dew for bathing." ”

"Okay, then I've really become a veritable peony girl." Peony stretched out his hand and shook it with Xing Ruyi: "Ruyi, it's good to know you in this Luoyang City." You are the best for me except for Master and Wei Chi. ”

"I can't compare to your master, I admit it, how come in your heart, I can't compare to Wei Chi." Xing Ruyi sneered: "Honestly, do you like Wei Chi a little?" ”

"No, in my heart, he is like my brother." Peony argued, but her face turned red.

"I really don't like it? It doesn't matter if you don't like it, I know someone who is quite compatible with you. Turn back, and when you are sick, I will find an opportunity for you to meet. ”

"I'm a dancer, how can others look down on me."

"What's wrong with the dancer? If you don't steal or rob, you can eat by your own skills, and who still looks down on anyone. These things, when you are cured, the most important thing is to recuperate. Well, lie down obediently, I'll go to Wei Chi first and arrange the things for this night. ”

Peony nodded, didn't say anything more, and only turned his gaze to the courtyard again when Xing Ruyi left.

Wei Chi and Xing Ruyi stood under the hibiscus tree and spoke.

"Wei Chi, have you seen Miss Liuli?"

"No, I didn't." Wei Chi replied softly: "Peony always said that she saw Miss Liuli, but I couldn't see her. ”

"Peony said that the glass girl appeared when she was a child."

"Child?" Wei Chi's eyes dimmed: "When Peony first appeared on stage, Liulifang was different from other places, the deeper it was at night, the more lively it became. ”

"When did Miss Liuli go?"

"It's probably also when I'm a child. That night, the glass girl danced twice, and the last song was also on stage when she was a child, but she was sick and exhausted, so I found an excuse to let her go down and rest. If I had known that she would have done that, I would not have persuaded her to step down anyway. Wei Chi said and paused: "That night, someone who Miss Liuli liked came, and she originally wanted to dance for him." I don't know, I really don't know. ”

"Does the glass girl have someone she likes?"

"Yes."

"Who's that man?"

"I can't say." Wei Chi raised his head and looked at the hibiscus: "I am the only one who knows that Miss Liuli likes him. Although the girl is good, she is just a dancing girl in the eyes of others. The man was born rich and noble, and he also had wives and concubines in the family, and if others knew about it, he would probably laugh at the girl. ”

"Does that person know? I mean, does that guy know that Lady Ruri likes him? ”

"I don't know." Wei Chi smiled and shook his head: "The way he looks at the girl, just like those guests, the girl is just a dancing in his eyes." I like this kind of thing, although it has nothing to do with the door, but I have to be bound by the door. It's okay if he doesn't know, but it seems that our girl is a little delusional. ”