Chapter 23 The Sound of the Piano
I watched helplessly as she spat blood in my arms, this is the result of forcibly using demonic power, not enough I am not surprised and do not blame her, after all, I will fight to the death if this situation is me.
"Is it delicious?"
I smiled as she gnawed at my hand, her sharp fangs struggling to break through the flesh and tear my arm into a bloody blur, but I froze her as if nothing happened, and still didn't let go of her teeth.
"Seven thousand gold coins, can I buy you to be a guest at my house for a day?"
She opened her mouth, scarlet remained on her lips, and there was a bottomless coldness in her eyes: "Who are you?"
"The general of the Shiyan Dynasty, Jun Ying. ”
"You are all human beings, just like those who slaughtered my Yaoshan! Since you are all human beings, how can I serve my enemies? Today in your hands, if you want to kill or obey you, but if you want me to submit, it is absolutely impossible. ”
I bent down to put her on the stone wall that had fallen to the ground, but before I could let go, she had already jumped out of my arms, on all fours like a small beast, with white fox fur on her tail, obviously wary.
"If I were to force you, would you cut yourself?"
"Yes!" she said.
I chuckled, "If that's the case, you should have cut yourself a long time ago, because there are still people you want to protect, right?"
She paused for a moment, and fell silent, and the confrontation did not improve in the slightest.
I shook my head and said that, hoping that she could figure out her current situation: "You have been stripped of demon tendons, don't think about cultivating within a hundred years, just with your appearance and current strength, you will be forcibly taken away immediately when you go outside." I'll give you a day to think about staying, it's up to you, I don't force it. ”
After saying that, I turned around and left, without any mud and water.
“...... You...... You want to help me? Why? You're not interested in my body?"
“...... Hahaha," I paused and suddenly laughed: "Hahaha, I'm sorry, I suddenly couldn't help it......"
"What are you laughing at?" the little fox demon didn't understand.
"You think you're the best in the world?"
"Isn't it? Is there a more beautiful woman in this world than our Feathered Fox clan?" she asked rhetorically.
Since ancient times, the feathered fox family is the world's most peerless and stunning beauty, how many mortals scattered their wealth just to see their side, how many scholars have been at the foot of the mountain day and night to chant poetry and look forward to it, and even build a fence for life. Even in the ballad, it is sung that the feathered fox girl once seduced the king with her beauty and destroyed a dynasty.
Except, of course, for him.
"Of course you are not a peerless in the world, if you are not convinced, come to the back yard tonight, someone is willing to play the piano for me, you are blessed, just in time for her to play for the first time today." ”
I waved my hand and didn't stop, although I hadn't heard the concubine play the piano, but I thought she should be able to play very well, there was no reason, this is my confidence in her.
I went back and took a cold shower, meditated on the bed, and relaxed, until I smelled the faint smell of food, and then I opened my eyes and went into the dining room.
"Shishi, you go and call my brother, it's time to eat. ”
"Yes Miss. ”
"No, I'm already here. ”
The concubine was talking to Shishi, and when I heard their conversation, I smiled and said no, and brought the hot West Lake vinegar fish to the table in my hand: "Try it, it's just the West Lake vinegar fish I brought back from the Shaking Moon Tower, I don't know if it suits your taste." ”
"As long as my brother brings it back to the concubine, it must be the best!"
"Oh, that's good. I smiled and stroked her head to make her look satisfied.
"Let's eat. ”
"Hmm. ”
"What did the concubine do in the mansion today?" I asked while eating, although this white rice can be eaten by the people of the capital, but on the other side of the border, it is an extremely luxurious luxury, and I can't help but feel that my current life is really happy.
There are also concubines by his side.
"The concubine is playing the piano today, and she is still in ...... And my brother is back!"
"Oh, in a daze. I concluded.
"It's not a daze, I think my brother thinks wholeheartedly, it's not the same as being in a daze. ”
Seeing her serious look, I was a little helpless, this little girl was too serious, she just wanted to tease her, but she was seriously refuted.
"By the way, didn't you say you were going to play the piano for me in the morning? I've been looking forward to it all day, and we'll go to Houhuating to play the piano later, and a little cat will come to listen to it, and the concubine should behave well." ”
"Little kitten?" The concubine licked a grain of rice on her fingertips: "Is there a kitten in the mansion?"
I nodded: "I just bought it, and it cost more than 7,000 gold coins." ”
Concubine Sun and Moon exclaimed: "More than 7,000 gold coins! Brother, you ......"
She hesitated, as if she had something choked in her mouth and didn't know whether to say it or not, I understood what she was thinking, and said, "Don't think about it, I naturally spend this money for a reason, and it is by no means extravagant." ”
"That's good," the concubine nodded, still believing me in her heart, but she didn't know what cat was actually worth seven thousand gold coins, and it could make the murderous general care so much.
"By the way, what's wrong with Shishi, why do you look listless?" I looked at the little maid with her head down.
"Shishi, what's wrong with Shishi?" Concubine Sun and Moon's eyes were not shining, and she looked around, Shishi hurriedly stepped forward, held her young lady's hand, and indicated her position.
"Miss, Shishi is here, not listless, I'm fine, it's the general who made a mistake," Shishi glanced at me sideways and denied.
Although she looked a little strange, I didn't see the reason, so I admitted that I was wrong.
After dinner, I took my concubine to the Houhua Garden, where a kapok tree was planted, and the moon was full tonight, and occasionally a light breeze blew, and the autumn colors were boundless, which made people's mood feel refreshed.
I sat under the kapok tree with the sun and moon concubine in my arms for a long time, and then I called Shishi to fetch the guzheng, personally lit incense for her, closed my eyes and enjoyed the sound of the piano that still entered my ears.
When I first heard the voice, I was young and gentle, and then I turned around and parted to have arrived, the sound was like a bead falling on a jade plate, and the rain was cool in an instant, ten years of conquest, ten years of boudoir, which was full of longing, and I had mixed feelings. The leaves on the trees trembled, falling without wind, and the pieces flew into sorrow, and at this moment the wind in the sky rolled, whistling like a cry, and adding a little coldness.
When she stopped playing, the sound seemed to be sprinkled all over the ground, and it kept ringing in my heart, and I thought about it for a long time before I slowly opened my eyes.
"Don't play such sad tunes in the future, it will hurt you. ”
The sound of the piano itself does not hurt people, what hurts people is the love in people's hearts, and the memories evoked will resonate with people, resulting in more inexplicable heartache.
"This is a song I composed when I used to think about my brother...... If my brother doesn't like it, then the concubine won't play this one in the future. ”
"I'm worried about your body, I heard Sister Lu say that playing the piano will unconsciously put all your energy into it, and I can't extricate myself from it, your song is full of resentment and memories, it's really not suitable for you. ”
I picked her up again, and when I saw that she was sweating profusely, I wiped her with my sleeve.
"Look at you, you've been weak and sick since you were a child, and talking about a song can make you tired like this, and if you play this kind of sad song, I'm really afraid that you will get sick. ”
The concubine panted slightly, with an unhealthy flush on her face, and asked softly, "Is that little kitten here?"
I looked into the shadow in the corner and smiled, "She's been here a long time ago, and I've been listening to you play the piano." ”
The shadow in the corner of the wall trembled, hesitated for a long time, and finally came out, the moonlight falling on her white skin, making her shine like Chang'e.
She ...... Is it blind?"
"She saw it better than anyone else," I retorted unquestioningly, beckoning her to look closer.
Concubine Sun and Moon looked around in my arms and said strangely: "Brother, didn't you say that there is a little kitten?
The little fox demon took a closer look, just now in the distance, he already felt that the girl's facial features were not decent, and at this moment he was able to see the whole picture, a small mouth opened slightly, and he was extremely surprised, there is really a person in this world who is more beautiful than the feathered fox girl.
The eyebrows are the same as the green feathers, bringing her a bit of atmosphere and a touch of majesty, the thin lips are only a little bloody, the pale face is almost transparent, it is a color purer than the moonlight, everything about her is magical, like a fairy painted on paper, although the dim eyes are invisible, revealing a faint confusion, which is the only shortcoming, and adds a little bit of pity to her.
She was held in the arms of that indifferent man, as if she had fallen home in the safest place in the world, thinking of the fall of Yaoshan, those days when she was homeless and imprisoned as a slave, the little fox demon was a little envious of her in her heart.
"Convinced?"
The man opened his mouth expressionlessly, and the little fox demon froze for a moment, not knowing what he was talking about: "What?"
Seeing that his chin nodded the head of the girl in his arms, the little fox demon suddenly understood what he meant by "have you obeyed", as long as a girl admits that she is not as beautiful as another girl, this man is inevitably too unkind, right?
"Yes. ”
The little fox demon said reluctantly, I laughed, and sure enough, it was my own concubine who won.
"Then have you thought about it? Be a maid in my mansion, I will keep you safe for a hundred years, not imprison you, and give you absolute freedom. ”
At this time, the concubine pulled my sleeve and pouted, "Brother, you lie to me, there are no kittens." ”
The little fox demon looked at Concubine Sun and Moon with a slightly unhappy look, and the ghost sent the god to stretch his incomparably smooth white tail into her arms. Concubine Sun and Moon exclaimed, grabbed her tail and giggled, gently brushing her white hair, her movements were extremely gentle.
I looked at the slightly curvature of the corners of the little fox demon's mouth, and took advantage of the situation to ask, "What's your name?"
“...... Yehe, what about you?"
"My name is Jun Ying, her name is Concubine Sun and Moon, and we are brother and sister. ”
"Jun Ying...... Concubine Sun and Moon ......" she muttered the two names, and there was a hint of struggle in her eyes: "I still can't stay." ”
I sighed: "I have no ill intentions towards you, I and my concubine were born in the forest, and I have lived a hard life since I was a child, and I was once imprisoned in a beast cage and driven to fight with wild beasts, I feel that you and I have a similar fate, even if you are a demon, I want to help you." ”
"I know, both of you are good people, different from others, I have never seen such a beautiful and pure person as Miss Sun and Moon Concubine, and I have never seen a man who doesn't love my color and is willing to take off his clothes to cover my shame," Yehe tightened the brown man's coat on his body: "I want to stay, but I can't stay, because I am the princess of the fox clan, and I must save my people." ”