When I returned to the music room with Ming'er, I was exhausted and forced back to my room, the door was not closed, my legs were already weak, and I fell to the ground, only to find that the thin clothes on my body had already been soaked with sweat. Seeing me like this, Ming'er hurriedly carried me to the edge of the bed and sat down, brought hot water to help me clean my face and hands, and found clean clothes to change out of wet clothes with me. I was at her mercy like a puppet, and I didn't have any strength in my body, my hands trembled tightly, but my mouth was bitter and dry...... Ming'er helped me take off my coat, and I only felt a tingling pain spread from my right shoulder to my whole body, "Hello" I whispered, frowning, "Ming'er, help me take a look...... It hurts. ”

Ming'er uncovered my right shoulder as she said, and saw her covering her mouth and screaming, and then she actually cried. I turned my head to see that my heart was already half cold, and I saw that the white and flawless right shoulder was pinched out of five finger-like bruises, bruises and purple, blue and lacked purple, purple and faint blood spots lined with coagulated skin, there was an indescribable horror.

I made up my mind, pulled my clothes to cover the scars, and instructed: "Ming'er, don't let Qin Niang and the other sisters in the workshop know about this today." ”

"Sister, why is this, since she was bullied, can she hide it?" Ming'er wiped her tears with a confused expression.

I shook my head and looked at her firmly: "I can't say this, I'm going to be on stage in seven days, and Qin Niang has already spent a lot of money on this matter, if she knows that I am injured, I don't know how much saliva I will provoke." Second, today is the sisters who went out together, and I can't affect everyone because of myself. ”

Ming'er thought for a while, nodded and responded: "What my sister said is that if you let Qin Niang know that you are injured, we will inevitably be punished, and even Sister Liyue, who went out together, will also suffer." My sister is about to take the stage, and it would not be good if she offended the sisters in the workshop for this. ”

"Well, Ming'er has always been smart." I nodded and sighed: "Today's incident is just a coincidence, it's just my own bad luck, it's just that Ming'er was wronged and suffered with me." As she spoke, she remembered that she was pushed to the ground by the man when she was protecting me just now, and hurriedly got up to see if she was injured.

The two of us deliberately concealed the injuries at the temple fair, and practiced singing and dancing every day, and at night Ming'er helped me apply a warm compress and rub some medicinal wine, and gradually those bruises and bruises dissipated and only gray and yellow marks remained.

On April 15, the fourth year of Guangzheng, the moonlit night, was the day when I made my debut in this Furong Orchestra. In order for me to become an instant hit, the owner Qin Niang can be said to have done enough work on the scene, not only sent the little maid to the market early to distribute leaflets, but also deliberately invited several celebrities and wealthy businessmen in the city. I knew she wanted to make me the pillar of this music shop, and she wanted to make a lot of money by taking advantage of the men's hunting mentality.

Standing in front of the mirror, I looked at myself under the candlelight: the flying bun, the nine immortals, the moon-white bead flowers hidden in the hair with a warm glow, the ivory palace silk and the water sleeve dance dress made of the same color light gauze fit well, especially the high collar sewn in the shape of hibiscus petals supported my small white face, and the complexion was as bright as a jade crescent. The silk silk of the silver tapestry tied my waist to the bridle, and the silk silver hibiscus on the long skirt spread out under the waist was scattered appropriately.

"Sister Rui'er, it's so beautiful......" Behind Ming'er, her face was full of amazement.

"To have such an effect today, I would like to thank my sister for her skillful hands to help me sew the details of this dance costume by hand." I took her hand and thanked her sincerely.

"No, no, if it weren't for my sister's ingenuity, Ming'er wouldn't have been able to make such a beautiful dance costume even if she had some needlework skills." Ming'er pursed her lips and smiled shyly, stepped forward to help me straighten my belt, and sighed: "Today I can understand why my sister refuses to let the tailor make ready-to-wear clothes, and only let the undershirt be sent. ”

I smiled at her, and I had to sigh again that Ming'er Bingxue was smart and knew my mind. put on the mask of the hibiscus flower god that had been carefully drawn, and took Ming'er to the dance venue.

When I came to the dance arena in the courtyard, the bright moon was in the middle of the sky. The day before yesterday, a shallow pond had been built out of bricks and stones, and at this moment the pond was filled with clear water and placed in the shape of a hokuto with seven drum stands made of large drums and white silk in the shape of a lotus flower, and I will finish my first performance as a kabuki girl on these seven lotus drums.

Qin Niang and the sisters in the front hall were performing fragrant songs and dances to warm up the field for me, and with the help of Ming'er, I stepped on the small stool prepared in advance, and climbed the lotus drum platform that was as big as a round table on the bucket handle, and hid in the layers of white silk lotus petals.

I lay quietly on the lotus drum in the form of a lying fish, waiting for the Qin Niang and the sisters to lead the guests to come, but I saw the moon in the sky bright and clear, like a frost moon falling lightly, and painting the surroundings into a piece of silver. "Grandma, are you watching me from the sky at this moment? Grandmother. Today your Rui'er will complete her first performance in this lost world, and you will protect me from heaven! Grandma, grandma, Ruier...... I miss you so much. When I thought of my grandmother, tears slowly fell down the corners of my eyes.

Suddenly, I heard the noisy voices from far and near, and through the silk petals, I could vaguely see the woman holding the lamp leading a group of people up to the surrounding towers of the courtyard......

The whispering of people stopped abruptly in the light sound of the guzheng, accompanied by the woman's gentle singing, I pressed the machine next to the lotus drum, and the lotus petals covering my body bloomed layer by layer...... The water sleeves are light, the slender waist is turning, and I dance under the moon with "Beauty Song......

There are beautiful women in the north, peerless and independent.

One look at the city, and then look at the country.

Rather than know the city and the country,

It's hard to get a beautiful woman again......

Liyue's singing voice is well-known in the community, Li Yannian's song "There is a Beautiful Woman in the North" was studied by me and the sisters of Le Fangshan, and it combines the ethereal and beautiful length of echo music, black night crying, etc., and is accompanied by the guzheng, guqin, bell, Xiao and the drums that jump under my feet, which is even more poignant and abnormal. In addition, I deliberately strengthened the characteristics of Tang Soft Dance's "waist, sleeves, lightness, and softness", and Shengsheng danced this song to be beautiful and soft, light and elegant.

After the dance, I bowed my sleeves and saluted, only to feel a dead silence all around, and suddenly looked up, only to hear the applause coming to me like a tide, and the scribe couldn't help but chant loudly: "The pearls are dazzling and the stars are shaking, and the flowers are fighting and the dragon and snake are moving." "I know, I made it......

Then the mulsle lamps on the upper floor were all lit, and the night breeze also sent the proud laughter of the piano girl to my ears: "Ladies and gentlemen, today is my Furong Music Workshop, the day of Miss Rui'er's first performance as a guest, in order to thank you for your care and care, this workshop has specially launched a colorful head festival ......" Speaking of this, I deliberately sold Guanzi.

There were already guests on the side who couldn't wait to ask: "Mother Qin, don't sell it, if there is anything good to say, let's listen to it." ”

"Ahem, our Rui'er girl is versatile, you have already seen the dancing skills, if you talk about her singing voice, it is 'this song should only be in the sky, how many times can you smell it in the world'......" A good piano girl, encouraging a three-inch tongue, just hung the appetite of those gentlemen upstairs.

"Since Miss Rui'er has a good singing voice, let's sing it to everyone." The laughter and coaxing were more enthusiastic than the applause just now.

"Sing, of course. But now I'm going to change the way I sing. As I said just now, Miss Rui'er's singing voice is comparable to fairy sound, of course, the price of listening to the music is also different, and not everyone can listen to it, so the price is high. Qin Niang was confident and showed the high trick that had been brewing in her heart for more than a month.

The "......uproar" crowd was boiling, bidding to listen to the music, which was unheard of.

"Five hundred dollars."

"A thousand dollars."

"Fifteen hundred dollars."

"Two thousand."

I stood quietly in the lotus under the moon, looking indifferently at the faces that were flushed with excitement in the gauze lamp, and suddenly a pathos rose from the bottom of my heart: Hehe, since when have I been reduced to goods and sold by others? Did I put so much thought and effort into selling it for a good price today?

Just when I felt sorry for myself, the remuneration of the song had risen to fifty taels of silver, which was completely beyond the expectations of Qin Niang, looking at her more and more excited expression, my heart was even more sad for no reason.

"Hey, Aunt Qin, why does this woman wear a mask?" A discordant voice broke the enthusiasm of the crowd.

"Oh, why do you have a mask? Could it be that this Rui'er girl looks like she is saltless? ”

"That is, where in this city have you seen a girl from the music house dancing with a mask on her face? Competing for a song at such a high price, but if it is against a woman who looks like a yaksha, what kind of Yaxing is there? Don't pretend to be a fool...... "People's attention was completely diverted to the mask on my face.

"Oh, how is it possible, let me tell you, this Rui'er girl is a fairy daughter-like figure, she dances with this mask, she has her own opinion, don't guess." Qin Niang didn't expect things to take such a turn for the worse, and hurriedly explained.

"If you're beautiful, why do you have to wear a mask?" When I looked up, I saw a middle-aged man looking at me with burning eyes.

I committed myself to Shi Ran and said politely: "Forgive me, all the guests, the dancers entertain the public with dance, not with their appearance." It is in this spirit that the little woman adheres to the spirit of letting everyone better appreciate the wonders of the dance music of "Beauty Song", rather than showing her true appearance. ”

"Girl, what a big breath. In this case, you took off your mask and let us see the true face of Lushan. ”

"Forgive me, the true face of the little girl is also part of the competition, and only the guest officer who wins the song can see it." I responded calmly and calmly.

"Wow" exploded again......

A man's curiosity, lust for beauty, and possessiveness were completely provoked by my mystery and stubbornness. A new round of bidding unfolded again in the enthusiasm of the men, and it intensified. In the end, the middle-aged man who asked me out loud had to let me play and sing a song alone at a high price of three hundred taels of silver.

Seeing that Qin Niang was finished, I helped Ming'er to slowly walk down the lotus drum platform, only to hear the man standing upstairs and laughing: "Miss Rui'er, your song sounds so expensive, I don't know if it's worth the money." Today's song "Willow Branches" is not easy to come by. Waha......" The words are full of insults.

I frowned secretly, stopped, and said, "Forgive me, guest officer, although you won the bid for the little girl to play and sing, you can't ask me to sing anything." ”

"What? What did you say? The man was visibly taken aback by my words, and thought that no woman in the Orchestra would have refused to sing the repertoire that my guests had asked for in the same way that I do today.

"Qin Niang, what's going on, did I spend so much money that I couldn't even listen to the music I wanted to hear?" The man was furious, and grabbed the Qin Niang on the side and theorized: "Tell me, what kind of rules is this, is it possible that you are opening a black shop to cheat money?" ”

"Oh, Uncle Qian, it's not like this, it's not like this, it's just that the old body promised Miss Rui'er that she can only sell the right to listen to music but can't force her to sing anything." Qin Niang has never seen the current situation, sweating profusely and laughing: "Uncle Qian, this Rui'er girl is the most talented girl in our music workshop, the song she wants to sing must be novel and elegant, you ......"

"Pop" slapped Qin Niang in the face heavily, and Qin Niang covered her face and froze.

"Put your mother's bullshit, Lao Tzu came here to spend money just to have fun, a stinky courtesan who is indiscriminate, and dares to take a fight with Lao Tzu." The surnamed Qian scolded, and then beckoned his subordinates and said: "Come on, catch that Rui'er for me, Lao Tzu wants to see if she has eight heads...... "Said and rushed down the building with two family members to arrest me.

Seeing that the three men had rushed in front of me, just when I was at a loss, I only heard a clear voice and shouted: "Stop——, do you still have the royal law?" ”

I followed the prestige, only to see a man in a silver Confucian shirt slowly swinging a folding fan standing under the moon, but seeing his long body and jade, with bright eyebrows and starry eyes, mixed up and down with a warm and bookish atmosphere but inviolable, looking at him, I suddenly came out of the sentence in "Wu Ge" "The stones are like jade, the pines are like emerald, and Lang Yan is unique......". And after a closer look, he couldn't help but gasp, it was him, how could it be him...... On the day of the temple fair, under the Bodhi tree, the person who pinched me!

"Where did you come from?" The man surnamed Qian saw that someone was helping me out, and beckoned the house slave to turn around and pounce on the silver-shirted man. However, before he and the house slave could rush to the silver-shirted man, the four men who had come out of nowhere were neatly armed and unmoved, and the man dressed as a housekeeper could not move to the ground, and then was carried out.

Seeing this, I hurriedly got off the lotus drum platform and came to the silver-shirted man with the help of Ming'er, and Shi Ran saluted: "Thank you Gongzi for saving me." ”

"The girl doesn't have to be polite," he put away the fan and said with a smile: "The girl's style is admirable, I don't know if I have the honor to invite the girl to play and sing a song with five hundred taels of silver?" ”

He wants to listen to me, he wants to listen to me, what can I do? What if he recognized me as the one under the Bodhi tree that day and offended me? I suddenly ran out of ideas in my heart, and was about to refuse, but I didn't think that Qin Niang had covered her face and came to agree, and thanked the silver-shirted man for her kindness.

Hey, it's a blessing or a curse, it's a disaster that can't be avoided, forget it, admit it. I gritted my teeth and said, "Thank you for your kindness, the little woman sang a song for Childe on the lotus drum." ”

"That's very good." The silver-shirted man smiled warmly: "The dance of the talented girl is like an orchid, like a swimming dragon." The more Yan strikes the front stream, Wu Ji stops the white lotus. The slow state cannot be poor, and the complex posture is curved to the end. Low back lotus breaking waves, messy snow and glorious wind. When you fall, you look forward to it, and you want to empty it. I couldn't catch it, so I flew away to chase the shock. With the sound of the bright moon and clear waves and white lotus drums, it is really exquisite, exquisite. ”

When I heard this, I smiled modestly and said: "Childe has won the award, how can Rui'er's clumsy skills be worthy of the praise of Li Qunyu's "Green Waist". ”

He didn't seem to expect me to answer like this, and sighed, "Miss Rui'er is really different. ”

I was noncommittal, so I took off my mask and saluted him again.

"You ......" When he saw my face, his body shook, and a hand unconsciously reached out to me.

I hurriedly avoided it and said, "Little girl Fei Rui'er, thank you again for your son's grace in relieving the siege." "Knowing that he must have mistaken me for someone else, he hurriedly revealed his identity loudly.

"You, your name is Fei Ruier?" In a moment of embarrassment, he forcibly withdrew his hand and returned to normalcy, while I saw a flash of loss in his eyes.

"Under the surname Meng, please sing a song for the girl...... "He stopped looking at me, and turned around and sat down at the table and chair that had already been set up.

I turned back to the lotus drum, sat down in front of the piano, pondered for a moment, and sang softly:

Powder fell on Baihuazhou, fragrant swallow building. Regiments formed a blanket one by one. Wandering is also like a thin human life, empty and slender, and said to be romantic.

The grass and trees are also worried, and Shaohua is white-headed. Sigh, who will give up and who will take in this life? It doesn't matter if you marry Dongfeng Chun, go with you, endure drowning!

The song accompanied by the sound of the piano drifted in the night wind, and you could feel his burning gaze without looking up. Who is he? Why did you mistake me for someone else several times, with such affectionate and painful eyes...... When I looked up at him at this, I saw that he was looking at me with empty eyes, his eyes were full of sorrow, and it seemed that there were other things surging, and I couldn't understand it!