Chapter 18: If You Meet a Dancing Girl
A remote but bustling town that can be unusually noisy even in the twilight of winter, and that's especially true today.
"Attention! Attention to all guest officers! Traveling artists will perform a peerless dance banquet in Restaurant Fairy today! Restaurant Fairy is open to the public all day today, and free drinks are provided, and everyone is welcome to enter and watch objectively. A shopkeeper shouted in a raised voice while banging on the gong in front of the inn.
"What, traveling entertainers, are they here again? I heard that the show is very good. β
"Hmm. I didn't see it last time, so I can't miss it this time. β
The people whispered and walked towards the inn.
By noon, the sky was still gray. Nano arrives in the town and is about to buy something to eat, when he sees a steady stream of people walking towards an inn.
Mingwu thought about it, anyway, going to Edgeworth Ridge is not a matter of a day or two, and if you are idle and bored to wander around, you may be able to meet someone who knows your background. So, Nano also followed the flow of people into the inn.
When I entered the inn, it was already crowded with people.
The inn has five floors, from the first floor to the third floor, and a large area in the middle of each floor is empty, surrounded by guest rooms and a dining area fenced by handrails. On the ceiling of the third floor, colorful murals are painted, all of which are drinking and having fun, and are attached to elegant things.
At this moment, the viewing area upstairs was already full of people, most of them were rich sons and wealthy business owners, gathered together in twos and threes, holding wine glasses, and making some idle conversations.
And the first floor was full of people, and Nano was also crammed into a small corner to observe the situation.
"Boom!" suddenly there was a drum, and everyone stopped chatting and looked at each other.
Then there was another dense drum, which sounded like a pearl falling on a jade plate, and at the same time, accompanied by a short and rapid sound of the piano, five long silks of different colors flew out from the railings around the third floor.
The silk opens from the curled shape and flies towards the middle, where it is finally joined together to form a knot.
At this time, the drums and pianos went out suddenly, and three women dressed in silk and long shawls on their shoulders gently landed on the three long silks. The three women then showed their teeth slightly, accompanied by the melodious sound of the piano, and danced on the silk with a smile.
Two of them were dressed in white shirts, dancing gracefully, with graceful figures, light steps, jade hands and snake movements, wide sleeves fluttering, shawls flying, for a while, the eyes of everyone present were attracted away.
The other, plump and enchanting, looks sweet and intoxicating, green shirt and beautiful lines, the upper shirt is exposed with fragrant shoulders, the chebula is slightly low, the white mound looms, under the tulle, the pretty peaks and jade stands, and the cheeks and frowns all affect the hearts and souls of men.
Everyone's eyes quickly turned to the woman in the green shirt, accompanied by the woman's dancing steps, only to see the jade peak swaying faintly, as if it was not clear, in a trance, making people reverie and intoxicated.
Suddenly, as soon as the sound of the piano turned, the woman in the green shirt jumped up, waved her hand, and the shawl flew straight out, hitting a drum with a 'dong' sound. Then, I saw that the woman seemed to have six arms, rotated her body, and constantly beat the war drums on all sides with her shawl, and played a passionate tune to the beat, and the scene instantly entered a climax......
"Hey, brother, have some tea. β
A slightly thin man said to Na Wu with a cup of tea.
Na Wuyi felt that the woman in the green shirt smiled sweetly, and inadvertently looked into a daze, and didn't notice the man's accosting. The man nudged Nano, and Nanoshi came back to his senses.
"Ah, thank you. Nano took the tea, his expression slightly embarrassed.
"Haha, it's beautiful. With a lewd smile, the man continued, "You don't like that dancing girl, do you?"
"No, where. "Nano just goes with the flow of nature and appreciates beautiful things, and has no other thoughts at all.
"This is the second time they've performed. The last time was three years ago, when the dancer was still a little girl, but she was already very dazzling, and I didn't expect it to be even more charming now. Ah, if I could, I would trade my life for a day with her. β
"Second time, is it?" Nano whispered, thinking that he couldn't find any clues about his background here, so he quietly left the inn alone.
After going out, Nano came to a small restaurant and ordered some food and drink. There were two middle-aged men sitting in the restaurant, who had been secretly staring at Nano.
After eating, the shopkeeper shouted, "Guest officer, a total of thirty wen." β
Nano touched his pocket, took out a tael of gold and handed it to the shopkeeper. The two middle-aged men were stunned for a moment, and then their eyes became dark.
"Walk slowly!"
Not long after Na Wu got up, the two followed......
After leaving the town and walking some more distance, Nano came to a path with deep woods on both sides, and no one around him.
It was almost dusk.
"Heyββ! wait. β
Suddenly, there was a shout from behind, and he turned around to look, only to see the two men he had seen in the restaurant panting and running towards him.
Suddenly, the two of them surrounded Nano, drew their knives, looked vicious, and said in a threatening tone: "Give us your money! β
Na Wu glanced at the two of them, and said calmly: "You guys go, this money is my entanglement, and it is impossible to give it to you." β
Seeing that Mingwu was unwilling to hand over the money, the two of them slowly forced Mingwu with knives in their hands. Suddenly, a person raised a knife and slashed, all of them dodged and counterattacked, instantly narrowed the distance, and gently brushed his hand upward, hitting the man's wrist, only to hear a miserable scream, the knife in the man's hand flew out dozens of meters, straight into the trunk of a tree in the woods on the side.
At this time, the other person also swung a knife and slashed at Na Wu's back, but unexpectedly, Na Wu reflexively flicked it again, and the man only felt that the bones in his wrist exploded, and the knife in his hand also flew out dozens of meters and stuck on the ground.
Both of them held their severed hands, hunched their waists, screaming loudly, and beads of sweat rolled down their foreheads.
Seeing that the two of them were incapacitated to fight, Na Wu was about to leave, but at this time, the sound of a carriage suddenly came from behind, and then a sweet voice sounded: "Stop!"
Na Wu turned around to look, a beautiful shadow flew from the carriage, and Na Wu was stunned for a moment, the figure was actually the green shirt dancer in the inn, she was wearing a white long jacket at this time.
The dancer punched straight to Nano's chest, but Nano didn't dodge, and when she was about to hit, the dancer suddenly turned her fist into a palm, her arms hugged Nano's neck, her body went around Nano's back like a snake, and her heel kicked Nano's calf violently, and then with the force of rushing forward, Nano lifted her whole body and fell heavily over her shoulders on the snow.
was thrown to the ground, and Na Wucai came back to his senses. At this time, a young man got off the carriage, hurriedly ran over, and said angrily, "Lan Ling, what are you doing?"
Nano got up and patted the snow on his face and chest.
The dancer's eyes looked at Nano's face, but she was stunned by the appearance of the man in front of her, and she looked at it blankly for a while before she came back to her senses, just like Nano first saw her, the dancer smiled stupidly, her face couldn't help but flush, and then replied: "Brother, this person seems to be bullying people, I'll save it." β
"Like?" The man yelled at the dancer, and then apologized to Namo: "This brother, I'm sorry, my sister is ignorant and impulsive, I don't know if it hurt you?"
"No, no. Na Wu remembered that the dancer had deliberately turned her fist into a palm just now to avoid causing serious damage, and understood that the dancer was indeed not malicious.
"Speaking of which, what the hell is going on here?" the man's words seemed to mean that he wanted to uphold justice, and if he really bullied someone, the man would probably teach him the same lesson as his sister.
At this time, the two injured men lowered their heads and avoided the man's gaze.
"They tried to rob and I cut off one of my hands. Na Wu said lightly.
Without saying anything, the man understood. Then he stared at his sister fiercely.
"I'm sorry about that. The dancer stared at Na Wu and smiled, her face full of confidence.
At this time, the two robbers fled with interest.
"My name is Lan Ming, this is my sister Lan Ling, we are traveling artists, and we make a living by selling art everywhere. I don't know what Brother Tai is called?"
"Nameless. Unemployed drifter. β
"Ah, Brother Name, where are you going? β
"Zhongshan Country, Yujian Ridge. β
"Well, we're going to perform at a powerful family in Gi Country. β
Qi Province is located next to Zhongshan Province to the west of it, and it is a small country.
"Thank you then. As he spoke, Na Wu glanced at Lan Ling and found that she also showed an excited expression.
So, Nano got into the carriage and followed Lan Ming and his party towards Qi Kingdom......