“Hey，young man！”

As soon as he opened his mouth to sing, Huai Shi felt that something was wrong, his fingers paused, and he looked up at those expressions that were difficult to say, "I'm sorry, it's strung - start again." ”

With a wrong finger pressed on the strings, the originally dense and weird melody turned into a scattered nursery rhyme, soft and tactful: "Two tigers, two tigers, run fast, run fast, one less heel finger, one less eye, so strange, so strange......"

Visible to the naked eye, the face of the one-eyed strong man next to him who was missing a tail finger began to look difficult quickly.

It seems to be singing the wrong thing again.

But it doesn't matter -

Huai Shi shook her head nonchalantly, her fingers beating from the strings of the shamisen, and the melodious melody instantly became sad and solemn, making people want to cry when they heard it.

After playing two verses of the Great Sorrow Mantra, it seamlessly switches to the wedding march, followed by Carmen, and finally an adaptation one step away.

Eyebrows fluttering, self-satisfied.

If it weren't for the fear of revealing his identity, Huai Shi would have wanted to give everyone the unique job of playing a whole piece of music for Paganini on the spot.

It's just that the instrument in the hand is not strong, the vocal range is narrow, and once it is out of range, it looks light and fluttery, and it is difficult to control.

Otherwise, you can still have a piece of Northwest folk songs.

After five minutes of study, Huai Shi's movements paused, feeling that he had completely mastered the instrument.

When the finger was pressed again, a sharp sound erupted from the strings under the pick.

High-pitched and piercing, like steel rubbing against one.

Unlike the usual shamisen performance, it is almost noisy, but the noise does not have such a melody and rhythm, hovering on the edge of pleasantness and pain, repeatedly jumping sideways, roughly crushing all irrelevant noises, overshadowing the noise, covering all eardrums, playfully ravaging.

Soon, the high-pitched and intimate noise turned to a low silence.

The low aftertaste, not like the shamisen, but like the iron strings of the lute, scattered and sad.

"The bell rings in the Gion Ashram, telling that the world is impermanent, the flowers of the Borneo double tree are discolored, and the prosperous ones are declining like vicissitudes......"

Huai Shi narrowed her eyes and sang in a low voice. Under the paddle, there is a melancholy aftersound: "The proud are difficult to last long, just like a dream in the spring night; ”

This passage is taken from the excerpt "Gion Seisha" from "The Tale of the Heike Family", which can be said to be a traditional performing art in instrumental music performance in Yingzhou.

And it is the story of how the huge and prosperous Taira clan ended under the onslaught of Genji before and after the Genpei War, and finally fell apart and ushered in annihilation.

It can only be said that the meaning is really not very auspicious.

Before he finished singing, the people on both sides were already glaring at him.

Immediately, his eyes avoided as if he had been electrocuted, and his eyes lowered respectfully.

It wasn't until Huai Shi finished singing a whole song, and still wanted to have another 'Dunsheng to the first', that he noticed those strange eyes.

and the sound of soft breathing in the background.

Momentarily stunned.

Even if the essentia is blocked, there are still people who walk three steps away to trigger their perceptions?

If you have bad intentions......

He made a mistake with the pick in his hand, turned his head slowly, and then saw the pure white skirt that had fallen on the tatami mat, and the elaborate Yuzen dye on it outlined the outline of the pear blossom.

Dots of pure white petals spread out in the cyan background, indescribable harmony.

Just under the shoulder-length short hair of Ji Hair, the person who came lowered his delicate face, looked down at his face, suddenly smiled slightly, and patted him on the shoulder:

"The paper group, this is a banquet for the Arakawa family, don't be presumptuous...... Otherwise, the owner here will give you a good look. ”

Shengtianmu Pear Blossom smiled slightly, and looked up at the few people who were originally looking down on the face and planning to find fault.

Being watched by her, the few people who were originally ugly lowered their heads and bowed respectfully.

Misfortune disappears and is invisible.

Pear Blossom retracted her gaze with satisfaction, bowed her head and said to Huai Shi, "If you are bored, how about sitting here?" ”

Her smile was full of smiles, and she made no secret of her kindness and affection.

But for some reason, Huai Shi felt a strong sense of resistance and uneasiness in her heart, as if she felt some unspeakable danger from her.

When she was watched by her long, slender fox eyes, all the secrets seemed to be hidden.

Subconsciously raised his guard.

But the birth of Tianmu Pear Blossom didn't care about the meaning of Huai Shi, he moved forward by himself, and when he sat down at the front of the hall, he also waved to Huai Shi and pointed to the position next to him.

Huai Shi was stupid.

What does that mean?

In front of everyone, he was stunned for a long time, so he could only carry the 'earth pipa' that he had come from, walk over and sit down obediently, and then feel the jealous and envious gaze below, like sitting on pins and needles.

"Shamisen, you play it well, have you ever learned?" asked Rika suddenly.

"Ah, it's okay...... I learned a little bit blindly. ”

Shengtianmu pear blossom bowed, and curiously proposed: "Then play "Pure Land of Bliss" and listen to it, I just saw that you don't like it very much." ”

“......”

In silence, Huai Shi looked down at the shamisen in her arms, raised her head, and seriously refused: "Miss, I don't sell my body." ”

"Hahaha, you guy, that's funny. ”

Sheng Tianmu Lihua laughed, her eyes wandered, and her eyes looked at Huai Shi meaningfully: "It's not bad to play a cello tune." ”

"Hehe, cello, what's that?" Huai Shi asked calmly, "Can you eat it?"

"I always feel like you're good at it, is it a delusion?"

Rika laughed harmlessly.

"Haha, Pear Blossom, don't force the new young man. ”

The sound of low footsteps sounded, and behind the paper door that was pushed open, the smug Shengtenmu Sosuke walked out, followed by a group of extreme leaders with complicated expressions.

"You guys seem to get along well. He glanced at Huai Shi with satisfaction, raised his eyes and asked Pear Blossom: "How is it, Pear Blossom?

Pear Blossom bowed her head respectfully, and her tone was gentle: "Back to my father, Mr. Huai Paper is very elegant, and it is exactly the type that Pear Blossom likes." ”

"Ahaha, in this case, you have to cultivate your feelings. ”

Sheng Tianmu looked up to the sky and laughed.

"Hey, old bastard, today is the engagement ceremony of Lao Tzu's son, what are you proud of!" Arakawa was annoyed and glanced at Huai Shi coldly: "Besides, the final result is not certain, don't be happy too early." ”

"Oh, look at you, why is it that the love between young people and the two is in the way of your affairs? ”

Sheng Tianmu shook his head helplessly: "Besides, since the old man dares to promise you, he must be sure of victory, how can he casually admit the unfavorable conditions." ”

"Bastard ......"

Arakawa's face turned red, and the tattoos on his neck turned black, if it weren't for the scruples of physique and other people to stop him, maybe he would have beaten this old man on the spot.

After a long time, he calmed down, sat on the main seat by himself, and loudly reprimanded his subordinates to hurry up and serve wine and food.

The banquet went more smoothly than expected.

After all, everyone's mind is probably not on eating, good wine and good food, drinking tasteless, like chewing wax. The atmosphere was even more serious and oppressive, and no one dared to laugh and speak loudly.

are all looking at the top five guys from time to time.

The most important part of this feast awaits the proclamation that will determine the fate and survival of the entire Alliance, and that will dominate the fate and future of almost everyone.

"It seems that everyone is already impatient. ”

Sheng Tianmu took a sip of miso soup, slowly put down the bowl, and looked at the other people. Arakawa's face was gloomy, Ryuji Chiba smiled frivolously, the eyes of the female general of the Ochiai family drooped, and Kuga's expression was calm as always.

He paused and said, "Well, for a long time, thanks to the love of all of you in the alliance, we have served as ...... together."

"Okay, okay, I'll come, let you talk about the ink until tomorrow. ”

Chiba Ryuji sighed, interrupted his next nonsense, and raised his voice and said, "Grapevine, everyone who came here should have heard it.

To put it bluntly, in order to deal with the next situation, it is better to unite the forces of the alliance. From today onwards, the alliance will abandon the previous rule of co-directors of the five bigwigs and elect a new president.

Everyone here is extreme, there is no need to play hypocritical processes and tricks, there is no need to spread out any ideas - if someone feels that their ability and expectations are enough, and they are not satisfied with the position of being inferior to others, they can also stand up now and compete for the position of president. ”

He paused, looked down at the faces, and suddenly raised his voice, "Is there such a person?"

In an instant, in the dead silence, all the people kneeling on the ground bowed their heads in unison, bowing in awe to the five big bosses who were on the top.

Only Huai Shi, who had not finished eating the rice bowl, was stunned in place.

hesitated to raise his hand and join in the fun.

It's all here...... Try it and don't need money!

But the strange gaze of the pear blossom next to him always made him feel like a man's back, and he had a feeling of being seen through. I don't know if I've been exposed.

In case he just stood up, Lihua next to him stretched out his hand and pointed to report to everyone that this dog called Huai Paper is an eagle dog lackey of the Astronomical Society, don't talk about any rules in the rivers and lakes, and cut him side by side, you're welcome...... Won't you be miserable then?

In the silence, the eyes of the five big guys swept over those who bowed down one by one, paused for a moment on Huai Shi, who was still bowing his head to pick up rice, and soon, he left indifferently.

Only Arakawa's gaze became more and more gloomy.

After a long time, after making sure that no one stood up and wanted to sit in the chairman's position, Chiba Ryuji retracted his gaze and slowly bowed his head: "In that case, then according to the usual practice, the five bigwigs will start voting internally." ”

Before the words fell, Sheng Tianmu raised his hand with a smile and said:

"Old decay votes for himself, and please support it a lot. ”