Chapter 70: The Handmaiden
and Guo Xiao came to the soft red mansion again, and now the soft red mansion is much more prosperous than before, after all, Luoyang is actually under the control of Dong Zhuo. At this time, it was already night, the streets were lit up everywhere, and the lights on the East Street were even brighter, setting off a prosperous scene, but it was strangely dark that day.
Walking into the soft red building again, several women came up to greet them as before, and Li Yuying seemed to have been waiting for a long time, walked up to Cao Yun and the others, and bowed down to welcome.
"Why didn't Gongzi Cao come to my soft red mansion these days, is there anything good to go in Luoyang, Gongzi didn't come to me for a few days. Li Yuyingyan said with a smile.
Cao Yun smiled faintly when he heard this, "Where is the boss, there are some other things these days, and there is really no time to come out and have fun." Just as he was talking to Li Yuying, a cold gaze shot towards him, and Cao Yun also turned his head to make contact with that gaze. The owner of that gaze was Sun Wu, I didn't think that this Sun Wu would also come to the Soft Red Mansion.
Li Yuying immediately led Cao Yun and the others to several positions, which were the positions left for them in advance. The position is the front row, so you can see the performance on stage well. After sitting down, Zhang Zixi and the others looked very happy, after all, it was the last time they heard Ying'er's song here, and they might not have a chance in the future.
"Brother Cao, will we have a chance to come to Luoyang in the future?" Zhang Zixiyan asked with a smile.
"Luoyang? Maybe there's still a chance. Cao Yun replied after a moment's thought.
"Brother Cao has something to say, I hope Brother Cao can still meet me in Luoyang. Guo Xiao, who was sitting on Cao Yun's right, said. Guo Xiao heard Cao Yun say that there might be a chance to come to Luoyang again, and understood that Cao Yun meant that his Cao family wanted to enter Luoyang and control the world. As Cao De's subordinate minister, Guo Xiao of course wants to speak out and fight back, so he hopes that Cao Yun can see him again, not that he and Cao Yun will see each other again, and the implication is that Cao Yun has no chance to dominate Luoyang.
Of course, Cao Yun heard the meaning of Guo's joke, and smiled faintly, "Brother Guo is not kind, and he actually underestimates me." ”
"Brother Guo seems to have a lot of confidence in Lord Cao, but it's a pity that Lord Cao has to face Yuan Chu first, this Yuan Chu has many civil and military ministers, and there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers under him, how can Lord Cao stop him. Pang Shiyuan, who was sitting behind Cao Yun, spoke.
"Don't talk about this, don't talk about this, today is the last time I came to listen to Miss Ying'er's song, so I won't debate with Brother Pang. Guo Xiao said with a light wave of his hand. Since the two met, there have been many debates. Guo Xiao's body has improved a lot in the past few days, and he and Pang Shiyuan can't say anything and start debating.
While several people were talking happily, a young woman walked on the stage, this woman has just been in the limelight recently, and even some of them have come over.
"What is this woman's name?" Looking at the woman who slowly walked onto the stage, Cao Yun asked Guo Xiao next to him.
"If the guess is good, it should be called Chen Yuanyuan, this woman has been in the limelight recently, and she has some meaning of covering Ying'er, it seems that she is a new generation of Hua Dan cultivated by the Soft Red Mansion. Guo Xiao said.
Cao Yun looked at Chen Yuanyuan carefully when he heard this, and guessed in his heart that this should be arranged by the boss of the soft red mansion to replace Lai Ying'er, if his expectations were correct, Li Yuying should let me redeem Lai Ying'er, but I really didn't know how to choose me. Thinking of this, Cao Yun smiled in his heart.
At this time, Chen Yuanyuan on the stage had already begun to dance, dancing alone, with long sleeves fluttering, but also had some taste. After the dance, Chen Yuanyuan stepped off the stage, and Lai Ying'er walked up to the stage with the piano in her arms surrounded by several women, and sat in the center of the stage, while the rest of the women scattered and stood around. As the surrounding women danced with long sleeves, the piano sounded, and the song of the warbler sounded again.
The song is still so beautiful, in the current situation, this song can indeed make people relax, and the warmth rises in the bottom of the heart, believing that the chaotic situation is only short-lived, and believing that tomorrow will be better than today.
At the end of the song, Lai Ying'er hugged the piano and went down, and when she went down, she looked at Cao Yun and smiled shyly at him.
Just after Lai Ying'er stepped down and walked towards the soft red building, Cao Yun saw that Sun Wu, who was sitting not far away, also stood up and walked towards the backyard. Cao Yun frowned slightly when he saw this, this Sun Wu is not good at performing on stage, what is he going to do in the backyard of the Soft Red Mansion?
The performance on the stage continued, and Chen Yuanyuan came on stage again, and he also sang a song with the qin, and the singing voice was somewhat similar to that of Ying'er, Cao Yun suspected that Chen Yuanyuan's method of singing music was from Ying'er**. After all, Chen Yuanyuan's singing voice lacks a charm, and it does not bring Cao Yun a feeling of nostalgia, and his attainments are still worse than those of Lai Ying'er, I am afraid that it will take a while to compare with Lai Ying'er.
Just as Cao Yun was thinking, a woman from the Soft Red Mansion bowed down and walked in front of him.
"Childe, my boss invites you to the backyard. ”
Cao Yun's heart moved when he heard this, and he whispered to Guo Xiao and a few others, then got up and followed the woman to the backyard of the soft red mansion.
As soon as he arrived in the backyard, Cao Yun saw that Sun Wu was discussing something with Li Yuying, and Li Yuying kept shaking his hand and refusing.
"Boss Li, what are you asking me to do?" Cao Yun walked up to Li Yuying and asked, but Sun Wuzheng was talking to Li Yuying. Seeing that Cao Yun interrupted his conversation with Li Yuying, Sun Wu was annoyed and glanced at Cao Yun fiercely.
"Gongzi Cao is here, I invited Gongzi to come today, but I really want to discuss something with Gongzi. Li Yuying also stopped talking to that Sun Wu, and turned to Cao Yun and said.
"Oh, I wonder if Boss Li has anything to discuss with me?" Cao Yun asked.
"Don't hide it from Cao Gongzi, my family Ying'er is more than 20 years old, and she is already quite old, and she has been playing the piano and singing in my soft red mansion for many years. I can't bear Ying'er's desolate life, and I've been looking for a place for him to settle down. Recently, I saw Gongzi, Ying'er is also quite fond of it, and the situation is really a little turbulent now, so I sincerely hope that Gongzi can redeem Ying'er, and I feel a bit wasteful to be a maid on Ying'er's terms, but the world is like this, and I still need Gongzi's pity. Li Yuying said to Cao Yun sincerely.
However, without waiting for Cao Yun to speak, Sun Wu next to him was not happy, and said with a gloomy face: "What do you mean by this, boss, I came to redeem Ying'er, but the boss found such a person and asked him to redeem and sell Ying'er, how can this be explained, you have no rules in this soft red mansion?"
It turns out that this Sun Wu also wants to redeem Ying'er today, after all, it is really a beautiful thing to be a maid like Ying'er, but Sun Wu thinks too well, he is not the only one who wants to redeem Ying'er, for so many years, I don't know how many people want to redeem Ying'er, but they are directly rejected by Li Yuying. The first is that Lai Ying'er can bring a lot of benefits to the soft red mansion, and the second is that Li Yuying and Lai Ying'er have a true relationship, and they don't want Lai Ying'er to be ransomed and bought casually.
"The rules of my soft red mansion are set by me, and what I say and do is the rules of the soft red mansion, but I don't work for this son to reprimand me. Li Yuying said coldly to Sun Wu.
Sun Wu's face flashed with anger when he heard this, but he didn't say anything, glanced at Li Yuying and Cao Yun coldly, snorted coldly and left.
"I don't know who this person is, he actually came directly to my backyard to ransom Ying'er, and I don't want to think about how many people have wanted to ransom Ying'er over the years, if he can redeem it casually, how can it be his turn. Looking at the back of Sun Wu leaving, Li Yu said sarcastically.
"I still know the identity of this person, he is Sun Wu, the eldest son of Sun Li, the pastor of Wuzhou Prefecture, who is known as the little overlord, and he is full of force. Cao Yun said.
"Sure enough, it's a martial artist, and he's so arrogant about doing things. Li Yuying changed her expression after sneering again, and said with a smile on her face: "Gongzi Cao, I don't know if Gongzi is willing to ransom my Ying'er." ”
Cao Yun smiled lightly when he heard this, "I'm afraid that Boss Li is unwilling." ”
Li Yuying smiled when she heard this, "That son has to spend a lot of money!"
"How much can this cost, and the price of Ying'er will be an astronomical amount?" Cao Yun asked.
"Childe said with a smile, please come with me, I will let Childe see the contract between Ying'er and my soft red mansion. ”
Cao Yun and Li Yuying immediately walked to the second floor of the backyard.
The ransom for coming to Ying'er is very high, the price is a hundred times that of an ordinary ** woman, and it costs a thousand gold coins, this price makes Cao Yun sigh in his heart, although coming to Ying'er can be worth this price, but in troubled times, there will be many places to use money, and it is not worth spending so much money for a ** woman.
Li Yuying naturally saw Cao Yun's hesitation, and said with a smile: "Gongzi Cao is not refreshing enough, my Ying'er treats Gongzi like this, is Gongzi still reluctant to take out such a little gold coin?"
Cao Yun was a little embarrassed when he heard this, "It's not that I'm reluctant, but I really didn't bring so much money with me, and I didn't think that coming to Luoyang would cost such a high amount." ”
Li Yuying smiled when she heard this, "Don't tease the son, my Ying'er has private money, the money on the contract has already been paid by herself, and the son only needs to take the contract." Li Yuying said and handed the contract to Cao Yun.
Cao Yun took the contract and asked with some confusion: "Since Miss Ying'er can pay this ransom by herself, why do you want me to take this contract, it's not a good thing to be a maid." ”
Li Yuying glanced at Cao Yun lightly when she heard this, "Where does the son understand the girl's thoughts, everything he does is secondary, and the main thing is to conform to his own wishes." ”
Cao Yun smiled when he heard this, he sounded a little comfortable when he said this, and it seemed that his body was still a little attractive to women.
Then Li Yuying brought Lai Ying'er to Cao Yun, at this time Lai Ying'er was already blushing and shy, she kept her head down, and she didn't speak in front of Cao Yun.
"Gongzi Cao, my Ying'er has been clean and self-conscious in my soft red mansion for so many years, and she is also a kind woman, Gongzi will treat my Ying'er well in the future. Li Yuying said with a little reluctance, after all, she has feelings, and now that Ying'er is leaving, she is still a little sad in her heart, and at the same time, she is also a little envious in her heart, she doesn't have such a good ending.
Returning to the front building with Lai Ying'er, Pang Shiyuan and the others were surprised, and Guo Xiao made no secret of his envy and jealousy, and bluntly said that Cao Yun was so blessed.