Chapter 187: Human Love
The moon is in the sky, and the night is as cool as water.
In the study, Zhou Dan tried out a newly composed ritual music, wearing a wide-sleeved robe, holding a hammer in each hand, standing in front of the chime rack, like a dance, striking the chimes, the bells rang high and low, converging into a solemn music.
Each sound hits the heart directly, making people forget everything in an instant, and be awe-inspired.
Holding a long wooden stick, the dancer stood on the other side of the bell stand, looking at Zhou Dan who was intoxicated by the music, and there was a moment of fascination.
Seeing Zhou Dan's gestured eyes, Wu used a wooden stick to ring the big chimes in the next row, and played a majestic rhythm.
Crisp and thick, light and distant, corresponding cross talk, perfect combination, wonderful!
The sound of chimes spread throughout the palace, and everyone stopped their movements and listened attentively, as if bathing in a spiritual baptism.
Zhou Dan and Wu are even more forgetful, completely intoxicated in the world of music, tacit and chic, hearty, four eyes meet and communicate with each other, eyebrows and veins are affectionate, both of them enter each other's hearts.
Since ancient times, bosom friends are the hardest to find, and I just happened to meet you.
"Dance, what do you think, how is this tune?"
"Good!"
"I think there are some places that ...... Need to change it."
Wu picked up a hammer and knocked out a string of smooth and clear notes, she blinked her big eyes and asked Zhou Dan.
"Grandpa, what do you think?"
Zhou Dan's excited eyes lit up, "Okay, okay, it should be like this, dance......! It's mine...... Bosom friend, dance!"
β......β
The wind drifted in through the open window with a beautiful atmosphere, and a pair of teenagers in the study were playing the revised chime music.
Enjoy it, and love is also in it
In this scene, the butterfly dressed up outside the window, like a mang's back, like a fish in her throat, she squinted her eyes slightly, bit her pink lips, and paced anxiously back and forth outside the door, looking up from time to time, and her jealous eyes slashed towards the dance in the house.
Nan Chun, who was hiding in the shadow of the cloister, looked at the inside and outside of the room with empty eyes, with a desolate and sad face.
From Grandpa Zhou's enthusiastic and obsessive gaze, a fool can see that he is in love with the slave girl next to him.
And the slave girl smiled very brightly and happily, but also with some incomprehensible feelings.
On this day, Zhou Gong was not in the palace when he went out, and it was rare to dance all night, so she could stay in her room, Xin Hua had just helped her wash her long hair, and she was sitting wet in front of the desk.
"Dance, this snack...... It's so delicious!hmm?...... It's as delicious as the nut cake that Nobita bought."
Xin Hua sat by the desk and ate snacks, looking up at the dance that was wiping the bamboo flute, evoking a sad past, and her heart was sad for a while.
Nobita is Xinhua's childhood sweetheart's partner, and the two have already made a marriage contract.
LΓΌ Shuai waved his army to the east, once captured the city of Xinhua's family, as the children of the stubborn resistance to the Great Shang soldiers, the two were captured into Fengjing, both sold as slaves, Xinhua was sold into the palace, and Nobita did not know where to sell?
Wu raised his head and asked with concern, "Sister Xinhua, do you want to Brother Nobita again?"
"Yes, I don't know Nobita...... Is he dead or alive? If he is alive, will he be fed and clothed? Is it ...... Does he remember me? In this life, does he ...... Can we see each other again?"
Xin Hua held the snack, no longer had an appetite, her mouth was chattering, the more sad she became, and the big tears "let's da, let's da" fell on the case and shattered.
Wu put down the flute, walked behind Xin Hua, reached out to hug her, and comforted her warmly.
"Sister Xinhua, don't be sad, you are thinking about Brother Nobita, and he will miss you too, you two...... We will definitely meet again, just believe...... No matter what difficulties you encounter, no matter how far you go, you can't give up hope, Sister Xinhua, are you right?"
Holding Wu's hand, Xin Hua teary-eyed, "Yes, Wu, you know so much, it's really amazing! You have a good heart, and the people in the courtyard still miss you, and they all ...... You will ...... in the future Will definitely get a good reward."
Xin Hua is seven years older than Wu, thinks she is good anywhere, believes in her, loves her, and is very attached to her.
Spring and winter came, and more than half a year passed in a blink of an eye.
Suffering depends on being far away from dance, under the care of Zhou Dan's wings, she has no worries about food and clothing, and people are also free.
She is working hard every day, and she can go to Biyong to listen to the class, and she has a good dancing life, but with the arrival of winter, the anxiety in her heart is increasing day by day.
Zhou Jinnian brought the news of his father's illness, and the reminder of "Do you want to be a slave for the rest of your life?" made Wu confused, and her heart was no longer as calm as it seemed.
It turned out that Wu was hiding from Ji Jinnian, but then it happened to be reversed one hundred and eighty degrees, and the first sentence when the two met must have been dance, "Did you find my father?"
Hades is easy to mess with, and ghosts are difficult to deal with.
Zhou Jinnian was like hiding from the plague god, trying every possible way to avoid the dance, but he was often caught, he had a bitter face, felt that the dance was really difficult, and once regretted that he had provoked her.
For most of the year, when Zhou Jinnian was in class, he could almost see under the trees, dressed as a temple dance, no matter how cold or hot it was, whether it was windy or rainy.
Zhou Jinnian also saw that with the master's explanation, he danced or contemplated or smiled, but more attentively listened and forgot about things.
Zhou Jinnian often turns his head and looks at the delicate figure standing in the rain standing or sitting, or holding an umbrella, and suddenly understands, what is the real heartfelt, unpretentious, and non-hypocritical like?
This poor slave, the diligent pursuit and love of learning is from the heart, she does not learn for any benefit, the only purpose is to like, she wants to make herself knowledgeable and courteous, to become better.
This discovery touched Zhou Jinnian, who was clothed in fine clothes and jade food, and felt a little self-conscious, and he was more and more looking forward to seeing that figure, if he didn't see him for a day, he would feel empty.
Unconsciously, Zhou Jinnian, who was originally thinking about skipping school all day long, actually skipped school less and less, and it was rare to calm down and listen to what the old masters said?
Wu also racked his brains, and talked to Zhou Dan about leaving the palace, and was taught by him that the palace rules were not allowed, and later, he was not allowed to talk about this topic directly.
Wu has never given up on Zhou Jinnian's encirclement, although he has been disappointed again and again, knowing that this gentleman is not reliable, but he is the only one who may be able to help himself.
Zhou Jinnian is not as annoyed as he was at the beginning, and he no longer deliberately dodges it, he discovered a new use for the girl, that is, to let her do the annoying homework for her.
The girl is too thief, the homework is paid, the price is clearly marked, the price is not expensive, the schoolwork is very good, and there is no one to replace it, Zhou Jinnian has to use it, and he feels that he has been taken away a lot of money by the cheap slave.
You have to communicate in advance to do your homework, so when the two meet, they will chat for a while, but the few words they say have never changed.
"Did you go to find my dad?"
"Found"
"You lied"
"I didn't, you have to believe me"
β......β
Zhou Jinnian thinks that she is too indulgent in dance, which makes her more and more afraid of herself, aggressive, and often chokes herself lightly, how can she be a slave?
"Hmph! and ask her, I'll ...... first. Bear with me, and settle accounts with you in the future"
Zhou Jinnian kept persuading himself, and his ears were about to become calloused.
After listening to the rumors that many high-ranking officials and noble sons, especially a younger brother of the king, also had a longing for Jun Shi and intended to propose marriage, Zhou Jinnian was a little breathless, and felt that he had to get the flute score as soon as possible, so as to confess his love to the unparalleled Jun Shi.
If you get the flute score, you have to help Wu find her father first, how easy is it to find someone in such a big Fengcheng?
"If you have difficulties, look for the eldest brother. β
Finding the eldest brother Zhou Jinxiu is the easiest way, it has been like this for so many years, and the eldest brother is responsive. Zhou Jinnian made up his mind, went home early, and hurried straight to the eldest brother's room.
Zhou Jinxiu was dressed in a simple civilian robe, sitting behind the desk and playing chess alone, the kettle next to him was boiling fragrant tea, bubbling white steam, and the room was filled with the smell of tea.
"Big Brother"
"Nishiki ...... Come on, sit"
Seeing Zhou Jinnian sit down, pick up his teacup, and drink all the tea in it in one gulp, Zhou Jinxiu's face was doting, and while adding new tea to him, he opened it like a cannon.
"Jin Nian, today, I came back quite early, it's good to be like this in the future, it's good for my body to go to bed early, how is my homework? How are you practicing martial arts? My father sent a letter urging me to keep an eye on you, don't drink, don't stay in a fireworks place, if you don't pay attention now, you will ...... in the future."
When Zhou Jinnian heard this, he suddenly felt a pain in his brain, and he lay down with a big grin, listened to the eldest brother shut up, held his head in his hands, looked at Zhou Jinxiu angrily, grabbed a melon on the plate on the case, and chewed wildly as if venting.
"Big brother, are you annoying, like an old woman, chattering endlessly"
"Poof"
The juice splashed Zhou Jinnian's face, and he was angry and threw the melon back to Panzheng with a "bang".
Zhou Jinxiu smiled even more at the corner of his mouth, and was busy wiping his face with a handkerchief, complaining in his mouth, "Alas! I don't know how to eat slowly, why do you still look like a child......?" What's going on?".
Zhou Jinnian sat up with a "whew", stared at the big round eyes, pouted, and replied angrily.
"Hey, Zhou Jinxiu, in your heart, you only know...... Am I going to get into trouble? I'm looking for you just to get things done?"
"Hehe, you?"
"I ?......"
"Okay, okay, it's okay, come, taste this new tea, it's very scarce"
Zhou Jinnian was blocked and speechless, and when he thought about it, he couldn't be upright, how did he dig a pit for himself? It was not easy to ask for it for a while, but the power of love overcame a pull
"I ...... Something...... You, help me find someone."
"Looking for someone?"
"Well, a drunk, gambler"
When Zhou Jinxiu heard this, he felt that something was unusual, put down the teacup in his hand, looked at Zhou Jinnian, and found nothing the same.
"Who is it?
Zhou Jinnian rolled his eyes, wanting to express the complex experience in the simplest words.
"Oh, I'm helping Junyin, I want to buy a very special flute score, sell a flute score...... is a female slave who was sold into the palace by her father, and the condition is ...... I helped find her father, and I want to go out of the palace to see her, that's it."
Hearing that the palace was going to be involved, Zhou Jinxiu couldn't help but remind, "Jinnian, don't make trouble in the palace, it will be very troublesome, give more money...... Isn't that enough?".
"Hmph, money can solve it, why am I looking for you?"
"Huh?", Zhou Jinxiu is a little strange, and there are slaves who don't love money? He didn't squeak, he wanted to hear Zhou Jinnian again.
Zhou Jinnian relied on his eldest brother to love him, and he developed a high-flying and domineering temperament, and he couldn't talk about it well, so he played tricks and began to threaten nakedly.
"Hey, Zhou Jinxiu, what do you mean if you don't talk? Don't you want to help? Believe it or not, I wrote a letter to my father, you don't do your job, you bring a lot of women to the house all day long, and you teach me to learn badly, and you still ......"
Zhou Jinxiu was determined, knowing that this corrupted younger brother dared to tell any lies, and dared to do any ridiculous things, of course his father would not believe his lies, but it would also leave a bad impression, Zhou Jinnian sighed helplessly and chose to compromise.
"Okay, too willful!, what kind of person are you looking for?"
On the second day, Zhou Jinxiu asked his subordinates to notify Sun Erniang to help find Zhen Guang.
When Sun Erniang heard it, she was looking for Zhen Guang, who was an old acquaintance, and she also knew that Wu was looking for him, and she was worried about his illness. While she scolded Zhen Guang for being a bastard, and the dog couldn't change eating shit, she sighed and sighed, feeling that she had no children and no daughters, but she was also very envious and jealous.
Zhou Jinnian had to admire his eldest brother's magical powers, and only one day later, he found Zhen Guang.