Chapter 50: Guests at the Ball
The first day of the new year came as scheduled, and the beauty valley event was unprecedented, which can be said to be the most lively scene since the previous 'Talented and Beautiful Woman Festival'.
The red sun rises in the east, Wandou Xiguang spreads a golden light, the East Valley seems to be a beauty waking up, a hundred birds are crying, thousands of flowers and thousands of grasses stretch their waists, the morning dew is not finished, the visitors are anxious to wake up early, and the knights from all walks of life have already woken up to enjoy the rumored beautiful morning scene.
Hundreds of maids and servants came to each bamboo pavilion with delicious food, knocked on the door of the pavilion, and delivered breakfast, and Donggu became noisy in the morning light.
After everyone had eaten breakfast and rested for a while, the maids came to the Xuan House and led the princes to the chain bridge leading to the South Valley in an orderly manner.
In order to ensure safety, the chain bridge only allows ten people to pass at a time, the maids will take Zhuxuan as the serial number in the morning, and guide everyone through the chain bridge in an orderly manner, looking down from the chain bridge, a sense of dizziness arises spontaneously, walking on this high and narrow chain bridge, if you don't have a little courage, how can you easily pass.
Zong Zheng and the other three easily crossed the chain bridge and came to the highest peak in the South Valley, the peak is a natural open and flat place, surrounded by green trees, but also refreshing.
Walking along the path of the woods, you can see seven-colored lights hanging on the branches on both sides of the path, and various colored ribbons waving in the wind, which shows that Beauty Valley has put a lot of effort into decorating the main venue.
Passing through the mountain path, you will come to a circular clearing with a wide view, four red carpets divide the circular clearing into four sectors, each sector has a new turquoise bamboo shed to shade the sun, the bamboo shed is also decorated by some vines, there is a seat in the shed, in the middle is a circular stone platform of several hundred squares, the stone platform is built of smooth marble, and there are various props on it.
The east side is the mountain forest, the guests are from the east mountain forest path to enter, the west, the two-zhang high red cloth will cover the west scenery completely, the south side is a row of pavilions, the middle of the pavilion, the gate is closed, a red carpet extends from the gate to the marble platform, the north side is a row of vines, the vines are tightly entangled. It is like a row of natural green fences, tightly surrounding the north side.
In just over a quarter of an hour, thousands of VIPs sat down in an orderly manner, which shows that Beauty Valley is well managed.
The venue was very noisy for a while, suddenly, the door of the pavilion in the middle of the south side creaked open, 32 beauties to be selected were divided into two columns, flying long sleeves, gently swaying along the red carpet to the marble platform, 32 people were veiled, came to the marble platform to form two circles, the outer circle of 24 people, the inner circle of 8 people, the posture is charming, a refreshing aroma wanders around, people are fascinated.
The noise in the venue stopped abruptly, everyone stared directly at the beauties on the stone platform, and some got up from their seats excitedly, but all the beauties were veiled, but seeing their graceful posture and smelling the refreshing fragrance, it was also quite intoxicating.
The musicians began to play music, and the thirty-two people danced lightly, with long sleeves and clear shadows, and several formations changed, sometimes the stars held the moon, and sometimes a hundred flowers bloomed. The scene not only does not lose the atmosphere and agility of the group dance, but also contains the extreme bloom of individual dances.
This is the latest dance rehearsed for the first time yesterday by the beauties of the five grains, called 'beauty drunk', is a kind of charm dance, pay attention to the beauty when half drunk and half awake when the style is all kind, the dance posture focuses on sonorous and soft, the difficulty is extremely high, can not master the heat, it is extremely difficult to play the effect of charm.
When everyone was drunk and obsessed with the beauty dancing to figure out the shadow, Zong Zheng was looking for Xian Jie's figure among them, but unfortunately Xian Jie was lined up in the inner circle, with her back to Zong Zheng, Zong Zheng couldn't see it, so she could only look at the backs of a group of similar figures, and secretly guessed which one Xian Jie might be.
The atmospheric group dance has a two-circle reverse rotation, Zong Zheng stared at the rotating beauty tightly, only a moment, Xian Jie swayed in front of Zong Zheng's eyes, just with a veil, Zong Zheng couldn't recognize it for a while, so he missed it.
Xianjie on the stone platform danced on the stone platform with helplessness, and secretly looked forward to her brother being able to unexpectedly appear in this beauty valley.
The music slowly subsided, just as a group of dancers gradually retracted their dancing.
A majestic opening dance came to an end, the beauties gradually dispersed the posture of the dance, one by one orderly standing aside, Xianjie turned her back to Zongzheng, Zongzheng looked carefully at the girls she could see, he believed that even if Xianjie was veiled, as long as a look, he could recognize Xianjie, but unfortunately, most of the people who saw it did not see Xianjie, Zongzheng couldn't help but feel a little lost, suspecting that he had come to the wrong place, but he still refused to give up, so he continued to wait persistently.
The scene was silent, and the valley lord stepped on the red carpet to the middle of the stone platform with the support of Bi Yan, and said solemnly,
"You have worked tirelessly to come to the party, the old man is quite grateful, and if there is any inconsiderate hospitality in the valley, I hope you Haihan. As he spoke, he bowed politely to everyone, quite in the style of a valley master.
Everyone naturally saluted, even if there was a slight complaint, they forgot about it, and everyone looked at the dignified old lady quietly.
The valley lord said solemnly again,
"Thirty-two beauties are the beauties to be selected for this year's Genius and Beauty Festival, as you can see, this year's exam question is'dance', today is the first day of the Genius and Beauty Festival, according to the rules of the past, today you need to select the best talent for the beauty valley of this year's beauty, all the guests are the judges, take the best for the beauty of the valley, everyone, please look at the question. So saying, he motioned with his hand to the people to look to the west.
Several slaves hung on the ends of the red cloth and gently pulled the knots, and a huge red cloth fell to the west, like a waterfall rushing down.
The crowd stared closely at the west, with the theme of 'Dance', which was not a simple matter if the subject was subtle and convincing, so everyone was secretly curious to see what kind of profound subject it was.
As the red cloth falls to the ground, the western scenery is in full view.
It is a cliff break, two wrist-thick iron cables spanning both ends of the cliff, no more than three feet apart, no hanging wood is laid, and the fog below is shrouded, and there is no bottom in sight.
When everyone saw this scene, they couldn't help but discuss, and they all wondered what the topic was?
Ma Yi asked Chang Fengdao: "Brother Feng, what do you think the two iron cables mean?"
"I also don't understand that with the theme of 'dance', it is difficult to let the beauties dance on two iron ropes. Chang Feng said casually, a trace of disbelief flashed in his eyes, obviously a joke.
Zong Zheng replied with a serious expression: "That's right, it's dancing on top of two iron cables, this question is really exquisite." ”
Chang Feng and Ma Yi couldn't help but feel horrified when they heard Zongzheng's words, dancing on the two iron ropes on the cliff, unheard of, unless the light skills were abnormal, otherwise it would never be possible to dance well, but how could these beauties in the Beauty Valley have any light skills, not to mention, this time it is talent, not martial arts. Therefore, the two asked Zong Zhengdao with a puzzled face: "Why did Brother Mei say this." ”
Zong Zheng was about to explain, and the valley lord signaled everyone to be quiet with his hand, and then said loudly,
"You have seen that the west side is a cliff, only two iron cables that are no more than three feet apart across both sides, and the question of today is to dance on the two iron cables, which beautiful woman dances well, you naturally have a panoramic view. ”
As soon as the words fell, everyone sighed, and the beautiful woman standing next to her was also uneasy, some were in a cold sweat, and some imagined that their legs were shaking.
What everyone was talking about was nothing more than the life of the beautiful woman and the subtlety of this question, and the valley lord had already expected it, so he coughed lightly, and everyone quieted down again. The valley lord explained,
"I know very well what everyone thinks about in their hearts, and those who think about it are the subtleties of this subject, and those who are worried about the safety of the beautiful woman; you can rest assured, under the cliff is a deep lake, and I have already arranged for the people below to answer it, if someone accidentally falls off the cliff, he will fall into the water, and his life will be safe; as for the subtlety of this question, it has not yet been tested, and it cannot be said that the lord of this valley assures you with the reputation of the beauty valley for decades, and he will convince you. ”
After hearing this, everyone had no other objections, and they were quiet for a while, looking forward to the wonderful competition of the beauties to be selected.
Chang Feng couldn't help but ask Zong Zheng again about the subtleties of this question, and Ma Yi also cast a questioning look at Zong Zheng.
Zong Zheng explained to the two,
This dance is far more than just a dance competition, but also a study of the courage, wisdom and heart of the dancer. ”
Chang Feng and Ma Yi felt that what Zong Zheng said was not clear, so they looked at Zong Zheng suspiciously, and Zong Zheng had no choice but to continue to explain,
"First of all, if the dancer has no courage, how dare he dance on the suspended iron cable, and secondly, if he dances on the iron rope like this, he must have to wait for the beautiful woman to choose, and must have some cunning means, and finally, under such pressure, he can dance without the slightest care, and his temperament is not good. ”
Chang Feng and Ma Yi were suddenly enlightened by this, and they couldn't help but secretly feel amazed by this question, and they also felt unfathomable about the Beauty Valley.
What the two know is only what they know on the surface, in fact, the Beauty Valley has become the intelligence agency of the Mongols in the Southern Song Dynasty, and the beauties cultivated are nothing more than tools to obtain intelligence, or become a poison that corrupts the officials of the Southern Song Dynasty.
Seeing that everyone had no objections, the valley lord solemnly announced the start of the competition.
Bi Yan helped the valley lord to walk to the pavilion, the five grain steward went to Taichung, and the middle valley steward said to a beautiful woman to be selected,
"You are all candidates for beauty after the first trial, whether you can become the real only beauty, it depends on your ability, there is a note with the order of appearance, you touch one at will, according to the order of the above. ”
As he spoke, he took a delicate vase from the hand of the Nangu steward, with a large belly and a small mouth, which could only make people reach into their hands, and the Nakatani steward handed the bottle one by one to the beauties to be selected, and all the beauties were nervous and put their hands into the vase, and even if they were ranked later, it was considered a little comforting, so they all slowly opened the note when they got the note, with a little shock and a little expectation.
Xianjie was not afraid, and opened the note without hesitation.