Red Mansion Soldiers

Chapter 243 Hu Xuan

Hearing that Prince Yiyong was going to dance with Captain Jia, the atmosphere in the camp instantly became high.

The two Tianhuang nobles are going to dance in person!

This news immediately aroused the interest of the entire camp. Those who were bold walked together to the camps of the kings and captains to watch carefully, while those who were timid or of insufficient rank could only huddle in front of their own campfires. Overlooked.

Even the normally unsmiling cabinet ministers like Li Xian, Xia Tong and Nangong Shang rushed towards Jia Hui with joyful faces.

It may be that Neo-Confucianism is not a mainstream school in this world, and it was also disliked by Emperor Taizu of this dynasty, who even denounced it as "a crooked and evil way without knowing the meaning", so it was not included in the scope of the imperial examination of this dynasty.

Influenced by Taizu, Taizong also had no interest in Neo-Confucianism and ignored the overtures of Neo-Confucian disciples.

And the emperor, who loves to play, doesn't like it even more, so there are very few people who learn this. Affected by this, most people who have not been destroyed by Neo-Confucianism are still very open-minded and very receptive to new things.

Three generations of Qi emperors did not pay much attention to Neo-Confucianism or even disliked it. It is conceivable that Neo-Confucianism was soon on the verge of disintegration, and had to be treated as a family tradition in the families of wealthy families in Jiangnan and Jiangxi, barely surviving.

Then the White Lotus Sect rebelled, and the Jiangnan aristocratic families were finished. The only remaining sources of Neo-Confucianism were some aristocratic families in Jiangxi.

Only some censors who thought this was not etiquette felt unhappy, but almost everyone was happy to hear about it. Even their eldest and left censors happily ran to watch the dance. They couldn't beat their elders. That guy’s face, right? All he could do was groan, sit down again and sulk.

On the other side, in the Emperor's camp, Xu Le also visited the Queen and successfully invited her out of the band. The Emperor suddenly became interested and took the Queen to join in the fun.

"You old thing, you are so clueless. Why am I, an old blind woman, going to watch the excitement? Do you want to hear you jabbering next to my ear?" The Supreme Empress was very dissatisfied with the Emperor's move to force her to take her to watch people dance. She felt that the Emperor He's just bullying her into not being able to see!

"How can you not! Zitong, please don't accuse me wrongly!" Hearing this, the emperor felt very aggrieved, "Although Zitong can't see the dance, Jinyu's pipa is also very good! Did you know that he got up some time ago? The pipa song "The Moon Is High"?"

"'The Moon Is High'? I remember that when I first came out, this song was included in almost every dinner party in the palace. Why, is it composed by Xiao Huier?" the Supreme Empress guessed.

"Hehe, you are not as smart as my Zitong, but you are still so quick-thinking! The score of "The Moon Is High" was written by Brother Hui. Don't tell me, don't tell me, Brother Hui is such a talented old man. I have always approved of it!" The emperor secretly praised his old wife and praised her with some emotion.

Don't worry about whether Jia Hui is a serious guy or not, but his talent can't be guaranteed!

"You old man is really shameless, bah!" Even though the young couple had been together for decades, when the emperor suddenly praised her like this, the emperor still blushed like she did when she was a girl, and then punched her. Or slap him on the arm and turn his head shyly.

It's just that this title has changed from "bad guy", "Alang", and "brother" when I was a girl, to "beloved man", "husband", "His Highness", "Your Majesty", and "dog thing" after getting married. "Old thing", "old dog" and "old thing".

The emperor didn't care about this and was even a little happy about it.

It's not that he likes this tune, it's just that the six boys and two girls he raised with the Queen, except for the two boys and two girls who died in infancy, could only sigh and say that fate dictated it, the four boys who survived and grew up were also harmed by their own desire for power. Three died, and only one of the eight heirs was left, the emperor.

He really owed Zitong!

The emperor felt that it was normal to be scolded. Even if the queen did not give him a blow for her temper when she was young, their relationship has become stronger than the past decades. It would be troublesome if she did not beat, scold, or ignore him!

"Okay, then for the time being, I will believe your old man's lies and listen to Xiao Huier's pipa." The queen no longer resisted, and allowed the emperor to hold her hand and walk through the crowd towards the front row. . Just like when he was not yet married, he quietly slipped out of the palace and took himself out to watch the excitement on the street.

Concubine Zhen, who was following closely behind them, stared at the Queen, her teeth itching with jealousy and hatred!

Old blind woman!

"Huh? What's wrong with you, concubine?" The eldest son, King Zhongxin, who was following her with a fan, looked at his mother in confusion.

"What are you doing? You're not living up to expectations!" He gave his son a hard look, turned away and walked away angrily, leaving King Zhongxin confused, but he sighed helplessly.

Ever since the Jiangnan aristocratic family was exposed by General Jia Hui through the swords of the White Lotus Sect and his slaves, he has completely lost power in the court. From the beginning, when everyone praised and followed the wise king, he fell all the way to the point where Goubuli ignored him. His situation is even worse than that of King Zhongshun, who is usually hated by people and disliked by dogs. Now even his mother and concubine dislike him!

Ugh.

. . . . . .

The general had an order, how could Xu Le not fulfill it with all his heart?

Before the crowd could gather, Xu Le came back with the emperor's Hu Le team.

"General, I am lucky to have lived up to my command!"

"Okay!" Jia Hui gave Xu Le a thumbs up. While waiting, he became more awake again. The current half-drunk and half-awake state really made Jia Hui feel ecstatic. a feeling of

The robe that Chen Si sent for also arrived. Although it is not impossible to dance in a robe with a missing crotch, it is not as beautiful as a robe with a closed crotch.

When the robe is turned around, it looks like three pieces of rags flying around, while when turned around, the robe with the crotch closed will look like a gentle circle.

He took off his belt and asked Xu Le to hold it for him first, then took off his outer robe that was filled with mutton fat, gravy and spice residues and exuded a strong smell of wine. He put on a crotch-closing robe and tied the belt before taking it from Chen Si He came over to Pipa, looked at Chen Si and smiled, then walked together to the field that was deliberately set aside and put together with several pieces of Persian carpets.

"Okay! Well done, Fourth!"

"Fourth brother, kill him Jia Jinyu!"

"Brother Hui, teach Fourth Brother a lesson!"

"Captain Wansheng!"

"Fourth brother, let's not lose our place!"

"The general is going to win!" Seeing the two of them coming on the stage, a circle of people around the field, including the Second Saint and his wife, all burst into anger, fearing that Chen Si and Jia Hui would not be able to fight and would not have a good fight.

"Fourth, what do you say?" Jia Hui took a deep breath, held the pipa horizontally, gently brushed the five strings with her fingers with fake nails, and played a few notes at random.

When Chen Si heard this, he still didn't know what Jia Hui wanted to do?

"What should I say? Of course it's a good fight!" Chen Si laughed three times and took three steps back to make the venue a lot more spacious. Jia Hui also grinned after hearing Chen Si's words, and started to impromptu due to the drunkenness. Let’s play Kucha music.

Kucha music does not have strict modal occasions like the elegant music of the Central Plains. Kucha music is a very free and unrestrained music. It can be played on grasslands, cities, next door, wine shops, palaces and even on a table. Come with the instrument in hand.

For example, right now, Jia Hui only held a pipa horizontally, stepped on the carpet and turned in circles, and a burst of Qiuci music was played.

The Hu music troupe on the side was also very honored to collaborate with Mang Gesi to perform music again. Every one of the Hu music troupe who was presented to the Emperor by the Governor's Mansion listened carefully to a melody played by Mang Gesi.

After playing a melody, Jia Hui's playing suddenly stopped, and he turned slightly to look at the members of the Hu music group. Everyone analyzed the melody and stared at Mang Gesi's eyes. Finally, both hands were placed on the instrument in preparation.

At this moment, Chen Si, who had been making a hand gesture with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes!

Bang!

As Jia Hui plucked the silk strings heavily, the konghou, pipa, five-stringed instrument, sheng, flute, Xiao, grate, Maoyuan drum, Duxiang drum, Tara drum, waist drum, Jie drum, chicken drum, etc. Twenty kinds of musical instruments such as cymbals, shells, zithers, Houti drums, Qi drums, and eaves drums were played in unison!

Chen Si and Jia Hui also danced the Hu Xuan Dance at the same time, but Chen Si had both hands moving, while Jia Hui was playing the pipa, so only his lower body was dancing.

Hu Xuan Wu is a male solo dance that mainly features jumping and rapid and changeable steps.

When dancing, the men move quickly in circles, and the dance steps are varied, sometimes firm and unrestrained, sometimes soft and unrestrained.

Just perfect for dancing after drinking!

I saw the two people on the carpet leaping, stepping, jumping, and leaping, with rough movements and rapid rhythm. When they turned in circles, the hem of their robes was thrown up, and it looked like two blooming purple flowers from the air.

As a dance that can show male masculinity, it has been popular throughout the north since the Qianqian Dynasty.

It's just that the colorful world of the Central Plains doesn't have many requirements for male dancers. Nowadays, only the "Xingtian Dance" and "Achievement Celebration and Charitable Music" and other ritual music are danced entirely by men. The Hu Xuan Dance is naturally danced by men. It’s no exception, it has evolved from men’s solo dance to women’s group dance!

Nowadays, such authentic Hu Xuan dance is whirling on the field, and everyone actually feels that those extravagant dances are nothing more than that.

It has to be a strong and powerful man dancing to be strong enough!

The movements of the two people and the hazy feeling created after drinking are closely integrated with the accompanying music melody and rhythm.

When spinning, the sleeves are raised, as light as snowflakes, and like fluffy grass dancing in the wind.

Rotate, sometimes left, sometimes right, as if you never get tired.

Among the millions of rotating movements, it is even difficult to tell which is the face and which is the body. The speed of rotation seems to be faster than the speeding wheels and the swift whirlwind.

For a moment, the surrounding spectators were silent, looking at the two good men dancing on the carpet, and for a moment they were all infatuated.

Bang! Boom!

Jia Hui plucked five silk strings wantonly, and with a heavy sound, the two of them stopped dancing and began to circle slowly as if they were dueling.

"Fourth brother, can't you do it at this speed? Do you want me to ask my brother to play slower?" Jia Hui looked at Chen Si, who was already sweating on his forehead, with a provocative expression and asked.

"Huh heh, that's it? I thought you could play so fast, and I'm not embarrassed to ask you to play faster!" Chen Si choked back not to be outdone, but he was already out of breath.

"Haha, all the bones in your body combined are not as strong as your mouth!" Jia Hui smiled disdainfully at Chen Si, "But since you said so, then brother, I will help you!"

"Huh?" Chen Si's expression changed, and he secretly said something bad, but the big words had already been blown out, and Chen Si could only break his teeth and swallow it.

Bang!

As another heavy sound sounded, and the playing became faster and faster, everyone knew that the most exciting part of Hu Xuan Wu was coming!

Everyone in the orchestra also heard it, so the pipa musician who had been accompanying Mang Gesi quickly changed the accompaniment he was playing to the main melody played by Mang Gesi, and began to gradually speed up the rhythm in a familiar and regular manner.

If what we watched before was the resolute and unrestrained nature of a good man, then what we watch now is the fighting dance!

"Xu Le!" Hearing that the band over there understood what he meant, Jia Hui no longer needed to continue playing, so he greeted Xu Le and sent the pipa in his hand towards Xu Le!

"It's your order!" Xu Le quickly squeezed through the people around him to enter, and he stretched out his hands to catch the pipa thrown by Jia Hui.

"Come!"

"Come!"

Boom!

As the drums sounded, the two of them danced at the same time, and followed the music faster and faster!

Now it was spinning so fast that the hairpins on their heads were thrown away. Their hair spread out instantly, and the hem of their robes also floated in the air with the strong wind. Now they could no longer see their faces clearly.

Boom!

There was another drumbeat, and the two of them jumped up, spun again and landed on the blanket, and then spun and bounced with the strength of their knees and waists. However, this time Chen Si really had no strength and went to When the ball bounced in the air, my legs were weak and I couldn't bounce up, and I fell heavily to the ground.

"Ahhhhhhhh!!!" The winner appeared, and the whole audience burst into excitement!

From the emperor and empress to the eunuchs of the palace maids, and even the normally stern ministers and ministers also cheered together!

"Hahahahaha!" Jia Hui made one last circle and stopped dancing, raising her arms to the sky and cheering.

Chen Si was panting heavily and looking at the moon hanging in the sky with dull eyes, struggling to speak.

The joys and sorrows between people are not connected. I just think they are noisy.

After turning around in a full circle towards the people around him, Jia Hui put down his arm. As if he thought of something again, he strode to Chen Si's side and bent down, grabbing Chen Si's collar and lifting him up. , put his arm on her shoulders, and dragged him to interact with the people around him again

Well, actually it's the same, I'm very happy now.

If he hadn't been too tired to speak, Chen Si would have shouted several times with joy.

(End of this chapter)