After being turned into cannon fodder, I relied on involution to survive

Negotiations failed, and Yu Zizhen left the spice merchant's mansion.

She got on the carriage and was about to have someone take her to the second merchant's mansion that had musicians from the Western Regions. Then she thought about the unusual enthusiasm of the spice merchant just now, and she suddenly changed her mind.

Instructing the coachman to drive outside the civilian area, she took Yao Guang and two guards, including Feng Yuan, and hired an ordinary carriage that was used to solicit customers on the street to find those who were not raised by wealthy families. A musician and singer who can play the erhu.

Most of these musicians and singers who worked hard to make a living outside were just "good at playing", not to mention having high technical standards. These people were excluded by Yu Zizhen from the beginning.

She asked the system to sort these musicians and singers according to their skill level, so that she could find people in order according to their level.

However, twice in a row, she hit a snag with the target person.

The two musicians at the top of the list are not from the Western Regions. They were just interested in the erhu, so they specifically searched for famous Western Regions musicians and spent a lot of money to study in depth with them for a long time.

These two are not only proficient in the erhu, but also good at other musical instruments. They have always been quite famous in the civilian areas of the capital. Although they are not wealthy businessmen or high-ranking officials, they are also wealthy squires and merchants. They are very enthusiastic about it. Hire them to teach their children music theory.

They were not short of money, and they did not like the intrigues and strict hierarchies of the officials, and they did not want to be passively involved in any danger. They would accidentally become the fish in the pond, so after learning about Yu Zizhen's purpose, they all used... He politely declined her invitation with tactful, polite, respectful but firm words.

If this were changed to the kind of person who finally climbed up a little bit and then became rampant and boundless, he felt that he was completely different from ordinary people, and his mind was full of "I am God, and what I say is the rule of heaven." , you and other mortals can only agree happily, otherwise they will be the ones with the most sinful thoughts. No matter how careful they are in wording their words, they will definitely be retaliated by the angry opponent in the end.

That is to say, Yu Zizhen was young and looked relatively harmless, so they dared to follow their hearts and reject each other.

Fortunately, although Yu Zizhen is an adult, she really won't embarrass the other party because of this kind of thing.

After leaving these two houses, she went to the residence of the singer who was ranked third on the list.

The singer came from the Western Regions and was a typical Hu person whose appearance was obviously different from the natives of Daqi.

She was first brought to the capital by a Hu businessman. The Hu businessman traveled between Daqi and the Western Regions all year round. His business was very large. In order to open up various connections, he sent many singers in batches. , dancing girls for officials of all sizes in Daqi.

The singer Yu Zizhen is looking for right now. Although her appearance is not as outstanding as other singers, she is proficient in most musical instruments in the Western Regions and has a pretty good voice. When she sings, she sounds like the lark. Just as crisp and sweet.

The year she was first given to a certain official, she went directly from a singer to one of his concubines by virtue of the above two advantages and her exotic appearance.

However, she, a Hu Ji who did not understand the language and had completely different customs from the Daqi people, could not compete with the other Yingying Yanyans in the official's back house.

The other party just teamed up to set up a small trap, and she stupidly got in on her own and was tricked.

So just as quickly as she gained favor, she quickly fell out of favor. The official repositioned her as a singer and not only moved her from his back house to the front yard where the actors gathered, but also used her and other actors to entertain their colleagues.

The singer soon became pregnant, but no one could tell whether the piece of meat in her belly was the official's seed.

So after the child was born, he became an actor reserve for the master's family just like other children of actors.

It wasn't until a few years later that the official was suddenly dismissed from office for unknown reasons. His family's original wealth and splendor collapsed overnight. All the actors, including the singer, and some of his family's servants were directly affected by the official's wife. After being dismissed, the singer and her three children were transferred from a lowly status to a good status.

At that time, the singer had already learned the Daqi language and had some understanding of Daqi's class system, customs and habits. Instead of returning to her old profession, she took advantage of the mercy of her master and released them into prison. With this rare opportunity to become a member of the family, she took the reward money, monthly money she had saved over the years, and the severance pay given to her by the head of the house. She first bought a small house for herself and her three children, and then bought a house. Small stalls sell Hu biscuits on the street to support the family.

As a female prostitute, it was not only hard work for her to run a stall on the street, but she also encountered many times more troubles than men.

Even though she has made herself as bloated and ugly as possible, there is still an endless stream of people who come to her stall to collect protection money, take advantage of her with their talk, or eat without paying.

In addition, the appearance of their family of four is obviously exotic, and almost all the vendors and neighbors in the surrounding area exclude them. There were even those who were immoral in the Five Elements, who would specifically catch their family of four and bully them every day.

No, when Yu Zizhen came over, Hu Ji was protecting her ten-year-old son, preventing the gangsters who came to make trouble from beating her son.

These gangsters collected protection fees on this street. They saw that Hu Ji was a barbarian and a woman. Not only did they double the protection fee, but they also went to Hu Ji's stall every day to get free cakes.

Hu Ji's eldest son was young and vigorous. He had been asked to be patient by his mother before, but his expression and eyes inevitably showed some dissatisfaction and resentment.

Today, the angry look on his face happened to be seen by the gangster in the lead, who was also in a bad mood, so without saying a word, he was going to beat this brat who dared to glare at them.

When Hu Ji heard the other party calling her son a "bastard," she immediately rushed over and hugged her son tightly.

When her son was hugged by her, the angry little lion suddenly turned into an aggrieved little wolfdog. Before he could break free from her grasp without hurting his mother, the ruffian had already hit Hu Ji with a stick. back.

Hu Ji screamed and fell down softly. Her son panicked when he saw her.

He hurriedly went to help his mother, but the ruffian spat unluckily, raised his hand and swung the stick again, hitting Hu Ji's eldest son who he originally wanted to hit.

From the corner of her eye, Hu Ji glanced at the shadow on the ground that had already raised a stick. She realized that the other party was about to swing the stick at their mother and son again. She immediately endured the pain in her back and pressed her son's head hard. own chest.