night enchanting

Chapter 4 The Fairy in the Qin (1)
The back garden of the Wangfu under the setting sun is full of flowers, as colorful as before.

In a flower hall near the lake, Nangong Ye was leaning on the reclining chair with his eyes closed, and next to his ears was Qin Ji's skillful and melodious piano sound, which was still melodious and pleasant, but he suddenly heard it dull, and felt that the piano sound seemed to be missing something.

"My lord, what are you thinking?"

After playing the song, seeing that Nangong Ye didn't respond, Qin Ji couldn't help but yelled, but he didn't seem to hear it, Qin Ji couldn't help frowning, and came to him in frustration and asked.

Nangong Ye just opened his eyes, glanced at Qin Ji lightly, got up without saying a word, and was about to leave.

Qin Ji hurriedly stopped him, "My lord, I recently learned two new dishes, please move to Muyuan..."

"Qin Ji!" Nangong Ye interrupted her coldly, without turning her head, she said: "The king's meal, the cook will take care of it. You just need to play your piano well and remember your identity!"

He unceremoniously shook off Qin Ji's hand, without even looking at the aggrieved woman behind him, he strode out of the flower hall.

In the long corridor behind the flower hall, Rumo happened to pass by. Hearing the sound of the piano from the flower hall, he paused slightly, then turned his head and asked, "Yiyan, is this the 'No. [-] Qin in the south of the Yangtze River' you mentioned?"

Yiyan nodded immediately, took two quick steps to catch up with her, and asked with a smile: "Princess, does it sound good?"

Ru Mo said indifferently: "The skill of the piano is very good, and the sound of the piano is excellent, but it is only for pleasing others. Unfortunately... the soul of the piano has long been lost. The 'No. [-] Qin in the South of the Yangtze River' has no name."

Nangong Ye who had just left the flower hall was startled when he heard the words, Qinhun?So what Qin Ji lacks is the soul of the piano?He involuntarily turned towards the corridor behind the flower hall.

At the corner of the hundred-step corridor, a woman walking towards him was wearing a simple and elegant long dress, she looked like a fairy, and when she saw him appearing at the end of the corridor, she smiled slightly and walked gracefully, still at a leisurely pace. walking.

At the end of the long corridor, Nangong Ye was standing with his hands behind his back. He was dressed in a black brocade robe, and his figure was tall and straight. The light of the setting sun softened his usual stern eyebrows a little. , as if thinking about something.

Ru Mo moved his eyes, walked towards him, and called out according to the etiquette: "My lord."

Nangong Ye stared into her eyes for a while, and Fang said in a deep tone: "Unexpectedly, Aifei is also a person who understands the piano. The more I look at it, the more I feel that Aifei, you don't look like a quack girl!"

Ru Mo smiled and said, "Then who does the prince think I am?"

Nangong Ye didn't answer, but suddenly turned his eyes away, and said in a low voice, "Aifei just said... Qin Soul? What is Qin Soul? This king has never heard of it!"

Ru Mo said: "The soul of the zither is naturally the soul of the zither. The prince has never heard of it, but it doesn't mean it doesn't exist! Just like people, people without souls are like walking dead. If the zither has no soul, it's better to listen to the sound of wind and rain!"

If the qin has no soul, it is better to listen to the sound of wind and rain...

Nangong Ye was slightly surprised. In this way, Qin Ji's piano sound is worthless!She couldn't help frowning and said: "You said that Qin Ji's zither sounds have no soul, so my concubine, can you...can you play qin music with soul? If you can't, then don't judge others!"

Ru Mo's heart sank, seeing him suddenly displeased, her smile suddenly turned cold, and she slightly mocked: "The prince really loves Qin Ji so much, he can't allow others to say that Qin Ji is not good at all! In this case, my concubine , let’s not talk about it in the future. The concubine will resign.”

After she finished speaking, she turned her head and left. Before she could take two steps, her hand was suddenly grabbed.

"Concubine Ai is unhappy?"

Nangong Ye took her hand and pulled her back, her slender body crashed into his arms, and he encircled her tightly without leaving a single gap.Looking down into her cold eyes, he asked unhurriedly.

Ru Mo was stunned, she raised her head to meet his eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling, her heart skipped a beat, facing each other at such a close distance, his breath was clearly audible, it was still fresh and hearty, he was still the boy back then, But they are no longer them.

"Nangong Ye..." she couldn't help calling.

Nangong Ye was stunned for a moment, then responded subconsciously, then squinted his eyes and asked, "Tell me, who are you?" The voice was full of bewitching.

Ru Mo was stunned, pushed him away almost intuitively, lowered his eyes and raised them again, but in the blink of an eye, there was a smile on his face again, looking directly at him, and slowly asked: "The prince is asking about the status of a concubine." Identity, or name? If it is identity, I think that there is no need to say it. If it is name, it makes no difference whether I say it or not, because to the prince, I am just a temporary princess, and after three months, I will become a stranger."

In fact, it didn't take March, now in this palace, she and him were already strangers.

Her eyes suddenly dimmed by two points, and the smile on the corner of her mouth was also stained with a hint of bitterness.

Nangong Ye frowned, and felt a strange feeling in his heart. That feeling made him want to raise his hand to touch the corner of her mouth and touch her smile. However, before that hand was raised, he had habitually He flicked his sleeves and scolded: "Do you still remember that you are a temporary princess?"

Ru Mo laughed at himself: "I won't forget for a moment!"

"Don't dare to forget? Then what kind of anger were you just now?" Nangong Ye raised his eyebrows and squinted at her, as if he didn't believe her words.

Ru Mo frowned, and said indifferently: "My lord misunderstood me. I am only melancholy for a while. Men in this world, like my lord, are not exempt. If my lord really loves Miss Qin Ji, I should treat her as a serious one." In the future, I will treat each other wholeheartedly, cut off other thoughts, and also cut off her own thoughts. As for the identity of the temporary princess, I will always keep it in my heart. Leave on your own without entanglement. The concubine resigns."

She didn't wait for him to speak again, she turned and left quickly.

Looking at her slender figure behind her, Nangong Ye suddenly felt bored.

Back in Chaoxi Garden, Ru Moping retreats to Yiyan and closes the door.

The evening light shone through the window at her feet, a thin layer was dyed the color of the window paper.Rumo stared blankly at the ball of cool white light that had lost its warmth, and didn't move for a long time.

"Miss, what happened?" A woman in black appeared behind the curtain of the big bed.

Rumo didn't answer, didn't turn to look at the woman, just asked softly: "Weilan, do you still have a little warmth in your heart?"

The woman named Weilan was stunned, as if surprised that she would ask such a question, she couldn't help but look down, but she didn't answer.Rumo didn't care, it seemed that she just asked the question casually and didn't want to know the answer.For these women who grew up in the dark, warmth is an unfamiliar word.

Rumo finally took his gaze away from the white light, and his expression on his face returned to his usual coldness. He turned his eyes and said lightly: "There are many hidden guards around this garden. I won't call you in the future. Don't come out. I'm going to Take a trip to Sacred Heart Lake, you are here to replace me. Step back."

"Yes."

At night, Chaoxiang Garden.

Nangong Ye was lying on the big bed in the study room, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.Suddenly thinking of the woman in the promenade shrouded in the setting sun, it always gave him a strange feeling of familiarity. She was from the dark pavilion, but she didn't have the slightest aura of the world. Not only could she recognize people, but she could also speak After revealing Qin Ji's flaws, he intuited that this woman was proficient in far more than these.I don't know who she is and what position she holds in the dark cabinet?He asked people to investigate, but so far no news has been found.This woman seems to be more mysterious than the dark cabinet itself.

Clothes got up, and he walked to the window.The night outside the window was as dark as ink, without stars and moon, as if he would never see the abyss of light, which made his heart tense for no reason.

Suddenly there is a piano sound outside the window, it is a tune that has never been heard before, soft and misty, mysterious and unspeakable, as if it comes from the distant sky, and it seems to be close to the ear.

He was almost certain that this voice was definitely not made by Qin Ji.And in this palace, who else dares to play the piano in the middle of the night and disturb him to rest?

Nangong Ye didn't call for anyone, opened the window by himself, jumped out, and searched in the direction of the sound of the piano.

In the dark night, everything was silent, and the ethereal sound of the zither seemed extraordinarily mysterious. He walked all the way, but in this normally heavily guarded palace, he did not meet a patrolling guard. He fell asleep in the sound.Relying on his own powerful internal strength, he walked in the dark night like day. When he followed the sound of the zither to the vicinity of Chaoxi Garden, the sound of the zither stopped abruptly. Compared to it sounding naturally in the dark, the stop was even more abrupt.

Nangong Ye was stunned, the sound of the piano was so strange!Thinking back, I couldn't tell whether it sounded good or bad, I just felt that there was a kind of magic that drew him all the way here.He glanced at Chaoxi Garden in front of him, it was pitch black and extremely quiet, it seemed that the piano sound just now was just an illusion of his.

With a sinking heart, Nangong Ye immediately returned to the study and checked everything carefully, and there was no trace of tampering.He frowned involuntarily, doubts arose in his heart.

The next night, at the same time, the sound of the piano sounded again, and it still stopped near Chaoxi Garden.At first, Nangong Ye thought it was the girl in Chaoxi Garden who was pretending to be mysterious in order to attract his attention, but on the third night, he waited early in the vicinity of Chaoxi Garden, wanting to see what kind of tricks the girl was playing. Once, just as the sound of the piano sounded, there was a sudden clang.

Qin Hyun is broken!

There was a slight noise in Chaoxi Garden, and then a figure flew out from the other side of Chaoxi Garden, and was quickly submerged in the darkness outside the palace, without disturbing a single guard.

Nangong Ye's eyes sank, and he was about to enter the courtyard when he heard someone talking inside.

"No need to chase."

It was the woman's voice!Nangong Ye paused, and after that, there was no more sound from inside.Nangong Ye didn't go in again, but turned around and went back to Chaoxiang Garden.

"Changfeng, have you asked clearly?"

In the study, Nangong Ye stood with his hands behind his back, and behind him stood Chang Feng, the leader of his hidden guard.

The skin is slightly dark, with a resolute face of a natural warrior, exuding the cold aura of living in the dark for a long time.Hearing the question, Chang Feng respectfully replied: "My lord, all the servants in the mansion have never heard the sound of the piano in the middle of the night, and my subordinates... have never heard it either!"

Nangong Ye's expression froze, he didn't even hear Changfeng, there was obviously something wrong with the sound of the piano!

Who exactly played the piano?
Is she playing tricks, or is someone pretending to be her playing the piano to lure him over?

"That woman in Chaoxi Garden, who has she been in contact with these days?" He turned around, frowning habitually.

Changfeng replied: "Since Wangfei entered the mansion, she has never seen her have contact with anyone outside the mansion. But... there was a dark shadow in Chaoxi Garden, it should be Wangfei's secret guard."

Nangong Ye was not surprised that she had hidden guards.On the night she entered the mansion, he felt for her pulse, and the pulse was weak. If it wasn't that she didn't know martial arts or was suffering from a stubborn illness, then it was because of her unfathomable martial arts.

"Let them keep an eye on it. Remember, just keep an eye on it. No matter what she does, don't stop her, just report it." He squinted his eyes and said these words, and after the long wind responded, he said: "What's new in the capital city recently? Let's hear it."

Changfeng thought for a while, and replied: "There is one thing. In the past two mornings, a mysterious woman wearing a veil played two pieces of music in Sacred Heart Lake, and was picked up by three famous romantics who happened to be visiting Sacred Heart Lake. One of the official officials, Mr. Yushu, was shocked when he heard it, and praised: "Qin player, No. 1 in the world! Nowadays, many people call her 'Sacred Heart Qin Xian', and she just went away admiring her name in just one day. There are countless people who listen to the piano."

"Sacred Heart Qin Xian...No.1 in the world?" Nangong Ye raised his eyebrows and asked, "Is it the evaluation given by Gu Yushu, the son of Master Gu, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment?"

"Yes, my lord."

Nangong Ye frowned, remembering that when his father was still alive, he said that although Yu Shu, the son of Gu Shangshu, could only criticize but not play the piano, he could also be called Feng Guoqin master.Presumably this Gu Yushu did have some attainments and experiences with Qin.

The royal families of all dynasties in the Feng Kingdom have an extraordinary love for the qin. Nangong Ye grew up with the sad and melancholy sound of the qin by his mother, and has a unique affection and talent for the qin.When he was six years old, he used the sound of the piano to lure the father of Du Chonghuang noble concubine to the mother's harem again and again, and the eyes of the father gradually became dark and difficult to understand with joy.At that time, he didn't understand the reason, and one day, when the sound of the piano brought disaster to himself and his closest relatives, he suddenly realized it and never touched the piano again.I just like listening to the piano.

"Since that's the case, I'm going to listen to her when she goes to court tomorrow morning to see if she can live up to the reputation of 'No.1 in the world'."

Sacred Heart Lake, with gentle breeze and willows, has a pleasant fragrance of flowers. Under the sunshine in the early morning, it is even more soft and quiet, and the scenery is elegant, which has always been loved by literati.

The most beautiful one is the Qixin Pavilion in the middle of the lake. In the early morning mist surrounds the pavilion, and the soft white translucent veil hanging around the pavilion rises with the wind and dances in the air, vaguely revealing the scene in the pavilion.

There are two women in the pavilion, a master and a servant. The master is a young woman in white. She is sitting in front of the piano table at the moment, with her long hair untied and a light veil covering her face. Looking at a certain direction intently, his eyes are misty, as if immersed in a certain memory.The maid stood quietly behind her, looking around warily.

There are no less than dozens of large and small painting boats gathered on the surrounding lake. One of the exquisite and elegant two-story painting boats is very conspicuous among the many painting boats. One can tell at a glance that the identities of the people in that boat are different, but they also follow the rules. , stopped ten feet away from Qixin Pavilion.

There was silence all around, and the people who came in groups of threes and threes among the various boats were engrossed in waiting for the sound of the piano.

The melodious notes like flowing water slowly flow out from the woman's slender fingertips. It is a piece of music that is not familiar to people. The first half is melodious and melodious, touching the heartstrings. Remember the good old days.In the second half, when the confusion is gradually revealed and the sadness suddenly arises, people can't help but think of the bleak future and no way back, and feel sad without knowing it.

Until the end of the song, the sad and confused emotion has been deeply rooted in the hearts of those who listen to the piano, and it will linger for a long time.

"The sound of this piano is really good!"

Among the only two-story painting boats in the lake, Nangong Ye, who seldom praised others, couldn't help praising, and looked at the Qixin Pavilion ten feet away, suddenly thinking of the woman in the corridor that day, and said thoughtfully : "If she is here, I don't know how to judge it?"

"Her? Who are you talking about?" Another man in the boat asked with interest. The man was dressed in a bright red dress, and he was the man in red in Nangong Ye's study that day.He leaned against the window rail and looked at Nangong Ye, with a casual smile on his usual lazy expression.

Nangong Ye laughed at himself, "My princess."

The red-clothed man's eyes lit up, "She still knows how to play the piano?" Seemingly excited, his lazy bones suddenly straightened up.

Nangong Ye nodded, and pointed at the Qixin Pavilion in the distance, "Not only does she understand, if she knows how to play the piano, she must be no worse than the woman in this pavilion!" After speaking, he seemed to remember something, raised his eyebrows at the man in red and smiled: "She said, your woman has no name. The violin she plays is only to please others and has no soul. Instead of listening to Qin Ji playing the violin, it is better to listen to the sound of wind and rain."

The man in red was stunned, and then thought: "She said that? You, princess, are interesting! Ye, you are... interested in her?"

(End of this chapter)