box of hearts

Chapter 48: Welcome the Cyclamen (13)
Zhang Yanshu blocked the second half of his sentence with his gestures, and turned his eyes straight to Qingtian, "Miss Qingtian, I have heard a lot of gossip recently, saying that your son-in-law has been supported by you for many years as a joint venture to support his studies, and for him, he has paid for it. Jin Zhuang, originally formed a white-headed alliance, but after winning the first prize, he betrayed his ambition and entrusted you to ignore the world. If this is indeed the case, the girl may as well speak out to appeal for grievances, several adults are here, and they will definitely make decisions for the girl."

I don't know when the piano and singing will stop, but the wind of the lotus and the cry of frogs are left alone, lingering in my ears.One gaze after another shot here, hitting Qingtian's face and Qingtian's heart.In an instant, she had the desire to completely collapse, flying her limbs around and crying loudly: "Master Qingtian, that ruthless thief—" Her voice was piercing, shrill like a ghost, and the last mouthful of blood was sprayed on the heartless man's face, The venom of vengeance kills everything.

It seemed that everyone was waiting for this scene, and even the moon in the sky was as sharp as a blade, cutting her apart, and she sat alone in the eye-catching light circle to meet the ten dark onlookers.Even Qiao Yun was staring at her, with piercing screams and crazy fear behind his silent eyes.

This man is scared.He is not afraid of killing people, he is not afraid of killing his heart, but he is afraid that a tailor who has spent half his life to get rid of will return to his soul on a full moon night and cut his bright and bright future to pieces.For some reason, Qingtian suddenly thought it was funny, it was so funny, so he just laughed out loud.She hid her whole body behind Zhu Yiqing's back, and she burst into tears with a smile.

Everyone stared at her in amazement, they saw that she took out a handkerchief from her bosom and stamped it under her eyes, she moved slenderly in front of the table, facing Zhang Yanshu Linglong Yifu, "My lord! Thank you, my lord. It’s just that I wasn’t wronged, so how can I sue?”

The wind blows long waves, blowing Lingxiang.Qingtian stood alone with a smile on her face. She wore a hollowed-out bright gauze skirt lined with white and cloudy, covered with straight and wide sleeves bordered with begonia red balls, and a golden embossed flower the size of a palm was buttoned on the collar. A big peony was planted, the bun was thrown to hug the face at the temples, a piece of water was buried with broken mother-of-pearl gold pins, and a gold-studded coral ribbon was obliquely ringed, and the coral beads shone brightly.

"Master Qiao and I are indeed old friends, and we can be regarded as 'knowledgeable at a young age'. As for money, I also gave him a hundred and eighty taels. The alliance of the upper arm? Besides, Master Qiao has been doing my business since he won the exam. He often calls me the bureau, and the money has already been returned. Those little hoofs in the alley who love to talk! When they saw such a young talent among my guests, they always joked with me about the "Mrs. Zhuangyuan" and "Mrs. Zhuangyuan". Like that red-haired girl with giant eyes, she can see the poor way and act out a good story through the ages, but some of them have evil intentions. The grown-ups also know that the most taboo thing for us shepherds to do business is to be a benefactor, so that people will know that there is a risk of betrayal. I suspect that my value has plummeted. I have a good business, and it is inevitable that those tricky people who are not used to it will make up this statement to slander me. The person who helped Mr. Qiao study all the way is obviously a relative in the south of his family, but it is said that I used the wine money to help. Him. I have a very close friendship with Mr. Qiao, and I am not afraid that he will annoy me. I just said a joke: I, Duan Qingtian, have been dealing with either Mr. Chuibian or the grandson of a horse. Don’t mention a champion. What about the champion? It’s not nine Tasting Sesame Officer! I don’t even pay attention to him today, let alone when he was a scholar in white? I rushed to post him at the meeting? Mr. Zhang, my family is just a vulgar prostitute. If you want to be the master for me, you will kill the roots of this rumor, so as not to spoil my "reputation". Don't be happy, my lord. You officials have a reputation, and we shepherds still have a reputation, and ah, reputation is related to heaven! "

Zhang Yanshu smiled so that his face was covered with wrinkles, "He is so clever, he can be so sympathetic to my son-in-law." He turned to Qiao Yunze with majesty and kindness, "I knew this The rumors are just rumors, and it just so happens that Miss Qingtian is here today, so she will clear up your grievances, so that no one will be envious of you, the new champion, and pour black water on you."

Qiao Yun smiled, as delicate as a cup of bright tea, "Thank you, Lord Taishan, for your painstaking efforts." He stood up again, turned to Qingtian and bowed, "Thank you for your righteous words."

With flawless makeup on his face and neat smile, Qingtian returned the gift gracefully, "'There is nothing in the first place, where is the dust?'[13]. My concubine, congratulations to Mrs. Zhang for getting this wonderful son-in-law, and I wish your daughter and Mr. Qiao will be united forever." She lowered her eyes deeply, gritted her teeth, and covered the roaring, lingering eyes with her thin two-leaf eyelids. Yellow River.

Zhu Yiqing, who was in the chair, chuckled twice, and deliberately lowered his face at Zhang Yanshu, "Tonight was originally an elegant meeting, so we listened to the music well. You love your son-in-law very much, and you suddenly came out of the opening hearing , I was so scared that people didn’t dare to sing, and we didn’t have to listen to it.”

Zhang Yanshu immediately apologized and said: "It's a sin, I disturbed your interest. Miss Qingtian, I have heard for a long time that you are good at rhyme, can you sing and compose at the banquet to express your honor?"

Qingtian raised his eyes lightly, the glint in his eyes was just the reflection of the water moon.Her eyes were wide, and she was full of charm, "You should follow your fate, I don't know which one the adults want to listen to?"

The Master Meng who was sitting in front of Die Xian suddenly said: "A while ago I was outside and listened to a new tune, using Wu songs to match Wujue, it's very novel, don't you know?"

Having already moved the spring stool, Qing Tian took a seat there, took the pipa presented by Mu Yun with one hand, and tried the strings, "I know the tune, but I'm just asking you to make a decision."

One of the two Master Li clapped hands vigorously, "Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, so there must be a 'moon'."

Another Mr. Li is also very interesting, and his eyebrows are beaming. "To enjoy the moon from the bow of the boat, there must be a 'boat'."

Zhang Yanshu made a final decision, "Very well, let's decide on these two questions, rhyme—" He raised his hand to his son-in-law Qiao Yunze, "You can say a word casually."

Qiao Yun was startled, then stabilized his tone, and blurted out: "Human."

Zhang Yanshu nodded, "Okay, then I will limit the rhyme to 'Eleven Truth'[14]. This word for 'person' is too general, so it's better not to use it. Girl Qingtian just let it go and sing it well."

Qingtian deliberated for a while, and then made a sound with confidence. At the beginning, it was noisy, and gradually it was clear like a flower blooming and dancing like a swallow. It changed a tune and frowned, and became more and more frightened. Twentieth spring. Ande still returns? Cihang crosses the maze."

The bead's throat suppresses the moon, the escaping sound returns to the wind, one by one, it rises up with twists and turns, and sings to the highest point, and then suddenly falls like a silver bottle into a well, and lowers the pipa with the ring fingers, and the lingering guttural sound is also lingering and euphemistic , wanting to die but unable to, and finally lingering in silence, it makes people lose their minds.

The east boat and the west boat were silent, and after a while, there was applause and praise: "The music and lyrics are excellent, and the sound and color are both excellent. Rare, rare!"

"Fairy music, listen to it and forget the customs."

"Well, it is vivid and melancholy, which is quite different from ordinary Fu."

"Exactly, borrowing out the dust, awakening the confusion and awakening the world."

Zhang Yanshu also twirled his beard and commented: "Although it's not very good, it's one of the best among Jiaofang's works."

Qiao Yun lowered his eyes and did not speak.

Qing Tian handed over the pipa to Mu Yun, and thanked Mu Yun.

Everyone at the table was chatting and laughing, only Die Xian looked at Qingtian from a distance of ten feet away, with an erratic shadow hovering on her flamboyant pink face, she was puzzled and disappointed.

Two quarters of an hour later, the note that Mr. Meng called for Zhang Yanshu also arrived, and he coaxed to call a note for Qiao Yun, but Qiao Yun evaded every possible way, with a reddish shyness welling up on his white face.Zhu Yiqing had already drunk three or four minutes, so he said jokingly: "I'm ashamed in front of his old man! Forget it, you don't have to bully the children anymore. As the master, I have to make decisions for him." ', there is no need to call again, just take advantage of Miss Qingtian’s presence here to turn around. Girl Qingtian, would you like it?”

Qingtian was holding a red glaze pot, smiling, he added more wine and said, "What is your lord talking about? Please take care of me, I'm afraid I won't treat you well, how can you be willing?"

Qiao Yun also smiled back, "The students were originally trimmed for the teacher, and they didn't want to cut the teacher's border upside down. They were panic-stricken, so I made it clear here."

He had a charming charm and a sincere voice, and he didn't show a trace of frivolity in his jokes, which made everyone laugh even to tears.An aunt with the bureau came forward and turned Qingtian's cardamom box to Qiao Yunze's hand.Qingtian said "I'm sorry" to Zhu Yiqing, and sat behind Qiao Yunze.It happened that Zhang Yanshu was at the side calling for snuff, so Qingtian held the snuff bottle with red sleeve and double chi.Qiao Yun rushed forward: "Don't bother."

Qingtian just lowered his eyes and smiled, and picked up the small jade spoon tied to the mouth of the pot, "Why, can't you please Mrs. Qiao?"

"Where is the meaning? It's just that we don't have to be so polite."

"Since you're welcome, let me come." She smiled early and took out a little snuff, and Luoluo wiped it on the back of her hand for him naturally.

Qiao Yun met Qing Tian's eyes for a moment, then he raised his head, put the back of his hand to his nose and sucked it all out.Perhaps it was the pungentness of the snuff that brought tears to his eyes, silent and dark, as black as a black swamp where wolves drink.

After a few orders on the stage, I became interested in listening to the music again.The new shepherd is a rising star, only fourteen or fifteen years old, and he is acquainted with Bao Liuniang, the two chatted for a while, Liuniang played a song, and the little shepherd started babbling and singing.

(End of this chapter)