Ming Dynasty 1566

Chapter 25

The silk wings floated down like the wind, and Gao Hanwen's eyes froze in this space for an instant.

Because the big bed was covered with a red quilt of the right size, it seemed to be a big piano platform.

Dressed in a thin silk shirt with a light lotus color on the plain white background, the one kneeling in front of the piano table is an elegant and vulgar woman who seems to be shrouded in dust!
Glancing in surprise, Gao Hanwen looked away in a hurry, but still instantly felt the woman's drooping brows and the lightly closed corner of her mouth, like "Guangling San", that heart that has nothing to do with it!

"You are blessed." Gao Hanwen was taken aback by Shen Yishi's voice. Facing this illusory woman, Shen Yishi's voice was so cold, "I have to meet an expert, please ask for advice."

That girl, Yun Niang slowly straightened her upper body, crossed her sleeves in front of her and said, "I'll play from the beginning, sir, please guide me."

The slender fingers lightly placed on the strings again, and the music of "Guangling San" sounded again in the space with sandalwood walls on all sides.

At this moment, Shen Yishi walked towards the door lightly, gently opened a door gap, walked out sideways, and gently closed the door again.

Only Gao Hanwen, who was standing there in a daze, and Yun Niang, whose fingers were flowing and gradually entered the realm of the piano, were left here.

During this period of the Ming Dynasty, especially in the Taihu Lake Basin, the handicraft workshop economy and commercial economy developed unprecedentedly, and the market culture also entered an unprecedented prosperous stage.In this way, a group of elegant scholars have been cultivated intangible and intangible, wandering between official career and market life, advancing with Neo Confucianism, retreating with Fengyue.Officials, gentry, merchants, all married prostitutes and concubines, and trained a group of women with super-sexy arts, who gathered in the bustling places of Nanjing, Suzhou, and Hangzhou, singing with high candles.Goulan and tile houses followed suit one after another, commenting on Kunqu opera, singing romantic songs, selling gold and silver, cooking oil and burning fire, competing for a momentary victory!As a result, the official proverb at that time said: It is better to be the magistrate of the Yangtze River than the prefect of the Yellow River.There is also a folk proverb: It is better to be a Suzhou-Hangzhou dog than to be a foreigner.It can be seen that this paradise has become the yearning of many people in the world.

Gao Hanben is a big scholar in southern Jiangsu. From his childhood, he has been influenced by the wealthy and scholarly children of the Taihu Lake Basin to advance in Neo Confucianism, and to retreat in Fengyue.It's just that you can't have both the fish and the bear's paw, and after leaving his official career, he suppressed this thought and used those talents of singing the wind and the moon on King Cheng Zhulu.It was Shen Yishi's grasp of the atmosphere at that time and his understanding of this person's life experience that brought him here. ——Elegant people may refuse to be dirty because of their nobility, but they will never reject elegance because of their nobility.

At this moment, Gao Hanwen's eyes were closed, but his mind drifted from the closed piano room to the high mountains and flowing water following Yun Niang's piano sound.At this moment, the piece of music happened to be played to the section that Gao Hanwen heard when he entered the door. Yun Niang stopped her hand, and the waves of light flowed, she looked at Gao Hanwen's chest: "My lord said just now that this section should be a horn sound, I understand what your lord said. , but there is no record in all the music scores. Please advise me, my lord."

"Yo Yo Lu Ming, the apple of the wild food".The deer in Gao Hanwen's heart throbbed violently at this moment.He forgot to answer for a while, and couldn't help but look at the woman.

At this moment, Yunniang looked up from Gao Hanwen's chest, and the eyes of the two met instantly!
Gao Hanwen suddenly felt his scalp go numb like an electric shock, and immediately avoided her gaze, looked to the side, but Shen Yishi was nowhere to be seen!
After all, after ten years of Confucianism, "conscience" is like a rein, always holding on to the peace of mind.The bright pearl is in front, but there is darkness behind it.Gao Hanwen immediately became alert, and shouted loudly: "Mr. Shen!"

There was silence.

Gao Hanwen walked to the door quickly, and was about to pull the door, when the door was pushed open from the outside, and Shen Yishi walked in with a serious face: "My lord."

Gao Hanwen looked at him.

Shen Yishi: "When Ji Kang played "Guangling San" before his execution, three thousand imperial students gathered around to listen, but no one understood it. So Ji Kang sighed through the ages that ""Guangling San" will never be finished". A few days ago In [-], I also heard from some piano friends that "Guangling San" can only be played by one person, and if one person listens to it, there will be more noise. Later we tried it, and it was true. Today the real person arrived and pointed out this I have a lot of things to ask for the queen of the piano girl. I don't know if I have this blessing."

Hearing him say these words, Gao Hanwen was greatly surprised, his vigilance disappeared immediately, and a sense of familiarity appeared on his face: "Mr. Shen, I take the liberty to ask."

Shen Yishi: "My lord, please tell me."

Gao Hanwen: "What job do you do in the Weaving Bureau?"

Shen Yishi: "We usually discuss some new patterns with the weavers, and mainly discuss business with businessmen from other cities."

Gao Hanwen: "It's a pity." Having said that, he glanced at the direction of Yunniang in front of the Qintai again, and then asked Shen Yishi.

"It's rude at my job, I forgot to explain to the adults." Shen Yishi smiled apologetically, "Her name is Yun Niang, and she is my niece. My eldest brother and sister-in-law died early, so I had to take her and take her with me to teach her music and piano. Yi. I have a high heart, and I don't want to marry. I don't want to wrong her when I'm idle. At twenty, it has become a heart problem for me."

"It's rare." Gao Hanwen blurted out these two words and immediately felt a slip of the tongue, and then said, "There are hungry people in the wild, but it's not the time to talk. Mr. Shen, let's talk about the silk weaving bureau." After finishing speaking , walked out the door.

With a deep light in Shen Yishi's eyes, Xu Bu followed out the door, and turned back suddenly when he was outside the door.

At this moment, Yunniang raised her head and stared blankly at the backs of the two men walking towards the door. She didn't expect Shen Yishi to turn around suddenly, and immediately lowered her eyes again.

"Think carefully about Mr. Gao's instructions. Practice slowly." When Shen Yishi said this, there was a trace of desolation in his tone. After speaking, he turned his head and quickly stepped over the threshold, closing the door behind him.

Large boats and small boats, with black awnings and white sails, are orderly when they enter and leave. After more than 1000 years of operation, the starting point of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal has been well-fitted here.

Hai Rui and Wang Yongji stood at the top of the pier at this time, quietly looking at the row upon row of merchant ships loading and unloading, the streamers carrying goods up and down the wharf, and the businessmen rushing about.

Wang Yongji: "Brother Gangfeng, have you been to Jiangnan before?"

Hai Rui: "No."

Wang Yongji suddenly sighed with emotion: "'Xingsheng in the southeast, the capital of the three Wus, and Qiantang has been prosperous since ancient times'. Liu Yongke was defeated in the first class, and he wrote lyrics according to the order. It is a blessing to travel all over the Xingsheng in the southeast."

Hai Rui: "I'd rather stay in the countryside."

Wang Yongji: "Prosperity is not a bad thing. If there were no such towns in the great country of the Celestial Dynasty, the mulberry, cotton, hemp, and tung oil palm lacquer planted by the villagers would have no place to sell. The few grains of rice in the field alone would not be enough." Can't survive."

Hai Rui: "Of course what you said is reasonable. I'm afraid that the rich will get richer and the poor will get poorer."

Wang Yongji: "Equalizing the rich and the poor is something we will never be able to do. Let's try our best to 'make up for what's not enough'."

Hai Rui looked at Wang Yongji: "No wonder you always give me silk clothes."

Wang Yongji smiled: "To be honest, I have seven or eight hundred acres of land in my hometown, which is better than yours. I hope you, an official who robs the rich and helps the poor, don't come to me to be a magistrate."

Hai Rui: "You, a small landowner with hundreds of acres, can't be suppressed even if you are powerful."

Wang Yongji: "That's good. After finishing Chun'an's job, I will tell Tan Zili to say hello to his superiors and ask the officials to transfer you to the county of my hometown. I want a piece of blue sky for the elders in my hometown." , I also earn word of mouth."

"You think too highly of me." After Hai Rui said this, he looked at the river again, "I don't know if I can leave Chun'an this time."

Wang Yongji's interest was interrupted by him, so he had no choice but to turn his eyes to the pier and look towards the river.

"When does the grain boat market open?" Hai Rui asked again.

Wang Yongji: "Usually it's the end of the day and the beginning of the day. The market will open soon."

Hai Rui: "Then let's go down."

Wang Yongji: "Okay."

The two of them hadn't moved yet, when suddenly there was the sound of running behind them.

The two looked back, and saw a group of officers and soldiers running over, some with long guns and some with firecrackers.

"Go! Hurry up! Surround the dozen or so grain boats on the left, and don't let them run away!" a team officer with a knife yelled loudly.

"Get out of the way!"

"The thief boat catchers! Get out of the way!"

While shouting, the team of soldiers ran down the pier, and many transporters and cargo were knocked down by them one after another!
(End of this chapter)