Yipin Tang

Chapter 13 On Stars

"Profession is..."

Wang Xiang thought for a while and explained: "Let's put it this way, for example, in my Tang Dynasty, a chef is a profession, a doctor is a profession, and an official in the court is also a profession."

"It's strange to say that a chef is the same occupation as a court official. How could Mr. Wang have such an idea." Ning Xiang was a little surprised by Wang Xiang's words.

"I also read an introduction about an eastern country from a book. It's the same everywhere, and occupations are regardless of high or low."

Ning Xiang's eyes lit up, and she said, "What a job, no distinction is made between high and low. I don't know what kind of job a little girl is?"

Wang Xiang broke into a sweat when he heard the words, and said in his heart: Your profession is called... chicken.But looking at Ningxiang's expectant eyes, he really couldn't open his mouth.

"Hey, Miss Ningxiang's career in that eastern country is the star I mentioned before, but there are a few differences."

"Oh? What's the difference?" Ning Xiang seemed to be very interested in the celebrity Wang Xiang mentioned. She was just a prostitute, but the celebrity Wang Xiang mentioned was a profession that could be compared with court officials. It gave her a strange feeling like never before.

Even Xiaoya, Xiaocui and Li Huiming were quite curious about the stars mentioned by Wang Xiang, so he had to explain the stars from his previous life.

"Young and beautiful, good at singing and dancing, versatile, and exquisite in mind, is there such a perfect person in the world?" After hearing this, Ning Xiang said with emotion: "It's okay to say that he is young and beautiful, and it is not difficult to find the best in the world." It’s not easy to be versatile, just to be able to sing and dance well, let alone to be smart.”

Wang Xiang smiled and said: "It's not perfect, it's just that a star always presents the best side to everyone. It's not difficult to be able to sing and dance, and to be versatile. It can be achieved after training. As for the exquisite mind , it will come naturally after being around for a long time.”

Listening to Wang Xiang's understatement, Ningxiang smiled wryly and shook her head, how much painstaking effort and effort she had spent secretly to become the top upright official in Yicuilou, could not be achieved by simple training.

"Prince Wang was born in the Hou's Mansion. I'm afraid he doesn't know the hardships of us prostitutes. The stars you mentioned just now sing dozens of songs in a concert. Do you know that many of my sisters in Yicuilou want to get a How difficult is it to write a song? A few days ago, sister Xiaoyun asked Mr. Lin to stay with her for free for several days in order to ask for a new song. Even the food and drink expenses were paid by Xiaoyun with her own money. Up."

Wang Xiang was surprised for a moment, he didn't expect that writing songs and composing music would be so popular in Tang Dynasty.

That Mr. Lin is too shameless, he even spent a few days in the Yicui Building for free with a broken poem, and the wine and food are provided, so I remember hundreds of thousands of popular songs in later generations. I slept in the Yicui Building for free at night, and I wanted to go shameless after talking about it.

Seeing Wang Xiang's surprised look, Ning Xiang covered her mouth with a smile and said, "Don't tell me, Mr. Wang thinks that anyone can compose a poem in seven steps like you. Today, the four great talents in Luoyang have all lost in front of you. It won't take a few days for Mr. Wang to write a poem." The name is about to spread throughout Chang'an City. At that time, the sisters who want to ask the young master for a song and song will probably have to go from Chang'an City to Luoyang. I wonder if I have the honor to ask the young master to help me write a song and lyrics? "

Just as Wang Xiang wanted to decline, Ning Xiang said pitifully: "If the young master doesn't look down on prostitutes like us, then just pretend I didn't say so."

This girl is really good, so Wang Xiang was really embarrassed to refuse her, so he could only say: "It's not difficult to make a song, but the song I made is a little different from the lyrics and music you usually sing."

Ning Xiang said happily: "It's okay, I will grind ink for you." The new lyrics are of course better.

Wang Xiang waved his hand and said, "No need, I'll sing it out for you." Wang Xiang's calligraphy is unrecognizable, and besides, the lyrics are written down, and the melody is not known until it is sung.

Ningxiang was even more surprised when she heard that Wang Xiang said that she would sing it. The lyrics and music they usually sing are all old songs filled with new lyrics. Hearing Wang Xiang's meaning that even the songs are new, she was very pleasantly surprised, new songs are rarer than new lyrics There are too many, and now I sit up with a pen and put on an appearance of listening to the music carefully.

Wang Xiang was still a little unaccustomed to being looked at by a beautiful woman like this. She coughed twice and then slowly sang: "I am a fox who has practiced for a thousand years. I have practiced for a thousand years. I am lonely for a thousand years. In the dead of night, can anyone hear me crying, and the lights are dimmed?" Did anyone see me dancing..."

"White Fox" is considered to be the most ancient song among popular songs. Both the content and the style are very suitable for a woman like Ningxiang, so Wang Xiang immediately thought of this classic song.

To be honest, Wang Xiang's singing talent is really not very good. After singing a song, there are several out of tunes. When he finished singing, even he himself was a little embarrassed. When he wanted to say something, he saw Ningxiang's eyes filled with tears Get up slowly.

Wang Xiang was wondering what she was going to do, when a mournful singing sounded suddenly, it was the song "White Fox" he just sang, but it was a completely different feeling when it was sung from Ning Xiang's mouth.

Crying like complaining, accompanied by the sad and melancholy singing, Ningxiang's body also dances slowly, that weak figure seems to be transformed into the white fox in the song, which is fascinating and pitiful.

Everyone in the cabin was fascinated.

Once the dance was over, the lingering sound lingered, and Wang Xiang found himself fascinated by that white fox, the figure that turned into a white fox.

It wasn't until Ningxiang wrote down the whole song that Wang Xiang came back to his senses, and thought to himself: This girl is amazing, I am afraid that the international superstars of later generations will not have such a powerful instigating force like her, I almost cried shamefully, I think I have to face it back then. I didn't shed a single tear in the so-called tearjerker of the century, but now the corners of my eyes are moist.

Xiaoya and Xiaocui were even worse, the two girls hugged each other and cried, looking even more miserable than the white fox in the song.

"Brother Li, Brother Li." Seeing Li Huiming clenched his fists, his face flushed, his eyes wide open, Wang Xiang pushed him worriedly.

Unexpectedly, this guy suddenly burst into tears like rain, and said loudly: "Miss Ningxiang, I want to redeem your body for you!"

What?Isn't this guy out of his mind? You don't have to take it so seriously just listening to a song.

"Mr. Li is serious." Ning Xiang didn't expect Li Huiming to have such a big reaction, and she was a little at a loss.

"Even if my father beats you to death, I will redeem you!"

This thing is not over yet, your father is the king of Hejian, although you are not learned and skillful and you are not the eldest son, I don't ask you to marry a lady from a family, but if you dare to bring a brothel girl home, your father will not interrupt Your legs are weird.Besides, Ningxiang is the top upright official in Yicuilou, and Yicuilou is the largest brothel in Chang'an City, can you afford the ransom?

Wang Xiang asked curiously: "I don't know how much money Miss Ningxiang needs to redeem herself?"

Ningxiang has never thought about this problem. With her reputation in Chang'an City, Yicui Tower will not let her go easily, and those dudes can spend a lot of money for her on weekdays, but there is really no one who really wants to help her redeem her body. Everyone knew that the more money was spent on her, the redemption money would increase tenfold and a hundredfold. Thinking of this, Ningxiang felt a sense of sadness in her heart.

Xiaocui on the side wiped her red and swollen eyes from crying and said, "I'm afraid they won't let the young lady go without 5 taels of silver. "

5 taels!
Hearing this figure, both Wang Xiang and Li Huiming were shocked. You must know that it costs only two taels of silver to buy an ordinary maid, and you can buy a better maid for only five taels of silver. Wait for the maid.

In Chang'an City, a dude like Li Huiming spends only about 1000 taels of silver a year. This is because he is the son of King Hejian. To help Ningxiang redeem herself, even if she tightens her belt, it will take decades to save, so only Li Huiming, whose brain is burnt out, can say that, and he is only "White Fox" sung by Ningxiang Affected emotions, this guy will definitely not think that way afterwards.

Seeing the bitterness at the corner of Ningxiang's mouth, Wang Xiang really sympathized with her, so what about her beauty, she still couldn't help herself, and when she got old and faded, the ending would be even more tragic.

Unable to bear to see her desperate look, Wang Xiang said, "If there is a chance, I will redeem you."

In fact, with Ningxiang's reputation in Chang'an City, not to mention 5 taels, even 10 taels are worth it. Just think about the money-making ability of later generations of stars. As long as they are well packaged and publicized, are you afraid that you won't be able to earn back 5 taels of silver? .

Although Wang Xiang's tone was flat, for some reason Ning Xiang felt that what he said was true for a moment, but then she shook her head with a wry smile and said softly, "Master, try the tea I made myself."

……

On an inconspicuous boat on Jinguang Lake, the middle-aged man Wang Xiang bumped into while eating hot soup noodles looked at the two poems in front of him with great interest, one was Wang Xiang's poem about plum blossoms, and the other was that The first frontier poem.

"It turns out that he is Wang Zixin. It is indeed a talent to compose these two poems at a young age. The potatoes that Yuchi brought into the palace last time are still in the warehouse of the Secretary of Agriculture. No one in the entire Secretary of Agriculture recognizes that What thing, I told them that this thing can produce eight shi per mu and they will not believe it, if I tell them that it can produce twenty shi per mu, they might have to play to persuade me not to believe the rumors."

The young woman on the side smiled and said: "Since Erlang met Wang Zixin, he might as well ask General Hou to invite him. Since he discovered Xiangrui, he must know more about it."

"Forget it, I'm really worried about the group of people that Xiangrui handed over to the Supervisor of Agriculture." The middle-aged man nodded and asked the big man behind him: "Where is Wang Zixin now?"

The big man said respectfully: "After the poetry meeting was over, he was invited by a brothel woman to go to the boat in the middle of the lake, and the second son of King Hejian also went together."

"A brothel girl?" The middle-aged man was surprised, "Go and invite him here, don't reveal your identity."

(End of this chapter)