Chapter 31: Liu Yingying (2)
At night, the Fengyue Pavilion is very lively. Two huge door lamps are hung on the tall pillars on both sides of the door. On the door is a couplet: Beautiful scenery, refreshing the morning light; a talented man and beautiful woman are ecstatic. When you enter the door, there is a spacious hall on the first floor, and the hall is surrounded by strange flowers and plants that exude strange fragrance.
When Zheng Zai and Xie Yuan asked the madam to visit Liu Yingying, the madam glanced at the two small men in front of him with a mean look and said coldly: "Yingying is not something that anyone can see just by wanting to see."
Zheng Zai calmly raised a pack of silver ingots from his body and pressed it heavily on the table in front of the madam. The madam opened it in surprise and saw that the white thing in the bag made her two triangular eyes emit green light. She immediately shouted to the waiter upstairs: "Go quickly and tell Miss Yingying that there are guests asking for a visit!"
Go up the stairs on the front of the hall, then turn right, and walk about five or six meters away, you can see a beautifully decorated red painted wooden door with three beautiful words written on the lintel: "Leyifang". This is the room where Liu Yingying received guests.
When you enter the "Leyifang", the first thing that catches your eyes is a picture of a lady hanging on the front wall. In the painting, a graceful girl in white looks like a pipa musical instrument standing in front of a bush of Xiangfei bamboos. The girl's expression seems to be playing music with passion, or quietly listening to the sound of nature caused by the wind blowing the bamboo leaves.
Below the picture of a lady is a small stage with exquisitely arranged elegance. On the left side of the stage is a musical instrument rack made of sandalwood. The rack is filled with Korean musical instruments such as flutes, suona, drums, flutes, and short flutes. The small stage is covered with pink floral carpets. In the middle of the carpet is a traditional instrument that the Korean people love most - Gayagen.
Two or three meters in front of the stage is a long coffee table with fresh fruits and a small set of tea sets on it. This is a place for guests to sit down and enjoy the performance.
On the right side of the stage is an inner room, and a golden Feng Shui Transportation Gourd Crystal Bead Curtain is hung on the door of the inner room.
As the door curtain rang, a young woman walked out of the inside. The woman was wearing a short white dress with a crimson bow on her chest, and her black hair was neatly tied back by a white hairband. The woman moved her lotus steps lightly and walked to Zheng Zai and Xie Yuan.
This is the person Zheng Zai and Xie Yuan wanted to meet during this trip - Liu Yingying.
"Please sit objectively." Liu Yingying turned slightly and said to the two guests softly.
Zheng Zai and Xie Yuan calmed down and admired the beauty in front of them from a close distance.
Xie Yuan discovered that Liu Yingying had an indescribable beauty. Whether it was the combination of facial features or body shape, it could only be described as "elegant". If you use gorgeous words such as closing the moon and shy flowers, sinking fish and falling geese to describe this woman, it would make people feel a bit vulgar. This may be due to the so-called inner temperament.
What attracted Zheng Zai was Liu Yingying's eyes. It was as full as autumn water, and it was always full of affection. Gu Pan was so charming that he looked back. Zheng Zai had never seen such charming eyes. He was a little dazed, staring at Liu Yingying blankly, and he didn't even hear what Liu Yingying said clearly.
Xie Yuan pulled Zheng Zai, who was standing there, and signaled him to sit down. Zheng Zai understood from the daze. He sat awkwardly on the coffee table in front of the stage with Xie Yuan under the guidance of Liu Yingying.
"Do you two guests drink or taste tea?" Liu Yingying asked politely.
"Let's have two cups of tea." Xie Yuan looked at Liu Yingying and replied.
"Okay." Liu Yingying squatted down and gently filled the cups of the two guests with a faint fragrance.
"What music do you want the two guests to play for you?" Liu Yingying asked Xie Yuan and Zheng Zai seriously with her big eyes.
"My cousin and I have heard that the girl is very talented. Today we come to visit me. I will ask the girl to talk about a song casually." Zheng Zai said first.
"Yes, I'll ask Miss Liu to play any song." Xie Yuan wanted to order a song he liked, but when he saw Zheng's first speech, he had to agree with him.
Liu Yingying moved her lotus steps gently, and came to the middle of the stage, then sat on the ground, put one end of the gayageum in the middle of the stage on her knees, and played a lyrical classical Korean music with a pair of delicate fingers. The tune was melodious, like a girl who missed her lover in the distance in a quiet night.
Xie Yuan shook his body gently with the rhythm of the song. He was completely intoxicated by the dreamy scene of the unity of human music. Until Liu Yingying gracefully played the bend, he had not recovered from his just-intoxicated state.
"I guess you are proficient in music." Liu Yingying couldn't help but become interested in Xie Yuan when she heard it so much.
"I can't say that I'm proficient, I just know some fur." Xie Yuan said, and stood up and walked to the instrument rack in the room.
Liu Yingying followed politely.
"At a glance, you can tell that these instruments on the girl stand are all exquisitely crafted. For example, this Xiqin, its vibration panel is made of finely processed from the wood grain of the Changbai Mountain generation, which is of high quality thorn wood. The materials used for the piano tube are made of bamboo with an inner diameter of ten centimeters. The strings made of silk are very elastic. Of course, the most expensive one is this zither bow. It is made of the ponytail of the sweat-blooded BMW produced in the Western Regions and Xiangfei bamboo produced in the Jiangxiang area of the Ming Dynasty." Xie Yuan is worthy of the nickname "White-faced Scholar". He is not only proficient in many languages, but also seems to have a lot of research on musical instruments.
"Yes, I didn't expect that the guest officer was actually a knowledgeable person." Liu Yingying opened her eyes wide in surprise and looked at Xie Yuan.
Liu Yingying was forced to fall into chaos due to family reasons at a young age. Most of the guests she received were high-ranking officials, wealthy businessmen and tycoons. Most of these people were bad intentions and came for Liu Yingying's beauty. They were nothing more than showing off their wealth in front of Liu Yingying. Their artful behaviors could not hide their nature of being a wine bag, and their floating hearts made them look ugly in front of Liu Yingying.
Xie Yuanze was different. His elegant manners, profound knowledge, and humble and gentlemanly conversation made Liu Yingying feel refreshed. In an instant, Liu Yingying seemed to have found a soulmate.
"Where is where, in front of Miss Liu, it can only be considered a show of excuses." Xie Yuan said modestly.
Zheng sat behind the coffee table, while drinking tea, and listening to Xie Yuan talk about musical instrument knowledge that he had never heard of before.
"Can the guest officer enjoy the glory and play a song with the little girl?" Liu Yingying became very interested in the elegant guest in front of her, and he tentatively sent an invitation to Xie Yuan.
"Okay, let's try it out boldly. The performance is not good, so I hope the girl will not make any jokes." Xie Yuan agreed readily.
"What kind of musical instrument is the guest officer?" Liu Yingying was filled with joy when she saw Xie Yuan agreeing to her.
"Just use this tube flute." Xie Yuan took off the tube flute made of high-quality bamboo material from the instrument stand.
"I wonder which song the guest likes?"
"Please choose any cheerful song for you, and I will use this flute to accompany you."
"Okay." Liu Yingying took the Xi Qin and started playing it with all her concentration.
Although Xie Yuan didn't know what kind of song Liu Yingying played, he could rely entirely on his natural musical sense and cooperated with Liu Yingying in a seamless and vivid way.
"The guest official is really versatile!" Liu Yingying's admiration for Xie Yuan became stronger and stronger.
"The girl is too awarded, so I'm really showing off my skills." Xie Yuan continued to say modestly.
"My cousin is a talented man. He not only knows music, but also proficient in many languages." Zheng Zai praised Xie Yuan at the right time.
"Really?" Liu Yingying looked at Xie Yuan steadily, her eyes full of admiration and surprise.
"I just drank a little more ink than ordinary people, and I can't be proficient. Don't listen to my cousin's fooling me." Seeing Liu Yingying looking at him, Xie Yuan lowered his head a little embarrassedly. He was afraid that he would be melted into Liu Yingying's clear and transparent eyes.
Although Xie Yuan lowered his head, a tenderness quietly rose from the depths of his heart. After this brief interaction, he felt a little fond of the wonderful girl in front of him.
In such a harmonious atmosphere, Xie Yuan simply played the piano himself, and Liu Yingying danced with the rhythm of the song.
The graceful figure and the graceful and gentle dance posture! Xie Yuan was intoxicated!
Just as Xie Yuan and Liu Yingying were having fun in the "Leyifang", a drunk Japanese samurai suddenly broke into the hall on the first floor. This person was the Ninomi Onoji, nicknamed "Yangshimakuai" and was the Ninomiya Onoji.
Seeing that the visitor was not good, the madam came over and said hello: "Oh——Which girl is the guest? I'll ask her to come out and serve you!"
"Yuo... Yingying, Seiksi!" Onodera Ninomiya shouted at the madam in half-familiar Korean and mixed with Japanese.
The madam immediately became alert. She waved her hand and called a young male servant over, then took out a small wooden sign from her body and gave it to him and muttered a few words in his ear. The young man nodded and ran quickly out the door.
"Yuan...yingdi, hurry up... come out!" Onoji Ninomi was a little impatient.
"Oh - this guest official, it's really a coincidence that Miss Yingying was feeling unwell today. Look at us good girls!" The madam quickly turned around and said to Onode Ninomiya with a smile on her face. At the same time, she patted her hands hard.
With the applause of the madam, several young women dressed up in costume came down from the second floor.
The madam winked at them, and several women immediately surrounded Onode Ninomiya with knowledge.
"Customer, let me serve you tonight!"
"Let me do it!"
"This guest is as strong as a magnificent person. I like this, so let me do it!"
“…”
Several women gathered around Onoji Ninomiya and were very lively at this Japanese madman.
"I want Liu... Yingying, you all... get out of here!" Onode Ninomi pulled hard, and several women staggered to the ground.
"Ouch! I fell to death."
"What is it, I don't know how to lift it up!"
"I look down on me, I'm not serving you yet, oh..."
Several women fell to the ground and kept cursing.
Onoji Ninomiya completely ignored the scolding of several people and staggered towards the "Leyifang" upstairs.
In the Leyifang, Liu Yingying was dancing a Korean folk dance with Xie Yuan's performance.
"Okay!" Zheng Zai in the audience was moved by the wonderful performances of Xie Yuan and Liu Yingying. He couldn't help but applaud excitedly.
As soon as Zheng Zai's cheers fell, he heard the door of the room be knocked open with a "bang" from outside. Then, Onoji Ninomi broke in.
The bright lights in the house made Onoji Ninomiya feel a little uncomfortable. He narrowed his drunken eyes hard, looked around the room, and then walked towards Liu Yingying shakingly.
"You, Liu... Yingying, crying with me..." Onodera Ninomi said, reaching out to catch Liu Yingying.
Liu Yingying screamed in fear, hid behind Xie Yuan, and held Xie Yuan's hand nervously.
"Get out...get out!" Onoji Ninomiya rushed forward ruthlessly in front of Liu Yingying and ordered Xie Yuan.
"Sir, please say something!" Zheng Zai came over to pull Onoji Ninomiya, but was pushed to the ground by him.
Holding Liu Yingying's trembling hand, Xie Yuan suddenly felt a heroic spirit deep in his heart.
"Don't hurt Miss Liu!" Xie Yuan shouted loudly at the strong man in front of him.
When Onoji Ninomiya saw that the little man in front of him dared to give orders, he was furious. He waved his fist and punched Xie Yuan in the face. The punch was full of force, and it made Xie Yuan's head buzzing and almost fell down.
Xie Yuan endured the pain, roared, and used all his strength to hit Onoji Niuji. Xie Yuan, who seemed weak, burst out with huge energy at this moment, and he actually knocked Onoji Niuji, who was as strong as a cow, and he turned his back to the sky.
"Bagata (bastard)!" Onodera Ninomi was angry. He got up, pulled out the samurai sword from his waist, and prepared to chop Xie Yuan.
At this moment, someone walked quickly into the door. Onode Ninomi, who was about to cut off the knife, was stunned when he saw the visitor and put down the samurai sword that had been raised above his head.
Chapter completed!