On the fourth day of the fifth month, the day before the Dragon Boat Festival, the streets and alleys of Bianliang City have been filled with the fragrance of zongzi, each household has hung up calamus and mugwort leaves, even if it is the place of the city gate, it is also full of calamus mugwort leaves and other things, the crowd comes and goes, full of the festive atmosphere of the upcoming festival.

The carriage drove out of the city gate and headed in the direction of the banks of the Yellow River.

Cotton clouds drift in the sky, out of Bianliang City, as far as the eye can see, there are a flat river, trees are planted on the side of the official road, occasionally village fields, chickens and dogs pedestrians, and the tributaries of the river pass through the village. After a while, the carriage arrived at its destination, which was a manor in the shade of a green forest, built along the nearby river, and beside it several large and small villages, which could be seen to be the villas of the rich and noble.

Ning Yi came out of Bianliang City today to go to the invitation made by Master Li before, the Dragon Boat Festival is approaching, and the life of this Beijing master is not idle. She went out to visit friends to find a teacher before, and when she returned, due to the northward departure with the fleet of the birth gang, the days were actually delayed, and in the event of such a major event as the Dragon Boat Festival, in recent days, except for some guests who could not be pushed off, the rest of the time was rehearsing the program that needed to be performed during the Dragon Boat Festival. The Zhuangzi here is the property of the alum building, and today is the last day of the rehearsal, so she told her mother Li Yun to find a clean house, come here to train, and invite a few friends to do a private party by the way.

Since the person to meet this time is a woman after all, Xiaochan is no longer his maid at this time, this time, Ning Yi did not bring anyone else, but just drove with Ding Dongzhu, who accompanied him to the north, and came alone. After announcing his name, a maid welcomed him in, and before he reached the inner courtyard, he heard the sound of silk and bamboo, and a woman was singing lyrics and songs.

“…… Sparse a few yellow plum rains. The special prescription is again reunited. The horn is covered with gold, the grass is full of jade, and the scenery is still Jing Chu......"

"It's the girl practicing the words newly written by Zhou Bangyan and Zhou Daguan."

The maid introduced while leading the way, obviously knowing the lethality of Zhou Bangyan's lyrics to ordinary literati.

Turning through the small door in front of you, you will find a hall that is ventilated on all sides. Curtains are hung all around. Quite cool. The teacher and the girl danced in the hall with the sleeves of the skirt, with the cooperation of a group of musicians, singing the new poems, the hall has the best scenery There are already two people, one of them is Yu Hezhong, the other is also in his early twenties, but it seems to be more calm than Yu Hezhong. When Ning Yi came in. The teacher girl in the hall just turned her head, and in her eyebrows, she smiled at him, that smile was clear, containing the joy of seeing old friends, not at all like the charm of the rumored Jingshi Oiran. Almost even Ning Yi will be infected unconsciously.

In terms of effect, this kind of smile is even much more attractive than Yunzhu and Jin'er's smiles and demeanor when they treat others. Maybe for Yunzhu and Jin'er, the life at the beginning was struggling to rise and fall in the rolling waves, trying to find the direction, and for her, it may be the easy Ling Bo to dance.

Signaling to Ning Yi with a smile, the master did not stop because of this, while singing the new words that were said to have been written by Zhou Bangyan. Dance slowly. She didn't jump fast. But in every gesture, there is a pleasing temperament. Elegant and atmospheric, Ning Yi walked around, nodded with Yu Hezhong and the other person, sat down, and listened to the song.

“…… Shirt cut Ai Hu. More hairpin Zhu Fu, arms wrapped in red wisps. Spray powder and fragrant cotton, call the wind and fan the small window noon. Shen Xiang people are far away, and they persuade Jun to rest on wine, feeling nostalgic for the past......"

“…… Slow throat of the warbler, tap the elephant board, and read the chapters and sentences of the detachment. Lotus darkness. Gradually introduced pottery, drunk in the depths of the country. Lying down and listening to the head of the river, painting the boat and the drums......"

Ning Yi has been listening to Yunzhu sing songs for so long, and although his appreciation of poetry and singing is not quite everyone, he has already entered the door. If you talk about it, Yunzhu's piano singing skills have returned to the basics, especially when singing to Ning Yi and Jin'er, it is rarely fancy, and the pure sound can make people immersed in it, as if washing the mind, the head and even the whole body seem to be included in the gentle voice, and the whole body is massaged, and even if Ning Yi sometimes makes some modern songs to sing to her in a funny way, she can always find the feeling that Ning Yi wants, whether cheerful or sad or restrained.

In this sense, there is still a gap between Master Li's musician's skills and her singing skills while dancing, and Yunzhu. But what appeared on the other party was not a single extreme, whether it was the singing voice, eyes, or dancing posture of the girl in front of her, it was like making a perfect hint, and they dissolved into a picture together.

Although the dance was not fast, in the singing, she almost showed countless appearances by herself, the joy of the Dragon Boat Festival, the tranquility when the rain fell, the girl, the woman, the woman who lived in the deep boudoir shook the fan, the son who drank, and the scribe who read. These feelings circulated in her eyes, limbs, and singing, and the three-dimensional moments became blurred again, and then turned into a complex human world.

That word was originally made by Zhou Bangyan. At this time, when making Dragon Boat Festival words, you either just describe the human style, or you have to write Qu Yuan, and you are sad. Zhou Bangyan's words also wrote these two, but did not fall behind, his style of lyrics is graceful, the first half of the description of the Dragon Boat Festival scene, is his usual strength, written flowers, to the second half of the que, write to nostalgia, write to "Lisao", but in the second half of the que, "gradually introduced Taotao, drunk in the depths of the country", but all things are blurred in the vision, dilute everything described, leaving the world complicated.

At this time, Master Li's voice and music gradually became lighter, and at the end of "lying down and listening to the river, painting boats and drums", the sound gradually became inaudible, and the movements gradually stopped, but it was very surprising that the surrounding movements were expanded, the wind was blowing, the leaves were soft, and the whole hall seemed to be more three-dimensional. In the hall, the woman perfectly expanded the hint to the whole world.

She lowered her hands and stood motionless, closing her eyes and letting the breeze around her stir her hair. After a moment, she opened her eyes suddenly, and her mouth opened widely, as if she was shouting "Ah-" but she didn't make a sound, and after she blew the musicians next to her saluted, she came over to this side with a casual attitude: "How?" How is it? ”

"Okay."

The three of them clapped their hands honestly, and Master Li laughed: "Actually, it's almost in line, I'm lazy here, and I don't know if my mother will scold me......" Immediately, the three of them were introduced, except for Yu Hezhong and Ning Yi, the other person was Chen Sifeng, who had been mentioned many times.

In the middle of the Beijing Division, I met a drama like a childhood friend. In all fairness. Most of the three men present were not very interested. If it's really a little friend who has played together, it's actually just three people who have lived on the streets and streets of each other, but they are not familiar with each other. The real hot person of this shaved head picker may be Master Li alone, but there is no friendship, and there is no grudge between each other, since they are together, get to know each other. It doesn't matter.

In the following time, several people, driven by Master Li, chatted with each other. Although speaking of which, whether it is Yu Hezhong or Chen Sifeng, most of them have a good impression of Master Li. But at this time, he didn't treat Ning Yi or each other very deliberately, after all, it was just a gathering of friends, Yu Hezhong had seen Ning Yi, Chen Sifeng had heard Master Li say it a few times before, and he knew that he was a son-in-law, or talented, but he couldn't enter the imperial examination. In the following time, although there were occasional mentions of each other's families. But more of them talked about Zhou Bangyan's new words. Now the grand event in the capital, the performance of the teacher. And so on, and so on.

Ning Yi had not been to the capital before, so he naturally did not know very well how popular Master Li was in Beijing, so Yu Hezhong and Chen Sifeng explained, and Master Li either chuckled or added, and dealt with it sincerely and skillfully. For her, it is probably a kind of ease to be able to get along with a few "old childhood friends" that she considers to be like this.

After that, the four of them went to the side of the Zhuangzi River, which is close to a tributary of the Yellow River, and the water flow is quite clear. At this end of the manor, there is a pavilion of the water pavilion that stretches out on the riverbed, the clouds in the sky cover the sun, the pavilion is quite cool, the master and the subordinate bring wine and pastries, while eating something simple while laughing, there is a small painting boat by the river, and a few people said that they will row to the river to play later.

Ning Yi did not forget the business experience, and asked a few people what they thought was the opinion of the restaurant Qinglou to make money. Soon after, the teacher called the musician again and rehearsed on the grass next to the pavilion, which was actually a performance for the three of them. At this time, they were also a little familiar with each other, and while chatting, they also walked around, Ning Yi saw a lot of four-petal flowers folded into paper in a nearby embroidery room, and there seemed to be handwriting on it, and after reading it, he asked what it was.

In these years, paper is still a relatively valuable thing after all, especially the paper folded into flowers, which looks quite beautiful and much tougher than ordinary paper, of course, it is nothing in the future, but now, I am afraid that each piece of paper has to go through a lot of processes to achieve such an effect. Listening to his question, the teacher smiled and explained that these papers are indeed more expensive, but they are sold in many places in the city, especially in Qinglou, and many literati will buy them to write their own poems, and then fold them into flowers and give them to the women they like. Although most of them are sent to the hands of the Qinglou women, there are many marriages because of this, so this paper is also called marriage paper.

"In fact, many times, marriage is like paper......"

Speaking of this, the master sighed, and then laughed again, saying some interesting things about men and women in the Qinglou for Ning Yi. At this time, Yu Hezhong and Chen Sifeng seemed to have something to do with each other, or something to say to each other, and left. During Master Li's explanation, Ning Yi frowned and thought of something, and then recalled the matter of Yuan Jin'er that he was distressed about, because of Jin'er, Yunzhu and Xiaochan may not be a little emotional, since girls like to give gifts, write a love letter by themselves, and give it to them on the Dragon Boat Festival. Xiaochan likes poetry the most, Yunzhu may be more indifferent, but she will definitely like it.

Thinking of this, he immediately asked Master Li about the practice of flowers, and the other party became curious, so Ning Yi and Pan said that they could send flowers to the women at home. He is already married, and he has a wife, a concubine, and a child, and he can't hide it, and he told Master Li that he hasn't given his family gifts for a long time. The teacher's expression also became gentle, and he found paper and taught Ning Yi to fold flowers.

"But...... I taught Brother Ning to fold flowers, and Brother Ning wrote the poems inside, can I show the teacher? ”

"Ah......" Ning Yi was slightly stunned.

"The teacher promises not to take out the song to sing." She raised her fingers and made a serious guarantee, in fact, Ning Yi was slightly surprised that her request was too small, and what did it mean to her if she didn't take out the song to sing. He smiled and nodded in agreement.

It was also in this origami time, on the other side of the field of vision, in the annex next to here, it suddenly became lively, the family was running, as if they were arranging a party, the grass on this side of the river was connected, Ning Yi looked over and asked, "Who is there over there?" ”

The master turned his head and glanced at it, and then lowered his head and folded the paper as usual: "Over there, it's a viscount's villa, it's been useless for a long time, maybe there's some party...... We can't afford to mess with it. ”

I don't know if she can afford to talk about what she wants to say at this time, but at the same moment, in the courtyard next door, a voice is also ringing: "Don't be like this, everyone, I asked clearly, it's the teacher girl who came next door today...... I can't afford to mess with it. ”

"It's just an oiran, what can't you provoke, and we're not targeting Master Li. Lend you a place to use it, and return the ...... of your mother-in-law."

"That's not what you say, folks...... You are obviously here to find fault like this, and the teacher and the girl are entertaining a few friends over there, so you don't have to be jealous of being like this. If I am evil to the master girl, what face will I have to go to Alum Tower in the future, how can I mix in the Bianliang Fengyue Field, hey, everything is easy to discuss......"

In the helpless wail of the man with the status of a viscount, the people around him rushed in, swept the courtyard, cleaned up the dust, placed the items, and began to decorate the party venue with a bang...... (To be continued......)