Perhaps because Guo Shao still retains the values of modern society, he said the exchange of interests very directly. For in his senses, the act of mutual benefit and mutual exploitation is at least understandable, if not noble.

But Mrs. Chen's words made him a little uncomfortable: "No need, General Guo." Even if the concubine doesn't have any benefits, I'm willing to help you with this. ”

"Oh?" Guo Shao was thinking about what to say, and made a slightly puzzled voice without paying attention.

Although, even if he doesn't say it, he will give her some officialdom convenience when she needs it, after all, Guo Shao and the prime minister of the DPRK and China are acquaintances, and it is still easy to put pressure on some middle and low-level civil officials at the central and local levels; But that would not be as good as concretizing these benefits to make some commitments binding.

Ignoring etiquette, he couldn't help but observe Mrs. Chen's expression again, but he couldn't read her.

Her bright eyes may not have been blinded by interests and reality, so they can remain clear. Or maybe she's taking a long-term view and making long-term investments? Guo Shao couldn't understand her at all, her beautiful and clean face was very confusing.

At this moment, Mrs. Chen's eyes revealed some grief and sadness, and she also faintly gave Guo Shao the illusion of iron-blooded; Because her voice is crisp and beautiful, but it is very rhythmic and dynamic, with the same force as a sharp edge. "The Khitan people are unreasonable, reckless, and reckless, thinking that our Nanren (Han) are weak and bulliful, and even think that the merchants are not even human, regardless of morality, indiscriminately killing and bullying innocents, I spurn them and hate them to death!"

She raised her head and said, "Yes, the merchant can't do anything about the Khitans who consider themselves nobles in the Liao State, and the concubine and the woman can't avenge their husbands." But the Great Zhou Iron Cavalry can make them pay the price and make them regret it!

The concubine was willing to spend money to fund the Northern Expedition, even if the family was bankrupt. He is more willing to invest material and financial resources to do his best for the Northern Expedition. This is not only the matter of the soldiers of the Zhou army, but the punishment of the people of the world. The general led his soldiers into battle to fight my enemies in a bloody battle, and if we were stingy with a little money, then even I would look down on myself. ”

Mrs. Chen turned her head to look at Guo Shao, and said, "General Guo wants to inquire about the military situation of the Liao State, I don't want any return, and I will do my best to fund it." If General Guo lacks military funds, the concubine will also try his best to get several families to donate without any exchange. I just want to have a part of our Jiangnan merchants in your achievements in defeating the Liao State, and it can be regarded as revenge. ”

Guo Shao was moved when he heard this, and bowed his hand and said: "Mrs. Chen is a hero among women!" I don't know how much more atmospheric than that bearded eyebrow. ”

Indeed, he admired the woman's insight and courage from the bottom of his heart. For the sake of profit, the businessman didn't have to care about any righteousness, thinking that the merchant was very rich in the late Ming Dynasty, and sent a large number of scarce materials to the enemy country when the country was in danger; Compared to Mrs. Chen, they should really be shameless.

Mrs. Chen bent down and saluted: "The concubine's physical strength is limited, just wait for General Guo's triumphant victory in the Northern Expedition to live up to the expectations of the common people." ”

Guo Shao was emotional for a while, puffed up his chest and said: "Guo Mou dares not to kill the enemy and serve the country? ”

The two fought hotly again, because of speculation in their words, and they talked happily for a while. Even if there is only tea and no wine, there may not be drunk, and there may not be drunk, and there can be intoxication without wine.

However, Mrs. Chen did not ignore her old friend Yang, and chatted with her from time to time about music and dance. At this time, Mrs. Chen said: "Previously, when Emperor E was revising the "Neon Dress and Feather Song" in Yangzhou, the concubine felt like a puppet, and she also changed a neon dress and feather dance. A few days ago, I also prepared a little, if General Guo and Mrs. Yang have Yaxing, how about the concubine being ugly today? ”

Yang looked at Guo Shao and said with a smile: "It is said that Mrs. Chen's dancing is very good, even I haven't seen it, Lang Jun has a good eye today." ”

Guo Shao also hurriedly echoed: "Then it's a great honor for us to be able to watch it." ”

He didn't know much about the singing and dancing of this era, but since Mrs. Chen wanted to dance, could he still stop him and say that he didn't want to watch it? Pretend to be very interested, and Mrs. Chen has a good posture, so she should be regarded as looking at a beauty...... In fact, Guo Shao only watches beautiful women when he watches singing and dancing, just like the show when he was in the Weiwang Mansion and was received by the local marshal, he couldn't see anything, he could only see whether those girls were beautiful or not, and whether they were in good shape.

Chen Jiali got up, hugged her hands in front of her abdomen, and bent her knees and said, "General Guo, Mrs. Yang will go in later to change clothes." ”

Guo Shao nodded and said, "Please." ”

She turned around and walked through the small door through which she had come in with tea. Guo Shao and the others were sitting and waiting outside, he turned his head to Jing Niang and said, "Jing Niang also come and sit, aren't you tired standing still?" ”

Jing Niang replied bluntly: "I just like to stand, standing comfortably." ”

Guo Shao was speechless and glanced at Yang.

In Mrs. Chen's absence, this hall is really meaningless. The furnishings are simple and monotonous, the colors are very dull, almost a little shabby, and all that remains is that it is clean; It doesn't seem like the abode of a rich woman with a lot of money. Yang was wearing a reddish-purple silk dress, which looked a little abrupt and incompatible with the environment in such a dull and monotonous house at the moment.

After a while, some women in white came in with props, and they first laid a carpet on the floor, and then placed some drum-like things of different sizes on the carpet, and some gongs and gold and other musical instruments on both sides of the hall. Then they brought musical instruments and knelt down on the side, including the horizontal qin, harp, pipa, the flute, Xiao, and the kind of wind instrument with a lot of pipe combinations, Guo Shao didn't know what it was.

An older woman in front of her glanced slightly and nodded her head slightly. The sound of the silk and bamboo orchestra resounded in the hall, and then gradually thinned out. Guo Shao was enjoying the music when he saw Mrs. Chen, dressed in a white silk dress, come out of the door, dressed like Chang'e. Her waist is tied with a belt, which looks very graceful and flexible, but the belt on her body is very long, especially the sleeves are very long.

The outside is a flowing shawl and skirt, but the dance dress inside is very tight, showing off her figure roughly. The figure is incredible, tight, flexible lines, there is not even a trace of excess fat, but it just happens to be able to express the arc of the woman's lines no more, no less. The whole person is slender and graceful.

She didn't wear shoes, her feet were wrapped in plain white socks, and she walked to the hall and saluted to her: "The concubine is ugly, which makes General Guo smile." ”

Guo Shao sat up straight with great interest, ready to "watch" the dance and admire her appearance and figure. Women with a bit of status dance, generally don't show their heads, and if it's not that person, they don't have a chance to see it at all.

…… But soon Guo Shao involuntarily gave up his original intention of only appreciating her beauty!

In an instant, I saw her leap to a drum in the middle like a fairy, and the orchestral melody next to her changed, and began to chase her footsteps.

"Bell!" The long sleeves flicked in the air, and flew to the small golden gong next to it like a lightning light, and suddenly struck a crisp sound; Then the sleeves and skirts immediately turned into white clouds in the air, transforming into the image of a fairyland, and from time to time the soft long sleeves flew over and struck the musical instrument. Her body immediately became graceful in the rotation, and the steps under her feet were very rhythmic, and her plain white feet stepped on the drum to make a "dong dong" drum music; And she wore a golden bell on her ankle, but when she shook it, it was an accompaniment.

Sometimes gently, almost only gray, black, and white halls seem to bloom in an instant, and the purple and red are very gorgeous! It seems that the whole world is sounding with the sound of singing and dancing silk and bamboo orchestras. There is no smoke, but the clouds and smoke are diffused in the senses out of thin air, like in the Moon Palace, like in the clouds Qionglou.

Sometimes it is hurried, but the flexible waist and movements imply strength, without the slightest feeling of softness, but full of thriving rhythm. The sound of drums, golden gongs, and bells blended together in the rapid rhythm, like a symphony. She combines several sounds into music by herself, but she also has to contrast with the beautiful vision of the movements, the difficulty of which even Guo Shao, a layman, can understand...... Especially the bells on the ankles, they will ring randomly if the pace is a little messy.

Her long, soft sleeves are sometimes a sword; Her graceful dancing is sometimes a killing that seems to be extremely lethal. A reverberating breath and power flowed through the music and dance, and the ups and downs never stopped.

The sound of drums and gongs reminded Guo Shao of the brave fighting on the battle array, the atmosphere was majestic, and the shouts resounded through the sky! But when I looked closely, there was only one person in front of me, dancing solo! And not thousands of troops.

The tenderness is so tactful and elegant, but the passion is so full of the roar of the golden iron horse.

Guo Shao's eyes widened, it turned out that dancing was not just for insiders. In the past, even if he watched the singing and dancing in the rich and prominent Weiwang Mansion, he always felt that there was something shortcoming, which made people drowsy, and he thought that the singing and dancing of this era were nothing more than that...... Now he knew that there were some wonderful things that perhaps even the emperor could not see. This kind of skill makes him can only express it in one word: dick.

In this hall, there are vaguely thousands of troops and horses ambushed within a hundred miles, as if a hundred flowers have gathered for a thousand years of spring, and like a thousand beautiful beauties and three thousand have been collected together, gathering the masterpieces of ancient and modern, intoxicated and excited...... The wonder is only shown in her changing rhythms, postures, and eyes. Countless fireworks burst into flames, and countless colors were so rich that it was like a dream......

I don't know how long it took, but gradually her figure slowed down with the music, and gradually stopped. Guo Shao came back to his senses at this time, and when he looked at it, there was almost no color here, and even the clothes worn by Mrs. Chen were plain white.

He had a little feeling of not knowing where he was, and suspected that he had just sleepwalked to a lot of places.

Guo Shao sat there like a fool, unable to make a sound for a long time, and his worshipful eyes were fixed on Mrs. Chen's body.

Mrs. Chen walked up, her forehead was covered with beads of sweat, her face was tired, her small mouth was slightly open and she was panting, and she looked at Guo Shao with a smile. Seeing that she was so tired, Guo Shao woke up to the fact that the dance just now was a strenuous physical exercise, and this woman's physical strength was really good; Thinking that she would go to the battlefield and pull the bow ten times in a row, her shoulders were sore, and she could dance so fast for so long.

"This ...... This ......" Guo Shao wanted to praise two sentences. But what to say?

The hall was quiet again, and the multiplicity of colors regained its coldness, serenity, monotony, and gloom, as if nothing had happened. Guo Shao almost forgot what he had seen, because he didn't see it too clearly, but his heart was still "plopping", as if he had also run a big circle, and the blood was impatient to deliver oxygen to the cells of the whole body.