Qishan County, Yuchang Port.

Tonghai Lane is located next to the port of Rongchang outside of Qishan County, not far from the vast Haizhou Bay, the merchant ships and fishing boats on the sea are weaving back and forth, and there are tall sailing boats full of goods coming and going from time to time, which is very lively. Tonghai Lane is shaded by green willows and is quiet.

In the eastern section of Tonghai Lane, almost next to the beach, in a newly renovated restaurant, melodious silk and bamboo songs are coming from a private room with a view of Yuntai Mountain on the other side of the sea.

In the private room, several female performers wearing white shirts with bamboo flutes, huqins and lyres are playing an ensemble.

A kabuki man dressed in a red dress in the style of Persia or Tianzhu, wearing a turban and veil, sang: "The moon is harvesting, the clouds are light and frosty." The west is a guest, and this time is bitter. Cui'e held her hand to send Linqi and rolled open Zhu Hu. Qianjiaomian and Yingying stood upright, speechless and tearful, and looked back.

As soon as the blue boat was opened, he hurriedly oared Ling Bo to go. Greedy and lustful, how do you know the deviation, all kinds of square inches, but drink hate, who does the pulse speak. More back to the road, the heavy city is gone, outside the cold river, faint two or three smoke trees......"

The kabuki sang Yanagaga's "Lotus Picking Order. Moon Harvest", the song is undulating, tactful and lingering, with indescribable tenderness and sweetness. Wu Haogu and Pan Qiaolian, who listened to the music, couldn't help but look at each other over and over again, as if telling their beloved with their eyes: We will never be separated, never!

As soon as the song was finished, the kaki stood up and greeted the guests in the private room, and then removed the veil and turban, revealing an exotic face.

This is an orchid, her eyes are black, the bridge of her nose is straight, her skin is fair, her facial features are delicate, and her curved eyebrows are dark and thick. It is not of Germanic or Slavic origin, but is mostly of Persian or Mediterranean coast races.

Although this orchid is a stunning beauty, she is a little old, at least twenty-six or seventeen years old, which is nothing in the future generations, but in the Northern Song Dynasty Qinglou line dominated by Lori, there are not many kabuki at this age.

There was no smile on her face, and there was sadness in her eyes, I don't know if it was because she was infected by the lyrics and songs she sang, or if she really thought of some sad past?

Without waiting for Wu Haogu and the others to ask, Ji Yi, who brought everyone to this restaurant called Tingtao Pavilion to eat and listen to music, said with a fluttering eyebrow: "How is it?" You can still hear it, right? ”

Although this orchid is old, her singing voice is impeccable, and she sings the term of Liu Yongliu's three changes, and she also sings the artistic conception of lovers who cherish each other, which is really exciting.

Mi Youren shook his fan and smiled: "Brother Yizhi, if I guessed correctly, this orchid must not have been raised by Tingtao Pavilion, but your Gusu Ji family's housekeeper, right?" ”

"How so?" Ji Yi asked with a smile.

"Such a beautiful and singing orchid is rare in Kaifeng Mansion, let alone in Haizhou?

Besides, a kabuki at this age has either been promoted to an old bustard, or has become a good person, and those who are still singing are only supported by rich and noble families. ”

Ji Yi nodded again and again, and said with a smile: "Sure enough, there is no one who can hide from you Mi Yuanhui, she is my family's housekeeper."

Mo Niangzi, come and have a drink with Wu Yuanwai, Mi Yanei, Pan Yanei and Yin Yanei. ”

"Whoa."

Hu Ji answered, and the first one went to Wu Haogu. Wu Haogu is accompanied by beautiful women, although Pan Qiaolian changed into men's clothes for the convenience of walking, but her charming appearance, even if she wears men's clothes, she can't hide it from anyone. The orchid could naturally see it, so he didn't tease Wu Haogu, but just took the wine jug from the female envoy who was waiting on the side and filled the wine glass for Wu Haogu. Then he poured himself a glass, picked up the wine glass again, saluted from afar, and said in a sweet and greasy Wu Yin: "Slaves respect the outside of the warriors." ”

Wu Haogu raised his wine glass, but did not drink it, but asked curiously: "Mo Niangzi, who are you?" ”

"The slave is from Mingzhou."

Mingzhou is Ningbo.

Ningbo people? Wu Hao Guxin said: You lied to me, I have seen Ningbo people, there is no such thing as you.

"What I'm asking next is where is the ancestral home of Mo Niangzi?" Wu Haogu asked again.

"The ancestral home of the slave is Panyu County, Guangzhou, Guangnan East Road."

Cantonese? It still doesn't look like it, the Middle Easterners are still about the same......

Ji Yizhi interjected with a smile at this time: "Da Lang, there are many descendants of Bai Fan in Guangzhou, their ancestors first came from the Southern Dynasty, and it has been hundreds of years, and some of them have not known where their ancestral home is, and they have forgotten their hometown and completely entered China.

The mother of this Mo Niangzi came from Guangzhou, was pregnant at that time, and gave birth to the Mo Niangzi in Mingzhou. About seventeen or eighteen years ago, Mo Niangzi came to my house again and became a family trick, until today. ”

"I see." Wu Haogu nodded. I feel a little sympathetic to this ink lady, although she is a fan, but her posture, figure, and singing voice are probably not under Master Li.

But he was not popular all his life, and finally entered a merchant's family as a housekeeper, and this trick has been a housekeeper for another seventeen or eighteen years, from his father to his son, and he didn't even get mixed up with a concubine.

It seems that the unsatisfactory people in this world are also eight or nine times out of ten.

No, such a good mannequin can't be delayed in Ji Yi's house, and I have to find an opportunity to make her a personal model, and it will be good in China in the future, no, it will be famous in the history of world art......

Wu Haogu just wanted to open his mouth to ask Ji Yi for Mo Niangzi, but he suddenly remembered that Pan Qiaolian was by his side!

Although it is normal for men to take concubines these days (Wu Haogu does not want to take concubines), Pan Qiaolian ...... Wu Haogu glanced at Pan Qiaolian with a weak heart, and saw that she was looking at herself with a smile, where did she dare to mention this stubble?

Mo Niangzi finished toasting at this time, and then moved out of the private room lightly, Wu Haogu glanced at her back, and then reluctantly withdrew his gaze, and the corner of his eye, but swept to the Goryeo stick Yin Feng, and suddenly found that his pair of small triangular eyes were also looking directly at the back of Mo Niangzi, and swallowed saliva, as if he wanted to swallow someone.

But as far as the body of the ink lady is concerned, if she really gave it to Yin Feng, a chai-like Goryeo Yanei, she wouldn't suck him dry in three or two clicks?

Gao Li Yanai also took his eyes back at this time, and just found that Wu Haogu was looking at him with a smile, quite embarrassed, and hurriedly changed the topic with a smile: "I heard that Wu Yuanwai is the number one painter in Kaifeng Mansion?" ”

Wu Haogu smiled, and was just about to be modest, but his good apprentice Mi Youren boasted for him: "The family teacher is the first person in Song painting, and this is jointly evaluated by Li Longmian, Wang Jinqing and his father." ”

"Mi Yanei," Yin Feng actually knew the famous Song Dynasty calligraphy and painting very well, and suddenly interjected and asked, "The other is Mi Xiangyang?" ”

"Exactly," Mi Youren said, "my father is Mi Yuanzhang." ”

Yin Feng couldn't believe it, and looked at Ji Yi again, Ji Daguan nodded, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that Mi Xiangyang's Yanei actually worshipped this martial artist of Martial Chongdao as a teacher." ”

As he spoke, Ji Yi smiled and asked Wu Haogudao: "Brother Chongdao, I am also a person who loves painting, I don't know if I can ask for a piece of ink treasure?" ”

"Okay." Wu Haogu smiled and immediately responded, no one would refuse Ji Yi if he refused, the Ji family is super rich, Gusu Ji is half a city!

"I don't know what kind of painting Brother Memory wants?" Wu Haogu asked.

"The beauty pattern," Ji Yi said, "is drawn according to a real person." ”

"Like this one?" As soon as Wu Haogu stretched out his hand, his good student Mi Youren handed over a picture scroll, and Wu Haogu gave it to Ji Yi after taking a picture scroll.

Ji Yi unfolded it and looked at it, it turned out to be a "Bishamen Heaven Map", but Ji Yi recognized the "Bishamen Tian" on the map.

"Painted by Master Zhishen?"

Wu Haogu nodded, "This is Yuan Hui's copy, so I'll give it to you." ”

On the way from Lianshui to Haizhou, Wu Haogu began to teach Mi Youren to copy several of his new works, including "Bishamen Tiantu". When he got off the official boat, Wu Haogu asked Mi Youren to take a copy of "Bishamen Tiantu" and prepare to give it to Ji Yi.

Wu Haogu said: "When I return to Kaifeng, how about painting for Brother Yizhi?" ”

"Okay, that's it."