Chapter 723: Hedong-kun's plea for help
Xia Nan played with the wine glass and said slowly: "This Li Xiangjun girl, whether you are invited by Gu Hengbo or Wei Guogong, if you don't give face to the boss of Meilou, you have to give Wei Guogong face, right?" In addition, you must have professional ethics as a person, and since you have entered this industry, whether you are willing or forced, you must abide by the rules of this industry. Pen %Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info guests are willing to hold you, that is your blessing, and serve tea and wine to guests, this is your duty. Now that my cousin has a crush on you, do you know what to do? Do you need me to teach you and help you set the rules? ”
Li Xiangjun's original surname was Wu, which was originally a family of eunuchs, but later because his father offended Wei Zhongxian's family, he entered the industry at the age of eight, and was adopted by another famous prostitute Li Zhenli and changed his surname to Li. Under the careful cultivation of her adoptive mother Li Zhenli, she is proficient in music and poetry, silk and bamboo pipa, especially good at southern music, and her singing voice is sweet, which is deeply admired by everyone. In addition, her adoptive mother Li Zhenli is righteous and bold and elegant, so most of the guests in Meixianglou where she is located are literati and scholars, changing tricks to please her, and many people spend a lot of money to become her guests but can't do so. The "incense fan pendant" who grew up in such an environment, how could he ever hear such heart-wrenching words?
Li Xiangjun muttered in his heart, "The guest is willing to support you, that is your blessing; It is your duty to serve tea and pour wine to the guests", and his heart hurt as if he had been pricked by a needle. Although the words are ugly, they are unavoidable facts, tearing off the glamorous side, she is still a prostitute who shows her head and entertains people, not a daughter. Thinking about it, her tears flowed down her eyes—everything she had been proud of in the past was nothing but floating clouds.
Xia Nan saw Li Xiangjun crying in front of everyone, and felt disappointed, and was very unhappy in his heart, his face sank, and his eyes gradually became sharp. Shimazu Chiyo, who was standing behind the women, saw the face of his master, stepped forward, and put his hand on the hilt of the knife.
Seeing this, Gu Hengbo hurriedly grabbed Li Xiangjun's hand, dragged her to Lin Weiye's side, and explained: "The little girl hasn't seen much of the market, and she was a little scared when she saw the two big names of Grandpa Guo and Ping Nanbo. Shimazu Chiyo saw this, and his hand slowly released the hilt.
Li Xiangjun sat beside Lin Weiye indifferently, and did not wipe the two lines of tears, letting them flow and drip on the placket of his clothes.
Lin Weiye was a little distressed, Li Xiangjun's silent crying appearance was exactly the same as when his first girlfriend was angry, he couldn't help but reach out and want to wipe her tears, but before he touched his face, he felt that it was inappropriate, and wanted to find a handkerchief and touch it on his body, but how could a big man carry a handkerchief with him?
Gu Hengbo, who was on the side, hurriedly took out a silk scarf from his sleeve and handed it to Lin Weiye.
Lin Weiye smiled at her gratefully and carefully wiped away the tears on Li Xiangjun's face.
Seeing that Lin Weiye had landed, Xia Nan turned his attention back to the rest of the people. He smiled and said to Xu Hongji: "Wei Guogong, there are three girls here, you can choose one first!" ”
Xu Hongji rolled his eyes, pointed at Liu Rushi and said, "Otherwise, I will choose Miss Liu and let Miss Dong accompany you?" If you don't think it's enough, plus Hengbo, how about the two daughters serving one person? He also saw that Dong Xiaowan and Xia Nan knew each other, so he took advantage of the beauty of adults.
Gu Hengbo smiled and said: "Hengbo is a few years older than his sisters, he is already old, how can he compare to them, Wei Guogong should not tease me." ”
Xu Hongji puffed out his eyes and said angrily: "Are you saying that I have no vision?" You're only in your early twenties, and you dare to say the word 'old'? Go quickly, and serve Ping Nanbo well with Miss Dong. ”
Gu Hengbo saw that Xia Nan had no objection, so he said: "If Ping Nanbo doesn't dislike it, Hengbo will pour you wine." Then he pulled Dong Xiaowan, who hung his head and was silent, to sit next to Xia Nan on the left and right. Xia Nan smiled and motioned for Gu Hengbo to pour himself wine, but he didn't deliberately look at Dong Xiaowan. Dong Xiaowan was embarrassed and embarrassed, so she could only sit aside.
Shimazu Chiyo sat silently behind Xia Nan, staring at Dong Xiaowan and Gu Hengbo, observing their every move.
Seeing this scene, Liu Ru couldn't leave, but groveling to serve Xia Nan, an arrogant and rude martial artist, was definitely not what she wanted, she gritted her teeth, and asked in a reluctant voice: "If so, can you go and change into women's clothes and come to accompany you again?" ”
Xia Nan was noncommittal, but Xu Hongji's eyes lit up, and he waved his hand: "It's so good, go quickly." He didn't want a "man" sitting next to him to drink, he didn't have a penchant for dragons, and he didn't like women to dress up as men.
Liu Ru hurriedly went downstairs, and under the watchful eyes of the Japanese samurai and soldiers from afar, he went to the sedan chair he was riding in and took out a set of clothes, pretended to arrange the clothes, and then whispered to the sedan chair man: "Hurry up and go to the Fushe to inform Chen Wozi, Hou Chaozong and other sons, just say that I, Li Xiangjun, and Dong Xiaowan are trapped in Meilou by wicked people, and let them encourage the scholars to rescue us." After speaking, he tore off a hanging jade pendant and quietly stuffed it into the hands of the sedan chair man as a reward.
Chen Wozi is Chen Zilong, a member of the Fushe Society, who was also present at the time of the assassination that day. He and Liu Ru often wrote poems against each other, and after a long time, they had feelings for each other, and they almost married home as concubines, but they gave up because of the strong opposition of the original Zhang. Hou Chaozong is Hou Fangyu, and he fell in love with Li Xiangjun at first sight, and he had already sworn privately that one would not marry you, and the other would not marry you. In a hurry, these two people and the Fushe behind them were the most reliable people for help that Liu Ru could think of.
The sedan chair man held the pendant and stuffed it into his arms, and hurriedly carried the sedan chair away. Liu Ru held the clothes, straightened the strands of green silk hanging from his head, took a deep breath, and went upstairs again.
When she found an empty room to change into women's clothes, she returned to the private room and found that Li Xiangjun had already begun to play the pipa and sing, singing the southern opera "The Pipa Story" that she relied on to become famous. Although Li Xiangjun's singing voice is as mellow and beautiful as ever, his words are like pearls falling on the plate, and the pipa is also played smoothly, but there is no smile on his face.
Xia Nan has little interest in traditional drama, and purely uses this as background music, and Xu Hongji is far away, toasting each other and drinking happily. Only Lin Weiye stared at Li Xiangjun intently, as if he could never get enough.
Liu Ru sat down next to Wei Guogong, bitter in his heart: This business of accompanying wine was originally done by a young child who had just entered the industry or an old and decrepit prostitute, and he and Dong, Li and others only needed to write poems against each other, splash ink, chant and sing in a low voice, and then enjoy the attention and pursuit of the stars holding the moon, but now it has fallen to such a state. This Ping Nanbo is really illiterate, you must know that any person at the banquet is a popular Oiran in the rest of the place, but he called a few people to accompany the wine and have fun, it is really burning the piano and cooking the crane, and the tyranny of the heavens.