Chapter 9 Calligraphy and Painting

Shui Yanxiang's eyes were already hazy with wine, and he skimmed two lines on the paper, but he suddenly shiny, as if he had been washed away.

The chicken rack was not far away, and she was startled,

There was silence in the hall, and everyone saw the clues, feeling that the lyrics seemed to be written very differently.

Zeng Shiquan saw it from a distance, glanced back at the eldest grandson, and pondered, just because he was cursive too fast, although he was at the same table, no one could see the content clearly, and there was even an illusion, as if he was just drawing some circles at random,

Shui Yanxiang's eyes walked on the paper three times, her eyebrows stretched, clicked a few times, and tore the paper manuscript into pieces lightly, and raised it casually.

Scraps of paper, along with the pile of scripts written by others, were thrown into the air, and they fell in all directions.

Everyone was stunned, the discussion was rising, and the laughter was endless, Li Yichen's eyes were smug, and his eyebrows were furrowed: "Oh, it's too much, it's too much, this water girl is really crazy, I hope that the eldest grandson pavilion master won't be like her, a woman,"

Zeng Shiquan's face was expressionless, his eyes did not leave the stage,

Shui Yanxiang raised her head and took a deep breath, closed her eyes, pressed the pipa in her left hand to press the strings, and played the wheel in the void with her right hand.

Everyone didn't know what to say, they only looked at it in a daze, only to see that she closed her eyes at the beginning, her fingers were gentle, and her brows gradually frowned, and her fingers became more and more urgent, dense like a storm, thousands of horses galloped, bounced to the back, between the arms, the blue and white sleeves hunted and fluttered, and there was a dancing image.

Chang Sihao doesn't know anything about musical instruments, but looking at its fingering, it is easy to change, sometimes heavy, sometimes light, heavy and thunderous like a cliff breaking the sky, rockfall and rock cracking, light and insignificant, such as the clouds above the nine nights, and suddenly realized in his heart: "I have reached the bottleneck of practicing the heavenly machine, and it is difficult to improve the speed, so I can say that I have responded to that sentence" If you want to hurry, you can't reach it', what is lacking is not the charm of this ups and downs, and it is the same when facing the enemy, people can be vigorous, and then blindly drum, and it will decline over time, and it is necessary to attack and defend each other, convert yin and yang, and let the body seek relaxation in tension, this state of relaxation and relaxation is a kind of beat, and her fingering of playing the pipa, there is a lot in common,"

Thinking of this, the fingers involuntarily moved, and the energy in the body formed ten waves of different strength from the arm to the meridians, bringing the blood veins around the body like a puppet pulled by the thread, clumsily and slowly moving.

Shui Yanxiang closed his eyes and moved his fingers, his expression of sadness, joy and sorrow changed with the shape, between the eyebrows, he was enduring and comfortable, and he was drunk.

In the hall, only the fingers and shadows are shaking, but they are silent, everyone is stunned by her silent performance, and they are dumbfounded, Chang Sihao's internal flow is getting stronger and stronger, and the momentum is becoming more and more smooth and smooth, **The warm feeling reaches the toes, as if these controlled qi and blood have formed an inner self, which is transforming from a soulless puppet to a babbling child, and continues to grow, penetrate, tolerate, and replace the original musculoskeletal,

I don't know how long it took, and suddenly there was a "Zheng,,"

The ivory armor suddenly hooked the vine strings, making the sound quality real,

However, it was at this moment that the silk strings broke apart, and the pipa rolled and fell to the ground, making a sound of emptiness, and the eyelashes of the water face were shocked, and then stood up,

"Smack, smack, smack,"

The applause is clear, it is the eldest grandson who laughs late,

Shui Yanxiang lowered her hand and said, "Mr. is ridiculous,"

The eldest grandson smiled lately: "No, the girl is so wonderful in this song, and I really praise it below,"

Shui Yanxiang: "Mr. can listen to the piano in a silent place,"

The eldest grandson smiled lately: "The thunder is from the void, why does the dragon chant need to have a real sound,"

Shui Yanxiang was speechless, and a strand of red thread slid down from the fingertips, dripping onto the plate,

People are so still that they don't breathe,

Xu Sangongzi suddenly screamed: "Blood, it's blood, hurry, grab it,"

"Alright,"

With a loud drink, it was actually a watery fragrance, which was unbelievable,

Xu Sangongzi was stunned, the last half of the word "save the ......" was choked back, and the male and female eyes were round at the same time, as if they were stuck in their necks.

After a long time, Shui Yanxiang said: "Xiao Xiang hates to be born as a woman, it is difficult to sing the great elephant in Mr. 's words, the false drum and pipa, I want to make a song to accompany the harmony, I never wanted to point to the collapse of the strings, the instrument is broken, most of it is also a warning from the sky, tell Xiao Xiang that she is not strong, and she must not be strong," said Xiang Xiaochi, who glanced deeply at the eldest grandson Xiaochi, laughed, and turned to leave,

A drop of blood fell behind him, the color was bright red, pleasing to the eye, the quadruplets looked at each other, their hearts were cleared early, and they got up and followed,

Zeng Shiquan smiled "hehe", turned his head, and said to Li Yichen: "The people at the end of the song should also disperse, let's go," Gao Yang also stood up, and the people at the table gave their hands to say goodbye, Jiang Wan and Zhu Qing personally sent a few people down,

Downstairs, a lot of Jinyi guards and Dongchang Fanzi gathered over, put on the warm fur to serve Zeng Li and the two, followed them out of the Yanxiang Pavilion, Chang Sihao came to the bottom of the steps, glanced in the direction they went, only to see the red light on the street shining snow, pedestrians gradually thinning, the hundred or so people wore black cloaks, the footsteps were hurried and tight, like a crow returning to the nest, looking up, the sky was cold and dark, the night soaked the sky out of weight, dark and heavy, so that the heart was stuffy, Shao Fang approached Gao Yang and said in a low voice:" Liegong, the eldest grandson Xiao arrived in Beijing late, we have to report to the alliance leader quickly,"

Originally, Yishulou was not far from the opposite of Yanxiang Pavilion, Gao Yang made a look, led the two of them forward, and arrived at the door in a few steps, and then said to Shao Fang: "He dared to appear in the public, obviously without fear, I think he and the Xu family are not subordinate, but the relationship is extraordinary, although the current situation is still unclear, but the capital is not as good as elsewhere, forgive him and he does not dare to make a big move to make a sudden difficulty, you go in, notify the people everywhere to do the bottom of their hearts, without my orders, don't act rashly," Shao Fang nodded and went to arrange, Gao Yang asked for two horses and Chang Sihao to ride at the door, and went straight to the main altar of the Hundred Swords League, the wide street fast horse, it didn't take long to arrive, the two tied the horses to the backyard, the door of the main house of Zheng Meng was open, the wooden house inside was full of lights, reflecting the snow color and gold, and the warmth painted the window, and a person greeted him with a smile, the pigtails were crooked and trembling, very cute,

Gao Yang said: "What about your father," Xiao Qing smiled: "Chat with Uncle Jing in the house, say that someone is coming, let me come out to greet you," Gao Yang nodded, took Chang Sihao into the curtain, the two changed their shoes and walked inside, Gao Yang said: "Alliance leader, do you know who is coming," entered the tea room while speaking, only to see Zheng Mengzhu and Jing Wenzhong sitting opposite each other on the side of a scroll bookcase, there is a small tea stove on the small table next to it, the charcoal fire inside is blue, the water is boiling softly, Zheng Mengzhu is holding a cup of tea and drinking leisurely,

Jing asked what he was writing when he heard the voice and smiled: "You're here, sit,"

Gao Yang said: "It's not me who came, it's the eldest grandson Xiaochi who has already arrived in Beijing, so we can take more precautions,"

Master Zheng Meng smiled and pressed his hand to signal him to sit down, his eyes were still back on the case, Chang Sihao's eyes also turned away, and then he saw the mountain-shaped dew on the paper, the dead trees struggling, Jing Wenzhong held the pen and scribbled, it turned out to be painting, Zheng Mengzhu said: " We also received the news, after he arrived in Beijing, he advanced to the Xu Mansion, talked with Xu Jie, and then went to Koufuju to find Xu Sangongzi, and finally went to the Yanxiang Pavilion with him, most of them were arranged to live over there, although the eldest grandson Xiaochi made a quick trip, in fact, he did not deliberately hide his whereabouts, and it can even be said that it was very high-profile, this time the Xu Mansion was strictly banned, so our people were delayed, but I have passed the news down for everyone to beware, you don't have to worry,"

Gao Yang frowned and said, "He actually found Xu Jie, that is very bad," Chang Sihao thought to himself: " What's wrong with that, oh, yes, Gao Yang thinks that the eldest grandson Xiaochi is both an underworld hero, and he is with Xu Sangongzi, most likely because he wants to use this straw bag to get close to Xu Ge Lao, so as to realize his own scheme, but since he was in contact with Xu Ge Lao first, it means that he is likely to have a deep relationship with the Xu family, otherwise even if an underworld figure has his hands and eyes, how can Xu Ge Lao be so face-saving, and he can talk to him for an hour, "At this time, Xiaoqing took a warm pad, and he and Gao Yang took over and sat down,

Sure enough, Jing Wenzhong said: "I am also talking about this matter with the alliance leader, we speculate that the relationship between the eldest grandson Xiaochi and Xu Ge Lao is very unusual, although it is the first time we have captured their contact, but it is certain that their contact before will not be less, Gonglie, you have gone to Yanxiang Pavilion,"

Gao Yang said: "Shao Fang came to report that they opened today, I naturally want to go and see it," so he told the story again,

Lord Zheng Meng groaned slightly, and muttered: "As you said, they followed Xu Sangongzi's side, pretending to be like a staff doorman, and they were not under his command, and it seems that the status of the eldest grandson Xiaochi is far higher than we imagined,"

Chang Sihao took the tea handed by Xiaoqing, put it to his lips and blew it slowly, thinking: "That's true, even if a character like Eldest Sun Xiaochi is attached to the official power, it is nothing more than to take the opportunity to use strength to achieve his own goals, how can he be willing to be a slave to others,"

Jing Wen planted a good pen and ink, stopped his wrist in the air, and looked at the scroll with his eyes, as if he was looking at the overall situation, looking for a place to put his pen down.

Gao Yang said: "Juhao Pavilion has grown and developed in recent years, in addition to local officials being bought and sheltered, there are naturally no people in the court, we have the same mirror in our hearts, but we have not found any clues, I can't imagine that the mastermind behind this scene is Xu Jie, he is the old man of the court, turning his hands into clouds, covering his hands for rain, there is nothing that cannot be done, what is the purpose of supporting such an underworld gang as Juhao Pavilion,"

Jing asked: " Before, in order to realize the grand wish of the sword family, we were afraid that the support of Gao Gong was too heavy, and it could not help but cause Xu Ge Lao's worry, he only cared about installing cronies and consolidating his own power, and he has always been conservative about national affairs. ”

When he spoke, the tip of the pen fell obliquely, smeared softly, the light ink spread, the mountains and rocks were hazy, and there was a sense of depression. In the past year, he has made frequent moves, and a large number of officials in the DPRK and China have changed blood, including many people related to our alliance, obviously he has made sufficient preparations, but these are just small scenes at the beginning, he did not make a comprehensive attack, because the rivers and lakes are different from officialdom, he is still a little frightened of us who dance guns and swords, and now that the eldest grandson is late to Beijing, he has a backer to rely on in the armed forces, and the next big drama that has been brewing for a long time should probably start the show,"

Gao Yang sneered: "Those people in Juhao Pavilion are all rabble, the capital is no better than elsewhere, he dares to transfer a large team of people to fight, except for a few characters with higher status, most of the rest can't even reach the identity of swordsmen, these people are all in the capital, no need for a few people from our Sword Cultivation Hall to make a move, my Xuanbu ten people will wrap them up,"

Jing asked: "Gonglie can't be underestimated, think about what Xiao Chang said, Ming Chengjun Shen Lu took Qin Yi lightly in the battle of Qin Mansion, what kind of skill is this, Jiang Wan can defuse Zeng Shiquan's sneak attack with one move today, and it is not to be underestimated, you don't want to think about it, it is the third gear head of Dongchang, although Zeng Shiquan's martial arts are not as good as Guo Shu Ronghua and Cao Xiangfei, but if you put it on the rivers and lakes, I am afraid that it will take three or five swordsmen to work together to have a draw with him,"

Gao Yang's eyes glared, and then retracted, his brows furrowed, as if he thought of something, and opened his mouth to speak, Zheng Meng said: "Some things, there is not only a way to solve them by force, we should still think about other countermeasures," Jing asked: "Judging from Gonglie's relay, the believer Jun Jiang Wan and Shujun Zhu Qing seem to be more or less hostile to Dongchang, or rather, they don't like it very much, but the eldest grandson Xiaochi is a little tolerant and ambiguous, and his attitude is not so clear, Alliance Leader, what do you think he thinks in his heart?"

Lord Zheng thought for a long time, and said: "Since the eldest grandson Xiaochi is 'invincible', for the East Factory, he is most likely able to hand it over, Xu Ge Lao has him here, if he unites with the East Factory, it will be very unfavorable to our alliance," Jing asked: "Yes, although Feng Bao is there, we have always maintained it decently, but the officialdom is not as righteous as the rivers and lakes, and if the situation changes, I am afraid that nothing will be reliable,"

The two fell silent, and the sound of gurgling water sounded in the teapot,

Xiao Qing carried the big pot and refilled some cold water into it, dialed the charcoal fire, and said with a smile: " You think about the worst in everything, then Mr. Zhu Qing said that he supervised the shortcomings of the army, isn't it very righteous, Zeng Shiquan used words to provoke and induce our two families, and they also secretly expressed their hope to Uncle Gao not to misunderstand, and also quoted Zeng Gong to write a wicker poem to satirize the surname Zeng, the eldest grandson Xiaochi was present, if they had the heart to join forces with Dongchang from the beginning, they should not do such a thing, even if Xu Ge Lao had this meaning, the people below him could not be together, he would also be difficult to achieve, what do we have to worry about?" Gao Yang listened to it: "Hmph, that's a good point, I think it's too, you do your best to grow the ambition of others and destroy your own prestige, although we have never been arrogant, but we don't have to be arrogant, even if they join forces and fight guys, there is no need to be discouraged,"

Jing asked: "Xiaoqing is very reasonable, Lao Zheng, we are probably all old, and the idea is a little not positive enough, hahaha," this smile, the two ink drops on the tip of the pen dripped on the blank space of the paper, frowned and said: "Look, the black roll," Zheng Mengzhu smiled: "Okay," took the pen, and used the tip of the pen to slightly click on the two ink dots, leading out two lines, the pen stroke, the shape of the two flying geese flapping their wings suddenly jumped on the paper, Jing Wen said: "You draw upside down, but it is more expressive than what I am painting," the two looked at each other and smiled,

Xiaoqing came to Gao Yang's side and asked with a smile: "That Sister Xiaoxiang, is she really so beautiful, how beautiful she is,"

Gao Yang scratched her nose: "Little children, come and inquire about this, rest assured, when you grow up, Zhun Bao is better looking than her,"

Xiaoqing's heart was very beautiful, pursed her lips and tilted her head and asked: "What about the voice, is she singing well," Gao Yang only paid attention to the movement on the table at that time, how could he care about listening to the music, and said perfunctorily: "It's okay," Xiaoqing asked: "What are the lyrics singing," Zheng Mengzhu's face sank: "Isn't it addicted again, it's just a matter of talking to your Sister Chu Mu and Sister Xue Bing on weekdays, what are you doing when the wind and dust woman sings," Xiaoqing pouted: " The woman in the wind and dust is not without a good person, Xue Tao's literary style is good, Liang Hongyu's martial arts are high, they all want to be literate and martial, and they want to be martial...... Chang Sihao saw that Zheng Mengzhu's face was gloomy and wanted to scold Xiaoqing, and interjected: "The lyrics and tunes of the water girl were written by herself, but they are very good," and recited the lyrics she sang when she appeared on the stage, because of the rhyme, I remember that it is not bad,

After listening quietly, Jing Wenchong muttered and repeated: "'Countless dreams through the ages, only loneliness is difficult to wake up', well, the great plan is to dominate the industry, and the love of children is long, and in the end, it is indeed mostly due to the word loneliness...... Today's lyrics, most of them only have emotions and lack feelings, her Hu Qu Xiaoling does not conform to the rules of grammar, it is the appearance of ordinary slang songs in the market, there are some feelings, and the words are average,"

Gao Yang said: "Hey, I don't understand this thing, but those rich people praise her like Chang'e is possessed by Wenqu Xing,"

Xiaoqing said: "I just don't know what kind of lyrics the eldest grandson Xiaochi wrote in the end, which provoked her to praise her so much, but it's a pity that the manuscript was torn, otherwise I would have been able to see it fresh,"

Gao Yang said: "Haha, the eldest grandson Xiaochi wrote too quickly, like a pile of grass, even if you don't tear it, you may not be able to recognize it if you put it in front of you,"

Chang Sihao suddenly said: "I know what he wrote,"

Xiaoqing smiled: "Yes, then you can read it again,"

Chang Sihao was a little embarrassed: "This ...... I know what he writes, but I don't know what he writes, you see,"

Xiaoqing looked at him for a long time and said, "I understand what you said, but I don't understand what you said, do you understand?"

Chang Sihao was confused: "I don't understand,"

Xiaoqing rolled her eyes and said, "That's right, let's go jump into the well together,"

Chang Sihao reacted for a long time, she said jumping into the well together, which also means "I don't understand", her face was bitter, she thought about it, and explained: "That's the case, I remember the momentum of his pen at that time, which can be completely imitated and reproduced, but what he wrote, I really don't know what it is, now you understand,"

Xiaoqing still looked at him half-incomprehensibly, and Zheng Mengzhu handed over the pen and said: "In this case, the virtuous nephew can write it again from memory, let's all take a look, after all, words are the voice of the heart, and Wenda is the mind, maybe we can get a glimpse of some of the eldest grandson's thoughts about Xiaochi, so that we can have a rough idea in our hearts,"

Chang Sihao nodded and took it, there were only some rocks and dead trees and two flying geese on the painting on the case, and there was still a lot of blank space, he moved the pen to the blank space, closed his eyes, and recalled the movement of the eldest grandson Xiaochi pen in his heart, as if the galloping horse in the dark reappeared in front of him, the brush fell to the ground, and the dust and smoke rose again,

The number of words is not very much, the pen is coherent, in one go, and it is written quickly.

At the moment when the tip of the pen left the paper, an exclamation suddenly sounded in his ears, Chang Sihao opened his eyes and couldn't help but be stunned,