After being a widow for half my life, I found out that my husband was not dead.

Liu Yunxiang was worried all night. When he woke up the next day, he had two dark circles under his eyes. When he saw Jin Haitang, he fainted in front of her.

"Master, I seem to have caught a cold and I can't perform with you anymore."

Jin Haitang looked at her and said distressedly: "She does look quite haggard."

"Well, then I..."

"Give her a patched dress and let her ask for rewards from the spectators."

Shame or lose her life, she had to choose one.

Liu Yunxiang almost did not hesitate and chose to ask for money.

Le Yan was the woman who owned the white-faced scholar. She asked Liu Yunxiang to change her clothes and then taught her the skills of begging for money.

"First of all, you must bend down, and your face should be three-point bitter, three-point smile, and three-point strong."

Liu Yunxiang felt it for a while, but couldn't understand it.

"Anyway, you can cry, laugh or yell, as long as they ask for money."

"I try my best."

Le Yan narrowed his eyes, "The village leader said, if you can't get this amount today, humph."

"I'll make up for you, double." Liu Yunxiang waved his hand.

Le Yan gritted his teeth, "It's great to be rich!"

"It's not that big of a deal."

It just makes people envious, jealous, and hateful.

This is Lianzhou, located to the west of the Central Plains. It is the gateway to the Northwest Corridor and the only way from the Central Plains to the Northwest Plateau. Because of the trade exchanges between the Central Plains and the Western Regions, merchants from the east, west, north and south gathered and became very prosperous.

Jiang Hong and Le Yan went to sell themselves and lose their husbands. Jin Haitang led others to occupy a piece of land and started performing juggling. First, gongs and drums were used to attract passers-by, and several young people performed a foil dance. The foil dances were so fierce and powerful that the onlookers couldn't help but applaud.

The next performance was to break a big stone from the chest, and the spectators held their breath and concentrated. As Jin Haitang hammered down, the stone broke into several pieces, and the people below stood up and bowed, and a burst of applause broke out in the field.

"Quickly take advantage of this moment to ask for the reward." Jin Haitang pushed Liu Yunxiang.

Seeing how hard they performed, Liu Yunxiang couldn't help but go anyway. 360 lines, busking is also a line, it is better than robbery.

"Uncle and aunt, if you like it and enjoy it, please reward us with some money so that we sisters can have a full meal."

Leyan taught her this.

Some were brave enough to pay for a few coins on the spot, some were reluctant but rewarded one, and some just hid behind them. It took a round to come down, but I didn’t ask for a few.

After that, Jin Haitang performed a flying rope walk. A very thin rope was tied to a high place. She balanced her body with her arms and walked step by step on the rope. The people below looked very thrilling.

Liu Yunxiang gasped as he watched, and quickly asked for the reward, "Sister, you are kind and kind-hearted, please reward me with a few copper coins. Brother seems to be a good person, and he can't bear to let us sisters starve."

It really takes a lot to get down this lap.

When Jin Haitang flew to the ground, the performance was over.

Liu Yunxiang counted the copper plates in the broken bowl carefully. There were just one hundred, which was only one tael of silver.

"It turns out it's so hard to make money."

Jin Haitang smiled: "Making money is inherently difficult, but you just don't know it."

This continued for three days. When closing the stall that day, a man dressed as a butler stopped Jin Haitang. They talked for a while, and Jin Haitang nodded repeatedly and came back to tell them that the man was the housekeeper of the Lianzhou Governor's Mansion. Their old lady was about to celebrate her birthday and asked them to perform acrobatics.

"This is a big business. If I can make that old lady happy, I can get a lot of reward money." Jin Haitang said happily.

Others were very happy to hear this, "Then when will we enter the house?"

"Tomorrow morning, we have to rehearse at the house for a few days."

Early the next morning, Liu Yunxiang followed Jin Haitang and the others to the Governor's Mansion, and the housekeeper arranged for them to live in a side courtyard. Jin Haitang and the others needed training, so they often left her alone in the courtyard.

Liu Yunxiang stayed there obediently for two days, and this day he sneaked out of the yard while Jin Haitang and the others were out.

This courtyard is very remote, with a large garden in front. Liu Yunxiang got lost as soon as he walked in. At this time, I heard the music played by the guzheng, like the tinkling of spring water, which was very pleasant.

She followed the sound of music and turned around. When she came out of the garden, she saw a bamboo forest with a path leading deep into the forest. Liu Yunxiang walked along the path, and the deeper he went in, the deeper it became, as if he was in the mountains.

When you reach the end and turn a corner, you will see a courtyard with three main rooms, surrounded by a low courtyard wall surrounded by green bamboo poles.

The sound of music came from the courtyard. Liu Yunxiang lowered his body, quietly walked to the courtyard wall, and then secretly looked up inside. But I saw a clump of peony planted in the small yard. Perhaps because of the cover of the bamboo forest, the peony didn't grow well. The flowers bloomed very small and thin, and the leaves turned yellow.

In front of the peony bushes, a woman wears a goose-yellow satin embroidered peony flower jacket, with a plain flowing fairy skirt underneath, her dark hair in a simple bun, and a seven-step rocker. The slender hands played on the strings, and the music was sometimes distant but passionate.

In the middle of the courtyard, a man in a dark robe was dancing with a sword. The sword was sometimes sharp and sometimes steady in accordance with the sound of music.

After playing the song, the man put away his sword, walked to the guzheng, knelt down on one knee, took the woman's hand and kissed it.

"Our Zheng'er's musical skills are unparalleled in the world."

The woman seemed shy, lowered her head and pushed the man.

The man laughed loudly and hugged the woman again.

"My husband has to go to the city gate and come back to stay with you in the evening."

The woman nodded obediently, but still lowered her head.

The man reluctantly kissed the woman on the forehead, then stood up and left.

Liu Yunxiang hurriedly hid. After the man left, she was about to leave the same way, but she heard a chaotic guzheng sound coming from the courtyard, which made people feel like they were beating.

She secretly looked over and saw the woman playing the guzheng randomly as if she was letting off steam, and she could faintly hear some strange roars.

Clap!

One of the strings is broken!

Only then did the woman calm down. Her body was shaking violently, as if she was extremely angry. She lay on the guzheng for a long time, then got up and folded a few peony flowers, and then walked towards the west wall.

The woman had some difficulty walking. Liu Yunxiang took a closer look and found that she had iron chains on her feet.

There are a few earthen bags beside the west wall, like... grave mounds!

The woman planted the peonies on the grave one by one, as if she was doing it casually, without even looking at it, and turned around and walked back.

But after taking a few steps, she suddenly stopped and then slowly turned her head.

Liu Yunxiang squatted down before she looked over. After squatting for a while, she heard the sound of the iron chain. She breathed a sigh of relief, but couldn't restrain her curiosity and stuck her head out to look again.

But she didn't want to meet a pair of extremely beautiful eyes, the almond eyes were full of water, like shiny black gems.

But the next moment, Liu Yunxiang gasped again.

This woman had a terrifyingly big mouth, as if someone could cut it open with a knife. The left side was almost cracked to the jawbone, and the gums were all exposed.

When the woman saw her, the other corner of her mouth twitched up, revealing a very weird smile.