Riding the Wind and Waves Twelve Hairpins

The bell rang eight times, and Daiyu was the last one to come out of the training room. After ten hours of training and dancing, she was called by the senior officer to take three vocal lessons. Her throat was sore and hoarse. My thighs were so sore that I couldn't walk, and my waist couldn't straighten up.

She held up a paper wind lantern in one hand, and in the other hand, a Japanese thermos cup sent by Beijing Xingjun Tuoxianjun. Her mentor Jiang Yuhan told her to keep her voice soft, so she kept drinking more hot water, so she left. The last thing I did in opening Chunshan was to gulp down the hot goji berry water in the cup.

The night outside the cave is a magnificent deep purple, the leaden clouds hang low, the cold wind blows through the water curtain, Daiyu wraps her red satin cloak tightly, and is about to climb on the last Cuiwei cleaning oil truck, when she hears a belt behind her. The voice of laughter said: "Fairy Jiangzhu... Sister Lin stay here."

She looked back and saw that the man was wearing a pale purple clean-faced silk shirt with a dark blue gold and silver thread embroidered dragon and phoenix belt around his waist, almost blending into the deep night, only the jade crown on his head was left. There is a slight coolness in the dark.

Seeing that it was Baoyu, Daiyu let Cuiyu's clean oil truck go first, turned around and asked, "The waiter Shenying is not resting in Chixia Palace at this time, why did he come to our place?"

Baoyu saw the vacuum flask in Daiyu's hand at a glance, and asked with a smile: "Hey, where did you get the good stuff? It looks familiar. I think someone has one of those." The thermos cup in Daiyu's arms.

Daiyu slapped Baoyu on the back of her hand, turned her body and smiled, "It's not a rare thing, I'll ask Fairy Qiuwen to bring you one back to the world."

Baoyu stuck out her tongue, "Almost forgot the serious business, I just got the news today, the ad for Fairy Crimson Pearl's Spring Mountain Rose Dew is really popular now, I heard that the highest broadcast volume on Houlang C station is 3 No.[-] in the whole site that day, still in the top [-] of the rankings, not only surpassing the most famous celebrities in the fairy world, I think even the giant C top class in the world is not far behind."

The two walked slowly side by side, Daiyu blinked her eyes, just looked at the candlelight in the paper wind lantern in her hand, "Don't be silly here."

Baoyu smiled and said: "My good sister, I haven't finished talking yet. There is a happy event here. The current director of the planning department of Houlang C Station, Xianjun, is the original Ningguo Mansion's decent great-great-great-grandson Jia Qiang, who entered the fairy world by himself, at the same age. Sister Guan can be regarded as a beautiful thing... Brother Qiang watched a few episodes of the "Twelve Beauties Riding the Wind and Waves" talent show, and saw her sister's rose dew commercial, so she planned to invite you to Houlang C Station to participate in a live broadcast show."

Daiyu frowned, holding the heavy metal cup in her arms, and asked in a daze for a while, "Live show? I've never seen it before, do you know what to perform?"

Baoyu stroked her chin with her fingers, and saw that the big red satin on Daiyu's body was illuminated by candlelight, and its brilliance glowed. Play some games with the guests, or some singing and dancing talent shows. This time the live broadcast show has not yet decided what to perform, it is probably some impromptu performance, don’t worry, Fairy Jiangzhu, Brother Qiang and I promise, definitely I won't embarrass you."

Daiyu thought for a while, and then asked again: "The time of the live broadcast conflicts with the current training arrangement? This round of performance is very important to me and my team members. As the captain, apart from the team competition In addition, there is a solo performance, after all, I am more worried than the previous two times."

Baoyu saw that Daiyu's words revealed a tendency to be quite interested, so he smiled happily and said: "After dinner tomorrow, if my sister wants to go, I can let the driver go directly to the Chuihua Gate of the courtyard on the bank of the Ling River to pick her up." See Daiyu just smiled and said nothing, so she used words to provoke her and said, "Fairy Jiangzhu, don't hesitate any longer. Could it be that she is actually facing the camera and worried?"

Daiyu thought to herself, since this is a live broadcast show, and she is a self-confident and cultivated person, if she can show some talent and directly show her personality, it might be a good thing.He smiled and said, "I think it's interesting, but I'm not afraid."

Baoyu smiled even more, and told Daiyu to prepare well, and asked Qiuwen to send some high-quality bird's nest and cleansing plum slices and snowflake throat lozenges to Daiyu, and said to Zijuan, Xiangling, and Liu Wu Er, Qin Keqing and the others sent text messages asking them to arrange training time tomorrow night and dress up Daiyu well.

After dinner on the second day, as expected, the Chengyu sent by Baoyu had stopped at the gate of the courtyard on the bank of Linghe River.

Daiyu walked out of the hanging flower gate, and it was getting dark. When she saw the car body of Chengyu decorated with gold, with flashy carvings, rosy clouds, peonies and incense, she knew it was Baoyu's handwriting at a glance. , but saw Zicuckoo come out holding the corner of her skirt eagerly, and presented a thing wrapped in a plain silk handkerchief.

"What is this?" Daiyu took the handkerchief and asked suspiciously.

"I heard that the live show will be recorded until late at night, but I have prepared some snacks, in case sister Jiangzhu will be hungry at night." Zijuan laughed.

Daiyu thanked her, turned around and boarded the Chengyu, a bright moon like a bud hung in the sky, and the wheels of the Chengyu began to roll.She opened the gauze curtain with dark patterns of roses, purple butterflies, and only heard Zicuckoo say in the soft night wind: "We will also watch the live show in the courtyard, sister must have fun."

The sound of refueling drifted away along the moonlight, Daiyu had something on her mind, she was afraid that the time would be delayed, and she would lose her appetite at night, so she only used some white jade fish soup and half a bowl of jade rice, seeing Zijuan being so careful, she couldn't help feeling grateful, She opened the plain silk veil, and saw that there were six plum-shaped Dingsheng cakes in the square.

But in an instant, Chengyu stopped on an empty cloud platform, and Daiyu quietly lifted a corner of the gauze curtain, and saw a few fairies and immortals walking towards Chengyu in the night, holding horn lanterns.

Daiyu took the Dingsheng Cake and picked up the thermos that she always carried with her, and got off the platform, standing on the cloud platform like a crane.

She wore a honey-colored doraemon coat, and inside she was wearing an organdy gauze shirt borrowed from Qin Keqing. The coat revealed a very light light yellow, and it was embroidered with a pattern of cranes, auspicious grasses, five bats holding clouds Underneath is a plain satin skirt of the same color, which makes her face look like a moon, and at first glance hides the evening clouds, making her even more beautiful.

Those fairies and immortals have worked in Houlang Station C for so long, and have seen many stunning beauties, but they have never seen such a delicate and empty appearance and melancholy temperament, so they couldn't help but take a second look.

The leader Xianjun took Daiyu to the palace ahead and explained to her.

The host of this show is Zhiyanzhai, a mysterious big V in the fairy world. It is said that he is a well-known friend of Cao Xueqin, the author of "The Story of the Stone", but his real identity is hazy and has never shown his true face in the world. Masks were used, and the live show was a poetry conference. Daiyu, as the invited guest of planning director Jia Qiang, was the second batch of performers in this live show.

When Daiyu heard that it was a poetry conference, she felt a little relieved, because she asked, "Is there a script for reference?"

Na Xianjun replied: "There is no script. The highlight of this live broadcast is that there is no script. However, the format of this poetry competition can be informed to the contestants in advance, that is, to compose poems on the spot according to the theme of the host."

The brown-painted gate was pushed open by Xianjun, and Daiyu followed into the live broadcast palace at Houlang Station C, bypassing Zhaoyingbi, the front yard was not big, and the live broadcast room at the back was not small.

Xianjun took his leave first to meet the next guest, and asked several fairies to lead Daiyu in through the side door and rest in the green gauze cabinet.

Daiyu sat on the bamboo chair in the green gauze cupboard, picked up a piece of Dingsheng cake and chewed it carefully.Looking towards the central hall through the window screen, I saw many shadowy figures in red and green hairpins, gold and silver, talking lively and singing fairy music.

Before the last group of guests left, a fairy came to urge Daiyu to enter the middle hall and make her debut.

Daiyu walked in, the middle hall was not big, the host and the guests sat in the middle with their backs to the wall, a large exhibition lamp was placed in front of them, the dazzling white light made Daiyu's eyes sore and tears.

The fairy who accompanied Daiyu into the palace just now came over and patted Daiyu on the shoulder, "Fairy, don't be nervous, just sit next to the host and start."

Daiyu took a deep breath, and then took a closer look. The host was sitting in the middle, dressed plainly, wearing a dark blue jade brocade silk shirt, with a simple bun, no makeup on her body, only wearing a mask on her face. A red and white fox mask reveals a pair of very energetic eyes.Daiyu pondered carefully, and saw that the man was slender and tall, so he should be a man.

Sure enough, the man said, "Welcome Fairy Jiangzhu to our live broadcast room. I am the host of the live show and poetry conference at Houlang C Station, Zhiyanzhai."

Daiyu smiled and said yes, then sat down on the chair beside Zhiyanzhai, but saw a camera placed in the middle of the light circle, shining brightly, even after several performances, she had never been so close to the camera , this time I'm really a little nervous.

Sitting in the venue meant the beginning. Zhi Yanzhai introduced a section of Daiyu and "The Twelve Beauties Riding the Wind and Waves". Daiyu sat on the side smiling and nodding, unable to say anything.

Then Zhiyanzhai waved his hand and asked Xianjun to insert an advertisement for Spring Mountain Rose Dew. While the advertisement was playing, Zhiyanzhai turned his head and whispered to Daiyu: "Fairy Jiangzhu, don't be nervous later, wait Just be yourself for a while, the audience wants to see the real you," he paused, and then said, "Even though Brother Qiang and I are acquaintances, when Mr. Bei Jingxing heard that you were coming to the live broadcast, He also greeted me in advance."

After hearing this, Daiyu felt a little relaxation on her raised shoulders, and whispered a word of thanks.

After the advertisement was broadcast, Zhi Yanzhai raised his eyebrows and said loudly: "I heard that Fairy Jiangzhu had a reputation as a poetic soul when she was in the world, and she was even more famous as a concubine Xiaoxiang. There are many fans inside and outside the Grand View Garden, right?"

Daiyu shyly waved her hand at the camera: "Don't dare to be, I don't dare to be, it's just that I can read a few words, write a few sentences in my boudoir, and have fun with my brothers and sisters in Grand View Garden."

Zhi Yanzhai said with a smile: "Fairy Jiangzhu, don't be modest. If it weren't for the fairy's great talent, the audience would not strongly recommend you to come to our live broadcast room to participate in the poetry conference. Let me introduce the rules to you. We will live broadcast this time. Ah, there are hundreds of spectators behind the camera and three super judges. Today, the three judges are the famous poets Nalan Xingde, Yuan Mei and Zhu Yizun. They will score according to the poems you wrote on the spot. It can be a beautiful gift from the program group."

Daiyu sighed and nodded.

Zhi Yanzhai said: "Then let's start now, I will make the first sentence, ask the fairy to make a...five-character verse before the sand in the hourglass runs out, how about it?

Daiyu took a sip of the hot water in the thermos and said with a smile, "Then let's begin."

Zhi Yanzhai took out a small delicate hourglass from his sleeve, frowned and thought for a moment, and said, "I have a thousand miles to travel".

After finishing speaking, he turned the hourglass upside down.

Daiyu saw that the hourglass was running extremely fast, and it took only 2 minutes by visual inspection, a layer of cold sweat broke out in her hands, she closed her eyes immediately, thinking carefully in her head, she was speechless for a while.

"I have traveled thousands of miles, and I love this piece of star." As the gravel fell, she whispered.

Zhi Yanzhai nodded again and again, seeing that the hourglass had already run halfway, Daiyu still closed her eyes, she just said a few words, and a thin layer of sweat broke out on her forehead.

Just as she was about to be urged, Daiyu suddenly opened her wonderful eyes, opened her red lips lightly, and finished the following lines in one breath.

"I have traveled thousands of miles, and I love this piece of stars. I can't go when I can't go, Kawahara Osangyu.

Floating and self-contained, the sky is full of wind and sky.Sit in the open and hear the distant bell, and send Feihe in your heart. "[1]

After finishing the last sentence, Daiyu took a breath, and Zhi Yanzhai's eyes changed from worry to surprise, and finally to amazement.

By the time the three judges scored first-class scores, the sand in the hourglass hadn't finished yet.

[1] Adapted from "Sitting under the Hongji Stone Cliff and Going Away at Dusk" by Cao Yin of the Qing Dynasty.