The fallen demon

Qiongzhou City, surrounded by mountains, is rich in jade. Not only is the jade as beautiful as the sea, but there are also many beauties. Every three years, the emperor will invite beauties here to enter the palace.All those who enter the palace will have willow belts around their waists, with elegant postures, handsome appearances, and outstanding talents. Naturally, they are deeply favored by the emperor.

Luo Yin arrived on the evening of the third day of November in the third year of Weizheng. After buying a pony and some personal belongings, he found an inn for the night and set off early in the morning to find the mission location.

There was a blizzard the night before, and the mountains and the city were all white and silvery.The streets were deserted, and even the map identifying the street locations at the gate of the city was blown away by the wind and snow, and the exposed fragments swayed gently in the wind.

He gathered the fur on his body, turned the horse's head, and walked towards the city.

The task this time seemed simple, but it was actually difficult.Only four words were noted on the task book, "Qiongzhou", "Juanxiufang", "Moxian" and "Tremella".Without any other information, there is no way to find out whether Mo Xian is a human or an immortal, let alone maintain the turning point according to the progress of history.

After walking for a street, he finally caught someone in front of a pharmacy. Luo Yin hurriedly got off his horse and saluted: "Uncle, I'm new to your place, so I don't know how to get to this Silk Sleeve Workshop?"

The uncle has gray hair, but a strong figure. He glanced at him lightly, and pointed to the southwest: "Turn right at the intersection at the back, and you will be there after two streets." After finishing speaking, he hesitated again, and said, "Young man , seeing how gorgeous you are, going to this song and dance studio is really a bad idea..."

Luo Yin was stunned for a moment and then laughed. Did the answer think that he was going to Juanxiufang to have fun?However, there was no way to explain it, so I could only say thank you and leave.

In the daytime after the snow, there are few pedestrians. A store that mainly operates at night like Juanxiufang must close its doors during the day to thank customers.

After Luo Yin stood at the main entrance of Juanxiufang for a while, she looked up at the signboard with a red frame and a gold background.

After smiling approvingly, he led the horse and walked towards the back door.Hope to meet a good "host" this time.

Just as he walked to the back door, it happened that a strong young man pushing a cart stopped at the same time as him.

The man smiled honestly, bowed his head and stepped aside: "Please, sir." He probably thought that Luo Yin was the master in the workshop and wanted to let him go first.

Luo Yin clasped his hands together and saluted, and said with a smile, "Please first."

He looked up in surprise, seeing Luo Yin smiling as usual, and grinning shyly: "Then, the little one went in first." Pushing open the door, he shouted, "Aunt Gui, get some goods!"

"Come on! Wait a minute." The clear and mellow voice of a middle-aged woman.

In less than a minute, Aunt Gui walked out quickly wearing a dark gray bib. She was slightly fat and had a radiant face. When she smiled, her eyes were slender and triangular, and a few shallow wrinkles appeared on the bridge of her nose.

She lifted up the hem of the bib with both hands, and wiped it vigorously, "Jia Yuan, this road is not easy to walk today, it's snowing, and the official will not find someone to clean this road earlier."

She walked to the door, and when she saw Luo Yin with a smile on her face, she was startled, and looked at Jia Yuan with a questioning look.Jia Yuan just kept smiling, showing his yellow teeth, and waved his hands silently, expressing his ignorance.

Luo Yin smiled, stepped forward, and saluted with folded hands: "Little Luo Yin, who is good at playing the flute, can I ask Aunt Gui for me to ask the owner of Juanxiufang if he still needs someone?"

"This day..." Aunt Gui said bluntly, "It's the cold winter months, and the girls staying in the workshop can't make much money by themselves, so if I add you, wouldn't it be good?" More costly? Besides, there are many music masters in Juanxiufang, and you are the most middle-class in appearance, so it’s hard! Don’t blame the old man for speaking straight, it’s all the truth, you, you may not be favored.”

Whether the price is good or not, Luo Yin himself knows.Besides, what he sells is not his hue, but his talent and brains, why can't he?It's not relentless to go into battle to kill Lao Tzu, let alone be a musical instrument master in a mere workshop.

He smiled and asked again: "In any case, please ask Aunt Gui for help. Maybe the master will accept me after seeing me? The color is not outstanding enough, but Xiao Ziwen's talent is still outstanding."

She scrubbed the bottom of the bib twice with her fingertips, and said hesitantly: "Okay, sir, come in first, go to the first floor and wait, the old man will help Jia Yuan put down the dishes and ask."

"Thank you, Aunt Gui."

She nodded, pursed her lips and smiled slightly: "Give me the horse. You walk to the end of that corridor, and you will find the front hall."

"Okay. Excuse me."

"No problem, no problem."

Luo Yin handed the horse to Aunt Gui to take it to the stable, then walked in through the back door.The first one is the dining room of Juanxiufang. Through the dining room is a back garden with a corridor in the middle. On the left side of the corridor are several houses and study buildings, and on the right side is a bathroom. The next door to the bathroom seems to be a dance practice. Suddenly, the sound of piano and singing could be faintly heard inside, and there was a swaying figure of a woman dancing with the sound of the piano at the window.

At the end of the corridor is the front lobby of Juanxiofang.

He brushed off the morning dew on his body, pulled back his cloak, walked into the lobby, took off his fur, and a gust of warm wind blows towards his face.

There is no candlelight on the first floor, and the windows and doors are also closed. Only the snow light seeps through the silk cloth, which is extremely dim, but you can roughly see the stage in the middle, the guest seats, and the curved stairs on both sides.The second floor is more spacious than the first floor, and it should be the girls' bedrooms and some high-end seats.

He picked an old stool in the corner and sat down. Before he sat upright, he heard a chuckle above his head.

"Sir, did you go to the wrong place? It's not a good place to rest on a snowy day."

Looking up, a bright and beautiful woman came out of a room on the east side of the second floor, her shoulders were covered with a rose-colored gauze, she leaned on the sill with one hand, tapped the beam with the other, her lips were red and her eyes were winking. , There are all kinds of styles, but it doesn't make people feel abrupt and aloof. On the contrary, they feel that she is an outspoken and hot-tempered daughter.

Luo Yin nodded slightly and smiled: "I didn't go wrong, and I didn't stop. I'm waiting here."

"Who are you waiting for?" She walked around the hanging corridor on the second floor and walked us down the stairs slowly.

"Master."

"Fangzhu? Ha," she stepped in almost the same pace, her body swayed, and she walked in front of him gracefully, her brown and white eyes looked up and down, and she burst out laughing, "This is the first time I've heard someone call Mrs. Juan like that." .He's from out of town?"

Luo Yin coughed slightly, and said: "It's just that the family is in trouble, and wandering here, I hope to use my skills to add luster to the girls and find some lights for your workshop."

During the imperial court, brothels and red buildings were banned by the imperial court, so singing and dancing workshops were popular, which seemed to be selling dog meat.Many princes and nobles come here for entertainment. If they are satisfied with a certain girl, they will hang a lantern inside and outside the workshop and write the girl's name.The more lights, the better the business and the more people behind it.

There is another explicit order, which is also related to the song and dance workshop, which is not mentioned here.That is to say, although the fabric texture and dyeing techniques of the Xing Dynasty have been greatly improved, the royal family's control over colors is very domineering.Except for the folk song and dance workshops, all the people can only wear gray, white and black.The reason why the song and dance workshops are different is to please the king and grandson.

The woman opened her mouth, and immediately withdrew her disdainful expression, her eyes stopped on my right back side, and then said respectfully: "Mrs. Juan."

Luo Yin turned around and saw Mrs. Juan's gentle smile.She looks like she is in her forties, with light makeup, elegant face, dignified hair bun, brighter eyes than ordinary people, even the smile just now is not simply friendly.

She took off the white cloak she was wearing and handed it to Aunt Gui behind her.

"Jing Nian, go back to the house."

The woman in the rose-colored veil just now didn't even look at me, but she withdrew her expression and walked back to the house around the stairs.It seems that Mrs. Jun is very majestic.

Luo Yin didn't say anything first, and waited for her question.

She smiled dignifiedly, invited him to sit in the guest seat, rolled up the long sleeves, and sat down opposite, her words were full of amiability: "What's your name, sir?"

"Luo Yin."

"Mr. Luo, you just said to Jingnian that you can find some lights for Juanxiufang. Are you serious?"

"really."

"Then," Mrs. Jun pointed to the seven-stringed guqin hanging on the left side, "I heard from Aunt Gui that you are good at playing the flute. I don't know if you can play the guqin?"

He smiled awkwardly: "Sorry, I'm only good at Xiao, but it must be worth listening to."

"That's it... Aunt Gui, go to Mr. Mo to ask for support from Xiao Lai, and say it's a test of skill."

Aunt Gui snorted and ran to the back garden immediately.

When Luo Yin heard Mrs. Juan say something about Young Master Mo, Luo Yin cheered up and couldn't help asking: "Ma'am, the Young Master Mo you mentioned just now, is it Immortal Mo?"

"Huh?" She was quite surprised, tapped the desktop, looked at him suspiciously, and said, "Is Mo Xian famous? He just came a month earlier than you, and he is from Qiancheng, Linzhou. Few people know about it." Him. Besides, people who come to Juanxiufang never pay attention to musicians."

"That's not necessarily the case." Luo Yin smiled brightly, and was well prepared for her question, "The more inconspicuous a person, the more likely he will attract people's attention once he is pushed in front of others."

"This statement is quite novel," she nodded approvingly, "but... Mo Xian went out to repair the piano today, and the young master Mo I'm talking about is Mo Xian's younger brother, Mo Yu."

It turns out that Mo Xian has a younger brother, which surprised Luo Yin, and quickly changed the topic: "Is that so... The two brothers are both musicians, so it seems that they must be extremely talented, otherwise, how could they be in the eyes of Mrs. Juan? Maybe not After a few days, they will become the pillars of Juanxiufang."

Mrs. Juan smiled, but did not answer his obviously flattering words.

After a while, Aunt Gui walked back to the front hall.

"May I also ask you to show off your high skills and see if you can become a pillar?" Mrs. Juan raised her eyebrows, smiled warmly, and took the long Xiao from Aunt Gui and handed it over.

Luo Yin flipped his hands over and saw that it really was a test of skill. This should be the worst Xiao in their Juanxiufang: the bamboo quality is ordinary, the workmanship is average, no matter how you look at it, it is for beginners to practice.

He smiled lightly, put it on his lips, and played "Li Shang" casually.

Farewell at dawn, with the hope of your husband's return in the sorrow.The look is soft and beautiful, but the heart is like torment, the pain is hesitant and the flames of hell, but he has to endure it, only hope that the battlefield will not swallow him, only hope that the peace of mind can be exchanged for peace.

The soft and long sound of the bamboo flutter matches this song, it doesn't show artificiality, doesn't show presumptuous posture, on the contrary, there is a ray of thought in the ordinary, which makes people wonder whether the gentleman will return or not.

As soon as the ending sound fell, Mrs. Juan was not the first to speak.The back door on the first floor was pushed open with a bang, and a young man dressed in brocade-lined horse clothes walked in with a loud smile. The silver crown and cloud hairpin were full of enthusiasm, warming the whole room like a bonfire in the cold winter.

"Ma'am!" He shouted with a smile, "Aunt Gui said that you want to test the master's flute skills, but I still don't believe it. Before I changed my clothes, I heard such a wonderful music. I can't stop thinking about it!"

Luo Yin smiled: "If Mr. Mo likes to listen, let Madam Juan keep me."

Mrs. Juan coughed lightly, and stopped Mo Yu's words: "Wait until Mo Xian comes back to make a decision."

"What are you going to do?" Mo Yu yelled in dissatisfaction, and sat down beside Luo Yin, flipping off his clothes and spreading his legs. ? Ma'am, if you don't accept her today, I won't let you open!"

Mrs. Juan, who had always had a gentle face, suddenly turned cold. She threw off her sleeves and stood up: "Aunt Gui, please ask Mr. Mo to go back to the house. Find a room for Mr. Luo, and wait for Mo Xian to come back."

"Yes."

Mo Yu stared and stamped her feet angrily, but Madam Juan did not change her attitude in any way.Luo Yin thanked Madam Jun and Mo Yu, and followed Aunt Gui to the second floor.

As a newcomer, it is not easy to cause trouble, Mo Yu's love today is temporarily recorded in Luo Yin's mind.

It is not easy to have a confidant in life.