Chapter three hundred and ninety-five piano music with practice
As soon as Ming Zhiyuan walked into the crowd, he quickened his pace. He walked through Jili Street in one breath and then turned to Xinglong Street. He carefully sensed the movement behind him along the way until he couldn't feel anything anymore.
Then he turned around and scanned the crowd behind him to make sure no one was following him.
Knowing that no one was following him, he began to stroll around and visited several streets. After being shocked by the prosperity of this big city, he finally discovered that there was no inn in the inner city of Forest Blue City.
After he searched a few more streets, the sky had darkened and the shops on both sides of the street began to close, and he finally found some clues.
When most shops on a street begin to close, there are always one or two tall buildings with very ornately decorated facades, but at this time they open their doors and light countless lanterns, as if they have just opened their doors for business.
When Ming Zhiyuan was young, he once made a fool of himself. When he saw two such tall buildings and colorful lanterns in front of the door, he knew what kind of business this place was.
After it was completely dark, Ming Zhiyuan walked to a brightly lit high-rise building. Standing at the door were a few oily-haired and pink-faced young men dressed in green clothes. Seeing him looking into the building, they greeted him enthusiastically, "Sir, are you there?"
It's been a long time since I've been here. Please come in quickly. We have a few new girls from Liuye City here at Yihonglou. Oh, didn't you see? They are all so fresh and tender. I want to take a bite when I see them."
Ming Zhiyuan was pulled into the building by two pink-faced young men. As soon as he stepped through the door, there was a woman dressed up in a colorful way. Her face was pale with powder, and she had big red lips, twisting like a water snake.
The agile and slim waist came forward.
"Oh, this man is here. Come on, come with me. Miss Cuihong is hosting the Qupai cocktail party today. Do you want to see Miss Cuihong today or find a private room by yourself? I will arrange two for you.
The new chicks can sing, dance, and play various musical instruments. They are newcomers from Liuye City. They are all under the age of twenty-eight. They will never let me down."
The madam put one hand around Ming Zhiyuan's arm and pulled him into the hall.
Ming Zhiyuan took out the remaining pumpkin and said to the madam, "Find a more elegant room to spend the night."
When the madam saw the pumpkin in Ming Zhiyuan's hand, she quickly took it and the two pounds of powder smeared on her face fell off with laughter.
"I'm going to spend the night, okay, okay, okay. I'll make arrangements for you right now. We won't go to the front building to mess around with those common people. Come on, let's go to the back building. It's a rare time for me to come here. Today, I will definitely make all the arrangements for you."
Of course, whenever Mr. Rang comes out to play in the future, he will definitely want to come to our Yihong Building."
As the old bustard spoke, he walked through the front building and pulled Ming Zhiyuan towards the back building. Ming Zhiyuan only saw that the front hall was very wide, with various carved beams and painted buildings, small bridges and flowing water, pavilions and aisles, and a several-foot-square hall in the middle.
On the high platform, several young women wearing vaguely translucent gauze clothes were playing unknown tunes with musical instruments.
Under the high platform, there are more than a dozen tables, all with exquisite seats and furniture. The tables are separated by bonsais or screens in an orderly manner.
Before he could see all the furnishings in the front hall, the madam had already pulled him to the back building. After passing through the beaded curtain walkways, his eyes suddenly opened up. It looked like a leisure courtyard, with three to five clusters of flowers planted in it.
Every three or five flower trees form a semicircle, and various tables and chairs are placed in the middle of the semicircle. In some cases, there are several richly dressed men sitting in the middle of the semicircle, and there must be several women accompanying them.
Some only have a woman sitting, either playing the piano or painting. Sandalwood is lit in the courtyard, and the fragrance is far-reaching and immerses the heart and mind.
As the madam and the madam were walking forward, a woman in goose-yellow clothes walked across the street, followed by a maid.
The woman had a very good appearance and temperament. She held a round fan in her hand. When she saw Ming Zhiyuan, she quickly covered half of her face with the fan. Before she got closer, she knelt down and gave a half salute to Ming Zhiyuan, without squinting.
Went to the side.
Ming Zhiyuan looked back and saw the woman walking to a cluster of flower trees and sitting down. The maid was placing the Four Treasures of the Study for her.
What kind of brothel girl is this? She obviously looks like a lady.
When the madam saw Ming Zhiyuan turning back to look at the woman in goose-yellow clothes, he smiled and said, "You must have taken a liking to our girl Jin Shu. Come on, let's go over there first. I'll invite Jin Shu over right away."
I have really good eyesight. Our girl Jinshu is the number one in Yihong Mansion. She never leaves her room at ordinary times. Today, for some reason, I suddenly thought that I came out to see the night-blooming night-blooming epiphyllums. Why did I let you meet me?
Well, let me tell you, isn't this the fate that I and Miss Jin Shu cultivated in their previous lives?"
Ming Zhiyuan only felt funny in his heart. Today the madam said that he and Miss Jinshu are destined. Tomorrow another young man who comes here to have fun will meet this Miss Jinshu. It is also the fate cultivated in their previous lives. This relationship is
A girl named Jinshu came to the brothel specifically to repair her fate?
He had been fooled countless times by this kind of brothel trick when he was a teenager in Feiyun City.
Listening to the old madam still nagging and praising how beautiful and considerate Miss Jin Shu is, he wanted to refuse, but then he thought, it would be too easy to let women go to a brothel without asking women to accompany him, and just find a place to sleep.
Got suspicious.
Thinking of this, he said: "Then I'll bother my mother and invite that girl Jin Shu over for a talk."
The madam smiled so hard that the corners of his eyes and mouth were wrinkled. He led Ming Zhiyuan through the courtyard and came to an independent two-story embroidery building. "Okay, okay, Sir, please go inside the embroidery building and sit down to rest for a while."
When he walked to the door of the embroidery building, he saw a three-story ladder for changing shoes. He changed his shoes, walked up the ladder, and walked into the building. He saw a rotating wooden ladder on the right, leading directly to the second floor.
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There is only one room on the left. There is a long pink gauze curtain hanging on the door. Through this almost transparent gauze curtain, you can clearly see the furnishings of the room inside.
In the four corners of the room, several floor-to-ceiling silver candlesticks were lit with red candles. The wooden floor was covered with a pink and white velvet embroidered carpet. On the carpet was a white wooden round table that was only brushed with varnish and not stained.
Placed in the middle of the room, several pink soft stools are placed randomly around the round table.
Against the back wall, there is a royal couch, covered with a pink and white embroidered blanket, and a light pink non-embroidered pillow lazily placed on the head of the couch.
Several extremely simple freehand ink and wash landscape paintings were hung on the surrounding walls. There were also two or three plates of cut melons and fruits, a silver wine bottle, and two porcelain white wine glasses on the white wooden round table.
The whole room looks simple but very warm.
Ming Zhiyuan picked up the gauze curtain, walked into the room, pulled up a soft stool and sat down, pinching a piece of fruit from the plate, and then he felt the hunger in his belly.
He was eating fruits from the fruit plate when two more women in pink dresses walked in from outside the door, one holding a pipa and the other holding a kong.
Then the maid brought two chairs with backrests, and the two women with musical instruments handed over a gold-foiled list. After taking the list, Ming Zhiyuan realized that this meant asking him to order music.
He ordered two at random, then called the maid over to serve some food, and saw the woman in goose-yellow clothes walking in with her maid, still holding a round fan and half-covering her face.
The madam followed closely behind her and quickly pulled her to sit next to Ming Zhiyuan.
"Master, this is our girl Jin Shu..."
Ming Zhiyuan didn't wait for the madam to say anything else about fate. He waved his hands and said: "Mom, go and do your work. As long as there is Miss Jin Shu here, please take these two piano players with you. Miss Jin Shu and I will go first."
Let’s chat.”
The Madam looked like she had suddenly realized something, "Oh, look at my memory. I have forgotten all the things in the past. Come on, Haitang, Liu Lu, come with me. We won't disturb the young master here anymore."
When these people walked out and only Ming Zhiyuan, the girl Jin Shu, and her maid were left in the room, Jin Shu finally put down the round fan in her hand, stretched out her green-white hand to pick up the wine pot, and gave it to
Ming Zhiyuan poured a glass of wine into his wine glass.
Ming Zhiyuan took a look at this Jin Shu girl. She was indeed pretty, but compared with the girl he met in the mountains and forests during the day, she was far behind.
That girl was probably the most beautiful woman Ming Zhiyuan had ever seen since he came to this world.
With Zhuyu in front of him, Ming Zhiyuan only glanced at Jin Shu and ignored him. He danced with a pair of chopsticks and kept eating the dishes brought by the maids. Jin Shu didn't bother him and just stayed quiet aside.
They served him with dishes and wine.
When Ming Zhiyuan was finally full, he put his chopsticks on the table, took the wet wipe handed over by Jin Shu, wiped his mouth, and then said: "Ms. Jin Shu made me laugh, I was so busy today that I didn't eat anything all day."
Jin Shu smiled sweetly and said: "Your Majesty is busy, so it is normal for you to forget to eat. It is not a problem. It's just that the food and wine at Yihonglou are poor. Please don't dislike it and just eat well."
When she opened her mouth, her voice was very pleasant, as clear and soft as an oriole, making people feel warm in their hearts.
Ming Zhiyuan raised the wine glass and motioned for Jin Shu to clink glasses with him. After drinking a glass of wine, he said, "I will rest here today. I will definitely give the girl a lot of money."
Jin Shu's face turned red and she lowered her head and said, "Young Master is joking. In this forest-blue inner city, the guests who can come to Yihong Tower are all nobles. You don't have to be so clear-cut beforehand."
Ming Zhiyuan nodded slightly, thinking that at midnight tonight, he might go to the main building of the city to inquire about it.
Seeing that he was looking at her without saying a word, Jin Shu also chuckled and said, "Young master has driven away the musicians. Do you want to hear Jin Shu play a piece for you?"
"That's the best. Mom also said that I'm lucky to be able to hear the music of Jin Shu's wonderful hand."
Ming Zhiyuan stood up and went to the imperial concubine's couch behind him. He sat up cross-legged, took out an elixir from the package and took it, saying, "Then I will listen to Miss Jin Shu's wonderful hands playing."
Jin Shu nodded to the maid beside her, who took down a guqin from upstairs and lit a burner of sandalwood.
Jin Shu did not sit on the soft stool, but sat cross-legged on the carpet, put the guqin across her knees, tried the sound a few times, and then tuned the strings. She closed her eyes and thought for a while, and then started to play after calming down.
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The syllables of the guqin are slow and the lingering sound is long, which makes people feel peaceful. Amidst the sounds of the guqin, Ming Zhiyuan also closed his eyes and began to practice.