As soon as they stepped into the backyard, a melodious piano sound suddenly came from the air. It was like the sound of nature in the empty moonlit night. Unknowingly, the two brothers were attracted by the piano sound. The piano sound was like complaining and crying, as if they were crying.
It tells the lingering and melodious heart song of a woman. Sometimes the sound of the piano is like the tinkling of a spring spring, as if people can see a girl crying about her fate. Once she enters the noble family, it is as deep as the sea; sometimes the sound of the piano is low and sad, and the girl seems to be alone.
Wandering by the water, watching the reflection in the water, the joy that had once rippled out suddenly; in the end, the sound of the piano became decisive, and the girl decided to sacrifice herself to save her family, and the desolate and desolate sound echoed in the air.
"Good! It's such a heavenly sound!" Zhu Kui blurted out. This was the most poignant sound of the piano he had heard since entering the Eastern Han Dynasty. It was a helpless fate. This was the sound of the piano played with heart. This person must be a master of the piano.
In the open space outside his room, with dead branches and vines on the north wall, a young girl wearing a pomegranate-dyed dance skirt with a graceful figure was sitting there holding the guqin in front of her with both hands. A maid stood behind and covered her face.
He was laughing, but he was laughing at Zhu Kui's obsession with the music of the piano.
The maid is naturally Xiaoqiu, and the girl who plays the piano is the second young lady Zhao Ying'er who is waiting here specially.
"That's a wonderful compliment, young man." Zhao Ying'er said as her jade lips parted slightly.
After being obsessed for a moment, Zhu Kui quickly came back to his senses, glanced at Xiaoqiu, bowed slightly and said: "It must be the second lady who is here in person, so I was rude and interrupted the music. Please don't be offended. I just don't know the name of this song."
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"[Daji Farewell]"
"Oh." It turned out that it was expressing the first half of Su Daji's life, Zhu Kui thought in his mind, with a smile on his face, he seemed to be in a good mood, and he was obviously very proud that someone had composed the music for the story he had made up.
"Miss is proficient in music. She lamented Daji's life and composed this song. It has nothing to do with you."
Maid Xiaoqiu just couldn't get used to Zhu Kui's attitude of seeing through everything, and emphasized that everything was her own lady's fault and had nothing to do with you.
"Xiaoqiu, don't talk nonsense."
Seeing the little girl turn her head away with an angry look after being scolded, Zhu Kui didn't care too much.
"I wonder what the second lady is waiting for late at night?"
"You know that the consultant, the lady, is here in person, why don't you hurry up and give the complete copy of The Romance of the Gods to the lady." Xiao Qiu turned around and replied.
This time the second young lady didn't stop her, and she was a little angry in her heart. She didn't think that the person in front of her couldn't guess her purpose.
Unexpectedly, Zhu Kui showed a look of surprise and said, "What? The second lady didn't know that I had sent the entire book of The Romance of the Gods to Manager Zhang this morning."
If Xiaoqiu had asked politely before, he would not have refused bluntly. After all, the little girl in front of him was his young boss and she was still working in her house. He didn't want to offend her too much, so he sent the entire manuscript to Zhang Ziran.
, it can be considered as a step down for both sides.
"Ah, I forgot to ask Uncle Zhang when I saw him today." Zhao Ying'er was smart enough. From Zhu Kui's words and expressions, he could see that he wanted to hand it over to her through Zhang Ziran's hand. He didn't mean to be in trouble with her, so she didn't blame him.
"In this way, the little lady bids farewell."
"Second Miss, walk slowly." Zhu Kui also said goodbye sideways.
Zhao Ying'er had just taken Xiao Qiu out of the hospital when she suddenly turned around and said: "Don't call me Miss Second Miss from now on. My name is Zhao Ying'er. If you have new stories in the future, remember to give them to me first." After saying that, with a slightly naughty smile, Shi Shi
Leave quickly.
"This little girl is quite interesting. The piano she plays is like the background music of the previous Sword and Sword game." Zhu Kui murmured as he watched the other party leave, suddenly thinking of The Legend of Sword and Fairy and his past life.
"Third brother, third brother, what's wrong with you?" Wang Cheng shook Zhu Kui, who was in a daze.
"It's okay, go back to your room."
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Half a year later, the story of Piaoxianglou Storytelling spread quickly, and soon afterwards Zhao Bancheng personally publicized that the filial boy who was famous in Moling County was now settled in Piaoxianglou. This storytelling program, this
The Romance of the Gods was all written by Xiaoyi Zhu Sanlang, which not only increased Zhu Kui's reputation invisibly, but also greatly increased the income of Piaoxiang Tower.
It was only at this moment that Zhu Kui heard news about himself from the market and realized that he was already a celebrity in the county. This surprised him. When he left the village, the first step was to establish himself, and the second step was to become famous.
The idea is that until the Han Dynasty, fame could be equal to money and privilege to a certain extent...
The people who came to listen to the book were no longer limited to locals, but traveling businessmen also came here. Some people even began to visit Zhu Kui, meet him and make friends.
The business of Piaoxianglou is booming, so the number of storytelling sessions must naturally be increased, and even divided into sessions. Naturally, Na Zhang has already started to look for people to recruit disciples to help. On the other hand, Zhu Kui will accompany Wang Cheng to Wang Ying's martial arts practice, and it's time to write.
There are some restrictions, and in order to increase the speed of story creation, he also intends to recruit an apprentice to be a gunner.
Today, he was sitting cross-legged in a box on the second floor wearing a green shirt, listening to the crackling of the gavel wood in the center of the lobby. Today he did not go to Wang Ying's place with Wang Cheng, but said that Zhao Ying'er invited him to go see the house together.
Zhao Bancheng has paid Zhu Kui's monthly share in a timely manner over the past six months. He has saved nearly 30,000 yuan in property, enough to buy an ordinary house. He intends to bring his parents and relatives to the city to enjoy more
good life.
Ten-year-old Zhao Ying'er slowly began to learn business from her father. Although she had no decision-making power, she was still a young master, so she still had some authority. She learned that there was a large family in the east of the city that had been losing business one after another and was in urgent need of selling a small house. More
I made an advance payment of 10,000 yuan to him. In addition to buying the house, I could also buy some furniture.
Zhao Bancheng also knew about this, but he did not stop him. He was very pleased with what his daughter had done. In the past six months, Piaoxiang Tower has surpassed Tianfeng Tower, and is truly the first building in Moling. In the storyteller industry, other families have begun to imitate it.
, At this time, winning people's hearts is the top priority. After a period of observation, he found that Zhu Kui had a strong self-esteem and would not accept money from others for no reason. A small favor such as an advance of salary was better than giving a gift to the house.
At this time, Zhang Zizi finished speaking and took an intermission, and some individual guests began to leave.
"Hey, you're a freeloader. Pay the money quickly or you won't be able to leave." The waiter shouted from downstairs, and then started arguing with others.
Zhu Kui poked his head out and saw a dark-faced northern man with a curly beard, jostling with two waiters. One of them was A Zhan. The big man shook his arms and knocked the two back a few steps.
Shopkeeper Wu quickly received the news and rushed out with several strong guards carrying wooden sticks. He stopped the big man and looked like he was about to fight if he disagreed.
Seeing the shameful and angry look on the big man's face, Zhu Kui obviously showed mercy to A Zhan and the two of them, and did not hit them hard. This man was good at martial arts, otherwise A Zhan and A Zhan would have been able to kill them with one arm instead of just taking a few steps back.
He was knocked to the ground. These restaurant guards were definitely no match. After all, he was considered a member of Piaoxiang Restaurant, so he wanted to resolve the dispute. After thinking about it, he went downstairs.
"stop."
As soon as Zhu Kui arrived at the scene, he called out to stop him. The guards all knew him, so they made way and walked to Shopkeeper Wu.
"Shopkeeper Wu, I've heard what happened above. I'll give you a thin noodle. I'll pay this guest's bill. It won't be good to make noises and fights in the lobby, and my boss won't like it. Can you?"
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Shopkeeper Wu looked at Zhu Kui with some confusion. He couldn't figure out why he wanted to help this big man. However, Zhu Kui's current reputation and his importance in Zhao Bancheng's heart still had to sell face, so he smiled and said: "Since San Lang is asking for mercy, this
The debt is settled, there is no question of whether it will be replenished or not, but Sanlang Haosheng warned me that if I don't do it next time, I won't be able to freeload again."
After saying that, he led the people away, and the people watching around him dispersed when they saw that there was no fun to watch.
"Thank you so much for saving me from the siege. A certain Zhoucang family will definitely pay you back your money someday."
"Zhou Cang" When Zhu Kui heard this name, his heart moved, and he recalled the memory of his past life. He was a fictional character in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Guan Yu asked to follow him when he was looking for his brother thousands of miles away, and he has been loyal to Guan Yu ever since. After hearing that Guan Yu
After being defeated and killed, Zhou Cang also committed suicide. In later generations, Zhou Cang was often worshiped next to the statue of Guan Yu in Guandi temples in various places.
Although he didn't know whether this Zhou Cang was the other Zhou Cang, but looking at his appearance, Zhu Kui wanted to get to know him well: "I'm Zhu Kui, I don't have to pay back some money."
"Turns out it's Moling Xiaoyi Zhu Sanlang. How disrespectful! How disrespectful!" Zhou Cang saluted with his hands raised, his eyes full of respect and gratitude, and he thought to himself: He's really young, and heroes really come from young.
"I don't know, brother Zhou Cang is passing by here, what do you do?" Zhu Kui asked, Zhou Cang and Guan Yu are both from the north, why did he suddenly appear in Jiangdong?
Zhou Cang rummaged through the secret pocket on his chest and replied awkwardly: "A certain family originally came to Jiangdong to seek refuge with relatives. They didn't want their silver to be stolen today. They didn't know it. They didn't mean to eat for free."….
"Oh, that's it. I wonder where Brother Zhou's relatives are in Jiangdong?"
"Wujun area."
Zhu Kui thought in his heart: "Zhou Cang is a hero who values righteousness, and he should get to know him well. In the future, he will vote for Guan Yu, and he will become Wei's confidant. After the world is divided, if he wants to vote for Liu Bei, Zhou Cang knows him, and he may be able to help him."
A handful, and there is no harm in having foreign aid in Liu Bei's system." After thinking about it, he took out a bag of five baht money from his sleeve.
"There is still a long way to go from Moling County to Wu County. Brother Zhou Cang's money has been snatched away. Let's take the money here first. I have thought of it and I have the right to help."
"This... the young man has helped me out, how can I accept your gift again?" Zhou Cang pushed his hand in embarrassment.
"That's a bad statement. If Brother Zhou feels sorry for you, just pay me back together next time. If you refuse, you are looking down on your younger brother." These words show that Zhu Kui knows these loyal people. If you don't find an excuse for him,
But I won't accept your favor.
"Young Master's righteousness will be remembered by a certain family, and I will definitely repay you in the future."
"Farewell."
Zhu Kui watched Zhou Cang leave. As soon as Fang turned around, a crisp voice came from the side: "What are you doing standing at the gate?"
It turned out that Zhao Ying'er and the maid Xiaoqiu arrived. They went to the box where they had agreed to meet. When they found that no one was there, they came to the door.
"It's nothing. A passerby encountered some trouble, so he handed me one. Miss Ying'er is here, let's go see the house together."
Zhao Ying'er obviously knew the general outline of the matter. He just asked casually and had no intention of asking in detail. He nodded and walked out with Xiaoqiu and the two young guards.
After passing through several neighborhoods, they soon came to the house for sale. The owner had come here early to wait for them. The house covered an area of more than 20 acres, with five rooms and a small courtyard. Zhu Kui was very satisfied with what he saw. Next
The discussion is about price.
Although Zhao Ying'er was young, and although the price negotiation process was sharp, it was still a bit immature, and the deal was finally settled for 27,000 yuan.
The reason why the owner sold it at a low price was actually for Zhao Bancheng's sake. Zhu Kui could see this, but Zhao Ying'er also learned a lot of experience.