nine words

On the third day after Chu Jiuge left the state of Ke and entered the territory of the state of Chu, another disaster occurred in the state of Ke, the fever spread rapidly, the people were in dire straits, and corpses were scattered everywhere. The epidemic was serious. In desperation, after half a month of delay, King Ke finally bowed his head helplessly and surrendered to the Southern Kingdom, and the Kingdom of Ke collapsed without attack.

And Nan Jun Xi Sui also accepted this scarred land with a smile, but after he took over, the first thing he did was to send a fully equipped army into the country of Ke, massacre all the sick, and save the uninfected The people were taken to the border for isolation, the dead bodies were buried on a large scale, and the land of Yuan Ke was sealed off to prevent the epidemic from spreading.

When Chu Jiuge heard the news, his first reaction was to be thankful that he was not infected and left Ke country early, and then he felt dissatisfied because of Nanjun's violence.Even if they are not his own people, since King Ke has already surrendered, why bother to slaughter so many people?Why not send a doctor to treat the disease?

But how can he get in on the political situation, not to mention that what he has heard so far is only one-sided words, who knows what the real situation is.

But Nan Jun's temperament is indeed obvious to all.

Chu Jiuge was still wearing plain single clothes, with a plain tulle covering his head, holding a guqin, carrying a bag, and walking in the slightly bleak street market.

On the streets of Chu State, there are some people who are worried about the future chatting. When he stops to rest, he often hears some news from other countries, such as that the son of Qi State has escaped from Qi State secretly, and the king of Ji State has passed away. Critically ill and the like.

It's just that it depends on your own judgment. After all, changing the monarch is not a simple matter that can be settled in a day or two. The five countries in the world currently maintain a ridiculous "harmony". Once one of the pillars cracks, the entire building will be damaged. will collapse.How can there be eggs in a full nest?

While resting, Chu Jiuge sat on a stone bench by the side of the road, looking at the white boots with a little dust on his feet, and secretly groaning in his heart.If he was not born in such a chaotic era, why should he be displaced?

Since the last night in Ke Country, when he got drunk, some broken fragments kept appearing in his mind, including complex and familiar astrological charts, army invasions, noisy shouts of killing, and fires soaring into the sky , reflecting the bleak and silent night, but these fragments could not be pieced together into a whole. The memories he could recall were really too few...

The cool wind blew on Chu Jiuge's face, messed up his clothes, and blew away his hair. The white cloak slid down to his shoulders. The scorching sun above his head was so dazzling that Chu Jiuge had to use his hands to cover it. shine.

Chu Jiuge didn't like the feeling of being scorched by the sun. He got up and moved to a shaded place to sit down. There was a guqin in front of him, but he was so hot that he didn't even think about playing the piano.

"Traveler, are you tired?"

He didn't pay attention just now, and turned his head when he heard the voice, and found that the owner of the voice was a girl who couldn't be called beautiful. She was in the middle of the year and looked at the dress, which family's maid she should be.

Seeing him holding the guqin, the girl seemed very interested, and at the same time saw Chu Jiuge's exhaustion, so she took off the water bottle from her waist and handed it to Chu Jiuge: "Drink some water, I can please Can you do me a favor?"

Seeing the water, Chu Jiuge was like a fish out of water, hungry and thirsty, and couldn't help saying, first took the cow and drank it, the girl was not in a hurry, and waited quietly for him to finish drinking, and then answered when she was thinking.

Chu Jiuge drank the water in the kettle in one gulp, and then tasted it carefully. He unexpectedly found that it was not clear water, but a drink with a hint of rose and jasmine tea aroma and a touch of sweetness. She looked at the girl in astonishment, and the latter smiled back: "This is a special drink in our place. You must not be from the Chu country because of your white skin. The weather in our Chu country is hot, so girls will drink this kind of drink." Tea soup is used to cool off the heat, and it also has the effect of beauty."

When Chu Jiuge heard the word "beauty", there was only one image in Chu Jiuge's mind at that time - when the window was adorned with clouds, and the mirror was decaled yellow.This made his stomach churn a bit, his imposing seven-foot man actually wants to do such a motherly thing as beauty?

Seemingly seeing what he was thinking, the girl "puchi" laughed, and then she resumed her serious look, and asked respectfully, "You must be a musician, can you please do us a favor?" Woolen cloth?"

Chu Jiuge keenly grasped the word "we", if it is not "I", it may be a more troublesome matter.

To be honest, he didn't want to help, because he really didn't want to get involved in all kinds of messy things anymore, but he just received a favor from someone, and he couldn't refuse, so it's better to listen to what kind of request it is.

"Please speak, girl."

"I'm a maid in Xianzifang. A few days ago, our musician here died of illness, and the workshop sent me to find a musician. There are not many musicians in Chu, and most of them are still in the palace to entertain the king of Chu. I really can't help it..." The girl looked embarrassed, and Chu Jiuge regretted it as soon as she heard it, and he shouldn't ask so politely.

The name Xianzifang sounds like a land of love and moon, and in this place of Chu State, there is such a king with an abnormal mind. Naturally, the whole people are out of tune with each other. There are two extremes of having fun all day long, so the entertainment industry in Chu State is the most developed, such as restaurants, casinos, and pear gardens in brothels.

But there are still few pear orchards, and it would be good if you can find one in the whole country. As this little maid said, all the musicians of Chu State went to the palace to entertain the King of Chu, and there were fewer folk entertainers.

However, there is another thing that is different in Chu State, that is, the prevailing masculinity.

In the previous dynasty, there were signs of masculinity such as the male queen Han Zigao and the jade-faced Shura Murong Chong as a male favorite, but they did not reach the point of prevalence. .

That being the case, Chu Jiuge couldn't agree even more. After all, if he wants to protect himself, he must first stay away from the place of right and wrong.

Seeing Chu Jiuge's serious dislike, the girl immediately asked to stay: "No, I won't let you do skin business, just play the piano, that's all..."

"With all due respect, I don't want to tarnish this guqin."

Chu Jiuge really just didn't want to tarnish the guqin, because for him, he had a humble status and had no integrity to speak of, but as an ancient relic of comfort, this guqin had already transcended the mundane world in his eyes.

Chu Jiuge got up and was about to leave, but the girl immediately grabbed the hem of his clothes, her pleading eyes made Chu Jiuge unable to say harsh words to refuse, "The previous musician left behind the piano!" The girl's stalking, It was just because she was afraid of being beaten badly if she couldn't do her job.

Chu Jiuge naturally knew the rules of such a chaotic place, and he couldn't bear to let the girl who was kind to him go back to suffer like this. Think about it, as a luthier, even the old bustard would not embarrass him.

"Okay..." Chu Jiuge reluctantly agreed, "It's just that I want to negotiate with your shopkeeper."

The girl agreed immediately, and then led Chu Jiuge into the alley, "I'll take you in through the back door, so that the guests in the front hall won't misunderstand you."

Chu Jiuge was helpless, as he expected, it was really not a clean place.He can guarantee that because he is soft-hearted at this moment, he will definitely suffer in the future.

Although the backyard of Xianzifang can't be called dilapidated, it definitely looks much quieter than Yingfeiyanwu's front hall, but for Chu Jiuge, it can be regarded as a temporary shelter.

From leaving Fengming Mountain to now, he has been rushing non-stop, and it is time for him to take a rest and recharge his spirits, otherwise he will be exhausted, and he will not have the energy to deal with urgent matters, and he will not have enough energy to spare.

"Wait a moment, I'll go find the shopkeeper."

Chu Jiuge looked around, instead of sitting on the dusty bench, he chose a clean slate and sat cross-legged, quietly looking at the guqin in front of him.

He felt that it was time to seal up Guqin.Being in the place of fireworks, he didn't want the guqin to be polluted by the wind and dust. It was just his own private thoughts. In the final analysis, objects are objects, and they are not as important as people. People have fallen, so what is the use of objects?

The shopkeeper of Xianzifang is not the old bustard full of smiles and flattery that Chu Jiuge expected, but a young man who looks like a scholar. He seems to be not much different from him, but his temperament is very extraordinary, without romance. The fat and powder gas of the land.

Chu Jiuge guessed in his heart, why would such a scholar run a brothel?Judging by his temperament, it is natural that he will not be the one who stepped on the corpse step by step to climb up to the position. Then, could it be that the son inherits his father's career?

A boy followed behind the shopkeeper. Seeing that the shopkeeper wanted to do it, he immediately took off the horse tie on his shoulders, but was stopped by the shopkeeper with his hand.

The latter was so unabashed, bent down and sat on the ground under the stone slab, a little shorter than Chu Jiuge.He knew that the shopkeeper was promoting him and giving him face, which meant that in the shopkeeper's heart, his status was higher than his, but Chu Jiuge also understood that this was just a way of tempting people.

"Please excuse me, shopkeeper, for being tired from the next journey, and it is inconvenient to salute."

"The luthier speaks seriously, you are a respected guest, it is my honor to invite you to play music for Xianzifang, it is too late to serve, how can I ask you to salute rudely?"

The shopkeeper gave each other an honorific name, and Chu Jiuge was a little uncomfortable. After all, a person like him is not as lowly as an actor, but it is not much better.

"My Xia Yu Jingnian is the shopkeeper of Xianzifang."

"Chu Jiuge, a luthier who travels around the world."

The two clapped their hands together, which meant that they had made friends. Xu Shi just told Yu Jingnian that Chu Jiuge didn't want to use his guqin. Seeing Chu Jiuge's guqin covered by a white cloth, Yu Jingnian immediately He opened his mouth: "May the luthier want to see the zither left by the dead musician?"