pawn

That day, it was snowing all over the sky, and he took her hand to the city wall, looking at the silver-clad world outside the city.She stood beside him quietly, smiling without saying a word, listening to his passionate and lofty ambitions.He shouted to the pure white and clean place, his heart was full of warm blood that was contrary to the cold outside.Suddenly, he clasped her five fingers tightly, bent his pretty eyebrows, and made an eternal promise to her

——"Wait until I come back to marry you"

In the Yuan Dynasty, Dadu was already a prosperous international metropolis, and the opera culture was flourishing. You can see a theater every ten steps.The most famous theater in the capital is "Huafang". Anyone who comes to Beijing to play or the city's dignitaries will definitely go to Huafang to witness the beauty of the No. 1 corner in the world.

Her surname is Song and her name is Liyue, she is number one in the world.With a quiet personality, he learned opera from a teacher when he was young. When he was young, he was already "the Wulings were fighting for head-to-head when they were young, and there are countless red silks".

I still remember the first day we met, after she sang a song, she glanced at the crowd and saw him, and she will never forget that face in this life.

At the curtain call, she pursed her lips as usual and stood on the stage until all the guests left.

He was the last to go.When the flow of people gradually thinned out, he got up and shook his fan, walked down the stage, and walked in front of her.He raised his head, stared at her for a long time with narrow eyes, and then slowly said: "Aren't you tired?"

She shook her head slightly and put away her smile.

He smiled suddenly, turned his head slightly, and stretched out his hand towards her.The jade pendants on his body touched each other and made a crisp sound.At this moment, there are only two of them left in Nuo Da's house.

She smiled knowingly, and put her hand on it, as if she had given her life to his hands by holding it, but she had no complaints or regrets.

He held that soft hand tightly and broke into her heart.

"I'm Li Yun, the fragrant Li, the promised Yun."

On the first day after the new year, the theater made an exception and allowed her to take a vacation so that she could relax.

Although it is already spring, the wind in the north is still biting, rolling up snowflakes mercilessly, flying all over the sky in Nuoda's capital, and even slapping snow on the faces of people who go out to the streets.The cold wind made her wrap her fox fur coat tightly, and walked quickly, trying to rush to the temple outside the city before the heavy snow, to go to the first incense stick after the New Year.She didn't remember where this thick fur coat from the bottom of the box came from, maybe it was a gift from some noble son, she didn't go into the reason of the clothes too much, but just thought that she didn't have enough clothes. Warm clothes can resist today's cold, so I wear them to go out to burn incense.

But the weather was not as expected, it became more and more violent, the snowflakes piled up on the ground gradually covered her ankles and knees, she felt a little tired, and regretted that she sang too late last night and did not have a good rest; It whizzed past her ears, as if shouting "sleep, sleep" to her.She began to feel a little dizzy, her eyes overlapped, then her eyes went blank, she closed her eyes, and fell towards the soft and cold snow.When she opened her eyes, she was already sitting safely in a warm room.

She looked at the strangeness around her. A boy about fifteen or sixteen years old was squatting at her feet, with his head down, fiddling with the stove with only a few faint flames.She moved her stiff body slightly, but it alarmed the young man beside her.

The boy raised his head, sized her up for a while, and then said: "Girl, you finally woke up. When my master helped you in from the snow, your face was as white as the snow outside! However, as long as you It's a pity that my master just went out to do errands, so I can't see you awake."

After she heard this, she couldn't help being a little surprised: "It's snowing so much, and your master is still going out to do errands?"

The young man looked smug, and his tone rose a lot: "That's not true, my master has great powers, even if the entire capital is covered by snow, he can still come and go freely!"

She smiled, half-believing in the boy's words. "Little brother, what kind of business do you guys do?"

"pawnshop."

"Oh," she nodded, "what's the name of your pawn shop? I will definitely thank you for saving your life when I go back. However, your shop is too deserted."

The young man shook his head and looked at her helplessly: "Our pawnshop has no name. Because my master has said that if a pawnshop has a name, it is not a pawnshop, it is just a thing that exists to make money. Moreover, the There is not much business, just me is enough! If the girl wants to reward us, I think you should save yourself, my master will not seek some favors for such a small effort."

She lowered her head and smiled slightly: "I didn't expect your master to be a gentleman, he knows quite a lot." She said, she turned her gaze out of the window, "In the future, I still want to thank your master. It's just that , the snow is getting bigger and bigger, isn't it very difficult for the people fighting outside the city?" Years ago, when the first snow fell, he, Li Yun, left, saying that he wanted to start a war against the Mongols and take back his former self. own something.At that time, he was on the city wall, telling her to wait until the day he returned in triumph.

"War?" There was some confusion in the young man's eyes, "If you were talking about the war years ago, it would have already been over, just a few days ago. I heard that the Mongols won a big victory. According to their Personality, none of the enemies survived."

She was startled, and quickly covered her mouth with her hand. After a violent cough, blood gushed out from between her fingers, like flower petals, falling drop by drop, and a smile bloomed on the floor tiles.why?Her eyes are full of despair, she is a humble and lowly actor, it is her great honor in this life that he is willing to marry her, but what about now?He was dead, and he left her so suddenly.Bean-sized teardrops fell from the corners of her eyes and fell to the ground to mix with the pool of blood.

Seeing this, the young man was a little at a loss. He was in a hurry. He ran to the desk behind him to search for medicines, and then ran out again. white towel.He put down the basin, soaked the white towel on his shoulders in hot water a few times, wrung it dry, and handed it to her: "Girl, you should wipe your face first, and wash your hands along the way." He watched her take the towel Wiping his face expressionlessly, he put his heart down and continued, "I think you cried as soon as you heard me say that someone died. I guess, you must have relatives who joined the battle, right? Oh, girl, you But don't cry, my mother said, girls don't cry at every turn. After my master comes back, what can the girl tell him, I just passed it before, he is very powerful, really, don't lie You, I saw him bring the dead back to life once."

She stopped crying, clutching the towel soaked in tears and blood, and looked at the boy with big eyes: "Is what you said true?"

The boy blinked, and quickly waved at her: "It's true! It's true! I won't lie to my master! By the way, girl, I don't know your name yet!"

"Song Liyue." She lowered her eyelids and said in a very soft tone.

The boy scratched his head and wanted to say something, but his attention was attracted by the sound of footsteps coming from outside the door. He looked outside, and then a smile appeared on his face, jumping around in place, very happy. "Girl, girl! My master is back!"

She heard the reputation and looked over, staring blankly, at the elegant man who came from the paleness outside the house.This man looks handsome and looks young, but he is in his early twenties to be able to manage a store is quite remarkable.

When the man saw her, he walked forward with a smile, put his hands behind his back, moved close to her face, bent his beautiful eyebrows, and opened his lips: "My surname is Su, and I am the shopkeeper here. Miss Song can call me the shopkeeper Su." By the way, Su just walked around the battlefield on the outskirts of the city."

Her pupils dilated, her long eyelashes trembled, and her bloodstained hands tugged at his white sleeves vigorously. Dots of red bloomed on top of the white, becoming hideous and terrifying. "Please, please, save him! No matter what price I have to pay!" Her face turned pale, and a string of crystal clear tears ran across her cheeks and fell to the ground.This is the first time she put down her worth to beg a stranger, no matter how strict the teacher who taught music when she was a child, she will grit her teeth and survive; even if the people around her gradually leave after a song becomes famous, she doesn't care; But this time, there was a person who left, and went to a place far, far away from her.She begged the man in front of her, hoping that he could save that man and let him return to her side.

The man was still smiling, completely ignoring his dirty sleeves. "This is true, no matter how much the price is paid."

She nodded without hesitation.

The man straightened up and withdrew his smile: "It's so settled. I hope Miss Song won't go back on her word." He shook off her hand, walked to the door and closed it, and then.He went to the table and lit the sandalwood in the bronze stove, white smoke rose, and a refreshing sandalwood fragrance permeated the small room.

The man moved a chair to sit in front of her, and then took out a piece of yellowed thin paper from his sleeve, on which densely packed black characters were arranged vertically. "This is a contract. Most of the terms and conditions are similar to those of other pawnshops, but the pawns here are not ordinary things. Miss Song, you have to be prepared." As he spoke, the man gestured to the young man beside him Go to the desk in front and get a pen.

She nodded, gripping the skirt even tighter with her hands on her lap.

The man smiled, and took the pen handed by the boy. "...Hey, what should I write as a pawn?" The man bit the end of his pen childishly, "Well, since Miss Song is an opera singer, I need your voice to improve." Pick up the pen and write the word "voice" very solemnly one stroke at a time.

After finishing writing, the man shook the thin paper happily, as if he was very satisfied with his work. "Okay, okay, Miss Song, now I'm waiting for you to press your fingerprints."

The young man standing beside him looked surprised, and couldn't help asking his master: "Master, didn't you ask for nothing when I saw you last time when you were just that person?"

"That time, that time was a life for a life. Didn't you see that the man's mother passed out as soon as he woke up? His mother never got up once she fell down. Girl, I still made a price, so that your lovers will get married. But don't blame me for not reminding you, Miss Song, the body of the man has not been found now, so he will not come to you immediately after he comes back alive, you still have to wait Some time. Don't worry, we don't dare to deceive customers in this kind of business!" The man replied with a smile.

She smiled and shook her head, with a helpless expression on her face, then took advantage of the blood on her hand, without hesitation, pressed her fingerprint heavily on the paper handed by the man.

Li Yun, I, Song Liyue, will spend my whole life waiting for your return and never abandon you!

Ever since the news of "the number one actor in the world lost his voice" was flying all over the capital, she was "invited" out by the theater.She stood outside the door, looking at the people who were all over the street to see the excitement, with a wry smile on her face.She didn't expect that the punishment would be fulfilled so quickly just after signing the contract. However, it was a good thing, this proved that the man was coming back soon.

She packed up some gold and silver.In fact, she doesn't have much property, food and shelter are almost all provided by the theater, the only thing she can't bear is the few costumes she loves.

When leaving, Xiyuan showed her last ounce of friendship, hired a carriage for her, and took her to the yard on the outskirts of the city that she had bought for herself in the early years.She raised the curtain and took a last look at the house she had lived in for more than ten years. From entering to leaving, she was always smiling.After lowering the curtain, she leaned against the window weakly, curled up her legs, laughed and wept silently.She didn't know if it was worth it, but she didn't care about anything anymore, as long as he could come back safely.

As for whether she saw him in the end, this is a later story, but the story is not over...