Jicanghai

The children of the six surnames in Yunjing are all proficient in several musical instruments, but not many can play the harp.Zhong Xu beamed with joy when he heard the words: "Naturally I have to use you, you still want to earn my money? My money has not been touched yet! By the way, this can be regarded as the point, my actor here , gongs, drums, outfits, buddies, cheerleaders, those who lift the curtains and fans, need a lot of people, that... Xiaoran, poor uncle, I have never been able to get money from home since I was a child, if they know how to do it This, that is even less money. Xiaoran, you guard a huge mansion, neither marry nor take concubines. Apart from seeing you collect a few rotten bows and raise a few bad horses, I don’t see anything else about you. Hobbies, it's useless for you to keep money, can you help uncle?"

When money was mentioned, Mingran was also silent, and said after a while: "Uncle, I also asked the housekeeper when I came back this time. After I left that year, all the belongings, including my mother's dowry, were taken away by my aunt. The decree was sealed in the warehouse, and she took all the keys and the land deed, saying that without her handwriting, no one is allowed to move, not even me, and will not be returned until I am engaged. Now where can I give it to you? Get money? Besides, even though I have never married a wife and concubines, it does not mean that I will not marry a wife and concubines in the future. I will give you all the money to sing an opera, and you let your niece and daughter-in-law go to the northwest wind in the future? And brother-in-law, You are just singing a show, and it is not a serious matter, let me keep my money for other purposes."

Zhong Xu was so angry that he slapped the folding fan on the desk, and frowned, "What is singing, what's wrong with me singing? I'm singing a drama that shakes the world and weeps ghosts and gods! How can you know my great ambitions?" Besides, why are you afraid of marrying a wife? My eldest sister is very partial, and she only talks about you every day, saying that you lost your parents when you were young and pity Bala. Willing to let you pay a penny?"

Today's Empress Dowager Zhong comes from the Zhong family in Yinliu Street, the first of the six surnames in Yunjing. She has one mother, three sisters, and two brothers.Mingran's mother was the youngest among the daughters, she was born unlucky, and died early, and Mingran's father also died early, so he spent a few years with his first aunt and second aunt.He hasn't talked much since he was a child, and he pretends to be very well-behaved, but if you are a mule, even if you put a golden bridle on him, sometimes you can't pretend.As for Zhong Xu, the youngest son of the Zhong family, he is another mule. The two mules share the same smell and have caused many troubles.

Now Mingran crossed his hands and rested his chin, and stared at his uncle slightly sideways. Seeing that his eyebrows were beaming at times, and then filled with anger, he said slowly: "Uncle, does my aunt know what you are doing? She Don't even care about you?"

Zhong Xu's face froze, rather embarrassed, Ming Ran asked, "Have you been hiding from your aunt?"

Zhong Xu snorted coldly, he not only had to avoid the Empress Dowager Zhong, but also his elder brother, the second sister of the Pingnan Hou Mansion, and even his nephews, especially his wise and powerful The frightening nephew of Pingnan Hou.Now being caught by Mingran's words, Zhong Xu became more and more saddened by it, and sighed: "Xiaoran, only your mother kisses my third sister, she is my relative, only she doesn't hold me back!" Spreading his hands: "They all want to eat me alive! Tell me what the hell I did, Xiaoran!"

Mingran was dumbfounded, and thought to herself how many years has passed since my mother died, why is she holding you back?He said: "I sympathize with your rough experience, but there is nothing I can do. I only give you a konghou, nothing else."

Zhong Xu stood up and pointed at him angrily: "You...you...it's a pity that I still look forward to your return every day. It turns out that you are so petty and have no family affection. Let's play together!"

He puffed and puffed, and Mingran was not afraid of angering him, so he just sat there lightly and calmly advised, "I'm really not optimistic about singing. I'll do something else. It will also save you from being like a mouse crossing the street for your grand ambitions, hiding from this and that, are you aggrieved or aggrieved?"

Zhong Xu said angrily: "No, I have to put on a play, otherwise I will die with nothing to die! Sister Ran, tell me whether you can help or not, if you don't care about your uncle, I... I will go to hell to find my third sister Call for injustice!"

After all, he was his own uncle, so he was making such a fuss, Mingran stared at him for a while, and had to reconsider the matter, and said after a long while, "Just sort it out once." He casually flipped through the blue book in his hand Flipping over: "You pick one out."

Zhong Xu thought that there was no hope, but unexpectedly he agreed again, and he was overjoyed, so he hurriedly came over and hugged his shoulders, and said with a smile: "Then let's go out first, if the first row is good, maybe you won't be able to restrain yourself." Hehehehehe, but my uncle and I are reluctant to give up. Forget it, let’s rehearse this concubine Yang Guifei’s soul-breaking Maweipo first. We took the poems of the previous dynasty as the title of the play and renamed it "Song of Everlasting Regret". Next time, your uncle, I will personally play the role of the former Emperor Xuanzong, Xiaoran, are you interested in playing Yang Yuhuan?"

Mingran said, "What do you think I look like Yang Yuhuan?"

Zhong Xu stretched out his hand to lift his chin, rolled his eyes and looked at him solemnly for a while: "It doesn't look like it, and it's far from it, look at your sharp chin. But if you pay money, if you don't give you an important role, brother-in-law I always feel sorry for it hehehehe... why don't you come and be my substitute, if I can't sing in a play, you can replace me."

Mingran said: "I don't need a role, don't talk to me." He suddenly moved his ears slightly, made a silent gesture towards Zhong Xu, and then listened carefully to the surrounding movement, his eyebrows raised slightly. The small wine cup was clasped tightly in an instant, and then the middle finger shot out, and the wine cup broke through the wall with the strong wind.I heard the exclamation from the next door, and then there was the sound of a body falling to the ground, and the sound of wind blowing through clothes. This series of sounds was like a gust of wind and rain, and quickly turned from the building to the outside.Mingran picked up Zhong Xu's waist, walked out through the window in an instant, turned around in the air, and landed firmly in the middle of the long street, blocking the way of the two of them.

A man in Tsing Yi half-supported a stiff person with a small wine cup inlaid on his chest. He was right on top of the big hole. He would have to be seriously injured if he didn't die, but the person had already passed out.The man in Tsing Yi looked at Ming Ran in surprise, then suddenly turned around and ran wildly.As soon as Mingran's figure moved, she stood in front of that person in an instant, like a ghost coming swiftly.

The man in Tsing Yi was shocked, he stretched out his hand and drew his saber out of its sheath, and slashed fiercely.Ming Ran leaned slightly to dodge, he was still carrying Zhong Xu in his hand, but his movement was not at all stagnant, and while dodging, he pulled out a short bow from his waist, circled the man half a circle, and blocked it instantly He slashed eighteen knives over, and found a gap in the shadow of the knives to take advantage of the gap. The thin tendon bowstring directly reached the man's neck, and the string suddenly turned into a sharp blade at the place where the internal force was surging. He shouted in a low voice: "Stop acting rashly, or your blood will splatter three feet."

The man in Tsing Yi immediately froze and didn't dare to move. Under the sky and cloud shadows, the sky should have been bright and bright, but the long street suddenly fell into a strange and quiet state.After a while, Mingran tilted his head slightly and asked, "Uncle, is this your enemy?"

Zhong Xu was suddenly transferred from the restaurant to the street, and was brought back and forth by Ming Ran. He was still in a daze, and he shook his head at a loss when he heard this: "I'm a singer, where can I have any enemies? Ouch Xiaoran, you don't dare to do this in the future, I'm going to vomit, vomit!"

This street was full of people coming and going, but when someone started fighting, the timid ones would have already run away, and the daring ones would retreat three feet away.However, there were more than a dozen nimble people who not only did not retreat, but took advantage of the chaos and tentatively approached step by step.Mingran tightened the bowstring in his hand, his eyes were as cold as water, and he slowly swept around and approached everyone: "Then do you know who these are?"

He used the eyes of sizing up the wolves, everyone just looked at him like this, it seemed that frosty air mixed with bloody air was steaming up, infiltrating in awe-inspiring way, they felt creepy.Zhong Xu finally came back to his senses, and when he saw the clothes of the crowd, he suddenly chuckled: "Xiaoran, after you returned to Yunjing, haven't you visited your wise and mighty cousin Pingnanhou?"

Mingran said: "It's true not."

Zhong Xu snorted and said with a smile: "It's a pity that Marquis Pingnan's ear reports are all-pervasive, even his own cousin is not spared, you still want to hide from it?"

But he heard a voice from far away saying: "Who wants to hide from me?" A man came striding from the end of the long street, wearing a dark blue silk silk robe, red and blue shoulder pads and girdle, broad shoulders and long legs , with a heroic appearance and dignified expression, was none other than the eldest son of Mingran's second aunt's family, Zuo Wenhui, Marquis of Pingnan.

Zhong Xu's face changed, and he wanted to run away with his hands.Ming Ran said: "I can't escape, and so do you, Uncle." With one hand, he clasped Zhong Xu's arm tightly like an iron hoop, pulled him back, turned his head to Zuo Wenhui and said, "Big Cousin, so it's you .Is this your subordinate? If so, I will let you go."

Zuo Wenhui nodded: "Xiaoran grew up too fast, unexpectedly. I was negligent, and I didn't explain clearly." Mingran took back the short bow, and the man immediately staggered away clutching his neck.

Zuo Wenhui's eyes turned to Zhong Xu again, Zhong Xu couldn't leave even if he wanted to, so he nodded to Zuo Wenhui with a pale face, and followed Mingran and called, "Big cousin."

Zuo Wenhui frowned: "Huh?"

Only then did Zhong Xu realize that he was addressed incorrectly, so he hurriedly said, "Elder... elder nephew, why don't you come and take care of yourself?"

Zuo Wenhui's face sank when he heard the words: "Little uncle, should I tell you this first?"

Zhong Xu realized again that he was the first to greet his nephew, and this uncle's pretensions were thrown to the Ryukyu Kingdom.But now it can't be remedied, so he has no choice but to pretend to be deaf and dumb.But Zuo Wenhui refused to let him go, and bowed deeply to Zhong Xu: "Little uncle, I went to the palace to see the queen mother a while ago, and the queen mother said that I haven't seen you for a long time, and I miss you very much. The queen mother is old now. I'm already tall, and I'm always not feeling well, can you spare more time to visit the old man?"

Zhong Xu's eyes wandered, and he hesitated to answer. Zuo Wenhui continued: "I also visited my uncle's house two months ago. Your nephew and daughter-in-law have a new child. The joy of the full moon wanted to invite uncle to come, but I heard The steward of the mansion said that my uncle has been hanging out in Yanhua Academy, and has not returned to the mansion for a long time, and I don’t know what to do with all the silver. The mansion is unable to make ends meet, uncle, your seven or eight concubines complained, and they just said what they want is nothing. Is uncle planning to starve them all to death?"

Zhong Xu groped and shrank behind Ming Ran, before he snorted coldly: "Your wife gave birth to you, so naturally you have to treat her well. I didn't give birth to seven or eight children, so why should I complain, but It's Qiao Zhang who made it up, you don't need to talk to them."

Zuo Wenhui frowned deeply: "Little uncle, you have been hanging around for many years and never go back. You have never heard of a woman who can give birth to a child by herself."

Zhong Xu was not convinced: "Why not, of course there is."

Now Mingran is also extremely curious: "Who?"

Zhong Xu looked indifferent: "Nuwa."

Mingran: "Hehe." Seeing Zuo Wenhui's face livid in an instant, he could only hold back the rest of his laughter.

Zuo Wenhui grunted in his throat, probably swallowing a mouthful of old blood.After all, it was his uncle. He really couldn't get angry, so he vented his anger on Mingran: "Xiaoran, you have been in the city for a few days, why don't you go to me? If it wasn't for someone seeing you on the street today , do you still plan to hide forever? Don’t you know that the two aunts have always missed you? I told them several times that you will be back soon, but I never saw anyone. It was nothing to worry about. You are not allowed to run around anymore, this Just follow me back to the house."