Go back to the Song Dynasty as a broker

"Get ready for the table, Mr. Xiao, let me take you to meet Mr. Xiangguo!"

Fei Cui's words made Xiao Tong and Si Qinghu look away at the same time, Xiao Tong pretended nothing happened, and temporarily put aside the relationship between Si Qinghu and the man with the black beard.

Said to Si Qinghu and Jia Luo: "Then you go back first, and be careful when you appear on stage later."

Si Qinghu and Jia Luo nodded and left.

They are just geisha who come to perform, and they don't need to be seated, and naturally they don't need to meet and greet their masters in advance.After the performance is over, I will introduce it when I pour wine for the court officials.

Xiao Tong followed Fei Cui to the front, only to realize that this black-bearded man is Li Xiangguo, the host of today's banquet, perhaps because of Si Qinghu, he couldn't help feeling a little more jealous.But on the surface, he was still respectful and courteous, and bowed to Li Zao and his wife, "Xiao Tong, a grass-roots man, has met Mr. Xiangguo and Mrs. Xiangguo."

When Mr. Liang saw Xiao Tong, he immediately showed joy, and said, "Father, Mr. Xiangguo, this is the Master Xiao I mentioned to you."

Except for Li Yu and Mrs. Xiangguo who were full of disdain and anger, although Li Zao, Liang Shangshu and others looked down on Xiao Tong as a merchant in their hearts, her "Mulan" could have such a great influence in Bianjing that even Influencing the government and being used by them, they had no choice but to cast admiring glances at Xiao Tong.

At today's banquet, they want to use the bloody and unyielding spirit of resisting foreign enemies shown in "Mulan" to influence the officials of the peace-seeking faction and force the peace-seeking faction to stand in line again, so they subconsciously regard Xiao Tong as a member of the same faction. Treat her with courtesy.

After a few chats, everyone entered the table, Li Yu and Zhou Shi said in a low voice before parting: "Mother, you remember, the person who beat me was a geisha playing Mulan, and you will make the decision for me later!"

Mrs. Zhou whispered: "Put it on Mother. Mother placed you opposite Mr. Liang, and behave well."

Li Yu pursed her lips in displeasure, and let out an oh.

She knew that Mr. Liang's ancestor was a hero who founded the country, and he had great influence in Bianjing, and he was a famous family.Father and Liang Shangshu were friends when they were young, Liang Shangshu had five sons, this Liang Gongzi was the youngest and he was a descendant, and she had already known from her mother that the two families intended to become relatives of their sons and daughters.

To be honest, she has no feelings for Mr. Liang, but thinking that Liang Feifei is his cousin, and she will always be close to Liang Feifei in the future, she doesn't mind marrying Mr. Liang.

Xiao Tong's seat was the last one in the second row on the right, and Mr. Liang was in front of him. When she sat down, seeing Mr. Liang's dejected look, she couldn't help asking him what's the matter?

Mr. Liang glanced at Li Yu across the Baishi passage, and said, "My father intends to marry Mr. Xiangguo as a son and daughter, and wants to marry me with..."

Mr. Liang couldn't speak, and lowered his head in despair.

Xiao Tong also looked at Li Yu on the opposite side, and said in disbelief: "You and... Li Yu?"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

It was really a tragic and funny thing, Xiao Tong couldn't help holding his stomach and laughing unscrupulously and inhumanly.

Li Yu, whoever marries him is unlucky. Not only does Mr. Liang not get someone he likes, but he also wants to marry Li Yu. What a fate!

It is the season of high and crisp autumn. At noon, the sun hides behind the clouds, and only a faint light shines on the garden.Occasionally there is a breeze, cool and comfortable, as if it was prepared for today's banquet!

The banquet started with the music and dance of Jiaofang geisha.

Looking around, Xiao Tong saw dozens of officials, some smiling, toasting each other.But the white-bearded old man in the first row on the opposite side looked to be the same age as her grandmother, wearing a gold silk brocade suit and a big golden crown on his head, looking gloomy, and the five or six officials surrounding him were also like him dignified.

She guessed that this was the official of the peace sect that the eldest brother was talking about!And those who laughed heartily were the new factions who were in the same camp as the prime minister and the officials.

She looked at the majestic old man with a godlike face and asked Mr. Liang, and then she realized that he was the Duke of Chu, the backer behind Bai's Yaxing.With such an honorable person, she really couldn't figure out what relationship he had with a fool like Bai Shu?

Why can't she find such a backer?

During the song and dance, Li Xiang smiled and toasted everyone, and then everyone started to use the bowls and chopsticks.

At this time, the highlight of the banquet, "Mulan", was also staged.

According to the direction of the plot, Si Qinghu first appeared wearing a gray-blue cloth, singing "Mulan Poetry" while weaving the cloth.

Xiao Tong watched "Mulan" for the second time after seeing it in the premiere, and he hasn't gotten tired of it yet.She admired the beauty of Si Qinghu, her face was full of pride, this is her family's geisha!

Si Qinghu didn't change his makeup, he still had sword eyebrows and starry eyes, and his red lips were flamboyant, but it didn't affect him at all.Almost everyone, including several noble ladies, all looked amazed when they saw her.

Li Zao stared at Si Qinghu intently, at first he just thought this geisha was very beautiful, but after Mulan's younger sister appeared, Mulan stood up to sing the lyrics, he suddenly felt that this figure was familiar, like his wife who had been dead for many years.

But this coquettish eyebrows and eyes are different from the impression.

Maybe it's just that people are similar.

Everyone appreciated it with gusto. The Duke of Chu knew that this was a brainwashing opera invited by Li Zao to perform, and he would never appreciate it, so he looked at the stage and dismissed it.He turned his head to look at the people from his own faction, but each of them showed a look of appreciation, and they were so happy that they could not close their mouths from ear to ear.

He couldn't help roaring in his heart: "This bunch of trash, have you forgotten how to firmly promise not to defect before you set off?"

His heart hung up, fearing that they had been successfully brainwashed.

Si Qinghu performed and chanted on the stage, and at first he couldn't resist not looking at Li Zao, but the stage happened to be directly opposite the seat, so if he was not careful, his gaze fell there, and he couldn't help but look twice more .

Li Zao and Zhou's over there were having a good time, and they looked like they were raising their eyebrows.

Thinking of her mother's unwillingness and grief before she died, she mocked in her heart.

Li Zao's parents died when he was young, so he entrusted him to her grandfather.My grandfather was a well-known head of the academy in Shudi County, and he regarded him as his own son, and spent a lot of money for him to study and test his achievements.He and his mother were childhood sweethearts, secretly fell in love, and his grandfather was willing to ask him to be his son-in-law because he thought he was very talented. After he was elected, he presided over the marriage of the two.

Before Li Zao went to Beijing to rush for the exam, his mother was pregnant with Liujia, and he promised to return to his hometown in full bloom.

Unexpectedly, he met Zhou, who was born as a merchant, and was soon captured by Zhou's beauty and charm. Zhou accompanied him to study and take exams in Bianjing, until he won the first prize, and was sent to Hangzhou as a county magistrate.

He indeed managed to return to his hometown, and took his mother and Si Qinghu, who was just a hundred days old, to Hangzhou, but it wasn't long after entering the house that his mother discovered the existence of the Zhou family!

If she had known in advance, the mother would rather take her alone and accept the guidance of the world, and would not follow him to Hangzhou!

At the banquet, Li Zao poured a glass of wine for Mrs. Zhou. Mrs. Zhou peeled a chestnut, glanced at the audience deliberately, and put it into Li Zao's mouth. Li Zao smiled.

Si Qinghu was ignited by their shameless behavior, and when Hua Mulan was on her way to the barracks, there was a part of the libretto, which she changed angrily.

"The yellow sandy land, the setting sun, Mulan went thousands of miles to the army, and now I will tell you the secret. It is not filial to serve my father in the army. It turns out that my grandfather betrayed my mother and doted on my aunt, so that I have a wrong family!..."

When Xiao Tong heard Si Qinghu's voice sing this strange and bold libretto, he just took a sip of tea, coughed in shock, and quickly raised his sleeve to wipe his mouth.

What kind of shocking adaptation is this?Hua Mulan joined the army instead of her father because of filial piety, but because her father doted on his concubine and killed his wife, forcing her to join the army because she had no place in the family!

She has never performed such an opera before!

Looking up at Si Qinghu, she was still singing, with a sad and indignant expression, crying blood every word!

Others also heard that something was wrong, and whispered to each other.

"I really can't see it. Just now, Mulan's father doesn't look like this kind of person. He seems to be in harmony with the family."

"Well, it seems that people can't be judged by their appearance."

The words were pungent and sarcastic, and every word hit Li Zao and Zhou's sore spots, and they looked at Si Qinghu angrily.

Li Zao's heart skipped a beat when he stared resentfully at his boss, Qinghu. The sharp eyes looked like the eldest daughter who ran away from home ten years ago.

If the eldest daughter can grow up safely, she should be at this age, right?

However, they came from a scholarly family, how could their daughter join in the tricks?

But this libretto is not aimed at him, Li Zao, but who is it aimed at?

Mr. Liang had already seen it once, and obviously knew that it was adapted again, and praised loudly: "This adaptation, the whole story has another twist, good, excellent!"

Other officials happily echoed, "Good!"

Both Li Zao's and Zhou's faces were scalded, as red as if they had been drinking alcohol.

Xiao Tong looked at Li Xiang and Zhou Shi with trepidation, from their expressions, they didn't run away, Si Qinghu scolded them!

Seeing that Zhou's anger was burning to the extreme, her eyebrows were erected, her hands were on the table, and she wanted to stand up, but Li Zao pressed her hands to prevent her from moving.

Xiao Tong patted his chest and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Thinking about it, if Li Zao was really scolding, Li Zao didn't dare to get angry in front of all the officials, wouldn't he be in a hurry to admit it?

However, it is hard to die, every move of Li Zao and his wife was watched by Chu Guogong, and Chu Guogong had already found out that Li Zao had a wife and eldest daughter in his early years. After his wife died of illness, the eldest daughter went missing in Hangzhou. According to outsiders, he was abducted and trafficked by human traffickers, and his whereabouts are unknown.

He still doesn't know the reason, but listening to the geisha's singing today, the truth seems to emerge.

He showed a sinister smile, took a sip of wine, and said loudly: "Everyone knows that Mulan is filial to serve in the army instead of her father, but today this geisha suddenly adapted it. I don't know who he is satirizing. There is a first wife and an eldest daughter, which is quite similar to the situation of this Mulan family."

Li Zao smiled awkwardly and lost all confidence in speaking: "Mr. Chu really knows how to speak."

On the stage, Si Qinghu had finished singing this satirical libretto, and the curtain fell, preparing for the second fold to start.

Chu Guogong's words were like a stone stirring up thousands of waves. The people at the banquet did not divert their attention because of Si Qinghu's temporary departure, and Chu Guogong's party members even started talking in a low voice on purpose.

An official said: "Is this scolding Xiangguo?"

The other echoed, "I never expected that Xiangguo is such a ruthless person."

Some people also said: "Isn't it normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines?"

"You can spoil your concubine and destroy your wife. If this is true, it is a serious crime!"

Even the lady said: "If this is true, then Mrs. Xiangguo is a concubine!"

"Isn't Xiangguo's daughter a concubine born to a concubine?" Another woman was startled, and then deliberately pulled Liang Shangshu's wife, and said seriously, "Mrs. Liang, do you really want your son to marry a concubine born to a concubine? "

Mrs. Liang blushed instantly and was speechless.

Li Zao and his wife, being gossiped by others, their cheeks flushed with embarrassment, and they couldn't lift their heads.

Only Li Yu was ignorant when he heard someone talking about him, and said angrily: "You are talking nonsense, my mother has already straightened herself up!"

This……

Doesn't this admit Zhou's concubine background in disguise?

Those who succeeded covered their mouths and laughed.

Mrs. Zhou said sharply, "Ah Yu, what nonsense are you talking about!"

Li Yu shut his mouth unwillingly.

The arguments of those aliens are not very loud, but they are just trying to provoke them, so it’s fine to hear them, as long as they don’t admit it, there is no evidence.But when Li Yu talked, he almost admitted it in disguise. It really drove Li Zao and his wife to death!

Xiao Tong listened to the many discussions and got a general idea of ​​the ins and outs of the matter, his heart began to pound again, he secretly glanced at Li Zao, will they still leave the Xiangfu alive after a while?

The nearly two-hour opera performance was soon over, and the war scene that followed was watched with great enthusiasm by everyone!

Xiao Tong thought, they should have forgotten about Si Qinghu's change of libretto, right?

Si Qinghu, Jia Luo, Xiao Yunu and other male and female geisha returned to the backstage and changed into the clothes they wore when they came back. They came to the banquet room with a jug in their hands. After introducing themselves, they began to pour wine for the officials and ladies. them.

After Si Qinghu poured the wine for Chu Guogong, he glanced at Li Zao and his wife, walked over calmly, lowered his cheeks, knelt in front of their table, poured the wine pot for Li Zao first .

Li Zao looked deeply at the flirtatiously dressed woman in red in front of her, looking down, she found her hands trembling slightly as she poured wine.He was even so nervous that he filled a glass of wine to the full.

Si Qinghu said softly: "Master Xiangguo, please drink some wine."

Li Zao looked at Si Qinghu suspiciously, picked up the wine and drank it.

Xiao Tong's gaze followed Si Qinghu, and he didn't dare to breathe, hoping that nothing would happen to him!

But the next moment, her worry happened.

Mrs. Xiangguo held up her majesty, stared at Si Qinghu sharply, and said, "I heard that Mulan joined the army instead of her father, and she performed filial piety in the Goulan. Why did she change when she came to Xiangguo's mansion?"

Xiao Tong's heart seemed to be tied with a rope, he lifted it up, held the tea cup in front of him, pinched the wall of the cup with two fingers, remained motionless, and never dared to take his eyes off Si Qinghu.

Si Qinghu didn't raise his head, the corners of his mouth raised a shallow arc, and he said calmly: "A little adaptation to enrich the story, after all, how can Xiangfu be like Goulan?"

Xiao Tong quickly smiled and said: "That's right, Madam Xiangguo, our Xiao's Dental Clinic has a rule that when we perform at the guest's house, it will be different from the one in the Goulan, so as to highlight the dignity."

"Presumptuous!" Zhou was furious at the case, "A mere trickster, arbitrarily adapting a story in front of your lords, what is this not a lie? Si Qinghu, here today, you must apologize to your lords, otherwise I will lose face I can't hold it anymore!"

After Si Qinghu sang the part of pampering concubines and destroying wives, she, like Li Zao, suspected that she was the Li Che who ran away back then, but the person in front of her was extremely coquettish, and she could hardly find Li Che's shadow.Maybe it was just people from Duke Chu deliberately bought her to change the libretto, but no matter what, Si Qinghu beat Li Yu and insulted their family of three today to prevent her from suffering. Bianjing will not be able to hold its head up!

Zhou's outrage made the audience silent like a cicada.

Si Qinghu knelt in front of her, but he was calm and unhurried. In the worst case, he would die!

Liang Shangshu thought that Zhou's pursuit would ruin the business, so he said: "A mere geisha, why should Mrs. Xiangguo get angry with her? Just send it away!"

Duke Chu followed closely and said, "I think Mrs. Xiangguo's words are very true. A geisha tampers with the libretto to tease the imperial court officials. She must not be forgiven lightly!"

Ever since the Zhou family vented their anger on Si Qinghu, Duke Chu had been observing, and suddenly came up with a fun idea.Since Si Qinghu can satirize Li Zao on stage, even if he is not Li Zao's daughter, he should be an insider, so why not get her drunk on the spot and have a drunken mantra, so that Li Zao can lose face.

This matter has been confirmed, and tomorrow he will immediately participate in Li Zao's book and pull him down from the position of prime minister!

Chu Guogong poured a glass of wine, raised his glass to Si Qinghu, and said, "If this is the case, I will make amends, Miss Si, please!"

Chu Guogong's maid immediately walked to the middle of the aisle with the wine. Si Qinghu realized that the wine could not be stopped. Fortunately, she was a geisha and had a capacity for drinking. Respectfully.

She and Chu Guogong drank it all at the same time.

Duke Chu gave Tongdang a wink behind him, and Tongdang also raised his glass to Si Qinghu, "Please!"

Si Qinghu took the wine handed by the maid, with a cold and stubborn expression, raised his face, and drank it down again.

Xiao Tong, Mr. Liang, Jia Luo and others were all panicked. If there were dozens of people here, if each of them had a glass of strong wine, Si Qinghu would have only half his life left after walking out of the banquet today.

Li Zao saw through Chu Guogong's tricks, and today's big event was ruined by his stupid wife, but if Chu Guogong got something out of Si Qinghu's mouth, the consequences would be disastrous.

He slowly raised his wine glass, looked at Si Qinghu, thought that she might be his daughter, couldn't bear it, took a deep breath, and said, "Please!"

After she finishes drinking this cup, he will stop all this and send these idlers away!

Si Qinghu stared at Li Zao, his eyes glistened with water, evoking a sad smile.

She didn't believe that Li Zao didn't suspect that she was Li Che at all, but he was still like this gang of bullying officials, attacking her, which really chilled her heart!

She raised her wine glass to Li Zao, and just about to tip it up, but the wine glass was quickly snatched away!

She turned her head, only to see Xiao Tong walking beside her, with one hand on her shoulder to comfort her, and the other hand holding her wine glass, and said with a generous smile to everyone: "Qinghu is my trickster of Xiao's tooth shop, if you think She made a mistake, and the grassroots should be punished!"

After all, she glanced at the wine in the glass, hesitated for a while, resisted the shadow of the wine, tipped the glass, and drank it all in one gulp!

Si Qinghu was stunned by Xiao Tong's series of operations, and said nervously: "Shiro!"

Xiao Tong turned to Jia Luo and the others and said, "Take Qinghu and leave!"

Si Qinghu looked into Xiao Tong's warm eyes, which seemed to hide the fear of death, her heart was shaking violently, and tears spread to her eyes in a trance.

The author has something to say: Author: Shiro protects his wife very well.It's okay, it won't be abused.