"What? Is Xiao Mo here? How is this possible? He has obviously gone back to Xiqiang?" Shu Yan was horrified and even wanted to leave his seat to find the source of the flute sound, but then he thought again, "Why?

Maybe, I must have heard it wrong? This is because I

Because I missed Xiao Mo so much, the sound of the flute was not produced by the purple jade flute at all. It was just possible that it was a fine bamboo flute. And what about this tune? Although it was played by Xiao Mo before, it might be from Northwest China.

It is a tune that is popular in a vast area and has a very wide range of singing.”

Thinking of this, Shu Yan couldn't help but take a good look at this Dawan woman - because he remembered that Xiao Mo once said that his maternal lineage was pure Qiang, his paternal lineage's grandfather was Chinese, and his grandmother was from Dawan. Xiao Mo

She only has a little bit of Western blood, but this woman is a pure Westerner. Her skin is whiter than Xiao Mo's, her nose bridge is higher, her eye sockets are obviously much darker than Xiao Mo's, and the color of her eyes is also very different.

"Although Xiao Mo looks a little different from Chinese, but after taking a closer look at this real Westerner today, I realized that Xiao Mo still looks more similar to people from the Central Plains."

Just as Shu Yan was thinking this, the dancer danced for every guest including Jia Gong, except for Shu Yan's song. The dancer looked at Shu Yan, although she felt that he

Different from others, honest

He was honest, but still unsmiling and cold-eyed. Shu Yan felt a little embarrassed and said, "Oh, sister, I won't do it here, please do it. You must be tired after dancing for a long time, so go and have a rest.

.”

The woman showed a slight expression of gratitude. But the shop owner refused and said, "How can that be done? Since the guests have already asked for a dance for everyone, you have to finish the dance. How can you miss one song?"

The dancer saw that Shu Yan took pity on her and did not need to be forced by the shop owner, so she wanted to dance again. Suddenly she heard two short flute sounds coming from behind the scenes. This was a signal for the musicians behind the scenes to communicate with the dancer in front. The dancer understood what it meant.

, said in a slightly stiff Luoyang accent: "I learned a new song yesterday and have never performed it for a guest before. Today I will dance to this guest first."

As the Qiang flute emitted a gentle and long melody, the dancer danced and sang:

I am a Hu woman,

Traveling around.

The mountains are far away,

water pouring,

It is rare to find a lover.

You are a son of the Han family,

Unparalleled heroic spirit.

Nu Chi Chi,

Jun Mangmang,

I don't understand my heart.

After Jia Gong and others listened to this song, they all clapped their hands and applauded. Two young Fulang disciples shouted: "Why bother looking for me? I am your lover."

Everyone started to cheer, but Shu Yan remained silent as expected. After dancing the song, the dancer ignored these frivolous disciples and walked off the stage.

Someone saw that Jia Gong also liked this woman and wanted to flatter him, so he asked the store owner to send the woman to Mr. Jia's room to serve him tonight.

Unexpectedly, the store owner shook his head and said: "Dear guests, I am really sorry. Although this woman has fallen to this, she only sells her art and not her body."

"Where did she come from? Now that she has reached this stage, why bother pretending to be aloof?"

"This woman is from Dawan. She came to the Central Plains with her father. Both father and daughter are proficient in Luoyang Mandarin. Her father's name is Tuge. He is a businessman. He has been traveling between the Central Plains and Dawan, selling various goods for ten years.

I have been a regular customer of our store for more than ten years. Everything was going smoothly, but at the beginning of this year, an accident happened.

He spent all his money to sell a large boatload of goods and prepared to return. Not long after he left the ferry, the boat capsized, and the father and daughter and all the goods fell into the river. Fortunately, a nearby ship passed by and fished out the father and daughter.

Although everyone was safe, the cargo on the ship was completely lost. This Dawan native had experienced

Due to this difficulty, not only did they lose all their money, but they also became seriously ill. The father and daughter were penniless, so they could only live here and borrow money for medical treatment. Now, although the illness has recovered, they still owe a lot of debt.

, and couldn't go home. There was no way to go on like this. Someone saw that his daughter was beautiful, so he gave them some advice to let her go.

The father and daughter initially disagreed with his daughter's performance as a performer to pay off her debts, but within a short time, not to mention the debt collectors, the life in front of her was becoming increasingly unsustainable. They had no choice but to comply. But they had something to say beforehand: they only perform performers and don't sell themselves.

When the debt is paid off and the travel expenses are saved, I will stop doing it."

When Jia Gong heard what the store owner said, he knew it was true. Otherwise, how could there be any reason not to do business? So he stopped forcing it. At this time, everyone had almost finished drinking, so they all went back to their rooms to rest.

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After hearing what the shopkeeper said, Shu Yan's doubts were cleared, and he guessed that the flute player must be the father of the dancer. How could there be Xiao Mo here!

He returned to the guest room and reflected on his trip over the past few days. It was a really disappointing trip. He did not really participate in the serious work of the court, and all he gained was grief for his deceased relatives. Although a farewell like Zhixin's is irreversible, it can be like

Xiao Mo can't do anything about life and death like this

He was going to sleep, but he felt the urge to urinate again, so he went to the backyard to look for the toilet and take a look at his horses. After going to the toilet, he saw many horses grazing together in the stable under the wall from a distance, and he

Next to the horse is a maroon horse, which is obviously not theirs

It belonged to a group of people, but he found this horse very friendly. He couldn't help but walked up and touched the horse. The horse was also very friendly to him. The suspicion in his heart arose again - why does this horse look so much like Xiao Mo?

The horse? But the horse couldn’t speak to confirm. He suddenly had an idea: Last year, he

On the way to Luoyang in the same boat, Xiao Mo was assassinated by a killer. The assassin's cold arrow missed him, but hit the bay-red horse's butt. Thinking of this, he walked behind the horse and took a shot in the dim moonlight.

Look, there is indeed a scar on the horse's left buttock.

"Yeah!" He was overjoyed and immediately went to find the shopkeeper, but the shopkeeper and the clerks had already turned off the lights and gone to sleep.

Shu Yan didn't sleep all night. It was just dawn when he heard something moving in front of him. He listened carefully to the voice of the shop owner and rushed forward to greet him. He was about to ask: Is Xiao Mo here? But he felt that such a question was too abrupt and inappropriate.

Suitable. After thinking about it for a while, he changed the probing sentence and asked: "Excuse me, the shopkeeper, the father and daughter from Dawan are in trouble here. They rely on singing and dancing to pay off their debts. The daughter dances in front, and the flute player behind must be her father?"

When the shopkeeper saw him coming so early in the morning, he hesitated to speak, knowing that he was worried. He also heard him asking about the father and daughter, so he thought that he must have fallen in love with the Dawan girl, so he smiled and said: "Your Majesty,

Why do you ask? Are you attracted to that woman?"

"Oh, no, no, I have other reasons. Please tell the owner the truth."

"That's good. Let me tell you the truth, although her father and daughter are in trouble here, the flute player is not her father, but someone else."

"Oh? Who is it?"

"He is a young man."

"What kind of young master? What clothes are he wearing? Where is he now?" Shu Yan asked a series of urgent questions.

"When it comes to that young master, every move he makes and the way he dresses is different. You have never seen him before. How do you want me to describe him... Hey, I don't need to tell you. Isn't he right behind you?"

Shu Yan turned around suddenly, standing in front of him in a white robe with butterfly patterns, with bright eyes and a smile, joyful and sincere. He was the person he worried about day and night. His spirit was still the same, and he was still free and easy, but a layer of water film had flashed on the beautiful and deep face.

In the eyes.

He looked at the other party ecstatically, and wanted to reach out to pat Xiao Mo on the shoulder. Suddenly he remembered that Xiao Mo seemed to be overwhelmed when he patted him last time, and quickly retracted his hand, but Xiao Mo did not dodge.

"Why are you here?" the two asked almost simultaneously.

Shu Yan told the whole story, and then asked: "Why have you been gone for so long? How come you are here? How did you get to know Dawan's father and daughter?"

"It's a long story. Before asking this, you should know the reason why I left in the first place."

"The reason why you left? What other reasons could there be? Isn't it because you have been away for a long time, miss your hometown, and want to go home for the New Year?"

Xiao Mo looked discouraged: "You still don't understand. What you just said is just a small factor. The real motivation for me to go home is that I want to learn to make wine."

"Making wine?" Shu Yan looked puzzled, "Making wine for the emperor is a matter of the Fine Wine Administration. As a delicacy minister, you just have to make delicious food. What do you do to learn how to make wine?"

"Who said I want to make wine for the emperor? Whether the emperor drinks it or not is none of my business!"

"If you don't make wine for the emperor, then for whom? Or for me?"

"You are finally smart for once."

"Ah... although I think wine tastes good, I never told you. How did you guess that?"

"At the royal banquet last year, the emperor gave all the ministers wine from Dawan Kingdom, but each of them could only drink a little bit. I heard you casually say, 'too little wine,' and I knew you still had more to say. , so I decided to go home to get grape seeds and plant them, and learn how to make wine from my grandmother.”

Shu Yan suddenly realized: "Let me tell you, before the day of the royal banquet, there were no signs. How come the next day, you suddenly have to go home, and you are facing such heavy snow. I was just talking casually, you Why should you take it seriously? You just left, and you stayed away for so long, I thought you would never come back!"

"I also thought I would never come back."

Seeing Xiao Mo's sad face at this moment, Shu Yan asked eagerly: "What's wrong? Did something happen when you went home?"

"The main purpose of my trip is to learn from my grandmother how to make wine. You know, my grandmother is from Dawan, and my great-grandfather is a well-known wealthy businessman in Dawan and belongs to a family that makes wine. My grandmother has been influenced by it since she was a child. Naturally, I learned it. However, unfortunately, it was only when I returned home all the way through the wind and snow that I found out that both my grandparents had passed away."

"Both died?"

"Well, my grandmother passed away less than two days ago, and my grandfather followed her. I didn't even see them for the last time."

Shu Yan was in awe: "At first, your grandmother followed your grandfather back without hesitation, but in the end, your grandfather threw away the rest of his life to follow your grandmother. Although they were from an interracial union, it is really rare for them to be in love and depend on each other like this. And you But I didn’t see them for the last time, which is really a pity.”

Xiao Mo nodded: "I'm really sorry now. My father said that my grandmother has been ill for two months. If I had gone back half a month earlier, I could have seen them. I went home this time to learn how to make wine for you. The factors are greater than visiting relatives, but compared with the farewell of relatives...what are our differences? I feel that I am really ashamed of my family!"

"'If your parents are here, don't travel far. You must travel well.' You should go home often to visit, or at least communicate with your family from time to time, so that you can avoid this situation."

"Do you think I can still swim well? How can it be that simple? After this incident, my parents decided not to allow me to wander outside all day long. They even banned me from going out and trapped me at home."

"With your character, it won't break your heart?" Shu Yan said with a smile.

"No, but they said that if they can't hold me for a few days, they will find a well-matched chief's family in other Qiang villages and marry me there..."

"I want to marry you off?" Shu Yan was almost shocked by these two sentences, "First of all, you are not a woman, how can you say 'marry me'? Secondly, you are a clean person.
Chapter completed!