Chapter 43: The Voice of Heaven
The woman in a long dark yellow dress raised her head and looked at Song Kai quietly.
Song Kai smiled at her, then shook the tea leaves in his hand, "I brought some good tea to the two girls today."
"Isn't it just tea?" Xia He chuckled, reached out to take the tea from Song Kai's hand, opened it and smelled it, nodded and said, "It's true that there is a fragrance."
"Can Song Langjun sing the water tune for the little girl now?" Qiuyue was still looking at Song Kai. Others said that she could read the heart. In fact, she was good at observing people's eyes.
Song Kai waved his hand and said, "My singing voice is really not good. I came here today and I have discussed other things with the girl."
Xia He had already gotten up to make tea, and only Song Kai and Qiuyue were left in the room.
Qiuyue smiled faintly, "Oh? But I just want to know where Song Lang learned the new singing method of the water tune song. As for other things, Song Lang, you are a hero in the green forest. What is the relationship with a brothel like me?"
"Green forest hero?" Song Kai subconsciously touched his cheek, "Do I look so rough?"
Xia He walked over with a teapot. He happened to hear Song Kai's words and giggled: "Don't blame Song Langjun, I told Sister Qiuyue that Song Lang is your identity. Song Lang, you are close to Lu Botao, and you once hit the stinky Taoist priest with one palm. Naturally, you are a powerful Green Forest hero."
Song Kai sighed, unable to explain, pointed to the teacup and said, "Take a taste of this tea first."
Xia He had no doubts, picked up the teacup and wanted to taste it.
Qiuyue, who was on the side, looked at the teacup and chuckled, "Sister, let's wait. Since Song Lang brought this tea, it is naturally polite to drink it together."
"No, don't, try it," said Song Kai, "After tasting this tea, I'll talk to you about business."
Qiuyue is still just laughing and doesn't drink tea.
Song Kai looked at Qiuyue and Xia He strangely.
Xia He shook Qiuyue's arm and whispered: "Sister Qiuyue, you are too careful."
"Ah?" Song Kai suddenly reacted. He looked at the tea and smiled bitterly. "It turns out that Miss Qiuyue is afraid that the tea is not safe. Yes, what can I do in your Chunyan Tower?"
As he said that, Song Kai picked up the teacup, took a sip, and then took three consecutive sips before putting it down.
Xia He had no choice but to stop talking.
Qiuyue then picked up the teacup, took a sip, frowned slightly, then nodded, and said, "It's indeed a good tea, sweet and fragrant, with a hint of bitterness, and a refreshing and refreshing effect. I'm afraid this tea was obtained from Chang'an."
Song Kai sighed relieved when he heard Qiuyue say this and said, "Since Miss Qiuyue also thinks this tea is very good, then I'm relieved. We can talk about business next."
"Discussing business? Song Kai, aren't you going to arrest Sister Qiuyue as the wife of the village to help you pick tea?" Xia He smiled and joked.
Qiuyue didn't react too much and looked at Song Kai.
Song Kai coughed and said, "Don't make fun of two girls. To be honest, I am the shopkeeper of Hongchen Inn, named Song Kai. The song "Shuiji" was originally made by me... the people in my store."
"What? Are you the shopkeeper of the Hongchen Inn? But my mother said that the shopkeeper was a woman disguised as a man and covered with a dog skin plaster," Xia He looked at Song Kai in surprise.
"She is my employee... she is a friend. Hongchen Inn originally belongs to me. She is just a manager of the shopkeeper," Song Kai pointed to the tea and said, "Today, I am here to meet the two girls as the shopkeeper of Hongchen Inn. I am not here to meet the two girls as a green forest hero."
Qiuyue and Xia He couldn't react for a while.
After a while, Qiuyue said calmly: "Since Song Lang is the innkeeper, I must also know who did this water-tiao Ge Tou? Can you be lucky enough to introduce him to meet the little woman?"
Song Kai nodded, "This is OK. Actually you have seen it all. Oh, this doesn't matter. What's important is that I can help the girl win the No. 1 pick in this Mid-Autumn Festival Celebrity Competition. Can the girl, please help me promote the name of Hongchen Inn and these teas?"
Xia He was completely stunned.
Qiuyue was much smarter. When her eyes turned, she understood what Song Kai meant and chuckled, "I now understand why Song Lang wants the little girl to taste this tea first."
"That's natural. If the girl thinks the tea is not good, I will turn around and leave. Only when the girl really thinks the tea is good will she try her best to promote it for Song," Song Kai grinned, picked up the teacup, and took another sip.
Qiuyue was silent for a moment and said, "Xia He, let the people below disperse. I will not see the others again today. We will only drink and chat with Mr. Song."
Song Kai bowed and laughed.
Not long after, I heard a boiling complaint from outside.
Soon, Xia He walked back with a smile, "Sister Qiuyue, Shopkeeper Song, you two are doing evil. The people below were just talking about it and saying that they would create a new pen holding posture and a new font."
"Ah?" Song Kai was completely stunned, and then muttered in his heart, "I won't let cursive script appear in advance because of my reasons...
Three people chatting with tea.
"Why is Manager Song so confident that he can get the young woman to the top of this Mid-Autumn Festival Courtesan competition?" Qiuyue asked.
Song Kai shook his head, "I don't have much confidence, but I will work hard in the end. The lyrics of the water tune song head are naturally excellent. If the girl thinks that my new singing style is fine, then with this water tune song head, it should be able to make others shine in the competition. The problem now is that I don't know who the judges are. If I can't accept the girl's new singing style, it will be troublesome."
Qiuyue laughed, "It turns out that Mr. Song doesn't care about such events."
"ah?"
"The judgment method is naturally the same as in previous years. It is divided into three parts: six brothels, and six contestants, who get the most flower baskets, get six points, and those with the least flower baskets, get one point. This is part. In addition, the son-in-law, Dong Changyun, and Suzhou Sima Kongshan, Mr. Dong and Mr. Kong are both great scholars today, scholars, and geniuses, and thousands of people admire them. They believe that the first place can get six points, the second place can get five points, and so on. The third part is the rating of the talented men. The Mid-Autumn Festival Gala is more important, not the performance of the young women, but the performance of the talented men. If the performer is good, he may be well-known and directly recommended to the court as an official, it is also very likely that the selected talented men will also be ranked for the court." Qiu Yue explained slowly.
Song Kai nodded and said, "So that's it. If I help the girl win the top spot, I'll ask her to promote the tea fragrance and the food in Hongchen Inn in the future. In addition, I hope the girl can perform in my inn regularly. Of course, I will pay."
"This tea is wonderful, Mr. Song, you are also wonderful, so I am naturally willing to promote it. But when you go to the inn, you need your mother to agree," Qiuyue agreed without any hesitation.
"I will go and discuss with your mother. Miss Qiuyue is really happy. Let's study how to sing?" Song Kai saw Qiuyue agree and asked.
Qiuyue got up and walked to the guqin, sat down and said, "Young Master, just open your mouth."
Song Kai thought about the tune and hummed the Princess version of the water tune song.
Qiuyue frowned and meditated, and then said, "Please sing it again."
Song Kai sang it again, his face turned a little ashamed. It was because his singing was too bad, so it was a blessing that he didn't go out of tune.
Qiuyue focused and pondered for a while. After a while, she gently raised her fingers and slowly landed on the first string.
"collapse……"
As a hint of ethereal notes leaped, Qiuyue's mouth opened lightly, "When will the bright moon be... I ask the blue sky with wine... I don't know what palace in the sky... What year is it tonight..."
At the table, Song Kai looked at Qiuyue in surprise and was amazed. This voice, coupled with the ethereal sound of the piano, was simply the sound of nature, the sound of nature.
Next to her, Xia He was planning to drink water, but he raised the water cup to his mouth, but forgot to drink it. She just raised the wine glass like this and stared at Qiuyue. After a while, tears gushed out from her eyes.
"Turn the red pavilion, low the beautiful house, and no sleep... There should be no hatred, why should we be far away?... People have joys and sorrows, the moon has phases, and this matter is difficult to be complete in the past... I hope people will live long and share the beauty of the moon with thousands of miles..."
The last note fell quietly, with a hint of lingering and sadness, a hint of sorrow and expectation.
Although the singing fell, the echo was heard without realizing it, and the sound of the zither echoed in the room.
"Bang!"
A crisp sound.
Awakened the three people in the room.
Xia He screamed in surprise and realized that the teacup in his hand fell to the ground and the boiling water splashed on his feet.
"So beautiful!" Xia He ignored her scalded feet at all. She wiped her tears and looked at Qiuyue, "Sister Qiuyue, it's so beautiful, it's really beautiful."
Qiuyue also stood up, walked to Song Kai, bowed and bent down, "Thank you for your accomplishment."
As he spoke, his expression was also extremely excited.
Song Kai smashed his mouth, waved his hand, and said, "No, it's the girl who sang well. The girl's singing is better than what I've heard! It sounds a hundred times better."
"My husband praised me." Qiuyue walked to the table and looked at the guqin in a daze.
Song Kai smiled, stood up and said, "Miss Qiuyue, Miss Xia He, Song said goodbye first. Although this song is good, Song felt a little uncomfortable when he heard it. Song was just a businessman and didn't want to understand too much. Say goodbye, I'll go to discuss cooperation with your mother."
After saying that, Song Kai turned around and left the room. When he left, he wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes. He hoped that people would live long and share the beauty of the moon with thousands of miles apart. He only hoped that his newlywed wife had also traveled to another world and lived well. He only hoped that his parents were still built and there was someone to take care of him. He only hoped that Liu Yuchan could live well in Chang'an. He only hoped...
Forget it, let's make money.
In the room, the autumn moon and the summer lotus face each other.
"Sister, the courtesan is yours!" Xia He whispered.
Qiuyue nodded, then sighed, "But, how intelligent and free the person who created such a tune should be able to break out of the regular rules..."
Chapter completed!