Chapter 109 The Real Contest (Part 2)
Zhang Huan remained silent for a long time. Li Shi glanced at him and smiled slightly humbly, "It's because I'm a little rude. It's getting late. I want to change my clothes. You go first!"
"I'm going to leave!"
Zhang Huan bowed and bowed and slowly retreated. Looking at Zhang Huan's back as he walked away, Li Shi's eyes were filled with disappointment. The Zhang family actually gave up on Zhang Huan. This made him never expect, what about himself?
Zhang Huan left the inner palace and walked quickly outside the palace. The Jinyang Palace supervisor had just proposed to summon three major music shops to perform, and the appearance of Lanling music shops was inevitable.
Of course, based on his current identity, he could completely keep Lanling Lefang out of the palace on the grounds of safety, but Zhang Huan did not want to do this. He wanted to see what kind of person was the person who made him make his calculations wrong?
Three or four carriages have arrived outside the Jinyang Palace. This is where the people from the Western Jin Dynasty Music House arrived. The Western Jin Dynasty Music House was the leader of the music meeting last year and ranked second this year. Jinyang Palace has long said hello to them and is preparing to perform for the emperor.
The carriage stopped and got out of the carriage dozens of dancers and musicians wearing translucent gauze skirts, with graceful figures. Another carriage was loaded with musical instruments and dance clothes. Several servants struggled to carry them off the carriage.
"What kind of person from the Music House?"
When Zhang Huan was away, his deputy general He Lou Wuji led the Tianqi Camp. He took out a booklet, looked at the flag on the carriage, and said, "Report to the general, this is a person from the Western Jin Dynasty Music House."
Zhang Huan nodded and said, "Go and tell your brothers that those who come to perform their skills today must strictly check, especially their musical instruments, and there is no need to be careless at all."
He Lou Wuji responded and immediately led the soldiers to come forward to inspect, especially the musical instruments, which meticulously inspected them.
"Brother Zhang is a little too nervous!" At some point, Zhu Li appeared behind him. He saw that the soldiers of the Tianqi Camp were checking extremely carefully, and even the dancers were about to search. A trace of worry flashed in his eyes, but this trace of worry disappeared the moment Zhang Huan turned his head. He walked up and patted Zhang Huan on the shoulder and smiled, "It's just some folk artists, and it's not for your Majesty to sleep, so there is no need to make such fuss."
Zhang Huan glanced at him and smiled as if nothing had happened: "I know it's not a big deal, but it's good to have a routine check."
As he said that, his eyes turned to the distance again, and six more carriages were galloping towards him. A green pennant was inserted into the carriage. When they gradually approached, Zhang Huan saw clearly the words on the flag, which were exactly the words "Lanling".
"Brother Zhu, this seems to be the leader of the Qu Club this year!"
Zhu Li shook his head, "I don't know much."
The carriage stopped not far away, and the same came from the carriage was also taken off the carriage of fifty or sixty dancers and musicians. They were all wearing red dresses, and the number was twice as many as the Sanjin Music Square in front. It can be seen that they were all very excited, and they kept laughing.
Two people got off the last carriage, with figures and appearances of the same figure. They were twin sisters. They were white in skin and charming, and were very beautiful. But their dazzling clothes that attracted people's attention were all eye-catching. One was shining with golden light and the other was silver scales.
"The twin sisters are the pillars of Lanling Music House. It is said that one is called Jinsi Ji and the other is called Yinsi Ji. She is good at dancing with a long sleeve and has a good flute."
Seeing Zhang Huan's gaze being attracted, Zhu Li couldn't help but smile ambiguously: "If Brother Zhang is interested, how about I let them accompany you all night?"
Zhang Huan smiled faintly, "Brother Zhu is not sure about the situation in Lanling Lefang?"
After saying that, he ignored Zhu Li's expression and quickly walked forward.
"How many of them are there?"
"Reported to the general, they had a total of 69 people, and they eliminated six servants who moved things and one manager. In fact, there were sixty-two people on the scene."
Zhang Huan nodded, and his eyes looked at the seven men. Six were servile men, wearing tight short clothes, tall, strong and short, and they couldn't stand on the surface in terms of appearance and temperament. They seemed to be living under the crowd for a long time. Although Zhang Huan did not relax his vigilance because of his appearance, these six people could not even enter the Jinyang Palace, so they could naturally rule out the suspicion.
He looked at the manager again. The manager was about forty years old, tall and thin, and looked smart and capable. When he saw Zhang Huan looking at him, he immediately walked up to him and whispered to Zhang Huan: "This general, please speak with me."
"Is there anything you have to do?" Zhang Huan saw his hand in his cloak, as if he was pinching something.
Seeing that Zhang Huan was still moving, the manager couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, so he had to pull out his hand. He saw a small red silk bag in his hand. He quietly stuffed it into Zhang Huan's hand and said with a flattering smile: "A little bit of a little, please accept it with a smile."
The silk sac is as big as an apricot, round and plump as if it was a bead. Zhang Huan laughed and said, "You are polite, sir."
But his thoughts changed rapidly. He didn't believe that such a flattering manager could fool him. Could this person be a woman?
Suddenly, he felt a contemptuous look. He turned his head and looked at the sixty dancers and musicians. Everyone was dressed up and dressed up with heavy makeup, as if they all looked the same, and they could not tell anything unusual.
Zhang Huan slowly withdrew his gaze, feeling a little confused. At this time, the soldiers were checking their instruments, taking them out one by one, and neatly placing them on the ground, pipa, zheng, hand drum, frown drum, etc.
Zhang Huan glanced at the eyes and suddenly saw the two leading women holding a jade flute in their hands. Then he walked up to them and stretched out his hand and said, "Give me the flute!"
The two women looked at each other and hesitated to hand the flute to him. These were two jade flutes carved from beautiful jade. One was as red as blood, and the other was green in color. They were all warm and smooth, with the same appearance, which complemented the twin sisters.
Zhang Huan looked carefully for a long time but found no problems. He handed them to a personal soldier, "Let's take a look!"
Just as the personal soldiers were about to blow the flute, Zhang Huan suddenly saw a trace of anxiety in the eyes of the woman in gold clothes, and flashed by.
Zhang Huan smiled slightly. The problem must be with these two flutes. He already knew who was going to do it.
"Okay." Zhang Huan stopped the soldiers who wanted to play the flute and returned the two tubes of flutes to them. He waved his hand, "It's getting late, let them in!"
The soldiers stopped checking and put all the people from the three music shops into the palace gate. Zhang Huan turned around and entered the hall. Before the banquet, officials of all sizes had already sat down according to their ranks. Night had quietly arrived. The hall was brightly lit, and many palace maids were shuttled back and forth during the banquet, placing wine and serving dishes.
With a bell ringing, a loud shout came from the side door in front of the hall, "His Majesty the Emperor is here."
The officials stood up together, and more than a dozen guards and palace maids surrounded Li Shi and walked into the hall. Li Shi was dressed in regular clothes and had a relaxed smile on his face.
"See Your Majesty!"
"Dear dear friends, please don't give me a gift," Li Shi waved his hand gently. He picked up a glass of wine and said to everyone with some emotion: "This year, Hedong has a severe drought. I originally wanted to be more frugal, but I thought that my dear friends stayed in Beidu and had no chance to be grateful to the emperor, so I decided to invite you all the families. I hope that after drinking this wine, remember my instructions, treat the people well, and live up to my hard work."
"I will remember your Majesty's entrust and will never let down the holy grace!"
Li Shi nodded, and he raised the wine glass high, "Come on! Drink this glass."
He drank the wine and sat down slowly. The officials below also drank and sat down one after another. Only a crisp cloud board sounded, and the sound of silk and bamboo came like a cloud passing through the water. Two groups of musicians played the flute and played the piano, or wielded the pipa, like two rows of autumn geese, flew into both sides of the hall.
The hall is surrounded by silk and bamboo, and the rhyme is coming back. The previous dull atmosphere is swept away. Then a group of dancers are like fairies flying outside the sky, or clusters of blooming peonies, blooming layer by layer in the hall. These are dancers from the Western Jin Dynasty music shop. They are the first to appear in the order of drawing lots.
At this time, He Lou Wuji walked behind Zhang Huan and whispered: "General, Long Wu Army is causing trouble outside. They must take over the defense of Jinyang Palace in advance."
Zhang Huan glanced at Zhu Li quickly, and saw his eyes slightly cold, looking at him squintedly. Zhang Huan smiled, raised his glass to greet him, and then lowered his voice and said to He Lou Wuji: "It's okay to give up the defense to them. If you take five hundred brothers to Lanling Lefang, no one in it is allowed to let go. If you dare to resist, kill me no matter how hard you do!"
He Lou Wuji nodded in agreement and hurried away.
At this time, the dancers of the Western Jin Dynasty music shop had already retreated. Suddenly, the Hu drums were heard in the hall. The drums were loud and loud. Everyone in the hall was attracted by the eyes. A fiery red ocean suddenly appeared in the hall. Sixty dancers danced Hu Xuanwu in love, like blooming pomegranate flowers. The entire hall was inspired by enthusiasm, and many people's feet also moved with the drum beats.
Zhang Huan stared at the dancer tightly, sliding through their faces one by one, everyone was filled with charming smiles, and the person he was looking for should be among them, but the sixty-two women with heavy makeup, each of them was in a fierce exercise, and it was undoubtedly very difficult to find a special person from it.
Just as Zhang Huan was about to give up, he suddenly found that there was a face without makeup in the last row. It was an extremely exquisite face, which was a little unreal, as if the masterpiece in the hand of a master, which made people unforgettable after a glance. At this moment, there was no smile on her face, and her eyes were filled with shocking hatred, which seemed to turn her whole body into a sharp sword.
Zhang Huan's eyes gradually narrowed, hills, waterfalls, plum blossom palace, yes, it was her, the female Taoist priest who looked at the moon with his hands behind his back.
The fiery red ocean suddenly contracted, forming a bud that was about to bloom. The drum sounded suddenly and suddenly, the drum sounded violently again, just like thousands of horses galloping, and the buds bloomed. Two soft flower stadiums appeared in front of everyone. They were gold and silver, and their tight clothes outlined their wonderful bodies so movingly.
Amid the drums, their bodies as soft as snakes were rotating violently, and the metal pieces on their bodies were shining brightly, making jingles from time to time. One seemed to be full of sunlight and the other was like a faint moon. The contrast in the brightly lit hall was particularly strong, firmly attracting everyone's attention.
Zhang Huan was an exception. His eyes were always following the delicate face. Sixty dancers retreated to the gate of the hall. The target had retreated outside the hall. The time for action was up. Zhang Huan's eyes returned to the hall, and the dark crossbow in his hand quickly filled up.
In the hall, a jade flute appeared on each of the two dancers' hands. The silver dancer had a jade flute in his hands, and the golden dancer had a red blood flute in his hands. The sob sound of the flute turned around in the dance, as if a pair of agile phoenixes were flying in the hall.
These two assassins, one covers and the other attacks,
Suddenly, the golden dancer flipped three times in a row. Under the light, the skirt slipped down to her waist, revealing her white thighs. Her body floated high in the air, her posture was extremely elegant, and the hall was silent. All eyes were attracted by her, but Zhang Huan's target was fixed on the silver dancer. She flashed to the side and was still playing the flute, but the flute tube was aimed at the emperor Li Shi, and Li Shi's attention was also attracted by the golden dancer who flipped.
The charm on the silver dancer's face gradually disappeared, and a cold smile burst out from her eyes. The moment she twisted the flute tube, the powerful crossbow in Zhang Huan's hand shot out, and a dark short arrow shot through the bright light, extremely fast, as if a black invitation from the god of death silently penetrated her exposed snow-white chest.
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Chapter completed!