Although Guo Xin knew nothing about the music, he simply thought Yu Niang sang beautifully.
The music of Pipa and Xiao Niang intertwined in his ears, and Guo Xin's mind became active: No wonder so many carnivores in the past and present have indulged in the sensuality of dogs and horses. The melodious music can indeed make people temporarily forget the pressure from the outside world. Not to mention how stupid Empress Chen is who still sings about the flowers in the backyard across the river, let alone the people of later generations who are not procrastinating and getting sick? In the final analysis, it is nothing more than that when people face the pressure of reality, they always like to use this illusion of leisure to temporarily escape from it.
Yu Niang played one song after another, and Guo Xin just sat there and listened to her singing, nodding slightly to Yu Niang from time to time.
Not long after, Shi Dejun beside him was lying on the table and began to snore weakly. The pipa in Yu Niang's hand also stopped.
Guo Xin looked at Yu Niang and saw that she was hesitant to speak, so he spoke first: "This guy is a complete roughneck, Yu Niang doesn't need to worry about him."
"What else do you want to hear, Mr. Lang?"
Guo Xin shook his head: "Yu Niang, why don't you sit down and rest for a while."
Seeing Yu Niang frowning slightly, Guo Xin smiled and explained: "Yu Niang, don't get me wrong, your music is the best I have ever heard here. It's just that the better the music, the more you listen to it, the better it tastes." Food will gradually become tasteless if you eat too much, which is a waste... If you don’t mind it, you might as well have a chat with me."
"I understand," Yu Niang sat down after hearing this, "I wonder what your husband wants to talk about?"
Guo Xin pondered for a moment: "Has Li Ye ever come to see Yu Niang?"
Yuniang shook her head: "I haven't seen him since that day."
"Then...is there anyone else who wants to trouble Yuniang?"
When Yu Niang heard this, she held back her laughter and thought to herself: Although the Guo Lang in front of her was also from the yamen, he was obviously different from the common libertines here.
She guessed that Guo Xin didn't know the key, so she explained to him: "Guo Lang took action for me that day, even at the cost of offending Li Ye. Now many people regard me as Guo Lang's..."
Yu Niang put down the pipa in her hand, crossed her hands in front of her kneeling legs, and paused for a moment before she came up with a suitable word: "A good person."
Guo Xin frowned: "In the final analysis, that day was between me and Li Ye. Although I have a relationship with Yu Niang, it is not all caused by Yu Niang. I have no such intention towards Yu Niang. It's just that things have become like this. Will Yu Niang be very affected by being here?"
Seeing Guo Xin's reaction, Yu Niang's expression suddenly became strange: "In this case...why on earth was Guo Lang willing to help me that day?"
Guo Xin lowered his head and thought for a while, then raised his head and said, "I can't bear it."
Yuniang was in a daze for a moment, as if she hadn't heard clearly, and unconsciously repeated Guo Xin's words: "Can't bear it?"
Guo Xin nodded: "I can't bear to see beautiful things destroyed by barbarism, just like the Central Plains of our Han family is being trampled by the cavalry of the Khitan barbarians...or a beautiful girl like Yu Niang is being trampled by Li It’s insulting to people like you.”
Yu Niang was surprised. She had seen countless sons and daughters over the years, but this was the first time she heard such words from anyone.
"Lang Jun's heart is in the world, and he is indeed very comparable to others."
After saying that, Yu Niang stood up and bowed to Guo Xin solemnly, and then whispered: "But Guo Lang's words also reminded me of the past."
Guo Xin looked at her without saying a word.
Yuniang's eyes gradually wandered: "To be honest with Guo Lang, I am from the Cui family of Qinghe. Although I am not the main wife of the family, I am also from a nearby family branch. However, the years are difficult, and there are many disasters, and the family I don’t know how many sons and daughters have become unjust ghosts."
"I didn't expect that the Cui family would end up like this."
"Today's Cui family is just a noble family, relying on the farm to survive. How is it different from ordinary farm families? Last year, when the Khitan invaded, my father hated being under the rule of the barbarians, so he left the family and moved to Taiyuan. Unexpectedly, he was infected with the disease. She fell ill and left in a hurry... Fortunately, I have been taught etiquette and music, so I was able to sell myself here and get a thin coffin so that my father can sleep peacefully."
As she spoke, tears welled up in Yu Niang's eyes: "My poor father, who was educated in poetry and books, ended up being a lonely soul in this foreign land."
Guo Xin moved his mouth, wanting to say some comforting words, but for a moment he didn't know what to say. He could only sigh: "It's not easy for Lady Yu."
"How many people are suffering in this world? My father often said to me when he was alive, in today's world, warriors are domineering, barbarians are raging, scholars and common people are living in the world, and the people are running for their lives. The system has been out of order for a long time, and the hearts of the people have been distracted. …”
As she spoke, Cui Yuniang looked deeply at Guo Xin: "It is at this age that a gentleman like Guo Lang is particularly rare."
Guo Xin was stunned. The young lady in front of him not only knew how to play the piano and sing, but her knowledge was far beyond that of an ordinary woman. He couldn't help but blurt out what was in his mind at the moment: "A lady like Yu Niang should not be buried in the land of smoke and willows."
Yu Niang tilted her head to one side, with a bitter smile on her face: "I can still sleep well here, but I wonder what would happen if I moved to another place."
Guo Xin was speechless. Yu Niang was right. If a man is alone, whether he joins the army or runs away to open a field, he may always be able to find a way to survive. And where can a woman like Yu Niang go?
Yuniang stopped talking and hugged Pipa again. However, this time what came out of the girl's mouth was no longer soft words, and the music of the pipa in her arms also changed to become sad and desolate:
There are righteous men in Guandong who raise troops to fight against the evil forces.
In the early days of Huimengjin, his heart was in Xianyang.
The army's combined strength was uneven, hesitating and flying geese.
Snobbery makes people fight, and the heirs fight against each other.
The title of Huainan brother is carved in the north.
The armor is infested with lice, and thousands of people die from it.
White bones are exposed in the wild, and there is no rooster crow for thousands of miles.
One of the hundreds of things left behind by the living people will break people's hearts just thinking about it.
At the last moment of the song, the pipa in Yuniang's hand suddenly made a "zheng" sound, and it turned out that the strings were broken by her.
Shi Dejun was also startled by the noise. He rubbed his eyes and woke up in confusion. Looking at Guo Xin who was silent next to him and Yu Niang who had complicated emotions written on his face, he suddenly looked confused: "What happened?"
Guo Xin took a long breath: "It's nothing. Since Shi Lang is awake, let's stay here today."
Shi Dejun yawned: "It's okay anyway, it doesn't hurt to sit down for a while."
"It's getting late."
After saying that, Guo Xin left the table and opened the door. As the door leaf was pulled open by Guo Xin, a gust of cold wind instantly poured into the room.
I don't know when it started snowing outside.
Shi Dejun also saw the snow, stood up and walked to the door, muttering: "Damn, it's still snowing at this time."
Yu Niang cleared her throat and prepared to stand up to see them off: "I'll see you two gentlemen out."
Guo Xin: "Yu Niang doesn't need to see you off, so as not to get cold again."
Shi Dejun didn't care about this, he just urged Guo Xin: "Go quickly, it will be hard to go back if the snow gets heavy."
Yu Niang still sent the two of them to the eaves. Guo Xin turned around and clasped his fists and said: "If Yu Niang encounters any trouble, send someone to come to me. I will immediately serve as the commander of Feng Guo Zuo in the army..."
But he soon realized that it was useless to tell Yu Niang, so he changed his words and said, "My home is in Xingyefang. It's easy to find if you ask around."
Yu Niang bowed again: "I have written it down."
Shi Dejun urged at the bottom of the steps, Guo Xin nodded to Yu Niang again and stepped into the snow.
Seeing Guo Xin's broad back quickly disappearing outside the door, Cui Yuniang felt that all kinds of thoughts were rushing into her heart uncontrollably.
It was the first time she tried to figure out a man's thoughts like this, because she really couldn't figure it out. Guo Xin was willing to stand up for her before, so she naturally thought that Guo Xin was interested in her. But if he was just coveting his own beauty, Guo Xinda wouldn't have to go to such trouble based on his family's power. What's more, just two meetings have proved that Guo Xin is obviously not the lecherous person people rumored to be. If that's the case, why is he so kind to himself?
She vaguely felt in her heart that Guo Xin did not regard her as a singing girl. As for what it was, she couldn't figure it out anyway.
