Chapter 918 (2/2)
Finally, after Huameng took out a waist token, the military guards respectfully sent them from here to the river bank. The leader of the city Wu Wei, who was obviously responsible for protecting Di Renjie's four people, immediately ran to the boat where Di Renjie lived after saluting Li Hong respectfully.
There are not many guests on the small boat, but there are three cabins on the second floor, which are used for the guests to chat with the women on the Luoyang River, play the piano and sing.
As for the first floor of the boat, it is arranged according to the general Huafang arrangement. In a small hall, there are still several empty tables left. The rest of the room is occupied by the guests. Either they are chatting and laughing, or they are watching the woman at the bow of the boat flying over the strings in the wind at night, singing some operas that have been sung from the imperial palace After their own head shaking head, immersed in the music or the sound of the piano, do enjoyment.
As soon as Li Hong boarded the second floor, he heard the door of a cabin creak and was pulled open. Then he saw that di Renjie, led by the Wu Wei, was preparing to come out of the cabin to meet him.
After dismissing the Wu Wei, di Renjie and Li Qiao and others welcomed Li Hong into the room. The four were in a hurry to clean up the scattered paper on the table of eight immortals, as well as a pot of tea and four cups from the painting boat.
”I don't know that your majesty is coming. I can't go to...” Di Renjie and Li Qiao salute Li Hong and say.
”Well, there's no need for so much etiquette at this time.” Li Hong waved his hand, and then Huameng and Cheetah sat down at the door. Wang Xiaojie quickly wiped the chair several times and pulled it open to let Li Hong sit down.
”You four important officials of the imperial court, would you not have asked for such a pot of tea when you came to the boat?” Li Hong pulled the teapot in the middle of the table top, opened the lid, smelled the tea in it, and then looked at the four teacups. He asked faintly, ”you are such a stingy guest. The owner of the boat even let you go on the boat? And it left you this most secluded cabin for days on end
”Although I asked for less, I paid more for tea, so So the owner of the boat didn't say much about it, but every time we didn't want a girl, we always got a burst of white eyes and scorn from the procuress, as if we came here to disturb the business of her daughter. ” Wang Xiaojie laughs, looks at the smile on Li Qiao's three faces, and then answers.
”Nonsense, the daughters in the hands of the pimps are earning money by singing with the guests and chatting with each other. When you get here, you don't want any of them, even playing the piano to set off the atmosphere. If I'm a pimp, when you leave, I'll kick you one by one into the Luoyang River to save you from delaying her daughters' business.” Li Hong again pointed to the door of the Huameng, Huameng immediately got up, gently opened the cabin door and went out.
After a while, after several people in the room sat down again, Huameng came in with a woman holding a piano, followed by several assistants. Naturally, they were holding some food boxes filled with various snacks and fruits.
”Just play your piano. You'll forget your ears and mouth downstairs. The silver won't be less for you.” Hua Meng whispered a word in the woman's ear. Then he held the instrument for the woman and went to the place near the window where the woman from the boat was playing. He put the piano down and asked again with his eyes. Then he went to the door and sat down.
Li Hong and others, sitting at the table of eight immortals, did not even look directly at the woman after she came in. Li Hong, who was facing the woman with his back, looked at the crystal clear grapes like emeralds, and then picked one of them and put them into his mouth.
”Don't worry. There are many people who want to harm me, but it will never be someone here who will harm me. Besides, Huameng has been with me for so many years. Is he a vegetarian?” Li Hong tasted the sweetness of grapes and looked at the four faces of Di Renjie. After he finished, he gradually relaxed from a nervous expression to a relaxed one.
After Li Hong finished, the sound of the piano seemed to have been ordered. The sound began to reverberate gently in the room. Just now, there was Hua Meng's advice, which had seen all the strange women of the guests. Therefore, she only played the music without opening her voice, but only plucked the strings with a soft jade finger, which added a touch of elegance to the room.