Chapter 130: The soul-catching demonic charm

Ni Duxi's singing made Zhao Xing extremely shocked.

This is a popular performance method in the Arab Palace.

There were actually castrators in the Song Dynasty?

These castrated actors were castrated since childhood and then deliberately cultivated. Because they have the sharp voices of women and the strong chest of men, they can sing high notes that are unheard of in the world. Their singing is called the "sound of nature". Ni Duxi in front of them is an example. His voice is unique and has a charming charm. His eyes full of demonic energy swept around, and the guests present felt that they were lustful and soft.

Zhao Xing was still recalling hard, and he couldn't remember similar records in historical books. However, there were indeed castrators in historical books. "Yi Jianzhi" records a castrator in Chengdu during the Southern Song Dynasty. The couple who trained him sold the castrator to the Chengdu Tongzhe who was obsessed with him for a price of 700,000 yuan. Then the couple ran away with the money, leaving behind the fooled Tongzhe and the miserable castrator. The magistrate did not find that there was a fake until he went to bed with the castrator...

The final fate of this castrator is unknown.

Ni Duxi is still singing. His (her) body is clear and his starry eyes are shiny. He is wrapped in a squid head and has a high bunch of branches. He has a collar inside his upper body, a tight sleeves and narrow shirt on his lower body, tight pants and socks on his lower body, boots on his feet, and a scarf and trousers on his waist. This is the most popular women's fashion "hanging clothes". She also puts a round fan on her back and bows on her chest with her hands, making her look romantic in her performance.

But after listening for a moment, Zhao Xing shook his head slightly regretfully.

The advantage of castrators is that they can sing extraordinary high notes. However, Ni Duxi did not realize this. His voice mainly focused on charm, and his voice was tender and wanted to dig people's hearts. This female voice, with a sharp and male slim inside, makes the voice sound very unique, like an occasional reminder in the lover, or the eager expectation of a lover, like acting coquettish, like anger, and like a thin gun... But when it comes to the touching singing, he is far inferior to Liao Xiaoxiao, no wonder the latter became one of the ten great masters in Bianliang City.

In the past, Liao Xiaoxiao was a music master. Later, she was guided by Wang Zhipo (Chaoyun) and spent several days with Hu Ji. Her singing was even more touching and charming. Although Ni Duxi's voice was special, it was a pity that it was not well developed.

However, this is understandable. The Song Dynasty did not have a complete understanding of music. There was no such thing as high notes, bass, overtones, vibratoes, etc. in this era. Due to musical issues, each performance team played all differently.

A more famous example is "Feathered Yi Ni Shang Dance". This famous song in the Tang Dynasty was recorded using the Gongzi score. From the Tang Dynasty to the Five Dynasties, it only took a few decades to jump to the Song Dynasty. However, even with the humanistic primitives of the Song Dynasty, "Feathered Yi Ni Shang Dance" could not be restored - it was not that Gongzi score that I couldn't understand, everyone understood it.

However, the Gongzi score only records the playing technique, and there is no reflection of the scale (notes) or rhythm. If this music score is not dictated, even the Song Dynasty music masters and even modern musicians, facing this Gongzi score, they do not know what it is talking about - because it can be any melody, as long as the playing technique is the same as the record.

Obviously, Ni Duxi could not realize that his advantage was in the high pitch area, so although his singing made the Song people obsessed with him, it was far from enough to move Zhao Xing, a modern person. Therefore, the audience in the room looked intoxicated, and Zhao Xing looked around and kept looking around.

Think about it, how shocking the three new songs he introduced were. According to the records of the Arab female slaves, it not only has the marking of the scales and rhythms, but also has breakthroughs in singing techniques. After Liao Xiaoxiao gained these new knowledge, her progress can be imagined. Perhaps, now she is an emperor-level superstar in Bianliang City, Tokyo.

But why didn't Liao Xiaoxiao appear?

The person who organized this banquet was Gao Yan. Due to Zhao Xing and Liao Xiaoxiao's relationship, he could not have invited Liao Xiaoxiao. I guess Xiaoxiao would not refuse the invitation.

Perhaps, Zhao Xing was self-indulgent, and people often said: A bitch is ruthless, and an actor is unrighteous. Maybe Zhao Xing thought he was worthy of Liao Xiaoxiao, and Xiaoxiao should have a grateful heart, but for young teenagers who were competing to worship the emperor-level superstar under the pomegranate skirt, he did not do enough by himself.

After Ni Duxi finished singing, the officials talked about Ni Duxi's singing voice with unsatisfactoryness, and also talked about Liao Xiaoxiao. Gossip drifted into Zhao Xing's ears-"Ni Duxidu has such skills. I believe that the singing of "The Ten Greatest Masters of the Capital" is even more amazing, Xi failed to... "

As everyone was talking about this kung fu, the official prostitute, top scholar Jin Sailan, Tanhua Tang An'an, the first leader Pan Chengxin, and private prostitute Hu Lianlian (ranked only outside Tanhua, ranked fourth) appeared one after another, and a lively scene of "You are finished singing and I am on the stage". Zhao Xing took the opportunity to retreat quietly.

In the courtyard, the artists who finished the performance have said goodbye one after another. The one who is waiting for the show is the "Zhao Jiaxi" troupe of the 100 opera troupe. The "Zhao Jiaxi" troupe took the lead (the protagonist) and "Brother Zhang Sai" saw Zhao Xing coming out and bowed. Master Xiao Shigaoyan approached Zhao Xing and whispered: "Brother Zhang Sai is going to perform 'live into a carp', but Mei Sanniang, who is a sausage, has already returned. He asked the official to help and cover up a few things."

Zhao Xing nodded with a smile.

This kind of program "turning into a carp" is very mysterious in history books, but if the owner does not cooperate, it is impossible for the person who turns magic to complete this magic.

"Every Japanese girls in my family can make stews. Although they are not as good as Mei Sanniang, it is enough to deal with the guests on the table." Zhao Xing replied.

Brother Zhang Sai couldn't thank him all. At this time, Du Qisheng came out of the "Zhao Jiaxi" team and bowed to Zhao Xing repeatedly, as if he had something to say.

Zhao Xing pretended not to see it. When Zhang Saige exchanged the care needed for the trick with him, the people in the "Zhao Jiaxi" team were busy preparing. Zhao Xing was empty, and Du Qisheng came to him and bowed to Zhao Xing again.

"The great official, the old man is ignorant of gold and jade. It's evil. Today I will apologize here. I hope the great official will reward the old man with a bite of food..." Du Qisheng bowed his hand and Zhao Xing's face was very cold.

After Bu Qing's destruction, the gangs in Bianliang City were in full swing. At first, everyone wanted to be the boss, and then they were routine, bloody survival of the fittest. At first, Du Qisheng was very honest and he sat down to watch the situation. Unexpectedly, when the dust settled, the remaining three "tumbling heads" were people he had always looked down upon. At this time, Du Qisheng was moved.

Among the remaining three leaders, no one mentioned avenging revenge for the "ex-boss Bu Qing". Du Qisheng felt that this was an opportunity. He had seven disciples under him, strong and strong, and often fought and killed, and was used to blood. So Du Qisheng led seven disciples to appear and posted a wide post to invite friends, claiming to avenge Bu Qing, and was preparing to use this to suppress the other three.

The lower class and normal society in Bianliang City were originally two worlds. Du Qisheng thought that his actions were secret. He contacted Bu Qing's old friends everywhere. He thought that Zhao Xing would not know. When Zhao Xing found out, he had the power to deal with it. Unexpectedly, these secret actions were investigated by the "Yi Ci Leiye" people.

The Jews have always lived in the lower class, and their sensitivity to the dark world is far greater than that of Du Qisheng and others. The history of the Jews playing underworld is six thousand years more than Du Qisheng. Therefore, all the tricks Du Qisheng played were discovered by the people who gave it to the Happy Job. The Jews were leaning towards Zhao Xing and felt that Du Qisheng had threatened their future joint cause. They themselves had no choice but to Du Qisheng, but Zhao Xing had the funds and ability to deal with it, so they informed the latter of the news.

Chinese magic came from India. Originally, magic was called "Baxi", which was a transliteration of the pronunciation of Indian Sanskrit, and then "Baxi" evolved into "hundred plays" and "tricks". Du Qisheng's proud "dismemberment of living people" is just a small trick in Indian illusion. Others don't know the secrets of the tricks. The "one gift of joy" people who have been slaves in South Age for thousands of years know it very clearly.

After Zhao Xing learned about Du Qisheng's small moves, he wrote a note, which was written on it. The secret of Du Qisheng's trick. An arrow was attached to the letter. The arrow was extremely sharp. Du Qisheng didn't care at first, but later he found that this arrow could be easily portrayed on his sword...

Du Qisheng understood that this was Zhao Xing's warning.

Zhao Xing warned him: If he continues to be obsessed with it, he will uncover the secret of his performance, smash his job, and make him unable to make a living. Later, he may even use force to deal with him. The sharpness of the weapons used by Zhao Xing is unimaginable - he thought that Bu Qing was lost under these weapons at the beginning.

Subsequently, the actions of the Kaifeng government yamen runners also confirmed Du Qisheng's speculation. In fact, the struggles between the Kaifeng government gangs have been controlled within the allowable scope of Kaifeng government. Several gangsters in front who claimed to avenge Bu Qing were uprooted by the government as Bu Qing's reign. The appearance of Du Qisheng caused a change in the matter. Zhang Banto did not want to have an uncontrollable force, so he prepared to arrest Du Qisheng.

Du Qisheng originally thought he was a big star, supported by many fans, often performed for officials, and knew many high-ranking officials and nobles, but he did not expect that when things came to an end, no one dared to support him in fighting for the throne of the gang leader, which made him suddenly fall into trouble.

Fortunately, Du Qisheng was very single. After he woke up, he immediately apologized to Zhao Xing solemnly... At that time, Zhao Xing happened to stay away from the guests, and Du Qisheng only handed over the reconciliation through Ma Mengde and asked for forgiveness.

Ma Mengde was not as difficult as Zhao Xing. He thought that he would be in the capital in the future, with one more friend and one more way, so he came forward to persuade him... Then, the pursuit of Du Qisheng came to an abrupt end. After this, Du Qisheng understood. He did not dare to participate in the gang competition anymore, but instead wrote a list of the old Bu Qing party he contacted and handed it to the Kaifeng government yamen runners, in exchange for Zhang Bantou's affection for him.

Du Qisheng is a scoundrel. Zhao Xing never intended to have frequent contact with the other party, so he knew Du Qisheng's apology, but he was unwilling to accept it in person. This time he ran into the front and he acted very coldly.

Du Qisheng also felt Zhao Xing's coldness. His spine was cold and he didn't dare to entangle him anymore. He bowed and stepped back, preparing to return to his carriage. He should have left long ago. The reason why he stayed here was because he finally saw Zhao Xing, and he hoped to hear the other party's forgiveness with his own ears.

Du Qisheng's foot was already on the carriage, and Zhao Xing suddenly remembered something and asked: "How is Liao Xiaoxiao doing recently? I suddenly cut off her news recently. Has she become a good person?"

Du Qisheng quickly retracted the foot on the pedal, crossed his hands and answered respectfully: "The day before yesterday, Miss Liao got typhoid fever after singing the party banquet. She was seriously ill and dying these days. I heard that she was neglected in front of the door after she was sick and no one visited her.

A few days ago, she forced her sick body and wrote the poem "After three or two breaths, two or three branches of flowers left. Say goodbye to a bottle of wine, and invite each other to have no later period" and asked her maid Xiaoqing to give it to the court gentleman who had been serving according to the certificates of various yamen. She hoped that they could regard this poem as a pity for her death."

Zhao Xing was stunned.

These celebrities seem to be glorious, but they didn't expect that once they get sick, they would be so depressed.

The human heart is so cold!

The singing and dancing at the banquet were still loud, but Zhao Xing lost the interest in appreciation. He only felt that the song was full of helplessness, decadence and sadness.

Logically speaking, Liao Xiaoxiao is so popular that she earns not much money. Unexpectedly, she ended up giving poems to others everywhere, hoping that someone would collect her body for her and erect a monument for her after her death.

But why, Zhao Xing didn’t receive this poem?

According to time calculations, before the heavy snow, Liao Xiaoxiao was still singing at her middle school. Before the heavy snow, she only performed one or two on stage. How could she get a serious cold?

A severe cold was called typhoid fever in ancient times. The mortality rate caused by this disease in ancient times was higher than that of SARS.

Zhao Xing thought he had a good relationship with Liao Xiaoxiao, and he regretted that he had not received this eulogy. But he didn't know that his relationship with Liao Xiaoxiao was not as good as a relationship between a benefactor and a prostitute. In the Song Dynasty, a girl sang a few small songs, which was the friendship between passerby A and passerby B.

Relatively speaking, Liao Xiaoxiao's learning music and songs from him owed him a lot of affection. During the Lotus House competition for appreciation, Zhao Xing's cold refusal hurt Liao Xiaoxiao deeply, so he did not dare to ask him to give...

The house was singing and dancing, and Zhao Xing's expression was a little slim. He felt regretful and felt a little heartache. But Liao Xiaoxiao excluded him from the list of mourning, which made him a little embarrassed. He didn't know whether he should reach out. At this time, Du Qisheng was secretly observing, and saw the sad expression on Zhao Xing's face, and boldly interrupted: "Master, why not visit her on your behalf. If you have the chance, you will hand her the call..."

Du Qisheng's adventure was successful. Zhao Xing patted his shoulder gratefully, but refused his service: "I am not a person who dares to be a person who dares not be a person! Since I have done it, I am not afraid of others' discussions. You lead the way and lead my people to move Liao Xiaoxiao back to my mansion. Who dares to stop him? Beat him!"

Du Qisheng was flattered and hurriedly led Zhao Xing's servant out of Su Shi's mansion. Zhao Xing was stunned for a while and turned back to the banquet. At this time, the performance of the genius was coming to an end, and their performances were all singing.

Zhao Xing now understands that they were so eager to show their singing voice because Liao Xiaoxiao fell ill. Liao Xiaoxiao, who was seriously ill, could return to normal after he recovered. And all the famous contemporary literati here, so they want to leave a good impression on these people first and compete for the "Ten Thrones" left by Liao Xiaoxiao in the future.

The genius stepped down and there was a gap before the magic show. The officials joked and joked with the ancients. Su Shi was funny. He pointed to an official in the field and sang a song of the wind: "The wind was rising and the eyebrows were flying, so how could a brave soldier guard the bridge of his nose?"

Everyone at the table was so happy that they covered their stomachs.

Zhao Xing looked in the direction Su Shi pointed, was startled by the situation he saw, and quickly asked Li Yi beside him in a low voice: "Who is that? Is the one the teacher just made fun of?"

Zhao Xing is a junior, and he is sitting too far behind. He has been caring about Mei Sanniang and performing before. Su Shi has never introduced him, so he did not pay attention to the situation of the officials. He has not paid attention to the observation until now.

Li Yi followed Zhao Xing's advice and replied in a low voice: "You mean the person whose eyebrows fell off and his nose bridge was broken. His name is Liu Gongfu, who was a historical writer. He was joking with people by nature. He has had a strange disease recently..."

Have a strange disease? What strange disease can cause eyebrows to fall off and the bridge of the nose to collapse?

Zhao Xing was sweating profusely, and the first thing he thought of was syphilis.

At this point, Zhao Xing got goosebumps and couldn't sit still. He wanted to jump up, but he thought this guess was unreliable. Syphilis is now only prevalent in Arabia. It was only after the Crusade that this disease was introduced to Europe. European missionaries only introduced this disease to China in the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, in the Song Dynasty, China could not have syphilis or venereal diseases.

But then, Zhao Xing thought of a more terrible disease - leprosy!

Liu Gong's father suffered from leprosy! This disease has been recorded in the Bible!

Oh my God—I didn’t eat on the same plate with the other person just now, did I?

No! The Song Dynasty adopted a separate meal system, and each person only ate the food on his own plate.

Zhao Xing was so panicked that he repeatedly comforted himself: It's okay, I haven't heard of Su Shi being infected with leprosy, it should be fine.

But Su Shi is fine, does not mean that Zhao Xing is fine. Is there Zhao Xing in normal history? So, if Zhao Xing is infected, he can only die in vain.

Even if Zhao Xing is fine, it doesn’t mean that his relatives are fine. If Azhu and others are infected, he won’t feel good!

Zhao Xing could no longer sit still. Taking advantage of the noise at the table, he quietly stood up and rushed outside the house. He called the servants of Helelou first and told them to disinfect the removed tableware. He incoherently poured all the disinfection methods he had in memory to the servants of Helelou.

After saying that, Zhao Xing had already sweared in his heart that he would never attend similar mass banquets in the future.

In fact, Zhao Xing was too worried. The official history also recorded Liu Gongfu's strange disease, but it did not record that the disease was spreading, which shows that the personal hygiene habits in the Song Dynasty were extremely admirable. For example, this era still continued the food sharing system in the Tang Dynasty, and the clothes were washed separately, etc.

Therefore, Liu Gongfu suffered from this malignant infectious disease that relied on skin contact to contagious. In Europe and Africa, it might have been a major disaster, but it would not spread on a large scale in the Song Dynasty. It was not until two hundred years after the plague in Europe that he knew that the separate meal system was adopted - this separate meal system is called "Westernization". In the Song Dynasty, the hygiene habits of the Chinese far surpassed those of the same era.

Su Shi's voice continued to be heard from the room. Seeing that Liu Gong's father was so angry, Su Dongpo said: "Don't blame Gong's father, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm punished me to tell you a story, okay?"

Everyone here knows that Da Su is going to have bad water again. Without waiting for Liu Gongfu to contact him, he urged him to speak quickly. Su Dongpo continued: "Once Confucius went out, and the disciples took the opportunity to run outside to play. Unexpectedly, they met Teacher Kong halfway, and they were so scared that they ran away. Yan Hui found it too late and didn't have time to run away, so he hid in a stone pagoda on the side of the road. He came out after Confucius passed. This pagoda was in Qufu, Shandong, so he got an elegant name. Do you know what it is?"

Everyone shook their heads, and Su Dongpo smiled and said, "It is called the 'avoiding tower'."

Everyone laughed!

Liu Gongfu is from Shandong. This "Discovering Confucius Tower" is read in Shandong dialect, which is roughly "nosed by the nostrils".

Zhao Xing was unwilling to observe Liu Gongfu's attitude. After suffering such a bad disease, he was still wandering around and refused to resign as an illness. Zhao Xing felt very uncomfortable. He urged the "Zhao Jiaxi" team to come on stage, interrupting the joke.

Zhang Saige came on the court and first told everyone about the legend of "turning into fresh carp with empty hands" recorded in the Tang legend, and then said: I can do it too, just get a piece of fish scales.

Su Shi ordered his servant to take several fish scales for Zhang Saige. Zhang Saige asked for another tiled jar filled with water, then threw the scales into it, covered it with a green scarf, and opened it from time to time. After a long time, the scarf was lifted out, and the scales were freed out, which was shocked.

The Japanese girl Tingting, wearing high heels, walked closer to the hall and used this fish as a sausage for everyone on the spot...

Brother Zhang Sai can hide the fish on his body. This kind of fish is alive when jumping into the water. He must anesthetize the fish in advance. There were no other anesthetics in ancient times, only sweating drugs and wine. The stew made by this drunk fish is of course more fresh than the fish sold on the market. The officials didn't know it, and praised it...
To be continued...