Rebirth of the High Gate Mistress

Chapter 110 Dancing Girl Cailing

Setting off in the early morning of the next day, Li Ling led a group of people to a place about thirty miles away from Pucheng, when Pucheng guard Zhang Chao came out with several trusted lieutenants.

Zhang Chao was also a younger brother of Haoying in Beijing, and was a classmate of Li Ling when he was in official school.

 Zhang Chao met Li Ling, got off his horse, cupped his hands and said, "Brother Bo Yue, you're fine."

Li Ling smiled and returned the greeting: "Why did Brother Lao Zhang come to greet me in person? It's a huge sin."

Zhang Chao replied: "As soon as I got your letter, I came to greet you every day. I have been waiting for you for several days."

Li Ling replied: "I took my wife with me on this trip, and I was delayed on the way."

Hearing that Li Ling was bringing his wife and family, Zhang Chao said hurriedly: "Let's go to the city quickly and stay at my house. We haven't seen each other in so many years and it's just a good time to get together."

Li Ling did not refuse the friendship in Heliang. After taking a group of people into the city, he placed the soldiers in the official post and took Jingshu to live in Zhang Chao's mansion.

Arrived at Zhang's Mansion, Li Ling helped Jing Shu get out of the carriage. Zhang greeted his wife Ma and enthusiastically led Jing Shu to the inner courtyard.

Pucheng is just a city outside the pass, so it is naturally not as prosperous as the capital city. This Zhang Mansion is also not as spacious and luxurious as the mansion of the Haoying family in the middle of the capital.

Although the Zhang Mansion is not big, its beauty lies in its exquisite design. From the pavilions, bridges and flowing water, you can see the beauty of the hostess.

Ma is only in her early twenties. Although she is far less beautiful than Jingshu, she is still a delicate beauty. She led Jingshu to the guest room and said politely: "The house is simple, I hope Mrs. Shen won't find it objectionable."

Jingshu politely replied: "I and my husband have come here after a long journey, causing trouble for you and General Zhang."

It is not an exaggeration to say that they were busy with their travels. Yesterday was not just a night in the wild. When she got up early in the morning, she just washed up briefly.

Mr. Ma was a gentle and considerate person. She called her maid and said, "Mrs. Shen has had a hard journey. You can serve her and wash up and rest first."

As she spoke, she smiled and said to Jing Shu: "My husband and I hosted a welcome banquet for General Li and his wife tonight. Madam, please rest first. I will order someone to invite you to the banquet in front of me later."

Jingshu nodded in thanks, and Ma made all arrangements before leaving slowly.

Jingshu washed herself up and put on clean clothes. She was really tired from the journey, so she lay down on the bed and fell asleep.

 When I woke up, it was already sunset. General Zhang and Ma were going to catch the wind for them tonight, so Jing Shu called Ziyun to tidy up the situation carefully.

 She had just finished cleaning up, and Mrs. Ma sent someone to invite her.

Jingshu followed the visitor all the way to the banquet hall in a winding way. There were already some people gathered in the hall, most of them were military generals stationed in Pucheng. Because it was to welcome the couple, Mrs. Ma also thoughtfully invited the family members of the military generals. .

They are all Pucheng ladies of the same age as them.

Seeing Jingshu come in, Mrs. Ma greeted her warmly and said with a smile: "Madam, please take a seat quickly."

Jingshu sat down next to Li Ling and then raised her eyes to look at the other female guests. They were all young women. Although they were not as elegant as the ladies in the capital, they were all elegant and polite.

While these women were chatting with Jing Shu, they also looked carefully at this noble lady from the capital.

Everyone here was secretly amazed at Jing Shu’s beauty.

 While sighing secretly, they were all curious and couldn't help but secretly look at the famous prince of the Zhenguo Duke's mansion.

 The woman's appearance will captivate the country, while the man's appearance is majestic. He is truly a match made in heaven, a rare good match in the world.

 After everyone exchanged greetings, the banquet began.

Young maids with cloud-like buns and red silk hair were shuttled back and forth to serve guests at banquets.

Li Ling held a high position and everyone came up to propose a toast in twos and threes, but he did not refuse and chatted happily with the officers and men.

After three rounds of drinking, everyone became familiar with each other. Madam Ma stepped forward, bowed slightly to everyone, and said gracefully: "General Li and Mrs. Shen are here today. The house is full of flowers. To entertain the banquet, I ordered the dance in the house." I will perform a dance for you all to entertain you."     The powerful people in Qi like to be extravagant, and it is not unusual for more prominent families to keep singing and dancing maidens to entertain guests.

Like the Zhenguo Gongfu, there is no singer, dancer or prostitute in the house, which is an outlier in the whole Daqi.

As the waiter clapped his hands, the sound of silk and bamboo wind music sounded, and dozens of mysterious dancers entered. In a moment, the hall was filled with colorful butterflies flying and red sleeves waving.

These dancers are just a warm-up before the main event. As the beats sound, the music pauses, dozens of dancers stop their dance steps, and a gauze screen is slowly pushed into the center of the hall by the waiter.

A graceful figure appeared behind the gauze curtain. Before everyone could recover, the figure had already gracefully emerged from the gauze curtain, and its graceful and slender figure swirled in a graceful arc in the air.

 The figure is as light as a swallow!

Everyone couldn't help but applaud.

When the music started playing again, the dancing girl landed lightly on the ground like a flying dragon. She held two swords in her hands. Along with the complex and changeable dance steps, the light of the swords turned like water waves or flowing clouds.

 She dances the most difficult sword dance.

Such superb dancing skills are rare even in Beijing.

The music gradually reached a climax, and the dancer's steps became more and more brisk. At the climax, her clothes were fluttering, and her whole body was spinning like the wind. The sword light dispersed into dots of light, and she was like a fairy riding down the stars, sun and moon, gracefully. It falls into a sea of ​​blue formed by dozens of dancing girls stretching their sleeves.

 Everyone in the hall was deeply impressed by this exquisite dancing skills, and their eyes were all focused on the dancer.

When she raised her head, everyone saw her face clearly, and they were even more amazed by her beauty.

 Wonderful dance! The people are also wonderful!

 The men couldn't help clasping their hands and applauding.

Jing Shu glanced at Li Ling beside her. Although he was self-possessed, his eyes were also focused on the dancing girl like other men.

It's just that I didn't join in the fun and applause of everyone.

Jingshu couldn't help but feel unhappy.

 Zhang Chao felt that everyone was praising the dancer in the mansion, and he felt that it was honorable. He waved to the dancer and said, "Cai Ling, come here and hold the lamp for everyone."

The dancer named Cai Ling slowly stepped forward. As a concubine who specializes in entertaining guests, she naturally understands the rules of honor and inferiority at the banquet.

She was the first to come to Li Ling, who was in a high position. She knelt down and poured wine for Li Ling. She said softly, "I have heard about General Li for a long time. When I meet him today, my family is very lucky."

Li Ling’s mouth moved slightly in response.

The dancing girl filled Jingshu's cup again: "Madam, thank you for your hard work coming from a long distance."

Jingshu nodded slightly towards her with a dull expression on her face.

Before Cai Ling stood up, her eyes moved slightly and she looked deeply at Jing Shu.

Then, Cai Ling took the pot and poured the other guests wine one by one, then retreated to the next room. She sat down on the small Wuzi, took the pipa handed over by the waiter, and plucked the strings with her slender jade fingers, as clear as water. The music slowly filled the banquet hall.

Jingshu looked at the girl from the corner of her eyes, and saw her playing the piano in her hand, but her eyes drifted here from time to time.

 Floating toward the person beside her.

 (End of this chapter)