The High Gate Mistress of Rebirth

Chapter 110 Dancer Cailing

Setting off in the early morning of the next day, Li Ling and his group had just arrived at a place about thirty miles away from Pucheng, when Pucheng guard Zhang Chao came out with several trusted lieutenants.

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

When Zhang Chao saw Li Ling, he turned over and dismounted, cupped his hands and said, "Brother Bo Yue, you are fine."

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

Zhang Chao replied: "As soon as I received 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 wasted on the road."

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 between He and Liang. After taking a group of people into the city, he placed the soldiers in the official post and took Jing Shu to stay in Zhang Chao's mansion.

When they arrived at the Zhang Mansion, Li Ling helped Jing Shu get out of the carriage. Zhang Chao 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, and this Zhang Mansion is not as grand 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 was only in her early twenties. Although she was far from as beautiful as Jingshu, she was still a delicate beauty. She led Jingshu to the guest room and greeted her, "The house is simple. I hope Mrs. Shen won't dislike it."

Jing Shu politely replied: "I and my husband have come here in the dust, causing trouble for you and General Zhang."

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

Ma was a gentle and considerate man, so he called his maid and said, "Mrs. Shen has had a hard journey. You have to 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 her thanks, and Ma made all arrangements before slowly leaving.

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

It was already sunset when I woke up. General Zhang and Ma were going to take care of them tonight, so Jing Shu called Ziyun to tidy up the situation carefully.

As soon as she finished cleaning up, Mrs. Ma ordered someone to come and 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, mostly military generals stationed in Pucheng. Because it was to welcome the couple, Mrs. Ma also thoughtfully invited the family members of the military generals.

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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."

Jing Shu 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 were also looking carefully at this noble lady from the capital.

Everyone present was secretly amazed at Jingshu's beauty.

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

The woman's beauty will captivate the country, and 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. He did not refuse and had a great time chatting with the soldiers.

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.

Ji will dance for you all to entertain you."

The powerful people in Qi Dynasty love extravagance, and it is not uncommon for more prominent families to keep singing and dancing girls to entertain their guests.

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

As the waiter gave high-fives, the sound of silk and bamboo pipe 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 the 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 clap their hands and applaud.

When the music started playing again, the dancing girl was like a flying dragon, landing lightly on the ground. She was holding two swords, and along with the complex and changeable dance steps, the sword light turned like water waves and flowing clouds.

She danced the most difficult sword dance.

Such exquisite 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 were even more amazed by her beauty.

The dance is wonderful! The people are wonderful too!

The men couldn't help but clapped their hands and applauded.

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

It's just that he didn't just join in the fun and cheers from everyone.

Jingshu couldn't help but feel unhappy.

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

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

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

The corners of Li Ling's mouth moved slightly in response.

The dancing girl poured a full cup for Jingshu again: "Madam, thank you for your hard work coming from afar."

Jing Shu frowned and nodded slightly towards her.

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, and then retreated to the next room. She sat down on the little Wuzi, took the pipa handed over by the waiter, plucked the strings with her slender jade fingers, and the sound was as clear as water.

The music slowly filled the banquet hall.

Jing Shu looked at the girl from the corner of her eyes and saw her playing the piano with her hands, but her eyes drifted here from time to time.

Floating towards the person beside her.

(End of chapter)