Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

"Invite sword master Liu Liuyao!" Han Xizai called out.

Everyone looked sideways and saw a young lady brought by Gao Guanbo enter with a sword. The lady named Liu Liuyao was wearing a loose white gown with fluttering sash, and her dress was very elegant; her hair was combed in a bun and a high crown was worn. Her facial features are also quite heroic. Her nose bridge is straight and straight, her cheeks are straight, and her facial lines are not as round and soft as those of ordinary girls. With her hairstyle and dress, she is indeed a little less feminine and a little more heroic.

In this elegant and gentle atmosphere, it was somewhat uncomfortable for such a person to appear. But people like to be curious, and they are also paying attention to her with great interest at this time.

Li Ji, who was playing the pipa, the younger sister of the Deputy Envoy of Jiaofang, she liked this handsome young lady very much, so she immediately asked: "Which piece will Mrs. Liu want to dance, I will accompany you."

Liu Liuyao raised his eyebrows: "Just play it, I'll dance on the spur of the moment."

Li Ji smiled and said, "If you say that, I'm going to play casually."

"I hope to hear good news." Liu Liuyao said provocatively.

"Okay, okay!" Everyone cheered when they heard it. Sword dance is also a kind of dance. Usually people choose familiar tunes to follow the rhythm. It is not easy to dance freely without messing up the dance steps.

Han Xizai said: "If Li Ji plays the drums randomly, it will be difficult for me to play the drums."

Li Ji slightly bent her knees and said with a light smile, "Mr. Han is too modest."

The servants had already moved the Jiegu to the hall, and Han Xizai rolled up his wide sleeves and stood in front of the drum with great interest, getting ready. Everyone has forgotten the soothing and quiet tone just now, and is eagerly waiting for the more passionate sword dance.

"Dang..." Suddenly there was a soft sound of the scabbard mechanism, followed by the metal sound of the sword being unsheathed and rubbed against the hall, that sound was very obvious. Liu Liuyao pulled out a sharp sword and threw the scabbard on the ground.

"Aiya!" Zhuangyuan Lang Huang Can turned pale when he saw this, and said in shock, "How can Wu Jian use this kind of weapon, how dangerous it is!"

Dr. Taichang next to him comforted him: "In Duke Han's mansion, Mr. Han has his own calculations. There is no danger. Liu Liuyao is probably very accurate."

Li Jiaming said with a smile: "Huang Langjun is a scholar-bureaucrat who reads sage books, so he is naturally not used to dancing with knives and guns."

Hearing the voice next to him, Liu Liuyao looked sideways slightly, showing a faint look of disdain for the young champion of the new division.

At that time, the sound of the pipa was like pearls and jade falling on the plate. Han Xizai heard the melody with his ears, and beat the drums to match. Liu Liuyao flicked his robe, and his posture was immediately elegant, and the sword light shone slowly in the light. The sword dance of the sword and the fluttering belt formed a visually gorgeous scene, and people couldn't help cheering loudly.

Liu Liuyao's body is light and smooth, which is quite suitable for the beauty of dancing, but with the sword, he mainly uses striking, stabbing, striking, and washing. This is not an ordinary sword dance, but it combines dancing posture and martial arts into one. Li Ji's pipa became more and more urgent, like a waterfall. Liu Liuyao followed his rhythm, and for a while, swords, lights and swords were swaying like the wind in the hall, and the overwhelming and soothing atmosphere was swept away, and the place was full of passion. Everyone was intoxicated by it, and they were fascinated by it.

Perhaps Li Ji deliberately provoked Liu Liuyao, and the fast rhythm of the pipa never stopped for a moment, regardless of the method of matching rhythms. Although it was already night at this time, it was the end of summer and the temperature was very high. Liu Liuyao did a strenuous exercise, the tips of his hair were soaked in sweat, and the fragrant sweat was swaying in the sword dance.

At this moment, the sound of pipa came suddenly. Suddenly Liu Liuyao's body fluttered to the side, and the sword edge struck sideways at an extremely fast speed. People were dumbfounded, as if they heard the scream of the sharp sword point piercing the air.

Huang Can's face immediately turned gray, and by the time he realized it, Liu Liuyao had put away the sword and was holding it upside down behind his back. Huang Langjun's body softened, and his ass hit the ground, he was frightened half to death.

"Hahaha..." The men and women in the miscellaneous place laughed out loud when they saw him make a fool of himself.

After a while, Huang Can finally came to his senses, got up in embarrassment, and said angrily, "It's too much! It's too much..."

Liu Liuyao clasped his fists and said, "On a whim, I made a joke with Mr. Lang, and I hope you will forgive me."

Everyone also smoothed things over, saying that the dancer was invited by Han Gong and would not hurt the guests. The hall was noisy.

...At this moment, no one noticed the two small holes in the rear window. Behind the house, there are two people standing quietly peeping. Hanlin waited for Zhou Wenju, and the Academy of Painting waited for Gu Hongzhong.

They stooped and peeked there for a long time. Han Xizai's mansion was very large, and he was a civil servant in Jinling, so there were not many housekeepers, so they stayed here quietly for a long time and were lucky not to be discovered.

What should I do if I am discovered? The two of them had nothing to fear, because they came here to spy on the order, and Han Xizai couldn't do anything to them if they were discovered... If it wasn't for the order, they were of the scholar-bureaucrat class, and he still didn't want to do this kind of thing secretly.

After Liu Liuyao danced the sword, Han Xizai got up and left for the intermission, and everyone also laughed with the house prostitutes, forgetting about the joke just now. Only that Huang Langjun looked angrily, very dissatisfied with the dancer girl, but helplessly, in Han Xizai's house, he seemed unwilling to do anything.

Gu Hongzhong was still waiting, but the Imperial Academy had no patience for Zhou Wenju's edict, so he said quietly, "I'll go back to the palace to report first, and Brother Gu will stay for a while. But it doesn't look very exciting after all."

... When Zhou Wenju returned to the palace, Li Yu was still asleep, but he had already returned to the imperial court. When Li Yu heard the eunuch's report, he was anxious to call Zhou Wenju into the palace that night to speak.

Li Yuping retreated to the left and right, leaving only Gao Ji, the servant and eunuch, and Queen Zhou Xian beside him. Everyone in the court knew that Queen Zhou Xian was favored by Li Yu, and that the king had never had any other concubines besides his wife, and some people advised him about it.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Queen." Zhou Wenju bowed.

Li Yu hurriedly asked him to get up and asked about the status of the night banquet at Han Xizai's mansion. Zhou Wenju first mentioned the names of the court officials who participated in the banquet, and then said: "First, Li Ji, the younger sister of Li Jiaming, the deputy envoy of the Jiaofang Division, played the pipa, and then there was the dancer Liu Liuyao dancing the sword. When I left, I saw that Han Gong and the guests were already tired, and it should be over soon."

Of course Li Yu didn't want to know what Han Xizai did, what he wanted to know was the details. That's why he sent Zhou Wenju and the other two to peep|peep. Zhou Wenju and the other two are good at painting; Li Yu knows a little about Qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, and is the best at rhythm, but he also knows painting... He knows that all painters are the most observant, otherwise they can't make good paintings, which is one of the reasons for choosing people.

What did Han Xizai say on a certain occasion, what emotional expression, what kind of gesture. Li Yu asked carefully one by one, trying to guess Han Xizai's thoughts from this.

After Zhou Wenju described it in detail, Li Yu allowed him to resign.

"The courtiers often speculate on Shang's intentions, but the king is the other way around. Why is he so interested in Han Xizai?" Zhou Xian asked softly.

Li Yu said: "Han Xizai is very knowledgeable. When my father was in power, I heard him discuss many times, and they were quite organized. But recently, there are major events in the country. When I asked him how to deal with it, he hesitated. What do you mean?"

After hearing this, Zhou Xian murmured: "The king's words are reasonable. It is reasonable for the new king to succeed to the throne, and he values ​​him quite a lot. He should try his best to gain recognition from the king and secure his official position."

Li Yu said angrily: "Han Xizai looks down on me?"

Seeing this, the confidant eunuch hurriedly persuaded: "Your Majesty, why bother with a Han Xizai, he doesn't know how to flatter you, so your Majesty just ask him to dismiss him and go back to take care of him."

Li Yu suppressed his anger and took a few steps: "For the time being, we can't act rashly... Jinling and even Jiangnan have a large number of scholars who have traveled south, and there are many people who have fled from the north. Han Xizai is one of the most important people among these people. My attitude towards Han Xizai covers a wide range; Han Xizai's attitude can also see the general thoughts of those who travel south and north."

After hearing this, the eunuch hurriedly said, "Your Majesty has far-sighted plans."

Zhou Xian asked softly again: "Then Lin Renzhao came to Jinling, many people impeached him, how does the king want to deal with it?"

Li Yu was overwhelmed and rubbed his temples: "Tokyo also sent people to say that Lin Renzhao built a large warship in Jiezhen, Wuchang, and questioned our country's intentions. He also said that Lin Renzhao's presence in the upper reaches made the local officials in Jiangbei of the Zhou Dynasty feel uneasy, which may cause conflicts. It is not good for the relationship between the two countries. The envoys of the Zhou Dynasty urged my country to transfer Lin Renzhao out of Wuchang."

"Even Tokyo pays special attention to Lin Renzhao?" Zhou Xian said.

Li Yu said: "Yes, so this person should be a capable person. But such a proud soldier, if he is not careful, he will be like a wild horse, and he will act recklessly. I have to beware that he will not be restrained by the court after he becomes a big man... Just imagine, this person has dragged our country into the quagmire of war. If the court wants to rely on him to fight again, he will be blackmailed. He is a Fujianese, how loyal is he, who can see through it?"

Li Yu turned around and said seriously: "There are still some considerations. Lin Renzhao is the main fighter. If I follow him, I will have to fall into war with the Zhou court...Which people in the country support the war, who want to sell their masters for glory, and who follow the crowd and only care about their own mansions?"

Zhou Xian was speechless when he heard what he said.

Li Yu said: "All the forces in the country have their own ghosts, like a mess. If you rush to war without sorting it out, it will be difficult to coordinate, and the country will fall faster!"

Zhou Xian asked softly: "Your Majesty thinks that Zhou Jun will fight against Zhou Xingfeng of Langzhou, will the next target be the Southern Tang Kingdom?"

"It's self-evident, it's obvious." Li Yu said coldly, "But people like Lin Renzhao think too easily...or are too scheming. At first glance, it sounds clear, and I won't be easily confused by him!"

Zhou Xiandao: "The king must quickly promote some loyal civil and military personnel to revive the situation. The concubines look forward to the king competing with Guo Shao and defeating him."

Li Yu hurried back and forth: "I'm thinking now, who are loyal ministers, and who have ulterior motives!"

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