Although the banquet in Qiuzi is also held under the grape trellis in the garden, it is different from small states such as Loulan, instead of sitting in a circle, but in a spacious courtyard in turn, the biggest difference with the Han-style banquet is that everyone sits cross-legged.King Qiuzi is located on the main seat, it is a bed decorated with gilded lion reliefs, Qiuzi has no lions, but because of the influence of Persia and body poisoning, he also loves this image, and King Qiuzi is offering a gift to the Wusun Kingdom: the white lion skin.This white lion skin was captured by the Wusun people in a reed forest wilderness at the border with Kangju, and there are not many Wusun lions, let alone white lions.Shule also loved lions, and its king wore a golden lion crown and had asked Wusun for this thing, but Wusun Kunmi still decided to give this skin to Wusun's best neighbor, the noble King of Qiuzi.But now, Yaoguang feels that this gift is quite ironic.From beginning to end, Yaoguang only ate a few bites of Hu Biscuits and raisins with his hands at will, did not drink a little wine, and his eyes glanced at the northwest corner of the city from time to time.Her worries were right, and black smoke rose under the blue sky.A minister of Qiuci hurriedly arrived, whispered in the ear of King Qiuci, King Qiuci's face stiffened slightly, and after nodding, he asked the chief translator to tell Yaoguang: "It was the fire cooking in the city that accidentally set the house on fire." ”"It's really careless, I just hope that no one gets hurt."
Yaoguang smiled, but the nameless fire in his heart was burning.The pillar of smoke came from the northwest corner of the city, looking at the distance, it was the building where the Wusun mission was located, and she made an appointment with her younger brother Liu Wannian before she came, and if she was in danger, she would set the building on fire.Princess Xie Wei has many children, first the cowardly eldest brother Yuan Guimi, then her eldest daughter, and two brothers and one sister below.There are many children, but there is only one mother, and the focus of concern is naturally different.In Yaoguang's view, her mother is eccentric and dotes on her younger brother a lot, but for her eldest daughter, she may be too relieved, so she doesn't care so much."
It's been a long journey, as the eldest sister, you have to take care of it for ten thousand years."
Listen, even before the long journey, the mother told her like this, for fear that her baby son would be wronged.is not worried about whether she will encounter danger when a woman is outside."
Wannian dignified man, why do you need me to take care of you?"
Yaoguang was also secretly a little jealous, but who made Liu Wannian her younger brother.Thinking of this, she raised her gaze and responded for the first time to the prince of Qiuzi, who was sitting opposite.Since the beginning of the feast, Jiang Bin's eyes have never moved away from Yaoguang, as if she wants to see every inch of skin on her face, her smile and smile made Jiang Bin uneasy, and even grabbed the raisins into the wine by mistake.And when Yaoguang looked back, Jiang Bin finally couldn't hold back, and felt that the time had come to express himself, so he got up gracefully, came to the center of the courtyard, bent down to the king of Qiuzi, and asked for the most gorgeous Qiuzi dance to be presented to the guests who came from afar.Qiuzi is famous for its dancing and music in the Western Regions, not only for women, but also for men.However, he saw that Jiang Bin tied up his long hair, wore a short robe with narrow sleeves and tight fit, and wore a small hat decorated with pearls, accompanied by the beating and playing of the musicians on the left and right, and began to dance slowly.The initial rhythm was slow, and Jiang Bin swung his waist and moved in the courtyard, and the rhythm of the music gradually increased, and Jiang Bin's pace also accelerated.He danced to the beat of the drums, sometimes raising his hands, sometimes stomping his feet to the beat, flicking his fingers, leaping and spinning, and the edges of his robe swirling.And when the dance music is about to end, the head is left or right, which is called shaking the head, and the rest of the body does not move, only the neck and head shake, which is what Ren Hong calls "twisting the neck".Even if he twisted his neck and shook his shoulders, Jiang Bin's eyes still did not leave Princess Yaoguang for a moment, and one of the major characteristics of the Guizi Dance was that the eyebrows and eyes were full of expressions, and they were really emotional, and they couldn't stop themselves.The joy stopped, the whole courtyard cheered, Jiang Bin bent down towards Yaoguang, stretched out his hand, and issued an invitation."
I would like to ask Princess Wusun to dance with me."
Everyone looked at Princess Yaoguang, waiting for her answer.When Yaoguang bowed slightly, picked up the musical instrument beside him, and slowly walked to the middle of the field, Jiangbin was full of smiles.In Qiuzi, a girl is willing to dance with a young man, which means that she has a crush on him."
Does the prince know Qin Pipa?"
Yaoguang is still holding his beloved Qin Pipa, this thing is only circulated in the courts of Wusun and the Central Plains, and Qiuzi has not yet been introduced, so Prince Jiangbin shook his head and said that he did not know."
When Princess Xijun of the Han Dynasty married into Wusun, before leaving, she wanted to take a musical instrument to chat for comfort, after all, it is a long way to go to Wusun, and only horses are companions.""
So Emperor Xiaowu asked the musician Li Yannian to make this Qin pipa with reference to the Qiuzi pipa and the Central Plains musical instruments."
She plucked the strings slightly: "It is said to be loquat before pushing the hand, but it is said to be loquat when the hand is leading, like its drum, because it is famous."
Take the Jiatong in the north of Danze, cut three feet and five inches in the spring, Zhang Qi silk four strings, and engrave the decoration to flow away, the four strings are like four times. ”After the translator translated, the Qiuci people were very proud to hear this, and look, the Central Plains Dabang should also refer to their musical instruments and music, which proves that the Qiuci dance music is indeed unique.Yaoguang raised his head: "This pipa has been around for more than twenty years, and it was passed down to my mother from Princess Xijun, and my mother gave it to me again. ”She smiled: "Later, the sound it plays, and the dance of Prince Jiangbin, must be a perfect match!"
”As Yaoguang hugged the pipa horizontally, plucking the four strings little by little, the music sounded leisurely.After waiting for a long time, the prince of Qiuzi immediately began to enter, first slowly shaking his shoulders, and then dancing around Yaoguang with rapid dance steps.This is the most perfect dance of Jiangbin, as the so-called demeanor is light, or enthusiastic or excited, at first glance, eyebrows and eyes on the carpet, red sweat exchange bead hat deviation, left and right rotation tirelessly, thousands of turns of endless time!
But he didn't notice that the princess plucked the strings of the pipa with four fingers, but on her thumb were the finger prints left by the archery of the bow and arrows all the year round.Qin pipa is different from Qiuzi pipa, there are only four strings, and the syllables are more monotonous, but Yaoguang likes it, this simple and clear straight column four strings, so that he can use the strings to respond to his heart and express his thoughts.As the melody nears the end, Jiangbin's dance steps are getting slower and slower, and the music is getting slower and slower, no longer the original cheerful and rapid, but with a hint of solemnity!
King Qiuzi is also proficient in dance and music, so he faintly felt that something was wrong, and at this moment the smile was even more fixed on his face: "In this pipa, there are some strange sounds." ”But before he could say a remind, Yaoguang plucked the strings suddenly, and this sound was no longer like the sound of a piano, but like the sound of a bow!
In the next moment, a cold light flashed, and Yao Guang had already pulled out a slender but sharp sword from Qin Pipa's straight pillar.Without hesitation, she stabbed her sword into the shoulder of Prince Guizi, who was full of excitement and wanted to be praised by her after the dance!
This sudden blood color shocked the audience.King Qiuzi stood up from the golden lion's beard bed and shouted the name of Jiangbin in a loud voice.The Turtle Guards rushed from both sides, but they didn't dare to make any move.And the prince of Qiuzi, Jiangbin, was even more stunned, his legs were weak, he knelt on the ground with a thud, and looked up at Princess Yaoguang with murderous intent on her face, and her ears were full of heartbreaking sounds.Yaoguang showed no mercy, and his deerskin boots stepped on the prince's chest, and with a sharp pull, he pulled out the thin sword, which was less than two feet long, and brought out a large amount of blood and splattered it on the ground.And with her next blow, the tip of the sword was pointed at the prince's throat!"
I forgot to say."
Princess Wusun's voice sounded slowly, no longer deliberately soft, no longer suppressed her anger, like a pale she-wolf with fangs out."
Although the Qin pipa is good, I dislike its delicate pronunciation, since it is an immediate instrument, it should be used to play the song of stuffing into the plug, how can it be all weak and resentful?
Therefore, it was slightly transformed, and a little bit was added, and the sound of gold and iron entered!
”She looked down at Jiang Bin and smiled: "Why didn't the prince dance, did he think my pipa sound was too hard?"
”Jiang Bin couldn't understand her words, he only shook his head, he had long hair since he was a child, he was loved by King Qiuzi in every way, he had never been injured, he was paralyzed on the ground and couldn't move.Looking at Yaoguang's eyes, it was no longer love, but fear and fear.Yaoguang shook his head, looked at the pale King of Qiuci, and sighed, "King Qiuci, behold, your only son has shed blood. ”"If no one stops the bleeding for him, it will flow faster than the water of the Guizi River, and it will dry up little by little, and it will dry up into dead wood in the desert."
Yaoguang sighed in her words, but her feet kicked Jiang Bin to the ground, and the tips of her boots stomped the wound.Under the squeezing, the blood slowly flowed, and the prince of Guizi let out a painful and desperate wail, which constituted the end of today's dance music!"
If you don't open the gate of Qiuci City sooner and let me leave with my brother and the Han envoy, the heir of Qiuci Kingdom will die today!"
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