The wind and the moon

Chapter 9 Mei Lingqin v. The Story of the West Chamber

After Mo Yun listened to "Resurrection" that day, his heart was not peaceful, and he recalled the libretto and plot from time to time: Thinking that Du Liniang was still in her boudoir, she still couldn't escape the feeling of yearning for spring. But after death, he still has to stay with Liu Mengmei after death. Fortunately, he came back to life and finally got married. Such twists and turns and sentimentality really made him sigh, uncertain about sorrow and joy, and then imagined that he could live in this Xiyuan. Can I meet a beautiful woman?Even if I meet him, can I have an ambiguous relationship with him?Even if they fall in love, can they finally get married?And so on, before I knew it, I became obsessed.A few days later, Mo Yun's obsession did not decrease, but only increased. Suffering from having nothing to rely on, he could only sigh secretly, silently depressed.

Breakfast was served this day, and Mo Yun only took a bite, but couldn't eat anymore. He just sat down in front of the desk in a daze, picked up a book at random, and opened it, but he didn't know what manuscript it was. There is a poem "Liu Ying" written by Li Yishan. When I just read "Liu Ying flutters and changes, crossing the moor and facing the flow is not self-sufficient. How can a clever chanting be without intention, a good day may not have a good time", and I thought, "A good day may not have a good time" Suddenly, the libretto came to mind: "A good day is beautiful, but what is the sky, who is happy?" With a soft sigh, he revived again: Those two characters who sang such an exquisite tune must have come from Originally, the original must be much better than this drama. If I can find it and read it, I will really tell me not to drink tea for ten days and not to eat for three days, but I am willing to do so.

Seeing Mo Yun like this, Su Pei knew that he had always been like this, but these few days had passed, so he secretly pulled Xia Ningxiang who was tidying up the dishes, and asked, "Do you think Mr. Mo is ill?"

Xia Ningxiang glanced at Mo Yun, saw that he was in a daze, and replied in a low voice: "I don't look sick, but rather stupid."

Su Pei gave her a push, knowing that it was useless to ask her, so he simply walked over and asked, "My lord, what's wrong with you?"

Mo Yun was lost in thought, Su Pei asked a few questions, and then he returned to the original, only said: "I don't feel any discomfort."

"Why is the young master depressed?"

Mo Yun thought to himself, after all, Magnolia is a little younger than me, but she can point out "Resurrection", which shows that there are such things in the garden, why don't I ask her about it?Then I thought, she is just a maid, even if there is, how would she know?By the way, why not ask Mr. Mei, he must understand.Thinking about it, with joy on his face, he stood up and hurried to Huan Rixuan.

Mei Ling had just had lunch and was drinking tea, when she saw Mo Yun entered the room, she said, "I was about to send Kang Xin to call you to talk with me, but you just happened to come."

Mo Yun sat down and said: "I saw you look very good these two days, I think you are getting better?"

"Because the heat is coming up, the yin deficiency of the spleen and stomach is relieved for a while. After the summer is over, it will naturally happen again."

Mo Yun nodded and said, "I want to ask you, a few days ago we listened to an opera together, what kind of opera did you listen to first?"

"It's "Resurrection", also known as "The Peony Pavilion". What's wrong?"

"I just think it sounds good, but I don't know how to hear it again."

Hearing what Mo Yun said, Mei Ling couldn't help but understand, shook her head, and said, "Of course the script is good, but you can't listen to it too much, otherwise you will lose your temper."

Mo Yun was slightly taken aback, and said: "Such a good drama, but you can't listen to it too much, isn't it a waste of nothing?"

"If you talk about ruining the word, it's not just about the release of "Resurrection"?"

"But I don't know, what else?"

Mei Ling looked out the door, then said softly: ""Records of Huizhen"."

""Hui Zhen Ji"?" Mo Yun thought in his heart, but he didn't know what kind of story it was, which was comparable to "Revival of the Soul"?It's just that since he said so, he can't be wrong when he thinks about it.

"Well, "Hui Zhen Ji", later Wang Shifu changed it into "The Story of the West Chamber". The words are wonderful, the scenes are beautiful, the characters are true, and the emotions are deep. It is really a good show and a good book." Mei Ling Thinking about it, Yoyo said.

"But I don't know what the story is, Brother Mei, please tell me in the future!" Hearing his praise, Mo Yun couldn't help running towards him, and then begged.

Mei Ling hesitated: "This..."

"Good brother, just tell me!" Mo Yun's thoughts had already moved, so he begged again and again.

Mei Ling said in her heart: He first seeks "Resurrection" and then thinks about "Huizhen". It must be that his heart is burning and his love is open. If he is disappointed and leaves, I am afraid that he will not be able to stop his thoughts, but it will make him even worse. Indulgence, if he followed his mind, or he could slowly lead it to its own nature, so that he could escape. Thinking of this, he nodded.

Seeing that he agreed, Mo Yun happily thanked him.

Mei Ling got up slowly, coughed twice, Mo Yun carried the water, Mei Ling took a sip, then walked to the soft couch, in front of Yaoqin, sat down slowly, and asked Mo Yun to sit opposite her.Mei Ling flicked the sleeves, stretched out her fingers, stroked the strings, and played slowly.

The music started, the crowd was quiet, and there was a trace of quiet plum fragrance in the peaceful sound of the piano. Mo Yun's mind gradually calmed down with the sound of the piano, and slowly wandered around with the fragrance of plums. Finally, he only felt that what he heard was the sound of heaven. What enters the nose is a plant of Penglai, and what meets the eyes is a painting of Sendai.

Mei Ling's light voice echoed the sound of the piano and slowly opened. "Green sky, yellow leaf land, westerly wind is tight, geese fly south. Who will be stained with frost and drunk in the forest at dawn? Always leave people in tears. This is a song by Cui Yingying when she sees off at Changting Pavilion in Romance of the West Chamber. It is about Zhang Sheng, her lover. Going to Beijing to rush for the exam, I looked at the boundless autumn scenery in vain, and felt that I had been thinking about it for a long time. When I left, when will I return? People's minds change, will he still remember the vows he made and the love he made in the spring garden under the bright moon. The love between the two is all because of the poems under the moon. The moonlight melts into the night, and the flowers are silent in the spring; How can we face the bright soul without seeing the man in the moon? When Zhang Sheng chanted these four lines outside the wall, Cui Yingying happened to hear them in the wall, and then echoed, "Lan Gui is lonely for a long time, and spends her youthful life with nothing to do; it can be expected Singers, should pity those who sigh..."

Mei Ling did not follow the original sequence like a storyteller, but subtly changed the structure of the story, from parting to first acquaintance, from reunion to staying together. , there are elaborations and omissions, and I can hear Mo Yun lamenting sorrow and joy along with the characters, in a trance, as if he is already a character in the play.

Look at Mei Ling again, lying on the cloud sleeves in a fairy posture, plucking the qin silk with plain hands; listening to Mei Ling again, the sound of the lips is better than the sound of the piano, and the witty words of the West Chamber.Mo Yun even felt that love came from his heart, and his heart was far away: He is a natural and exquisite person, far better than that Zhang Junrui, but in the end, so what, he is not in this garden, with illness as a companion, and with Qin as a friend ?Of course I can't compare with him, so, if I want to be like Zhang Junrui, like Liu Mengmei, I have to meet a good spouse, it's even more foolish.Thinking is a sigh.

Mei Ling coughed, and Mo Yun hurried over to help him calm down, gently stroking his back, the summer shirt was very thin, his skin was as cool and smooth as jade, which made him a little greedy.

Mei Ling coughed, thanked slowly, and talked for another cup of tea, then finished the story, and finally said: "After all, it is the author's construction. It is only because the reality is not like this, so I feel that they are true. It sounds good, and besides being romantic, it seems to make people have some expectations. But after all, it is something for entertainment, so how can you take it seriously and hope that the fake show will come true? "The Peony Pavilion" is desire first, love after listening to it too much. Desire, but "The Romance of the West Chamber" is about love first and then desire, after listening to it for a long time, it will make people feel affectionate. I will only tell you this once, and I will never say it again in the future."

Hearing this, Mo Yun seemed to wake up, and looked at him blankly, a feeling of love was born from this: A fake play cannot come true, but the real character in front of him is far more charming than the person in the play and spirits.

"I just went to look for you in your room. Sister Su said you were here, so I came here." Meng Yuqi said, and entered the room.

When the two saw him coming, they remembered the time just now, it was already dusk.Mei Ling asked Meng Yuqi to sit down, and Kang Ning served tea.

"What are you talking about?" Meng Yuqi asked.

Mei Ling smiled, not daring to talk to him about sundries such as "Revival of the Soul" and "Hui Zhen Ji", so she said, "Mr. Mo please taste the piano music."

"Okay, I want to listen too!"

Mei Ling lost her interest, shook her head, and said: "I'm tired, let's listen to it tomorrow!" As she spoke, she was about to stand up from the soft couch.

Meng Yuqi took his arm, and said a little coquettishly: "I don't agree, I want to hear Brother Mei play the piano, today."

Mei Ling dotingly broke away from him and said, "You don't get tired of listening all the time? I'm really tired. Since you're here to look for Mr. Mo, just talk to him. I'm going to lie down on the bed."

Meng Yuqi let go of him, followed him, and saw him lying on the couch with his face inward, so he lay down too, put his head on his hair, and said, "Brother Mei, if you are really tired, I will give you a Can it be squeezed?"

"Get away from me, it's very hot in summer." Mei Ling pushed him away, and coughed again, covering her lips and nose with her hands while coughing.

Seeing this, Meng Yuqi left his side.

Mo Yun saw that Meng Yuqi and Mei Ling were so close, and there was a sense of affection between words and deeds, and his heart suddenly became jealous, turned over the sauce, and hit the sugar. Being together for such a long time, the relationship is not something I can compare, and he is the prince's younger brother, and his identity is even different from my own. I want to get close to Mei Ling, but I can only sit, or talk, or talk to each other from a distance. Tingqin, if he wanted to be as close as Yuqi, it would be impossible for him to be so close.

Meng Yuqi said: "The master in the Zongtang said that he has been ill recently and wants to rest for two days, so he doesn't have to go to school tomorrow."

"It's fine to rest for two days, just don't bother me." Mei Ling said lightly.

"I think it's rare that I don't need to study, so I just call my cousin. You and Mo Yun go to the back mountain to play together, or write poems, or play chess, or draw pictures. The second brother is not good at these things, but there is no need to call him. , he may not be willing to go even if you call him, what do you think?"

When Mo Yun heard this, he felt quite right; when Mei Ling heard this, he said, "Just talk to your cousin. If he says yes, then he can; if he says no, he definitely can't."

"Well, since that's the case, I'll go and ask my cousin, and he has no objection." Meng Yuqi said, turning around and wanting to do it.

"Why did the third son go, and leave a piece for dinner?" Kang Xin brought the maid to serve the meal, and when he saw Meng Yuqi was going, he said.

"Let's eat it another day! I have something to do, so go." Said, Meng Yuqi went out and walked to Taxuexuan.

Song Yinsheng had just finished setting the meal, seeing Meng Yuqi rushing in through the door, he asked, "What's worth the haste?"

Meng Yuqi sat down at the table, took a sip of tea, and said what she asked for, and when she said it, she looked begging.

Song Yinsheng thought to himself that everyone is always in the garden, and they are afraid of being bored. It's just the beginning of summer, so it's good to go out for a walk, so he nodded and said, "That's a good idea, but it's easy for others to go out. If you Go out, just memorize "Autumn Water" and come to me again."

Seeing that he agreed, Meng Yuqi felt relieved, although she was embarrassed, she was also happy.