The Great Wei Music Bureau

Chapter 179: Qinhuai Spectacular Scenery

Last time, we talked about Li Yi killing his eldest disciple Dexuan in front of Luo Yan, but Luo Yan had to endure it because he was afraid of Bodhidharma, which allowed Li Yi to focus on the charity dinner. So how will the great talent Li hold this dinner? Let's take a look together.

There were still five days before the banquet at Huaguang Hall, and Crown Prince Xiao Zongqing told Li Yi about his preparations. The venue had been arranged, but not many people were willing to donate money. Even among the Crown Prince's party, most of them only donated a symbolic 10 to 20 taels, and few donated more than 100 taels.

In other words, the Crown Prince roughly estimated that he had raised less than 3,000 taels of silver. Li Yi looked at Xiao Zongqing, who was in a dilemma, and said helplessly, "It seems that we have to find a way ourselves! Your Highness, I heard that the Third Prince has raised nearly 10,000 taels of silver. If Master Da Yi knew, he would definitely praise the Third Prince for his concern for the people."

Xiao Zongqing sighed, "I know about this, but this group of old officials is just like this. They are always vying for benefits. Let them donate money. Don't worry, I will think of a solution when I go back, but you still need to do more."

Li Yi nodded and said, "Of course. I just want to remind Your Highness not to have too much less than the Third Prince, otherwise it will be difficult to report to the emperor." Xiao Zongqing nodded and left. Li Yi turned to Cui Zhi and said, "Let's go! Let's go to Qinhuai River!"

Cui Zhi was puzzled and asked, "What are you going to do at Qinhuai River?"

Li Yi said seriously: "Call Sister Hongyu and Yu Jiu, let's open the eyes of the people in Jiankang City together!" Cui Zhi was excited when she heard this...

As night falls, the lights of the flower boats on the Qinhuai River are all on. These flower boats are different from the flower boats. They originally have no sails and rely on the boatman to propel them with poles or oars, so they are much smaller and are called painted boats.

Of course, there are also large pleasure boats, but such large boats are inconvenient to move on the Qinhuai River. They are usually pulled to a certain place by boatmen and then stay there. Cui Zhi's Hua Jinfan is considered a large boat here. Fortunately, after Li Yi's modification, it has its own power and can move freely.

Li Yi had promised Shiyu that he would never set foot in a place with fireworks again. Although the banks of the Qinhuai River were full of lights and wine, and flower boats were shuttling on the river, the great talent Li really didn't put his mind on that this time. Instead, Yu Jiu was looking at the night scene of Qinhuai with constant emotion.

Jiang Hongyu smiled and said, "Kyoto is Kyoto after all. The Qinhuai River is even more lively than the Qiantang River at night!"

Cui Zhi nodded and said, "Yes, I also wanted to come to the Qinhuai River at the beginning, but..."

Li Yi came to the bow, and Yu Jiu asked: "Sir, Sir, looking at such a lively night scene, why don't you write a poem or sing a song?"

Li Yi patted Yu Jiu's head and said with a smile: "Poetry must be recited, but we are here with a mission tonight. I said that we want to open the eyes of everyone in Jiankang City! So we have to find a suitable opportunity to recite poetry." At this time, a large three-story pleasure boat appeared on the opposite side. This ship alone almost blocked the waterway, and it was moving very slowly.

Jiang Hongyu pointed at the towrope at the bow and said in surprise: "Look! Such a big boat, but only one person is pulling it!" Everyone looked in the direction of the towrope, and saw that there was indeed only one person pulling it. The man was shirtless and had a strong physique. He was obviously a martial artist.

Jiang Hongyu frowned and said, "He is actually a fourth-rank warrior! And his cultivation is at least in the middle stage. What is the origin of this flower boat? How can such a powerful person be pulling the boat?"

Li Yi said with a delighted look on his face: "The opportunity has come. Let's use it to become famous tonight! Yu Jiu, turn off the engine and stop the boat!"

Yu Jiu nodded, and with a wave of his left hand, he extinguished the flame in the sword furnace in the bottom cabin. Without power, Hua Jinfan naturally stopped. There was a boatman on the bow of the big ship who was on lookout. He shouted, "Hey! What are you doing! Why are you stopping the boat here! Get out of the waterway!"

Li Yi answered loudly: "Sorry! Our boat is broken and can't move!"

The guy said angrily: "What a broken boat you have! How come it's broken! Hey! Zhou Mo, stop it!"

The warrior pulling the boat on the shore stopped and used his Qi to stop the boat. He turned and looked at Li Yi. At this time, an old woman came to the bow of the boat and shouted, "Hey, who is this person who is so blind? How dare you block our way!"

The old woman looked at Li Yi and the others and cursed, "Are you guys looking for death? Do you know who we are entertaining on Shuilongyin today? I'll give you one stick of incense to get out of my way, otherwise your broken boat will sink!" After saying that, she walked towards the cabin with a look of disdain on her face.

Li Yi exchanged a glance with everyone, and they all sat on the bow with a smirk on their faces. The two boats, one large and one medium, completely blocked the Qinhuai waterway. More and more passing boats gathered, and Hua Jinfan and Shui Longyin were stuck in the middle. Now they couldn't make way even if they wanted to. Seeing this, many boatmen questioned Li Yi angrily, and the latter pointed to the big boat on the opposite side and spread his hands helplessly.

When the boatmen saw Shui Longyin, they immediately shut up and returned to the cabin. Li Yi and the others knew that the owner of the boat and the host were all important people, but they were here to cause trouble tonight, so they would definitely make it big.

An incense stick of time passed quickly, and the old woman came to the bow and yelled, "Are you still blocking the way? Oarsman! Are you blind? Hurry up and sink this broken boat for me!"

The warrior pulling the boat on the shore leaped into the air and kicked Hua Jinfan in the middle, trying to cut it in half. Hua Jinfan suddenly sank several feet, but soon floated back up, because Li Yi used the Golden Bell Cover to protect the entire Hua Jinfan.

The warrior turned around in the air and landed on the bow of Hua Jinfan's ship, looking at Li Yi calmly. The latter saluted and said, "Brother, I see that you are at least a fourth-rank warrior. Why do you want to sink the ship without even saying hello?"

The warrior didn't say anything, but just made a gesture, meaning that if you don't leave, I won't be polite! But Li Yi understood that this man was a mute, but he didn't know whether he was born dumb or encountered some kind of accident. Moreover, with his skills, he could walk freely in the rivers and lakes, but he was willing to pull the boat here. There must be a story behind this.

The warrior made another urging gesture, and seeing that Li Yi was not going to give in, he had to fight. Now Li Yi was naturally no problem dealing with this kind of warrior, and after only five or six rounds, he kicked the warrior onto the boat. Li Yi did not use his full strength, just to repel him and let him understand the gap between the two sides.

But the voiceless warrior did not give up and was still planning to use his own intention. Li Yi shouted, "Brother! There are so many people here. If you use all your strength, aren't you afraid of hurting innocent people? I saw that you were inconvenient to talk, so I showed mercy. I hope you can understand my good intentions. Stop it!"

However, Li Yi failed to persuade the other party, and he still punched him. Li Yi sighed helplessly, used the Vajra Magic Kung Fu, and beat him back to the ship with even more brutal force. He crashed into the cabin, startling the guests. The old woman scolded: "Dumb Zhou, you want to die! You can't beat him, so why are you showing off! Now you scared my guests and broke things. What should I do? All the money will be deducted from your wages!"

At this time, a woman with her eyes closed groped for the pillar and stood up. She shouted, "Brother Zhou? Brother Zhou! What's wrong with you? Are you hurt?"

Zhou Mo immediately stood up to help the blind woman, who reached out her hand and touched Zhou Mo with concern, "Brother Zhou, I'm glad you're okay, I'm glad you're okay! Mom, can you deduct this money from Miaomiao's salary? Don't deduct Brother Zhou's, deduct mine!"

Seeing this, Yu Jiu reached out and pulled Li Yi's sleeve, Cui Zhi also cast a sympathetic look at Li Yi, and Jiang Hongyu shook her head and sighed. Everyone could see that this mute warrior and the blind singer must be a pair of star-crossed lovers. Although no one knew why the two needed money, the feelings between them were already obvious.

The startled guests were furious. They all carried swords. The only people who could walk around the capital with swords were either people from the imperial court or people with noble titles. Li Yi immediately judged from their temperament that they were all generals in the army. So there were only two possibilities for the people entertained in the Shuilongyin Tower: a general or a prince who led the army.

As the window on the third floor of Shuilongyin opened, a young man poked his head out. Li Yi recognized him at a glance as the second prince of Nanliang, Xiao Zongji. He scratched his head and muttered, "Oh, I didn't expect to run into such a tough guy. This is really a big deal."

Xiao Zongji pointed at Li Yi and said coldly: "Who are you? How dare you ruin my mood!"

Li Yi bowed and said, "The special envoy of the Wei wedding delegation, the music official Li Yi Li Xiuyuan greets the Second Prince!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Zongji was surprised and said, "You are Li Yi? I unexpectedly meet you here! How could such a coincidence happen in the world!" As he said that, he jumped down and landed beside Li Yi, putting his hand on Li Yi's shoulder.

Li Yi smiled and said, "Whether it is a true coincidence or a false one, I believe Your Highness knows it."

Xiao Zongji nodded and said, "That's right. I didn't realize it just now. You, Li Yuefu, were originally a musician in a brothel. Coming here means you've returned to your family. It's not a coincidence!"

Even Yu Jiu could tell that this was a disparagement of Li Yi. Cui Zhi glared at Xiao Zongji until her eyes almost turned into almond-shaped ones! Even Jiang Hongyu, a warrior, spat, "Is this the prince of Liang? How vulgar!"

Xiao Zongji automatically ignored Jiang Hongyu's words, stared at Cui Zhi and smiled, "I think this is Su Xiao, the number one singer in Qian Tang who has bewitched Shen Lu. Miss Su, right? Well, she's really pretty! Li Yuefu, you Wei State are really generous. You're willing to send such a beautiful girl to the bed of our Daliang minister!"

Cui Zhi was about to curse when Li Yi reached out and pulled her behind him, saying with a smile, "We in Wei are naturally well-mannered, but when it comes to romantic affairs, we are still no match for the Southern Dynasty! I heard that Emperor Xiao Qi once brought the Queen and a group of ministers to watch a dancer without clothes. It's exciting just to think about it, but I don't have the courage to do that!"

Li Yi was satirizing the Southern Dynasty people for their excessive debauchery, but Xiao Zongji acted like a scoundrel and laughed, "Oh? Could it be that Li Yuefu wants to see it for yourself? Then follow me to Shuilongyin to have a drink! I'll let the dancers upstairs dance for you!" After saying that, he grabbed Li Yi and jumped onto the third floor of Shuilongyin.

However, Li Yi's feet remained rooted and motionless, and he also left Xiao Zongji on Hua Jinfan. Although Xiao Zongji was rude and arrogant, he was the best fighter in the royal family and his cultivation had reached the fourth level, but with just this one blow, he knew that Li Yi's strength was far superior to his.

So Xiao Zongji let go of Li Yi's hand and asked, "Why, Li Yuefu, don't you want to follow me to the best flower boat in Jiankang to watch the beauty dancing?"

Li Yi waved his hand and said, "I promised my wife that I would never step into a place of fireworks again in this life."

Xiao Zongji frowned and said, "Is there such a thing? This shouldn't be the case. Two of the three ladies in Li Yuefu were born in brothels. How can they care about such things!" It was very obvious that Xiao Zongji had been provoking Li Yi, and the latter naturally saw through his tricks.

Li Yi shook his head and said, "The main reason is that I dare not go. The security of Jiankang City is worrying. Someone dared to assassinate the prince under the city walls, not to mention I, an outsider. By the way, Second Prince, I was also there at the time. I saw that the assassins used the new crossbow developed by Minister Liu. I wonder if your troops have lost their crossbows or soldiers are missing."

Xiao Zongji snorted coldly and said, "Humph, big brother is too murderous. If you leave someone alive and hand him over to me for interrogation, I will definitely be able to get to the bottom of it!"

Li Yi clapped his hands and laughed, "Well, your Highness's trick of crying thief is a good one, but it's a pity that the Crown Prince saw through it, ruining your good deeds."

Xiao Zongji said angrily: "Li Yi, you dare to frame me, do you really think I dare not kill you?"

Li Yi sneered: "Your Highness, of course you dare to kill me, but now Your Highness is so close to me, I am afraid that Your Highness will be gone before your men rush over."