The girl trembled when she heard this, and nodded repeatedly like a chick pecking at rice.

Lin Zhongtian smiled with satisfaction, then picked up the red official uniform on the ground, stretched out his hand, and tore it into several strips of red cloth. He tied up the unconscious fat official's hands and feet, and stuffed the remaining cloth into his mouth.

After throwing it to the corner, Lin Zhongtian clapped his hands and turned to look at the girl on the brocade couch.

The girl was pale, her fair body covered with a brocade quilt embroidered with mandarin ducks, and she huddled in the corner in fear.

Perhaps because she was too frightened, the girl didn't dare to make even the slightest sound. Feeling Lin Zhongtian's gaze, the girl's body trembled, and the little hand that was grabbing the quilt couldn't help but pull it upwards.

“…”

Lin Zhongtian was speechless when he saw this. He glanced at the lavender gauze skirt thrown beside the brocade couch, picked up the scabbard sword at his waist, walked over, picked up the lavender gauze skirt with the scabbard, and threw it on the brocade couch.

Afterwards, Lin Zhongtian walked to the desk, sat down with his back to the girl, and whispered.

"Girl, put on your clothes first."

Perhaps she did not expect that the other party's first words would be to ask her to put on clothes. The girl was slightly startled, carefully raised her head, and secretly glanced at Lin Zhongtian's back. She saw him put the long sword on the table, and played with the incense burner on the table with his back to her. Then she breathed a sigh of relief, carefully stretched out a white and tender arm from the brocade quilt, pulled the lavender gauze skirt on the brocade couch, and changed her clothes while suppressing her shame.

Hearing the rustling sound coming from behind him, Lin Zhongtian couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

The girl in front of him was only twelve or thirteen years old. In his previous life's Earth, she would be at most a first-grade student. But in this world, she had been arranged by the madam of the Music Bureau to entertain customers.

That’s right, this attic is not the private residence of the fat official, but the famous Jiaofangsi in the capital.

As we all know, the women in the Jiaofangsi were all registered official prostitutes, and most of them were descendants of officials whose property had been confiscated.

Now the emperor has just overthrown Wei Zhongxian and is purging the eunuch party members in the court. As a result, the Jiaofangsi has a new group of people, who are the wives, daughters and family members of the eunuch party members.

The girl in front of me is still young and a virgin. She must be one of this group of people.

After putting on her clothes, the girl got off the brocade couch boldly and said softly, "Thank you, sir."

Lin Zhongtian glanced at her, and while playing with the incense burner, he asked casually, "What's your name?"

The girl was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously said: "My surname is Yang——"

The girl finally realized what she was saying halfway through, and quickly changed her words: "My name is Hanyu, you can just call me Hanyu."

Lin Zhongtian raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Yang Hanyu?"

The girl's face darkened and she shook her head and said, "Just call me Hanyu."

Lin Zhongtian's smile faded and he nodded thoughtfully.

Hanyu is naturally not a serious name, it should be the girl’s current stage name.

The surname Yang that she just revealed subconsciously is her real surname.

Lin Zhongtian expressed his understanding for the girl's behavior of suddenly changing her name and refusing to admit it.

After all, for a woman of that era, falling to a place like the Jiaofangsi was a shameful thing to look back on and a disgrace to the family. Taking an irrelevant stage name was also a way to cut ties with the past so that this shameful experience would not bring shame to the family name.

Thinking of this, Lin Zhongtian put down the incense burner, chuckled and asked, "I wonder what Miss Hanyu knows?"

The girl's mood gradually calmed down, and she said softly: "I can play a few songs, and... I can also dance."

"Oh?" Lin Zhongtian raised his eyebrows, and heard that she lacked confidence in the second half of her sentence, so he smiled and said, "Then let's dance!"

"Ah..." The girl was stunned for a moment, then her face quickly turned red, and she said in a mosquito-like voice, "Sir, why don't you let me play a song for you? This dance... I have only learned it for a few days, so I am not good at it."

"It doesn't matter!"

Lin Zhongtian smiled, picked up the guqin beside the table, pressed his left hand on the strings, chuckled and said, "I'll play, you dance."

"this……"

The girl's face flushed red, her hands hung in front of her, twisting in embarrassment.

But Lin Zhongtian didn't care about that. He just plucked the strings lightly with his hands and started playing attentively.

Ever since Lin Zhongtian's name was put on the list of Xuanjin Pavilion, assassins have flocked to him.

Some of these killers not only have superb martial arts skills, but also have other skills and specialties.

Such as calligraphy, painting, playing the piano, playing the flute, playing chess, etc.

Lin Zhongtian absorbed their memories and naturally inherited these specialties.

What he was playing at this moment was the famous song "Pingsha Luoyan" which has been very popular in recent years.

According to later records, this song was not officially released until six years later when it was published in the zither score "Gu Yin Zheng Zong".

But in fact, this song had already been circulated in the world long before "The Authentic Ancient Music" was compiled and published.

Putting aside other things for now, at least the killer musician who died at the hands of Lin Zhongtian had learned this piece of music "Pingsha Luoyan". Lin Zhongtian, who inherited all of his music skills, would naturally be able to play this piece of music.

As Lin Zhongtian plucked the strings of the piano with his hands, the melodious sound of the piano suddenly filled the entire room.

The girl widened her eyes, at a loss for a few seconds, and then she had to bite the bullet and continue dancing.

Looking at the girl whose hands and feet were a little stiff and clumsy, Lin Zhongtian smiled knowingly while playing the piano.

No wonder this girl is so timid, it turns out she has only learned it for a few days, and now she can't even beat her hands and feet...

In sharp contrast to the girl's stiff dance is Lin Zhongtian's skillful and fluent piano skills.

The melody of "Pingsha Luoyan" is melodious and smooth, tranquil and harmonious. It is mainly gentle at the beginning, creating a peaceful environment and giving people a sense of loftiness and elegance. As the melody develops, the rhythm begins to become fuller. From time to time, the peaceful piano music is interspersed with a few wild geese cries that pierce through the clouds and crack the rocks, giving people a feeling of bustle in the quiet environment.

This kind of piano music that is both static and dynamic is exactly the style that the killer pianist is best at.

When he assassinated Lin Zhongtian, he also hid his murderous intent in the gentle piano music, and took advantage of the moment when the audience was in a relaxed mood and their nerves were most relaxed before he made a brazen move to assassinate him.

Now, the piano music fell into Lin Zhongtian's hands, and the murderous intent in the music naturally disappeared.

Instead, there is a sense of leisure and ease, as if expressing the lofty ambitions of a swan and the mind of a hermit.

The free and easy sound of the geese singing loudly penetrated the wall and floated to the Nuanxiang Pavilion next door.

In the Nuanxiang Pavilion, a beautiful woman with delicate features lay on the brocade couch and listened quietly for a while. Then she sat up, looked at the silent man in the room and smiled softly, "I only heard that Sister Hanyu can play the piano before, but I never thought that she is also a master of the piano. She is even better than Sister Su who is famous for her piano skills in the capital."

“…”

The man sat at the desk in Nuanxiang Pavilion and asked softly.

"Do you understand?"

"That's natural."

The beautiful woman smiled, then gently patted the bed beside her and said with a smile: "Master Shen, you have swollen bags under your eyes. I guess you didn't get enough rest last night. Why don't you go to bed and have a sleep for a while..."

"No." Shen Lian shook his head. "I have to go to the government office later, so I don't have much time."

The beautiful woman smiled as she hid her sleeves when she heard that. She stood up and walked over. She lifted up her skirt and sat on the table in front of Shen Lian. Her eyes, as clear as autumn water, stared into his eyes and she chuckled as she said, "You are the most interesting person!"

"You are the only one who comes to Nuanxiang Pavilion and spends money but doesn't get laid."

“…”

Shen Lian looked at the woman's smiling face in silence, but in his mind a face that was extremely similar to hers appeared.

The name of that face is Zhou Miaoxuan, and she is the blood sister of the beautiful woman in front of me, Zhou Miaotong...