Chapter 2757 Song of the Swan (5)

A long time ago, there lived a young farmer Henry in the village. He was very handsome and was the object of admiration of many girls in the village.

But he has no interest in the girls around him, because he always fantasizes that he is a knight, he wants to defeat the devil, save the princess who is cursed by the devil, and then he will get the heart of the princess and marry her.

Such fantasies are always lingering, and eventually become Henry's life goal. His father wanted to find a suitable girl for Henry to start a family and start a business, but Henry didn't want to marry a girl from the village. He was full of beautiful princesses.

His parents were very angry, and the people around him didn't understand, so Henry left his hometown to look for the princess in his dream.

He sang sweet songs along the way, crossing the golden fields, and finally heard sweet singing by a pond.

He followed the sound and saw a beautiful girl who was feeding the geese with the crumbs in her hand.

"She must be a princess," thought Henry, "because only princesses can sing so beautifully."

He was so engrossed in listening that he didn't pay attention to the road.

"oops!"

Henry lowered his head and found himself stepping on the hand of a water demon.

"Watch the way, kid!"

"I'm sorry." Henry quickly apologized to the water demon.

The water demon rubbed his webbed hands and continued to listen to the girl singing.

"Who is she?" Henry asked the water demon.

"She is the miller's daughter, Eliza."

"Isn't she a princess?" Henry said with some disappointment.

"Even if she is not a princess, she is more lovable than any princess. She is hardworking and kind, simple and beautiful." The water demon said proudly.

Henry was a little disappointed because he was looking for a princess, but he was willing to stay because it was getting dark and he needed a place to sleep.

Perhaps it was because of Henry's handsome appearance that Alisa let down her guard, and she persuaded her father to let him live.

The miller said to Henry, "You can live here, but you must first transport the wheat from the top of the mill."

"Okay, sir." Henry said happily. Although he loves to dream, he is a hardworking and sensible young man. The wages for moving the wheat can be considered as his overnight stay.

Then Henry got to the top of the mill, and he was slacking off with sacks and sacks of wheat.

"Don't move!" Just as Henry was about to move another sack of wheat, a deep voice said, "This is mine."

"Sorry, I don't think it belongs to you," Henry said into the darkness.

"I said, this place belongs to me!"

"This place belongs to the miller."

As soon as Henry finished speaking, a little devil jumped out of the darkness.

"Don't think, I don't know what you want to do!" The little devil wagged his tail and said, "Get out!"

Henry is fearless about the threat of the little devil.

"You said you know what I want to do? Tell me and listen!" Henry said easily.

"You want this mill, and Alisa," said the little devil viciously.

"You are wrong, I want to marry a princess."

The little devil looked at him strangely, and after a while he showed an unpleasant smile.

"How long are you going to live here?" asked the little devil.

"Leave tomorrow morning," Henry said.

"It's a deal," said the little devil.

Henry didn't answer the little devil, so he wouldn't make a contract with the devil.

But the little devil felt that he agreed, and slowly retreated into the darkness.

Without hindrance, Henry quickly emptied the wheat on the top of the mill and cleared out the residence.

At dinner in the evening, the miller saw that Henry was diligent and quick to do things, so he wanted him to stay, but Henry politely declined because he wanted to continue looking for the princess.

This made Alisa very sad, and at night, there was a new moon in the sky, and Henry sang by the pond.

Alisa was attracted by the singing and couldn't help being moved, but he was leaving the next day, so Alisa came up with an idea.

She told Henry that her godmother had told her that there was a cursed princess living in this pond, and she would only appear on the night of the full moon.

"Really?" Henry asked excitedly.

Alisa nodded firmly, so Henry stayed and planned to find his fateful marriage on the night of the full moon.

The little devil eavesdropped on their conversation. He was afraid that his beloved Alisa would be taken away by the bad boy, so he tried his best to drive Henry away.

So at night, after Henry lay down and fell asleep, the little devil came to his side...

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"Very good!!!"

As soon as the sound of the violin fell, the audience present began to applaud enthusiastically.

Even if you don't understand music, just listening to the wild dancing performance of the musicians will tell you that the skills are superb.

In fact, "The Devil's Tremolo" is the same as the Queen of the Night in "The Magic Flute", which is very suitable for showing off skills. It contains a lot of ornamental sounds. But when the two alternate notes appear, if the finger control is not good enough, the tone will appear uneven, and the beautiful vibrato will become a horrible noise.

Tartini's score has always been known for being difficult to play. Some people say that this piece of music cannot be performed by human beings. Unless the player, like the composer, sold his soul to the devil.

Georgiana applauded along with the others, and the young man who appeared in the middle and upstaged Dibor bowed in all directions, with a smug and proud smile on his face.

"Madam, do you want him to come?" asked Luderer.

"I'm tired," Georgiana said coldly, exiting while the others were focusing on the young man.

She could feel several eyes following her, but she had no intention of turning her head to look.

She was not Rohart, with so much time, he had to reply to every letter from readers, and even pulled Harry Potter to reply together.

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In the 21st century, Pomona had been to Venice. At that time, the carnival was over, and everywhere revealed the depression and loneliness of the end of the song.

But the Venice Carnival in the 18th century lasted six months, and the French carnival lasted a whole year in another way.

Compared with Paris and Versailles, castles and mansions in other provinces are the real "Happy Caves". The hosts and guests improvised various "pastoral dramas". The milkman, the girl with the crown of roses.

They are far away from the bright public space and all kinds of moral constraints. Any normal person who saw it would say that these gatherings are indecent.

Once, the young and charming Duchess of Bourbon took the great nobles and ladies to Chantilly. In the newly built Arsin garden, the ladies were told that they were going to be kidnapped to the Turkish harem, so they pretended to be Vesta The Virgin, the "High Priest" led them to the temple in the center of the garden amidst beautiful songs. At this time, 300 "Turks" came outside, and they broke into the garden wall to the sound of music, chasing the screaming "Virgins".

Wine is sprayed in the fountain, and all kinds of meat obtained from hunting are placed on the table. "People" completely give up their ego and chase extreme pleasure.

The Marquis de Sade, who had been imprisoned in the Bastille, had a castle at Lacoste, and his diary records the life of such people. In contrast, another "Love Guide" also wrote some thought-provoking sentences, such as "men don't pay for women, they just want to get happiness from them".

However, this kind of pure happiness is no longer happiness over time, and in the end it always makes people feel a little empty, as if something is missing.

Rousseau's essays are like tasting candied fruit for a long time, and suddenly a bitter liquor can suddenly awaken the numb and dull senses.

By the time Georgiana returned to the ballroom, the people were waltzing, and though it was some time before the real night, the people had donned various masks as if they were necessary to carry with them.

Georgiana wore one too, not as allegorical as the mask she had bought in Venice, just a black lace mask, but she had on a very bright red lipstick.

When the double doors opened, people bowed to her according to the etiquette and procedure at first, but after she walked by, their eyes widened in surprise.

"Once upon a time" there was a princess who had a not-so-loyal husband who kept breaking her heart, so one day she gave up the demure dress required by the royal family and donned a little black dress of vengeance.

The Viscount Vermont later died together with Mrs. May Dai. Mrs. May Dai lost her good reputation for many years. She always held other people's handles, which made her invincible. Who would want to go against her wishes? , have to think about the consequences once she leaks the handle.

Because seducing a 15-year-old fiancée who just graduated from a monastery was not a challenge, Valmont chose to "raise the stake" and challenge Mrs. Duville, who is known for her chastity. He told Mrs. May Dai everything that happened with Mrs. Duville, and asked Mrs. May Dai for a "reward" after he got it. He didn't realize that Mrs. May Dai's complexion became more and more ugly following his narration. .

After all, a woman is more sensitive than a man. She can perceive things that a man can't, although men usually think she is suspicious.

When Narcissa Malfoy was at a loss, she thought of Severus Snape and came to Spider's End, which she had never been to.

She can understand Naxisha's mood, just like she understands her own mood, and Alice's mood. But this kind of "understanding" did not make her tolerant and understanding, but made her even more angry.

In a fit of rage, she made a decision that she would regret in the future, but since she decided not to suppress herself on that day, so that she would no longer be the "wise man" who "is not jealous and will make wiser choices" , there is now her.

"Where's my champagne?" Georgiana walked to the middle of the crowd and asked the people around her.

Men and women looked at her with different expressions, some were full of condemnation, and some showed ambiguous smiles.

She "improved" Bertin's design. The front of the skirt was still a conservative Greek style, and the back of the skirt was opened below the waist, exposing the entire back, as if tempting people to put their hands in.

This reminded her of a person, or a character in the movie, Ansuna, the pharaoh's favorite concubine, who barely wore clothes, only covered her privacy with her hair, and was "painted" all over her body, looking like Snake scales.

Only Imerton had the guts to touch her, but their affair was discovered by Pharaoh, and then Imerton also came and died together.

His men were mummified alive, while he himself was imprisoned in a coffin and suffered the punishment of "worm eating". She liked the bald wizard, even though he was a villain. If she is an Egyptian princess, she must have a relationship with him, so that the soldiers will not catch him.

"Your champagne." The waiter put the wine on the plate and brought it in front of her.

It looked like Felix bubbling, or the mead that Slughorn was going to give Dumbledore.

She picked up the wine glass and held it high.

"Cheers to peace!"

"For peace!" everyone yelled.

Then everyone drank the champagne in the glass.

The mellow liquid passed through the throat, and the feeling it brought was so real, it was no different from the real champagne in memory, and it was unbelievable that it was fake.