Chapter 175: Yunshang's Invitation
The sound of the piano flowed in the flower hall like flowing water, although it was impossible to see the appearance of the woman on the piano platform, but Li Qing was very familiar with this song "Dancing Pheasant", and he had heard it in Knife Lane not long ago. It's just that the song played by the woman today is good, but it always seems that something is missing, Li Qing listened to it for a long time, and the dragon bird in his body was still quiet and did not react at all.
At the end of the song, the flower hall was silent, pop-, pop-, pop-, I don't know who took the lead in applauding, but after a while, the whole flower hall was already thunderous applause.
Knockβ, it seems that something heavy fell on the piano platform, and the applause immediately stopped, it was a yellow and clear gold, look at this head, I'm afraid there are twenty taels?
Many of the guests in the flower hall are talking to each other. Because Chuyi is located in the border pass, and adjacent to Changping and Tianshui pun, the customs market of the imperial court is not far from Chuyi. Therefore, although Chuyi is only a small border county, there are many wealthy businessmen and giants who come and go, which is also the reason why Chunhuilou can survive here.
Most of the people who can sit in this flower hall today are people with huge family assets, and twenty taels of gold are placed outside, which is already regarded as all the wealth of a wealthy family, but in the eyes of these guests today, it is not enough.
"Si'erβ," the woman on the piano platform opened her mouth, her voice like a heavenly sound, "throw it out, it's too dirty." β
"Yes, miss. A crisp voice responded, and then there was a flash of golden light, and a full twenty taels of gold were thrown out like garbage.
There was a coax, and all the guests in the flower hall laughed.
"Damn, don't be ashamed, I want to see what kind of face you have today, and whether it's worth the twenty taels of gold. On a table on the north side of the flower hall stood a big man, more than eight feet tall, draped in a big coat, as if he felt hot, opened his arms, revealing the hilt of the knife at his waist, and was now staring at the piano table with eyes like brass bells.
Yunshang and Green Yi are the two top names in Chunhui Building, and it is rare to see even one on weekdays, let alone two at the same time. Today is really a grand event for these flower guests, where can such evil guests be allowed to make trouble?
There are two big men in strong suits who are about to step forward to stop them, but they are stopped by their mothers, no matter what, the evil man is also a guest after all, if he makes a move, it will not sound good after all. Mom is a person who has come over, and she knows that on this occasion, there will be no shortage of heroes who are eager to save beauty.
Sure enough, a young man walked out of a private seat, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, like a scholar. The seats were closer to the tables than the loose tables, so the boys, though he got up late, arrived before the wicked men.
The eight-foot man got closer and closer, and he didn't even look at the young man, and the guests in the hall also sweated for the young man.
Whew, the big fist of the bowl smashed at the young man with the sound of the wind, and some people in the flower hall had already turned their heads and couldn't bear to look at it anymore.
The eight-foot man's fist was big, and his voice was not small, and now the whole Chunhui Tower could hear the man's wail, because his fist was pinched in the palm of his hand by a big hand.
Steamed buns have been the most unreliant since childhood, and today I saw such a big man actually mad at a weak young man, and I was even more annoyed in my heart, where can I still suppress the anger?
Li Qing is familiar with his brother's temperament, he is not familiar with the place here, and he is worried that he can't find a reason to investigate, and it just happens that the big man is causing trouble, so when he saw the steamed buns rushing out, Li Qing didn't mean to stop him at all.
The steamed bun felt that he didn't use his strength, but the big man had already screamed out, and he couldn't help but be even more angry, and the hand bones of the big man who pinched it creaked, and the big man was so painful that his nose and tears flowed down together, and he couldn't even make a sound of begging for mercy.
"This strong man," the young man standing on the side seemed to be a little unbearable, and opened his mouth first, "Although this man is anxious, but fortunately, he didn't cause any harm to the Yunshang girl, and after receiving such a punishment, it is estimated that he can have a long memory, so why don't you spare him this time?"
Seeing that this man was so useless, Mantou felt a little bored in his heart, and when he heard the young man intercede for him, he raised his hand, and he had already lifted the man out, and shouted, "Get out!"
The big man lost face, his face was flushed, and he didn't go back to his seat, he glanced at the steamed bun viciously, and left angrily.
"Two strong men," Mantou saw that the man had left, and turned around to return to his seat, but the woman's heavenly voice on the piano platform sounded, "There is some good wine in Yunsheng, can you enjoy the light and have a drink together?"
Hearing that there was wine, Mantou's eyes lit up, but he didn't forget what he came here for today, and was about to shirk it, but the young man on the side stroked his palm and laughed.
"Wonderful, wonderful, beautiful women meet, the piano music is dying, it is a great joy in life, how can there be any reason not to go to the appointment?"
Mantou didn't expect the young man to look at Wenwen weakly, but his temperament was very refreshing, and he thought of wine, although he was still a little hesitant in his heart, his feet involuntarily moved with the boy.
"Second brother, what are you going to do?" Li Qing saw it clearly in the elegant seat, and smiled secretly in his heart, he hadn't seen him for half a year, his brother's temperament hadn't changed at all, and he forgot all about himself when he had a good wine, no way, Li Qing had to be cheeky and get up and greet him, he wasn't worried that Yunshang would recognize him, Wei Duxing had been hunting fast for many years, and this kind of thing was not a small thing for Xiaolai to change his appearance?
"Oops," Mantou seemed to remember that there was such a person as Li Qing, turned to look at Yunshang, blushing, like a child who had done something wrong, and his voice was very low, "I forgot for a while, this is my son-in-law." β
Yunshang looked at the steamed bun's expression, and couldn't help laughing, "Since you are the companion of the strong man, you can go together, and it will be lively if there are more people, right?"
The four of them disappeared into the cloister under the envious gaze of the guests.
Walking on the corridor, Li Qing was even more amazed, this Chunhui Building turned out to be a cave, and turned around along the corridor, and there was another scene in front of him.
The turquoise pond is lined with verdant rockeries, and in the late autumn solar term, there are still many flowers blooming, lush and green.
Around the pond, there are stone paths, along which stand courtyards, with pink walls and tiles, and firewood lightly covered, which is very quiet and quiet.
Yunshang's courtyard is no different from other courtyards, which is a bit unexpected by Li Qing, after all, it is an oiran, but in this Chunhui Building, it is exactly the same as everyone else's residence, fortunately, the man made a fuss today, if he comes to find it himself, it will take a lot of trouble to determine the residence of this Yunshang girl.
"Three sons, please. Just thinking about it, before she knew it, she had arrived at the place, Yunshang pushed open the door and stood aside, looking at the three of them with a shallow smile between her eyebrows.
When I entered the yard, the leeks in my eyes had turned yellow, and the golden ones were full of fruits, and there was a faint fragrance wafting in the whole yard. Leek flowers are very common in the countryside and fields, but seeing them in such an elegant courtyard of the Qinglou somewhat surprised Li Qing, and a trace of curiosity rose in his heart about this woman named Yunsheng.
"A few sons!" Li Qing's thoughts were interrupted by a crisp voice like a silver bell, and a girl in cloth came forward to salute everyone, smiling and greeting, "The fragrant tea has been prepared, please come to the hall for tea." β
Entering this small courtyard, no matter what you hear or see, there is simplicity everywhere, how can there be a little enchanting and charming appearance in the green building.
Li Qing was holding the teacup, admiring it carefully, the cup in the steamed bun's hand had reached his lips, but he just paused there, neither drank nor put it down, but just stared at Li Qing's every move.
"Good tea!" The young man in white didn't have any scruples in Li Qing and Mantou's hearts, he raised his glass and drank it all, closed his eyes slightly, and spit out a sentence for a long time.
"If I'm not mistaken, this is the "drunken spring breeze" of Ulan Mountain?" The young man in white put down the cup and looked at the woman without blinking, "The girl is from Cangji City, I don't know what you plan to do when you come to Chuyi?"
The young man in white looked leisurely, but as soon as the three words Cangji City were spoken, all the people in the room changed their faces together.
"You young man looks polite, how can you say so rude?" Before Yunshang could speak, the girl in cloth on the side couldn't help but jump out, "It's true that my young lady is from Cangji City, but so what? Could it be that all the people who came out of Cangji City are bad people?
"Si'er," Yun Sheng stopped the girl, still with a faint smile on her face, but there was a hint of sourness in her smile, "Since this son has seen it, Yun Sheng has nothing to hide, yes, I am from Cangji City." But I'm just the daughter of an ordinary people's family, because of the sword soldiers for many years, my parents also died in military disasters, so I fled to Chuyi with my sister in desperation, and made such a cheap living. Since the sons disliked it, Yunshang didn't dare to argue, so he asked the sons to leave, so as not to pollute their ears and eyes. β
After speaking, Yunshang pulled the cloth-clothed girl to the side, and the meaning of sending off the guest could not be more obvious.
Li Qing originally wanted to come here to find some clues and rescue Lai Qingzhu, but he didn't expect that he didn't say a word, and the atmosphere had become so stiff. Although this girl in Yunshang was a little different from the maid she saw at Lai Qingzhu's residence two days ago, Qinqu couldn't deceive people, and she was hesitating to tear her face like this, when the young man in white on the side opened her mouth again.
"Why should the two girls be vain? The four sons of the Helian family in Cangji City are amazingly talented, and they have already made great achievements at a young age, and they sit down in Helian Yanyun to lead a thousand cavalry commanders, it stands to reason that such a character, what kind of woman can't get it? It's just that for some reason, now five out of twenty are still alone, girl, do you say it's strange?" The smile on the face of the young man in white gradually converged, and a pair of eyes were shining, staring at Yunshang without blinking, gently hooking the corners of his mouth, with a touch of coldness.