Chapter 17: The Pearl of the Night

"And then?" Shen Xiaoxun lay on the soft pillow, hugged Mrs. Begonia, closed his eyes and asked.

The bright yellow curtain of the incense couch projected flickering flames, and the air was filled with the fragrance of deep affection.

The ice silk pavilion was brightly lit, the sparkling silk tent dragged to the colorful carpet, and Mrs. Begonia covered the position below her chest with a brocade quilt, revealing her snow-white slender arms and thin collarbones, Shen Xiaoxun's palm rubbed against her shoulder, warm and silky.

Mrs. Haitang smiled, teasing the collar of Shen Xiaoxun's loose bedgown exposed outside with her fingers, and said lightly with her thin lips: "Later? No one ever saw the siblings again. But it's strange to say, since then, the Shi family has started to have good luck again, and the Shi family will win every time they gamble, and the business is doing well...... Later, I heard that they moved their family to the capital. ”

"The story - who told you?" Shen Xiaoxun opened his eyes, and his thick eyelashes flew.

"Mu, Hai, Tang!" Mrs. Begonia nodded to his heart word by word, and the fragrance was slippery between her teeth.

Shen Xiaoxun bowed his head slightly as expected: Mu Haitang! Where the hell are you?

Mrs. Begonia rubbed her head against his bedclothes, pillowed his arms, closed her eyes, and slept peacefully.

After Shen Xiaoxun flicked his fingers a few times, the light and shadow in the Ice Silk Pavilion disappeared, and it was hazy and dark.

"Sister! What do you think? Ah Fei carefully poked Pei Yao's arm with his fingers.

"Alas, I'm thinking about my long and arduous task!" Pei Yao sighed and looked at Ah Fei helplessly, her brows twisted into a pimple.

"Oh-you're thinking about Mu Chuyu!" Ah Fei winked at her with a wicked smile.

Why does that sound weird? But she was really thinking about Mu Chuyu! It's just that...... Thinking more about how to do the task of "Mu Chuyu" well! The Mu Chuyu in her eyes is a thing, but she doesn't know if this thing is gold or stone at the moment? Anyway, the Mu Chuyu she thought about was definitely not alone!

"Hmm-" Pei Yao was in a trance for a while before replying in a daze. That one word alone made her feel that it was too hard to say.

"Tuk Tuk!" There was a loud knock on the door.

"I'll open the door!" Ah Fei got up sharply, walked over and opened the doors on both sides, and said in surprise, "Shen-Shen, Hall Master Shen!" ”

This made Pei Yao, who was holding her chin and picking her fingers at the round table, also stood up in shock, her back unconsciously straightened, but she wondered in her heart: strange! What is he here for? Besides, we're clearly on an equal footing, so why am I still so nervous?

Shen Xiaoxun smiled lightly and nodded politely at Ah Fei, who realized his faux pas, quickly stepped aside, bowed and said, "Shen Hall Master, please!" ”

Shen Xiaoxun held the handle of the fan with one hand and the other behind him, and Shi Shiran walked in.

Ah Fei didn't dare to raise his eyes to look at Shen Xiaoxun, he only dared to slant at Pei Yao, and the two conveyed the message with their eyes.

After six or seven years of relying on each other, Pei Yao was confident that the two of them could communicate unhindered. She winked at Ah Fei, meaning to just stand there and not move!

It's a pity that his eyes were only halfway over, and Shen Xiaoxun interrupted her concentrated "communication", he lowered his eyes and smiled slightly, took out a delicate sandalwood box from his sleeve and handed it to Pei Yao, and said straight to the point: "This is what you deserve!" ”

Ah Fei didn't understand the meaning of Pei Yao's eyes, but simply felt that it was redundant for him to stand here, so he closed the door wishfully and waited stupidly outside the door.

Pei Yao didn't react to Shen Xiaoxun's words for a while, although every word jumped into her ears, but it didn't get into her mind, so that she couldn't understand the meaning immediately.

"Why is your face so red?" Shen Xiaoxun frowned slightly, and his outstretched arm was still hanging in the air.

Pei Yao subconsciously touched her cheek, which was even hotter at this time, she hurriedly took the brocade box in Shen Xiaoxun's hand, and stumbled and said, "Here-it's too hot!" She stared at Shen Xiaoxun with a forced smile, her breathing a little heavy.

"Won't you open it and take a look?" Shen Xiaoxun pointed to the wooden box to remind her, with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Huh?"

Pei Yao is like a frog that has been poked before jumping at the moment, and that head has become an ornament around her neck.

According to Shen Xiaoxun's words, she opened the wooden box, and inside it was actually a huge night pearl.

"Thisβ€”thisβ€”" Pei Yao covered her mouth with her hand and said in surprise, "This is the Pearl of the Night?" ”

"That's right!" Shen Xiaoxun generously admitted, and then explained, "You also have a share in the credit for the last mission of Burial Moon Valley!" ”

"But that's too much!" Pei Yao covered the wooden box and returned it to him, although she loved money, she still understood the truth of "no merit is not punished", "You give me three taels of gold, it's almost enough!" ”

Shen Xiaoxun let out a hoarse laugh in his throat, pushed open the wooden box with a pin fan, and said in a tone that could not be refused: "What I sent out, there is never a reason to take it back!" This pearl of the night is already yours, and it's your business to do with what you like, but don't give it back to me! ”

Pei Yao was stunned for a moment, looked at Shen Xiaoxun's deep eyes, and was entangled in her heart for a moment, so she could only retract her hand and say, "Okay then!" ”

Shen Xiaoxun inadvertently moved the corners of his mouth, and turned away with satisfaction.

Pei Yao grabbed the door with one hand, and looked at Shen Xiaoxun's long back blankly, and the cinnabar mole between her eyebrows gave birth to a slight tingling sensation.

She frowned, turned back into the room, and held the Night Pearl above her head, tossing and playing with it.

Pei Yao's expression was seen by Ah Fei, and he whispered to himself worriedly: "The cinnabar mole between my sister's eyebrows seems to be a little more colorful......

What can this night pearl be used for? Can you eat it? Can I wear it? What else can you do besides playing with vassals and elegance? Pei Yao pouted and said in her heart.

Suddenly, she had an idea, took the Night Pearl into her arms, and left the Begonia Pavilion.

The scarlet clothes shook the heart of spring, and the son was drunk and lying on the ground.

"You've been in this Spring Heart Building for three days! I didn't bother you! Isn't it interesting? Pei Yao sat on the edge of the bed, the curtain of the bed was lifted by her for most of the time, Mu Chuyu and Miss Zi'er were lying on the bed in dishevels, and were startled by her rash visit, and Miss Zi'er drilled into Mu Chuyu's arms with a disgraced face.

"Mu Gongzi, I-I can't stop her!" Mother Song bowed down aggrievedly and apologized, and after seeing Mu Chuyu's stern gaze sweeping over her, she hurriedly stuffed the stack of silver tickets that Pei Yao had just received in her hand into her sleeve, and smiled awkwardly.

Mu Chuyu let the rickety Song Ma nod and go out with a look, and then comforted Zi'er with soft words to go out, Zi'er's face was white and red with anger, picked up her clothes and put them on indiscriminately, and tidied up her clothes while leaving.

When Zi'er closed the door, Mu Chuyu glared at Pei Yao and complained, "My aunt! Don't you see me on business? Why did you break in all of a sudden? ”

Pei Yao knew in her heart that she had disturbed other people's good things, but she didn't know when Mu Chuyu would stop, and this was also a helpless move.

She was embarrassed to explain, "I-I wanted to show you something good!" ”

In order to add to the mystery of things, a pair of eyes as smart as a deer looked at Mu Chuyu one by one, but Mu Chuyu refused to accept it completely, and said with a wooden expression: "If there is a fart, let it go!" ”

Mu Chuyu's incomprehensible and gentle attitude really made Pei Yao angry, she really wanted to slap him, but when the anger was only halfway to her chest, she accidentally caught a glimpse of Mu Chuyu's reflective silky bedgown that was not covered by the white flowers, and her little face turned red without being angry when she "brushed", so she quickly turned her head away, took out the night pearl in her sleeve and handed it to him, pretending to be careless: "Give!" That's it! ”

"Pearl of the Night!" Mu Chuyu blurted out first, and then took it in a daze.

This night pearl feels very delicate and smooth, and its volume is larger than the ones he has seen before, he put it in the quilt to check its brightness, Pei Yao saw his "sneaky" appearance a little puzzled, and his head seemed to be missing a string......

"You rascal! I'm not wearing pants! Mu Chuyu pressed her head with a big hand, and pushed her away stiffly, looking like she had been ravaged and ruined.

Pei Yao felt that her face was even redder, and even burned hot, and said innocently: "I-I didn't see you-what are you!" ”

"You-" Mu Chuyu was even more angry, and his expression was so distorted that he didn't know how to use words. Pei Yao's words sounded to him more like three hundred taels of silver hereβ€”he seemed to have really been taken advantage of!

"Alright, alright! I was wrong! Pei Yao felt that she had better shut up now, so she turned her back to Mu Chuyu in a muffled voice.

Mu Chuyu is not a small-bellied chicken intestine, and she is too lazy to compete with a little girl like Pei Yao. He buried his head in the quilt and carefully looked at the night pearl in front of him, and in an instant, the dark quilt was as bright as a candle.

"Where did you get this pearl of the night?"

"Do you like it?" A hint of cunning flashed across Pei Yao's face.

"This pearl of the night is priceless! Are you going to send me? Mu Chuyu sighed, expressing disbelief.

"Worthless for me? What do I want a city for? Pei Yao frowned and immediately retorted.

Seeing her eyebrows twisted into a rope, Mu Chuyu felt an inexplicable good feeling in her heart, and asked tentatively, "Really send me?" ”

"Sell you!" Pei Yao responded with a sweet smile.

The last glimmer of goodwill was completely destroyed.

"I can't afford it!" Mu Chuyu threw the night pearl on the brocade quilt, leaned his back against the head of the bed, and said deflated.

Pei Yao sat closer, stuffed the Night Pearl back into his hand, and said seriously: "No! You can afford it! I just want you to tell me about the Soul Guard! ”

As soon as he heard the words "Soul Guard", Mu Chuyu's expression flashed, and he slandered: The fox tail of Haitang Pavilion has finally been revealed!

"Soul Guard?" Mu Chuyu was stunned and said, "How do I know? The Soul Guard is an assassination organization of the imperial court, and its mystery is equivalent to that of the Begonia Pavilion! ”

He really doesn't know? Pei Yao began to be suspicious, but Mrs. Begonia asked her to check on him because he knew some secret things! After all, wasting time on boring people is not the way of the Begonia Pavilion.

"You really don't know? Then you pay me back! Pei Yao snatched the pearl of the night and put it into her sleeve, such an unceremonious action was very different from Fang Cai's grand fist.

She got up and was about to leave, but before she reached the door, she heard Mu Chuyu shouting from behind her to tell her to wait, and even jumped up to her with a brocade quilt wrapped in her lower body, and discussed: "Although I don't know much about the Soul Guard, I'm also curious, we can check together!" Or I'll check it for you...... This...... Pearl of the Night......"

"Okay!" Pei Yao took out the Night Pearl again and shook it in front of Mu Chuyu's eyes, "When you find out the news I want, I'll give it to you!" ”

Mu Chuyu: "......"