Episode 7: Strange Blood
At night, the candles are lit, the wine shops on both sides of the street erect signboard canvases, the girls hold lanterns in groups of threes and threes, and the children frolic and shuttle among the crowd stalls. As far as the eye can see, the lights are bright. The warm yellow candle flame reflects the red bricks and green tiles, and the pavilions and cornices add a bit of hazy and poetic to the prosperous capital.
Ji Xia Mo ate and drank to his heart's content, and under Qin Yan's urging, the two came to Rumeng Pavilion together.
The red lights outside the pavilion are hung high, the light yarn is flying, the winter has just passed, and the spring has not yet arrived, and the girls who are already dressed in cool clothes are standing in front of the pavilion and laughing at the men who pass by.
"Young Master Qin! I haven't seen you for a long time, and the slave family still thinks you forgot about Xiaohe. As soon as Ji Xiamo and Qin Yan arrived at Rumeng, a woman dressed in emerald green light gauze walked over, hugged Qin Yan's arm affectionately, and said coquettishly.
"Is this son the one who is unkind? This son is always thinking about Xiaohe. Qin Yan reached out and hooked Xiaohe's chin, in exchange for Xiaohe's low laughter.
"Young Master Qin! You're here! The slave family wants to kill you. ”
"Qin Gongzi ......"
Several girls came to Qin Yan's side one after another, snuggling and coquettish, but they completely ignored Ji Xiamo on the side. Look at Qin Yan again, hugging left and right, so happy and happy, at first glance I thought he was a wanderer.
"Childe, the minion begs you, don't go in, if you let the adults know, he will kill the minion." Aoki pleaded on the sidelines.
Ji Xiamo folded the fan and gently picked his chin, the corners of his mouth hooked slightly, Ji Xiamo was already born more delicate than a woman, and now under the reflection of this red candle, it gives people a kind of charm that is hooked to the bones, but it makes Qin Yan, who has been secretly observing Ji Xiamo on the side, stunned, and the uncontrollable 'bang bang' on his chest sped up.
"Aoki, today you look at this son, how to lower his Qin family child!"
"What's the matter with you guys? Didn't you see that the son of the Ji family was also here? Qin Yan, who suddenly came back to his senses, expressed his anger at the enemy who had just looked at him stunned. After collecting his thoughts, he looked at the group of beauties around him, and pretended to shout.
"It's fine." Ji Xia Mo threw away the fan and tilted his head and smiled. "Master, I have a high vision, I'd rather eat a bite of fresh peaches than a basket of rotten peaches."
"You!" As soon as Ji Xiamo's words came out, the girls changed their faces instantly, but because of Ji Xiamo's identity, they had to swallow their anger, and secretly cursed in their hearts.
"Son of the Qin family, please." It didn't seem to see Qin Yan's ugly face, Ji Xiamo shook the bone fan in his hand and closed it in front of Qin Yan's face, if it wasn't for Qin Yan's flash, he would have hurt his face.
"Ji Xia Mo! You! ”
Ji Xia Mo grinned and entered the Rumeng Pavilion by himself. Qin Yan looked at Ji Xiamo's back, annoyed in his heart, shook off the girl beside him, and followed with hatred.
Entering the Rumeng Pavilion, the singing and dancing in the pavilion are leveled, the cigarette smoke is swirling, and it is a luxurious and erosive place for drunken gold fans.
Everyone says that the woman in the Qinglou has no true feelings, but who knows what kind of hatred and joys and sorrows are buried under this red pavilion of drunken dreams and death.
"Ji Gongzi, Qin Gongzi, I haven't been here for a long time, I thought you had forgotten the girl from Rumeng Pavilion." A woman dressed in a purple Luo skirt, slightly chubby, charming and charming, and charming and gorgeous walked over with a round fan in her hand, twisting her waist, and graceful.
"I haven't seen her for many days, and Yu Niang is becoming more and more beautiful and moving." Qin Yan smiled and stepped forward to hold Yu Niang's hand.
"You, just this little mouth is sweet." Yu Niang lightly smashed Qin Yan's chest with the edge of her fan, covered her lips and smiled.
"Ji Gongzi." Yu Niang's eyes fluttered and looked at Ji Xiamo, half angry and half resentful, tickling the hearts of the hooked people. Ji Xiamo's hands in his sleeves were clenched, and his nails were pierced in his palms, suppressing the trance of that moment. I breathed a sigh of relief in my heart, what a powerful charm, this jade girl is really not a simple character.
Ji Xia Mo grinned, with a bit of casual and cool youth. "Yu Niang's appearance of the closed moon, Xia Mo who saw it in his heart, I'm afraid it will be difficult to fit other people."
Yu Niang's eyes flashed slightly, but she soon smiled again. "You little boys, you can speak, I'm afraid that after waiting for two years, Yu Niang will be old and decrepit, I'm afraid you won't even remember what Yu Niang's name is."
"There will be some new girls tonight, Master Ji, don't be dazzled by Master Qin." Yu Niang covered her lips and smiled.
"No matter how beautiful a girl is, how can she beat Yu Niang's three points?" Qin Yan made a light gesture at Yu Niang, which caused Yu Niang to laugh again and again.
"Okay, Yu Niang still has something to do, so I won't accompany the two little sons." Yu Niang said, calling two women. "Chunyan, Fang Tao, I am a good student to accompany the two sons, if there is a bad pool, I will never spare you."
"Yes, mother!"
"The two little boys have fun." Yu Niang leaned over slightly, turned and left.
"Childe." The two women grabbed Ji Xiamo and Qin Yan's arms on one side, screamed, and snuggled in their arms.
"Let's go." Qin Yan raised his eyebrows and motioned upstairs.
"Please." Ji Xia Mo shrugged his shoulders and smiled harmlessly.
Ji Xiamo sat down at the table on the second floor with Qin Yan, Fang Tao poured a glass of wine and sent it to Ji Xiamo's mouth affectionately, and her voice was soft, "Childe." ”
"The beauty is kind and the master understands it, but it's a pity that I can't drink wine, so let's enjoy it by myself." Ji Xia Mo hooked his lips and smiled, and took his arm back from the woman's chest without a trace.
"Doesn't Childe like Fang Tao?" Fang Tao held the wine glass with tears in her eyes, and looked at Ji Xiamo sadly.
"Ji Xiamo, it's a man's bar and drank it." Qin Yan drank the wine handed by the woman in his arms, and glared at Ji Xiamo in a rough voice.
"Beauty, I have a bad problem, that is, I can't get drunk, as long as I touch the wine, I will ......" Ji Xiamo's eyes rolled, and he deliberately didn't say anything more.
"What's that?" Fang Tao was puzzled.
"Just ......" Ji Xia Mo motioned for Fang Tao to lean over her ear, and whispered a few words in her ear, Fang Tao was stunned, and then couldn't help laughing.
"Ji Xiamo, why doesn't this son know what's wrong with you?" Prick up his ears and didn't hear what Ji Xia Mo was saying, Qin Yan said loudly.
"The aftermath of being beaten by you." Casual nonsense.
"......" Qin Yan
Just when Qin Yan wanted to say something more, downstairs suddenly remembered the sound of drums. Qin Yan's eyes lit up, he sat up straight and looked downstairs.
"Ji Xiamo, if the girl who comes out in a while has something she likes, you can bid directly, you are a dignified prime minister, you won't still lack a few silver, right?" Qin Yan smiled kindly.
"My old man is not greedy." Ambiguously threw out a sentence, and Ji Xia Mo peeled the orange gracefully.
'Huh? What do you mean? Qin Yan couldn't turn around, but Chunyan in her arms couldn't help but lower her head and couldn't hide her smile.
"Ladies and gentlemen! The little one is polite here. A waitress appeared on the high platform downstairs and shouted loudly, and suddenly the building slowly fell silent.
"Tonight, I will have seven girls in the Dream Pavilion to auction the first night, all the uncles and sons can bid freely, every time they bid, the highest bidder wins."
"Now, our first girl."
"Good!!" The male waiter's words fell, and the building was cheering.
As the sound of silk and bamboo sounded, the red yarn fell on the high platform, and a woman in blue came slowly, her face was like a peach blossom, and she was ashamed to talk between her gestures. Gently moving the lotus step, the waist twisted, the long sleeves danced, like a demon in a flower, looking at the men in the audience were fascinated.
"One hundred taels!!"
"One hundred and fifty taels!"
"Three hundred taels!"
……
Bids are coming and going.
"I'll give you eight hundred taels! I'm going to decide this beauty, I'm the son of the Ministry of Rites, see who dares to rob me! A small-eyed fat man with a wide body and a fat body stood up and looked around with a proud face, attracting countless resentful glances, but no one dared to speak out and be embarrassed, so he had to swallow his anger.
In the end, the woman was photographed by this small-eyed fat man, and the small-eyed fat man immediately rushed to the high platform and hugged the woman with a wolf to gnaw, which made the woman ashamed and annoyed, but helpless, and suddenly had tears in her eyes. The small-eyed fat man laughed, hugged the woman and went upstairs. Looking at the fat man's back, the crowd downstairs scolded in a low voice.
This little episode passed, and the girl who appeared immediately afterwards made the atmosphere hot again. One girl after another was auctioned off, but Ji Xiamo was still not in a hurry, and still peeled the oranges and ate them slowly.
"Ji Xiamo, why don't you bid." Seeing that there was still one last girl left, Qin Yan suddenly became a little anxious.
"Ahh I'm not in a hurry, if Qin Gongzi has something eye-catching, he will shoot it, don't care too much about me. Ji Xiamo waved his paws and smiled a little shyly.
"I ......" Qin Yan knotted.
"Uncles and sons." The waiter came to the stage again, with a mysterious expression. "The next one, but the finale of our Rumeng Pavilion, that appearance, that figure, is simply better than the top card of our Rumeng Pavilion."
"Come out!"
"Come out!!"
…………
The screams almost lifted the roof of the Rumeng Pavilion.
"Good! Please have our Xuemei girl!! ”
Plum blossoms fluttering and falling from the air, a faint fragrance of plum blossoms permeates the pavilion, accompanied by red candles, which makes people can't help but be angry in their hearts.
A graceful figure in white clothes appeared on the high platform, the face was covered by a light veil, and a little cinnabar between the eyebrows, just standing there, it was like the posture of a hollow valley orchid, like a fairy descending to earth. Although her face cannot be seen because of the veil, you can already see the appearance of this woman in the city just by looking at it.
But at this time, Ji Xiamo's brows furrowed, not for anything else, but because of the lingering blood on the top of the woman's head.
What's going on?
"It's a pity." A light sigh came from not far away, Ji Xia Mo looked for prestige, and saw a female ghost in green floating in the air, looking at the woman in white on the high platform with a pity on her face.
"Such a beautiful girl, but she is about to die."
Died!? That's ...... Dead?
As if sensing Ji Xiamo's gaze, the female ghost looked back at Ji Xiamo and tilted her head suspiciously.
Ji Xiamo calmly retracted his gaze, poured himself a glass of wine, and didn't drink it, just played with it in his hand.
Are you dying?
Then you might as well ......
An inexplicable smile curled up at the corners of his lips, but with a creepy coolness.