61. Chapter 61
The atmosphere of this moment was beautiful and silent, and the people around them came and went, and they always stood here, one hugging the other.
"Speaking of which, shouldn't we go find an inn or something to stay in now, and then take a stroll around Lelang Mansion and eat some fish soup?" After being silent for a long time, Tang Lin suddenly said, "Why do we have to hold ...... here all the time?"
"No matter." Xiao Zibai rubbed his neck: "I don't want to go to any inn now, and I don't want to eat fish soup, I just want to hug you." β
ββ¦β¦ But I felt like everyone was watching us. Tang Lin was a little embarrassed at this time: they had been standing near the city gate for a long time. Even after being watched by onlookers in Hecang Mansion, they all have the habit of going out to cover up their appearance, but the two men hugging near the city gate for so long is still quite eye-catching.
Xiao Zibai pinched his fingers without hesitation and cast a circle of confusion spells around them: "No one will look at us now." β
Tang Lin couldn't cry or laugh.
So under the cover of confusion spells, they hugged each other greasy and crooked near the city gate for a long time, until Tang Lin whispered "his arm is sore", Xiao Zibai reluctantly let go of him, and Lin let go of his hand and kissed him on the cheek.
There was still the temperature of Xiao Zibai's lips on his cheeks, Tang Lin shook his head with a smile, and walked hand in hand with Xiao Zibai towards Lelang Mansion City.
The city of Lo Lang is different from the province of Kawacang. After all, Kawakura is a place of grain production, and even if it has become a prosperous city, it still has a little simple and mellow taste born in the earth. Lelang Mansion started completely by commerce, is the transportation hub of the Central Plains, waterways and land criss-crossed, here is the famous businessmen, many beauties, many green buildings Chu Pavilion - and more is the kind of Bo Xinglang who is wandering.
Tang Lin and Xiao Zibai, two single men, looked young and didn't have much followers. Neither like the businessmen who came here to do business, nor like the scholars who passed by here when they were rushing to take the exam, Tang Lin was a little more generous when he stayed at the guest house, and the shopkeeper touched their minds and quietly pointed to them to the west: "The scenery in the west of the city is good, you two must remember to take a look." β
What can be seen in a city? Neither of them cared, but Xiao Zibai asked casually: "The shopkeeper knows which fish soup is delicious?" β
The shopkeeper immediately patted his thigh: "The fish soup is my family's good, and the fish is strong in the west of the city." Now is the time for the fish to be fat and shrimp to be beautiful, my family has a new batch of big live fish today, each of them is very fat, not to mention how energetic the tail is. Why don't you try it tonight? β
The two certainly had no objections.
So he had dinner in this inn, in addition to the fish soup, he ordered a few other dishes, Tang Lin had a lot of eyes, and specially asked for a pot of wine: maybe when the wine is brought up, there is also a big flower soaked in it? As a result, after the wine and food were served, there was nothing special about it, and the fish soup was indeed delicious.
Whether it is Xiao Zibai or Tang Lin, although they are all people (birds) who have cultivated for decades, and they are also dignified Jindan monks when they go out, they are far from cultivating to the point of pure heart and few desires, so they are very satisfied with this meal of fish soup. Satisfied with the fish soup, they naturally had a trace of curiosity about the shopkeeper's mouth "the fish in the west of the city", coupled with the sentence "the scenery in the west of the city is good", the next day, they decided to go to the west of the city for a walk.
"Aren't we here to look for clues?"
Tang Lin still remembered this, and couldn't help but mention it when he walked to the west of the city. Xiao Zibai spread his hands helplessly when he heard this: "Although I said that I want to check, where can I check?" Lelang Mansion is not like Hecang Mansion, and there are traditions such as flower picking festivals. β
There was an Oiran conference, but I had never heard of anyone disappearing at the conference, nor had I seen anything so beautiful that it was not as beautiful as a mortal, so Xiao Zibai didn't mention it. Tang Lin thought about it, and after summoning the wind spiritual power to blow it secretly, he didn't find a few wisps of demonic energy, so he had to think that he was really here to travel, and followed Xiao Zibai to the west of the city.
I don't know why, but the shopkeeper specially mentioned to them that if you want to see the scenery, it is best to go at night.
Since they were going to the west of the city, they naturally had to choose the time with the best scenery, so when they arrived at the west of the city, it was the time when the willow tops were on the moon.
On the flower street on the bank of the Rouge River in the west of Lelangfu City, those Qinglou Chu Pavilions are already brightly lit.
It is the willow tops on the moon, the little lights are reflected in the rouge river sandwiched by the flower buildings on both banks, and the night breeze gently caresses the satin-like river, leaving rows of shallow ripples. The sound of thin orchestral strings came from afar from the pavilions covered with various colored silks, and the starlight in the sky was also reflected by the bright lights of the high-rise buildings by the river.
I don't know how many people are in the warm fragrance of nephrite.
The men and women who came to have fun rode high-headed horses, shuttling between the flower buildings, laughing and discussing the advantages and disadvantages of the prostitutes, and the women who were discussed lazily leaned on the flower buildings, showing a bewitching or soft smile, and let the people under the flower buildings look at themselves.
Every now and then, prostitutes take a fancy to the person who is here to have fun, and they throw a freshly removed beaded flower from their sideburns to the crowd below: it is often covered with a greased silk handkerchief. The person who was favored received the token in the envious eyes of everyone, and went up the stairs with great satisfactionβno doubt that they would have a wonderful evening, and even more wonderful, only half the price.
The more Tang Lin and Xiao Zibai walked to the west of the city, the more they felt that something was wrong. The eyes are full of fluttering silk ribbons, the fragrance of pollen is fragrant, and even the air has a kind of amorous taste. Tang Lin paused between the two flower buildings and asked Xiao Zibai suspiciously: "Are we in the wrong place?" Look here...... Not quite like a restaurant? β
"Not only is it not like a restaurant, but I don't think the scenery in the west of the city is very good." Xiao Zibai looked at the swaggering and ambiguous pink lanterns on the surrounding buildings with disgust.
Tang Lin frowned and looked around, and the awkward feeling was almost overflowing from the cracks in his bones. He simply pulled Xiao Zibai's hand and said, "Otherwise, let's go first, it's okay if you don't eat this fish." Xiao Zibai also felt that something was wrong, nodded bluntly, and the two turned around and were about to leave, but someone wrapped a silk handkerchief and threw a pearl hairpin in the direction where they were.
Xiao Zibai Tang Lin is so skilled, after being trained many times by Kong Liu's airdropped jade slip, this kind of gadget thrown by mortals is not a problem at all. Without Tang Lin's move, Xiao Zibai easily reached out and fished it out, and took the thing into his hand.
"What is this?" Just after taking a closer look, Xiao Zibai shook the wrist of the thing, and then he subconsciously wanted to throw the thing out. His movements attracted Tang Lin's attention, Tang Lin turned his head curiously, and the moment he saw the thing clearly, he immediately grabbed Xiao Zibai's wrist quickly: "Don't move!" β
He drank lowly, and Xiao Zibai held the silk handkerchief printed with lipstick like holding a hot potato: "I, I really didn't know it would be this!" Tang Lin, listen to my explanation! β
Tang Lin ignored him, directly pulled the silk handkerchief out of his hand, leaned to the end of his nose and sniffed it carefully, at the moment when Xiao Zibai's face was about to change, he frowned and said suspiciously: "How can there be a demonic spirit in this?" β
It turned out to be demonic! Thinking that Tang Lin suddenly became interested in the owner of the lipstick, Xiao Zibai immediately breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. Thinking about it, he felt that his focus was wrong, so he quietly remedied: "Demon qi? Is it on this silk handkerchief? β
Tang Lin shook his head: "No, it's this ......" He looked at the ambiguous imprints, and reluctantly picked out a word that was not so obvious: "...... This grease powder marks on. The so-called "fat powder marks" are clearly reflected in the moonlight and light, and the red lips on the white silk handkerchief are charming, and it is clear that it is a woman's lip print.
"Maybe the owner of this fat powder is a demon clan?" Xiao Zibai forcibly ignored the shape of the fat powder and guessed from his words. Tang Lin looked up at the prostitutes who were leaning on the building and laughing, trying to find a suspicious person among them, and after searching for a long time to no avail, he had to take the silk handkerchief and ask Xiao Zibai: "Do you remember where this handkerchief was thrown from?" β
Xiao Zibai was about to reach out to point in the direction, but another object was thrown from obliquely above, and it happened to be caught by Tang Lin steadily. When he raised his eyes, he saw a woman in gorgeous clothes with clouds and temples half-leaning on the flower tower and smiling at the two of them, Xiao Zibai was still wondering "Why is this woman's expression so strange", Tang Lin had already raised the silk handkerchief casually, and after seeing the same distinct lip prints on it, he smiled at the woman upstairs.
Xiao Zibai: "...... What are you laughing at? "You're going to laugh at me, why are you smiling at that woman!
Before Xiao Zibai fried his hair, Tang Lin said appropriately: "There is also demonic energy on this fat powder mark. It was as if someone suddenly pricked a needle in the body of the puffer fish when it was puffing itself to the maximum, Xiao Zibai's momentum immediately withered, and he responded with a low voice "Oh".
Tang Lin chuckled and pulled him: "Let's go, let's go to the mortal Qinglou Chu Pavilion too." β
As soon as the word "Qinglou Chu Pavilion" came out, Xiao Zibai, who had never visited a similar place in his life, immediately realized, glanced at the dazzling pink lanterns, and suddenly muttered: "I said how do these lanterns use this color." β
"The color of the lantern is never the point, is it?" For Xiao Zibai's stubborn point, Tang Lin was a little speechless, Xiao Zibai began to give him science popularization on the connection between the color choice of the lantern and the overall color of the house, Tang Lin listened to it for a moment or two at first, and then later, his expression was completely "unconscious".
Pulling Xiao Zibai, who was still talking freely, Tang Lin walked straight to the flower building while saying "ah" and "yes" for a while, and before he reached the door, a fragrant wind suddenly blew from the building, Tang Lin immediately stopped and sneezed loudly.
Xiao Zibai was startled, stopped talking, and turned back to look at Tang Shi, who was sneezing one after another.
"What's wrong with you!" Xiao Zibai's expression was extremely surprised, and he hurriedly patted Tang Lin's shoulder a few times, but this obviously didn't help. Tang Lin sneezed and rubbed his nose slightly: "The taste is too choking." He said in a low voice, and explained to Xiao Zibai through the contract: "Recently, I may have to make a breakthrough, my nose is becoming more and more sensitive, this is a floral fragrance and a fat powder fragrance with a demonic aura, I am really ...... It's ......."
Tang Lin said, smiling bitterly and shaking his head. He originally wanted to go up to the tall building to have a look, and it was best to contact the woman again, but he didn't expect that before he entered the door of the flower building, he was forced out by the terrible aroma. Xiao Zibai was still stunned there, and Tang Lin soon became a "sneeze" again.
He had to pull a handkerchief out of his storage bag to cover his nose.
Tang Lin glanced at Xiao Zibai, his expression was very melancholy: "Why is the aroma here so terrifying?" I've never been like this before, even the time when the sea of flowers ......."
"Wait, Flowers?" Xiao Zibai was patting Tang Lin on the shoulder, and when he heard this, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and hurriedly asked Tang Lin: "What is rouge gouache made of?" β
"Gouache...... It seems to be rice. Tang Lin covered his mouth and nose, and said angrily: "But rouge seems to be made of flowers?" β
"Sure enough!" Xiao Zibai subconsciously patted Tang Lin's shoulder, making a "pop" sound, and Tang Lin glared at Xiao Zibai fiercely.
"What flowers? Is it the kind we've seen in a sea of flowers? Xiao Zibai asked, Tang Lin rubbed his shoulder that was hurt, and said angrily: "How do I know!" Xiao Zibai heard that his tone was wrong, and then he realized his mistake, and hurriedly came over to rub Tang Lin's shoulder, and after rubbing it a few times, Tang Lin's anger finally smoothed out, but he thought about it and said: "I really don't know-and I don't specialize in this, how can I know this." β
Xiao Zibai thought for a moment and said to Tang Lin: "I think we can go to the fat powder shop and have a look." β
This mention is good, Tang Lin immediately agreed, but it's night, how can a fat powder shop still open at night? After thinking of this, Tang Lin also thought of the shopkeeper's intention of telling them to "come back at night", and couldn't help but pout at those flower buildings: "These scenery are really beautiful." β
Xiao Zibai laughed: "No matter how beautiful the scenery is, it is not as beautiful as you." Tang Lin also wanted to respond to him with a smile, but as soon as the smile reached his lips, he couldn't help but "sneeze" again: even the handkerchief of the heavenly silk couldn't stop this terrible aroma! Xiao Zibai hurriedly reached out and pinched Tang Lin's nose, and whispered to him: "Don't breathe, you won't sneeze if you don't breathe." β
Tang Lin just wanted to say, "If I don't breathe, do I want to suffocate myself", but suddenly remembered that he was already a demon cultivator from home, and if he didn't breathe, there would be no accident at all, so a big problem was solved.
Anyway, it's night, the fat powder shop is not open, and Tang Lin won't sneeze anymore. The two of them discussed it for a while, and decided to pretend that nothing had happened, and went straight to the flower building.
The flower building is brightly lit at the moment, and on a wooden platform in the center, a woman in a scarlet dress is dancing to the beat of drums. She had two bare white feet, her long hair was scattered like ink, and the jewels dotted between her hair were like stars, which were particularly clearly lined against the intricately patterned dark carpet.
As the drum beat gradually became rapid and frenzied, her dance steps also became frenzied with the gradual rapidity, and every step was thrilling, as if stepping on the tip of people's hearts, and the people in the audience couldn't take their eyes off it, and even held their breath for a while.
Tang Lin only glanced at the stage, and then the corners of his lips hooked lightly and said to Xiao Zibai: "Cat demon." β
The woman turned around at this moment, her eyes were clear blue, like fine gems, and she smiled at the crowd, shining brightly.
The crowd was indulging in an inflected breath.
Xiao Zibai raised his eyebrows and asked Tang Lin: "Charming?" Tang Lin nodded helplessly, shrugged his shoulders and said to him, "Do you know who I remembered when I saw this cat demon?" β
"Who?" Xiao Zibai asked, Tang Lin lazily supported his chin, and pointed his chin at the obsessed mortals below: "I think of the fox demon who gave you a sword and cut off your head in the secret realm of Lang Huan." β
Xiao Zibai suddenly realized.
He took a closer look at the cat demon a few times, and sure enough, he was also a foundation-builder. "Why is it that in this year, the goblins who have built the foundation have come to charm mortals one by two? What do mortals have to be seduced by them? Xiao Zibai said with some wonder through the contract, Tang Lin was talking to the old bustard who came up to inquire, and at the same time replied to Xiao Zibai in two hearts: "Essence blood? Yang energy? Who knows, maybe some old ancestor wants to use mortal things to alchemy. β
Xiao Zibai just took a sip of the wine that was sent, and almost spewed out directly after hearing Tang Lin's words: "Use mortal ...... Alchemy? β
"How can you do that!" Xiao Zibai was shocked by this, Tang Lin sent the old bustard away, his eyelids drooped, he looked at the wine glass that had just been sent to him expressionlessly, and asked him, "Why can't you do this?" Just like someone will use the demon clan's flesh and blood essence to make a recipe for cooking, why can't the demon clan use people to make alchemy? β
Xiao Zibai's breath was suffocated: he suddenly realized that his question just now touched the Min between the two of them! Sensory lines.
He hurriedly explained, "I didn't mean that, I just ...... It's just ...... "just what?" It's just that I can't stand my compatriots being refined into Dan by the demon clan? Could it be that Tang Lin should endure the demon clan being made into a magic weapon by the human race?
Xiao Zibai was speechless for a while, not knowing how to confess, Tang Lin picked up the chopsticks and tapped them lightly on the bowl, and said to him, "Eat vegetables." β
So they ate the food, but the atmosphere between the two stiffened in vain.
Xiao Zibai was bored with chopsticks picking and picking in the dishes, he didn't have the heart to eat the vegetables at all, and was full of thoughts about how to explain to Tang Lin. Tang Lin never raised his eyelids from beginning to end, and only grabbed the dish in front of him with chopsticks.
The dish in front of Tang Lin was cutting down little by little at a slow speed, and the dish in front of Xiao Zibai was already so messy that it couldn't be seen as it was.
If they were staying in an ordinary restaurant now, the atmosphere might be at an impasse for a long time, until Xiao Zibai found a way to let Tang Lin dissipate his anger, and the wine and food might have been cold by then.
But what they are staying in now is not an ordinary restaurant, but a green building.
Therefore, when the atmosphere was still stiff, the old bustard brought a girl up with a smile, and said to them happily: "My Bai Zhi is the best at cutting fish chest, since the two sons like it, let her cut it with you first." The girl looked at the beautiful place, stood in front of them shyly and timidly, and unequivocally rolled up her long sleeves, revealing two white lotus arms.
I don't know if she was coincidental or deliberate, she stood beside Tang Lin when she came up, and after showing her arms like this, her two arms were exposed in front of Tang Lin.
Xiao Zibai really wanted to say a word about bad morals, but they came to the Qinglou Chu Pavilion? If you don't hurt the customs here, do you want to sing poetry and paint?
His words choked in his throat, and he had to watch the girl named Bai Zhi smile timidly at Tang Linjiao.
Just when Xiao Zibai was almost choked to death by Bai Zhi's laughter, Tang Lin suddenly half-raised his eyelids and said to the old bustard: "This name is not good, it has committed my friend's name, so change it." Then he gave the old bustard a dozen silver tickets.
The old bustard naturally had nothing to do with the silver, and changed the name of the girl named Bai Zhi to a light painting on the spot, and Xiao Zibai noticed that there was also a Bai in the name of the girl Bai Zhi. Before he could be happy, the girl who had newly changed her name to Qianhua looked towards Tang Lin with a charming figure, and said "Xie Gongzi's name" coquettishly, if Tang Lin hadn't dodged quickly, her stiff breasts would have been rubbed on Tang Lin's arms.
Xiao Zibai is really going to choke to death this time.
Seeing that the shallow painting was about to show her eighteen martial arts to Tang Lin, Tang Lin only put his eyelids back lazily and said casually: "I heard that you are doing a good job?" The shallow painting immediately motioned to the turtle slave to send the big live fish quickly.
The live fish was soon sent, the fish tail was slapped on the board with a "pop" sound, and the two hands of the shallow painting pressed softly on the fish, and the fish immediately couldn't move, she pulled up the Xueliang sharp knife that was resting aside, and was about to do it, when a lazy and charming voice suddenly came from behind her.
"Do you want to eat the umvid?"
The scarlet-clothed woman who was dancing on the high platform before walked over gracefully, her translucent blue eyes squinted slightly, revealing a bit of interesting light, and the pearl jade on her head was hidden in her thick hair, like a galaxy flashing in the dark night sky. The woman just walked step by step, and the girl named Qianhua, who was pretty before, was immediately compared to her into the mud, and even the two lotus arms didn't seem to be so white, not even whiter than the toes of the cat demon Chiguo.
Tang Lin half-tilted his head, glanced at her with little interest, and asked her, "What's your name?" β
The cat demon smiled at Tang Lin: "Guldasi." She said this, still with that languid charm in her tone: "My name is Gurideth. β
Tang Lin nodded indispensably: "Okay, then you." β
So Guldais smiled lazily on her lips, glanced at the live fish that was dying from the light painting, and said undoubtedly, "How can you give such a thing to a guest!" Don't go for a change yet! Her words seemed to be more effective than the old bustard, and immediately someone came to replace the live fish on the table that couldn't even shoot its tail, and the light painting took this opportunity to quickly retreat, and only Tang Lin and Guldasi were left on the whole table...... Oh no, there's also Xiao Zibai.
Xiao Zibai on the side seemed to have been completely forgotten by them.