On the second floor is a private room, which is not much better than the Tianxiao Pavilion of the drunken Xiao Tower, and there is a mahogany table in the middle of the wide private room, and Zhou Binjie and Zhou Jingfan and others are already seated at this time.

There is also a Qingqi man stroking the piano on the side, with a beautiful appearance and a fresh and moving sound. Two pretty pouring maids stand on both sides, both smiling.

In addition to Zhou Binjie's father and son and the old man, there was a tall young man sitting in front of the window facing the door, twenty-seven or eighteen years old, with an angular face like a knife, and a pair of eyes that were also bright, and looked a little similar to Bai Molou, so it should be Bai Zhexiu, the eldest brother of Bai Molou.

Hearing the sound of someone going upstairs, he also looked over, and when he saw that it was Xu Mingyuan, he got up and said with a smile: "The martial arts are all good, it seems that there is going to be a great character on the rivers and lakes again." The loud voice, coupled with the strong body, makes people feel a little stressed.

Xu Mingyuan, who had just entered the door, heard this, and arched his hand with a smile and said: "Big Brother Bai Liao praised, if it weren't for your sword breaking the encirclement of the three of them, how could I be the opponent of the three of them." ”

Bai Zhexiu smiled and waved his hand and said, "You don't have to be modest, I didn't even enter the third grade at your age, and it makes me ashamed to say this." ”

When Xu Mingyuan heard this, he didn't say much, raised the long sword in his hand, and said with a smile: "Then thank you for borrowing the sword first." ”

"Brother Yuan, sit down, where did you get so much politeness." Zhou Binjie, who was sitting on the side, couldn't look at it, patted the stool next to him and said.

One of the maids who poured wine stepped forward, took the long sword from Xu Mingyuan's hand in both hands, and then walked to the window and put the long sword into a silver scabbard.

Xu Mingyuan also walked to the table, nodded with Bai Zhexiu, and sat down at the same time. And Bai Molou also said hello to Bai Zhexiu and sat down.

A maid had already gone to take a cup and put it in front of the two, and the maid who poured wine filled them with wine and took a few steps back.

I have to say that this forgetful building is really a good place full of beautiful women, even the two wine maids are also quite beautiful, and the Qingqi people who play the piano on the side are even more pretty. The slender fingers brushing the strings like the sound of spring water tinkling, which is calming.

After everyone sat down, Zhou Jingfan said something, picked up the wine glass and drank a few glasses together, and left with the old man. said that he wanted to go to other Qinglou to see, and there were a lot of people from the rivers and lakes who had poured into Shuzhou City recently, and they had to set up some rules for them like today's Forget Worries.

Zhou Jingfan said it lightly, you can imagine what a tragic end the Jianghu people who hit him and Gao Lao tonight, compared to Zhou Jingfan, who treats human life as nothing, Xu Mingyuan is still just a chick.

After Zhou Jingfan and Gao Lao left, the four of them were young and let go a lot. Although Bai Zhexiu is a powerful captain in the army, he has no arrogance, and he does not look down on Xu Mingyuan at all, and he has already treated him as an equal with Bai Molou and Zhou Binjie.

With Xu Mingyuan's talent and martial arts, it is indeed worthy of the Bai family's friendship and wooing, and whether Bai Molou's illness can be cured or not will ultimately fall on Xu Mingyuan.

Xu Mingyuan was not too restrained, and asked some about the war on the border of Tibet, when he went to Tibet, he was only eight or nine years old, and now ten years have passed, I am afraid it is very different.

Bai Zhexiu also knew everything, as long as it did not involve military secrets, he talked in detail about the current situation on the border between Tubo and Dawan.

And he also mentioned the recent chaos in Nanzhao, he also felt that Nanzhao should make peace but not fight, and resisted Nanzhao over the years, and the Dawan army and the Nanzhao army on the border cooperated a lot. Dawan started a war with Nanzhao, if the war was unfavorable and the southwest of Jiannan Dao, which had not done much defense, was afraid that it would be swallowed by Nanzhao in one fell swoop. At the time of the reversal, Nanzhao and Tubo united to go north and east, which was definitely not good news for Jiannan Province.

When he mentioned this, he also said a few words of ridicule about the envoys of the major families who wanted to attack Nanzhao to gain military exploits, which was somewhat unexpected by Xu Mingyuan. But after thinking about it, he also understood, Chang'an is thousands of miles away, and if the current emperor wants to attack Nanzhao, he must be asking the envoy of Jiannan Daojiedu. The current general trend of attacking Nanzhao like this may have something to do with the major families of Jiannan Dao.

If you talk about national strength, Nanzhao is indeed not strong, and perhaps in the eyes of some people, it can be captured at will. At a time when there are few major wars and there is nowhere to make military achievements, those big families provoke the Nanzhao War for the future of their descendants and the inheritance of the family, and then stuff their children into the army to earn military merits, which can be described as killing multiple birds with one stone.

It's just that he abandoned the people in the war for his own selfishness, which made Xu Mingyuan's perception of the great family decline again. If the family wants to create a few generals with outstanding achievements, I don't know how many white bones will be piled up under their feet.

This is not Bai Zhexiu's own ability, fighting with those Tubo soldiers who came in from the east, they are guarding the border of the country. And those big families are just for their military exploits, and they use the accumulated white bones to go to Chang'an in exchange for an appointment, and prolong the inheritance of the family.

Although Bai Zhexiu is a military general, he comes from a great family, his knowledge and conversation are not bad, and even Xu Mingyuan feels that if he is allowed to participate in the imperial examination, whether it is the township examination or the hospital examination, he will definitely be able to make the list.

And his martial arts can also be judged from the sword thrown before, it should be the peak of the third grade, and it is even stronger than Zeng Qingyi. And he should have used a spear, and a sword just for convenience.

The four of them talked happily, and Zhou Binjie also asked Bai Zhexiu about the trouble in Chengdu yesterday with a curious face, and when he said that Li Lixin and his party were beaten into pigs' heads by Bai Zhexiu, the four of them also laughed.

Before everyone raised their glasses and drank it, there was already a sound of soft footsteps on the stairs, Xu Mingyuan couldn't help but turn his head, and two people came up at the staircase, but it was Na Ling'er and Su Yimeng.

Su Yimeng, who changed into a light cyan dress, covered her face with a white veil, covering her mouth, nose and neck, revealing only a pair of bright eyes and a smooth forehead. It should be because of the neck bandage, so it is covered with white gauze.

Seeing Xu Mingyuan and the others, Ling'er also bent her knees slightly, and said a little helplessly: "Ling'er has seen the young master, the young master, General Bai, and Xu Gongzi, Sister Yimeng has to come over to thank Xu Gongzi for saving her life, so I can only bring her over, you shouldn't blame me." At the end, she had a pitiful expression, but she was really a strange little girl.

Bai Zhexiu smiled and said: "Xiao Ling'er, I was only seven or eight years old when I saw you back then, why are you so sharp and able to speak now, is it possible that you have really grown up?" ”

Ling'er stuck out her tongue with a smile, but she was not afraid of Bai Zhexiu.

Su Yimeng also took a step forward, bowed his knees slightly at everyone, looked at everyone and said: "Yimeng has seen Xu Gongzi, General Bai, and the two young masters, and they came suddenly, and I hope you Haihan." ”

Xu Mingyuan smiled and waved his hand and said, "You don't have to come here if you are injured, today's matter is just a gesture, and you don't have to worry about it." ”

"Xu Gongzi's life-saving grace, how dare I forget it in my dreams." Hearing this, Su Yimeng hurriedly said, as if she had thought of something, her eyes drooped slightly, and she said a little gloomily: "It's just that Yimeng is just a woman in a green building, and she is still difficult to protect, so she really can't repay it, so she just wants to play a few tunes for the public, which can be regarded as a little bit of the little woman's heart." ”

Xu Mingyuan looked at this woman with a white veil and eyes as clean as water, and his heart was also mixed. Looking at Su Yimeng's words and deeds, it is definitely not something that Qinglou can train, this is from the calmness of the big family, and he knows how to repay his kindness and does not want to owe.

If Xu Mingyuan didn't guess wrong, this woman is probably from a broken big family, listening to his accent, she shouldn't be from Jiannan Dao, and I don't know where the daughter of a big family fell here, and she actually became a Qingqi person in Qinglou.

The Qing people said that it sounded good, but if it weren't for Zhou Jingfan's toughness and the rules of forgetting worries, for those sons and brothers who lingered in the Qinglou, the Qing people were just a matter of combing and spending more money. And it is not uncommon for Heshuo Sanxiong to act like this today, if it weren't for Xu Mingyuan's action today, I'm afraid she would have been humiliated.

The branch phoenix that should have been a great family has become a canary in the Qinglou. Poor and ungrateful, how could such a woman end up like this.

Xu Mingyuan is still just a poor Taoist priest, although he has pity, he can't do anything for Su Yimeng. In a few days, he was probably going to Chang'an, he thought that there was no better place to arrange her, and he didn't think that he could suppress those covetous eyes and restless hands and feet than Zhou Jingfan.

Now all Xu Mingyuan can do is to make her feel less indebted and more comfortable. So he no longer refused, and said with a smile: "The girl is willing to play a song, it is really an honor for Xu." ”

"Gongzi Xie." When Su Yimeng heard this, her eyes lit up when she looked at Xu Mingyuan, and there was a smile in her eyes.

The Qingqi man who stroked the qin had already gotten up and stood aside, and he was also looking at Xu Mingyuan with curiosity. She didn't see the scene where Xu Mingyuan saved Su Yimeng before, but listening to the maids who hid behind General Bai and saw some, Xu Mingyuan borrowed a sword from General Bai, and then killed three masters of the rivers and lakes. But now she looks at Xu Mingyuan no matter how she looks at it, he is just a handsome scholar, where does he look like a heroic man who kills people with a sword.

Su Yimeng sat in front of the Hengqin, and her fingers gently brushed the strings, bringing a calming sound.

"Su Yimeng's piano is the number one in the yard, Brother Yuan, does she like you?" Zhou Binjie leaned over and laughed quietly.

Bai Molou held the wine glass and looked at Xu Mingyuan with some playfulness. Bai Zhexiu also grinned.

Xu Mingyuan directly ignored the three of them, took the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp, watching Su Yimeng slowly close his eyes, and the two of them were envious.

Listening to the whispering of the piano, sometimes like the sound of the piano blowing in the breeze, the anxiety caused by the first killing was gradually appeased.