Chapter Twenty-Five: Spring in the Lotus Pond
After the rain and the sky was clear, Lu Sheng asked his subordinates to set off with two jars of stinging wine.
After the heavy rain, the sky is extraordinarily bright, and a rainbow stands between heaven and earth. When Lu Sheng came to Bai Shaoyu's door, Bai Shaoyu was splashing ink in the courtyard.
"Brother Bai, come uninvited, forgive your sins!"
"Brother Yuzhu, please come in. Brother Yuzhu, why did he think that he would come to look for me today?" Bai Shaoyu hurriedly put down his pen and stepped forward to greet him.
Suddenly, Bai Shaoyu's nostrils twitched slightly, and he couldn't take his eyes off the two jars of wine in Sun You's hands, "Sting wine?"
"Yes, stinging wine! Brother Bai has drunk it before?"
"I drank it, and I was drunk for three days and three nights, and this is the spirit of the spirits. Yuzhu, what are you here for?"
"Visiting friends!"
"Not to solve the case?"
"What kind of case has been solved? The case of the destruction of the door of He Fu has been solved, and Li Xiang has been acquitted. Lu Sheng said with a happy smile on his face.
"I heard from my friends...... Something happened to Qingyuefang?"
"Well, Miss Qiuyue had a strange illness and died suddenly!" Speaking of this, Lu Sheng suddenly showed a lewd smile, "Brother Bai, it seems that I am even sorry to hear your tone." Could it be that you and the autumn moon girl ......"
"Brother Lu, don't talk nonsense, you know me, although I often go to Qingyuefang with my friends to have fun, but I never stay overnight. β
"If you don't have something to do with Miss Qiuyue, if it happens, I'm afraid it will disgust you. β
"What's wrong?" Lu Sheng's words immediately aroused Bai Shaoyu's curiosity.
Lu Sheng showed a hint of abuse, and quietly leaned into Bai Shaoyu's ear, "Let me tell you, this Qiuyue girl has a good look, don't look at her less than thirty years, after making a judgment, she should be at least forty years old." β
"Forty years old, isn't that an old woman?" Bai Shaoyu called out with a frightened face.
People in this era age fast, many people get married at the age of sixteen or seventeen, thirty-year-olds look like forty-year-olds, and forty-year-olds look like sixty-year-olds.
"yes, so I'm afraid I'm going to disgust you. Think about the merry and talented people in Suzhou City who are crazy about the Autumn Moon Girl, if they know that the Autumn Moon Girl they are after is actually a half-aged in their forties, I don't know what kind of expression it is?"
"It must have been beating my chest for a few days without thinking about eating. Bai Shaoyu showed an elegant smile on his face.
"Hey, Brother Bai, you're painting!"
"Yes, the lotus flowers in the lotus pond have bloomed, and the garden is full of spring, and I plan to draw a picture of the spring color of the lotus pond on a whim. Brother Lu, let's taste it together?"
"Compared with Brother Bai's painting skills, I don't dare to be ugly. β
"Brother Lu is too humble, and he has benefited a lot after discussing with Brother Lu last time. Brother Lu's words are even more like a hanging pot empowerment.
In the past, my paintings only stayed under the artistic conception, mostly ethereal and far-reaching, but how does this benefit the world?
The misty poems and songs, where is it comparable to a deafening and eloquent essay, where is it comparable to a policy for the benefit of the country and the people?
Since yesterday, I have been thinking, what is the wind bone of the lotus? Unfortunately, I have not been able to understand well, and I have never gained anything, and although I am happy in my heart, I don't know where the joy comes from. β
Saying that, Bai Shaoyu sighed softly and slowly pointed to the lotus picture in front of him. Although every lotus flower is delicate, although every lotus leaf is crisp and dripping, this painting always feels a little fly in the ointment.
Lu Sheng silently looked at the lotus picture and thought, and slowly turned around and came to the edge of the lotus pond thoughtfully.
Suddenly, Lu Sheng turned around, "Brother Bai, I thought about it." β
"What comes to mind?"
"The wind and bones of the lotus! out of the mud but not stained, clear ripples but not demons, straight through the outside, not vines and branches, can be viewed from a distance and can not be blasphemed! This should be, the gentleman of flowers!"
Boom β
It was as if a thunderbolt exploded in Bai Shaoyu's mind, making Bai Shaoyu's whole person stunned.
What reverberates in my mind is all out of the mud but not stained, clear and rippling but not demonic.
"The Gentleman of Flowers...... Gentleman of Flowers......"
Bai Shaoyu's eyes became brighter and brighter, and his expression became more and more crazy.
"Hahaha...... The gentleman of flowers, it turned out to be the gentleman of flowers. The middle is straight outside, not vines and branches......"
As he spoke, he instantly swiped his pen and splashed ink in the scroll and quickly walked around.
Among the flowers, a lonely lotus flower slowly grows. A straight flower branch, a standing out from the crowd, but not a demonic lotus flower slowly bloomed.
As soon as this flower blooms, a hundred flowers fail. In the painting, only this one is the only lotus flower. The rest of the lotus flowers were as unsightly as clowns in front of this one.
"Okay, good, good! Brother Lu, you are worthy of saying that the mountain is not high and there is a fairy name, this metaphor of the gentleman of flowers is enough for the ages. When the big white floats, when the song is drunk!"
"Then please!" Lu Sheng gestured to Bai Shaoyu, and the eyes of the two fell on the two jars of stunned wine on the table at the same time.
They looked at each other and smiled, without saying much.
Bai Shaoyu used to be debauched when he was excited, but Lu Sheng used to drink very well. But at this moment, the two of them opened the mud at the same time and drank on their heads.
The three of them showed envious expressions. They are not envious of Lu Sheng and the two of them for being able to drink on their heads, but envy that the two of them can be so chic.
A word, a word, a painting, but it can make others feel their detachment and be shocked by their compulsion.
The reason why talents are sought after is because they are no worse than those martial arts masters. Even if that genius is just a weak scholar who can't help but be powerless.
However, Sun You couldn't understand Lu Sheng's words, and he didn't understand why they suddenly became so crazy. But Sun You knew that these two jars were stunning.
Don't you want to die like this?
Two jars of wine, each drank half of it, and the two of them put down the jar of wine together. With more than a pound of liquor in their stomachs, the faces of the two people who burned them instantly turned red.
The two looked at each other, and after a few breaths of silence, they exhaled a mouthful of wine at the same time, and the dampness on their faces rose, as if a red glow had risen into the sky.
"It's enjoyable, it's enjoyableβ"
The drunken chest was still open, and Bai Shaoyu uncovered his chest, revealing his debauched remains. Lu Sheng came to the edge of the lotus pond with the wine jar, looked at the lotus flowers in the pond, and suddenly looked up to the sky again and drank bitterly.
"The flowers of land, water, grass and trees are very lovely...... It is called chrysanthemum, the hermit of flowers, peony, the rich and noble of flowers, the lotus, the gentleman of flowers, and the love of chrysanthemum...... Tao Hou rarely hears of it, the love of the lotus, who is with me?"
"Hahaha...... Brother Yuzhu, don't think that you are alone, the love of the lotus, there is still a foolish brother who loves you with you......" Bai Shaoyu came to Lu Sheng's side frantically, and he also learned to drink Lu Sheng's head on his head.
The sky is gorgeous, the pond is bright red under the sunset, and the two peerless talents have become the most dazzling scenery in this landscape.
"Brother, be careful, don't get too close to the lotus pond......"
As soon as the words fell, Lu Sheng's figure suddenly stumbled, his feet slipped, and the whole person slid towards the pond.
"Brother Yuzhu be careful!" Bai Shaoyu's eyes were quick, and he hurriedly reached out to grab Lu Sheng.
Lu Sheng grabbed Bai Shaoyu's hand, and suddenly with a force, the two of them fell into the water like a series of gourds and splashed a splash.
"My lordβ" The faces of the three men changed drastically, and they hurriedly came to the edge of the pond.
"Hahaha-"
Bohemian laughter rang out, and the two emerged from the water. The pond is not deep, and it is only at the waist of two people. Seeing that the two of them were fine, the three subordinates on the shore also showed reassuring expressions on their faces.
But suddenly, Lu Jian's face changed greatly, and his eyes stared at Bai Shaoyu who was soaking wet. The soaked clothes became transparent, and a bright Tenglong tattoo loomed on Bai Shaoyu's back.
And Lu Sheng and Bai Shaoyu still looked at each other and laughed wildly, laughing heartbreakingly, and laughing chillingly.
Gradually, the laughter of the two stopped, and a thick fog rose above Bai Shaoyu's head, and in an instant, the fog had gathered into a cloud. The two jumped and fell back to the shore like fluttering butterflies.
Lu Sheng's martial arts are already known to several of his subordinates, but Bai Shaoyu, a merry and talented man, also has profound martial arts. Even, Bai Shaoyu's martial arts were more sophisticated than anyone present.
The toes are dotted, ethereal like fairies. After coming ashore, a thick fog rippled away from the two of them. Stepping out of the thick fog is as fascinating as an immortal stepping out of a fairyland.
"Brother Yuzhu, it's so hard for you to hide it from me!" Bai Shaoyu shook his head with a chuckle.
"Brother Bai, it's so hard for you to hide it from me!" Lu Sheng didn't smile on his face, and even a trace of sadness flashed in the depths of his eyes.
Once upon a time, Bai Shaoyu was his Lu Sheng's idol, a peak he always wanted to catch up with but had never been able to surpass.
If it weren't for Bai Shaoyu's three-year filial piety period, the title of this gold list would definitely have Bai Shaoyu's name.
He really didn't want to, and he didn't want to believe that what he was seeing was real. But the facts cannot be questioned.
"Why? Why you?"
"Why can't it be me?" Bai Shaoyu had a smile on his face, and the expression in his eyes had become cold, "When did Brother Lu start doubting me?"
"Can I say, from the beginning?" Lu Sheng raised his head silently.
"I don't believe it! I didn't show any flaws at first, and you can't have doubted me from the beginning. β
"The Criminal Division handles the case, never gives up any suspicion easily, and never excludes anyone emotionally. You didn't show any flaws at first, but I'm used to making suspicions of everyone involved in this case.
You are the one who reported the crime, and naturally you are also under suspicion. Actually, I've already removed you from the list of suspicions. But when I came out of Hofu, you were again on my list of suspicions.
The murderer was able to silently climb onto Miss He Qing's bed, proving that the murderer had martial arts. Although it seems that there is no time to commit the crime from the time you come home from drinking with people in Qingle Fang to the time you find out about the case.
However, if the condition of martial arts is counted, the time to commit the crime is there. Why did you go to Ching Lok Fang to drink until late at night, why did you stray into the backyard of Hefu that day, and why did you find out about the case?
All accidents must have their inevitability.
If I were you, I shouldn't have reported it. Instead, wait until the next day, let the neighbors on the left and right find out or let Li Xiang report the case himself.
A really clever murderer will take care of things and go to sit and watch the situation change. If you intervene, you won't be able to get out. Brother Bai, you're still too young. β
"Makes sense, but I'm supposed to be the least suspicious, right? Why did you find me?"
"After that, I was attracted by the old bag of the coffin shop, and when I took the old bag and found out that he was a Xuanwu killer, you started to really panic. You never thought that Lao Bao's life and death book would have your name on it, right?"