Chapter XVII: Ruby
[The book continues from the above, and the last book mentioned that Liu Yang also felt that the analysis of the junior and junior judge was reasonable. So he decided to send someone to infiltrate the city and secretly look for the soul that might have been sold by the thieves. After thinking about it, Liu Yang decided that he had to let the Grand Judge personally go to the city to recover the other soul qi. And Ah Hong, who took his sister home, kept complaining about Mu Qingming, and didn't stop talking until the mouth of Shala Lane. And his junior sister Jiaoyun didn't know that Ah Hong was just looking for something to chat with her, but thought that Mu Qingming's move must have another meaning. led out Mu Qingming to go upstairs, and while drinking and chatting with the beauty under the moon, he learned that the beauty's name was Hongyu. Secretly happy, when he found the clue of the soul, he pushed the boat down the river to find out the news of the soul. 】
The moonlight is cold and thatched. The deserted courtyards in the alleys, the dilapidated courtyard walls, and the vines and plants crawling all over the place, stretched their green leaves in the darkness that the moonlight could not shine, which was inevitably a little gloomy.
The wind howls in the alley, sweeping away the fallen leaves and dust, adding a bit of horror and weirdness to this famous ghost alley.
In the yin wind, you can also see a few lonely souls and wild ghosts in tattered clothes, with tattered skin and flesh, and lifeless appearances, wandering aimlessly in the alley with the yin wind.
It's just that Ah Hong and Kyaukyun, who stand quietly in the moonlight, are not afraid of the gloom. They have the dragon locking method and magic skills, and they are the ones who subdue demons and eliminate demons, how can they be afraid of those demons and monsters?
But the two of them were stunned, and the other was thoughtful, both standing quietly in the alley under the moonlight, silent for a while.
Kyaukyun always believed that his master was by no means a person without virtue. Although Jiaoyun and Mu Qingming have not been together for a long time, she can see the other party's personality clearly. said that Mu Qingming would occasionally be treacherous, or take advantage of a little advantage, and Jiaoyun believed it.
But to say that Mu Qing has no virtue, it is absolutely impossible.
And the blood on that beauty has always made Jiaoyun linger. And she is also a smart person, although she doesn't understand what her master is going to do when she finds that beauty? But she vaguely felt that Master Mu Qingming went up to the small building alone and would go to that beauty. But they didn't forget to play their brothers and sisters and left, probably because they were afraid that they would be in danger.
Based on this alone, Jiaoyun will not be like Ah Hong, in order to find a topic, she scolded and complained about Mu Qingming.
"Well, I also believe that Master is definitely not that kind of person, just complained about him, isn't it also a moment of confusion and anger?" Ah Hong, who thought about it for a while, smiled and said, "It's a bit too much, and it's definitely disrespectful to the master." But when we go home, if the master asks why we didn't come back with the master, how will we answer? ”。
By the end of the day, Ah Hong couldn't laugh anymore.
Hearing this, Kyaukyun also frowned with Ah Hong after the words landed, and his white face was full of distress under the moonlight.
It's definitely a big problem. I can't tell my master that their master went to chat with a beautiful woman alone, and I don't know if I can't come back tonight, right?
If he really said that, even if Mu Qingming didn't do anything out of the ordinary, he would have to make their grumpy master so angry that he would be angry. Perhaps, the fox fire in the body is surging and surging, and it can involuntarily erupt from the seven orifices, with bursts of green smoke.
What's more, now that Mo Han is pregnant, it's nothing to hurt his liver when he gets angry. But if in a fit of anger, he moved the fetal gas in her abdomen, and let her child have three long and two short, then the sin would be great.
Kyaukyun and Ah Hong were still silent, but they still walked slowly, thinking as they walked towards the depths of the alley, the courtyard of the Mu family.
They didn't agree with the footsteps, walking slowly, in order to buy a little more time to think, but fortunately they came up with the best words before entering the door, and it was good to prevaricate Mo Han for the time being.
Both of them were listless, and there was even a faint look of embarrassment on their faces.
I wish the road under my feet was a little longer, a little longer.
But even if they walked slowly, like snails crawling, after half a cup of tea, they were only a few steps away from the gate of the small courtyard of the Mu family.
"Anyway, after entering the house, you can't talk nonsense to Shiniang, and don't tell her anything." Looking at the courtyard gate that was close at hand, and the lantern swaying in the wind on the door, Ah Hong hurriedly whispered to his junior sister Jiaoyun beside him: "Don't panic for a moment and say that you are leaking. ”。
Jiaoyun nodded silently, his brows still furrowed and unfurled.
The two walked side by side again, walked a few steps forward, and stood in front of and behind the gate, when Ah Hongcai raised his hand and was about to knock on the door. And the shaft of the vermilion lacquer gate turned, and the gate was opened from the inside by the man inside the door.
For a moment, the open door brought a gust of wind and pounced on Ah Hong and Kyaukyun. The two of them raised their eyes and saw that it was Miaoyu who opened the door for them, as well as their sister Mo Han.
Ah Hong and Kyaukyun, who haven't thought of an excuse yet, already have ghosts in their hearts. As soon as he saw Mo Han, his heart couldn't help but tighten at the moment, and his eyes widened with panic.
Mo Han swept away the panicked look on the faces of the two disciples by the red light emitted from the lantern at the door, and asked incomprehensibly, "What the hell are you guys?" ”。
Suddenly, when he asked, he was so frightened that Ah Hong trembled, and when his mind was blank, he nodded in a daze, his tongue was already knotted, and he couldn't say anything for a while.
"What are you afraid of? What do you do? Can you still be scared by ghosts? After Mo Han* said this, he looked away from the two apprentices and looked behind them, but after not seeing Mu Qingming's familiar figure, he asked again, "What about your master?" ”。
Ah Hong, that kid said one by one, but now he was so frightened that he couldn't speak, he opened his mouth and stopped, and he couldn't say a word for a long time. It made Mo Han suspicious.
It was still Jiaoyun who reacted quickly, only to see Mo Han's eyebrows furrowed slightly, so he said in time: "Master met a demon with blood on the road, and I felt that I could chase that demon." He told us to come back first, and he will come back as soon as he catches the demon. ”。
Only then did Mo Han dispel the suspicions that arose in his heart......
On the small building next to the Yunjin Bridge, I can't hear the noise and hustle and bustle of the Yunjin Night Market downstairs. Mu Qingming sat in the elegantly decorated hall on the second floor, not glamorous, and after looking around at the maids around him, he fell on the opposite side, the beauty holding the green glaze flower pot in her hand. His eyes followed the shoulders and abdomen of the pot, which were decorated with milk nail patterns and vertical triangle patterns. I looked at the lively and smooth lines carved out of the abdomen, and the Yanglian pattern engraved in the next week, and finally looked at the lion-shaped spout of the mother and son, and said leisurely: "The Northern Song Dynasty upside-down pot, a good pot." ”。
"This young master knows pots?" The woman smiled and sat down. A smile and a smile are all moving.
"A little bit of understanding. Because the pot has no mouth and no cover, only there is a plum blossom-shaped spout in the center of the bottom of the pot, the pot must be turned upside down when used, and the wine is injected into the ampulla by the plum blossom hole at the bottom of the pot, so it is called the inverted pot. Mu Qingming smiled unabated, continued to stare at the pot in the woman's hand, and after lifting the hem of his hand and cocking Erlang's legs, he said leisurely: "During the Northern Song Dynasty, it was very popular in the land of China. Therefore, the pot has a peculiar structure, exquisite design, and ingenuity. There was even a period when as long as there was no shortage of money, almost everyone had a hand. ”。
"Really?" The woman smiled, looked at the wine jug in her hand, and then laughed again: "The young master is really knowledgeable, and he can say the head of a jug." The slave family didn't know about this pot, only that it could only hold wine. ”。
Saying that, he stood up again, walked to Mu Qingming's side with the pot, shook the wine pot in his hand, and after a continuous sound in the pot, the woman tilted the body of the pot slightly, and the mouth of the lioness made a loud noise, and a stream of sake with clear color and luster, fragrant but not strong.
The wine was as pure as amber, and it crossed a thin arc like a line out of the spout, and poured it into the fine porcelain wine glass on the table in front of Mu Qingming, splashing a small splash without spilling a drop out of the cup.
The mellow fragrance rises and slowly drifts away. After the woman looked at the overflowing wine in the wine glass, she straightened up the slightly inclined wine jug, waved her hand to the maids around her, and motioned for them to retreat.
Under the dim light, Mu Qingming smelled the fragrant wine smell all over the house, and suddenly felt a little dazzled, and after blinking hard, he secretly used Qi to disperse the wine inhaled in his body.
This wine is drugged, not a human medicine, but a secret medicine of the ghost clan. Mu Qingming and Miaoyu have been together for a long time, and they also have a certain understanding of strange drugs, and they recognize it when they smell it.
But he didn't make it clear, and continued to pretend to be sleepy, squinting slightly, listless, and slowly nodding his head forward. It's like you're about to fall asleep, but you're forced to play your spirits.
"This young master, the slave family doesn't understand pots, but he still understands a little bit about this wine." The woman bit her lower lip lightly, sat back opposite Mu Qingming, looked at the other party's drowsy and sleepy appearance, and smiled lowly: "The glass of wine in front of you now has a lot of origins." During the Kangxi period, the "Dian Kao Nan Zhaoxing" recorded that during the Warring States Period, the small Youchu of the Youyou clan pushed Zhuang into Yunnan as the king of Dian. The wine-making process of Youren also entered Yunnan with Zhuang Ji and was used exclusively for the court of the King of Yunnan. In the later period of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the descendants of the Dian King avoided the war and went to Ailao Mountain, and the Youren wine-making process was introduced to the folk of Ailao Mountain, and Ailao Mountain was also named Ailao because of wine. At that time, there was an additional distillation process in the manufacturing process, and a copper distillation pot had to be used, so the liquor made by this brewing technology was named copper pot wine. Young master, the glass of wine in front of you now is an authentic copper pot brew. Why don't you take a sip and taste it and see if it tastes good? ”。
Mu Qing nodded stunnedly and raised his wine glass. The cup of eloquence was handed to his lips, and then he stopped, and Mu Qingming then asked softly, "Haven't you asked the girl's name yet?" ”。
The woman kept staring at Mu Qingming's wine glass that stopped at her lips, and smiled: "Red Jade." ”。
Hearing this, Mu Qingming smiled, and secretly thought in his heart: "Sure enough, it's red jade." It's just that I didn't expect that this red jade was so bold that she would dare to drug me. But it's okay, why don't you drink this glass of wine and see if she really doesn't know the whereabouts of her soul qi? Let's see what she drugged me for? ”。
As soon as he thought of this, Mu Qingming raised his hand and raised his head without hesitation, and drank a cup of sake in the cup.
When the sake is entered, the taste is sweet and refreshing, the alcohol content is low but not light, and the aroma is strong but not strong. The wine is a good wine, but there is more Chinese medicine in the wine, and after taking a sip, Mu Qingming's high cultivation is also a double shadow to see everything, and a feeling of lightheadedness will follow.
Why did Hongyu drug Mu Qingming? Find out what happens next, and listen to the next breakdown.