Chapter Forty-Nine: The Fragrant Tea House
Shui Wuxian summoned all the members of the Black Plum Gang to gather in the hall of the inn, and he untied the ropes from Xiaohu and the rest of the black-clothed people by the way, and said, "You go back and tell the person who wants to arrest Shui Ling'er, as long as I am here, he will not want to arrest her."
Xiaohu said unhurriedly, "Yes." He had to get out of here quickly, and before Dongfang Yu found out that Shui Ling'er was in the Chu State, he had to find a way to keep them from meeting.
At the moment, he must solve the problem of the black-clothed man sent by Dongfang Yu next to him to assist him, but secretly he wrote a letter to report all his affairs, he had robbed the letter, but he was illiterate and did not know what was written on the letter.
After Shui Wuxian sent Xiaohu and his party away, he took out the map of Chu State and talked about his plan in detail.
An hour later, the Chu army surrounded the inn, and the general at the front rode his horse and shouted, "Shui Wuxi, you come out and confess, I can spare the other members of the Black Plum Gang." He said so, but he had already set up an ambush, and as soon as Shui Wuxian walked out of the inn, the archers would light the heads of the feathered arrows with oil and shoot them at the inn, and the inn would be in flames.
The general waited for a moment, and then said, "The water is traceless, if you don't come out again, don't blame me for being ruthless." The soldiers behind him drew their swords one after another, and at the slightest order he gave them, they would rush in.
After a while, there was still no movement in the inn, and the adjutant next to the general said, "General, will there be fraud?"
The general dismounted, drew his sword, and whispered to the soldiers behind him, "Come with me."
He cautiously walked into the inn, and nothing happened.
The inn was empty, and there was a letter on the table in the hall, which the general picked up and read, the content was that Shui Wuxian invited the emperor of Chu to have a meal, and the time was at the beginning of next month, in the well-known fragrant teahouse in the imperial capital of Chu.
The deputy general frowned and said, "General, the person has run away, what should I do?"
"You hurry up and send this letter to the imperial capital first, and I will follow and personally ask the emperor for the guilt."
"Yes."
A few weeks later, the Emperor of Chu State was in the city market, and there was an endless stream of people, among which there was a famous and beautiful man who couldn't help but look at it more, although he was holding the woman behind him, although she was beautiful, she was not as good-looking as him.
People automatically gave way for this beautiful man to walk, but the man's face was still ugly, but the woman behind him always had a sweet smile on her face, which made people want to do everything to love her and spoil her.
Shui Wuxian grabbed Shui Ling'er's hand tightly, they came to the imperial capital in addition to going to the head shop of the Heimei Gang, and also to meet the emperor of Chu, but Shui Ling'er seemed to come to play, every time she arrived at a stall, she stayed for a long time, and every time she saw a small snack, she clamored to eat, she forgot how dangerous their current situation was.
The emperor of Chu has never seen Shui Wuxi, although he secretly sent someone to arrest him, but he doesn't know what he looks like, and he doesn't have a portrait, so he can relax, but he is worried that someone will recognize him, and he still has to be cautious.
"Brother." Shui Ling'er said coquettishly.
"Something?" Shui Wuxian has been with her for a few days, as long as she calls him in this tone, it will be fine.
"I'm hungry."
"Didn't you just eat it?"
"I'm hungry again."
Shui Wuxian stopped, turned around, and said, "What snacks do you see again and want to eat them?"
Shui Ling'er nodded suddenly, pointed to the teahouse on the side, and said, "I want to eat that house."
Shui Wuxian looked in the direction she pointed, it was a wooden building, elegant and chic, with the flat forehead of the Narcissus Building hanging high on the door, several red lanterns hanging from the eaves, and several men standing outside the door, all of them of different types, but all of them were good-looking, and they were busy attracting passing guests.
Although Shui Wuxian occasionally came to Chu State, the Narcissus Building was well-known, and it was full of all kinds of beautiful men, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and the guests he entertained were both men and women, he frowned and said, "Do you know what kind of place it is?"
Shui Ling'er stared at the men at the door with her eyes and said, "A place to eat."
"You're a drunkard, and you don't mean to drink."
Shui Ling'er looked back at Shui Wuxian and said, "It's a pity that none of them are as good-looking as their elder brother."
Satisfied with this answer, Shui Wuxian said, "Go eat at another house." If Situ Jing knew that he took Shui Ling'er to Narcissus Tower, he would definitely want to kill him, and Situ Jing knew, Fang Yu would also know, would he pay attention to himself again? Maybe he won't be allowed to enter the room at night.
"Just eat that." Shui Ling'er pulled Shui Wuxian and walked towards Narcissus Tower.
When Shui Wuxian was about to stop him, a cute teenager ran over and said happily, "These two guests, you are so beautiful, are you coming to Narcissus Tower?"
"Yes." Shui Ling'er said.
"It's not." Water without a trace.
The young man smiled and said, "I haven't seen you, I guess you are from other places, then you must come to the Narcissus Tower, please." The boy led them into the Narcissus Building.
Shui Wuxian was reluctant at first, but was later half-pushed and half-pulled by Shui Ling'er into the Narcissus Building.
In the Narcissus Building, there is a large stage in the middle, several beautiful men are playing the musical instruments in their hands, in addition to the guests in front of each table, there are men and women, there are beautiful men and women.
When Shui Wuxian entered the Narcissus Building, everyone looked up one after another, and then continued to do their own thing.
The young man said, "Guest, the man in our Narcissus Building is much inferior in front of you."
Shui Ling'er said boldly, "Call your most beautiful man here, I want to take a look." She finally realized the refreshing feeling of the man in the flower building ordering the girl.
The young man saw that the clothes on their bodies were of the highest quality, and even the headdresses were not bought by ordinary people, and he said happily, "I will take you to the box, and I will find the most beautiful man in the Narcissus Building for you later, Brother Bai Yu."
After the young man took them into the box, only Shui Wuxian and Shui Ling's children were left, and Shui Wuxian said lightly, "Aren't you afraid that I will tell you Brother Jing about you coming here?"
Shui Ling'er's original smile suddenly dissipated, and she pleaded, "Brother, don't say it." If Situ Jing knew that she was coming to Narcissus Tower, he would definitely be angry, and maybe he would ignore her.
Shui Wuji ignored her.
Shui Ling'er seemed to think of something, and said, "What if Fang Yu knew that you were here?" She snickered as she looked at Shui Wuji's face that was gradually darkening.
Shui Wuxian said, "We are in the same boat, and no one is allowed to say anything."
"Good!" Shui Ling'er said heroically: "We won't get drunk tonight, hug left and right, and have a romantic spring night."
Shui Wuxian frowned and said, "Shui Ling'er, we are here to eat, not to be here to be merry." Could it be that she wants to have sex with the beautiful man here? He would never allow it, and said, "Also, you are a woman, is it not ashamed to say this?" She really doesn't even have the shyness of a girl's family.
Shui Ling'er said indifferently, "Brother, how can you say the same thing to Fang Yu." She saw that there were four treasures of the study on the table next to her, so she got up and walked over, and said, "Brother, I want to write to Brother Jing." She picked up the brush and wrote down the words that Fang Yu had taught her from memory.
Shui Wuxian wondered, "Aren't you illiterate?" He walked up to her and saw that she was trying to write the letter.
After a while, she finished writing a sentence, although the words were ugly, but she could still see what the words were, and she said, "Brother, is it okay for me to write like this?"
"Yes."
Shui Ling'er took the envelope on the side and skillfully wrote the three words Situ Jing on the envelope, and the handwriting of the dragon flying and phoenix dancing was exactly the same as Situ Jing.
"You only have Situ Jing's three words written beautifully."
Shui Ling'er said proudly, "Of course." She had spent a long time practicing these three words.
She put the written envelope into the envelope, sealed it with wax oil, and pressed the pattern on the fingerboard around her neck.
Shui Wuxian hooked the corners of his mouth and said, "Situ Jing really loves you, and is willing to give you the fingerboard of this status symbol." See the fretboard as if you were seeing me.
Shui Ling'er smiled happily, handed the letter to the little guy who delivered the wine and food, and said, "Help me deliver the letter."
Shui Wuxian took out a silver ingot and handed it to the little maid, who took the letter, took the silver, and turned around and left after saluting happily.
As soon as the food was served, Shui Ling'er picked up the chopsticks and stuffed the food into his mouth, completely unaware that a man had walked up to him and sat down.
Seeing Shui Ling'er gobbling up, Bai Yu couldn't help but chuckle and said, "Girl, eat slowly, be careful of choking."
Shui Ling'er only noticed him at this time, and after she swallowed the food in her mouth, she wondered, "Who are you?"
Bai Yu still had a faint smile, he raised his wine glass, and said, "My name is Bai Yu." With that, he took a sip of the wine in his glass.
Shui Wuxian politely picked up the wine glass to salute him, and Shui Ling'er also picked up the wine glass and drank in the same way.
Bai Yu helped pour the wine and said, "I haven't seen you, from out of town?" When he looked up after pouring the wine, the woman was eating the meat, the man was eating the food elegantly, no one paid attention to him, and it was the first time that he had been ignored so thoroughly.
He continued, "The food in our Narcissus House is made by the chefs from the palace's imperial dining room, so every dish is comparable to the dishes in the palace."
Shui Ling'er finished the last bite of meat and looked up at him.
Bai Yu thought that someone had finally reacted to his words, and just as he was about to continue, Shui Ling'er turned to the shopkeeper on the side and said, "Another plate of comprehensive roast duck and goose." After saying that, she continued to eat with her head down.
Bai Yu couldn't help but be frustrated, he actually lost to the food, he said, "Or I'll play the guqin for you." He didn't want to be bored anymore, so he went to sit down and began to play the tune.
Half an hour later, after Shui Ling'er had eaten and drunk enough, he said relaxedly, "It's strange, why hasn't the little guy let the most beautiful man in Narcissus House come in."
Bai Yu was stunned for a moment, he stopped what he was doing, still smiling, stood up elegantly, and said, "It's down there." Although he is not as good-looking as the man in front of him, he will be ignored by them.
After Shui Ling'er looked him up and down, she looked at Shui Wuxian again, and finally said to Bai Yu, "You go to bed and lie down."