Volume 1 The Hidden Dragon in the Abyss Chapter 21 Deliberate Humiliation
There is a place called Longxuan Pavilion in Xicheng District, it is a first-class gold cave in the capital, the word Longxuan is taken, taken from the meaning of jade impact, because the people who come here, most of them are upper-class people, wear gold and jade, there is the sound of Mingke between the staggered chips, so it is called Longxuan Pavilion.
Gu Xuan naturally wouldn't come to this kind of place on weekdays, this is not only a gold cave, but also a hero's tomb, a man, no matter how much ability you have, how high your heart is, if you are indulged in the wine-colored beauty country, it will be like a peerless sword falling into the mud, that red dust, will slowly make your sword blunt, slow down, and then grow old in a daze.
Of course, the most important reason is that he has no money.
However, this is an entrance to the underground market in the capital, so under Lao Huo's strong recommendation, he accompanied Gu Xuan to come.
As soon as the two arrived at the door, a woman walked slowly over with a fan embroidered with a primrose pattern that could cover half of her face, twisted her slender waist, and took very beautiful steps.
There are about more than ten receptions standing at the door of Longxuan Pavilion, all dressed up in different levels, and their eyesight is excellent, specially to receive different guests, raw guests, regular guests, distinguished guests, ordinary guests, all have to be received by different people in different ways, such as the son-in-law brother who happened to come at the same time as Gu Xuan, and was greeted by an old bustard Two girls in green shirts with good looks held hands one left and one right, and walked in together.
Longxuan Pavilion for a group of people according to the color of the clothes in the order of high and low, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, by the people's own family background, talent, appearance, temperament four comprehensive determination, the highest Oiran for a seat in the red robe, and the most inferior purple clothes can only be used as a maid, do some line of tea and pour wine guys, and this boy brother can be accompanied by two Tsing Yi, the identity is also good.
Gu Xuan's eyesight is excellent, even if it is already night at this time, he still recognizes the other party at a glance from a distance, it is the son of the Ministry of Works' family, Shao Jimin.
It's just a pity for a good name.
Gu Xuan sighed secretly in his heart, and didn't say much, seeing that Lao Huo and the woman who came over were chatting hotly, he didn't think much about it, he observed it a little bit, and when he saw that there was no problem, he walked in with him.
Lao Huo turned his head and explained to Gu Xuan as he walked: "If you want to go to the underground market, you have to report to the steward of this Longxuan Pavilion, they are now in the private room upstairs, we can just go up now." β
Although Gu Xuan was a little puzzled why he had to go to the Tianzi private room of this Longxuan Pavilion just to go to the underground market to report, out of trust in Lao Huo, he still nodded lightly, and then hurriedly followed, without asking more.
His identity as a prince is really dispensable, in addition to being convenient in and out of the palace, other times it is not as good as the owner of a restaurant, he laughed at himself, while avoiding the warblers and drinkers who came and went like a swimming fish, and it didn't take long for him to follow the old bustard who led the way down the stairs to a remote upstairs, but you can look at the door of the private room of the entire Longxuan Pavilion.
The private room of Tianzi is used by Longxuan Pavilion to entertain special guests, and the door panels are painted with gold lacquer, painted with reliefs of naked women, and the two atmospheres of beauty and obscenity are intertwined.
Gu Xuan's ears moved slightly, and he couldn't hear any sound coming from inside.
And an attendant who accompanied the two had already opened the door for the two at this time, but saw an elegant square table inside, there were four people sitting around eating exquisite wine and food, across the jade screen, there was a beautiful woman in a big red dress painted makeup, sat on the stool and gently stroked the piano, adding a bit of elegance to this wine party, at this time I saw that someone came in, and did not stop, the sound was crisp and audible, and it was not suppressed by the noise of the outside world, and then listened to the tune, it seems to be a folk song of Yongzhou, with a sense of sober and plain makeup.
After thoroughly seeing the people sitting inside, Gu Xuan's heart was slightly startled, knowing that something bad was wrong.
There are four people sitting together inside, three of whom he knows, and the one who sits on the throne is none other than his third brother, the third prince of Liangguo, Gu Li, who sits on the left of Gu Li, is the eldest young master of the Xu family who had a festival with him when he was a child, Xu Huaiying, and on the right, is his sixth brother, Gu Chuan, Gu Chuan's mother is one of the four imperial concubines, the same level as Gu Xuan's mother, his mother does not seem to be from Liangguo, but a chamber of commerce leader family across the entire Western Continent, its family power is very huge, and it can even be said to be all over the world, and the person who sits at the bottom of the seat he doesn't know, but it's just a blink of an eye, he had roughly guessed that the other party should be the steward of Longxuan Pavilion.
At this time, seeing that someone came in, the four people in the room also looked at each other at the same time, except for the unaware tail, the other three suddenly had a little playful look on their faces.
"Yesγγγγγγ As soon as the man in the tail seat wanted to stand up and ask, a word popped out of his mouth, and Gu Li, who was in the main seat, had already taken the first step to speak.
"Fifth brother, why did you come here too?"
Although Gu Li said hello, he had no intention of getting up to greet him, and even held the wine glass in his hand on one side, drinking in small sips, obviously not taking Gu Xuan in his eyes.
Lao Huo and the old bustard who led the way were stunned at the moment, as if they hadn't figured out what was going on.
Gu Xuan arched his hand without being humble or arrogant: "Third brother, sixth brother, I didn't expect to meet here." β
"I heard Xu Shi say that someone is looking for him, it turns out to be you, hey, it's strange, what is this thing next to you? Is it a subordinate? But how can you serve people like this, you can't reach the table when you stand up. Gu Li glanced at Lao Huo and teased mercilessly.
Xu Huaiying over there also helped: "This dwarf also wants to come to Longxuan Pavilion to be chic? β
Gu Xuan turned his head to look at Lao Huo, who immediately gave him a look of nothingness.
Lao Huo is not stupid, Gu Xuan is called the third brother, the sixth brother, and the identities of the two of them are about to come out, just like he said, if you can't afford to offend, just hold it, people want to slap you in the face, you have no other way than to obediently hand your face up and others beat it, not to mention that because of the height of the local clan, he doesn't know how many people have made fun of him over the years, and he won't be angry if he gets used to it.
"Then I won't disturb the third brother and the sixth brother's Yaxing, you guys have fun and say goodbye. β
Gu Xuan said that he was about to leave, but he didn't want Gu Li to give him a look, Gu Chuan immediately stood up, walked over, grabbed Gu Xuandao, and said with a smile: "Don't go, Fifth Brother, it's rare to see you come out to play, I met you today, don't you stay for a drink?"
Gu Xuan hurriedly shirked and said: "The sixth brother is gracious, the foolish brother understands it, but there is still an urgent matter in the palace, I have to go back quickly." β
Gu Chuan said with a disdainful expression: "What can you do in a hurry, and it's not your turn to worry about the affairs in the palace, isn't it, Fifth Brother?"
Gu Xuan's face stiffened slightly, he didn't have much contact with this younger brother, but he didn't expect that the other party's words would be so ugly.
Gu Li, who was in the room, suddenly slapped the table heavily and scolded loudly: "Old Five, didn't you say it for your brother, since you came, why are you in a hurry to leave?
Gu Xuan hurriedly leaned over and saluted: "Don't dare, I don't dare to refuse the kindness of the third brother, but there is indeed something in the palace, please forgive the third brother." β
"If you have something to say, just let the people do it, and I heard Xu Shi say that you are going to the market, why do you have to leave in a hurry now? Why don't you eat something with Brother Wei, and then go to the places where those lowly embryos live, how about it?"
Gu Xuan was about to refuse again, and someone next to him had already stepped forward directly to hold down Lao Huo, who had brute strength, but he didn't dare to resist.
The people of the earth clan are the most brave and brainless, and when they fight, either you die or I die, unless the difference in strength is too great, otherwise no one will surrender as a prisoner, but Lao Huo is obviously not such a traditional earth clan, maybe the environment of the human race has changed him, but they held down Lao Huo, Gu Xuan naturally couldn't go.
"Third brother, what do you mean by this?"
Seeing that there were more and more guards coming around, Gu Xuan's heart was full of anger, but he couldn't attack, he had encountered this kind of similar thing many times over the years, but this time it actually endangered his friend, and at this time his heart was really angry.
Gu Li pretended to be concerned and said: "This stinky dwarf, you have taken the fifth brother badly, what kind of market, it's just some shitty things, what a noble body the fifth brother is, that is Concubine Li's sister-in-law, how can you go to that kind of place, wouldn't it ruin Concubine Li's reputation if it spreads? This dwarf should be damned, come on, knock out all the teeth of this dwarf for me, and let him instigate my fifth brother again." β
When Gu Xuan heard this, he suddenly stopped in front of Lao Huo, and said angrily with a somewhat gloomy face: "Third brother, it's over." β
Gu Li put on a surprised expression: "What's too much, fifth brother, I don't understand this brother, I'm all doing this for your good, I can't ruin your reputation, can't you ruin your reputation?"
"Then just let him go, third brother, what are youγγγγγγ Gu Xuan stretched out his hand to stop the guards who wanted to surround him, and his tone already begged for mercy.
It doesn't hurt for him to stay here, after all, he is at least the body of the prince, as long as he is careful, they will humiliate him in words at most, and they will never dare to do anything to him before they get any tricks from him, but Lao Huo is different, he is a local clansman, as the third child, even if Lao Huo is killed here, no one will dare to trouble them, who in the capital dares to provoke these people?
For the sake of his friends, no matter how unwilling he is, he can only bow his head.