Chapter 13: The Banquet
The night was slightly cool, and Lin Qingyue in the house pulled her hair and put on light makeup, and the quiet atmosphere was a little depressing.
"Are you really going?" Bai Nian said timidly, with a hint of helplessness in his voice. Bai Yin invited Lin Qingyue to a banquet, he had already vaguely guessed something, but to his surprise, Lin Qingyue actually accepted this banquet.
"It's just a feast. Lin Qingyue said lightly, at that moment, Bai Nianzhi felt that she was getting farther and farther away from this woman who was like an iceberg snow lotus, and her perfect face was less cold, adding a little more charming.
"Can you not go, you know that Bai Yin has thoughts about you. Bai Nian was unwilling.
"You're you, I'm me, even if he likes me, what does it have to do with you. Lin Qingyue inserted a phoenix hairpin into the bronze mirror and painted oblique red at the corner of her eyes.
"No, you're not. Bai Nian's voice became lower and lower, and finally he smiled self-deprecatingly and walked out.
He had a lot of thoughts in his heart, in fact, he and Lin Qingyue had only known each other for a few days, how could he know her completely. "Yes, you're you, I'm me. ”
This is a very elegant courtyard, where the young generation of status in the White Emperor City gathers and is invited to Bai Yin's banquet.
The people at the banquet were staggered, behaved elegantly, and praised each other. After Lin Qingyue came here, she was invited to the chair by Bai Yin, Bai Yin was in the center, Bai Yao was on the left, and Lin Qingyue was on the right. There were men and women present, the men looked at Lin Qingyue with a kind of appreciation, and the women were also very beautiful, but they looked at Lin Qingyue who was sitting next to Bai Yin and was a little ashamed of themselves. Today, Lin Qingyue is the protagonist.
"The Qingyue Fairy is worthy of the name of the fairy, and it opened our eyes when I saw it today. Someone at the table spoke, seemingly straightforward and frank.
"Haha, the Qingyue Fairy is cold and peerless, picturesque, and the white hidden prince has an extraordinary temperament and is heroic. The two are talented and beautiful, and they are both dragons and phoenixes among people. ”
"Yes, yes, Yin Shao is a good eye, respect Yin Shao and Qingyue Fairy for a cup. ”
"A cup of Jing Yin Shao and the Blue Moon Fairy. ”
Everyone raised their glasses and toasted the two of the chairman.
Bai Yin was happy to see this situation, the people here were afraid of their strength and status to show favor to him, and regarded themselves and Lin Qingyue as a pair of beauties, so as to leave a deep impression in Lin Qingyue's heart, he was not comparable to Bai Nian's ant.
"Blue Moon. Bai Yin raised his glass and smiled at Lin Qingyue.
Lin Qingyue glanced at everyone, and there was laughter and laughter here, but she was still silent, incompatible with the surrounding atmosphere. In the end, she also raised her glass, showed a light smile, drank it all, and behaved elegantly.
"Brother, I'm not feeling well, so I'll go down first. ”
Bai Yao's weak voice came from beside him, since Lin Qingyue arrived, Bai Yao rarely spoke, and the usually lively and cheerful person was surprisingly quiet at the moment. Bai Yin touched her head and smiled: "Well, Yao'er, go down and have a good rest and pay attention to your body." ”
Bai Yao retreated and returned to her room, heavy tiredness hit, she wanted to sleep directly, but complicated feelings kept lingering in her heart, and the more she thought about it, the more uncomfortable she became. A simple and unpretentious teenager suddenly appeared in his mind: "He is also depressed at the moment!"
Bai Yao got up, took out two jars of wine, and walked towards Bai Nian's palace.
"I came to find your master, what are you doing here, can't you recognize who I am?" Bai Yao was a little crazy at the moment, knocked on the door for a long time, and opened it and didn't let me in.
"No, Miss, Bai Niangongzi has fallen asleep, Miss has something to do and come back tomorrow. ”
When he slept, he woke him up, and his woman was drinking with other men, and he was still in the mood to sleep. ”
"Miss......"
"Nuyi, let her in!" Bai Nian walked out of the room, stretched, and looked like he was fine, he said curtly: "Miss Yao, it's all night, why did you come to me." ”
"Didn't you say he wasn't there?" Bai Yao glanced at Nu Yi, slightly angry.
"It's not his fault, it's me who told him not to let people in. Bai Nian spoke, just now he had been cultivating the "Vertical and Horizontal Thousand Laws", so he ordered Nu Yi not to let anyone disturb him.
"Eh, nerd, look at you pretending to be okay, don't think I don't know, are you crazy at the moment?" Bai Yao raised her head, her figure was not very tall, but she looked like a proud peacock at the moment.
"I've got two jars of wine here, why don't we have a drink?"
Bai Nian was speechless for an instant, he was indeed a little disappointed in Lin Qingyue's choice, but he was not too sad. Before he could speak, his arm was turned up by Bai Yao and pulled out of the palace.
It is an abandoned bell tower, a quaint wooden building, as if it has been left in the past, exuding the long-lasting rotting fragrance of wood. The bell tower has seven floors, and a bronze bell hangs on the top floor, which is not covered by a dome, but it looks spacious.
"A great place to drink. Bai Nian looked at this place, this is a tall building in the White Emperor City, there is no need for lights, and the brightness like moonlight emitted from the canopy is enough for the two of them to see everything clearly.
"Can Miss Ben's chosen place be bad?" Bai Yao opened the lid of the two jars of wine, and a mellow aroma of wine came to her nose, she took out two more wine glasses and handed one to Bai Nian.
"Three hundred years of peach blossom brewing, this is what Miss Ben stole from the Great Elder at the risk of her life. Bai Yao said proudly, filled himself with a cup, and drank it directly. Looking at her skillful appearance, I really couldn't imagine that there was a shadow of an alcoholic under such a pure appearance.
"Eh, why did you come to me for a drink?" Bai Nian finished a glass slowly, the wine in his mouth, the peach blossom fragrance was pleasant, but when it slid through his throat, it became viscous, and when it entered the stomach, the warmth grew, and the slightly spicy feeling of burning his throat was addictive.
"Of course, it's to see that you're in a bad mood and come to comfort you. ”
"We don't know each other, it's inexplicable. ”
"Aren't you acquainted now?" Bai Yao drank another glass, her cheeks instantly turned red, like a ripe peach, and she couldn't even speak clearly.
"Don't tell me you don't know how to drink?" Bai Nian's forehead wrinkled, what is the matter?
"Fart! Miss Ben's amount of alcohol is well known to everyone in White Emperor City, I will become like this when I drink a glass of wine, do you believe that I am still like this after drinking a thousand glasses of wine?" Bai Yao looked directly at Bai Nian, her round eyes were as clear as water, with a teasing similar to that of a tiger, and she was clearly sane and sober.
Bai Nian was a little weak-hearted, turned his head, and put another glass of wine into his throat, his expression gradually lowered. Lin Qingyue's matter also made him a little sad, in the final analysis, he was humble and weak.
"Ah, nerd. Do you like Lin Qingyue's woman?" Bai Yao said in surprise.
"What does it matter to you whether you like it or not?"
"Eh, don't admit it, you can even see my young age, how stupid you should be. Bai Yao sneered and sighed slightly: "It's a pity, my brother has taken a fancy to it, and no one can snatch the things that my brother has taken a fancy to." ”
"You and my brother are simply two extremes, my brother is destined to be proud of the Nine Heavens Canglong, and his partner must also be a peerless fairy. And you?" Speaking of this, Bai Yao paused, glanced at Bai Nian, and continued: "To be honest, I don't see anything in you that can be compared to my brother. ”
"You call this comfort, it can't be that your brother asked you to hit me, so that I can give up!"
"How is that possible? My brother wouldn't do such a boring thing. Bai Yao glanced at him: "Actually, I don't like Lin Qingyue, the woman my brother used to fall in love with just playing." But Lin Qingyue is different, I can see that my brother's feelings for her are different from those for other women. ”
Bai Yao held the railing in her hand, and the nightlight covered her with a light veil, hazy and elegant, but with a lonely charm.
"You like your brother very much, don't you?" Bai Nian drank alone.
"My parents have been gone since I was a child, I grew up with my brother, he used to be a very nice person, gentle, honest and sluggish, always going along with other people's requests. Bai Yao filled a glass of wine, looking at the reflection of her beautiful face in the glass, she shook the wine glass, and the reflection gradually blurred.
"But I don't know when it started, the distance he gave me became more and more estranged, as if he had changed into a different person, cold and cruel, reckless, and reckless, no longer the same as when I was a child. ”
"Hmm. Bai Nian hummed and listened quietly.
"You look a lot like my brother before, and I don't know why I'm telling you this. "Some secrets that are deeply hidden in our hearts may only be difficult to tell to strangers.
"If you come to me for a drink for no reason, you are not afraid that I will abduct you and threaten your brother. After a few glasses of wine, Bai Nian was slightly drunk, his courage gradually increased, and he said in a mocking tone.
"If you want to kidnap me, Miss Ben can give you a hand. Bai Yao sneered.
Bai Nian's face was full of black lines, so black that even the cool night couldn't reflect the expression on his face. He raised his glass and signaled to Bai Yao, and the two poured wine one after another, chatting about the mountains and the sea, talking about the past and the present, and the first acquaintance was as natural as an old friend. Before I knew it, half of the jar of wine had been seen.
"Heh, I've been living in a small place for more than ten years, I haven't been to the big world, and I haven't known a few people. Everything is still going well, living a smooth life, and there are not many worries. ”
Bai Nian drank a glass of wine slowly, and the wine seemed to suddenly become dry and cracked, burning his throat and heart.
"But one day all the people I knew died, and at last only two people remained. ”
After saying that, there was silence for a long time, Bai Nian raised his head only to find that Bai Yao had fallen to the ground and fell asleep. Bai Yao huddled up in a ball, and the scattered green silk shone slightly in the night light, like a crystal cocoon. But that cold-scared posture is obviously like a wandering and down-and-out wild cat.
"Strong on the outside, weak on the inside. Bai Nian shook his head, took off his robe and draped it on Bai Yao's body, he looked at the night scene from here, and poured himself a drink.
The night breeze is long, and the sound is silent. In the distance, a series of mountains surrounded the White Emperor City, those mountains swayed slightly in the faint night light, like a ghostly giant shadow dancing, and in the near distance were the lights of the large palaces flickering, and the big red lanterns hanging in front of the doors of each palace were like a pair of bloody eyes in the night.
At this time, Bai Yin's banquet had ended. The entire banquet was chasing after him, but Lin Qingyue remained silent, as if she was extremely uncomfortable with this atmosphere.
"Qingyue, stay here with me tonight!" Bai Yin put his hand on Lin Qingyue's shoulder, wanting to keep her.
Lin Qingyue used her spiritual power to shake away that hand and looked at him coldly.
"No, I don't. ”
"Do you want to go back to that waste?" Bai Yin frowned, those evil eyes were breathtaking.
"Bai Yin, you know I won't like people like you. You want to marry me, it's just the idea of fighting the spirit body of heaven and earth, right?" Lin Qingyue looked at the pair of demon pupils without fear, her clothes were hunting and dancing with the wind, and her graceful figure was like the wick of a candle flame in the brilliance of spiritual power. She leaned slightly and looked into the distance.
"If you meet one of my conditions, then this body will be at your disposal. "Three points of despair, seven points of indifference.