Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Song Tower

At that moment, Feng Changxue instructed the shopkeeper to prepare a few more carbon stoves and send them to the side room to warm up, and turned around and said to Bai Zheng: "What kind of dishes do you like to eat, just let the shopkeeper tell the kitchen to make them, enjoy them well, and you don't need to feel sorry for the silver taels with Yang Xiaohou." ”

Bai Zhengyan raised his lips slightly, his eyes flowed, he turned to Yang Xiaohou, and saluted again: "That little brother is here to thank Brother Yang Xian for his hospitality!" ”

Yang Xiaohou immediately changed his face, waved his hand with a smile, and said with a smile: "You're welcome, you're welcome." ”

Bai Zhengyan went to the wing room and put the accompanying baggage on the collapse at will. The shopkeeper also came with the stove, and asked her to order a meal to be prepared by the kitchen.

Bai Zhengyan took off his hat, sat aside to drink tea, and took out a book from the package to read. She slowly took a sip of clear soup, turned her eyes to look at the snowy scene outside the window, because of the black hair combed in the bun and the hosta inserted into the hosta, the white jade handsome face on the face of a pair of soft and delicate eyes is not necessarily how sharp, but there is always a glass-like sad luster that penetrates people's hearts, and the words are low and pleasant: "Gu Shezhi, are you still on the other side listening to me caressing the qin and sacrificing each other and never leaving, the white clothes are better than the snow, and the sound is the same as before?" ”

After a nap, it was getting closer to dusk.

Someone knocked on the edge of the door outside the room, and Bai Zhengyan whispered in the room: "Who?" ”

"It's me!" Mu Jianqiu pouted and replied outside, if it weren't for Brother Changxue's face, he wouldn't have treated him so politely.

"It turned out to be Brother Mu Xian, I don't know what's the matter?" Bai Zhengyan continued to ask casually through the door.

Mu Jianqiu's dark pupils flashed with a hint of imperceptible cold light, and he dared to talk outside the door coldly, this person is really good at putting on a show. He gritted his teeth and said patiently: "Brother Changxue, please ask Brother Bai Xian to go to the Yuanshan Restaurant to drink together." ”

Bai Zhengyan pondered for a moment, and then refused: "The little brother has always been weak and can't stand the wind and cold, and at this moment, the sky is about to be in the evening wind and snow, so I really don't dare to go out, and I hope Brother Mu Xian will understand." ”

The corners of Mu Jianqiu's eyes flew, and he said coldly: "Brother Changxue said that you won't go, I still don't believe it." In such a wonderful game, you still lack interest, but you are weak and weak, no wonder you have many concerns, Brother Bai Xian will raise it in the house! ”

Knowing that she didn't want to go out, she still came to invite, is this a temptation of suspicion? Or is it an invitation to her curiosity? Regarding Mu Jianqiu's curiosity and provocation, Bai Zhengyan smiled lightly and said in a low voice: "Since Mu Gongzi is full of fists, the virtuous brother will reluctantly go forward for a while!" "Her heart is originally to have nothing to do, and she is not afraid of anything, so she can dispel their doubts, so as not to have someone watching behind her in the future wandering in the desert country, and detain the original freedom.

I didn't expect that my momentary thoughts, wanting a little fox as a companion, would attract such obvious suspicion from others. blame yourself for revealing too much hidden and secret when you catch the fox. A young woman with a disfigured face, drinking alone on a snow-capped mountain? Not only did he drink Acacia Snow, the No. 1 wine in the desert country, but he also carried strange incense and incense burners, and he also played a good flute and danced well. I believe that no matter who you are, you have to suspect that she is not the fox who suddenly wanted to catch, don't believe that this time is just a chance encounter, right?

Bai Zhengyan shook her head and smiled, she had no intention of paying attention to other people's affairs, but these people were so cautious about her approach, and so suspicious of her identity, who could they be?

Looking at the building sign of the Yuanshan Restaurant from afar, it has made people feel that the mountains and rivers are beautiful.

After getting off the horse, I feel that this high-rise building is built beautifully and elegantly, with four floors high, and one floor is more elegant and open than the other. Walking up the stairs, everywhere you look is an elegant pattern of mountains and rivers, and it is actually a place where literati and scholars gather.

Sit down in the private room on the top floor, look out the window, the snow is faint, and the lights of the thousands of homes downstairs are like wishing lanterns floating on the river. The banquet hall is spacious, accommodating more than ten people, but at this moment, there are only Feng Changxue, Yang Xiaohou, Mu Jianqiu, and Bai Zhengyan, and the singer and the maidservant are beside him.

Yang Xiaohou and the singer explained the repertoire.

Mu Jianqiu had a cold face all the way, and until now he still looked like an ice sculpture, sitting far away from Yang Xiaohou and Feng Changxue, as if he disdained to be with her.

Feng Changxue was leisurely picking up the snacks prepared on the table and feeding the little fox to eat, her eyes were slightly drooping, and the corners of her lips were smiling slightly. It seems that I don't know when Yang Xiaohou had a holiday with Bai Zhengyan, and he actually had his petty temper at this time. At the moment, he just waited to watch the play, stretched out his hand and stroked the little fox's ear, and did not make a sound, the little fox just concentrated on satisfying the food, and everything else was waiting for leisure.

Bai Zhengyan smiled lightly, dressed in men's clothes but without the slightest feminine fat, still wearing white fur and white clothes like pear blossoms dyed with snow, clean and dust-free. It's just that he still wears a white gauze hat on his head to hide his appearance, and in this fresh and elegant attic, it looks a little weird and unpredictable.

Mu Jianqiu felt uncomfortable when he saw her like this, and the words he said were also Ling Ling's thorns: "The gentleman is frank, and the villain is a relative." Brother Bai Xian, since the time you met us, you have always been in this shape with a hidden head and an exposed tail, what does this mean? ”

"The characters here are handsome, and I didn't intend to disturb you because of me." Bai Zhengyan smiled slightly, raised his hand and slowly took off the hat on his head, took it off like a battle helmet, and placed it on the several cases in front of him, revealing her face with that hideous scar after a little disguise, looking at Mu Jianqiu with clear eyes, and said: "Since Brother Mu Xian cares about my description so much, it doesn't hurt to take off this hat." ”

She moves chicly, with the neatness of a man who is better than you, and the meaning of her words is light, not shocked, not angry, neither humble nor arrogant, and her demeanor is upright.

Except for Feng Changxue, who had already known about it, the rest of the people were shocked.

Seeing that her beautiful and elegant face looked strange because of this scar, those musician women all lowered their heads one after another, unable to bear to look directly, and felt faintly sorry for it in their hearts.

Yang Xiaohou opened his mouth slightly and frowned.

Mu Jianqiu's cold face looked a little unbearable, and he stumbled for a long time, but he didn't speak.

Feng Changxue's slender hand stroked the little fox's shiny fur, and said elegantly: "Others don't know, but for my brother and I know that Brother Bai Xian is really a romantic person, and his appearance is really not enough to worry about." Once you enter this building, you should listen to the string songs, taste the wine, enjoy the cloud dance, and let me forget the red dust in the world, what is it? ”

"Brother Changxue is right!" Yang Xiaohou echoed and smiled, "This scene is a musical instrument, given that Brother Changxue is more proficient than Xiao Mu in this regard, for the sake of fairness, I suggest that Xiao Mu should ask me to answer the question, and he will answer; And Brother Changxue's side is asked by Brother Changxue, and Brother Bai Xian is answered. Yang Xiaohou smiled and looked around at the few people present, and the fox's eyes flashed with a look of pride in his arrangement.

Mu Jianqiu had a cold face, noncommittal, and there seemed to be a trace of thought in his eyes.

Feng Changxue smiled, frowned and asked, "What else?" How do you count winning or losing? ”

Bai Zhengyan raised his eyebrows slightly and waited for the following.

Yang Xiaohou said with a smile: "For example, if you play a tune, you can tell which instruments are played at the same time; or name any of the musicians present who did not play; Or say which instrument in which stanza is played incorrectly or even which musician plays it incorrectly, and in short, whoever plays the piece more difficult, the more detailed and clever he is, wins. ”

"I see!" Mu Jianqiu sighed lightly, and the corners of his lips smiled faintly on his cold face.

"Brother Bai Xian is sure?" Feng Changxue casually put the pastries in a small plate and fed the little fox, glanced at Bai Zhengyan and asked.

"Not necessarily sure! Are you sure you want me to be a part of it? Bai Zhengyan straightened the folds of his sleeves and asked slowly.

"The virtuous brother will reluctantly help his brother." Feng Changxue murmured faintly, and the corners of his slightly upturned eyes revealed a bright luster.

"It doesn't matter, it's just that the result of winning or losing has nothing to do with the next, after the competition, the little fox will leave." Bai Zhengyan didn't want to stay here longer, and he would have more entanglements with them.

"Come with the excitement, return with the fun, gather and disperse, life should be like this." Feng Changxue smiled in his eyes, raised his glass to her, and drank it slowly.

His faint words were endlessly free. Bai Zhengyan thought slightly, a trace of worry flashed in his eyes, and silently drank a cup of tangled soup with him. She likes to taste fine wine, but in the past two years, the wine she has tasted seems to have a hint of bitterness, and she no longer has the elegant interest in wine as a song.

Feng Changxue took in her look at this moment.

Yang Xiaohou likes to take advantage of the excitement, so he shouted at the moment: "That's the case, let's start the competition!" He couldn't wait to wave his hand for someone to bring the lottery and asked, "Who's going to draw it?" His eyes turned to Feng Changxue and Mu Jianqiu, and his eyes were full of expectant interest.

Mu Jianqiu glanced at Feng Changxue without moving, his eyes were cold, but he didn't speak.

Feng Changxue's eyes drooped slightly, stroked the little fox's head, and said lazily: "For the sake of fairness, let's let the little fox smoke it!" I will recognize what it draws. ”

Yang Xiaohou agreed: "Okay, this is quite elegant. ”

The servant got his signal, so he stepped forward and put the lottery holder on the case of the long snow, and took a step back and waited for the result.

"Go ahead and draw a lot for me." Feng Changxue smoothed the fox's fur and patted it on the head. The little fox's eyes were shiny and shiny, squinted slightly, and lazily walked a few steps ahead, stretched out his furry claws and "snapped", and slapped the stick holder on the case, and most of the sticks were scattered on the case. It slowly and casually stretched out its paws and grabbed one, took a few steps back, returned to the pastry plate, and threw the skewer into the bosom of the wind and snow.

Everyone laughed at it.