Chapter 2: Eccentric
"The black star on Wu'er's body has been eliminated, if there are no other problems, he should wake up in a few days." Mu Ningjiu took a sip of tea and asked.
Beigong Han seemed to think of something, patted his head and said:
"By the way, the second thing I'm here for the dumplings."
"It's the little mouse that lives in the psychedelic forest?" Shang Jin raised his eyebrows and said.
Beigong Han took the box from Ying Shi's hand and opened it. Inside, a small, fluffy thing was lying belly down, like a carpet spread out; When I heard the movement, I only moved my ears slightly.
"It's become listless since it was brought back to the Fire Clan, sleeping on its stomach and not eating much. I heard that there are many spiritual objects of the Phantom Clan, and it is a good place to recuperate, so I thought, it is not a way for it to follow me all the time, or it will be fostered in Ning Jiu, and wait for me to come to the Phantom Clan to see it again? ”
"I'm fine, it's just that this little guy won't be alone if he doesn't stay with his relatives for a long time?" Mu Ningjiu frowned.
"I also thought it was strange at the time, why did he insist on coming out of the psychedelic forest with me when he was a social animal? But now, even if there is a free ring, the psychedelic forest is a place that cannot be reached. If you want to get in, you have to go through the entrance again. Beigong Han said.
"Let him stay on the front line of Tianshui, there are also spirit rats of this breed, they can help Tangyuan recover." Xiao Luo hooked his lips and suggested.
"That's great, thank you." Beigong Han's eyes lit up, and he paused and said:
"In this way, I can go to the Shenzhou Continent with confidence."
"You're going too?" Mu Changfeng raised his eyebrows.
"I am the prince of Di Guo, no matter how far I go out, my identity cannot be changed. Correspondingly, there is also responsibility. Beigong Han said in a deep voice.
"It just so happens that the little fox and I are going over there too. You have time to quit much faster, can you give us a ride? Shang Jin said.
"That's nature."
……
The familiar shouting and aroma of food spread throughout the street. On the dance pavilion platform, in the bamboo alley of Liumen, tall and thin figures are dangling like candle flames. Immediately afterward, a burst of laughter erupted in the deep, narrow alley; Laughter climbed up the attic and hung over the green tiles that had been warped into the clouds. The sun never seems to be partial to anyone, crushed by time, and sprinkled all over the corner of the acropolis. When the summer breeze blows, the skirt of the woman in red is blown up, intertwined and blended with the fine light and shadow, like a flower and a butterfly. The black silk flew wantonly, the red lips were slightly curled, and a pair of eyes full of stardust were quietly looking at the black and gold plaque on the lintel:
Drunken Flower Building.
The slender white soft wattle put on the front door, and the sound of silk and bamboo inside was mixed with human voices, and she gently pushed it, and went straight to the second floor with a light car. The surrounding guests who were drinking, having fun, and watching singing and dancing all stopped their glasses and spoons, and fixed their eyes on the woman, chewing the food mechanically in their mouths, not knowing the taste on the plate.
With a "click", the door was closed, and all the guests came back to their senses, and the plump and beautiful woman in red just now was like an elf who came out of a dream.
"Xiao Shi, I'm back, where is Master?" In front of the bronze mirror, a woman with a melon seed face and big eyes was wearing a lotus-colored flower-painted dress. She laughed, threw her braids behind her, turned around quickly, and spun around several times with the person in her arms. Her crisp voice rang out:
"Ninety-nine! You're finally back, and I miss you so much. You don't know how boring I am alone after you leave! Yu Guo has been peaceful for many years, and there are very few assassinations, so I wanted to receive a few high-bounty missions, but I couldn't find them at all! Either which lady wants to kill the little lady who is outside, or which minister wants to annihilate the enemy party......" Ye Shi said a string, yawned big, and continued to complain:
"I stay in this drunken flower building every day, help with the business, drink and dance with the guests, and the master really uses me as a dancer? I'm not dancing at all, okay......"
Mu Ningjiu patted Ye Shi's head and said with a smile:
"Master, isn't this also good for you? You are a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl in the flower season, thinking about fighting and killing all day long, it is better to learn from those ladies to play the piano and cultivate your temperament. You can get married in a few years......"
When Ye Shi heard this, his mouth pursed, he grabbed Mu Ningjiu's sleeve, and shouted:
"Don't don't don't, I refuse! Xiao Shi wants to kill all the most vicious people in the world like Jiujiu! What's so good about those weak women? After you get married, your whole life will be ruined! Until he is old, he still has to serve his husband and children. We women are no worse than stinky men, why should we make cattle and horses for them? Phew! She slapped the table hard and said excitedly:
"Besides, what's so good about a stinky man? Choosing a woman is nothing more than looking at it from the perspective of family background and appearance, and marrying this person is not this person at all! But he said in a sweet tongue that he would not marry you, and in a blink of an eye he found a new love, which is really hypocritical! ”
Mu Ningjiu saw Ye Shi's indignant look, laughed "poof", poked her little head again, and said:
"What a little girl! Okay, if you don't marry, you won't marry, Xiao Shi just hasn't met the right person yet. The corners of her lips hooked, and the ripples in her eyes made Ye Shi look surprised:
"Wait! Jiujiu, it's not quite right for you to come back! Although you smile on weekdays, it is only a superficial smirk, and you have never been as happy as you are now......" She frowned and groaned for a while, and exclaimed:
"Ninety-nine! You! You won't have someone you like, will you? ”
Mu Ningjiu raised her eyebrows in surprise and smiled:
"You're a goblin! It's amazing, and the future is limitless if it goes on like this. Alas, I don't know what kind of man it takes to control you little devil......"
"Phew! I don't need any men! The man ......" She was about to say more, but suddenly found that the topic was taken away, and hurriedly said: "Wait, it's not my problem now." Jiujiu, how can you fall in love with a man? How is that possible? "She was only five years old when she was picked up by her master from outside, and she was the first person to talk to her and teach her a lot of sophistication. Although they are still young, they have seen all the beauty, ugliness, good and evil in the world early, and promised not to be deceived by men's rhetoric. Why did she regret her trip this time?
"If you don't like men, do you like women?" Mu Ningjiu asked.
"That's right!" She slapped her thigh and immediately answered:
"Jiujiu, don't you like me? I'm your little release......" The beautiful eyes of the woman opposite flickered, and tears immediately surfaced. Mu Ningjiu rubbed her face and said:
"How could I not like Xiao Shi? But I swear, he's not the kind of man we're talking about. I'm going to go to his house in a few days, and I'll take you to the head office then, right? ”
"Fushang??" Ye Shi instantly put away his tears and frowned,
"He's an official? Or the royal grandson noble? Jiujiu, aren't you the most disgusted with this kind of man? ”
"He's not royal, but you've probably heard of his name. Shang Jin, the little son of the Shang Mansion. Mu Ning Jiudao.
"Shang Jin?!" Xiao Shi's eyes widened, and he shook his head and said:
"I can't do it! You don't know how attentive that man is, how could he fall in love with his rotten vase? Because he's better looking than you? ”
This child's imagination is really not ordinarily rich, and I don't know who he learned it from...... Mu Ningjiu twitched the corners of his mouth and said:
"Uh...... I'll explain this to you later, you tell me if the master is not there, and I'll have to report to her when I come back." ”
"Hmph, I'm angry when I talk about this......" She slammed her fist into the table, and with a "boom", a hole appeared in the center of the table. She patted the sawdust off her hands and complained casually:
"You don't know yet, Master actually took a man back to Zuihualou!"
Mu Ningjiu shrugged his shoulders and said, "What's so strange about this?" It's normal for Master to recruit a new killer back. ”
"It's not!" Ye Shi lowered his voice and said, "I also listened to what Ming said, that is Master's old lover!" It's called Ruan Yin. Look at this name, don't say anything about getting a woman's femininity, it's really going to deviate our master's original ruthless image! Since bringing him back, the master has stayed in the study all day long, not taking on tasks, not talking, and listening to Ruan Yin's suggestion, planning to renovate the Zuihualou, saying that he can attract more guests. Oh my God, the Drunken Flower Pavilion was originally a gathering place for killers, what are you going to do to attract so many guests? Are you really planning to open a restaurant? ”
She had thought that Master must have had some past affairs, but now it seemed that she couldn't be wrong. However, repairing the drunken flower building is not necessarily a bad thing, and the master will not be dizzy by a man. Thinking about it, Mu Ning Jiudao:
"I'm going to see Master, are you going?"
"No, no, no, I'm so bored now that I don't want to see her!" Xiao Relieved sat down on the table and said.
"Then don't make trouble, I'll come back to you later."
"I've always been very well-behaved." Ye Shi blinked his eyes and said innocently.
……
"Yun'er, I have already prepared the renovation plan for the Zuihua Building, please take a look." Mu Ningjiu was about to push the door, and frowned when she heard this voice: It stands to reason that she can't have seen any Ruan Yin? Why does it sound so familiar?
"Master, I'll ...... Zhiyin?! Mu Ningjiu glared in shock: No, he is the old lover in Xiao Shi's mouth? But he ...... Isn't it a monk?
"Xiao Jiu?! Yun'er, is she your apprentice? Ruan Yin also didn't expect to run into her at all.
"Hmm. Found a family member? Yun Hanying said lightly.
Mu Ningjiu's eyes flashed, and he said in a deep voice, "Thank you, Master." She paused, then asked,
"You and Aunt Lan...... Knew each other before? ”
"Before I left you, the drunken flower building was not as big as it is now, and the three of us went through the rivers and lakes together."
"So where is Aunt Lan now? Ah Jin brought her father back to her, do you know? Mu Ningjiu asked.
Yun Hanying's movements in his hand paused, raised his eyes, and looked at her fixedly:
"Xiao Jiu, when you were taken in by the teacher, you were just an infant baby, but the desolation in your eyes is not what a newborn should have."