Chapter 1 The Little Fish Maw Girl
Shen Yusheng has been in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion for almost eight years, and the people who entered the museum with him have either redeemed themselves or become consuls of the first hospital, leaving him only a small man who cleans fish bladders.
But no one in the huge Xiaoxiang Pavilion dared to provoke Shen Yusheng, it was really Shen Yusheng who was talented and handsome, better than countless people in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, even compared with the Oiran of the Four Courtyards.
Du's mother took great care of him and didn't let him show up in the front yard, and everyone in the museum said that Shen Yu was going to be sold to the big official to be a rabbit after his birthday.
What's more, it is said that there is a noble concubine in the Southern Palace who has taken a fancy to Shen Yusheng, and when he arrives at the age of tying his hair, someone will come to the palace to bring him to cleanse himself and send him to the Southern Palace for fun.
Everyone laughed at what the latter said, the Southern Palace was far away in the south of the Yangtze River, how far away from their White Emperor Prefecture, no matter how handsome Shen Yusheng was, how could he be concerned by the concubines in the palace.
Early this morning, Du's mother announced that the museum would be closed for one day, and the consul staff would take good care of the Xiaoxiang Pavilion.
Xiaoxiang Pavilion is located in the White Emperor City, is the only row of the White Emperor Prefecture on the name of the hook bar, for the closure of the museum, the literati are quite dissatisfied, the Jianghu knights only need to use the knife to reason.
Fortunately, Du's mother also saw the world in Longyuan when she was young, and she was not frightened by such a scene.
Everyone in the hall can hear clearly, it was the victory of the Northern War, the Great Xuan army recovered the lost territory of Linyuan, and tomorrow there will be a group of military masters to come to Xiaoxiang Hall to relax and enjoy.
The little guys became more and more diligent when they heard the words, and they only hoped that tomorrow Du's mother could let them go to the front yard to wait, earn some silver from the military master, and make a mandarin duck with the girl in the center of the museum.
Shen Yusheng was not interested, and as always, he came to the backyard with the swim bladder to clean it for tomorrow's use.
As soon as she started, Du's mother's personal maid Xiang'er said: "You don't need to wash your child, my mother said that the military master doesn't like the smell of fish."
"Okay, Sister Xiang'er." Shen Yusheng dropped the fish bladder in his hand, took out the soap corner at his feet and began to wash his hands, he didn't like the smell of fish.
Xiang'er looked at Shen Yusheng who washed his hands, this beautiful young man who was mixed in the backyard all the year round was also one of the topics of their group of Goulan sisters, other men in the backyard of Xiaoxiang Pavilion, as long as they seized the opportunity, they would take advantage of it, only Shen Yusheng was polite to the sisters in the courtyard, how to say it in the words of the Oiran of the Autumn Courtyard, hey, there is a gentleman's style.
For the mandarin flowers in the museum, Shen Yusheng is more attractive than the lustful knights and literati who try to redeem their poems with poems, and what they discuss the most is how to trick Shen Yusheng into his boudoir.
Based on this, the consul in the hall also privately set up a gambling game, betting that He Nu could take away Shen Yusheng's virginity, and even the regular customers in the hall also participated, making this matter an interesting topic of conversation.
Shen Yusheng ignored this.
Shaking off the water droplets on his hands, Shen Yusheng turned around and asked, "What else did Mother Du arrange for me?"
There are many places in the Xiaoxiang Hall that need to be repaired.
Xiang'er covered her mouth and smiled: "Mother Du asked you to go to the pear orchard to accompany a few sisters to relieve boredom."
Shen Yusheng was sold into the Xiaoxiang Pavilion when he was nine years old, and he read some poetry books before the age of nine, and his words were much more interesting than those men with sperm brains, and the sisters in the courtyard liked to chat with him.
Relieving boredom belonged to Shen Yu's business expectations, although he was surprised, he still said politely: "Trouble Sister Xiang'er to lead the way."
Xiang'er stepped forward and grabbed Shen Yusheng's arm, and didn't give Shen Yusheng a chance to speak again, dragging Shen Yusheng out of the pickled courtyard, and the rest of the courtyard
The little guy is used to it, but he still can't help but feel envious and jealous of Shen Yusheng in his heart, he only blames him for not being able to live well, and he doesn't have Shen Yusheng's life.
Xiang'er Cardamom is still a virgin, but she has also been with Mother Du for many years, not as reserved as everyone else, and rubbed Shen Yusheng's arm with Gang Xiaohe's pointed chest from time to time along the way, looking at Shen Yusheng's red ears and laughing in his heart.
Fortunately, the pickled courtyard is not far from the pear orchard, and when she arrived at the gate of the pear orchard, Xiang'er let go of Shen Yusheng's hand, teasing Shen Yusheng is certainly interesting, but if she is looked at by the sisters in the garden, she doesn't know how she will be laughed at, and the mouths of those sisters are not the master of forgiveness.
Shen Yusheng also breathed a sigh of relief, but the good times didn't last long, just entered the pear orchard, a bewitching woman wearing a gorgeous costume and a treasure on her head, greeted Shen Yusheng with a smile and said, "Ah Sheng, I haven't seen you for many days, you seem to have grown taller, come and let my sister take a look." ”
The woman is the autumn courtyard Oiran He Xiaoxiao, when she was young, she was sold into the museum by her parents for a tael of silver, and after the golden hairpin year, she soon showed the beauty of the world with her head bowed and no toes, and now she is worth a thousand gold, and she is also the person who is the most bet.
On weekdays, He Xiaoxiao took good care of Shen Yusheng, and Shen Yusheng naturally wouldn't lose her face, so she walked to He Xiaoxiao's side obediently, bent down and was about to say hello, but she was caught off guard and pulled into He Xiaoxiao's arms.
The place where his face touched was that stunning place, Shen Yusheng didn't dare to struggle if he couldn't breathe, he was always a young and strong half-grown child, and he would show his ugliness if he wasn't careful.
He Xiaoxiao pressed Shen Yusheng's head hard and rubbed it a few times before letting go.
"Sure enough, I've grown taller and more handsome, sister, I'm not greedy for you, or I'll take advantage of the time tonight and let my sister teach you how to become an adult."
Shen Yusheng's cheeks blushed when he heard the words, He Xiaoxiao talked to him the most meaty and vegetarian, no matter how many times he listened to it, it still made him unbearable.
"Sister Xiaoxiao, I'm still young." Shen Yusheng shook his head and said, not daring to look at He Xiaoxiao's seductive gaze.
He Xiaoxiao likes Shen Yusheng's shy appearance, she is only molested on weekdays, and now she is really happy to be able to find a scene in a little beautiful man, if Shen Yusheng is bolder, He Xiaoxiao will lose interest.
Just as he was about to pull Shen Yusheng into his arms again, a light cough came from outside the garden.
He Xiaoxiao stopped the movements in his hand and looked at the garden gate with a smile, with a slight chill in his eyes.
Shen Yusheng, who heard the cough, breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the savior, if he entangled with He Xiaoxiao again, I am afraid that he would not be able to sleep well tonight.
The owner of the voice soon entered the pear orchard, it was a woman with the opposite temperament of He Xiaoxiao, if He Xiaoxiao was compared to a peony, that woman was Snow Lotus.
The woman is the only Qing person in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, before the Xiongnu broke through Longyuan City, she was a merciful official in the Jiaofang Division, and she had the honor to play a song for the talented Liu Sanbian, and was given the name Luo Qingyi by Liu Sanbian.
After Longyuan was broken, the woman went south with the army, and was displaced to the White Emperor City halfway, and entered the Xiaoxiang Pavilion.
Luo Qingyi and He Xiaoxiao are on the same page, but it is more He Xiaoxiao who embarrasses Luo Qingyi, Du's mother knows it, but it does not stop He Xiaoxiao, which is bitter and bitter Du's mother has her own experience.
Luo Qingyi is unapologetic to everyone, the rich businessman is attached to Feng Yahao and spends a lot of money just to win a laugh in the end, but for Shen Yusheng, she is surprisingly gentle.
Glancing at the garden casually, Luo Qingyi chose to sit opposite to He Xiaoxiao, and after sitting down, he combed his sideburns and hair, and then said slowly: "Ah Sheng, what have you been busy with in the past few days?" Why don't you go to the spring courtyard to chat with me, and come and talk to me first when there is no one now. ”
Hearing this, He Xiaoxiao stopped looking at Luo Qingyi, but looked at Shen Yusheng instead, there was a look of begging in his eyes, Shen Yusheng was in a dilemma, and at this time, Luo Qingyi also looked at Shen Yusheng with a smile.
Shen Yusheng sighed in his heart, he knew that such a situation would occur, so he shouldn't have followed Xiang'er here.
Luo Qingyi's expression could not be refused, Shen Yusheng had no choice but to come to Luo Qingyi's side and did not sit down.
He Xiaoxiao's eyes showed a sad look, Shen Yusheng saw it in his eyes, knowing that she was usually sad in her eyes and famous for being pitiful, but she was still not very comfortable in her heart.
Luo Qingyi's voice was crisp, and he talked about daily trivial matters with Shen Yusheng, Shen Yusheng picked up some interesting anecdotes shared by the little people in front of the hall at night, and from time to time provoked Luo Qingyi, the ice beauty, to laugh.
It's just that He Xiaoxiao is a little not interested, holding his head to look at the sky, and wandering outside, which makes the atmosphere in the garden a little embarrassing.
But soon the Oiran of the other two courtyards also brought the sisters in the courtyard to the garden, and the warbler Yanyan was not lively, and the atmosphere was somewhat relaxed.
Shen Yusheng took the opportunity to give way and came to the middle of He Xiaoxiao and Luo Qingyi, and He Xiaoxiao had some smiles.
Shen Yusheng peeked at Luo Qingyi and found that Luo Qingyi did not react, so he breathed a sigh of relief.
Maybe this is what the man who steals his wife behind his back in the museum said about walking on thin ice. Shen Yusheng thought so.
Originally, in the past, there was a fixed program for the Liyuan rally, that is, to tease Shen Yusheng, but today Luo Qingyi, who never participated in the rally, also appeared, and everyone tacitly did not mention it.
Without this show, there was no topic in the garden soon, but fortunately, Xiang'er was clever, and her eyes turned and asked: "Sheng'er, other little girls are in good spirits for tomorrow, why are you not interested, could it be that Mother Du is angry because she doesn't go to the front yard for you?"
The topic was thrown to Shen Yusheng, and the people in the hall were also interested and looked at Shen Yusheng one after another.
Shen Yusheng also took the opportunity to answer: "Tomorrow, the military master will come to the pavilion, but it is not necessarily a good thing."
The women wondered, "Why?" Why? ”
Seeing that He Xiaoxiao and Luo Qingyi were also looking forward to it, Shen Yusheng pondered for a while and explained, "The defenders of Baidi Prefecture rushed to Linyuan a few months ago, and I heard that the front line was supervised by General Bai Qian, if it was really a great victory in Linyuan, that killing god would not withdraw his troops easily, and would definitely set up camp in Linyuan in order to recover Longyuan in one fell swoop." ”
General Bai Jian is so famous that even people who don't know the world have heard of his name as a god-killer, let alone the insiders in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion. The man drank wine, in addition to the beauty, he talked about this national event, in order to show his majesty, the women present were familiar with Bai Qian's story, but they didn't know the meaning of Shen Yusheng's words.
During the banquet, He Xiaoxiao frowned slightly, Luo Qingyi was thoughtful, and the rest of the women saw that Shen Yusheng stopped talking, and their faces were dissatisfied, how could they learn this skill at a young age?
Xiang'er was young, and she didn't pretend to be reserved, so she scolded with a smile: "If you don't say anything about Sheng'er, watch me let my sisters clean you up."
Shen Yusheng was scared and begged for mercy: "Good sisters, don't clean me up, wait for me to drink saliva first."
Xiang'er picked up a clean cup and poured a cup of flower tea for Shen Yusheng.
Shen Yusheng drank it all, and then said in the previous words: "Since General Bai Jian will not withdraw his troops easily, where did these military masters come from? If the soldiers who come back to report the good news are fine, I'm afraid of ......"
Shen Yusheng didn't continue, no one who can make a living in the hook bar is not stupid, he said this, and the women also have a rough idea in their hearts.
Officers and soldiers are the most difficult masters in the goulan business, if tomorrow's military master is back from the battle, even if they have ten thousand taels of gold on them, they may not necessarily fall into the hands of a few women.
The girls in the garden looked left and right, but Xiang'er couldn't hold back her temperament, stood up and said, "I'll go and tell my mother."
Shen Yusheng shook his head, how could Mother Du, a character like a human spirit, not think of this, thinking of some inhumane insiders.
A few mature minds also grabbed Xiang'er and shook their heads.
Seeing that the atmosphere was about to be bad, Shen Yusheng hurriedly proposed to tell a story to the girls in the courtyard.
Under careful selection, Shen Yusheng told the girls the story of the painted skin banshee, such ghost stories on weekdays, those literati would definitely not say it, for fear of abrupt beauty, but Shen Yusheng had no scruples, and the words he told were colorful, and the mandarin flowers were shocked and frightened.
After Shen Yusheng finished speaking, several timid girls were already covered in cold sweat, but they were still excited to discuss the love-hate entanglement between the generals and banshees with the people around them, and they had already put their previous worries out of the clouds.
It was almost dark, Shen Yusheng got up to say goodbye, although the women were not happy, they did not keep Shen Yusheng, after Shen Yusheng left, Luo Qingyi and He Xiaoxiao left one after another.
Shen Yusheng, who walked out of the pear orchard, did not go back to the pickled courtyard, but walked out of the Xiaoxiang Pavilion through the back door and came to the sleepy dragon pond in the White Emperor City.
It is a lively time on the sleepy dragon pond, several painting boats are on the surface of the pond, today the Xiaoxiang Pavilion is closed to thank customers, the painting boat is rarely overcrowded, and the pity and laughter in the boat can be heard on the shore.
However, Shen Yusheng didn't come to the pond to see this spring, there are better ones in the pear orchard, how could he give up for some spring? The car is familiar with the road to a hidden place by the pool. Shen Yusheng took off his shirt, revealing his sturdy body, and danced in the moonlight.
Shen Yusheng's dance is a sword technique, a total of twelve styles, but he has not entered the cultivation, and the sword technique seems nondescript.
At the end of the twelve, Shen Yusheng sat cross-legged, and the wisps of moonlight did not enter his body, which was quite miraculous, and only after an hour did he open his eyes and adjust his breathing.
This sword trick was given to Shen Yusheng by someone, that person's name is Li Qinglian, a guest who came to Xiaoxiang Hall many years ago, obviously a scholar's dress, but there is a sword hanging on his waist, Du's mother has sharp eyes, and she saw that the clothes worn by the man are Longyuan's daughters, and the horse she rides is also a rare five-flowered horse, and she immediately ordered several top names to receive her.
Li Qinglian doesn't care about beauties, she just buries her head in eating, even if the Oiran tries her best, he is not moved, Du's mother doesn't care, for so many years, she has seen a lot of people with quirks, the wine and food in the hook bar can be several times more expensive than the restaurant, and the man also ordered a few pots of high-quality flower carving, and some earned.
But when checking out, Du's mother was dumbfounded, this hateful man was actually penniless, and he was not willing to use anything on his body to pay off his debts!
On the same day, all the nursing homes in the museum were dispatched, but the people who were beaten by Li Qinglian turned on their backs, and finally Li Qinglian was willing to be the head of the nursing home to make up for the money, which was solved.
Li Qinglian's martial arts are extraordinary, and those who dare to make trouble in Xiaoxiang Pavilion have been dealt with by him one by one, and the nurses are also human spirits, and they can see that the head of this nursing home is not a simple person, and they have bought some good wine and food many times and wanted to go to the knot.
It's a pity that Li Qinglian doesn't eat this set, but she favors Shen Yusheng, and from time to time she goes to the pickled courtyard to sit with Shen Yusheng, and every time she comes over, Shen Yusheng asks Shen Yusheng to buy a pot of cheap burning knives and a plate of broad beans.
Shen Yusheng didn't eat every time, the wine and broad beans were all owned by Li Qinglian alone, and after a lot of times, Li Qinglian asked: "You don't have much salary, and you don't reward silver, I often come to eat and drink, and you are not annoyed?"
Shen Yusheng said frankly.
"Sir's experience is more interesting than those who tell stories, so let's use this wine as money for listening to books."
Li Qinglian laughed, and then she was no longer polite.
Until Shen Yusheng was eleven years old, he suddenly fell seriously ill and had a high fever that did not go away for several days.
Before he died, everyone in the museum thought that he was dead, and Luo Qingyi He Xiaoxiao wanted to visit, but was persuaded by the consul to return on the grounds that it was an infectious disease.
When she was dying, Li Qinglian took Shen Yusheng and came to the side of the trapped dragon pool.
In a trance, Shen Yusheng saw the trapped dragon pond water pouring into the sky, like a dragon out of the sea, when he regained his senses, he had recovered from his illness, but he had not entered the oil and salt for a few days, and his body was weak.
That was the last time Shen Yusheng and Li Qinglian met, and when they saw Shen Yusheng awake, Li Qinglian sat next to him and took out a burning knife that he didn't know where to hide and took a sip.
When the liquor entered her throat, Li Qinglian was addicted, and then said to Shen Yusheng, who was half-dead: "Pulled you back from the Ghost Gate, but you still have half a foot in it now."
"Thank you, sir, for saving your life, you can't repay it." Shen Yusheng reluctantly opened his mouth to thank him, but was interrupted by Li Qinglian before he could finish speaking.
"You should really send your little swim bladder to Bailu Academy, as soon as you speak, those Lu Ru will definitely like it."
Shen Yusheng couldn't understand what Li Qinglian said, he wanted to open his mouth but had no strength, Li Qinglian took the wine jug and poured him a burning knife.
Shen Yusheng, who had never drunk alcohol, coughed again and again, and after stopping, his face glowed a little, and he also had the strength to speak.
Li Qinglian put her finger between Shen Yusheng's lips, so that Shen Yusheng was silent first, and she said: "I will eat and drink your wine and food for nothing, and if I save your life, I will take half of it, and as for the other half." ”
He took out two broken books from his arms and threw them in front of Shen Yusheng, Shen Yusheng looked at them, one of the two books was a famous knight, and the other was a famous immortal.
"These two things are my business of walking the rivers and lakes, just as the other half of the wine money, you go to this sleepy dragon pond every day after dark to practice, just remember, the time has not come, don't practice in the day to receive immortality, remember to remember." Li Qinglian spoke earnestly.
The people in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion all guessed that Li Qinglian was a master of the rivers and lakes, but now it seems that everyone still underestimated him, and Shen Yusheng was curious: "When is the time?" ”
Li Qinglian didn't answer this question directly, drank the last bite of the burning knife in the pot, and said, "If there is something difficult that cannot be solved in the future, I will enter this trapped dragon pool." ”
After explaining, Li Qinglian got up and dusted off the dust on the golden qiu, and walked towards the trapped dragon pool, he stepped into the pool of water, stood in the water, closed his eyes and calmed down, Li Qinglian pulled out the sword at his waist to show the sword trick chivalrous line, his posture is mysterious, like a fairy under the moonlight, the twelve demonstrations are completed, Li Qinglian's long sword into the sheath, no longer look at Shen Yusheng, and walk against the water, gradually moving away.
"Thank you, sir, do you and I still have a chance to meet?" Shen Yusheng struggled to get up, and asked respectfully with his fists in the direction of Li Qinglian's departure.
"Fate is not over, there will be a chance to see you again in the future, don't worry, don't worry."
As if she was not very happy, Li Qinglian pulled out the sword at her waist again.
"Ande three-foot sword, cross the sea to slash the dragon."
The wind and clouds are surging on the trapped dragon pond, and the pond water is standing.
The wind was calm, Li Qinglian was gone, and every time he thought about it later, Shen Xinghe couldn't help but want to go to the past and talk to Li Qinglian when he mentioned that the martial artists in the world are divided into nine grades, and above the nine grades is the realm of land immortals who have become sacred.
Li Qinglian's move, isn't it an immortal?