A corner of the southern city, alum tower.

As the most leisurely and gentle township in Yongjia City, the layout of this place is certainly not conventional, and the design of the front hall and backyard is particularly extravagant in the capital where every inch of land is valuable.

Of the five major Oirans in Beijing, two belong to the Alum Tower.

Now Gu Wan'er has redeemed herself inexplicably, and has been taken away by the pearl of the palm of the governor of Jingzhou, even if the big shopkeeper of the alum tower eats the bear's heart and leopard gall, he does not dare to go to the Li Mansion to ask for people, so he can only put all his enthusiasm and flattery on another Qing man, Su Qianyu.

On the third floor of the small lakeside building, a screen separates the inside and outside, Su Qianyu is adjusting the strings behind the screen, and the chatter and laughter of the powerful children outside can be heard from time to time.

"I can't see that this Lu Shen is still a person who pities the fragrance and cherishes the jade, and he actually came up with such a method."

"Don't say it, his trick is really bluffing, I thought he was really a decent gentleman, it turned out to be a fake Qinggao who pretended to be high."

"What did Brother Liu say about this?"

"Do you think, if he really refuses to accept this Gu Wan'er, why would he agree to come to the appointment today? Obviously, it was through that Miss Li to turn her hand, and after Gu Wan'er left the capital, who of us could know if he was shy to find her? It is precisely because he hides this crooked mind that he will come to Alum Tower today to thank San Lang in person. ”

"I see, Saburo has a unique vision, and he can see at a glance that the barbarians in this frontier can't withstand the temptation."

A burst of laughter ensued.

Su Qianyu's eyebrows frowned slightly, and he secretly said that you didn't behave like this yesterday.

When Song Yun returned to report at that time, there was silence in the room, only the sound of Li Yunyi's gradually thickening breathing, followed by an extremely rude scolding, almost turning Song Yun's ancestors over and over again, and finally cleaning up Song Yun fiercely.

Listening to the discussions of these noble sons at this moment, Su Qianyu suddenly felt a little envious of Gu Wan'er in his heart.

I didn't expect her to jump out of the fire pit in such a strange way, even if that Captain Lu was really as these people said, and planned to attack Sister Wan'er again when no one was paying attention, it would be better than staying in this alum tower and living in fear, lest he say the wrong thing and anger these powerful children.

Everyone outside was still talking, Li Yunyi sat silently on the throne, there was no anger between his eyebrows, but he was a little reserved because of the praise of his friends.

After a while, Song Yun, whose face was still relatively scarred, walked into the house and said respectfully: "Third Young Master, Lu Shen has arrived, and he is rushing to Xiaolou at this moment. ”

The room instantly fell silent, and everyone looked at Li Sanlang on the main seat in unison.

"Let's go, let's go and welcome the first hero of the great victory in Jiangbei."

Li Yunyi looked leisurely and got up slowly.

Everyone hurriedly chimed in.

The so-called greeting was just that Li Yunyi took the others to the vicinity of the staircase, of course, it was impossible to wait outside the building.

Time passed quietly, and everyone stood behind Li Yunyi and watched the entrance of the stairs.

Behind the screen, Su Qianyu got up and looked over there with a little curiosity, although she was blocked by the screen, she could also hear the footsteps on the stairs coming from there, and it was getting clearer and clearer.

Song Yun, who was standing at the back, suddenly had a strange feeling, the footsteps of this step by step step up the stairs were like the sound of drums on the battlefield, and he could feel a bit of murderous aura before seeing anyone.

At this moment, he suddenly regretted whether he should have asked a few more words yesterday, so as not to cause contradictions and conflicts for a while.

Of course, he could only think about it, because Lu Shen had already appeared in everyone's sight.

Li Yunyi squinted slightly and looked at the young man in front of him.

He has a long body, a handsome appearance, a very calm bearing, and a bit of sharpness in his eyes.

Li Yunyi's own conditions are not bad, but it is inevitable that he will be strong on the outside and dry in the middle for a long time, looking at Lu Shen like the rising sun, he suddenly felt an extremely strong disgust in his heart.

However, he still showed a relatively gentle expression on his face, and said with a reserved smile: "Captain Lu is a talent, and it is better to meet than to be famous." ”

Lu Shen bowed his hand and said: "The third prince is falsely praised, Lu is a rough man in the countryside, he doesn't know the rules of Beijing, please forgive me for some recklessness." ”

Li Yunyi only regarded this as a polite scene, and didn't really take it to heart, and invited Lu Shen to sit down after returning the salute.

After the greetings, Li Yunyi first introduced the people present today to Lu Shen.

It is nothing more than the son of a certain squire's family, the young master of a certain earl's family, and the disciple of a certain bachelor, all of whom are dressed in splendid clothes and pampered.

This is clearly a circle of gentlemen with Li Yunyi as the core.

Lu Shen glanced up at Song Yun, who was sitting at the end, and understood the reason why this person had sharpened his head and was about to squeeze in.

Such a circle means huge resources, and things that seem difficult to ordinary people often only need one sentence from them to solve. For example, some time ago, Song Yun had a conflict with a student of Guozijian, and in anger, he broke two ribs of the other party, and he was about to be removed from Guozijian, and then Li Yunyi asked Chen Wenxue, who was sitting at the banquet, to go to Guozijian to say hello, and it turned a big thing into a small matter.

This Chen Wenxue is the youngest son of Chen Chun, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, who was twenty years old at the time.

He looked at Lu Shen with a little scrutiny, and said lightly: "I heard that Captain Lu is a native of Guangling, Huaizhou, I don't know if you can know the prefect of Guangling Zhan?" ”

Lu Shen already knew his origin, and replied calmly: "Thanks to the love of Lord Fuzun, I have met a few times. ”

Chen Wenxue bowed his head and said: "Captain Lu may not know that my father is the teacher of the Zhan Prefect's Imperial Examination. If the Lu family encounters any trouble in Guangling, as long as it is not a traitor or something, they can go to the Zhan Prefect for help. ”

Huaizhou is too far away from the capital, and the speed of information circulation in this era is extremely slow, unless it is a major event like the Jiangbei Victory that affects the situation at the border gates, there is still only a vague understanding of the border in the capital, even if it is the children of these powerful people.

In their eyes, Chen Wenxue's words are like the tip of the iceberg to Lu Shenming, inadvertently revealing their strong family background.

Today's banquet was originally a tool for them to show their strength to Lu Shen, in order to let this barbarian from the frontier recognize his identity clearly, so that he obediently bowed down and entered their circle.

Under the gaze of everyone, Lu Shen picked up the teacup in front of him, took a sip unhurriedly, and said calmly: "Brother Chen's kindness, Lu Mou has it, but there is really no need for this." ”

Chen Wenxue sneered and said no more.

Most of the generals in the border army are arrogant, which is reasonable, in fact, it can be seen from Gu Wan'er's incident that this young captain cares about face very much.

Or that self-esteem is stronger.

However, if after he returned to Guangling, he found that the Lord Fuzun, who was usually very talkative, suddenly became very stubborn, would he regret that he shouldn't have been so reserved today?

Of course, Chen Wenxue didn't dare to talk to his father about this kind of thing, but he quietly said hello to Zhan Hui, and he wouldn't push it back.

Li Yunyi didn't seem to hear the cleverness between the two of them, and said with a smile: "Captain Lu may be a little strange, and he doesn't understand why I have to invite you to the banquet. In fact, this matter is very simple, I admire the military sons who sacrificed their lives for the country, but unfortunately my family did not allow me to join the army, which is a regrettable thing in my life. Ever since I heard the details of Jiangbei's victory, I have great admiration for Captain Lu, if I can't get acquainted with you, wouldn't I be a person with no eyes? ”

Lu Shen said calmly: "The victory in Jiangbei is the first credit to the two governors of Xiao and Li, followed by more than 100,000 soldiers who rushed into battle desperately, Lu is just an ordinary member of them, and he deserves such praise from the third prince." ”

"Captain Lu is too modest."

Li Yunyi said with a smile, and suddenly raised his tone slightly to the side: "Su family." ”

A delicate and delicate figure came out from behind the screen, and walked close to Fu Li and said, "Third Young Master." ”

Li Yunyi turned to Lu Shen and said: "There are two of the five major Oiran in Beijing, and there are two of them in Alum Tower, this Su family's piano skills are superb, why don't she play a song for us, what does Captain Lu think?" ”

Although he suffered a loss in Gu Wan'er's matter, he didn't believe that there were really cats in this world who didn't like to steal.

The young Mu Ai was originally reasonable, especially a young man like Lu Shen, who had been in the military camp all the year round, and had never seen Gu Wan'er before due to various considerations, and he might be able to hold on.

Now in front of Su Qianyu, let him see such a stunning style with his own eyes, and still be indifferent?

During the banquet, everyone was even a little envious of Lu Shen at this moment.

Gu and Su were the two oirans that Li Yunyi had spent a lot of silver on white flowers, and now they were smashed on this barbarian from the frontier......

Over there, Su Qianyu followed Li Yunyi's instructions, greeted Lu Shenrou and said softly: "Su Qianyu has seen Captain Lu. ”

Looking at each other, her heart suddenly tightened, because the other party looked at her with a calm and indifferent gaze, as if she was looking at an ordinary passer-by with no features.

Lu Shen immediately retracted his gaze, neither deliberately ignoring Su Qianyu, nor did he have any out-of-the-ordinary reaction, but just smiled politely: "The third prince has such a Yaxing, and Lu is willing to listen to a song even though he is a rough person." ”

Li Yunyi was surprised in his heart, and then bowed slightly to Su Qianyu.

After a while, the sound of the piano began to play.

At the beginning, the piano was like the wind, the sound was like rhyme, clear as a spring, and as leisurely as a cloud.

The woman's fingertips caress the strings, and the sound of the piano is like the sound of deep valleys and mountains, clear and clear, touching people's heartstrings.

"Zheng" a sound of the piano, the guqin Qingshang suddenly turned, the rhyme of Songgu, warm and majestic, the rich aftersound seems to outline the majestic and vast Jin Ge Iron Horse in everyone's minds.

At the end, the three tones are superimposed and intertwined, like a storm and rain, and then gather into a murmuring strong current, merging into the turbulent rivers and seas, and finally calming down, leaving only clear and ethereal overtones.

During the banquet, everyone listened fascinated.

Whether it is Li Yunyi, Chen Wenxue or other children of official eunuchs, although they are addicted to laughter and fun, they also have a certain artistic foundation, which is the minimum requirement that almost all families must follow.

They can naturally taste the wonder of Su Qianyu's piano skills, but the protagonist of today's banquet is a military general who fights on the battlefield.

Li Yunyi turned his head to look at Lu Shen, and said with a smile: "Captain Lu is still satisfied?" ”

Behind the screen, Su Qianyu listened attentively, and she was a little curious about what the young martial artist who rescued Gu Wan'er from the fire pit would give her evaluation.

Then I heard a gentle voice and said: "It's very good, but it's a pity that I don't understand, Su is tantamount to playing the piano to the cow." ”

There was silence outside.

Su Qianyu couldn't help laughing, and hurriedly raised his hand to cover his mouth, for fear that Li Sanlang would hear it.

(End of chapter)