Smoke and rain building.

The night was beginning to dew, with a bit of coldness.

Anu is in the boudoir on the third floor, nestled next to the west window, looking at the bright red lanterns hanging high and the lights of the street in the distance of Gusu City.

I just hope to see those two familiar figures and return victorious.

The day before yesterday in Taihu Lake, the gangs of the rivers and lakes and the giant whale gang fought with the water bandits. Ah Chou and Su Gongzi went to Qionglong Mountain, but they have not returned so far, and there is no news.

In the past two days, she went up to the west tower to look at it 30 times. I can hear the geese coming, standing in the Chunxiao Courtyard. Smelling the neighing of horses, looking forward to breaking the weeping poplar line. The book of the deceased is empty, and it is not seen in front of people.

She was so nervous that she could only be patient.

There are several dressing tables, jade hands holding red pens, ink dyed plain paper. Fill in a noun plate "Fortune Operator".

In the past two days, in order to let her practice dancing quietly, Li Ma played the guqin and pipa, and prepared to participate in this Oiran event, so as to avoid being disturbed, and almost never saw outsiders, just alone in this big boudoir.

It wasn't until late in the evening, in order to dress her up, that two maids were allowed to come in and wait, bathe, change and freshen up.

"Have you heard, this battle has been won! The disciples of various gangs have come back one after another, has your brother come back?"

"It's back... The blessing of Tuosu Shangxian, luck to pick up a life. ”

The two maids were whispering about the battle of Taihu Lake, which had only ended in the past two days.

Qinglou is a well-informed place, and all kinds of news on the rivers and lakes can be easily heard.

"The battle has been won!"

Anu asked in surprise.

"Yes, miss, we won. ”

"I heard that the Giant Whale Gang was beaten, and besides, the real person of Hanshan is actually the main messenger behind the scenes! I heard that this demon Dao also connived at Taoist priests to collude with water bandits in the early years and secretly harm good people and rich businessmen. This rebellion killed many Jianghu disciples, which is really bad. ”

"Oh my God, who would have thought that our first foreign master in Wu County would actually be the backstage of the Giant Whale Gang. Fortunately, he finally jumped out on his own and exposed his true colors, otherwise who would know that he was a great evil demon. And he was killed by our Su Shangxian in one fell swoop!"

The maids nodded their heads again and again.

"Who is Su Shangxian?"

"Su Chen and Su Shangxian of the Medicine King Gang, at first, no one expected that this deacon of the Medicine King Gang would be so powerful and low-key. He made a move, forcing Hanshan Zhenren to kill himself, the leader of the White Lotus Sect Mao killed himself, and Liu Hong, the leader of the Giant Whale Gang, set himself on fire. ”

"Su Gongzi... How did you become an immortal?!"

Anu was shocked.

But no matter what, she was still full of joy.

It's great that he's back!

"By the way, have you heard the news from the Aquila Gate?"

"Heavenly Eagle Gate? Alas, I heard that among the large and small gangs, the disciples of the Heavenly Eagle Gate suffered the most casualties and were almost wiped out. They were pioneers, but they were ambushed by the bandits halfway through, and most of them died.

Thanks to the hero of the Awla Gate, Ah Chou, sacrificed himself, and desperately saved the remaining others. Otherwise, the Aquila Gate will only be destroyed this time. ”

"Bang!"

Anu shook his body and touched the dressing table, his face turned pale in an instant.

Ugly, died in battle~, dead?!

No, it won't!

How so.

"Miss Anu, what's wrong with you!"

The two maids' faces changed drastically, and they hurriedly helped her.

Anu Jiaojiao's face was pale, and she barely stood weakly.

A pang in my heart.

Her father died early, and she was a year older than her brother. When I was a child, the sister and brother depended on each other at the Sky Eagle Inn, and the eldest sister was the mother, pulling the younger brother to grow up.

That year, Ah Chou had a cough and had no money to buy herbs, so he couldn't get through it.

In order to raise money, she was forced to sell herself as a maidservant to a large family in the county, just to buy medicine to save her brother's life. Unexpectedly, the hostess of the big family was jealous, and sold her to Yanyu Building through Li's mother.

The years when she learned singing and dancing in the Qinglou. Whenever Ah Chou is free, he will sneak to the back door of Yanyu Building, meet her quietly, and have some confidant words with her.

Once, he was very happy, saying that he had met a brother Su Chen, and the two were like-minded, and decided to defect to the Medicine King Gang and the Heavenly Eagle Gate to break into the rivers and lakes, and to become a first-class master in the rivers and lakes in the future.

Ah Chou said that one day, he will become a big high-roller in the rivers and lakes and earn enough money to redeem himself. On the day she left the pavilion, the scenery ransomed her from the Yanyu Building, so that no one in Gusu City would dare to look down on them anymore.

The younger brother defected to the Eagle Gate, practiced diligently every day, got Su Chen's help, and often learned martial arts together, and his strength rose rapidly.

In those years, I often heard Ah Chou talk about Su Chen, and she unconsciously added a thin figure of a child of the Zhouzhuang fisherman in her heart.

During that time, she didn't know how happy she was in her heart, she was happy and proud of them for the money she used to buy medicinal herbs.

Three years ago, when she had just made her debut in Yanyu Building after learning the piano technique, she never thought that the first guest would be Su Chen, a disciple of the Medicine King Gang, and she was taken aback. It's just that she didn't dare to say anything.

Over the years, she didn't want the people in the rivers and lakes to know that Ah Chou had a sister in the Qinglou. I am afraid that I will delay my younger brother's future in the rivers and lakes, and attract people from right and wrong in the rivers and lakes to slander behind my back and chew the root of my tongue.

Later, she became the pillar of Yanyu Building, and privately donated some silver taels to Ah Chou to practice martial arts. But Yanyulou watched closely, and the opportunity to meet his younger brother gradually decreased, and he had not met and chatted privately in the past year.

The two siblings could only look at each other from afar on the west windowsill and the side of the street, knowing that everything was okay with each other.

Even if she met her on the street, she didn't dare to recognize her brother, she only worried about it in her heart.

A few days ago, she was invited to the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet at the Sky Eagle Inn, accidentally met A Ugly, and saw Young Master Su again. That was when she was happiest in the past two years.

can finally justifiably and Ugly, who has not reunited with Su Gongzi for a long time, to have a meal at the same table, sandwiched a few pieces of delicacies, that is her happiest moment.

Unexpectedly, in just two days, in a blink of an eye, things are not empty and sad. The younger brother really became the hero of the Aquila Gate, but he died on the battlefield of Taihu Lake.

Brother, sister actually never asked you to become the hero of the world.

I hope you can come back safely!

Anu closed her eyes, pursed her red lips, and her delicate body trembled slightly.

However, even if Ah Chou died in battle, she didn't dare to cry for him in public. If so, people in the rivers and lakes know that Ah Chou has a sister in Qinglou, and when she dies, she is also slandered behind her back, damaging his heroic spirit in the sky.

"It's not love the dust, it seems to be mistaken by the front edge. Flowers bloom and fall from time to time, always rely on Dongjun Gu. If you have mountains and flowers on the branches, don't ask where the slave returns...!"

Anu looked down and saw the dressing table, the first word plate filled in on the red paper.

The words were broken, and tears flowed.

Every word is heart-wrenching, and every sentence is bloody.

...

In the boudoir, the green smoke of the incense platform curls.

Anu Muran sat quietly in front of the dressing table, letting the maid dress her up.

In the bronze mirror, a beautiful and delicate face is reflected, which seems to be delicate and poignant.

Sixteen or seventeen years old is the time when the girl is the most delicate and moving.

This familiar face is the most delicate and expensive face in Gusu City tonight. There are countless big high-rollers and wealthy businessmen in Gusu City, spending a lot of money just to get drunk tonight.

Brother, sister is going to leave the cabinet.

Come back and take a look at your sister, okay?

Anu was desolate in his heart, and his eyes were filled with green tears, flowing silently.

The two maids panicked, hurriedly wiped her tears, knelt on the ground and begged, "Miss Anu, tonight's Oiran Conference, but on the big day when you leave the pavilion, you can't cry." If the makeup is spent, Mama will beat us to death!"

Anu couldn't stop the sorrow in his heart, tears were like beads, and his heart was broken.

They couldn't persuade them, so they hurriedly went out to find Li's mother to persuade them.

"What's wrong?"

Soon, Mama Li anxiously waved her handkerchief and rushed to Anu's boudoir. She was looking forward to Anu being able to take the Oiran of Wu County tonight. If she cries and breaks her makeup and misses the Oiran Club, it will be a big deal, and she can't afford it.

She saw Anu crying sadly, and she didn't know why, she just thought that Anu was afraid of going out of the cabinet, so she hurriedly comforted her.

"Anu, it's a matter of time before you get out of the pavilion, this is a hurdle that our Qinglou Qingqi people have to pass. Although we are not like ordinary women who go out of the cabinet to marry as wives, we can get a large sum of silver, which is enough to be used inexhaustibly for half a lifetime. Our Qinglou women, which one is not like this. ”

Anu wiped away her tears, forced a smile, and said softly: "Mom, I know that this is Anu's fate." It is... Can't help it... It will be fine soon. ”

Mother Li immediately smiled and said, "Mom knows that Anu has always been well-behaved and sensible, and she has never disobeyed her mother since she came to Yanyulou, making her mother embarrassed." ”

"Come, Mama Li will comb your hair for you today. ”

Mother Li instructed the two maids: "You two girls go to fill the water, wash Sister Anu's makeup, and put on makeup again!"

"Yes, Mom!"

The two maids hurriedly dressed up Anu and made up her makeup.

"Anu, today is a big day for you to leave the pavilion, just like getting married, you want to be beautiful and happy. We Qinglou women will have such an experience in our lives.

Thinking about the world-famous prostitutes Xie Aman, Yu Youwei, and Huo Xiaoyu in Chang'an City, they are nothing more than that. The singing and dancing of our Anu in Wu County is no worse than any of them. ”

Mama Li chattered, helped her comb her hair and makeup, and said, "In the past two years, your reputation in the rivers and lakes of Wujun has also been very great. At the age of seventeen, it is the age of the prime. The money earned by going out of the cabinet is more than those gang heroes who are desperately earning a lifetime on the rivers and lakes. If you don't leave the cabinet, this value will slowly drop in the future!"

"Hmm!"

Anu sat dignified in front of the bronze mirror, looking at the unfamiliar delicate face in the bronze mirror, listening to the hustle and bustle in the smoke and rain building, and his eyes were foggy for a while.