Xu Changfeng walked out of the secret room, and his mood couldn't help but be a little low.

Now that the Canghai Pearl has also been eaten, on the way back to Chang'an, Su Yongqiu also taught him how to refine this Canghai Pearl, but he still did not notice the signs of breaking the mirror. No matter how much aura you absorb, you can't always gather it. He needed to condense and compress the aura that filled his body so that he could free up more empty space to accommodate the new aura. Otherwise, no matter how much heaven and earth aura he absorbs, it will always be like a quilt full of water, and no matter how much he fills, it will only leak out.

It's not that he doesn't want to condense the aura, it's just that there is a barrier in his body, and once the aura in his body is condensed into the dantian, that barrier will come out to obstruct it, causing the aura to run around in his body, and finally cancel each other out and disperse. Over and over again, he had tried no less than ten times in the car, but still without success.

An found Su Yongqiu's words, this is due to the weakness of the meridians in his body, which produces a kind of self-protection, once a large amount of spiritual energy influxes, the meridians will instinctively close, forming an obstacle that prevents him from further condensing the spiritual energy. As for how to solve this solution, Su Yongqiu just said that he would go back and look through the ancient books before making a decision.

In short, the Canghai Pearl, which took so much effort, is now just making his meridians more stable, and it has not played any practical role. His strength is still stuck at the peak of the marrow washing realm.

"Xu Gongzi?"

At that moment, a girl's surprised voice came from behind him.

Early this morning, she and Ruyue were called by their mother to clean up the utility room, which was supposed to be the work of those subordinates, but due to various reasons, there was a shortage of manpower, so they had to be wronged to do it first. Who would have thought that as soon as she came out of the utility room, she saw Xu Changfeng's figure. Counting it, since the beginning of winter, she hasn't seen Xu Changfeng for a long time.

When the Chinese New Year was approaching, Xu Changfeng came to visit her once, and after that, Xu Changfeng had not been able to visit her for the whole winter, and he also knew that Xu Changfeng was very busy and needed to spend more time cultivating, so she didn't expect the former to come here often, but occasionally when she was lonely, she would be content with a little fantasy.

"How are you doing lately?" Looking at Mingming's happy expression, Xu Changfeng couldn't help but ask.

"I miss you very much!" Ming Ming hesitated for a long time, as if he had mustered up courage, and whispered.

Hearing this, Xu Changfeng didn't know what to say.

"That's right!" obviously seemed to sense a trace of embarrassment, and hurriedly said, "Young Master Xu, I want to show you something." ”

Obviously speaking, he pulled Xu Changfeng and walked towards his room. When he came to Mingming's room, he saw that the walls of the room were covered with paintings, all kinds of landscape paintings.

The paintings she has in her collection here can be taken out to open a painting boat, although the painting is not very exquisite, but it can clearly show the things painted. Among them, there are more water towns in the south of the Yangtze River, and a few are coastal scenery, these Xu Changfeng had been with Mr. Qin during that time in Yangzhou, so he didn't think there was anything strange.

It's just that whenever I see these paintings, there is a hint of longing in my eyes.

"Obviously, do you like painting very much?" Xu Changfeng couldn't help but ask.

Ming Ming smiled and shook his head, "Obviously I don't like paintings, it's just that I can only see the scenery outside Chang'an through these paintings." ”

"You haven't been out of Chang'an?" This made Xu Changfeng incredulous. When he asked this question, he suddenly saw a picture of Chang'an painted from the mountain outside. I saw that Ming Ming nodded, and his face showed a hint of loss, which was indeed a little unacceptable.

If you want to say that someone hasn't been to Chang'an for more than ten years, it's reasonable, but it's clear that he is in Chang'an, but he hasn't been out of Chang'an City for more than ten years, which is afraid that he will be laughed at.

"Obviously, I have been in Chang'an City since I was a child, but I was later picked up by my mother, and I was raised in Menghualou with Ruyue and many sisters. Those sisters who have no talent have all served the guests, and Ming Ming and Ruyue just happened to have some talent in talent, so they luckily became the talented girls of Menghualou, otherwise, they would be like those sisters, they would be dirty, and they would never be able to get married. "Ming Ming lowered his head, and his voice was like that of a mosquito.

Obviously the room is not big, but it is very tidy, except for a bed and table and a bronze mirror, the rest is just some colorful paintings, the window facing the direction of Anhua Gate is very open, and you can even see a little rust on the window lattice, obviously this window is open all year round, no matter the wind or rain has not been closed.

Outside the window, the layers of staggered pavilions block the direction of the city gate, as well as the mountains outside the city gate. The scene outside the window is filled with these boring-looking pavilions all year round.

"You have made so much money for Menghualou, you should be able to redeem yourself, right?" Xu Changfeng asked suspiciously.

Generally speaking, a talented woman like Ming Ming only needs to work for ten years, and it is not difficult to redeem herself by saving money and counting the rewards of guests. Not to mention talented women, even those girls who serve guests are also capable of redeeming themselves, but they are dirty, and even if they redeem themselves, they may not be able to find a good family.

Besides, they don't know any crafts, and it is difficult to survive when they go out, so it is better to earn more money here in Menghualou, and when they are old, they can live more comfortably. After all, the work of opening your legs to make money, even if it is dirty, comes easily.

But it's obviously different, she can go out, this little Menghualou shouldn't be a cage that binds her, she shouldn't be such a caged bird with no future.

"Because my mother has the grace of nurturing Mingming. Ming Ming shook his head and said helplessly, "If Ming Ming abandons him like this, it is unfilial." So I can only work here until someone comes and marries me one day......"

Marrying a talented woman is not the same as redeeming a talented woman, you need a dowry, which is a lot of money, and you need your mother's consent. Generally speaking, a talented girl is the panacea of this kind of land of wind and snow, and if she marries her, she naturally doesn't show her master's face. If you don't really like it, no one wants to do this kind of thing that is not beneficial.

Men, there are always times when they need them.

"Do you know?" Mingming seemed to touch the knot in his heart, and couldn't help but say, "Obviously, every day when I wake up, I hope to be able to see through this layer of pavilions at a glance, and I just want to go out of Chang'an to take a walk and take a look at the great rivers and mountains outside." But this is Mingming's fate, and he is destined to stay in Chang'an until the day when he is old and yellow......"

"But you've been working in Menghualou for more than ten years, so it's enough to repay your kindness, right?" asked Xu Changfeng puzzled.

Ming Ming shook his head and smiled, "Young Master Xu, you don't understand." Redemption is only for those who have signed a deed of sale, like me and Sister Ruyue, there is no deed of sale at all, and we can't redeem ourselves at all. If we tried to escape, once our mother found out, she immediately found someone to take us, so that we would have to receive guests forever. ”

Xu Changfeng heard this, and his heart suddenly chuckled, in this way, Mingming's situation is even more humble than those domestic slaves, and the difference is only that they are better.

What's the use of having a lot of money? In the end, I can only spend money to buy some paintings and calligraphy, and see the whole world in my paintings. This is a helpless choice for everyone.

"If you want to, I may have a way to get you out of this Chang'an ......" Xu Changfeng thought for a while, and couldn't help but say.

Obviously, he was rummaging through the cabinet for something at the moment, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but shake his head, "No need Xu Gongzi, I'm used to this kind of life." ”

I don't know if she doesn't want to believe it or if she's really used to it, in short, Xu Changfeng always felt very uncomfortable when she heard this. He didn't mean a joke, the backstage of Menghualou is Ye Yuya, with his relationship with Gongsun Longya, to let Menghualou return the free body of a piano girl, this is really not a big deal. If you can, you can give her some more coils.

However, Xu Changfeng thought about it and suddenly felt relieved.

Obviously, even if she leaves Menghualou, where should she go? She is a daughter, she does not know martial arts, and she is not a cultivator, she has no family since she was a child, at most she has left Chang'an, look at the mountains and rivers outside, and in the end, she still has to be alone until she dies?

Now that she is in Chang'an, there are still some people who can accompany her, she is already familiar with Chang'an, no matter how much she hates this place, she has to accept her fate, this is her root. Even if Xu Changfeng really asked Gongsun Longya to let Ming Ming, it was clear that she might not leave herself.

You may get tired of seeing too many of the same Chang'an pavilions, but it really has more feelings than the mountains and rivers in any place. This is the feeling that Xu Changfeng has gone to Yangzhou with Su Yongqiu in the past few days.

Isn't he the same as Ming Ming, born in Chang'an since he was a child, even if he fled to Yangzhou, thousands of miles away, he finally had to come back. Chang'an's feelings for him cannot be exhausted in one or two sentences.

After rummaging through the cabinet for a while, he finally took out a piece of silk and held it in his hand, but he didn't know what it was.

Ming Mingfeng walked up to Xu Changfeng and carefully handed over the silk. She originally wanted to give it to Xu Changfeng during the Chinese New Year, but she hadn't made this gift at that time, so it has been delayed until today. She was afraid that she would lose it, so she hid it under the cabinet and stored it carefully.

"What is this?" asked the silk brocade, puzzled.

"Just open it and see. Mingming's face was slightly red, and he said in a low voice.

Xu Changfeng spread out the white silk brocade in his hand with doubts, only to find that it was covered with needles and threads. Embroidered on it was a man, only the size of a palm, about sixteen or seventeen years old, holding a wooden sword in his hand.

Xu Changfeng looked at this person's appearance, and suddenly felt some emotion in his heart. He just saved Ming Ming at random that day, but he didn't expect her to keep it in his heart.

"Does Xu Gongzi like it?" Ming Ming hurriedly asked.

Xu Changfeng nodded and said with a smile, "I like ......"

His voice had just finished when a commotion suddenly came from downstairs.

"This place has been sealed by the Chang'an Mansion, and no one is allowed to move!" only to hear a sharp cry, Xu Changfeng suddenly changed his color.

"What's going on?" Ming Ming on the side was also stunned, Menghualou has been in Chang'an for decades, and Chang'an Mansion has never sent someone to search.

"How did Chang'an Mansion know about this?" Xu Changfeng couldn't help but be a little flustered, although the soldiers of Chang'an Mansion might not be able to discover the secret stone passage, but now that they have set their sights on Menghualou, something will happen here sooner or later.

"Ah, kill someone......"