Chapter XXVI
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Walking out of the Peony Pavilion, the time has come.
It turned out that the dense vendors on both sides of the downtown area and the crowded crowd in front of the Peony Pavilion had dispersed at some point. Only pedestrians still walk by occasionally.
The sparse starlight shone on the bluestone paved road, stretching the shadows of Su Changan and his party for a long time.
Su Changan was very silent, and after he came out of the Peony Pavilion, he became very silent.
His silence made the atmosphere of the group extremely dull. Fan Ruyue, who came out with them, was even more nervous because of the dull atmosphere. She held the pipa that had been dependent on her for several years, and followed behind everyone with her head down. Only from time to time, he used the peripheral vision of his eyes to cautiously glance at Su Changan.
"Chang'an, what's wrong with you?" Ji Dao was not a person who could hide things in his heart, so he stepped forward and asked. He looked at Su Changan, his eyes flickering a little. "Did we misunderstand you in the pavilion and make you angry?" It's not that we don't believe it, it's just that the yin and yang man said that he wanted to leave Su Mo as an oiran, and I was angry for a while, just"
Speaking of this, he couldn't help but feel guilty about the suspicion of Su Changan just now.
Su Mo and Gu Ning also looked at Su Changan with some uneasiness, thinking of Xiahou Shuyu and Lin Ru's trust in Su Changan in the pavilion, and compared it with their own reactions, they made a judgment.
When Su Changan heard Ji Dao's words, he raised his head and looked at a group of people who were looking at him with concern. He woke up like a big dream, hurriedly waved his hand, and said, "No, you just cared too much about Momo at that time, how could I be angry with you." I'm just thinking about something. ”
"Think about things, what are you?Say it, let's help you think about it?" Ji Dao said, he has always been a rough line, and he doesn't know how such a person was admitted to Chang'an's college by studying. As soon as he heard that Su Changan was not angry with them, he relieved himself, resumed his grinning appearance, and asked with a smile.
Su Changan stopped, his face embarrassed. It's not that he doesn't want to say it, but he doesn't know how to say it, so he is a little embarrassed.
Everyone also stopped, they looked at Su Changan, as if waiting for his next step, even Fan Ruyue opened her big flickering eyes and looked at him in a daze.
This made it even more difficult for Su Changan, and he tried to organize his words in his heart, wanting to express his meaning clearly and clearly.
"The stars will be. But at this moment, Lin Ru suddenly said.
Everyone was stunned, and Su Changan was also stunned.
This Lin Ru, although he is also tall and big, is also a martial artist. But he is meticulous and calm, and can often propose simple and effective solutions for everyone at critical moments. Compared with Ji Dao, a Confucian student, it is simply two extremes.
Su Changan nodded, and finally said, "It's the Star Society." ”
"I have become the Star King, and according to the rules, I can make a request to the Eight Desolation Courtyard. I originally wanted that Du Hongchang to fight with me, but he didn't agree. So the Eight Desolations still owe me a request. ”
"Therefore, Brother Su used a request to redeem Miss Fan Ruyue and keep us safe. Gu Ning also reacted at this time.
Even though they had only been in Chang'an for two months, they understood what kind of behemoth the Eight Desolation Courtyard was, and how precious a request he could agree to. At this time, everyone understood what kind of price Su Changan had paid just now. Even Fan Ruyue's eyes looking at Su Changan were a little strange.
She didn't know much about this teenager who suddenly rushed out to protect herself. just felt that at that moment, his eyes were extremely dazzling, so that she couldn't help but trust and get close to her.
Although she is only an Oiran of the Peony Pavilion, she has been living in Chang'an since she was bought by the pavilion owner, and she knows how precious a requirement of the Eight Desolations Courtyard is.
She didn't understand how she could deserve Su Changan to treat her like this. is the fifth prince she has been dreaming of, I'm afraid she won't be willing to pay such a big price for her. What's more, today, such a moment, he has not appeared. Thinking of this, Fan Ruyue felt a sense of loss in her heart, she lowered her head again, and looked at the exposed toes under the floral skirt in a daze. I don't know what I'm thinking.
"Yes. Su Changan nodded, affirming Gu Ning's words. He continued, "But that's not what I really care about. ”
"What's that?" Gu Ning was stunned for a moment and asked again.
"It's his calculations. From the very beginning, he attacked us with this idea, using Momo as a threat to force me to comply. ”
"It's just that I don't know when his calculations began. It was when I jumped out to save Miss Fan, or when we walked into the Peony Pavilion, or when we escaped from Tianlan Courtyard. Su Changan said slowly, his expression became extremely gloomy at this moment.
This kind of gloom has never appeared on Su Changan's face. At least Ji Dao has never seen it, Gu Ning has never seen it, and Xiahou Shuyu has never seen it.
This gloom, like some kind of ice that will not melt through the ages. Stubborn, tenacious and rejecting thousands of miles away.
Therefore, Xiahou Shuyu's face suddenly became a little strange, and she suppressed some emotions in her heart. Pretended to be relaxed and said: "It's not as exaggerated as you say, he is not a Taibai Daoist from the Stargazing Platform, can we figure it out if we go to him today or not?"
"Perhaps. Su Changan shook his head, wanting to put aside all the worries in his heart, but after all, he still felt faintly afraid, as if a pair of eyes had been staring at him behind his back. It's not too good to feel.
"By the way, Senior Sister, how did you take us into the Peony Pavilion today? I see that those chasing us seem to have been stopped, why can't they enter?" Su Changan asked suddenly.
His face returned, and he was the familiar junior brother of Xiahou Shuyu again, a wooden and stubborn boy.
Xiahou Shuyu's heart ached faintly for no reason, she smiled a little far-fetched, took out a bronze medal from her arms, and handed it to Su Changan.
"This is a token from our father, the Great Wei royal family. With it, there is no place that cannot be entered, except for places like Tenran-in. It seems that he has adjusted his mood, and Xiahou Shuyu raised his neck proudly when he said this, like an arrogant swan.
Everyone looked surprised when they heard this, and Ji Dao and Su Mo even competed to take the bronze medal in their hands and look at it carefully, and they couldn't help but be amazed. It made everyone laugh.
At this time, the atmosphere between the group finally became lively again, and even Su Changan temporarily let go of the haze in his heart and began to laugh with everyone.
But no one noticed that at the moment of listening to the four words of the Great Wei royal family, Fan Ruyue's lowered head suddenly raised and looked at Xiahou Shuyu. As if they wanted to ask something, after hesitation, everyone began to fight. Therefore, she stopped the words that came to her mouth again, and lowered her head again with some timidity.
Everyone was playing all the way, but they didn't feel bored, and they had arrived in front of Tianlan Courtyard unconsciously.
In front of the gate of Tianlan Temple, it was still as deserted as ever, only a lantern was still hanging at the foot of the cliff in front of the door, and it was lonely and flashing with a thin light.
"Brother Su, it's getting late, so I won't bother. Let's meet again another day. Today's events, Gu remembered in his heart. Gu Ning arched his hand and said.
"Yes. Goodbye!" Su Changan also said with his fists at everyone. But his eyes unconsciously glanced at Su Mo, and he was a little reluctant in his heart.
But after some greetings from the people of Gu Ning, they finally left. Su Changan could only watch in a daze as the backs of the people became smaller and smaller in his eyes until they disappeared.
"What else to see, everyone is gone!"
Xiahou Shuyu's dissatisfied muttering sounded in his ears, and Su Changan came back to his senses. He scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "Senior sister, let's go in." ”
"What are you going to!" Xiahou Shuyu gave him a blank look, pointed at Fan Ruyue, who was standing on the side, and asked, "What should she do?"
As if feeling the gaze of the two, Fan Ruyue's head lowered deeper, and she nervously hugged her pipa. It seems that this is the only way to make her feel a little more at ease.
"What to do, of course it's here. Su Changan said as a matter of course.
As soon as these words came out, Fan Ruyue's hand holding the pipa trembled, she subconsciously stepped back, and her face became pale.
Xiahou Shuyu's face was even more red as if she could drip water, and she stretched out her hand and put it on Su Changan's earlobe.
Su Changan felt the wonderful touch coming from his earlobe, his face couldn't help but feel a little hot, and he just wanted to ask something. Suddenly, a heart-rending pain came.
"Ah!!h
"If you don't study well! How old are you! Just think about these dirty things!! Xiahou Shuyu was obviously very angry, she pinched Su Changan's ears, and lifted them up with all her might, as if she wanted to lift Su Changan's body.
Only then did Su Changan understand that Xiahou Shuyu had misunderstood what he meant, and he hurriedly explained, but because he was pinched by his ears, he spoke a little intermittently.
"Senior sister, I mean to let Miss Fan Ruyue find a room with us and stay first. ”
Xiahou Shuyu was stunned for a moment, and then let go of the hand that was pinching Su Changan's ear, and she said with some embarrassment: "In this way, who told you not to make it clear." ”
After speaking, I don't know that it seems that because of her weak heart, she intentionally or unintentionally turned her head and didn't look at Su Changan, who was constantly rubbing her ears that were pinched red.
"I'm making it clear that you're thinking nonsense. Su Changan muttered dissatisfiedly.
made Xiahou Shuyu and Fan Ruyue blush.