Looking for plums under the moon

The moonlight melted, and the silver light leaked out.

In the back garden, two men of about the same stature walked one behind the other.

Ling Guyue walked ahead, but the people behind her didn't catch up after a long time, so she took the initiative to slow down her pace.

Shen Luo shouted muffledly from behind: "Senior brother."

Ling Guyue paused slightly, thinking to give him another chance, she turned around and said, "What's wrong?"

Shen Luo looked at his moon-like face in the night, pursed his lips and said, "I saw Uncle Ge just now."

Ling Guyue stared at him, silent for a while before saying: "Are you deliberately avoiding me?"

Shen Luo shook his head and said, "I didn't mean that, it's just that Uncle Ge came here just after you left..."

Ling Guyue thought for a while and nodded: "Since he intends to hide it from me, he must be unwilling to tell me your conversation... Forget it, I don't want to embarrass you either, just pretend it never happened, it's just something you guys are hiding , sooner or later, I will know."

Shen Luo lowered his head and smiled wryly, "Sorry."

Ling Guyue blinked and said: "It's nothing, you are my junior brother, no matter what happens, I will not blame you."

Hearing what he said, Shen Luo couldn't help staring at him for a long while.

Ling Guyue patted him on the shoulder and asked, "When do you plan to leave?"

Shen Luo lowered his eyes and said, "I'll go back tomorrow."

Ling Guyue said: "Why are you in such a hurry?"

Shen Luo shook his head and said: "In a few months, the martial arts conference will start, and many disciples still need to practice more. I'm afraid they will slack off after I've been away for a long time... Besides, Pingchuan still has some important things to do. The stranger you saw has not been found yet, so you have to be careful."

Ling Guyue nodded and said: "Master once wanted us to win his praise, but unfortunately I have never paid attention to martial arts and always let him down..."

Shen Luo hurriedly said: "Senior brother is good enough, if someone else changes, he may not even be able to comprehend the basics of Pingchuan's mind."

Ling Guyue smiled slightly, her eyes fell on his smooth forehead, "Okay, don't comfort me, I don't care about this, it is enough for Pingchuan to have you, tomorrow I will send you outside the city."

Shen Luo raised his head, held his hand and said, "Brother, come back with me."

Ling Guyue said: "I still have an appointment with Lin Jue, so I can't go back for the time being, and wait for me for a few more days."

Shen Luo sighed, "Brother..."

Ling Guyue took a step back, looked around, and said jokingly: "I have never been down the mountain before, but now I know that the world under the mountain is really good, I am a bit reluctant to leave."

Shen Luo frowned and said, "It's just blinding eyes, what's so good about it?"

Ling Guyue smiled and said: "At least there are many people here and it's lively."

Shen Luo replied: "Brother, if you think Pingchuan is deserted, you should recruit more disciples after the fall."

But Ling Guyue shook her head and said: "It's not good to have too many disciples. Wherever they go, they will just call respectfully: 'Master Uncle'. It's not as good as an old man on the street who sells sesame seed cakes."

"Then build a small town at the foot of the mountain, and go to the town when you're bored."

Ling Guyue looked at him with a smile: "Junior Brother, I didn't expect you to still love family so much."

Shen Luo's face changed slightly, and he turned his face away and said in a deep voice: "Brother, I'm not home-loving."

Ling Guyue just thought he was thin-skinned, and said with a smile: "Forget it, I have to get up early tomorrow, so let's go back early to rest tonight."

In the early morning, the sky was still early, and there were not many pedestrians on the street.On the main road of Jinling City, two steeds galloped on the wide stone road, making the sound of their hooves.

Immediately sat two handsome young men, one in red and the other in black.

The man in black had a stern face, but the man in red had a relaxed expression, and he was humming a new song.

After leaving the city gate, the two got off their horses and walked side by side along an ancient road.

After walking for a long time, there were gradually more shady trees on both sides of the road, the man in black whispered: "Brother, don't send it off."

Shen Luo stopped and looked at the road ahead, a trace of reluctance flashed in his eyes.

Ling Guyue also stopped, "That's fine, I have to say goodbye after sending you off for thousands of miles, so go."

Shen Luo looked back at him, "Senior brother, I will pick you up in a few days."

Ling Guyue thought to herself: After the first day of junior high school, it will be almost the same.So he nodded and said: "Don't worry, I will go back by boat when the time comes, you don't have to come again."

Shen Luo remained silent, seeing that the sideburns around his ears were a little disheveled by the wind, she stretched out her hand to straighten him up, and then said softly: "Brother, take care."

Ling Guyue smiled and said, "You too."

Shen Luo got on his horse, took one last look at Ling Guyue, shook the reins, and galloped off into the distance.

Ling Guyue watched him disappear into the desert mist, then turned around and rode away.When I got to the Shuying Building, there were already people waiting for me in front of the door.

"Young Master Crimson Clothes!" Zhao Yihuan was still dressed like a peacock today, full of energy, his eyes lit up when he saw Ling Guyue, and he hurried up to meet him.

It just so happened that Ling Guyue stopped the horse at this time, supported the horse's back with one hand, and jumped easily, even the movement of the wind lifting the hem of her clothes looked so heroic.

Zhao Yihuan couldn't help shaking his heart, and said in surprise: "My lord can also ride a horse?"

Ling Guyue nodded and said: "I learned a little bit before, is it strange?"

Zhao Yihuan shook her head again and again, "It's not strange, it's not strange, I've always wanted to learn how to ride a horse, but no one taught me..."

"The future is long, Mr. Zhao will learn it sooner or later." Ling Guyue handed the reins to the boy in front of the door, and entered the building together with him.

A girl came to meet her and said with a smile: "Young Master Zhao, Master Zhao's fiftieth birthday will be in half a month. I wonder what birthday gift the young master will give you?"

Zhao Yihuan patted his forehead and said, "How could I forget this! The Jade Guanyin I prepared last time was smashed by a crazy kid, and I haven't had time to buy another one!"

Seeing his anxious expression, Ling Guyue said unhurriedly: "There is still time, just prepare one more thing."

Zhao Yihuan looked at him, "Young Master Feiyi..."

Ling Guyue interrupted him and said: "It's almost the first day of the new year, and the girls from Shuyinglou are going to perform on stage. These days are a bit busy, so I won't go out with Mr. Zhao."

Zhao Yihuan had no choice but to nod awkwardly, "Don't bother Mr. Feiyi... If you need anything in Shuyinglou, just let me know, and I will try my best to help."

Ling Guyue smiled and said: "Then thank Mr. Zhao first."

Zhao Yihuan asked in a low voice: "I wonder if I can come over that day?"

"At that time, I will invite my father to come. If Mr. Zhao is willing, he can also come together."

Zhao Yihuan shook his head again and again with the expression of a mouse afraid of seeing a cat, "I won't come with my father anymore, if he usually knows that I come to the place of fireworks and willow lanes, he will definitely scold me!"

Ling Guyue said: "This is not the unbearable place that others think..."

Zhao Yihuan hurriedly explained: "No, no, I didn't mean that... I naturally know that Shuyinglou is a clean place, but although my father loves me, he is also the strictest towards me. He has always forbidden me to go to restaurants and karaoke houses .Like Yanzifang...I'm afraid he will be even more angry."

Ling Guyue raised her brows slightly, nodded and said: "My father is also well-intentioned, understandable." Inwardly, she complained: Zhao Qiushan himself is a hungry ghost, but he asked his son not to go near the Qin Tower in the Chu Pavilion, which is really ridiculous.

Ling Guyue stayed in the building for a few days, and Lin Jue didn't let anyone come to him, nor did Zhao Yihuan, so she was free.Sometimes he would stroll along the Swallow Square, never empty-handed when he came back, sometimes he brought back some pastries, some brought back some exquisite candy, and distributed them to the girls in the building, which was very useful to them and even more to him. kind.

At the end of the month, lights and festoons are decorated in front of Shuying Building.One day in advance, Qingchan ordered the servants to distribute red cards to the famous families in the city.

By the morning of the first day of the new year, there were already large and small carriages and sedan chairs parked on the road in front of the building, along the Yanzifang, until they left the street.

Qing Chan was wearing a gauze dress, with bright red makeup, standing at the door with a smiling face to welcome the guests.

Suddenly, a gorgeous four-carrying sedan chair landed at the door, the curtain was embroidered with gold thread swimming fish, and the four corners were decorated with colorful webbing.Anyone with a discerning eye can recognize it at a glance, it is the exquisite golden silk sedan chair of the Zhao family.

Qing Chan stepped forward and said with a smile: "Master Zhao, our landlord has been waiting for you for a long time."

Someone opened the sedan chair curtain, and as soon as Zhao Qiushan stepped out, he was immediately surrounded by servants from left to right.

If you look carefully, you can find that the father and son Zhao Qiushan and Zhao Yihuan look very similar, with square faces and high noses, and even their rich appearance is exactly the same.

Zhao Qiushan raised his bulging stomach and said, "It's rare for the landlord to show up, so I wonder if your health is better?"

Qing Chan smiled and said: "Thank you Master Zhao for your concern, the host is still the same, but today is a big day, besides, Master Zhao is here, and the Shuying Building is full of splendor, so the host will naturally have to show up for a while."

Zhao Qiushan nodded, aiming at her chest with ill intentions, "Your host is really lucky to have you girls."

Qing Chan smiled and said: "Master Zhao is too famous," and turned to call a maid, "You take Master Zhao to the private room and wait for a while, after I greet the guests, I will go to serve the guests myself."

The little maid nodded and led the group upstairs.

Ling Guyue waited for Lin Jue to walk together in Qingyuxuan, and saw two tall girls carrying a light bamboo chair slowly landed in front of Lin Jue's couch.

Lin Jue coughed twice, put on the fox fur, held a green glass cup filled with hot tea, let someone help him onto the bamboo chair, and waved feebly: "Mr. Scarlet Clothes, let's go."

Ling Guyue crossed her arms and looked at him leaning on the bamboo chair with a pale face. If the two hadn't had a showdown, he might have been kept in the dark.

"Young Master Feiyi, we will go to a private room opposite Zhao Qiushan later, where you can clearly see his room."

Ling Guyue nodded and followed him into a private room on the second floor.

The room is not big, it is specially built for watching the singing and dancing in the hall.There is a soft couch in the center of the room, and a wooden table is placed on each side, and delicate refreshments are placed on the table.The wall in front of him was pierced, and he could easily see the hall outside the wall, but it was covered by a layer of gauze, and he could only vaguely see the dancers on the stage outside.

Lin Jue retreated from the crowd, and sat down on the couch with Ling Guyue.

Even if there were only two people in the room, Lin Jue did not relax, still wrapped tightly in the heavy fox fur, panting, "That's the room."

Looking at the place Lin Jue pointed at, Ling Guyue noticed that there was a private room with a curtain on the opposite side, and there were many figures in it. One of them was lying on a soft couch, and that person should be Zhao Qiushan.

Ling Guyue has excellent eyesight, so she can see clearly the situation in the room through the two layers of gauze curtains.I saw Zhao Qiushan's face was satisfied, his eyes fixed on the waist of the dancer downstairs and he couldn't help nodding.Standing beside him were two little servant girls, one was holding a plate of fruit and cakes, the other was holding onto a gold jar and jade cup, with their slender fingers putting something into his mouth from time to time.Gradually, Zhao Qiushan's hands became irregular, touching this face for a while, and touching that hand for a while.The two servant girls remained calm, as if they had been used to it for a long time.

Ling Guyue said: "Should I go there now?"

The corners of Lin Jue's lips twitched slightly, "There's no rush, it'll be fine when he's three-point drunk."

Ling Guyue could only continue to wait.

Not long after, Qing Chan came and bowed to Lin Jue: "The landlord."

Lin Jue covered her lips with a handkerchief and panted a few times, and said, "Young Master Scarlet Clothes will come over later, you go to persuade him to drink first."

Qingchan said: "Don't worry, the landlord, Qingchan will take care of it."

Ling Guyue frowned and said: "I see that he is obsessed with sex, girl be careful."

Qingchan smiled playfully at Ling Guyue, and said: "Young Master Fei Yi, don't worry, Qingchan has seen this kind of scene a lot." After saying that, she picked up the wine pot on the case, turned and opened the door to leave.

Ling Guyue stared at the opposite side, and Qing Chan really quickly arrived at Zhao Qiushan's place.It was far away, and faint singing came from the hall again, Ling Guyue couldn't hear their conversation clearly, only to see Qing Chan calling the two little maids down, holding the jade cup with a smile, and pouring the wine into the cup one by one. Zhao Qiushan's belly.

At first Zhao Qiushan drank a few cups obediently, but later he refused to open his mouth and just stared at Qingchan lewdly.

Seeing that he refused to drink any more, Qing Chan said coquettishly, her beautiful eyes rolled, she took the initiative to sit beside him, leaning against his arm and brought the wine glass to his mouth.

Only then did Zhao Qiushan raise his head and finish drinking.

Lin Jue was always in a nonchalant manner, stroking the glass cup in his hand, stroking it again and again, as if he was listening carefully to the singer's singing.

Ling Guyuexin was opposite, looking at Zhao Qiushan disheveledly with his arms around Qingchan's waist.

At this moment, Lin Jue shook his shoulders, changed his posture and sat cross-legged on the couch, "Young Master Fei Yi, go."

Ling Guyue got up and left, unknowingly smeared with killing intent.

Lin Jue reminded him slowly: "Young Master Fei Yi, Qing Chan is a prostitute, leaning against the door to sell her smile, these are common things for her, you don't have to worry about it."

Ling Guyue looked back at him, saw that he was still rubbing the cup indifferently, and didn't respond, so she let go of her anger and walked out.

Along the corridor, Ling Guyue walked all the way to the opposite side, paused in front of the door for a while, then knocked on the door and said, "Miss Qingchan."

Zhao Qiushan said displeasedly: "Who is this?"

Qingchan smiled and said: "I have an older brother, and I have always wanted to introduce Master Zhao."

Zhao Qiushan said: "Your brother? Does he want to do business with me or does he want me to find a job for him? If that's the case, why bother to see me?" Sali laughed, "It's just a matter of what Miss Qingchan said. .”

Qing Chan shook her head, and whispered in his ear: "Master Zhao, you will know when you see my brother..." Get up and ask someone to open the door, Ling Guyue came in with a jug of wine.

Zhao Qiushan didn't take Qing Chan's words to heart, only heard the door creak open and close, all the servants in the room gasped, and then looked back suspiciously.This glance left him dumbfounded.

I saw that the face of this person was as smooth as jade, his mouth was like a smear of red, and a cinnabar mole at the corner of his eye added a bit of glamor to him, and his red dress made his complexion fair and delicate, which made him compare with green cicadas.

It's just that no matter how Zhao Qiushan looked at him, the person in front of him was still a man, without a hint of girlishness.

Qing Chan glanced at Zhao Qiushan, smiled and pulled Ling Guyue to sit on the couch, and introduced: "This is a brother I know, what do you think of Master Zhao?"

Zhao Qiushan's Adam's apple twitched, "This...is this beauty a man?"

Qingchan smiled and said, "It's indeed a man."

Zhao Qiushan sat up and looked up and down, "What's your name?"

Ling Guyue struggled to utter two words, "Fei Yi."

"Fei Yi..." Zhao Qiushan couldn't help but glance at him, "Good name..."

Qing Chan stuffed the jade cup in Ling Gu Yue's hands, and said with a smile: "Fei Yi, why don't you pour wine for Master Zhao?"

Ling Guyue poured a glass of wine for Zhao Qiushan in an obedient manner, "Master Zhao, please."

Zhao Qiushan didn't answer and asked, "When did you come here?"

Ling Guyue could only hold up her wine glass and replied, "A month ago."

"Oh... no wonder I didn't know such a fairy came to Shuyinglou," Zhao Qiushan squinted and said, "Do you know what I like the most?"

Ling Guyue looked at the jade cup in her hand, which contained clear fine nectar and jade dew, and replied patiently: "I heard from the host that Mr. Zhao likes wine the most."

"That's right, my favorite thing in life is wine, but it's not enough to have good wine, you have to be accompanied by a beautiful woman to enjoy drinking!" After finishing speaking, Zhao Qiushan licked his lips, "Do you know that Jinling also has a flower shop? The name of the building is □□ Flower?"

Ling Guyue glanced at Qingchan, then shook her head blankly.

Qing Chan took the conversation and said: "Master Zhao, my elder brother is also a son of a family, he doesn't know the kind of place you mentioned."

"Really?" Zhao Qiushan took the glass from Ling Guyue's hand with a smile, and drank it down, "That's fine..."

Seeing that his cup was empty, Ling Guyue immediately filled it up again, "This is the hundred-flower wine that the landlord specially prepared for you."

Zhao Qiushan stared at him, and did not appreciate the singing and dancing downstairs, as if just looking at the people in front of him was a kind of enjoyment, so he drank one cup after another with wine.

After drinking a pot of Baihua Niang, Zhao Qiushan could not speak clearly, "Feiyi...you...what do you want? Whatever you want...I, I will give it to you!"

Ling Guyue tentatively said: "Master Zhao, I heard that there is a piece of warm smoke jade in your house, can you show it to me?"

Zhao Qiushan's cheeks were flushed, his eyes were smoky with drunkenness, but he was still naked, and he said with his tongue out, "I, I do have a piece of warm smoke jade... that was when I went to the Western Regions to do business... I got it by chance. The shopkeeper also told me that there are only two yuan in the world..." Seeing Ling Guyue's expectant face, he continued, "Although it is rare, it is not a rare thing... If you come to my birthday banquet... I will... ...give it to you!"

Ling Guyue frowned and looked at him, seeing that he was a bit difficult to deal with, she really wanted to slap this person to death with a slap of her sleeve.

Qingchan saw that he was a little impatient, and persuaded him from the side: "Master Zhao's birthday banquet must be attended by famous people. I'm afraid it's not suitable for Mr. Fei Yi. If Master Zhao is interested, you might as well ask Qingchan to make another arrangement." This day, if you enjoy drinking and chatting without being disturbed by others, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?"

Zhao Qiushan laughed and said: "Miss Qingchan is really exquisite..." She clapped her hands and said, "Okay! Then I will listen to the girl's arrangement, I just hope... hope I don't have to wait too long..."

Qing Chan gave Ling Guyue a wink, and filled Zhao Qiushan another big cup, "Master Zhao can just wait for the good news. Today is a fine day, accompanied by singing and dancing, and drinking to the fullest."

When Zhao Qiushan took the wine glass, he took the opportunity to touch Qing Chan's hand again, "It's about..." He looked up and enjoyed the singing and dancing on the stage leisurely, without saying a word.

Ling Guyue casually glanced at the opposite room where Lin Jue was, but seeing him looking at this side with a smile on his face, she couldn't help feeling annoyed.He stood up and said, "The host wants me to go there, so Feiyi will go down first."