The rain was getting heavier and heavier, accompanied by deafening thunder.
The man has been following her, using his hands to block the rain: "It's raining fast, little brother, why don't you go and take shelter?"
Liu Ruyan walked alone and ignored him.
He immediately quickened his pace, grabbed the edge of her sleeve, and took her to a nearby eaves to take shelter from the rain: "You were so offensive just now, little brother, don't take it personally."
Liu Ruyan didn't expect that he would pull her over to take shelter from the rain, so she took a serious look at him.
The man in front of me has a handsome face, with a few drops of raindrops on his water-colored thin lips, and his brows are as light as the distant mountains in the mist. He wears a crow-green robe with a silver clivia embroidered on it, adding a touch of elegance.
At this time, he stood quietly under the eaves, his eyes far away, looking at the clouds in the distance. There was a bit of indifference in the tranquility, giving people the feeling of being hidden in the city.
At the same moment, a prompt sounded in the sea of consciousness.
"Discovered plot character, locked, dual identity Gu Qing, current loyalty value is 10."
Liu Ruyan was surprised and asked Ye Xun to call up the screen and found that there was indeed such a person in the character column.
There are a total of ten plot characters in this drama, and including Gu Qing, we have met nine of them so far.
Just as she was thinking, the sound of silk and bamboo came from behind her.
Gu Qing turned her head and looked behind her, with a smile on her face, and said to her: "A song is being sung in the teahouse. I see there are two seats at the back. Why don't you go in and order some tea to warm yourself up?"
"That's fine."
He took Liu Ruyan to the building and sat down.
As soon as the two of them sat down, a waiter came over to serve tea.
Tea and melon seeds were prepared in advance. The waiter placed the fried melon seeds in front of the table for the two of them, then lifted a copper kettle to pour them tea.
Gu Qing glanced at the copper pot, the aroma of tea overflowed, and he couldn't help but frown: "Exchange it for a pot of Lushan Yunwu."
This place is near Lushan Mountain. Lushan Yunwu Tea has a long-lasting fragrance and a mellow and sweet taste. It is one of the famous teas. The teahouse naturally prepares some for welcoming guests.
When the boy saw the guest kissing Lushan Yunwu, he quickly went back to get it.
The tea is good tea, but the price is even more expensive.
The waiter presented a stack of pastries with great discernment, then bowed and left.
The rain was falling outside the building, and the piano was playing loudly inside.
The music girl half held the pipa and sang popular lyrics and music. Her singing voice was melodious and sweet, attracting applause from the whole hall.
Liu Ruyan sat down in the teahouse to take shelter from the rain, and unknowingly listened for a long time. Until the shower outside the window began to stop, she calmed down and stood up to leave.
Seeing this, Gu Qing was about to pay the bill. He casually went to get the money bag, but then his expression suddenly changed.
"I was in a hurry when I left, and I forgot to bring any money with me." Gu Qing looked disappointed.
Liu Ruyan comforted him and said, "I'll treat you to this meal."
She raised her head and looked towards the lobby, calling: "Waiter, check out."
"Okay -" the waiter came over and smiled at her, "You two, please pay eighty copper coins."
Liu Ruyan paused while taking out the money, then changed her words: "Today's pastries taste good, why don't you take another one and take it away with you."
The boy nodded, "Okay, please wait a moment."
"What, what's wrong?" Gu Qing saw that she looked wrong.
Liu Ruyan came closer and lowered her voice and said: "I am ashamed of myself. I only have fifty coins with me, which is not enough."
Gu Qing lowered her eyes, then looked around for a while, and said in a voice like a mosquito: "I saw there is a toilet in the backyard of the teahouse. How about we make an excuse to go to the toilet and climb over the wall to escape?"
Looking in the direction of the window, there is indeed a toilet.
——Drinking Bawang tea was the first time she had heard of it.
She was about to respond when the prompt sounded suddenly: "Warning, points deduction!"
As a result, Liu Ruyan said righteously and honestly: "This plan is very inappropriate, so let's think of another way."
"You're right..." Gu Qing fell into deep thought.
After a while, he seemed to make up his mind and poured out a few bamboo tubes from the baggage.
He picked up these bamboo tubes and looked at them for a long time, then put them down again. Finally, he picked up the one at hand, took out the paper roll inside, and slowly unfolded it.
Liu Ruyan turned her head and glanced, and realized that what was depicted on the paper was neither a picture of a lady nor a landscape, bird or insect, but a portrait of Guanyin.
Legend has it that Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva has thirty-three phantom incarnations, saves all living beings in the ten directions, and performs Buddhist deeds extensively.
The painting in Gu Qing's hand is a female portrait of Guanyin.
But I saw the woman in the painting has compassionate eyes and a gentle expression, and every stroke is very expressive.
"Today we have to rely on Guanshiyin Bodhisattva to save us from suffering." Gu Qing said, and was about to summon the boy.
When Liu Ruyan saw this, she couldn't really let people sell her paintings.
Moreover, the Guanyin statue in his hand is absolutely extraordinary and should be enshrined with incense. How could he just take it and sell it at a low price?
She remembered that there was still a silver bracelet left on her body, which she had worn when she was wearing a skirt. Now that she was wearing men's clothing, she had no use for it, so she might as well be a favor.
She took out the silver bracelet from the system space, weighed it in her hand, and called the waiter to give it as tea money.
"How can this happen?" Gu Qing's face was filled with shame. "Why don't you give this painting to your little brother to express your gratitude?"
He gave it away and forced her to accept the painting before giving up.
She really couldn't defeat him, "Brother Gu is too polite."
Taking the portrait in the bamboo tube, Liu Ruyan walked with him outside the teahouse one after another, crossing their hands and saying goodbye.
"Brother Gu, see you later." She bowed slightly.
Since Gu Qing is the Queen of the Eight Sages and the guardian of the Xuan Kun Seal, she should be on good terms with him.
Gu Qing looked at her with a faint smile in his eyes, then turned around and walked towards the crowded street.
Liu Ruyan received another notification: "Gu Qing, the plot character, has a loyalty value of 10, totaling 20. Host, please keep up the good work!"
Back at the inn where they temporarily stayed, Bai Zhi, Dong Qingxian and Jin Buhuan had been waiting for a long time.
They couldn't help but ask: "Have you found the financial backer?"
She lowered her eyes, "I only found one courtyard, and in the end, people escaped."
Bai Zhi was stunned for a moment and said regretfully: "I think that person will act more cautiously this time."
Liu Ruyan knew that he felt sorry for Cang Zhu's death, so she reluctantly comforted him: "We will still have a chance next time."
Her smile was dry, and Bai Zhi stared at her for a long time, then turned around in confusion.
It was Dong Qingxian who broke the deadlock.
He picked up the bamboo tube on the table and asked, "What's in it?"
"A statue of Guanyin," Liu Ruyan said, "a friend I met on the road gave it to me."
Dong Qingxian pulled off the cover of the tube and took out the painting inside. When he saw the content of the painting clearly, he was so surprised that he was speechless.
"What good thing are you looking at? Let me take a look." Jin Buhuan took the painting and was also stunned, "How could it be..."
"It's Asura." Dong Qingxian came back to his senses.
Just because the portrait is so lifelike, at first glance, it looks like an evil ghost in a Shura field.
But when I saw that Asura in the painting was ugly, with three heads and six arms, his whole body was blue-grey, with layers of bones piled up under his feet, his blood-red eyes were full of compassion.