Chapter 21 It is not an important festival. The atmosphere is not too warm. However, this is a day to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. There is still a lot of new atmosphere in the streets, and various colorful lights and banners have been hung up.
, stores large and small also take this opportunity to offer discounts and promotions. Huizhenge will also launch a new brace of gear on this day every year.
Ma Xingjiang stood at the door of the inner hall. Some red and green lights were hung in the snow-covered courtyard, adding a bit of freshness. However, he was not in the mood to appreciate these new sights. His mind was filled with complicated things.
Things are packed.
"A shy face can't bear to make people's eyes look cold." Ma Xingjiang muttered softly.
This is a poem written by Yu Cheng alone. To interpret it literally, it should mean that he acted as an eyeliner for a spy, but who could this spy be? Ma Xingjiang analyzed the faces in his mind one by one. Ancient
Diao's face is sinister, Huangfu Xun's face is extremely slippery, and that woman is mysterious and unpredictable. Anyone could be this Dagger.
Lu Wei came through the snow and soon came to Ma Xingjiang. He saluted Ma Xingjiang and said, "Taiyin has entered the city."
Ma Xingjiang nodded and said, "We're finally here." The topic changed and he asked, "Is there any news about Zhao Tieban?"
Lu Weidao shook his head and said, "I guess this person should have been silenced."
"Son of a bitch." Ma Xingjiang's rough face showed a hint of ferocity. First it was Zhao Tieban, then Yu Chengdu. Even now, he still doesn't know who is plotting against him. He took a long breath, turned his head and said:
"How is the investigation of the man who controls the beast?"
Lu Wei said: "Looking for a needle in a haystack, there are no clues at all. Now we only know the rune-patterned leopard, and the person who drove it has not even shown his face. According to records, beast witches should like tattoos, but more than a thousand years have passed.
It is completely unimaginable what they have become, so this article cannot be used as a reference."
Ma Xingjiang said: "Forget it if you can't find him. Although this person can control beasts, he may not be a beast witch. Back then, Jian Shuang City swept the beast witches out of the mainland. It is said that the entire beast witch sect only had more than 60 people left when they went to sea.
, maybe it’s possible that the inheritance has been cut off overseas. Go ahead and tell the brothers who were present that night not to talk about this matter again.”
Lu Wei said: "I have already given instructions to those brothers, but I'm afraid there will be some rumors about the second master."
Ma Xingjiang said: "I will tell him to prevent him from talking nonsense outside. It's all messy things. He was seriously injured on the wedding night, and now he has sent his newly married concubine to the brothel." After that, he got angry.
Don't come anywhere.
…
Du Zhongshan and Tai Yin walked in together, greeting each other with smiles on their faces as they walked.
After entering the living room, the two sat down separately as host and guest, and the servants served tea.
Du Chongshan took a sip of tea, looked at the snow scene outside, and said, "Your Majesty, it must have been more than thirty years since I saw the snow scene?"
Tai Yin sighed and said: "Yes, it has been more than thirty years since I came back from the north. I have stayed in Zha's house without moving, and my bones have become soft. When I saw the snow scene in the north, there was nothing special.
I feel like, when I first see it now, it’s really beautiful.”
Du Zhongshan said: "You came in time. If you had come two days later, there would only be residual snow. You should go to the Qingwu Tower to see the snow scene. You have to go to the Qingwu Tower to see the snow scene. Those children are all
I’ve watched it many times and went again this morning.”
Tai Yin said: "Are the children okay?"
Du Chongshan said: "They are all good, but they are a bit too naughty. I have been looking forward to you coming to take them to the trial these days, and you are noisy to me every day. I am almost bored to death."
Tai Yin laughed and said: "Before I came, Mr. Wen held me to explain for a long time. It was obvious that he regretted it. He opposed it so fiercely back then, but now he is old and miserable. He is embarrassed even if he wants to see his granddaughter.
well!"
The two of them stopped talking and drank tea separately. After a long while, Du Zhongshan said: "By the way, how are you going to deal with Du Meng's matter? Now the whole Xiqu City is extremely nervous about this matter. Twenty years ago, You Jing
The attack happened that time, and all these realm cultivators were frightened, and they were all afraid that you would be like You Jingwei."
Tai Yin said: "I don't have the strength of You Jingwei." Then he sighed, "This matter is weird, let's check the situation first."
The two drank tea and talked about old times for about an hour. Du Zhongshan said goodbye and left. Tai Yin walked to the door and said: "Brother Zhongshan, why don't you and the children move in together? It will be more comfortable than living in an inn."
Du Zhongshan said: "Forget it, this house is not spacious. Besides, it is the disciple's ancestral property. If those naughty guys come in, they are not allowed to demolish the house."
The two of them smiled at each other.
"By the way," Du Chongshan suddenly took out a small jade tablet from his storage bag, handed it to Tai Yin, and said, "This jade tablet feels like something from the realm of cultivation, but after studying it for a long time, there was no result. You see
You are very knowledgeable, do you have any impression of this?"
Tai Yin looked at the jade plaque for a long time, his face became complicated, he seemed sad, and there was a bit of anger in the middle, he said: "This is a rake, but it is damaged. The materials and carving techniques are all in the northwest style.
.Where did you get it?”
Du Zhongshan said: "The Snow Floating River outside the city."
…
The beautiful scenery outside covered with silver makeup and the joy of the New Year have nothing to do with Wuma Xi. These days, there are only artistic conceptions in his world and almost no entertainment activities.
Xia Yeyingyu's sexual ability is extremely outstanding. Wu Maxi practices with this artistic conception every day and can almost clearly feel the growth of his cultivation. If he practices at this speed, he may be able to advance to the third level soon.
Although he has corrected his obsessive weaving route, he still has a feeling of trepidation.
On the Tianshu Continent, people are divided into twelve zodiac signs based on their day of birth. Wu Ma Xi belongs to the zodiac sign of Scorpio. People with this zodiac sign have extremely keen intuition. This talent has allowed Wu Ma Xi to avoid many dangers. This time
Terrified, Wu Maxi also thought it was a warning from her intuition.
However, after checking his body several times, there seemed to be nothing wrong, and there was no obsessive behavior. Wu Maxi didn't know where the problem was, so she could only practice carefully while speeding up her time to study the principles of artistic conception in order to
Hope the problem will be discovered soon.
The study of the principles of artistic conception is really on the right track. I am moving forward step by step along the lines of the book "Preliminary Principles of Artistic Conception", and I have begun a normal learning process of artistic conception. Every day, I am filled with many gains, which makes me happy.
He felt extremely fulfilled and had a sense of rebirth.
But during these studies, he encountered many problems. He had no foundation in the principles of artistic conception, which made his study very difficult, and he had no teachers to ask for advice, so he could only rely on hard work.
Occasionally, he would have the idea of asking Heng Ruyi for advice, but this idea would be strangled to death by himself.
Speaking of Heng Ruyi, Wu Maxi dreamed of her last night.
These days, he rarely dreams, and even when he dreams, they are mostly about artistic conception. But in his dream last night, Wu Maxi was flipping through the book "Preliminary Principles of Artistic Conception", and then when he looked up, he saw
Ruyi stood next to Taohua and smiled shyly at him.
Could this have any meaning?
Wu Maxi couldn't figure it out and continued to delve into the principles of artistic conception.
Yesterday evening, Wu Ma Xi took the time to go out and inquire about the news. Yu Cheng Du died, and Ma Erye killed him.
This really surprised Wu Maxi. Although he set up the game himself, he really didn't have much hope for this game. He thought that at most it would trouble Yu Chengdu for a while, but he didn't expect the effect to be so good. One step
It's in place.
But this game also brought a side effect. Ma Erye became ruthless and sent Yang Luqiu to the Yanliu Pavilion and became a low-class seji - a bamboo card girl.
There is a small room with a bamboo sign that represents one's identity. The piaoman pays and turns over the card, enters the house to do the work, and goes out when the business is over. The bamboo sign is turned over again and waits for the next person. This is the bamboo sign girl.
The status of the Zhupai girls is even worse than that of the street girls. Most of the street girls are prostitutes, while the Zhupai girls are almost all involuntarily, and the contract of selling their bodies is in the hands of others.
The description of the Zhupai girl in Xiqu City is as follows: When you walk into a room, there is only one bed, the bed is covered with a quilt, and the girl is under the quilt. There is nothing in the room, only a bed, and a girl.
That is to say, the purpose of entering the room is not pure.
When they learned that Yang Luqiu had become a bamboo card girl, all the piao friends in Xiqu City were excited and excited, but soon they began to curse. They didn't know where a bastard came from, waiting every day before dawn.
I turned over Yang Luqiu's cards, and I turned over them all day long, for several days in a row. It had been four or five days, and these piao friends had not seen Yang Luqiu's face. They were always very upset.
At that time, I had to find other girls to vent my anger.
Ju Hansong wrung out the towel, put it gently on Yang Luqiu's forehead, stretched out his right hand, and stroked her pale face.
Yang Luqiu opened her eyes and smiled, warm and happy, but so weak that it made people feel heartbroken.
Ju Hansong's nose felt sore and he quickly raised his head, but two lines of tears still flowed out uncontrollably, half of them flowed into the corner of his mouth, and half fell from his chin.
Yang Luqiu held his hand and said gently: "Julang, don't cry, isn't it nice to be like this? If one day, God can't stand it anymore, let's go find your friends together.
Okay?"
Ju Hansong's throat was choked and he was speechless and kept sobbing. Yang Luqiu held his hand, sighed slightly and said nothing.
Bamboo Girl opens at 9 a.m. and closes at 9 p.m.
At nine o'clock in the evening, Gui Nu knocked on the door, and Ju Hansong had to leave.
Yang Luqiu's illness has improved a lot, but Ju Hansong is still worried, and after repeated instructions, he reluctantly bids farewell.
It was already very dark. Ju Hansong ate something casually on the roadside and then walked towards Bei City. He also wanted to set up a stall to earn money.
Walking through a dark alley, three figures suddenly appeared in front of them, lined up in a row, blocking the way. When Ju Hansong looked up, the three people all had malicious smiles.
The man in the middle pointed at Ju Hansong's nose and said, "If you go again tomorrow, be careful of your dog legs." After saying that, he pressed his finger on Ju Hansong's nose, then turned around and left.
The other two people looked at Ju Hansong up and down with threatening eyes, and then followed him away.
"Damn, I've been tortured these past few days. Yesterday, while we were working vigorously with Su Yue'er, we accidentally called out, 'Lu Qiu,' and that girl kicked me.
"Here, kick yourself out of bed. Cao, not dedicated, I paid my dues." It's not a stutter, it's just a very strange way of speaking.
"You must have thought that you didn't control yourself when you were raising Luqiu. You deserved it if you hung Su Yue'er in mid-air."
The chatter and laughter of the three people came from a distance, and Ju Hansong's whole body was shaking. He clenched his fists tightly, and his veins popped out.
If this was three years ago...
Ju Hansong laughed to himself and cleared his mind of such meaningless thoughts.
He spread the animal skins in the dimly lit area at the end of the market, and was about to place the goods when he suddenly stopped, thought for a moment, rolled up the animal skins, walked a few steps toward the middle of the market, and placed the goods next to other vendors.
, sat down, and started shouting like the vendor next to him.
Wu Ma Xi watched him move the stall and listened to the changing tone of his shouts. She felt a little sad in her heart, but her expression was still cold and hard.
He walked over, squatted down and said, "Yulu Dan."
Ju Hansong looked at him, recognized him, and said nothing.
He didn't want to take on Yu Luodan's job. His finances were getting tighter and tighter. Ten gold coins were not even enough to pay for materials, and he had no time. But the man in front of him was so kind to him that he really couldn't refuse. After thinking about it again and again,
I planned to practice elixir tomorrow while taking care of Yang Luqiu.
After a long silence, Ju Hansong said: "I'll pick it up tomorrow."
Wu Ma Xi nodded, stood up and left.
"Why……"
Ju Hansong's voice came from behind. Wu Maxi turned around and looked at him.
Ju Hansong was silent for a long time and said: "Twenty gold coins each."
If you raise the price while sitting on the ground, you are really treating yourself like a pig!
There was a trace of anger in Wu Ma Xi's heart, but it was quickly dissipated by guilt. She had to bear the main responsibility for raising Lu Qiu to become a bamboo card girl.