He Wei

Since lending the money to Jiang Qi, Xue Chengyu hadn't seen him for four months. If he hadn't occasionally sent back "Shan He Zhi" during the period, Xue Chengyu would have suspected that he died on the road and was buried in Shanshui.Even if he came back by letter, he just explained the situation and never mentioned the date of return.

After Master Xue came back from the north, he was even more frowning. It took more than a month to screen out the unqualified medicinal materials in his warehouse. The old buddy ordered a batch of new medicine.

It took a lot of time for this tossing, and the days passed quickly to the end of the year, and there was no time to propose marriage to Xue Chengyi.

Jiang Qi, who was out for a trip, made up his money and set off, embarking on the road back to the south of the Yangtze River.

Half a month later, he finally returned to his long-lost Jiangnan on a sunny morning, and saw his father who had retired and returned home.

The father and son hadn't seen each other for three years since Jiang's father became the prefect and was transferred away from Jiangnan, so they had a lot to talk about after seeing each other so rarely.

As a result, both of them seemed to be chatterboxes, and they kept talking non-stop until the setting sun and dusk before they stopped under Jiang's mother's persuasion.

At this moment, Jiang Qi remembered that today was the end of the month, the day when Miss Qin Ji from Tianxianglou performed. He didn't have time to talk to Jiang's father, so he rushed to Xue's mansion to find Xue Chengyu in a hurry.

It just so happened that Xu Lang was seeing off Xue Chengyu's visitors at the gate of the mansion, and when he saw Jiang Qi coming, he greeted him, "I haven't seen Mr. Jiang for a long time, but this time you came to see the young master?"

Jiang Qi didn't like the red tape when meeting, so he answered straight to the point: "Well, I just came back today, I came to see your young master for something, please take me in."

Xu Hong didn't realize it for a while, there is no reason for a guest to enter the mansion without notification.

But thinking of Jiang Qi and Xue Chengyu's close friendship, and being familiar with him, he led Jiang Qi into the mansion and into the courtyard.

At this time, Xue Chengyu was concentrating on clearing the accounts. He didn't look up after hearing the footsteps of the approaching person. He saw beads flying up and down with his fingertips, and he finished the last page of the account book in a short while.

Xu Lang waited quietly at the side, afraid of disturbing Xue Chengyu if he made a noise, he didn't dare to speak until Xue Chengyu closed the account book and put it aside: "Master Jiang, Mr. Jiang is here."

Xue Chengyu quickly cleared the table, pulled Xu Wei behind him, and then raised his eyes to look at Jiang Qi, "Brother Jiang, sit down quickly. I'm busy these days, so I can't receive Brother Jiang in time. I hope you can forgive me. I wonder what you have learned from this trip to the north? "

Jiang Qi was too lazy to be courteous with Xue Chengyu, and cut directly to the topic: "If you don't go north, you don't know that there is a big difference between the north and the south. Northern women are more bold and unrestrained, unlike Jiangnan Xiaojia Biyu. The music says that the north is chivalrous and tender, but the south must be desolate and elegant. After listening to it, I still feel that the sound of Jiangnan silk and bamboo is more suitable for me. I came this time to tell Brother Xue about this experience, and secondly, I want to go to Tianxianglou with Brother Xue to listen to the music."

Xue Chengyu pursed his thin lips lightly after listening, remembering that the girl Jiang Qi liked was the violinist in Xianglou that day. Although she had the intention of adult beauty, but thinking that Tianxianglou was the place of fireworks, he couldn't help but feel a little worried, so he asked him to go there to listen to the music but Embarrassed.

"Xianglou is a brothel today... Besides, you called a cripple to find the girl you miss... I'm afraid it's not good..."

As soon as he heard the word "brothel", Jiang Qi became inexplicably angry with Xue Chengyu, and explained: "We are going to listen to Miss Qin Ji talking about music, not looking for a girl for entertainment. What is there to be afraid of? Who in Jiangnan doesn't know Miss Qin Ji's piano He is a well-known luthier in the south of the Yangtze River.

Besides, although they are in the place of fireworks, they only sell their art and not their body, and they are very clean and self-sufficient.If I had brother Xue Wan Guan's family wealth, I would definitely redeem Miss Qin Ji, so as not to bother. "

Xue Chengyu couldn't say no to Jiang Qi, rubbed his eyebrows and thought for a while, and finally had no choice but to compromise: "It's fine to accompany you, but I have to make it clear to you that I went to Tianxiang Tower to accompany you to listen to music, not to find The girls are just for fun, if someone asks about it, you must come forward and explain to me to be innocent!"

In order to let Xue Chengyu go to Jiangqi without haggling, he agreed to all Xue Chengyu's requests one by one, "No problem, I will bear it if something happens." After finishing speaking, he whispered in Xue Chengyu's ear: "Bring Xu Lang Going together will only benefit you and not harm you."

Xu Lang couldn't hear what they were saying, and could only see a clue from Xue Chengyu's slightly playful expression. He wanted to ask but couldn't ask, and stood silently waiting for Xue Chengyu to speak, wringing his fingers.

After thinking about it for a while, Xue Chengyu felt that Jiang Qi's proposal was not bad. Recently, there were so many affairs in the mansion that he couldn't spare time to take Xu Hong out of the mansion for a walk. This is a "good opportunity" to go out to get some fresh air, and by the way, he can also tease Xu Honghe Happy to do it?

"Xiao Hong, let's go together too. Miss Qin Ji's piano skills are much better than mine, so you can learn something by listening."

Seeing that Xue Chengyu was in high spirits, Xu Lang didn't want to discourage him. He thought that there would be no loss if he just listened to a piece of music, so he agreed.

"I have no objection."

With a smile on his lips, Xue Chengyu stood up, took Xu Hong's hand in front of Jiang Qi, and walked out of the courtyard.

And Jiang Qi also stood up immediately, and turned his eyes to the cherry tree, as if he couldn't see the intimacy between the two.

After half a year of practice, Xue Chengyu has been able to bid farewell to the dependence on crutches. Apart from the slower walking speed, on the surface, walking is no different from that of normal people. In addition, Tianxiang Tower is not far from Xue's residence, and it is right to walk there for dinner. Digested later.

The three of them left Xue's mansion and walked slowly towards the south of the city.The south of the city is the most extravagant and flashy place in the whole city, and it is also the place where the son of the rich family has nothing to do.

On weekdays, many things or transactions that cannot be put on the surface will be carried out here, and people from all walks of life are mixed and dirty.

If it wasn't for Jiang Qi's insistence on coming, Xue Chengyu would rather never set foot in this place for the rest of his life, let alone bring Xu Hong here.

After walking a few more steps inside, a more ornate attic slowly came into view, all kinds of laughter, the sound of welcoming and sending in and out of the ears made Xue Chengyu feel a little noisy.

Xu Lang had never been to this kind of place before, and was attracted by various peddlers along the way, and within two steps, Xue Chengyu and Jiang Qi were lost, and when they were found, they had already arrived downstairs in Tianxiang.

"Why didn't you follow? Could it be that there is something you like?" Xue Chengyu asked with a smile.

Xu Lang lowered her head, clutching the corner of her clothes tightly, afraid that Xue Chengyu would blame herself: "No... I didn't like anything... It's just that there are so many people that I can't keep up..."

Xue Chengyu walked up to Xu Hong, patted him on the shoulder vigorously, and said: "After a while, Xiao Hong should follow closely, otherwise the fox inside will be too fancy and unable to get out."

Xue Chengyu deliberately said this to make Xu Lang's face flush slightly, and he couldn't help but wonder if there would be a flower demon, a vicious woman, or a femme fatale.

Jiang Qi couldn't stand the flirting between the two of them, so he quickly interjected: "Why are you teasing him like this, haven't you been here before? Now you should worry about not being "like a wolf like a tiger" here. "The girl is good to eat!" "

Knowing that he was wrong, Xue Chengyu curled up his lips and stopped talking, and followed Jiang Qi, a "regular customer", into Tianxiang Tower.

As soon as she entered the door, the sharp-eyed old mother immediately came up to her, grabbed Jiang Qi and refused to let go, and the beautifully dressed girls who followed her also surrounded her, looking at Jiang Qi with winking eyes and smiling slightly.

"Yo, Mr. Jiang, you haven't been here for a long time. I heard that you went out to travel again earlier. The girls in the building are looking forward to your return every day—"

The old mother turned her head again and found Xue Chengyu next to her. She was shocked and hurried forward to greet her, but she couldn't even speak because she was so excited, "This...isn't this Young Master Xue? A rare visitor, sorry for my dim eyesight. Seeing you, are you here today too?"

Xue Chengyu understood what the old mother meant just now, looking for a girl?Don't even think about it, what do you want a girl to do with a "warm and fragrant nephrite" like Xu Lang behind you.

Then he took out a bag of silver from his bosom and handed it to the old mother: "Brother Jiang and I are here today to listen to Miss Qin Ji playing the piano, and we don't need anything else. I hope the old mother can arrange a good place for us so that we Listen to the music."

Seeing that Xue Chengyu was so generous, Jiang Qi also gained momentum, and immediately echoed: "Yes! I want a good position!"

The old mother is also used to Jiang Qi coming to Tianxiang Tower to come to Qin Ji to play the piano and listen to music. She has seen a lot of people like Jiang Qi who are descendants of officials who always come to the brothel. She hopes to spend all her wealth for one person just to listen to It is still rare to be taken advantage of in the first song.

Jiang Qi is such an infatuated taker, he would rather borrow money from Xue Chengyu than see Miss Qin Ji.

If it weren't for Qin Ji's performance in Tianxiang Building, she would have already made a lot of money.

The old mother weighed the purse in her hand, felt that there was a lot of silver in it, and immediately swayed like a flower with a smile, "Naturally, I will take care of Master Xue after he has spoken... Girls, stay with the masters first, I'll make arrangements now." After speaking, he put the money bag in his arms, turned and left.

Seeing Xue Chengyu's cold appearance, those girls knew that they couldn't catch his eyes. Jiang Qi also didn't look for other girls except Qin Ji. Seeing Xu Hong's docile and deceitful appearance, he stepped forward to tease Xu Hong's little girl. She blushed profusely.

In the end, Xu Lang couldn't cope with the siege of the girls, so he found the opportunity to break out of the siege, and ran behind Xue Chengyu, with a red face and aggrieved: "Master, save me..."

Xue Chengyu smiled fondly, protected Xu Hong behind him, and waved his hand at the girls to signal them to back off.

After everyone left, Xu Lang dared to complain in a low voice: "Young master deliberately made me look ugly, just watch me laugh."

"Xiao Lang's appearance just now is very lovable, but it is not common on weekdays, so I have to pay more attention."

Xu Lang turned his head to ignore Xue Chengyu, Xue Chengyu wanted to tease Xu Lang again but was interrupted by Jiang Qi's cough.

Jiang Qi looked at them helplessly, thinking: in the future, they must never be allowed to talk alone again, since they will forget themselves when they talk, and no one will be able to get into the world of the two of them.

He wanted to take advantage of the two of them to express his feelings to Miss Qin Ji, but he didn't expect that he was in the way of her kissing me, which made Jiang Qi suffocate.

Xue Chengyu understood Jiang Qi's expression, and dragged Xu Hong upstairs.The old mother is also a person who can do things. After collecting the money, she left the best private room to Xue Chengyu.