A gentleman riding a red dust smile

As soon as Changsun Jue entered the inn, the waiter came up to say hello, "Master, you are back, the son who lives with you has looked for you."

Changsun Jue nodded, and was about to go upstairs when the waiter said: "That young master is out."

Changsun Jue stopped, paused, and said: "Then you can have dinner after he comes back." As he was about to go upstairs, the shop waiter said: "That young master probably won't come back today, so it's better not to wait. "

"Why?"

The waiter showed a meaningful smile.

Changsun Jue stood in front of the gate of Tingfeng Courtyard, his fists clenched tightly, his face sinking like water.

"Tingfengyuan", when he heard such an elegant name from the waiter in the inn, he never thought that it was actually a brothel.

His face was so dark that no girls dared to surround him after he entered the listening courtyard.The bustard is a charming middle-aged woman, after all, she has seen the world. Seeing that Changsun Jue is wearing a saber, she has a certainty in her mind, and by looking at her expression, she can guess that Changsun Jue is probably not here for fun, so she quickly apologized and asked with a smile: " The Immortal Monarch is here, but who are you looking for?"

"Black clothes and red belt."

The bustard didn't procrastinate, and directly led the eldest Sun Jue upstairs, and stopped in front of a door.The sound of the piano accompanied by laughter came from the door.

Changsun Jue felt cold all over his body.

The old bustard is worthy of being the master of the number one brothel in the capital. She didn't panic or panic and didn't ask too many questions. Before leaving, she said with a smile, "Don't think it's spacious here, Xianjun. It's not easy for us to do business and eat a living. If you Come to seek revenge, please move outside the courtyard."

Changsun Jue said nothing, just nodded.The old bustard got the promise and left tactfully.

Changsun Jue pushed the door open and saw six or seven girls sitting around the table smiling Song Lingshuang.The girls were chattering, and one of them was still putting grapes into his mouth.

If it wasn't for the promise to the bustard just now, Changsun Jue would have already stabbed him with a sword.

When Song Lingshuang saw Changsun Jue who suddenly appeared in front of him, he was startled and felt guilty for no reason.After thinking about it, "Hey, that's not right, what's the big man's coming to a brothel? Why am I guilty?" So he hurriedly adjusted his mood and called Changsun Jue to come over, "Ah Jue, why are you here? Come on, come on, Come and sit."

Changsun Jue's eyes were sharp, like a knife, he cut across without hesitation.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Song Lingshuang quickly waved her hand to stop the girl playing the piano, pushed away the grapes brought to her mouth, subconsciously straightened her body, raised the cup in her hand, and explained: "A Jue, are you angry? Don't get me wrong, I didn't drink anymore, this is tea." Then he immediately directed a girl next to him, "Miss Xiaoyun, hurry up and pour a cup for my junior brother... Ah Jue, don't be so serious, come here quickly, have a drink fire."

Changsun Jue's icy gaze swept over every girl present, and then returned to Song Lingshuang.If it weren't for Song Lingshuang still giggling as if nothing had happened, the girls would have been scared away by this handsome boy with a black face.

Changsun Jue stared at Song Lingshuang, snorted coldly, and said, "Senior brother is very interested, so I won't accompany you." After speaking, he turned around and left.

Song Lingshuang knows Changsun Jue's temperament best since childhood.On weekdays, Chang Sun Jue usually didn't call him very much, and he would talk directly when he came up with something, and occasionally called him "Hello" or "Hey".If he gets angry, Changsun Jue usually calls him by his first name.And when he was really really angry, he would call him "senior brother."

After leaving Hantian Courtyard, Changsun Jue didn't have a good temper, but he didn't really get angry very often.In the past three years, Song Lingshuang was called "senior brother" only twice.

Once, Song Lingshuang tricked Changsun Jue to the small lake behind Luhuadang Bookstore in order to help a junior sister who admired Changsun Jue confess her love.Who knew that the girl just said half of her mind, Changsun Jue turned her face away.When I returned to my residence and saw Song Lingshuang who came up to ask for credit, I said coldly, "Senior brother, you are so idle." Afterwards, he ignored Song Lingshuang for ten days.

It took Song Lingshuang a lot of effort to coax Changsun Jue back, feeling extremely wronged, "I didn't agree to help because my younger sister was handsome and gentle. This kid not only didn't thank you, but also made such a fuss I really bitten Lu Dongbin... If you don't like it, you don't like it, why are you angry..."

The second time was when Song Lingshuang was wandering around in Changsun Jue's room. At that time, he hadn't fully grasped Hongchen, and accidentally lost control of his mind and power while studying the talisman. On the chair, a black scar was left, which was very ugly and eye-catching.Song Lingshuang took great pains to get dyes of a similar color for the remedy, picked the cheapest-looking pen from Changsun Jue's desk, dipped it in the dye, and painted it on the chair.Unexpectedly, Changsun Jue didn't care about the chair at all when he came back, but looked at the wolf ruined by the dye without saying a word.

Seeing this, Song Lingshuang quickly apologized: "Ah Jue, don't be angry, brother will pay you another one." Changsun Jue raised his head, sneered, his eyes were like knives, "Senior brother is so forgetful!" Song Lingshuang was puzzled, but still coaxed It took several days for Changsun Jue to end the unilateral cold war with Changsun Jue.

So when Song Lingshuang heard the word "senior brother" at this moment, his heart skipped a beat, and he knew that the matter was serious, so he hurriedly chased him out.Before going out, I still did not forget to say hello, "It's not time yet, I'll come as soon as I go. Girls, wait for me to come back!"

Changsun Jue had long legs and big strides, and he walked out of Tingfeng Courtyard not long after, Song Lingshuang hastily followed from behind.

What's the matter this time, is it worth getting him so angry?Song Lingshuang felt baffled while walking.The more I think about it, the more I feel wronged.Why can he always lose his temper for no reason, but he always has to be coaxed behind him?

In front of Chang Sun Jue strode forward, Song Lingshuang turned over and stood in front of Chang Sun Jue, "Chang Sun Jue, you can do it!" Song Lingshuang was usually giggling, with a smile in his eyes, but at this time he was angry, with eyes They all became gloomy, "What did I do to you?"

Changsun Jue didn't speak, but turned his head slightly, glanced at the signboard of Tingfengyuan from the corner of his eye, and then turned his head to look at him.

In Changsun Jue's eyes, he felt guilty for no reason.It’s just that you must not be cowardly at this time, "Are you still angry with me two days ago? Oh, I will explain to you later." Seeing that the elder Sun Jue was not getting better, he added, "Or do you think I am a fool? Extravagant money? At worst, I’ll just go back and pay you back!” There is a rule among the disciples of the Immortal Sect that if they go down the mountain to eliminate evil spirits and slaughter beasts, there will be extra rewards.Song Lingshuang saved a lot by herself, but she always forgot to bring a purse when she went out, so she often rubbed against Changsun Jue's flowers, but she had never seen him get angry before.

Changsun Jue looked at him and did not speak.

This time, Song Lingshuang understood.He clearly saw disappointment in Changsun Jue's eyes, and that look of disappointment was like countless fine needles, densely piercing his heart and stinging him.

So he sneered, "It turns out that our elegant and upright eldest grandson, Young Sovereign, doesn't like me going to this Goulan house!" He paused, "Not to mention that I have my own reasons for doing this. What's wrong with this brothel? What's bothering you? Can you control it?"

After finishing speaking, Song Lingshuang saw anger in Changsun Jue's eyes as expected, but there was still a trace of grievance in the gap of that anger.

This emotion was too disproportionate to Changsun Jue, so Song Lingshuang thought he was wrong.

Changsun Jue finally moved his gaze away from Song Lingshuang.Without saying a word, he staggered away from Song Lingshuang who was standing in front of him, and strode away.

Song Lingshuang was not reconciled, and shouted at his back: "If you want to be angry, you will have enough! If I, Song Lingshuang, coax you, you will be a puppy! How can I humiliate you here? I will continue to go back to Tingfengyuan and be my uncle!"

Changsun Jue didn't look back.

Song Lingshuang didn't know what was wrong with him. After returning to Tingfengyuan, she was still the same girl, the same piano sound, the same grape snacks and tea, but suddenly it became boring.He couldn't calm down and listen to the girls' gossip.

The white back that went away just now made him a little upset, but at the same time he was unwilling to be upset by it.Why is it always him who is angry?And it's inexplicable!Is it weird to visit a brothel?Isn't he very close to that dude Ai Zixuan?Ai Zixuan told him about this place, why didn't he see him to be angry with Ai Zixuan?

The more Song Lingshuang thought about it, the angrier she became, and in the end she didn't even realize that she was frowning and clenching her fists.It was the girl next to him who noticed that his expression was wrong, and whispered beside him, "Young Master, what's wrong with you?"

Song Lingshuang came to his senses, the money he paid should allow him to stay for more than half an hour.But he was no longer interested in chatting anymore, he stretched his eyebrows and showed his bewitching signature smile again, and said to the girls: "Ladies and sisters, I have to leave today, I will visit you another day. Remember to help me pay attention to that pattern!"

There are many high-ranking officials and dignitaries coming to Tingfengyuan, but there are not many handsome and handsome ones, so all the girls are very enthusiastic, "Don't worry, my lord, the pattern is very special, and my concubines help you to pay attention to it. You must remember Come again!"

It wasn't too late, Song Lingshuang wandered alone in the street after leaving Tingfengyuan.The money I had just now was spent in the Tingfengyuan.But who is Song Lingshuang?Relying on his sweet and unrestrained smile and the sound of Miss Sister, he tricked me into a bag of fried chestnuts, a bunch of candied haws and a small bag of sweet-scented osmanthus cake.

He wandered aimlessly for an unknown amount of time, and the sky darkened.At this moment, he is squatting on the corner of the street, holding a half-bitten candied haws in his hand, chestnut and osmanthus cake in his arms, and a few chestnut shells scattered at his feet, looking at the passers-by with blank eyes.Song Lingshuang didn't know why, the snacks he got through all the effort and coaxing were not tasty at all today.

He couldn't remember the last time he had a fight with Changsun Jue.It's not his fault, because after thinking about it, they never quarreled.

When he was a child, Changsun Jue worshiped him like a god, so how could he get angry with him.Later, when he entered the Hantian Courtyard, Changsun Jue turned a blind eye to him, even if he wanted to quarrel with Changsun Jue, he never gave him a chance.Later, when he lived in Luhuadang for the past three years, although Changsun Jue lost his temper from time to time, he was always able to coax him whenever he could, and he never confronted Changsun Jue.

Because of living under the fence?It doesn't seem to be the case, and he has made many other misfortunes.

Because Changsun Jue is the future young master of Luhuadang?Of course not, for the past three years, Sun Zongzhu and his wife have treated him as their own, and never made him feel inferior to anyone else.Especially Mrs. Shuang, who pampered him and covered him, treated him better than her grandson Jue, and outsiders seemed to know which one was her own.

He thought about it and felt that he was just used to it.The younger brother who is used to having a young lady's temper, is used to pestering him to coax him when he is angry.He never found it troublesome, and he never found it annoying.Why are you suddenly angry today?

He couldn't figure out this question, but he finally figured out one thing.Changsun Jue hasn't changed, he's always been like this, it's awkward not knowing where to poke him.What has changed is himself, since he came to the imperial city, he no longer has the concentration and calmness he had when he was in Luhuadang.He panicked, he was anxious, he was irritable.So, he lost his patience.

Song Lingshuang figured it out and regained consciousness.He bit off the remaining half of the candied haws, then beckoned to call the little beggar who had been squatting on the side of the road for a long time, and gave him the remaining candied haws and fried chestnuts, leaving only the bag of sweet-scented osmanthus cakes and Wrap it up and stuff it into your arms.He remembered that this was the only dessert someone had touched after coming to the imperial city.He stood up, patted the dust off his body, sighed, as if he had finally made a decision, and said to himself: "Hey, who called me a brother!"

The little beggar held candied haws and fried chestnuts, stared blankly at the nagging man, watched his back disappear into the twilight of the street, and wondered where did he get such a cheap brother?

It was already dark when Song Lingshuang returned to the inn.He opened the door, but there was no light in the room.The window was open, and the moonlight diffused into the room accompanied by the cool night breeze, slightly illuminating the dust-free white clothes of the person in front of the table, and the quiet and cool face of that person like the stars.

Song Lingshuang walked up to Changsun Jue and looked down at him.

Changsun Jue raised his head and met his gaze.

Looking at each other, Song Lingshuang took out the bag of sweet-scented osmanthus cake from his arms, put it in front of Chang Sun Jue, and put one hand on Chang Sun Jue's head, with a little pity and apology in his eyes, he called out: "Wow."

He just looked at him like this, looking at Changsun Jue's eyes from hard to soft, as if he saw a look that he didn't understand.It's just that look flashed by.

Then he messed up Chang Sun Jue's hair as usual, with a little pampering in his gentleness, "Why don't you light the lamp?"

Changsun Jue looked at him quietly, didn't answer for a long time, and suddenly asked, "What's the reason?"

Song Lingshuang was stunned for a moment before reacting.At that time, he said at the gate of the Wind Court that he had his own reasons for doing so.At that time, Changsun Jue had a cold face and ignored him at all, but unexpectedly he listened.

He knew that he was not angry anymore.

Song Lingshuang smiled.This day, Song Lingshuang kept laughing.Smile at the girls in Tingfengyuan, smile at the aunt who sells fried chestnuts, and smile at the young lady who sells sweet-scented osmanthus cake.But this is the first time he smiled from the bottom of his heart today, so this smile is no longer just right, but rather silly.It is as bright as the warm sun, illuminating the star in front of you.

The room was beating with warm yellow light. Song Lingshuang told Changsun Jue about her experience in the past two days while eating the side dishes that had just been served, including her setbacks at Qi Huangshan and unsuccessful inquiries in the Tingfengyuan.After Changsun Jue listened, he looked at him silently for a moment, and said mercilessly, "Song Ye...are you a fool?"

In the afternoon of the second day, Song Lingshuang and Changsun Jue stood at the gate of Qi Huangshan's courtyard in Snail Lane.Song Lingshuang glanced at Chang Sun Jue, who was dressed in plain white beside him, and thought of how he single-handedly killed him to fight for wine that day while guarding such a thousand cups without getting drunk. He reflected in his heart that he was indeed stupid.

Changsun Jue tilted his head and asked, "Is it here?"

Song Lingshuang nodded.

Changsun Jue stepped into the courtyard, and Song Lingshuang hurriedly followed.

Two hours later, Qi Huangshan, who couldn't even walk steadily, hooked Sun Jue, who was more than a head taller than him, from the backyard into the front hall with one hand.He's trying so hard to reach that it's comical, but I don't mind it.But Changsun Jue wore an old man on his body, but his expression did not change and his steps were dignified, no different from when he came.The outcome of the wine fight is obvious.

Qi Huangshan was fond of wine, but he didn't want to get drunk, and immediately surrendered when he got drunk.

The two almost drank half a tank of Qi Huangshan wine.Song Lingshuang looked at the old and the young, one person and one bowl in front of him, and he was simply amazed!What made him even more unbelievable was that if Qi Huangshan hadn't called to stop midway, Changsun Jue would have been able to continue drinking.Song Lingshuang even suspected that it was not impossible for him to kill this tank of wine by himself.He knew that Changsun Jue could drink, but he didn't know that he could drink so well.Thinking about how I wanted to get him drunk before, I felt that it was a foolish dream, so stupid.

Qi Huangshan seemed to be very fond of this young man who drank like water.From the admiration on the face at the beginning, to the amazement later, in the end, I just forgot the seniority and called them brothers and sisters.The hand barely hanging on Changsun Jue's shoulder is the proof.

"Brother Changsun, you are not bad! You are so good! I, old man Qi, haven't had such a good drink for a long time!" He said excitedly, as if the wrinkles on his face had stretched a lot.

The eldest grandson Jue didn't like to be in contact with people, but because the other party was an elder and wanted something from others, he couldn't avoid it directly, so he could only say embarrassingly, "Senior Qi, pay attention to your feet, and sit down and talk."

"Hey, so lucky! Just call me old man Qi."

Song Lingshuang saw Changsun Jue's embarrassed face, and quickly stepped forward to help Qi Huangshan sit down, "Old man Qi, you sit first, first."

Qi Huangshan narrowed his eyes and said dissatisfiedly, "It's not big or small, old man Qi is your name?"

Song Lingshuang's heart is full of black lines, the double standard of Chi Guoguo, senior, don't you know what it means to be reserved?But it didn't seem to be beneficial to entangle with a half-drunk old man, so he quickly changed his words, "Yes, yes, Senior Qi, you sit, you sit."

Only then did Qi Huangshan obediently sit on the chair, but suddenly he changed the subject and patted Song Lingshuang on the back vigorously, saying: "But you are really kind! I have already accepted your business, and you brought your elder brother Let me have a drink to my heart's content!"

Song Lingshuang was so used to being praised, he raised his chin, "That's right! Junior..." He suddenly realized, "Wait, what did you say, senior? You took my business?"

Qi Huangshan regained his look of disdain, "Tsk tsk tsk, you are so young, look at your memory. Last time you drank so much at my place, didn't I tell you about your business before I went back? Come here? Didn't you come here today for this matter? If it weren't for the business, I, old man Qi, could drink dozens more bowls."

Changsun Jue looked at Song Lingshuang questioningly, and Song Lingshuang looked at Qi Huangshan blankly.Wait, what kind of operation is this, "Senior, how could you take my business? I lost the wine fight with you last time..."

Qi Huangshan said: "You did lose, but I didn't say that you have to win to take the business?" He was a little proud, "I don't even think about it, if that's the case, can I still get the business?"

Song Lingshuang was silent. When he thought about it carefully, when Ai Zixuan told himself at the beginning, he really only said that he needed to fight wine with Qi Huangshan to discuss business with him, and did not talk about winning or losing... No, no...

He felt Changsun Jue's increasingly cold eyes, and said helplessly, "Senior, why didn't you say it earlier?"

"You didn't ask me to tell!" Qi Huangshan squinted at him.

really.Song Lingshuang was excited because he found the majestic backing of Changsun Jue. He entered the courtyard and dragged Qi Huangshan to the backyard for a wine fight without waiting for him to speak.

"Besides, I told you clearly last time, but you forgot!" Qi Huangshan added.

Last time he drank so much that he couldn't even remember how he left, how could he remember what the other party said before leaving.Song Lingshuang held his forehead, comforted the eldest Sun Jue whose face was so ugly that he was about to squeeze out water, and said to Huangshan: "My fault, my fault." Then he took out a blueprint with patterns from his arms, "Senior, I just want to ask you about the waist card with this pattern."

This pattern picture is not the one drawn by Song Lingshuang himself.The original one was drawn by Song Lingshuang based on his memory three years ago.But after all, that night was too chaotic, and Song Lingshuang was too busy to take care of himself between life and death, so he couldn't remember many details clearly.But when I showed it to Changsun Jue last night, Changsun Jue immediately drew the current picture, and said unceremoniously, "This is roughly what the ender of the skeleton in Amethyst Cave looked like. Although I didn't see it too much at the time. Be careful, the details may be lacking, but it should be more accurate than yours." Facing his genius junior, Song Lingshuang put away his wounded heart, and couldn't help sighing that life is really divided. Three six nine and so on!

Qi Huangshan took the drawing paper, looked at it carefully, and said: "I have never seen such a waist card, I need to check."

Song Lingshuang nodded, "Then I'll be in trouble, Senior. This blueprint is just a rough idea. It doesn't need to be exactly the same, just about the same."

Qi Huangshan nodded, took out a piece of talisman paper from his arms and handed it to Song Lingshuang, saying: "You take this, I will notify you if there is any news."

Song Lingshuang took the talisman paper and found that it was a brocade bell talisman.This talisman is a pair, if one is burned with spiritual power, the other will also be burned by induction, just like two bells tied on the same rope, hence the name.

Song Lingshuang put away his good life, and asked: "Dare to ask senior, reward..."

Qi Huangshan glanced at him coldly, and even accepted his business, this kid is still worried about the money, "You don't get rewarded for nothing, I, Qi Huangshan, only collect money when I have news. I will give you a quotation when things are done!" Then he glanced at Changsun Jue, the fiery eyes were almost the same as when he looked at Song Lingshuang just now, "As long as little brother Changsun comes to accompany the old man to have a few more drinks, it will be the price of your friendship!"

Song Lingshuang beamed with joy, walked up to Changsun Jue, hooked his shoulder carelessly, and said, ignoring Changsun Jue's dissatisfied gaze, "It's a deal!"

Back at the inn, Song Lingshuang lay down on the bed comfortably, looked at the grandson Jue who was sitting at the table, and asked, "Ah Jue, are you okay after drinking so much?"

Changsun Jue looked back at him coldly, the information in his eyes was clear at a glance, do you think something is wrong with me?

Song Lingshuang understood in seconds, and said, "You're really fine." Song Lingshuang had already cast all his eyes on Changsun Jue when it came to drinking.

"That picture..." Changsun Jue suddenly said.

Song Lingshuang didn't understand, so, "What? What's wrong with the pattern?"

Changsun Jue shook his head and said, "I'm not sure yet. When I drew yesterday, I vaguely felt that this pattern looks like a talisman array."

"Character array? What talisman array?"

"I don't know the details. I'll do some more research, maybe it's my illusion."

Song Lingshuang's talisman skills are good, but the array skills are still far behind.Talisman uses talisman paper to mobilize the aura of heaven and earth.Arrays drive space energy through the layout of array eyes and array feet.The Talisman Array, as the name suggests, is to embed the formation technique in the talisman, and use the power of the rune to drive the formation technique in a limited space without setting up the formation. It is easy to carry and flexible, but the disadvantage is that there are limitations in time and space.Among the younger generation, Changsun Jue's talisman formations are all outstanding.If Changsun Jue said it looked like a talisman, then it was probably a talisman.He always thought that the waist badge was a symbol of special status, but now it seems that it is not that simple.