Xiao Jin’s thoughts were not enough to ruin the atmosphere on the other side.
The sound of a pipa came from the building.
Accompanied by a soft and melodious tune, the singer on the stage held a jade flute and played a clear tune.
Lan Qing listened to the music, her eyes narrowed into a slit, continuing to talk about the impatient guest: “That day, a swordsman from the rivers and lakes came to the building. He looked quite down and out, but he was very generous when he acted. It’s just that this person…is very impatient.”
“He asked us sisters if we were Qingguan or Gaipai, and then he pulled one of the sisters into the room after just a few words. If it weren’t for Miss Bai coming to settle things, I don’t know how it would have ended.”
Regarding the difference between “Qingguan” and “Gaipai” in Yanyu Building, Xiao Jin had also briefly glanced at it in the original text.
Qingguan is generally proficient in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, and does not sell her body.
And in the famous Yanyu Building, the girls who Gaipai are slightly knowledgeable in literature and art, and occasionally receive some wealthy guests, which can be considered as selling both their art and body.
When Xiao Jin heard this, she frowned slightly.
Since Lan Qing just said that the man was a down-and-out swordsman, how could he come to Yanyu Building for pleasure for no reason and still afford to pay the same price as a “wealthy guest.”
It was indeed a bit strange.
Chu Shao smiled lightly, trying to get more information.
But when she mentioned it seemingly casually, Lan Qing seemed to be unaware of the swordsman’s specific identity.
She only vaguely remembered that the other party looked about thirty years old and had fairly good facial features. He carried a long soft sword on his back, which he had taken out to show off to the girls and bragged about.
“But when the swordsman put away his sword, he seemed to remember something and his expression became very heavy, and he sighed. We didn’t know he was such a person before, and one of the sisters asked him, why did you sigh?”
“He just shook his head and said a few mysterious words, saying that his time was running out and he didn’t have long to live. But he was obviously in the prime of his life, so what he said was ridiculous…”
When she heard “long soft sword,” Chu Shao remembered the man she had fought with.
The man’s sword was indeed very soft. When she saw him fighting Xiao Jin earlier, his sword moves were really weak. But when she met him, his moves became ruthless and merciless.
But he was still too slow, not suitable for assassination.
Chu Shao’s lips curled up in a smile. Could it be that this person and Xiao Jin were old acquaintances? If so, things would become interesting.
After getting the swordsman’s information, the only thing left was the incence pill that had not been clarified.
Chu Shao reached out and took a pastry, casually glancing at Xiao Jin, who was sitting quietly drinking tea on the side.
Perhaps because of his snow-white attire, the imposing aura around Xiao Jin seemed to have diminished.
Against the white silk that covered her eyes and her legs resting on the bamboo wheelchair, she appeared somewhat fragile.
As Chu Shao savored the fragrance of “Spring Mountain Empty” in the dark room, she felt that the scent was a perfect match for Xiao Jin now.
Cold yet clear, like a mountain stream.
In the moonlight, the bamboo shadows swayed slightly, and the splashing pool water became broken pearls.
As she imagined this scene, the smile on Chu Shao’s lips deepened. She gently lifted a strand of hair that fell on Lan Qing’s shoulder.
Looking at the glossy black hair, Chu Shao thought of the tassel on the exquisite long sword.
She believed that Xiao Jin should have such a bow and silver sword so that she could bend her bow and shoot arrows in the snowy night, and use her indifferent and cold eyes to sweep across the flying prey.
It was a very fascinating sight.
Seeing Chu Shao lift Lan Qing’s hair, Su Tan widened her eyes, as if she had unlocked some incredible knowledge.
The whole room was brightly lit, and Lan Qing’s beautiful face was fair and even had a touch of redness.
Xiao Jin remained calm.
After all, she was familiar with Chu Shao’s moody nature, and she believed in an eternal law – when someone was being too nice for no reason, they were either trying to cheat or steal.
However, she currently couldn’t figure out what Chu Shao was trying to steal. If Chu Shao’s gesture was to help her, Xiao Jin felt that she really didn’t deserve such kindness.
Chu Shao smelled Lan Qing’s hair and then lifted her gaze to Xiao Jin, smiling as she asked, “It smells good. I wonder what kind of perfume Sister is using. I’d like to buy some for my little sister at home.”
It was then that Lan Qing learned that the delicate woman sitting next to Chu Shao was her younger sister. She felt sorry for her blindness and apparent leg problems.
In addition to her regret, she was also a little surprised as to why Chu Shao brought her sister to this place of frivolity.
The shock on Lan Qing’s face was too evident.
Even though Xiao Jin was sitting in a wheelchair pretending to be blind, after hearing Chu Shao’s words, her already dark expression became even colder.
She really wished she had a normal teammate, not someone like Chu Shao who always stirred up trouble.
Seeing Xiao Jin’s cold expression, Chu Shao’s inexplicable mood became even more pleasant.
She smiled slightly, let go of Lan Qing’s hair, and explained: “My younger sister can’t see and can’t walk. She only likes to listen to music. I heard that the ancient qin and pipa of Yanyu Building are unique, so I brought her here to see the scenery of the capital.”
Chu Shao’s nonsense was pretty good, at least Lan Qing believed it.
However, Xiao Jin and Su Tan discovered a blind spot and narrowed their eyes at the same time.
Chu Shao had always been in Yao country, how could she know that the ancient qin and pipa of Yanyu Building were unique?
Could it be made up? Even if it is made up, it shouldn’t be so smooth, without even a draft.
The innocent Lan Qing suddenly realized and didn’t notice anything wrong.
The doubts in her heart suddenly disappeared, and she turned her head and smiled at Wan Jun next to her, “Sister Wan, if I remember correctly, today’s fragrance should be ‘Spring Mountain Empty’ made by Miss Bai, right?”
Wan Jun next to her glanced at Lan Qing and secretly wondered why she was so bold, selling out Miss Bai with just a few words.
But when she raised her head and met Chu Shao’s smiling eyes, she inexplicably felt a little frightened.
So she reluctantly nodded and replied, “It’s probably ‘Spring Mountain Empty’.”
“‘Spring Mountain Empty’? This name sounds really nice.” Chu Shao got the answer she wanted and smiled with her fan. “I just don’t know if the sisters have any spare incense pills. I want to buy a few to take back. My younger sister needs some perfume recently.”
Chu Shao’s expression was very sincere, and her smile was quite gentle.
After all, she really thought so too.
Since Xiao Jin gave the mint from the Night Rest Pavilion to Su Tan, the mint scent on her body gradually faded.
She now really wanted to find another colder fragrance to linger on Xiao Jin’s body and clothes.
Fragrance is a wonderful thing.
In the Da Yao Palace, the smoke from the copper stove cover rising up is like some kind of intoxicating charm.
Chu Shao could even imagine the cold fragrance drifting along the warm wind, lingering on Xiao Jin’s black hair, eyes, and tightly pursed lips.
The fragrance would enter Xiao Jin’s lungs like a deadly poison hidden in the throat. It wouldn’t suffocate the other person, but it would be like a hand grabbing the neck, squeezing tightly with an unrelenting force.
Just thinking about it made Chu Shao very pleased.
Moreover, this fragrance was the one she was about to bring to Xiao Jin.
In fact, Xiao Jin didn’t quite understand why Chu Shao wanted to buy “Spring Mountain Empty”.
After all, their purpose in coming to the Yanyu Building was only to investigate the assassination case, not to buy “Spring Mountain Empty”.
Moreover, they already had the incence pill.
They had already asked who had developed the incence pill, shouldn’t they move on to approach Bai Zheng next? Why suddenly want to buy a incence pill?
Xiao Jin was silent for a long time, then realized that Chu Shao might be the biggest obstacle to her completing the mission.
So she decided to turn the tide and bring the off-track route back on course.
“Cough–“
The next moment, Xiao Jin activated her active skill, the former owner’s coughing blood technique.
She frowned and coughed violently. Even though she took out the prepared brocade handkerchief, a few drops of red plum fell on her snow-white clothes.
Although Xiao Jin was coughing without expression, because her eyes were covered by white silk and bloodstains on her clothes, she looked somewhat fragile.
This “weak” woman who was coughing so painfully made Lan Qing and Wan Jun start to feel sorry for her and want to hand her the handkerchief.
But just as they stood up, ready to get the handkerchief, they saw that the previously friendly and approachable “Young Master Chu” was no longer by their side.
Lan Qing was a bit confused. How could a person just disappear like that?
When she looked again, she saw Chu Shao crouching beside Xiao Jin’s wheelchair, smiling as she lifted her hand and gently wiped the blood from her lips.
“…”
Teleportation? How did she do that?
In Lan Qing and Wan Jun’s view, the scene they saw was like this.
Little did they know that the real situation was even more bizarre.
Xiao Jin was lucky enough to witness everything.
At first, she used her coughing skill to interrupt Chu Shao’s magical thinking process.
But when she coughed up blood while wearing this dress, it seemed to trigger some kind of magical passive ability in Chu Shao.
Xiao Jin felt that it was magical, and there was a reason for it.
Because when Chu Shao saw her coughing up blood and moved ghostly to her front, it had to be said that the joy on this person’s face was about to overflow.
Even though there was a layer of white silk in between, Xiao Jin could still see the smile on Chu Shao’s lips and the trembling fingertips clasped in her sleeve.
…How could she hold the sword steady when her hand was shaking like that?
Chu Shao pinched the silk handkerchief and slowly wiped Xiao Jin’s lips.
Then she took the other’s cold fingers and threw away the bloodstained cloth, carefully wiping the blood off Xiao Jin’s fingers with a new white cloth.
Seeing Xiao Jin’s fingers turn white again, Chu Shao’s mood was extremely happy.
However, when she looked up and saw Xiao Jin’s pale lips, her words seemed to contain regret: “The vermilion on your lips has also been wiped off, which is a pity.”
Xiao Jin: “…”
Lan Qing and Wan Jun, who were watching the show, were stunned.
You?
What strange wording is this, and what special fetish is this?
Chu Shao was very ill, and even the phenomenon of a yandere had appeared.
At this point, Xiao Jin’s hand was trembling slightly as it was held by Chu Shao.
It was just anger.
She had no other thoughts at the moment and just wanted to ask Chu Shao one question: “Princess, do you remember that you are my brother now?”
Su Tan, who was standing nearby, couldn’t bear to watch anymore.
She felt that everything today, whether it was towards her or towards the two Yanyu Building girls, had caused a considerable impact to some extent.
All she could do was sigh and say, “As long as one lives, one should keep learning.”
Just when Xiao Jin was feeling hopeless and thought that things were difficult to resolve, a young servant in green walked down from the building.
He didn’t seem to be aware of the frozen atmosphere in the room, and instead respectfully bowed to Xiao Jin and said, “Miss, Miss Bai has sent me to invite you to come upstairs and sit for a while.”
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Author’s Note: Thank you to the little angels who voted for me or irrigated with nutrient solution between 2022-02-03 04:04:07~2022-02-04 23:00:10.
TO BE CONTINUE….
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