Not climbing the Qingyun Ladder

Chapter 24

Hua Xiangrong didn't understand what she meant at first, thinking to herself, could this be considered a secret?Then I realized that what she said "together" meant something else.

"There are three brothers and sisters in this generation of the Chu family. The ice beauty in black just now is the youngest sister, and her name is Chu Yao. Of the two brothers in the Chu family, the eldest brother is called Chu Xuan, and the second brother is called Chu Heng."

"Chu Xuan was a sick boy. He was soaked in medicine jars since he was a child. He died a year ago. His wife, surnamed Fu, was named Fu Lianxi. She was very good-looking and a very kind person. This time, she was the one who opened the Chu family's porridge shed. Established under the proposal.”

Luo Jiuyu talked eloquently and seemed to be particularly clear about the affairs of the Chu family.

"You know so much." Hua Xiangrong said.

"Of course, it doesn't matter who I am. I just walked around the street stalls and teahouses in Qizhou and heard these things clearly." Luo Jiuyu said proudly.

"So you just said that you saw Chu Heng and Fu Lianxi together?" Hua Xiangrong asked.

"Yes." Luo Jiuyu nodded, and then described what he saw and heard in detail to Hua Xiangrong.

According to her statement, she sneaked into the Chu family's inner house, then walked into a room by mistake and overheard the conversation between two people.

"Lian Xi, I always thought that you knew my thoughts." Chu Heng said.

"Second Young Master, please respect yourself." Fu Lianxi shook off his hand and said coldly.

"You obviously don't like my brother, why don't you give me a chance?" Chu Heng became excited.

"Chu Heng, please wake up. It's impossible for you and me." Fu Lianxi said unmoved.

Chu Heng seemed to be very angry, and he spoke arbitrarily: "Fu Lianxi, don't be ungrateful, and don't forget that if you hadn't..."

"Who?!" He seemed to sense something and hurried out, just in time to see Luo Jiuyu's figure.

Hua Xiangrong rubbed her chin slightly and said, "I think those two people obviously misunderstood the secret you told me. They thought you were talking about something else."

Luo Jiuyu felt that it was a secret that the current head of the Chu family coveted his sister-in-law, something shameless that could not be revealed, but people who were attached to the Chu family would not think so.

Even if Chu Heng had designs on Fu Lianxi, it was widely acknowledged that Fu Lianxi was not a woman and actually hooked up with her brother-in-law.

But a pretentious and extremely self-centered person like Chu Heng would not care what others say about Fu Lianxi.

Sure enough, someone in "Qingfengmingyue" started talking about these things.

"Have you heard? The current head of the Chu family, our big family in Qizhou, has an affair with his sister-in-law."

"Hehe, this is not strange at all." Someone said with a strange smile.

"Why did this brother say that?" someone asked him.

"Don't you know? This Fu Lianxi came out of a brothel and was redeemed by the dead eldest son of the Chu family."

The men gathered together said "Oh" tacitly, as if they had seen the whole story.It's nothing more than a widowed sister-in-law who couldn't bear the loneliness and hooked up with her brother-in-law.

Luo Jiuyu smashed his wine glass on the table and stood up.Hua Xiangrong had no intention of stopping her and was hesitant to join.Afraid of seeing blood with his hands.

"I advise you not to make excuses, talk nonsense, and ruin Miss Fu's reputation at will." The person who spoke was the proprietress of "Qingfengmingyue".

She placed the wine heavily on the tables of those people, said these words, turned around and left.

"Qingfeng Mingyue" is a restaurant belonging to the Li family in Qizhou and is also the largest restaurant in Qizhou.The landlady's name is Li Lin, and she is Li Mu's cousin.

This girl Li Lin is also a strange woman. She is not very talented in cultivation, but she is very keen in business. Under her management, the business of "Qingfeng Mingyue" is booming, and it has gradually become the largest restaurant in Qizhou.

Those people obviously knew about Li Lin's skills, so they smiled awkwardly and said nothing.

"Two guests, our Dongshan Snow has been sold out, and the new goods will arrive later. To express my apology, I will give you two a pot of West Wind Lie. How about it?" Li Lin came to the table of Hua Xiangrong and Luo Jiuyu. , asked with a smile.

The west wind is strong, the east mountain is snowing, and the Qianqiu is drunk. These are all famous wines in the world.Qianqiu Zui is famous for its immortality in wine, Dongshan Snow is famous for being brewed from Dongling snow water, and Xifenglie is famous for its strong and mellow taste.

This Xifenglie has a common name of "Shao Knife Zi", which refers to the reaction of people after drinking it.

"Try it?" Hua Xiangrong looked at Luo Jiuyu and said with a smile.

She could tell that Luo Jiuyu's concept of food was about whether it was delicious or not, and he knew almost nothing about wine tasting.

Luo Jiuyu poured a large glass full of Xifeng Lie and drank it in one gulp.Li Lin was hesitant to speak at the side, and when he wanted to persuade, it was already too late.

Luo Jiuyu was choked and coughed several times. There was an abnormal blush on his face and he looked a little drunk.

She stood up from her seat, walked a few steps unsteadily, walked to the table where there were just a few people, and like a magic trick, she took out a dagger and stuck it on the table.

Those people were all shocked by her actions.

"You guys who are talking nonsense, listen up: it is clearly Chu Heng, an arrogant and shameless person, who covets his sister-in-law. If you dare to confuse right and wrong again, my aunt will cut your tongues."

Although Luo Jiuyu's speech was a little unclear, he was very powerful.

"Do you understand?" Seeing that several people were silent, she picked up the dagger again and waved it in front of them.

"I understand, I understand." Those people said quickly.I thought I was just saying a few words casually, but ended up being the domineering landlady first, and then the crazy drunkard. It was really unlucky.

Luo Jiuyu nodded with satisfaction, staggered back, and said to Hua Xiangrong and Li Lin, "How was it? I did what you wanted to do, isn't it awesome?"

"Awesome." Hua Xiangrong and Li Lin said in unison, then looked at each other and smiled.

"Madam boss, do you have any hangover soup?" Hua Xiangrong asked.

"Yes, I'll get it." Li Lin said with a smile.

After helping Luo Jiuyu sit down, Hua Xiangrong also poured himself a glass of Xifenglie and took a sip.

Sure enough, it was still as spicy and mellow as I remembered. The strong alcohol entered my throat and I felt like my blood was about to burn.Li Lin brought hangover soup and fed Luo Jiuyu to drink it.Luo Jiuyu shook his head and became more awake.

"This wine is so spicy, I think you did it on purpose!" she said to Hua Xiangrong.

"I only asked you to try it, but you didn't ask me. Can you blame me?" Hua Xiangrong asked.

"You..." Luo Jiuyu wanted to refute her, but couldn't, so he could only take another sip of hangover soup.

"Are the two guests from outside the country? What's the reason for coming to Qizhou?" Li Lin asked, shaking his head with a smile.

"I planned to go to the Sword Tomb and met this girl by chance." Hua Xiangrong said.

"Is this girl also a sword cultivator?" Li Lin asked slightly surprised.

"Yes." Hua Xiangrong replied.

"A few days ago, a girl came to Qizhou and finally found a good sword from the Sword Tomb." Li Lin said.

"Who is she?" Luo Jiuyu, who had been listening to the two people talking, interrupted.

"The girl's name is Hua Chanyu, and she is the eldest lady of the Hua clan in Cangzhou. The sword she drew is comparable to Hua Wuxue's Feihong a hundred years ago," Li Lin said.

"I didn't expect that the current head of the Hua family, an ordinary head, would have such a daughter. It seems that the Hua family's inheritance of nearly a thousand years has not yet come to an end." She added.

"Hua Chanyu? She doesn't have anything to do with you, does she?" Luo Jiuyu reacted quickly and immediately asked Hua Xiangrong.

"She is my sister." Hua Xiangrong said.

"Are you the second young lady of the Hua family who is said to have been unable to practice?" Li Lin asked blurtly.

Hua Xiangrong nodded.

"I heard that at the auction of Yunzhou Wanbao Pavilion, someone seemed to have taken away the Spirit-Inducing Jue..." Li Lin said thoughtfully.

She was indeed very keen and immediately thought of this.

"There is no perfect path for everyone," Hua Xiangrong said.

Li Lin did not ask any more questions, but turned to Luo Jiuyu: "What about this girl?"

Luo Jiuyu thought for a moment and said, "I ran away from home and came all the way here."

She refused to say anything else.

Li Lin smiled slightly: "That's it." She didn't say much and went to do other things.

Hua Xiangrong and Luo Jiuyu left the restaurant and walked on the streets of Qizhou.

"How do you know that those two people are not thinking about the same secret as me?" Luo Jiuyu asked her.

"Do you think Chu Heng is someone who keeps this matter a secret?" Hua Xiangrong said casually, throwing something up and down in his hand.

"That's right. Can you give me the things now?" Luo Jiuyu first confirmed her words, and then returned to the original topic.

"What on earth is this?" Hua Xiangrong held the bead firmly in her hand and asked.

This bead is not big, feels very good, and has a warm and cool feeling, especially like the kind of luminous beads used for decoration.

At that time, it was this milky white bead that Luo Jiuyu thrust into her hand.

"This is the shark bead." Luo Jiuyu said.

"The legendary bead formed by the tears of a shark?" Hua Xiangrong looked at the bead a few more times and asked.

In her previous life, she had only heard the legend of the Shark Man and the Shark Pearl, but she had not yet seen one.

"Those are all stories made up by people to deceive children." Luo Jiuyu said with a smile.

"The Shark Beads were not created by the Sharks' tears, but by condensing their lifelong cultivation together before they died." She said slightly sadly.

"This shark bead from the Chu family is not theirs in the first place."

Of course Hua Xiangrong believes this, but the girl in front of her seems to be a little sad when she mentions the Shark Pearl. Is it possible that she is related to the legendary Shark Man?

"Have you seen it?" Hua Xiangrong asked suddenly.

"Of course...no. I just heard." Her question was asked suddenly, and Luo Jiuyu answered hastily, almost subconsciously.

It seems that I have indeed seen it.Hua Xiangrong thought.

On the other side, the Chu family.

"The Shark Pearl is really not with her." Facing the gloomy Chu Heng, Chu Yao still looked cold.

What she said was indeed the truth, so she didn't feel timid at all when she looked at Chu Heng.

"Okay, I understand, you go back first." Chu Heng waved to his sister and said.

The moment Chu Yao turned around, he suppressed a mocking smile and left the Chu family's meeting hall.

"Miss Third is really going too far." The person standing next to Chu Heng said angrily.

Chu Heng's face turned even darker.Among the three siblings of the Chu family, Chu Yao's cultivation talent far exceeds that of her two brothers. If the Chu family hadn't been pedantic and the position of head of the family had always been passed down from male to female, it would have been impossible for him to be the head of the family anyway.

"Forget it, if she doesn't care, someone will take care of her. Let's see how long she can be proud of her." Chu Heng has been dissatisfied with this sister for a long time, and listening to his tone, he actually had murderous intentions.

(End of this chapter)