Spring River Flower Moon Night: Set of 2 Volumes

Chapter 9
"He's just not a womanizer, I'll tell you later..." Wang Zijin repeatedly explained and apologized for Fei Xiao, but for some reason, the moment he said those words, the red-clothed girl smiled coquettishly.

"My lord, that friend of yours is not a womanizer, and has a special temperament. Could it be that he..." After a while, the two had a drink together in the gazebo. After only two glasses of wine, the girl in red changed the topic to Fei Xiao again. .

"Let's talk about him later, I don't know how to call the girl?"

"My name is Shen Xing, Shen, the star of the stars." Shen Xing replied with a charming smile. Among her benefactors, there are very few honest young people like Wang Zijin, and she thinks that although he is pedantic, he is also interesting.

"People from Jianghuai, surnamed Wang, surnamed Zijin, came to Tokyo for the first time this time, to catch up with the exam..." Wang Zijin was fascinated by her charming eyes, and he even forgot what Fei Xiao said about her body. Get naked.

"It turns out that you are a genius, can you write a poem for me?" Shen Xing immediately clapped his hands and said with a smile, "I'm just worried that I don't have a good lyrics to match the music."

"Of course, of course, as long as the girl doesn't dislike..."

"By the way, speaking of your friend, could it be that he has a habit of breaking sleeves?" Shen Xing lowered his voice and asked curiously, his beautiful big eyes shone with excitement.

Wang Zijin thought to himself, he doesn't like women, he doesn't even like people, usually he only likes to eat chicken.

But seeing her expectant eyes, he couldn't bear to spoil the interest of this beautiful girl, so he made up some romantic affairs casually.It's nothing more than the vulgar stories that are often seen in story books, where a gifted man and a beautiful woman fall in love at first sight, but have to separate.

"Oh, it's so pitiful, no wonder he is talking about me, saying that I am a dead person." Shen Xing wiped his tears with a brocade handkerchief, "Forget it, I can't get angry with a hysterical patient, prince, let's drink."

Her words sounded like a wake-up call to Wang Zijin. He suddenly remembered that Fei Hong said that she had a dead spirit in her body, and she no longer dared to indulge in beauty, so he mustered all his energy to deal with it.

"Young lady has good eyesight. How can you tell that my friend is special?" Wang Zijin graciously poured a glass of fine wine for her.

"Because he seems to emit light, which is different from ordinary people. And I can see a lot of things that others can't see. For example, some benefactors will have strange shadows behind them. I avoid such people far away. "Shen Xing smiled and said to him in a low voice, "There are also old monks who want to take me. They all call me 'Little Fairy', but I don't know how many men call me that..."

When Wang Zijin heard this, he almost choked on the drink, and quickly asked, "What happened next?"

"Those monks and Taoists disappeared inexplicably. Who knows what tricks they are playing."

Wang Zijin looked at her charmingly smiling face, and couldn't help feeling chills all over his body. It seemed that what Fei Xiao said was right, this beautiful girl was definitely not a kind person.

"Xiaosheng is really honored to meet the girl today, please!" He hastily picked up the cup and drank it down, just wanting to quickly knock the banshee unconscious, so that he can rub the soles of his feet with oil and slip away.

"Prince Wang is so bold, Shen Xing will accompany you." Shen Xing picked up the wine glass and drank it down in one gulp.

Only then did Wang Zijin realize that although she is the head of the courtesan in Tokyo, she doesn't seem to have undergone strict training, and she speaks and behaves like a little girl, revealing her true nature everywhere.

If she hadn't grown an alluring face, she might not have fallen to her in the first round of this industry for hundreds of years.

The two talked and drank, very happy, they had already drank two pots of wine, Wang Zijin did not pour Shen Xing down, and he fainted first, in the confusion, Shen Xing's lips were slightly parted, his eyes were blurred, Under the moonlight, she is as beautiful and flawless as a fairy in the moon palace.

There is no such beauty in the world, either a ghost or a fox.

"You are so beautiful, especially your eyes, they are as bright as morning stars..."

"Hehe, the ancients described beautiful women as sinking fish and wild geese, but I wanted to make the stars in the sky sink too, so I named myself Shen Xing."

"The girl is indeed worthy of this name..." Wang Zijin muttered, and fell headfirst on the table, drunk and unconscious.

Shen Xing raised her red lips slightly, and looked at him with a charming smile, "If you want to fight wine with me, it will take hundreds of years!"

It was already late at this time, and the stars were fading on the Langlang autumn night.Shen Xing was sitting alone in the courtyard, with a lonely look on her beautiful face, she rested her chin and looked at Prince Jin who was sleeping soundly on the stone table.

"The aunt at the street said that someone will take me out of this place of fireworks this year, could it be you, a nerdy student?"

She stretched out a jade hand, caressed Wang Zijin's neck, pressed on his blood vessels, feeling the blood flowing under the warm skin.

In those beautiful eyes that were as bright as the morning stars, the eyes were blurred, and there was a greedy look.

Suddenly she shuddered out of thin air, and hastily withdrew her hand, as if waking up from a dream.

four

"Sleep soundly..." The next day, Wang Zijin stretched his waist and got up, but he was on the bed in the inn. Everything about last night seemed like a lifetime ago. Fei Xiao sat by the bed alone, looking at him eagerly.

"You're finally awake. Hurry up and tidy up and go eat chicken. I haven't eaten since last night. I'm really starving to death!" He yelled impatiently.

"I was drunk last night, and now I have a terrible headache. You want me to eat that greasy chicken, are you trying to kill me?"

Fei Xiao's handsome face sank when she heard this, "Then give me back the money I paid for watching the song and dance last night!"

"Let's go, let's go eat chicken..." Wang Zijin staggered and desperately got up from the bed. At this point, he could only sacrifice his life to accompany Junzi.

"How did I get back last night?" After a while, the two of them were already sitting in the Zuifenglou, the largest restaurant in Tokyo, with a pot of Tianma chicken in front of them.

"Since I brought you back, I know your every move over there." Fei Xiao said while drinking a few sips of chicken soup.

Although it was autumn at this time, the sun at noon was still scorching hot, scorching the ground like a stove, and he didn't know how he could drink such a greasy thing.

"This soup is really delicious." Fei Xiao said with emotion, "The waiter, let me have another salt-baked chicken."

"Um... didn't Shen Xing say anything?" Wang Zijin asked with a flushed face.

"Yes, she was full of nonsense, looked at me with pity, and said she was moved by my expression, no matter whether I fell in love with a man or a woman, she would support me." Scarlet hiccupped, " But I think she is innocent and innocent, and she has no intention of harming anyone."

"Why do you say she smells like a dead person?"

At this time, Fei Xiao had already drank a pot of chicken soup like a storm.

"Everyone's taste is different. She has a sour smell on her body, which is very similar to that emitted after death. It is estimated that she mostly lives by drinking blood and eating raw meat. That kind of monster often has this smell. .” Fei Hong mopped her mouth and replied.

"Ah? Isn't she scary?"

"You can't say that. It's fine if she doesn't kill. Anyway, there is so much human and animal blood, so it's okay to give some to monsters. The law of the jungle is the truth of this world..."

After hearing this, the prince felt that the chicken bones in front of him were extremely hideous. These chicken bones were separated and stained with soup, which one wanted to die?
It seems that not only chickens, but everything in the world cannot escape the fate of being eaten, only the way of eating is different.

Just as he was in a daze, suddenly a soft and charming voice sounded from behind him: "Prince Wang, I didn't expect to meet so soon."

Wang Zijin was taken aback for a moment, and when he turned his head, he saw a bright girl standing behind her, who was it not Shen Xing?
I saw that she was wearing a pink gauze with an emerald green ribbon tied around her waist, her hair was pulled up high and tied in a low concentric bun behind her head, and she was holding an ivory-handled round fan in her hand. Behind the fan, a pair of bright and wonderful eyes looked at him with a half-smile, which was unparalleled in beauty.

She looks like a fairy in a painting, but how can she look like a monster who drinks blood?
"Excuse me, what's the purpose of finding Xiaosheng, Miss..." Wang Zijin was still talking about her with Fei Xiao just now, so he couldn't help but feel a little guilty, so he quickly stood up and apologized to her.

"This is the biggest hotel in Tokyo, how come you can drink with your friends, and no one can invite me?"

"Oh oh oh, Xiaosheng is dull..."

"You are really dull. There are three days left for the scientific examination, and you still have time to come to the tavern." She said and looked at Fei Xiao who was sitting by the window meaningfully, as if she felt sorry for him.

Seeing that she was only staring at Fei Xiao, the prince hurriedly took a step to block her view.

Fei Xiao, on the other hand, drank and ate chicken as if nothing had happened, turning a blind eye to this beautiful woman who was so overpowering.

"My lord, don't forget the poem you promised me." Seeing him jealous, Shen Xing was actually very happy, gently picked up the fan, and fanned his cheeks, "When you get your name on the gold list, The servants still want to sing your lyrics."

After all, she was like a light cloud coming out of Xiu, carrying a gust of fragrant wind, and she left gracefully.

Only Wang Zijin was left alone, standing in a daze in the noisy restaurant, "Science exam... I still have to do a science exam, but I forgot all about it..."

"Ah! The stench of dead bodies really choked me to death." Seeing Shen Xing walking away, Fei Xiao finally couldn't hold back her coquettish posture, and even sneezed a few times.

五

When Wang Zijin returned to the inn, he started to light up the night battle, but it was too late, three days were gone in a blink of an eye, and there was not enough time for him to soak up ink.

At dawn on the third day, he got up early, washed himself up, and then brought up the Four Treasures of the Study to go out. This trip lasted for five days. All must live inside and are not allowed to go out.

"Fei Xiao, Fei Xiao, why don't you go to the exam together soon?" Wang Zijin saw that Fei Xiao was still sleeping soundly under the quilt, so he hurriedly woke him up.

"Who said you're going to take the exam, you go alone." Fei Xiao poked her head out from under the quilt, her hair was like a waterfall, and her eyes were sleepy.

"Ah? Aren't you a genius from Shanyang Academy?" Wang Zijin said in surprise.

"Hee hee hee, I have the tribute letter from the local government, but it's just to change the spell. If I really want to take the examination for fame, I'm afraid that the official seal will suppress me to my original shape." Fei Xiao replied with a playful smile.

"Are you letting me go alone?"

"No, I'll go with you."

"Why did you stay with me and become a fox?" Wang Zijin wondered.

"Of course not," he said, taking out a bronze mirror out of nowhere, "If you want to see me, just call to the mirror."

Wang Zijin held up the bronze mirror, and said dumbfoundedly: "Fei Xiao, how could such a big mirror be brought to the Gongyuan?"

"So that's how it is..." He said and took out another jade flute from under the quilt, which was exactly the one he carried with him, "If you want to see me, play this jade flute, and I will appear in front of you. "

"Not to mention that I don't know the rhythm, this flute has nothing to do with scientific research, and I can't take this flute into it..." At this time, Wang Zijin's voice was already crying.

"Oh, why are you so troublesome? It's really annoying." Finally, he impatiently took out two talisman papers from his pocket, "Come on, I'll give you one, it can protect you from disasters. No way. If any monster offends you, the talisman paper here will react." After finishing speaking, he stuffed the talisman paper into Wang Zijin's clothes.

"How can there be monsters in the examination room? It's this piece of paper, it's better not to be discovered by the examiner." Wang Zijin was full of reluctance, and went out the door muttering.

It was early morning at this time, the sky had just dawned, there was a tinge of chill in the air, and a full moon was still faintly hanging in the sky, Wang Zijin hurriedly hurried to the Gongyuan.

There was no one on the empty street, and the huge city of Tokyo was still in a deep sleep.

Wang Zijin was walking quickly along the Qingshi Road, but saw a person in front of him who was walking faster than him, his face could not be seen clearly in the morning fog, but he saw a petite figure, it seemed to be a woman.

Wang Zijin was curious, so he ran two steps to catch up, and saw that the woman was only wearing a close-fitting red nightgown, and her hair was loose, which was quite strange.

It's just that Yang Liu has a slender waist and waist-length hair, very much like the oiran Shen Xing, he immediately ran to that person with elation.

"Miss Chen Xing, did you come out so early?" He said happily, but he broke out in a cold sweat with just one look at Shen Xing.

I saw that Shen Xing's complexion was blue, there was no expression on his face, his skin was sunken, it was very terrifying, except for his eyes that were as bright as morning stars, how could he have the appearance of a peerless beauty?
When she saw Wang Zijin, she acted like she didn't know him, and walked forward indifferently.

"Hey, wait!" Her appearance was really worrying, Wang Zijin stretched out his hand to pull her, but felt that his hand was wet and cold, and the palm of his hand was full of blood.

The red gauze nightgown was completely soaked in blood, which made Wang Zijin dumbfounded, staring at his palm in the middle of the street, as if he didn't believe it was real.But the blood was bright and distinct, and the fishy smell rushed straight to his nose, reminding him that all this was not a dream.

When he regained his composure and raised his head again, there was no shadow of Shen Xing, only the morning mist, like waves, shrouded the whole street in haze.The shadows of the buildings are indistinct in the mist, like wandering lonely souls, and the atmosphere is gloomy and terrifying.

Wang Zijin was so frightened that he ran away, but after a while, he was already outside the gate of the Gong Yuan.

At this time, the morning light was breaking and the fog was gradually dissipating. There were a few scholars who had arrived early, nervously waiting for the opening.When Wang Zijin saw these living people, he couldn't help secretly heaving a sigh of relief, his whole body went limp, and he sat down on the ground.

"Hey, isn't this Zijin? I thought you wouldn't come to take the exam, but I didn't expect you to come so early." A familiar voice sounded in his ears, and he turned his head in surprise, only to see a man standing beside him. The scholar with a square face and broad forehead is exactly his classmate Dao Ran.

六

"Huh? Why don't you see Mr. Hu who is with you? He is a talented man from Shanyang Academy, so he must be determined to win this time, right?" Daoran sat beside him, looking for Fei Hong's figure.

"Mr. Hu's mother is critically ill, and she is in a hurry to go home to visit her relatives. I'm afraid I will come back for the next exam." Wang Zijin said without changing his face. He found that since he met Fei Xiao, his ability to lie has been increasing day by day.

"Filial piety comes first, you and I are both readers, how can we forget filial piety." Daoran nodded after listening.

"It seems that there are fewer people coming to take the exam this time than in previous years?" Wang Zijin looked at the sparse figures in front of the tribute courtyard and asked curiously.

"You don't know something, do you still remember the Hongfu Inn where we were almost going to stay?" Daoran whispered.

Wang Zijin nodded hurriedly, fearing that he would never forget that horrible inn in his whole life.

"The inn ran out of water, and the firefighters found that many candidates passed out inside. They were all bitten by spiders, and none of them survived. Fortunately, they were discovered early and their lives were safe, but they were unable to take the exam. Much less."

"Oh." Wang Zijin replied hesitantly, and hurriedly changed the subject, for fear of missing something.

While the two were chatting, the gate of the Tribute Academy had already been opened, and more than a hundred examinees each carried boxes of the Four Treasures of the Study and lined up for interrogation.

They hurriedly followed the team and entered the Gongyuan in a short while.

Candidates were separated according to different regions. Wang Zijin and Dao Ran were separated very far because they were from the same hometown.

Each examinee had to complete the exam in a small cubicle. The three sides of the cubicle were made of bricks and stones, and only one side was uncovered, which faced the examiner.There is a desk and a simple bed board inside, and I have to eat and sleep in it these days.

Wang Zijin looked at the examination room, which was a place where people slept in the open air, and couldn't help but miss the inn with the soft brocade bedding.

After a while, someone came to check whether the Four Treasures of the Study had been tampered with, and then someone came to distribute tribute papers. Everyone wrote their names and presented them to be stamped for verification.

After this tossing, a few hours passed in the blink of an eye.

At noon, the examinees were all arranged to eat in one room. After the exam started, they had to eat in their own cubicles.

"Oh, it's over for me." Daoran wailed when he saw him.

"Brother Daoran, why did you say that?"

"My seat faces south, and I have to bask in the sun for more than half of the day. Wouldn't it make me dizzy?"

"I'm fine this way, mine is facing east and west, the sun doesn't need to bask in it, it's just a bit colder." Wang Zijin rejoiced secretly.

"Ah? Brother, be careful!" A candidate next to him turned his face. He was very old, with wrinkles on his face and gray temples. He seemed to be over [-] years old.

(End of this chapter)