Fairy Sword Inquiry 1

Chapter 35
Another two days passed, and it was night when Xingyan was on duty.Speaking of which, Xing Yan is now mainly working as a musician in the music troupe, and this job in the nursing home is just a part-time job.The original intention of the old procuress, Aunt Xia, was to regard this errand as a reward for her contribution, and a reason to reward her with money.Therefore, it took a lot of time to get Xingyan to be on duty once.

This night watch opportunity, in the eyes of this young man who has decided to be Feng's wife again, has a different meaning from the past.The day before yesterday I heard that I was on duty tonight, so I woke up and made up my mind to take advantage of this golden opportunity to end the matter of that cold-blooded guy tricking Sister Rui!
Like other night patrols in nursing homes, this wake-up call carried a qi-death wind lamp, and walked back and forth between the front and rear houses of Huayue Building to check for any bad conditions.

Although the appearance of Huayuelou is not big, the depth of the front and back is really not small.This brothel is the largest in Raozhou, and its scale is not small; there are many front and rear halls, which are connected continuously, and there are some garden pools in the middle, covering a quite large area.Looking up at the sky, covered by flowing clouds, the moonlight dimmed—ah! !It's a good time to do something that is not embarrassing or embarrassing!Let's talk about Xingyan wandering around the brothel for a few times, then took a moment to sneak into the kitchen.The kitchen lady had already rested, and there was no one in the kitchen.Xing Yan took out a pinch of plant ashes from the stove, mixed it with water, and then spread it all over his face in order to hide his true face.

After finishing the application, he was about to go out, when his legs and feet just stepped over the threshold, he hesitated for a while, and went back to the room again.It turned out that the thoughtful Xingyan was still a little worried.After all, this time is different from the past, if you are not sure, you will have to meet your acquaintances, it is better to be more careful!
So, Xing Yan rummaged through the kitchen again, and found a fairly clean soap-colored cloth towel.I saw that he took off his original silk scarf and let the hair hang down behind his head, and then took the soap towel, grabbed the root of the hair, tied it tightly, and covered his forehead——Wake up tonight Before the night watch, he had specially changed into a set of clothes that he didn't usually wear, and after this change, his face was already completely changed.

It is estimated that in this hazy night, even if bumped into by an acquaintance, in such a hurry, it would be difficult to recognize that this person is the honest and loyal boy!

Dressed up, Xingyan didn't dare to be negligent, and hurriedly crept to the building where Ruiniang lived.

It is almost midnight now, and the night is thick and deep. Even in this Huayue brothel, most people are already in a gentle dreamland.In addition, this autumn night is as cold as water, and no one is still hanging out outside.Xingyan walked all the way with this weird attire, unexpectedly there was no danger and no danger, and everything went well.

However, when Xing Yan was secretly rejoicing in his heart, he failed to notice that just behind his figure that was trying to sneak around, there was a black shadow falling silently and tightly!
For some reason, the person following him, seeing Xingyan's strange behavior, didn't cry out, and just followed behind him without saying a word.

When Xingyan walked lightly to the corridor in front of Rui Niang's room, carefully attached to the diamond window, and listened carefully to the situation in the house, the black shadow behind him suddenly began to dissipate and disappear, as if Gradually melted into the vast night, and could no longer find the slightest trace!

It is:

The cicada is aware of the golden wind before it moves, and I always don't know about impermanence secretly!
Not to mention the weirdness outside the house, let's talk about the inside of the house. Although it is almost midnight, the people in the house have not yet fallen asleep.I saw a red candle burning on the carved table in the house.That Mr. Hu Shi'an, Mr. Hu, still hasn't rested yet. He is just in front of the case, holding a small tin-cast wine cup, sipping cup after cup.The flickering candlelight nearby pulled him into various grotesque images on the wall.

After a while, I could only hear a low voice calling from inside the red silk tent behind the screen: "Hu Lang... I think the night is already deep, why don't you come up to rest earlier?" Xingyan understood clearly, It was Sister Ruiniang who was gently urging her lover to rest earlier.Hearing the beautiful woman's invitation, this Mr. Hu Shi'an, Mr. Hu, just responded lightly: "You sleep first. This autumn night is cold, and I will drink a few more cups to keep warm." Don't look at his answer like this, in fact, his inner heart But he was really bored, and he drank his sorrows there.This guy has been itching for skills these days, so he fell in love with the old ways in the countryside, indulged in gambling all day long, and lingered.But he hates his bad luck. In just a few days, he has already lost more than 40 taels of silver.Those gamblers who are usually on good terms with him are now in a hurry—it was nothing to do at first, although I had already run out of money, but with some coquettish tricks, I tricked the honest guy in the room The infatuated prostitute is so determined to her, it would be quick and easy to coax out some money from her to pay back.

However, for some reason these few days, when Rui Niang took the money, she always felt that it was not as refreshing as usual.Up to now, I still have more than half of the silver that I haven't paid back-not to mention being forced by the creditor, it is even more regrettable that I have lost all my gambling money, and I don't even have a chance to turn around, I am really upset!
well!I have to think of a way to coax her into taking out some more silver...

He was thinking hard in his mind, but he heard the door creak, as if it was blown open by the wind. "Alas! Rui Niang is not virtuous either... She didn't even put the latch in place before going to bed..."

This guy was drinking a little drunk, ignorant, he didn't care for a while, he only blamed Rui Niang for her negligence in his heart.It's just that the night wind leaked into the room, blowing the candle on and off -- although the wind wasn't very strong, it was still cool.Hu Shi'an was blown by the wind, and his mind cleared up a lot, so he looked up at the door, and then he was about to get up and lock the door. "Ok?!"

Although his eyes were dazzled by alcohol, Hu Shian suddenly sensed something was wrong—suppressed his body that was about to stand up, and quickly looked towards the door again—it didn’t matter if he looked at it, Hu Shi’an’s hair was terrified immediately !
It turned out that in the dark moon shadow field inside the door, there was a person standing quietly, who seemed to be looking at him coldly!When Hu Shi'an saw this situation for the first time, most of the drunkenness immediately woke up.This guy is also considered astute, he immediately knew that the visitor was not friendly, he lifted the wine glass in his hand and was about to throw it at the shadow - but he felt a sudden chill on his neck, and something was holding him tightly.

It turned out that the uninvited guest was faster than lightning, and before his wine glass could be shot, he had already put the sword on this guy's neck!Seeing that his life was in danger, Hu Shi'an immediately stiffened his limbs and did not dare to move.Inside the house, it seemed to be quiet again.After a long time, there was a "clang" sound——Hu Shi'an finally failed to hold the wine cup in his hand, and slid it down on the blue brick floor.The sound of the tin cup falling to the ground finally alarmed Rui Niang.At this time, she also felt that the movement in the room was a bit weird, and she couldn't help calling out tremblingly:

"Hu Lang?"

... Before Hu Lang could reply, he heard a strange voice: "My sharp sword is right on your Hu Lang's neck—don't shout!" If you shout, kill him with one sword! "

The words that suppressed her voice, although the voice was not loud, were quite effective. Rui Niang immediately understood the situation in the room—these two well-arranged words, which had been planned for a long time, successfully restrained the woman when she was frightened. That involuntary scream.

Although Rui Niang was in the warm quilt, when she heard this, she immediately felt cold all over her body, as if she had fallen into an ice cellar! "No, I don't know... Da, Da, Dawang visits late at night, what's your business?" Hearing the thief speak, it seemed that he didn't come here specially to kill him, so Hu Shi'an was relieved.

Regardless of his suave appearance, this guy is actually a strong man.In the past few days, this guy has been worrying about the gambling debt all day long, so he can't help feeling a little suspicious. When the sword was put on his neck, he was so scared that he almost wet his pants—he thought it was someone who didn't say anything The creditor of the road got impatient, so he sent someone to take his life!

When the thief opened his mouth to speak, there seemed to be room for change in his tone, and the heart that Hu Shi'an raised in his throat was immediately put back half.Although he was a little stunned when he first spoke, he became articulate again immediately.

At this moment, Rui Niang, who was still on the bed, immediately reacted when she heard Lang's words, and hurriedly said: "Please tell me what your majesty has ordered! Hu Lang and the servants will try their best to do it—just... Qian Qian Don't hurt Hu Lang!"

After she finished speaking, she heard a rustling sound.It turned out that Rui Niang was putting on her clothes and was about to get out of bed, and together with Hu Lang, she begged for forgiveness to the thief who visited that night.

"Wu that woman on the bed! Don't move, just stay where you are!" It turned out that the so-called "thief" was none other than the young Zhang Xingyan.Seeing that it was useless to persuade Rui Niang with good words, he had no choice but to come and be a villain, hoping that Hu Shi'an would leave by himself after being frightened, and never come to cheat Rui Niang again.Now he wakes up and sees that Rui Niang is going to get out of bed, so he hastened to thicken his throat and speak out to stop him - the young man is worried that after meeting Rui Niang, if she recognizes him, he really doesn't know how to end it!As soon as he heard the thieves stop him, Hu Shi'an hurriedly shouted behind the screen: "Don't move on the bed! Everything is as ordered by the king!" Although the tone was urgent, but the voice was still quite low——the one on the neck The cold and creepy feeling reminded him all the time that his life was still in the hands of others.As soon as these words came out, Hu Shi'an seemed to feel that the villain beside him nodded his head—this fellow immediately seemed to be lightened, and was about to continue to flatter him, but he heard the thief again. He opened his mouth: "Even if you are knowledgeable - I am not afraid of you knowing, I am the hero who fell on the Dagu Mountain in Poyang Lake! I came here today without asking for anything else. As long as you flatter me with more gold and silver, I will be ashamed." I won’t move you!” Hearing the thief’s words, the other two people in the room were both surprised and happy—the surprise was that they had met such a brave bandit on Dagu Mountain at some point; the joy was that the thief also Just asking for money, should be safe for life—the hearts of Hu Shi'an and Rui Niang, both hanging in mid-air, were immediately put back to their original places.

However, after chewing on the thief's words, Hu Shi'an said with a bitter face: "Well, let me tell you the truth, the villain really doesn't have much gold and silver on hand..."

"Huh?!" It seemed that the thief was very angry when he heard the words, and Hu Shi'an immediately felt that the chill on his neck seemed to be a little more intense.

"Rui Niang! How much gold and silver do you have with you, quickly give it to the king!" Hu Shi'an was also alert, and immediately pulled his neck and shouted at Rui Niang.

After this guy said this sentence, he felt that it was not safe enough, so he quickly added another sentence: "Don't be afraid, I will pay you back in the future!"

"Keep your voice down!" Xingyan shouted.

Hu Shi'an was startled when he heard the words, and immediately fell silent, with a flattering smile on his face - I don't know if the thief next to him saw it or not.

"Your Majesty, don't get angry! As long as you don't hurt my family, Hu Lang, you can do whatever you want with me—I'll get out of bed to get the silver taels." After speaking, he seemed to want to put on his clothes and get out of bed.

"Hold on!" Xing Yan and Wen Yan hurriedly stopped him - you know, he didn't come here to rob tonight. "..."

When the thief stopped them, both of them were surprised. They didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the thief's gourd.Hu Shi'an was even more frightened, suspecting that the thief didn't know how to torture him—this guy didn't ask for money, so could it be... Was it the creditor who sent him to take his life? !
Just when Hu Shi'an was suspicious and his legs were weak, he heard the thief speak again: "Don't come to coax me! I have been paying attention to you for many days. You spend a lot of money, and you are often in that Ruyifang You messed around, but now you come to cry with me again?! Could it be that you deliberately..." "No, no, no! Your Majesty!" When Hu Shi'an heard that his words were not good, he quickly swore: "Actually..." Just as he was about to say the words The reason, but suddenly seemed to be a little stuttering, and he couldn't say anything for a long time.Xing Yan was trying to force him to tell the truth, seeing that he was hesitating to speak, just dawdling there, he stepped up his hand slightly, and shouted: "Stop covering it up, tell the truth quickly—I've been paying attention to you for a long time , if there is even half a false statement... Huh, it will be cut with a sword!"

Hearing the thief's anger, Hu Shi'an hurriedly poured beans into a bamboo tube, and explained in detail the gambling debts he owed in recent days-this confession was accompanied by Xingyan's timely threat at the side. In desperation, this guy had no choice but to talk about how he coaxed Rui Niang to take out his own money as a gambling capital, but lost everything.

After hearing this, Xingyan said loudly on purpose: "Look at you, you look like a man, but you don't expect to be so unprogressive, and you use women's money to hang out!" She could hear Hu Lang's words clearly—for an instant, Rui Niang felt that her eyes were darkened, and her heart couldn't stop sinking into it... It turned out that Hu Shi'an When coaxing her to redeem her own money, he only told her that it was to redeem her body, and that she lost her money by doing some business, and asked Rui Niang to use some money to make money, so that she could earn more money to redeem her body as soon as possible—and pay You have to pay the fee in Huayue Building...

... "Hu Lang..." After a while, a woman's sad voice came from behind the screen.

"Hmph!" Although he already knew the answer, but after hearing this guy's own confession, Xing Yan couldn't help but feel angry, so he put the sword on the neck of "Hu Lang" and rubbed it twice.Hu Shi'an suddenly felt something weird about his neck, and was terrified. He was about to kneel down and beg for mercy, but he heard the thief next to him say again:

"Hey! I have always acted upright, but I don't bother to take that woman's money. What should I do?" Xing Yan said this, just to provoke the poor man who deceived Sister Rui Niang, so that he would retreat in spite of the difficulties. , just disappear.One must know that all the prostitutes in the Huayue Tower sold themselves to the old bustard, Aunt Xia, and most of the money they earned had to be handed over to the brothel.Under such circumstances, it is not easy for this prostitute to save some private money.Even for the red cards of Huayuelou like Rui Niang, it is really difficult to save a decent amount of money in private - this Raozhou is not a major province, and there are not many benefactors who come here for entertainment, and there are not many rewards. Often you can only save some of the regular money for rouge and gouache.The money saved by all these painstaking efforts will be used to provide for the elderly after death - how can this prostitute's own money be coaxed so casually? !

Let's say that Xingyan is planning such a wishful thinking, but it doesn't matter, that guy Hu Shi'an is full of bad water; he heard the hero on the Dagu Mountain next to him say this, and when he rolled his eyes, Xiyan said:

"Your Majesty, don't be upset! Why don't you listen to Xiao's words, why don't you just go like this..."

(End of this chapter)