Downstairs, hundreds of round lanterns with dragon characters on them emitted bright golden light, forming hundreds of light spots, surrounding a long red dragon.
The long dragon rushed left and right, trying to break out of the lanterns. The light spots and the long dragon kept fighting, forming an extremely colorful and lively dragon party.
Groups of golden, red and yellow fireworks kept shooting up in the sky, and the three-color fireworks rendered the whole scene golden and brilliant.
Taking advantage of the excitement, everyone watched the dragon dance for a while, and then returned to the table to drink and eat. Everyone here was a businessman, and none of them came from a family. Their self-cultivation and quality suddenly showed signs of success.
Pretending to be elegant, everyone behaved wildly, laughing and slamming the table.
"Can anyone be let in on the tenth floor?"
Suddenly an impatient voice came from the table next to me.
Everyone's laughter stopped and they quickly looked over.
At the next table, three elegant young scholars were looking over here with cold eyes.
The one who spoke was one of the fair-skinned scholars with a slender face.
"Such an elegant place can actually allow such vulgar people to go upstairs. It seems that Xunyang Tower is getting worse and worse than before." The scholar said coldly.
Unexpectedly, Song Zhenguo, who had always been unreasonable and unforgiving, unexpectedly remained silent for a rare moment after seeing the speaker clearly. He just lowered his head and drank in silence without saying a word.
Most of the other people lowered their heads and remained silent, and their voices quickly became quieter. Even Chen Yunxi bit her lips and still did not make a sound. Among this group of people, she had the best family background. She did not dare to return the favor.
Mouth, obviously those three people have a lot of background.
"Isn't this Miss Chen Yunxi? She is indeed the daughter of a businessman. She even associates with people like these who don't know etiquette.
Last time, your brother said a lot of nice things in front of me, smiled and said that he would betroth you to me as my concubine. At that time, I was a little tempted. Now it seems that I did the right thing by not agreeing at that time." Another young master.
Playing with a string of Buddhist beads in his hand, he shook his head and smiled.
When Chen Yunxi heard these words, she quickly glanced at Lu Sheng as if she was electrocuted, and immediately lowered her head. Her whole body turned red from her face to her neck. Her body was even trembling.
But even so, none of the eight or nine people at the table dared to protest.
Lu Sheng shook his head in his mind. Looking at Song Zhenguo again, he clenched his fists and the veins on his neck were all congested. He was obviously very angry.
"A bunch of cowards." The thin-faced scholar spat softly.
"Didn't your mother teach you what politeness is? You still need me to teach you what education means?"
Suddenly a plain voice sounded from beside Chen Yunxi.
The thin-faced scholar originally planned to ignore this group of people and was about to pick up his glass and continue drinking, but he didn't expect to hear these words. His eyes suddenly widened and he looked towards Chen Yunxi.
The other two people at the table also showed surprise and looked at Chen Yunxi.
Song Zhenguo suddenly grabbed Lu Sheng's hand and winked at him. He stood up slowly and raised his hands to the three of them, intending to apologize.
Lu Sheng smiled and stood up. "It's our fault that the noise disturbed others. But maliciously attacking a girl, a young woman with hairline hair. It seems that the three of them are not good people."
Ji (ji) means reaching the age of marriage. The marriage age for a woman here is sixteen. And Chen Yunxi is only sixteen. She is three years younger than Lu Sheng.
"How brave!" The thin-faced scholar stood up and stared at Lu Sheng coldly. "I didn't expect that this mountain city would actually..."
"Okay, Su De." The only one among the three who had not spoken, the young master slowly spoke,
As soon as he opened his mouth, the other two people immediately suppressed their originally indignant expressions, and showed a look of gloating on their faces. It was obvious that the person who spoke had a greater background.
"It's just a small matter, that's it. The time has come and we should leave." The young man had good features, a graceful and calm temperament, and his words gave people a calm and calm look. It seemed that the disputes between several people were nothing in his eyes.
It's like playing house with a child.
"Okay...since it's Young Master Rong who speaks! Huh!" The thin-faced scholar snorted coldly and glared at Lu Sheng fiercely.
Lu Sheng was ready to teach the three of them a lesson directly. He also noticed that there were several stern glances not far away from the three of them, but they were only at the level of force. To him, they were just a few more palms.
difference.
There are also high and low levels of Kung Li. For example, at the pinnacle of Kong Li like Uncle Zhao in my family, one person can handle two ordinary Kong Li. Just like practicing the same set of martial arts, different people will have different levels of Kung Li.
What's more, Lu Sheng is now a master of the inner sect, and his black evil energy cultivation is effective against monsters and ghosts. If it hits ordinary people, the power is probably even more terrifying.
Although he has never really dealt with them, three or five Kongli masters are nothing in his eyes. Even a higher level of Tongyi is equivalent to three Kongli at most, so it is nothing to be afraid of.
The three of them stood up and left slowly. The conflict was resolved, and Song Zhenguo breathed a sigh of relief.
As soon as the three people left, Chen Yunxi couldn't stay any longer. With tears in her eyes, she stood up and left. Lu Sheng wanted to see her off, but he politely refused, and then left in a hurry.
The others no longer had any interest in enjoying the dragon dance. Song Zhenguo sent away his female companion and took Lu Sheng and Wang Ziquan together towards the river.
The Songbai River is calm at night, and rows of rowboats with red lights on are slowly swimming and gliding on the river.
Song Zhenguo pulled the two of them onto a larger painting boat with ease, and the charming boat girl took the initiative to greet them.
"Mr. Song, I haven't seen you for a long time. Jun'er is always talking about you in my ears."
The boat girl's conversation was completely devoid of any semblance of romance, which surprised Lu Sheng.
"Are you free now, Jun'er?" Song Zhenguo said with a smile, taking the lead and walking inside.
"Of course I do, I'll just wait for Mr. Song to come over." The boat girl said with a smile. "If the other two young masters have a girl you like, you can also tell me."
The three of them were led into a separate small room, which was extremely elegantly decorated.
Then a row of about a dozen women in gauze came in, all of them with charming figures and elegant temperaments, just like any other young lady. Their appearance was also different.
"Blessed are the three gentlemen." All the women bowed respectfully.
"Two brothers, let's pick one. I'll treat you today." Song Zhenguo hugged a woman who came in from behind and said casually.
Wang Ziquan's eyes were straightened at this time, and his face was so red that he didn't know which one to choose.
Lu Sheng, however, had a calm expression on his face, casually pointed at someone who looked quiet and asked him to sit next to him.
After the three of them ordered, some nourishing scented tea was served to cheer them up, and girls in sexy dresses came up to play music and dance.
"What happened today...is really..." As soon as Song Zhenguo mentioned what happened in Xunyang Tower today, his face turned red and he couldn't help but feel relieved.
"Brother Song, why are you saying these depressing words when a beautiful lady is here? Come on, have a drink!" At this time, Wang Ziquan's hands began to become restless, and he kept touching the girl next to him, and he couldn't wait any longer.
The three girls smiled sweetly and comforted Song Zhenguo. Lu Sheng and Chen Xing persuaded him. Song Zhenguo's mood improved a little.
"If I read it correctly, one of the three people who ridiculed us today is Wang Shunyong, the son of Yanshan City's deputy commander. It would be fine if it were others, but this Wang Shunyong is different..."
"And Mr. Rong... he must have a bigger background." Wang Ziquan added.
Lu Sheng shook his head and said nothing. After seeing the larger world, it was difficult for him to see these young masters and the like.
"Why are you talking about these disappointing things? Keep drinking! You won't come home until you're drunk tonight!" Wang Ziquan said loudly.
Song Zhenguo also put aside his worries and drank heavily.
Lu Sheng actually didn't like this kind of occasion very much, but seeing that Song Zhenguo was in a bad mood, he drank with him until late at night.
Painting boats, drinking and performing arts, not selling one's body. When the three of them came out after drinking, it was already the middle of the night. That is, between two and three in the morning.
After Lu Sheng separated from the two of them, he felt quite sad in his heart. Young ladies from wealthy families like Song Zhenguo and Chen Yunxi didn't even dare to say anything back when they met the children of officials. It seems that the status of merchants in this world is still not high.
He drank too much. Although he was not drunk, his mind was much clearer and he was not sleepy. After leaving the Songbai River, he rushed towards the place where he lived. He stopped several carriages along the way, but there was no room.
It was too late, and there weren't even many carriage drivers, so they had to go back to rest. So they had to go back step by step.
The streets in the city were deserted in the middle of the night, with only a few drunkards talking nonsense.
The houses on both sides were dark, with only the occasional lantern in front of a wealthy family's door swaying in the wind, emitting a faint red light.
The wind was blowing and it was a bit cool.
Lu Sheng speeded up, and when he was halfway through the journey, he suddenly realized that his pocket had disappeared.
He touched all over his body and found no waist bag anywhere.
"It must have been left on the painting boat." Lu Sheng remembered that he still had the note Duanmu Wan gave him in his waist bag, and the key to the door was also in it, so he couldn't lose it. He turned around and rushed towards the painting boat.
Walking quickly all the way, Lu Sheng returned the same way and returned to the Songbai River. At this time, most of the painting boats on the riverside had finished their work and put down the hanging paintings. The riverside was also a little deserted.
He returned all the way and soon found the boat he had come down from before.
The painting boat had already docked. It was deserted with no one in sight. The yellow lanterns on the deck swayed slightly with the river breeze.
"It's time to call it a day. The girls have all gone home to rest. It should be cleaning time now." Lu Sheng thought to himself as he stepped onto the boat along the pier.
"Is there anyone there?" Lu Sheng called twice and walked along the deck towards the inside of the ship.
The interior of the boat was empty, the floor was exceptionally clean, and there were fine reflections of varnish on the slightly old wooden boards.
Lu Sheng walked along the entrance of the building ship. Inside was a somewhat narrow intestine. After walking out of the intestine, there was a hall. On both sides of the hall were rows of rooms of the three-story ship.
A small swaying lantern hangs at the door of each wing, and a faint red light shines from the lantern. This red color makes it look even colder in the middle of the night.
"Is there anyone there?" Lu Sheng took a quick look and saw that there was not a single person in the entire building.
"I remember when I came here just now, there weren't so many red lanterns here..." He narrowed his eyes slightly and felt a little nervous.
There are three floors in the building, with five rooms on each floor, a total of fifteen rooms. Red lanterns are hung at the door of each building. The faint red light dyes the entire building in red, and there is silence.