Rune

Chapter 34 Luthier Li Honghu

"My lord, your complexion is not very good." The little maid asked worriedly.

"It's okay, the light is on." Xu Baiyan replied.

"You're still sweating a lot"

"Really? I'm not used to the temperature here, it's a little hot."

While talking, Xu Baiyan looked back at the river, the lights were flickering, but the boatman had long since disappeared.

"The young man?"

Xu Baiyan took a deep breath, and shouted in his heart, "I can't let down the young and old at Yuxiakou!" ', and then forced a light smile: "Let's go, let's go in."

Just like that, he followed the little maid into the cabin.

Although it is not as gorgeous as on the flower boat, it is quiet.

Several small tables were placed not too far away. At this time, there were only a dozen people sitting in the boat. When everyone saw someone new coming in, they all turned around and were a little surprised to find that it was a new face.Seeing that the person who came in was wearing simple clothes, not even a jade pendant, some doubts arose in his heart.

Xu Baiyan didn't intentionally interact with these eyes, so he found a corner to sit down on his own, and whispered to the little maid just now: "The kind with a pot of tea."

The little maid smiled and nodded.

After a while, the tea was served, and the tea set was naturally the best, but Xu Baiyan couldn't taste anything special, so he could only feel pain in his heart, thinking to himself, 'just this pot of tea is worth half a den of horse thieves? '

Just as he was thinking about it, a few piano sounds came, and he looked at the stage again, and there were already a few more women with slim waists.A few people beside them were plucking the piano and strings, their expressions were focused, their eyebrows were clear, and they were not as charming as the woman on the flower boat in front of them.

In fact, as the piano sounded, it meant that there were only a few guests on the boat tonight.Some maidservants also came out from behind the screen. Although their clothes were not so cool, they were all light and tulle.They obviously knew all the young masters sitting here, so they walked up to everyone with ease, talking and laughing naturally, some wine and dishes were served, there was music, dancing, wine and beauties, although the oiran hadn't shown up yet, But the atmosphere in the venue has gradually become active.

There was only a pot of tea on Xu Baiyan's table, and there was no girl beside him. He was alone in the corner, which was a little out of tune with the atmosphere of the venue.

Soon.
"Brother, you look strange, dare to ask your name?"

Xu Baiyan was taken aback for a moment, then turned his head, and found a scholar coming to his desk.

"Xu Baiyan." He replied very friendly.

"Oh? Bai Yan?" The other party thought for a while: "The white phoenix perched on the top of the forest, the red phoenix danced in the furnace flame, the scenery is delicate, but the emotion is rough and wild, good name!"

Xu Baiyan smiled awkwardly: "It's not what Xiongtai thought."

"Oh?" The man was startled, and after thinking for a moment, he suddenly realized: "Oh! The white fat melts in the cold, and the red beans condense in the frozen flames! It turns out that this is the case. I am so ignorant that I didn't think of such a lofty artistic conception."

As he said that, the person on the opposite side owed him a slight salute.

Xu Baiyan clenched his toes tightly, grinning and said: "No."

The scholar was puzzled, and his face was dignified with some respect: "Then don't you know the name Xiongtai?"

"My father's name is Xu Lu, and my mother's name is Zhou Qing. Hydrogen burns in chlorine to form a blue-white flame. My father copied it from Zhihu." Xu Baiyan said very embarrassedly.

"." The scholar on the opposite side looked at Xu Baiyan in a daze, and after a long time: "I don't understand!"

"It's chemistry."

"Hiss——" the scholar gasped, and made an 'admiration' gesture to Xu Baiyan: "I still don't understand, I'm ignorant, I'm disrespectful and disrespectful. Oh, I'm so abrupt, I forgot to report my family name, my surname Dong, called Dong Fugui."

"Hello." Xu Baiyan thought, compared with himself, this name is really easy to understand.

After just a few words, the two of them seemed to know each other, and Dong Fugui was a little familiar, so he naturally sat opposite Xu Baiyan, but his behavior and speech were very measured, which was not annoying. .

"I don't know if Xiongtai is sitting drinking tea alone because he doesn't like the girl on the show boat?"

Xu Baiyan waved his hand: "No, no, it's just too expensive."

"Huh?" Dong Fugui was taken aback, and looked up and down Xu Baiyan's outfit again: "Haha, at first, I thought that Xiongtai was the kind of ordinary clothes that were specially worn, and wanted to come to this boat to win some ridicules, and then become a blockbuster. Lord, I didn't expect that Xiongtai would be so consistent."

"Smiled."

"Ham~ I'm not kidding you, you know, everyone on this show boat is trying their best to show off their aura of wealth, there's no one like you who just sits in a corner and doesn't want to attract attention. Interesting. Liu Hong!" As he spoke, he called softly.

A girl at the side immediately walked over with small steps: "Young Master Dong, what do you want to tell the servants to do?"

"Bring over the dishes on my table, and a jug of wine. I'll have a few drinks with this brother tonight."

Xu Baiyan heard it: "No, no, I'm just here to see that Li Huakui, I don't want to do anything else."

"Ah, it doesn't cost you money. I'll invite you today." Dong Fugui seemed to have relaxed at the moment, and he no longer behaved like a scholar, and gradually revealed a bit of nouveau riche temperament: "Don't hide anything Brother, I’ve been on this boat for half a month, and I’m really fed up with the tunes of poems and songs every night. If it weren’t for my father who insisted on letting me plate gold on this show boat, I wouldn’t come. Go to the front boat to find a few girls, and play happily for a few days, how comfortable it is."

"Have you been on this show ship for half a month?"

"Yes, every night."

Xu Baiyan said in shock: "That's a lot of money."

"Money is nothing. Business people like us want face. Otherwise, my family wouldn't let me stay on this boat for more than ten days. But to be honest, I really can't play poetry and songs. This group of veterans, so tonight is probably out of the game." Speaking, Dong Fugui not only sighed.

Not long after, the food and drinks were brought up. This Dong Fugui brother probably pretended to be a bookish man on board for too long. He finally caught someone like Xu Baiyan, and he had a channel to vent his anger. The atmosphere on the boat was at its happiest. Counting the time, the oiran should be on stage soon.

Sure enough, after one song, the dance music on the stage stopped, and all the singers left.And following this scene, all the audience fell silent, and the girls who were serving the guests all retreated consciously.

No matter if they were drunk, talking and laughing, or frolicking, at this moment, all the people stopped what they were doing at the same moment, raised their heads together, and looked towards the second floor of the show boat.

Xu Baiyan naturally followed everyone's gaze and looked over.

Seeing that the door of a room in the middle of the second floor opened silently, the bead curtain was hanging down quietly, looking faintly, there was a wonderful figure sitting behind the bead curtain, no one was seen, no sound was heard, just like this With a hazy look, all the men downstairs lost their souls.

(End of this chapter)