Longevity begins with marrying your sister-in-law

Chapter 323 Nine Girls
"I don't know any words, so I came in to ask for advice."

Chen Xuan spoke quickly.

but--

"If you don't know how to read, go ask the teacher. This is not a school!"

Gu Pengyou continued walking inside, with no intention of paying any attention to him.

“It’s ancient writing!”

As soon as these words came out.

Gu Pengyou came to an abrupt stop.

She turned around slowly, somewhat unconvinced of what he said.

However, she was born with a love for reading, especially ancient books, and she had no resistance to them.

"If you lie to me, I will throw you out of September City and never let you enter again!"

There was a strong threat in Gu Pengyou's words.

Of course, she has the capital to say such things.

The Gu family is not only the first family in Jiuyue Mansion, but Jiuyue Mansion also belongs to King Gu, who is her uncle.

Chen Xuan raised his eyebrows.

He looks like a scholar, but speaks so arrogantly.

"The background is not weak!"

I muttered in my heart.

"Pen and ink are at your service. You will understand once you write it down!"

For a woman, especially one who is still in doubt, no matter how much you say, it will be useless.

"Okay! I will be your servant for once!"

Gu Pengyou slammed his hand heavily on the book, but he still looked at Chen Xuan with suspicion.

Then he walked to the desk and started grinding.

After a moment, he pointed to the wolf-hair brush beside him and said, "Please?"

"But I warn you in advance. If you write carelessly, you will not be able to keep your hands today."

She, Gu Pengyou, grinds it herself. Only her father and her uncle can enjoy such treatment.

She was really confused just now.

But now that the words have been spoken, I might as well do it this time.

But she also made the consequences clear.

"Then you will be disappointed!"

Chen Xuan said this lightly, then picked up the wolf-hair brush and began to write the words from the ancient book.

Gu Pengyou's eyes were fixed on the tip of the pen.

As the words gradually took shape, her expression changed.

One word and it’s done!

Chen Xuan put down the wolf-hair brush in his hand and looked at her who was completely stunned by the shock.

He asked proudly, "How?"

“Ancient characters!”

Now it was Chen Xuan's turn to be surprised. He just wanted to give it a try, but after coming in and seeing how young she was, he gave up the idea.

If it weren't for her arrogant attitude at the end, I wouldn't have written it for her.

But I didn't expect that she actually knew him.

That’s right, this word is exactly the word ‘gu’.

It was also deliberately selected by Chen Xuan.

"It was my misunderstanding, please don't mind it."

Gu Pengyou bowed slightly to express his apology.

"Don't be like this girl, it's just a misunderstanding."

Chen Xuan also nodded slightly.

But the way he looked at her changed.

She was really different from the women he had met before. She was arrogant, but when she knew she was wrong she would immediately bow her head and admit her mistake.

This is very rare.

As expected of a scholar, he is different.

"Do you still have these ancient characters? Could you please write them down for me to read?"

Very little of this ancient writing remains.

Even the Gu family’s collections over the years are only a handful.

This shows how rare it is.

She was also a person who liked ancient characters, so she asked quickly at this moment.

"Of course, I came here because I can't read! And if you don't mind, you can just call me Xuan Er!"

"Gu Pengyou! Thank you very much!"

He also directly said his name, and then picked up a wolf-hair brush and wrote it on the paper.

Chen Xuan looked at it carefully and repeated it several times in his mind.

Then he praised,
"The word peng describes the lushness of vegetation, meaning vigorous vitality, and you is a plant. The combination of the two implies erudition and talent!"

"Good name!"

When he spoke the meaning of his name, Gu Pengyou's eyes lit up.

Genji!

He was really different from any man she had met before.

Her name is very uncommon, and most people don't even know it, let alone know the meaning of these two words.

"Master Xuan is very knowledgeable!"

Gu Pengyou was also generous with his praise at this moment, and the smile on his face was genuine, without any affectation.

"Miss Gu, what you said really embarrasses me. I just like reading books, I don't do any research, otherwise I wouldn't even be able to recognize the characters."

Chen Xuan joked deliberately.

"Master Xuan is joking."

Gu Pengyou felt a little embarrassed. After all, he had just said very seriously that he didn't know the characters, but she thought he was just being unreasonable.

"hehe!"

Chen Xuan smiled and stopped teasing her. Instead, he asked, "Then I will write it now?"

"Okay, okay! I'll grind it for you!"

Gu Pengyou nodded repeatedly and started grinding immediately.

Chen Xuan was not polite either. He picked up the wolf-hair brush on the table and began to write ancient characters one by one.

Of course there were people he knew and people he didn't.

This is also to test her.

Otherwise, it’s not fooling him, but if he understands it wrongly, then he is misleading.

About half an hour.

Chen Xuan wrote nearly a hundred ancient characters in a very fluent manner.

"call--"

He gently put down the wolf-hair brush in his hand, "Is that all for now? I can't remember the rest, I'll take a look when I get back!"

"Thanks for your hard work!"

Gu Pengyou nodded slightly, then stretched out a hand, pointed at the ancient characters one by one and looked at them carefully.

Chen Xuan walked to the counter and saw the teapot on it.

After looking at Gu Pengyou and seeing that she was completely immersed in those ancient characters, he didn't call her but poured himself a cup and started drinking.

"This word is...empty!"

"Yes, it's Kong, I've seen him before!"

"This is the word 'Jing'!"

Gu Pengyou's voice has never stopped since the beginning.

Chen Xuan was quietly admiring this beauty.

But this quiet scene was broken half an hour later.

"Sister, I'm coming!"

A young man, dressed in a blue brocade robe and with a white jade pendant hanging around his waist, walked in hurriedly.

"Ok?"

When he saw the cup in Chen Xuan's hand, he was stunned.

This is my sister's favorite cup. Not to mention outsiders, even if he comes, she has never let him use it.

Who is this person?

"Wait for something! Don't talk!"

Gu Pengyou didn't even look at him, just said one sentence and started looking at it carefully again.

"Ok?"

The man looked at her, then at Chen Xuan, completely confused.

But due to the pressure from her sister, she walked gently to the counter and leaned against it.

His eyes were fixed on Chen Xuan.

But even though he was as curious as a cat scratching its head, he didn't dare to ask.

"hehe!"

Seeing how uncomfortable he looked, Chen Xuan also smiled unkindly.

Of course, what he got in return was the man glaring at him fiercely.

Very dissatisfied.

This wait lasted two hours.

Gu Pengyou finally finished reading, but his face showed a look of being unsatisfied.

Holding the paper in his hand, he walked slowly towards me.

The man was about to speak, but was stopped by her gesture.

Instead, he handed the paper to Chen Xuan, looking apologetic, "I'm really sorry, there are many things I don't recognize!"

In terms of knowledge, although she is young, there are almost no one in Jiuyue Mansion who can surpass her!

She still has this confidence.

But these were ancient characters, and even for someone as well-educated as her, she didn't recognize nearly twenty of the hundreds of characters.

Chen Xuan took it and looked at it carefully.

"It's already very good! Thank you Miss Gu."

He clasped his hands together and expressed his gratitude.

I just wanted to hang out today, but I didn't expect to gain something like this.

It's an unintentional trick.

Then he looked at the sky outside and said, "I have been bothering you for a long time. I will go back first."

“The rest.”

Seeing that he was about to leave, Gu Pengyou asked hurriedly.

After all, he still has a lot of ancient texts, and it would be a pity if we missed them.

"Don't worry, Xuan will come again tomorrow!"

Hearing him say this, Gu Pengyou immediately felt relieved, and then said, "If Master Xuan is willing, you can bring the original one, so that I can be more confident!"

"This"

Chen Xuan hesitated.

"I'm sorry, I was presumptuous."

Gu Pengyou quickly said that this kind of ancient book must be very precious. It was indeed inappropriate for her to make such an suggestion when they only met by chance.

"Oh, no, this ancient book belongs to an elder in the family. I can't make the decision. Let me ask for your permission first. Miss Gu, do you think this is a good idea?"

"Thank you for your trouble, Master Xuan!"

Gu Pengyou bowed.

"You're welcome!"

After Chen Xuan nodded in return, he left Guyuezhai.

It was not until he left that Gu Ming finally couldn't hold it in any longer, "Sister, who is this guy? You are so polite to him!"

Their Gu family is the number one family in Jiuyue Mansion.

I don’t know how many people want to climb up to them.

Even a servant of the Gu family walked with his head held high outside.

Unexpectedly, his sister is now the most talented person of this generation in the Gu family, deeply loved by his father and uncle, and the most beautiful woman in the Jiuyue Mansion.

Now she is so polite to a strange man.

And the way he looked at her was full of light.

How abnormal!
"Didn't I tell you? Don't come to me unless it's important!"

Gu Pengyou did not answer him.

And a little unhappy.

He was completely different from how he treated Chen Xuan just now.

"Oh, Daddy asked me to call you. Uncle has returned from the Imperial Capital!"

"Uncle is back?"

Gu Pengyou was a little surprised, because his uncle said last time that it would take at least a year and a half to go to the imperial capital, but it had only been half a year.

Did something big happen?
"I'll leave this to you. I'll go back first!"

Without giving him time to speak, he turned into a beam of white light and flew towards the ancient mansion.

"What is this!"

Gu Ming had a bitter face and felt helpless.

He came to call for help, but in the end he was left here alone. He also wanted to go back.

Maybe his uncle brought him some goodies from the imperial capital!
"or."

I looked at the sky and it was almost time.

I might as well go all out and just go straight to the door.

Leave!

"Nine Immortals Tower!"

After leaving Guyuezhai, Chen Xuan certainly did not forget the purpose of today.

"so high!"

Chen Xuan looked up and saw that it was called a building, but in fact it looked more like a tower.

"1, 2, 3"

There are ten floors in total. Not only that, the color of the fence outside each floor is different.

And the styles are also very different.

"interesting!"

Chen Xuan couldn't help but say that the brothel could be like this, it seemed that it did have some ability to attract those powerful people from other places.

Then he walked towards the door.

But before he reached the door, he was stopped by a woman in red.

"how?"

Chen Xuan raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at him with some confusion.

The woman didn't say anything and just stretched out her hand.

"What's the meaning!"

Chen Xuan's face looked a little ugly.

He just wanted to go to a brothel, but this person stopped him and stretched out his hand.

"Is it your first time?"

The woman didn't care about his expression at all, but asked impatiently.

"So what?"

"If it's your first time, you have to pay one thousand taels first. This is the rule of Jiuxianlou! It's also the threshold!"

What?
Chen Xuan thought he had heard it wrong!

Since when did there become a threshold fee for visiting brothels?
It is simply the most ridiculous thing in the world.

But he suppressed his dissatisfaction and asked again, "What if it's not the first time?"

"It's not the first time, it's one hundred taels each time! You give it to me or not, if you don't, just leave immediately, our Jiuxianlou will charge ten thousand taels for a night!"

He looked at him with contempt, and his words showed some disdain for him.

After all, Chen Xuan's clothes today were very ordinary.

At first glance, he doesn't look like a rich man.

"hehe!"

Chen Xuan was really amused by this woman.

With a round face and pockmarks, it's no wonder he was assigned to be a watchdog.

Then a two-dollar silver note was thrown out.

He strode straight in.

"Hey, what's wrong with you? I haven't even looked at the banknotes yet. Wait a minute!"

The woman shouted loudly, very dissatisfied, and then stretched out her big, rough hands to grab him.

"Give you face!"

Chen Xuan looked at her coldly. Although he did not emit any aura, the invisible pressure from a powerful Taoist master was not something an ordinary person could withstand.

moment!

The woman was frightened and couldn't stop shaking all over.

But
"Someone come, someone is causing trouble, come quickly"

He shouted at the top of his lungs.

"Shut up!"

Suddenly a loud shout was heard, and the next moment a middle-aged man in black, with a square face and thick eyebrows, appeared in Chen Xuan's sight.

"I'm sorry, it's Jiuxianlou that's rude. All the consumption of the distinguished guests here today will be counted as Jiuxianlou's!"

The middle-aged man in black bowed to Chen Xuan and said.

Chen Xuan didn't say anything, just glanced at him lightly.

Just a glance made the man in black feel tremendous pressure.

"Need not!"

Then he walked straight past him.

It was not until Chen Xuan left that the man felt the pressure disappear.

"So strong!"

He is a powerful person in the Xuan realm and the manager of Jiuxian Tower.

The one who could give him such great pressure must be at least in the late Xuan realm, or maybe even higher!
Thinking of this, he looked at the woman with a grim expression.

"Master, the chief steward!"

The woman was trembling, her face turned pale with fear, and she had completely lost her previous arrogance.

Usually, her lover is the one guarding this place, why is it the steward here today?

"It's over, it's over. If I had known, I wouldn't have shouted!"

The steward is the one who decides their life or death with just one word.

"Somebody come!"

The man shouted angrily.

"Master Steward!"

Two men dressed in black instantly came in front of him and responded respectfully.

"Cut off her tongue for me, and chop off the hands of whoever arranged this!"

"Jiuxianlou is open for business, and customers are our top priority. Next time, you guards will be punished together!"

The man looked at the two of them coldly.

"Yes!"

The two replied immediately.

The man's cold tone scared the two men so much that they broke out in cold sweats.

"Humph!"

The man snorted coldly, then walked into the Jiuxian Tower.

"No, Master, please spare my life, spare me."

Before he could finish his words, one of the men knocked him unconscious with a slap.

"so close!"

"Hmm! I didn't expect the butler to come today. This old dog is in trouble now!"

Another man said with some regret.

"Serves him right. This woman is so ugly. I really don't know what she likes about him. I told him a long time ago that this woman can't be a doorman. She can just do odd jobs in the back!"

"Well now, I have to sacrifice both my hands for this ugly woman!"

"Forget it, forget it! Let's go! Let's deal with it quickly, that was a close call!"

I touched my forehead and my hands were wet.

When Chen Xuan entered the Jiuxian Tower, he was quite enlightened.

The decoration of the entire first floor highlights one word: rich!
Magnificent!
And he just used his mental power to sweep it lightly.

Everywhere you look, anything yellow is gold.

As for those colorful ones, they are all kinds of precious gems.

Although I didn't recognize those wooden things, I could tell at a glance that they were not ordinary items.

“They say the earth is golden, but when the earth is taken to its extreme, it is elegance!”

Chen Xuan couldn't help but sigh.

At least now he felt that this decoration was very comfortable.

"My boss likes gold, so we used gold. I'm Zhu Jiu, I'm really sorry for what I did just now!"

"No problem, it's my first time here, if it's convenient, please introduce yourself to me!"

It’s just a small matter. Chen Xuan won’t let an ordinary woman disturb his mood.

And women were also punished.

"Of course, it is our honor to have you come to our Jiuxianlou. Please come in!"

Zhu Jiu stretched out a hand and led Chen Xuan to the table by the window.

After the two sat down.

Chen Xuan was the first to express his doubts, "Why are there so many tables on this floor?"

To him, it felt more like a restaurant than a brothel.

"Do you know your last name, brother?"

Zhu Jiu bowed and asked with a smile.

"Xuanji!"

Chen Xuan said lightly.

"Then call me Brother Xuan!"

"Brother Zhu!"

The two looked at each other and smiled.

Zhu Jiu then began to introduce, "Brother Xuan, don't underestimate this table. It will cost a thousand taels to sit down!"

"look."

Zhu Jiu pointed to the center of the table and carved a number.

And the table they were sitting on now had eight engraved on it!
"What does this mean?"

Chen Xuan asked with some confusion.

"Eight, represents number eight. Only those with the number are eligible to participate in the bidding!"

"There are only nine girls in our Jiuxian Building. You must have seen that there are ten floors in Jiuxian Building. Except for the first floor, each floor represents a girl!"

"The bidding starts from the second floor every night, and the highest bidder wins!"

"All the way to the tenth floor!"

"I see!"

Chen Xuan nodded slowly. This didn't feel like a brothel but more like an auction.

Just nine girls!

Not much! Or rather, too little.

But if a brothel could be supported by just nine girls, then it would probably cost a astronomical amount of money to photograph one girl.

“That’s a good move!”

Chen Xuan was not stingy with his own praise.

Of course, this also requires money, at least the girl has to be unique.

Otherwise, why would this table alone cost a thousand taels?

"This is all the boss's idea!"

Zhu Jiu was very impressed with his boss and founded the Jiuxian Tower. In just a few decades, the tower became famous not only in Jiuyue Prefecture, but also in several nearby prefectures.

The money earned over the years is simply astronomical.

"I'd like to meet your boss if I get a chance!"

Chen Xuan was very interested in this person.

"I will pass it on for you, but whether it will be seen or not depends on the boss's opinion."

"Thank you!"

Chen Xuan nodded.

While the two were chatting, many people came in one after another.

Moreover, each of them is either rich or noble. You can tell from the guards who follow them. They are at least in the late immortal realm, and there are quite a few in the mysterious realm.

"This Jiuyue Mansion is several levels stronger than the Moran Mansion!"

There were so many masters in just one brothel.

It's really a bit outrageous.

You should know that in the Moran Mansion, only the big families have masters in the Xuan realm.

And they are all treated as treasures.

As for being a bodyguard for a young master, that is simply a fantasy.

"The auction will start in a while. I just said that no matter which one Brother Xuan takes a fancy to today, Jiuxianlou will pay for it!"

Zhu Jiu mentioned it again, of course, also to make friends with him.

Because no matter whether they are in the late Xuan realm or above, they are qualified to make friends with Jiuxianlou.

"What if I like them all?"

Chen Xuan looked at him with a smile.

You want to give him money, right?
Of course, you have to be more ruthless.

He wanted to see what this person was thinking now?
There is no free lunch in the world.

This happens again and again, isn't it just to win him over?
But if you want to win him over, the price will be more than a little.

really!

Zhu Jiu looked embarrassed, "Brother Xuan, you are joking!"

Wanting nine girls at once is too much.

Although I felt it was outrageous, it was not easy to get angry on the spot.

"let it go!"

Chen Xuan said lightly.

"In that case, then I won't compensate Brother Xuan. Have fun in the Nine Immortals Tower!"

Zhu Jiu stood up and bowed.

Chen Xuan just nodded, with no intention of getting up at all.

After all, he is just a warrior in the early stage of the Profound Realm, not even worth one punch from him, so there is no need.

After breaking through to the Dao realm, his powerful strength caused subtle changes in his mentality, but that doesn’t mean he is arrogant.

The purpose of coming to Jiuyue Mansion is to relax, so of course I have to be casual.

Besides, even if he can't handle it, isn't there still Her Royal Highness the Princess of Dayu?
It seems that I have some background and I feel confident enough.

A hint of anger flashed across Zhu Jiu's eyes.

But he concealed it in an instant, put on a smile, and left.

After he left, the corners of Chen Xuan's mouth rose slightly.

I just used my telepathy to check on Zhu Jiu. He seemed a little angry, but I didn't have any other ideas for now.

After all, he still couldn't figure out Chen Xuan's strength.

After about half an hour, all the tables on the first floor were occupied, and the door to the first floor was closed.

"Does this mean you won't be receiving guests?"

Chen Xuan muttered in his heart.

After thinking about it, I realized that this should be the meaning. After all, the table is full and there is no point in coming.

Not eligible to participate in the auction!
"Ong!"

Just then, a bell rang.

(End of this chapter)