The Demon Soul is Coming

() The "big master" that the maid said is naturally Chu Tiannan's eldest brother. In fact, both of them are offshoots of the Chu Clan, but even if they are offshoots, the main and concubine are clearly distinguished, and Chu Tiannan is a concubine. , the status is naturally lower.

It's just that Chu Jiaojiao's grandfather was also a concubine, even if he was his eldest son, he couldn't get any family property. In recent years, because Chu Tiannan was reused by the Chu family's direct line, he was more powerful than his elder brother. Chu Jiaojiao, who is under her elder sister, has also become arrogant. This can only be said to be the impermanence of the world.

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Everyone continued to walk forward, and there was a young man in front of him surrounded by many people, like the moon surrounded by stars.Sister Ling and Chu Jiaojiao couldn't help but also surrounded her.Chu Jiaojiao said with a manly laugh: "It turns out that Brother Wei Xu is here, and my younger sister is still thinking about who took over the Tianmei Pavilion above."

Just looking at everyone's attitude towards this young man, Liu Sang immediately knew that this young man was Ximen Wei Xu, the eldest son of the patriarch of the Ximen family. The two families of Chu and Ximen have been married for generations, and the mother of Ximen Wei Xu is the fourth daughter of Chu Yugong, the leader of the Chu clan.

Ximen Wei Xu is quite well-known among the younger generation. Ximen's original method of killing dragons with dry water is extremely domineering. His father, Ximen Chang, is also a well-known master-level master on Hezhou.

Liu Sang knows very well that one of the main reasons why aristocratic families are noble families is that they often monopolize various superior exercises, while ordinary people have no access to these exercises at all. , are often from noble families or famous schools, and children from poor families, even if they have such talents, do not have such opportunities. . .

Chu Jiaojiao looked at Ximen Wei Xu, and burst into laughter: "Tianmei Pavilion is very big, can Big Brother Wei Xu..."

Ximen Wei Xu said with a blank face: "I didn't take over Tianmei Pavilion. Boss Jin promised to give it to me, but suddenly changed his mind."

Chu Jiaojiao froze for a moment, then smiled again: "How does Boss Jin do things today? Since Big Brother Wei Xu arrived first, how can he leave it to someone else?"

Before she could finish her sentence, Boss Jin came out from nowhere, bowed and bowed: "It's really unavoidable. Master Wei Xu forgives the sin, forgives the sin." Ximen Wei Xu is the future head of the Ximen family. He naturally did not dare to offend him.

Sister Ling said in a low voice: "But I don't know who is more honorable than Master Ximen?"

Boss Jin said: "I heard that Miss Le Ying is going to entertain guests from afar..."

Ximen Wei Xuhan frowned: "So it's Cousin Le Ying?" Chu Leying is the granddaughter of Chu Yugong, the leader of the Chu Clan.Chu Yu's justice room gave birth to him three sons, namely Chu Tiancheng, Chu Tianmu, and Chu Tianpin. Chu Leying was the daughter of his eldest son, Chu Tiancheng. Chu Tiancheng was the future head of the Chu Clan. It can be said that women are not disrespectful, but for her, the Tianmei Pavilion that had been promised to him should be vacated.But it would make him ugly.

Of course, this is not a question of money, but a question of face.

Boss Jin hurriedly explained: "Although it is the eldest lady who receives the guests in Tianmei Pavilion, it is the old lady who takes over the Tianmei Pavilion. The old lady specially sent someone to pass the news. Tonight, Miss Leying has a distinguished guest. Meiyuan The best places must be vacated."

Everyone was stunned immediately.Although he only pointed out the word "Old Madam", what Boss Jin was talking about was undoubtedly the royal family of Chu Yugong. The old lady seldom came to such romantic places, and hardly participated in various affairs. Ms. Le Ying hired Tianmei Pavilion, most likely because of the intention of Yu Gong, no wonder Boss Jin dared not refuse.

Ximen Wei Xu's face paled a little, the old lady's status was respected, and it was his own aunt, so she let Tianmei Pavilion out, so naturally she lost face.

A person next to him said: "But I don't know which guest is coming from afar. Not only does the eldest lady have to entertain her personally, but even the old lady will be alarmed?"

Boss Jin whispered: "I heard that there are two guests here, one is Qingying Qiu Yuxiang from Zhongyanzhou, and the other is unknown."

Ximen Wei Xu was surprised and said: "Qingying Qiu Yuxiang? Are you talking about the most talented concubine Qingying in Yanzhou? She actually ran to Nanyuan?"

Others were also talking about it, especially those young people who were even more excited. I heard that Qingying concubine was not only beautiful, but also amazingly talented. Although Hezhou and Zhongyanzhou are also adjacent, Zhongyanzhou is in Hezhou The northwest and the South Plains are still far away, so I don't know how they came here.Those girls are all pursed lips, a woman who hasn't shown her face, just stole their limelight, why?

Liu Sang listened boredly behind, thinking in his heart: "Qingying Qiu Yuxiang? The one who made up lantern riddles during Yunji Seven Nights? Didn't she return to Zhongyanzhou at that time?"

Sister Ling said: "It is said that this concubine Qingying is a legacy from the old dynasty of Zhongyanzhou, but even if she has the title of the most talented woman in Zhongyanzhou, it is probably not necessary for the eldest lady to entertain her personally, and even alarm the old lady. , I don’t know who the other distinguished guest is?”

While talking, a waiter ran over and whispered in Boss Jin's ear: "Miss Le Ying is here."

Boss Jin hurried out to entertain.

Everyone stopped there, wanting to see the appearance of Qingying Qiu Yuxiang, and guess who the distinguished guest Miss Le Ying was entertaining.

Not long after, Boss Jin led the four girls through the front hall and into the Merlin. Ximen Wei Xu and others looked and recognized the four girls. Wen Lu, the wife of Chu Jian, the eldest son of Chu Tiancheng's younger brother, Chu Leying, was older. Although she had been married, her husband died of illness and she had no children, so she returned to the Chu family. Wen Lu was only ten years old. Seventh, she has not been married to Chu Jian for a long time, and she is also from a famous family.

But what really caught their attention was the other two girls, both of whom had beautiful faces.One of the women was wearing a stone green embroidered bamboo silk and Luo embroidered dress, with pomegranate red half-arms on the outer breast, and a twisted snake bun. She had fair skin and an elegant appearance. Thin, but gives people a sense of pity.

The other woman was wearing the most traditional peach-colored narrow-sleeved skirt with a wide skirt and a wide belt around her waist, which was worn by very few people recently. The servant girl's flying fairy bun, this kind of bun, is said to be combed like a fairy in the sky, and she also has a cold face, like the dew in the sky or the snow on the mountain.The woman in the stone green embroidered dress next to her is already extremely beautiful.But she is even more beautiful than her, as if a goddess descended to earth, just looking at her.It makes people feel ashamed.

The four girls passed through the plum groves, and the two sides couldn't help being crowded with people, discussing secretly, all trying to guess which one is Qingying Concubine.Who is the other person? Soon, someone recognized the glacier-like dark-clothed woman.He whispered: "Isn't that Princess Ningyun?"

Everyone was surprised, it turned out that the most beautiful of the four girls is Princess Ningyun who is known as the most beautiful woman in Hezhou?

No wonder just walking there makes people feel that Xingyue is pale.

Liu Sang also stood there, staring at the ice-like beauty, dumbfounded.

The lady has actually arrived in Youyi City?

The four women walked side by side, but Liu Sang's attention was all on Xia Yingchen.Every money and every line.Xia Yingchen's cold eyes looked around, although they also swept across his face, but did not stop for long.

Liu Sang smiled wryly to himself, he is now disguised as "Lu Xiong", and the lady never thought that he was here.It's normal not to recognize him.Because I had to pretend not to know each other, I couldn't keep staring at the lady, so I turned my head and saw that Chu Jiaojiao and other girls were also looking at the lady and Qingying Qiu Yuxiang. The pendant and the gold bracelet on his hand looked a bit lost.

Liu Sang shook his head, the lady and the concubine Qingying were both dressed simply, and the materials were not very good, but no matter the color or style, they all matched with them naturally, elegant but not tacky On the other hand, Chu Jiaojiao is actually not an ugly girl. Every accessory on her body pursues the best, and the result is not only tacky but tacky.

Just as she was about to turn to look at other places, she suddenly had a feeling. She turned her head to look, but saw Xia Yingchen who was walking towards the pavilion in front of her. The lightning-like gaze shot on his face in an instant.

Even at such a long distance, Liu Sang can still see the crystal clear flow in her star-like eyes, like a bottomless lake, reflecting everything in, and she is just like that. Being caught in her eyes, a clear understanding arose in his heart, and he immediately knew that the lady had recognized him.

Chu Leying turned around in front, saw Xia Yingchen stopped there, turned to look back, and asked, "Princess?"

Xia Yingchen turned her head back lightly, and said, "It's okay."

At this moment, Chu Leying seemed to see a rare, fleeting smile on the face of the cold princess. She was puzzled and looked into the crowd, but found nothing.

The four girls entered the pavilion led by Boss Jin, and the crowd dispersed one after another.

The young people around Ximen Wei Xu continued to discuss in a low voice, and one of them said: "It turns out that that is Princess Ningyun. As expected, she is as beautiful as a fairy. I heard that although her sister Jiyu Princess is not as good as her sister, She is also a beautiful woman, Miss Le Ying treated Princess Ningyun so courteously, could it be to propose marriage for her unmarried younger brother?"

Another person said: "If this is the case, I'm afraid it will be a little difficult. I heard that Jiyu Princess, but even the eldest son of the Yue family in Xihai Town refused to marry."

Ximen Wei Xudao: "I remember that when Princess Ningyun had a martial arts contest to recruit relatives, even Nanyuan was famous for a while. Many people ran to it, but few really dared to take the stage."

Sister Ling smiled and said, "Mr. Wei Xu didn't go that day? Using the method of killing dragons with dry water passed down by your master may not be impossible."

Ximen Wei Xu laughed at himself: "I just have that self-knowledge. Compared with the first strange woman in Hezhou, my ability is really not enough."

Chu Jiaojiao snorted unconvinced: "So what if you're beautiful, so what if you're good at it? Didn't you marry a farmer in the end?"

Everyone laughed lowly for a while, and then said humanely: "I heard that the attached horse is quite capable..."

Chu Jiaojiao said: "No matter how capable you are, a pariah is also a pariah. Could it be that she can fly into the sky and become a phoenix? Look at her beauty, maybe she hides and cries every night..."

Before she finished speaking, her body and mind suddenly turned cold, and she looked up, only to see her fiancé-in-law looking at her coldly, with a flash of sternness in his eyes, which made her panic in the bottom of her heart, and fell into an abyss all of a sudden.Although flustered, he did not admit defeat on his face, and stared back: "What are you looking at?"

Liu Sang smiled faintly, and didn't do anything else, she seemed to smirk a bit, and turned her head away.

Chu Jiaojiao snorted.

Someone next to him said: "Although Ning Yunfuma's background is not very good, he seems to have achieved quite a lot in painting. The beautiful painting style he created has attracted many people who study painting to learn. Recently, my younger sister also..." He Although the voice was not too low, it was quickly drowned out by other voices, all because of these descendants of the aristocratic family.There are not many people who are interested in the way of painting. In their opinion, no matter how good the painting is.At most, he is just a famous painter, and being a painter is not a noble profession.

Although there are piano, chess, calligraphy and painting rooms in this plum garden, they came here to enjoy flowers, write poems and cultivate their love in name.But in the final analysis, it's just arty, trying to make fun of it.

Chu Jiaojiao pestered Ximen Wei Xu again.He wanted the two groups to get together and have fun together, but Ximen Wei Xu obviously had no interest, so he dealt with it lightly, and took his group away.

Chu Jiaojiao had no choice but to go forward with Sister Ling and enter the pavilion through the side door.Go up the ladder and enter the hall arranged by Boss Jin for them.

The ground is covered with thick gold silk blankets, and the side next to the plum grove is inlaid with a layer of transparent glass, which allows you to enjoy the moon and plum blossoms.It can also block the cold wind. Liu Sang remembers that when he was in Ningyun City, he set the price of this kind of glass at a high price, but here he can buy it in pieces and use it as a wall. It can only be said that Boss Jin really Even with the capital invested, the money of these young masters and ladies is really easy to earn. I don’t know if Boss Jin would vomit blood in anger if he knew the real cost of these glasses, calling these young masters and young ladies to be taken advantage of and that he is the best of takers?

Everyone sat on the ground, Chu Jiaojiao began to chatter again, commenting on Princess Ningyun, but there were not many places to comment on, in terms of status, Princess Ningyun was a royal family, and in terms of achievements, the name of the first strange woman in Hezhou was obviously not She is not comparable to her, not to mention her beauty and wealth, so the only thing that can be mentioned is her humble husband.

Although what she said was just "another self", Liu Sang felt a little harsh when she heard it, so she simply found an excuse to leave here and go shopping by herself.

Walking through the plum forests, there are various varieties of plum blossoms, small fine, palace powder, cinnabar, etc., and the plum fragrance is overflowing, but whether it is the layout or the cutting, it gives him a feeling of being too deliberate, which makes him feel a little uncomfortable. Hi, I went to the Book Pavilion and the Qin Pavilion again. The so-called Book Pavilion is just a place where some "talented talents" shake their heads, drink wine orders, and recite poems. The so-called Qin Pavilion is just a place where some singers sing and dance , A group of people scattered around drinking and laughing, feeling very boring.

Unknowingly, I turned to the chess room. It was much quieter here, but there were many boys and girls. Some ladies and ladies probably had nothing to do. They were playing Go here. Liu Sang looked at it and felt that it was not called playing chess, but that it was called climbing chess. However, the men who played chess were of a very high level, but the chess played by those ladies Liu Sang wanted to laugh at them as climbing chess, but the chess played by these masters was too advanced for him to understand. Feeling bored, he left soon.

After leaving the chess room, Liu Sang also admired Boss Jin. In this winter, these young masters and young ladies don't have much to do. He created such an "elegant place". It's fun, but it can't be regarded as a feast for the eyes. After all, they came here to enjoy the flowers, watch the moon, play chess and play music. This is called "elegance", and these rich second-generation parents can accept it, so he makes a lot of money.

He turned around all three rooms, he was bored anyway, so he went to the studio again, there were quite a few people in the studio, and many famous paintings were hung on the walls for people to comment on.

Suddenly, an old man of a certain age came by the door, accompanied by a waiter, who held a painting in his hand and said, "Old Zou, where should this painting be hung?"

The old man's face was dark, and he said angrily: "It's up to you, you can hang it wherever you like."

Someone next to him recognized the old man as Zou Lou, a famous painter in Youyi City. Zou Lou was invited by Boss Jin to appreciate paintings for Meiyuan. Every painting here has been strictly checked by him. One person laughed: " Teacher Zou, why are you so angry?"

Old Zou snorted, and said: "In this world, a child with a yellow mouth dares to call himself a master, and he doesn't even pay attention to the ancient painting scriptures. It's absurd, absurd."

The waiter whispered: "Teacher, don't get angry with me, this is what the boss wants to hang up."

Old Zou said bitterly: "Hang up, hang up, just hang up, just hang up..." It was clearly out of anger.

The others laughed and said, "To make the teacher so angry, this painting must be extremely bad. Now there are always some vulgar people who make some horrible things, but still think they are great. Don't worry, Mr. Zou, just let it hang up." , with our group of poisonous snakes around, we will definitely be able to criticize it to pieces, so that the painter will have no face to paint again."

The waiter didn't dare to say more, so he found an empty space and asked someone to bring a stool to hang the painting. Someone next to him asked, "I don't know if this painting has a name." <Picture>! "

Everyone burst into laughter: "What bad name?" Some people said: "Once you hear the name, you already know it's not a good painting."

It is ready to have a large number of special approvals for this painting.

The picture scroll was spread out, and everyone looked at it, but they saw that the painting was indeed a kitten playing in the garden, but the "kitty" was a cute little girl wearing cat ears. This painting is obviously completely different from the traditional painting style , the colors are vivid, bright and beautiful, although the "Painting Classics" say "Writing is the top, description is the bottom" and "Once a description is used, it becomes a vulgar product", but this is a true description.

Although I have already made preparations for criticism, this picture does seem to have a lot of things to criticize at first glance, but when I look at it seriously, it gives people a sense of surprise, no matter where I start from. If there is something wrong, I even feel that I like it just by looking at it. If I just criticize it for the sake of criticism, I am deceiving myself and others. For a while, everyone fell silent.

Liu Sang, however, looked at the painting and was immediately delighted. <Picture>, wasn’t it drawn by me?

... (To be continued.)