The Demon Soul is Coming

() Qingying Qiu Yuxiang also seemed helpless, and said: "When I went out, I happened to meet Mr. Ximen, because Qingying said yesterday that he was visiting the places of interest here, Mr. Ximen is willing to be Qingying's guide, Qingying I just had to interrupt."

Ximen Wei Xu stood up and smiled chicly: "I'm just showing the friendship of the landlord, and the concubine is not welcome. Youyi City has been built for hundreds of years, and there are many historical sites around it, such as the Goddess Stone, Wanhua Cave, Twin Gorge, and the Southern King's Victory Site. If you use a boat to go back and forth along the Diejiang River and its tributaries, you can swim all the way in one day. Otherwise, you don’t know how much time you will waste just on the way back and forth. The concubine can rest assured that with Wei Xu as the guide, the concubine will definitely be able to swim. To linger." . .

Liu Sang thought to herself, did she happen to meet her as soon as she went out?How could it be such a coincidence, Ximen Wei Xu was clearly waiting for her there.

Chu Jiaojiao's eyes brightened: "I wonder if the little girl can participate?"

Ximen Wei Xu quickly changed his mind, looked at Liu Sang and said with a smile: "Yesterday, I met Brother Lu. It turns out that Brother Lu is the fiancé-in-law of Jiaojiao girl. I can arrange the boat. Why don't you two board the boat together? Good company."

Damn, you want to get me and Chu Jiaojiao together, so you can pick up girls, don't let us get in the way?

Liu Sang hesitated for a moment. After all, his real purpose of coming to Youyi City was to use Chu Tiannan as a breakthrough point to find out the internal situation of the Cao An Gang. This so-called "fiancée" is shopping.

. .

If it was only accompanied by Concubine Qingying, it would be about the same...

On the other side, Chu Tiannan also came out to greet Ximen Wei Xu, but Ximen Wei Xu knew almost nothing about Chu Tiannan, and the reason why he recognized Chu Jiaojiao was only because he often bumped into Chu Jiaojiao in Meiyuan.Although Chu Tiannan helped the Chu Clan manage a lot of dark money and was highly valued by Chu Yugong, he did not have much status in the Chu Clan.Ximen Wei Xu naturally just dealt with it lightly.

Chu Tiannan learned that Ximen Wei Xu and concubine Qingying came to invite their daughter and son-in-law to visit the mountains. The Ximen family is the second largest family in Nanyuan after the Chu clan. Naturally, Chu Tiannan did not want his son-in-law to offend the young master of the Ximen family. .So he quietly winked at his son-in-law and asked him to agree.

As soon as Liu Sang agreed on one side, someone rushed in on the other side.Say something in Chu Tiannan's ear.

Although Liu Sang wanted to eavesdrop, he knew that Chu Tiannan was smart and capable, and Ximen Wei Xu also learned the superior exercises of Ximen's family.And I pretended to be just a nerd who was good at calligraphy and painting and didn't know martial arts. If I eavesdropped, it would be bad if I was caught.

But seeing Chu Tiannan startled suddenly, he said angrily: "How could such a thing happen? Who did it?"

The man whispered in Chu Tiannan's ear again, this time, Liu Sang faintly heard the words "Blood Prison Gate", and his heart moved.Thinking of the murder and looting by the Blood Prison Gate near the Zhijiang River, what did the Blood Prison Gate do this time?

Chu Tiannan's complexion changed drastically, and he bid farewell to Ximen Wei Xu and Concubine Qingying, only letting his daughter and son-in-law receive the guests on their behalf, and hurried out.See what he looks like.Liu Sang knew that this time the incident was probably serious, and most of it was related to the Cao An Gang, but he couldn't follow it.

At this moment, seeing "Uncle Cai" slowly walking towards the gate, Liu Sang secretly moved, knowing that someone had already done this.

***

A luxurious carriage drove out of the mansion. Liu Sang, Qingying Qiu Yuxiang, Ximen Wei Xu, and Chu Jiaojiao were all in the carriage.

Liu Sang and Qingying Qiu Yuxiang sat side by side, talking about painting skills and painting, but Ximen Wei Xu and Chu Jiaojiao couldn't get in the way, so they had to chat about Meiyuan and other romantic places by themselves.Chu Jiaojiao has been pestering Ximen Wei Xu, Ximen Wei Xuzhi is in Qingying Concubine, and is not very willing to talk to her, but firstly, he can't catch up with Qingying Qiu Yuxiang and Liu Sang, and secondly, Qingying Concubine is here, At least you have to pretend to be gentle, so you don't want to make Chu Jiaojiao look bad.

So, the young master Ximen who originally wanted to get Chu Jiaojiao and Lu Xiong, an unmarried couple together, to pick up girls, had no choice but to talk to Chu Jiaojiao without saying a word, watching that low-key young man pick up girls.

When the carriage arrived at a pier, there was indeed a painting boat, with sandalwood as the pillars and red tiles as the roof. It was divided into two floors, and it was very beautifully built.

Ximen Wei Xu invited three people to board the boat, and his own boatman drove the boat out of the dock and went up the Diejiang River.Ximen Wei Xu proudly said: "The best way to visit the surrounding scenic spots and historical sites in one day is to go up the river and first go to the Wanhua Cave in the west of the city. There is also a man-made river, after visiting the Wanhua Cave, you can go down the river to the Shuangzi Gorge and the Nanwang Conquest Site, but when you come to Youyi City, the Nanwang Conquest Site must be visited, after that..."

Liu Sang whispered in Qingying Qiu Yuxiang's ear, "Does anyone say that they want to visit all the famous places in one day?"

Qingying Qiu Yuxiang shook her head.

Ximen Wei Xu coughed dryly, and was about to say more, a large ship, leading two auxiliary ships, passed by them.

Although the painting boat was built beautifully, it was not resistant to collision, and the boatman had to row it aside first.

Liu Sang looked around and saw the word "Cao" written on the big ship flying like dragons and phoenixes. A big man with thick eyebrows was sitting on the rattan chair on the deck with a serious face, and even a little boy sat on his lap.

Liu Sang whispered: "Who is this person? What a majesty?"

Ximen Wei Xu sneered and said: "This person is one of the two deputy gang leaders of the Cao An Gang. His surname is Jin, his name is Yang Ji, and he is known as 'Tie Dan Long Yang'. He doesn't like beauty, but he is fond of prostitution." Naturally, he looked down on members of this kind of gang, but the Cao An gang was the largest gang in Nanyuan, and with the Chu Clan as the backer, he naturally did not dare to offend easily.

Cao An helped the three big ships sail to the front iron gate, and the iron gate was raised quickly, and the three ships sailed out of Youyi City. When the painting boat arrived, the iron gate came down again.

Ximen Wei Xu stood at the head of the boat, and said loudly: "Which general is on duty today?"

A person jumped up from the stage in the middle of the iron gate, and said, "So it's Young Master Wei Xu."

"It turned out to be General Bai," Ximen Wei Xu said, "I took a few friends out of the city to play in Wanhua Cave, and asked General Bai to open the gate so we can go there."

General Bai cupped his hands and said, "Your Master, do you have a warrant?"

Ximen Wei Xu sneered and said, "In the past, I never brought a warrant."

General Bai laughed and said, "Forgive me, my lord, today is a little different."

Ximen Wei Xu snorted and said, "Vice Chief Jin passed by just now, and I didn't see you asking for a warrant from him. Could it be that his Cao An gang can make it through, but my Ximen family can't?"

General Bai said: "My lord, today is really different."

Ximen Wei Xu frowned: "Could it be that something serious happened?"

General Bai said in a low voice: "My lord, you know. The 18 taels of silver entrusted by Nanyuan Bank to Cao An was robbed last night."

Ximen Wei Xu was moved: "18 taels?"

"I heard that it was the Blood Prison Gate who made the move this time." General Bai said, "Although Cao An's gang was robbed several times in a row, what they lost was nothing more than silk and silk. It was robbed. But it was two whole boats full of silver. Cao An helped to transport the silver this time, and he did a great job of keeping it secret. I heard that only a few bosses knew that it was filled with silver, and outsiders only knew that it was filled with granite stones. , I don’t know how the wind leaked out.”

Ximen Wei Xu frowned: "Even if they are robbed, with so much silver, can those people still hide it and transport it away?"

General Bai smiled wryly and said, "Young Master, don't ask me, I want to know how they did it. I've already reported it, waiting for promotion and getting rich."

Ximen Wei Xu pondered and said, "Is it really not accommodating?"

General Bai said apologetically: "My lord, you also know us. When did you not accommodate us before? But today, such a big incident happened, and the several patriarchs were all furious. If someone caught braids today, the last general will only I'm afraid it's not easy to mix."

Ximen Wei Xuzi also knew that although the Chu faction accounted for the majority of Nanyuan Bank, every family, including his Ximen family, also had a share. He suddenly lost such a large amount of silver, and it was still on his own territory. , It's hard not to get angry.

In desperation, Ximen Wei Xu had no choice but to let the boat stop on the shore first, and said apologetically to Qingying Qiu Yuxiang: "Now we can only go out of the city gate to Wanhua Cave by land, but fortunately, we can also hire a horse-drawn carriage at the gate of the city. "

Qingying Qiu Yuxiang saluted softly: "Young Master Ximen, you are being polite."

A few people were about to leave, but there was another gorgeous boat coming from the other side. The laughter and laughter on the boat continued, obviously it was also a group of people having fun.The ship was stopped by the gate, and someone shouted at the bow to open the gate. General Bai shouted in front of the gate, "Do you have a warrant?"

A young man in brocade clothes went out to the bow of the ship, held up a sign, and said: "Here is the token."

General Bai hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "So it's Young Master Jian." He asked people to come forward to check the token, and after a few clicks, he gave the order to open the gate.

Ximen Wei Xu stood there, his eyes blazing, he was stopped here, and then someone passed by with a license plate, if these people had a serious business, it would be fine, but they were clearly just doing romantic things, this Doesn't it seem that his status is insufficient and useless?

Liu Sang said: "This Young Master Jian is..."

Chu Jiaojiao said in a low voice, "That's Young Master Chu Jian."

Liu Sang suddenly realized that this person is the banished grandson of Chu Yugong, Chu Leying's younger brother, and Wen Lu's husband Chu Jian?Seeing the endless laughter in the cabin, he couldn't help shaking his head secretly, has the Chu clan become so corrupt that even military orders can be treated as a trifling matter?

Chu Jian turned his head, caught sight of Ximen Wei Xu, and said with a smile, "Isn't this Brother Wei Xu? I heard that Brother Wei Xu prepared a boat early in the morning and invited Concubine Qingying from Yanzhou to go out to play in the city. Could it be that there is no warrant , was stopped here?"

Ximen Wei Xuyin's face was sullen, Chu Jian knew about this, he had clearly calculated that he would be stopped, and specially asked his father Chu Tiancheng for a token, and came by boat, deliberately embarrassing him.

Chu Jian smiled and said, "Anyway, it's on the way, why don't Brother Wei Xu and your companions board Yuxiong's boat, there are more people and it will be more lively."

Some young masters and ladies also walked out of the cabin, greeted Ximen Wei Xu, and strongly invited him.Ximen Wei Xu gritted his teeth with hatred, knowing that Chu Jianzhi was the concubine of Qingying, but many of these people were familiar, so it was not easy to refuse, and it was a fact that he was stopped here, hesitant to make a decision.

But Chu Jiaojiao became excited. She had a low status in the Chu family. Although her father was rich enough to provide her with extravagance, like the young master Chu Jian, she couldn't even have a word with him.

Chu Jiaojiao was originally vain. She was engaged to Lu's family since she was a child. In her dreams, she dreamed that she could become a young nainai, but she didn't expect that Lu's family was robbed in the infighting among the princes of Dingbei, leaving her fiancé to escape alone. Seeing that it is impossible to become a young nainai, it is better not to suffer with her fiancé in the future, she is very disappointed, and she does not look down on Lu Xiong, and she wholeheartedly wants to break up this engagement.

And this is the reason for being so warm with Ximen Wei Xu. She also knows that in her capacity, if she wants to be the Shaoqiu dream of Ximen's family, she is also thinking about it.If it really doesn't work, even if you become a concubine for Ximen Wei Xu, life will be much easier than following Lu Xiong who has nothing now.

And now, I have the opportunity to get to know Young Master Chu Jian and his friends.Naturally, she didn't want to let go of this opportunity, so she also encouraged Ximen Wei Xu.

Ximen Wei Xu had no choice but to agree.Chu Jian's boat approached, and someone built the frame.Ximen Wei Xu moved to the other side of the boat, and wanted to invite Qingying Qiu Yuxiang to change boats together, but no matter whether it was Qingying Qiu Yuxiang or Lu Xiong, there was no one there.

He hurriedly asked the boatman, and the boatman said: "Concubine Qingying and Mr. Lu said that they don't want to disturb the young master anymore, and they have already gone ashore."

Ximen Wei Xu was taken aback.Looking at the shore, there are people coming and going, cars and horses like dragons, but where can I find those two people?

On this side, Chu Jian also moved over excitedly: "I don't know where Concubine Qingying is. Why don't Brother Wei Xuxian introduce one or two for her?"

Ximen Wei Xu pointed helplessly at the shore, Chu Jian was also astonished.

They sent people to look for it in a hurry, but they couldn't find it for a while.Helpless, Ximen Wei Xu had no choice but to move Chu Jiaojiao to the Chu family's big boat and head out of the city against the current.

The ship gradually left Youyi City. On the bow, Chu Jian and Ximen Wei Xu stood together, silent for a while.

Ximen Wei Xu said: "Brother Chu, are you going to play in Wanhua Cave?"

Chu Jian said: "Well...the plan is so."

Ximen Wei Xu said casually: "My little brother has visited Wanhua Cave no less than a hundred times, and I really can't get interested."

Chu Jian said: "Well... Brother Yu, why not?"

Ximen Wei Xu said: "Then it's still..."

Chu Jian said: "Turn back..."

The big ship turned around, lost interest, and sailed back to Youyi City...

***

Liu Sang and Qingying Qiu Yuxiang walked among the crowd.

Without Ximen Wei Xu and Chu Jiaojiao by their side, although their discussion still cannot be separated from the way of painting and calligraphy, they feel much more relaxed.

Qingying Qiu Yuxiang smiled and said: "Mr. Lu pulled Qingying away, Qingying was really taken aback, and just ignored it like this. Qingying really couldn't do it in the past."

Liu Sang said with a smile: "The concubine just doesn't care about these people's feelings of the world. In fact, it doesn't matter if you do this kind of thing a few times. If it is Princess Ningyun, she will leave as soon as she leaves, and she won't care about it at all. "

Qingying Qiu Yuxiang sighed softly: "I also hope that I can be as free and easy as Sister Yingchen."

Liu Sang thought to herself, the lady is not free and easy enough, when she can pretend to be a bunny girl without caring, then she will be really free and easy.

Qingying Qiu Yuxiang said: "It's just that Miss Jiaojiao is your fiancée, it seems wrong for you to leave her there like this..."

Liu Sang smiled wryly and said, "You also saw that she was pestering Ximen Wei Xu all the way, why did she ever tell me?"

Qingying Qiu Yuxiang was silent.

Liu Sang hurriedly said: "Concubine, don't worry, I didn't leave her behind just to get close to my concubine, even though it seems so... I am still different from that Young Master Chu and Young Master Ximen."

Qingying Qiu Yuxiang smiled: "I understand, young master Lu."

Uh……

Qingying Qiu Yuxiang said: "Where are we going?"

Liu Sang said with a smile: "Youyi City is a famous ancient city, and it's the first time for me to come here, so it's good to walk around, what does my concubine think?"

"That's fine too," Qingying Qiu Yuxiang gave a soft blessing, "But don't call me a concubine again, sir, if you don't mind it, just call me Yuxiang."

"Miss Yuxiang," Liu Sang said without being polite, "but isn't your name Qiu Yuxiang? Should I call you Miss Qiu Yuxiang?"

Qingyingqiu Yuxiang said: "Actually, my surname is Qingyingqiu, and my name is Yuxiang."

Liu Sang was stunned: "But everyone calls you Concubine Qingying, what's going on?"

Qingying Qiu Yuxiang whispered: "That's their stupidity..."

Liu Sang said: "But don't you also call yourself Qingying?"

Qingying Qiu Yuxiang said in a small voice: "Since everyone thinks my surname is Qingying, why not call myself Qingying, it's less tiring to call myself Qingying."

I pour...

Qingying Qiu Yuxiang looked at the sky again, and sighed softly: "Actually, what is the name, what is the difference? Whether it is Yuxiang or Qiu Yuxiang, I am still me, and I will not become someone else."

Liu Sang said: "Miss Yu Xiang seems to have a lot of things on her mind?"

Qingying Qiu Yuxiang said helplessly: "If I say, even I don't know what I am bothered about or worried about, do you believe it or not?"

Liu Sang turned around and looked at her solemnly.

Qingying Qiu Yuxiang said: "Master?"

Liu Sang said seriously: "I know."

Qingying Qiu Yuxiang was a little flustered: "You, what do you know?"

Liu Sang said solemnly: "Yu Xiang, you... must have not eaten breakfast."

Qingying Qiu Yuxiang said in surprise: "How do you know?"

Liu Sang laughed and said, "It looks like it." Pulling her sleeve, she went directly to the nearby teahouse.

Although it is a tea house, there are also many pastries. Liu Sang ordered some, and he was not polite, swallowing one piece from left to right.Looking again, Qingying Qiu Yuxiang was sitting there, using her slender fingers to pick up a piece of pastry, opened her mouth slightly, biting bit by bit, her movements were elegant and beautiful, although it looked like an ant gnawed on it. Every time I took a bite, the pastry seemed to be unmoved, but with a small bite to the left and a small bite to the right, it was eaten up.

Looking at her pleasing appearance, Liu Sang secretly praised her, a beauty is a beauty, and everything she eats is so elegant and beautiful.

After a while, both of them were almost full. Liu Sang raised his head, looked at the beauty, and asked softly, "Are you still worried?"

Qingying Qiu Yuxiang looked at him, and burst out laughing: "I don't have to worry about it now."

... (To be continued.)