Chapter 17 Emei Thorn
The sound of the piano in the room was so beautiful that Xu Ziling could also be immersed in the ears and meditated with her eyes closed.
However, before the song was over, I heard a noisy sound from outside the door.
A young voice said, "Okay, you green girl, I said that I would leave the new girl to this young master, but you asked her to entertain others first. What is the purpose?"
"Oh, Mr. Chen, don't you know you are coming? I heard from Mr. Wang that your father asked you to study literature at home and you can't go out for three days. Why did you come out today?"
"Speak so much nonsense, let the girl Qingzhu meet me quickly, otherwise don't blame me for being strong."
"Young Master Chen is not unaware of the rules in the cabinet. Unless the guests are willing, there is no reason to change people halfway."
But the young master said loudly, "The young master will go and discuss with him." After that, he pushed the door and entered directly.
Xu Ziling looked up and saw a young man in brocade robe about twenty years old walking into the room, took out a silver note from his waist, and said to him:
"Brother, let Miss Qingzhu be given to me, these five hundred taels are yours."
A woman in green clothes outside the door was a little anxious when she saw this. She wanted to enter the room, but was stopped by two people dressed by guards. She had to say at the door: "Young Master Chen, you are not in accordance with the rules."
But when the young master laughed disdainfully, he said, "Rules? They are just people with power to formulate them to restrain you untouchables, what does it have to do with me?"
Before the young master finished speaking, he heard the young man who was still sitting on the chair say, "What if I don't let me?"
The young master was slightly stunned and looked at Xu Ziling coldly: "Do you kid want to toast and not eat the punishment? Do you know who I am?"
If the young man shook his head and looked at the young master, his eyes were a little playful: "Who are you?"
The young master was immediately full of excitement and raised his mouth and said, "My father is the magistrate of Jiangning Mansion and the defensive envoy of Yangzhou. He is a close friend of the prefect Wang. In this Jiangning Mansion, there are still people who don't know this young master?"
Hearing this, the young man smiled slightly and said, "It's just a waste of the fox and the tiger's power. Why do you have to know you? Get out of here, don't disturb me of my good mood."
The young master blushed, screamed strangely, and said angrily: "I think you are tired of living. Come on, take him down for me."
Two guards outside the door heard the master's order and walked into the room with their feet and rushed directly at the boy.
As soon as the two of them arrived at the table, they reached out to grab the boy, but they saw the boy flashing, standing between them, one with one left and one right fists. The guard who had not yet taken action flew backwards instantly and happened to be lying beside the young master.
The young master was furious and kicked the two guards beside him a few times: "Two wastes." As he said that, he looked at the young man, gritted his teeth and said, "You guy is awesome. If you want to play, I will play with you, wait." After that, he turned around and left, and the two guards quickly got up and followed the young master.
After the young master left, the woman in green clothes hurried in outside the door and said to the young man: "Young Master Xu, if you let Mr. Chen lose face, he must have gone back and asked someone to go. Listen to my advice, we heroes will not suffer the loss in front of us, hurry up and leave."
Xu Ziling disagreed and replied: "Lu Gu, don't worry, the boy is still capable of walking around the world. No matter how many people the bullshit guy has found, if I want to leave, they can't stop him."
The woman in green sighed when she saw the young man's calm and gentle appearance, and simply stopped caring about the matter and turned around and left.
After the few people left, Xu Ziling'an sat for a long time and felt bored. He said to the screen beside him: "I'd like to ask Miss Qingzhu to continue playing. Although I don't understand the rhythm, I can hear it so comfortably just now."
The woman behind the screen, who had always been like an outsider, began to play again after listening to Xu Ziling's words.
Unlike before, when playing the piano again, the woman's song seems to have some different emotions, the melody is fluctuating and erratic, like a piece of duckweed, in the wind and rain.
Xu Ziling naturally heard the artistic conception in the song, and couldn't help but feel a little empathy. She recalled herself and Mingxia. She ran away alone back then. I wonder if she was as lucky as herself to meet someone like her master who could live well and wait for him to find her.
He had wanted to use the power of the government to find her, but after some thought, he decided to forget it. The government's efforts to find people are not even as good as that of the Manichaeism, and he did not want to find the prefect who had a meeting with him. Moreover, the Manichaeism has now launched a great force to help him find Mingxia, so he did not need to owe the favors of the government.
He came all the way south, and bandits were everywhere, which made him have no good feelings for the government and did not want to have too many connections with the government. If the government and the people were harmonious and everyone lived and worked in peace, who would be willing to go up the mountain to be a thief?
The sound of the piano seems to have the effect of guiding people's thinking, and the thoughts in the mind continue to flow with the notes, which made Xu Ziling become interested in this music. According to Zhou Tong, some sounds of the piano can affect people's minds, so some martial arts sects in the south can use the sound of the piano to fight with people. As for the power, Zhou Tong did not say it.
After a long time, the music ended, and the sound of the piano came to an abrupt end. The woman behind the screen put down the jade zither in her hand, moved her lotus steps lightly, and slowly walked to a chair next to the table and sat down.
Seeing her lowered her head and didn't say anything, Xu Ziling remembered the sad mood in the song just now and asked, "I don't know who the girl is? Why did she come to this Xinya Pavilion? Are there any difficulties? Tell me as much as I want to help the girl get out of this dusty place."
Upon hearing this, the woman raised her head and stared at Xu Ziling tightly, and asked, "Why do you want to help me?"
Xu Ziling looked at the nervous and helpless look in the eyes of the woman of the same age as him, and felt ache in her heart, and said softly: "The girl's previous song reminded me of a young friend. I am willing to help the girl, and I hope that if she encounters misfortune, someone can help her. I hope the girl will tell her truthfully so that I can help her."
When the woman saw his gentle eyes, she burst into tears and said in a casual manner: "I was originally from Huayang County, Chengdu Prefecture. I lived in Huayang County since I was a child. At home, I have both parents. In addition to me, there are also twin sisters. My parents each have some business, and my sisters lived without worries when they were young."
"When I was twelve years old, my sister was taken by a Taoist in Mount Emei and took her to practice Taoism. She has never returned home since then. I am the only daughter at home, and my parents love me very much. The family is not very wealthy, but I am also living well. Until a few years ago, my father got into gambling."
At this point, the woman burst into tears. Seeing the woman's pear blossoms in the rain, Xu Ziling subconsciously reached out to gently caress her tears. However, she suddenly woke up and hurriedly took back her arm.
The woman felt his gentle movements and continued with a red face: "Since then, my father no longer managed the family business, and ran around the gambling shops all day long. He used to be valuable items in the house. His father, who was kind in the past, gradually became more and more irritable. His mother quarreled with him because of his gambling, and was often beaten with scars."
"Until last year, my father was beaten to death by the creditor because he was too much debt. My mother went to the yamen to complain. She never thought that the county magistrate and the creditor colluded with each other and arrested her mother in prison for false accusation. My mother became depressed and died in prison. The money lender caught me and sold me to the brothel in the name of repaying her father's debt. She was caught by a shopkeeper in Xinya Pavilion and bought me at a high price and sent me to Jiangning." After that, the woman wiped away her tears again.
After listening to her, Xu Ziling felt mixed feelings. After a few words from the woman, he could feel the helplessness, grief and despair.
Sighing softly, Xu Ziling looked at the woman: "Don't worry, I will let you restore your freedom tonight, and then have someone escort you to Mount Emei and join your sister."
The woman was shocked when she heard this and bowed deeply to Xu Ziling: "Young master's kindness, I will never forget you."
Xu Ziling shook his head, "You and I are destined to be together, and it is the first time I have come to this romantic place. I never thought I would meet you."
While we were talking, we heard a sound at the door again, and a maid walked in.
Xu Ziling was a little puzzled. How dare this maid come in without knocking on the door, and she was not afraid of being punished for breaking the rules?
However, the maid looked at the woman with tears on her face beside Xu Ziling, and her momentum changed drastically. She took out a strange weapon about one foot from her waist and held it in her hands. She flashed and rushed towards Xu Ziling.
The moment the maid released her momentum, Xu Ziling also woke up and hurriedly stood up to avoid the maid's pounce.
"Rather bounced and shrank the ground? Emei thorn? Are you a disciple of the Emei Sect?" When dodging, Xu Ziling saw the maid's body skills and weapons clearly and said in surprise.
The Emei Thorn is a short protective blade commonly used by Emei Sect disciples, with speed and exquisiteness as the core. The Emei Thorn is small and unique, about one foot long, with both ends thin and flat like sharp stabs of sharp swords. It dances flexibly and gracefully, and is deeply loved by the Emei Sect disciples.
The maid heard Xu Ziling's words and did not respond. She only swung her fingers with her hands, causing the pair of Emei to rotate and slide in the gaps of her fingers, making people feel chilled.
But the maid shouted in a coquettish voice.
"The thief was killed!"
As the words came, the person stabbed Xu Ziling with both hands.
There was a wall behind Xu Ziling, and there was no way to hide, so he had to resist the maid's double thorns.
The Emei thorn was extremely fast. Xu Ziling hurriedly used his fist energy to touch the two thorns forcibly. The fist energy and the two thorns were separated when they touched, but their momentum dissipated and easily dissolved the maid's thorn.
Seeing that the maid failed, she took back the double thorns and made another move. Xu Ziling used the same trick again and resolved the maid's thorns again. The maid took a few more moves, but was completely resolved by Xu Ziling. Seeing that the maid had a few horizontal and vertical thorns, Xu Ziling couldn't help but feel that the Emei thorns were just like this.
Seeing Xu Ziling's relaxed appearance on her face, the maid curled her lips and made a move. Xu Ziling was indeed deceived.
Qingzhu, who was watching the game, also saw a scene that shocked her.
The maid pretended to prick Xu Ziling with her hands, causing him to use his fist to defend left and right. However, the maid who was as close as his eyebrows stood on tiptoe, her head sank suddenly and hit Xu Ziling's forehead.
Xu Ziling was dizzy and felt something was wrong. He quickly crossed his hands to protect his atria and neck. Suddenly his arm hurt, and an Emei thorn inserted into his right arm that protected his neck, which was stabbed by the maid's left hand.
When the maid was about to stab her right hand again, she was punched by Xu Ziling with her left shoulder. As she tiptoed, her whole body turned half a circle and turned her round buttocks towards Xu Ziling.
Even though his right arm was extremely painful, Xu Ziling still sneered and kicked the infinitely enchanting buttocks.
The maid was kicked in the butt and rolled on the ground twice. She felt the hot pain in her buttocks. She screamed in shame, and got up and killed Xu Ziling again.
Looking at the maid who was about to fight Xu Ziling again, the woman named Qingzhu hurriedly shouted: "Sister, is it you?"
Hearing the woman's words, the maid who was chasing Xu Ziling paused for a moment and said to the woman: "Qingzhu, let me kill this thief." After that, he jumped towards Xu Ziling.
The woman was really afraid that her sister would kill Xu Ziling, so she shouted: "Stop! Sister, you misunderstood."
Chapter completed!