Meng Jue, like Tian Xianzi, still did not wake up.
It seemed that the medicine in Jiuzhou Chunguili was consistent with Ning Ning's conjecture. The higher the cultivation, the deeper the poisoning. Fortunately, Pei Ji and He Zhizhou are already awake, indicating that this is not a deadly poison. Presumably after a while, they will gradually wake up.
"If the two of you have other important matters, you can let him stay here first."
The grandma who sold the paintings comforted the good girls, coughed lightly and said warmly: "Meng Jue is very good, always calling my grandma, and getting along well with other children, you don't need to worry."
Meng Jue seems to be affectionate, but he is the most ruthless. He always smiles gently and gently on weekdays, but he doesn't really care about anyone.
This kind of character mainly stems from his childhood experience. His mother was a concubine of low status. After giving birth to his only son, he died of a serious illness. His father did not love his mistress and his mother did not love him. The chess piece, even the servant can wantonly bully.
I heard that only an elderly woman was very concerned about him, but unfortunately the house was attacked by a demon cultivator, and no one survived except Meng Jue.
Not long after that, he was accepted as a direct apprentice by Tian Xianzi, who came to exterminate the demon. It was after that, Meng Jue became more alienated and less emotional.
Now that he is drunk, he may have regarded this grandmother as the old woman who died tragically.
In this world of self-cultivation, life and death seem to be very close and far apart. After a long time, only a few afterimages of old people remain in my heart.
Ning Ning remembered the description related to Meng Jue in the original book, sighed secretly in her heart, and had to nod lightly.
Luo Yuanming said in the teahouse that Luan Niang has been inseparable with him since last night, and today he is also accompanied by a servant girl.
If she really did something wrong, she would have to hide it from the eyes of everyone in the City Lord's Mansion, and also check the results as soon as possible. The best time to leave is to wait until midnight when everyone is falling asleep. If they can go to the City Lord's Mansion to investigate before midnight, maybe they will find something.
"really weird."
Ning Ning looked up and down the painting in her hand, and finally set her eyes on Luan Niang's look back: "Grandma has made two paintings in total, why did Luan Niang only buy the one with the backs of the two after seeing it? "
"Isn't that easy?"
Cheng Ying's small mouth was loud, and since hearing Ning Ning's "like", she was so excited that she had eaten a whole stomach of stimulants: "If you want to live a good life, you must have a little green on your head. The grass is already growing, if Luan Niang brings this painting back, when he sees the face of his daughter-in-law on the portrait, won't he directly change from the grassland to a dense forest?"
Naturally, she couldn't hear these words, so she couldn't argue with Chengying. Ning Ning couldn't come to a conclusion after thinking about it again and again, so she had to leave this question behind, put away the scroll, and said in a low voice, "Grandma, I like these paintings very much, and I want to buy them."
"If the girl likes it, just take it as you like."
The old woman's gray pupils overflowed with a few traces of light, like a shallow smile: "It has been a long time since no one said that they like these paintings. You don't know, when I was young, I was the most outstanding person in this street painting, even the oiran. The statuettes are all made by me, and everyone who has seen them praised them for being lifelike - it's a pity that I'm old and it's almost impossible to sell them now."
Ning Ning shook his head with a smile.
After she came to Luan City, she spent almost all her pocket money on the night pearl. This time, she practiced in the secret realm and collected a lot of precious herbs, which were sold for a good price after she came out. If they are all given to grandma, it should be able to support the family for a period of time.
Be poor if you are poor, she is used to it anyway.
Ning Ning made up her mind, and was about to take out the money bag from the storage bag, when she suddenly heard Pei Ji's indifferent young voice: "Five thousand spirit stones, buy all the paintings."
Ning Ning stared at him with wide eyes.
The exchange rate of Lingshi is no better than RMB, and 5,000 is not a small amount. He couldn't see that she was planning to go bankrupt... So take the lead and let himself go bankrupt instead of her, right
"Five, five thousand spirit stones?"
Not only grandma, but even A Hui showed disbelief: "This son, these paintings are not worth so much money!"
"No problem."
Pei Ji rarely showed a slightly hesitant look, glanced at Ning Ning quickly and expressionlessly, and then quickly looked away, like a dragonfly on water, with a cold tone: "She likes it."
How did he do it, say such words in such a turbulent tone.
Ning Ning:…
Ning Ning also had no expression, her expression was as stiff as a piece of wood. When she noticed A Hui's direct gaze, she lowered her head a little embarrassedly and touched the tip of her nose with her right hand.
Ah Hui took another look at Pei Ji who was holding the sword, and couldn't hold back for a while: "Pfft."
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In the middle of the night, the City Lord's Mansion.
Ning Ning hid his spiritual energy and sneaked into the mansion with Pei Ji.
This is the first time she has done this kind of sneaky thing, and she is inevitably very nervous. In order to hide people's eyes and ears, she even wears black clothes and stands next to Pei Ji, who is also black-haired and black. The two can almost hide directly into the night. inside.
They mastered the operation rules of the Luan Bird Statue, and sneaked into the house while taking advantage of the blind spot of vision. The mansion was empty in the middle of the night, the rich ink color against the moonlight like flowing water, and a few lights were dimly lit, showing a little eerie atmosphere for no reason.
Since he had been here a few times before, Ning Ning had a general idea of the direction of the mansion, and could rely on memory to come all the way to the bedroom of the city master and his wife. Unexpectedly, the door of this room was closed but no one was there, only the candlelight in front of the door was shaking, which was probably lit by the servant.
So late, what can the couple do together? The melon field thorn under the moon
The door was open, indicating that the two should have returned to the bedroom before, and the reason why they left before closing the door might be an unexpected emergency.
- But what was it that made them leave the house in such a hurry
Ning Ning and Pei Ji looked at each other and made a small mouth gesture at him: "Go in and have a look?"
Pei Ji nodded.
There was no light in the bedroom, and the sense of loneliness became more and more heavy. On the surface of this house, there is nothing unusual about it, with a large wooden bed and a light sarong tent. However, until this moment, the host and the hostess have not returned.
The whereabouts of the two people are different, and there may be some clues left in the room. Ning Ning couldn't light the lamp, and he didn't dare to make too much noise. He wanted to go forward and search carefully, but suddenly noticed that Pei Ji moved beside him—
A woman's coquettish laughter came from not far from the door, followed by the sound of stepping footsteps. It must be Luo Yuanming and Luan Niang returning to the room late at night. Pei Ji's eyes were quick, she spotted the wooden cabinet standing beside her, grabbed her arm and hid in it.
The wooden cabinet is only about half the height of a person, and it contains some scattered clothes. Ning Ning fell on his chest unprepared, not yet fully accustomed to the darkness in front of him, just as he was about to move slightly, he noticed that there was something warm and soft on his mouth.
Pei Ji covered her mouth, which was the palm of his hand.
Wait, wait.
Was she being hugged by Pei Ji... involuntarily
Ning Ning quickly recovered from the momentary daze, trying to identify the posture of the two of them in the narrow and dark wooden cabinet.
Pei Ji had let go of the hand that was on her shoulder, and sat in the cabinet with her legs crossed and arched, while she was pulled and naturally landed on the wooden board between his legs.
The young sword was slim and thin, but his chest was unexpectedly spacious. When Ning Ning was shackled by the whole body, he couldn't escape and it was more difficult to move. He could only feel the violent heartbeat on his back, like a throbbing fiery flame.
This posture was unexpectedly not uncomfortable, and it was even extremely tender, which made her a little reluctant to leave.
wrong.
Fortunately, Pei Ji was behind her and could not see Ning Ning's flushed face.
... What is she thinking about, who would want to be held and held by Pei Ji all the time.
Pei Ji didn't move, and didn't make any statement.
Although this was an action initiated by him, at the moment when his palm touched his lips, Ning Ning clearly felt the young man behind him stiffen and his heart beat faster, as if he was very nervous.
How can you not be nervous.
Pei Ji suppressed the restlessness in her heart and closed her eyelashes slightly.
The wooden cabinet is not high, he sat in it and almost embraced Ning Ning in his arms.
The girl's soft body was close at hand, and her head was gently pressed against his chin, and there were thin strands of hair that silently swept through the Adam's apple, neck and neck fossa, like a silent teasing.
It was pitch black all around, with only a little light oozing from the slightly opened gap.
The darkness makes all senses except vision extremely sensitive, and the shimmer of light is looming, covering the entire space with a hazy gauze, which can't be seen or touched, and it is extremely ambiguous.
The most tense part is his right hand.
Ning Ning's breath was all sprinkled on her index finger, scratching and rubbing gently like a feather, with a bit of warmth, turning it a thousand times. The palm of her hand was tightly pressed against her soft lips, and sometimes she would subconsciously purse her lips because of nervousness, and her lips would inadvertently brush the skin of the palm of her hand.
like a kiss.
Inexplicably, he remembered that night when he was drunk, and his heart was even more troubled.
Luo Yuanming's cultivation base is far higher than the two of them. If he uses his spiritual energy easily, he may be noticed by him.
Ning Ning and Pei Ji couldn't enter the secret through voice transmission, they could only keep silent in this posture.
"Tonight is exhausting me."
The candles on the table were lit, and Mother Luan's laughter came from her ears, lazily, like a cat: "Let's rest early."
Luo Yuanming also smiled: "Okay. What kind of incense is it tonight? Madam loves peach blossoms, why don't you just use it?"
"My husband is used to using bamboo incense, and now the smell on my body has changed from mine. I don't know how many people want to gossip behind their backs."
"So what? They were jealous that I had such a lady."
Then came a series of unbridled laughter, and the sound of clothes rubbing.
Luo Yuanming really loved Luan Niang as rumored, and his voice was full of love and longing that could not be concealed: "Miss, I really want to have a skin-to-skin kiss and rub your ears and temples with you every day."
Luan Niang's voice seemed to be soaked in wine, and she repeated the words he said in a low voice: "Isn't that what we are doing now? Since we have already kissed each other and rubbed our ears...then I am yours."
Ning Ning, whose lips were against Pei Ji's palm, breathed for a while.
Damn, is this couple always so nauseous when they talk? She heard goosebumps all over her body.
Pei Ji, whose black hair was wrapped around Ning Ning's hair, froze.
... As long as this is the case, she is his
When he took Ning Ning into the cabinet, he did not close the cabinet door completely, thus revealing a small gap.
Ning Ning grew up watching costume dramas, and was not surprised by this kind of scene. She squinted her eyes without any psychological burden, and was about to look outside when she suddenly noticed that there was a thick layer of darkness in front of her eyes.
Not really.
Pei Ji, this bastard... He actually used his free hand to quickly cover her eyes
Ning Ning had a heart attack.
Does he think she is a child! So stupid! Childish ghost! super annoying!
After all, her identity is a senior sister, so how can she be willing to be crushed on such a thing, she immediately frowned in dissatisfaction, and forcefully broke his hand covering his eyes, and then raised his right hand up.
Both of them were sitting in the cabinet, Pei Ji's chin was almost against her head, Ning Ning couldn't see his appearance, in order not to disturb the two people in the room, he acted very carefully.
The right hand first touched a slippery and soft place, and with a light poke, it would dent slightly and then bounce up slowly.
It's his cheek.
At this moment, Pei Ji's face was surprisingly hot, and her limbs were completely motionless. She let Ning Ning's palm brush the side face, the bridge of her nose, and the brow bone in turn, and finally, like a prank, she did not hesitate to cover his eyes.
He couldn't see anything, but he knew that the little girl in his arms must be showing a satisfied look, bowing his head and looking out without saying a word.
- Pei Ji's right hand was still covering her mouth, and she could feel the corners of Ning Ning's mouth raised gently.
He has always hated physical contact with other people, but he doesn't hate the movement at this moment, but when she is moving... It makes him a little uncomfortable.
In the ears are the low laughter and whispers of men and women, bringing the ambiguous atmosphere to the extreme. The intoxicating fragrance of peach blossoms lingered in the room, and the surroundings were dim, and because of being blindfolded, Pei Ji couldn't see anything clearly.
Ning Ning sat very close in front of him, even if he made any small movements, the tremors would expand thousands of times, spreading from his abdomen all the way up, as if he was going to burn the whole body with inexplicable fire.
It was hot all over.
Pei Ji held her breath, because she couldn't mobilize her spiritual power, she could only use her consciousness to hold back her pounding heart.
But it seems unbearable.
When those hot and delicate itches came together, they burst out like fire, making him take a deep breath, slowly lowered his head, and whispered in her ear: "Don't move."
This voice was suppressed to be deep and hoarse, and it turned into an airy sound that fell to the ear, with a bit of restraint, but it was extraordinarily provocative.
The unexpected heat spread out by the ear, as if there was an electric current running through the entire spine. Ning Ning's ears were red when he heard these two words, and he stopped acting obediently for a while.
To use this tone and voice all of a sudden... It's too much.
Can't he just give her a little bit of mental preparation
"My God, Pei Xiaoji, if you are like this now, if you want to be with Ning Ning in the future, how can you bear it?"
Chengying's tone contained a pretentious cry: "No, no, no, there won't be a sword repair... Let the girls take the initiative!"
Pei Ji became angry with shame, and suppressed the hot anger in her heart, she just wanted to draw her sword and kill it immediately.
Pei Ji: "Shut up, mouth."
Fortunately, the city lord and Luan Niang didn't do anything inappropriate for children, causing heart damage to Pei Ji's children who desperately tried to cover Ning Ning's eyes. They turned off the lights and went to sleep soon after, leaving a burst of incense.
Ning Ning was hugged by Pei Ji, as comfortable as lying next to a soft and gentle teddy bear. I don't know how long it took, just when I was getting more sleepy, I suddenly heard a creaking sound from the wooden bed.
Her tiredness dissipated suddenly, and through the small gap, she saw a slender figure.
Incense bursts in the room, and the city owner fell asleep peacefully. The white smoke and the moonlight coming in through the broken window are entangled, like a light smoke and water color, suddenly like a dream.
In the shocking silence, Luan Niang got up and got out of bed.