In the midst of chaos, there was a sound of beating gongs and drums in the distance.
"Boom boom, boom boom, boom boom..."
Along with the beating of gongs and drums, a huge acrobatic team slowly walked along the long Longmen Street.
This acrobatic team has a lot of skills, there are stilt walkers, bowl throwers, arhat stackers, and boulder crushers... All the people on the street retreated to both sides of the street, stopped to watch the acrobatic performance, and burst into cheers from time to time.
"One more! One more!"
"so amazing!"
Seeing that the acrobatic troupe was approaching soon, Li Jiang was dragged by a group of big and round servants, and while struggling, he yelled loudly: "Brother, brother! You can't do this! Get them to let me go!"
"You little bastard, you've been making trouble outside all day long. If I don't clean you up today, I'll write the word Li upside down!" Li Zhiyuan furtively glanced at Lu Xiao's face while blowing his beard and staring.
Lu Xiao's face was light and expressionless.
"Brother! I really don't blame me for this! It was those two people who provoked me first!"
"You little bastard dare to talk back! See if I cut your tongue off!"
"..." Qiu Yutong held a lantern in one hand and a sugar figurine in the other, watching the farce caused by him, she really didn't know what to say.
Lu Xiao smiled and pulled Qiu Yutong: "Let's go over there and have a look."
Qiu Yutong nodded: "Yes."
The two were about to leave when Lu Xiao's face suddenly changed, and he turned to the side with Qiu Yutong in his arms: "Be careful!"
It turned out that when Li Jiang was chatting with the family members, the acrobatic troupe had already arrived.
At the front of the team were four children dressed as "Fu", "Lu", "Shou" and "Xi". They walked over on stilts and wearing masks step by step.
The child at the front, who was pretending to be a birthday star, accidentally tripped over a servant, and fell headlong with stilts on him!
Seeing that Qiu Yutong was about to be hit, Lu Xiao quickly hugged him and spun to the side, just in time to avoid it!
But the stilts were more than one foot five feet long, and in the blink of an eye, the child fell headfirst, blood was about to splatter on the spot!
Seeing this, Qiu Yutong flicked his sleeves while spinning, the long sleeves rolled out, and gently supported the child! But the strength is still not enough!
At the same time, a blue shadow flashed across from the opposite side, and he waved his sleeve and held it gently!
The two joined forces, the child fell lightly to the ground, and then got up, with a face full of confusion, as if he didn't know what happened: "Why did I fall?"
Everyone on the street pointed at the Li family brothers: "It's all them..."
"You little bastard! Look at the mess you've caused!" Li Zhiyuan couldn't hold back his face, and became even more annoyed. He cursed and punched and kicked Li Jiang at the same time, and Li Jiang's screams could be heard for miles, "Brother , I don’t dare anymore, woo woo woo, big brother…”
Lu Xiao didn't even bother to look at them, his eyes only looked at Qiu Yutong: "Are you okay?"
"It's okay." Qiu Yutong shook her head, looked at the shattered sugar figurines and lanterns on the ground, and said angrily, "The sugar figurine is the last one...the lantern is also broken."
A young man in Tsing Yi came over. He was about twenty years old with a handsome face. He smiled at Qiu Yutong and said, "Thank you for your help just now. I'm afraid I can't save the child by myself."
Qiu Yutong came back to her senses: "Oh, it doesn't matter."
As he spoke, he glanced at the sugar man on the ground out of the corner of his eye.
The man in Tsing Yi glanced at the broken sugar figure on the ground, seemed to understand something, and said with a smile: "My friend ordered a table of dishes at the Zuixian Tower over there, and there is his most famous Zuixian Lantern Festival, if you don't mind If so, why not come together?"
Lu Xiao frowned slightly, as if he was about to refuse, but Qiu Yutong had already blinked, as if interested: "Drunken Immortal Lantern Festival?"
Lu Xiao fell silent.
The three of them came to the Zuixian Tower together, and exchanged names along the way. It turned out that the handsome young man in Tsing Yi was named Xu Dongqing, a native of Baizhou, and this time he came to the capital to watch the lanterns.
Lu Xiao and Qiu Yutong also reported their names, only saying that one was Xiao and the other Tong.
The waiter in Zuixianlou was very attentive, and led the three of them to the private room on the second floor. A handsome young man in brocade clothes stood up: "Dongqing, why have you been here for so long?"
Xu Dongqing smiled and said, "Something happened. By the way, these two are Mr. Xiao and Mr. Tong, friends I just met. Mr. Xiao, Mr. Tong, this is my friend, Lin Zhufeng."
Lu Xiao nodded lightly.
Qiu Yutong smiled and said, "Mr. Lin, hello."
Lin Zhufeng glanced at the two of them, curled his lips slightly, leaned into Xu Dongqing's ear, and lowered his voice: "I said Dongqing, you make friends with unknown people everywhere, and you were cheated of fifty spirits last time." Isn't the stone enough? Fortunately, Yaowang Village has your brother supporting it, otherwise you will lose sooner or later."
"Don't say that, we are all good friends." Xu Dongqing smiled, "Besides, I have an older brother, don't you also have an older brother, Zhufeng? Not everyone has an older brother like the Mistress of Yuqin Palace. "
Lin Zhufeng sneered and said, "Him? Don't mention it."
Lu Xiao was not from the cultivation world, so he didn't feel anything, but Qiu Yutong couldn't help being very surprised when he heard the two talking.
It turns out that Xu Dongqing is the younger brother of Xu Qiushi, the owner of Yaowangzhuang, and that young man in brocade clothes, Lin Zhufeng, is the younger brother of Lin Yurong, the owner of Yuqin Palace. Although Yaowangzhuang and Yuqin Palace are not comparable to Beihai Sword Sect and Shuo Xuecheng, they can be regarded as prominent figures in the cultivation world.
Lin Zhufeng was a little arrogant, and Lu Xiao was also ignorant of others. The atmosphere was a little awkward for a while, but fortunately, Xu Dongqing was very enthusiastic and greeted everyone to sit down: "Sit down, the food will be served soon."
Qiu Yutong hesitated for a moment, then sat down, and Lu Xiao followed suit.
Lin Zhufeng rolled his eyes and sat down too.
"Please!" Not long after, Xiaoer served four cold and four hot eight dishes of side dishes, and then served four bowls of "Zuixian Yuanxiao", and the aroma of wine was overflowing for a while.
Qiu Yutong had been hungry for a long time, and immediately scooped up a white and fat Lantern Festival and put it in her mouth. After that, her face was all wrinkled together, and she was so hot that she stuck out her tongue and kept fanning the wind with her hands: "It's hot, it's hot!"
Lu Xiao looked down at him, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly: "Eat slowly, no one will grab you."
"Who knew he was so hot..." Qiu Yutong mumbled.
While the two were talking, the storyteller on the stage slammed his board and started to tell a story: "Guest officers, the old man said last time that Qiu Yutong, the master of Flying Peak, was glaring at Xie Wanting, the master of Shuoxue City. The two brothers and sisters are at loggerheads, and they will fight if they see it!"
"Cough, cough, cough!" Qiu Yutong coughed violently, almost blushing from the choking.
There is a lesson to be learned from the world, how dare he fight with the senior brother in charge? !
"The master of Feilai Peak, Qiu Yutong, has the body of an innate sword body. He is more than ten feet tall and has a hulking waist. His muscles are boundless and powerful. I saw him roaring and slashing down with his sword in the air. Xie Wanting couldn't dodge it. Backed up three steps in a row, held the sword forcefully, and immediately spat out a mouthful of blood!"
"Cough cough cough!" Lu Xiao also choked on the tea.
Xu Dongqing said dissatisfied: "That storyteller, don't talk nonsense, how could City Lord Xie not beat his junior brother?"
The storyteller stared at a pair of small eyes: "Why is this old man talking nonsense?"
Xu Dongqing frowned: "You're obviously talking nonsense, thank you, the city lord... for his bad behavior, how could you take three steps back?"
Lin Zhufeng also nodded and said: "That's right, Xie Wanting's legs and feet have been inconvenient for many years. Because of this incident, even the ranking of 'Zhi Ge' in the sword manual fell to the third place, and fell to Gui Wu behind Ya's 'Crying Blood'."
Xu Dongqing suddenly became unhappy: "Then what's the point of breaking the sword manual, it's not accurate at all! Xie Chengzhu's swordsmanship is naturally better than Gui Wuya!"
Lin Zhufeng curled his lips and said, "Forget it if you don't believe it. This is the sword manual ranked by Mr. Tianji. Not to mention too much, the ranking in the top ten is absolutely reliable."
Xu Dongqing said angrily: "What about Mr. Tianji? Qingheng Xianzun has long since fallen in the secret realm of the Blood Prison, and his 'Amaterasu Cloud Sea' is still ranked first. Get in!"
Lin Zhufeng sneered: "Isn't that because Qiu Yutong doesn't have a natal sword? For Gui Wuya's opponents, Crying Blood is ranked second, and Zhi Ge is ranked third, and it should be, after all, everyone in the world knows the results of Shuoxue's sword debate."
Xu Dongqing was silent.
Lu Xiao looked at Qiu Yutong, wanted to say something but didn't say it.
Qiu Yutong ate a Lantern Festival silently.
When Shuoxue was discussing swords back then, he was still a little kid, and he only heard that Gui Wuya beat all the heroes, disabled a pair of legs of the head brother Xie Wanting, and shattered the zither of Lin Yurong, the master of Yuqin Palace, so In the children's songs spread among the people, there is such a sentence as "the Yuqin under Shuo Xuecheng is destroyed".
Qiu Yutong didn't know how brutal the "Shuoxue Lunjian" competition was, but he only knew that the sect master never mentioned it, and no one in Shuo Xuecheng dared to mention it.
Lin Zhufeng "tsk": "Forget it, let's not talk about these disappointing things. By the way, I heard that your brother Yunyou is back? And brought you a sister-in-law?"
Xu Dongqing nodded: "Well, I plan to hold a wedding banquet in March."
Lin Zhufeng smiled and said: "Congratulations! There must be a lot of people coming to the wedding banquet at Yaowangzhuang, right?"
"Well, more than 200 wedding invitations have been handed out." Xu Dongqing sighed, "I originally hoped that City Lord Xie would also come, but I heard that he is in seclusion, and Peak Master Bai is not concerned with worldly affairs, so it is probably Sang Feng. The Lord is coming."
Qiu Yutong blinked her eyes thoughtfully.
When the third senior brother came to Daning Palace before, he also mentioned that the senior brother in charge was in retreat. If the third senior brother went to the wedding banquet of Yaowangzhuang, then at that time, could he go with him and let the owner of Yaowangzhuang, The great genius doctor Xu Qiushi cured the cold poison in his body
He was pondering the feasibility of this matter, Lin Zhufeng said again: "Speaking of Peak Master Sang, I heard a few days ago that he is also in the capital."
"Really? Why didn't I know? I didn't see anyone else in the Xianmeng Guild Hall in the capital." Xu Dongqing said in surprise.
"Heh, why did this peak master Sang go to the guild hall? I heard that he has lived in the rolling alley for more than a month, and he got into a fight with someone yesterday. It is said that it was because of a man called Zhu Yan's pure servant."
Qiu Yutong: "..."
What a shame.
If the senior brother in charge knew, he would probably have to punish the third senior brother to sit quietly facing the wall on Wenjian Cliff for three years.
Also, when the third senior brother came to Daning Palace, didn't he say that he lived with Miss Xiangxue? Why did it change again? The senior brother in charge is right, the third senior brother is just a big radish, even the young palace master of Yuqin Palace knows the third senior brother's notoriety.
Qiu Yutong was silent for a moment, but decided to ask: "Mr. Lin, this Peak Master Sang, where does he live in Rolling Screen Hutong?"
Lu Xiao turned his head slightly, glanced at Qiu Yutong, and then lowered his eyes.
Lin Zhufeng raised his eyebrows: "What, you want to find him?"
Qiu Yutong said vaguely: "No, I'm just curious. I don't know what kind of brothel girl can make this Peak Master Sang fight with the National People's Congress?"
"Let me think about it... The girl Peak Master Sang likes seems to be the top card in Rouge Pavilion, so he should live there."
"Rouge Pavilion?" Qiu Yutong nodded, and secretly wrote down the name, Rouge Pavilion.
Lu Xiao lowered his eyelashes and said nothing.
Not long after, the four of them finished their meal, and then only heard the sound of "dong dong dong dong dong dong gong" outside, mixed with chaotic cheers: "The dragon is coming, the dragon is coming!".
"Let's go, let's go to watch the dragon dance!" Lin Zhufeng dragged Xu Dongqing, the two said goodbye to Qiu Yutong and Lu Xiao, and hurried downstairs to watch the dragon dance.
"Let's go and have a look too." Qiu Yutong pulled Lu Xiao.
The two walked down the Zuixian Tower side by side. A large number of tourists had already gathered on the street, waiting for the dragon dance team to come over: "Hurry up, hurry up, we'll be here soon!" "Don't squeeze!"
Amidst the incomparable noise, Lu Xiao didn't seem to hear anything. He lowered his eyes, stared at Qiu Yutong quietly, and suddenly said in a low voice, "We're going back, shall we?"
Qiu Yutong was taken aback for a moment, feeling somewhat guilty for some reason, and stammered: "But, I... I still want to go shopping."
He had to get rid of Lu Xiao and go to Rolling Curtain Alley to find Third Senior Brother.
Lu Xiao's eyelashes trembled slightly, and he didn't speak for a long time.