Li Fenglan and the others have been in Nantun Town for three days. During these three days, they either went shopping to buy rouge, gouache and other gadgets, or listened to Li Changnian's experience in the world of martial arts at the Escort Bureau. They had no worries about eating and drinking, and all three of them felt the beauty of the world outside the valley.
But I still have to leave after all. After all, I have a mission. Li Changnian repeatedly tried to persuade them to stay, but he was also a sensible person. Even if he liked these three girls, he could not let them stay in Nantun Town forever.
On the fourth day, the three of them bid farewell to Li Changnian and others and set out for Luoyang City. Before leaving, he only brought a box of newspapers and a few changes of clothes. Most of the expensive jewelry, rouge and gouache were left behind at the Cangfeng Escort Agency.
The carriage slowly drove out of Nantun Town. There were many people on the official road, but Jade noticed that there were always some people looking at them in the dark and in the light.
Li Fenglan naturally knew that she was being watched, so she opened the curtain and said to Jade with a smile: "Jade, how about you make a bamboo hat and wear it?"
"Why?"
"You are so beautiful. People on the street are looking at you. I can't even tell who is watching us."
Jade said angrily: "If I had known if I had brought Fu Xiaohu with me, we wouldn't have attracted so many people's attention."
Li Fenglan said with a smile: "Actually, Aunt Zhou has already thought of it for us."
"What did you think of?"
Li Fenglan handed over a handkerchief and said: "Well, Aunt Zhou gave it to me and said that if you have to show your face, wear this. Aunt Zhou said that she wore this when she was in the world. I heard from Lao Mo that she wore it when she entered the world. Aunt Zhou is so beautiful that if she were to fight with someone, if she was a man, he would definitely get offended by her beauty. So Aunt Zhou put on a veil."
Jade took the veil and put it on her face without saying a word. Sure enough, the gazes from all around... did not decrease. Although her face was blocked, the cold temperament could not be blocked.
Amber asked Li Fenglan: "Was Aunt Zhou really a beauty when she was young?"
"Yes," Li Fenglan replied, "I remember that when I was a child, I thought Aunt Zhou was very pretty."
Amber thought for a while and asked, "Why is Aunt Zhou now..." She actually wanted to say that she had become ugly, but because she hadn't eaten and her brain was still there, she didn't go on.
Jade said angrily: "If you hadn't always made my mother angry when you were a child, would my mother be like this?"
The person who said this was Li Fenglan. Li Fenglan stuck out her tongue and made no excuses. Among the new generation of children in Chaolan Valley, Li Fenglan is the most naughty. Of course, it wasn't that Li Fenglan was too naughty that turned Chen Yan into a yellow-faced woman. The main reason was that in the past eighteen years, everyone in the valley had made a living through farming. Chen Yan had to work in the fields every day, take care of the three of them, and take care of the housework. People naturally age quickly. Li Yuxun is about the same age as Chen Yan. He married into a good family and has never had sex in his life. Now he still looks like he is in his early thirties.
The three of them were a little sentimental when it came to Chen Ji. Now that I have grown up, it is my first time to travel far away. I really miss him after not seeing him for three days.
While feeling sentimental, Hu Bo whispered to Li Fenglan: "Miss, there are three people in the tea shed over there."
The official road was full of people. It was not surprising that there were three people in the small tea shed beside the road. But Amber felt strange. She felt that the three people looked at them in the wrong way. It's not like the timidity of some practitioners, nor like an inadvertent glance, but with a bit of hostility.
Li Fenglan had already noticed the three people and whispered to Jade: "Jade, let's go to the tea shed to have a rest."
Jade heard the carriage next to the tea shed, asked for a pot of tea, bought a bucket of water for the horse, and deliberately sat on the seat next to the man.
Those three people were all dressed up, and they looked like martial arts people at first glance, and they were all no more than thirty years old.
After the tea was served, Li Fenglan dipped it in the water and wrote a few words on the table. After reading it, Feicui felt relieved. He turned his face and stared at the three martial arts people with cold eyes that made the three of them feel chills. Was he exposed?
Jade lowered her voice and said, "Don't move."
For the first time, Jade threatened someone seriously. Although his eyes were in place, his tone was not in place, and it was obvious that he did not scare the three people.
The three people also felt that there was no point in pretending any longer, and one of them retorted: "Girl, your tone is not small, what if I move?"
Li Fenglan turned her back to them, took a sip of tea, and said, "Give it a try."
As soon as he finished speaking, someone took out the dagger in his arms and stabbed Li Fenglan in the back of the heart. However, before the dagger could touch Li Fenglan, the tip of the knife was already pinched by Jade. The man wanted to take back the knife, but found that the knife seemed to be stuck in a boulder and could not be pulled out.
Only then did the three of them feel threatened. They thought they were three little girls who were just starting out, but who knew the idea was so tricky.
One person shouted softly: "Retreat!"
The three of them stood up and turned around to run away, leaving all their daggers behind. But as soon as they turned around, they found that the woman in white clothes was already standing in front of them.
Cold sweat flowed down, they had never seen such Qinggong. Fortunately, it was daytime. If it were night, I might not have thought I had seen a ghost.
At this time, passers-by on the official road and tea stall clerks all noticed something strange. They felt their eyes were dazzled just now. The pretty woman in white had changed her position. Some people stopped to watch, and there were more people at the tea shed.
Li Fenglan smiled contemptuously: "I'm just a little guy. Forget it, you can go."
After speaking, they walked to their seats, threw down a few coins, and the three of them got back on the carriage and drove towards Luoyang City. Only the three martial arts people were left standing there blankly.
On the carriage, Amber asked: "Miss, are we leaving like this?"
Li Fenglan replied: "Of course I have to leave, but I can't kill them."
"Why not kill?"
"That's it. Just tell them that we are not easy to mess with. We can't break up now."
Li Fenglan's plan is very simple, with three points. One, kill each one on sight. Even if they arrive in Luoyang today, they won't be able to arrive by this time next year. Second, show one hand, Jade's move of holding a dagger between two fingers, and using some body skills on his own, it can be regarded as shocking those assassins who are ready to move. Three, how to kill? Jade and Amber's kung fu is good, but they have never fought with anyone with real swords and guns. Jade was okay, he was good at killing chickens and geese in the valley, but amber was fine, she wouldn't even dare to look at a dead mouse. As for herself, except for Qing Gong and two sets of simple internal skills, she knows no other moves.
Li Changnian told her before coming here that the world is not about fighting and killing, because killing is a very difficult thing. It is terrible to watch a living life die in your own hands. Li Changnian has seen many people. After killing someone for the first time, they quit the world and never touched sharp weapons again in their lives. Some even committed suicide not long after.
Jade and Amber protect themselves. If possible, she hopes that her two sisters will never have blood on their hands for the rest of their lives.
The carriage walked slowly for a day and finally entered Luoyang City before nightfall.
Luoyang deserves to be a metropolis, and when the lanterns are turned on, the streets are still crowded with people.
While driving the carriage, Jade asked Li Fenglan: "Hey, where are we spending the night tonight? Isn't it a bad idea to go to Bai's house at this time?"
Li Fenglan did not answer, but murmured to herself.
"Baihua Tower... Baihua Tower...ah! I saw it!"
Li Fenglan excitedly pointed to a high-rise building, and emeralds and amber followed her fingers. She saw that the high-rise building was brightly lit, and there was an endless stream of guests coming and going at the gate. Some well-dressed women waved handkerchiefs at passers-by, with slutty and shy smiles on their faces.
Even though Jade Amber didn't know much about the world, he could tell that this place was a brothel.
Jade glanced at Li Fenglan, who was lying on her shoulder, and said, "You're a girl, what are you doing looking at this?"
"Someone is waiting for me here." Li Fenglan's tone was a little excited.
She has been reading these past few days and has read all about the powerful figures in the world. There was one person who aroused her interest, Bai Shuyu, the third son of the Bai family in Luoyang. Those writings about him always describe him as a prophetic god. It is said that he knows everything about the world, is extremely intelligent, and is bohemian. He hangs around Qinlou and Chu Pavilion every night. The brothel he visits most often is Baihualou in Luoyang. He is also said to have a bad relationship with a woman here.
In the corridor facing the street on the second floor of Baihua Building, a handsome scholar with a paper fan and turban looked sad, patted the railing hard, and said sadly: "My dear mother, you are here."
A woman's voice came from the room behind her: "Mr. Bai, you have been saying that the fairy is coming for the past three days. Is the fairy really coming this time?"
Bai Shuyu held his forehead and said, "I didn't know they were so hardworking. They walked for three days in one day."
Li Fenglan looked up and saw the handsome scholar downstairs. She grinned and thought to herself: It must be him!
Li Fenglan tapped the carriage lightly with her toes, and Li Fenglan's body floated up in an instant. With every breath, she was already standing on the railing on the second floor, overlooking Bai Shuyu from a high position.
"Miss!" Hu Bo shouted to Li Fenglan and jumped up.
Jade looked helpless, this is a brothel, what does it look like... and she doesn't even wear shoes. She had no choice but to get off the carriage. As soon as I came down, I saw a boy coming towards the door of the brothel with a smile on his face. Just now, Li Fenglan and Hu Hu flew up to the second floor of Baihua Building one after another. Many people saw it, including the Madam.
The Madam of Baihualou was also a person who had seen the world. She thought that distinguished guests would arrive at the entrance of the carriage. As soon as she arranged for a servant to pick her up, she saw a very beautiful woman in the carriage sticking her head out and pointing to the second floor. He said in his heart: Bao Buqi is the chivalrous woman who came to Baihualou to catch the man she was looking for. It is estimated that many tables, chairs and benches will be smashed tonight.
Even though she thought so, the Madam didn't panic. She had seen this kind of thing many times.
However, the expected conflict did not happen. The girl in green clothes who was driving the carriage said to the boy: "Stop our carriage." Then she jumped up to the second floor.
When Jade jumped up, Li Fenglan was looking at the beautiful scholar.
The scholar smiled slightly and shouted: "Come here! Take a seat!"
Not long after, someone brought a chair and placed it directly opposite the scholar. The scholar pointed to the chair and said, "Miss Li, don't stand, sit down."
Li Fenglan jumped onto the chair lightly and sat down, with Jade and Amber guarding her on the left and right.
Li Fenglan smiled and said, "You have kept Mr. Bai waiting for a long time."
Bai Shuyu was a little surprised: "Changfeng Tower is indeed Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. I thought Miss Li would be a charming lady, but it seems that Xiaosheng was wrong."
Li Fenglan tapped the railing lightly with her fingers and asked: "Third Young Master, should we be polite or should we get straight to the point?"
"I have prepared a lot of polite words, but it seems that Miss Li doesn't want to hear them."
"Your Bai family..."
"Stop it!" Bai Shuyu said, "I am not in charge of this matter. My eldest sister has the final say in our family now."
"Then why did Mr. Bai wait here for three days?"
"Of course I want to meet beauties... I was lucky enough to meet three beauties."
Li Changnian taught her not to reveal her purpose too early. But there is no point in hiding in front of this Third Young Master Bai.
Li Fenglan asked: "I've seen it, what next?"
Bai Shuyu closed the folding fan and knocked lightly on the door behind him. Not long after, he heard footsteps coming from the house. The door opened a crack, and a delicate jade hand stretched out, holding an object in the jade hand. Bai Shuyu took the thing, shook it in his hand, and said with a smile: "The young man wants to make a deal with the girl."
Li Fenglan saw Bai Shuyu holding a square wooden box in his hand, and didn't know what was inside.
Li Fenglan asked: "What deal?"
Bai Shuyu replied: "My trading items are naturally the objects in my hand. I wonder what Miss Li wants to exchange for?"
Li Fenglan smiled and said, "It seems that Third Young Master doesn't know what he wants? I do have some things that can be traded, but I still want to see Third Young Master's goods first."
Bai Shuyu opened the wooden box without talking nonsense.
Using the light, Li Fenglan took a closer look at the object inside, which was half a roll of parchment.
Li Fenglan asked: "What is this?"
"The map of the Li family's underground palace."
"Yangzhou Li family?"
"Yes. The three of us, the Bai family, the Shangguan family, and the Li family, are in the intelligence business. The library of the Shangguan family and the golden-domed pagoda of the Bai family are all used to store the secrets of the world collected by the family. Of course, eighteen years ago, The Jianghu people don’t know that the Bai family’s secret hiding place is the White Tower outside the city… As for the Li family, now only our Bai family knows where the Li family’s secret hiding place is.”
"Somewhere underground?"
"Yes. Back then, a mysterious man gave us this half-volume map of the underground palace. The location of the underground palace was written in this half-volume, but there was no entrance mark. Our Bai family has also sent people to conduct secret searches over the years, but we have never been able to find the entrance. . It seems that if you want to find the entrance, you must find the first half of the volume."
"Third Young Master, this thing of yours is too valuable. My little lady doesn't have anything worthy of it."
Bai Shuyu shook his head and said, "It doesn't matter, anything is fine. My deal can make you cheaper, girl."
Li Fenglan smiled and said: "Well, I will exchange a secret about Changfeng Tower with the young master."
"Shu Yu." A man's voice came from the stairs. Not long after, a man wearing a black robe embroidered with gold thread came over. Men's eyebrows are slightly different from those of Han people, with deeper eye sockets and a higher nose bridge. They should be the descendants of Han people and Hu Sheng.
Bai Shuyu smiled at the man and said, "Second brother, why are you here?"
The man ignored Bai Shuyu, but bowed to Li Fenglan and the others, and said respectfully: "Three girls, I'm Bai Zhonglian. This half of the map was originally a gift from the Bai family to the girl. The younger brother was playful and made a joke with the girl. , I also hope the girl Haihan."
Li Fenglan stood up and bowed in response: "Second Young Master, you're welcome. This thing is indeed valuable, and it should be exchanged for something."
Bai Zhonglian said: "The Bai family has arranged a place for the three girls. If you don't mind it, you can stay in the humble house for a few days and hope that the girls will appreciate it."
Li Fenglan said carelessly: "That's fine, let's just bother you for a few days."
