bookcurios Chapter 118 Turmoil
Chapter 118 Turmoil
Na Rou'er dared not speak out but walked timidly to the middle of the field and looked at the singing woman beside Mr. Tan. The woman nodded at her and gestured to the zither player. The zither player raised his hand and the music sounded like flowing water.
The woman holding the pipa next to Tushan Hou also played the pipa with her slender hands to play with him.
It sounded so familiar to me and I was racking my brains to figure out what was going on until the singer opened her cherry-like mouth and sang "The sea laughs, and the tides surge on both sides." Then I suddenly remembered that I had seen the singing girl before.
In the city of Chenyi, outside the Qingkui Restaurant, the woman was none other than the one named Xiaotao who was beside Fangfeng Bei.
I quickly looked at her, and she looked back at me with a smile while singing, and I didn't know what her intention was.
I was unsure whether she was sent by Xiangliu or just saying hello to an acquaintance. I didn't dare to look at her for too long, but turned my head to stare at the dancing Rou'er. I watched her red gauze dress fluttering, bringing with it the fragrance of powder, but my heart was in turmoil, and I kept calculating.
Before I could finish thinking, Tu Shanjing raised his hand and Changbao placed the small box on Master Fan's desk.
Master Fan asked with a puzzled look on his face: "Master Qingqiu, what is this...?"
Tu Shanjing replied, "My elder brother, you have been helped by Mr. Fan and have stayed in your precious place for many days. This is just a small token of my appreciation. It is not a token of respect, but I hope you will accept it."
After hearing this, Master Fan burst into laughter, and eagerly opened the lock of the small box, lifted the lid and looked inside.
There should be gold in the box, which made his already sallow face look even more yellow. When he smiled, wrinkles appeared on his face, and the number of wrinkles was almost more than the petals of the yellow chrysanthemum.
Tushan Hou was originally watching the dance with a smile, but his smile instantly turned into anger when he saw this. He stood up with a red face and knocked over the wine glass beside him with his sleeve.
The wine spilled onto the skirt of the woman playing the pipa, and she screamed in fright.
Tu Shan Hou slapped her in the face and yelled, "Why are you screaming?!"
The woman covered her face and fell to the side, with her pipa falling beside her. Her eyes were filled with tears and she choked a few times but did not dare to cry out loud.
Seeing this, I quietly pressed the mechanism of the Torrential Pear Blossom Needles and took precautions secretly.
Tu Shan Hou pointed at Tu Shan Jing and said through gritted teeth: "Didn't I tell you not to worry about it?! Why, you're already in a hurry to take care of your eldest brother before you even become the clan leader?!"
Tu Shan Jing said in a neither humble nor arrogant manner, "The clan leader, don't tell me in advance. If I don't care about you, where will you get the money to fill this hole? Do you want to go home and let your grandmother clean up this mess for you? It's better for me to clean it up for you, and you just follow me back to Qingqiu honestly."
Tushan Hou was so angry that he waved his hand, and several waves of water spirits came through the air. Changbao beside him stretched out his hand, and several green vine-like lights flashed, wrapping up the waves of water spirits. Finally, the light disappeared, leaving only a few green leaves floating to the ground, and then turned into light smoke.
Young Master Fan then stood up and said slowly, "Hey~ Don't get angry, it will hurt the harmony between brothers. Young Master, look, your brother is so good to you. He paid off your gambling debts and even took you home!"
Tu Shan Hou was so angry that he said, "For such a small amount of money, why would he bring out this huge Buddha statue? He came here in person to humiliate me!"
After hearing this, Tu Shanjing stood up, took a deep breath, and said in a resounding voice: "Brother, please don't misunderstand me. I didn't mean that! I just happened to be nearby and came to see what was going on."
"Yes, Master Fan has always been cunning and a man who would risk his life to make money. Naturally, people are worried that their good brother will be deceived by you and detained!" Master Tan turned the wine glass playfully and replied calmly.
Master Fan's face turned red and then pale. He looked at the box of gold at hand, but he finally suppressed his anger and said with a smile, "Brother Tan, your joke is a bit too much. How can I hold someone hostage? You just came and don't know. Master Tushan wanted to eat spicy food these days, but I didn't dare to make it sweet. If he wanted to drink, I would transport jars of the best aged girl's red wine from Chenyi City. He didn't even mention that he wanted to leave, so how could I hold him hostage?"
Young Master Tan looked up at Young Master Fan with a sarcastic smile on his face, "Yeah, don't you think about it? You are after their money, but they are after your beauty? They have been staying here for so long and won't leave. You smell good, don't you?"
Master Fan stood up angrily, pointed at Master Tan and cursed: "You are such a bad guy named Tan! You came here and I kindly invited you to dinner and drinks, what the hell is wrong with you?!"
The situation was tense for a moment, and the musician no longer dared to play, and huddled behind the piano, trembling.
Several women also turned pale. The woman who played the pipa was a little older. She bravely stood up and walked to Master Fan. She stretched out her slender hands and stroked his chest repeatedly, saying in a tender voice, "Alright, alright, Master Fan, calm down! Let's perform another show for you gentlemen. You can have a drink and have fun. If you have anything to say, just talk slowly, okay?"
Young Master Fan had a gloomy face. He suddenly raised his hand, a golden light flashed, and the woman immediately let out a miserable scream.
Her hand, still wearing a bracelet, was cut off at the wrist and fell to the ground with a clanking sound.
Master Fan glared at her and spat, saying, "Bah! Who the hell do you think you are? How dare you try to mediate when I'm so angry?!"
The musician stopped hiding and trembling, and shouted "Xiaohong!". He rushed out from behind the piano, rushed over, held Xiaohong's wrist which was bleeding profusely, and tried frantically to stop the bleeding.
I shuddered and turned my face away, not wanting to watch any more. Tu Shanjing pulled my sleeve from behind and said, "Master Fan, you... aren't you a little too cruel? That's her hand for playing the pipa, how is she going to live after you cut it off?"
Master Fan sneered, "What do I care how a bitch who performs for money lives?! At most I'll just have to pay her some money. How much is a cheap life worth?"
Tu Shanjing sighed and said to the zither player, "Here is some silver. You go with her first and find a doctor as soon as possible—"
Before he could finish his words, he stopped talking, stood up and flew forward from behind the table. He drew a semicircle with his right hand, and a long crystal clear ice blade appeared in his hand and stabbed at Master Tan.
It turned out that Mr. Tan, who had said before that he had a leg injury, actually stood up at this moment. He turned his left hand over, and a flaming long sword appeared in his hand, blocking Tu Shanjing's move.
Tu Shan Jing turned in the air, his clothes flying, and pressed down with the weight of his body. Mr. Tan was exhausted and tried to block it, then he leaped sideways to slow down the momentum, but he failed to avoid the ice blade and his clothes were cut.
With a swishing sound, a large hole was cut in Mr. Tan's clothes, revealing thick cotton inside. It turned out that his burly figure was also a disguise.