The Neon Tower

"Oh...Young Master is too modest, today we came here to see the elegant demeanor of Guibaolou's oiran." After speaking, Zhen Rong took out a suet white jade pendant carved with orchids.

Seeing this, Xiao Xiangyu frowned, and then said with a smile, "So it's Mr. Zhen. Who is the one behind?"

"I'm Fan Yuhan." Yuhan also bowed his hands.

"However, according to Haoyang's rules, he may not let the two of you enter together."

"Then I'll be right here, open a tea table, drink tea and wait." Fan Yuhan said with a smile, although the lobby is full of wine pools and meat, it's better than being in the room to get in the way.Although this Zhen Rong is said to be a flirtatious son, he is actually very talented and devoted to love. If he really fell in love with that oiran, he would not be there to hinder his friendship.

"Don't, don't, don't. Have you forgotten the purpose of accompanying me here today?" Zhen Rong hugged Fan Yuhan's arm, his eyes full of pleading.

"Then..." Xiaoxiangyu didn't know what to do, and looked at Yuhan with questioning eyes.

"Hey, then please ask the landlord to ask the oiran if he can accommodate the two of us."

"Okay, both of you, please go upstairs with Xiao."

The layout of this neon building is quite mysterious. If no one leads the way, I am afraid that I will still get lost after walking three or five times.After going up several floors, after going around for more than a dozen times, he finally came to a gate with an elegant ink painting. Xiao Xiangyu knocked on the door lightly a few times, and then walked in sideways.

After a while, he came out from behind the door, and said to Zhen Rong and Yu Han with a smile: "He agrees to receive both of you at the same time, please come in."

"Okay, please." Zhen Rong took a deep breath, grabbed Yu Han's wrist and entered the door.

Behind the door, there was an elegant screen. They wanted to go around the place where the beautiful woman was in front of the screen, but Xiaoxiang Yu blocked them.

"You two, please stay. According to the rules, there is an opening fee to open the door. And this is the door of Haoyang, the treasure of the small building, and the price must be a little more expensive."

"What? Opening fee? How much?" Zhen Rong felt abrupt.

"5000 taels."

"Oh, I think this neon building is a black shop at all. No one has seen it yet, and the lion asked for 5000 taels? Brother Zhen, you have to think clearly." Yuhan threw off the folding fan and shook it lazily .

"Okay! I'll give it!" Seeing Zhen Rong's determined expression, Yu Han almost dropped the fan.

Zhen Rong put the 5000 taels of silver bill heavily into Xiao Xiangyu's hands, and saw that everyone exited the room neatly and closed the door gently.The room was filled with a quiet tea fragrance, Zhen Rong gathered his clothes, held the paper fan tightly with both hands for a moment, and stepped into the room.

The layout of the room really has a special charm, it is not as vulgar as the lobby in the building just now, but clean and elegant, simple yet noble.A man in a lake blue satin gown, with his hair tied up with a plain ribbon, was sitting in front of the desk with an elegant gesture, making tea, and the aroma of tea came from there.

Zhen Rong and Yu Han looked at the man in front of them, their minds seemed to fly into the clouds, and their chests throbbed like thunder.

"You two, please sit down." Haoyang raised his phoenix eyes, smiled brightly, and gestured for him to sit down.

The air seemed to become warm at this moment, and his every move seemed to tie the nerves of the two of them.

"In the world... there is such a beautiful man, who is hundreds of times better than a woman..." Zhen Rong opened his eyes wide, staring at Hao Yang's face without blinking, the skin as smooth as white jade made him feel He couldn't help but want to reach out and touch it.

"Mr. Zhen has won the prize. Haoyang is just lucky to have such a good skin. He dare not compare with the beauties in the world." His voice was clear and steady like playing a string.

"How do you know my surname is Zhen?" The two didn't give their names, so he named Mr. Zhen first?Could it be that Zhen Rong's name was engraved on his face?

"Beautiful brushes make flowers, Fan Yuhan, iron strokes and silver hooks Zhen Rong. I have heard about the two great talents in the city for a long time. It is my honor to see the demeanor of the two today. Let's look at Mr. Zhen's fingers first, because they practice hard every day. Calligraphy has already formed a cocoon in a specific part, so I dare to guess."

"Mr. Haoyang is indeed very intelligent. With such intelligence, why do you live in such a place of fireworks, drinking and laughing with you? Isn't this a waste of your talent?"

Zhen Rong was uttering words of indignation for the beauty one after another, while Yu Han just waved his fan and sipped his tea.From the corner of his eye, he took a look at the appearance of the oiran Haoyang, and couldn't help remembering that when he first came in, he was really shocked by this appearance.There are men in the world who are hundreds of times more beautiful than women, but no matter how beautiful he is, he is still a man, and it is difficult for him to fall in love with men. Even if he is infatuated for a moment, he will soon wake up.

"Young Master Zhen, do you look down on the place of fireworks? Do you look down on Haoyang to accompany him to drink and laugh?" Haoyang wiped off her thin lips, with an expression that made people want to pounce on him and kiss him.

"No...it's not. It's just..." Zhen Rong was usually eloquent, but now he was speechless.

"Although Haoyang accompanies wine and laughs, he never sells himself. Apart from making tea, he also knows the rhythm, and has certain attainments in chess. In the past, he did have the idea of ​​gaining fame and ambitions, but this appearance is too much to spread rumors. Where is he going?" I can't do things and live quietly. I had to come here...Haoyang asked himself that he has healthy limbs, so why should my father support me?"

"Ah~ So he is a man with a miserable life." Zhen Rong sighed lightly, picked up the teacup in front of him and drank it down in one gulp.

"Don't dare to say bitterness, now that the money saved every month is sent home, my father can finally live a life of simple food and drink."

"Coarse tea and light food? Mr. Haoyang is just opening the door... the price is five thousand, talking with you for an hour, the price must not be cheap, right?" Yu Han put away his fan, paced around, and looked inside the room .

"It's really not low. The conversation fee is 2000 taels an hour. If you want to listen to music, it's [-] taels per song, and it's [-] taels per chess game, regardless of whether you win or lose. But there is no charge for tea." Haoyang looked directly at Yu Han's eyes. said the eyes.

"Brother Zhen, even though your house is the lintel of an official residence, you can't be allowed to spend money like this?"

"Heh, the younger brother just answered the question of Mr. Haoyang by chance, so he only had such a chance. Brother thought that if you want to spend this money, you can come and spend it?"

"Oh... Haoyang made Mr. Zhen laugh."

At this time, there was a noise outside the window.

"Hey!! What are you doing~"

"Sorry, sorry~ hot water..."

Yu Han pushed open the window and looked downstairs through the gap. A scruffy young man with a rag on his shoulders and a teapot of boiling water in each hand was walking through the crowd of prostitutes.The view here is not so good, you can still see that some guests' hands have already started rubbing the clothes of the young man, it seems that they have finished something, their faces are blushing, and their eyes are confused.Heh, what is more than selling yourself?

"Hot water!" There was a sound of the door being broken open, and the boy who had just seen in the lobby on the first floor had arrived at the private room at some time, and appeared in front of the three people in the room with two teapots.

"Coyote! Here is a distinguished guest, why are you so unruly, how do you usually teach you." Xiao Xiangyu appeared afterward, still with a splendid demeanor.

"Hot water~ Guests want to drink." The coyote looked young, but his face was stubbled and unkempt, his clothes were sloppy, and he didn't even wear shoes.

"Coyote? Why didn't you change the clothes I gave you last time?" Haoyang asked in a gentle and magnetic voice.

"Uncomfortable, uncomfortable." As he said, he carried the kettle to Haoyang's tea-making table, poured hot water into the charcoal stove teapot used for making tea, then reached out and asked Haoyang for a piece of pastry, put it on He took a bite out of his mouth, nodded and left with the kettle in hand.

"What's wrong with your hand?" Yuhan found a wound on the coyote's arm, and stretched out his hand to pull him, but he gritted his teeth and gave a "woo-" and gave the troublesome man a fierce look with his eyes. Let Yuhan quickly withdraw her hand.

"Coyote!!" Xiaoxiangyu said again.

The coyote put away its sharp teeth and left the private room silently.

"I'm really sorry, I have no way to discipline me so that my servant is so rude."

"Master Xiao is serious, he is just a child, we will not hold grudges." Zhen Rong laughed.

"The coyote was originally a wolf boy on the mountain. I rescued him by chance. Now I feed him here and teach him some simple tasks. He is basically the same as ordinary people, but he still lacks in etiquette. of."

"So that's the case. No wonder they call him a coyote. It turns out he's a real wolf." Yu Han said.

"Oh, I really disturbed the two of you, so I will excuse you." Xiao Xiangyu said.

"Ah... Mr. Xiao, why don't you sit down and have a cup of tea with us." Zhen Rong said, and Yu Han nodded accordingly.

Haoyang skillfully poured a cup of tea for Xiaoxiangyu, motioning him to sit down.Xiaoxiangyu hesitated for a moment, but seeing that the hospitality was hard to turn down, she sat down.

"I've heard that Mr. Fan's wonderful pen is brilliant. I wonder if I will be lucky enough to see your talent?" Haoyang asked.

"No way, Mr. Haoyang. Brother Yuhan is the emperor's imperial brush. It is a capital offense to leave calligraphy anywhere outside the palace." Zhen Rong took a sip of tea and sighed softly.

"That's such a pity."

"Yeah~ I think the works written by brother Yuhan back then were all astonishing and absolutely amazing. Since I was named the emperor's royal brush, I can't read them anymore."

"Brother Zhen won the prize, but he practiced it for earning a living, and it just happened to be seen and liked by the emperor."

"Brother is too modest, this painting is based on talent, not like practicing calligraphy, as long as there is perseverance, there will be results." Zhen Rong's words were intentional, and Haoyang and Xiaoxiangyu looked at each other, and shook their heads with a smile.

"That's it, that's it~ The implication is that Fan was sealed as an imperial pen, and he was not allowed to paint with ink outside the palace. He neglected to practice, and his calligraphy is not as good as your third young master Zhen." Fan Yuhan put away the paper fan and knocked on Zhen Rong's hand. The back of the head: "Who said that Fan can't practice calligraphy if he can't get ink on his pen?"

Zhen Rong saw that the method of provoking generals worked, so he snickered: "Brother Yuhan, do you want to put on a show?"

"After you say that, if you don't show your hands, can I still hold my face?"

"Then Xiao, I'm going to prepare paper and ink." Xiaoxiang Yu wanted to get up, but was pushed down by Yu Han.

"No need to be so troublesome." Yu Han looked around the house, and found a crystal-clear glass panel hanging on the side of the window facing the street.It was snowing lightly on the street, and the temperature difference was greater compared with the indoors. He took down the glazed panel and hung it outside the window, and took it back indoors after a while.At this time, there was a layer of fog on the glazed board, and he quickly moved his fingers a few times on it, and then confidently placed the board in front of the candlelight on the table.

I saw a simple drawing of a willow tree on the glazed board, but because the mist turned into water droplets and dripped from top to bottom, it looked like willow branches fluttering in the wind and rain, lifelike, and there were two uncharacteristic characters next to it .

"Wonderful! Yuliu, look at this seal script, it just sets off this picture of Yuliu. It's wonderful." Zhen Rong praised repeatedly.

"Judging from the handwriting, Mr. Fan doesn't seem to be negligent in practice, but he seems to be practicing diligently, which is why he has such a style of writing." Haoyang nodded repeatedly and said.

"Ah? It turns out that brother Yuhan is just pretending to be lazy, but actually practicing hard secretly?"

"Brother Zhen's words are wrong. I never said that I would never practice. But when it comes to the strength and style of writing, there is still a distance compared with Brother Zhen." As he said, Yu Han quickly closed the paper fan Zhen Rong bowed his hands in respect.

"Then why don't you take this opportunity and ask Mr. Zhen for a piece of calligraphy to town the facade of my neon building? I don't know if you would like it?" Xiaoxiangyu seized the opportunity and said.

"Mr. Xiao, have you thought it through? Mr. Zhen's calligraphy is very expensive." Haoyang said.

"It's okay! Besides, I won't charge you anything." Zhen Rong gave Yu Han a wry smile, and continued, "Today there is such a peerless and beautiful man like Haoyang Guanren. Today is an eye-opener. What is a single word?"

"Then thank you, Mr. Zhen!!" Xiaoxiangyu laughed a few times, extremely excited.

Haoyang lowered his head and smiled slightly, and his appearance was even more fascinating.

An hour stipulated by the time passed while they were chatting and laughing happily.Zhen Rong was really reluctant to give up in every possible way and was dragged by Yu Han's collar to leave the Nihong Building.The bright moon hangs high, and it's time for the Neon Building to close.

Xiaoxiangyu closed the door, checked the furnishings in the hall, and after thinking about it, she decided to go to Haoyang's room.He walked through the kitchen corridor, and at the end, stepped on a winding staircase to the door of Haoyang's room. The wooden door was tightly closed. He pushed hard to open the door, and then closed the door after entering.

"Who?" Haoyang's gentle and deep voice came from behind.

"Ah, me." Xiaoxiangyu turned around and was about to say something, only to see Haoyang leaning against the screen and looking at him with his whole body up and down, which immediately made his nose suck a lot of cold air, and the blood in his brain was boiling.

"..." Haoyang just stared at him firmly, without saying anything.

"Can't you put on some clothes before you come out? Fortunately, it's me, if some young lady who is in love with you comes in and sees you like this..." At this time, Xiao Xiangyu realized her impoliteness, and hurriedly said Turning around, he stammered.

"What are you doing standing there?" Haoyang said angrily, "It's not like you haven't seen my body before. Everyone is a man, so why hide it, you don't look like a man at all." He rolled his eyes, He turned his head to look at the big wooden barrel emitting white smoke behind the screen.

"Yeah, I think when we were in the army, we all took off our clothes and took a bath in the bathroom with only a pair of underpants left." Xiaoxiangyu said, smiling helplessly.

"Seeing that the young master is living a good life today, you are quite comforted. Now he is a dignified person, and he is living a good life. He is talented and suave. The coach and the empress know each other, and they will feel at ease."

"hope so."

"Want to come and take a bath together?" Haoyang said loudly, and Xiaoxiangyu immediately had a mouthful of old blood stuck in his throat.

Seeing that he didn't move, Haoyang smiled contemptuously: "That's right, we both finished playing, and now we are not even friends, how can we take a bath together."

After finishing speaking, Haoyang walked towards the wooden barrel, but was locked by two strong arms from behind. The familiar breathing sound from his ears made his whole body blood rush, and his heart was so fast that he wanted to squeeze out of the deep hole in his throat. Like jumping out.

"The worst thing I did in my life was to get you involved in this plan." Xiaoxiangyu choked up and whispered in Haoyang's ear.Haoyang wanted to say something, but Xiaoxiangyu held him tighter and stopped him from speaking. He could only touch the long-lost fingertips with both hands, and gently rubbed his head against the warm neck.

"If this matter is revealed, I will definitely die. So I can't have too much involvement with you, so as to ensure that you can escape safely at that time."

"You still don't understand." Haoyang pinched the tiger's mouth of his palm and pinched it hard. After releasing the restraint, he grabbed his shoulder and pushed it hard against the wall.

"If things come to light, as long as the current emperor orders someone to conduct a thorough investigation, he will know my identity. Do you think I can escape unscathed? Since I choose to enter the game..." He put his arms around Xiaoxiangyu's neck: "That's right. I chose to die with you. You are dead, so what is the point of me staying in this world? Besides, how can I wait for the results with clean hands? I also have to face the dead brothers, don’t I?”

Their chests were close together, Xiao Xiangyu wanted to refute him, but knowing it was useless, she stretched out her hands to wrap around his waist, lowered her head and kissed the slightly dry lips that had not been seen for a long time.

"Let's stay tonight..." Xiaoxiang Yu's heart fluttered when Haoyang saw Lihua's rainy expression, before he could react, Haoyang covered those beautifully curved lips again.