Chapter 45 The dead gather together to live a little? The living go crazy!
"I thank you for your magnanimity, my lord. I will live up to your expectations!" The burning sensation in the fox-faced woman's body completely subsided, and her knees that were originally injured beyond recognition were almost healed. She stood up nimbly, walked quickly to the ground, and rode her horse towards Handanfang.
Here, Hongxiu pretended to stumble and fell limply into Shen Yu's arms. Her handkerchief casually brushed against his jaw, her eyes lingering on his lips: "Master, have you found anyone you like?"
Shen Yu half-heartedly supported her, pointed at the cage in front of him with his chin and asked, "Why is she the only one in here?"
"Oh, her." Hongxiu looked up at him, then climbed onto his shoulders as if no one was around, smiling and saying, "Why, are you interested in her?"
"What if I say yes?" Chen Yu glanced straight down, his eyes calm and expressionless.
When Hongxiu heard this, she stood up straight and said awkwardly:
"Master, you have a unique taste. She's a new blood slave, and I'm not sure if she can survive the blood pill fusion. If you take her now, I'll have a hard time explaining this to the abbot."
"How can you say that?" Chen Yu scratched her nose and said kindly:
"Everyone knows that Miss Hongxiu is the confidant of Master Mei Niang. Whether or not this will succeed depends on just a word from you, isn't it?"
Chen Yu felt that he had wasted too long in Handanfang. Although he did not find Xiaojiu, at least he had run into this girl by accident. It would be better to rescue her first.
As for other matters, we can only postpone them until Shuangshuang brings reinforcements before we can discuss them further.
After all, there is still no news from Xiaojiu, and he is weak and alone. It is impossible for him to take down the entire Handanfang by himself.
Chen Yu felt that he could not delay any longer, so in order to put Hongxiu out of the dilemma, he simply added fuel to the fire:
"Well, I just saw that this little girl's appearance is quite to Brother Murong's liking. Why don't you, Miss Hongxiu, be flexible and let me borrow your flowers to offer to the Buddha. Who knows, Brother Murong might be so happy and say a few nice words, and then I will take you back home sooner. This industry has its own rules. Even if I am usually unruly, I have to be considerate, don't you think?"
In fact, Hongxiu knew it as clearly as Jing'er. Before this, he had only agreed to her series of intimate actions for the sake of appearance, but in fact he had been avoiding some physical contact intentionally or unintentionally.
This unexpected eye contact made the wild horse in Hongxiu's heart break free from the shackles of the reins and gallop across the field with joy.
Hongxiu, a celebrity who can thrive so well in Handanfang, the most prestigious place in Shengdu, must be very good at socializing and has seen countless people.
She naturally knew that a nobleman like Chen Yu would treat prostitutes like them as a casual flirt just to achieve his own goals.
As for what his purpose was, she didn't want to think about it.
But she knew that she had had enough of the hypocritical and precarious life in Handanfang. Since she couldn't find someone with whom she could confide her true feelings and spend the rest of her life, she also wanted to be sincere for once.
She guessed that in the future, she would not be able to meet a man who would make her fall in love at first sight.
"Alright, I'll make the decision today and take the responsibility for you." Hongxiu tinkled and pulled out a bunch of keys from her waist, found the corresponding serial number, opened the lock, and then handed over a dagger. "I hope you will remember Hongxiu's kindness in the future."
"Of course." Shen Yu took the dagger and entered the iron cage. He cut the hemp ropes that bound the girl's hands and feet, pulled her up and was about to leave.
But after taking only two steps, the girl stumbled and almost fell.
Chen Yu had no choice but to pick her up by the waist by her knees and walk out of the stone gate.
At this moment, in the underground passage outside the stone gate, a group of beautiful girls dressed in low-level prostitute clothing came up densely. Their posture seemed to be that they had bad intentions.
Chen Yu tightened his grip on the girl and asked without turning his head, "What do you mean?"
Hongxiu followed him and didn't understand the situation. After hearing what he said, she walked around to the front of him and put on an "auntie" attitude towards the crowd of beauties outside the stone gate, cursing:
"Who asked you to come here? Don't you know you're blocking the way of an important person? Hurry up and disperse!"
"Oh? Really? Come and let me see, which distinguished guest is worthy of our Hongxiu's attention?" A bright and sharp female voice sounded, and the rising ending tone was extremely charming.
Those beauties retreated to both sides, leaving a path in the middle.
A woman with dark eyebrows and fox eyes came gracefully surrounded by a group of beautiful girls. On her forehead was a small and exquisite lotus flower.
The woman's voice sounded like she was quite old, but she probably took good care of herself, as her face still looked pretty.
Shen Yu only felt that the face was unfamiliar, but he was very familiar with the voice just now. However, at this critical moment, he couldn't remember where he had heard it for a while.
When Hongxiu saw the person coming, her arrogance disappeared and she called out "Master Fang" solemnly.
Chen Yu took a breath of cold air. After all, they had summoned their Mei Niang Fangzhu.
The Handanfang was full of traps. If he had been alone, he might have been able to escape. But now, he had to take this girl with him. She was injured and had difficulty moving. If he wanted to escape with her, it would be extremely difficult.
Mei Niang found it amusing to see Hong Xiu intentionally protecting the man behind her. She didn't seem to be in a hurry to catch him, but just smiled and said:
"Why, you don't want to introduce yourself?"
"This young man came here at the invitation of Lord Murong, saying that he was here to help Lord Murong look at the goods. Your subordinate - your subordinate brought him down." Hongxiu looked neither humble nor arrogant, but in fact she didn't dare to look the other person in the eye.
"Is that so? How could I not know... When will it be your turn, Hongxiu, to take charge of Handanfang, huh?" Mei Niang curved her eyebrows, and a cunning look could be vaguely seen in her fox eyes.
Hongxiu pursed her lips and said nothing, but showed no intention of avoiding it. She just stood there motionless.
After listening to a few more sentences, Shen Yu finally figured out why the voice sounded so familiar.
Isn’t this the fox-faced woman whom he met in Lihua Garden before, the one brought by Murong Fei to negotiate with Wen Shao?
She is actually Mei Niang, the owner of Handanfang!
In this case, Handanfang has long been in cahoots with the Shicha underground casino.
"Don't speak?" Mei Niang narrowed her fox eyes, and when she turned her palm, there were several thin blades between her fingers, and she threw them towards Hong Xiu's face.
Hongxiu didn't expect that she would kill her so soon, so she couldn't dodge in time and was about to see blood.
At this moment, Shen Yu kicked her in the knee, forcing her to lower herself to one knee. Then, Shen Yu, holding the girl in his arms, spun to the side and gently placed her on the ground.
Seeing that her attack had missed, Mei Niang didn't plan to attack again. Instead, she clapped her hands leisurely, following the rhythm of a normal heartbeat.
"Such skills, wow, wow, wow, since Commander Shen has come to our Handanfang, why didn't he tell Mei Niang?"
Everyone present, except the woman that Shen Yu had just rescued and Mei Niang, looked incredulous and began to whisper to each other.
After all, the person in front of him was none other than Duke Jingguo Chen Yu, who was cremated in public during the state funeral.
Only a few months later, this great man came back to life and appeared before the world in good health. No one could remain calm.
Hongxiu had come back to her senses from the brink of life and death. She turned around and stared at him, looking as if her eyes were about to pop out of her head.
Chen Yu said nothing. While squatting, he took out the dagger from his boots and hid it behind his back along with the dagger that Hongxiu had just handed to him.
"I didn't know that General Chen is actually an old friend of Lord Murong. Why don't you call him over now to reminisce about the past?" Mei Niang smiled like a flower, and her twinkling fox eyes were filled with confidence and a few sparks of joy.
"How dare I trouble the abbot? There's no need for that." Shen Yu spoke coldly, not even giving her a glance.
"Commander Chen, I know you were a killer when you were in charge of Ningbei, but now you are alone with this broken body, what can you do?" Mei Niang ignored his cold attitude and approached him step by step until she stopped in front of him.
She hooked her index finger under his chin, looked down at him and said:
"Cooperate with us. If you really like this girl from Xirang, once we invade Sheng Palace, she, a weak woman, will be yours."
Chen Yu remained silent, but was forced by Mei Niang to look at her. A hint of disgust flashed in his amber eyes, which had always been calm.
After all, Mei Niang is quite old, and the people behind her are most likely related to the Yue Kingdom, so it is not surprising that they could recognize me.
Just from what she said, this girl must be Xihe, the daughter of Lord Xi.
But she looked about the same age as Xiaojiu, so how could she recognize him? The court was in a state of flux, so what was Lord Xi's attitude towards him?
Xiaojiu tried so hard to save her, he must have recognized who she was a long time ago.
The two sides were in a stalemate when a flying stone hit Mei Niang's back of the hand, suddenly breaking the balance.
Mei Niang withdrew her hand in pain and looked out of the stone gate fiercely.
"Who allowed you to touch him?" A resounding female voice sounded, and Qi Xin tore off the tassel decoration on her face, revealing her face that had stunned everyone at the return ceremony.
But she was born very young and looked too young on weekdays. But now, wearing this lilac silk dress that was suitable for people of the world, she looked like a ripe peach.
Shen Yu had never seen her dressed like this before and was stunned for a moment.
Mei Niang was stunned for a moment after seeing that it was her, then the meaningful smile at the corner of her eyes deepened: "Today, my Handanfang is really, so lively!"
Then, she took two steps forward and bowed in front of Qi Xin: "I, Mei Niang, greet Her Royal Highness Princess Jialing."
Qi Xin walked straight past her and came to Xihe. Looking at the wound on her ankle caused by a crossbow arrow, she was so distressed that she didn't even dare to touch it. The red lines under her eyes grew wildly again.
Xihe quickly hugged her, diverting her attention from her ankle, and coaxed her, "Xinxin, you came just in time. I'm fine, aren't I?"
Chen Yu originally thought that she came over so aggressively because she was targeting him, and he was a little happy in his heart, but he didn't expect that she didn't even look to see if she was injured, and rushed towards others.
Judging from the looks of it, this girl from Xirang must have known Xiaojiu before me.
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It can heal itself after resonance, but not before resonance~
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