"So..." Qin Ran asked Li Shiwen on the broad street of Danyang City, "What are you going to do with me?"
"This Danyang City..." Li Shiwen grabbed Qin Ran's shoulders and said, "This is my territory! Is there anything I can't do? Whatever you want to do, I'll take you there."
As he spoke, he raised his eyebrows towards Qin Ran and smiled a smile that every man could understand.
Li Shiwen, a man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, is actually such a person. Qin Ran glanced at him and asked, "Give me an example?"
"I can take you to eat, drink and have fun, as long as there is something in Danyang City. I am the eldest young master of the Li family, so I still have this face." Li Shiwen was quite proud. "Although Brother Qin, your intelligence and cultivation strength are eight hundred miles ahead of mine, but... you definitely can't play as many entertainments in the human world as I do."
Qin Ran looked at him and blinked. He didn't know where this guy got the confidence to talk about entertainment methods with a modern person.
"So..." he asked again.
To be honest, he really wants Li Shiwen to broaden his horizons.
Li Shiwen put her arm around him, bent down, and whispered in a low voice, "According to reliable information, Tianxianglou's newest courtesan Chen Shishi is still a virgin... She is extremely beautiful, and is proficient in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting... Her hands are like silk, and her feet are like golden lotus..."
Well, Qin Ran heard clearly that he was going to visit a brothel... So he just looked at Li Shiwen quietly, hoping that he could understand that he was his future brother-in-law. He was going to take his future brother-in-law to visit a brothel!
"With my status as the eldest son of the Li family, if I spend some money, maybe you will have a chance to have sex with her." Li Shiwen smiled and raised his eyebrows, "How is it?"
“Not so good!” Qin Ran rolled his eyes and said righteously, “Do you think I’m the type to go to a place with fireworks like this?”
Li Shiwen looked Qin Ran up and down, nodded and said, "Scholars like you are all full of vulgarity and desires. You all like to be conspicuous and spend money in brothels. Aren't you one of them?"
"No!" Qin Ran's eyes were firm.
“Ah!” Seeing this, Li Shiwen sighed and let go of Qin Ran.
The two walked on the street for a while. Li Shiwen suddenly remembered something. He rested his elbow on Qin Ran's shoulder and said with a smile, "Speaking of scholars, I remember Tang Yin held a poetry gathering today. It was called a spring outing poetry gathering... Oh, Tang Yin is the eldest son of the Minister of Personnel. Poetry gathering, are you interested in this?"
Qin Ran rolled his eyes. A poetry gathering, asking a mountain geek like him to attend a banquet... Was that a banquet? That was asking him to die!
He was too lazy to say anything.
Li Shiwen was surprised and said, "This is a poetry gathering led by the family of the Minister of Personnel. There will be many highly talented students from the Imperial College and the Hanlin Academy participating. You are quite talented and have a lot of bad intentions. You can exchange knowledge with them and recite poems. Isn't that good? Don't you scholars like to show off by stepping on the leaders of other scholars the most?"
What about exchanging knowledge, reciting poems and writing couplets? He was still asked to be a plagiarist? Qin Ran shook his head repeatedly. He didn't want to let down those great men in his previous life.
"I'm telling you, this is a stereotype. Not all scholars are like that. There are true gentlemen among scholars, not all of them are sanctimonious. Besides, I'm not a scholar!" He said to Li Shiwen, "I get annoyed when I see scholars."
"Not a scholar..." Li Shiwen looked at him and said, "There will be many talented men and beautiful women at the poetry gathering. You are not interested in the talented men, but what about the beautiful women? The spring outings and poetry gatherings are very popular among the daughters of officials and the famous prostitutes in the brothels."
Qin Ran stopped and stared at him seriously for a while. He advised, "You are a married man with a son, and you are Shiyin's brother. Do you think it is appropriate for you to tell me this?"
"As a man, you should be more open-minded!" Li Shiwen didn't care at all. He patted Qin Ran's chest with the back of his hand and replied, "I'm not going to take it home. Just take a look and play with it. It won't affect anything."
Qin Ran heard this and searched in his Qiankun bag, found a bottle of pills, handed it to Li Shiwen, and said seriously: "I think you will be infected with syphilis sooner or later, so I'll give you this bottle of pills. It can save your life when the time comes."
“It’s not that exaggerated…” Li Shiwen said as he took the pill… It would be a shame to refuse the cultivator’s pill.
"There will be a spring outing poetry party, and musicians and dancers will be invited. Gao Yuanshan will also be there. There will be so-called elegant music, popular music, graceful dances, and beautiful girls." He put away the pills and continued to ask, "You are not interested in these either?"
Li Shiwen's enthusiasm slowly made Qin Ran realize that this guy wanted to go to the brothel and wanted him to be an accomplice. He also wanted to go to the spring outing poetry gathering and see the girls, but he was a rough man and was a little embarrassed to go to the poetry gathering... That's why this guy kept picking on him.
"You want to go, right?" he asked Li Shiwen righteously.
"Hey!" Li Shiwen shook his head and denied it. "If you don't want to go, then don't go! Why should I want to go? I'm just thinking about you."
"I am a cultivator with a pure heart and few desires. I don't care about these worldly things." Qin Ran said righteously, "Don't use these things to ruin my heart... It's just a waste of effort."
They had kidnapped his sister, and the two of them were being so affectionate in broad daylight, and they were still telling him about being pure and indifferent, but Li Shiwen didn't believe a word of it.
But suddenly, he thought of something. He looked at Qin Ran carefully and said that he felt that Qin Ran was a little abnormal today... How could Qin Ran be as righteous as he was today?
He lowered his voice and asked quietly, "Shiyin?"
Qin Ran gave him an approving look and thought to himself, "Not too stupid."
Having a sister who is a swordsman at home, and even daring to drag her brother-in-law out to flirt with other women, one can only say that Li Shiwen is a birthday star who has hanged himself - he has had enough of his life.
Seeing Qin Ran's tacit expression, Li Shiwen suddenly became a little flustered. He looked around, looking for Li Shiyin's location.
But how could he find Li Shiyin? Many cultivators with high cultivation levels failed to do so.
He struggled for a while but didn't find Li Shiyin, but he calmed down. He thought it was just a beating. Could Li Shiyin kill him?
Thinking of this, Li Shiwen, who had thick eyebrows, big eyes and sharp features, also became righteous. He said to Qin Ran, "I have heard Shi Yin say that you, Brother Ran, have learned to play the flute and the sound of the flute is quite beautiful. Brother Ran is knowledgeable about music. It just so happens that I have some acquaintances in Danyang Liyuan. How about we go to the Liyuan to listen to music and enjoy dance?"
This was an elegant thing to do, and it would not be used against Li Shiyin. Qin Ran finally nodded and said, "Very good."
So on the first day of Qin Ran's first experience as a playboy, he went to the Liyuan Opera House to listen to music.
Then the next day, we went outing and fishing.
On the third day, we listened to stories in a teahouse.
...Then I really don’t even dare to go to a gambling house.
But it is said that in the afternoon of that day, Li Shiwen, along with a few of his friends and Qin Ran, went to the Ximeng Teahouse in Danyang City to drink tea and listen to books.
Actually, Qin Ran was not interested in storytelling. But firstly, they had nowhere to go, and secondly, the storytelling in this teahouse these days was about the legendary stories of the Northern Chu monks in the war against the invasion of Xuan Qin. He really wanted to know if there was any story about him and his silly apprentice in it, so he thought it was interesting.
Today we are talking about the story of Jiang Xiaobai, the legendary sword god of Northern Chu, which has come to an end:
“…That night, the sky was covered with leaden clouds, as if tens of thousands of pounds of pig iron were hanging in the sky.
Snow was falling like goose feathers! Jiang Xiaobai was sitting alone on the top of Wuyi City with a sword.
He was drinking, and the wine was like an ice knife, cutting through his throat.
He is waiting for someone, a powerful and fierce enemy who is here to take his life.
He knew he would die today, but he didn't leave, he was very calm.
Because he was guarding Wuyi City behind him.
A gust of cold wind blew, and the enemy sent nine monks, all of whom were terrifying and powerful, and had transformed from elixir into infant.
Among them, there were also sword holders who asked the Sword God, "You are not from Northern Chu, and you have no grudges against Xuan Qin. Why would you sacrifice your life here for a mere mortal?"
The Sword God raised his head, looked at the sword holder, and replied: "I am the number one Sword God in Northern Chu."
"After you die today, no one will remember you."
The Sword God drank and sighed, "There are many people who are forgotten, and I am no different; so many people died in this city, and I am no different. When others die, I die too."
Xuan Qin has a divine light invincible person who persuades the sword god: "I admire you very much. I will give you a chance to join Xuan Qin."
The Sword God looked at him, spat at him, and said, "A gentleman can be killed, but not humiliated. Why do you have to humiliate me?"
The one who controls the divine light no longer speaks.
Xuan Qin, who has infinite vitality and has fought hundreds of battles without dying, asked the Sword God: "Don't you regret it?"
“No regrets.”
The Sword God said: "If we retreat today, our hearts will die; if we fight, our bodies will die. If we advance, we will die; if we retreat, we will die. If we wait for death, will our country die?"
A war ensued.
The Sword God has seventy-two flying swords, and the enemy general has nine. Eight flying swords fight one monk, and the Sword God fights nine people alone.
There are swords flying in the sky, cutting through the sky, heavy snow falling, heavy rain falling, and the sun coming; there are countless magical powers, shaking the earth, earth dragons turning over, and monsters dying.
The Sword God swung his sword one hundred and eighty times, but he also had his limits and eventually his magic power was exhausted and he died.
That day, blood-red snow fell all day long in Wuyi City. "
After hearing about the death of Sword God Jiang Xiaobai, everyone in the teahouse felt sad and silent for a while. No one was not sad.
秦然转头看向李诗文，却见李诗文也是一脸沉凝，目有悲伤，大约是记起了那一晚真实的江小白身死的画面。
堂中说书人说到此处，喝了口茶水，醒木一拍，“啪”，出声道：“江山代有人杰出，前赴后继为北楚。剑神身死，天地同悲，但否极泰来，就在玄秦即将攻破武夷城之际……”
他顿了顿，大声道，“剑仙降临！”
这一声出，仿佛也将堂中的悲伤扫空，希冀、光亮重现茶楼。谁人不知道他们北楚绝世无敌的李剑仙呢？
“薪火相传！老朽接着讲那剑仙李诗音的故事！”那说书人嘴角都有了微笑。
“却说这李诗音啊，还颇为年轻，是我们丹阳城的姑娘。各位平时或许见过她调皮捣蛋哩……”
说到了李诗音的故事，茶楼内的气氛忽然就变得快活了起来。
秦然听着，想到傻徒弟那迷迷糊糊的样子，不由得有些很奇怪的感觉，他看到的傻乎乎的徒弟，也是别人眼中的绝世剑仙。
他眼中是个傻乐呵的憨憨，却也是别人眼中救国救命的侠士。
这种感觉……可美了，叫他嘴角总是挂着一丝笑。
然后……
美好的一天从看到程楠结束。
程楠是被好几个人拥着走进这间茶楼的，那几个人锦衣玉食，显然也都不是普通人，不过秦然不认识他们，他只认识程楠。
那几个公子哥进入茶楼引起莫大喧嚣，李诗文皱眉看过去，顿时认出了那几个人的身份。
台上在讲妹妹如何拯救国家苍生的事，他是不想理会那群公子哥的，但是很不巧……那几个公子哥就是冲着他来的。
他们方进茶楼，仰头搜寻一圈，便找到了李诗文、秦然他们这间雅间的位置，然后径直往这边上来了。
秦然皱眉，与李诗文道：“来找你的？”
“都是丹阳城里的纨绔……”李诗文与秦然介绍道，“被簇拥在前面当冤大头的，你见过了，是首辅程立雪的儿子，程楠，以前跟诗音有婚约，因为你，四年前诗音单方面撕毁了约定；
“跟在他身后的是大将军项稷的弟弟项回，项稷是陛下为了制衡我们李家而推出来的大将军，所以项家与我们李家天然对立，我和项回的关系也势同水火，以前他被我轻松压制，但横断山脉之事后，我颓废多年，他有了些气势；
“项回旁边的就是唐胤，前几天举办春日踏青诗会的就是他。然后是世子芈华，翰林学子田伯明。
“总之一句话，都是以前被我压制的废物，近两年在我身上找到了优越感，气势有了回暖。
“这大约是知道我又回来了，及时跑来打压我……呵，还带上了程楠。”
李诗文看着不靠谱，跟李诗音一样是个憨憨，但其实他不是憨憨。
首先他是京城恶少第一人，是他们这一代最优秀的那个；其次，他将政治、形势看得分明，根本就不是个简单人物。
……这些在天子脚下长大的恶少小姐，大约只有李诗音是真的憨憨。但李诗音经过秦然这些年的**，也不是憨憨了。
秦然对其余那些京城恶少不感兴趣，他多看了两眼程楠，他这时才知道，原来这个家伙就是传说中被退婚的“萧炎”。他也才反应过来，原来四年前，傻徒弟就为了他做了“纳兰嫣然”。
看来，在他心怀鬼胎的时候，看起来憨憨的傻徒弟心思也不单纯。
他都被她骗过去了……嗯，是这样的。
几个丹阳恶少推着程楠来到了这个雅间，暴力砸开门，一涌而进，塞满了雅间。
李诗文那几个猪朋狗友第一时间站了起来，与闯进来的项回等人对峙。
项回悠悠然越过程楠，与程楠并列，伸手撑在程楠肩上，看着李诗文笑道：“呀！李大少爷，好不久不见你呐！身体可好？”
“托陛下的庇佑，身体很好。”李诗文靠在椅子上，与项回道，“那么项少爷，敢问您老人家有什么事？”
“我路过茶楼时，听到茶楼里面在讲剑仙李诗音……”
这时说书人正好说道：“年轻的剑仙偷偷跑出天策军驻地，越过千难万险，渡过千山万水，来到了道剑门前。
“届时，道剑门正在举行五十年一次的问道大典……”
“……我与诗音从小玩伴，青梅竹马，连忙进来捧场。”项回笑道，又指了指程楠，“况且程兄弟还与诗音有婚约呢！”
程楠闻言，脸色微变，悄悄地看了看秦然。却见秦然是一脸淡然表情，仿佛没有听到项回的话。他暗中拉了拉项回，希望他在想死的时候不要拉上他。
但项回哪可能理会他的意见？
他们让程楠当老大，大约是因为他是修士，武力值强，他们赐他做他们的老大。
程楠实质上是他们的剑、他们的盾牌而已。
“我一进茶楼，就看到了文哥，立马和小楠来给文哥问好。”项回皮笑肉不笑的说道。
“现在问好了。我很好。”李诗文道，“你们可以出去了。”
项回踱步过来，道：“多久未见，怎么不叙叙旧呢？我见文哥状态不同于以往，很是高兴啊。”
李诗文脾气很好吗？显然不好。这家伙第一次见秦然时，都敢冲冠一怒为妹妹，向强大的修士举枪。
要是横断山脉之前的李诗文，项回敢这么跳，这么步步紧逼，早就被丢到楼下去了；现在的李诗文是经过了大起大落的洗礼，沉稳了，此时还很平静。
但沉稳归沉稳，该搞事还得搞事。
火气在心间，他面上不显喜怒，与项回问道：“你想要怎么叙旧？”
项回走到了李诗文身前，他站着，李诗文坐着，他俯视李诗文，伸手拍在李诗文的肩膀上，关切道：“据说文哥在战场上战斗勇猛，勇冲第一线。……有没有受伤啊？”
这个动作，属于上位对下位的关切，但放在项回和李诗文之间，就很有些羞辱的意思了。
李诗文仰视项回，笑了起来，另一只手拍在肩膀上项回的手上，他现在心态真的很好，还给项回最后一次机会，他问道：“你想知道，我是否还能战？”
项回和他身后的三个小伙伴，属于那种被李诗文压了二十年，然后李诗文突然遭重，萎靡下来，被他们反过来打压四年。
这四年，让他们忘记了前二十年是怎么被李诗文揍的了，甚至忘了自己姓什么。
项回也笑起来，问道：“文哥，你还能战吗？”
“咔！！！”
他话音未落，雅间内就突然响起这么一声声响。
这声响来得突兀，也来得吓人，叫雅间内有一瞬间的安静。
他们听到外面的说书人说道：“重重磨炼，李剑仙通过最终考核，进入到了道剑门核心区域，问道大殿……”
“啊啊啊……”
安静之后是痛嚎，上一秒还得意猖狂的项回，下一秒就抱着手在李诗文面前跪了下去。
……他的手掌，被李诗文一把捏碎了骨头！！
李诗文当前是什么战力？
是凡人的极限！
给他一双翅膀，他能干翻绝大多数筑基修士！
这岂是项回可以挑衅的？！
但项回到底是京城的恶少，尽管他痛得直冒冷汗、大声惨叫，但在惨叫之后，却还能发号施令：“程楠，你还在等什么？！”
程楠看了看面色依旧淡然的秦然，默不作声。
李诗文从椅子上站起来，高大的身形威慑着雅间内所有人，包括程楠，他们终于回忆起了被李诗文支配的恐怖。
他睨视跪在地上的项回，问道：“项少爷，能再战否？”
“如果你还想追回李诗音，李诗文是你唯一的希望。”唐胤忽然出声，与程楠说道，“女人都是贱的，你哭着喊着求着跪着，是唤不回她的心的。你只有逼迫她，用战力强迫她，用利益威胁她，用感情约束她。既然得不到她的心，你可以用各种手段，得到她的身体。”
他仿佛恶魔一样在程楠耳边低语，“强扭的瓜不甜，但能解渴。你可以控制李诗文，以此要挟李诗音。你可是修士……强大的修士，连一个女人都得不到吗？”
程楠回头看了看他，只觉得自己心里被压抑着的东西被掀开了，里面有黑暗跑了出来。
但他又看了看秦然，咬紧牙，拼命压制心中的黑暗。
“你知道李诗音为何不喜欢你，要抛弃你吗？”唐胤继续说道，“就是因为你这唯唯诺诺，犹豫不决的懦夫样子。她是你这辈子最喜欢的女人，是你生命中最珍贵的人，连这样的人都不值得你改变，拼尽全力……
“你说，你还能干什么？”
程楠眼睛有些红，他看了看秦然，心想，我或可与之拼死一战。
“李诗音幸好没有嫁给你……”唐胤道，“那般天之娇女，委身于你，那就是暴殄天物了！”
程楠握紧拳头，脑海思绪波涛汹涌……
At this point, the storyteller outside said: "At first, Li Jianxian became a disciple of the head of Danfeng to learn the art of alchemy; later, she suddenly mastered swordsmanship..."
"Danfeng? Alchemy?" Cheng Nan suddenly raised his head, looked at Qin Ran with a pair of bloodshot eyes, and asked, "Alchemist?!"
He saw a flash of panic in Qin Ran's eyes. Although Qin Ran concealed it well, he still saw it.
Qin Ran maintained a calm expression and said, "I... I am a Jindan cultivator!"
It would have been fine if he didn't say anything, because once he did, he seemed guilty. This instantly ignited the darkness in Cheng Nan's heart!
"choke……"
A sword is unsheathed!
Cheng Nan stretched out his body and stabbed Qin Ran with a sword.
Then……
"bite!"
His sword paused.
He looked carefully and saw that his sword was held by Qin Ran's index and middle fingers of his left hand!
He tried hard, but found that he could neither move forward nor backward.
"This is the first cultivator I have ever seen who was fooled by a mortal..." Qin Ran looked at Cheng Nan with a smile in his eyes, "You really broadened my horizons.
"Well... not entirely. A monk is a mortal with extraordinary powers. If his character cannot keep up with the power, he will indeed be easily corroded by the darkness in his heart. This should be within my understanding."
"when!"
He used his fingers to cut off Cheng Nan's sword, looked at Tang Yin, and said with a smile: "It is better to say that I admire this brother. You have accomplished something I really want to accomplish. A mortal killed a monk with his mouth."
"There are other experts?!" Tang Yin's face turned cold, and he looked at Qin Ran with fear in his heart.
"Interesting!" Qin Ran smiled, but shook his head regretfully.
He stood up and walked out of the teahouse with Li Shiwen.
Behind him, the storyteller was still saying, "Li Jianxian grew up from a young swordsman. She was taught carefully by her master, who forged a sword for her. As the saying goes, it is easy to forge a sword in one's hand, but it is difficult to forge a sword in one's heart. However, on the way of forging a sword in her hand, her master forged a sword in her heart..."
A few days later, Xiang Hui, Xiang Ji's younger brother, Tang Yin, the son of the Minister of Personnel, Mi Hua, the crown prince, and Hanlin scholars all fell ill. No medicine could cure them, and they died after more than a month of suffering from illness.
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