flapping wings

The mouse continued to report some information about Yunhe City, and finally said: "Due to limited manpower, the brothel and brothel you asked to check last time have not made any progress."

Mu Xiaoque nodded, thinking about it, he asked, "What's the news at home?"

"Our mad king and fourth master is even more crazy in Beijing now," the mouse said with a sympathetic expression. "It is said that the deputy commander has not gone home to sleep for several days in order to deal with the trouble he caused."

Mu Xiaoque nodded calmly, "If there's no big trouble, let him do it, how about the two sons?"

"The Eldest Young Master wants to be in command very badly, and he has made a fuss several times about coming to Yunhe City," the mouse said, "But they have persuaded them all, and there is no news from the insider of the Third Young Master's mansion."

"Who is the eldest son? Is that the one named Yi'er?" Qi Ping said jealously, "Why does he say he misses Que'er?"

"Ahem, please don't embarrass me with the name of the eldest son," the mouse explained with a sad face, "he is the current court"

"mouse!"

The mouse shut up instantly, cold sweat dripped from his forehead, he glanced at Mu Xiaoque fearfully, kneeling upright, his head almost dropped to the floor.

"What are you kneeling for?" Mu Xiaoque waved her hand, and said calmly, "Writing a letter and sending someone to keep an eye on him, Qingyin Pavilion doesn't need to investigate, you can go."

After the mouse left, Qi Ping went out sullenly to fetch bath water, Mu Xiaoque followed him out, and came back one step ahead of him, sat at the table and drank tea naturally.

"Que'er, take off your clothes and take a bath." Qi Ping adjusted the hot water, set up a cloth towel and saponins beside the tub, took out a set of clean underwear from his bag and put it on the screen, humming a little song.

Everything was ready, he tilted his head behind the screen and looked at Mu Xiaoque with his eyes: "Take it off and come here."

"You," Mu Xiaoque said halfway through, shaking her head, straddled her underwear and stepped into the bucket with her long legs, the soaked clothes stuck tightly to his body, revealing the faintly visible lines underneath.

Qi Ping suddenly put his hands on the back of his head and leaned over his face. Before he could react, he was pressed against the side of the bathtub and kissed him forcefully.

After the kiss was over, Qi Ping licked off the saliva from his mouth before he swallowed, and said: "You deliberately wet yourself to seduce me."

Mu Xiaoque quietly looked directly at Qi Ping, the other person didn't seem to be molesting now.

Qi Ping exhaled a few long breaths, his expression changed for a moment, and finally he sighed dejectedly: "No, Que'er, I can't pretend to be happy."

He lowered his head and scratched his hair, suppressing countless emotions that wanted to spew out under the calm surface, understanding, retreating, and his rationality was completely submerged.

He raised his head abruptly and looked directly at Mu Xiaoque, with pain and anger in his eyes, "Since you can't be mine, why should it be someone else's? Why should I have to leave you in the end? Why should someone say that thinking about you can Seeing you, but I don't even dare to think about it? Why! Why?"

"He's my brother!"

Mu Xiaoque intercepted Qi Ping's growing hysteria, took his wrist and explained: "Qi Ping, Yi'er is the younger brother of my mother."

"Brother still calls you Brother Mu, and says he misses you, you're lying! You think I'm that stupid!" Qi Ping shook off his hand, because his teeth were clenched so tightly that his face was slightly distorted.

"Because he's the prince!" Mu Xiaoque roared, "He can say he misses me, he can call me Brother Mu, he can make people misunderstand that he likes me, but he can't recognize me as a brother!"

Qi Ping's brain exploded, and there was a blank inside. He plopped down on his knees, panting heavily while holding the tub.

His whole body was shrouded in cold, his hands trembled uncontrollably, and his sanity returned. Qi Ping was full of thoughts, but he didn't dare to ask any of them.

"Qi Ping, you're fine," Mu Xiaoque put her soaked palm on the top of his head, "but, knot"

"I'm sorry," Qi Ping quickly raised his head, knelt and crawled forward, "I thought at least I could pretend to be magnanimous, I was wrong, but you can't leave me behind, you know?"

Mu Xiaoque drooped her eyelashes, "Qi Ping, stop!"

"No!" Qi Ping threw off his shoes and jumped into the water. In the splash of water, he held Mu Xiaoque's face and kissed him. The kiss made the other party panting, and his face turned red before he stopped.

"How to stop?" The water marks circled in the eye sockets, Qi Ping slapped his forehead and said angrily: "I don't need you to be responsible, and second, I don't need you to embarrass me. If you say stop, stop it for me! What kind of man are you!"

Mu Xiaoque's head was turned straight by him, he looked up at Qi Ping cautiously, and hesitated: "How much do you like me?"

Qi Ping's hand under the water clenched into a fist and then loosened. He stared into Mu Xiaoque's eyes and said angrily, "Why are you doing so much shit? Does it have something to do with how much I like you! Ah! Does it matter!"

Mu Xiaoque lowered her eyelids and said weakly, "It does matter."

"Look at me!" Qi Ping pinched his chin and raised his head, but was softened by Mu Xiaoque's flustered look.

He took a deep breath, and explained as calmly as possible: "In my heart, we are first and foremost companions who share weal and woe, and only other relationships, do you understand?"

Mu Xiaoque grabbed him and asked, "What's the matter?"

Qi Ping's throat choked, and he said: "What kind of relationship do you want to develop? Have you fallen in love with me?"

Mu Xiaoque rolled her eyes slightly and looked away, looking at the shimmering water, "Not yet, I'm sorry."

"Then let's be a friend." Qi Ping lowered his head and rubbed his lips against him, and slowly took off Mu Xiaoque's underwear.

Under the water, all the senses seemed to be magnified, and on the smooth skin, scars slipped across Qi Ping's palm.

He stopped suddenly, staring at Mu Xiaoque's slightly blurred eyes, and suddenly said: "Que'er, I'm sorry."

Mu Xiaoque pushed him away, splashed a handful of water on her face, and said confusedly, "I'm sorry for what?"

Qi Ping fingered the scar on Mu Xiaoque's back, and he sighed dejectedly for a while, "Just now you asked me how much I like you, but I haven't answered yet, probably to the extent that you can forget it after parting."

Mu Xiaoque tensed up, her eyelashes drooped slightly, "That's okay."

Qi Ping smiled, "So don't take me too seriously, I won't be responsible for your hurt in the future."

After a while, he raised his hand and picked up a handful of water and splashed it at Mu Xiaoque, who was nodding, and said with a smile: "By the way, I haven't asked you, what's the matter with Qingyin Pavilion?"

Mu Xiaoque exhaled lightly, finally looked at Qi Ping again, and explained: "The operator behind Tinghua."

In the middle of the night, Qi Ping looked sideways at the sleeping Mu Xiaoque, lifted the quilt and slipped in again.

Suddenly, tears fell from the corners of his eyes, he didn't dare to reach out to wipe them, but said silently: "I love you, I'm sorry."

………………

In the early morning of the second day, Qi Ping yawned and squatted at the door of the west wing, holding the donkey meat bought by Mu Xiaoque in his hand and burning it. Where are you going early?"

"Brother Qi got up quite early," Hua Buluo grabbed the paper bag in Qi Ping's hand, took out a fire and ate, and said, "I have an appointment with a beautiful woman today, of course I have to go early to be sincere."

Qi Ping raised his eyebrows and said in a low voice: "Duan Qingyin, a well-known talented woman in Yunhe City, is proficient in everything from piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, brother Hua is very lucky."

Hua Buluo narrowed her eyes, and suddenly laughed: "It seems that Brother Qi is waiting for me!"

"Smart, go upstairs." Qi Ping stretched his waist and walked forward first: "My Que'er has something to tell you."

After listening to all the information, Hua Buluo looked at the two people who were staring at her, and secretly peeked at the door.

"Que'er, I told you that this bastard is unfaithful." Qi Ping noticed his small movements, drew out his sword and shook it: "It's better to kill him."

Hua Buluo brushed off his sleeves contemptuously: "Why are you acting like a villain? Is the famous commander Mu a casual murderer?"

Her identity was revealed, but Mu Xiaoque still had that expression of nothing to do with her, drinking her morning tea contentedly.

Qi Ping held his sword and knocked it on the ground. He never expected that this man could take the edge of the sword and win a round without letting himself be at a disadvantage.

He smiled faintly, "Brother Hua, since when did the famous Commander Mu stop being a murderer?"

Hua Buluo raised her teacup calmly: "Kill me and annoy the Tianshan faction, you can try it."

Mu Xiaoque's back hurt, and she glanced at Qi Ping who was speechless, "Brother Hua has a ghost sign in his arms, and if he kills you, the Tianshan faction can only suffer from being dumb."

Hua Buluo glanced at the two of them up and down, and pondered for a moment: "Is it a bit unreasonable to want me to hand over the beauty I have chased so easily?"

Mu Xiaoque replied: "What do you mean?"

"Although I'm not a good person, I really can't do it to a woman I've been flattering."

Hua Buluo said solemnly: "Brother Mu, I just want to know the purpose of your visit this time, whether it's just to chase the murderer or something else."

"Chasing the murderer," Mu Xiaoque sipped his tea, "However, God has long been dissatisfied with the situation in Jianghu. As for whether he sent other people to set up a trap this time, I don't know."

Hua Buluo looked directly at Mu Xiaoque and said, "The disciples of various sects and factions were killed inexplicably, and the enmity between the righteous and the evil reached its peak. Not only that, but in the early morning, I received the news that the Five Lakes Gang and the Red River Gang were destroyed. Behind this, we I always thought it should have your hands and feet."

"Some of you are trying to stir up grievances and resentment among evil spirits," Mu Xiaoque replied, "I can't complain about being used by others, but these have nothing to do with me."

Hua Buluo raised her eyes and said, "How do you think we can break the situation?"

"Don't be greedy," Mu Xiaoque said, "When you retreat, you will retreat. In this world, who doesn't live in the world?"

Hua Buluo got up and straightened her clothes, nodded slightly, and led the two of them to Qingyin Pavilion.

The three of them were walking on the road, they no longer had the dignifiedness just now, but they really looked like the sons of aristocratic families who only know how to eat, drink and play.

When approaching Qingyin Pavilion, Hua Buluo finally said: "Duan Qingyin has been here for many years, you don't think the three of us have the right to provoke her?"

"We're not fools," Qi Ping sighed, "Lead the way, today is just getting to the bottom of it."

After entering the Miaoyin Pavilion, Qi Ping sniffed and frowned. He always felt that the smell of this place was very familiar, but he still couldn't remember where he smelled it.

A few young girls in light green gauze skirts greeted them. Although these girls were not as bold as those in the brothel, they were still half-covered. It can be seen that no matter how upright the literati are, they cannot avoid vulgarity.

Hua Buluo took out the jade token from her bosom and handed it over. The woman checked for a moment, then glanced at Qi Ping and Mu Xiaoque, and waved to the servant girl behind to lead them upstairs.

The three were led upstairs, and as soon as they sat down, a woman knelt on the ground and asked, "What are you going to do, sir?"

Hua Buluo said: "I came here to drink tea and listen to music."

The woman asked again: "Do you want meat tea or vegetarian tea, sir?"

"Vegetarian tea is fine," Hua Buluo shook the fan in his hand: "Is Qingyin here? I made an appointment with her yesterday at Xia Te to come and drink tea today."

"Slaves and maids will share with their master," the woman blessed her body, got up and left, not knowing what meat tea and vegetarian tea are.

Qi Ping observed the hall inadvertently, and saw that the center of the room was surrounded by gauze curtains, and there were a few girls sitting inside playing music for fun.

When he looked in other directions, Mu Xiaoque covered his eyes.

Qi Ping pushed his hand away and looked at him, Mu Xiaoque sighed and said: "The level of adultery here is even higher than that of brothels."

Qi Ping immediately turned his head to look, and was really taken aback. It turned out that this group of people were just using the pretext of playing piano, chess, calligraphy and painting to do that promiscuous thing.

Facing him was a pair of flute blowers. They looked normal at first, but for some reason, the man suddenly picked up the whip that was on the table next to him and started whipping.

Qi Ping turned his head quickly, it turned out that this is the so-called elegant place, Mu Xiaoque and him looked at each other, and then they both looked at Huabuluo at the same time.

The man was seen sitting there twisting and twisting, feeling very uneasy, and finally had no choice but to explain weakly: "I came here to drink tea and listen to music at the beginning, but later it was because of the voiceless tone."

Qi Ping asked: "This meat tea and vegetarian tea are the famous places around here, so it seems that all the people here are meat. Do you usually drink vegetarian tea when you come here?"

Hua Buluo's face suddenly turned red, and he only heard him say: "I didn't know when I came here for the first time, so I ordered meat, which scared me half to death, and then I drank only plain tea."

At this time, I saw a woman walking towards them with a tea set, Qi Ping ignored him, but there was a look of disbelief on his face.

After drinking tea for an hour, just when they thought they would definitely not see Duan Miaoyin today, a woman suddenly stopped by our table.

She said softly and angrily: "Young Master Playful is quite a showman. He clearly made an appointment to come at Chenshi, but the slave's house did not see anyone until Sishi."

Qi Ping looked up at the person who came, and saw that this woman was only 20 years old, her face was quite gentle, her facial features were not delicate, but that kind of weak temperament would make people unconsciously feel pity from the bottom of her heart .

Hua Buluo got up quickly: "Didn't Qingyin also want to wait for the young master's meal? If you don't come again, I'm planning to go upstairs to the wing to arrest you!"

Duan Qingyin leaked a smile, eyes slightly bent and said: "Master, you don't want to wait anymore? Qingyin just wants you to experience the suffering of such people."

Hua Buluo hugged Duan Miaoyin tightly, and said with a smile: "Dear relatives have not come to see me for a long time, I wonder what is the reason, it turned out that I was annoyed by waiting, Qingyin annoyed me, but let me know that you care about me Yes, I am always thinking about it alone."

The two flirted a lot, Qi Ping leaned on Mu Xiaoque's shoulder and watched with relish, and after half a cup of tea, Duan Qingyin shifted his gaze to them.

I don't know if she noticed them or pretended to ignore them, Duan Qing let out a smile: "The two of you are friends of this prodigal son? I haven't seen them before."