"Are you good at playing the pipa?"
"I wouldn't say I'm good at it. I only know a bit. If the young lady doesn't mind, Qing Zhu would like to perform for you."
Feng Yunshu nodded with a smile. "Sure, that's exactly what I want."
"Qing Zhu, what's your price? I'd like to book you for an hour to play the pipa for me. Is that okay?"
The smile on Qing Zhu's face grew wider. "The young lady thinks too highly of Qing Zhu. Of course it's okay! Thank you for your appreciation!"
Feng Yunshu acted extremely generous. With a wave of her hand, she told Zi Yuan to take out a hundred - tael silver note. "Qing Zhu, who's the boss of this brothel for chaste entertainers? Call him out. I'm here to pay."
As soon as Feng Yunshu threw out the silver note, everyone in the room turned to look at her, their eyes full of scrutiny.
Qing Zhu looked at her and smiled. "The young lady thinks too highly of Qing Zhu. Qing Zhu isn't worth this price."
Feng Yunshu laughed like a dissipated aristocrat. "If I say you're worth it, then you are. As the saying goes, one spends a thousand pieces of gold for a smile. Now I'm just having some fun. Where's your boss?"
"I am."
Qing Zhu looked at Feng Yunshu with a smile in his eyes, full of interest.
"May I know how to address the young lady?"
"You're the boss of this brothel for chaste entertainers?"
Feng Yunshu was a bit surprised. "When you were standing at the door just now, I thought you were a lucky cat to attract customers..."
"Lucky cat? What's that?"
Feng Yunshu shook her head. "No, nothing. I didn't expect you, Qing Zhu, to be the boss. That's quite good. Come on, didn't you promise to play the pipa for me? Find a quiet place."
Qing Zhu smiled and led Feng Yunshu towards a private room.
Zi Yuan, who was following Feng Yunshu, was extremely shocked to see her mistress chatting and laughing with this man. She stood there in a daze for a long time and couldn't come back to her senses.
What on earth was going on with the young lady? Had she been too stimulated? But there was no need to give up on herself like this...
If the prince saw this scene in the underworld, he'd probably be so angry that he couldn't hold down the lid of his coffin...
I wonder how Brother Yan Qi is doing now. He wouldn't have had an accident like the prince, would he?
Just as Zi Yuan was in a daze, a handsome and somewhat gentle - looking chaste entertainer walked up to her.
"Miss, why are you standing here all alone? You look so worried. Maybe you've encountered something unpleasant. How about having a drink with me to relieve your boredom?"
Zi Yuan seemed to be greatly frightened and stepped back quickly to avoid him. "No, no. Don't come near me..."
As she said this, she turned around and fled, quickly catching up with Feng Yunshu while shouting, "Young lady! Young lady! Wait for me..."
At this time, Xiao Ling in Feng Yunshu's arms couldn't help laughing when she heard Zi Yuan's shout from behind. "Master, please wait for Sister Zi Yuan. It's her first time in this kind of place. She must be scared. Master, it's okay for you to play pranks, but now you're even leading Sister Zi Yuan astray..."
"Where am I leading her astray? Everyone has a love for beauty. If men are allowed to look at beautiful women, why can't we women look at handsome men?"
Feng Yunshu smiled and argued plausibly. "Moreover, I'm actually helping Zi Yuan improve her aesthetic sense so that she won't be easily deceived by others just because she only looks at appearances."
"Yes, yes, yes. Master, you're always right. Anyway, you always have your reasons. Xiao Ling just needs to believe you, hehe..."
Soon, Feng Yunshu followed Qing Zhu to a quiet private room. Qing Zhu asked someone to bring his pipa. After sitting down, he began to play.
At first, Feng Yunshu ate snacks while listening to the music, feeling very satisfied. As she listened, out of the corner of her eye, she saw that Zi Yuan beside her had closed her eyes and fallen asleep on the low table at some point.
"Master, there's something wrong with this pipa music! There's also something wrong with this Qing Zhu! Master, be careful!"
Xiao Ling in her arms was drowsy. Suddenly, she came to her senses and quickly looked up to remind Feng Yunshu.
At the same time, Xiao Ling turned to stare at Qing Zhu who was still playing the pipa and found that a faint green light was emanating from his body.
Xiao Ling's heart sank. She immediately released her spiritual power to form a protective barrier for Feng Yunshu to prevent her from being affected.
Feng Yunshu also noticed the problems with Qing Zhu and the pipa music. This pipa music was not an ordinary tune. It seemed to have some magic power in it that could quickly hypnotize people.
Moreover, at this moment, Feng Yunshu smelled a faint demonic aura mixed with the smell of bamboo in the private room. This smell also had the magic power to hypnotize people. She immediately held her breath.
"Xiao Ling, quickly block your sense of smell. The smell in this place is also problematic!"
Feng Yunshu transmitted the message directly into Xiao Ling's mind, so Qing Zhu hadn't noticed that Xiao Ling and Feng Yunshu had already discovered his strangeness.
"Master, what should we do now? Should we expose this person directly, use the demon - detecting mirror to see what kind of demon he is, and then beat him back to his original form?"
If it had been before, Feng Yunshu would have probably done so. But now, since she was idle anyway, and her purpose of coming here wasn't to find chaste entertainers. She just didn't expect to run into a demon by accident.
She might as well play with him and see what this Qing Zhu was up to.
"Don't be in a hurry, little Xiao Ling. Let's see what this Qing Zhu is up to."
After making up her mind, Feng Yunshu quietly took out the demon - detecting mirror on her body and secretly shone it on Qing Zhu. In the mirror, a tall and straight green bamboo appeared.
However, upon closer inspection, Feng Yunshu and Xiao Ling were surprised to find the differences between this bamboo and ordinary ones.
"Master, look. There seem to be a lot of wounds on his true form! It seems to be knife wounds from being cut, or burn marks. One part is all charred..."
Feng Yunshu couldn't help frowning. The original form of this Qing Zhu did look a bit... shocking, which made people can't help but imagine what he had experienced in the past.
After coming back to her senses, Feng Yunshu cooperated with Qing Zhu's intention. Like Zi Yuan beside her, she gradually fell asleep following the pipa music. Xiao Ling in her arms also very skillfully started her act of pretending to sleep.
After Qing Zhu was sure that everyone was hypnotized, he gradually stopped playing the pipa. The room instantly fell silent. He slowly put down the pipa and got up, walking towards Feng Yunshu.
At this time, two more men entered the room. They bowed to Qing Zhu. "My lord, what are your orders?"
Qing Zhu's eyes fell on Feng Yunshu. He frowned slightly, and his expression was a bit complicated.
"You take the girl beside her and the fox in her arms out and lock them up. I'll handle the rest myself."
After saying that, Qing Zhu stepped forward and reached out to push aside a wisp of loose hair on Feng Yunshu's face. "I'm really curious about what your true face looks like. I didn't expect to meet an interesting cultivator here. Hehe."
The moment his hand was about to touch her face, Feng Yunshu didn't want to pretend anymore. She suddenly opened her eyes, formed a seal with both hands, and a spiritual light directly knocked Qing Zhu away.
Qing Zhu seemed to have been on guard. He quickly stepped back to avoid Feng Yunshu's attack.
"Hehe, it's actually a cultivator with spiritual power. That's quite rare."