I failed again

Chapter 295 Song Shujing

Jiang Ruoyuan saw Qi Huaijin looking at him, and quickly answered the question that he had not had time to answer just now because of Mo Hanqi's arrival, "Let's study tomorrow. Didn't we plan to go out and play today?"

"I will follow Senior Brother Ruoyuan's arrangements." Qi Huaijin said with a smile. No, he didn't want to go out and play with this person whose origin and purpose were unknown!

Senior Brother Ruoyuan, where have you been? Come back soon!

Although he was wailing in his heart, Qi Huaijin looked normal on the surface. After having breakfast with Jiang Ruoyuan, the two of them left.

On the moat, an exquisite pleasure boat slowly moved forward in the rippling blue waves, creating layers of ripples.

In the painting boat, Jiang Ruoyuan and Qi Huaijin sat opposite each other with a set of exquisite tea sets placed in front of them. The tea in the pot was steaming and emitting bursts of faint fragrance.

They picked up the teacups and took a sip. The sweet taste instantly melted on their tongues, making them intoxicated.

While sipping tea, the two of them looked outside the pleasure boat, admiring the scenery of the smoky city along the way.

In the distance, the mountains are undulating and majestic. The peaks are towering into the clouds and reaching the sky. However, at this moment, these mountains are covered by a thin layer of clouds and mist, making them look mysterious and hazy.

Sometimes, the clouds would dissipate a little, and the outline of the mountains would appear clearly before our eyes; but in the blink of an eye, the clouds would gather again, covering the mountains completely, leaving only some vague shadows, like a flowing ink painting.

Such a beautiful scenery was like a fairyland, reflected in the depths of Jiang Ruoyuan's eyes.

At noon, the two got off the pleasure boat and went to Zuixianlou for lunch.

After lunch, Jiang Ruoyuan and Qi Huaijin looked at the sun hanging high in the sky, and returned to the yard tacitly.

The sun is too strong, let’s go back and rest.

"Hey, Huaijin, I happen to be free now. Can I go to your place to learn divination?" Jiang Ruoyuan called out to Qi Huaijin who was in a hurry to return to his room.

Qi Huaijin stopped, turned around and looked at Jiang Ruoyuan, smiling a little reluctantly, "Okay, Senior Brother Ruoyuan, come with me."

Jiang Ruoyuan came to Qi Huaijin's room and sat down in front of the desk.

Qi Huaijin handed a copy of Zhouyi to Jiang Ruoyuan and said, "Brother Ruoyuan, you should learn this first. If you don't understand something, you can ask me and I will explain it to you."

Jiang Ruoyuan took it, opened the book and started reading.

After a cup of tea, Jiang Ruoyuan closed the book.

He suddenly didn't want to study anymore.

It is worthy of being the famous and obscure Zhouyi.

It made him dizzy.

Qi Huaijin was originally sitting aside pretending to read a storybook, but in fact his attention was completely on Jiang Ruoyuan, for he was afraid that Jiang Ruoyuan would suddenly attack him.

Now seeing Jiang Ruoyuan closing the book, he felt a little surprised. Did he finish reading it so quickly?

Then, after seeing Jiang Ruoyuan's desperate expression, he reacted.

It’s not that I’ve finished reading it, it’s that I don’t understand it and don’t want to read it anymore.

How come this person looks exactly like his former Senior Brother Ruoyuan? He even suspected that Senior Brother Ruoyuan had returned.

Perhaps it was this similarity that made Qi Huaijin forget his fear for a moment. He suppressed the upward curve of his lips and teased, "Brother Ruoyuan, have you finished reading it so quickly?"

"...No, I suddenly realized that I don't really want to learn it." Jiang Ruoyuan's face was full of despair.

"Brother Ruoyuan, do you still remember what Master taught us?" Qi Huaijin said seriously, "You can't give up halfway through learning. Come on, Brother Ruoyuan, let's continue learning."

"No, it's not bad to just leave it like this." Jiang Ruoyuan looked at Qi Huaijin's eyes that were full of interest in teaching him, "Just pretend that I never said I wanted to learn divination."

"No, Brother Ruoyuan, you have to know that everything is difficult at the beginning. You have to try your best to persevere. You can't give up because of a little difficulty." Qi Huaijin advised.

Seeing Qi Huaijin's teasing eyes, Jiang Ruoyuan said directly, "Look, you know so many principles, why did you give up halfway when you were practicing martial arts?"

Qi Huaijin was silent, and began to argue, "I didn't give up halfway. I haven't even started yet, so how can I say halfway?"

Now, it was Jiang Ruoyuan's turn to be silent. Such righteous words made him not know what to say.

"Oh, then I haven't started yet either." Jiang Ruoyuan continued with Qi Huaijin's words.

Qi Huaijin: “…Okay.”

The two just looked at each other in silence.

After a long time, Qi Huaijin couldn't stand the atmosphere of staring at each other anymore, so he spoke first, "Senior Brother Ruoyuan, aren't you curious about the relationship between the person that Senior Brother came to me for calculation today and Senior Brother?"

I don't know what to talk about with this person, so I can only talk about the gossip about the senior brother.

"Of course I'm curious." Jiang Ruoyuan said, "Looking at how anxious Senior Brother is, I guess this person has a close relationship with Senior Brother."

"Brother Ruoyuan, you guessed wrong. They don't have any relationship at all now." Qi Huaijin said, "But they will have a relationship soon."

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Three days later, in Lun City, at the gate of Longfengfang.

Mo Hanqi rushed to Lun City before the Longfengfang auction started.

Dragon and Phoenix House arranged for a steward to wait for him at the door. "The arrival of Sect Master Lingxu has made our small auction even more glorious."

Mo Hanqi was wearing a mask. The black mask covered half of his face, revealing only his straight nose and slightly pursed thin lips. He listened to the manager's compliments without saying a word.

Led by the steward, Mo Hanqi walked into the auction at Longfengfang.

The auction is divided into two floors. The first floor is the lobby, where many people have gathered and are discussing the finale item of the auction.

Mo Hanqi had profound internal strength, so he didn't need to listen carefully, the words would just flow into his ears.

"I heard that the finale of Dragon and Phoenix Square this time is a handsome guy."

"real or fake?"

"Of course it's true. Look, the second-floor box is full today. They're all here for that guy. When have you ever seen the second-floor box so full?"

"It looks like this guy is not meant for us."

"What are you thinking about? It's good enough that I can feast your eyes on the auction table! It's not our turn to bid."

"And, you know, I heard that this guy today is from a wealthy family!"

"Don't lie to me. It's ridiculous that a man from a wealthy family can come to a place like this."

"Oh, no matter whether it's true or not, it's all the tricks of this Dragon and Phoenix House, so just listen to it."

……

The topic began to turn to that guy, and the words spoken became increasingly obscene.

As Mo Hanqi listened to those unbearable words, his expression grew colder.

The manager who was leading the way in front suddenly felt a chill on his back. When he looked back, he was frightened by Mo Hanqi's cold expression.

Who has offended the leader of Lingxu Sect out of nowhere?

After the steward brought Mo Hanqi to the box, he ran away as soon as he saw that Mo Hanqi had no other instructions.

The auction started soon. Mo Hanqi sat in the box and listened to the bidding from below. One item after another was sold, until finally it came to the last item.

I saw four big men carrying a cage covered tightly with black cloth to the auction table and putting it down.

The steward who presided over the auction lifted the black cloth, revealing the boy locked in the cage.

The guy was curled up in the corner, wearing only a thin gauze. The gauze could not completely cover the white and jade-like body underneath. On the contrary, the look of wanting to reveal something or not was even more arousing.

"This last item for auction is a handsome man." The manager introduced it to the people below while pulling Song Shujing, who was hiding in the corner, to his side by pulling the chain.

The chain around Song Shujing's neck was pulled, forcing him to the edge of the cage. He looked at the eager eyes below with fear in his eyes.

The boy in the cage had a handsome face, long eyebrows like willows, a tall and delicate nose, rosy lips, and a pair of eyes as clear as lake water, now filled with fear. There was a chain on his slender neck, and below was a body covered only with a layer of gauze that could not cover the scenery, and the body was trembling slightly.

Seeing this scene, someone in the audience couldn't wait to shout, "No need to introduce it, hurry up and auction it off, everyone can't wait!"

The steward looked at the enthusiastic atmosphere below and smiled slightly, "Now let's start bidding on this last item. The starting price is one thousand taels of silver, and each bid increase must not be less than one hundred taels of silver."

As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of bidding began to ring out.

"One thousand one hundred taels!"

"One thousand two white taels!"

"One thousand five hundred taels!"

……

Song Shujing looked at the ferocious eyes of those below the auction table and heard the incessant bidding sounds in his ears. He was filled with fear and wanted to step back, but the chain was held in the hands of the manager and he could not retreat a single step.

He could only stay where he was, enduring the gazes of those below him that seemed to want to pounce on him and devour him, waiting in despair for his final destination.

Song Shujing closed his eyes sadly, and a line of tears rolled down his cheeks.

Seeing this scene, the noise below stopped for a moment, and then became louder, and the amount of money became higher and higher.

At this time, a voice came from the box on the second floor, "Three thousand taels of gold."

All sounds stopped.

Three thousand taels of gold?

Three thousand taels of gold just to buy a boy back?

Is this guy crazy?

For a moment, no one dared to bid.

The people who can sit in the box on the second floor are either rich or noble, and they asked for three thousand taels of gold at the first opening, which shows that they are determined to get this boy. Even if they continue to raise the price, they cannot beat the other party, and it is easy to offend the other party. There is really no need to offend a noble for a boy, so it is better to give up.

Seeing that no one raised the price, the manager said, "Three thousand taels of gold once, three thousand taels of gold twice, three thousand taels of gold three times, deal!"

The manager waved his hand, and four big men carried the cage down again.