A life of two souls traveling through time

Chapter 138 Robbed Again

Li Yunye and An Yun followed the fat maid up to the top floor of the pavilion step by step. The elegant and unique wing room was dimly lit and very quiet.

Li Yunye swallowed nervously, and waited until his eyes got used to the dark line before he carefully stepped into the room.

"Sir, please wait a moment." After the fat maid led Li Yunye to sit in front of the screen, she bowed and turned away.

Li Yunye looked around. The screens were layered and the gauze was dancing in the breeze. He realized that this room looked like a dance hall.

A light piano music suddenly sounded, and the lights around the room were lit. Behind several long screens stood a graceful figure holding a long sword. The figure danced with the sword to the sound of the piano. In Jiang Siyao's eyes, every move was professional and elegant. She had an illusion that she was not in a frivolous brothel, but back in the school's dance studio.

As the sound of the piano became more and more unrestrained, the screen was surrounded by the figures behind it, and the group dance in the circle disappeared. The familiar and crisp sound of wind chimes sounded, and a red figure holding two swords and swaying heroically appeared in the circle. Hong Qing's graceful and difficult dance moves always amazed Jiang Siyao.

There is strength within softness, and softness within strength, it is both soft and hard, both yin and yang. Compared with the last dance of war and swordsmanship, traveling across the world, this new dance today shows a carefree state of mind that is detached from the world, with clouds rolling and unrolling in the sky, and the heart is free and immortal.

After the dance ended, the musicians withdrew, leaving only Hong Qing to accompany Li Yunye, and An Yun standing aside with vigilant eyes. After watching this new dance, Jiang Siyao admired Hong Qing even more. If someone could compose such a dance in modern times, she would definitely be a master and respected. Unfortunately, it was a pity. She felt sorry for her being born in the wrong place, and also felt sorry for herself in this feudal and strict dogma, because of her different status, she could not ask her professional questions about dance at will.

"I didn't expect that Miss Hongqing has such a carefree state of mind. I admire her deeply." Li Yunye took the lead in pouring two glasses of wine, handed one to Hongqing, and then picked up the glass in front of him and praised sincerely.

"You are too kind, sir. How can Hong Qing achieve a carefree state? It's just that fate is unfortunate and I have no control over my fate. I am just comforting myself in order to survive." Hong Qing picked up the wine glass and drank it in one gulp. Then she laughed. There was a distressing sadness hidden in her hearty eyes.

"Do you... do you want to leave here? If you do, I can help you." Looking at Hong Qing who was forcing a smile in front of her, Jiang Siyao couldn't help but feel a little pity for her. She didn't know why she made such a promise. Perhaps it was because they were both dancers, she admired her from the bottom of her heart and couldn't bear to see her continue to suffer in this brothel by selling her smiles.

But she soon came to her senses and regretted it. Why was she so hot-headed and acting like a saint when she couldn't even be independent? She agreed now, but in the end, Brother Mu Liang would still have to come forward. They were reunited after a long separation, and Hong Qing got all of Brother Mu Liang's property. Brother Mu Liang had a younger sister by his side and made up for his regrets and guilt, but what about herself? What good could she get?

Li Yunye's words made Hong Qing pause for a moment while pouring the wine, but she soon began to laugh softly again: "Hong Qing appreciates your kindness, but Hong Qing cannot leave now."

Li Yunye was not the first person to say that he would help her get out. From high-ranking officials to scholars preparing for exams, she knew very well that people looked down on and trampled on prostitutes. These people only bothered to please her because they were greedy for her beauty. But once the novelty wore off, her fate might not be any better than it is now. Maybe this Mr. Li in front of her was sincere, but since he looked so fragile, she would not cause him any trouble.

"Why?" Li Yunye looked puzzled.

"Hongqing was raised by my mother since she was a child. She treated me like her own daughter and never beat or scolded me. She also taught me music, chess, calligraphy and painting and asked me to learn singing and dancing. She raised and nurtured me, and I cannot abandon her." This is not an excuse, but Hongqing's true feelings, and it is also another reason why she is unwilling to leave Fengqifang.

Her own daughter? How could someone in this world send his own daughter to a brothel?

Although Li Yunye was speechless about this reason, he felt relieved when Hong Qing rejected him. Seeing that it was getting late, he stood up and said goodbye.

As Fengqifang was already crowded with people at night, Li Yunye didn't want to go forward with the crowd, nor was he bothered to deal with Mother Yun and the group of women, so he asked Hong Qing to take him out through the back door.

After saying goodbye to Hong Qing, Li Yunye wanted to take a walk because he had drunk some wine, so he did not ask the Fengqifang servant to drive to the back door. Instead, he planned to walk with An Yun to the carriage parked near the front door.

"You finally came out."

Suddenly a figure jumped out and scared Li Yunye greatly. An Yun seemed to know who the person was, so he just supported the young man calmly.

"You want to die! I will tell Brother Mu Liang about you when I get back!" Seeing that it was Lao Zhou who scared him, Li Yunye became angry and annoyed and chased Lao Zhou while cursing.

"Young master, why are you becoming more and more like a woman? I was just joking." Seeing that the other party was about to complain again, Lao Zhou had no choice but to let Li Yunye beat him, and then he complained with a wronged look.

"I am a woman..." Li Yunye blurted out without thinking, almost scaring himself to death. He cleared his throat and said to Lao Zhou: "I am just like a woman, what can you do?"

"Sir, please spare my life. I won't dare to joke like this again next time." Lao Zhou had no choice but to beg for mercy.

"You drive!" Li Yunye didn't bother to pay attention to Lao Zhou, and pulled An Yun, who had been watching silently, towards the carriage.

Since she got away from the control of Li Xingyuan's strict father, and she has gradually gotten used to this body, Jiang Siyao has relaxed physically and mentally and occasionally reveals herself inadvertently. She doesn't notice it, but it just confuses the people around her.

"call...."

As soon as Li Yunye stepped onto the carriage, he was surprised to see a woman in it. Before he could react, the woman blew the white powder in her palm towards him. In an instant, Li Yunye lost consciousness and fell in the carriage.

"Young Master..." An Yun, who got into the car behind Li Yunye, wanted to save the young master when he saw this, but the woman quickly stabbed him with a needle, which pierced An Yun's neck. Then the woman kicked An Yun out.

An Yun fell off the carriage and groaned, unable to struggle.

"An Yun!" Seeing this, Old Zhou, who was following behind, hurriedly ran forward to help An Yun up, but at this time the carriage had already left.

"Young Master, save him!" An Yun's face turned black and purple, obviously he was poisoned, but he still asked Lao Zhou to save the young master.

Seeing the carriage about to disappear in front of him, Lao Zhou no longer cared about An Yun and quickly chased after the carriage.

The hour of Xu was about to pass, and his brother had not yet returned. Mu Liang was wandering anxiously in the courtyard when suddenly there was a knock on the door.

"Boss, something happened, the young master was robbed!" When Mu Liang opened the door, he was surprised to see that it was his own shop assistant. The assistant was sweating and panting, and his expression was solemn and anxious.

It turned out that it was a waiter at Fengqifang who found An Yun lying on the ground. An Yun, despite his poisoned body, asked him to take him to the Jiangnan Mingli Cloth Shop, which was the closest to Fengqifang. When the waiter heard that it was the Jiangnan Mingli, he naturally did not dare to slack off.