Green Lantern Bond

Chapter 11 Huo Qingling

Chongyun belatedly realized that the atmosphere between Duan Chen and Liu Hanyi was tense in an instant, and he was a little uncertain how this sudden situation happened.

"It was fine just now, what's going on with you guys?" Chong Yun interrupted them loudly, and changed the subject and asked, "The meal is almost finished, what are you going to do next?"

Liu Hanyi regained his smile, with a casual look: "What do you want to do? Or..." He turned his gaze to Duan Chen, "Master, do you have any good suggestions?"

Chongyun also followed his gaze to look at Duan Chen. He just heard from Duan Chen that he had come to Huaizhou with a friend many years ago. I have never heard of Duan Chen having friends, presumably he met after his death.

Thinking of this, Chongyun suddenly felt a little sore in his heart. He used to follow Duan Chen to walk the world, but he didn't even get the title of "confidant and friend", which is a bit ridiculous.

"I'm planning to go to Jiangting Painting Boat to find a friend." Duan Chen naturally didn't know what Chong Yun was thinking, and just told the truth, "Are you two interested in going there together?"

"Jiangting Painting Boat?!" Now it was Liu Hanyi's turn to be surprised. Jiangting Painting Boat is a famous place for fireworks in Huaizhou City and even the entire Xizhou. It is also the only gold-selling cave in the city as famous as Yanhai Tower. It is impossible to connect Jiang Ting's painting boat with the eminent monk in front of him in a pure place of Buddhism.Even if Duan Chen had left Buddhism many years ago, isn't this separation too thorough?

"Exactly." Duan Chen explained in a deep voice, "This time I came to Huaizhou, one is to celebrate the Chinese banquet, and the other is to visit this friend." He seldom explains anything to others, but at this time it seems As if he didn't want to cause some misunderstandings, he deliberately explained his future intentions clearly.

Chongyun only heard Liu Hanyi's introduction last night, and looking at Wu Xi's reaction at the time, he thought that coming to Jiangting for a boat trip was not an elegant place. He couldn't figure out how Duan Chen could have friends in this kind of place. His friends who came to Huaizhou with him are sailing in Jiangting?

Liu Hanyi really wanted to go, but he didn't know whether Chongyun would like to go or not, so he couldn't make up his mind for a while, so he asked Chongyun, "Go...go?"

Chongyun saw Liu Hanyi's expression of wanting to go but not wanting to be too obvious, it was a little funny for a moment, then he gritted his teeth and nodded in agreement: "Go!" He also wanted to see what kind of friend Duan Chen could recognize. .

The three of them went to Jiangting Boat together, and before leaving, Chongyun specially left a message with the waiter, if Gong Ruxue came back, he would tell him that the three of them had gone to Jiangting Boat.

It's already past noon, the sunlight is not as strong as before, the heavy cloud is holding the umbrella, walking easily, this umbrella is still the one that Duan Chen carried last night, the umbrella handle made of sword body is a little bit different compared to the ordinary oil paper umbrella It is heavy, but it is suitable for a practitioner like Chong Yun, not to mention, he has used the sword in the umbrella handle for so many years, and he is already familiar with it, and it is very comfortable to hold in his hand.

Although I don't know how Duan Chen made this sword into an umbrella, it can be seen that this sword has been kept very well by Duan Chen. The hilt made of pine white jade has been held for too long, and it has been worn out. But the pattern carved on it is still clear, and even a little dirt can't be seen in the fine seams of the pattern, and it is still as clean as when it was first made.

Chongyun asked in his heart: Duan Chen, what do you still keep this sword for?

No one answered him.

Duan Chen silently followed behind Chongyun. Although his eyes were covered, it didn't seem to affect his walking. His pace wasn't fast, but he walked steadily. The people in front didn't seem to care about him. , walking on his own.

Through a layer of cloth belt, Duan Chen could clearly "see" Chongyun's figure, and listened to his slow footsteps. This was the first time in so many years that Duan Chen felt that the road under his feet was so smooth.

Not long after, a group of people came to Jiangting to paint a boat.

In the afternoon, when it was not the busiest time, the gorgeous painting boats were docked by the lake, so silent that there was no trace of fireworks.

The three of them boarded the boat along the steps, only to realize that the boat was not as quiet as they saw outside. Although there were not many guests, there were still some.A beautiful woman dressed in gold and silver and with heavy makeup came towards them. Although the woman was old, the beauty of her youth could be seen in her eyes.

"How many guest officials are here so early? Which girl are you going to invite today?"

The woman probably regarded them as people who came here to find flowers and ask willows. Chongyun's face was a little embarrassed for a moment. He had been chasing Duan Chen in his previous life, and he had never been to such a place. After his death, he stayed in the ghost world to raise Soul, let alone have the chance to see it, so now he is suddenly a little at a loss, and he doesn't even know where to put his hands.

On the contrary, Liu Hanyi's eyes lit up, he seemed to come here often, and asked familiarly, "Is Miss Nan here?"

The woman was familiar with Liu Hanyi, she quickly smiled and said: "Yes, Huaiyi is always thinking about Mr. Liu, I will call Huaiyi out immediately."

"No, I'll go find her myself." When Liu Hanyi heard that Nan Huaiyi was there, he couldn't sit still, and immediately looked ungrateful, leaving Chongyun and Duan Chen behind.

"Hey! You..." Chongyun was dumbfounded as he stared at his back as he left without mercy, thinking that this person was really unreliable, completely forgetting their purpose of coming here.He had no choice but to look back at Duan Chen and listen to Duan Chen's arrangement.

The woman had never met Chong Yun and Duan Chen, but from the clothes they wore, she could tell that their identities were neither respectable nor noble, so her attitude was polite: "You two gentlemen, what kind of girl do you want? We have everything here."

Duan Chen asked coldly: "Is Huo Qingling here?"

When the woman heard Huo Qingling's name suddenly, her expression changed instantly. It took a long time to adjust her emotions, and she suppressed the doubts in her heart and asked, "Master, did you find the wrong person? We don't have a girl named Huo Qingling here."

Chong Yun thought in his heart that you can really talk nonsense, just because of your face, if you say you don't know, it's really a ghost, so you can bully Duan Chen not to see it.But he wisely didn't interrupt, waiting to see Duan Chen's reaction.

"I didn't make a mistake." Duan Chen didn't want to talk nonsense with people he didn't know well, so he took out a crimson jade tablet from his Qiankun bag and handed it to the woman, "Give this jade tablet to her, and she will know Who am I now?"

The woman took the jade tablet in amazement, a little hesitant whether to believe Duan Chen's words, but seeing his cold expression, it didn't seem like he was lying, she gritted her teeth and said, "Please wait here for a while, my lord. Go and come."

The woman held the jade tablet and walked towards the inner room, and came back in a few minutes, and respectfully returned the jade tablet to Duan Chen: "I don't know that I am a distinguished guest, so I am not far away to welcome you. Please come with me, my lord."

Duan Chen had no expression on his face, put away the jade plaque silently, followed the woman and walked in, after walking two steps, he realized that Chongyun hadn't followed, so he stopped and looked back: "What are you standing there for?"

Chongyun just didn't know if it was appropriate for him to follow, he followed here just now with a shy face, because Liu Hanyi was there, so it didn't make him feel too embarrassed, now Liu Hanyi has already gone looking for a good woman, leaving him alone is too much It was a little embarrassed to pester Duan Chen with a shameless face.

Chongyun knew that he stayed in the mountains since he was a child, and his clansmen doted on him because of his innate talent for cultivation, and because he never went down the mountain, he didn't care about worldly affairs, so he had no respect for worldly etiquette since he was a child. He didn't pay much attention, many times he didn't realize that he offended people because of ignorance of etiquette, but when he was alone, it didn't matter even if he lost face because of ignorance. Even if he offends someone because of his disrespect, no one would dare to make trouble for him.

It's just that at this time beside Duan Chen, Chong Yun dared not act as recklessly as before. In his previous life, he had done enough embarrassing things by Duan Chen's side, and he didn't want to repeat the same mistakes in this life.

Yan Jun once said to him: "When you don't know whether you should do something, then don't do it." He didn't know if following up would arouse Duan Chen's scruples, so he didn't dare to move.

Hearing Duan Chen's voice at this time, Chong Yun came back to his senses, walked forward with a smile and said, "Because I don't know how to go, I have to wait for you to leave before I can keep up."

Duan Chen was silent for a moment, and then said: "Just stay with me." After a pause, he seemed to feel that his tone was a little cold, and he added unnaturally, "I won't get lost, don't be afraid."

Hearing Duan Chen's words, Chongyun's heart trembled, and it took him a long time to realize what he said. He immediately looked like he had seen a ghost, and then a sour feeling from the bottom of his heart spread, making his scalp a little It was numb, and even the fingertips couldn't help trembling.

Chongyun walked to Duan Chen's side and said with a smile, "Let's go."

The three of them walked into the inner room, walked through winding steps and small corridors, and finally reached their destination, an antique room.Chongyun sighed with emotion that there is such a world inside the painting boat, while observing Duan Chen carefully, fearing that he would fall if he didn't notice for a while—the fact is that he was thinking too much.

The woman stopped outside the room, turned sideways and said to Duan Chen: "Miss Huo is inside, it's inconvenient for me to enter, please ask the two gentlemen to move by yourself, I will leave first."

As soon as the words were finished, the door of the room was opened, and a young woman in a lake-colored dress with long hair reaching her waist ran out, looking at Duan Chen with joy, "Duan Chen, it's really you? Hurry up!" Come in, come in!"

The woman backed away tactfully.

Duan Chen was indifferent to Huo Qingling's enthusiasm, turned his head to Chongyun and whispered: "Let's go."

"En." Chong Yun followed Duan Chen into the room.

The furnishings in the room are a bit outdated, but they are very comfortable. I think the owner of the room put a lot of effort into the arrangement.

Huo Qingling asked the two of them to sit down on a small couch, made another cup of tea for them, and then asked Duan Chen with a smile: "I've never seen you bring friends here, why don't you introduce them?"

Duan Chen said: "This is a heavy cloud."

"Chongyun?" Huo Qingling's face was a little strange when she heard the name. She carefully looked at Chongyun's eyes, and then turned her eyes between Chongyun and Duan Chen again. She said with a smile without saying anything, "Hello, I'm Her name is Huo Qingling, and she is the current owner of this painting boat."

Chongyun nodded in surprise: "Hello." He didn't expect a young girl to be able to run such a place, but he knew well that he shouldn't judge a person by their appearance.

Huo Qingling asked Duan Chen again: "Why are you free to come to me this time? I asked you to come to Huaizhou many times before but you refused."

"It's nothing fun." Duan Chen's attitude towards his friends was still indifferent, and Chong Yun felt that his tone was as beating as ever. "This time I was invited by the Gong family to attend the Chonghua Banquet."

"You never participated before." Huo Qingling was a little surprised by his answer, and recalled the rumors that there were monsters in Lutai Mountain some time ago, and asked tentatively, "Did you come for that monster? I heard that thing came from He ran out on the fifteenth night."

Duan Chen didn't speak, neither said yes nor no, Chong Yun couldn't help asking: "Miss Huo also knows about Shiwuye?"

Huo Qingling said with a smile: "Of course, Duan Chen and I met at Fifteen Nights."