Chapter 1437: Chapter 1437: Fake Bullet (5)
Fanggu took one look at the situation and excused herself, giving instructions for the maid to bring up so tea and dishes, and also reminded the doorkeeper to serve them well, making sure there was no negligence.
The music soon began, and Yang Ruxin, not being particularly familiar with music, did feel that the tune was nice, lodious, and soothing. One could truly indulge in it if one closed their eyes.
“This is indeed quite a pleasant sensation,” Yu Qingge remarked after taking a sip of his drink.
Yang Ruxin smiled, holding his cup without drinking, and glanced at the woman seriously playing the zither behind the curtain. His pupils contracted slightly. In modern tis, there was lip-syncing, with actors holding microphones and mouthing the words on stage. Unexpectedly, in ancient tis, there was fake playing too—Hong Ju seed to be playing the zither, but her fingers weren’t actually touching the strings at all.
If it weren’t for Ruxin’s exceptional eyesight, if she hadn’t been focusing on sothing other than the woman’s face, she wouldn’t have noticed that the woman’s fingers weren’t even touching the strings.
Hong Ju continued to play as if intoxicated, but suddenly, a green snake appeared on the strings, hissing at her. She was so frightened that she went pale and bolted upright, yet she couldn’t make a sound.
Yet the zither music continued.
Yu Qingge blinked. What’s going on?
“Lady Hong Ju,” Yang Ruxin loosened his whip and flung her to the ground, “How about you explain? Or perhaps…”
Hong Ju collapsed on the ground, not getting up. She knew if this got out, she was finished—not to ntion Fanggu would never let her off the hook.
At this ti, Yu Qingge, curious, had made his way toward the source of the zither music. Behind the qin platform, there was a wooden wall, and the music was coming from the room next door.
In the adjacent room, a woman with a covered face still played the zither.
Because Hong Ju did not scream when she was startled, the musician hadn’t realized her deception had been exposed and continued to play. When soone burst in, she was startled, but quickly regained her composure and stood up without saying a word.
“So, our Silver was cheated by you?” Yu Qingge crossed his arms. “Qunfang Pavilion’s deception is quite sophisticated, isn’t it?”
The masked woman just slightly lowered her eyes silently, her expression indiscernible.
Yu Qingge circled around her, “How much Silver do you get for playing ghostwriter once?”
The woman remained silent.
After asking a few more questions with no response, Qingge gave up and took her to the next room.
“This ghostwriter has quite the personality, won’t say a word no matter what you ask,” Yu Qingge sat down dejectedly across from Yang Ruxin.
Yang Ruxin looked over only to see a scar exposed near the corner of the eye of the woman, and couldn’t help but frown.
anwhile, Fanggu was downstairs attending to the guests when a maid whispered in her ear. Her expression instantly changed and, no longer caring to entertain, she hurried upstairs.
In the room, Yang Ruxin looked at Fanggu who had just walked in, his lips curling into a slight sneer, “Fanggu, is it? Do you take us for fools?” He said, motioning with his chin towards Hong Ju and the masked woman, “Is this a buy-one-get-one-free deal?”
“The young masters…this…how should I put this? It’s all a misunderstanding…” Fanggu glared at Hong Ju, you idiot, how did you give us away?
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