Chongfei Manual - Chapter 169.2

Chapter 169.2

Chapter: 169 . 2 out of 171

A private room on Yu He’s second floor .

Li Song was wearing a light silk plain navy blue robe and sitting at a small black-lacquered table . There was an open window behind him . He leaned against the window frame with his eyes half closed and indifferently looked at the people around him .

These people were his past friends and they were all lounge lizards that idled their time away . They were currently grouped around a small table and in high spirit as they threw dice . In the past, Li Song would have also been there playing with them, but now he couldn’t make himself feel the slightest interest .

Perhaps, he had been wandering for too long and was already unfamiliar with this type of lifestyle . It was difficult for him to blend in .

Li Song slowly traced the edge of his celadon cup . He seemed lost in thought . He hadn’t said a word since he entered this room .

One of the nearby young men wearing a black robe that was embodied with a branching lotus pattern approached him . He curiously looked over Li Song and deliberately said, “Something is fishy . What’s wrong with our Young Master Li? Why are you so silent today? You’re the best at this game . Are you not playing with us because you’re worried that we’ll lose too badly to you? Aiya, say something . Are you in a bad mood? Who angered you?”

This person was the assistant minister of revenue’s young son, Chen Hong Sheng . He always had the best relationship with Li Song . Although he was an overly talkative person, his character was pretty good .

Li Song turned the cup in his hand and quietly said, “It’s nothing . ”

Chen Hong Sheng didn’t believe him . After looking at him for a while, he pretended as if he suddenly realized something and said, “I heard that you invited Duke Ying’s family’s Sixth Young Master here . Did you want to beat him up? Isn’t he going to marry your younger sister soon? Are you dissatisfied with him?”

Li Song was silent for a moment before casting a rebuking glance at Chen Hong Sheng, “You say too much nonsense . ”

Chen Hong Sheng choked back the words he was about to say and embarrassedly stroke his nose . He sat back down in his original spot . It felt as if he had been too nosy .

The atmosphere in the private room became livelier and livelier as the wine cups were refilled again and again . The crowd’s mood was very excited when the doors were opened from the outside .

Wei Chang Hong appeared at the private room’s doorway . He was wearing a moon white robe embroidered with honeysuckle . His tied up hair and tidy clothes was completely incompatible with the atmosphere in the private room .

The people in the room were either sitting or leaning against something . They were all unsteadily swaying and none of them were behaving properly . In contrast, Wei Chang Hong’s back was ramrod straight and his eyes were clear . He swept his gaze lightly and calmly around the room and stopped at Li Song . He went straight to the point and asked, “What did you want to talk about?”

Everyone in the private room was looking at him . Perhaps, his noble aura was too dazzling . The people that had been drinking stopped drinking . The people that had been playing stopped playing . They all silently sat up straight .

Li Song looked at Wei Chang Hong without reveal his intentions . He felt as if this person was slightly the same and slightly different from the Wei Chang Hong that he knew . He raised his chin and pointed at the spot on the other side of the small, black-lacquered table . “Sit . ”

Wei Chang Hong wasn’t afraid of him . He stood still for a long time before sitting down across from Li Song . His eyes were as indifferent as before and he was even less talkative than the Wei Chang Hong that he knew .

Li Song poured wine into a celadon cup and placed it in front of Wei Chang Hong .

Wei Chang Hong didn’t move . He only continued to look at Li Song . He was probably waiting for Li Song to say why he had invited him here .

The corners of Li Song’s mouth curved up . With an unclear meaning, he said, “It’s not poisoned . ”

Wei Chang Hong wasn’t afraid that the wine had poison . There was a constant stream of guests in Yu He . If something happened to him, they wouldn’t be able to escape . He just simply didn’t want to drink it . However, the surrounding lounge lizards were all staring at him as if they had already expected that he wouldn’t dare to drink . Their eyes were all filled with delight as they anticipated his misfortune . Without changing his expression, Wei Chang Hong picked up the wine cup in front of him and drank it in one gulp . He placed the wine cup back onto the table, stood up, and said, “If there’s nothing else, I’m leaving . ”

Li Song stopped him, “How could there be nothing else? If there was nothing else, why would I invite you here today?” He smiled as he said, “Sir Wei, you have a good temperament . I’ll drink this cup of wine as a toast to you . ”

He picked up the wine cup, tilted his head back, and also cleanly drank the wine .

Following his movement, something dropped from his sleeve and rolled over to Chen Hong Sheng .

Chen Hong Sheng picked up the item and asked, “Eh, what’s this?”

Li Song’s expression didn’t change . With his lips slightly curved, he said, “Five minerals powder . ”

Chen Hong Sheng, “…”

Wei Chang Hong stared at Li Song . His gaze had immediately become colder .

Li Song took the five minerals powder back from Chen Hong Sheng . He held it in his palm and gradually increased his strength until he shattered the porcelain bottle . The five minerals powder spilled out from his hand and landed on the small, black-lacquered table . A short while later, blood dripped down from Li Song’s hand and mixed with the five minerals powder . They clotted together on the surface of the table .

Li Song raised his eyes to look at Wei Chang Hong with a rather mocking gaze . “Don’t worry, this wasn’t in the wine that you drank . You have a wonderful older sister . If she knew that I deceived you into using five minerals powder, she would probably stab me again . ”

The people in the room were struck dumb by this scene . Chen Hong Sheng’s widen his eyes and asked, “Ah Song, doesn’t that hurt?”

Li Song didn’t answer him . He coldly looked at Wei Chang Hong with a fake smile .

Wei Chang Hong’s eyebrows were furrowed, but his tone was still indifferent as he asked, “What did you say?”