Chapter 243 - 117: I am Li Guanyi from Jiangzhou!_3
The youth’s voice was clear and melodious. He laughed heartily, his face slightly flushed with the scent of alcohol, his high ponytail swinging.
Though it was just the sound of tapping a sword, that sound was particularly pleasing to the ear.
Sitting cross-legged, drinking, playing the sword, and singing, he seemed to become the center of the place. The beauties around could not help but fix their gazes on him, their eyes inadvertently bearing hints of intoxication, as if they, too, were indulging in alcohol.
Surrounded by young and valiant youths, they understood the song, which seemed to celebrate their camaraderie. Yan Daiqing turned deathly pale. This time, it was genuine fear, a political instinct inherent to the child of a distinguished scholarly family—
Under the dim candlelight, he saw these youths raise their swords together, crowd around, and recite a verse full of youthful spirit. They played their weapons with their fingers, the metallic sounds clear and melodious, the young spirits so fiery that they dispelled the zither sounds of Jiangnan beauties.
They said, "Youthful heroism, forming bonds with the stalwarts of the five cities."
They said, "With hearts and gall as clear as crystal, and hair standing on end. Standing and talking amidst life and death, a promise worth its weight in gold!"
Then they raised their cups and laughed heartily, like a fist clenched tight.
In this extravagant brothel, it was like a fierce fire.