"Greetings... Lady Shao Dian!"
Liu Yong composed himself and bowed to the Verdant Green Maiden.
There was something divine about that name.
Anyone who bore such a name could hardly be ordinary.
The Verdant Green Maiden lounged at an angle, set the book in her hand on the desk, and looked at Liu Yong. "Yesterday, you got drunk and almost touched my feet, behaving like some lecherous scoundrel. Now you owe me a string of coins, too. By rights, I ought to report you to Kaifeng Prefecture and have you arrested!"
"Well..."
Liu Yong looked mortified.
All he remembered was seeing the Verdant Green Maiden while drunk yesterday. Her beauty had seemed like that of a Heavenly Jade Maiden, peerless and apart from the world, so he had followed her.
After that, they seemed to have exchanged a few words before he lost consciousness.
When he woke again, it was already now.
He had no idea what had happened in between!
But... if it really was as the Verdant Green Maiden said, even ten thousand deaths would not absolve him of his guilt!
"However!"
The Verdant Green Maiden changed tack.
She extended a slender, jade-white finger and tapped the book she had placed on the desk.
It contained Liu Yong's poetry.
The Verdant Green Maiden had sent the inn attendant to find it for her. Although Liu Yong's lyrics had never been officially published, money could make even ghosts turn a millstone.
Besides, he truly did have talent. After searching for a long time, the attendant had finally found it in an alley of willows and blossoms.
The singing girl who owned it treasured the book.
When the attendant asked to buy it, she had been most unwilling. Only after endless pleading had he managed to obtain a copy.
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