Zhao Rang's hands were shaking slightly, especially when he was squatting over the wine glass, the shaking was more obvious. The wine in the glass was as red as blood under the light. After staring at the swaying wine soup for a long time, Zhao Rang calmed down, took a deep breath, and said plainly but powerfully:
"The wine hasn't changed, and your tongue hasn't changed either. Let me see, it's your hearts that have changed."
As soon as the last word was spoken, Haidiye and Aziz's expressions turned ugly.
But Zhao Rang hasn't finished speaking yet.
"One person keeps saying it's for his friends, but he doesn't have any respect for his friends. Instead, he forces himself to do it. The other person says he's doing it for his guests wholeheartedly, but in fact he doesn't look down on them at all. With such a heart, no matter how good the wine is, it won't matter. What kind of taste can you get from drinking it?"
After saying that, Zhao Rang flipped his wrist and poured all the wine in the glass onto the ground. Then he waved to Yuan Mingkong and others and prepared to leave.
Of course, the four girls who followed Heidiye and the guys brought up by Aziz couldn't let Zhao Rang leave like this. After all, everyone could tell that Zhao Rang was mocking their respective masters just now.
So the four girls and the waiters all stopped at the door of the box, showing a reluctance to give in.
Zhao Rang was not anxious when he saw this.
This situation was expected by him.
As long as you can imagine what will happen, you can figure out how to deal with it.
He did not choose to confront the four girls and the guy head-on. Instead, he threw the blouse in his hand as quickly as possible.
The sight of these five people was blocked by the blouse for an instant. The girls and the guys showed their talents. The blouse was torn to pieces by the force and fell to the ground.
But when their vision returned to clarity, they found that Zhao Rang's black steel knife was already in his hand, and the direction of the blade was pointed directly at Aziz who was sitting at the door.
Such a move was also carefully considered by Zhao Rang.
Capture the thief first and capture the king first. It is not worth spending time and energy with these five people. They are even willing to die for their master. Then as long as Aziz or Haidiya is controlled, they can be put on the defensive and not dare to act rashly.
Haidiya is known as a "swordsman". Although Zhao Rang saw that he did not bring a sword today, he still decided to use Aziz for the operation out of caution.
Since he went upstairs, Zhao Rang listened to his footsteps and roughly estimated that Aqizi's martial arts cultivation level should be around the fourth level, and he had practiced outer martial arts.
Although the level is higher than Zhao Rang, those who practice outer martial arts will have slower reactions. Because this kind of Kung Fu is a hard bridge and a hard horse, it does not rely on tricks, but can defeat ten levels with one force. So as long as Zhao Rang is fast enough and clever enough, he will definitely get the upper hand!
What happened now has confirmed that his plan was undoubtedly correct and successful.
However, there was no trace of worry on Azizi's face. Instead, he stared at the black steel knife in Zhao Rang's hand with interest.
He seemed to know the origin of the knife. After looking at it for a while, he chattered a lot to Heidi in Western dialect. After the two chatted back and forth for a while, Haidiya stood up, walked to Zhao Rang, respectfully gave him a standard chest-supporting salute, and said:
"Friend, you are right! I just asked you to judge. It was just a test. I hope you don't mind."
Zhao Rang shook his head repeatedly after hearing this:
"We can't afford to be friends, but if you can explain why you want to test like this, maybe we still have a chance to be friends!"
In just one cup of tea, Zhao Rang turned his back on the guests and took the initiative. Yuan Mingkong also secretly admired this ability. He asked himself that in the situation just now, although he was capable of solving it, he would definitely not be as perfect as Zhao Rang.
Jumping out of the two options given by Haidiya, Zhao Rang took a different approach and took the third path. If this was really a test, Zhao Rang would definitely get full marks.
Haidiya and Aziz looked at each other and nodded in unison.
"Okay, but this..."
Haidiya pointed to the black steel knife in Zhao Rang's hand.
"no problem!"
Zhao Rang put down his arm happily and pointed the tip of the knife to the ground.
"My knife doesn't have a scabbard, that's all."
Haidiya nodded and said:
"I know."
Zhao Rang said incredulously:
"you know?"
Haidiya smiled and replied:
"Although he gave you this knife, I think you must not be as familiar with him as I am."
The ambiguity of what he said made people angry, just like those liars who ask for fortune-telling and ask for reasons.
These people often just throw out a correct nonsense sentence, and then secretly observe the faces of the people around them, and then go into detail one sentence at a time, and finally roughly determine the scope and concentrate on those three or five people. As long as these people are fooled, others will also feel that it is mysterious and abnormal. In the end, the old god will give a few sentences that can be relied on in the east, west, north, south, and it will be over.
Zhao Rang used to hang out on the streets with Ximen Da Zhuang all day long, and he was very familiar with these mixed-race people who traveled around. As soon as Heidiye spoke like this, Zhao Rang immediately turned his head away to prevent the other party from seeing his expression, and at the same time said nothing.
Haidiya couldn't help but lift Zhao Rang a little higher in his heart.
I thought this young boy could twist it as he pleased. With just a few words, Zhao Rang can scream and act as a spearman for him. As a result, they didn’t accept this trick at all and didn’t even answer the conversation.
If I don’t come up with some reality, I will definitely not be able to continue!
After thinking for a moment, Haidiya sighed and said:
"Is Shang Shiyi okay?"
"I haven't seen him in two years either."
Zhao Rang then turned around and replied:
"I've only met him for no more than two days, and he's very nice. Are you familiar with each other?"
Haidiya nodded and said:
"See you every year! Every fall, when the wine is brewing."
Shang Shiyi and Haidiya are both from the Western Regions. One uses a knife and the other uses a sword, but they are really good friends.
Unlike Haidiye's hypocritical enthusiasm for Zhao Rang, who always talks about "dear friend", a true friend should not speak or feel embarrassed. Soon after every meeting, he will start to dislike him. For example, Shang Shiyi comes to the Western Regions every year, lives in a "green shirt guest" who pays 3,000 taels of silver a day, drinks more than ten barrels of Haidiye's top-quality wine, and then goes to the Sunset Racecourse to have fun, and finally selects a group of people who are pleasing to the eye. Horse, ride all the way back to Dawei.
I haven’t seen him in the past two years because he was concentrating on teaching his disciples. Teaching the final Twelve Knife Styles is not an easy task, but there is no way to distract yourself.
Zhao Rang met Shang Shiyi on Songtao Mountain. Although he said that he was worried about his apprentice, in fact, he might also be visiting an old friend.
"Haha, I finally know why he didn't lack money and spent it!"
Zhao Rang said with a smile.
If both parties have people they know in common, they will get to know each other quickly. Moreover, this mutual acquaintance has an excellent reputation and good conduct.
Although the Northern Territory of Dawei gave Shang Shiyi the title of "King of Swords", this Sword King did not purchase any property. A person has to eat and drink, and he has an apprentice, which is like having an extra mouth.
Now that Zhao Rang heard that he rode a horse from the Sunset Racecourse in Haidiya every year, he immediately knew how Shang Shiyi and his apprentice had been able to afford food and clothing over the years.
A horse at Sunset Racecourse is said to be worth its weight in gold.
Ordinary quality horses can be sold for sky-high prices, not to mention that this is a horse carefully selected by Shang Shiyi.
One horse is enough for the master and apprentice to live comfortably for a whole year. They still have to eat and drink lavishly, otherwise they will not be able to spend all the time in a year!
Haidiya saw that Zhao Rang was interested in Shang Shiyi's affairs, so he was ready to talk more to close the distance between them. Unexpectedly, he was suddenly interrupted by Zhao Rang:
"Okay, let's get back to the topic. What were you testing just now?"
"This is not the place, let's talk elsewhere."
Aziz stood up, opened the door of the box, and made a gesture of invitation with his right hand.
Zhao Rang hesitated.
Although he had turned the situation around and turned from passive to active, Aziz's words made him wake up again.
This is the Western Region, the Shanye Kingdom that ranks second among the Upper Four Kingdoms.
In the royal capital of Shanye Kingdom, and in the dark streets of the royal capital.
Even the people he faced were big nobles and the lords of the underworld.
Zhao Rang didn't know whether he should listen to the matter that made these two people so cautious. Maybe leaving directly would be the best choice.
But now that the matter has come to this, Zhao Rang cannot find another way out of the choices left and right every time. Sometimes, he can only accept it passively.
"Let's go!"
At the critical moment, it was Ye Sanniang who pushed him.
Following Aziz, we went up to another level. This should be the top floor of Chunhua Building. What makes Zhao Rang strange is that the house on this floor looks like a warehouse or a prison.
On both sides of the narrow passage, there are doors next to each other. Each door is made of fine iron and is extremely thick and strong.
There is a small opening at the top of the door, just enough for someone to stand on tiptoe and look inside.
The Lord of the Underworld is not an easy position to sit in. In addition to his ability to convince others, he also has to know how to protect himself.
Aziz understands the principle of keeping things close and sparse, and understands that in the final analysis, one's own safety must be guaranteed by oneself.
So he built Chunhua Building in the black street, and separated so many rooms on the top floor of Chunhua Building.
No one knew which room he would spend the night in. Aziz sacrificed all comfort in exchange for his own safety. It has to be said that there are very few people who can do this.
Haidiya had never been to this level before. He looked around curiously, marveling at it from time to time, shaking his head and sighing from time to time.
Everyone followed Aziz to the middle, and he took out an iron ring full of keys.
Different numbers are engraved on the iron rings, and each number corresponds to a fine iron door, but only Aziz himself knows the corresponding order.
He quickly found the key to the door in front of him from the ring of keys. He pushed it in and turned it one and a half times to the right, and then three times to the left. The heavy iron door creaked open and a gap opened. .
