When Fang Ke was called by Ita from his sleep to the back garden, it was just after the first hour of the new year. He was so sleepy that his head was dizzy, his steps were sluggish, and his heart was anxious. But when he saw a dozen people in black clothes lying in the back garden. After the person came out, he immediately became energetic and asked, "How many are dead? How are they tested? Have they all been dissected?"
This voice completely frightened the few who had just woken up.
"Brother Fang, don't be impatient. Let's take a long-term view. Sit here first." Lin Sui'an greeted.
Fang Ke was sitting at the stone table and noticed that there was a middle-aged man in his forties next to Jin Ruo. He had a beard and a beard, sitting on the floor. He was dressed in black and tied up. Both of his eye sockets were beaten black. He looked quite annoyed. .
"In other words, no one in Dongdu recognizes your identity as the young master of the Jingmen?" Lin Sui'an crossed his arms and looked at Jin Ruodao.
Jin Ruo scratched his head and did not dare to say a word.
Hua Yitang sneered: "You are like a dragon at home, but like a worm when you go out."
Fang Ke had only joined the team a few days ago. Except for the well-known Hua Yitang, he was not familiar with the origins of anyone else. Only then did he understand that this "Jin Ruo" seemed to be the young master of a Jianghu sect, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised. Asked: "What is a pure door?"
Ita raised his hand: "There are many Bagua sects."
Mu Xia: "Inquiry from Jianghu Bao."
Fang Ke: "Huh?"
"Stop talking nonsense!" Tenth Elder Ding Kun yelled angrily, "Our Jing Sect is known as 'the ears have heard for eternity, and the eyes reach the sky'. We are regarded as 'the leader of ears and eyes in the world' by our colleagues in the world, especially the Jing Sect of Dongdu. Don’t compare us with the trash from Yangdu Jingmen!”
Mucha and Ita: "Wow!"
Hua Yitang: "Ah, it sounds like Dongdu's Jingmen is much better than Yangdu's."
Jin Ruo snorted: "There is a rule in Jingmen's sect. The place where Qianjing is located is the authentic one of Jingmen. It's useless no matter what you say."
Ding Kun sneered and said, "Qianjing is not in your hands, and you, a yellow-mouthed kid, are not authentic." After saying that, he turned his eyes to Lin Sui'an, "Ms. Lin, if you are willing to give Qianjing to Dongdu Jingmen, I, the Jingmen of Dongdu, would like to treat Madam Lin as my guest forever, and any information Madam Lin wants to find out from now on will be free of charge."
As soon as these words came out, Jin Ruo's face darkened, while Hua Yitang and Lin Sui'an's eyes lit up and they looked at each other.
Hua Yitang raised his eyebrows: He sounded kinder than Jin Ruo.
Lin Sui'an gnashed his teeth and said: Free is the most expensive.
Hua Yitang covered his mouth with a fan and coughed lightly.
Lin Sui'an put on an amiable smile: "It sounds like a good deal. It's a good deal."
Jin Ruo's face suddenly turned black, and he jumped up, but the next moment, Lin Sui'an grabbed his wrist and pulled him back to sit down, causing his butt to hurt from the fall.
Ding Kun was a little suspicious. He asked about Lin Sui'an and Hua Yitang's personalities. Lin Sui'an had amazing martial arts skills and ruthless attacks. Hua Yitang was rich and powerful, and had a delicate heart. These two people were not good at each other. How could they be so easy? Believe him?
"Elder Ding doesn't know something," Hua Yitang shook his fan and sighed, "When we were in Yangdu, the Hua family was tricked by the Yangdu Jingmen. In just one month, they blackmailed me seven times. The price of one hundred and thirty-eight gold and another seventy guan is astronomical. Although I, the Hua family, are rich, I will never want to be taken advantage of!"
"How can there be so many - it hurts!" Jin Ruo was pinched by Lin Sui'an until his teeth and mouth cracked.
"Do you want me to calculate everything for you?" Hua Yitang asked with a smile.
For some reason, Jin Ruo suddenly felt guilty when he saw Hua Yitang's smiling face.
"What's more, even I can only buy news at a 50% discount. It's really——" Lin Sui'an also sighed quietly, "Hearing this is sad——"
Hua Yitang: "Those who see it shed tears."
"Disheartened."
"Outrageous."
"The fate is over."
"No need to force it."
Jin Ruo's face turned green.
Ding Kun secretly compared the price he already knew with Hua Yitang's quotation. He was shocked to find that there was actually a shortage of four hundred and thirty-eight gold and another seventy thousand dollars. Sure enough, all the money had been embezzled by Jin Ruo. ! The look in Jin Ruo's eyes suddenly turned full of contempt. The dignified acting sect master of the Jingmen actually got to such an extent. It seems that the Yangdu Jingmen is just like the legend. It is riddled with holes and is not worth mentioning.
"Elder Ding just said that he can take seriously his promise that all information provided to the Hua family after Jingmen will be free of charge?" Hua Yitang asked.
Ding Kun: "No lies!"
"Are you willing to sign a contract with Hua?"
"This..." Ding Kun paused, gritted his teeth, "Okay!"
"Qianjing is a famous ancient artifact and is worth a lot of money," Lin Sui'an said, "Isn't it inappropriate to give it away for free?"
Ding Kun continued to grit his teeth, "We are willing to pay five hundred gold to buy it!"
"A thousand gold coins!"
Ding Kun gritted his teeth until it hurt, "Okay!"
"Come on!" Lin Sui'an made the final decision, "That's it."
Ding Kun secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
He had some doubts about these two people before, but when he saw that they were about to sign a contract and the lion was asking for money, he immediately believed it.
"It's just that the handover of Qianjing is a major event for the Jingmen. You can't just do it casually," Lin Sui'an said, "There should be a place chosen and a ceremony, right?"
Ding Kun: "What Mrs. Lin said is true."
"I wonder how many elders there are in Dongdu Jingmen? Who is in charge? Can we meet and discuss in detail?" Lin Sui'an asked, "I am only a disciple of the outer sect. I don't know much about this sect. I still need all the elders." Give me some pointers."
"That's how it should be." Ding Kun nodded frequently, "When I go back and discuss it with some elders, how about contacting Mrs. Lin another day?"
Lin Sui'an: "Very good."
Hua Yitang shook his fan and glanced at Mu Xia. Mu Xia immediately untied Ding Kun with a look. Ding Kun loosened his wrist and stood up. He glanced at his brothers lying around. His eyebrows that had just relaxed became gloomy again. a bit.
Lin Sui'an said hurriedly: "To show our sincerity, all the injured brothers today will be given free healing medicine." After saying that, he looked at Fang Ke and said, "Brother Fang, I'm done."
Fang Ke was caught halfway, and he was confused. At this moment, Zhang Er was even more confused: Did he do any medicine for injuries along the way?
Hua Yitang: "I know Brother Fang is reluctant to let go, but this matter is a major matter related to the cooperation between the Hua family and Jingmen. I hope Brother Fang will give up."
Fang Ke:? ? ?
Hua Yitang quickly shook his small fan and raised his eyebrows as he reminded, "It's the one that Brother Fang and Ita spent three hours brewing yesterday and used dozens of precious medicinal materials -"
Fang Ke suddenly realized: That thing was not some kind of medicine at all, but the tea soup that Eta had failed to prepare. Even he could not swallow it. The two of them must have suffered too much.
"Forget it, it's an advantage for them." Fang Ke reluctantly sighed.
Ita was even more reluctant, with a long face, and put the remaining old tea soup in the tea cauldron in a small jar. Ding Kun didn't believe it at first. After all, the "holy medicine" didn't smell good, but he saw a comatose person. The brother took a small sip and was about to faint for more than half an hour. The injury actually caused him to sit up on the spot and regained consciousness instantly. He couldn't help but be overjoyed. He thought that he was indeed Shiro Hana. He was rich and powerful, and he actually had such a miraculous curative holy product. , hurriedly assisted Yita and Fang Ke to pour the concoction on everyone, and everyone woke up in no less than half a cup of tea.
Dr. Fang also kindly gave instructions on the timing and precautions for taking the medicine, and he was meticulous in detail, which is really a sign of the kindness of a doctor.
Ding Kun and his brothers thanked him profusely and left in a hurry.
Yi Ta held the remaining tea soup and sat on the side angrily. Jin Ruo looked at Fang Ke in shock - in fact, he realized when Lin Sui'an grabbed him that Lin Sui'an used something like "Ming Xiu" The plan to "secretly attack Chencang on the plank road" was to stabilize Ding Kun first, and then make long-term plans - what really surprised him was that he, Lin Sui'an and Hua Yitang had been hanging around for so long, but he still couldn't understand what these two people were thinking at the first time. I have only known them for a few days, so why can I cooperate with them so well with just a word and a look?
Is this what Lin Sui'an calls "IQ crushing"?
"Jin Ruo, you stinky boy!"
Lin Sui'an slapped Jin Ruo on the back of the head. Although it wasn't hard, it still made Jin Ruo a little confused and said, "Huh?"
"What on earth did you come to Dongdu for?!" Lin Sui'an shouted sharply, "Tell the truth!"
Jin Ruo shrank his neck, feeling that his aura had lost three points, "The Purity Sect's token Qianjing and the Secret Sword Techniques Ten Purity Collections have been lost for many years. The prestige of the Jingmen General Altar is not as good as before, and the Jingmen branch altars are scattered all over the country. Everyone is fighting their own little Jiujiu, and their hearts have long since dispersed... Especially the Jingmen sub-altar in Dongdu, at the feet of the saint, occupies the right time, place and people. It has gained momentum in recent years and is expected to replace the main altar in Yangdu. ——”
"So you came to Dongdu with us because you want to use Lin Sui'an's ability to conquer the Jingmen of Dongdu?" Hua Yitang squinted at Jin Ruodao.
Jin Ruo's voice was muffled, "I didn't expect them to be so rampant and come directly to the door." He clenched his fists, "Lin Sui'an, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have taken advantage of you and Qian Jing, this matter, this matter Don’t interfere in this matter, I will find a way——”
Lin Sui'an: "Is it Elder Zhang's idea?"
Jin Ruo suddenly raised his head: "Eh?"
Hua Yitang: "I don't think you can think of such a stupid idea even with your walnut-meat brain."
"Who, who is Walnut Kernel——"
"I can help you." Lin Sui'an said, "But there is a requirement."
Jin Ruo's eyes lit up: "I can also promise that in the future, as long as it is the news you want, all cleansing will be free of charge, and I can also sign the contract!"
"Go, go, who are you looking down on?" Hua Yitang sneered, "Do I, Hua, lack those three melons and two dates?"
Jin Ruo: "Eh?"
"My request is," Lin Sui'an said with a smile, "that you become my apprentice."
Jin Ruo was stunned, and Hua Yitang dropped his fan.
Lin Sui'an held his cheeks and looked at the beauty under the moon opposite him with great interest - ahem, puffer fish under the moon.
Hua Yitang irritably shook his small fan, puffed up his cheeks, and took a long breath, blowing, inhaling, blowing - and humming, "Why can he be your apprentice?"
Lin Sui'an took a sip of boiled water and said, "Didn't he agree yet?"
Hua Yitang became even more angry: "Why didn't he agree?!"
"So do you want him to be my apprentice, or do you not want him to be my apprentice?"
"It doesn't matter what I said," Hua Yitang muttered, "You must have your own plans, and I don't know the whole story..."
Lin Sui'an laughed: these words sounded sour both inside and outside.
"Actually, there is a reason why I want to accept Jin Ruo as my disciple." Lin Sui'an took out the Shi Jing Ji and pushed it in front of Hua Yitang, "This is the Jing Sect's secret sword technique, the Shi Jing Ji. "
Hua Yitang was stunned, "W-are you willing to let me see such a top-secret thing?"
Lin Sui'an: "Yeah."
Hua Yitang's face turned red with excitement. He put down his fan, took out his silk handkerchief and wiped his fingers carefully. He carefully untied the book scroll and looked at it intently. Then his face fell.
Lin Sui'an suppressed a smile.
"Did you really practice Kung Fu based on this thing?" Hua Yitang was shocked.
Lin Sui'an nodded.
Hua Yitang looked at Lin Sui'an's expression as if he had seen an alien. After a while, he made a comment: "Lin Sui'an, you are really gifted, rare in the world... no, you are an unparalleled genius!"
"Miscellaneous praise."
"But does this have anything to do with you accepting Jin Ruo as your disciple?"
Lin Sui'an was silent for a moment, "Jin Ruo doesn't believe me."
Hua Yitang's eyes widened.
"It can be seen from today's incident with Dongdu Jingmen that he has always been wary of me, or in other words, Yangdu Jingmen has been hiding everything from me," Lin Sui'an said, "Especially today, Dongdu Jingmen and I When the people from the sect were fighting, they discovered that the moves they used had traces of the Shijingji, which means——"
Hua Yitang made it clear: "Do you suspect that Dongdu Jingmen also has a fragment of the Ten Pure Collections?"
Lin Sui'an: "It's very likely."
"Do you think Jin Ruo already knew about this?"
Lin Sui'an was not sure. She shook her head and changed the question, "With your erudition, what special features can you see from this Shi Jing Collection?"
Hua Yitang's expression was a little distorted, and he was no longer confident even in the way he shook his fan: "Hua has no research on knife skills yet—"
"There is a fatal flaw in my kung fu." Lin Sui'an said, "You have discovered it a long time ago, right?"
Hua Yitang stopped fanning, pursed his lips, and stopped when he saw Lin Sui'an's expression.
Lin Sui'an opened her palms and clenched them tightly, feeling the pulse of her heart and blood, as well as the terrifying murderous intention hidden deep in this body. Although she could not feel the terrifying power now, she knew very well, This power could get out of control and go crazy at any time. She couldn't guarantee that she would wake up in time every time. If she accidentally killed someone - Lin Sui'an closed his eyes. It seemed that just by thinking about it, the tip of his nose could Smelling the overwhelming smell of blood - maybe she would never wake up.
"Since my kung fu comes from the Ten Pure Collections, I can naturally find ways to make up for my shortcomings from the Ten Pure Collections. I don't know how many fragments of the Ten Pure Collections there are in the world, but I know that only the Pure Gate can do it." Help me find them," Lin Sui'an said calmly, "Only if Jin Ruo completely trusts me, will he tell me the most hidden secret of Jingmen. To make one person completely trust another person, it must be between two people. Forging an unbreakable relationship, I have been thinking about it, if we are to make a blood alliance and become brothers, Jin Ruo is eighteen years old and one year older than me, wouldn’t I want to recognize him as my brother - hum! "
Lin Sui'an already wanted to beat someone just by imagining that scene.
Hua Yitang deeply agreed: "It's better to be a master and a disciple. He is a generation above him. From now on, it will be justified for us to deal with that brat."
Lin Sui'an raised his eyebrows: "I am the master, and teaching him is the right thing to do. Who do you think you are?"
"Natural mathematician - cough!" Hua Yitang said with a serious face, "I am your partner, so naturally I am half master."
Lin Sui'an narrowed his eyes.
"The matter is settled." Hua Yitang stood up and smoothed his sleeves, "Let Mu Xia choose an auspicious day and have a glorious apprenticeship ceremony. Ahem, it's getting late. I'll go back and rest first -"
"The business hasn't been done yet, why are you in a hurry?"
Hua Yitang was startled: "What's the business-"
Before he finished speaking, Hua Yitang felt a blur in front of his eyes. Lin Sui'an was in front of him in the blink of an eye, only half a step away from him. She was one head lower than herself, and at such a close distance, she still raised her head. Looking from Hua Yitang's point of view, the girl in front of her had slightly raised eyes, and her eyes were sparkling, which was very tempting.
Hua Yitang swallowed hard, his ears felt hot, and he couldn't help but clasp the fan tightly with his fingers. He thought that he had chosen the clothes well today: the willow branches melted into his shirt in the moonlight, and he fanned himself at dusk. A bottle of spring dawn hibiscus fragrance, paired with——
Lin Sui'an took another three points closer and smiled.
Hua Yitang's heart stopped for half a beat. He smelled Lin Sui'an's breath, which was like the lonely moon in the ice spring, cold and clear, refreshing.
Suddenly, the world in front of him was spinning. When Hua Yitang came back to his senses, he was parallel to the night sky, with his back on the ground, and was thrown to the ground by Lin Sui'an's shoulder.
"If someone takes advantage of you in the future, throw him out as hard as I did, remember?" Lin Sui'an's successful smile flashed before Hua Yitang's eyes, and he walked away.
Hua Yitang lay quietly on the ground, looked at the vast night sky for a long time, and laughed out loud.
"I remember."
The first time I saw you, I was thrown out so neatly.
Small theater 1
Lin Sui'an: You are thousands of years too early to take advantage of me.
Small theater 2
Fang Ke sat by the bed and carefully recorded: Zishi worked overtime for half an hour.
After I finished writing, I was a little confused. It didn't really matter whether he was going today or not. Why did I have to ask him to go?
Small theater 3
Muxia: One thousand, eight hundred and eighty-eight quotes from Shiro
Once you board Hua's boat, you are like a grasshopper on a rope. No one can escape! This is the power of team building!
Small theater 4
Jin Ruo’s Flying Pigeon Biography records:
Elder Zhang saw the letter as if he had met: I'm so angry with those gangsters at Dongdu Jingmen. I haven't even gone to trouble them, but they dare to come and provoke me! It's a pity that they don't know how terrifying that guy Lin Sui'an is. He was beaten to pieces, his entire army was wiped out, and he was fooled by that evil-minded guy Hua Yitang. Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk.
Now there's good news, and there's not-so-good news.
The good news is that Lin Sui'an said he can help us regain the territory of Dongdu Jingmen.
The not-so-good news is that Lin Sui'an actually said he wanted to accept me as his disciple? !
When she said this, she smiled like a weasel stealing a chicken. No matter how she looked at her, I didn't dare to agree. I always felt that she was trying to trick me.
After thinking about it, I asked Elder Zhang to discuss it carefully with other elders.
Reply quickly.
Cut, cut, cut!
Extra (looking at the first encounter between the two from Hua Yitang's perspective):
Hua Yitang was very bored these days.
Feng Yuyi and the others didn't know whether they were suffering from plague or illness, but they actually didn't come to trouble Hua for three days in a row. As a result, he had no one to scold or fight with, and he was so idle that hair started to grow on his body.
Mu Xia found a bunch of free books and piled them on the desk. He picked a few books and flipped through them. He found them all very boring. They were all fantasy books, either about self-pity or self-pity, or about random ghosts. The monster was far less complicated than the cases he had seen over the years.
Hua Yitang held her chin and shook her fan, looking at the withered sweet-scented osmanthus outside the window, and sighed with deep resentment, "Alas——"
"Silang, there is a letter from Duke Mu, the leader of the Sixth Team." Mu Xia walked in holding the envelope, "saying that he encountered a murder case in Nanpu County."
Hua Yitang sat up straight, "Murder case? Prepare the car quickly and go to Nanpu County——"
"It shouldn't be necessary," Mu Xia Zhanxin read the content at the end, "Mu Gong said that there was a young lady who solved the case by herself. He also praised the young lady in the letter for her ability to solve the case as much as Shiro."
Hua Yitang: "What little lady? Show me the letter."
Mu Xia handed over the letter, and Hua Yitang scanned it ten lines at a time. His eyes grew bigger and bigger, and his body sat up straighter. When he saw the end, he stood up and walked around the room, "Secret room murder - framed Murder suspect - if you have divine help in solving the case -" He raised his eyes suddenly, his eyes bright and captivating, "Mu Xia, do you think there is someone like me in this world?"
Mu Xia's eyelids twitched, "Then this person must be too unlucky."
Hua Yitang turned over and read the letter in his hand several times, and quickly waved his small fan, "Mu Zhong said, she is extremely powerful, her martial arts and sword skills are extremely powerful, she is like a ghost possessed, she can fight one against a hundred, Mu Xia...could it be her at that time——"
Mu Xia: "Silang, that was ten years ago, and he was an uncle at the time."
Hua Yitang shook his fan twice more and said with burning eyes, "I must get to know this person!"
Mu Xia sighed helplessly and took out a second letter, "Mr. Mu said that the caravan has already set off back to Yangdu, and the young lady is also accompanying it. It will arrive in about ten days."
"Very good!" Hua Yitang's whole face was radiant. "Hurry and help me pick out some sets of clothes and accessories. No, no, no, I'm going to buy some new sets myself!"
With that said, he ran out in a hurry.
Mu Xia became increasingly helpless and read the two letters again. She found that the young lady's name was not mentioned in the letters. She only added a strange comment at the end of the first letter——
[Mu thought that there was only one person in the world who was so special, Shiro. He never thought that ten years later, he would meet an identical little lady. The wonders of the world can only be glimpsed by us mortals...]
How similar are they? Mu Xia thought: Could it be that he was as unlucky as Shiro? Where are the dead?
Ten days later.
Hua Yitang had freshened up early in the morning, and Mu Zhong Feige sent a letter saying that he would enter the city before noon today. If nothing unexpected happened, the caravan man and the young lady would stay at Furong Tower to rest.
"Silang, how should we deal with the matter of Feng's distorted poems that Pei Qilang mentioned a few days ago?" Mu Xia asked while helping Hua Yitang tie the sachet.
"Let's make an appointment at Furong Building." Hua Yitang spun around in a circle and posed, "How about that?"
"Silang is naturally handsome and charming," Mu Xia saw that Hua Yitang had chosen another hat with a veil that reached to her ankles, and she couldn't help but wonder, "Why is Silang wearing this?"
"When meeting a young lady for the first time, it is natural to keep a certain sense of mystery in order to make a deep impression."
"..."
After getting on the carriage, Mu Xia thought about it again and again, and felt that she should remind her, "Silang has never seen that lady before, and he doesn't know her appearance, height, or family background. Isn't it a bit -" to expect so much?
Is it hot to have your head shaved?
Hua Yitang: "You have been following me for so long. When did my premonition go wrong?"
Mu Xia: "...What Shiro said is true."
Hua Yitang glanced at the cloudless sky and said, "I have a hunch that she and I will hit it off right away."
"Shiro Hanaka! Shiro Hanaka!"
"What a beauty!"
"Sure enough, he is a young and unparalleled Hanaka Shiro. He can captivate people with just a glance from his back."
"My dear mother, if I can be looked at by Shiro Huajia, I will have no regrets in this life!"
Hanashiro put his hands on his hips and raised his fan with the other hand, posing in a pose he had rehearsed hundreds of times. His eyes were looking at the densely packed heads on the riverside under the bridge through the gauze of the hat, and his heartbeat was a little fast.
He made such a high-profile appearance, so the little lady should have seen it.
With this in mind, he made two more poses. After three waves of cheers, he swaggered off the bridge and looked around as he walked - Mu Zhong said that she was fifteen or sixteen years old, not too tall or too short. , with a two-foot horizontal sword on his waist——
"Hua Yitang, take your life!" A loud shout rang in his ears. Hua Yitang suddenly came back to his senses. Only then did he see Bai Shun rushing over with a big stick. He cursed secretly, "Fuck, today he is wearing It was so gorgeous that it was not appropriate to use force, so she had to retreat first, randomly choosing a direction and running wildly. Unexpectedly, the surrounding crowd suddenly became chaotic and rushed up. Hua Yitang was unexpectedly chased. It was unbearable, the curtain hat was squeezed off, and the clothes were messed up. Fortunately, I had the experience of being chased and escaped by my elder brother for many years, so I ran fairly smoothly. But as soon as I rushed out of the crowd, I saw a flash of a knife in front of me on the left, and Hua Yitang Shocked, could there be an ambush ahead - ah ah ah ah? !
His whole body suddenly flew up, and the blue sky, clear river water and densely packed human heads rolled up into a kaleidoscope in front of his eyes. It was not until the moment he lay on the ground that he realized that someone seemed to have just pulled his belt and swung him out. .
There was deathly silence all around. Hua Yitang didn't dare to raise his head or move. He felt that his current appearance was not very good.
The sound of light footsteps came closer and closer. Hua Yitang heard someone squatting beside him and asked softly, "Are you... okay?"
The clear voice shook Hua Yitang's heart.
Hua Yitang clenched his fists suddenly, turned over and sat up, assumed a graceful sitting posture, and smiled the most sincerely, "I'm Hua Yitang, thank you for saving me!"
The face of the person in front of him was against the light and could not be seen clearly - or maybe he was so dizzy that he could not see clearly - her straight figure was gilded by the sunlight, like a golden general in a shrine - Just like the savior ten years ago.
Hua Yitang still remembers his last words:
[The so-called partner means we will live and die together, and we will never leave you. One day, you will find such a person. 】
He found it! :,,
