"Hmph!" Mu Qingyan said arrogantly, "I am the Painted Skin Demon, what are they? After the murder of the Chang family, except for you, Luoying Valley, who really lived in seclusion and never knew about it, what plan did the other five Beichen factions have? Revenge for the Chang family? Now your father said he wanted to pay homage to the Great Hero Chang, and your master and Zhou couldn’t help but join in the fun, so they came together to join in the fun. Humph, why did you go there earlier, you are a bunch of hypocrites!"
…
The moonlight is bright outside the house, and the idle people retreat.
As a loyal subordinate, You Guanyue was waiting in the corner downstairs with enthusiasm.
Shangguan Haonan yawned: "Just ask your subordinates to come and wait for the leader. Why do we have to come in person?"
"Then you're still coming!"
"My Yingying said that you must not let you take the opportunity to be loyal to the leader."
"Then you find a way to be loyal. Why do you follow me?"
"My Yanyan said that I am so loyal and honest that I can easily be deceived by you, so it is better to follow you all the time."
The two of them were bickering when they suddenly heard the window above them snap open, their robes flying in front of their eyes, and their beloved boss was pushed out by a fierce gust of wind.
At the same time, a familiar girl's voice came out - "The first of the three chapters of the agreement, you are not allowed to speak ill of my elders! Get out of here!"
With nothing to rely on outside the window, Mu Qingyan tapped her toes on the wall, slowly falling like an ink cloud.
After landing, his face was darker than Mo Yun.
You Guanyue approached excitedly: "The leader is good at body skills and light kung fu! Qingyun Zong is indeed worthy of his reputation!"
Mu Qingyan gave him a cold look.
You Guanyue felt cold all over.
Shangguan Haonan stepped forward and whispered: "Master, do everything in an orderly manner. What I am most afraid of is that Miss Cai's heart will remain calm and will not waver in the slightest. If she is willing to get angry and talk to the leader for a long time, there will be more room for maneuver."
Mu Qingyan's expression brightened slightly, and he looked at his subordinates with approval.
Watching his boss leave, You Guanyue turned around and angrily said, "Shangguan, how dare you steal my limelight!"
Shangguan Haonan said leisurely: "I'm not stealing your limelight, but you can't help the leader in this matter."
"How do you know I can't help!"
"My Honghong said that your face shows that you don't understand women, otherwise Xing'er wouldn't hide and cry."
"...Shut up."
Chapter 97
Mu Qingyan always knew that Cai Zhao was a sweet-faced and cruel person. She said she wanted to cut him off in two, and she would get up and sharpen the knife even in the middle of the night.
As he expected, Cai Zhao asked the waiter to clean out the first floor of the small building early the next morning, and then forcibly dragged the yawning Fan Xingjia to move in. As she had seen the night before, the first floor of this small building was originally a set of exquisitely renovated guest rooms, but the painting demon's men had removed all the furniture and decorations, and covered all the windows with dusty linen. Then a pile of bulky and huge wood was brought up to cover it.
After half a day of tidying up, Fan Xing's family watched as the original simple house became clean, comfortable and bright, with several inner rooms built into it. The area was much larger than the upper rooms where the same family lived, and their attitude changed from reluctant to embarrassed. .
Ding Zhuo came over to take a look, and immediately asked the waiter to bring his luggage over. Fan Xing's family hoped that senior brother would at least give a reason to move here. Ding Zhuo said that I'm worried about junior brother, you are afraid of the dark at night. Fan Xing's family said that senior brother, you might as well not say anything.
Qi Lingbo was angry and jealous, but now he couldn't open his mouth to change rooms. He flung his sleeves and left angrily. Dai Fengchi chased after him to comfort him as usual.
Song Yuzhi looked at Cai Zhao with a complicated expression, and Cai Zhao turned away. She knew that Song Yuzhi had guessed it, and Song Yuzhi also knew that Cai Zhao knew that he had guessed it, but neither of them exposed it.
After all this tossing, Cai Zhao's meaning became clear - if you, surnamed Mu, try to get into my house again, Ding Fan and Ding Fan will wake up and warn everyone. Immediately, there will be swords against swords on both sides, and everyone will fall out!
But Mu Qingyan is not a good person to deal with. When things are dark, he comes to make things clear.
At noon that day, when Qingque Sect and Tai Chu Guan disciples gathered for a banquet on the second floor of the inn lobby, they found that Mu Qingyan and a group of subordinates were sitting across from them, enjoying the usual mellow honey wine and the usual braised glutinous rice. Even the roasted goose's head was placed in the same sad and angry posture.
Dai Fengchi stood up and asked the other party loudly what he wanted to do.
Mu Qingyan was wearing a bright red robe with gold clouds and brocade sprinkled all over the floor, with ink-cut hair on the temples, a gold crown and jade hairpin, and he was leisurely shaking a gold-painted folding fan with jade bones that looked very expensive at first glance. He looked like a handsome young man from a troubled world, and said hypocritically : "It's just a meal when you get hungry while shopping. It's not illegal to go shopping, and it's not illegal to eat. Do you Beichen disciples even have to deal with this?"
You Guanyue and Shangguan Haonan immediately followed up and joined in. They led the gang and began to ridicule each other. Why is this street opened by Beichen? Is this city covered by Beichen?
Mu Qingyan glanced at a certain little girl with a vague look, pretending to be melancholy and said: "Hey, they all say that the Beichen Six Sect is the leader of the righteous path in the world. I don't think that nowadays, the world is declining, and the disciples in the sect are becoming more and more unrestrained. I didn't say These few sentences are vicious, brutal and domineering, and not unreasonable at all!" The last few words were almost squeezed out of the gap between the teeth.
Dai Fengchi's face turned green with anger. Ding Zhuo and Fan Xingjia both thought that Mu Qingyan was provoking. Only Song Yuzhi knew that this was not a provocation, but a different kind of subtle teasing.
The fellow disciples around him stood up and angrily denounced the fallacies of the demon sect. Qi Lingbo saw that Cai Zhao was still pretending to be stupid, and asked angrily: "Junior sister, why don't you say a word!"
Cai Zhao retorted: "I said so."
"what did you say!"
"I said 'the seniors are right'."
"that's it?!"
"And 'Senior brothers are so right'."
Qi Lingbo fell down in anger, and seeing her vomiting out the water with just a hint of her lips, Cai Zhao pulled her over and threatened in a low voice: "If you dare to talk about my past of protecting that person again, I will kill you two when you turn around." Beat your senior brother to death, and then hire seventy, eighty, or ninety storytellers to compile the unexplainable stories between you and your second senior brother into a storybook, and sing it all over the world!"
Qi Lingbo's hair stood on end: "I can also tell the truth about you and that demon sect monster!"
Cai Zhao said slowly and calmly: "I was deceived by others at the beginning, but now I have found my way back. As for you, senior sister, you are still going in and out with your second senior brother. Unless you two break up immediately, will you let it go?"
Qi Lingbo was hit in a weak spot. She was already uncertain, so how could she break Dai Fengchi's heart.
How could Li Yuanmin, Dai Fengchi and the others know what to say about You Guanyue and his ilk? They all roared angrily, and You Guanyue and the others were so sarcastic and mean that they turned red in the face and thick-necked in anger after just a few back and forth. Just when they were so angry that they were about to throw down the table and draw their swords, a middle-aged Taoist priest in purple robe led several disciples slowly up the stairs.
"Hehehe, it's so lively. What are they talking about? No one even noticed that Pindao stepped into the inn." Wang Yuanjing's cloak fluttered and he smiled warmly.
Mu Qingyan's eyes moved, and he looked left and right. You Guanyue and Shangguan Haonan understood each other. One finger clasped the hidden weapon in his sleeve, and the other pressed the quiver on his waist. At the same time, he took half a step back slightly, signaling to the subordinates around him to be on guard.
Mu Qingyan was not afraid of Wang Yuanjing, but the strength of the two parties before was at the level of pinching a snail with three fingers, but now they were in danger of a fight. Even in such a scene, he was absolutely sure to punch Li Yuanmin first, then slap Dai Fengchi, kick Ding Zhuo down, knock out Fan Xingjia, and then calmly walk away from Song Yuzhi and Wang Yuanjing.
But if that were the case, wouldn't it be a joke to a certain little girl?
So he continued to sit down calmly.
"I heard that Master Mu had put an end to the Nie family's rebellion a few months ago and regained his position as leader. I would like to congratulate you here." Wang Yuanjing smiled and said, "Just now I heard Master Mu at the door accusing my junior brother and nephews of being overbearing. Pindao disagrees."
"Truth theory is domineering and unreasonable. No one in the world can compare with Nie Hengcheng's uncle and nephew. The disciples of the six sects are just afraid of your sect's skills, and are afraid that they will fall into the trap without knowing it, so they can't help but be a little impulsive. Nie Hengcheng's uncle and nephew are different. Mortals are not only vicious and murderous externally, but they are also not too generous internally."
Mu Qingyan already knew what Wang Yuanjing was going to say next, and the smile on his face disappeared.
Wang Yuanjing said unhurriedly: "My ancestors were so kind to Nie Hengcheng that they both adopted and cultivated me. But how did Nie Hengcheng repay the Mu family? Alas, if it weren't for the outstanding young leader Mu who turned the tide, how many people in the world would be there today?" People remember Mu’s illustrious reputation for more than a hundred years.”
His tone was gentle, but every word hit Mu Qingyan's sore spot. He pointed at Nie's uncle and nephew openly, but secretly mocked Mu Qingyan's ancestors for not understanding people, raising tigers, and reaping the consequences.
Mu Qingyan's jaw tightened slightly, and his handsome face was as cold as frost.
He clenched his palms in his sleeves and said, "You should know that right now I am still determined to take the life of any one of you - including you, the headmaster."
As soon as these words came out, Li Yuanmin, Dai Fengchi and others immediately pressed the hilts of their swords.
"I know." Wang Yuanjing was unmoved and still smiled, "The cultivation of Master Mu is unpredictable. Our six sects have inquired from all sides, but we still don't know the depth of Master Mu. The poor Taoist has long teeth, but he is far inferior. I am ashamed and ashamed. .”
"But Master Mu should also know that it is very rare for our six sects and your sect to be in harmony with each other. Does Master Mu still want to recreate the bloody storm of the past? Master Mu has a resolute heart and is extremely persevering. Why do you need to be on the same level as a hot-blooded straight-headed fellow such as my poor fellow apprentice and nephew?"
These words were reasonable and well-founded, neither arrogant nor arrogant. They not only stung Mu's secret pain, but also made clear the current situation between the two parties. They made Mu Qingyan very confident, and Cai Zhao couldn't help but secretly admire him.
She leaned into Fan Xing's ear and said, "Headmaster Wang is very clever. Why haven't I heard of his reputation before?" This Uncle Wang has a quiet and gentle temperament. He is inconspicuous at first glance, but he has a kind power of his own.
The Fan Xing family also whispered: "Uncle Lei said that when Master Wang was young, he almost returned home to get married. Something happened to Wu Yuanying and Taichuguan was in chaos, so he stayed."
Wang Yuanjing's half-pushing and half-pulling words calmed down the originally tense atmosphere. Li Yuanmin looked at the head brother with a look full of respect and affection, and Dai Fengchi also sheathed his sword and sat down.
Mu Qingyan was unhappy and was about to leave when he suddenly heard Wang Yuanjing say to Cai Zhao across the table, "Zhao Zhao, guess who else is here today?"
Cai Zhao was curious: "Who is it?"
Wang Yuanjing smiled but didn't answer, and shouted towards the door downstairs: "Why don't you come in?"
Following these words, everyone stretched their heads and looked down, and their eyes suddenly lit up.
I saw several disciples with swords in light blue long-sleeved toga robes appearing at the door of the inn. Among them, a boy of sixteen or seventeen years old was exceptionally beautiful. Under the bright sunlight, the silver-threaded landscape embroidery patterns on his clothes were as if they were beautiful. Average flow.
"Sister Zhaozhao, long time no see." He looked up and smiled softly.
Cai Zhao threw himself on the railing on the second floor, surprised and happy: "Brother Yuqi!"
This delicate and crisp cry stopped Mu Qingyan in his tracks and made Song Yuzhi straighten his back. Yes, this beautiful young man was none other than Zhou Yuqi, the son of Master Peiqiong, whose name the disciples of the Qingque Sect had long heard.
Wang Yuanjing laughed and called the disciples of Taichu Temple to leave: "Yuanmin, let these juniors eat, drink and laugh by themselves. I have something to explain to you."
Li Yuanmin left as ordered.
Seeing Zhou Yuqi coming up, Fan Xing's family obediently gave up the seat next to Cai Zhao to him and went to sit at the table with Ding Zhuo.
Qi Lingbo was full of ideas and did not move.
Under the surprised gazes of Ding Zhuo and Fan Xingjia, Song Yuzhi nudged past and squeezed into the seat closest to Cai Zhao's table.
Mu Qingyan refused to leave even to death. He raised his bright red and gold embroidered robe and sat back down, looking at the new little bastard up and down with doubtful eyes.
Zhou Yuqi is not low in stature, and his appearance is about 60% similar to that of his father Zhou Zhizhen. His heroic spirit is slightly lacking, but his beauty and elegance are more than enough.
His voice was particularly pleasant, and he asked Cai Zhao in a gentle voice if he was tired from going out this time, if he was used to it after attending Qingque Sect, and if he would like him to send over a cook who could cook Jiangnan cuisine.
Cai Zhao was happy in his heart, but he said: "How embarrassing, why don't you send a cook here just for me?"
"Then simply open a restaurant in Qingque Town, and add a few more chefs who are good at cooking other cuisines. Sister Zhaozhao can eat whenever she wants, and take care of the accounts. Sister Zhaozhao is smart and capable. , business must be booming." Zhou Yuqi's eyes were filled with the gentle Jiangnan breeze.
Cai Zhao beamed with concern and tried his best to show a humble expression: "Brother Yuqi, you always praise me like this. What will you do if I become arrogant and annoying?"
Zhou Yuqi said sincerely: "Sister Zhaozhao has been well-measured since she was a child. She is the most lovable and considerate of others. No amount of praise from me is enough."
"Oh, Brother Yuqi, you are so serious!" Cai Zhaoai patted him sweetly.
——The second floor of the huge restaurant fell silent unconsciously. Except for the brothers Zhou Yuqian and Zhou Yukun, who had already seen it before, everyone else was stunned. They stopped drinking and dropped their chopsticks, all looking at Cai Zhao's table.
Song Yuzhi had met Zhou Yuqi several times before, and his impression was that he was just a mediocre and quiet young man with nothing to worry about. I never imagined that Zhou Yuqi would be so gentle, considerate and meticulous when he was with Cai Zhao.
If Xiao Fu's temperament could be achieved in this way, then all the obstacles he had expected between Zhou and Cai's marriage might disappear, because Zhou Yuqi obviously doesn't mind if his wife is stronger than him.
Alarm bells rang in Song Yuzhi's heart.
Mu Qingyan was even more worried.
As a supposed love rival, he naturally sent many people to inquire about Zhou Yuqi's behavior. However, there was still a gap between hearing people's reports and seeing it with his own eyes. The cowardly and ordinary owner Zhou Shaozhuang in the newspaper was talking and laughing like this in front of Cai Zhao.
He couldn't help but think of the useless scholar in a certain third-rate novel, but the girl loved him to death. No matter how sincerely the young master of the city tried to force him into a corner, the girl was determined to grow old with the scholar.
Mu Qingyan and Song Yuzhi felt that they were wrong.
