Luan Xiu is such a smart woman, of course she understands Shao Xi's intentions.
Shao Xi was telling her that she could accept the kindness of those close to her without considering anything in return, because people who were kind to her did not expect anything in return.
On the contrary, you should be cautious when accepting gifts from strangers, because many people have a purpose to make friends with you, and the benefits given by such people must be reciprocated.
So Shao Xi wants her to understand that she should not reject true goodwill, but know how to reject false goodwill. Accepting some things does not mean that you are taking advantage, and rejecting some things does not mean that you are suffering a loss.
As Shao Xi said, the important thing is to be able to distinguish between good and evil.
People who cannot distinguish between good and evil in this world tend to go to two extremes. Either they are greedy people, asking for things regardless of good or evil, only seeking their own gain.
Either he is an extremely noble person who does not take others' offers seriously, rejects them regardless of whether they are good intentions or malicious ones, and never accepts them.
Shao Xi feels that these two approaches and these two people are problematic, so Shao Xi must guide Luan Xiu to distinguish between right and wrong, good and evil, and know the trade-offs in everything. Only in this way can he lead the Qian Yu Sect to continue to gain a foothold in the martial arts world in the future.
Now that she understood Shao Xi's intentions, Luan Xiu also let go of the undue burden in her heart. She and Suying showed the innocence and naughtiness that girls should have. Not only could they eat hard, but they would also fight for it from time to time. The dishes on the plate look like two children.
Shao Xi looked at them and felt very happy in his heart. Back then, he was an only child with no brothers or sisters. He had never experienced the affection between brothers and sisters. Now looking at the two little girls in front of him, he really found it. A touch of the feeling of being an older brother.
Over the years, he has been reminding himself to take care of the people around him. The happiness of the people around him is his happiness. At this time, the wine in the cup seems to taste much more mellow.
As a result, these five people sat in the elegant room and started eating and drinking without caring about their appearance.
This was the first time for Luan Xiu and Su Ying to come to such a restaurant in their entire lives. Most of the food and wine on the table were things they had never seen before. At this time, the two of them relaxed and ate very happily.
Shao Xi asked casually while drinking wine: "How much do you two know about the Tong family? You might as well tell me."
Luan Xiu stopped the chopsticks in her hand, blinked and thought for a while, and said hesitantly: "I don't know much. I only know that the Tong family has opened many gambling houses and brothels in Fengyang County. Fengyang is The well-known Mafia family in the county.
"I heard that the head of the family, Tong Tao, is a distant relative of the current Minister of Household Affairs. I don't know if it is true or not? The ancestors of the Tong family are from Shimen Town, so even though the family property is in Fengyang City, most of the family members still live here. Shimen Town.”
Suying quickly added from the side: "The head of the Tong family lives in Fengyang City all year round, and his two sons, Tong Feilong and Tong Feihu, live here in Shimen Town.
"These two guys are worse than his father. They bully men and women in Shimen Town, seize houses, and do all kinds of evil. The local people are complaining, but they dare not speak out against them.
"Although we all can't stand it, our uncles don't want us to get into trouble, so as long as they don't provoke us Qianyu Clan people, we will keep our peace."
After listening to Luan Xiu and his wife's introduction to the Tong family, Shao Xi probably knew that the Tong family had become a local hazard by relying on someone from their own court to roam the countryside and bully the weak.
Speaking of Yu Ji, the Minister of Household Affairs, Shao Xi couldn't help but think of Yu Ming, whom he had dealt with during the Lantern Festival. Wasn't that his son?
It seems that it is the tradition of their family to cause trouble and do many evil things. Why is it that this family is all like this?
Although Yu Ji had met Shao Xi a few times, he had never interacted with him. He had greeted him at a banquet in the palace before, but he didn't seem to like him.
If this person who is in charge of the world's money and food has a family full of people of bad character, wouldn't it be a hidden danger to Jing Yuan Kingdom?
Previously, Shao Xi did not go too far because Yu Ming was Yu Ji's son, but now this distant relative made Shao Xi have an idea. Whether Yu Ji is loyal or treacherous just depends on what he has done after provoking the Tong family. You can get a glimpse of his reaction.
Thinking of this, Shao Xi became interested in the Tong family, thinking that with this relationship, even if you don't come to provoke me, I'm afraid your trouble will come.
After thinking about it, Shao Xi couldn't help but raise the corner of his mouth and reveal a smirk. Luan Xiu and Su Ying, who were sitting opposite, saw Shao Xi's smile and wondered why the senior brother had heard about the Tong family. Like I found a treasure?
However, these two little girls didn't think much about it. Of course they didn't know what Shao Xi wanted to do. In their hearts, Shao Xi was just a senior brother with strong martial arts skills. As for his origins? What do you want to do? It's not what they should care about at all.
So the two little girls started eating the vegetables again.
After a lot of fuss, several people got up and went downstairs to pay the bill.
When the shopkeeper of Fuguixuan saw several people coming down from upstairs, he hurriedly greeted Shao Xi and asked Shao Xi if they were still satisfied with their meal.
Zhao Xi nodded, raised his hand and threw him a tael of silver. The shopkeeper caught the silver with a surprised expression on his face and quickly said that he didn't need so much. Shao Xi waved his hand and said that the more money he had, the more he would be rewarded, and led a few people out. Went to Fuguixuan.
Luan Xiu looked at Shao Xi's spending so generously and couldn't help but wonder. When she bought silk and satin for herself and Suying, she spent a full tael of silver, but Shao Xi seemed to just spend a small amount of money and didn't care.
Now that she was throwing another one tael of silver away for a meal, she really couldn't figure out why her senior brother was so rich.
Luan Xiu couldn't help but reach out and touch the purse on her waist. The dozens of pennies in it were used to buy daily necessities for the sect this month. Compared with Shao Xi, she was really poor.
Thinking that Shao Xi had spent so much money on herself, Luan Xiu began to feel a little regretful. After all, one tael of silver was a large amount of money for someone like her.
Shao Xi turned around and saw the expression on Luan Xiu's face, and he almost guessed what she was thinking. Although the Qian Yu Sect was famous in the martial arts world, he never expected that the daily needs of the sect were so tight. Come on, I should do something for Qian Yumen before leaving.
Now it has nothing to do with the previous apology, but as a disciple of the Qianyu Sect, I really can't bear to see the female disciples in the sect unable to even wear a favorite dress at such a fancy age.
Just as Shao Xi was thinking about it and walking out of the gate of Fuguixuan, a group of people suddenly rushed out from the surroundings and surrounded several people in front of the door of Fuguixuan.
The owner of the restaurant knew who the person was as soon as he looked outside. He hurriedly ran out and bowed to the leader, saying solemnly: "It turns out to be Mr. Tong! I didn't know that Mr. Tong came to the shop today. If you miss me from afar, please sit upstairs, Mr. Tong."
From the shopkeeper's words, Shao Xi heard that the leader was Tong Feihu, the second young master of the Tong family. Seeing the posture in front of him, the group of guards just ran back to file a complaint. The second young master of the Tong family then brought people to look for him. of bad luck.
Tong Feihu glanced at the shopkeeper and just replied, "It's none of your business here. Get out of here, or I'll beat you up too, Mr. Er."
When the shopkeeper of Fuguixuan heard this, he trembled with fright and quickly retreated. Before turning around and entering the door, he glanced at Shao Xi secretly, as if to remind Shao Xi to be more careful.
Shao Xi smiled and nodded slightly to the shopkeeper. He turned around and put the folding fan in his hand on his chest. He just smiled and looked at the tall, dark and bearded man in front of him, as if he had been waiting for his arrival for a long time. expected.
Tong Feihu came with more than twenty guards, including the six who were thrown down from the second floor by Shao Xi before.
The guard leader was pointing at Shao Xi with an aggrieved look and said to Tong Feihu: "Second Master, this is the man who threw us down from the building. His martial arts is not weak. Even a fifth-grade man like me is under him." I have no power to fight back in front of you, so let’s see if you, Second Master, can speak out for us today.”
In fact, it's no wonder that he feels aggrieved. The existence of a fifth-grade person in the world is already extremely enviable, let alone being a guard.
You know, when Shao Xi accepted Fu Biao, who was also a fifth-grade guard, he still lamented that he was a bit incompetent, so there were indeed not many people who could afford a fifth-grade guard.
It can be seen that the Tong family is also very wealthy. They have recruited a group of people with excellent martial arts skills from the world to serve as the family's bodyguards. They must have spent a lot of money to recruit people of the fifth grade.
But now that even the fifth-grade guards were beaten outside, the Tong family naturally felt unhappy. They thought that no one in the Tong family had dared to take the initiative to offend them in all these years.
Even the Qianyu Sect on the nearby Lingyu Mountain just kept away from each other and did not offend each other. I wonder who this short-sighted and impatient guy dared to attack a member of the Tong family today?
However, Tong Feihu also knew that a person who could easily defeat a fifth-grade guard leader must be at least a sixth-grade martial artist, so when he was in the early sixth-grade stage and faced Shao Xi, although his eyes were sharp and his face was unkind, But in my heart, I didn't dare to be careless at all.
However, he was naturally not polite to those who offended his Tong family.
So after looking Shao Xi up and down, he asked unceremoniously: "Boy, who are you? What is your background? Why do you dare to beat up a member of my Tong family in Shimen Town? Do you know what you have done to yourself? Are you getting into trouble?"
Shao Xi shook the folding fan in his hand and still looked at Tong Feihu with a smile without saying a word. He just shook his head gently, which made Tong Feihu a little confused for a moment. He didn't know whether Shao Xi didn't understand what he said or was too lazy to pay attention. he?
"Damn it, I'm asking you a question! How dare you pretend to be deaf and dumb in front of me? Do you believe that I'm going to break your leg today?"
Shao Xi still smiled and shook his head, but still didn't say a word in reply to him.
