Yiling County, Beizheng Street.
Outside the hustle and bustle, in the alley.
"Okay..." The old lady first tidied the boy's clothes, and then used her not-so-dirty fist to wipe off the crumbs from the girl's mouth: "Wipe your mouth."
"Huh." The two little guys smiled cutely, and the old woman couldn't help being infected. Then she picked up the porcelain bowl on the ground and put it into her arms. Then she stood up from her kneeling position and went to hold the hands of her two beloved grandchildren. Little Hand: "Let's go."
"鞥." The little guy nodded obediently and took the initiative to hold grandma's big hand, and then let grandma lead him to the depths of the alley.
"Grandma." The boy suddenly called out softly before he had taken a few steps, causing the girl on the other side to look over curiously.
"What's wrong?" the old woman asked softly, but the young man muttered slightly: "鞥..."
Just a few snaps of his fingers. Before the girl on the left stretched her head to look, the boy replied with a smile: "No."
"Hey." The girl tilted her head and let out a muffled groan, while the old woman shook her head silently.
The alley leads to a secluded place and then enters darkness.
They didn't stop or look back along the way, and no one came to see them. Even Feng'er was a little reluctant to enter there.
"..." Ling Ye stared in silence. He didn't dare to look up until the old lady and the others had left for a long time. However, there is only the loneliness of an alley.
Ling Yunzhi stared at the ground with slightly lowered eyes for a while, and then walked into the tavern.
There was something in Ling Ye's eyes. Although he saw it from the corner of his eye, he didn't look at it immediately. Instead, he took a long and deep look at the alley over there, and then silently turned around and walked towards the tavern.
When Ling Ye walked to the door, he paused for a moment so that he could look around the room. At this time, Ling Yunzhi had already sat down there, and the second brother was also standing to his left, waiting, but because his back was to the store door, half of Ling Yunzhi's body was covered.
The tavern is not big, the counter is on the right side, and the shopkeeper inside is busy calculating accounts. This small abacus in his hand is everything he has. Opposite the counter is the entire guest area on the first floor, but there are only six square tables with stools on the first floor, and two of them are located in the narrow aisle next to the stairs, and because the sides of the two tables are against the wall, Therefore, there are only three benches and only three seats.
As for Ling Yunzhi... the table he was sitting at was in the center of the counter, a little more than six feet apart - this was the aisle. And because Ling Yunzhi was sitting on the north side, he was facing the counter and the shopkeeper.
Nowadays, the entire first floor is occupied by tables, either full or empty. Especially the table located at the right rear (northwest corner) of Ling Yunzhi, where seven Jianghu people were drinking wine from a large bowl of meat. The weapons on the table were quite eye-catching.
The above are all what Ling Ye saw at a glance.
As for Ling Ye who was parked in front of the store, only the second brother was watching silently. The second brother was dumbfounded because he saw Ling Ye's desolation.
Ling Ye looked at each other silently, then turned to look at Ling Yunzhi for a while, then silently stepped over the threshold.
The waiter blinked twice, then smiled hoarsely, and asked Xiang Ling Yunzhi: "Master, if you really can't think of a match, let's have two bowls of cold noodles first, and then we'll serve a few side dishes to go with the wine." ?”
As soon as the second brother finished speaking, Ling Ye also walked to the seat opposite Ling Yunzhi, pulled out the bench and sat down there.
"Huh." The younger brother nodded and smiled at Ling Ye, and then looked at Ling Yunzhi with a smile.
Ling Yunzhi was silent for a moment, then slowly raised his left hand.
squeak……
The inaudible friction sound touched Ling Ye's ears, but when Ling Ye looked up... he saw Ling Yunzhi gently placing a finger-sized gold-covered jade on the table.
The second brother couldn't help but his eyes lit up. Although it was not round, it was indeed gold and jade, so he took it away with both hands with a smile. He nodded and bowed as he stepped back: "Wait a moment."
Ling Yunzhi moved his chin slightly, but nothing else.
The younger brother smiled at Ling Yunzhi, then nodded and smiled at Ling Ye, and then put the gold-wrapped jade in his hand into his belt when he turned to leave.
"..." Ling Ye watched silently as the younger brother walked towards the narrow walkway on the south side of the stairs. He slowly lowered his eyes until he opened the kitchen door curtain and entered.
He didn't know where this thing came from, but looking at its rough gold-coated layer... it looked like it had been pinched by someone's hands. Thinking of this, Ling Ye couldn't help but shake his head silently, then turned and sat up straight, waiting for the second brother to come back and serve the food.
Not long after the second brother left, when the Jianghu people next door were drinking heavily, he walked out of the kitchen with two bowls of cold noodles, a pot of wine and a few dishes of side dishes on a tray: "Come on - come on -"
The younger brother took small but quick steps, and as soon as the singing came to the floor, he walked around to Ling Yunzhi's table, quite like an actor entering the stage. And when serving food, they are also cheerful.
Hey, hey.
He served the wine and food first, then the top. Perhaps he considered that "some customers don't like the waiter to bring the staple food directly to them", or he may have learned such a lesson, so he nodded to the two of them and put the pasta at their hands.
"One, two." He took the chopsticks for the two of them and put them on the bowls. Then he bowed to Ling Yunzhi and said, "You can use it slowly. The food and drinks will be here later."
Ling Yunzhi nodded a little, and the second brother smiled happily, and threw the cloth that was placed on his left arm on his shoulder. However, with a long smile, he picked up the tray and held it against his shoulder, taking one step at a time. He walked to the kitchen.
When the second brother walked past the counter, the shopkeeper suddenly shook his head slightly, but did not raise his head to look at the second brother. I don't know if he was frowning because of the accounts on the table.
Ling Ye was silent for a moment, then started eating noodles with chopsticks.
There are many topics in the tavern, especially after drinking a small drink. As soon as the mood strikes, someone will slowly start chatting.
"Have you heard?" A table of casual drinkers on the other side of the corridor were the first to discuss privately.
"What?" The person sitting opposite raised an eyebrow, then picked up a fried bean and threw it into his mouth to chew slowly.
"Hey, what else can there be?" The person sitting next to him acted neither salty nor light, and then picked up the wine cup and took a deep sniff of the fragrance: "唪鞥~~"
"Haha..." The person in the west seat who spoke first smiled cheerfully, and then he smiled and supported his chin with his left hand and said: "I heard that recently, all the sects in the world have made big moves. Good guy , this person is more of a family than a family member."
The two of them raised their eyebrows when they heard it, and they were very interested. They put their hands on the table and asked: "How do you say it?"
The person in the west seat smiled leisurely, then crossed his arms and propped himself up on the table, and moved his butt forward: "You still don't believe me when I say you are blind." After concluding, the person walked towards the door not far behind him. A table of charlatans tilted their heads: "Huh? Haven't you seen these few days, huh? People from all walks of life are rushing to the same place?"
"Uh." The two of them were stunned for a moment, and then looked over sideways with big eyes and small eyes.
The good man was about to take a bowl and drink a large amount of wine, but then he frowned and said, "What?"
"Hiss—" the two gasped and shrank their necks, and then they got together with the people in the west seat: "Go on, go on."
"Shhh..." The person in the west seat motioned to the two of them to silence, and then they lowered their voices and started talking privately: "I also heard someone say this when I was out drinking that day..."
"Yeah." The person sitting opposite nodded lightly, but the person sitting next to him grinned: "Stop shaking your broken gourd and say it quickly."
"Hehe..." The man in the West Seat grinned, and then he spread the news seriously: "I heard, it seems like something, the old master of the Jueqing Sect was injured or something like that."
"Jieqingmen?"
"A ruthless old man?"
The two of them were stunned, and then looked at each other with big eyes and small eyes, and then turned to look at their friends.
"Yes." The man nodded his head lightly, and then began to explain in detail: "It is said that this ruthless old man has few opponents in the world, but not long ago, because the affiliated forces under his sect rebelled, he led his people to clean up the sect. But in the On the way, he was attacked by someone, so he was seriously injured and returned home defeated."
"Oh?" The person sitting opposite was surprised, and the person sitting next to him said, "Is this happening?"
"Of course." The man in the west seat expressed his displeasure, and then said with a leisurely smile: "It is said that this ruthless old man made many elders of the sect look bad when he was young, especially at the beginning of his fame, and even more so with him. Many sects have fought openly and secretly, and they have also had grudges and entanglements with many clan elders from famous sects!"
"It is inevitable that a general will be so successful when his achievements are so great." The man sitting opposite shook his head slightly, but the people sitting next to him disagreed: "No. Reputation is only a burden for one person. A true master never bothers to fight with others. . Let alone talk about dividing life and death, taking advantage of illness to kill someone. This is all the behavior of a villain and a reckless man."
"Haha..." The person in the west seat smiled leisurely, and then moved closer to the two of them: "So, now that they see that this person is weak, why don't all the major Jianghu sects immediately gather their troops to take revenge? That's it. Some bastards also want to take the opportunity to become famous. If God favors them, they can even win unparalleled magic and become the best in the world."
"Oh?" The person sitting opposite was a little surprised, but the person next to him sneered: "Oh, shameless. How many heroes in the world can't avoid the number one in the world, but they flock to it. It's really like ants rushing into the furnace, since they Not measuring up to one’s capabilities.”
"Hehe..." The person in the west seat grinned, and then lowered his voice a little: "Actually, there are only a lot of people rushing over to join in the fun. Look at the group behind, I guess they just ran over to pick up the leaks."
"Oh?" The person sitting opposite raised an eyebrow, and then opened his mouth with a big smile: "If they can go, we can go too."
The person sitting next to him was startled when he heard this, and then he couldn't help but shook his head helplessly, and just went to pick up the vegetables.
"Huh." The person in the west seat grinned, and then suddenly became serious: "There's more..."
despair.
However, the sudden sound of heavy footsteps interrupted all the speakers. In this way, among the people in the room, it is inevitable that someone will turn to look.
But I saw that man: black boots, strong cloth belt, holding a ringed sword with a six-foot-long blade. Moreover, he has thick eyebrows, long and powerful eyes, and is probably a bit unkempt.
Upon seeing this person's face, the seven charlatans at the table immediately frowned, but gradually turned gloomy, and slowly put down the wine bowls in their hands.
The strong man holding the knife glanced sideways at the table of charlatans, and then only glanced around before locking his eyes on Ling Yunzhi.
However, Ling Yunzhi looked at the dining table, and Ling Ye just ate his food without looking outside.
As for the other diners, they all stared at the strong man holding the knife for a while before shaking their heads, but they were all busy with their own business and stopped looking.
"..." The strong man holding the sword frowned slightly and looked at Ling Yunzhi, then glanced sideways at Ling Ye, and finally squinted at the seven Jianghu guests who had clearly paused but were not looking at him. He slowly sneered, but sneered in his heart, and walked towards the table where Ling Yunzhi was sitting.
