The next day, Jiang Ming and Shen Yiwei packed up their clothes and daily necessities, and after asking the owner of Chang'an to resign, they walked out of this Qianfeng Inn, and the old tea maker and the white girl of the flower arrangement came to say goodbye.

Jiang Ming carried the baggage and belongings of the two of them, and also carried a large wooden box containing a halberd of Fang Yuan, which was also out of the manly temperament in his heart, and he refused to let Shen Yi worry about the slightest burden. Of course, in the eyes of the martial arts master who possessed the power of the Eight Leads, the weight of these items was not worth mentioning.

Shen Yiwu is a lot quieter today, if he walked on the street in the past, he must be looking around and jumping and laughing, Jiang Ming cast a surprised look, but Shen Yiwu just smiled, and said without a match: "A few days ago, the white girl chatted with me, about the relationship between her and the old tea maker, although in fact, although they are father and daughter, but the old gentleman is sorry for the white girl and her mother." ”

Jiang Ming was a little surprised and asked, "How do you say this?" I think that old gentleman is still very good except for his cold temperament. ”

Shen Yiwu put his hands behind his back, walked more slowly, his eyes swept over Jiang Ming from time to time, and said slowly: "Young man, fresh clothes and angry horses, full of spirit, but he doesn't understand human feelings and love, leaving his pregnant wife to wander the rivers and lakes, and when he returned home, it was more than ten years later, he was seriously injured and stubbornly ill, and his wife who raised the child alone at home had already passed away, the old gentleman repented too late, although his daughter could forgive him for abandoning, but the dead couldn't." ”

Jiang Ming sighed lightly and said, "No wonder the white girl's attitude is so blunt, if other women don't even recognize this father, right?

Shen Yi snorted softly, and then fell into deep thought again, she didn't really want to say this, she was recalling the vague dream, the dream that made her heart shackle again.

"Yi Wei, I didn't expect you to be so good at making friends, it's only been a few days, you can knock on the white girl's sincere and honest conversation, I didn't find you have this kind of talent in Cambrian in the past. Jiang Ming wondered.

"Where is talent, but at the same time, the end of the world has fallen into people, and there are naturally more topics. The white girl is a graceful and elegant woman, but also a pitiful woman, I teased her that she was careful that the landlord would marry her off, but she said that she was a confidant and a caring person, and she didn't know where to look, if you can't find it, don't look for it. It sounds very sad. ”

Shen Yiwu muttered in a low voice, Jiang Ming also listened to a sentence and missed a sentence, but he didn't know that the daughter was extremely sensitive, and what she wanted at the moment was the comforting words of her sweetheart, but she didn't want it, so she lowered her head even more, looked at the restaurant in the distance, and said as if surprised: "I'm just a little hungry, let's go eat something together, and buy some dry food by the way!"

"Okay!" Jiang Ming followed, but he always felt that something was wrong in his heart, and when he looked up, it was a blue sky and a white day, and there was nothing abnormal, so he thought that he felt wrong, and he no longer thought about it.

He slept very deeply last night, Xiaoxia's night was not too cold, and when he woke up, the sky was already white, and he didn't know what Shen Yi was worried about, and what he didn't know was that this estrangement would last for more than ten years.

"Xiao Er, bring two portions of the signature wontons in the store, and then make a pound of corn cake and half a pound of osmanthus cake and pack it, huh...... Let's have ten more buns, let's eat them on the way. Have you seen enough?"

This restaurant is actually just an ordinary snack bar, but the shop has good craftsmanship and can also make some ordinary pastries for sale, and there are no other luxury dishes, but it is quite suitable for ordinary people to dine. Shen Yiwei naturally knew that he was now in a tight fortune, and he still owed more than 20,000 taels to Qianfeng Inn to pay off within half a year, and he was not in a very good mood, so he didn't go to the sea to eat and drink again.

Jiang Ming naturally saw these details in his eyes, and secretly thought that although Shen Yiwu was not a keen and intelligent talent, he was extremely good at handling things in many ways, plain but not mediocre, hopeful but not dreamy, Jiang Ming firmly believed that she was the right person.

Jiang Ming smiled and said: "It's almost, I eat more, these foods are enough for two days of dry food for the two of us, and it should be more than a day to get there." ”

Shen Yiwu nodded lightly, then stopped looking at the menu of dishes, and felt bored, so he asked Xiao Er for a small pot of tea, poured himself a cup, and also poured a cup for Jiang Ming, and didn't speak, obediently waiting for the wontons to come up.

At this time, there was a commotion outside the store, a man in Chinese clothes shook an ancient yellow paper fan painted with ink and plum landscapes, followed by four small servants, swaggering into the small shop, the man in Chinese clothes swept his flirtatious gaze over a few tables of guests, and then sat down unceremoniously at will.

The shopkeeper hurriedly ran over, bowed down and said with a smile: "Xu Gongzi, what kind of wind sent you here, the small shop is really full of splendor, the boss has already commanded, if you have any instructions, the small shop will try its best to achieve it, I just hope that Xu Gongzi can raise his noble hand, don't be difficult for us." ”

The man in Chinese clothes glanced at Xiao Er disdainfully, and said lazily: "Is this son so unreasonable? As long as you abide by the rules of Jiaozhi City, you can't do anything when the Yangta Wind comes." ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" Xiao Er broke out in a cold sweat, this casual pastime The attitude of the city lord naturally did not dare to compliment, but he did not dare to disobey and question the son of the Xu family.

There are many rumors in the city that the Xu family is a gentleman, and he once led dozens of soldiers to the Qinglou, sprinkled silver everywhere to win a flower smile, arrogant and lascivious, and uninhibited, but because of his family's power and power, no one dared to provoke. He once targeted an old man begging on the street, and practiced riding and archery with several of his subordinates on the street, and the old man was killed by dozens of arrows, and more passers-by were innocently injured.

Xiao Er can clearly remember that not long ago, this Xu Gongzi smashed a gouache shop because of a bad mood, and the officers and soldiers of the City Lord's Mansion came to take the perpetrator, Xu Gongzi sat in the shop impartially and waited, no one dared to move, so he grabbed a box of rouge and smashed it directly on the face of the officers and soldiers who took the lead, and then laughed and walked away, and the officers and soldiers did not dare to provoke, and the domineering and conceit of the Xu family can be seen.

Saying the wrong thing and putting the wrong eyes may cause Xu Gongzi to be beaten, and the slightest carelessness will end up in hell.

The man in Chinese clothes glanced at the corner of his mouth, smiled playfully and pointed to Jiang Ming and Shen Yi's table, and said, "Give me a table according to the menu of the two of them, this son has never been to such a humble restaurant, you have to cook the meal, otherwise, hehe." ”

Xiao Er broke out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly smiled: "It must be, those two guests want the signature wontons, a plate of side dishes, and a few kinds of pastries to take away, since Xu Gongzi, you want to taste it, then I will tell the kitchen to give you more." ”

Jiang Ming and Shen Yiwei noticed the actions of the man in fancy clothes, and thought that he was a gentleman who was causing trouble everywhere, but they didn't expect that he really asked for a dish, and he didn't intend to provoke and cause trouble, which made the two of them feel quite strange.

The wontons that the two tables asked for came up one after another, and the shopkeeper glanced at Shen Yiwu and Jiang Ming, who looked kind, and first brought the wontons to the table of the man in Chinese clothes who came later, and then came back to deliver food to the two of them, and apologized in a low voice.

Jiang Ming didn't want to embarrass the shopkeeper, nor did he want to be angry about this trivial matter, so he enjoyed it silently.

After eating a few bites, the man in the fancy dress couldn't sit down anymore, drank Xiao Er, and said: "Look at the sauce beef on this list, yes, give me two taels to taste, and give my subordinates two taels each, and also send them to the son and lady at that table." ”

Xiao Er smiled bitterly and hurriedly said, this adds up to fourteen taels, the price of meat is much more expensive than the noodle wontons, this Xu Gongzi has not yet eaten and given money, but the money is steadily lost. If you lose, you will lose, it's better than having no store at all.

When the sauce beef was delivered, Jiang Ming and Shen Yiwu glanced at each other, not understanding the true intention of Xu Gongzi, but Jiang Ming still politely clenched his fists and thanked the man.

The man in Chinese clothes smiled slightly and said, "Would you like to give face and sit with me?"

Jiang Ming said: "Son, please forgive me, my beloved wife and I still have urgent matters, so it's inconvenient to bother." ”

"It's okay!" the man in the fancy costume still smiled, and began to eat his meal again.

Jiang Ming and Shen Yi looked at each other, the target of this man in gorgeous clothes was obviously them, but he wanted to catch and indulge with etiquette, he didn't know what he wanted to do, so he couldn't help but speed up his meal, and leaving early was the right way.

Jiang Ming and Shen Yi heard this greeting, their eyes suddenly turned cold, and they wanted to go out regardless of the words of the man in fancy clothes, but Jiang Ming suddenly heard the sound of swords and armor colliding, and was slowly surrounding this small shop, he stood still, exhaled lightly, and said secretly: "It seems that he still can't hide!"

Shen Yiwu also vaguely felt the strange atmosphere, after experiencing several dangerous bumps, she knew very well what this uncomfortable premonition was, she grabbed Jiang Ming's arm and said, "Since you can't hide, then let's see what tricks he can play, you should be fine, right?"

Shen Yi's question was not to question him, Jiang Ming grabbed her hand and said confidently: "There are no more than two people in the eighth stage, no more than five people in the seventh stage, and the soldiers below five hundred people are not in formation, I can advance and retreat freely." ”

Jiang Ming boasted that his martial arts strength was considered superior in the eighth stage, and the strength he possessed had already surpassed the power of the eight leads, and with the help of the Void Trick and other eclipse exercises, almost no one below the ninth rank could completely suppress him. dm

As for the armor formation, although there is a saying that "eight hundred grams kill nine sections", if it is not formed, in front of a group of reckless men who only know the skin of martial arts, even a seventh-stage martial artist can advance and retreat chicly.

The man in fancy clothes took out two dice and a dice cup, and took out a dozen silver tickets from his arms and put them on the table, saying: "Playing games must be a lottery, I have five thousand taels of silver tickets here, if the two of you can afford to look up to this son, you can come and try." ”

Five thousand taels, Jiang Ming and Shen Yiwei's faces changed at the same time, even if it was concluded that the man in Chinese clothes was the son of a big family in the city, but it was too generous to make a move of five thousand taels, you must know that Jiang Ming is still zero now, and he is still carrying more than 20,000 debts!

Jiang Ming and Shen Yiwu looked at each other, as if they were communicating something, and between their eyebrows raised, they reached an agreement, since they couldn't act rashly, it was better to stay and get the five thousand taels in their hands and then escape.

Shen Yi worried: "Do you know how to play dice?"

Jiang Ming smiled awkwardly and said, "Uh...... I don't think I've played it. But it doesn't matter, maybe God will favor me with these lucky things. ”

Jiang Ming and Shen Yiwei sat generously opposite the man in Chinese clothes, the shopkeeper and other guests were dispersed, and the four little servants under the man in Chinese clothes stood separately in the four corners of the house, quietly watching the two gamble.

The man in the fancy suit suppressed his covetousness for a long time, and waited until Shen Yiwu approached to take a closer look, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and smacked: "Miss is really beautiful as a fairy, would you like to have two drinks with my son for a while?"

Although the man in Chinese clothes did not act excessively, the sinister smile that appeared on his face made Shen Yiwu feel disgusted, so he snorted coldly: "I don't want to, when I win your five thousand taels, my husband and I will be in a hurry." ”

"Husband?" The man in the Chinese costume turned cold, licked his tongue, and said with a smile: "It's okay, even if it's a married woman, I like it." ”

"Bang!" A jet-black halberd pestle shook the floor apart, and the four little guys hurriedly drew their weapons and ran forward to surround Jiang Ming and the others, but they were stopped by the man in Chinese clothes waving his hand.

Jiang Ming looked at the man in Chinese clothes indifferently and said, "Young Master Xu, right? If your eyes are spewing feces again, if your mouth is spraying feces again, I can't control my halberd." ”

The man in the fancy clothes was also furious when he heard this blatant threat, but he thought that his armor had not yet arrived, so he felt that it was necessary to forbear, so he smiled again: "Childe's halberd is called Fang Yuan?

"How do you want to play?" Jiang Ming interrupted the man's laughter and flattery, glanced at him, and said coldly.

The man in the Chinese costume was stunned and said: "It's better than the size, whoever shakes out the dice has a big number of points, even if whoever wins, each bet is five hundred taels of collateral." ”

"Five hundred taels, five hundred taels is too little, three thousand taels per bet, right?"

The face of the man in the fancy dress twitched, and the word "good" popped out from between his teeth.

Jiang Ming grew up in Huangshi Town since he was a child, and it is not easy to take care of his livelihood, where is there time to get involved in gambling? Although Jiang Ming has heard a little about the game of shaking dice, it is quite difficult to actually operate.

The man in the Chinese costume skillfully grabbed the dice cup, and shook it on the table in an instant, and the two dice had already been loaded in, and shook it a few times at will, and then buckled it on the table, and took the dice cup and stared at it, one six points and one five points, which was already a huge number.

"It's ugly, eleven o'clock, if Childe can't shake out twelve points, then I win. The man in the fancy costume smiled, his ability to listen to voices and distinguish numbers has long been perfected, and it is expected to shake eleven o'clock.

Jiang Ming took the dice cup, put the two dice inside, and before he shook it, one rolled out, Jiang Ming hurriedly grabbed it again and put it into the cup, shook it jerkyly, and then buckled it. Shen Yiwu and the man in the costume were a little stunned, and the latter asked, "That's okay?"

Jiang Ming knew that he was really ugly, and he was not ashamed, and said, "Okay, I promise to be bigger than yours." ”

"Haha", the man in the Chinese costume laughed, he thought that the other party was a master, so he dared to make this bet, but he didn't expect to be a rookie in the gambling world, he clearly heard that the dice in the cup fell on the table at five o'clock, so he opened the dice cup with contempt, and sneered: "I'm sorry." I'm afraid you won't be able to get this silver ticket of mine. ”

The dice cup opened, and the two dice were both six o'clock, which just overwhelmed the man in the Chinese costume.

"How could it be?" the man in the fancy suit stared at the dice in disbelief, this was the first mistake he made in listening to the sound and counting, and he lost to a rookie, which made him puzzled, he witnessed the other party shaking the dice, where could there be a chance to cheat? Could it be that he really wants to be planted here today?

Jiang Ming smiled and stretched out his hand, took the silver ticket of three thousand taels from the table, and said to the man in Chinese clothes: "Thank you Gongzi Xu for your generosity." Then he stuffed all the money to Shen Yiwu, grabbed her hand affectionately, and said loudly as if pretending to be ostentatious: "We'll buy the most expensive rouge in a while, but we can't lose you." ”

Listening to Jiang Ming's mocking words, the anger of the man in the fancy suit was almost about to erupt, Shen Yi chuckled when he saw this, hugged Jiang Ming directly from the side, and said, "Husband is amazing, I will reward you in a while." ”

The man in the fancy costume smiled grimly, thinking: "You can just be a concubine, and see if you can laugh in a while!"

"Come again!"

The man in the Chinese costume shook the dice, and the number of points turned out was twelve, even if Jiang Ming was twelve points in this game, but he still won as a dealer, just how much he won.

"I'm already invincible this time, give the money!"

Jiang Ming smiled and snorted coldly: "That's not necessarily!"

It was still a lame action, without too much time for brewing and speculation, he simply shook it twice and buckled it on the table, but saw that Jiang Ming did not open the dice, but directly reached out and put the remaining two thousand taels of silver tickets on the table into his arms, and said with a smile: "Master Xu, I won this game again, according to the bet, you still owe me a thousand taels." ”

The man in the fancy costume was frightened by this move, and hurriedly opened the dice, missing where there were still dice in the cup, only a pile of stone dust remained, obviously Jiang Ming used his hidden skill to shatter the dice. But what kind of win is this?

Jiang Ming handed the silver ticket to the surprised Shen Yiwu, and said with a smile: "Xu Fanshi, a gentleman, although he is a little artistic, he is just a fool with zero IQ, how can I lose if I bet with you?"

Xu Fan Shidao: "Very good, it turns out that you already know my identity for a long time, and you are worthy of being a master of the eight-stage martial arts, so I underestimate you." ”

Jiang Ming said: "There are a few gentlemen surnamed Xu in Jiaozhi City, although your Xu family did not interfere in the Liu family's siege of the Qianfeng Inn, but this news is not slow to collect, tell me your purpose." ”

Xu Fan Shidao: "Since you say that I am a gentleman, then I will tell you that the real gentleman has no purpose, I just want to see what you are capable of as a martial arts master of the eight ranks, and by the way, I just want to try this woman." ”

"But since you see through it, I don't have to hide anything, there are five hundred guards of my Xu family behind this small shop, and they are completely at my disposal, even if they fill the city with people's heads, they will not frown. I'm not as useless as Liu Kai, I can't get back to the field if I'm bullied, and I can't get what I want. ”