Chapter 7: Duel (3)
Yuan Zhao and I looked back and it was a man sitting behind us who said this. At this moment, he was sitting cross-legged on the cushion, a few strands of hair covering his eyes, just sitting with his head down, and the food in front of him didn't move any chopsticks, and Yuan Zhao and I were so confused.
"This senior brother, the junior brother is Qin Yuanzhao, the apprentice of the head of Zhongnan Mountain, please forgive me if you have any offense. Seeing that he didn't speak, Yuan Zhao cautiously opened his mouth.
"Oh, no wonder I look at him, it's a newcomer. He replied methodically.
"Dare to ask what senior brother is called?" Yuan Zhao asked respectfully.
"Ge Dongxiao, a disciple of the Tianshan faction. "It turned out to be Senior Brother Ge of the Tianshan Sect, and he has admired his name for a long time. The family teacher often mentions you to us, saying that the senior brother's Tianshan Junzi Sword has the style of a sword saint, and it is really a blessing for the younger brother to see it today. Yuan Zhao's sycophant was obviously just right, and Ge Dongxiao, who had been bowing his head and pretending to be deep, finally raised his head, and said with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Thank you Senior Feng for lifting up." ”
Now that the relationship has been pulled together, the next step is to cut to the chase, Yuan Zhao leaned over and asked in a low voice: "I don't understand what Senior Brother said just now, and I still hope that Senior Brother will advise." ”
"For the sake of your first entry into the rivers and lakes, I'll give you a click, big brother. Ge Dongxiao leaned forward and said in a voice that only the three of us could hear, "Be careful that there is something wrong with this dish." "Wouldn't it? Could it be that this dish is poisonous? My face turned green when I heard it. Yuan Zhao was obviously much calmer than me, he patted me on the shoulder intentionally or unintentionally, laughed dryly twice and said, "Wouldn't it?
"Brother, if you say that you are tender, you are tender," Ge Dongxiao interrupted Yuan Zhao's words dissatisfiedly: "Your brother has already participated in the tenth posterity conference, will he know less about it than you?"
"That's right. Yuan Zhao hurriedly nodded yes. It may be that he was very satisfied with Yuan Zhao's reaction, Ge Dongxiao showed a smug smile on his face, I looked at it fixedly, no wonder, they all had wrinkled faces, and it was not an exaggeration to call Uncle Uncle.
Ge Dongxiao glanced at Hong Zhenyun and Yang Fang's master and apprentice who were toasting in front, and then said: "This year's posterity conference was originally scheduled to be held in Mount Tai, but it was finally snatched by Old Man Hong. Yang Fang's kung fu, junior brother, you have already heard of it, right?" Ge Dongxiao snorted contemptuously and said, "If he wants to win, can he do it if he doesn't play some crooked and evil skills?"
"Wouldn't it?" Listening to his theory, there were so many flaws in his theory, I couldn't help but interject: "If you secretly hurt people with poison, everyone should be aware of it, right?"
"Hmph, what do you know?" Ge Dongxiao scoffed at my question: "Just a little laxative can make you miserable." "That Ge Dongxiao inserted some old things about the struggle between martial arts sects by the way, which made me stunned.
"Senior brother, there's really something wrong with tonight's meal!" I couldn't help but complain to Yuan Zhao after I came back from the toilet for the third time.
Yuan Zhao, who was lying on the ground with his eyes closed, just smiled and didn't say anything. Seeing that he didn't care about himself, I got angry, sat on his bed and said, "Hey, I'm sick to my stomach, okay?"
"Senior brother, we are eating the same table of food, why are you uncomfortable, and why am I safe?" Yuan Zhao refuted and I was speechless. "Is it because you have good martial arts and better physical fitness than me?" Yuan Zhao didn't answer my words, just sat up and looked at the sky with his eyes, and said worriedly: "Could it be that I have become a copper intestine and an iron stomach through my practice?"
"you, it's not serious, people are uncomfortable now, okay?" I shoved him, pretending to be angry.
Yuan Zhao grinned and said, "Senior brother, the poison in you is not in tonight's dish." ”
"Where's that?" I was puzzled. Yuan Zhao pointed to my head and said, "You are poisoned in your heart." Seeing that I still didn't understand, Yuan Zhao explained: "You were confused by Ge Dongxiao's nonsense, and you really thought that there was a laxative in the dish, and you were convinced of this, so your body was as uncomfortable as if you were really poisoned." ”
"No, I heard him make a point! And you seem to agree with him, nodding your head from time to time, and thanking him at the end. ”
"If you understand what kind of person Ge Dongxiao is, you should understand whether his words are worth believing. Yuan Zhao then asked, "What do you think of him?" I carefully recalled every detail of the dinner party and said how I felt: "He looks very old, and he likes to play tricks. ”
"You don't know very well!" Yuan Zhao slapped his thigh and said excitedly: "Just imagine, if you are Hong Zhenyun and you want to poison, what problems will you consider." ”
I thought about it carefully and said: "First of all, the reaction to poisoning should not be too serious to be noticed, and then it must have an effect. ”
Yuan Zhao patted me on the shoulder approvingly and said, "That's very right, but all kinds of poisons known in the world can't meet these two conditions at the same time, even if Hong Zhenyun has the ability to get a poison that no one knows, he doesn't dare to act rashly." As long as a trace of news leaks out, he Hongmen will no longer have a foothold in the rivers and lakes. Which is more important than the reputation of the sect once and the reputation of his own sect? Therefore, he will only ensure our safety, and will not dare to make any tricks. ”
"Then what if he really put laxatives in the meal?" Yuan Zhao glanced at me very stupidly and innocently, and said helplessly: "What did so many Langzhong do that day?
"Then why did Hong Zhenyun rush to hold this martial arts competition?" If what Ge Dongxiao said was wrong, then what was the real reason, Yuan Zhao's next words cleared my doubts.
"This is the Taishan faction took the initiative to push it off, because it coincided with the emperor going to Mount Tai to seal the Zen this year, and there was a conflict in time, so it would be postponed to Hongmen. That Ge Dong Xiaozhen treated us like three-year-old dolls, deaf to the world. Yuan Zhao's words were full of contempt for his character: "I have heard people say that he loves fame in vain and has no real skills, but today it is true." I have participated in ten times, but I have not won any ranking, I am ashamed of him, he is good, and he shamelessly educates people. ”
"If he is the best disciple of the Tianshan Sect's martial arts, the level of the Tianshan Sect is too low, right?" "His level is far worse than the other disciples of the Tianshan Sect, but he is the oldest, and his juniors and disciples don't care about him. "Alas, I didn't expect Miss Ben to be smart and confused for a while, and she was deceived by an old fritter.
Seeing that I was pondering, Yuan Zhao leaned over with a wicked smile and asked, "Senior brother, are you still sick to your stomach now?" I smiled softly at him, and then picked up a pillow with my orchid jade finger and threw it at him with lightning speed...