At this moment, Zhao Mingwei was drinking a smoothie Daikiri, looking at the scenery outside the window, and then at Wu Qianqian, and finally his gaze stayed on a painting hanging on the wall. The composition of that painting is also extremely simple, there is a small boat on the sea, there is a man in a straw hat on board, the sun hangs high in the sky, and the golden sunlight emits to reflect the sparkling waves of the sea. But Zhao Mingwei looked at it carefully, but another feeling appeared, but what such a feeling was, he couldn't say it now.

Wu Qianqian said, "Where are we going next?"

Zhao Mingwei shook his head and said, "I don't know. ”

Wu Qianqian said, "Can you take me with you when you go back to Ten Thousand Swords City?"

Zhao Mingwei said: "Your grandfather won't let it." ”

Wu Qianqian didn't speak, and Zhao Mingwei said again: "I don't know yet, how can I get out of this Dragon Buddha Province." ”

——

Gad Empire, Longfo Province, Baiyan Palace.

Huang Yanan put on his shoes and walked out slowly.

Qiao Ke at the door said, "Miss Huang, where are you going?"

Huang Yanan said: "It's a bit boring to stay here all the time, so I'll go out for a walk. ”

Huang Yanan walked aimlessly on the street, she didn't think about where she was going, but she didn't want to be in Baiyan Palace all the time now. Of course, she will not cause any commotion when she walks on the street, although she is the highest power in the true sense of the word, but she has always been behind the scenes, and not many people really know her identity.

Of course, her walking on the street also caused a lot of commotion, but this commotion was not because she was the supreme power of Longfo Province, but simply because she was so beautiful. Countless men on the street would smell a faint, refreshing aroma as she walked by. Then he turned to look at her.

Hesitating Huang Yanan was wearing a skirt, and it was a very short skirt, her slender legs were completely exposed to the gaze of others, and the skirt continued to float slightly with the breeze she brought when she walked.

This made all the men who were staring at him reverie.

But it's one thing to think, but it's another thing to really dare to do it, dare to talk to it, for the girl who walked in front of them, every man's mind was full of wireless reverie. But for a while, no one dared to strike up a conversation.

It was only at this time that when Huang Yanan walked to the front of a butcher's shop, the chubby butcher mustered up the courage and began to talk.

The butcher asked, "What's your name?"

Huang Yanan didn't speak, and at this time, the butcher poked a piece of fine raw pork and said, "Beauty, as long as you tell me your name, I will give you this piece of pork for free." ”

Huang Yanan finally spoke at this time, she said: "Big brother, little girl, I have been losing weight recently, so I won't eat pork." Thank you for your kindness. ”

Huang Yanan said this sentence with a smile, and her voice was extremely good, so good to hear. Although he did not ask the girl's name, he was very happy to hear a very beautiful girl say what she had just said to him in a very nice voice. After all, a middle-aged butcher like him will only occasionally have the courage to flirt with a little girl on the street, but he has no intention of marrying the flirtatious little girl.

Maybe it was the butcher's bold accosting just now, which made the people around think that this girl had a good temper, and at this time, a man who had been sitting on the ground suddenly stretched out his hand and wanted to touch her white and tender thighs, but the man had not yet touched the woman's thighs, but he fell to the ground all of a sudden. And the woman walked slowly in front of him. It's as if nothing happened.

But the man felt that just as he was about to touch the woman's white and tender thighs, a sudden gust of wind blew over, and the gust of wind was extremely strong and blew him down in this way.

But the man looked at the people around him, and they didn't seem to feel any wind at all, let alone a strong wind that could knock people down.

Huang Yanan walked past the man, but after walking for a while, he looked back again, he didn't want to hurt the man, let alone want to kill him.

——

Ghad Empire, Longfo Province, Clover Cafe.

At this moment, Zhao Mingwei and Wu Qianqian were still drinking their respective drinks, and at this time, a woman walked towards Zhao Mingwei and them.

The woman said, "May I ask if it's Young Master Zhao Mingwei?"

Zhao Mingwei raised his head and said, "You are, you are the first snow." ”

The woman said, "It's me." ”

Wu Qianqian said, "Who is this one?"

Zhao Mingwei said: "My maid. ”

Wu Qianqian said: "Oh. ”

Wu Qianqian didn't know why, when Zhao Mingwei said the sentence just now, it made her feel that she was so far away from him, and she couldn't get close to it in her life.

Chu Xue said, "Can you borrow a step to speak?"

Zhao Mingwei saw the first snow with a trace of sadness in his eyes.

Chu Xue and Zhao Mingwei came to another seat, and Zhao Mingwei whispered, "What's the matter, why are you here?"

Chu Xue was silent and didn't speak, but Zhao Mingwei could obviously find that there was more sorrow in her eyes at this moment.

Zhao Mingwei knew that she must have something very important to say, but Zhao Mingwei didn't speak, he knew that what she told him now couldn't be a good thing.

Zhao Mingwei said: "Do you want to order some food, I'll pay for it." ”

Hatsuyuki said, "No. ”

Zhao Mingwei said: "Then what do you want to say, rest assured, I can bear it." ”

Chu Xue said: "Young master, your family doesn't have it. ”

When Zhao Mingwei heard this, his heart sank suddenly, but he still said, "You, can you make it clear?"

Chu Xue said: "After the plague, the people of the Yibo Empire came to Ten Thousand Swords City again, and they killed all the eight major families in Ten Thousand Swords City. ”

Zhao Mingwei said: "Yes, is it dead? My parents are dead?"

Hatsuyuki said, "Your mother may still be alive. ”

Zhao Mingwei's tears had already flowed down his cheeks, and no one could imagine the sadness in his heart, and such sadness could not be described in any words or words. But even in such a sad situation, Zhao Mingwei tried his best to suppress this emotion, lowered his voice and asked, "Where is my mother now?"

Hatsuyuki said, "I don't know, the head of the family had already let her go before the army of the Ibo Empire came. ”

Zhao Mingwei said: "He didn't say where to go?"

Chu Xue said: "This slave doesn't know. ”

Zhao Mingwei said, "How did they get out?"

Chu Xue said: "It was Qiu Yue and the five family members who sent her out. ”

Zhao Mingwei said: "Then how is Marc and Xia Jia?"

When Chu Xue heard these two names, her voice fell again, and she said, "Dead, all dead." ”

When he heard these five words, Zhao Mingwei's eyes were dazzled, and his mind was blank.

It took a full five minutes before he continued, "How did they die?"

Chu Xue and Zhao Mingwei said a lot of things, and every word Chu Xue said now was like a big stone, pressing on Zhao Mingwei's heart. Every word made him breathless, and the tears in Zhao Mingwei's eyes at this moment finally couldn't help but flow out, but he didn't cry any sound.

Zhao Mingwei said, "Are you finished?"

Chu Xue said, "It's over. ”

Chu Xue had a sense of relief when she said these three words, saying these things was a blow to Zhao Mingwei, but for Chu Xue, it was not a secondary injury.

Zhao Mingwei said: "I'll go back." ”

Zhao Mingwei stood up, wiped away his tears, and slowly sat back in his original position, sitting opposite Wu Qianqian.

Wu Qianqian also saw that Zhao Mingwei's state was wrong, and asked softly, "What's wrong?"

Zhao Mingwei said: "It's nothing. ”

Wu Qianqian said: "You can talk to me about something. ”

Zhao Mingwei said, "Can you go back by yourself first?"

Wu Qianqian was silent, she didn't know what to say at this moment. She didn't know what had happened just now, and Zhao Mingwei was like two people at once in this short period of time.

Zhao Mingwei continued: "I should have sent you back. But now can you go back on your own? I want to be alone for a while. ”

Wu Qianqian said, "Okay, then where should I go to find you?"

Zhao Mingwei said: "I will go to you." ”

Wu Qianqian said: "Okay, you must come to me tomorrow, it's at the Green Bamboo Pharmacy, where I will be all day tomorrow." ”

Zhao Mingwei said: "Okay, I'll go find you." ”

When Wu Qianqian walked out of the Clover Cafe, Mark's tears couldn't help but flow out again.

Now there was no one across from her, only an empty glass, and that glass could not be said to be completely empty, and there were very few in it, very little.

Zhao Mingwei picked up the smoothie Daiquiri that he had only drunk a little bit in his hand, and then drank the glass of wine in one gulp.

As soon as he took his mouth, he felt a crispy tingling sensation, and then he felt a cold, albeit fruity, sensation.

Zhao Mingwei drank a glass of wine and said, "That, that Tang Xiaofu, Tang Xiaofu." ”

Tang Xiaofu walked out from behind the bar and said, "What's wrong?"

Zhao Mingwei said, "Can you give me a cup?"

Tang Xiaofu said, "What do you want?"

Zhao Mingwei said: "It's the same as just now." ”

Tang Xiaofu said, "What was it just now?"

Zhao Mingwei said: "Smoothie Daikiri. ”

Tang Xiaofu said: "Okay. ”

Soon, a glass of smoothie Daikiri was once again brought to Zhao Mingwei.

Zhao Mingwei drank the glass of wine at once.

Tang Xiaofu said: "This is a cocktail, not beer. ”

Zhao Mingwei said with a big tongue: "I know this." ”

Tang Xiaofu said: "The cocktail is not like you. ”

Zhao Mingwei said: "I am happy to drink like this. ”

Tang Xiaofu didn't speak, walked back to the back of the bar, and continued to mix the wine, this time the wine was still a smoothie daiquiri. But unlike the last time, this time Tang Xiaofu herself sat down, sitting opposite him, she gave the glass of smoothie Daikiri to Zhao Mingwei, and she also held a goblet in her hand, and the goblet was pink wine in it.

Zhao Mingwei asked, "Why did you sit here?"

Tang Xiaofu said: "There is no one here now, so I'll sit down and have a few drinks with you." ”

Zhao Mingwei said: "Okay. ”

Tang Xiaofu took a sip of wine and said, "What did that woman say to you just now?"

Zhao Mingwei said: "You saw it all?"

Tang Xiaofu said: "I saw it. ”

Zhao Mingwei took a sip of wine, but this time he didn't drink it all, just took a small sip with a straw.

Tang Xiaofu continued: "I'm curious about what kind of words can make you collapse in an instant?"

Zhao Mingwei continued not to speak, and continued to suck the wine in his cup with a straw.

Tang Xiaofu took a sip of the wine in the goblet and didn't say anything.

At this moment, Zhao Mingwei may have drunk two glasses of smoothie Daikiri at once, and he was already a little drunk.

At this moment, Zhao Mingwei saw which painting hanging on the wall, that painting seemed to move, the sea was flowing, and the boat seemed to be floating on the sea.

Zhao Mingwei pointed to the painting and said, "That painting, not bad." ”

Tang Xiaofu took a sip of wine lightly, turned around and glanced at the painting that Zhao Mingwei was pointing to.

Then Tang Xiaofu took another sip of wine and said, "You have a good eye." ”

This painting depicts a man leisurely fishing for something on a boat. But Zhao Mingwei looked at it carefully, as if this painting was not so simple. It seems that there is something hidden under such calm.

The hidden thing is real and cruel, but Zhao Mingwei can't imagine what is hidden inside.

Zhao Mingwei took another sip of the smoothie Daiquiri and said, "What's the name of that painting?"

Tang Xiaofu took a sip of wine gently and elegantly, and said, "This painting is called "The Old Man and the Sea"."

Zhao Mingwei continued to ask, "Who painted it?"

Tang Xiaofu said: "My brother. ”

Zhao Mingwei said: "Who?"

Tang Xiaofu pointed to the back of the person who kept playing the piano and said, "It's him." ”

Zhao Mingwei nodded, and took another big sip of the smoothie Daikiri. The cold sensation slowly traveled from his mouth to his throat and then to his stomach. Then two lines of clear tears flowed out again.

Tang Xiaofu asked tentatively, "What's wrong?"

Zhao Mingwei looked at Tang Xiaofu and didn't know what was wrong, he blurted out four words: "The family is ruined." ”

Tang Xiaofu heard these four words, and her heart trembled, and then she took a small sip of wine. The wine in her cup used to be sweet, but now she drank it in her mouth with endless bitterness. Although there are only four words for "the family is ruined and the people are dead", how much pain, how much sorrow, how much fear, and how many of these things can be said in these four words.

Zhao Mingwei said: "I'm afraid, but I still have to fight, I ...... Tired. ”

Tang Xiaofu said: "You are Ten Thousand Swords City, the Zhao family?"

Zhao Mingwei said: "Yes." ”

Tang Xiaofu said: "There is a plague in Ten Thousand Swords City?"

Zhao Mingwei took a sip of the smoothie Daikiri and said, "Yes." ”

Tang Xiaofu continued: "After the plague, the people of the Gad Empire attacked in. ”

Zhao Mingwei said: "Yes, I don't have a home now, there are no people, there is nothing." ”

I don't know if it's because of the wine, or because Tang Xiaofu has any special abilities, she didn't say those words to Wu Qianqian, but she said them to Tang Xiaofu. Zhao Mingwei himself can't say why.

Tang Xiaofu took another sip of wine, and at this moment, there were only three people left in the entire Clover Cafe, Zhao Mingwei, Tang Xiaofu, and the man who was silent but kept playing the piano.

Tang Xiaofu said: "Do you want to hear the story about that painting?"

Zhao Mingwei took a sip of the smoothie Daikiri and said, "You can say it if you want to, but ah, you have to tell the story more excitingly, otherwise I will fall asleep, you don't have to blame me." ”

Zhao Mingwei gently rested his head on the table, holding the cup in one hand, and there was still a little bit of smoothie daikiri left in the cup.

Tang Xiaofu took a sip of wine and said to Zhao Mingwei-

The person in the painting is an old man, named Yao Shuangshu, he was originally a genius of cultivation, at the age of thirty-three, he was already a martial emperor, when he was fifty-five years old, he was already a martial emperor, and when he was sixty years old, he reached the peak of the martial emperor, and he was one step away from reaching the legendary martial saint realm.

Zhao Mingwei said, "Then did he finally reach the Martial Saint Realm?"

Tang Xiaofu shook her head and said, "No." ”

Zhao Mingwei said: "Then he has been in the realm of Emperor Wu all his life, which is also very good, you must know that in the entire Tianwu Continent, most people will not be able to enter the realm of Emperor Wu in their lifetime, let alone Emperor Wu." ”

Tang Xiaofu took a sip of wine and said, "No." ”

Zhao Mingwei said: "Then what's the matter?"

Tang Xiaofu didn't speak immediately, but shook the cup and said, "Has his realm fallen?"

Zhao Mingwei asked, "Why did it fall?"

Tang Xiaofu said: "I don't know about this. ”

Zhao Mingwei said: "What realm did he fall to?"

Tang Xiaofu said: "Martial artist. ”

This time, Zhao Mingwei was surprised, Emperor Wu was a realm that every cultivator on the Tianwu Continent longed for, but could not reach. This person fell from Emperor Wu to Wu at once, and the gap in his heart can be imagined.

Zhao Mingwei thought that if he suffered such a change, then he might collapse.

Zhao Mingwei said: "Did he die in the end?"

Tang Xiaofu took a sip of wine and said, "When are you talking about?"

Zhao Mingwei said: "It was after he fell from the Martial Emperor to the Martial Emperor all of a sudden. ”

Tang Xiaofu said: "No. ”

Zhao Mingwei said: "Then how is he?"

Tang Xiaofu said, "He went, Yuanlong Empire, on an island called Baxia. ”

Zhao Mingwei said: "Is there any master on that island?"

Tang Xiaofu said: "There is no superior. ”

Zhao Mingwei said: "Then where did he go and what was he doing?"

Tang Xiaofu said: "It's nothing, fishing during the day and drinking at night." ”

Zhao Mingwei said: "Although he didn't die, he also gave up on himself. It's no different from being dead. I'm the same now. ”

Tang Xiaofu said: "That's not the case. ”

Zhao Mingwei said: "Could it be that the old man in his sixties is still thinking about cultivating and returning to the realm of Emperor Wu?"

Tang Xiaofu drank the last bit of wine in the glass and said, "Yes." ”

After Tang Xiaofu finished saying these two words, she returned to the bar and poured herself a glass of red wine, which was still the intoxicating peach color just now.

Zhao Mingwei said: "Give me another glass of smoothie Daiquiri." ”

Tang Xiaofu said, "Okay. ”

Soon Tang Xiaofu came over with two more glasses of wine, and she gave the glass of smoothie Daikiri to Zhao Mingwei. Zhao Mingwei took a sip and said, "What happened to the old man in that story, did he go back to the peak of the Martial Emperor." ”

Tang Xiaofu didn't answer Zhao Mingwei's words, but he continued: "One day, that old man was thinking about going out to sea to fish. But he didn't get a single fish on the first day, not a single fish on the second day, and not a single fish on the third day. It went on like this for eighty-three days without a single fish falling. ”

Zhao Mingwei said: "He hasn't caught a single fish for eighty-three days, so did he give up?"

Tang Xiaofu said: "No, he went to sea, he wants to drop a big fish." ”

Zhao Mingwei took a sip of the smoothie Daikiri and said, "This person is really a wonder." ”

Tang Xiaofu took a sip of wine and continued: "He drove a small boat to a deep sea. Then he put the drop in the sea. I waited from morning until sunset, and then a fish was hooked, and it was a very big fish. ”

Zhao Mingwei said: "Which old man can be happy." ”

Tang Xiaofu took a sip of wine and said, "Of course, it's a happy thing to be able to catch a fish, but that fish is so big that it almost overturned the old man's boat." ”

Zhao Mingwei was already very interested in this story at this moment, and he said, "And then?"

Tang Xiaofu took a sip of wine and said, "This fish brought the old man and the people to the boat, and pulled it five or six hundred meters away. The old man's hands had been cut by the fishing line in his hand, and red blood kept dripping. But the old man still grabbed the fish hard, and frantically urged the poor true qi in his body. At this time, the fish suddenly jumped out of the water, and its body was very long, five or six meters long. Because of the beating, the old man was thrown directly on the boat, and almost overturned the boat. ”

Zhao Mingwei said: "Then what happened to the ship?"

After Tang Xiaofu took a sip of wine, he said, "The boat didn't capsize. But in order to keep the ship from capsizing, the old man exhausted all the true qi he had just accumulated. ”

Zhao Mingwei said: "Did he release that fish?"

Tang Xiaofu said: "No. ”