Chapter Forty-Eight: The Banquet and the Bureau

There were five people from the Mo family, four people from the Mu family, and just nine people sat down under the puzzled gaze of everyone in the banquet hall. The Mo family steward who led Xuanchen and the three of them in stood aside and poured the nine cups on the table one by one, and got drunk among the clouds.

The first to speak was the blue-robed man Mu Chophuo, the famous head of the Mu family, he glanced at Lei Xing and Lei Li of the Lei Zhan mercenary group sitting on the opposite side of the Mo family, and said with a smile: "I don't know when the Mo patriarch made friends with the Lei Zhan mercenary group, such a big thing is not noticed, it's not interesting enough." ”

The black-shirted man Mo Liefeng, the head of the Mo family replied with a smile: "It's the Patriarch Mu who has a lot of opportunities, and such a trivial matter is difficult to enter the eyes of the Patriarch Mu at all. ”

"Seriously, this kind of excuse prevarication is not like the style of Patriarch Mo. Wood Chopping Fire said.

Mo Xiao took over, "Actually, I have to thank Elder Mu Xiang, if it weren't for Elder Mu Xiang to help the trouble, how could our Mo family be fortunate enough to befriend such loyal and courageous men as the Lei Zhan Mercenary Group." ”

"Oh, what did Elder Mo Xiao say?" Mu Xiang pretended to be puzzled.

"Elder Mu Xiang doesn't know?" Mo Xiaoxiao looked at Mu Xiang, smiled meaningfully, and said, "Not only that, but the old man was also fortunate enough to see Elder Mu Xiang's other decisive and heroic posture. ”

"Elder Mo Xiao's praise of people's kung fu is almost on par with Patriarch Mo, but I think it's a bit exaggerated. What do you think?" asked Mu Xiang, who was sitting on the left hand side of Mu Shusheng.

The corners of Mu Qisheng's lips were faintly pale when he looked closely, as if he was suffering from a dark illness, he sneered and looked directly at Mo Ling opposite, "The two seniors have a lotus tongue, I think it is probably the humble and polite character that has been precipitated on the cultivation road for many years in the past, which makes people feel that they hate to see each other as soon as they talk to them, and they feel that it is far from enough to wait for seven days and seven nights." I just don't know if Patriarch Mo Shao also has such a heart, it stands to reason that it is very natural to teach by word and deed, right?"

Mo Ling on the opposite side hurriedly stopped the action of putting vegetables in his mouth one bite after another, put down the dishes and chopsticks, wiped the oil on the corner of his mouth, and said vaguely with his cheeks bulging: "Don't don't, don't you, aren't you pushing me into the fire pit, what 'young patriarch', people who don't know still think that I walked through the back door with the identity of a single line, and booked the position of the next patriarch in advance." This is not good, isn't it going to provoke the anger of the group of brothers and sisters below, the Mo family has always been in the position of the patriarch, and the good atmosphere of the capable people living in it can't be ruined by me. Cutting down trees...... Phew, Brother Mu, don't incite hatred to me, how can we say that the two of us have known each other for many years, and we have feelings to some extent. ”

Mo Ling's eyes seemed to light up, "Could it be that the Mu family has such a fine tradition?"

Mo Ling glanced at Mu Cang Bai, who was sitting on the side, "That...... Isn't Brother Cangbai out of play?"

Mu Cangbai is not a stupid person, his face did not change and smiled: "The Mu family has a long mantle, and it is also a capable person, so you are too worried." It's all because the eldest brother has always been the leader, so no matter what his identity is, there is nothing to blame. ”

"Oh...... It turns out that Brother Slashing is still the leader," Mo Ling nodded as if he suddenly realized.

Mu Chop Rawhide said with a smile: "Brother Mo is still modest." ”

"Here you go again. What is modest or not modest, I will tell the truth. Although this young master Wen Taowu is both wise and brave, but what should be low-key or low-key, there is a saying that is called...... Call...... Oh yes, Mu Xiu will be destroyed by the forest wind, this is still what the old man in charge of books in my library taught me, Brother Mu, I advise you to learn too, although there is a hidden itch in your heart, but save your life. Learn, learn. ”

After Mo Ling finished speaking, he continued to pick up the chopsticks and put vegetables into his mouth one by one. He fell in love with a roast goose leg in front of Mu Qisheng on the opposite side, and stretched out his hand, which was unexpectedly long like a gibbon, but when the chopsticks clamped the roast goose leg, Mo Ling paused, raised his eyes and asked the oncoming Mu Qisheng, "Brother Mu, this leg?"

Mu Shusheng's face was expressionless, and his eyes were indifferent.

"Don't? Saying that, Mo Ling was afraid that Mu Qisheng would regret it the next moment, so he sandwiched the roast goose leg into his bowl, gobbling it up, like a starving ghost reincarnated, his cheeks puffed up and the frog was full of breath, and there were words in his mouth, "Well, well, it's so fragrant." Brother Mu, it's a pity that you don't eat it. But I think you gave it to me when you saw that I liked it, hehe, Brother Mu, you are so good to me. ”

Mo Xiao clenched his fist in front of his nose and coughed lightly, trying to remind this stinky boy to at least put away the horns of his mouth, salivating and swaying, strange and scary. Because he clearly saw that the eyes of the guests in the surrounding banquet hall had shifted from the battlefield of verbal swords to Mo Ling, who was eating exaggeratedly, there were still people who quietly swallowed their saliva, and even whispered, why is there Jiangnan roast goose on the host's table, but not on the guest table?

Lei Xing suddenly raised his glass and said to Mu Chohuo with a smile on his face: "Patriarch Mu, the old man respects you a cup, and the Mu family is proud of the recent spring breeze." It is rumored that Patriarch Mu retreated some time ago, and now he suddenly came out of the customs, he must have achieved a lot?"

"Haha, the head of the Lei Xing regiment is too famous, and the Mu family is not as good as the Lei Zhan mercenary group of the head of the Lei Xing group. I think you Lei Zhan Mercenary Group has only been established for nearly ten years, and it has developed into the current momentum of the current pattern, and it is even more vertical and horizontal with the Mo family, given time, I am afraid that the world of Yaobei City will be a three-legged trend. The Mu family has been forging ahead for nearly a hundred years, and it is only then. Shame, shame. Mu Chohuo smiled, he raised his wine glass and looked at Lei Xing from afar, "This glass of wine should be regarded as Mu someone's congratulatory congratulations to the Lei Zhan mercenary group in advance." ”

The wine glass in Lei Xing's hand sank a few inches, and he said: "Hehe, after Patriarch Mu's words, the old man only felt that the wine glass in his hand weighed more than a thousand catties, whether to drink it or not, but after all, it was the old man's intention to get up first, and if you don't drink it, it will hinder Patriarch Mu's face, in case you annoy the Mu family...... , sin and sin. But with a three-legged stand, my Lei Zhan mercenary group is really difficult to bear its weight. ”

Lei Xing smiled, but there was a little ruthlessness in his eyes, which was clearly sowing discord.

"Leader Lei Xing is too worried, if the three-legged can't stand, will it still be a monopoly?" Mu Shuhuo looked around at the five people opposite, and his eyes narrowed into two narrow gaps with a smile, "Everyone said, right?"

Mo Xiao and the three of them didn't say a word, and anyone could hear such a simple meaning. One family is the only one, who is the one who is the biggest? Mu Chopping Fire is not talking about his own family, who else can he be. In his eyes, it seemed that the friendship between the Mo family and the Lei Zhan mercenary group was harmless at all, but in fact, the alliance between the two was not taken into account at all.

Mo Ling, who was immersed in enjoying the goose legs, ignored it, and fought with the vermilion goose legs dripping with sesame oil in the bowl by himself.

"Actually, it is not only an honor for the Mo family to be able to gather here tonight, but also a rare moment, so why not raise a glass and drink together," Mo Liefeng stood up and raised his glass.

Mo Ling spat out the goose leg skeleton that was too clean to be clean, and while wiping his mouth, he found the wine glass buried in the vegetable pile, Mu Xiang, Mu Shusheng, and Mu Cangbai looked at Mu Shuhuo's eyes, and after receiving the instructions, they put on a smile and raised their glasses. Needless to say, Lei Li and Mo Xiao had already stood up just after Mo Liefeng's words.

"Nine people, nine glasses of wine, it seems that I have recently had a relationship with the word 'nine', not bad, not bad, this wine should be drunk, it must be drunk. Mu Chopper looked up and laughed.

At this time, the smiles on the faces of Mu Qisheng and the three of them were no longer forced smiles, but real smug smiles with the corners of their mouths grinning high. The patriarch who was looking for an opportunity to be successfully promoted to the nineth-stage martial artist does not seem to plan to continue to hide, which means that in the future, the Mu family's methods will no longer have to hide in the shadows and strategize, but will never hide when it is high-profile, and will be resolute and resolute, and will no longer drag mud and water.

Mo Ling probably felt that the wine glass had been raised for a long time and his hands were sore, so he drank it all in one gulp, "hiss...... It's delicious, and it's worthy of being drunk in the old clouds. I said that the patriarch of Muda, if it is a chance, I will quietly accept it, don't always stretch my neck and shout out, for fear that others will not know, or worry that their ears are not good, so I don't worry that someone will be jealous and share a piece of the pie with you? If it were me, I would hide in the bed early and steal the fun, how can I be like you, generous-hearted, like a boy who scatters money. ”

"Mo Ling, you are presumptuous!" Mu Qisheng said angrily as he dropped his wine glass and slapped the table.

Mo Ling smacked his lips, and then summoned the old butler who was on standby to pour wine into the cup and said, "Cut ...... Brother Chop, don't be so irritable, the Scattered Wealth Boy is a boastful word, what do you think, how many people in the Far North City want to have more Scattered Wealth Boys. Bodhisattva's heart, this is a good person. ”

Mu Qisheng wanted to say something again, but Mu Qihuo waved his hand, and he stopped talking. Mu Chohuo was not half annoyed, but replied with a pleasant face: "What the virtuous nephew said is right, but my views are slightly different from those of the virtuous nephew, I thought that there is not much difference between saying and not saying, and I also want to say, I am willing to say, whoever wants to want this opportunity, you can try it, whether you can get it is another matter." But if you can't get it, but you have evil thoughts and try to covet my this, hehe, kill it. Nephew thinks, "Am I right?"

Mo Ling toasted and said happily: "Patriarch Mu is domineering!"

"Ling'er, don't be rude. Mo Liefeng raised his eyebrows and said.

After drinking, everyone sat down one after another, and Mu Shuhuo suddenly smiled at Mo and asked, "Tonight is the birthday dinner of your daughter, isn't it?"

Mo Xiao was a little puzzled why Mu Chophuo suddenly asked this, and when he was speculating about his motives, Mu Chophuo turned his head and commanded Mu Chopping Sheng on the left: "Give birth." ”

Mu Shusheng understood, got up and left his seat, jumped to the high platform behind him, and waved his left hand wearing a black ring, and a flash of black light flashed.

Immediately, a piece of silver armor mounted on a humanoid puppet appeared in the center of the high platform, the armor was slender and close-fitting, and it seemed to be the armor used by a woman.

After Mu Shusheng jumped off the high platform and returned to his seat, Mu Shuhuo explained with a smile: "This 'Silver Light Armor' is made by Master Thor who I asked to worship in the Mu family, not only is the material mostly made of iron ore pith, but also the soft silver plating on the surface is invulnerable. Even the master who built it was full of praise, saying that this armor was at least in the top 10 of the outstanding creations that had been born under his command. The old man also specially tested it, not to mention what kind of magic weapon it is, but it definitely belongs to the top grade of armor. Elder Moxiao, a small gift, please accept it. ”

Mo Xiao looked at Mu Chohuo with a smile on his face, and laughed softly: "Patriarch Mu, it's okay to have your heart, you don't dare to accept such a heavy gift." Besides, the little girl has always lived in a simple place, and her cultivation is even more passable, and there is no place for it. Therefore, such a divine weapon, if it is folded in the hands of the little girl, wouldn't it be a tyrannical thing? I hope that the Mu Patriarch will take it back, and don't let the treasure armor be covered with dust. ”

Mu Chopping Fire said directly: "Elder Mo Xiao, this is not interesting, the gifts of the guests outside are piled up, but the old man has seen it with his own eyes, why did he delay the refusal only when he arrived at the old man? Elder Mo Xiao just rest assured, if you don't believe it, you can ask someone to go up and try it, don't be too strong, you and Patriarch Mo can't, the treasure armor is not tough enough to withstand the full force of the two of you. In this way, just Mo Lingxian's nephew, his strength is about the same as that of a first-order primary demon beast, if the treasure armor can't resist it, then it will really be in vain. ”

Murder and heart, but that's it.

Mo Xiao forcibly suppressed the surging anger in his heart, and maintained a smile and said: "Patriarch Mu doesn't know, the congratulatory gifts sent by the guests outside have already been registered one by one, and when they wait until tomorrow, they will naturally send people to return them door to door." ”

Saying that, Mo Xiao asked the butler behind him, "Fu Bo, can the guest gift list be registered?"

The old butler nodded and said, "Please rest assured, the surnames and residential addresses of the gift-giving guests have been registered in detail." ”

"Patriarch Mu, but he deliberately refused the kindness of the Mu family. Mo said with a smile.

Outside the banquet hall, a girl in a red dress and a white-haired boy walked into the banquet hall side by side, and the melodious voice of the girl in the red dress like a silver bell sounded in the banquet hall: "Daddy, this one doesn't look like broken copper and iron, it's mainly silver and beautiful, I think I can accept it." ”

"Qinghan!" Mo Xiao said a little annoyed, Rao is that he loves his daughter again, but the current situation does not allow her to act willfully. The silver light armor on the stage is a naked tool used by the Mu family to slap the Mo family in the face in public, if it is taken, isn't it a disguised way to make everyone here think that the weapons and armor cast by the Mo family are not even as good as paper and tofu compared to the Mu family? This is undoubtedly worse for the Mo family on the cusp of the storm today.

The girl in the red dress swept past Mo Xiao and went straight to the high platform, while Xuan Chen sat back in his seat, and before he had time to explain the cause and effect to Xiao Zhen and Lin Qing, he whispered "I'll talk about it later" and looked at the girl on the high platform. The couple were naturally not stupid people, and they could see the situation around them clearly, so they didn't ask anything.

The girl in the red dress walked to the depths of the silver light armor, touched the armor with her green jade fingers, turned her head to the wood chopping fire under the stage, and smiled playfully: "Uncle Mu, I thank you." ”

When Mo Xiao was about to get up and go on stage to forcibly pull down his arrogant and confused girl, Mo Liefeng beside him glanced at him and signaled to wait and see what was going on, and not to make a conclusion for the time being. sat back on the stool and prayed secretly in my heart, daughter, daughter, don't dig a hole for my father, this is not a joke, my father can't bear it at his age.

Mu Chohuo only felt that it was Heaven helping me and laughed loudly: "Elder Moxiao, look, your daughter is very happy. ”

The girl in the red dress continued to look at the silver light armor, thinking that if she wore it out at night, she might not even hit the lantern. The girl in the red dress asked: "But Uncle Mu, what you said earlier is to try it first and then decide whether to accept it, this condition, is it still counted?"

Mu Chohuo immediately said categorically: "Make a number, of course make a number, Qinghan's niece, you just try." ”

There are a few people in Yaobei City who don't know that although the Mo family's "little witch in the mixed world" is extremely talented, she doesn't like the boring and boring of cultivation, so her current strength is only in the lower position of the younger generation of the Mo family. Compared with Mo Ling, the first person of the younger generation of the Mo family, it is even worse, so Mu Chohuo has no fear, and he is not worried about what storms this little girl can make.

"And what if it breaks?" asked the girl in the red dress with a playful smile.

"What does Qinghan's niece think?" asked Mu Shuhuo rhetorically.

"Hmm...... There are always some vendors at the temple fair who like to attract customers with the slogan of 'fake one pays ten', I think it is feasible, and if it doesn't work, you have to lose, which is understandable. But Uncle Mu, you are different from them, if your identity is measured by the benchmark against them, wouldn't it be worth you. So fake one pays...... It's okay to pay twenty, is that reasonable, Uncle Mu?" Mo Qinghan nodded his chin and said as if he had thought it through.

"Just as Qinghan's niece said. Wood Chopping responded quickly.

As soon as the words of "that ......" fell, I saw the girl in the red dress touch her right hand to her waist, and untied the turquoise soft belt, and the Juling jade on the soft belt bloomed with a touch of green luster, and then the soft belt suddenly straightened, turning into a slender but terrifyingly sharp three-foot green sword.

The girl just waved it lightly, slashing at the silver light armor with a sword on the left and right, and then retracted the sword, pinning the turquoise soft belt back to her waist.

It's just a blink of an eye, as if a goose has passed without a trace.

But when the girl stretched out her green jade finger and tapped it on the silver light armor, four tiny cracks as fine as a hair appeared on the silver light armor. The next moment, the silver light armor actually peeled off piece by piece, one, two, three, four, a total of four.

The audience was silent, blowing hair and breaking hair, and cutting iron like mud, but that's it.

"Uncle Mu, your armor looks good, but it's a little brittle. Fake one pays twenty, and talking counts. ”