Mo Ye put down the teacup, stretched out his fingers and picked up a piece of shortbread and was about to eat it, and said casually after hearing this: "Could it be that they are privately divided into two factions, discussing bets on who can guess the riddle correctly?" ”

Yan Xingzhi nodded and smiled: "You are really smart, but you may not guess what the chips they bet are." ”

Mo Ye tossed the remaining half of the shortbread into his mouth, then stood up as well. Leaving the table and walking to the window, her eyes cast to the opposite side, and she said curiously: "Senior Brother Yan is selling me off, could it be that you have discovered something very interesting?" ”

Xing Feng had already stood up and left his seat, he walked to Yan Xingzhi's side and looked at the opposite side, and then said in a surprised tone: "Senior Brother Mo, look, why did Mr. scoop a sword in his hand?" ”

Without waiting for Mo Ye to speak, he listened to Yan Xingzhi's explanation: "Wine and gambling are originally close neighbors, but the literati invite them to gamble, and the chips are generally not for money, but for anecdotes. It seems that after discussing this time, they came up with the price of victory and defeat that the loser danced his sword and offered wine. ”

After explaining Xingfeng's doubts, Yan Xingzhi looked at Mo Ye, and said with a puzzled expression: "It turns out that Mr. is the Venerable Master." It's just that I'm very strange, watching them bet before, it seems that the Venerable Master has been silently drinking on the sidelines and watching from the wall, and he is not the one who guesses the lantern riddles. The name of the genius who respects the teacher, and the brothers and sisters of the Shanshui Academy have also admired it for a long time, why do they only watch it today? Putting these aside, since the Venerable Master has stood in the position of watching tonight and his own side has lost, why do you want him to dance the sword in person to pay for it? ”

Mo Ye also felt strange in her heart when she heard him say this, but she didn't think about anything, just smiled slightly: "Maybe it's a long way off, so we missed some details." They may have set some other rules for today's bet, we don't know. ”

Yan Xingzhi didn't ask any more questions, and looked at the opposite side again. It's just that he only looked at it for a while, and then he said softly, and said to Xing Feng beside him: "Senior Brother Xing, your family is a neighbor with that gentleman, do you know the depth of his martial arts?" ”

Xing Feng shook his head, and asked rhetorically in confusion, "Why does Senior Brother Yan ask that?" ”

Yan Xingzhi stared at the opposite side, looking at the person who danced with a sword from the banquet after Lin Shan began to dance a few moves, and said with a slight movement of his eyebrows: "I don't know if I am not good at learning and can't see accurately, I think the sword danced by the master who came out of the last step has a slight sword intent." ”

As soon as he reminded him, his mind suddenly became vigilant. He no longer looked at the sword-wielding dance of the two people opposite, but stared sharply at the sword moves of the master who came out one step behind. After two breaths, Xing Feng also said with a slightly shocked expression: "What's going on?" Since it is a sword dance, it is mainly 'dance', how can it hide the real 'martial arts' like this? ”

Mo Ye is not a student of Shanshui Academy, and she has not been tainted by the true meaning of martial arts, so she knows nothing about the dialogue between Xingfeng and Yan Xingzhi. But only from the literal meaning of the dialogue between Yan Xingzhi and Xing Feng, she could still feel the slightest bit bad about the momentum of the two people dancing with swords in the opposite building. Therefore, she couldn't relax, and asked vigilantly: "Is there any difference between your 'martial arts' and 'dance'?" ”

Xing Feng quickly explained: "Dancer, the movements are complex but vain and weak, and the force is light and easy to stop. As for the force, the movements look clumsy and not very graceful, but they imply strength and have the purpose of attacking. ”

"This" Mo Ye was slightly shocked in his heart, but he still maintained a calm complexion, and a trace of incomprehension appeared in his eyes: "What is the worst possible outcome of such a sword-wielding dance?" ”

Yan Xingzhi guessed that she thought of a terrible situation, and hurriedly comforted her: "Senior Brother Mo is panicking, maybe I am thinking too much, and you are also worried too much." ”

He had barely finished saying this when he heard an exclamation from the building opposite.

Mo Ye looked at it at a glance and saw that her master was either unsteady on his feet because of drunkenness, or maybe he was stabbing to avoid the opponent's 'dance', and his body was tilted back, but he forgot that his back had leaned against the edge of the window, and he almost fell downstairs because of this back. Fortunately, the master who danced the long sword with him quickly abandoned the sword, and with a timely stretch of his long hand, grabbed his sleeve and pulled him back.

Mo Ye's heart sank, her face also sank, and the air around her seemed to freeze at that moment. And when this solidification started, Mo Ye suddenly walked out without saying a word, pushed open the door of the private room, and walked downstairs.

The scene on the opposite floor was also seen by Yan Xingzhi and Xingfeng. After the two were stunned, Yan Xingzhi hurriedly followed behind Mo Ye and strode out of the room, and at the same time lowered his voice slightly and said urgently: "Senior Brother Mo, please don't worry!" The other party may not have bad intentions, but the sword dance is rising, and he wants to test the martial arts of the respected teacher. ”

But halfway through his words, Mo Ye's figure had already disappeared into the corridor between the elegant houses upstairs.

Yan Xingzhi had no choice but to sigh, and without saying more, he quickened his steps downstairs, but the Xing Feng who was following him asked puzzled at this time: "Senior Brother Yan, why do you think that master wants to test Senior Brother Mo's master's martial arts?" According to my feeling, that gentleman usually hardly shows people martial arts, and if all the masters want to fight with him, it should be Douwen. ”

"This" Yan Xingzhi stopped talking, and then changed his head and said, "As juniors, we should not speculate on the minds of our masters without authorization. I didn't expect Senior Brother Mo's character to be so impatient, now the first thing we need to do is to hurry up and keep up with him, and don't let him do anything gaffe tonight. ”

The three of them rushed into the opposite winery. Yan Xingzhi didn't want to be in such a hurry, but Mo Ye in front of him was walking too quickly, and he had to speed up his pace in order to keep up.

After Mo Ye walked into the hall of the winery, she saw the wooden steps upstairs at a glance, and she was about to go up with her feet, but was stopped by the shopkeeper. When the dispute was about to start, fortunately, Yan Xingzhi followed up and showed his identity, and he clearly came to the intention - of course, this intention is not detailed. And the businessman thinks that harmony is precious, and after the shopkeeper understands the situation, he does not make it difficult, and is worried that the three of them will disturb people, so he specially called a little two to lead the way and take them upstairs.

Although the large windows facing Taoliu Street in the wine room where Lin Shan is located are all open, the door to the walkway on the inside side is closed. However, when Mo Ye was led to the door of his room by Xiao Er, before Xiao Er knocked on the door, Mo Ye directly pushed the door open with a palm. Yan Xingzhi, who was following behind Mo Ye, couldn't help frowning again and again when he saw this, but Xing Feng didn't expect Mo Ye's momentum to be so tough suddenly, so he was stunned.

As soon as the door opened, the eyes of the masters who were drinking and chatting in the wine room looked at the door. Mo Ye was swept away by that unfamiliar gaze, and his heart was excited, and his mind finally calmed down a little. But when she saw the master who was sitting in a corner still drinking, and didn't seem to remember the dangerous scene that happened just now, Mo Ye suddenly became anxious again.

However, at this time, Mo Ye was no longer as impulsive as he was just now. Facing the gaze of a large group of people, her expression just changed for a moment, and then she saw her face calmly take a step into the room, and then she took a long swipe to the ground, and explained her identity in a sincere tone, and the punishment style and strict practice behind her also followed the etiquette.

Everyone present is a scholar, and the word etiquette is the first, although Mo Ye's act of pushing the door is a bit too polite, but the expression after that is still very sincere. As a teacher, you should lead by example, and on this festive night, of course, you will not be worried about the impulsive behavior of your juniors.

In the room, except for the drunk master, the other sober people all bowed slightly to Mo Ye and his party. There were even a few masters from Shanshui Academy and Lizheng Academy who recognized the three of them, greeted them with drunken eyes, and even invited them to the table to drink together, without any master's shelf.

At this moment, among the rows of people sitting left and right, a figure staggered to his feet, and said to Mo Ye drunkenly: "It turned out to be Mo Ye!" Your master is there, and he has drunk a lot tonight, and since the three of you are here, it is better to call him home together. ”

Mo Ye recognized that the intoxicating man was Chai Yan, a great acquaintance and a big drunkard! She hurriedly bowed and said, "Thank you, Master Chai." ”

At the same time, she had also discovered that all the masters in the audience were using wine cups as drinking utensils, but Chai Yan was holding a bowl for eating. She couldn't help but sigh again in her heart, and said secretly: In the face of so much wine, he actually dared to change the big bowl, not afraid of being drunk to death by several rounds of drinking?

At this time, I heard a master beside Chai Yan with a somewhat unfamiliar face stand up, stretched out his arm on Chai Yan's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Brother Chai, why did you let Brother Mu go back so soon, our wine game has just begun, and we haven't had fun yet!" ”

Chai Yan also put his arm on the other party's shoulder, held the wine bowl in the other hand, and after pouring himself another sip of wine, he burped and said: "Aren't we going to Rouge Lane later, I know that Brother Muwen will definitely refuse to go, but everyone is drunk or drunk, and no one will take care of him later." ”

Mo Ye's eyebrows moved slightly when he heard this, and he secretly said in his heart: Rouge Lane?

Chai Yan's words fell, and he saw the master who was supporting him frowning and said in a deep voice: "Brother Chai, in front of the disciples, be cautious!" ”

Chai Yan was reminded by the man, and he also realized that he had lost his words. He hurriedly withdrew the hand on the man's shoulder, pretended to smack himself, and apologized again and again, but he didn't know who he was apologizing to. And because he had lost the help of the master beside him, he was unstable under his feet and sat back.

At this time, another master stood up and said to Mo Yewen: "Just follow what Master Chai said, you can send Master Mu home!" If he goes with us tonight because he is drunk, and wakes up tomorrow morning, I don't know how he will blame us. ”——

ps: Lin Shan has always been under the pseudonym [Muwen] in Lizheng Academy, and even Xingfeng doesn't know his real name, there is a vague explanation in the previous plot, and it is specially noted here to avoid confusion among readers