Chapter Twenty-Five: A Thousand Miles to Meet
The two looked at each other, and they both saw the surprise in each other's eyes.
Reduced to going to the door to beg the enemy, how miserable is Xiahouba now?
The two fell silent, not knowing what to do.
If it's to provoke, it's easy to do, just get rid of it. But he knelt in front of the door and kowtowed like this, in the middle of the night, it was too awkward.
He squeezed his eyes at Mo Yuqing and motioned for her to come and send her away. Unexpectedly, she pretended not to know, turned away, and threw this thorny problem to him again.
Seeing that the atmosphere was cold, the pressure in Xiahou Ba's heart increased sharply, and he was more and more afraid that they would sleep behind closed doors, hang themselves here, kowtow harder, and blood splashed on his forehead.
"As long as you take it in, I'm willing to be a cow or a horse, and I can do anything!" His face was desolate, and he said in a trembling voice: "From now on, my life is yours!" ”
He was desperate.
Losing the sword of the Zhen clan is a great crime, once he is caught by the henchmen of the Xiahou family, his little life will be gone, let alone being a cow and a horse.
Ren Zhen eats soft and not hard, for fear that others will pretend to be pitiful. He couldn't stand it anymore, grinned, waved his hand and said, "Don't be like this, you get up first." ”
Xiahou Ba breathed a sigh of relief, and when he stood up, the flesh and blood on his forehead were blurred, and he was miserable.
He himself felt humiliated, and two lines of hot tears flowed down, but he endured it and did not cry out loud.
Ren Zhen sighed, "Alas, why are you suffering...... If you have something to say, you will come into the house. ”
After speaking, he pulled the corner of Mo Yuqing's clothes and walked into the hut.
Unlike her, he didn't have any hatred for Xiahou Ba in the first place, and he took this matter very lightly. In other words, he didn't take Xiahou Ba seriously at all.
Who cares about being bitten by a fly?
Entering the house, Mo Yuqing handed over a piece of cotton cloth and asked Xiahou Ba to wipe the blood, and his willow-like eyes were still full of resentment.
Where did Xiahou Ba dare to pick up, disturbing people's dreams late at night, he was uneasy in his heart, so he hurriedly made a long story short and told him about the bitter experiences of the past two days.
Ren Zhen sat at the table, picked up the coarse porcelain bowl, took a sip of boiled water, and said, "Come to me, are you willing?" I don't think I need to remind you that I have a certain responsibility for why you ended up where you are. ”
Xiahou Ba bit his lip hard, groaned for a moment, raised his head, and looked gloomy.
"There is no grudge between you and me, just different positions. Put yourself in your shoes, if it were me who was humiliated by you, I would definitely repay you and take your life. In that sense, I owe you my life. What's more, I am to blame for forcibly breaking through the realm, and I shouldn't hold a grudge against you......"
Ren Zhen listened silently, and said expressionlessly: "Remember or not hold a grudge, that's your business, there's no need to tell me." Whether you live or die has nothing to do with me. I like to be quiet, so Jingshan won't take you in. ”
The next step is for him to steal the leylines, and the stakes are so high that it is impossible to leave others behind.
When Xiahou Ba heard this, he was in chaos, and under the flickering candle flame, he trembled, "I don't dare to disturb you, just want to hide on Jingshan!" They couldn't have guessed that I was coming for you! ”
Ren Zhen shook his head, his tone indifferent, "This is not negotiable." Hurry up and leave, if you dare to lie on the mountain, don't blame me for being unkind! ”
With that, he raised his hand and pointed out the door and gave the order to evict the guest.
When Mo Yuqing heard this, she yawned and stood up, her face unkind.
Xiahou Ba was completely panicked, knelt down again, and begged bitterly, "It's okay if you don't take me in, please return the mountain sword to me." In your eyes, it's a piece of scrap metal. But it could have saved my life! ”
From the moment he entered the door, he first begged Ren Zhen to take him in, but he actually had some careful thoughts. If you can really get the blessing of the Sword Saint, you don't have to be afraid of the Xiahou family chasing you in the future. In addition, he still did not give up, thinking about the glimmer of hope for his new cultivation.
In contrast, even if he wanted to return to the Kaishan Sword and return to the Xiahou family, it would only be a capital crime. Not only did he fail to take revenge, but he made the Xiahou family humiliated again, and the guilt was hard to atone for, and he would still face a terrible punishment.
Since Ren Zhen refused to take him in, he could only retreat and make the last struggle.
"Why did I pay you back?" Ren Zhen rolled his heavy eyelids and was drowsy, "What are you going to use to negotiate terms with me?" ”
Xiahou Ba was speechless, "I ......"
Ren Zhen stood up, waved his hand impatiently, and said: "I didn't even think about the conditions, so I ran to beg me, you think I am a living bodhisattva who saves suffering?" ”
Xiahou Ba knelt on the ground with a lonely expression.
"I don't want to humiliate you," Ren Zhen's face sank, and said, "I'll count three times, if you don't leave, don't blame me for being ruthless!" ”
Xiahou Ba's eyes were full of despair. If you go down the mountain like this, the end will not be much better.
"One!"
"Two!"
Ren Zhen's hand was raised, ready to be expelled.
"Three ......"
Before the words fell, a joking voice suddenly floated from outside the door.
"Yo yo, it's the middle of the night, it's really lively here!"
Ren Zhen was stunned for a moment, and his left hand froze in mid-air. All three people in the room turned around at the same time and looked at the door in amazement. Someone is here again!
Under the gaze of amazement, a drunken young man walked into the room and sat down on the bench by himself.
The candles were dim, and his splendid clothes shone brightly in the hut.
Cui Mingjiu was drunk, looked at Xiahou Ba, who was kneeling on the ground in a daze, and said with a hippie smile: "Don't kneel towards me!" Although I have money, I don't just give people New Year's money! ”
As he spoke, he was a little thirsty, so he picked up the white porcelain bowl on the table and poured it violently, just like in his own home, how could he be restrained at all.
Ren Zhen was suddenly furious, fuck, in the middle of the night, he didn't let people sleep!
Looking at this uninvited guest who was full of alcohol, his face was cold, and a killing intent rose between his eyebrows, "What are you doing?" ”
Xiahou Ba felt it really, knew that something was wrong, and quietly retreated.
Cui Mingjiu was completely unknown, glanced at the impoverished house, and said with a smile: "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be." The students have long admired the prestige of the Sword Saint, and they came tonight to sincerely apprentice to the ......"
Speaking of the word "apprenticeship", he suddenly remembered something, and was almost choked by his own saliva.
"You're here to apprentice too?" He suddenly realized, staring at Xiahou Ba gloomily, and his drunkenness dissipated instantly, "What do you see?" Look at your virtue, you are also worthy of being the first disciple of the Sword Saint?! ”
The first disciple of the saint, this is a great glory. Yan Yuan walked the world as the first disciple of Confucianism, and was respected by the world as Mr. Great, enjoying infinite respect. He mistakenly thought that Xiahou Ba was here to compete with him for the title of the first apprentice.
Xiahou Ba looked confused, where is this?
Cui Mingjiu was vicious and said arrogantly: "Don't think I didn't hear it just now!" If you don't get out again, hmph, don't blame the master for being ruthless! ”
At this time, Mo Yuqing next to him couldn't bear it anymore and scolded sharply: "You two fools, disappear from my eyes immediately!" ”
Cui Mingjiu was stunned for a moment, then noticed her existence, glanced at her, and sneered: "Yo? You ugly bastard, you're also here to rob the first apprentice? ”