The setting sun gradually set below the horizon, and the last bit of afterglow struggled for a moment before finally dissipating silently over the earth.

When the bright moon rises and the stars are overflowing, the banquet is nearing the end.

In the main hall, the heads of the Xichuan family had long since lost their previous tacit understanding, and they fought openly and secretly for tempting resources, and even fell out on the spot.

As if to make a footnote to Lin Shaodong's words, Xu Rui put on a lenient appearance on the surface, and did not mind those outrageous actions and swear words, only the only criterion of "the highest price wins", which made the competition even more intense.

No matter how big the power vacuum of Nishikawa is, there is always a moment when the cake is finished, and the closer to the end of the dinner, the more hot the atmosphere in the main hall becomes.

The owners of the families who got the benefits early naturally stood up and cheered for Xu Rui, while the owners of the families whose interests were violated tried their best to put on a posture and try to please Xu Rui.

Compared with when he just entered the city at noon, Xu Rui completed the reshuffle of Xichuan's interests at an unimaginable speed, and almost reshaped the entire pattern of Xichuan.

You must know that this is a feat that several generations of Great Wei emperors and the heads of the four major families have wanted to do for many years, but have never done.

Xiao Hu stood outside the cloister and tried to look at the chaotic inner hall, and suddenly felt that someone had patted him, and when he turned around, he found that the master did not know when he came behind him.

"Master......"

Xiao Hu scratched the back of his head in shame, and reluctantly called out to the master.

The master said with a straight face: "You are lazy again." ”

Xiao Hu shook his head and said, "It's not that I'm lazy, I'm just curious about how these nobles can be so noisy when they eat." ”

The master glanced at the lobby from a distance, and just saw the two richly dressed heads of the family scolding with red ears and red throats, and couldn't help but shake their heads.

"Since ancient times, big fish eat small fish, small fish eat dried shrimp, these noble people are the sky in front of us, but they also have their own heaven, and they also have to be eaten by bigger fish, in order not to be eaten, naturally they can only work hard to grow up, and eat others first."

"Is that so?"

Xiao Hu glanced at the master suspiciously, then looked towards the lobby, and said longingly: "It turns out that they are not always high, maybe I can become the big fish that ate them one day." ”

"Stop daydreaming!"

The master gave him a blank look and said disdainfully: "Do you think anyone can become the carp that crossed the dragon gate?" Let me tell you, some things are predestined, those people are born with a golden key, even if you work hard for ten lifetimes, you can't master such huge resources, how can you compare with them? Not to mention eating them. ”

As he spoke, the master gently patted Xiaohu's shoulder, and said bitterly: "You, you just have a lot of ideas, this is your strength, but also your weakness, do your current work well, isn't it good to live a peaceful life?" ”

Xiaohu shook his head: "People only have one life, vigorous is also alive, peace and security is also alive, why can't you fight for the ideal in your heart once?" ”

"Ideal?"

The master sneered and said: "If you are worried about where to eat your next meal every day, you can't care about talking about any ideals, not to mention do you know how dirty those glamorous nobles in front of people are, like you, even if you really become a nobleman, I am afraid you may not feel happy." ”

Xiao Hu was stunned for a moment, glanced at the master suspiciously, and frowned: "Master, I always think that you are a person with a story, just heard your words, didn't you once be one of those nobles?" ”

The master's face changed slightly, and a look of remembrance appeared in his eyes, and then quickly dimmed.

He shook his head and said: "The past is unbearable, to put it mildly, it is meaningless to recall this kind of thing, and when you experience a lot, you will find that peace and security is a blessing, and those rights and wealth are just a passing cloud." ”

A trace of doubt flashed on Xiao Hu's face, and he shook his head and said, "Master, you always say that if you experience a lot, you will understand all kinds of truths, but if I don't go through it, how can I understand the deep meaning?" ”

With a "bang", the master knocked heavily on the door of Xiaohu's head, and said angrily: "If you don't listen to the old man, you will suffer in front of you, I have experienced the master, isn't it enough to tell you the experience?" Do you have to take a detour yourself? ”

Xiaohu covered his head and pouted aggrievedly: "If you don't go on it yourself, who knows whether that road is curved or straight?" Everyone is different, one step at a time, there is a front and a back, you can't take your experience as my own, right? ”

The master was angry, and slapped the back of Xiaohu's head and said: "Master, what a heavy price did I pay back then, to sum up such a little experience, do you think I am talking about anyone?" You think kindness is a donkey's liver and lungs. ”

Xiao Hu exhaled in pain, inhaled cool air, rubbed the back of his head, and it took a long time to recover from the severe pain, and when he saw that the master looked like he hated iron but not steel, he laughed again.

"Master, I have been stubborn since I was a child, everyone says that I have too many messy ideas and don't want to be close to me, why are you so good to me?"

Hearing this, a touch of memory appeared in the master's eyes when he looked at him.

After a while, he sighed and said: "You are too persistent, just like when I was young, I was not afraid of the sky and the earth like you, so I wanted to break out of the world."

But after really experiencing it, I found that this world is far more complicated and terrifying than I imagined, I am like a frog at the bottom of the well, looking at the sky only the size of a palm, but I don't know that in the invisible place, I don't know how many guys who may gnaw you to the scum at any time.

Master, I have suffered a big loss, so I don't want to see you follow the old road I have walked. ”

"I see......"

A trace of emotion flashed in Xiao Hu's eyes, but he stubbornly shook his head and said: "But master, if I live like this, I will never want to get rid of the fate of being bullied, I don't want to live like this for the rest of my life." ”

"What to bully, who dares to bully you?"

When the master heard this, he suddenly became excited: "Let me tell you, although the old man is embarrassed, but he still has this ability, just because you are my apprentice, no one wants to bully you, it's a big deal that the old man and those nobles will die together!" ”

"Really?"

Xiao Hu didn't doubt the master's words at all, and asked in surprise.

I don't know why, as soon as I see Xiaohu's pure appearance, the master's heart will be warm, as if he will see his child who will never see him again.

"Of course it's true, as long as you live a good life, tell the master what you lack."

"Master, you are so good!"

Xiao Hu laughed, revealing two white tiger teeth, and his two eyes were also bent into crescents, and said happily: "Since this is the case, then please lend me something?" ”

"You little rabbit, you really beat snakes and sticks!"

The master rolled his eyes and said angrily, "Say, what do you want?" ”

Xiao Hu laughed shyly and said shyly, "I want ...... Borrow your head for a while! ”

"What?!"

The master was stunned for a moment, and then seemed to remember something, his pupils shrank suddenly, and his right hand immediately stretched out to his waist.

However, at this moment, Xiao Hu suddenly floated in front of the master like a ghost, and he didn't know where to find a short knife and gently slammed it across the master's neck.

I saw a cold light flashing in the night, and the master's face suddenly stiffened.

Xiao Hu grabbed the master's hair and lifted it gently, and the shocked human head was taken off by him.

"Master, you are so good to me, I almost softened, but unfortunately I am still unwilling, I also want to take those detours you said."

Xiao Hu smiled and said a word to the head, and then reached out and took out an extremely delicate small iron box from the back of the soft corpse.

Then, he whispered towards the empty corridor: "Give this head to Xu Rui, give him a surprise first, and we may be able to become nobles soon." ”

As soon as the words fell, countless black shadows flew down, filling the body behind him.

One of them walked out slowly, took the head from Xiao Hu's hand, and said viciously: "Xu Rui, you have harmed me so far, this time I will use your life to pay tribute to everything I have lost!" ”

As he spoke, he suddenly looked at the still chaotic lobby, and the hatred in his eyes was like substance.

"Hmph, be proud, be proud, in a half a moment you will know what it means to not be able to live, to die!"