Chapter Forty-Eight: A Play Within a Play (I)
In the time that followed, Jiang He and Mu Yan talked about the reason why he brought this newly recruited apprentice in Luojiazhuang to visit this time.
Although these Mu Yan had already guessed, he still listened patiently.
This story also starts when a group of tourists first entered Luojiazhuang, when the banner of the second shopkeeper was escorted to the center of Luojiazhuang by the largest group of tourists.
Along the way, those tourists were polite to him, many wanted to invite him to the restaurant for a good meal, and many even wanted to call him brothers, but the banner did not agree, after all, he is not a fool, since he was a child, the hard life has made him experience a lot of sophistication, although he can not see through people's hearts, but at least know the warmth and cold, debate good and bad, although these people seem to have no malice, but their purpose is obviously not pure.
Sure enough, after observing for a while, Hazi found that these people always consciously or unintentionally asked him about the source of this kung fu, so he immediately reacted that the purpose of these people was not simply to make friends with him, but their purpose was the mysterious master behind him.
Thinking of this, Hatako immediately raised his guard against them, and took the opportunity to escape from a chaotic situation soon after.
It's just that considering that his small shack is on the outskirts of Zhuangzi and can't go back now, and if he wanders around in the center of Zhuangzi, he will be easy to be discovered, so he ran to the mysterious master and hid.
This hiding was a month, he didn't dare to tell his master that he was escorted back, after all, with his understanding of his master, he knew that he would definitely let him carry gifts to thank him in the future, although he thought that he had brought them such a long way and didn't owe anything to those people, but his master has always pursued the grace of dripping water and should be repaid with a spring, and he will definitely not think so.
However, this was only the beginning, as the reputation of Mu Yan and Yunlou gradually spread, the banner was even more afraid to show his head, especially after knowing from his master that Mu Yan had become an elder of the Demon Punishment Society, he was not even willing to take a step in the master's courtyard!
Why? Because he knew that Mu Yan and Yunlou had something to do with the group of people who escorted him! Although I don't know what the relationship is, it's certain that we know each other.
He threw off the group of people in a sloppy way, and he didn't think about the consequences at all, maybe he had already helped Yunlou and Mu Yan's face, plus he didn't go to Xie Yunlou and Mu Yan's kindness later, he felt that he had offended the two of them ruthlessly!
White-eyed wolf! The most despised people in the rivers and lakes are this kind of people!
If he dared to show his head and be recognized, he might not be directly beaten to death and used to receive merit, so in the second half of the year, he simply hid in his master and became a turtle with a shrunken head, ignoring what was going on outside the window, and practicing martial arts wholeheartedly, striving to make sure that no one would beat him to death if he went out one day......
Until a few days ago, I don't know why, probably because of his uneasy conscience, he suddenly chose to tell Jiang He about it.
So there was a scene where Jiang He took this "criminal" to apologize.
"Trouble with conscience?" Mu Yan glanced at the banner meaningfully, and the banner suddenly felt in his heart, lowered his head and stared at the back of the master's head, pretending not to see anything.
Mu Yan laughed twice in a low voice.
I don't know what the banner said to Jiang He, Jiang He seems to think that he has offended Mu Yan fiercely, so he took this kid Mu Yan to act in front of this play.
This alone can be seen how much Jiang He loves him, of course, this can also show how terrible his martial arts talent is, after all, he is already a little old, and this incident has also made him have a flaw in his character, but even so Jiang He is willing to take the risk of offending Mu Yan to wipe this kid's ass, if he doesn't value this disciple very much, he can't do such a thing at all.
"So that's it!" Mu Yan laughed out loud after hearing this.
"I thought it was something so serious to make Brother Jiang so angry......
He looked at Jiang He and smiled: "Brother Jiang, don't scare him anymore!" Since the banner finally chose to tell you about it, it means that he himself is not an ungrateful person."
"Besides, it is the responsibility of my generation of doctors to save lives and help the wounded, and I don't ask for anything in return, if I want to say, I can only say that the banner is lucky, and he is right next to me when the crisis comes, otherwise, even I can't save him!"
Jiang He nodded with feeling, and his expression was a little sad for a moment: "What the seeker said is that in that case, whether you can survive or not really depends on the will of heaven......
His fists clenched tightly, as if recalling some painful past.
Mu Yan didn't ask him out loud, but carefully recalled the explanation Jiang He had just given him.
That explanation is very interesting, in it, Mu Yan is the one who rescued the banner from the black feather and treated his wounds! And Yunlou and Zhong Hexi, who really saved the flag, did not appear from beginning to end!
"Interesting!" The corners of Mu Yan's mouth hooked up a smile, and his gaze at the banner seemed to become sharp.
He can now confirm that the banner is the person found by Yunlou, and even Jiang He on the side of all this is kept in the dark!
Here's the fun part of it:
Jiang He may have always thought that it was Banner and he was acting with Mu Yan, but who would have thought that he had actually been acting in the play of Yunlou! He may have thought that this play was nearing the end, but he didn't know that Mu Yan and the play of Hazi had just begun!
"A play within a play!" Mu Yan sneered in his heart, that Yunlou is really a good person to play with, and only this Jiang He, who thinks he knows everything, has really been kept in the dark from beginning to end!
"The catechumens said that if you don't repay it, you really won't repay it?" Jiang He, who came back to his senses, cut the head of the banner with a knife in one hand, as if something sad and painful, as long as he cut the head of the banner, there was nothing......
"Why don't you come over and thank you!" He shouted.
The banner knelt behind him with his head covered, and bowed to Mu Yan and said, "Thank you for your kindness, the kid has nothing to reciprocate!" ”
As he spoke, he raised his head and glanced at Mu Yan again, hesitated for a moment, and said a little hesitantly: "I don't know...... Belch...... That, the catechumen...... Do you have time tomorrow? ”
"Why, do you still want to set up a banquet to make amends?" Mu Yan said with a smile.
Jiang He's thick eyebrows moved next to him, and he glanced at the banner - what does this kid want to do? It doesn't seem that there were so many scenes when I discussed it with him before, right?
Hearing Mu Yan's question, the banner's face turned red, and he continued to say, "What's that...... I just want to ...... Want to ......"
He glanced at Mu Yan, was ruthless, and said all the words in one breath.
"I just want to invite the catechumens to Chunhong Mansion for a meal!"
After saying this, he began to cry in his heart while protecting his face:
“…… Why is it Chunhong Mansion! ”
Sure enough, the next moment a knife slashed over his head, and the poor banner lay on the straw mat again.
Jiang He's already slightly red face turned red, and he pointed to the banner lying on the ground, and he couldn't even speak clearly: "Chief catechumen, this ...... This ......"
Mu Yan patted his leg and laughed, as if he was amused by the flag, but if you look closely, you will find that there is a trace of coldness hidden in the depths of his gaze.