Chapter 53: Xiao Eleven's Dream
After chatting casually with Xiao Lao for a while, Huang Cong was about to find an excuse to leave, because the old man in front of him didn't know what strange things to say, and there was no way to keep up with his rhythm at all.
Xiao Lao said: "Why do you young people nowadays be so impatient, or are you worried that I won't be able to pay for the wine later?"
Xiao Lao asked for two pots of wine at this time, and Huang Cong had to talk to him about some topics again, in fact, he was silently calculating in his heart how many dishes he would have to wash to offset the cost of this meal.
After talking nonsense for a long time, Xiao Lao said: "If I'm not mistaken, my granddaughter should be as old as you, hey, Meng'er, it's all because grandpa is not good, I knew that I didn't agree to the marriage that your parents arranged for you!"
Huang Cong felt that Xiao Lao had mentioned some sad things, and comforted: "It will get better as soon as you want," looking at this lonely old man, he suddenly had a sad feeling at this time.
Xiao Lao said loudly: "What a fart!" and then another person muttered to himself: "Meng'er, you ran to Jianzhou alone, so far away from home, have you been bullied?"
Huang Cong looked a little embarrassed at the moment, didn't know how to comfort him, and said casually: "Old Xiao, I am also from Jianzhou, may I ask if your granddaughter is from Jianzhou, I will go back to Jianzhou in the future, help you find it?"
It was said unintentionally, in order to be able to give the lonely old man in front of him a hope, but Xiao Lao's eyes lit up after hearing this: "If you really find my granddaughter for me, I will marry her to you!"
Huang Cong disagreed, it was obvious that Xiao Lao had drunk too much at the moment, and his speech was a little slurred, and then asked, "Did your granddaughter mention the past Jianzhou, and what other characteristics she has?"
Xiao Lao said: "Meng'er said that she likes to practice swords, and will go to a famous sect in Jianzhou to learn art, because Meng'er has been a man's character since she was a child, so she has been dressed as a man since she was a child, because she is beautiful, so she will cause a lot of trouble when she goes there, and finally she went to a very famous alchemy master to ask for a pill, and after eating, the whole person's skin became bronze." β
After finishing speaking, Huang Cong was taken aback, and suddenly remembered the shadow of the bronzed-skinned woman in his mind, wasn't it from the same sect as himself?
Although he was a little confused, he still said: "I, I think I know your granddaughter is there," and at the same time, he secretly thought, things in this world are too coincidental, this can be encountered, it is really fate!
When Xiao Lao heard this, he took Huang Cong in his hand, and a rival momentum erupted on his body, his eyes were red, and he said, "Tell me quickly, where is my dream?"
After Huang Cong finished talking about meeting her in the sect with great difficulty, Xiao Lao finally let go of his hand, and returned to the same expression as the obscene old man before, and said, "Boy, are you okay?"
He coughed a few times, indicating that he was fine, and Xiao Lao's voice came again: "You have also seen my dream, isn't it beautiful?"
After finishing speaking, Huang Cong recalled in his mind again that bronzed-skinned woman, dressed in men's clothes, where was half a point beautiful?
Xiao Lao seemed to see his thoughts, and said: "My family Meng'er is what she became after taking that pill, when she recovers, you will know how beautiful he is, and wow, boy, I am a man of words, since you helped me find my family's Meng'er's deposit, and she is also safe, so when do you think of a way to coax her back, I will marry my family Meng'er to you, how about it?"
The more Huang Cong heard this, the more strange he felt, as if he was doing business, and said: "Senior, since you already know your granddaughter's deposit, why don't you go directly to her, not to mention that I am just an outsider, so it's not easy to interfere." β
Xiao Lao said: "You don't know anything, Meng'er's real name is Xiao Shiyi Meng, his father hopes to give birth to a son, but they are all daughters, Meng'er ranks eleven at home, so it is called Eleven Meng, her ten sisters are all married, but she is a stubborn character, she has regarded herself as a boy since she was a child, but she has a look that her daughter envies." β
"Because Meng'er has a competitive personality and has caused a lot of trouble since childhood, so his father insisted on marrying her off, so Meng'er ran away from home in a rage, Meng'er is also my most painful granddaughter, so I took a lot of effort to find her back, her mother is soft-hearted, so she is ready to give up this family business, but the other party thinks that our Xiao family is playing with them, insisting on marrying Meng'er, Meng'er left only a letter in anger and ran away again. β
"Afterwards, I searched all the large and small sects in the entire Sword Continent according to the letters left by Meng'er, but Meng'er was clever since he was a child, and I don't know how to hide the past, so since that fight, I have completely lost contact with Meng'er. β
Speaking of this, Xiao Lao took a few sips of stuffy wine again and sighed: "With Meng'er's temper, even if I go now, I can't call her back, I can only let her go further, so, boy, you have to understand my hard work, her mother is still thinking about her day and night." β
Huang Cong said: "Senior, don't worry, when I return to Jianzhou, I will definitely help you persuade your granddaughter to come back." β
Xiao Lao seemed to think of something at this time, and said: "Since I already know that Meng'er is safe and sound, then don't worry, there is a more important thing waiting for you to do now, quasi-son-in-law, are you willing to do it for Meng'er?"
Huang Cong almost stumbled and fell, looked at Xiao Lao's appearance that didn't seem to be lying, and sighed: "This old man, why don't you have a few normal words?"
Due to Xiao Lao's terrifying skills, he didn't say these words, but just thought about it in his heart, and then said: "The kindness of the seniors also understands the younger generation, but the younger generation has already married a wife, so it is not very fair to your granddaughter." β
After finishing speaking, Xiao Lao slapped the table and said: "I said that you kid has been struggling for a long time, what are you thinking? It turns out that because of this, Meng'er's temper is very clear to me, he doesn't like those hypocrites, I can see that you have a good heart, your strength is okay, enough to match my family's Meng'er, and besides, what's wrong with the three wives and four concubines of a big man!"
After Xiao Lao finished speaking, he seemed to feel that Huang Cong still had some worries, picked up a wine glass and pinched it in his hand, and suddenly a terrifying power spread out, and said: "I will decide this matter, see who dares to object!" After speaking, the cup in his hand instantly turned into powder, and Huang Cong was once again shocked by Xiao Lao's strength and couldn't close his jaw.
He didn't want to continue the discussion on this issue, and asked, "Old Xiao, what do you want me to do for you?"
Xiao Lao also came back to his senses at this time and said, "Do you know the Golden Immortal Academy in Huozhou?"
Huang Cong nodded.
Xiao Lao said again: "I am the former dean of the Golden Immortal Academy," this sentence once again shocked Huang Cong, and sighed: "How many secrets do this old man have?"
Xiao Lao smiled proudly: "How about it, boy, it's not a loss to be my son-in-law, haha," After taking a few sips of wine proudly, he said: "Since Meng'er divorced, the family that was divorced was obviously unwilling, although it was suppressed by my prestige on the surface, but secretly it has torn the Golden Immortal Academy apart." β
Huang Congdao suddenly remembered something, and then said: "It is rumored that the people who can enter the Golden Immortal Academy are all some strong people, or the sons of some city lords have some royal relatives and nobles, and there are Crouching Tigers, Hidden Dragons, many of the powerful characters on this continent are from the Golden Immortal Academy, especially the Golden Immortal Academy doesn't care about your age, as long as you have a certain strength and a certain amount of money, you can enter and study." β
Xiao Lao smiled: " That's right, the reason why the Golden Immortal Academy is famous in the continent is not only because it has a long history, but also because there are peerless masters born from here in each generation, so those who can enter the Golden Immortal Academy are some strong people, but the academy will also take into account some people with perseverance and set up a new rule, as long as you have enough money, you can come in and study, and this amount is not expensive, although there are also some gentlemen who can afford this price, but basically use money to come in, and they have practiced their skills in the process of earning money. β
"The old man of the Golden Immortal Academy has spent a lifetime of hard work, but since I passed on the position of dean to Meng'er's father, everything has begun to change, because some of the elders in the door are from the family that was dismissed, and they hold grudges. The Western Department of Law is nominally a broad enrollment, but privately the college has long been divided into two factions, one Eastern and one Western. β
"As the strength of the Western faction has continued to expand in the past few years, winning the first place in every competition, and some other elders and teachers of the academy seem to have gradually seen the current situation clearly, they have all fallen to that side, I am afraid that it will not be long before the entire Eastern faction will become a part of the Western faction. β
Although Huang Cong didn't understand the powerful relationship, he understood a truth, that is, his homeland was sacrosanct, and the Golden Immortal Academy was located on the eastern continent, if those people in the west occupied the Golden Immortal Academy, what was the difference between his own territory being violated?
Thinking of this, Huang Cong said again: "Isn't there any other elder in the academy who came out to stop this kind of thing from happening?"
Speaking of this, Xiao Lao sighed and said: "As elders, it is not good for us to meddle in the affairs of younger generations, not to mention that almost the entire continent of the Golden Immortal Academy knows, and any distraction will be immediately spread all over the world, if we rashly suppress outsiders, what will we think? β
"The most important thing is that the people of our eastern faction are not angry, every time we have a big competition, we will lose to those people in the west, if not, we will not become what we are now!"
Huang Cong couldn't tell what it was like when he heard this, but seeing that Xiao Lao was still thinking about the academy even though he had left the position of the dean, it seemed that he really had a deep affection for the academy, and then asked, "Then how can I help you?"
This sentence seemed to make Xiao Lao cheer up again, and said: "The stinky boy of the family who married Meng'er is the leader of the Western faction, because of Meng'er, he continues to provoke the war between the Eastern faction and the Western faction, as long as you can enter the Eastern faction of the Golden Immortal Academy, defeat him, and win the ranking of this East-West competition, you will be able to suppress the momentum of the Western faction, and we will come out to clean up the mess." β
Huang Cong thought for a while and said, "Can I do it?"
Xiao Lao Er didn't say a word, and raised a thumbs up with both hands.
At this moment, Huang Cong felt like he was on a thief ship, feeling that it was fake for this old man to marry his granddaughter to him, and it was true to use himself to solve the internal crisis of this Golden Immortal Academy, so he had to sigh: "Jiang is still old and spicy!"
At this time, a fat man happened to pass by the door, Xiao Lao immediately stopped him, and said, "You are Boss Jin, right?" Come on, I just met you today, it's time to return the money to you," and before the fat man could react, he pulled him in directly.
After making eye contact with Huang Cong, Xiao Lao said, "Boy, do you owe Boss Jin a hundred gold coins?"
Huang Cong was excited for a while, and said: "I can't remember a little, but it looks like yes, when I borrowed money that day, it was very dark, and I can't remember clearly," and then said to the fat man: "Did I borrow a hundred gold coins from you last time?"
The fat man heard a conversation between the two at this time, as if he understood something, and concluded that they must have recognized the wrong person, and said calmly: "Yes, it was your kid who borrowed a hundred gold coins from me last time, and I am still looking for you everywhere!"
After speaking, Huang Cong and Xiao Lao looked at each other, laughed, and then Huang Cong said: "Since we met today, then I will return the money to you immediately, by the way, Xiao Lao, didn't I put my money in your baggage? Hurry up and take me to get it." β
After that, the two walked out and quickly went down the stairs, and Xiao Er saw this and said, "Guest officer, you haven't paid yet?"
Xiao Lao said: "Someone has a treat, and he is still eating on it, don't you believe it?"
When Xiao Er walked a few steps towards the stairs, he did see that there was still a person in the private room before him at the corner of TongguΓ², and waved his hand to let the two leave with peace of mind.
In the private room, the fat man was still happily waiting for the two to send money, thinking: "I just went out and met two wronged people, and I regarded myself as a creditor, and I have encountered such a good thing in eight lifetimes!"
It's just that this time is too long, and I never saw the old and young before appear!