Five days later, the streets and alleys of Deyang City are extremely lively, Ran Xingzhou's 60th birthday, not only held a birthday banquet in the door, but also distributed porridge and rice in various parts of the city to relieve the poor people, just like a famous and decent attitude with the common people.

Absolute Knife Gate.

In the center of the wide courtyard of the Jue Dao Gate, there is a huge straight knife stone carving, the knife body is covered with traces of time, it seems to silently tell the endless scenery of the Jue Dao Gate back then, dozens of large tables have been placed in the front and back of this courtyard, and the back kitchen is already busy.

Ran Yunhan stood outside the gate with a smiling face to greet the guests, and Liu Qingyuan was responsible for arranging seats for the guests.

Xing Zongliang also rushed back from Zizhong to help, after all, it was his teacher, and Yu Siren also came.

Shangguan Lu and Liao Yuheng and other Qingcheng disciples arrived a few days ago.

Xu Yihang and Zhou Zhong were mixed in the crowd of birthday congratulations, carrying congratulatory gifts behind everyone, and seeing Ran Yunhan at the door from afar, they felt a lot but it was difficult to come forward to recognize each other.

In addition to the people who came to congratulate the birthday, it was the local rich gentry and officials in Deyang, and there was an endless stream of people coming and going, the gate of this Juedaomen was bustling, Ran Yunhan was very busy, and Xing Zongliang also came to the gate to greet the guests.

"Who are the two distinguished guests?" Xing Zongliang looked at the two people in front of him and asked.

"Under the golden axe Zhou Zhong, I happened to pass by the precious land, and I heard the birthday of the lord of the Ran Gate, so I specially prepared a small gift, and came to see the majesty of the Lord of the Ran Gate!" Zhou Zhong and Xing Zongliang met, two years ago in the Tang Tingshan camp, the two had contact because of Xu Yihang's relationship, even if Zhou Zhong was masked with black cloth, but the gold-inlaid fishtail is rare in the world.

"Northern Sichuan Zhou Daxia? Disrespectful, please go inside. Xing Zongliang took the gift box in Zhou Zhong's hand and led the person to the courtyard.

The battle with Feng Xu and Jiang Shou outside Langzhong City has already spread all over Shu, and Xing Zongliang knows that this Zhou Zhong is not an ordinary person.

"Captain Xing, do you still know this weapon?" Zhou Zhong was not in a hurry to leave, but ripped off the brocade that wrapped the fishtail.

"Huh?" Ran Yunhan on the side saw someone showing his weapon, and thought he was here to find fault, so he stepped forward, but heard Xing Zongliang and the masked man say, "Fishtail? Are you too? ”

"That's right, it's the person Captain Xing guessed in his heart." Zhou Zhong replied.

"And who is this?" Xing Zongliang looked at Xu Yihang behind Zhou Zhong and asked.

At this time, Xu Yihang's face was full of scum, wearing an old cloth coat and a rotten cloak, he seemed to be a follower, and if he didn't look closely, he couldn't tell that this was the high-spirited young man a year ago.

"In Xia Xu Yihang, Brother Xing, long time no see." Xu Yihang looked up at Xing Zongliang.

Xing Zongliang was stunned when he heard this, and he was about to come forward to give a hug, but when he saw Xu Yihang's straight eyes, he understood in his heart that the brother he hadn't seen for a year didn't want to attract attention, so he forced the joy in his heart and ordered the disciples behind him to lead the two into the hospital.

Ran Yunhan saw Xu Yihang and Zhou Zhong entering, and asked Xing Zongliang, "Brother Xing, who are these two?" Is it your old acquaintance? ”

"Haha, it's not just my old acquaintance, it's been a year, and I've finally shown up. Yun Han, don't hurry up to greet the guests, don't be slow to treat other guests. Xing Zongliang didn't tell Ran Yunhanming.

Xu Yihang and Zhou Zhong picked a seat in the corner and sat down, surrounded by ordinary people on the rivers and lakes of Shudi, and it was not conspicuous to mix in them.

It was almost noon, and the guests had arrived, the table was full of delicacies, and everyone had poured their own wine, but they had not moved their chopsticks, after all, the host had not yet spoken, and he had to pay attention to etiquette.

"Ladies and gentlemen, today is the 60th birthday of Ran Xingzhou, the head of the disdainful faction, please be quiet for a while, and ask the master of the sect to say a few words." Liu Qingyuan stood on the stone steps outside the hall at this moment and said loudly.

As soon as the words fell, the courtyard was much quieter, and I saw Ran Xingzhou striding out of the hall, bowing his hand to everyone, and said with full of energy: "Thank you for coming to the contemptible faction to celebrate the old man's birthday, the old man is deeply honored, if there is anything inconsiderate, please also ask you Haihan... ”

Ran Xingzhou said a lot, nothing more than some polite words, but as soon as he finished speaking, he was about to start the banquet, but someone outside the courtyard said loudly: "The sixtieth birthday of the master of the Ran Sect is gratifying, Tang Guanjie and Tang Sanyi of the Tang Sect came to worship their birthday with the disciples of the sect!" ”

Everyone in the courtyard was shocked when they heard this, everyone in the world knows that the Tang Sect and the Jue Dao Sect have been at odds for more than ten years, and a conflict broke out three years ago, resulting in nearly 100 deaths and injuries among the disciples of the Tang Sect, Tang Ying broke off his hand, and Tang Qiong was seriously injured, which can be described as an indissoluble hatred.

Tang Guanjie had already entered the compound, followed by Tang Sanyi, who had not appeared for a long time, and more than a dozen Tang Sect disciples.

Ran Xingzhou deserved to be an old Jianghu, he was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "The nephew came from afar, the old man is very happy, Qingyuan, hurry up and arrange, please take a seat with the master of Tang Shaomen." ”

Tang Guanjie snorted lightly and replied: "Uncle Nolao, the little nephew came here today on the orders of my father, firstly, to pay homage to my birthday, and secondly, to convey my father's meaning on this good day." ”

Ran Xingzhou was still smiling and asked, "Oh? I don't know what the Tang Sect thinks, but the virtuous nephew can just say it. ”

Tang Guanjie glanced at the heroes of the rivers and lakes in the courtyard, and said loudly: "There is something strange about Liu Qifeng's death back then, someone deliberately framed and blamed my Tang Sect, intending to cause the two factions to fight and reap the benefits. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone present was stunned, Liu Qifeng's incident has passed all these years, when the incident happened, everyone in the rivers and lakes suspected that it was Tang Men who did it, Tang Wanxiong did not speak out to defend himself, how could he bring up this matter again today.

Liu Qingyuan's face was extremely ugly, and he was mentioned at Ran Xingzhou's birthday banquet about the death of his beloved son, how could this father be in a normal mood and not make waves!

I only heard a loud shout: "Tang Guanjie!" Today is the birthday of the head of my Absolute Sword Sect, why did you mention my son?! ”

This shout frightened Tang Guanjie for a while, and even the guests in the courtyard were startled, and many of them dropped the wine glass in their hands.

Tang Sanyi, who was behind Tang Guanjie, stepped forward and said very calmly: "Deputy Sect Master Liu is angry, I mentioned this matter today to let everyone in the rivers and lakes know, my Tang Sect is not a murderer, as for whether you believe it or not, it is up to you." The reason why my eldest brother was silent and didn't defend back then was that he didn't want to fall for other people's schemes, but he didn't expect that my forbearance was exchanged for the slaughter in the ancient tomb, and he almost died in Xia. ”

This Tang Sanyi has been in bed for more than a year, and his temper is a lot milder, all the heroes of the rivers and lakes secretly wondered, Tang Men was really surprised, and took the initiative to show favor and make peace, not to mention, the notorious Tang Fat Man actually changed his sex.

Liu Qingyuan held back his anger and said: "Since this matter was mentioned today, then the old man should listen, who killed my son!" ”

"Whoever can benefit is naturally the most suspicious, the two factions of the Absolute Sword Gate and the Tang Sect fight, and the rivers and lakes of Shu will be chaotic into a pot of porridge, for the fellow Jianghu Daoists, it is not beneficial, but for the one in the north, it is a great good thing! And killing Liu Shaoxia is not beneficial to my Tang Sect! Tang Sanyi replied.

"Back then, the five men of Qifeng and the horse gang were all poisonous, what do you explain?!" Liu Qingyuan continued to ask.

"Is Deputy Master Liu a little less thoughtful in what he said? It's not my Tang family who is poisoning the world, otherwise it wouldn't have been just a suspicion six years ago. Tang Sanyi said unhurriedly.

Ran Xingzhou saw that Liu Qingyuan showed signs of going berserk, Ran Yunhan's eyes widened, and he also had the intention of making a move, so he hurriedly interrupted and said: "Qingyuan, the person who came today is a guest, since the master of the Tang Sect intends to reconcile with my faction, how can you and I live up to such good intentions?" Later, the matter of the peak can be ascertained. ”

Liu Qingyuan turned his head to look at Ran Xingzhou, but he stopped talking.

"Today, I accompanied my little nephew here, I really don't mean to pick quarrels and provoke trouble, I just want to show my eldest brother's attitude in front of fellow martial artists, you and I have been fighting openly and secretly for more than ten years, it's time to stop." Tang Sanyi didn't have the domineering appearance of the past, and said sincerely.

Ran Xingzhou replied: "The master of the Tang Sect is kind, and the old man understands it, but even if the facts are as you said, Qifeng is not the victim of your Tang Sect, but Qing Yuan killed dozens of people in your sect and cut off Tang Ying's hand, how can the master of the Tang Sect give up easily?" ”

Ran Xingzhou saw that the matter had come to this point, so he simply made his words clear.

Tang Sanyi said: "I'm afraid that the Lord of the Ran Sect has forgotten, it has been more than three years since my second brother broke his hand, if my Tang Sect wanted to retaliate, I would have done it a long time ago, why wait until now?" ”

Shangguan Lu, who had listened to it for a long time, walked out from behind Ran Xingzhou, and said with an arched hand: "I shouldn't have interfered in this matter in Xia, but the two factions are related to the stability of the southwest martial arts, so I have to say a few words, if the Juedaomen and the Tang Sect can get along in harmony, it will be a great thing, and it is also the most valuable congratulatory gift for today's birthday." It's just that there are a lot of grudges between the two factions, and if it is really provoked by others to cause today's situation, you can sit down and talk about it and find out who is behind the scenes. ”

Ran Xingzhou saw that Shangguan Lu was interested in rounding the field, so he said casually: "Okay, the old man has accepted this generous gift from the Tang Sect Lord today, and he will definitely visit him in the future." ”

"Then I won't bother with my little nephew." Tang Sanyi hugged his fists as soon as he spoke, pulled up Tang Guanjie and left, before the group walked out of the door, they heard a miserable scream: "Ah! It's not good, it's poisonous in this dish! ”

Everyone followed the reputation, only to see a person standing up in extreme pain, foaming at the mouth and falling to the ground, it was actually the head of the Absolute Sword Gate Horse Gang.

Zhang Guotou just moved his chopsticks to eat a few bites of food, but he didn't want to be poisoned, and the rest of the guests were frightened and happy, secretly thinking that today's birthday banquet was going to cause trouble.

"Sure enough, it's a weasel giving a New Year's greeting to the chicken! The people of the Tang Sect are waiting for Hugh to leave! A rugged horse gang man got up and shouted.

Tang Guanjie didn't speak just now, he was already slightly dissatisfied with Tang Wanxiong's decision this time, and then he heard someone splashing dirty water on Tang Men, so he stopped and turned around and said loudly: "Which bastard framed me Tang Men again?!" ”

"Do you still use planting? As soon as your Tang Sect arrived here, Zhang Guotou was poisoned, and only your Tang Sect was the only one in the entire Shu Land who was good at this three indiscriminate ways! Another man from the caravan stood up and said.

The guests present were already a little suspicious and jealous of the Tang Gate, this one person came out, and the rest of the people were also discussing, there were already many people who got up to denounce it, and the officials of Deyang who were sitting in the house saw that the situation was not good, and they actually got up and said goodbye and left from the side door, and Ran Xingzhou's birthday banquet was completely disturbed.