Chapter I
The most prosperous city in the world is Luoyang, and when it comes to the most expensive restaurant, it is the Yuanbao Restaurant in Luoyang City.
There are the most fragrant and sweet strange wines, there are also the most charming women who accompany the wine, there is an endless stream of guests coming and going, and the identities are mixed, the powerful people of the government and the opposition, the giant businessmen from all over the world, or the people of the rivers and lakes who bear blood debts, no matter what your identity is, drinking here will never be disturbed, because the owner of the Yuanbao Restaurant will not allow anyone to make trouble here.
A few years ago, the little prince of the capital went crazy here, and was tied up by the people of the restaurant and thrown on the street, at that time everyone thought that the Yuanbao Restaurant would close its doors, but never thought that the business of the Yuanbao Restaurant was still booming, and the little prince has not dared to set foot in Luoyang again.
Who is the owner of Yuanbao Restaurant? No one has seen it, and no one knows, as long as they have fun, who cares whose money goes into their money?
In the most remote corner of the lobby, a man covered in blood was lying on the table, some thought he was just drunk, because the man had drunk two jars of spirits, and some thought he was dead, because the man had not moved for two hours, and the guests had a tacit understanding not to approach, because the man had stepped on a long sword that was green and transparent.
The people who can come here to drink are knowledgeable, they can see at a glance that this sword is extraordinary, and some have even guessed who the owner of this sword is.
Pedestrians outside the restaurant were crowded, a carriage dragged by three horses stopped at the door of the restaurant, the groom opened the curtain of the carriage, accompanied by a strange incense, a man in a gorgeous brocade robe leaned out, and after seeing the door plaque of the Yuanbao Restaurant, the handsome face of the son smiled: "This is it." Then he got out of the car, took out the silver from his bosom and threw it to the groom:
"If you're lucky today, you can come out in just an hour."
"What if an hour has passed, and Childe still hasn't come out?"
"You don't have to wait any longer, go directly to the best coffin shop nearby and buy the best golden silk nanmu coffin."
The groom agreed, the son tidied up his clothes, walked into the restaurant, and just entered the lobby and looked around, and then saw the man paralyzed in the corner, with a smile on his face, clapping his hands and laughing: "Great, there are still empty seats here." After that, he walked straight to the man's side, sat down without any scruples, and greeted Xiao Er: "Xiao Er, bring your best wine to a jar, and then bring your best jade wine glass." ”
"Okay!"
Xiao Er's footsteps were fast, and after a while, he brought a jar of wine, and took out the emerald jade cup from his arms, and just unsealed the wine jar, Gongzi smiled and said: "Fifty years of Longshan flower carving, this trip to Luoyang is worth the trip with this wine alone." ”
"Childe is so knowledgeable!"
Xiao Er poured a glass for Gongzi and went to greet the other guests, looking at the wine in the jade cup, Gongzi was not in a hurry to taste it, but put the wine glass on the tip of his nose and sniffed lightly, and then shook his head gently: "Everyone in the world says that the sweetest wine in the world is in Luoyang, in my opinion, it is still an exaggeration." ”
Drinking this glass of wine, Childe closed his eyes, as if he was savoring it carefully, and after a while, he opened his eyes and whispered to the man lying next to him: "I take back what I just said, this is indeed the best wine in the world, do you want to taste it too?" ”
He didn't seem to see the blood on the man's body, and the faint wound under the hole in the man's clothes, the man still didn't move, his whole face was lying on the table and he couldn't see his face, seeing that there was no response, the son shook his head again, poured a cup of slow drink again, and the afterglow was also looking around at the man at this time, and finally fixed on the sword at the man's feet.
"It's weird." Childe put down the wine glass, pressed his arm on the table to support his head, and seemed to say to himself, "This sword...... Why is it here? Its owner would never abandon it easily, let alone tolerate it being stepped on like this. ”
The man still didn't move, Gongzi poured another cup, picked up the jade cup and shook it gently, of course he wanted to keep this sword for himself, but reason told him that this sword was in his hand, and he was afraid that he would have to open his eyes when he slept in the future, and it took some effort to take his eyes off the sword, and said to the man: "When do you want to install it?" ”
He was a patient person, and he was able to be calm and natural no matter what the situation was, but in the face of the man in front of him, he inexplicably felt a sense of impatience, and couldn't help but reach out and want to touch the man's scattered hair, just at the moment when the finger touched the man, there was a sharp pain in his wrist, and a hand reached out like lightning to grab his wrist, and then the man's calm voice sounded:
"What are you going to do?"
With the voice, the man finally raised his head, his face was scattered and slashed, his white face looked incompatible with the blood stains on his body, as if it had been dyed with hoarfrost, the son did not panic in the slightest, stared at the man's face for a moment, and then said: "You are very different from what I imagined, much younger." ”
The man let go of his hand, stared at Childe, and said calmly, "What do you imagine me to look like?" ”
Childe said: "Ruthless, vicissitudes, irritable and irritable." ”
The man asked, "So what am I like now?" ”
Childe shrugged his shoulders and smiled, "I can't tell." ”
The man asked, "Why can't you say it?" ”
Childe smiled: "In this short period of time, I have been imagining your appearance every day, and I have thought about everything, but I didn't expect you to be like this." ”
The man asked, "Are you disappointed?" ”
Childe shook his head and said, "No, I'm a little happy, you seem to be calm now, but I can feel your hidden killing intent." ”
The man nodded: "The more inconspicuous the person, the more dangerous it is, and you also belong to this kind of person." ”
Childe stuck out his tongue, pointed to the gorgeous brocade robe on his body and smiled, "How can I be the same as you?" If I had blood on my body, I would have to find a place to wash and clean it no matter what, and I would never have put up with it until now. ”
The man squinted his eyes, propped himself up and leaned back on the chair, several shocking wounds on his chest were exposed, Gongzi was stunned for a moment, and gasped, these injuries are all whip wounds, each wound seems to seep through the flesh and blood and draw directly into the five organs, there are not many women who make whips on the rivers and lakes, but he can only think of one woman who can cause this kind of wound.
Childe made a "tsk" sound from his mouth, and asked tentatively: "These wounds are left by Chengjiu wine?" ”
"Not bad."
"She can't kill you?"
"If she really wants to kill me, of course I'll die."
Childe was silent, raised his glass and drank the wine, and let out a long breath: "I don't know why she didn't kill you, maybe she has her own reasons, or maybe you are lucky." ”
"I've always had good luck."
"But then, your good fortune ends here." Childe's gaze shifted to the jar of wine that the man had drunk on the table, and suddenly asked, "The dog burned in the cellar is drunk, and only the lowest subordinates can drink it, why do you want to drink this kind of wine?" ”
A slight smile appeared on the corner of the man's mouth: "Because this wine has its uniqueness, although it is burned, it is more spicy than other spirits, and it is like a knife cutting throat when it enters the throat, and it is like a scorching fire after drinking, even if you drink too much, you will not sleep peacefully." ”
Childe nodded in agreement: "Although the wounds on your body are not fatal, they will make you bleed, you drink this wine to keep you awake, but you really shouldn't drink these two jars of wine." ”
"Why?"
"Because these two jars of wine are poisonous, you should know that the Golden Orchid is poisonous, and it will not kill you soon, but it will slowly melt your internal organs, and no one can solve it except the Golden Flower Family."
The man didn't panic when he heard this, and his smile was still the same: "It seems that Jin Erniang is here, and I didn't expect her to come in person." ”
Childe looked at the man's smile and asked with a puzzled look: "Since you know that you are already poisonous, why are you not afraid?" ”
The man smiled: "It takes five days for the Golden Orchid to be poisoned, which is enough for me to find someone who can detoxify it." ”
Childe suddenly laughed when he heard this, stretched out his hand to cover his forehead helplessly, and said with a smile: "Yan Ting, Yan Ting, I really doubt that you are the Yan Ting, otherwise how could you be so stupid, you would think that you can still walk out of this gate today?" ”
Yan Ting? The guests who were close to heard the name of the childe couldn't help but turn around, and then hurriedly dispersed to the other table as if avoiding the plague god, the man seemed to have expected their movements, and just smiled at the childe in front of him: "You shouldn't say my name so easily." ”
Knowing that he was speechless, Childe leaned on the table and whispered: "This is indeed my fault, but your sluggishness really surprises me, haven't you realized that you are an insect in a spider's web?" ”
Yan Ting also leaned on the table, and asked in the same tone that only the two of them could hear: "If I am an insect ant in a spider's web, then where is the spider weaving the web hiding?" ”
Gongzi stretched out a finger, shook it in front of Yan Ting's eyes, and said unhurriedly: "At the table ten steps behind me, the swordsman who is gnawing bamboo shoots is the number one swordsman in the world, Li Chaoqing. ”
Yan Ting's face was stunned, Cangnan Sword God Li Chaoqing, he became famous in the world twenty years ago, and all swordsmen in the world respected him, such characters actually came to take their own lives, no matter who they were, it was impossible for them to be at ease, Yan Ting couldn't help but want to turn his head to look, and expected Gongzi to put up a second finger: "On the side table behind him, there is a man in a black robe, look at the waist card on his waist." ”
Yan Ting glanced at it, and his expression was a little moved: "Black Iron Waist Card, he is the person of the Iron Prince?" ”
Childe pursed his lips: "He is the Iron Lord himself." ”
Yan Ting was silent, in Luoyang, there was no man who didn't want to do things for the Iron Prince, and no woman didn't want to climb into his bed, at this time, beads of sweat from the bean slowly fell down Yan Ting's forehead, and his face became even paler, Gongzi saw Yan Ting's changes and showed a smug smile, and at the same time raised a third finger:
"The old man next to the Iron King is Ouchi's Oriental Shenwei, the first sword in the world."
"But he doesn't have a knife in his hand."
"He doesn't need a knife to kill you."
Yan Ting's eyes were closed, and his body was already trembling a little, what Gongzi said was not wrong, I am afraid that there are not a few people left in the world who can make Dongfang Shenwei sword.
And the joint blow of the three of them, who can resist it? The answer is no.
Gongzi was very satisfied with Yan Ting's reaction at this moment, straightened up, and said with a smile: "As for my name, it is not worth mentioning compared to these people, but you should have also heard of the Yuncheng Hai family, I am Hai Yichuan, the third son of the Hai family." ”
Yan Ting opened his eyes, with a very strange expression on his face: "But as far as I know, the Yuncheng Hai family has always been lonely and peaceful, and has never intervened in disputes in the rivers and lakes. ”
"You're right." Hai Yichuan snorted coldly, and his tone was quite disdainful: "Those stubborn old stubborns only know how to shrink in the small Yuncheng, and the reputation of the Hai family is declining day by day, and you, Yan Ting, you are my opportunity to change the fate of the Hai family." ”
Yan Ting said: "As long as you kill me, the Hai family can be powerful in the rivers and lakes." ”
"Not bad."
"You asked these masters to wait for me here, it seems that you knew in advance that I would come back."
"Not bad."
Yan Ting spread out his hands and stared at Hai Yichuan expressionlessly for a long time, a strange smile suddenly appeared on his face, and he spread his hands and smiled: "You are so thoughtful, I am helpless, I just want to die quickly." ”
Hai Yichuan was stunned when he heard this, and asked, "You don't even want to resist?" ”
Yan Ting said: "It's useless to resist, I'll just be captured." ”
Hai Yichuan frowned, he was a cautious person, and his code of conduct was like that of a seasoned snake catcher, he would not act rashly if he was not sure that he would shoot the poisoned snake, but now that Yan Ting was so calm to die, he felt a little uneasy in his heart.
How can a wicked man who can commit so many murders wait for death? Hai Yichuan believes that Yan Ting must have his purpose in doing this.
When Hai Yichuan hesitated, he only heard Yan Ting ask with a smile: "It's really strange, whether it's Li Lanqing or Dongfang Shenwei, they can easily kill me, but they have to wait until now, why is this?" ”
Hai Yichuan didn't speak, just tapped his fingers lightly on the table, Yan Ting said to himself: "It is said that the owner of this restaurant is a person with a strong background, but even so, these masters will not be tied hand and foot, of course, if they are true." ”
Tapping his fingers hanging in the air, Hai Yichuan sighed lightly and asked, "How did you see that?" ”
Yan Ting said with a smile: "Li Chaoqing has not appeared in the rivers and lakes for ten years, although I have not seen it with my own eyes, but I also know some of his habits, such as if he is here, then there will definitely be wine and meat on his table, and there will never be just a plate of bamboo shoots." ”
Hai Yichuan smiled wryly and sighed lightly: "There is always negligence after a thousand calculations, so how did you see through it Iron Lord?" ”
Yan Ting said: "You must not have seen the Iron Lord himself, so you don't know that he himself is like a dwarf, he has not stepped out of the house for twenty years, and his entire left eye has been gouged out." ”
Hai Yichuan asked in surprise, "How do you know?" As soon as he finished speaking, he reacted, Yan Ting could know such a confidential inside story, presumably he had seen the Iron Lord himself, Yan Ting said unhurriedly: "Because his left eye was blinded by me." ”
"And what about Dongfang Shenwei?"
"Dongfang Shenwei's knife is a golden knife given by the emperor today, and the knife has always been pillow under him even when he sleeps, how can he not bring a golden knife when he comes to Luoyang?"
Yan Ting picked up the wine jar he had drunk, and continued to laugh: "You just said that there is the golden orchid poison of the Jinhua family in the wine, and this poison can only be taken by Jin Erniang, do you know where Jin Erniang is now?" ”
"Where?"
"In the coffin."
Hai Yichuan stood up with a "pout" and asked tremblingly, "Is this...... Did you do it too? ”
Yan Ting shook his head and said with a smile: "Of course not, the cause of her death has not been announced to the world, there are only a few people who know, and I happen to be one of them." ”
Hai Yichuan sat down slowly, his eyes were a little cold, and he sighed: "It seems that my luck today is not good enough." ”
Yan Ting squinted at him, and there was a hint of disdain in his tone: "Why do you pretend to be like this, in fact, you didn't come here to kill me, but to ask me, what I said is right?" ”
Hai Yichuan nodded lightly and said, "You are half right, if I find out that you are just in name, then I will never let you go." ”
"Then it seems that I have satisfied you." Yan Ting smiled and asked Hai Yichuan rhetorically: "Before you want to ask questions, you need to answer me, how much do you know about me?" ”
Hai Yichuan said: "The most famous assassination organization in the rivers and lakes, the Blood Shadow Gate, you are the most outstanding killer under the door, the Tianbao Daoist of Wudang, the Seven Bags Elder of the Beggar Gang, and the head of the Jinling Ma family, Ma Chenggui, all died at your hands, and the Tianlu Mansion in the capital offered a reward of 10,000 gold for your head." ”
Yan Ting smiled: "These are all well-known things, what else do you know?" ”
Hai Yichuan looked around, approached Yan Ting and said, "But these people didn't die at your hands, the real culprit is someone else, you are just a scapegoat." ”
Yan Ting's face froze, but he didn't move: "Go on." ”
Hai Yichuan said: "You were abandoned by the Blood Shadow Gate, and they couldn't kill you, so they pressed the trumped-up charges on you to kill you with the help of outsiders' knives." ”
Yan Ting stopped Hai Yichuan, and Zhengse asked: "Yuncheng is more than 500 miles away from Luoyang, how did you know in advance that I would come back to Luoyang today?" ”
A sadness suddenly flowed in Hai Yichuan's eyes, which was fleeting, but Yan Ting keenly caught it, so he said: "If you don't want to reveal it, you don't have to say it." ”
"I've been chasing you for a whole year, and I'll come wherever I have any clues about you."
"Why?"
"Because my father was killed last year, the people who accompanied my father at the time said that the murderer was a man who used a left-handed sword." Hai Yichuan pursed his lips and continued: "When I was tracking down the whereabouts of the murderer, I heard rumors circulating in the rivers and lakes, and I don't know who spread rumors that many martial arts seniors were killed by Yan Ting, and my father's name was also among them. ”
Yan Ting asked, "Why do you dare to be sure of rumors?" Maybe I was the one who killed your father. ”
Hai Yichuan said: "Because I already know who the real murderer is, this person used to be your friend, and now he is your enemy of mine, if I am not mistaken, you came to Luoyang this time for him." ”