Chapter 20 - Ordinary Hua'an?
Seeing Hua'an with his own eyes made Wu Xuan a little surprised, he didn't expect such an ordinary, inconspicuous guy to be the head of the family in Washington. There is no adjective to describe him except ordinary. Ordinary appearance, ordinary cultivation, ordinary style. However, just as countless lines intertwined together can form a beautiful picture. When a person is only ordinary all over his body, everything seems so unusual.
Wu Xuan has been paying attention to him, but he really can't see anything special about this Hua'an, but the more this is the case, the more Wu Xuan firmly believes in Hua'an's unusual ideas.
The funeral lasts from morning to evening, during which people constantly come to mourn, strong and weak. Black, white. Well-known, unknown. One after another, in an endless stream. This made Wu Xuan have to admire Hua Yan for being able to prepare so well and invite so many people in just one week. Four of the five major sects sent representatives to mourn.
However, the people who came to mourn had a characteristic, everyone just came to send a wreath, talk to Huayan for a few words, and greet Yuan Xiong and the four of them one by one and left in a hurry, no one noticed that there was a person kneeling in front of the coffin, maybe someone noticed, but they didn't care. Everyone's process is very consistent, offering flowers, talking, and leaving, as if they have been agreed on a long time ago. No one's eyes stayed on Hua'an and the coffin.
At this time, Wu Xuan finally saw some clues, Hua An was obviously kneeling in the center of Washington, holding the portrait in his hand, in the most conspicuous position, making the most conspicuous move, his performance was completely the performance of being the head of the family, but no one noticed him, no one persuaded him to mourn, no one talked to him, everyone was looking for Huayan. He can make his unusual feel very ordinary, and that's what makes him unusual!
Thinking of this, Wu Xuan couldn't help but smile: Washington, what an unusual place.
Wu Xuan became more and more interested in Washington, and Wu Xuan didn't take this small clan in his eyes until the nameless incident happened, so that he began to pay attention to this suddenly rising clan.
Hua Yan didn't know that Wu Xuan at this time no longer dared to underestimate Washington, and the reason why he dared to invite Wu Xuan and a few people to come was to see that these four people didn't take Washington in their eyes at all, and they wouldn't care about themselves at all. And it was precisely because he grasped the fact that Wu Xuan and them despised him that he planned to invite the four of them, wanting to extract some news from the four of them, and the secrets of his clan would not be detected by them.
Now, a real game of the mind has officially begun.
At this time, it was dusk, the performance had ended, people were packing up their things one after another, the four of them still had no intention of leaving, and Washington did not show any performance of sending off guests. Hua Yan said to the four: "Thank you to a few seniors for coming to attend the funeral of the virtuous brother, if you don't dislike it, please move to the dining room, eat and then leave." β
"Although it's not as good as my Drunken Immortal Building, it's okay to change the taste once in a while, let's go." Wu Xuan said.
The four of them came to the dining room under the leadership of Hua Yan, followed by Hua Yan's father Hua An, the third uncle Hua Xun, three old men in plain clothes and Hui Lao in black robes. The dining room was huge, with only one round table in the huge dining room. The round table was large enough for a hundred people to sit around, but it still seemed a little small in this room, because it was too empty, everyone's footsteps were echoed in the hall, eleven pairs of feet, but there was only one echo, and everyone's steps were surprisingly consistent, as if a rope was tied to everyone's feet, and everyone lifted their feet at the same time and landed at the same time. But the size of the steps of several people is very different, the big step has already reached the other side of the round table, and the small step has not yet reached the table.
Finally, everyone stopped at the same time again. Wu Xuan and Hua Yan sat in the east, and the remaining six were in the west. Just as he was about to sit down, Wu Xuan said: "Eh, this seat is not right, how can you sit on the west side as the head of the clan?
Hua Yan and Hua An's father and son were stunned for a moment, obviously this sentence was said to Hua An, but it was indeed Hua Yan who asked, and the two looked at each other, not knowing who spoke first. In the end, neither of them chose to speak, and Hua An sat silently in the middle.
After everyone was seated, looking at the food on the table, but no one moved the chopsticks, Wu Xuan raised his wine glass and said with a smile: "That's right, Patriarch Hua, come and I will toast you with a glass and wish you a good holiday." This may seem comforting, but it always sounds uncomfortable.
Hua An just picked up his wine glass and said with a smile: "Thank you Wu Xuan seniors for your concern, seniors are also deeply honored to be able to attend the dog's funeral today." β
Wu Xuan smiled when he heard this: "Hahaha, remember to call me more for this kind of thing in the future, I don't want to miss every funeral of your family." But forget about Hua Xun's funeral, I don't have the heart to attend the funeral of an impolite person. Wu Xuan said as he looked at Hua Xun with his spare eyes, Hua Xun just sat there with a serious face, looking a little unconvinced.
Hua An smiled slightly: "As long as the seniors are happy." β
There were only two people acting at the entire dinner table, and Yuan Xiong and the three of them had already eaten, but the people over there had never had the heart to eat, Hua Yan watched Wu Xuan talking to his father, and couldn't help but feel a little uneasy in his heart, which was completely different from what he expected. I had to find a topic and said, "How many seniors can eat delicious food?"
"It's ok. It was Yuan Xiong who answered, Wu Xuan was still happily talking to Hua An, and Hua An was also answering in an ordinary way. The dinner has changed from the original two-person play to a four-person play, Hua'an and Wu Xuan have a good conversation here, Huayan always wants to join it but can't, every time he asks a question, it is Yuan Xiong's ordinary answer, and finally it has evolved into a question and answer between Wu Xuan and Hua'an and a question and answer between Hua Yan and Yuan Xiong, seeing that the dinner is about to end, but he has not made any progress, Hua Yan can't help but be a little anxious, and said to Wu Xuan: "Dare to ask Wu Xuan's predecessor how is the current situation of the Drunken Immortal Building?"
Wu Xuan said flatly: "It's okay, the income is comparable to a hundred Washingtons, the strength is comparable to five Washingtons, the connections are comparable to three Washingtons, and the intelligence is comparable to two Washingtons." β
Hua Yan said: "The juniors heard that the information of the Drunken Immortal Building, the various information of the Invincible Continent, as long as they are willing to pay, they can help people get it, and it is absolutely true, the juniors have some things that are not clear recently, I wonder if the seniors can sell me some information?"
Wu Xuan asked, "What's the matter?"
"The junior heard that the lewd camel elder of the Lewd Yan Sect suddenly disappeared mysteriously a few years ago, and the convoy and the items escorted with him were also missing, can the senior know about this?"
"Is there anything in this world that I don't know about Drunken Immortal Tower?" Wu Xuan said with a smile.
"The senior knows who did it and why. Hua Yan said
"Of course. Wu Xuan said with a smile.
"I don't know how many chips I need to tell my juniors?" Hua Yan said
Wu Xuan smiled mysteriously: "You may not be able to afford the chips I want, only your father can afford it." β
Hua An frowned when he heard this, and Hua An spoke: "Senior, but it doesn't hurt to say it. β
Wu Xuan looked at Hua Xun calmly and said, "I want to attend Hua Xun's funeral today, after all, after today, I don't have the heart to go again in the future." β
The dinner fell silent again, Hua Xun lowered his head and said nothing, but his expression was very calm, obviously ready to die, Hua Yan looked at Hua Xun, and didn't know how to answer for a while, Wu Xuan sat quietly in his seat and tasted the food, as if he had completely forgotten what he had just said. Finally, Hua Xun spoke: "It is a great honor for Hua Xun to let my seniors attend my funeral, and I also ask my seniors not to forget the agreement with my nephew in the future." After saying that, he was ready to cut himself off. I saw Hua An dodge in front of Hua Xun to stop Hua Xun's suicide, and said with a smile: "Third brother, don't be impulsive, Wu Xuan's predecessor is joking." β
Wu Xuan said while eating food: "Who is joking with you, Lao Tzu is serious." β
Hua An turned to Wu Xuan and said respectfully: "I'm sorry Senior Wu Xuan, I can't afford this price." β
Wu Xuan listened, stopped the chopsticks in his hand and said to Hua Yan: "Look, I'll just say that your father can't afford it." β
Hua Yan didn't speak, he knew that he had been completely played by Wu Xuan, his cleverness was not worth mentioning in front of Wu Xuan, and the only thing he could do at present was to be silent, and stop thinking about playing with Wu Xuan.
Hua'an said to Wu Xuan: "Today, several seniors can come to participate in the dog's funeral, Hua'an is grateful, and he has failed to fulfill the friendship of the landlord. I don't think it's too early, how about a few seniors rest for a night in the cold house if they don't dislike it. β
Wu Xuan stood up and patted his buttocks and said, "Since the master has issued an eviction order, then it's not good for us not to leave, Brother Yuan, sister-in-law, wife, let's go." With that, the four of them turned and left.
"Old slippery head, don't send it away, we know the way home better than you, invite us to your junior's funeral today, and we will definitely visit you another day!" The four of them disappeared from Washington at some point, leaving this passage, as if they were talking to themselves and to others.