In the Water Pavilion, Liu Xunyi and Lin Fangda married Jin Lan, and the two of them drank more than a dozen jars of spirits in a row, but still did not have the intention of stopping, but between the staggered plans, Lin Fangda became more and more appreciative of Liu Xunyi's brother, and the conversation gradually evolved from the initial greetings and politeness to nothing to say, and even put his heart into his heart.

"Haha, it's really a thousand glasses of wine for a confidant, good brother!" Lin Fang, whose face was flushed, raised the wine glass in his hand, and drank it again after a slight gesture to Liu Xunyi, and after drinking, he also exhaled comfortably, and said continuously, "Happy!

"Big brother has a lot of alcohol!"

Liu Xunyi exclaimed, and put his own wine into his mouth. Compared with Lin Fangda's hazy drunkenness, Liu Xunyi had to be vigilant at all times, lest he lose his words and say things that he shouldn't say after drinking.

Lin Fangda treated Liu Xunyi as a brother who didn't talk about anything, and even told him the secret that he was obsessed with Luo Ningyu, but Liu Xunyi was taking advantage of Lin Fangda's trust in him, constantly looking for opportunities to inquire about Luo Tianjin. It was this caution and caution that made Liu Xunyi feel more and more guilty in front of Lin Fangda.

"Brother Xian, tonight you and I will first drink three thousand cups, and then sleep together. Lin Fang greeted Liu Xunyi with drunken eyes, "Tomorrow morning...... I'll go to Lufu early tomorrow morning, and you can leave Quanzhou quickly. ”

"Why?" Liu Xunyi's spirit suddenly tightened when he heard this, but on the surface, he didn't dare to show too urgency, so he pretended to be careless, and asked casually while holding the dishes, "Big brother also knows that I came here to see Mo Cen's golden basin handwashing conference, why did big brother let me leave?"

Lin Fangda squinted his eyes slightly, as if he was trying to restrain the strength of the wine, and slowly shook his head and said, "Washing hands in the golden basin tomorrow is not a good thing, but if you are not careful, there will be a bloody disaster." The foolish brother asked you to leave Quanzhou quickly for the sake of your safety, and he didn't want you, an outsider, to be implicated in this. ”

"What about the eldest brother?" Liu Xunyi frowned slightly, and asked unhurriedly, "Can the eldest brother go with the younger brother?"

"I'm from the Xianwang Mansion, how can I leave?" Lin Fangda smiled bitterly, "What do you think...... Do you think these people are really here to congratulate Mo Cen on his 60th birthday?" Lin Fangda said and stretched out his hand to point at the drunken drinkers in the lobby, and said in a serious manner, "Wrong! They are actually all here for the 'Storm and Rain Map'. When he said the words 'Shocking Wind and Rain', Lin Fangda deliberately lowered his voice, which showed that he was not drunk and delirious.

Liu Xunyi thought quickly in his heart, and said, "Big brother means that Mo Cen will hand over the storm and rain map tomorrow?"

Lin Fang laughed and said, "I'm afraid that he won't pay it tomorrow." What's more, Mo Cen made such a big move with great fanfare, didn't his purpose also want to throw this hot potato out in front of the martial arts heroes? Mo Cen is old, and his ambition to crisscross the rivers and lakes has long been worn out, and now he just wants to use the storm and rain to seek stability for himself, his wife and children. ”

"Then ......" Liu Xunyi wanted to speak and stopped, and only after seeing Lin Fangda's appearance of "answering all questions" did he slowly speak, "Then does the eldest brother know who Mo Cen wants to give this picture to?"

Hearing Liu Xunyi's words, Lin Fangda suddenly laughed, waved his hand again and again, and said: "Brother Xian's words are wrong, it's not who he wants to hand it over, but who wants to get this picture." ”

"I heard that this picture hides the treasures of the Golden Kingdom and peerless martial arts, who in the martial arts does not covet this picture?" Liu Xunyi asked rhetorically.

"It's good to be frightened by the wind and rain, but it also depends on whether you have the ability to get it!" Lin Fang Dao, "If you don't have the ability, even if you have the life to get it, you won't have the life to take it away." ”

Liu Xunyi naturally knew the meaning of Lin Fangda's words, the Storm and Rain Diagram is a double-edged sword, although there are great benefits, but there are also hidden disasters. Otherwise, Mozen would never have wanted to hand over this picture.

Seeing Lin Fangda, who had the wine glass at the bottom, Liu Xunyi got up and poured wine for him, and asked: "Big brother came all the way from Luoyang to Quanzhou, dare to ask, but is it because King Beixian has the heart to win this map?"

Hearing Liu Xunyi's question, Lin Fangda's hazy drunken eyes suddenly flashed with a fine light, the smile on his face gradually disappeared, and his eyes looked at Liu Xunyi solemnly, and only after a long time did he say in a low voice: "Brother Xian, you should know that there are some things in the rivers and lakes that the more you know, the more dangerous it is?"

"If it's really dangerous, then I can't go. Liu Xunyi said in a firm tone, "You and I have just married Jin Lan, if the eldest brother is in trouble, how can the younger brother survive alone?" These words are Liu Xunyi's heartfelt words, although he does have another purpose for staying in Quanzhou, but for Lin Fangda, who regards himself as a brother, Liu Xunyi also really wants to help him.

Lin Fangda was stunned for a moment, and immediately picked up the wine glass and said solemnly at Liu Xunyi: "Xunyi, I, Lin Fangda, didn't admit that you are a brother!" After that, Lin Fangda swallowed the wine into his stomach in one gulp, wiped the corners of his mouth with his sleeves, and said in a low voice, "Since you asked me, the eldest brother will not hide it from the virtuous brother, the lord of the mansion has come to ...... this time" Speaking of this, Lin Fangda also cautiously looked left and right a few times, and continued, "It is indeed for this picture." ”

In fact, even if Lin Fang didn't say it, Liu Xunyi could guess one or two, after all, the real purpose of the martial arts sects and their own factions to come here was probably the case.

Liu Xunyi drank the wine silently, muttered for a while, and when Lin Fangda called him repeatedly, he suddenly came to his senses and said: "But Mo Cen has a very good relationship with the Jiangnan Lu Mansion after all, isn't Lu Tingxiang, the head of the Lu family, interested in this picture?"

"To say that there is no is definitely false. Lin Fangda sneered, "It's just that Lu Tingxiang is not easy to figure out, if he is really interested in this picture, he can get it from Mo Cen in private, so why make the whole martial arts uproar? But if he is not interested in this picture at all, I don't believe it." Maybe...... He is trying to take care of the face of the Kongtong faction, and it may not be said. ”

"Kongtong?" Liu Xunyi asked puzzledly, "What does this matter have to do with Kongtong?"

"Don't you know that Brother Xian used to be a disciple of Kongtong?" Lin Fangda asked in surprise, "Twenty-five years ago, Mo Cen summoned twelve masters in the rivers and lakes in the name of the Kongtong faction to infiltrate Bianjing to assassinate Yan Shouxu. It's just that after the matter was revealed, he never returned to the Kongtong faction, but got closer and closer to the Lu family in Jiangnan, and I believe that this matter is also related to the stormy map. It's a pity that Mo Cen is not talented, and he has been holding this picture for twenty-five years, but he has not been able to see through the mystery. But in any case, as long as the Kongtong faction did not expel him from the sect, then Mo Cen would still be considered a disciple of Kongtong. According to the rules of the rivers and lakes, he wants to wash his hands in a golden basin, and the past grievances and grievances in the rivers and lakes must be explained to his master first, so Mo Cen's frightening rain map was transferred to the Kongtong faction...... It makes sense. ”

"Didn't there be twelve masters at the beginning? they all belonged to different sects, if Mo Cen gave this map to the Kongtong faction, how could the others be willing?" Liu Xunyi asked thoughtfully.

Lin Fang laughed and said, "Of course I won't be reconciled, otherwise how could I say that there might be a bloody disaster tomorrow?"

"Big brother is saying...... Tomorrow, all the sects and factions in the rivers and lakes will take action to snatch the Storm and Rain Map?" Liu Xunyi exclaimed in disbelief, "Wouldn't that be a bloody battle?"

Lin Fangda smiled bitterly: "Everyone has a desire to watch this picture, but everyone doesn't want to be targeted. So what tomorrow will bring, I'm afraid no one can predict now. ”

Liu Xunyi nodded undeniably, changed his words, and asked, "Then according to the eldest brother, who is most likely to get this picture tomorrow?"

Lin Fang's eyebrows were tightly pressed and he thought for a moment, and said while thinking: "King Beixian was invited by the head of the Kongtong faction this time, so our Xianwang Mansion and the Kongtong faction must have the same enemy, as for whether this picture belongs to the Xianwang Mansion or the Kongtong faction, that is the matter of the mansion master and the head of Kongtong." And the relationship between the Lu family and Mo Cen in Jiangnan is extraordinary, the Lu family is one of the four major families of martial arts, and there is no need to say much, and there must be many people who support Lu Tingxiang tomorrow, and the most important thing is that this place is Quanzhou, and tomorrow's golden basin hand-washing conference will be held in Lu Mansion. ”

"I heard that Jin Jianwu will also send someone here tomorrow?" asked Liu Xunyi.

"Not bad. Lin Fang nodded and said, "It is rumored in the rivers and lakes that there is the Xianwang Mansion in the north and the Golden Sword Dock in the south. As I expected, Jin Jianwu should have come to help the Lu family this time. Jin Jianwu has a close relationship with the four major martial arts families, and if they reach an alliance tomorrow, even the lord of the mansion will not be too tough. Alas!" Speaking of this, Lin Fangda couldn't help but sigh for the situation that Luo Tianjin was about to face, "Virtuous brother Xiu looks at the harmony of all sects in this Spring and Autumn Mansion today, calling each other brothers, but I am afraid that when Mo Cen takes out the storm and rain map tomorrow, these people will immediately turn their faces ruthlessly and face each other with swords." ”

Liu Xunyi watched everyone in the lobby of Sushui Pavilion push cups and change lamps, talking and laughing, and couldn't help but sigh: "It's better not to have this picture than to hurt each other's harmony for a picture that doesn't know whether it's true or false." ”

Lin Fangda looked at Liu Xunyi in surprise and said with a smile: "I have never heard of this before, but it is refreshing. If it hurts the harmony because of a picture, it is better not to have this picture, it is good to say!

"Big brother, can I join you in the Lu Mansion tomorrow to participate in Mo Cen's Golden Basin Handwashing Conference?" Liu Xunyi saw that the time had come, and pleaded without hesitation.

"This ......," Lin Fangda was suddenly embarrassed when he heard this, and explained quite bitterly, "It's not that the eldest brother refuses to help you, but the eldest brother doesn't have that ability." After all, it is to enter the Lu Mansion instead of the Xian Palace, first, the Lu Mansion is heavily guarded, it is not so easy to be fooled, and the second is that the eldest brother is a guest who came with the Lord of Luofu, and he cannot break the rules of the main family, so he insults the reputation of the Beixian King. Therefore, it is difficult for the eldest brother to take you into the Lu Mansion unless you have an invitation. When Lin Fangda politely refused Liu Xunyi, his face was already full of guilt.

Hearing this, Liu Xunyi couldn't help but feel disappointed, originally he thought that seeing Lin Fang was having the opportunity to blend into the Lu Mansion, but now it seems that he thought too simply.

"The eldest brother doesn't have to mind, this matter is abrupt for the younger brother. Liu Xunyi didn't want to embarrass Lin Fang, so he hurriedly pretended not to care and smiled, "Big brother doesn't have to take it to heart......

"Master Shen!"

Just when Liu Xunyi was relieved by Lin Fangda, the originally noisy lobby suddenly quieted down, and then the voices of flattery and flattery had sounded one after another in all parts of the Water Pavilion. Liu Xunyi was stunned for a moment, raised his eyes and looked curiously towards the door of the Water Pavilion.

But I saw a man in white who was over fifty years old walking towards him with a smile, the man was slightly thin, and his appearance was quite fair and handsome. Although he is over fifty years old, he still gives people a personable charm in his gestures, with thin eyebrows and big eyes, red lips and white teeth, and must have been very delicate when he was young.

Although this person's dress is quite plain, Liu Xunyi, who has been in the court for many years, is used to seeing a high-ranking and powerful person, so he can still see at a glance that the domineering and arrogant in this person's bones is far beyond ordinary people. This kind of temperament is by no means pretended, but must be the king's style accumulated over many years of commanding and giving orders. Once this temperament is formed, it is even difficult to hide it completely.

And the dozen or so entourages who followed the man also confirmed Liu Xunyi's guess from the side.

"Brother Xian!" As soon as he saw the man in white, Lin Fangda, who originally had a bitter face, suddenly came to his senses, staring at the man in white intently, and said to Liu Xunyi without looking back, "The person who can take you into the Lu Mansion tomorrow is here." It is him, the richest man in the Great Song Dynasty and the owner of Dongshan Firm, Shen Dongshan. Although he is a businessman, he has the ability to reach the sky, and he has a lot of connections in the government and martial arts, even the lord of my house and the lord of the Golden Sword Dock regard him as a guest, this time he must have been invited by Lu Tingxiang to come, if he takes you into the Lu Mansion, no one will dare to ask you for an invitation. ”

Hearing this person's name, Liu Xunyi couldn't help but be secretly surprised, but before he could ask what was going on, the next scene made him stunned again.

But seeing that in the Sushui Pavilion, a woman in white floated lightly through the lobby, and slowly came to Shen Dongshan, in front of the public, Shen Dongshan did not shy away from reaching out and gently hugging her slender waist, the two looked at each other and smiled, the woman was very obedient and gently leaned her delicate body into Shen Dongshan's arms, whispered and laughed like no one else, and walked towards the private room on the second floor of the Sushui Pavilion together.

And this woman is the frost beauty that Liu Xunyi saw in the Mandarin Duck Pavilion and mistook it for her sister, the white girl.

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