On Tianxi Mountain, in a manor, Gu Jiajie's subordinates were busy greeting the visitors and bidders who came on this day. The wealthy businessmen who came here to participate in the auction, because of their big business, gradually had contacts with the people in the rivers and lakes, and over time, they also knew that Gu Jiajie, who was also in business, was not only the big boss of the rich family in Jiangnan, but also the rumored eight masters in the rivers and lakes.

What's more, the deeper meaning of the auction held by Gu Jiajie lies in the people who came on this day. Those who do business have some brains, and naturally know that on this day, it is a good opportunity to make friends. So, when it comes to an auction, it's actually a dating party.

It stands to reason that this businessman basically has no dealings with people in the rivers and lakes. However, some businessmen do not collect money by serious means, but use unscrupulous means to ask for money, and over time, they who do many injustices will also be secretly beaten by their equally vicious peers. For their own safety, these contacts are wider than ordinary people, and they are fortunate enough to know people in the rivers and lakes, and they also have the habit of spending money to hire bodyguards from the rivers and lakes.

Therefore, in all dynasties and dynasties, there have always been a handful of rich businessmen, because of wealth, they have obtained force and become rich and powerful. This Gu Jiajie is one of them.

Gu Jiajie in his early years, in his early twenties, was just an ordinary Zhejiang businessman, who traveled all over the country for business, and did not know martial arts. Because of the booming business, he was jealous of his peers, so he was secretly strangled once. But he was fortunate to be rescued by a master, and since then, he has been practicing martial arts. As soon as he entered the martial arts, even the master who accepted him as an apprentice did not expect that this person was extremely talented, and in just over ten years, he became a leader in today's rivers and lakes.

Business is getting better and better, martial arts are getting higher and higher, and he has a high emotional intelligence, and he gradually has two connections. One is from business officialdom, and the other is from the rivers and lakes. Years of painstaking management have given Gu Jiajie a lot of prestige both in the prosperous world on the surface and in the rivers and lakes in secret. Therefore, the auction he held will have a lot of friends, after all, Gu Jiajie has noodles, and the treasures auctioned are also good.

In the manor, in addition to a group of wealthy businessmen, there are people in the rivers and lakes who come here. Nowadays, the world is different, so most of the people who practice martial arts have a hard time. After many years of hard work and hard training, if you still live that hard life, no one will be convinced. In the same way, there are also many martial arts masters, hoping to be appreciated by a wealthy merchant in this auction, and are willing to hire a beginner at a high price to ensure the glory and wealth of the first generation. In short, no matter who you are, as long as you come to this auction, you will be more or less careful.

At the place where Wu Hou lived, the master and apprentice got up early in the morning. After a brief breakfast, the two of them, full of anticipation, sat in the living room, waiting for the boss of Yizhenglian to call.

There was no class today, Mai Wenxiang slept lazily, and it wasn't until eight or nine o'clock, when the sun rose high, that she woke up sleepy-eyed. After getting up, she passed by the living room on the way to the toilet, and saw Wu Hou and Duanmu Shenjiu sitting on the sofa, she couldn't help asking: "There is no class today, Wu Hou, why do you get up so early." ”

Wu Hou looked at Mai Wenxiang, who had just woken up, and replied to the question: "There is porridge in the kitchen, remember to brush the pot after eating." ”

Mai Wenxiang was still a little sleepy, rubbed her eyes, looked at the kitchen and said, "Don't brush it." "This eldest lady is comfortably served by Mak Weili and his wife at home, and she really doesn't have the habit of brushing the pot. So in the past few days, the three of them have eaten, and Wu Hou has done it himself and brushed it himself.

Wu Hou said helplessly: "If you don't brush the pot, the pot will stink." ”

"Hehe, I'll leave it to you to brush. Mai Wenxiang smiled playfully and went to wash.

Duanmu Shenjiu was in a good mood today, with a faint smile on his face, and quipped: "You, it's not good to learn anything, even learn to cook, now it's good, you have to cook and brush the pot, what can you do after marriage?"

What he said made Wu Hou unhappy. When I was in elementary school, my mother went to work during the day, and sometimes she was at home, hungry, and there was no one to cook, so she had to do it herself? So since he was a child, Wu Hou could simply make some food to fill his stomach. He replied to Duanmu Shenjiu and said, "I have to find a wife who can cook and brush pots, otherwise I have to do this job for the rest of my life, how can a big man's family do this all day long." ”

"Then you'll have to teach this girl. Duanmu Shenjiu reminded.

Wu Hou wondered, "What to teach her to do, she will have her bitterness after she doesn't learn." ”

Duanmu Shenjiu seemed to have heard something interesting, looked at Wu Hou in surprise and asked, "What's the matter, you don't plan to marry her?"

"Damn... Master, you..."Wu Hou exclaimed, "Why do you have the same thoughts as my mother?"

Duanmu Shenjiu asked Wu Hou again, "What's the matter?"

Wu Hou's head shook like a rattle, and he said continuously: "No, it's not..."

Then, Duanmu Shenjiu made a headache expression and said, "That's difficult, you're this little girl's sweetheart." ”

"No!" Wu Hou opened his mouth wide and said dissatisfiedly: "I treat her as a good friend, does she want me to cook for her for the rest of her life?"

Duanmu Shenjiu looked at Wu Hou and said seriously: "As a woman, if you can easily touch a man in your behavior, there are only two situations. ”

"What's the situation?" Wu Hou raised Erlang's legs and asked with a smile.

"Either it's a dissolute by nature, a flowery person who is in the twilight. Or, the man was her sweetheart. Duanmu Shenjiu nodded and said, "This girl is not a debauched person, so I dare to conclude that she has you in her heart, but you are used to her contact with you on weekdays, and you have long been accustomed to it." ”

Wu Hou thought about it in his heart, it was really like this. Mai Wenxiang and herself, a long time ago, were like two people of the same sex, holding hands, shoulder-to-shoulder, and even eating the same ice cream and drinking the same bottle of mineral water.

Wu Hou suddenly opened up, panicked, and asked himself over and over again, "What can I do, what can I do..."

After washing, Mai Wenxiang, who came out, looked at Wu Hou frowning, sitting there as if he had something on his mind, and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

At this moment, when Wu Hou looked at Mai Wenxiang again, his eyes became much more complicated.

Mai Wenxiang, who was familiar with Wu Hou, could see that Wu Hou was abnormal at a glance. She quickly looked at herself, but found nothing unusual, so she asked, "What's the matter?" Why are you staring at me like this?"

"It's okay, it's okay..."Wu Hou turned his head away.

Mai Wenxiang pursed her lips, "If you don't say it, you won't say it." Then he went to the kitchen and served the meal.

During the meal, she heard Wu Hou answer a phone call, so after walking out with a bowl, she asked again, "Whose phone is it?"

The two of them, who got up and were about to leave, looked at Mai Wenxiang. Wu Hou said, "Friend, let's go out." ”

Mai Wenxiang remembered the auction that Wang Youzhi said the day before yesterday when he was having dinner with Wang Youzhi and others. Then she said, "Are you going to some auction?"

Wu Hou nodded, with the money in his hand, and prepared to go out with Duanmu Shenjiu.

Mai Wenxiang shouted behind him: "I'll go too!"

"What are you going to do, wait at home. Wu Hou rejected Mai Wenxiang.

"Hmph!" Mai Wenxiang muttered unhappily after the two left: "I still want to go to West Lake with you, I'm blind this Sunday." ”

went downstairs, Wu Hou and Duanmu Shenjiu, who were carrying the money, quickened their pace, walked out of the community, and met the boss of Yizhenglian at the door. The boss of Yizhenglian is a man of nearly forty years old, with a beard, dark skin, and a Chinese face, and he looks very kind.

When Wu Hou saw him, he wanted to stop talking, but he still shouted: "Big brother." ”

Unexpectedly, this man laughed, opened his mouth and said: "My surname is Mu, my name is Mu Haisen, just call me by my name, there are not so many politeness, you don't need to call me big brother." ”

But Mu Haisen is much older than Wu Hou, and it is disrespectful to call him by his name, so Wu Hou changed his words and said: "Call you Brother Sen, otherwise it will be disrespectful." ”

"Well, sensible. Mu Haisen nodded, smiled generously, then looked at Duanmu Shenjiu, and asked with a smile: "Who is this?"

Wu Hou introduced: "My master..."

Just as Wu Hou was about to say the name of Duanmu Shenjiu, Duanmu Shenjiu interrupted Wu Hou's words and arched his hand: "The name is not enough to worry about, and I have to work hard today." ”

Mu Haisen realized that this person was different from ordinary people. Not only is he handsome, but his words are even stranger. He is also a person who practices martial arts, and he knows that there are some worldly masters who rarely walk in the world, and he thought to himself, could it be that the master of this afternoon is an immortal master?

Mu Haisen also officially came according to the rules of the rivers and lakes, and also bowed his hand and said: "It's okay, it's okay, it's not enough to worry." ”

Wu Hou was on the side, scratching his head, looking at the two speechless.

"Let's go, what time is it, it's too late if you don't leave. Wu Hou urged.

Mu Haisen opened the car door, Wu Hou and the two followed into the car, and then Mu Haisen drove the car and set off. The car drove a distance through the downtown area, then drove out of the downtown area to a sparsely populated area. Then it drove bumpily onto the mountain road, swaying and uncomfortable.

Wu Hou was a little sick to his stomach, and couldn't help asking: "It's almost twelve o'clock, how far is it?"

Mu Haisen looked at Wu Hou, his face turned red, and replied: "Soon, quickly, this road will come to an end, don't worry, the auction will only be held at night, and everyone will play there during the day." I'm sorry, the car is a little broken, the shock absorption is not good, do you get motion sickness?"

Wu Hou shook his head and didn't speak, but his stomach did feel a little uncomfortable, as if he was about to vomit.

Mu Haisen saw that Wu Hou was uncomfortable, so he slowed down the car, wanting to make Wu Hou feel better, and then prepared to speak and chat, so as to divert Wu Hou's attention.

He lit a cigarette and handed it to Wu Hou, then took another one and handed it to Duanmu Shenjiu. Duanmu Shenjiu didn't smoke, shook his hand and refused.

Wu Hou took a puff of cigarette, and his stomach felt more comfortable.

Mu Haisen also smoked a cigarette and asked Wu Hou: "By the way, what are you doing at the auction? I see that you have almost 500,000 yuan in your bag, right? What treasures are you going to auction?"

"A painting. Duanmu Shenjiu replied for Wu Hou, "I lost the beauty picture a few years ago, and I got the news that it was taken to the auction for auction, so I went there and wanted to get it back." ”

"Oh, a painting. Mu Haisen nodded.

Wu Hou, who felt a little better in his stomach, leaned back on the chair and asked Mu Haisen, "Brother Sen, you have a relationship with Gu Jiajie, can you tell him about it, don't auction the painting, just sell it to us." ”

After hearing this, Mu Haisen laughed and said, "I don't have that ability. Then he said frankly: "I just know him, the friendship is not deep, but his home is decorated, and the line is just taken by me..."

"Huh?" Wu Hou was a little surprised.

Then Mu Haisen smiled and said: "Ah, what? I opened a grocery store, but I usually take some private work to support my family, no way, who calls the family a lot of people." ”

"Then you still go to the auction, what do you want to auction?" Wu Hou asked.

Besides, Gu Jiajie likes a lot of people, in the first few years, he was just a few friends around him, but now there are gradually more people, and new faces appear at the auction every year. ”

"So, it's easy to sneak in?"

Mu Haisen shook his head and said, "Look at what you said, what is this called, what is it called getting in, let's walk in openly." Although we are not rich bosses, nor are we well-known heroes in the rivers and lakes, but with my thin face, the doorman will always let us in to see the excitement. ”

Wu Hou nodded and whispered, "Gu Jiajie, you're very rich." ”

"That is, the rich are very rich, not only rich, but also martial arts, one of the eight masters. ”

At this time, Duanmu Shenjiu interjected and asked, "The eight masters, which masters are they?"

Mu Haisen thought for a while and said, "Wine Taoist, meat monk, Diancang scholar, steppe wolf." Desert knife, cold autumn frost, Jiangnan Mudi, peach blossom girl. These eight are the eight winners of the last martial arts competition, ranked by ranking. This Gu Jiajie is the Jiangnan Mu flute, not only is he strong in martial arts, but he is even more beautiful when he blows a flute. ”

Duanmu Shenjiu listened, and smiled at the corner of his mouth, "It's quite good at screaming, and it's catchy to read." ”

Mu Haisen also laughed and said, "People who practice martial arts, who doesn't give themselves a name." ”

Duanmu Shenjiu thought to himself, why don't he make a name for himself, and have time to talk to eight people together? But he just thought about it in his heart and didn't say it.

Bumpy all the way, several people passed the time in chatting, and gradually the car also drove to the foot of Tianxi Mountain. Mu Haisen parked the car in a clearing at the bottom of the mountain and said, "It's here." ”

Wu Hou and Duanmu Shenjiu got out of the car and looked around, there were already many cars parked in the clearing, and under the trees not far away, there were still a few horses tied to them.

Wu Hou couldn't help but say, "And those who came on horseback?"

Mu Haisen looked at a few horses in the distance, the divine horse was extraordinary, and said: "I don't know which practitioner is here, he is in this age, and he still rides horses to participate in this kind of party." ”

"It's really good to pretend to be a master. Wu Hou sneered: "I knew that we also rented a few horses to ride over, but I haven't ridden a horse yet." ”

"What's so good, it's not as good as this thing. Duanmu Shenjiu looked at the horse in the distance, and then at the car next to him.

Mu Haisen laughed, "Also, riding a horse without an umbrella, the wind and rain are exposed to the sun." ”

"What do you know, riding a horse, and holding a sword, there is the demeanor of a generation of heroes. Wu Hou said enviously.

"Yo, the little brother is quite ambitious, to be a generation of heroes? Hehe, your apprentice is good. In the latter sentence, Mu Haisen said it to Duanmu Shenjiu.

At this time, although it was already autumn, the weather was still hot, Mu Haisen was wearing short sleeves, and he was sore because of the long-distance driving. So he stood there, raised his arms, and stretched.

At first, it was just a stretch, which was not unusual, but when he stretched, the short sleeves were pulled upwards, revealing a small pattern on the waist. It was a tattoo, white with black textures, that looked like an animal's hind paws. According to the exposed part, it can be seen that the entire back, which is covered by clothes, also has tattoos.

When Duanmu Shenjiu saw this scene, his eyes suddenly became a little sharp, and then he walked towards Mu Haisen quietly, stretched out a hand, and took advantage of his unpreparedness to lift the short sleeves, revealing the tattoo on his entire back, which was a white tiger.

Wu Hou also saw this scene, staring at Mu Haisen's back with wide eyes, and then looked at Duanmu Shenjiu in surprise. In an instant, Duanmu Shenjiu's eyes changed a variety of emotions, including surprise, confusion, disappointment, and disappointment.

Mu Haisen's entire back was exposed, and he hurriedly moved his steps, took a few steps forward, and broke free of Duanmu Shenjiu, who was lifting his clothes. Then he glared and asked, "What are you doing?"

Duanmu Shenjiu looked at Mu Haisen, his eyes were uncertain, he hesitated for a while, and said, "It's hot, I want to help you take off your short shirt, so it's cooler." I didn't think you had a tiger on your back, and it looked really powerful and lifelike. ”

Mu Haisen looked at Duanmu Shenjiu vigilantly and said, "It's just a tattoo, look at what you praised." ”

Duanmu Shenjiu smiled and said, "It's rude." ”

Mu Haisen was also good-tempered, and he didn't make a big fuss, and replied: "It's okay, it's okay, don't talk about it, I don't want to carry the white tiger on the road, and if others know about it, I'm afraid there will be trouble." ”

Duanmu Shenjiu nodded and said, "Don't worry, we will keep our mouths shut." Then he whispered in a voice that only he could hear, "If someone troubles you, I won't stand idly by." ”