Chapter 21: Throwing Yourself into the Net
The city where the Hong family is located is called Hongcheng, there are dozens of Hongjia disciples who are armed with weapons and uniforms standing at the city gate, and they check the pedestrians in detail, the city wall is more than ten zhang high, all of them are made of seven feet high, one zhang wide bluestone, more than half of the hundreds of thousands of residents living in the city are surnamed Hong, and most of the martial arts that the Hong family allows to be passed on, it can be said that all the people are soldiers, and for them the Hong family is their yearning, Relying on, compared with the huge power of the Hong family, this kind of cohesion that comes from the bones is more terrifying than the power on the surface.
The four of Aochen finally arrived at the city where the Hong family is located, and for several days they have been sleeping in the open air along the way, and the pampered two eldest ladies have long been tired, and they have been shouting to have a good rest, and when they saw the heavily inspected city gate, Aochen and Xiao Jingyang felt that the matter was more serious than they imagined, otherwise how could the huge Hong family be so vigilant?
A disciple who seemed to be the leader saw Aochen and the others with extraordinary spirits, and after saluting with his fists, he inquired without a trace: "I don't know what the four of you are doing when you come to our Hongcheng, do you need any help?"
"We are the disciples of the Xiao family in Nanping, passing by to buy some dry food and medicine, looking at your appearance, is there something going on in the city?"
Hearing the question, Xiao Jingyang responded with great sophistication, and after speaking, he asked the other party with a puzzled look, wanting to find out.
"It's just that some Xiaoxiao is trying to misrepresent my Hong family, so don't worry about it!"
Seeing that the four of them did not look like some unscrupulous people, the leading disciple replied vaguely, and after speaking, he turned sideways and motioned for everyone to let them go.
"Farewell!"
Xiao Jingyang said goodbye and led the four of them to stride towards the most lively street market in Hongcheng.
When he arrived in the city, Wu Liuli couldn't help but ask: "We are obviously here to help them, why don't we tell them directly?"
"We're here to find out the truth, not to help anyone, it's just to avoid unnecessary trouble, and we're secretly investigating the truth of the matter. ”
Xiao Jingyang put on an old look, pretending to be serious, but Wu Liuli didn't eat this set at all, what is it that is neither black nor white.
"I hate sneaking the most, and doing good deeds should be above board!"
Liuli pouted, looking reluctant, it's rare to have the opportunity to be a chivalrous woman, so sneaky, when will others know that I'm a chivalrous girl?
Aochen seemed to understand Liuli's thoughts very well, and comforted with a slight smile: "Okay, when we are above board, when we find out the truth, the credit will go to you, okay?"
"Well, well, when I become famous, I must be given the best nickname for me!"
Listening to Aochen's comforting words, Liuli suddenly became happy, and hugged Ah Bao and kept turning in circles.
"Asako, where do you think we're going next?"
Xiao Jingyang looked at Aochen and pretended to ask, but looking at the expression, it was clear that he had already planned, the reason why he called Aochen Mazi was because he said that Aochen always cheated him, and after knowing him for so many days, it was simply a pit a day, and there was a saying that Mazi was not called Mazi and was called a pit man, so he kept calling Aochen a pockmark.
"Restaurants, inns, inquire about the news!"
Aochen glanced at Xiao Jingyang, every time he heard Xiao Jingyang call him, he had the urge to raise his foot and kick him, but Xiao Jingyang refused to change this title, and he got used to it after hearing it too much.
"Heroes see the same thing!"
"Hero, just you?"
Aochen pretended to look at Xiao Jingyang from head to toe seriously, then shook his head, sighed, and then left without looking back.
"What do you mean?"
"That's what it means!"
Out of fun, Liuli also learned Aochen's movements while talking, and then pulled Ning Xinyan forward with a smile.
"I've learned all of them!"
Aochen led everyone into a restaurant called Food for the Sky, this restaurant not only looks extremely elegantly decorated, but also can ask from afar a burst of fragrant fragrance, the two girls are already exhausted, and now they feel more and more hungry.
As soon as he sat down, Aochen opened his mouth to go out, and everyone thought that it was convenient for him to go to the thatched house, so they didn't ask much.
Xiao Jingyang saw Aochen go out, his eyes rolled, and he beckoned Xiao Er, and pretended to be arrogant: "The good wine and good food in your store are as expensive as possible, the more the better, hurry up, we are all hungry!"
The two daughters were from wealthy families, and they didn't feel anything wrong when they saw Xiao Jingyang ordering like this, but they both opened their mouths to urge.
Aochen came back after a while, and just as he wanted to say something, Xiao Jingyang put his arm on Aochen's shoulder and said with a smile: "You can settle the bill for this pockmark, no problem, right?"
As he spoke, Xiao Jingyang's right hand reached into Aochen's arms at a lightning speed, it seemed that he wanted to steal Aochen's money bag and pit Aochen once, no wonder he ordered so many dishes just now.
"Why did you Young Master Xiao start touching men casually? It's disgusting...... Miss Ning, now you have a good explanation when you go home!"
Xiao Jingyang's hand just poked into Aochen's arms, but he saw Aochen turning sideways without a trace, taking a step back, his left hand on Xiao Jingyang's right wrist, a ring, a lead, and a bend of his right index finger, knocking heavily on Xiao Jingyang's elbow, with a look of disgust.
Xiao Jingyang didn't look embarrassed at all when he saw that the matter was revealed, but muttered dissatisfiedly: "You are even more slippery than a loach, sooner or later you will be good-looking!"
"Really? I'll wait!"
"Childe, your dish is here!"
Xiao Jingyang was about to open his mouth to threaten a few more words, but he didn't want Xiao Er to just knock on the door to serve food, so he gave up, and only then did he have the strength to continue to fight against this guy who was pitfalling, looking at the table full of dishes, the delicacies of the mountains and seas, and secretly said in his heart that it was a pity that he didn't steal his money bag just now, otherwise he would look good when he checked out.
Aochen saw that the two girls were also about to start eating, so he immediately used his gong to condense the sound into a line to transmit the sound to the two girls, I don't know what to say, I saw that the two girls glanced at Aochen after hearing it, and then looked at Xiao Jingyang, who was eating, although he was a little puzzled, he didn't ask, and the chopsticks in his hand slowed down.
This condensation into a line is a very common internal power application method in martial arts, and the movement condenses the sound into a line, unless there is any interception secret technique, or can read lips, otherwise except for the target of their own speech, the person next to them cannot hear it.
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"Oh, it's so full!
Xiao Jingyang touched his round belly, and couldn't stop praising him, feeling very good, one was that the food was really good, and the other was deliberately angry with Aochen, because he deliberately ate desperately just now, and when he saw Aochen, he grabbed it, and Aochen didn't eat a few bites of a table full of dishes, except for the two girls who ate a little, almost all the others went into his and Bao's stomachs.
"Yes, I believe there will be a better one!
Aochen did not be as angry or open his mouth to fight back against himself as Xiao Jingyang expected, but responded happily like a winner, without the slightest hint of anger, and loudly called Xiao Er outside in.
"Childe, what do you command?"
"Help me clean up the table, and then ask the shopkeeper if I have ordered the food?"
Aochen smiled and said to Xiao Er, Xindao originally wanted you to taste good things, but now you are cocooning yourself, but you really don't blame me.
"Okay, Childe, wait a minute!"
Xiao Er quickly cleaned up the leftovers on the table, and left very neatly, Xiao Jingyang on the side began to feel a little bad, as if he had done something stupid, it seemed too easy to grab the dishes that Mazi had just grabbed, and the two daughters of Liuli and Xinyan were also wrong, usually if this kind of food is normal, but after being tired for so many days, it is a little too little to eat so little.
"Childe, the dish you ordered!"
After a while, the shopkeeper in the store carefully served a few dishes with a few little two, the fragrance was completely different from the one just now, but faintly with an attractive medicinal fragrance.
"Shopkeeper, don't be in a hurry, help me introduce these dishes, just entered Hong's house, I heard many passers-by say that your food is the first in Hongcheng!"
The shopkeeper is a chubby middle-aged man, with a round face always smiling, which makes people feel more cordial and kind, and does not look like a philistine like an ordinary businessman.
"Childe, you appreciate the face, this is the snow lotus condensation soup, is the use of thirty years of snow lotus, and every morning on the snow lotus to collect the morning dew into the soup, the function of beauty and detoxification, this is the three immortals, with the three beasts of the strongest part of the bones with some medicinal materials with a fire for three days, and then simmer for ten days, a large pot of soup stewed to the present such a small pot, the effect of replenishing qi and invigorating blood is undoubted, this is ...... All of them are carefully prepared by our chef for medicinal food, and the heat is enough to ensure that the taste is good!"
The shopkeeper introduced the delicacies served one by one, and Xiao Jingyang was like being punched by someone for each dish, and he was shooting himself in the foot, oh my God! How stupid should I be? It was so easy to grab something just now, I should have noticed that there was a conspiracy!
"Thank you, shopkeeper!"
Aochen thanked the shopkeeper very happily, this time it was really not me who cheated you, it was you who put your face on the ground and let me step on it, and it is not okay not to step on it.
"Don't dare, don't dare, it's Childe who takes care of the business of this store, if you need anything, just call us!"
The shopkeeper's attitude was impeccable, and after he finished speaking, he turned around and went down, and carefully closed the door.
"This is a medicinal diet, the practice is to pay the shopkeeper in advance, and at least two or three days in advance, this time someone just canceled the reservation, otherwise how can we have our share! Jingyang, you have to eat more, the first chef in Hongcheng, the medicinal diet is the day, just now I heard passers-by talking about it as soon as I entered the city, and this fragrance alone makes me feel worthwhile!"