76 Why should we have ever known each other?
The hall on the first floor of the Sky Eagle Inn is full of large tables, which have long been full, and the sweaty men of the rivers and lakes are squeezed, and eight or nine men can sit down at a table to make a lively scene in the inn.
On the second floor, most of them are private seats for three or four people. The seats are more than half less than on the first floor, and the seats are naturally tighter than on the first floor.
Tonight, the feast of young heroes of Wujun is held here, and if you can occupy a private seat on the second floor of the Sky Eagle Inn, you definitely need to have enough face on the rivers and lakes of Wujun.
Ordinary second- and third-rate men in the rivers and lakes, they don't even have the qualifications to go to the second floor. It is only possible to have a first-class status in the rivers and lakes.
Li Kui took Wang Fugui and Li Jiao to visit the seniors of various gangs everywhere in Gusu City, and took advantage of the excitement of the Jianghu Conference to help the two lovers get acquainted in the rivers and lakes.
He overheard a disciple of the Aquila Gate mentioning that Miss Han Shu set up the first banquet of young heroes at the Aquila Inn, inviting the top heroes of the young generation, and immediately took the two apprentices to the Aquila Inn to occupy a good table, so that the two of them could also see the world.
With Li Kui, a senior pharmacist and first-class master of the Medicine King Gang, he is also a well-known old-timer in the rivers and lakes of Wujun, so he is naturally qualified to occupy a seat on the second floor of the inn.
And they came early, occupying a very good seat near the hallway leading to the third floor.
Li Kui also had a hard time, and repeatedly told Wang Fugui and Li Jiao to explain:
"The banquet set up by Miss Han Shu, the young master of the Heavenly Eagle Gate, tonight is the first feast of the young heroes of Wu County. People in the rivers and lakes flocked to it, and they stayed at this Sky Eagle Inn early.
This banquet is by no means idle, and each of the young heroes invited may become the ruler of various gangs in Wu County in the future, and they represent the general trend of Wu County's rivers and lakes in the next twenty or thirty years.
Although the two of you are not qualified to attend it, you must also take a look here, recognize these young leaders in the rivers and lakes in advance, and remember their faces. When you meet in the rivers and lakes in the future, you must not offend, and you must think of making friends with one or two of them.
In the rivers and lakes, you still need to rely on such upstarts to support you in order to follow them faster. Both of you are still young, only seventeen or eighteen years old, and you must do your best to seize this wave of rivers and lakes in order to rise in one day.
Otherwise, if you miss this wave of opportunities, they will be crowded with people, and it will be difficult to make friends with these upstarts. When you are old, you can only work hard like your master, and you can only mix up the status of an old-timer in the rivers and lakes of Wu County at the age of fifty or sixty. ”
"Yes, what the master said, every golden and jade good word! ”
Wang Fugui nodded seriously.
He has been hit repeatedly, but he also recognizes the gravity of the situation.
lost to the ugly man in the ring in the morning, which shows that in the rivers and lakes of Wujun, where there are many masters, it is not easy to get ahead with martial arts.
There is another way to get acquainted with one or two young heroes who went to the banquet tonight, so that they can hope to make their way out in the rivers and lakes of Wu County.
"Hmm!"
Li Jiao also catered to it, but was absent-minded.
She was originally a rich girl with an ordinary family background, and she didn't have much ambition to become famous in the rivers and lakes.
Now, she is already a medicine craftsman in the Medicine King Gang's Medicine Refining Hall, and she is very satisfied with the status quo. In time, being able to become a senior pharmacist like Master Li Kui is also a good status in the rivers and lakes.
Pharmacist Li Kui continued to teach the two of them all kinds of tips on identifying the masters and making friends with the upstarts. The three of them were sitting in the hall on the second floor, talking in a low voice.
At this time, the shopkeeper Wang personally led the two young guests up to the second floor and took them to the third floor.
Wang Fugui heard the sound of the stairs and hurriedly looked towards the staircase. At this glance, he looked like he had seen a ghost, his mouth closed open, and he couldn't speak.
Their seat was a specially selected table, closest to the staircase, facing the stairs, just enough to catch up with the people who went upstairs.
"What's wrong?"
Li Kui was a little dissatisfied when he saw Wang Fugui's shocked look. When you encounter something, you can't hold your breath, when will you become a real high-roller!
Li Kui looked towards the staircase and saw a familiar young man at a glance.
Su Chen!
Li Kui couldn't help but be stunned.
Su Chen and Ah Chou were going upstairs with Wang Da's shopkeeper, and they didn't expect that in the elegant seat next to the staircase on the second floor, they would suddenly look at Li Kui, Wang Fugui, Li Jiao and the other three, and couldn't help but stop.
"Master!"
Su Chen saluted Li Kui respectfully. He bowed to the other two again: "Senior Brother Wang, Senior Sister Li!"
"Ahem, it turned out to be Su Chen's apprentice! You're here for a dinner?... What a coincidence! The teacher has just passed by this place and is dining here!"
Pharmacist Li Kui came back to his senses from the shock, his face burned red, and he answered.
Su Chen!
The outer disciple who was disliked by him and was the first to be eliminated was actually greeted by the shopkeeper of the king and was about to go to the third floor.
The third floor of the inn is chartered by the Aquila Gate, and there are disciples of the Aquila Gate to check it, and irrelevant idlers can't go up. Those who can go up are naturally the young heroes who participated in Miss Hanshu's invitation to the banquet.
And he, the senior pharmacist of the Medicine King Gang and the most appreciated inner disciples Wang Fugui and Li Jiao, did not have the opportunity to attend this high-end youth feast in Wu County at all, so he could only grab a seat on the second floor, looking around with envy.
What is this? Is it because he has no eyes, mistaking gold and jade for stubborn stones, and mistaking rotten wood for treasures?
Li Kui's heart was churning, and all kinds of flavors were intertwined, and he didn't know what it was like.
Su Chen's master.
It even made Li Kui's face red, and he couldn't hang it.
But thinking of the various calculations he made to eliminate Su Chen to the miscellaneous service house back then, his buttocks suddenly burned like a fire.
"Ah~, the teacher suddenly remembered that there was still something important to do in the gang, so go first. ”
Li Kui didn't have the face to stay in this Sky Eagle Inn for a moment, left a word, called Wang Fugui and Li Jiao, and hurriedly left the Sky Eagle Inn.
The shopkeeper Wang led Su Chen and Ah Chou to the second floor, and when he saw Li Kuihuo leaving in a hurry, he was extremely puzzled: "Hey, Master Li, the three of you haven't served the dishes yet... Why are you leaving? This dinner has not yet started, and the private seats on the second floor are very tight, if you don't sit down, the people on the other side will occupy them!"
Li Jiaofang's face was blank.
She couldn't figure out what was going on... What is the situation? Why did Senior Brother Su come to the banquet, and what happened to Master like he was burning his buttocks.
Su Chen looked at Li Kui's embarrassed figure of leaving with Wang Fugui, Li Jiao and others, and couldn't help but be stunned, but shook his head and sighed.
Actually, he really didn't complain about Li Kui.
In that elimination, when Master Li Kui sent him to the Miscellaneous Service Hall, he taught Su Chen a lesson, "The rivers and lakes are sinister, you are not suitable for the rivers and lakes!"
Su Chen kept the first half of the sentence in mind and took it as a warning. was cautious on the rivers and lakes, and stumbled to today.
If it weren't for this painful lesson given to him by the master, if he despised the people in the rivers and lakes too much, he was afraid that he would plant a bigger heel in the rivers and lakes.
...
Under the guidance of the shopkeeper Wang, Su Chen and Ah Chou went up to the third floor of the Sky Eagle Inn.
There are seven or eight tables in the hall on the third floor, and more than ten young heroes from Wujun Jianghu have already arrived.
Su Chen and Ah Chou were arranged to sit down at a remote table at the edge of the hall. This is obviously deliberately arranged, and I don't want the two of them to occupy a prominent position.
The best positions in the front and middle of the hall are undoubtedly prepared for Han Shu and the others to be seated.
But it's nothing, Su Chen doesn't care, Ah Chou is also careless in terms of seats, and he is unaware.
"Oops, this... Could it be the 'Thunder Knife Yang Xing' of the Wind Thunder Gate, who has admired the name of his brother Taiwan for a long time, but he has never met him!"
"Ah, this must be the Wuqing brother of the horse gang! I have admired the name of Your Excellency's 'Shadowless Whip' Wuqing for a long time, and I saw it today, and it is really extraordinary!"
One after another, some young heroes and guests arrived, greeting each other warmly, calling each other's rivers and lakes, and the hall on the third floor became more and more lively.
When Su Chen and Ah Chou came in, naturally no one greeted the two of them.
No one knew them at all, even if there were occasional young heroes from the Medicine King Gang and the Heavenly Eagle Gate, they were not familiar with the two of them at all.
Su Chen looked at this lively scene, which was quite interesting.
Among the more than ten people in this hall, there are only a handful of truly first-class top masters. Like a clown, he can compete with his peers and win five consecutive victories in the ring, and it is estimated that there are only one or two people.
The other young masters are more of the core high-level children of the major gangs in Wu County, and young heroes with strong backgrounds.
Moreover, in addition to the fact that he and Ah Chou were not very popular at this banquet, there was also an uninvited guest, that is, Wang Fuhao, the eldest son of Wang Xianling.
Wang Fuhao looked like he was also a young hero, and greeted everyone familiarly.
It's a pity that no one of the young heroes paid attention to him.
The identity of the eldest prince of Gusu County can only be arrogant in front of the shopkeeper Wang, and in the eyes of their group of real high-level and powerful children of the Wujun Jianghu gang, it is just ordinary.
If it weren't for the county order of Gusu Wang, it was the face of the local parents and officials, I am afraid that he would have been driven out long ago.
After another half an hour, almost all of the more than 20 young heroes who were invited were present.
Han Shu, the young master of the Heavenly Eagle Gate, accompanied by a majestic-looking white-robed old man, finally appeared in the banquet hall surrounded by many elite guards of the Heavenly Eagle Gate.
"I've seen Mr. Liu!"
"At the lower level, I've seen Mr. Liu! I've seen Miss Hanshu!"
All the young heroes stood up one after another, and their expressions became respectful.
The head of the Heavenly Eagle Gate Liu, that is the real power of the older generation of the five gangs, the power in the rivers and lakes is monstrous, and he once followed the master of the Heavenly Eagle Gate to build the great country of the Heavenly Eagle Gate.
With these young people, the status of the rivers and lakes is naturally completely different.
Chief Manager Liu and Han Shu sat down at the chief, and all the young heroes dared to sit down one after another.
"Today is a feast for you young people, and there should be no strangers. The old man is cheeky and has added a pair of dishes and chopsticks to himself! Don't worry, the old man just came to sit down and chatter with you young people.
It's still your home turf, as long as I'm an ordinary old man. In the future, the rivers and lakes of Wu County, sooner or later, will also be your world, and the purpose of this dinner held by the eldest lady today is to make friends with each other among the most outstanding young heroes in Wu County, and take care of each other in the future. ”
Mr. Liu smiled.
"Today's feast of young heroes in Wu County is a first-class event in Wu County, and it is natural to make a good start. The old man prepared a big surprise for this feast, and invited a mysterious guest who was very famous in Gusu City and in the rivers and lakes of Wu County to open the feast tonight. ”
In the hall on the third floor, there was a sudden silence.
Han Shu couldn't help but wonder in her heart, she didn't know in advance that Uncle Liu had arranged this opening mystery guest session.
The young heroes are looking forward to which mysterious guest is the manager of Liu Da who is so cautious.