The winding path is secluded, the flowers are clustered, and the back flower hall of the Sun Mansion is built in the back garden.

Passing through the tree-lined path of mixed peanut trees, there is a two-storey water pavilion near the river and lake, and Liu Tugou stepped in, bringing in a strong fragrant breeze.

The small hall on the side of the lake has a wide view, and you can see that the lotus flowers are in full bloom all over the lake, which is really a rare sight in this northern land. In addition to the Lingying Marquis's Mansion, Liu Tugou entered the Hao family's house for the first time and saw such a rich scene based on the world's beautiful scenery as his own.

In the small hall, there was a small wooden table and two bamboo stools, one of which was already seated, with his back to the hall door, and his hair was gray, but he sat straight.

Liu Tugou walked to another bamboo stool and bowed: "Liu Tugou has seen Sun seniors. ”

Sun Daolin snorted: "If you don't sit there, I want the old man to raise his head to see if you can't do it." ”

The second master laughed, sat down calmly and said: "The etiquette is always to be talked about, I have a low background, I don't have much reading, and I am doing a lot of business, and I am most afraid of being looked down upon by people." ”

"Why don't you be polite when you kill my guards?

Sun Daolin pointed at the wooden table, and a teapot and two sea bowls were placed on the small round tabletop, all of which were white, delicate and smooth, and were engraved with lotus patterns in primary colors, which were extremely exquisite.

"Although it is a wicked guest, the old man can't lose the etiquette of the master's house, please take care of yourself. ”

Liu Tugou was not polite, dragged the teapot, poured a bowl for Sun Daolin and himself, took a closer look, and said in surprise: "If you read it right, this is the kind of brick tea that the people of the north and the Di herdsmen often drink, right?

This kind of coarse tea, the second master usually drinks it, but it can be drunk by a family like Sun Daolin, which is too pretentious, just like these two big tea bowls that pretend to be rough, any one is not something that ordinary people can afford.

"Who said that the white porcelain of the high-grade official kiln in Beiding Mansion cannot be used to drink this inferior coarse tea, the Sun family has been wealthy for generations, the old man has never seen any good tea, and he chooses to go before he dies, and he still loves this old man who often accompanies him when he marches and fights. The things that are vassal and elegant should be left to a sour and rotten literati like Tao Lao Ghost to do. ”

Sun Daolin said with a smile: "As for the more you drink, the more hungry you become, I just didn't invite you to eat a knife, and you still want to drink wine and eat meat?"

Liu Tugou shook his head, lifted the sea bowl and drank it all, wiped his mouth and said: "You people in the family, no matter how old or young, are all virtuous, either you can't help but talk nonsense, or you have something to say and pretend to be profound, or you seem to be able to talk to anyone, like a chatter, you can't talk well, you can't talk well." ”

Sun Daolin amused the second master with a few words, and showed a sincere smile: "Born to divide the noble and the low, the same is a hard-working person, who can be easier than whom? ”

He suddenly turned around and pointed to the old servant waiting at the door of the flower hall: "When he was young, he was a bandit who was so poor in the green forest that there was only one rotten life left, and he waited outside the gate of the house for three days and three nights, and finally intercepted me when I was alone, and after putting the knife on my neck, he said a few words of truth in this life, guess what he told me?"

Liu Tugou poured himself another bowl of veritable coarse tea, and replied casually: "I can't escape the simple trade-offs such as asking for money and life, he sacrifices his life for money, and his predecessors give up their wealth to save their lives, and everyone takes what they need." ”

If it had been so, he wouldn't be alive today. ”

Sun Daolin shook his head and said: "He said, let's discuss with Sun Gongzi today, either if you don't shout, don't shout, don't dodge, I will give you a knife slowly and gently, or you resist as much as you want, and I will also give you a knife, but it may be out of gravity." In short, in the next not for revenge, the second is not for wealth, the son has no worries, but there is no need to think about breaking the fortune and eliminating the disaster, as long as he does not die after today, he can get a great reputation, which is more useful than anything, so please also ask the son to be fulfilled. ”

Liu Tugou was stunned for a moment, and then exclaimed: "It's really interesting to say, because of this, the seniors didn't kill this old servant on the spot, but took it for their own use?"

Sun Daolin reminisced about the past, and was also leisurely: "At that time, although I was also a young talent in Jizhou's generals, I was still a gentleman who did not want to make progress and wasted his talent and ancestral shadow in vain.

He stood up, although his anger was deficient and his hair was gray, he could still see a little bit of the general's demeanor that Rong Ma had cultivated in his career: "If it weren't for the heart-wrenching knife he had that day, there would be no Sun Daolin today, I spared his life, and gave him back a grandmaster realm and half a life of wealth, although he is a master and servant, no one owes anyone." If you want to achieve great fame, you might as well pull out the sword!"

When this last sentence came out, it was already categorical and sonorous.

Liu Tugou also stood up, and Wen Xu smiled: "I am willing to compete with the old-timers for inspiration." ”

Sun Daolin looked at Liu Tugou with his head back: "The little brother is very ambitious, and it is understandable that the newborn calf is not afraid of the tiger, but he can't help but look down on the old man." ”

"That junior also told a few words of truth, although my time to step into the grandmaster is extremely short, but I swallowed the inspiration of the two grandmasters by chance, although it is not as good as the old-timers who have been tempered for decades, but they may not lose. If he loses, the juniors will naturally die, and the five hundred people under his command will retreat immediately. ”

Sun Daolin showed a hint of realization on his face, and sighed: "Do you want to use the old man as a whetstone? You have this kind of cultivation at this age, it is already shocking to the world, and the three kinds of inspiration are mixed, even if it is big but not strong, you can just sharpen it slowly, so why rush for quick success and make such a risky move? The old man who kills people with a knife has seen a lot, and it is really unheard of to kill himself with a knife. ”

"In life, there are too many things that are involuntarily self-conscious. The old-timer hero I, the honor and disgrace of life and death in his life and death are always in the hands of others, the Son of Heaven decides with a word, and the great supernatural person has a thought, how sad. The younger generation is not talented, only seeks freedom in life and death, and is never at the mercy of others. ”

Liu Tugou bowed: "Please also ask the old-timers to borrow a knife!"

"Great!"

Sun Daolin didn't laugh angrily, picked up the big tea bowl suddenly, and drank it all in one gulp.

He casually threw the valuable white porcelain of the high-grade official kiln into the lake, and the smile on his face was extremely happy.

"It's been so many years that this bowl of tea has finally tasted like a little spirit!"