Chapter 8: The Gap Between People
Three days is not a long time, nor is it short, for those ordinary people, as usual, the sun rises and the sun sets.
Eat when it's time to eat and drink when it's time to drink.
And for Bai Sheng, Wu Qi and Lao Gai, these three days have been a bit difficult, stealing other people's sweet potatoes every day is not a thing, and it is not possible to catch fish in the river every time, and finally went up the mountain to hunt, but found that they ran all over the mountains and did not see a single hair.
In the end, he couldn't bear it, and Wu Qi proposed to sell the gold sticker sent by Hong Qi and exchange it for money, so that he could have a full stomach. The old hijab on the side of this proposal is about to fall off, and looking at his appearance, it seems that he is already hungry and can't stand it.
"Then sell it!"
Bai Sheng finally agreed, when he was in Broken Wall Mountain, he had never worried about three meals a day, but he didn't expect that now that he had just stepped into the rivers and lakes, he had to do everything to fill his stomach.
In Qingzhou City, pawnshops are naturally indispensable, and the three of them entered the city, found a pawnshop at random, and slapped the gold sticker on the table.
"Boss, give me money. ”
The boss looked at the gold sticker on the table, his eyes suddenly bulged, and cold sweat began to break out between his temples, and he hurriedly said.
"Three masters, you are tormenting the small, this gold sticker uncle should take it back, this bit of silver is small, filial piety to you. ”
The three of them were dumbfounded, they didn't expect there to be such a show.
"No, no, we can't ask for this money in vain, you have to accept this gold sticker. ”
Wu shook his head like a rattle and pushed the gold sticker in front of the boss.
"You can't accept it, you can't accept it, uncle, don't play tricks on the little ones anymore. ”
The boss was so frightened that he was about to cry, and hurriedly took out a few more pieces of silver from his body.
"The three masters just accept it, don't be embarrassed. ”
The three of them knew how powerful Humen was in Qingzhou City, and where did the owners of these small businesses dare to offend Humen. And they must make offerings from time to time to keep them safe.
The three of them looked at each other, and they didn't know what to do, not only could they not go out of this gold sticker, but the other party had to give their own silver.
"Why don't we take a little less?"
Wu Qi whispered.
Bai Sheng looked entangled, looking at the white silver on the table, he wanted to take it but didn't dare to take it because he couldn't get over it in his heart.
While the two were still struggling, a big hand had reached for the silver on the table, and took all the silver away, and at the same time took away the gold sticker by the way.
"Eh, how can you take other people's silver, put it down. ”
Wu Qi and Bai Sheng said in unison, but in exchange for Lao Gai's white eyes, there were no two birds at all, and they turned around and strode away.
"Eh, what about you, why are you leaving?"
Wu Qi and Bai Sheng hurriedly caught up, with a look of hatred and iron.
And the pawnshop owner finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the three of them leaving, and hurriedly closed the pawnshop door, just looking at his hands still trembling, it seemed that he was frightened.
When Wu Qi and Bai Sheng caught up with Lao Gai, the other party had already bought a roast chicken and was eating it with a satisfied face.
"I said, Lao Gai, how can you be like this. ”
Wu Qi looked angry, stared at Lao Gai and said, but his hand tore off the leg of the roast chicken.
"You two ......"
Bai Sheng was about to say something, but his mouth was gagged by a chicken leg.
Wu Qi and Lao Gai looked at Bai Sheng's appearance, as if they had succeeded in a treacherous plan, and at the same time said something indistinctly.
"It's delicious"
Lao Gai ate the chicken, like a hungry wolf eating, a mouthful of oil, but he didn't forget to stretch out his hand and gesture a meaning.
"This chicken leg is really delicious. ”
Bai Sheng ate the chicken thighs, as if he was tasting the delicious food in the world, and sighed.
If you have meat, you must also have wine, so Lao Gai took the two of them to a wine shop, bought three bottles of fine spirits, sat on the corner of the street, and began to drink.
"Wow, that's so comfortable. ”
Wu Qi took a sip of the spirits, bit down on a piece of chicken, and his mouth was about to crack with laughter.
The old cover on the side was like a drunkard, a bottle of spirits was actually drunk in three or two sips, and then he burped, his face was red in an instant, his eyes were blurred, he grinned at the two of them, and fell to the ground.
Half in the bag
"Haha"
"Haha"
When the two saw the drunk Lao Gai, they couldn't help laughing.
"Come brother, drink one. ”
Wu Qi said with the wine bottle.
"Drink"
There is wine today, and there is drunkenness today.
The two of them were drunk at the end, and all three of them lay on the side of the street, and fell asleep like this, until night fell, and they were driven out by the officers and soldiers patrolling the city.
"How's it going?"
The three of them hooked their shoulders and went back to the ruined temple.
"There's still a lot of money, and tomorrow we'll go buy some roast chicken and some good wine, and this time we'll wait until we get back to the temple and drink enough." ”
Wu Qi is like incarnating as a drunkard, and he never forgets the spirits.
"Row"
When the three of them returned to the temple, it was already night, Lao Gai lit a fire, bent his body to pill a piece of wood, and fell asleep, snoring loudly after a few breaths.
Bai Sheng came to the temple alone, looked at the crescent moon in the sky, and fell into memory.
"What's wrong?"
Wu got up and sat down beside Bai Sheng and asked out loud.
"No, I'm wondering how my master is doing now?"
Wu Qi looked at the sky and said: "When I was in my hometown, the old man there once told me that everyone has his destiny, which is destined by God and cannot be changed. Death and life are only a hundred years, and early death and late death are just deaths, and maybe you will be able to see them when you die. ”
Bai Sheng's face was full of black lines, and he had an urge to hit someone, if he hadn't heard about Wu Qi's deeds in the past few days, he really wanted to give the other party a kick.
"Sleep. ”
Bai Sheng said loudly, got up and returned to the temple.
"Hey, hey"
Wu Qi smiled wickedly.
......
As the feast of Hong Qi's birthday approached, the entire Hongmen seemed to be a little busy, and I saw that the raw materials loaded with all kinds of delicacies and seas and transported from all over the country were all sent into the Hongmen kitchen.
I heard that Hong Qi personally went to the "Phoenix Building" for this birthday banquet, and invited Tang Xiaosan, the first chef in Qingzhou City, to come to take charge of the kitchen.
And what is even more surprising is that Hong Qi even invited the Oiran of the red boat, the beautiful fairy, and the Susu girl who is peerless in the world.
"It seems that the Lord of Hongmen has made a bloody investment. ”
"That's natural, I heard the news from elsewhere, this time Hongmen not only invited many heroes from the rivers and lakes to come, but also invited the villa of Baijian Villa. ”
"It's amazing. ”
"What is this, I also heard that the newly appointed city lord of our Qingzhou City has also been invited, and it is rumored that the city lord will go in person. ”
"Oh my God, if only I could attend. ”
"It's just you, those who can participate in the birthday banquet are all big shots, let's forget about our little shrimp!"
Hong Qi's birthday banquet was full of turmoil, and basically everyone knew about it.
......
Yu Chengxiang, the feudal ambassador who was transferred here at the age of only thirty to serve as the lord of Qingzhou City, can be said to be a rare existence in the temples of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
It was only because of the two successive annihilations in Qingzhou City that this Yucheng elephant was personally sent here by the Holy Lord, just to find out the matter and to settle those spirits in the sky.
In the City Lord's Mansion, Yu Chengxiang sat opposite a young man in a white shirt, and on the table was a pot of fine tea.
"Who is this Hong Qi?"
The man in the white shirt looked at the gold sticker in his hand, his eyes were full of doubts, and he asked slowly.
"The founder of the underground forces in Qingzhou City, there are a group of martial arts masters under his captivity, according to the news passed by the black snake over the years, this person has had many murders, but none of them left footprints, so they can't be arrested. ”
Yu Chengxiang drank tea and briefly told Hong Qi's deeds.
"Oh, there is such a person in Qingzhou City, it seems that I am going to meet it. The young man became interested and said with a curious expression.
"I have been the city lord of Qingzhou City for three months, and these days I asked the Black Snake to collect all the news about Hong Qi for me, from which I found that Hong Qi was not in Qingzhou City in the two massacres thirteen years ago and three months ago. ”
"You're saying that these two murders are related to him?" the young man frowned.
"It's a guess, the center of Black Snake over the years has been on the capture of the dead people, and the excavation of these news is a little neglectful. ”
Yu Chengxiang said slowly, his fingers tapping lightly on the table.
"The arrest of the remnants of the dead country must not be slackened, this is also the holy order of the emperor's grandfather, and the black snake naturally does not dare to slack off. The young man said softly with a serious face.
Yu Chengxiang didn't speak, just slowly sipped the tea, but it seemed to be waiting for something, and after half a sound, the young man spoke again.
"I know that the time that my father gave you is very short, but I don't want to say anything in front of my father, at most I will ask the black snake to send some over to help you check that Hong Qi more. ”
Hearing this, Yu Chengxiang couldn't help but smile, put down the teacup and said, "It's still the third prince who understands the heart of the lower official. ”
"Haha, the son of the dignified Yu clan is actually so low-voiced, if the old man Yu knows, I'm afraid that I, the prince, will also be hit by him. ”
The young man burst into laughter, his face full of joy.
......
The Seven Peerless Sects, in the generation of Qingzhou City, are considered to be famous Jianghu sects, with no less than 100 disciples in the door, and its master is a master of the land list.
In the big families around, there are many young talents who want to worship him as a teacher, but this person has a vicious eye, and he has received a lot of disciples over the years, but the real heirs have not yet found one.
Now at the invitation of Hong Qi, the master of the Seven Peerless Sect, Yan Qijue, led the disciples to Qingzhou City, but when he passed through the broken temple outside the city along the way, he was hit by a chicken bone.
When he saw Bai Sheng and Wu Qi, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he shouted: "What a good martial artist!"
"What are you going to do, old man?"
Wu Qi looked at Yan Qijue's gaze that was like looking at the body of a woman who was stripped naked, and suddenly the hairs on his body stood up.
"Xiaoyou, I am amazed at your bones, you are a martial arts wizard, but you want to worship me as a teacher and teach you to practice martial arts. ”
Yan Qijue is like seducing a woman from a good family, seducing Wu Qi and Bai Sheng.
"Don't"
The two hurriedly shook their heads and took three steps back at the same time, away from each other.
"Let me tell you, I am the master of the Seven Absolute Sects, and the martial arts cultivation is on the list, if you worship me as a teacher, I guarantee that you will all become martial arts masters and be famous in the world. ”
Yan Qijue will give up the two people in front of him, or lobby.
"Then we'll have to see how high you are. ”
Wu Qi said.
"Then you look. ”
In order to accept apprentices, Yan Qijue also put in a lot of effort, and played a set of seven absolute punches in front of the two, although it did not contain internal force, but at a glance, it was clear that this person was really a boxing master.
"Forget it, I like knives or don't learn boxing. ”
"I love swords, and I don't learn boxing. ”
Old Gai grinned and snickered.
Yan Qi was so angry, but because Hong Qi's birthday banquet was about to start, he had to give up, but before leaving, he had to say a few words and tell Bai Sheng and Wu Qi that if he regretted it, he would go to the Seven Absolute Gate to find him.
"It's such an interesting old man, but he does have a brush for his Seven Absolute Punches."
Wu Qi said.
"I look at it and think it's strong. ”
"I will, do you want to learn?"
Wu Qi suddenly asked.
"What?"
Bai Sheng looked dazed.
"Looking"
I saw Wu get up to the open space, and actually played the Seven Absolute Punches, and no matter from the style or the boxing method are not bad with Yan Qijue, if Yan Qijue is still here, I'm afraid I will have to cry, I have been wandering the rivers and lakes for decades, and I created the Seven Absolute Punches, only fought once, and was learned by others, how not to cry.
"You... Will you?"
Bai Sheng and Lao Gai looked at Wu Qi like monsters, their faces shocked, and they had nothing to say.
"What's so rare about this, just watch it once, and even I learned the trick of Li Laozi. ”
Wu Qi's face was calm, as if these things were as simple as drinking water in his eyes.
Bai Sheng and Lao Gai fainted, they finally knew the kind of Tianzhong characters described in the book, who ascended to heaven after one day of enlightenment, maybe Wu Qi was this kind of person.
"Come on, let me teach you, in fact, the Seven Absolute Fists and the Flying Star of the old man are not difficult. ”
Wu Qi said, and actually began to teach Bai Sheng, one move and one style, accompanied by explanation, giving Bai Sheng the feeling that these tricks were created by himself.
Bai Sheng also studied very hard, until it was too late, and they had to rush to attend Hong Qi's birthday banquet before they stopped, but after Wu Qi's teaching, Bai Sheng learned a little bit about the Seven Absolute Fists and Flying Stars, if they want to fully integrate it, it is a matter of time with Wu Qi's help.
......
Today's Hongmen can be said to be very lively, a big man was welcomed into the Hongmen, those in the rivers and lakes outside the door and those ordinary people are feasting their eyes, and even they also saw the red boat Oiran Susu girl.
"It's a worthwhile trip!"
Everyone sighed.
"Let one go, let one go. ”
There was a voice from the crowd, and I saw Wu Qi, Bai Sheng and Lao Gai squeezing through the crowd and heading towards the Hongmen.
"Squeeze what, squeeze through, you can't go in, be careful to provoke Humen so that you can't eat and walk around. ”
Those people saw Bai Sheng and them crowding in front of the crowd and said dissatisfiedly.
"It's good that I didn't eat, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to eat. ”
Wu Qi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that there were still people walking into the Tiger Gate, he was really afraid that he would be late.
"Let's go, get a good seat. ”
Wu Qi pulled Bai Sheng and Lao Gai and rushed towards Humen, but they were stopped before they could reach the door.
"Haha, look at those three fools, they still want to get in, and they can't eat and walk around. ”
"Get out, this is not a place for you to go wild, otherwise you won't be able to eat and walk around. ”
The man said viciously, if it weren't for Hong Qi's birthday banquet, I'm afraid that person would have already done it.
Post to him. ”
Wu Qi said to Lao Gai, only to see Lao Gai hurriedly take out a gold sticker covered with oil from his arms.
"Kim.... Gold Sticker".
A group of people couldn't help but be shocked when they saw the gold sticker in Lao Gai's hand, and the person who stopped Wu Qi and them was almost crying in fright, and hurriedly spoke.
"I don't know if the guest is coming, the little one should die, and make amends to the three. ”
"It's okay, it's okay. ”
Bai Sheng waved his hand and said.
Seeing that the other party didn't blame himself, the man couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, wiped the cold sweat on his face and said.
"Three distinguished guests, the little one will take you in. ”
"No, we'll go in by ourselves. ”
Saying that, Wu Qi had already pulled Bai Sheng and Lao Gai in, and the man immediately informed them of their coming.