Chapter 4 Tea House in the Snow
It's snowy season again. The fine snow fell from about noon, and as the sun set more and more in the west, it was time for the wind to start at night, and the snowflakes bloomed one by one like fluffy flowers and swirled with the wind, performing hard alone in the dark night, dyeing the yellow mud of its only audience, white.
On such a snowy night, a tea house stands alone on the edge of the sidewalk. In the humble teahouse, a middle-aged woman who was yellow and thin braved the snow to come out and try to close the door, but the wooden door was so old that she couldn't help the woman pull it a few times, and it jammed with a rattling sound, and almost hit the beggar who was paralyzed on the ground and smelled of wine. The yellow-faced woman had no choice but to let the wooden door creep open. Timidly, she looked back into the house, then outside, and then reached out and kicked the beggar in the leg. "Hmm......" The beggar kicked the woman a few times, let out a few meaningless grunts, rolled over and fell asleep again. The yellow-faced woman sighed again in desperation, turned into the house, and walked softly to the kitchen door against the wall.
"How's it going?" Another middle-aged woman's face poked out of the kitchen, so black that no matter what her expression was, no one could see it clearly. "Dead!" The black-faced woman scolded, holding the pot and spoon in one hand and the yellow-faced woman's sleeve in the other, "Didn't I tell you to close the door? Why don't you close it?"
"The door is broken, it can't be closed. The yellow-faced woman replied in a low voice.
"That guy, that stinky guy got rid of you, right?"
"Not either. The beggar was drunk and slept, and could not be driven away. The yellow-faced woman replied apologetically.
"I said, where do you eat so much every day?" The black-faced woman scolded again, "The door can't be closed, and you can't get rid of people! What else do you do every day besides eating?!" The yellow-faced woman hurriedly waved her hand, and shhhed the black-faced woman several times in her mouth, and lowered her voice to persuade, "Okay, okay, you can whisper a few words, where are the guests?" When she said this, the black-faced woman became even more angry, raised her throat and shouted, "Don't you think I have long eyes? I can't see a room full of people? I don't know if the people will give money or not?"
It turned out that this stone house tea house was usually inaccessible, but this night there were ten guests at once, nine men and one woman, old and young. The ten of them all had solemn faces, and they were by no means ordinary crop hunters in terms of demeanor and dress. Among them, the woman appeared to be no more than twenty years old, dressed in a green shirt, with hosta hairpins in her hair, and a green cloak on her shoulders, and sat elegantly on her knees all the time, silently gazing at the cup of hot tea. The woman didn't speak, and neither did the rest of the people, and for a moment only the snoring of the homeless man at the door, and the scolding of the black-faced woman knocking on the pot and smashing the bowl, echoed with each other.
I only heard the black-faced woman scolding and scolding, "I am here to burn wood and boil water to serve such a big person, just to make one or two more money, but there is an old mother and a second stunned person in the family, both of them are waste!" As if to confirm the words of the black-faced woman, a young man happened to come out of the kitchen with tea at this time, and as soon as he stumbled under his feet, the whole person rushed forward, and of course the hot tea in his hand was spilled on the ground. The black-faced woman was so angry that her face darkened, and she pointed at the young man with a pot and spoon and scolded, "Look! Look! Isn't this a waste? Tell him to pour tea for the guests, and he will only take one cup at a time." Ten cups of hot tea have been served for a long time and still haven't been finished! Finally, the tenth cup has been served, hey! It's really good! It's all spilled! Hey! Hey! The old one won't even close a door! The little one won't even walk a road! Isn't that angry me?"
"Alright, alright. Seeing that the black-faced woman was scolding, the yellow-faced woman nervously turned her head to look at the guests, and pushed the black-faced woman into the kitchen with both hands, and said comfortingly, "Don't say it, don't say it. He pulled the young man next to him and urged in a low voice, "Stunned, go!" and pour a new cup of hot tea for the guest. ć
"Don't be weird, gentlemen. The yellow-faced woman smiled and said, "It's rare for one or two people to come to our small shop, but today there are so many distinguished customers at once, the old mother and the second stunned man have never seen the world, and they are a little anxious. Hahaha. You see, so do I. The yellow-faced woman laughed dryly, pointed to the nine cups of hot tea on the table that had not been touched, and said, "Don't you like tea? Why don't you have a bar?"
"Are you finished?!" The ten people were originally silent, their faces were worried, and under the constant rambling of the yellow-faced woman, one of the bearded old men couldn't help but open his mouth, his personality was obviously the most impatient, cut off the yellow-faced woman's words, and said loudly, "Why don't you talk endlessly! Go down! I don't want hot wine or roast chicken!" When the bearded old man spoke, it happened that the two stunned men came out with a cup of hot tea, he seemed to be twenty-five or sixteen years old, and his appearance was clear-eyed, but he seemed to be a little stupid, and when he heard the bearded old man roar like this, he actually nodded and said, "Call me hot wine, roast chicken, good mile." Come now, come right away. The bearded old man, who was born with broad shoulders and strong shoulders, saw that the two stunned men went back to the kitchen happily, and seemed too lazy to explain, "Whatever! Whatever you fall in love with." Alas. The bearded old man sighed angrily, picked up the teacup in front of him and was about to drink it, when a man with a high forehead next to him hurriedly reminded: "Be careful......" The bearded old man was alert, and put down the teacup angrily and muttered, "Really! I can't even drink a glass of water." Another young man with an elegant appearance like a scholar, seeing that there were no outsiders here, leaned over and whispered to the old man, "Master, we can't help but guard against the thieves from poisoning, you must know that Guigu has already colluded with Wuduan......
"Ahem!" The man with the high forehead coughed and looked at the drunk man lying at the door of the inn. The scholar was halfway through his words, and then he understood, picked up the cup of hot new tea that had just been brought out by the two stunned people on the table, got up and walked out, and said in his mouth: "This day the thief is cold and the thief is cold, and the tea cools very quickly. As he spoke, he deliberately poured the hot tea, which was still boiling and smoking, on the drunk. The beggar had been sleeping soundly in a sheltered place under the eaves, but when he woke up with a loud cry, he stretched out his hand to wipe his face and shouted, "Burn me, burn me!" Grabbing the white snow on the ground, he wiped it on his face, "Damn, which guy with no long eyes disturbs Lao Tzu's sleep?" The beggar didn't speak, but as soon as he opened his mouth, there was a foul smell that smoked straight under the scholar's nose.
"Is that you?" the beggar looked around, and tried to get up, but he didn't notice that when he fell asleep, there was already a pile of snow around him, and suddenly he slipped and fell, and before he could straighten up, he fell to the ground again. The scholar pinched his nose and thought, "I don't know where this beggar came from just happened to catch up, so I shouldn't be worried. But he said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Didn't notice anyone here. This gives dude a drink. As he spoke, he took out a knife of money from his bosom and handed it to the beggar, who honestly and unceremoniously reached out to take it, and said, "Why, stinky boy, for the sake of you being a little polite, Lao Tzu will spare you today." Otherwise, I'll have to break your nose. ć
The other nine people in the room seemed to be in the same mind as the scholar, and they all listened to the beggar talking to the scholar like this. The scholar touched his nose and smiled, "Thank you, brother, for sparing your nose. But man," the scholar advised, "the wind and snow will be even bigger later, and lying here will definitely kill people, and there is really no one in the house, so I think you can get on the road while you can still walk on the road now, right?"
"Do you need to urge you?" The beggar took the money into his bosom, probably seeing that there were many people in the room, each with a sword and a sword, and said, "Am I not going to leave?"
"Forget it, Senior Brother Lu, it's so late, and it's windy and snowy outside, why do you insist on driving people away?" The green-shirted girl suddenly said to the man with a high forehead, "You just let him stay. The beggar had already taken a step forward, but when he heard this, he stopped. "Senior sister is good-hearted. The man with the high forehead smiled, nodded at the scholar and said, "It doesn't matter, it's not in the way. The beggar saw that they had stopped driving him, and had received a penny for no reason, and grinned contentedly, patted his stomach and burped, and lay back to his place, and continued to sleep, and in a short time the ten people in the house heard the beggar and the cow snoring again.
After making sure that there was nothing unusual in the tea house, the man with the high forehead straightened his clothes, and then spoke: "Master Zhu, Brother Zuo, Brother Liao, and all the young heroes here, this kindness of helping each other is remembered by contemptible people. I think I, Lu Yuanding, have been walking on thin ice for eight years, just trying to live up to the trust of my ancestors and magnify my gossip door. I know that a few days ago, Guigu sent a large group of people to attack, Yuan Ding was incompetent, one could not defend the gate, and the other could not prevent the people of Guigu from digging up the grave of the teacher in public. Later, fortunately, all the gates sent out to help, otherwise I am afraid that the gossip gate will no longer exist at this moment. Speaking of this, Lu Yuanding pulled out his long sword, showed indignation, and said in a heartfelt voice: "Witnesses, this sword was given to me by my teacher, and I, Lu Yuanding, swear with this sword today that as long as I Lu Yuanding is alive for one day, I will take revenge to comfort my teacher." As he spoke, he slashed the sword into the palm of his left hand, leaving a deep blood streak.
Half of the ten people present had participated in the bloody battle eight years ago, and they couldn't help but reddened their eyes when they remembered that Xin Qujie was the first to shout about living and dying together. Among them, the bearded old man felt the deepest. It turned out that this bearded old man was Zhu Qi, the head of the Danyue Sect, eight years have passed, his beard and hair have turned gray, but his anger has not stopped. He was originally the most at odds with Xin Qujie, the former head of the Bagua Gate, but this time Guigu raided the Bagua Gate, and he contributed the most. The Mo family's Juzi Lu Pillow Lang killed himself, Duanmu Jingde died at the end of his life, and Yang Falcon, the head of the Cangsong faction, was with Xin Qujie...... In short, things are changing, and a generation of new people is replacing the old, Zhu Qi can't be without emotion in his heart, he has red eyes, sighed, and muttered: "Old man Xin, it's been eight years......
"Uncle Zhu......" The green-shirted girl sitting next to Lu Yuanding heard Zhu Qi's words, and her eyes were suddenly full of tears. The green-shirted woman's name is Xin Yanyan, and she is Xin Qujie's only daughter. is twenty years old, although he is a martial arts practitioner, he stays at home like a rich daughter, let alone set foot in the rivers and lakes. Except for her fellow senior brother and Zhu Qi, the rest of the people present saw her for the first time. As soon as Xin Yanyan spoke, she seemed to be familiar with everyone, "Senior Brother Liao Donglin of the Cangsong Sect, Senior Brother Ren and Fan Ren, Senior Brother Qiu Yilan Qiu," Xin Yanyan nodded to everyone one by one, "And Uncle Zhu...... All seniors and brothers have come from afar to help us. If the Father had known in heaven, he would have ...... It must be deeply gracious. ć
"Alas!" Zhu Qi snorted, "Yan'er, what are you talking about? Something is important. I can't figure it out anyway, although the Guigu Valley is notorious, there has been little movement in recent years, and we decent people are well water and not river water, how could they suddenly come to dig Old Man Xin's grave?" Qiu Yilan, a disciple of Danyuemen, the scholar who poured tea just now, also echoed Master's statement and said, "Yes. It's so inexplicable. Could it be ...... What are they looking for in the graves of their predecessors?"
Zuo Bixing of the Qingxiao faction, as a personal disciple of Zhao Nanyang, already has a certain status in the martial arts, and when he heard Qiu Yilan say this, he no longer beat around the bush, and simply asked directly: "Master Lu, this tragedy of your faction is really quite strange. I remember that day in the battle of the Bagua Gate, the people of Guigu were repeatedly persecuted to ask you to hand over a thing. Dare to ask Master Lu...... What do you want?"
"That's right. That's true. Cangsong sent Liao Donglin to close his eyes, as if recalling the scene of that day, "I also heard it that day. The willow ribbon is charming...... That's it...... White fish jade pendant, that's right! These are the four words. ć
Lu Yuanding had already expected that there would be such a question tonight, so he sighed and replied, "I can't hide it, I am deeply puzzled by this matter. In retrospect, all the actions of Guigu were like seizing something that was extremely important to them, but what white jade they had in their mouths had never been seen before. In recent years, some people in the martial arts have rumored that this white fish jade pendant is a thousand-year-old treasure, and some people say that eating this jade can increase the power of a jiazi. I've heard these rumors before, but after thinking about it, I still can't figure out what the white jade has to do with my gossip sect?"
"Hmph. Zuo Bixing's apprentice, Zhao Linghui, raised his nostrils and made a strange sound, not believing what Lu Yuanding said at all.
"Master Lu," Zuo Bixing not only did not stop his apprentice, but also said, "The four factions of Qingxiao, Bagua, Danyue, and Cangsong are known as the four major sects in the martial arts, and Master Lu should also be able to trust us. If there are any difficulties, Master Lu might as well take this opportunity to speak out, and everyone can help come up with some ideas. ć
Lu Yuanding saw that the Qingxiao faction didn't seem to believe that the Bagua Sect had nothing to do with the Baiyu Jade Pendant, his face changed slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "Brother Zuo, this matter is very important, don't listen to the slander of the thief, Lu really doesn't know anything about Bai Yu, if there is a lie, he will not die well in the future." Zuo Bixing smiled and said, "Why is Master Lu doing this? Master Lu said so, how can there be any reason not to believe it?" Zhu Qi snorted beside him and said, "I look at that Laoshizi white jade or something, it must not be a good thing. It made a lot of people blush, but in the end, who has really seen it? Maybe it's all the people of Guigu who broke it out blindly, just to make more chaos on the rivers and lakes. According to me, everyone should not worry about this, just don't do it, and be angry with those bastards in Ghost Valley. Qiu Yilan nodded and said, "Master is reasonable, but in this way, why did Guigu suddenly encircle and suppress the Bagua Gate?"
Everyone discussed back and forth several times, but they were all puzzled, and when they were annoyed, the second stunned man of the tea cup came out with warm wine and roast chicken. Everyone took Xin Yanyan to avoid the pursuit of the ghost valley, so far it has been two days and nights, all of them have not entered the grain, seeing that the table of roast chicken with fine wine is full, afraid of poison, no one will move the chopsticks. Zhu Qi smelled the aroma of chicken, salivating, and gurgling hunger in his stomach. Zhu Qi's face turned red, and he shouted angrily, "Take it away, take it away! I don't want this pot of roast chicken! Don't bring it to me! It's best to ...... It's better to pour it for me!" The second stunned didn't know if he understood, picked up the roast chicken and walked around the house for a long time, and then went back to the kitchen. Zhu Qi smelled the aroma of chicken all over the room, and couldn't help but shake his head and sighed, "Go, I knew that it would be good to bring a few more steamed buns on the road." ć
Xin Yanyan didn't speak for a long time, then suddenly stood up, and shook deeply at everyone, so panicked that Zhu Qi hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Yan'er, don't pay attention to me, you also know that Uncle Zhu and I just love to complain, and it's not a big deal to be hungry for a few meals. Xin Yanyan still stood still, and Lu Yuanding also asked in surprise, "Little junior sister, what's wrong with you?"
"IāI have something to say," Xin Yanyan looked at everyone, pursed her lips, and whispered, "Here's the thing, my father entrusted me with something eight years ago...... I can't hide it anymore. It was the night before my father was going to Guiling City, and he told me never to mention it to a third person. Xin Yanyan took a breath, turned to Lu Yuanding and said, "That's why I didn't even tell my senior brother. Lu Yuanding nodded, and asked nervously, "Senior sister, in this way, what did the master leave for you?"
"It's a white fish jade pendant. ć
"Then ......" Qingxiao sent Zhao Linghui's eyes to glow, and then asked, "Where is the white fish jade pendant now?"
"That is the only relic left by my father to Yan Yan, this white fish jade pendant, now on Yan Yan's body. ć
As soon as Xin Yanyan finished speaking, a black shadow suddenly spun down from mid-air, and everyone heard a burst of laughter, followed by two snaps. Zhu Qi shouted, "Be careful!" At the same time, he pulled out the golden ring broadsword and blocked behind Xin Yanyan, and the long sword of Zuo Bixing of the Qingxiao Sect also came behind Xin Yanyan at the same time as Zhu Qi. The other eight (presumably seven) also drew their blades one after another.
"Is the little junior sister injured?" Lu Yuanding turned his head first, and then asked. "I...... I'm fine. Xin Yanyan replied nervously, "But I obviously felt that someone had just slapped me on the back. Lu Yuanding looked down and replied, "That's not a palm, someone blocked the hidden weapon behind you for you and me. As he spoke, he stooped down and picked up two rotten straw sandals from the ground, each with a bright ring cone tied to the soles of them. What Lu Yuanding and Xin Yanyan felt just now was actually two straw sandals on their vests.
"It's not just the two of you, someone has blocked all ten of us present. Zhu Qi said. Xin Yanyan and Lu Yuanding turned their heads when they heard this, and then they saw that there was an extra dirty cotton jacket on the low table in the crowd, dozens of various hidden weapons that were burned red, and stars were also embedded in them. This is the sneering sound that everyone heard just now, and the two snapping sounds are the sound of two straw sandals slapping on the backs of Xin Yanyan and Lu Yuanding respectively.
Just now, between the lightning and flint, the ten people drew their swords and drew their swords because they heard the sound of straw sandals and cotton jackets. In other words, if someone hadn't helped them, everyone would have already been recruited. Everyone looks at me, I look at you, and they all feel that they have really lost the face of the four major sects today, and they don't know who cast the hidden weapon, nor who blocked the hidden weapon. If the martial arts of the person who casts the hidden weapon are terrifying, then the martial arts of the person who blocks the hidden weapon is terrifying.
"Thank you, Your Excellency, for your help," Lu Yuanding was the first to recognize it, and clenched his fist at the beggar who was still asleep at the door, "Lu Moufang is more offended, and Shang Yuanyou is." Xin Yanyan heard Lu Yuanding say this, and when she looked around, she saw that the beggar was missing a padded jacket and a pair of shoes were missing on his feet. "Is it him?" Zhu Qi was shocked, a cold sweat broke out on his back, and he thought, "How did the beggar get in? How did he get out? I didn't see anything. Zhu Qi turned his head to look at Zuo Bixing, only to see that Zuo Bixing's face was also in a cold sweat, and he knew that he was also the same as himself, and he didn't see anything.
The beggar heard Lu Yuanding say it loudly, but he didn't move. But in the kitchen, the black-faced woman screamed again, apparently scolding the yellow-faced woman again, "Why are you stealing food? Who allowed you to steal food?!" "Okay, okay, don't be angry." Immediately after, the yellow-faced woman's voice came from the kitchen, "Isn't this roast chicken cooked? ć
"Do you think I'm as idiot as you are?" I need to say that I've already eaten it!" The black-faced woman yelled, "I mean, who allowed you to eat chicken butts?!" "How dare you talk back?!argue with me?!" The black-faced woman chased the yellow-faced woman out of the kitchen with a pot and spoon, "Eat my ass." I'll kill you!" "Alas, alas, don't fight, don't fight. How do I know the ass is yours?"
Cangsong sent Xue Yu to listen to the two women's bickering, and laughed out loud, and was about to persuade the two, but the black-faced woman hit half of the pot and spoon, and suddenly turned around and smashed down at Xin Yanyan; the yellow-faced woman was originally beaten by the black-faced woman and looked like a rat holding her head, but now she was still holding her head, but it was a fierce head hammer, and she hit Xue Yu in the chest. Zuo Bixing was well-informed, saw the hidden weapons all over the ground, and knew that it must be the Guigu Shu Baiyu coming, and he didn't want to stay here longer, but now when he saw the two women making a move, he knew that he had been ambushed, so he shouted: "Let's go! As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and pushed Xin Yanyan behind his back, Xin Yanyan only felt a strong force to lift himself up, and unconsciously rushed towards the door of the tea house.
"Where to go, leave the white jade!" The black-faced woman missed a spoonful, and then made up for it, and the tricks were all directed at Xin Yanyan. Lu Yuanding grabbed it with an arrow, and the long sword stabbed the black-faced woman in the lower abdomen. When the black-faced woman was helpless, she had to change her moves. Taking advantage of this gap, Lu Yuanding hurriedly took Xin Yanyan's hand and ran out. Seeing that he was only a few steps away from the tea house, Lu Yuanding couldn't walk anyway, his legs were sore, not to mention, and he felt a wave of disgust in his chest. Lu Yuanding hurriedly dived the internal force, but once the internal breath was urged, his chest suddenly felt like a boulder impact. "Oops, isn't it poisoned?" Lu Yuanding turned his head to see that Zhu Qi, Zuo Bixing, Zhao Linghui and others, who were in the arena, all fell to the ground, gasping for breath, but Qiu Yilan and other younger disciples could still withstand it.
The yellow-faced woman walked up with a smile and said to Danyue Sect Zhu Qi, "I really didn't expect to be able to fight with Old Man Zhu, how embarrassing is this? The yellow-faced woman spoke, took a breath, and heard a loud noise as if the bones of her body were bursting, and her body, which originally seemed to be thin and weak, gradually swelled up, shoulders, neck, back, waist, arms, fingers, wrists, hips, legs, ankles, feet, etc., all of which were several inches long and wide, and when the sound of bones was over, it was already a middle-aged woman with prominent bones and a tall head standing in front of Zhu Qi.
Zhu Qi's whole body was also sore, and he barely supported himself on the ground with a golden ring broadsword, so he couldn't stand it. His eyes widened, and he scolded in disbelief, "Bastard! The yellow-faced woman thief laughed, "I know what the old man is thinking, although he didn't drink the tea, he still fell in love with the other party, I knew I would have drunk a few more sips just now, right?
Zhu Qi expected that among the ten people now, only he and Zuo Bixing were still able to deal with the black and yellow two women, and the rest were all paralyzed on the ground, and since he and Zuo Bixing were also poisoned, they were afraid that they would not be able to last long when they fought. ć
In the eyes of the black and yellow women, this scene was tantamount to a battle between trapped beasts, and the yellow-faced woman also showed a very aggrieved expression and said, "Master Zhu, the pot of roast chicken just now was obviously cooked, you really deserved to eat it, who told you that you refused to eat the roast chicken just now?" The black-faced woman chirped beside her, "Come on, don't delay, if you drag it out any longer, Childe will be impatient!" The yellow-faced woman looked at the roof with a frightened expression and said, "Yes, yes, Childe, you wait a little longer, we will be here right away, right away." As soon as he finished speaking, his arms stretched out, and his ten fingers like eagle claws grabbed Zhu Qi's face, and the black-faced woman's pot and spoon also hit Lu Yuanding's head.
Then the beggar lying in the doorway rolled on the spot and rolled into the house. The beggar picked up a pebble from the ground with his left hand and lifted it upward, and grabbed the yellow-faced woman's ankle with his right palm. Then I heard a crisp sound of "dang", and the pot and spoon in the black-faced woman's hand turned in the same direction, and even the person was taken out, and the yellow-faced woman's ankle was caught like a chicken, and she could no longer move, and her huge body fell to the ground and hit it solidly.
The beggar took advantage of the momentum to rise diagonally, split his legs into a big spin, and swept a bright ring cone that was shooting towards Lu Yuanding and Zhu Qi with one kick. One kicks the black-faced woman's right wrist, and the other kicks the yellow-faced woman's vest. I heard the two women screaming miserably, and they had all been tricked.
These few rabbits fell up and down, only in the blink of an eye, everyone still couldn't figure out what was going on, the homeless man had already fallen, his left foot was light, he soared to Xin Yanyan's side, and whispered, "Lend me one." Before he finished speaking, he had already removed the emerald cloak from Xin Yanyan's body.
"Squat!" the beggar shouted in a deep voice. Several people in the room were originally lying or paralyzed, but Zhu Qi and Zuo Bixing were involuntarily forced by the momentum of the beggar and squatted down. The beggar did not have to stop for a moment, and jumped in the house with his cloak, flying left and right, and the green cloak turned into a blue bird in an instant, and with the swift and incoherent figure of the beggar swirling around, the tiger and the tiger flew faster and faster. Later, the person and the object were so fast that even the shadow was almost unrecognizable. The whole part of the house was so strong that everyone was dumbfounded, but then their eyes were so stinging and painful that they had to close their eyes. But I could hear all kinds of tinkling sounds on the four walls of this stone tea house, and the emerald cloak stopped until the crunching sound like rain stopped.
Everything happened so fast that everyone was in a dream. Slowly opened his eyes, fixed his eyes, and saw the beggar lunge bending, his back slightly arched, and his whole body was ready to go, although his hair was tangled and his face was dirty, but a pair of tiger eyes were as bright as a night beast in the mountains and forests.
Everyone came back to their senses, and Xin Yanyan suddenly screamed again. She looked down, but it turned out to be the beggar who had put the emerald cloak over her again. "Wouldn't it be a shame for me to make such a fuss. Xin Yanyan's face turned red, and she was about to open her mouth to thank the beggar, when the beggar stepped on the low table and jumped, and the person immediately disappeared above the roof, leaving only a little smell of tea.
The light in the stone house was dim, and everyone was shocked to realize that there was actually a mezzanine above the roof. Now it seems that this teahouse is a trap at all, and it is all set up in advance, just waiting for them to come in. Zhu Qi gently pulled Xin Yanyan to his side, and saw that the turquoise cloak on her body was still intact, not to mention that there was no hole, not even the slightest scratch left, and he couldn't help but be shocked. "It seems that the beggar is the one who has internal force all over the whole garment," Zhu Qi thought to himself, "I can use such a soft object as a shield to flick hundreds of hidden weapons of different sizes without damaging the clothes." With such a clever style, I am afraid that Zhao Nanyang will not be able to do it. And this person is young, and his internal strength has been trained to such a state, but no one on the rivers and lakes knows it, which is really strange and strange. Liao Donglin of the Cangsong Sect also turned pale, and thought, "I, the Cangsong Sect, have always been unique in martial arts with light skills, but this person is so fast, I am afraid that the senior brother will not be able to do it as well. Since Yang Ying died in Guiling City eight years ago, the Cangsong faction has been taken over by his disciple Xiao Xingdu, who is Xiao Xingdu's junior disciple.
None of the ten people in the room spoke, each with a calculation in his heart. I only heard a bang on the low table, but the beggar jumped down again, and grabbed a person in his hand, who was the stupid second stunned man just now. Everyone had already expected that the famous Sixiao Shu Baiyu would hide on the roof, but they didn't expect that the winter servant Shu Baiyu was the second stunned. "Childe!?" The black and yellow women also screamed when they saw Shu Baiyu being arrested. The two stunned people looked demented and stupid, but at this time, they changed their previous attitude, their eyes flashed, and they said to the beggar, "It turns out that Your Excellency is not poisoned? Is. I only said that the mechanism I set up was ingenious, but I didn't know that I had stepped into someone else's mechanism. ć
"If you don't talk like this, I'll get tired of listening to it. The beggar touched his nose and wiped it all on Shu Baiyu's body: "Say, what kind of strange poison have you used? What is the antidote?"
"Impossible. No way. The yellow-faced woman cried out, "Stinky beggar...... Didn't you smell the smell of the roast chicken?" the beggar replied lazily, "I smell it." "Smell it, why aren't you poisoned?" The yellow-faced woman was stunned and asked again, "Is it possible...... Could it be that you stole the chicken?" "What? Is your chicken particularly delicious?" The beggar carried a bundle of Baiyu in one hand, and touched it on the low table with the other, and when he touched a cup of tea, he brought it to his mouth and drank it, "Then I have to taste it next time." ć
"Didn't eat?" the yellow-faced woman screamed, "How can you not be poisoned when you smell the aroma of chicken, but you haven't eaten it?" How can you be okay with your stature?" The yellow-faced woman turned to the black-faced woman and said, "Old mother, I think it's because you didn't hear it clearly, and you burned the pot of chicken. When the black-faced woman saw that the yellow-faced woman had broken everything, she scolded and said, "Idiot, I see your head is burning!" Then everyone realized that the aroma of the roast chicken in the pot was highly poisonous, and the smell was poisonous, but the chicken itself was a good antidote to poison.
The yellow-faced woman was scolded like this, and she felt that she was at a loss, and smiled timidly. Seeing Shu Baiyu's throat being held again, his face was even more ashamed and uneasy. She rubbed her hands together and sighed: "Alas, Fourth Prince, we subordinates, we are just acting on orders today, and now it seems that I am afraid that we will not be able to take care of you, but you can rest assured, you are a noble person, blessed with great fortune, and you will definitely be able to save the day, ah-" After taking a breath, the bones of the body rattled a few strange times, and the bright ring cone on his back was gradually pushed out and fell to the ground with a clang. The yellow-faced woman, who was already tall, suddenly looked even more majestic than before.
She looked at the black-faced woman and pretended to persuade, "I said, old mother, don't just sulk with a pestle next to you, look at you, you are obviously a left-hander, why do you always like to scoop soup with your right hand?" The black-faced woman snorted, did not pull out the bright ring cone inserted in her right wrist, changed the pot and spoon to her left hand, glared at the yellow-faced woman, and the two women both rushed towards Xin Yanyan.
The beggar was sitting idly drinking tea at the low table, and suddenly his arms were staggered, and he threw the bundle of rain in his left hand to the right, and the teacup in his right hand was thrown out to the left. The yellow-faced woman suddenly felt that there was a foreign object in front of her, and it was too late to change her moves, but she felt a sharp pain in her eyes, and hurriedly grabbed the beggar with her backhand, but her lower abdomen was slammed by the beggar's left palm. Just look at this black and yellow woman, one was hit by Shu Baiyu and the whole person bounced backwards and broke out of the window; the other was full of blood in one eye, staggered on both feet, and finally stood firm when she retreated to the door, and spurted out a mouthful of blood.
The yellow-faced woman wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, looked back at the door, and saw the black-faced woman and Shu Baiyu rolling on the snow a few times before they separated and stopped. The beam of rain seemed to be fine, patted the slush on her body, and left without looking at the second woman, but the black-faced woman fell to the ground and couldn't get up for a while, obviously with internal injuries.
This yellow-faced woman relied on her internal strength to be exquisite, and her evil skills have always had few opponents in the rivers and lakes, but she expected to suffer so much today, and she couldn't help but be full of horror on her face, seeing that the beggar was sitting on the table for a long time, scratching her head and scratching her itch, knowing that she had decided to please, but she couldn't hide the anger in her heart, and said, "Stinky boy, who are you?"
The beggar replied, "What? You can't see this? That stunned person is fake, and I am the real second stunned person." The yellow-faced woman was suspicious, "Are you really a second stunned?" but heard the black-faced woman outside the door scolding: "Idiot!
The yellow-faced woman nodded at the homeless man, said no more, and took a breath of true qi, and the bones of her whole body gradually shrank back silently, and it didn't take long for her to return to her previous thin appearance. She tore off her sleeves and pierced her head, turned and staggered out the door, picked up the black-faced woman on the ground, and persuaded her, "Oh, look at you, you are so hurt that you still insist on talking, just talk, and say no well? Why do you have to shout hard? I said that your temper really needs to be changed. ć
Everyone in the room listened to the chatter farther and farther away, and they all looked at the beggar on the table. The beggar was a little embarrassed by everyone, so he got off the table and said, "Detoxification is important, I think it's better to bring out the pot of roast chicken first and eat it, right? By the way, what about my straw sandals? No wonder I feel cold all the time." As he spoke, he picked up his shoes.
At this time, everyone had already admired this homeless man to the ground, Xin Yanyan had been kneeling beside Qiu Yilan to take care of it, listening to the beggar's words and reminders, and without waiting for Lu Yuanding's signal, he turned into the kitchen to serve the pot of roast chicken. After a while, Xin Yanyan really brought out a pot of roast chicken with less chicken butts and chicken legs.
Lu Yuanding was a little relieved, he looked at Zuo Bixing lying on the ground, and asked, "Brother Zuo, what do you think?" Zhu Qi immediately said loudly beside him, "What else is there to think about? Our lives were saved by this old man." Little brother, I can trust you. As he spoke, he tore off a large piece of chicken with his hand and put it in his mouth. The rest of the people saw that Zhu Qi had eaten, and they also followed suit. After all, Zuo Bixing is Zhao Nanyang's personal disciple, and his internal strength is the deepest among the ten people, and after the second woman and Shu Baiyu left, he was paralyzed on the ground, unable to move an inch. It was still the apprentice Zhao Linghui who took a bowl of chicken soup and poured it into his mouth, and then slowly relieved his breath. Zuo Bixing took a breath and asked out loud, "Fortunately, this brother came to the rescue today, but I don't know your honorable name?"
The beggar had just found a straw sandal, and was about to put it on, when he heard this, he hesitated for a moment, and replied, "My name is Yue Gao. Zuo Bixing frowned and thought, "Yue Gao, Yue Gao, why have you never heard of it?"
Zhu Qi laughed, and said loudly, "It turned out to be Yue Daxia, who sent Zhu Qi in Xia Danyue. Hahaha. Today's Lao Zhu and I are really eye-opening, if Yue Daxia doesn't dislike it, let's make a friend, let Lao Zhu and I call you a brother, and come to my Danyue Gate at any time in the future, my Lao Zhu will definitely be good at drinking. ć
The beggar who called himself Yue Gao couldn't help but be a little moved when he saw Zhu Qi's enthusiasm and sincerity, put on his shoes, and said, "Then why wait until next time, if the ready-made wine and food here, if Master Zhu is not too dirty, how about we have a drink?" As he spoke, the old man and the young man pulled the roast chicken and wine prepared by the black and yellow women, and talked and laughed unscrupulously. That Yue Gao originally seemed to have some scruples about Zhu Qi, but after two cups of yellow soup were eaten, he had already followed Zhu Qi to shake his head, drink wine and eat meat, and everyone was secretly amused when they saw it, guessing that this Yue Gao was probably infected by Zhu Qi's unstoppable enthusiasm, otherwise he was born with good wine, and he was happy when he had wine, and no one saw it, but Yue Gao secretly had been waiting for three whistles to come from outside the house.
After two or three hours like this, Guo heard a very small and very small sharp whistle in the distance, one long and two short, Yue Gao saw that everyone in the room looked as usual, obviously unnoticed, so he quietly put down the soup bowl in his hand, got up and walked to Xin Yanyan. "Xiao Yue!" Zhu Qi was a little drunk and asked, "What's wrong? Yue Gao looked at these cups of yellow soup, and then changed his name to Xiao Yue's bearded old man, and felt more and more that he was kind and cute, Yue Gao secretly thought to himself, "No matter what, I have to save their lives. ć
After Yue Gao made up his mind, he opened his mouth and said to Zhu Qi, "Master Zhu, listen to what you just said, Guigu wants the white jade on Miss Xin's body. "Hmm...... Isn't it......" Zhu Qi said drunkenly and slurred. "You also know that the people of Guigu will not give up until they achieve their goal. "Yes, yes......" Zhu Qi yelled, "Everyone should be vigilant......! I can't relax ......."
"So my little brother wants to borrow something from you. Yue Gao said, "As long as Master Zhu is willing to borrow this item from the junior brother for a few days, the junior brother promises that the people of Guigu will never chase after him again. ć
"What is it?" Zhu Qi asked.
"Hey, hey. Zhao Linghui, who had never spoken, nor did he eat or drink, suddenly spoke: "If you want to borrow the white jade from Miss Xin, this wishful thinking of the old brother is wrong. ć
"No, no, no, how can my Yue Gao be so bold?" Yue Gao glanced at Zhao Linghui, and Zhao Bixing beside him, for some reason, he had always been a little disgusted with these two people.
"Then what are you going to borrow?" asked Zhu Qi puzzled.
Yue Gao suddenly stretched out his hand to wrap his hand around Xin Yanyan's waist and said, "I dare to borrow Miss Xin to use it. Without waiting for Zhu Qi's consent, he picked her up and flew outside.
Everyone's faces changed greatly, and Zhu Qi and Lu Yuanding hurriedly rushed out, but the vitality in their bodies had not yet recovered, and they couldn't rest assured that the injured people in the house could not be relieved. Not long after running, the two of them stopped panting, but when they saw the strong wind blowing the snow in the night, the footprints on the white ground were instantly covered by the heavy snow, and the two looked around, but where were Yue Gao and Xin Yanyan still there?