Chapter 23: Undercurrents
The sun was scorching, and it was the beginning of autumn in the afternoon, but it was already cold. It's just that at this moment, the people are still wearing short-sleeved summer clothes, hot and dry, the five-year Kyushu martial arts test is underway, and the wonder of thousands of empty alleys is being staged in the east of Qinglong Street, the easternmost one, and the dense crowd is not lively.
The rest of the main streets of the Great Wilderness City are particularly cold, without the people, the crowds and the shouting of merchants and vendors, only the occasional gust of cold wind blows by, bringing up small pieces of butter paper ribbons.
"Grandma's, what the hell is the weather!" On an inconspicuous street in the Great Wilderness City, three or five men with slumped back roe deer eyes are walking out of the dark corner, and a bald man in the lead has a scar on his face and is tearing the turkey meat in his hand fiercely, his hands are greasy and he regrets throwing away the gray butter paper, and his eyes suddenly lit up when he looked at the butter paper that was blown away by the wind, and he saw a simple shop in front of him, and a pine plaque on the top was written in three traditional characters "Herbal Tea House" Although the words are simple but reveal a square meaning, it is obvious that the person who writes must not be simple, at least the calligraphy attainments are not ordinary.
It's just that the street ruffians who haven't been in this private school class for a few days know this, most of the turkeys are greasy in their stomachs, and they don't pull over a long bench and pick up half a cup of herbal tea and pour it into their mouths, and then greet with their right hands, and a few other bastards hurriedly stepped forward with a flattering look, some beat their backs and pressed their legs, some were vigilant, and some bowed down and waited for orders. And the bald brother touched the scar on his face, and he didn't know what to say to the ruffian bastard next to him, a proud look appeared on his face, and even the action of serving the tea bowl couldn't help but slow down a few beats, and his lips were light as if this street coarse tea was the best wine in the wilderness.
It was at this time that Prince An Le appeared in this cold street, wearing a gray cloth robe and streamers, showing that his figure was extraordinarily slender and straight, and he was handsome, especially his long black hair was tied at will by a high-quality purple wood hairpin, which added a chic and uninhibited confidence and style. As soon as it appeared, the whole alley seemed to light up.
Of course, a few men in the small teahouse on the side of the road recognized who this was, and they shouted loudly, and the bald brother with a scar on his face pushed the tea bowl in his hand, and then walked quickly to meet it, while scolding the lazy shop boy who kept dozing off on the counter in front of him, while flattering and smiling: "What kind of wind blew you here, that slacker shopkeeper doesn't know the real person." Come on, come on, I'll fill you with a cup of tea first. ”
Like this kind of street gangsters and ruffians have been mixed in this acre and three points of land for many years, and they know best who can be provoked and who can't move, they are the real head snakes, generally speaking, all kinds of gossip and information from all walks of Kyushu They are also the first to know.
King An Le glanced coldly at the bald man who claimed to be a scar, he didn't know about a few gangsters on this wild street, after all, the gap between the two was too big, how could he, a prince, remember the appearance of a few ruffians. But he still knows a little about the gangsters in this area at the door of his house, and he has heard that he has some means. Hearing the bald man speak, it was naturally not difficult for him to understand that this guy was deliberately trying to talk, obviously he also noticed that the Great Wilderness City was unusual in the past few days, and he also knew that he himself had a docile temper, so he had such a question.
Although King An Le understood in his heart, he didn't want to embarrass a few ruffians, so he glanced at each other coldly, and waited until the bald man called Scar opened his mouth and admitted his mistake and said: "Look at me, how can there be any excellent tea in this broken teahouse to entertain the prince, hehe......" He couldn't say any more, but the two eyeballs in his eyes were dripping and rolling, rubbing his hands and laughing, looking embarrassed and wanting to speak.
"When did you street fighters recognize your grandson?" King An Le took out a white silk scarf handkerchief from his long sleeves, wiped the bench casually, sat up, looked at these people with interest, and said: "What? You noticed something different? Sure enough, I am the leader of the street, but I have a bit of brains." ”
Hearing this, Scar hurriedly arched his hand, bent down and said, "Don't dare, don't dare." ”
"Don't dare? And what else you don't dare to do as a famous trafficker in Kyushu?" An Le Wang slapped the table, his voice became extremely cold, and anyone could hear the coldness. Scar's heart jumped when he heard this, and he looked at King Anle with some uneasiness and was about to interrupt his mouth, but King Anle waved his hand impatiently to interrupt his words, and said, "I don't want to care about what your boss Scar did before, and I don't have the heart to care." However, the recent Great Wilderness City has indeed been full of storms and clouds, and there are undercurrents of harm, and a few of you are also curious to find out, but I am afraid that there are not even bones left. Although things are good, they also have to have a life to enjoy, not to mention losing their lives for something they have never even seen, but it is really a big loss. After that, he stopped looking at these people, but looked into the distance, where the clouds and the sun were not beautiful at all, because around the sun were dark clouds, which slowly gathered in obscurity from the sky and the sun, and it was impossible to tell when a heavy rain would fall.
The scar boss wanted to ask something, but he saw a column of Xuanjia soldiers striding with bronze spears, counting hundreds of them, marching in line with the neat steps, making bursts of beautiful sounds, majestic and serious. He took a few playful steps back and said no more.
The corners of An Lewang's mouth rose, revealing a good-looking smile, and then he waved his hand, and a group of soldiers suddenly sped up as if they had received some order, and disappeared into the street like a gust of wind. "Crunch" King An Le also pushed the table and stool and stood up without looking at the gangsters around him, but just looked into the distance again, and then disappeared into this small street without looking back.
At this time, several ruffians behind Scar Boss hurriedly stepped forward and spat fiercely, one of them said: "Damn, what's the big deal, isn't it just that there are hundreds of soldiers who dare to run back and forth in this imperial city, what's the big deal, wait until we get that thing......"
"Smack!" Before the thug could finish his words, he only felt a hot pain on his face, and he couldn't help but cover his cheek, and after a while, blood flowed out of the thug's mouth.
"Shut up, stop talking nonsense, be careful that you don't even know when you lose your head, you idiot, you're going to be killed sooner or later!" Scar yelled at the thug with some irritation.
"Yes...... But when have we ever been so angry......" The thug muttered and complained, and Scar Boss was even angrier when he heard this, and he was about to wave his hand again and drop a strong slap. At this moment, a rush of footsteps came, and more than a dozen men dressed in uniform black guards hurriedly swept through the long streets and alleys like the wind.
Scar Boss and they were stunned for a moment, and suddenly a gangster seemed to notice something, and shouted "Whoa", and hurriedly said: "Boss, is there any word in the middle of the clothes of the group of people who just passed?" The other gangsters also straightened their eyes, as if they thought of something, and also stared at Scar Boss tightly.
"That's right, they must be the rumored desolate ......" The word "Wei" has not yet fallen, but I saw another person walking slowly from a distance, dressed in a black robe, with a piece of soft armor on each arm and calf, and long black hair is bound, which is the common Ranger warrior dress. Passing by the scar boss without saying a word, although there was no movement, the scar boss and his party were nervous and did not dare to move at will, and when the man walked away, he found that he was already shocked into a cold sweat. Scar's voice was a little hoarse, and he swallowed his saliva before saying, "It's a big deal, I'm afraid it's going to change." Recently, there have been a lot of fresh faces in the imperial capital, although they feel like ordinary people, without any momentum fluctuations. But there is an indescribable temperament. Now that I see these people again, now even the No. 1 Ranger Swordsman of the Great Wilderness, Wang Ziye, who has always been known for his mystery, has appeared, isn't it rumored that he has already died in the endless Black Forest of Yuezhou? That is the No. 1 on the list of Ranger Swordsmen of the Great Wilderness, since he landed at the top of the list three years ago, and no one has been able to challenge him to replace him for so long. Grandma's, I heard that there are a lot of people who go, but they all have gone and died without seeing the corpse, so the prince is still mysterious now, and there are even rumors that he is the first in swordsmanship on the rivers and lakes, and he may even spy on the legendary realm and become an immortal!"
"Snort, what kind of immortal realm, at most it is the realm of the sword of exorcism. Could it be that the people who can fly look like immortals? Aren't the feathered barbarians outside the wilderness full of immortals? The monkeys in the Black Forest are also heavenly soldiers?"
There are naturally not a few good-tempered gangsters who can be gangsters, and they are furious when they hear the words, especially the ruffian who has been beaten by Scar Boss before screams the loudest, he is already suffocated, and at this moment, someone deliberately finds fault and naturally repairs the other party. was about to step forward to make a move, but the scar boss fell on the other side of the face with a stronger slap, this is good, there is a big slap with five fingers on the left and right, and the blood is red and bloody.
"You bastard, don't hold me if you don't want to live. With that, he kicked him hard again, and fled as if he was flying, for fear of being a step slower, as if some ancient beast was chasing him behind him. The rest of the thugs glanced at their companions who were lying on the ground and had not yet come to their senses, and they ran away as if they were running for their lives.
At this time, the gangster came back to his senses, scolded in his heart, patted the dust on his body in some embarrassment, and looked up only to see that the warm afternoon sun was shining on a young man in a blue shirt and red sleeves, the autumn wind was slightly cold and the young man's waist was blowing the hunting sound, and a piece of bluestone jade pendant was emitting a faint light like the sun, and the gangster suddenly stared at him, as if he had found something terrible, and immediately fainted with a "grunt".
"The down-and-out rivers and lakes carry wine, and the king of Chu is slender and light in his palm. Ten years of Kyushu dream, lingering in the Qinglou Bo Xingming. The young man suddenly opened his mouth to recite a poem, and then "tsk" made a few strange noises in his mouth as if he was tasting the meaning of the poem, and glanced at the ruffian who had "fainted" in the past, and the thug's eyelashes shook slightly, and the young man's eyes were met, and he screamed "Mom", and ran away without looking back.
A smile appeared on the young man's face, but there was an evil smile on his handsome face, no matter how he looked at it. In the breeze, the word "stone" engraved on the bluestone jade pendant flashed brightly.
The Great Wilderness City is in the Fulai Inn near the Xuanwu Gate.
"Big brother, big brother, it's time to get up and get ready!" a short man burst into another room, shouting loudly. And the quilt moved, revealing a person's head, black hair, and a little scattered, his eyes were slightly open, and his mouth yawned when he grew up, and said: "Ah! What are you urging, isn't it a few days before it ends? What are you going to prepare? Is it possible to see those hypocrites pretending to be righteous and awe-inspiring to bully those ordinary mortals? It is not easy for those who have been doing the same for decades, and it is really impossible to sleep well in the morning. The man complained and retreated back into the covers.
"Oh, my uncle, it's almost past noon, when can you sleep this time?" the short man complained, but he didn't urge, but drank his tea without a sip.
The sun has turned most of the circle, and the once prosperous Baihua Lane has lost its popularity, so it has to hang up the sign of closing the door, and also saying that its name is to cheer for Qin Fan, who is "Qinglou Phoenix Chick", but the old bustard thinks in his mind that it should be another good story spread throughout the entire wilderness when the Kyushu martial arts test is over! As a result, a group of Hualou women wearing red and green warblers and swallows formed a special colorful torrent, which attracted countless people's sideways, but what puzzled the emotional flower girl geisha was that when they arrived near the bottom of Qin Fan's ring, they were strangely surprised to find that all the onlookers were silent, and the whole ring was completely silent, which was completely different from the situation under several other rings.
The flower girls looked suspiciously at the surrounding crowd, and then looked at the ring. I saw that there was only one person standing in the ring at this moment, and not far from it, one person was falling to the ground and bleeding, looking extremely miserable. The flower girls were shocked for a while, but they noticed that a young man in a black shirt and robe who looked ordinary but had a tall figure was standing in the ring, and after being stunned, they suddenly burst into cheers.
Who is that not Qin Fan?