The candles on the table have long been extinguished.
The tea is also cold.
The air is filled with the faint smell of powder, sweat, and a hint of fishy smell that has not yet dissipated.
In the darkness, Di Bujue suddenly opened his eyes.
He is like an alert beast that never seems to really fall asleep; in just one second, he can turn from sleep to wakefulness, and even go on a rampage to kill immediately.
"Huh..."
Di Bujue took a deep breath, then looked down at the woman who was sleeping soundly on top of him.
This is his eighth aunt, who is more than twenty years younger than him.
Di Bujue liked this woman very much because she rarely asked questions and was easily satisfied.
As long as you give her delicacies from the mountains and seas, silks and satins, and gold and silver jewelry, she will be very happy, so happy that she will throw herself into Di Bujue's arms.
If possible, Di Bujue wished that all the women in his life could be like this.
Although he can't get spiritual things from such a woman, he doesn't have to pay any emotion to such a woman.
Di Bujue has only loved one woman in his life.
And that one made him suffer to this day...
Looking at the young and beautiful woman in front of him, he felt the other person's caress on his chest. Breathing gently up and down - moments like this can make Di Bujue feel that he is still young.
But that... is nothing more than a "feeling".
No matter how young the mentality of a forty-year-old person, it is physically impossible for him to be as good as a twenty-year-old person; just like a twenty-year-old person will not have four The city and experience of ten years old.
Di Bujue knew very well that there were still at least ten years left in his life.
These ten years are the ten years when his skill, power, fame, and power are all at their peak. It depends on these ten years how high he can climb in the world.
Therefore, this "Seven Heroes Meeting" is an important step in his grand cause and cannot be missed.
"Well..."
When Di Bujue gently pushed his sleeping eighth aunt away from him, the latter let out a cry, but still didn't. Awake.
Di Bujue stood up, put on some clothes, and walked out of the room silently.
A maid should have been standing at the door of the room, but she was not there at the moment.
On the opposite side of the courtyard, there should have been two Caobang disciples on duty, but they were not here at the moment.
Of course, Di Bujue did not show surprise at this, because he knew that the three of them had been knocked unconscious and thrown into the haystack by the courtyard wall.
"You are very courageous..." Di Bujue's voice sounded like the low voice of a majestic beast, deep and powerful, "Here is the chief rudder of the Cao Gang, or... The door of my eighth aunt’s room.”
"It's not small." When the Three-Word King replied to him, people had already arrived in front of him.
Di Bujue's expression was cold, but the three-character king was smiling, and that smile seemed to say: "Don't say it's the door of your eighth aunt's room, even if it's inside the door, I You still dare to enter."
"Humph..." Di Bujue snorted coldly, "I should have told you, don't come to see me directly. I will send someone to contact you when I want to find you. Right?"
"No one knows." The Three-Word King didn't mince words with him and said these three words directly.
"This is not a question of whether anyone knows, but I think you didn't take what I said seriously." Di Bujue said in a deep voice.
"Huh..." The Three-Word King laughed again, "So what?"
Di Bujue did not answer this sentence again, because he found that his expression was full of oppression. And the wording did not have the effect I expected.
The three-character king is not afraid of him. Not only is he not afraid, he even despises him.
"Okay, we're all here, do you have anything to tell me?" Di Bujue simply changed the subject, "Did something unexpected happen during tonight's mission?"
p>"Not really." The Three-Word King continued.
"So you came here at night just to tell me that you have done that thing?" Di Bujue said.
"There is something else." Three words.
"Is there anything else?" Di Bujue asked.
"I quit." Three words.
“Quit?” Di Bujue repeated the other party’s words in a tone that seemed to be a smile but not a smile, and continued, “The price I give you is to keep you in the dust of Qixiong. "Definitely..." He paused, "Now you've just done a few small things, and you suddenly want to give up?"
"I'll pay you back." The Three-Word King seemed to have guessed Di Bu. He didn't know what to say, so as soon as the other party finished speaking, he took out a banknote that had been folded several times and threw it at the other party.
It seemed like he was throwing it casually, but in fact, his move was very precise. The flight trajectory of the paper ball happened to be towards Di Bujue's cheek, and the speed was just right so that it was difficult for the opponent to avoid it.
Therefore, Di Bujue could only raise his hand and continue.
"It's all here." After the other party caught the banknote, the Three-Word King added another sentence.
That means, whatever you gave me in the beginning, I will pay you back in full. The few small things I did before will be regarded as my free services, and you will forget about them.
"Ha..." At this time, Di Bujue smiled, "It seems that you have decided to leave."
"Farewell." The three-character king did not want to follow. He talked nonsense and turned around to leave.
"Wait a minute!" Di Bujue took a quick step forward and blocked the other party's departure route. "You want to leave before the account has been settled?"
"What's the account?" The three-character king was blocked by the opponent and seemed unhappy, so he asked impatiently.
"Not to mention that you broke the contract halfway and caught me off guard.The less than..." Di Bujue said, "For now...since you and I no longer have an employment relationship, should I settle the matter with you for breaking into my Cao Gang chief helm at night? "
"Hahaha..." Unexpectedly, upon hearing this, the Three-Word King actually laughed out loud and continued with great interest, "How do you calculate it? ”
“It seems that you are very confident. Di Bujue said, "Then you must have guessed how I want to forget it with you, right?" "
The three-character king had indeed guessed it, so he responded accordingly: "Two moves? "
Di Bujue said: "If you can accept my three moves, I will treat all the disputes between you and me as if they never happened. "He paused, "If not..."
"Stop talking nonsense. "The Three-Character King is right.
Di Bujue is indeed nonsense. If the Three-Character King cannot take these three moves, how can he still get away tonight?
"Let's do it. "The Three-Word King followed up with another sentence, but when he finished speaking, he still stood with his hands behind his back, not intending to touch the sword at all.
"Okay! "Di Bujue is not angry about the attitude of the three-character king.
It's okay to be arrogant, but there is a price to pay.
At this moment, Di Bujue only relied on a few One sentence gave him a huge advantage, and the Three-Word King's arrogance forced him to only defend but not attack to receive the opponent's three moves. This is the actual situation.
Chi--
As the word "good" fell to the ground, Di Bujue took action.
He started with the "Echo of the Valley", punching out and palming back, it looked like a move, but it was actually a blow. Two roars, two blows back and forth.
Three-character Wang Jian Shi, that is, suppress your smile, use Qinggong, point your toes, and instantly take a half step to the side and back.
p>When these masters compete with each other, the victory or defeat is often only a matter of a hair's breadth. Don't look at the Three-Character King who has only moved half a step. It's really so far away. No matter how Di Bujue's moves change, in this half step At this distance, his fist could only fall into the air.
The next second, before Di Bujue's right hand was fully closed, his left hand made another move from under his ribs.
The starting movement of this move "Thousands of Colors" is very subtle. At first glance, it does not appear to be very powerful, but in fact it is full of hidden power and has a long back-up force. The shadow of the palm it strikes will change from solid to virtual in mid-air and disperse. The heavy shadows seem to be surrounded by dozens of palms at the same time.
It is difficult to dodge such a move, but it is not easy to catch it.
You can't catch it. If you hit it in the wrong position and hit the shadow with your palm, the "real" blow of the opponent's move will pass through your arm and hit your torso.
It's a three-word king. But he picked it up quickly and confidently. He took action before Di Bujue's secret energy reached its peak, and quickly struck a palm with the opponent.
Logically speaking, it's just a matter of logic. In terms of internal strength, Di Bujue will never be weaker than the Three-Character King due to his age advantage. Without considering the weapon, the Three-Character King will not get any advantage if he only uses his palm strength.
However, due to the The three-character king's move was clever and effectively avoidedThe situation of using short strikes and long strikes made Na Di Bujue feel that his internal energy was knocked back halfway, which was indescribably uncomfortable...
Seeing as the two moves had passed, the opponent continued to attack. Without even touching the sword, Di Bujue was angry and frightened.
However, he quickly calmed down, and the third move...
"Okay! Good effort!" Di Bujue suddenly stepped back and stood still, without making any more moves. .
The three-character king still looked at him alertly: "The third move?"
"No need." Di Bujue smiled and said, "I have learned your martial arts, indeed. Extraordinary, the Three-Word King is indeed well-deserved..." He paused for half a second, and then said, "Actually, my original intention was just out of curiosity, and I wanted to compare my skills with you, so I just used words to provoke each other... Now that the two moves have been completed, Your Excellency neutralized my moves without using a weapon. I have already lost. If I continue to be aggressive and use all three moves, it will be a bit timid."
When the Three-Character King heard this, he thought to himself: " You, surnamed Di, are so cunning. You knew that your next move would most likely be in vain, so you simply left one move behind and found a way to get down while you were talking. You also blocked my words. , I have nothing to say, hum... It seems that I was right to end the relationship with you early. If I continue to have contact with you, it will only become a loss-making business."
Thinking of this. Here, the Three-Word King also showed a subtle smile, cupped his fists and said, "Goodbye then."
He didn't want to say anything more to Di Bujue, let alone stay here any longer, so he left after saying so.
This time, Di Bujue did not keep him anymore. He just looked at his back and said, "I won't send him away."
When the back of the three-character king disappeared In the dark of night, the smile on Di Bujue's face had long since disappeared.
…………
When Huang Donglai arrived at the residence where Zhongyimen was staying, the courtyard was already brightly lit.
There is no doubt that people in the Zhongyi Sect paid great attention to the attack on Guo Cong. Lu Shiyuan not only woke up his brother and senior brother, the leader Lu Yan, to discuss the matter together all night, but also By the way, the other disciples were also called up to be on guard in case another killer would attack tonight.
However, they waited for a long time and did not wait for the killer. They only waited for Brother Huang.
Huang Donglai did not climb any walls. As soon as he saw the lights in the yard, he knocked on the door and informed the person who opened the door of his name. Not long after, someone came to take care of him. He went in.
A small hall, a few cups of tea.
Lu Yan, Lu Shiyuan, Guo Cong and Sun Yixie have been waiting here for a long time.
Although Lu Yan was highly respected, he was not pretentious at all. As soon as he saw Huang Donglai walking in, he was the first to stand up and step forward to greet him. Thank you again and again for saving Guo Cong.
As a junior, Huang Donglai was naturally polite over and over again.
When I come out to run in the world, people respect me and I respect others. When there is no major conflict of interest,Everyone should be harmonious as long as they can, at least the drama on the scene should be enough.
After everyone exchanged greetings, they sat down again.
At this time, we have to talk about the "proper topic".
"Huang Shaoxia, you came just in time. Sun Shaoxia has just finished telling us what happened tonight and the attack on Lin Shaoxia at Xingyimen a few days ago." Lu Shiyuan sat down and said, "We are worried Your safety is at stake here."
"Thank you for your concern, senior." Hearing this, Huang Donglai cupped his hands and continued, "I did encounter some accidents in my trip just now. Fortunately... I was able to escape safely."
"Oh?" Guo Cong said, "Did Brother Huang encounter a follow-up ambush by that group?"
"No, no. Also..." Huang Donglai read slowly, paused, and looked around the room, "Well... is it convenient to talk here?"
This question is actually Sun Yixie's. I also asked when I first entered the house and sat down.
After all, this house was given by the Caobang, and the servants in the house are also the eyes and ears arranged by the Caobang. Some things can be said, but I am afraid that the walls have ears.
"Young Master Huang, don't worry. I have ordered my disciples to guard everything. Even on the roof or under the floor, there will be no 'ears'." Lu Yan is also an old man, so of course he understands Huang Donglai meant it, so he said it directly.
"That's good." Huang Donglai nodded, and then told him what happened when he just tracked the killer and met the three-character king.
When they heard the title of "Three-Character King", not to mention Guo Cong, even Lu Yan and Lu Shiyuan's faces changed; they didn't know that Huang Donglai went up the mountain to build a road ( Huang Dong came from the city and changed his Taoist robes on the second day after entering the city), so they were naturally surprised - this young master of the Huangmen could actually fight the three-character king and still escape unscathed?
But as they continued to listen, when Huang Dong said that the other party just wanted to "try his martial arts", they all showed expressions of realization, as if they had finally gotten a reasonable explanation.
To make a long story short, this night, the three Zhongyimen and Sun Huang exchanged a lot of information, and also conducted some analysis on who was the mastermind behind these things. Unfortunately, there was nothing Even with conclusive evidence, they couldn't figure out the reason.
In this way, it was not until the east turned white that Shuang Xie said goodbye and left. Lu Yan, Lu Shiyuan, and Guo Cong also saw each other off all the way to the street in front of the house before returning.
This separation lasted three days.
The next time they meet again, it will be on Liugong Island... before the Qixiong meeting.