Two flowers bloom, one on each side.
After talking about Di Bujue’s side, let’s go back and talk about double harmony.
And earlier that day, Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai, like all the heroes in the world, also returned to the shore from Liugong Island by boat.
However, after they disembarked, they did not go to the Caobang helm for the banquet. Instead, they took Lin Yuancheng and Ling Huxiang and left quietly without saying goodbye.
This is natural. After all, Sun and Huang came here in disguise today. They have finished their work and should not stay for a long time. Lin Yuancheng just left Xingyimen, so it would be a bit awkward to go to the banquet. ; As for Linghu Xiang... He originally wanted to take advantage of this meal, but Sun and Huang reminded him that if he went, he would definitely be asked about the "Hunyuan Star Gate". It would be troublesome if he didn't know anything about it, so he had to give up.
They can no longer afford the Cao Gang’s banquet, but they can still eat the food stalls in the city.
The four of them had not had a good meal all day, so they simply found a small street in the city, sat down at a food stall on the street, and ordered a table. Side dishes, chatting while eating.
Some people may ask, Brother Sun is clearly not short of money, so why don’t he treat the two new “disciples” to something good, and just eat at a roadside stall?
In fact, if you think about it carefully, you can guess: there are only a few cooks in Dengzhou who can cook "big dishes", and they are basically scattered in various restaurants or the homes of wealthy families. Caobang has to entertain 1,800 people, so he must have borrowed all these cooks, so basically all the higher-end restaurants in Dengzhou City are closed tonight, and there are only these roadside food stalls. Still open for business as usual.
Furthermore, don't underestimate these roadside stalls. They can't prepare the "big dishes" for the banquet, but the local side dishes have a unique flavor when served.
When it comes to Dengzhou’s specialty, it is undoubtedly seafood.
As the saying goes, "Eat fish early, eat crabs late." Sun Yixie, as a "fish market tycoon", knows this very well, so at the moment he has not even ordered a single fish. I ordered a table of crabs.
The crabs in this autumn are the most plump, and the poem writes them well - the chelates are full of tender jade, and the shells are convex with red fat and fragrant.
Catch the crabs out of the basket, cook them freshly, and serve them hot with a bowl of old vinegar sprinkled with minced ginger, warm two pots of rice wine, and stew a pot of winter melon and tofu. Cup, with some fresh side dishes... Eat this meal in your mouth, and you won't feel bad for losing the chief sect of the four sects and three gangs.
It’s a pity that Gang Leader Di won’t be able to enjoy this meal.
It's not because he doesn't have the conditions to eat at this food stall, but because he has no friends who can eat this meal with him.
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“Come on, come on, I’ll toast you all.” The crabs hadn’t even arrived yet, so with just a few side dishes, Sun Yixie raised his glass.
At this time, he and Huang Donglai had naturally taken off their disguises and even spared them.All the clothes (coats) have been changed.
"Please."
"Please."
Lin Yuancheng and Linghuxiang were still polite and immediately put down their chopsticks and raised their glasses with both hands.
Only Huang Donglai was not polite to Sun Yixie at all - he held chopsticks in one hand, grabbed a cup with the other, raised it, and drank a drink without saying a word; look at the way he eats... Even if Sun Yixie didn't propose a toast, he should still be prepared to take the wine and drink it down.
"Ah -" Brother Sun breathed a sigh of relief after drinking, and immediately continued, "You two, after drinking this glass of wine, we will be brothers from now on." He paused and looked at Lin Yuancheng. He leaned over and said, "Between brothers, if there is anything you need help with..."
"Brother Sun..." Lin Yuancheng was also a smart person. He knew what Sun Yixie was going to say, so he directly He replied, "...I understand what you mean." His tone was very relaxed, "But actually, you don't have to worry too much. Not to mention Shao Dejin, even if the entire Xingyi Sect comes to deal with me, I won't be afraid. ."
"Hey~" Sun Yixie waved his hand, "Obviously you are not afraid, but what if he comes here to trick you?"
"No, Brother Sun. "I'm too worried." Lin Yuancheng continued, "Based on my understanding of Shao Dejin, although this person is a villain, he can't do that kind of thing because of his reputation and high self-esteem; not to mention... the whole world now. Everyone thinks that I am already a member of the Hunyuan Star Gate. Since we are both members of the Four Gates and Three Gangs, it will be even more difficult for him to take action."
"Hmm..." Sun Yixie could tell that Lin Yuancheng was. A person who was reluctant to owe others favors, so he stopped talking, "Brother Lin, what are your plans for the future?"
"Heh..." Lin Yuancheng chuckled and picked up the wine glass. He took a sip and then said, "I am a person who seeks the Tao. I entered the Jianghu to achieve the sword. It doesn't matter whether Xingyimen waits for me or not. Anyway, as long as I am still in the Jianghu, it will be the same wherever I go. I can just take things as they come." ..." He paused for half a second, "But as for the top priority right now, I have to find a good sword first."
"Well, do you have a direction now? ?" Sun Yixie asked.
Lin Yuancheng replied: "I often hear people say that there is everything in the capital. I have never been to the capital when I grew up, and this place is not too far from the capital, so I want to go there first. "Look."
"The capital..." Sun Yixie nodded thoughtfully, "Okay, Brother Lin, have you paid enough, do you want me to..."
"No..." Lin Yuancheng quickly refused, "There are already too many things that trouble Brother Sun in this regard. How can I be so embarrassed..."
"Hey! Why are brothers so polite?" Sun Yi As Xie said that, he stood up and came over. Regardless of the other party's resistance, he took out a piece of silver and stuffed it into Lin Yuancheng's arms, "One piece of silver, just one piece! Just think of it as what I loaned you." ?”
Linghu Xiang who was sitting next to him was dumbfounded. Not to mention that he was born in poverty, he had never seen anything like this in his life.Such a big silver ingot, what shocked him even more was that someone could forcefully give money to others like this, as if the party taking the money actually lost money.
Seeing Lin Yuancheng's refusal, Linghu Xiang really wanted to say: "You can give it to me if you don't want it!"
"Eh? Xiaoxiang." When he was in a daze, Huang Donglai, who was sitting opposite him, suddenly called him, "What are your plans in the future?"
"Huh? Me?" Linghuxiang came back to his senses and said a little After thinking for a while, he replied, "Actually... I have only been in the Jianghu for a few days. Today, I originally wanted to meet the world at the Qixiong Meeting. To see which sect is suitable, I took advantage of the opportunity and joined its sect. I didn't. I thought... I became a member of your Hunyuan Star Gate."
"Isn't that great?" On the other side, Sun Yixie, who had successfully stuffed his money, returned. On the seat, he picked up his chopsticks and said, "You will be the senior brother of our Hunyuan Star Gate from now on, haha... Can you be ranked above Xiao Lin?"
"I think it's okay." Lin Yuancheng didn't take this "Hunyuan Star Gate" seriously at first, he just thought it was a joke, so he laughed and joked about it.
At this time, Linghu Xiang naturally knew that the "Hunyuan Star Gate" was a sect they had made up temporarily. Strictly speaking, this sect "does not exist" at all, so he smiled bitterly: "Three eldest brothers, please forgive me. This is a sect you made up out of thin air, with one leader and one protector, all with false identities. And then counting Brother Lin and me, there are two disciples in total... I will bear the burden from now on. Is this an empty title to wander around in the world?”
“You don’t understand this,” Sun Yixie’s deception began, “We know that this sect is ‘virtual’, but outsiders don’t know that. , people only think that we are a hidden high-ranking sect ranked among the four sects and the third gang... In this way, your senior brother's status should be similar to that of the third leader of the Cao Gang... You have such a high starting point when you first come out of the world. , who can compare with me?"
But this time Linghu Xiang was not fooled: "Brother, please don't squander me. I know my martial arts well...you say to others that I am a disciple. If I start a fight with the top disciples of other sects in the future and get beaten up, will this 'Hunyuan Star Gate' cover up the gang?"
"Huh... Sun Yixie raised the corner of his mouth and smiled, "First of all, you can practice martial arts. You are still so young. When you gain strength in the future, you will naturally not be afraid of cheating; secondly... before you can practice it, you There is no need to fight against someone who is stronger than you." He paused and added with a very subtle expression, "You have to understand... You don't have to rely on martial arts to defeat others."
"Oh... don't teach these things to children." Even Huang Donglai couldn't listen anymore, "Sun, do you want to make everyone in this family like you? Pinky, toe stepping, eye penetration, crotch kicking... you don’t have martial ethics?”
“Mao!” Sun Yixi said, “How can I be that kind of person?Well, I have a straight line written on my face! "
"Every time you use lime powder to kill a person who is better than you in martial arts, just put a stroke on your face, and that may be enough to be called "positive". "Huang Donglai choked back.
"Go away..." Sun Yixie was poked at something that was difficult to argue with, so he responded with the word "go away", and then bit back, "What qualifications do you have to say? I? When you were working with Shen Youran, didn't you help throw lime and set off firecrackers? "And he changed the subject, "By the way... I didn't see you for a while when I came back by boat today. Did you join forces with outsiders to make some conspiracy? ”
“I’ll fuck your sister!” Huang Donglai said, "At that time, I went to see Zhang Hao, the disciple of Wushi Sect, and gave him a few pills that I made myself to treat internal injuries. Do you understand this is called winning people's hearts?" ”
“Oh? Do you still have such intelligence? "Sun Yixi said.
"Nonsense, I didn't mess around in vain. Huang Donglai said, "Brother can tell at a glance that the reckless man named Zhang is a man who knows how to repay his kindness. You will definitely not lose money by selling him a favor." "
The conversation between these two guys sounded like a quarrel, but not like a quarrel. Some of the content seemed shameless and explicit, but if you think about it carefully, it doesn't matter if you say it...
For Linghu Xiang, who was not familiar with the two of them, this bickering was really amazing. However, Lin Yuancheng was already familiar with their styles, so he didn't take it seriously. He just turned his head and said to Linghuxiang calmly: "Brother Linghu, if you don't give up, do you want to go to Beijing with me? You and I are both swordsmen, and we're about the same age, so maybe we can teach each other a thing or two. ”
“Okay! "When Linghu Xiang heard this, he thought this was a good thing. In his opinion, Lin Yuancheng was much more reliable than Sun and Huang. "Then I hope Brother Lin can give me more advice in the future. "
"Heh...you should call me Junior Brother Lin. What do you call me 'Brother Lin'? Big brother. "Lin Yuancheng was in a really good mood tonight. After a few glasses of wine, he actually took the initiative to make a joke.
Later, he figured it out - in fact, deep down in his heart, he had already He was disgusted by the incident at Xingyi Gate, so as soon as he got out, he suddenly felt relieved.
"Hahaha..." Linghu Xiang also smiled knowingly, "Then. Okay, from now on we will treat each other as brothers and sisters in front of our colleagues. Don’t say that I take advantage of you. "
Speaking of which, the two drank another drink.
Just at this moment, the crab was also served, and the four of them put down their chopsticks and started to eat it.
Unknowingly, their table of wine had passed six or seventy-eight rounds.
When the additional sixth bottle of wine was served, Linghu Xiang thought of asking: "By the way...Brother Sun, Brother Huang, where are you two planning to go after today?" ”
Hearing this, Sun and Huang looked at each other.
Sun Yixie immediately shrugged and gestured to his mouth with his eyes and bulging cheeks. He was busy.
So, Huang Donglai said: "Oh, we have already discussed it..." he said.While talking, he served himself a bowl of winter melon and tofu, "As for me, I plan to go home first..."
It is indeed time for Huang Donglai to go back. You must know that his first priority is The first time he left home was when he went to Hangzhou to visit Mr. Sun. Although he went home to say hello on the eve of going up the mountain to practice Taoism, his father happened to be away that time, and this time he went straight to Dengzhou when he came down from the mountain. He came here without stopping in Fushun on the way... Counting all this, he and his father hadn't seen each other for several years.
"Brother Sun, he has nothing to do, so he plans to go to Fushun with me, and by the way, he will return the favor on his father's behalf." Huang Donglai continued.
"Oh...it turns out that the Sun and Huang families are family friends." Linghuxiang nodded and said as if he suddenly realized, "Let me just say...how can someone call each other brothers and sisters while saying bad things to each other, but not It's sentimental."
"It has nothing to do with whether their ancestors were family friends..." After hearing this, Lin Yuancheng made a cold comment.
However, he only said the first half of the sentence, and the second half of the sentence, "...It's just that these two guys have no character." He kept it in his heart and did not say it out.
Huang Donglai also seemed to see what Lin Yuancheng was thinking, so he quickly picked up the wine glass and shouted: "Haha... I won't say anymore. The four of us brothers have to say goodbye today. I don't know when we will be able to see each other again." Let’s get together again and have another drink.”
Everyone then toasted to drink together, pushing glasses and changing glasses, enjoying themselves.
While talking and laughing, the night is already deep.
At the end of Haishi, the four of them said goodbye at the stall and went back in two ways.
At this moment, Sun and Huang did not know that their departure would lead to the death of Sun Yixie in a foreign land, and Huang Dong came to the underworld to pursue his soul.