Afternoon, village.
The only tavern in the village was bustling with activity.
Tables of wealthy people sat there toasting and drinking, their faces glowing, talking and laughing loudly...
Please note that when I say "loudly" Time is not just talk, it is really high.
How high is it?
Let's put it this way, it's the level of "I want every word I say and every blow I make to be heard by a room full of people."
If these people chatted any louder, they might even drown out the shouts of the waiter.
And just when the atmosphere in the tavern was in full swing, suddenly!
Huh——
With a cold wind passing through the hall, several figures appeared at the door of the store.
At that moment, the drinkers in the store, especially those sitting close to the door, could not help but frown, and even stared at the door angrily.
Of course, there was nothing we could do about it... There were no automatic doors or central air conditioning in those days. In winter, even if the store closed the windows, left the door ajar, and hung a few thick curtains, The room will still be a little cold, and once guests want to come in or out, there will be a little bit of wind coming in.
Fortunately, these people came in quickly and closed the door casually.
When the group of six people entered the room, stood in front of the counter, and took off their bamboo hats, the faces of those who stared at them suddenly changed.
They may not know the others, or they may not recognize them completely, but Wen Yuzhai and Haicangfeng are quite well-known. If these two appear together, they will naturally attract a lot of discussion.
"Eh? Isn't this the young man from the thatched cottage?"
"The hero Canglong Zangfenghai is also here."
"It's still the face of Wujian Villa. Oh, I can actually see these two coming together."
"Wait, I remember they are not swordsmen, right?"
"Huh, I heard that Young Master has many connections and Hai Daxia is famous. Maybe he is a friend directly invited by Master Xiao."
"Oh...then those few around them, He's not a casual person after all."
"Why don't you say that? Wait... the youngest one looks a bit familiar..."
" Ha... I know that person. I'm going to tell you his name. You must have heard of him."
"Who is it?"
"Hehe, let me tell you, he is the second senior brother of the Hunyuan Star Gate, Hunyuan Divine Sword Lin Yuancheng."
"What? He is the leader of the Young Heroes Association last year, more than a month ago in Lin Yuancheng, who fought against the top ten masters alone in the capital's 'Yomeng Tower'?"
"It's definitely true. I went to Weihaiwei a few months ago to participate in the "Seven Heroes Club" of the four gates and three gangs. I've seen him before."
"His...I heard that Lin Yuancheng is a young man today.The most talented swordsman in his generation, when he saw him today, he seemed to be just ordinary. "
"Drink~ Why don't you urinate and look in the mirror? You look like a crooked melon and a jujube. How dare you tell others? ”
“Hey! What's wrong with me? I... I'm better than that one who always has a 'smiling face' on his face, right? "
"Shh... keep your voice down, be careful if people hear you and chop you into pieces. ”
This tavern is full of people from all walks of life, so whispers like this are inevitable.
For Wen Yuzhai and the others, they have already had this kind of conversation. They are used to hearing it, regardless of whether it sounds good or bad, they are all put off by it and will not take it seriously.
"I'm sorry, gentlemen..." The shopkeeper stood behind the counter. Before Wen Yuzhai could speak, he apologized to him, "You have also seen that our shop..." As he spoke, he turned back and looked in, his eyes seeming to say: "How could you?" See for yourself, this is really no place. "
Wen Yuzhai turned around and took a look. Indeed...every table in the room was occupied at this moment. Several sets of tables and chairs were obviously added temporarily. Even the waiter was serving food. The aisle was almost crowded.
Seeing this, Mr. Wen turned around and exchanged glances with his companions, then looked at the shopkeeper and said, "Okay, warm us a few bottles of wine. Put two boxes of hot steamed buns, let’s get them..."
Before he could finish the line of "packing for me", a table next to him stood up and said, "Smell Young Master, if you don’t give up, you can come to our table and drink together. "
When Wen Yuzhai heard the voice, he turned around and took a look. He just looked at the clothes on the other person and tasted the accent of the sentence just now, and roughly guessed that this person should be Hequ Longkou. He is from the Sword Sect, but he did not say it directly. Instead, he politely raised his hands and said: "I'm sorry to hear that I'm a young scholar, but I don't know that you are..."
"Liu Tuo, the leader of the Longkou Sword Sect in Halong, this Several of them are my apprentices. "Liu Tuo said as he waved to introduce the people sitting at the same table with him.
"It turns out to be Head Liu, disrespectful. "Wen Yuzhai said, then he glanced at the people at Liu Tuo's table, and said with a troubled expression, "It's just... I think Master Liu's table is already full, even if it's difficult to add one more person, And there are six of us..."
As soon as Liu Tuo said this, before Liu Tuo could answer, the most astute one among his disciples stood up and said: "Master Wen, If you guys are willing to show your respect, we juniors will naturally give up our seats. ”
Look, this is emotional intelligence.
Similar words, if Liu Tuo, the leader, said it, it would appear that he was mean to his disciples, but he The disciple's initiative was "sensible"
"How can this be embarrassing..." Wen Yuzhai's response was not unexpected.
In fact, he was not embarrassed. , but he doesn’t want to give this face.
Wen Yuzhai is also an old man, so he can understand it.What kind of people can we have a deep friendship with, and what kind of people can only be superficial friends at most...
People like Liu Tuo who are completely strangers to him, but who want to have a relationship with him whenever they find an opportunity. , he has seen too much.
"Is there anything good to sit at the door? The food and wine have been blown away by the wind. Mr. Wen, I think you'd better come sit here with us. Our place is spacious and warm."
Unexpectedly, Wen Yuzhai had not yet rejected Liu Tuo. A few meters away, another person stood up at another table and also extended an invitation to him.
There were only three people sitting at that table. These three Wen Yuzhai knew each other well. They all had the surname Dan, the Dan of Dan Yao; their names were Danlong, Danhu, and Danbao, respectively. Brothers, people in the world are called "Dan's Three Swords".
The martial arts of these three are pretty good even among second-rate swordsmen, and the three of them work together very well. If they attack together, they will be able to compete with first-rate masters. Because of this , they occupied the biggest and best table in this tavern filled with fish.
"Danlong, what do you mean?" After Liu Tuo heard that, he immediately glared at the Dan brothers' table and said sternly, "I clearly invited Mr. Wen and the others first. Didn't you make things difficult for Mr. Wen by interfering?"
"Ha!" Na Danlong was also arrogant and replied directly in a sarcastic tone, "You are the one making things difficult, right? "You don't care who you are, you are worthy of sharing a table with Mr. Wen and Daxia Hai?" "You... are too deceitful!" Liu Tuo was aroused by this. , I had to draw my sword on the spot.
"Oh, gentlemen! I beg you, don't hit me here!" The shopkeeper behind the counter couldn't sit still at this moment. Similar scenes have happened to him in the past few days. After watching it no less than ten times, he clearly understood the subsequent development.
Although this group of so-called "heroes" usually consists of five or six people, they seem to be very generous. In fact, after they have finished the fight, they may not necessarily pay the shopkeeper if they ask them to pay.
This kind of thing has been experienced by many innkeepers in Dashu: two gangs started fighting in the store, and after the fight, the shopkeeper asked them to compensate for the broken things, but both sides told him to let him go. Ask for it from the other side, but in the end no one will give it. If you dare to push too hard, they will glare at you and pull out their swords. Do you dare to say another word?
"You two, please be patient and don't be impatient." Wen Yuzhai also hurriedly smoothed things over, "This matter all started because of Wen. You two have good intentions, so don't hurt your harmony over this trivial matter. Ah..."
While they were arguing and persuading each other, other people in the tavern, including the five people traveling with Wen Yuzhai, also had different expressions: some People can't stand the arrogance of the Dan brothers, some people despise Liu Tuo's snobbery, and some people think Wen Yuzhai is hypocritical... Of course, more people just have the mentality of watching a show, no matter what.
But there was one person who, from the second he stepped into the tavern, had been staring at a corner of the room with a serious expression, without any trace of his eyes.He ignored the dispute around him.
That person is Lin Yuancheng.
There was also a person in the corner where Lin Yuancheng was staring.
This man looks to be in his mid-thirties, with thick eyebrows and wide eyes, a straight nose and a square mouth. His facial contours are like those chopped with a knife and an axe, with sharp edges and corners. His clothes are relatively ordinary, not gorgeous, but still. Not tattered.
The other guests were sitting on chairs, but this man was sitting alone on the ground with his back against the wall, with a long sheathed sword resting on his shoulder.
While everyone else in the store was turning to look at the commotion, this man never raised his eyelids from beginning to end; he just held a pot of wine in one hand and a light steamed bun in the other. Eat and drink in silence.
"What are you looking at?" In fact, the Three-Word King had noticed Lin Yuancheng's movements a long time ago, but he waited for a long time before he leaned into Xiao Lin's ear and whispered this sentence.
"I seem...to have discovered a master." Lin Yuancheng also spoke at a volume that only the two of them could hear.
"Heh..." The man in the corner of the Three-Word Dynasty glanced at him, chuckled, and then said, "Good eyesight."
"Sure enough... we are both swordsmen. , you can see it too, right?" Lin Yuancheng asked.
"What do you see?" the three-character king asked.
Lin Yuancheng was stunned for a moment, and then said: "The 'aura' of him and his sword."
"I don't understand." Unexpectedly, the three-character king immediately shook his head deny.
"Ah? Then why do you say it as if you can tell he is a master at a glance?" Lin Yuancheng said.
"Huh..." The Three-Word King laughed again, "Guess."
Lin Yuancheng is not stupid, and the answer is actually very simple, so he just thought about it twice. He answered in seconds: "You know him."
"You guessed it right." Three words said.
"Who is he?" Lin Yuancheng asked quickly.
The Three-Word King shrugged and replied to Lin Yuancheng with three words: "Duguyong."