Unparalleled Double Harmony

Chapter 292 Invitation

"Drink! Drink! Cough!"

At noon, somewhere in Hangzhou, in a manor.

A man's shout echoed repeatedly in the courtyard.

At the same time as it sounded, there were also the sound of the clothes flapping in the air.

Obviously, this is someone practicing qigong.

But I saw the man practicing kung fu, in his twenties, with a height of one foot, with broad shoulders, thick shoulders, round waist, a neck as thick as a tree root, and a head as big as a pumpkin; but his facial features, She was born with sword eyebrows and star eyes, straight nose and square mouth, ears like precious fans, and lips like vermilion dan... It's not vulgar.

Who is this person you ask?

He is none other than the eldest son of the Murong family, Murong Ji.

At this moment, Murong Ji was wearing a tight and neat attire, moving around in an open space and punching; despite his fat body, he was very flexible in his movements, and his moves were all orderly, with punches piercing through the air The voice is also like a tiger and a tiger.

Seeing this, some people may feel strange: Since Murong Ji is a martial arts practitioner from a family of martial arts, and he doesn't look like a farmer, how can he be "obese"?

Well, I can only say that people's physiques cannot be generalized...

Some people are naturally fat, and they can gain weight crazily just by eating normally - Murong Ji is a person with this kind of physique.

You say that Murong Ji doesn't practice hard. In fact, he has worked harder than his brothers in the family, but he doesn't lose weight even if he sweats profusely every day; ", just practice on an empty stomach?That would damage the body.

Besides, it is not surprising that people who practiced martial arts in ancient times had such a figure; you can see from those ancient portraits that many well-known generals have "general belly", not to mention fat heads and big ears. , basically have a round face... To put it bluntly, this body shape met the actual needs at the time, because starvation and freezing during long-term marches and wars are common things, hoarding some "fat armor" to bear hunger and carry Frozen still bears a beating.

Murong Ji belongs to this kind of figure. He looks like a fat man, but he is not the "puffy" kind of ordinary fat man. If he really fights, he can be very agile, and in terms of strength and ability to withstand beatings, he is lighter than those people are much stronger.

"drink--"

Right now, after practicing a set of boxing techniques, at the final blow, Murong Ji let out a long shout, released his strength, and punched hard, breaking a wooden stake used for practicing with a snap.

When the broken pile fell to the ground, Murong Ji stopped his posture and stood still, and when his breathing gradually calmed down, a man approached him, clasped his fists at him and said: "Master, something happened..."

"Oh?" Murong Ji glanced at the man, and asked in a slightly surprised tone, "Why do you need Mr. Liu to report in person?"

The "Mr. Liu" he was talking about was the right-hand man of their Murong family: this man was surnamed Liu Mingming, in his early forties this year, and was good at using a pair of large steel tongs made of red iron, so he was nicknamed "torches" by his old friend.

This Liu Ming, although his appearance is plain and his body is of medium height, he is really a talent.

He was originally from a grassroots background, and his family had nothing to do with martial arts or officialdom. Because his family was in a good position when he was young, his parents supported him to study for a few years, but later his father became addicted to gambling and his family was ruined. He was arrested at the age of 13. A relative sold to Murong's family and became a domestic servant.

When seeing the word "sell", some people must think that this relative is not a thing, but in fact...

Based on the situation at the time, both of Liu Ming's parents had died, and his house deed had long since been entrusted to others by his gambler father, and all the things in the house had been emptied by the creditors; and that relative, himself The family is not rich, and they lent Liu Ming's father a lot of money at the beginning, but in the end, the relatives' money would not come back, and there was an extra oil bottle like Liu Ming.

You asked him to take Liu Ming back to his home to raise him... His own family is almost too old to be able to get rid of the pot, so come another one and a half children and let his whole family starve with you?

After such a sum, the relative thought: or find a well-known and respectable family and sell Liu Ming. On the one hand, the debt owed by his father to me can be recovered, and on the other hand, it can also be counted as a gift to this family. The kid found something to eat... In any case, being a domestic servant is better than starving to death, right?

As for people, that’s the thing, if you say Liu Ming’s relative is a good person, then it’s definitely not, and it’s not true that he’s devoid of conscience, he’s just an ordinary person, and the choice he made was also that Most ordinary people in the [-]s would do the same.

In this way, Liu Ming was sold into Murong's family. He worked as a handyman for less than a year before he was transferred to the accountant because of his literacy.

Another year later, the turning point in his life came - he was transferred to be the second youngest of the Murong family at that time, that is, the bookboy of the second uncle of Murong Ji.

Because Liu Ming is smart and diligent, and his business is not low, he was quickly appreciated by his master. The other party not only allowed him to read with his companion, but also let him learn some of the Murong family's outer skills; Climbing up from the bottom all the way, after more than 20 years, he has now become an existence similar to the "retainer" of the Murong family.

Liu Ming, who is both civil and military, not only can be regarded as the second-rate top martial arts in the arena, but the key point is that he can also play the role of "consultant", who can remind his master about many things and help him come up with ideas.

Therefore, this time Murong was born in "The Raptors Crossing the River", the family asked Liu Ming to come along as Master Murong's bodyguard and staff.

A few days ago, when Murong Ji led people to make a fuss about the "West Lake Elegant Seat", it was Liu Ming who defeated Tang Weizhi, who was in charge of watching the scene. Big Disciple", I am afraid that he may not be able to win.

As for sweeping up the various trading outlets and fish markets of the Sun family, Liu Ming's participation was indispensable.

Speaking of it, one thing is quite ironic - Liu Ming's family was ruined and his family died because of his father's gambling. As the Murong family gradually developed into a giant in the gambling industry in Daxie, Liu Ming also took the stand of those who persecuted his family back then, and did his best without any entanglement... It can only be said that people's adaptability is still powerful.

"Master, there is indeed something important." At this time, Liu Ming heard Murong Ji's question, and replied in a deep voice, "It is said that Sun Yixie, the young master of the Sun family... has returned to Hangzhou."

"Huh?" Murong Ji's expression changed slightly, "Isn't he dead?"

"This...presumably the news is wrong." Liu Ming explained, "He had been missing before, but because it had been a long time and he was at sea, some people speculated that he was dead. Who would have thought that he suddenly appeared yesterday? In less than a day, the news of his return has stirred up storms all over the city."

Murong Ji heard this, thought for a while, and then let out a cold snort: "Hmph... well~ It's better to be alive." He paused, "These days, the gangsters in the city are spreading the word What...'Because of Sun Yixie's death, I, Murong Ji, can run rampant in Hangzhou'?" At this point, his expression and tone became fierce, "Damn! This young master will let them understand immediately, even if That person surnamed Sun is alive, and he is not my opponent, Murong Ji."

As soon as he got here, he heard: "Report——"

After a shout, a servant rushed over and presented something: "Young master, just now the servants of the Sun's residence sent an invitation card, please have a look at it, young master."

"Huh?" Hearing this, Murong Ji and Liu Ming looked at each other and exchanged glances.

Two seconds later, Liu Ming took half a step forward, accepted the invitation, waved his hand and left.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Ming opened the invitation to check, while Murong Ji just stood beside Liu Ming with his hands behind his back, looking into the distance and saying, "What did you say?"

Ladies and gentlemen, Murong Ji's move is not because he is illiterate, it's just his habit as the young master of a wealthy family... In ancient times, the retainers helped open and read letters that were not very private, such as invitations. It is a common process to read it in front of the owner, and then hand it over to the owner for reading.

One advantage of this is that if there is a hidden weapon or poison hidden in the envelope, the person who opened the letter will be the first to be hit.

"Uh..." Normally, Liu Ming would pick up this kind of invitation and read it immediately, but this time, after he glanced at it, his expression became very puzzled, "Hiss...this..."

"What's the matter?" Seeing that Mr. Liu reacted strangely, Murong Ji no longer put on airs, but leaned closer to him, tilted his head and looked at the letter paper.

It doesn't matter if you don't look at it, he will be stupid if you look at it.

Sun Yixie sent the invitation as follows:

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Murong Ji of Qingai:

Hello, how are you doing recently?
Although we have never met, I have stopped by your name many times.

There may be mistakes between us, don't panic.

In the evening of Chujiu, I was the host at West Lake’s elegant seat, and we had a fish head feast, and we ate and chatted.

If you are a brother, come and eat fish!
no more.

Sincerely,
敬理
Sun Yixie

In the [-]th year of Yongtai, at the beginning of the fifth month.

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Murong Ji and Liu Ming stared at the letter paper for a long time, meaning they probably understood it, but they couldn't understand why the letter was written like this.

First of all, they have never seen this format before... Just say "Qingai's", is it a kind of "straight ball" from a certain point of view?There is also the last salute, which is also inexplicable.

I won't talk about typos or anything...

The choice of words and sentences is also very strange.

The most important thing is, doesn't your Sun family have a gentleman who can write or something?For things like invitations, you can find someone to write them for you, you don't need to go to the battle by yourself!

But Brother Sun has a different idea. He thinks that writing by hand is more "sincerity", so he specially finds Mr. Xue, and on the basis of his own words and sentences, he asks the other party to guide how to write the words while scribbling there... Consider In those years, there was no correction fluid or anything, and sometimes his hands were faster than Mr. Xue's mouth, and in the end this invitation was like this.

When Sun Yixie just finished writing this invitation this morning, Xue Tui's blood pressure was high, and while holding his head, he said that his head injury was not healed, so he hurried back to his room and lay down.

Brother Sun didn't care, so he really dared to pack this thing up and send it out.

Thus, Murong Ji and Liu Ming saw the above contents...

"Hmm..." After a while, Murong Ji put aside the issue of the writing style of the letter, tasted the purpose of the invitation, and then said to Liu Ming, "It's clear that it's a Hongmen banquet...the visitor is not kind."

But Liu Ming nodded slightly, looked up at Murong Ji, and cautiously reminded: "Master, we... are the 'comers'."

(End of this chapter)