The Heavens Begin with Detective Di Renjie

Chapter 169 Meet Again

Shen Youzhi didn't know exactly how Lu Xiaofeng planned to deal with the Ghost Villa, and he didn't have much interest in inquiring about it.

Right now, he just wants to wait quietly, waiting for the tide of Qiantang River to come, and waiting for his agreement to fight swords with Taoist Mu to come as scheduled.

Lao Tzu said that the nature of water is the shortest way, but Shen Youzhi feels that time is the most moral.

Not only is it invisible, but it also comes and goes without a trace, and no one can notice it, as if it doesn't exist in the world at all.

But in fact, everything is inseparable from time and cannot escape the influence of time.

It is the same as the Tao, hidden deep in everything, but never reveals its image and traces externally.

People can only observe its influence from other things, and then realize its existence, but they cannot understand it from the root, let alone observe it intuitively from the process.

This is no different from the indescribable and unobservable "Tao".

Since Shen Youzhi didn't attain the Tao, he naturally couldn't observe the passage of time, and could only analyze its changes from the daily rising and falling of the sun.

In such ignorance day by day, the date he agreed with Mu Taoist will soon come.

August [-], Chaocheng

The Mid-Autumn Festival has just passed, and the lingering aftertaste of the festival’s reunion has not yet dissipated. The crowds of people on the street are still surging, and the festive decorations of various stores have not had time to remove.

There are even mooncakes that are not sold out on Mid-Autumn Festival at a low price.

There are also some merchants who responded quickly and directly removed all those items and replaced them with new ones to welcome the next grand event after the Mid-Autumn Festival - watching the tide.

The reason why Chaocheng is called Chaocheng is because it is the best place to watch the tide of Qiantang. Not only can you see the "Silver Guoyu Waist" in Yang Wanli's poems, but you can also see the "one line of water and sky" coming from the sky. Heaven" is a wonderful view.

The autumn tide in Qiantang starts from the eighth month and reaches its peak on the eighteenth day, and the sword fight between Taoist Mu and Shen Youzhi is scheduled to happen on the eighteenth day when the night tide is raging.

The full moon in the sky is full, and the tide on the ground is full.

In terms of hexagram images and fortune, this is the peak of the "flying dragon in the sky", if there is any more, it will be the image of "the dragon has regrets" from profit to loss, from prosperity to decline.

Shen Youzhi and Gongsun Lan had set off for Chaocheng a few days ago, and even spent the Mid-Autumn Festival on the road.

The sons and daughters of the rivers and lakes are home from all over the world, and naturally there are no strangers in any foreign land, so not only did the two of them not feel uncomfortable, but they also felt a little fresh.

After several days of traveling, we finally arrived here.

Because it is a rare peak season recently, there are not only a lot of tourists and pedestrians coming and going, but also the vendors on both sides of the street have already filled up their seats, and all kinds of snacks and handicrafts can be seen everywhere.

At this moment, Gongsun Lan was holding a pack of "cat's ears", a local specialty snack in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, walking through the crowded streets with Shen Youzhi.

And the destination of their trip is a restaurant here owned by the Hua family, who is well-known in martial arts.

The Hua family is the number one family in the south of the Yangtze River.

There are rumors in the rivers and lakes that even if a person rides a fast horse and runs for a day and a night, he is still in their family's property, which shows his strong financial resources.

And Shen Youzhi, as Huamanlou, a friend of the young man of the Hua family, since he came to Jiangnan, he would naturally receive his invitation.

In the restaurant with carved beams and painted buildings, there is not a single diner at this moment.

In order to prepare for this meeting with Shen Youzhi, Huamanlou had already adjusted the restaurant's work schedule in advance, and stopped accepting new orders a few days ago, so today was extraordinarily cold and quiet.

As a friend, he naturally knew that Shen Youzhi was a quiet person.

And Huamanlou has always been a very thoughtful and meticulous person, even if it is a small gathering, he will arrange it in every detail and in every possible way.

What Shen Youzhi didn't expect was that he not only saw Huamanlou here, but also another old friend - Shi Xiuxue.

Due to the change of the world line, Shi Xiuxue, who should have died at the hands of Shangguan Feiyan, not only survived, but also had a lot of intersections with Huamanlou during the battle of the Jinpeng Dynasty. get together.

"The tea color is pure, the tea fragrance is strong, it is indeed the best black tea."

Although Shen Youzhi hasn't drunk it yet, but just by the color of the tea soup in the cup and the mellow tea fragrance from the tip of his nose, he knows that the ingredients are good.

"As long as you like it."

Hua Manlou had a faint smile on his mouth as always.

He knew that Shen Youzhi never drank, so today he didn't prepare a glass of wine, all he arranged was all kinds of refreshments.

"I heard that you are going to Jiangnan, but Mr. Hua arranged for you to prepare for the reception overnight!" Shi Xiuxue added from the side.

"We came to Jiangnan for an appointment, but we don't know why you came to Jiangnan?"

Gongsun Lan looked at Shi Xiuxue who looked like a hostess, and couldn't help teasing.

When Shi Xiuxue heard this, her pretty face blushed immediately, and she quickly glanced at Huamanlou, she lowered her head shyly.

"We are all friends who share weal and woe, so naturally we have to get together frequently."

Although Huamanlou couldn't see with eyes, but his mind was bright, he immediately rescued Shi Xiuxue.

Afterwards, he turned the topic back on track: "I heard from Lu Xiaofeng that you and Taoist Mu are going to have a sword fight on the tide of the Qiantang River?"

Because the decisive battle between Shen Youzhi and Mu Taoist was a temporary idea, and it was just a simple verbal agreement, so it did not spread widely in the Jianghu like the decisive battle at the top of the Forbidden City, but it was spread to a certain extent in the circle of friends of the two. spread.

"That's right." Shen Youzhi nodded slightly.

"It's a pity that Lu Xiaofeng is so busy right now, otherwise he would definitely not miss this excitement." Hua Manlou added a cup of hot tea for himself.

Lu Xiaofeng is currently busy gathering the forces of Wang Shibao, Tie Jian, Hawkeye Laoqi and others to encircle and suppress the Ghost Villa together, so naturally he doesn't have time to join in the fun.

In the original book, the "flying lion" Long Meng, who is the dark thread of the old knife handle, has already been cut in two by Shen Youyi's sword.

So Taoist Mu probably doesn't know what Lu Xiaofeng and the others are doing at this moment.

"It's understandable that Lu Xiaofeng can't find time." Shi Xiuxue frowned and said, "But Taoist Mu is the most senior elder in Wudang today, why doesn't anyone from Wudang sect come?"

Not only Shi Xiuxue couldn't figure it out, Hua Manlou couldn't understand it either.

Logically speaking, given Mu Taoist's seniority in the Wudang Sect, they should send some people to build up momentum for this decisive battle.

Only Shen Youzhi understood that Taoist Mu probably didn't tell Wudang about this at all,
Because of himself and Shihe, Mu Taoist already hated the current Wudang faction.

The reason why he travels abroad all the year round and never returns to Wudang is not only to manage the ghost villa, but also the more important reason is that the relationship between the two has long been inseparable.

Although due to the faces of the two parties, they did not openly turn against each other, but it has long been impossible to talk about closeness.

"Perhaps Taoist Mu is indifferent and inactive, so he didn't tell everyone in the sect about it." Hua Manlou could only make such a guess.

"It's better if there are fewer people." Shen Youzhi said: "At least it can be clean."

He came here to fight swords with others, not for unrelated people to watch and have fun.

(End of this chapter)