Food Fairy Lord

Chapter 164 Shang Huaitong
Bai Sibing waved his hand: "Let's go, and be careful not to delay Wu Bi's business."

The two of them walked back and saw the girl leaning on the pavilion pillar across the lake from a distance. Pei Ye was moved in his heart and asked: "Speaking of which, I heard that Qijiao Cave can achieve its current popularity because it accepts good and bad without distinguishing between good and bad." Gangs, and then rely on them to exploit the people. Doesn’t the court care about this kind of thing? "

Bai Sibing shook his head and said, "If Qijiao Cave doesn't accept gangs, will gangs disappear?"

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"Actually, after being incorporated into Qijiao Cave, the state government will be able to manage it better because it has a name and a surname." Bai Sibing sighed, "Of course, the gangs are urban evil after all, so if they become justifiable, in the end It’s not a good thing. However, this is the consideration of Xianrentai. If they think it is really inappropriate, they will issue an official document, Qijiao——"

"What's wrong with Qijiao?" Pei Ye lowered his head and listened in rapt attention, and asked subconsciously.

When he looked up, he saw that Bai Sibing had stopped talking and looked forward with a smile.

Pei Ye looked along - under the willow trees washed green by the rain, a man in a dark black cloak stood there, wiping his hands with an elegant light green handkerchief.

But it was Shang Huaitong.

In front of him was a graceful woman, whose face could not be seen clearly due to the angle, but her figure was quite graceful.The rolled up hair is like clouds, and the curve of the chin exposed sideways is soft and as thin as white fat.

She was wearing a long dress that looked like blue clouds, and she seemed to blend into the green color after the rain.Upon closer inspection, there is a lot of care put into this long skirt. It is densely woven with fine hooks. Although it is elegant, it is also exquisite. It makes this figure transcend the simple and monotonous color of grass and willows around it, and becomes the most eye-catching one. brush strokes.

Shang Huaitong wiped his hands and seemed to say something.The woman smiled softly, stretched out a slender hand, took back the crumpled handkerchief, lowered her head and folded it flat with her fingers.

At this time, he seemed to notice the gazes of the two people. Shang Huaitong looked sideways, and when he saw Bai Sibing, a smile appeared on his serious face.

Bai Sibing nodded, and Pei Ye also nodded to him, receiving a slight smile in return.

At this time, the woman in front of him also noticed the shift in attention of the person in front of him and turned her head to look over.

Pei Ye was startled and his eyes widened.

Of course it was because of her beauty with green eyebrows and red lips, black eyes and a beautiful nose, but more importantly it was because he had seen this face before.

——Although I have never seen it look so beautiful.

Qi Zhaohua.

Very different from the casino riverside, the woman now seems to have emerged from chrysalis and turned into a butterfly.

She was also startled for a moment. She smiled at Bai Sibing first, and when she looked back, she nodded slightly to Pei Ye.

The two parties were not close, and they did not get closer to chat. Pei Ye followed Bai Sibing past them.

"Do you recognize him? That's Shang Huaitong." After walking far away, Bai Sibing said, "Bo Wang is the No. 1 young martial artist of this generation."

"I've met him twice." Pei Ye said truthfully, "I heard someone say that he wants to join Tao Qihui."

"Yes, this matter should be a sure thing. And the state government has another higher expectation for him - to enter the Fu list within ten years."

"Hmm..." Pei Ye nodded and suddenly remembered, "Do we have anyone in Bowang Prefecture who has been registered as a crane?"

"There is no He Bang, Fu Bang...actually, there should be." Bai Sibing smiled helplessly, "But there isn't either."

"The last one was 26 years ago. He came from Cuiyu Sword Sect." Bai Sibing said, without waiting for the young man to ask, he continued to explain, "He won the third place in the Shenjing martial arts examination, and later went to the north. , and later ranked over 700 on the list.”

"And later?"

"Then he died on the battlefield." Bai Sibing sighed softly, "It's not that I'm biased because of my relatives, but I do feel that only Cuiyu can occasionally cultivate such talents. Baizhu can't do it, Qijiao... Let's see Look at Shang Huai Tong."

"Is it because they don't have martial arts skills like "Emerald Collection"?"

"It's just a very small part. Being able to be on the Fu Ranking list is no longer based on the original martial arts of the three sects." Bai Sibing shook his head and said, "What's more important is that the Bai Zhu Qijiao family... don't have the experience to cultivate swords for hundreds of years." I ask you, since you have met Shang Huaitong several times, what is your impression of him?"

Pei Ye thought about it for a moment.

"He is free and easy, and he is well-founded... He comes from a wealthy family, and he can also help the servants decorate the venue. He seems to be a great talent." He said.

Bai Sibing was startled for a moment, then shook his head and laughed.

"What?" Pei Ye tilted his head.

"I'm asking about your impression of his sword, not his personality - don't you sword practitioners have a saying, 'Seeing a sword is like seeing a person, observing a person is like observing a sword'?"

".I have never heard this sentence." Pei Ye said.

Then he thought about it and found that it was indeed interesting.

Although this is not an unbreakable theorem, it does indicate a rule. If a swordsman reaches a certain depth in the path of swordsmanship, the person's temperament will be incorporated into the sword, and the temperament of the swordsmanship learned will also affect the person's character.

Pei Ye recalled the swords of Ming, Zhu and Yue and couldn't help but nodded slowly.

But when he put this rule on Shang Huaitong, he found that there were some contradictions - according to his impression, the sword of this direct descendant of Qijiao should be somewhat biased towards Gao Yang, but when this judgment was added When he was with Shang Huaitong, Pei Ye's own kendo intuition felt very awkward.

"His sword should be of the thorough and joyful type." Pei Ye frowned and hesitated, "And... free and easy? And... maybe a little ruthless?"

Bai Sibing laughed: "It seems that these words are not groundless."

Pei Ye looked at the old man who sighed and stopped talking, and asked curiously: "Am I right?"

"What's right or wrong?" the old man smiled, "I'm not trying to judge you. Everyone has different views on things. In many cases, there is no right or wrong."

Pei Ye grasped it keenly: "Then what do you think of Shang Huaitong?"

"me?"

"Ah."

"I don't know much about swords, so I can only talk about his character. Do you want to hear it?"

"of course."

Bai Sibing smiled, then turned his head and looked at Pei Ye.His smile faded, his face became serious, and his voice was slow and serious: "In my opinion, Shang Huaitong is a narrow-minded person who is bound to retaliate, vicious, hypocritical and cunning. Those who are below are contemptuous, and those who are above are jealous - If you have any conflict with him, you'd better sleep with one eye open!"

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Pei Ye was stunned and speechless.

"Go." Suddenly the clouds stopped and the rain fell, and the old man smiled again, his face gentle, just like his neutral attitude, as if the sharp words just now were just a joke, "Qing Qing will have to wait."

The old man raised his hand and pointed, and as expected, Li Mingqing was already in front.

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"How was the talk? Do you know what's going on?" the girl asked as they returned to Zhuoyue Tower under the willow shade.

"Yes." Pei Ye nodded, still thinking about the old man's ruthless words just now, "Master Bai, he talked to me about Shang Huaitong."

"Oh?"

Pei Ye organized his words and was about to say it when suddenly two men in Qingyi walked towards them.

They were holding clean towels and talking to each other: "I heard you saw the murderer?"

"Yes, at that time he asked me to deliver drinks!" A Qingyi said with lingering fear, "I felt a little strange at that time."

"Oh, I thought it was just a fight, but who would have thought that he would actually dare to kill people." Another person sighed.

Pei Ye paused.

He turned around and reached out to grab someone's arm: "You two, what did you say?"

"Ah, guest." The man saluted, "Don't you know yet - Mr. Zhao just sealed the building to search for the murderer, but the seal was lifted before anyone was caught, but it turned out that the murderer had already escaped and left the garden. Then he killed someone!"

"." Pei Ye suspected that his memory was confused for a moment, but fortunately he quickly grasped the key, "Where did you say the person died?"

"It's just outside the garden. We are going to deliver water for the adults to use for autopsy."

Pei Ye and Li Mingqing looked at each other and said, "Take us there." In fact, it doesn't matter whether you take them with you or not. As long as you exit Zhuoyue Tower from the east, you will immediately see some people gathering.

When the two of them went out, they were surrounded by several officials by the grassy lake outside Bowang Garden.

"There is nothing to test! Mr. Zhao said that it was clearly the murderer. He has been killing people these days, and there is no one who died in a strange way!" An officer was pressing the knife and shouted, "Take it back to the Yamen, wait. I'll just do an autopsy when I have time."

Pei Ye glanced around and saw that Zhao Fu and most of the officials had left, leaving only these few people to deal with the aftermath. Judging from the situation, Zhao Fu seemed to think that there was nothing to investigate in this case.

But Pei Ye clearly knew that Yang Yan had been in the rockery all along, how could he come out to kill someone?

As he became more and more curious, he stepped forward, but first he saw a carriage tied under a tree.

The body was leaning on the wheels of the carriage.

Pei Ye walked over and froze.

The manner of his death was indeed quite strange. There were no wounds on his body, and the frozen expression on his face was made of anger and fear.His emotions must have been very intense when he died, because all the blood rushed to his head. He had been dead for nearly two quarters of an hour, and there was still a flush on his face.

There was only one fatal wound, a feather stuck deeply into his forehead.

Zheng Dong.

It's Zheng Dong.

Pei Ye took two deep breaths, as if he wanted to spit out the sudden chill in his heart.

He looked at the corpse quietly, and suddenly thought of Bai Yuliang again, and the sword scabbard that the girl said he threw at the person's face.

Because one insult is worth such a slap in the face.

When this slap is over, the matter is over and will not leave any trace in the man's heart.

His ability to retaliate directly is true, as is his brightness and generosity.

The person who has been silent since then must still be alive and well.

Pei Ye pulled back his drifting thoughts and returned to the scene in front of him. Only then did he realize that this was the first time he had seen this direct descendant of the Seven Dragons.

Shang Huaitong.

At the same time, he felt that the body of the girl who was following him stiffened equally violently, and she started to tremble slightly.

"I won't bother you, adults." The girl's voice was strangely calm, "Zheng Dong is a disciple of Cuiyu Sect. This is Cuiyu Sect's business."

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on the carriage.

Pei Ye, Yang Yan, Zhang Junxue, Li Mingqing.

The atmosphere is condensed.

If there was joy among these four people, then Li Mingqing must take [-]% of the credit. But at this time, the girl just leaned against the wall and looked out the window, the most silent one among them.

Pei Ye has never seen her so completely depressed. The girl has always been good at adjusting her emotions. Every time she touches a troubled and sad place, she only lowers her eyebrows slightly and turns around with another light smile.

But this time she did seem to be overcome by some heavy and violent emotions.

Pei Ye tried to talk to her several times, but the girl just shook her head slightly. After returning to Changdao Martial Arts Hall, Li Mingqing silently jumped out of the car and turned towards the west courtyard.

"Qing Qing!" Pei Ye chased after her and stopped the girl before she closed the door.

The girl looked up at him.

"It's okay, Pei Ye, I haven't lost my fighting spirit." Li Mingqing whispered, "I will still do what I have to do, and I will be more determined."

"Yes, what you want to do will definitely succeed." Pei Ye looked at her seriously, "I promise."

"I believe it." Li Mingqing forced a smile, "These things can't defeat me."

"Then you." Pei Ye looked at her worriedly.

"I just want to take a rest first."

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"Because it brought up something that I have been unwilling to face." The girl whispered, "On the way back, I kept thinking about how to avenge them?"

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The girl gave a sad smile: "I don't seem to be able to do this. I can't do it within ten years. Ten years from now, I may even be unable to do it."

"It's okay, I'll be alone for a while." Li Mingqing tried her best to give him a smile, which probably meant "don't worry", and then slowly closed the courtyard door.

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Pei Ye came back and sat down on the stone. Yang Yan poked him gently and whispered: "What's wrong with her?"

Pei Ye glanced at him: "A friend was killed."

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"What would you do if it were you?" Pei Ye asked.

"Kill for life, take revenge."

"Can't beat it?"

"Then practice hard and wait until you can beat it before going."

"Then what if the opponent's talent is no worse than yours, and his future is bright, and he will be far better than you in the future?"

"." These words made Yang Yan's face freeze.

His head was motionless, and he didn't know what he thought of. The look on his face showed a complicated and weird heaviness. For a long time, he shivered.

"As long as you are a human being, you can be killed." He said slowly, his voice low and hoarse, "A temporary advancement does not mean a lifetime advancement. Master has said that no matter how strong a master is, he will reveal countless secrets in his life. Flaws, I just need to catch a few of them."

"Yes. And no one is alone in the world." Pei Ye looked at the horizon and added, "If you can't beat him, you can ask your friends to help."

".I don't have such great friends."

"Friends will continue to become more powerful."

Yang Yan raised her head and glanced at him.

But Pei Ye stopped talking to him and said to himself: "So, there is no revenge that cannot be avenged."

He looked at the horizon, and a distant dark cloud seemed to be drifting here again.

You can't use "It's okay" to prevaricate people.I won't let it go this time - what if you die?

Some memories came to mind, and Pei Ye frowned fiercely.Zheng Dong's sudden and bizarre death struck his mind, and the fog on his friend suddenly gave him a sense of insecurity.

He stood up.

Yang Yan was slightly shocked: "Where are you going? Let's talk about the old thief's situation first?"

"." Pei Ye didn't answer. He turned to look at the corner of the courtyard. The tall woman was no longer wielding the guillotine this time. She was sharpening it with a sharpening stone.

"Sorry, it'll be later. I have more friends."

(End of this chapter)