Chapter 168: Get cheap and act like a good boy (2.2)
The nameless monk smiled: "It seems that we disturbed Bai Lao, which is really a sin."
"Master's words are too polite. Thinking about how heroic the master was back then, I didn't expect that after fifteen years of separation, I almost didn't have the chance to see you again. Hey, I have always admired the master. I can see you again today, so forget it. Bai Chongshan's life
What a pity, why bother?" Mr. Bai smiled politely.
Jishan kept his head down in thought, seemingly not interested in what the two of them were saying. Under secret observation, Mr. Bai felt that Jishan was a bit ordinary, but because he was too ordinary, it gave him an unfathomable and profound feeling.
Seeing that the unknown monk did not speak, Mr. Bai said again: "We have been apart for fifteen years, and I don't know where the master is. I have been to Qinghai and Tibet several times to meet the master, but I have never had the chance to meet him."
The unknown monk smiled and said: "Of course I have traveled all over the world with Ji Shan in these years. You also know that for us outsiders, it is easy to say that we want to meditate in a place, but it is not that simple.
Things, and the poor monk always thought,
Practitioners should do more and see more, and see the mystery and true meaning of Buddhism in everything in the world. How can they live in one place for a long time? However, we have been living in Qinghai-Tibet in the past two years, but maybe Mrs. Bai is busy.
So I haven’t been there.”
"Hey, yes, look at me, I am seventy years old this year, but I still haven't retired. After these two years, I must retire. Even if it is a casual position, it is still considered a job. I am like this
People, it’s okay if you don’t have a job, but if you have a job, you don’t have the nerve to leave work and run around, so I only walk around during the long vacation.” Mr. Bai sighed.
The unknown monk said: "Old Bai has dedicated his whole life for the Huaxia Kingdom. He has been busy for decades. Even though he is already in his dying years, he is still busy. This is really admirable to the poor monk and is also a blessing to the people of the Huaxia Kingdom."
Mr. Bai's face turned red and he smiled coquettishly: "Master is joking. By the way, Master, why are you willing to come see me this time? I don't think you are here to celebrate your birthday, haha."
"To be honest, we came to Yanjing City for something, and it just happened to be Bai Lao's birthday party, so we shamelessly came to ask for a drink and asked Bai Lao not to blame me. I didn't prepare any gifts, and you
I also know that poor monks have never been very interested in money and things. When traveling around the world, they often
We are passing by alms, so naturally there is no big gift to give. There happens to be a bead here, so give it to Mr. Bai. I hope Mr. Bai will not refuse." After the nameless monk finished speaking, Yan took out a thumb-sized bead in his arms, although it was not big.
It is large, but exudes a faint golden light, and there is a strange fragrance wafting from it.
Mr. Bai wanted to refuse, but the unknown monk seemed to have made up his mind to give this gift. In the end, Mr. Bai had no choice but to accept it. However, he is also a man who has seen the world. This bead is not an ordinary thing at first glance. It may be worth a fortune.
Maybe, I also like it very much in my heart.
"By the way, Master has come all the way here, there must be something important. Why don't you come and hear it? If I find out if I can help, I will definitely do it." Mr. Bai said seriously.
The nameless monk sighed: "I'm not here for him."
Seeing the unknown monk pointing to Ji Shan aside, Mr. Bai was stunned: "Come for him?"
"He came to see Qinglong." The unknown monk said.
"Qinglong?" Mr. Bai frowned. He had heard people say about that prophecy before, but he was still young at that time, only in his twenties. Now that he thinks about it, sixty or seventy years have passed. Unexpectedly, when
After so many years, someone mentioned Qinglong again. I couldn't help but feel moved in my heart, and asked with some excitement.
Jishan finally spoke, glanced at Mr. Bai, and said calmly: "Has Mr. Bai heard of the legend of Qinglong?"
Nodding, Mr. Bai did not hide anything: "To talk about this, it was already nearly sixty years ago. I was still young at that time, only twenty years old, and had not yet joined the army. Once I went eastward
I went to Japan to find an enemy. I didn’t want to almost die in that island country. In the end, I was saved by a person——"
"Were you rescued by a group of people?" Jishan suddenly asked.
Mr. Bai was shocked. He had never told anyone about this matter. When he rescued him, the man seemed to be nearly 70 years old. After so many years, he must be dead. How could he treat this person like this?
If the matter is told to others, it is obvious that Ji Shan knew about it in another way, but how did he know that the person who saved him was a Taoist priest? Could he really have the ability to see Wei Gua?
"How do you know?" Mr. Bai said in surprise.
Ji Shan smiled faintly and did not answer.
Seeing that Jishan was unwilling to answer, he suddenly thought of the reason for the war fifteen years ago. Mr. Bai suddenly understood. He couldn't help but marvel at this supernatural ability in his heart, so he continued: "Yes, the one who saved me is indeed
He is a Taoist, but I guess he has passed away a long time ago. Unfortunately, I only know that his Buddhist name is Songhe, but I have never seen him again."
"You mean Taoist Master Songhe?" the unknown monk on the side said in shock.
"Does the master also know about him?"
The nameless monk shook his head: "Hey, it seems like fate. You may not believe it. Although we won the war fifteen years ago, I, like you, was only one of the survivors. In the end,
If Taoist Master Songhe hadn't taken action, I probably wouldn't be where I am now."
"Master, did Songhe also participate in the battle fifteen years ago? I was injured and fainted. When I woke up again, except for you, there was almost a river of blood, and everyone was dead.
, so you were also injured at that time?" Mr. Bai said in shock.
The unknown monk pronounced the Buddha's name this time: "Amitho Buddha, yes, everyone in the world thought that I alone defeated the masters of Japan. In fact, I deserved it. The last three people, if it weren't for Taoist Master Songhe,
, maybe history will be rewritten.”
"It seems that it is indeed fate. It's just a pity that I don't have the chance to see him again." Mr. Bai said.
The unknown monk also said: "Yes, if possible, I really want to thank him in person."
"He's not dead."
Ji Shan seemed to be keeping to himself if he didn't speak. When he spoke, he would definitely make a splash. His words almost made the unknown monk and Mr. Bai almost jump up.
"What did you say? He's not dead? Have you seen him?" Mr. Bai frowned. It's unlikely. If he is really not dead, this old Taoist priest should be a hundred years old, right?
In fact, Mr. Bai was wrong again. It is estimated that no one except Shohe's nemesis Abe Hiroaki really knows how old Master Shohe is, but it is definitely more than a hundred years old.
Ji Shan doesn't seem to buy into Mr. Bai as his savior. Maybe he has such an indifferent attitude towards the world except for the unknown monk. For him, he feels that he was born just for Qinglong.
No one told him why. It was a dark feeling, as if he was destined to prevent the prophecy from coming true.
When the phoenix emerges, the green dragon flourishes.
But after the blue dragon there is a spiritual boy.
"He, is he really not dead?" He had always been convinced by Jishan's words, but this time the unknown monk couldn't help but ask again.
Jishan added: "He is not dead, and he is nearby."
Seeing Mr. Bai looking at him with a suspicious look, the unknown monk also said with some excitement: "Well, he's not dead, he's nearby."
.I don’t know what Ye Qian was thinking. She was fine in the morning, but in the afternoon she suddenly said she didn’t want to go to Bai’s house, which made Long Fei a little depressed. You said you had bought all the gifts, but suddenly you couldn’t go. Wasn’t that yesterday?
After a busy day, it was like working in vain. Besides, Bai Yaowu called him and invited him to go. If he didn't go, others would think that Long Fei was timid.
As the saying goes, losing someone is not losing courage, so Long Fei decided to go. Even if Bai Yaowu mainly wanted to take Ye Qian there by himself, he still had to go.
After a lot of effort, Ye Qian's ideological work was finally solved. The two of them had just gotten in the car when Ye Wentian's phone number came over, as if they knew that Ye Qian might be in such a situation.
, Ye Wentian didn't hang up the phone until he confirmed that the two of them were indeed going to Bai's house. However, before hanging up, he kept telling Long Fei to take Ye Qian to Bai's house.
Ye Qian was sitting in the car sulking. She thought Ye Wentian was forcing her to go with Bai Yaowu. She had already agreed at home not to mention the marriage for the time being, but Ye Wentian called at this time, which made Ye Qian
Qian does feel depressed.
However, Long Fei knew better why Ye Wentian valued this birthday banquet so much. It was not all because of Ye Qian and Bai Yaowu. More importantly, he was about to return to Yanjing City, so this was also a message to the Bai family.
A signal, and a signal to everyone in Yanjing City.
The once arrogant Ye Wentian will finally return to Yanjing again. After twenty years of lurking and training, maybe this high-profile return to Beijing will be another bloody battle. Maybe this bloody battle will not really turn into a river of blood.
, but its cruelty is even worse than a river of blood.
Of course, Long Fei did not explain these things to Ye Qian. He did not want Ye Qian to know too much about these things. The more she knew about some things, it would harm her and make her become a unruly and willful little witch and princess.
It is the best result. If she is really involved in this war, it would be unfair to her. A little girl who is not yet twenty years old should be enjoying her blooming age, so why bother?
Let her mature prematurely.
It is inevitable for men to mature, and the earlier the better. But women are different. Maturity means a lot less happiness.
This society is full of cruel fairness. Everything you do has a price, especially for growth. The price of pawning your youth to maturity and exchanging experience for childishness and ridiculousness is to bear responsibility and shackles. From now on, laughter is no longer pure.
Crying is no longer complete.
I thought that Long Fei would comfort him at this time, or at least defend Ye Wentian a few words, but Long Fei didn't. He didn't say a word, not even a comforting look, which made Ye Qian even more depressed.
and angry, but after sighing heavily several times but still unable to seduce Long Fei's interest, Ye Qian simply chose to shut up, but she had already made up her mind in her heart that she would never follow Bai Yaowu's wishes, even if she was one of her own
When I went, I just went through the motions, didn't eat their food, didn't drink their tea, and didn't even say anything to them. I just handed over the gifts, completed the tasks assigned by Ye Wentian, and then left immediately.
After all, she is a little girl, and her thoughts are relatively simple, but that is what she thinks. As for whether she will actually do this in the future, that is not certain. She is from a well-known family, and has received a good education since she was a child. In some areas,
Regarding the problem, maybe Ye Qian will not handle things as she imagined.
Long Fei always does some unexpected things unintentionally. For example, now, maybe they are the only two guests who took a taxi to celebrate his birthday. Among the rest, who didn't come by car by themselves? Except for those who have received
The ordinary people who benefited from the Bai family, and some even came by car.
However, it seems that in such an occasion, Long Fei not only failed to show that he was low-key, but also inadvertently attracted the attention of more guests, just like wearing a patchwork outfit at a high-end masquerade.
, as long as you can get in and behave naturally, no one will treat you as a beggar. People will often think that you are another form of pretentiousness, or give you a "performance art" or "
"Fashion-forward" or "alternative" hats, remember, "alternative" here just means pursuing the trend and has nothing to do with derogation.
Yan Qing also arrived at Bai's house early. After meeting Mr. Bai, he took several senior executives of the company to help Bai Yaowu receive guests. Now is the peak period for guests to celebrate birthdays. Although there are many people leaving the villa,
But there were more people entering the villa, fewer people in the living room, and quite a few people on the lawn outside.
As a condition for Ye Qian to agree to come to Ye's house with him, Long Fei was forced to wear a couple's makeup set that Ye Qian had secretly prepared a long time ago. A black T-shirt had a red heart-shaped pattern embroidered on it, and Ye
Qian's black T-shirt also has the same shape, except that Long Fei's heart-shaped pattern is embroidered on the left chest, while hers is embroidered on the right chest.
In this way, the two people's outfits immediately gave people a very clear feeling that they were a couple.
When two people stood in a row, Long Fei stood on the right and Ye Qian stood on the left. The two bright red heart-shaped patterns were just close to each other. It was indeed eye-catching, especially Bai Yaowu. When he saw Long Fei and Ye Qian dressed like this,
, I felt quite unhappy, but his city was very deep, so he did not deliberately express his dissatisfaction. Instead, he hurriedly greeted him after being stunned. Of course, behind him were Yan Qing and several other people from Yanjing City.
The famous second generation ancestors, and among these second generation ancestors happened to be Yan Hao and Qu Kun.
As if it was deliberately arranged, Yan Hao and Qu Kun were completely confused. Frankly speaking, if they knew that Long Fei would come to attend Mr. Bai's birthday banquet, they would not listen to the prince's words even if they were beaten to death.
Here, isn't this deliberately embarrassing?
So when they saw Long Fei, their faces instantly turned pale. Fortunately, Yan Qing seemed to have expected such a scene. He patted them on the shoulders and said a few words.
His expressions improved slightly, but even if he and Yan Qing reluctantly followed Bai Yaowu, they still looked a little embarrassed, and they did not dare to look Long Fei in the eyes.
"Xiaoqian, why are you here just now? Grandpa has wanted to catch you several times, and he has always asked me to wait for you here. He said that he would take you to see him as soon as he saw you. He misses you!" Bai Yaowu!
He seemed quite enthusiastic and unknowingly brought himself closer to Ye Qian.
Long Fei smiled slightly and remained calm. He knew Ye Qian too well. He was sulking at this time. It would be abnormal if he gave Bai Yaowu a good look.
Sure enough, Bai Qian didn't even look at Bai Yaowu. She took the gift from Long Fei's hand and held it in her arms. She didn't really put the gift into Bai Yaowu's hand as she thought on the way and then pulled Long Fei away.
Instead, he said coldly: "I'm going to see him right away, but I don't need you to lead the way."
Bai Yaowu felt a little sad when he hit a soft nail, but naturally he wouldn't show it in front of Long Fei. Instead, he smiled calmly: "Okay, I'm quite busy too, so you go ahead and I'll come back to you later."
Yan Qing also smiled slightly from behind. It seemed that he also wanted to see what kind of conflict would happen between Bai Yaowu and Long Fei. In his heart, he also wished that the love rivals Long Fei and Bai Yaowu would have a more violent conflict, because
The more that happens, the alliance between the Bai family and the Yan family will undoubtedly be strengthened, and the attitude of the Bai family in this upcoming war is also very critical.
Besides, even if the Yan family is really capable, they still can't ignore the Bai family, which is in the limelight in both political and business circles. With the help of the Bai family, Yan Qing has a greater chance of winning, but without the help of the Bai family, the Yan family
Even if you have a chance to fight, you have to put in all your efforts, and even so, there is no guarantee that you will win.
Which one is more important, Yan Qing understands it very well.
Ye Qian ignored Bai Yaowu and went to the living room holding the gift.
Only then did Bai Yaowu really meet Long Fei's eyes.