The candles on the table have long been extinguished.
The tea is also cold.
The air is filled with the faint smell of powder, sweat, and a hint of fishy smell that has not yet dissipated.
In the darkness, Di Bujue suddenly opened his eyes.
He is like an alert beast, never seeming to really fall asleep; in just one second, he can turn from sleep to wakefulness, and even go on a rampage to kill immediately.
"call……"
Di Bujue took a deep breath, then looked down at the woman who was sleeping soundly on top of him.
This is his eighth aunt, who is more than twenty years younger than him.
Di Bujue likes this woman very much because she rarely asks questions and is easily satisfied.
As long as you give her delicacies from the mountains and seas, silks and satins, and gold and silver jewelry, she will be very happy, so happy that she will throw herself into Di Bujue's arms.
If possible, Di Bujue wished all the women in his life could be like this.
Although he can't get spiritual things from such a woman, he doesn't have to pay any emotion to such a woman.
Di Bujue has only loved one woman in his life.
And that one made him suffer to this day...
Looking at the young and beautiful body in front of him, feeling the gentle rise and fall of the other person on his chest with his breathing - moments like this can make Di Bujue feel that he is still young.
But that... is nothing more than a "feeling".
A forty-year-old person, no matter how young his mentality, is physically impossible to be as good as a twenty-year-old person; just like a twenty-year-old person, under normal circumstances, will not have the wealth and experience of a forty-year-old.
Di Bujue knew very well that there were still at least ten years left in his prime.
These ten years are the ten years when his skill, scheming, fame, and power are at their peak. It all depends on how high he can climb in the world.
Therefore, this "Seven Heroes Meeting" is an important step in his grand plan and cannot be missed.
"Um……"
When Di Bujue gently pushed his sleeping eighth aunt away from him, the latter let out a cry but still didn't wake up.
Di Bujue stood up, put on some clothes, and silently walked out of the room.
There should have been a maid standing at the door of the room, but she was not there at the moment.
On the opposite side of the courtyard, there should have been two Caobang disciples on duty, but they were not here at the moment either.
Of course, Di Bujue did not show any surprise at this, because he knew that the three of them had been knocked unconscious and thrown into the haystack by the courtyard wall.
"You are quite courageous..." Di Bujue's voice sounded like the low voice of a majestic beast, deep and powerful, "This is the chief helm of the Cao Gang, and it is also the doorway of my eighth aunt's room.
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"It's not small." When the Three-Word King replied to him, people had already arrived in front of him.
Di Bujue's expression was cold, but the Three-Word King was smiling, and that smile seemed to say: "Don't say it's the door of your eighth aunt's room, even if it's inside the door, I still dare to enter."
"Hmph..." Di Bujue snorted coldly, "I should have told you not to come to see me directly. I will send someone to contact you when I want to find you, right?"
"No one knows." The Three-Word King said these three words directly without mincing words with him.
"This is not a question of whether anyone knows, but I think you didn't take what I said seriously." Di Bujue said in a deep voice.
"Ha..." The Three-Word King laughed again, "So what?"
Di Bujue did not answer this sentence again, because he found that his oppressive expression and wording did not have the effect he expected.
The three-character king is not afraid of him. Not only is he not afraid, he even despises him.
"Okay, we're all here, do you have anything to tell me?" Di Bujue simply changed the subject, "Did something unexpected happen during tonight's mission?"
"Not really." The Three-Word King continued.
"So you came here at night just to tell me that you have done that thing?" Di Bujue said.
"There is something else." The king said in three words.
"Is there anything else?" Di Bujue asked.
"I won't do it anymore," he said in three words.
"Quit?" Di Bujue repeated the other party's words with a half-smiling tone, and continued, "The price I gave you is to keep you until the dust settles in Qixiong..." He paused
After a pause, "Now you have just done a few small things, and suddenly you want to give up?"
"I'll pay you back." The Three-Word King seemed to have already guessed what Di Bujue would say, so as soon as the other party finished speaking, he took out a banknote that had been folded several times and threw it towards him.
It seemed like he was throwing it casually, but in fact, his move was very precise. The flight trajectory of the paper ball happened to be towards Di Bujue's cheek, and the speed was just right so that it was difficult for the opponent to avoid it.
Therefore, Di Bujue could only raise his hand and continue.
"It's all here." After the other party caught the banknote, the Three-Word King added.
That means, whatever you gave me in the beginning, I will pay you back in full. The few small things I did before will be treated as my free services, and I will forget about them.
"Ha..." This time, Di Bujue smiled, "It seems that you have decided to go."
"Farewell." The Three-Word King didn't want to talk nonsense to him, so he turned around and left.
"Wait a minute!" Di Bujue took a step forward and stood up, blocking the other party's departure route. "You want to leave before the account has been settled?"
"What's the account?" The three-character king was blocked by the other party and seemed unhappy, so he asked impatiently.
"I'm not talking about the one where you broke the contract midway and caught me off guard..." Di Bujue said, "For now...since you and I no longer have an employment relationship, then you broke into my Cao Gang chief helmsman at night.
Should I settle things with you?"
"Hahaha..." Unexpectedly, upon hearing this, the Three-Word King laughed out loud and asked with great interest, "How do you calculate it?"
"It seems that you are very confident." Di Bujue said, "Then you must have guessed how I want to get over it with you, right?"
The Three-Word King had indeed guessed it, so he responded accordingly: "Two moves?"
Di Bujue said: "If you can accept my three moves, I will treat all the disputes between you and me as if they never happened." He paused, "If you can't..."
"Cut the nonsense." The Three-Word King is right.
Di Bujue, this is indeed nonsense. If the Three-Character King cannot take these three moves, then he still wants to escape tonight?
"Let's do it." The Three-Word King followed up with another sentence, but when he finished speaking, he still stood with his hands behind his back, not intending to touch the sword at all.
"Okay!" Di Bujue was not angry at the Three-Word King's attitude.
It's okay to be arrogant, but there's a price to pay.
At this moment, Di Bujue had gained a huge advantage with just a few words, and the arrogance of the Three-Word King made him have to defend rather than attack to receive the opponent's three moves. This was the actual situation.
scold--
As soon as the word "good" came to light, Di Bujue took action.
He started with the "Echo of the Empty Valley" move, where he punched out and returned with his palm. It looked like it was one move, but in fact it was one strike and two strikes. There were two strikes back and forth.
The three-character king sees the posture, that is, he suppresses his smile, uses Qinggong, points his toes, and instantly takes half a step to the side and back.
When these masters compete with each other, the victory or defeat is often determined by the slightest difference. Even if the Three-Character King has only moved half a step, it is so close to the world. No matter how Di Bujue's moves change, in this half-step, he
His fists could only fall into the air.
The next second, Di Bujue's right hand had not yet closed its palm, and his left hand had already made another move from under his ribs.
The starting movement of this move "Thousands of Colors" is very subtle. It doesn't look very powerful at first glance. In fact, it is full of hidden power and has a long back-up force. The shadow of its palm will turn from solid to imaginary in mid-air, emitting heavy emptiness.
The shadow seemed like dozens of palms coming at the same time.
It's very difficult to dodge such a move, but it's also not easy to catch.
If you receive it in the wrong position and hit the shadow with your palm, the "real" blow in the opponent's move will pass through your arm and hit your torso.
But the Three-Word King picked up quickly and confidently. He took action before Di Bujue's secret energy reached its peak, and quickly exchanged a palm with the opponent.
It stands to reason that in terms of internal strength alone, Di Bujue will never be weaker than the Three-Character King due to his age advantage. Without considering the weapons, the Three-Character King will not get any advantage if he only competes with his palm strength.
However, because the three-character king's move was skillfully executed, it effectively avoided the situation of using a short strike to reach the long end. Instead, Na Di Bujue felt that his internal energy was knocked back halfway, which was indescribably uncomfortable...
Seeing that the two moves had passed and the opponent didn't even touch the sword, Di Bujue felt angry and frightened in his heart.
However, he quickly calmed down, and the third move...
"Okay! Good work!" Di Bujue suddenly stepped back and stood still, without making any further moves.
The Three-Word King still looked at him alertly: "The third move?"
"No need." Di Bujue smiled and said, "I have learned your martial arts, and it is indeed extraordinary. The Three-Character King is indeed well-deserved..." He paused for half a second, and then said, "Actually, my original intention was just out of curiosity.
I am competing with you, so I just used words to provoke each other... Now that the two moves have been completed, you have neutralized my moves without using a weapon. I have lost. If I continue to be aggressive and use all three moves, it will be unavoidable.
Looks a little small."
When the Three-Character King heard this, he said in his heart: "You surnamed Di are so cunning. You know that if you try another move, it will most likely be in vain, so you simply leave one move alone and find a way out for yourself in just a few words."
, and by the way, it also blocked my words, leaving me with nothing to say, hum... It seems that I was right to end the relationship with you early. If I continue to have contact with you, it will only become a loss-making business. "
Thinking of this, the Three-Word King also showed a subtle smile, cupped his fists and raised his hands: "Then farewell."
He didn't want to say anything more to Di Bujue, let alone stay here any longer, so he left after speaking.
This time, Di Bujue didn't keep him anymore. He just looked at his back and said, "I won't send him off."
When the back of the three-character king disappeared into the night, the smile on Di Bujue's face had long since disappeared.
…………
When Huang Donglai rushed to the residence where Zhongyimen was staying, the courtyard was already brightly lit.
There is no doubt that people in the Zhongyi Sect paid great attention to the attack on Guo Cong. Lu Shiyuan not only woke up his elder brother and senior fellow disciple, the sect leader Lu Yan, to discuss the matter together all night, but also brought other disciples to the scene.
Wake up and be alert, in case there are other killers coming tonight.
However, they waited for a long time and did not wait for the killer. They only waited for Brother Huang.
Huang Donglai didn't climb any walls. As soon as he saw the lights in the yard, he knocked on the door and told the person who opened the door his name. Not long after, someone came to welcome him in.
A small hall and a few cups of tea.
Lu Yan, Lu Shiyuan, Guo Cong and Sun Yixie have been waiting here for a long time.
Although Lu Yan was highly respected, he was not pretentious at all. As soon as he saw Huang Donglai walking in, he was the first to stand up and come forward to greet him. He also repeatedly talked about what happened in Luoyang and how Shuangxi saved Guo Cong tonight.
grateful.
As a junior, Huang Donglai was naturally polite over and over again.
When I go out to run around in the world, I mean that people respect me and I respect others. When there is no major conflict of interest, everyone should be harmonious as long as they can. At least the drama on the scene should be enough.
After everyone exchanged pleasantries, they sat down again.
At this time, we have to talk about the "main topic".
"Huang Shaoxia, you came just in time. Sun Shaoxia has just finished telling us what happened tonight and the attack on Lin Shaoxia at Xingyimen a few days ago." Lu Shiyuan said after sitting down, "We are worried about your safety here.
You're here."
"Thank you for your concern, senior." Upon hearing this, Huang Donglai cupped his hands and continued, "I did encounter some accidents in my line of work just now, but fortunately... I escaped unscathed."
"Oh?" Guo Cong said, "Did Brother Huang encounter a follow-up ambush by that group of people?"
"No, no, no..." Huang Donglai read slowly, paused and looked around the room, "Well... is it convenient to talk here?"
In fact, Sun Yixie also asked this question when he first entered the room and sat down.
After all, this house was given by the Caobang, and the servants in the house are also the eyes and ears arranged by the Caobang. Some things can be said, but I am afraid that the walls have ears.
"Young Master Huang, don't worry. I have ordered my disciples to guard everything. Even on the roof or under the floor, there will be no 'ears'." Lu Yan was also an old man in the world. Of course he understood what Huang Donglai meant, so he spoke directly.
road.
"That's good." Huang Donglai nodded, and then told him what happened when he just tracked the killer and met the three-character king.
As soon as they heard the title of "Three-Character King", let alone Guo Cong, even Lu Yan and Lu Shiyuan's faces changed; they didn't know that Huang Donglai went up the mountain to build a road (Huang Donglai came after he entered the city)
The Taoist robes were changed on the second day), so they were naturally surprised - the young master of the Huang Clan could actually fight the Three-Character King and still escape unscathed?
But as they continued to listen, when Huang Dong said that the other party just wanted to "try his martial arts", they all showed expressions of enlightenment, as if they had finally gotten a reasonable explanation.
To make a long story short, the three Zhongyimen and Sun Huang exchanged a lot of information that night, and also conducted some analysis on who was the mastermind behind these incidents. Unfortunately, without any conclusive evidence, they
I can't figure out why.
In this way, it was not until the east turned white that Shuang Xie said goodbye and left. Lu Yan, Lu Shiyuan, and Guo Cong also saw each other off all the way to the street in front of the house before returning.
The separation between the two parties lasted three days.
The next time they meet again, it will be on Liugong Island... Qixiong is meeting.