"What do you mean, mom? I've been here for a long time. In addition to drinking tea and eating vegetables, I finally asked to call the girl, but the girl didn't come. Here comes a greasy uncle? Looking for trouble, right?"
This was the first sentence Ding Buzu heard when he opened the door and entered Shuangxie's private room.
Of course, for a person like Ding Buzhu, even if the other party scolds him more harshly, he will not get angry because of such a trivial matter.
"Ha... Sun Shaoxia, please be patient for a moment, I'm..." Ding Bu couldn't help but said with a kind and apologetic smile.
"Under what circumstances?" But Sun Yixie made Boss Ding unable to even introduce himself, and directly interrupted, "Stop talking nonsense and ask your boss to come out!"
"Uh..." Ding couldn't help hearing the words, paused, and thought that this request was easy to handle, and then responded, "I am the boss."
"What? You?" When Sun Yixie heard this, he immediately raised his eyebrows and scanned Ding Buzu up and down twice with his small eyes, looking unconvinced.
To be honest, Boss Ding does not look amazing.
In terms of clothes, his clothes were just comfortable and decent, and there was nothing flashy or expensive about them; in terms of appearance, Ding Buzhu was quite handsome when he was in his twenties, but now that he is in his forties, he has already gained some weight.
The facial features also become less three-dimensional and compact as the amount of flesh on the face increases, so Sun Yixie's words about "greasy uncle" are correct.
"Brother Sun, this is indeed the boss here, the leader of the price gang who is known as the 'King of Desire' in the world - Ding Buzhu, Boss Ding." Fortunately, just two seconds later, Yu Jian recognized Ding Buzhu.
Li jumped in and introduced Sun Yixie before he said something even more unpleasant.
"Oh~ So you are Boss Ding? I have admired him for a long time... You really can't tell a person's face! Hahaha..." Sun Yixie is so thick-skinned. As soon as he heard that Yu Jianli confirmed the other party's identity, he immediately felt like he had a split personality.
He changed his face.
"Boss Ding, you're polite." When Huang Donglai, Hu Wenzhi and Faning saw this, they all took advantage of the situation and greeted each other with fists.
After some simple greetings and exchange of names, Ding couldn't help but sit down as well.
As luck would have it, he had just sat down here and was about to get down to business when another burst of barbell-like laughter came from outside the door.
"Hehe... I've kept you guys waiting for a long time. I called six girls over first. Which one do you want to pick..." Mrs. Wang opened the door with a loud shout before she entered the door. But as soon as she opened the door, she saw
When it came to Boss Ding, he choked back the second half of his sentence.
"Hey, boss...why are you here?" When Mrs. Wang saw Ding Fuzu, her attitude immediately softened a lot.
"Yeah." Ding couldn't help but nodded. He also knew that he came in a hurry and missed the Madam Wang who was running to call someone, so he didn't blame the other party for disturbing him.
He just responded calmly, "I still have some things to talk to some guests here. You can take the girls back first."
"Hey! Yes, boss, please excuse me." Mother Wang ordered, closed the door, turned around, and left with the girls.
Ding couldn't help but think that this was nothing, but Sun Yixie, who was sitting next to him, was glaring at him sideways, as if he was saying with his eyes - I'm so fucked.
Because just now Sun Yixie had seen through the open door the girls who were following Madam Wang. They had... eyes and noses, which could be used as a signboard in an ordinary brothel.
, but before they even came in, they were chased away again. This "fake shot" was even more uncomfortable than not coming at all.
As a result, Sun Yixie's pent-up anger was suddenly transferred to Ding Buzhu. The two parties had just met each other and hadn't said anything yet. Brother Sun was already a little unhappy with the other party and had some hostility.
"I don't know, Boss Ding, why are you looking for us?" On the other side, Huang Donglai, who saw through Sun Yixie's thoughts at a glance, spoke quickly to prevent Brother Sun from suddenly saying a few embarrassing words when he was angry.
"Huang Shaoxia, everyone here is smart, and Ding will stop beating around the bush." Before Ding Buzhu came, he had already deduced Sun and Huang in his mind as masters of conspiracy who pretended to be pigs and eat tigers, so here he also
No longer pretending to be a grandson, he said bluntly, "I want to buy something from you... Just give me a price."
"Oh? What?" Huang Donglai asked suspiciously upon hearing this.
Huang Donglai was really asking, but Ding couldn't help but feel that he was asking knowingly.
However, Ding couldn't help but didn't intend to talk to the other party with just such a sentence, so he immediately took out the "Silkworm Seeking Ring" from his arms, spread out his palm, held the ring, and displayed it on the
In front of everyone, he said again: "This thing."
Actually, if he didn't take out the thumb ring, Sun and Huang might not be able to guess what he wanted to buy even if it took half an hour. But once the thing was taken out and it fell in their eyes, Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai would naturally recognize it.
It turned out that Sun Yixie had taken out the Baichuan Bank's banknotes from the four thieves' relics...the finger ring of unknown origin.
At this moment, the same inference popped up in Sun Huang's mind almost at the same time - this man named Ding went to the inn to move our luggage while we were away.
Immediately afterwards, the two looked at each other. Although they did not say a word, they clearly understood each other's thoughts, and they had instantly reached a consensus on their attitude towards Ding Buzu.
"Hehehe..." After a breath, Sun Yixie let out a burst of hypocritical laughter. While laughing, he couldn't help saying to Ding, "Boss Ding is joking, you have everything in your hands, why are you still talking about whether to buy it or not?"
?" He paused for half a second and gave Ding a mocking look, "Boss Ding, if you are interested, if there is anything else in our luggage that you like, just take it and treat it as if we have made you our friend.
."
This statement may sound like a generous statement, but in fact it seems to be full of thorns and contains a bit of testing intention.
As for Ding BuZhu, he must be able to withstand such a level of verbal exchanges: "How can that happen? As the saying goes, brothers can still settle accounts, so how can I, Ding BuZhu, take advantage of my friends?
?" As he said that, he pointed to the ring in his hand, "The reason why I have this thing in my hand right now is because I was worried that it would be too dangerous for such a valuable thing to be left unattended in the inn, so I decided to kill it first and then report it to the gang.
You two take it and keep it first... If we don't conclude the deal today, Ding will treat it as its original owner and return it with both hands."
Everyone knew that his words were a lie, and the logic used in them was completely gangster logic, but this did not prevent them from being effective.
The world is like this, as long as you have enough fame, status, or strength...even if you occasionally say black things as white, others still have to give you face and acknowledge what you said.
In fact, many times, the result of doing so is better than if everyone tells the truth honestly.
Because telling the truth has to pay a price, not only the person who tells the truth has to pay, but also the person who listens, the person who approves has to pay, and the person who doesn’t approve has to pay even more...
But some lies can often make conflicts disappear quickly and allow everyone to maintain their dignity. Afterwards, everyone can redistribute and exchange interests according to certain rules. Isn't that better than using a knife or a gun?
At the moment, Ding couldn't help but follow Sun Yixie's words and use a strong and high-sounding rhetoric to forcefully expose the fact that he sent someone to steal someone's luggage and steal the ring.
After he finished speaking, the other three people except Sun Huang all understood what actually happened.
Then, it depends on whether Sun Huang recognizes this problem...
If the two of them immediately slap the table and stand up, clearly pointing out that Ding's words are farts, then everyone will be at odds and ready to start a fight, which means they will have to "fight with strength."
But... everyone has been reading our book for so long, so they must know about Sun and Huang. They usually don't do this when they are not sure.
As we all know, there are countless people from Jianghu and Green Forest Road who were trapped in Xinghui Tower. There are definitely many people who tried to escape by force, but I have never heard of anyone succeeding, so I don’t know how many masters Ding has raised to watch.
Place?
There are only three helpers around Shuangxie at the moment: one is Yu Jianli. Although he has friendship with Sun Huang, he seems to be an old acquaintance with Ding Buzhu. It's hard to say who he will help in a real fight; the second one is Hu Wenzhi.
The friendship with Sun Huang is not deep, maybe not as good as Yu Jianli; let alone the third Fan Ning, I just met him today, and he has a tendency to stand aside whenever there is a conflict.
The shrinking "neutralist" aura is absolutely unreliable.
With such a balance in mind, there is a high probability that falling out with Ding Buzu will not lead to good results. Furthermore, Shuangzhe still doesn't know why Ding Buzu is interested in this finger ring, so it is better to follow the other party first and see.
Let's see if we can get some information about this finger-wrap from Ding Buzhu.
"Hahahaha..." After Ding Buzhu's words fell, Shuangxi burst out laughing almost at the same time.
Then, it was Huang Donglai who stopped laughing and said, "Boss Ding, you are such a righteous gentleman. I admire you, I admire you."
"No, you are wrong." Sun Yixie immediately added, "Boss Ding is no longer a gentleman, he is simply a saint! If it were me, and I got such a valuable thing, I would have done it myself.
, who knows if I don’t tell you? Right?”
These two guys are actually quite confused now, because they don't know what Ding Buzu is thinking, so in their opinion, Ding Buzu has stolen their things, and then took the initiative to show it in front of them and said he wanted to buy it.
, somewhat puzzling.
But this... does not prevent them from venting their dissatisfaction with some strange words.
If Ding Buzu knew that Sun and Huang really didn't know the secret of finger-wrenching, and Sun and Huang also knew that Ding Buzu was overthinking, then both parties would understand that this was a situation where "a fool beats a master"
That's all, but now they are still pulling.
"You two have given me too much praise, Ding is not worthy of it..." On the other side, Ding couldn't help but want to have some face, so these strange words of "Shuangxue" fell on his ears, which was really jarring, so he had no choice but to say
Two soft words, what they mean is - I have already exposed this matter, you two just think that I admit my mistake and don't mention it again, okay?
At this moment, Fanning, whose curiosity was aroused, finally broke the stalemate between the two parties with a question: "So what exactly is this?"
As soon as these words came out, Sun Huang, who had to pretend that he knew about this, felt relieved, thinking that someone finally asked.
"Haha... It turns out that Mr. Fa, who is well-informed, doesn't know this thing?" Ding couldn't help but see You Po'er getting off the donkey, so he got off quickly. Anyway, it is better to change the subject than to continue arguing with Sun Huang.
, so he immediately replied with a smile, "This is the 'Silkworm Hunting Ring' that caused a bloody storm in the world more than thirty years ago."
Ding Buzhu thought that as soon as he said these words, the three people except Shuang Xie (he thought Shuang Xie knew about the Silkworm Ring) would take a breath of cold air.
Unexpectedly, Fan Ning only had a confused look on his face when he heard this; Hu Wenzhi showed a thoughtful expression; and the most outrageous thing was that Yu Jianli didn't seem to be interested in this topic at all.
So he picked up his chopsticks and ate the food beside him... He didn't take in the cool air, but Liang Pi'er took several breaths.
"What? Haven't any of you heard of it?" Ding couldn't help but feel a little confused now.
"That's for sure, I wasn't even born thirty years ago," Faning replied.
"Ah?" Ding couldn't help but be stunned, "Mr. Fa, aren't you and I the same generation?"
He didn't mean anything else. Fan Ning's appearance, paired with a pair of black-rimmed glasses from the Zhao Dynasty, definitely made him look in his forties.
"Suna, I'm only in my twenties this year. How can I fight?" Faning curled his lips and asked.
"Oh! I remembered it!" Suddenly, Hu Wenzhi on the side seemed to have finished thinking, and said suddenly, "Is it the silkworm-seeking ring left by the legendary 'Six Heroes' who once saved the Central Plains martial arts from danger?"
"Yes, yes, yes, Mr. Hu, do you know?" Ding couldn't help but see that someone finally understood the problem and hurriedly answered.
"As soon as you mentioned this name, I remembered it. I did hear Master tell such a story when I was a child." Hu Wenzhi said thoughtfully, "There seems to be another poem..."
"On the Hidden Heaven Cave on Tiancan Cliff, the divine body is buried in the cocoon of the god. The divine body turns into a god again and appears with blood. The blood illuminates the Heavenly Silkworm Art and covers the sky." Ding couldn't help but read out these four sentences directly and continued,
"Thirty years ago, this poem was widely circulated in the martial arts world..." He said, looking at Hu Wenzhi, "I think Mr. Hu is also a member of a famous martial arts family?"
"Heh...hehehe." Hu Wenzhi smiled and said, "Hu came from a humble background, but his family has a close relationship with the ancestors of the Caobang. I have been influenced by it since I was a child and have heard many legends from the world."
"Hey, Mr. Hu is too modest. Ding can tell from one look that you are no ordinary person." Although not long ago, Ding could not help but regard Hu Wenzhi as a nobody, but now he did not hesitate to praise him, "Then
You must have heard about the origin of the Silkworm Ring, right?"
"Yes, yes, yes, Lao Hu, don't be polite. Say it quickly and let w... sneeze!" Sun Yixie's word "I" for "we" had already come out of his mouth for half a tone, but the result was again
He turned a corner and pretended to sneeze to cover it up, "Hey... I'm sorry..." He pretended to sniff his nose again, and then said, "Old Hu, please speak up quickly and let Mr. Fa listen.
Just listen.”
Everyone, don't mention it, Ding Buzhu was really fooled by his hand... He still didn't realize that he didn't know what the Silkworm Seeking Ring was.
It doesn't matter to Hu Wenzhi, just tell it. In his opinion, this story is not a secret anyway. After all, even he had heard it when he was a child.
So, he poured himself a small glass of wine and drank it in one gulp to moisten his throat, and at the same time, he took advantage of the sip of wine to clear his mind.
Benedict——
After the wine glass was put back on the table, Hu Wenzhi's story began.