Volume 1: The Rise of the Western Regions, Chapter 114: Their respective plans
Zhao Rang's hands were shaking slightly, especially when he was squatting over the wine glass. The shaking was even more obvious. The wine in the wine glass, against the light of the lamp, was as red as blood. After staring at the swaying wine soup for a long time, Zhao Rang calmed down.
He took a deep breath and said plainly but powerfully:
"The wine hasn't changed, and your tongue hasn't changed either. Let me see, it's your hearts that have changed."
As soon as the last word was spoken, Haidiye and Aziz's expressions turned ugly.
But Zhao Rang hasn't finished speaking yet.
"One person keeps saying it's for his friends, but he doesn't have any respect for his friends. Instead, he forces himself on them. The other person says he's doing it for his guests wholeheartedly, but in fact he doesn't look down on them at all. With such a heart, no matter how good the wine is, he won't be able to drink it.
What kind of taste can you get from drinking it?”
After saying that, Zhao Rang flipped his wrist and poured all the wine in the glass onto the ground. Then he waved to Yuan Mingkong and others and prepared to leave.
Of course, the four girls who followed Heidiye and the guys brought up by Aziz couldn't let Zhao Rang leave just like that. After all, everyone could tell that Zhao Rang was mocking their respective masters just now.
So the four girls and the waiter all stopped at the door of the box, showing a reluctance to give in.
Zhao Rang was not anxious when he saw this.
This situation was within his expectation.
As long as you can imagine what will happen, you can figure out how to deal with it.
He did not choose to confront the four girls and the boy head-on. Instead, he threw the blouse in his hand as quickly as possible.
The sight of these five people was blocked by the blouse for an instant. The girls and the clerks each showed their talents. The blouse was torn to pieces by the force and fell to the ground.
But when their vision returned to clarity, they found that Zhao Rang's black steel knife was already in his hands, and the direction of the blade was pointed directly at Aziz who was sitting at the door.
Such a move was also carefully considered by Zhao Rang.
Capture the thief first and capture the king first. It is not worth spending time and energy with these five people. They are even willing to die for their master. So as long as you control Aziz or Haidiya, you can make them avoid taking action and not dare to act rashly.
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Haidiya is known as a "swordsman". Although Zhao Rang saw that he did not bring a sword today, he still decided to use Aziz to perform the surgery for the sake of caution.
Since he went upstairs, Zhao Rang listened to his footsteps and roughly estimated that Aqizi's martial arts cultivation level should be around the fourth level, and he had practiced outer martial arts.
Although his level is higher than that of Zhao Rang, people who practice outer kung fu will have slower reactions. This is because this kind of kung fu is hard to overcome and does not rely on tricks. It can be defeated by ten levels with one force. Therefore, Zhao Rang only needs to be fast enough and clever enough.
, you will definitely get the upper hand!
What happened now has confirmed that his plan was undoubtedly correct and successful.
However, there was no trace of worry on Azizi's face. Instead, he stared at the black steel knife in Zhao Rang's hand with interest.
He seemed to know the origin of the knife. After looking at it for a while, he babbled a lot to Haidiya in Western dialect. After the two chatted back and forth for a while, Haidiya got up and walked to
Zhao Rang stood next to him and respectfully gave him a standard chest-supporting salute and said:
"Friend, you are right! I asked you to judge just now. It was just a test. I hope you don't mind."
After hearing this, Zhao Rang shook his head:
"We cannot afford to be friends, but if you can explain why you are testing like this, maybe we still have a chance to be friends!"
In just one cup of tea, Zhao Rang turned his back on the guests and took the initiative. Yuan Mingkong also secretly admired this ability. He asked himself that in the situation just now, although he was capable of solving it, he would definitely not be as perfect as Zhao Rang.
Degree.
Jumping out of the two options given by Heidiye, Zhao Rang found another way and took the third path. If this was really a test, Zhao Rang would definitely get full marks.
Haidiya and Aziz looked at each other and nodded in unison.
"Okay, but this..."
Haidiya pointed at the black steel knife in Zhao Rang's hand.
"no problem!"
Zhao Rang put down his arm happily and pointed the tip of the knife to the ground.
"My knife doesn't have a scabbard, that's all."
Haidiya nodded and said:
"I know."
Zhao Rang said incredulously:
"you know?"
Haidiya smiled and replied:
"Although he gave you this knife, I think you must not be as familiar with him as I am."
The ambiguity of what he said made people angry, just like those liars who ask for fortune-telling and ask for reasons.
These people often just throw out a correct nonsense, and then secretly observe the faces of the people around them, and then go into details one by one, and finally roughly determine the scope and concentrate on those three or five people. As long as these few people are fooled, the others will also follow.
It will feel mysterious and unusual, and finally the old god will give you a few sentences that can be relied on in the east, west, north, south, and everything, and it will be over.
Zhao Rang and Ximen Dazhuang used to hang out on the streets all day long, and were very familiar with these mixed-race people who traveled around. As soon as Heidiye spoke like this, Zhao Rang immediately turned his head away to prevent the other party from seeing his expression, and at the same time said
Silent.
Haidiya couldn't help but lift Zhao Rang a little higher in his heart.
I thought that this young boy could do whatever he wanted. With just a few words, he could make Zhao Rang scream and serve as his spearman. But it turned out that he didn't accept this trick at all and didn't even answer his words.
If I don’t come up with some practical ideas, I definitely won’t be able to continue!
After thinking for a moment, Haidiya sighed and said:
"Is Shang Shiyi okay?"
"I haven't seen him in two years."
Zhao Rang then turned around and replied:
"I've only met him for no more than two days, and he's very nice. Are you familiar with each other?"
Haidiya nodded and said:
"See you every year! Every autumn, when the wine is brewing."
Shang Shiyi and Haidiya are a powerful man and a native of the Western Regions. One uses a knife and the other uses a sword, but they are really good friends.
Unlike Haidiye's hypocritical enthusiasm for Zhao Rang, who always talks about "dear friend", a true friend should not speak or feel embarrassed. Soon after every meeting, he will start to dislike it. For example, Shang Shiyi every year
They all come to the Western Regions, live in a "green shirt guest" that costs 3,000 taels of silver a day, drink more than ten barrels of Haidiye's top-quality wine, and then go to the Sunset Racecourse to have fun, and finally choose a group of horses that they like and ride all the way back.
Dawei.
I haven't seen him in the past two years because he is concentrating on teaching his apprentice. Teaching the final twelve sword postures is not an easy task, but there is no way to distract him.
Zhao Rang met Shang Shiyi on Songtao Mountain. Although he said that he was worried about his apprentice, in fact, he might also be visiting an old friend.
"Haha, I finally know why he spent money when he was not short of money!"
Zhao Rang said with a smile.
If both parties have someone they know in common, they will get to know each other quickly. And this person they know in common has a very good reputation and good conduct.
Although the Northern Territory of Dawei gave Shang Shiyi the title of "King of Swords", this Sword King did not acquire any property. A person has to eat and drink, and he also has an apprentice, which is like having an extra mouth.
Now that Zhao Rang heard that he rode a horse from the Sunset Racecourse in Haidiya every year, he immediately knew how Shang Shiyi and his apprentice had been able to afford food and clothing over the years.
A horse at Sunset Racecourse is said to be worth its weight in gold.
Even ordinary quality horses can be sold for sky-high prices, not to mention that this is a healthy horse carefully selected by Shang Shiyi.
One horse is enough for the master and apprentice to live comfortably for a whole year, but they still have to eat and drink lavishly, otherwise they will not be able to spend all the time in the year!
Haidiya saw that Zhao Rang was interested in Shang Shiyi's affairs, so he was ready to talk more to close the distance between them. Unexpectedly, he was suddenly interrupted by Zhao Rang:
"Okay, let's get back to the topic. What were you testing just now?"
"This is not the place, let's talk elsewhere."
Aziz stood up, opened the door of the box, and made a gesture of invitation with his right hand.
Zhao Rang hesitated.
Although he had turned the situation around and turned from passive to active, Aziz's words made him wake up again.
This is the Western Region, the Shanye Kingdom that ranks second among the Upper Four Kingdoms.
We are in the royal capital of Shanye Kingdom, and the dark streets in the royal capital.
Even the people he faced were big nobles and the lords of the underworld.
Zhao Rang didn't know whether he should listen to the matter that made these two people so cautious. Maybe leaving directly would be the best choice.
But now that the matter has come to this, Zhao Rang cannot find a new way out of the choices left and right every time. Sometimes, he can only passively accept it.
"Let's go!"
At the critical moment, it was Ye Sanniang who pushed him.
Following Aziz, he went up to another floor. This should be the top floor of Chunhua Building. What surprised Zhao Rang was that the house on this floor looked very much like a warehouse or a prison.
On both sides of the narrow passage, there are doors one after another. Each door is made of fine iron and is extremely thick and strong.
There is a small opening at the top of the door, just enough for someone to stand on tiptoe and look inside.
Being the Lord of the Underworld is not an easy position to sit in. In addition to having the ability to convince others, you also have to know how to protect yourself.
Aziz understands the principle of keeping things safe and keeping things safe, and understands that in the final analysis, one's own safety must be ensured by oneself.
So he built Chunhua Building in the dark street, and separated so many rooms on the top floor of Chunhua Building.
No one knew which room he would spend the night in. Aziz sacrificed all comfort in exchange for his own safety. It has to be said that there are very few people who can do this.
Haidiya had never been to this level before. He looked around curiously, marveling at it from time to time, shaking his head and sighing from time to time.
Everyone followed Aziz to the middle, and he took out an iron ring full of keys.
Different numbers are engraved on the iron rings, and each number corresponds to a fine iron door, but only Aziz himself knows the corresponding order.
He quickly found the key to the door in front of him from the ring of keys. He pushed it in and turned it one and a half times to the right, and then three times to the left. The heavy fine iron door creaked open and a gap opened.