The next meeting point is Cao Chengguang's former grocery store, located on a river beach.
Zhang Chi had a mount and moved much faster. When he was approaching the meeting point, he met Wang Xiangyang and Xiong Zhongyang who were on their way. When they heard the sound of horse hooves, they turned around and looked back, and saw Zhang Chi riding a white horse.
When he escaped safely, both of them waved to say hello to Zhang Chi, but Immortal Zhang just pretended not to see them and ran past them on horseback.
Wang Xiangyang and Xiong Zhongyang looked at Zhang Chi who was walking away from Juechen, and looked at each other. They both understood that Zhang Chi was expressing their dissatisfaction with the two of them for escaping from the battle in this way.
Zhang Chi arrived at the meeting point and found that the river on the rocky beach had dried up. Only bare stones were left on the river beach. Cao Chengguang's broken boat was lying alone on the river beach. The group of team members who arrived here first were packing up the camp. After lunch, they
Plan to go to the third meeting point.
Xie Zhongjun was grilling meat on the river beach. When he saw Zhang Chi approaching, old Xie waved to him cheerfully and said, "Zhang Chi, come here and help me grill this yellow sheep."
Zhang Chi turned over and dismounted, tied the horse to a tree, came to Xie Zhongjun's side, glanced at the fresh sheepskin peeled off not far away and said: "Hunting wild animals, you really have it."
Xie Zhongjun said: "This is a tiankeng. The animals here are all spiritual beasts. We cannot let a living spiritual beast leave the tiankeng. Do you understand?"
Zhang Chi sat down and took over the task of roasting the lamb from Lao Xie's hands. He couldn't let Lao Xie's fat hands ruin the delicious food.
Xie Zhongjun asked about what happened last night. Zhang Chi didn't say much, but Wang Xiangyang and Xiong Zhongyang arrived shortly. Xie Zhongjun said: "You guys are not kind. You rode a horse and let the two of them walk. No matter what, Wang Xiangyang is your senior. You
I don’t know how to be humble.”
Zhang Chixin said that I was not humble enough? At the critical moment, I let the two of them go first. I dealt with twenty-six refugees by myself. Thanks to my skill and courage, if it had been anyone else, I would have been caught by the group of refugees.
. He was too lazy to mention this matter to Xie Zhongjun. At present, everyone in the team he was in had their own thoughts, and there was really no one he could trust. Although Ma Da called him big brother, he could still trust him with his back.
to his people.
Chu Jianghe had had the experience of sharing life and death with him, but that was in Netherworld Ruins. The situation at that time determined that the two of them must trust each other and rely on each other. At that time, Zhang Chi dared to give his back to him, but now
no.
Chujianghe City is quite deep, and he has actually remembered some things about Netherworld Ruins, but he never revealed it in front of Zhang Chi, and he was also very cautious in getting along with Zhang Chi. He seemed to have completely forgotten about the life and death they shared in the past.
The yellow sheep exuded an alluring aroma under Zhang Chi's precise control of the heat. Xie Zhongjun looked at the yellow sheep, his eyes mixed with the desire for food, and at the same time his appreciation for Zhang Chi. Although he was Zhang Chi's master, he could
Relaxation is the real master when it comes to barbecue.
After the mutton was roasted, Xie Zhongjun divided half of it and asked Chu Jianghe to take it to other team members, and then asked Ma Da to escort Cao Chengguang over.
Cao Chengguang came to them with short legs and sat down next to them. He sniffed hard and said, "It smells so good! Give me a leg of lamb."
Xie Zhongjun said: "Can your small body handle this?"
Cao Chengguang said: "Let alone a leg of lamb, I can still eat it even if you roast it."
Xie Zhongjun sighed and said: "You bastard, I kindly invited you to eat barbecue, but you want to roast me, you are not a good person."
Zhang Chi unloaded a leg of lamb and handed it to Cao Chengguang. Cao Cheng hung up the net and took it, without saying thank you, and started to chew it. Xie Zhongjun poured him a glass of wine. Cao Chengguang picked it up and took a big sip: "It's great!"
Xie Zhongjun looked back at his small broken boat: "Have you been living here all these years?"
Cao Chengguang said: "You are enjoying the scenery outside, but I am struggling to survive here. This is so unfair."
Xie Zhongjun said: "After all, you were very successful when you were young. You even got Xiao Min, so what else is there to be dissatisfied about?"
Cao Chengguang stopped with a large piece of meat in his mouth and glared at Xie Zhongjun fiercely. He had a good appetite, but Xie Zhongjun didn't open any pot.
As Zhang Chi listened, he felt that Lao Xie was too insidious and deliberately exposed people's scars.
Cao Chengguang swallowed the piece of meat in his mouth and said to Zhang Chi: "Have you seen clearly? This is your master. He is selfish and cold-blooded. He doesn't recognize his relatives and will use any means to achieve his goals."
When Xie Zhongjun heard what he said, instead of being angry, he laughed. He motioned to Zhang Chi to fill up the stainless steel tea cup for him, took a sip of wine and said: "Most people in this world consider themselves good people, talking about benevolence, morality, integrity and selflessness, but you
Do you know what happened to others? If you haven’t experienced other people’s pain, who are you to judge what others do?”
Cao Chengguang nodded and said: "I agree with this. What I despise most are hypocrites. Xie Zhongjun, although I hate you very much, I still like you better compared to that hypocrite An Chongguang."
Xie Zhongjun smiled and said: "You won't like me because you are a villain. You think you and I are the same kind. People of the same kind always exclude each other when we are together."
Cao Chengguang said: "You are somewhat self-aware. Xie Zhongjun, you are a villain. But what is strange is that you can actually teach such a disciple. This kid is kinder than you. He is not a villain."
Zhang Chi gnawed on a mutton chop and when he heard them mentioning himself, he raised his head and said, "You are gods quarreling. Please don't involve me, a mortal. Mr. Cao, your words are obviously sowing discord."
Xie Zhongjun chuckled and said: "Yes, yes, do you think I can't hear that you are instigating the relationship between our master and apprentice?"
"Do you need me to sow discord in your master-disciple relationship?" Cao Chengguang sneered. He picked up the wine glass and touched it with Zhang Chi. He drank it all in one gulp and said, "This kid is so smart. How can he not see through you? A man can achieve his goal.
How can a person who betrays his friends and relatives be worthy of trust?"
Zhang Chi secretly sighed that Cao Chengguang had no good intentions, but what he said was not bad.
Xie Zhongjun took a sip of wine with a smile and said to Zhao Lei: "Zhao Lei, go and burn that boat!"
Cao Chengguang's eyes widened. He knew that Xie Zhongjun was seeking revenge, so he said with a mournful face: "Goodbye, Lao Xie, I have lived on that boat for decades, and I have feelings for you. Don't burn it. Leave a message for me."
Just think about it."
Xie Zhongjun said: "Now you understand what it means to have trouble come out of your mouth? You have lived for most of your life and you don't even understand such a simple truth."
Cao Chengguang seemed very nervous. He nodded repeatedly. He no longer looked arrogant as before. He lowered his head and said, "Lao Xie, don't burn it. Don't burn it."
Xie Zhongjun said: "You haven't apologized to me yet."
Cao Chengguang said: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's all my fault."
Xie Zhongjun nodded and said, "If I had known it was so low, why bother?" He winked at Zhao Lei and said, "Why don't you burn it now!"
Cao Chengguang was furious: "Lao Xie, are you still a human being?"
Xie Zhongjun said cheerfully: "You know my temper. I am a small-minded person, and I will retaliate for my anger."
Zhang Chi was eating meat and drinking wine, pretending that he heard nothing and saw nothing. Although he also felt that Xie Zhongjun had gone too far, after all, it was Cao Chengguang who took the initiative to provoke the wasp.
He couldn't hold it back. Based on his understanding of Xie Zhongjun, he should have expected that Xie Zhongjun would take revenge.
While Zhao Lei was lighting the boat, Wang Xiangyang and Xiong Zhongyang finally arrived at the meeting point, and Xie Zhongjun called Wang Xiangyang over.
Wang Xiangyang glanced at the burning boat: "Why is it on fire?" Seeing Cao Chengguang looking at Xie Zhongjun gnashing his teeth, he suddenly understood in his heart that it turned out that Xie Zhongjun had someone set the boat on fire. Everyone in the sinkhole knew about this boat.
What it means to Cao Chengguang is that Xie Zhongjun's setting fire to the ship greatly stimulated Cao Chengguang.
Xie Zhongjun asked Zhang Chi to pour Wang Xiangyang a glass of wine. Wang Xiangyang looked a little panicked. Xie Zhongjun guessed what might have happened at a glance. After asking, he realized that so many things happened after they left last night. It was just Zhang Chi who
The boy was tight-lipped and didn't even say a word after being here for so long.
Wang Xiangyang took the initiative to bring wine to Zhang Chi and said, "Zhang Chi, thanks to you last night, you diverted the group of refugees away and protected our evacuation." He thought Zhang Chi would be angry, but Zhang Chi smiled and didn't look angry.
Zhang Chi drank a glass of wine with him and said: "Director Wang, don't be so polite. You have protected me in the past. And in the situation like last night, even if you two stayed, you wouldn't be able to help me much. I still have to
Distract your energy to protect you."
Wang Xiangyang felt more uncomfortable hearing what he said than being scolded, and his face turned red.
On the side, Cao Chengguang couldn't help but laugh: "Hypocrisy, such hypocrisy. Running away is just running away. Don't say it so high-sounding, but Zhang Chi is right. You can't help much by staying, you can only add chaos.
"
Wang Xiangyang said coldly: "What does it have to do with you?"
Cao Chengguang sighed and said: "It doesn't matter. I, the Clay Bodhisattva, can't save myself when crossing the river. What does your life and death have to do with me?" Looking back, he saw that the boat was already burning.
Xie Zhongjun said: "If the old ones don't go, the new ones won't come. Old Cao, old Cao, don't be sad. I will send you a new ship later."
Cao Chengguang said: "The biggest difference between you and me is nostalgia. I have been in Tiankeng for so many years and I have never forgotten Xiao Min. Apart from Xiao Min, this boat is the most important to me." He turned to Xie Zhongjun and said: "Is it to me?
Do you want to destroy important things?"
Xie Zhongjun said: "It is actually you who destroyed these things. If you really feel that all this is important to you, you should restrain yourself."
Cao Chengguang nodded and said: "Yes, I ruined all this. Xie Zhongjun, Xie Zhongjun, they all say that water and fire are ruthless, but I think you are even more ruthless than water and fire." He stood up and staggered away into the distance.
go.
Xie Zhongjun looked at him with ridicule.
Cao Chengguang suddenly stopped, turned around, and made a silent mouth gesture.
Xie Zhongjun, who probably meant to die, suddenly felt something bad in his heart. He suddenly remembered something, turned around and yelled: "Get off that boat!"