Entertainment of Spring and Autumn

Chapter 42: The so-called rivers and lakes

Zhen Shi Ding? You wouldn't just openly put it in front of the gate like this, would you? Xue Mu tried to sense the palm pattern, but there was no response.

While looking at it, Xue Qingqiu said via voice transmission: "Don't be ashamed, it's just an imitation of Zhen Shi Ding, with a little breath."

Xue Mu nodded, and walked into the gate side by side with her.

Xia Houdi was waiting inside the gate, accompanied by two people. A man with long hair and a shawl was rather heroic, wearing a six-door uniform with a jade plaque on his waist. Another feminine, beardless, white-faced young man looked like a girl, and her clothes didn't look like those of the six doors. Seeing the Xue family siblings entering the door, the two of them cupped their hands together: "Your guest is coming, I have not waited far to greet you, I am rude."

Xia Houdi flicked his cloak, turned around and walked in: "Don't play with those nonsense, Sect Master Xue doesn't talk about that. Come in."

As soon as I entered the door, I saw a flagpole soaring into the sky. There were several heads hung on the flagpole, dripping with blood. The heads looked like life, and even the shocked expression before death was completely preserved.

Seeing a fresh human head suddenly, the disgusting impact was something that could not be experienced by watching TV. Xue Mu's stomach twitched and he almost vomited. Fortunately, I didn't eat, my stomach was empty, and I didn't vomit so easily, so I didn't feel ashamed at all.

Xue Qingqiu turned a blind eye and passed through the flagpole indifferently. Xia Houdi led the way ahead, and his scarlet cloak fluttered backwards, which looked like blood in Xue Mu's eyes.

The place where Xia Houdi held banquets was the side hall of the headquarters of Six Doors, which probably meant formal official cooperation and official banquets. It's like when you are in a modern official business, the brother unit invites you to visit and invite you to eat in the cafeteria? About the same meaning, it symbolizes a kind of intimacy, and it is also the heart of the weak chicken Xue Mu. If this kind of banquet turns out to arrest people and kill people, if this kind of thing spreads, the six doors will be joked by the world to grandma's house. As a last resort, I will not make such a bad move.

Entering the side hall, the furnishings are solemn and simple. There is a small round table, which can accommodate five or six people.

Xia Houdi sat down first, and said casually: "Sit down, there is no place for host and guest, trouble."

Xue Qingqiu sat side by side with Xue Mu. The feminine young man and the heroic man looked at each other with strange expressions, but they didn't say anything, and sat with them in the remaining vacant seats.

Both parties are looking at each other, thinking about different things.

Generally speaking, when two people go to a banquet, they will naturally sit on the left and right sides of the host, which means host and guest. But this pair of siblings didn't talk about this, and they sat next to each other... They said they were not polite, but their attitudes were not the same, and they always felt like they just wanted to sit together... They Are they really siblings?

What Xue Mu was thinking about was not this kind of gossip. Seeing the jade plaque on the waist of the heroic man, he remembered that in the "Memorabilia" it was fabricated that Xue Qingqiu killed three gold-medal headhunters. From this point of view, maybe the color of the brand is the level mark within the six doors. For example, the current cooperation meeting jade card headhunting should be the highest level, which means Xia Houdi's left and right hands, and the gold medal status is second.

Xue Qingqiu can't make up jade cards for killing Xue Qingqiu, because the jade cards are all well-known and strong, and there are countless people, and there is no way to write down a few of them. Besides, the death of the jade cards will also shake the prestige of the six doors, so I can only kill the gold medal... …Thinking of this, Xue Mu suddenly felt that the propaganda of Six Doors is not bad. A mere detail reflects the Basic Law. Is it worthy of being a government department? This posture level is obviously higher than that of the underworld like Xingyuezong.

Soon some yamen servants began to serve wine and dishes, until now Xue Qingqiu picked up a glass of wine and said: "This time I came late, I kept you waiting for a long time."

The heroic man shook his head and said: "Actually, it didn't take long. Something happened in Xunhuan Pavilion, and we have someone to deal with it. I just came back."

Xue Qingqiu looked at him with a somewhat cautious expression: "As far as I know, although there are many people who enter the six doors, there is only one person who enters the cave."

The heroic man cupped his hands, with a solemn expression: "Xuan Zhe has seen Sect Master Xue, and has admired his name for a long time."

"Sure enough, it's Marquis Weisu." Xue Qingqiu smiled, and turned to introduce to Xue Mu: "The number one master of the six doors, with a great reputation. It seems that the six doors are quite sincere this time."

Hollow? Marquis? Looking at the court and the world, he is considered a super boss. Xue Mu hurriedly said a lot of admiration for a long time, secretly thinking that Xia Houdi, a young girl, can hold six doors, probably because of the full support of this big man. No wonder Xia Houdi was speculated to be the emperor's illegitimate daughter, it seems that there is indeed such a taste.

The feminine young man smiled and said, "This is the sincerity of the imperial court."

Xue Qingqiu nodded: "This must be Eunuch Li, the Venerable Flower Companion?"

The feminine young man raised his glass and signaled: "It's our family, the people in the palace, whose humble name insults the Suzerain's ear."

Xue Mu understands, no wonder his temperament is feminine, so he is an eunuch... The eunuch is also known as the Venerable Companion Flower, so what...

"It's like a thunderbolt." Xue Qingqiu didn't care if he was a eunuch or not, he lifted a corner of the veil slightly, raised his glass and took a sip of the wine, very face-saving.

The atmosphere at the opening was pretty good. Xue Qingqiu showed face so clearly because he knew the overall significance of the banquet. Even people from the palace came, accompanied by the powerful Dongxu and the Marquis, obviously it was not the time to pretend to be forceful.

Xue Mu also toasted each person with a cup to show that he was thunderous. After seeing the ceremony, Xue Mu continued what he said just now: "What's the result now at Xunhuan Pavilion?"

Eunuch Li glanced at Xue Mu, with a strange look in his eyes, but he gave a "charming" smile on his face: "The Hehuan Sect has suffered a great loss, but there is nothing wrong with the eldest prince turning around." People were killed or injured. However, Mr. Xue must pay more attention recently, and now that everyone has come to realize his plan, it is hard to guarantee that someone will take the grudge on the young master."

"While living in the rivers and lakes, how can I not be knifed, just come here." Xue Mu seemed to be casual, "I have my sister to protect me for things in the rivers and lakes. If it comes from the imperial court... Anyway, the chief arrester Xiahou will protect me." I."

Xia Houdi said in disbelief: "You and I belong to cooperation. For things other than cooperation, why should I protect you?"

Xue Mu said leisurely: "Didn't chief arrester Xiahou tell me about the eldest prince's anecdotes? Xue was only the chief arrester once and got a knife in his hand. The chief arrester can't cross rivers and tear down bridges."

Eunuch Li and Xuan Zhe looked at each other with a cautious look on their faces, Xue Qingqiu saw it and smiled. In fact, she has always understood the matter of being used as a gunman, but she has to do it for others and herself. At this moment, judging from the reactions of everyone, it is obvious that she has been hit. Mu is so short, I want to go together, I am a little relieved. If it is always like when the Baihuayuan was in a mess just now, I had no idea at all and Xue Mu dealt with it casually, I don't know if I will suspect that I am mentally retarded in the long run.

Xia Houdi squinted his eyes, looked at Xue Mu for a while, and then sighed: "Actually, I have always believed that people like Mr. Xue should not belong to the Jianghu, but it is a pity not to be in the court. If you are interested, I can Introduce you to find a job."

Xue Qingqiu's expression turned serious instantly.

"Then don't need it." Xue Mu laughed before Xue Qingqiu's attack, and raised his glass to signal: "Xue has no interest in the court. But right now, he and Chief Xiahou are also friends. If Xue can be used for anything Somewhere, just tell me."

"Oh?" Xia Houdi raised his glass, paused on his lips but didn't drink it, and twirled slightly: "Take the matter of the eldest prince as an example, since Mr. Xue didn't enter the court, why did you help me? I'm afraid even where is our dispute? I can't figure it out."

Although he expressed doubts, "my seat" has become "I", which can be regarded as recognizing Xue Mu's meaning of "friend". Xue Mu smiled: "On the ground in the capital, law and order are not easy, and the brothers down here have lost their legs, so there should be some benefits."

Xia Houdi was still spinning the cup, staring at Xue Mu with sharp eyes, waiting for the next sentence.

Xuanzhe also had a solemn expression, and he attached great importance to this topic.

Xue Mu continued: "Originally, the Qinlou Chuguan Hotel and Casino, the police officers can more or less earn some money, and it is easy to find a sister... But some princes and relatives played monopoly, and the brothers lost their benefits and complained. It's been a long time. The chief arrester is in his position, so he should do something for the brothers."

Xia Houdi was silent for a long time, and finally raised his head, drank the wine in his glass, and signaled to Xue Mu again: "Young master knows a lot about the affairs of the subordinate officials, which is unexpected. Unlike ordinary Jianghu people , most likely don’t take the subordinate staff seriously.”

The implication is that he admitted the conflict between himself and the eldest prince, as Xue Mu analyzed, at least this is one of the reasons.

Xue Mu also finished drinking, and said with a smile: "Although Xue is in the Jianghu, where there are people, there are Jianghu, and the principles are often the same."

Xia Houdi shook his head and smiled: "That's right."

Xue Mu suddenly said: "However, I think there is another saying that I would like to hear more if I always catch the head."

Xia Houdi paid more and more attention to Xue Mu's words at this moment, and asked seriously: "Which sentence?"

Xue Mu refilled the wine on his own, and said leisurely: "The rivers and lakes are just a corner of the rivers and mountains."

Xiahoudi's beautiful eyes flashed brilliantly, Xuanzhe held the wine glass tightly, and both of them were moved at the same time.

The rivers and lakes are just a corner of the country, how can the people of the rivers and lakes surpass the imperial court? Isn't that what Xiahoudi Xuanzhe wanted all his life? Xue Mu's simple words pierced into the hearts of the two of them like a sharp sword, like drinking wine.

Eunuch Li glanced at Xue Qingqiu with an unpredictable expression. The scene was full of Xue Mu chattering, but Xue Qingqiu, the master of the sect, let him play like a little daughter-in-law, without saying a word, which completely subverted the cognition. But at this moment, Eunuch Li understood why Xue Mu was able to take the initiative. You can see that even the host and guest of the six doors have changed positions. What's so strange about Xue Mu taking the lead in front of his sister?

This Xue Mu didn't belong to the Xingyue Sect. He didn't use any skills, but just casual words, he was able to reach the most vulnerable part of the heart. What's the difference between the effect and Kui Ye?