Cyber Daming

"So, you kid made a special trip here today just to ask me how I plan to eat this hot pot?"

"certainly."

"Does it matter?"

"Of course it's important. You are a well-known gourmet. You should know that there is a sequence for eating hot pot. Which dishes are served first and which dishes are served last. There are many rules and details here. If the order is messed up, the soup will be muddy. , the taste is wrong.”

"That's the truth. What if we plan to eat all the dishes in one go?"

"Then it's just like eating maocai. When did you seniors become so careless?"

The sharpshooters here were fighting back and forth, while Zou Sijiu, who was busy eating over there, couldn't help but roll his eyes.

Don't you just want to know how the New Donglin Party is going to deal with the current situation, and who will be touched first and who will be touched later? Why are you talking so mysteriously?

Not bothering to listen to their chatter, Zou Sijiu simply focused on the food in front of him. After clearing the dishes in front of him, he reached out to the plate of tripe that Pei Xingjian had deliberately taken away before.

"Your baby has never eaten before, right? Can't you leave some for me?"

Pei Xingjian no longer cared about acting like an expert. He quickly raised his hand to protect the dishes, picked up a piece of tripe and poured it into the pot.

"Li Jun, you said that you, a solo martial artist who rolls up his sleeves and brushes his sword, where did you learn these sour things, and why are you talking about prose with me here?"

Li Jun laughed: "Mr. Pei, you are a great scholar in etiquette. Isn't it just what I say that suits your taste?"

"Who are you calling an old fox? There are some people you can't tell them clearly, otherwise they will bite you back if something happens. But why are you playing with these things? Who dares to bite you? Isn't that asking for death? ?”

Pei Xingjian smiled and cursed, and glanced at Zou Sijiu who was about to move next to him with a wary look. He picked up the crispy and tender tripe and stuffed it into his mouth. He chewed it slowly and swallowed it safely. Then he grew comfortably. One breath.

"We are no longer outsiders. If you have anything to say, just ask directly. I will tell you if you can speak."

"Okay, let me tell you straight. Who is Zhang Fengyue going to operate on first this time? Longhu Mountain? East Palace? Or Honghu?"

"Neither."

Pei Xingjian shook his head and said bluntly: "This time he plans to deal with those in the New Donglin Party who are greedy and greedy."

Li Jun and Zou Sijiu looked at each other after hearing this, and an answer came to their minds in unison, a powerful family!

"Zhang Fengyue is really courageous when he chooses to turn the blade inward at this time."

"If the old man didn't even make this decision, how could I leave Chongqing Mansion and come here to help him clean up the mess?"

Pei Xingjian paused for a moment and sighed with emotion on his face: "But to be honest, I am also surprised that he would choose to do this. It seems that my old dean is not completely dizzy yet, and he still has a clear sense of priorities. It's true. A blessing."

"Then where are you going to start?"

Pei Xingjian looked at Li Jun with a half-smile but said jokingly: "I know that your kid didn't have any good intentions when he took the initiative to come to the door this time. You wanted to influence the Xu clan of Songjiang Mansion, so you came to me specifically to find out what's going on, right?" "

"That's all that's left of Lao Su's affairs. The New Year is about to come. If I don't arrange everyone in order and send them down one by one to kowtow to him and apologize, how can I have the face to do it to him? Visiting Chi’s grave?”

"That's the truth."

Pei Xingjian suddenly changed the topic and said: "But it's really rare. When did you become so polite? You actually thought of asking the owner before beating the dog?"

Li Jun smiled and said nothing and did not answer.

"You don't tell me, you think I don't know? It's Old Man Zhang who helped you with the Fandi matter, so you're willing to give him some face, right? It's really a shame for Xu Clan to mess with you, a killer. It’s smokey.”

Pei Xingjian snorted, and his words suddenly had a sour taste: "But you don't have to worry about this matter. Yang Baize is already helping you. It won't be long before that brat comes to you to claim credit."

Li Jun couldn't help but frown slightly when he heard this: "Yang Baize him."

"Stop worrying so blindly. With me here, how can I still let him suffer?"

Pei Xingjian said calmly: "Although Old Man Zhang is very scheming and dishonest, one thing is that he is never stingy. With his support behind him, Xiao Baize will not have any difficulty in dealing with Xu Clan. The biggest difficulty is just that. Spend more time and think about how to do things beautifully so that others can’t find anything to say.”

"Okay, I won't worry about Xu Clan's affairs. Let's eat."

Li Jun finally picked up the chopsticks in front of him, only to find that the table was empty.

Zou Sijiu, who was sitting next to him, took a sip of his drink with a satisfied expression and cleared away the fat in his belly.

Li Jun was embarrassed to look at Pei Xingjian's resentful eyes and changed the subject with a smile: "Mr. Pei, I remember Yang Baize mentioned to me that you used to dislike Zhang Fengyue as a person. Why did you choose to help him this time?"

Pei Xingjian muttered, "Be patient with your guests," and placed his chopsticks sideways on the bowl.

"It's not that I can't stand him, it's that I can't stand the New Donglin Party's animals that eat people and get fat. Now that he is determined to rectify the chaos in the clan, and he has fulfilled my wish for many years, I naturally want to help."

Li Jun said seriously: "This is a dangerous job where the tip of a knife licks blood. Mr. Pei, you have to take it easy."

Although he is not a Confucian scholar, Li Jun can still see the hidden risks and crises.

If Confucianism is regarded as a towering tree with lush branches and leaves, the tangled roots are the various families.

These families, which are linked by blood inheritance, may not be very strong when taken alone, but what is more complicated is the intertwined human relationships behind them.

The uncle of this family may be the nephew of that family. If he pulls out the carrots and brings them out of the mud, if he eradicates one, he will probably offend a whole group of people.

The so-called New Donglin Party is actually the representative of the collective interests of the clan. Although Zhang Fengyue is the leader of the party, it may not be that simple to promote internal purges and complete self-rescue.

What's more, this big tree not only has branches and leaves, but also some pests hiding in the shadows.

Li Jun thought of the man he met in Nanchang Mansion who called himself "Spring and Autumn Society" and gently turned the wine cup with two fingers.

"The danger is certain, but you can't be afraid of well ropes for ten years once you are bitten by a snake, right?"

Pei Xingjian raised his glass and drank it all in one gulp, and sneered: "However, few of these gentlemen who are used to living a good life have the courage to fight to the death. Most of them are just vacillating wallflowers who will become honest when they see blood." . Actually, when it comes to this, I have to thank you.”

Li Jun was slightly surprised and said: "How do you say that?"

"If you hadn't dealt with the Liaodong Lu clan and the Jinling Liu clan, sounded the alarm for them in advance, let some people see clearly the power of this, and made your attitude clear secretly, otherwise this matter would have been even more troublesome."

Pei Xingjian smiled and said: "Old man Zhang tacitly agreed that Siyuan would stay in Fandi to help you, and he also wanted to express his gratitude to you. It's just that he is old and has a good reputation, so he can't let go of his arrogance and tell you clearly to a junior like you."

"It turns out there are so many ways to go here."

Zou Sijiu, who had eaten and drank enough, said lazily: "Sir, do you Confucian scholars have so many scheming minds? Aren't you tired?"

"Did you ever hear a word?"

Pei Xingjian remained motionless and glanced at Zou Sijiu with his black and white eyes.

"What?" Zou Sijiu looked curious.

"Hungry strengthens the mind, food bloats the child."

Pei Xingjian said coldly: "If you can use your chopsticks less when you are a guest in the future, you should be more thoughtful."

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The corners of Zou Sijiu's mouth couldn't help but twitch, and he was about to speak back, but he saw that Pei Xingjian had already turned away and looked at Li Jun.

"Have you really decided to wade into this muddy water? It's too late for you to take it back now. I can just treat you as if you're just here to enjoy the meal and don't think about anything else."

Li Jun laughed dumbly: "Mr. Pei, do you think I came all the way to joke with you?"

"I understand what you mean, but have you ever thought about why Donghuang Palace dared to use Zhang Xiji's signature to play tricks on Buddha Xu, making him take the blame for so many years in vain, but now the two families can still live in peace, even Can we still join forces to fight against Ru Xu?"

Pei Xingjian spoke very quickly: "Instead of going to these magicians to vent his anger as soon as Zhang Xiji took back the seat of Bai Yujing Celestial Immortal and returned to Dao Xu No. 2?"

Li Jun squinted his eyes, with a little cold light flowing out of them: "Mr. Pei, do you mean that Youxu Er is also hidden in the East Palace?"

"If not, are there any other possibilities?"

Pei Xingjian said seriously: "No one who dares to jump out at this time is like Yi Yu! I want to tell you today. In this situation, I can't tell whether Ruxu will win or lose in the end. Clear, do you understand?”

"Of course I understand."

Li Jun asked, "But isn't it a good thing that someone is helping someone in times of need?"

"This is my selfishness that cannot be put on the table."

Pei Xingjian said calmly: "If you choose to stay out of the matter, if Ruxu really loses in the end, at least you can help me take care of Yang Baize, and don't let him lose his life."

Before Li Jun could answer, the old man continued: "Don't worry about this matter, just five years ago, no, two years ago, I tried every means to win you over, and maybe even I will use some despicable and despicable means to force you to submit.”

When Li Jun heard these words, he was not angry in his heart. He just asked calmly: "Then why has it changed now?"

Pei Xingjian was silent for a long time, pouring himself another cup.

Perhaps he was still not satisfied, so the old man simply didn't use the wine cup and grabbed the bottle and took a swig.

"Maybe I'm really old. I really don't want to see white-haired people giving away black-haired people. In fact, it's not just me, but Zhang Fengyue is the same? He sealed Zhang Siyuan's memory and threw it out of the Zhang family. He has been a rootless duckweed for twenty years. , I just don’t want Zhang Siyuan to live like him. If he makes one mistake, he will not end well.”

Pei Xingjian exhaled the strong smell of alcohol from his lungs and looked at the dark night with a hint of self-mockery on his face.

"Actually, regardless of Preface 3 or Preface 2, God's will can only give us people a hundred years at most. Some people say that there is a shocking conspiracy here, and they deliberately blocked the sky-reaching steps to become gods. But in my opinion , This may be the mercy of God. It prevents us from becoming monsters chasing immortality, and still retains some humanity in us. "

"Yang Baize did not die in Mianzhou County. It was his blessing to meet Mr. Pei and take him in."

Li Jun said in a deep voice: "But whether it's Longhu Mountain, Donghuang Palace, or those Honghu, I have a lot of blood debts to settle with them. So even without you Ruxu, I can't stay out of the matter."

"Understood. Just pretend that I didn't say what I just said."

Pei Xingjian nodded with a smile on his face. I saw him opening a new bottle of wine, leaning forward, and filling it with his own hands for Li Jun.

"But Yang Baize, you still have to keep an eye on me. The gangster spirit he has now is all learned from you. If anything happens, you have to be responsible. Don't think I can't beat you now, but don't forget Confucianism Which of the six preface arts am I proficient in? When it comes to swearing and cursing, even Zhang Fengyue has to avoid me."

"Everyone is here. It seems that Pindao came at the right time."

Suddenly, an inappropriate laugh rang out.

A bright star quietly appeared in the night sky, and dropped a substantial beam of light, which happened to envelope the Taoist who stepped into the courtyard.

"Liang Gongming of the Tianshi Mansion in Longhu Mountain has met all of you."

The Taoist nodded, but he saw that the three people at the table seemed to treat him as if he were nothing, and they were just raising their glasses to drink together, and no one paid any attention to him.

"Pindao really heard your heartfelt words just now, Mr. Pei. It was really touching."

Liang Gongming's round face seemed to be covered with a layer of silver gauze in the starlight, making it difficult to see the expression on his face clearly.

However, his smile remained unchanged as he spoke, as if he didn't care at all about everyone's disregard.

"But since you are so afraid of losing and losing your own mantle, why not just give up now? Don't worry, Pindao will definitely be able to recommend you two, master and disciple, in front of Zhang Tianshi. I don't know what Mr. Pei will do. ?”

"Liang Gongming, are you the Qingcheng Mountain headmaster who ran away with his tail between his legs?"

Li Jun sat sideways on the bench and looked back at the uninvited guest.

"You must be Li Jun, the new master of Tianque, right? Pindao has often heard fellow Taoist Chongcheng mention you during this period."

Before Liang Gongming finished speaking, he was directly interrupted by Li Jun.

"Who are you, the Liang Renxian and Liang Jianfeng who entered the Japanese area before?"

The starlight falling from the stars in the sky suddenly became brighter, and Liang Gongming's smiling face gradually became clear.

"Master Li Que, what does this mean?"

"The meaning is very simple. The good swordsman was killed by Lord Chi. The good man and immortal was killed by me."

Li Jun's eyes were contemptuous, and he stretched out a finger to point at the ground under his feet.

"If you dared to come here today with your real body, you should have gone down to reunite with their father and son by now."

"If we can really reunite in the underworld, I would be very grateful."

Liang Gongming's effort to commit suicide was obviously beyond Li Jun's expectation. He still smiled calmly and said, "But I don't know, Master Li Que, have you ever heard of a saying that deep love will last forever, and it will break easily if it is too strong?"

"Liang Gongming, we have been neighbors for a while. I know you are thick-skinned, but I didn't expect that now that you have gone to Longhu Mountain, your Qi-nurturing skills have made great progress. Now you can even be a dog. He’s a good player, Zhang Xiji’s training skills are really great.”

Pei Xingjian smiled and took the wine bottle on the table and poured it on the ground.

"This bottle of wine is my tribute to your disciples and grandsons who died in vain for Qingcheng Mountain, lest they keep poking at the back of you, the headmaster who 'sells the mountain for glory'. But in fact, they can't blame you. If they don't die a few more people, how can they help you get such a good position on Longhu Mountain, right?"

Liang Gongming stared directly at Pei Xingjian, and the expression on his face gradually faded away, replaced by a look of indifference.

"Did you see that, to deal with a person who can't be killed for a while but also likes to show off in front of you, you have to stab him in the heart hard, open his wound and spit on him. "

Pei Xingjian winked at Li Jun: "However, your method of killing people's descendants is rough, but there is still something remarkable about it."

"Then if I play Zhang Xiji in his dream, give him hope of rebellion, and then jump out at the last moment to humiliate him, will the effect be good?"

Zou Sijiu was studious and asked seriously.

Unexpectedly, Pei Xingjian rolled his eyes at him and said angrily: "If you have dragged him into a dream, why don't you kill him quickly? Why are you still playing these tricks?"

"Old man, Mr. Zou, I found that you are a bit targeting me."

Zou Sijiu was furious, "Didn't I just eat a few more of your chopsticks? As for always holding on to it and not letting go?"

"Everyone sings in harmony, and they work together very well."

Liang Gongming, who was left alone, said coldly: "Pei Xingjian, you led Fa Xu to intercept and kill me in Qingcheng Mountain. Sooner or later, Pindao will figure it out with you bit by bit."

Pei Xingjian smiled slightly: "I haven't been able to kill you, but I still have more to say."

The Taoist turned a deaf ear to his words and turned his eyes to fall on Zou Sijiu.

Zou Sijiu wiped his hands against his temples, already thinking about what kind of domineering and arrogant attitude he should use to answer in order to show his unruly temperament.

But before Zou Sijiu showed up, the gaze stayed on him for a moment and then moved away.

"Li Jun, I am here today on the orders of Master Zhang Tian, ​​just to ask you a question."

Liang Gongming said word by word: "Do you want to fight or make peace?"

"You go back and tell Zhang Xiji not to be afraid, I won't kill him. Because someone has already made a reservation between him and Longhushan."

Li Jun stood up and looked up at the star in the sky.

The starlight was blazing and dazzling, like an eye with a bit of coldness.

"Chen Qisheng, the Taoist leader of the old sect of Wudang Mountain, will come to him in person to get back the four words 'Taoism Ancestor'."

"How shameless! This Heavenly Master is waiting for you on Longhu Mountain!"

Liang Gongming's figure suddenly collapsed, and was replaced by a huge sound like thunder, rolling over the entire Chengdu Prefecture.

Li Jun raised his hand and waved, and the fierce aura that soared into the sky broke through the huge pressure that was pressing down.

"Okay, then see you on the mountain."