A knife in love

Chapter 2388
When Wu Xiucai listened to Bai Wei's words, he was quite organized at the beginning, but later on, he became more and more mysterious, and finally even said such thrilling words as "the soul flies away", and he couldn't help but feel suspicious. Although the house was not small, it was deserted and uninhabited after the army retreated.Li's mother chose this place as a place to live, but it is not surprising. How can there be such a thing as "going against the sky with one intention"?Bai Wei's words are not complete or true, I'm afraid there are many concealments in them.Maybe he was also optimistic about this house, but Li's mother took the lead, so he had no choice but to live in the Zhang family's temple.He was upset, so he took the opportunity to vent.

When Wu Xiucai was thinking, Qingmei had led the two of them to the stone steps of the main house.Wu Xiucai turned his head and looked around, only to see that this courtyard is square and square, with five tall main rooms lined up in the center, which is very majestic.There are four wing rooms on the left and right sides, and red lanterns are hung under the corridor, illuminating the whole courtyard indistinctly, adding to the sense of darkness.It's just that Wu Xiucai felt a gloomy chill for no reason, felt uneasy in his heart, and just wanted to turn around and run away.However, he has already arrived here, and it would be too rude to leave here.Thinking of this, Wu Xiucai had no choice but to pluck up his courage, and followed Bai Wei closely, and was led by Qing Mei to the front of the main room.I saw Qingmei standing in front of the door, and said respectfully: "I want to report to the old lady, the servant girl has invited Mr. Bai and Mr. Wu."

Qing Mei's voice just finished, only to hear someone in the room laughing sharply: "You girl really don't understand the truth. Mr. Bai is our neighbor, Mr. Wu is a distant visitor, these two are distinguished guests, how can you be so negligent?! Why don't you invite the two gentlemen into the house?!"

Qing Mei made a confession, then turned around and made a gesture of invitation to Bai Wei and Wu Xiucai, then gently opened the door, bowed and stepped aside.Bai Wei was also polite, and walked into the main room with his head held high.Wu Xiucai followed suit, and followed Bai Wei into the house.I saw that the inside of the house was quite similar to the lobby of an ordinary wealthy family, and it looked magnificent.Many thick candles were lit on the surrounding walls, illuminating the room as if it were daytime.There is a large plaque hanging on the wall in the middle, with the three characters "Zhengqi Hall" written on it.Although there was a lot of dust on the plaque, the three big characters were written forcefully, which was obviously not written by ordinary people.Hanging under the plaque is a huge picture of howling tigers. The tigers depicted in the picture are majestic and lifelike.

Wu Xiucai took a sneak peek and saw the room was so furnished, he thought to himself, Bai Wei just said that this is the house of the officers and soldiers stationed in Xishan in the past, looking at the situation in the house, it really looks like the residence of a warrior.Earlier, when I went to the Zhang Family Temple where Bai Wei lived, I was amazed at how there was such an elegant house deep in the mountains.But compared with this place, Zhang's family temple seems too shabby.

Wu Xiucai was thinking in his heart while gazing around with his eyes.I saw a large round table in the center of the lobby, on which was a steaming copper hot pot, surrounded by bowls and plates of different sizes, containing meat and vegetables.Li's mother sat on a chair behind the table with a crooked body, with a few strange smiles on her face, she was staring at Wu Xiucai and Bai Wei.Wu Xiucai's heart trembled, and he thought to himself that this old woman has a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, is as thin as skin and bones, and now she is sitting crookedly on a chair, she looks like a fox, how can she look like an old lady who was once Mrs. Tiha?
Bai Wei walked to the table, stopped in his tracks, cupped his hands towards Mama Li, and said with a smirk: "Mama Li kindly invites you, and it is not easy for Bai to refuse. There are constant disturbances outside the mountain, and Bai and others The days didn’t go far, and I couldn’t prepare a gift in a hurry, so I had to eat free food empty-handed with a shy face, and please don’t blame Li’s mother.”

When Li's mother heard what Bai Wei said, the smile on her face became more and more strange, and she said with a smile: "Mr. Bai, it is the best gift for you to condescend to come here today. We are old acquaintances, so don't stick to etiquette. Please sit down and talk."

Bai Wei was not polite, he pulled a chair with his right hand, and sat down immediately.Seeing this situation, Wu Xiucai was surprised, but he didn't dare to neglect, and quietly sat on a chair beside Bai Wei.It's just that he was terrified and didn't dare to talk to Mama Li, and he was afraid of Mama Li's weird face, so he had to try his best to turn his body sideways so as not to meet Mama Li.

Seeing Wu Xiucai's appearance like this, Li's mother didn't care, and said with a smile: "Since the distinguished guests have arrived, let's start the banquet."

When she said this, she paused for a while, and then continued: "The old lady originally planned to set up a table of delicacies from mountains and seas, but Master Xiong from the back mountain came here yesterday to discuss matters, and some of the chicken, duck and fish in the house were taken away by Master Xiong." Eat clean. Although I bought some meat and vegetables from outside the mountain today, it is not enough to put together a table of banquets. The old woman has no choice but to set up a hot pot banquet, and please the two gentlemen. Wait. In the early morning of tomorrow, the old woman will send people to buy ingredients outside the mountain, and re-arrange the banquet, inviting the two of you to drink and have fun."

Wu Xiucai was about to give in a few words after hearing Mama Li's words, but Bai Wei sneered and said, "Mama Li, are you trying to use Big Brother Xiong to suppress me? I'm not afraid of him either!"

The more Wu Xiucai listened, the more confused he became, and he wondered where another big brother Xiong appeared from?From the tone of Mama Li and Bai Wei, this Xiong is very powerful, and both of them are somewhat afraid of him.What's even more strange is that Bai Wei and Li's mother are tit-for-tat when talking, and it seems that they can turn against each other at any time.If the two were enemies, why did Mama Li invite Bai Wei to drink again?

When Wu Xiucai was thinking about it, she heard Li's mother laughing and said: "Mr. Bai, who do you think the old lady is? The old lady offended you before, but that was how many years ago. Now everyone is on the same boat , if there are still disputes, I am afraid that there is a fear of life. Today, the old lady held a banquet with wine to welcome Mr. Wu, but the old lady has another plan, which is to invite Mr. Bai to have a drink together to clear up the old misunderstanding. With the two of us working together, that matter will be easily accomplished."

As soon as Mama Li finished speaking, Bai Wei's face changed. He glanced at Mama Li, sneered, and said: "You are very shrewd in your calculations. You ignored Bai Mou before, and you often gave Bai Mou a bet." Confused, I want to drive Bai out. Seeing Mr. Wu go to Bai's house today, Li's mother is so condescending to invite Bai to drink, which makes Bai restless."

Bai Wei's words were very rude.After Wu Xiucai heard what he said, she was startled, and thought to herself that Bai Wei's words were clearly mocking Li's mother, and the two of them had to quarrel, so what to do.It's just that Li's mother didn't get angry after hearing Bai Wei's words, and looked at Bai Wei with a smile, which was beyond Wu Xiucai's expectation.He thought to himself, these two people spoke strangely and played a lot of tricks. He didn't know what was wrong with them, but they were so at odds.I don't know the importance, it is really unwise to rashly follow Bai Wei to come here as a guest.It's best to drink a few glasses of wine, and then it is the best policy to leave as soon as possible under the pretext of being too drunk.

(End of this chapter)