Anthology of Gu Long: The Prodigal Son of Border Town

Chapter 23 Hidden Weapon Master (1)
There was no sound in the small courtyard, and there were lights on in the small building behind.

Xiao Bieli has already gone upstairs?
What can he do when he stays in the small building?

Is there a set of dominoes in the small building?Or is there a secret woman?
Ye Kai always felt that he was a mysterious and interesting person. At this moment, a shadow of a person appeared on the window.

three people.

As soon as they stood up, the figure was illuminated by the light on the window, and then disappeared suddenly.

How could there be three people on it?Who are the other two people?
Ye Kai's eyes flickered, he couldn't restrain his curiosity.

The courtyard was not far from the small building, he tied up his clothes and flew over.

The small building is surrounded by railings on all sides, and it is built like a small pavilion.

His toes were a little on the railing, and he was already hanging upside down under the eaves.

The uppermost window was opened a line, and from here, one could just see a round table in the middle of the room.

There are wine and dishes on the table.

Two people were drinking, and the one facing the door was Xiao Bieli.

There was also a person who was dressed very gorgeously, so gorgeous that it was close to extravagance, and on the hand holding the chopsticks, he was wearing three rings of strange shapes.

It looks like three stars.

This man was actually a hunchback.

The lights in the room are not too bright, but the wine and dishes are very delicate.

The richly dressed hunchback was raising his wine glass with his star-ringed hand.

The wine glass is crystal clear and is carved from a whole amethyst.

Xiao Bieli smiled and said, "How about the wine?"

The hunchback said: "The wine is average, but the glass is not bad."

This hunchback seems to be a person who knows how to enjoy himself better than Xiao Bieli.

Xiao Bieli sighed, and said: "I knew you would be difficult to wait on, so I specially asked someone to bring real Persian wine from the south. Unexpectedly, I only got the word 'ordinary' in exchange for you."

The hunchback said: "There are several grades of Persian wine, and this one is the most common."

Xiao Bieli said, "Why don't you bring some good ones yourself?"

The hunchback said: "I wanted to bring some, but unfortunately something happened before I left, so I left in a hurry."

It seemed that they had already made an appointment.

Ye Kai felt it was even more interesting, because he had seen that the hunchback was exactly the "Golden Backed Camel Dragon" Ding Qiu.

Who would have thought that the "golden-backed camel dragon" Ding Qiu would hide here?And it has already made an appointment with Xiao.

Why did he bring those coffins?

Did he and Xiao Bieli also have a conspiracy to deal with Wanmatang?

Ye Kai only hoped that Xiao Bieli would ask Ding Qiu what happened before he left!

But Xiao Bieli has changed the subject, and said: "Have you met any particularly wonderful women on the road this time?"

Ding Qiu said: "No, there seem to be fewer and fewer wonderful women these days."

Xiao Bieli said with a smile: "Maybe it's just because you are less and less interested in women."

Ding Qiudao: "I heard that you have a woman here, which is not bad."

Xiao Bieli said: "It's not just good, it's simply wonderful."

Ding Qiu asked, "Why didn't you invite her to drink with us?"

Xiao Bieli said, "Not for these two days."

Ding Qiu asked, "Why?"

Xiao Bieli said: "In the past two days, she has someone else in her heart."

Ding Qiu asked, "Who?"

Xiao Bieli said: "The man who can make this kind of woman fall in love, of course there are always some hands."

Ding Qiu nodded.

He rarely agrees with what people say, but he agrees with this.

Xiao Bieli suddenly smiled again and said: "But this person sometimes looks like a fool."

Ding Qiu asked, "Idiot?"

Xiao Bieli said indifferently: "He does not sleep in the hot and warm bed, but he would rather hide outside and drink the northwest wind."

Ye Kai originally felt very comfortable.

No matter what kind of man he is, he always feels very comfortable when he hears that he is good at women.

But the latter sentence made him very uncomfortable.

He suddenly felt like a thief who had just been dragged out from under the bed.

Xiao Bieli had turned his head and was smiling, looking at the window on his side.

The hand with the star-shaped ring has put down the wine glass, and the hand is in a strange position.

Ye Kai also laughed, and said with a big smile: "The master drinks inside, but let the guests drink outside, such a master is a bit outrageous."

He pushed open the window and walked in.

There are only two pairs of cups and chopsticks on the table.

The shadows of three people clearly appeared on the window just now, where is the third person now?

Who is he?Is it cloud in the sky?

Why did he slip away suddenly?

The room is nicely and comfortably furnished, and everything happens to be where it is most accessible to you.

As soon as Xiao Bieli stretched out his hand, he took a Hanyu round cup from the jujube branch wooden stand beside him, and said with a smile:
"I'm a lazy person and a cripple. I don't want to move when I can."

Ye Kai sighed and said, "If there were more lazy people like you, the world would surely be able to live a much more comfortable life."

What he said was not a compliment.

Some ingenious and great inventions are intended to make people live a lazier and more comfortable life.

Xiao Bieli said: "Based on this sentence, it is already worth a glass of the best Persian wine."

Ye Kai laughed and said, "It's a pity that this wine is the most common kind."

He raised his glass to ask Ding, and then said: "The last time I saw Mr. Ding, I was very rude, sorry, sorry."

Ding Qiu said with a sullen face, "You are not rude, and there is no need to apologize."

Ye Kai said: "It's just that I always have special respect for a man who knows wine and women very well."

Ding Qiu's pale and ugly face suddenly became more pleasant, and he said, "Boss Xiao just said one thing wrong."

Ye Kai said: "Oh?"

Ding Qiudao: "Not only are you good at dealing with women, but you are also good at dealing with men."

Ye Kai said: "That also depends on whether he is a real man, and there are not many real men these days."

Ding Qiu couldn't help laughing.

Ugly men always think they are more manly than pretty boys, just as ugly women think they are smarter than beautiful ones.

Ye Kai then drank the wine in the cup.

The atmosphere in the room was much more relaxed and cheerful, and he knew that he had already said enough compliments.

What should I say next?

Ye Kai sat down slowly, this should have been the seat of the "third person".

How can I find out who this person is?How can I find out their secrets?

Not only do you have to ask very skillfully, but you also have to ask completely without trace.

Ye Kai was pondering, thinking, Ding Qiu suddenly said: "I know you must have a lot of questions to ask me."

There was still a smile on his face, but there was no smile in his eyes.Slowly continued: "You must want to ask me, why did you come to this place? Why did you send those coffins? How did you know Boss Xiao? What are you discussing with him here?"

Ye Kai also smiled, but there was no smile in his eyes.

He has found that Ding Qiuyuan is much more difficult to deal with than he imagined.

Ding Qiu said, "Why don't you ask?"

Ye Kai smiled and said, "If I ask, is it useful?"

Ding Qiu said, "No."

Ye Kai said: "So I didn't ask."

Ding Qiu said, "But there is one thing I can tell you."

Ye Kai said: "Oh?"

Ding Qiudao: "Some people say that I carry hidden weapons everywhere in my body, have you heard of it?"

Ye Kai said: "I've heard of it."

Ding Qiudao: "The legends in the Jianghu are usually not very reliable, but this case is an exception."

Ye Kai said: "You have hidden weapons all over your body?"

Ding Qiu said, "Not bad."

Ye Kai blinked and asked, "How many kinds are there?"

Ding Qiudao: "23 kinds."

Ye Kai said: "Is every kind poisonous?"

Ding Qiudao: "Only thirteen kinds are poisonous, because sometimes I want to keep others alive."

Ye Kaidao: "Some people say that you can launch seven or eight different hidden weapons at the same time."

Ding Qiu said: "Seven kinds."

Ye Kai sighed and said, "Shoot quickly."

Ding Qiudao: "But there is someone who is faster than me."

Ye Kai said: "Who?"

Ding Qiu said, "It's Boss Xiao sitting next to you."

Xiao Bieli always had a smile on his face, then he sighed lightly and said: "If a lazy and disabled person doesn't practice a few hidden weapons, how can he survive?"

Ye Kai sighed again and said, "It makes sense."

Ding Qiu said, "Can you see where his hidden weapon is hidden?"

Ye Kai said: "In Tieguai?"

Ding Qiu suddenly patted the table and said, "Okay, good eyesight, what about iron crutches?"

Ye Kai said: "There are also other places?"

Ding Qiudao: "There are only eight kinds of hidden weapons, but he can release all nine kinds of hidden weapons in an instant."

Ye Kai sighed: "I'm afraid there are not many people in the Jianghu who can be more skilled than the two."

Ding Qiu said lightly, "I'm afraid there isn't even one."

Ye Kaidao: "Unexpectedly, I can sit between the two masters of hidden weapons in the world. I am really honored."

Ding Qiu said: "There are really not many such opportunities, so you'd better sit quietly, because as long as you move, at least sixteen hidden weapons will beckon to you."

He lowered his face and said coldly: "I can guarantee that no one in the world can avoid these sixteen kinds of hidden weapons at such a distance."

Ye Kai smiled wryly, "I believe it."

Ding Qiu said: "So no matter what we ask you, you'd better answer it immediately."

Ye Kai sighed again, and said, "Fortunately, I don't have any ulterior secrets."

Ding Qiu said, "You better not have it."

He suddenly took out a roll of paper from his sleeve, unfolded it, and said, "Your surname is Ye, and your name is Ye Kai?"

Ye Kai said: "Yes."

Ding Qiu asked, "Are you a tiger?"

Ye Kai said: "Yes."

Ding Qiu asked, "Were you born near this place?"

Ye Kai said: "Yes."

Ding Qiu asked, "But you left here as a baby?"

Ye Kai said: "Yes."

Ding Qiu asked, "Before you were 14 years old, you lived in a Taoist temple on Mount Huangshan?"

Ye Kai said: "Yes."

Ding Qiudao: "You originally practiced Huangshan swordsmanship. Later, when you were wandering in the rivers and lakes, you secretly learned many kinds of martial arts. When you were 16 years old, you even worked as a monk for several months, in order to secretly learn Shaolin's Fu Tiger Fist?"

Ye Kai said: "Yes."

Ding Qiudao: "Later, you spent some time in the bodyguard agency in the capital and owed a whole lot of gambling debts, so you had to leave?"

Ye Kai said: "Yes."

Ding Qiudao: "In the south of the Yangtze River, you killed the three heroes of Gai's family because of a woman named Xiao Beijing, so you fled back to the Central Plains?"

Ye Kai said: "Yes."

Ding Qiudao: "In the past few years, you have traveled almost all over the banks of the river, causing trouble everywhere, but you have also made yourself quite famous."

Ye Kai sighed, and said with a wry smile: "You seem to know more about me than I do, why bother to ask me again."

Ding Qiu stared at him with burning eyes and said, "Now I just ask you, why did you come here?"

Ye Kaidao: "If I say that Ye Luo returns to her roots, since this is my hometown, of course I want to come back and have a look. If I say so, do you believe it?"

Ding Qiu said, "I don't believe it."

Ye Kai said: "Why?"

Ding Qiu said, "Because you were born a prodigal son."

Ye Kai sighed: "If I say that there is nowhere to go except this hellish place? Do you believe it?"

Ding Qiudao: "It sounds more plausible to put it this way."

He unfolded the roll of paper again, and continued, "Is the last money you earned a bag of golden beans won from an old Guandong?"

Ye Kai said: "Yes."

Ding Qiu said, "Now this bag of golden beans probably belongs to someone else, right?"

Ye Kai smiled bitterly and said, "I hate beans, whether they are broad beans, peas, lentils, or golden beans."

Ding Qiu raised his head again, stared at him, and said, "Did no one invite you here?"

Ye Kai said: "No."

Ding Qiu said: "Do you know that there are not many opportunities to make money in this place?"

Ye Kai said: "I can see it."

Ding Qiu asked, "Then how are you going to live?"

Ye Kai smiled and said, "I haven't seen anyone starving to death here yet."

Ding Qiu said: "If you know that there are ten thousand taels of silver to earn elsewhere, would you go?"

Ye Kai said: "No."

Ding Qiu asked, "Why?"

Ye Kai replied: "Because there may be more money to be earned in this place."

Ding Qiu asked, "Oh?"

Ye Kai said: "I can see that this place has gradually begun to need people like me."

Ding Qiu asked, "What kind of person are you?"

Ye Kai replied leisurely: "A person who has good martial arts and can keep his mouth shut, if someone is willing to pay me to do things for him, he will definitely not be disappointed."

Ding Qiu pondered, his eyes gradually shone, and suddenly said: "How much do you usually pay for killing people?"

Ye Kai said: "Then it depends on who is killed."

Ding Qiu asked, "Where is the most expensive one?"

Ye Kai said: "Thirty thousand."

Ding Qiudao: "Okay, I will pay [-] yuan first, and then I will pay [-] yuan after the matter is completed."

Ye Kai's eyes also shone, and he said, "Who are you going to kill? Fu Hongxue?"

Ding Qiu sneered, "He's not worth thirty thousand."

Ye Kai said: "Who is worth it?"

Ding Qiu said, "Ma Kongqun!"

Xiao Bieli sat quietly, as if he was listening to two people who had nothing to do with him, talking about a deal that had nothing to do with him.

Ding Qiu's eyes were fiery, and he was staring at Ye Kai without blinking, and the hand with the three star-shaped rings made a very strange gesture.

Ye Kai finally let out a long sigh, and said with a wry smile: "So it's you, the one who wants to kill Ma Kongqun, it's you."

Ding Qiu's eyes flickered, and he said, "You can't think of it?"

Ye Kai said: "What hatred do you have against him? Why do you have to kill him?"

Ding Qiu said coldly: "You better understand that we are the ones asking the question now, not you."

Ye Kai said: "I understand."

Ding Qiu said, "Do you want to earn the 3 taels?"

Ye Kai didn't answer, and there was no need to answer.

He has extended his hand.

Twenty brand-new banknotes, 1000 taels each.

Ye Kai said: "Is this [-]?"

Ding Qiu said, "Yes."

Ye Kai smiled and said, "At least you are very generous."

Ding Qiudao: "It's not about being generous, it's about being careful."

Ye Kai said: "Be careful?"

Ding Qiu said, "You can't kill Ma Kongqun by yourself."

Ye Kai said: "Oh."

Ding Qiu said, "So you still need a helper."

Ye Kai said: "[-] for me, [-] for my helper?"

Ding Qiu said, "Not bad."

Ye Kai said: "Who is worth so much in this place?"

Ding Qiu said, "You should know."

Ye Kai's eyes sparkled again, and he said, "You want me to go find Fu Hongxue?"

Ding Qiu acquiesced.

Ye Kai said: "How do you know I can bribe him?"

Ding Qiu asked, "Aren't you his friend?"

Ye Kai said: "He has no friends."

Ding Qiudao: "1 taels is enough to make a friend."

Ye Kai said: "What if someone doesn't sell it?"

Ding Qiu said, "You should at least try."

Ye Kai said: "Why don't you try it yourself?"

Ding Qiu said coldly: "If you don't want to earn the 3 taels, it's still too late to get it back."

Ye laughed, stood up and left.

Xiao Bieli suddenly laughed and said, "Why don't you drink two cups first before leaving? What's the hurry?"

Ye Kaiyang raised the bank note in his hand, smiled and said, "Hurry up and spend the 1 taels first."

Xiao Bieli said: "Since the money is already in your hands, why worry?"

Ye Kai said: "Because if I don't spend all of it now, I'm afraid there won't be many opportunities to spend it again in the future."

Xiao Bieli watched him fly out of the window, suddenly sighed softly, and said: "This is a smart man."

Ding Qiu said: "Indeed."

Xiao Bieli said, "You trust him?"

Ding Qiu said, "Not at all."

Xiao Bieli narrowed his eyes and said, "That's why you want to negotiate a deal with him?"

Ding Qiu also smiled and said, "This is indeed a very special deal."

(End of this chapter)