After asking which inn Lei Buji stayed in, Sun and Huang asked him to go back first.
Then the two of them went back to their rooms to wash up and ordered the waiter to prepare the meal.
After about a cup of tea, the two returned to Huang Donglai's room. At this time, the food was also delivered. They closed the door and sat down, and started discussing while eating.
"As a result, this suspicious point has not been resolved..." Sun Yixie swallowed the first bite of the dish in his mouth, and then he recited in a slightly worried tone.
"Yes..." Huang Donglai knew exactly what the other party was saying, "No matter what the story of us has been spread on the streets and alleys, the rumor must have a source." He paused and ate a bite of radish (it was too greasy last night, so they ordered some porridge, radish, peanuts, pickles and other things at this meal, and wanted to scratch the intestines), and said, "For example, if you were 'specially invited' by Chen Youran, who would have spread it?"
"There are more possibilities." Sun Yixie said, "First of all, Chen Youran, as an insider, and his coachman Lao Wu, may have dispersed the news for some purpose.
"Secondly, as the organizer of this conference, his Justice Sect naturally had to tell other sects that they specially invited to the invitation list before the Heroes Conference was held, so the insiders in other sects may also leak news.
"And there... don't forget that our families know about this, and we didn't tell them to keep it secret, not to mention that this is not a shameful thing, maybe they will talk to someone inadvertently... And once they tell this, the news spreads faster than we are. Maybe before we arrived in Luoyang, the news had already spread here..."
Hearing this, Huang Donglai followed Sun Yixie's words and said: "Then yesterday when we arrived, this incident was not so sensational, at least not to the point where everyone knew it... As a result, we went to Buguilou at night and pretended to be retaliated, and today the popularity exploded."
"That's right." Sun Yixie said, "But this raises another suspicion..." He raised his eyebrows and said, "Who spread the story of our Bugui Tower last night?"
"That's not easy to say." Huang Donglai continued, "Last night, in addition to you and me, there were Mr. Xue, Chef Yuan, and two chefs who I couldn't name. Later, when we were having dinner, several more halls to serve and clean up the tables for us... Later, when we were drunk, several people must have carried us back to the inn. Who knows how many people were nearby when we "passed the three levels"? Will Mr. Xue, Chef Yuan and others tell their colleagues about these things? Even if they did not have direct outreach, it may be transmitted through the oral of others."
"Well..." Sun Yixie nodded, "It's really hard to verify..."
"Nonsense." Huang Donglai raised his head and drank a sip of porridge, and continued, "Even if you go to confront others in person, you may not be able to ask the reason. Besides,... they just said that the news was spread by them, so what can you do? Speaking of which, it is all about showing your face. Many people are afraid that someone will not know about it if they do something similar."
"Oh... I understand this." Sun Yixie sighed, "Who doesn't like fame and fortune? This is a matter of counter-attack... But the problem is that when you enjoy fame and fortune, you must have enough strength to protect yourself, otherwise you may be killed by someone in every minute."
"Hey~ How can I not know this?" Huang Donglai also sighed, "Damn it, I've never been fucked by someone back then. I'm also worried that we were too sharp and became the target of public criticism when we first arrived." He spread his hands, "But now that we are like this, what should we do?"
After hearing this, Sun Yixiu didn't say anything for a moment.
He took a few more tours, thought about it, and soon had a trick: "Well... At this time, it seems that he can only use the 'mirror flower and water moon' and 'rich and noble in danger'..."
"Oh?" Huang Donglai knew this guy so well that he understood as soon as he heard it, "You mean... we should just pretend to be bigger and bluff so that others dare not mess with us?"
"It's worthy of being Huang~ Brother, you will understand as soon as I say it." Sun Yixie smiled.
"Then how do you plan to do it?" Huang Donglai asked.
Upon hearing this, Sun Yixiu curled up the corner of his mouth and waved to Huang Donglai to come over. Then he whispered a plan in Huang Donglai's ear...
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That afternoon, Sun and Huang didn't even say hello, and as soon as they came out of the inn, they headed to the head of the Zhengyi Gate.
After being stopped by the guardian, the two of them reported their names on the spot, saying that they wanted to see Sect Master Shen.
If another newcomer from the world came here rashly, the guardian would probably tell them directly that Master Shen was not available and asked them to get out of here, or asked them to send a message to him first; but... Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai happened to be the topics of Luoyang City today, and even the guardians heard about them.
So, after a brief hesitation, the guardian finally decided to go in and inform them and let them wait for a while in front of the door.
At this moment, Shen Youran was sitting in the room listening to the financial report of the gang. When the brothers in the door came in and told the situation, Sect Master Shen was stunned...
However, after a few seconds, he quickly smiled and said in his heart: "These two kids... actually came to the door on their own initiative? What's the way this is? Hum... it's a bit interesting."
Thinking of this, he asked the accountant to leave first, and then ordered: "Send me to prepare good tea and invite the two young masters quickly."
Shen Youran's response made the doorkeeper feel relieved. The latter was really afraid that the sect leader would say, "Why do you come and report it? I'll bomb you with you next time!"
Fortunately, not only did Shen Youran not say that, but also gave instructions with an attitude of welcoming guests. This made the doorkeeper look at Sun Huang and the others in his heart...
To put it short, after a moment, Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai were already sitting in a small room accompanied by Shen Youran.
Shen Youran did not invite them to the lobby for the Zhengyi Sect’s passenger meeting, but chose the meeting place here, which means... I am not talking about business with my fellow martial arts as the leader of the Zhengyi Sect, but am entertaining friends in a private capacity.
Here, the difference is that the leader asks you to go to the conference room to talk about things and asks you to go to his house to talk about things. Is that the nature of it the same?
It is not difficult to sit in the lobby of the Justice Gate, many people have been there; but it is not easy to ask Chen Youran to invite you to the back room for tea...
"Two brothers, I haven't seen each other for many days, so I'm fine." Chen Youran was still the same, with a gentle temperament, and a gentle manner in every move.
"Thank you, Brother Shen, Hong Fu, we are still safe." Sun Yixi narrowed his eyes and put on a flattering look. His name for Chen Youran naturally changed from the original "Sect Master Chen" to "Brother Shen".
Huang Donglai also used a similar tone, and added with a smile on his face: "Originally, we wanted to come to visit Brother Shen when we arrived in Luoyang, but it was already evening when we entered the city yesterday, so we didn't dare to disturb him. Later, we ate a few more cups of late snacks, which led to getting up late today, so we were dragging us to the door now."
These words... seven points are true, three points are false.
The false part is: Huang Donglai and Sun Yixie did not subjectively plan to come to Luoyang to visit Chen Youran. However, the true part is basically all objectively displayed facts.
If Chen Youran did not fully understand the whereabouts of these two people, he might still have a little doubt about this, but... the reality is that he knows it very well.
From the moment Shuanghe entered Luoyang, Chen Youran knew everything they did.
The reason is very simple, because this is Luoyang, his quiet base camp; he dare not say anything else, but in this Luoyang territory, whether it is official, martial arts, or folk... there is no news that he cannot find in the Zhengyi Sect.
Here, Chen Youran is the number one person with great eyes.
But it was precisely because he knew the whereabouts of Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai that at this moment he felt that the content of the words of the two was true and the information he had was consistent with.
"Ha... it turns out they were two flatterers." At this moment, Chen Youran's wariness disappeared in an instant, and he sneered in his heart and said something to the two.
Of course, on the surface, he still responded with a smile: "Ha, why should you be polite, two brothers? Yixi is someone Chen admires. Donglai even rescued me... The door of my Justice Gate is open for you at any time." He shook his head and said with sincerity, "Not to say it's evening, even if you come to the door in the second half of the night, I, Chen, will greet you as a guest of honor."
Chen Youran's acting skills are not bad either.
But he didn't know that as early as in Hangzhou, he had been guarded by Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai as conspirators with ulterior motives. At present, he had a plan but no intention, so he could not deceive them...
"Okay!" Sun Yixie was waiting for this sentence, "Since Brother Shen, you have something to say, brother, I have something to say..." The following lines could only start with Brother Sun, who is as thick as the eight-armored god cow. "It's shameful... Last night, we drank too much and ordered a few more dishes before we knew it. Although they kept the account for the time being and didn't urge us to give it immediately, we calculated that the remaining little money on our body might not be enough..."
He is just talking lies with his eyes open. Can he still not afford the little money for food?
You know, before Sun Yixie went out, his mother secretly gave him a total of 6,000 taels of silver bills in private.
What is the concept of 6,000 taels? Today, I can buy a second-hand house of about 40 square meters on the Second Ring Road of Beijing; with the 6,000 taels of money, let alone from Hangzhou to Luoyang, if there is land connection, you can walk back and forth from Hangzhou to Los Angeles...
Although Sun Yixie has gone to the money shop intermittently to exchange some silver, he has only 5,000 taels of silver left on him. How much can a meal be spent? It’s so much to save dozens of taels. How can he not afford it?
"Oh..." When he heard the other party crying poorly, Chen Youran's face smiled even more, and the contempt in his heart became deeper.
He thought to himself: "Hmph... Is it still a fishmonger who is not as good as a martial arts... The peddler is jealous of money. Even though his family is not short of money, he still likes to take advantage of this kind. And the man surnamed Huang is also a feather with him. Birds of a birds of a feather flock together... It seems that the Huang family has really fallen into the family, and the descendants are so bad..."
At this point, Chen Youran's vigilance has dropped by 30%, and he has basically regarded Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai as such a huge and low-key martial arts mess.
"Haha...small things, small things." But Chen Youran's face still had a smile and was polite. "When you go out, everyone has tight hands. I'll send someone to send the money to help you clear the account. I'll treat it as I invited you last night."
Before Chen Youran finished speaking, Huang Donglai spoke again: "Uh... it's not just the problem of that meal." He paused for half a second, showing a somewhat awkward look, and continued, "Let's do it, we're still ten days away from the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the Heroes' Association itself will have to hold a few more days, which will take about half a month. With the little money on us... I'm afraid it's not enough to live in the inn for so long."
Halfway through his words, Sun Yixie, who was standing beside him, followed the trend: "So we thought, since Brother Shen's righteousness Sect is in Luoyang and we have this friendship again, so let's just come to Brother Shen to stay here for a few days, so we can be close to you, Brother Shen."
If Master Chen can speak English, then there is a sentence that would be very suitable to express his mood at this moment... De Farke?
After hearing the request of Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai, even a calm and composed person like Chen Youran couldn't help but complain in his heart: "What kind of friendship do I have with you? I have only met you before! I'll just say something, what's wrong with you? You really treat yourself as my brother? After talking together for a long time... You two not only want me to pay back the debt to you, but also come to my righteous door to eat and live freely?"
But... he has no choice.
He said something so beautifully just now. If he refuses now, he will appear to be both hypocritical and stingy.
"Ha...hehe..." Chen Youran smiled politely, but his smile was a little stiff. "This matter...uh...is not difficult." He replied with a tough bullet, "For brother, there are still many empty rooms in the righteous door. It is not a problem for two more people to eat and live. But because I'm busy with business on weekdays, I'm afraid there is not much time to accompany me..."
"It's okay." Sun Yixie interrupted before he could finish speaking, "Brother Chen, you're busy with your own business. We will never disturb you when you are not available. We will find trouble ourselves, so don't worry that we will be uncomfortable."
Chen Youran thought to himself: "That's right, how shameless you two are? You said in person just now that you should be 'close and close to me'. Now you immediately say 'as long as you have food and accommodation, it doesn't matter whether you have the surname Chen or not'. How can you feel uncomfortable with your mentality?"
"Okay..." After a breath, Chen Youran suppressed his anger, and said yes with a twitching corner of his mouth, and said, "I will tell someone to arrange...that...whether do I want me to send someone to the inn to get your luggage..."
"Oh, we have brought the luggage, just two bags and a trident, and we have taken it with us. We have also left the inn room, so we don't have to bother Brother Chen's brothers to go and go for a trip." Huang Dong said the truth. Before entering the house, they had handed the bags and weapons to the gatekeepers for safekeeping, and now they are in the warehouse of the Justice Gate.
After hearing this, Chen Youran's face turned blue and thought to himself that you two had already thought about it when they came and were going to kill me, right? You didn't plan to leave today?
But no matter how much he hates these two people, he cannot drive them away, nor can he neglect them; because the reputation of these two guys has spread throughout Luoyang City, and everyone knows that they were "invited" by you Chen Youran in person to Hangzhou... Today they walked into your righteous gate through the main gate, and there must be many eyes seeing them. If you drove them out or treated them poorly, and they would add fuel to the fire and talk about this matter after they went out, then what was going on?
Suppressing newcomers? Are you jealous of talented people? Or are you still shy? Are you afraid of adding two pairs of chopsticks?
What will the martial arts fellows think of you? How do you think of the Justice Sect?
At this point, Chen Youran regretted releasing the "information" about these two people; he originally planned to use these two people as a target to distract others from others so that he could cause trouble in secret, but the news had only been spread for less than a day. The two guys ran to the Justice Gate with a calm face... He was not easy to refuse, wouldn't he dig his own grave?
Just when he was secretly upset, something even more unexpected happened...
"By the way, Brother Shen, I have two more things to tell you." Sun Yixie quickly started talking again.
"My brother...but it's okay." The blue veins in Chen Youran's temples were leaping, but the expression on his face was still tense, so he could barely be considered a kind-hearted look.
Chapter completed!