As night falls, Phoenix City is enveloped by the romance flowing from the Tuojiang River.
Jingchi Xuemei was attracted by the flowers and wanted to jump on the rocks and put out river lanterns.
After dinner, the young people walked out of Chen's Inn. Only Nomura Hanahai and Aunt Die still accompanied the two old people playing mahjong.
It's probably safe in Phoenix City, so Zhu Tong doesn't have any objections.
Huang Hai and Ye'er were still a little worried. The reason why the afternoon card game was broken up was because Huang Hai received a call from Wang Xiangjie. Zhu Tong didn't know what Wang Xiangjie said, but Huang Hai's mood was a bit low. There must have been some twists and turns in the matter.
At least it won't go as smoothly as expected.
According to the previous agreement, Jingchi Xuemei will stay here for seven days. Zhu Tong is a little doubtful whether the change Wang Xiangjie hopes will happen within seven days.
As in previous years, there were still few tourists in Phoenix this season, and there were only two couples placing river lanterns on the jumping rock.
Duohua and Jingchi Xuemei each bought a basket of river lanterns and squatted on the jumping rock, laughing and enjoying the rare relaxation.
Ye'er didn't put out the river lantern. She stayed on the jumping rock on the left side of Jingchi Xuemei; the Yellow Sea was on the right bank of the river.
The most relaxing thing is the little liar, sitting in a bar on the left bank of the river, opening the lattice window and enjoying the night view of the Tuojiang River.
The half-moon rises over the Hongqiao, the clear river water is sprinkled with moonlight, and the strings of river lanterns are like beautiful dreams, drifting into the distance.
"It's going to snow." A familiar voice sounded in my ears.
Zhu Tong turned around and saw a petite woman sitting across from him.
"Yanzi? Why are you here?"
"Is it surprising? I've returned to secular life." Yanzi smoothed her short hair and smiled charmingly. Her current outfit is similar to the one she wore when they first met three years ago, looking like an outdoor traveler.
Yanzi skillfully took out a cigarette and held it to his lips; Zhu Tong clicked on the ZIPPO lighter.
"Thank you, I'll do it myself." Yanzi turned away and took out a slender silver lighter, but didn't light it, just played with it in his hand.
The little liar shook his head and smiled. Yanzi didn't know the secrets inside ZIPPO before. Even if Jiang Xiaoyu had suffered from this lighter, he shouldn't have been so careful.
The waiter came over, brought a bottle of red wine to Yanzi, and lit a cigarette for her.
"Thank you." Yanzi gave the waiter a smile and slowly blew out a wisp of smoke, but it condensed but did not disperse, forming a heart-shaped smoke ring between the two of them.
"Zhu Lang, do you still remember the days when we were together? This year I have often recalled those times, but every time I can't understand why you left me? If there is anything wrong, I can change it, as long as you tell me."
Zhu Tong took off his glasses and stared at Yanzi with squinted eyes: "Do you want to hear the truth?"
"Of course." Yanzi's eyes flashed with hope, and the heart-shaped smoke ring lost support and dissipated.
"You have done well. The main reason is because of me. I am tired of that kind of life and want to live a normal life for a few days. Yanzi, if you want to say your reasons, there are only two points now. One is that you should not
Concealing my identity, how lucky I must be that a fifth-grade young lady likes a prodigal like me..."
"I told you." Yanzi interrupted him anxiously and defended.
"That was a year later. At first, you only said that you were a disciple of the Meishan Sect. You didn't mention fifth-grade Qingyang, nor did you mention your brother Jiang Xiaoyu."
"If it was because of my brother, I apologize. But I didn't dare to say it at the time, because my brother had offended Senior Brother Zhu Men, and I was afraid you would have opinions." Yanzi looked gloomy, poured a glass of wine, and drank.
Down.
Zhu Tong also took a sip of tea and turned to look out the window; it seemed that Jingchi Xuemei was immersed in the game of placing river lanterns and it would not end for a while, so there should be some time left.
"Okay, I can accept this statement. The second point is that you are too greedy. There are rules in the Zhu family. When doing business, you must do your business within your ability, and even more so in moderation. You like to take risks. If we are still together, sooner or later the ship will capsize.
At that time, not only you, but also Zhumen and I would be implicated. That’s why I chose to leave you and put aside the business for the time being until things calmed down."
Yanzi stared at Zhu Tong and wanted to open his mouth several times but didn't know what to say; Zhu Tong was so smart, any excuse would be in vain.
"Have you got peace now?"
"No." Zhu Tong smiled and looked at Ye'er who was jumping on the rock; "But I got something more precious, Yanzi. It was a mistake for us to be together, that is not love. I can put aside everything for her, even
This life. As long as I need to die for her, if anyone dares to hurt her, I will make his life worse than death."
Talking about another woman in front of a past lover and exaggerating the intensity of this relationship is the most taboo thing. But Zhu Tong just wanted to stimulate Yanzi. At this moment, he felt that Yanzi's arrival was not simple.
One end of the slender lighter was always facing him, and his slender fingers never left the button of the lighter. Out of the instinct of a Zhu disciple, he vaguely realized that it was not just a lighter, it was the same as his own ZIPPO.
, it is probably also an exquisite hidden weapon.
Master Yuanji's most famous skill is hiding needles in her smile. With Yanzi's current level of cultivation, she probably can't flick green bee needles as thin as an ox's hair between her tongue and tongue; but Zhu Tong doubts whether the lighter in her hand is
A mechanism that fires green wasp needles.
Yanzi was indeed irritated, she clenched her teeth and looked out the window. At the moment when she lost consciousness, the tea cup in Zhu Tong's hand clasped towards Yanzi's right hand like lightning.
"Ah! What are you doing?" Yanzi exclaimed and covered her wrist; tea spilled all over the table.
"I don't want to do anything. I don't want to be an unjust ghost." Zhu Tong shook the tea cup in his hand and looked closely at the candle on the table.
The slender lighter had been broken into two pieces, and there were indeed a few green wasp needles on the wall of the teacup. Yanzi had already pressed the firing button the moment he took action.
"You shouldn't talk so much nonsense. Since you are a killer, you have to be clean and tidy." Zhu Tong turned the Phoenix Star Pin with his right hand and paused for a moment. The black crystal on the needle body flashed a few times.
"Look, I have a needle too." Yanzi was just confused when he saw Zhu Tong flick his fingers, and a trace of heat penetrated into his body from the left side of his neck.
"You should do this. Since you want to take action, you have to be quick and don't give the other party any chance." Zhu Tong stood up and stretched out his hand to remove the phoenix star stuck in Yanzi's neck.
Yanzi nimbly dodged and was about to escape from the bar when he suddenly felt a sharp shock in his chest, as if all the strength in his body had been drained, and he couldn't even move his fingers.
"Remember to pay for the drink." Zhu Tong took off the phoenix star hair, wiped it carefully and put it into his sleeve. "You have no chance. From now on, your life and death will be in my hands. Don't test it. You will never be able to approach me easily again. You have
There is a talisman of life and death, and only I can unlock it." With a wave of his hand, Yanzi regained his ability to move, but he did not dare to move. Zhu Tong now seems so strange, ghostly and mysterious.
Yanzi didn't have any life and death talisman on her body, so Zhu Tong planted a Gu pupa in her body.
The little liar has always been cautious and is used to making decisions before taking action. Through this period of experience and communication with Auntie Die, he gradually summed up some rules.
Every time the moon is full, the Butterfly God is most restless, which is about the time it takes to cultivate a pupa. But if he and Aunt Butterfly reunite the two Butterfly Gods through divine amber, this restriction will not apply.
Unfortunately for Yanzi, today is the full moon day, and this month's Gu Tong has not been wasted yet.
A loser must be very depressed. Yanzi paid for the wine with a cold face and left. Zhu Tong looked at the jumping rock on the Tuojiang River and said, "Don't worry, there is still some time. Let's chat casually. I'm bored now."
Yanzi had no choice but to sit down, so the little liar began to reason. What was funny was that he actually talked about the morality of Jianghu, saying that Yanzi deserved death for plotting against his fellow Jianghu fellows, and that Jiang Xiaoyu was treasonous in plotting to harm others. But for the sake of Jianghu Dao, Yanzi had no choice but to sit down.
Harmony, for the sake of a better future, the little liar hopes that Yanzi can put aside his past grudges, and so on.
Zhu Tong finally suggested that Yanzi tell Jiang Xiaoyu a few words: "If the fish dies and the net breaks down, or live in harmony, this is the first sentence; the second sentence is, if you don't want others to know, you have to do nothing yourself."
"Zhu Lang, I have decided to leave Jianghu. I came today not to kill you, but just to see you. I have already applied for a passport to study in the United States, and the Jiang family's affairs...have long had nothing to do with me." Yanzi left a message.
, walked away confused; Zhu Tong, who was equally confused as she was, sat down in her original position, thinking about what she meant.
"It's going to snow." A familiar voice sounded in my ears again, but the difference was that a copper coin fell on the table at the same time.
"Mr. Baili?" Zhu Tong looked at this middle-aged man dressed as a bartender in surprise. He was none other than Baili Xiao, the head of the Qianmen who had been silent recently.
"I wish you well, Master; you are really powerful." Baili Xiao handed a cup of hot tea to Zhu Tong and sat down opposite him.
"Master Baili, I am now Doctor Zhu." Zhu Tong calmed down and held the tea cup with both hands.
"Oh, it turns out to be Dr. Zhu. But I am no longer the head of Baili. Now I am Xianyun Yehe." He looked at Zhu Tong with a smile; "Fortunately, I still have some savings, so I bought this bar to hide away. Dr. Zhu
, Phoenix City is originally the territory of Zhu Men, and Baili Xiao is protecting Gui Men, can it be tolerated?"
"Haha, Baili... The boss is joking. Phoenix City is not Zhumen's territory. As long as Boss Baili lives comfortably, it's fine. Huh? I think Boss Baili is more smooth-talking than Boss Baili. Do you know why, sir?"
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Zhu Tong had a smile on his face, but his eyes were full of scrutiny; it wasn't that he didn't trust Baili Xiao, but at this critical moment, everyone should be more careful about everything.
Baili Xiao let out a long sigh and unbuttoned her clothes, revealing a pink wound.
"Master Tian wants thousands of disciples to be his thugs, but I don't agree. I didn't expect that he would secretly contact the one-armed man and lead outsiders to plot against me. You should have seen the killer, the young man next to Tian Xuyang. Three of them.
A few months ago, Jiang Xiaoyu introduced him to Mr. Tian as a personal bodyguard. I was stabbed by him, and there was a bullet here. I am still good at water, and I escaped by jumping into the sea." He pointed to his waist from the back left.
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"It's such a pity. Boss Baili is really unlucky." Zhu Tong put aside his doubts, this explanation was more reasonable.