Just remember

The guests were almost seated, but because the host hadn't arrived yet, it was still bustling and noisy, some chatted with the surroundings, and some looked around.Almost an hour passed like this, the night turned into a vast night, full of anticipation turned into hunger, and the people who greeted each other had long been silent, it seemed that there was only awkward silence left in the world, and a group of even more awkward sitting And the person looking at each other.

All of a sudden, a gust of wind blew past the Phoenix Terrace, and all the people in the rivers and lakes seemed to have a certain premonition, and they all looked in the direction of the wind.Chun Jinran hurriedly followed suit, and as expected, a group of people was slowly approaching.

It is said that there are people and horses, but there are people with horses, people ride on horses, and horses walk on the stone bridge, surrounded by many maids and guards.Chun Jinran was startled by this situation, and always felt that the two people on the horse should tie red flowers on their chests, so that the whole team could move directly to the streets of the capital of the Tang Dynasty, beat gongs and drums, and the officials sent to open the way, to have a happy horseshoe Illness, I can see all the flowers in Chang'an in one day.

There are two people riding horses, one is old and the other is young, the old one has white hair and youthful face, hale eyes, and there is a trace of nobility between his brows, the young one looks handsome and gentle, but there seems to be a little conceited and frivolous in his eyes.Although there is no champion man wearing red and hanging colors, the service of the two people is more elegant and luxurious, without complicated patterns. At first glance, it seems to be plain, but when the moonlight shines, the shading slowly emerges, and the gold thread embroidered in it is even more beautiful. There was a faint brilliance.

In this way, a group of people walked leisurely to the master's seat under the watchful eyes of everyone. First, the young man got off his horse, and then stretched out his hand to respectfully help the old man get off.Although Yichun carefully observed that the old man's body was probably stronger than the young man's, but it didn't matter, this posture was what was needed.Being able to dismount by oneself but asking someone to help him is a posture, being able to be on time but being late is also a posture.And the stance she put on made people dare not speak out—Chun Jinran looked around the Phoenix Terrace, but couldn't find a face that wanted to overthrow the table, at most, it was resentment—this is status.

"I'm old and useless. I just wanted to take a nap, but I fell asleep at this time, you unworthy son, why didn't you wake me up!" Xiahou Zhengnan, who was one hundred and three years old, still spoke. He was full of energy, no, before his feet hit the ground, he was about to raise his hand and slap his son.

Xia Houfu had a sharp eye and a quick hand, flashed past lightly, and then argued in an embarrassing tone: "It's rare for you to rest for a while, the child can't bear to be disturbed."

"Ai ai ai!" Xiahou Zhengnan sighed three times in a row, and he didn't know who to listen to, anyway, the next moment he finally turned his attention to the martial arts heroes present: "I'm really sorry, everyone came from a long way, just to give My old man's face, but I am so useless for being so sleepy, don't talk about anything else, I will punish myself with three cups first!"

When Shuanghuang saw this, even a fool understood that it was impossible for Xiahou Zhuang Zhuang to punish him with wine. Everyone hurriedly spoke out to dissuade them, and the original silence and embarrassment were replaced by bustle.And Hang Mingjun, who was sitting closest to the main seat, got up at this time, saluted respectfully, and said in a loud voice: "Uncle Xiahou must not do this, you are the most respected senior in the martial arts, with you, the martial arts is safe, we The junior should wait for you. You don't need to blame yourself, let alone hurt your body because of it."

As soon as Hang Mingjun's words fell, echoes followed one after another——

"Yes, yes, Master Xiahou is too polite."

"We don't have to wait, the Phoenix Terrace is so picturesque, you can't get tired of watching it all day long!"

"Master Xiahou, you have been abstinent from alcohol for many years. If you break your precept because of this, I won't be able to bear it..."

Chun Jinran yawned sleepily, then looked up at the sky - rather than listening to such boring compliments, it would be better to look at the stars and the moon.

I don't know how long it has passed, but when Chun thought that he would never get to the point in this life, Xiahou Zhengnan finally spoke. Of course, it may be because he carefully discovered that the heroes of the rivers and lakes could no longer make up more pleasing words. : "This meal should be a cleanser for everyone. The wine is light and the dishes are light. I hope you don't mind. When the dog son gets married the day after tomorrow, I will make sure that you are not drunk!" Do it first.

All the people in the rivers and lakes also said hello repeatedly, raised their necks, and did it. Of course, what they drank must be wine.

With the melodious sound of silk and bamboo, the dishes came to the table like flowing water. The heroes who had already put their chests on their backs didn't care about other things, and they ate first as a respect.

Chun Jinran swept a plate of unknown but delicious food into his stomach, and then he breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that the three souls and seven souls had regained their yang, and finally had the mood of "investigating".

There is a distance between Xiahou Zhengnan's seat and Chun Jinran's. Fortunately, Chun Shaoxia has good hearing and eyesight. In addition, the table is arranged in the shape of a big trap and a small circle. The straight line is not far away, so he can still see clearly. I understand.

At this moment, it was Hang Mingjun who was talking to Xia Houfu.

The position of the Hang family is next to the main seat, so the status of the Jianghu is self-evident, but the old man Hang did not come, so the fourth young master Hang took advantage of the high position, and it is more convenient to chat with the master's family——

"I heard that the daughter of the Shengwu Bank is gentle and virtuous, knowledgeable and sensible, brother Xiahou is really lucky." Hang Mingjun smiled with eyes full of sincerity.

Xiahou Fu, who was sitting next to Xiahou Zhengnan, didn't seem to expect that Hang Mingjun would say this, and stood there in a daze. In the end, Xiahou Zhengnan spoke out, half teasing, half reminding: "Look at my son, he hasn't married a wife yet. Let’s be silly first!”

Xia Houfu also reacted, and smiled awkwardly, but soon regained his composure, as if someone else was distracted just now: "Young brother, don't make fun of me. With the character and appearance of my good brother, I am afraid that even a matchmaker will It's about to step on the threshold of the Hang family, if you want to marry a good younger brother, it's not up to you to pick and choose."

For the last four words, Xiahou Fu spoke lightly and delicately, like a feather, making people fantasize.All the heroes in the seat were originally just listening in, but now they understood it and laughed.

Hang Mingjun is a young man who has never been married after all, an imperceptible blush crept up his cheeks, in order to cover it up, he had to laugh along with it.

Tonight is a carnival for the in-laws' family. As the mother's family, Sheng Wu Yinhao is busy preparing for her daughter's marriage, so naturally she won't send someone over first, so from the host to the guests, they are even more unscrupulous in making jokes.

But Chun Jinran doesn't like this kind of joke, nor does he like the frivolity revealed in Xia Houfu's speech. This frivolity reminds him of the former Qingfeng, but Qingfeng's frivolity is unrestrained, rash, and contemptuous of himself. And Xia Houfu's frivolity is more like an innate sense of superiority. This sense of superiority makes him conceited, makes his eyes look high, and despises others.

It seems that Chun Jinran is not the only one who thinks this way.

It was a woman, sitting at the nearest position to the right of Xiahou Zhengnan, opposite to Hang Mingjun's position on the left, and also the seat second only to the main seat.Judging from the appearance, the woman is at most in her early thirties, with fair complexion and clear facial features. At first glance, she seems calm as water, but if you look closely, there seem to be thousands of styles in her eyebrows and eyes.At this time, the woman's expression was as usual, except for a slightly unnoticeable sullenness in her slightly narrowed phoenix eyes.

Chun Jinran always felt that the woman's face seemed familiar, but when he saw Jin Liyun beside her, he suddenly understood.But at the same time, he became tense unconsciously, his body tensed subconsciously, and the original mood of idleness and watching disappeared, replaced by caution and vigilance.

Mrs. Jin.

There are rumors in the world that Mrs. Jin is extremely poisonous, but her whereabouts are secretive and she never shows her face easily.

There are rumors in the world that Mrs. Jin has a close relationship with the heads of the two major martial arts families, which is why Tianranju has the prestige and status it has today.

There are rumors in the world that Mrs. Jin has never married in her whole life, but she is actually licentious. Her daughter, Jin Liyun, is the child she had with her male favorite.

Rivers and lakes rumors...

People in the Jianghu talk a lot, and the most indispensable thing is rumors, and after today, I am afraid that there will be one more thing added to the rumors-Madam Jin is over fifty years old, but her appearance is extremely young, and she may have the magic of keeping her face.

Chun Jinran was thinking about these things, when Mrs. Jin suddenly looked over!

Chun Jinran lowered his eyes abruptly, but his eyes met with the other party for a short time.He didn't know if Mrs. Jin really noticed something, or if it was just a coincidence, but he couldn't forget that look, the cold feeling from the soles of his feet to the scalp as if being stared at by a poisonous snake, which gave him goose bumps all over his body.

All the guests are still drinking and drinking with the host, and no one has noticed what happened in this subtlety, and they are not even sure if it really happened.But Chun Jinran didn't dare to move any more, and waited for a long time until the chill in his body and heart had dissipated, then he carefully raised his head again, seemingly staring at Xiahou Zhengnan, but in fact, he glanced at Mrs. Jin quietly from the corner of his eye. .

The woman was talking to Jin Liyun, and after a few words, the mother and daughter covered their faces and smiled, harmless, beautiful, and gentle, as if everything just now was just Chun Jinran's illusion.

On the contrary, Pei Xiaoyi, who was sitting behind them, gave him several dissatisfied looks, as if he knew that he could receive it from the corner of his eye.

The sad thing is that Chun Jinran did receive it, and he didn't dare to stare back blatantly, so he could only grit his teeth and pretend he didn't see it.

At this time, he heard a familiar voice asking: "Master Xiahou, I heard that the Shengwu Yinhao came to propose marriage again and again, and you were still unwilling to agree at first?"

Chun Jinran followed the prestige, and it turned out to be Qing Changqing, only to see that his position is next to the Hanshan School, and he can be regarded as a distinguished guest.

Xiahou Zhengnan seemed to have expected this question long ago, so he naturally suppressed his smile, and put on a serious expression, his expression changed like flowing water: "Oh, it's a long story..."

Since the story is long, everyone must pay attention to it, so the Phoenix Terrace has returned to silence.

Xia Houzhengnan finally finished sighing, and began to speak eloquently: "Those here may not know something, or may have heard a little bit, I originally wanted to form a family with the brother of the Hang bandit. As everyone knows, our two families have always been good friends. Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could get married and get married. It's a pity that people's calculations are not as good as heaven's calculations, Yueyao... Alas. At this time, Sheng Wuyin came to ask for marriage. Tell me, can I agree, let alone Sheng Wuyin No. is rich, even if he is a relative of the emperor, how can I do red things at this time! So I flatly refused. Who would have thought that the girl from the Wu family fell in love with my son a few years ago? Secretly promised, this refusal was caused by not thinking about food and drink, and gradually losing weight. Master Hou Wu came to propose marriage several times. He is also a parent. How can I not know his painstaking efforts for his daughter. Later I thought, that’s all, who is this? With whom, maybe it is destined, you can't force it, you can't force it, just let them go..."

"That's right," Qing Changqing, who watched Xiahou Zhengnan finish speaking, started to talk quickly, "Sometimes in fate, there must be something, and children and grandchildren have their own blessings."

It's just that the catch was a little weird, and the result was that no one could catch him anymore.

This scene is a bit embarrassing.

Let's go along, I don't know where to start, and if you don't pay attention, you may offend the Hang family.If you don't agree, you will be blind to Xiahou Zhengnan's well-intentioned explanation.Looking at Hang Mingjun again, the old god is here at this moment, but he just doesn't express his position, letting the "painstaking efforts" of the owner of Xiahou go down the drain.

Just when everyone was at a loss for words, Master Yuanzhen, who had been closing his eyes to meditate, suddenly said slowly: "All existence has a predestined relationship. When the predestination arises, it gathers to form, and when the predestined relationship ceases to disperse, it disappears. Master Xiahou don't have to blame himself, Mr. Hang He is also a man of understanding, since he was able to send the fourth young master to congratulate him, he should be relieved."

A few words, well-founded, and reasonable, instantly resolved the embarrassment.

Xiahou Zhengnan was naturally happy: "Master is worthy of being an eminent monk, your enlightenment really enlightened me and other lay people."

Master Yuanzhen only waved his hands modestly, smiled kindly, but said nothing.

But all the guests finally found a way, and they all expressed their hearts on the issue of fate, and the atmosphere became warm again.

This is a master, Chun Jinran had a panoramic view of the whole process, and couldn't help admiring him, thinking that this man, after living for a long time, is really different.

But one kind of rice feeds a hundred kinds of people, and some will take action to resolve it, some will go along with it, and there will naturally be some who will stand on the sidelines.

Let's not talk about Hang Mingjun for the time being, as the person concerned, he just needs to be a quiet, gentle and beautiful man.And the ones sitting next to or across from him are worth pondering.

The first is the Qishan pie sitting next to the Hang family.Chun Jinran didn't recognize Fang Yu, the head of the Qishan School, but he couldn't help being familiar with his son Fang Shulu, and today they lived together in Youlan Xiaoyuan, so he recognized him immediately.I saw the head of the room sitting upright, with an upright face, which cannot be said to be sacred and inviolable, and it is also in stark contrast to the flattering people.Fang Shulu was still the same, sitting upright, with a gentle expression, obviously not interested in the conversation of the seniors, and was concentrating on listening to music and eating food.

And opposite them, sitting next to the Hanshan faction, is the Xuanmiao faction.I don't know what the person who arranges the seats thinks, but it's a different kind of scenery to have nuns next to monks.I saw Master Kuyi frowning deeply from beginning to end, without saying a word, I don't know if she didn't agree with Master Yuanzhen's words, or she didn't even like Xiahou Zhengnan's posturing at all, or she was just such a bitter enemy deep face.In contrast, her two female apprentices are cute, one is 25, the other is [-], one is more stable, and the other is eccentric, but they both have good faces, especially the eccentric one, with a round face The round ones are really cute, making people want to pinch them. What's even more rare is that both of them have not shaved their hair. I don't know if they are brought out of the family or have not yet converted to Buddhism.

Compared with the integrity of the Qishan School and the solemnity of the Xuanmiao School, Tianranju and Anhualou are somewhat elusive.

Mrs. Jin was not as sullen as she was when she heard the frivolous jokes just now, but watched Xiahou's family and all the sects compliment each other with a half-smile, as if this was a very interesting scene, she didn't participate, but she was happy to watch.

The seat of the Anhualou is similar to that of the Canglang Gang, which is equivalent to a more important position, but slightly inferior to those big sects.Although the location is ordinary, but from the landlord to the backbone all dressed in black, it is very eye-catching.Fortunately, their cuffs were all embroidered with moiré borders, and their clothes were made looser and more stretchy, otherwise they would have come here in night clothes!But even if they didn't wear night clothes, the three people in Anhualou counted as one, and their cold expressions always reminded people of a dagger glowing with cold light in the dark night.In fact, they do deserve the metaphor.Anhualou, the name sounds very elegant, but it is a sect that uses people's money to eliminate disasters. To put it mildly, it is a sect, but in fact it makes a living by killing people, and it doesn't ask why, right or wrong, you take money, I kill ,It's that simple.The host, Ge Songxiang, was just a lone killer at first, and he didn’t even make a name for himself among the many lone killers. Later, as he got older, he felt that he couldn’t kill anymore, so he simply took a bunch of orphans as foster children, saying It's a foster son, in fact, he was trained to be a murder tool. I don't know whether it is because of his unique vision or the proper training. This righteous son has made a name for himself, because before killing people in Anhualou, they will send a dye to the target. Ink dried crabapple flowers, over time, the ink crabapple has become a nightmare for the people in the rivers and lakes.But at this moment, Ge Songxiang sneered, watching the hypocrisy from a distance.You also don't know if he looks down on Xiahou Zhengnan, or all the quacks, or whether all these people are just shells in his eyes that must collapse immediately when they say they die.

If someone bought Xiahou Zhengnan's life with money, would Ge Songxiang accept it? Would he succeed?

Chun Jinran was amused by his own thoughts, not to mention whether Ge Songxiang could kill him, even if he could, the price he wanted must be sky-high, who could afford it?

While thinking about it all over the sky, the young man beside Ge Songxiang suddenly looked over and met Chun Jinran's gaze.

Different from the previous panic in the face of Mrs. Jin, this time Chun Jinran nodded generously, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and smiled kindly.The other party didn't smile, but nodded as a response.

"Mrs. Jin is really amazing. I have lived for [-] years. If I dare to say this, I have never seen a girl who is more beautiful than Li Yun. Mrs. Jin, among other things, with this daughter alone, you are beyond the reach of others It's over." I don't know what topic to talk about, Xiahou Zhengnan led the conversation to Tianranju.

Mrs. Jin smiled like a flower: "Since my daughter is so good, why didn't I see you come to propose marriage? In the end, it was cheaper for the Shengwu Bank." These words were actually a bit rude, but when they came out of Mrs. Jin's mouth, it seemed to be shameless, coquettish, not only It won't make people unhappy, but it has a different style.

Xiahou Zhengnan was obviously very useful, instead of thinking about it, he laughed heartily: "Fu'er dare not be too high-ranking, your Liyun is a celestial girl descending to earth, if you want me to say, it's just right to enter the palace and be a concubine."

Mrs. Jin gave him a white look, but she was not annoyed.

Everyone even laughed.

The night is dark and the wine is slightly drunk. At this time, you can joke and joke casually, and no one will really take it seriously.

But Chun carefully discovered that Jin Liyun had lowered her head silently at some point, even so, she could still see that her cheeks were flushed, and just this shy side face was enough to make people's hearts flutter.

Chun Jinran was a little surprised. He thought that with Jin Liyun's stunning beauty, she should be used to being surrounded by stars, and her demeanor when she appeared on the stage seemed to confirm this idea.But at this moment, she is shy again, and she is not pretentious, she looks like the kind of daughter who doesn't go out of the boudoir, young and beautiful.

Chun Jinran doesn't understand women, nor is he good at analyzing women, but he can observe, no matter men or women, all kinds of situations in the world.

For example, now, the eccentric little junior sister of the Mysterious School next to Mrs. Kuyi has been staring blankly at the fourth young master of the Hang family for a long time, but Hang Mingjun didn't notice it, because he was staring at Jin Liyun obsessively, with eager eyes praying together. The landlord looked exactly the same when he looked at the silver, but it was a pity that this sincerity was not conveyed to Miss Jin, because with her head down, she was secretly looking up at Xia Houfu, even though that person would become someone else's husband in two days.

"Oh!" Chun Jinran sighed heavily.

Bailang turned around following the sound, worried: "What's wrong?"

"It's okay," Chun Jinran shook his head, "I just think it's too difficult to be in love with each other, you always like me, but I like her, what a pity!"

"..." Bailang wanted to pretend to understand, but...it was too difficult!

In the end, he could only turn his head back in silence.