Chapter 174: The Battle of Swords and Spears I
Ling Tianyun watched the black lady and the red-faced man walk into the hall, and he was secretly thinking in his heart, he didn't expect to meet the old man in this family. At the same time, I was also thinking about the identity of the red-faced man, seeing that the big man exuded an extraordinary temperament, he must be an extraordinary person, and that majestic and mighty atmosphere made people can't help but have some thoughts of wanting to make friends.
The crowd did not seem to be interested in the arrival of the two men, and they only gulped down the wine from their bowls, and talked loudly, perhaps the guests who had been invited into the hall were not known to them.
Ling Tianyun didn't have any thoughts, he faintly felt that there was a faint sorrow spreading in the Feng family, and a depressed and desolate atmosphere was shrouded. The Feng family in his memory is not like this, could it be that something really happened to this Feng family. He actually wanted to go into the hall and see his grandfather Feng Yuxiu and a few uncles, but he felt that there were many people now, and he was wanted by the Zhong family's high bounty. If you are not careful, you may be involved in the Feng family, and it has nothing to do with you, but the roots of the Feng family are in this Daizhou city.
Although there was a slight worry in his heart, Ling Tianyun still couldn't lose his mind, he had to find an appropriate time to recognize his relatives. At the same time, he also knew that the Zhong family's eyes might already be eyeing him, as long as he found out that he had something to do with the Feng family, it would definitely be a devastating blow to the Feng family.
But at this time, the situation of the Feng family was worrying, which made Ling Tianyun feel conflicted, he wanted to know what happened to the Feng family, but he didn't dare to expose his identity in the Feng family and recognize his relatives. Worried, he was still in the mood to eat and drink with his tablemates, and anxious, he secretly thought about how to recognize his relatives in the most appropriate way.
He began to find a proper reason, but he didn't expect that the Feng family would not accept orders at this time, which means that he could not recognize his relatives for the time being. Thinking of the domineering of the Zhong family, as well as the killer of the "Piercing Heaven Alliance" hiding in the shadows, he was filled with a chill all over his body, and he had to come up with a foolproof strategy, so that he could not expose his relationship with the Feng family, and would not affect the Feng family. For a while, he couldn't think of a better way, so he could only secretly wait for the end of the banquet to see if he could find a good time.
Ling Tianyun's gaze swept to the people at the table he was at again, and found that there was no one at this table that he knew, and even those old dart masters he knew were several tables away from him, and they didn't notice him at all.
There were a total of eight people sitting at his table, of which six were servants of the Feng family, and only one was wearing a strong suit, a small but sturdy man who was born with a fierce atmosphere. Sitting beside him, the man was bowing his head and eating violently, as if he felt Ling Tianyun's gaze looking at him. He looked up and smiled at the other man, then continued to eat.
"This eldest brother, our Feng family has feasted those VIPs, and the two people who went in just now don't seem to be from our Daizhou City." Ling Tianyun tore a piece of chicken, chewed it lightly, and then pretended to be casual and asked the person beside him as if nothing had happened.
As soon as the man heard that someone was asking him, he immediately stopped the movement of his hand, and then wiped the grease stains on the corner of his mouth with his hand casually, and said with a grin: "This brother is new, if you want to ask the distinguished guests in the hall, then you are asking the right person." ”
The man turned his head and wiped the grease from his face. Only then did Ling Tianyun take a closer look at his appearance. An ordinary appearance, a pair of triangular eyes from time to time with a shrewd gaze, at first glance, this guy is the master who likes to take advantage of small advantages.
Seeing this, Ling Tianyun hurriedly filled this person's wine glass with wine, and then said politely, "Oh, I don't know who the VIPs in this hall are. ”
The man was very satisfied with Ling Tianyun's hospitality, he drank the glass of wine in one gulp, and then reached out to wipe the wine stains that remained on the corner of his mouth, and then pretended to whisper mysteriously: "The VIPs in that hall are all old friends of the old dart head, as well as the border army guards of this generation of state cities, the most surprising thing is that our Feng family's old rival Tan Jia is also here, and the others are all people from the rivers and lakes with some strength in this generation of state." ”
When Ling Tianyun heard this, he immediately had a feeling of crying and laughing, this is simply nonsense, who doesn't know that this family banquet is all about these VIPs, but the other party didn't say a more useful information. As for who the red-faced face who entered the last to enter, I'm afraid this family doesn't know.
The man didn't notice Ling Tianyun's wry smile at all, and he was still blowing wildly, so that Ling Tianyun's forehead was covered with black lines in a moment, this was neither listening nor not listening. However, he heard that the Tan family had become the sworn enemies of the Feng family, but he didn't know about it, he remembered that the two families had always been close before. Otherwise, if I stayed in the Feng family for so much or two months, how could I often be followed by a yellow-haired little girl chewing toffee.
He didn't want to ask much about this matter, maybe there was any conflict of interest between the two families, after all, he had cut off contact with this place for more than ten years. The first is the early death of his mother, so that his father Ling Duozhi has no face to face under the sadness, and the second is the delicate relationship between the Han Kingdom and the Khitan Kingdom in these years, but the border defense can not be neglected at all times. So he is both inexplicable and familiar with this place, in short, he has mixed feelings.
The Feng family is mainly engaged in a kind of business such as consignment of protective goods, that is, the dart shop that arose in the Ming Qian period, but there was no dart shop at that time, but it was just a low-profit business model that some martial arts families spontaneously arose. At that time, this industry was only to relieve some of the pressure on the imperial court station, but later it became bigger and bigger.
The Feng family will also make the business bigger and bigger, and the main Feng family is the largest martial arts family in Daizhou, and the goods that escort the guests are safe and timely, and the remuneration price of the Feng family is fair. Therefore, the Feng family is also making this kind of dart-like industry bigger and bigger. Even the business of the Feng family began to enter the Great Zhou Dynasty in the east, and there was a Khitan country in the north, and the Feng family also had an excellent reputation, and there were dozens of martial artists under it.
It's just that what puzzles Ling Tianyun is that the Feng family at this time is like a dying old man, spreading a late and depressing aura, and it is difficult to recover the majestic momentum of more than ten years ago.
Seeing that he couldn't ask anything, Ling Tianyun didn't want to deal with that person anymore, he lowered his head and pondered thoughtfully, but his eyes sparkled and looked around. It's just that to his disappointment, he only saw the noise everywhere, and the hall was very quiet, no sound came, and it was so quiet that it made people's hearts palpitate.
That person was also interested, but he was also dissatisfied with Ling Tianyun's treatment of him like this, so he snorted coldly and ate again. With such a character and heart, he didn't know how this family was recruited, compared to the servant Xiao Qi just now, it was simply 108,000 miles behind, Ling Tianyun thought in his heart.
The dishes on the table were eaten by everyone like a storm of clouds, and everyone burped with satisfaction, stretched their waists, and some left on their own, and some stayed at the table and looked at the other tables with a look left and right.
At this moment, the family style of the Feng family was no longer the warm and hearty hospitality it had at the beginning, but was filled with ordinary fake enthusiasm and artificiality, which made Ling Tianyun very sad. Such a large family of martial cultivators has been reduced to such a state. Ling Tiango really wanted to know the real reason for this, could it be related to the Zhong family, he was shocked in his heart, and couldn't help but think about everything in Lanzhou. If the Zhong family vows to eliminate dissent, then all the forces of martial cultivation in the Great Han Kingdom will be attacked.
As soon as his thoughts flowed, he suddenly found that the door of the hall was open, and two people walked out of the door, it was the black lady and the red-faced man, and then he saw his grandfather Feng Yu Xiu, standing at the door to see them off.
Seeing that his grandfather was right in front of him, but he couldn't come forward to recognize him for the time being, this kind of sourness made Ling Tianyun's heart feel as uncomfortable as a knife. If the Feng family is really hit by the rejection of the Zhong family, then he can't come forward to recognize him for the time being. Otherwise, not only himself, but even the Feng family will be retaliated against more violently because of his own measures.
Looking at the old man standing in the cold wind, the kind of spirited and red-faced grandfather Feng Yuxiu in his memory was full of vicissitudes at the moment, but his sturdy body looked rickety and old. His gaze stayed on the old man with silver hair and frosty beard in a red satin robe, and at this moment his heart was even more sad, and the tears in his eyes were almost about to run down his cheeks. He endured the pain in his heart, suppressed his excitement and sadness, and forced his heart to calm down, but his eyes remained on the old man.
The old man watched the black lady and the red-faced face leave, and was about to turn around and return to the hall, when suddenly he felt a strange gaze that stayed on him, and that gaze made him tremble. The feeling contained in that gaze is as if a relative has not been seen for many years, and the urgent feeling of eager need to recognize each other. He clearly felt that it was a kind of close blood kinship, and the old man froze and swept through the crowd in front of him.
"The old lady has a long life, and her longevity is better than Nanshan." When everyone saw the old man looking at them, they unanimously congratulated each other.
And Ling Tianyun was even more shocked in his heart, he didn't expect his grandfather to be so surprised, he quickly looked away, and pretended to echo with everyone. In the conflict, he almost rushed forward to recognize his grandfather, but at this time, there were many people, and it would be unwise to go forward, so he still suppressed that impulse.
After the crowd shouted, the old man waved his hand and nodded, but he still could not hide a disappointed expression on his face, the gaze that remained on him was gone, and he had no way to look for it, so he had to turn and return to the hall.
"Are you asking about the two guys?" The triangular-eyed man that Ling Tianyun asked saw that he saw Feng Yuxiu sending the black lady and the red-faced man out of the hall door, so he stepped forward and asked him again.
Ling Tianyun was stunned for a moment, he hadn't reacted from that sadness, and he didn't say anything for a long time. That person thought that Ling Tianyun had some abnormalities when he first saw the old lady of the Feng family. He couldn't help muttering again: "The old lady of our Feng family was seriously injured by a sneak attack last time, and now the Feng family is getting lower and lower, and it is difficult for the old lady Feng to recover his former majesty." Little brother, my brother still advises you, leave this family as soon as possible and find another job. This meal is good to say, it is the old lady's birthday dinner, and it is possible to say that it is not good. ”
When Ling Tianyun heard this, his heart swelled with even more sadness, as for what the other party said about his grandfather's sneak attack, he thought that it must have been done by someone from the Zhong family in Jinyang. And the other party's remarks aroused the unconcealable anger in his heart, and one day he would uproot the Zhong family.
He didn't blame the other party, after all, the other party was also a kind reminder, but he didn't expect the Feng family to fall to such a point. Now it's getting to the point where it's hard to get started. He forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart and asked the man indifferently: "How did the old lady get seriously injured by a sneak attack, as far as I know, the old lady is superb in martial arts, and the martial arts realm is even more incomprehensible. Who can deal with him, and who wants to fight the Feng family? ”
"Alas, little brother, in fact, my brother only knows so much, as for whether you go or stay, you can do it yourself." The man let out a long sigh, and that's all he said, maybe he really didn't know the inside story, or maybe he didn't want to say it at all.
This person also looked worried, but it made Ling Tianyun's opinion change somewhat. He then asked the other party, "What about you, after eating a meal, do you want to stay or leave?" ”
"Of course I stayed, what those scholars said, what is it called the food of the king, the matter of loyalty to the king. It seems to be said that in our jargon, it is to take people's money and eliminate disasters with people. Although I, Yuan Xiaoliu, am not a hero, at least I still understand the morality of the rivers and lakes. The man immediately replied in a righteous and stern manner.
Ling Tianyun was even more stunned, he didn't think that this sturdy man named Yuan Xiaoliu would be so righteous, he hurriedly toasted a glass of wine to the other party, just in his heart was the heart of a villain.
"Dare to ask the little brother Gao's surname, is it the first day to report today, why haven't I seen you before?" Seeing that the other party was so enthusiastic about toasting, Yuan Xiaoliu also opened the conversation.