Returning wild geese in autumn

Chapter No.16: Encountering Spirit

But in the scene of sipping tea, Cao Xu closed the phone and came back. Seeing the two smiling thoughtfully, he pulled the chair back and sat down.

"Brother Cao, are you done?"

"Well, you two have been waiting for a long time." Cao Xu smiled a little reluctantly, as if he had made some decision, and said:

"You two, Cao Xu, I am not a procrastination person. You have been with me before, do you think I am a trustworthy person?"

"Brother Cao, why did you say that?" Zhan Zhao raised his eyebrows slightly in surprise—could he understand what Bai Yutang meant?To be able to figure it out in such a short period of time, this Cao Xu is indeed a character.

Cao Xu smiled slightly: "You two, don't play around with me. If you think I'm a person you can trust, just speak up. I don't have many strengths, but I know how to write the word 'loyalty', not to mention that I was originally Just hit it off with the two of you and treat it as a friend, how about it?"

He just went out and hung up the phone after talking a few words, just thinking of the murderous aura of Bai Yutang he felt earlier, and the identities of the two people in the room, he couldn't help feeling a little uncomfortable.He himself was not a simple person, at this moment alone, he had guessed the intention of Bai Yutang's move just now.

Cao Xu didn't have any resistance to Bai Yutang's temptation. In fact, in his opinion, it would be too abnormal for Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao to believe in him without reservation or even directly confess their heart to him.Although it is said to be an ancient man two thousand years ago, anyone who has read martial arts novels will understand that the rivers and lakes are not very easy to mess with.How can a person with no means get the titles of Nanxia and Chinchilla?

What's more, he is not stupid, so it is definitely a rare opportunity for two people like this to meet him.Although he looks gentle and polite, he is really loyal, and he really hits it off with the two people in front of him, so he really wants to help them this time.

——Of course, this is also because Cao Xu knows what kind of characters these two characters in "Seven Heroes and Five Justice" are. Otherwise, the so-called "fate" alone is not enough for him to make a decision to help them of.

When he said this, both Zhaobai and Bai naturally understood what he meant.The two looked directly into his clear eyes, and it took a moment for Bai Yutang to laugh:

"Okay! I never thought that I, Bai Yutang, would meet someone like Brother Cao after a thousand years. If so, Bai has made you my friend!"

Cao Xu was overjoyed, and looked at Zhan Zhao in a blink of an eye. The latter just nodded slightly with a smile, and there was naturally a calm approval in his eyes.He saw the young man stretch out his hand slightly to him:

"Brother Cao, please! Please teach me more in the future!"

"Brother Zhan, you're welcome!" Cao Xu involuntarily followed Wen Cranchi, then leaned forward slightly as if thinking of something, looked into Zhan Zhao's clear eyes, and said with a bit of playfulness: "You two really don't worry that I'm Deliberately using you?"

Zhan Zhao heard the words and just looked back with a smile: "I believe in Brother Cao."

Cao Xu was stunned, and then laughed: "Okay! Just for your words, you two friends and brothers, Cao Xu agrees! I have no choice but to doubt what you two said. I have committed a great crime. I will punish myself!" "As he spoke, he toasted to Zhan Zhao, and Zhan Zhao hurriedly returned the salute cautiously:

"Brother Cao's behavior is normal, why is there a crime? Besides, the two of us are not testing? If we want to make amends, I should wait to do it first!"

Cao Xu shook his head and said, "Stop talking about this! Anyway, you and I are already friends, so if we talk about it, we'll be offended!"

Zhan Zhao had heard his words so far, so he smiled and stopped talking, and changed the subject casually: "But speaking of it, Brother Cao, you are indeed very human. If others suddenly hear that Brother Bai and I were originally a thousand years ago The ancients, I am afraid that the first reaction is to suspect that our place is in disorder!" He also pointed his forehead with his fingers, smiling gently.

Unexpectedly, Cao Xu laughed dumbfounded when he heard his words, and shook his head: "This is brother Zhan, you are overthinking! Not to mention that you have shown such a trick before, Cao also thinks that some factors such as judgment—maybe In your era, time travel, from ancient times to the present, etc., was almost a fantasy, but in this era, those time-travel novels are almost rampant in the streets, I am afraid that anyone who changes their minds can take it for granted !"

"Uh..." Although Zhan Zhao didn't know what the so-called "time travel novels", "Arabian Nights" and other unfamiliar words referred to, he probably understood the meaning of Cao Xu's words, and was suddenly stunned.

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The three of them said that the host and the guest had enjoyed themselves so far, some things needn't be said too clearly, it's good for both parties to know the light and dark mechanisms in the words.And since Cao Xu proposed to help the two of them, he must explain clearly why Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang appeared here.

In fact, it was the two of them who were most confused about why they appeared in this world after a thousand years.At this moment when Cao Xu mentioned this matter, they could only describe everything that happened that weird night in detail.From the beginning of the story of the inn in Luzhou to the night when he appeared in this city.

Cao Xu quietly listened to the story of the two of them, but the two were in a hurry at first, and then fought with no distractions, so they really didn't notice anything, and they still had no clue at the end.

"I can't analyze what you two said for a while—but you two might as well think about it carefully. There was really nothing special that day? Like the environment, the weather, or some special day?"

"This..." Zhan Zhao frowned and thought about it, "The weather, the environment...there's nothing special. Zhan has been to Luzhou in the past, and that part of the road is also an ordinary trail... Hey!" He suddenly slapped his palm, raised his eyebrows and raised his eyes Said, "I seem to have heard something about the Nine Stars Lianzhu that night! It was in that little shop—Brother Bai, do you still remember?"

"It seems that there is..." Bai Yutang was even more uncertain, he was so focused on teasing the cat that night, how could he pay attention to others?Hearing Zhan Zhao's mention at this time, I have a vague impression, but I'm not sure.

But Zhan Zhao remembered most of it, nodded affirmatively and said, "Someone did mention Nine Stars Lianzhu that night. Is this something special? Brother Cao?" He looked at Cao Xu as he spoke, he knew too much about astrology No, Zhan Zhao is not sure whether it is really related to it.

"Nine Stars Lianzhu?" Cao Xu was already deep in thought, "I've heard of it. It's an extremely rare astrology that can only appear once in nearly a thousand years. According to astronomy, the stars in the universe have certain influences on the surroundings. Influence, if Nine Stars Lianzhu causes some changes in the earth's magnetic field, which leads to the appearance of cracks in time and space, it makes sense..."

He was analyzing and talking to himself, but when he raised his head, he found that the two people on the opposite side looked like they were listening to a book, and they were dumbfounded: "Look at me! I forgot that you don't know much about some modern things. Simply put, it is Jiuxinglianzhu There may be some strange changes. If there is no other reason, maybe the two of you came here because of this Jiuxing Lianzhu."

Bai Yutang was very displeased with this feeling of listening to the heavenly scriptures. He could not help but listen to Cao Xu's analysis and said, "It doesn't make sense! If it's really Nine Stars... Uh, what kind of mutation made us appear after a thousand years? Why are the two of us here when no one else has anything to do?"

"I don't know that either." Cao Xu smiled wryly and stretched out his hands to rub his forehead. "I'm just a hobbyist in the theory of astrology. Although I like to observe, I'm just a layman, let alone this kind of subject that no one has studied and understood?"

The reason for this was not understood for a while, although Zhaobai and Bai felt unwilling in their hearts, they could only let it go for the time being.Cao Xu was also a little resentful, so he cheered up and greeted the two of them for drinks and food, while saying: "You two don't need to lose heart, although I don't know, but I know a few experts who specialize in this field, I will ask them when the time comes. There might be a result."

"Looks like that's the only way to go, thank you Brother Cao." Zhan Zhao sighed softly, smiled again and raised his glass to Cao Xu, "This time is also thanks to Brother Cao, the two of us came here suddenly, if we hadn't met Brother Cao, I'm afraid you're still outside at this time... Zhan respects you!"

"Brother Zhan, you're being polite!" Cao Xu raised his glass and smiled wryly.Bai Yutang looked at him coldly, played with the wine glass and said suddenly:

"It seems that Brother Cao is not used to the etiquette of the two of us?" He could see that every time Cao Xu called the two of them "brother", he was always a little awkward.

"To be honest, it's a little bit." Cao Xu didn't hide anything, nodded and said, "After a thousand years, the etiquette has changed a lot. At least it's extremely rare for people to call each other 'brother'."

"Then how do modern people call each other?" Bai Yutang became a little interested, thinking in his heart: It seems a certainty that the two of them will live for a period of time after these thousand years, and they can't always stick to the ancient etiquette. .It doesn't matter to me, but after all, it's so inconvenient.

Hearing this, Cao Xu put down his wine glass and said with a smile: "Modern people! Most of them call each other by first name or nickname. Only in very formal occasions do they use honorifics, calling men as 'Mr.', women as 'Miss', 'Ms.' and 'Mrs.'" 'Wait, they will also call each other's positions, such as 'general manager', 'secretary secretary', 'president' and so on."

Speaking of which, seeing the two people on the opposite side frowning, they were obviously a little confused, and said with a smile: "Those are not in a hurry, after all, there are not many formal occasions. People who are acquainted just need to be called by name, and those who are not very familiar are called 'Mr. ’ or ‘Miss.’ The rest just get used to it.”

Bai Yutang curled his lips: "The address after a thousand years is really..." Thinking of myself at that time, "Sir" was also a respectful title, but "Miss" was passed down in the brothel Chuguan. I got used to it.

Zhan Zhao heard that Cao Xu meant to get acquainted with him later, but he said seriously, "If Brother Cao is not busy, why not explain it now! The two of us know too little about this era, so we should start by addressing it. Brother Cao... Mr. Cao, what do you think?"

Zhan Zhao tried his best to call the word "Sir" solemn, but Cao Xu found it very awkward.He stretched out his hands to scratch his hair, and couldn't help laughing: "Brother Zhan learns quickly! But I'm not used to it—since we are friends, how about calling each other by names? I think the two of you should be younger than me." How old are you? How about you guys call me 'Cao Xu' or 'Xiao Cao', and I call brother Zhan 'Xiao Zhan' and brother Bai 'Yutang'?"

Zhan Zhao naturally had no objection, Bai Yutang raised his eyebrows, and smiled: "Since Xiao Cao, you don't care anymore, and Bai is not a restrained person, cat, you can call me by my name too!"

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