The style is different [Comprehensive]

Although Huo Tianqing agreed to make the bet and said to do it immediately, in the end the betting matter was delayed until the next year.

At the end of the new year, all the major casinos in Yueyang City temporarily closed their doors to rest, saying that the bosses and servants were going home for a reunion.

However, Huo Tianqing's trip was not in vain, he settled the bills after the winter with those restaurants in the city that had cooperated with Dongting for a long time.

These things were originally done by Wuming, but now it's him, in order to be safe and not make mistakes, he used to just say that he would follow the past practice.

Therefore, according to the usual practice, the shopkeepers of these restaurants donated several large carts of fine wine in Dongting for Huo Tianqing to take back with them in addition to the final payment.

Huo Tianqing came back with these carts of wine, and it took three boats to transport them to Junshan at one time.

Xie Linyun was playing tricks with Bai Baiyu, but when he smelled the aroma of wine from afar, he couldn't help feeling a little moved.

And look at Bai Tianyu, who had been clamoring that he must practice his sword well before the New Year, but now he couldn't stop sniffing his nose.

She laughed, put away the gun by the way, and said, "I'll practice later, and I'll buy you a drink first."

Bai Baiyu immediately let out an "ah", put the black knife in his hand back into the scabbard at his waist, and hurriedly followed.

In two days' time, it will be New Year's Eve, and lanterns and ribbons for the New Year are hung all over the island.

The two of them followed the scent of the wine to find it, and happened to come across Huo Tianqing telling the servants to carry the wine carefully.

Seeing Huo Tianqing, Xie Linyun was still a little embarrassed, and subconsciously slowed down.

But since they have already come here, no matter how slow they are, it is impossible for Huo Tianqing to not notice it at all, not to mention that the Master of the Divine Sword Hall, who is a good wine, has no intention of walking slowly at all, and directly rushed up .

Huo Tianqing took the initiative to greet him, then turned his head to look in Xie Linyun's direction.

When the two eyes met, he first raised the corners of his lips, and called her Lake Lord from a distance of four feet.

The tone is very flat, and no emotion other than respect can be heard.

Xie Linyun also nodded to him, and then stepped forward to get the wine.

"It's hard work for you to bring back so much." She said to Huo Tianqing, "I'd better bring more people with me when I go out in the future."

Huo Tianqing nodded, but he didn't leave to do other things.

When Xie Linyun and Bai Baiyu each took a jar of wine and were about to leave, he said again: "Master of the lake, I have something to report."

Xie Linyun: "?"

She stopped, looked sideways, and asked, "What's the matter?"

Huo Tianqing glanced at Bai Baiyu from the corner of his eye, with a look of embarrassment on his face.

Xie Linyun reacted for a while before he realized: "Let's talk in another place." As he spoke, he threw the jar of wine in his hand to Bai Baiyu.

Bai Tianyu was holding a jar of wine in his hand, and there was a distance from her, so he almost missed it. When he held the two jars of wine together in his hand, he was still thinking about good luck.

Xie Linyun waved his hand at him, signaling him to go to the place where the knife was practiced first and have a drink before turning back to Huo Tianqing.

The boys were still loading the rest of the wine, and the two of them wanted to talk about things that were not pleasant to Bai Tianyu, so naturally they couldn't do it in front of them, so they had to walk in another direction deep in the peach forest.

"Speak." Xie Linyun said after walking to a place where there was no one around, "Judging from your previous tone, it seems to be a very important matter."

"I went to the city today and went to a total of fourteen restaurants." He paused, "I have been to nine of them before and met their shopkeepers."

Xie Linyun felt that he hadn't finished speaking, so he didn't interrupt.

Sure enough, the next moment, he put on a more serious tone and continued: "I found out that among the nine restaurants, three of these restaurants have changed their waiters, and two of them have changed their cooks."

"Originally, it's normal that it's hard to hire people at Nianguan, but the accents of these people who are replaced almost don't sound like Yueyang locals, so I'm a little concerned." Huo Tianqing said, "When I went to the five rooms at the back, I asked After a while, I found that there were also three people who came to work from other places."

Of the [-] restaurants that have contacts with Dongting, eight of them have new faces that are not commonly seen.

Huo Tianqing instinctively felt that something was wrong, so he became more careful, and seemed to have asked a few more questions unintentionally when he was getting the wine, but found that most of these unfamiliar faces had asked others about the situation in Dongting after they came to work.

It is true that Dongting Lake has Xie Linyun, the number one master in the world, but for ordinary people, martial arts masters are so far away from their lives, and in the absence of any news, they are not as important as firewood, rice, oil and salt.

Huo Tianqing knew this because of his previous experience as the manager of Zhuguang Baoqi Pavilion.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong, so he came back and unloaded the wine, and when he saw Xie Linyun, he immediately told her about it.

After hearing this, Xie Linyun also felt that there must be something tricky in it, but she was not good at thinking about these convoluted plots, so she gave up after thinking about it for a while.

She clicked her tongue and asked, "What do you think is going on?"

Huo Tianqing said without hesitation: "Using such a tortuous but precise way to inquire about Dongting, it is probably premeditated to collect information secretly and prepare to find a breakthrough."

When the two of them said this, they happened to be walking towards the nameless residence.

Xie Linyun thought about it, and decided to go in and ask Wuming to discuss it together.Her intuition told her that this was not a trivial matter.

Sure enough, Wuming, who was slumped on the wicker chair and basked in the sun, bounced up immediately after hearing Huo Tianqing's description.

He had been in contact with those restaurants far more times than Huo Tianqing, so his judgment of the situation was more accurate.

"The cook of Yuqiong Building lives opposite to Yuqiong Building. The salary is more and the job is less close to home. There is only one possibility that he will suddenly quit." Nameless said, "That is, someone gave him more money, more To the extent that he can quit that job without worrying about food and clothing."

"So you also think it's wrong." Xie Linyun said.

"It's not just wrong, it's simply too wrong." Wuming squinted his eyes and said, "Xiao Huo must have guessed right, someone is secretly thinking about how to sneak in and deal with us."

Xie Linyun didn't ask why, but only asked what to do next, and whether she needed to do anything.

Wuming and Huo Tianqing said in unison: "No need."

Xie Linyun: "..."

"You two are..." She raised her eyebrows, "Do you have an idea?"

"The chief manager will speak first." Huo Tianqing was very modest.

"Now the other party is in the dark, and we are in the light. Some things are bound to be handicapped." Wuming said, "So we have to find a way to find them out. They inquire about the situation in Dongting just to get in. In that case, we It’s better to open an opening to let them in.”

Xie Linyun: "How?"

Wuming thought for a while, and said: "When I was preparing for the hegemony competition, I recruited a group of people from Yueyang City to work in addition to the people sent by Yu Luocha. This is a precedent, so why not follow the example , find an excuse, and recruit another group of people."

Hearing this, Huo Tianqing couldn't help but interjected: "I coincidentally agree with the chief executive."

Wuming let out a hey, and said that it all depends on your carefulness, and you can find something wrong after paying the bill and getting a drink.

"After people come in, they eat and live in this water area. Isn't it easy to find out who has a different mind?"

When he said that, a cunning flashed in the corner of Wuming's eyes.

Xie Linyun: "...Then you two look at the arrangement, and if you need my cooperation, you can tell me."

Wuming lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, not knowing what exactly he thought of. When he raised his eyes again, he seemed to have some new thoughts, but he didn't say it right away.

Later, another attendant came to Huo Tianqing to ask about the New Year's expenses. After Huo Tianqing was called away, he said to Xie Linyun: "Has the Lake Master ever thought about who wants to deal with us?"

Xie Linyun didn't think about it at first, but thinking that he asked this question after Huo Tianqing was busy with other things, he also guessed his speculation, and said: "You mean... this incident may have something to do with Yan Tiezha ?”

Wuming nodded first, then shook his head again and said, "He should be involved, but not the mastermind. The mastermind is Huo Xiu."

"Huo Xiu's background is the dirtiest of the three of them, and he is the only one who can do such a big deal quietly." Wuming said firmly, "Others don't know, but I know it very well. The so-called quack The Tsing Yi Building of the No. [-] Assassin Organization was built by him alone."

Xie Linyun: "...Why didn't you mention it last time?"

Wuming took it for granted: "It's not something important, it's just a Tsingyi building, should I pay special attention to it?"

"Okay." Xie Linyun nodded, "If it's really Huo Xiu, Yan Tiezha really participated, how do you think we should solve it after we find out?"

"As a favor, pay off the debt they owe." Wuming had already made up his mind, "We don't need to come forward to pay off the debt, just contact Dugu Yihe."

In addition, there is one very important matter that can be resolved, that is, after this matter is over, the former master-servant relationship between Huo Tianqing and Yan Tiezha should be completely broken.

At that time, this descendant of the Heavenly Bird Sect will be able to serve Dongting from his body and mind.

But Wuming did not specifically say this, after all, the most important thing right now is to deal with the people who plan to deal with Dongting.

Xie Linyun handed over all the matters to him, so he didn't hesitate, and made up an excuse that he needed new staff the next day.

However, Xie Linyun never expected that the excuse he made was that she wanted to build a high-rise building and hold a big banquet as a farewell party for Tian Yu, who was about to go outside the customs to fight the leader of the Demon Cult after the next year.

"Hall Master Bai will be leaving in January at the latest. The time is so urgent, so more people are needed." Wuming explained, "If there is no such reason, it would be very strange for us to recruit people suddenly. Maybe Huo Xiu will find out, he is just an old fox."

Xie Linyun: "???"

"No, it's a fake reason you're using!" She opened her eyes wide, "I'm not related to Bai Baiyu, isn't it strange that we fought so much for him?"

"It's not surprising." Wuming counted for her with his fingers, "He established the Shendao Hall seven years ago and held a banquet on the Kanto Street. Originally, the major sects in the Kanto agreed not to go together, so as to kill his prestige. The eldest lady of the Changqing Gate saw him on the tower, and brought someone to cheer her up without telling her father; and five years ago he..."

Xie Linyun: "..." Well, stop talking.

Wuming can still read his face, he didn't list all the facts, he just concluded: "In short, based on the past rumors of Hall Master Bai in Jianghu, everyone will definitely believe this excuse I made up."

Xie Linyun still didn't speak.

Wuming can only repeat what she said before, and said: "The Lake Lord also said, if there is anything that needs your cooperation, let Xiao Huo and I just mention it, so you can cooperate this time?"

What does it mean to lift a rock and shoot yourself in the foot?

That's it.

Xie Linyun had a hard time, so he could only bear the reputation of being "fascinated by sex".

Later, Wuming added fuel to the picture, half-truthfully telling Bai Xiaosheng, who came to inquire about the situation, that she was really insane, and it was fine to spend huge sums of money to build high-rise buildings and hold a banquet, but she even went to an underground gambling house to place bets.

... Although the bet was indeed true, but with Wuming's words and Bai Xiaosheng's publicity, the image of Xie Linyun, the master of Dongting Lake, who spent a lot of money on Bai Baiyu's behalf, immediately stood up.

This was definitely the time when Xie Linyun didn't want to go out to meet people since he traveled for the second time.

She had promised to cooperate, but she couldn't come out to refute.

The only consolation is that Xie Linyun's behavior of betting on Bai Baiyu's win under the nameless exaggeration was directly interpreted as spending money to support the scene.

As a result, more people bought the leader of the Demon Cult and won, which meant that Xie Linyun could make more money when the duel ended.

For this reason, when Wuming and Huo Tianqing were busy hunting down the kid, Xie Linyun only did one thing every day - fight with Bai Baiyu.

"My reputation is gone, and if I can't, my money is gone. Let me tell you, you must win. If you lose, I will never let you go." She said to Bai Baiyu.

Bai Tianyu complained endlessly under the little red gun every day, only wishing that this first month could not pass quickly.

On the 25th of the first lunar month, the high-rise building built on the northern chain island was actually roughly completed.

Xie Linyun gets up early every day to practice swords, and he can see the cornices of that building from a distance on Junshan Mountain, which is very exquisite and beautiful.

She asked Wuming: "Has the person who sneaked in not shown his feet yet?"

Nameless said not yet.

"If I were Huo Xiu, I would not let them act at this time." He said, "The best time is when the farewell banquet is held."

Xie Linyun suddenly had a bad feeling.

Sure enough, Wuming's next sentence was to invite the lake owner to show his face over there and drink a few glasses of wine.

In order not to let the previous efforts go to waste, Xie Linyun could only continue to cooperate.

The farewell banquet for the Lord of the Divine Knife Hall was finally scheduled for the second night of February, the day when the dragon raised its head, a good omen.

The ordinary attendants on Junshan Island didn't know their plans, and they really believed in Xie Linyun's bewildering persona, and when they learned that the date was set for February [-], they even ran to her and praised her for Bai Tianyu's far-reaching thoughts.

Xie Linyun: "..." Forget it, it's the last step, so I'd better bear it.

Because Bai Tianyu was about to leave Dongting, she no longer had to be afraid of her guns, so she was particularly embarrassing on the night of February [-].

When the two of them took the boat to Lianhuan Island together, he even asked her cheerfully: "Since it's all like this, shouldn't I put on some vicious concubine posture for a while?"

Xie Linyun was so angry that he couldn't help but reached out and knocked him on the head, asking him to be normal, and it would be embarrassing if he acted too exaggeratedly and was exposed.

Bai Tianyu straightened his expression and said, "Okay, then I must be careful."

Xie Linyun felt that he didn't know how to measure, so he had to believe his words for a while, and took him to the chain island and held a banquet on a tall building.

The scale of this banquet was larger than when Lin Chaoying and Dr. Ximen got married. In order to lure the snake out of the hole, Wuming was generous to her like never before, and invited all the people who had contacts with Dongting.

I have to say that the gossip about the number one Dongting Lake Master in the world suddenly losing his mind in the face of the Master of the Sword Hall is really attractive, and there are many people who want to come to join in the fun this evening.

According to Wuming's plan, Xie Linyun half-truthfully dragged Bai Baiyu to drink a lot of wine, and finally pretended to be overwhelmed.

Up to this point, Dongting is still calm, no different from before.

After that, the guests in the building began to leave one after another, but there was a commotion at the bottom.

Someone leaned out of the window and looked down, and found that there was a team of black-clothed masters outside the building at some time, each holding someone in his hand.

Xie Linyun had the best ears, and he clearly heard that they were reporting to their chief manager, saying that after waiting all night, they finally caught these people who were trying to set fire, and they could slowly interrogate them.

At this moment, there was a sudden change in the building.

A few people who were no different from ordinary guests suddenly challenged the others, either using short soldiers hidden in their sleeves, hidden weapons, or direct fists, and in a short while, the scene was completely chaotic. .

Fortunately, Wuming and Huo Tianqing had already considered this point, and it wasn't too difficult to deal with it now.

Of all these people, the fastest mover was a swordsman who drew a soft sword from his waist.

Like a sharp beast, he avoided all the hands arranged around his table, and approached Xie Linyun's direction.

In the chaos, Xie Linyun propped his head and closed his eyes without moving.

The swordsman wielding a soft sword makes a fast sword that is rare in the Jianghu, and his moves are sharp and spicy, leaving no room for people.

Xie Linyun narrowed his eyes slightly and watched the other party approaching him, feeling that this should be the most powerful killer sent by Tsing Yi Lou this time.

But she still didn't move.

For as the man approached, she recognized his eyes.

When the soft sword swung at her head, she finally gently raised her hand to hold the sword, and said, "It's you."

The swordsman was stunned for a moment, and instinctively wanted to turn the hilt to draw back his sword, but no matter how hard he tried, it was like a bull into the sea, and half of his face turned pale immediately.

"That day, I asked you to practice your sword well, practice it for decades, at least make sure that your sword can hurt me, and then come and find me." She stood up, "I never thought that you would go to the Tsing Yi Building for revenge."

Yes, the swordsman with a soft sword in front of him was the young man Xie Linyun had met and talked to when he first entered the Dongting.

The young man didn't expect that she knew about Tsing Yi Lou, his movements froze, and when his mind relaxed, she directly pulled the sword away.

"But it's a little whimsical for a Tsingyi building in the district to want to trouble me." She paused, and then asked in doubt, "Why are you more and more inhuman than what you entrust each time?"

"..."

"It's really a waste of talent in swordsmanship." Xie Linyun folded the soft sword into five pieces, threw it aside, and said bluntly.