Shuoyun Feidu

It's the Dragon Boat Festival, the streets and alleys are filled with the faint smell of calamus, mugwort leaves, rice dumplings and other things, and the streets are much more lively than before. There are many restaurants in the downtown area. On the outside, the cornices and carved buildings are exquisite and elegant, but inside it is very quiet, no noisy voices can be heard, and it seems that there are no guests, which seems a bit weird.

A carriage stopped slowly in front of the building, and the light car was easy to drive. A young man in purple clothes got out of the car. The men in brocade clothes who had been standing here for a long time at the door saw the young man's appearance, and they knew it in their hearts, so they went forward and bowed. He said: "The owner of the villa is already waiting upstairs, please move the owner of the castle." Beitang Rongdu held a fan in his left hand and said with a smile: "Your owner is not at home during the festive season. Run out to hang around." Saying that, he followed the person leading the way into the building.

The whole flower building has been booked. The hall on the third floor is elegant but empty. There is a large table with all kinds of exquisite tea and snacks. There is only one young man sitting in front of the table. He looks very handsome and is covered with a brocade robe. His appearance is quite different from that romantic young man in the past. When Beitang Rongdu saw him, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Tsk, now that you are the owner of the villa, it really is different from before." The man's eyes flashed With a hint of a smile, he said immediately: "Since I'm managing a family business right now, how many people in Pingjian Villa are counting on me to eat, so they have to put on a show, don't they?"

Beitang Rongdu sat down, and casually put the gold and jade bone fan in his hand on the table. Yin Zhibai saw it, and smiled and said, "You are not left-handed, why do you hold it with your left hand?" Beitang Rongdu touched it. He smacked his right arm, smacked his lips, shook his head and said, "Don't mention it, I had a trick with my father when I was practicing this morning, but someone broke my arm, and it still hurts now." Hearing this, Yin Zhibai couldn't help laughing and said, "The castle master has done it!" It's too heavy." Beitang Rongdu gently rubbed his shoulders, smiled and said, "He's always been like this, I've been used to it since I was a child... But today he doesn't know what to do, it's better when he twists my arm. It seemed that I kept my hand a little bit suddenly, no, I took the opportunity to hurt him with the dagger, and scratched his face." Then, he measured the size with his left hand: "Although the wound is not big, but the wound on the dagger But he is poisoned. Although he is using the antidote right now, it will not heal immediately. In the past two days, I am afraid that he will have to cover his face like he was injured by Master Yuzhao back then. Cover it up." Yin Zhibai scolded with a smile: "You are too good at fighting, that's your own father." Beitang Rongdu touched his arm and smiled: "When I fight with him, it's always physical. Seriously, I don't have the time to think so much... In fact, if he hadn't suddenly kept his hand, with my current ability, I wouldn't be able to hurt him."

The two were chatting and laughing casually. At this time, someone from downstairs lined up and climbed up to the third floor, and began to serve food. Immediately, the surrounding area was filled with a strong aroma. Yin Zhibai picked up the chopsticks and pointed to a piece of flying preserved jade hibiscus on the table. Jokingly said: "Can I eat by myself, do I need to choose a beauty by my side to feed you?" Beitang Rongdu smiled and said: "Come on, I can't use chopsticks, maybe even spoons can't be used!" He took a spoon in his left hand, put a spoonful of the fish soup in front of him into his mouth, tasted it, and found it very delicious. At the same time, he said with a smile: "You too, since today is the Dragon Boat Festival, why don't you come to Pingjian Stay in the villa, but tell me to come out and hang out with you." Yin Zhibai's face was pale, he picked up his glass with a smile, and said: "Anyway, there is no one... Ever since my father passed away, there is no one in Pingjian Villa. I'm a family member, I'm a loner, and you are probably the only one who can be regarded as a friend, so it's better to ask you out to eat and drink, at least we can talk together." He smiled and sighed and said: "Now I am Holding Pingjian Mountain Villa in my hand, but it is not as good as before. I don’t even have anyone around me who can talk easily. This time I passed by here on business and stayed in the store for a few days. Today is just in time for the holiday, so I called you come out."

Beitang Rongdu smiled, didn't answer the topic, just squinted his eyes slightly, and said in a harmonious voice: "Since you feel deserted, then try to get married and start a family. After a few years, the Pingjian Villa may be full of people." It's a child, won't it be lively then?" Yin Zhibai tasted the fine wine in his glass and said with a smile, "Why am I so anxious, I don't have much interest in such things... Speaking of which, if you promised to give Han Yan to me , I might be married now."

The two of them have a very close friendship, and they have never avoided any taboos or concealed their words, so Beitang Rongdu didn't care when he heard it, he just smiled and said: "You have a good idea." Just as he was speaking, a black shadow seemed like a ghost , silently appeared behind Beitang Rongdu, took out a small wax-sealed bamboo tube from his arms, then used his fingernails to lift the wax seal, took out a paper roll inside, unfolded it and handed it to the boy with an inconvenient right hand.Beitang Rongdu took it over and glanced at it, then crumpled his hands into crumbs, nodded and said: "Okay, that's it..." The man bowed his head in response, and at the same time made a quick gesture with his hands, Beitang Rongdu After looking at it, he nodded slightly, indicating that he understood: "Forget it, it's still the same." After hearing this, the man didn't move any more, his figure flashed, and disappeared again.

Yin Zhibai picked up his wine glass and smiled slightly: "Beitang, you are very busy." Beitang Rongdu smiled and said, "It is impossible for people like us to be idle." Yin Zhibai smiled lightly, and suddenly There was a meaningful smile on his lips, looking at Beitang Rongdu, he said casually: "Beitang, you are different from me before, there are no brothers fighting with you, even Beitang Fort After the Lord’s Day, there are still children, and their ages are too different from yours to pose a threat. This huge family property of Unsheltered Fortress will be yours sooner or later.

Yin Zhibai's friendship with Beitang Rongdu is extraordinary. In addition, he is now the owner of Pingjian Villa, and many things with Beitang Rongdu are privately involved and mutual assistance. Therefore, in front of him, some of Beitang Rongdu The matter is not a secret, so it is natural to know a lot of the inside story.Beitang Rongdu heard the words, the spoon that was about to scoop up the meat soup in his hand stopped moving, raised his eyes to stare at Yin Zhibai's eyes, and suddenly smiled, scooped up a spoonful of meat soup and put it into his mouth, and said with a smile: " Zhibai, it’s good for you to know some things, but what you said now is a bit embarrassing.” Yin Zhibai picked up a chopstick, and said with a leisurely smile: “between you and me, these words are not original. What is it, you are ruthless, flirtatious, rich, powerful, cold-blooded, and of course, also ambitious, I have known you all these years, don't you know that." Beitang Rongdu rubbed his forehead with his hand, smiling on the inside. Authentic: "Tsk, it doesn't do me any good to be talked about by you..."

Yin Zhibai twisted his cuffs, and said meaningfully: "You and I are good friends, but I am not the Lord of Beitang." Beitang Rongdu played with the cup in front of him with one hand, and said lightly: "I know, so I talk a lot , I can always tell you... a man was born in the world, he has ambitions, but I think it is different from most people. "

Beitang Rongdu straightened his clothes with one hand, then took a sip of wine from his glass, as if he was thinking about something, he paused, and then slowly said: "I understand what you mean, You must be very clear about our family, my father has no other children, so it stands to reason that I don't have to deal with a group of brothers and sisters who have their own thoughts, which is really very fortunate." Beitang Rongdu pursed his lips, as if He was reminiscing the aroma of wine between his lips and teeth: "I have been working hard outside these years, and I have proven my ability. As long as there is no accident, Wushebao will always be mine in the future. In this regard, Wushebao disciples are all over the world. Among them No one should doubt it."

Yin Zhibai's tone was relaxed, as if he was joking: "Then you have nothing to worry about, you'd rather spend time cultivating your wings... The man just now, just looking at his body skills, he knew that he must be a master of the secret door of the Unsheltered Fortress " He smiled, his tone was understated, and he said intentionally or unintentionally: "Could it be because you don't want to be a gray-haired 'prince'? That's right. Standing at the end of the year, youth is just right, not a few years older than me, besides, the Lord of Beitang Castle is the number one master in the world, his cultivation is unpredictable, he may be a hundred years old, if he has been sitting and not passing on the position of Castle Lord You, you can't do anything about it." Beitang Rongdu chuckled, narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "I'm not that Li Shimin, I don't know how to play tricks to force the palace." Yin Zhibai smiled casually, and filled the two of them one by one. Jiu: "It's just a joke... From my point of view, the father-son relationship between you and the Lord of Beitang Castle is not fake. Although you value power, you are not the kind of person who is greedy for profit."

Beitang Rongdu shook his head, picked up the cup and took a sip: "I did it, but it's not these..." Yin Zhibai's eyes were a little dark: "Beitang, it's fine if it's not like this, you have to be clear, you do things... Of course, you have to be a little more measured." Beitang Rongdu smiled softly, stared at Yin Zhibai's eyes, and said seriously: "I know you are doing it for my own good. In fact, it's nothing, I can tell you clearly, I will do it. Everything I do is just for one purpose." The boy raised his left index finger and shook it: "I don't want to let myself be dominated by others...not even my father."

Yin Zhibai looked at Beitang Rongdu unexpectedly, as if he didn't expect the other party to give such a reason, Beitang Rongdu took a bite of the dish with a smile, as if recalling, and said eloquently: "I am very happy." When I was young, my father would often hold me on his lap, and I would watch him sit high above everyone. With just one sentence, countless people's lives and fortunes were determined. From then on, I knew that power Why does power and power make people go forward, and would rather give up their family affection or even their own life, and hold it in their hands." There was a hint of coldness in the boy's tone, and his eyes gradually turned into a cold ice blue Looking at the color, I vaguely remembered some bad memories: "Do you know how my mother died? She was killed by a pregnant concubine of my father... If I was not too young at the time, if I At that time, with the same power as now, who would dare to harm my mother? They will only try their best to curry favor with her and curry favor with her."

Yin Zhibai looked at the gloomy-looking young man in front of him, and felt touched in his heart. He poured wine for him, and said in relief, "Forget it, why mention the past...drinking." Beitang Rongdu smiled, and immediately calmed down , bowed his head and sipped half a glass of wine: "Zhibai, let me tell you, although my father and I are father and son, we are also monarchs and ministers. I knew this very well when I was very young, so in the years when I left the castle , I have already begun to pay attention to cultivating my own power, because I know that although I am the young master of Unsheltered Fort in the eyes of others, and the only son of the lofty Beitang Zunyue, all of these are not even as good as my own. The cup in my hand is stronger—just a word from my father, and I can fall from the sky to the ground in an instant, and I will be nothing, and there will be nothing again."

No one else was present at the moment, and what Beitang Rongdu and Yin Zhibai said was direct and straightforward, and there was no need for much concealment or taboo between each other.Yin Zhibai's expression moved slightly, as if he thought of himself from the other party's words - when he was not the owner of Pingjian Villa, wasn't he the same?Just because his father didn't pay attention to him, he had no choice but to use the face of a prodigal son to survive under the eyes of his stepmother and brother... Beitang Rongdu said indifferently: "Actually, I also want to have a pure relationship between me and him." I also like the relationship between father and son, father's kindness and son's filial piety, but there are some things that remind me that this is impossible. As long as I am not honest and completely tame and obey him for a day, there will always be conflicts between me and him. "

Yin Zhibai smiled, lifted the wine glass slightly with his hand, and said, "But you have always been unwilling to be under others." Beitang Rongdu laughed, and said: "You know me. Yes, I am a person, I never want to be controlled by others, my father can't allow others to defy him, but I just can't bear others to control me, at the beginning, this can't be reconciled." He shook his head: "I have been reminded too many times... ...My life is up to me, not up to God, let alone others, and one day I want no one to control me, not even my father."

For a while, the two agreed not to continue talking, but just sat and drank each other.After a few rounds of drinking, Yin Zhibai sighed slightly: "Actually, Beitang, you and I are similar." Beitang Rongdu also smiled: "Isn't it? Sometimes I think we are more like brothers." Yin Zhibai Turning his eyes slightly, he glanced at him, and said with a smile: "Come on, if you are really brothers with me, I'm afraid I'll have to worry about being schemed by you all day long... None of you Beitang family has ever been It's a good match." Beitang Rongdu tried to pick up the chopsticks with his left hand to pick up a piece of fish, and said with a smile: "No way, it's just like this..." After all, his hands were not used to it, and the meat on the chopsticks accidentally fell On the table, Beitang Rongdu had no choice but to pick up the spoon again to scoop up dishes that didn't need to be picked up: "Actually, he and I are both father and son, and my father is very good to me. If anyone wants to harm him, I will definitely do it." I was the first to kill that person... It's just that my thoughts are different after all. I respect him and love him, but sometimes, I have to use some means. Sometimes I think about it, and I feel uncomfortable... Forget it, don't say it These."

Yin Zhibai raised his wine glass: "Come on, let's go, since it's a festive season, you and I won't say anything to spoil the fun, let's drink." Beitang Rongdu also lifted his glass, drank it down, and said with a smile: "I'll be back later. You have to go back, don't feed me too much." Yin Zhibai laughed and said, "Are you afraid of me drinking with your capacity for alcohol? I'm afraid I'm the one being fed."

The two were chatting, laughing and drinking, and before they knew it, it was getting dark, Beitang Rongdu put down his wine glass, waved his hands, and said, "No, it's getting late, I really have to go back." Yin Zhi's face was wine-colored, and he smiled Said: "Forget it, I won't keep you, I should go back." Beitang Rongdu sneered disdainfully: "What is going back, is it going back to a gentle town?" Yin Zhibai laughed and scolded: "If you don't say it, it will hurt you." You can't die!" While laughing and cursing, the two went downstairs together, got into the carriages, and heard the sound of rumbling, they had already driven far away.