Have You Met My Brother?[Comprehensive Martial Arts + Sword Three] Chapter 43

Chapter 43 Enemies of Man and Woman Yan Bugui: The Central Plains here is also quite lively…

Along the long street, bright lanterns swayed with the breeze, illuminating the road as if it were daytime.From time to time, passersby cast curious glances around the almost full noodle stall. Fortunately, more people did not stop, so that the person involved in the accident would not be surrounded by a large crowd of people.

After the parrot opened his mouth, Xue Bin’s face turned green, red, and white. It was colorful and really good-looking. Even if he didn’t understand what “scumbag” specifically meant, since it was related to “scumbag” and it was juxtaposed with “disciple”, it probably wasn’t a good word.

More importantly… Xue Bin glanced vaguely at the swordsman wearing a bamboo hat and the man in white who looked like a weak scholar. There were two more people in the small group of two women and one bird, and one of them was clearly carrying a knife, which looked very difficult to mess with.

His martial arts skills are not as good as that of his father, who was once called the “Man in Blood Clothes”, and he is not sure that he can fight one against four; but he is not like his eldest sister who will start a three-point argument unreasonably, and then use his father’s name to suppress others… Seeing that he is completely at a disadvantage, no matter what little thoughts he was thinking about before, he has suppressed it now, and his first priority has become to find a way to escape.

In the gap between Guo Xiang and the two sides’ entanglement in a few words, Xue Bin quickly turned his brain and thought about how to deal with it. So as soon as the girl finished her last sentence, he took a step back and insisted on Zuo Mingzhu’s fault. He preemptively said, “What are you doing? Now it’s her who ruined my dinner and clothes. Are you going to take advantage of the crowd and attack me in public?”

“This is not the reason for you to blackmail the girl’s personal belongings.” Yan Bugui actually didn’t know what Xiaoyu meant by “scumbag”, but based on what Guo Xiang told him, it was definitely not a good thing.

As for this kind of strange words, he probably heard it from a certain Hongyi-kun – among the people he knew, he was the only one who occasionally said some strange words that he could understand every word but was incomprehensible when put together. If he wanted to know the specific meaning, he could just ask the person himself when he had time.Well, although sometimes this person doesn’t know why he says these things, it’s just that his mouth moves faster than his head.

When it comes to specific matters, no matter what he says in a high-sounding way, more often than not, he actually helps his relatives but does not care about them – the closer he is to the person, he will not listen to him no matter how reasonable he is.Nowadays, Zuo Mingzhu’s relationship with him is not very deep, but the girl is not completely unreasonable, so he naturally becomes more reasonable when dealing with her.

“Then pay! Ten taels of silver! I don’t want more, and you can’t give me less!” Xue Bin seemed to have prepared what he was going to say. He didn’t know if he heard exactly what the swordsman said, but blurted out directly after him. Seeing the different expressions of the four people opposite him, he looked at Zuo Mingzhu and gritted his teeth and said, “You can also choose not to give it, or even let your accomplices kill me, but do you dare?”

Zuo Mingzhu wanted to say “Why don’t you dare”, but she only opened her red lips slightly and did not make a sound.Xue Bin seemed to know her concerns, and continued: “Our two families have a lot of blood debts, and it seems that my life is not lacking. But after all, I am my father’s biological son. If I really die under your siege, do you think my father will kill me at Toubi Villa?”

“You should know that when it comes to martial arts, your father is no match for my father.The reason why we can barely maintain the confrontation now is because my father has studied swordsmanship deeply in recent years and ignores worldly affairs; while your father has a wide circle of friends and has so many difficult friends that people are afraid of them – Zuo Mingzhu, do you really dare to break this balance?”

It was originally just a trivial matter, but Xue Bin was elevated to this level. The others suddenly became uncomfortable talking and looked at Zuo Mingzhu, waiting for a response from the eldest lady of Beibei Villa.Yan Bugui took the opportunity to send a secret message to Bai Youjin beside him, and asked quietly: “Mr. Bai, do you know what is going on with the Xue family and the Zuo family?”

Guo Xiang’s “Review of the Past” mainly talked about the origin of the conflict between Zuo Mingzhu and Xue Bin, and did not mention the grievances between the Xue and Zuo families. It was not until he heard Xue Bin speak like this that the swordsman realized that the two families were probably not just being at odds with each other.

Bai Youjin, who was once again questioned by the swordsman as “Jianghu Baixiaosheng”, did not change his expression at all, and also secretly sent a message to reply: “It is impossible to study exactly when, because of whom, and for what reason the Xue family and the Zuo family came into conflict.Up to now, generations of families have passed down. You have killed my people, and I have killed your people. The blood feud has long been difficult to resolve.

“Especially Xue Yiren, the owner of the Xue Family Village of this generation, was a top swordsman when he was young. He made heavy attacks and the clothes on his body were stained red with blood. Therefore, people in the world also call him the ‘bloody man’ – blood of blood!

“As for Zuo Qinghou of Toubei Villa, although his martial arts skills are slightly inferior to those of Xue Yiren, he is generous and loyal.Unlike the solitary Xue Yiren, Zuo Erye has friends all over the world – including the famous Guo Jing, Guo Daxia and the ‘bandit commander’ Chu Liuxiang.It is precisely because of the overt and covert help of friends in the world that the Zuo family was able to not lose in the confrontation with Xuejiazhuang.”

Huh?It turns out that Zuo Mingzhu’s father and Chu Liuxiang are good friends?He never expected that he could get in touch with people he knew just around the corner. Yan Bugui couldn’t help but be stunned. He felt that this world looked very big, but sometimes it felt very small.However, he did not reveal these thoughts, but while thanking Bai Youjin for his explanation, he said with emotion: “The arena in your Central Plains is also quite lively.”

Although it is not the same category of things, and there is no sign of any affection between Zuo Mingzhu and Xue Bin yet, the scene of the feud between the two families and the meeting of a man and a woman still reminds the swordsman involuntarily of the original time——

Before he remembered that his original surname was Liu, he had read various story books about the commotion between Ba Dao Villa and Hidden Sword Villa, and watched the “liveliness” of their Liu family and Ye family later even extend to the Tang family in Sichuan and the Yang family in Qiandao Lake.

He also murmured to Xie Donghai that those young lovers who had conflicts between families were either beaten up and separated for life or death; or they could only run away to elope one by one and never return home… It was really embarrassing.

Then, at first, he was very enthusiastic about people’s gossip, and later when he attended Liu Tang’s wedding, he wanted to pretend that he didn’t exist. He was so embarrassed that he couldn’t deal with certain people involved in the story shamelessly, but he just happened to follow Liu Yuan to recognize his ancestors at that time… ahem.

Bai Youjin, who was a few feet away, didn’t know where the thoughts of the swordsman beside him had gone. At that time, Bai Youjin was thinking about the “ye” that Yan Bugui said.Being sensitive, he intuitively felt that something was wrong, but considering that the other party had clearly stated that he was from overseas, there didn’t seem to be much wrong with such a statement. On the contrary, he had some problems with grabbing the word and pulling it hard.

Bai Youjin knew that his character and habits were very bad, but he did not intend to change.And as long as he pretends to be nonchalant on the surface, not many discerning people will be able to see the shadows hidden under the pure white.

Just as they were lost in their own thoughts, Zuo Mingzhu had already made her choice – she put the ten taels of silver on the table and said: “I will pay these ten taels of silver to the noodle shop, not to the second young master of Xuejiazhuang.Tonight, the eldest lady of the Zuo family and the second young master of the Xue family have never met before, and the conflict between the Jianghu heroine and the diners has been wiped out, and the grudges have been cleared!”

Hearing Zuo Mingzhu’s words, Xue Bin couldn’t help but look at the girl in front of him who looked more like a lady than a Jianghu person. He picked up ten taels of silver and stuffed it into his arms. He had a slight look on his face, but said seriously: “Okay, it’s a deal!I hope you and your friends will always remember this – I, Xue Bin, and you, Zuo Mingzhu, have never met!”

After saying that, he counted out the money, glanced at the four people and the parrot one last time, turned around and left.

As Xue Bin left, not only Zuo Mingzhu breathed a sigh of relief, but the surrounding crowd gradually dispersed as there was no excitement in front of them.Guo Xiang looked at Zuo Mingzhu with a gloomy expression, rolled her eyes, and immediately raised a topic: “Brother Yan, Brother Bai, what happened over there?Why didn’t Brother Tie come back with you?”

Zuo Mingzhu was actually a little concerned about this matter, and immediately looked up.Bai Youjin has always been relatively taciturn, so Yan Bugui took the initiative to reply: “This matter is rather unappetizing to talk about. Let’s find a place to eat something first and then talk about it in detail – Mr. Tie said there was no need to wait for him, he should return to the inn later.”

The sky is big and the earth is big, and eating is the biggest thing.As soon as the swordsman said this, no one had any other opinions.Although this place is just a noodle stall and you can order food as soon as you sit down, but after all the troubles here just now, they felt a little uncomfortable, so the group of people went back to the original inn and ordered some dishes to fill their stomachs.

After drinking tea to eat, Yan Bugui simply told the story about the dead man in Huafang and the iron hand left behind to handle the case with the Yamen police officers, which satisfied the curiosity of the two girls, mainly Guo Xiang.

After stating the objective events, the swordsman suddenly asked Bai Yujinsuke if he would mind if he told the other party’s speculation. Bai was non-committal, so the swordsman told the other party’s speculation about the suspect, and then changed the subject to what he was interested in: “Which one is more powerful between Zhongyuan Yidianhong, Ximen Chuixue and Ye Gucheng who are rumored to be competing, or the father of the young master of the Xue family?”

Bai Youjin was the first to speak, and he said calmly: “Xue Yi and the other three are not from the same generation, and they are semi-retired now. Almost no one in the world would compare them together.”

Yan Bugui nodded in understanding, and Zuo Mingzhu also said at this time: “I heard that the owner of Xuejiazhuang has not made a move for many years, and his killing reputation in the world is far more prosperous than his sword.”

Guo Xiang also added: “I heard my parents mention that there seems to be a mysterious organization behind Zhongyuan Dianhong, and they are all powerful killers. The purpose of killers’ existence is to kill people. As long as they can complete the mission, they will do whatever it takes, and Zhongyuan Dianhong is considered their ‘top card’.”

Bai Youjin asked: “Does your father-in-law know whether there is any relationship between Zhongyuan Yidianhong and Qingyi Tower?”

Hearing another unfamiliar name, Yan Bugui repeated: “‘Qingyi Tower’?”

“Qingyi Tower is also a killer organization!It is said that there are 108 buildings, and each building has 108 people.”Guo Xiang took the topic smoothly,

“Originally, the owner of Tsing Yi Tower was an unsolved mystery in the world, but Lu Xiaofeng revealed the matter some time ago – Huo Xiu, who ranks among the top ten richest people in the world, is the owner of Tsing Yi Tower!For this reason, Tsing Yi Tower is still in chaos!As for Zhongyuan Yidianhong, he seems to be in a different relationship with Tsing Yi Lou. It is still unclear who is behind it.”

There is more than one killer organization here, which is quite normal… Yan Bugui nodded again, waiting for more follow-up.

And Guo Xiang indeed continued: “If you want to ask who is more powerful among them, no one knows because they have never competed before.I can only talk about my parents’ evaluation of them – Zhongyuan Yidianhong is ‘crazy and ruthless’, Master Ximen is ‘cold and ruthless’, and Master Ye Cheng is ‘overbearing and misty’.”

Bai Youjin finally concluded: “Because everyone in the world is curious about who is the stronger swordsman among them, no one – especially the swordsman – is willing to miss this possibly the only opportunity to witness the birth of a new strong swordsman. If this fight is true, even if the court has opinions about it, I am afraid that the capital will be very ‘busy’ during this period.”