Chapter 66 Volume 2
Chapter 66 Volume 2
That night.
Across a wall, Bailiu and Wuhua who lived next to each other couldn't fall asleep for a long time.
Bailiu has been in West Shaolin for several days. On the surface, his "borrowing" this time is no different from the last time. It is still calm and boring, and there is no obvious change in the relationship with Wuhua...
He didn't rashly try to get close to Wuhua, and Wuhua didn't approach him either.
Both of them maintained a seemingly normal state, and no one would rashly break that weird 'balance', until tonight—after dinner, after an unusual 'drinking', Wu Hua finally made a move .He asked Bailiu why he left Jiangnan at this time.Bai Liu's original prepared words were "I stayed in the Beggar Gang and stole Nangong Ling's limelight, so I chose to escape from right and wrong", but Bai Liu didn't say that in the end.
Wuhua is a smart person, and if he tells this reason, it will be difficult to lie later.
How 'close' he and Nangong Ling are, everyone in the beggar gang knows that no one will believe that there will be any quarrel between the two of them.Even if Bai Liu really stole Nangong Ling's limelight, he didn't need to stay away from home to 'hide'.
Therefore, Bailiu's final answer is very meaningless, "do nothing to relax".
"Nangong Ling is too dependent on me. With me around, he will never really grow up, so I need to leave him and let him face those things independently. In this way, I will have nothing to do when I stay in Jiangnan." So leave Jiangnan.
As for why he came to West Shaolin...
"I have nowhere to go. I'm not familiar with other places. I've been here all my life except Jiangnan. What's more, it's boring to be alone. At least you can drink and chat with me here. Chat, so I'm here."
In this way, Bailiu's actions were labeled as "everything is for the good of my brother".
Isn't that right? When Nangong Linggang was acting as the leader of the gang and his foundation was unstable, Bai Liu was the supporter next to him, helping Nangong Ling establish his prestige and confidence; No matter how you look at it, you are a good example of a good brother who loves and cares for his younger brother!
Bailiu is so kind to Nangongling, definitely not what Wuhua wants to see.
The main reason why he wants to recognize his younger brother is because he wants to win the power of the beggar gang.
Bailiu and Nangong Ling have such a good relationship, after they recognize each other, they will definitely not cooperate to complete this plan, and they may even turn against each other!As long as Bailiu reports to Nangong Lingfeng, his plan with Shi Guanyin will be fully exposed.
So Wuhua had to shelve this plan to recognize her younger brother.
He still needs to plan and plan carefully, how to do it, so that Bailiu can be used by him honestly.Of course, if Bailiu is really disobedient, don't bother him, Shi Guanyin will take action to tell the other party the 'consequences'.
Bai Liu is thinking about how to further gain Wu Hua's trust.
If you want to catch a big fish, you must first throw a delicious enough bait. For Wu Hua and Shi Guanyin, that bait is the power of the beggar gang.After much deliberation, he chose to make the appearance of 'I have a good relationship with Brother Nangong Ling', and he also took this into consideration.The plan of Shi Guanyin and Wuhua must be for him to directly kill Ren Ci and Nangong Ling, and then replace them logically!
If he followed the other party's plan, he would definitely be exposed soon.
So Bailiu decided to let Shi Guanyin and Wuhua give up this plan and adopt other plans.
That kind of method of killing people to get in the position is good, but it also has troubles. If it can be succeeded in a more tactful way, Wuhua and Shi Guanyin will definitely not refuse!But the first step of this plan is to get Wuhua's support, otherwise everything will be empty talk... So Bailiu is also racking his brains to figure out countermeasures at the moment.
next day
Bai Liu got up from the bed yawning under his dark circles, squinted his eyes and walked out of the room step by step, then rushed to Wu Hua who seemed to have gotten up earlier than him and was currently practicing boxing in the yard in a neat suit. Rolled his eyes.
"Why do you wake up so early? You're still practicing boxing in the yard. It's immoral to disturb people's dreams early in the morning!"
Wuhua: "..."
Disturbing sleep?Is it too early to be in the middle of the sun?
Glancing at Bailiu, Wuhua frowned, slowly withdrew her fist, exhaled two back and forth to calm her internal energy, then raised her foot and walked to the yawning Bailiu who was already sitting at the stone table beside her, raised her hand Pour yourself a cup of tea.
Holding his chin and looking at Wuhua who sat down to drink tea, Bailiu sighed resentfully, "Monk, you are really rude. As the host, don't you know that you should pour tea to the guests first? Patronize Drink it by yourself!"
Wuhua shook her head in a good-tempered manner, and raised her hand to pour a cup of tea for Bailiu.
He has long been used to this person's behavior of finding fault with him, and he really doesn't want to reason with the crooked Bai Liu.After a long time, he has instead developed the habit of stroking softly, using softness to overcome rigidity, so that the other party has no way to find fault.
Sure enough, Wu Hua's obedience immediately made Bai Liu shut up resentfully.
After drinking a cup of tea, the drowsiness around him seemed to dissipate a bit. Bai Liu smacked his lips, unceremoniously raised his hand to add another cup of tea to himself, then drank it down in one gulp, and squinted his eyes after drinking it. , "Well, the tea is good~"
Of course it’s not bad, this tea is a special product of Southern Shaolin. It is produced on a cliff in the back mountain of Southern Shaolin. It is sun-dried by monks, and it only produces less than two catties a year.When Wuhua went to South Shaolin to give lectures last time, an abbot of South Shaolin gave him some as a gift. Wuhua only makes some quotations when he is not in good spirits on weekdays. It's just two cups.
And that way of drinking... is really unflattering.
Seeing that Bailiu's spirit had improved, Wuhua asked unhurriedly, "Did you rest well?"
Bai Liu raised his eyelids, and dropped the phrase 'ask knowingly'.
Didn't he see that his dark circles didn't go down? If he had a good rest, would it be like this?
"... "
Wuhua hesitated for a moment, but did not ask why.If he asked that, it would seem a little too deliberate. He and Bailiu are familiar, but not to that extent.
But Wuhua didn't ask, but Bailiu said it himself——
"It's all your fault, you insisted on mentioning the Beggar Gang, which caused me to suffer from insomnia for most of the night last night." Said in a resentful tone, the expression on Bailiu's face also dimmed, "If it's really all right, who the hell? Are you willing to run away from home?"
Wu Hua frowned slightly, "Run away from home?"
Nodding his head, Bailiu smiled helplessly, "Yes, he ran away from home. As an older brother, I am really... As an older brother, I have been instilled since I was a child to protect and assist Nangong Ling." Idea, but it's my fault that I have a good relationship with Ah Ling? Wuhua, tell me, why is the human heart so complicated?
There was a gleam of light in his eyes, and Wuhua nodded in response to Bailiu's words.
After opening the chatter box, Bailiu couldn't stop complaining, "A Ling trusts me, and he habitually finds me to solve things when he encounters problems. Isn't that natural? But... my father thinks that I'm so spoiled by him." , it will make Ah Ling unable to grow up. Although he doesn't say anything, how can I not know, I can understand his worry, but I just feel uncomfortable in my heart. "
Wuhua said: "The worry of Chief Ren is indeed unavoidable, Nangong Ling really relies on you too much."
A good brotherhood is a good thing, but this happened to the successor of a big gang, from Ren Ci's point of view, it is really not a very good thing.With Bailiu's influence on Nangong Ling, he will definitely dominate many of Nangong Ling's decisions in the future, and if it is more serious, it will even make Nangong Ling lose the ability to make decisions alone.When Nangong Ling and Bai Liu got along, it was indeed Bai Liu who took the dominant position.
Hearing the grievance hidden in Bailiu's complaint, Wuhua has a plan in her heart.
It is true that Bai Liu and Nangong Ling brothers have a very good relationship, it is indeed difficult to start from this aspect, but Bai Liu has complaints about Ren Ci!This resentment and grievance, as long as they are used a little, can play a big role.
As the elder brother, and good enough, Bai Liu should be the most legitimate successor of the beggar gang, but Ren Ci chose Nangong Ling, who was not as good as Bai Liu, and used his elder brother's responsibility to make Bai Liu willing to assist other side.
After Bai Liu performed too well, Ren Ci would inevitably become suspicious of Bai Liu.
Although this kind of suspicion is not obvious now, Ren Ci and Bai Liu still look like fathers and sons on the surface, but once this kind of speculation is magnified...
Wu Hua is very aware of the psychology of a person in power, so he feels that instead of spending time with Bai Liu and Nangong Ling, it is better to work on the trust between Ren Ci and Bai Liu. As long as the suspicion in Ren Ci's heart is revealed, The harmony between their 'father and son' can be easily broken.
At this time, coupled with the fact that the other party is still a 'killing father and enemy'...
In the afternoon, Bailiu's sleepiness came up.
He was going to put a deck chair in the yard, and take a nap in the warm sun to catch up on sleep.
But just as he was laying down his things and was about to lie down, he saw Wu Hua coming out of the room—holding a Japanese long knife in his hand!Bai Liu suddenly asked curiously, "What are you doing with this thing?"
"Practice the knife."
Bai Liu blinked, and asked with a puzzled expression, "Practice swords? The swords you Shaolin use don't seem to be like this... This should be a Japanese samurai sword, right? What kind of Japanese samurai swords are you practicing as a Shaolin monk... Could it be..."
Seeing that Bailiu had 'taken the bait', Wuhua smiled without saying a word, and used his lightness kung fu to sweep towards the back mountain.
Sure enough, Bai Liu quickly followed, watching Wu Hua's actions with curiosity and doubt.
What Wuhua practiced was not the Windward Slash handed down by Tianfeng Shishilang, but another set of Dongying swordsmanship. This set of swordsmanship is the basic swordsmanship. Wuhua has practiced it countless times, so she is practicing very well now It is skilled and fierce.
The strange color in Bai Liu's eyes became more intense.
Wuhua's actions at this moment are clearly 'seducing' Bailiu's attention.Bailiu immediately guessed that the other party might start to move, so he showed a curious and puzzled expression very cooperatively, and watched carefully from the sidelines.
After a long time, Wuhua practiced a set of saber techniques.
"... Wuhua, you are not from Dongying, are you?" Bailiu asked with interest.
Without denying or confirming, Wu Hua took back the samurai sword in her hand and wiped it carefully.
Without getting an answer, the interest in Bailiu's eyes became more intense, and he walked up to Wuhua's side, looked at the knife in Wuhua's hand quite curiously, and then said in a firm tone: "You are from Dongying, right? No one in the Central Plains Wulin uses this kind of knife, and no one knows this kind of knife technique. Your knife is definitely produced in Dongying, and your knife technique is also very authentic."
This time Wuhua was not silent anymore, but glanced at Bailiu with a very indifferent expression.
"My father is a Japanese warrior, and he left me this knife, but my mother is from the Central Plains."
Oh, Bailiu shrugged nonchalantly, "There's nothing to hide, what age is this? The struggle between the Central Plains people and the Dongying people stopped 800 years ago, and there are not a few people who marry. Is it normal..."
There was a slight fluctuation on Wuhua's face, as if she was touched by Bailiu's words. Seeing that Bailiu was still casual, she lowered her head and pondered for a moment, then began to tell stories about her life experience in a low voice.
The 'story' is similar to the real situation, but some more important information is hidden.
For example, the name of Wu Hua's biological father, the current identity of Wu Hua's mother, and the fact that Feng Shishilang died at the hands of Ren Ci that day.In Wuhua's description, it mainly talks about 'the death of her father and her missing younger brother'.
People who listen to the story will subconsciously feel that Wuhua's life experience is very miserable.
He secretly praised Wuhua's superb 'speech skills', followed Wuhua's temptation, and after lamenting the other party's suffering, he naturally brought the topic to that 'brother who disappeared' - "Your father After entrusting you to Shaolin Temple back then, you took your brother away to challenge the next opponent, so logically speaking, your brother should be the one who was entrusted to him to challenge last?"
Wuhua nodded, "Well, I think so too."
"So did you find him?"
Wuhua's eyes flickered, she looked at the white-clothed boy in front of her, and nodded slowly.
he found...
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