Chapter 42: The So-Called Jianghu

The World Suppressor? It can’t just be openly displayed in front of the main door, right? Xue Mu tried to sense the pattern in his palm, but there was no response.

As he was sizing it up, Xue Qingqiu transmitted, “Don’t be ashamed, it’s just a replica of the Zhenshi Cauldron, it just carries a number of scents.”

Xue Mu nodded and stepped into the gate side by side with her.

Xiahou Di stood waiting just inside the gate, accompanied by two people. A man with long hair draped over his shoulders, rather heroic, wearing a Department Six uniform with a jade tablet hanging from his waist. The other was a feminine, beardless, white-faced young man with a very effeminate appearance, and his clothes did not look like Department Six’s. The two saw Xue’s siblings enter the gate. The two men saw the Xue family siblings enter, both arched their hands, “Your guests are at the door, we have not welcomed them from afar, I’m sorry.”

Xiahou Di threw off his cloak and turned around to walk inside: “Don’t play with those falsehoods, Patriarch Xue doesn’t talk about that either. Come in.”

Just entering the door, he saw a flagpole towering into the clouds, on the flagpole there were several heads hanging, drenched in blood, the faces of the heads were as good as life, even the stunned expression before death was preserved intact.

Suddenly seeing fresh human heads, the impact of that nausea is really not something that can be experienced by watching TV, Xue Mu’s stomach twitched and he almost didn’t throw up. Fortunately, he hadn’t eaten and his stomach was empty, so it wasn’t that easy to throw up, so at least he didn’t embarrass himself.

Xue Qingqiu turned a blind eye and indifferently walked through the flagpole. Xiahou Di ahead to lead the way, scarlet cloak fluttering backward, look at Xue Mu eyes straight as blood color.

Xiahou Di banquets is the Department of Six Doors headquarters side hall, meaning about the formal official face cooperation, official banquets meaning. It is like modern official business, brother unit invited to visit, and invited to eat cafeteria? About almost the same meaning, the sign is a kind of intimacy, but also the heart of the weak chicken Xue Mu, if such a banquet instead of hands to detain people to kill, this kind of thing out, Department Six will be joked to the maternal grandmother’s home in the jianghu, not as a last resort will not be out of this strategy.

Into the side hall, furnishings are also solemn and simple, set up a small round table, is allowed five or six people to be seated.

Xiahou Di was the first to sit down, casually said: “Sit, nothing host and guest position, trouble.”

Xue Qingqiu then sat down with Xue Mu jointly, the feminine youth and the heroic man glanced at each other, both looked a bit strange, but did not say anything, accompanied by sitting in the remaining empty seats.

Both sides were sizing up, thinking about different things.

Routinely, two people go to a banquet, will naturally sit on the master’s left and right respectively, is the intention of the host and guest. But this pair of siblings do not talk about this set, actually self-centered next to sit down …… said it is not etiquette, but look at the attitude is not quite like, always feel that they just want to sit together as if …… they are really siblings?

Xue Mu thinking is not this kind of gossip, see Yingwu man waist jade plate, he remembered that the “big event” inside the fabrication of Xue Qingqiu killed three gold medal catchers. According to so it seems, perhaps the color of the card is the level mark within the Department of Six Doors, such as right now this cooperation meets the jade plate catcher should be the highest level, Xiahou Di left and right hand meaning, the gold medal status is second.

Can not make up Xue Qingqiu to kill the jade, because the jade are loud and strong, the head has a number, can not be good to write a few dead, not to mention the death of the jade is also shaking the prestige of the Department of Six Doors, so can only be dead gold …… Thinking of this, Xue Mu suddenly felt that the Department of Six Doors, this Wenxuan is not bad ah, the district of a detail is very much embodied in the Basic Law, should be said to not be ashamed of The governmental department? This posture level than the Star and Moon Sect this kind of triad obviously a grade higher.

Soon there are yamen look like began to serve wine and food, until this moment Xue Qingqiu only picked up a cup of wine, opened his mouth and said, “This late, let all of you wait for a long time.”

The Yingwu man shook his head and said, “Actually, we didn’t wait long, something happened in the Court of Seeking Happiness, we also had someone to deal with it, and just returned.”

Xue Qingqiu looked at him, his expression was quite a bit cautious, “As far as this seat knows, although there are many people who have entered the Dao in Department Six, there is only one person who has caved in.”

The Yingwu man arched his hand, his expression solemn: “Xuan Zhe has met Patriarch Xue, I’ve heard a lot about you.”

“Indeed, it is Marquis Wei Su.” Xue Qingqiu smiled and turned his head to Xue Mu to introduce him, “The number one expert of Department Six, Wisdom Marquis. It seems that Department Six is quite sincere this time.”

Dongxu? Marquis? This is considered a superb person when looking at the court and the Jianghu. Xue Mu hurriedly said a few words of long admiration, and in his heart, he secretly thought that Xiahou Di’s ability to suppress Department Six with a young sister was most likely the result of this big brother’s full support. No wonder Xiahou Di was speculated to be the emperor’s illegitimate daughter, it did seem to have that much flavor.

The feminine youth smiled, “This is the sincerity of the court.”

Xue Qingqiu nodded, “This must be Companion Flower Venerable Eunuch Li?”

The feminine youth raised his cup and signaled, “It is precisely us, a person from the palace, and my lowly name is degrading to Patriarch Qing Qiu’s ears.”

Xue Mu got it, no wonder the temperament is feminine, the original is a eunuch …… eunuch also known as accompanied by the flower honored one, that what ……

“It’s only like a thunderclap.” Xue Qingqiu, however, does not care whether people are eunuchs, slightly lifted a corner of the veil, raised a cup and sipped a mouthful of wine, very facetious.

The opening atmosphere was considered good, Xue Qingqiu was so giving face, obviously knowing the big picture significance of this banquet, even the palace had come to the people, the strongest person of the Cave Void and the dignity of the Marquis as a companion, obviously it was not the time to pretend to be a bully.

Xue Mu then also toasted a person a cup to express as thunderbolt, salute finished, Xue Mu continued along with the words just now: “Seek pleasure pavilion side what result now?”

That Eunuch Li glanced at Xue Mu, with a few peculiar searching intentions in his eyes, but on his face, he gave a “charming” smile: “The Acacia Sect suffered a big loss, but with the Grand Prince’s mediation, no one was killed or injured. However, Mr. Xue is afraid to pay attention to some of the recent days, the plan of the Prince, now everyone back to the taste, it is difficult to guarantee that some people will revenge to the head of the Prince.”

“Being in the jungle, which can’t not be stabbed, come on.” Xue Mu seemingly randomly said, “The things in the jianghu, there is a sister to protect my safety, if it is from the court …… anyway, Xiahou Chief Constable will protect me.”

Xiahou Di kindly: “You and I cooperation to cooperation, cooperation outside the matter, why this seat to protect you?”

Xue Mu leisurely said, “The two or three things about the Grand Prince, wasn’t it Chief Constable Xiahou who told me? Mister Xue is just being a sword in the hands of the Chief Arrestor for once, the Chief Arrestor can’t cross the river and tear down the bridge.”

Eunuch Li and Xuan Zhe looked at each other with a somewhat cautious expression, and Xue Qingqiu looked at it and flashed a smile. In fact, she has always understood the matter of being used as a gun, but for people to do it for themselves, at the moment, look at the reaction of the crowd, obviously in, how to say this feeling …… finally had a time to feel that they are not much worse than Xue Mu, want to go together well, quite a bit relieved. If it is always like just now Hundred Flowers Garden mess when they have no idea and Xue Mu casually dealt with it, long this way I do not know will not suspect that they are mentally retarded.

Xiahou Di narrowed his eyes, looked at Xue Mu for a while, before sighing: “In fact, this seat has always believed that this kind of person Xue Gongzi should not belong to the rivers and lakes, but not mixed with the court a little pity. If you are interested, this seat can introduce you and seek a position.”

Xue Qingqiu’s complexion instantly turned stern.

“That won’t be necessary.” Xue Mu snatched a laugh before Xue Qingqiu’s attack and raised his wine glass to indicate, “Mister Xue doesn’t have the slightest interest in the court. But right now, I’m friends with Chief Constable Xiahou, so if there’s anything I can use Xue Mou for, just give me a call.”

“Oh?” Xiahou Di raised his cup, pause at the lips but did not drink, slightly rotating: “Take the matter of the Grand Prince, Mr. Xue is not in the court, why help me? I’m afraid that even our dispute where we can not figure out it.”

Although he was questioning, the word “this seat” became “I”, so he was recognizing Xue Mu’s meaning of “friend”. Xue Mu laughed: “The capital ground, security is not easy, the following brothers run through the legs, should always fall some benefits.”

Xiahou Di still swirled his cup, his sharp eyes staring straight at Xue Mu, waiting for the following.

Xuan Zhe also looked solemn, taking this topic seriously.

Xue Mu continued: “Originally Qin Lou Chu Hall hotel casino, the constable yamen more or less can get some share, find a sister is also easy …… can some of the king’s noble relatives played a monopoly, the brethren lost the benefits of the complaint has been a long time it. Chief constable in his position, should also give the brethren to seek some benefits.”

Xiahou Di was silent for a long time, and finally tilted his head back, drank the wine in the cup, and gestured to Xue Mu: “This Xu official marketplace matter, your son actually knows quite a lot about the doorway, which is quite unexpected. Unlike the average Jianghu people, most of them don’t put the Xu official in their eyes.”

The implication was that he admitted that his conflict with the Grand Prince was just as Xue Mu analyzed, and at least this was considered one of the reasons.

Xue Mu also finished his drink and laughed: “Although Xue Mou is in the jianghu, but where there are people, there are jianghu, and the reasoning is often similar.”

Xiahou Di shook his head and smiled, “That’s true.”

Xue Mu suddenly said, “However, I think there is another sentence that the chief constable loves to hear even more.”

Xiahou Di at this moment to Xue Mu speak really more and more attention, very seriously asked: “Which sentence?”

Xue Mu added wine to himself and leisurely said, “Jianghu is nothing but a corner of Jiangshan.”

Xiahou Di’s beautiful eyes flashed a different color, Xuan Zhe tightly pinched the wine cup, both of them moved at the same time.

Jianghu but Jiangshan a corner, Jianghu people can not override the court? Xiahou Di Xuanzhe’s lifelong request, is not it for this? Xue Mu simple sentence, straight as a sword into the heart of two people, such as drinking wine.

Eunuch Li glanced at Xue Qingqiu with a puzzled expression. The scene is all Xue Mu in the gibberish, as the head of a clan of Xue Qingqiu even like a daughter-in-law let him play, their own not a word, this is simply subverted the cognition. However, at this moment, Eunuch Li understands why Xue Mu can occupy the initiative, you see even now this Department of Six Sectors, the main guest has changed places, Xue Mu in front of his sister can occupy the dominant what is rare?

This Xue Mu is not under the Star and Moon Sect, he did not use any techniques, just casual words, can reach the hearts of the most vulnerable place, the effect and curry night what is the difference?