Chapter 10 Section ten

Di Bin held the shining kitchen knife and chopped the shallots on the cutting board very finely.There was a burst of pungent smell from the onion cut.Although I have stayed in restaurants during the one-month trip, there are not many opportunities to eat fresh dishes.This smell satisfied Di Bin. Looking back, he hasn't cooked for a long time—since that fateful day last winter... When he is free—especially when he rarely eats with his sworn brother—he always likes to cook.This reminded him of the days when he lived in the dilapidated stone...they were six big men squeezed into that small dilapidated house. Although they were poor, they could meet and chat every day; The only dishes that are cooked are more delicious, and as soon as the smoke rises, Master Long starts urging him to be hungry...

——That kind of day probably won’t happen in the future... Someone is standing behind him.Not feeling it, but smelling the aroma.His face tensed up. "Brother Six..." Ning Xiaoyu's voice seemed trembling. "...It's so late, you still cook?" He gritted his teeth, not knowing whether to answer or not.He thought of Qi Laosi.This woman had created an irreparable rift between their brothers.He can't forgive her... ——But he knew very well in his heart: he didn't hate her, but was jealous... He turned his head and stared at Ning Xiaoyu's face.She lowered her face anxiously.Never before had she been afraid to look a man in the eye.She had known how beautiful she was since she was twelve—that was enough to protect her from any male.She never had fear.

But it was different now, she found that when she only loved one man, everything changed.She was terrified of losing him - and when you start to be afraid of one thing, other fears follow... When he saw that Ning Xiaoyu's face no longer had the charming look of the past, but became like a poor little animal, Di Bin softened his heart a little.But of course he remembered, she was a whore—anything was possible to pretend.He recalled again the scene of her having sex with Lian Shou in a pool of blood in the hall of "Wannianchun"... Di Bin took a deep breath before speaking: "Boss and Fifth Brother didn't eat much at the banquet just now. I'm going to get some for Fifth Brother. If Boss can't sleep, he can eat some." He controlled his tone and calmed down, then turned around and continued cutting vegetables.

"Can I help?" Ning Xiaoyu asked softly like an unfavorable child. "Whatever you want." Di Bin answered without turning his head after a while. So Ning Xiaoyu folded up his sleeves and stood beside Di Bin to wash vegetables and rice.Di Bin sneaked a few sideways glances at her and found that she was also very skilled. "I was also a farmer when I was a child." Ning Xiaoyu said.After all, she is an experienced woman, and she is very keen on the eyes cast by others. They just worked together to cook without a word, without another word of conversation. When the sickle realized this situation, he folded his hands and leaned against the kitchen door, showing a warm smile.

Di Bin felt a little embarrassed when Fifth Brother saw them. "It's almost done. Are you hungry?" "Hungry enough to eat both of you." Lian Shou walked in with a smile, putting one hand on the other's shoulder. "It's all vegetables, no meat." Ning Xiaoyu said shyly. "It's better to eat less meat before going to bed." Di Bin probed to see if the porridge was boiling. "I'm so happy." Lian Shou said, "Do you remember Baidou? Once I asked you: What are we doing all the things for? Do you remember how you answered me?"

"It's for dinner." "I'm starting to understand now." Lian Shou showed Di Bin's eyes that he had never seen before. There was no doubt and loneliness in those eyes, but it seemed as if he had glimpsed some kind of truth. "I know what I live for." "I really like this room. I really like to see you cooking in the kitchen." Lian Shou turned his head to look at the cups, pans and stove around the kitchen. "I want to have a room like this. Like this one." He slid the hand on Ning Xiaoyu's shoulder to wrap around her waist. "I'm going to share it with someone I like." Then he kissed her cheek.

Di Bin looked sideways at the dancing fire, not letting Lian Shou see his face.He felt as if his chest was being grasped by an invisible palm. "Bai Dou, I know that I have disappointed you in the past. But I will never do it again." Lian Shou's face was brimming with excitement.He was intoxicated in the imagination of the future, and he didn't notice that Di Bin's body became stiff. "I have no doubts anymore. For the sake of the boss, for the 'Big Tree Hall', I will kill anyone who stands in the way of our dreams. Until the end..." Di Bin coughed a few times, then wiped his face with his sleeve. "This firewood is a bit wet, and the smoke from it is very choking."

The sleeves that wiped his eyes were wet. ——Di Bin has already heard the meaning of Lian Shou: Fifth Brother has decided to entrust the rest of his life on the woman he loves. ——And one day there will be no more enemies in the "Big Tree Hall"; when the boss ascends to the peak of power, maybe it is when he takes her away... It was also the first time for Ning Xiaoyu to hear Lian Shou's confession.Considering that Di Bin was right next to her, she suppressed her joy. "Yes... the smoke is very choking." She said, wiping her tears. It's just that there is still a shadow in her heart: why can't you take me away now?The underworld is turbulent, and no one can guarantee what will happen in the future... But she knows what he thinks: It is impossible for him to betray his brotherhood at this time—especially when Yu Runsheng needs him most. matter. "I once swore to give my life to the boss." She remembered him saying this...

——She has an unspeakable sense of foreboding... "That's good." Di Bin turned around and hugged Sishou vigorously. "I'll be with you until the end." He picked up the kitchen knife on the cutting board and stared at the dangling blade. "Let's go kill people together." "Tell that bastard Yu Runsheng to get out!" This loud shout sounded from the hall outside.The sadness that had filled Di Bin's chest instantly turned into fury.He rushed out of the kitchen with a kitchen knife - but his fifth brother was already one step ahead of him.Lian Shou picked up an ax used for chopping wood and blocked it by the door, and quickly rushed out of the door.

There were twenty or thirty people rushing in from the main entrance of the hall, and there were still clusters of figures outside the door.These people are all empty-handed, but the sickle can tell at a glance that everyone has short soldiers hidden under their clothes or in their sleeves. It was a man in his fifties who was standing in the center of the front of the crowd who was shouting, with the aggressiveness of a mafia veteran on his face.He stood a little unnaturally, with a dark brown wooden crutch propped under his left armpit.Scythe bowed his head and looked down, the man's left leg was missing under his robe.

The group of people who entered the hall was still noisy at first, and the atmosphere was already ready to fight.But as soon as the burly figure of the scythe appeared, they fell silent immediately.Some began to touch the collected weapon uneasily, to confirm its existence. "I'll give you a chance." The sickle's empty left hand pointed at the lame man. "Take back what you just said." The lame man felt ashamed and angry when he realized that the momentum on his side was suppressed by the opponent alone. "I can scold whoever I want here! You, and Yu, who allowed you to come into Pang Jijiu's former residence?" Di Bin, who was holding a kitchen knife, came out from behind at this time. He took a few glances and guessed the identity of the opponent from his limp.He whispered in Lian Shou's ear, "This guy is Cao Gong." Sickles nodded slightly.He had also heard Huaquewu mention it before: Cao Gong is Pang Wenying's most important subordinate in the capital. Second to the "Four Disciples".He paid homage to Pang Jijiu very early, and participated in the decisive battle in the capital that year-this left leg was cut off at that time-and contributed blood and sweat to the hegemony of "Feng Yilong".Also due to the inconvenience of movement, Pang Wenying did not take him on an expedition to Piaocheng, but appointed him to handle the daily affairs of his forces in the capital. "Cao Gong is not exceptionally capable, but he is not an incompetent person that can be underestimated." Hua Que Wuyu commented in front of Runsheng. "Otherwise, Yifu would not have sent him to be in charge of contacting the Grand Master's Mansion. Also, after Senior Brother Shen and Senior Brother Zhuo died, their old departments in the capital might all fall to him." "What's the matter?" Cao Gong became anxious, not wanting to dampen his momentum when he broke into the door. "Both of you are not surnamed Yu, right? Where is he? Don't you dare to see me? Do you have a ghost in your heart?" "Our boss Yu is Pang Jijiu's disciple." Di Bin replied proudly. "It's only natural for him to come to Beijing and live in Pang Jijiu's house." In fact, he could have revealed Rong Yushan's name and said, "It was Rong Jijiu who asked us to come and live."But Di Bin knew that relying on Rong's power at such a time would only make the situation worse. "When did he become a disciple? Bah! I've been with Pang Jijiu for thirty years, but I don't know his character!" Cao Gong laughed for a while and then became angry. "Also, the deaths of Pang Jijiu, Handsome Shen and Handsome Zhuo in Piaocheng are unclear, and you haven't settled the account with you yet! Does he think that he can get away with this matter with one arrow? He thinks that Feng Yilong ' are all three-year-olds?" "Ganqing surnamed Yu is hiding on the top!" one of the men closest to the stairs shouted.He leaned over the railing and climbed the stairs leading to the second floor. The man suddenly felt a gust of wind coming from the right side, he stopped instinctively, the gust of wind passed by only an inch in front of his nose, and then he heard a strange sound of "looting" from the wall on the left side, he turned his head to look over . A wood chopping ax was embedded in the wall. He knew that if he hadn't stopped just now, the blade of the ax would not have been cut into the mud brick now, but his head. The wooden steps ticked—the man lost control of himself with fright. Liantou didn't climb the wooden steps, but stood by the steps, stretched out his hand directly over the railing, grabbed the man with one hand like a chicken, and threw it at the group of people at will. Cao Gong had never seen this kind of power—that subordinate didn't "fall", but actually "flyed" over.It's like an invisible rope tied around the waist, being pulled violently in mid-air. The eight people who tried to catch their companions all fell to the ground. "This is our first day in Kyoto." Di Bin said with his hands behind his back, putting the kitchen knife behind his back leisurely. "We don't want to kill people today." He thought for a while and added. "Especially people from the same sect." Cao Gong looked at the two people in front of him.That big man was scary--he was regretting not bringing twice as many people--but this short man in white also had an inexplicable power. ——Is it true that there are only two of them so big?Could it be that there are still men left, all hiding on the second floor?possible…… Cao Gong turned around and left with his crutches tied in silence - since he couldn't get a bargain, and he couldn't get back the lost prestige with his mouth, it was better not to say anything.The rest of the subordinates also retreated—of course, many of them still left a few threatening swear words. Di Bin breathed a sigh of relief when the footsteps faded away.If the opponent rushed forward just now, he didn't know what would happen—although he had absolute confidence in Sickle.In addition, he wasn't talking big just now - killing and wounding "Feng Yilong"'s fellow disciples when he first arrived in the capital may have a bad impact on the status and reputation of the boss. "There must be someone behind this surname Cao." Di Bin looked at the door and said seriously. "The boss knows who it is." Then he found that Lian Shou stood aside, folded his hands on his chest, and looked at himself with a smile. "It's rare that you are still in the mood to laugh." Di Bin said angrily. "I just noticed one thing." "what?" There was a glint of insight in Sickle's eyes. "When the boss is away, you speak and sound like him."