Chapter 3 The second Kanto Wanmatang

The lantern on the narrow door was extinguished. A man stood under a lantern, smiling on his back, the laughter shook the sand on the lantern, and it fell like snow on his face. He doesn't care. Ye Kai doesn't care about anything. So he was still wearing the dirty, torn and smelly clothes from last night—no matter where he went, there would be a stench that seemed to be a mixture of rotten grass, leather and dead bodies. But he stood there, as if he thought everyone should appreciate his stench. There is still a flower in the hole on his skirt, but it is not the chrysanthemum from last night, but a pearl flower.

I don't know which pearl flower was plucked from the temple of a woman. He never plucks the flowers from the branches, only the pearls from the girl's hair. Fu Hongxue's eyes suddenly turned back from afar, staring at him. He had already reached the middle of the street, and walked in front of the man in white, staggering, like a Taibai Shixian who was drunk to catch the moon in the water, but when he opened his eyes, he was still sober like Genghis Khan bending his bow and shooting a vulture. So he squinted his eyes, looked at the man in white, and said, "You seemed to be here last night."

The man in white said: "Yes." Ye Kai said: "You are still here today." The man in white said: "Yes." Ye Kai said: "What are you waiting for?" The man in white said: "Waiting for Your Excellency." Ye laughed and said, "Wait for me? I'm not a stunning beauty, why are you waiting for me?" The man in white said: "In the eyes of the third boss, all the beauties in the world can't compare to a hero like your Excellency." Ye Kai laughed and said, "I just found out today that I am a hero, but what kind of person is the third boss?"

The man in white said: "A man who knows and respects heroes." Ye Kai said: "Okay, I like this kind of person, where is he? I can ask him to buy me a glass of wine." He asked others to buy him a drink, but it seemed that he had given others a lot of face. The man in white said: "I was ordered by the third boss to invite you to have a drink tonight." Ye Kai said: "I won't go for a small drink, but a big drink." The man in white said: "Wanmatang has three thousand stones of wine, you can drink it to your heart's content." Ye Kai clapped his palms and laughed loudly: "Since that's the case, you don't have to go if you want me to go."

The man in white said, "Thank you." Ye Kai said: "Since you have invited me, why don't you leave?" The man in white said: "Your Majesty was ordered to invite a total of six people, and now only five people are invited." Ye Kai said: "So you can't leave yet?" The man in white said: "Yes." Ye Kai said: "Who is it that you can't invite?" He didn't wait for the man in white to answer, suddenly laughed again, and said: "I know who it is, it seems that not only he doesn't want to invite others to drink, but he also doesn't want others to invite him to drink."

The man in white could only smile wryly. Ye Kai said: "Even if you stand here for three days and three nights, I guarantee that you still won't be able to move his heart. There may not be even one thing in this world that can move his heart." The man in white could only sigh. Ye Kai said: "There is only one way to impress someone like him." The man in white said, "Ask me." Ye Kai said: "No matter where you want him to go, you can't invite him, and it's useless to provoke him, but as long as you have a way to impress him, he will go even if you don't invite him, and he must go. .”

The man in white smiled wryly, "It's a pity that I really don't know how to impress him." Ye Kai said: "Look at mine." He suddenly turned around and strode towards Fu Hongxue. Fu Hongxue seemed to be waiting there. Ye Kai walked up to him, walked very close, seemed to be very mysterious, and whispered: "Do you know who I am? What does it have to do with you?" Fu Hongxue said: "Who are you? How can you have anything to do with me?" His pale face was still expressionless, but the veins in the hand holding the knife were already bulging. Ye Kai smiled and said, "If you want to know, go to Wanmatang tonight and I'll tell you."

He would never let Fu Hongxue say another word, turned around and left, walking very fast, as if he was afraid that Fu Hongxue would catch up. But Fu Hongxue didn't move, just lowered his eyes, looking at the knife in his hand, his pupils seemed to have gradually shrunk. Ye Kai walked back to the man in white, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "Now you can go back to do business. Tonight, I guarantee that he will sit in the Wanma Hall." The man in white hesitated, and said, "Is he really going?" Ye Kai said: "Even if he doesn't go, it's my business, you have no responsibility at all."

The man in white showed his face and said, "Thank you!" Ye Kai said: "You don't have to thank me, you should thank yourself." The man in white was startled, and said, "Thank you myself?" Ye Kai said with a smile: "Twenty years ago, the famous 'One Sword Flying Flower' was all over the sky. Since I can stand here for a day and a night for others, why can't I do something for him?" The man in white looked at him with a strange expression on his face. After a long time, he said calmly, "Your Excellency seems to know a lot." Ye Kai laughed and said, "Fortunately, there are not too many."

The man in white also smiled, bowed his head, and said, "See you tonight." Ye Kai said: "We must see you!" The man in white bowed again, turned around slowly, pulled up the big flag on the ground, rolled up the white silk, and suddenly pointed the tip of his gun on the ground, and the man had swept up in the air. At this moment, a horse galloped out of the alley. The body of the man in white was impartial, and happened to land on the saddle. Jian Ma let out a long neigh, and was already ten feet away. Ye Kai watched the men and horses in white go away, suddenly sighed softly, and murmured: "It seems that this Wanmatang is really a hidden dragon and crouching tiger, with masters like clouds..."

He stretched out his hand, looked up to the sky and yawned. When he looked back for Fu Hongxue, Fu Hongxue had disappeared. Blue sky, yellow sand. The yellow sand is connected to the sky, and the sky is connected to the yellow sand. Looking from a distance, a large white flag is flying in the wind and sand. The flag seems to be far away in the sky. Wanmatang seems to be far away in the sky! In the boundless wasteland, the road is trodden by horseshoes, long and straight, leading straight to the big flag. Its banner is Wanmatang. Fu Hongxue stood in the wilderness, by the side of the horse path, looking at this big flag for an indefinite amount of time. Now, he turned around slowly. In the yellow sand all over the sky, a little red shadow suddenly appeared, flying over like a meteor. A rouge horse, a man in red. Fu Hongxue had just taken three steps when he heard the sound of horseshoes behind him. He didn't look back, and walked a few more steps, and the people and horses had already rushed past him. But the man in red who was on the horse turned his head back, with a pair of scissored eyes, he only stared at the knife in his hand, and a pair of slender hands had already reined in the reins. What a handsome horse, what a beautiful person. But Fu Hongxue didn't seem to see it. When he didn't want to look, he couldn't see anything. The bright eyes of the horseman were staring at his face.Suddenly said: "You are that person? Even the owner of the flower farm can't invite you." She is beautiful and her voice is even more beautiful. Fu Hongxue didn't hear it. The man on the horse raised his willow eyebrows and said loudly: "Listen, if you dare not go tonight, you are a bastard, and I will kill you and feed it to the dogs." The riding whip in her hand suddenly slammed towards Fu Hongxue's face like a poisonous snake. Fu Hongxue still didn't see it. When the whip tip rolled, it suddenly became lighter, "Yes", but there was a faint red mark on his face. Fu Hongxue still didn't seem to feel anything, but the veins on the back of the hand holding the knife were raised again. I just heard the man on the horse giggling and saying: "So you are a wooden man." The silver bell-like laughter faded away, one person and one horse were already far away in the yellow sand, and in a blink of an eye there was only a little red shadow left. Only then did Fu Hongxue raise his hand, caressing the welt marks on his face and shaking again. His whole body was shaking non-stop, only the hand holding the knife was still as steady as a rock! Ye Kai was still yawning. If anyone is paying attention, he has yawned at least thirty or forty times today. But he chose not to go to sleep. He wandered around, looked left and right, as if he was interested in everything. Just not interested in sleeping. Now, he just walked out of a grocery store and was about to walk to the small noodle shop opposite. He likes to chat with all kinds of people, and he thinks that the owner of every store in this place seems a little strange. In fact, the strange person might just be himself. He didn't walk fast either, but he was different from Fu Hongxue. Although Fu Hongxue was disabled, although he walked slowly, his body was straight when he walked, like a gun. But he walks lazily, as if all the bones in his body are out of joint. You just need to touch with your little finger, and he will fall down. When he was crossing the middle of the street, suddenly a fast horse rushed into the long street like an arrow. A fiery rouge horse. Immediately, people are as beautiful as peach blossoms-a kind of peach blossoms with thorns. Before the men and horses rushed to Ye Kai, she raised her whip and shouted: "Are you dying? Get out of here." Ye Kai raised his head lazily and glanced at her, without even the slightest intention of dodging. She could only rein in the reins, but the whip in her hand had already been whipped down fiercely. This time she was even more rude than when she was dealing with Fu Hongxue. But when Ye Kai raised his hand, the whip tip was already in his hand. His hands seem to have some kind of magical magic, and he may do something you never think of at any time. The face of the woman in red was as red as if it had been stained with rouge. Ye Kai just clamped the tip of the whip with three fingers, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't pull it back. Shocked and anxious, she said angrily, "You...what do you want to do?" Ye Kai glanced at her out of the corner of his eye, still looking lazy, and said, "I just want to tell you a few things." The woman in red bit her lip and said, "I don't want to hear it." Ye Kai said lightly: "It's okay not to listen, but if a big girl falls off a horse, it will definitely not look good." The woman in red felt a sudden force coming from the whip, and she felt that she might fall off the horse at any time, so she couldn't help but said loudly: "Speak quickly if you have something to say, and let go of fart if you have something to say." Ye laughed and said, "You shouldn't be so fierce. When you're not fierce, you were a pretty little girl; but when you become fierce, you become a tigress that everyone hates." The woman in red held back her anger and said, "Is there any more?" Ye Kaidao: "Also, whether it's a rouge horse or a tigress, you will pay for your life if you kick someone to death." The red-clothed woman's face turned pale again, and she said bitterly, "Now you can let go, right?" Ye Kai smiled again and said, "There is one more thing." The woman in red asked, "What's the matter?" Ye Kai laughed and said, "If a man like me meets a woman like you, if he doesn't even ask your name and lets you go, wouldn't he be sorry for himself and you?" The woman in red sneered, "Why should I tell you my name?" Ye Kai said: "Because you don't want to fall off your horse." The face of the red-clothed woman seemed to have turned yellow with anger, she rolled her eyes, and said suddenly: "Okay, let me tell you, my surname is Li, and my name is Auntie, should you let go now?" Ye Kai smiled and let go of his hand, saying: "Aunt Li, this name is really..." He suddenly figured it out, but at this time the people and horses had already rushed past him like arrows. The woman in red laughed and said, "Now you should understand, I'm the bastard's aunt of your grandson." She was still afraid that Ye Kai would catch up, so she rushed out about ten feet, suddenly jumped up in the air, swept away like a swallow, and flew into a narrow gate by the road. It seemed that once she entered the narrow gate, no one would dare to bully her. Eighteen tables inside the door were empty. Only the mysterious owner was still sitting on the small table at the top of the stairs, playing dominoes. It was daytime, and the place never greeted any guests during the day. The owner of this place may not be doing a noble business, but there are plenty of rules. If you want to come here, you have to obey his rules. His temples have turned gray, and every wrinkle on his face hides so many joys, pains, and secrets, but his hands are still as soft as a girl's. He was dressed gorgeously, almost to the point of extravagance. There is a gold bottle on the table, and the wine in the glass is amber, lustrous and soft like a gem. He is slowly laying out the dominoes one by one on the table, forming a gossip. As soon as the red-clothed woman rushed in, her footsteps were lightened, she walked over gently, and said, "Hello, uncle." As soon as she entered this room, this wild and savage girl seemed to become gentle and well-behaved immediately. The master didn't turn his head to look at her, but nodded with a smile and said, "Sit." The woman in red sat down opposite him, as if she wanted to say something, but he waved his hand and said, "Wait a minute." She was actually obedient, so she just sat there quietly and waited. The master looked at the gossip made of dominoes on the table, and on his pale, thin, weather-beaten face, his expression seemed to be very heavy. After a long time, he turned his head up and let out a long sigh, feeling even more depressed. The woman in red couldn't help asking: "Can you really see many things from these dominoes?" The host said: "Yes." The woman in red blinked and said, "What did you see today?" The master picked up the golden cup, took a sip, and said solemnly: "It's better that you don't know about some things." The woman in red asked, "What if you know?" The master said slowly: "The secrets are unpredictable, if you know, there will be disasters instead." The woman in red said: "Knowing that there is a disaster, can't you think of ways to avoid it?" The master shook his head slowly, with a more serious expression, and sighed: "Some disasters cannot be avoided, absolutely cannot be avoided..." The woman in red looked at the dominoes on the table, was stunned for a long time, and murmured, "Why can't I see anything?" The master said sadly: "It's because you can't see it that you are happier than me." The red-clothed woman stayed for a while longer before she smiled and said, "I don't care about these things, I just ask you, will you come to our house tonight?" The master frowned and said, "Tonight?" The woman in red said: "Daddy said that he invited some very special guests tonight, so he wants to invite you to go with him, uncle; after a while, a car will come to pick them up." The master pondered and said, "I'd better not go." The red-clothed woman pursed her lips and said, "Actually, Daddy also knew that you would never go, but he still asked me to come for this trip, which made me bullied by a brat, and almost died of anger." Only one person laughed and said: "The little ghost didn't bully my aunt, it was my aunt who wanted to kick the little ghost to death first." The woman in red was stunned. Ye Kai also came at some time, and was lazily leaning against the door, looking at her and smiling. The woman in red changed color and said, "Why did you come here?" Ye Kai said leisurely: "The person who shouldn't come here is not me, but you." The woman in red stomped her feet, turned around and said, "Uncle, if you haven't kicked this man out yet, listen to what he said." The master smiled faintly and said: "It's getting dark soon, you'd better go back quickly, lest your father be in a hurry." The woman in red was startled again, stomped her feet fiercely, and rushed out of the door from beside Ye Kai. She walked so fast that she nearly tripped over the threshold. Ye Kai said with a smile: "Go away, grandma. If I fall to my death, no one will pay for my life." The girl in red rushed out, closed the door with a "bang", and suddenly pulled the door open again, saying, "Thank you for your concern, my good grandson, my aunt won't fall to her death." Before finishing this sentence, the door was closed again with a "bang". There was a sound of hoofbeats from outside the door, and it stopped at the door before disappearing into the street in an instant. Ye Kai sighed, smiled bitterly and murmured: "What a rouge horse, what a tigress." The master suddenly laughed again: "You are only half right." Ye Kai said: "Which half?" The master said: "The people nearby have nicknamed each of them and the horse. The people are called Yanzhihu, and the horses are called Yanzhinu." Ye laughed. The host continued: "She is also the only daughter of your host tonight." Ye Kai lost his voice: "Is she the daughter of the third boss of Wanmatang?" The master nodded and said with a smile: "So you'd better be careful tonight, don't be bitten off by this rouge tiger." Ye Kai laughed again, he suddenly found that this person was not as mysterious and lonely as he appeared on the outside, so he asked again: "What is the third boss's last name?" The man said: "Ma, Ma Fangling." Ye Kai laughed and said, "Ma Fangling, why did he choose such a woman's name?" The master said: "Father's name is Ma Kongqun, daughter is Ma Fangling." He looked at Ye Kai with a pair of insightful eyes, smiled and said: "What you really want to ask is definitely not the father, but the daughter; I have heard the string songs, how can I not understand your elegant meaning." Ye Kai laughed loudly and said: "I hope that the master tonight will have the same demeanor as the master here, and Ye Kai will consider it a worthwhile trip." The host said: "Ye Kai?" Ye Kaidao: "The leaf of the leaf, the opening of the door... that is, the happy opening." The master laughed and said, "This is what makes a man worthy of his name." Ye Kai said: "Where is the master?" The master pondered, and said, "Let's leave Xiao Xiao." Ye Kai said: "Wood leaf Xiao Xiao Xiao Xiao? Farewell to different threads? Li Sorrow?" Xiao Bieli said: "Does your Excellency think this name is a bit ominous?" Ye Kaidao: "It's not necessarily ominous, it's just...it just makes people feel a little melancholy." Xiao Bieli said indifferently: "There is always a banquet in the world, and parting is inevitable in life. In the future, if you think you will leave here, why not do this; so, if you think about it carefully, this name is also very common." Ye Kai laughed loudly and said: "But since ancient times, those who have lost their souls have only been different. Since your Excellency has chosen such a worrying name, it should be clear." Xiao Bieli also laughed, and said: "That's right, it should be clear." He drank it down in one gulp, held the cup and meditated, and suddenly said: "Actually, the most ecstasy in life is not parting, but reunion." Ye Kai said: "Get together?" Xiao Bieli said: "If we don't get together, how can there be parting?" Ye Kai chewed for a long time, couldn't help sighing, and murmured: "Yes, if there is no reunion, how can there be parting?... If there is no reunion, how can there be parting?..." He repeated these two sentences in a low voice , seems to be a little crazy. Xiao Bieli said: "So your Excellency is also wrong, and you should understand it." Ye Kai walked over, raised his glass and drank it, and suddenly smiled, saying: "If there is no mistake just now, how could there be any mistake?" What about this glass of wine now? So it's good to be wrong sometimes." Suddenly, the car hissed and stopped outside the door. Xiao Bieli sighed a long time, and said: "Just said goodbye, it seems that the time has come, Wanmatang's car has come to pick up the guests." Ye Kai said with a smile: "But if there is no parting, how can there be a reunion?" He put down his wine glass and strode out without looking back. Xiao Bieli watched him go out, and murmured: "If there is no parting, how can we get together? It's a pity that sometimes once parting, it is difficult to get together again." A black-painted cart with eight horses galloping abreast was parked outside the door. The black paint is like a mirror, and a person stands alone to entertain guests, but he is dressed in white clothes like snow. A white silk pennant was planted obliquely on the car: "Kandong Wanmatang". Just as Ye Kai walked over, the man in white bowed his head and said with a smile: "Your Excellency is the first one here, please get in the car." This person is younger than Hua Mantian, but he is about forty years old, with a round face and a white beard. Even when he is not smiling, he is very amiable. Ye Kai looked at him and said, "Do you recognize me?" The man in white said: "I haven't seen Jing yet." Ye Kai said: "If you don't recognize me, how do you know that I am a guest of Wanmatang?" The man in white smiled and said: "Your Excellency has only been here for one night, but your luxury has already spread throughout the border towns. Besides, if it weren't for a hero like Your Excellency, how could there be the most beautiful woman in the world?" Ye Kai said: "Do you recognize this bead flower?" The man in white said: "This pearl flower was originally given by me." He didn't let Ye Kai speak, and suddenly sighed again: "It's a pity that although I pretend to be affectionate, I still haven't won the smile of the beauty." Ye Kai smiled, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "I have been complimented before, but it is the first time in my life that I am so happy to be complimented." The cabin is comfortable and clean, and can seat at least eight people. Now only Ye Kai came. When he saw the flowers all over the sky, he felt that there was a crouching tiger hiding a dragon in Wanmatang. Seeing the man in white, he felt that Wanmatang not only knew people, but also made good use of them. Even if he is the welcoming envoy of the family of the prince and general, he may not be able to have such witty words and empathy as him. Whoever can make such a man run for him must be a great man. Ye Kai suddenly wanted to hurry up and see what kind of role the third boss was, so he couldn't help asking, "Are there any other guests?" The man in white said: "It is said that there is a guest invited by Your Excellency." Ye Kai said: "You don't need to worry, this person will definitely go, and he must use his own method to invite him. I'm asking the other four." The man in white pondered, and said, "They should have come now." Ye Kai said: "But they haven't come yet." The man in white suddenly smiled again and said, "So we don't have to wait any longer, those who should go will always go." Night is approaching. The wilderness looks more desolate and vast. The banner of Wanmatang has been hidden in the boundless darkness. The man in white sat opposite Ye Kai, smiling. His smile never seemed to tire. The sound of horseshoes was like thunder, breaking through the boundless silence. Ye Kai sighed suddenly and said, "If I go alone tonight, I'm afraid I won't be able to come back." The man in white seemed to hear it very harshly, but he forced a smile and said, "How do you say that?" Ye Kaidao: "I heard that Wanmatang has three thousand stones of fine wine in the cellar. If I drink it alone, will I be drunk to death?" The man in white smiled and said, "Don't worry about this, your Excellency, there are plenty of heavy drinkers in Wanmatang, and even I can accompany you for a few drinks." Ye Kaidao: "If there are so many masters in Wanmatang, I will definitely die." The smile of the man in white seemed to be a little stiff, and said: "There are drunkards, how can there be any masters?" Ye Kai said lightly: "I'm talking about a master of wine. If so many people take turns to toast my wine, it would be strange if I don't die of drunkenness!" The man in white showed his face and said: "The three bosses invited you this time just to see your demeanor. Even if you are persuaded to drink, it is just for fun. There is no reason to get you drunk." Ye Kai said: "But I'm still a little scared." The man in white said, "What are you afraid of?" Ye Kai smiled and said, "What I'm afraid of is that you won't come to feed me." The man in white also laughed. At this moment, a strange singing sound suddenly came from the wasteland. The singing voice is melodious, crying like complaining, and like some kind of mysterious scripture spell!But every word is heard clearly: "Emperor of Heaven, Emperor of Earth. His eyes are bleeding, and the moon is dark. As soon as you enter Wanmatang, your blade will be broken, and your heart will be broken! Emperor of Heaven, Emperor of Earth.Tears are like blood, heartbroken. Once you enter Wanmatang, you will never want to go back to your hometown. " The singing is melodious and sad, echoing ethereally, like some kind of mysterious scripture mantra, or like the night cry of a lonely soul. The expression of the man in white has gradually changed, and he suddenly reached out to push the window and said, "Sorry." Before he could finish the two words, his figure had flitted out of the window, and after another flash, he was out of sight.