Volume 17: The Sentimental Swordsman and the Ruthless Sword (Part 2) Chapter 406: Ruyun Restaurant
Ruyun Restaurant.
"Ruyun Restaurant" is the best restaurant within a hundred miles, and also the most elegant restaurant. It has always been crowded with people coming and going.
But in the past month or so, there have not been many customers here, with only about a dozen or twenty guests scattered around.
The twenty guests had one thing in common: they all had swords, and they were good swords, sharp swords, swords for killing people!
With twenty guests here, there is naturally no need for the rest of the guests to come.
The restaurant was not booked, but no one who was ignorant of the current situation would dare to walk into the restaurant and disturb their sword practice.
It is said that some time ago, the second escort leader of the Tianweiyuan Escort Agency was planning to hold a banquet here, and he broke in without permission, and happened to interrupt the sword practice of a man in gray clothes and a bamboo hat.
Then the second leader of Weiyuan Escort Agency immediately went out lying down.
The next day, the boss of Weiyuan Escort Agency came over in person, but he did not cause trouble. Instead, he apologized respectfully and presented a good horse worth a fortune. Only then was the matter put to rest.
He specifically asked around and found out that all the people in Ruyun Restaurant were famous swordsmen from all over the world, from Dian Cang, Emei, Hainan, Kongtong, and some were even masters who had returned from studying swordsmanship in Japan.
Any one of them is enough to destroy the Weiyuan Escort Agency.
The most terrifying one, of course, is the man in gray clothes and a bamboo hat. His status in the Jinqian Gang is second only to Shangguan Jinhong. Perhaps even the young gang leader Shangguan Fei can only be on par with him.
His name is Jing Wuming.
After receiving instructions from Shangguan Jinhong in the morning, Jing Wuming gave various requirements to the chef in the kitchen, asking him to prepare at least 150 dishes before noon.
Because Shangguan Jinhong has just found a peerless swordsman, he wants to welcome him and treat him well, and also let him join this group of swordsmen to learn skills and study swordsmanship with everyone.
Here, everyone only studies one sword technique.
Thirteen Deadly Swords!
…
noon.
Less than a quarter before noon, the 150 dishes were finally ready, and the waiters at the restaurant couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
But Shangguan Jinhong hasn't come yet.
He was always very punctual in keeping time. If he said the banquet would start at noon, it would never start a moment earlier or later.
The swordsmen had already sat down and were waiting for him patiently.
"What kind of swordsman is coming again? Why does Gang Leader Shangguan think so highly of him?"
Those sitting down were all top-notch swordsmen in the martial arts world, so they naturally had high aspirations. However, they had never enjoyed the treatment of having a banquet personally hosted by Shangguan Jinhong.
Jing Wuming has enough military force to convince them, but the same cannot be said for the person who came.
"The top swordsmen from all martial arts schools have gathered here. Who else hasn't arrived? The Iron Sword of Songyang has retired. Could it be the crazy swordsman Hu Bugui? Or the murderer Su Weiyun?"
When the name "Su Weiyun" was mentioned, the swordsmen fell silent.
What they practiced was Su Weiyun's swordsmanship, and they also wanted to reach Su Weiyun's level.
Jing Wuming suddenly said, "It can't be Su Weiyun, it definitely can't be him."
Of course it wouldn't be Su Weiyun. Only Jing Wuming could understand the extent to which Shangguan Jinhong feared Su Weiyun, even more than Elder Tianji.
If Su Weiyun joined the Jinqian Gang, the twenty swordsmen in their restaurant would no longer be necessary.
The sun moves and time passes.
A quarter of an hour passed quickly.
Just as the sun was shining on the door of the inn, Shangguan Jinhong approached.
There were three people coming.
But there are only two kinds of footsteps.
Both steps were peculiar. One of them walked very gracefully, delicately, elegantly and charmingly.
This person is of course a woman.
A woman who can walk well usually twists her waist and walks gracefully. Her waist not only twists, but also twists just right. Perhaps many fencers have never seen a woman who can walk so well in their lives.
When Jing Wuming saw this woman, his expression changed and his dead gray eyes also changed.
Throughout his life, the deathly gray look in his eyes hardly changed from beginning to end, and only three people had ever made it change.
The first person was naturally Shangguan Jinhong, the second person was Su Weiyun who almost killed him, and the third person was the woman in front of him, Lin Xianer.
He admitted that he was attracted to her and even slept with her.
A killer should not be tempted, he is very clear about this, and Shangguan Jinhong knows it better than him.
——So Shangguan Jinhong ordered him to kill her.
——But it turned out to be the first time in his life that his murder plan failed.
——Because Lin Xianer actually convinced Shangguan Jinhong with her body.
Where is Ah Fei?
Does A Fei, who is deeply in love with Lin Xian'er, know about this?
Jing Wuming looked at the swordsman behind Shangguan Jinhong, and a feeling of sadness and fear inexplicably emerged in his heart.
That swordsman is Ah Fei.
He is also a member of the Money Gang now.
Ah Fei's steps happened to be between Shangguan Jinhong's first and second steps, as if he was following a strange rhythm.
Although they have four legs, they seem to be born from one person and fit together perfectly.
Jing Wuming suddenly felt that he had lost something most precious and inviolable.
He gripped the sword tightly, raised his head blankly, looked at Ah Fei, then at Shangguan Jinhong, and finally cast his gaze on Lin Xianer.
Today's banquet is destined not to be peaceful.
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Start a banquet.
Shangguan Jinhong sat in the main seat, still wearing the golden clothes that symbolized power, and his expression was still serious and solemn.
With the sword manual "Thirteen Deadly Swords", he has won over nearly half of the famous swordsmen in the martial arts world. Now even the young swordsman A Fei has joined the Money Gang. He will not be unhappy, but he still has to be deliberately serious.
"You've probably heard of Ah Fei's reputation, right?"
Since two years ago, Ah Fei's fame has gradually spread throughout the martial arts world. His sword may not be much less famous than the Songyang Iron Sword.
Shangguan Jinhong didn't wait for them to respond and continued, "A Fei had originally retired, but under my strong invitation, he finally joined the Money Gang to crack the Thirteen Deadly Swords."
He had finished speaking, but still no one spoke.
No one dared to respond to his words casually.
Ah Fei suddenly said, "Master Shangguan saved Xian'er, I am very grateful, so I will repay you with myself. But I will not break the Thirteen Deadly Swords."
Shangguan Jinhong asked: "Why? Can't you break this sword technique?"
The swordsmen at the table all sneered, and some even made deliberate movements, making a sound of friction between swords and scabbards.
Ah Fei looked at Lin Xian'er, tenderness flashed in his eyes, but his expression was still very calm, and said: "Because Su Weiyun is my friend."
Shangguan Jinhong's face suddenly looked unhappy.
Lin Xian'er hurriedly advised: "Xiao Fei, why are you still acting like a big child and so ignorant? Since you are Gang Leader Shangguan's subordinate, you should naturally listen to him in everything."
Ah Fei said: "Some things are not possible."
Jing Wuming suddenly stood up and said coldly: "Some things must be done to death!"
Jing Wuming's meaning often represents Shangguan Jinhong's meaning.
"A Fei can't die."
A voice sounded outside the restaurant, brief and firm.
Jing Wuming stared at the door: "Why?"
"Because Ah Fei is my friend."
Li Xunhuan also arrived.
