Chapter 654: Settling Down in the Land of Exile (5)
"I heard that you like tea. This is the Rain-Previous Longjing tea I bought from Suzhou and Lake Suzhou. It's this year's new tea. Please have a taste, sir."
Bai Xiaofeng picked up the teapot that had just been served and poured a cup for Huo Ziheng himself.
The two of them had moved to the coffee table on one side of the private room and sat down. Ah Xian was still eating heartily at the dining table by the window, looking very generous.
Huo Ziheng picked up his teacup and thanked him. "Wangque Tower is famous for gathering intelligence, and its reputation has attracted many powerful people to recruit us. The reason why my wife and I came here cannot be hidden from the Lord of the Tower."
After taking a sip of tea, Huo Ziheng looked up at the lazy man across from him, waving his folding fan. "I'm a newcomer, and I'm very grateful and humbled to receive such a generous hospitality from the host."
Bai Xiaofeng raised his lip, his snake eyes dark and half-smiling, "Master Huo, please do not underestimate yourself. With your talent, if you are willing to come to my Wangque Tower, I, Bai Xiaofeng, will definitely treat you as a guest of honor."
"The Wangque Tower is under the purview of Lord Bai. Even though I am here, I am merely showing my humble service. When the Huo family retired, they stated that they would no longer participate in the struggle for power. As a descendant of the Huo family, I dare not go against their will." Huo Ziheng paused for a moment, then gave a wry smile and self-deprecatingly said, "The forces of various countries are still secretly searching for my whereabouts. The world is so vast, and I have nowhere to stay in the outside world. I only hope that I can find a place in the land of exile to accompany my wife for a year or two before I die of poison. Lord Bai, I, Huo, am so shameless as to ask for your help. I also hope that you will understand."
Bai Xiaofeng didn't answer immediately. His eyes half-closed, his expression unfathomable. After a while, he spoke, "Mr. Huo, a weak scholar, is incredibly bold. Everyone knows that the Yongzhou Exile District is a den of evil, and Fengyun City, the exile district, is even more cannibalistic. I thought you dared to come here because you had already planned to seek refuge in the mountains. I didn't expect you to have no such plans. Aren't you afraid that I, Bai, will be furious and have you and your wife buried here today?"
"I, Huo, have no intention of joining the mountain, so although I am useless to Lord Bai, I do not pose a threat. I believe Lord Bai will not waste his energy on a dying ant. Moreover, Lord Bai has no ambition to stir up trouble. You recruited me only because you don't want me to be used by the other two forces. If you don't have this concern, it doesn't matter whether Huo Ziheng is in Wangque Tower or not."
Bai Xiaofeng looked at the man across from him, who was coughing softly from time to time and whose face was pale and ashen. For a long time, he said, "I, Bai Xiaofeng, never force anyone to do anything. Master Huo, we have a long way to go. Just because you're unwilling today doesn't mean you won't be willing tomorrow. If you come to your senses one day, you can come to my Wangque Tower anytime. I, Bai Xiaofeng, will open the door to welcome you."
Huo Ziheng raised his teacup and used tea instead of wine, saying seriously, "Master Bai, thank you very much."
Ah Xian had finished her meal, and her husband had just finished talking to that guy who was the host of the Bailou.
The guard who brought them to Wangque Tower personally escorted them out of the tower and packed up the leftover Eight Treasure Duck on the table for her at her request.
"You didn't eat much just now, you were just talking. Let's go out of town and find a quiet place to sit down and eat duck! I just tasted this duck and it's really delicious. The chefs in big restaurants have different skills. It's even better than mine." After leaving Wangque Tower, the chaos on the street reappeared before her eyes. This time, Ah Xian was not so scared. She followed the man, carrying the no longer warm Eight Treasure Duck. "You stinky man, if I eat like this and then take it away, will it embarrass you?"
"No, food is the most important thing for people. How can I be ashamed when I'm hungry?" The man said calmly, "You were the first to speak up, otherwise I would have asked for some food to be packed. Next time there's an occasion like this, just sit down after you're full, and let your husband take care of the food."
"..." Ah Xian turned her face away. After a moment, her eyebrows curved and a sweet smile spread across her face. "Okay!"
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Wangque Tower.
Bai Xiaofeng returned to his room on the third floor.
Elegant incense burned in the room and the sound of piano could be heard.
Tingfeng sent the people back and stood beside the guqin. "Master, are you just going to let them go like this?"
"If I don't let him go, do I have to kill him? He hasn't offended me." Bai Xiaofeng's slender white fingertips stroked the strings of the zither, his expression flowing like water. His brows lowered, his expression unrequited. "Besides, even if I really wanted to kill him, I couldn't. Bai Kui and the bearded man were hiding outside the window. I took action, and they turned around and rescued him... Humph, am I just giving them a chance to do them a favor and push Huo Ziheng to their side? Huo Ziheng must have calculated my intentions and the situation in the city before he dared to board my carriage at Wangque Tower."
"But now that Huo Ziheng has come to the place of exile, Bai Kui and Big Beard will definitely find a way to recruit him into their team. Even if the owner is willing to let him go, they may not be so easy to talk to." After realizing Huo Ziheng's ability, Tingfeng became even more worried.
Let’s not talk about Bai Kui. The bearded man is the most mean-spirited person. If he imprisons Huo Ziheng, Huo Ziheng will have to serve him in order to survive, right?
Bai Xiaofeng's voice was calm, accompaniment to the melodious piano music, "Huo Ziheng will not be used by anyone. He had already made his plan when he entered the Land of Exile."
The rulers of the three major forces in the Exiled Land each have their own strengths and abilities.
In terms of martial arts, Huo Ziheng is nothing compared to them.
But in terms of scheming, the three of them combined are no match for Huo Ziheng.
The Huo family is the best at reading people's minds.
It is precisely because there are three forces in the exile land, which are mutually restraining, that Huo Ziheng can remain safe and sound in the gap between the forces.
No one wants him to be used by others, so they will naturally try to trip each other up and stop him.
Everyone wants to recruit him, so they'll rack their brains to do him favors...
But if Huo Ziheng surrenders to one of them, his death will be imminent.
Therefore, he will not be used by any party.
For a moment, the only sounds in the room were incense and the sound of the piano.
Ting Feng bowed and left the room. When he turned around to close the door, he seemed to hear the host say, "The whole family was buried in the fire... Tsk..."
The words were spoken too softly, and I couldn't hear them clearly. When I listened carefully again, the voices in the room had already been broken into pieces.
By then, Huo Ziheng and Ah Xian had already walked out of Fengyun City. They sat down casually on the roadside outside the city and slowly finished eating the eight-treasure duck they had packed.
"Damn man, where should we stay?" Ah Xian was completely unfamiliar with this place and was used to asking men for advice when she felt confused.
He always made her feel at ease.
"It's too noisy in the city. If we want some peace and quiet, how about we choose a place to live outside the city?"
"Live outside the city? Okay, but let me tell you again, I really don't know how to farm."
“No need to farm.” The man laughed.
"Then how should we make a living? Should we live off our savings?" Ah Xian was a little confused.
It's not that she was reluctant to spend the money, but she had a limited amount of money in her hands. She had to use it to treat her man's health. It would not work if she just relied on her savings.
"Don't worry." The man gently scratched her cheek with his fingers. "We can always find a way to survive. I'll find a way."
There is a Qinghe River outside Fengyun City, and there is a Tubei Mountain beside the Qinghe River.
A few days later, a new family appeared at the foot of the quiet Tubei Mountain, and a couple moved in.
He usually stays at home, eats simple meals and drinks coarse tea, and in his spare time he eats melon seeds and watches the sunset.
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