Chapter 20 The Most Powerful, and the Fastest to Die
Save Huo Gannian first, then save Huo Luyu.
After several great achievements, Yun Chen finally gained a firm foothold in the Huo Gang.
Not only did he pass the probation period directly, but he also signed a contract to become a Huo Gang guard, which also caused everyone to speculate:
She will probably be promoted to the fourth personal guard beside Huo Gannian.
Although Huo Gannian was slow to give the order, everyone couldn't help but urge Ye Yan to hold a celebration banquet, insisting on getting drunk.
After Ye Yan arranged the shifts and other matters in the mansion, he asked his wife to buy some good wine and food.
A large group of men who had emerged from the flames of war gathered in the small backyard of Ye Yan's house, toasting each other, playing finger-guessing games and fighting. It was a lively scene.
Ye Yan put his arm around Yun Chen's shoulders and said with emotion:
"That day in Qingyuzhou, if you hadn't discovered it in advance and given us time to maneuver, I'm afraid... Oh! No more talking! Let's drink!"
Ye Yan and Yun Chen finished a bowl and said happily:
"But now it's all good! This time you saved the Second Young Lady and performed a great deed. The Young Master will definitely not be willing to kill you!"
Yun Chen was puzzled. Did Huo Gannian know that she was a cat assassin? He couldn't help but ask:
"When did the young master want to kill me? How come I didn't know?"
Ye Yan grinned awkwardly and quickly changed the subject.
The two were drinking when Hua Jue suddenly came over aggressively, carrying a jar of wine.
He stood in front of Yun Chen, stared at him expressionlessly for a while, then slammed the wine jar heavily on the table with a "bang" and began to pour wine for himself.
Everyone was attracted by the sound and looked over.
Seeing Hua Jue drink bowl after bowl without saying a word, everyone couldn't help but laugh and whistle.
Yun Chen scratched her head in confusion. Just as she was about to ask a question, she felt her shoulders tighten. A familiar figure sat down next to her, took her wine bowl, took a sip, and said with a smile:
"Hua Jue has come to apologize to you! He's very stubborn and rarely bows to anyone, but looking at him, he's really convinced by you! If you don't stop, he'll drink himself to death today to express his apology, guilt, and regret that he can't express to you..."
Yun Chen looked at the personal guard who had just returned a few days ago - Bu Yan.
Listening to his passionate explanation to Hua Jue, she seemed to suddenly understand why Huo Gannian personally changed the name of this personal guard to "Buyan".
It's a pity that Bu Yan never understood Huo Gannian's "good intentions". While pouring wine and picking up food for Yun Chen, he kept nagging:
"I heard about you when I was on duty in the canal transport. You can stay underwater for an hour! Is it true? It's amazing! Oh, by the way, I heard that the young master gave you the Hidden Moon Sword. How beautiful your swordsmanship must be to make the young master so generous. He didn't let anyone touch the sword before! I really admire you! And a few days ago, the young master cleaned up the mess of the Han family. It is said that he threw the things in the face of the Han family's fierce and unruly eldest daughter in public. It felt so good! If you hadn't protected the young master in Qingyuzhou, how could the young master have had the opportunity to let go so ruthlessly! It had to be you! Yun Chen! Hey, tell me about the scene of killing the Yu family dog in the ancestral hall. What happened to the second daughter? I asked everyone in the mansion and no one knows..."
Diving for an hour? Am I a turtle? Yun Chen was helpless and amused, and was given a headache by Bu Yan's nagging.
Looking at Hua Jue who was still drinking in a suicidal manner in front of her, she was afraid that if she didn't do anything, Hua Jue would really "commit suicide by drinking".
She hurriedly snatched the jar of wine and gulped it down, as if accepting Hua Jue's apology.
They are a group of loyal and righteous men. There is no need for many words between men. A jar of wine is enough to turn enemies into friends.
Hua Jue was obviously drunk, and said with red eyes:
"Why didn't you tell me back then? You just promised that girl from Hongfang six months ago to buy her a headband! I even wrongly accused you of liking men!"
Yun Chen grinned awkwardly, thinking: This is not unfair, not unfair...
"Didn't I have to go out to protect him at that time? Who knows whether he is alive or dead? Since I promised him, it is better not to worry about him." Yun Chen explained.
After these words were spoken, everyone fell silent.
They gathered together to eat, drink and laugh, just to relax and numb themselves occasionally.
The brothers who sit at the same table and drink together today may be separated forever tomorrow.
Every time he drinks, Ye Yan will put a few empty bowls on the table.
Everyone knew it tacitly and no one asked. They all knew that it was for the brothers who died in every escort operation.
But there were too many people who died, one after another, in batches, so many that even Ye Yan couldn't remember their names.
Seeing the atmosphere becoming heavy, Ye Yan hurried to smooth things over:
"Ah! Let's drink while we can! Some people fell to death while walking, and some choked to death while drinking water. Are we going to stop eating and drinking? We are guards. We survive by our own ability. The King of Hell wants us to die at three o'clock in the morning, but I choose to die at two o'clock - to scare the King of Hell!"
"Hahahahahahaha——" Everyone burst into laughter, and the atmosphere became lively again.
Hua Jue began to sob and choked:
"Yun Chen, I'm sorry. I fabricated this story without knowing the whole story. But the young master whipped me with a willow stick twenty times. My face was swollen for half a month. How about you? You must have hurt me too, right?"
Yun Chen waved his hand nonchalantly: "You just hit my palm five times, just like tickling me, it doesn't hurt."
After hearing this, Hua Jue cried out "wow".
Bu Yan quickly took over:
"Hua Jue, that brat, only has the young master in his heart. He acted like this when I was with the young master before. To put it bluntly, he's just jealous! Hahaha! He needs some time to accept the newcomer. Don't you think Hua Jue is quite like the young master sometimes? For a while, he really liked to imitate the young master, eating, drinking, defecating, urinating, facial expressions, tone of voice, demeanor, sitting and lying down. He wanted to learn everything from the young master. In the end, he really annoyed the young master and was thrown out by the young master with an inkstone... Speaking of which, our young master is handsome, majestic, strong and healthy, suitable for all ages..."
Listening to the chanting, Yun Chen was too embarrassed to refute Ye Yan, so he turned his head away, shielding his face with his hands, and asked Ye Yan in a low voice:
"Didn't you say he was extremely skilled at stealth and tracking, making him a semi-secret guard? Then how did he manage to keep quiet while on duty?"
Seeing Yun Chen's tortured look, Ye Yan laughed:
"When he's a secret guard, he'll die if he talks. When he's not a secret guard, it's obvious he'll suffocate to death if he doesn't talk."
Secret guards are extremely difficult to train and are very mysterious. They appear and disappear all day long, and only the master himself knows their situation.
The Huo Gang is financially strong, but has only trained three or five secret guards over the years.
It is rare to have even half of it, which is already very precious.
"I'm sorry, young master. I want to poison Buyan and make him mute later!" Yun Chen said.
Ye Yan nodded heavily, "Okay, I'll keep an eye on the wind for you!"
After three rounds of drinks, the group of grown men drank for half the night and then left the table one after another.
Hua Jue, who was crying and drunk, was carried away by Bu Yan, who kept chattering and couldn't stop.
Yun Chen was the last one to leave. Seeing two large baskets of empty wine jars stacked against the wall, she laughed and scolded Hua Jue while picking up the baskets and throwing them over her shoulders, then strode away.
When Ye Yan's wife, Mrs. Hu, came out, she happened to see this scene and her eyes couldn't help but warm up.
She had to move those wine jars several times each time, and her skirt was covered with dust. She couldn't help but sigh:
"The new little brother who came today is the Yun Chen you mentioned, right? He still looks like a child who hasn't grown up yet!"
Ye Yan swept the leftovers on the table into the bucket and cleaned up with Hu.
"He's only seventeen, small in stature, but capable. He's a promising young talent."
Mrs. Hu smiled and said, "I hope our boy can be as capable as you in the future, good-looking, capable, and a good person—he even helped me carry the wine jar away."
When talking about his son, Ye Yan unconsciously changed his stance in his heart and looked at Yun Chen from a more scrutinizing and observing perspective.
Ye Yan thought, if my son is like this in the future...
After thinking for a while, Ye Yan shook his head, "No, our son can't be like Yun Chen, no, no!"
"You've been praising Yun Chen all the time, what's wrong now? Are you disgusted with him again?"
Ye Yan suddenly put down what he was holding and looked up into the air with a serious expression, startling Mrs. Hu. She hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?"
Ye Yan thought for a long time, then just shook his head and sighed, "Forget it, you won't understand even if I tell you."
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Hu frowned and pulled Ye Yan to sit down. "Marry a chicken, follow the chicken; marry a dog, follow the dog. There's nothing I don't understand about your business. Tell me!"
Ye Yan couldn't persuade Hu, so he had to choose a clean place on the table, arranged three chopsticks into a triangle, and said:
"The art of guarding is attack, defense, and protection. 'Attack' is the most important. 'Defense and protection' are secondary, but they account for 80% of the total. Only when you are alive can you 'attack'. But Yun Chen is like this—"
Ye Yan knocked down two chopsticks, straightened the remaining one, and rushed towards Hu.
For a moment, Hu felt that what was pointing at him was not a chopstick, but a sword.
"Yun Chen has almost no 'defense and defense', only attacks with murderous intent. Every time he strikes, he attacks with all his might."
As if afraid that Hu Shi would not understand, Ye Yan explained:
"Generally, guards will estimate the disparity in strength before taking action, and know how much effort they need to exert. Many guards have been doing this for a long time, and in order to survive and save energy, they are particularly skilled at this. However, Yun Chen had no other thoughts, and only risked his life. It was as if he had already put his own safety aside and was not afraid of death at all."
"Not afraid of death? In your line of work, not fearing death is probably the most impressive thing, right?"
"It's the most powerful, but it also kills the fastest."
Ye Yan recalled the look in Yun Chen's eyes when he swung the sword, full of murderous intent and without any fear.
It’s like there is nothing to be attached to or concerned about in this world, and I can give up my life anytime and anywhere.
He added:
"Life is the bottom line, the concern, and the constraint. Yun Chen doesn't care about his life, so he is the strongest, but how long can such a person live?"
Hu nodded half-knowingly and couldn't help sighing:
"If he was raised with the utmost care by his parents, how could they bear to see such a good child risk his life? I heard that Yun Chen had already been wandering around in martial arts schools for five years. That means he endured the hardships of training before he was twelve, and then he went out to wander. Sigh... He's only twelve years old..."
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