That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 294

On the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month, Xu Beiyou went to the East Lake Courtyard to accompany Zhang Xueyao to celebrate the festival as usual. After the dinner, he accompanied a few women back to Jiangdu to watch the lanterns.

The Lantern Festival is supposed to be a good time to admire the lanterns, the moon and the beauties, but Xu Beiyou has something on his mind and doesn't have the time to see these things. He walked all the way here, but he didn't even guess a lantern riddle, but Li Qinglian and Song Guanguan were in high spirits , guessed a lot in a row, and gained a lot.

It was almost midnight when the lantern festival ended, and everyone was about to disperse. Wu Yu was about to board Li Qinglian's carriage and return to Fuguifang, when Xu Beiyou suddenly said, "Junior Sister Wu, please stop, I have something to tell you."

Wu Yu, who also had something on his mind, was taken aback for a moment, stopped and turned to look at Xu Beiyou, "Senior brother, please tell me."

Xu Beiyou smiled and said: "This is not a place to talk, go to my house and talk about it."

Li Qinglian on the side said dissatisfiedly: "Senior Brother, it's time now, what can't be said tomorrow? It's not your bad idea to beat Sister Wu, right?"

Xu Beiyou laughed and cursed, "What nonsense are you kidding, I have business with you, Sister Wu."

"It's as if you're much older than me." Li Qinglian muttered in a low voice, and after carefully instructing Wu Yu, she got into the carriage and roared away.

Wu Yu got into Xu Beiyou's carriage, and Guiding was still the driver, and drove to Ronghuafang.

The two sat opposite each other in the carriage, Xu Beiyou straightened his back and asked, "Junior Sister Wu seems to have something on her mind?"

Wu Yu put his hands on his knees, his fingers trembled slightly, and asked back: "Brother, don't you also have something on your mind?"

"One yard is one yard." Xu Beiyou said with a smile: "You don't have to worry about my affairs, but you, you just came to Jiangdu not long ago, did you encounter any trouble?"

"With the name of a senior brother, who in Jiangdu City would dare to embarrass me." Wu Yu smiled. Women are born liars, especially a mature woman, who is even more proficient in this way. Take the easy way out.

Xu Beiyou said noncommittally: "When I first arrived in the south of the Yangtze River, I met Xiao Yuanying, the owner of Qingluan County. She is the adopted daughter of Emperor Xiao. There are still people who have the audacity to attack her. If His Majesty the emperor is like this, what a mere commoner I am."

Wu Yu didn't seem to understand the meaning behind Xu Beiyou's words, and said with a smile, "I wonder which hero has such courage?"

Xu Beiyou said flatly: "Who else is there, of course it is a Taoist."

Wu Yu was thoughtful.

Xu Beiyou changed the subject, "Let's not talk about that, let's talk about you, how is Jian 36 learning?"

Wu Yu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a light smile, "I'm still learning the three swords."

Xu Beiyou nodded and said: "The first three swords are the foundation. I spent a full ten years practicing these three swords. Even if your foundation is much better than mine back then, junior sister, it will inevitably take several years of effort."

The carriage stopped in front of the Gongsun Mansion, Xu Beiyou led Wu Yu all the way through the halls and corridors, and went straight to the small attic by the lake in Houfu, pushed the door and entered.

It is still the same as when Gongsun Zhongmou left for the last time, even if Xu Beiyou retreated here, it has not changed a bit. After Wu Yu entered the attic, he looked around, a little surprised. At first glance, it seemed that this place was a place where the owner had just left. In the attic not long ago, she didn't understand why Xu Beiyou brought her here, but out of a woman's intuition, Wu Yu could sense something unusual in it.

I have to say that sometimes a woman's intuition is very accurate.

After Xu Beiyou closed the door, he didn't turn on the lamp, but the attic was not dark at all.

Xu Beiyou said in a gentle voice: "There are forbidden laws set by Master himself, so don't be afraid of being watched by others, Junior Sister Wu, if you have anything to say, you can say it now."

Wu Yu subconsciously reached out and brushed a strand of hair hanging from her ear, which was charming and natural.

Xu Beiyou said slowly: "You're right, friends from all walks of life in Jiangdu City will sell me some thin noodles, but the world is so big, it's not just Jiangdu, for example, Zhang Zhaonu from Kunshan in Jiangbei, not only will he not sell me Face, on the contrary, will make me have no place to stand in the world."

Hearing Zhang Zhaonu's name, Wu Yu's face changed slightly, and he couldn't hide it from Xu Beiyou's eyes.

Xu Beiyou smiled slightly, feeling like he was holding a wisdom pearl, "It seems that I guessed right, but I didn't expect that Zhang Zhaonu, a senior in the world, would use such a dirty trick."

After all, Wu Yu was the first disciple of Yanyu Tower, so he was quite decisive. Now that Xu Beiyou had seen through it, he no longer kept it hidden. He shook his head and said, "It's not Zhang Zhaonu, it's Zhang Daosuo."

Xu Beiyou was slightly puzzled and asked, "Who is Zhang Daosuo?"

Wu Yudao: "Zhang Daosuo is one of Zhang Zhaonu's thirteen adopted sons, he is highly valued by Zhang Zhaonu, he should probably be in the realm of immortality, as for the others, I don't know."

Xu Beiyou asked, "When did he come to you? What does he want you to do?"

Wu Yu bit his lower lip lightly, and said softly: "Zhang Daosuo found me in Jiming Temple this morning, and threatened the lives of my junior sisters, asking me to invite you to meet him in Tianxiang Tower."

Xu Beiyou couldn't help laughing at himself: "Isn't it a bit deceptive to hold a grand banquet for me at the door of my house?"

Wu Yu hesitated for a moment and asked, "Brother, what should we do?"

Xu Beiyou said calmly: "It's better to act first. After you see him, say I agree. On the [-]th day of the first lunar month, Tianxiang Tower."

——Daoshu Workshop, this is the base camp of Daomen in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is also the only place in the entire Jiangdu City where it is difficult for the Sword Sect to penetrate.

Where there are people, there are fights, and where there are fights, there are ups and downs.The Taoist sect is naturally prosperous, but the countless Taoist temples under the name of the Taoist sect may not all be like this.

There is a dilapidated Taoist temple named Huaqing Temple in the Taoist workshop. It was once prosperous in the early years, but after the old temple master passed away, the disciples of the younger generation did not live up to it, and gradually the family was left out. Today, there are only big and small Taoists left in the temple. There are more than ten people, not to mention incense, it is difficult to survive, it is very miserable.

A few days ago, a middle-aged Confucian scholar came to the temple. He had a good conversation and gave a large sum of money to the Taoist Prisoner, saying that he would borrow the Taoist temple for a few days.

The priest of the prison courtyard agreed happily, and left Huaqing Temple with his family and his family with more than ten thousand taels of silver in his pocket.

Anyway, this is a Taoist workshop, and there are countless masters in the same sect, so I am not afraid that this foreigner will make any big waves.

On the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, a young man dressed in black came to Huaqing Temple.

When Zhang Daosuo walked into the main hall of the Taoist temple, Wu Lezhi was sitting in front of the statue of the Taoist ancestor, flipping through a book of Huang Ting Jing that was yellowed on paper.

Sitting and reciting Huang Ting, which is highly respected by celebrities, is nothing more than that.

Zhang Daosuo came behind Wu Lezhi and said softly, "Daoshuo has met the teacher."

Wu Lezhi didn't look back, but put down the Huang Ting Jing in his hand, and stretched out his hand to signal his beloved disciple to sit down at will.

Zhang Daosuo sat on the futon beside him, respectfully.

Wu Lezhi glanced at him, and asked softly, "Have you gone to find that little girl Wu Yu?"

A smug look flashed across Zhang Daosuo's face, but his tone was still humble: "You can't hide anything from the teacher. I asked Wu Yu to meet Xu Beiyou. Wu Yu has already replied. On the [-]th day of the first month, Tianxianglou."

"Stupid." Wu Lezhi stood up slowly, and then spit out a word lightly.

Zhang Daosuo's expression froze suddenly.

Wu Lezhi turned around and said slowly: "Xu Beiyou was able to grasp the power of Jianzong in just one year. Although Zhang Xueyao contributed to the flames, do you think he can do it if he has no real skills? You It is a good intention to choose Tianxiang Tower as the place, and it can make Xu Beiyou relax his vigilance, but it would be too worrying to complete his achievements in one battle. Dao Shuo, don't underestimate the heroes of the world, especially Xu Beiyou, who has already gained fame. Or, if a person wants to rise to the top, he must step on other people's corpses, and Xu Beiyou has already risen to the top, which means that he has already stepped on many stepping stones, and I don't want you to be the next stepping stone."

Zhang Daosuo frowned and asked, "On the [-]th day of the first lunar month?"

"Of course we can't go." Wu Lezhi narrowed his eyes, like an old fox who had practiced for a thousand years, and said indifferently: "You want to be the sword fairy Jing Ming who assassinates the Emperor Qin, but Xu Beiyou may not give you this chance. I'm sure that this is a trick set up by Xu Beiyou, so you can't go there no matter what, and you can't even have any contact with Wu Yu, lest Xu Beiyou follow the clues and find his whereabouts."

Zhang Daosuo exhaled heavily, his expression was uncertain, whether it was anger or fear.

Wu Lezhi slowed down his tone a little, "I will arrange the next thing, you go to the suzerain."

Zhang Daosuo promised in a deep voice, turned and left Huaqing Temple.

(End of this chapter)