That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 333

In the blink of an eye, it came to the early summer of the 22nd year of Taiping.

There was a saying in the past, that is, let those who are in charge belong to the head, and those who let the emperor belong to the emperor.

Now Jiangdu also has a saying similar to this, the river in the daytime belongs to the imperial court, and the river in the night belongs to Mr. Xu.

With the rapid rise of Xu Beiyou like a comet, the three Lafayettes in Jiangdu began to gradually retreat behind the scenes. The money is still earned by everyone, and the other gray areas are completely left to Xu Beiyou to take care of.

After all, a generation of newcomers replaced the old ones. Among the next generation of the three major sects, Xu Beiyou was the one who could really make a move. Moreover, Xu Beiyou was able to pull out the Daoshu workshop this time. He would trap and kill Zhang Zhaonu, and in the end he asked Murong Xuanyin to destroy the Great Four Elephants and Five Elements Formation, and Jianzong paid half the sea route and 200 million taels of silver for this.

Because of this, the Daoshu workshop was placed under the name of Jianzong, to be precise, under the name of Xu Beiyou.

Zhang Xueyao seems to have really let go of everything recently, like a rich old lady whose husband died, after handing over the family business to her son, she spends all day reading and copying scriptures behind closed doors, or muttering to her husband's memorial tablet saying something.

Fortunately, it is not a Buddhist scripture. After all, Jianzong is also the ancestor of Taoism. The Taoist scriptures are not so negative. Reading carefully can calm one's mind.

Don't guess what a woman's mind is, especially for an elderly woman with power in her hands, even if she seems to have let go of the power in her hands.

Xu Beiyou was a little uncertain about his teacher's mother's pulse, so he could only let Li Qinglian and Wu Yu go to accompany the elderly when they had nothing to do. After all, one hundred years old is a threshold, and the closer to this age in the realm of immortality, the greater the ups and downs of heart, Zhang Xueyao Although there is still some distance before one hundred years old, there is no guarantee that this hurdle will not be advanced.

In case Zhang Xueyao's temperament changes drastically, if Chizi's temperament is good, if she goes crazy, or makes a scene of martyrdom, Xu Beiyou doesn't know how to end it.

Zhang Xueyao was not happy, and Xu Beiyou was not very happy either. Now he is regarded as the "Lord of Jiangdu" in name. After that girl in his hometown, he couldn't calm down for a long time.

The girl has always wanted a house with blue tiles and green bricks, with a yard that is not too big or small. The two of them have inquired and calculated specifically for this, and it will cost more than ten taels of silver. To the two of them at that time, it was an astronomical figure. .

Then she never mentioned it again, but Xu Beiyou often talked about it. Unfortunately, until the day of her death, Xu Beiyou only saved three taels of silver.

According to this progress, Xu Beiyou will not be able to save enough money until he is 22 years old.

It was also because of this that Duanmuyu could get Xu Beiyou to fight those Yin soldiers with just a few hundred taels of silver.

Now, Xu Beiyou is 22 years old. Duanmuyu, who looked down on him at the beginning, was severely beaten by him, and returned to the imperial capital in despair; Bai and Dragon King took 300 million taels of silver from him.

Three taels and 300 million taels, the difference is a million times.

Besides the house, Xu Beiyou is now sitting on a square in the most prosperous Jiangdu, which is something that many princes and generals dare not expect, but he still failed to fulfill his promise to give the girl a green brick house.

If that girl was still alive, maybe he wouldn't extravagantly beg Xiao Zhinan, maybe he would choose to make that girl his wife.

Unfortunately, there is no if, no maybe.

The dead are like this, only gratitude remains.

After all, people still have to look forward.

The girl who knew and made friends with Xu Beiyou, and stayed in the poor and the poor is gone after all. He can't stay in the memories of the past all day long, he still has to move on, shoulder the burden on his shoulders, and realize his ambitions.

After Xu Beiyou cleaned up his mood, he returned to his normal life.

Now Xu Beiyou's life is very boring. It is nothing more than handling daily business, arranging the reconstruction of the Taoist workshop, and consolidating his own fairyland.

After Song Guanguan and Zhang An, Wu Yu and Li Qinglian also started to take over some things. The four women's army and Xu Beiyou, the leader, took over the stall from Zhang Xueyao.

During this period, Xu Beiyou's only pastime was to communicate with Xiao Zhinan. Since the Jiangnan Daomen was expelled from Jiangdu, the correspondence between the two has suddenly become more frequent. On average, there is one correspondence in three days. Reach one letter per day.

Xu Beiyou understands why this is because his status is one step closer to that of Her Royal Highness, and Her Royal Highness has begun to pay more attention to him. In her forest, Xu Beiyou is already one of the most robust trees. one.

Xu Beiyou didn't have any grudges in his heart.

Xiao Zhinan is like this, he won't look down on anyone, but it's hard to look down on anyone, Xu Beiyou is not afraid that Xiao Zhinan will look down on him, but he is afraid that His Highness the Princess will ignore him.

Sometimes, being valued by others is also a manifestation of one's own value.

And I have to say that this woman is very powerful. Xu Beiyou clearly knows that she is weaving a big net called Wenrouxiang, but he still can't help but immerse himself in it.

After all, he is only a 22-year-old young man, and his brother-sister relationship with the girl is more serious, and his relationship with Zhiyun is more ignorant. It was not until Xiao Zhinan, an extraordinary woman, appeared that he finally gave birth to a child. Kind of hot feelings that he should have at his age.

A hero is sad to pass the beauty pass. Xu Beiyou is not a hero, but he can't pass the beauty pass.

Han Xuan once said that a wall stands a thousand feet high, and one can be strong without desire.

Xu Beiyou had "desire" in his heart, and Xiao Zhinan grasped this "desire" in his heart with incomparable precision, so it was very difficult for him to get rid of Xiao Zhinan.

As far as the moment is concerned, in this war between men and women, Xiao Zhinan has the indisputable upper hand.

If Gongsun Zhongmou was still alive, I'm afraid he would have to say with a smile, the stupid apprentice has finally opened up, it doesn't matter if he suffers a small loss now, there will always be a time to ask for it back after getting married.

I don't know when, Xiao Zhinan started to call Xu Beiyou's nickname Nangui, and Xu Beiyou no longer called her highness the princess, but because Xiao Zhinan was still waiting in his boudoir, and he could not get the name until he got married, Xu Beiyou could only call him by his first name.

With the word Zhinan, those who are qualified to call this name directly cannot exceed the number of hands.

Putting aside utilitarian factors, the two young hearts are getting closer intentionally or unintentionally.

The two gradually talked about everything in the letters. They gave up those cumbersome "big mirrors" and "honorary mirrors" and wrote letters in vernacular.

Xiao Zhinan talked about her ordinary life in the imperial capital, and Xu Beiyou talked about his ups and downs in Jiangdu.

There are big things like *** South Daomen, and there are small things like reading a book.Some are magnificent and close, and some are short-sighted and trivial.

There are even some imaginative futures that will stop.

Xiao Zhinan said that when he came to the imperial capital, he would take him to see the Seven Star Pagoda, Lingyan Pavilion, Longevity Palace, Qiutai, and also invite him to his Zhuangzi outside the city, which is a good place to escape the summer heat.

Xu Beiyou will talk about some of his own design arrangements.

Every time at this time, Xiao Zhinan would give him some advice.

Every time at this time, Xu Beiyou would show a knowing smile.

It is these letters that are completely inconsistent with their identities to outsiders, and even a little boring, which light up many different colors in Xu Beiyou's gloomy life.

Until this time, Xu Beiyou would let go of his usual maturity and stability, and like a child who had just begun to love, he put away every letter from Xiao Zhinan and put it in the dark compartment of his study.

However, such frequent correspondence cannot be hidden from the eyes of those who are interested. A woman knew about it immediately.

This woman is the mistress of the imperial capital, Xiao Zhinan's biological mother, Empress Xu.

(End of this chapter)