That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 393

Autumn is a bit more pleasant than summer, but also a bit more bleak and lonely.

In Jiangdu, every summer is extremely hot. Even in autumn, the heat is still intense, making it difficult to fall asleep at night.

Therefore, most of the wealthy and powerful families in Jiangdu City will not live in the city from the end of spring to the beginning of autumn, but will move to other courtyards by the lake outside the city to escape the summer heat.

Li Qinglian moved back to the East Lake Courtyard after living up to her addiction to being the master of the house in the Zhang Mansion.

Her yard is still spotless, unchanged from the past, and the study is filled with all kinds of rare treasures from across the ocean, a chime clock that tells the time automatically, a glass mirror with clearly visible figures, and Many other strange objects with no apparent purpose.

Today Li Qinglian was a little bored, she was flipping through a book about talented scholars and beautiful ladies that was widely circulated in the market. Disregarding the opposition of the family, they got married, and the result was as expected. The poor scholar went to Beijing to rush for the first prize in the exam, and the two lived a happy life ever since.

Li Qinglian's mouth is full of boredom, and it's such an old-fashioned plot. As a reader, she can be familiar with it by heart, but the writer of the book is still unaware, which is really annoying.

At this moment, there was a loud noise outside the door, and Li Qinglian signaled the little girl serving her to go outside to see what happened.

The little girl trotted out on her embroidered shoes, turned back after a while, and said softly, "Miss, it is the young master who has returned."

Li Qinglian snorted softly, "He knew he was coming back, and went to Huzhou with Sister Wu but didn't take me with him, and asked me to help him take care of a lot of messy things in Jiangdu."

She put down the book in her hand, got up and said, "Go, have a look."

When he came to the main hall, Xu Beiyou was sitting alone on the main seat, with a huge frosty white sword leaning on his side.

Seeing Li Qinglian coming in, Xu Beiyou beckoned and said, "Qinglian, come and sit down, it's been a hard time for you these days."

Li Qinglian snorted, holding her head high and deliberately not looking at him.

Xu Beiyou smiled and said, "I know you're not happy, so this time I brought you a big surprise from Huzhou."

"You are so kind? What kind of surprise?" Li Qinglian looked suspicious.

Xu Beiyou purposefully said, "It's at your sister Wu's place."

Li Qinglian frowned and said, "By the way, where did Sister Wu go?"

Xu Beiyou pointed in the direction of Liuli Pavilion, "I'm going to see my wife."

Not long after, Wu Yushan, who had visited her teacher's wife, came late, and behind her was a woman who was three points similar to Li Qinglian.

When Li Qinglian saw this woman, her eyes suddenly widened.

Xu Beiyou asked with a smile: "Junior Sister, are you surprised or surprised?"

Li Qinglian murmured: "Cousin, why are you here?"

Li Qingping was speechless.

Xu Beiyou winked at Wu Yu, then picked up the Shuangtian Xiaojiao and walked out.

Wu Yusong followed Xu Beiyou to the door.

Xu Beiyou asked softly, "How is the condition of the teacher's wife?"

Wu Yu whispered: "It's much better than the previous days."

Xu Beiyou looked down at the Shuangtian Xiaojiao in his hand, "Then I'll go for a walk, and I still need to listen to my teacher's opinion on some things."

Wu Yu hummed lightly.

Xu Beiyou went to the Liuli Pavilion, and along the way, no matter whether it was a maid or a disciple of the Sword Sect, they all avoided and saluted.

Ever since Zhang Xueyao ceased to be in charge, Xu Beiyou has become the real master of Jianzong, and no one dares to test the authority of this new master, just like a wealthy family, the master is gone, and the wife is in charge, but the wife still has to change after all. Become an old lady, and the young master will eventually become a master.

Now Jianzong's home is taken over by Xu Beiyou.

In a few days, it will be a matter of course for the young master to become the master, and the young master to become the suzerain.

When Xu Beiyou came to the gate of the Liuli Pavilion, the two women who were waiting here were about to make a sound. Xu Beiyou stretched out his index finger in front of his lips to make a gesture of silence, and then waved his hand to signal the two to back off.

The two did not dare to disobey this young master who was becoming more and more powerful, they looked at each other and then quietly retreated.

Xu Beiyou gently pushed the door open and walked slowly into the Liuli Pavilion.

Zhang Xueyao remained the same, kneeling behind a low table in the depths of the Liuli Pavilion, playing with a set of priceless black-glazed tea cups.

Xu Beiyou took off his shoes, quietly walked in front of Zhang Xueyao, and said softly, "Master, I'm back."

"It's Nangui." Zhang Xueyao looked up at him, "Sit down."

Xu Beiyou knelt and sat opposite her, put the Shuangtian Xiaojiao in his hand horizontally on the table, and asked, "Master, do you recognize this sword?"

Zhang Xueyao glanced at Shuangtian Xiaojiao, paused for a moment in her hands, finally regained some expression on her face, and said with emotion: "It's Shuangtian Xiaojiao, but I haven't seen it for some years, I remember it should be in the hands of the Xiao family." That's right."

Xu Beiyou said: "When I was in Huzhou, I met Qingchen, a Daoist who betrayed the Daoist sect, and followed him into a ruin left by Emperor Xiao. This Shuangtian Xiaojiao was obtained from that ruin."

Zhang Xueyao took the Shuangtian Xiaojiao, stretched out two fingers of her right hand to wipe the edge of the sword inch by inch, and said with a dazed look: "Tell me in detail."

Xu Beiyou nodded, and told the whole story of his recent trip to Huzhou.

After Zhang Xueyao listened, she was thoughtful.

Xu Beiyou didn't urge him, instead he poured himself a cup of tea and sipped it slowly.

After a long time, Zhang Xueyao shook her head and said: "Since Qingchen is not sure, I can't see any clues, but it is inevitable that Xiao Yu has a plan, but I don't know why he left this sword alone. Here, and there is a ban on this sword, is it possible that there is something strange about this sword?"

Xu Beiyou narrowed his eyes, and said slowly: "Qingchen said that I am the one who should be destined."

Zhang Xueyao said: "Then you should take this sword with you first, but be careful not to make a wedding dress for Xiao Yu."

Xu Beiyou nodded and said, "Beiyou has recorded it."

Zhang Xueyao asked: "What else?"

Xu Beiyou pondered for a moment, and asked, "Master, do you know a person named Xiao Lin, Xiao from the Xiao family, Shuangmu Lin?"

Zhang Xueyao thought for a while, "It seems that there is such a person, your master should know about it, but I have only heard about it, and have never had contact with him."

Seeing that Xu Beiyou's face was different, she asked suspiciously: "Why, have you become enemies with this person?"

Xu Beiyou's face was slightly gloomy and he said: "Xiao Zhinan wrote that she was intercepted by this person halfway, her cultivation was extremely high, not inferior to Zhang Zhaonu in Kunshan, fortunately she was accompanied by the imperial court's expert guards, so she was not killed by him just now, and this person used The method seems to be of the same origin as Kong Yixiao from the Ghost King's Palace, before Kong Yixiao and others plotted against the Li family, and even wanted to attack and kill me, with deep intentions, we must guard against it."

Xu Beiyou let out a breath of turbid air, and said in a deep voice: "There is also the matter of Taoist Qi Xianyun earlier, it is said that the Taoist sect is fighting, but I think it is not necessarily true, maybe someone wants to muddy the water, so that they can fish in troubled waters. "

Zhang Xueyao frowned and said, "Xiao Lin and Kong Yixiao? The Ghost Palace has clearly been destroyed. Back then, the Ghost King was beaten to death by Xiao Yu in front of me and Tang Shengyue, and his line was cut off. Could it be that someone used the Ghost Palace The name? According to what you said, the current strength of this ghost palace is unfathomable, at least there are three masters of earth immortals sitting in it, and they can also produce things such as fragments of jade seals. If you rashly provoke them, it may not be a wise choice."

Xu Beiyou said solemnly, "Then us?"

Zhang Xueyao said calmly: "But to plan ahead, we should also make some preparations."

(End of this chapter)