That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 432

Xu Beiyou and Feng Lang stayed in Guangling Mansion for a day and a night before returning to Jiangdu. Xu Beiyou asked Feng Lang to rest first, and he returned to the study alone.

Unsurprisingly, Wu Yu was already waiting here, looking a little sullen.

Xu Beiyou walked over and asked, "Junior Sister, what's the matter?"

Wu Yu turned his head and saw that his face was calm and calm, so he couldn't help feeling more depressed, and said with a straight face on purpose: "Senior brother left without saying goodbye, I should still be taken away by the Taoist sect, if senior brother doesn't come back, I'm going to report it to my mother."

Xu Beiyou said with a smile: "I just went out for a walk, and accidentally arrived at Guangling Mansion. I tasted the food there, and it was not bad."

When Wu Yu heard the word Guangling, he seemed to think of something, and his face suddenly became gloomy, "Guangling thin horse?"

Xu Beiyou was stunned for a moment, and didn't think about what this Guangling skinny horse was for the first time. When he came to his senses, Wu Yu had already turned and left.

Guangling has been a gathering place for salt merchants since ancient times. The salt merchants can be said to be wealthy, and the luxury of life is not inferior to that of officials and dignitaries.

In Guangling, there are many people engaged in this kind of business. They first buy back good-looking girls from poor families and then train them to teach them singing and dancing, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. They are divided into three grades according to their qualifications. It doesn't make sense, such as everyone's daughter, the second-class bookkeeper, shrewd and capable, and the third-class cooking female celebrity, each has her own skills.According to different qualifications, they are sold at different prices to rich people as concubines or entered into the Qinlou Chu Pavilion to make a profit from it.

Because poor women are often thin and weak, the name "thin horse" comes from this.When you first buy a virgin girl, it costs only a dozen yuan, but when you get married, you can earn as much as a thousand taels.Seeing that it is profitable, ordinary people compete to follow suit, and it has become a popular trend. From the former Dazheng Dynasty to the present Daqi, the Guangling salt merchants monopolized the country's salt transportation, with a lot of money and wealth. The reputation of Guangling's skinny horse is also known throughout the world, even Wu Yu and other officials from far away in Qizhou have heard of it.

As a woman, Wu Yu naturally hates this kind of business that treats women as goods, and it is reasonable to have such a reaction.

After Xu Beiyou figured it out, he deliberately explained a few words, but felt that the description was getting darker and darker.

In the end, he walked out of the study and saw that Wu Yu hadn't gone far, but was standing by the lake outside the study, obviously waiting for an explanation from him.

At this time, Wu Yu was very upset, but it was not because of the Guangling skinny horse. After all, there are thousands of poor people in the world. She had no reason to be angry because of some poor women. She was just because... because she thought that that person might go I'm a little unhappy when I'm having fun, and I feel like something has been taken away from me.

She was a little unhappy before, and now she is even more unhappy.

After Wu Yu went out, she counted silently in her heart. She planned to count to ten. If he didn't come out, then she wouldn't care about his crap anymore. But when she actually counted to ten, she still didn't move. He silently persuaded himself to give that guy another chance from the bottom of his heart. Fortunately, when he counted to seventeen, this guy finally came out.

Wu Yu resisted the urge to turn around, and turned his back to Xu Beiyou.

Xu Beiyou sighed secretly, it was indeed a woman with a heart like a needle in the sea, but she said: "Junior Sister, please listen to my explanation, I really just tasted some famous Guangling food."

Wu Yu still didn't turn around.

Xu Beiyou took out an oiled paper bag and said with a helpless smile, "Look, this is the thousand-layer oil cake I brought back for you."

Wu Yu turned around, still turning his face, but there was an indistinct smile in the depths of Danfeng's eyes.

Xu Beiyou handed the oiled paper bag forward again, "Take it."

Wu Yu snorted softly, and took the oiled paper bag. She, who usually loves cleanliness, didn't care about the slight greasyness on the oiled paper, and just held it in her palm.

It's just that Xu Beiyou didn't seem to realize the difference revealed by this small detail, maybe he had already realized it, but he didn't want to pierce the already thin window paper.

Xu Beiyou changed the subject and said: "Before you asked me to take a few people to the imperial capital, I was right after thinking about it, after all, this time is going to the best place where rich and powerful gather, and it is more convenient to have a relative by my side, so I plan to take What do you think of Feng Lang's passing?"

Wu Yu didn't speak, turned around and walked out.

Xu Beiyou followed behind and asked, "Could it be that Junior Sister is not satisfied with Feng Lang?"

Wu Yu stopped, "I'm not dissatisfied. After all, the senior is the young master of Jianzong, and the person who goes to the imperial capital is also the senior. The senior is in charge of everything."

Xu Beiyou was baffled. How did Wu Yu, who was a single-handed and unbeatable man, become what he is today, like... like a sour little woman.

Wu Yu didn't stay this time, and left here quickly. After walking away, his mood calmed down inexplicably, and he regained his usual shrewdness. Are you so afraid that I will go to the imperial capital?"

In the evening, the setting sun gradually sinks.

Xu Beiyou went out of the city to the East Lake Courtyard. I don't know if it was God's will. Zhang Xueyao took Li Qinglian out to visit, and only Wu Yu was here.

After looking at each other for a while, the two came to the lakeside outside Liuli Pavilion side by side.

She was silent for a long time, and finally said: "Daughter and son-in-law, have you decided?"

Xu Beiyou looked at the lake and said softly: "Master Qingchen once said that due to some secret reasons, the Xiao family is doomed to be thin, with only one woman in a generation, so the emperor's daughter must be a princess, and the status of the princess is unusual. Can be the emperor's son-in-law..."

Wu Yu squatted down, put his hands on his knees, put his chin on his knees, and said softly, "Da Qi's first son-in-law is Wanyan Beiyue, the late founding lord, and the second son-in-law is Qin Xian, Emperor Ai of Dazheng. If you can become the third emperor's son-in-law, then you will really be a famous person in the world."

Xu Beiyou said calmly: "Identities are all fake, but the sword in my hand is real. Back then, the Emperor of Dazheng Shenzong wanted to address his master as Mr., and Emperor Xiao had to treat the old head teacher of the Taoist sect with respect. I don't want to just be an emperor's son-in-law who salutes the emperor."

Wu Yu smiled and said, "Your ambition is really great."

Xu Beiyou turned his head to look at her, and said slowly: "I hope that one day when someone mentions me, it won't be someone's husband, adopted son, or apprentice. Xu Beiyou is Xu Beiyou, just like the master back then, no The master of the Sword Sect, Shangguan Xianchen, is either Xu Lin's disciple Shangguan Xianchen, or the Great Sword Immortal Shangguan Xianchen."

Xu Beiyou smiled, "In the first 20 years, the father respected the son, and in the next 20 years, the son respected the father. I hope that in the future, someone will mention the master and sir. They are not the master of the sword sect or the cabinet scholars, but Xu Beiyou and the master. And Xu Beiyou's adoptive father."

Wu Yu looked up at the sky, and said softly, "This ambition is truly boundless."

Xu Beiyou pretended to be arrogant, "Just wait and see, if there is a second Great Sword Immortal in the world, his surname must be Xu."

Wu Yu nodded with a smile, got up and left.

As the night deepens, it is as cool as water, and the crescent moon is like a jade hook.

The lights in the East Lake courtyard were turned off, and it was gloomy.

Wu Yu rested, and the wind came in through the window, turning the pages of the book on the desk.

The book is the "Moaning Words" written by Lu Xinwu, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice of the former Dynasty, and Lu Xinwu, a layman in Baodu. It says: "The most difficult thing in life is that the heart is muddy and watery. You know it, and you can't cut off your ears."

(End of this chapter)