That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 433

In a sect, some people want face, and some people want lining. Jianqi Lingkong hall is in Jianzong, it is no different from the secret guard house in the imperial court, and the demon suppression hall in Daomen. They are all doing secret and private things, which is the so-called lining.

After Wu Yu left, Xu Beiyou was still standing outside the Liuli Pavilion. Not long after, Yu Jia, Xuan Yi, and Gui Ding rushed over.

Just a few days ago, Xu Beiyou delivered a secret order to Jianqi Lingkong Hall, and it was almost completed today.

Speaking of it, the matter of Li Qingping sounded a wake-up call to Xu Beiyou. There are too many female disciples in Jianzong today, and young women are a bit difficult to grasp the word of love. For a lover, Li Qingping even dared to betray her family. , then the sect's more than ten years of cultivation may not be able to defeat the sweet words of the lover who is so affectionate.

Xu Beiyou had heard Xiao Zhinan mention about Peony a long time ago, so would the Anwei Mansion, which is of the same line as Peony, also use this method?Xu Beiyou felt that he had to be on guard, so he secretly ordered Yujia and other three people to closely investigate Jianzong, so as not to catch fire in the backyard when he went to the imperial capital.

In the end, the three really found out some clues, but this time the problem was Li Qinglian.

During the period when Xu Beiyou left Jiangdu, it was an extremely indulgent period for Li Qinglian. To sum it up, there were probably only two things to do: reading and playing. not important.

Li Qinglian first borrowed two large volumes from the library of East Lake Bieyuan, one is Biography of Immortal Tales, and the other is "Qinglian Sword Classic". As a result, the biography of Immortal Tales was skipped by her. After reading it, "Qinglian Sword Classic" was completely shelved after reading Chapter 1 hastily.

In the eyes of her, an eldest lady who never lacks practice secrets, this Qinglian Sword Sutra, which has been flocked to by countless monks, may not be much more precious than half a tael of silver a book.

In addition, just playing around, she is not short of silver anyway, since Xu Beiyou took charge of Jianzong, she has raised her regular silver, which has reached 5000 taels of silver per year, which is more than that of a local vassal. Her annual salary is much higher. Although Zhang Xueyao will "deduct" most of it and save it up as a dowry for her, there are still about 5000 taels that she can get, which is enough for her to squander. In fact, for a period of time Li Qinglian didn't even spend the 1000 taels.

Whether Jiangducheng is the world of the three Lafayettes or Mr. Xu's territory, Li Qinglian can run amok. After no one controls her, Li Qinglian has done all the things she wanted to do but dared not do before. , and even disguised herself as a man to wander around the courtyard, so she got the nickname of Young Master Lian, and met many friends, including disciples of sects who had traveled here, noble sons from the eight great families in the south of the Yangtze River, and many fairies Heroines, almost all of them are people with considerable family background, half a bucket of water is not enough to dangle, young heroes of Xu Beiyou and Qi Xianyun's level disdain to go, Xiaoyu Xiaoxiami wants to go but can't get in.

This is the leisurely time of a young lady who is protected by the sect and elders.

The key point is that there was an unharmonious episode during this leisurely time. A Confucian scholar who cultivated and studied in a heirloom met Li Qinglian by coincidence. Restraining Li Qinglian's eldest lady's temper, there is a sign that something is wrong when she comes and goes.

It was from the process of the two of them getting acquainted that Gui Ding saw something strange. Although there was no real evidence, he still subconsciously believed that there were traces of man-made.

The so-called coincidence is nothing but deliberate.

Xu Beiyou had always treated Li Qinglian as a half-sister, and he was furious after learning about this. He didn't mind Li Qinglian's mutual affection with young men, but he didn't want to see someone make a fuss about Li Qinglian.

Xu Beiyou originally wanted this person to disappear without anyone noticing, but then he thought that this move was a bit too arbitrary, so he asked Yu Jia and Xuan Yi to bring him to see what his background was, if he was really innocent For a virtuous person, then he will punish Gui Ding severely to make amends, even if he confesses this brother-in-law generously, it is not impossible, but if it is a person with ulterior motives, it is still the same sentence, he has never been stingy with killing people.

Xu Beiyou asked, "Where is the person I want?"

Yu Jia said softly: "Young master please come with me."

A group of people quietly left the East Lake Bieyuan, and came to a small Bieyuan not too far away from the East Lake Bieyuan. This small Bieyuan is actually quite unique. There is a secret passage leading downward in the main hall. It is a dungeon deep underground.

Under the guidance of Yu Jia, Xu Beiyou walked into the secret path.

First, there is a winding passage, cast in pieces of bluestone, like the corridor of the emperor's tomb, with torches inserted on the wall.Then the corridor began to extend downwards at a slant, with a distance of about seven or eight hundred zhang.

Xu Beiyou walked for half an hour following the twists and turns of the Yujia, and walked through three or four forks before finally walking out of this corridor. The light suddenly opened up in front of him, the lights were as bright as day, and there were more than a dozen large and small cells, with a spacious open space in the middle , there are a row of shelves and various instruments of torture, which are used as the place for criminal trials.

But now there is only one prisoner in the prison, and a young man dressed as a scholar is lying on his back on a pile of thatch in the cell on the left without knowing his life or death, motionless.

Yu Jia personally moved a chair and placed it behind Xu Beiyou. After Xu Beiyou sat down expressionlessly, the two Sword Qi Lingkong Hall swordsmen who were guarding here helped the scholar out of the prison.

Xuan Yi stepped forward to pick up the scholar, then waved to the two of them, signaling them to back off.

Xu Beiyou raised his chin slightly, Gui Ding stepped forward and wiped lightly in front of this person, and then retreated to Xu Beiyou's side again.

The Confucian scholar woke up slowly, and was put on a chair by Xuan Yi.

The two sat opposite each other, Xu Beiyou asked, "Do you recognize me?"

The Confucian scholar shook his head, stared hard at Xu Beiyou for a while, and asked hesitantly, "Mr. Xu?"

"It's good that you recognize me." Xu Beiyou said flatly, "Then you should also know Li Qinglian."

There was silence in the dungeon, and the Confucian scholar looked completely at a loss.

Xu Beiyou said calmly: "You don't know Li Qinglian, so you should know Mr. Lian, right? It's the Mr. Lian who swims with you in the back lake. As far as I know, the reason why you met Mr. Lian by chance on the bank of the back lake is that In fact, he bribed a friend of Mrs. Lian and learned about her itinerary in advance."

The Confucian scholar was still at a loss and said: "What does Mr. Xu mean by this? I don't understand..."

A gloomy look flashed across Xu Beiyou's eyes, and he said softly, "Since your Excellency doesn't understand, then I will help you understand."

As soon as the words were finished, Xuan Yi made a sudden move and pinched the scholar's spine.

The face of this low-level scholar suddenly became extremely ferocious, and there was a bean-sized cold sweat oozing from his forehead.

Xu Beiyou lowered his eyes slightly, and asked, "Do you understand?"

The scholar raised his head, the veins on his forehead and neck bulged, and said with difficulty: "I have no enmity with Mr. Xu, why should Mr. Xu make things difficult for me, if Mr. Xu doesn't want to associate with Mr. Lian, then just say so."

Xu Beiyou said a good word with a smile, and said to the ghost next to him: "Continue to torture him until he speaks, as long as he doesn't die, you can decide what method to use."

After Guiding took the order, he stepped forward with a smirk, while Xu Beiyou got up from his chair, and walked out alone without looking at the cruel scene behind him.

Now he can be sure that there is probably something wrong with this person.

In fact, the reason is also very simple, he is too flawless, and this is the biggest flaw.

(End of this chapter)