That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 434 That Man Never Came

I have to say that this scholar is really a hard-headed person. He fought hard for most of the night, but he didn't say a word.

It wasn't until dawn that I finally couldn't stand it anymore and just wanted to die quickly.

Xu Beiyou returned to the dungeon, looked at the half-dead scholar who had no scars all over his body, and said indifferently, "Speak."

The scholar opened his eyes and glanced at Xu Beiyou, breathing weakly, "It's the Dark Guard Mansion."

Xu Beiyou wasn't surprised at all, and said calmly: "Your name is Bai Xi, the son of a concubine of the Han family, and my grandfather passed the imperial examination to become an official. Farming and studying heirs, in your generation, you can be regarded as having a low reputation among scholars, how did you become the eagle and dog minion of the Dark Guard?"

A smile uglier than crying appeared on Bai Xi's distorted face, and he continued intermittently: "Every family has... hard-to-recite scriptures, my grandfather... accidentally got involved in... the blue-han faction struggle in the first year of Taiping, Being beaten as a remnant of the Korean Party...had to return to his hometown, and my father and I...were not going to be official, poor and poor, since...there is no hope of official career, so we can only take the edge of the sword and seek a shortcut to climb the mountain."

Xu Beiyou smiled, "The remnants of the Han Party? According to you, I'm wrong to blame good people."

Bai Xi's lips trembled, and he was already speechless.

Xu Beiyou raised his hand, and the restless Wusheng sword energy in Bai Xi's body stopped abruptly.

Like a fish returning to the water from the shore, Bai Xi finally regained his breath.

After a while, Xu Beiyou continued to ask: "How many factions are there in the Dark Guard Mansion, which faction do you belong to? Xie Suqing? Wei Wuji? Fu Zhongtian? Or Duanmu Ruisheng?"

Bai Xi smiled in relief, "Mr. Xu, why do you need to ask so much, don't you understand which adult you are enmity with?"

Xu Beiyou snorted, "I've heard about the famous name of the Anwei Mansion for investigating the world for a long time, but I have never learned about it. Today, I know what it means to be pervasive. Do you have any other secret agents in Jianzong?"

Bai Xi said calmly: "Of course there are, most of them are good-looking veterans in the field of love. In fact, it's not my turn to be in charge of Young Master Lian. It's just that the status of the others is not enough, so I can only rush into the battle, and in the end I still showed my flaws." .”

Bai Xi paused for a while, and said slowly: "I've heard about Mr. Xu's power for a long time, but I have never had the chance to meet him. I didn't expect to meet in this situation, and it's in this situation. I know I'm about to die." I just want to ask Mr. Xu to promise me one thing, and in return, I will give all the names of other people."

Xu Beiyou thought for a while, "Say."

"My family is poor, and my old father is still alive. After Bai Xi left, I beg Mr. Xu to take care of him." Bai Xi said softly, "As for Mr. Lian, please Mr. Xu apologize on my behalf." Xu Beiyou nodded, Instructed: "Prepare paper and pen."

Xuan Yi put the pen, ink, paper and inkstone that had been prepared in front of Bai Xi.

Bai Xi was silent for a moment, she didn't know whether it was because she had experienced too much torture or because she was afraid, her face was extremely pale, her fingers trembled slightly, but in the end she still picked up a pen and dipped in ink, and wrote more than ten names on the white rice paper.

Xu Beiyou nodded slightly, signaling Yujia to put away the list, then waved at Guiding, turned and left.

After Xu Beiyou left the dungeon, Guiding said softly, "I will leave you a whole corpse."

Bai Xi slowly closed his eyes, knelt down on the ground, kowtowed towards his hometown and said, "Father, this child is not filial, please take a step first, and I will repay your kindness for nurturing in the next life."

After the three came out of the dungeon first, they sat in the main hall of the other courtyard and waited temporarily.

Xu Beiyou told Yu Jia: "Scrutinize the names of the people on the list overnight. If they are true, they will be captured and killed according to the list tomorrow, and then the heads will be sent to Xie Suqing. I will personally write a letter to Xie Suqing. He knows what to do." What to do with these heads."

Yujia nodded without any objection.

Half an hour later, Gui Ding also came out of the dungeon, holding a small box in his arms.

Xu Beiyou glanced at the small box, and said calmly, "Find a place to bury it."

Ghost Ding nodded silently.

Xu Beiyou strode out of the courtyard.

In the evening of the second day, Zhang Xueyao and Li Qinglian, who were out visiting, returned to the East Lake Courtyard. Xu Beiyou took the initiative to find Li Qinglian, and the two walked along the back lake together. Point out the virtuous appearance of Miss Da.

Xu Beiyou first asked some off-topic questions about his practice homework and Li Qingping's current situation as usual, and then he cut to the point and asked, "Qinglian, I heard that you recently met a boy from the Bai family. Is there such a thing?"

Li Qinglian was stunned for a moment, and immediately became vigilant, and asked, "Brother, who did you listen to?"

Xu Beiyou joked: "Who do you need to listen to? The famous Mr. Lian even dares to go to the Qinlou Chu Pavilion, so he is afraid of such a trivial matter?"

Hearing the words Mr. Lian, Li Qinglian immediately felt a little lack of confidence, but she still insisted: "What Mr. Lian? Xu Nangui, you don't want to dirty people's innocence."

Xu Beiyou pretended to be surprised and said, "What kind of filthy person is innocent? I didn't say that Junior Sister is Mr. Lian. Could it be that I was right?"

Li Qinglian was furious, and immediately abandoned her previous virtuous appearance, revealing her original shape, like a kitten with frayed hair, baring its teeth and claws and calling out its name, "Xu Beiyou!"

Xu Beiyou didn't take it seriously, and smiled lightly: "During the Zheng Dynasty, there were two famous princesses with different surnames in the world. They were Princess Qingxue from Weiguo and Princess Qingyue from the Grassland Royal Court. Princess Qingyue was the later Empress Lin. And Princess Qingxue is not someone else, it is your master, my teacher's wife, and it is conceivable that teacher's wife has a high spirit."

Li Qinglian's face turned slightly pale.

Xu Beiyou restrained his smile, and said softly: "Qinglian, you know the temperament of the teacher's wife best, don't say that he is just a concubine of the Bai family, even the son of the first son of the Bai family may not be able to get into the eyes of the teacher's wife, so Hearing a piece of advice from senior brother, if you stop, you will be disrupted, so let's make a decision as soon as possible."

Li Qinglian hesitated to speak.

Xu Beiyou looked up at the vast lake, "Qinglian, I know you are different from Li Qingping, you are a smart person, you should know how to choose. I don't need to say more about Li Qingping's fate, she has almost become an outcast of the Li family, because of such a trouble. As soon as something happened, no one from the right family would marry her, and the result would be to marry a small family, or escape into a Buddhist family. Seeing Li Qingyu's intentions, it is likely that she will be the female crown."

Li Qinglian lowered her head and said softly: "Brother, in fact, there is nothing between me and him."

"This is the best." Xu Beiyou said calmly: "You don't have to do anything next, the brother will help you solve it, and there will be no trace left."

Li Qinglian asked softly: "Brother, are you going to take Qinglian's place?"

Xu Beiyou heard the dissatisfaction in her words, but he didn't take it seriously, and said indifferently: "Elder brother is like a father, since I am in this position, I have to do what I should do, I hope Qinglian you don't blame me."

After Li Qinglian raised her head, she didn't look annoyed, she just gave Xu Beiyou a blessing, and then left slowly.

Xu Beiyou couldn't see any joy or anger on his face, he went out of the East Lake Courtyard and returned to Jiangdu City.

In Gongsun's mansion, Yu Jia is already waiting here.

Xu Beiyou asked, "Is everything dealt with?"

Yu Jia nodded, and said softly: "Young Master, you have hunted and killed them all according to the list, beheaded them, and all the corpses sank into the river. It's just that the young master needs to clearly explain how to deal with those disciples in the sect."

Xu Beiyou said: "Report this matter to the teacher's wife and ask her to make a decision."

With a promise, Yu Jia stepped back slightly.

(End of this chapter)