I use my daughter's body to cut down the rivers and lakes

Chapter 47 Public Auction
  Another three days passed calmly.

Liu Qi San has been practicing the ancient Liu Heart Technique almost every night until dawn, but as Mrs. Mei said, every drink and peck along the way in martial arts has a certain number. As the saying goes, if there are gains, there must be losses. If you want to get twice the result with half the effort, you need to walk with the sword. Slanted.

Pure and peaceful inner strength and mental methods such as the ancient willow method require time to accumulate.

Before Liu Qi reached the age of Tao Li, he had mastered the Ancient Willow Heart Technique to the sixth level, making him the first person in the history of the Ancient Willow Villa.

Mrs. Mei once said when teaching Liu Qihou the two mental techniques that all previous owners of Guliu Villa could only master this technique when they were around forty years old and become one of the first-class masters in the world.

Forty years old is still the prime of life for those who practice martial arts, and they still have a long period of time to reach their peak.

But Liu Qi couldn't wait until he was forty, not even thirty!

This is a cold world, not a past life with various rules and regulations.

The enemy will have no mercy because of your age or gender.

Even if Liu Qi, as a woman with good looks, makes a wrong move in the world, an abyss will be waiting for her.

So from the day he accepted his arrival in this world, Liu Qi always reminded himself that the knife in his hand must be faster and more powerful than others!

……

After practicing till dawn, Liu Qi stopped practicing after hearing the footsteps outside the door.

"Miss, breakfast has been brought." Cuixiang's voice came from outside the door.

Hearing this, Liu Qi stood up from the bed, casually took the scattered black silk on her back, and then said, "Come in."

Cuixiang pushed the door in while carrying a food box, and saw Liu Qi sitting beside the bed wearing only a gauze lining, with a few strands of black silk hanging casually on her temples.

Cuixiang couldn't help but be dazzled by Liu Qi's exposed fair skin. Then she quickly put down her food box and walked to Liu Qi's side. She blinked her eyes full of expectation and said softly:
  "Slave, come and clean up the lady!"

……

Under Cuixiang's repeated suggestions, Liu Qi put on the plain white shirt and skirt that was pressed at the bottom of the box today, with a few snowdrops dotted around the skirt.

After Cuixiang adjusted her skirt, she stood up and looked up at Liu Qi secretly. Then she felt her chest "dong dong dong" and her little face instantly turned red.

Liu Qi caught a glimpse of the white-clothed fairy-like person in the bronze mirror, and immediately sighed in her heart, this body and face really suit the color white.

Ugh!
  What do I want this for?
  ……

After washing up, Cuixiang took out the breakfast food from the food box.

A plate of soft and snow-white steamed cakes, steaming hot and smelling of rich milk aroma.

And a bowl of cheese.

Looking at these two breakfast foods, Liu Qi's eyes instantly showed a hint of disappointment.

No matter how exquisite the ingredients are, no matter how good the techniques are, it cannot change the fact that this is white steamed buns.

meat!
  What she wants to eat is meat!

But don't waste it when you're here. Liu Qi quickly swept away the breakfast, but when she picked up the bowl of cheese, she felt some faint marks on her hands.

Liu Qi calmly put the bowl back on the table, and then said to Cuixiang who started to put away the dishes: "Go to the kitchen and tell me that I want some snacks."

A trace of surprise flashed in Cuixiang's eyes. This was the first time she heard Liu Qi make a request since she served Liu Qi. Cuixiang reacted after a brief absence, softly replied "Yes", and then raised the The food box is out.

Sure enough, he didn't come back until noon.

The person who came with a lunch box to deliver lunch to Liu Qi was Zhang Cheng, the chief steward of Liu Mansion.

Like Cuixiang, Zhang Cheng, after saluting Liu Qi, took out the dishes one by one from the food box and placed them on the table.

Liu Qi looked at the lush green dishes, frowned and asked, "Can't the Liu family afford meat?"

There are four fixed dishes every day, and it would be great if one of them is meat!
  Zhang Cheng was stunned when he heard this, and then saw that Liu Qi's solemn expression did not look like a joke, and immediately replied: "It's all Madam's intention, you have also seen it, Madam... she is quite rich in figure, and so is the young lady, so on weekdays Li pays special attention to what he eats.”

The lady Zhang Cheng mentioned was of course not Liu Qi, but Liu Xiangxiang, the only daughter of Liu Zongxun and the Zhou family. Although Liu Qi has never met this nominal "sister", according to Zhang Cheng, this sister is also quite blessed.

No wonder meat and fish are rarely seen in dishes.

However, when she thought of her meeting with Zhou that day, Liu Qi still remembered the various dried fruit snacks piled in front of Zhou, thinking that her body shape had little to do with three meals a day.

Forget it, it's just a little food.

Anyway, ordinary meat now can't provide much energy for Yue Yue, so if you don't want to eat it, just don't eat it.

"What's the matter?" Liu Qi asked. The mark on the bottom of the bowl during breakfast was the mark used by the Hell Gate to contact him. Leaving this mark meant that Zhang Cheng wanted to see her for something.

"There is one thing." Zhang Cheng leaned down respectfully and said, "Last time, didn't you ask your subordinates to inquire whether the Millennium Jade Ginseng of Renshan Hall was for sale?"

"Yesterday Renshantang released news that it was selling the thousand-year-old jade ginseng, and invited several prestigious guests as guarantees. It will be publicly auctioned at Tianhong Tower the day after tomorrow. The highest bidder will get it."

"It's so sudden..." Liu Qi asked doubtfully, "But what's the secret?"

Thousand-year-old jade ginseng is the treasure of Renshan Hall. Unless there is something helpless, Renshan Hall will never announce its public sale so suddenly.

"Your Majesty is wise!" Zhang Cheng immediately replied, "There is a big shot in Beijing who has taken a fancy to Renshantang's thousand-year-old jade ginseng, but the price offered cannot satisfy his appetite, so Renshantang can only make this decision. .”

"who is it?"

"Haha... Speaking of this person, he has something to do with Liu Mansion."

"He is the nephew of the general, Zhou Xianzong."

……

In the eighteenth year of Taikang, after the emperor's wedding, the queen mother took the initiative to return power to the emperor. At the same time, the general also handed over all military power.

In the same year, Fu Qingshu, who had been driven out of the capital by the general, returned to the capital and became the chief minister of the dynasty in a few years.

Everyone in the world knows that the current emperor is dissatisfied with the general.

Everyone in the world also knows that no matter how dissatisfied he is, the emperor would not dare to take action against the general.

Because even though the general has stepped down from military power, he is still Zhou Weiyang who is the only one in the world!

It was only more than ten years ago that the horse stepped into the world. Countless martial arts people still remember this catastrophe fresh in the world, and they are all frightened every time it is mentioned.

It was rumored at that time that the general would soon replace him, and Da Qi would change his appearance and take the surname Zhou from now on.

But who would have thought that Zhou Weiyang actually allowed the infant emperor to grow up and even handed over the military power after his wedding.

Some people say that this is entirely because the general took care of the face of his younger sister, the Queen Mother Zhou.

But...the emperor was not born to the Empress Dowager Zhou.

Some people also say that the Xiao family in Daqi is not empty, and the one in the east is still there!
  But... wasn't that also the general's defeated general?

In short, a general is a general. No one dares to challenge his martial arts power head-on, and his actions are difficult to predict.

But no matter what, even the general who had given up military power for several years and lived in seclusion was still a formidable presence in the capital.

Zhou Xianzong was the nephew of the general and the only male heir of the second generation of the Zhou family.

This status is enough for him to run rampant in the capital.

However, there are some people who are not discerning.

When the news that Renshantang was openly selling thousand-year-old jade ginseng reached his ears, Zhou Xianzong was immediately furious. However, after hearing the list of people who guaranteed him, he quickly calmed down and gritted his teeth and said:

"Fu Zhuocheng, Fang Qingluan..."

"Good, good, good!"

(End of this chapter)