Taiping Inn

A hundred years of time dreams of a butterfly, looking back at the past is a pity.

Spring is coming today, and the flowers are fading in the Ming Dynasty, so I am eager to punish the lights to go out at night.

As the fleet gradually approached Dongchang Prefecture, Li Xuan gradually felt timid in his hometown. He thought of a poem for no reason, which was really appropriate to the situation.

Li Xuandu walked out of his cabin and found Qian Yurong standing on the bow of the boat, looking at the rolling river water, not knowing what he was thinking.

Li Xuan didn't walk silently on purpose, just walking normally, making a crisp "thump" sound when stepping on the deck.

Qian Yurong turned around after hearing the footsteps, looked at Li Xuandu, and disappeared from the hostility he had targeted a few days ago, and said calmly, "Mr. Li."

Li Xuan smiled and said, "I'm about to arrive in Dongchang Mansion."

Qian Yurong said "um" softly.

Li Xuandu whispered: "Do you think the good or bad luck of this trip is uncertain and the future is unpredictable, so you are uneasy?"

Qian Yurong was slightly shocked. Although she did not admit it directly, her reaction had already invisibly admitted that her thoughts were inscribed in Li Xuandu's words.

Li Xuandu smiled faintly and said, "You don't have to take the matter of Qingluanwei too much. There are too many unexpected and sudden events in this life, just like a heavy rain in late summer and early autumn, and some people plan ahead. Then you can deal with it calmly, while some people can only run away in a panic without any defense. However, after learning this lesson, you will remember to bring an umbrella or prepare a straw raincoat before going out next time."

Qian Yurong didn't expect that Li Xuan would say this, but after abandoning prejudices, she had to admit that what Li Xuan said was actually reasonable. She pursed her lips and said softly: "Is Mr. Li coming here too? ”

Li Xuandu directly answered yes or no, but said, "After experiencing too many things, you will find that the things that have troubled you are really not worth mentioning."

At this moment, the old man surnamed Zhang also came to the bow of the boat. After nodding to each other with Li Xuan, he began to introduce the complicated situation of Dongchang Mansion to Qian Yurong beside him, and said, "Miss, we are still one day away from Dongchang Mansion. The journey left and right is that because the Qingyang Sect has already arrived at the city, the situation in Dongchang Prefecture is now complicated, with three religions and many other geniuses. Many Qingyang Sect's spies and scholars have sneaked into the city for a long time, and the Qingluan Guard is similar, and there are also Some people in the martial arts world, whether they were trying to catch fish in troubled waters or other reasons, also gathered in Dongchang Mansion. As the saying goes, those who travel a hundred miles are half a dozen. After arriving in Dongchang Mansion, they must be motivated and not leave. A little mistake."

Qian Yurong said, "We hired so many guards for a thousand days, just for this day."

The old man nodded and said, "If the incident in Yanggu County is unexpected, then what will happen to be unexpected in the next trip to Dongchang Prefecture is reasonable. Now, the most shortage of food in Dongchang Prefecture is how much. Everyone is watching. The reason why we unloaded two ships of food in Yanggu County was just in case. If something goes wrong in Dongchang Prefecture, we will not lose all our money."

Qian Yurong nodded without refuting the old man.

The old man was very relieved. Although this lady had a little bit of a young lady's temper and occasionally would be willful, she was still clear about major issues. This time, the transportation of grain to Dongchang Prefecture was not just as simple as ten ships of grain and 100,000 taels of silver, but was a link in the Qian family's entire Qizhou layout. If there were any mistakes, it would not affect the overall situation, but in The Qian family's elders' hall will inevitably be recorded, and maybe it will give the head a bad impression, but it is an unbearable weight for their Qian family's side house.

However, if you can overcome this hurdle, it will be another village with dark and bright flowers. It is not only about making contributions to the head of the family and the elders' hall, but also, as Mr. Li said, this experience and experience are hard to buy.

All the old world comes from the chicks step by step. In this process, they stumble, covered in scars, and even lose their lives. When they reach the end, whether they succeed or end in a sad way, they will have incalculable things. Experience in the world.

Qian Yurong stretched out her hand to tighten the snow-white cloak on her body and looked into the distance.

Li Xuan didn't stay here for too long, and soon turned back to the cabin and continued to sort out the increasingly chaotic "situation" in his body.

The hardest thing in the world is self-control.

Zhang Suqing once said eight words to Li Xuandu: "If you have a sharp weapon, your heart will arise."

It is not difficult to kill people, but the difficult thing is to have the ability to kill people but not kill indiscriminately. It is not difficult to have a beauty, but the difficulty is that you can still keep your wife from being surrounded by flowers.

For Li Xuandu, it is not difficult to be proficient in each school. What is difficult is that there are so many secrets in front of you but you don’t practice them.

After practicing, it finally happened.

A conceited person always feels that he can do things that others cannot do. Li Xuandu was able to reach the tenth position of the Taixuan List. It would be too self-deception to say that he has no conceited intentions. When the Thirteen Swords were placed in front of him, although it was due to the situation, it was not because Li Xuan subconsciously believed that he was different from those mediocre people and could control this set of the most bizarre swords in ancient and modern times.

After a while, Li Xuan was awakened from the meditation by a burst of rapid footsteps and slowly opened his eyes.

A moment later, the old man surnamed Zhang stumbled outside Li Xuandu's door. He didn't care about etiquette and pushed the door in and said in a trembling voice: "Mr. Li, Mr. Li, Miss, she, she is gone."

Li Xuandu was not as panicked as the old man, and asked calmly: "Why did she disappear?"

The old man held a letter in his hand and said: "Not long after Mr. Li left, the young lady said she wanted to go back to the cabin to rest, but when I went to find the young lady again, her room was empty, with only a letter left on the table."

Li Xuandu stood up and took the letter, opened it and saw a thin piece of paper with the words: "The Qian family has a daughter who has grown up, raised in the boudoir and unknown to the world. The beauty is fragrant, the parting tears, why not join hands and grow old in the mountains. Qingyang Sect Wu Lu respectfully presents."

Li Xuandu frowned slightly. He had just closed his eyes to regulate his breath and qi, and his five senses were contracted. He would only be alert if someone came within ten feet of him. Because Qian Yurong was extremely hostile to him at the beginning, his cabin was arranged very far away, and Qian Yurong's room was far beyond ten feet. It was reasonable for someone to kidnap Qian Yurong under Li Xuandu's nose.

Li Xuandu asked, "I have heard of this Wu Lu. He seems to be a subordinate of Tang Qin, the general of the Qingyang Sect."

The old man surnamed Zhang looked a little pale. He calmed down and said with a trembling voice, "Wu Lu is just his pseudonym. Some people say that his original surname is Lu, and some people say that his original surname is Diwu. In short, there are many different opinions. I have heard that Wu Lu was originally a disciple of the righteous way, but he was born lustful and repeatedly violated the precepts of lust. If he was placed in the various sects of the evil way, it might not be a big deal, but in the sect of the righteous way, it was a stain on the sect's reputation, so he was expelled from the sect. Later, the Qingyang Sect rose, and Wu Lu joined the Qingyang Sect. He began to act recklessly, borrowing the power of the Qingyang Sect to abduct innocent women everywhere and act recklessly. After playing with women, he would most likely torture those women who refused to obey him to death..."

At this point, the old man surnamed Zhang's throat was blocked and he could no longer speak.

Qian Yurong has a strong temper. If she is caught by this man, losing her virginity is a small matter, but she may not even be able to save her life. He watched Qian Yurong grow up and almost regarded her as his own daughter. If Qian Yurong died in Qizhou, not to mention how to face the old master in the underworld, even the hurdle of conscience would be hard to get over.

Li Xuandu pondered in silence.

To be fair, he is now in a situation where he can't take care of himself. He really shouldn't wade into the muddy water again. It's best to watch from the sidelines. After all, Qian Yurong and he are not related, and Wu Lu, as a local snake in Qizhou, is not a small character that can be easily sent away.

But in life, being unable to do something and being unwilling to do something are two different things. If Li Xuandu does nothing and sits and watches Qian Yurong die miserably, it really can't be said that he has a clear conscience.

So after a long silence, Li Xuandu sighed softly and said, "Since we are on the same boat, how can we stand by and watch someone fall into the water."