Master of the rivers and lakes

Chapter 97

Yu Xuanchi's absence at night did not attract the attention of the Yu family.

Because the number of times Yu Xuanchi went home early was far less than the number of times Yu Xuanchi didn't go home.

So in the eyes of the Yu family, all this is normal.

From the point of view of the Yu family, Yu Xuanchi was either in a brothel and wine shop, reluctant to return home, or went out with those cronies again in search of fragrance.

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"Father, my daughter is going to attend a poetry meeting outside the city today, so I won't come back for lunch."

Yu Xuanyu came to the study and spoke to Yu Ting, and Yu Ting naturally knew his daughter's little thoughts, but he agreed.

Yu Ting put down the book in his hand and looked at his daughter, and said with a smile: "Okay, go early and come back early, and if you see your useless brother, tell him to come back, what does it look like if you don't return home every day and night."

Before going out, Yu Xuanyu made a face for his father, and then replied: "I know my father."

"By the way, you should bring more people today, I don't know what's wrong, as a father, I always feel a little uneasy today."

Yu Ting looked at the mischievous Yu Xuanyu, and then frowned. He didn't know why, but he felt a little restless from yesterday to today.

"Father, my daughter's Wangchao Palm is not much worse than yours, and besides, there is Brother Lian following, so you can rest assured."

The brother Lian that Yu Xuanyu said was one of the three swords and sixteen swords of the Yu family, Yu Youlian, a collateral child of the Yu family.

Yu Youlian has been practicing martial arts with a famous swordsman from Yuanzhong since she was a child. Now, at 19 years old, she is one of the top members of the new generation of the Yu family. Her frosty wind sword skills are also famous throughout Yuanzhong.

Hearing that Yu Xuanyu said that Yu Youlian was following, Yu Ting felt relieved, but still ordered: "Be careful in everything."

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The Xihai Poetry Club is one of the poetry clubs that the princes and ladies in Yuanzhong City are most keen to participate in. It is held every June.

And every year, there are county magistrates from Yuanzhong, sheriffs of Xuexi County and other high-ranking officials who come to watch. If they can catch the eyes of these people, then it is possible to achieve great success in the Great Yan Dynasty Hall.

Although the Yu family is not an official family, what Yu Xuanyu has always wanted is to become the wife of a high official.

She doesn't like Jianghu, especially after seeing what happened to her sister, she rejects Jianghu even more.

And Yu Xuanyu is also well-known as a talented woman in the whole Yuanzhong. In previous years, she always surprised the audience.

Yu Xuanyu is more concerned about this year's poetry meeting, because the eldest son of Lord Tong, a powerful official in the court, will come to participate this year.

Yu Xuanque is very confident in his appearance and talent.

Yu Xuanyu felt that his chance had come.

Chances of marrying into a wealthy family

The place where the Xihai Poetry Club is held is located on a flat coastal reef outside the Dingxi Gate in Yuanzhong.

There are already full of people of all kinds, officials, talents, and so on.

It’s not lively.

At the same time, Gu Zhen and Wen Qing were leaving Dingxi Gate, and they could see all kinds of carriages parked on the hillside in the distance.

Gu Zhen was still wearing the bamboo hat, while Wen Qing was dressed as a man, and the two walked forward side by side.

"Will he do what we say?" Wen Qing asked.

"Of course, as long as he doesn't want to die." Gu Zhen and Wen Qing stopped at a fork in the road, looking at the carriages in the distance, Gu Zhen smiled.

After turning his head to look to the other side, Gu Zhen continued: "There are the most things in the world, the most cartilage."

Wen Qing turned his face to look at Gu Zhen, with a smile on the corner of his mouth and said: "It may not be easy today, but Yu Youlian's Frost Wind Saber Technique is very powerful, and even though Yu Xuanyu doesn't like martial arts, he wholeheartedly rushed to the court, But her skill is not bad."

"Although it's good, it's still not enough. It's still half an hour before noon, so we don't want to be exposed to the hot sun."

After Gu Zhen finished speaking, he took Wen Qing to the right, and after walking for a while, he arrived at a forest.

And there was a small tea stand next to the official road in the woods, Gu Zhen and Wen Qing found a place to sit down, and a waiter came up to make a cup of tea for them respectively.

Gu Zhen picked up the tea, closed his eyes and sniffed it: "Good tea, you usually don't sell such good tea here, do you?"

The waiter was different from nodding and bowing like the usual waiters, but said in a disturbing way: "This is specially brewed for Master Gu and Miss Wen."

Wen Qing looked at the little girl and said, "Thank sister Peng for me."

It turns out that the tea stall here is not an ordinary tea stall, but a hidden stake in the Tianjimen. Gu Zhen is carrying the token given by Peng Yujun, so naturally he will not waste it, and just leave it alone and not use it.

"Will there be anyone around in a while?" Gu Zhen asked.

"Don't worry, Master Gu, I guarantee that no one else will appear here in a while, and no one will know what happened here."

Gu Zhen put down the teacup, stared at the little girl, and said with a smile: "I'm curious, if I kill people, don't you care about it?"

The waiter didn't answer, but said: "Master Gu and Miss Wen are friends of Peng Butou, and naturally they are also friends of our Tianji Sect."

Watching Xiaoer leave, Gu Zhen smiled and said, "It's kind of interesting."

Wen Qing sighed, "No wonder sister Peng said..."

Gu Zhen didn't care. He drank tea and said, "We don't need to worry about these. This situation is not caused by today. It is all a legacy of history."

The two drank tea silently, the wind blew through the forest, and the raised leaves drifted by. In the past, many people walked the official road without even seeing a single person.

After three poles of the day, a carriage was driving towards the tea stall, driven by an old coachman, and beside the coachman sat a noodle gentleman, holding a knife on his lap.

There was a man and a woman sitting in the carriage. The man was a little absent-minded at the moment. He responded to the woman's words with sweat on his forehead.

The man felt the sweat dripping down, and reached out to wipe the sweat from his forehead.

"Mr. Tong, are you hot?" Seeing that Mr. Tong was absent-minded and sweating on his forehead, Yu Xuanyu asked strangely. Although it is already June, the weather in Yuanzhong is not hot, but rather cool.

"No...not." Young Master Tong didn't know what to say, and waved his hands repeatedly.

Yu Xuanyu was suspicious, but the other party was Lord Feng Jingtong's son, and Yu Xuanyu didn't want to ask too many questions. After finally getting on this boat, Yu Xuanyu didn't want to offend the other party because of his little doubts.

Yu Xuanyu saw that Mr. Tong was absent-minded, so he didn't bother him, but looked at the scenery outside through the window, and suddenly said: "Mr. Tong, if we don't go back to the city, where are we going south?"

"Ah... oh, it's like this, I have a manor over Meishan, and I want to invite Miss Yu to visit it." Young Master Tong said with a smile.

Not long after the carriage had driven into the woods, Mr. Tong stopped the carriage suddenly. Seeing Yu Xuanyu's questioning eyes, Mr. Tong smiled and said, "I'm a little thirsty. There's a tea stall here, why don't we go down and have some tea?"

Yu Xuanyu also felt a little thirsty, so he agreed to Mr. Tong's suggestion. The two of them got off the carriage and walked to the tea stand. Mr. Tong looked at Gu Zhen, and Gu Zhen withdrew his eyes the moment he glanced over.

But Yu Xuanyu frowned watching Gu Zhen and the two of them drinking tea, as if something was wrong.

Yu Youlian also saw Gu Zhen and the two, and subconsciously grasped the knife in her hand.

After Xiao Er served the tea, Yu Xuanyu watched Young Master Tong pick up the tea and prepared to drink it.

Yu Xuanqian gave a sweet drink and reached out to knock over the tea in Young Master Tong's hand.

Under Tong Gongzi's surprised eyes, Yu Xuanque frowned, quickly got up and looked at Gu Zhen and the two of them drinking: "The tea is poisonous!"

(End of this chapter)