Taiping Inn

After staying at Xianjian Villa for three days, Li Xuandu said goodbye to Lu Shizhen and Lu Shixing and set off for Xiyang County, Langya Prefecture.

There are two major families in Qizhou, namely the Xiao family of Langya Prefecture and the Pei family of Lanling Prefecture. In terms of long history and deep foundation, they can be compared with the Qian family of Jinling Prefecture and the Sun family of Songyin Prefecture. They are all top-notch local tyrants.

Speaking of the Xiao family, we have to mention their relationship with the Qingwei Sect. Because Langya Prefecture is close to the sea, it is most deeply influenced by the Qingwei Sect. There are traces of the Qingwei Sect everywhere. As half of the owner of Langya Prefecture, the Xiao family naturally has to deal with the Qingwei Sect, but the Xiao family has always been ambiguous. They will neither directly disobey the Qingwei Sect nor cater to it everywhere, so as not to become a vassal of the Qingwei Sect.

Compared with the high-profile Pei family, the Xiao family, which once produced a queen and several concubines, is undoubtedly much more low-key. There are also rumors that the current leader of the Xuannv Sect, Xiao Shiyu, also came from the Xiao family of Lanling Prefecture.

Li Xuandu has not dealt with the Xiao family too much, because relatively speaking, Langya Prefecture belongs to the territory of the third brother, and it is the third brother who has the most dealings with the Xiao family.

However, there is no need to worry too much, the Xiao family will never get involved in the internal affairs of the Qingwei Sect.

Li Xuandu changed his crane cloak and changed into an ordinary scholar's outfit, a blue shirt and a square scarf, and walked slowly along the official road.

For Li Xuandu, it is not a good thing to go back early. It is better to walk more in Qizhou. Knowing the enemy and knowing yourself can win every battle.

The sky gradually darkened, but Li Xuandu did not mean to stop, and continued to move forward along the post road. At his level, it is common to stay awake for more than a month without eating or drinking. If he pretends to be dead and retreats, this time can be extended to several years.

When Li Xuandu passed by an intersection, he found a big tree at the intersection. It was as thick as four people hugging together. It was very tall and majestic. In this spring day, there were dots of green. This wide post road was originally as straight as an arrow, but it was bent into a horseshoe shape at the place of this big tree.

At this time, a woman with a veil hat was sitting under the big tree. She was not sitting cross-legged as usual. She was sitting leaning against the tree trunk with her eyes closed. The thumb, index finger and middle finger of both hands pinched a magic formula and stood there without moving.

Li Xuandu stopped and smiled: "How long have you been waiting?"

The woman in the veil was Bai Juan. She opened her eyes and said: "Only one hour."

Before Li Xuandu asked, she explained: "Halfway through the journey, I happened to meet Mr. Chu who came to pick me up. My uncle was worried about you, so he asked me to come back to pick you up."

Speaking of this, Bai Juan hesitated for a moment and said: "Are you okay?"

Li Xuandu smiled and said: "What can happen to me? Can a mere nun Huixuan hurt me, the tenth person on the Taixuan list?"

"That was in the past. The tenth person on the Taixuan list now is 'Blood Knife' Ning Yi." Bai Juan said: "Good man Without mentioning the past, are you really okay? "

Li Xuandu nodded and said, "I'm really okay."

Bai Juan was sharp-eyed and found that the "Cold Beauty" worn on Li Xuandu's waist was gone. Her face sank slightly and said, "You said you were okay, but where's your sword? Was it broken into two pieces by someone?"

Li Xuandu was slightly startled, then smiled and said, "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding. I told you that Master Lu of Xianjian Villa is one of the five great swordsmiths of Qingwei Sect. She owed me a favor and wanted to repay me. So I handed the "Cold Beauty" to her and asked her to help me recast it into a sword. It was broken by someone."

"Really?" Bai Juan said with some doubt.

"It's better than Taiping Qian Zhenzhen." Li Xuandu vowed: "If you can't be unscathed against Master Huixuan, how can you call yourself the Purple Mansion Sword Immortal."

Bai Juan slowly stood up, walked around Li Xuandu, and said casually: "Why are you wearing a kerchief? It's really ugly."

Li Xuandu said calmly: "It looks elegant."

Bai Juan revealed the secret: "Could it be that someone cut your hair off, so you wrapped it with a kerchief?"

Li Xuandu was surprised and said: "How do you know?"

Bai Juan was embarrassed: "I fought with someone before, and someone accidentally cut some of my hair off, so that my hair could only be at the shoulder position, which was not easy to tie up, so I wrapped it with a kerchief to push others."

Li Xuandu looked left and right. At this time, the two were standing very close, and the white gauze of the veil could not block Li Xuandu's sight. Bai Juan was stared at by a big man, and the masculine aura was so close. , feeling ashamed, he could not help but take a few steps back, and said angrily: "What are you looking at?"

Li Xuandu said: "I'm looking at your hair, it's not less, it's still waist-length."

Bai Juan rolled his eyes at him: "Hair grows, it will grow back after a year or two."

Since Bai Juan guessed it, Li Xuandu no longer concealed it and said: "That Master Huixuan is really capable. She used the 'Eternal Buddha Light' from the 'Cihang Pudu Sword Canon'. I had no choice but to use the 'Blue Ink Three Thousand Armors' to resist, so she cut off my hair."

Bai Juan frowned and said: "'Blue Ink Three Thousand Armors'? This seems to be a move from the 'Thirteen Swords of Taiyin'. When I was at the Taiping Inn, I saw that your moves were somewhat familiar. It seemed to be the 'Wind, Thunder, Clouds and Qi' from the 'Thirteen Swords of Taiyin'. What's going on?"

Li Xuandu said: "I did learn the 'Thirteen Swords of Taiyin' by chance."

Bai Juan frowned even more and asked, "How did you learn it? Do you know the harm of the 'Thirteen Swords of Taiyin'?"

"Of course I know, but don't worry, I have my own way to resolve it. If it doesn't work, there is still my old man." Li Xuandu comforted her, "Besides, the situation was like this at the time, I had to do it, and I would never abuse it."

Bai Juan doubted and said, "Then where did you learn it from?"

Li Xuandu shook his head and said, "I can't tell you. Doing business requires the word 'trust'."

Bai Juan snorted, "Is it rare? It's just those people from the five sects in the northwest. If you want to tell me, I'm not willing to listen. Do you know why I am not under the name of the Bu Tian Sect, but under the name of the Wang Qing Sect? ? "

Li Xuandu shook his head and said, "I don't know. Logically speaking, you should be considered a disciple of the Butian Sect."

Bai Juan said, "You are honest and kept the matter from me, so I won't tell you either."

Li Xuandu said, "Although I don't know, I can guess about 80% of it."

Bai Juan's face changed slightly, and he asked in surprise, "What did you guess? How did you guess it?"

Li Xuandu said seriously, "Wang Qing, Wang Qing, you will definitely not marry. Because my uncle doesn't want you to marry early, he put you in the Wang Qing Sect, actually waiting for me, which shows how well-intentioned my uncle is."

Bai Juan blushed, and was too lazy to get angry, and just said "Pah": "Nonsense again."