Taiping Inn

Chapter 60 It’s okay to take a look

Since Shi Wuyue killed all the people from Zaoge Sect, no one came to cause trouble, so Li Xuandu and Xuannv Sect's journey became smoother. They left Xiaozhou and entered Jingzhou. After several days, they were almost close to the border between Jingzhou and Luzhou.

Jiangling Prefecture is the capital of Jingzhou, and Jiangling City is the prefecture. Many powerful offices, including the Jingzhou Sansi Yamen, Jingzhou Governor Yamen, and Jingzhou Maritime Customs Yamen, are here. It can be said to be an important town in the southeast. Because it is adjacent to the Yangtze River in the south, the Han River in the north, Yushu in the west, and Xiaowu in the south, it is called the "Seven States Thoroughfare".

After passing Jiangling Prefecture and crossing the Yangtze River, it is Shuiyang Prefecture. Zhou Shuning was impressed by this place. When Li Xuandu took her to leave Luzhou, they started from Huainan Prefecture, detoured to Jiuhe Prefecture via Fengyin Prefecture, then transferred to Shuiyang Prefecture from Jiuhe Prefecture, and then took Jiangling Prefecture to Beiyang Prefecture in Zhongzhou, and finally arrived at Longmen Prefecture. Their journey to Luzhou this time was just the opposite, from Jiangling Prefecture to Shuiyang Prefecture, then passed through Jiuhe Prefecture and Fengyin Prefecture, and finally arrived at Huainan Prefecture.

Counting carefully, the last time I passed Shuiyang Prefecture was autumn, and now it is autumn again, and a whole year has passed.

When mentioning Shuiyang Prefecture, we have to mention Ping'an County. There used to be two major families in Ping'an County, one was the wealthy Long family, and the other was the scholarly Sun family. The two divided Ping'an County into two, each occupying half. The former has a deep connection with the Jingchan Sect. Its current head of the family is a lay disciple of the Jingchan Sect. He is one of the eyes and ears of the Jingchan Sect in Jiangnan, with a large family and a large business. The latter is not much different. It is a branch of the wealthy Sun family in Songyin Prefecture. It has been a family of officials and scholars for generations. The two families took root here, and it seems that one is civil and the other is military, complementing each other.

However, the situation has changed now. Since Long Xiaoyun and Sun Hui both died, the head of the Long family has become Madam You, and the Sun family has moved out of Ping'an County. Now Ping'an County is dominated by the Long family.

If Li Xuan remembered correctly, Madam Long should be a member of the Female Sect, strictly speaking, a member of the Palace Official.

Speaking of the Palace Official, Li Xuandu recently received news from Li Rushi. After the change in Xijing, the Palace Official gave up the Xuansheng Ji of the Female Sect and directly became the Right Venerable of the Wudao Sect, which was beyond Li Xuandu's expectation. In terms of power, the Right Venerable of Wudao Sect is naturally more powerful. This is like the difference between a big country and a small country. Being a right prime minister in a big country or a prince in a small country has its own advantages and disadvantages, but the right prime minister of a big country is definitely more powerful.

Li Xuandu was also quite emotional about this. He didn't expect the situation to change so quickly. It was not just him who changed his sect.

Now the situation of the five sects in the northwest has gradually become clear. The earth master still has the advantage. However, Li Xuandu doesn't understand why the earth master is willing to pay such a heavy price to negotiate peace as soon as possible and turn to Mr. Shen and Zhengyi Sect. What is the intention of this move?

After arriving in Ping'an County, Zhou Shuning's words became more and more. She talked about her last trip to Ping'an County. She met a guy who claimed to be the descendant of the blood knife. It seemed to be called Sun Hu. He killed many escorts here. Later, he met the palace officials of the female sect and saw the filth of these local big families.

All the women of Xuannv Sect knew that Zhou Shuning had a good relationship with the Purple Mansion Sword Immortal, so Zuo Yan asked her jokingly, "Why did I hear that the palace official had some interest in the Purple Mansion Sword Immortal?"

Zhou Shuning snorted, "Brother doesn't like her."

Zuo Yan smiled and said, "Yes, the Purple Mansion Sword Immortal only likes Miss Qin."

When Zhou Shuning mentioned this, she got a little angry and argued, "Brother was just confused for a moment... Or maybe Miss Qin was shameless and pestered me, otherwise how could I like her." Then she started to mumble some words that were hard to hear, such as "I will definitely regret it later", "I don't know that the beauty is in front of me", "It's not too late to turn back after straying", etc., which made several disciples of Xuannv Sect laugh and filled with a happy atmosphere.

However, only Li Xuan, the person involved, felt a little embarrassed.

Zhou Shuning still chose the inn where she stayed at the beginning. Li Xuan couldn't stand getting along with these women, so he left the inn on the pretext of going out to have some fun. Zhou Shuning and several other women were still innocent and didn't understand the hidden meaning of Li Xuandu's words. Only Zhou Zhu, who was already a woman, understood it. She couldn't help but frowned, and her good impression of this official was inevitably reduced.

After Li Xuandu left the inn, it was already dusk. Lanterns had been hung in several places of entertainment in the city, some bright and some dark. The women got up and dressed up to welcome guests.

Speaking of such places, Li Xuandu hadn't been there for a long time. If the time in Tianle Sect was excluded, then the last time he went to such places was in the first year of Tianbao, when he went with Zhang Baiyue and Zhang Baigui. That time, Zhang Baigui led the way, and Zhang Baiyue dressed as a man, mainly to see the extravagance and prosperity of the imperial capital. The second time was with Hu Liang, but there was no real fight. For this, Hu Liang laughed at Li Xuandu for a long time. In Li Xuandu's words at the time, how could he look down on such a mediocre woman.

Looking back now, the scene is still vivid in my mind, as if it happened yesterday.

Thinking of this, Li Xuan came to a spring building and stopped. He didn't want to have fun, but just remembered the past that had been wiped out. Of course, if he married Miss Qin in the future, he would probably be completely different from such places in his life. With Miss Qin's personality, Hearing Li Xuandu’s big things, but he has to listen to her small things. What is a small matter? It is a matter between men and women. Any other matter can be discussed. She can follow Li Xuandu, but on this point, there is no room for anything, so don't even think about it.

Just as he was hesitating whether to go in, he suddenly heard a voice behind him: "Brother."

Li Xuan looked back subconsciously and found that Zhou Shuning was standing behind him at some point.

Because there were people coming and going on the street, Li Xuan was thinking about other things, but he didn't notice that the little girl was following her. She suddenly called "Brother". Li Xuan was not careful and completely exposed the situation. .

Li Xuan looked at Zhou Shuning's burning gaze, knowing that she had already become suspicious, otherwise she would not have asked him "Mrs. The surname is Qin". However, after Li Xuan denied it, he saw that she stopped asking, thinking that she had already resolved her doubts, but she did not Thinking of this little girl's inducement, she kept observing her secretly. It’s no point to hide it now, so I said helplessly: “How did you see it?”

Zhou Shuning whispered: "When you reason."

Li Xuan was stunned and was speechless.

Zhou Shuning looked at Li Xuandu suspiciously, then looked at Chunlou not far away, and asked, "Brother, are you going to have fun here?"

If Qin Su caught him, Li Xuandu might be guilty. It was Zhou Shuning, but Li Xuandu was not afraid at all and asked with a smile: "Why do you want to go in and have a look?"

No matter how ignorant Zhou Shuning was, she knew where this place was, and she couldn't help but blush: "Brother, what's the reason for you to bring your sister to this kind of place?"

Li Xuandu smiled and said, "If you don't look at the things in the world, you'll be gone if you don't look at them? It's okay to see."

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