Taiping Inn

After Bai Mei Niang left, Zui Chun Feng did not mention the previous incident and asked, "What did the Qing Luan Guard envoy say?"

Feng Lou Chun answered cautiously, "It's still the same. They refused to give in and threatened that if we don't agree to their conditions now, it will be difficult to agree in the future."

Zui Chun Feng's face suddenly became much gloomier, and he ordered, "Let him come to see me."

Feng Lou Chun nodded and slowly left the hall.

Zui Chun Feng took a cup of tea from the maid, using a high-quality blue and white porcelain covered bowl.

The covered bowl is divided into heaven, earth and man. The cover is "heaven", the bowl is "man", and the tray is "earth". Generally, when drinking tea, one should hold the "earth" and use the "heaven" to push the tea leaves in the "man", sip slowly and taste carefully. But Zui Chunfeng was very casual. He held the whole covered bowl in one hand, with his pinky and ring fingers supporting the "ground", his middle finger against the "man", and his thumb and index finger holding the "sky". He was very skilled and free, and it was obvious that he was a frequent tea drinker.

There were curtains in the hall, and the light from the lotus lanterns was not very bright. The heavy curtains, the dim candlelight, the beauty beside, the rich and charming, Zui Chunfeng lived up to his name, like the king of flowers swaying in the spring breeze, the peony, the whole body is a nobleman.

He brought the tea to his mouth, without tasting it, and drank it into his stomach with the tea leaves.

Not long after, a tall man came to the hall, with a leopard head and round eyes, and a green official uniform. He was the governor of Qingluan Guard, Zhao Wuqi.

He bowed slightly, saluted, and said, "Zhao greets the leader of Tianle Sect."

Zui Chunfeng still held the covered bowl and looked at him coldly, his voice could not tell whether he was happy or angry, "Master Zhao, there is no need to say more polite words, just repeat your conditions."

Zhao Wuqi lowered his hands and said neither servilely nor arrogantly, "There are three conditions in total. First, 30% of the income of 'Tianle Taoyuan' shall be handed over to the Qingluan Guard Governor's Office, and it shall not be kept privately. Second, assist the Qingluan Guard Governor's Office to open a branch office in 'Tianle Taoyuan' to investigate the northwest affairs. Third, all the business places set up by Tianle Sect in various places shall be reported to the Qingluan Guard Governor's Office, and no secrets shall be kept."

After listening to this, Zui Chunfeng fell into silence. After a moment, he stretched out his hand. Pointing at his temple, he said sarcastically, "Without using weapons, you want to make our Tianle Sect a vassal of your Qingluan Guard with just a few words. Now is not the Ming and Yong period, and the Qingluan Guard is not the Qingluan Guard of the past. Has your Governor Lu's head been kicked by a donkey?"

Zhao Wuqi was not angry at all, and said calmly, "You ask for a high price and pay it back. If the leader of Tianle is not satisfied with something, you can just say it, and we can discuss it. Don't be angry, so as not to hurt the harmony between the two sides. In addition, I hope that the leader of Tianle can give an answer as soon as possible, otherwise when Lord Lu comes in person, I am afraid that there will be more than these three conditions."

The whole hall suddenly became quiet.

Zui Chunfeng's eyes slowly raised, passed Zhao Wuqi in front of him, passed through the curtains, and looked outside the door of the hall. Countless red lanterns gathered into a fiery ocean, which was very inconsistent with the dim place.

The next moment, he suddenly threw the bowl in his hand to the ground.

Fragments flew and tea splashed everywhere!

Zhao Wuqi's eyelids twitched slightly.

At this moment, Zui Chunfeng swept away all his elegance and nobleness, showing his ruthlessness as a man of the world, and said coldly: "Even the palace officials of the female sect dare not threaten me like this, who the hell do you think you are?"

After that, Zui Chunfeng didn't even look at Zhao Wuqi, and walked straight out of the palace door.

Zhao Wuqi was still not angry, turned around and looked at Zui Chunfeng's back, and said calmly: "The female sect with the same roots will not help the leader of Tianle, and the other four sects of Liaodong can't help the leader of Tianle. The only ones who can help the leader of Tianle are our Qingluan Guards. Doesn't the leader of Tianle want to step into the realm of heaven and man?"

Zui Chunfeng's footsteps stopped abruptly.

...

All good things must come to an end.

The group went from Luzhou to Jingzhou and then to Zhongzhou. When they reached Longmen Prefecture, Li Xuan, who was walking in the front, stopped and looked at the mountains at the end of his sight, stunned.

After the frost, the autumn became more intense, the leaves turned yellow and fell, leaving only bare branches, migratory birds migrated south, and moths hibernated. After nightfall, except for the occasional cry of jackdaws, there was no sound of insects or birds. Every time the cold wind blew on my face, it brought a chill that penetrated into my bones.

If you count carefully, this time from Luzhou to Zhongzhou, from the end of summer to the beginning of autumn, it was almost winter when I really arrived at Longmen Prefecture. It took nearly three months to walk, which was not short. In the past, it took him less than a month to run from the northwest to the capital.

However, the trip to Beijing was a show of force. At that time, Li Xuandu felt that there was no rival in the world except the leaders of various sects, so he wanted to make a move in Beijing. Now, looking back, he was still too young and frivolous.

Li Xuandu retracted his gaze and looked at Yan Feiqing: "The fallen leaves gather and scatter, and the jackdaws are startled again. After sending you a thousand miles, we must say goodbye. Brother Xuanji, you and I will say goodbye here."

In fact, before arriving in Shi'an County, Yan Feiqing received an urgent letter from the fairy Su who had been elusive. The letter said that the Taiyin corpse, also known as the "King of Zombies", was about to be born. It was difficult for her to deal with it alone, so she asked Yan Feiqing to go there immediately to help her.

After thinking about it over and over again, Yan Feiqing decided to go to Su Yunxian's side first, for two reasons. First, now that he has arrived in Zhongzhou, he is not too far from Shendu City, and Li Xuan has recovered from the innate realm. Even if he meets the elder surnamed Su of the Shenxiao Sect, he can protect himself without any worries. Second, no matter what, Su Yunxian is also his future Taoist partner, and it is also related to the alliance between Zhengyi Sect and Cihang Sect, so it is not easy to ignore it.

Yan Feiqing said, "Dragon Kui was born, and it was thousands of miles away. Although the Taiyin corpse was born this time, it was not a peerless and ferocious thing like Dragon Kui, it should not be underestimated. If you let it go, it will definitely lead to a disaster. Now all the masters have heard the news. As the leader of the Zheng sect, I naturally cannot stay out of the world. I hope Brother Zifu will understand."

Li Xuandu shook his head and said, "I have no understanding or not. If I hadn't been in charge of the relationship now, I would have to go and see it with Brother Xuanji."

Yan Feiqing smiled and said, "This matter is not urgent. The master of Taiping Sect just calculated that the Taiyin corpse was about to be born, but the specific time and place of birth have not been determined. During this period, he would inevitably walk among the major mountains and rivers, which is also a matter of perseverance. Human chores.”

Li Xuandu asked in a little surprised, "Hasn't Taiping Sect already closed the mountain?"

Yan Feiqing shook her head and said, "I am not very clear about the specific situation. I will not know until I see Ai Yun."

Li Xuandu nodded, stopped asking questions, and said, "I am not a good minister, but a good doctor. This is the wish of Confucian disciples. My Taoist disciples do not seek immortality, but seek to eliminate evil spirits and protect them." I will definitely get peace. I will not hide it. After these days, Brother Xuanji has greatly changed my impression of Zhengyi Sect. If one day it is true that the world is peaceful, I will be willing to be one person and one sword, like Brother Xuanji Suppress demons and eliminate demons and do what you can for the land and water."

Yan Feiqing smiled slightly and first recited a seven-character poem: "As soon as wind and thunder rise from the earth, there will be sprouts of white bones. People can still be trained as fools, but monsters will cause disasters when they are ghosts." Then he said: "There will be monsters in troubled times. If the world is truly peaceful, how can there be so many evil spirits? Even if there are, they are still born in the corner of the human heart. Such evil spirits are the inner demons, and people are the demonic paths. Even the ancestor of Taoism Buddha cannot be saved. I'm afraid I'm going to be disappointed."

The two looked at each other and smiled.

Yan Feiqing looked at the sky, and did not bow like a Taoist, but instead clasped his fists directly in the way of a man from the martial arts world: "Brother Zifu, let's see you again today in Longmen City in the future."

Li Xuan also clasped his fists and said, "Let's see you again in Longmen."

Yan Feiqing was heading in another direction, and Li Xuan was standing there watching. When he walked more than a hundred feet away, Yan Feiqing seemed to know that Li Xuan was watching him go away. He did not stop and turned around, but waved his hand.

Only then did Li Xuandu withdraw his gaze and said to Hu Liang and Zhou Shuning beside him, "Let's go, we should continue our journey."

In the afterglow of the setting sun, a group of three people walked slowly towards Shi'an County.