The fairy is fierce

The two people in the rain were in a stalemate for half a quarter of an hour.

The woman in black was very tough and never softened from beginning to end. She cursed, threatened, and was hysterical, but she never said the word "submission".

Zuo Lingquan didn't believe in evil either. He was a man of rules and reason, but when facing someone who couldn't afford to lose and was unreasonable, he had to teach the other party what "martial virtue" was, otherwise it would be endless. He couldn't admit his mistake first?

The two people's tempers collided, and neither of them was willing to give in, but it couldn't go on like this forever.

The woman in black was controlled by others and was at a disadvantage after all. After being punished many times, she gradually stopped talking and struggling. She just lay on Zuo Lingquan's legs, gritted her teeth, and her breathing fluctuated sharply.

Zuo Lingquan wasted his time like this, and seeing that the other party stopped struggling, he whispered:

"When you fight with someone, you have to be able to win and lose, otherwise if they can beat you, they can kill you. Fortunately, you met me. If you were so stubborn in the martial arts world, you would not survive for more than three days. If you don't struggle, I will take it as your surrender and let you go. If you are still not satisfied, then let's continue and see whether you or I feel more pain."

The woman in black lay on Zuo Lingquan's legs without any response, but just took a deep breath.

Seeing this, Zuo Lingquan loosened his hands and feet.

The woman in black jumped up like a frightened rabbit, ignoring the burning pain in her back, and turned around to pick up the sword from the ground.

Zuo Lingquan frowned and grasped the hilt of the sword.

However, no matter how stubborn a person is, there is no reason to ask for a fight. The black-clothed woman was filled with shame and humiliation, but she did not attack Zuo Lingquan again. Instead, she walked out of the alley with her sword in hand, and said coldly:

"Just wait for me."

Zuo Lingquan stood up, put away his sword, and patted his robe:

"If you don't learn your lesson and only hold grudges, then don't practice martial arts in the future, or you will die young. If you are dissatisfied, come to me anytime for a duel. If you are reasonable, I will be reasonable."

"Bah - shameless."

The black-clothed woman was so angry that she couldn't listen to him. She turned around and kicked a broken brick towards Zuo Lingquan, then ran out quickly, as if she was afraid of being caught.

Zuo Lingquan dodged the broken brick sideways and was too lazy to care about it.

However, watching the woman walking away, Zuo Lingquan suddenly remembered something very important, and said from a distance:

"By the way, brother said that as long as I can last a cup of tea, he will introduce me to Qihuang Valley. Does this still count?"

The black-clothed woman, who had already walked away, suddenly stopped, obviously wanting to turn around and curse.

But the superior should follow his words, and the other party was shameless, so she couldn't just follow him and act like a rogue.

After hesitating for a moment, the black-clothed woman fumbled around her waist, took out a jade pendant, turned around and threw it to Zuo Lingquan:

"Take the jade pendant to Qihuang Valley, and someone will take you in. Also, today's matter will not be let go, you wait, I will let you know how much trouble you have caused with these few boards."

Zuo Lingquan took the jade pendant. There was a green bamboo engraved on the round jade pendant, and the word "Wu" on the back. It was an identity card, and it was still warm when he carried it with him. He rubbed it twice, clasped his fists and bowed with a smile:

"Thank you, Senior Brother Long. If you really have a grudge, I will stand here and let Senior Brother Long fight back. We are all family, why are you so angry?"

Fight back?

The woman in black endured the pain in her back and thought about how she hit Zuo Lingquan...

I couldn't bear to watch it!

"Bah - shameless little thief, you are dead, I tell you..."

The woman in black turned around and spat, then disappeared at the end of the alley with heavy steps.

Zuo Lingquan curled his lips slightly, weighed the jade pendant in his hand, and walked towards the wine shop in the distance with satisfaction.

As for how the woman in black would retaliate against him, Zuo Lingquan was not worried. Being able to give him the jade pendant showed that this woman still had rules in her heart, but her temper was a bit stubborn. At worst, when she entered Qihuang Valley in the future, she would be troubled by the senior sister and thrown to clean the toilet.

A real man can bend and stretch, endure hardships, and be put on the right path. As long as he can walk on the road to immortality, what does this little difficulty matter?

However, thinking of the matter of choosing a son-in-law the day after tomorrow, Zuo Lingquan sighed secretly again.

If he is really chosen, his dream of practicing freely in the future will definitely be ruined.

At this moment, he can only hope that the eldest princess is blind and doesn't like him, otherwise it would be a waste of the great opportunity he encountered today...

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It was late at night, and even the gambling houses on the small streets were quiet, leaving only the alleys of Fengyue to continue the laughter.

The door of the Tang family wine shop was closed. Zuo Lingquan came to the door and picked up the oil-paper umbrella leaning against the door. Knowing that Tang Jingyan didn't dare to sleep, he raised his hand and knocked on the door.

Dongdong——

Behind the door, there was a slight movement, as if someone was secretly picking up a kitchen knife.

Seeing this, Zuo Lingquan half-jokingly said:

"Sister Tang, the beast has been driven away, don't worry."

After hearing Zuo Lingquan's voice, footsteps were heard in the hall. Soon, the door opened. Tang Jingxun carefully glanced through the crack of the door, with a little nervousness in her eyes:

"Mr. Zuo, you are not injured?"

"No. Sister Tang, go to bed early, remember to close the doors and windows, I'm going home first, goodbye."

After saying that, he handed the wine money to Tang Jingxun.

Tang Jingxun was still frightened by what happened during the day, not to mention that there was another "beast" over there just now. The beast was elusive and no one knew when it would come. As a woman living here, what was the point of just closing the door?

Looking at the 100 taels of silver handed over by Zuo Lingquan, Tang Jingxun looked a little anxious. She was too embarrassed to ask Zuo Lingquan to help her keep watch. After hesitating for a while, she stammered:

"Young Master, how can you help the neighbors get rid of evil without even a cup of tea? Well...why don't you come in and rest for a while, and wait until the rain is less?"

Zuo Lingquan saw from Tang Jingxun's face that she was afraid to be alone. He thought for a while, and walked into the tavern:

"Then I'll trouble Sister Tang. It's so late, Sister Tang, go to rest first, and I can leave by myself when the rain is less. I'll help you close the door."

There were customers in the store, so Tang Jingxun was embarrassed to run back to the backyard to sleep, and she didn't dare to sleep.

She took a pot of wine and put it on the table, and then took a towel and handed it to Zuo Lingquan.

Zuo Lingquan wiped the water stains on his body, sat by the window and drank, and didn't stare at Tang Jingxun, but put his eyes on the sky above the imperial city in the distance, thinking about future plans.

Tang Jingyan sat by the stove, warming the wine, looking around, not knowing what to say, and afraid that Zuo Lingquan would leave, so she looked quite embarrassed.

Zuo Lingquan didn't have much to say, and the two of them were silent for a long time. Suddenly, Zuo Lingquan heard a few birds chirping in the backyard, and the sound of birds flying around in cages.

Chirping--

Zuo Lingquan glanced around, but couldn't see anything because of the curtain, so he asked:

"Sister Tang still keeps a bird?"

Tang Jingxun was worried about what to say, so she smiled and replied:

"Yes, when I was drying rice before, a stupid bird came to steal food every day, and refused to leave after a long time, so I kept it to relieve my boredom in my spare time. Now it probably woke up and found that I was not there, so it called me."

Zuo Lingquan nodded: "Living alone is hard, and it's not bad to have a pet as a companion."

"Actually, it's okay to be alone. The neighbors are nice, and no one cares about you. As long as there are no ferocious beasts, life is pretty good."

Tang Jingxun said so, but her expression was obviously not very comfortable. Her eyes reflected the dim light of the small stove, with a bit of sadness. She didn't want to talk more about this matter, so she changed the subject and said:

"I heard that the day after tomorrow we will choose the prince consort. How should we choose the prince consort? Just like choosing the courtesan, he will stand on the stage for the princess to choose."

Zuo Lingquan held the wine bowl and thought about it, it was really like this:

"It's almost the same. A group of people get together and compete with each other. The most outstanding person is the prince consort."

"Compete in what? Play the piano and sing songs?"

"Horse riding and archery competition or something like that."

"It's not a martial arts exam, why do you compare horse riding and archery?"

Zuo Lingquan drank some wine and was probably a little drunk, so he answered casually:

"These are all physical tests, and the prince consort cannot hold an important position. His only responsibility is to serve the princess. As the saying goes: There are only cows that die of exhaustion, but no plowing is broken...broken...broken..."

At this point, Zuo Lingquan suddenly reacted and felt that he was a little floating. He took a sip of the wine bowl to cover up his embarrassment.

Tang Jingxun opened a wine shop in Linhefang, where all kinds of people mixed together. Of course, she had heard this saying and understood its meaning.

This boy really knows a lot...

She frowned slightly, with surprise and strangeness in her eyes. She turned around, fiddled with the stove with her back to Zuo Lingquan, and asked knowingly:

"What do you mean?"

"Well, nothing, it's just that the prince consort must be in good health and can't die early and let the princess be a widow."

Zuo Lingquan explained casually, embarrassed to talk nonsense, and looked at the rain curtain outside the window.

After this little episode, Tang Jingxun couldn't say anything else. She stared at the stove in a daze, and didn't know what she was thinking about.

It was late at night, and the two of them didn't speak anymore. The wine shop became quiet again.

Tang Jingxun leaned on the wine table next to the stove at first, slowly nodding her head, and then lying on the table.

Zuo Lingquan was not a sleepless hermit. He sat by the window, thinking about what he would do tomorrow in Qihuang Valley. He didn't know when he felt sleepy and lay on the table.

In a daze, he felt that as soon as he closed his eyes, there were some noisy voices outside.

"Baozi..."

"Selling coal..."

"Hey? Are you done..."

Zuo Lingquan suddenly woke up and looked at the window, only to find that it was already dawn outside.

Turning his head, Tang Jingxun was still sleeping soundly on the small table next to the stove.

Perhaps because she felt uncomfortable sleeping, Tang Jingxun changed her posture and turned her back to him. From the back, her shoulders were narrow and her hips were round, and her hips were wider than her shoulders. The scene was very imaginative.

"..."

As the saying goes, 'a gentleman does not deceive in a dark room', Zuo Lingquan quickly turned away his unintentional gaze.

He did not wake up Tang Jingyan, pressed the banknote with a wine bowl, stood up quietly, closed the window, and then closed the door from the outside.

It was February, the rain had stopped, and although it was not yet bright, there were already some pedestrians on the street.

After Zuo Lingquan closed the door of the wine shop, he tidied his clothes a little and turned around to leave.

But just after he took a few steps, he suddenly saw a middle-aged woman standing outside a bun shop at the end of the street with a steamer, staring at him intently.

Zuo Lingquan noticed something and looked up, and the woman turned back and went into the shop.

Zuo Lingquan looked puzzled, but he was outstanding in appearance, and it was not uncommon for people to stare at him on the street, so he didn't care at the moment, and quickly left Linhefang and went to Qihuang Valley, thirty miles away from the capital.

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PS: I won’t write about the imperial court, but pure cultivation of immortals and the world of swordsmen.