"The path of cultivation is vast, you are still young, and it is normal for you to have some unrealistic crooked thoughts. ”

Ke Yue said earnestly, "Tell you, I treat you like this completely because I want to cultivate a talent for Taoism. The so-called strict master produces a high apprentice, since the masters and elders are not around now, then this burden is naturally on me. Don't think too much about it, I'm thinking about the future of Taoism, that's why I'm so strict with you, it's not difficult, it's an expectation, understand?"

"Oops!" Xu Daoyun patted his forehead, "I understand, I understand, I think too much, senior sister, don't worry, you and the expectations of the elders, Daoyun will definitely live up to it, and I will definitely cultivate hard." ”

Ke Yue was irritable in his heart, and it was clear that he had successfully guided his train of thought, but he did not have the slightest joy of success.

Seeing that the comedy movie was so solemn, a nameless anger burned uncontrollably in his heart, and he said coldly: "Okay, one yard to one yard, now you can say it, whose hair and fragrance are on your body?"

"Uh... If I say that a female snitch broke into my guest room last night, do you believe it, senior sister?"

"Heh..."Ke Yue sneered, "Senior brother, do you treat your senior sister as a three-year-old child?"

"Don't dare, don't dare!" Xu Daoyun hurriedly waved his hand and shook his head.

"Then make it clear, don't force me to do it. Ke Yue's long sword slanted, and a wisp of sword light flashed away, and the overturned bench next to Xu Daoyun fell apart.

Xu Daoyun's hair stood on end, and he hurriedly defended: "Senior sister, I said, I'll tell the truth." But... But I really don't know where to start, I really don't know who that woman is, I just know that she is a strong cultivator, and I wanted to resist when I found her, but all of a sudden

was restrained by her. I want to ask my sister for help loudly, but I can't move or speak, I really don't know who she is. ”

Ke Yue looked at him suspiciously, "So, your Xuangong operation is wrong, and it has something to do with that female snitch?"

"Yes. Xu Daoyun nodded generously and admitted that he was at ease because it was the truth.

"Why didn't she go to anyone's room, but yours?"

"It's... How do I know? Maybe it's fate. ”

According to what you say, the female snitch can restrain you in the blink of an eye, and you don't even have the ability to resist, which means that her cultivation is extremely high, and it is easy to kill you. Then why didn't she just kill you to prevent future troubles?" Ke Yue immediately grasped the crux of the matter.

"I'm also puzzled, senior sister, why didn't she kill me?"

"Huh. Ke Yue sneered, "You ask me?"

"Uh... I really can't figure it out. ”

Ke Yue said earnestly, "Xu Daoyun, you have to pay all your attention to your own cultivation now, for a monk, improving your cultivation is the first and only important thing. Children's private feelings can be put aside for the time being, you are still young, there is still a long way to go, don't play things and lose your mind, mess up your mind, and do you harm. ”

Xu Daoyun was a little embarrassed, his current relationship with Yuewei was indeed a little unclear, and the two were destined to be entangled and tied for a lifetime in this life. He scratched his head and said with a dry smile: "Hehe, thank you senior sister for the warning, Xu Daoyun remember." ”

"Well, it's noon, let's not waste time, let's go. Ke Yue nodded, put his sword into the sheath, and the two of them pushed open the door and went downstairs together.

The shopkeeper had been waiting at the staircase for a long time, and when he saw Xu Daoyun and the others coming down, he immediately stopped them, and then sent two clever workers upstairs to check and calculate the amount of compensation.

However, the shopkeeper's greed is greedy, and his eyesight is still there, and these two people are not simple at first glance, and he doesn't dare to go too far, so he just raises the price slightly.

Ke Yue would definitely not handle these things personally, and the bargaining thing naturally fell on Xu Daoyun.

He was quick-witted, intelligent, and sharp-tongued, pressed the price again and again, and then determined the final compensation price.

The shopkeeper gritted his teeth and scolded in his heart: "I met an expert!"

After paying the bill and leaving the inn, the two walked on the crowded streets facing the spring sun, Ke Yue didn't say a word, and Xu Daoyun didn't know what topic to find to relieve his depression, so he was simply silent.

The atmosphere between the two was a little awkward, and they walked all the way out of the south gate of Jindao Town.

After another seven or eight days, the two finally came to Los Angeles.

This Los Angeles is a little different from what Xu Daoyun imagined, he thought that such a remote city should not be prosperous, but when he came here, he realized that he was short-sighted.

Not all the cities near Huiheng City are prosperous, and not all the cities far from the capital are remote. This Los Angeles is a good example, this is an ancient city, although it is an ancient city, but it is magnificent, and the dilapidated city tower can hardly hide its grandeur.

At that time, this Los Angeles was also designated as the capital, but it is a pity that the emperor at that time liked to play with power and did not think about strengthening the army and strengthening the country, which led to the invasion of the kingdom later, occupying several states and breaking several levels.

Emperor Gaochang had no choice but to move the capital to Huiheng. Later, he repelled the invaders and guarded the Gaochang River, and the emperor abdicated to make way for Xian, and set Huiheng City as the imperial capital. Although Los Angeles, which has experienced several dynasties, has been invaded by war, the style of the year is still there.

After dozens of hundreds of years of restoration and development, standing under the city tower, it seems that you can see the glorious style of the year again.

Los Angeles is one of the most prosperous cities with a large population and extensive access, with an endless stream of merchants from all over the world, and the forces of the rivers and lakes are also intervening.

Xu Daoyun raised his head, looked from top to bottom, and exclaimed: "Wow, what a high city wall." ”

Ke Yue glanced at him, "It's rare and weird." ”

Xu Daoyun had long been immune to her ridicule, laughed it off, and said, "Senior sister, without further ado, let's go into the city, right?"

"Good. Ke Yue nodded, and the two led their horses into the city.

After showing the identity jade plate, the two of them walked into the city with respectful and envious eyes. The streets in Los Angeles are unusually spacious, and although they are also bluestone floor tiles, it is not difficult to find traces of repairs, which shows what kind of earth-shattering battles and massacres took place here back then, and you can faintly smell the smell of blood emanating from the depths of the floor tiles.

Xu Daoyun snorted and frowned, "It's not a good place." ”

"Then there aren't many good places in the world. Ke Yue still hit him mercilessly.

"There is always a paradise, right?" Xu Daoyun refused to back down this time.

Ke Yue glanced at him, "Stop talking nonsense, let's go to the Zhuqiao study." ”

"Senior sister knows where to go?" Xu Daoyun asked with a smile.

"I don't know. Ke Yue replied as a matter of course.

"Then you..."

"You go and ask. Ke Yue interrupted him directly.

"Uh... All right. Xu Daoyun gritted his teeth angrily, but he had no choice but to lead him to a tea shed, asked for a pot of tea, and then casually chatted a few words, and finally asked: "

Boss, do you know how to get to the Zhuqiao study?"

The old woman who was over sixty years old glanced at the young man with the sword box on her back, raised her hand and pointed to the east, "Go east along the main street, and you can naturally see the Zhuqiao study." ”

"Thank you. Xu Daoyun dropped a silver coin, led the horse to Ke Yue, and said, "Senior sister, I just asked, go east along the main street, and we can see the Zhuqiao study." ”

"Hmm. Ke Yue nodded, and simply turned around and left.

"Senior sister. Xu Daoyun stopped her.

"What?" Ke Yue looked back at him.

"It's the west, and the east is here. Xu Daoyun raised his hand and pointed behind him.

"Heh..."Ke Yue sneered.

Xu Daoyun shut up.

After a while, the two came to the east of the city, Xu Daoyun's eyes were sharp, and he saw the four words of Zhuqiao Study at a glance, he raised his hand and pointed, and said happily: "Senior sister, Zhuqiao Study." ”

Ke Yue turned his head to look, only to see a papier-mâché white lantern hanging high outside the study, with a big word written on it, swaying in the wind, looking so lonely.

"Let's go inside. The two walked across the bamboo bridge, and when they approached the courtyard, they heard an intermittent cry, which seemed to be far and near, and the liver and intestines were broken.

The two walked in the direction of the cry, and saw a woman wearing linen and filial piety kneeling on a futon in a mourning hall and wiping her tears.

Xu Daoyun and Ke Yue glanced at each other, tied the horse's reins to the fence, and then walked over slowly.

Xu Daoyun whispered: "Senior sister, she cried so sadly, she must be the person we are looking for, do we want to go over now?"

Ke Yue nodded, "Let's go over, I solved her knot earlier, and she will be happy sooner." ”

"Hmm. ”

The two walked into the mourning hall quickly, Ke Yue's eyes signaled, Xu Daoyun nodded, and arched his hand and said: "In the next Miao Xuanmen Taoist Xu Daoyun." ”

"Ah!" the woman was crying so sadly that she thought about her time with her husband, and she did not even notice that there were outsiders in the house. She was startled, trembling all over, and stood up with a cry of surprise.

"Uh... Don't get excited, we're here to help. Xu Daoyun tried to reassure him.

Ke Yue rolled his eyes, stretched out his hand to pull Xu Daoyun away, stepped forward and arched his hand: "In the lower Ke Yue, Naidan Mountain Master Gu Dong is a disciple. ”

As soon as the woman wearing linen and filial piety heard Gu Dong's words, her eyes full of sadness and horror immediately lit up, and she said happily: "You... Were you sent by Elder Gu to help me?"

"Yes, yes, yes. Xu Daoyun stood up from behind Ke Yue and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, I saw that you were crying too much just now, I was embarrassed to disturb you, there are abrupt and presumptuous places, please don't take it to heart." ”

The woman saw that Xu Daoyun was indeed apologetic, and she spoke kindly, so she naturally didn't care. waved his hand, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with his fingertips, and said with a smile: "It's my problem, because it's so sad that I'm so careless that someone even enters."

I don't know, heh, how can he rest assured under the nine springs? Why are you willing to leave me alone?"

When it comes to sadness, tears flow.

Xu Daoyun didn't know how to persuade him, as long as he turned his gaze to Ke Yue.

Ke Yue didn't look at him, and asked bluntly, "I don't know what to call it?"

Xu Daoyun rolled his eyes.

It took a long time for the beautiful woman to calm her grief, sniffed, and choked up, "You call me Mrs. Tao." ”

"Hmm. Ke Yue nodded, "This time the master sent me down the mountain because Mrs. Tao had doubts about the cause of your father-in-law's death, but unfortunately there was no way to ask for help, so she flew the pigeon to pass the book to my master." But I don't know why Mrs. Tao is so sure that your father-in-law died unexpectedly?"

Mrs. Tao wiped her tears again, and said excitedly: "It must not be that he died of illness, Xianggong's body has always been very good, he is a person who practices martial arts, he has a strong physique since he was a child, and he has never been sick." But suddenly half a month ago he came back from drinking, and the next day he was sick in bed with a cold, I asked him what was going on, and he only said that he was suffering from a cold. ”

"Go on. ”

But I don't believe that his symptoms are caused by the wind and cold? So while he was asleep, he asked the doctor to check on him, but the doctor also said that there was nothing abnormal in the pulse, but only from the wind and cold, and there was no major problem. Mrs. Tao's slender index finger tucked the strands of hair that fell on her cheeks behind her ears, and continued, "But... However, after taking one medicine after another, the famous doctor invited one by one, and the cold of the Xianggong did not improve, but worsened day by day. Later, my body was cold and stiff, my qi and blood were not smooth, my lips were purple and black, I was blind in both eyes, I was deaf in both ears, and then... And then it went that night, woo-woo-woo. ”

As he spoke, he sobbed again, tears rained down, which shows how good the relationship between the two of them is. The sudden departure of her beloved person is unacceptable to anyone, and it is understandable that she will have such a reaction.

"Madame Tao must not be too sad. Xu Daoyun comforted.

Ke Yue was still businesslike, and asked: "Mrs. Tao said in the letter that your husband only started to have abnormalities after talking to a person surnamed Xu, who is he?"

Mrs. Tao shook her head, "I don't know the specifics, I never ask about the business of the father-in-law, and he will only explain to me who he talks business with, and then go out directly." I only know that the person's surname is Xu, and I don't know anything else. ”

Ke Yue frowned, thinking that this was difficult.

Xu Daoyun also looked serious, if there is only one surname, there is no clue to trace, then this matter is really difficult to do. He pursed his lips, pressed his chin with his left hand and walked back and forth aimlessly, then suddenly raised his head and clapped his hands, "It's okay, Mrs. Tao, do you know who your father-in-law's right-hand man was in business during his lifetime? Or who he was close to, and who might he confide in?"

Ke Yue raised his eyebrows.

Mrs. Tao gritted her nails and pondered

Meditating, after a while, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said: "He Feng, yes, it's He Feng." Before her husband's death, she always said that this He Feng was shrewd and a businessman, and he would take him with him almost every time there was something important, and he was her husband's right-hand man, so he must know something. ”

"This He Feng, where is he now?" Ke Yue asked.