The matter came to an end, and Lu Hongdie recovered from the excitement and joy of seeing her son, only to see Lin Zongyao, who had been using the pestle behind as a background board. Originally, she thought it was just an ordinary entourage, but when she looked closely, she was an innate martial artist, and her expression was a little subtle.

She looked at Lu Shangguan Hong again, and found that her son was not as depressed as she imagined, but dressed in gorgeous clothes, full of energy, and felt a little proud and a little relieved.

Pride is because even if his son is in the most difficult situation, he can break into a new world; is relieved, because she has always felt guilty about her eldest son, and now that she sees that he has lost the title of the head of the Shangguan family, he can live well, and even found an innate martial artist as an entourage, how can she not be proud and relieved for him.

So, a smile appeared on her face again, and she asked Lu Shangguan Hong, "Hong'er, is this ......?"

Originally, she should have called Lin Zongyao Venerable, but since he was the retinue of her eldest son, that is, the retinue of their family, she naturally had no way to be respectful to her son's subordinates.

Shangguan Yuan had already discovered this innate martial artist behind his eldest brother, but he didn't care too much, no matter how capable the eldest brother was now, it was impossible for the family to pass on the position of head of the family to him.

His thoughts were destined to be in vain.

However, he was also curious about the identity of this innate martial artist, so he also looked over.

After the double blow of Lu Hongdie and Shangguan Yun, Shangguan Hong was no longer as confident as he was at the beginning, and regained his position as the head of the family. Now, he is no longer a member of the Shangguan family, no matter how strong the people around him are, what is the use?

However, no matter how embarrassed and down-and-out he was, he didn't want to lose face in front of his mother and second brother, so he cheered up and said: "Mother, second brother, let me introduce you, this is a like-minded friend I met on the way back, surnamed Lin, you can call him Zongyao." ”

Shangguan Yuan's eyes flashed, and he smiled at Lin Zongyao: "It turned out to be Venerable Lin, fortunately, I will be fortunate to meet you, in Shangguan Yuan, thanks to you for taking care of the eldest brother along the way." ”

Lin Zongyao also bowed his hand and saluted back: "Don't dare, since I saved him from the beginning, naturally I won't give up halfway." However, now that Shangguan Hong has arrived at his destination, it is time for me to leave. ”

Shangguan Hong didn't expect Lin Zongyao to dismantle his own platform, he was simply slapping himself in the mouth, losing face, and his face turned red all of a sudden. The words just now, as well as the current outfit, have become a big joke.

When he felt his mother's surprised gaze and Shangguan Yuan's eyes with deep meaning, that kind of shame made him even more embarrassed.

When Shangguan Yun heard this, he couldn't help but glance at Shangguan Hong, a smile curled up at the corner of his lips, and asked, "It turns out that Venerable Lin also saved the eldest brother?" Then we're really snubbing our guests. Venerable Lin, please take a seat, so that we can do our best to be a landlord, thank Venerable for saving the eldest brother, and personally send him back. ”

Lin Zongyao said coolly: "No need, it's just a gesture, it's nothing!" ”

He didn't want to have anything to do with the Shangguan family at all, and he couldn't wait to leave the Shangguan Mansion immediately, how could he still be a guest here?

And when he had spoken, he was to take his own farewell to them.

Lu Hongdie didn't know whether she was really confused or pretending to be confused, her face showed a trace of unhappiness, and said, "You are Hong'er's entourage, shouldn't you save him?" You're not here to protect Hong'er, and you're going there? ”

Without waiting for Lin Zongyao to reply, she turned around and said to Shangguan Hong: "Hong'er, look at this entourage of yours, you really don't understand the rules. If it were according to the rules of our Shangguan family, it would have been fought a long time ago. ”

Lin Zongyao's eyes widened in disbelief, what is the situation? When did he become Shangguan Hong's entourage, she must be too good at talking to herself! Didn't she hear that she was Shangguan Hong's person?

Is she really stupid or pretending to be stupid! Could it be that she thought that if she said this, she would really become Shangguan Hong's entourage?

That's stupid.

Lu Hongdie didn't seem to pay attention to Lin Zongyao's expression, and said as if she was gracious: "However, for the sake of you escorting Hong'er back, I will spare you for the time being." ”

Hearing this, the Shangguan brothers were a little embarrassed on their faces, especially Shangguan Hong, who didn't dare to look at Lin Zongyao's face.

They know very well that when their mother said this, she just wanted to dissociate herself from Lin Zongyao and didn't want to repay her kindness, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that she was ungrateful.

If Lin Zongyao took advantage of Shangguan Hong's life-saving grace and the lion opened his mouth, Shangguan's family would probably not be willing to bleed heavily for Shangguan Hong, the person who was removed from the list. Then this expensive thank you gift naturally fell on Lu Hongdie's body, and she used her private room and dowry to repay the thank you gift, how could she be willing to give it?

Shangguan Yun was a little embarrassed, glanced at Lin Zongyao and said, "Mother, you made a mistake." Venerable Lin is not the retinue of the eldest brother, on the contrary, he is the life-saving benefactor of the eldest brother, and our Shangguan family will not treat those who are kind to us, otherwise, when we are in trouble, who else will help us? ”

Of course, Lu Hongdie knew what was going on, and she was not a fool, when she heard this, her face was a little unsightly, and she muttered a few words, and was about to say something, when she heard Lin Zongyao say: "Don't dare to be a life-saving benefactor, and I won't let you repay my kindness, as long as you are willing to return the money I spent on Shangguan Hong to me." After all, I'm not rich either, and now, I'm stretched thin. ”

Lin Zongyao pointed to his ordinary outfit and said.

"My most valuable thing is my pseudo-spirit horse, but it is my horse and my means of transportation, and it cannot be sold. If I had to do it, I wouldn't have even taken the money. After all, saving people is not for these thanksgiving gifts. ”

Lin Zongyao was serious and said it as if it was true.

Lu Hongdie's face was a little better, as long as it didn't make her bleed heavily, and asked with a cold face, "Then how much silver do you want?" ”

"Madame is mistaken, I am not asking for your silver, but asking you to return my silver, but this should not be confused." Lin Zongyao said, "As for how much money you owe me, let me calculate it first." ”

"The cost of room and board, carriage and horses, plus all kinds of clothes, medicinal herbs, and protection fees, are all ...... 500,000 taels of silver. ”

"Five hundred thousand taels? Why don't you grab it? Lu Hongdie originally thought that only a few tens of thousands of taels would reach the sky, even if there were only tens of thousands of taels, she still felt distressed, let alone hundreds of thousands of taels.

In this world, it is easy to spend money and it is difficult to make money.

As long as it is a practice of martial arts, then there is no one that does not cost money. Even just becoming an early martial artist can bankrupt the little rich family, and the higher the cultivation, the more money will be spent. Because the pill is too expensive. Unless, that person's qualifications are too good, he doesn't need so many pills at all.

Therefore, even if they are from poor families and have not joined the sect, there will occasionally be martial artists with advanced cultivation.

However, the vast majority of people on the mainland are martial artists with ordinary qualifications, and those with good qualifications have been recruited into the sect.

Although the Shangguan family is one of the three major families in Jinming Mansion, they have a lot of industries, but don't forget, they still have to support so many martial artists, some are acquired and some are innate. This time, in order to let Shangguan Xuan break through the innate and be a qualified family owner, their Shangguan Mansion has already hemorrhaged once, and all the good things at the bottom of the box have been taken out, which has caused some vitality in the Shangguan family to be a little injured, and they have to reduce their expenses, and they have not fully recovered.

The reason why the Shangguan family married the Zheng family in Yuncheng was not only because of the strong alliance against the Su family, but also because the daughter of the Zheng family would bring an extremely rich dowry to solve the urgent need.

Although before, these 500,000 taels were nothing to them, but now, it is still a lot of money, which is enough to make the Shangguan family feel distressed.

However, when the 500,000 taels were spread on Lu Hongdie's head alone, she was even more unacceptable.

Her dowry is not too much, although she uses the money of the Shangguan family for food, shelter and cultivation, but over the years, she has still consumed some, and she has paid a lot for the crisis of the Shangguan family this time, and her purse has been deflated. Although she could take out 500,000 taels, she basically didn't have anything left.

Lu Hongdie's dowry is much more than Liu Muxi's original time, Liu Muxi's assets added up to only 800,000 taels of silver, and Lu Hongdie's dowry is far more than this amount, but two or three million taels are also up to the sky.

Now, Lin Zongyao is 500,000 taels of silver in one mouth, how can he not let Lu Hongdie go crazy?

In fact, even if Shangguan Hong's injuries are treated, it doesn't add up to so much, at most 100,000 taels, and the lion's big mouth is just that Lin Zongyao wants to vent his anger for Liu Muxi.

Lin Zongyao felt that this Lu Hongdie's temperament was not easy to get along with at all, Senior Sister Liu's temperament was so good, she must have suffered a lot under her hands, and he felt that he needed to do something for Senior Sister.

Does he still feel like he's going to be less? If he had turned back time, he might have asked for five million taels of silver.

Lu Hongdie looked like she wanted to eat herself, but Lin Zongyao turned a blind eye, and the old god was saying: "When I saved Brother Shangguan, he was seriously injured, and I spent a lot of silver to treat him. As I said earlier, the life-saving grace will be waived, but you can't let me pay for the cost of medicinal materials, right? Mrs. Fei thinks that your son's life is not worth 500,000 taels? ”

"This ......" Lu Hongdie can't say that his son is not worth the price, isn't this a joke? However, asking her to take out 500,000 taels was too embarrassing for her, and it simply emptied her remaining dowry.

"In any case, 500,000 taels is too much." Lu Hongdie said with a cold face, she didn't even want to give him a penny.

"Then it can't be helped." Lin Zongyao said, "Then don't blame me for spreading this matter, when the time comes, everyone will know that the eldest son of the Shangguan family has returned." Moreover, I heard Mrs. Lin seem to be scolding someone just now......"

As soon as these words fell, the mother and son suddenly changed color, this was a bright threat.

Now, there are a lot of troubles that want to find Shangguan Hong, and the most important thing is that Lu Hongdie insulted Liu Muxi just now, if it is known, it will definitely be a disaster for the Shangguan family.

I don't know how many people in Lu Dao want to curry favor with Xuantian Sect, and suppressing the Shangguan family is undoubtedly a shortcut.

In this case, Lu Hongdie didn't know what to do, and insulted the fiancée of the venerable Xuantian Sect Master, this kind of person deserved to die even if he died.

Who made her so blind, and did she still think that she was a daughter-in-law who admitted beating and accepting punishment?

Besides, even if there is no Xuantian Sect, Pujiguan is now prestigious, not to be underestimated, Pujiguan has a lot of bad feelings towards the Shangguan family, almost everyone knows that they will only be happy if they suppress the Shangguan family.

If it weren't for the clear distinction between public and private in Pujiguan, and not the kind of people who oppress people with power, this Shangguan family would probably be gone for a long time, how could they be allowed to be so arrogant here?

"Okay, 500,000 taels is 500,000 taels." Thinking of this consequence, Lu Hongdie's face turned pale, gritted her teeth and said, "However, you have to promise that you won't tell the truth about this matter!" Otherwise, our Shangguan family will fight to the death, and we won't be able to let you go. ”

"That's natural, I've always been the talker." Lin Zongyao nodded and said.

Lu Hongdie asked her personal mother to take 500,000 taels of silver tickets, which was all the silver she pressed at the bottom of the box, and Lu Hongdie's eyes were red.

"Get the money out of here! You are not welcome in our Shangguan family. ”

"Really? That's such a coincidence, and I don't want to come to your Shangguan house. After that will be indefinite. Lin Zongyao packed the silver ticket, turned around and was about to leave.

Shangguan Yu said, "Brother Lin, I'll send you." ”

After the two left, Shangguan Hong breathed a sigh of relief, not knowing whether he was melancholy or lost. He is no longer the head of the Shangguan family, so what qualifications does he have to keep him?

Lu Hongdie was distressed to death, her face was very ugly, and only when she saw Shangguan Hong come back safely, her heart felt better.

In fact, the Shangguan family also acquiesced to Shangguan Hongzhu continuing to live here. After all, Shangguan Hong still has use value. He is a congenital martial artist, although he can't be the head of the family, but he can be used as the hidden power of the Shangguan family, so that the strength of the Shangguan family can be taken to a higher level.

Shangguan Hong also understood one thing in his heart, so he didn't tell them that he was seriously injured, which was equivalent to the news of a wasted person, so there was no way for the family to give him medical advice, he could only take one step at a time.

Lu Hongdie saw that Shangguan Hong was tired, so she accompanied him to his residence, which was the Li Garden built by Shangguan Hong specifically for Liu Muli.

Of course, it is no longer called this name, and now it is called "Xianyuan", which is not very serious at first glance, as if it has the meaning of ridicule.

The idle garden is for idlers to live.

What if Shangguan Hong is humiliated and unwilling in his heart? For the time being, I can only bow my head.

Lu Hongdie was afraid that he would feel uncomfortable, so he said, "If you don't like it here, I will change the yard for you in the future." By the way, your previous personal maids are all married, or they have already left, and I will arrange two more maids for you to serve you, what do you think? ”

Shangguan Hong nodded indispensably.

Lu Hongdie paused, and said a little sadly: "Although you can't marry a wife now, it's not bad to have two more confidants, don't be so dead-eyed, you're so old, you should also keep a legacy for yourself." ”

At this, she began to cry again.

Liu Muxi is powerful, who dares to marry her ex-husband? You must know that women are cautious.

Therefore, she wanted to arrange two bed-warming maids for her eldest son.

"Mother, you forgot, I already have a son." Shangguan Hong said helplessly.

"Son?" Lu Hongdie thought of Doudou, couldn't help but feel disgusted, and sneered: "Do you think that slut's concubine will agree to your son to survive?" I'm afraid the little cub would have died a long time ago. Besides, even if he lives, it has nothing to do with our Shangguan family, you die of this heart! ”

Shangguan Hong's expression was gloomy and he sighed silently.

Shangguan Yuan has been trying to win over Lin Zongyao, but unfortunately, Lin Zongyao does not enter the oil and salt, no matter what he says, it is a faint expression, Shangguan Yuan finally gave up, and could only watch him leave.

After Lin Zongyao left Shangguan's house, he suddenly felt refreshed, since he knew their identities, he really had no way to live in peace with them.

He went straight back to the inn before, and before he had checked out, the carriage and the coachman were there. Since this coachman is familiar with the terrain and has good driving skills, Lin Zongyao did not send him away, and directly asked him to take him to Qingfeng Mansion and Bituo Mountain.

He also promised the coachman that, when the time came, he would give him an ordinary horse, along with the carriage, and, of course, no less money.

He had just earned a fortune now, and he was very wealthy.

The driver is also very motivated.

Lin Zongyao walked all the way, watched all the way, and spent most of his time cultivating. didn't delay too much time on the road, and there was no provocation that didn't take long eyes, but it was leisurely and very comfortable, I don't know how many days later, Lin Zongyao finally arrived at Qingfeng Mansion, and he was very excited, because it was not far from his destination.

A few days later, the carriage finally stopped in the town of Mica at the foot of Bituo Mountain, and Lin Zongyao fulfilled his promise, and after paying the money, he bought him an ordinary horse pulling the cart and gave it to him along with the carriage.

The groom is just an ordinary samurai, not yet at the level of a junior martial artist, in order to cultivate, he is also bankrupt, and his life is poor, because he is familiar with the terrain of Shenzhou, he can also support himself as a groom, but he has never seen such a generous customer, and he left with a thousand thanks.

Lin Zongyao led his horse and went directly to what Liu Muxi told him that Pujiguan was the only hospital in the town.

The medical hall is very large, very neat, quiet, orderly, there are many patients, but they all consciously queue up, only hear the sound of the doctor talking softly to the patient, there is no noise.

The doctor looks very young, dressed in the costume of the inner disciple of Puji Guan, and is a martial artist in the middle of the day after tomorrow, but he has no more patients, on the contrary, he seems to be very trusting, and his medical skills are obviously very good.

The young man who grabbed the medicine was younger, but he was thirteen or fourteen, and he was also quick with his hands and feet, wearing the clothes of the outer disciples, all of them were very smart, even if there were many people, they would not be in a hurry.

Lin Zongyao consciously lined up behind the patient, but his eyes kept looking at the people in the medical hall, with a trace of curiosity and yearning, he looked around, and the appearance of probing his brain quickly made people notice him.

However, seeing that he had no malicious intent, the people in the medical hall did not pay much attention to him, but just paid more attention to him.

Soon, it was the patient's turn.

"What's wrong with you?" The young doctor asked gently.

Lin Zongyao was a little embarrassed, scratched his head and said, "I'm not here to see a doctor, I'm here to join the Puji Temple, this is my pass." ”

When the young doctor heard this, he looked at him twice, and there was a hint of surprise in his eyes, and suddenly he seemed to think of something, and hurriedly asked, "May I ask what your name is ......?"

"My name is Lin Zongyao, and I am Liu ...... Venerable Mu Xi introduced me. Lin Zongyao also calmed down and said.

Lin Zongyao's voice was not loud, but because it was so quiet in the medical hall, almost everyone heard his voice, and when they heard him mention Liu Muxi's name, they couldn't help but exclaim.

Liu Muxi's reputation is too great, and in the Kyushu mainland, there are very few people who don't know about her, let alone in her base camp.

Therefore, everyone was very excited and surprised, and their eyes changed when they looked at Lin Zongyao.

Although Liu Muxi is famous, few people have seen her, which makes people feel more and more mysterious.

Some people even regard her as an idol or a legend, who made her the fiancée of the sect master of Xuantian Sect?

Unlike other places, where everyone is envious, jealous and hateful of Liu Muxi, or thinks that she is not worthy of the sect master of Xuantian Sect, the people here are all proud of Liu Muxi and worship her very much.

Everyone looked at Lin Zongyao with burning eyes, hoping to get more news from Liu Muxi.

Lin Zongyao was a little uncomfortable being looked at by everyone's eyes, he had never received such attention, but thinking of these glances, it was all because of Liu Muxi, he was also honored, and his mood calmed down.

The doctor in the hall was not so shocked, but said in surprise: "It turns out that it is really you, I didn't expect you to come so quickly!" ”

"Huh?" Lin Zongyao was stunned.

The doctor said: "My name is Gu Tang, I am an inner disciple of the Puji Guan Yi Dao, Senior Brother Mu has already instructed us, let us answer you, today it is my turn to sit in the hall, I thought you would be there in half a month, but I didn't expect to come so soon." ”

Lin Zongyao's heart was a little warm, Mu Shengqiu was worthy of being the first person among the disciples of Pujiguan, and even Senior Sister Liu admired him, and he even made arrangements early and did not neglect him at all.

His heart was moved, and the smile on his face became more and more real.

"I can't walk away now, and without further ado, I'll have people take them straight up the mountain. What a coincidence that you came, Senior Brother Mu is now on the mountain, and there is no retreat, so you can meet him today. Gu Tang said.

"Thank you, Brother Gu." Lin Zongyao said sincerely, looking forward to it in his heart.

"Thank you, I didn't do anything, not to mention that they are all brothers in the same sect, don't be so polite."

After speaking, he shouted: "Senior Brother Sun, you take Senior Brother Lin up the mountain and take him directly to Senior Brother Mu." ”

"Yes, Senior Brother Gu." That Senior Brother Sun, who was also an inner disciple, walked out of the back hall with a simple face, and said to Lin Zongyao, "Senior Brother Lin, please come with me." ”

"Does Senior Brother Lin have a horse?" Senior Brother Sun asked.

Lin Zongyao smiled: "Yes." ”

"That's good."

The two got on their horses, but in half an hour, they reached the foot of the mountain.

As soon as Senior Brother Sun threw away his token, the original mountain peak changed in front of Lin Zongyao, and the stone tablet with three big characters of "Bituo Mountain" appeared in front of the two of them.

Lin Zongyao didn't have time to sigh, as Senior Brother Sun walked all the way in, at first he had the leisure to look at the surrounding scenery, and the closeness in his heart strengthened, but the closer he got closer, the more apprehensive he was in his heart, for fear that the master would not like him and would not accept him as a disciple, and he would have some gains and losses, so he would not have the heart to enjoy the scenery.

I followed Senior Brother Sun for a short period of time, and I didn't stop until I reached a mountain peak.

There were guards at the bottom of the mountain, and when they saw them, they stopped.

Senior Brother Sun explained the situation, and they were old acquaintances, so he let them in. Lin Zongyao looked at the peaks, there were a lot of bamboos, and the environment was quiet, I don't know what was going on, when I arrived here, I was physically and mentally comfortable, and my mood calmed down inexplicably.

Senior Brother Sun said as he walked: "Senior Brother Lin, this is the Youhuang Peak where Senior Brother Mu is located, and it is said that Senior Sister Liu was also a frequent visitor here!" ”

"I see." Lin Zongyao was slightly stunned.

"By the way, Senior Brother Lin, do you have a good relationship with Senior Sister Liu, to be honest, I haven't spoken to Senior Sister Liu, I've only met a few times from afar. Senior Sister Liu looks closely, isn't it more beautiful? Senior Brother Sun asked curiously.

They actually didn't pay much attention to Liu Muxi's appearance, but when Liu Muxi became Su Yan's fiancée, they felt from the bottom of their hearts that Senior Sister Liu was definitely very beautiful, otherwise she would charm one of the most powerful men in the mainland?

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Before it was over, I was speechless for an hour of my speed.