Chapter 78: Back to Yangzhou
In the early morning of the next day, the birdsong outside Youlan Temple was melodious, and the golden sunlight shone into the temple through the broken wooden windows, shining on the face of Xiao Yao, who was sleeping soundly.
Xiao Yao scratched his somewhat itchy face with his hand and slowly opened his eyes.
Everything is normal in the temple, except that there is an extra extinguished bonfire and two fewer people who are jumping around.
"Where's Miss Zhou?" Xiao Yao was dazed and suddenly sobered up.
He got up from the ground with a bone, walked to the fire where Zhou Sushu was staying yesterday, reached out and touched it, it was already cold, obviously he had been walking for a long time.
"This bastard actually kidnapped Miss Zhou!" Xiao Yao angrily slammed his fist on the pillar beside him.
At this time, a line of words written on the pillar with unknown paint caught Xiao Yao's attention.
"Coward, we set off to Yangzhou City to take revenge, and there will be no time in the future!"
"Went to Yangzhou City? You don't want to die? ”
Xiao Yao's face changed immediately, and the words "coward" on the pillar stung him deeply, and he could even think of Ji Ling looking at himself in his sleep with mocking eyes when he wrote these words, and Zhou Shushu next to him watched that his dignity as a man who stood up to the sky was all lost.
However, that is Yangzhou City, the legend says that the qi master is not as good as a dog, where the grandmaster walks all over the ground, he is an atmospheric master, and he can't even turn up a wave when he throws it into Yangzhou City, and he and Zhou Susu go to find the grandson of the city lord of Yangzhou to take revenge.
Xiao Yao has always been a rational person, never doing impulsive things, he feels that Zhou Sushu and Ji Ling must have gone this time.
"Humph! If you like to die, go and don't pull me! I know if I'm a coward or not, I don't need you to say! ”
Xiao Yao sat on the ground angrily, and the more he thought about it, the more irritated he became. Zhou Sushu left with Ji Ling, just like the cabbage he had worked hard to grow in the ground, watering and fertilizing every day to catch insects, and working hard to feed, but when it was time to harvest vegetables, he was suddenly arched by a pig, who is this reasonable!
What made Xiao Yao feel the most uncomfortable was not Zhou Sushu's sudden change of attitude towards him, but Ji Ling's contempt for him. He is a dignified eighth-grade qi master, and he will soon be promoted to a ninth-grade qi master, and even the grandmaster is just around the corner, why does he look down on himself?
However, Ji Ling dared to go to Yangzhou with Zhou Susu to find Xu Lang for revenge, but he only dared to say that he would die if he went, and prevented them from going.
"Am I really a coward?"
Even Xiao Yao began to doubt himself, why did Ji Ling dare to go to Yangzhou City, but he didn't dare to go?
Yes, what he said makes sense, going to Yangzhou City is to hit a stone with an egg and kill himself, but such a simple and simple truth, Zhou Sushu doesn't understand? Don't Ji Ling understand?
They weren't stupid, and they knew the consequences of doing so, but they didn't hesitate to do it, why? Why?
Knowing that you will die, is this matter more important than life and death?
Xiao Yao was suddenly stunned.
"Something more important than life and death......"
After a brief period of confusion in Xiao Yao's eyes, he suddenly became clear.
He slammed up from the ground, looked up to the sky and laughed: "I understand, I understand everything!" It's not that they're not afraid of death, it's that they have something more important in their hearts than fear of death!
The thing that is more important than life and death in Miss Zhou's heart is the family feud between her parents, and the thing that is more important than life and death in Ji Ling's heart is the way of chivalry, so they all went to Yangzhou City.
There is nothing more important in my heart than life and death, so I don't dare to go to Yangzhou City, but since life and death are important, how can I ignore Miss Zhou and lose her life in Yangzhou City?
Therefore, I am not a coward, I also want to go to Yangzhou City, but I am not going to help Miss Zhou avenge, but to save her life! ”
Thinking like this, Xiao Yao was instantly refreshed, and his fear of Yangzhou City dissipated, he cleaned up his mood, walked out of Youlan Temple in the sun, and embarked on a road of no return to Yangzhou.
At this time, Ji Ling and Zhou Susu had already flown over most of Chuzhou, and under the two of them was the vermilion bird that had died yesterday. At this time, the big bird flying at extreme speed in the air is more like a cold, unconscious flying tool. This is an open-top biological plane built by Ji Ling overnight, which is naturally green and pollution-free, and the speed is fast, but the wind in the sky is a little fierce.
Zhou Shushu sat on the back of the big bird in fear, holding the feathers on the big bird's body tightly in his hands, looking at the clouds in front of him, his mood was complicated and indescribable.
"Miss Zhou, is it exciting?"
Ji Ling looked very excited, he had only sat in the plane before, and he had never sat on the back of the plane like today. The feeling of the wind being blowing in the wind is more enjoyable than riding the fastest motorcycle in the world, and it feels like the pores of the whole body have been blown open by the wind.
Zhou Shushu was extremely nervous, not only because of the fear of extreme speed, but also because of the worry about the difficult road ahead.
Under the encouragement of Ji Ling, she finally made up her mind to return to Yangzhou City, even if she knew that she was going to die without life, but there are some things that you have to do.
Zhou Sushu figured it out, this time when she returned to Yangzhou, even if she hit the stone with an egg, she had to let Xu Lang know that the Zhou family was not a soft persimmon, let alone the object of his random killing, even if she was crushed, she would have to make him pay the price.
After being frightened all the way, Ji Ling and the others finally arrived at Yangzhou City before sunset. In order not to cause a sensation, they landed more than a dozen miles away from Yangzhou City, and followed a carriage carrying silk into the city.
"What a familiar feeling!" Now on the streets of Yangzhou City, Ji Ling took a deep breath, the first city he arrived in the Lingwu Continent was still the same as when he first met, so graceful and charming.
Zhou Susu stood on the familiar street, with mixed feelings in his heart, but he was not as excited as he had expected before. She calmly looked at the crowded streets, and whispered softly: "Father, mother, daughter is back again!"
"By the way, Miss Zhou, do you know where the Ayaluo faction is?" Ji Ling thought of Yang Yi, so he looked at Zhou Sushu and asked.
"Ayarapai?" Zhou Susu seemed a little surprised that Ji Ling would ask this question, but she quickly thought of a possibility.
"It's useless! My talent is just ordinary Qingqi, or the kind that is relatively poor, the Ayaluo faction will not want me, besides, although the Ayaluo faction is also more powerful, but in Yangzhou City, it still can't be compared with the Xu family! ”
"Ugh! I didn't mean that, just tell me where the Ayara faction is! ”
"The Ayaluo faction is on the Purple Bamboo Mountain outside the city, what are you asking for?"
"Leverage your strength!" Ji Ling didn't say much, and deliberately sold a pass to Zhou Susu.
"Do you use the Aya Luo faction to deal with the Xu family?" Zhou Shushu thought silently in his heart, and some hope surged in his heart.
"That's not impossible!"
It was completely dark, Ji Ling found an ordinary inn and arranged Zhou Susu to go in, and he himself took advantage of the night to go to Zhou Sushu's home, and now Xu Lang forcibly occupied the house.
If you want to destroy the Xu family without opening it, you can't rely on brute force, you have to rely on wisdom. Although this difficulty has increased by N levels, this exciting feeling has made Ji Ling's blood boil.
The Zhou Mansion in the dark is full of ghosts, and it looks eerie, except for some guards with knives standing in the front yard, the backyard and garden are not popular at all, and they are extremely desolate.
Ji Ling climbed over the wall from the backyard into the Zhou Mansion, and when he landed, he also stepped on a rotten jar, making a crisp sound, which frightened Ji Ling to hide in the corner and tremble for a long time, stunned that no one came to check.
Ji Ling gradually relaxed and sneaked all the way to the front yard.
Outside an antique courtyard, there stood many fierce guards, the house was brightly lit, black figures were shadowed on the white window paper, and all kinds of noisy and passionate shouts came from the house.
The guards outside the house were all ordinary people, only a few low-grade qi masters, and Ji Ling was not too cautious, so he flew directly to the roof, lay down gently, lifted a piece of tile, and looked down cautiously.
"Big big!"
"Tiny!"
"Open!"
"Hahaha! I won! I won! ”
"I'm not convinced, come again!"
Ji Ling could see clearly from the roof, the people in the room were obviously gambling, and the gambling was not small, and the tables were all crystal clear white jade.
Looking at the pile of white jade on the table, even Ji Ling was a little moved.
"Childe, if we continue like this, the 10,000 white jade we lost to the Elder of the Northern Hell Sect will be able to pay it back soon!"
A man with a pale face and gloomy eyes sat on a mahogany chair drinking tea, listening to the report of the person next to him, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously raised an arc.
"Return this 10,000 white jade, there will be no reason for Elder Mu to promise me, and when the time comes, I will control Yangzhou City, not to mention 10,000 white jade, it is 100,000 white jade, and it is not at my fingertips?" Xu Lang took a sip of tea lightly and said lightly.
"Childe, I heard that the second master is still pursuing the female disciple of the Ayaluo faction, and he has reached the point of going mad, so he simply moved out of the City Lord's Mansion and went to the foot of Zizhu Mountain to build a small house!"
Xu Lang sneered: "My second uncle, for the sake of a woman, I really don't want to lose face!" The face of the Xu family in Yangzhou City was about to be lost by him. I really can't figure it out, why the second grandfather would deliberately pass on the position of city lord to him, with his wine bag and rice bag, addicted to wine, can he lead the Xu family to survive in Yangzhou City? Didn't he push the Xu family into the fire pit? I am the eldest grandson of the Xu family, and if I want to inherit it, I should inherit it! ”
"Childe, no matter what you say, after all, the second master is also the only child of the city lord, and he also has the cultivation of the grandmaster realm, so it is understandable that the city lord favors him!"
"Humph! Grandmaster Realm? How old is he, he is still in the Grandmaster realm, even a junior like me, the realm has surpassed him! If you don't think about cultivation all day long, you will drink and chant poetry, and flirt with women from good families, what can such a person do? If the Xu family really comes into his hands, sooner or later it will be over! ”
"But I heard that the woman that the second master is pursuing is a blue frost talent that has not been encountered in Yangzhou City for a hundred years, and she has been cultivating for less than a year, and she is already a nine-grade grandmaster. If the second master really chases this girl into his hands, then the Xu family ......"
There is no need to say the rest anymore, Xu Lang also understands. Xu Wenchang is unproductive, but after all, he is Xu Wuxian's parent, although his son is a nest, if he marries a powerful daughter-in-law, he can still support the huge Xu family.
"That's a hidden danger!" Xu Lang touched his chin and suddenly showed an evil smile.
He looked at the subordinates next to him with low eyebrows, and asked with a smile: "You say, can a genius who died halfway still be considered a genius?"
"Childe, you mean ......"
"Shhhh Beware of the walls with ears! ”
The subordinate nodded hurriedly: "I understand, I understand, but with our strength, I'm afraid it's difficult to succeed!"
"Why do we have to do it ourselves? The Northern Underworld Sect has long wanted to destroy the Ayaluo Sect and Yang Yi, but because of the protection of the second grandfather, there is no chance to do it, what we have to do is not to do it ourselves, but to create an opportunity for the Northern Underworld Sect, and the rest of the things will be completed by someone to help us! ”
After that, Xu Lang picked up a beautiful white jade, put it to his mouth and blew it, and then kissed it affectionately.
"It's really a lot of grievances from wealthy families!" Ji Ling sighed, this Xu Lang looks like a kidney-deficient son, but he didn't expect that his ambition was quite big, he only had the cultivation of a third-grade grandmaster, but he had already begun to calculate the city lord Xu Wuxian of the Qi Martial Monarch realm, I have to say that his courage is quite big.
Now that the Xu family has infighting, the difficulty of destroying the Xu family is much smaller than imagined, and Xu Lang's resentment towards Xu Wenchang may be able to make good use of it.
Ji Ling, who was lying on the roof, was thinking about it, and a plan was slowly brewing in his mind.
"Who said that the grasshopper shakes the tree beyond its own strength, give me a fulcrum, I can pry the whole earth!"
After talking to himself, Ji Ling stretched his neck and blew a gust of wind into the room, and the lights in the entire room were instantly extinguished.
"What's going on? Why did the lights go out? ”
"That's it! What's going on with this house? I don't know how to open big or small yet! ”
"Hurry up and light the lamp, whose hand is this, you guys be honest, if I see less money on the table later, I'm going to be mad!"
There was chaos in the room, and there was a lot of noise, Xu Lang got up from the chair with a frown: "What's the matter?"
The subordinate was also confused: "It seems that a gust of wind suddenly blew in just now and blew out the lights!"
"Why is the wind so strong, hurry up and turn on the lights, don't let them make trouble!"
"Yes!" The subordinates received the order and immediately sent people to light the lamps, and at the same time sent people to suppress those who were making trouble in the field.
One by one, the lights were lit, and the rioting crowd fell silent, and when the light returned to the room, there was a brief silence.
Xu Lang looked at the table in front of him gloomily, trembling with anger.
Those tables, which were originally full of white jade, were now a slick patch, and not even a penny could be found.
"Boss Xu, don't joke with us, take out our money, don't scare us!"
"yes, yes, we're going to keep playing, you took all the money, how can we continue?"
"Boss Xu, don't joke with us, I have a bad heart, I can't help but be scared!"
The voices questioning Xu Lang came and went, and Xu Lang didn't say a word with a black face.
They were all asking him for money, but he didn't know who took the money.
His subordinates hurriedly ran over, and Xu Lang lowered his voice and asked, "What's going on?" Why is everyone's money suddenly gone? ”
"This ......"
"Say!"
"Childe, someone opened a hole in the roof, the gust of wind just now is not a coincidence, someone deliberately created chaos and took the opportunity to rob the money!"
"Bastard!"
Xu Lang angrily punched the mahogany chair: "Who the hell did this?"
The subordinates bowed their heads and were silent, but the gamblers at the table exploded.
"What? Our money is lost? ”
"That's the money I made from selling my house and wife, that's my life!"
"Xu Lang, this is your territory, our money is lost, you have to compensate us!"
"That's it, who knows if you deliberately stole our money, hurry up and pay me back!"
"I, Wen Qiang, am also a well-known figure in Yangzhou, Xu Gongzi, if you are so unruly today and refuse to pay back, then I will go to the Traceless City Lord for a cup of tea!"
Everyone, every word you say to me, is to force Xu Lang to repay the money.
Xu Lang was upset when he heard this, his eyebrows jumped, although the gamblers present were not strong in refining qi, but they were all rich people in Yangzhou City, and they were all rich people in Yangzhou City, and they were combined to form a very strong force, Xu Lang's purpose in opening a casino here was not only to win money, but also to collect these forces.
Now that something like this has happened, if he is not careful in handling it a little, he will not only lose money, but also offend these people present, making his hard work these days go to waste.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I didn't take your money, you also saw the gust of wind just now, there are bad people who deliberately did it, sneaked in here to steal money, not only you, but I also suffered heavy losses!" Xu Lang said very sadly.
"Xu Gongzi, what do you mean by this? That means our money is gone, and we can't get it back, right? ”
"What? Is that my pension money? If it's all lost, I won't live! ”
"I don't believe that there is no royal law in Yangzhou City, so much money, all the world has evaporated in front of everyone's eyes, Xu Gongzi, you said that this matter has nothing to do with you, do you think we believe it?"
"I don't care, if you don't pay back, I'll go to the Traceless City Lord to administer justice!"
"That's right! Go find the castle lord! ”
Xu Lang burst into bruises when he heard this, once these people went to Xu Wuxian and exposed his behavior, then he would be finished, Xu Wuxian would definitely peel off his skin, not to mention that his plan could not be carried out, and it was still a question whether his life could be saved.
Everyone became more and more excited, Xu Lang really had no choice, so he had to stop everyone: "Enough!" There are thieves here today, I admit it, and I will compensate you for all the lost money! ”
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