When Li Xuan withdrew the ban, recalled the two ghosts, and returned to the Wu family, he knew that he had been there for ten days.

After returning to the Wu family, after teaching Xiao Wu Chen, he used his own Dan Fire to quench the thunder fire seal, and it was the spring season again.

In the evening of that day, Li Xuan was teaching Wu Chen the words of cultivating Dan Ancestors in the room, and he heard the voices of Wu Jianguo and his wife faintly outside the house.

......

Wu Jianguo sighed: "The river is located in the throat of the waterway, it has always been a battleground for waterway transportation, and now it is monopolized by me, and it is normal to cause others to peep. ”

"Master, it's not me saying you, you are too careless in this kind of thing, they are obviously ill-intentioned when they negotiate with you this time. You don't want to think about it, the dam guarding the Yangtze River Pass, is the place where your merchant ships must pass, if they really do something there, and mention the past expenses like this, the cost of your ship is not a small amount, and in the long run, it is only a matter of time before it closes down and goes bankrupt.

What's more, this time it was the official family who came forward...... Don't you think there's something strange about this?"

After Wang Sufang finished speaking, Wu Jianguo groaned for a while and said: "Don't I know what you said? It's just that I'm thinking, after all, the Jianmen lock is managed by the official family, and they can't interfere no matter what they say! I don't believe that the official family will collude with them......" Wu Jianguo listened to his wife's words, and his tone seemed to be a little shaken.

As soon as Wu Jianguo's voice fell, he heard Wang Sufang say: "Master, there are some things that I have been hiding all these years, just because I am afraid that you will be angry, but today I can't help but say it...... Sir, you have contributed a lot to the development of the merchant group to this day, but do you know that if I didn't always help you all the way behind your back, do you really think you would be so smooth sailing?"

Hearing this, Wu Jianguo said in a slightly surprised tone: "You mean ......?"

Wang Sufang nodded, her eyes were full of concern, and she said softly: "Husband, I know that you are upright and disdain those behaviors, so I have never dared to tell you......" After Wang Sufang finished speaking, Wu Jianguo bowed his head and was silent, and for a while, the couple fell into silence.

After half the salary, I heard Wu Jianguo sigh and look at his wife affectionately, and the heat in his eyes was unobstructed.

smiled slightly, and said casually: "Su Fang, for so many years, I have always been very satisfied, but not because of the business group, but because of you...... Since this matter has come to this point, I only have to take one step at a time, if there is really such a day, it doesn't matter, as long as you and Ah Chen are still by my side, even if I live a little poor, I don't care. ”

After Wu Jianguo finished speaking, he gently hugged his wife into his arms, and a strong affection lingered in each other's hearts. At this moment, what ambition, what soaring, all dimmed in their hearts, only that sincere feeling is like a seed, deeply rooted in the depths of each other's souls.

A person's life is like a poem, with its own rhythm and rhythm, and its own growth and decline. Life begins in an innocent childhood, and through the growth of youth, with passion and ignorance, ideals and ambitions, clumsily and hard to mature.

When people reach the prime of life, their experiences are getting wider, reading more and more people, getting involved in the world is getting deeper, and the results are getting bigger. In middle age, the tension of life can be relieved, and people's surnames are gradually matured, like fragrant fruits, like mellow wines, and more tolerant. At this time, although the life is not as optimistic as before, the attitude towards life has tended to be dull. Gradually, in that earthly dealing, some true meanings are realized, and the coming years will be spent accordingly, and that life will be harmonious, quiet, serene, and content.

And so it ends, at last, when the candle of life flickers and is finally extinguished, and man begins to sleep eternally, never to wake up again.

A person's life is like a journey, all people, as long as you have life, are just travelers in the trip, and in this trip will fall in love with someone, hate someone, accept someone, reject someone, take someone as a confidant, be an enemy with someone, help someone through a predicament, design someone into adversity, all of this, in the eyes of ordinary people, is just a wonderful encounter between people in an instant, and in the eyes of Taoists, it is just the result of the rotation of the Tao of heaven and the pull of karma？

After a long time, the two slowly separated, and Wang Sufang said with concern: "Husband, it is estimated that they invited you to Jiangxin Island today for this matter, no matter what they say at that time, you just need to find an excuse to prevaricate, and after tonight, we will find a way." ”

"Well, don't worry, I'll be measured. Gently shaking Wang Sufang's hand, Wu Jianguo turned away, and he disappeared outside the door with the sound of horses' hooves.

It wasn't until Wu Jianguo, the chief manager, and a few subordinates disappeared into the twilight of the lights that Wang Sufang sighed lightly, looked sad, and turned back to the room.

Life between father and son, husband and wife, brother and brother, friends and friends, is not accidental, and there is no escape from a fate.

In Xiao Wu Chen's house, Li Xuan turned around and glanced at the apprentice who was meditating, shook his head helplessly, and said in his heart: "Since you are a teacher, how can you not ask about the rise and fall of your family, and you should repay your life-saving grace at the beginning!"

......

Jiangxin Island, a small area, is a natural alluvial island, after the development of some wealthy businessmen, has become a unique leisure vacation in this area, a good place for people to enjoy.

Because the river surface here is very open, the water flow is gentle, and from a distance, the waves are rippling, and the sky is connected to the ground. The island is like a bright pearl, embedded in the blue waves. At this time, it is the early spring, in the evening breeze, the willow silk flutters on both sides of the river, the island is a forest of natural strange stones, the wooden corridor is weeping willows, the lotus pond is dotted, there are some unknown flowers and plants distributed everywhere, in the gusts of river breeze, send wisps of fragrance, refreshing people's hearts.

In the meantime, the buildings are dotted with Qionglou and Yuyu, and there are faintly some Suzhou-Hangzhou garden-style style designs that have become the main architectural style on the island, and because the island is completely open to the outside world, there is no charge for fees, and the scenery is beautiful, so Jiangxin Island is said to be endlessly crowded with tourists, and it has also become the best entertainment place for many scholars and children of wealthy families.

As night fell, a crescent moon lazily climbed into the night sky, willows swayed in the wind along both sides of the river, and a carriage came galloping.

In the center of the island is the largest loft on the island.

Walking out of the carriage door and looking at the luxurious pavilion in front of him, Wu Jianguo was slightly distracted, and a trace of imperceptible worry flashed in his eyes.

"May I ask if you are Master Wu? Our master has been waiting for a long time. Just as Wu Jianguo was distracted, a well-dressed waiter walked slowly and made a gesture of please.

Glancing at the waiter, Wu Jianguo turned around and said a few words to the housekeeper Lao Liu, and then followed the waiter.

In the vast night, the lights shine, reflecting the extravagant and magnificent buildings, which are even more graceful and luxurious. However, at this time, the magnificent appearance of this grand building could not hide its hideous side in the eyes of Wu Jianguo.

The waiter brought Wu Jianguo into the door, and a smiling man dressed as an older steward came out, and said to Wu Jianguo: "Master Wu, please." ”

"There is labor to lead the way!"

Wu Jianguo was polite, and then disappeared with the man into the palatial sandalwood gate.

......

In the attic, in the upper rooms.

"Haha! Boss Wang, Wu is visiting today, what a disturbance!"

In the main hall of the guest room, three people had already greeted him with a smile, and Wu Jianguo said politely to a middle-aged man in the middle.

When the middle-aged man saw this, he snorted and said, "Boss Wu, this is where you are, you can come to me to give Wang enough face, not to mention that I am invited tonight, how can I say that I am disturbing? I was still feeling panicked just now for delaying Boss Wu's precious time! Come, let me introduce you to a distinguished guest." After speaking, he took Wu Jianguo's hand, looked affectionate, and pointed to the fat man next to him and said, "This is Master Liu next to the master of our city. ”

Master Liu is a middle-aged man with a fat body, and when he stops there, he invisibly has a temperament unique to a person who has been in a high position for a long time.

Wu Jianguo looked at it slightly and said: "Hello Master Liu, I am fortunate to know Master Liu and Wu for three lives, please take care of me in the future!"

After Wu Jianguo finished speaking with a smile, that Master Liu was also polite, and his humble fat face was full of integrity.

However, Wu Jianguo knows in his heart that this superficial "integrity" is just a hypocritical superficial gesture and a pure professional performance. And true "integrity" is a posture that is deep in the heart and is easily ignored and ignored, just as chic is essentially an inner realm. So, in this sense, a guy who makes people feel very upright at a glance is most likely a social veteran.

Seeing Wu Jianguo's calm face, Boss Wang pointed to another sixty-year-old man with extraordinary bearing and said, "I don't need to introduce this one, haha, everyone is an old acquaintance, come on, please come inside." As he spoke, he took Wu Jianguo's hand and walked inside, his appearance was very affectionate, but Wu Jianguo knew that such enthusiasm was nothing more than a disguise to cover up the true purpose of his heart, but since he came, he didn't panic, he always had the mentality of going with the flow, and let it go.

After Wu Jianguo's figure disappeared, the waiter at the door muttered to himself: "Master official, master landlord, the head is different." After speaking, as soon as he turned around, he felt that it was dark in front of him, and a tall body was blocking in front of him, he subconsciously, quickly took a few steps back, and was slightly frightened, worried that what he had just said would be heard, so he hurriedly looked up, only to see that where he was standing just now, I don't know when there was already a tall man in a coarse sermon robe.

But seeing that this person looks clumsy, there is a faint smile on his face, a slight stubble under the hard lip line, a dry purple gourd hanging from his waist, a thin bottom cloth shoes, a long hair tied at will with a strip of cloth behind his head, in the slight night breeze, gently fluttering and undulating, such a dissolute person, at this time in the eyes of this waiter faintly has a kind of dusty, unpredictable and profound meaning.

Retracting the gaze that wandered on the Taoist, the waiter quietly looked behind the Taoist, only to see that under the lantern, the tall iron door that he had guarded for two years was closing well at this time, and he looked at the iron door in a daze, and there was a big question mark in the waiter's head, and unconsciously, there was a trace of coolness in his heart.

The person who came was Li Xuan, glanced at the waiter standing in front of him, and said slightly: "This brother, you are poor and polite." ”

The voice was not loud, but it implied the effect of clearing the heart and calming the mind, as soon as Li Xuan finished speaking, he saw that the waiter immediately woke up, his mind was spinning, and he hurriedly bowed his body and said tentatively: "This Taoist leader, may I ask if you were invited by our master?"

"Not invited. Li Xuan said lightly.

The waiter listened to Li Xuan's words, let out a long breath, his face stretched a lot, looking at the Taoist in front of him, he couldn't help but be a little disapproving, but due to the prevalence of the theory of immortal learning, the wind of learning the Tao gradually increased, and he still had a flattering expression on his face and asked: "What is the reason why the Taoist chief is here? Is it here to ask for alms?"

After the waiter finished speaking, Li Xuan shook his head and smiled: "No! I heard that your master has a distinguished guest visiting, so I am here today just to play a few tricks on your master and send some fun jokes." ”

After hearing this, the waiter showed a hint of impatience on his face, and said lightly: "I don't know what tricks Changdu has, you might as well play it for me first, if you can, I will inform you, otherwise, your expulsion is a small matter, and who do you want to go to if I lose my job?"

Li Xuan listened, but he didn't answer, he looked left and right, and found that there was a small fish pond three meters square on the side, in which there were fish shuttling and playing, and their bodies were fat. At that moment, he made a slight move up to the fish pond, only to see that the water in the pond rose with his hand, two meters high, the thickness of a basketball, under the illumination of colorful lights, it was like a crystal tower standing upright;

At this time, looking at the waiter's appearance, he was like dementia, his mouth was wide open, and he was stunned to look at the high and upright column of water, and he was speechless. Seeing this expression, Li Xuan didn't wake up silently, but just pressed his hand down, and the upright column of water was like a dragon entering the sea, still returning to the fish pond, and there was no trace of water on the edge of the pool.

Only then did I hear the waiter's dreamlike voice come from: "Is this still a trick?"

Because of the Dao method in front of the waiter, and after he reported it, Li Xuan was smoothly brought into this luxurious attic by the middle-aged steward.

Following the steward, Li Xuan walked through a corridor covered with a red carpet, and every few meters on both sides, there was a bodyguard-like strong sweat standing solemnly.

At the end of the aisle, two beautifully patterned mahogany doors were hidden, and there was a faint sound of talking inside, and Wu Jianguo's deep voice was mixed in with it.

In the living room, the middle-aged steward respectfully faced a lean middle-aged man wearing a pearl agate hat: "Master, this is the Taoist priest who claims to be able to play tricks." After speaking, he stepped aside and let Li Xuan out.

"Ah......" At the moment when the steward let go of his figure, Wu Jianguo's face showed surprise, and he was about to speak, when he heard a very small voice blowing in his ear, which was like Li Xuan's usual words, and the voice said: "Don't act rashly, I already know what you are doing here, wait for you to act at the opportunity, no matter what happens, you have to cooperate with me, just pretend not to know me now." At this point, the voice stopped abruptly.

Wu Jianguo is also a person who came over in the wind and waves, and after listening to Li Xuan's words, he acted as if he was nothing, and pretended to be blank at the moment, but saw that his face was as usual. Wu Jianguo couldn't help but feel a little strange in his heart, and secretly discussed: "Although the voice just now was small, the words were clear and clear, and I could hear them, and a few people around here were just as close as they were, but why couldn't I hear them at all?"

In his opinion, although this kind of thing is strange, as long as it happened to Li Xuan, it seems reasonable, and then he thinks back to what happened to his family last year, and the magic power that Li Xuan used at that time, his heart became calm.

In fact, the voice that Wu Jianguo heard in his ears was indeed made by Li Xuan, but he used a small technique similar to that of martial artists called 'transmitting sound into the secret'. For ordinary martial artists, this luck internal strength, as long as it is at the top, can unite the spirit and spirit, connect to the innate source, and can be used hard or soft, big or small. When performing this method, you only need to practice your own innate true qi or true yuan as thin as a gossamer, look at the target, and send it out, straight into the ears of the other party. The voice was thin, but it was unusually clear. And what ordinary martial artists can do, with Li Xuan's cultivation at this time, it is said that the opposite side is not far away, even ten miles and hundreds of miles, and it can also be transmitted in an instant.

After appeasing Wu Jianguo, Li Xuan glanced at the audience, did not speak, and looked at the luxurious and somewhat exaggerated interior decoration with self-care: I saw that on both sides of the spacious hall, there were two rows of flower-filled porcelain vases with the height of a person, and the light shone on it, round as brocade, and the patterns on it were all drawn out by artificial pen and ink. Looking at the lean man behind him, on the wall paved with white marble, there is a huge picture of a hundred people singing and dancing, and there are many spring beauties with pink makeup and jade and half-exposed clothes. There is a red cloud brocade in the middle, and two people sit on the left, one of them is obese, with a majestic appearance, and between the anticipation, there is a faint detached demeanor that has been in a high position for a long time, and the one on the right is Wu Jianguo.

Saying that, while Li Xuan was looking at the other party, several people in the living room were also looking at this uninvited Taoist, and their inner evaluations were different, but they all wanted to see the magic trick that the waiter said before.

The middle-aged man looked at the Taoist who was standing calmly, and said to the steward who was hanging his hand: "Ah Fu, go and get a stool for the Taoist to sit down." ”

When the steward heard this, he respectfully agreed, and was about to turn around, when he heard the man speak: "Boss Wang doesn't need to be polite, he is here just to play a few tricks to add some fun to a few people, and he will leave in a while, so he won't be tired of labor." ”

(To be continued)