In the next few days, Xiao Yu took Lin Yinping to eat all the Qinhuai Eight Masterpieces in Jiangdu, and after watching the Eight Scenes of Qinhuai, the only regret was that he couldn't get to see the famous Qinhuai Bayan who was known all over the world. When he went back, Xiao Yu bought some five-color cakes, planning to take them back to satisfy Xiao Yuyi's hunger, after all, he coaxed the big ones, and he couldn't forget the small ones.

Maybe it's fate, or something else, Xiao Yu, a person with a slightly cool nature, likes that timid girl very much, after watching Xiao Yu with different words with the same phone die, there is only a poor girl who has suffered from the cold, if no one cares, I'm afraid it won't be able to survive two days, Xiao Yu somehow moved his heart of compassion, and brought her back to the grassland from Julu City, not to mention, but also adopted her as an adopted daughter, not daring to say that she was treated as her own daughter, but it was no worse than Xiao Yue's sister.

Walking back to the mansion arranged by Master Du with Lin Yinping, it was getting late at this time, and after learning that Xiao Yuyi had fallen asleep, Xiao Yu handed over the five-color cake in his hand to Zhang Xiao, and then asked Lin Yinping: "Why don't we go and visit the princess of the country now?"

Lin Yinping asked rhetorically, "Do you know where she lives?"

Xiao Yu narrowed his narrow eyes and said with a smile: "Of course I know, after all, Her Royal Highness the princess has a nail by my side." ”

Lin Yinping sighed, and then didn't ask more, she didn't pay much attention to this kind of private matter. Even if Xiao Yu intended to hand over the peony to her, she politely refused. This made Lin Han feel very sorry, if his sister could catch the peony in his hands, then he would have the confidence to fight against the blue jade who led the Tianji Pavilion and some of the secret guards.

The spy system under Xiao Yu's command can be roughly divided into four parts, and the Tianji Pavilion is self-contained, led by Lan Yu, the young pavilion master of the Tianji Pavilion, and is mostly aimed at the cultivation world level. The Ming Guard was under the control of Zhuge Gong and was responsible for supervising the military internally. Most of the secret guards are personally controlled by Xiao Yu, regardless of inside and outside, detecting the northwest and even the world. As for Peony, in addition to being in charge of intelligence, he is more responsible for the financial supervision of the Northwest Army and the Grassland Army, and even responsible for Xiao Yu's private property, such as Qiutai.

In Jiangdu, a land of drunken gold, Xiao Yu also has industries, and there are quite a few of them, but most of these industries are related to the painting boats floating on the Qinhuai River, and some of them are not on the table. If you add the various incomes of Dao Zongfang, Dark Guard, the five states in the northwest and the grassland, although the northwest is bitterly cold, Xiao Yu is really not poor.

Of course, Xiao Yu's expenses are also extremely huge, whether it is getting married, or renovating the palace, maintaining the palace, and even going down to the river capital this time, the expenses required are all allocated from Xiao Yu's private treasury, of course, including the corresponding expenses of peony, secret guard, and tiger camp. After all, the above are Xiao Yu's private army, and they should also be maintained by him privately.

As far as Xiao Yu knows, in Lin Yinping's private house, there is also an extremely considerable amount of silver, after all, she has a huge amount of money in the grassland trade, so he has been a little embarrassed recently, so he wants to hand over the peony to Lin Yinping, one is to relieve the financial pressure of his private treasury, and the other is to let Lin Yinping start to run the family, which can be regarded as the male protagonist and the female protagonist.

Seeing Lin Yinping's indifferent posture of completely obeying your decision, Xiao Yu paused slightly, and chuckled: "Let's go, madam, let's take a look at this first beauty of the country, if there is no accident, she will marry Gongsun Zhongmou, the first disciple of the Sword Sect, in the future, and achieve a good story of a fairy couple, then you can't see the demeanor of Her Royal Highness the princess." ”

Lin Yinping smiled noncommittally, and followed Xiao Yu to the carriage outside the door.

Zhang Xueyao's Beppu in Jiangdu is not far from Xiao Yu's foothold, but after turning a few long streets, he has already come to the gate of Beppu.

The dark door was closed, and there were two swordsmen standing under the plaque with two big characters written on Zhangfu, with a fierce breath, one with a sword hanging from his waist, and one with a sword behind his back.

Xiao Yu estimated that these two people were elite disciples cultivated by the mysterious Sword Qi Lingkong Hall in the Sword Sect. In fact, each sect has an existence similar to that of the dead, such as the Demon Suppression Hall of the Dao Sect, the Jizo Courtyard of the Buddha Gate, the Holy Fire Pavilion of the Demon Gate, and the Sword Qi Ling Hall of the Sword Sect. Among them, the disciples are dedicated to cultivation on weekdays, do not cultivate the realm, only cultivate killing methods, are the best at assassination and cross-border killing, and do not hesitate to die, not afraid of death, so they are called the dead in the cultivation world. When the cultivation world was in turmoil, I don't know how many young and handsome people, even famous masters, died at the hands of these dead people in the cultivation world.

After seeing Xiao Yu, the two dead soldiers of the Sword Sect seemed to have been prepared, and instead of blocking them, they directly opened the door and invited Xiao Yu and his party into the mansion. Presumably Zhang Xueyao had an order, and since she personally invited her, there was no reason to block the guests from the door.

Above the main hall, Zhang Xueyao, dressed in plain white clothes, stood with her hands in her hands.

Behind her was an old man in a gray robe, holding a long sword with a sheath in his arms, his face was old, he looked about half a hundred years old, and it was vaguely clear that he should have been a handsome man when he was young, but a sword mark across his eyes destroyed this handsomeness, and made the old man even more blind. It was rumored that this sword mark was actually left by Xu Lin, the sect master of the Sword Sect of the previous generation, and after Shangguan Xianchen ascended the throne, this Sword Sect sin slave who was originally suppressed in the Sword Qi Volley Hall became Shangguan Xianchen's second sword slave, and the realm advanced by leaps and bounds. It's just that there are a lot of strange things in it, and most of the people in the know are secretive, so they have not been passed on to the world.

After walking in, Xiao Yu noticed that Zhang Xueyao was dressed in a man's shirt, with narrow arrow sleeves, which complemented her temperament quite well, and the feminine softness concealed the sharp edge of the sword, although she was heroic, but there was no superfluous male masculinity, with this unique temperament, it was no wonder that she would overpower Lin Yinping and rank third among the four.

Zhang Xueyao stretched out her hand to invite, and after a few people sat down, she said in a warm tone: "Lord Xiao, you and I are old acquaintances, it is rare to meet in a foreign country today, I don't call this palace, and you also don't mention the word Lone King, how about we call each other friends?"

Xiao Yu smiled and said gently: "Since it was invited by Miss Zhang, how dare Xiao disobey?"

Lin Yinping sat next to Xiao Yu, with the string of phoenix-eyed bodhi seeds wrapped around his wrist, his index finger and thumb gently turned the Buddha beads, and said with a smile: "You and I are all ordinary people, and we don't care about the grievances and grievances of the cultivation world, we are naturally friends." ”

Zhang Xueyao smiled freely, looked at the phoenix-eyed bodhi in Lin Yinping's hand, and said in surprise: "It turns out that Sister Lin believes in Buddhism, if I am not mistaken, this should be one of the four famous pearls of Buddhism, phoenix-eyed Bodhi, and looking at its color, I am afraid that it has been held by a high monk for more than ten years, which contains great merit, even if it is placed in the cultivation world, it is also a rare treasure." ”

Lin Yinping smiled and said, "Could it be that Sister Zhang also believes in Buddhism? I also said that you sword cultivators don't believe in gods and Buddhas, but only believe in the three-foot Qingfeng in your hand." ”

Zhang Xueyao waved her hand and said: "I don't dare to say that I believe in Buddhism, but I just dabble in it a little, and I can't compare to Sister Lin." ”

Lin Yinping laughed softly: "Where do I know what Buddhism and Taoism scriptures, but Xiao Yu likes to read some Buddhist and Taoist books on weekdays, so I followed one or two, and I read a lot of them, but I know a little bit of fur, and it happened that Xiao Yu gave me this string of phoenix-eyed Bodhi seeds, and said that there are countless merits in chanting and practicing with Bodhi seeds, so I took them with me, and chanted and prayed for blessings on weekdays to seek peace of mind." ”

Xiao Yu sat on the chair beside him, perhaps infected by the harmonious atmosphere of the two women, the smile on his face became more and more mellow, and he smiled: "This Zen Buddhism in the Middle Earth always pays attention to a Buddha in the heart, there is a Buddha in the heart, and there is a pure land everywhere, so it doesn't matter if you don't understand the Buddhist scriptures, as long as you are sincere." ”

Zhang Xueyao said yes with a smile, and then had a kind chat, and took advantage of the words of the Tianji List to say some anecdotes in the cultivation world. Princess Weiguo said that Qiu Ye, the first disciple of the Taoist Sect, was also upset for Murong Xuan, who was also born in the Wei family, Murong had waited for Ye Qiu, the eldest son of the Ye family, for several years, but the negative person had no news, and finally Murong Xuan, who was promised by his father to the Shangguan family, could only escape to Buddhism for some reason, so that he had today's Buddhism Murong.

After going around a few big circles, Zhang Xueyao finally put the topic on the right track, "I wonder if Brother Xiao has ever heard of the Holy Maiden of the White Lotus Sect?"