Xu Huaigu has his own plans, he is ready to follow the promise he made with Yu An before his death, first place Yu Qin in Xingqing, and then go north alone. He knew that he would never stay in one place for too long, and what he longed for was a free and easy place, and that was where he belonged.

In fact, his feelings for Yu Qin have changed somewhat. Originally, when he and Yu Qin first came to Xingqing, he just regarded Yu Qin as his sister, but after the scene in the Lethe Illusion, he seemed to have a little more thoughts about Yu Qin. But Xu Huaigu didn't want to believe that idea, he was afraid that he would really like someone.

As for where Yu Qin should be placed so that she could live a good life, Xu Huaigu thought about it and still felt that Cangyang Mansion was the most suitable. After all, Xu Huaigu and Lin Cangyang have an old relationship, and they also helped her enter the palace to inquire about Lin Hongzhi's situation, and it is still possible to entrust Yu Qin to Cangyang Mansion. And with Lin Cangyang's identity, it is more than enough to protect Yu Qin.

So he left the Xianyun Inn early the next morning and went to Cangyang Mansion alone.

Xu Huaigu had already been to Cangyang Mansion several times, and he was already familiar with the road, and after asking the two guards guarding Cangyang Mansion, the guard also agreed to help Xu Huaigu pass the word to Lin Cangyang. Judging from the attitude of the guards who came to Cangyang's mansion twice, Xu Huaigu could deduce that Lin Cangyang's grounding should also be lifted.

The princess's personal maidservant in a blue-green palace dress soon came to the door and invited Xu Huaigu into the Cangyang Mansion with a smile. She still remembered that time when Xu Huaigu broke into Cangyang's mansion alone at night and helped Lin Cangyang go to the palace to find out the news.

Since then, Lin Cangyang has still been obsessed with Xu Huaigu's entry into the palace, Ling'er is smart, and knows that Xu Huaigu entered the palace to take risks or for the princess, so he also respects Xu Huaigu very much.

Walking among the gardens in the Cangyang Mansion, the chirping birds were endless, which made Xu Huaigu very intoxicated.

Ling'er asked him happily, "You have finally come out of the palace, and the princess has been talking about you for a long time." By the way, do you know the emperor's edict he issued yesterday? Now that the emperor's illness has been cured, the ban on everyone has been lifted, and Princess Cangyang has regained her freedom. It is said that the emperor has been revitalizing the court since yesterday, and judging by his mental appearance, he should be about to start working hard again. ”

Xu Huaigu felt very strange, shouldn't Lin Hongzhi have recovered a long time ago, why did he wait until yesterday to announce the news?

But when he thought about it immediately, he knew that he had spent so much time in Lethe and that it was only one night outside.

He said: "That's true, I have already found out the emperor's situation very clearly, but there are some more secret circumstances behind his recovery that have not been announced to the world, and let me tell Princess Cangyang later." ”

Ling'er nodded and said, "That's the best, after all, the princess is very worried about the emperor." ”

Sure enough, before Ling'er took Xu Huaigu to Lin Cangyang's boudoir, she had already seen Lin Cangyang on the road dragging his hurried steps, walking towards the two of them in three steps and two steps.

Lin Cangyang walked up to Xu Huaigu, his eyebrows were clustered, and he said anxiously: "You're back, I have a lot of things to ask you." What was that red flame that appeared in the sky over Xingqing City the night before? Why did his father issue an edict after that night saying that he was cured? Is there a relationship between the two? ”

Xu Huaigu soothed: "Don't worry, let's go to the house and talk about it." ”

When he arrived at Lin Cangyang's boudoir, Xu Huaigu sat down at a mahogany table engraved with a delicate phoenix dance pattern, and then Ling'er made a pot of tea, and Lin Cangyang personally served tea to Xu Huaigu, which can be described as very respectful.

Xu Huaigu said: "In fact, the emperor's recovery is far from being as simple as it seems on the surface, Your Royal Highness the princess, listen to me first." When I went to the palace, the emperor had been poisoned by the people of the Demon Sect, and he was already seriously ill at that time, but the imperial court did not sit still, but found a monk of the Seven Realms to cultivate to continue the emperor's life, so the emperor was able to recover for a short time. And the flames that appeared in Xingqing City that night were the ritual of a great demon from the Nine Realms who came to obstruct the continuation of life, but fortunately, the Liang Sect Master of the Xingyue Sect arrived in time to resolve the crisis. ”

"Is there such a thing? He still hasn't fully recovered, has he? ”

Xu Huaigu lowered his head and said worriedly: "I'm afraid so." Moreover, the monk's life extension was originally against the sky, not to mention that he would be punished by heaven, and the emperor only had five years left to live. When the five years are up, there is really no way to continue their lives. ”

Lin Cangyang lowered his head, looked at the teapot on the table in a daze, and said: "Sure enough, it's still the case, my father and emperor have not fully recovered, no wonder Ling Guoshi asked me to learn political skills from him, it turned out that he planned to train me as a future monarch." ”

Xu Huaigu comforted her and said: "Your Royal Highness Princess, you don't have to be sad, the death of a person is determined by heaven, whether it is the king of a country or the common people, it cannot be avoided, even the immortal monk, the life span will come to an end one day." ”

Lin Cangyang sighed and said, "The truth is naturally known, but it is much more difficult to practice. Actually, it doesn't matter, even if he only has a five-year lifespan, my father is so motivated, he is still the hero in my heart. Speaking of which, it's really hard for you to enter the palace this time, just tell me what reward you want, as long as I have it, I'll give it to you. ”

Finally it was the turn of the pay, Xu Huaigu was a little excited. He thought about this reward for a long time last night, not only wanted the talisman pills in those immortal shops, but also wanted to find a method for Yu Qin, and also wanted to buy a magic robe for himself...... In short, there are indeed a lot of things he wants, and he is embarrassed to ask Lin Cangyang for so many things, so it will all be converted into fairy money. Anyway, as long as the fairy money is in hand, you can buy these things anywhere.

Xu Huaigu asked, "I wonder if the princess has any idle fairy money here?" Can you give me some? ”

Lin Cangyang suddenly smiled slyly, and said a little embarrassedly: "I know that you want fairy money, but I really don't have this fairy money." It has always been the practice of Dayu that fairy money cannot pass through the hands of the prince and princess ministers, for fear of dirty hearts. But since you are a monk, you must be interested in things in the cultivation world, I have a four-grade thunder talisman here, which is the most powerful thunder talisman produced by the Zixia Sect, and if the monk of the four realms is killed by one blow, even the monk of the five realms can be seriously injured, so it should be enough to pay you, right? ”

As soon as Xu Huaigu heard that it was a thunder talisman, it was still such a powerful talisman, and he hurriedly said happily: "Enough is enough, absolutely enough, Her Royal Highness the princess is really generous, and such a valuable thunder talisman can be taken out, then I will be disrespectful." ”

Lin Cangyang carefully took out a yellow paper talisman from the sachet he was carrying and handed it to Xu Huaigu.

Xu Huaigu couldn't help but be Lin Cangyang's means, if anyone dared to assassinate Lin Cangyang, at least half of the skin would be cut off by this thunder talisman.

Xu Huaigu took the thunder talisman and carefully looked at it in front of him.

There is a small group of light blue thunder depicted in the center of the thunder rune, and when you look closely, you can still see the thunder flowing in the rune, which is quite mysterious, and it is worthy of being a high-level four-grade rune, and now Xu Huaigu's hole card is finally one more.

After Xu Huaigu got the thunder talisman, he said to Lin Cangyang again: "By the way, princess, I have a reluctant request, I don't know if you can agree." ”

"Say it."

"There was also a girl named Yu Qin who came with me to Xingqing, and her father was a lifesaver for me, and asked me to take good care of her before he died. Jianghu Road is too dangerous, I can't take her with me on the way north, so can I entrust her to you? ”

Lin Cangyang said without thinking about it: "Of course you can, there is a huge Cangyang Mansion, are you afraid that there is no place for a girl?" Don't worry, I'll take care of her. ”

Xu Huaigu stood up, bowed politely, and then took out the piece of Qilian blood jade, returned it to Lin Cangyang, and said, "Then thank the princess." The princess must still have something to do, so I will stop bothering Her Royal Highness and leave here. ”

Lin Cangyang nodded in greeting, and Xu Huaigu left Cangyang Mansion.

On the way back to the inn, Lin Hongzhi's face suddenly appeared in his mind, and it was the face he saw in the Lechuan River.

The more Xu Huaigu thought about it, the more he wondered, wasn't it true that only dead souls would be merged into Lethe, why was Lin Hongzhi there?

Xu Huaigu was puzzled, but suddenly heard the voice of someone in front of him yelling on the street: "You little brat, if you don't tell the whereabouts of that guy surnamed Xu, believe it or not, I'll sell you to the kiln!" ”

Xu Huaigu looked over, and there was already a circle of people in that direction. People were talking to each other.

He shook his head, it was someone on the street again, he had seen it many times, and he didn't bother to bother, so he thought about walking away.

A little girl retorted sharply: "Brother Xu, he is a good person, I won't tell you!" ”

Xu Huaigu stopped suddenly, this voice was very familiar to him.

It's Pingcui's voice.

Isn't the person surnamed Xu he said himself himself?

Xu Huaigu suddenly thought that he injured Xu Guonan, the son of the Xu family, with a sword at Xingqing Ferry that day, could it be that he was sought revenge by the people of the Xu family?

Xu Huaigu was furious when he thought that the people of the Xu family could not find him, and threatened a little girl who was only eight or nine years old.

He couldn't help but rush into the crowd, and when he reached the innermost circle, he saw a little girl in white standing in the middle, looking angrily at the man in front of him who was much taller than her, not the slightest timidity, just very angry.

The man was thin and tall, with a lot of fat powder on his face, and a small jasmine on his sideburns, which was Xu Guonan who was injured by Xu Huaigu's sword last time. He looked at Ping Cui with contempt, his face full of impatience and anger.

No matter how coercive and tempting he was, Ping Cui refused to tell Xu Huaigu's news, and then Xu Guonan was so angry that he raised his hand and wanted to hit Ping Cui. Xu Huaigu's heart was furious, he strode to Xu Guonan's eyes, protected Ping Cui with his hand, and scolded angrily: "You brute actually bullied a little girl, you still have to be shameless!" ”

Xu Guonan looked at Xu Huaigu who suddenly appeared, and was so frightened that he hurriedly ran back two steps, and when he saw Xu Huaigu's appearance clearly, he said angrily: "It's you, you were the one who hurt me that day!" ”

"But it's better for you to come now, lest I come after you. I've brought a master here this time, and I'll definitely show you the color! Elder Yan, come out and help me teach him a lesson! ”