As soon as Leng Tingtao's voice fell, behind the mahogany carved screen in the study, half of his slightly tall figure was slowly revealed.

"Listen to the wind?" Leng Tingtao's face was shocked, "Why are you back, weren't you sent to the Black Water Gate by the master?"

"Third brother, I, I'm a little homesick, so I came back secretly. ”

"When?" Leng Tingtao frowned, disobeyed the order of the head of the sect and left his post without permission, which is a serious crime in the sect, even if he is Leng Tingtao's younger brother, he will inevitably be punished.

"Two days ago. ”

"Nonsense!" Leng Tingtao scolded loudly, his younger brother is good at everything else, such as being born with a good skin, and he is also good at making people happy, so he is quite a woman;

Compared with the Jincheng faction, the conditions of Heishuimen are indeed much worse, and it is normal to be lonely and hard, as the highest cultivator in the family, Leng Tingtao's identity is equivalent to half of the head of the family, and he is doting on him a lot, and now that he thinks about it, he often regrets it.

"It's only been a few days, and I can't help it? I'm still homesick, and I'll be honest!"

"Yes...... It was Suya who wrote to me and asked me to come back to see her. ”

"What?" Leng Tingtao couldn't sit still anymore, and his breath became disordered, "Where is she?"

"In the boudoir of the seventh sister. ”

"This ......"

Leng Tingtao's thoughts were suddenly a little confused, Su Yanai is the fourth daughter of the head Su Liqing, and she has always had a close relationship with her younger brother Leng Tingfeng, and she also knows that the two may have made a private agreement for life, but the head deliberately transferred Leng Tingfeng away, just to separate the two of them and reduce contact, hoping to downplay the matter.

Becoming an in-law with the Leng family is actually nothing bad for the head Su Liqing, Leng Tingtao has never figured out why Su Liqing is very taboo about this, not to mention that Su Ya is a mortal body, marrying a Xuan-level monk is already "Gao Pan", and on the other hand, Su Ya is only one of his six daughters, and she is not the eldest daughter.

Could it be that he was afraid that he would give birth to a monk's heir, and the authority of the Jincheng faction would fall into the hands of his surname?

No, it shouldn't be this what he is worried about, Leng Tingtao suddenly realized, maybe Su Liqing was worried about the six people who might become his sons-in-law.

Judging from the current situation of the Jincheng faction, the Leng family, the Zuo family, the Sun family and the newly rising Liu family, because they all have prefecture-level monks, are regarded as the four major families outside the head family, and once the daughter is married to these four families, then who will inherit the position of the future head of the family, or the range of candidates who may inherit the position of head in the dark, has been determined, and soon someone will emerge, in order to enhance his prestige, and fight against the head Su Liqing, and then weaken his prestige and threaten the status of the Su family.

Of course, Su Liqing is not old, although he no longer has a wife in the hall, the concubine still has the opportunity to give birth to a male heir, which may also be the main reason why he has been waiting and is unwilling to marry any of his daughters.

"Do you really like her?"

Leng Tingtao had never asked his younger brother such a question, in his opinion, although Su Ya was a mortal, he heard that she had always provided cultivation resources for his younger brother Leng Tingtao, or that his younger brother did not really love her, but just liked this resource.

"Hmm. I only love her alone. Otherwise, I wouldn't have risked being punished by the sect to come back to see her. We really love each other, third brother, you will fulfill us!"

"Can I trust you?" Leng Tingtao stared at his younger brother's eyes for a long time, until the other party couldn't help blinking, he let out a sigh of relief, and said in a commanding tone, "Go back to Heishuimen immediately." ”

"Third brother, me"

"Right now. ”

"Yes. Leng Tingfeng took two steps back, although the third brother loved him, there were no rules at home.

"I will immediately send someone to send Su Ya away, and in a few days, when you return to Heishuimen safely, I will officially mention your marriage to the master. ”

"However, no one said that the head of the family wanted to marry her to ......"

"Do you mean me?" Leng Tingtao said, "Although I am the only monk in the sect who has returned from the canyon ruins, I have no interest in this marriage. ”

"Oh. Leng Tingfeng seemed relieved, as if he had avoided a life-and-death dilemma.

Sending away his younger brother Leng Tingfeng, Leng Tingtao thought for a long time in the study, and called a few people close to the clan to discuss it for two hours before leaving. At this point, Leng Tingfeng decided to mention the matter of his younger brother and Su Ya to the head of Su Liqing, in order to test the attitude of the head of the house.

Success or failure, for the Leng family, the future road may be very different.

............

Lizong, Zhenwu City.

Chu Yiming was exhausted, and had just returned from the spiritual inspection of Zhoushan City. Like Dongbo City, the spiritual lands near these two cities are all second-order, the spiritual land of Dongbo City is the second-order upper grade, and Zhoushan City is the second-order lower grade, which can be regarded as the two best quality of the five spiritual lands that he is responsible for. In addition to this, these two have one thing in common, both are not far from the border of the Asayama sect.

Jiang Feng has no news yet?

Chu Yiming naturally inconvenient to inquire about this matter everywhere, this has nothing to do with him being at the spiritual level, if he is noticed by someone with a heart, he will suffer from it. He is still in the period of filial piety, and it is inconvenient for him to leave Lizong, but around the secrets of the spiritual land, he has secretly launched an investigation, but he has no clue in a short time.

There must be something wrong with Dongbo City.

This is not only because Jiang Feng mentioned this matter, but also because the mysterious Huang Lao, who communicated with him, had also warned himself that he should not know something, don't be curious and ask. The more this is the case, the more it shows that there are some ulterior secrets in it.

All the information about the five spiritual places for which he was responsible was neatly displayed in the study at this moment. He had checked the detailed map of the spiritual land, the annual output, the distribution of the mines, the regulations, the employment, the supervision, the past accidents, etc., and there was nothing abnormal. Judging from the accounts that come and go, no one has filled their pockets, after all, it is a second-order spiritual land, and the output is not much, if there is a giant rat greedy for ink, it is easy to see the clues from the comparison between the spiritual land.

Chu Yiming decided to take it personally.

The reason why he had gone to Zhoushan City and the other three first-order spiritual lands before was to create an illusion, he was just inspecting the sect property he managed, intending to make some achievements, and he had no special purpose. This is not only for Chu Yilin, but also for Huang Lao.

Only by personally investigating can we test some of the other party's intentions, at least, we can understand the extent to which the other party's infiltration of the spiritual land has reached.

Summoning the steward Huang Dong, plus several spiritual-level monks from the Zhao family, and more than a dozen spiritual lands assigned to him to "engage", Chu Yiming hugged each other, got into the carriage of the official family in a high-profile manner, and went straight to Dongbo City.

............

Chixia Gate, Radiant City.

Ye Mo went on an envoy in the name of his family for the first time and came here on a business trip. After returning to the family, because of the excellent type of law, he received extra care, and his cultivation has been promoted to the fourth level of the spirit level, and he was also entrusted with the important task of being responsible for part of the family industry in Huiyao City, as one of the old families in Yanqi Ridge, after the fall of Yanqi Mountain, the focus of the Ye family has been transferred from Huangshui City to Huiyao City, and has a relationship with the Zeng family of Chixiamen, and soon recovers its vitality.

Ruyi business stack.

Ye Mo came to this agreed business inn according to the meeting place given by the second uncle of the patriarch beforehand, the purpose of coming here today is to negotiate a pill business, for the Ye family, the pill business is a traditional business project.

The store is not very large, and it is not conspicuous on this bustling street. He and the two young attendants entered the merchant inn, and after a few words of greeting as agreed, Ye Mo was introduced alone to a chic private room in the back hall, sipping tea quietly, and waiting for the steward of the merchant inn to meet.

Soon, an old man with a white beard and a self-proclaimed manager of Zhou pushed the door in. From the point of view of cultivation, the other party should be a Xuan-level, but because it was talking about business cooperation, Ye Mo just simply saluted, sat down again, took out a dozen detailed lists and contracts that had already been prepared, and presented them to the other party.

Steward Zhou briefly flipped through a few pages, then put the contract aside and looked at him kindly.

"Who are Ye Tianming?"

"It's my father. ”

"Oh?" Steward Zhou's expression changed slightly, "It turned out to be a nephew." I am Friday, a friend of your father, and it is a pleasure to see the friend of the deceased today. You can rest assured that there will be no problems with the contract. However, "

"Excuse me?"

"I heard that your father has been killed, at the hands of the eagle dogs of the Chixia Gate. ”

"Yes, unfortunate death at the hands of the wicked. ”

"Hey, it's a pity, many of my old brothers, business partners, have also died at the hands of those villains in Chixiamen, and now, the bones are not cold, and now I have to work here and pay taxes to Chixiamen, it's really ashamed to think about it. Steward Zhou stroked his beard and made a soundproof note, "Nephew, there is something, I don't know if you are interested?"

"What's the matter?" Ye Mo couldn't help but wake up secretly when he saw this person playing the soundproof note.

"I'm working for a gang called 'Yuanshan' now, and now the gang is recruiting, and their members are all old people from Yanqiling, and they have a deep enmity with Chixiamen, since your father was killed by Chixiamen, he should join here like me to avenge your father. ”

"This ......"

"What's the hesitation, don't you want to avenge your father, and I heard that your second uncle was also secretly involved in this matter, joining the Yuanshan Gang, everyone will be brothers in the future, and naturally I will help you wash away your shame as soon as possible!"

"Don't talk nonsense!"

Ye Mo said, "The second uncle treats me well, it's just different from my father's way, there is a debtor and a debtor, I saw with my own eyes, it was Liu Zhengren of Chixiamen who killed my father, and I will seek revenge from him." Today we are only talking about business, and I am afraid it is not appropriate for you to talk about this, right?"

"Hmph, you ungrateful. I don't want to do business with people like you, how can Ye Tianming have a rebel like you! He is under Jiuquan, can he rest in peace?" Steward Zhou was furious, as if he was resisting the urge to make a move.

"The dead are gone. Ye Mo Huoran stood up, "My second uncle's words are very reasonable, if Steward Zhou has no interest in cooperation, then I will leave today." ”

He pushed the door open, strode out of the private room, took two attendants, and headed straight to the next location. The street was rubbing shoulders with each other, and it was the scorching sun, and the three of them soon sweated profusely, soaking through their robes. Ye Mo stopped at a spiritual tea stall hung with blue cloth banners, and took out a few silver coins for ordinary use, in exchange for three bowls of iced herbal tea, one bowl per person, and soon he was refreshed.

"Boss, is there a convenient place to get rid of it?"

"In the alley, just turn a corner!"

Ye Mo got up, walked alone into the narrow alley, turned the corner, and sure enough, there was an overgrown abandoned mansion, the two attendants did not follow, he caught a glimpse of a person with a chestnut hat standing there in the corner, so he stepped forward a few steps and joined in the middle.

"The next one is good to deal with normally, and there will be a special test tomorrow, which is a beauty plan. Under the hat, there was a word of reminder.

"Good. Great work. ”

"If you are a beauty, do you want me to go for you? Your second uncle Ye Tianqiu is also troublesome, how uneasy is it for you to engage in so many temptations?"

"Because...... He assassinated my father, and there was always a ghost in his heart. But now that I've lost my way, he can't openly kill me in front of the elders. Ye Mo ignored his ridicule, turned around and gathered his clothes, and whispered, "Brother Wei, help me continue to investigate, besides him, who else in the family is involved in this matter, when the time is right, I will clear them all together." As for that Liu Zhengren, sooner or later I will tie him to my father's grave and let his head fall to the ground myself. ”

After finishing speaking, Ye Mo tidied up his clothes, and left without looking back, and when his breath was far away, the person who originally carried the hat took the hat, turned around and saw that there was no one outside, and in the daytime, his body became trance, like an afterimage, falling on the wall and dissipating, not at all like the original spiritual level perfection.

............

Jiang Feng was not familiar with the situation of Luoyingmen, but he knew that if he returned to the Qianshan Sect from Luoyingmen, he would at least have to go north through the Hanshan Sect.

The distance between the two options is similar, but the latter can also pass through Pujiang Town and Beimu County along the way, and he plans to leave Jiang Zhiwen in Pujiang Town to continue his studies, as for picking the Faxiang, there is not so much time to stay at the moment. The auction date of the Zhengqi Alliance is estimated to be coming soon, and he must rush to Lizong Zhenwu City as soon as possible, find Yu Xiaoman, and then go together. Of course, if she happened to be in Dayi County, it would save a lot of time, but in that case, she wouldn't be able to return to Luochuan along the way.

There are pros and cons.

As for Beimu County, he believed that Zheng Luda, the general elder, had already negotiated specific terms with the Spirit Cage Chamber of Commerce, and the affairs of Beimu County should be started, Jiang Feng hoped to investigate one or two as soon as possible, so that he could take corresponding strategies in the future to promote the prosperity here, and as a result, reach further cooperation with the Spirit Cage Chamber of Commerce and Luoyingmen to jointly fight against the westward advance of Chixia Gate.

According to the established plan, Jiang Feng turned into the appearance of Jiang Xiaobai, safely went south from Luoying Gate, entered Chixia Gate, and then reached the carriage of the caravan, traveled all the way west, and arrived at Pujiang Town at dusk the next day.