South Lane, Qufu.

Outside the door was still bustling with Yundu civilians who came to beg for alms, Fang Chixiao took Lu Youling and Guo Ruolin to carefully avoid the crowd, walked to the red paint gate, and knocked on the door.

Lu Youling came here for the first time, and found that the red walls and yellow tiles, painted and carved beams decorated here, were extremely magnificent, and the two jade lions in front of the door were carved extraordinarily finely, which can be described as lifelike. He couldn't help but underestimate the Guiyuan Hall in his heart, which was really a little simpler.

After a while, the door opened, and several people dressed as housekeepers came out to block the crowd out, and later another person came out, it was the old butler from last time.

"Sir, do you still recognize me?"

Fang Chixiao bowed slightly, and at the same time, his palms converged, and the golden light rippled, eliminating the qi that was blocking in front of him, the old housekeeper was slightly surprised in his heart, and then stepped forward with a smile and said: "The old man is wondering, who is knocking on the door, it turns out to be Fang Sitian of Jiali Temple, I don't know if the monarch can stoop here?"

"The monarch has something to do and has not come, so I specially ordered me to come to see Master Qu, and asked the elders to pass it on on my behalf. ”

"Oh, did you bring anyone else with you?"

The old housekeeper looked carefully, only to find that there were two little ghosts hiding behind Fang Chixiao, he bent over, said with a smile on his face, "The two young sons don't have to be restrained, getting here is like going to your own home." ”

"Ahhh Lu Youling took the lead in taking a step and sighed heartily at the same time. And Guo Ruolin behind him slowly revealed his true body.

"Young ......" The old butler suddenly stopped talking, and his eyes were confused.

"This boy has an extraordinary demeanor, I don't know his name?" asked the old butler with a half-bowed body, his eyes fixed on the young man in front of him from beginning to end.

"Oh, this little brother is the new disciple of our Jiali Temple, and the one who walked ahead of him is the new Si Tian Amu of our Jiali Temple. ”

"It turned out to be Mu Sitian, disrespectful and disrespectful, come to someone, bring the three into the middle hall to entertain the students, and the old man went to invite the master out. ”

The old housekeeper turned around and left step by step, and Lu Youling suddenly wondered: "It's strange, why is this old man particularly interested in Guo Ruolin." ”

The three of them were led into the atrium, and each of them was arranged to sit down on a chair with pear blossoms, and then servants took turns to serve candied fruit and tea, and had champas and salt water to wipe their faces, and the service was particularly thoughtful.

Lu Youling is not used to being served, but this time is different from the past, after serving these, Lu Youling felt unprecedented comfort, he looked back at Fang Chixiao and Guo Ruolin, Fang Chixiao also looked comfortable, but Guo Ruolin was indifferent, and did not seem to be interested in these.

"Chirp, Ah Lin, you take it easy, why are you so nervous. Lu Youling comforted Guo Ruolin on the side, but who knew that Guo Ruolin turned a deaf ear and ignored him at all.

After a while, a wide and fat man walked out from behind the door curtain, Lu Youling had seen Qu Luotong at the succession ceremony, naturally he would not be unfamiliar, but this was the first time he had dealt with him, and he was unconsciously shocked by his unique temperament, but his temperament was completely different from that of Senior Brother Xiao, Senior Brother Xiao made people feel not angry and arrogant, and this rich man gave people a feeling of fascination.

"Master Qu, don't come unharmed. Fang Chixiao got up and made a gesture, Lu Youling and Guo Ruolin also hurriedly got up to follow suit, Qu Luotong waved his hand and said, "You and I are our own brothers, why be polite, sit down." ”

"Brother, you are older than my father, so you are a brother!" Lu Youling muttered to herself, a sneer unconsciously flashed across the corners of her mouth.

"Who is this little brother?"

Lu Youling saw Qu Luotong raise his hand, thinking that he was asking himself, so he hurriedly recommended himself: "I am the new incense pavilion Si Tian Amu of Jiali Temple." ”

"Mu Sitian, you and I have known each other as early as the Double Ninth Festival, and I really respect Mu Sitian's cultivation in the next, and I can repel He Jia Yizun with one move, which should be the only existence at your age. ”

"Master Qu smiled, I just won by luck, if you want to talk about strength, it is far inferior to my senior brother and Brother Fang. ”

Fang Chixiao grinned and shook his head when he heard this, and Qu Luotong bypassed Lu Youling, and tears were snatched out of his eyes unconsciously.

"I don't know what to call this boy?"

"Master Qu, call me Ah Lin. ”

Guo Ruolin made a rare bow bow, Qu Luotong dragged his hands, and his eyes were full of warmth. This scene was intercepted by Fang Chixiao on the side, he touched Lu Youling on the side and said, "Alas, your little brother seems to know Qu Luotong. ”

"Nonsense, how could the two of them possibly know each other. Lu Youling forcibly intervened between the two, interrupting the silent communication between the two. "Master Qu, I can't hide that I have a great relationship with this brother, and the disciples of the same age in the Jiali Monastery all respect each other and love each other, so I don't think there will be any problems living here. ”

Lu Youling pointed to Ah Lin, but actually said to Qu Luotong. Fang Chixiao didn't expect Lu Youling to start getting to the point so quickly, and hurriedly added: "Jiali Temple has always respected the teacher's teachings and paid attention to the development of disciples' virtues, not to mention that after the disciples were ordained, they opened their minds in the Yuanyuan, and Master Qu himself had practiced in Jiali Temple, so he naturally knew the evil consequences of giving up halfway. ”

"Is there anything wrong with giving up cultivation" Lu Youling also had doubts, in fact, this question had been buried in his heart for a long time.

"Mu Sitian is gifted, of course, he can't understand the pain of ordinary people. Qu Luotong played with the jade wrench in his hand, his face suddenly became distorted, and his voice began to become fierce.

"The disciples who enter the temple are bathed in the golden light of Xuantian in front of the Tianshou Jade Stone, and it is a beautiful thing to open the mind of the hidden yuan, but it is a pity that if you do not succeed in practicing to the 'Void Valley' level before the age of eighteen, your yang life will be exhausted and you will die immediately, so this is why the disciples who enter the temple to practice dare not relax at all, because once you can't break through your cultivation, it means that your life will end early. ”

"Is that really the case?" Lu Youling stuck out her tongue and turned to ask Fang Chixiao, seeing Fang Chixiao nodding yes, Fang was stunned.

"Fang Sitian, Mu Sitian, since the two of you are here, you don't need to beat around the bush and talk about the dog, what do you need someone to do, but it doesn't matter. ”

Fang Chixiao saw Qu Luo's concise question, so he stopped going around in circles: "Master Qu, Luo Shengguo has recently had a bad relationship with Yundu, and has stationed 100,000 troops on the east bank of Zhenjiang, looking down on my Yundu Kingdom. Yundu has just finished the war in Rizhao, and now he has not recovered his vitality and is about to face the battle, and he is afraid that he will not be defeated by the demons and demons of Luosheng. Today, I came to deliver a letter by the order of the monarch, and I only ask Lord Qu to contribute to the Yundu Society. With that, he presented Xiao Luo's letterhead.

Qu Luotong opened the letterhead, ten lines at a glance, and the two small eyes gradually narrowed into a slit.

"Hahaha, the monarch is too high-minded, let me lobby He Jiayizun, as a citizen of Yundu, I shouldn't have shirked, but if it can't be done, it will only be in vain to hurt my spirits, Qu thinks it's better not to go. ”

Fang Chixiao suddenly became anxious, "Could it be that Lord Feiqu is not satisfied with the tax management of Nantong Road? This is already the greatest sincerity that the king can give." ”

"I don't care about this tax matter, and I can fully feel the monarch's grand will, but it's a pity that this matter is mediated in my personal name, I'm afraid of getting into trouble, don't look at my Qu someone's big business, but once I make a mistake, it will be like a mountain, and I ask Fang Mu and the two Sitian to let me go back and think about it." ”

"What else do you need to think about? With your current financial resources, don't say that He Jia is a statue, even if the other two countries combined, they don't dare to do anything to you, just say something, why bother to push back!"

Lu Youling couldn't get used to watching it on the side, and couldn't help muttering a few sentences, Qu Luotong saw that he was always a child, but he didn't care. Fang Chixiao scolded with a pale face: "Amu, you are talking nonsense again, don't stop for a while!"

"What's the matter, I didn't say anything wrong! Besides, don't look at anything else, just because your son Qu Chengfeng is still in the temple and belongs to the same family as us, you should agree to anything, right?"

"Don't talk, eat a date first," Fang Chi smiled and saw that Lu Youling's mouth was open, and hurriedly stuffed a date in his mouth. Fang Chi smiled and said with an embarrassed face: "Let Lord Qu laugh, but Amu is not rough in what he said, the dog is now practicing in the temple, and all the complexity is from the Jiali Temple*, now Ling Lang is not enough to dance the elephant in his year, and the foundation of cultivation is weak, if the Jiali Temple is in trouble, it is really difficult to upgrade to the level of 'Void Valley', and I hope that Lord Qu can think about Ling Lang and the tens of thousands of people in Yundu, and make an exception to ask for their lives once." ”

Fang Chixiao said flawlessly, if the guess was right, his words were right in the middle of Qu Luotong, after all, he only had Qu Chengfeng's only son, and he blossomed in his later years, so he naturally regarded this child as an inheritance.

"Mr. Fang, someone Qu wants to invite this little boy to the inner hall to enjoy pastries, what do you think?"

Qu Luotong said this coldly, Fang Chixiao and Lu Youling didn't react for a while?

"Master Qu, do you know each other?"

"I don't know each other, but I feel that I have some eyes, and I want to invite him in to eat some newly made pastries, is this also difficult for everyone?"

Lu Youling and Fang Chixiao hurriedly waved their hands and said, "No, no, please do it." Fang Chixiao didn't forget to instruct: "Please also ask Lord Qu to make a decision as soon as possible, and I will go back to restore my life like a king." ”

"Got it, I'll ask this little boy to come out and answer you after he finishes the pastry. With that, he took Guo Ruolin's little hand and walked out of the middle hall.

Lu Youling took advantage of the fact that they had just left, so she jumped to Fang Chixiao's side and said suspiciously: "This is strange, I am as old as Ah Lin, why don't you invite me in and eat pastries." ”

"Who knows? Maybe it really has an eye, and rich people like this, and when they see what they like, they say that they have a relationship with it, and they have to keep it for themselves. ”

"Does he want to keep Guo Ruolin by his side?"

"Of course not, I'm just making an analogy, if you really want to leave him here, wouldn't it hurt him if you cut off your cultivation?"