It was getting dark, and it was almost dusk.

Xu Beiyou walked out of the master's mourning hall, and was slightly surprised to see Zhang Xueyao standing at the door in a daze, still dressed in white cloth and linen, and the whole person's temperament seemed to be a little older.

As soon as Xu Beiyou went out, Zhang Xueyao came back to her senses, and said with a soft look in her eyes: "Return to the south, here." ”

Xu Beiyou hummed and said softly, "Come and see the master and talk to his old man." ”

Zhang Xueyao looked at the empty wine jug in his hand and proposed, "Let's go with my wife." ”

Xu Beiyou nodded, no objection.

The two left the mourning hall and walked in the direction of the Liuli Pavilion, the East Lake Courtyard was actually only half of the wall, and the other half was facing the entire Houhu Lake, so there was no wall, and the two soon came to the shore of the Houhu Lake, walking slowly along the lakeside.

From here, you can see most of the back lake, and it is no wonder that when the East Lake courtyard was completed, it attracted public discussion, because this move is tantamount to treating the back lake as a back lake, and it is reasonable to cause public anger.

However, this annex was finally built, and after several changes of ownership, it fell into the hands of Zhang Xueyao.

The two of them, who were half a mother and son, stopped at a dock plank road, and Xu Beiyou took the initiative to speak: "I will go to the imperial capital soon, and the affairs within the sect still have to ask the master to take charge of the overall situation, after all, you are the acting sect master, and the Sword Pavilion and the Sword Qi Lingkong Hall are still in the hands of Zhang An and Song Guanguan respectively, as for the Dao Art Workshop, I plan to hand it over to Wu Yu, what do you think?"

Zhang Xueyao said: "I don't have any opinion, you can just do it." ”

Xu Beiyou continued: "And Qinglian, this girl is not young, in an ordinary rich family, she should also learn to manage her finances, and her wife may wish to take her with her, so that she can start to learn to deal with the affairs of the sect." ”

Zhang Xueyao said softly: "I have no children with your master, so I treat this girl as my own daughter, and they all say that the habitual son is like a murderer, I really did not fulfill my responsibility as a mother, and spoiled her like she is today, not only does not seek progress, but also is extremely lazy, I know about Baixi's affairs, and I will pay more attention to it in the future." ”

Xu Beiyou shook his head and said: "Master, you don't have to blame yourself, in fact, it's good to go with the flow, speaking of which, I envy Qinglian very much, she can live a very ...... It's comfortable, you don't have to be like us. ”

Zhang Xueyao sighed, "There is no way to do it, when the Sword Sect was overturned, if your master and I put aside the sect and be a pair of immortal couples at ease, it is not difficult, but how can I be at ease? How can I be worthy of those elders and masters who have died in the ten years of chasing the deer? I can't forget my roots, when the Sword Sect was at its peak, I was a disciple of the Sword Sect, and when the Sword Sect was ruined and overturned, I was still a disciple of the Sword Sect, and there was no reason to share hardships with wealth and nobility. ”

Xu Beiyou said softly: "I have always felt that in life, I always have to bear something, no matter how low the bottom line is, there must always be a bottom line, you can be unruly, but you have to be reasonable, even if this truth is a truth that others have not recognized, but it is also a truth." ”

Zhang Xueyao did not comment, and said: "You go to the imperial capital this time, don't make such a fuss with Queen Xu, they all say that hateful people must have pity, this little girl married Xiao Xuan at the age of twenty, was bullied by Lin Yinping for more than ten years, and was full of resentment towards her mother-in-law, and Qin Mumian has always been not very good with Lin Yinping, so this girl has a good relationship with Qin Mumian, I have asked Qin Mumian to send her a letter, which can be regarded as peace, as for what to do next, it depends on you." ”

Xu Beiyou's eyes lit up, "Thank you, Mrs. Xie." ”

In all fairness, if he can become the third emperor's son-in-law, he doesn't want to get into trouble with this mother-in-law.

Zhang Xueyao's eyes softened a little, shook her head and said, "Don't thank me, after all, we are a family, you have to go on a long trip, and I, as a teacher, will naturally prepare for you in advance." ”

Xu Beiyou didn't say any more words of thanks, and his smile was soft.

The two left here and continued to move forward, Zhang Xueyao said: "The imperial capital city is mixed, and it is difficult to distinguish between friend and foe, you have to listen to Han Wenbi's meaning more, he is the real reliable person." ”

Xu Beiyou nodded, indicating that he had written it down.

Zhang Xueyao continued: "As far as I know, Xiao Shen, who turned his back on the Sword Sect back then, is still alive in the world, maybe he is hiding in the imperial capital, but you don't rush to find trouble with him, after all, he still has a surname of Xiao, if you really want to get rid of him, you have to use Xiao Xuan's hand, and you must not be rash." ”

Xu Beiyou was stunned for a moment and did not speak.

Zhang Xueyao turned her head to look at him, "Everyone is dead, what's the use of revenge? When Zhong Mou died, he specially instructed you, so that you don't think about revenge, to revive the Sword Sect as the first priority, I am also saying the same now, revenge is secondary, Zhongxing Sword Sect is the first thing, if the Sword Sect can not Zhongxing, then Zhong Mou even if he takes a life in vain, I have been married to Zhong Mou for many years, I know what he wants, Nangui, I hope you can endure the humiliation. ”

Xu Beiyou said solemnly: "Beiyou knows. ”

Zhang Xueyao's expression was a little gloomy, although she said that revenge was useless, but in her heart it was still a little difficult to let go, who doesn't want to take revenge in a dignified manner? In the end, it's not that she doesn't want to, but that she can't.

Unconsciously came to the vicinity of the library building, Xu Beiyou found for the first time that it was still a good place to view, especially standing upstairs and looking at the back lake, with an excellent view.

Zhang Xueyao stood up straight and looked in the direction of the imperial capital, "Your master also has a few friends in the imperial capital, one of them is named Zhao Qing, who has been in contact with us as early as ten years ago, and later descended to the Great Qi court, and is very relied on by the Xiao family, but he has not been visible in front of people over the years, so his reputation is not obvious, if you see this person in the imperial capital city, you might as well make friends with one or two." ”

Xu Beiyou asked: "This trip to the imperial capital is destined to be unusual, when I parted with Qingchen in Huzhou that day, he told me that the Dragon King of Buddhism, Li Qingyu, Murong Xuanyin and others would all go to the imperial capital. ”

Zhang Xueyao said calmly: "Today's imperial capital city is indeed a gathering of storms and clouds, not only these people, Qin Mumian will also leave for the imperial capital in the near future, and the ghost king's palace with its head and tail hidden will also reappear in the imperial capital city." ”

Xu Beiyou couldn't help but be shocked: "Could it be that there will be another change in the Taimiao?"

Zhang Xueyao shook her head and said: "That's not it, it's just that someone is behind the scenes, pointing directly at the ambitious emperor Xiao Xuan, in the final analysis, Xiao Xuan's steps are too big, not only to deprive Lan Yu of the power internally, but also to suppress the Daomen externally, which has become a situation of making enemies on all sides." However, these people are not united in the imperial capital, they are divided into several factions, and there are even many grudges against each other, plus Qin Mumian, the royalist faction escorted by King Qin, the emperor can't be chaotic. ”

Xu Beiyou said with emotion: "Understood." ”

Zhang Xueyao said with a smile: "In this way, you are also a royalist, you can't say that you will die in a lifetime, but it will never be smooth sailing, because I will not go to the imperial capital, so I will give you two more utensils, which can be regarded as self-defense." ”

Zhang Xueyao's voice fell, and a sword box flew out of the glazed pavilion and landed in front of Xu Beiyou.

Xu Beiyou looked at this "old friend" who had been reunited after a long absence.

Zhang Xueyao said softly: "Bai Hong and Zhu Xian are both inside, it used to be your master who carried the sword box, and it will be replaced by you in the future." ”

Xu Beiyou stretched out his hand and pressed it on the sword box and nodded slightly.

Zhang Xueyao sighed and said: "Don't learn from your master and never go back, it's good to go back, and my wife is waiting to hold her grandson." ”