Chapter 35: The Ancient Way
Recently, the entire county can be said to be in turmoil. More than two months ago, the three major families in the Panruo Temple were torn apart, although later Venerable Hongxuan mercifully intervened, and the three patriarchs also shook hands and made peace on the surface, Li Fu still took the opportunity to break off the marriage contract with the Xiang family.
Things have developed to this point, and Li Gongtan naturally knows how to make trade-offs. The relationship between the two families was preparing to conclude an alliance before, and it was not a big deal to put it on the high-level side of the temple in the original place, and there was really nothing to care about for the sake of the greatest interests. But Li Hongfu killed Xiang Yufei, and Li Zongchang knew that this marriage contract could not continue no matter what.
Xiang Yufei is Xiang Ling Xuan's eldest son, although his qualifications are not as good as his younger brother, but because of his long-deceased mother's relationship, he has always been deeply favored by Xiang Ling Xuan.
And since Li Hongfu dared to kill Xiang Yufei, she also showed an extremely resolute attitude towards Li Gongtan, she would definitely prevent Qingwei from marrying someone she didn't like, even at all costs.
Li Gongtan naturally knew that if he insisted on not dissolving the marriage contract, if the matter was revealed in the future, Qingwei would be the first to be hurt, so he would resolutely terminate the marriage contract. Knowing that you can't do it is not a wise man's means.
After knowing about that incident, Li Gongtan immediately used the relevant personnel of the family to destroy all the evidence that was destroyed as much as possible, but somewhere went wrong, there were still some rumors in the city in recent days.
At present, the Xiang family is relatively calm on the surface, but Li Gongtan knows very well that Xiang Lingxuan has always been a no-shot, and it is unknown whether there is a torrent undercurrent under the calm sea.
In any case, the wind and waves have come over, and Li Gongtan will naturally not be afraid of the counterattack from the family, but the inevitable vigilance is necessary.
In the past two days, he has been worried about another thing, that is, the wedding of Li Lanjin and Wu Xu. The old lady has already set the date, and just fifteen days later, it is an auspicious day of the zodiac, and there is nothing wrong with getting married and marrying. It's just that there is always an inexplicable taste blocked in his heart, which is very uncomfortable.
The daughter born to himself has never enjoyed a day of family happiness, so she gave it to others for nothing, and it will not be good to be a father. It's just that Li Gongtan understands that he and Lan Jin both have knots, not to mention that there is a red fu in the middle, and the matter is quite special. But even so, he also thought that there would be a time when father and daughter would really recognize each other in the future. But in any case, now that the daughter is about to get married, although the son-in-law is not outstanding, he is barely able to get into the eye, and the two will support each other for a lifetime in the future, and they are not dissatisfied.
But he still called Wu Xuan to explain seriously, but he knew that this kid had been in the library every day recently, and it was always good to be self-motivated, after all, it was hopeless to cultivate immortals, and if he could seek a half-official position in the future, it would be a way out.
It's just that after he saw Wu Xu, a very strange feeling suddenly appeared in his heart. It's as if standing in front of you is not one of your juniors, but a senior who needs to look up at yourself. It was a very strange feeling, he could see that Wu Xuan had no mana, although the strength was a little strange, but after all, it was not enough to worry about, but the temperament on this kid made him feel something unfathomable, as if, as if there were clouds and mist hanging over him, making him unable to see it really.
Somehow, Li Gongtan suddenly had an idea in his heart, maybe the clouds and mist were floating in front of his eyes, covering his vision. This idea was fleeting, but Li Gongtan felt a little funny. After explaining the matter, Li Gongtan looked at Wu Xu who walked out, the back was confident and profound, and it gradually blurred, and he couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
Wu Xu walked slowly on the path, recalling the words that Li Zongchang had said in his mind, his steps were a little heavy, as if he had another responsibility on his shoulders.
Fifteen days later, he will marry Lan Jin. It was like a dream, he thought.
When the time comes, it is actually good for the family to move out of the Li Mansion and live the life they want to live, or find a paradise to live in seclusion. Anyway, I kind of hate this false world.
But the premise is that he must have the strength to protect his family, and things like his sister this time can't happen again.
"I'm trying to find the Ancient Path that suits me, but the ones in the storage bag are waste paper, poison, and I can't practice them anyway. If you can go into the place where the secret techniques of the Dao are stored in the mansion and look through them a few times, you may find something. But it's unlikely, after all, that place is different from the library, and even the children of the house are rarely qualified to enter, let alone me. Maybe you can go and beg the old lady, but after all, it is difficult for a strong man, and at this time, it is under the fence, how can you do it?" Wu Xu thought as he walked, constantly planning in his heart, "I had to go out to find an opportunity, but the secret art of Taoism is rare, let alone in ancient times, and hundreds of thousands of years ago it was burned again, obviously all of these books were burned, even if they were spared, they were all rare, it was like looking for a needle in a haystack." ”
Suddenly, Wu suddenly remembered that piece of silk paper, which was also densely recorded with a lot of Taoism, and he had cultivated the little Zhou Tianyin on it at the beginning, and it was considerable. And the silk paper was found together with the wishful jewel, according to the Hongxuan Venerable said that the wishful jewel is the natal magic weapon of Maitreya Bodhisattva, although Wu Xu felt very nonsense, it seems that the old monk deliberately said to scare himself in order to deceive himself The bead is not small, but it is certainly true, otherwise the Hongxuan Venerable will not take it. So this piece of silk paper............
Wu Xuan became excited and ran wildly, he couldn't wait to go back and study it carefully.
Who knew that just a few steps after running, he bumped into a group of people head-on at the corner, and only heard a few 'oops' sounds, Wu Xu had already pounced on them and crushed one person to the ground.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry......" Wu Xuan hurriedly got up and kept saying in his mouth.
"Oh my waist...... You dog minion, you don't walk long, let me see who you are...... I'm going to get you out today!" the man was furious, and cursed as he got up.
"I'm sorry, are you okay?" Wu Xu was very embarrassed, he was indeed the one who knocked down someone just now, and there was nothing to say.
"Sorry, sorry for the useful words...... Eh, Wu Xu, is it, everyone, let's take a look, is this kid Wu Xu?" the man was still a little unsure, and asked by holding his waist and pulling everyone around.
The other people had already seen it clearly, there were a few of them who wanted to block Wu Xu, but they only gave up later because of the strong intervention of the eldest lady, at this time, everyone had their own ideas in their hearts, some wanted to take the opportunity to make trouble, and some were calm because they were afraid of the eldest lady, but they all said nonsense: "Yes! It's this kid, I can't spare him, Brother Xiao Ning, you were embarrassed enough just now, you are still at the peak of the foundation building realm!"
This Li Ning immediately became annoyed and angry, and shouted: "Shut up for me! Why didn't you say anything last time your brother was beaten by this kid? And you! You!" Li Ning pointed at it randomly, but he didn't wronged anyone, and the younger brothers of several people in the field were beaten by Wu Xufat, which was already the news two months ago.
Several people's faces were a little unbearable when they heard this, and one of them called Li Xudi hurriedly came out to play a round and said: "What a big deal, what is it worth, why bother with the family? And I heard that Wu Gongzi is about to marry Lan Jin's sister, then everyone is their own family......" said and hugged Wu Xu's shoulder, as if he was very familiar, and continued: "Where is Wu Gongzi going?" After saying that, he secretly winked at Li Ning a few times, and Li Ning immediately understood what Li Xu's intentions were, but he was still angry and didn't want to say more, but the other people understood and hurriedly followed: "Brother Xu is reasonable, and go play!"
Wu Xuan saw their expressions, and heard clearly in his heart, where was there anything he didn't understand, these people wanted to take him to the academy, and then let themselves suffer in the name of learning, he had no choice but to push back again and again. Who knew that these people were desperate to get him to the academy, and they all took Wu Xu's words as wind in their ears.
Wu Xuan was secretly annoyed in his heart, but after all, there were many of them, and he couldn't break free. And they are all sons of the house, and if they don't use the branches, they must not use them, otherwise even the old lady will have some ideas about themselves. Once the branches are used, it is not an ordinary brawl, not to mention that these people are giggling, at least it seems that there is no malicious intent. Wu Xuan had no choice but to endure it, and then he followed them, thinking that he would deal with it carefully.
Who knew that as soon as he arrived at the academy, several people around him suddenly looked like frosted eggplants and defeated roosters, one by one secretly complaining, Wu Xu looked around, only to find that Li Hongfu was also here. At this time, she looked at her calmly, just glanced at herself, and then looked at Li Ning and Li Xu, and there seemed to be a little inquiry in her eyes.