On the day Guo Lanying officially made her decision, Yanxia Villa began to send invitations to the public.

When night fell the next day, there was already a large feast in the wine shop of Yanxia Villa, and the guests were like clouds.

As long as there are famous and surnamed people in Tongning City, almost all of them have gathered here.

Compared with the city lord's mansion banquet a few days ago, this banquet of Yanxia Villa is larger in scale, the dishes are of higher grade, there are more guests here, and the status is also different.

For example, Wanrong Commercial Bank only sent the second shopkeeper to the banquet before, but now the big shopkeeper is present in person.

For another example, although the two presidents of the Demon Slayer Club and the Demon Hunting Club just quarreled a few days ago, it is estimated that they don't want to see each other at all, but after receiving the invitation from Yanxia Villa, they knew that the other party would be there, but in the end, they still came as scheduled and did not excuse their absence.

The rest of the small and medium-sized forces are even more so, and the representatives who come are all the leaders who can really be the masters of the house.

Even those forces that have already submitted to the City Lord's Mansion in the open and secretly are no different.

All in all, all the forces in Tongning City did not dare to slack off in the slightest in the face of Yanxia Villa's invitation, and they all treated it with the most respectful and prudent attitude.

In the past, Yanxia Villa had something to do to hold a banquet, and those forces had almost the same attitude, but in this situation, they would only be more solemn.

However, the most important thing is that Yanxia Villa did not invite anyone from the City Lord's Mansion.

Obviously, this is what Guo Lanying said about color, in the simplest and rude way, tooth for tooth and eye for eye.

Moreover, Guo Lanying's approach is not to deal with the City Lord's Mansion directly, so she will not leave any handle that Jin Daiping can use to play on the topic.

Judging from all aspects of the two banquets before and after, it is undoubtedly that Yanxia Mountain Villa is superior, whether it is momentum or limelight, it completely overshadows the previous banquet of the City Lord's Mansion.

This also made the people of the entire Tongning City more deeply aware that the power and influence of Yanxia Villa were far above the City Lord's Mansion after all.

At the same time, people can also see that this is some kind of response from Yanxia Villa to the City Lord's Mansion.

It can be understood that this is Yanxia Villa showing its strength, or it can be that Yanxia Villa is not afraid of a battle, and it can even be regarded as a provocation to the City Lord's Mansion......

Anyway, Guo Lanying didn't say anything clearly, everything was left to others to think.

......

Lu Ping'an and Chun Yu Feiqiong didn't go to the banquet, but just stayed in a small private room in the wine shop, drinking some wine, eating some side dishes, chatting casually, leisurely.

In the middle of the night, when the banquet was over, Guo Lanying pushed the door and came to the private room where Lu Ping'an and the two were located.

Lu Ping'an picked up the small wine jug and said, "Sister Ying, your wine is indeed very good, why don't you have some too?"

Guo Lanying sat down next to her and said with a smile: "Okay, then pour me some." ”

Chun Yu Feiqiong brought a cup, first poured it for Lu Ping'an, and then handed a full glass of wine to Guo Lanying, and said, "Sister Ying, I see that you seem to be in a very good mood." ”

Guo Lanying drank all the wine in the cup and said, "It's okay, the main thing is that the banquet went smoothly tonight, there were no accidents, and the guests were also very face-saving." ”

Lu Ping'an said: "That is to say, Sister Ying, your move of 'treating others in the way of others' is considered a great success?"

Guo Lanying said: "It should be, anyway, it didn't fail, and it didn't disgrace Yanxia Villa." ”

Chun Yu Feiqiong said: "What I want to know most now is whether Jin Daiping was so angry after knowing these things. ”

Lu Ping'an said with a smile: "It's very likely, he did so many things a few days ago, but as a result, Sister Ying held a banquet and beat him back to his original shape, making all the efforts he made seem meaningless, and it was completely in vain, so it's no wonder if he doesn't get angry." ”

Guo Lanying said: "This is also thanks to the willingness of people from other forces to come to cheer, but this is not my own credit, but more because of the credibility and prestige that Master has established since he founded Yanxia Villa. ”

Lu Ping'an said: "The reason why Jin Daiping is so anxious, I guess part of the reason is that he knows that Sister Xia is in retreat and cultivation, so he wants to take advantage of this opportunity to deal with Yanxia Villa." ”

Chun Yu Feiqiong said: "It's a pity that he still underestimated the ability of Sister Ying, the young owner. ”

Guo Lanying said: "Although we won this time, this is only an indirect competition after all, and it is not yet time to make a real move, no one knows what he will do next, so we can't be too happy." ”

Lu Ping'an said: "It seems that Sister Ying, you are not carried away by the momentary victory, you are still very calm." ”

Guo Lanying took a deep breath and said, "This matter is about the life and death of Yanxia Villa, if you don't calm down, you can't do it." ”

Chun Yu Feiqiong said: "But even if it's just a temporary victory, it's worth celebrating, Sister Ying, you are probably tired these days, and the psychological pressure is also very great, let's drink some wine with you tonight, you can relax." ”

Lu Ping'an nodded and said, "Yes, don't think about those things yet, let's just wait for him to make a move." ”

Guo Lanying smiled: "Okay, then drink, in fact, I didn't drink much outside just now, so I have to have a good time with the two of you." ”

After that, the three of them began to drink with laughter.

And when it comes to drinking, without using spiritual power to dispel the power of alcohol, Lu Ping'an and Chun Yu Feiqiong are not as good as Guo Lanying combined.

Not only did she drink a lot, but she was also heroic when she drank, even those drunkards who stayed in the liquor shop every day were three points inferior to her.

Of course, Guo Lanying didn't drink with Lu Ping'an, but just said that they were free to drink as much as they wanted.

At the end of the night, the three of them drank very happily, and Guo Lanying was indeed much more relaxed in her heart.

Early the next morning, Guo Lanying received some news.

It is said that in the city lord's mansion last night, there were some sounds of throwing things and scolding.

According to speculation, it should have been caused by the city lord Jin Daiping being angry for some reason.

As for the specific reason, it is not difficult for Guo Lanying, Lu Ping'an and others to guess, it is obvious that it is about the banquet of Yanxia Villa.

After Guo Lanying learned about this, she was happy for a while, and the joy of victory became more abundant.

However, at noon that day, Jin Daiping made another move.

However, he just did one very simple thing, that is, he sent someone to send an invitation to Guo Lanying, inviting her to the City Lord's Mansion tonight.

"Sister Ying, are you going?"

Lu Ping'an looked at the invitation with a few words written on it, and the content was very conventional, and asked.

Guo Lanying said: "I'm still thinking about it, and I want to discuss it with the two of you." ”

Chun Yu Feiqiong said: "If you really want to go, we can accompany you, so that you don't have to worry about safety." ”

Guo Lanying said: "Well, but I think that he shouldn't dare to do anything to me for the time being, maybe he just wants to talk to me, after all, didn't the emperor say that he would salute first and then soldier?"

Lu Ping'an nodded and said: "I also think so, but what posture he will use to talk about it, and what he wants to talk about, I don't know." ”

Chun Yu Feiqiong said: "Moreover, he asked Sister Ying to go to the City Lord's Mansion, in fact, it is also to show a certain status, right?"

Hearing this, Lu Ping'an realized this and said: "It's true, you go to the City Lord's Mansion to see him, and he comes to Yanxia Villa to see you, the meaning of this is different, to put it mildly, others may think that Yanxia Villa has softened to the City Lord's Mansion." ”

Guo Lanying said indifferently: "I know, but I don't care, in name, he is also the lord of a city, and it doesn't hurt for me to let him get a share, and you don't forget, I am just the young owner of the village, my master did not come forward, even if I go to see him, it can't be regarded as Yanxia Villa's softness, and it doesn't mean that Yanxia Villa is a level lower than the city lord's mansion." ”

Lu Ping'an thought for a moment and said, "It's not unreasonable to say this, so since that's the case, what are you still thinking about, Sister Ying?"

Guo Lanying didn't answer and asked, "Do you think I should go?"

Lu Ping'an said: "You can go, but we must go with you, so as to ensure your safety." ”

Guo Lanying thought silently for a while, then looked at him and said in a deep voice: "Okay, then let's go, now it's time to meet Jin Daiping." ”

......

It's night.

At the beginning of the lanterns, Guo Lanying was invited to the city lord's mansion.

She went in the carriage of Yanxia Villa, above board, and openly.

Anyway, the matter of her going to see Jin Daiping will soon spread all over the city, so there is no need to deliberately keep a low profile.

In addition to the coachman, Guo Lanying only brought two people.

And that is naturally Lu Ping'an and Chun Yu Feiqiong who are disguised as guards.

Although they still don't know Jin Daiping's specific strength, and they don't know whether there are strong people among the entourages and guards he brought, Lu Ping'an and the others are still confident that they can protect Guo Lanying's safety.

Soon, the carriage arrived at the city lord's mansion.

Lu Ping'an and the two were like real guards, escorting Guo Lanying out of the car.

At the same time, Jin Daiping, who had been waiting in front of the mansion for a long time, took the initiative to greet him.

Jin Daiping was a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties, but according to the information Guo Lanying had obtained before, he had been cultivating at Jixia Academy for more than forty years, which meant that his actual age should be fifty or sixty years old.

He has a Chinese face, an ordinary appearance, a mustache on his chin, and the whole person looks majestic and strong, but at this time, he put on a smiling face to greet Guo Lanying, but it gives people the feeling of a smiling tiger.

Before he got out of the carriage, Lu Ping'an had already used the devouring system to detect his bloodline, and it turned out that it was a high-grade Xuan-rank.

Among cultivators in the world, this is not bad, but under normal circumstances, it is also difficult to cultivate to the level of a top powerhouse.

Therefore, Lu Ping'an judged from this that his cultivation realm should not be very high.