The news of the marriage between the Zhong Mansion and the Changning Shen family quickly swept through the entire Qingyang City.
There were many people present at the time.
But Zhong Yan had an intuition that it was Shen Lanxin's handiwork that this matter spread so quickly. The other eleven guards and three maids who came with him did not show up.
It can be seen that Shen Lanxin is extremely concerned about this marriage and wants to do her best to promote it.
As for the reason.
The information obtained was easy to analyze, and Shen Lanxin wanted to use him to regain face and some voice in the family.
But Zhong Yan doesn’t care about mutual benefit.
The monks in the city were talking a lot, some were envious, some were regretful, and some were 'frowning'.
When Yang Yanqing of the Yang Mansion learned about this, he looked stunned and then suddenly realized.
Before, I was wondering why the Zhong Mansion had seven more guest ministers overnight, and recruited them with huge profits. It turned out that they had secretly established a relationship with the Jiji family.
"This guy is really lucky. He relied on Changning's big family without saying a word."
After thinking about it carefully, Yang Yanqing speculated that Zhong Yan should have contacted Changning during the 'Wangcheng City Auction' when many monks in the city left.
"It's a pity...that's fine."
Yang Yanqing muttered.
It's a pity that he has cooperated with Zhong Yan to establish a market in Qingyang City and has already started preparations.
But cooperation is also competition.
According to Zhong Yan's current actions, it is obvious that he wants to establish a clan.
In Qingyang, there will definitely be competition between Zhong Mansion and Yang Mansion in the future.
In Yang Yanqing's mind, Zhong Yan was a relatively difficult competitor. If he left, the Yang family would be the only one in power.
And the city lord's mansion.
Qin Ben was the one who frowned. Not long ago, Zhong Yan took the initiative to hint at a cooperative relationship, but in the blink of an eye, he had to stay away.
Zhang Shundao: "Zhong Yan probably didn't expect this. There was news from Fangshi before, and the Shen family came all the way here. I didn't expect it was for the Zhong Mansion."
Qin Ben looked confused, "How could a foundation-building family like the Shen family choose Zhong Yan?"
Zhang Shun glanced at him and said with a smile: "The city lord is also optimistic about him. Among them, Lin Zhengping from Huoyun Pavilion should have contributed a lot."
Qin Ben pondered for a moment, shook his head and said, "Forget it, let's see what explanation he gives."
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At night, the moonlight is like water.
Cangbao Street, Zhongfu.
The Erchongyuan Taoyuan was transformed into a large venue dedicated to banquets and parties.
At this moment, the lights in the peach garden were brightly lit, and the banquet had lasted for nearly an hour.
In the open-air venue, tables were arranged in an orderly manner, filled with spiritual wine and food, and many monks were walking around, talking and chatting.
One hundred of them signed up to participate in the recruitment of Keqing. Not only the Keqing Mansion in Qingyang City, but also many casual cultivators from surrounding market towns.
Yu Qingyao, who was wearing a sky-blue palace dress, stood alone under the peach tree with a wine glass in her hands. She looked at the monks laughing and laughing in the spacious venue, pushing glasses and changing glasses. She was a little dazed for a moment and sighed in her heart.
She felt like she was attending a 'Lantern Party', and she never thought that one day she would be the host of such a party.
It just hurts.
Spiritual stones are lost at a speed visible to the naked eye—spiritual wine, spiritual fruit, and monster meat are all money!
She didn't think much about it when Yang Mansion held it in the past, but now that she thought about it, she felt very distressed, thinking that she would have to ask Xia He how much it would cost to come down this night.
Gu Baiyu walked up to her and asked softly: "Sister Qingyao, when will you go to Changning?"
"Oh, Fellow Daoist Gu."
Yu Qingyao came back to her senses, turned around and smiled, "It's not decided yet."
She glanced at Gu Baiyu and walked to the stone table not far away to sit down.
"My husband said that if you are willing, you can go to Changning with us."
Zhong Yan is quite satisfied with Gu Baiyu and intends to reuse him after more observation. Except for the reason of "Da Ri Bao Zhao Sutra", during her time in Zhong Mansion, she never went into the mansion privately beyond the Sanchong Courtyard. She followed the rules and was very low-key.
Yu Qingyao originally had a good sense of her, but after hearing Zhong Yan say that she was scheming, she subconsciously didn't want to get close to her.
"Thank you, Sister Qingyao. Next time, I will thank Master Zhong in person."
Gu Baiyu looked calm, and he could naturally feel Yu Qingyao's alienation. Some time ago, the other party changed his name to her as 'Sister Bai Yu', but now he changed it back.
But she didn't care, the days ahead were long.
She felt that as long as she did not have harmful intentions and tried her best to do her duty, even if she resorted to small tricks, she would be able to win the trust and respect of Zhong and Yu in the future.
"Sister, why don't you come over?"
Gu Baiyu glanced at Zhong Yan and others who were gathered together in the pavilion in the distance. Shen Lanxin was sitting next to Zhong Yan, her behavior was a bit intimate, and she seemed to be familiar with Bai Siyuan and others, talking and laughing.
Yu Qingyao shook her head and took a sip of the spirit wine.
Gu Baiyu said: "Sister, you don't need to pay too much attention. You and Master Zhong have performed the ritual of Taoist couple. No one can replace your position in Master Zhong's heart."
Yu Qingyao smiled and said, "I know."
Originally, Shen Lanxin showed kindness and generosity without any hint of the arrogance of a child of a big family. She should be happy, but when she thought of Shen Lanxin's scandals, she felt uncomfortable. She felt uncomfortable all over when she got closer.
"Sister, have you heard? Daoyou He from Qingxi Lane also passed away. He died at home yesterday."
This is the third time this month that monks in the city have been attacked and killed inexplicably. The Keqing Mansion is already investigating, but there are currently no clues.
"My husband has no idea either."
Yu Qingyao nodded, frowning slightly, and couldn't help but think of the 'Palace of Eternal Life' that she heard on the roadside when she went to Yangquanfang City that day.
But it is not important to Zhongfu. Soon, Zhongfu will be far away from Qingyang.
The two chatted for a quarter of an hour. When they saw Shen Lanxin leaving, they walked towards the pavilion.
Zhong Yan and others are also talking about the "monk being killed".
Bai Siyuan: "There are more and more monks in the city. They are a mixed bag. Half of them have not registered with the Keqing Mansion. It is normal to hide one or two evil cultivators."
Wu Yang: "What is the purpose? If you just rob the storage bag, it would be too bold to commit murder in the city, right?"
The three monks who died were all women in the early stage of Qi refining. They were killed by one blow. Except for the loss of the storage bag, there were no special abnormalities on the bodies. They had not been violated or had their vitality sucked.
Pang Baodu smiled and said: "It is not impossible to pick up weak persimmons and simply seize wealth."
"..."
After a stick with many fragrances.
Shen Lanxin's maid came over and said, "Master Zhong, my lady has invited me. I have something to discuss with you."
Bai Siyuan and others looked at each other, cast an ambiguous look at Zhong Yan, and said with a smile: "Go ahead, let's do it ourselves!"
Yu Qingyao nodded, "I'm here."
"Let's talk about the Colosseum another day."
Zhong Yan said something to Bai Siyuan, stood up and left with the maid.
"May I have your name?"
"Slave Shen Hongtao, please call me Xiaotao."
Zhong Yan turned to look at her, "Growing up at home?"
"Back to my uncle, yes, I entered the Shen family at the age of six and followed the young lady at the age of nine. It has been thirteen years now..."
Zhong Yan nodded secretly. He was twenty-two years old and had the fifth level of Qi refining, so he had good qualifications.
"It is rumored that Miss Lanxin has many male friends?"
The maid's expression changed, and she immediately said with a smile: "My uncle also said it was a rumor. Those rumors were all hearsay. My young lady has a rough relationship. The men she is pursuing are all interested in her identity and have no real feelings. She has had several experiences. Then he was spread rumors and lies by those who were interested..."
Zhong Yan smiled and stopped talking.
The two of them went all the way to a small courtyard in the Sixth Floor Courtyard.
Entering the living room, Xiao Tao said with a smile: "My uncle will wait a moment and is on his way. The young lady is a little tired and should be taking a bath."
After making tea, she bowed and bowed, then walked towards a room inside.
After a while, a cry came out: "Ah~ Miss! Uncle, something happened to the Miss!"
Zhong Yan was suspicious and quickly stepped inside, his eyelids suddenly twitching.
I saw two maids lying on the ground, while Shen Lanxin was lying on her side naked on the floor, with a bloody hole between her eyebrows.
died!
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