After a romantic affair, Yun Qianxun said he would leave the next day.
Because she was afraid that Yao Huilan would secretly report the news to Su Yue, she came directly.
As a result, I couldn't bear to leave and stayed there tomorrow after tomorrow for seven days.
During the day, he rekindled his old acquaintance with Yuan Ziyi, Yao Huilan and other female cultivators from the government. At night, he completely dominated Zhong Yan and indulged in "tutorial classes".
After the Lantern Festival, other people also left one after another and went to work in various places.
Zhong Yan made some adjustments and asked Xu Caixuan, who was about to build the foundation, to replace He Jinyan, bring the foundation building pill for Qi Xianzong, and lead two hundred warriors to Liusha Island.
He Jinyan is the first woman in the family to give birth to a child with Tianling roots, and Zhong Yan is planning to leave her at home to give birth to the child.
Wu Shuang, his nephew, volunteered to replace Qin Youbai and also went to sea.
Zhongfu became relatively deserted again, and life returned to calm and orderly.
Although Zhou Yun is in the Golden Core realm and has learned formations, she is still at the first level, the same as He Jinyan.
Yuan Ziyi is a second-level low-grade.
On the contrary, it was Zhong Yan who came from behind and was promoted to the second-level mid-level with the help of the system.
However, as the number of people increased, the speed of constructing the formation became much faster.
Compared with other families, although the Zhong family's combat power tends to be at the upper level, the time is still too short, and the foundation can be said to be vulnerable.
A few random additions to the later stage of foundation building can defeat the defense. At that time, one can only fight the enemy head-on with real swords and guns, which will undoubtedly cause heavy casualties.
Moreover, Zhong Yan has to guard not only the Zhong Mansion on Cangbao Street, but also the entire Qingyang City and the planned towns.
The defensive array is undoubtedly the top priority.
"It's time..."
Zhong Yan often laments that it is a pity that the outside world does not rely on personal will, so he can only make as many preparations as possible.
On February 20th, as usual, he went to the city lord's palace to replenish Xia Xinzhu's water, discuss vigorously developing agriculture, hoarding grain and grass, recruiting troops, strengthening the military, and accumulating strength.
Time flies like quicksand on your fingertips.
Business in all parts of the Zhong family is on track.
Zhong Yan spent a lot of money, promised huge profits, coordinated with the Ding family and the Peng family to increase the number of stores in Qingyangfang City to twenty-three, and controlled half of the city.
The second largest number of shops is the Five Elements Sect, with only seven.
As for the leading Huo Yunzong, there are only three, but the number does not mean profit. Apart from management fees, Huo Yunzong still occupies nearly half of the market share.
As long as the market price and the proportion of goods are not seriously damaged, the guard Lin Zhengping turns a blind eye, showing obvious favoritism.
In this regard, forces such as the Five Elements Sect, the He family, and the Zhuo family have great opinions.
At the Yifang City Council, the Zhuo family made disrespectful remarks and was struck by the coercion unleashed by Lin Zhengping. He smashed his chair and collapsed on the ground, trembling.
From then on, many forces only dared to be secretly dissatisfied, holding back and speculating about Lin Zhengping's strength in shock.
Until mid-October.
This day.
Zhong Yan gave Yan Sandao a small start.
Taking advantage of her husband's good mood and Jiang Huan's incident having passed for some time, Yan Sandao tried to speak.
"Husband, I went to the dungeon yesterday. Li Jingqiu was in a very bad condition. He has always wanted to see you. You see..."
In fact, she didn't think about it in her heart. She felt that Li Jingqiu deserved it for doing such a thing.
But I couldn't bear it, and people kept coming up to plead for mercy in private. Liu Ziying, Yang Liu'er, Li Shangwu... and even the eldest sister Jiang Ping said it once.
Because she is always with her husband, she can find the right opportunity to mention it.
Zhong Yan was silent for a while and said: "Another day."
The next day.
The seventh courtyard.
The Zhongfu dungeon is built on five floors, with a total of 100 cells divided into levels.
Now more than ten people have been imprisoned.
Liang Xian, a bandit from Xiaobaifeng Mountain, was at the seventh level of Qi refining. He was often taken out to practice sparring. His injuries were cured, and then he was injured again after being healed. He was tortured to the point of being hopeless.
Lu Ge, Lu Ruiqi, and Zhong Yan of the Lu family in Jingcheng did not want to waste materials and decided to wait until the elixir was formed before refining a more advanced puppet.
In addition, there are brothers and sisters Xu Haoran and Xu Qinghan from the Xu family, etc.
The cell on the left side of the third floor.
Compared to other places, this place is much cleaner and tidier, with wooden beds, quilts, tables and chairs...
At this moment, Li Jingqiu was huddled in the corner of the bed with his hands on his knees, his eyes blank.
She was much thinner, with a few strands of hair that had not been arranged hanging down. She looked quite haggard, but she still couldn't hide her charming appearance.
Sudden.
Her eyelashes trembled, she slowly raised her head, and then her face showed joy. She turned around quickly, quickly combed her hair with her hands, wiped her cheeks with her sleeves, and then rushed to the cell door and knelt down.
"This concubine has met the master..."
Pat pat pat, tears fell to the ground.
Zhong Yan was silent and felt compassion. After all, he was the woman he had slept with before, not to mention that her feelings for him were impeccable.
only.
Let him go, it would be unfair to Jiang Huan.
If you do it, you should face the consequences.
"If you want to see me, what should you say?"
Li Jingqiu raised his head, tears welling up in his eyes, and choked with sobs as he said, "I, I just want to see you..."
They looked at each other for a long time.
Zhong Yan said: "You know, Huan'er has left Yan country. When she comes back, if she forgives you, she will let you out."
Li Jingqiu pursed her lips, tears falling to the corners of her mouth, "Just because I'm not a monk, am I not as good as one ten thousandth of her?"
Zhong Yan took a deep look at her, turned around and walked forward.
"Husband!"
Li Jingqiu stood up and rushed over, holding tightly to the pillars of the prison door with both hands.
"Husband, Qiu'er has never blamed you. Being able to marry you is the greatest blessing of Qiu'er's life. If there is an afterlife, I hope I will have spiritual roots to accompany you in practice and be by your side forever..."
Zhong Yan paused for a moment, turned around and said, "Stay well, I'll come see you when I have time."
Li Jingqiu bit her lip hard, tears falling from her eyes, her cheek pressed against the guardrail, her eyes staring at the back until she reached the end of the corridor, then disappeared.
"Husband, Qiu'er loves you..."
Three days later.
Zhong Yan was carving formation patterns in the courtyard when Yu Qingyao flew down and shouted: "Husband! Jingqiu, she committed suicide!"
Yan Sandao suddenly looked at him with a look of shock. She had been to the dungeon many times and knew that Li Jingqiu wanted to come out and reunite with her husband. How could she suddenly commit suicide?
Zhong Yan stopped his movements and felt complicated. Li Jingqiu would rather die than ask for Jiang Huan's forgiveness. This shows that the resentment in his heart will not go away until death.
"Suicide?"
"The dungeon is well guarded and there is nothing abnormal. I checked it myself. Jingqiu died after cutting off his heart."
Yu Qingyao said, stepping forward and handing out a folded paper, "She left it."
Zhong Yan started to look at it, closed his eyes and opened them again, and said with a little silence: "Have a good burial."
"yes."
Yu Qingyao and Yan Sandao walked away together.
Without much fuss, Li Jingqiu was buried in the Zhong Family Cemetery thirty miles outside the city two days later.
In the evening, Zhong Yan stood alone in front of the tombstone, recalling the scenes he had spent together in his mind.
He remembers it clearly.
That day, the innocent girl's face was slightly red, her head was raised, her eyes full of hope, and she spoke cautiously: "Husband, I... I want to go swimming in the lake, can you accompany Qiu'er?"
a long time.
Zhong Yan sighed softly and walked down the mountain under the afterglow of the setting sun.
With limited manpower and all kinds of helplessness, it is inevitable that tombstones will be erected in this empty cemetery in the future.
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Wei State.
Ruyang City.
Qin Ben dealt with military affairs and stayed up all night. He was exhausted both physically and mentally. He took a sip of tea and frowned in thought.
A sergeant came in and reported: "To report to Commander Qin, two monks have come to surrender and are willing to be the mage accompanying the army. One of them built the fourth floor of the foundation."
"Oh? Where did it come from?"
"Say he's a casual cultivator."
"Have a look."
Qin Ben's army is strong and holds seven cities in Wei and half of Jizhou. The future is bright.
Many monks have taken the initiative to defect before, including many in the foundation-building stage. Currently, there are more than 300 military mages under his command to help out.
However, the fourth floor in the middle stage of foundation building is still the first.
Therefore, Qin Ben paid more attention to it.
Go to the side hall.
The two men stood up and looked at each other, clasping their fists in greeting.
"Pang Dahai has met Qin Shuai!"
"Ling Zhongtian has met Qin Shuai!"
Qin Ben greeted him warmly: "Two immortal masters are here. If you are not welcome from afar, please take a seat!"
On the side, Uncle Li sent a message to introduce the situation.
On the left is Pang Panghai, a burly man in black who is at the eighth level of Qi refining.
Ling Zhongtian on the right is a young man in white robes with a tall figure. Half of his cheeks were disfigured, like burns, and he looked a little oozing.
"It is truly an honor to welcome two immortal masters to join us!"
After chatting for a while, the two were led away by the sergeant and incorporated into the mage team.
Qin Ben used his true energy to transmit his voice into the secret: "Ling Zhongtian, keep an eye on it and investigate as much as possible."
"Yes, Second Young Master."
Uncle Li, who was once the old sweeper at the south gate of Qingyang City and a secretive monk, has broken through from the second floor of the foundation to the fifth floor in recent years.
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