"Oh, by the way, sister, do you know that Beiliang City is closed?"
After swallowing a piece of sweet and sour crucian carp, Zhou Li suddenly remembered the conversation at the city gate just now, and asked Taoyao curiously: "When we came back today, there were a few strangers who sealed the city gate. When we asked, That’s what it means above.”
"Oh, the city is closed."
After cutting the egg yolk in the bowl in half with a spoon, Taoyao seemed to have thought of something. After a moment of pause, she said, "Do you know [Blue bricks and glazed tiles, white jade in the world]?"
"Bai Yujing?"
Throwing the fish bone into the wastebasket, Tang Guan on the side asked curiously: "Isn't that the fairyland of the Taoist Immortal Sect? I heard it is near Mount Tai. Does it have anything to do with the closure of Beiliang City?"
"You are talking about Bai Yujing in the sky."
Zhou Li shook his chopsticks and said: "The White Jade Capital in the sky is the orthodox fairyland of Taoism, and it is at the top of the list of ten thousand sects in the Ming Dynasty. And what I am talking about is the White Jade Capital in the human world."
"The so-called White Jade Capital on earth has blue bricks paving the road and glazed tiles, but there are no immortals to guide the way, which leads to frequent strange phenomena. Entering this White Jade Capital on earth, people will not be able to distinguish reality and do not know that they have the power to reach heaven. Immortals, or mortals struggling to their death, finally fall into madness and become monsters that only know how to devour flesh and blood.”
After talking about the knowledge he learned in Taixue Academy, Zhou Li quickly thought of something, and a solemn look suddenly appeared on his face. He put down his bowls and chopsticks and asked solemnly:
"Sister, is the city closed because the human Bai Yujing appears in Beiliang?"
"Ah, no."
Tao Yao was startled for a moment, then a smile appeared on her pretty face:
"Beiliang was closed because a red-haired foreigner named Dave accidentally planted a strange plant all over Taixue. The old scholar was worried that this would lead to species invasion, so he asked the magistrate to blockade Beiliang. Prevent these exotic plants from spreading into other areas.”
Hearing this, both Zhou Li and Tang Wan fell silent.
"So, sister, why do you ask us if we know Bai Yujing?"
Zhou Li asked quietly while holding the bowl.
"Isn't this a test for you, lest you forget the knowledge of Taixue~"
Tao Yao's eyebrows were like crescent moons and her smile was bright. She put the divided egg yolks in the bowls of Zhou Li and Tang Wan and said, "No, this is a reward for you guys."
"So, because the red-haired foreigners planted plants from the Western Regions in Taixue, the old scholar was afraid of species invasion, so he blocked Beiliang?"
Zhou Li summed it up, stretched out his hand and handed the empty bowl to Taoyao, and said doubtfully:
"It shouldn't be... isn't the old scholar most afraid of these troublesome things on weekdays? Why did he go to war this time and directly block the city? Wouldn't it be better to blockade the Imperial College?"
"I don't know that."
After adding a bowl of soup to Zhou Li, Tao Yao said, "Maybe the plants Dave planted are too strange. I didn't ask much about it. I just mentioned it when I chatted with him on weekdays."
"Oh~~~"
Zhou Li nodded, and then he saw Tang Wan, who had a fish bone stuck in his throat and was about to stab the fish bone to death with a silver needle, and asked, "Do you still remember the old scholar?"
"Cough cough cough cough."
Tang Wan, who almost stabbed himself to death, coughed a few times and accidentally coughed out the fish bone. After wiping the candy stains from the corner of his mouth, Tang Wan nodded and said in a hoarse voice:
"Remember, what happened?"
"Go and see him when you have time."
Zhou Li put the empty bowl aside and sighed: "His old man...well, he just misses you so much. Since you disappeared, he has been thinking about you very much and asked me to find out your whereabouts."
"ah."
Tang Wan was stunned. She was keenly aware of the faint sadness in Zhou Li's tone. Her heart suddenly tightened and she asked in a panic: "What's wrong with the old scholar? What happened to his body?"
"Everything is unpredictable."
Zhou Li sighed again, looked at the withering pines and cypresses on the side, felt the withering atmosphere, and said sadly: "Old scholar...has broken through the seventh level."
"well?"
Tang Wan was stunned, sadness and regret suddenly froze on his face.
"He is now strong and powerful, capable of moving mountains and filling seas. He can carve Lingjiu Mountain into Lingtang Mountain with one punch. A few days ago, he drank more than 80 bowls of strong liquor and rushed into the forest. He beat a sixth-grade tiger demon to death with his bare hands, and was nicknamed the Mourning Hall Boxing Champion."
A cold smile appeared on Zhou Li's face. He looked at the trembling girl in front of him with a look of panic, and said slowly: "He misses you very much, Tang Cen."
Suddenly, all the evil deeds he had done back then came to mind. Tang Cen, who had been fighting wits with the old scholar for six years with Zhou Li, clearly remembered that he was also one of the participants in the famous "985 Toilet Abnormality Record". One, he was also the person who set fire to the toilet of the old scholar.
Haha, you're dead.
"I know that my crime is too heinous to be forgiven by my family, so now I have to bear the blame and walk three thousand miles back to Tangmen in the middle of Sichuan to face my family's trial. Sister Taoyao, thanks to you these days, I have enjoyed the last part of my life. Thank you all, I am here." Don’t pass.”
Grabbing Tang Wan who was about to escape, Zhou Li looked at him with a smile and asked kindly: "We are brothers, shouldn't we share difficulties together?"
"I'm a woman."
Tang Wan looked at Zhou Li and said righteously: "Sorry, we can't be brothers anymore."
Boom, boom, boom.
At this time, the three of them heard a heavy knock on the door. Zhou Li and Tang Guan looked at each other, while Tao Yao stood up with a smile and said to them, "Look, someone is here."
"Zhou Li, if we are brothers, you can save my life."
Tang Wan turned his head, his face full of determination, looked at Zhou Li, and begged: "You can just say that I am Tang Wan and I am Tang Cen's sister, okay?"
"Feel sorry."
With a peaceful smile, Zhou Li leaned close to Tang Wan's ear and said ferociously:
"We can't be brothers anymore."
Click.
The door was opened by Taoyao, revealing the figure outside. Suddenly, Tang Wan, who was picked up by Zhou Li with one hand, swallowed his saliva and looked at the figure walking out of the door with a panic look on his face.
"Little friend Zhou Li, you are indeed back."
Tang Wan saw the figure outside the door clearly, and he was relieved when he found that it was a rich man wearing a green robe, with black horns on his waist, and a look of harmlessness written all over his face.
This person is Li Kuan, the magistrate of Beiliang County.
After seeing Zhou Li's figure, Li Kuan bowed to Tao Yao cautiously, then walked forward quickly, held Zhou Li's hand, burst into tears and said with sadness:
"I beg you, you must help me."
"Master Li, why are you doing this? What's bothering you so much?"
Zhou Li was immediately startled. Li Kuan was famous for being calm and the king of fishing in troubled waters. He had never seen this super bad guy be so out of his mind. Li Kuan's face was also full of fatigue, as if he had just encountered the great harmony of life, and his voice was hoarse:
"The royal guard who went into the city with you..."
"He's crazy!!!!"
