early morning.
Sunlight shines into the guest room through the window.
Lin Ji opened his eyes.
It's not that he's slept enough, he can never sleep enough, and lying down is comfortable even if he's not sleepy.
It was the waiter's knock on the door that woke him up.
"Sir, the little Taoist priest you know is here again. He is in the lobby at this time."
Lin Ji frowned slightly, and with a flash of consciousness, he detected the damn secret in the inn hall.
He felt a little annoyed for no reason. He breathed a long sigh of relief and responded: "He comes as he comes. Why do you want to listen to me?"
The waiter outside the door smiled bitterly.
"Sir, the little Taoist ordered three jars of good wine and seven or eight crabs that were just brought in early in the morning. After eating, he wiped his mouth and asked the guest to pay."
Lin Ji couldn't help but sigh again.
Get up and go downstairs.
At a glance, he saw Tianji sitting in the corner. Lin Ji took two quick steps and sat down opposite him.
"Tell me." Lin Ji got straight to the point.
"Today at noon, deep in the misty forest, the heads of the four great families went to see the Demon King." Tianji put down the wine glass in his hand and said.
Lin Ji nodded slightly.
"You want me to save that old cow's life?"
"yes."
"I have a question, and I would like to ask Taoist Master Tianji to clarify it."
"Tell me everything you know."
With a bit of surprise on Lin Ji's face, he asked: "The heads of the four major families are all in the early stages of Taoism, and they all relied on the Tao diagrams inherited by their families to do so. What kind of trouble can the four of them make when they join forces? Where can they be? Do you have the confidence to meet the four demon kings outside the city?"
"Taoist Priest should also know that even at the same level, human monks are only 10% or 20% weaker than the monsters. If they are from the demon kingdom's great clans with extraordinary talents, they will never be able to compete with the human monks at the same level."
Tianji smiled.
"Let the trail pass, wait until noon, Senior Lin goes to the misty forest, and he will naturally have an answer."
"Didn't you just say you knew everything?"
Lin Ji's mouth twitched, and he sighed slightly, and the anger in his heart naturally dissipated.
It had been a long time since he had silently recited the meditation scriptures taught to him by Master Xingchi, but reciting them once in a long time was still so effective.
"Lin doesn't understand. Lao Niu seems to be honest and honest, but in fact he is still a bit distracted. Maybe his brain is not very bright, but he can still knock it down while sitting on the wall."
Lin Ji waved to the waiter and pointed to the wine jar on the table.
The waiter immediately understood and quickly brought a new cup over.
Waving his hand to reject the waiter's intention to pour wine, Lin Ji continued: "If the four family heads are defeated by the demon king, it will naturally side with the demon kingdom. If the four family heads have some backhand to gain the upper hand, then Lao Niu must be the first to run away after hearing the news."
Tianji smiled softly, picked up another crab, skillfully opened the crab shell, and sucked all the crab roe into his mouth.
After smacking it twice, he rubbed his hands on his clothes and picked up the wine glass.
"As I said, Senior Lin will understand when he goes to see it. What happened this time is very interesting!"
Lin Ji heard this, thought for a moment, and his face suddenly became a little ugly.
When talking about this matter before, even if Tianji didn't tell everything, he was not as secretive as now. When Lin Ji asked about it, Tianji made it clear that the matter had nothing to do with him, so he could say a few more words.
When he thought of this explanation and looked at Tianji's hateful face that was unclear at this moment, Lin Ji understood it all at once.
Things have changed and he is going to be implicated.
But it was only one night before and after, so why did things change so much?
Lin Ji frowned slightly and looked at Tianji, only to see Tianji holding the crab legs and eating them deliciously. As if he felt Lin Ji's gaze, he raised his head and grinned, then lowered his head.
This time Lin Ji understood. With just this smile, everything was clear, just what he thought. The Xuzhou incident suddenly had a great connection with him!
Thinking of this, Lin Ji didn't bother to ask anymore. He glared at Tianji fiercely, got up and walked upstairs.
"Go back to sleep and get out after eating. Don't be an eyesore in front of Lin."
Tianji saw this and quickly put down the crab legs.
"There's no money in the pocket!"
"roll!"
After the words fell, Lin Ji's figure had disappeared around the corner on the second floor.
...
At noon.
Yuan Mansion.
In the meeting hall, Yuan Xiu sat in the main seat, holding a tea bowl in one hand and tapping the armrest of the chair rhythmically with the other hand.
After a moment, footsteps sounded.
It was Jin Xiaocang, the head of the Jin family, who came over.
As soon as Jin Xiaocang entered the hall, he found a seat and sat down without saying a word.
The maid brought tea at the right time.
The two Taoist monks just sat quietly without saying anything.
Another moment passed, and Lu Guangshou and Song Qing appeared side by side.
Seeing these two people, Yuan Xiu put down his tea bowl and Jin Xiaocang snorted.
"The beasts who want to come to the Demon Kingdom are already waiting outside the city... Guys, let's go?"
"Let's go!" Jin Xiaocang walked out of the hall first.
Seeing this, Yuan Xiu rushed to Lu Guangshou and Song Qing and cupped his hands.
"You two go first. I have to make some preparations. After all, I'm still a little injured, but I have to be more careful this time."
Hearing this, Lu Guangshou raised his eyebrows slightly.
"Brother Yuan, is Lin Ji still in the city now?"
Yuan Xiu did not expect that Lu Guangshou would take the initiative to mention this matter. After all, the marriage between the Yuan family and the Lu family was a drunkard's intention.
The original purpose of this matter was that Lu Guangshou wanted to send Lu Zhaoer out of the Lu family so as not to steal the spotlight from his appointed successor.
In addition, without the junior, his distant relative eldest brother Lu Guangmu is just a loner in the Lu family. There will be no more doubts in the Lu family, thinking that having an elder who has entered the middle stage of Taoism can help him. Don't take him as the head of the family seriously.
This was already the most harmonious method Lu Guangshou could think of.
The Yuan family's so-called re-employment was nothing more than Yuan Xiu and Lu Guangshou's rhetoric.
Asking the Yuan family for help in this matter, not only would there be no betrothal gift, but if the matter came true, the Lu family would also send a massive dowry, not only for the sake of the family's face, but also as a reward for the Yuan family.
Therefore, when Yuan Xiu said that half of the betrothal gift would be refunded, he was talking about half of the benefits that would come after the event was completed.
After all, the Yuan family let Yuan Xiu provoke Lin Ji in order to help the Lu family. The Lu family should bear the responsibility for this matter anyway.
"He's still there." Yuan Xiu sighed softly, "He was resting at the inn in the city. Last night, he asked Jin Laoer to send a message, saying that he was waiting for 500,000 yuan crystals! When Brother Lu mentioned this, he thought he was preparing for Lu What half should the family bear?"
Half a million yuan crystal is a huge sum of money anywhere. Even if the four major aristocratic families want to come up with such a huge sum of money, they will feel exhausted.
Lu Guangshou shook his head.
"There is still room for this matter. My eldest brother Guangmu is Lin Ji's elder. Let him make peace later... Lin Ji is just a rising star. Even if he has some ability, my four major families share the same hatred, so there is no need to be afraid. he!"
After the words fell, Lu Guangshou cupped his hands, then walked out of the hall and caught up with Song Qing in front of him.
"The four demon kings outside the city are not simple. They are at least equivalent to the cultivation level of the human race in the middle stage of Taoism... troublesome."
Song Qing smiled slightly when he heard this.
"Brother, please don't forget how our four great families in Weicheng have passed down the tradition to this day."
Lu Guangshou nodded.
"Haha, I will never forget it."
