Wu Huan's sudden question made Shen Li a little wary.
It is nothing more than sowing dissension. This kind of sowing discord and watching from the sidelines is what the young man hates the most. Of course, according to the situation in the two battles in Kaixi City and Woxia Temple, he quite likes to show off his methods.
Shen Li didn't reply, as if he had never heard Wu Huan's words.
"Young gentleman, people's hearts are sinister. You have to be careful when you go out alone. You must know that you must not have the intention of harming others, and you must have the intention of guarding against others."
"What Manager Wu said is strange, I really can't understand it."
Wu Huan stopped and said, "The young man is a handsome man with beautiful trees in the wind. Don't let anyone plot against you."
Shen Li smiled and said, "I'd like to thank Manager Wu for your concern."
Wu Huan had no choice but to say: "I have good intentions."
"Steward Wu is a high-ranking steward in Baihua Building. No one can harm you easily, not even Steward Zhou. Why should Steward Wu worry unfounded?"
"Well, I admire you deeply, Mr. Young Master, but you really don't want to hear it? As the saying goes, if you listen to one side, you will be dark, and if you listen to both, you will be enlightened."
"Isn't Miss Kou's boudoir in front of me?" Shen Li asked.
The boudoir in Baihua Building is not as luxurious as that in Zuichun Building. Its style is almost the same as that in the Northern Sui Dynasty. It is generous, bold and informal, while Zuichun Building looks petty and only pays attention to details.
Wu Huan's momentum that he had just built up stagnated, and he sighed: "Why should the young man hold grudges like this?"
"It's not about holding grudges, but because I'm worried about being too close to Manager Wu and causing the displeasure of the Fourth Shopkeeper."
"ah?"
Shen Li smiled: "Guanshi Wu was in Luojing City in the Northern Sui Dynasty. He only felt that the Tongque Terrace was the blue sky above him. He was in the Xingxu Sect below. He didn't know what the blue sky was like at the Tongque Terrace. He only knew that the Xingxu Sect was the sacred mountain and great river. No. I’m willing to go against it a little bit.”
How could he not guess Wu Huan's thoughts?
He didn't know that Zhou Yizhe and the Fourth Shopkeeper were from the same group, and Zhou Yizhe hated himself and even wanted to kill him, so he just wanted to take advantage of this to sow discord in order to draw Shen Li to his side and protect his own safety.
The reason is very simple, just now the young man invited the fourth shopkeeper to speak alone, and the fourth shopkeeper agreed without thinking, which was enough to see the young man's status in the fourth shopkeeper's heart.
Unfortunately, it was not what Wu Huan thought. Shen Li was young and mature, and the city was deep, so he ignored him at all.
Wu Huan cheered up and said with a wry smile: "Young Master, are you really not curious?"
"Not curious." Shen Li replied quickly.
"I wonder if Mr. Young Master will inform the Fourth Shopkeeper or Manager Zhou about what he just said?"
"I just pretended not to hear."
"Thank you very much, Mr. Lang, for your kindheartedness." Wu Huan no longer dared to give in, and bowed his hands to Shen Li.
Immediately afterwards, Wu Huan, a demon who practiced Yin and Yang for both men and women, pointed to the door decorated with luan birds: "Young Master guessed wrong, that is Miss Kou's boudoir."
Luan birds decorate the door, and Baihua Tower is overflowing, but it doesn't matter. After all, so many dignitaries are here to enjoy themselves, and they don't care.
That is to say, in the Northern Sui Dynasty and the Southern Wu Dynasty, they had already launched a war, shut down the Baihua Tower, and questioned the shopkeeper.
"Yes, I really hit it off with the young master. I wonder when the young master will have time so that you and I can get drunk and rest?"
Shen Li thought for a moment and then said with a smile: "The Luo Tian Dajiao is coming soon. I'm really busy with things. I'm afraid I won't be able to get the Luo Tian Dajiao."
"Okay, I'm sorry, if you have time, I hope you can put in a good word for me and Manager Zhou."
"It should."
Wu Huan retreated and asked for the next best thing. When Shen Li agreed, whether it was true or not, he retreated with a smile on his face.
As soon as he leaves.
Song Wanru opened the door and looked at Shen Li with her side face exposed.
After saying goodbye to Woxia Temple, not much time had passed, but Song Wanru felt as if a hundred years had passed, and the days seemed like years.
Shen Li quickly walked into the boudoir.
Ignoring Song Wanru's struggle, he held her tightly in his arms and whispered: "Sister Song, I miss you so much."
"How much do you think?"
She also missed him like crazy, being held in the arms of the young man, her cheeks were rosy, and she wished that the years would stop here, so that the two of them could stay together forever.
"First of all, do you miss me?" Shen Li took a deep breath, and the tip of his nose was filled with Song Wanru's fragrant body fragrance.
"Ha, you think I don't know that you and Zhu Hongni have been together all the way? We didn't see each other until Qifeng City."
"Sister Song misunderstood me. Zhu Hongni is the girl of Luo Jing's Zhu family, and one of the deputy priests of Jixia Academy is from the Zhu family. I originally wanted to ask Zhu Hongni to write a letter of recommendation for me so that I can deal with Luo Jing. Regarding the matter in Beijing, rush to Jixia Academy to intercept part of the Confucian great fortune."
From Song Wanru's point of view, everything was not as big as solving the hidden dangers in Shen Li's body. Since the words came to this point, she could not continue to make unreasonable troubles, "The Zhu family is in big trouble. The one who is in Jixia Academy The family toast has been deposed.”
"I have heard about this matter. Does Sister Song know the reason?"
"You...let me go first. It's too tight. I can't breathe."
"No, Sister Song asked me how much I miss you, but I can't describe it. It seems that the gods and Buddhas in the sky and the stars in the sky can't compare to meeting Sister Song."
"You, you, you are so sweet-tongued."
"Like it?"
"Um?"
"Do you like my heartfelt words?"
a long time.
Song Wanru took a long breath and said slowly: "I like it."
The two are gentle.
Until the night was full of stars, the lively atmosphere in Baihua Tower gradually subsided.
Song Wanru pressed Shen Li's chest with her jade arm and said softly: "The Zhu family has been in a high and powerful position for a long time, and now it is in full decline. Some people can't wait to divide the Zhu family. We know that there were two dynasties in the Northern Sui Dynasty. Forty years ago, when the Zhu family was at its peak, the four families could only look up to them and breathe a sigh of relief. Now that the children of the Zhu family are failing to live up to their expectations and are beginning to feel lonely, these people are gearing up to fight. I want to wipe out the Zhu family."
"Aren't we going to participate?"
"Get involved, Master Qin is on his way here for this matter, and Sister Xie will also arrive in Luojing."
Shen Li was shocked and asked anxiously: "Is Sister Xie really coming?"
"Well, to tell you the truth, there will be an earth-shattering battle in Luo Jing, and maybe the leader will also take action."
"Ah?" Shen Li was very surprised, "The Xingxiu Sect is not afraid of the Northern Sui Dynasty? You must know that the Northern Sui Dynasty is the most powerful country in the Three Kingdoms."
Song Wanru laughed. She was equally surprised when she first heard about this, "Don't be impatient, wait until I finish."
"good."
The candles in her boudoir had long been blown out, and the two of them were lying on the bed. It seemed that Manager Wu had told his servants not to disturb them. For several hours, there was no sound of footsteps outside.
"This time, we helped the Northern Sui Dynasty quell the civil strife. They should be afraid of us." Song Wanru explained, "But the opponent is very strong..."
Shen Li secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and doubts suddenly arose: "Someone wants to cause chaos in Luojing City?"
"Well, I want to take advantage of the Luotian Dajiao opportunity to assassinate the queen."
"Is it the clan of the Northern Sui Dynasty?"
"Probably, that's all I know."
"You should know who our enemies are!"
Song Wanru hugged his neck tightly, buried her little head into his neck, and said vaguely: "Master Qin said that there will be people from the Taoist sect, and they are quite powerful people."
Sighing, Shen Li said: "So it turns out that the Empress of the Northern Sui Dynasty has long known that someone is using the Luotian Jiao to cause chaos, so she has taken advantage of it, hoping that these restless people will jump out on their own initiative so that they can be caught in one fell swoop."
"Yes." Song Wanru sniffed Shen Li's scent and said in a timid voice like a kitten, "I heard that you had a very good relationship with Mu Twelve Niang, who loves cats to sing lyrics in Qifeng City?"
"Mu Twelfth Mother has already moved into Yang Baiye's house." Shen Li couldn't help but laugh, "You haven't said anything about the Zhu family yet."
"I told you, the two prime ministers and the four families of Dou, Li, Luo, and Dugu."
"Who are we helping?"
"Of course I am helping the Zhu family. I will gain too little from helping Zaizhi and those four families, but if I help the Zhu family, I will definitely get a huge reward."
Shen Li frowned: "I'm afraid we don't have enough manpower."
"That's enough, that's enough. Don't worry, Sir. Master Qin has transferred most of the masters from Southern Wu. Some have already arrived, and a few are still on the way. They should arrive tomorrow."
Everyone in the world knows that the Xingxiu Sect is based in Southern Wu. Most of the masters from Southern Wu were transferred to Luojing in the Northern Sui Dynasty. Are you not afraid that your home base will be raided?
"Isn't that inappropriate?"
"What's wrong? Brother Zhao is in charge of the Southern Wu court, and no one from our Xingxiu Sect dares to touch it."
"Is Zhao Ruyu's position as prime minister secure?"
"Don't you know, Mr. Lang?" Song Wanru asked in a low voice.
Shen Li laughed: "I've been on the road these days."
Zhao Ruyu was not only a second-grade master of Confucianism, but his power struggle in the government was also jaw-dropping. First, he and his allies allied with him to banish all the dissident officials in the Nanwu temple out of Kaixi City. Give key positions to allies.
The allies were not polite and placed their own people in these positions.
Who could have expected that the so-called own people would have been instigated by Nalan Suichun and the disciples of Xingxiu Sect to rebel.
It's nothing more than coercion and inducement. As long as you join us and have enough money, if you don't join, have you ever heard of our Xingxiu Sect? The assassination job dominates the world.
For the sake of their wealth and lives, those people joined the Xingxiu Sect regardless of whether they wanted to or not, and were led by Zhao Ruyu.
"Our Xingxiu Sect has emptied out the Nanwu Temple?"
Song Wanru narrowed her eyes with a smile and replied: "It's still early. Once you control the army of Nanwu, you will be able to control part of Nanwu's power. After all, Nanwu is known as the Buddhist country and has not won the support of Buddhism. It is just a show. .”
In the Four Hundred and Eighty Temples of the Southern Dynasties, there was another Buddhist Bodhisattva sitting in charge. How could he easily turn around and support Zhao Ruyu?
"Is it possible that Zhao Ruyu wants to bring the luck of the Eight Heavenly Dragons..."
"Originally, it was used by others, but after draining the potential of the allies, I guess Brother Zhao will monopolize the eight heavenly dragons and rise from the second level to the first level sub-sage with his majestic luck. In this way, he can compete with Buddhism If we fight against etiquette in separate courts and operate slowly, we may be able to win the support of Buddhism."
Once Zhao Ruyu becomes a first-grade sub-sage, Xingxiu Sect will have two first-grade grand masters.
Counting Qin Xianqing, the second-grade great swordsman, plus the seven killers, seven great judges, and other third- and fourth-grade masters, the strength of the Xingxiu Sect can be regarded as almost the top power in the world, even if it is the dragon and tiger of the Taoist sect. Shantianshifu and Wudang Mountain are both inferior.
When the time comes, take control of the Southern Wu army...
Shen Li murmured to himself: "Zhao Ruyu wants to dominate the world."
Song Wanru smiled and said: "I don't know, I can't control that much, I just want to control you."
"By the way, Lang Jun, my coming to Baihua Tower is just an official arrangement. In fact, I should leave tomorrow."
"Any new plans?"
"Well, as Xingxu, I'm going to meet two worldly disciples of Tianyi Sect."
"Then wouldn't it be unnecessary for you to come to Baihua Tower?"
She said: "I came to Baihua Tower to discuss matters with the fourth shopkeeper. She has already agreed to the conditions of Master Qin."
Tang Yiqing actually showed up at Baihua Tower just to meet Song Wanru.
"What conditions?"
"Hello, hello, hello, everyone. On the one hand, I will give her the benefits of joining the Xingxiu Sect, and on the other hand, let her help stabilize the interior of the Tongquetai, so that the disciples of the Xingxiu Sect will not be attacked by the Tongquetai as soon as they use force in Luojing. Deal with it." After a pause, she said, "I will recommend you to the fourth shopkeeper."
"I?"
"Yes, isn't Lang Jun familiar with Zhu Hongni? You can renew your relationship with her."
"Nonsense!"
"You dare to say that I'm fooling around?"
"..."
Song Wanru pinched the tender meat on Shen Li's body: "Can you say one more thing?"
"Spare your life, spare your life, I don't dare, I don't dare anymore."
"Hmph!! Zhu Hongni's heart is as high as the sky, but it's a pity that she has great ambitions and few talents. Even so, she is the only person in the Zhu family who can do anything. It is up to you to contact her and release the goodwill of our Xingxiu Sect. The four shopkeepers will cooperate with each other to force the Zhu family to do nothing. Ask the Xingxiu Cult to save them without paying a big price."
"Do you know Zhu Sui, the twelfth son of the Zhu family?" Shen Li asked.
Song Wanru closed her eyes and hummed: "I know, he was sent by the Zhu family to seek reinforcements."
"Zhu Sui was kidnapped in Fresh Fish Stew."
She opened her eyes and asked, "Have you ever been to fish stew, sir?"
“I heard on the road that fish stew made with fresh fish is delicious, so I went to try it.”
"I don't know, sir, but I'm going to make fish stew tomorrow too."
"Um?"
"The shopkeeper of the fresh fish stew and his sister are both disciples of the Tianyi Sect. They opened a restaurant outside the city to find out the news from all directions and report it to the Tianyi Sect."
The boss's wife and her sister actually had such great connections. Although Shen Li guessed that their backgrounds must be extraordinary, he never thought that they were from Tianyi Sect.
"I heard that the direct disciple of Tianyi Sect has also come to Luojing. Why don't you look for him?"
Song Wanru said: "The Tianyi Sect is divided into an inner courtyard and an outer courtyard. The inner courtyard is responsible for cultivating and maintaining the sect's destiny. The outer courtyard is responsible for communicating with the major sects in the world, gathering information about changes in the world, and adjusting the sect's plans. Luo Jing City The people who are here to participate in the Luotian Festival are disciples from the inner courtyard, we have to find people from the outer courtyard."
"What are you looking for Tian Yizong for?"
"Master Qin said he wanted to make a big deal with them."
Shen Li sighed: "It should be for my sake."
"ah?"
"I need Tianyi Sect's "Sun Soul and Moonlight Sword Sutra" to intercept part of the Taoist fortune. Sister Qin should count on the disciples of the inner courtyard of Tianyi Sect to attend the Luotian Great Jiao, so first negotiate with the disciples of the outer courtyard, and then Directly ask for the "Sun Soul Moon Flower Sword Sutra" from the inner courtyard."
Song Wanru frowned. Her mission was just to tell Tianyi Sect's outer court that Qin Xianqing wanted to see their outer court elder. Other than that, she didn't know.
If Qin Xianqing really wanted the "Sun Soul Moon Flower Sword Sutra", she would be happy to see it come to fruition.
