Chapter 492

The next morning.

In the Yingmei Pavilion, on the spacious and luxurious brocade couch, Floating Fragrance, who was sleeping soundly, uttered a "hmm" and let out a sweet and lazy breath.

Her thick curly eyelashes fluttered, and she opened her eyes. In her sight, the first thing that appeared was Xu Qi 'an's high nose and handsome profile.

He had already woken up and was quietly looking at the roof.

"Good morning, Xu Lang."

Floating Fragrance stretched out her arms from the quilt, hooked them around Xu Qi 'an's neck, and at the same time pressed down on his hands that were rubbing her breasts.

"What morning? In the morning, I have to say, 'You were great last night!'" Xu Qi 'an yawned and asked, "What time is it?"

"You're so annoying. I can't say it."

Floating Fragrance also yawned, rubbed her cheek against Xu Qi 'an's face, and said coquettishly, "The water leak is at the foot of the bed. Xu Lang, look at it yourself."

Xu Qi 'an threw his upper body out of the bed and looked at the foot of the bed. The next moment, he jumped up from the bed and said, "It's already seven o' clock in the morning. You little devil, I have to go to the government office immediately, or I will lose my salary for the next half of the year."

Floating Fragrance supported her head with her arm and said with a silly smile, "Yesterday, it was Xu Lang who was tormenting me. Bah."

Xu Qi 'an left the Yingmei Pavilion, went to the stable, and took away his little mare. As expected, Erlang's horse was gone, which meant that he had left the Musical House.

He rode the little mare back to the Xu Mansion. Along the way, he looked left and right, but never saw anyone selling green oranges.

"Zhong Li seems to be still in the Celestial Commissioner. I should go pick her up." Xu Qi 'an muttered and turned to run in the direction of the Celestial Commissioner.

…

"Zha, zha, zha …"

Xu Qi 'an pulled down the gate valve, and the stone door leading to the underground of the Celestial Commissioner opened. He shouted, "Zhong Li, I'm coming to pick you up."

His voice echoed in the empty underground.

After a while, footsteps came from the straight stairs leading to the underground. The oil lamp was burning, and the fiery halo reflected a figure, which gradually became clear.

Zhong Li climbed the stairs with disheveled hair, and a clear voice came from her hair with some excitement. "You're here."

"Let's go home with me." Xu Qi 'an turned to leave.

Zhong Li turned around and shouted towards the dark underground, "Senior Martial Brother Yang, think about your mistakes behind closed doors, don't make Shifu angry anymore."

Then, she pulled down the handle and closed the stone door.

As Xu Qi 'an walked out, he curiously asked, "Did Senior Brother Yang do something wrong?"

Zhong Li looked at him and said in a low voice, "Martial Brother Yang went to the Meridian Gate yesterday and blocked the way of the civil and military officials. He recited your poem.

"The dukes and His Majesty were furious. They sent people to condemn Teacher and punish Senior Brother Yang severely. The teacher hung Senior Martial Brother Yang up and gave him a good beating. Then, he was imprisoned underground for ten days. Only then did the dukes and His Majesty stop. "

Xu Qi 'an was stunned. His face was lifeless. He could not believe that someone would go to such lengths just to show off.

"Yang Qianhuan was hung up and beaten by the Supervisor? It's a pity that I didn't see it! "

Although he felt sorry, he didn't forget his business. He looked around the lobby. Since all the ninth rank doctors had run away, he could only ask Zhong Li, who was next to him, "

"Do you have any powder to cover your smell? I drank some wine last night. You might not know, but my aunt and sister don't like me to drink … "

"Oh." Zhong Li nodded and said obediently, "It's easy to cover the smell of powder. Wait, I'll find some incense for you."

"That's a little embarrassing …" Xu Qi 'an's mouth twitched.

Back at the Xu Mansion, he saw Lina and Susu playing chess by the stone table in the courtyard. Xu Lingyin was in a horse stance not far away.

"Big Wok …"

Little Bean pretended to be happy and took the opportunity to rest.

Lina was obviously an incompetent Master. She stared at the chessboard with her beautiful face full of seriousness and thought.

"That's strange … I feel like I'm watching two bad students discussing calculus …" Xu Qi 'an walked over and took a closer look.

"They're playing Gomoku!"

"Let's go …"

Since he had reminded Zhong Li on the way, the Fifth Senior Sister of the Celestial Commissioner didn't think it was strange when she saw a ghost playing chess in the courtyard. She just looked at it a few times.

"It's a Mei, very rare," she said in a low voice.

"I know that Mei is beautiful and likes to seduce passersby in the deep mountains and forests. Then they suck their Essence Qi dry. Yes, this Essence Qi is a real Essence Qi …" Xu Qi 'an nodded, indicating that he knew.

Seeing this, Zhong Li didn't say anything more.

Then, Xu Qi 'an found that Li Miaozhen was gone. He was shocked and ran to the courtyard to ask Susu, "Where's your master?"

Susu didn't even look up. She stared at the chessboard and replied in a sweet voice, "She went to the Lingbao Temple."

…

Outside the imperial city gate, Li Miaozhen was stopped by the Stalwart Tiger Guards in her Taoist robe.

She didn't get angry. She turned around and walked back. Then, she patted her back and unsheathed her flying sword with a clang.

Not far away, the Stalwart Tiger Guards saw this and thought that she was going to break into the imperial city. They turned pale with fright and all drew their weapons.

Li Miaozhen jumped onto the back of the sword. The flying sword took her up and stopped twenty feet in the air. At this height, she could already see the Lingbao Temple in the distance.

The Stalwart Tiger Guards on the city wall pulled their bowstrings and turned their ballistae and cannons, aiming at Li Miaozhen. As soon as the commander gave the order, thousands of arrows would be fired.

Qianhu of the Stalwart Tiger Guards didn't give the order to attack. He squinted at Li Miaozhen and an idea came to him.

A woman in Taoist robe wants to enter the imperial city … Is it the Tenzō Shōnin Li Miaozhen? One of the protagonists of the Battle of Heaven and Man?

However, if Li Miaozhen insisted on breaking into the imperial city with her flying sword, then what awaited her would be the counterattack of the imperial army masters and the night watchmen.

Of course, Li Miaozhen knew that she was being targeted, but it wasn't a big problem. She had no intention of breaking into the imperial city.

Gazing at the Lingbao Temple in the distance, she concentrated her Qi in her Dantian and said in a clear voice, "Disciple Li Miaozhen of the Tenzō Shōnin has come under my master's order to exchange pointers and discuss Taoism with the disciple of Renzong.

"The time and address will be decided by Renzong."

Her voice was very penetrating. It wasn't deafening, but it traveled very far and could be heard clearly both inside and outside the imperial city.

At this moment, all the dignitaries, members of the imperial clan, and officials of the yamen living in the imperial city heard Li Miaozhen's "letter of challenge".

Outside the imperial city, the residents of the inner city next to the red city wall were also alarmed by the voice. The pedestrians stopped walking and the stall owners stopped shouting. They all turned their heads and looked in the direction of the imperial city.

Lin 'an Prefecture.

Lin 'an, who was wearing a red palace dress and playing embroidered ball with the palace maids, suddenly stopped and listened attentively. He asked,

"Did you hear something?"

Several palace maids tilted their heads and quietly looked in the direction of the imperial city.

"I heard it. It seems to be the disciple of Tenzō Li Miaozhen …" The palace maid whose buttocks had been patted by Xu Qi 'an responded.

As soon as she finished speaking, a cold and pleasant voice came from the opposite direction, "Three days later, at a quarter to seven in the morning, on the bank of the Wei River in the suburbs of the capital, the registered disciple of Renzong, Chu Yuanzhen, will fight."

Lian Fan slightly opened her small mouth. In her mind, the strange and interesting things that Xu Qi 'an had told her, one of which was the Battle of Immortals!

"Three days later, I want to see it. I want my dog servant to take me there." Lian Fan's heart was burning. She couldn't wait to ask the guards to summon her dog servant immediately.

Duke Huai Prefecture.

In the back garden full of flowers, a woman wearing a lotus colored dress stood among the flowers. She looked in the direction of the city gate and said in a low voice, "Three days later, at a quarter to seven in the morning, on the bank of the Wei River in the suburbs of the capital …"

Her eyebrows curved, and she said happily, "There's a good show to watch again."

There was no wind, but the flowers in the courtyard swayed gently, as if responding to her.

…

Li Miaozhen had come to the capital. Three days later, on the bank of the Wei River, she would fight with the disciple of Renzong, Chu Yuanzhen.

The news spread like wildfire. In just half a day, it had almost spread throughout the entire capital.

The people who were the first to be excited were the people of the martial world who heard the news and came to the capital early. They had waited for a whole month, and finally, the Battle of Immortals had arrived.

They had waited for the duel between the most outstanding disciples of Renzong and Tenzō.

Although many people faced the embarrassment of running out of money, no one complained. They even felt that coming to the capital in advance was the right decision and a fortunate one.

Because before the Battle of Immortals, they had seen a rare battle in a hundred years.

This could be fully proved by the regretful attitude of the Jianghu swordsmen who had missed the fight because they arrived late.

Even if there was no subsequent Battle of Immortals, for most of the people of the martial world, the trip was not in vain.

In a restaurant, the Ecstasy Hand Rongrong, the beautiful woman, Young Master Liu, and Young Master Liu's master found an empty seat by the window and had lunch while talking about the Battle of Immortals.

The two main characters naturally became the focus of attention.

Rongrong poured wine for the beautiful woman, but turned to look at the middle-aged swordsman and said in a clear voice, "I heard from the senior that this Chu Yuanzhen seems to be the top scholar in the 27th year of Yuanjing?"

The middle-aged swordsman heard this and sighed. "Yes, when I was traveling in the capital, it happened to be the Apricot Rankings. I saw him become the Huiyuan, and then the top scholar …

"I didn't expect that he had already resigned and become a registered disciple of Renzong. And today, he even represented Renzong in the duel. "

"Master, I heard that Li Miaozhen is an outstanding beauty. What grade do you think she is in Daoism?"

When Young Master Liu said this, his attention was all on the words "outstanding beauty".

The middle-aged swordsman shook his head in response to his disciple's question. "That Tenzō Shōnin almost never walks in the martial world. She is not famous, and I don't know what grade she is.

"However, there is another rumor in the martial world. The Flying Swallow Heroine who appeared out of nowhere two years ago is actually Tenzō Shōnin."

"The Flying Swallow Heroine is Tenzō Shōnin?" Rongrong was shocked.

She had heard a little about the Flying Swallow Heroine. This woman robbed the rich to help the poor, and did chivalrous deeds. If she was not doing good deeds, then she was on the way to doing good deeds.

Her deeds were praised and praised by the martial artists in the martial world.

However, a year ago, she suddenly disappeared from the martial world, and no one knew where she went.

The middle-aged swordsman laughed. "These are all rumors in the martial world. I don't know if they are true or false. However, the Flying Swallow Heroine disappeared a year ago, and no one knows where she went. "

At this time, a Jianghu man in a blue robe at the next table interrupted and mocked, "You are so ignorant. The Flying Swallow Heroine went to Yunzhou to suppress bandits and disappeared for a year."

Suppress bandits in Yunzhou?

Before the middle-aged swordsman could ask, the surrounding martial artists all looked over.

"How do you know that the Flying Swallow Heroine went to Yunzhou to suppress bandits?"

"Not only do I know that the Flying Swallow Heroine went to Yunzhou, I also know that she is Tenzō Shōnin, Li Miaozhen." The blue-robed Jianghu man took a sip of wine and said,

"I have a brother from Qingzhou. He suddenly returned to his hometown at the beginning of the year. He said that he had been in Yunzhou for a year and had been suppressing bandits with the Flying Swallow Heroine. He was also the one who told me that the Flying Swallow Heroine is Tenzō Shōnin. "

The middle-aged swordsman's eyes flickered, and he was full of doubts about the blue-robed man's words. He asked, "If you were suppressing bandits in Yunzhou, why did you suddenly return?"

The blue-robed Jianghu man sneered, "Of course it's because the bandits have finished suppressing. At the end of last year, the imperial court sent two officials from Jinluo and a group of silver gongs to Yunzhou to uproot the mountain bandits.

"Xu Yinluo from the Yamen of Night Watchers was among them. I heard that he almost died?"

Immediately, an informed Jianghu man said, "He didn't almost die, but he really died."

"Bullsh * t, can he be resurrected after death?"

"Hey, you poor guys can't afford to go to the Musical House. Xu Yinluo is a frequent visitor of the Musical House. You can find out a lot about Xu Yinluo by asking the girls in any yard, "the informed Jianghu man said.

"It's said that at that time, the governor of Yunzhou led troops to rebel, and tens of thousands of soldiers besieged the governor and his team. Just when everyone was desperate, Xu Yinluo blocked the tens of thousands of rebels with only one knife, just like he blocked the civil and military officials a few days ago.

"They fought until the sky was dark and the sun and the moon were dim. Finally, they died of exhaustion. But they also delayed until the reinforcements came and reversed the situation. "

The lobby was in an uproar. Both Jianghu men and ordinary people were stunned.

"One person blocked tens of thousands of people. Is there really such a master in the world?"

"I think it's possible. Didn't you see the fight? Xu Yinluo is so talented that even the Buddhist Arhat admitted defeat. "

"But I heard it was the Supervisor who helped him."

"Shut up. It was Xu Yinluo who defeated the Buddhist Arhat by himself. It has nothing to do with the Supervisor. I won't allow you to slander the hero of Daibun."

…

In the quiet courtyard of the Spirit Treasure Temple.

The Yuanjing Emperor stood by the pool with his hands clasped behind his back, staring at the beautiful Taoist nun who was sitting cross-legged over the pool and meditating with her eyes closed.

"Alas, Nation Master, after this battle, the chief of the Tenzō Taoist will come to the capital in three months or a year. At that time, the Nation Master will be in danger. "

The Yuanjing Emperor sighed. "The Supervisor probably won't intervene in this matter."

If the Supervisor could protect her, coupled with Luo Yuheng's own strength, it would be more than enough to deal with the chief of the Tenzō Taoist.

Of course, the Yuanjing Emperor knew that this was an extravagant hope. First-grade masters would not fight without special reasons. Moreover, the Supervisor's attitude towards Renzong was cold. The chances of him defending the chief of the Tenzō Taoist were slim.

"If the Nation Master can't enter the first-grade, even if Chu Yuanzhen wins, it won't mean much." The Yuanjing Emperor shook his head.

There was a rule between the Immortal Sects and the Immortal Sects. Before the battle of the chief of the Taoist, the disciples of the two sects would first compete with each other. The loser would have to give the opponent three moves in the real battle.

However, Luo Yuheng was only a second-grade master. There was a huge gap between her and the chief of the Tenzō Taoist. Even if Chu Yuanzhen won, she would still lose in the end.

"Is there any way to delay this battle?" The Yuanjing Emperor asked.

He did not say that it was impossible to stop it. Even if he was the Emperor, he could not control the battle of the orthodoxy between a second-grade master and a first-grade master.

Luo Yuheng opened her eyes. A light flashed in them. She said calmly, "It's fine if there's no winner."

'There's no winner …' The Yuanjing Emperor chewed on this sentence. He said helplessly, "Unless Li Miaozhen agrees."

Luo Yuheng thought for a while and said, "There's a simpler way …"

…

Xu Mansion.

Xu Dalang was playing with the little bean in the yard when he suddenly heard a sharp meow. He turned his head and saw an orange cat sitting on the wall.

"Lingyin, go and play with your master. I have something to do." Xu Qi 'an patted his sister's head.

"Alright, Daguo, I want to eat Lunar Osmanthus restaurant's dishes tonight" Xu Lingyin held her brother's hand.

"Alright, I'll buy it for you when we get out of here. Now scram" Xu Qi 'an poked her head.

Xu Lingyin happily ran away, jumping up and down.

The orange cat jumped into the yard, elegantly walked up to him and spoke: "Li Miaozhen has issued a challenge"

Xu Qi 'an nodded: "I know"

The orange cat showed a human-like smile and said: "There's something I need your help with"

Xu Qi 'an didn't answer and silently looked at him.

After staring at each other for a while, Xu Qi 'an asked in a low voice: "Daoist priest, are you trying to trick me again?"

The orange cat shook his head. "Your excellency Xu, when has I ever tried to trick you?"

This … Xu Qi 'an sighed: "I have a bad feeling about you coming to find me at this point in time"