Lingzhou City.
The north was desolate and the land was barren, but the land of Lingzhou was fertile and could compete with Jiangnan.
Yan Zhi County was famous for its beauties in the entire Lingzhou. If any of the young men from other counties near Yan Zhi County were lucky enough to marry a beautiful lady from Yan Zhi County, it would be a joyous event for them for the rest of their lives.
Yan Zhi County was filled with rich and powerful families and there were countless famous families. Among the rich and powerful, the Lu and Yang families were the leaders.
The northern lands were cold, and it was already late autumn. In the brightly lit courtyard of the Yang family, the head of the Yang family, Yang Chenglin, draped an expensive mink fur coat over his shoulders, sat upright on a high-grade rosewood armchair, and read a letter over and over again in the candlelight.
After a long time, Yang Chenglin picked up a corner of the letter with his right hand and lit it on the candlelight. He only let go of his right hand when the flame was about to touch his fingers.
The page fell to the ground, leaving only ashes on the ground.
After whispering a few instructions to the housekeeper, Yang Wu, who was standing next to him, Yang Wu bowed and left, leaving Yang Chenglin alone in the study.
He had just received news that the young girl who ran away from home a month ago had actually gone to Jingzhou...
Yang Chenglin rubbed his brows and smiled helplessly, "This girl is really worrisome."
The youngest daughter of the Yang family head, Yang Yingxi, was a famous talented girl in the entire Lingzhou since she was a child. When she was nine years old, she wrote the poem "Wild Goose in the Cloud", which caused a huge sensation in the entire Lingzhou literary world. She was even named as a female talent by the current literary giant, Old Teacher Song.
It was just that Yang Chenglin only had one daughter, so he naturally regarded her as the apple of his eye. It could be said that he doted on her very much, which also fostered Yang Yingxi's slightly rebellious personality. As a matter of fact, a month ago, she took advantage of the time when he went to the Northern Fortress City in Youzhou and sneaked to Jingzhou.
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The galloping north horse was very delicate.
Not long after Lin Xiu entered the city, two horses galloped on the post road. The two people on the horses looked to be handsome young men and naturally attracted the exclamations of passersby.
When they arrived at the city gate, the two of them dismounted. One of them, who appeared to be slightly more burly, led the horse to the other, more handsome young man.
The burly young man looked at the majestic city in front of him with a pair of big eyes full of curiosity. He moved his head closer to the handsome young man, "Miss, we left Lingzhou and came all the way to Jingzhou. What is it?"
The handsome young man with a folding fan closed the ivory fan that was worth hundreds of gold in the Tianshui dynasty and immediately patted it lightly on the head of the burly young man.
"Xiao Yun, how many times have I told you, you can't call me Miss, you have to call me Young Master!" The handsome young master glared at the burly young man, but his tone was somewhat helpless.
This young man was the pearl of the Yang family, Yang Yingxi, who had run away from home in Lingzhou City, and the slightly burly young man was her personal maid, Xiao Yun.
"Xiao Yun, how many times have I told you, don't call me Miss, call me Young Master!" The handsome young man glared at the burly young man, but his tone was a little helpless.
Therefore, after leaving Yanzhi Prefecture, the two of them changed into their current attire. However, their luck was pretty good. They did not even encounter a group of bandits along the way. Just like that, they arrived at the Jing Province without a hitch.
"When I was in Yanzhi prefecture, I often heard people mention the beauty of Jingzhou fairy Su Youji, saying that no one in the world can compare to her. This time, I came out to see if she is worthy of her name." Yang Yingxi said with a straight face.
At this point, how could Xiao Yun still not understand? Her Young Miss had the desire to outdo others. As the saying goes, women are easily jealous and it was true. These two people were thousands of miles away, but they could still attract her young miss to travel mountains and rivers to see Su Youji's true appearance.
However, Xiao Yun did not think that Yang Yingxi would be inferior to the Su family fairy. She grew up with Yang Yingxi and although the two were master and servant in name, they were actually like sisters. For so many years, every time Yang Yingxi became famous in the north of the Tianshui dynasty, she was the first witness. Disregarding his literary talent, just based on his looks alone, Yang Yingxi was famous in the Northern Lands for being able to captivate even birds and beasts.
Just as Xiao Yun was about to say something, she saw that Yang Yingxi had once again jumped onto the horse's back. Her movements were as smooth as flowing water. Those who did not know her might really think that she was a young talent in Jianghu.
Xiao Yun could only climb onto the horse's back. Then, the two of them slowed down and began to look around Jingzhou city.
It must be said that Yang Yingxi was also a strange woman. Although she was born in a rich and powerful family in Yanzhi prefecture, there was not the slightest bit of the arrogance of the daughter of a rich family. There was even a rumor that this talented woman took the initiative to ask Yang Chenglin, who was the supervisor of Yanzhi prefecture, to learn the sword when she was ten years old.
Yang Chenglin could not resist his precious daughter's coaxing and pestering, so he invited an old swordsman who was somewhat famous in Ling prefecture to come to his mansion to teach her the sword.
Perhaps God had given Yang Yingxi his talent. In the past few years, although Yang Yingxi had been diligently practicing, he had never been able to enter the elegant hall of swordsmanship. He had only learned some fanciful swordsmanship that was not very practical. It was fine to use it to scare people, but if he were to really practice it, how could it be described as unsightly?
After so many years of cultivation, her cultivation was only at the middle stage of the Blood Refining realm.
This time, Yang Yingxi's heart did not have the desire to meet some real experts in Jianghu. Unfortunately, in these days, the two of them had seen a lot of Wanderers in martial arts. Although Yang Yingxi did not have real martial arts, she still had the ability to see. Naturally, she could see that those so-called Jianghu talents were not much stronger than her. If she really fought with those Wanderers, it was still unknown who would win.
As time passed, those thoughts faded away.
When they arrived at the bustling city, the two of them dismounted from their horses. First, they found an inn, gave the waiter some silver, and instructed him to take good care of the two fine horses from the Yang Mansion. Then, they went out for a stroll.
The customs of Ling Prefecture City were very different from Jing Prefecture City. For example, some of the small and strange objects on the streets were an eye-opener for Yang Yingxi and Xiao Yun.
This time, the two of them had carefully planned for a long time to escape Yanzhi prefecture. Naturally, they had plenty of money on them. When they saw some rare objects, they simply bought them all.
In less than an hour, the two of them were covered with all kinds of "toys", and each of them was holding a stick of candied hawthorn in their hands.
Biting down on a hawthorn, Yang Yingxi pretended to be at ease and shook the hair tie she used to tie her hair. She opened her mouth and said, "Xiao Yun, let me ask you, is this young master's appearance handsome?"
But before Xiao Yun could open her mouth to flatter her, she saw the toys on Yang Yingxi's body fall to the ground.
Xiao Yun pretended as if nothing had happened and looked elsewhere. It wasn't that she didn't want to help pick up the things, it was just that the proud and arrogant Miss had never been embarrassed in her life. If she went up to help, the Miss would be very embarrassed.
Just when Yang Yingxi was a little confused, a young man at the stall next to him noticed this scene. The young man smiled and walked to Yang Yingxi's side. He said with a light smile, "Brother, what are you waiting for? Hurry up and pick up the things. "
After saying that, this strange young man, who carried a large sword in broad daylight, was the first to bend down and help pick up the scattered things.
When Yang Yingxi reacted, the young man had already picked up all the things in his hands. After handing the things back to Yang Yingxi, the young man said goodbye and disappeared into the crowd.
Yang Yingxi, who was standing in the same place, had a slightly red face. If one looked carefully, it would be extremely pretty. Other than her father, no man had ever touched her before. But when she picked up the things just now, the two of their palms touched gently.
But she did not seem to be disgusted.
The corner of Yang Yingxi's mouth raised slightly and he muttered, "What a strange fellow."
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After Lin Xiu helped the brother, who was obviously as inexperienced as him, to pick up the things, he quickly disappeared into the crowd.
They met by chance, so he laughed it off.
Because he was far away from the Gui Yuan Sect, he was not worried that the Wangjiang Sword would be exposed, so he directly carried the sword on his back.
Seeing that the sky was slowly darkening, the number of people on the streets of Jingzhou City did not decrease, which made Lin Xiu think of Huai Ning City.
He sighed and immediately stopped thinking about it. Some things could not be solved just by thinking about it.
Reading ten thousand books could not compare to walking a thousand miles. Walking and stopping along the way really made Lin Xiu, who was originally a carefree youth living in Huai Ning City, understand the various states of life and the impermanence of the world.
Only one knew the warmth and coldness of the world.
Back when he was still in Huai Ning City, he only cared about the size of an acre of land. He was intimidated by the majesty of the Lin family and basically everyone in front of him had a kind face. As for how much of the smile was real and how much was fake, how could he distinguish at that time ah?
Although he was once ridiculed by some people in the family, there was a limit to that. How could it compare to the real experience of the mortal world?
For some reason, Lin Xiu suddenly remembered what Lu Mingyuan said to him when he was still on the mountain.
Lu Mingyuan told him that after crossing the East Sea, there was another territory where people did not recognize the zodiac, but the constellations.
And among the constellations, the people of the Aquarius constellation were the most entangled. They often could figure out most of the thoughts of others, but in reality, they could only see through it and not say it. Over time, these Aquarius constellations became crazy. So, being ordinary is true, and being simple is a blessing.
Lin Xiu shook his head and stopped thinking about other things. He returned to the inn where he was temporarily staying, found a seat by the window, and ordered two small dishes at random. Just like that, he began to admire the myriad of people outside the window.
At this moment, it was mealtime, and the inn's business was quite booming. There was basically no empty seat. A group of rich young masters dressed in fine silk and swords at their waists got off their horses outside the inn and strode into the inn.
One of the rich young masters, who should be the son of a general, pressed his hands tightly on the scabbard, as though he was about to draw his sword. Then, he glanced coldly at the people in the inn and said arrogantly, "Aren't you all going to get lost? Can't you see that we brothers want to eat? If you don't get out in 10 breaths of time, I'm telling you, don't think about going back today. "
The arrogant young master relied on the fact that his father was a powerful existence in Jingzhou. It was easy for him to bully others and take advantage of women, not to mention chasing people away in a restaurant.
Just as he was about to continue to show off his "ability", a gentle voice suddenly came from behind him.
"Everyone, eat your food. My brother is just joking with you, don't take it seriously."
The person who spoke was an ordinary-looking young man, but this young man looked quite extraordinary. The group of people actually followed his lead. After he spoke, even the arrogant young master shut his mouth obediently and even took a step back without anyone noticing, just enough to make the young man stand out.
It was said that the children of generals only knew how to punish evil, but this ability to read people's expressions was also a skill.
Just like how many people complained that they were not born well, but even if they reincarnated into a rich youth, they might not be able to hold on to it. The world was bustling and everyone moved for benefits. Even those hedonistic young masters knew how to suck up to others since they were young. In short, it was not easy to be a human.
Just as the young master finished speaking, a few guests in the inn by the window stood up and took the initiative to walk to the side of the young master and cupped their fists in greeting.
One of the oldest elders took a step forward and pointed to their original position by the window. He laughed and said, "Young Master Su, we have some matters to attend to at home. It just so happens that we can make room for you over there."
"Thank you, Old Master Lin. If I have time, Su Yun will definitely visit you at your residence." The young master, Su Yun, also said politely.
"Then we will wait for Young Master Su's arrival." With that, Old Master Lin left with a few business partners.
The few rich young masters watched this scene with arrogant expressions. Did they not see that even the famous Lin Anzhi of Jing State, the God of Wealth, had to give them face?
When the few of them sat down, because there were a lot of them, it was slightly crowded.
The arrogant young master had his eyes on the young man at the table in front of them.
He was about to speak but was stopped by the young master, Su Yun, with a look.
"Hong Xiuwen, don't complicate things, sit down."
He laughed awkwardly and the arrogant young master, who had great expectations from his father, shrugged his shoulders helplessly and sat down again.
Su Yun got up and walked to Lin Xiu's side, then said softly, "Brother, we have a lot of people over there. Why don't you share a table with us and everyone can make do?"
After witnessing the scene in front, Lin Xiu did not have a good impression of the rich young masters in Jing State and his voice was a little cold.
"I'm sorry, I'm used to being alone. I'm not used to being with you guys."
Hearing his words, Su Yun did not say anything and maintained a warm expression, but the faces of the few young masters of the officials at the back darkened. In this Jing State Prefecture City, there was actually someone who dared to not give face to the only son of the City Lord? Someone said, "Kid, don't be so shameless. If you don't know how to appreciate favors, this young master has ways to make you unable to walk out of the inn."
This time, Su Yun did not say anything and just watched coldly, wanting to see how Lin Xiu would deal with it.
"Oh? Then I'll have to wait and see. "Lin Xiu said indifferently.
"Brother, from your accent, you shouldn't be from Jing State City, right?" Su Yun looked at Lin Xiu.
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