These words were just words of encouragement and deceit. In reality, even Lu Shengzhong himself didn't think highly of him and Shao Liuer. The difference in their statuses and backgrounds was too great.
The huge gap between them was not something that could be made up for by liking or not. The difference in their horizons, experience, knowledge, standard of living, and habits was hard to agree with. In the beginning, they could cover it up with passion, but after they calmed down, all kinds of contradictions would be exposed. The two of them were incompatible. Unless Tan Yaoxian could improve quickly, they would not be suited to be together at all. The Shao Family must have seen this very clearly. It might not be entirely because they despised the poor and loved the rich.
But Tan Yaoxian lifted his sleeve to wipe away his tears. He stared blankly at Lu Shengzhong. Lu Shengzhong's last sentence seemed to wake him up.
Lu Shengzhong looked at him and nodded slightly, encouraging him to do it.
Tan Yaoxian's eyes gradually lit up. He clasped his fingers in front of his chest and paced back and forth in the hall, anxious and excited.
However, his courage disappeared as quickly as it came. Very soon, he slowly sat sideways at the table. He held the edge of the table and lowered his head, saying, "I understand the Shao Family's intention. What's the use of my willingness? If the Shao Family doesn't agree, what can I do? I'm afraid I won't even have the chance to see Liu 'er."
Lu Sheng cursed inwardly. 'Then why are you still hanging around when you know you can't stay in the Northern Region? Aren't you still holding on to hope?'
He quickly walked up to him and bowed down, "The Shao Family won't let you meet them. Why don't you find a way to meet them yourself?"
Tan Yaoxian raised his head. "The Shao family's residence is heavily guarded. Liu 'er isn't allowed to come out, so how am I supposed to get in?"
Lu Shengzhong said, "Withered Leaf Messenger, can't you contact Miss Shao? If you can't get in, you can ask Miss Shao to think of a way to get out! "
Tan Yaoxian said, "Her family won't let her out. How did she get out?"
Lu Shengzhong said, "If we could get in and out easily, would we still need to think of a way here? Why don't you contact Miss Shao first and ask her what kind of suffering she has? We'll see if we can solve it. If we really can't solve it, then it won't be too late to sigh and sigh. You're not even trying and you're already cowering. Is this what a man should do? Is Brother Tan a coward? Or is Miss Shao's true feelings blind? "
Tan Yaoxian was stirred up by his words. He stood up again, but quickly became listless. "Even if Liu 'er comes out, the Shao Family won't allow us to be together. What's the use?"
"…" Lu Shengzhong was speechless. He couldn't stand such an indecisive and overcautious scholar. Before he even started, he was already baffled by difficulties. He sighed, "If Miss Shao could come out, it would be much easier to get the Shao family to agree."
Tan Yaoxian looked up and said sincerely, "Brother Li, please teach me!"
Lu Shengzhong said, "Elope with Miss Shao! Go to a place where the Shao Family can't find you, and you'll be able to live forever. "
"This … isn't this inappropriate?" Tan Yaoxian was a little embarrassed, but he seemed to be a little moved. He said bashfully, "I'm afraid Liu 'er won't agree either."
Lu Shengzhong said, "Then let's do what's done first. Once Miss Shao becomes yours, she'll naturally be willing to go with you. Even if she was unwilling to elope, what was done could not be undone. The Shao Family could only accept the reality, right? Naturally, all difficulties will be easily solved. "
Tan Yaoxian looked embarrassed, "This is not what a gentleman would do!"
Lu Shengzhong couldn't stand this pedantic fool, so he turned around and left. He was about to go to the courtyard to get some fresh air.
However, Tan Yaoxian thought that Lu Shengzhong was really going to leave. It wasn't easy to find someone who wasn't afraid of the Shao Family and could really give him ideas. He was a little anxious, so he quickly grabbed Lu Shengzhong's arm, "Brother Li! Let me think about it. "
Lu Shengzhong stopped and looked at him. He knew that he was moved, so he asked, "Do you want to go against your conscience and be a hypocrite, or do you want to be with Miss Shao?"
"This …" Tan Yaoxian was too embarrassed to say it, but he finally nodded.
Lu Shengzhong wanted to ask him why he nodded, but he changed his mind. This guy was shy, so he didn't make things difficult for him. He pushed Tan Yaoxian's hand away and nodded, "Okay, then contact Miss Shao as soon as possible and ask her about the situation over there. Let's see how we can help her get out. We might have a chance if we work together."
This was his real goal.
He knew that it was dangerous to cause trouble here, but what could he do if Niu Youdao wanted him to do it? Even if he wanted to go back, he had to do one or two things to report, right?
However, the Shao Family had already alerted the enemy, and it would be very difficult to break through. Now that he had finally found a gap, of course, he wanted to see if he could open it.
If he could open a gap, if he could kidnap Shao Liu 'er, if he could kidnap Shao Liu' er to Qingshan County, then he wouldn't have to take risks here anymore. He could also report to Niu Youdao, and it would also be time for Niu Youdao to express his position in Mount Five Liang.
Actually, he was a little tired of doing this himself.
Sometimes, when he thought about it, he felt that he was to blame. Back when he was with Wang Heng, there were many Golden Core Realm cultivators around Wang Heng. As a Foundation Building cultivator, he could only try his best to show off his abilities in certain aspects in order to gain a foothold.
In the end, it was good that Wang Heng appreciated him. In the future, Wang Heng would let him do something like this.
Assassinating Niu Youdao in Canglu County was a good example. Even other Golden Core Realm cultivators weren't sure if they could do it, but Wang Heng didn't care and forced him to do it.
Therefore, he fell into Niu Youdao's hands. Perhaps Niu Youdao also saw his ability in this aspect, so he forced him to deal with Shao Pingbo.
He was really tired of constantly hovering on the edge of danger. He was also afraid. He knew that if he continued like this, something would happen sooner or later.
Tan Yaoxian looked at the sky outside. "It's not time yet. It'll be evening. I need to make some preparations."
Lu Shengzhong asked, "What preparations? Do you need my help?"
"That's not necessary." Tan Yaoxian shook his head. He quickly went to the courtyard and picked up seven or eight leaves from under the tree.
He came back and took the sewing needle. He sat in front of the table and held the leaves. After a while, he suddenly asked, "Brother Li, what should I write?"
Lu Shengzhong said, "Just say that you want to see her and ask her if she can come out."
Tan Yaoxian shook his head. "I've said this before. She can't come out."
Lu Shengzhong said, "Then say that you're going to leave the Northern Prefecture and want to see her one last time. Ask her if she has any difficulties coming out and we can discuss and solve it together. Hmm, that's the general idea."
Tan Yaoxian wanted to say something but stopped. However, after being enlightened by Lu Shengzhong today, he finally mustered up his manly spirit. Finally, he made up his mind and threw caution to the wind.
He placed the leaves on the table. He bent over the table and poked the sewing needle in his hand on the table. In the blink of an eye, small words appeared on the leaves.
This technique … Lu Shengzhong, who was standing at the side, was stunned. He was simply amazed.
He had thought that it would be very troublesome to carve words on leaves. Now, he realized that this bookworm's technique was very skillful and fast. He had practiced it! He was indeed a scholar …
What made Lu Shengzhong even more speechless was that he didn't know the words on the leaves. They were written in a secret code. He must have made an appointment with Shao Liuer. No wonder he could see it in person.
He wanted to find out more about the place. If necessary, he could pretend to be Tan Yaoxian and contact Shao Liuer. Now, it seemed that he had to get a way to translate the secret code.
At this moment, he could only sigh that this pair of lovers had really put in a lot of effort …
Everything was prepared. When it was almost time, Tan Yaoxian took out a book before he left. He placed the tattooed leaves into the pages of the book layer by layer.
He held the book in his hand and put on the finished tattooed leaves. He asked Lu Shengzhong, "Brother Li, it's about time."
Lu Shengzhong sat down and chuckled, "It's better if I don't look at the secret place. Brother Tan, you can go by yourself. I'll wait here for you to come back."
How could he go out with Tan Yaoxian in public?
"Alright!" Tan Yaoxian nodded in agreement. He was also too embarrassed to let others see his shameful tricks.
After sending him off, Lu Shengzhong peeked out from the top of the wall. He looked in the direction Tan Yaoxian went and quickly jumped over the wall from the other side …
There was a canal in the city. Many people in the city got their daily water from here. Beside the canal, there were people washing clothes and vegetables. There were also children playing in the water. There was an endless stream of passers-by on both sides of the canal. There was a bridge over the canal.
The upper reaches of the canal were relatively quiet. There was a diversion channel that led straight to the Provincial Governor's Manor. After the water made a turn in the Provincial Governor's Manor, it would flow out from another exit.
The environment in this area was quiet. It was a place where scholars frequented.
When Tan Yaoxian arrived, there were already other scholars who were either walking around with their books in their hands, behind their backs, or pacing back and forth reading. He had also become one of them.
However, he had a slightly refined hobby. He liked to pick a leaf from the roadside and shake it in his hand as he read. As he read, he would unknowingly throw it away. Then, he would unknowingly pick another one.
As he walked back and forth across the small canal leading to the Provincial Governor's Manor, he would unknowingly pull out a leaf from his book and drop it into the canal.
He didn't throw it all at once. Instead, he would only throw out a leaf from his book after a period of time. If he threw it all at once, he was afraid that the person who had agreed to wait for him would miss it.
'This works too?' Lu Shengzhong, who was peeping from a certain corner, sighed inwardly. In order to resolve the pain of lovesickness, this pair of man and woman had really trained themselves to be spies …
In the forest garden of the Provincial Governor's Manor, Shao Liu-er, who was dressed in a long pink dress, was also holding a book in her hand. She was pacing back and forth next to a gurgling brook in the small forest.
The hidden guards nearby would occasionally pay attention to the beautiful figures walking back and forth in the forest. However, they wouldn't pay much attention to them. They all knew that this was Eldest Miss Shao's habit. Unless it was raining, Eldest Miss Shao would be reading in the quiet forest at this time of the day. No one would disturb her.
Shao Liu-er, who was pacing back and forth with a book in her hand, glanced sideways at the leaf floating in the brook. She was secretly delighted. She knew that her lover's message had arrived.
After seeing the first leaf, she knew that there would be a second one. Thus, she walked to a rock by the brook and sat down.
When the second leaf arrived, she bent down slightly and reached out to pick it up from the water. She wasn't in a hurry to read it. She held it between her fingers as if it was a toy. Only after she finished reading a paragraph did she slowly stand up and leave.
The sky gradually darkened. Tan Yaoxian returned home. He pushed open the courtyard door and quickly closed it. Then, he quickly walked into the hall and saw Lu Shengzhong, who was sitting in the hall and waiting for him with a smile.
"Are you done?" Lu Shengzhong asked despite knowing the answer.
Tan Yaoxian was a little embarrassed. He nodded and said, "I think I'm done."
Lu Shengzhong asked, "When will you reply?"
Tan Yaoxian replied, "It should be tomorrow morning."
Lu Shengzhong teased, "It seems that Brother Tan will be going out to read again tomorrow morning."
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