When Li Xuan lifted the restriction, recalled the two ghosts, and returned to Wu's house, he didn't know that ten days had passed since he had been there.
After returning to Wu's house, while teaching little Wu Chen, he used his own alchemy fire to refine the thunder fire seal every day, so it came to spring again in a flash.
That evening, Li Xuan was in the room teaching Wu Chen the theory of cultivating alchemy and ancestral orifices, when he heard the voices of Wu Jianguo and his wife vaguely from outside the room, telling little Wu Chen to meditate and do his homework, but he turned his ear to listen carefully.
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Wu Jianguo sighed: "The river along the river is located at the throat of the waterway. It has always been a place of contention for waterway transportation. Now it is monopolized by me alone. It is normal for others to peep. Many people have thought about this before, but In the end, it all ended in vain, so don’t worry about it if you are a woman.”
"My lord, I'm not talking about you. You are too careless about this kind of thing. They are negotiating with you this time, and they obviously have bad intentions. Don't even think about it. The dam guarding the pass of the Yangtze River is a must for your business group ships." In the place of passage, if they really play tricks there and raise the past expenses so much, the expenses of your ship will not be a small amount. If things go on like this, it will only be a matter of time before you close down and go bankrupt.
What's more, this time it is still the officials who come forward... Don't you think there is something strange about it? "
After Wang Sufang finished speaking, Wu Jianguo pondered for a while and said, "Could it be that I don't know what you said? It's just that I was thinking that the Jianmen ship lock is managed by the government after all, and they can't get their hands in it no matter what! I don't believe the officials will collude with them..." Wu Jianguo seemed to be a little shaken after hearing what his wife said.
As soon as Wu Jianguo finished speaking, Wang Sufang said: "My lord, I've been hiding some things all these years, just because I'm afraid you will get angry, but I have to say it today... My lord, the business group has developed to this day, and you have contributed a lot. But you know what? Do you really think you would be so smooth sailing without me being behind you all the time?"
Hearing this, Wu Jianguo said in a slightly surprised tone, "You mean..."
Wang Sufang nodded, her eyes were full of concern, and she said softly: "Husband, I know you are an upright person and disdain those behaviors, so I have never dared to tell you..." After Wang Sufang finished speaking, Wu Jianguo bowed his head and remained silent. For a while, the couple fell into silence.
After half the payment, Wu Jianguo let out a long sigh, and looked at his wife affectionately, and the heat in his eyes could be seen clearly.
With a slight smile, he said calmly: "Sufang, I have been very satisfied for so many years, but it's not because of the business group, but because of you... Now that this matter has come to this point, I can only take one step at a time. Well, if there is such a day, it doesn't matter, as long as you and Ah Chen are still by my side, I don't care even if I live a poor life."
After Wu Jianguo finished speaking, he gently embraced his wife in his arms, and a deep affection lingered in their mutual hearts. At this moment, all ambitions and prosperity dimmed in their hearts. Only the sincere feelings were like seeds, deeply rooted in the depths of each other's souls.
A person's life is just like a poem and a song, with its own rhythm and rhythm, its own growth and decline. Life begins with innocent childhood, and through the growth of youth, with passion and ignorance, ideals and ambitions, clumsily and hard-working towards maturity.
When people reach their prime of life, their experience will gradually expand, their reading will increase, their involvement in the world will become deeper, and their achievements will gradually increase. In middle age, the tension in life is relieved, and the character of the person gradually matures, like a fragrant fruit, like a mellow fine wine, with a more tolerant heart. At this time, although life is not as optimistic as before, the attitude towards life has tended to be calm and flat. Gradually, I realized some truths in the mortal negotiations, and based on this, I will spend the next year. That kind of life will be harmonious, peaceful, serene and content.
And so on until finally, at last, the candle of life flickers and goes out, and man begins to sleep forever, never to wake up again.
A person's life is like a journey. All people, as long as you have life, are just travelers on the journey. In this journey, you will fall in love with someone, hate someone, and accept someone. To reject someone, to be a confidant with someone, to be an old enemy with someone, to help someone get through adversity, to design someone to fall into adversity, all these, in the eyes of ordinary people, are nothing but a wonderful moment between people. It's just an encounter, but in the eyes of the Taoist, it's just a result of the cycle of the day, and the result of the karma. When the fate is repaid, why did it leave a mark
After a long time, the two slowly separated. Wang Sufang said with concern: "Husband, it is probably for this reason that they invited you to Jiangxin Island today. No matter what they say, you can just make excuses. After tonight, we Think again."
"Well, don't worry, I'll be careful." After lightly shaking Wang Sufang's hand, Wu Jianguo turned around and left. He disappeared outside the door amidst the sound of horseshoes.
It wasn't until Wu Jianguo, the manager and several servants disappeared into the twilight that Wang Sufang sighed softly, turned back to her room with a sad face.
The relationship between father and son, husband and wife, teacher and brother, friends, and encounters in life are not accidental, and they cannot escape a fate.
Inside Xiao Wu Chen's room, Li Xuan turned around and glanced at his apprentice who was concentrating on meditation, shook his head helplessly, and said in his heart: "As a teacher, how can I not ask about the prosperity and decline of your family, and take it as a repayment for your life-saving grace back then Let's go!" After thinking about it, he waved his big sleeve, and the purple light flashed, and there was no one left.
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Jiangxin Island, a small natural alluvial island, has been developed by some wealthy businessmen and has become a unique place for leisure and entertainment in this area.
Because the river here is very open and the water flow is gentle, looking from a distance, the waves are rippling and the sky is grounded. The small island is like a bright pearl, inlaid in the vast expanse of blue waves. It was early spring at this time, and in the evening breeze, willows fluttered along both sides of the river. The island was full of natural rocks, weeping willows in wooden corridors, dotted with lotus ponds, and some unknown flowers and plants were scattered around. Fragrance, refreshing.
During this period, Qionglou and Yuyu are dotted all over the place, and some Suzhou-Hangzhou garden-style designs have become the main architectural style of the island. Moreover, because the island is completely open to the outside world, no fees are charged, and the scenery is beautiful, Jiangxin Island is full of tourists all day long. There is an endless stream, and it has also become the best entertainment place for many scholars and wealthy children.
As night fell slowly, a crescent moon lazily climbed into the night sky, willows along both sides of the river swayed with the wind, and a carriage galloped towards.
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In the center of the island is the largest loft on the island.
Walking out of the carriage door, looking at the luxurious pavilion in front of him, Wu Jianguo was slightly lost in thought, with an imperceptible look of worry flashing in his eyes.
"Excuse me, are you Master Wu? Our master has been waiting for a long time." While Wu Jianguo was distracted, a well-dressed waiter came slowly and made a gesture of invitation.
Glancing at the waiter, Wu Jianguo turned around and gave some instructions to the housekeeper, Old Liu, before following the waiter.
In the vast night, the lights are shining, against the extravagant and magnificent building, it is more graceful and luxurious. But at this moment, in the eyes of Wu Jianguo, the magnificent appearance of this grand building couldn't hide its ferocious side at all.
The waiter brought Wu Jianguo into the gate, and then another smiling man dressed as a manager came out to welcome him, and respectfully said to Wu Jianguo, "Master Wu, please come inside."
"Thank you for leading the way!"
After Wu Jianguo was polite, he followed the man and disappeared into the magnificent sandalwood gate.
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In the attic, among the superior guest rooms.
"Haha! Boss Wang, Mr. Wu is visiting today, what a bother!"
In the main hall of the guest room, three people greeted them with smiles, and Wu Jianguo said politely to a middle-aged man in the middle.
Seeing this, the middle-aged man made a haha, and said, "Boss Wu is talking there. You are already giving Wang enough face by coming to me. What's more, I invite you tonight, so how can you call it an interruption?" ? I was still panicking about wasting Boss Wu’s precious time just now! Come on, let me introduce you a distinguished guest.” After speaking, he took Wu Jianguo’s hand and pointed at the obese man next to him with a seemingly affectionate expression. The man said: "This is Mr. Liu who is next to our Master Chengdu."
Master Liu is a middle-aged man with a fat body. When he stops there, he has an aura unique to those who have been in high positions for a long time.
Wu Jianguo sized him up and said, "Master Liu, hello, it's an honor to know Mr. Liu, Mr. Wu, please take care of me in the future!"
After Wu Jianguo finished speaking with a smile, that Mr. Liu was polite, his naive and fat face was full of integrity.
But Wu Jianguo knew in his heart that this superficial "integrity" was just a hypocritical superficial gesture, a pure professional performance. And the real "integrity" is a posture deep in the heart, which is easily ignored and ignored, just like being chic is essentially a state of mind. Therefore, in this sense, a guy who makes people feel very honest at a glance is probably a social veteran.
Seeing Wu Jianguo's calm face, Boss Wang pointed to another sixty-year-old man with an extraordinary bearing and said, "I don't need to introduce this one, haha, everyone is an old acquaintance, come here, please come inside." Picking up Wu Jianguo's hand and walking in, the appearance was very affectionate, but Wu Jianguo knew that this kind of enthusiasm was nothing more than a disguise to cover up the real purpose in his heart, but since he came, he didn't panic, and always hugged him. The mentality of letting nature take its course, let it do what it wants.
After Wu Jianguo's figure disappeared, the waiter at the door murmured to himself: "Master Guan, Lord Landlord, you have a different style." After he finished speaking, he turned around when his eyes went dark, and a tall body blocked him. In front of him, he subconsciously took a few steps back, slightly startled, worried that someone would hear what he said just now, and quickly looked up, only to see a man wearing a A tall man in a rough sermon robe.
But seeing that this person looks ancient and clumsy, with a faint smile on his face, a little stubble under the tough lip line, a dry purple gourd hanging from his waist, thin cloth shoes on his feet, and long hair With a strip of cloth tied behind his head casually, fluttering up and down gently in the slight night breeze, such a bohemian person, at this time, in the eyes of the waiter, has a faint meaning of being out of the world and unpredictable.
Withdrawing his wandering eyes from the Taoist, the waiter quietly looked behind the Taoist, and saw that under the bright lights, the tall iron gate that he had guarded for two years was now closed tightly, staring blankly at the Taoist. Iron gate, a big question mark in the waiter's head, unconsciously, there was a chill in his heart.
It was Li Xuan who came, glanced at the waiter who was standing in front of him, and said slightly: "This brother, you are poor and polite."
The voice was not loud, but it implied the effect of clearing the mind and calming the mind. After Li Xuangang finished speaking, the waiter immediately woke up, his mind changed, and he hurriedly bowed down, and said tentatively: "This Taoist priest, may I ask that you were invited by our master?" ?"
"I was never invited." Li Xuan said flatly.
The waiter let out a long breath after hearing Li Xuan's words, and his complexion relaxed a lot. Looking at the Taoist in front of him, he couldn't help but feel a little disapproving. Still wearing a complimenting expression, he asked: "What is the priest doing here? Could it be that he is here to ask for alms?"
After the waiter finished speaking, Li Xuan shook his head and said with a smile: "No! I heard that your master has distinguished guests, so I came here today to show your master a few tricks and give some fun and jokes."
After hearing this, the waiter showed a trace of impatience, and said lightly: "I don't know what tricks the master can do, you might as well show me the tricks first, if you can, I will let you know, otherwise, it's no big deal for you to be expelled." , who will I go to when I lose my job?"
Li Xuan listened, but didn't answer. He looked around and found a small fish pond with a size of three meters on the side, in which there were fish swimming and playing, and their bodies were fat. Immediately, he gently raised his hand towards the fish pond, and saw the water in the pond rising up with his hand, about two meters high, as thick as a basketball, under the illumination of colorful lights, it looked like a crystal tower standing upright. Looking carefully, I saw those fat fish in the water column, whispering to each other from time to time, sinking or rising, never seeming to be disturbed in the slightest, and still playing leisurely.
At this time, looking at the waiter's appearance, he looked like a dementia, with his mouth wide open, staring blankly at the tall and upright water column, unable to speak. Seeing this expression, Li Xuan didn't make a sound to wake him up, but just pressed his hand down, and the upright water column, like a dragon entering the sea, returned to the fish pond, and there was no water mark on the edge of the pond.
Only then did I hear the waiter's dreamlike voice: "Is this still a trick?"
Because he performed a Taoist technique in front of the waiter, and after being notified by him, Li Xuan was smoothly brought into this luxurious attic by the middle-aged steward.
Following the steward, Li Xuan walked through an aisle covered with a red carpet, and there was a strong bodyguard standing every few meters on both sides. Seeing this scene, he reckoned that the owner here was probably not very kind to him. generation.
At the end of the aisle, two mahogany doors with exquisite patterns were partially hidden, and there were faint voices coming from inside, and Wu Jianguo's deep voice was mixed in.
In the living room, the middle-aged steward respectfully said to a lean middle-aged man wearing a pearl and agate hat: "Master, this is the Taoist priest who claims to be able to play tricks." After speaking, he stepped aside and let Li Xuan go come out.
"Ah..." At the moment when the steward moved away from his body, Wu Jianguo's face showed surprise, and he was about to speak when he heard a very small voice blowing into his ears, which sounded like Li Xuan's usual words, and the voice said: " Don't act rashly, I already know why you came here, later you have to play by ear, no matter what happens, you have to cooperate with me, now just pretend you don't know me." The voice said here, It came to a screeching halt.
At any rate, Wu Jianguo came here amidst the turbulent waves. After hearing Li Xuan's words, he acted as if nothing had happened. He pretended to look blankly at the person above him, but his expression was normal. Wu Jianguo couldn't help but feel a little strange when he felt at ease, and asked secretly: "Although the voice was small just now, the words were clear to my ears, and I could hear them all, but why can't the people around here, who are also close at hand, hear nothing?" Woolen cloth?"
He thought this in his heart, but it didn't show on his face. From his point of view, although this kind of thing was strange, as long as it happened to Li Xuan, it seemed reasonable. Then he recalled what happened in his own family last year. The supernatural powers that were displayed at that time made my heart feel calm.
In fact, the voice that Wu Jianguo heard just now was indeed from Li Xuan, but he used a trick similar to that of warriors called 'sound transmission into secret'. For ordinary warriors, as long as this luck and internal strength is at its peak, it will be able to unite the spirit, energy and spirit, and connect to the innate source. It can be used rigidly or softly, large or small. When performing this method, one only needs to train one's own innate qi or zhenyuan to be as thin as a gossamer, aim at the target, send it out, and penetrate directly into the ear of the opponent. Although the voice is thin, it is extremely clear. As for the things that ordinary warriors can do, with Li Xuan's cultivation at this time, Man said that the opposite side is not far away, even if it is hundreds of miles away, it can be spread in an instant.
After comforting Wu Jianguo, Li Xuan glanced at the audience without saying a word, and just looked at the somewhat exaggeratedly luxurious interior decoration on his own: On both sides of the spacious hall, there were two rows of people-high furniture. The flower porcelain vase, illuminated by the light, is round and round like a brocade. The patterns on it are all hand-picked out with pen and ink. Judging by the workmanship and age, each piece is worth tens of thousands of dollars. Look behind the lean man above, on the wall paved with white marble, there is a huge picture of a hundred people singing and dancing. In the picture, there are many spring-colored beauties with pink make-up and half-exposed skirts. There was a red brocade seat in the middle, and there were two people sitting on the left. One of them was obese, with a dignified appearance, and there was a faint look of aloofness that had been in a high position for a long time. The person on the right was Wu Jianguo.
It is said that while Li Xuan was sizing up the other party, several people in the living room were also sizing up the uninvited Taoist. They had different evaluations in their hearts, but they all wanted to witness the magic trick that the waiter had said earlier.
The middle-aged man looked at the Taoist who was standing calmly, and said to the steward with his hands down, "Ah Fu, go get a stool for the Taoist priest to sit on."
The steward listened, respectfully agreed, and was about to turn around when the Taoist said: "Boss Wang, you don't need to be too polite. The poor Taoist is here just to perform a few tricks to entertain the others, and he will leave later. Don't bother to work."
(to be continued)