Gu Fuyou gave Xiao Zhongting's jade ring to Mr. Zhai, asking him to give it to Xiao Zhi, and then appeal to her emotions and reason with her, asking her to give up the dark and join the light.
That night, Mr. Zhai brought back good news. With her eloquence and Xiao Zhongting's token, as well as Xiao Zhi's lofty ambition that was unwilling to be buried, Xiao Zhi was willing to believe them.
Mr. Zhai immediately asked about the situation in Xiao Zhi's City Lord's Mansion and found out some interesting things. More than a year ago, Zuo Taisui passed away, and the position of the leader of Xu Ling Sect was vacant.
In terms of status and qualifications, Zuo Yuezhi is a protector and Zuo Shaode is a law enforcer, and their status is equal; in terms of achievements, they are evenly matched; in terms of cultivation, both of them have entered the realm of distraction, but Zuo Yuezhi is one level lower than Zuo Shaode; in terms of seniority, Zuo Yuezhi is the nephew and Zuo Shaode is the second uncle, slightly inferior; in terms of strength, Zuo Shaode owns Wantong City, the world's number one treasure land for making money, and controls half of the source of spiritual stones in Nanzhou. Although Zuo Yuezhi has several cities and spiritual mines, his financial resources are still slightly inferior to Zuo Shaode.
In this comparison, Zuo Shaode should be more qualified to take over the position of sect leader, but in the end it was Zuo Yuezhi who won the throne of sect leader, only because the Thirty-Three Heavens were Zuo Yuezhi's territory and all the elders supported Zuo Yuezhi.
It is like the ancient imperial family, Zuo Shaode was a powerful vassal king, and Zuo Yuezhi was a prince in the palace. When the emperor passed away, the ministers supported the new emperor to ascend the throne. When Zuo Shaode arrived, the throne had fallen into the hands of others. No one in the court or the public supported him. The overall situation was already decided. He was isolated and helpless, so he had to bow down and become a minister.
This is the drawback of a family-run empire. When choosing the throne, the person is usually related to the emperor rather than someone who is virtuous.
Xiao Zhi told Mr. Zhai that at first the staff and many monks in the City Lord's Mansion were very angry and said that the position of the sect leader should belong to Zuo Shaode. Even Zuo Shaode's son, Xiao Zhi's husband, said so. In the end, Zuo Shaode scolded them and told them not to say such disobedient words again. The complaints in the mansion gradually subsided.
Mr. Zhai came back and told Gu Fuyou everything. Mr. Zhai said, "I'm afraid Zuo Shaode is somewhat unwilling to accept this."
Gu Fuyou smiled and said, "Okay, okay. He wants to fight for power, which is great. When the snipe and the clam quarrel, the fisherman benefits."
The next morning, Gu Fuyou wanted to go see Yi'er and look for Zhong Michu, but she was nowhere to be found. He asked Mr. Zhai and found out that she had already gone out.
Gu Fuyou curled his lips in dissatisfaction without even saying a word to me.
But he quickly put this unhappy mood behind him, ran back to the room, and enthusiastically selected from the pile of treasures sent by Zuo Shaode and some rare treasures from his own collection to give to Yier. Thinking whether Yier would like them, he selected them all, didn't look at any of them, so he hugged them all, put them all in the storage bag, and went to see Yier.
The people from the East China Sea lived in Simiao's house. As soon as she passed through the formation, she heard Yier's voice in the yard. It sounded soft and aggrieved, as if she was begging for something.
She walked into the yard. She saw Zhong Michu half squatting, and Yi'er hugged her and refused to let go: "Mother, please let me stay with you, I will be very obedient, I don't want to go back to Donghai."
"Yier, be obedient and go back with Yinhe Xinghan."
"Just go back, Yinhe Xinghan. I don't want to leave. I want to be with you."
"Yier."
Zhong Michu's voice became deeper. Yi'er sensed that she was unhappy and rubbed her cheek: "Mom, don't be angry." She was very confused and aggrieved in her heart. Zhong Michu loved her very much, and would agree to her request as long as it did not hurt herself. This time she just wanted to be with her, but Zhong Michu did not agree.
Gu Fuyou felt pity for Yi'er when he saw her expression, and asked Zhong Michu, "Why? Do you want her to go back?"
Zhong Michu glanced at her and said, "Hmm." He sighed again and held Yi'er's hands: "What mother is going to do now is very dangerous. It is not safe for you to stay with mother. It may also let others find out our identities."
Yi'er pursed her lips, lowered her head, and said nothing. Gu Fuyou was stunned for a moment, and found that she was very reluctant to leave. She suddenly became alert and said in a trance: "Yes, it's time to go back, it's time to go back, you should go back too."
If she wants revenge, she would be most suitable if she has no worries. If she has nothing in her heart, she can be more ruthless than anyone else. Even if she dies with the Zuo family, she will win because her wish is to destroy the Zuo family. If she has worries, she will hesitate to do things.
She didn't want to keep Zhong Michu because of this. Unconsciously, she got used to having her by her side and forgot to let her go. Now that she met Yi'er again, she liked her and wanted her to stay by her side every day.
She thought, she was not a solitary person by nature. Coming back again, it was as if she had lost contact with the world. Others were closely connected to the world, but she was the only one, as if she was independent of the world. No one cared when she came, and no one cared when she left. Si Miao? She knew in her heart that Si Miao would leave eventually.
She wanted to leave some traces in this world, wanted someone to remember her, so she unconsciously approached Zhong Michu; she was ecstatic about Yi'er's birth, the existence that was like her daughter, she still had relatives, what a redemption. She wanted revenge, she shouldn't have disturbed them, she knew, but she couldn't resist the desire in her heart.
She felt that she was so selfish and contradictory. After she figured it out, she was disgusted with herself. It is easy to change the country, but it is difficult to change one's nature. You are still always thinking about yourself, causing trouble for others, and you have not made any progress at all, Gu Fuyou.
Gu Fuyou lowered his long eyelashes, his eyes dim and dull, and said, "Yes, Zhong Michu, your injury has healed, and it's time for you to go."
Zhong Michu didn't expect that Gu Fuyou would chase her away with him. She felt sad and said after a while, "If I leave, how will you explain it to Zuo Shaode?"
Gu Fuyou was stunned for a moment, she didn't expect this. She told Zuo Shaode that Zhong Michu was the slave she was looking for, and that he was very useful. If Zhong Michu left, Zuo Shaode would be able to take care of it. How should she explain it to him? But she didn't know if it was really impossible to explain, or if she didn't want Zhong Michu to leave deep in her heart. She groaned vaguely and said, "That's true, then you..."
Zhong Michu said: "I'll stay. You'll still need my people to contact Xiao Zhongting." This sentence sounded a bit threatening.
"Well, that's true..." She felt that she was inferior to him in momentum, and also felt as if she had said something wrong. She felt uneasy and said no more.
Zhong Michu called out, "Xinghan."
Xinghan came over and wanted to carry Yi'er onto Ah Fu's back. Yi'er made a final struggle and whispered, "Mom, I can turn into a little dragon and hide in your sleeves so they won't find me."
Zhong Michu didn't say anything. Yi'er's bright eyes were full of expectation. She was pretty, and her expression could make anyone feel soft-hearted, especially Zhong Michu who loved her to the core. Zhong Michu could only turn away and not look at her.
Yi'er couldn't hide her disappointment. Gu Fuyou took the storage bag and coaxed Yi'er, "Yi'er, this is our first meeting, so mother A'man will give you a little toy, okay?"
Yier took it and said, "Thank you, mother Aman."
Gu Fuyou smiled and said, "Don't be unhappy."
Yi'er wanted to ask Gu Fuyou to help her persuade Zhong Michu, but she remembered that Gu Fuyou had agreed to let her go before. The words came to her lips but she couldn't say them. Instead, her face turned red. So she just kissed Gu Fuyou on the forehead and said, "Aman mother, when you finish your business, you must come to Donghai to see me with mother."
"good."
After saying that, Yi'er looked at Zhong Michu reluctantly, then sat on Afu's back and walked away with Yinhe Xinghan.
Gu Fuyou felt reluctant and disappointed, and he let out a long breath. Suddenly, Zhong Michu said in a deep voice: "If it is a promise that you cannot fulfill, don't promise her casually."
Gu Fuyou was startled, and after a moment realized that Zhong Michu was talking about her promise to Yier to visit her in the East China Sea. Zhong Michu's tone revealed her displeasure. Gu Fuyou rarely saw her like this, because Zhong Michu had always been very well-mannered.
Zhong Michu said this to her, as if she was extremely dishonest, so she had to defend herself. But she suddenly remembered that she might not be able to keep her promise. It was uncertain how long her body would last, whether she could really overthrow the Zuo family, and whether she would be safe after everything was done. It was not 100% certain that she would go to the East Sea with Zhong Michu to see Yier.
Isn't it just an empty and vague promise
Gu Fuyou thought that Zhong Michu loved his daughter so much that he didn't want Yi'er to be disappointed after having expectations, so it was inevitable that he would be angry. She couldn't help but feel a little envious, not knowing whether she envied Yi'er for having Zhong Michu to think so carefully about her, or envied Yi'er for having a mother who loved her so much.
Gu Fuyou closed his open mouth again for a long while, and asked in a coaxing tone: "I want to go to Yinxuezhai, will you come with me?"
Zhong Michu said in a muffled voice: "Yeah."
This person is still sulking like before.
Gu Fuyou curved her eyebrows and smiled. The sunlight softened her expression. She herself didn't know how tenderly she looked at Zhong Michu at that moment.
The two walked all the way to Yinxuezhai, and stood in front of Yinxuezhai, looking at the bustling buildings, as if they were in another world. The two looked up, remembering the same scene, but with different people in it.
Zhong Michu vaguely saw a girl sitting by the railing in the sky full of flower rain, with a delicate white lily in her ear and a bright smile on her face.
The first thing that came to Gu Fuyou's mind was a beautiful woman in a smoky blue dress, standing alone and gazing blankly, winning the applause of everyone in the room.
Gu Fuyou was filled with emotion. After leaving Xianluo, there were three places she had not visited: Xuanmiao Gate, Xiaoyao City, and Yinxuezhai. She did not want to go, and she did not dare to go.
There are too many good memories in Yinxuezhai. Zhuzhaizhang is not a relative to her, but he is better than a relative. There are a group of gentle women here, like sisters and mothers. But they are all mortals, with a lifespan of a hundred years, and have long turned into dust. The better the memories are, the more lost they are when they are recalled.
Just as she said, there are only a few people left in this world whom she loves and who love her.
Zhong Michu asked: "What are you doing here?"
Gu Fuyou said: "Wantong City will be in chaos in the future. Sister Zhu took good care of me in the past. Ah, Zhu Ruo, Master Zhu, you remember that time when I summoned you to come down the mountain, you were drunk, and then..." Gu Fuyou suddenly stopped.
Zhong Michu glanced at her dimly and said, "I remember it, I remember it clearly."
Gu Fuyou: “…”
Gu Fuyou coughed twice and said, "This Yinxuezhai is Sister Zhu's hard work, I want to protect it well."
Zhong Michu asked: "How to protect it?"
Gu Fuyou said, "Of course I will buy it. Then I will send those girls to a safe place in advance and use formations to protect Yinxuezhai. Even if it gets bumped or dented, it can be repaired. The most important thing is that nothing will happen to the people. Speaking of people, I don't know who is in charge of Yinxuezhai now, and whether they are as open-minded as Sister Zhu. I hope they won't bully those girls."
Zhong Michu said, "I heard that Yinxuezhai was sold to someone else and the owner was changed. It is no longer managed by the people in the zhai themselves. You want to buy it, but what if the owner here does not sell it?"
"Don't want to sell it?" Gu Fuyou snorted, "Then force him to do it by force."
"If the boss here is a person with a high level of cultivation, would you make it known to the whole city?"
"If the hard approach doesn't work, try the soft approach." Gu Fuyou threw a coquettish look: "Beauty and spiritual stones, money and beauty, he will eventually give in." It is no exaggeration to say that her appearance is stunningly beautiful. She didn't believe that the boss would not be moved.
Just because of Zhong Michu's tone, Gu Fuyou naturally thought that the boss was a man. Gu Fuyou glanced at her, with a look that was somewhat like Qingjun's, and flirted with her: "Even if he doesn't give in, I can seduce him to give in."
Zhong Michu looked at her deeply. Gu Fuyou thought she was surprised that she was so "shameless" now, and said with a smile: "I told you a long time ago that I have no bottom line now. As long as I kill whoever I want to kill and protect whoever I want to protect as much as I can, I can do anything."
Zhong Michu did not answer, but just said, "Let's go."
Went into Yinxuezhai with Gu Fuyou.