When Mr. Zhai came back, he said that Xiao Zhongting would tell Zuo Yuanrong's two sons about Zuo Tianlang's house arrest.
Three days later, Zuo Yuanrong's eldest son set out and led the monks to Wantong City. Following his father's orders, he discussed the alliance with Zuo Shaode. This time he no longer strongly opposed it, and even asked to go there in person after thinking about it.
There were four monks who followed Zuo Shaode, two of whom returned to Wantong City with the team, and the other two still followed Gu Fuyou.
Zuo Peixian came to see his elder brother off. Zuo Hanling glanced at Zuo Shaode's two men, put on the soundproof magic weapon, and took his younger brother to talk to the side. Zuo Peixian said: "Brother, this matter... You went against our father's wishes. If he knows about it later, he will definitely punish you severely."
Zuo Hanling said sternly: "It is better for him to punish me than to put Bailu City in danger."
Zuo Peixian: "It's not necessarily a bad thing for father to form an alliance with Second Uncle. Father is closer to Second Uncle than to Zuo Yuezhi."
Zuo Hanling shook his head and said, "You are also confused. Not to mention that the alliance to seize the position of the clan leader is not legitimate, and the clan's internal fighting will hurt both sides, and the winner will also be a loser; let's say that in the end, my second uncle and my father won. My second uncle is more ruthless than Zuo Yuezhi. His thundering methods are always deadly. Zuo Yuezhi can't tolerate my father, at most he will undermine his power, but at least he won't kill him. If my second uncle becomes the clan leader, there will be no rival in Nanzhou except my father, and the first person he will attack is my father. How can I allow others to snore beside my bed?"
"this… "
"I have already written a letter to the Thirty-Third Heaven to inform the sect leader Zuo Shaode that he has rebellious intentions. Even at the risk of being beaten to death by my father, I would rather let my father do such a foolish thing." When the Thirty-Third Heaven sent someone, he entered the City Lord's Mansion of Wantong City under the pretext of an alliance, and then cooperated with Zuo Yuezhi's people from inside and outside to rescue the young master.
By then, Bailu City would not be considered as treason, and would even be meritorious; it would completely kill the possibility of his father forming an alliance with his second uncle; in family infighting, outsiders are always the most effective, so they could rescue the young master before anything happened, put out the flames of unrest, and try to persuade Zuo Shaode to surrender. Even if they could not persuade him to surrender, they could also minimize the losses of Nanzhou. Kill three birds with one stone.
Zuo Peixian was enlightened by Zuo Hanling's words, and he understood what was going on. Then he looked worried and said, "Brother, this trip is dangerous. You should bring more people with you."
"I have taken away 20% of the monks in the city. If there are more, father will become suspicious."
"Then you have to be more careful."
Zuo Hanling patted Zuo Peixian's shoulder and told him, "You can't relax in Bailu City. That Qingluan is not a good thing. It must be her masterpiece to deceive father and second uncle into an alliance. You also know that father is most easily deceived by people like her. I'm not in the city, so you have to pay more attention. If you can't control it, you can ask Zuo Qingfeng to come out."
"I understand, little brother."
Zuo Hanling turned his spirit sword around and led his men away. Zuo Peixian watched his brother go away from where he stood. At that time, the wind blew, and the maple forest in front of Bailu City rustled, and the maple leaves swayed, like a sea of blood with surging waves.
Gu Fuyou was lying on a rattan chair, stepping on the footrest and rocking the chair back and forth like a cradle, while looking at a list in his hand.
The list was provided by Xiao Zhongting, and it listed some slave owners in Bailu City. Except for Zuo Yuanrong, these slave owners had the most and best quality slaves.
There were about ten people, just the right opportunity for her to practice.
As she was watching, Mr. Zhai came in and said, "He's gone."
Gu Fuyou tapped the ground, the rattan chair stopped shaking, and he stood up. He threw the list to the ground, and the paper turned into powder: "Then it will start from tonight."
That night, the sky was covered with dark clouds and it was pitch black. Gu Fuyou left the bedroom silently as fast as the wind. There were patrolling monks in the city. She could see them, but no one could see her.
She flew all the way to an open-air bath, landed barefoot on the edge of the roof, her clothes fluttering in the night wind, and she looked down at the people in the mist below. It was so convenient to have an insider. Xiao Zhongting knew the residences, habits, cultivation, and attendants of these slave owners very well. Now that she was in the open, the enemy was in the dark. Even if she cut the man's neck, he would not have a chance to react.
She recalled the day when Xuanmiao Sect was defeated, and was completely defeated by the insiders, and she sighed. It was a pity that she didn't see Zhong Michu personally take back Xuanmiao Sect and defeat Ji Xiyan in a dignified manner. She really wanted to see what Ji Xiyan looked like when he went to great lengths to betray his relatives and friends and lost everything he had gained.
She was lost in thought for a moment, and the people below had come out of the bath and put on their clothes. She gathered her mind, summoned Yinhen, and threw it down, and the defensive formation was suddenly broken. There was a close attendant guarding outside, and he only heard a silver bell ringing in a trance, but did not realize that the formation was broken.
She stepped down from the open air and landed in front of the slave owner, with a silver bell hanging in the air beside her, and the sound of the bell was ethereal. The slave owner was already in the illusion of the ear-covering bell. Now the ear-covering bell recognized its master, and it was its original master. The illusion it could create was perfect, and it was difficult to distinguish between the real and the fake. Even a cultivator in the Cave Void Stage could easily fall into the trap if he was not careful, not to mention that the person in front of him was only in the Golden Core Stage.
Gu Fuyou stretched out his hand and said, "Give me the slave contract."
The slave owner asked, "City Lord, why?" In his eyes, he was not in the bathing pool, but in the meeting hall, and the person in front of him was not Qingluan, but Zuo Yuanrong.
Gu Fuyou said: "I want to redistribute the contracts."
There are two ways to get a slave contract. One is voluntary transfer. The other is that after the death of the major slave owners in Bailu City, the contract will automatically flow to Zuo Yuanrong. After Zuo Yuanrong's death, the contract will automatically flow to Zuo Yuezhi. After Zuo Yuezhi's death, when the next patriarch of the Zuo family is elected, the contract will flow to him. Therefore, after the death of the slave owner, the slave contract will not disappear, it just changes to a member of the Zuo family as the owner.
If an outsider wants to obtain a contract, the only way is for the slave owner to transfer the property voluntarily.
The slave owner heard what Gu Fuyou said, and he held Gu Fuyou's hand without hesitation. When you are trapped in an illusion, your will will be worn away.
Silky red threads flowed from the slave owner's heart to his arm, then out from his arm, around to Gu Fuyou's forearm and into his white wrist. The red threads gathered into one stream, like blood vessels.
But at this moment, something strange happened. A voice came from outside the bathtub: "What are you doing here?"
Another more familiar voice sounded: "Sir, I saw that the defense formation here was broken, so I came to take a look."
After the man reminded them, the two attendants were startled and asked inside the house: "Sir, the formation outside the house has been broken. Are you okay?"
After a moment, there was no sound, and three figures broke through the door. Gu Fuyou collected the contract at the last moment and was unable to set up a defensive barrier to stop them from coming in.
Although she had already thought that coming alone without help would be a hindrance, Xiao Zhongting, as the general defending the city, could not be away, Mr. Zhai had no cultivation, and Yuanshan and Zhong Michu had to be wary of the other two cultivators left behind by Zuo Shaode.
I really didn't expect that my luck was so bad. The first thing I did was to encounter complications and was messed up by the seventh brother.
The other person who came over suddenly was Slave Seven. Perhaps he was nearby and noticed something strange here, so he came over. The hallucination of the waiter outside the house was not serious, and he woke up immediately after being awakened by Old Seven.
When the three came in and saw Gu Fuyou, they were all startled: "Lord Qingjun?" How could this distinguished guest Qingluan end up here so late at night
Then he looked at the slave owner. Gu Fuyou had accepted the contract and pulled his hand away. The slave owner fell to the ground, as if waking up from a dream. After a long time, he came to his senses and realized, "She took my contract away!"
Gu Fuyou had already taken the initiative while everyone was astonished, and mobilized his spiritual power to suppress them. At the same time, he used the "Eternal Life" formation. Two large trees grew out of thin air in the bathing pool, and the dodder on the trees tightly entangled the attendant. The attendant wanted to fight back, but found that his spiritual power was rapidly dissipating and was absorbed by the dodder.
The two were no match for Gu Fuyou to begin with, let alone that he had taken the lead.
One of them shouted, "Seventh Brother, subdue her and bring her to see the city lord!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Gu Fuyou felt a scorching air wave behind her. She retreated repeatedly, took back her hatred, and urged her spiritual power to cast a defensive formation that covered the bathtub.
She looked at Old Seven. Old Seven's body was tense, ready for battle. It wasn't that she couldn't beat him, but Old Seven was a cultivator in the Void Stage, so she couldn't subdue him in one move. Moreover, if possible, she wanted to use him for her own benefit. It was a headache to fight him.
Gu Fuyou said: "I recognize you."
Lao Qi stared at her without saying anything. Gu Fuyou smiled and said, "You were the one who was scolded by the training officer in front of the city gate that day."
Lao Qi has sunken eye sockets, his eye sockets are always red, and he looks tired.
"What a coincidence. That day I also saw a woman in the Sancong forest. When I asked her, I found out that she had an affair with someone without her master's permission and got pregnant. She was punished by the training officer."
The seventh elder was startled and asked in a trembling voice, "Have you seen Lady Liu?"
"That person's name is Liu Niang? She's wearing a grey dress, right?"
"It's her, it's her, how is she?"
When that woman was mentioned, Lao Qi changed from a vicious wolf to a docile dog, looking at Gu Fuyou with bright eyes, pleading and longing.
Gu Fuyou smiled and said cruelly: "She died, a miserable death."
Lao Qi stood there in a state of shock as if struck by lightning. He actually knew the result long ago, but when someone said it out loud, he still felt a shock in his heart.
"You are her lover?" Old Seven was speechless. Gu Fuyou pointed at the training officer who had spoken earlier and said, "He was the one who tortured her that day. Liu Niang kept begging, asking her to spare the baby in her belly. But he pretended not to hear her and beat her to death with a club, until she was covered in blood and unrecognizable. Liu Niang kept wailing until her voice became weak, still protecting her belly. He did not stop and took out the baby in her belly..."
Lao Qi's eyes turned bloodshot, and he gradually became breathless. He stared at the man that Gu Fuyou pointed at, and his expression became increasingly ferocious.
Gu Fuyou laughed and said, "One corpse, two lives, your beloved separated by life and death, yet you can still bear it, and even work hard for them and obey them. Dogs are more temperamental than you."
Lao Qi walked closer to the man and said, "Is it you?" The low voice seemed to come from the depths of his throat.
The man wanted to argue that he was not the one being executed that day, but his mouth had been strangled by the dodder and he could only make some vague sounds. Lao Qi grabbed his throat. At this moment, the slave owner shouted, "You bastard, you are so presumptuous, are you rebelling?"
Lao Qi shuddered. The obedience that had been deeply rooted in his heart for many years made him retreat and he was unable to carry out the action for a while.
Gu Fuyou bewitched him, "You want to let him go? He killed your wife and children. The fetus was not yet formed, so young, so pitiful. Liu Niang is so beautiful and weak, she has to bear the wind and rain alone, and you don't have the courage to seek justice for her. What did she do wrong to suffer such a crime? The Zuo family took her life, the slave owner and the training officer took their lives, they all deserve to die, life for life, it is only natural!"
Lao Qi's breathing became more and more rapid, his eyes were bloodshot, and suddenly he shouted loudly and broke the trainer's neck. The trainer's eyes turned white and he foamed at the mouth. Lao Qi was stunned, looking at his hands, as if he couldn't believe that he had killed the trainer, the one he had always worshipped as a god and dared not disobey. It turned out that killing them was so easy.
Gu Fuyou laughed heartily and stabbed the trainer's dantian with hatred, completely destroying him: "Well done, well done!" A tiger that has been domesticated for many years will kill its master once it tastes blood.
Lao Qi didn't know whether he was excited or scared, his hands were shaking: "I..."
Gu Fuyou came close to him like a ghost and said, "You did the right thing. They all deserve to die, especially the people of the Zuo family."
"There are two more."
The slave owner saw Lao Qi transformed into a wolf and started to get scared. He had no contract and could not directly restrain Lao Qi, so he wanted to escape. Gu Fuyou would not let him escape.
The wind surrounded him, blocking his path.
Gu Fuyou said to Lao Qi: "Go."
Old Seven's eyes were burning, and he used his deep love as fuel to ignite the fire of hatred, burning away all his fears. He walked straight up to the slave owner like a killing god.
The slave owner in the Jindan stage had no power to fight back in front of these two people. He was bathing and had no magic weapon on him. Now he could only let them slaughter him. The slave owner raised his hand and said, "Seventh Brother, you, if you do this, the city lord will not let you go..."
Lao Qi stared at him for a long time, then suddenly attacked. With Gu Fuyou, the distracted man, suppressing him from behind, Lao Qi killed him with one strike, clean and neat. He watched the bright red blood flow out of the slave owner's body, and he took a deep breath, feeling unexpectedly relieved.
His back became straighter and straighter, his eyes became sharper and sharper, and when he walked to the last person, he finished without much hesitation.
The work was done. Gu Fuyou was extremely happy: "Well done."
Lao Qi looked back at her and asked, "When you saw her, why didn't you save her and watch her being slaughtered?"
"Why should I save her? Who is she to me? Her closest relatives don't care about her life or death, why should I meddle in their affairs?"
The Seventh Elder was speechless and remained silent for a long time before whispering, "The slaves of Bailu City cannot make their own decisions. Even their love, hate, and emotions are not their own."
"It's yours now."
Lao Qi looked up at her. Gu Fuyou said, "Follow me, and I will give you a chance to take revenge. Kill the training officer, the slave owner, or even Zuo Yuanrong, and I can let you leave this Bailu City."
Lao Qi looked at her deeply and nodded heavily: "Okay." He inexplicably believed in this person. Now that he had nothing, he was ready to go, fearless.
The next morning, the news of the slave owner's murder spread, and Zuo Peixian went to the bathhouse in person. A slave owner on the side said, "There are not many people in the city who can kill him quietly."
"Could it be that it's a personal grudge, and that one of our own did it?"
Zuo Peixian felt uneasy and went straight to the city lord's mansion to ask Zuo Yuanrong for instructions. He felt that this matter was not simple. After looking around, his subordinates said, "The city lord is in the garden."
Zuo Peixian went to the garden and saw a slave guarding outside: "The city lord is playing chess with the adults, and no one is allowed to disturb them."
My lord, it must be the blue phoenix.
Zuo Peixian said, "I have something important to report, please get out of the way."
Twenty-three blocked him. Zuo Peixian was furious and slapped him: "Who the hell are you? How dare you stop me?"
Twenty-three half-knelt on the ground, blocking the entrance: "The city lord's order."
Zuo Peixian was about to force his way in. Zuo Yi came out. Zuo Peixian breathed a sigh of relief as if he had found a savior, and hurriedly said, "Mr. Zuo, someone from the Zuo family's branch has been killed. Please let me see my father."
Zuo Yi smiled and said, "Sir, the city lord doesn't want to see anyone right now."
"At least let me know."
"Sir, you are putting me in a difficult position. You should know the city lord's temper better than I do."
Zuo Peixian was so angry that he could only walk away in anger. Halfway through the journey, he looked back at the garden and frowned. Bailu City had always been peaceful, but with the arrival of Qingluan, so many things had happened!
That night, Gu Fuyou went out again with a helper. This helper knew Bailu City very well, which saved her a lot of effort and made the whole process much smoother than the previous night.
The next day, four more bodies of slave owners were found in Bailu City. Zuo Peixian was even more frightened, but he could not find any clues. These people were outside the palace, and it seemed that they died quietly in the palace, as if Yama suddenly crossed out their names in the Book of Life and Death.
When Zuo Yuanrong learned about this, he only ordered Zuo Peixian to investigate thoroughly, and then went boating on the lake with Gu Fuyou. Zuo Peixian secretly arranged for someone to keep an eye on Qingluan's movements.
At night, slave owners continued to die quietly. Zuo Peixian could not find any clues, and an atmosphere of panic gradually arose in the city.
At noon that day, Gu Fuyou was lying on the watchtower looking at Bailu City. Because the slave owner had been mysteriously killed in the past few days, the number of people patrolling the city increased. Xiao Zhongting even had to dispatch people from the surrounding small towns.
Gu Fuyou said, "According to the time, the Zuo family has almost received Zuo Hanling's letter and is sending people to Wantong City. Zuo Shaode should have received my letter as well and is dispatching people to swallow up Zuo Yuanrong's people."
Mr. Zhai asked, "How did you collect the contract?"
Gu Fuyou said: "It's almost done."
All we have to do is take the big chunk and take the contract from Zuo Yuanrong.
"When are you going to start?"
Gu Fuyou leaned on the railing, tilted his head to look up at the sky, and murmured: "It's better to do it today than to wait for a better day?" Today is a sunny day.
"Mr. Zhai, please get me a jug of wine."
Mr. Zhai smiled and said, "A farewell drink?"
Gu Fuyou smiled, went down the tower, and returned to her residence. Mr. Zhai brought some wine, she took it, took two wine cups, and entered the inner hall.
Zhong Michu was meditating. When she heard the noise, she opened her eyes and saw Gu Fuyou shaking the wine pot. He walked up to her and said with a smile, "Zhong Michu, have a drink with me."
Zhong Michu asked: "Why do you suddenly want to drink?"
Gu Fuyou said, "I plan to take action tomorrow to seek revenge. I am happy and want to find someone to drink with. You are the first person I think of. Can you still drink as much as before?"
Gu Fuyou moved the table to the couch and sat opposite Zhong Michu. Zhong Michu said, "You have made some progress."
"Can you do me a favor?"
Zhong Michu looked at her for a long time without saying a word, and said, "Okay."
Gu Fuyou poured wine for her and also poured himself a glass. He seemed extremely happy, humming a brisk tune. Zhong Michu remembered that it was the lullaby of Xiaoyao City.
Zhong Michu rubbed his finger lightly on the edge of the wine cup and said, "There is a fragrance."
Gu Fuyou said, "I have plum blossom cream on my body, you can smell it."
Gu Fuyou put his hand close to Zhong Michu. The smell was very strong, covering up all other smells. Zhong Michu leaned back slightly: "Why are you applying this suddenly?"
Gu Fuyou said, "Zuo Yuanrong gave it to me. I have to accompany him to go boating later. When acting with him, you can't just slap him. Sometimes you have to give him a sweet date as well."
“Vulgar.”
Gu Fuyou laughed and said, "I don't like it either. I don't know if I can get rid of this smell later."
Gu Fuyou picked up the wine cup and wanted to clink glasses with Zhong Michu. With a crisp sound from the porcelain cup, Gu Fuyou drank the wine in one gulp. Zhong Michu stared at the golden waves in the wine cup for a while, then moved it to his lips and sipped it carefully.
Gu Fuyou watched her finish the wine, and his mood became better. The tune he hummed gradually became more melodious.
The golden wind comes, the rice flowers are fragrant, and I dream with you -
Gu Fuyou poured another glass for Zhong Michu, filled his own glass as well, and drank with her again.
The crabs are fat, the fruits are yellow, and every family is making new clothes.
Gu Fuyou smiled and said, "You have really improved compared to before. You don't forget your name after two drinks."
Zhong Michu said: "You are making fun of me."
Gu Fuyou said: "How dare I, Your Majesty, I am praising you from the bottom of my heart."
She poured another glass.
The red lights are high, the alleys are long, the walls are white and the tiles are green.
Zhong Michu said: "As long as you are happy."
Gu Fuyou's eyes rippled with tenderness and he sipped his wine with a smile.
Zhong Michu realized something was wrong and suddenly stood up, holding the wine cup in one hand and supporting his forehead with the other, and sighed helplessly: "Aman..." His voice was a little unclear.
Gu Fuyou stood up, and before Zhong Michu fell down, he took a step forward and hugged her, took the wine cup in her hand with one hand, and slowly lay down on the ground holding her.
Zhong Michu's eyes were hazy and she blinked twice. Gu Fuyou put his arm around her shoulders, letting her rest her head on his arm, and sang softly, melodiously and tenderly.
Gu Fuyou placed the wine cup on the table and gently patted Zhong Michu's shoulders rhythmically. Zhong Michu gradually closed his eyes and fell asleep in her arms.
Gu Fuyou lowered his eyes and looked at her sleeping face for a long time. He lifted a strand of hair on her cheek with his fingers and tucked it behind her ear.
Smoke rises, kites fly, dear, I only wish you to be pure and kind, and to be happy and healthy for a hundred generations—
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