Longevity begins with slaying demons and eliminating demons

Chapter 282 Zhao Yan's Prestige

But at this moment, Shi Lei thought of some news that he had read in the imperial palace newspaper recently——

Gu Xu won the championship in the Lantern Festival competition; Gu Xu was exceptionally promoted to a sixth-rank official; Gu Xu was awarded the title of Viscount; Gu Xu defeated the long-established Fu Dao master and became the teacher of Longmen Academy; Gu Xu invented the "fire character" , so that all the monks can draw their own talismans to deal with ghosts; Gu Xu went to comment on the "Luoshui Conference" audition on behalf of the Exorcist Division...

In short, the name "Gu Xu" appears very frequently, and it can be seen that he is highly regarded by Chief Luo.

"Shi Xiaohan's opportunity to go to the academy for further studies should have something to do with him!" Thinking of this, Shi Lei sighed silently.

When they met for the first time, when he saw Gu Xu's calm and strong face, he expected that this young man who was envied by God would surely achieve a great career in the future.

It's just that Gu Xu's growth rate is still far beyond his expectation.

A few months ago, if Shi Xiaohan and Gu Xu were married, it was called marriage.

But if a few more months pass, the Shi family may be a high climber.

At the same time, Shi Lei also remembered that Manager Yang from the pill workshop had written him a letter not long ago, telling him: Shi Xiaohan had given Gu the No. [-] pill workshop under her own name as a birthday present. Xu; and Gu Xu is planning to build a new "sub-workshop" for it in Luojing City to expand the production scale.

"It's really unexpected that a smart father like me would give birth to a silly girl." Whenever Shi Lei thought of this incident, he couldn't help shaking his head again and again, "The pill workshop is such a thing, but our Shi family foundation. How could she give it away so casually?"

However, Shi Lei soon thought that when he was young, he also used a workshop as a token of love and gave it to Shi Xiaohan's mother, and was scolded by his parents for it.

In addition, he also spent sleep and food forgetting to study the poems of his predecessors, studying rhetoric and rhythm, and wanted to write some love poems for her.

He even thought about risking his life to explore the waters east of Penglai Island to find the legendary blue bird known as the "messenger of love", just to give her a surprise...

"Oh, I can only say that she really deserves to be my daughter!" Shi Lei sighed.

He began to think that after the "Luoshui Conference" was over, he might have to go to Luojing City in person to have a serious discussion with the two young people about future plans.

Otherwise, if you let it go on, I am afraid that your own cabbage will go to the pig's mouth by itself.

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Gu Xu returned to Beijing quietly.

Zhao Yan returned to Beijing with great momentum and pomp.

It seemed that to let the whole capital know that "Miss Zhao Yan is back", she purposely stayed in the wine shop outside the city until dawn, and then led the guards in black and swaggered into the city gate.

And the servants of the Zhao family in the city also rushed to greet him early.

Since the monks are not allowed to fly with their swords within the scope of the "Tianlong Formation", the servants brought several tall horses, all of which were rare breeds imported by the Zhao family of Youzhou from the frontier of Daqi, as Zhao Yan and the black-clothed guards. their mounts.

Zhao Yan's mount is a crimson horse.

It was nearly as tall as a person, with four strong legs, and the long mane on its neck fluttered in the wind like a burning flame.

This is clearly a rebellious horse.

When the servant led it out of the city gate, it shook its head and tail from time to time, twisted its body, and even wanted to drag the servant back, looking at the people around it with disdain.

It seems that it is a higher species, and the surrounding human races are all inferior races.

It takes a few servants together to subdue it reluctantly.

However, when Zhao Yan's figure appeared in front of it, this violent and restless horse suddenly lowered its head obediently, as if turning into a docile and obedient daughter-in-law.

Because on Zhao Yan's body, there is a very familiar aura, an aura that makes it close and fearful.

Zhao Yan walked up to it, stretched out her hand and patted its head lightly, with the corner of her mouth slightly raised, "Dahong, long time no see, do you miss me?"

The steed called "Big Red" lowered its head, rubbed against her shoulder intimately, and neighed happily.

So Zhao Yan smiled, jumped on the horse, and galloped towards the city gate.

The red horse mane and red dress fluttered in the wind like a moving flame.

The confidante Zhao Yan met in various brothels and music workshops also learned the news of her return to the capital.They opened the windows of the attic, held handkerchiefs or palm-leaf fans, covered their faces with smiles, and waved towards Zhao Yan from a distance.Zhao Yan responded with a smile, with a pair of charming fox eyes.

After a while, she arrived at the newly built mansion in Luojing City by the Zhao family in Youzhou.

This is a huge garden, which was built in imitation of the garden architecture in the Jiangnan area.

Pavilions, terraces and pavilions, pools, halls and waterside pavilions are reflected in the green pines and cypresses; rockery and strange rocks, flower beds, bonsai, vines and green bamboos are dotted among them.

Fresh and elegant at first glance.

But if you take a closer look, you will find that there is a smell of money everywhere.

The plants are all rare species, and the rockeries are all strange stones in the south of the Yangtze River. The landscape seems to be natural, but in fact, it has been carefully designed to form the effect of one scene at a time and one scene at a time.

Logically speaking, the main gates of the mansions of princes and nobles are usually closed, and they will only be opened to welcome distinguished guests of high status.

Under normal circumstances, people in and out of the mansion, whether they are masters or servants, use the small door on the side.

However, after Zhao Yan handed over the reins of "Big Red" to the servant, relying on the strength of her true essence, she directly pushed open the main gate of the mansion, and walked in swaggeringly.

At the same time, he asked loudly, "Is Zhao Changying in there?"

"Zhao Changying" is the name of Duke Yan.

In the Great Qi Dynasty, which emphasized etiquette, it was extremely unfilial for children to call their parents by their first names—especially Zhao Changying was still the head of the family and a saint today.

But the people in the Zhao family seemed to be used to Zhao Yan's behavior for a long time.

What's even more strange is that after hearing her cry, Duke Yan's response came from the garden: "Yan'er, I'm here!"

His voice dragged on very long, lazy, as if he hadn't woken up.

Zhao Yan walked over following the sound.

Then she saw her father, Zhao Changying, sitting lazily in a gazebo, wearing a baggy gown with the belt undone, his chest exposed, holding a jug in his hand, and was gurgling into her mouth Drinking.

Zhao Yan seemed very displeased with his father's decadent appearance.

She rushed forward in three steps at a time, snatched the jug from Zhao Changying's hand, smashed it to the ground with a "bang", kicked it hard, and made it roll a lot. away until he rolled out of the gazebo and fell into the bushes.

The wine in the jug spilled all over the floor, shocking like blood.

"Zhao Changying, besides drinking, what else are you doing now?" Zhao Yan said sharply, "If my mother is still alive, seeing you like this, I wouldn't be so angry that you vomited blood!"

Hearing her words, Zhao Changying stood up staggeringly, with the smell of alcohol in her breath, and replied with a smile: "Miss, calm down. Your father can practice besides drinking, but it's a pity that his cultivation has stagnated for 20 years." Years, it’s meaningless to continue practicing, it’s better to drink happily..."

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