Who says sleep is not spiritual practice?

Chapter 217 I Hope You Don't Be Li Jingxing, Be Li Qinghou

After leaving the palace, Li Jingxing walked all the way to the south gate.

On the street, people constantly recognized his identity and bowed to him, and some enthusiastic people brought him delicious food and wine, and even brought him a high-quality fast horse to ride on.

In the battle in Youzhou more than [-] years ago, Li Jingxing contributed a lot, he was second only to the king of the North, but he refused all the rewards from the royal family afterwards. This disposition of indifference to fame and wealth made him have a high reputation among the people .

Especially in the three northern states that were deeply harassed by the war.

In addition, there was news recently that Jiang Qingyu, the heir of the King of the North, participated in the Winter Hunting Competition this time, and there were also two Qin Palace disciples from the Bright Moon Realm who contributed a lot under his command.

This made Li Jingxing even more popular!

"Palace Master Li, why don't you stay in the royal city for a few more days?"

"Yes, it is said that His Royal Highness will hold a celebration banquet at Qifeng Residence in a few days. This time, the disciples of the Qin Palace have made great contributions. How could Palace Master Li be missing from the celebration banquet?"

……

"There are some things in the palace, come and have a drink next time."

Li Jingxing greeted people with a smile, accepted the food and wine, bought the horse, and then left the city surrounded by everyone.

But on the official road at the gate of the city, a woman blocked the way.

The girl was eighteen years old, with a beautiful face and a beautiful appearance. She wore a luxurious long dress and rode a white horse.

It was Jiang Qingyin, the Fifth Miss of the North Palace.

She snorted softly, with dissatisfaction and coquettishness on her face, and asked:

"Master has come to the palace, why don't you sit in the disciple's courtyard?"

"Also, why did you leave in such a hurry? It's fine if you don't take your disciples with you, why didn't you even say hello?"

"..."

Li Jingxing sighed inwardly.

Sure enough, she still caught up!

He felt guilty towards Jiang Qingyin in his heart. The plan to send Qin to Beijing this time was based on deceiving and using the other party, so the last thing he wants to face right now is this woman!
But there are some things that seem to be fate.

Can't escape!
At this moment, Li Jingxing had a warm smile on his face, without missing a single flaw:

"It's Qingyin."

"There have been some accidents in the palace, and the teacher has to go back immediately to deal with them."

"It's hard for you to go back to the palace once. This time, you can stay for a few more days. After finishing the matter, I will come back to pick you up as a teacher."

Jiang Qingyin looked disbelieving:
"What is so urgent, Senior Sister Jiuxiao can't handle it?"

"Master, are you hiding something from me?"

"In addition, I remember that you originally carried a qin on your back, so who did you give the qin to?"

Jiu Xiao is the deputy palace lord of the Qin Palace, Li Jingxing's eldest disciple, and one of the only peaks of the Bright Moon Realm in the Qin Palace!

She is a self-disciplined and cold woman, and she is very strict with the disciples in the palace when she doesn't get close to others. She only occasionally shows a smile when facing her master Li Jingxing and her junior sister Jiang Qingyin.

Both are at the peak of the Haoyue Realm, if there is something Jiu Xiao can't handle...

Then Li Jingxing probably won't do either.

"Jiuxiao..."

Li Jingxing sighed softly, and lied:
"She has gone wrong in her practice, and she has become obsessed."

"Hey, if that wasn't the case, why would the teacher rush back in such a hurry?"

"As for the Chunlei qin, you should also understand that if the seventh string is not connected, it is a useless qin! So I put it in Ziyanyuan for my teacher, and please bring it with you when your highness enters the capital. I also ask Mr. Xun from Jixia Academy to issue strings, so that the sound of the famous qin can be spread throughout the world again!"

Jiang Qingyin was dubious:
"Send Qin to Beijing?"

"Master, why didn't you go in person?"

"With your obsession with the qin, how could you trust an outsider to give the qin? And how could you miss the grand event where Mr. Xun continued the name of the qin and played the first song himself?"

"Also, Senior Sister Jiuxiao has always practiced steadily and steadily, with a solid foundation, so why did she suddenly go crazy?"

"..."

Li Jingxing was silent for a while.

The next moment, just as he was about to speak up to defend himself, Jiang Qingyin got off his horse and walked to him, saying in a low voice with a firm attitude:

"Master, there is no need to make up lies anymore, and you are not allowed to leave today!"

"To tell you the truth, an hour ago, I just received a message from Senior Sister Jiuxiao, and she has already told me everything!"

"..."

Li Jingxing was slightly taken aback.

Jiuxiao?

Didn't this apprentice that he and his wife Aya cultivated together always support him in revenge?
why...

At this moment, Jiang Qingyin sighed softly again, with a pleading look on her face:
"Master, there are too many people here, let's go back to the mansion and talk about it, okay?"

"..."

Li Jingxing closed his eyes, nodded after a long time:
"Forget it, until now, everything is up to you."

……

Shortly after.

Something unexpected happened to Jiang Qingyu——

Li Jingxing came to Ziyan Courtyard again.

But this time he was not alone, but accompanied by Jiang Qingyin.

When the pair of master and apprentice appeared outside the gate, Jiang Qingyu was urging Xiaoman and others to cook and prepare dinner.

When they found out that they were free, Luqi and Duyou hugged each other and cried for a long time, and their heart that had been hanging for many days finally let go. They laughed and hummed songs even while cooking.

but……

A "fourth brother" broke the festive atmosphere.

When the two girls followed the voice and looked out, and caught a glimpse of the familiar figure with white hair, their expressions changed drastically, and they trembled with fright!

"Master, son..."

Jiang Qingyu also saw Li Jingxing who had gone and returned, and Jiang Qingyin who accompanied him.

After seeing the two of them very close together, he couldn't help frowning slightly:

"Not afraid."

"Palace Master Li will not go back on his word."

"Xiao Man, accompany me to meet our guests."

"Okay!"

The little girl's face was full of curiosity.

This Palace Mistress Li must have sensed that the Young Master was going to buy someone to kill someone, so he brought Miss Fifth to ask for forgiveness, right?

……

"Fourth brother, I want to apologize to you on behalf of Master."

Walking outside the courtyard gate, Jiang Qingyin's first words made Jiang Qingyu's expression froze.

"how do I say this?"

He didn't understand.

Jiang Qingyin didn't hide anything, and directly revealed everything she knew:
"Fourth brother, there is a problem with that Chunlei Qin!"

"Master has been raising qin slaves for many years and practicing sorcery. The purpose is not to advance to the Sunshine Realm, but to bury murderous intentions in the six strings of the Chunlei Qin!"

"Every string of the zither condenses a zither slave's lifelong cultivation and endless devilish energy!"

"When Mr. Xun played the seventh string, he couldn't help but wipe off the devilish energy on the piano, and play a tune!"

"And the moment he plucks the strings, all the monstrous murderous intent hidden on the six strings will be released!"

"Most of the students in Jixia Academy have given up on tempering their bodies. Except for a small number of people who have realized their innateness, the rest of them can't bear the murderous intent at all, and they will die the moment they hear the sound of the piano!"

"..."

Jiang Qingyu's face darkened, and she looked at Li Jingxing with more anger and murderous intent.

If, as Jiang Qingyin said, all of this was succeeded by the other party, then the person who was responsible for sending the piano to Beijing would definitely be questioned by Jixia Academy and the royal family, and even executed!
The relationship between the King of the North and Emperor Jinghong will also be severed!
This person, his heart can be punished!
"Is what Qingyin said true?"

With a calm face, Li Jingxing admitted frankly:

"Correct."

"My Lord wants to use your hand to create a massacre in Jixia Academy!"

At this moment, his heart was ashamed.

As early as the moment Jiang Qingyin spoke of Jiuxiao's message, he already knew that all his plans were in vain!
The Chunlei Qin will not be sent to the hands of Mr. Xun, the students of Jixia Academy will also be able to escape a disaster, and the eldest son Jiang Qingyu will not be angered and die in the capital, rejecting the Northern King...

I won't go against it either!

And his wife Aya's revenge can't be avenged.

At this moment, Li Jingxing just wanted to go back to the Qin Palace, take away the Guqin, and commit suicide in front of his wife's grave!

But obviously, it is absolutely impossible to allow him to leave Wangcheng alive because of his temperament of rejecting the Northern King and his son!

"Jiang Qingyu, my palace lord plotted against you, plotted against Jixia Academy, plotted against Jiang Qiushui, although all plans failed, but..."

"My Palace Master never regrets it!"

Jiang Qingyu narrowed her eyes slightly, ready to be possessed by Yin Body at any time, and asked at the same time:
"why?"

"Aren't you a good friend of the father? Why do you plan to reject the North Palace?"

"Could it be..."

"He hates that he has become a king with a different surname sitting in the three northern states?"

"A king with a different surname? Hehe!"

Li Jingxing looked disdainful:
"It's just sitting in the world, so what? Others envy power, but I treat it like dirt!"

"I, Li Jingxing, only want one thing in my life, to live together with my wife, Aya! After Aya's death, I only live for another thing—"

"revenge!"

revenge?

Jiang Qingyu frowned.

Didn't the outside world say that the wife of the Lord of the Qin Palace died of illness?
Could it be that there is another secret in it?

"Do you also believe that Aya died of illness?"

Li Jingxing raised his head slightly, his elegant face appeared ferocious and crazy in front of outsiders for the first time:

"No, she was killed by someone!"

"43 years ago, Aya and I went to the capital once. At that time, we wanted to ask Xun Yong to teach me the art of piano with the mentality of juniors studying, but we were rejected by all the students!"

"At that time, I hadn't realized my innate talent, and my piano skills were not as good as it is now. Those people thought that Aya and I were not worthy of Xun Yong's instruction, and some people taunted us, insulting us as country dogs!"

"In a fit of anger, Aya proposed to compete with others!"

"She played ten songs in a row, competed in ten games, and won all ten games!"

"But in the end we still couldn't see Xun Yong! The students said that he was in retreat, and it was not convenient to see visitors for the time being, so we stayed in the capital for three months, and went to the academy every day to inquire about news until, Until Aya fell ill..."

"It was only later that I found out that Aya spent too much time playing ten pieces in succession that day. She vomited a mouthful of blood that night, but she kept it secret from me!"

"By the time you fall ill, you are already terminally ill!"

"I begged all over the capital, but I couldn't find a way to cure her. In desperation, I could only return to my hometown under Aya's plea, and spend the remaining three years with her!"

"Later, I vowed to tear down Jixia Academy and avenge Aya!"

"So in the battle of Youzhou, I tried my best to help Jiang Qiushui lay down enough territory to help him rebel against Chu and capture the capital!"

"But he chose to be loyal, to be a king with a different surname who will always be suspected, and to be a coward who dare not stand up even if his wife's eldest son is sent to the capital as a hostage for 12 years!"

Li Jingxing's voice became more and more crazy, his eyes were bloodshot:
"So, I want you to create a massacre in Jixia Academy, and let you die in the capital!"

"If Jiang Qiushui can hold back his resistance this time, then I, Li Jingxing, can only admit that he is a good dog who has knelt down for a long time and can't stand up!"

"..."

Jiang Qingyu sighed softly, and finally understood the inside story:
"It was so."

"To be honest, everything you do is justified. I don't blame you, nor do I hate you."

"But..."

"I can't forgive you."

Li Jingxing laughed at himself:
"It doesn't matter, as early as 40 years ago, after Aya passed away, I was also a dead person!"

"I have been suffering in pain for decades!"

"Death, for me, is a relief!"

After all, he closed his eyes:

"I just ask His Royal Highness to bury me and my dead wife together after death, because of the friendship between me and the palace for many years!"

"in addition……"

"Qingyin, please also forget about Li Qinghou, I'm sorry for my teacher, I've been using you all this time."

Jiang Qingyu remained silent.

On the side, Jiang Qingyin sighed suddenly:
"Master, actually..."

"I always knew that Li Qinghou was you, but..."

"He's not you!"

"Li Jingxing has always been burdened with an unforgettable hatred, but he has to play the elegant and easy-going master of the Qin Palace in front of others. He can't show any flaws. He is too tired to live!"

"But Li Qinghou is different."

"He let go of all the hatred, although sometimes he behaved a bit stupidly, but he did it rashly, with a sincere smile and a very easy life!"

"The reason why I keep calling Li Qinghou in my dreams is not because I love him, but because I hope that Master can let go of his hatred and not be Li Jingxing who lives for revenge!"

"Instead, Li Qinghou who lives for himself!"

"I think, Master's Wife has a soul in the sky, so she must have expected so."

(End of this chapter)