"No, why are you here?" In the small courtyard at the door of the room, a group of people gathered around the woman sitting at the stone table, all with wary eyes.
Ziyu's eyes widened, looking at the woman in front of her in disbelief, and she was the first to question.
Lu Sandao blinked his eyes and looked at Ziyu, with a drunken smile on his face: "Hey, Xiao Yuyu, are you there too?"
Immediately she turned her head and looked at the crowd, her eyes swept around and landed on Chu Zhaozhao.
"You, I remember you."
"Those two jars of wine were really good, are there any more?"
Chu Zhaozhao frowned and did not respond to Lu Sandao's inquiry. Instead, he pulled Chu Qingxiao aside and asked in a low voice: "Why did you bring her back?"
Chu Qingxiao looked helpless, and immediately told Chu Zhaozhao a series of encounters after accepting the mission. Of course, some details that he subconsciously thought he could not talk to Chu Zhaozhao were deliberately hidden by him.
After saying this, he remembered Lu Sandao's attitude towards Ziyu and Chu Zhaozhao just now, and couldn't help but ask: "Do you know her?"
Chu Zhaozhao had a strange look on his face, and whispered there: "At the beginning, the task of going to Wuling City to collect your body was originally entrusted to Senior Sister Lu by my junior uncle..."
"I heard about this, spent some money, bought two jars of good wine, and got this mission from her."
When Chu Qingxiao heard this, he was stunned at first, but soon after he realized it, he finally understood why Lu Sandao knew about his relationship with Zhao Nianshuang.
But suddenly I felt something was wrong.
Duplicate names often happen in this world. In Lu Sandao's subconscious, Chu Qingxiao should be a dead person, and he should be about the same age as Zhao Nianshuang. But the first time she heard the name, she recognized Chu Qingxiao.
identity of.
Obviously, she should know more than the mission assigned by Zhao Nianshuang.
Chu Zhaozhao seemed to have thought of this, and she said: "Maybe it's the young master... Master, please tell her. I heard that the person Master trusts the most in the entire Qingque Peak is her."
When Chu Qingxiao heard this, he glanced at Lu Sandao. Looking at her drunken appearance, he really couldn't think of anything worthy of being trusted.
"After all, she belongs to Master and she won't do anything to harm you, so let her stay here for the time being." Chu Zhaozhao added.
At this point, there was really no other way, so Chu Qingxiao nodded.
Immediately, he looked at Chu Zhaozhao and asked, "What was the result of your practice today?"
After hearing this, Chu Zhaozhaoyan said: "It's not a big problem. It's just that my martial spirit is very mysterious. I'm afraid it will take me some time to fully master it. I can't help you..."
Not only did Chu Qingxiao not earn any spiritual iron jade today, but he also picked up Lu Sandao, a drunkard like him. The first step of their plan to earn a thousand spiritual iron jade within a month had already gone wrong. Chu Qingxiao
Zhao Zhao couldn't help feeling a little guilty when he thought that he couldn't help Chu Qingxiao.
Chu Qingxiao smiled and said: "You don't have to worry about these things. You just engraved the martial spirit, and the martial spirit is extremely powerful. This is what many practitioners dream of. If you fully understand it, you can go there in the future."
On the way to Xizhou, I am counting on you."
Of course Chu Zhaozhao could tell that Chu Qingxiao's words were intended to comfort her. She rolled her eyes at Chu Qingxiao and was about to say something.
"You want to live here?"
"I don't agree!" At this moment, Ziyu's voice suddenly sounded.
Chu Qingxiao and Chu Zhaozhao, who were talking, looked sideways and saw Ziyu staring at Lu Sandao with a red face and an indignant expression.
When Lu Sandao heard this, he smiled and said, "Don't be so heartless, Xiao Yuyu."
"Have you forgotten that I bought you a drink at Qingque Peak?"
Have you been drinking? After hearing this, Ziyu's face became increasingly ugly. It seemed that the memory of drinking was not a good experience for her.
"You have the nerve to mention it!"
"You tricked me into drinking and made me talk so much nonsense in the main hall of Qingque Peak!" Ziyu's face became increasingly angry.
When Lu Sandao heard this, he didn't feel the slightest bit guilty. Instead, he said sternly: "Without that wine, how could I let you understand your own heart and express your feelings to my junior uncle?"
"You should thank me."
When the people around him heard this, they looked at Ziyu with strange eyes.
Especially Chu Qingxiao and Chu Zhaozhao, they couldn't help but think of the scene in Wancheng when Ziyu hugged the quilt at night and called Zhao Nianshuang's name like a madman.
Ziyu also felt everyone's gaze, her face turned red, and she almost couldn't help but pull out her Silver Light Luoxue.
Chu Qingxiao hurriedly winked at Chu Zhaozhao, and Chu Zhaozhao, who understood, also hurriedly stepped forward to stop Ziyu who was on the verge of rage.
She hugged Ziyu with both hands and tried to persuade her: "Forget it, we are all from the same sect, there is no need."
Lu Sandao stood up here. She yawned and her eyes fell on Chu Qingxiao: "Which room do you sleep in?"
"Huh?" Chu Qingxiao was stunned and a little confused: "What are you going to do?"
"Didn't you agree that you would let me live here and I would sleep in the same room with you?" Lu Sandao blinked and said seriously.
When these words came out, Chu Qingxiao was stunned. The eyes of everyone around him widened, but Chu Zhaozhao, who was clearly hugging Ziyu before, was now being hugged by Ziyu.
Chu Zhaozhao's eyes were full of anger and he was about to step forward, but Ziyu hugged her tightly and said anxiously: "Forget it, forget it, I can't beat him, I really can't beat him."
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In short, despite some twists and turns, Lu Sandao still settled in the courtyard of Chu Qingxiao and others.
Of course, under the strong request of Chu Zhaozhao and Yue Jian, her plan to live in a room with Chu Qingxiao eventually went bankrupt.
Although Ziyu was very reluctant, considering that the small courtyard was really crowded now, she still reluctantly accepted the proposal to squeeze in with Lu Sandao.
Lu Sandao actually kept his promise, and he never mentioned anything about Chu Qingxiao and Zhao Nianshuang since then.
She just lays in the room and sleeps most of the day, and from time to time she will pester Ziyu or Chu Zhaozhao, asking them to buy wine.
Both of them wanted to consolidate their cultivation and had no time to be pestered by her all the time. Although they were reluctant in their hearts, sometimes they would give her some money to buy drinks if they were pestered by her.
But she had no chance to drink expensive drinks like Qinghe Brewing. Chu Zhaozhao and Ziyu could only buy the most ordinary sake when they gave her money. Although Lu Sandao would be resentful about this from time to time, but
After Ziyu brought out Zhao Nianshuang as a threat, she could only stop her activities.
Three or four days passed in a flash.
On this day, it was getting late.
Chu Zhaozhao prepared a table of food and placed it on the stone table, waiting for the return of Chu Qingxiao and others.
This has been the case these days.
Although there is no shortage of anything in Tianxuan City, as long as you spend some money, there are many shops that are willing to deliver a table of exquisite meals to your home.
But the money in the pockets of the group is now stretched, and the prices in Tianxuan City are also very scary. A meal for eight people, even if it is an ordinary meal at this time, does not cost four or five coins, it is probably impossible to afford it.
In order to save the little money, Chu Zhaozhao had no choice but to go into battle in person, prepare meals for everyone, and save money.
Fortunately, she learned a lot from Sanniang during her time at Gosying Village, so she still has some talent in this area, and the food she makes is delicious.
"I don't know what they gained today." Chu Zhaozhao was looking in the direction of the courtyard gate in a daze when a voice came from behind him.
Chu Zhaozhao looked sideways and saw Ziyu slowly walking out of the door at this moment.
Chu Zhaozhao shook his head and responded casually: "I'm not sure, I hope it's not bad."
In the past three or four days, Chu Qingxiao and the four of them had left early and returned late. However, most of the spiritual iron jades that each of them could earn every day were only between two and three. It was said that they wanted to make up a thousand pieces within a month.
It is very difficult to get enough spiritual iron jade to promote Yue Jian to the outer sect and participate in the selection of the inner sect in two months...
"Aren't you all taken into the inner sect by Nian Shuang? When she comes out of seclusion, you won't have anything, why are you working so hard now?" At this time, a strong smell of alcohol came, and Chu Zhaozhao didn't even need to look back, he knew he was coming.
Who is.
The woman in a red gauze dress drunkenly sat down next to Chu Zhaozhao, took a sip of wine from the jug in her hand, reached out and picked up the chopsticks to pick up the food on the table.
But as soon as the chopsticks were stretched out, they were knocked down by Chu Zhaozhao on the side.
Lu Sandao immediately curled his lips and looked at Chu Zhaozhao aggrievedly.
Chu Zhaozhao was about to say something, but the courtyard door was opened at this moment, and Chu Qingxiao and his party dragged their tired bodies back home.
"How are you today?" Ziyu asked immediately when she saw everyone sitting down.
The expressions on the four people's faces were a little embarrassed. Obviously, today's harvest was still far from their expectations.
"Isn't it just a bit of spiritual iron jade?"
"When we return to Qingque Peak, I will give you whatever you want!" Lu Sandao, who was standing aside, looked at everyone looking frustrated. No one was using their chopsticks, and his stomach was already rumbled with hunger.
She was a little anxious as she cooed, and rarely spoke words of comfort.
Ziyu rolled her eyes at Lu Sandao when she heard this: "I still have hundreds of spiritual iron jades in my house that I haven't used yet, but now my junior uncle is in seclusion, and the entire Qingque Peak is prohibited from entering and exiting. When she comes out of seclusion, it may be the year of the monkey or the horse.
By then, no matter how much spiritual iron jade there is, it will be too late."
"Are you in such a hurry? What on earth are you doing with that spiritual iron jade?" Lu Sandao asked curiously.
His eyes were still on the food on the stone table in front of him. He was hungry, so he could only raise his head and drink a big sip of wine to relieve himself.
Ziyu didn't notice anything strange about Lu Sandao, and was just about to say something about it.
But Chu Qingxiao on the side suddenly frowned and looked at the wine bottle in Lu Sandao's hand: "What kind of wine is this? Why does this taste different from the ones from the past few days?"
When Lu Sandao, who was drinking heavily, heard this, he suddenly started coughing for some reason, and it took him a while to stop. He looked away with a slightly flustered look and said, "It's just ordinary sake. You can drink it every day."
If you only give me so much money, how can I afford any good wine..."
The expression on her face and the way she didn't dare to look directly at everyone when she spoke made everyone suspicious at that time.
Chu Qingxiao was the first to step forward, picked up her wine bag, lowered his head and sniffed: "It's Qinghe Nong. The wine I gave her that day had this flavor."
"Where did you get the money to buy such good wine?"
Chu Qingxiao knew very well that Lu Sandao didn't have any money at all, and the money Ziyu and Chu Zhaozhao gave her in the past few days was probably only enough for her to buy some low-quality sake. One tael per jar of good wine, she was
How to get it?
"Really?" Lu Sandao's face became more and more flustered. She blinked and said, "Maybe the wine seller was confused and filled me with the wrong wine..."
"What a coincidence?" Chu Qingxiao obviously didn't believe what she said.
On the side, Yue Jian seemed to have thought about her body. At that time, she stood up and walked quickly into her room. She only heard a rustling sound of rummaging from her room.
Then, under Lu Sandao's increasingly guilty gaze, Yue Jian walked out of the house angrily, took out a wooden box and placed it on the stone table.
The lock on the wooden box had been broken, and when the box was opened, it was empty, with nothing left.
And that was the box Yue Jian used to place the spiritual iron jade that Chu Qingxiao and others had earned in the past few days...