Travel through the heavens

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps in the Lu Mansion, followed by a woman's clear voice calling out, "Blue Bird."

Naturally, the only person in the Lu Mansion who was familiar with Blue Bird was Xu Fengnian’s eldest sister Xu Zhihu.

Such a major event as the removal of the central gate had occurred, which was enough to alarm Yangzhou. No matter how restricted Xu Zhihu was in Lu's house, he still got the news at the first time. Only then did he confirm that his brother had arrived in Yangcheng. Apart from him, who else could do such a shocking act?

Of course Xu Zhihu would not blame anyone, but the Lu Mansion was his nominal home after all, and it would not be good if things got too awkward, so he came in a hurry.

Qingniao saluted towards Xu Zhihu who was walking towards her and said, "Miss."

Xu Zhihu smiled brightly and called out to Wei Shuyang again, "Grandpa Wei."

"Miss." Wei Shuyang also greeted her.

"You came so quickly." Xu Zhihu looked around, but didn't see the familiar smiling face. He felt very disappointed and asked, "Where is Fengnian?"

Bluebird replied softly, "He went to Jiangxin County and will definitely be back today."

When Xu Zhihu heard this, he understood everything. He stamped his feet and murmured, "This fool."

She turned her head and saw the Baxiu sword in Lu Baijie's hand, which had been unsheathed. Her bright eyes moved, and she smiled and called him "Uncle", and asked, "What are you doing?"

Lu Baijie had a sighing expression on his face, and he wiped his fingers back, sheathing the ancient sword Baxiu: "We meet again after a long time, you two should reminisce about the past first." After saying that, he turned around and went back to his house.

Since Lu Baijie, who holds a very important position in the Lu Mansion, did not stop them, who else would dare to stop them? Xu Zhihu immediately led everyone into the Lu Mansion.

The courtyard of the Lu Mansion is deep, in a typical Jiangnan garden style. Every mountain and peak is full of vitality, every stone and crevice is neatly arranged, and there are countless plaques, couplets, carvings of flowers and trees, and stone tablets. It is truly unique and ingenious, and it is full of the charm of storing wind and gathering water.

Xu Zhihu walked in front to lead the way, explaining the essence of garden structure in a concise manner to everyone, until they reached the Freehand Garden in the northwest corner where she lived.

The Feng Camp was arranged in two courtyards not far from each other. Then everyone entered the Xieyi Garden. They saw that the courtyard was not small, but there were very few maids, and it seemed very deserted.

After sitting down in the courtyard, Xu Zhihu asked his personal maid Erqiao to bring some tea. Then Qingniao introduced Li Chungang, Fang Muye, Lu Qiantang and Yu Youwei, four people Xu Zhihu did not know, to her.

Hearing the name of Li Jianshen, Xu Zhihu, who was not familiar with the affairs of the martial arts world, did not realize it. He just thought that he was a strange man recruited by his father Xu Xiao, who had been protecting his younger brother Xu Fengnian all the way. Seeing that he was older than Wei Shuyang, he was quite respectful in his words.

Upon hearing that Fang Muye was a good friend Xu Fengnian had made during his previous six thousand mile journey, the smile on Xu Zhihu's face suddenly brightened and his attitude became much more friendly.

Upon hearing that Lu Qiantang was Xu Fengnian's bodyguard, Xu Zhihu did not look down on him.

When Qingniao introduced Yu Youwei, Xu Zhihu looked at her with a strange look in his eyes.

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Xu Zhihu said that everyone should take a rest after the long journey, and settled Fang Muye and others in the next yard. However, he only left Qingniao behind, probably because he wanted to know from her what had happened along the way.

"I'm going to go out for a while, please stay in your room and don't walk around casually."

In the room, Fang Muye patted the head of the big cat lying on the ground, turned around and walked out.

He first found Jiang Ni and Yu Youwei, gave them a few instructions, then went to see Li Chungang, informed them, and then left the Lu Mansion.

The streets of Yangcheng are bustling with people and noise, making it very lively.

Fang Muye walked leisurely, and soon he saw a pharmacy. He walked in immediately. When he came out a moment later, he was holding a bag of sulfur and a bag of saltpeter in his hands.

Then, following the route he had asked from the owner of the drug store, he turned two streets and arrived at the second destination of the trip, the blacksmith shop.

About three hours later, Fang Muye walked out of the blacksmith shop with a faint smile on his face and returned to the Lu Mansion.

As dusk approached, Xu Fengnian rushed back from Jiangxin County. The siblings had not seen each other for a long time, so they naturally had a lot to talk about, so after about half an hour, Xu Fengnian came over with a smile.

After Fang Muye, Li Chungang and Xu Fengnian sat down in the pavilion in the courtyard, Xu Fengnian took out a dagger and handed it to Li Chungang: "Senior, I return the talisman to you."

Li Chungang took the talisman and casually inserted it into the bun on his head.

Fang Muye asked Xu Fengnian, "Mr. Xu, how is it going? Have you figured out the relationship between Liu Liting and your elder sister?"

"The relationship between Liu Liting and my eldest sister is not what people say. Liu Liting has a good friend who is a scholar in the Hanlin Academy. He wrote to him and said that the court has always been wary of Beiliang, and now the marriage between Beiliang and Jiangnan is even more of a concern. If he can ruin my sister's reputation, it may be possible to cause the Lu family and Beiliang to turn against each other, which can be regarded as a token of his allegiance to the court. He first harassed my sister repeatedly, and tried his best to use all kinds of means, but was still rejected by my sister. So he turned the tables and slandered my sister for harassing him, and asked someone to send a message to his wife, asking her to run into him and my sister at Baoguo Temple, and then use his wife's relationship with the same clan to let the empress in the palace help him publicize it so that his reputation would be heard by the emperor. This was a conspiracy from beginning to end, all of which was Liu Liting's calculation." Xu Fengnian said angrily.

"For the sake of his future, he falsely accused others of harming others, even including his own wife. He is truly a 'celebrity'." Fang Muye laughed sarcastically and asked, "Did you kill him?"

Xu Fengnian said calmly, "He wanted to harm my eldest sister, so I must not let him go. I tied him to the back of a horse and dragged him from Jiangxin County to Yangcheng, where he died on the way."

Fang Muye nodded and asked, "Did anything else happen during your trip?"

Xu Fengnian frowned slightly, with some doubt in his tone, and slowly said: "When I was riding past the gate of Yangcheng, Miss Hehe suddenly jumped down from the gate tower and stabbed me in the back with her hand knife. If I hadn't been in the Celestial Realm now, I'm afraid she would have succeeded. I really didn't expect that Miss Hehe in Lingzhou City would be so powerful. I can't understand why she didn't stab me in the braised beef shop in Lingzhou City after so many years and so many opportunities, and now she has to follow me all the way to Yangcheng to do it."

Li Chungang picked his nose and said impatiently, "Hey, what on earth is your relationship with that giggling girl?"

Xu Fengnian said, "I've only seen her a few times when I was buying meat. I didn't know her name. I saw she was smiling all day, so I named her Miss Hehe. The big cat that Wen Hua rode was hers. Also, I heard from Jiang Ni that the Hu Kui in Qingcheng Mountain seemed to be killed by her and the big cat. So it seems that she may have followed us since we left Lingzhou City, but why did she wait until we reached Yangcheng to take action?"