Beauty helps me achieve immortality

Chapter 146 Settling Down

Night falls.

Zhao Qing stood by the pond, carefully searching his surroundings with his spiritual sense.

The village is called Lanxian Town, and most of the residents are elderly, women, girls and children, with only three young and strong men.

One of the blacksmiths is a post-natal warrior...

There are quite a few vacant and abandoned courtyards. I guess there were many residents here in the past, but they all moved away one after another... probably to make a living in the county.

A clear channel came from the northwest and formed a pond here.

There is an abandoned courtyard next to the pond.

At this moment, Shuyue and Qinghuan were checking the layout of the courtyard, while my aunt was lying on the eaves, silently flipping through the Lin'an County Chronicles, speaking from time to time.

"Lin'an County originally belonged to Songshan County."

"One hundred and thirty years ago, the Changsheng Sword Sect opened a market, attracting all the independent cultivators from the surrounding two counties and eighteen prefectures."

"Here in Lanxian Town, a hundred miles to the north is the south gate of Changshengfang, and eighty miles to the east is the Changsheng Sword Sect."

My aunt whispered everything recorded in the county annals.

"Lin'an County has produced a foundation-building cultivator, but that was several decades ago."

"The deity of Songshan Mountain is worshipped in the city, and villages and towns generally have temples for the River God. The canal in Lanxian Town is diverted from the Yao River."

Zhao Qing listened quietly to his aunt's story, his eyes looking into the distance.

A strong young man was walking quickly towards them, holding a torch and carrying a long knife on his back.

There were two men beside him, which were all the young and strong men in the town.

At this moment, Zhou Xiaoyi calmly climbed down from the eaves and slowly walked to Zhao Qing.

The two of them quietly waited for their first contact with Lanxian Town.

After a while, the young man came up with a torch and asked loudly, "Are you planning to settle down in this town?"

Zhao Qing nodded slightly. The man in front of him carrying a knife was the town's blacksmith, named Huang Tiexin.

The aunt tugged at Zhao Qing's sleeve and whispered, "Exactly. I wonder if the owner of this house is in town? Instead of letting it go to waste, why not sell it to us?"

Huang Tiexin glanced at the brocade robe and jade pendant on the beautiful woman in front of him, exchanged a glance with the two people beside him, and smiled.

"Don't worry, everyone. This place is low-lying and has a long rainy season in the mountains, so it's not suitable for settling."

He walked closer, stuck the torch on the dilapidated window coffin, and bowed to Zhao Qing: "My name is Huang Tiexin, I grew up in this town. I wonder where you are from, are you a cultivator?"

Zhao Qing looked at the three of them quietly, waiting for his aunt to speak.

Wang Shuyue and Gu Qinghuan also walked to the edge of the pond and bowed slightly as a greeting.

The night breeze blew gently, and the blazing flames swayed constantly, as if they were about to leap up and meet their reflection in the pond.

The crackling sound of flames mixed with the sound of the wind in my ears made the surroundings seem even quieter.

Zhou Xiaoyi lowered her head slightly and said softly, "This is my husband, his surname is Zhao."

Her cold expression softened slightly as she approached the three young men and said timidly, "We came from Songshan County and came to Lin'an to seek refuge with distant relatives. However, there are too many women in our family... and my husband has no special skills, so we have no choice but to stay in the mountains for a while."

Huang Tiexin felt the faint cool fragrance and his face flushed slightly.

Judging from the way these people are dressed, they really look like they are from a wealthy family.

He was surprised and asked, "Don't you have relatives in the county?"

My aunt whispered, "To be honest, sir, my family offended the officials in Songshan... and had to leave our hometown."

"My cousin also holds a small official position and wants to come to Lin'an to take up his post, but the officials in the court have not yet responded."

Huang Tiexin frowned from time to time, nodded from time to time, and in the end he just felt dizzy.

There are four people in the family. The man is a rich young man, and the three women are his wives and concubines.

The people of Songshan County have offended the officials...

Their cousin might work in Lin'an County in the future...but he hasn't come yet.

After pondering for a long time, he nodded and smiled, "If you have any problems in town, you can ask us for help."

"Young Master Zhao comes from a wealthy family. I think he was attracted by the scenery in front of the courtyard."

"It's just that the terrain here is too low, so we can't see anything now, but it will cause trouble later."

Zhao Qing's eyes flickered. Feeling the other party's kindness, he bowed and said, "Thank you very much, brother. Do you have any good places to go?"

Huang Tiexin reached out and patted the young man beside him.

The man quickly spoke up, smiling bitterly, "My family has a house in the north of the town, and this canal was drawn from there."

"It's very close to the Yao River, and it's very cool."

“There are two acres of terraced fields near the canal…that’s it!”

Zhao Qing looked thoughtful, and without using any spiritual sense, he could see where he was pointing just by looking up.

He had noticed that courtyard a long time ago. It was located on a high and remote site, and the courtyard was also very large...

It sounds like... he wants to sell the house to himself.

His spiritual sense sensed that there was a faint spiritual energy emanating from Huang Tiexin's body, which were two low-grade spirit stones.

I have a rough idea in my mind.

Ten taels of gold for one spirit stone... Huang Tiexin probably wants to go to the county martial arts school to pay tuition.

At this moment, Zhao Qing acted like a rich young man and looked at Shuyue.

The wife instantly understood what she should do. She took off her bag and took out a wooden box. "We don't have much gold and silver with us. Maybe we can use jade instead?"

Huang Tiexin shook his head slightly and said with a smile: "To be honest, we are in urgent need of gold and silver. We want to sell 50 taels... of gold!"

Zhao Qing: ...

I thought it was so expensive.

Wang Shuyue frowned and said in a delicate voice, "Five hundred taels of silver!? A house in the county wouldn't cost that much, right?"

She took off the black jade bracelet on her hand and handed it to him: "I only have 26 taels of gold, some small change and this bracelet."

Huang Tiexin frowned slightly, ignoring the bracelet and looking at the wooden box...

It was filled with gold and silver coins.

Before he could say anything, the young man next to him smiled happily and took the wooden box from Wang Shuyue's hand.

Huang Tiexin: ...

"Go and call Bu Niang and Miss Qin to help the young master clean up the house."

……

Nearing midnight.

In the north of Lanxian Town, lights were lit in an isolated courtyard.

Wang Shuyue was full of gratitude and placed the honey-coated twisted dough sticks and pea yellow wrapped in oil paper in the yard.

"Niang, try this bean curd. I just brought it from Lin'an today."

Bu Niang was a woman in the town who made a living by selling cloth.

As for Miss Qin, who was busy carrying bedding, she was the daughter of a farmer.

Her name is Qin Lian, and she is very fair.

According to Huang Tiexin, this is already the most beautiful girl in town.

But at this moment in the yard, she and Qinghuan were busy at the same time, so she didn't look that pretty.

It was late at night, and seventeen stars were shining brightly in the sky, complementing the rays of starlight.

The villagers who came to help had all left, and Huang Tiexin stayed behind. "Does the young master need a guard?"

"Huang has some skills..."

Zhao Qing was stunned and nodded repeatedly: "That's great, but we don't have any money right now...how about when my cousin comes?"

The young man with the knife on his back smacked his lips slightly, smiled bitterly and nodded: "Okay!"

He knew in his heart that this was just an excuse from the other party. His cousin was going to be an official in Lin'an in the future, and he would definitely move away then.

Wait until everything is settled.

My aunt took out the spirit wine and poured four cups in the yard.

He laughed softly and said, "This Huang guy is quite honest. I thought he was going to take action..."

Wang Shuyue flicked her tongue and frowned, saying, "Xiaoyi, you mentioned that he has a distant relative who is an official. He will definitely be hesitant."

"But... do we really have relatives in Lin'an County?"

Zhou Xiaoyi's beautiful eyes moved slightly as she looked at Zhao Qing and Qing Huan.

"Our people, Magistrate Wu of Lin'an County, were transferred here before the New Year."

"It's just a backup plan. He doesn't know my whereabouts."

Zhao Qing: ...

Years ago? Wasn't that when my aunt just came back from the Duke's Mansion?

He knew very well that his aunt had already made arrangements and was just waiting to persuade him to move with her.

……

In the year of Yi Si, it is the Waking of Insects.

Zhao Qing officially settled down in Lanxian Town with his wives, concubines and maids.

There is a clear canal in front of the gate and two acres of terraced fields on the side of the yard.

That night, he held his breath and concentrated, taking the first of the top-grade Dao Foundation Pills...