Chapter Five Hundred and Thirty Two: Lu's Father and Daughter
Shangguan Lian'er and Tuoba Hong left Anran Mountain and headed north. Along the way, they went around and around, doing chivalry, experiencing life, and enlightening themselves.
Like this, more than a month has passed.
Shangguan Lian'er found the right time and rushed to Yujun Mountain with Tuoba Hong.
Yujun Mountain shares the same boundary with the Demon Sect, and is the northern portal of the Demon Sect. Because there is a thousand-year-old Immortal Sect, Yujun Sect, on Yujun Mountain. Because of Yujun Sect, Yujun Mountain is here.
Yujun Mountain is the junction of the Immortal Taoist Sect and the Demonic Sect. It is a pass for the two hostile forces to defend themselves against each other's attacks and ensure their own safety. However, some passes are also channels for commerce and goods trade.
Whether it is the Holy Sect of the Demon Sect or the Immortal Taoist Sect, both sides will have some scarce materials, and these materials are only owned by the other party. Therefore, since there is a demand, some trade exchanges are naturally inevitable.
The trade between the Holy Sect of the Demon Sect and the Immortal Sect is open to the public during times of peace, but trade during extraordinary times is naturally a secret matter.
At that time, the founder of the Yujun Sect was named Zou Changsheng. Zou Changsheng was a businessman. He not only had great mystical skills and superb magic skills, but also had business acumen. When he was secretly traveling in the Demon Realm, he passed by Yujun Mountain and immediately saw business opportunities.
Therefore, he overcame all opinions and established the Yuzhen Sect at the junction of the Holy Sect of the Demon Sect and the Immortal Taoism.
On the surface, Zou Changsheng was trying to protect the Holy Sect of the Demon Sect for the Immortal Dao Xuan Sect, but secretly he provided convenience to both the Immortal and Demon Sect, allowing both parties to conduct commodity transactions. The Yujin Sect was better off getting a medium share and made a lot of money.
Although the Yuzhen Sect is a mid-level sect on the surface, secretly, because of this trade channel, it makes a lot of money and is extremely rich.
Zou Changsheng, the founding patriarch of the Yuzhan Sect, is a great wise man. He knows that with the strength of the Yuzhan Sect, if he has too much money, he will definitely attract the covetousness and greed of others. Therefore, for the long-term peace and prosperity of the sect,
Prosperous, he set an unwritten rule for the sect.
In addition to 40% of the annual trade harvest of the Yuzhan Sect, which is put into the treasury, 30% is secretly hired by famous martial arts figures who live in seclusion to protect the sect, and the other 30% is bribed by some wealthy bosses of the Immortal and Demon Sects to seek protection.
Every year, Yu Zhenmen scatters gold and silver to the two sects of immortals and demons and pays protection fees. Taking the castle as an example, since the rise of the castle, every time the castle holds a major event, Yu Zhanmen will give a large gift in the name of congratulations.
The birthdays of the children and disciples of the big brothers of the Tenshu sect will be remembered every year by the Okamimen, and they will never forget to give them a thoughtful and unique gift that is always popular.
Therefore, every head of the Tenshu Sect is either a good friend or a good brother with the head of the Yuzhan Sect. Many of Yuzhan Sect's troubles will be quietly settled by the Tianshou Sect.
After Zou Changsheng, the founder of Yujun Sect, founded Yujun Sect, in order to facilitate the trade between the immortal and demon sects, he built a huge market at the foot of Yujun Mountain, fifty miles away.
As the volume of trade between immortals and demons increased in the market, more and more people were trading. Gradually, people who lived around the market, except for those members of the Yuzhen Sect who regularly collected protection fees and management fees in the market,
Besides, there are many foreign businessmen.
This is the origin of Yujun Town.
To the east of Yujun Town, there is a huge horse selling farm.
The horse racing track is divided into an outer field and an inner field. The so-called outer field is an open-air racecourse, where sellers can walk horses and fetch cattle for customers. The so-called inner field is
It is a closed Chinese-style building complex built with blue bricks and green tiles.
In the inner yard of the horse market, there is a courtyard with three entrances. Once you enter the inner yard, there is an empty and flat hall. Above and on both sides of the opposite door of the hall are rows of desks and chairs.
There are many side doors at the front and both sides. Behind those side doors are the kitchen and rooms for guests to rest. There are also some houses that are entertainment places for guests to relax and relieve their boredom.
The facilities inside the racecourse are very exquisite, with marble walls and floors, various furniture made of golden nanmu, Suzhou embroidery screens embroidered with gold threads, lanterns with night pearls as hearts, and some furniture inlaid with jade and gold. In short, it is extremely
luxurious.
The horse trading infield was originally built specifically for horse trading. Later, after some modifications, it can be used for various types of transactions.
The day Shangguan Lian'er and Tuoba Hong arrived at Yujun Town, it was almost dusk. Although the twilight was all around and the lights were shining brightly, the streets were filled with immortals, demons and ordinary people, with various costumes and characters, and people coming and going.
lively.
Shangguan Lian'er glanced around, pointed to an ordinary inn on the left, and said with a smile: "Let's rest in this inn!"
At this time, a tall man with a rough appearance was walking slowly down the street, looking around as if he was looking for something, carrying a little girl about five or six years old on his back.
The man waited until he saw Shangguan Lian'er and Tuoba Hong. He was stunned and stopped. After a few breaths, he walked over quickly and blocked Shangguan Lian'er and Tuoba Hong.
The man chuckled, with an honest look on his face, and asked in a loud voice: "Are you Miss Shangguan and Brother Tuoba?"
Both Shangguan Lian'er and Tuoba Hong used magic to disguise themselves. Without special means, outsiders would not be able to recognize them at all. However, they did not expect that as soon as they entered Yujun Town, their identities would be discovered. Their expressions immediately changed.
After a while, I was quite surprised.
Shangguan Lian'er saw that there were three religions and nine streams here, a mixture of fish and dragons, a place of right and wrong. He immediately became wary and looked at Tuoba Hong. Ji'er looked at the man carefully, frowned beautifully, and asked: "Who are you?"
The little girl on the man's back had dark skin, flashed her big eyes, smiled, and answered first: "He is my father, his name is Lu Kui; I am his daughter, my name is Lu Yaya!"
Shangguan Lian'er searched his mind for a while, but couldn't find a person named Lu Kui in his memory. He asked again: "Brother Lu, we don't know you. Do you have anything to do with us?"
Lu Yaya shouted again: "Sister Shangguan, it was Sister Shu'er who asked us to pick you up. Have we been waiting for you here for more than ten days?"
Shangguan Lian'er was startled, an idea flashed across his face, he pretended not to know, and asked doubtfully: "Who! Who is Shu'er?"
Lu Yaya glanced around, lowered her voice, and said with a mysterious smile: "The sister Shu'er I'm talking about, is she the princess of the Demon Sect? Isn't she your junior sister? You forgot so quickly
?"
Shangguan Lian'er looked at Lu Yaya, thought for a moment, nodded, smiled lightly, and replied: "It turns out they are my junior sister's people. My junior sister asked you to come to us. What happened?"
Lu Yaya patted her father Lu Kui on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Dad, tell me!"
Lu Kui raised his head, rolled his eyes, glared at Lu Yaya, and scolded: "You stupid girl, you always like to interrupt when adults are talking. Aren't you quite capable of speaking? Why don't you speak again!"
Lu Yaya looked embarrassed
, quite embarrassed, he stuck out his tongue and made a face at Shangguan Lian'er.
Lu Kui complained to his daughter, and immediately showed a smile on his face. He replied to Shangguan Lian'er: "You two, there are too many people who came to Yujun Town to attend the treasure sales conference held by His Highness Shu'er recently. The inn
It has been full for a long time, so His Highness Shu'er has already booked a wealthy businessman's house just for you to stay. If you believe me, you can come with me!"
After Lu Kui said this, he turned around and walked away, leading the way.
Tuoba Hong looked at the backs of Lu Kui and his daughter, with solemn expressions. As he walked, he whispered to Shangguan Lian'er: "Lian'er, you must not have the intention of harming others, and you must have the intention of guarding against others. This person named Lu
We don’t know the origin, and we don’t know whether what they say is true or false, so we’d better be careful and not be careless!”
Shangguan Lian'er nodded secretly, smiled sweetly, and asked: "Brother Lu, my little sister has something unclear. I want to ask you. I hope you can tell me directly?"
Lu Kui nodded and said with a smile: "Ask what it is about!"
Shangguan Lian'er asked: "Brother Lu, we have all used the art of disguise on our faces. Therefore, without extraordinary means, others will not be able to recognize us. I wonder what trick Brother Lu just used to be able to instantly
Did you recognize us?"
Lu Kui said with a smile: "Because Your Highness Shu'er told me that you like to wear pink clothes, and the powder has the fragrance of peach blossoms. More importantly, the hairpin on your head is made of peach blossoms."
The hairpin, the peach blossom hairpin was his twenty-first birthday gift to you, so based on these three points, I naturally recognized you at a glance!"
After listening to Lu Kui's explanation, Shangguan Lian'er smiled with peace in her heart and nodded slightly towards Tuoba Hong.
The first two reasons mentioned by Lu Kui are still vague, but the hairpin Shangguan Lian'er wears now is indeed made of sea heart wood. Sea heart wood is extremely precious and cannot be recognized by ordinary people. And, more importantly, it is
What is surprising is that this hairpin is indeed a birthday gift given to her by Yun Shuer. This is a private matter between Shangguan Lian'er and Yun Shuer. If Yun Shuer did not tell Lu Kui about the hairpin, Lu Kui would definitely
Impossible to know.
Lu Kui glanced sideways at Shangguan Lian'er, smiled, and asked with a smug look: "Miss Shangguan, how are you? Lao Lu didn't lie to you, did he?"
Shangguan Lian'er nodded and said with a smile: "No!"
Lu Kui asked with a smile: "Miss Shangguan, you are late. In fact, we welcomed a group of people a few days ago. Those people are your real relatives!"
Shangguan Lian'er was stunned and quickly asked: "My relative! Who is it?"
At this time, Lu Kui actually pretended to be secretive and said with a smile: "I'd better not talk too much here, which will make people uncomfortable. You'd better meet each other first and get some rest early before we talk!"
Who is it?
.........Could he be from the Weiliu Sect?
.........could it still be Wei Ning?
When Shangguan Lian'er thought of Wei Ning, she had many thoughts and complicated emotions. She didn't know whether she should pity her or hate her.
I don’t know whether I should understand it or blame it?
Tuoba Hong saw Shangguan Lian'er's expression gloomy and unhappy, and he asked softly with concern: "Lian'er, are you tired?"
Chapter completed!