Chapter 160: The Tragic Leader
Jiuqu Garden.
Fish-watching platform.
Across the lake bay, there is a field of crabapple trees in full bloom.
Qingyou slapped the bag he was carrying, and there was a sound of sword ringing. A sword rainbow that was more than ten feet long, agile as a dragon, clear and bright green without any other colors rushed out, crossed the lake in an instant, and rolled and entangled in the crabapple forest.
Sword energy filled the air and flower petals fell like rain. In an instant, the sword rainbow flew back and sank into the bag. Three palm-sized pink crabapple flowers slowly fell from the sword rainbow and landed in Qingyou's hands.
Yin Yuan widened his eyes and looked at the bag beside Qingyou, almost drooling.
Yu Changle clapped his hands happily: "Oh, Your Majesty, this is Your Majesty's great fortune. Although there are evil spirits causing chaos, there are also many great men and women coming to surrender. This is all Your Majesty's blessing!"
Bai Shuang stood behind Yin Yuan, suppressing the shock and fear in her heart, smiling charmingly.
At this moment, she was like a lady from a prominent family, dignified to the extreme, not daring to reveal the slightest hint of coquettishness.
Sword cultivators have always been known for being 'stubborn', 'unreasonable', and 'inflexible'.
If they were male sword cultivators, Bai Shuang would still have the confidence to use her charm to win them over, but what she encountered were three stupid female sword cultivators who were obviously inexperienced... Bai Shuang was afraid that if she showed any sign of wrongness, they would be chopped down on the head with a sword!
She forced a smile, but it was a difficult one.
Yinyuan put his hands behind his back, looked at the calm Qingyou, and the cute and pretty Qingning and Qingmeng, and laughed happily towards the sky, acting like a king who believed that "all the heroes in the world are within my grasp".
He kept giving orders to Yu Changle and generously offered him a series of rewards.
The three Qingyou sisters were given the position of serving the royal family of Dayin, with a status equivalent to that of a "lord" of the imperial clan, and enjoyed the ceremonial guards of a "lord".
The three sisters were granted a six-room mansion in Yushunfang and a number of servants.
He was also given 10 billion white deer coins, 1,000 taels of pure gold, 10,000 taels of silver, and 100,000 strings of newly minted coins.
She was also given a number of bracelets, rings, hairpins, hairpins and other head ornaments; a number of ruyi, incense burners, silk skirts, jade belts; a number of rouge, powder, flower dew, and scented tablets.
He gave them countless miscellaneous rare and valuable things, and then Yinyuan generously waved his hand and granted the three sisters three imperial farms in Tongshufang, Qipinfang, with a total area of 300,000 acres. As long as the three sisters continued to serve as Dayin's servants, the annual output of the 300,000 acres would be their pocket money.
The three women were stunned by the series of rewards. Qingning and Qingmeng were so excited that they almost danced with joy - finally they didn't have to go around looking for poor people in Haojing.
Qingyou even took out the thick book and compared it with the notes left by their ancestors who had served as ministers in the secular dynasty.
Qingyou nodded with satisfaction.
Yinyuan was very generous and lavish, and the conditions he offered were very favorable. He was a king worthy of assisting.
The delighted Yin Yuan held a grand banquet on the Fish-Watching Terrace.
The three newly appointed royal attendants were the guests of honor, with Lu Yi accompanying them. Yin Yuan and several of his favorite concubines urged them to drink enthusiastically, and they drank to their heart's content, with both the host and the guests having a great time.
After the banquet, Yinyuan tapped the plate with his chopsticks and sighed heavily.
"Lu Yu, the three priests, a few days ago, there was a haunted scene in the capital city of Hao in broad daylight... a big haunted scene. I am so ashamed." Yin Yuan sighed sadly, "Those ministers actually said that it was because the emperor was immoral that ghosts were rampant."
"I was originally planning to cause some trouble with them because Wang Pu was not doing a good job in suppressing the riot."
"As a result, this haunting incident really made me feel sick."
"There is nothing we can do but ask them to mobilize the army to go to Anping Prefecture. I feel so frustrated!"
"So, Lu Yu, I transferred you back from Anping Pass so that you can wipe out all these demons and monsters."
"Now there are three more priests willing to serve the country. This is a good thing, a great thing!"
"I will give you the power to make decisions on the spot. Clean up this Gaojing City thoroughly..."
Yin Yuan looked at Lu Yi with a depressed look on his face: "They make trouble every other day, every other day... It's fine even if it's a rebellion, but it's a ghost... This, this... This is too outrageous!"
After heavily knocking on the dinner plate, Yin Yuan complained, "They are both haunted. The haunting in Haojing City means that the emperor has lost his virtue; tens of thousands of female ghosts besieged the Imperial College and killed tens of thousands of imperial guards and city defense soldiers, and the result was that Bai Changkong's name was fulfilled."
"Your Majesty!" Bai Shuang said coquettishly.
"Hey, my beloved, you are you, and Bai Changkong is Bai Changkong. Tsk... you are his distant niece, not his biological daughter." Yin Yuan's mouth twitched, and he suddenly remembered the identity of Bai Shuang beside him. He smiled a little awkwardly, threw down his chopsticks, and hugged Bai Shuang's waist affectionately.
"Anyway, Lu Yi, I transferred you back to investigate this large-scale haunted incident in Gaojing City."
"Oh, so many imperial guards and city defense troops were killed or injured. I am heartbroken. All the compensation money is gone!"
"That's fine, but there are so many officials and families who were killed... Tsk tsk, there are three noble families without descendants, it's really unlucky... This matter must be explained to all the ministers."
Lu Yu stood up and saluted towards Yin Yuan: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I have a rough idea of the source of this haunting. It's good that she doesn't show up, but if she dares to come out and cause trouble again, I will definitely not let her go!"
Thinking about the benefits he had gained in his cultivation after killing the sneaky people several times before... As long as Bai Lu dared to show up again, Lu Yi would never let her go.
Especially, tens of thousands of female ghosts besieged the Imperial College?
It can be seen that Bai Lu was heading towards Bai Changkong.
Lu Yi was quite confident that as long as he could keep a close eye on Bai Changkong, he would not be afraid of not being able to lure Bai Lu out.
Yinyuan nodded with satisfaction. He believed that Lu Yi was a man of luck. He had been able to wipe out the evildoers in the imperial city before. Now that the important task of clearing up Haojing was given to him, Lu Yi would definitely not let him down.
"Well, you led the army to the battle, and you had already started construction on the Tianyang Mansion in Yushunfang." Yin Yuan suddenly remembered something: "Those beams, pillars, bricks and tiles are all good materials shipped directly from Jiuqu Garden. I originally wanted to expand a courtyard, but before I had time to start construction, I gave them to you first!"
Lu Yi was stunned.
Yinyuan used the materials that were originally intended to build a house for himself in his own Tianyang Mansion.
Yin Yuan continued to talk in a rambling way: "The materials have been prepared, and the master craftsman has brought several times the manpower to rush the work. I have seen the pavilions and houses of your Tianyang Mansion. They are almost done, except for the decoration and various furnishings inside. You don't have to spend money, the Shaofu Treasury has everything you need, and I will send it to you when the time comes."
"Right now, we just have to work on the garden at the back and the four walls of the mansion. But it will be done soon."
"It's just right that you're back. You can take some time to go and take a look at the mansion while it's still under construction. If you want to add something, make some corrections, or change something, you should tell me as soon as possible. Otherwise, it will be troublesome to make changes after they have completely finished the work."
Yin Yuan waved his hand: "That's it."
Lu Yi looked at Yin Yuan deeply and said in a deep voice: "I am terrified. Your Majesty, I have shown you great favor. I will never be able to repay you even if my body is torn to pieces. Your Majesty, rest assured, if those sneaky people dare to show up again, I will definitely not let them go!"
Lu Yi's deep gaze gently swept across the white frost.
Bai Shuang's body stiffened slightly, and she glared at Lu Yi angrily.
At most, she is a vixen, not a female ghost. There is something wrong with your gaze, Lu Yi!
Yushunfang.
Bai family residence.
There is also a lot of construction going on here.
Lantian Garden was once burned down by Lu Yi. With Bai Shuang entering the palace and being named a noble concubine, reliable news came out from Jiuqu Garden that Bai Changkong might be named a "marquis" because of this distant niece.
In addition, a few days ago, 100,000 students of the Imperial College witnessed with their own eyes that Bai Changkong killed the female ghost with his righteous spirit and saved so many students.
Bai Changkong's reputation in Haojing has now reached its peak.
Just a few days ago, several of Bai Changkong's neighbors took the initiative to give up their own mansions and merge them with the Bai family's original residence.
Some wealthy students of the Imperial College pooled together a huge sum of money, hired a retired master craftsman, and employed several times the number of workers to work day and night to build a magnificent house for Bai Changkong.
This house combines several mansions, and the area of the residential land alone is about one thousand acres.
The pavilions and houses that are currently being renovated are fine, but just the new garden, which is seven or eight times larger than the original Lantian Garden, and the flowers and plants displayed inside are all amazing.
For example, several rockery inside were directly removed from the gardens of several princes and hostages who studied in the Imperial College.
For example, the hundreds of ancient trees inside were dug directly from the homes of the students living in Haojing.
For example, the thousands of rare and exotic flowers in the museum were also carefully selected by the students from their own gardens as a gift.
Even several attics and pavilions were ready-made buildings that had just been built in the homes of these students. They were simply dismantled and rebuilt in the garden in the same exact way.
Even the rosewood headquarters that was originally in the underground secret room was brought back by Bai Changkong, who presented it in the name of a wealthy student. After it was reassembled, it stood in the backyard in a dignified manner.
In the rosewood hall filled with faint fragrance, the leader of the Paradise Palace lay comfortably on a rosewood cloud bed, with an extremely satisfied blush on his face, looking at Bai Changkong with watery eyes.
Bai Changkong stood at the window, holding a teacup, and watched several female disciples of the Paradise Palace help out three handsome male disciples who were pale, exhausted and powerless. He couldn't help but shook his head.
"How rare is it? Otherwise, why do those sects only have a group of outer disciples walking around, and only this sect leader is willing to show up with inner disciples?"
The leader of the Paradise looked at Bai Changkong with a smile: "Leaving the mountain gate and entering the secular world is like a fish entering the desert. These filial disciples are the spring water that prolongs my life. Hehe."
She hooked her finger at Bai Changkong and said, "Bai Xingxing, come here. Today, the master is in a very good mood and will personally teach you the true method of the immortal way. In our sect, there are less than three hundred disciples who have had such an opportunity and have been taught by the master personally!"
Bai Changkong's mouth twitched, and he turned around and frowned at her, saying, "Lu Yi has returned to the city. He went directly to Jiuqu Garden. Your Majesty trusts him very much, and he was recruited directly after he returned to the city."
"This boy has a deep hatred for my Bai family. If we don't get rid of him, I'm afraid he will speak ill of you in front of your majesty and cause great harm to Bai Shuang!"
The blush on the face of the leader of the Paradise Palace disappeared, and he slowly straightened up.
"What's the big deal? I, the leader, will personally eliminate him. It's a good opportunity for him to try out the power of my Myriad Beauty Map of Bliss."