Chapter 432 Separated by a Lake

On a bright sunny day, Zuo Daoqi and Totu stood in front of a somewhat crude thatched cottage, and he stood with his hands folded.

"Baron Zuo Daoqi of Ling County, Jin Dynasty, wants to see Mr. Pingyuan."

Pingyuan Hongxiu does not live in a thatched cottage. The barbarians respect the strong and have no virtue of humility. The strong should live in the best place.

Behind this thatched cottage was a huge underground palace. However, Pingyuan Hongxiu had lived in the Central Plains for too long and knew how to keep a low profile, so she built a thatched cottage.

This was naturally clear to Zuo Daoqi after the underworld snake mentioned it.

After Zuo Daoqi spoke, there was no movement in the thatched cottage in front of him.

The expression on his face remained unchanged, but Tutuo's face showed a bit of worry, "Sir, the barbarians are all savage and strong, we..."

Zuo Daoqi shook his head, "It doesn't matter. Lord Pingyuan Hongxiu has lived in the Central Plains for hundreds of years and has already understood the etiquette of the Central Plains. What you said is wrong."

His voice was not too soft, as if he was deliberately stimulating Pingyuan Hongxiu to come out.

But he didn't have to wait too long when he heard a voice.

"Why does Lord Zuo want to see me, a lonely barbarian?"

Pingyuan Hongxiu was wearing a gray-white robe. The wild lines on his body spread from his face and lower jaw, slowly spreading to his neck and into the skirt of his clothes.

There is no trace of the age of hundreds of years on his face. His face is rosy, his lips are red and his teeth are white, and his skin is delicate. He looks like he is twenty-four or five years old. The savage lines on his face not only do not appear abrupt, but look very moving. It's just that his eyes are slightly ferocious, and he looks very unapproachable.

Zuo Daoqi looked straight and saluted with his fists clasped.

"I have met Mr. Pingyuan. Zuo thought that it has been more than ten days since he came to Quanrong Mountain and he has not been able to visit the master. Today he learned that Mr. Pingyuan is back, so he came to visit Mr. Pingyuan."

Pingyuan Hongxiu's face was expressionless, "I've seen you, so there's no need to visit. After all, Quanrong Mountain is the territory of the Jin Dynasty, and it's also the territory of your royal family."

Judging from what he said, he was not satisfied with the selection of Quanrong Mountain as the location for the construction of the Queen Mother's Mausoleum.

Zuo Daoqi said quickly, "My lord, I misunderstood. Zuo did not come to Mr. Pingyuan to say this, but sincerely visited Mr. Pingyuan."

Pingyuan Hongxiu stood there, looking at the young man who had a low posture in front of him, with slight fluctuations in his eyes.

This is a very famous person. Even though there are very few people in Quanrong Mountain, there are occasional people who are not discerning and go into the mountains to hunt for treasures. She has also heard about Zuo Daoqi's reputation.

After all, Inunrong Mountain is not far from Kyoto. Nansu City was massacred by a demon. Zuo Daoqi single-handedly found out the truth, unraveled the truth about Nansu City that had been sealed for years, and sought justice for more than 200,000 people.

This matter has caused the emperor to become furious, and he wanted to simultaneously promote official evaluation and send troops to the southeast, two major issues related to the fate of the country.

Regardless of whether he admits it or not, the incident in Nansu City was a key step in pushing the emperor to have this idea, and Zuo Daoqi also occupied an extremely key position in it.

Jianghu knights are greatly influenced by Confucianism, and their admiration for Zuo Daoqi has reached a rather outrageous level.

It was also Zuo Daoqi who had not been around the Tiger Guards these days, otherwise he would have seen the evaluation of him by the army's sergeants.

Pingyuan Hongxiu looked at Zuo Daoqi, and there was a slight fluctuation in the depths of his eyes.

If what those so-called knights say is true, this is really a man worthy of respect.

It has to be said that Zuo Daoqi's appearance is very confusing. Although people in this world do not know that appearance is justice, Pingyuan Hongxiu can't help but feel a little sorry for Zuo Daoqi. After all, the cooperation between Zhao Xuanfeng and her group, After all, I feel sorry for Zuo Dodge.

As a result, Pingyuan Hongxiu's voice became slightly looser, and some fluctuations appeared on her expressionless face.

"come in."

Zuo Daoqi walked toward the thatched cottage with a somewhat reserved Toto.

Pingyuan Hongxiu suddenly looked at Totuo with some doubts in his eyes, and said pointedly, "Are you also a barbarian?"

Totu showed a slightly nervous expression, and Zuo Daoqi said softly, "This is my maid, she is not from a good background, she is indeed of barbarian blood."

Pingyuan Hongxiu paused and continued to move forward.

Zuo Dodge quickly followed behind.

Walking into the thatched cottage is not the underground palace passage you imagined, but a wooden table similar to an altar, with incense on it.

Pingyuan Hongxiu pointed to the two futons on the side and said softly, "Sit down."

Zuo Daoqi was not polite, pulled Totu and sat down.

"Lord Pingyuan, I will tell you the truth. I came to you this time for the sake of the maid beside you."

"You are a strong barbarian with an ancient heritage. Do you know how to improve her cultivation to a higher level? Her barbarian pattern seems to be unable to progress at this point. Please give me some advice, Master Pingyuan."

Pingyuan Hongxiu's gaze glanced over, as if he had seen through Totuo's whole body in an instant.

Tutuo's body stiffened slightly, and he felt that under that gaze, she could be seen clearly as if she were not wearing any clothes.

Zuo Daoqi squeezed her hand to comfort her slightly.

Pingyuan Hongxiu chuckled, "She is a good seedling, but why should I help her?"

Zuo Daoqi's expression became serious, "When I came here, I heard that Mr. Pingyuan was born in the Quanrong tribe, and he was the last member of the Quanrong tribe. Tuo Tuo was born as a barbarian slave. He was of low origin and had no inheritance. He only received some low-level inheritance. Please Lord Pingyuan has mercy on me."

There seemed to be a hint of sneer on Pingyuan Hongxiu's face, "Is it just because of pity? Or do you think that since I have lost my tribe, I will hand over my inheritance to a barbarian tribe that I have never seen before?"

"Do you know how many tribes the barbarians have?"

"Of course it's clear that Zuo came today just to ask Mr. Pingyuan to give Tuo Tuo a chance. He has no other intention. If Mr. Pingyuan doesn't want to, Zuo will naturally not force him."

Zuo Daoqi said softly, not overly speculating on Pingyuan Hongxiu's thoughts.

Although he suspected that Pingyuan Hongxiu had deliberately left to create the conditions and environment for Zhao Xuanfeng and others to take action, he would not mention this matter.

Pingyuan Hongxiu was silent for a long time, and then waved to Tuo Tuo.

"Girl, come here, let me take a look."

Zuo Daoqi quickly winked at Totuo.

Tuotu came to Pingyuan Hongxiu with some anxiety. Pingyuan Hongxiu stretched out a hand and put it on Tuotuo's shoulder.

After a moment, she raised her eyes and glanced at Zuo Daoqi, "This girl has good qualifications, but her pattern is too bad."

"Does senior have a solution?"

Pingyuan Hongxiu seemed to have heard a joke, "It costs my blood to wash away her streaks. Do you think I would do such a thing for no reason?"

Zuo Daoqi did not smile, but looked deeply at Pingyuan Hongxiu and said softly, "As long as Master Pingyuan is willing to help Tuo Tuo remove the barbaric lines and teach him his barbaric methods, Zuo will surely be richly rewarded in the future."

"for example?"

"Within thirty years, I will report to the imperial court to grant Master Pingyuan the land on the western frontier to rebuild the Quanrong army."

Zuo Daoqi's words are straight and round, almost categorical.

There was a bit of astonishment on Pingyuan Hongxiu's face, "Do you know that Quanrong was one of the eight major barbarian clans in the past. If Quanrong is restored, aren't you afraid that you Central Plains people will hate you to the core?"

Zuo Daoqi's face was plain, as if he had expected it, "The people of the Central Plains are afraid of the Quan Rong who only bring harm to the Central Plains, not the Quan Rong who defend the borders for the Central Plains."

Toto's eyes were already flashing with fluorescent light, his mouth opened slightly, as if in disbelief, and he murmured in a low voice.

"Son..."

Zuo Daoqi reached out and squeezed her hand, "You are my maid, I know what you are thinking, no need to say more."

"It's just...Young master, you don't have to do this for me..."

Zuo Dodge no longer answered, but turned his attention to Pingyuan Hongxiu.

"Lord Pingyuan, do you think the Quan Rong under your command will invade the Central Plains again? Or, thirty or fifty years later, with Zuo in charge, will the Quan Rong stir up trouble?"

As soon as these words came out, the thatched cottage fell into silence. Pingyuan Hongxiu's face was filled with astonishment, and her heart seemed to be shocked by the young man's arrogance.

After a pause, he said softly, "You are quite confident. I haven't seen someone as confident as you in more than three hundred years."

"Okay, I promise you, within thirty years, I will rebuild the Quanrong."

Zuo Daoqi nodded, bowed and said, "Thank you, Lord Pingyuan."

"You take her back first, and then prepare some things. I also need to prepare some things. Let her come alone in three days."

Pingyuan Hongxiu said.

Zuo Daoqi nodded, "Junior knows."

After he finished speaking, he pulled Tuotuo and walked out. When he reached the door, he suddenly paused, "By the way, since Lord Pingyuan is willing to help Tuotuo wash away the barbaric lines, the junior will regard the senior as one of his own, and those who are revived are valuable, However, the fire of death will not burn brightly."

Pingyuan Hongxiu's eyes narrowed, as if Zuo Daoqi had revealed something in his mind, but he did not answer.

Zuo Dodge pulled Tote away.

Pingyuan Hongxiu stood there, but countless distracting thoughts were swirling in her mind.

Zuo Daoqi gave him a very strange feeling. He was obviously just an ant reaching the top of the building, but there were waves of vague energy coming from him, which even made her feel pressure.

Her self-confidence made her even more intimidating.

Then she suddenly smiled and said, "He is an interesting young man."

Could such a confident and arrogant person be a loyal eagle dog of the Jin Dynasty?

"Another Ji Wuji."

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Outside the city of Kyoto, there is the Duke's Mansion in Ling County.

A weird and absurd atmosphere continues to spread.

Changyi sat in front of the stone pavilion angrily, looking angrily at the stone pavilion across the lake in the distance.

In the pavilion over there, there was sitting a woman wearing gorgeous purple clothes, with an exquisite and charming face, and a strong charming temperament. She was playing the piano with both hands, occasionally stopping a song, throwing some bait towards the lake, and letting it go. Fish gather on the water.

What made Changyi angry was that every time the woman in purple threw the bait, she would give her a look, as if to say, why don't you come over to eat?

Changyi became angrier and angrier as she thought about it. When Cai'er came over with a tray of bait, she threw it and the tray directly into the lake, and then cast a provocative look at the woman in purple.

Ziyun Xianyun glanced at it lightly, but called her personal female official Huarong to communicate with her. The fish in the water was the most beautiful, and she seemed not to take Changyi's provocation to heart at all, and asked her to After Huarong explained something.

Then I saw Hua Rong, accompanied by several guards, paddling a boat from across the lake.

The guards are all warriors with strong training, so rowing a boat is naturally simple. It doesn't take a cup of tea to see Huarong's boat already sailing in front of them.

"I have met Her Royal Highness Princess Changyi."

Faced with the salute of Hua Rong, the Queen Mother's personal maid, the willful Changyi naturally snorted back when there was no one else around.

When Huarong came, she knew that she would definitely be made things difficult by Changyi, but thinking of the empress's instructions, she plucked up the courage.

"The Empress is concerned about Your Highness. She sees that His Highness seems to like feeding fish, but he throws out too much bait at one time, so the Empress sends her maid to deliver a boatful of bait to teach His Highness..."

At this point, Hua Rong really couldn't go on, but she still said it bravely.

"So that His Highness will know that no matter how much bait there is, all the fish in the lake will not gather around His Highness, just like people can't be too greedy..."

The anger on Chang Yi's face almost overflowed, and she couldn't help but laugh angrily.

"But I want a lake of fish..."

After a pause, she seemed to have grown a brain, and said again with a tea in her mouth.

"Anyway, my consort is Lord Zuo of the current dynasty, and is recognized as the number one climber in the world today. If I want a pond of fish, he will definitely be able to get it for me."

The smell of tea in her tea made her face slightly unnatural and made her feel a little uncomfortable.

Seeing the beautiful face and saying nothing, Changyi seemed to be in high spirits.

"But for the kindness of the eldest mother, I, as a junior, naturally want to thank you. I remember that you called Huarong, and there happened to be a boat. I will go and thank the eldest mother."

Huarong's face froze.

The Queen Mother had told her before that she should take a good look at Changyi's face and tell her when she came back.

It should be okay to take Changyi back and let her see it for herself, right?

Changyi seemed to have figured it out, holding Huarong upright and about to go over.

The beauty is a bit awkward.

"Princess Xiyuan brought a group of female officials a few days ago, and I also chose one. I just asked my eldest mother to help me take a look."

"Qianyi, come here."

A woman in plain clothes with a calm face came over slightly. Even though she had been with Changyi for several days, she was still not used to the intimacy of the princess in front of her.

Changyi stepped forward and hugged her waist naturally.

Qianyi is not used to this kind of intimacy in Changyi.

Cai'er lowered her head and ignored it.

She has been with Changyi for too long, so she naturally knows her master's character. With a temperament like Qianyi's, he will definitely be deceived by Changyi's appearance, and is destined to become a tool in the end.

Ziyunxian just left the palace yesterday. Now that May has just entered, Kyoto City is densely populated and it is already slightly hot, so she left the palace and lived in the remaining part of the Lingxian Summer Resort.

The Summer Resort was not completely demolished, but a part was cut out and became Zuo Daoqi's palace. The remaining part is, of course, still the Summer Resort.

So there was a situation where the two faced each other across a lake.

Before Huarong could react, she saw that Changyi, Cai'er and Qianyi had already boarded the boat. The guards were very discerning and moved the bait off the boat.

"Let's go quickly." Changyi urged.

A very ominous premonition arose in Huarong's heart, and she couldn't help but feel worried when she thought of Changyi's failure in front of the Queen Mother several times before.

This time Her Royal Highness the Princess went to the other side, she would definitely be played by the Queen Mother, right?

"Yes, please, Your Highness Princess."