Annan Zhi wore a light blue dress with ice-like light flowing on it, making her look particularly holy in the ice and snow.
After the seal was completely released, Annan Zhi's appearance was more refined than in Dongyue County.
Her skin is like mutton-fat white jade, as if it is shrouded in skylight. There is a touch of ice blue in her beautiful willow eyes, and her slightly tilted lower jaw adds a hint of charm to her cold temperament.
At this time, Annan Gardenia is like the snow lotus on Tianshan Mountain, quietly looking at the clear water lake in front of it that will not freeze even in the severe winter.
"Miss, let's go back. It's cold here, be careful of catching a cold." Cuiyue, the maid, advised softly from the side.
"Master Li will definitely come to see the young lady."
Annan Zhi's eyes moved slightly, and then she bit her lip, "Why did he come to me? I just hope he never comes to the capital."
"Miss... why is this?" Cuiyue was puzzled, "Miss, don't you miss him?"
"The current capital is too dangerous for him." An Nanzhi shook his head.
Just as Cuiyue was about to say something, a figure quietly appeared, causing her to immediately lower her head and salute.
"If he comes, I can still take a good look at him, so that I can see what kind of young talent Li Changan is, the one who made my daughter even destroy his reputation."
A majestic voice sounded.
An Nanzhi came back to her senses and said, "Dad, the whole world knows who he is."
An Zhonglou walked to Annan Zhi's side and looked at Bishui Lake, "Nan Zhi, if the shackles of your inheritance have disappeared, then you can practice well at home."
"Dad, I just want to know when can I go out?" Annan Zhi asked.
"Whenever the An family can no longer trap you, you can go out." An Zhonglou looked at his youngest legitimate daughter,
"Do you think our ancestors don't know why the shackles of your inherited culture have disappeared?"
"You and that boy from the Zhou family have both obtained fragments of Li Changan's innate cultural artifacts. Do you think you can hide it from your ancestors?"
"Yesterday, my ancestors went to Dongyue to see Li Changan in person and attended his wedding banquet."
An Nanzhi's breathing stagnated for a moment, and then a trace of loneliness appeared in her eyes, and a little self-deprecating smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.
"Is it with the two Miss Liu?"
"This is what it should be. They value Li Changan more than their own lives."
An Zhonglou couldn't help but feel a fire rising in his heart when he saw his daughter looking like this.
"Then where does Li Changan put you?"
"I, the legitimate daughter of the An family, the jewel in the palm of my hand, am even better than the princesses of the current dynasty. Do I have to condescend to be Li Changan's concubine?"
"Who does he think he is? The emperor of the dynasty, or the master of the academy!?"
"Anyway, I don't agree!"
An Nanzhi said, "Dad, can you bear to watch your daughter die alone? Li Changan gave me all the fragments of his innate cultural relics."
"What the An family owes him, I will pay him back naturally!" An Zhonglou said firmly, "There is no need for you to pay him your whole life."
"My ancestors said that even if he gets married now, it will never be possible between you."
Annan Zhi said anxiously, "If Li Changan Wen Dao was still there, would you still stop him? I'm afraid you'd rather let me get in touch with him."
"But his literary skills have been ruined, unless one day he reaches the third level of martial arts and breaks through the door of my An family in person." An Zhonglou said,
"Otherwise, there will be no need to mention this matter again."
After saying that, An Zhonglou turned around and left, and finally stopped and said softly,
"Don't blame dad for being cruel."
"Either you can cultivate enough to make the ancestors give in, or Li Changan can make the ancestors make concessions."
"Otherwise, in the entire An family, who can defy the will of our ancestors?"
"You can write a letter and dad will send someone to deliver it to him."
An Nanzhi looked at the lake again and murmured softly, "Li Changan..."
…
Dongyue County City,
Send away the last batch of visiting officials,
Tonglu Hutong finally became completely quiet.
The staff at Wangfuji have removed all the running water mats and cleaned the yard.
Li Changan smacked his lips, "I can finally live a more peaceful life."
Gu Weidao, Zhang Fugui, and Song Anmin were all in the study.
After Li Changan came in, he picked up the file on the desk and flipped through it page by page.
The first is the Jinbu dossier.
Zhang Fugui was the first to speak, "After receiving the secret message, the Ministry of Finance began to try to develop northward, and the hundreds of girls in Hedong County have been placed."
"But it will take time to open up the counties along the way."
"Currently Jinbu stores are distributed in four counties, totaling fifty-one counties."
Li Changan nodded, "There are still 130,000 taels of silver left in the treasury... I have collected a lot of it in the past three days. When the time comes, it will all be transferred to the treasury of the Ministry of Finance."
"In addition, Wangfuji is currently attracting too much attention, so the number of Wangfuji stores should not be too large. We should develop more other businesses. Don't skimp on those that can be financed with money."
"The development of the Jin Department is crucial to Dahan. It is the outpost and the foundation of Dahan's development, so the bigger the better!"
Zhang Fugui nodded and said, "Understood."
Li Changan closed the Jin Department file and said, "Next, I'd like to ask Uncle Zhang to help bring in some close friends."
"She can take over some of the Jin Department's business first and give it a try."
Zhang Fugui took the file and said with a smile, "Our grown-up mistress is finally going to take over the family affairs."
"Uncle Zhang, please don't say that." Li Changan opened the espionage file,
"Uncle Zhang is still in charge of the Jin Department. It would be great if a close friend has talent, but if not, that's fine."
The spy files are more complicated than the gold files.
There are a lot of big and small events summarized every day.
And this is the result after filtering.
"Currently, there are 3,756 spies in the spy department, scattered with the Jin Department in four counties and fifty-one counties."
Song Anmin said, "But the current penetration rate in other places is relatively slow, and it will take time."
Li Changan flipped through the spy files,
"Next, the infiltration from other places will not change. Dongyue County will keep an eye on County Cheng Feng Zhanhua. He will know exactly where and who he sees every day, and even what he eats."
"Understood." Song Anmin nodded.
"In the next two days, I will organize a set of exercises and put them into the Han treasury. All members of the tribe who have achieved the merit can practice it."
"A big man must not only have more people, but also be stronger!"
"One is worth ten, one is worth a hundred, this is the goal of the Han people."
"Yes!" Zhang Fugui and Song Anmin said in unison.
Wait for the two of them to leave.
Only Li Changan and Gu Weidao were left in the study.
"Master's literary skills... is there any chance to recover?" Li Changan took out a grammar book with only a few pages left from his pocket and tore out one page.
"seal up!"
A layer of literary atmosphere instantly enveloped the study.
Gu Weidao was stunned for a moment, and then said, "The master's cultural relics have been broken for a long time, and they are incomplete. There is no possibility of restoration."
"What about using inheritance cultural relics?" Li Changan asked again.
Gu Weidao looked at Li Changan with a strange look on his face, "There are too few high-level inherited documents, and they will not be able to become teachers. Low-level teachers will look down on them..."
"You kid, just say it directly if you have anything to say. There is no need to beat around the bush with my teacher."
Li Changan grabbed Gu Weidao's hand and said, "Master, feel it carefully."
Gu Weidao was a little confused, but the next moment, his eyes suddenly widened.
Even though he had spent many years cultivating his qi, he could barely suppress his inner excitement at this moment.
Li Changan used his martial arts energy to transmit the message, "Master, you can practice without any writing instruments."
"Although the road ahead is difficult, it is still another option."
"This is the great opportunity that my disciple got in the ancient tomb..."
Li Changan opened the literary orifices in his brain one by one, and only let go after half an hour. During this period, he repeated the method of fixing the acupuncture points with literary energy five times.
There is no way to teach "Great Zhou Tian Xuan Fa".
The most important sea of consciousness could not determine the exact location. Even though I tried dozens of times with the help of the Suet Fat Jade Book's constant trial and error, I almost died and it took me three full days to locate the acupoint.
If it were someone else, it would not be a question of whether they could fix the acupoints, but whether they could survive.
If the sea of consciousness is not opened, the only connection between literary and martial arts is gone.
There is no way to start learning the "Great Zhou Tian Xuan Fa".
Teach the master the method of fixing literary energy and acupuncture points, maybe it can help the master reshape the literary way.
Li Changan said, "Master, have you remembered?"
Gu Weidao reviewed it again, making sure not to forget every word, with a look of horror in his eyes.
Whether it is the one hundred and eighty-two literary orifices in his mind or the method of fixing the acupuncture points with literary energy, they are all rare literary and Taoist techniques in the world.
Gu Weidao had never even heard of it.
One can imagine how valuable it is.
"Master, this matter must be kept secret. Only Master in the world, you and I know this method." Li Changan winked and smiled.
Then he took out a piece of paper and began to sort out the martial arts techniques.
"This time I went north, what happened before and after made me feel a lot."
"Before, I just wanted to treat my friend and Linglong as canaries. I was enough for everything. They suffered a lot in the past, and they only need to enjoy happiness in the future."
"In the end, we encountered something like this in Linxian County."
"So my disciple still wants to find something for them to do, so that even if something goes wrong, they can have some ability to protect themselves."
Li Changan put down the exercises in his hand that could only open thirty-six, and continued to compile the next exercise that could open forty-nine.
"Zhiyin's literary talent is average, but she is good at calligraphy and painting, and has also been involved in some businesses. My disciple is going to train her to take over the affairs of the Jin Department, and at the same time teach her the method of literary practice."
"Linglong has a good talent in martial arts, and my disciple is ready to help her build a foundation in martial arts."
"In the future, if the disciples are temporarily absent due to something, please ask the master to help supervise their practice."
Finally, Li Changan finished writing the 108 martial arts exercises, "I gave this martial arts exercise to the academy. What do you think, Master?"
Gu Weidao took a look and nodded, "Good."
"You give me a peach and give me a plum in return. You can sit here safely now, which is a gift to the academy."
…
Send Gu Weidao out of the yard.
Li Changan turned around and was suddenly startled.
I saw two figures appearing behind me at some unknown time.
One of them was only half a head shorter than him, with a slender figure and long silver-white hair that reached down to the crook of his legs.
But the face was still unclear, only a pair of dark jade-like eyes looking at him quietly.
The other one has fluffy snow-white fox ears and three equally white tails behind him, and is petite and cute.
Her pink, delicate and innocent little face is also mixed with a thrilling charm.
"Jiang...Lingyan...?" Li Changan looked at those dark jade eyes, "Why have you changed?"
The Jiang Lingyan in front of her no longer seemed so ethereal, as if she was about to come out of a dream.
Although he still couldn't see his face clearly, his aura had a faint charm that he had seen in his dream.
Jiang Lingyan walked up to Li Changan and tilted her head, "You have changed too."
"I seem to have grown taller, but I have also lost weight, and I am not as good-looking as before."
"A lot of people have come here these days. I was worried that Meng Yue would be discovered, so I took her to hide first."
Li Changan looked at the charming one aside...
"Is this Meng Yue a demon clan?"
Tian Mengyue looked at Li Changan, wrinkled her nose in dissatisfaction, pinched her throat and said, "Li Changan, have you forgotten the hundreds of girls in Hedong County?"
A familiar voice.
Li Changan's heart skipped a beat, and then his eyes widened in disbelief, "You...you..."
"It's me." Tian Mengyue held her head high and hugged Jiang Lingyan, who was a head taller than herself, with both hands. "I'm staying with you now."
Li Changan smiled and bent down, touching Tian Mengyue's head, "Brother Xiang, tell me, have you ever killed anyone?"
Tian Mengyue hid directly behind Jiang Lingyan, "What do you want to do? Don't touch my head! Don't touch my ears!"
Li Changan straightened up and simply pulled out the Hengyue Sword, "If you have killed someone, you have to die here today. If you have never killed anyone, I will have to tie you up!"
Jiang Lingyan quickly stood in front of her, "Li Changan, she has never killed anyone."
"She is a demon!" Li Changan looked at Jiang Lingyan, "And even a third-grade scholar can hide away. If we really want her to stay here, what should we do if something goes wrong?"
Jiang Lingyan explained, "Now she is just a little girl who has no power to restrain a chicken."
"The nine-tailed sky fox is one of the royal family of the demon clan, how could it be that it has no power to restrain a chicken?"
"It's true." Jiang Lingyan pressed Li Changan's wrist, "The reason I became like this is because I accidentally ate her original demon pill."
"I don't know what happened. She was about to die at that time, so I wanted to return the demon pill to her, but the demon pill melted in her mouth, so I could only feed her a little bit of my blood."
"As a result, she lost all her strength, but she became a bit like me, and ordinary people couldn't see her anymore."
"Meng Yue's demon elixir is very pure and doesn't have any murderous intent, otherwise I wouldn't have saved her."
Li Changan sheathed his sword, "You mean the demon pill is useful to you?"
Jiang Lingyan was a little embarrassed, "I don't know this either. I didn't even know what the demon pill was at that time."
"I just think it's very fragrant, similar to the taste of mochi, and also has the fragrance of osmanthus cake."
Li Changan took out a demon pill from the Xumi treasure bag and said, "Try this."
As a result, Jiang Lingyan was unwilling to even touch it, "This demon pill stinks so much, put it away quickly."
"Too smelly?" Li Changan changed another one, and it was still the same.
Li Changan simply took out the few royal demon pills.
They were all disliked by Jiang Lingyan and didn't even want to touch them.
When Tian Mengyue saw Li Changan taking out so many demon pills, her eyes suddenly changed when she looked at Li Changan, "How many demon clans have you killed!?"
Li Changan put away the demon pill and grinned, "So little girl, you have to be careful. If I find anything wrong with you, I will chop you with a knife!"
Jiang Lingyan patted Li Changan's arm and said, "Li Changan, I'm hungry and want to eat mochi."
"Are you hungry for mochi? You are obviously greedy."
Li Changan looked at the sky and said, "Let's go, I'll take you to eat, but at night you take this little girl to sleep in another room."
"Why?" Jiang Lingyan was puzzled, "We haven't seen each other for more than a year, so you don't miss me?"
"Nonsense, didn't you see that I'm already married? Of course I want to sleep with my wife."
"They can't see us anyway." Jiang Lingyan dragged Li Changan.
"That won't work either."
"Li Chang'an, we are obviously the same kind of people! You are the only one who can talk to me."
"This little girl can also talk to you."
"She's not a human, she's a little fox!"
"It's inconvenient for you to sleep together as husband and wife." Li Changan still refused.
"What's the inconvenience?" Jiang Lingyan pulled Li Chang'an, "We haven't laid together and talked for a long time."
"Pervert! Rogue!" Tian Mengyue bit her little silver teeth and spat lightly.
Li Changan decisively gave her a slap in the face, "Little girl, you know nothing about movies!"
"You are just a little girl. According to the age of your human race, I am already the age of Hua Xin (twenty-four)!" Tian Mengyue expressed her dissatisfaction.
"hehe."
"Why are you laughing!?" Tian Mengyue's white fox ears stood up, and the three tails behind her instantly exploded.
"hehe."
…
However, Li Changan's smile had not lasted for a few days when he was interrupted by a sudden message from the academy.
"You want me to go to Ding'an Fucheng immediately? Why?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? Just go if you are told." Qin Xiuman handed Li Changan his identity badge, "When you get there, talk less and do less, and keep a low profile. In the end, the academy will definitely help to let you in."
"You just have to show off."
"Southern Tour Town Fusi?" Li Changan looked at the jade plaque and a notice, "Should I go now?"
"Hurry up and get there." Qin Xiuman waved his hand, "Renwen Township is the Tomb of Heroes...the word "sex" means a knife on the head..."
The dignified boss spoke more and more nonsense. Li Changan quickly clasped his fists and said, "Student, please leave."
These days of leisure have been really good.
Although he could see but not eat, being able to be with his family finally relieved his tense nerves.
I don’t know what’s wrong with Zhiyin and Linglong? They are so obsessed with cultivation that they almost forget to eat and sleep.
He also struck while the iron was hot, teaching each other the arts and martial arts with all his resources.
When I had free time, I teased two other foodies who loved mochi.
I have to say that Tian Mengyue's ears and tail are indeed unique.
In this cold weather, it not only keeps you warm and warm, but also feels great.
On the way out of the academy,
Li Changan glanced at the notice in his hand, with a thoughtful look in his eyes.
"Rebellion in the Three Prefectures of the South?"