Chapter 193: Talking about the Past Under the Moon

Lingxiang really found it difficult to knock on the door. She had never expected that agreeing to bring a group of people to Liangcheng would turn out like this. Now a group of six people were standing in front of Jingwei’s study, which made her feel embarrassed.

According to her idea, she would send Long Qi and the other four men to Wutong Inn to rest first, and then she and Banxia would go to visit. But who knew that Long Qi would be so shameless and insisted on coming with them, laughing.

With so many people, wouldn’t that just cause more trouble?
Lingxiang raised her hand and hesitated for a long time, but still did not knock on the door. After thinking for a moment, she wanted to talk to Long Qi again, but when she turned around, she saw Long Qi coming forward and asked, “What’s the matter? Are you worried about something? How about I knock for you?”

As he was about to raise his hand to knock on the door, Lingxiang quickly pushed him down.

Isn’t it a concern? How can you be so shameless!
When Lingxiang pulled his arm, Long Qi’s heart was like firecrackers exploding, but he didn’t show it on his face and even raised his eyebrows at her.

Seeing his expression, Lingxiang immediately knew that he did it on purpose. Just as she was about to yell at him, someone called her from behind.

“Miss Lingxiang?”

The voice sounded familiar, it was Master Zhuang Weizhuang.

Liu Yaoyi didn’t expect that she would see Lingxiang so soon after not seeing Long Qi. It seemed that he had conveyed the message.

Lingxiang glared at Long Qi, then turned around and smiled awkwardly: “Sir, Madam, long time no see…”

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“Ha ha ha ha……”

Mr. Zhuang laughed heartily in the hall, which was beyond Lingxiang’s expectation. In her impression, Mr. Zhuang was very gentle and a weak scholar, so how could he laugh so vigorously?

But on second thought, after all, Liu Yaoyi crushed the demon pill and saved him. If he still looked sickly like before, it would be really disappointing.

But what surprised her most was Liu Yaoyi.

Previously, Liu Yaoyi’s demon pill had been shattered, but she was able to regain her human body in just a few months. Although he had given her the Soul Gathering Pill, the effect would never be so outstanding.

She must have put in a lot of effort!

As the saying goes, greed can blind one’s mind. From this perspective, it can also be said that love can make a fox crazy!
Lingxiang was still lost in thought when she heard Zhuang Wei say, “Miss Lingxiang, please don’t be so polite. To my husband and I, Miss Lingxiang is your lifesaver. We can accommodate six people, even ten. Besides, the two heroes Long Qi and Xin Yi have done us a favor, so there’s no need to be so polite.”

Originally, I didn’t know that Long Qi and his companions were passing through Liangcheng. Now I know why he was so rude.

“Mr. Zhuang, you are so polite. We should thank you sincerely. I am fine and weak, but fortunately, you and your wife helped me.”

After Long Qi finished speaking, Xinyi and Zhao Wuyang stood up with him and bowed to Zhuang Wei. Seeing this, Zhuang Wei hurriedly stood up and bowed back, saying “you are so polite”.

At this time, Liu Yaoyi came out of the inner hall holding a teacup, and joked with a smile: “You are also outsiders, how come you have learned his sour Confucian airs.”

As he spoke, he served tea to everyone one by one, but Lingxiang was the last one, and she even knocked on the tea tray as she served the tea.

According to seniority, the guest tea should be served to Lingxiang first. Serving tea in this way is really a bit impolite. Mr. Zhuang is a scholar. Although Liu Yaoyi is a fox demon, she has been with him for a long time. She should not be ignorant of these rules.

But Liu Yaoyi did just that, and Mr. Zhuang didn’t seem angry at all. He just apologized to her and said a few words, then continued chatting and laughing with Long Qi and the others, looking cheerful and cheerful, as if he didn’t care at all.

Everyone just thought that maybe it was because of the couple’s love, so in order to avoid embarrassment, they all followed suit. However, Lingxiang’s eyes flashed, and she picked up the teacup and blew on it. The hot steam of the tea clouded her face.

Since there were only the couple and an old man who cleaned the yard living there, Mr. Zhuang found someone to build a few walls around the fairly large courtyard and sold it to others, which also served as a source of income.

So now that so many people have come at once, there is not enough room for them all at once – there is only one guest room left.

Long Qi thought that if that was the case, they should just stay at Wutong Inn to avoid causing trouble for others. However, Liu Yaoyi suggested that the four men stay in the room that was originally a lecture hall.

It was a room with a wooden porch and thick mats. It could be used for sleeping, but it would be impolite to entertain guests.

However, Lingxiang agreed immediately, saying that the men were all strong and tough from practicing martial arts, and that it was okay, and that Madam Zhuang was very hospitable and it would be hard to refuse, or that this would save a lot of money, and so on. In short, it was a deal.

Xinyi and the others were dispensable, but Long Qi was complaining in his heart: When has Lingxiang ever been short of money…

But now that it has been decided, I naturally have to stay here with gratitude.

Long time into the night, Long Qi still had no desire to sleep. It wasn’t that he felt uncomfortable sleeping with his clothes on, but he felt that Ling Xiang was acting strangely today, but he didn’t know what was wrong. Turning his head, he saw that although Xin Yi had his eyes closed, he could tell from his movements that he was not asleep either.

“Do you also feel that Lingxiang is a little unusual today?” Long Qi asked, resting his hands on his head.

“What’s unusual about that?” Xinyi replied, but still kept her eyes closed.

He naturally knew that Lingxiang’s behavior today was a little strange, but he was not as worried as Long Qi. He was just a little curious.

Long Qi knew that Xin Yi had also noticed it but just didn’t say anything, so he secretly rolled his eyes at him and went back to thinking about his own things.

At first, Lingxiang felt that everyone coming to Mr. Zhuang’s place would cause trouble to others. This was the biggest strange thing today. Since I met Lingxiang, I have never seen her feel that she would cause trouble to others. If she felt that the group of people were causing trouble to others, why did she accept Mrs. Zhuang’s request to stay?

The strangest thing was the incident of Mrs. Zhuang serving tea.

Lingxiang was not someone who followed worldly rules. She would not be angry even if the order of serving tea was wrong. But Long Qi had taken a special look at her earlier. Although Lingxiang pretended to drink tea and covered half of her face, her eyes were different from before. Thinking about what Liu Yaoyi had told Lingxiang, Long Qi felt that there was something fishy going on.

Just when Long Qi was puzzled, he suddenly heard a sound of footsteps. Although he deliberately slowed down his steps, he could still hear them clearly.

At this moment, Long Qi and Liu Xia sat up at the same time and leaned towards the door.

Liu Xia was not asleep either. It seemed that he also noticed the strangeness of the spiritual fragrance.

“It’s Miss Lingxiang and Banxia’s house…”

Long Qi nodded. Although it was dark, the two men’s eyes were frighteningly bright.

The two houses are very close to each other, and anyone with a little skill can sense it, let alone someone with some physical cultivation.

“It sounds like it should be Lingxiang. Her legs and feet have been injured, and she is not good at light work.” Long Qi was extremely certain.

But why was she sneaking around alone in the middle of the night? Could it be that Liu Yaoyi had some improper thoughts again and used magic to trick her away?
Thinking of what Liu Yaoyi had done before, and then thinking of Lingxiang’s abnormal behavior today, Long Qi hurriedly picked up Long Yuan beside him, quietly opened the lattice door and chased out.

Liu Xia was about to get up and follow, but Xin Yi, who was lying down, grabbed his clothes and said, “It’s safe here, don’t worry.”

He only said a few words, but he still said them with his eyes closed. Seeing him like this, Liu Xia thought for a moment and then lay back down.

“The moon is bright in the sky, and the Milky Way is shining brightly. Let’s leave the door open.”

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At three o’clock in the morning, Lingxiang saw that Banxia was already fast asleep, so she got up carefully, dressed neatly, and tiptoed out of the house to the backyard. When she arrived at the backyard, she saw Liu Yaoyi waiting there.

“Madam, you invited me here. What do you want to tell me?” Lingxiang walked to Liu Yaoyi and asked straight to the point without being polite.

“You and I really shouldn’t be so unfamiliar with each other.” Liu Yaoyi did not answer her, but turned to look at Lingxiang.

Lingxiang was a little confused by this. Although he had saved her before, they were not familiar with each other. They were just casual acquaintances. Moreover, Liu Yaoyi had once thought of killing him.

She couldn’t open her heart to a fox demon who once wanted to kill her.

Liu Yaoyi took in Lingxiang’s expression, but she didn’t care at all. She just kept talking to herself: “It seems that you are really smart. You can guess it with just a few moves.”

When serving tea at noon, Liu Yaoyi deliberately put her at the end, just to attract her attention; everyone else had Jasmine Silver Needle, except her, Bitan Piaoxue, so that she came alone; when serving tea, she knocked the tea tray three times with her fingertips, which hinted to him that it was three o’clock in the morning; after serving the tea, she did not put the tray down, but stood in the room with her back behind her, which was exactly the backyard she was talking about.

Lingxiang’s eyebrows twitched, but she didn’t answer, waiting for the next words.

Liu Yaoyi said this, naturally not to praise Lingxiang, but because she sincerely believed it.

“Just like…” Liu Yaoyi paused for a moment before speaking again: “Just like Tumi.”

Suddenly, a gust of wind came through the bushes in the yard, blowing Yaoyi’s soft hair and brushing Lingxiang’s cheek. However, this gust of wind did not leave any traces on Lingxiang’s face, and she still had a calm expression.

“You are testing me.” It was not a question, but an affirmation.

Liu Yaoyi smiled and said, “I didn’t test it, I was sure of it.”

“Hmm…” Lingxiang lowered her forehead slightly, not knowing what she was thinking.

The bright moon cast a silent light; even the wind stopped. The two of them just stood there, each with their own thoughts; neither of them broke the tranquility. The courtyard in early summer was like a painting.

After a long while, Ling Xiang raised her head, looked into Liu Yaoyi’s eyes and said, “It is hard to turn back the tide, and it is all in vain for a fool to dream. Why do you say that?”

After hearing this, Liu Yaoyi remained silent, but took out a purse from her bosom and handed it to Lingxiang.

Lingxiang was curious, so she took the purse and opened it, and inside was just a ball of paper and a piece of origami. She took out the origami and opened it, and her eyes widened immediately, and she lost her composure.

With a flick of his fingers, he quickly took out the medical book left by Tumi from his Qiankun bag, found the remaining recipe of Huitian Dan in it, and compared it with the origami he had just opened.

It’s actually the same handwriting!

There was no mistake! It was the other half of the Huitian Dan recipe she had been looking for! Even the modified ink marks were perfectly matched!

So, the money in your pocket…

Lingxiang hurriedly poured out the contents of her purse, but that was not a ball of paper at all, it was clearly a round object wrapped in a piece of talisman paper!
Could this be?!
She was extremely shocked and was about to reach out to open it, but Liu Yaoyi suddenly stopped her:
“Do not unseal the talisman!”

Hearing Liu Yaoyi’s cry, Lingxiang came to her senses and quickly put the talisman paper ball and Shanfang back into her purse. As if she was worried, she cast a talisman array on the purse.

“When I revealed my true form, I was not completely unconscious. You saved my life with the Life-Extending Pill, so I made a 70% guess. Later, when I saw you and Long Qi playing when you were leaving the city, I saw some of Tu Mi’s shadow in your expression, and I was certain that you were Tu Mi’s child.” Liu Yaoyi sighed, turned around and walked a few steps towards the fence.

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(End of this chapter)