Liu Ru Yi and a few dancers were nestled together.
Shen Lian walked towards them.
Plop!
They all knelt down and said in unison: "Thank you benefactor for saving our lives."
Shen Lian raised his hand and smiled warmly: "It was a small matter, there is no need to mention it. Please rise, rise! "
Liu Ru Yi slowly stood up and smiled, asking: "Benefactor, were you sent by Wan Sanye to save me?"
Shen Lian shook his head: "I only came to kill the thief, I did not know you were here. If I had known, I would not have let Madam Wan suffer for half a year. "
Liu Ru Yi sighed: "I have a divine artifact protecting me and did not suffer much, it is just that I pity these servants of mine."
Shen Lian's gaze flickered: "Madam Wan's divine artifact, is it that loyal and faithful Gu?"
Liu Ru Yi nodded: "Three years ago, I was still a geisha, selling laughter to make a living. I met Wan Sanye by chance, he treated me very well, he was modest and gentle, with deep self-restraint. Although I was old, I gradually developed feelings for him.
However, rumors and slanders in the world can distort the truth, who would believe the sincerity of a geisha who had wandered about the world? I could only hide these feelings deep in my heart, hoping that I could stay by Wan Sanye's side for one more day, that would be my fortune.
But I had never expected that Wan Sanye would also fall in love with me and wanted to marry me.
He said that a benefactor had gifted him a divine artifact called loyal and faithful Gu. This divine artifact feeds on true love and loyalty, only when it meets the right person would it awaken and produce a mystical power to protect the host.
Moreover, the stronger the feelings of true love and loyalty, the stronger the protective power of the divine artifact would be.
Thus, Wan Sanye and I, under the witness of the divine artifact, broke through the ignorance of the world and became a couple. "
"So that's it! No wonder Wan Sanye was willing to give all his wealth to you! "
Shen Lian came to a realization and sighed in amazement: "This loyal and faithful Gu, along with mutual assistance Gu, growing old together Gu, and old moon Gu, are all marriage type Gu.
Thousand li marriage Gu is here!
You and Wan Sanye had true love, you were willing to be a pair of lovebirds in the sky, and were willing to be intertwined branches on earth, thus you refined the loyal and unyielding Gu and obtained its protection.
Unfortunately, this Unyielding Loyalty Gu's protection is a passive skill, and will only appear when you are in danger. Otherwise, you could have used the Gu's power to defeat Guan Chao. "
Liu Ru Yi blinked, saying in shock: "Benefactor's words are exactly the same as what Wan Sanye told me. Are you a legendary Gu Master?"
Shen Lian declined to comment, "Madam Wan, if you don't mind, please follow me back to Snow Ridge City first. I will send someone to inform Wan Sanye to pick you up. How about that?"
This woman had a bounty of one million yuan. Naturally, the Shen Lian would not let her go easily. He immediately began to bewitch her.
Liu Ruyi smiled and said, "I'll follow Benefactor's arrangements."
"Successfully bewitched Liu Ruyi. Obtained one point of bewitchment."
Shen Lian then set fire to the bandit stronghold and used the stronghold's flag to wrap Guan Chao's head. Only then did he leave with Liu Ruyi and a few maids.
Along the way to the exit of the valley, they saw a ground full of bandit corpses.
Not far away, there were dozens of bandits kneeling on the ground, their hands and feet tied with a straw rope.
Bai Li Fei and Sun Yuanxiang were chatting happily.
"Two elders." Shen Lian smiled and walked over.
Bai Li Fei laughed out loud and said, "I knew you would succeed!"
Sun Yuanxiang also smiled, "We two old men predicted that Young Master Lian would go on a killing spree, scaring all the bandits to the point of pissing their pants. We purposely blocked this area and indeed caught many who escaped."
The two elders then looked at Liu Ruyi and the other women. Shen Lian sighed and told them what happened.
The two elders could not help but sigh.
Everyone returned to the city and the two elders escorted the bandits to the government office. Shen Lian brought Liu Ruyi and the others back to the residence and arranged for them to stay at Second Mother's place. He also sent someone to deliver Liu Ruyi's handwritten letter to the Wan family in Rong Hua City.
After that, he went to the accountant's office and ordered a batch of aged wine and medicinal herbs suitable for making wine.
Medicinal wine had not appeared in this world yet. From the memories of his previous life, he racked his brains to recall some medicinal wine recipes.
For example, the nourishing type included Five Flavor Fruit Wine, Eight Treasure Wine, Ten Complete Tonic Wine, Ginseng Wine, Wolfberry Wine, etc.; the aphrodisiac type included Multiple Whip Aphrodisiac Wine, Epimedium Wine, Green Pine Wine, Lamb Tonic Wine, Turtle Spirit Wine, Ginseng Velvet Wine, Seal Kidney Wine, etc.
These were all medicinal wines that were filled with vitality!
After returning to his room, Shen Lian let out a long breath and lay down, closing his eyes.
He slept until dawn. When he woke up the next morning, the news of the bandit massacre at Chi Lin Ridge had already spread throughout Snow Ridge City.
However, all the credit went to Sun Yuanxiang, Shen Lian did not want to expose his secret of being a Gu Master for the time being.
Cui Lan reported: "Old Uncle Sun killed the evil bandit Guan Chao. Master is very happy and is holding a family banquet for Old Uncle Sun."
Shen clan had a tradition.
Normally, they would eat separately, but every ten days, the whole family would gather together.
This was a family banquet.
In the eyes of Shen clan's ancestors, this was a good way to improve the relationship between family members.
Shen clan's successive generations had inherited and persisted on this tradition.
Until now, Shen clan's branches were flourishing. Just the clan alone had over thirty people. Every time they held a family banquet, three tables would be set up to fit all of them.
Shen Wanquan held a family banquet for Old Uncle Sun, clearly treating him as one of his own.
Unknowingly, evening had arrived.
"Young Master Lian, the family banquet is about to start."
Cui Lan knocked on the door and reminded him.
Today, the family banquet was rather special.
Shen Wanquan indeed did not hold back and even called over the branch family members. It was extremely grand.
"I know. You go first, I will be there soon." Shen Lian shouted from inside the room.
"Yes."
After Cui Lan won, she left first.
After a while, Shen Lian opened the door and sighed, "Simply giving orders is not enough."
During this period of time, Shen Lian practiced martial arts with all his might, madly raising his fighting strength. He strived to obtain the ability to protect himself in this dangerous world. Thus, he fell behind in obtaining bewitchment points.
Now that he had mastered Overflow Rain Sword, he quickly adjusted the direction of his cultivation and placed his focus back on bewitchment.
After all, he wanted to walk the path of a Gu Master, not a Martial Master.
For example, when he bewitched Cui Lan to leave first, he did not obtain any bewitchment points.
In other words, obeying his orders was not within the scope of bewitchment.
"Complete obedience will not give me any bewitchment points. If I want to obtain bewitchment points from a loyal and obedient servant girl like Cui Lan, I will have to bewitch her into rebelling."
He couldn't help but smile at this thought. He shook his head and slowly walked towards the Lake Heart Pavilion.
Shen clan occupied a large area and there was a lake in the clan.
In the middle of the lake, there was a four-cornered building with carved beams and painted rafters. It was surrounded by nine bends and one had to take a small boat to get there.
Every family banquet was held in Hu Xin Restaurant.
Shen Lian gradually walked to the lakeside. From afar, his line of sight passed through a swaying bamboo forest. He saw two familiar figures. They were his two grown brothers, Shen Fang and Shen Zhan.
They were standing by the shore and waiting for the boat to come over. They were chatting about something. For some reason, their expressions were somewhat angry.
"Is there a conflict?" Shen Lian frowned slightly and quietly moved closer to eavesdrop.
"Second brother, you are right. Father is too biased.
Why can that guy Shen Lian casually spend a hundred thousand taels a month while we only have a thousand taels a month as pocket money?
This is too unfair! "
Shen Zhan huffed and puffed, his eyes flashing with intense anger.
Shen Fang nodded and was also filled with righteous indignation. He said angrily, "My mother said that Shen Lian has spent two hundred thousand taels in these two months!
Two hundred thousand taels!
In addition, he also asked the accountant to buy refined iron, ginseng, lingzhi, bird's nest and other nourishing items for him. He eats and drinks to his heart's content every day.
His expenses alone are ten times more than all of the other Shen family's children combined. It's equivalent to three years of our five mothers' monthly expenses.
He is simply too wasteful! Even if our Shen clan has mountains of gold and silver, it is not enough for him to continue squandering like this.