Chapter 354: Deep Courtyard

After taking the jade slip sent by Bai Qiye off his forehead, Xiao Mian fell into deep thought for a while.

Bai Qiye's jade slip recorded the topography of the Bai family's old house in great detail. The Bai family's old house covers hundreds of acres and occupies the most prosperous and lively area in Tianmen District. This shows the Bai family's transcendent status in Wanzong City. The entire Bai family is divided into three rooms and nine entrances. Taking the central axis as the standard, the center of the Bai family is almost all red, and the two sides are gradually covered by blue. This is normal. Obviously, the center of the Bai family is in the central area of ​​the Bai family's old house. As for the peripheral areas, it is naturally much easier to be vigilant and preventive.

But the so-called difference between red and blue is relative to Bai Qiye. When Bai Qiye had not yet broken out, his status in the Bai family was even higher than that of Bai Jintang today. Even if ordinary Bai family guards saw Bai Qiye stepping into some low-level restricted areas or entering and leaving at will, they would probably not be surprised; but if it were Xiao Mian, the matter would be completely different - besides, Bai Qiye broke out for decades, who knows if the Bai family's defense has changed today?

In this way, this jade slip can only be regarded as a map.

If Xiao Mian really believed the red and blue theory on the jade slip, he might not even know how he died!

But after comparing Bai Qiye's words again and finding the residences of Bai Caiwei and Li Qingping, Xiao Mian's brows were even more furrowed.

Li Qingping's residence is not far from Xiao Mian's Furong Pavilion. After all, Li Qingping has not married into the Bai family yet, but her status is extremely special. Therefore, although Li Qingping is a foundation-building cultivator, she enjoys the same treatment as the Jindan guest elder in the Bai family.

In other words, Li Qingping's residence Qingpingju is very close to Xiao Mian's Furong Pavilion, and there is a courtyard called "Aomeizhai" in between.

But Bai Caiwei's residence is a bit troublesome!

Just look at the circle of purple-red words next to Bai Caiwei's residence, and Xiao Mian knows that it must be the forbidden area guarded by the Bai family.

Think about it!

After all, Li Qingping did not marry into the Bai family. If Li Qingping was placed under house arrest by heavy soldiers, it would be difficult to say if the news spread out; but Bai Caiwei is different. As a widow, it is understandable that she stays at home. Besides, Bai Caiwei is the daughter of the Bai family after all. Who can say that the Bai family is not protecting Bai Caiwei?

In this case, how could Li Qingping, who loves her mother so much, be willing to leave the Bai family easily?

So in the eyes of outsiders, it became that Li Qingping obeyed Bai Jintang's orders.

Humph!

The Bai family, the Bai family, is really scheming!

Now it seems that we should contact Li Qingping first.

But the Aomei Zhai between Furong Pavilion and Qingping Residence is not a decoration. A guest elder of the Bai family lives in Aomei Zhai - Shen Aomei!

Shen Aomei has always been self-admiring and does not make friends with others. Among all the guest elders of the Bai family, Shen Aomei's popularity is not the worst, but it is definitely not good. It's just that this woman is paranoid. She only cares about her mood and doesn't care about right and wrong. In addition, her "Aomei Sword Art" has the power of a wind knife and frost sword, killing all flowers. In this old house of the Bai family where there are all kinds of people, she has won a piece of pure land, and no one dares to provoke her.

Xiao Mian certainly didn't know this, but any Jindan strongman was an existence that he had to pay great attention to. He was not like Bai Qiye, who could come and go without a trace!

It seemed that I had thought things too simply before.

It was simply a foolish dream to want to do anything in the Bai family by relying on my own strength. I had to rely on Bai Qiye, the old drunkard...

I just hope that Bai Qiye's alcohol addiction will not stop in the next two days!

Since he knew that his rash actions were useless, Xiao Mian simply regarded Furong Pavilion as his place of cultivation, practiced at ease, and waited for Bai Qiye.

Unexpectedly, this wait lasted for three days, and even Xiao Mian felt that the days were like years.

"The junior has prepared the fourth-level spirit wine a long time ago. I thought that Qiye would not come!" Respectfully and distressedly presented a pot of fourth-level spirit wine, Xiao Mian watched Bai Qiye drink up the pot of spirit wine worth ten thousand spirits in just a moment, and with a turn of his eyes, he simply revealed his plan. Bai Qiye burped and muttered in a low voice: "Shen Aomei? Why is it this crazy woman..."

"Qiye?"

"Alright! Alright! Every time I drink your spirit wine, it's bad! I will naturally find a way to hold Shen Aomei back later, as for how to act, you decide!"

"Thank you, Qiye!"

"Why thank me? From the bottom of my heart, I don't want Qingping to marry Jintang. Even if you don't plan to interfere, I still won't agree! Humph! Do you really think I surrendered for these spirit wines? I drink your spirit wine to give you face!"

"..., that's right! That's right!"

Seeing Bai Qiye's rogue appearance, Xiao Mian was really angry and amused.

However, now people are under the eaves, they have to bow their heads. Besides, although Bai Qiye's words are a bit rogue, they are not groundless.

After finally sending Mr. Bai Qi away, Xiao Mian waited for a while before leaving Furong Pavilion. Perhaps out of respect for Xiao Mian, there were no obvious observers outside Furong Pavilion. In fact, even if there were observers, Xiao Mian would not be afraid. Mr. Bai Qi acted carefully and would definitely get rid of those visible and hidden sentries before taking action.

As expected, the road was smooth and unobstructed. Xiao Mian bypassed Aomeizhai and arrived at the gate of Qingpingju.

While passing by Aomeizhai, Xiao Mian vaguely heard some words coming from Aomeizhai, but they were just "fox spirit" and "abandon after having sex". Xiao Mian was stunned: Did this Seventh Master have some past with Shen Aomei?

But now the situation is pressing, Xiao Mian is too lazy to care so much.

Qingpingju is surrounded by a simple defensive formation, which has a warning function and a certain defensive ability, but under the guidance of Guitou, who claims to be a grandmaster of formations, Xiao Mian easily found the weak link of the protective formation, and stretched out a finger, and icy light suddenly appeared.

Using the icy finger force of the Ice Soul Finger to temporarily freeze the running formation, Xiao Mian flashed into the formation, and then used the characteristics of his own Sanqing Guiyuan Body to reverse the spirit and return to the origin, filling the formation with true energy, so that the entire formation can be operated again.

After leaving, there was no trace left at the scene.

Li Qingping's cultivation was only at the top of the foundation-building period, and the cultivation of some of the maids who served her was naturally lower. Because they were inside the Bai family, the Bai family did not strictly supervise Li Qingping, as if they were sure that Li Qingping would not leave the Bai family without permission.

This was a insight into Li Qingping's human weakness as a woman!

After avoiding some maids who appeared in Qingping Residence one after another, Xiao Mian finally found the main house in Qingping Residence, and Li Qingping must be in it. With a little trick, he sent away the two maids standing outside the door, and Xiao Mian flashed into the room.

Xiao Mian had just stepped into the door when the ghost head's warning sound came one after another, and then a sword light shot out, aiming directly at Xiao Mian's face.

The two maids outside the door could come back at any time, but Xiao Mian did not retreat but advanced, stretched out his right hand to clamp the sword light, and stroked it with his left hand, and the door closed silently.

The reason why Xiao Mian dared to catch the sword light with his bare hands was because Guitou only told him to be careful of the formation in the room, but did not tell him to be careful of the sudden attack of the person. Obviously, in Guitou's view, the sudden attack of the person could not cause any harm to Xiao Mian.

Sure enough, the sword light stopped, and a sharp blade with a cold light appeared at the tip of Xiao Mian's finger.

"Miss Qingping, is this how you entertain old friends?"

Looking at the woman in green clothes in the attic, Xiao Mian smiled lightly. Li Qingping obviously recognized Xiao Mian, although her eyebrows were furrowed, she did not say anything.

"Why are you in the Bai family?"

A simple sentence made Xiao Mian frown: it was obvious that Li Qingping was in a semi-confined state in the Bai family, and she didn't even know that Xiao Mian had entered the Bai family.

"It's a long story, let's talk about it later! The reason why I ventured into the Bai family was to follow the last wish of Senior Li Mudao and stop Miss Qingping from marrying into the Bai family!" After explaining his purpose, seeing that Li Qingping had no expression on her face, Xiao Mian had to get straight to the point: "I want to know: How is Senior Bai Caiwei?"

When "Bai Caiwei" was mentioned, Li Qingping's calm expression disappeared.

"What do you want to do?"

"I've already said that I want to stop you from marrying into the Bai family!"

"Hmph! The Bai family is a top-notch wealthy family in Wanzong City. Cousin Jintang is a top-notch talent in terms of character, talent, and cultivation. There are countless women in Wanzong City who want to marry into the Bai family. Why should I give up this golden marriage?"

"Golden marriage? Ha! I don't care what you think! Since I promised Senior Li, whether you like it or not, I will do my best to stop you from marrying that bastard Bai Jintang. If you are really the kind of person who covets wealth and honor, you are not worthy of being Senior Li's daughter. By then, I will naturally have a way to make you lose both your money and your life!" Seeing that Li Qingping was calm at this point, Xiao Mian smiled bitterly and said, "If you are just worried about Senior Bai Caiwei's situation, you should cooperate with me honestly and survive!"

Sure enough, when "Bai Caiwei" was mentioned again, Li Qingping's expression fluctuated again. Obviously, Bai Caiwei was Li Qingping's weak spot.

The Bai family certainly grasped this point, and now, Xiao Mian also grasped this point.