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Under the condition that he absorbs it with all his strength, it only takes a quarter of an hour for a single ability to enter the bottleneck.

Unless he has a vein of minerals with him, he can only practice here.

It's a pity that Lin Xiu's space is not big enough, far from enough to accommodate a mine, but there is no other way. He pressed his palm on the ground, and the metal elements from the ground were attracted to form crystals on his hand. , and then transferred to space by him.

This kind of pure metal crystal is more efficient in practice.

However, Lin Xiu didn't absorb it for long when her ears moved suddenly and she turned her head to look in a certain direction.

A figure was rushing towards him from the front. The person leaped up from a distance of more than ten feet. He fell from a height and hit the ground heavily. The ground under Lin Xiu's feet shook.

And the spears on his back also flew out suddenly, shooting towards Lin Xiu.

Then, the roaring sound reached Lin Xiu's ears: "Where is the bastard, dare to steal the mine here!"

Lin Xiu was curious just now, why there is not even a guard in such a large mine. Now it seems that it is not that there are no guards, but that one person is enough.

This is definitely a strong man at the upper level of the earth.

This kind of strong man, the current him, is simply invincible.

Those steel spears came from afar and stuck where Lin Xiugang was. If he hadn't run fast, he would have been pierced to the bone at this moment.

Lin Xiu, who was in the invisible state, flew up without hesitation. At this moment, the man had already rushed to Lin Xiu's position, but there was nothing in front of him.

He frowned and looked around, but still found nothing.

At this time, he finally remembered something, and said in a deep voice, "It's them again!"

Although he didn't care much about the Jiangnan Zhang family, he also heard about the Zhang family's father and son. What he didn't expect was that these people not only captured the Zhang family's father and son, but also paid attention to this mine vein.

Several spears on the ground flew up and inserted back into his back.

Those people act together every time, they can fly and be invisible. Although he is not afraid of those people, it is difficult to capture them.

After standing there for a while, he didn't find any trace of them, so he could only turn around and leave.

At this time, Lin Xiu had already returned home.

There will be an earth-level strong man in that mine vein, which is beyond reason and expected.

That level of mineral veins, not to mention the Zhang family, I'm afraid the court is jealous.

As long as those who have the ability to improve their strength quickly, they must rely on ore veins, which are fixed resources for practice. As long as they have resources, they are not afraid of not being able to recruit people.

Even the strong at the upper level of the earth will bow their heads for resources.

The five great dynasties hold competitions in turn, also to seize resources. As long as there are resources, they can continuously create strong people and directly enhance national strength.

In the following days, apart from living in the two-person world with Caiyi every day, Lin Xiu was also fighting wits and courage with the strong man in the Zhang family's mine.

That person is a high-ranking person who has awakened the golden magic. He must be defeated. First class.

Also, he doesn't need to sleep yet.

He deeply implements what is called the enemy advances and retreats, the enemy retreats and advances, the enemy is tired and disturbs, as long as the strong man sleeps, he will secretly dig the mines, and if he finds out and chases him out, Lin Xiu will leave immediately, waiting for him Going back, he came back and continued digging.

Ten days later, the man's eyes were bloodshot and his face was full of exhaustion. Holding two steel spears in his hand, he thrust them fiercely into the ground, and said angrily, "Little Xiao, don't you just hide and come out if you have the ability to do so dignifiedly?" Fight me!"

It is impossible to fight, Lin Xiu ignored him, but when he came again, he found that the mine was heavily guarded, and even the three strong men from the Zhang family had come. It seems that the man His patience has reached its limit.

This time, Lin Xiu took a long look in the sky and left.

They like to guard, let them guard.

The harvest these days is enough for him to practice for a long time. When he can control more portable space in the future, he will move the entire mine of the Zhang family.

Back home again, Caiyi said to Lin Xiu: "Master, it's time for us to go back. If we don't go back, it will be a bit embarrassing..."

In the past half month, Lin Xiu was not only obsessed with his children's affair, he did not slack in his practice every day, but what Caiyi said was right, they had been out for a month, and they almost forgot that he was in the capital, and there was a home.

In all fairness, Zhao Lingjun treated him very well, and Lin Xiu couldn't let outsiders talk about her.

Moreover, he also misses the imperial concubine a little bit.

……

Wangdu, Changchun Palace.

The imperial concubine was sitting on the stone chair in the palace courtyard, staring blankly at a certain place. The spiritual pet in her arms was not very energetic, and the atmosphere of the entire Changchun Palace was somewhat depressed and gloomy.

This situation has been going on for a month.

To be exact, it was one month and three days.

The Linglong maid brought a bowl of lotus seed soup and whispered: "Your Majesty, it's time to eat."

The noble concubine shook her head and said, "Take it away, I'm not hungry."

Linglong frowned and said: "But ma'am, you didn't eat much yesterday, you should eat a little, or your body will collapse."

The imperial concubine said: "You can leave it alone, I will eat when I am hungry."

Linglong could only take the lotus seed soup away, and on the other side of the palace courtyard, several imperial doctors stood there, whispering.

"Why is your mother's condition more serious than before?"

"Although I ate less before, it's not so little..."

"Your Majesty must be suffering from anorexia, right?"

"It's troublesome now!"

……

Shuangshuang stood among the imperial doctors, looking at the imperial concubine sitting there with a dazed expression, also a little sad.

At this time, suddenly there was a figure walking in from outside the palace.

Shuang Shuang's eyes lit up, she walked over quickly, and said, "Brother Lin, you're back!"

Lin Xiu smiled and said, "Shuangshuang is here too, long time no see."

The moment he walked into the Changchun Palace, the imperial concubine's expression was no longer absent-minded, and the corners of her mouth were slightly raised, which made the whole palace a lot more beautiful.

A white shadow jumped onto his shoulder and rubbed against his neck.

Lin Xiu hugged a bunch of boxes, walked to the side of the imperial concubine, and said, "Madam, I brought you some pastries and candied fruit from Jiangnan, try it and see if you like it..."

The imperial concubine stood up, but suddenly felt dizzy, Linglong hurriedly supported her.

She covered her stomach, frowned and said: "Why is this palace so hungry all of a sudden, Linglong, quickly bring this palace's lotus seed soup..."

Chapter 196

Seeing that the imperial concubine, who had lost her appetite in the past few days, finished the lotus seed soup and ate two boxes of pastries brought by Lin Xiu, several imperial physicians looked at each other in blank dismay.

The condition of the imperial concubine's condition is really ups and downs, which is hard to fathom.

Anorexia doesn't seem to have that either.

And the imperial concubine was still depressed just now, but when someone appeared, she immediately became energetic.

Things are already obvious.

The reason why the imperial concubine's condition improved was the Jiangnan pastries brought by Lin Xiu.

As we all know, all the concubines in the harem are from noble families in Kyoto, but the imperial concubine is from the south of the Yangtze River and has not returned to her hometown for more than ten years. It is not surprising that she will feel homesick.

She was suffering from homesickness. .

These foods from the imperial concubine's hometown just gave her spiritual comfort and eased her illness.

They had to admit that Lin Xiu had a way to treat the imperial concubine's illness.

Only Shuang Shuang looked at the imperial concubine and empress, with unbelievable eyes in her beautiful eyes.

She is also a woman, she faintly feels that what the imperial concubine misses is not the country, but the people.

What she suffers from is not anorexia, nor homesickness, but lovesickness.

The disease of lovesickness, when a lovesick person appears, will naturally heal without medicine.

The imperial concubine is suffering from lovesickness, and the person who loves it is not His Majesty.

This is incredible.

Neither the imperial concubine nor Brother Lin seemed to be aware of this matter.

As soon as this idea appeared in her mind, it was completely buried by her.

Regardless of whether her diagnosis is true or not, this matter must never be told to anyone.

The imperial concubine ate the whole two boxes of pastries by herself, wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief, and exclaimed: "The taste of this sweet-scented osmanthus cake is exactly the same as that made by the shop in front of Ben Gong's house when I was a child..."

This is of course, because Lin Xiu bought these sweet-scented osmanthus cakes from the street in front of Murong Mansion.

Lin Xiudao: "When Caiyi and I came back, we bought a lot of gifts for the empress, and I will bring them with her when I come to Changchun Palace tomorrow."

The imperial concubine said: "Don't come tomorrow, I will go out of the palace to find you."

Lin Xiu thought about it, and thought it was good, anyway, it was convenient for the imperial concubine to go out of the palace, the environment in the palace was too depressing, and Caiyi didn't like to come here.

The noble concubine had a look of expectation on her face, and asked Lin Xiudao, "Where did you and Caiyi go to Jiangnan this time? Have you been to Fucheng?"

Lin Xiu smiled and said: "We have been to every place in Jiangnan. These pastries were bought in Fucheng. We also bought a house in Fucheng. We plan to live in Jiangnan for a period of time every year."

There was a hint of envy in the eyes of the imperial concubine, and then she asked Lin Xiu with great interest what she did with Caiyi when she went to Jiangnan this time. Lin Xiu picked out a few interesting things and told her about them. As for the other Those are indescribable...

In the end, there was really nothing to say, and the imperial concubine was still interested. Lin Xiu thought for a while and said, "When we were in Fucheng, some righteous men from the Tiandao League captured the father and son of the Zhang family in Jiangnan, and Yin Yin of Jiangnan. , Throwing them on the street early in the morning, these people oppressed the people on weekdays, and died at the hands of the people in the end, it can be regarded as retribution..."

The imperial concubine's eyes lit up, and she asked, "Really?"

Lin Xiu nodded and said, "Of course, this is what I saw with my own eyes."

The imperial concubine clenched her fists, gritted her teeth and said, "That's great, the Zhang family deserves their death!"

Lin Xiu was a little surprised, it was the first time he had seen the imperial concubine showing such hatred towards someone, could it be that there is something wrong between the Murong family and the Zhang family in the south of the Yangtze River?

Not long after, the imperial concubine covered her mouth and said, "I'm a little sleepy, I'm going to rest first, and I'll go out to see you tomorrow."

This also made the maids of the Changchun Palace happy. In the past month, the imperial concubine not only lost her appetite, but also didn't sleep very well.

The imperial concubine went back to her room to rest, and Lin Xiu also left.

When walking out of the harem, a voice suddenly came from behind: "Brother Lin, please stay."

Lin Xiu turned her head and smiled at Shuangshuang: "This time I came back from Jiangnan and brought you a gift, but I can't get it today, so I will bring it for you next time."

Shuang Shuang smiled sweetly and said, "Thank you Brother Lin."

Lin Xiu waved her hand and said, "You have saved me so many times, so you don't need to thank me."

After a while, Shuang Shuang walked side by side with him on the palace road, suddenly remembered something, and said: "By the way, Brother Lin, I called you to stop just now, and I wanted to tell you that in front of the imperial concubine, it is best not to mention the Zhang family."

Lin Xiu was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why?"

Shuangshuang explained: "The hometown of the imperial concubine is in the south of the Yangtze River. She has lived in the palace for a long time and has become ill from depression. In the past half a year or so, the situation has gotten better. Brother Lin may not know that the reason why the imperial concubine entered the palace is because of Zhang's family. It has a lot to do with it."

Lin Xiu was even more puzzled, and asked, "What does your empress's entry into the palace have to do with the Zhang family?"

Shuang Shuang said: "I also heard from the imperial physicians that at that time, the Zhang family in the capital wanted to marry the Murong family in Jiangnan. I entered the palace only because I didn't want to marry the Zhang family, so we don't mention the Zhang family on weekdays, so as not to make the empress unhappy..."

Lin Xiu didn't know at all before that the imperial concubine had such a past.

No wonder she hasn't been back to Murong's house once in so many years, presumably she has resentment towards the family in her heart.

How could someone as proud as her be willing to accept the family's political marriage?

The Murong family's decision will make her completely disappointed in the family.

However, the Murong family at that time probably had no other choice.

It was like Emperor Xia bestowing marriage on him and Zhao Lingjun, the Lin family and Zhao family could not resist the order.

The Zhang family wanted to marry the Murong family, but the Murong family could not resist.

Even the emperor can't resist the Zhang family, and needs to marry the daughter of the Zhang family as the queen, let alone a small family in the south of the Yangtze River.

In order not to marry into the Zhang family, she chose to become a noble concubine. No matter how arrogant the Zhang family is, they will not oppose the royal family in this matter.

After learning about this incident, Lin Xiu developed a feeling of sympathy for the imperial concubine.

They are all people who can't decide their own marriage.

The difference is that Lingjun is a good person, she doesn't mind Lin Xiu being with someone he likes, and even helps him take concubines.