The crooked word says: "
The spring water is clear in the mountains, but muddy when it enters the river. Worried about the people, we cry in vain, and live in vain to deceive the world. It is difficult to stop the flow of rivers if there is trouble flowing through the stone. Those who have empty sleeves facing the sky are not in temples but in ghosts. "
One night the wind was clear and the moon was bright, and the Taiyue Mansion was silent.
In the study room, Song Zheng held the scroll and read at night, using the light of the lamp to discern the ancient teachings of the holy words.
In the outer hall, Ji Changfeng was dressed in red, sitting cross-legged on a futon, with spiritual energy flowing around him and Taoist rhyme forming waves. Although he is a member of the government, he never forgets about cultivation.
Not long after, a gust of night wind blew open the door, allowing moonlight to shine into the hall, startling the two of them.
Song Zheng frowned, stood up, walked past the desk, and said with his hands behind his back: "I always feel uneasy tonight, as if there is some bad omen. The night wind has just entered the house. Could it be a warning from God?"
Ji Changfeng stood up, took the sword from the table, and said, "Don't worry, sir. I will lead a patrol around here to prevent any unexpected events."
"That's fine," Song Zheng nodded: "I'll help you."
After saying that, Ji Changfeng stepped out, ordered several patrol posts and looked around.
The red lights are hung high in Taiyue Mansion, and the moon is bright and the stars are sparse, so it can be seen clearly from the corridor.
Song Zheng stood in front of the door, looking at the boundless bright moon, silently.
Little did they know that in a small house far away from the squad room, the county magistrate Hong Zhen woke up from his dream. In front of him was a man in black clothes, masked and holding a knife.
Hong Zhen didn't say much, but laughed at herself: "If I sleep comfortably, some people will not sleep well. No matter, you don't need to do anything, I can just kill myself, and I can give you a fortune with my head." "
The man in black didn't answer and looked at Hong Zhen silently.
Hong Zhen walked down from the bed, dressed neatly, and sat on a chair. She turned her head and glanced at the bright moon outside the door, and said in her heart: "Master Song, I will leave the matter of Luzhou to you. I hope you will not let this world suffer." , chilling..."
A burst of Tao power burst out, Hong Zhen's meridians were severed, and she died.
The man in black bowed his hands in front of Hong Zhen's corpse, then flashed a knife, and blood flowed like a stream...
…
"Click!"
When the steel knife cuts through the big red soil watermelon, a faint aura floats out, revealing something extraordinary.
On the chairs next to them, Liang Jingyi, Zhou Qing, Zhao Chengxiang and others were sitting around, waiting for the servants to serve the cut watermelons.
Liang Jing waved his hand and said with a smile: "This melon is not an ordinary product. It comes from the thirty-six fairy islands in the southeast. It was born on the edge of the fairy waterfall and the spiritual spring. It grows by absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. It has a pure heart and a calm spirit, nourishing the spiritual consciousness. It works. This was given to my father by the Holy Spirit, and my father gave it to me. Please try it quickly."
Zhao Chengxiang smiled and picked up a piece, took a bite, and suddenly felt energetic and refreshing: "If it weren't for Mr. Ge Lao, how could I have such a good taste!"
Zhou Qing did not make any move, his face was full of anxiety and resentment, and he said: "Teacher, now that the Holy One has ordered Chen Changying and Song Zheng, if they are allowed to go to Luzhou and Liangzhou, wouldn't they be trying to stop me?" It’s such a burning matter, how can I still think about it and talk about it?”
Liang Jingyi smiled and pointed at Zhou Qing, saying: "You have been in the court these years, but you have lost your peace of mind. It is always like this. How can you still improve your cultivation?"
Zhou Qing said helplessly: "Students are stupid in nature and have no extravagant hopes for the ethereal and illusory path to immortality. It's a pity that things in this world are not as good as people want them to be. How can we not be in a hurry?"
Liang Jing shook his head, leaned back on the chair, and said slowly: "Things must be done one by one. The Holy Emperor's will cannot be violated. Don't offend the prince easily. These are troubled times, and there is no one left. No. At this time, if you have something to do, you have to have nothing to do, and nothing is a good thing. Eat melon!"
When Zhou Qing heard this, he stopped talking and picked up a piece of melon, but he still couldn't bring it to his mouth.
Zhao Chengxiang said nothing at the side. He quickly finished the melon, wiped his mouth, and said to Liang Jing: "Mr. Ge, the Ministry of Industry has some important matters that need to be dealt with by your subordinates. You see..."
Liang Jing didn't even look up and asked, "Master Zhao has so many things to do every day, how dare I stay here longer? I don't know what the important matter is, and I need Master Zhao to handle it personally at such a late hour?"
Zhao Chengxiang said: "The Mohist master craftsmen invited from the Artifact City have arrived in Taiyue City. The great formation ordered by the Holy Master will start construction soon. In a few days, we will be very busy!"
When Liang Jing heard this, he nodded and said, "This is a great thing. Go ahead and come back to eat this melon another day."
"I'm resigning!"
Shortly after Zhao Chengxiang left, a man in black appeared in front of the hall, placed a baggage at the door, and then disappeared quietly.
Liang Jing raised his eyelids and glanced at it, then reached out to pick up a piece of melon and chewed it in his mouth: "It's delicious. I really can't let go of this bite..."
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The alleys were dim, and Ye Ling was walking shirtless in the night wind. Although he felt cool, he was also a bit chilly.
In the mad doctor's shop, Ye Ling was first searched from inside to outside with his Taoist power, and then he was thrown into the stove and cooked with various fairy herbs and elixirs for several hours, until the medicine was about to kill Ye Ling. Ling's body exploded, and the mad doctor just stopped.
It's a pity that the clothes are hard to save, and only the scattered rags on the pants are left, covering the key points and preventing candidness.
Ye Ling asked: "Senior, what did you do to me?"
The mad doctor impatiently cleaned up the copper furnace: "What to do? Make a loss-making business and save a poor boy who can't get any benefit at all!"
Ye Ling smiled helplessly and said nothing to refute.
The mad doctor said: "Don't think that just getting a few bags of broken tea leaves can save your life. You are suffering from accumulated injuries, and you will be like this when you can't suppress it in the end. Even if you repair your Dantian and the hidden disease is not eliminated, you will still fall sooner or later. He died on the ground. I have used so many precious medicinal materials. Is it easy for me? Not only can I not earn half a penny, but I still have to watch you, a little bastard pretending to be pitiful with an innocent face. It really pisses me off!"
Ye Ling saluted the mad doctor: "Thank you, senior, for saving your life. I will never forget it in this life. I haven't asked my senior for his title yet, so I will repay you later!"
"You?" the mad doctor snorted coldly: "If I pointed out your repayment, I would probably even lose my pants. Get out of here, look at your harmless appearance, the old man will be furious!"
Before he finished speaking, the old man waved his sleeves, and an invisible wave of air blew Ye Ling out of the house and fell onto the street.
The mad doctor stood at the door and shouted: "The bad relationship between us is over. Don't come to me in the future. If you come to me, I won't recognize you!"
After saying that, the door slammed shut. Under the moonlight, only a confused Ye Ling was left lying on the street in a daze.
After a while, he stood up with a smile, bowed respectfully towards the hospital, turned around and walked towards Jiuye's house.
Inside the gate, the mad doctor frowned and said to himself: "I have such a bad fate, I don't know how many lifetimes of blessings I will lose! It's really annoying!"
Ye Ling was walking in the alley, and when passing by Xu's country, he heard the sound of a baby crying inside.
Ye Ling raised the corner of his mouth. This must be because he didn't keep his promise and cried loudly when he woke up. Brother Xu and his sister-in-law were so noisy that they couldn't sleep anymore!
Then he walked forward and came to the door of Master Jiu's house. Ye Ling's expression suddenly darkened. He immediately opened the door and saw a man in white sitting under the big locust tree. It was none other than the Minister of War, Chen Changying!
When Chen Changying saw Ye Ling coming back, he said, "Master Ye is busy with official duties, so I'm sorry to bother you."
Ye Ling looked as usual and asked, "I wonder what Mr. Chen is doing here late at night?"
Chen Changying waved his sleeves, and the body of a man in black fell from the locust tree in front of Ye Ling: "Master Ye, there is a rat in the house, and it wants to kill him!"
Ye Ling narrowed his eyes slightly, but his heart was shaken several times. From this point of view, someone wanted to assassinate him, but they didn't want to run into Chen Changying and die at his hands.
Chen Changying smiled slightly and said: "Master Ye has already been killed when he first entered the court. It seems that Master Ye is a person who is not in harmony with others!"
Ye Ling stepped over the body, sat in front of Chen Changying, and said, "Master Chen came here late at night, I guess he didn't come here to help me get rid of rats."
Chen Changying smiled when he heard the words, then turned down his face: "The temple is so high, there are countless people with bright heads and poor scriptures, but they are not yet accessible. You are just here for the first time, but you don't know why, and you are in the center. Could it be that you really look away from the world of mortals and want to get there as soon as possible?" Are you going to die?"
Ye Linglang laughed, stood up, and walked to the corpse: "Since someone wants my life, it shows that I am not so open-minded and have to work for others."
Having said this, Ye Ling looked at Chen Changying: "I can't help myself, I can't help myself. The court is dangerous. Although I don't fully understand it, I already have some experience. I just... don't mention it."
Ye Ling smiled bitterly and watched the locust leaves falling.
Chen Changying also stood up and stood with his hands behind his hands: "Xu Zheng and I were once classmates, but it's a pity that things have changed now."
Ye Ling was unmoved. Who among the people he saw in the court had nothing to do with his eldest brother? Ye Lingshang couldn't tell whether he was an enemy or a friend.
Chen Changying stepped out and walked out. When he stood at the door, he said: "Xunxian asked, after all, we are not in this world, it is better to escape as soon as possible!" After saying this, he drifted away.
After he left, Master Jiu walked out of the house with a shovel, found a corner in the courtyard, and started digging a hole.
Ye Ling blamed himself: "Master Jiu, I scared you."
Master Jiu smiled and waved his hand: "I originally wanted to go through this life in an ordinary way and then go see my short-lived old lady. Who would have thought that I would meet you halfway, and then there would be a continuous stream of new things. I am getting older, and I am still... It’s not too late to be happy that I can join in the fun!”
While talking, the pit was dug, and the two people placed the body in it, filled it with soil, and destroyed the body.
After finishing his work, Master Jiu said to Ye Ling: "It is no longer safe here. You should find another place to stay to avoid trouble again."
Ye Ling nodded. Before he could recover his cultivation, he had to endure everything and never act on impulse. But he was still worried about Master Jiu. After all, he was only a mortal.
Master Jiu saw what Ye Ling was thinking, so he sat down and said with a smile, "Don't worry about me. I've lived for such a long time and I've long been good enough. Guarding this big locust tree, I won't go anywhere." , not going anywhere..."
