Ling Yun saw that the young master was none other than Ding Jinzhi's second young master, Ding Jiying. He cupped his hands and said, "Oh, it's the second young master. I was so offended just now."
Ding Jiying said: "Oh, it's not your fault, it's my fault!" As he said this, he looked back and asked Ling Yun for help: "Commander Ling, can you let me borrow your carriage to hide for a while? Ding Xin and Ding Ren are behind you. Two boys are chasing me!"
Ling Yun said: "I'm sorry, my mother is here, I'm afraid there will be a lot of inconvenience."
Ding Jiying said: "What, my aunt is here, I just want to pay her respects!" As he said that, he raised his legs and went inside.
Ling Yun was so skillful that he blocked Ding Jiying with a single movement of white clouds coming out of Xiu Xiu and a single palm movement.
Ding Jiying said anxiously: "Commander Ling, please let me in, those two boys will come up soon..."
At this time, Mrs. Ruan was heard saying in the car: "Zhichao, don't make things difficult for Mr. Ding, let him in!"
Ding Jiying said happily: "Thank you, Auntie!" She stood up and got into the car. Ling Yun smiled bitterly and shook his head.
After a moment, two family members, Ding Xin and Ding Ren, caught up with them, looking around and searching:
"It's weird, why did it disappear in the blink of an eye?"
"Oh, there are so many people, it's dizzying. Where can I find them?"
"You said that this second young master is serious. He just knows how to play. He even skipped out on such a big event..."
"Hey, isn't this Commander Ling!" The two suddenly spotted Ling Yun.
Ling Yun pretended not to know: "You two are..."
The two hurriedly introduced themselves, and then asked: "Commander Ling, have you ever met our second son?"
Ling Yun said: "Oh, I saw it." At this time, he only felt that his back was hit hard through the car curtain, but he seemed not to hear it.
Ding Xin's eyes were sharp and he shouted: "Hey, what's in that car?"
Ling Yun smiled and said, "My mother raised a cat that was not very honest." He turned back and rushed into the car and said, "Mom, that cat didn't bite you, did it?"
Mrs. Ruan was dumbfounded, "No."
Ding Jiying could only gnash his teeth with hatred, but he couldn't get angry for a while.
Ding Ren said: "Commander Ling, where did you see our second son going?"
"Oh, I just saw him going west." Ling Yun said, pointing with his hand.
Ding Xin and Ding Ren thanked them and hurried to the west.
The two of them walked away, and Ding Jiying jumped out of the car and shouted at Ling Yun: "You Ling Yun, you are so damaged! Tell me, do you want to be beaten or accept the punishment?"
Ling Yun smiled and said: "Let's fight, can you beat me?"
Ding Jiying scratched his head and said, "Then just accept the punishment!"
Ling Yun said: "How to punish?"
Ding Jiying said: "As a punishment, you will travel with me to Lingshan Mountain!"
Ling Yun smiled and said, "I have no objection, but you have to ask your mother first if she agrees."
Ding Jiying said: "Why, you still need to ask aunt for instructions, that would be easier! - How could aunt disagree? Who doesn't know that aunt is reasonable, knowledgeable, virtuous and sensible..."
Mrs. Ruan said impatiently: "Okay, you guys are making me dizzy with your quarrel. You two should leave quickly! - I'm tired too, and I'm just looking for a place to rest."
Ding Jiying said: "What a coincidence, there is a good inn just ahead! Auntie is really lucky."
Mrs. Ruan said nothing, but she said in her heart: This Mr. Ding is really glib.
After the two settled Mrs. Ruan, they rushed out of the inn and enjoyed the beautiful scenery of Lingshan Mountain. There are good sentences describing the majestic mountains as evidence:
The peaks are abrupt and the ridges are steep and rugged. The gurgling stream washes under the deep stream, and the beautiful flowers are fragrant in front of the steep cliff. The mountains overlap and the ancient roads twist and turn. When the crane comes, the pine has company, but when the cloud disappears, the stone has no one to rely on. ...The beautiful scenery at four o'clock and eight seasons is no less beautiful than the fairy scene in Yingzhou.
Ling Yun couldn't help but praise: "The country is so beautiful!"
Ding Jiying said: "There is another good place, but it's a pity that we can't go there."
"where?"
"Bath Fairy Pond."
"Why?"
"Someone is bathing somewhere!"
Seeing the teasing look on Ding Jiying's face, Ling Yun thought about the meaning of his words and understood a little bit, so he stopped asking and changed the subject: "Just now, two family members of your house were chasing you, why are you hiding from them?"
Ding Jiying snorted and said: "They insist on dragging me to accompany the guests in the pavilion to the west of Yuxian Pond! What a big deal, my eldest brother and Jiang Chun are enough. Why drag me along? The scenery of Lingshan is so Youmei, if you let me sit in that pavilion and drink wine and talk, you will suffocate me to death!"
Ling Yun asked: "What, has your brother returned home?" He knew that Ding Jinzhi's eldest son, Ding Jiwu, was promoted to the prefect of Zhongmou a few days ago and has been away from the capital.
Ding Jiying said: "Yes, he just came back. It's a long story -"
It turned out that Ding Jiwu had been away from Beijing for many days and missed his home very much. It happened that his father wrote to him, saying that his sister Ding Mengxuan had a strange disease: many red rashes appeared on her jade-white back, neck, and face, which were painful, itchy, and very ugly.
The most important thing is that Ding Mengxuan has been engaged to He Chenglin, the eldest son of the Hou Ye Mansion, but now the young lady has contracted this strange and disgraceful disease. If the He family dislikes her because of this, what should they do?
Although Miss Ding said: "Since I got this disease at this time, it must be God's will. If Mr. He dislikes me because of this, it is fate, and there is nothing to complain about. At most, I will never marry in my life, and I will only eat fast and chant Buddha's name."
But there is no reason why everyone should dissuade her. Mrs. Ding said: "How can someone at such a young age say such a thing?"
The most anxious person is Ding Jinzhi. He is most afraid that something will happen to his daughter and the marriage to the He family will be broken off.
After Ding Jiwu received his father's letter, his level of worry and anxiety was no worse than that of his father.
Thanks to his well-informed information, he learned that there was a Taoist Taoist Priest Yuan Zhen in Qingyun Temple in Lingshan Mountain not far from the capital. He was not only profound in Taoism, but also extremely skilled in medicine and witchcraft. The elixir he personally prepared had cured many people. He is a young man who is quite praised by the world.
So Ding Jiwu asked for leave from his boss, temporarily left his post and went to Qingyunguan to visit him in person.
Taoist Priest Yuan Zhen is indeed a warmhearted person who responds to all requests. When he learned about Miss Ding's condition, he told Ding Jiwu:
There is a geomantic treasure in this Lingshan Mountain, called the Immortal Bathing Pool. It is said that the Weaver Girl bathed here when she came to earth, so the place is imbued with immortality and spirituality.
You can choose a good and auspicious day to sprinkle the medicinal liquid specially prepared by him in the Yuxian Pond. At that time, let Miss Ding take a bath in the Yuxian Pond, and the disease will be cured by the medicine.
Ding Jiwu was overjoyed as if he had found a treasure. He immediately rushed back to his hometown to tell his parents the good news. Then he personally invited Taoist Priest Yuan Zhen to his house to discuss specific matters together.
Ms. Ding was reluctant to bathe in the Yuxian Pond. She felt that as a lady of a wealthy family, she would go to bathe in the Yuxian Pond without making a public appearance. If something went wrong, she would have no face to see others.
Unable to resist her father and brother, she had no choice but to go; along with her were two girls close to her: Xiang Luo and Saitama.
Ding Jinzhi originally planned to go with him, but unfortunately something happened in the court that day, and the emperor urgently summoned him, so he had to take martial artist Luo Zhenyi with him.
Because Xiao Yongnian was still ill from his injury and was bedridden, he asked Jiang Chun to accompany everyone there, accompanied by his housekeeper Ding Yurong.
Ding Jiwu did put a lot of thought into bathing in Ding Mengxuan Immortal Pond: he first arranged for people to set up tents around the Immortal Bathing Pond, fearing that some lustful people would peek at the young lady.
Later, soldiers were arranged to strictly guard the key roads at various points to prevent some lawless people from coming in to cause trouble. When everything was arranged, he felt relieved and let the maid take the young lady.
Because Taoist Priest Yuan Zhen said that the lady could only bathe after the sun had set and the water had been fully bathed in sunlight, so everyone had to wait patiently in front.
Seeing that it was still early, in order to kill the boring waiting as soon as possible, Ding Jiwu asked Jiang Chun to arrange a table of light wine for a vegetarian banquet, and slowly drank with Taoist Priest Yuan Zhen in the square pavilion near Yuxian Pond.
Ding Jiying's youthful temperament could not endure such boring waiting, so he found an excuse to sneak out.
Speaking of this, Ding Jiying said: "However, if Commander Ling hadn't come to help, wouldn't I have to go back again?"
Ling Yun smiled and said: "Now you're talking nice again, didn't you want to be beaten and punished just now?"
Ding Jiying said: "It's just a joke, why should you take it seriously? Commander Ling, you have always been generous and righteous. My little brother is borrowing something from you. I wonder if you can give it generously?"
Ling Yun said: "What?"
Ding Jiying said mischievously: "Your martial arts!"
Ling Yun couldn't help laughing and said: "You are really interesting."
Ding Jiying said: "I'm sincere. I just want a little bit, just to deal with those two annoying guys. In this way, even if they come again, I won't be afraid anymore..."
Ling Yun smiled and said, "It's just that I'm afraid you have to go back with them now."
Ding Jiying was startled. Following Ling Yun's eyes, he slowly turned around and saw Ding Xin and Ding Ren standing behind him.
Ding Xin said: "Second Young Master, please come back with us. The Eldest Young Master is already waiting impatiently."
Ding Jiying had no choice but to ask Ling Yun for help: "Commander Ling——"
Ling Yun smiled and cupped his hands at Ding Jiying, "Sorry." Then he cupped his hands to the two family members and said, "Sorry!"
He apologized to Ding Jiying because he couldn't help him; he apologized to his family because he had deceived them just now.
After saying that, he turned around and left.
Ding Jiying listlessly returned to the banquet with her two family members. Naturally, she could not avoid the scolding from her eldest brother. She immediately became as dejected as an eggplant beaten by frost. She drooped alone while drinking and eating vegetables, passing away the unbearable feast in boredom. time.
Seeing that his second brother's temper did not change, Ding Jiwu had no choice but to let him go. He only passed the time by chatting with Taoist Priest Yuan Zhen.
Jiang Chun, who was aside, also felt quite bored.
Suddenly, a voice interrupted his reverie: "Master Jiang, go get another pot of wine." It was Ding Jiwu who was ordering him.
Jiang Chun came to his senses, responded hurriedly, got up and went out.
After a while, two attendants came in excitedly, holding trays, wine glasses and other utensils. After coming forward to salute, they respectfully poured the wine.
Ding Jiwu looked at the two strangers and asked Jiang Chun casually, "Martial Master Jiang, are these two new people here?"
Jiang Chun said hurriedly: "Exactly."
Pointing in front of him, a muscular man with thick eyebrows, big eyes and a short mustache introduced to Ding Jiwu: "His name is Fang Xiaohei. He came here half a year ago. He is a fellow countryman of my second brother Xiao Yongnian. He is also shrewd." He was capable and had good martial arts skills. The master liked him and stayed with him."
Then, he introduced the handsome, slightly thin young man in black behind Fang Xiaohei and said: "His name is Zhang Lin'er, and he came with Fang Xiaohei. Come on, come and greet Mr. Ding."
The two of them met Ding Jiwu respectfully.
Fang Xiaohei was really clever. He poured two glasses of fine wine for Ding Jiwu and Taoist Priest Yuan Zhen, and said, "They say that wine smells of age. I have been collecting this wine for more than 20 years, but it is the best." Lanling's fine wine! Sir, Taoist Master, please taste it."
Yuan Zhen smiled and said: "It seems that Pindao can have a feast today!"
Ding Jiwu also said: "Martial Master Jiang, it's really hard for your men."
Jiang Chun smiled and said nothing. But he said in his heart: "This boy is really slippery. I don't know where he learned this trick, but he came here to show off. Now the eldest son has been fooled by him again."
While talking, everyone drank a few more drinks. Taoist priest Yuan Zhen and Ding Jiwu even praised the wine.
Fang Xiaohei smiled, poured a full glass, and handed it to Ding Jiwu. Ding Jiwu was already a little drunk at this time, and he staggered to pick up the wine glass.
At this time, Fang Xiaohei suddenly backhand, a cold light flashed in his sleeve, and a sharp blade stabbed Ding Jiwu like lightning!
