Cai Zhao felt that this man was really sick, and no matter how clever the shopkeeper was, he couldn't stand up to the malicious customers who were deliberately provocative. She snorted on the spot and turned away while holding the tea bowl. Chang Ning also snorted and turned away exactly the same.
At this time, a young and enthusiastic voice came from outside the house——
"...Come back and forth this way, Mrs. Cai, be careful. There is a lampstand at the corner here. Don't touch it. Who put this bonsai here? It's so crowded and you can't even bother with the guests! Valley Master Cai, don't worry, It should be right here. I asked the senior brother in person and he said that the junior sister is in this wing."
Listening to the familiar shopkeeper's accent, Cai Zhao felt a sudden fondness for the man outside the door.
Since coming to Qingque Sect, she has met either a domineering eldest lady, a senior brother who is protective of others, an unreasonable licker, or a weird psychopath. She almost thought that there were no normal people in the sect.
The voice outside the door quickly approached, and soon the door of the wing room was pushed inwards, and a young man with a medium build and a round face with dimples came in accompanied by Cai Pingchun and his wife.
"Father, mother, you are here!" Cai Zhao stood up and smiled, "I thought I had to wait until the banquet started before I could find you. This is the fifth senior brother. The senior brother told me about you. This place with thousands of rivers and thousands of mountains and cliffs is too big. I'm older, just now I...ouch..."
Ning Xiaofeng hit her daughter on the head with a chestnut: "What's the big deal? It's because your heart is too big! You dare to run around when you first come to a strange place. Many martial arts sects have forbidden areas. If you come back, you can break in What should I do if I get into trouble?!”
Chang Ning stood up blankly and looked at Cai Zhao's red forehead.
Cai Pingchun ignored his daughter with a straight face and turned around and said, "Thank you so much, nephew Fan. This child is ignorant and will cause trouble for you and the building."
Fan Xingjia laughed and said: "What did Valley Master Cai say? It is Qingque Sect's fault for poor hospitality. How can we blame the guests? Besides, the junior sister will soon become a disciple, and we will all be a family by then." , it’s okay to walk on thousands of rivers and cliffs, Mrs. Cai, don’t blame the junior sister.”
"Okay, what your master said is absolutely right. Among all the disciples, Xingjia has the best temper." Ning Xiaofeng said with a smile. When he turned around, he saw a tall man with a face full of sores slowly standing up beside the table. The young man's extremely beautiful eyes were staring at his trembling fingers as he prepared to hit his daughter.
"Who is this...?" Ning Xiaofeng looked at Fan Xing's house.
Cai Zhao rushed to speak: "This is Chang Ning, the uncle of the Chang family..."
Cai Pingchun let out a soft ouch: "He is the son of Brother Chang. We have heard about your family..." He was stupid and didn't know how to comfort this young man whose whole family died tragically.
After knowing Chang Ning's identity, the Cai family's attitude towards him was particularly gentle.
"Mom, where is Xiaohan, where did you leave him?" Cai Zhao looked left and right, but did not see his younger brother.
"What are you throwing away?" Ning Xiaofeng said, "Your aunt and uncle are here today, and you can't hide. Don't you have to go to see Xiaohan? Okay, come with us to go see the elders!" Go get your daughter.
"Both of them have become monks, why are they still calling me aunt and uncle... Hey, mother, please slow down a little, senior brother, senior brother Chang will come with us." Cai Zhao was dragged away for two steps, remembering that he could not leave Chang Ning behind. Here, he quickly pulled his left hand back, grabbed Chang Ning's sleeve, and the group of people walked away together as if they were strung together.
Fan Xingjia followed at the back and happened to see Chang Ning lowering his head and raising the corners of his mouth slightly.
…
There was a lot of people outside.
Over the past two hundred years, the Qingque Sect has had almost ten heads. The length of time in charge of the head varies. The longest is more than thirty years, and the shortest is only three hours. Except for two cases in which father and son succeeded each other, the rest are all Master and apprentice follow each other. After many sect masters with different tastes continued to add, subtract and add to the decorations, the furnishings in Muwei Palace today are indeed of various styles.
The cool, elegant and crystal chandelier above Cai Zhao's head was left by the fourth sect master. However, just three feet away, under the white jade beam, hung eighteen dragon branches left by his own son, the fifth sect master. Cai Zhao looked down at the giant chandelier with a red gold inlaid with red jewels and a pastel glazed porcelain flower basket. He sighed deeply for a while and wondered if his son had picked it up.
When I lowered my head again, I saw in front of me a bunch of shiny heads, some male and female, some old and some young, some kind and some stern.
Cai Zhao felt dizzy and hurriedly bowed to the old nun and middle-aged Zen master in front of him: "I have met Master Jingyuan, and I have met Master Awakening. I haven't seen you for a long time. I hope that the two elders are healthy and well and everything goes well."
Master Jingyuan was over sixty years old, with a thin and tall figure. He had been solemn and stern for decades, and the chilling look on his face was enough to scare half a dozen naughty boys to tears. At this time, Cai Han was huddled behind Zen Master Juexing, making no sound. there is none left.
Ning Xiaofeng then introduced Chang Ning - the Chang family murder case was well known in the world. Even Master Jingyuan, a ruthless person, rarely softened her expression. Zen Master Juexing even felt sorry for Chang Ning's family.
But Chang Ning still had that half-dead indifferent demeanor.
After the greetings, the teacher gave Cai Zhao a once-over: "Qingque Sect is a famous sect. When you join the sect in the future, you must put away your laziness in Luoying Town and don't lose your family's reputation!"
"...I obey the Master's instructions." In fact, Cai Zhao wanted to say that Luoying Valley was originally at the bottom of the six Beichen sects, regardless of its manpower, material resources and reputation. How could it sink further.
Seeing that the little girl was feeling uncomfortable, Zen Master Juexing laughed and said, "Zhaozhao, you will be an adult after becoming a disciple. From now on, you must be sensible and obedient on thousands of rivers and mountains and cliffs... But don't be bullied in vain. I will give it to you this time. I brought a cage of homing pigeons with me. If you are wronged, you should tell your elders immediately."
Changchun Temple in Qingxi'ao has always been good at training homing pigeons, sending them almost anywhere. Cai Zhao smiled broadly: "Thank you, uncle! Zhao Zhao must be obedient and will not be bullied in vain!"
Master Jingyuan glanced at her nephew: "What do monks say about you and me? You want to call yourself a poor monk! You only said two words that sounded like an elder, and in the third sentence you told her to complain. I think your cultivation is very insufficient!"
Cai Han's big eyes flashed: "...aunt, you also said 'I' just now."
Cai Ning and his wife lowered their heads and chuckled.
The banquet was about to begin, and Fan Xing's family came to invite everyone to the main hall for the banquet, while Cai Zhao and other juniors went to eat at the side table in the southeast corner of the main hall. Before she left, Master Jingyuan did not forget to reprimand Cai Zhao: "...After joining the sect, you must obey the rules honestly and don't be like your aunt who always gets into trouble!"
Cai Zhao was silent and bowed his head to send his elders off respectfully.
Chang Ning stood for a while, seeing that Cai Zhao was still hanging his head in a daze, he simply took the sleeves of the two young ladies and went to sit down at Zhang Qingjing's bright and open dining table. At first, Cai Xiaohan was afraid of this brother whose face was full of sores. Later, she found that his movements were very careful and soft when picking up some snacks for her, and she gradually felt relieved.
"If you can't stand the old nun scolding your aunt, just say it back. At worst, you'll get a punishment. What's the use of getting angry behind your back." Chang Ning gave Cai Zhao two spoonfuls of chicken coriander mushrooms mixed with sesame oil and crushed walnuts.
"...I used to quarrel with her when I was a child. Later, my aunt told me not to talk back to Master Jingyuan. My aunt said that Master Jingyuan just couldn't stand her unruly and unruly temperament, but she couldn't be more fair and strict."
Cai Zhao had originally decided not to say another word to this yin and yang guy, but what Chang Ning said at this time was exactly what she had thought about for many years, and they unknowingly started talking again.
"Of course your aunt has to say that. The old nun is both a well-known and upright person and an elder in the royal family. Could it be that your aunt said, 'Zhaozhao is so good at quarreling with each other, why don't I teach you a few more words so that you can quarrel with others next time'?" Chang Ning Cai Zhao added two thin slices of soy sauce beef to Cai Zhao's plate.
Cai Zhao almost laughed out loud and quickly straightened his face: "Senior Brother Chang, be careful what you say."
Chang Ning continued to serve Cai Zhao food, this time three thick salt-grilled fish steaks: "Okay, let's change the subject - how come all the elders of your family have become monks? What's the story?"
Cai Zhao didn't feel sleepy once he mentioned this.
She had been accustomed to following Cai Pingshu around the town's family since she was a child. She was open-minded by nature. When she heard this, she answered: "My grandmother and Master Jingyuan are twin sisters. When she was young, she got fate with the Buddhists by chance. She considered them The two sisters were a pair of side-by-side lotus flowers in the pond in front of King Dawei Deming's palace. Unexpectedly, just before the tonsure, my grandmother met my grandfather and broke their vows to get married."
Chang Ning turned his gaze sideways in confusion: "...Why do I seem to have heard this story before? Oh, yes, according to rumors, Patriarch Beichen also raised a pair of parallel lotus flowers in front of the cliff of Wanshui Qianshan Mountain. The late Sect Master Yin was everywhere The ancestor loved to learn, so he named his two daughters Sulian Qinglian - how come these ancient stories are all the same. Later, your grandmother stopped becoming a monk herself, so your uncle was asked to become a monk? "
Seeing that the atmosphere was relaxing, Cai Zhao responded very cooperatively: "You don't know, Buddhism pays attention to cause and effect. If my grandmother had become a monk according to her vows, there would be no mother and uncle, let alone the ones who followed. Children and grandchildren, so my grandmother hopes that both my mother and uncle will become monks in order to fulfill their vows."
Chang Ning nodded: "The little ears and eyes are affected, and naturally I have the heart to worship the Buddha. Your uncle has become a monk, but your father has met your father..."
"No. My mother met my aunt who was disguised as a man. Her love for her was gone forever, and she forgot all about becoming a monk and repaying her vows." Cai Zhaomei smiled happily.
Chang Ning put down his chopsticks: "Well, the next thing I know, my father said it. Later, the court found out that Cai Nuxia was a woman disguised as a man and almost became a monk in Xuankong Temple. Master Jingyuan was very happy and was afraid that your aunt would go To cause trouble, many checkpoints were specially set up under Yinxiu Stream. Your aunt led a group of brothers to fight them all the way up, and then 'persuaded' your daughter to return to the mortal world."
He raised the corner of his mouth slightly, with a bit of joking, "My father was trying to persuade everyone not to disturb the Buddhist pure land, and then your aunt's brothers called him 'Mother Chang'."
"...My aunt keeps telling them not to use that nickname." Cai Zhao was a little embarrassed.
"It doesn't matter." Chang Ning said calmly, "Actually, my father misses being called 'Mother Chang' very much, and misses those people who call him 'Mother Chang'." - The hero Chang Haosheng didn't like that nickname, but I miss those carefree and bright youth years, and those happy teenagers who will never return.
Cai Zhao felt sad for a moment, and then said after a while: "My aunt also misses her very much - everyone was still young at that time, and the spring breeze was so proud that horses and horses were hoofed. They laughed and made noise in Yinxiu Stream, and Master Jingyuan was so angry. They were about to start killing each other. At that time, Nie Hengcheng had not yet practiced evil arts, nor had he used living people to make corpse slaves. Everyone was alive and well, without being injured or disabled, and without losing loved ones, relatives or friends..."
"Are you done? Are you done? Okay, let me do that." Chang Ning waited until Cai Zhao finished with sadness before speaking.
He slowly sat upright, "Your grandmother couldn't give up her love, broke her vows to get married, and spent half her life reunited, but in order to fulfill her regret in her youth, she wanted to send a pair of children to Buddhism, regardless of the children's own wishes. ——What’s the difference between this and the bastard who sells his daughter into a brothel to pay off his debts and make himself comfortable?”
Chapter 10
The two of them had been having an unpleasant quarrel in the wing room before, but now Cai Zhao intended to ease the atmosphere. Unexpectedly, the harmonious atmosphere lasted only a moment, and the moody young man in front of him turned his face for no reason.
Cai Zhao held up his chopsticks and stopped in mid-air, his eyes widened. She has an easy-going nature, so she can't understand why Chang Ning has nothing nice to say.
"Your great-aunt clearly knows that your mother decided to become a monk because she was angry. As an elder, it's fine that she didn't dissuade her. Instead, she encouraged the younger generation to make the mistake - as expected, she is just like a lotus flower, and is as stupid and confused as she is!"
"How dare you scold my elders!" Cai Zhao was furious.
"I can say whatever I want." Chang Ning sneered, "Aunt Ling is so smart and clear, how could she not have thought about these truths, but I don't believe it. There are so many boring elders in the world who like to use the world's hypocritical truths to Restrain the children..."
Cai Zhao slapped down his chopsticks and said solemnly: "Senior Brother Chang is far-sighted and intelligent, and my little sister doesn't dare to reach out to him. If I don't talk about it for a long time, it seems that Senior Brother Chang doesn't need my little sister to protect him!"
She was so angry that she wanted to leave immediately, but Chang Ning was even angrier than her. Without a word of excuse, she stood up and walked out with a cold smile, leaving Cai Zhao angry at the place who had been robbed of the opportunity.
Cai Zhao was like a hot teapot with the lid uncovered, steaming out.
Cai Han raised his head from the bowl and whispered: "Sister, in fact, Senior Brother Chang just said what my grandmother and great-aunt said, and my mother-in-law also said the same thing to my aunt..."
"Let's eat your chicken legs!"
Cai Han continued in a low voice: "Sister, when my aunt was still alive, she often said that she admired the great hero Chang..."
"Shut up! Just eat your chicken legs."
Child Cai Han was unyielding: "It doesn't matter, Senior Brother Chang, if he goes out like this, will he encounter someone waiting to deal with him..."
"Shut up! Eat your chicken legs..." Cai Zhao was extremely irritated and helpless, "Stay here and don't run around!" Then he got up and chased Chang Ning.
Cai Zhao passed through the bustling crowd and grabbed a few servants along the way to ask. Since Chang Ning's face with ulcers and ulcers was more conspicuous than the three-legged penis, no matter how busy the servants were, they could not ignore it, so they pointed out a very beautiful path to Cai Zhao. A coherent route.
Exiting the main hall door, walked to the left, turned through the flower door, and came to a deserted backyard where debris was piled up. Sure enough, he saw Chang Ning...and five 'bullies' surrounding him - Qi Lingbo&wai Disciples A, B, B and D.
Cai Zhao wished she could look up to the sky and sigh. Why didn't her aunt tell her when she was still alive that being a chivalrous person was such a laborious and laborious task? She had just been so angry that she didn't even have time to get angry and had to help others!
She raised her eyes and saw that there was a tear at the hem of Chang Ning's robe, and there were traces of being pulled on the sleeves. The midday sun was bright, and his face was a little unclear. Between the light and shadow, she didn't know if Cai Zhao was dazzled, but she noticed that there was a trace of irritability and murderous intent in him, and even a bit of violence.
Cai Zhao secretly complained, how dare you be so angry when you have no power to restrain a chicken!
Qi Lingbo changed from the gentle and well-behaved person in front of his elder just now, and now his face was full of anger: "...where is the dignity and dignity you had when you scolded me just now?! Chang Ning, I don't want your hard work now, you just kowtow to me. Just snap your head and eat the shit over there, we will still be brothers from the same school!"
A, B, C and D made noises and threats.
Chang Ning said coldly: "You like to eat shit yourself. Once you eat it, I won't take away others' love."
"You..." Qi Lingbo was furious.
Cai Zhao took a long breath, jumped up, and landed in front of Chang Ning like a fluttering flower.
Chang Ning saw the girl standing in front of him, the gloom in his eyes slowly dissipated, and the originally tense arms in his sleeves slowly lowered themselves.
Cai Zhao opened his hands and persuaded with a smile: "Brothers and sisters, if you have something to say, do you have something to say?" When he turned his head, he saw Chang Ning looking at him with clear eyes, seemingly smiling.
Qi Lingbo gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, what a flying flower crossing, Luoying Valley's reputation for lightness is well-deserved. Junior Sister Cai, you came in time. It seems that you are deliberately going against me."
Cai Zhao grew up to be fifteen years old. Except for important principles such as the filling of wonton fillings and the cooking temperature of steamed fish, Cai Zhao was very easy to talk about most things in his life. Now that she is out of Luoying Valley, she realizes that many things that she once regarded as normal need to be solemnly stated again and again outside - a distinguished family must not bully the weak.
"Senior sister, just now Uncle Qi specifically told me to take good care of Senior Brother Chang. I think you heard it too, so why bother embarrassing my little sister." Cai Zhao didn't smile either, "We as juniors don't dare to say that we share the worries of our parents and elders, at least we can't. Don't cause chaos in such a public scene. Although the Snow Lotus Pill is rare in the world, it is not unique. In the future, when people in the sect travel around the world, there will always be a chance to obtain the Snow Lotus Pill again, and then it will not be too late to practice with my senior sister."
Qi Lingbo gritted his teeth and said: "I might as well tell you the truth. Although the dispute between me and Chang Ning started because of the Snow Lotus Pill, if he hadn't repeatedly made rude remarks and humiliated me, I would not be ignorant! If you don't believe it, think about it. What happened in the wing just now, he was so mean and mean not just once or twice!"
Cai Zhao was startled and turned to look at Chang Ning: "What did you say about Senior Sister?"
Chang Ning said with a smile in his eyes: "Which time are you asking about."
Cai Zhao had no choice but to ask Qi Lingbo what irritating words Chang Ning had said. Qi Lingbo was so angry that he was shaking all over: "Cai Zhao, are you deliberately trying to humiliate me?"
At this time, outer disciples A, B, B and D are needed to contribute lines——
Sharp-tongued Disciple A: "Senior sister gave soup and medicine to Chang in a nice voice. Chang actually said that Snow Lotus Pill is a holy medicine for healing. Giving it to Senior Sister would be like a fat pig eating ginseng..."
Disciple B of Houji: "That time, senior sister specially brought good materials to tailor clothes for Chang. This brat actually said that senior sister behaved like a attentive maid in a rich man's family."
Disciple B of Waigua: "Three months ago, Senior Sister defeated the proud disciple of the Golden Blade Sect Master at the edge of Tianchi. The Second Senior Brother gave Senior Sister the nickname 'Tianchi Fairy'. Chang Ning actually said that it was the Golden Blade Sect Master who wanted to Only by currying favor with the sect master did the disciple deliberately give way to the senior sister. 'Tianchi Fairy' might as well be changed to 'Fairy of Dependence on Father'."
Ding, a disciple of Split Zao: "Last month..."
