Cai Zhao's molars clenched when he heard the word 'sister' and rushed over. The smile on his face became colder and colder, "How could I blame Sister Xinrou? Sister Xinrou and I have known each other since we were young, and we have been very close to each other. Ordinary, better than ordinary sisters."
Min Xinrou saw the coldness in Cai Zhao's eyes and began to feel something was wrong.
Qi Lingbo, however, did not look at his expressions and said smoothly: "People of the bright side don't tell secrets. Since you also know what sister Xinrou wants, wouldn't it be nice to marry into the Zhou family together? From now on, the sisters will be compatible and take care of each other." Regardless of whether things work out or not, she will be happy as long as she can cause trouble for Cai Zhao and make him feel sick.
Cai Zhaoqing rolled her eyes at her: "My relationship with senior sister is better now. Wouldn't it be more beautiful if senior sister married me into the Zhou family together and we would never be separated every year?!"
"You fart, fart, fart!" Qi Lingbo almost went crazy.
Min Xinrou knew Cai Zhao far better than Qi Lingbo. Knowing that Cai Zhao was angry at this moment, he desperately tried to pull Qi Lingbo away, but Qi Lingbo was holding his neck and refused to move.
Cai Zhao sneered and said: "My aunt is kind to Mrs. Min, she is kind to the Min family father and son, and she is even more kind to Mrs. Min - if it weren't for my aunt, Mrs. Min wouldn't have been snatched away by that elder Tianshu. Ding Lu is just the twenty-eighth wife of some altar master! Just like this, you still want to be worthy of my sister, is there such a way to repay the favor? "
"People in the martial arts show kindness without expecting anything in return. Who can express kindness like you do! What's more, there is Master Zhou, who is so filial to his grandmother and mother, doesn't he want to take good care of the Min family and sister Xinrou?! You should ask I want Master Zhou to choose whether he wants to marry you or sister Xinrou!" Qi Lingbo was pulled by Min Xinrou so hard that he couldn't help but refuse to leave.
Cai Zhao sneered: "It seems that senior sister must help sister Xinrou. A family like the Min family that is upright and repays kindness will definitely not be ungrateful; sister Xinrou wants to marry into the Zhou family and wants to repay her kindness. How about this……"
She slapped the table and said, "How about I make it big and you make it small? I eat and you serve the dishes, I wash your feet and you bring water. When you come in, I will change your name to 'Dai Zi'! From now on, how about you call me 'Min Dai Zi'!" 【Note】
No matter how strong-hearted Min Xinrou was, she could not bear such humiliation. She covered her face with a cry and ran away crying. Qi Lingbo was dumbfounded and turned his eyes to Cai Zhao.
Cai Zhao smiled sweetly: "If Senior Sister Qi doesn't want to marry into the Song family in the future, she can come to our Peiqiong Villa and just change her name to 'Qi Daizi'."
Qi Lingbo stomped his feet and shook his sleeves vigorously, turned around and left with a sullen face.
After everyone left, Cai Zhao sat down and snorted: "These two, one is a real villain and the other is a hypocrite, but they are actually a pair of half-sisters!"
Chang Ning waited for Cai Zhaoshun to calm down before speaking slowly: "Aren't you always asking me to 'be harmonious and make money'? Why are you so angry now?"
Cai Zhao: "You can be kind to anyone, except those who have wronged my aunt. The whole family named Min has all received favors from my aunt. I don't expect them to be grateful and don't curse or curse behind my back!" "
"Since Min is so miserable, your aunt is going to marry you to Zhou Yuqi?! Are you sending a sheep into a tiger's mouth?" Chang Ning sneered.
Cai Zhao was a little irritated: "Maybe my aunt feels sorry for Uncle Zhou." She still remembers the look Cai Pingshu looked at Zhou Zhizhen when he was dying, full of apologies.
"What does she have to feel sorry for Master Zhou?" Chang Ning chuckled, "Zhou Yuqi is two years older than you. Extrapolating forward, that means Master Zhou got married immediately after the Tushan War and gave birth to a son the following year. Even if your aunt is in poor health and cannot get married and have children, he doesn’t need to be so anxious!"
"Because it was my aunt who personally persuaded Uncle Zhou to marry as soon as possible."
Chang Ning was caught off guard and taken aback.
Cai Zhao sighed: "No matter how much Mrs. Min begged and forced me, Uncle Zhou was originally unwilling to marry Mrs. Min. In the end, it was my aunt who persuaded me so hard that Uncle Zhou agreed. Didn't Great Hero Chang tell you all this?"
Chang Ning said dullly: "Why didn't my father even mention this?"
Cai Zhao smiled: "My mother said that the old village owner was on his deathbed at that time, and his last wish was to see Uncle Zhou get married. But even if he got to that point, Uncle Zhou refused to agree. Uncle Zhou He is a good person. Three years ago, Uncle Zhou stood by the bedside and watched my aunt take her last breath, crying so hard that she fainted, and later she became seriously ill."
Chang Ning stopped talking.
People like Zhou Zhizhen, who have deep internal strength cultivation, will not easily get sick, let alone faint. It is obvious how painful the injury was at that time.
"I understand." He suddenly understood, "Why does Mr. Zhou insist on seeing his son get married before he dies? If he doesn't insist, given how much Mr. Zhou loves your aunt, after the old man passes away, No one can pressure Master Zhou to get married anymore."
"Yes, so my aunt has always felt guilty about Uncle Zhou." Cai Zhao sighed faintly, "My grandparents passed away early, and Mr. Zhou took care of my aunt and father for many years, treating him as his own. Not to mention Uncle Zhou, my aunt once said When the siblings first arrived at Peiqiong Villa, although Uncle Zhou was young, he cared for them very much. He even sent charcoal for heating every time, and he never let my aunt suffer the slightest grievance."
She sighed and continued: "So when Uncle Zhou proposed to continue the engagement, my mother agreed before my aunt said anything."
Chang Ning glanced at Cai Zhao and said, "Your Majesty is afraid that your aunt will be embarrassed, so she responded first."
Cai Zhao was helpless: "In my mother's heart, no one in the world is as big as my aunt."
"Then what if you marry someone who is not a human being?"
"My mother said, 'If you can't get married, just marry again. Isn't it just a change of marriage? What a big deal. If you don't want to marry, you can go back to Luoying Valley to find a son-in-law. Anyway, a son-in-law in Luoying Valley will not be the head of the family for once. Twice."
This time it was Chang Ning's turn to sigh.
He didn't understand the relationship between men and women at all, so he had no way of judging whether Cai Pingshu's apology of "I can't marry you and I want to persuade you to marry someone else" was normal. He just felt inexplicably depressed.
"Okay, let's talk about Zhou Yuqi. He is the person you are going to marry in the future. How is he like a person?"
A look appeared on Cai Zhao's face that he wanted to laugh but shouldn't laugh: "He is a good person, gentle and gentle, and treats others kindly."
"What about martial arts cultivation?"
Cai Zhao blinked his big eyes and said, "If we consider the love between the two families, well, it's hard to tell the winner."
Chang Ning narrowed his eyes: "If you don't care about the friendship between the two families, how about you go all out?"
"Tell him to get out within one hundred and thirty-eight moves."
Chang Ning could hear the pleasure in Cai Zhao's tone and couldn't help but laugh: "Is Zhou Yuqi very nice to Min Xinrou? Have you disliked him for a long time?"
"Well, actually, Brother Yuqi is not a bad person, and he treats me obediently. My mother said that Uncle Zhou was like this before. It wasn't because he had side effects, but because he was raised too gentle and gentle since he was a child, so he always treated women with tenderness. If he can't bear to be beaten or scolded - it's not a big deal. If he can't bear to be beaten or scolded, I'll do it."
Chang Ning was speechless and choked.
After pondering for a moment, he turned around and faced Cai Zhao solemnly. For the first time in his life, he persuaded someone with sincere words——
"Marriage is not a small matter after all. Now that your aunt has passed away, regretting the marriage is not a big deal. Master Zhou loves you so much. If you say you don't want to marry Zhou Yuqi, he will definitely agree. The Min family has fulfilled their wish, and the Zhou and Cai families have also You won’t make enemies. Breaking off an engagement will never hurt anyone.”
Cai Zhao looked surprised: "Why do you want to break off the engagement? I don't want to marry Zhou Yuqi. I am willing to marry. How do you see that I am not happy?"
Chang Ning:......
"I have thought about it for a long time. Marrying Zhou Yuqi is good. First, he can't beat me, and Uncle Zhou protects me. I can do whatever I want at Peiqiong Villa. Hum, the old woman named Min was mean to me back then. Not to mention aunt, Mrs. Min. I will definitely 'serve' them both well in the future. If they dare to use filial piety to pinch me, I will crush them to death with my kindness!"
"...So you are actually going to seek revenge?"
"Oh, seeking revenge is so unpleasant. It's better to dissolve enemies than to make enemies. Secondly, Peqiong Villa has pleasant scenery and prosperous towns. There are all the big cities and small towns around it. It's more lively than Luoying Valley. I thought about it when I was a child. Yes, I will live in Luoying Valley before getting married, and after getting married, I will live in Peiqiong Villa, how wonderful!"
"Wealth, silk, and prosperity are all external things, and the right way is to be a knight and a hero." Chang Ning retorted mechanically. He felt that he had spent his whole life's righteous words tonight.
"Does being a chivalrous person contradictory to liking the bustle and bustle? Besides, your father has so many treasures of gold and silver hidden away. How dare you say this?"
"..."
"Thirdly, the Zhou family are all very friendly - the ones who are not friendly can't beat me anyway. The uncles and uncles of the older generation used to be good friends with my aunt, and now brother Yuqian and brother Yukun are good friends with me. What can I say about Zhou? My uncle thinks it's right. Besides, brother Yuqi can't beat me and can't persuade me. In the future, I will be the one to make the decision after closing the door of Peiqiong Villa! Brother Chang, do you think it's okay?" The more Cai Zhao thought about it, the more satisfied he felt that the sun was shining brightly.
"Senior brother, senior brother Chang, why are you silent again?" Cai Zhao started waving next to Chang Ning's face again.
"...I want to be quiet."
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1. [Note] These words come from a funny line in Jet Li's version of "Fang Shiyu 2".
Chapter 16
It was late at night and the mountain was filled with cold air, but the guest room was warm and dry. The silent warmth flowed slowly through the thick stone walls and underground, quietly and gently throughout the entire Muwei Palace. It is said that Patriarch Beichen had an old servant who was good at building structures. While others were obsessed with carving the jade steps of the palace beams with gold and precious stones, he silently built these pipes hidden behind the stone walls.
Hot springs are introduced in the cold winter, and cold springs are injected in the hot summer, making the palace feel like spring all year round.
Cai Han turned over sideways, muttering something unknown in his mouth. A fleshy little arm and half of his shoulder hung out of the bed. Cai Zhao guessed that he only needed to move the fat little one a little more. Buttocks, it will roll to the ground without any surprise. Smiling to herself, she gently pushed the little fat boy to the side of the bed.
Sitting next to the bed, Cai Zhao stared at his young brother who was breathing well.
As long as she could remember, she had always thought that she was her aunt's child, and the two people she called "father and mother" were kind-hearted uncles and aunts next door. They often brought delicious food and fun to visit them, until she heard something from the market when she went out to play. All the other children were calling them daddy, and she suddenly understood that 'daddy' was the one who gave birth to her. The first worry in her life was that if she were her parents' baby, then her aunt would not have a baby.
After Cai Han was born, she was secretly happy for a long time, feeling that her aunt and parents would no longer have to apologize to each other.
Putting his palm against the fat boy's chest, there was a vigorous and jumping thump under his palm. Cai Zhao suddenly remembered the 'future master' of the Si Qi Sect he had seen today. Even someone like her, who had no knowledge of medicine, could see that the child was born with deficiencies and damaged meridians, and relied on precious medicines and manpower to maintain his health.
Over the past two hundred years, the six Beichen sects have changed.
Qingque Sect and Taichu Guanyin are masters and disciples, and they are no longer the original bloodline.
Guangtianmen and Peiqiong Villa rely on the fact that they have many descendants. If there is no direct lineage or the descendants are mediocre, side branches can be connected.
However, the Si Qi clan followed the old tradition, and the competition between siblings was fierce. Every time one clan came to the top, the brothers would either die young for no apparent reason, or change their names and retire into the world. When the other five factions saw this brother's rebellion, it was not that they did not try to persuade or moderate it. However, it was difficult for upright officials to resolve household affairs, and in the end they always left the matter unsolved. Gradually, the Yang family's bloodline became weaker and weaker, and it has been passed down by a single line for five consecutive generations.
According to Cai Zhao's ancestors, God couldn't bear to see the Yang family fratricide anymore, so he simply asked them to be the only child in the family so that everyone wouldn't have to fight. God was actually quite considerate.
Only Luoyinggu takes another path.
From the first generation of ancestors, Luoying Valley has adhered to the principle of letting nature take its course, believing that having too many children is not conducive to purity and cultivation, nor is it conducive to physical maintenance. Therefore, Luoying Valley has always had few heirs. If you have a son, ask your son to take over; if you don’t have a son, ask your daughter to recruit a husband; if your daughter is capable, ask your daughter to be the owner of the grain; if your son-in-law is more capable, then ask your son-in-law to be the owner of the grain; it doesn’t matter; if your son has other ambitions or little talent, you can still call him your daughter. The son-in-law is in charge.
Which surname do you say is the ancestor of which family? It doesn't matter, whichever family you want is fine. Anyway, there was no Luoying Valley two hundred years ago. Our ancestors were very enlightened.
In this way, Luoying Valley has changed its surname three times in the past two hundred years.
Among them, the most unpleasant one is the surname of the ancestor who founded the valley, Niu. Even this ancestor who advocates Taoism and nature cannot tolerate it. The most unpleasant one is the husband-in-law of the only daughter of the third generation of the Niu family, whose surname is Gu - also named Ling'er and Yu. Xuan, the former is Niu Ling'er and Niu Yuxuan, and the latter is Gu Ling'er and Gu Yuxuan. Please feel the difference.
The Luoying Valley has not been without exceptions in the past two hundred years. For example, a certain generation of valley owner and his wife gave birth to five sons and four daughters in full enthusiasm. Everyone knew that the prosperity of Luoying Valley was imminent. Facts have proved that they thought too much.
These nine children are not counted as monks and married people. The remaining ones either wandered around the world without getting married or traveled overseas never to return. In the end, only one was left to inherit the position of the Valley Master.
Maybe, this is life.
About seventy or eighty years ago, this generation of valley owner and his wife were nearly 40 years old and had no children. After observing the stars at night, they came to the conclusion that God wanted Luoying Valley to vacate the cage and change the bird. So they followed the divination very smoothly and went to find an adopted son. It didn't take long before they met an orphan who was very qualified and kind-hearted. The couple felt very lucky. It was indeed God's will.
Unexpectedly, ten years later, they suddenly gave birth to a lovely daughter named Yuxue.
Due to previous conventions, they had not thought about having their adopted son as their son-in-law, but since the age difference between their son and daughter was too big, they decided to let their daughter go and send their daughter to a brother sect. Then they would naturally find someone with good character. Just marry your senior brother. Unexpectedly, when the daughter was sixteen years old, when the old couple was basking in the sun on the hillside to recuperate, they suddenly heard about the great changes outside the valley.
Their stable and capable adopted son ran out for no reason and beat up all the young men of school age in his daughter's school. He also picked out a few young heroes who were emerging on the lake. He called it "making friends with force" - —The old couple were so frightened that they almost fell off their wicker chairs. At that time, the leader of the Qingque Sect came over to ask, "Your Lin'er's future is limitless, and whether he intends to compete for the top of the six sects." The old couple almost broke their necks.
After finding out the awkward love between their adopted son and their daughter, the old couple married them quickly. At the same time, they begged their adopted son not to go out to 'make friends with force' again, which they had done for more than a hundred years. Luoying Valley has always been mediocre and peaceful. All martial arts colleagues are used to it, so don't change it. The adopted son said: I have a daughter-in-law, but actually I don’t like to go out.
By the way, this adopted son's surname is Cai.
When reading his ancestor's notes, Cai Zhao often thought that maybe his aunt had inherited this ancestor's extraordinary talent and was so omnipotent and brilliant. However, in the past three years, Cai Zhao sat in the cold and empty aunt's house at midnight, with tears in his eyes and couldn't help but think that maybe the ancestor was right to hide his clumsiness and guard his ignorance.
The lanterns on the wall jumped slightly, as if the strings in his mind were plucked. Cai Zhao came back to his senses, calmed down and went next door to see Chang Ning.
Unlike Cai Xiaopang who sleeps freely, Chang Ning sleeps very well, lying on the inside like a green pine, with long eyelashes motionless, but the quilt is not covered as well as this afternoon, but is spread out, half of it is on the Half of the bed is on the footrest. Naturally, the skirt of his clothes spread wider, revealing a larger area of his chest as solid as white jade.
Cai Zhao looked away very honestly, covered Chang Ning with a quilt, took three steps back, and stood still at a distance.
In fact, Cai Zhao met Chang Haosheng three or four times when he was young.
Searching the depths of her memory, she found a handsome and steady face, unsmiling but meticulous. Every time she came back to Luoying Valley, she would always check the formations inside and outside the valley entrance three times. Her aunt would tease him by saying, "One day is for grandma, and one is for life." For mama'.
Chang Hao was born in Luoying Valley and was not as diligent as Qi Yunke and Zhou Zhizhen. Every time he came back, he would have deep conversations with Cai Pingshu for a long time. He neither played with little Cai Zhao nor received many gifts. Naturally, his impression on Cai Zhao was not that deep.
Since Cai Pingshu passed away, he has never been to Luoying Valley again, and he doesn't know what he is busy with. Three years have passed, and Cai Zhao's memory of the hurried hero Chang has become increasingly blurred, but he never expected to hear the news that the Chang family was wiped out today.
Cai Zhao sighed slightly, feeling depressed.
At this time, there were slight noises and voices in the cubicle. Cai Zhao's heart moved and a smile appeared on his lips. She quickly exited Chang Ning's room, walked quickly past the room where Cai Xiaopang was sleeping, and walked to the third guest room. The lights there were already on, and Cai Pingchun and Ning Xiaofeng were indeed back.
Cai Zhao happily pushed open the door and saw Cai Pingchun's face was red. He was leaning on the table with one hand and rubbing his temples with the other hand. He seemed to have drank a lot. Ning Xiaofeng mumbled and looked for a hangover cure in the medicine bag. Yao, when he looked up and saw his daughter coming, he opened his mouth to ask why he hadn't slept yet, had he washed up, had Xiaohan fallen out of bed.
