At dawn, Teng Tianhan had already learned about the tragedy of the Jia family from his confidants. It was spread widely. The Jia family's father and son were killed by unjust ghosts. One died and the other was maimed. The people who heard about this were very happy and called for retribution. , after all, Jia Zhen was full of evil, and he harmed many people openly and covertly.
Jia Yuanwai was no exception. He used his own money to win over powerful officials and swallowed up countless small businesses. He forced many people to have no way out or even a foothold.
Now that I heard about the great changes in the Jia family, I clapped my hands and cheered loudly, God opened my eyes.
"I heard that feces was poured on the outer wall of Jia's house, and the stench could fill three streets." The steward said, covering his nose.
Teng Tianhan looked at the breakfast in front of him and silently put down his chopsticks: "Is it really a strange death?"
The steward solemnly nodded and said: "Jia Zhen was reduced to skin and bones. He cut off his own lifeblood and stabbed the scissors into his neck. But Jia Yuanwai's lifeblood was burned by fire. It should be incurable."
As he said this, he felt his legs tremble and feel cold.
Teng Tianhan was no exception. He only felt that his legs were tight.
Evil will be punished.
Qin Liuxi's words came to his mind.
If the trial is conducted according to the relevant yamen, let’s not talk about whether anyone protected the Jia family and allowed them to survive this disaster safely. Even if they did not survive, it would still be a matter of exile or beheading. How can they be tortured in private like now? die.
Can such revenge satisfy the Liang family's resentment?
It should be possible, after all, it was her own revenge.
Teng Tianhan took a sip of tea and said, "Get my seal and let them thoroughly investigate the Jia family."
"yes."
The steward folded his hands again and said, "Sir, there is one more thing."
"explain."
The steward said: "I also got news about the Liang family that I sent people to investigate. I heard that there was a commotion at their house before dawn, saying that they were robbed."
"Been robbed?"
"The twenty taels hidden in the cowshed disappeared."
Teng Tianhan: "..."
It's not such a coincidence, is it? Was it done by the wronged soul, or by some jealous master?
"In addition, the little granddaughter of that family disappeared. All that was found until her parents' graves were a few bones and some rags." The steward said, "The family told the people in the village that the child ran away to her father's house privately. In front of my mother’s grave, she was picked up by wolves and torn apart.”
Teng Tianhan felt a chill in his heart: "You didn't report the crime again?"
The steward shook his head: "A little girl has gone through such a tragedy and become stupid. Her parents are gone, and her family doesn't care. I heard from people in the village that after the accident, the little girl didn't have a meal. Almost dead."
Teng Tianhan was furious. The girl was a human being, but her family never regarded her as a human being.
"The child was really snatched away by a wolf?"
The steward looked strange and said: "That..."
"Um?"
"There is an extra little girl in the master's academy this morning."
Teng Tianhan: "!"
He stood up and said, "Let's take a look."
…
Qin Liuxi took the little girl to Teng Zhaoyuan and introduced the two to each other.
"Zhaozhao, this is Wangchuan, and he will follow me in the future." Qin Liuxi pushed little Wangchuan to Teng Zhao, and said to the little girl: "This is Teng Zhao, my apprentice. Say hello. Call me, senior brother."
Teaching one is still teaching, and teaching both is also teaching. If you teach together, how much you can learn depends on them.
Xiao Wangchuan opened his big eyes and looked at Teng Zhao intently for a long time before he said, "Senior brother."
Teng Zhao's brows furrowed into the character "Chuan".
He hadn't officially become a disciple yet, and he didn't even say "Master", but there was a junior sister who appeared out of nowhere?
He stared at Wangchuan, and an idea flashed in his mind, was this the daughter of the wronged soul?
But she looked clean and her eyes were clear, as if nothing had happened.
Teng Zhao didn't respond, and Wangchuan was a little puzzled. After thinking about it, he took out a sesame candy from the small purse hanging on his waist and handed it to him: "Senior brother, eat it."
Looking at the sesame candy, Teng Zhao didn't reach out and didn't know if she had washed her hands.
Qin Liuxi took the sesame candy and stuffed it directly into his mouth.
Teng Zhao's expression changed: "!"
He was holding sesame candy in his mouth, bulging his cheeks and staring at Qin Liuxi. This look dissipated some of his sophistication, making him a little more cute.
Qin Liuxi: "Junior sister gave it to you, remember to return the favor."
Teng Zhao thought to himself, I didn't even become a master, so how could I be a junior sister?
Teng Tianhan walked over and saw the scene of a confrontation between several people, and quickly quickened his pace.
When Qin Liuxi saw him, he twitched the corner of his mouth, pushed Wangchuan away, and said, "This is your senior brother's father. He's called uncle. There will be a meeting ceremony."
Teng Tianhan: "?"
Xiao Wangchuan raised his head, looked at the elegant and upright Teng Tianhan, bowed and said sweetly: "Hello, uncle."
Teng Tianhan's throat rolled and he looked at her carefully. He had the same idea in his mind as his son. Is this the stupid child? She looks quite normal, clean and cute, with an innocent look that doesn't understand the world.
He looked at Qin Liuxi, who smiled and said, "Oh, my disciple also picked this up on the street."
Teng Tianhan and his son: Haha, you don’t even believe this!
Teng Tianhan was the first to be defeated under Qin Liuxi's eyes. He took off a jade pendant from his waist and handed it to Xiao Wangchuan: "Good boy, this is for you to play with."
Xiao Wangchuan looked at the crystal clear jade pendant, but did not reach out. Instead, he looked at Qin Liuxi first.
Qin Liuxi was very satisfied and nodded: "Quickly say thank you. Since he is your senior brother's father, I will respect him more when I see him in the future."
"Thank you, uncle." Xiao Wangchuan thanked him sweetly and took the jade pendant.
Teng Tianhan was a little confused. If this child was from that family, could he be so polite in just one night?
Qin Liuxi said to Teng Zhao, "Zhao Zhao, how about bringing Wangchuan in? I'm afraid your father wants to ask me something."
Teng Zhao turned around and left without saying yes or no.
Xiao Wangchuan caught up with him in small steps.
Teng Tianhan saw them leaving and asked impatiently: "Master, is this Liang's daughter?"
"I don't understand what the adults are saying. I had a dream last night. The Patriarch asked me to go out to accept disciples, so I went out, and found this child standing on the street. I thought she had some aura. It was the Patriarch who gave me some advice, so I picked her up."
Grandmaster: I’m not, I didn’t!
Teng Tianhan exclaimed, "We are all foxes of thousands of years, so let's stop playing with each other. If we say it's picking up, why not say it's abduction?"
One crutch is too little, so I need a pair.
But thinking of her true life experience, Teng Tianhan sighed in his heart, but did not expose Qin Liuxi and only said: "Is her name Wangchuan?"
"Yes." Qin Liuxi said: "When I picked her up, I had forgotten all my previous life, so I gave her the name Wangchuan, and my surname is Qin. What do you think of this name, sir?"
Forget about the past worldly affairs, that's fine.
Teng Tianhan looked at her intently: "It suits her very well. Jia Zhen is dead, and Jia Yuan is disabled. Did you know that?"
Qin Liuxi smiled lightly: "Good will have good consequences, evil will have bad consequences, and good and evil will eventually be rewarded. Whoever does evil will have the consequences of their karma eventually fall on them. I am not surprised."
Karma.
Teng Tianhan rubbed his fingers, remained silent for a long time, and asked: "Wangchuan's mother, is her soul gone?"
Since there is talk of karmic retribution, why did Mr. Liang harm others? He still has to remember his merits and demerits. Will it disappear?
Qin Liuxi said calmly: "Tit for retaliation, the soul will not be scattered, but when you go underground, you will definitely be punished and punished with hard labor. After the hard labor is over, you will be reincarnated. Whether it is good after reincarnation depends on the merits and karma of the previous life. .”
"This is what Buddhist Taoists call the cycle of cause and effect, the way of heaven?"
Qin Liuxi: "Aren't you afraid, sir? If you do good deeds and accumulate virtue, you will be rewarded. Sir, you might as well add some sesame oil to our Qingping Temple every year, because our Qingping Temple will send out goodwill to the poor every year in winter. In this way, you can be regarded as accumulating negative virtues." ”
Teng Tianhan held his breath and asked, "Are everyone in Qingping Temple like you, asking for sesame oil in plain sight?"
"No, they are more reserved." Qin Liuxi smiled: "I am different, I am a real person!"
All fellow disciples: Ah!
Teng Tianhan turned around and looked into the room. Wangchuan's thin voice could be heard faintly, but Teng Zhao never said a word. Do you really want him to be Qin Liuximen's disciple?
"If you agree, sir, we will set off back to Licheng in the afternoon. As for Zhaozhao, I will only bring a boy with me. After he gets used to being around me, I will send the boy back."
Teng Tianhan immediately couldn't bear it: "He may not want to go."
"Your Excellency, you might as well ask him personally."
Teng Tianhan also felt that he could make a desperate struggle, so he came to the house and saw Teng Zhao sitting on the Arhat bed as usual, but he did not play with the chess pieces, but stared at Wangchuan.
Wangchuan was not afraid of him. She looked around and asked what it was from time to time. Even if Teng Zhao didn't answer, she kept asking tirelessly.
Teng Tianhan sat in front of Teng Zhao and asked directly: "Zhao'er, are you willing to become a master and practice meditation?"
Teng Zhao looked at him.
"You are seven years old, Teng Zhao. I want you to answer in person." Teng Tianhan looked into his eyes and said, "I worship her as my teacher. From now on, you will be her disciple. I am afraid it will be more difficult to see each other as my father, and it will be even more difficult for me to meet you." Not to mention the members of the family. It’s not that I abandoned you for my father, it’s because Xuanmen has its own rules. Even if you have six roots, you still have a weak connection with the world..."
"I do."
Teng Tianhan froze, with a hint of sadness in his eyes.
Teng Zhao lowered his eyes.
"Don't you think about it? If you return to Beijing with your father, I will also ask the best teacher to teach you."
"Be by her side, feel at ease." Teng Zhao rejected his father's approach with the shortest and most powerful answer.
Teng Tianhan felt sour in his heart, his throat was tight, and he felt a sense of grievance for no reason.
The relationship between father and son is weak.
Qin Liuxi didn't say anything bad at all. He had been a father for seven years. Not to mention peace of mind, he rarely communicated or talked. However, Qin Liuxi only spent two or three days in exchange for his peace of mind.
The contrast is huge, terrible.
Teng Tianhan couldn't hold himself any longer, stood up and said, "Then I'll give it to you as a father."
He walked out in embarrassment, and when he passed by Qin Liuxi, he paused and glanced at her.
Sad, unwilling, sad.
As if I had personally lured the wolf into the house, I told her to take away my only cub!
(End of chapter)
