In the flower garden, a golden yellow chrysanthemum poked its head out of the flowers, and there was already a hint of chill on the branches.
One yellow chrysanthemum, independent flowers.
Zhang Jian raised his eyes, put his hands on his chest, and looked at the four figures in the sky. To be precise, the first two figures, a fat old man and an old Taoist, bowed slightly.
Qin Xian asked Liang Lusheng, "Who are they?"
Liang Lusheng said with a rare solemn expression: "That fat old man is the Supreme Emperor of Dashan, Jiang Chan! One of the five people at the top of the martial arts peak; that old Taoist priest should be Xiao Xuandao of Taiyi! One of the three towns of Dashan." After a pause, Sighing: "You seem to be in trouble this time!"
Liang Lusheng did not lower his voice deliberately, and he heard the congratulations naturally. Although he tried his best to show a nonchalant expression, his eyebrows could not help but tremble slightly, and he said in a coquettish voice: "Pay him back, no, that's fine. I don't know he is from the Taoist sect." thing……"
"Zhang Jian, a Confucian sect, has met Senior Jiang and Zhenren Xiao." Zhang Jian said.
Xiao Xuandao remained silent, watching his ears, nose and mind.
Jiang Chan smiled and waved his hands and said: "Hey, you are a Confucian gentleman of the time. In terms of seniority, you are higher than the two of us. You can't do it, you can't do it."
Old Man Ge put the flower-watering kettle on the stone table. The bottom of the pot lightly touched the stone table, making a "thumping" sound. Although it was not loud, it clearly reached the ears of everyone present.
Everyone glanced here.
Old Man Ge, however, went to tie up paper by himself, acting as if the matters between the scenes had nothing to do with him.
Zhang Jian smiled helplessly and muttered: "Senior is still so crazy!"
Immediately he remembered Xiao Xuandao's words just now and asked Xiao Xuandao, "I wonder what Master Xiao meant by what he just said?"
"That's what you heard!"
Without waiting for Zhang Jian's answer, Congratulations rushed to answer: "I took it on a whim and unintentionally. Mr. Fourth and I met for the first time today. Don't slander anyone. I'll give you the thing back. What else do you want?"
Jiang Chan lowered his voice with a smile, "I took it unintentionally. Is it such a coincidence?"
"Otherwise?" Gong Xi challenged.
"Old Ancestor, as soon as Master Xiao arrived at Zuzhou with Tang Gu, he was targeted and robbed. He was not allowed to steal the door, and he was not so bold. According to the official's opinion, there must be someone else involved, trying to steal Tang Gu. Gu Hao had the upper hand when the cave opened." Hong Feiluan first saluted Jiang Chan and Xiao Xuandao, and then inadvertently turned his eyes towards Gong Xi and Zhang Jian.
"You fart! I didn't know Mr. Fourth at all before, I just heard his name, how could we collude with each other?" Gong Xi was furious, pointing at Hong Feiluan and scolding.
Hong Feiluan's eyes immediately turned cold, "Boy, are you looking for death?"
Congratulations and smiled. Although he was not confident enough, Mr. Tadashi would not just sit idly by, so he scolded him.
His eyes were like a cunning fox, darting around, and then he spit out fragrance and greeted his ancestor Hong Feiluan all over.
Hong Feiluan's face turned livid, he pinched his sword fingers and wanted to kill the boy, but Jiang Chan raised his hand to stop him.
Xiao Xuandao said at the right time: "Then why are Mr. Fourth here?"
Qin Xian couldn't stand the empty talk and false accusations made by these people. Theft of the hand stove was originally a temporary idea of him and his senior brother, but now his husband was involved. Although his husband tried his best to stop him from practicing, he never complained to him, because that day, Mr. In his opinion, it is indeed for his own good, but he just doesn't want to.
Just as he was about to speak out to explain, Liang Lusheng beat him to it. "Sir, you are here to find me! It has nothing to do with the thief who stole the door!"
"Oh? Who are you? Why is Mr. Fourth looking for you?" Xiao Xuandao asked.
"I am Mr. Fourth's disciple in Beijing. I came here to visit you this time. I met a friend a few days ago and stayed at his place for a few days. This made Mr. worried, so he came to look for me. I have nothing to do with your bullshit Tanggu. It has nothing to do with it!”
Xiao Xuandao was not annoyed when his Heavenly Magical Artifact was called bullshit. He still asked with an expressionless face: "Who is your friend?"
"It's me!" Although Qin Xian was surprised that Liang Lusheng called her a friend, she taught her swordsmanship and there was a sense of friendship. He who never lied agreed to it for the first time.
"I wonder who you are?"
"Who do you think you are? The one who checks the records? But I'm not afraid to tell you that this is my little junior brother, the new disciple of the Pirates Sect." Gong Xi said impatiently.
The water in Old Man Ge's watering can gradually turned into ice, and suddenly the ice slowly melted and turned into water again. During this period, his hands only paused for a moment before continuing to tie up the paper figures.
"You are from Daqing, and your friend is a thief. The thief stole Tanggu. Mr. Fourth came to look for you. I think the matter is very clear, ancestor." Hong Feiluan said to Jiang Chan in a deep voice.
"Sir, you are here to find me, because I..." Qin Xian said.
Zhang Jian suddenly interrupted him and looked at Jiang Chan: "Senior, what do you mean?"
Qin Xian was stunned. She didn't know why her husband didn't let her finish.
When the husband interrupted him, he glanced at himself, and he found that his eyes were a little complicated, including joy, emotion, and a sadness that was colder than the wind and shallower than the snow, but it was real.
Facing Zhang Jian's question, Jiang Chan smiled and said, "Mr. Fourth, I am old and I can only believe what I see."
"Then...what do you want, senior?"
"Now that the two dynasties have reached a truce and are coexisting harmoniously, they naturally won't take anything against you. However, although the hand stove has not been lost, if this incident spreads, it will make our Da Yan and Taoist facades look very unsightly. After all, it is a magical weapon, and it can be casually used by a kid. Taking him away will not become a joke in the future." Jiang Chan said slowly.
"Senior, it's okay to speak up if you have anything to say!" Zhang Jian said.
"How about this? You hand over the two boys who stole the things to me and take them back to Dayan to punish them according to the law. As for sir, regardless of whether they are involved or not, I, Dayan, will pretend not to know."
When Zhang Jian heard this, he already knew in his heart that this was for him.
Zhang Jian shook his head and said: "Senior, this heavenly magic weapon is in the hands of Master Xiao. Even I can't take it away, let alone you. Why do you have to make it so difficult for two juniors?"
Jiang Chan smiled and said nothing.
Hong Feiluan suddenly thought of it and pointed at Qin Xian and said: "This boy killed one of my guards at Da Yan and stole Tang Gu. He should not be dealt with by Da Yan."
"That's for self-protection." Zhang Jian still shook his head warmly.
At this time, there was a rush of footsteps behind him.
Zhang Jian turned around and saw a person hurriedly walking towards the far end of the deep forest.
Wearing a snow-white round collar robe and jet-black hair, the scholar came like the wind.
Congratulations and Qin Xian's faces suddenly showed panic.
Xu Lai quickly stepped forward and saluted Zhang Jian deeply, "Mr. Fourth!" He then said, "An old couple came to the school and said they are looking for you."
He was so far away that he didn't notice it, but when he got closer, Zhang Jian saw that Xu Lai's whole face was full of panic. He had never seen him like this before!
In Zhang Jian's impression, this junior has always been very calm, his eyes are always bright and clear, showing his teacher's extraordinary wisdom, composure and confidence.
Xu Lai seemed to have just noticed the half-empty valley at the moment, and his panic turned into surprise: "Is this?"
Zhang Jian did not answer, but asked strangely: "What couple? What do you want from me?"
"I said...I said I'm looking for you to pay with my life!"
Qin Xian had only seen this look on her husband's face once, and that was when he said he wanted to kill the monkey demon.
Zhang Jian was stunned, with a complicated expression, but suddenly smiled, but any fool could see how bitter his smile was.
The two words "pay for life" tugged at his heart, and the past was slowly being pulled out like that.
…
That winter, he was twenty-eight.
It was already Mengdong in October, the weather in Juku Prefecture was warm, and flowers were in full bloom, giving it a feeling of early spring. This return to autumn and spring is called "little spring."
At this time of the year, there is a rumor in Juku Prefecture that there is an elixir that grows in the rays of the sun and blooms once a year. The flowers are like inverted swords and are gray-green in color like bronze. But the most amazing thing is that you can actually see the flowers on the petals. Looking at the vague lines, it is rumored that the master left a sacred text called "Xiayewen", which can make stubborn people enlightened and have a clear mind. If it is used in conjunction with appropriate Confucianism, the life will be safe for a hundred years.
At that time, Zhang Jian was traveling through Juku Prefecture and wanted to look for it on a whim.
After searching for several months without success, when he was about to leave, he passed by a village where someone was marrying his daughter. Seeing that he was a Confucian scholar, he warmly invited him to the table.
But on such an auspicious occasion, the bride was indeed in tears and could not get into the sedan chair no matter how hard she tried to persuade her.
After Zhang Jian learned about it, he learned that the family had a son and a daughter. The son failed to enter the official position many times and spent all the family savings. Finally, he was accepted as a scholar by the Jukuzhou Academy. The daughter had never studied hard, but she was full of knowledge and knowledge. They are all beyond ordinary people. Women also want to become officials but don't want to get married.
Zhang Jian heard about it and tried it out. It turned out that the woman was extremely smart and wanted to take him as his disciple. The woman readily agreed, so he broke off the engagement for the woman and made an appointment to pick her up the next day and take her back to Beijing to study.
But! Jealousy, flesh and blood is especially cruel to outsiders!
The next day, Zhang Jian came to his door and saw not the woman, but his brother. He said that the woman had regretted yesterday and had married overnight, giving up her discipleship to him.
Zhang Jian was so smart that he knew that her brother was responsible for everything. He refused to accept him and only asked where the woman was going to marry.
Under Zhang Jian's questioning, her family members told her where they were going, and Zhang Jian took the woman out.
The woman knew that it would be difficult for her to come back, so she wanted to go home to say goodbye to her parents. Zhang Jian agreed, but unexpectedly, she was separated forever.
Her brother was so jealous that he killed her and buried her body in a pig pen.
Zhang Jian learned that the anger was like the red sun in the sky, burning through the entire village, and he wanted to kill such a cruel beast.
However, he encountered resistance from the whole village, and the villagers begged for mercy. If this family had only one scholar, if he were killed, the village and the family would be considered extinct.
No one among hundreds of villagers spoke up for the woman!
Seeing that he still didn't give up, an old man came up with "Hundreds of good deeds and filial piety come first!"
To misinterpret the meaning: If he is killed, who will serve his parents? If the incense is cut off, how can he do other good deeds? This is what the Confucian sect says but does not count.
Zhang Jian was a little shocked. Confucianism taught all living beings to be benevolent and polite, but he didn't expect the word "filial piety" to be interpreted in this way!
