Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Breath of Might
Zhao Qin'er and Jiang Chen stood quietly under the door plaque with the word 'Yuefu' written, Jiang Chen looked at the lintels on both sides of the door, the left side was engraved with "Keeping the Festival, the sound and color field", and the right side was engraved with "An Zhi is in chaos", the penmanship is vigorous and powerful, but it reveals a sense of tranquility and leisure. Jiang Chen was looking seriously, and suddenly heard the footsteps of several people coming from far and near, and he hurriedly gathered his mind and stood upright, only to see two old men wearing simple white robes coming out of the door, followed by the young servant just now.
Jiang Chen looked at the people who came, one of the old men he knew, it was the old master Chen Ziyao of the Spirit Academy, and the one next to him also had white hair, an amiable face, black and white eyes, and a restrained appearance. The old man's eyes seemed to be able to perceive everything in the world, wise and peaceful, it was the owner of this mansion, Yue Qianming's father, Yue Shutong. Jiang Chen saw that his mother was making a half-squat salute towards the two old men, and he had great respect for the two old men, Jiang Chen also hurriedly bent down and bowed his head to the two old men, only to hear his mother say: "I've seen the teacher, I've seen Uncle Yue, are you two in good health?" Jiang Chen also hurriedly said: "I've seen the old master, I've seen Grandpa Yue." ”
Chen Ziyao and Yue Shutong ignored Zhao Qin'er, but walked to Jiang Chen's side and helped him up, Yue Shutong also squatted down and looked at Jiang Chen carefully, seeing that although Jiang Chen was embarrassed, his eyes were still clear, he did not dodge left and right, and he was even more smiling. Then he and Chen Ziyao took Jiang Chen's little hand left and right and walked into the door by themselves, and when they walked past Zhao Qin'er's side, the two of them also "hummed" lightly at the same time, Yue Shutong feigned anger and said: "Come in!" Zhao Qin'er slowly stood up, looked at the backs of the two old men who were about to enter the door, breathed a long sigh of relief, wiped the sweat oozing from his head, and followed him into the courtyard with a bitter face. I saw that this courtyard was still the same as when I left, and it had not been changed, and the layout was exquisite and elegant.
Zhao Qin'er listened to the two elders talking to Jiang Chen, and was amused by Jiang Chen's obedient answer from time to time. Since she came back, Zhao Qin'er has never come to visit Yue Shutong, and she didn't expect Chen Ziyao to be in Yue's Mansion today, she was already a little guilty and apprehensive, and she became more nervous. Listening to Yue Shutong's order to the young servant who was guarding next to him, he asked the servant to go to the Divine General's Mansion to bring Wu Jing over to play with Jiang Chen, and the servant turned around and went out of the mansion again.
After Zhao Qin'er entered the main hall with the two old men and one young man who walked in front, Yue Shutong asked a servant to take Jiang Chen down to eat some snacks, he knew that Zhao Qin'er, who had not been to the door for many years, must have something to say when he came to the door this time, considering that Jiang Chen had something to say.
After a few people sat down, they only heard Yue Shutong still pretend to be slightly angry and asked Zhao Qin'er bluntly: "You ghost girl has been back for so many years, and you don't come to see my old bones, but what is the purpose of coming to the door this time?" Zhao Qin'er was about to explain one or two, only to hear Chen Ziyao touch his beard and echo and say: "I haven't seen her as a teacher so far, let alone you, I'm afraid I've forgotten all our old things!" Although Chen Ziyao said this, there was a smile in his eyes, and he carefully looked at Zhao Qin'er, who he hadn't seen for many years and was now a mother.
Jiang Chen was no longer in front of him, and Zhao Qin'er also resumed her little daughter's posture, and said coquettishly: "I'm so old, you two old people are still teasing me while guarding the children, and I look at Chen'er so scared, I thought I had offended you before, and I just tried my best to please you two old naughty boys." Yue Shutong smiled at Chen Ziyao and said, "Look at it, I just said that I can't bluff this girl like this, and I blamed us." ”
Zhao Qin'er also laughed, greeted the physical condition of the two elders, and asked Chen Ziyao, "Teacher, why are you here with Uncle Yue today?"
Chen Ziyao feigned anger and said: "I'm here to play chess and drink tea with Lao Yue, no! You brought Chen'er to Lao Yue here today because of something! Don't be polite in front of the two of us, just say it!"
Zhao Qin'er looked at Chen Ziyao and smiled and gaged, before talking about wanting to ask Yue Shutong to teach Jiang Chen, Yue Shutong heard that Zhao Qin'er wanted him to live in the Fengluo Villa to teach Jiang Chen's knowledge, turned his head to look at his old friend Chen Ziyao to ask for advice, Chen Ziyao said seriously: "I think it's okay, Yue Lao, you are the most knowledgeable person in the entire Zhao Xin clan, and when you were young, you traveled to the mainland for more than ten years, and you are the only one who wants to teach Chen'er's knowledge." And Qin'er's idea of letting Xiao Jiang Chen broaden his horizons is right, a person's mind depends on the breadth of his knowledge. ”
Yue Shutong said: "Don't praise me, no one in the entire Zhao Xin clan doesn't know your Chen Ziyao's name, how dare I claim to be erudite in front of you, isn't this a slap in my old face!"
Zhao Qin'er chuckled and quipped: "Don't be humble about your two elders, let other people who don't know why think that you two elders are praising each other! After a pause, he said seriously: "The reason why I came to invite Uncle Yue is because you are the most leisurely now. And the teacher is still in charge of the affairs of the spiritual monastery, and it is not appropriate to leave, so you can always agree! I can still talk to you often! How good is this, I remember that you like to talk to me the most, and I also like to listen to you tell me those strange things. ”
"Well, I think it's appropriate! You always complain about Qianming in front of me, and your ears are calloused. Chen Ziyao was beside him to help his once favorite student fool Yue Shutong.
Yue Shutong pondered for a moment and said: "That's okay, then bring Wu Jing's girl to teach together, so that I can enjoy the joy of family." ”
Seeing that Yue Shutong nodded in agreement, Zhao Qin'er hurriedly got up and saluted and said, "Uncle Yue, Qin'er has thanked your old man for Jiang Chen." ”
Yue Shutong waved his hand and said, "You girl haven't seen her for a few years, how can you still learn these vain things." Zhao Qin'er smiled lightly and said, "It's not that I remembered that you were so strict with that Qianming, and you were extremely strict with the etiquette rules, and you were scared by your second elder just now!"
Yue Shutong and Chen Ziyao listened to Zhao Qin'er's sophistry, and laughed heartily again, the two of them hadn't been so happy for a long time, and sure enough, this ghost girl was the best at fighting the two of them to be happy, unlike Qin Kongyu and Yu Chi Zhongming, the two boys, who always looked cowering in front of the two of them, but behind them they looked like they were not afraid of heaven and earth.
The three of them gossiped for a while, only to hear the sound of the door being opened again, and a cheerful figure called "grandpa" and ran in. But it was Yue Wujing who was taken over from the house. The grandfather and grandson were intimate for a while, and Yue Wujing went to find Jiang Chen to play.
The three of them also walked out of the main hall and went to a small garden in the middle of the house, at this time the garden was already full of grass, green shade, there was a pavilion in the garden, there were already servants on the stone table of the pavilion to place the chessboard, next to a small red clay stove, on which a purple gold teapot was shelved, and a tea set was placed aside. Yue Shutong and Chen Ziyao sat on both sides, and after Zhao Qin'er sat down in the center, he took out three tea bowls and divided them in order.
Seeing that the chess game of the two old people has begun, she lit the red clay stove, took water and poured it into the teapot, and when the water was about to boil, she took out the tea leaves and put them in, and after a while, the smell of the tea leaves overflowed, Zhao Qin'er picked up the purple and gold teapot, poured the boiled tea soup into a sandalwood tea set, and then divided the tea to the two old men. Yue Shutong picked up the tea bowl and tasted it carefully, and said with a smile: "How many years have you not drunk the tea made by Qin'er, Old Chen, you are stained with the old man's light today." After Chen Ziyao picked up the tea bowl, he also tasted it, and said with a smile: "Yes! Who taught the old man that the disciples have no way, and they have to dip your light to drink this tea! ”
Zhao Qin'er saw that the two old men were very satisfied with the tea they had made, and said with a smile: "If you two like it, when Uncle Yue moves to the villa, I can cook it for you often!"
Yue Shutong picked up the tea bowl and took another sip, and said with a smile: "Then the old man will have a good mouth in the future, but Old Chen, you don't have this blessing." Chen Ziyao said: "The old man will have to live for a few days in the future, Qin'er, you can't favor one over the other when you arrive!"
Zhao Qin'er hurriedly said: "That's it, teacher, don't come." Several people joked with each other again, Yue Shutong talked about Jiang Chen's cultivation, and asked Qin'er not to take it to heart, there are thousands of avenues, and there is not only one spiritual path, so you can relax. Seeing Yue Shutong flipping his palm, he saw that Yue Shutong's hand was flowing with a little brilliance, but there was no fluctuation of aura, Zhao Qin'er couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Uncle Yue, what are you?" I remember that you are also like Qianming, and you can't perceive the existence of aura, what is going on now?"
Chen Ziyao was not surprised, and rolled his eyes to Yue Shutong, who was showing off to Zhao Qin'er. Yue Shutong dissipated the brilliance in his palm and said nonchalantly: "Even a wisp of Haoran Qi, the Qi of Heaven and Earth is not only a kind of aura, then there is a academy in the Han Xuan Empire, called Haoran Academy, which only teaches the knowledge of governing the world, and does not talk about cultivation, but the academy has its own cultivation system, and this Haoran Qi only talks about enlightenment and chance, but it is not something that can be obtained by cultivation." I had told Qianming about this at that time, but that kid's temperament was the same as his mother who died early, and he was very strong, thinking that only by making meritorious contributions in the military could he be a real man. ”
After saying and sighing, he didn't say anything, and continued to play chess with Chen Ziyao, Zhao Qin'er also silently cooked tea for the two elders on the side, Yue Qianming had to become a martial artist back then, and he was somewhat influenced by a few of them, so it was really inconvenient for him to say more.
When a game of chess was about to end, a big dragon that only looked at Yue Shutong was cut off by Chen Ziyao, and he couldn't take care of each other. Without waiting for Chen Ziyao to say anything, he hurriedly got up and walked out of the pavilion. Chen Ziyao blew his beard and glared and said, "You old guy is going to play tricks again, what kind of tie, I have already messed up your layout, the defeat is decided, how can you turn the tables?" Yue Shutong turned a deaf ear, laughed and walked quickly out of the garden.
Zhao Qin'er looked at the two hundred-year-old elders, still like children, and couldn't help but giggle and said, "Teacher, don't worry about Uncle Yue, I'll accompany you to play a few dishes." Saying that, Chen Ziyao was angry and put the white seeds into the chess box, but he had no choice but to pack up his black seeds, and the two started again.
Chen Ziyao and Zhao Qin'er were playing chess and gossiping at the same time, and the topic slowly led to Zhao Qin'er's experience of not being heard from for more than ten years, Zhao Qin'er didn't want to talk about this, and talked about him left and right, only to hear Chen Ziyao suddenly ask: "When I was holding Chen'er just now, I probed his body." I've always wanted to ask you, what's going on with that Sealing Array in Chen'er's body, was it set up by the Divine Array Master who escorted you and Chen'er back back then?"