Chapter 10: The Heart of the Strong
In a study room in King Jing's Mansion, Zhao Lingwu listened to his subordinates' report: "Lord, a simple vehicle drove out of the palace today, and in the car was Her Royal Highness the eldest princess. ”
Zhao Lingwu said in a low voice: "Continue to investigate, be sure to find out Zhao Lingqin's intention to go to the Divine General's Mansion." Then he waved his hand and asked the subordinate to retreat, bowed his head and pondered for a while, still wondering why Zhao Qin'er went to the Divine General's Mansion? Could it be that he was still thinking about it, and he just hoped that it would not affect the plan that he had not yet planned. got up and twisted the Yuzun Qilin behind him, only to see the display shelf slowly retract inward, and a dark and long tunnel appeared, and he walked in, and then the secret door automatically returned to its original state, as if it had never existed.
In the north of the town, there is a garden in the southwest direction of the Shenjiang Mansion, which is called Nai He Garden. At this time, the northeast of the garden is a lively scene, and the garden is separated by a wall is the Wei Chi Commander's Mansion, first Yue Wujing moved a ladder, stepped on the ladder on the wall, and then sat on the wall and beckoned to Jiang Chen, signaling Jiang Chen to come up too, Jiang Chen did not hesitate to step on the ladder to climb the wall, just anxious about the tea, the tea was anxious to let them down the two below, and was afraid that they would fall, but the two villains didn't care at all, and they were still calling Wei Chide loudly. After a while, there was a little boy's voice on the other side of the wall, panting in response to the call of the two people, and Yue Wujing also told the child over there to hurry up and move a ladder. Then Xiangming heard the sound of moving things on the other side of the wall, and she was even more anxious, and she was about to cry there, but she was helpless. Jiang Chen saw Xiangming's anxious appearance, leaned on the wall and said to Xiangming: "Sister Xiangming, you come up too, it's fun up here, you can see it far, there are so many people on that street, you should come up quickly!"
Xiangming heard Jiang Chen say this, hesitated again and again, and finally had to carry the food box and also climbed the wall, Jiang Chen took the food box and made a place next to it, Xiangming was wearing a palace skirt, it was inconvenient to ride, Jiang Chen handed the food box to Wei Chide, who had climbed the wall with a roast chicken, and helped Xiangming to sit firmly, Xiangming looked at Jiang Chen's excited little face was flushed, and couldn't help but giggle.
Xiangming has lived in the inner courtyard of the palace since he can remember, and he has never seen so many people, and at that time he was required to learn the rules and learn some skills to serve people at a young age, and it was inevitable to be beaten. Listening to the old lady who taught the rules, it is better to be beaten now than to lose her life inexplicably in the future. Since then, Xiang Ming's little heart has understood that the rules are equivalent to her own life, and she dare not forget it for a moment. It wasn't until she met Zhao Qin'er when she was ten years old that Xiangming didn't live so cautiously forever, but after leaving Fengluoyuan, she turned back into that cautious Xiangming, and she was always bullied by those servants and maids who served the favored nobles.
Until the night before yesterday, it seemed that everything had changed, and when I went out to do errands, those who bullied me before were all vying to apologize to myself, and there were those who paid gifts, but I didn't dare to accept any of them, but I was very happy in my heart, and when I was doing things today, I was not at all troubled by those eunuchs who had a little power. After Xiangming asked around, she learned that the eldest princess was a very powerful cultivator, and she actually went straight to King Jing's Mansion and turned King Jing's Mansion upside down, but King Jing couldn't do anything about the eldest princess. I can't help but wonder how powerful the eldest princess is, even Prince Jing dares to provoke. But Xiangming didn't think much about it, it's good to have a powerful master, no one will dare to bully herself in the future, and the eldest princess is still so kind, although the little boy occasionally plays a little around, but he is also very good to himself, Xiangming feels happy at this moment, and has never been so happy today in sixteen years.
Xiangming came back to his senses, seeing that Jiang Chen was already holding a chicken leg in his hand and gnawing on his mouth full of oil, Jiang Chen also noticed that Xiangming was looking at himself, and was embarrassed to wipe the grease off his mouth with his sleeve, Xiangming hurriedly took out a handkerchief to help Jiang Chen wipe off the grease stains on his mouth, Jiang Chen asked for a large chicken nugget from Yu Chide's hand, handed it to Xiangming and said: "Sister Xiangming, you eat this, it was made by Wei Chide's mother, it is delicious." Stuffed directly into Xiangming's hand and advised: "Eat quickly, eat quickly, it's not delicious when it's cold." ”
I tried to take a bite of the tea, it was really delicious, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, fat but not greasy. While eating, he watched Yue Wujing and the little fat man named Yu Chide grabbing the snacks he made, and the little fat man muttered, "Yue Wujing, you have eaten one more than me." Xiang Ming reminded that there was still a chilled autumn pear paste at the bottom of the food box, and it was almost noon, and the chilled autumn pear paste was just right to dissipate some heat. The food box is also special, with the effect of freshness and heat preservation, the hot will not disperse, and the cold will not melt. Yue Wujing and Wei Chide hurriedly uncovered the lower layer, and sure enough, there was autumn pear paste with cold air, and after handing Jiang Chen a bowl, the two of them each took a bowl, picked up the small spoon and began to eat, praising the deliciousness of the fragrant tea while eating, envying Jiang Chen for having such delicious things every day, and the half-sized fragrant tea was praised by the two children and embarrassed.
And Jiang Chen looked at the autumn pear paste in his hand, but Xiangming didn't, and reluctantly handed his autumn pear paste to Xiangming and said, "Sister Xiangming, you can eat it! I won't eat it, I will eat it badly, and I will be scolded by my mother again." Xiangming looked at the poor Jiang Chen with a smile and said: "It's okay to eat a little, last time you were greedy and ate too much, so you will have diarrhea, you eat quickly!" Jiang Chen heard Xiangming say this, thought about it and said: "Sister Xiangming, then let's eat together, so that I won't have diarrhea if I eat less." ”
Xiangming looked at this six-year-old child and understood what he was thinking, although Zhao Qin'er had never deliberately taught Jiang Chen this, but Zhao Qin'er's usual words and deeds transmitted to Jiang Chen was such a concept, and Jiang Chen had never treated Xiangming as a palace maid in his heart, just as a sister who was a little older than him.
A few children finished their meals and chatted for a while. The enthusiasm at the beginning had also diminished, and he was a little bored, so he proposed: "Let's go play hide and seek! ”
Yue Wujing pursed her lips and said disdainfully: "Childish, you lose every time, it's boring." The little fat man hurriedly retorted: "That's because there are few people, it's not fun, we have a lot of people now, it's definitely fun, you must not find me this time." ”
Yue Wujing said: "Just play, I'll be the first to find you this time, a fool who hides in the same place every time." After Xiang Ming helped the three children down the wall one by one, she also carefully stepped on the ladder and went down the wall, setting the rules, not leaving this garden, a few people started. In the first round, Yue Wujing began to search, Yue Wujing began to count blindfolded, and the other three had already gone into hiding.
Jiang Chen had also played this kind of game with Xiangming before, and he felt bored when he played it, but he rarely played it later, but he was very excited to play it today. Walking in the garden, looking around for a place to hide, walking and walking, I saw a high gazebo in front of me, I thought it was a good place to hide, and hurriedly ran to the gazebo and hid in a corner under the gazebo.
Yue Qianming and Zhao Qin'er walked and chatted, but they also came to this garden and stopped on the pavilion. Yue Qianming heard Zhao Qin'er say so confidently that Jiang Chen would be fine if he was there, and he couldn't help but think of some things back then, and a cloud of anger instantly rose in his heart. In a low and hurried tone, he said: "Then what if you are gone? Have you forgotten how Xue'er died? The wise man must make a mistake in a thousand miles, Zhao Lingwu deceived you with a simple trick to divert the tiger from the mountain, Xue'er was intercepted and killed by Zhao Lingwu's people in order to report to you. You don't want the tragedy of the year to happen again! And Jiang Chen's kid has such a good talent for martial arts, why give up, who said that spiritual cultivation is a broad road, and martial arts cultivation is useless waste...... I practiced so late back then and still have today's achievements, not to mention that Jiang Chen is still young, if I start laying the foundation early, my future achievements will no longer be below me. ”
Yue Qianming was talking angrily, and suddenly noticed that Zhao Qin'er's face suddenly turned pale, but he brought up the past that he shouldn't have mentioned, it was a sad thing that he and Zhao Qin'er shared, and he didn't know how to comfort her. I had to ease my tone and continued: "Actually, after so many years of practice, I feel that the realm of enlightenment is not the end of martial cultivation at all, and I have a strong feeling that the ultimate realm of martial cultivation and spiritual cultivation will end up on the same path. ”
Zhao Qin'er looked at Yue Qianming in surprise, she believed that with Yue Qianming's ingenuity, she would definitely not be untrustworthy, and in order to deceive herself into promising Jiang Chen to become a martial artist, she made up such a lie. Zhao Qin'er carefully understood Yue Qianming's words before she said again: "But even if you want to become a martial artist, I won't look for you, have you forgotten who your teacher is?" And Jiang Chen's situation is very complicated, although we are best friends, there are some things I can't tell you now, I hope you can understand." Both fell silent, each thinking about it.
When Jiang Chen heard the voices of his mother and Uncle Yue talking, he was about to go out to salute and say hello, but when he heard them mention his name, he hid again, wanting to hear what they said. I heard my mother say that my situation is complicated, but I am not very good, what is complicated, the only thing is that I have never seen my father, once I asked, but my mother did not answer herself, only told me that my father is the most affectionate and righteous person in the world, the best husband in this world, the best father, at that time my mother said with tears in her eyes. Since then, Jiang Chen was afraid that his mother would be sad, so he no longer asked about his father.
Jiang Chen listened to what the two of them had finished speaking, and felt that if he went out again now, it would be rude, so he kept hiding under the gazebo, and even his breathing slowed down a lot. Pray that my mother and Uncle Yue will leave quickly. And Zhao Qin'er and Yue Qianming, two cultivators who had cultivated to a high level, fell into their own thoughts, and it was also because this was a safe place that they let down their vigilance, and they didn't even find Jiang Chen hiding on the side.
Zhao Qin'er and the two had no intention of leaving, and the breeze blew the silent pavilion. I only heard Yue Qianming say again: "Of course, my teacher is Master Chen, but although Master Chen is erudite and knowledgeable, he is well-informed. But Master Chen himself is a spiritual cultivator, and he only touches on the matter of martial cultivation, and after Master Chen led me into the path of martial cultivation, I am basically cultivating by myself in the future. If it is said that among the three kingdoms of Jiunaozhou, I, Yue Qianming, said that I am the second person in martial cultivation, and I believe that no martial cultivator dares to admit the first, I am definitely qualified to become Jiang Chen's martial arts teacher, and I can also let him take fewer detours. ”
Zhao Qin'er looked at Yue Qianming's demeanor, and said with a smile: "This is the Yue Qianming I know, arrogant and confident. But Chen'er doesn't necessarily have to become a martial cultivator, and ......" was about to continue, when suddenly a young boy's voice shouted: "Mother, I am willing to become a martial cultivator, and I am willing to practice martial arts with Uncle Yue." ”
This sudden sound startled the two top masters of the Zhao Xin clan, and they hurriedly got up to check, but saw Jiang Chen standing under the pavilion, waving his arms and jumping while shouting.
Zhao Qin'er's face turned cold, and she was about to teach Jiang Chen a lesson, but she heard Yue Qianming say jokingly: "Lingqin, won't you also learn from the old-fashioned old man of my family, and do everything possible to prevent Jiang Chen from learning martial arts!" Zhao Qin'er heard him say this, her face was slightly embarrassed, thinking that when several people were together, they had helped Yue Qianming to denounce Old Man Yue together, and when she remembered what she was like back then, she couldn't help but say angrily: "You care about me." ”
Yue Qianming looked at Zhao Qin'er's little girl posture, couldn't help but smile, and then said with a straight face: "Okay, okay, I don't care about you, but there is one thing I have to say, the world will only remember the strong." History will only write legends, not all living beings. Record bloody battles, and forget that the earth is stained with blood. This is a world of the jungle, the strong will always stand on the top of the mountain and look down on the ants, and only the strong can survive in this world. Looking at Zhao Qin'er who was deep in thought, Yue Qianming knew that she had listened to what he said, paused and said: "And don't forget that you are Zhao Lingqin, the heavenly lady of Zhao Xin's country, once the goal that our generation scrambled to surpass, but now your child is called a waste, are you willing? Do you want your child to be named a waste and live to death?"
Jiang Chen listened to Yue Qianming's words, and felt as if his blood was ignited. Yes, I just want to be a strong person, not a person who does nothing, although I don't know what to do, I can become a martial cultivator, just like Uncle Yue, and Uncle Yue just said that the ultimate state of martial cultivation is not only the realm of enlightenment, it is a path of cultivation that ends with the path of spirituality.
After Zhao Qin'er heard what Yue Qianming said, she couldn't help but think that if the fifth uncle didn't come to the news, what would happen to the spirit sealing array in Chen'er's body? And Chen'er herself, would she really be willing to do nothing for a lifetime? If one day the identity of Chen'er's Heavenly Forsaken was discovered, what would she do? If the Heavenly Apocalypse Hall found out about herself and Chen'er's traces and chased them here, what should she do? If Chen'er was just a weak scholar at that time, and she didn't have the power to protect herself. How should I deal with these situations? There are too many things that linger in Zhao Qin'er's mind, but she never wants to eat this bitter fruit anymore.
Zhao Qin'er looked at Yue Qianming, and then at Jiang Chen, who was nervously waiting for his decision, thinking that since Chen'er's martial arts cultivation ability was valued by Yue Qianming, the spirit sealing array in his body could not be opened except for the fifth uncle, even other divine array masters could not open it, and the bell still needed to be tied to the bell. Now that you have made up your mind, prepare early. She looked back at Yue Qianming again, nodded heavily, and said, "Brother Yue, Chen'er will be handed over to you in the future." He was a little worried: "Don't have an accident when you practice, I saw it when you practiced back then, and I really don't take my life seriously." ”
Jiang Chen saw that after his mother had been thinking about it for a long time, he finally agreed, and he ran to Yue Wujing and Wei Chide to share his joy together, he could finally cultivate like them.
Zhao Qin'er looked at Jiang Chen, who was cheering and leaving, and whispered with a bitter face: "Silly boy, I hope you don't blame me in the future, your Uncle Yue also has a nickname called Yue Ruthless, whether it is for outsiders or for himself, he is really ruthless!"
Yue Qianming looked at Jiang Chen's back with a smile, but thought to himself, "If you can laugh now, you can laugh more! I believe that from tomorrow onwards, your kid will not be able to laugh."