Chapter 126: Tang Ling
If meeting Tang Ling in Cangzhou was an accident for Xue Yun and Xiao Luo, then hearing or guessing a lot of important news from Tang Ling would be considered an unexpected joy.
Tang Ling and his father Tang Wei are not ordinary Tang family members, but few people in the outside world know about the existence of the Tang family.
When the Xue family in Mianzhou and the Li family in Cangzhou had clearly stood on the opposite side of the Feng family in Zhongzhou, the Tang family did not express their position on the surface, and secretly, Tang Wei and Tang Ling had secretly contacted the Xue family and the Li family on behalf of the Tang family respectively.
The Tang family and the Xue family are in Mianzhou, and it should be the easiest to get in touch, but the Tang family's residence is far away from the Xue family, and after the Xue family's Li family made trouble, the Feng family increased their control over the Tang family, so in the end, the task of contacting the Xue family fell to Tang Wei. Tang Ling is even simpler, originally when he lived on the border of Qiaozhou with his father Tang Wei and his mother Granny Qian, he was a businessman on the surface, and he often traveled back and forth to Cangzhou, and now it is not surprising that he has returned to his appearance at that time and pretended to be a businessman and went to Cangzhou to contact the Li family.
It's just that being able to represent the Tang family at this time can still be accepted by the Xue family and the Li family......
After Tang Ling was initially shocked by their words related to the Jiujing Guardian Family, he was also shocked after seeing Xue Yuan, who hesitated for a moment and condensed the power of the golden origin......
After a long pause, I continued to share the news with them with some emotion.
In Tang Ling's words: You must be worthy of Xue Yuanken's trust in him to show his original power.
Regarding the question of Tang Wei and Tang Ling's identity, Tang Ling answered simply: "The current patriarch of the Tang family is my uncle, my father's half-brother and mother-in-law. ”
Xue Yun was stunned: "I always thought that the Tang patriarch was the only son of the old patriarch......"
Tang Ling sighed: "Since my father insisted on marrying his mother who couldn't practice a few decades ago and settled in other state capitals with her, the Tang family has treated it as if he had no father internally and externally, just like removing the clan. ”
Xiao Luo heard the meaning of Tang Ling's words, and smiled slightly: "But it's just for show?"
Tang Ling also said calmly: "My father and my names have always been on the Tang family tree, but this is just this ...... Before my father and I went back this time, only my grandfather and uncle knew. ”
“...... Guarding against the Feng family?" Xue Yun frowned and tried to connect all the clues and reason: "The Feng family secretly controls the Tang family, and the old patriarch of the Tang family wants one of his sons to be able to get out of this control, so he marries ordinary people......"
"Nope. Tang Ling shook his head: "Or...... That's half right. ”
"Half?"
"Father and Mother...... is sincere, it is also true that he did not hesitate to give up the identity of the Tang family in order to marry his mother. Just at the time...... happened to have another thing, so that the grandfather and uncle, who were not happy at the beginning, pushed the boat down the river and fulfilled their father's wish. ”
"Another ......" Xiao Luo's fingers tapped twice on the table: "It has something to do with that Tang family in Dingyuan City, Yuanzhou?"
Tang Ling sighed deeply when he heard this: "...... You already know so many things related to Jiujing, even Xue Daoyou...... You know that person is the Tang family, and I think he has entered the secret land of Jiujing in Yuanzhou. Even so, I will not hide it from you...... The Tang family is the guardian family of Yuanzhou Jiujing, even if the Tang family moves to Mianzhou. It's just that although the Feng family doesn't look down on the desolation of Yuanzhou, they have a firm grip on the vicinity of the Jiujing Secret Land. And want to be truly ...... To control the land of Jiujing in Yuanzhou, people from the Tang family's bloodline are needed to be used as 'keys'. ”
“...... The Feng family chose Tang ...... Sir?" Now Xue Yun and Xiao Luo are both monks in the Yuan Infant Stage, and their cultivation is a little higher than the current Tang Wei, and the title of "senior" in the past is no longer appropriate.
"Sort of. Tang Ling lowered his eyes: "Rather than their father, it is better to ...... It is the father's child who is chosen. ”
"Uh......" Xue Yun was slightly stunned: "But at that time...... Mr. Tang and Granny Qian are not married yet, you are still ......"
"Is it Mr. Tang's future child?" Xiao Luo interjected and guessed, "The Feng family doesn't want the Tang family's child to be controlled by them to know that he is ...... The Tang family?"
There must be a little contradiction in this statement, but when you think about it, it is extremely logical.
It is also very consistent with the style of the "son" that Xue Yuan and Xiao Luo saw in Dingyuan City, Yuanzhou at that time.
I'm afraid he really regards himself as the Feng family's Rao thoroughly.
So......
The Feng family actually planned to take the child with the blood of the Tang family and become the heir of the guardian of the Jiujing Secret Land under the "operation" of the Tang family......
Only recognize the Feng family.
That's ...... Good abacus.
"Yes, and at the time...... The Feng family wants to marry a concubine and give it to my father. Tang Ling nodded in affirmation of Xiao Luo's guess, and sighed again: "If it weren't for the fact that the uncle, who was not married at that time, was the next candidate for the patriarch of the Tang family, and the patriarch's marriage and heirs could not be controlled by the Feng family, it was the last insistence of the Tang family...... The idea didn't hit my father either. After all, if you want to inherit the identity of the guardian of Jiujing, the tighter the bloodline in the lineage, the better. ”
So at that time, in order to avoid this matter, the old patriarch and current patriarch of the Tang family, Tang Ling's grandfather and uncle, simply agreed to Tang Wei leaving home and marrying and living with an ordinary person. The Feng family, which has been hidden for a long time, later found out that Tang Wei had married an ordinary person and had a son, but Tang Wei still had Tang Wei's mind, but Tang Wei ...... The Feng family, who was more ruthless to himself and worried about his wife and son who continued to be eyeing him on the sidelines, simply took the opportunity to go out to receive support to poison himself, and specially found a few doctors to diagnose and judge that he would not have any more children in this life. Among those doctors, Tang Wei knew that there were people from the Feng family.
After that, Tang Wei, who had lost his use value in the eyes of the Feng family, took his unaware wife and young son away from Mianzhou after "healing from his injuries", and went all the way to the border close to Cangzhou in the west of Qiaozhou to settle down, and lived peacefully for decades.
And the Feng family, who was already impatient to wait any longer, picked another newborn baby from the Tang family.
That is the "son" that Xue Yun and Xiao Luo met in Dingyuan City, Yuanzhou, the arrogant and cruel "son" who used the lives of thousands of people and more than 20 monks, just for curiosity and fun, to test the blood sacrifice soul formation he learned. The "childe" who wanted to escape by the Nine Wells Barrier in Yuanzhou after being kidnapped by them, but was killed by Xiao Luo's Kunwu knife in the secret land of Nine Wells.
Until now, they did not know his name.
Recalling the "son" he had seen at the beginning, surrounded by the monks of the Feng family, and his arrogant appearance, Xue Yun ...... It's a bit embarrassing.
"The 'childe' you've seen, according to ...... It was supposed to be called Tang Jing. What was he called in Feng's house after he was taken away...... I don't know. Tang Ling looked a little complicated and a little depressed: "He suffered this calamity for me, in just a lifetime, he has never lived to understand, and he doesn't even know who his real parents are." When listening to this...... In my heart, I feel quite guilty. ”
“...... I'm sorry. ”
Tang Ling shook his head and didn't get angry: "It has nothing to do with the two Daoists, this is the sin of the Feng family, and it is also the Tang family...... is incompetent, and even his own children and grandchildren can't support it. ”
Tang Ling casually sighed with emotion, quite resentful, and Xiao Luo on the side turned his head to look at Xue Yu who was sitting next to him, sighed in his heart, and reached out to silently hold the palm she placed under the table.
Xue Yuan's hand was warm, and his heart was slightly relieved, and he raised his head and hooked the corners of his mouth at Xiao Luo.
Tang Ling was moved by Tang Jing's experience, and also by the helplessness and sadness of the Tang family under the control of the Feng family for many years, but stopped at Xue Xuan's ear juice...
Xue Yu decided to fake his death and leave the Xue family, also because the Xue family refused to even find out the truth for their own children after Xue Yu's death, and forced Xue Yu's mother, Xue Yu's wife, Li Jinglan, who was born in the Li family in Cangzhou, to be angry and cut herself outside the Xue family ancestral hall.
Those who can't support their children and grandchildren are not only the Tang family, but also the Xue family.
“...... Now that the 'son' is dead, and the 'key' in the Feng family's hands that allows them to control Yuanzhou Jiujing is gone, then the Tang family ......"
Tang Ling nodded: "Yes, the Tang family's descendants have not had newborns in the past few years, which is not in line with the Feng family's previous practice, but it is just ...... It's just that this time the Feng family seems to be in a hurry, forcing the Tang family to push another heir out. Uncle he is different from his grandfather and does not want to ...... anymore Let it be slaughtered, and I don't want to have another tragedy like the one before, so I have been dragging it out to find a way. It just so happened that this time I met Miaozhou and suddenly came out of the Ming Province Valley to directly fight the Feng family, and the Xue family and the Li family also stood up for some reason, and the uncle felt that this was a rare opportunity, so he ...... Let my father, who is the least likely to provoke the attention of the Feng family, contact me and plan a way to deal with the Feng family. ”
Hearing Tang Ling breathe so many things that should have been secret, Xiao Luo suddenly asked:
"Tang Daoyou told us all this......
Tang Ling raised his head and smiled: "The most secret thing in this is the matter of Jiujing, but about Jiujing...... The two Daoists don't seem to know much less than me, and even if I don't, you have guessed the key point, and the rest ...... But I'm adding. ”
"But the Tang family secretly intends to unite the Xue family and the Li family to rebel against the Feng family, and also tells us ......"
Tang Ling said calmly: "Xue Daoyou, isn't it the Xue family?"
“......”
Since Xue Yu faked his death and left the Xue family, he almost never mentioned his identity as a member of the Xue family, and naturally he never wore the identity jade plate of the Xue family on his body. There are also many monks with the same surname as the people of the four great families on the Kyushu continent, not all of them with the surname Xue are from the Xue family, when he faced the question of Qishanhui in Suzhen, Qiaozhou, Xue Yun used such a reason to prevaricate back.
But now, Tang Ling seemed to be very sure that Xue Yun was a member of the Xue family.
But...... Actually, it's not surprising at all, and it's even a little right.
In the eyes of many people on the Kyushu continent, the four great families are only the four families who made great contributions to the peace of the Kyushu continent during the Kyushu catastrophe seven thousand years ago, and most of the children of the four great families only think so. However, the very few core members of the four major families knew that the four of them were also the guardian families of the nine Nine Wells Secret Lands on the Kyushu Continent.
Xue Yuan and Xiao Luo knew about Jiujing, and Xue Yuan had the power of origin that only the heirs of the Jiujing Guardian Family could get, and it had long only existed in the legend. Obviously, Xue Yuan must be the bloodline of one of the Nine Wells Guardian Family.
In addition, Xue Yuan's surname is Xue, and he seems to have some understanding of some of the situation of the four major families......
The answer is almost imminent.
Then Tang Ling's calmness today is not surprising.
Originally, the Tang family wanted to unite the Xue family and the Li family.
And Xue Yuan, who has the power of the origin, usually can't be just an ordinary child, he must be a core disciple of the lineage with a special status and higher status, and he must have personally entered and exited the Jiujing Secret Land.
In this way, telling these to Xue Yuan is actually nothing.
As for Xiao Luo, since he was with Xue Yuan, Xiao Luo, who Xue Yuan knew, knew that he didn't even hide Jiujing's secrets from the other party, so he Tang Ling had nothing to avoid.
Xue Yun had to look at the young man in front of him differently.
I remember the first time we met in the other courtyard outside Suzhen in Qiaozhou, although it was only a few hurried words, but Xue Yuan's impression of Tang Ling was very good, Tang Ling was rare and did not have the kind of rebelliousness of ordinary monks, especially monks of big families, in the face of ordinary people and casual cultivators, he seemed very modest, approachable, affectionate, righteous, and frank.
After today's contact......
Tang Ling looked direct and simple, but in fact, he ...... I have my own calculations in my heart, and my mind is very meticulous.
No wonder......
The patriarch who wanted to come to the Tang family asked Tang Ling to come to Cangzhou alone to talk about such a big matter with the Li family, not just because Tang Ling's identity was special, low-key and unobtrusive, but it was very weighty.
“...... Thanks to the trust of Tang Daoyou. Xue Xuan paused for a while before he took a long breath and spoke, his voice a little astringent: "I will also tell you the truth." I do...... was born in the Xue family in Mianzhou, and was indeed a descendant. ”
“...... Zeng?" Tang Ling easily noticed the unusual wording in Xue Yuan's words.
"There are some reasons. Xue Yuan lowered his eyes, and didn't want to say much about the reason, but only talked about the result: "Now I am no longer from the Xue family in Mianzhou, the Xue of the Xue family in Mianzhou...... Dead. ”
Tang Ling was a little surprised, but quickly calmed down, and seemed to accept this result quickly.
"I won't ask the reason, it's just Xue Daoyou...... It's not in the Xue family, but you're still willing...... Are you an enemy of the Feng family?"
Hearing this, Xue Yun clenched his fists and replied affirmatively, "Of course." ”
Tang Ling smiled: "That...... Tang Ling had nothing to worry about. ”
In fact......
Tang Ling was concerned about Xue Yuan's separation from the Xue family......
I don't know what happened, but Tang Ling felt that maybe this was not the time for the result.