Chapter 162: Rumors Stop at the Wise

Hearing Leng Ruoxue's intercession for the fifth miss, the head of the Ning family smiled indifferently, but before he could speak, the fifth miss of the Ning family couldn't help but roar: "Who wants you to fake kindness!" ”

As soon as she said this, Ning Yuan felt the cold sweat on his body dripping down, and he saw him secretly twitching his eyelids and looking at his ancestor, but he didn't dare to say a word.

No one can understand the temper of his own ancestor until now, it stands to reason that what Xi'er did before was replaced by the ancestor of someone else's family, but I am afraid that he would have been served by the family law for a long time, but his own ancestor did not have much reaction, and let Xi'er mess around, and the ancestor did not speak, and he did not dare to be presumptuous in front of the ancestor, so he could only be in a hurry.

It's a pity that no matter how much he gives Xi'er a look, his niece is unmoved, he is angry, but there is no way at all, although he is the head of the family, but there is an ancestor, where is there room for him to speak.

"Girl! People don't appreciate it! The head of the Ning family was speechless, but the Great Elder spoke for fear that the world would not be chaotic.

Ning Yuan listened to what the Great Elder said, and his heart was extremely depressed, but he didn't dare to reprimand this old man, who let the seniority and status of the family be above him!

"It doesn't matter!" Leng Ruoxue said nonchalantly, but her beautiful eyes looked at Ning Xi'er with a smile.

Ning Xi'er was flustered by Leng Ruoxue's eyes, and said loudly in a hurry: "I want to challenge you!" ”

As soon as she said this, everyone was stunned, and they all looked at Ning Xi'er in disbelief.

Belch! Did they hear it right? How did you get to the challenge? However, many people still unanimously believe in their hearts that Ning Xi'er is crazy, otherwise, how could they challenge Leng Ruoxue?

"Brother! Miss Fifth wants to challenge Sister Ruoxue, what can I do? Ning Shan, who was sitting in an inconspicuous position, asked in a worried whisper, according to the rules of their Ning family, everyone has the right to challenge and the right to refuse, but if he refuses to challenge others, it will be regarded as a sign of cowardice and will be looked down upon, although he has not known Leng Ruoxue for a long time, he does not want Leng Ruoxue to be looked down upon.

"Don't worry, there's still the Ancestor!" Ning Hai chuckled and replied, he was not worried about the challenge of the fifth lady, because her and Ruoxue's strength was not on the same level at all, if the weak side challenged the strong side, and the strong party did not agree, it would definitely be looked down upon, but the current situation is just the opposite, the fifth lady's strength is a god, and Ruoxue is still only an intermediate god, even if Ruoxue refuses, no one can say anything, not to mention, there is an ancestor to support her!

"Hmm!" Ning Shan nodded, his brother's words reassured him a lot.

After Ning Xi'er said this, she couldn't help but be a little angry when she saw that Leng Ruoxue didn't respond for a long time, and at this time, she didn't realize the strange gaze of everyone at all, but glared at Leng Ruoxue viciously and said, "I want to challenge you, don't you dare to accept it?" ”

Leng Ruoxue frowned, looking at the menacing Ning Xi'er, she really didn't know what to say, if she didn't accept her challenge! This woman will definitely be endless, and she is not sure how to arrange herself in private!

However, if she accepted Ning Xi'er's challenge, she was a little reluctant, after all, she didn't want her hole cards to be exposed too early, hmm! What a dilemma!

"Miss Ning, I'm just an intermediate-level god, are you sure you really want to challenge me?" Leng Ruoxue sighed lightly and reminded seemingly helplessly.

"What? Are you scared? Ning Xi'er said very proudly.

"I'm afraid of it, it's just that Miss Ning challenges an intermediate god, and she won't be able to win! Even if you win, I'm afraid there is nothing to show off, if it spreads, there will be many people who think that Miss Ning is a bully, and even worse, maybe they will say that the Ning family's tutor is not good. Leng Ruoxue glanced at her godfather and said with a light smile.

Hearing what Leng Ruoxue said, everyone in the Ning family couldn't help but talk about it one after another...

"Yes! Why is Miss Five acting so recklessly! She opened her mouth. ”

"That's it! How embarrassed is she! ”

"Actually, it's nothing! It's just a competition between the same clans, so you can point to it! ”

Soon, everyone formed two distinct opinions, but, after all, they just wanted to see the excitement, after all, one is the favored fifth lady in the family, and the other is the goddaughter of the ancestor, how topical is this!

"It's just a discussion, if you're afraid, just say it, why bother to push back." Ning Xi'er listened to the discussion of the clansmen and said, her beautiful face was full of provocation and contempt.

"You think I'm scared?" Leng Ruoxue raised her eyebrows lightly, and said a little speechlessly.

"If you're not afraid, you can agree!" Ning Xi'er said loudly.

"Is there any benefit to saying yes?" Leng Ruoxue chuckled.

"The benefits? What benefits do you want? Ning Xi'er couldn't help but say angrily, although she was very angry in her heart, but her purpose was to get Leng Ruoxue to agree to her challenge, so she had to endure the great anger, so as not to waste her previous efforts.

"Gotta have a little bit of a lottery! I'm not in vain with others. "The cold clouds are light and the wind is light, as if he is talking about other people's business.

"Good! If I lose, the storage ring and its contents are all yours. Ning Xi'er was ruthless and gritted her teeth.

Who knew that after she finished speaking, Leng Ruoxue just glanced at her lightly, and didn't say anything at all, which couldn't help but make her anger come out again.

"Plus this storage bracelet, there are a lot of good things in it, this is always okay!" Ning Xi'er took out a red storage bracelet again, and said viciously, she can be regarded as having made a lot of money, but she is not worried, because no matter how much she has a lot, it will still be hers when she arrives at Zuihou, and she is sure that Leng Ruoxue will not take it away.

"Miss Ning, let me see what's in there! Otherwise, how would I know if it was empty, or if it was just a pile of garbage! Leng Ruoxue made it clear that she didn't believe her.

"Good!" Ning Xi'er was furious.

Then, she heard a bang, and all the things in the storage ring were taken out by her and displayed in front of everyone, everyone couldn't help but gasp a few times when they saw it, and many people muttered in their hearts, Miss Fifth is really rich! That's a lot of good stuff.

"You've never seen any of these things, have you? Would you like me to explain it to you? Ning Xi'er smiled proudly, pointed to a pile of colorful spars and said, "These are all top-grade spars of various attributes. ”

"And this is the green lotus fruit, one of the most expensive fruits in the divine realm!" She said with another green fruit in her hand.

"This jade bottle contains a nine-turn soul rejuvenation pill, even if it is a dead person, after eating this nine-turn soul rejuvenation pill, it will immediately jump alive." Ning Xi'er continued.

Watching her introduce the items in the ring one by one, Leng Ruoxue couldn't help but sneer in her heart, alas! What an idiot! I don't know the truth that wealth is not exposed, she has no scruples to expose all her family background, even if those things are still in her hands, I am afraid that she will not be at peace, because she has seen a lot of greedy eyes.

After a long time.

The smile on Ning Xi'er's face became deeper and deeper, and her eyes became more provocative when she looked at Leng Ruoxue, and after that, she spoke again: "How is it?" These jackpots are good, right? You've probably never seen so many good things! ”

"I haven't seen it, since Miss Fifth is so sincere, then I will accept your challenge." Leng Ruoxue smiled lightly and said, although the good things in Ning Xi'er's eyes are nothing in her eyes, but since they were sent to the door on their own initiative, then don't want them in vain, and even if she doesn't want them, I'm afraid that Ning Xi'er won't be able to keep those things.

"Humph! Count you as acquaintances! Ning Xi'er's mood improved.

"Fifth Miss! I don't know how you compare this challenge? Leng Ruoxue asked with some curiosity.

"Best of three games!" Ning Xi'er said bluntly.

"Playing three rounds? Can I get someone to help? Leng Ruoxue asked calmly.

"Of course not!" Ning Xi'er hurriedly denied it, but she couldn't help but think in her heart, if you can find someone to help, then what are you fighting with?

"Can you use beasts?" Leng Ruoxue continued to ask.

"Not either!" Ning Xi'er couldn't help but yell, damn it! Why does this woman have so many problems!

"Fifth Miss! You still tell me, you can do anything! Leng Ruoxue changed her question.

"It's just the two of us!" Ning Xi'er gritted her teeth.

"Oh!" Leng Ruoxue pretended to understand.

"Miss Leng, I don't know what color you can come up with." At this time, the second elder, who had been speechless, suddenly spoke.

"I'm very poor, and I really can't get a lottery head equivalent to Miss Five, but my godfather is rich! If I lose, he'll help me out. Leng Ruoxue said very confidently, but her words made the second elder speechless.

Of course, the second elder was angry, because Leng Ruoxue's godfather was the head of their Ning family, and the money of the head of the family was not the Ning family's? Therefore, Leng Ruoxue is equivalent to not taking out any color heads, empty gloves white wolf.

However, what made him feel a little comforted was that Leng Ruoxue couldn't win, after all, the strength was there!

And Ning Xi'er had the reminder of the second elder, only to suddenly find that Leng Ruoxue was not brilliant, although she was very sure that Leng Ruoxue couldn't take away her own things, but she couldn't let Leng Ruoxue not have any blood at all!

When she heard Leng Ruoxue say that she was poor and had nothing of value, although she was a little depressed, she was more proud, because it was what she expected.

However, later, when she heard Leng Ruoxue say that her ancestor would make this lottery for her, she couldn't suppress her jealousy, so she asked without thinking about it: "Ancestor, is Miss Leng's lottery really from you?" ”

"Hmmm! I'll come out. The head of the Ning family nodded, and then he said: "Since you challenged Xue'er girl, I won't stop you, but just the two of you can't enjoy the competition, so it's better to advance the family competition in half a year!" The time is set for seven days, and you are all ready to prepare. ”

The words of the head of the Ning family, one stone stirred up a thousand waves, making many people in the Ning family who were not prepared a little dumbfounded, originally, they still had half a year to prepare well, but who knew that because of Ning Xi'er's challenge, they also had to compete in advance, which couldn't help but make many people resentful of Ning Xi'er, however, because of Ning Xi'er's identity, they just dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak.

"The head of the house! Isn't it good to advance the family competition? A lot of people are out there! I won't be able to come back in seven days. The second elder couldn't help but remind.

"How many of them are traveling?" The head of the Ning family asked lightly.

"This..."The second elder was a little speechless, how would he know that there were a few people who were traveling outside! Those people leave their homes and don't necessarily tell him.

"Since the second elder is not clear, then the family competition will be set for seven days later, and all eligible clansmen can participate, regardless of direct or collateral lineage, all of them will be treated equally." The head of the Ning family announced loudly.

The words of the head of the Ning family made many of the clansmen present excited.

"Brother! I can also participate in the family competition! Ning Shan said very excitedly, and his excited little face turned red.

"Hmm." Ning Hai nodded, and he was also very happy for his younger brother in his heart.

However, some people are happy and some are worried, which is good news for the side family, but it is not at all the same thing in the ears of the direct family.

"The head of the house! It's not in order, right? The second elder asked cautiously, in the past family competition, only the direct family could participate, and the side family did not have this opportunity, and many direct family members looked down on the side line, and even used them as slaves.

"The rules are dead, people are alive, and the people of the side clan are also the descendants of my Ning family, why don't they follow the rules?" The head of the Ning family sneered.

"What the head of the family said is right, there are also many elites among the side clansmen, we should give them a chance." An elder chimed in.

"Third Elder, the matter of the family competition will be left to you." The head of the Ning family commanded, the third elder in his mouth, that is, the elder who had just attached him, however, the second elder obviously still did not agree, but he could only have a dark face and did not raise objections.

After that, the so-called reception banquet continued, although it was not too harmonious, and Ning Xi'er also said cool words from time to time, but she was ignored by Leng Ruoxue Hongguoguo, and she ate the food in front of her wholeheartedly, and really did not say anything.

After the difficult reception banquet ended, Leng Ruoxue immediately flashed and locked herself in the room without asking about anything, even the head of the Ning family wanted to see her, but she was closed.

The head of the Ning family, who had not seen anyone, was uneasy in his heart, woo... Cher can't be angry with him, right? Is it to blame him for not supporting her at the reception banquet? Actually, he deliberately ignored it, and Ren Ning Xi'er made a fuss, because he felt that the life at home was a little dull and wanted to have some fun, besides, he wouldn't really let people bully Xue'er, if Ning Xi'er was too much, he would definitely not follow, but he believed that Xue'er would not suffer.

Returning to his residence, he sat on the stone chair in the courtyard with a depressed butt, the head of the Ning family didn't say a word, and the great elder couldn't help but smile when he saw him like this: "What? Haven't seen Xue'er again? She must be angry with you, you are still the head of the house! It's so useless to not even manage your own offspring! ”

"How can I not take care of my offspring?" When the head of the Ning family heard this, he shouted at the top of his voice.

"Did you take care of that Ning Xi'er?" The Great Elder raised his eyebrows and said with a wicked smile.

"Of course." The head of the Ning family said viciously.

"Can it be managed, does she dare to make trouble at the banquet?" The Great Elder asked with a look of surprise.

"It's two different things to manage it and not to manage it, I just deliberately let her make trouble at the banquet, can't I?" The head of the Ning family widened his eyes and said indignantly.

"Okay! This is your Ning family's territory, of course, you can do whatever you want, but it's hard to say whether Xue'er will let you succeed or not. The Great Elder smiled at Mimi, in fact, he also wanted to see the excitement, but he didn't know if Xue'er would give them this opportunity.

"Didn't Xue'er agree to Ning Xi'er's challenge?" The Ning family is the main road.

"By the way, are you really going to put the two of them against each other? Xue'er is an intermediate god! The Great Elder said with some concern.

"Xue'er agreed to this by herself, and it has nothing to do with me, but since she agreed, she must be sure!" The head of the Ning family didn't know the bottom in his heart, and he couldn't see Leng Ruoxue if he wanted to, so he was also a little irritable in his heart.

At this time, he was not the only one who was annoyed, after the banquet was over, Ning Xi'er, who consciously made a big show at the banquet, was called into the study by Ning Yuan and reprimanded him fiercely, which also made Ning Xi'er's hatred for Leng Ruoxue deeper.

After Ning Xi'er returned to the room, she smashed all the items in the room, and the two maidservants beside her were also poisoned and bruised all over her body by her, but she still felt resentful.

After Ning Yuan had trained Ning Xi'er, he went to the forbidden land of the back mountain to ask the ancestor for his guilt, as for what he and the head of the Ning family had discussed, no one knew, and after he left the forbidden land, he did not talk about it.

Time passed day by day, in the past few days, rumors suddenly circulated in the main house of the Ning family, and this rumor was naturally about Leng Ruoxue, some people said that Leng Ruoxue was spoiled and spoiled, and did not put the Ning family in his eyes, some people said that Leng Ruoxue was cruel by nature and always abused the maidservants, and some people said that Leng Ruoxue was going to replace Ning Yuan and Ning Haoqian and become the master of the Ning family, and the reason for all this was naturally because the head of the Ning family attached great importance to Leng Ruoxue.

However, the more outrageous rumors spread, the more uneasy the Ning family became.

In the Ning family's council room, Ning Yuan and the elders gathered.

"Elders, just say something!" Ning Yuan had a headache, and looked at the elders who were sitting with unkind faces, in fact, he knew what these elders wanted to say, but he had no other way than to pretend to be confused.

"On behalf of the head of the family, there has been a rumor in the family recently, I don't know if you know?" After a while, an elder asked.

"Since it's just a rumor, I don't know what it matters!" Ning Yuan's calm and calm way obviously didn't take it seriously.

"On behalf of the head of the family, how can it be okay? You're about to be replaced, aren't you worried? Elder Nineteen roared incredulously.

"Nineteen Elders! You don't want to listen to the wind is the rain, this unremarkable thing is also taken to say, if it is known by the clan, what will be the consequences, have you thought about it? Ning Yuan's face sank, and he said with some displeasure, no one would want to hear this kind of words, but what the Nineteenth Elder said was like the truth, how could this not make him angry.

"Patriarch, there is no wind and no waves! I think you have to be cautious about this matter, how can our Ning family be handed over to an outsider! Where will this put so many of our people! Elder Nineteen said loudly with a sad and indignant expression.

"Nineteen Elders! Don't talk nonsense, it's just a shadowless thing, keep your mouth shut, if you're letting me hear something like this from your mouth, don't blame me for being unkind! Ning Yuan roared loudly.

"Acting family master, I'm not worried about you! If you don't appreciate it, forget it, why are you still threatening me! Elder Nineteen's face was full of grievances.

"Just mind yourself, I don't need you to worry! If the head of the family thinks that I am not taking advantage of my job and wants to replace me, I have no opinion! Ning Yuan said coldly, he really hates this kind of person who is under the banner of Haode for him, afraid that the world will not be chaotic, and wants to fish in troubled waters.

"That's great! If the old ancestor wants to replace me, the young master, I don't have any opinion! At this moment, a cold voice came from the door, and then, a tall, tall figure appeared in the council chamber.

"Hao, you're back!" Ning Yuan saw Ning Haoqian and said happily.

"Greetings to the Acting Family Heads and Elders." Ning Haoqian saw the people sitting and bowed slightly.

"Young master! Did you hear the rumors? Seeing that the future head of the Ning family had returned, Elder Nineteen hurriedly asked, this Ning Haoqian and Ning Yuan are different, Ning Yuan is only the acting head of the family, although the head of the family has given him a lot of rights, however, he can't be the master of many things, and Ning Haoqian is the heir chosen by the head of the family, and the future Ning family will also be handed over to him, so he very much hopes that Ning Haoqian can pay attention to this matter.

"I heard you!" Ning Haoqian said concisely, and the expression on his face was very calm.

"Young master! We must pay attention to this matter, in case this matter is true, you and the position of the acting head of the family will not be guaranteed. Elder Nineteen reminded.

"If this is true, what is the Nineteenth Elder going to do? Can you still influence the thoughts of your ancestors? Ning Haoqian said with a smile.

"Then we can't do nothing! If the head of the family really wants to hand over the Ning family to an outsider, we must unite all the clansmen to oppose this matter, and the Ning family must not be surnamed Leng! The Nineteenth Elder roared indignantly.

"So, you're planning to go against your ancestors? You dare to oppose everything that the ancestors decided, what a commendable courage! Ning Haoqian said with admiration, for this nineteen elders who don't have long brains, he is really speechless, this rumor is clearly trying to sow discord, if it is him, it will be a joke and forget it, but these elders who are full of food and support have discussed it as if it were a matter, if this is to let the ancestors know, and their good?

"Young master! You can't wronged me! How dare I go against my ancestors! I just don't want the Ning family to belong to outsiders! I am the most loyal to the Ning family! "Nineteen elders expressed their hearts.

"You take a rumor so seriously, and dare to say that you don't want to go against your ancestors?" Haven't you heard the phrase 'Rumors stop at the wise'? Are you all a bunch of pig brains? Ning Haoqian looked around at everyone and scolded unceremoniously.

"Young master! How can you say that about us? Which of us is not your elder? When the second elder heard what Ning Haoqian said, he said with a little displeasure.

"Second Elder! As an elder, you should lead by example, you elders can care so much about such a thing, if this is spread out, what will those ordinary clansmen think? Do you want to see our Ning family disheartened? Ning Haoqian asked unceremoniously.

"Young master, you misunderstood, we didn't take this rumor seriously, we were just discussing how to stop this rumor from spreading." The second elder chuckled.

"So, did I mishear what Elder Nineteen meant?" Ning Haoran sneered, and a pair of starry eyes stared at the Nineteenth Elder.

"Yes, the young master misunderstood." Under the stares of Ning Haoqian and the second elder, the nineteenth elder changed his words very spinelessly, woo... Everyone's hearts are obviously the same as what he thinks, but now no one dares to echo him, causing him to become a bird, what is this! This grievance in his heart!

"Since I misunderstood, then I hope that everyone will not mention this matter in the future, otherwise if it reaches the ears of the ancestors, no one will have good fruit to eat." Ning Haoqian reminded.

"The young master is right, what is the matter! After all, rumors are just rumors, we don't care about them, and slowly and naturally fade away. Ning Yuan also said.

"Let's all disperse!" Ning Haoqian proposed.

"Hmm!" The elder in the room nodded, and then stood up and left the council hall, while Ning Yuan came to Ning Haoqian and looked him up and down before he spoke: "Haoqian came back for the family competition, right?" ”

"Yes! The ancestor said he wanted me to be a judge. Ning Haoqian said with a faint smile.

"The ancestor took in a goddaughter, do you know about this?" Ning Yuan asked again.

"Know! The ancestor told me. Ning Haoqian said truthfully.

"Oh! The girl was very beautiful. Ning Yuan didn't have anything to say.

"I heard what the ancestor said, uncle, what do you want to say to me, don't beat around the bush." Ning Haoqian said with some amusement.

"Go see Xi'er! She's your sister after all. Ning Yuan sighed lightly and said, in fact, he still had a word that he hadn't said, that is, after this competition, what kind of fate Ning Xi'er would have, he couldn't predict, so he was very uneasy! After all, Ning Xi'er was the child he had loved for so many years, and he really didn't want to see her go on a different path.

"Uncle! You are mistaken! My mother only gave birth to one child, and I don't have a sister! Ning Haoqian said a little coldly, and after speaking, he turned around and left the council hall.

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