Chapter 635: Succession
The series of farces came to an end for the time being, and the little fat man, who was the most likely to cause trouble, also left the scene with Li Chongming, who had fainted, and it seemed that he would not come back for a while and a half, and he also accompanied Ye Guanghan in the past, Yue Qianqiu only felt refreshed. And the disciples of the Xuandao Hall and the boys and girls of the Wuying Pavilion all breathed a sigh of relief, and regained the vigor of the young people.
After thanking Du Bailou who helped Yan Xu take Lin Changshi down, Yue Qianqiu coughed and said, "After being delayed by this repeatedly, it's almost noon, do you want to eat lunch first and then continue, or ......?"
Before he finished speaking, Yan Xu had already turned back with a straight face, and interrupted angrily: "One blow, then decline, three and exhaustion, the progress has been disrupted by this guy who is making waves, if it is delayed again, maybe there will be some moths!" Anyway, I don't have so much red tape in my Xuandao Hall, it only takes a while to end, and it's not too late to sacrifice to the Five Organs Temple when it's over! ”
Yan Xu's crisp and neat words immediately attracted a burst of laughter. Old lady Yue pointed at people and scolded with a smile: "You, you, you are already General Xuanlong, remember not to put this set out in the officialdom in the future, simple and rude!" ”
"Xuanlong Si is going to do it against the Beiyan spy with a real knife and a gun, what I want is to be sharp and accurate, and I don't bother to talk to those officials in the DPRK who keep saying benevolence, righteousness and morality, what's wrong with being simple and rude?" In the end, in the face of the old lady Yue, Yan Xu turned the already very unkind words a little, "Not everyone is as reasonable as you." ”
Even Yue Qianqiu was amused by Yan Xu's last sentence, and the emperor laughed even more: "Yue Qing, listen, scolded a bunch of people and didn't forget to pat your ass in the end." Okay, let's toss it up to him and see how he passes on the throne to Qianqiu! ”
Yan Xu's face turned pale. He strode to the center, and saw that Yue Qianqiu had left the emperor's side and hurried to him, he pulled himself and glanced at him, and the apprentice who had been teaching civil and military affairs for many years and treated him wholeheartedly like a son habitually patted his shoulders and arms, and then changed his face.
"Qianqiu, kneel, Master has a few last words to say to you!"
Except for the time of apprenticeship, the relationship between Yue Qianqiu and Yan Xu over the years is completely different from that of traditional master and apprentice, slapsticks and jokes are the most common, even when he went to pay New Year's greetings to Yan Xu, he never knelt, but at this moment the situation is different. Yue Qianqiu immediately put away the little freedom and indecency in the past, and knelt down solemnly in front of Yan Xu.
"Xuandaotang is different from the upper three gates like Shaolin Emei Qingcheng, and it is also different from the middle six gates like the Rejuvenation View Chasing Wind Valley, and it is not a martial arts master who founded Xuandaotang, but a group of veterans who are too old, riddled with injuries, and retired from the battlefield, and are quite old in the eyes of others. But they not only have ambition and pride, but they are also unwilling to put aside their martial arts. On top of that, they still have a group of orphans to support. ”
Yan Xu paused, then raised his voice and said: "So, the Xuandao Hall back then was not so much a martial arts sect, but a group of veterans who licked their wounds and helped each other. Later, Emperor Youdi of the Wei Dynasty liked to watch martial arts competitions, and the veterans brought the disciples they taught, who were actually the nephews of Pao Zezi, and wanted to go to Beijing to ask for some comfort. ”
"I also know that no matter how well the Mo knife is used on the battlefield, most of them fail miserably when fighting one-on-one. Finally, there was a talented person who entered the royal competition after a bloody battle, but he also angered the Youdi because he said the wrong thing, so he was killed on the spot. Because of this incident, the Xuandao Hall was completely disappointed in that tyrannical and unscrupulous faint monarch, so he followed Emperor Taizu of this dynasty to raise troops against his mother! ”
Yan Xu, who was from a noble background, suddenly came out with such a foul word, Yu Jianzhong frowned, but everyone else felt very kind, even the eldest princess of Dongyang looked at her son who had already started a family, and she always had a proud smile on her face.
Speaking of this past, even if he had never been on the battlefield and did not have a strange knife in his hand, Yan Xu stood there, thinking about the poem of Jin Ge Iron Horse relayed by Yue Qianqiu, and his body naturally exuded a soaring murderous aura.
"As for the old thing that after the launch of the Martial Arts Record, the Xuandao Hall was suppressed to the point of almost being removed from the list like other sects, I really don't bother to say it. Qianqiu, I just want you to remember that the Xuandao Hall is not a one-person Xuandao Hall, after so many years, I don't know how many generals have come out of the Xuandao Hall, but I don't know how many outstanding disciples have died in battle! ”
"The Xuandao Hall's most capable whirlwind eighteen styles, placed in other sects, may just be worth seeing, but it is a way out of the veterans' slashing on the battlefield!"
"You and I are both from the nest of wealth, different from most veterans, but the master passed on the Xuandao Hall to me, definitely not only because his apprentices refused to take the mess, but because he felt that I was born in wealth, but I have a heart that can understand and understand the suffering of the people, and I feel that I am willing to spend effort and time to redeem a mess! As it turned out, he was not wrong! Although Wu Renyuan didn't overturn that son of a bitch alone, at least I did my best! ”
Hearing this, not only the emperor's face was moved, but even the disciples of the Xuandao Hall on both sides, the young girls of the Wuying Pavilion, and many of them had red circles in their eyes unconsciously. Even though the black dogs of the former Chief Arrest Department of the Criminal Department have been liquidated and their style of acting has changed greatly, they still can't forget the dark years they have experienced.
Especially Liu Fangyuan and Dai Zhanning, although they are grateful to Yan Xu for helping to wash away the stigma on their fathers and pull the once removed Xuandaotang out of the sludge again, but they always feel that Liu Jingxuan and Dai Jinglan gave up their positions as heads, and there seems to be a little bit of a taste of inflammation, and now they finally fully understand that their fathers are serving the kind of passion and blood in Yan Xu's bones.
No matter how cold the world is, the blood is still not cold!
And said a lot of things that were not confided in front of people in the past, Yan Xu took a deep breath, and then said in a deep voice: "After Xuandaotang was removed from the list back then, there was no industry left. The land of the Xuandao Hall on the stone mountain is given by the emperor, valuable but not transferable, the only thing of value, that is, the two hundred acres of thin fields allocated by the emperor, the grain collected is probably enough for more than 100 people to eat rice a year, and the expenses have to be posted by the head of the house, Qianqiu, are you willing to take over this burden of losing money or not? ”
"I do." Yue Qianqiu burst out three words without thinking, and then said categorically, "I am willing to be the same as the master, to support those disciples who stay in the Xuandao Hall, do their best for the reputation of the Xuandao Hall all the time, practice martial arts diligently, and think about making meritorious contributions and defending the country!" ”
"Good." Yan Xu's eyes narrowed with a smile, but his tone was still serious, "My three senior brothers were unwilling to take over the mess of the Xuandao Hall back then. One is now in the Shu Palace, the deputy head of the palace guard, pampered and pampered, and the other is the first-class head catcher of the Dingzhou Branch of the General Arrest Department of the Criminal Department, and he has a good life, and none of them want to offend me, so I will pass it on to you, and they will not have any opinions. ”
Yue Qianqiu had heard Zhou Jiyue mention that his master ancestor Yun had three disciples, but Yan Xu rarely mentioned it, so he naturally wouldn't ask. And Yan Xu mentioned two who would not oppose at this time, which means that there must be one more opposition next. Sure enough, the next moment, he only heard Yan Xu laugh.
"As for my third brother, he is a good one. At the beginning, the Xuandao Hall was removed from the martial arts record, and Senior Brother Liu and Senior Brother Dai were framed and had to live in Beiyan, he felt that instead of guarding a dying Xuandao Hall, it was better to go to the battlefield and fight and pull the Xuandao Hall back with merit. He started as a pawn, fought more than 100 bloody battles, and finally hung the title of capital eunuch, but in the end, he still stumbled and spilled blood, leaving orphans and widows. ”
"I wanted to take my brother's family over, but the mother and son didn't want to. The kid you should call Senior Brother even said that the Xuandao Hall should be his father's, and he will definitely take it back with his own strength in the future. So, I only asked people to take care of them, but I never mentioned it, but I don't know that one day, you may have a challenger. If you lose, don't think I'm going to back you up then! ”
Yan Xu, who has always been the most protective and regards his apprentice as almost heavier than his son, actually said this, the emperor was very surprised, and what surprised him even more was what Yue Qianqiu said with a smile.
"Thank you, Master, for telling me that there will be an opponent in the future. In life, if you are as lonely as snow, what is the meaning of having no opponent? Don't worry, if Senior Brother comes to Xuandao Hall in the future, I will definitely treat him well! If you can't convince people with virtue, then convince people with strength! ”
"Hahahaha!"
Yan Xu finally laughed heartily. After laughing, he took a deep breath and shouted like thunder: "Yue Qianqiu, I will pass on the position of the head of the Xuandao Hall to you here today, from now on, you will be the ninth generation of the head!" You should abide by the rules, teach the younger generations, set an example, and never forget your original intention! The Heroic Spirit Monument that I couldn't complete in my hands, the disciples who didn't fully grow up, and the Xuandao Hall that didn't convince everyone in the world will all be handed over to you! ”
Since Yan Xu was so violent, Yue Qianqiu also replied with full luck: "Yes, the disciple must do his best to be the head of this sect and live up to the expectations of the master and the predecessors of the past generations!" ”
The master and apprentice replied as if they were talking to each other, and the other people who were caught off guard were almost taken aback. And that kind of experience like thunder in his ears is the first time for the emperor, who has never seen his courtiers speak carefully. Seeing that Jin Cancan on the right seat on the side even instinctively covered his ears, Xiao Jingxian also covered Pei Bao'er's ears, and he couldn't help but sigh.
When Yan Xu stretched out his hand to help Yue Qianqiu, the emperor smiled and asked, "Qianqiu, because I came to see the excitement today, your disciples of the Xuandao Hall have been assigned to guard and defend everywhere, and I haven't seen you take over the responsibility of being in charge." Are you, the new leader, going to gather them and say something encouraging, or promise? ”
"I'm a person who likes to do things, not to talk." Yue Qianqiu replied confidently, but immediately attracted a few ridicules, seeing that it was Ling Zhu'er and Xiao Jingjing, as well as Song Pujia and Zijia, he was not annoyed, and said with a smile, "Although I can say that I have won many verbal battles, but in Xuandaotang, I have always done more than I said." ”
Although Yan Xu said that he paid for it, the specific spending arrangement, that is, how to spend the money, had always been done by him, and he also found the account room through the Qin family. Because of this, before Yan Xu passed on the throne to him, in the minds of the disciples of the Xuandao Hall, he, the head disciple, had always been equivalent to acting as the head of the sect!
"Well, I'll see what you do when you turn around!" The emperor pushed the handrail and stood up, only then did he glance at the people on the left and right, and smiled happily, "Today is the Lantern Festival, and you are not comfortable with the pestle here." When you see the lantern tower that Qianqiu promised you at night, you will also go to the city tower with me to take a look at the sea of peaceful lights in Jinling City! ”
Such an invitation was naturally an honor for everyone, and everyone stood up to thank them for a while. And the old lady Yue, who stood up with the emperor, didn't say anything to Yue Qianqiu, and the smile on his face was especially kind, as if he was just a grandfather who watched his grandson grow up and was satisfied. On the contrary, Yu Jianzhong, who had regarded Yue Qianqiu as a candidate for niece and son-in-law earlier, had a somewhat complicated look.
Even if the emperor had seen such a letter beforehand, after all, the stakes were so high that most people would have a bittersweet feeling in their hearts. Now the emperor insists that the letter is fanning the flames, which is equivalent to personally protecting Yue Qianqiu, so trusted, he almost wants to wonder if Yue Qianqiu is the illegitimate son of the emperor and the Empress of Beiyan!
As everyone sent to the mountain gate, the emperor took the two prime ministers to leave, and Chen Wuliang, who was walking at the end, smiled and gestured to Yue Qianqiu to take care of himself, and the atmosphere around him was obviously relaxed. Although there are two noble figures such as the eldest princess of Dongyang and Xiao Jingxian, the king of Jin, both of them are familiar to everyone, and they laughed for a while.
The little monkey, who has always been lively, even shouted: "Brother Yue Jiu, the emperor has come all the way over, and you don't even invite a meal, isn't it too economical?" ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone suddenly fell silent, and immediately after, Yan Xu shouted: "Why didn't you say it earlier!" ”
Yue Qianqiu even covered her head and smiled bitterly: "I was stunned by Master's impassioned words, and I obviously mentioned lunch just now!" It's over, the emperor will definitely say to his grandfather on the way, looking at the stingy appearance of the master and apprentice, even if the Xuandao Hall is a bottomless pit that needs to be filled with his own money, he won't lack us a meal, right? ”
Hearing this, everyone who was stunned or surprised just now all laughed for a while. The eldest princess of Dongyang was even more disgusted: "You have the kung fu to say this useless strange thing, it's better to chase it quickly!" Let the emperor remember you pair of misers because of this, don't think about having a good life in the Xuandao Hall in the future! ”
"Then Master, I'm going now?" Yue Qianqiu smiled, glanced at Yan Xu as if he was asking, and when he saw that he was about to fight, he immediately chased him out. When he left, the little monkey who was not originally meant to remind him couldn't help but scratch his head in the laughter of everyone and asked in a low voice, "The emperor won't be really angry, right?" ”
The one who answered his words was Xiao Jingxian's smile.
"If the emperor really wanted to stay, and others didn't say it, Yue Xiang would have reminded him a long time ago. Qianqiu chased him out at this time, not so much to keep it enthusiastically, but to take the opportunity to slap the horse, and he couldn't suffer a loss. It's General Yan, it's noon, you don't have compassion for us who have your chest against your back, you should also be sympathetic to those disciples of Xuandao Hall who got up early and didn't sleep well and still got up to patrol mentally. Besides, are you going to let the disciples go to the Jin Ge Hall hungry to meet Qianqiu, the head of the food and clothing parents? ”