Five or six succeeded to the throne

In the Red Lotus Cultivation Lotus Pond, a circle of boxy dry firewood was neatly stacked, and Ma Qingxue lay on it peacefully, as if she was asleep. Around the lotus pond, Cheng Shilong and his cadres were dressed in black, holding red lotuses made of paper, and they were all in mourning. Ma Qingxue did not return overnight, and when she was found, she was already a cold corpse, Cheng Shilong had red eyes at that time, his teeth were about to be crushed, and he kept saying that he wanted to find the murderer and avenge the holy aunt, several hall masters were in tears, crying so much that they wanted to turn their backs, and for a while, the Red Lotus Sect was full of hatred and hatred, shouting "revenge". Cheng Shilong asked for a long time, everyone only knew that Ma Qingxue left in a hurry after receiving a letter, and no one knew who she wanted to see? Who sent this letter? And Ni Hongshang just accidentally glanced at the line on the letter: "The flowers on the cherry blossom platform are like snow", and I don't know anything else. Everyone searched for the scene, but they found nothing. Cheng Shilong and the others had to prepare to take care of Ma Qingxue's afterlife, and then carefully investigate who committed the murder.

Cheng Shilong stood in front of the Lotus Pond, suddenly looking a few years older, he stepped forward, threw the Red Lotus into the Lotus Pond, and said in a low voice: "Holy Aunt rest assured, we will definitely carry forward the Red Lotus Sect, and I will also kill the murderer with my own hands." As he spoke, tears fell one after another.

Everyone also stepped forward one after another, throwing the red lotus into the lotus pond, and for a while, Ma Qingxue seemed to be lying on top of the red lotus. Among this group of people, Hu Yangxue and Duan Qinglian cried the most sadly. Everyone knows that Ma Qingxue, Hu Yangxue, and Duan Qinglian all grew up in Siling Mountain since they were children, and their friendship is deep. Although Ma Qingxue and Duan Qinglian were a little rusty because of Shen Chenxu later, after a long time, both of them seemed to have forgotten about this matter and rarely mentioned it again. Hu Yangxue finally cried because she couldn't help herself, and fell into the arms of Bai Bowen next to her, Duan Qinglian's eyes were swollen, and she couldn't stop saying "I didn't understand that sisterhood is the heaviest until the end", shouting loudly to avenge Ma Qingxue, everyone saw it in their eyes and listened to it, they were all sad, and they thought that Ma Qingxue was usually dignified and generous, and she was generous to others, and they all cried bitterly and broke their hearts and intestines.

Ni Hongshang stood in the crowd, also with a burst of sadness, these days with Ma Qingxue day and night, and also knew that she had high hopes for herself, taught herself never to hide herself, and when she was crying, she suddenly heard Cheng Shilong shouting a slogan in a low voice, and everyone quieted down.

I only heard Jackie Shilong say: "

The world is turbid, and life is short.

Suddenly, like morning dew, the red lotus is purified.

The heart moves and the lotus moves, and the body destroys the lotus.

If you don't go, you can't come, no regrets.

Indulge in my body, but also seek benevolence.

Thou hast become a lotus, and thou hast been fortunate in this life. ”

Hongshang knew that this was the Red Lotus Sect's death spell, so he whispered along with everyone: "

The world is turbid, and life is short.

Suddenly, like morning dew, the red lotus is purified.

The heart moves and the lotus moves, and the body destroys the lotus.

If you don't go, you can't come, no regrets.

Indulge in my body, but also seek benevolence.

Thou hast become a lotus, and thou hast been fortunate in this life. ”

In the midst of chanting, someone lit the dry wood with a torch, and in an instant, the raging fire engulfed Ma Qingxue and gradually turned into ashes. Cheng Shilong sent someone to take a jar and put Ma Qingxue's ashes, sent someone to Siling Mountain, and arranged for the believers to visit the next saintess. After doing all this, Cheng Shilong walked up to Ni Hongsheng again, knelt down on one leg, lifted an object above his head, and shouted: "Please Holy Aunt succeed to the throne." Everyone knelt down in unison and shouted in unison, "Please ask the Holy Aunt to succeed to the throne." The voice was loud, like thunder, Hongshang listened to it in his ears, and couldn't help but feel his heart tremble, and then looked at the thing that Cheng Shilong lifted, it was actually a jade carved red lotus, she knew that this was a token of the Red Lotus Sect, if he visited the saint one day, half of them were to be sent to Siling Mountain with the little saint, so he picked up this piece of jade with trembling hands, held it high, and said loudly: "Ni Hongshang will not disgrace his mission." The crowd shouted "Holy Aunt" three times below, and I don't know who shouted "Revenge for the old Holy Aunt", and the following was a response: "Revenge for the old Holy Aunt." Hongshang cleared her throat, and her voice was crisp and loud: "Brothers and sisters in the sect, I promise you that the murderer will be found and cut him with a thousand knives." As soon as she finished speaking, the crowd burst into thunderous applause.

After everyone dispersed, Ni Hongshang followed Cheng Shilong and the four hall masters to the conference hall, and after everyone sat down, Hongshang stood up and saluted the five people, and said to them: "Hongshang is young and not very knowledgeable, please give me a lot of advice and care." ”

The five of them hurriedly stood up, and Duan Qinglian even said: "Holy Aunt is polite, there are many things in the sect, and you are in danger again, but I have to work hard for you." ”

Cheng Shilong nodded and said: "Hall Master Duan is very right, originally according to the convention, after the identity of the Holy Maiden is confirmed, she will follow the Holy Aunt for five years, and today the old Holy Aunt suddenly spread the bad news, and you are bound to have a hard time during this time." When it came to the murder of Ma Qingxue, Cheng Shilong's nose was sour again.

Li Zijian shouted on the side: "Our first priority now is to find out the murderer and avenge the old saint, and now we don't even know who killed the old saint, it's really a nest." ”

Bai Bowen took the words and said: "This thing is also quite strange, okay, how can the holy aunt not stop going to Luoyingtai all the time when she sees that letter, that place is very desolate now, and there is something very beautiful." ”

Ni Hongshang said apologetically: "I also unintentionally saw the sentence 'flowers on the cherry blossom platform are like snow', and I didn't see anything else, if I was careful at the time and could ask the Holy Aunt a few words, maybe we wouldn't be so clueless, or, if I could accompany the Holy Aunt together, maybe there would be no such disaster." ”

Duan Qinglian hurriedly said: "Things came too fast, who would have expected such a thing to happen, don't blame yourself too much." ”

When Ni Hongshang heard her say this, she couldn't help but be grateful, and heard Cheng Shilong say: "I will definitely find out about this matter, now that the Holy Aunt has just succeeded to the throne, there are still a lot of things to do, if you have an order, don't be polite." ”

The six of them discussed some things in the sect together, and before they knew it, the sky was getting dark, Cheng Shilong left Ni Hongshang alone, and the master of the four halls knew that he had something to say, so they went to be busy, Duan Qinglian quietly took Ni Hongsheng's hand when she left, and said in her ear: "I'll look for you another day, don't be polite if you have something, just ask." With that, he walked out the door and disappeared into the night.

Cheng Shilong had already lit the lamp, under the light, he looked haggard, his description was gloomy, and the vicissitudes of life were shown between his eyebrows and eyes, Ni Hongshang saw him in such a situation, and his heart was also sour, and he couldn't help but persuade: "Protector, you still have to mourn by the way, the Holy Aunt has suffered an accident, my qualifications are still shallow, and the Red Lotus Sect is the time for you to bother." ”

Cheng Shilong was about to speak, but suddenly coughed heavily, he quickly covered his mouth with a handkerchief, and coughed for a while before saying, "It's okay, I left you here just to tell you about the situation in the teaching." He looked at Ni Hongsheng and said: "When Mama Bian sent you and Bai Yi to Beijing, the Red Lotus Sect also encountered a major event, and someone sent his subordinates to find me and Shenggu, saying that they would cooperate with the Red Lotus Sect and do a great event that can be recorded in history. My aunt and I sounded like we were going to do something rebellious. That person's methods are also very powerful, and the few things he promised to the Red Lotus Sect have been done properly. But this person has been hiding behind the scenes and never showing up, but a father-in-law Cao in the palace contacted us. My holy aunt and I are in a dilemma, if we disobey that person, once that person is successful, the Red Lotus Sect will definitely have the disaster of extermination, but if we follow that person, if we can't do anything, the Red Lotus Sect will have no place to live. We thought about it, so we made a risky move and sent Bai Yi to sneak into the palace to see what the temperament of today's son was, to see if he could succeed to the throne smoothly, and whether he could be a Ming monarch. You also know that Bai Yi has been out for more than ten days, and in these ten days, it is very dangerous, but fortunately, Bai Yi believes that the prince is benevolent and wise, so he immediately met the prince and reached an agreement with the prince, let's find out the potential person behind the prince for the prince, and help the prince ascend the throne smoothly, and the prince specially gave a token. Now is a critical time in the church, and I don't want the holy aunt to suffer another accident. Cheng Shilong stopped and rested, and then said: "Hongshang, when you first succeeded to the position of the Holy Aunt, you have to take on such a major matter in the sect, which is really difficult for you." ”

Ni Hongshang had never heard of such a secret thing as the Red Lotus Sect, and the more she listened, the more frightened she felt, and after hearing it, she only felt a heavy heart.

Cheng Shilong knew that she was worried, but he still continued: "Now the situation in the sect is more complicated, I suspect that someone has a different intention, when Mama Bian escorted you to Beijing, someone has been ambushing you, as if she wants to take away the half of the Holy Lotus Order, I don't know what intentions are." And the white-clothed undercover East Palace, which was a secret matter in the sect, except for me and Shenggu, no one else knew about it, but it was known by Cao's father-in-law, they first sent someone to assassinate the white clothes, but fortunately, the white clothes changed their appearance and took the 'Qingfeng San', so they did not succeed, but on the way back to the church, the opponent secretly ambushed in the red maple forest, and they actually knew everything about the main altar of the Red Lotus Sect, and knew that the red maple forest was the only way to the main altar. Shenggu personally arranged for people to investigate the mole, but he didn't expect to be killed again. If I'm not mistaken, the Red Lotus Sect's traitors must have colluded with Cao Gonggong and his gang, and the Red Lotus Sect is now suffering from internal and external troubles, and the situation is very complicated. Cheng Shilong said so many words to Ni Hongshang in one breath, and couldn't help coughing again.

Ni Hongshang heard that he was coughing badly, and hurriedly stepped forward, Cheng Shilong waved at her while covering his mouth with a handkerchief, and only said after a while: "It's okay, it's okay." ”

Ni Hongshang waited for him to cough before he said respectfully to him: "Cheng Protector, before Bai Yi left the church, he gave me a special explanation, and now the prince is young and old, and he is both benevolent and wise, and he is really a rare Ming Jun." Although I have seen the ugliness, I also know that the emperor of the world is really a blessing to the people. It's just that now I've just arrived at the main altar, and I'm not familiar with the personnel yet, so I will ask the Dharma Protector for guidance in everything in the future. ”

Cheng Shilong saw that she was sincere, and thought: Although this Shu has a lively temperament, she is still a sensible person, and she has really not been treated in vain in these years in Siling Mountain. When he thought about it, he couldn't help but feel a little more at ease. The two talked for a while, and Ni Hongshang saw that Cheng Shilong looked tired, and hurriedly said goodbye. After she left, Cheng Shilong unfolded the handkerchief, and there was a little red on it, showing that he had coughed up blood just now. He sighed heavily and closed his eyes tiredly.

Jackie Shilong and Ni Hongshang had a careful conversation at the main altar, but they didn't know that in the courtyard of the Wu family in Sankesong Alley in the capital, Duan Qinglian was also talking happily with people. In the main hall of the Wu family's courtyard, it was already brightly lit at this time, and there were two people sitting under the lamp, although one of them looked cold, but the corners of his mouth curved a few smiles, this person was Gonggong Cao, and the person opposite him was Duan Qinglian, who was also smiling, looking determined to win. When the two met this time, they were a little more cordial, just like their own family.

Duan Qinglian stroked her hair with her hand, and said with a smile: "Gong Cao should get the news, the Holy Aunt of the Red Lotus Sect has suffered an accident, right?" ”

Cao Gong couldn't help clapping his palms and praised: "Hall Master Duan is really a good means, it turns out that I was worried that Hall Master Duan would not be able to be the master of the Red Lotus Sect, for fear of misleading my master's major affairs, now it seems that Hall Master Duan is a woman who does not let her eyebrows, and has her own hills and valleys in her chest, but it is a pity that the Red Lotus Sect has made the pearl dusty, if Hall Master Duan had been a holy aunt, the Red Lotus Sect would not have been so committed." After saying this, he asked casually: "I heard that the new Holy Aunt of the Red Lotus Sect was made by the original Holy Maiden Ni Hongsheng. ”

Duan Qinglian said disdainfully when she heard this: "This girl is naïve and reckless, I have been in contact with her a lot, she is a headless and brainless person, and she has been coaxed by me, I will say a few words to her and be obedient, and discipline her to be obedient." She rejoiced and said, "If the white clothes were made into holy clothes, it would be a little difficult, but it happened that the girl was forced to leave the religion by me by my means, but it was not God who helped me." ”

Cao Gonggong said fairly: "My master has done a big thing, and he must not make extraneous branches, the Red Lotus Sect respects the Holy Aunt, and the Holy Aunt can not make mistakes." ”

Duan Qinglian said confidently: "Don't worry, this girl dares to have two hearts, and if she doesn't act according to my words, I still have a backhand." ”

Gonggong Cao nodded, leaned his head over and whispered: "This time, we will make a formal covenant, and when the matter is completed, discipline the Red Lotus Sect will become the state religion of the world, and whatever position you want to be in the Red Lotus Sect will be made." Seeing Duan Qinglian's excitement overflowing, Gonggong Cao said with satisfaction: "The plan of the master's line is four words, sun-set-river-lake......" and then whispered in Duan Qinglian's ear, and Duan Qinglian nodded his head when he heard it.