Ye Dan seemed to reprimand the Liu family, and it was considered an explanation to everyone, and the matter ended here.

But Ye Chang didn't think so.

Liu was reprimanded indifferently, in exchange for him to go to the ancestral shrine to take a family beating, for Ye Chang, this is a loss-making business, and he will never do a loss-making transaction.

"The patriarch is generous and benevolent, and has the style of an elder, which is really a model for my Ye family!" First of all, Ye Chang started with a sycophant, which made Ye Dan's serious face dissolve slightly, and then Ye Chang said: "It's just that the nephew also has a relationship, and I also ask the patriarch to be generous." ”

"Say."

The nephew's accusation of Aunt Changzhi was also indignant for a while, just because at that time, Liu Gui, the villain, as a slave, actually slandered the nephew, the master. Liu Gui was sent to the little nephew by his aunt of Changzhi yesterday, and even handed over the deed to the little nephew, but he dared to say that the little nephew harbored evil intentions, and he had long known that there was a spring in the mountain, but he never told everyone, and wanted everyone to suffer - this is not to slander the little nephew alone, the reputation of our Ye family has been slandered by him! ”

"Is there such a thing?" Ye Dan's brows suddenly furrowed.

He was invited by Ye Neem and Liu, but Ye Neem and Liu did not mention this matter. In the big family, it is not uncommon for evil slaves to bully their masters, but it has always been the most hated by those of them who are masters, and this is something that shakes the foundation of the patriarchal law!

"The patriarch doesn't believe it, may I ask you, folks, if not, how can the nephew dare to accuse the uncle?" Ye Chang turned to the idlers who were looking at the lively idlers with relish: "Everyone, please say something fair." ”

"Exactly, exactly, Liu Gui did say it."

Everyone wished that things would be as lively as possible, so naturally they confirmed it one after another, and some people said that Liu Gui said it again at that time. Hearing this, Ye Neem's face was pale, Ye Dan's expression was even more gloomy, and Liu Gui was trembling.

For Liu Gui, things are a big deal!

Falsely accusing the master with servants, even if you don't go to the official mansion, please come to the family law, you will be beaten half to death!

"The nephew is falsely accused, I don't know who is behind him, so he doesn't choose what to say, there is something to offend the eldest uncle, presumably the eldest aunt is lenient and will not care about the nephew. Sect Chief Kuanren, although this guy has no master, but after all, he is the wife of the Changzhi Aunt, and he must leave some dignity for the Changzhi Aunt......"

Ye Chang kept saying that he wanted to save face for the Liu family, but in fact, he was squeezing Ye Dan: if he cares about this matter, then Liu Gui and the three-room chief behind him will all be responsible, if he doesn't care about this matter, then Ye Chang's slight fault of disrespecting the elder should also be gently exposed.

Ye Dan was still very unhappy in his heart, but he could only act according to Ye Chang's arrangement.

"Liu Gui, as a domestic servant, you actually slandered the master, it is really a crime - come on, call me!"

Liu Gui is not a clansman, just a servant, naturally there is no need to go to the ancestral shrine to practice family law, Ye Dan gave an order, and the clan's own young man came up and pressed Liu Gui to the ground, and then someone brought a stick, tore off his pants and beat him on the ass. After a few beatings, Ye Chang said loudly: "Sect Chief, this Diao slave has a slippery mouth, give him some lessons, so that he will not dare to be so cheap in the future!" ”

"Well, pout!" Ye Dan glanced at Ye Chang.

So Liu Gui was dragged up again, someone brought hard soles, and began to pump his mouth, crackling, although Liu Gui begged for mercy repeatedly, and begged Changzhi to intercede for him, but Changzhi Ye Neem and Liu both hated him for not doing things properly, plus the suspicion of avoiding support and making him embarrassed Ye Chang, for a while, no one pleaded for him at all.

Seeing that more than a dozen soles were pumped down, Liu Gui's mouth was swollen, and even his teeth were pulled out, Ye Dan glanced at Ye Neem's side, signaling that they could open their mouths to plead. But at this moment, Ye Chang stepped forward and saluted him again: "Sect Leader! ”

"What's the matter?" Ye Dan's patience is about to be worn out, this time he came out to preside over the dispute in the clan, but it was awkward everywhere, he still doesn't know what the reason is, but one thing will not be wrong, that is, Ye Chang, this kid, has played a very bad role in it.

"The patriarch has always been generous, this slave has been taught a lesson, please spare him this time."

It turned out to be a plea for Liu Gui!

Although Ye Chang's move was unexpected by Ye Dan, it finally came to his heart. And Ye Neem, who was about to come out to speak, had to retreat at this time.

His original plan was to take the opportunity to mention to Ye Chang that this Liu Gui was a slave and was no longer suitable to wait by Ye Chang's side, so it was better to return their long branch - from the beginning, he did not approve of the practice of sending Liu Gui to Ye Chang's side, this was just that the Liu family was squeezed by Ye Chang and the Fang family, and now was the time to return to Liu Gui. But when Ye Chang came out, it completely disrupted the abacus in his heart, which made him suspicious in his heart, could it be that Ye Chang, the little beast, saw his plan?

It shouldn't be, if the little animal had such skills, he should have shown it a long time ago, unless he really met the immortals...... But some time ago, when he was in a coma, he went to see it himself, and it was clearly a dying breath, how could this happen when he met an immortal?

Compared with this, Ye Chang's sudden intercession for Liu Gui was an insignificant matter.

"You're interceding for this slave?"

"The patriarch taught him a lesson, so that he would not dare to commit it again in the future, it is enough, there is no one in the nephew's family, and he needs manpower, the patriarch will spare him."

"Then it's up to you...... However, if you don't respect your elders, you can't help but pursue them, and go to the ancestral shrine to kneel for an hour. ”

Ye Dan's most reluctant decision still made Ye Chang stunned.

He also felt a little strange in his heart, why Ye Dan would be so indifferent to his encounter with immortals, it stands to reason that when this great drought, he found that the spring water should have made a great contribution, but Ye Dan not only did not mention it, but deliberately made it difficult.

Could it be that the long branch is bad?

It's not like that, if Chang Zhizhen had such a big influence on the sect leader, he wouldn't have reprimanded the Liu family, let alone blame Liu Gui according to Ye Chang's intentions.

"What, you're going to disobey?" Seeing that Ye Chang didn't react, Ye Dan snorted again.

"Yes! The nephew did not dare. "A good man doesn't suffer immediate losses, and now Ye Chang still needs the support of the Ye clan to gain a foothold in this era, so he should be respectful.

This good show also came to an end, only Liu Gui sobbed aggrievedly, he looked at Ye Neem with his eyes, and wanted to go back to Changzhi, but Ye Neem just shook his head slightly at him, telling him to calm down.

Ye Neem really had a murderous intention against Ye Chang at this time.

Liu's previous behavior, although Ye Neem knew the Tao, it was not his idea, he seemed to be watching coldly. But today, seeing that Ye Chang is almost a means to turn his hands into clouds and cover his hands into rain, especially when he also made a fuss about an immortal, it is conceivable that as this reputation spreads, Ye Chang's influence will become greater and greater.

Who knows if Ye Chang will hold a grudge against today's events at that time.

An enemy is not to be feared, what is terrible is to let the enemy grow up and become a behemoth.

Ye Neem glanced at Liu Gui again, signaling him to be by Ye Chang's side, Liu Gui understood what he meant, so he could only endure the pain in his mouth and buttocks and follow behind Ye Chang.

Not only that, but he also had to keep an eye on Ye Chang and report the news at any time.

These little tricks of theirs were all seen by Ye Chang, and Ye Chang also understood that people like Liu Gui were tolerant of him.

"Eleven Lang!"

Only at this time did his blood brother Ye Shu dare to come up and greet him.

Ye Chang sighed, no wonder when Ye Si wanted to choose him as his heir, Ye Shu barely objected, this brother was really cowardly.

"Thank you brother for your care, I'm fine, I'll go to the ancestral shrine to kneel, this Diao slave, my brother is watching for me, don't let him be lazy."

"Oh."

Ye Chang went to the ancestral shrine to kneel, and after kneeling for an hour, it was already dark, and when he came out, his knees hurt like pins and needles. Ye Chang was secretly annoyed in his heart, and secretly wrote down this account, Xiang'er was already waiting at the door, a little maid like her couldn't enter the ancestral hall, so she couldn't even send saliva to him to drink. Seeing him limping when he walked, the little girl's eyes suddenly became hazy: "Eleven Lang, your legs are fine, right?" ”

"It's okay, it's okay, haven't you had dinner?"

"Eleven Lang didn't come back, I don't want to eat."

"Ah, ha, don't be so stupid in the future, and eat then." Ye Chang touched her head lovingly: "Silly girl, at your age, you can't delay eating." ”

Xiang'er's eyes widened and looked at Ye Chang inexplicably.

She felt that her little master seemed to be a little different again, and kneeling in the ancestral hall for an hour not only did not make him mentally wilted, but made him high-spirited.

"Not only do we have to eat on time, but we also have three meals a day...... The next goal is to have meat dishes every week! ”

What "weekly" means, Xiao Xiang'er didn't understand, but she understood "meat dish", and her eyes suddenly widened.

When the Tang Dynasty was at its peak, the nutrition of the people was not bad, but meat and vegetables were not often eaten by ordinary people in the countryside, let alone a little girl like Xiao Xiang'er. At a time when most people are still eating two meals a day, meat dishes are very tempting.

"We don't have much food in store at home, and we have to prepare for famine, Eleven Lang, don't you mess around......" Ruo Xiang'er is very sensible, and she should remind Ye Chang like this at this time, but she is only nine years old, although she understands the hardships of life better than the nine-year-old lady in later generations, but now, the desire for meat and vegetables obviously makes her forget the danger of eating up the food at home.

Touching Xiang'er's head lovingly, Ye Chang moved his hands and feet to make himself energetic, and then walked towards his house.

When he arrived at his door, he was surprised to find that dozens of people in the village were blocking his door.

"Eleven Lang is here, Eleven Lang, drink water quickly!"

"Eleven Lang, I heard that you like to collect medicine and alchemy, look at it, this is the shou wu that I accumulated before, do you think you can use it? You can take it if you can use it! ”

"I still have a Ganoderma lucidum here, Shiyi Lang, you're welcome, I'll give it to you!"

When they saw him return, they all flocked to him and gossiped. Ye Chang was dizzy from the noise, and said: "Folks, what's the matter, just say it, why bother?" ”

Everyone laughed.

After a while, Wu Yu, the eldest, clasped his fists and arched his hand: "Eleven Lang, the immortal family will turn to you and teach you to find spring water, but help people to the end and send the Buddha to the west, how to lead this water to our field, you have to guide you to Eleven Lang." ”

Only then did Ye Chang realize why these people came to look for him.

The amount of water in that spring is not small, and they are not paddy fields but dry land, and there is no problem in irrigating hundreds or thousands of acres of land. But the location of the springs was so problematic that it was almost impossible to dig a ditch to divert water from the place where the springs were located to their fields. After everyone went to see the spring, they felt that there was only one way to carry water.

Which family is not a dozen or twenty acres of fields, relying on the shoulders to carry water, two or three miles of mountain roads, is not easy to walk!

There are still people who are smart, and they only say that since the immortal pointed out the location of Ye Chang's spring water, then naturally he also pointed out the method of drawing water, or Ye Chang took the lead and led everyone to worship in the medicine king's temple, and the immortal was compassionate, and it was not necessarily impossible to move those hills.

Hearing everyone gossip about this, Ye Chang smiled slightly.

For everyone, this is a trouble, but for Ye Chang, it is not a trouble. In the eyes of everyone, there is only one way to dig a canal to divert water, but Ye Chang has other ideas.

When everyone saw him laugh, they immediately felt that he must have a way, maybe the Medicine King Immortal didn't just tell him the location of the spring when he pointed him out.

"Eleven Lang say it quickly, say it quickly!"

Under the urging of everyone, Ye Chang finally nodded slightly: "It's not that there is no way, it's just that in this world, there has never been a person who gets it for nothing, and the immortals pointed me out where there is spring water, but it also made me suffer from soul loss." ”

As soon as these words came out, the people fell silent.

Ye Chang had lost his soul, although he told Xiang'er not to talk about it, but somehow it still spread. In such a remote village gathering, it is rare to have anything new, so as long as people who know the Tao, they will inevitably talk about it with others. By now, almost everyone in the village knows about it.

But everyone did not associate the loss of soul with his encounter with immortals, and now after hearing him say this, everyone realized that getting the guidance of immortals is definitely not without a price.

Everyone looked at each other, and after all, it was the old man who smiled and said, "This ...... This one...... Eleven Lang, for the sake of the folks, you're, uh......"

What they meant was to let Ye Chang sacrifice for the sake of the villagers, but it was not easy to say this directly, so the old man stuttered a little.

Of course, Ye Chang refused, and then everyone lured him - Ye Chang was a member of the Ye clan, and these people did not dare to use powerful means. How much benefit they can get is just a little needle and thread, and Ye Chang naturally didn't take it to heart. When everyone wanted to kneel, Ye Chang felt that the time was ripe and had already satisfied their appetite, so he said: "Actually, without the guidance of immortals, it's not impossible. ”

"Eleven Lang really has a way! It is worthy of the guidance of the immortals! Suddenly, all sorts of sycophants came out again.

"I have to do this way, but everyone has to work hard." Ye Chang said again.

"If you can attract water, it will save everyone's lives, what is the point of working and contributing?" Everyone said: "Eleven Lang just commands." ”

"Let Jean, borrow the light......" Ye Chang was about to speak, when suddenly he heard a voice from behind the crowd.

Everyone separated, and Ye Dan, the patriarch of the Ye family, walked over with his hands behind his back.

When Ye Dan was in Wu Zepi, as long as he was wandering outside, he must be pacing with his hands behind his back, for no other reason, he studied Wuxian County several times, and happened to see the county commander and county lieutenant in the city, which is such a pace. At the beginning, some people ridiculed him, Ye Dan said that in his early years, he saw Xiu Wuwei Miao Gong and Jin Qing Zi Yuanfu, and he walked like this.

This Miao Gong is now the official of the Tang Dynasty, and he is presiding over the imperial examination.