Chapter 173: Ugly Things
Even Hua Hateliu, who has been in the house for a long time, has never heard of an ugly thing happening in Sichou Zhai, let alone She Qing, who is a few months later than him. The two of them could see from the expressions that they were not afraid of the sky, and it seemed that this ugly matter was still quite weighty, and once it was announced, I was afraid that it would be a shocking one, so they were especially focused on listening to the sky and not being afraid to talk about it.
"This traitor is my senior brother...... Tian is not afraid to sigh, it is really a little funny to let a child tell such a heavy old story. But he can't help it, if he doesn't talk about it, I'm afraid the things that follow will not be as simple as "funny".
"Wait!" After the love that had just been brewed was hurriedly interrupted by Hua Hate Liu, Tian was not afraid to look at this person who couldn't pick the time to speak, and he didn't know what he meant.
"Are you talking about Huangfu? What's so strange about this! We know pretty much everything about him. Hua hated Liu pretended not to see her husband's dissatisfaction, and turned her head to She Qingdao.
"Uh...... Yes, yes to understand something. She Qing looked at the faces of the two, and only nodded with a wry smile.
"I told you before, and my senior brother didn't say a word after helping me calculate a hexagram, and immediately went down the mountain to never know about the news, right?"
"I think there were." Jingtian was not afraid of such a reminder, Hua Haoliu remembered that Tian was not afraid to vaguely mention this matter on the way to Xizhou, "But it's been so long, I can't remember it clearly." Somewhat weak-hearted, Hua Hate Liu lost his posture and lowered his head and whispered.
"Then let me continue." With a frown, Tian was not afraid to reorganize the context of the matter in his heart, and said: "My husband is the twenty-second head of Sichou Zhai, and he personally accepted two students before his death, one is the Huangfu you know, and the other is the senior brother named Duanmuye......"
It seemed that seeing that She Qing had something to say again, Tian was not afraid to wave his hand and said: "Although I am his student, I am received by my ancestors, which means that what I learned was taught by my ancestors, but nominally I am still my husband's student." ”
Seeing that She Qing really didn't speak anymore, Tian was not afraid to scratch his head, seemed to be a little embarrassed, and said: "What I want to say is also what my ancestor told me, I haven't seen it in person...... After all, although I look older, I'm actually only nine years old, and I have to go back at least fifty years when that happened......"
That scandal happened more than 50 years ago.
Zhuge Jingjun, the head of Sichou Zhai at that time, had gradually felt that his energy was low and he could not continue to coach, and after repeatedly asking the ancestor to choose a new head to replace him, the ancestor couldn't bear to see him continue to work for the affairs of the door, so he allowed it.
At that time, there were only two people who were qualified to take over the position of the head of the family, and these two people were none other than the only two students accepted by Zhuge Jingjun, who had always been strict with apprentices-because he was a compound surname, Zhuge Jingjun also helped the two change their surnames after accepting the two as apprentices, leaving only the original characters, one called Huangfu Er, and the other called Duanmuye.
At the beginning, Zhuge Jingjun did not deliberately distinguish between what the two of them learned, so the two of them can be said to have learned other academics other than miscellaneous studies one by one. Generally speaking, no matter how talented you are, if you can't concentrate on learning one or a few academic subjects, it is easy to only learn the surface, and it is difficult to achieve great achievements. However, what makes Zhuge Jingjun particularly proud is that Huangfu Er and Duanmu Ye are really a little amazing and glamorous, not only have they learned these academics one by one, but also reached a height that ordinary people may not be able to reach in their lives.
And as soon as he did it, both of his Zhuge Jingjun's students did it - if the throne was passed on to them, Si Chou Zhai would surely shine a more dazzling style because of this, right?
However, the problem is also with "them".
Zhuge Jingjun was happy, but he didn't know who he would pass the throne to. According to the situation at the time, Huangfu Ye was especially good at law, and Duanmu Ye was better at swordsmanship in military science, according to the ancestors, Duanmuye's swordsmanship was also the "three styles of heaven and man", and he was only twenty years old when he had practiced this swordsmanship to the extreme - killing people invisibly, which is not said to be the later Huangfu Er, Yang Wu, even Zhuge Jingjun himself is also sighing inferiorly.
However, if it is only about the level of ability, then Sichou Zhai is no different from the general school of rivers and lakes, which is not conducive to passing on the rest of the academic generation. Therefore, the factors that determine whether or not you can be the head of the family are not only the assessment of the elders you have learned, but also the experience of joining the WTO, the competition between peers, and moral consideration.
For the first few aspects, the appearance of the two is naturally as good as ever, whether it is Zhuge Jingjun or the ancestor, they all think that the two can be said to be equal and equal, but when it comes to "morality", there is a problem in the final study.
Considering that as the head of the sect, he must always stand at the forefront of the sect, and the risks he will undoubtedly face are also extremely great, so if Zhuge Jingjun mentions that if there is no problem with moral consideration, he might as well let Duanmu Ye, who has a deeper knowledge in swordsmanship, take over the position of head of the sect.
"Duanmu Ye can't do it." When the ancestor said this, it was equivalent to drawing an end to the dispute between the heads of the family, if Duanmu Ye couldn't do it, then he could only choose Huangfu.
Although the old ancestor doesn't know how many years and generations he doesn't care about the affairs of the sect, his influence on the sect has never diminished, but has been increasing day by day. So when he said this, Zhuge Jingjun didn't have the slightest objection, but because he didn't know why the old ancestor, who had always been easy-going, had such a solemn expression when he said this, he said "The student is stupid".
"You're seventy-two years old, aren't you?" The old ancestor did not answer directly, but asked about Zhuge Jingjun's age - this age should be high in the eyes of secular people, and if you want to ask, you should politely ask, "Are you old and long-lived?" "However, this seventy-two years old is compared to the age of the old ancestor, Zhuge Jingjun does not dare to be the slightest bit bigger, in the eyes of the old ancestor, all the students are children.
"There is Lao Ancestor who remembers it." Zhuge Jingjun bowed gratefully.
"It has been forty years since you became the twenty-second head of the sect at the age of thirty-two...... It's a lot of dedication. ”
"Jingjun is just optimistic about his own home, his own garden and the younger generations in his family, this is as it should be, Ancestor, your words are really strict." Zhuge Jingjun hurriedly knelt down, not knowing why the old ancestor suddenly said this.
"I don't mean anything pretentious, I'm telling the truth. You can rest in peace from today onwards, and if you can, I wish you had more time to rest. patted Zhuge Jingjun on the shoulder, the old ancestor motioned for him to step back, and never revealed why he said the sentence "Duanmu Ye is not good" from beginning to end.
According to the rules of the door, the final result will be announced on the third day after the moral examination, but the day before the results were announced, a shocking event happened in Sichou Zhai: Zhuge Jingjun was killed!
The reason why it is said to be "killed" is because when the people found his body, his face was covered with blood, and the skin covering it was cruelly cut off and taken away.
Can a dead man cut off his own face? Of course not.
So Zhuge Jingjun was killed by someone.
Who the murderer was, no one knew at the beginning, just as the entire sect began to prepare to track down the murderer, Huangfu Er found that from beginning to end, the senior brother Duanmuye, who had been secretly competing with him, had never appeared.
"Are you saying that Duanmu Ye killed Zhuge Jingjun?" Listening to the sky and not afraid to finish speaking, Hua Hate Liu frowned and asked.
"I didn't say that...... Tian was not afraid to shake his head in denial, and said: "Actually, there has never been such a definite proof in the sect, and it makes sense for some people to suspect that Senior Brother Duanmuye did it, after all, his swordsmanship at that time was no longer bad." ”
"Then how can you say that he is a traitor? Isn't there no one who can prove that he killed the teacher? "This is what Hua Hate Liu doesn't understand, since you can't say that people are murderers, then you can't say that people are traitors, right?
"It's not because of this that he's a traitor." Tian was not afraid to shake his head, but the words he said made Hua Hate Liu a nameless fire "rubbing" straight to his head.
"You've been talking for a long time and saying that these things have nothing to do with him not being a traitor?"
"Uh...... Mr. Big, how did he get the charge of this 'traitor'? She Qing hurriedly grabbed Hua Hate Liu and stepped forward to ask.
"Because the ancestor was killed by him."
Tian is not afraid that as soon as the words fell, Fang Cai was still angry, but Hua Hate Liu completely lost his temper, and even She Qing was stunned, not knowing how to continue.
"You...... What did you say? ”
"I said that the old ancestor was killed by him." Tian is not afraid to repeat it again, but this time Hua Hate Liu is not only sure that the words he heard are indeed accurate, but also hears Tian Wei's feelings - surprisingly calm.
That's not normal......
"This ...... This ......" muttered in his mouth for a long time, but She Qing still spoke: "Since Duanmuye said goodbye, it stands to reason that it should be Huangfu Er...... The old city lord took over the position of the head of the house, why ......"
"Because he felt very guilty in his heart, he also left the sect. And because of the successive changes of his mentor and friend, it also had some bad effects on him, in addition to making up his mind to practice the sword to kill Duanmu Ye, his temper has also deteriorated a lot......" sighed slightly, and the sky was not afraid of Fang Caidao.
"The old ancestor said that Duanmu Ye was not good at the time, did he explain to you why he said that?" Hua Hate Liu was determined not to explore the death of the ancestor first, but to find out the matter of Zhuge Jingjun first.
"I haven't said it." After thinking about it carefully, Tian was not afraid to shake his head and bow his head.