Chapter 4: Trials
"I don't know why Brother Jiang invited the three of us early in the morning?" Liu Ran sat on the stone bench in the pavilion with his head down, his eyes a little evasive. Goodbye today, I have an inexplicable feeling for Jiang Zhen in my heart, as if fear is mixed with a little respect.
Two middle-aged men sat beside him. They are Li Yao, the head of the Li family in the north of the city, and Ding Zhan, the head of the Ding family in the east of the city. These two people are both in the middle stage of the Spirit Void Realm.
Jiang Zhen took out three storage bags from his arms and put them on the stone table, took a sip of tea, and looked calm: "The fall of the Tianxing Supreme must have been known to the three of them. ”
"The day before yesterday, Jiang went to Pearl City, and heard that the city lord Jiang Boling, the city lord Ji Xuan, the city lord of Yunyang City, and Zhao Yuan, the city lord of Streamer City, had created a human alliance, and wanted to gather the monks of the realm to go to Jiuzhi Mountain to prevent the Shura clan from attacking. On the occasion of this employment, Jiang planned to go first. So he invited three people to support each other in the south of the city. ”
"Brother Jiang is afraid that after leaving, how many of us will mess around, right?" Li Yao stared at the storage bag on the table, a trace of greed flashed in his eyes.
Without waiting for Jiang Zhen to speak, Ding Zhan on the side took the first step with a slight sneer on the corner of his mouth: "Brother Jiang, I have a lot of business contacts between you and me on weekdays, and Ding wants to remind you." ”
Seeing Jiang Zhen looking at him, Ding Zhan continued: "The Shura clan is bloodthirsty and brutal by nature, all of them are fierce and good at fighting, they are not afraid of life and death, even the monks who are as powerful as the Void Netherworld Realm are difficult to parry, the four of us are only in the middle of the Spiritual Void Realm, why should you be a hero." ”
"Oh?" Jiang Zhen raised his eyebrows: "I don't know what the hero that Brother Ding said should be?"
Ding Zhan looked proud: "As the so-called person who knows the times is Junjie, the fall of the Tianxing Supreme has greatly injured the vitality of my human race, if you make a big move, you will definitely mess up, and when the time comes, will you not be slaughtered by others?"
"Hey......" Jiang Zhen sighed secretly when he heard this, smiled and shook his head: "Maybe Jiang Mou's trip is just to convey to the three of them, and I hope that the three of them will take care of the matter in the south of the city." ”
As soon as the words fell, Li Yao reached out and grabbed the storage bag on the table: "Brother Jiang spoke, Li naturally agreed, but you ...... in the storage bag."
"Huh. Jiang Zhen stopped him, with a meaningful smile on his face: "It's not too late to open the storage bag when Jiang is gone, as long as the three of them make an oath and agree." (The Taoist oath is extremely common in the world of mountains and seas, created by the Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor in ancient times, and has been used by the entire world of mountains and seas to this day.) If a monk breaks his vow, all the punishments contained in the vow will be fulfilled. )
"What!?" Li Yao hurriedly withdrew his hand when he heard this, and his eyes widened: "This is not good, if Brother Jiang can't trust the three of me, then Li will say goodbye." So saying, he got up and wanted to leave the pavilion.
"Slow!" Liu Ran drank all the tea in the cup, and looked at Jiang Zhen with a little fanaticism in his eyes: "Brother Jiang, rest assured, Liu made an oath here, if he has something to do with the Jiang family in the south of the city, he will protect it with the strength of the whole clan, and if he violates this oath, his god will be destroyed." With that, he bit his middle finger and quickly pointed to Yin Tang with a finger print in his hand. But I saw that the blood mark was slowly absorbed by its seal hall, leaving no trace.
Jiang Zhen nodded at him, a hint of appreciation flashing in his eyes.
Seeing that Liu Ran was so decisive, Ding Zhan on the side also swore an oath.
"Brother Li, please. ”
As soon as these words came out, a heart-pounding feeling suddenly appeared in the hearts of the three people present.
Li Yao's expression changed, and he nodded again and again: "I'll send it, I'll send it." ”
"Brother Jiang, look ......"
"Huh?"
After his oath was made, Jiang Zhen was no longer visible. Only one sentence came to the ears of the three people:
"Heroes may not be able to sweep away thousands of armies, but when the enemy is coming, they will definitely stand up for the obsession in their hearts!"
The three of them were shocked when they heard this, and they couldn't help but gasp.
"Ah, this ......," Ding Zhan exclaimed.
Li Yao's hand holding the teacup on the side kept trembling, his forehead was covered with cold sweat, and his back was soaked with sweat. At this moment, he was very sure in his heart that if he insisted on leaving just now, he would definitely die here.
"It turns out that he has been suppressing his own cultivation......" Liu Ran looked blankly at the outside of the pavilion, recalling the scene when he fought with Jiang Zhen the day before yesterday, and a feeling of rebirth after the catastrophe permeated his heart.
The three of them sat in the pavilion and were silent for a long time, and the atmosphere was extremely depressing.
"Hey. Liu Ran sighed, "The three of us have a body of cultivation, and it is a blessing for three lives to be able to be ignited by our predecessors." With that, he got up and put the storage bag on the table in his arms and walked towards the west of the city.
"Brother Li. Ding Zhan gave Li Yao a look and motioned for him to open the storage bag on the table.
Li Yao swallowed his saliva and carefully took the storage bag.
"Ahh Sitting on the ground and pointing to the storage bag on the table, he looked incredulous: "Ding Ding Ding, Brother Ding......"
Ding Zhan stretched his head over with some curiosity, and was instantly stunned after just one look. The storage bag was full of a pile of metacrystals. (Yuan Jing is the crystalline body of the Yuan Qi of Heaven and Earth, and the Yuan Qi contained in one Yuan Crystal is equivalent to 1,000 Yuan Stones, which are all important currencies in circulation among monks.) )
"Brother Li, let's send it, hahahaha......" Ding Zhan, who came back to his senses, couldn't help the ecstasy in his heart and shouted at Li Yao.
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Jiang Hao sat in the courtyard, looking at the subordinates who walked into Jiang's mansion one after another, and asked Wang San, "San'er, how can there be so many subordinates in our family?"
Wang San: "Hehe, young master, you never care about these things on weekdays." ”
"Isn't it okay for Lao Tzu to ask? How do you speak? If you ask anything, you just have to answer. ”
"Yes, yes, yes. Wang San nodded hurriedly, "There are a total of two hundred and sixty-eight members of our Jiang family, and they are all arranged by Steward Liu to help in the Jiang family's shop in the south of the city on weekdays. ”
Steward Liu in Wang San's mouth is a man who is nearly half a hundred a year, and he became a housekeeper when Jiang Zhen first came to Fengming City. In the past 20 years, the affairs of the house have been managed in an orderly manner, and there has never been a mistake. Deeply affected by the ginger shaker. No, Steward Liu walked into Jiang's Mansion with that.
"Young Master. Steward Liu came to Jiang Hao and bowed.
In Jiang Hao's memory, the naughty boy before had a lot of respect for this Steward Liu. Seeing him come over to salute, Jiang Hao hurriedly got up: "Uncle Liu is here, come on, you sit." ”
"Oh no, no, no, Jing'an doesn't dare. Steward Liu smiled and waved his hand.
"If you sit down, you will sit, you ......"
"Hao'er, don't be embarrassed about Jing'an. Tu Shanyu, who walked out of the main house, smiled at Jiang Hao.
"Ma'am. Steward Liu hurriedly pulled Jiang Hao's arm away, straightened his robe and saluted Tu Shanyu.
Tu Shanyu glanced at the crowded Jiang family's compound, and asked Steward Liu, "Jing'an, have all the people arrived?"
"Mrs. Hui, except for Zhang Mazi, who was seriously ill and bedridden a few days ago, the rest of the people have already arrived. ”
"Hmm. Tu Shanyu nodded, and was just about to start complaining to Jiang Zhen when he saw him walk in.
"Master!" the people in the courtyard bowed in unison, and immediately fell silent.
Steward Liu hurriedly came to Jiang Zhen and saluted: "Master, everyone is here." ”
"Hmm. Jiang Zhen responded, walked to the crowd and was silent for a moment before speaking, "Let you have something to announce today." ”
"In a few days, Yu'er and I will leave Changzhou for a period of time, and all the affairs of the future government will be handed over to Jing'an to handle, I only hope that you can do the same as whether I am in or not, and support the south of the city. ”
Speaking of this, Jiang Zhen paused, looked around and continued: "The shortest time you have come to Jiang Mansion is far more than three or five years, in the future, you can expand this Jiang Mansion and treat this south of the city as your new home, don't let this Jiang Mansion become deserted." ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone felt that Jiang Zhen must have left for a long time this time, and they all lowered their heads, and their expressions were very low.
"Jing'an. As if he couldn't bear to watch someone in the crowd wipe his tears, Jiang Zhen called Steward Liu to the other courtyard.
"Jing'an. ”
"Sir. ”
Jiang Zhen patted Steward Liu on the shoulder, and his expression was a little dazed: "I still remember that when you followed me, you were still a hairy boy, but now you are about to enter the age of not being confused. ”
Steward Liu immediately turned red when he heard this: "Master, don't be sensational, Jing'an's life was given by you, if you continue to say this, Jing'an ......"
"Oh, okay, okay, okay. Seeing that Steward Liu began to wipe his tears, Jiang Zhen immediately stopped, "In the future, the Jiang family will be handed over to you, and you can go to the west of the city to find Liu Ran if you have something." Then, Jiang Zhen took out a storage bag and put it in Steward Liu's hand: "If you meet a monk above the Spirit Void Realm one day, you can use the things in this bag to keep the people safe." ”
"Master, how long are you going to be away?"
Jiang Zhen took a deep breath: "I don't know, if everything goes well, I can go back within three years, if there is an accident......"
"Sir, you ......"
"Well, alright, you can take them back. As if he didn't want to say more, Jiang Zhen turned around and walked out of the courtyard.
After dinner, Jiang Zhen took Jiang Hao to the top of Fengming Mountain in the south of the city. The night view of the entire Fengming City can be seen at a glance.
The starry sky and the moon in the city, the lights of thousands of homes in the city, feeling the gentle breeze, Jiang Hao's expression was a little intoxicated.
Jiang Zhen beside him stood with his hands in his hands, his black hair and white clothes fluttering in the wind, and he had a sense of dust.
"Hao'er. ”
"Huh?" Seeing his father calling for him, Jiang Hao hurriedly turned his little head.
"There are some things that Daddy wants you to decide. ”
"Daddy, you said. ”
"Would you rather go to the sect to cultivate or stay in the Jiang family?"
Jiang Hao didn't think about it and immediately said: "You must be staying at home, nothing in the sect is better than at home." ”
Jiang Zhen was silent for a moment: "Well, but my father has something I want to ask you." ”
"Hmm. Seeing that Jiang Zhen was rare to speak so well, Jiang Hao nodded hurriedly.
"As a man of the Jiang family, beware of being higher than the sky, you need to be able to pretend to be the sun, moon and stars in your eyes, and you must be able to accommodate the mountains and seas in your heart.
"Do all the people here like to blow like this?" Jiang Hao was surprised in his heart, seeing Jiang Zhen staring at him with a serious expression, as if what he wanted was seen through by him, he subconsciously shook his head.
"Sure enough, it's still that stubborn one. Jiang Zhen slapped Jiang Hao as he spoke, although he was not next to his body, the powerful vitality emanating from his palm still made him fall off the cliff.
"Ah......h
Jiang Hao, who was falling at great speed, only heard a majestic voice coming from above:
"You can't even do such a trivial thing, how can you tie up my Jiang family's glory!!"