59, Sparrow (1)
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"Your father," Su Tian sighed faintly, and said something that sounded completely nonsense to Chu Ning, "You can't avoid what you should do, but if the time doesn't come, you shouldn't know too early." β
Chu Ning simply continued to lie down, covered his head with the quilt, and never said a word again. Who is my father, I can't let myself know too early, I have to wait for the right time, do I have to wait until the day of the funeral to call myself to recognize my ancestors and return to my ancestors?
Su Tianxin didn't know when she left, Chu Ning was half-asleep, and couldn't help but recall what Su Tianxin said over and over again, although it seemed to her that there was no useful information at all.
She sometimes thinks that people like Pixel Tianxin are extremely talented and beautiful, and it is estimated that when she was a child, she was the kind of "other people's child" who was angry with her peers in ten miles and eight towns, and she should have been hung up like a portrait of a goddess, which was not stained with fireworks for people to look up after dinner, she really couldn't imagine what it would be like if Su Tianxin married and had children smoothly, and she couldn't imagine what happened to her in the Wangdu Temple.
But Chu Ning thought about it, and finally found something unusual, her biological father ruined Su Tianxin's reputation, and the broken finger was probably more or less related to him, but Su Tianxin seemed to have no resentment towards him.
As for the rumors that the palace of the royal capital had lost something, Chu Ning had heard people talk about it before, but she didn't take it too seriously, in her past, if Su Tianxin had any great treasures in her hands, how could she listen to Princess Ankang, a person who didn't know how to control spirits at all, to bully and suppress her for so many years? But Chu Ning thought about every word Su Tianxin said over and over again, and she didn't deny this rumor at all.
When Chu Ning rubbed her groggy head and sat up, countless stars had already hung outside the window, and her unwilling emotions receded, and her mind suddenly became unusually clear. It seems that it is indeed necessary to look at the past mirror.
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The selection of Lingque Terrace is not every year, so every year when there is a choice, it is a major event that shocks the entire Lindu. In addition to the school-age children in the capital, there are also many people who come from thousands of miles to come on purpose, because the Lingque Tai does not ask about their origins, and there are many spirit masters in the countries who are not famous people, and they regard the selection through the Lingque Tai as a way to get ahead. Therefore, it took more than half a month just to register the names of candidates.
Lingque Terrace is built on the mountain in the western suburbs of Lindu, the first gate is at the foot of the mountain, and after entering, it is still a step that zigzags straight to the top of the mountain, and the second gate is to go up along the steps. For more than half a month since the registration of the person's name, the entire white stone hewn steps were densely packed with people waiting, and from a distance, it looked like a white square cake was stained with sesame seeds.
Chu Ning took the moment and moved up with difficulty in these "sesame seeds". Candidates who listened to various accents all the way, boasting and touting each other, what could be recited by the curse at the age of three, what was able to subdue the beast with bare hands, at first Ming instantly laughed with disdain, and after listening too much, he was too lazy to argue, but he couldn't close his ears, and endured an internal injury.
The fame of Lingque Terrace is too great, and there are all kinds of people who come to admire it, so in order to screen the really unreliable ones first, a registration and selection link was set up.
When Ning put Ming Xian, his mirror, and three stones in front of the civil official in charge of login, even though he had seen too many strange people and things in the past few days, the crowd still burst into hearty laughter. Someone bluntly coaxed: "Little girl, this is not a game at home, it is a desperate life, do you know that you are here to sign up for the family?" β
Chu Ning threw out an expression of "I want you to take care of it", and explained the name to the civil official opposite word by word. But the civil official put the pen down: "Little girl, it's just anything else, you bring four things as spiritual weapons, no matter what, this year's rules have just been changed, everyone can only choose one spiritual weapon to participate in the selection, and it can't be changed halfway." β
The rules for the selection of the Lingque Terrace were jointly agreed upon by the Eastern Qi royal family to convene important ministers who were proficient in spiritual control techniques, and they knew without asking that Su Yu must have played a great role in it. Su Yu and Princess Ankang have always been partial to Su Jinyao, Chu Ning thought about it for a while, and felt that it should be the three things that Su Yu thought he wanted from Mrs. Su, and Su Jinyao didn't get any of them, so she had to think of a way in terms of rules.
There are many parents in the world who are partial to their children, but it is rare for Pixel Yu and Princess Ankang to be so eccentric. Chu Ning felt that if there were no ribs in the way, Princess Ankang's heart would be able to fall out directly.
"Little girl," the civil servant said in a very amiable manner, "why don't you go back and think about it again, and choose one before signing up?" β
Chu Ning glanced back at the queue that couldn't be seen at all, and went back to think about it, it was easy to say, and if he had to queue up to get here, he didn't know how many days it would take. She smiled faintly at the civil official: "No, I'll choose another one now." β
The people in the queue were bored waiting, and they all turned to see the excitement, only to think that the little girl smiled smartly and delicately, and even the crescent-like scar on the left cheek became lively.
I saw Chu Ning take out a round and hard dough cake that was originally prepared for Ming Instant from the small cloth bag he was carrying, and pressed the three small pebbles and the small mirror one by one with his fingers, firmly embedded in the cake. She held the cake in front of her and shook it at the registered civil official: "I'll use this cake as a spiritual weapon, okay?" β
The civil official was dumbfounded, he had been a clerk in the palace for most of his life, and he had never seen such a bold and arrogant person, so angry that his beard shook and he pointed at Chu Ning and said: "Don't blame me for not reminding you, once the spirit weapon is recorded, it cannot be replaced, otherwise it will be eliminated directly." β
"No problem," Chu Ning replied with a smile, "But to be on the safe side, the spirit weapon itself can't be replaced, so it's always okay to repair or replace the damaged parts, right?" β
Without thinking, the civil servant replied, "That's fine." β
"Okay, then I'll rest assured, that's all, let's take the record." Chu Ning didn't worry about anything else, but he was afraid that he would be very hungry one day, so he ate this dough cake directly. Since it can be replaced, it would be nice to bring a few more when the time comes.
The spirit weapon is the same as the spirit pet, and it also needs to be named, Chu Ning listened to all kinds of bullish names in the gap between the queues, and this will casually make up a - Qiankun Ruyi Cake, and wait for the civil officials to record it word by word, and the registration will be completed.
When he turned around and was about to leave, someone wearing palace-style clothes stopped Chu Ning, saluted her respectfully, and then said: "It is inconvenient for my master to come out in person, let me tell Miss that there are four examiners in this year's selection, one from the Meng family, one from the Su family, and one from the Xue family, and one is an old friend of the king for many years, please weigh it carefully." β
The person who came obviously showed kindness, and Chu Ning could only politely return the salute, and then naturally asked, "Is this grandmother serving by Mrs. Xiaowei's side?" She won the favor of Mrs. Xiaowei at the birthday banquet, and Mrs. Xiaowei also sent gifts to her home many times afterwards, and the meaning of wooing was very obvious.
The man smiled and shook his head: "The master only asked me to pass on these words, and I don't dare to talk too much else, and when the young lady has the opportunity to see my master again in the future, she will naturally know." β
After saying this, the man said goodbye and left, no longer entangled with Chu Ning.
Chu Ning squinted and watched her walk away through the flow of people, the person said, "See you in the future", then her owner is the person she has seen, listening to her does not mean Mrs. Xiaowei, will it be to forget your worries? It's only a few days before the birthday banquet, if Forget Worry gets rid of the situation of being bullied so quickly, and she also hears the news, then the deal between her and Forget Worry really has to be carefully considered.
What that person meant, Chu Ning understood very well, no matter who the Su family sent as an examiner, it was estimated that they would not be too friendly to her, and the person recommended by the Xue family would be polite if they didn't take the opportunity to pinch her to death. The one from the Meng family should probably be Meng Liangyan who I had seen before, the last time I met in the Meng family, he was kind and polite to himself, and Meng Liangyan had some old feelings for Su Tianxin, so it is estimated that he would not embarrass himself. I don't know what kind of character the king's old friend is.
The selection of the Sparrow Terrace has always liked to play some tricks of renovation, not just to compete with each other. After all, there are too many people who choose to sign up every time, and there is no time to think carefully about them one by one, and sometimes they even directly throw the people to be selected into the isolated island of the East China Sea, and those who can come back alive will pass this level. And in this process of tossing and comparing people to who is more resistant to tossing, the power of the examiner is very great.
Chu Ning lowered his head and thought about things, while walking out against the flow of people, and just walked to a place where there were fewer people, he couldn't help but bump into a person head-on. The man was quite tall, and Chu Ning stuck his head in his chest, hitting his forehead with pain.
"I'm sorry ......" After all, he was careless, Chu Ning rubbed his head and apologized, and when he looked up, his eyes just fell on the man's face, and he was so shocked that he almost bit his tongue, "You, what are you doing here?" β
"Like you, I'm here to sign up for the selection." Ji Chongguang's voice, in broad daylight, still sounded like a late night's fog.
In front of Chu Ning, he did not shy away from beckoning to Gui Mei and Dayou. The two servants were as silent as Mu You, unloaded a seat from the carriage, invited Ji Shigemitsu to sit down, and then moved his hands and feet in his face. But in the blink of an eye, that face changed completely.
Gui Mei took out the water bladder, poured a cup and held it in front of him, Ji Chongguang didn't even lift his fingers, he drank it all with Gui Mei's hand, and when he spoke again, even his voice changed completely: "What do you think?" β