Chapter 33: Escape Gossip
Tossed in the middle of the night, the east finally showed the white belly of the fish, Zheng Yan rummaged through the rubble with his approximate memory to find the package and weapons of the three people, Yu Xiuxian saw that Zheng Yan's package was moving, thinking that it was the doppelganger of the Xuanyin demon, carefully untied it and saw that it was a little Xuangui turtle, Zheng Yan pondered whether to stew it, the kitchen pot should not have been broken, Zheng Xingshuang took it over to help him retake the package, there are still many stumps on the ground, even if there are two girls who eat, it is estimated that they can't eat it.
Just as he was about to leave, Yu Xiuxian ran a few steps and found a slightly transparent azure dagger from a big pit, and gave it to Zheng Yan, Zheng Yan took a closer look and found that it was the dark red dagger that he had snatched from Xie Yanguang before, and remembered that the Bone King had used Yin Fire Sacrifice to refine it at the beginning, and he had become like this.
"You take it back, I was also thinking about making her suffer a little, but I helped a lot along the way, and I thought the two of them were playing tricks on me, and it was even better."
Yu Xiuxian smiled and said, "If you want to give her the opportunity to give it yourself, maybe she will be sent to your bed",
This is a little ambiguous, Yu Xiuxian obviously said it to Xingshuang next to him, Zheng Yan was a little helpless, how could he see that he and Xingshuang had a leg? Inexplicable, thinking that there are more than a thousand miles to go next, this dagger looks like it is no longer an ordinary magic weapon, so he put it away, just said that it should be a love token, and I don't know who he was talking about, this is even more ambiguous, Yu Xiuxian's quiet face was a little shy, Zheng Yan hurriedly changed the topic, and said that he would go to the front to find a village and town to eat something first.
In this way, the three of them walked north, Zheng Xingshuang glanced at Zheng Yan and said, "Don't think that people will take a fancy to you as a fifteen or sixteen-year-old child, this woman obviously likes to be mature",
Zheng Yan said helplessly, "Can you let me keep this vanity for a while longer."
Yu Xiuxian saw the two of them "flirting with each other", probably realizing what they were communicating, and he might feel a little embarrassed to be excluded, so he smiled and said, "Those two children seem to be very special."
Zheng Yan nodded and said, "That little boy's soul is different from ordinary people, it looks like the realm is not high, but the soul has already been formed, it feels like he directly skipped the Yin God and Yang God and cultivated into the Yuan God, and the release of the divine consciousness can also cause confusion to people, the three of us are all in the way of others, and there is no room for resistance",
Yu Xiuxian smiled and said, "It's probably innate, a kind of talent, didn't that demon Dao say that the special ability of those two children was in love with it from the beginning?"
Zheng Yan sighed with emotion, "Things in the world are strange and interesting, it's really interesting, that little girl was obviously sucked dry of the blood of her whole body before, and she was already dead, but she was just fed a living Yuan Dan and came back to life, I remember that the Living Yuan Dan can only stimulate the vitality in the body to a limited extent, when did it have the effect of resurrecting the dead?",
Yu Xiuxian thought for a while and said, "When we are in the body of blood shortage, we can automatically generate new blood to make up for it, but the premise is that there is blood, and it must be achieved by consuming a lot of essence element, if the essence is insufficient, blood cannot be made, ordinary people will probably die if they lose three to four percent of their blood, and fifty or sixty percent of the monks, among which the martial arts cultivation is slightly stronger, plus cultivation, The physique or secret method may be able to reach seventy percent, and at this time, the viscera and muscles will inevitably fall into dormancy, that is, a deep coma, but that little girl can still maintain a weak consciousness under the loss of blood, which can only be said to be a special physique, the essence vitality is naturally strong, and the self-recovery ability is too strong, maybe as long as she is not injured and given enough time to recover, it will be difficult to die."
Zheng Xingshuang didn't participate in the discussion between the two, just observing the surrounding situation, Zheng Yan asked curiously, "Xingshuang, what are you doing these days?" ,
"The people who cleaned up the Xiandu Gate of the Five Thunder Gates, and there are still some Xiaoxiao",
The words were not polite at all, Yu Xiuxian next to him was a little unnatural, but he would not understand "cleanup" as extermination, after all, the Zheng family has always been more objective in treating monks and sects, not to mention that up to now, except for the sword ruler junior sister, no one has shown ill intentions towards Zheng Yan.
Zheng Yan smiled awkwardly, and then saw several houses on a dirt hill not far away, just to change the topic and beckon the two of them over.
When I arrived recently, I found that it was a forbidden mine, and the house was the dormitory used to live, and I found some pots and pans in the kitchen, Zheng Yan saw that there was a small pond not far away, and suggested that the three of them get some food here to rest for a long time, and there was indeed no one nearby, and the two women were completely like you have the final say, and finally Zheng Yan set up a simple stove, instructed the two to wash the pots and dishes, clean up a table, and go to the pond to get fish.
Probably very few people came, the fish in the pond were big and fat, and it was easy to catch, and after a while, they caught five, each at least seven or eight catties, cleaned up on the spot, and strung the rope that Lao Dao released to tie people up and carried it back to the soil gang, the rope is indeed a magic weapon, Zheng Nanzhu can't look down on it, in fact, he can't look down on all the magic weapons, the three of them each took one, but they need to be constantly practiced to use.
Back at the post, seeing that the two had already packed up, picked some fruits from nowhere, and set up two wooden beds, Zheng Yanzhi praised the two for their virtuousness, and the two just looked at each other a little strangely.
Zheng Yan took out the salt and seasonings left over from last night from the package and began to cook fish, the two women originally wanted to help but were stopped by him, but last night was really ups and downs and they were all injured, so they could rest at this time, seeing Zheng Yan's resolute attitude, so the two sat on the side and watched quietly.
Stewed fish in an iron pot, it is easy to cook, and it saves a lot of effort compared to last night's stewed chicken, Yu Xiuxian put chopsticks in his mouth, tasted it and nodded in approval, and asked curiously, "Shouldn't the prince or the children of the powerful family look like this?"
Zheng Yan thought about it for a while, and suddenly smiled, "It's as if you know a lot of princes or children of the family."
Yu Xiuxian was already a good person, although he had only been together for two days, he could see that Zheng Yan was joking, his apricot eyes widened, and he glared at him with some disgust.
Zheng Yan explained with a smile, "I have been in the countryside since I was a child, this kind of thing is not unfamiliar, not to mention it is not difficult, every time I live with my grandfather in the Hui tribe, I basically take care of the lives of a few people, oh, Xingshuang occasionally goes to help, speaking of which, most of the princes and children of the family do not do this, and there is a saying about what kind of temperament has arisen over the years, thinking that a person's bearing and pattern can be cultivated from a small point by bit, behaving in a style, eating and wearing, Talking, making friends, etc., in short, it is to achieve the purpose of cultivation through some ritual-like things similar to rituals in daily life, and naturally it also includes staying away from trivial things such as vegetables, rice, oil, and salt, and what to say that the pro-sage people are far from the villain, and now there are actually some sectarian meanings, and most of the children of the family believe in this."
Yu Xiuxian sighed a little, self-cultivation is also like cultivation, every step can be carefully calculated, so that the direction of development will not deviate, not only can save time and energy, but also sort out the reason, it turns out that the master said "things in the world, the most afraid of serious and attentive" is really reasonable.
The three of them began to rest after eating, after all, they were all injured, Zheng Yan was originally lying in a pile of dry firewood, and suddenly sat up and began to clean up the pots and pans, both of them were full of puzzlement, how to live here? Zheng Yan smiled and explained that it was kept for future generations, in case someone lives here and needs to cook, even Xingshuang muttered "boring",
Yu Xiuxian lay on the wooden bed and looked sideways, looking very enchanting, born with charming bones, Zheng Yan didn't have any strong feelings, maybe he saw too much, Ru Hui Hongmu at home is born with charming bones, they all say that Yingyue is also a little, speaking of Sister Jingfeng seems to be too, I remember that when Pingyang teased her, he said something "red face and troubled water" and "charming and enchanting", Zheng Yan has always felt that this statement is a bit far-fetched to Jingfeng, remember that Ye Qingcheng didn't say that.
was recalling Ye Qingcheng's missionary before, and suddenly noticed that there were three people coming up under the mound, all wearing aqua blue silk robes, but the style and color were different, and the woman in the middle looked more dignified and elegant, and she couldn't tell her age, about thirty, but she should understand that there were definitely more than thirty when she looked at her eyes, and the two women on both sides were indeed very young, at most in their early twenties, which was the age of delicate and green onions, Zheng Yan stood up and waited for the three women from the water department of Xiandumen to approach.
The older woman in the middle looked quiet, and when she came up, she saw a smile on Zheng Yanjingmei's face, and stood three feet away, and first made a thousand blessings before she said softly, "The concubine is quiet, Tian is the water minister of the Xiandu Gate, these days, a few unscrupulous disciples have caused trouble to His Highness, Xiu Ning Qianqing, and he still doesn't ask His Highness for sin!"
The two women, who were originally a little wary and indifferent to Zheng Yan, glanced at each other, saluted in unison and said that they had offended a lot of recklessness before, but there was nothing reluctant, it looked a little pitiful, as the saying goes, don't stretch out your hand and don't hit a smiling person, not to mention that I don't think these two women can offend me, no way, they have always been so big-hearted, Zheng Yan silently entertained himself in his heart, suddenly opened his eyes wide, and asked curiously, "Sister is Miss Yu's master?"
Shui Tangjing suddenly covered her mouth and chuckled, for a while it was soft and unparalleled, Zheng Yan secretly said Sure enough, it is indeed not comparable to a few girls, "I heard that His Highness is usually not so flattering, or frivolous, I was actually very happy when I heard it just now, which made His Highness smile, Xiuxian is the eldest disciple of Xianjing, and he must have caused a lot of trouble for His Highness in the past two days?"
Zheng Yan scratched his head and felt very weird, the master of Yu Xiuxian in front of him gave people a sense of dignified and quiet beauty at first glance, which was also the basis for judging that it was Master Yu Xiuxian, but listening to her speak, she was like a simple woman who had never experienced the world, and she was a little childish and naïve, so there was a sense of contradiction before and after.
I heard that the Xiandumen Water Department exercises are very peculiar, and when they reach a certain level, they will have some impact on their temperament, so this woman shouldn't be a master, right?
"What's the matter, it's me who caused trouble to Miss Yu, I almost confessed to the Yizhuang over there last night, I took my seniors over, just behind the house, I was injured, but it didn't get in the way",
Zheng Yan hurriedly led the way for the three of them, still carrying the freshly washed pot in his hand, and Shui Yujing followed behind and watched, with some thought in his eyes.
Yu Xiuxian was actually asleep, Xingshuang was the first to feel that someone was coming, and he had already sat up, Xingbenjian was at hand, Shui Yujing smiled and nodded, walked to Yu Xiuxian's side and gently pinched his apprentice's nose, Yu Xiuxian muttered, "Your Highness, don't make trouble", the two women on the side immediately looked unkind, Zheng Yan wanted to die, and wanted to explain to Shui Yujing, who was looking at him strangely, but found that he couldn't talk about it, so he had to laugh and said, "I was frightened a lot last night,
Fortunately, Shui Tangjing didn't mean to get to the bottom of it, turned his head and grabbed the apprentice's ear and pulled it a little harder, Yu Xiuxian woke up and saw that it was the master who disturbed his rest, and his face was suddenly full of shame, and he got up a little at a loss.
Shui Tangjing poked the apprentice's smooth forehead with some complaints, and looked a little spoiled, which was not quite in line with some of the things Yu Xiuxian said sporadically, Shui Tangjing was undoubtedly the most perfect one of all the women Zheng Yan had ever seen who preferred to be elegant and quiet, and she was also the kind of person who was particularly gentle and kind in terms of bearing and face, why would she take the apprentice as the marriage object between the two sects? It must be the decision of the other people in the sect, she can't refuse, right?
Shui Tangjing didn't say anything to the apprentice, turned to look at Zheng Yan and said with a smile, "A few days ago, I met with Senior Sister Yuyue, and Guogong heard that the concubine was going to come here to ask the concubine to bring a message to His Royal Highness, and the Guogong said that the family affairs in Luoyang had been pushed before."
Zheng Yan was a little surprised, but he still thanked him, and asked curiously, "Is Xiandumen about to be born?"
Shui Yujing nodded with a smile and said, "Well, this time I went to Luoyang with my senior sister for this matter, in a few days, Sedum Prison will go to the door to register the elder disciples, and it will also be re-registered, and the Xiandu Gate will first send the elder deacon into Sedum Prison and the Criminal Department to help deal with some old things",
Zheng Yan looked at Yu Xiuxian, who was also surprised, and asked, "Didn't the Five Thunder Men say anything? They shouldn't take the initiative to contact the imperial court, right?"
Shui Yujing's expression was calm and there was nothing unusual, and he said with a smile, "We have been angry with Wulei Gate on this matter, it is not very pleasant, it can be said that it is completely broken, they will continue to hide the world, this time I came to Xiu Xian to take her back to withdraw from the marriage, at the beginning of Wulei Gate was powerful, we were subject to many things, and now we finally give this child an explanation",
Yu Xiuxian grabbed his master's hand and shook his head, pursed his lips and bowed his head silently, Shui Yujing stroked his apprentice's hair and smiled gently, and finally reminded Zheng Yan to be careful of the Five Thunder Gates, Xiandu Gate also recently discovered that there are more than two Five Thunder Gate sects, and I don't know how many have been built over the years, one sect has built so many secret strongholds, and its intentions are difficult to speculate.
Watching the four of them get off the soil hill and walk all the way south, Xingshuang asked curiously, "Why did Xiandumen suddenly choose to belong to the imperial court?"
Zheng Yan thought for a while and said, "For a long time, the Five Thunder Gate has treated the Xian Du Men as a vassal, and the unilateral selection of Taoist companions is completely natural in the eyes of the Five Thunder Gates, Miss Yu said that some powerful elders and disciples of the Five Thunder Sect will even arbitrarily choose the double cultivation furnace Ding, in short, the Xian Du Gate has always been in an oppressed position, perhaps few people know that the Xian Du Gate was founded much earlier than the Five Lei Gate, and its glory time is said to lead the practice direction of almost all female cultivators in the cultivation world, but it began to decline in the three hundred years of the chaos of the Millennium War."
Zheng Xingshuang said softly, "Is it just because of this? Why do you want to change now?",
Zheng Yan smiled and said, "Naturally more than that, what is the most important thing in a sect? Inheritance of exercises, the method system and experience accumulation of cultivating disciples, and qualified disciples, now in this world, the sect is within the territory of the five major powers, if you don't handle the relationship with the imperial court, there will be all kinds of restrictions on recruiting high-quality disciples, and those who are attached to the imperial court can only share some scraps, not to mention that they are against the imperial court, and it is not bad if you don't clean you up."
"As for the inheritance of exercises and the cultivation of disciples, I don't know what the specific status of Yu Xiuxian Daoqi and Xie Yanguang is in Xiandumen, to be honest, their exercises have many loopholes and their cultivation is not solid, and they can only be equivalent to the level of the middle and lower reaches in the Luoyang family, but it's a pity that the talent, if the entire Xiandumen disciples are like this, they can really only be oppressed by others, and if they don't come out and communicate with others, they will just rest on their laurels and will always be the only way to decline."
"Speaking of which, our Great Zhou is the most prosperous place for women's cultivation, and the cultivation system suitable for women is also the most perfect, there are many high-level exercises that have been created and improved over the years, you know, there are not many exercises in the world that are suitable for women's cultivation, and the level is generally not high, there is no reason why Xiandumen should not choose the imperial court, not to mention that the supervision of the sect by the imperial court in the past thirty years or so should be said to be very lax, the opportunity, if I must seize it",
Zheng Xingshuang nodded and said, "So a man can have three wives and four concubines."
Zheng Yan smiled and said, "Don't be unconvinced, many powerful female cultivators are also innumerable, more open than men, you can also find it if you have the ability",
Zheng Xingshuang slapped Zheng Yan's buttocks with a sword, and Zheng Yan, who was in pain, quickly ran away, walked to the wooden bed where Yu Xiuxian slept and prepared to lie down for a while, but Xingshuang stabbed him with another sword, "Go over there and lie down",
Zheng Yan had to lie down on Xingshuang's bed, and when he finally had a rest from the pain of the night, he shouted comfortably, thought about it and said, "Different from our ordinary people's beliefs in the family and country, most of the children of the sect believe in Xianxia, and the gangs believe in righteousness and bravery, so it is a very difficult thing for them for a sect gang to make the decision to attach to the imperial court, and it may shake the foundation, not to mention the initiative, not to mention the initiative, so I think that Xiandumen may face more than what we just said."
Zheng Xingshuang sat on the edge of the bed and began to untie Zheng Yan's clothes, Zheng Yan was embarrassed after realizing it, and refused to let go, Zheng Xingshuang calmly pointed to the blood stains on his clothes, Zheng Yan glared and said, "I'll come by myself, what's the matter if you force me off",
Yu Xiuxian quietly followed the master's side, listening to the two junior sisters say some worried words, will they be worried about those powerful people again after getting rid of the Five Thunder Sect in the future?
Shui Yujing suddenly turned his head to look at this big apprentice who was most like him, and was silent for a moment and said softly, "How?"
Yu Xiuxian glanced at the master and said calmly, "Yes,
Shui Yujing smiled and said, "No need, the master has already rejected the proposal of the door master, and she also said that she will look for others."
Yu Xiuxian was a little puzzled, Shui Yujing said softly, "You are not the kind of absolutely rational person, doing this kind of thing will inevitably fall into a confused and even painful situation, even if you completely gain his trust, when the time comes, they ask you to betray him, how will you choose? obey orders or betray us? Can you control the feelings of getting along with men day and night? What if you have children? Most women can't fully control their emotions and emotions, so I refused for you, you should have a more secure position",
Yu Xiuxian didn't say anything, just nodded, he should have accepted all the arrangements from his master.