Volume 5: The First Sound 230: Before the Storm (Part II)
Lu Pingchuan came to Jiuxuan from the Houtu Temple, and then came to the outside of Qian Chao's courtyard with a familiar car.
Qian Chao had said before leaving, no matter who came here, don't deliberately look for anyone who is quietly staring at this courtyard, so as not to be suspicious, although Lu Pingchuan wants to go around the courtyard of Qian Chao, but still remember Qian Chao's instructions, so he suppressed his curiosity, when he came to Qian Chao, he never knocked on the door, and pushed the door directly, Lu Pingchuan felt a little awkward when he stood in the courtyard, knowing that Brother Qian was not here at this time, but he still had to look for Qian Chao in a fake way, alas, I hope that Qian Chao and Li Jian will come back soon.
"Brother Qian!" Lu Pingchuan shouted.
The door of the small building was pushed open, and Qian Chao stood at the door and said:
Lu ...... Brother, please come in! ”
Of course, it was not the real money tide, it was Tang Ping who formed the appearance of the money tide, but when Tang Ping opened her mouth to call "Brother Lu", she immediately woke up, Qian Chao and Li called Lu Pingchuan "Brother Lu", only she and Yan Xuan called Lu Pingchuan "Brother Lu", she has been used to calling it for so long, and she almost shouted it wrong just now.
After entering the room and closing the door, Tang Ping returned to her original appearance, but she was still wearing the green robe that Qian Chao usually wears.
"Hehe, Sister Tang, you don't look like Brother Qian?" Lu Pingchuan said with a smile after entering the door.
"What's wrong?" Tang Ping was a little unconvinced.
"Well, the Qian brother you played just now, your face is a little white, and your voice is ...... Eh...... It's a little fine, hey, you don't have to get close to it to smell of incense, but the most unlike thing is that every time I come here, Brother Qian is almost always in the yard, either reading or writing and painting, you are hiding in the room, of course it is not like it. ”
"Oh, that's no way, I'm not very proficient in this transfiguration technique, and it won't last long, so it's okay for me to show my face in the yard occasionally, but if I stay in the yard for a long time, I will definitely show my stuffing."
"Did you notice any suspicious people around here while you stayed here?"
"I guess there must be, but the courtyard of the money boy is already very remote, and you can hide people anywhere nearby, so it's hard to find."
"Well, I don't know how Brother Qian and Brother Li are doing, it's been more than two days, right?"
"It's been three nights, it's daytime, the two of them should hide, and they won't do anything until night, don't worry, Qian Boy is smart, and Brother Li is here, they will be fine."
"I hope so......"
While the two of them were talking in the house, suddenly there was a sound of someone talking in the courtyard.
"Senior Brother Qian."
When Tang Ping heard this, she immediately went to the crack in the door to look, and found that it was Ma Hu standing in the courtyard.
"Why is he here?"
Lu Pingchuan also saw Ma Hu in the crack of the door and said:
"Eh, do you want me to send him away?"
Tang Ping heard Qian Chao say that Ma Hu had a good relationship with him, and he often came here to find Qian Chao or chat or have something to talk about, so he said:
"No, Brother Lu, if you call him in, just say ...... The money boy is refining. ”
"Okay."
……
The door opened, and Lu Pingchuan's tower-like body walked out of it, beckoning to Ma Hu standing in the courtyard and said:
"Come in, Brother Qian is refining the weapon, let you come in for tea."
Hearing Lu Pingchuan say this, Ma Hu is not afraid of him, and he has met Lu Pingchuan more than once when he comes to Qianchao, so he walked in without doubt.
And just when Lu Pingchuan opened the door to speak, Tang Ping didn't know whether he wanted to be narrow again or wanted to try his illusion technique again, so he turned into Qian Chao and stood in the house.
"Senior Brother Ma."
Tang Ping's illusion of Qian Chao saluted when Ma Hu entered the house, which was basically the same as Qian Chao's usual actions and tone.
"Huh?"
Ma Hu was a little puzzled, this Lu Pingchuan just said that Qian Chao was refining weapons, he knew that there was a fire eye under this small building, Qian Chao now generally refines spiritual weapons in his own residence, and rarely goes to Chengqi Hall, but he is also an acquaintance who often comes and goes, why did Senior Brother Qian put down what he was doing when he heard that he was coming?
"You're not ......"
What Ma Hu wanted to say was, "Aren't you refining weapons?" But he immediately sensed that something was wrong with the money tide in front of him, his eyebrows and eyes looked like money tide, but why was his skin so delicate and white? And the three words he called himself "Senior Brother Ma" just now, his voice was slightly sharp, it seemed like a woman deliberately said it in a rough voice, the most important thing, when did Senior Brother Qian have the aroma of this kind of fat powder that only women use?
"You are not Senior Brother Qian, who are you?" Ma Hu said immediately, and at the same time looked at Lu Pingchuan, he also wanted to see if this Lu Pingchuan was real.
"Haha," Lu Pingchuan laughed, "I said that you can't even fool me with this method, and you still want to fool him!" ”
"Humph! How did you find out? Tang Ping snorted angrily and wiped her cheeks, and returned to her original appearance, she really didn't understand, Lu Pingchuan and Qian Chao have been together for a long time, it is not surprising that they can see some fame, but how can their illusion technique even Ma Hu see through it?
In the blink of an eye, the tide of money in front of him turned into Tang Ping, and Ma Hu looked back and forth on the two of them in a daze.
"Don't look at it, it's just the two of us, say, how did you see that there was a flaw in the money tide I pretended?"
"Miss Tang......" Ma Hu looked at Tang Ping with strange eyes, now Tang Ping is wearing a green robe commonly used by male disciples in the sect, and the French style on her head is also a man's bun, and she has a wooden hairpin, but even so, she is a woman after all, well, she is still a more eye-catching woman, with a slender figure, delicate ups and downs, even if it is a man's dress, let alone looking at the front, you can recognize it as a woman even by looking at the back.
"What do you see, I ask you!" Tang Ping airway.
Ma Hu smiled:
"Haha, although Senior Brother Qian is not as rough and thick as me, he is not as thin and tender as Miss Tang, well, what's more, Miss Tang, your voice can be heard as soon as you open your mouth. In the end, if you pretend to be a junior brother, you'd better wash off all the fat and powder on your body, otherwise you will definitely be exposed. ”
When Lu Pingchuan heard this, he immediately smiled and said:
"Hehe, what's the matter, it's the same thing I said."
Tang Ping snorted unhappily, and then asked Ma Hu in a vicious voice:
"What are you doing here?"
"Uh......" After teasing, Ma Hu realized that Tang Ping in front of him was a spicy woman who did not lose to Luo Ying, so he hurriedly said, "Of course he is looking for Senior Brother Qian, he is refining weapons below?" ”
"Nope! He's out, not here! Tang Ping said angrily.
Ma Hu only thought that Tang Ping was angry, and looked at Lu Pingchuan.
"Hehe, Sister Tang is right, Brother Qian is indeed out, well, it will take a few days to come back." Lu Pingchuan said.
Qian Chao went out, and then Tang Ping pretended to be Qian Chao here, this is ...... What do you mean?
Moreover, the five of Senior Brother Qian have always been together as long as they go out, why did Senior Brother Qian go out, but Tang Ping and Lu Pingchuan did not follow, but still pretended to be Senior Brother Qian here?
Ma Hu's eyes rolled, and he spoke:
"Miss Tang, the five of you have always advanced and retreated together, and you have always been together when you go out, why did Senior Brother Qian go out this time, and you and Senior Brother Lu still stayed in the sect? That's it, you still pretend to be him at Senior Brother Qian's residence, you do this...... Isn't it...... What is there to hide from anyone? ”
Tang Ping sighed, and secretly said that this Ma Hu was really smart, and he actually saw the clue. Although Tang Ping still didn't like this Ma Hu because of the previous incident, Qian Chao had told her more than once that although this Ma Hu was a bit rude and rude, he was a person who could be trusted, and he had been tracking down Wen Liang in the sect, except for the five of them, it was this Ma Hu, he had always wanted to avenge the death of Senior Brother Xun in the hands of Wen Liang, so he had been cooperating with Qian Chao. And what Qian Chao is doing now is also related to this guy, after all, the five of them made a breakthrough in Wen Liang's plan because of the letters they got after saving Zuo You, and that time, Ma Hu was also there and participated.
Qian Chao and Li Jian were in a hurry this time, but presumably if there were any arrangements after they came back, if this Ma Hu insisted on getting involved, Qian Chao would definitely not refuse, thinking of this, Tang Ping made up his mind, first gestured with his hand to Ma Hu to sit next to the table over there, and then came to the door to peek at the movement in and out of the courtyard, and then beckoned Lu Pingchuan to sit over.
This move made Ma Hu feel that what she was going to say next was extraordinary.
"What I said is true, Mr. Qian did go out, it has been a few days, but he didn't go out alone, there was also Brother Li Jian and Li who went out with him, well, he said, at least three or five days, at most seven or eight days, they can come back."
Then, Tang Ping told Ma Hu everything as it was, including Qian Chao's plan from the letter he got from Zuo You, they found the changes in the spiritual veins outside the sect when they were looking for Qingluan's egg, the news sent by Zuo You that Wen Liang was planning to do something to the five of them, and the discovery of the last time they went out in Sword Shrine Mountain and the arrangements made by Qian Chao, etc., all told Ma Hu.
Tang Ping said this, some Qian Chao and Ma Hu talked about it, and some did not say it, but Ma Hu could also guess it, but the battle of Wen Liang's large sum of money to recruit troops and buy horses made Ma Hu startled, and the arrangements that Qian Chao and others did last time they went out made Ma Hu even more surprised, he could hear that this Senior Brother Qian seemed to have mastered the initiative of the matter, and he still made up his mind to fight against that Wen Liang hard-nosed last time, this time he went out with Li Jian to check and fill in the omissions, and wait for them to come back, It should be a decisive battle between the two sides.
This Senior Brother Qian is really going to do a big thing quietly!
After hearing this, Ma Hu groaned for a while, and then spoke:
"How many of you have to do such a big thing by yourself?"
唐萍 says:
"Qian Chao is in a hurry to go out this time, so I haven't told you about it yet, after all, how can I not call you if I deal with Wen Liang......"
Ma Hu interrupted Tang Ping and said:
"No, no, Miss Tang, you misunderstood, I mean, the five of you have just become the new head of the sect's Qi refining disciples, don't you think it's a little inappropriate for the five of you to do such a big thing by yourself?"
Hearing this, Tang Ping couldn't help but glance at Lu Pingchuan, and found that Lu Pingchuan had an ignorant look on his face, knowing that he couldn't get any help from this big brother Lu, so he asked:
"What do you mean by Senior Brother Ma......?"
Ma Hu smiled and said:
"Haha, Miss Tang, when Senior Brother Fan announced this matter in the council hall that day, looking at your performance, it seemed that you were very reluctant to be the head of this sect's internal qi refining disciples, you were afraid of trouble, right?"
"Well, that's true."
"But, as far as I know, no one has resigned from this assignment after taking that seat, and even if you don't like it, if you want to unload this burden, you can only wait until the five of you have laid the foundation."
"That's right, I heard the elders say the same, but what does this have to do with what you just said?" Tang Ping said.
"Hehe, there are some things that Senior Brother Qian may be able to see clearly and think through, but you also said that they were in a hurry to go out this time, and they didn't have time to say it. Miss Tang, think about what Senior Brother Fan said at that time, although I was present at the time with Luo Ying and others to build momentum and approve of the five of you sitting in this seat, but don't really think that so many people present are all in the same mind, well, as far as I know, among so many people present, there are really people who are really worried about sitting in that seat after Senior Brother Fan builds the foundation, and there are more than one person, and there are some people who don't want to sit in that seat, but they always feel that the five of you have low cultivation and low qualifications, why do you do that seat? ”
Lu Pingchuan interjected after listening to it and said:
"That's not what we thought, we were pushed up by Senior Brother Fan."
"Yes, the key is here, it was Senior Brother Fan who recommended the five of you, well, I admire Senior Brother Fan's vision, and I also believe that you have this ability, take a step back and say, even if the five of you are unwilling, but as long as the elders nod their heads and want to get rid of this dispatch, you can only build the foundation faster, before building the foundation, whether you are willing or not, you have to do what the head of this Qi refining disciple should do, right?"
"That's right." Tang Ping said again.
"Well, then there are two situations, one is that the five of you have no intention of sending this, and some of the Qi refining disciples that day are even more unconvinced by you, so that they don't like you, and you see them awkwardly, is this the result, when there is something, you can't call them, they sneer at you even more on weekdays, and they may even say something behind your back, and after a long time, maybe those elders will still think that the five of you are in vain, let them down, and it is not good for you."
Tang Ping nodded.
"Another situation, hehe, I have confidence in the five of you, I have seen both the methods of the five of you and the wisdom of the five of you, but then again, there were so many people in the council hall that day, and only I knew the five of you the most, and the other people, including Luo Ying and others, even if I admired the methods of the five of you, I still had some doubts about the ability of the five of you. Miss Tang, only the five of you prove your strength through a major event, enough to convince those who wait and see and doubt, convince those who are not convinced, and let them listen to your dispatch willingly in the future, so that everyone can work together to twist into a rope, and you can only do the order and prohibit when you have something to do, and only in this way can you establish the prestige of the five of you among the disciples in the sect, and before the foundation is built, the five of you can live a smooth life, what do you say? ”
Tang Ping nodded again.
"And right now, isn't it such a big deal? Senior Brother Qian said, the tide of Cold Spring Valley, the second time Yanshuang was attacked, it was that Wen Liang who planned behind his back, that time it was Senior Brother Fan and you who worked together to thwart his plot, and now this gentle thief is not dead, and he actually wants to use this terrifying means to be unfavorable to our sect, fortunately the five of you are aware of it, and you have also made arrangements in advance, not only to let that gentle plan fail, but also to capture that Wen Liang, well, even if you can't catch Wen Liang, The fact that he bought so many evil cultivators and evil cultivators from outside was either captured or killed by us, all of them were a great achievement, enough to make those who are either suspicious or unconvinced of you only look at your horse from now on! ”
Just as Tang Ping continued to nod, Ma Hu added another sentence at the right time:
"Anyway, you can't shirk this mission, since you should do your best, and do your true colors, right?"
Tang Ping took a deep breath and looked at Ma Hu sitting opposite with a new look, no wonder, no wonder the money boy was willing to associate with this guy, it seems that this Ma Hu is indeed a character in addition to being a little greedy, a little rude, and a little lustful.
"I understand, thank you Senior Brother Ma!" Tang Ping said.
Lu Pingchuan was even more overjoyed when he heard this, and asked:
"Eh, what are we going to do then?"
Ma Hu smiled and said:
"Fall on me, when Senior Brother Qian comes back, I will discuss this matter with the five of you, as long as all five of you nod, it's all on me! Well, but for now, since I want to buy time for Senior Brother Qian and Senior Brother Li Jian, then I am the only one! ”
"Good!"