The night was not destined to be so peaceful.

Qin Baichuan annexed Mingtangwo and solved the financial problems of Qixinglou.

Fan Zhuoyuan got the information he wanted and was ready to go to Yangzhou, where the last main altar of the Maitreya Sect was located in Jianghuai.

At this time, in Suzhou City, in the southern city area where civilians live, in Liushi Lane, the door of a resident's house was knocked open by two old men wearing cloaks.

The person who opened the door was Cheng Shiyao, the lady of the Cheng family who played the piano for Fan Zhuoyuan during the day.

"Miss......"

Cheng Shiyao already knew who was coming when she heard the voices of the two, "Uncle Cai, Aunt Cai, aren't you in Yangzhou?" How did you come to Suzhou? ”

"Miss, there is something important, can you go in and discuss?"

Cheng Shiyao hurriedly invited the two into the house.

"Uncle Cai, Aunt Cai, I have never used the lights in the house, you can light them yourself."

The two old men were also nowhere to be seen, and lit a fire and lit the oil lamp on the table, which had been almost unused for a long time.

The couple and Cheng Shiyao sat opposite each other, wanting to say something for a while but not knowing how to speak.

Aunt Cai asked with a little embarrassment: "Miss has been alone in Suzhou all these years, how are you doing?" ”

Cheng Shiyao smiled demurely: "I am fortunate to master the piano skills, but I have been able to support myself, this house was originally rented, and after making some money over the years, the head of the household sold it to me at a low price, which is considered to have a place to live." ”

Cai Bodao: "Miss has been begging for a living in Suzhou alone these years, and she doesn't know martial arts, and her eyes are still ...... How can you not endure hardship, but teach the things in the ......"

Cheng Shiyao said: "I was unwilling to join the Maitreya Sect back then, and I couldn't complain about the two elders, if I continued to stay in Yangzhou, I am afraid that the Maitreya Sect would not be able to accommodate the two."

The two of them were able to adopt Shi Yao to adulthood, and before leaving, they also gave a lot of entanglements to make a living, almost like their biological parents, Shi Yao is already grateful.

If the second elder cannot be accommodated due to the affairs of the church, he will come to Suzhou, and Shi Yao can also serve the second elder in his old age. ”

The two old men were moved, and Cai Bo wiped his tears and said: "How ashamed we are of Miss's words, the reason why we adopted Miss back then was only because someone would give a large sum of money every year.

The two of us are also out of selfishness to be so, when the young lady just arrived, because of the matter in the teaching, the tired young lady had to flee to Suzhou alone, the two of us are also uneasy conscience, today I saw that the young lady is doing well, it is a little relieved. ”

Cheng Shiyao smiled and comforted the two of them with a few words, although she was blind, her heart was clear, and she was very good at understanding people's hearts.

opened his mouth and said: "Uncle Cai, Aunt Cai, the two of you are not here to make a living, this time you are looking for Shiyao, do you have something important?" ”

The two glanced at each other, and finally Cai Bo gritted his teeth and said, "Miss, you are born with a piano heart, and you are very good at using the sound of the piano to resolve anger."

Now there is a big incident in the sect, life and death are imminent, the former sect leader was killed by the ambush of the White Lotus Sect and the Wenxiang Sect half a year ago, and most of the forces in Jianghuai have been lost, only the Yangzhou helm is still there.

The new Liang Sect Master has never had prestige, his martial arts are not strong enough, and he is indecisive, and he is a puppet pushed up by the four Dharma Protector Elders in order to balance their respective strengths.

Even so, he is still the leader of our Maitreya Sect, but now the White Lotus Sect and the Wenxiang Sect are aggressively pressing, and they have come to the main altar to forcibly annex this sect, so that the disciples of this sect can choose to attach themselves to it.

On the first day of the first month of the next month, we will go to the general altar to decide the ownership of the pope, and the life and death of Maitreya will be convenient for this line. The two of us have no other skills, and now we just want to delay for a while and a half.

After thinking about it, if the young lady was present at that time and used the sound of the pire to dispel everyone's anger, maybe it would not cause a killing, or it would be possible to delay until the major elders came up with a strategy. ”

Cheng Shiyao sat and muttered for a long time before she said slowly: "Uncle Cai, Aunt Cai, you know that I have always disliked intervening in the affairs of the sect and the rivers and lakes. ”

The two old men glanced at each other, left their chairs at the same time, and knelt down towards Cheng Shiyao.

Cheng Shiyao couldn't see it, but she could perceive it keenly, and hurriedly stretched out her hand and said, "Why should the second elder be like this!" ”

Aunt Cai said, "Miss, now only you can help us delay for a while." ”

Cheng Shiyao said helplessly: "But even if Shiyao can delay for a few days, it can't change the final outcome of the Maitreya Sect after all, the three major sects, now that the Maitreya Sect is in decline, how long can the means of the side door and the left way last?" ”

Cai Bo said: "Although the three major sects have split into the Luozu Sect, but when the couple was about to starve to death, it was the Maitreya Sect that rescued us, and when we were exiled to Yangzhou as exiles and were bullied by the locals, it was also the Maitreya Sect that organized the major sects to protect themselves, so that we had dignity."

It can be said that if it weren't for the Maitreya sect, my wife would have turned into white bones on the side of the road, thrown into mass graves, or even if we were alive, we would be as lowly as pigs and dogs.

We haven't learned any great truths, but we also know that if the Maitreya Sect dies, we don't want to join the White Lotus Sect and the Smelling Fragrance Sect, we just want to live and die with the sect!

As an ordinary sectarian who has no ability or ability, now I think that the only person I can rely on is Miss, and Miss is unwilling to go out of the mountain, and the two of us still die in Suzhou. ”

Cheng Shiyao was finally adopted and raised by the two, and the kindness of nurturing could not be repaid, so naturally she couldn't watch them and her husband like this.

Moreover, although the couple has been estranged from her since she was a child, they only have preferential treatment in food, clothing, housing and transportation, and they are quite kind, Cheng Shiyao still can't sit idly by.

Then he said: "Second elder, let's do it, tomorrow I will go to Yangzhou with you, and try to resolve the dispute on the first day of next month." Since then, you have also saved a Maitreya sect, plus what you have done for the church over the years, you can also be regarded as repaying the kindness of the sect, and then you will come to Suzhou with me to retire, and then ignore the affairs of the rivers and lakes, okay? ”

The two struggled to look at each other, and because they knew Cheng Shiyao's soft personality very well, they knew that this was the biggest compromise she could make, so they nodded and agreed.

The two of them actually knew in their hearts that Maitreya Sect had come to this point, and it would be a matter of time before it was swallowed up, which was the common sense in the rivers and lakes of the jungle, and the way of heaven could not be violated.

If you can help the sect survive this catastrophe, it will be regarded as a repayment, and then come to Suzhou to retire again, how can it not be considered a sorry sect.

Cheng Shiyao then wanted the second elder to stay here, but the two old men had an attitude towards Cheng Shiyao towards the master of a servant, and they didn't dare to disturb Cheng Shiyao's tranquility, saying that they had already booked the inn, and then left.

After Cheng Shiyao sent the two away, she sighed slightly.

She regards the second elder as her parents, but they regard her as the master, and she has been like this since she was a child, not only did she not feel superior, but she was a lot more lonely.

Qin Xin is born and can easily read through other people's hearts, but no one can know what she is thinking.

It was late at night, but Cheng Shiyao didn't feel sleepy, she took out a guqin from the boudoir.

The normal guqin has seven strings, which can play the seven tones of Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zheng, Yu, Qingjiao, and Changgong.

However, this piano has eight strings, and the black and red sound is extremely simple and elegant, which seems to contain many past events.

Cheng Shiyao took out the guqin, came to the courtyard alone, stroked the eight strings in front of the starry sky, and many memories flashed in her mind.

Although she was born with a heart for the piano, her piano skills were taught by a mysterious person, and the man would come to see her once a year, and each time he would give the Cai couple a large sum of silver.

Of course, he will also wear a bronze mask every time, and will stay for three days, teaching Cheng Shiyao the method of stroking the qin for three days, and at the same time there is a martial art.

He once said that it was the supreme learning of Tianlongmen that Cheng Shiyao's mother learned - Tianlong Bayin, which cannot be learned by those who are not born with Qin Xin.