"Provoking Genji Zhen?"

Ma Changsi laughed and said: "Brother Ning, don't laugh, if you say this, I'm afraid you won't be laughed at by someone!" ”

Although the rest of the people did not speak, their eyes were all in agreement.

Only the little monk Xuanxin was slightly puzzled and asked: "Master Mashi, the little monk has just arrived, although he has heard of the Xuansi of Daqin Town, but he only knows one of them, and he doesn't know the other, so I implore Master Ma Shi to solve the doubts for the little monk." ”

When Ma Changsi heard this, he suddenly became interested, coughed lightly, and talked exaggeratedly.

"What is the status of this Zhen Xuansi in my Great Qin Heavenly Dynasty, you listen to me and tell you slowly!

Let's just say that fairy mountain, do you know? It's all a fairy mountain of immortals! Even the immortal sects on the Immortal Mountain have to give seven points of face, and no matter how many immortal masters want to be the Zhenxuan generals, they are not qualified.

The Xuansi of Daqin Town is very tight, the lintel is so high that it presses the mountain gate of the Immortal Sect, and the power is all over the government and the opposition, who doesn't know in our Daqin, who doesn't know?

Little monk, do you understand? ”

Xuanxin clasped his hands together and bowed his head slightly, "Amitabha, thank you to Master Ma for solving your doubts, and the little monk has been taught." ”

"Well said the pony!"

Wang Hu was quite disdainful and looked at Chen Ning, "Xiao Ning, you are indeed a bit alarmist...... What to listen to! How can anyone dare to provoke Zhen Xuanji? Could it be that Lord Xiang is a paper tiger? ”

Chen Ning smiled and didn't speak.

He only said this to Xiang Beige, and others listened to it and laughed, and the person who really heard it in his heart must be silent, frowning.

Just like Xiang Beige's expression at the moment, there was a trace of trepidation in the solemnity.

Yes, panic.

Chen Ning rarely saw this kind of look on Xiang Beige's face, and the time he remembered most clearly was when he was thirteen years old, when he was a martial arts junior, he wanted to explore the existence of demons, and went to Huwang Mountain alone, far away outside Qingxi County.

He didn't find the rumored Demon Tiger King, but he got lost in the mountains and forests, and he didn't turn out for three days and three nights.

When Master Xiang found him, there was that kind of panic on his face, and he had a sense of panic in his heart.

This time the fear was different from that time, it was the fear of something unknown.

Xiang Beige was silent for a long time before he slowly spoke, "Wang Hu, you lead people to protect the people I told you before, all the objects engraved with ancient gods must be collected, remember, people and things must be protected!" ”

"Yes, Master Xiang!"

Wang Hu arched his hand, got up and strode out.

Then, Xiang Beige saluted and thanked the two masters and apprentices of Shi Hai, "There is Master Lao Shihai today, if you two don't dislike it, you can rest in Zhenxuansi for the time being." ”

"Amitabha, the poor monk thanked Xiang Daoyou."

The old monk Shihai clasped his hands together, and the little monk also recited the Buddha's name.

When the master and apprentice walked out, Xiang Beige waved his hand, "A few of you have dispersed, Chen Ning stayed, I have something to tell you." ”

"Yes, Master Xiang."

He Zhang and the master walked out obediently, and Ma Changsi squeezed his eyebrows, which probably meant that he was going to be scolded again for mocking Chen Ning.

Chen Ning ignored him and pretended not to see this little fat man playing cheap.

After a while, only father and son were left in the lobby, one in the upper seat and the other at the end of the table, looking at each other from afar.

Xiang Beige looked at Chen Ning with a little helplessness in his eyes, and asked, "I don't want you to get involved in this case anymore, this case is very complicated, and it may involve a big person that I can't afford to provoke." ”

Chen Ning said lightly: "I'm not afraid." ”

Xiang Beige coughed lightly twice and sighed faintly, "I know you want revenge, since you said you wanted to practice martial arts with me, I knew it...... I just didn't expect this day to come so soon. ”

The corners of Chen Ning's mouth twitched slightly, and he quickly regained his composure, "Since that day, I have often dreamed, and my mother's crying face in my dream is always reminding me that I can't really be a bad seed." ”

Xiang Beige coughed hard, "Your mother doesn't want you to take revenge, she just wants you to live well...... Live happily. ”

Chen Ning had a stubbornness in his eyes, and said lightly: "Revenge and living well do not conflict, and it does not conflict with happiness." ”

He paused, "Happiness is not a mediocrity with nothing but no ambition and enthusiasm, nor is it a life that repeats itself but is aimless, and it is not a life that gradually approaches death without a purpose. ”

Xiang Beige opened his mouth, but he didn't say anything for a long time, and only laughed after a long time: "Okay!" Grow up! Really grew up! This personality is very similar to your father, but you are smarter than your father, and your temperament is stable, which is good, good. ”

Before today, Chen Ning had never said such a thing to him.

Chen Ning was silent, only the perseverance in his eyes was speaking for him.

After Xiang Beige laughed, he said solemnly: "If you think about moving forward, you must know that the road ahead is full of thorns, and you will kill every step." The Qiao family has now moved to the imperial capital, and it is Zhong Mingding's food, a big family with the importance of the Immortal Sect, if you want to take revenge, it is as difficult as ascending to the sky. ”

"There is nothing easy in this world, as long as you do it, there is always a chance to succeed, but if you don't do it, you will never succeed."

Chen Ning's eyes were bright, and he said lightly: "When I was born, my mother named me Chen Song, hoping that I would grow up like a pine tree, and one day I would be able to be as good as a pavilion."

When I was five years old, I enrolled in Liyunzhai, Mr. Su taught me a lot of truths, and it was also that year that I insisted on changing my name to Chen Ning, because at that time I had already made up my mind that I must take revenge!

Ning, so far.

Whenever someone calls my name, it's a reminder that I'm going to go far enough to get justice for my mother. I can't live up to my mother's expectations, and I must grow into a towering tree. ”

Xiang Beige coughed violently, and the corners of his mouth oozed blood.

"I'm getting old, it's not as strong as when I was young, and the sword isn't as fast as it was then, otherwise that kind of ghost, I can make him disappear with a sword."

He snorted, wiped the bloodshot from the corner of his mouth, took out a package from his arms, and threw it to Chen Ning.

Chen Ning took the package and didn't look at it, but frowned and stared at Xiang Beige, "Your injury is very serious, serious, I'll take a look." ”

"Your medical skills are all taught by me, don't show it off in front of me, don't worry, I can heal myself."

Xiang Beige waved his hand freely, "There are things you want in that bag, take it to save your life." Remember, going up the mountain is not a one-time ride, it's a slow walk. The mountain is ten thousand feet high, and it is only one step to climb.

If you really encounter something that you can't beat, just turn around and run, run as far as possible, and you will be stronger than him in the future, and it will not be too late to kill him. The so-called stay in the green mountains, don't worry about no firewood to burn......"

He seems to want to tell Chen Ning all the big truths he knows in his life before he is willing to give up.

But halfway through the talk, Xiang Beige realized something, and waved his hand helplessly, "Forget it, don't talk about it, you will annoy me if you talk too much, you just need to know, this bloody case is less touched, practice hard, and do what you want to do in the future."

Hold the stuff and fuck off! ”

Chen Ning took the small package into his arms, then got up, knelt down, and solemnly kowtowed to Xiang Beige.

"Thank you, father-in-law."

After kowtowing, he got up and straightened his chest and strode out.

Xiang Beige stared at Chen Ning's back, coughed lightly, and sighed: "It's not easy to hear you call your father-in-law." ”

After a long time, he lowered his head and took out a small sword from his sleeve, and the sword rose out of his sleeve, and in the blink of an eye, it had become a four-foot green edge.

It was the prodigal sword, but the light was much dimmer compared to last night, and there was a slight crack where the word prodigal son was engraved.

"Old man, I'm afraid I won't be able to fix you this time."

Xiang Beige gently brushed the crack of the prodigal son's sword and couldn't stop coughing.

The prodigal son sword groaned softly, as if comforting Xiang Sad.

"It's okay, I'm with you."

……

……

When Chen Ning walked to the front yard of the yamen, there was no one in the yamen, Wang Hu and the crowd were busy at this time, and the two masters and apprentices of Shihai were nowhere to be seen.

Only Ma Changsi sat on the steps of the door, ripped open the placket of the soap robe, and fanned the wind with his hands with a grin.

On a July day, the scorching sun scorched the earth, turning this world into a big steamer, and it was close to noon, which was the hottest time.

"Brother Ning, have you been scolded? Where are we going? ”

When Ma Changsi saw Chen Ning, he smiled and got up to meet him.

Chen Ning walked outside the yamen with a knife, "I'm tired all night, aren't you sleepy?" Go home and rest, and wake up. ”

"That's a good feeling, when you say this, I feel like my bones are going to fall apart!"

Ma Changsi stretched his waist and kept up with Chen Ning's pace, it can be seen that he went out to the east, and hurriedly shouted: "Brother Ning, you are going the other way, we have to go west when we go home!" ”

"I'm not going home, you go back first."

Chen Ning didn't turn his head, and still strode forward.

Ma Changsi just wanted to ask, but suddenly remembered something, and obediently closed his mouth.

Yesterday was the Midyear Festival, also known as the Ghost Festival, which is rumored to be the day when the ghost door is opened, and the ghosts will return to the world from the ghost capital that night to visit their relatives.

According to local customs, before sunset, they should go to the grave to burn paper and incense, and bring some money for the return to the relatives, so as not to be troubled by the ghost soldiers of the ghost capital.

The direction Chen Ning walked was in the east of the city, and there was an ancestral mountain not far from the east of the city, where people in Qingxi County would be buried after they died.

Ma Changsi thought clearly, Brother Ning went to his mother's grave.

……

……

Chen Ning came out of the yamen all the way, and before going to the east of the city, he stopped in a total of three places.

The first place is a deep house compound, on which there is a plaque of "Ma Fu", a large family, much more generous than Ma Changsi's family, compared to Ma Changsi, a family that can only be said to be rich, this Ma Fu is the real big family in Qingxi County, and it is one of the best in the county.

He stood in front of the door of the Mafu for a while, and the people of the Mafu who watched the door greeted him, but he did not respond, just stared at the plaque of the Mafu.

The second place is a paper tie shop, just on Majia Street in front of Mafu, and the shop is run by an old woman with a rickety body and kind eyes.

The old woman wears a black veil all year round, and everyone calls her "ugly mother-in-law", who is said to have been disfigured when she was young, so although she is in her twilight years, she is not married, and runs this paper shop to live.

The ugly mother-in-law has a very good temper, every year Chen Ning comes to buy incense and candles, she will take Chen Ning less than a copper plate, and then give Chen Ning an extra knife to burn paper, saying that she will burn it for Chen Ning and his mother.

The third place is a rouge shop, which is Qiao's rouge shop that is famous in Daqin.

There is a very unique thing in Qiao's Rouge Shop called "lipstick", which is a small finger-sized box that can rotate into various colors and fragrance of rouge when opened.

When Qiao's lipstick was not out, women could only use vermilion paper or boxed powdered lip grease for makeup, which was incomparable with "lipstick" in terms of durability and convenience.

In previous years, when Chen Ning came here, he would only ask what kind of lipstick was the best sold this year, and he would leave after reading it.

This year was different, he asked for one of the most expensive.

He didn't give money, but said, "Tell you shopkeeper, I took this lipstick from Chen Ning." ”

The little girl who sold rouge told the shopkeeper that the shopkeeper came out in person, looked at Chen Ning and smiled, and shouted that he would take two more sticks next time.

Words are tigers that stand in the way, and clothes are mad hair.

Chen Ning knew that what they were afraid of was not themselves, but the soap robe on their bodies, but he believed that one day, he would make everyone in the Qiao family afraid of him, so afraid that when he heard the name Chen Ning, he trembled and knelt down to beg for mercy.