Chapter 45. A reprimand

Pine nut? What the hell is this name, isn't this guy called Jiang Xuerou?

After the old Taoist priest's scolding, Jiang Xuerou said to the old Taoist priest like a child, Master, don't think that this person is an ordinary person, he is also a member of our Xuanmen, and the incident you ordered me to investigate this time has actually been found by him and his accomplices to find the underground seal first.

I pointed to Jiang Xuerou's nose and said, stinky boy, you talk well with your mouth, what do you mean by an accomplice? Also, my Luban ruler, you give it back to me! After saying this, Jiang Xuerou took out a wooden stick from his sleeve, which was my Luban ruler. He raised the Lu Ban ruler in his hand and said, just such a broken ruler, you are still a treasure, and you are not too tired to chase to the mountain at night...

"Shut up!" The old Taoist priest scolded. You took someone else's stuff, but you were justified! Jiang Xuerou argued, but Master, this person is also a person who covets the underground seal, and I don't know if these people are good or bad, if they really get the seal, in case they have a bad heart, wouldn't it be to cause trouble?

The old Taoist priest said that the underground seal originated from a legend, but we just happened to guess it. Even if we knew there was something there, it wasn't ours, so how can you say that others covet it? If others go out and talk about it, they still say that I covet this thing!

It seems that this old Taoist surname is Gao, so I bowed my hand and said to the high Taoist, the old man is polite, the younger generation is not a special trip to the mountain to ask for guilt, it was originally going to visit the mountain, but this little brother said goodbye in advance, and took my things, I don't understand what he meant, so I came to ask for clarity overnight. What Brother Jiang said just now is indeed true, that seal was indeed found by us, and it was indeed deliberately found, and the person who was with me was called Qin Bukong.

I deliberately mentioned Qin Bukong's name, thinking that although this person has always been secretive in the metaphysical world in the southwest region, both good and evil, I believe that he is still very famous, otherwise my master would not have made a special trip to visit back then. Sure enough, when I mentioned Qin Bukong's name, Gao Daoren turned his head and looked at me in astonishment, but that feeling flashed by. It was precisely in this short period of less than a second that I realized that although this old Taoist priest felt pedantic, he was actually a well-informed and experienced person.

Gao Daoren nodded slightly to me, which is considered to be a courtesy, there is no doubt that he is above me in terms of seniority, so it is polite not to put on a stand with a junior like me. He said to me, it turns out that this mercy is a friend of Mr. Qin, no wonder, I heard that he has been erratic all these years, and it seems that he is also looking for some lost folk treasures everywhere. Since the two of you have already taken the lead, please forgive us for coming uninvited from the Yunsheng Palace, and in the future, we will not interfere in this matter, so as not to let Mr. Qin misunderstand.

The implication is that he admits that he knows Qin Bukong. I said to Gao Daoren, in fact, there is no need, since we met this Brother Jiang, we also think that it is a good thing for your sect to help find it together, so I came to visit, but there was such a small episode in the middle. However, the things that were taken by this Brother Jiang without telling them were the things that were left for the next few before the family master Xianyou, and they were also a necessary tool for this spell, so I hope that the seniors will be the masters and return the things to me.

Gao Daoren turned his head to Jiang Xuerou and said loudly, Songzi, don't you hurry up and return it to others! From today onwards, you will keep me honest on the mountain, and I will not be allowed to go down the mountain without my permission! Jiang Xuerou said anxiously, but if he didn't go down the mountain, wouldn't everything he had spent on the previous investigation be a waste of effort? Gao Dao people seemed to be angry, he rebuked, what kind of effort, this thing does not belong to any of us, naturally whoever finds it first, who has the right to speak, our master is looking for the seal, just to protect the peace, so as not to lift the seal, the soul of the witch king is troublesome, that Mr. Qin is a master, since he interfered in this matter, we naturally have to retreat. I believe that Mr. Qin will handle it better than us, and we cultivators, although we are curious about these things, we will not covet them. This is the goodness that the teacher has always taught you is like water, and it is indisputable!

When I first apprenticed, Master also said something similar to me.

Maybe it was because Gao Daoren scolded Jiang Xuerou very loudly, and he made a noise with other people, and while he was talking, four or five people in their teens to thirties came out of other rooms one after another, dressed as Taoists. These people soon gathered around the old Taoist and Jiang Xuerou. I didn't expect that there were still so many people living in this tattered little Taoist temple, and looking at the dress of these people, it seems that there are no folk disciples, but all of them are officially ordained Taoists.

I'm also a coward, and when I see a lot of people, I feel a little weak. But if Lu Banchi doesn't get it back, if I go down the mountain like this, I won't be laughed to death by my peers in the future. So I stood still and didn't speak, just watching how the people of Gao Dao dealt with this matter.

What I didn't expect was that although Jiang Xuerou was reluctant, she still answered "yes", and walked up to me slowly and returned my Luban ruler to me. I glared at Jiang Xuerou after accepting the Lu Ban ruler, and then turned my head to Gao Daoren and said, Originally, I went up the mountain this time to discuss with your sect, since everyone is not looking for souls to do bad things, why not work together and cooperate with each other, so that it can be faster. Since the senior didn't have this idea, just let me go out to relax this time, so I won't bother much, so I will leave.

After saying that, I bowed my hand and wanted to turn around and leave, after all, there were seven or eight people here, it was a big night, and it was on this barren hillside, if people really wanted to do something to me, I was afraid that I would not be able to fight back, so it was better to slip away as soon as possible. But the people of the high road stopped me and said, "This compassion, it is very late now, there is no light on our mountain, and the road down the mountain is relatively dangerous, I am afraid that it will be dangerous." If you don't dislike our Yunsheng Palace's poor facilities, it's better to stay overnight and go down the mountain after dawn tomorrow.

I felt a little weak in my heart, and I was afraid that there would be more trouble this night. But if I refuse to face to face, it seems that in front of the disciples of the high Taoists, it will be a bit shameless. So I thought that if I didn't sleep so hard at night, I would just be a little sober. Presumably, although I still can't figure out the details of this high-level person, judging from all the things I heard him say after I went up the mountain, this person doesn't seem to be a messy person. From beginning to end, judging from the dialogue between their master to find the soul of the witch king and what to find it, it is also the same as what Jiang Xuerou said when he was caught by us at the beginning. If any of these Jiang Xuerou and Gao Dao people lied, there was really no need to perform like this in front of me.

When I thought of this, I bowed and thanked him. A few disciples of the Gao Dao people immediately went to clean up the room for me. And when Jiang Xuerou was about to turn around and leave, Gao Daoren scolded, who let you go, you stop for me, and explain clearly, why do you want to steal other people's things.

Jiang Xuerou looked pitiful, he was already thin, and he lowered his head in the night at this time, looking like he was doing more evil. He said softly, I didn't want to take his ruler specifically, but I didn't seem to know how to use anything else, but this ruler was quite delicately made, and I took it easily. It wasn't that he meant to steal, he just wanted to make him anxious.

Hearing Jiang Xuerou say this, I smiled bitterly and said, except that I knocked you down when you came out of the ground that day, after all, I didn't know each other at that time, and I didn't know whether they were friends or enemies, after that, I have always treated you politely and didn't offend you, why did you cheat me like this? Jiang Xuerou glanced at me and said, who let you take the lead from me, I thought I was the first to find the soul seal! What's the use of saying this, isn't it over if I apologize to you, I quietly took your things before, I'm sorry!

Although he was apologizing, he didn't seem to feel that he had done anything wrong. So such an apology is very insincere. I thought about it, but now that the things have been found and the matter has been clarified, the manly man is not bad for such an apologetic word. But Gao Daoren didn't seem to think so, he thought that Jiang Xuerou would admit his mistake only if his deeds were revealed, and he was not sincere, so he suddenly got angry again, and reprimanded loudly, You have done something wrong and you don't repent, do you want to spread this matter and lose the face of my entire Yunsheng Palace!

I hurriedly said, don't worry, senior, this matter will not be spread, at least I will not take it out myself. This Brother Jiang has already known that he is wrong, so forget it. But the high Taoist people said indomitively, this mercy, this is my Yunsheng Palace's apprentice, please don't say more. Since the apostle did not deny what happened today, it means that he was at fault first, as you said. Just now, this mercy has already said that the Venerable Master has gone immortal, which is a pity, otherwise I, a high Taoist priest, will definitely detain the inferior disciple and personally come to the door to ask for the guilt.

I waved my hand again and again and said, senior senior, you are really serious, this brother Jiang may be just a whim, and there is nothing bad about it, as long as you know your mistakes and can change them, you are so polite, but it makes me a little bit unable to get off the stage.

After finishing speaking, I looked at Gao Daoren, which means that there is no need to be so strict, it is all a trivial matter. Didn't I go up to the mountain to ask for an explanation? How did it turn upside down, I actually started to intercede for the person who stole my things. To this day, I have not figured out how this relationship was completely reversed in a few short words from Gao Daoren.

Gao Daoren heard me say this, so he didn't continue to scold, but just pointed at Jiang Xuerou's brain and said, don't sleep tonight, go to kneel under the tree for me, and you can't get up until this mercy agrees with you to get up!