Chapter 1: The Liu Family
Liujia, located in a poor town in the south of the Song Kingdom, this town, like several surrounding towns, depends on Qinghe City, which is ten kilometers away, to survive, the town is not big, and the neighbors almost know each other, and life is peaceful and peaceful.
A child sits on the hill at the head of the town and looks at the blue sky in a silent daze, occasionally some people from the town will come in and out of the town and make fun of the child when they see the child sitting there in a daze.
A middle-aged man in a cloth coat walked over with a flat shoulder, and the child who saw the hill smiled and shouted, "Young Master Liu is here in a daze again."
"Huh? Uncle Zhang.... You're back, I'll go home when I sit here. The child reacted and immediately replied crampedly.
The middle-aged man who was called Uncle Zhang shook his head with a smile and carried his burden into the town, the child looked outside, sighed, and lost interest in continuing to sit here, so he also got up and walked into the town.
The child's real name is Liu Xunxiang, and he is the little master of the Liu family in the town.
The Liu family is also a big family in this town, the head of the family is named Liu Chongru, in the early years because of some chances, joined the army, learned a skill in the army, and later because of a mission injury, he retired from the army, returned to his hometown Yuetian Town, with years of saving silver and his own good skills in Yuetian Town, there are three sons under his knees, and now they are all in Yuetian Town.
The third son, Liu Tianxu, returned to Liu's house after taking care of the family business from a neighboring town, and asked when he entered the door: Where is Xiang'er?
"Where else can I go, I don't go out every day, and I take a bunch of children in the town to steal fruits and dig birds' eggs, Xiang'er is still young after all, don't keep forcing him. A gentlely dressed woman laughed.
Liu Tianxu sighed, took the teacup on the table and looked at it again, the woman saw this and asked, "What's the matter, is there still no way?"
Liu Tianxu smiled bitterly, "Madam, it's useless, Xiang'er doesn't have the blessing of cultivating immortals, what I can do for him is to let him live a stable life in Yuetian Town and be a wealthy ordinary person." ”
The woman looked at the increasing gray hair on Liu Tianxu's head, and felt a little distressed: "This is all fate, what we can do for Xiang'er, we have done it, Xiang'er has been sensible since she was a child, he won't blame us, don't have too much pressure on you." ”
Outside the door of the living room, Liu Xunxiang, who was about to go in, heard this scene and silently retreated.
Since Liu Xunxiang remembered, he knew that there were immortals in this world, although he had not seen it with his own eyes, but Liu Xunxiang, who had liked to read miscellaneous wild history since he was a child, was still shocked by the immortal deeds recorded in the book.
The power of the immortals is not only that they can leap into the Nine Heavens and travel millions of mountains and rivers in a day, but also that they can take the head of the enemy generals in a million troops, and they can manipulate water, fire, wind and thunder, and turn mountains and rivers into rivers.......
Each scene in these books is deeply portrayed in Liu Xunxiang's mind.
"Immortals, how nice it would be if I could also cultivate immortals. ”
When night fell, Liu Xunxiang, who was bored in the room, was ready to go out to see the stars in the afternoon, because I heard my mother say that every twinkling star in the sky is a country, and there are people like themselves living there, if they also look up at the sky, they see themselves are the same as the stars, so Liu Xunxiang is very yearning for these stars.
As soon as Liu Xunxiang walked to the courtyard, he met a group of people, and the one who walked in front was a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy, who was sturdy, with a slightly dark face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and an honest and honest appearance.
When Liu Xunxiang saw it, he immediately shouted: "I've seen cousin Liu Long." ”
Cousin Liulong, a name that shines in the entire town in the Liu family, and a Qilin son of the Liu family who was determined by the mayor of the town after birth.
After that, the Liu family put all their energy on Liu Long, and Liu Chongru, the old head of the Liu family, has been even more exhausted in the past few years, thinking about how to send Liu Long to Xianmen.
In this world dominated by immortals, a family without immortals is destined to not survive for a long time.
Liu Long chuckled when he saw Liu Xunxiang and said, "Yo, where is Cousin Xunxiang going so late, don't you want to do something about roosters and dogs?"
Liu Xunxiang continued as if she hadn't heard it: "If the cousin is fine, the cousin will take the first step. ”
After speaking, he walked around from the side, and at this moment, a foot stretched out and tripped Liu Xunxiang to the ground, and suddenly a group of people burst into laughter, Liu Xunxiang was in pain, and turned around and glared at the group of people.
"The little master is really careless when he walks, this fall is really distressing. One of the people behind Liu Long immediately spoke.
"Even if I fall to the ground, I am still the young master of the Liu family, and you are still a slave of the Liu family. Liu Xunxiang got up, patted the dust on her body, and said slowly.
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There was a sound, but it was Liu Long who slapped Liu Xunxiang on his still immature face.
"It also depends on the owner to beat the dog, and my dog can also be trained by you?" This slap is for my brother to teach you how to obey the rules, teach you how to understand respect and humility, understand?" Liu Long's mouth raised slightly, and he said with interest.
Liu Xunxiang took a deep breath, and then arched his hand and said, "What my cousin taught me is that my cousin has been taught. ”
"Waste. ”
Liu Long laughed a few times, and then led a group of servants to his courtyard.
Looking at the back of Liu Long and the others leaving, Liu Xunxiang's hands hidden in his sleeves couldn't help but tremble slightly because they were clenched too hard.
In Liu Xunxiang's impression, except for his parents and a few relatives, the rest of the clan is basically very average to themselves, and even not good, after all, although they are the two young masters of the Liu family, one is destined to become an immortal in the future, and the other is destined to be an ordinary person in this life, as long as they are not stupid, they know who to talk to.
Liu Xunxiang, who had not long been out of the gate of Liu's house, came to the long street that could pass through the town and go directly to the entrance of the town, there was no curfew in the town, so there were still some shops and townspeople hanging out on the long street at this time, Liu Xunxiang looked at it, and trotted all the way with tears in her eyes.
The wind at night was very cool, and Liu Xunxiang sat on the hill at the head of the town, looking at the stars in the sky a little dazed.
In the past few years, because he can't practice, even his father's status in the family has become lower and lower, and the eldest uncle Liu Tiandong doesn't care about any brotherhood at all, if only his cousin Liu Long secretly excludes himself, it will be forgotten, and what is even more terrifying is that the eldest aunt has also wanted to get rid of himself a few times, but fortunately, he has been sensible since he was a child, so he let himself hide again and again, and in the last few years, he determined that he couldn't practice, so he didn't continue to kill the killer, but all of this, Liu Xunxiang kept it in his heart.
Liu Xunxiang touched her cheek, which was still faintly painful, and said to herself: "Why is God so unfair, everything is predestined, those who can practice are born to be able to practice, and those who can't practice can't practice no matter how hard they try." ”
"Not necessarily. ”
An old voice sounded behind Liu Xunxiang.
"Holy. Liu Xunxiang was so frightened that she spun around, only to see a white-haired old man in tattered clothes and a black toe with black toes on the tips of his shoes standing behind him, staring at him with a smile on his face.
"Little guy, who told you that mortals who are born with no cultivation will have no chance of cultivating for the rest of their lives? You keep saying that no matter how hard you try, you can't cultivate, but you don't work hard at all, so why do you assert that you can't?" the old man said
Liu Xunxiang found that although the old man was a sloppy mess, his white hair was clean and meticulous.
"Old man, who are you bluffing, who in this world does not know that cultivation is a gift from God, and those who have not received the gift will not be able to practice at all. Liu Xunxiang felt that this old man was an old madman.
The sloppy old man smiled, sat on the ground with a big grin, crossed his legs, picked his teeth with his hand, put it in front of his nose and sniffed it, and said slowly: "Haha, since the little doll knows that cultivation is a gift from God, then you still say these, or are you wishful thinking of cultivating immortals?"
When someone said his heart so nakedly, Liu Xunxiang couldn't help but blush, and said angrily: "I just want to, even if it's a dream, I just want to ask God why it's so unfair, who can practice and who can't practice, why does it have the final say." ”
The sloppy old man glanced at Liu Xunxiang with disdain: "Heaven and earth are not benevolent, taking all things as dogs, millions of years in the world, how many people resented the sky as much as you, but unfortunately, I can't step on the fairy road, I am not more than a hundred years old, what can I do with resentment, it is not turned into dry bones, dolls like you, I have seen too many old men." ”
After saying that, the old man got up, reached out and patted the pants behind his buttocks, and slowly walked down the hill humming an unknown tune.
"Then I will also try, although the effort may not necessarily have results, but at least I can give myself an explanation, people live, after all, they must be worthy of themselves. Liu Xunxiang looked at the old man's back and said.
The sloppy old man stopped, seemed to smile, and then said: "Is this important to you? Have you ever thought about the consequences of once you embark on this road against the sky? How many people have been stronger than you for millions of years, and in order to win the slightest chance to change their lives, they can't even leave a whole corpse, isn't the little doll afraid?"
"Don't be afraid, instead of living in a nest, it is better to fight against this unfair heaven and this written fate. ”
"The little doll is quite ambitious, you are not afraid of death, so are you afraid of the death of your parents and the death of your future Taoist couple?"
Liu Xunxiang seemed to have been choked by the neck, and her little face was flushed and she didn't say a word, she was not afraid of death, but what if her father and mother were implicated because of her disobedience.
"Hahaha, cause and effect in the world, you can't escape. The scruffy old man shook his head and walked down the hill.
Everyone in the world knows that the wealth of cultivation depends on the gift of God, once there is a person who has no gift to practice, it will inevitably cause turmoil in the heavens at that time, looking at the back of the sloppy old man who disappeared, Liu Xunxiang stood silently on the hill for a long time.
The next day, after getting up, Liu Xunxiang looked at the slap marks on his face that had not completely dissipated in the bronze mirror, sighed, and took out a tiger head mask bought on the street of the town from the cabinet and walked out of the room with his face.
"Mother, I went out to play, and I won't go home for dinner at noon. ”
After shouting at the mother who was embroidering a purse in the living room, Liu Xunxiang rushed out of Liufu without looking back.
"Well, you kid goes out without eating. Liu Mu Jiangyu shouted at Liu Xunxiang, and saw that Liu Xunxiang had no choice but to shake her head helplessly.
On the same day, a group of doll soldiers went to the field under the leadership of Liu Xunxiang to pick up snails, and Liu Xunxiang dismissed the children together, and then went to the small hill at the entrance of the town with Su Zhiling.
Su Zhiling is the only baby daughter of the mayor of the town, and in the first two years, for some reason, Liu Xunxiang even coaxed and tricked her into joining the gang, and now a group of doll soldiers are even more lawless, and even the guards in the town dare not squeak.
The hill is the private domain of the two "leaders", as it is the best place in the town to see the whereabouts of the sun.
Su Zhiling shook his two jade lotus-like calves, looked at Liu Xunxiang who was lying on the ground with Erlang's legs crossed beside him, groaned a little, and said a little nervously: "Little Liuzi, I'm about to leave." ”
Liu Xunxiang was stunned for a moment and asked, "Is it the thing you said last time?"
Su Zhiling nodded and said, "Daddy said that this matter is very important, so I can only listen to Daddy's arrangement, and I can't play with you anymore in the future." ”
After a short silence, Liu Xunxiang said, "Then we are doing a big deal before you leave, how about it?"
"Yes. A joyful affirmation sounded in Liu Xunxiang's ears.
A day later, in a small teahouse next to the street of the town, Su Zhiling looked at Liu Xunxiang with an incredible face, originally made an appointment to meet today the day before yesterday to discuss the plan for the last vote, but when he learned that Liu Xunxiang said the so-called "one vote big" today, Su Zhiling still felt that Liu Xunxiang was crazy.
"Little Liuzi, is your cousin bullying you again? You tell me, I'll clean him up for you. Su Zhiling looked at Liu Xunxiang with a worried expression.
Su Zhiling knew that the Liu family revolved around Liu Xunxiang's cousin from top to bottom, and even some subordinates treated Liu Xunxiang very badly in private in order to tie up with Liu Long, but Liu Long just ignored it, and even deliberately indulged it.
Liu Xunxiang snorted disdainfully: "Did he bully me? It's good if I don't bully him." ”
Su Zhiling was amused by Liu Xunxiang's stinky fart, but after hesitating, he still asked, "Are you really planning to do this?" ”
"That's why I need you to help me. Liu Xunxiang looked at Su Zhiling with blank eyes and said.
Su Zhiling's little face began to turn red when he was seen, and he hurriedly interrupted: "Okay, okay, I'll figure it out, you go home and wait for my news, but you have to promise me, after I help you, you will listen to me for everything." ”
"Deal. ”
On the second day, Liu Xunxiang sat in the small teahouse early, and when she saw Su Zhiling enter the door, she asked eagerly: "How about Zhiling, is there a way?"
Su Zhiling glanced at Liu Xunxiang and said proudly: "I can still have unfair things when I go out." ”
Hearing that Su Zhiling personally confirmed, Liu Xunxiang jumped up happily.
After making an appointment with Su Zhiling, Liu Xunxiang returned home, and the two servants guarding the door saw Liu Xunxiang coming back, and shouted perfunctorily with their heads down: "Little master." ”
Liu Xunxiang gave a stupid sigh of kindness and walked straight to the yard where her parents were.
After watching Liu Xunxiang leave, the two guarding the door began to mutter: "The little young master still doesn't know his situation, he goes out every day to cause trouble, I think, sooner or later, something will happen." ”
The other person nodded and agreed: "Let's Liufu, we still count on the eldest young master in the future, the eldest young master is going to become an immortal, hehe, as long as we have a good relationship, we will have a good life in the future." ”
"Dog minions, who told you to talk about your master behind your back? A coquettish shout rang in the ears of the two.
Accompanied by the sound came a red shadow, and as soon as the red shadow turned around, he heard two snaps, but he slapped the two guards in the face.
After the two servants saw the red shadow clearly, they knelt on the ground regardless of the pain on their faces, and said tremblingly: "The slave should die, the slave should die, please forgive the second lady and spare the little one." ”
Red Qianying is the daughter of Liu Tianzhong, the second son of Old Man Liu, the second lady of the Liu family, Liu Yixue, Liu Yixue is five years older than Liu Xunxiang, and she is very unaccustomed to seeing the faces of some people in the family, so she takes great care of her cousin.
"If I hear you talk about the young master again, I will cut off all your tongues. Liu Yixue said with a sinister face, and her already beautiful face added a charm because of anger.
The Liu family house is big, Liu Xunxiang crossed the hall, trotted all the way to the yard where her father and mother were, but accidentally fell to the ground, and before Liu Xunxiang got up by herself, a pair of hands stuck Liu Xunxiang in and hugged her from behind.
"Uncle Du~"
Liu Xunxiang didn't need to look back to know who the person behind him was.
Du Zhong laughed: "Is the little young master in a hurry to go home and get boarded again?"
Liu Xunxiang smiled and said, "Uncle Du, don't laugh at me, I'm good today, I'm not messing around, I'm hungry."
"Okay, well, the little young master will go to the third lady first, and the old slave will send someone to bring some rice cakes later. Du Zhong patted the dust on the hem of Liu Xunxiang's clothes and said.
As soon as he heard that there were rice cakes, Liu Xunxiang's little eyes suddenly narrowed into a crescent moon, since he can remember, this Du Zhong has been a big housekeeper in the Liu family, sometimes the subordinates of the Liu family snub themselves, Du Zhong will also reprimand those subordinates, so in the Liu Mansion, Liu Xunxiang is also very close to him.
Liu Xunxiang, who was full of rice cakes, ran to the small courtyard where her father and mother were, and shouted as soon as she entered the door: "Daddy, mother, I'm back!"
A gentle woman came out in response, looked at the little ordinary Liu Xunxiang, her eyes were full of doting, she wiped the sweat beads on her forehead for Liu Xunxiang half-squatting, and asked, "Did Xiang'er cause trouble today?" ”
Liu Xunxiang proudly raised her little face and said, "Xiang'er didn't cause trouble today, what about Daddy, Xiang'er has something to tell you and Daddy." ”
The woman nodded and led Liu Xunxiang to the living room, only to see a majestic middle-aged man sitting in the hall, the man had a Chinese face, and his face was not angry and arrogant, Liu Xunxiang subconsciously shrank his neck after seeing it, and whispered: "Daddy"
"Well, I'm back, pack up and get ready to eat," Liu Tianxu said.
At the dinner table, the woman kept putting the meat on the plate into the bowls of Liu Xunxiang and Liu Tianxu, and asked, "Xiang'er, didn't you just come back and say that you have something to tell me about your father, what is the matter?"
Liu Xunxiang glanced at Liu Tianxu, and found that Liu Tianxu was still eating by himself as if he hadn't heard it, so he whispered: "That's the case, I'm going to do a big deal." ”
"En" Liu Tianxu subconsciously responded, then was stunned, reacted, immediately glared at Liu Xunxiang, and said, "What are you talking about, stinky boy!"
Although Liu Xunxiang is not afraid of heaven and earth, she still has a natural fear of her father, and at this time, she didn't control her mouth at the dinner table and said smoothly, and suddenly her neck shrank again, and she lowered her head and picked up the rice in the bowl.
"Look at you, it's hard to come back, you murdered him before you finished a meal, it's normal for Xiang'er to be playful at this age, you weren't the child king of the town when you were a child. The woman smiled when she saw Liu Tianxu's appearance.
Liu Tianxu's unprecedented old face turned red, and he muttered: "Madam, why are you saying this in front of the child?"
Liu Xunxiang, who lowered her head to pick up rice, couldn't hold back for a while, and laughed out loud, which caused Liu Tianxu's angry scolding.
"Stinky boy, laugh at what you laugh at, say, what the hell is going on. ”
Liu Xunxiang held her mouth, put down her chopsticks, paused and said: "Dad, mother, I want to go on a long trip with Bing Ling, you know, Bing Ling will be sent by his family to the State Church Academy to practice, and you can bring a person to the State Church Academy, and Ji Ling gave me this place." ”
Liu Tianxu and his wife Jiang Yu naturally knew that the daughter of the mayor of the town was born with the qualification of cultivating immortals like Liu Long, and Su Zhiling had an elder who seemed to be a big man in Qinghe City, so Su Zhiling was able to enter the National Religious Academy, and the two were not surprised, when they were surprised, they actually gave such a precious place to their own son.
The National Religious Academy is a sect founded by the founding emperor of the Song Kingdom in order to cultivate more great monks, with the Song Emperor as the dean, and the royal worship of the Song State as the elder teaching, and the place where the Song Dynasty Tianjiao was jointly cultivated and taught, and it was also the top spiritual place in the Song Kingdom.
And those who can enter the National Academy are the pride of the sky, and after they enter, they will focus on cultivation, so some miscellaneous things need to be done by subordinates, but these pride of the sky is difficult to serve, so there is such a rule behind it, all the disciples who enter the National Academy can bring a personal entourage to study together.
Entering the national academy to practice requires talent, but there is no such requirement, and after entering the institute, you can also practice the basic method, so the quota of the affinity has become the sweetheart in the eyes of many family tycoons, and behind the quota of a pro-entourage, there is often more competition for power and wealth.
Although Su Zhiling's father Su Luo is only the head of a small town, he is also a powerful immortal, although Su Zhiling's mother is not an immortal, but the family behind him is a first-class magnate in this Song Kingdom.
"It's... How is this good?" Although Jiang Yu is a woman, she also probably knows some things about her family and country, and she was a little overwhelmed with joy for a while.
After all, Liu Tianxu has experienced a lot outside, and he has not lost his temper, but he is also a little surprised.
Although he knew that his son was mixed with Su Zhiling every day, he didn't expect that Su Luo actually agreed to give this quota to his son, you know, the Su family and Su Zhiling's mother's maiden family are all staring at this personal quota, even if it is a big family of the Song Kingdom, it doesn't mean that you can stuff it if you want to stuff one person, Su Zhiling can get in, and it is also a factor of his own qualifications.
Liu Tianxu asked: "Stinky boy, you can't talk nonsense, are you sure that Su Luo and Mrs. Su agreed to it personally?"
Liu Xunxiang shook her little head and said: "Anyway, Ji Ling told me so, I don't think Ji Ling will lie to me, besides, I just went in as a domestic servant, and I won't really serve tea and pour water for Su Ji Ling's little girl, wash and cook." ”
Liu Tianxu is angry and funny, this kid is not happy, domestic servant, just for the quota of this one domestic servant, how many famous family heads are fighting for their heads, and how many children of the family, the young master of the son put down his body, just to serve Su Zhiling.
Thinking of this, Liu Tianxu picked up the wine glass and dried it up, this stinky boy of his own family, God did not give him the qualifications to cultivate immortals, but he gave him a great luck, this luck, even he was jealous.