Chapter Seventy-One: The Tragedy Caused by Half a Steamed Bun
"Is it possible that Xuanyi is a national teacher......? No, it shouldn't be!"
Sima Xiangle frowned and thought about it, but he was still puzzled, looked at Sima Wende and said, "De'er, what did the Queen Mother say?"
Originally, Sima Wende didn't take it seriously when he heard the Queen Mother's words, so he relayed the Queen Mother's words to Sima Xiangle to see what his father's opinion was.
If even the national teacher is not on their side, then their Sima clan really has nothing to rely on.
Seeing that his father didn't believe it, he felt a little at ease, so he said to Sima Xiangle: "Grandmother said that the emperor's grandfather died strangely, and with his old man's body and bones, he should not suddenly die of a violent illness, so grandmother suspected the head of Xuanyimen, after all, the methods of people in the rivers and lakes are endless, and it may be possible to ......."
Sima Xiangle asked again: "Your grandmother is talking about the Xuanyi Sect, not the national teacher?"
Sima Wende nodded and said: "Well, I'm also very strange, isn't the national teacher a person from the Xuanyi Sect? and he is also in the position of deputy head, doesn't my grandmother think that it was the national teacher's doing, but if there is no arrangement from the national teacher, how can the people of the Xuanyi Sect act in this deep palace?"
Sima Xiangle frowned and remained silent.
"Father, what did you think?"
Hearing Sima Wende ask himself, Sima Xiangle shook his head slightly and said, "I can't figure it out, and I can't make sense." ”
"What?"
Sima Xiangle looked at Sima Wende and asked: "Tell me, if Xuanyimen did it, what good would it do to him Xuanyimen? Why did they do this? When the first emperor was in power, he respected the national teacher, and this Xuanyimen was deeply favored by the emperor, I remember that when the previous national teacher, that is, the current head of Xuanyimen, Lu Boyong, returned to the mountain to take over the position of the head of Xuanyimen, his father and emperor once came to Xuanyimen to watch the ceremony, and he could get such a favor from the royal family, and he was the only one in the world, and if Xuanyimen harmed the first emperor, it would not make sense. ”
Sima Wende thought for a while and said: "What my father said is very true, I also asked my grandmother, but my grandmother didn't have any evidence, just guessed in her heart. ”
Sima Xiangle shook his head and said: "Your grandmother is old, it is easy to think too much, De'er, now the only person we can rely on is the national teacher, if we are still suspicious of her, we don't have to think about anything, we can only sit and wait for death." ”
Sima Wende nodded and said: "It's very strange, my grandmother obviously asked me to go to the national teacher for help, but in the end I suspected that there was something wrong with Xuanmen, maybe my grandmother really thought too much." ”
Sima Xiangle got up and said to Sima Wende: "De'er, today you and I father and son have a fateful meeting, it can be seen that God is favored by our Sima clan, you have to be careful, who is a credible person in this court and the opposition, you have to know in your heart, if no one is credible, you will try your best to promote a few people, not necessarily in important positions, but someone has to speak for you, in addition, the national teacher is the emperor, you should put down your identity as a disciple, ask the national teacher for advice on governing the country, remember, let the national teacher see your sincerity." ”
Sima Wende's eyes were resolute, and he said in a deep voice: "Father, you can rest assured. ”
Sima Xiangle patted him on the shoulder and said, "De'er, I've hurt you, go ahead, I won't go to your grandmother's place for the time being, and I'll go over when your aunt enters the palace." ”
Sima Wende was a little reluctant, so he said: "Father, if I go and talk to the national teacher, you won't be imprisoned in this palace." ”
Sima Xiangle said: "You have received this piece of filial piety, but De'er, you have to remember that in this palace, only one emperor is allowed, and you and I have not been able to see each other for many years, don't you understand the truth?"
Sima Wende opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say, he just said, "Father, the child has gone." ”
Sima Xiangle had already turned his back and just waved his hand lightly.
Sima Wende looked at Sima Xiangle's back, and suddenly realized that his father's back was already slightly bowed.
With a slight salute, he turned to leave.
He didn't see it, Sima Xiangle, who had his back to him, was already in two lines of tears.
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Ning Yun saw that Lao Guanglu couldn't care about face, so he lost his voice, stretched forward with one arm, folded the fan in his hand, slapped it a few times, and said in his mouth: "Decades have passed, you have practiced this qi cultivation kung fu well, the matter has come to this, and the life of Master Lao is comfortable, don't be impulsive, even this old age can not be enjoyed." ”
Lao Guangluan's eyes closed slightly, pondered for a moment, took a sip of the tea bowl, his face had returned to normal, and then said with a smile: "The old man doesn't have a good memory, some things have long been forgotten, what is Mr. Ning looking for me? But it doesn't hurt to say it." ”
Ning Yun lightly retracted the folding fan, shook it a few times, and said lightly: "I just remembered the old people and came to reminisce about the past." ”
Lao Guangluan glanced at Ning Yunqing, he was really a character who didn't change his face when he talked nonsense.
"If you want to reminisce about the past, the old man will accompany you to reminisce about the past, dare to ask if the respected teacher is okay?"
Besides, in the capital of Qingzhou, can he still commit violence? Moreover, in the capital of Qingzhou, can he still commit violence? Moreover, his hands are not vegetarians.
Even in the General's Mansion, he never slackened, insisting on practicing every day, just hoping that one day he would be able to slash the enemy.
Ning Yun chuckled and said, "Then I want to congratulate you, the revenge will be avenged." ”
Lao Guanglu's pupils shrank.
Ning Yunqing poured himself a bowl of tea, put the folding fan on the table, took a sip slowly, saw that he was silent, put down the tea bowl and asked, "What?
Lao Guangluan's eyes suddenly dimmed, and the whole person seemed to be less energetic.
Seeing this, Ning Yun said lightly: "The revenge has to be avenged, how can Lord Lao be so unhappy?"
Lao Guangluo picked up the lid of the bowl and scraped it slowly, watching the tea leaves in the bowl float up and down, and suddenly felt that today's tea seemed to be put in more, slightly bitter.
With a long sigh, he got up and put his hands behind his back and said softly: "I know you have the ability to find me, the old man is tired today, let's talk about it later." ”
Ning Yun chuckled and said loudly: "Uncle Cousin, go slowly, my little nephew will visit you at the General's Mansion in two days." ”
Lao Guangluan was stunned for a moment, then nodded and walked downstairs.
Seeing that Lao Guangluan was not in high spirits and left, the tea guests were curious, and someone whispered to the person next to him: "It must be that Lord Lao has a hot face and a cold buttocks, and he has been broken by his own juniors, and his heart is not very happy, otherwise when Lord Lao comes here to drink tea, he will not be able to sit for an hour." ”
Someone else answered: "It's very reasonable for you to say that, I think it's like, you see what the man said at the end, why go to visit in two days, there are such powerful cousins in the clan, and he actually speaks like this, could it be that this person still has some background?"
Ning Yunqing ignored the chatter of the tea guests, they were all people who were full of food and had nothing to do, and they liked to use other people's things with tea, which really made people feel bad.
Tapping his fingertips on the table, he was thinking about his next step.
Lao Guangluan, who came downstairs, threw a piece of silver to the counter and said, "Boss, remember, next time the old man comes, change a kind of tea, and the old man will also change the taste and try it." ”
The shopkeeper didn't know why this Lord Lao took the money and nodded with a smile, and watched the Lord Lao, who looked unhappy with his hands behind his back, leave.
Walking slowly on the street, Lao Guanglu suddenly felt that this life was boring, for the sake of stuttering, many people fought to the death, and in order to be happy, they also danced knives and sticks, beat and killed.
It's just that you have a peaceful day, but you are looking forward to something, otherwise it is still boring to live day after day, going around and around, and drawing circles like this.
Now that he can't even kill the enemy, he suddenly doesn't know what he has lived for more than 30 years?
He had to recite that name a thousand times a day, just to tell himself that even if he couldn't beat it, he would give it a try.
There is a way for a gentleman to take revenge, ten years is not too late, maybe one day, he will be weak as my labor Guang roller, even if he gives a gentle slap before his breath, it can be regarded as his own revenge.
It's not that Lao Guangluan didn't think that he would not find Xu Weak, because Penglai Pavilion had also looked for this person back then, but to no avail.
Just with this thought in his mind, he felt that he still had a kind of hope for his own life.
Today, this hope is gone, and he doesn't think that this person named Ning Yunqing will lie to him.
And the events of that year actually had a lot to do with this person named Ning Yunqing.
More than 30 years ago, as a disciple of Penglai Pavilion, he traveled down the mountain, fantasizing that he could use what he had learned to be chivalrous and righteous, and by the way, he would have a hero to save the beauty, and maybe there would be a girl who secretly promised him.
He traveled to Xuzhou, drank tea to quench his thirst in a small tea stall next to an official road, and inquired about the customs of Xuzhou with the tea sellers, and then a person with a child also came to the tea stall.
The boy looked to be no more than ten years old, with a tiger's head, a tiger-headed hat, and a candy stick in his hand licking.
Lao Guangluan thought that this child was very interesting, so he took a few more looks, and the child stuck out his tongue at him and made a grimace.
He smiled and shook his head, drinking herbal tea with an average taste but quenching his thirst, thinking about whether to go to the south of Xuzhou to have a look, I heard that there is something called coral on the seaside there, and it is good to go and see it for a long time.
Although he is from Qingzhou, and the sect Penglai Pavilion is also a place near the sea, he has never seen this thing, put down the tea bowl in his hand, threw down a few pennies and was about to leave, but he never heard the conversation between the child and the person who took him, so he sat down for a while.
The boy asked, "Sir, when will I go home, I've been away from home for so long, I'm homesick." ”
The middle-aged man who looked to be in his thirties had a cold face, glared at the child, and said, "Don't grind with me, sugar can't stop your mouth, I have something important to do, you follow honestly, don't make trouble for me, do you hear?".
The boy pouted, as if he was a little aggrieved, opened his mouth and said, "Sir, I'm hungry." ”
The man took out a paper bag from his bosom, opened it and saw two steamed buns, handed one to the child, and then picked up one and ate it himself.
The kid grabbed the steamed bun, pinched it hard, and muttered, "This feel is hard!"
The man said coldly: "If you love to eat or not, if you don't eat, you will starve to death!"
The boy didn't cry, but he looked very unhappy, pouted and took a bite, and tried to swallow the tea.
In Lao Guangluan's eyes, this child must have been treated like this often, so he would be so angry.
This kid is really pitiful.
He reached into his bosom, pulled out a piece of silver, and looked at the child, who seemed to feel his gaze and looked over.
He beckoned, and the boy glanced at Mr. and, seeing that he didn't pay attention, grabbed the candy man with one hand and the steamed bun with two bites in the other.
He said softly: "Child, uncle is also hungry, how about you sell this steamed bun in your hand to uncle?"
With that, he put the piece of broken silver on the table.
The kid didn't seem to recognize the money, and didn't squeak.
He smiled and whispered to the child: "Good boy, although this piece of silver is not much, it can buy a lot of steamed buns, and even a lot of roast chicken and fat goose, when the time comes, you can buy whatever you want!"
The boy glanced back at the gentleman, who was just nibbling on the steamed bun in his hand and drinking the tea, ignoring it at all, as if the child had nothing to do with him.
Seeing that Mr. ignored him, the child licked his lips, broke half of the steamed bun in his hand, handed it over, and said, "Give!"
Lao Guangluan was stunned, he didn't expect this kid to be so sensible, the half of the steamed bun he had eaten himself was kept for himself, and it was the other half that was handed over.
He took the steamed bun and said, "Thank you, take this silver!"
The boy looked at the silver on the table, and then turned to his husband.
The man who finished eating the steamed bun finally opened his mouth: "If you think it is appropriate, take it, it is all something you are willing to do, and you decide for yourself." ”
This is very harsh to Lao Guangluan's ears, he is clearly a good intention, can't he see it?
The boy thought for a moment, nodded, put the silver in his arms, smiled at Lao Guangluan, and returned to his desk.
Lao Guangluan was a little unhappy in his heart, this kid didn't even say thank you to himself, he still thought he was sensible, why was he so uninterested in this kind of kindness.
It must have been the man's sake, and the kid couldn't see his kindness at all.
I was a little wronged by this silver.
Looking at the half steamed bun in his hand, he pinched it, it was indeed dry, the silver was wronged, he couldn't be wronged anymore, he ate the steamed bun into his stomach in a few bites, the taste was a little strange, maybe it was because he had been put for a long time.
Glancing at the child, he was about to leave, as for the name or anything, he didn't ask, Pingshui met, they were all guests from other places, and he didn't expect the child to give him anything in return in the future.
The boy handed the money to his husband, who took it into his bosom with a blank face, and said to the child, "You have chosen it yourself, don't tell me that you are hungry later." ”
The boy pouted and said pitifully, "Sir, I see." ”
Lao Guangroller couldn't stand it anymore, walked over and arched his hand and said: "Contemptible Qingzhou Penglai Pavilion disciple, Lao Guangroller." ”
The kid didn't expect Lao Guangluan to come over, glanced at the corner of his mouth, a little steamed bun scum, and lay on the table and continued to lick the sugar man in his hand.
Mr. He raised his eyes and looked at Lao Guangluan, and said lightly: "Xu Weak, do you have any advice?"
Lao Guangluan pointed at the boy and said, "I gave him the silver, you can't put it away." ”
The self-proclaimed weak man scoffed.
Lao Guangluan frowned and said, "What are you laughing at?"
Xu Wan said: "I laugh at your unreasonable words. ”
Lao Guangluo pressed one hand on the table and said coldly: "Then I want to listen to your reasoning." ”
Xu Miao snorted at the kid, "You say!"
The boy reluctantly said, "I gave it to my husband." ”
Xu Miao turned his head to look at Lao Guangluan and said, "Do you understand? It doesn't matter if you don't understand, because this matter has nothing to do with you." ”
After speaking, he stood up and said lazily to the child: "Little master, have you rested enough, according to your rest method, it will delay things!"
The word young master is clearly an impatient tone.
Lao Guangluan snorted coldly, clenched his fists hard, and turned to walk towards the side of the road.
He felt that not only was his silver wronged, but at this moment, he himself was also very aggrieved, and his good intentions were said like this, and he was really uneasy in his heart.
He felt that the child must have been abducted by this person, and the child's reluctance and impatience deepened Lao Guangluan's speculation.
Paying attention to the direction in which the two were leaving, Lao Guangluan turned his mind and followed.
Xu Miao walked slowly with his hands behind his back, but in the eyes of Lao Guangluan, who was following behind, this person walked clearly and quickly, and the kid trotted all the way to barely keep up.
The skilled Lao Guang roller is naturally effortless to catch up.
After following him for about half an hour, the two people in front of him stopped and stood on the side of the road.
Lao Guangluan, who had followed all the way, had no choice but to step forward, and when he passed by the two, the two did not talk.
He turned around and stared at Xu Wan and said: "I am at the tea stall, I don't want to have a dispute with you, so as not to hurt the innocent, look at your breath footwork, and you are also a practitioner, then I will get straight to the point." ”
Xu Wan looked at Lao Guangluo with a strange expression, pressed one hand on the child's shoulder, and said: "You are so unreasonable, you bought steamed buns and flowers for the silver, and whether my disciple gave it to me or not is his business, what does it have to do with you?"
Lao Guangluan smiled angrily: "You are quite reasonable, ha, I had a good intention, but when I saw the child pitifully chewing hard steamed buns, and I was afraid of hurting his self-esteem, I proposed to buy steamed buns, and said, the child is not sensible, are you still not sensible? How many steamed buns are enough to buy those silver taels?"
Xu Miao waved his hand and said: "That's it, I thought you had some vision, but it turned out to be like that, since that's the case, for your sake, let's say goodbye, and I won't care about you." ”
This was really harsh in the eyes of Lao Guangluan, and he shouted angrily: "Who are you looking down on?"
Xu Miao frowned and looked at him and said, "It's not a bad thing to be too self-righteous, it's not a bad thing to be young and vigorous, but don't be self-defeating." The heart is still a little smaller, the qi cultivation is not enough, this eyesight is also a lot worse, at first glance you are the first time to travel down the mountain, listen to my advice, if you think about it more, the truth in your heart is often half of what you have seen, and you have guessed half of it, but is what you are speculating about is really the truth?"
Lao Guang snorted and said: "You also put up a score to teach me a lesson, do you know who my master is?
Xu Wan flicked his sleeves and snorted coldly and said, "Shaft, I don't know what to do, if I didn't see your kindness at the beginning, why would I have to say more to you?"
After speaking, he patted the child on the shoulder and said, "Let's go, remember, don't be a person like him in the future, I'm afraid that his kindness is also for a good name." ”
The child looked at Lao Guangluan, smiled, and walked forward with the man named Xu Qiao.
Lao Guangluan was furious by Xu Qiao's words, and finally the kid smiled at him, which was clearly a mockery, and his head was hot, and he shouted loudly: "You stop me!"
Xu Miao turned his head and asked, "What's the matter?"
Lao Guangluan put on a posture and said: "Your words just now clearly despise my Penglai Pavilion, how can Penglai Pavilion, one of the nine major factions, be slandered by you? Even if you are from the nine major factions, you can't do it." ”
"The more I talk about it, the more outrageous it becomes, I don't like you just can't look down on Penglai Pavilion? If Penglai Pavilion is all like you, then I really may not be able to afford it, as for me, you don't have to be tempted, I am not a member of the Nine Great Sects. ”
Xu Wan shook his head, with some disdain in his words.
Lao Guangluan gritted his teeth and said, "Then don't blame me for bullying people as a disciple of Penglai Pavilion!"
After speaking, he pointed to the center of Xu Xiao's eyebrows.
Xu weak's eyes shrank, nudged the child next to him, snorted, and did not avoid it, and attacked Lao Guangluan's forearm with his right palm.
Seeing this, Lao Guang rolled back his two fingers into a fist, swung his arm back, and met Xu Qiao's single palm, when the fists and palms intersected, his middle finger was slightly protruding, and he was in the palm of Xu weak.
At this moment, the other hand of the two also exchanged two moves.
Xu Miao took two steps back, his palms were a little numb, and he looked at Lao Guangluan, who was rubbing his fingers, and said, "It is worthy of Penglai Pavilion's Lingxi Finger, but it is a bit worthy of its reputation." ”
Lao Guangluan's eyes were obscure, he didn't expect this person's internal strength to be so deep that he would dissolve his ethereal internal strength.
However, it was he who had the upper hand.
Stepping forward again, the ten fingers of his hands changed, and he actually used the big killing move of the spirit rhino finger, phantom fingering.
Countless finger shadows shrouded towards Xu Weak, uncertain and uncertain, and what he saw in front of him was all attacking the vital places around him.
Xu Wan's right hand pressed on his waist, jerked violently, and then a light flashed, like a silver snake, attacking Lao Guang in three ways.
Why did you attack the next three roads? Is it Xu Qiao's ruthless move? Not so.
In the face of the Spirit Rhino Hand, his soft sword should not meet it head-on.
When Xu Weak drew his sword out, Lao Guangluan had already attacked in front of Xu Weak, and it was too late to change his moves to dodge, and in a hurry, he quickly walked towards himself with his left hand, and pointed at Xu Weak's right shoulder with his right hand.
Xu Miao didn't change his moves.
The right hand hit the opponent's right shoulder, Lao Guangluan was happy in his heart, and his left hand was like a snake trap, clamping the tip of the soft sword. , and at this time, the tip of the sword is pointing at the root of his descendants.
Two fingers were about to twist the soft sword, but the weak did not know when it had been changed to a left-handed sword, the movement shook, the sword body shook like a dragon disk, a strong force to the tip of the sword, he was negligent for a moment, the tip of the sword has been out of his hand and stabbed forward.
Lao Guangluan, who was walking on the street with his hands behind his back, sighed heavily.
In the more than 30 years that followed, he had three regrets.
I regretted that I bought the steamed bun, Xu Wan told him who was rolling under his crotch when he left, fortunately you ate the half of the steamed bun, and you will be able to stop the bleeding after a while, but the position of your injury, although the steamed bun is mended, it is also powerless to go against the sky.
Second, he regretted his chivalrous deeds.
Three regrets that he didn't find a mother-in-law earlier.
He still remembers Xu Qiao's words, you have to live well, otherwise your revenge will not be avenged, I am waiting for you to seek revenge.
My name is Xu Weak, and my surname is Xu, and I am very weak.