Chapter 44: Tongue War
Tan Yang was suddenly taken aback, hugged his fists and saluted: "Thank you seniors for a long time, in the battle by the lake, the seniors did not intervene in the battle of the juniors, and they were quite impressed, how dare you forget?"
Xie Wuxian smiled and said: "It's useless to compliment me, Xie asked you, when I saw you back then, it is estimated that you should have just escaped from the gourd valley and were still within the body refining realm, right? ”
Tan Yang's face did not change and his heart did not beat: "I didn't do it, the more senior Xie said it, the more outrageous it became, just a little minion in the realm of refining the body, how could he have such great ability?
Xie Wuxian waved his hand, smiled without saying a word, and didn't ask any more, in fact, at that time, Tan Yang shot and injured that disciple's arrows, and the evidence was ironclad, he was just self-conscious, and he didn't bother with a yellow-haired son anymore.
Zhong Xiaoling and the people in Linghai Pavilion knew the truth of the matter, and they couldn't help but snicker secretly: "This kid not only lies without blinking, but also has a thicker skin than the city wall. ”
At this time, an elder of Qianlongmen who had not spoken also spoke: "Tan Yang, it's useless for you to deny it, as the saying goes, hearing is false, seeing is believing, these little miners have seen you with their own eyes, how dare you be so hard-mouthed?"
Zhong Xiaoling smiled: "Some of them identified Tan Yang, and some resolutely denied it, and the statements were not consistent, and I am afraid that this matter has yet to be verified." However, from my personal point of view, it is too absurd for a child in the Qi Gathering Realm to be able to rescue dozens of people from the Gourd Valley. ”
Xie Yunchan and his wife were speechless at each other, and even they couldn't figure it out now, and they had clearly figured out the matter. Why was it turned into a mess by this stinky boy's words?
Tan Yang said: "Sledgehammer, think about it again." Now that you've seen the masked old man, you can't see his appearance. But you should be able to hear his voice, is it someone you know?"
Under Tan Yang's inducement, Wang Dazhui said tentatively: "This ...... This...... I thought it was a little familiar at the time, but the masked man deliberately concealed his voice, and I couldn't really hear who it was. ”
Tan Yang continued to guide: "Since this person can save people from the gourd valley without knowing it, he should be very familiar with the terrain of the gourd valley, could it be that he himself is a person in the gourd valley? He can't be considered an old man. ”
The words have been exposed to this, Wang Dazhui suddenly realized, but before he could answer, he only heard Wang Shuling couldn't help but lose his voice: "Old Wangtou?" Is it the old Wangtou who cooks?"
Xie Tianci scolded secretly, originally asked Wang Shuling to come to Xingshi to ask for guilt, who knew that this old waste was so useless, he was about to open his mouth to stop it, but he didn't want to kill a fool halfway, Wang Zhengpei hurriedly said: "Sect Master Wang." Who is the old king?"
Wang Shuling smiled bitterly: "You don't know, this old king is the old man who cooks in the gourd valley, although he is not young, but his cultivation is shallow. It seems that at most, it's just the realm of gathering qi, and the person was recruited by Zhengyan, and I don't know the specific origin. But. It hasn't been long since the group of miners were rescued. This old king has also disappeared inexplicably, is it ...... Could it be that he is really a hidden senior?"
Wang Zhengpei was surprised: "So to speak. Could it be ...... Could it be that Zhengyan also died at his hands?"
Thank God for wanting to cry without tears, these two people are really more than enough to succeed, between singing and harmony, their painstaking plan is about to be wasted by these two goods.
"Yes, that's right!" Wang Dazhui said loudly with the icing on the cake, "Sect Master Wang's words reminded me, that masked man really looked a little like the old king's head when he spoke, and I finally remembered." ”
The brother who was on Tan Yang's side also beat the side drum in time: "That's right, it seems to be the old king, no wonder I sound a little familiar." ”
Wang Shuling finally realized at this time, and sighed: "Old, old, Wang is really eyeless, not only gave Tan Yang a rare talent to others, an unfathomable predecessor is under his nose, Wang actually turned a blind eye, ashamed, ashamed!"
"Shut up for me!" Xie Tianci finally couldn't bear it anymore, and reprimanded unceremoniously, "Sect Master Wang, if you don't say a few words, no one will treat you as a dumb person!"
Wang Shuling and Wang Zhengpei reacted at this time, the former had a red face, and the latter was extremely embarrassed.
Not only the people of Qianlongmen, but even Zhong Tianshi and Linghai Pavilion never expected that things would actually evolve to the way they are now, and everyone present had their own thoughts, but they all had to secretly marvel at the blue-clothed young man in front of them.
(Many years later, the dragon and tiger fight in the hall of Linghai Pavilion was gradually spread, and women and children knew it from mouth to mouth, and it was also interpreted into various versions of the storytelling book and the singing book of the opera, and even left a strong stroke in the "Tianji Daozang", because Qianlongmen is to cultivate the truth with Confucianism and Taoism, so this wonderful and bizarre dragon battle is also named the tongue battle group Confucianism, this idiom is from this.)
Later, among Luo Zhongjing's descendants, there was a writer Luo Guanzhong, who also quoted the idiom of tongue warfare in one of his masterpieces, of course, this is all a later story. )
The haze in Zhong Xiaoling's heart disappeared, and he smiled with a spring breeze on his face: "Master Xie, the truth of the matter has been revealed, fortunately, the two of us have not hurt the harmony for this little thing." Door master, all the seniors and fellow Daoists, you have come from afar, please go to the pavilion to listen to the waves for a while, and I will immediately arrange a feast for you to receive the wind and wash the dust. ”
Xie Tianci waved his hand and said: "Wait, even if Tan Yang didn't kill Wang Zhengyan with his own hands, he can't get out of this matter, not to mention that there are many doubts about the kidnapping of the Hulu Valley mine slaves, and there are two witnesses who have seen it with their own eyes, and this matter needs to be further investigated." Take 10,000 steps back, your pavilion ignores the rules of the cultivation realm, and includes Tan Yang, a rebel and thief who betrayed his master, shouldn't he also give an explanation to the contemptible sect?"
Xie Yunchan also said predictably: "What old king, what predecessor, is pure nonsense. The old man now suspects that Tan Yang did this, of course, it is impossible for him to save people from Hulu Valley alone, as for the masked old man who is co-criminal, he may be a person from your pavilion!"
Seeing the poor dagger, the target of Qianlongmen finally shifted from Tan Yang to Linghai Pavilion.
Zhong Tianshi laughed, and said indifferently without hurrying: "Xie Daoyou, what you said really corresponds to what Sect Master Wang said just now. In this way, Poor Dao can make a demon blood oath, and Ling Hai Pavilion has nothing to do with this matter. ”
In the cultivation realm, the more advanced the cultivation, the greater the binding force of the heart demon blood oath, and the people of Qianlongmen have to believe it.
Zhong Xiaoling also spoke: "Master Xie, if you ask me for an explanation, you are really looking for the wrong person, you have put so much effort into this matter, it should be clear that Tan Yang is not my official disciple of Linghai Pavilion, he is just a registered disciple of the elder Feng Wanlifeng of this pavilion, and if you want to ask for an explanation, you can only go to the Feng senior, and I Linghai Pavilion really can't afford it." ”
Xie Tianci had long expected that the other party would say this, and said-for-tat: "Pavilion Master Zhong's words are wrong! Senior Feng is indeed the guest elder of your pavilion, if Tan Yang is really a disciple of Senior Feng, your pavilion can naturally get rid of it." But as far as I know, Tan Yang entered the pavilion when your pavilion opened the mountain gate to accept apprentices, otherwise how could the old Feng seniors see him and accept him as an apprentice? Everything has a cause and effect, and it would be too child's play for your pavilion to take advantage of this to push him off, right?"
"This ......"
Zhong Xiaoling was caught off guard, Tan Yang was indeed arranged under the Fengwanli Gate after entering the cabinet first, but how did the other party know about this kind of confidential matter? Could it be that there is a traitor in the Linghai Pavilion?
However, he quickly reacted and said calmly: "Yes, it is indeed inappropriate to include rebels from other factions who betray the master, but it doesn't seem to be a taboo in the cultivation realm." Besides, the number of disciples you accept each time is also extremely large, it is impossible for everyone to find out the details, right? The most important thing is that Wang Zhengyan's actions were inappropriate, and Tan Yang's escape from the Qingyang Sect is also understandable, and he didn't kill Wang Zhengyan, and second, he didn't kidnap the mine slaves, and he is not completely murderable, why should the master of the door grasp this trivial matter, could it be that the drunkard does not mean to drink?"
Thank God for giving reason to be poor, and the dissatisfaction with Wang Shuling and Xie Yunchan and his wife is even deeper, a group of fools who have not achieved enough things and have more than enough failures!
Zhong Xiaoling accepted it when he saw that it was good, and shouted loudly: "Come on! Invite Pan Daoyou and Xie Shi's nephew over! Xie Men Master, the people of your sect trespassed into the Chaoyin Cave of this pavilion without permission, Zhong still treats each other politely in the face of our two families, if this matter is changed to your family, I am afraid it will not be so easy to let it go, right? I will not ask the door master for any explanation, I only hope that the door master Xie will restrain the disciples of the sect in the future, and no similar situation will happen again. ”
While speaking, Pan Renda and Xie Xun walked into the main hall one after another, except for the stone chips left by digging holes, the two of them did not lose a single hair, but their faces were full of shame.
After the ceremony, Xie Tianci didn't even bother to look at the two of them, Zhong Xiaoling arranged for someone to arrange a seat for Pan Renda, and Xie Xun walked behind Xie Yunchan embarrassedly, and whispered impatiently: "Grandpa, my ...... matter"
"Shut up!" Xie Yunchan was distressed and hated that iron could not become steel, and scolded sharply, "Useless things, the old man's old face has been thrown away by you two wastes!"
The teacher is unknown, the alliance has come to naught, and the marriage is even more unspeakable.
Just when even the people of Qianlongmen thought that the general trend had gone, Wang Susu suddenly cried: "The master of the door, my uncle and aunt, my father was brutally killed, how can this surnamed Tan be completely washed?
Wang Zhengpei also wet her eyes with tears, and while comforting her gently, she said hatefully: "Su'er, don't worry, today is to fight for your aunt's life, and I want to get justice for you!"
Tan Yang's heart sank, is it a blessing or a curse, it is a disaster that can't be avoided, the time has finally come!
(To be continued......)