Chapter 59: Gambling and Humiliation
Zhang Luyang's body stiffened slightly, raised his head with some difficulty, and his face gradually turned pale.
When Ding Ning said that Qian Daoren was dead, Ding Ning's expression was still extremely calm, as if he had done something insignificant.
This kind of look made him feel that he was equally insignificant to Ding Ning, and he was even powerless to defend himself.
"When did you think I was lying?"
He paused for a long time before watching Ding Ning speak.
Ding Ning looked at him and said, "From the beginning." ”
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With the arrival of Jing Liuli and Ding Ning, followed by a large number of people, and even some ordinary people of Changling also followed, although the dense crowd deliberately lowered their voices, but for Zhang Luyang, who has been in a very quiet environment, the sounds around him are becoming more and more noisy, and his mind is more and more swollen.
He didn't believe that Ding Ning would be able to kill the Qian Dao people, but these people who surrounded the entire tea plantation... The look on the faces of those people, the buzzing sound that constantly filled his ears, reminded him all the time that it was true.
Qian Daoren is dead.
What would happen to her if she died herself on the same day?
He suddenly understood Ding Ning's thoughts.
"You're so vicious. His body began to tremble.
"Not letting a dying old man take one last look is the greatest malice. Ding Ning didn't look at his eyebrows, looked up at the mountains in the distance, and said slowly.
Hearing Ding Ning's words, Zhang Luyang's body stopped trembling, but became even colder, "I won't agree to your challenge." ”
"In Changling, a sword master, especially a sword master who is higher than others, does not dare to accept the invitation of others to fight, and will be looked down upon and spurned by others. It seems that for her sake, you can even risk your own reputation and what others think of you. ”
Ding Ning looked at Zhang Luyang calmly and shook his head slightly mockingly, "But will she do this to you?"
Zhang Luyang took a deep breath, looked at Ding Ning, and said, "Yes." ”
"That's just your own thoughts. Ding Ning glanced at him and said, "I can make a bet with you." ”
Zhang Luyang said: "What kind of bet?"
Ding Ning glanced at him lightly and said, "I bet that if I wait here until sunset, she won't come here." If she arrives before sunset, I'll give up challenging you. ”
Zhang Luyang was silent for a moment and said, "Not everyone is very free. ”
"I agree with you. Ding Ning looked at the outline of the Changling Tomb in the distance and said: "Everyone is not free, the key is what kind of sacrifice everyone is willing to make." ”
"You don't have faith in her. ”
Ding Ning paused, then looked into his eyes and said, "If you are as confident as me, then you dare to bet with me." ”
Zhang Luyang's face became even paler, he raised his head to look at Ding Ning, and said, "If she comes before sunset... Unless you also give up challenging her. ”
His words were a little messy, but Ding Ning and Jing Liuli understood what he meant.
Jing Liuli felt that Zhang Luyang's words were also very powerful, so she couldn't help but raise her head to look at Ding Ning.
However, what she didn't expect was that Ding Ning didn't hesitate, smiled, and said, "Okay, if she will come before sunset, I will give up challenging her." ”
Zhang Luyang's eyes brightened for a moment, but for some reason, looking at Ding Ning's calm and confident face, his heart sank suddenly.
Then he was silent for a long time.
Then he landed on his knees and knelt down in front of Ding Ning.
There was an uproar around the tea plantation.
No one understood why the owner of this tea garden suddenly bowed down to Ding Ning.
Jing Liuli was also taken aback.
In her opinion, since the gambling contract has been completed, the two sides are waiting for the result, and Ding Ning's attitude is so resolute, even if Zhang Luyang kneels down and begs, Ding Ning will not change his mind.
"He's humiliating himself. Kneeling in front of us in front of so many people is naturally a great humiliation. ”
At this time, Ding Ning's voice rang out.
Ding Ning turned his head to look at her who couldn't understand, and then said: "If we just drink tea and eat here calmly, Palace Maid Rong will naturally not necessarily come, but he must let Palace Maid Rong come." ”
Jing Liuli instantly understood, and said in a slightly cold voice: "So he must let Gong Nu Rong know that he is suffering the greatest humiliation, he doesn't care what the people of Changling think of him in the future, and he doesn't care what Gong Nu Rong thinks of him, he just wants Gong Nu Rong to come here, he just wants Gong Nu Rong to win the bet, and he doesn't have to die in your hands in the future." ”
Ding Ning was silent for a moment and said softly, "It's pitiful." ”
Jingliuli frowned.
She inexplicably understood what Ding Ning meant by saying that Gong Nu Rong would not come at all, from beginning to end, Zhang Luyang was in love with a person who was not worthy of his deep love.
"I can help you again. ”
Ding Ning walked up to Zhang Luyang, who was kneeling, and said calmly: "I can let you bear such humiliation."
Zhang Luyang lowered his head.
Although it was his own choice, countless noisy voices filled his ears, and he was still trembling lightly from humiliation.
He continued to kneel.
Ding Ning continued to stand in front of him.
It never seems to stop.
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In the palace.
The palace maid surnamed Rong was always waiting under the eaves.
The news of the carriage kept coming to her ears as soon as it was determined that it was heading to the tea plantation.
At this time, she was far away from the tea garden, and it was impossible for her eyes to penetrate out of the palace, through half of the Changling, and see the shadow of the tea garden.
However, these news made her feel as if she was outside the tea plantation.
She seemed to be able to see Zhang Luyang kneeling in front of Ding Ning with her own eyes.
Her body trembled.
Except for Jing Liuli, no one knew about Zhang Luyang and Ding Ning's bet.
But she knew very well why Zhang Luyang would suffer such humiliation.
She also knew very well that as long as she appeared in the tea garden and agreed to Ding Ning's challenge, such a thing would end.
She was still sure that she could kill Ding Ning.
But... The queen didn't want her to appear in front of Ding Ning, and she didn't want her to duel with Ding Ning.
Her body trembled all the time, and she hung her head.
In the flower garden in front of her, the color of the light slowly darkened from golden yellow.
Time passed silently.
The cool summer sun slowly moves in the sky and gradually sets in the west.
Many people outside the tea plantation waited anxiously.
In their vision, the middle-aged man in the tea garden was still kneeling in front of Ding Ning, and he didn't know how long he would kneel.
Is this begging for forgiveness?
What is he going to beg Ding Ning to forgive him?
These people can't understand.
Zhang Luyang's face in the tea garden became more and more pale.
A practitioner like him would not have any problem kneeling for a day and a night.
However, at this time, his sweat soaked his clothes, and then they were dried by the heat, and his clothes were covered with a thick layer of salt frost.
His body began to lose its strength.