Volume II Winter Lake Chapter 213 Men who are not easy to fool
Piaotian Literature Hearing this, Ning Que looked at Sang Sang who was lighting a fire for cooking in the backyard. After a moment of silence, he shook his head and said, "To be honest,
Until now, I still feel that there is a sense of absurdity in this whole thing. I watched her grow from a little kid to the little girl she is now. I knew there was something special about her, but I really didn't expect it to be so special.
So special that it can actually alarm the Xiling Temple."
Cheng Lixue said: "Even if Junior Sister Sangsang is an ordinary person, but since Haotian has chosen her through the hands of the God of Light, from that moment on, she will no longer be ordinary, and we will definitely
In accordance with Haotian's will, take her back to the temple."
"I don't like to hear certain words and this tone."
Ning Que looked at the tea cup in his hand and said after a moment of silence: "Because it will make me feel that you are threatening me, and it will make me feel that you want to take her away from me."
Cheng Lixue looked at him quietly and said, "You can understand it from another angle."
Ning Que took a sip of the cold remaining tea and said mockingly: "Since you must take her back to the temple, how can I understand? If I don't agree, will you just stop here?"
Cheng Lixue shook his head: "The Throne of Light cannot be without its owner all year round."
Ning Que put down the tea cup, looked into his eyes and asked, "What will the temple do if I insist on disagreeing?"
Cheng Lixue heard the strong meaning in his words. After a moment of silence, he smiled and said, "You should know very well what the Bright Seat means to the entire Haotian Dao Sect and the Xiling Temple."
"I'm not very sure." Ning Que still stared into his eyes and asked, "Even if you don't hesitate to fight?"
Cheng Lixue looked at him with a smile, without flinching, and said calmly: "If the descendant of the God of Light is wandering elsewhere in the world, then the temple will not hesitate to bleed the entire world to find her back."
Ning Que said: "Since you also said it was somewhere else, then you and the big shots in the temple must know very well that Sangsang is in Chang'an now, by my side."
After Cheng Lixue was silent for a moment, he said, "That's why I'm here to ask Junior Sister Sangsang to go back."
"Please use a nicer word."
Ning Que said: "But I want to confirm how determined the temple is."
Cheng Lixue frowned slightly, looked at him and said: "You want to know whether the temple will declare war on Datang because of this matter? Declaring war on the academy? Then do you think Datang and the academy will go to war with the temple because of Junior Sister Sangsang?
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Ning Que thought of the bloody storm in Chang'an City many years ago, and thought of General Xiahou who was still alive and well. He was silent for a long time, and then he shook his head and said: "Of course the empire and the academy will not end up with each other just because of a little girl.
The temple is at war, but if you really want to take her away from me by force, then I can tell you clearly that the empire and the academy will definitely be involved in this war."
Cheng Lixue's face looked slightly cold. It was only then that he discovered that in Ning Que's heart, Junior Sister Sangsang seemed to be more than a simple maid whom she had known for many years. It was not until this moment that he discovered that Ning Que was actually the real person.
He has the determination and ruthlessness to let the flood flow over the world for the sake of Junior Sister Sangsang.
"Why should the Tang Dynasty and the Academy go to war with the temple because of your arrogance?" He reprimanded severely: "Are the Master and the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty shameless people like you who would not hesitate to cause chaos in the world for your own selfish desires?"
Ning Que's expression remained unchanged. He looked at him and said, "Don't forget my identity. If that day comes, I have enough means to drag the academy and the empire into this muddy water."
There was silence in Laobi Zhai.
Cheng Lixue looked at him and smiled bitterly and said: "Why can't you imagine this matter better? Junior sister Sangsang went to Xiling not to be a prisoner or to suffer. On the contrary, she would receive the most perfect education from Haotian Taoism.
, she will become the most noble God of Light on Taoshan. There is no harm in this matter for Datang, the Academy, or you, so why do we have a war here?"
Is it really for selfish desires, that’s why I don’t want Sangsang to go to Xiling Temple, that’s why I don’t want Sangsang to become the Great Priest of Light. That’s why I want her to follow him and serve him all his life?
Ning Que looked at the remaining tea in the cup and fell into silence for a long time.
Then he suddenly raised his head and said, "Let me think about it again."
Cheng Lixue looked into his eyes and said seriously: "It is impossible for the Oracle of Heaven to stay in Chang'an City for a long time. I hope you can think about it seriously instead of using it as an excuse to fool me."
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That night, Ning Que took Sang Sang to the Grand Scholar's Mansion.
Mrs. Zeng Jing was overjoyed when she saw her daughter, whom she had not seen for several days, and took her hand into the back house. She left the quiet study room to Ning Que and Bachelor Zeng Jing.
"My lord, what do you think about this matter?"
Ning Que asked seriously. He wanted to find some spiritual support from the other person's expression, such as the parents' reluctance to let go of their daughter. However, the next moment he realized that this was wishful thinking.
There is indeed a bit of reluctance on the face of Grand Scholar Zeng Jing. But more of it is the confusion after the excitement and extreme surprise. For the Haotian believers in the world, even the people of the Tang Dynasty, suddenly discovered that their daughter
Any high priest of light who might become the Xiling Temple would consider it a supreme honor.
"I'm thinking about whether I should return to my hometown and rebuild the ancestral hall in the year after tomorrow. If it weren't for the blessings of my ancestors from heaven, how could such a grand event happen in my family? Speaking of rebuilding the ancestral hall, even the regulations need to be revised. Tang Law
Although there is no clear stipulation in the above, according to the old rules of the great priest of Xiling who came from the Cui family of Qinghe County more than a hundred years ago, my Zeng family ancestral hall can be compared to the prince's regulations."
Academician Zeng Jing's face was full of glory, and his voice trembled slightly as he said: "This is still in our territory of the Tang Dynasty, where the imperial power is supreme. If it were in the Southern Jin Dynasty or the Song Dynasty, the ancestral hall could even be rebuilt according to the imperial system. Mr. Thirteen, you
How come I am so blessed despite my virtues and abilities in this life?"
Suddenly, he noticed Ning Que's silence, smiled a little sheepishly, and said: "I'm embarrassed, I'm embarrassed, but I'm still better than the patriarch of the Cui family in Qinghe County earlier. It's said that the great priest was selected in Xiling that year.
After the news of the incident spread back to Qinghe County, the clan leader was overjoyed and turned into a fool."
Ning Que smiled slightly and said, "Being the Great Priest of Xiling...is it really that good?"
Zeng Jing was stunned, with a look of surprise on her face, thinking that you are the master's direct disciple, how could you ask such a ridiculous and even mentally retarded question.
To the world, being able to become the Great Priest of Xiling is a more perfect thing than being the emperor. If this is not good, are there any other good things in the world?
Zeng Jing suddenly woke up, looked at him in disbelief and said, "You don't want Sangsang to go to Xiling?"
Ning Que was silent for a long time and said, "It's not that I don't want to, it's that I haven't thought about it well."
Zeng Jing said in a trembling voice: "Mr. Thirteen saved my little girl from misery and has taken good care of her over the years. I am extremely grateful. I also know that the relationship between you and my little girl is not an ordinary master-servant relationship, it is just this matter.
Sir, please think carefully and never make a decision arbitrarily."
Ning Que remained silent.
Zeng Jing thought of a possibility, but thought it was unlikely. She tugged at the beard under her chin and struggled for a long time. She suppressed her voice and said tentatively: "I heard that the scriptures prohibit gods from marrying wives or marrying off people."
Ning Que suddenly raised his head, looked at him and asked, "Really?"
Zeng Jing looked at his suddenly bright eyes and was startled, wondering if her wife's usual guesses were true?
Thinking that the guess might be true, Zeng Jing immediately forgot about the fact that Ning Que was a student on the second floor of the academy. She subconsciously acted like an elder, stroking her beard and frowning and asked: "If Sangsang doesn't go to Xiling. Mr. Thirteen
How are you going to deal with my poor daughter in the future?"
Ning Que didn't notice the change in the other person's expression and said, "I will marry her when she turns sixteen."
Zeng Jing's fingers stroking his beard flicked, and three strands of his beard fell off.
He was preparing to wait for the other party to speak so that he could argue, but he didn't expect that Ning Que actually said that he wanted to marry Sang Sang without hesitation or any cover-up!
"Legal wife?"
Zeng Jing asked with a slightly trembling voice.
Ning Que shook his head.
Zeng Jing was slightly angry.
Ning Que shook his head and said: "Of course it is straight, is it still crooked?"
Zeng Jing felt much more relaxed and asked with a smile: "Do you want to take a concubine?"
Ning Que said bitterly: "I wonder, do you think it's possible?"
Zeng Jing's smile grew brighter. Her daughter might marry her husband's direct disciple as his wife, and the other party also promised not to take concubines. In the future, it seems that not being the Great Priest of Xiling would not be too regretful.
"In that case, it's up to you to decide whether Sang Sang goes to Xiling or not."
Academician Zeng Jing has always been a very decisive person. Otherwise, after Sangsang was murdered by his wife, even with the pressure from the empress, he would not have been able to directly divorce his wife and kill the slaves under the prestige of Qinghe County's surname.
So after hearing Ning Que's words and thinking about the pros and cons of the two options, he did not hesitate to remove his wife from the matter and threw all the pressure on Ning Que.
Ning Que said painfully: "Shouldn't this kind of thing be discussed and handled by everyone?"
Zeng Jing gently stroked her slightly sore chin, shook her head and said, "Sang Sang is still on your husband's household registration, and you have a deep relationship. Based on emotions and rationale, your husband should make the decision on this matter."
Ning Que suddenly realized that this future father-in-law was really not a character that was easy to fool.
Zeng Jing looked at him and sneered and thought, don't think that just because you are a student on the second floor of the academy, you can fool me into rejecting Xiling Temple's request.
The night is getting darker.
Mrs. Zeng Jing walked out of the back house with Sang Sang, her face full of reluctance.
Zeng Jing pulled his wife aside and whispered a few words. Mrs. Zeng Jing covered her mouth and was slightly shocked. When she looked at Ning Que again, her eyes were completely different from before, and she was filled with love and affection to the extreme.
"I thought that you, sir, would come to my house often in the future, so I ordered someone to make a guest room in the back house."
Mrs. Zeng Jing looked at Ning Que and said with a smile, "Why don't you just rest here tonight."
Ning Que suddenly felt that he had entered the world of Liaozhai, and had the urge to run away.
"I have something urgent to do later."
He stood up and told Sangsang to spend more time with her parents in the Bachelor's Mansion tonight, and then left the Bachelor's Mansion.