Everyone's eyes immediately focused on Pei Shoujing's face.
For a while, people's hearts fluctuated and everyone had their own thoughts.
Seeing that the situation was about to change, Pei Lifeng couldn't help but glance at Ancestor Pei, who nodded imperceptibly.
Pei Lifeng said: "It's not that we concealed it intentionally, this happened suddenly, and we were not even prepared. It was not that we wanted to pay a visit, but that the swordsman suddenly summoned..."
Pang Ke shouted: "Is it really that swordsman who wants to meet?! Where to meet? When?"
Everyone was a little panicked, even Pei Lifeng's in-laws and the Wang family were at a loss, saying: "Master-in-law, since the swordsman is going to die, why didn't you notify us in advance? What should we do? We didn't bring any gifts, so why are we empty-handed?
Greetings? Doesn’t this make us rude?"
Tang Zhao noticed that the black widow's hand stopped slightly, her eyes flickered, and thought to herself: Why, even she doesn't know? Is this an unexpected situation?
Pei Lifeng said a little awkwardly: "Actually, there is no need to prepare. In fact, Sir Swordsman will only arrive tomorrow morning. Our meeting will disperse before dawn..."
Pang Ke said: "Okay? You won't allow us to see each other even after a few hours? You are too overbearing. Do you really treat the swordsman as your own? Tell me, are you eating all the benefits given by the swordsman?
Already?"
Pei Laozu glared at his son, blaming him for not being able to speak, and said slowly: "Everyone, have you ever thought about whether the swordsman wants to see you?"
Everyone was silent for a moment, and then Pang Ke spoke first: "Since Lord Swordsman has taken the initiative to ask for your help, he naturally needs it. We have more people and greater strength. If we offer gifts generously and sincerely, will he still dislike it?"
Pei Laozu sighed: "Who said he came to find us on his own initiative? He has been staying at Peach Blossom House, and it was my little nephew who repeatedly invited him to be a guest in the house before he came. When he came, he was careless and careless.
We presented precious gifts without even looking at them until we saw my granddaughter." He pointed at Pei Shoujing.
"It was my granddaughter who caught his eye and planned to take her back to give him a future. Taking this as an opportunity, we started talking about the Demon Cave. Originally, although he wanted to enter the Demon Cave, he planned to go alone. It was we who begged him to
Take us with him. Now he only likes to see my granddaughter. We make all the plans and gather the people, and he rarely interferes. He only sees promising children, and everyone has seen him more times than anyone else combined.
I have many granddaughters."
This is quite self-consistent, and everyone believes it.
Because this kind of thing is possible, and it is even what they most expect to happen.
After so many years of misfortune, although there are not many seedlings of inspirational talent, these wealthy gentry families with a large population can at least produce one or two.
There are no congenital ones, there are acquired ones that can be cultivated, there are no young ones, there are old ones. There are no direct branch ones, there are also common branch ones. There are no particularly strong ones, and it is not difficult for the average ones. But how these tribesmen can fulfill their talents, that is another question.
An unreachable chasm.
It's not difficult to be a heavy swordsman, but who doesn't have a collection of point magic tools? What's difficult is the various other resources, and even the opportunity to become a swordsman. If you have the qualifications to be a swordsman, you have to encounter a suitable sword. With the same talent, if you encounter
The right sword is a powerful swordsman. If you don't meet one, you will only be mediocre in your life. The ideal situation is that there are fewer people and more swords. Everyone has multiple opportunities to try one by one. If this one doesn't work, replace it with the next one until you become a swordsman.
But that kind of force does not exist in the world. Big forces such as the Procuratorate and local legions have many swords, but there are more people. How many people compete for an opportunity. Moreover, the force has its own system within it. The governor of Yunzhou also intends to cultivate close followers with civilian backgrounds.
, these wealthy gentry families have no advantage but disadvantage in sending people in.
In particular, the forces of the imperial court shoulder responsibilities. If you join, you will go to the battlefield. Life or death depends on it. The genius of the gentry family is the treasure of the family. The foundation of the family must be maintained by it. They will never let it go on the battlefield easily, and would rather keep it in their hands.
Waiting for the right time.
As for the big sects on the surface, each has its own sphere of influence and will only accept disciples within its scope, and there are none in Yunzhou. Occasionally, there are sects that recruit disciples from all over the country, but they are only one in a million, and only one of their own children
Can't choose either.
The other small forces have even less opportunities. They don't have many swords in their hands. They are all passed down from generation to generation. They already know what kind of talent they need. They will select several candidate disciples for each sword, but the number is limited.
They won't cast a wide net. Firstly, the court won't allow it, and secondly, they can't afford it. Therefore, small forces will not open the gates widely, but will only send out envoys to quietly look for suitable people.
The disciples of these families all hope that the legendary story will happen: a small force with a swordsman, a sword without an owner, looking for a disciple who has not agreed with him for many years, and can only search silently in the world. On this day, he happened to come to a small town, and at a glance
He took a fancy to a young man with extraordinary talent and let him inherit the infinitely powerful sword. This young man is his own son.
It's rare for such a good thing to happen, but it seems to be happening to the Pei family.
Patriarch Pei stroked his beard and said: "The Devil's Cave is certainly an opportunity, but the Pei family does not need to put all their efforts into it. Shoujing already has a place to go, and we just have to wait for the future. But Li Feng still wants to do more, firstly to accumulate some resources for the family
, and the second is to perform meritorious service in front of the swordsman, to gain more favor for Shou Jing, which pity the hearts of parents all over the world."
He spoke with emotion, but couldn't hide the show off. The others felt sad. Wang Feize said: "Swordsmen like children with promise? My son does too. Even though he is a little worse than my niece, he still has qualifications."
Pang Ke snorted: "Almost? Far from it, right? My niece is an innate inspiration, but your son is an acquired talent. How can you say he has a future?"
Wang Feize glared at him fiercely, but his son Wang Cheng kept looking at Pei Shoujing and did not react to Pang Ke's words.
In fact, Pang Ke is right. It is common sense that acquired talents are weaker than innate talents.
Not only is it more difficult for acquired talents to communicate with swords and various magical weapons, but the requirements for adapted swords are also more stringent, and they must be extremely suitable. In Mr. Chen’s native dialect, innate inspiration can be “fuzzy matched”, while acquired talents can be “fuzzy matched”.
can only "exactly match", and the choice is much narrower.
Pei Lifeng glanced at Wang Cheng, then asked his ancestor for his opinion, and asked: "Shou Jing, since your uncle has spoken, please take your cousin to see that adult later."
Pei Shoujing, who had always looked as calm as a porcelain doll, said at this time: "I'm not optimistic about it."
Pei Lifeng was stunned. He didn't expect that she would object to his order and stared at her as if she didn't know this daughter.
Pei Shoujing lowered her eyes and said, "My daughter is willing to give it a try."
Pei Lifeng was relieved. Wang Cheng was overjoyed. He didn't know whether he was happy to see the swordsman or because Pei Shoujing was willing to help him.
A beautiful middle-aged woman next to her said: "Ancestor, niece, I have a nephew..."
Before she could finish speaking, others were already talking: "I have a daughter——" "I have a grandson!" "I..."
Pang Ke's face turned green and red, and he muttered: "Actually, I also have one..."
Pei Shoujing whispered something to Pei Lifeng, and Pei Lifeng said: "Everyone, Master Swordsman will summon my son tomorrow at the right time, which is only four hours from now..."
Everyone immediately said: "We can go back and call for help before it's too late." Another person said: "I've already asked my team to set off. They're halfway there. It won't take two hours for me to meet them."
Patriarch Pei sighed: "Since everyone is so sincere, how can we miss the future of the children? You go back to pick up people and prepare some gifts by the way - I am not talking about those external things, swordsmen don't care about those. You give birth to others
Let’s sort out the list of contributions and let Sir Swordsman see your sincerity.”
Everyone nodded hurriedly, and Pang Ke said: "I will bring my family's details and let my child hold it to show my family's sincerity."
This reminded everyone again, and everyone said: "That's right, let's dry up the house and add some luster."
The decision was made, and everyone couldn't sit still. They hurriedly said goodbye and hurried down the mountain. In the blink of an eye, only the Pei family and the Wang family and their sons were left on the mountain.
Pei Lifeng said: "Brother-in-law, don't you need to go back to get the magic weapon?"
Brother Wang smiled and said, "I gave Chenger the magic weapon to take with him a long time ago. Can he not support his mother's actions? Everyone else is on the way and will arrive tomorrow."
Pei Lifeng said: "You are indeed a reliable brother-in-law. I want to have a drink with you today. Will Cheng'er come? You are eighteen years old, so you can have some."
Wang Feize smiled and said: "Don't let him drink it, let them children play by themselves. Besides, if you drink it, won't you be afraid of losing etiquette in front of the swordsman?"
Pei Lifeng said: "That's it. But we can drink. The swordsman doesn't like to see us, so let's not get in touch with him."
After the outsiders dispersed, he spoke more casually, and said to Aunt Yun: "Auntie Xian, prepare a banquet for us."
Yun Xiangu raised her eyebrows and said, "You damn ghost, why do you want to drink in this clean place like this?"
Pei Lifeng said with a sly smile: "Then don't mention the wine, bring us that intoxicating tea and have a few cups." After that, he hugged Brother Wang and left.
Aunt Yunxian ignored them and stepped forward to support Pei Ancestor and said, "Ancestor, let's go and have a rest." Pei Ancestor pushed the boat along with the current, leaned on her, and slowly stood up.
Holding Old Ancestor Pei's arm, I heard her complain: "It's too sudden for you. How could a swordsman appear in such a good situation? You didn't even tell me in advance. It scared me to death..." As she continued talking, she went all the way.
In the blink of an eye, only Pei Shoujing, Wang Cheng and Tang Zhao were left in the monastery.
Wang Cheng almost laughed out loud and said: "Cousin, let's go for a walk outside?"
Pei Shoujing said: "It's late, don't you need to sleep?".
The teacups and fruits in the house were messy, and Tang Zhao had to clean them up. He only felt a headache. Fortunately, he had experienced it, and he was no longer the little scholar who had no fingers in the spring water, so he hurriedly cleaned up the teacups.
I heard someone say in my ear: "Will you come tomorrow too?"
When Tang Zhao looked up, he saw Pei Shoujing with her head slightly lowered, looking at her. At this time, she looked a little like the squeamish girl under the dead branches.
"Me? Ask me to go?" Tang Zhao was surprised.
He just heard clearly that the swordsman wanted to summon the young seedling with inspiration. From this point of view, he certainly fit the bill. But how did Pei Shoujing know that he fit the bill?
Even if it is a capital punishment, he can only know it after being mentally stimulated.
Did he reveal any flaws?
Wang Cheng was originally very happy, but Pei Shoujing suddenly spoke to a strange Taoist boy, and he couldn't help but feel impatient, and said: "Cousin, you are wrong... what are you thinking? The summoning of the swordsman is a benefit to us, what does it have to do with other people?"
Pei Shoujing ignored him and said to Tang Zhao: "I always think you are a spiritual person, but I don't know if you have talent. You can come and try tomorrow morning."
Tang Zhao said softly: "Aren't you not optimistic about bringing someone to that swordsman?"
Just now, Pei Lifeng asked Pei Shoujing to bring outsiders to show the swordsman. Her first reaction was to refuse, but later Pei Lifeng insisted on filling in a lot of people, and she did not insist on her decision.
Pei Shoujing said: "I don't think much of them now. The swordsman must not like them. He doesn't like families like ours. The richer he is, the more he hates them. I think he may like you more."