"You and I grew up together and are as close as brothers. Why should we be so different?" Cai Ji smiled half-heartedly, "You should call me Brother Xuan Shu."
Seeing the delicate atmosphere between Luo Ning and Cai Ji, Su Xian was worried that the two would fall out immediately, so he immediately bowed his hands and saluted:
"Su Xian, the reformed member, has met Xianggong Cai!"
There is only one kind of person in the world who can be called Xianggong, and that is Confucian and Taoist monks.
According to the rules, when ordinary people see monks and lower-level monks see superior monks, they must salute and say hello. The hierarchy is clear.
If you are rude to a monk, you are committing a crime and the consequences will be unpredictable.
As expected, Cai Ji's attention was diverted, he looked at Su Xian and said with a smile: "It turns out to be Brother Su. You and I also studied in the same school. We are classmates and old friends, so no need to be polite."
Su Xian sneered in his heart, with a respectful look on his face: "I don't dare, Xianggong Cai is a noble man."
Last year, when the two met in the academy, they still got along as equals. However, after only a short time, there was a difference between them.
Things in the world are unpredictable. When the shipment arrives, Bai Ding is at the helm, and when the shipment retreats, the governor is on the boat.
People had to bow their heads under the eaves. Su Xian was strong-blooded and sharp-edged, but when faced with the superior new scholar, he had to fiddle with etiquette.
Li Dingguo also suppressed his anger, stepped forward and saluted: "Young man Li Dingguo, I have met Xianggong Cai!"
"How magnificent!" Cai Ji nodded and said, "You really are a good man! No courtesy!"
Li Dingguo and Su Xian saw the ceremony and stood on Luo Ning's left and right respectively.
They were unable to fight against Cai Ji, so they could only support Luo Ning in this way, making Cai Ji wary.
"Zhiyuan, it seems that your relationship is irreversible." Cai Jifeng said calmly.
Su Xian and Li Dingguo said in unison: "I would like to teach Xianggong Cai to know that the three of us are sworn sworn brothers in the Liyuan. We are brothers with different surnames, and we have agreed to live and die together."
"Haha!" Cai Ji laughed, "We are sworn brothers in Liyuan, and we will live and die together! Zhiyuan, I really envy you. These two brothers are good, very good."
Cai Quan'er also smiled coldly.
Luo Ning said: "Cai Xianggong is a Jinshi in high school, promoted to Confucianism and Taoism, and becomes a new minister of the emperor. This is something worthy of envy."
Cai Ji looked at the sole in Luo Li's hand and smiled slightly: "Zhiyuan, there are some things I need to say to you alone. Of course, if you don't want to, I can say it in public."
Luo Ning didn't want to implicate the two sworn brothers, so he took a deep breath and said, "Okay, let's talk alone."
"Brothers, Li'er, please go out first."
"Yes, brother." Luo Li agreed without hesitation, turned around and left the small courtyard.
Li Dingguo and Su Xian hesitated, "Brother..."
Luo Ning smiled and said: "Second brother and third brother, Mr. Cai and I haven't seen each other for many days, and we really want to talk alone."
The two of them knew what he was thinking, but they had no choice but to go out anxiously.
Cai Quan'er also floated out.
Only the acquaintances Cai Ji and Luo Ning were left in the small courtyard.
Cai Ji sat down on the grapevine in the courtyard like a master, and then shouted to the door of the courtyard: "Seal!"
There was just a "buzz" sound, a clear light flashed, and the courtyard door suddenly disappeared and turned into a gray wall.
At the same time, the crowing of chickens, barking of dogs, and the chirping of people and birds outside the courtyard all disappeared!
The small courtyard suddenly became silent, as if it had been isolated from the world.
Luo Ning felt horrified when he saw this.
This is the method of Confucian and Taoist monks!
Follow your words and speak with skill!
If he had said beheading instead of sealing, his head would have fallen to the ground!
An can not be afraid?!
Of course, Confucian and Taoist monks will not kill people easily. They advocate the way of benevolence and forgiveness. If they can kill people, they will not shed blood.
Since he is an official, at least on the surface he does not want to openly violate the law.
The magical abilities of Confucian and Taoist monks are not acquired through self-cultivation, but are given by Heaven.
For all new scholars, the imperial court will open their spiritual veins, grant them official talismans, official seals and magic weapons, and bless their royal luck.
In this way, he will be reborn and become a monk immediately, and he will start as a seventh-grade monk!
After becoming a Confucian and Taoist monk, his fate and path are tied to the destiny of the heaven and the dragon vein of Daxia. While enjoying the dragon vein of luck, his own merits and achievements will in turn strengthen his luck and dragon vein.
In this sense, Confucianism cultivators indeed share weal and woe with the Celestial Empire.
The bigger the official, the higher the cultivation level, the stronger the royal luck that can be drawn, and the stronger the magical power.
Officials of the same rank, those with more holy family, higher prestige, and more part-time jobs, will have relatively stronger magical powers.
"Zhiyuan, if you and I talk here, we can't hear or see you outside." Cai Ji said.
Cai Ji opened a seal and sealed the Luo family courtyard. Although Luo Ning marveled at the methods of the Confucian and Taoist monks, he calmed down in his heart.
"Brother Xuan Shu is so good at what he does, I really envy him." Luo Ning sat down in front of Cai Ji, as naturally and casually as before.
It seems that Cai Ji is still the humble young man he was back then, instead of the high-ranking Jinshi master.
Cai Ji's increasingly deep eyes flashed, and he smiled meaningfully: "After being a son-in-law in the Xue Mansion for nearly two years, you have developed a temperament that is actually different from before."
In his impression, Luo Ning was an honest and kind farm boy. Although he was smart, he had a cowardly air.
But at this time, Luo Ning's movements were elegant and elegant, and his temperament was clear. His calmness and calmness could not hide a kind of unearthly handsomeness, and he was completely different from before.
Those signature phoenix eyes were not outstanding before, but now they are full of energy when looking at them.
At first glance, he looks like a handsome and well-born young man from an aristocratic family, which is enough to make people sit up and take notice.
But the naive and naive country boy back then gradually faded away, as if he was a world away.
Cai Ji couldn't help but feel a little emotional.
This pair of acquaintances, who were already as different as each other in terms of status, sat in silence under the grape trellis, silent for a while.
The little black dog sat cross-legged at Luoning's feet, looking at the pair of teenagers with confused eyes.
Cai Ji's slender fingers caressed the white jade pendant around his waist, and there was a faint smile at the corner of his mouth, like an intriguing trace of wind.
Luo Ning's red eyes were slightly narrowed, and the afternoon spring sun filtered through the grapevines, illuminating his quiet and peaceful face with mottled light and shadow, making his eyes look more serene and remote.
This scene seemed to have happened unintentionally, and the spring had its feet. However, the atmosphere was dry and quiet, with the frosty feel of late autumn.
Xiao Hei suddenly stood up, slowly backed away with his tail between his legs, until he was behind Luo Ning.
"Zhiyuan." Cai Ji's voice finally sounded again, "You must already know that I want to take Li'er as my concubine."
His hand left the jade pendant and touched his chin, "I understand you. You must be very reluctant in your heart. You hate me."
"I hate that I am so ambitious, so careless about my old feelings, so unkind and unjust, haha."
Luo Ning looked into Cai Ji's eyes and said in a sad tone: "You have watched Li'er grow up, and she can be considered your sister."
"Just like I regard Quan'er as my sister."
Speaking of Cai Quan'er, Cai Ji suddenly laughed, "Really? Were you really not attracted to Quan'er back then? Zhiyuan, don't lie about this."
"Of course you entered Zhu Xue's house to pay off your debts and tide over the difficulties. But do you dare to say that you really have no intention of grudges against Quan'er?"
"As long as Quan'er said something, you wouldn't have given up on yourself and entered Xue's house, right?"
"You still dare to say that you really regard Quan'er as your sister and have no regard for men and women?"
Luo Ning sighed slightly and did not refute.
Because, the original owner really likes Cai Quan'er!
As a simple young man, how could the original owner be indifferent to a beautiful girl who swore that she would not marry him when she grew up?
How could the emotion of childhood sweethearts and teenage admiration not exist?
The original owner is not a plant!
When the original owner entered Xue's house, he was indeed upset and angry with Cai Quan'er.
However, this was the original intention of the original owner, not Luo Ning's.
The problem is that he can't explain it. He can't say that this Luonin is not Pilonin, right?
Therefore, Luo Ning had to take the blame for the original owner: "I admit that I used to like Quan'er. After all, we were childhood sweethearts. She used to be very persistent. I was stupid and believed it."
At this point, Luo Ning's eyes turned red and his expression suddenly became sad.
He thought of a way to deal with Cai Ji, playing the bitterness card!
Taking advantage of Cai Quan'er's previous change of heart to increase the guilt of Cai Ji's siblings and dispel the idea of taking his sister as a concubine.
Sure enough, Cai Ji looked a little unnatural, "It is true that Quan'er changed his mind first. To be honest, at the beginning, I really thought that he wanted to marry you, and I was ready to let you be my brother-in-law."
"But I didn't expect that when she reached the age of haircut and her mind matured, she would change her mind and want to marry into a wealthy family." ωωw..net
"That's when her heart for you faded away. Now, she has got her wish and is about to marry into Wenchang Bo's house."
"This means she can't help you."
"To be honest, if she hadn't been favored by Wen Changbo, I don't know when I would have passed the Jinshi exam."
Luo Ning took the opportunity to say: "Quan'er and I are not destined to be together, and I don't blame her. But you watched Li'er grow up, why do you want to accept her... Zhiyuan, you have a bright future now, what kind of woman do you want...
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Cai Ji's expression turned cold, "If I hadn't offered to take Li'er as my concubine, Li'er would already be a concubine!"
"Zhiyuan, I regard Li'er as my sister, how can I really want to take her as my concubine? The reason why I threaten her like this is out of sheer helplessness!"
Luo Ning's eyelids twitched, "Brother Xuan Shu, is there any hidden secret in this?"
Cai Ji nodded: "Only me, Li'er, and Quan'er knew about this before."
"Is it me, Cai Ji, who wants to take Li'er as my concubine? It's Xuan Qian, the Lord of Tuo County!"
Xuanqian!
The county's seventh-grade spiritual official, the master of the Yin Division in Tuo County, sits in charge of the City God's Temple, and is an experienced spiritual practitioner.
Cai Ji sighed: "It's also my fault that Li'er is unlucky. Some time ago, Xuan Qian, who was patrolling at night to hunt down ghosts, met Li'er."
"It stands to reason that Li'er is a little girl in the human world, even if she is a beautiful woman, the city god will not be greedy for her."
"But it's strange that Xuan Qian has set his sights on Li'er. It's really puzzling."
"He said that Li'er was a concubine of Tai Sui, so she had to be a monk's concubine to avoid misfortune. He said that in order to prevent Li'er from causing trouble in the future, he wanted to take her as his concubine to eliminate misfortunes."
"For this reason, he specially wrote about the land god and entrusted his dream to Li'er, five nights and five dreams!"
When Luo Ning heard this, he couldn't help but said angrily: "A spiritual official without a body actually wants to take Li'er as his concubine! Ridiculous! Hateful! Shameful!"
He didn't expect that there was such a hidden secret in it.
I have never heard that the county god is lustful, so why does Xuan Qian care so little about his status?
Cai Ji could guess the rest without telling him.
Sure enough, Cai Ji said: "The land of my hometown is in vain as a spiritual official, but is actually a lackey of the city god. In order to get Li'er married, he actually sent ghosts at night to scare Li'er!"
"Fortunately, I was caught by me when I returned to my hometown. I destroyed the ghost, asked about the reason, and went directly to the Chenghuang Temple to negotiate."
"How can Xuan Qian be willing to bow his head? He insists that Li'er is a sinister Tai Sui. He has good intentions and does good deeds and has not violated the laws of the heaven. He told me not to meddle in other people's business."
"He showed the county's fortune book, and sure enough it was written that Li'er is a sinister Tai Sui, and a monk must marry him to destroy his body and suppress his soul."
"He is in charge of the fate of ordinary people. Although he cannot modify it without authorization, he can still try to modify the fate of a few people. This is of course his own hands and feet."
"I can only say that Li'er is the one I like, and he even moved out of Wenchang Bo's Mansion."
"Xuan Qian didn't believe it. He also said that I interfered with the official affairs of the underworld and wanted to sue me. I had no choice but to spread the word and take Li'er as my concubine to stop his thoughts..."
After Cai Ji finished speaking, he smiled bitterly and said: "After Li'er knew all this, he made shoes for me to thank me and to confuse the land and the city god."
"Zhiyuan, although City God Xuanqian is only a seventh-grade spiritual official and not very capable, he has a wide range of contacts, which is very important."
"He has joints in the county God's temple and the state city God's temple. In addition, he has some friendship with spiritual officials such as Shushan Lord, Dujiang God, and Bashan God."
"Even the county magistrate doesn't dare to offend him. I can only fight with him because of the power of Wenchang Bo Mansion."
"Without acting like this, how could Xuan Qian let Li'er go?"
"Oh, Zhiyuan, for your brothers and sisters, I have offended the Tuo County City God to death. If you still hate me in your heart, do you have a conscience?"
Luo Ning held his forehead and stamped his feet: "Oh Jian Wen! Why didn't you tell me earlier! You made me feel guilty after scolding you!"
Cai Ji laughed loudly and said, "If you feel guilty, then it's even."
"Also, I can't stop Xuan Qian for long. He seems to be determined to kill Li'er. For now, you can only take the girl and leave this county and leave his jurisdiction!"