While Zhao Changhe was here to inquire about the situation, Yue Hongling had already returned home in glory.
She left Luoxia Villa when she was fifteen. She is already twenty-two this year, and will be twenty-three in a few days after the Chinese New Year.
Having been away from home for seven or eight years, Yue Hongling's free and easy attitude inevitably makes her feel a little shy about being close to home. Every plant and tree here seems no longer familiar.
The closer you get to the villa, the stranger it becomes.
It used to be a rather small manor, with only a dozen disciples, and old bricks and earth tiles everywhere. The master's wife managed it diligently and frugally, just like an ordinary farmer's family.
But now, as we walk, we see a continuous stretch of red bricks and green tiles, covering an area of dozens of hectares, extending to the foot of the mountain and even occupying the road. People are coming and going everywhere, the sounds of martial arts performances and cheers are intertwined, making it very lively.
There are even vendors selling goods outside the villa. From time to time, you can see local officials or people who look like gentry visiting. The guests and hosts are very happy. Everything is just like the famous sects I saw when I traveled around the country in the past.
Yue Hongling looked at the plaque of "Luoxia Villa" on the door from a distance. If it weren't for the plaque still there, she would hardly dare to recognize that this was the place where she grew up.
I had thought before that I would quietly visit the master at night and ask about the situation privately. But when I got closer, my mind was surging, and Yue Hongling suddenly didn't want to be sneaky. This life was open and aboveboard, so she had to be secretive when she returned to her hometown?
So we marched forward.
"Who is Your Excellency?" Several young men and women guarding the door looked at the sister in red walking in the distance. A name came to their mind, but they did not dare to recognize it and cautiously tested it.
Yue Hongling walked up to him, stood still, and smiled slightly: "Children don't recognize each other when they see each other. They laugh and ask where the guest is from. Today I know."
However, the passers-by were not as disbelieving as the Luoxia Villa disciples. They had already exclaimed: "Yue Hongling!"
"It's definitely Yue Hongling! I had the honor to meet her four years ago in the Central Plains."
"The real person is more beautiful than the legendary one... Who is maliciously spreading the rumor that Yue Hongling is dirty every day?"
Far away in the imperial palace of the capital, Xia Chichi sneezed.
The scene was completely silent, and the faces of the young men and women shone with light of extreme surprise.
"Second Senior Sister is back!~"
After the air was quiet for a moment, it suddenly exploded. The boys and girls stopped guarding the door and ran towards the manor: "Second Senior Sister is back!"
Yue Hongling returns home!
The news exploded and spread throughout Chang'an in the blink of an eye. Zhao Changhe was still chatting with Dai Qingge in the gambling shop. There were already gamblers outside the door talking about the news of Yue Hongling's return to his hometown. Everyone was excited for no reason, and some wanted to run away to Huashan.
Went to see someone.
After all, this is a top talent who reached the top rankings at the age of 22. In the past few years, the most famous people of the younger generation are Yue Hongling and Zhao Changhe. However, Zhao Changhe’s rise to fame was so fast that many people actually have no real sense of it.
, plus the gods and demons that are often involved, it is a bit ethereal; Yue Hongling became famous early, and the sense of reality is much stronger, the most down-to-earth.
What's more, if we exclude the additional gods and demons from all parties who have entered now, and only talk about the original Guanlong forces, then when Li Gongsi died and Yuan Cheng left, Yue Hongling was probably the first person born and raised in Guanlong!
What a concept is this!
The fame of Luoxia Villa is not without reason. Nowadays, how many children of the right age want to join Luoxia Villa to practice martial arts, 10% of them are due to the power of Yue Hongling's example. The degree of fascination is not limited to children, the entire relationship
People on the Long River and Lake admired and admired him like crucian carp crossing the river. You can imagine how sensational this homecoming was.
But after the initial explosion of excitement passed, people soon thought of a problem.
The relationship between Yue Hongling and Zhao Changhe...
It is said that Zhao Changhe has been eager to eat swan meat since Beimang, and began to pursue Yue Hongling... What's annoying is that it was said that because they fought side by side with the enemy outside the Great Wall last year, it was really good. At that time, he was given the comment "The setting sun reflects the long river" or
What's more, the relationship between husband and wife is overflowing.
Now if Zhao Changhe is the Han Dynasty King Zhao, any brother who knows him will know that he is not just a king of the opposite sex. There is no problem in saying that the Han Dynasty is tied to him, and that he is the emperor of the Han Dynasty. If Yue Hongling is the "Empress of the Han Dynasty", she will return home this time,
What attitude should everyone adopt? And why is she coming back this time?
I'm afraid that if I were to throw this huge boulder into the lake in Chang'an, it would stir up thousands of waves.
Of course, the rumors are just rumors. A long time ago, someone asked Cui Yuanyong, the true insider who knew all the way from Beimang to Yanmen, and the answer he got was this: "Fuck you, what is the connection between Yue Hongling and my brother-in-law? Don't send
You are just spreading this nonsense, let me reiterate that Zhao Changhe is my brother-in-law! Beimang? Yue Hongling was fighting with me in Beimang at that time, what does it have to do with Zhao Changhe!"
Cui Yuanyong's remarks about fighting for his sister Gong spread to Guanlong, and it seems to be somewhat effective in refuting the rumors. Fans are not willing to admit that their goddess has been favored anyway. Isn't the evidence that Cui Yuanyong endorses it not solid?
But in the eyes of more Guanlong gentry, this is called rumor-mongering. Of course Cui Yuanyong must kill his own sister to be the rightful master. He wants to clear Yue Hongling to death. There is no point in asking him... Your brother-in-law
You can't get involved with other women? Do you have the ability to repeat this in front of your majesties and the Tang Dynasty? It's best to repeat it to the Reverend Suzaku.
When Yue Hongling strode into the main hall of Luoxia Villa, her master Yue Fenghua had already been sitting in the hall, and there was another middle-aged man she didn't know sitting next to him. Looking at the brocade, he looked either rich or noble.
The imagined greeting of Yue Fenghua outside the door did not happen, and Yue Hongling didn't care. She walked into the hall and gave a solid salute: "Disciple, see the master."
"Okay, okay!" Yue Fenghua stroked his beard and laughed: "I am very pleased to see Hong Ling in such a heroic figure."
Yue Hongling raised her head and glanced at her master, feeling strange in her heart.
Praise for heroic appearance?
You don't have to ask me to stand up and ask you to kneel down. Is this to show your prestige?
Yue Hongling would rather think that the master was so excited that he forgot about it for a moment. In short, the master didn't ask him to get up, so she couldn't afford it. She still knelt there on one knee and responded calmly: "Seeing that the master's demeanor is even better than before, the disciple is also very happy. I don't know, master wife
But my disciple wants to visit her old man."
Yue Fenghua's expression dimmed and he sighed softly: "Your wife passed away due to illness two years ago."
Yue Hongling pursed her lips and did not respond.
Due to illness?
Although the master's wife is not very good at cultivation and only has the fourth or fifth level of the profound entrance, she was at most forty-two-three the year before last. She is a warrior in the prime of life. The physique of a warrior in his prime is not comparable to that of ordinary people. You say you will die fighting with others.
It makes sense, but in the gathering place of Chang'an, when the masters are already so rich and powerful and there is no shortage of medical treatment, he died of illness?
At this time, the middle-aged man sitting in the guest seat smiled and said: "Brother-in-law is too excited, and forgot to ask the wise niece to get up and talk."
Yue Fenghua smiled as if he had just woken up from a dream: "That's right, look at me. Hong Ling, get up quickly."
Yue Hongling stood up and asked, "Who is this?"
Yue Fenghua also stood up and introduced: "This is Brother Changming, the head of the Wei family, seventeenth on the list."
"Ahem." Wei Changming stood up and held up his hands: "I really don't have the face to mention the seventeenth person on the list in front of Miss Yue. Miss Yue is the brightest star in our Guanlong Wulin."
Yue Hongling was really not interested in socializing with the head of the family at all. Hearing this, she cupped her hands indifferently: "Nice to meet you."
Yue Fenghua said with a smile: "Brother Wei doesn't care about Hong Ling's recklessness back then. Let's put an end to the past. Hong Ling should thank you for your generosity."
Yue Hongling said calmly: "Mr. Wei is so generous, and Hongling admires him very much. I didn't expect that the relationship between Mr. Wei and my tutor would become so good, and he would sit here as a guest every day."
"Brother Yue can teach a disciple like Miss Yue. He is a chivalrous person, and his interactions are like a spring breeze. Nowadays, the house is always full of guests, which is also due to Brother Yue's own charm." Wei Changming said with a smile: "To tell you the truth, I came here today.
Luoxia Villa was originally used to discuss marriage, but unexpectedly it coincided with Miss Yue's return to her hometown, so it was an unexpected surprise."
"Oh? Discussing the marriage?" Yue Hongling said: "Is the senior brother getting married?"
The eldest brother is Yue Fenghua's own son Yue Baiyu. As far as Luoxia Villa is concerned, he is the heir.
Wei Changming smiled and said: "That's right, it is Yue Xian's nephew's relative who is being discussed."
"Congratulations, congratulations." Yue Hongling said congratulations, but her smile was a bit sarcastic: "Is it Mr. Wei's daughter?"
Wei Changming shook his head: "No, I am here to discuss marriage, of course I am a matchmaker."
"Then who is the other party?"
Wei Changming did not answer for the time being, but asked instead: "Can I first ask Miss Yue when she returns home? Are you here to see and then leave, or do you intend to stay longer?"
Yue Hongling laughed: "I hadn't thought about it. Since I met my senior brother to discuss marriage, it seemed that I had to wait until we had a wedding drink before leaving."
Wei Changming nodded and asked, "Can I ask the girl one more question...what is the relationship between the girl and Zhao Changhe?"
Yue Hongling replied seemingly casually: "I was just an ordinary friend, but my reputation was ruined by rumors in the world. Now our relationship has changed. If we see him next time, he will definitely suffocate to death."
Neither Yue Fenghua nor Wei Changming heard the true meaning of these words. What kind of relationship has become? Why is the method of death suffocation? They just thought it was a casual comment. The two looked at each other, as if they couldn't believe it, and Yue Fenghua said
Continue to test: "In this case, is it possible for Hong Ling to come back this time to help the countryside resist the puppet government?"