The problem is that he has already done the most risky things, and there is no room for bargaining anymore, so he cannot break up with Niu Youdao for this little thing.
He wanted to open his mouth to bite someone, but he didn't bite, and instead he was grabbed by the neck. There is no regret medicine in the world. What he wants to do now is to get it done as soon as possible, and to hold Niu Youdao's handle in his hands.
So that he doesn't dare to treat himself like a dog leg anymore.
So Chao Shenghuai went to have an 'accidental encounter' with Chen Tingxiu.
There was an old pine tree outside the courtyard and a stone table. Chen Tingxiu sat there drinking tea and looking at the mountains, rivers, and people here.
At present, he can only wait here, waiting for the news from the disciples at Wanshou Sect, and also waiting for the summons from Xihaitang to pay a visit on behalf of Tianyu Sect.
He felt somewhat that Tianyu Sect was still a bit weak in the eyes of Ten Thousand Beasts Sect. Otherwise, Xihaitang would not be so busy no matter how busy it was. At least, even if he, the elder of Tianyu Sect, was placed in the back row, he would not feel it.
Something is wrong.
The stone paths in the mountains are winding and sloping. Chao Shenghuai came leisurely and passed by the small courtyard.
Chen Tingxiu turned her head and looked at him, only to find that he just glanced at him arrogantly and was not taken seriously. He was ignored.
The Wanshou Sect disciple who is responsible for entertaining guests here respectfully pays homage to Chao Shenghuai who is passing by, "Senior Brother Chao, why are you here? What are your orders?"
"Just take a walk." Chao Shenghuai replied casually, then raised his chin towards the yard, "Are there any guests here?"
The disciple glanced at Chen Tingxiu under the tree and replied: "A guest from Tianyu Gate in Nanzhou, Yan Kingdom."
Chao Shenghuai said oh, but didn't seem to take it seriously and continued passing by.
However, Chen Tingxiu took the initiative to stand up and came over, smiling and saying hello, "Whose disciple is this?"
He could tell from the disciple's attitude that Chao Shenghuai's identity was unusual.
Chao Shenghuai stopped and looked at him up and down, "Who are you?"
The disciple sweated a little, wondering if this was a bit too much for the guests.
Chen Tingxiu was not angry. He could look down on Niu Youdao's cultivation background and power, but he could not look down on the person in front of him. The more arrogant his attitude, the more he had a good background. He came closer and cupped his hands and said: "Chen Tingxiu, the elder of Tianyu Gate in Nanzhou, Yan Kingdom
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"Oh, it's a pleasure to meet you." Chao Shenghuai seemed to be reluctant to cope and held his hand.
They struck up a conversation after going back and forth, and the two finally sat under a tree and drank tea together.
After learning that Chao Shenghuai's grandfather was Chao Jing, the elder of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, Chen Tingxiu's attitude naturally became more enthusiastic. Chao Shenghuai also seemed to enjoy his flattery. He seemed to be unable to control his mouth when he heard the flattery. He shouldn't have said it.
I also said it...
In the pavilion, Niu Youdao was sitting in front of the stone table, wiping the shining sword body with a white handkerchief very carefully, as if he wanted to make it spotless.
Yuan Gang watched for a while and asked, "This is against the rules of the sect. Will Zhou Tiezi do what you say?"
He was referring to the guest house where Zhou Tiezi was asked to stay at Tianxing Sect to keep an eye on him. Of course, Niu Youdao said that he was asking Zhou Tiezi to do a small favor.
Niu Youdao focused on wiping the sword in his hand, "It doesn't matter. Chao Shenghuai will give me the news. I just want to know if he is worth helping. This Ten Thousand Beast Sect is not a kind place. Wherever there are people,
There are rivers and lakes, so why should you join the rivers and lakes if you are not a member of the rivers and lakes? Helping him will only harm him, it is better to hide quietly and continue to do odd jobs and let him make his own choice!"
Yuan Gang raised his eyes and saw Uncle Chen coming out of the backyard, entering the pavilion, and asked, "Do you have anything to do with me?"
Niu Youdao returned the long sword to its sheath. The scabbard was on the ground. He held the hilt of the sword with one hand, looked in the direction of the backyard, and asked, "You haven't come out of the house yet?"
Uncle Chen: "I knocked on the door and said that I was meditating and practicing inside."
"It's rare to be diligent in cultivation." Niu Youdao smiled, stretched out his hand to signal the other party, "Please sit down!" He raised his hand to Yuan Gang again, "Tea!"
Yuan Gang turned around to pour tea and water.
Uncle Chen looked at the chessboard placed on the stone table, sat down slowly, and asked, "You didn't ask me to play chess, did you?"
Niu Youdao reached out and broke off the chess bowl, looked at the black and white stones in the two bowls, and deliberately turned the two bowls around. Pushing the bowl with the white stones over, he asked for the bowl with the black stones, and picked up a black stone.
, "Pa" is a crisp move, and then he raises his hand to signal the opponent to take the move.
Uncle Chen didn't know what he meant, but he knew that it was not as simple as playing chess. There must be something going on. Since he couldn't ask, he would take a look next, so he pressed the white piece on the chessboard and responded.
After a few hands, Yuan Gang brought tea and poured two cups.
Niu Youdao dropped a sunspot and said, "Of these two cups of tea, one is poisonous and the other is not. I don't know which one is poisonous. There is no antidote to this poison."
Yuan Gang glanced at him subconsciously. He was the one who poured the tea. Didn't he know if it was poisonous? It wasn't poisonous!
Uncle Chen's eyes flickered with Bai Zi between his fingers, not understanding what the other party meant.
Niu Youdao added: "We each have one cup. You choose first, and you drink whichever cup you choose. You choose the remaining cup and I drink it. It's fair and reasonable."
Uncle Chen's pupils shrank suddenly: "What do you mean?"
Niu Youdao: "I will naturally be able to tell you what you mean after drinking this cup of tea."
Uncle Chen: "Okay, do I need to gamble my life with you?"
Niu Youdao: "For the matchmaker?"
Uncle Chen frowned: "What does this have to do with the matchmaker?"
"If you drink it, I will naturally give you a satisfactory explanation."
"What if I don't drink?"
"Get out of here immediately, and you are not allowed to appear next to the matchmaker from now on."
"It's not your turn to decide whether I'm with the matchmaker or not."
"After being together for so long, you should know that I have many ways to get you away from the matchmaker, such as making your background public. Not to mention other things, how will other people in Fufangyuan view you as a spy? How can you still stay?
Do you want to go on? You can make your own choice, the tea is here, I won’t force you."
Uncle Chen was silent and stared at the two cups of tea for a long time. Fang slowly said: "Are you sure I drank it and will you give me a satisfactory explanation?"
Niu Youdao: "If I just want to kill you, there is no need to wait until now."
Uncle Chen believes that if you eat and drink together without being defensive, the other party will have too many opportunities to make a move, and there is really no need to wait until now.
After the white tea fell from his hand, he raised his hand and hesitated between the two cups of tea, and finally took one of them, raised his head and drank it. He endured the boiling heat and drank the tea leaves. He showed the empty cup to Niu Youdao,
"you drink!"
Niu Youdao played with the chess pieces in his hand, stared at the chessboard to find the landing point, and replied: "I said I don't know which lamp is poisonous, there is no need to seek death."
Uncle Chen's usually expressionless face showed a hint of anger, "Is this the satisfactory explanation you gave me?"
Niu Youdao: "Okay, I'm kidding you, there's no poison in the tea. Since you don't want to say who sent you here, I won't ask again in the future. I believe what you say. I'm just here to protect the matchmaker.
There is no malice." He held the sword with one hand and dropped the sword with the other. After dropping the sword, the hand slowly brought the tea cup to his lips and blew on it, then slowly took a few sips.
Uncle Chen stared at the tea cup in front of him and fell silent.
"It's your turn." Niu Youdao put down the tea cup and signaled the other party to continue playing chess.
Uncle Chen was already absent-minded and was struggling to move after being killed in the chess game, when Zhou Tiezi came back.
Seeing Niu Youdao playing chess with someone, he was a little hesitant and didn't know whether he should come over to talk.
Yuan Gang came out of the pavilion and exchanged a few words with Zhou Tiezi.
After Zhou Tiezi left, Yuan Gang returned, leaned over and whispered in Niu Youdao's ear, "Zhou Tiezi saw Chen Tingxiu entering the courtyard where Tianxing Sect settled."
"It seems to have confirmed my guess. They are really coming after me. Now that it's on my head, it depends on the luck of Elder Chen whether he can go back alive." Niu Youdao chuckled, but his voice was quiet.
Uncle Chen, who was hiding from the other side, also had something to say to Uncle Chen, "Uncle Chen, please go and help me with something."
Uncle Chen said with a straight face: "What's the matter?"
Niu Youdao: "Go to Du Yunsang and help me scold him!"
Uncle Chen: "Are you kidding? Why don't you go by yourself?"
Niu Youdao: "My life and death involves a lot of people. If you die, you will die yourself. My life is more valuable than yours. It's not worth gambling on my life. You are different. You are a dead man." Chen Bogang was about to open his mouth.
, he raised his hand to stop him, "This matter has nothing to do with me. It's just that you, an old man from Fufangyuan, can't stand it anymore. You are not allowed to mention me from the beginning to the end, and you are not allowed to cause any trouble to me. See you
Empress Du Yunsang..."
After listening to what he said, Uncle Chen was a little surprised and asked, "What on earth do you want to do?"
Niu Youdao didn't explain why. He disturbed the chess pieces on the chessboard, stood up with his sword in hand, and turned away. "Timing is important. Don't delay. Go ahead. There will be someone outside to guide you."
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The person leading the way was Zhou Tiezi. After Uncle Chen and Zhou Tiezi left, Niu Youdao and Yuan Gang walked out of the yard.
Standing on the edge of the mountain, watching the two of them go away, Yuan Gang asked: "He ran to stand up for the matchmaker, how could Wen Xinzhao allow him to act wild? He might have lost his life there!"
Niu Youdao: "Chen Tingxiu got the news that Wen Xinzhao beat the matchmaker out of jealousy. It was obvious that the matchmaker was having an affair with Du Yunsang. How could Chen Tingxiu go to Du Yunsang to deal with me? Nor would he dare to take Du Yunsang's case as an example.
Du Yunsang mentioned in front of Sang that otherwise he would be looking for excitement and would definitely go to see Wen Xinzhao alone. Wen Xinzhao must also avoid Du Yunsang to see him because of his concern for the matchmaker. At this time, Du Yunsang must not be with Wen Xinzhao.
Together, it's a good time to meet Du Yunsang."
Yuan Gang: "But if you let him do that, his situation will still be very dangerous. Once Du Yunsang is angered... In order to confirm your suspicion, is it necessary to let him risk his life?"
"If you don't let him go, do you want to go?"
"Master Dao, I would rather you let me go."
"Monkey, you're here again. He knew Du Yunsang and was a witness to what happened back then. As an old man next to the matchmaker, he is qualified to complain for the matchmaker. What's going on with you? Your identity is me at first glance.
People who are like this can easily arouse suspicion."
"What if he angered Du Yunsang and died at Du Yunsang's hands?"
"If Du Yunsang missed his old love, he would not kill him. If he killed him without missing his old love, it would be difficult for me to recover the humiliation suffered by the matchmaker. Uncle Chen has been hiding beside the matchmaker for many years for being the person behind it. He must be the person behind it.
Du Yunsang killed the person he trusted, thus creating a powerful enemy. Wouldn't it be bad to have another powerful enemy to seek justice for the matchmaker?"
"Master Dao, you are really too cold-blooded sometimes."
"In troubled times, it's hard to take care of everyone. I'm not a god. Someone has to make sacrifices. Monkey, you can choose to play black or white at will. Most of the time, I don't need to choose. In a game of chess, I can only play black or white.
Black!" Niu Youdao dropped his words and slowly turned around, leaning on his sword, and walked away with no expression on his face.