When Tang Yi returned, the gathered disciples seemed to have dispersed. Luo Yuangong, Su Po and Tang Susu were still waiting there.
Seeing her coming back from the mountains with a jar of wine, Tang Susu's face suddenly darkened and she had a fit on the spot, "Did he give it to you?"
Tang Yi's eyes met hers, with an unprecedented seriousness, which actually forced Tang Susu to calm down a lot.
"This jar of wine may have been buried in the mountain by my father." Tang Yi said lightly.
"..." Tang Susu hesitated. She originally wanted to ask Tang Yi to throw away the things that the man gave her, but when she heard that they might be Tang Mu's relics, she couldn't say anything.
Su Po glanced in the direction she came from and tried to ask: "Master, where are the others?"
Tang Yi sighed softly: "He refused to stay and left!"
Tang Susu snorted coldly, "The scum of the Shangqing Sect, it's a shame he has the nerve to set foot in the Shangqing Sect. If the head brother hadn't protected him back then, how would he still be alive!"
"Don't say such useless and angry words." Luo Yuangong, the senior brother, scolded, and then said to Tang Yi: "Master, with his intervention, I guess no one will dare to cause trouble to the Qing Sect in the short term.
What we need to do now is to clean up the door. We have sent people to chase the dozens of disciples who defected before. It is estimated that it will be difficult to find them in this vast mountain for a while. We also ask the leader to issue an order to notify the outside world of the hidden information. Once found, immediately
Report it so that we can send people to eradicate these traitors in time!"
Tang Yidao: "It doesn't matter if these traitors left because they don't want to share the troubles with the master, there is no point in staying. There may be outside informants among them. After this incident, it may not be a bad thing, but it may be a blessing in disguise to bury the outside world."
Qing Zong’s insiders have been eliminated.”
These words made the three elders either nod or acquiesce. It was indeed true. It was unlikely that the insiders from the outside were sharing the same troubles with the Shangqing Sect. It was most likely that they had escaped under pressure before. However, the three of them seemed to have come from the Tang Dynasty.
Yi noticed something unusual. Normally, Tang Yi looked at the opinions drawn up by the three elders. This time, regarding this matter, Tang Yi seemed to be seriously considering the matter from the position of the leader and taking the initiative to express his opinions.
Tang Susu said bitterly: "We must not spare these traitors lightly!"
Tang Yi: "Of course we can't let the traitor go, but now is not the time to spend our main energy on this. As Elder Luo said, that person came forward to scare us. No one should dare to touch the Qing Sect in the short term.
But it is only for a short period of time, so we should take advantage of this gap to make due preparations. Inform the pursuing disciples to come back. As for those traitors, I, the Shangqing Sect, should publicly speak out to the spiritual world, expose these traitors, and let them
Having a bad reputation makes it more difficult for them to gain a foothold in the outside world. It would not be too late to find an opportunity afterwards to slowly liquidate them. In addition, Song Shu, I announce in the name of the leader that Song Shu ordered his son to murder fellow disciple Niu Youdao. Instead, he framed the master.
They also colluded with the Liuxian Sect to attack the master’s sect, and they should be included in the list of traitors who deceived the master and destroyed the ancestors, and will be despised by everyone in the world!”
"..." The three elders were stunned.
Putting Song Shu on the list of people who deceived their masters and destroyed their ancestors? The three of them don’t think it’s wrong. It’s not an exaggeration to say that they colluded with the Liuxian Sect to deceive their masters and destroy their ancestors. Maybe they were. It’s just that Tang Susu was clearly responsible for killing the cow in the right way.
The one who instigated Song Yanqing to do it is now being blamed on Song Shu. This is simply a frame-up! However, with the Liuxian Sect's surprise attack and the fact that this side rushed to issue a statement and gained a head start, I'm afraid no one will believe Song Shu's excuse.
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It's a good idea. Tang Susu was also picked out. If there are rumors that Tang Yi is plotting to seize the head of the family in the future, outsiders will think that it is the Song family's revenge. The 'preemptive move' is a good trick!
This method made Tang Susu feel a little uncomfortable. She looked at Tang Yi with a slightly soft look and realized that her niece was her niece. It was not in vain that she had tried so hard to get the position of head. After all, she was still facing her as her great aunt. After all, the family
It's a family!
In short, at this moment, the three of them realized that there had been obvious changes in Tang Yi's words.
Luo Yuangong muttered: "Master, this is a good idea, but in this way, we will completely break up with the Song family. The Song family can take revenge openly. From now on, it will be even more difficult for the Shangqing Sect to gain a foothold in the Yan Kingdom."
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"I have made my own decision!" Tang Yi looked up in the direction of the Shangqing Palace, her bright eyes filled with determination that she had never seen before. She walked away from the others with the wine jar in her arms and said, "Offer incense to the ancestor!"
Offering incense to the Patriarch? The three elders were stunned again and looked at each other. They could only follow. Offering incense to the Patriarch is never too much and no one can refuse.
When the group arrived at the Shangqing Palace, Tang Yi's wine jar was put aside. They walked to the seated statue of the Patriarch in the center, lit three sticks of incense, stepped back three steps, raised their heads and looked up at the seated statue sitting cross-legged, staring at it without saying a word.
The three elders also stepped forward to light incense, then walked back and stood in a row behind Tang Yi, admiring the holy face of the ancestor together.
Tang Yi, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly knelt down slowly and made this sudden gesture, which shocked the three people behind him.
There is nothing wrong with kneeling down to the ancestor, but usually such a big ceremony is only performed during major ceremonies or when there is something important.
Even the leader knelt down. Although the three of them were senior, they had no choice but to kneel down with the leader.
Tang Yi, who was holding incense in both hands, looked up at the seated statue and said with a pious expression: "The founder of the Shangqing Sect is on high, the ancestors of all generations are on high, Tang Yi, the eleventh generation leader of the Shangqing Sect, kneels down and apologizes! Today, the Shangqing Sect is in crisis.
, it is difficult to extricate oneself, and it is all due to the incompetence of the disciples. Today, when the Shangqing Sect is on the verge of life and death, the disciples swear an oath in front of the ancestors and the ancestors of all generations, and they will do their best to revitalize the Shangqing Sect. If there are any mistakes, the disciples are willing to bear them alone. I sincerely ask the spirit in heaven to
Bless you!" After saying this, he bowed his head three times and kowtowed to the ground.
The three people behind them all had expressions of emotion on their faces. Everyone knew that the Shangqing Sect had fallen to its present state, with three feet of ice freezing over a day. Tang Yi was definitely not to blame, but Tang Yi was in front of his ancestors.
In front of the master, he took all the responsibilities by himself.
The three of them looked at each other, then held incense and kowtowed three times.
Tang Yi stood up and stepped forward, inserted three sticks of incense into the incense burner of the altar, and then slowly stepped away. After the three elders also put on the incense and returned, she turned to face the three of them, and her serious eyes swept back and forth on their faces.
, asked: "The current situation of Shangqing Sect, do the three elders have any way to get out of the predicament?"
The three of them were silent. There was no good way to get out of the predicament. If there was one, it would have been proposed long ago.
Luo Yuangong tried to ask: "What do you think, Master?"
Tang Yi: "There is no good way, but we can't stay here and watch the Shangqing Sect disappear, and we can't stay here and wait for death. If this is the case, we will be the eternal sinners of the Shangqing Sect!"
The term "eternal sinner" was a bit serious, which made the three of them look solemn, because it was not impossible to say this. It really made the Shangqing Sect fall in the hands of their generation, and they had no face to face the ancestors of the past. In fact, it was completely true.
This may!
Luo Yuangong: "If the leader has anything to say, you might as well say it clearly."
Tang Yi: "I don't need to say more about the current situation of the Shangqing Sect. Even if no one comes to kill us, we have been cut off from seeking cultivation resources. The Song family should no longer provide us with cultivation resources. If this continues
, the supply is cut off, how to explain to the disciples below? Where is the people's hearts? I'm afraid that it will not only be those people who rebelled before, but the entire Shangqing Sect will completely fall apart, so why should we clean up the door? If the trees are removed, they will die, and the people will live.
I want to temporarily abandon the sect and lead the disciples of the Shangqing Sect to go to other places to seek cultivation resources in order to revitalize it!"
Luo Yuangong and Su Po's eyes widened.
Tang Susu screamed like a cat whose tail had been stepped on: "Your majestic leader actually wants to give up the ancestral family of the sect. Have you ever thought about how the world will see you? The world will laugh at your incompetence! Have you ever thought about it?
The bones of the Patriarch and the ancestors of all generations are buried among these mountains and rivers, including your father. Are you just leaving like this and letting others trample on you? How can you say such a number in front of the Patriarch and the ancestors of all generations?
Dian Wangzong’s words!”
There was something she didn't say. Her husband and her son were also buried here. How could she let outsiders clear the graves of her son and husband?
And the bones of some ancestors are rotted into slag. Even if you want to dig them out and bury them, you can't move them. What's the point of moving only part of them?
The fact is indeed the case. Just as the Liuxian Sect said, the Shangqing Sect occupies the treasured land of Lingshan. As soon as the Shangqing Sect leaves, someone will immediately come to occupy it.
It's easy to leave, but with the current ability of the Shangqing Sect, it's difficult to get it back. You gave it up yourself, and you don't want it. Why do you let people move it away and give it back to you?
Tang Yi retorted: "If the people who protect the Shangqing Sect are gone, how can we protect this ancestral court? It will be occupied by others! As long as the Shangqing Sect can be revitalized, as long as the Shangqing Sect has strength, naturally
There will be a day when we can take it back! I don’t want to watch the tombs of our ancestors and ancestors being insulted, but this is the price that must be paid to revitalize the Shangqing Sect. Otherwise, we can only sit back and wait for death. I want our ancestors and all the ancestors to be killed.
The master can also understand us!"
"You..." Tang Susu waved her sleeves, pointed at Tang Yi, and said with an angry smile: "Okay, okay, let's assume that what you said is right, but I would like to ask the leader, although the Great Yan Kingdom is big, where can we go?
Tell me where I can go? Is it possible that I should imitate Niu Youdao and run to Feng Lingbo?"
Tang Yidao: "Facing the dilemma of the Shangqing Sect, I have thought hard day and night. When I learned that the Shang Dynasty Sect was accepted by Feng Lingbo, I did think about the possibility of defecting to Feng Lingbo, but it was not appropriate! Feng Lingbo could accept it.
The Shang Dynasty Sect may not accept me, the Shang Qing Sect. Feng Lingbo has already been under pressure by accepting the Shang Dynasty Sect. Tianyu Sect had to post an explanation everywhere in the spiritual world. If I, the Shang Qing Sect, meet Prince Ning’s son again
If they are involved together, the Tianyu Sect is probably not willing to bear this pressure. Even if the other party can bear it, Feng Lingbo's power is still a bit small. It is not clear that he has any ability to expand. He is not as strong as the imperial court.
In contrast. The Great Yan Kingdom itself is also in a precarious situation, facing the possibility of being disintegrated and divided by other countries at any time. Feng Lingbo's power will be difficult to resist if faced with such a huge trend. Therefore, no matter where the princes in the Great Yan territory are,
It is not suitable for me to seek long-term development in the Qing sect."
Tang Susu laughed and said sarcastically: "Is it possible that the leader still wants to lead the Shangqing Sect to defect to other countries? There are xenophobic things everywhere, and other countries will not easily allow other countries to move in and get a share of the pie!"
Tang Yi: "I am going to lead people north to defect to Shao Dengyun, the rebel general of Dayan!"