Great court system

Chapter 248 Talk
The sun rises, and the rays are brilliant.

Today's Lingyang Mansion has a layer of mist, which is easily pierced by the sword-like sunlight.

Ordinary people always get up very early, no, it was just after [-] o'clock, and Lingyang Mansion started to run slowly like a machine started.

Street vendors, farmers eager to work in the field, women who got up to make breakfast, and energetic kids all went out early to start a new day.

Of course, reckless rangers are indispensable everywhere. As a special group, they don't care about farming and mulberry, but they are particularly interested in anecdotes about rivers and lakes.

As a prefecture city, the news of Lingyang Mansion naturally spread very quickly.

"Have you heard? A big event happened at Miss Xia's birthday party last night!"

In a breakfast stall, several three-and-forty-year-old rangers were eating breakfast. Their strength was not high, only at the level of leather refining, one of the black-clothed warriors said mysteriously.

"Oh?" Hearing this, the curiosity of the other martial artists was aroused, and they immediately questioned: "Old Wu, you have never been to the banquet in the city lord's mansion. How did you know about this? You can't deceive us on purpose. Bar?"

Several of them glanced at the man named Lao Wu suspiciously, presumably because he was a habitual offender and often used unfounded stunts to show off his extensive information.

Old Wu, a martial artist in black, touched his nose in embarrassment, probably knowing what was wrong with him.

But this time he vowed: "Of course I can't get in with my qualifications, even if I sell my old Wu, I can't exchange a valuable gift to participate in the palace master's banquet.

Just because I can't get in doesn't mean I don't know what's going on. "

Old Wu took a sip of gruel and continued, "Do you know that I have a younger sister who is married to the head of the Zhang family in the west of the city?"

Hearing this, several other warriors nodded. Everyone had known each other for decades, and they were still very clear about the fact that Old Sister Wu was a concubine in the Zhang family.

Old Wu smiled and said: "That's right, the Patriarch of the Zhang family attended Miss Xia's birthday party, and he told my sister what happened, and I am short of money recently, so I asked my sister to borrow some money for drinks, and it happened to be from my sister's mouth Also heard the news.

Now do you still think I'm bragging? "

Hearing this, the eyes of the other warriors lit up. This time, what Old Wu said had a nose and eyes, and it didn't look like a lie.

"Old Wu, tell us quickly, and I'll treat you to a drink this afternoon!"

Old Wu, a warrior in black, smiled triumphantly, and then told everything he knew.

"Let me tell you, a lot of things happened at Ms. Xia's banquet this time, and those who can attend are all big clans and young heroes.

Palace Master Xia also did this intentionally. He held Miss Xia's birthday party this time not only to celebrate Miss Ziwei's birthday, but also to prepare for the selection of a son-in-law.

Miss Xia is not only beautiful, but also has a noble status. She has attracted many young heroes, so Palace Master Xia chose to marry through a martial arts contest.

After several rounds of competitions, four outstanding talents were finally selected, namely Jia Lie, Zhang Ling, Chen Qiao and a man named He Ning. "

Hearing this, one of the fighters was puzzled: "We have heard of the first three, but who is the last one named He Ning? It seems that we have never heard of it."

Old Wu smiled and said: "The origin of this person is mysterious, and I don't know it either, but I heard that in a competition, this guy actually managed to compete with the young master of Blackwood House and Hunting Hyena with his strength at the peak of the Zang Refining Realm. up and down.

So talented, so terrifying! "

Hearing this, several other warriors also took a deep breath, the Xiantian realm was like a heavenly existence to them, they never expected that He Ning would fight against the Xiantian realm with the body training realm and not be defeated.

"Also, who did Palace Master Xia choose as his son-in-law in the end?"

Old Wu saw how impatient they were, so he ate the porridge in the bowl without haste, and then stretched out three fingers.

"The three of you invite me to drink once."

The three looked at each other, couldn't bear the curiosity in their hearts, gritted their teeth and said, "Yes!"

Old Wu laughed, and continued: "Unfortunately, something happened in the end, Palace Master Xia didn't choose a son-in-law."

"what happened?"

Old Wu shook his head with a smile, and pondered: "Do you know the 'Three Light Demon Head' Xia Changhe?"

One of them pondered: "Is it the scum of the rivers and lakes Xia Changhe who killed, burned, and robbed everything?"

Old Wu nodded, and said in a deep voice: "That's right, it's him. I didn't expect that he also broke into Miss Ziwei's birthday party yesterday, and he is also the younger brother of Palace Master Xia!"

"what!"

"Xia Changling is a villain from the Xia Mansion?"

"real or fake?"

Old Wu also sighed: "Of course it is true, I was shocked at first, and what happened later surprised me even more.

It turned out that Xia Changhe's trip was for the position of the palace lord, and the current mansion lord Xia Changling actually fell into the ancestral Three Generations Three Generations Destiny Defeat Gu, and he didn't have two years to live. "

It's a pity that Palace Master Xia, who is kind and just, has such a tragic fate. "

Several other warriors also felt tense after hearing that, Xia Changling had a very good reputation in Lingyang Mansion, and even they knight-errants had a good impression of him.

"Finally, that Xia Changhe succeeded, then wouldn't our Lingyang Mansion want him to rule in the future?"

Old Wu shook his head and said fortunately: "Of course it didn't work, otherwise you would have moved out of Lingyang Mansion long ago if you thought I still had time to drink with you.

At that time, in order to intimidate Palace Master Xia, Xia Changhe even invited a master of the Tianfu Realm.

As a result, in the end, this master of the Tianfu realm was blocked by the cold-faced young man who came together with him. Xia Changling spoke rudely to the cold-faced young man, but was seriously injured by the master of the Tianfu realm and fled. Do you think it is any wonder? . "

After finishing speaking, Old Wu and several other warriors were still in amazement at what happened at the Xia Mansion banquet last night...

At the same time, all the insiders in Lingyang Prefecture were talking about what happened last night.

The most discussed ones were He Ning, who was at the pinnacle of the Zang Refining Realm, and the cold-faced young man Duan Lang who mysteriously tried to stop him.

And as the center of the topic, He Ning and Duanlang are in a wing room of Xiafu at this time.

After the matter of last night was resolved, Xia Changling also knew about the relationship between He Ning and Duanlang, and at the same time feeling emotional, he did not forget to prepare a wing room for the two of them.

"Master, Duanlang is lucky to live up to his fate, and has successfully joined the Qingmu Hall!"

In the room, Duan Lang knelt down on one knee and respectfully respected He Ning, that cold and indifferent face disappeared and became serious and solemn.

Seeing this, He Ning quickly pulled him up and said with emotion: "Brother Duan, there is no need to be polite. From now on, you and I will be like brothers."

Since the more characters were summoned, He Ning felt more fortunate to see Duanlang.

If a five-star character like Duanlang hadn't been summoned early when he was weak, he might not be as submissive to He Ning as he is now with his arrogant temper.

Moreover, He Ning was also very curious about Duanlang's identity, thinking that Duanlang actually forced a master of the Tianfu realm to fail to come to the stage last night, He Ning was surprised for a while.

"Brother Duan, I was negligent and didn't consider the danger of the journey, and let you come to Beiqi to attend the Qingmu Hall alone. You suffered a lot along the way."

Hearing He Ning's words, Duanlang's eyes flickered with a wave of fluctuation, and then he retracted it.

"Master, it doesn't matter. Although this journey has been bumpy, my subordinates have overcome it, and I am also grateful to the Aoki Order given by my master.

With this token, the subordinates can join the Cyanwood Hall and gradually lay down a foundation in the Cyanwood Hall. "

Hearing this, He Ning frowned, and said with a light smile: "Brother Duan, you don't need to call me master in the future, take this as my order to you."

Duan Lang was startled, then nodded and said: "In that case, I will call the master an adult."

He Ning didn't stop him either, no matter what the name is, as long as Duanlang still has himself.

"Brother Duan, do you have a high status in the Qingmu Hall? Even a master of the Heavenly Abundance Realm has scruples about you."

Thinking that last night Xia Changhe was severely injured by Hebuliu just because he said a bad word about Duanlang, He Ning became more and more curious about Duanlang's identity.

Hearing He Ning's question, Duanlang shook his head and said: "My current status in Qingmu Hall is very strange. I don't have a fixed position, but my status is not low. I can be regarded as a candidate for the Young Hall Master. .”

Hearing this, He Ning raised his brows slightly, the position of the candidate for the young master is indeed very strange, no wonder even He Buliu has to be so polite to Duanlang.

Thinking of letting Duanlang take Qingmu Ling to join Qingmutang decisively at the beginning, He Ning felt that this was the most correct choice he made.

He Ning continued to ask: "Then why did you come to Lingyang Mansion to help Xia Changhe, what is the current situation inside Qingmu Hall, and what is the final competition that the Crane Altar Master said before leaving?"

Hearing He Ning's question, Duanlang knew everything, and replied: "Xia Changhe once paid a huge price to invite Hetan Lord to help him.

Among them, the purchase fee alone is 100 gold, and he promises to provide [-] million taels to Qingmudang every year after becoming the master of the palace, and also allows Qingmudang to open a branch in Lingyang Mansion.

All this is very beneficial to the Qingmu Hall, and the senior officials of the Qingmu Hall are also very satisfied, so they agreed, Yanzhou is the site of the Hebuliu Altar Master, so the Crane Altar Master came in person.

As for me, I am the person in charge of the branch of Lingyang Mansion sent by the superior. "

He Ning was surprised when he heard Duanlang's words, the whole story turned out to be like this, but he still wanted to learn about Qingmutang from Duanlang's mouth, so he continued to look at the other party.

Duan Lang's dark eyes were no longer indifferent as before, and he looked at He Ning respectfully and solemnly. At this time, he said: "Since the Kunlun Demon Cult was attacked by the Zhengdao court a hundred years ago, all the churches under the Kunlun Demon Cult have gradually disintegrated. hiding everywhere.

Among them, although the Qingmu hall is responsible for the logistics department, it has also suffered a devastating blow, but relatively speaking, it is much better than the other four halls.

Ever since the previous hall master died in battle, Qingmu Hall has not chosen a new hall master. Firstly, the hall master needs a strong person in the Divine Palace Realm, and Qingmu Hall has not had such a strong person for a long time.

Second, since the defeat of the Kunlun Demon Sect, without the suppression of the head teacher, there are many factions in the hall, and internal friction has gradually begun.

Currently there are three major sects in the Cyanwood Hall, and the masters behind them are the three elders of the Spiritual Aperture Realm of the Cyanwood Hall. Among them, more than a dozen Tianfu Realm altar masters and dozens of Ksitigarbha Realm protectors are attached to these three factions.

And Lord Hetan is relying on Elder Xing who is behind me, that's why he is so scruples about me. "

"Elder Xing..." He Ning murmured, he didn't expect that a down-and-out Qingmutang would have such strength, the combination of Spirit Aperture Realm and Tianfu Realm was so much stronger than a martial arts strength in Yangzhou's bright face.

Thinking of this, He Ning couldn't help feeling how strong the Qingmutang should have been in its heyday, and the Kunlun Demon Sect behind the Qingmutang was even more colossal, no wonder it was able to provoke the full attack of the Jin court.

After a while, He Ning finished his contemplation, looked at Duanlang and said, "What is your relationship with this Elder Xing?"

Duan Lang replied: "It should be similar to a cooperative relationship, because the elder Xing family is the force behind my ascension to the Young Hall Master.

In Qingmu Hall, because of the lack of a hall master for a long time, this has caused dissatisfaction among most of the congregants, so everyone in Qingmu Hall is eager to elect a new hall master to restore the prestige of Qingmu Hall.

However, the three Spirit Aperture Realm elders are all old and lack energy, and they are not convinced by each other, so in the end they took a compromise method, that is to choose a young and talented young hall master. , when the young hall master has the strength of the Tianfu realm, he will officially inherit the position of hall master and lead the Qingmu hall to glory.

Two of the Elders of the Spirit Aperture Realm selected candidates early on. Elder Chu and his family supported his grandson, Chu Chen, who was at the peak of the Xiantian Realm at the age of twenty.

On the other hand, Elder Xiao supported his youngest apprentice, Huo Mingyan, who was also an astonishingly talented person. He was only 19 years old and had already reached a great congenital level, not much worse than Chu Chen.

As for the first supporter in the Xing elders' lineage is Xing Baisheng, a member of the Xing elders' clan, but this person's talent and temperament are far inferior to the previous two. He only reached the peak of the innate realm at the age of 25, and the Xing elders' line did not hold much hope. .

However, when my subordinates joined the Qingmu Hall with the Aoki Token and showed their superb talent in a short period of time, Elder Xing immediately sent someone to find his subordinates, saying that as long as his subordinates join the elder Xing family, they will fully support me Ascend to the position of young hall master.

The subordinate remembered your lord's entrustment, and tried his best to ascend to the high position of Qingmu Hall, so he agreed without hesitation.

Since then, the subordinates have become members of the elder Xing family, and the subordinates have tried their best to help the elder Xing family obtain the position of the young hall master, while the elder Xing has fully supported the subordinates to become the young hall master. "

He Ning sat comfortably on the wooden chair, staring at the solemn Duan Lang opposite him, and couldn't help but secretly smack his lips.

It's really annoying to compare people to people.

Thinking of him, He Ning possesses a system, but now he is only an eighth-rank headhunter at the pinnacle of viscera refining.

As for Duanlang, who just joined Qingmutang, he was valued by the big bosses above, and then began to rise rapidly. It is simply the addition of goddess luck.

It made He Ning also want to take off his official uniform and go to the rivers and lakes. Compared with this, it is really slow to climb up the court step by step.

But He Ning just thought about it, and then he put these thoughts behind him. He has the Dachaotang system in his body. Although the early stage is relatively weak and needs to be done step by step, the effect will definitely be greater in the later stage.

And the rivers and lakes are not easy to mess with. Don't look at Duanlang's ascension to the sky in one step is very cool, it is a shortcut, but it is not so easy. First of all, from Nanliang to Beiqi, there are many difficulties and obstacles encountered.

And after joining the Qingmutang, to be favored by the Xing elders, not only requires super high talent, but also needs to pass various open and secret tests of the Xing elders, so that the other party can rest assured and support Duanlang.

But this is only a candidate for the young hall master. To become the young hall master, he has to defeat two other powerful enemies, and there are many difficulties in it.

Moreover, thinking of the name Young Hall Master, He Ning sneered again.

Since you want to revitalize the Qingmu Hall, why not just choose a young and powerful Tianfu Realm master as the hall master, this is not more suitable and more energetic, but choose a young man with an unstable foundation as the hall master Young master.

The tricky thing here is not because young people are easier to control. They, the elders, can also continue to control major affairs and power in the hall in the name of assisting the young hall master.

Just like a young emperor must produce powerful ministers, a young hall master is also the best puppet.

Hmph, sure enough, these intrigues are indispensable everywhere, courts have open and secret struggles, but the rivers and lakes also have their own scheming.

He Ning is well aware of this, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and this will not become the norm anywhere.

Thinking of this, He Ning glanced at Duanlang again.

Although Duanlang lived up to his trust and managed to gain a firm foothold in the Qingmu Hall, he was still far from being the hall master and holding real power.

But He Ning smiled wryly again, wondering why he was so far away, He Ning was already surprised that Duanlang could achieve such a position in Qingmu Hall, and if he went further, he would need to slowly improve his strength and accumulate power, all of which It's hard work, don't be in a hurry.

Besides, he is just a small eighth-rank headhunter now, so he is really impatient.

After taking a sip of tea, He Ning suddenly thought of the final competition that He Buliu had mentioned before, and frowned, suddenly feeling something was wrong.

"Brother Duan, the final competition that the Crane Altar Master of the Qingmu Hall said before he left should be the final competition between you and the other two candidates for the young hall master."

Hearing this, Duan Lang was startled, then nodded and said: "Exactly, it is not easy to choose the young hall master. After all, the other two also have the support of the elders behind them, so they have considered a lot."

Hearing this, He Ning nodded clearly, and then seemed to guess: "Then, is your coming to Lingyang Mansion to establish a branch hall this time also related to the exam? I'm afraid this should be to evaluate your organizational and administrative capabilities. "

Duanlang nodded with a serious face and replied: "That's right."

However, He Ning's face changed suddenly, and he frowned and said: "Xia Changhe left with a serious injury, so he couldn't fulfill his promise, so didn't you directly fail this mission!?"

Hearing He Ning's words, Duanlang's expression became more serious, and he said in a deep voice: "Although it is not a failure, but if it spreads in the hall, I am afraid it will cause criticism, and the reprimand of Elder Xing may be inevitable."

Hearing this, He Ning also realized the seriousness of the matter. This kind of assessment and election for the young hall master is like the royal family competing for the crown prince's position. If you don't advance, you will retreat. It's a big deal.

If something goes wrong at this time, others will gradually take a big step behind, and even those who support him will be dissatisfied.

Thinking of this, He Ning suddenly felt that the mood was not so good. Duanlang was highly expected by He Ning, if he was eliminated because of He Ning, it would be a loss.

"My lord, don't worry, Elder Xing is cunning and treacherous, but in order to resist the other two elders, he will not give up on me easily. Without me, he will be severely suppressed by the other two elders." , I believe this time it will only warn me."

Seeing He Ning's serious expression, Duan Lang consoled him.

Hearing this, He Ning's face was not much relaxed, Duan Lang's words were mostly just comforting.

Compared with the other two young hall master candidates, Chu Chen is the grandson of Elder Chu, while Huo Mingyan is the apprentice of Elder Xiao, the relationship between Duan Lang and Elder Xing is much more distant.

Originally, the two of them cooperated and used more than their emotional basis, but now Duanlang is "acting recklessly", I am afraid that if some villain secretly provokes Duanlang, he may really lose his qualifications as a candidate for the young hall master. just in case.

He Ning was sipping tea, thinking of a solution to this problem in his mind.

At this time, he suddenly noticed the main courtyard of the Xia family, and suddenly a flash of light flashed in his mind, and a smile gradually formed at the corner of his mouth.

By the way, how could I forget Xia Changling, the master of Lingyang Mansion, what Xia Changhe can promise, Xia Changling can do the same, or even better...

While He Ning was deep in thought, there was a knock on the door.

"Come in!"

As soon as He Ning's voice fell, two figures walked in, it was Han Dafu and Mo Bo.

The two looked at the situation in the room curiously. When they saw He Ning and Duan Lang drinking tea and talking, they began to speculate about the relationship between He Ning and Duan Lang.

He Ning did not explain to them, and asked directly: "What's the matter?"

Mo Bo cupped his hands in front of He Ning and said, "It was Palace Master Xia who sent someone to invite you and Mr. Duan to have breakfast, and said that he wanted to express his gratitude to you."

Hearing this, He Ning raised his eyebrows, he really said Cao Cao, Cao Cao will be here, he was thinking about going to see him just now, but he didn't expect the other party to invite him first...

(End of this chapter)