Nan Chan

The next day the rain broke and cumulus clouds were overcast.

Drops of water dripped under the eaves, and ripples splashed in the water pool.Frost spread along the wall, wet and cold greeted the front, Li Rong climbed up the steps and knocked on the door of Jinglin's courtyard.

Jing Lin was neatly dressed, opened the door and looked at Li Rong.Li Rong looked around and said, "Last night, the northern road was overturned with mud and the trees underneath collapsed. Although there were no traces, I had a hunch that someone was visiting. Is there any movement on your side?"

"Facing the wall and thinking about past mistakes." Jing Lin said, "Don't hear about foreign affairs."

Li Rong hesitated for a while, and said: "Father's anger has subsided, and he will allow you to go out in a few days. I will come to see you today and go in to talk."

Jing Lin stepped aside, and Li Rong stepped in.He was quite surprised to see a cup on the stone table under the tree: "It's such a cold day, I still drink tea outside, be careful not to freeze it."

As he spoke, he crossed over, and was about to step into the room, but his nose was as sharp as a dog's, and he smelled some wine from the glass.His eyes quickly swept to Jing Lin, Jing Lin took the wine jar from the table and threw it at Li Rong.

"I mixed half of it with white water, took it out and threw it away."

Li Rong said, "When did you start drinking?"

Jing Lin said: "I was locked up in the courtyard for half a month, and I learned everything."

Li Rong smiled when he heard the words, sat down on the chair, and said to Jing Lin: "I still blame my father for being locked up for a long time? It's all for your own good. Right now the house is in disarray, and you can't tell the difference between ghosts and snakes. It's fine if you're detained." Protecting you. I have been running ahead for half a month, and things finally have some clues."

"plague?"

"It didn't happen." Li Rong breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "This credit goes to Dongjun! All the sick people were transferred to Dongshan, and ordinary disciples were not allowed to enter, but he relied on his original body and didn't have to retreat, so he crossed overnight. Go to the Buddhist altar and invite the real Buddha."

"How is Qingyao?"

"It's all right." Li Rong said, "It's just that she is already weak. After Lan Hai left, she was devastated, and now she dare not move easily."

"The elixir at home is overbearing, so I took this opportunity to use soup for tormenting." Jing Lin said, "There is no need to take the elixir."

"Yun Sheng also meant the same thing. He specially invited his father and agreed. In the future, someone will make a special trip to make medicine, and he will be fed back if he says anything. Last time you were in a hurry and scared her. After a few days of fever, I read it in my dream. It’s all nonsense, she woke up and told me that when you didn’t come back, she was still dreaming of you.” Li Rong turned his eyes away as he spoke, looked at the dim light on the door, and said, “Lan Hai’s body hasn’t died yet. turn up."

Jing Lin put on a wide shirt and said: "You and I are not in the courtyard, who is guarding Lan Hai?"

"Brothers take turns to watch the night." Li Rong said, "Everyone is here except you and me."

Jing Lin stood by the window and said, "Who was it the day he left?"

"Dong Jun." Li Rong sank into the chair, "Dong Jun stayed at home and spent the longest time guarding Lan Hai. Not only that day, but even a few months later, he was taking care of him."

"So, apart from the time I went looking for him, Dong Jun has always been at home?"

"Naturally." Li Rong pointed, "He has a special status, how can he run around?"

Jing Lin frowned slightly.Li Rong didn't know, but he had his own thoughts.Dongjun has been at home all the time, so who was the one who went to the southern town to kill people a few months ago?

"What has Yun Sheng been doing lately?"

"You even suspect him." Li Rong raised his head, "He has always been with me. He has a clean nature, loves grooming, and doesn't want to go out. Lan Hai fell ill a few months ago. Cold Winter Covenant. Wang Wang Zeguo in the north was made into a shame by Emperor Cang. The big monsters all looked up to Emperor Cang and didn’t buy any face. His disciples were constrained in their work in the north. .”

"I have many things rotten in my heart, but there is only one thing I have to present to my father." Jing Lin turned around, "The northern channel has been built, and Emperor Cang has worked hard to achieve this result for several years. I understand his intentions and I am willing to work hard. Helping each other. The door refuted my opinion, but I still hope that my father will allow me to go north to help him."

"You are too persistent in this matter, which has already aroused suspicion." Li Rong sat up straight, helpless, and said, "Jing Lin, why bother what he does? You have never met Emperor Cang, so you have a lot of embellishments for him. I don't know, this dragon is so rampant, it's almost defiant!"

"What kind of temper he has has nothing to do with me." Jing Lin said, "But what he did can really solve the current crisis."

Li Rong got up a little irritatedly, and said, "He can solve it? Then what have we been doing for several years? You saw batch after batch of disciples sent out, how many of them came back alive? Jiutianmen threw their heads for the sea of ​​blood." Blood, there are countless casualties for this! Not only did he snort, but he also made up his mind to fight with us, causing the world to be divided! The hungry people are crowded in the middle, and he just doesn’t allow people to enter in the north! If we don’t let us in, that’s all, Jiutianmen It’s not unusual, but how many people have starved to death, why can’t he give up some land? Such a ruthless person, how can you expect him to have the heart to save the world!”

"Building a canal in the north." Jing Lin also became angry, "If it is not covered with water from the ocean, let the hungry people pour in, how can he build it, and where does he have land to build it? Today you are all staring at his three-thirds of an acre of land , Just based on this matter, he is considered a despicable villain! But if he doesn't act like this, when will the channel be successful? The sea of ​​blood has become a three-way siege. We retreat again and again, what else can Jiutianmen do now? Yining has already been transferred from the east, and the people left in the east are old, weak, sick and disabled, you pushed Fenghuang before the people, and you want him to resist with death! I don't want to find out what father is planning."

Li Rong suddenly turned his head and said, "You're crazy! Even your father suspects it?!"

Jing Lin hesitated, and said, "I don't."

"Don't bring up such a rebellious thing." Li Rong took a few steps forward, "Father has already achieved great success, there must be a battle between the Nine Heavens Gate and the sea of ​​blood."

Jing Lin was stunned again, and said hesitantly: "Father has entered the realm of great accomplishment?"

"If it weren't for this, how could we sit still at the critical moment when going south! Father's crossing is not easy, and the matter of encountering waves, recently he has mostly relied on elixir to maintain it, but it has indeed worked." Li Rong couldn't bear it when he said this I was a little excited, "What are you still staring at that Emperor Cang? My father will be the father of the king from now on, and he will be the leader of the gods. Jinglin, you are so obedient, can you?"

But Jing Lin seemed to have never heard of it, and only said: "But when I saw my father, it wasn't like that..."

"You've only just crossed the Realm of Perfection, so it's reasonable to miss the heat." Li Rong said, looking at Jing Lin's hand, and said, "Did you use medicine? Fortunately, there is no trace left."

Jing Lin raised his hand and saw that the scar on the back of his hand had also disappeared completely.He remembered Cang Ji's caress last night, and he only nodded slightly as a response.

a long distance away.

Standing on the top of the pagoda, Cang Ji overlooked the vast expanse of water and waves in the north. Countless high walls surrendered to his feet, and his long wind danced in his robes. He took a fruit in his mouth and swallowed the seeds together.

"Master has been operating for many years, and now the channel has been completed. Seeing that the winter snow is coming, shall we remove the water to clean the road?" Lin Lang stood behind Cang Ji in white velvet.

"There was no rush at first." Cang Ji greeted the wind, "It is inconvenient for mortals to transfer in winter because of the cold. When the sea of ​​blood is drawn, it is easy to cause extra problems."

"But what made the master change his mind?" Hua Chang poked his head out from the edge and said, "Sister, I don't want to play with that kid, it's so boring!"

"Aren't you a rare person?" Cang Ji looked sideways, and the eyebrows and eyes exposed in the wind were handsome and fierce, so fierce that people dare not look directly at them, but they can become comfortable in an instant.

"Bah!" Hua Chang said, "Who cares about him? I don't care about him! My sister cares about him! Said he is a good seedling once in a thousand years!"

"Really?" Cang Ji showed a little interest, and asked Lin Lang, "How is it compared to Lord Linsong?"

Linlang knows the world and has a little bit of Cangji's thoughts, so she said tactfully: "Master, don't listen to her flattery. Ah Shuo is a latecomer, and he used to worship some quack warlocks, so he can't compare to Lord Linsong."

"It's Ah Shuo?" Cang Ji didn't care, "Jing Lin's true nature is a gift from heaven, a pure heart is rare, and his cultivation is so fast, I have never seen anyone who can compare with him. You can speak bluntly, what is this kid's true nature? ?”

Lin Lang pondered for a while, and said: "Don't dare to lie to the master, Ah Shuo is really rare in a thousand years. He is talented and intelligent, and he can melt into his heart whatever he hears. It has never turned into its true form today."

"Gathering Spiritual Aspects." Cang Ji said, "Perhaps the opportunity has not come, and those who can achieve great success are always different from ordinary people. Since you have such an apprentice, it can be regarded as fate, so you can teach and guide."

"When he sees his sister, she's either bumping into a log or planting a river ditch. What's on his mind?" Hua Chang snorted, "I can tell right away! The master said just now that the water should be withdrawn immediately. Why? I saw the newcomer Tao Zhi is very bored with it, and I want to send him away as soon as possible."

"It shouldn't be so fast." Cang Ji looked to the south, "But Lord Jiutian is about to leave the customs, if you don't do anything, you will encounter obstacles."

"He hasn't been out for many years, and now he's coming out of the mountain, he must have improved his cultivation." Lin Lang said, "He's old and cunning, and it's extremely tricky. Besides, late autumn is coming to an end, and snow is coming. I'm afraid it will be very difficult to withdraw water hastily."

"It's naturally difficult for you to withdraw." Cang Ji smiled, but he couldn't be called very happy, "Has Shu Ran come back to life? This should be his merit."

Hua Chang said: "With the master here, he naturally cannot die. I just heard that he was suppressed in Xuanyang City, how did the master catch him back?"

Cang Ji raised his eyebrows slightly, and said: "I coaxed him back. It's good to feed him, he is precious."

The three of them were talking, when they heard the report from below that Si Yuejian had come.Cang Ji stepped forward, and as soon as he left, Hua Chang asked strangely: "This Si Yue Jian usually doesn't care about cultivating Taoism, what does the master want him for?"

Lin Lang sighed, and said, "...Siyue supervises what?"

"Marriage." Hua Chang took a few steps, turned his head strangely, and said, "I know! Whoever the master has taken a fancy to, most of them are unwilling, so he wants to ask Si Yuejian to tie a red thread and share it. It's inseparable."

Lin Lang smiled wryly, wondering who the Emperor Cang had his eyes on, that was to use all kinds of methods to grind it into raw rice and cooked rice, and sooner or later it would be a mutual love, so how could Si Yuejian help?It's just that I really care about it, and I want to put a red thread on it for life and life.

As she thought about it, she couldn't help sighing, watching thousands of miles of waves and storms rising, and the mist gradually covering the mountains and valleys, she said: "The great cause is about to be accomplished, but I don't know the result. I saw that the master's heart is following him, and he is already in deep. If others don't know, it's fine. But once it is grasped by others, it will be lost forever. Although the dragon's reverse scale, although it is angry when touched, it is also..."

Lin Lang stopped abruptly.

But it can also be destroyed.