It is strictly forbidden to fall in love

Tang Jiao temporarily left Tianhengzong, and the Tianshui Tang family sent someone to take him back to Tianshui for cultivation.Zhong Qing felt ashamed of him, fearing that his bones would not fully recover, so he turned around and comforted Zhong Qing.

"It's none of your business. I will have a competition with him. There is no one who will not be injured in the competition. Besides, this matter is far from over."

People from the Tang family in Tianshui were waiting not far away. They were dressed differently from ordinary monks from the Tang family. This group of people wore black sleeves and arrows, with dark patterns on their chests. Standing in the shadows for a long time like a mask, there is no sign of muscle activity, and the eyeballs do not move. They are uniform like ghost warriors. They were ordered to pick up Tang Jiao.When Tang Jiao saw these faces carved out of the same mold, he felt a little disgusted. He obviously knew this group of people, and said in a low voice, "Interesting."

Tang Jiao said to Zhong Qing: "I can't go to Tiandu Mansion this time, you take care of yourself along the way."

Zhong Qing nodded, and said again: "You also take care."

The two sides said goodbye at this point, Zhong Qing stood on the steps and watched the backs of the group of people going away, and then he turned back to look for Zhu Shuang.

Zhong Qing and Zhu Shuang left Tianheng together, and set off for Tiandu Mansion. The waterways extend in all directions, and a group of people took a boat to go south.Just when everyone left the sphere of influence of Tianhengzong, Zhu Shuang suddenly saw a woman's figure on a passing boat, but he didn't remember what it looked like in a flash, but subconsciously went in that direction I took a look.

As soon as Zhong Qing stepped onto the deck, he saw Zhu Shuang looking at the passing ship, "What are you looking at?"

Zhu Shuang turned around, "Nothing."

Zhong Qing sat down on the deck and enjoyed the breeze. The river surface was flat and open, and the water waves came chasing the wind. The two parrots raised by Zhu Shuang stood on one foot on the bow, and the fluff was combed back. As the boat speeded up, Two parrots hopped and hopped on the plank.Zhong Qing said: "You are so elegant, you really never forget to bring your pet with you wherever you go."

Zhu Shuang stretched out her hand, and the two parrots immediately flew towards him. They got into the wide sleeves coquettishly, with only one head exposed and looked at him, "I can't help it. I can't do without it when I'm mature. I can only go somewhere." Bring them all."

Zhong Qing turned to look at him for a while, and said to himself, "According to the quantity standard, this should be an endangered animal."

Zhu Shuang didn't quite understand, "What?"

Zhong Qing said: "I mean this parrot is not common."

Zhu Shuang seems to be gentle on weekdays, but in fact he is cold in nature, he only talks about business, and almost never chats with others, but only when talking about the pets he raises, such a nobleman-like person will restrain himself He couldn't stop talking, and he introduced to Zhong Qing: "They have lived in the area of ​​Wangwang Mountain for generations, and now there are only a few dozen left, so they are very rare."

Zhong Qing looked at the two parrots poking their heads, and reached out to touch them. The two parrots were raised by people since they were young, and they were not afraid of people. They raised their heads and gently pecked Zhong Qing. Zhong Qing could not help showing a smile. Looking at Zhu Shuang again, he said, "Zhu Shuang, have you heard of a saying?"

"what?"

Zhong Qing said: "For this kind of wild animal, domesticating it is not the best result. If you really love it, you should put it back into a wider world, that is its destination." Zhong Qingyuan I wanted to talk about returning to nature, but I felt that Zhu Shuang probably didn't understand. Seeing Zhu Shuang looking back at him, Zhong Qing added: "I mean, you see, these two birds are free and easy, will domesticating them Let it lose some of its nature?" He looked at the two parrots who were trying to please Zhu Shuang to beg for food, and added: "Look at them now, I think Tianheng's chickens are more dignified than them."

Zhu Shuang smiled, and fed the dancao balls in his sleeves to the two parrots. He said, "The sea is wide enough for fish to leap, and the sky is high for birds to fly. Birds are just like people. They may be kept by people, but some birds are sensitive by nature, and they are unwilling to leave after getting along with people. The key is not the birds, but what people want to do."

"What do you mean?"

"Feeding is completely different from domestication. If you make up your mind to let it go at the beginning, don't spend energy on domesticating it. After a certain period of time, it will leave to find its own kind. But if you domesticate it, it has already Treat you as its kind. Birds and beasts are different from humans. They have simple minds. Once they are domesticated, it means that they only have you in their eyes. Then you drive them away." Zhu Shuang looked at Zhong Qing, "This is called abandoned."

Zhong Qing fell silent, and said after a while: "That's not what you said, is it?"

Zhu Shuang lowered her head and continued to look at her daughter. The two parrots were full and stomped around in his sleeves, poking their heads out to look at him from time to time. Zhu Shuang said: "All things have spirits, and those who have spirits have feelings."

After he finished speaking, one of the parrots flew out of his sleeve and landed on Zhong Qing's lap. It looked sideways at Zhong Qing, lowered its head and rubbed against it.

The river was far away, and the boat was in the waves. Zhong Qing looked at the parrot and didn't speak any more along the way.

After about half a month, the group finally arrived in Tiandu Prefecture.

Since the Dragon Ball was lost, Tiandu Mansion has been keeping a low profile in the Daomen. On the day Zhong Qing and his party arrived in Tiandu Mansion, Tiandu Mansion closed the mountain gate because of the ancestral sacrifice.

After Zhong Qing inquired, he realized that the other party was not trying to embarrass him on purpose. Today is indeed the birthday of his ancestors and a big day for the whole family to worship ancestors. According to the rules, the door will be closed for seven days, and no one will see.Zhong Qing and Zhu Shuang have nothing to do, you are not a distant relative, you can't forcefully open the door and break in when you are worshiping your ancestors, right?The relationship was already embarrassing, but if I offended my ancestors, it would be useless to borrow Dragon Ball.

Zhong Qing and Zhu Shuang stayed outside the mountain gate for a long time. The mountain was dark and no one paid any attention to them. The monks of Tianheng sect were used to this kind of treatment. Just when they were about to continue knocking on the mountain gate, the door suddenly opened a crack , a Tiandu Mansion disciple came out from the mountain gate, "Who is here?"

The disciple was wearing a blue Taoist uniform. After learning about Zhong Qing's intentions, he pondered for a moment. He asked Zhong Qing and the others to wait outside for a while, and then went in to communicate.

Both Zhong Qing and Zhu Shuang knew in their hearts that although the other party's attitude was still polite, judging from the situation, they should not talk to them at least for the next seven days.

While waiting for the news, Zhong Qing and Zhu Shuang chatted for a while on the plank road below the mountain.

According to Zhu Shuang, every June [-]th is the day when Tiandufu worships the ancestors of the Xia clan. Unlike the Tianheng Sect, which is based on master-student inheritance, the succession of masters in Tiandufu is maintained by blood.The patriarch they worshiped was Xia Yuanzi, the ancestor of the Xia clan, a great nun who had left many legends in Kyushu.

Zhong Qing said: "Female cultivator? Female?" No wonder Zhong Qing was surprised, there have always been only a handful of female cultivators in the Taoist sect, and it is unheard of to establish a sect.He had heard of the name Xia Yuanzi, but he didn't know it was a female cultivator until today.

Zhu Shuang nodded, "Tiandu Mansion is the only one of the four major sects where a female cultivator is the Taoist ancestor. Their ancestor Xia Yuanzi Zhenren, it is recorded in ancient books that she has a demon appearance, and when she is angry, she will transform into a snake body. Possessing a powerful cultivation base, everyone who saw her feared her, and the legend of a goddess with a human head and a snake body spread in Dongzhou is her original form, and some people say that she is a saint reincarnated as a demon."

Zhong Qing thought about it, "That's not right, I have been to Tiandu Mansion, I remember that their portrait is a man, wearing a blue and white Taoist robe, with a beard and looks like a fairy."

"That should be their second-generation ancestor Xia Hong. According to blood relationship, he is Xia Yuanzi's junior brother and her own brother." Zhu Shuang seemed to realize something suddenly and closed her mouth.

Zhong Qing asked: "Is there a story?"

Only after this question did I realize that there really was a story in it, and it was a secret that was only circulated within the four major sects and not known to ordinary people.

Zhu Shuang said: "It's just a legend, and I don't know when it started. According to Taoist records, Xia Yuanzi was the strongest female cultivator in history. At that time, Dongzhou, which is now the south of Tiandu Mansion, was rampant with monsters. "," he said, the parrot in his sleeve ran out, squealing sweetly as if he wanted to listen to a story, Zhu Shuang glanced at his sleeve and said, "It's this kind of monster, much more ferocious than it. Xia Yuanzi With her own strength, she wiped out the monsters in Dongzhou, and then poured water from the Qing and Huai rivers into the wilderness, and then she led her followers to build a sea embankment in the south, which is the original form of Tiandufu."

Zhong Qing said: "I know this."

"What I'm going to talk about is what happened later." Zhu Shuang continued: "Xia Yuanzi's reputation in subduing demons in the Dongzhou area is unrivaled, but there are some strange rumors floating around in later generations, saying that it happened at that time. One thing, a confidant who had been following Xia Yuanzi was jealous of her cultivation and attacked her from behind while she was fighting a monster one day. The confidant took away her cultivation and beat Xia Yuanzi with an ax Yuanzi's body was cut into three parts, and the head and waist were thrown into the sea, and the snake tail was taken away by himself. The man dressed himself as a woman, and put on a similar face, and put on the snake tail to replace Xia Yuanzi. In charge of Zhenhai Dike, it is said that he once showed his flaws, that is, when he was incarnated in public, the snake tail took off, revealing a pair of man's legs."

Zhong Qing: "..."

Zhu Shuang continued: "It's still the same person. After many years, he came up with another way. He claimed that he had a younger brother as Xia Yuanzi, and that she was going to tour the East China Sea. Xia Yuanzi disappeared from then on, and The traitor began to show his true colors to others. He inherited everything of Xia Yuanzi, even his surname. He became the ancestor of the Xia family. Now all the disciples in Tiandu Mansion are his descendants. This person is called Xia Hong .”

Zhong Qing was obviously stunned, and said: "... Is this true?"

Zhu Shuang looked at Zhong Qing and shook her head, "The reason why legends are legends is because the truth will never be known."

Zhong Qing once thought about how tragic disputes between Taoism and sects can be, but he was still deeply shocked by the way of killing the boss and pretending to be a woman, which is so big in the world, "If what you said is true, then the current Xia family is actually not The Xia family, they have nothing to do with Xia Yuanzi at all."

Zhu Shuang said: "Yes, so there is a saying in private among several major sects that the Xia clan has the blood of betrayers in their bodies, and betrayal is their nature." Zhu Shuang suddenly recalled that he was hiding in a cabinet when he was a child. Daoist Yiqing said, "They are all poisonous snakes with fake tails."

"Where did this statement come from in the first place?"

Zhu Shuang said: "The source cannot be tested, but it is recorded in the Taoist scriptures of the Tianheng Sect."

Zhong Qing paused, frowned and thought for a while, then he looked up at Zhu Shuang, "You said, it's not because our two families have a feud, so Tianhengzong made up this story to discredit them, right?"

Zhu Shuang looked at Zhong Qing, nodded and said, "It's very possible."

Zhong Qing and Zhu Shuang fell silent at the same time.

Zhong Qing said: "If they invite us to go in and pay respects to that Xia Hong later on, just do it honestly. Don't mention this matter, otherwise Dragon Ball won't even think about it in the next life."

"Okay." Zhu Shuang immediately nodded in agreement.

At this moment, the gate of the mountain was pushed open again, and it was still the monk from Tiandu Mansion who opened the door just now.

Zhong Qing looked back, he felt that this person seemed to have changed his clothes, and he didn't know if it was the illusion that the candlelight was too dim, but since the other party said that he was worshiping the ancestors, it seemed normal to change clothes.Zhong Qing thought for a moment and didn't think much about it.

The monk said: "Our old suzerain said that the family is offering sacrifices and it is inconvenient to entertain outsiders."

Zhong Qing glanced at Zhu Shuang, obviously both of them expected this answer.

Zhong Qing said: "We do have an urgent matter to ask to see Old Sovereign Xia, may we be more accommodating?"

The monk said: "The old suzerain said that the ancestral rules have been like this for generations. It is inconvenient for the sect to entertain outsiders, but if there is an important matter to discuss with the Taoist sect, it should not be delayed. If the Tianheng sect is really in a hurry, then only brother Zhu comes in." Discuss."

Zhu Shuang, who was named, said, "Me?"

The monk nodded and said, "Yes."

Zhong Qing was also a little surprised, he subconsciously glanced at Zhu Shuang, Zhu Shuang thought for a while, and quickly agreed, he said to Zhong Qing: "Then senior brother, I'll go and have a look first."

That day, the monk in the capital city slightly opened the door, and Zhong Qing looked inside. It was so dark that he could not see clearly. Just when Zhu Shuang was about to follow the monk in, Zhong Qing stared at the back of the monk in the capital city that day, and suddenly He frowned and said, "Slow down."

The monk who led the way stopped, and he looked back at Zhong Qing with the lamp in his hand.Zhu Shuang also turned around.

Zhong Qing said: "Why did your old suzerain call for Zhu Shuang and not me?"

The monk said respectfully: "Senior brother, I don't know, it's all the old suzerain's meaning."

Zhu Shuang also seemed to sense something was wrong, and glanced at Zhong Qing.

Zhong Qing suddenly said: "I understand! There must be some misunderstanding. Your Madam Xia and I are close friends and have lived together through life and death. Why did your old Sect Master Xia not look for me but instead look for my junior brother? There must be a misunderstanding." He said As the words went forward, the monk subconsciously stretched out his hand to stop him, but Zhong Qing was faster than him, and without pulling out his fan, he pulled out from his sleeve a gift that the real Miaomiao had stuffed for him before leaving. The edge of the box just touched the monk's neck, and the monk suddenly stopped moving.

Zhong Qing looked at him and said, "Do you know? I lived in Tiandu Mansion for a while, and none of the maids on your mountain who wiped the floor tiles have ever been so polite to me. You are not a disciple of Tiandu Mansion at all."