Ning Que heard two key points from Chen Pipi's words.
First, he said that the Headmaster had died somewhere. Secondly, he said that Second Brother was overbearing and the other Senior Brothers and Sisters dared not to say anything even though they were angry. Then he saw Chen Pipi holding Eldest Brother in his arms as if he was a treasure. Chen Pipi's fat face was full of expectation and ecstasy, but there was no sense of respect or distance. Then he understood two things.
Firstly, neither the Headmaster of the Academy nor the Eldest Brother cared much about the Academy's back of the mountain, nor did they care about the expressions and attitudes of others. That was why Chen Pipi spoke without restraint and behaved without a sense of distance. The one who was truly terrifying or worthy of respect was the unsmiling Second Brother. Second, Chen Pipi was really a master of lying.
Chen Pipi did not know that Ning Que was criticizing him. He wiped away the snot and tears on his face and held Ning Que in his arms. He patted Ning Que heavily and said, "Youngest Brother, you have worked hard … Eh, this girl is really beautiful."
Ning Que pushed him away rudely and looked back at Mo Shanshan. He could not help but feel embarrassed. He thought that it was not reasonable to praise someone's beauty at the first meeting. This guy really disgraced the Academy's back of the mountain.
Chen Pipi was not really lustful. In fact, his understanding of the affairs between men and women was even weaker than Ning Que's. Otherwise, he would not have been beaten up so badly by Ye Hongyu, and he would not have expressed his hatred for women in his first letter to Ning Que. Therefore, he only thought that Mo Shanshan was beautiful and had no other thoughts.
Ning Que introduced, "This girl is Mo Shanshan from the Great River Kingdom. She is the last disciple of the Master of Calligrapher, Lord Wang."
Chen Pipi was slightly stunned and asked incredulously, "You are the Calligraphy Addict?"
Through the conversation between the Academy's brothers, Mo Shanshan had already confirmed that this person was the legendary youngest powerhouse in the Knowing Destiny State. She was a little surprised and looked at him and nodded.
Chen Pipi sucked in a mouthful of cold air and said with a sigh, "No wonder you're so beautiful. But since you and that woman are known as the Three Addicts of the World, I'd better not provoke you. Eh? Do you know that I am a genius among the geniuses in cultivation, the kind of genius to the extreme? "
Ning Que explained helplessly, "Shanshan's eyes are not good. Don't misunderstand."
Chen Pipi was stunned and said shamelessly, "Anyway, I don't like people who are similar to Tao Addict."
Ning Que ignored him and asked, "Why are you here?"
Chen Pipi said, "Ask Sangsang yourself."
At this time, Eldest Brother finished his inspection of the Old Brush Pen Shop. He looked at them and said slowly, "Didn't Youngest Brother invite us to dinner? When will it start? I'm a little hungry. "
As soon as he returned to Chang 'an, Ning Que invited Eldest Brother and Shanshan to the Old Brush Pen Shop as guests. He really wanted to thank them for taking care of him along the way, so he wanted them to get in touch with him and enter his real life.
Life seemed to be simple and ordinary, but in fact, many of the conversations in the Old Brush Pen Shop today were not simple. Eldest Brother and Chen Pipi had vaguely revealed some information, but they did not know each other's insistence and judgment, not to mention Ning Que and the two girls who were involved in the conversation.
Perhaps it was because of this that the first formal dinner of the Old Brush Pen Shop ended in vain. Sangsang dawdled in the backyard for a long time. Before the tea was served, Eldest Brother and the other two left.
The Black Ink Garden girls of the Great River Kingdom lived in the VIP Department of the Ministry of Rites, and Mo Shanshan was going to meet her fellow disciples there. In Chen Pipi's words, the Headmaster of the Academy was still playing outside, so Eldest Brother naturally had to go back to the back of the mountain of the Academy to deal with the affairs in the Academy. Chen Pipi also left with Eldest Brother. So when the door of the shop was closed with a slight squeak, the Old Brush Pen Shop became a world of Ning Que and Sangsang again, quiet and peaceful.
Sangsang steamed a bowl of rice, cooked a bowl of pickled radish and sour bamboo shoots with bacon, and fried a plate of home-cooked vegetables. This was the first meal Ning Que had after returning to Chang 'an.
The charcoal basin in the shop was very warm. Ning Que took off his coat and sat at the table to eat quietly. Sangsang sat at the other side of the table and ate quietly. From time to time, she would fill a bowl of rice or a bowl of soup for him. No one spoke.
After picking up Sangsang from the pile of corpses by the roadside, the six months in the Wilderness was the longest separation between the two of them. No matter how long the separation was, it would not make them feel strange to each other. However, Ning Que always felt a little uncomfortable, especially when he saw Sangsang gradually growing up. He found that this girl had clearly grown up a lot.
After the meal, Sangsang did not wash the dishes, but began to tell him a story.
"That day, the old man came into the shop wearing a dirty coat. He said that there was a Lucky Chance between us and he wanted to take me as his disciple. At that time, I thought that he was already so old and could not eat too much, so I took him in."
The story was a little long. Sangsang's words were concise enough, and it took a long time. During the process, Ning Que remained silent. He did not ask any questions, nor did he take a sip of the tea at hand.
Finally, the story came to the last part. Sangsang took him to the courtyard, pointed to the two urns under the wall, and said, "The one sleeping in the new urn is my teacher, and the one sleeping in the old urn is your teacher."
Then she went into the bedroom, fumbled on the bed for a long time, and took out two things from a secret place. She handed one of them to him and said, "This is left by Master Yan Se for you. It seems to be very important, and many people are looking for it."
She raised the seemingly ordinary waist token in her hand and said, "This is left by my teacher. In his words, this is the waist token of the West-Hill Divine Palace's Great Divine Priest of Light. If I want to sit on the Divine Throne in the future, I need to wear this token on my waist."
Ning Que looked at the waist token and thought of the two bloody cases many years ago. He frowned slightly and felt a little disgusted.
Sangsang looked at him and said after a moment of silence, "The bloody case in the Xuanwei General's Mansion should be planned by my teacher. He said it was because he once saw a person in the General's Mansion who was born with knowledge. Young master, it was you, right?"
Ning Que nodded. Since he was a child, he had never mentioned to Sangsang about the blood feud he carried, because he felt that these things had nothing to do with her, and there was no need for her to become indifferent like him. However, he did not deliberately hide anything from her. After so many years, he naturally knew some things that he should know.
Sangsang looked into his eyes and said seriously, "The Dark Shadow that my teacher is looking for is actually the legendary Son of Yama. If he is looking for you, then you are the Son of Yama."
Although Ning Que came from another world and his background could be said to be bizarre, he had never associated himself with the legendary great existence, let alone Yama. After hearing this, he was only startled and said sarcastically, "Although in a sense, I have seen Yama once, I know better than anyone that I am definitely not the Son of Yama. Your teacher is not only a lunatic, but also an idiot."
Sangsang said, "But there are many people who will believe in my teacher, so we must not let others know about this."
Ning Que thought for a long time and then smiled bitterly. He said with emotion, "You are right. Except for the two of us, no one else can know about this, just like the box of notes under the bed."
Sangsang suddenly looked down at the tip of her shoes and said softly, "There is one more thing."
"Let's talk about it later."
Ning Que looked up at the sky and walked to the wall to pick up the old urn. He said, "I want to bury my teacher first."
Sangsang pointed to the new urn and said, "There is one more."
Ning Que looked at the new urn and frowned slightly. He said indifferently, "This person killed my whole family, Darkie's whole village and my teacher. I have fulfilled the Academy's teaching of forgiveness by not smashing this urn."
After saying this, he left the courtyard with the old urn and walked to the shop.
Sangsang stood there and thought for a while. Then she walked to the wall and picked up the new urn.
The simple horse carriage outside the Old Brush Pen Shop was taken back to the Academy by Eldest Brother, as well as the black horse carriage.
The big black horse was kicking its hooves in front of the black horse carriage.
Ning Que walked to the side of the carriage and slowly stroked the wall of the carriage. The wall was made of pure steel and cast iron, showing a unique coldness of metal. Those deep and complicated talisman lines seemed to still have the aura of Master Yan Se.
He sat in the carriage with the new urn.
After a while, Sangsang held the old urn and also climbed up, panting.
Ning Que looked down at the old urn and said to the big black horse, "Go to the south of the city."
The big black horse seemed to understand human language. The black carriage moved slowly.
The wheels rolled over the bluestone slabs, making a fine and clear sound. It was quiet in the carriage. The master and the handmaiden held their teacher's urn and kept silent.
After a long time.
Ning Que suddenly looked up at her and said, "Come here."
Sangsang was very happy. She held the new urn and was ready to go.
Ning Que looked at the new urn in her arms and frowned. He said, "Come here. Put the urn over there."
Sangsang looked down at the new urn and looked up at the empty seat next to Ning Que. She carefully put the new urn against the seat, walked to the opposite side and sat down beside Ning Que.
Ning Que put the old urn at his feet and held her in his arms.
They did not speak along the way. Only the sound of the carriage accompanied them. Sangsang leaned in his arms peacefully. But she looked at the opposite side from time to time, worried that the new urn would fall and her teacher would come out.
South of Chang 'an.
There was a meadow not far from the Academy. This meadow belonged to the Academy, but few people took care of it. So even in the middle of winter, one could still see knee-high withered weeds and corpses.
Two new graves were erected in the depths of the withered weeds.
Ning Que kowtowed heavily in front of one grave twice. He stood up and looked at the other new grave a few steps away. He said with an ugly expression, "I told you to bury them further away. Why didn't you listen to me?"
Sangsang ignored him and knelt in front of the new grave. She imitated him and kowtowed three times.
Ning Que said helplessly, "Now you don't even listen to me."
Sangsang stood up and looked at him. She said, "They're dead. Why did you bury them so far away? When they picked the urns, they said that they could be neighbors after they were buried side by side."
Ning Que looked at the two new graves in front of him and was silent for a long time. Then he scolded angrily, "They're dead. How can they be neighbors? They've turned into two piles of ashes. Do they still want to talk and fight? What two idiots! "
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