Hundreds of Yulin Royal Guards and Divine Hall guards of Tang guarded around the sacred chariot. They looked solemn and looked around vigilantly among the petals.
There were no remnants of the Devil's Doctrine in Chang 'an, nor were there any fanatics. Wherever the Great Divine Priest of Revelation went, it attracted countless people to watch. There were pious women and elders kneeling by the road, and the people standing also bowed respectfully, not daring to look at the old man behind the veil on the sacred sedan.
The sacred chariot entered the Lin 47th Street and stopped in front of the Old Brush Pen Shop. People in the crowded street were talking about it and envied the owner of the shop. They sighed with emotion about the arrival of the Great Divine Priest of Revelation, but they did not know that another Great Divine Priest of West-Hill had worked in the shop for a long time last year.
The Yulin Royal Guards set up a cordon at the entrance of the alley and invited the crowd outside. The Divine Hall guards occupied several key places at the entrance of the Old Brush Pen Shop. The veil was lifted and the Great Divine Priest of Revelation slowly walked down from the sacred chariot.
Ning Que and Sangsang stood at the entrance of the Old Brush Pen Shop to welcome him respectfully.
Only the Great Divine Priest of Revelation and Cheng Lixue walked into the Old Brush Pen Shop.
Ning Que respectfully invited the Great Divine Priest to sit down and wanted to ask Sangsang to make tea. But he suddenly remembered that Cheng Lixue had said it was disrespectful to West-Hill and Taoism, so he did it himself.
Four cups of tea were quietly placed on the table. The steam slowly dispersed.
The Great Divine Priest of Revelation looked like a very ordinary old man. The deep wrinkles on his face were like mountains and rivers. Only the gorgeous divine robe he wore showed his noble identity.
Ning Que had met many bigwigs, but it was the first time for him to negotiate with such a noble bigwig like the Great Divine Priest of Revelation. He was a little nervous and did not know what to say.
Sangsang was also a little nervous. Although Ning Que had explained the inheritance rules of the Great Divine Priest of Light last night, she still could not understand why the Divine Hall still wanted to take her back since her teacher had betrayed the West-Hill Divine Palace.
The Great Divine Priest of Revelation looked at them calmly and suddenly smiled. As his smile bloomed, the mountain-like wrinkles at the corners of his eyes deepened. His slightly sunken eyes suddenly calmed down. They were so quiet that no one knew how deep they were. They were like an old well in a dry mountain made of stones.
Facing the gaze of the Great Divine Priest of Revelation, Ning Que suddenly felt that his clothes had disappeared. He felt naked and instinctively felt that he had been seen through.
It wasn't his body that had been seen through, but the concealment he had deliberately placed on his soul had been seen through. Even the direction of his fate had been seen through, leaving him with nowhere to hide.
Ning Que suddenly became alert and said, "Ning Que of the Academy greets the Great Divine Priest."
The Great Divine Priest of Revelation said, "Forget it."
Ning Que sat down on the chair opposite the Great Divine Priest.
It was quiet in the Old Brush Pen Shop. Ning Que understood that he was the owner and should speak first. However, he did not know how to do it.
The steam from the teacup gradually dissipated, and a green tea leaf floated up from the bottom of the teacup.
Ning Que's throat was a little dry. He said in a slightly tight voice, "Can we think about it again?"
Cheng Lixue, who was standing behind the Great Divine Priest of Revelation, frowned and said unhappily, "Think about it again? Mr. Thirteen, can you stop procrastinating? "
The Great Divine Priest of Revelation raised his right hand and stopped Cheng Lixue from continuing. He said, "I have something to do in West-Hill, so I have to go back. Before I go back, there must be a result."
Ning Que did not pay attention to the Great Divine Priest's words at all. He was thinking about something else. He laughed dryly and said, "The Great Divine Priest of Revelation is leaving? Did you buy any local specialties? "
Cheng Lixue's expression was very ugly.
The Great Divine Priest of Revelation laughed and shook his head.
The smile on his old face gradually faded, and the deep wrinkles gradually smoothed out. The Great Divine Priest of Revelation looked at Ning Que's eyes quietly and said, "You know how important she is to the Divine Hall."
Sangsang looked down at the tip of her shoes outside her skirt and quietly moved two steps behind Ning Que, as if hoping that he could cover himself. However, he could not.
The Great Divine Priest of Revelation looked at Sangsang lovingly and said, "Because she is the successor of light."
Ning Que hesitated and said, "Sangsang is still very young. It doesn't sound right for her to be the Great Divine Priest of West-Hill and be on an equal footing with you."
Cheng Lixue glanced at the Great Divine Priest of Revelation and explained softly, "The succession of the Great Divine Priest is a long process. After returning to West-Hill, Younger Sister Sangsang must first study the scriptures and then go to the secular world to cultivate in seclusion. She must experience the joys and sorrows of the human world before she can inherit the Great Divine Priest's position. The preparatory work before this is called political training."
Then he continued to explain, "It will take a long time for Younger Sister Sangsang to ascend to the Great Divine Priest of Light, so the Divine Hall is anxious. It is best to enter the political training period as soon as possible."
Ning Que suddenly asked, "Is there a holiday?"
Cheng Lixue was slightly startled. He thought that the Divine Hall was not an ordinary school. How could there be such an arrangement?
However, before he could speak, the Great Divine Priest of Revelation smiled and said, "Yes."
Ning Que looked at the Great Divine Priest of Revelation and continued to ask, "How long?"
The Great Divine Priest of Revelation said, "As long as she can spend more than half of her time in the Peach Mountain of West-Hill."
Ning Que asked again, "Can she go out of West-Hill during the holiday?"
"Yes."
"Can I go to West-Hill to see her?"
"Yes."
"If she becomes the Great Divine Priest of Light, can she really get married?"
The Great Divine Priest of Revelation looked at him with a faint smile and said, "Yes."
Cheng Lixue looked at the Great Divine Priest in surprise.
The question and answer between Ning Que and the Great Divine Priest of Revelation came to an abrupt end.
He said, "Then I have no questions."
The atmosphere in the Old Brush Pen Shop had just relaxed a little when Ning Que unexpectedly added, "But it doesn't mean that she has no questions. Next, you need to convince her."
Cheng Lixue was furious and scolded in a low voice, "How dare you be so rude to the Great Divine Priest!"
Ning Que said, "I am not flirting with the Divine Hall. If the Great Divine Priest said no to any of the conditions, then I would not allow Sangsang to go to West-Hill. Now I allow her to go to West-Hill, but it doesn't mean that I support her going there. It only means that I support any decision she makes. "
The Great Divine Priest of Revelation did not pay attention to the conversation between Ning Que and Cheng Lixue at all. He just looked at Sangsang quietly.
Sangsang lowered her head and said softly, "I don't want to go now."
The Great Divine Priest of Revelation looked at Ning Que quietly.
Ning Que said, "Last night, I discussed with her for a long time. After all, she is only fifteen years old and still a child. I really don't feel comfortable letting her leave me. How about going when she is an adult?"
The Great Divine Priest of Revelation smiled and said, "Next year?"
Ning Que shook his head and said, "Three years later."
The Great Divine Priest of Revelation said, "According to the law of the Tang Empire, a girl can become an adult at sixteen."
"The law of the Tang Empire says that a girl can get married at sixteen, but it doesn't mean she is an adult."
Ning Que said, "In my opinion, only when she is eighteen will she have enough life experience and wisdom to arrange her life. So I insist on going to West-Hill after three years."
"Three years."
The Great Divine Priest of Revelation sighed softly and looked at Sangsang behind Ning Que.
With this glance, the wrinkles on his face deepened, as if a storm had fallen from the sky, washing the dry yellow mountains and rivers even more precipitous. His eyes also became deeper and calmer, and the old well hidden in the depths of the stone mountain became several feet deeper.
Sangsang nervously waited for the answer.
Ning Que was even more nervous than her.
The Great Divine Priest of Revelation looked at Sangsang with a smile and said, "Three years later, see you in West-Hill."
After saying this very suddenly, the Great Divine Priest of Revelation stood up and walked out of the Old Brush Pen Shop.
The Great Divine Priest boarded the divine chariot and left under the lingering ritual music.
The master and the servant in the Old Brush Pen Shop were left looking at each other.
So simple?
Ning Que did not understand why the Great Divine Priest of Revelation said the last sentence with such certainty.
Three years later, see you in West-Hill.
Was the Great Divine Priest sure that Sangsang would go to West-Hill in three years?
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Cheng Lixue followed the Great Divine Priest and left the Old Brush Pen Shop.
He boarded the divine chariot and lifted the veil. He walked to the back of the Great Divine Priest and knelt down. He whispered, "I don't understand. Do I really go back to West-Hill like this? Junior Sister Sangsang didn't even make a promise. "
"Verbal promises never have any power."
The Great Divine Priest of Revelation took out a white silk handkerchief from his sleeve and gently wiped the corners of his eyes. As the snow-like handkerchief fell, the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes bloomed like flowers.
Cheng Lixue lowered his head and said confusedly, "But since we are here, why do we have to leave in such a hurry?"
The Great Divine Priest of Revelation looked at the snow-white silk handkerchief in his hand and said after a moment of silence, "Because the thing that is about to happen in the Judicial Department is more serious than I thought."
Cheng Lixue raised his head and said confusedly, "But you said a few days ago that the event in the Judicial Department is not necessarily a bad thing for the Divine Hall. The Revelation God is just following the order of Heaven. Stopping it in advance is equivalent to going against Heaven."
The Great Divine Priest of Revelation said, "Returning to West-Hill is not to stop it, but to ensure that after it happens, it can develop according to the existing track."
Cheng Lixue's eyes fell on the silk handkerchief in the Great Divine Priest's hand. His body suddenly stiffened because he saw a few bloodstains on the snow-white silk handkerchief!
Only then did he realize that the corner of the Great Divine Priest's eyes were bleeding!
"I saw the light on the Peach Mountain three years later."
"So three years later, she will return to West-Hill."
The Great Divine Priest of Revelation continued to wipe the blood from the corner of his eyes calmly.
Cheng Lixue was a little confused and asked blankly, "What else did you see?"
"You idiot. The light is our closest companion. I only took a look at her and I almost went blind. How could I see anything else?"
The Great Divine Priest of Revelation said with a smile.
Then he folded the white silk handkerchief in his hand and continued to wipe the blood from his eyes.
The white silk handkerchief was gradually dyed red by the blood that flowed from his eyes.
The deep wrinkles at the corner of his eyes were also dyed red by the blood, like a gorgeous peach blossom.
It was more like a barren land soaked in blood.
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Before the West-Hill diplomatic corps left Chang 'an, Ning Que went to the Southern Gate Temple and learned from Cheng Lixue that the Judicial Department was indeed behind the attack on the Sword Garret.
He became more and more worried about Chao Xiaoshu's safety. When he was thinking about leaving Chang 'an to look for him in the South Jin Kingdom, he suddenly received a letter from the Great River Kingdom.
He had thought that it was from Shanshan, and he felt an indescribable sense of joy.
Then he found that it was from Chao Xiaoshu. He was disappointed and then happy, and then angry.
"He's alive and well. Why didn't he write a few letters in advance? I think he's really happy outside. He's so happy that he even forgot his own father! What an idiot! "
A middle-aged man in a bright yellow robe angrily waved his sleeves and scolded.
"I guess Second Brother Chao met a pretty widow who grinds tofu in a small mountain village. His legs turned to jelly and he couldn't bear to come back. Only an idiot would do something like that."
Ning Que looked at the letter in his hand and sarcastically said.
In the secluded hall deep in the Tang Imperial Palace, the curses of idiots could be heard from time to time.
The Empress and the others looked at the angry expressions of the Emperor and Ning Que and could not help but laugh.
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