Yang Guozhong's expression changed rapidly, but he immediately put on a calm expression and casually ordered: "Where did this pheasant come from? Come on, catch it and stew it for me."

The prime minister ordered, and the servants naturally carried out the order with all their strength. Even the few industrious disciples lowered their bodies, tucked up their robes and rolled up their sleeves, and went to catch chickens. This hen that flew from nowhere seemed to be plump.

It was quite light when it flew. It hid on the treetops, on the wall, behind the rocks beside the pool, and humiliated everyone in the Prime Minister's Mansion for a while. Unfortunately, its wings were unable to defeat everyone, and it was finally defeated.

A pair of fat palms of a certain servant girl pressed firmly.

The hen was dead and the family banquet was resumed, but Yang Guozhong was preoccupied and had long lost interest. At this moment, the sound of roosters suddenly came one after another in the distance. Listening to the strange tone, it was obviously a hen again, and not only

One, it seems, all the hens in Luoyang are crowing at night!

Almost every scholar knows that the hen Si Chen is a bad omen.

Everyone at the banquet looked unhappy, so the family banquet ended hastily. Yang Guozhong sat alone in the study, feeling irritated and hesitant to kill all the servants who had just caught the chicken, and even the less important clan members at the banquet. Although the female

Chicken Sichen's bad omen spread all over Luoyang. After all, the fat chicken that crowed for the first time was standing on the osmanthus tree in the back garden of his prime minister's house. If this news spread to Chang'an, there would not necessarily be many rumors. And this bad omen occurred in

How could this make Yang Guozhong feel at ease in his own family? He didn't know where the bad omen pointed, or whether another monster would be born in Luoyang like it had done a few years ago.

The more he thought about it, the more anxious he became, so he sent someone to ask for relief from the world.

When the servant summoned Ji Tianxia, ​​he was frothing at the mouth and talked to Ji Ruochen about how to overthrow the dynasty. The general idea of ​​Ji Tianxia was that although the dynasty was initially showing signs of decline, its destiny was still there, the surroundings were stable, and the people

It is still possible to survive, so there is no reason why it will be destroyed within thirty years. The only feasible way may be to cause strife in the temple and drive all talented officials, whether they are corrupt or corrupt, out of the court. If it can be done by

It would be great if this triggered a civil strife. But even if there were one or two rebellions, it would not shake the foundation of the dynasty. By the time the world was really in chaos, Emperor Ming should have passed away long ago.

Ji Tianxia quoted scriptures and spoke eloquently, but Ji Ruochen just listened quietly. Until Ji Tianxia was called to the prime minister's study, he did not comment.

As soon as he entered the study, Ji Tianxia saw Yang Guozhong running around anxiously like an ant on a hot pot. Yang Guozhong just said, "Sir, look at this hen Si Chen..."

Ji Tianxia's thoughts were like lightning. Before Yang Guozhong finished speaking, he bowed to the ground and said with a big smile: "Congratulations, Prime Minister!"

Yang Guozhong frowned and said, "This is a sign of great evil. How can you be so happy about it?"

Ji Tianxia immediately came over and started another long speech, saying so and so... In short, when he left the study, he had coaxed Yang Guozhong to be elated and his face was glowing. As for the lie he told when he entered the room, he had already whispered it quietly.

It's rounded.

At this moment, Ji Ruochen, who was sitting alone in the room, suddenly opened his eyes, and a purple lotus appeared in his left pupil, blooming!

On the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, an ancient lotus suddenly broke through the ice in the Xiangfu pond and bloomed in winter. The ancient lotus was as big as a sea bowl, deep purple in color, with stamens like flames, and the edges of the lotus petals were decorated with glittering gold threads.

It was wonderful. Naturally, someone had reported this strange incident to the prime minister. After Yang Guozhong saw it, he thought deeply and ordered the back garden to be sealed and no one was allowed to move around at will.

Although Yang Guozhong was not familiar with it, he knew that this ancient lotus was a sign of good luck. As for what the omen meant, he would ask the master in detail. Speaking of the master in the eyes of the prime minister, there was such a person in the house, of course Ji

The world.

On the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month, the wind and snow were like darkness. Ji Tianxia braved the wind and snow and climbed to the roof of his side courtyard to watch the sky at night.

The wind was as cold as a knife and the snow was flying heavily. Looking around Ji Tianxia, ​​there was nothing but black clouds.

If you look through the wind, snow and heavy clouds, you can see a line of purple air rising into the sky from the direction of Chang'an, moving like a dragon, gathering together and never scattering. When Ji Tianxia saw it, he couldn't help but paused and sighed, but he didn't know that the surface of the tiles was slippery and he was freezing.

My limbs were numb, and when my foot slipped, I fell heavily into the courtyard. I groaned and couldn't get up for a long time.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the world is peaceful.

At this time of letting go of the old and welcoming the new, the nine palaces of Tao De Sect are also decorated with lights and colorful decorations, but the festive atmosphere is actually a bit weak. Since breaking the siege of the mountain, Tao De Sect and the cultivators all over the world have fallen into a vendetta and an endless situation.

The Daodezong sect suffered heavy casualties on the day they broke through the siege, so many friends, brothers, sisters, relatives, elders of the sect, and many people who were close to the dead and wounded continued to stand up to avenge this blood feud. The disciples of the Daodezong who were walking outside broke out.

The sect couldn't just sit back and watch if it was damaged, and the blood feud was getting deeper and deeper with so many rounds of revenge, which really fulfilled Ziyang's prediction.

Compared with other palaces, Taixuan Palace is even more deserted. Too many things have happened in the past few years. Zhang Jingxiao fell, and for some reason his cultivation level was greatly reduced, and he didn't pay much attention to the affairs of the palace. How could Zhang Jingxiao

The senior fellow apprentices have been dissatisfied for a long time. If it weren't for the troubled times at this time, they might have taken away Lan's position.

Everyone has their own concerns, so even on this New Year's Day night, Taixuan Palace was silent. A few colored lanterns and a few flower trees were the only decorations, because no one fed them the fairy fruit elixir or kept them in the palace.

All the spiritual birds and beasts had returned to their nests to rest early, and none of them was willing to come out to support the scene.

In the main hall of the main courtyard, Li Lan was sitting by the window, looking haggard. Zhang Jingxiao had taken great care of her when she was alive, and almost never let her do any difficult and chores. Therefore, although she had advanced cultivation, she was not familiar with things in the palace.

The personnel are scrambling but have almost no experience. Now Jingxiao is dead, and **Lan himself has suffered a lot of damage in order to pull out the eight steel nails that nailed Su Su. Therefore, it is difficult to suppress several senior brothers. But the power has not yet been restored.

He has never had a place in her heart. At this moment, only Zhang Yinyan can make her feel so haggard.

After Zhang Yin Yin returned from the underworld, he completely forgot about Ji Ruochen. Qinglan was still a little happy. After all, after experiencing many turmoils, it was really difficult for Zhang Yin Yin and Ji Ruochen to come to an end. Later, news of Ji Ruochen's death spread.

Come, **Lan is secretly glad. If Zhang Yin Yin still remembers Ji Ruochen, given her temperament, she might enter the Fengdu underworld again.

After returning from the underworld, Zhang Yin Yin's temperament changed drastically and she became calm and quiet. Sometimes she wouldn't say a word for the entire day. ** Lan asked her many times, but she couldn't tell what she was unhappy about, she just couldn't be happy.*

*Lan was a little worried.

Before the end of the year, Yunzhongju, who had not been in contact with him for a long time, suddenly sent people to Daodezong. The team was led by old man Tianhai, who was still old with Zhu Zhenren. The difference from the previous time was that this time Chu Han and Shiji came, but they were missing.

This is Gu Qing. The old man Tianhai set foot on Xixuan with great ambition last time, aiming to compete in skills, but it turned out to be a wedding. This time he went to Xixuan again, but he was prepared to talk about marriage from the beginning.

The people from the Yunzhongju sect who came to the Daodesect to get married were none other than Chu Han and Shi Ji. It was said that they were getting married, but according to old man Tianhai, it was actually Yunzhongju's leader who came to the Yunzhong Jinshan combined sect to learn a method of dual cultivation from ancient times. .This method is very overbearing and can make the cultivator's human nature improve rapidly. If it is combined with enough elixirs, the progress will be astonishing. It is said that one can cultivate into the realm of supreme purity within a few months. However, this method is very harmful to cultivation. The qualification requirements for practitioners are extremely high. For both sects, it is much easier to find some rare elixirs. Since it is a dual practice, of course the practitioners must become Taoist couples, and only one person can practice Yunzhong Center According to law, the other person must be a disciple of another sect, so Tianhai took Chu Han and Shiji to the Taoist Sect again.

This is a troubled time, whether it is Yunzhongju or Daodezong, it would be a rare good thing if there is another disciple with a high level of cultivation. Yunzhongju's marriage to Daodezong at this time also means to tell the monks all over the world that this is There was a huge chaos, and Yun Zhongju decided to side with Tao Te Sect.

It’s not that Yunzhong Jinshan didn’t know that Gu Qing had returned to Qingxu with Yinfeng, it’s also impossible that he didn’t know that Yinfeng and Qingxu Palace were incompatible with the Daodesect. However, he was still married to the Daodesect, with a vague intention, or he no longer recognized Gu. Qing is a disciple of Yunzhongju.

Tianhai now has a heavy responsibility on his shoulders, and Master Ziyang is not willing to neglect it. Fortunately, when Chu Han and Shi Ji went to Xixuan Mountain last time, they had already met all the outstanding disciples of the younger generation of Daode Sect, so it was easy to choose a partner for dual cultivation. many.

**Lan was concerned about her daughter. When she saw that Chu Han's character, appearance, talent, knowledge and deeds were all the best, she felt very satisfied and immediately brought Zhang Yin Yin up. Chu Han had met Zhang Yin Yin once and was very interested in her. The impression of this girl who is charming on the outside and fierce on the inside is also very good, and he has no specific candidate here. When he is frustrated, he will choose whomever he chooses, and of course he agrees.

The dual cultivation method of Yunzhongju has extremely high requirements for talent. For such a large sect as the Taoism Sect, only a few female disciples of the younger generation can practice it, such as Zhang Yinyin, Ji Bingxian, and Han Yan. ** Since Lan first After mentioning Yin Yin, Master Ziyang and the old man Tianhai discussed the matter briefly and settled the matter.

If Master Yuxuan is still in charge of Danyuan Palace, I think he will definitely have a good fight with Qian Lan.

When it was Shi Ji's turn, there were twists and turns. She raised her delicate hand and directly selected Shang Qiushui, saying that she could not choose anyone else except this person. The blood on Shang Qiushui's face was gone, and his whole body was so cold that he could hardly move. But they refused to obey even to the death. The pair started a fight, and the intensity was beyond the expectation of Master Ziyang and Old Man Tianhai. In the next few days, Shiji chased Shang Qiushui all over the mountain and hid, but no matter what he did, She couldn't make him succumb through any means. How could Shi Ji be so easy to deal with? She became so angry that after grabbing Shang Qiushui once, she tore up her face on the spot and tried to do what an overlord would do with his bow. If old man Tianhai hadn't arrived in time, , I wanted to let her get her. Strange to say, Shang Qiushui clearly had a higher level of Taoism than Shiji, but he was so afraid of her, as if he had seen a natural enemy, and could not perform even 30% of his tenth in Taoism.

Being made such a fuss by Shiji, Master Ziyang and Old Man Tianhai both couldn't laugh or cry, but there was nothing they could do.

Compared with the vigorous and vigorous life here, like thunder from the sky and fire on the ground, Chu Han and Zhang Yin Yin's relationship was unremarkable. The two of them would occasionally walk together, giving sermons and talking about the Dharma, without any romance at all.

If so, it is also the first day of the Lunar New Year.

On the night of the first day of the Lunar New Year, Zhang Yin Yin sat alone on the edge of the Tianxuan Peak cliff, with a pair of small feet swinging back and forth on the bottomless abyss, and a pair of charming starry eyes staring blankly at the mountains surrounding the peak.

Light clouds and mist.

At this time, footsteps sounded, and a tall figure walked toward Zhang Yin.

Zhang Yin Yin sighed softly, his empty eyes filled with anger again, and said: "My family, why are you here?"

That figure was none other than my family who was subdued by Su Ji in the underworld. At this moment, he had an unknown fate and already had his own body. Hearing Zhang Yin Yin's inquiry, my family did not answer. Instead, he asked: "Miss Yin Yin, what are you doing?"

What do you want to do now?”

"I want to jump down." Zhang Yin Yin said calmly.

My eyebrows were furrowed, and for a long time I asked in a deep voice, "Is it because of my marriage to Chu Han?"

Zhang Yin Yin put her chin on her hands and said calmly: "It has nothing to do with this marriage. Chu Han is very good in all aspects. I have nothing to be dissatisfied with. I just like sitting here, watching the clouds here, and... dancing

Go down."

She stretched her body lazily, and her beauty instantly made our eyes light up. After stretching, Zhang Yinyin pointed to her chest and said quietly: "It's been a long, long time, this place has been empty.

Yes, very...uncomfortable."

Our family remained silent, and the top of the cliff fell into silence.

I don’t know how long it took, but my parents sighed and said, “There was a person in that empty place.”

Zhang Yinyin hummed, but still said absentmindedly: "Really? What kind of person is he?"

"Ji Ruochen."

"Ji Ruochen?" Zhang Yin frowned slightly and read the name several times.

Suddenly, a flash of lightning flashed across the sea of ​​consciousness. She jumped up suddenly and shouted: "Ji Ruochen!"

Zhang Yinyin rushed to my house like the wind, grabbed my armored chest with her delicate hands, and lifted him up with a force, shouting: "How is he!? Tell me!"

I turned my head sideways, not wanting to look at her exquisite face, and said solemnly: "Young Master... passed away a year ago."

The blood in Zhang Yin Yin's slender hands gradually faded, her fingers gradually became weak, and she could no longer lift my family, so she put him on the ground. Then she lost the strength to even stand, and slowly squatted down, subconsciously grabbing her head full of black hair with her slender fingers.

, her shoulders were shaking endlessly, and with great difficulty, she finally heard her cry softly.

My family could only stand there and watch.

Zhang Yin Yin held her head with both hands and huddled up. All that could be seen was her delicate hands grasping the black hair, which were as pale as ice and snow.

My family stood as straight as a flag, but my vision was a little blurry, and I didn't even realize when Zhang Yin Yin stood in front of him with a normal expression.

My family vaguely remembers that Zhang Yin Yin only cried once from beginning to end.

"How did he die and where did he die?" Zhang Yinyan asked, his tone as calm as if he was talking about an unrelated person.

My family said: "We only know the time of the young master's death, not when or where. I only heard that after the young master came down the mountain, he seemed to go to the endless sea."

Zhang Yinyin nodded, straightened his messy hair, and then drifted away towards Taixuan Palace.

"Miss Yin Yin, where are you going?" I felt something was wrong and called from behind Zhang Yin Yin.

Zhang Yinyin said calmly without looking back: "Go and collect his body."
To be continued...