Chapter 3 The Empress
Hearing this, the children looked at Zhang Dazhuang, the son of the Zhang family.
"What are you looking at?" Zhang Dazhuang was talking to Chang Jiabao, but he didn't hear what Chang Qi was saying. As soon as he opened his mouth, a circle of small white bubbles on his mouth were clearly revealed. Some small bubbles even opened, like corns, which were very terrifying.
"Ah--" Several children exclaimed in surprise, looked at Chang Qi in awe, and then looked at Zhang Dazhuang, consciously becoming a little far away from Zhang Dazhuang.
Zhang Dazhuang's mouth was pretty good, and his mother and grandmother had a circle of bubbles outside his mouth, which was very conspicuous.
This rumor spread throughout the farm within one day. At first, people didn't believe it, but when they saw the Zhang family's appearance, they felt a little frustrated. Whether it was really retribution or not, they would rather believe it than not. The people in the farm were honest for a while.
"I heard that the people from the Vajra Sect are coming to take in new disciples," the grandson of the Qiu family said to everyone mysteriously, "My grandfather said that he wanted to touch the root bone. If the root bone is good, he can be a direct disciple."
"Wow, don't you have to work anymore, there are delicious food every day?"
"No, you have to practice martial arts every day. Once you have mastered it, you can become a superior person."
The children started talking nonsense, and almost everyone was full of yearning for becoming disciples of the sects of the martial arts world.
Yingying, the only girl among the group of children, did not participate in their discussions. She moved to Chang Qi and looked at him with her head tilted: "Chang Qi, are you going to the Vajra Gate?"
Chang Qi held a piece of grass in his mouth, leaning on the haystack, crossing his legs and shaking his feet: "Don't go."
"I won't go either, and they won't accept girls," Yingying bulged her mouth, "Then where do you want to go?"
Now the world is controlled by major sects, and the royal family has close ties with these sects. People do not pay attention to reading and practicing martial arts. Being a disciple of a sect has a bright future.
"Go to Jiyang Sect." Chang Qi thought for a while.
The Vajra Sect is a small sect affiliated to the Jiyang Sect. Only men can practice the Jiyang Sect's martial arts, so the entire Jiyang Sect and subordinate sect only recruit male disciples. Yingying was a little disappointed when she heard this, and she thought that she might be able to go to another sect with Chang Qi.
"Da da da da!" A sound of horse hooves suddenly came from far and near. Chang Qi looked up, grabbed Yingying's collar, and took her to the side.
"Click, shaking..." The horse's hooves stepped over the small haystack where the two of them were sitting just now, and the half-dried grass scattered all over the ground. If it was slower, it would step on Yingying.
"Wow—" The young man wearing a lake blue dress was riding a horse. He turned around and smiled indifferently, "Good boy, good skills."
Chang Qi looked at the diamond door patterns on his body and did not respond to the reads. The man seemed to have no intention of talking to them, and gently grabbed his horse's belly and headed straight to the house where the farm manager was in charge.
Chang E was holding a piece of cloth to the manager to deliver the goods. She couldn't do heavy work, but she had a pair of skilled hands, could weave cloth and make clothes, and she supported her son and herself by making money from weaving cloth. But she was not convenient to show up in the town, and she didn't want to hand over the things to her sister-in-law to sell, so she sent them to the farm manager herself.
"Three Young Master, you are here!" The manager was very surprised and rushed forward to greet him. The person who came was the one who was riding a horse just now. The man was named Zhang Youde, and he was the direct disciple of the Vajra Sect. He was the third child in the sect. He was about twenty-seven or eight years old and looked pretty stern.
"Well, Master asked me to come and have a look first..." Zhang Youde saw Chang E holding a cloth and lowering her head, and was a little stunned for a moment.
"Oh, this is Changsheng's girl," the manager smiled and introduced, and gave the money to Chang'e. "Miss Chang, this is the third young master of the Vajra Sect."
Chang E took the money, put down the cloth, saluted the two of them slightly, and left without saying a word. Zhang Youde's eyes kept sticking to her, seeing it can't be seen, and still looking at it in a daze: "The girl Changsheng is so beautiful..."
The in charge smiled and said, "What's the use of looking good? It's not a..." Suddenly, I remembered the recent rumors, and it was unlucky, so I spat twice.
At noon that day, Zhang Youde went to Changsheng's house for dinner, and he was absent-minded during the meal.
"The new disciples are going to be accepted in the sect. Master asked me to come and see the children in the sect first." Zhang Youde said with a smile. The people in this farm have some relatives with the people in the Vajra Sect. If there are good things, they will naturally take care of their own family first.
"You are right, the fat water will not flow to outsiders' fields." My aunt, who was serving the dishes, immediately smiled and greeted Chang Jiabao to come and greet him.
A few days after this incident, Chang Qi finished his work and went home. Before he could enter the house, he suddenly heard someone talking in the yard.
"Miss Chang, I really came to marry you, and your sister-in-law agreed. I am the direct disciple of the Vajra Sect. If I marry me, I won't have to work so hard in the future." It was Zhang Youde.
"Chang Qi's father will come to pick me up, Senior Brother Zhang, don't joke." Chang E's voice was a little depressed, obviously she was angry.
"To be honest, I'm here to select disciples for the sect this time. If you marry me, Chang Qi can be a direct disciple!" Zhang Youde was very confident and threatened in his words. If Chang E didn't agree to marry him, Chang Qi might not even be elected as an outer disciple.
Chang E clenched her fists, looked up at her sister-in-law who was poking her head at the door, and looked at the rude madman in front of her, and couldn't help but raise her voice: "If you want to marry me, go and ask your master first, do you dare to let you marry me? Who gave me to the noble man back then! If that person comes back and wants a son, can anyone afford it?"
These words were harsh and scared Zhang Youde. He turned to see his aunt, who ran away immediately. "Since that's the case, I'll go back and ask the master again." Zhang Youde had to leave first, but went out, but couldn't help but look back at Chang'e.
A graceful beauty is really rare.
"I'll come again tomorrow!"
Chang Qi hid behind the pile of firewood and stared at Zhang Youde's back hard, hoping to chisel him through with his eyes. He spoke so well, but he was just a disciple.
The Zhang family’s wife whispered to ask her aunt: “What your sister-in-law said, but it’s true?”
Thinking of the incident where Chang E was sent out, my aunt was a little panicked and glared at the Zhang family’s wife: “Don’t ask around if you’re okay, don’t you want to talk nonsense?”
"I'm not for your own good?" Zhang's wife was so angry that she fell backwards.
Chang Qi crawled out of the firewood, turned around and left the farm, went to Jiuru Town to find Da Chen and Xiao Chen, and soon found Da Chen's hexagram stall: "Brother Da Chen, please find me a short knife."
"Short knife? What do you want to do with a short knife?" Big Chen looked at Chang Qi's face carefully. Seeing his eyes were fierce, he looked like a wolf cub who was about to bite people, he couldn't help but worry about readings;.
"If that turtle grandson dares to be tough, kill him." Chang Qi gritted his teeth.
After hearing the consequences, Da Chen was silent for a while: "Success, come tomorrow morning, I will designate you some good ones."
Chang Qi said goodbye to Da Chen, and on the way back, he couldn't help but blush his eyes. After all, he was just a child, and even if he was smart, he would always be powerful.
When you can.
"Xiao Qi?" The sweet and soft voice was Xiao Ru from Hongshangyuan.
"Sister Xiaoru, come out to buy rouge?" Chang Qi looked up and greeted Xiaoru.
"What's wrong?" Xiaoru reached out to touch Chang Qi's face and stuffed him a few candies. Seeing that he didn't say anything, she squatted down and peeled a piece of candy for him to eat, and said softly, "The world is difficult, and everyone has times when they feel uncomfortable. If you eat candy, you will feel less bitter in your heart."
Chang Qi looked at Xiaoru, and melted the sweet candy cubes on the tip of his tongue, and nodded slowly.
The next day, Chang Qi woke up early in the morning and did not pick up eggs, so he went directly to the town to find Da Chen. Da Chen gave him a rusty dagger with a scabbard, five inches long and one inch wide. He drew his sword out of the scabbard and shined with a cold light.
"This is what Lai Zi picked up in the ruins of Zhennan. It's a treasure. Remember to return it to him after you use it." Da Chen reminded.
"I understand, thank you Brother Chen." Chang Qi put the dagger in his arms, touched his shoulders with the squatting Da Chen, and returned with great confidence.
As soon as they walked to the front of the farm gate, they saw a team of people galloping from afar. The people were wearing expensive and shiny armor, riding tall and smooth horses, and carrying an octagonal exquisite canopy carriage behind them.
People in the farm have never seen such a big scene before, and they all come out to watch the fun.
It happened that Zhang Youde was riding a horse and met the team in a straight line.
"I am a disciple of the Xia Vajra Sect. How dare you ask me what you are doing when you come to my Xia Farm?" Zhang Youde rode on his horse and asked with his hands.
The leader, wearing a green uniform, looked down at Zhang Youde with condescending eyes: "We are here to pick up the imperial concubine and His Highness back to the palace. No one is involved, and then retreat immediately."
The prince, the imperial concubine, everyone was shocked, and Zhang Youde was stunned on the spot. He was a little scared when he remembered what his master said last night.
The leader saw that he was not the person in charge, so he snorted coldly and led the team directly into the farm.
Chang Qi touched the dagger in his arms, spread his legs and ran to his own courtyard quickly.
The people in the farm did not dare to approach the royal team, so they followed from a distance. The farm manager still had some knowledge. When he saw the royal gold medals taken out by the team leader, he rolled out and crawled out, and knelt in front of the team leader's horse's hooves with a thud: "The imperial envoy is here, and he is in a far-reaching manner. I hope he will forgive him!"
Chang Qi returned to the yard and saw his mother standing in the middle of the yard anxiously waiting for him: "Little Ba Lamb, where have you died?"
"A group of people came outside, saying that they wanted to pick up the prince and the imperial concubine." Chang Qi looked up at his mother.
Chang E covered her mouth with one hand, was stunned for a while, and quickly ran to the door to look out. Her uncle and aunt were also standing in front of the gate, and saw the group of people wearing dazzling clothes walking towards his house in a straight line.
The leader of the team leader got off the horse, walked to the gate of the courtyard under the guidance of the manager, and knelt down and saluted: "I have seen the imperial concubine and the prince. The emperor asked me to pick you up and return to the palace."
Chang E was a little unsteady and was supported by Chang Qi.
"Ah... Emperor, Empress..." The Zhang family's wife exclaimed, and her eyes fainted.
Chapter completed!