Yang Ning frowned. “What do you mean? Did Gene…Father die for some reason behind it?”
Qiu Yi replied at once, “I didn’t mean that. When General went to the battlefield, the third elder lord told me in private. He came to see me that time just to…help Qi Yu inherit the title. Qi Yu and Lady Qiong were present then, and they promised to give me two hundred families in the fiefdom and eight hundred mu of farmland.”
“So our young master Qi Yu is really generous.” Yang Ning snorted. “But what does it have to do with the matter that you hooked up with Zhao Yuan and the others secretly?”
Qiu Yi hesitated for a moment and then answered, “Just at that time, one day the third elder lord told me to see him and I saw Zhao Yuan. I didn’t know that he had become the accountant in the old house. The third elder lord knew earlier than me about what happened in the old house.”
“Why did he see the third elder lord?”
Qiu Yi responded, “T
In the main hall of the marquis’ mansion, there were many people. One elder sat in each of the eight chairs with carve patterns on the left and right inside. Behind each elder, many people stood, including the old and young, filling the hall.The third elder lord sat at the head on the left, dressed in brocade clothes and a fur hat. He looked cold on his old face with wrinkles.The fifth lord was not present, but the sixth lord stood behind the third elder lord with hatred on his face. Qi Yu was next to him and looked cold.There were two light shelves on each of both sides of the hall with four oil lamps, which lit up the hall.When Yang Ning entered the main hall, many people inside put their heads together and whispered to one another, and the hall was noisy. As soon as Yang Ning showed up, all the voices stopped, and countless eyes fell on him at the same time. They showed different expressions. The third elder lord glanced at
The third elder lord seemed to have not expected Yang Ning to be so decisive. He was stunned for a while, and the hall was deadly silent. All people were petrified.After a long time, the corners of the third elder lord’s mouth twitched. “Can you make the decision?” He sneered. “I advise you to ask the dowager.”“No need to ask.” A voice came from outside the door. All people paid attention to Yang Ning and didn’t notice what happened outside. Hearing the voice, everybody looked at the door at the same time.They saw that Gu Qinghan with a nice figure supported one person to come in, who was short and humpbacked seriously with white hair all over the head. Seen at first glance, it was like a dwarf. But seeing this person, all people in the hall looked stiff. The people who were standing straightened their backs immediately and the elders who sat in the chairs stood up.The dowager in the marquis’ mansion came out in person at this
Yang Ning knew that Gu Qinghan needed silver urgently now, so he was determined to get back all the tax silver next day.But today the dowager’s attitude surprised Yang Ning. She told everybody in public that she would let him manage the mansion, which caught him off guard.Although after Qi Jing died, the marquis’ mansion would be left to the heir sooner or later, it made Yang Ning feel curious as the dowager said that without hesitation.After all, not long ago, the heir of the Marquis of Honor was almost an idiot in everybody’s eyes, and the dowager certainly knew that. Just in a few days, she told him to manage the mansion, and any normal person would be astonished.But Yang Ning felt happy after breaking away from the Qi clan.Those people fawned upon the rich and powerful people and had their own ulterior motives. If they were tangled all the time, Yang Ning would dislike the Qi clan more and more, but now they h
Gu Qinghan almost burst into crying when she saw Yang Ning, whose eyes were closed and teeth were clenched. He looked pale and his body was even trembling slightly.Duan Canghai patted Yang Ning’s chest with his palm and he looked grim. But soon his expression changed greatly and it seemed that he wanted to withdraw his palm. However, he failed to raise his arm.Zhao Wushang couldn’t help but shout, “Canghai...”Duan Canghai’s body trembled. Suddenly he leaned back with his palm off Yang Ning’s chest, and finally sat on the ground. He cried, “So... so severe!”“Canghai, what is the problem?” Gu Qinghan asked hurriedly.Duan Canghai looked solemn and said, “Third Lady. There is a big problem with the Conception Vessel and the Chong Vessel.”“What do you mean? Does it matter?” Gu Qinghan really knew very little about meridian. She couldn’t understand and was so anxious, “Canghai, ask someone to bring the doc
When Yang Ning woke up, a beam of sunlight came in from outside the window, and it scattered in the room with light spots. He opened his eyes and looked around, only feeling very strange. He suddenly sat up and found the tingling sensation in his chest had disappeared.He composed himself and looked around. It was an ordinary wing room. There were two small windows with criss-cross window bars, through which the light was coming in.The furnishings in the room were very clean and concise. Besides the bed he slept on, there was another identical one on the opposite with some space between them two, which was very simple. Between the two beds, there was only a pine table and a few small pine stools. Tea cups and a teapot were on the table.The quilt and sheets on the bed opposite were gray-white, with no other colors, and they were folded square.On the opposite was a wall, and in the middle of it was a banner with a simple word, Qin
Yang Ning suddenly got angry, and Zhenming was stunned for a while. Then he said, “Ning, they are our senior fellow apprentices. Since they said that we can cultivate our minds if we eat less, they must be reasonable. Why do you get mad?”Yang Ning responded crossly, “Little monk, are you foolish? He just bullies you as you are young. Do you really think what they said makes sense?”“Amitabha.” Zhenming hurriedly put his palms together. “Ning, you can’t say something improper.”He was only thirteen or fourteen years old, but he behaved like an adult. However, Yang Ning felt strange as he heard that the little monk called him junior fellow apprentice. He asked, “By the way, what is this peak’s name?”“The top of the Tianbao Peak,” Zhenming told Yang Ning everything he knew. “The three peaks of Purple Mountain, Beigao Peak, Xiaomao Peak and Tianbao Peak are like a penholder…”Yang Ning raised his hand and stopped him. “Y
Yang Ning was furious but more shocked.He knew that the little monk Zhenming was much more powerful in martial skills than him. Zhenming rolled backward briskly like clouds, but Yang Ning couldn’t do that anyway. He thought this was just an ordinary weak monk, but he misjudged unexpectedly and this monk was so awesome.The little monk moved lightly with enough power at an astonishing speed. Yang Ning’s fighting skill was not weak, but in front of this little monk, he couldn’t react in time.“Ning, will you chant scriptures at noon?” Zhenming asked again.Yang Ning knew that he met a powerful martial arts master. This monk was skilled in fighting and was stubborn, taking his master’s words as imperial edicts.At the moment, if he wouldn’t give up, he might suffer more losses.Yang Ning certainly knew that it was never too late to avenge himself and that a wise man does not fight when the odds are against h
Yang Ning was all smiles and told Zhenming to teach him Purity Scripture. The little monk was honest and taught Yang Ning. Yang Ning just thought that the formula of Purity Scripture was hard to read, though there were not many words. Zhenming chanted it for several times successively and then told Yang Ning to recite it. In this way, in less than two hours, Yang Ning could keep it in mind with difficulty.As Yang Ning expected, Purity Scripture was a mental cultivation method of genuine qi. He had thought that it was not easy to learn this method, but unexpectedly, after Yang Ning kept the cultivation method in mind, Zhenming didn’t delay but immediately taught him the way of breathing out and directing the strength according to Purity Scripture, and in less than two hours, Yang Ning knew how to direct the strength with this method.He knew the Skills of Six Directions. Although he learnt it with a muddled head in the past, after all, he had absorbed other