book of troubled times

Chapter 742 Hong Ling returns home

While Zhao Changhe was here to inquire about the situation, Yue Hongling had also returned home in glory.

She left Luoxia Villa when she was fifteen. She is already twenty-two this year, and will be twenty-three in a few days after the New Year.

Having been away from home for seven or eight years, Yue Hongling's free and easy attitude inevitably makes her feel a little shy about being close to home. Every plant and tree here seems no longer familiar.

The closer you get to the villa, the stranger it becomes.

It used to be a rather small manor with only a dozen disciples. It was full of old bricks and earth tiles, and the mistress managed it diligently and frugally, just like an ordinary farmer's family.

But now, as we walked, we saw a continuous stretch of red bricks and green tiles, covering an area of ​​dozens of hectares, extending to the foot of the mountain and even occupying the road. People were coming and going everywhere, the sound of martial arts performances and cheers were intertwined, making it very lively.

There are even vendors selling goods outside the villa. From time to time, you can see local officials or people who look like gentry visiting. The guests and hosts are very happy. Everything is like some famous sects that I have seen when traveling around the world in the past.

Yue Hongling looked at the plaque of "Luoxia Villa" on the door from a distance. If it weren't for the plaque still there, she would hardly dare to recognize that this was the place where she grew up.

I had thought before that I could quietly visit him at night and meet with the master privately to ask about the situation. But when she got closer, her mind was surging, and Yue Hongling suddenly didn't want to be secretive. She had been upright in this life, but she still had to be secretive when she returned to her hometown?

So we marched forward.

"Who is your Excellency?" Several young men and women guarding the door looked at the sister in red walking in the distance. A name came to their mind, but they did not dare to recognize it, so they cautiously tested it.

Yue Hongling walked up to him, stood still, and smiled slightly: "Children don't recognize each other when they see each other. They laugh and ask where the guest is from. Today I know."

However, the passers-by were not as disbelieving as the Luoxia Villa disciples. They had already exclaimed: "Yue Hongling!"

"It's definitely Yue Hongling! I had the honor to meet her four years ago in the Central Plains."

"The real person is more beautiful than the legend...Who is maliciously spreading the rumor that Yue Hongling is dirty every day?"

Far away in the capital palace, Xia Chichi sneezed.

The scene was completely silent, and the faces of the young men and women shone with light of extreme surprise.

"Second Senior Sister is back!~"

After the air was quiet for a moment, it suddenly exploded. The boys and girls stopped guarding the door and ran towards the manor: "Second Senior Sister is back!"

Yue Hongling returns home!

The news spread explosively, spreading throughout Chang'an in the blink of an eye. Zhao Changhe was still chatting with Dai Qingge in the gambling house. There were already gamblers outside the door talking about the news of Yue Hongling's return to his hometown. Everyone was excited for no reason, and some wanted to run away to Huashan. Went to see someone.

After all, this is a top talent who has reached the top rankings at the age of 22. In the past few years, the most famous people of the younger generation are Yue Hongling and Zhao Changhe. However, Zhao Changhe's sudden rise was so fast that many people actually had no real sense of it. In addition, he was often associated with gods and demons, which made it a bit ethereal. Yue Hongling became famous early, and his sense of reality was much stronger, and he was the most down-to-earth person. .

What's more, if we exclude the extra gods and demons who have entered now, and just talk about the original Guanlong forces, then when Li Gongsi died and Yuan Cheng left, Yue Hongling was probably the first person born and raised in Guanlong!

What a concept!

Luoxia Villa's reputation is not without reason. Nowadays, how many children of the right age want to join Luoxia Villa to practice martial arts, and ten percent of them are due to the power of Yue Hongling's example. The level of fascination is not limited to children. People in Guanlong rivers and lakes admire and admire him like a crucian carp crossing the river. You can imagine the sensation of this homecoming.

But after the initial explosion of excitement, people soon thought of a problem.

The relationship between Yue Hongling and Zhao Changhe...

It is said that Zhao Changhe has been eager to eat swan meat since Beimang and began to pursue Yue Hongling... What is annoying is that it is said that because they fought side by side with the enemy outside the Great Wall last year, they really got better. The book of troubled times gave a comment at that time, "The setting sun reflects the long river." "Or something like that, the couple's chemistry is overflowing.

Now Zhao Changhe is the Han Dynasty King Zhao, any brother who knows him will know that he is not just a king of the opposite sex. There is no problem in saying that the Han Dynasty is connected to him and that he is the emperor of the Han Dynasty. If Yue Hongling is the "Emperor of the Han Dynasty", what attitude will everyone adopt when she returns to her hometown? And why did she come back this time?

I am afraid that if I throw this huge boulder into the lake in Chang'an, it will stir up thousands of waves.

Of course, the rumors are just rumors. A long time ago, someone asked Cui Yuanyong, the true insider who knew all the way from Beimang to Yanmen, and the answer he got was this: "Fuck you, what is the relationship between Yue Hongling and my brother-in-law? Don't send You are just spreading this nonsense, let me reiterate that Zhao Changhe is my brother-in-law! Beimang? Yue Hongling was fighting with me in Beimang at that time, what does it have to do with Zhao Changhe!"

Cui Yuanyong's remarks about fighting for his sister Gong reached Guanlong, and it seems to be somewhat effective in refuting the rumors. Fans are not willing to admit that their goddess has been favored anyway. Isn't the evidence that Cui Yuanyong endorses it not solid?

But in the eyes of more Guanlong gentry, this is called rumor-mongering. Of course Cui Yuanyong must bite his own sister to death to be the real master, and throw Yue Hongling away from death. There is no point in asking him... Can't your brother-in-law be involved with other women? Do you have the ability to repeat these words in front of your majesties and the Tang Dynasty? It would be best to repeat it to Master Suzaku.

When Yue Hongling strode into the main hall of Luoxia Villa, her master Yue Fenghua had already been sitting in the hall, and there was another middle-aged man she didn't know sitting next to her. Looking at the brocade she was wearing, she looked like she was either rich or noble. The imagined greeting of Yue Fenghua outside the door did not happen, and Yue Hongling didn't care. She walked into the hall and gave a solid salute: "Disciple, see the master."

"Okay, okay!" Yue Fenghua stroked his beard and laughed: "I am very pleased to see Hong Ling in such a heroic figure."

Yue Hongling raised her head and glanced at her master, feeling strange in her heart.

Praising your heroic appearance?

You don't have to ask me to stand up and ask you to kneel down. Is this to show your prestige?

Yue Hongling would rather think that the master was so excited that he forgot about it for a moment. In short, the master didn't ask him to get up, so she couldn't afford it. She still knelt there on one knee and responded calmly: "Seeing that the master's demeanor is even better than before, the disciple is also very happy. I don't know, Master." But here? My disciple wants to see her old man."

Yue Fenghua's expression dimmed and he sighed softly: "Your wife passed away due to illness two years ago."

Yue Hongling pursed her lips and did not respond.

Due to illness?

Although the master's wife is not very good at cultivation and only has the fourth or fifth level of Xuan Guan, she was at most forty-two-three the year before last. She is a warrior in her prime. The physique of a mature warrior is not comparable to that of ordinary people. You can say that fighting with others to death is acceptable, but in the gathering place of Chang'an, where the masters are already so rich and powerful and there is no shortage of medical treatment, he died of illness. ?

At this time, the middle-aged man sitting in the guest seat smiled and said: "Brother-in-law is too excited, and forgot to ask the good niece to get up and talk."

Yue Fenghua smiled as if he had just woken up from a dream: "That's right, look at how confused I am. Hong Ling, get up quickly."

Yue Hongling stood up and asked, "Who is this?"

Yue Fenghua also stood up and introduced: "This is Brother Changming, the head of the Wei family, seventeenth on the list."

"Ahem." Wei Changming stood up and held up his hands: "I really don't have the face to mention the seventeenth person on the list in front of Miss Yue. Miss Yue is the brightest star in our Guanlong Wulin."

Yue Hongling was really not interested in socializing with the head of the family at all. Hearing this, she cupped her hands coldly: "Nice to meet you."

Yue Fenghua smiled and said: "Brother Wei doesn't care about Hong Ling's recklessness back then. Let's put an end to the past. Hong Ling should thank you for your generosity."

Yue Hongling said lightly: "Mr. Wei is so generous, and Hongling admires him very much. I didn't expect that my relationship with my teacher would become so good, and I would sit here as a guest every day."

"Brother Yue can teach a disciple like Miss Yue. He is a chivalrous person, and his interactions are like a spring breeze. Nowadays, the place is always full of guests, which is also due to Brother Yue's own charm." Wei Changming said with a smile: "To tell you the truth, I came here today. Luoxia Villa was originally used to discuss marriage, but unexpectedly it coincided with Miss Yue's return home, which was an unexpected surprise."

"Oh? Are you planning to get married?" Yue Hongling asked, "Is the senior brother getting married?"

The eldest brother is Yue Fenghua's own son Yue Baiyu. As far as Luoxia Villa is concerned, he is the heir.

Wei Changming smiled and said, "That's right, it's Yue Xian's nephew who is being discussed."

"Congratulations." Yue Hongling said congratulations, but her smile was a bit sarcastic: "Is it Mr. Wei's daughter?"

Wei Changming shook his head: "No, of course he is here to discuss marriage as a matchmaker."

"Then who is the other party?"

Wei Changming did not answer for the time being, but asked instead: "Can I ask Miss Yue first if she is returning home this time, is she just here for a visit, or does she intend to stay for a long time?"

Yue Hongling laughed: "I didn't think about it. Since I met my senior brother to discuss marriage, Yu Qingyuli seems to have to wait until we have a wedding drink before leaving."

Wei Changming nodded and asked, "Can I ask the girl one more question...what is the relationship between the girl and Zhao Changhe?"

Yue Hongling replied seemingly casually: "We were just ordinary friends at first. My reputation was ruined by rumors, but now our relationship has changed. If we see him next time, he will definitely suffocate to death."

Yue Fenghua and Wei Changming didn't understand the true meaning of these words. What kind of relationship had become? Why was the method of death suffocation? They just thought it was a casual remark. The two looked at each other, as if they couldn't believe it, and Yue Fenghua continued to test: "In that case, is it possible for Hong Ling to come back this time to help the countryside and resist the puppet dynasty?"

(End of this chapter)