At the beginning of Niujia Village, my sister-in-law and I depended on each other.

After a while, the sound of dense footsteps was heard from the front of the path, and then everyone looked in the direction of the sound.

Lu Chengfeng was still dressed as a scholar, with a thin face, sitting in a wheelchair, and walking towards here with the help of his son Lu Guanying.

On the left, Mei Chaofeng is dressed in black, with her hair disheveled and her face pale; on the right, Liang Ziweng is carrying a bamboo basket on his back, looking around timidly.

When Lu Chengfeng's gaze wandered over and landed on Huang Lao Xie, the smile on his face froze instantly.

The next moment, he forgot about the disability on his leg and suddenly stood up trembling.

It wouldn’t have mattered if I didn’t stand, but when I stood up, I realized that my lower limbs were weak and I fell directly to the ground.

"Dad! Dad! Are you okay?" Seeing this, Lu Guanying hurried over to support him.

"Master, Master!!!"

Lu Chengfeng pushed his son away, couldn't help sobbing, and moved towards Huang Lao Xie with tears in his eyes.

When Mei Chaofeng, who was standing beside him, heard this, her face changed drastically. She was shocked and frightened, and subconsciously wanted to run away.

But just as she took a step, she remembered the man's care and companionship in the past, and how he taught her music, chess, calligraphy and painting. She couldn't help but kneel on the ground and sobbed, "Master!!"

what's the situation?
Seeing this scene, except for Niu Dingtian who was watching calmly, everyone else looked at Huang Laoxie in surprise.

Miss Huang's beautiful eyes lit up, and she leaned over and asked in a low voice, "Daddy, is this Senior Brother Lu and Senior Sister Mei?"

That night she secretly hid on the roof of Guiyun Villa, with her back to Lu Chengfeng, so she couldn't see his face clearly.

Mei Chaofeng's hair was disheveled at the time, and it was dark at night, so she couldn't see as clearly as she does now.

Huang Lao Xie ignored his precious daughter and walked forward with a sullen face.

He glanced at Lu Chengfeng, then his eyes fell on Mei Chaofeng, and he snorted, "You still have the nerve to call me Master?"

Hearing the voice, Mei Chaofeng could no longer bear it, crawled over and hugged Huang Lao Xie's legs, crying, "Master, Chaofeng knows I'm wrong, please promise me that you can kill me with one palm."

"As long as I can hear your promise once more, I will be happy even if I die immediately. Master, I am sorry to you and to your wife. Master, Master..."

As she cried, she reached out, grabbed Huang Lao Xie's right hand, and shook it gently.

When she was a young girl, she would often act like this and beg her master, who would usually grant her request.

in an instant,
Huang Lao Xie felt touched.

Thinking about how he had lost his anger over the years, he couldn't help but sigh and said, "Everyone, get up."

Mei Chaofeng was overjoyed and kowtowed to the ground continuously. Lu Chengfeng on the other side had tears in his eyes and also kowtowed to the ground continuously, which made Niu Dingtian's eyelids twitch wildly.

If there was no Miss Huang, whether these two guys would rebel in the future would just depend on a word from Old Taishan, right?

His eyes fell on Lu Guanying behind him, and Niu Dingtian's heart moved, and his eyes flickered slightly.

Young people are still reliable, passionate and adaptable. It seems that I have to train this kid well in the future.

Mei Chaofeng, who was bowing her head, suddenly thought of something. She smiled foolishly, took out a book from her bosom, presented it with both hands, and said:
"Master, I have always carried this book with me. Now that I am blind, I can no longer see. I want to return it to you."

Huang Lao Xie reached out to take it, staring at the words on the cover in a daze.

The entire book, including the cover text, was written by his beloved wife.

If I hadn't been possessed by the devil, how could the couple have been separated forever?

Huang Lao Xie put away the scripture and sighed slowly, "This "Nine Yin Manual" has really caused a lot of suffering to many people. The martial arts recorded in this volume are meant to be broken. You and Xuan Feng don't know that if you really practice it, you will suffer a lot. Even if you succeed, it will be broken by the martial arts in the back one by one."

"You can understand the truth by studying the first volume. The Nine Yin White Bone Claw, Heart-breaking Palm, Horizontal Training Kung Fu, and White Python Whip that you practice are, in the final analysis, completely useless. If they were useful, why would Xuanfeng be killed by a child?"

After a pause, Huang Lao Xie stared at his disciple's blind eyes and said thoughtfully, "From now on, you should stay at Junior Brother Lu's farm and stop traveling around the world. Your eyes are damaged, and you will only be bullied if you go out."

Mei Chaofeng heard the care and concern in her master's words and could not help wanting to cry. However, she bit her lip and stammered without saying anything.

"What? You don't want to listen to what I say again?" Huang Laoxie's face darkened and his tone turned cold.

Niu Dingtian felt something was wrong when he saw this, and quickly took over the conversation, saying with a smile: "Senior Sister Mei said before that she wanted to join our Sun Moon Divine Sect. Since my uncle doesn't allow it, then let's just forget about it."

He had never thought that he would have such a deep entanglement with Huang Lao Xie. After all, Lu Chengfeng and Mei Chaofeng were both intimidated by his threats and submitted to him.

Mei Chaofeng was stunned when she heard the voice, and kowtowed to Huang Lao Xie, saying, "Master, I dare not disobey you. This man asked me to work for him in the future, and said he would teach me the Nine Yin Manual, cure my eyes, and let me come to Jiugong Mountain with Junior Brother Lu to find him."

Mei Chaofeng was also very thoughtful. After hearing Niu Dingtian's address, she never uttered the word "bi".

Otherwise, given her master's temper, there would definitely be more fighting today.

Huang Lao Xie's eyes flickered, and his gaze fell on Niu Dingtian's face. Just as he was about to say something, Miss Huang pouted and said:

"Daddy! What do you want to do?"

Huang Lao Xie's expression froze, the corner of his eye twitched, and he said solemnly: "Help your sister up."

Then he looked at Lu Chengfeng, his expression relaxed, and said, "Get up, Chaofeng, Chengfeng, both of you. I will accept you as my disciples again today."

Miss Huang stuck out her tongue, went over to help Mei Chaofeng up, and Lu Guanying also helped his father up.

The two of them bowed three times again, and in their great joy they could not help sobbing.

Seeing this, Yideng smiled and put his hands together and said, "Congratulations, Brother Yao, on having a great disciple."

Niu Dingtian's eyes flickered, and he smiled and cupped his hands: "Congratulations, uncle, for accepting another excellent disciple."

Huang Lao Xie sighed, but didn't say anything. His eyes fell on Lu Chengfeng and he said softly, "Chengfeng, you are fine. Get up soon. I was too impatient back then and wrongly blamed you."

Hearing this, Lu Chengfeng choked up and said, "It was all because of my stupidity back then that I offended Master. How have you been these years, Master?"

"At least I haven't gotten pissed off to death yet." Huang Lao Xie sighed.
Miss Huang came forward with a playful smile and said, "Daddy, you are not talking about me, are you?"

"You are involved too." Huang Lao Xie glanced at him and snorted softly.

Miss Huang stuck out her tongue, leaped to Niu Dingtian's side in two steps, and once again took his arm affectionately.

Lu Chengfeng's eyes suddenly lit up.

Just as he was about to say hello, Huang Lao Xie pointed at Lu Guanying and asked, "Is he your son?"

"Yes." Lu Chengfeng replied.

"Grandson pays homage to Master." Without waiting for his father's instructions, Lu Guanying hurried forward and kowtowed three times respectfully.

Huang Lao Xie did not lean over to help him. Instead, he raised his left hand to the back of his heart and slapped his shoulder with his right palm.

Lu Chengfeng was shocked and shouted hurriedly: "Master, this is the only one I have!"

Huang Lao Xie's palm was very powerful. After being hit on the shoulder, Lu Guanying lost his balance and retreated seven or eight steps before falling backwards. However, he was not hurt at all and stood up in a daze.

Huang Lao Xie's expression eased slightly, and he looked at Lu Chengfeng and said, "You are very good. You didn't pass on your kung fu to him. Is this child a disciple of the Xianxia Sect?"

Lu Chengfeng breathed a sigh of relief. He then realized that his master was testing his son's martial arts skills, and quickly replied:
"I dare not violate the rules of my master's sect. Without my master's permission, I will never pass on my master's kung fu to others. Guanying is a disciple of Master Ku Mu of the Xianxia Sect."

Huang Lao Xie sneered and said, "How can you call yourself a master with this little bit of Kung Fu? You have learned a hundred times more than him. From tomorrow on, you should teach your son Kung Fu. The martial arts of the Xianxia School are not even worthy of carrying our shoes."

Lu Chengfeng was overjoyed and was about to ask his son to express his gratitude, but he seemed to remember something and bowed to Huang Lao Xie, saying nervously, "Master, please forgive me. Without your permission, I have allowed Guan Ying to join the Sun Moon Sect."

Huang Laoxie raised his eyebrows when he heard this, glanced at Niu Dingtian, and suddenly became silent.

After a long moment, his eyes fell on Miss Huang and he sighed, "We are all family, so just join. But since you have joined another sect, you must be strict with yourself and not bring disgrace to Peach Blossom Island."

As soon as these words came out, Miss Huang smiled brightly, threw herself into his arms, hugged his neck, and said happily: "Daddy, Rong'er will always be good from now on, and will listen to you until she dies."

"Grandson thanks Master for his help." Lu Guanying kowtowed three times respectfully.

Seeing his daughter acting coquettishly and giving in, Huang Lao Xie was in a good mood. A rare smile appeared on his stern face, and he said with a smile: "Hurry up and get up."

After Lu Guanying stood up, everyone's eyes naturally fell on Liang Ziweng, a man with white hair and a youthful face.

Liang Ziweng's heart trembled, and he hurriedly took off the bamboo house and put it on the ground. He bowed and smiled apologetically, "Excuse me, which one of you is Master Shi?"

Niu Dingtian walked forward calmly without answering. Mei Chaofeng had already pointed it out, but this old man was still pretending to be ignorant.

Under Liang Ziweng's anxious gaze, Niu Dingtian lifted the gray cloth on the bamboo basket and saw a huge red python curled up inside.

The strange thing is that there is a slight bulge on the skull, which looks like a transformed dragon, and is quite similar to the appearance of the Bosuqu snake in the Snake Valley.

Niu Dingtian nodded in satisfaction and said, "You will stay in the mountains to raise snakes for me and cultivate spiritual seeds. If you raise them well, you will have all the secret manuals of magical skills and can walk freely in the martial arts world. If you don't raise them well, you will go to see Sha Tongtian by yourself."

As he spoke, he waved to the guards in the distance and said, "Take him away and take good care of him. Don't neglect him."

When Liang Ziweng thought of Sha Tongtian's miserable state, he was startled and hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "I know."

After Liang Ziweng left, Lu Chengfeng glanced at his mentor Huang Laoxie, bowed to Niu Dingtian, and said seriously:

"So that Junior Brother Niu knows, the Taihu Pirates completed their transformation and expansion in June of the year before last. After more than a year of training, they now have 50 warships and more than 9,000 soldiers."

"The imperial court sent troops to encircle and suppress the rebels several times this year. However, according to your sect's wishes, we did not confront them head-on, but avoided their attack and hid our troops in the lake. In the end, the encirclement and suppression of the rebels ended in vain."

Niu Dingtian raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard that, and looked at Fentian in surprise, and Fentian nodded slightly at him.

Previously, people were sent to Taihu Lake to train soldiers and recruit Taihu pirates. Several trusted people were in charge and they often reported to Chen Jiner.

Later, Fentian became the deputy leader of the Divine Religion, and most situations would be reported to her.

But Niu Dingtian never expected that in just over a year, his men would be able to create nearly ten thousand navy troops.

Not only was he surprised, Yideng and Huang Laoxie looked at each other, and after being surprised, they suddenly understood.

If the pirates from Lake Taihu were just making a small fuss, the imperial court would naturally not take it seriously. But Lake Taihu reaches the Yangtze River in the north and the Qiantang River in the south. If you turn south, you can reach Lin'an in a few steps.

You hid nearly 10,000 soldiers beside the door of the house, no wonder you were killed at the doorstep. As long as you kill this culprit, the few stubborn diseases will be cured.

Niu Dingtian looked at the expressions of the two men, thought for a moment, and understood something in his mind.

After a moment of silence, he turned his head to look at Fentian, not caring about the others, and said, "Since we've done it, just let it go."

"Inform the brothers below that you don't have to stick to Taihu Lake or Taihang Mountain. You can go out to the north and south, to the mountains and lakes, to recruit soldiers and train them into troops as long as the location is suitable."

"From now on, we will select a group of backbone members to return to Jiugong Mountain every six months to receive training and ensure their absolute loyalty. When the wind starts to blow, everyone must be able to set the prairie on fire!"

"Are you really going to start a rebellion?" As soon as he finished speaking, Huang Lao Xie stared at him and slightly frowned.

Niu Dingtian shook his head, his eyes shining with an inexplicable light, and said calmly: "I don't feel safe. No matter how high my martial arts skills are, not everyone will know about them. I'm afraid. If I meet an emperor who is blind, I can't help but feel out of reach sometimes."

"When he smiles, he is powerful. Others are afraid of him and dare not offend him. Now he is just trying to be independent and protect himself. As long as Zhao Kuo doesn't bother me, he can be the emperor. When the time is right, I will do my Northern Expedition."

Huang Lao Xie moved his lips as if he wanted to say something, but in the end, no words came out.

Niu Dingtian knew that his actions seemed to be breaking the bottom line of this old man.

We had agreed to defend Xiangyang and resist the Jin army, but ended up seizing the important town of Jinghu. Now, we have to gather people from all over the mountains and lakes and openly recruit people with lofty ideals.

And you still say you won't rebel?

Niu Dingtian smiled and asked, "Uncle, do you still remember that before you left Peach Blossom Island, you said that you respected loyal ministers and filial sons the most in your life, and that loyalty and filial piety are the most important principles, not etiquette and laws?"

Huang Lao Xie nodded silently.

Niu Dingtian paused for a moment and said, "When I was studying, I was familiar with the teachings of Confucius and Mencius, and I knew that loyalty and filial piety are the etiquette and laws of the day. Since my uncle believed that loyalty and filial piety are the great virtues, why did he despise etiquette and laws, and why did he shout slogans of rebellion and killing the emperor?"

"I think the loyalty and filial piety you understand are not the loyalty and filial piety under the current etiquette. If so, then the word "loyalty" means loyalty to the nation, loyalty to China, rather than loyalty to a rotten and corrupt court. Therefore, as long as the Han people are in power, why bother about whether the younger generation will rebel against the Zhao Song royal family?"

sophistry!

Huang Lao Xie was very smart. As soon as he heard this, he naturally understood that this guy was trying to force a change of ideas with him.

But when I thought about it carefully, it seemed to make sense, and I wasn't as conflicted as before.

At this time, Niu Qian'er, the guard in the inner courtyard, walked up to the crowd, clasped her fists towards Niu Dingtian and said, "Master, Madam has prepared a few dresses, and would like you to come over and try them on for size."

Niu Dingtian nodded, his eyes fell on Mei Chaofeng, and he said thoughtfully: "I promised to cure Senior Sister Mei's eyes, so I will not break my promise. Uncle can take her to see Doctor Yan later. If it doesn't work, I will think of another way."

Since the last half bottle of spiritual spring water had already been given to Yan Fangyu, he couldn't ask for it again.

It depends on whether the old father-in-law is willing to give even a drop of spiritual spring water to this old father-in-law.

After saying that, Niu Dingtian ordered the guards to settle Lu Chengfeng and his son, bowed to them, and followed Niu Qian'er to the inner courtyard.

PS: I have rewritten more than a dozen chapters of the Shaolin Temple part. To be honest, I am not satisfied with the subsequent chapters. Starting from the journey to the Kingdom of Jin, I will update and revise them next month. (End of this chapter)