Qingling Punishing Heart

Chapter 44 The Double Ninth Banquet
Hua Rulang excitedly ran towards the center of the palace, where a huge Double Ninth Cake was placed.

That piece of Double Ninth Cake was made into a pagoda shape, with nine floors in total, and the height already exceeded Hua Rulangcha's height.He cut off the most jujube in the middle layer, put it on a plate and ran back to Su Ji.

Su Ji took it over and took a look, only to see that there were small paper flags stuck on the cake, and candle lamps were lit at the four corners.

Hua Rulang smiled, and Lang Lang explained:

"Master! This is called lighting up and eating cakes. It matches the shape of the exquisite pagoda, and it has the meaning of ascent."

Su Ji touched his little head, found a place at random, and while eating cakes, he told Hua Rulang what happened these days.

Hua Rulang was very interested at first, but as he listened, the expression on his little face became more and more serious, all he was thinking about was the agreement between himself and Mu Lingyu.

Seeing his serious face, Su Ji called him:
"Wolf!"

Hua Rulang suddenly came back to his senses, blinked his eyes, hesitated for a while, and finally asked:
"Teacher remembers that the master has a bronze bell, why didn't he bring it today?"

Su Ji hesitated for a moment, feeling a little strange that Mu Lingyu and Hua Rulang, who reunited after a long absence, seemed to be particularly interested in his Hongjunling.

"You mean it?"

As he spoke, he reached into his bosom to take out the brocade bag containing the bell.

At this moment, the fox attached to him suddenly awakened, occupied his body in an instant, and stopped this action!
Hua Rulang watched his master take out his empty hand from his bosom, and couldn't help showing a dazed expression.

Hu Si took advantage of Su Ji's body and shouted sharply:

"Damn kid! Why are you asking this?"

Hua Rulang was shocked, and replied in a low voice:

"I just want to know what happened to the person who gave Master the bell..."

Without even thinking about it, Hu Si replied impatiently, "I've already killed him!"

Hua Rulang opened his small mouth slightly in shock, staring blankly at the master who looked like a different person in an instant.

"Any more questions?" Hu Si asked coldly, with disgust in his eyes.

Hua Rulang shook his head, his little head lowered slowly, and said in a low voice:
"Master... I want to...excuse me for a while."

As he spoke, he slowly stood up from his seat and left lonely.

When Su Ji regained consciousness, he saw the small back of Hua Rulang gradually going away, passing through the bustling guests without looking back, walking straight in one direction...

Looking in the direction where the small figure left, Su Ji was surprised to find Mu Lingyu standing there in white clothes. He felt that the two seemed to have said something to each other, but they couldn't see their expressions clearly.

Su Ji's eyes were astonished, and a dizzy feeling came from his head. Thinking back to when he wanted to take out the Hongjun bell just now, he also had the same dizzy feeling.

"Gulong!"

The maid serving the banquet put a tray containing chrysanthemum wine on the table. He caught a glimpse of the blond hair reflected in the bronze nobility, suddenly realized, and immediately asked Husi:

"Did you say something to them?"

Not only did Hu Si not admit it, but she said coquettishly in a reproachful tone:

"Xiao Si is the most obedient! Brother, don't accuse a good person!"

Su Ji didn't like her, and already believed in her heart that she must be obstructing it. Just as she was about to continue interrogating, she suddenly heard a soft voice from behind:

"Master of Xuanling Pavilion! You made my family find it hard! Instead of talking to yourself here, why don't you let my family have a drink with you!"

In the voice, Li Rumei walked gracefully in a gorgeous palace attire, and said delicately:
"The banquet is about to begin. Hurry up and join the servants!"

She pulled Su Ji by the corner of his clothes, took him to the seat for the elders on the right, let him sit next to Taoist Huangmei, and sat on the other side by herself.

Su Ji kept staring at Mu Lingyu and Hua Rulang, and saw that they didn't come with him, but sat on the opposite seat.

The expressions of both of them were different from usual, especially Hua Rulang, who kept his head down, lost the vigor just now, couldn't see his expression clearly, and didn't know what he was thinking.

Su Ji's face darkened, and the faint uneasiness spread in his heart like a drop of ink.

At this moment, the guests on the side seats stood up one after another!All eyes were focused on the door, and Mo Shu and Jiang Ying walked in side by side.

Su Ji also stood up curiously, wanting to see these two people who came later than herself.I saw Jiang Ying walked to the chief on the left, and stretched out his hand to ask Mo Shu to sit down, but Mo Shu gave way and refused to sit first.

The mutual humility of the two was very polite, which made Su Ji feel puzzled, so he asked the Taoist with yellow eyebrows next to him:
"I didn't expect these two people to be so polite on the surface after fighting for so long!"

The yellow-browed Taoist burped and explained: "Jiang Ying once studied art in the Xuanhu Sect. Mo Shu is his teacher, and he should be the first seat, but according to his superiority, Jiang Ying is a nobleman, and Mo Shu is People, Jiang Ying should sit first, that's why the scene you saw happened."

Su Ji stood for a long time, looking at the two people pushing back and forth, feeling a little impatient, could not help raising his voice slightly, and complained:

"Rules are dead! Two people are alive! Sit down together and it's over!"

As soon as the words fell, more than a dozen Jiejiao elders turned their heads and stared at Su Ji.Taoist Huangmei hurriedly made a silent gesture to him.

Su Ji suddenly realized that the elders of Jiejiao are not ordinary people, especially those Qi refiners who are in the second stage of Xuanqing, their ears are better than dogs!
When Jiang Ying caught a glimpse of Su Ji, his pale face became a bit more disgusted, but Mo Shu showed a look of relief, and cupped his hands and said:

"What Master Xuanling said is not unreasonable, why don't we sit together at the same time, how about winning the Master's favor?"

"Mr. Yi." As he spoke, Jiang Ying made a gesture of invitation.

The two finally reached an agreement and sat down, and then 25 elders sat down, and the family members also sat down one after another.

Jiang Ying announced the official start of the Double Ninth Banquet.Little Lizi stood beside him and waved his hands, the palace music played, maikos entered the arena,

Immediately, small eunuchs in groups of three or four served expensive dishes such as frozen jujube bird's nest, cordyceps shark's fin, steamed bear's paw, etc., in big pots and bowls, filling the guests' tables to the brim.

According to the rules, Shen Hou was absent, and the main seat in the middle of the Chongjiu Palace was vacant. Jiang Ying, the chief on the left, toasted the guests on behalf of his father, and Mo Shu, the chief on the right, returned the thank you speech as today's most honored guest.

During this period, although there were conversations between the left and right elders, they were only talking about trivial matters.The elders seemed to have a tacit understanding with each other, and no one mentioned the matter of intercepting the leader.

While tasting the chrysanthemum wine with gusto, Su Ji asked Taoist Huangmei puzzledly:
"We won't just have a simple meal, will we?"

Taoist Huang Mei rubbed his wine-red nose and replied:

"Of course not. Most of the elders of Jiejiao came from the Rong people who traveled thousands of miles away. Before coming, everyone would measure their own length, which is for making coffins. The reason why everyone eats Laughing, because no one wants to be a starving ghost, because this will probably be the last meal."

Last meal?
Su Ji glanced at the family members of the veterans, each fresh face turned into pawns that could breathe in his eyes. I really don't know how long this bloody power game will end.
"Gulong!"

Su Ji found the wine jug on the table, and suddenly moved slowly by himself, the body of the jug tilted, and it automatically filled an empty bronze jug!

He immediately looked towards the opposite side, and found Mu Lingyu's cold eyes, staring at him closely, it seemed that she was using Xuanqing Qi to control the jug, in order to indicate the matter of the assassination.

At this moment, Su Ji suddenly realized that he was also in this bloody puzzle.

(End of this chapter)