Earth Immortal Righteous Path

Chapter 314 There are birds and birds

On the dressing table, in front of the glazed mirror, a girl sits on it.

With high hair on the temples, long sleeves and a skirt, in front of the glazed mirror, the beautiful woman is quietly dressing up. Qianqiansu took a piece of lip paper dyed with paint from a copper box on the dressing table, hesitated, and then gently sipped it. Take a small sip, and suddenly, the small sip of cherry looks even more charming.

It is rare for Ding Yuchen to dress up so gorgeously. Usually in the Xianxi Shui Mansion, she tries to keep a low profile as much as possible, with her face up to the sky, and does not let her makeup surpass other maids.

The maids who do this will be selected by the goddess to act as dancers or bed playthings.

In the past, she was a young girl, and when she hid away, no one deliberately made it difficult for a little girl, and often assigned her some leisurely work, and she just got by like this.

But now it's different, she's already 14 years old, if she's still at home, it's time for her wedding ceremony...

Looking at the beautiful woman who gradually showed some color in the mirror, Ding Yuchen didn't know where to go.

"I don't know if the ancestral hall at home is covered with moss? Dad used to take his younger brother to clean it himself, and never let the servants get close. Now no one cleans it. Seven years have passed, and I don't know how dilapidated it is! Alas, I left in a hurry back then, and didn't even take away the God's Master Card, and the ancestors and ancestors have cut off the incense for seven years..."

14 years old, already an adult in Daliao.

At this time, the mistress of a wealthy family will hold a funeral ceremony, inviting some female family members from relatives and friends to come and introduce her daughter, which means that there is a daughter in my family who has grown up and can be married.

If there is a willing family, the female relatives in charge of the family will post a post during the gathering, make an appointment to enjoy flowers and outings, etc., look at each other, observe the woman's behavior, and if satisfied, they will further contact and inquire about the woman's family situation, and finally Only then will we talk about marriage.

If the woman loves her daughter, most of them will stay for a few more years, but they will also pay attention to the man, inquire about the men of the right age one by one, and choose the best ones. The man and the woman can make a marriage contract first and agree on a date to get married.

This is the custom in Daliao. Women can be married at fourteen, and twenty is the older age.

According to the current laws and regulations of the Daliao Kingdom, if a woman is over 24 years old and unmarried, she will be fined [-] yuan per year.

Even for a wealthy family, this amount of money is not a small amount, and it can catch up with one or two months' expenses.

"If my mother is still here, I should have received a lot of hairpin and flower viewing posts this year after I reach my birthday..."

"Ugh……"

With a faint sigh, Ding Yuchen lowered his eyes, the circles of his eyes were red.

It is unimaginable for those who have not really experienced it personally to live under the fence and rely on others.

From the age of seven, the family changed suddenly, the parents died, the family persecuted, and then became a sacrifice and sank into the stream, was taken in by the water palace, and scheming...

In the past seven years, from an ignorant girl protecting her younger brother, stumbling and living until now, she has not been dismissed at will like other "sacrifices", nor has she violated taboos and been beaten to death. She has suffered a lot.

No one can shield her from the wind and rain, and no one will pity her tears.

The cold reality taught her to wipe away her tears, restrain her emotions, be careful with her company, show a smiling face, cater to all parties, and run around fighting for a small world for herself and her brother.

Even though the Water Mansion is far away from the world, it feels like a paradise.

Here, there is also admiration and intrigue, and as a human being and a young child, Ding Yuchen suffered a lot of grievances in the first few years.

In addition, there is also a younger brother who is not sensible, and will always unintentionally run into some small troubles...

Growing up in such a difficult environment, she had to develop a sensitive mind and a vigilant heart.

Talk less, fight less, do more, think more, abide by the rules, and know what to do, these are the experiences she has gained after being beaten to the ground.

"Next time, I'm afraid it will be my turn to serve the bed..."

There are many ghosts, gods, monsters, or princes and princes in the water mansion who entertain them, and they will assign some maids to serve the bed every time.

Sometimes, if she meets a distinguished guest, the Xianxi Goddess will go off in person, hang out, and count them carefully. In the past seven years, she has seen at least thirty or fifty such servants.

A maid like her is originally a slave of a vassal, and life and death are all in the hands of the Goddess of the Water Palace, so it is very possible to give it away casually.

That's why she's dressed up this time.

After reaching the age, she could no longer refuse this "rule". When she was 12 years old, a ghost from the underworld once took a fancy to her, but she rejected it on the grounds that she was young. She didn't dare to force it, but she knew from the other party's eyes that he didn't give up.

This time, she had no reason to refuse.

If possible, she hopes that she will stay in the water mansion forever, even if she is a cleaner.

She doesn't want to treat it as a plaything to serve guests who don't know where she came from.

The guests of the owner of the Water Mansion really have everything.

If you encounter those monsters who like to eat people, you won't even leave a whole corpse behind.

She has seen it.

The young lady who entered the Shui Mansion a year later than her was sent to serve a eagle-headed monster, and half of the leftover arms and offal were left the next day. The scene was so bloody and terrifying that she made three in a row Nightmare of the month.

After dressing up, despite every possible reluctance, she still had to go out.

Early this morning, she had already received a summons, ordering her to freshen up and go to see the goddess.

So, she guessed that this time it was Na's turn to treat her.

"I hope that what I want to serve is a normal human race..."

With a bit of apprehension and reluctance for the future, Ding Yuchen collected his mood and hid his thoughts that he shouldn't have. At least he didn't show anything on his face, and then moved to the bedroom step by step.

The short journey seems to be as long as half a lifetime.

But the long road finally came to the end.

His heart was pounding, almost jumping out of his chest, Ding Yuchen gritted his teeth and stepped into the familiar palace.

What was different from the original thought was that there were no guests in the hall, only a master and a servant, sitting at the table, each holding black and white pieces, playing chess.

"Here you come? Let me see how Chen Mingzhu's daughter is doing now."

Jiang Ruoqing was quite enthusiastic, unlike usual.

If you want to say that there are more than 200 maids in this water mansion, there are more than [-] maids, and there are even more people who take care of the property outside.

Jiang Ruoqing usually doesn't have the time to pay attention to so many people, she just orders a few confidants to take care of them, and usually doesn't pay attention.

Ding Yuchen didn't know what the Xianxi Goddess was going crazy this time, so he had to walk over obediently.

Jiang Ruoqing leaned over to take a closer look at his eyebrows and features, and nodded in satisfaction.

"Well, it's not bad. Chen Mingzhu was a well-known lady in Baili back then, and she was known as both talented and beautiful. Her daughter was born so coincidentally. Her appearance and figure can be counted among the world. Even a prince is enough."

Jiang Ruoqing smiled and took her hand again, looked at her palm prints, asked her time of birth, and calculated secretly.

After obtaining a hexagram image, she interpreted the hexagram again, and the words of the hexagram are as follows:

"Swallows hold mud, Shangji, the Lord's family is reunited and live in harmony."

"I'm afraid that the Baihe Immortal is the only one left in her family. I didn't expect that Ding Lingwei hadn't returned to his hometown for thousands of years, and she was still thinking about it! I knew that Ding's family should be helped when they were in trouble. It would be too late to be a favor at this time." , with that old man's temperament, it would be a blessing not to implicate me."

Thinking of this, Jiang Ruoqing's complexion changed a little, and she almost couldn't hold back her smile.

The Jinnu on the side observed her words and expressions, and knew that her young lady had something on her mind, so she pulled Ding Yuchen aside to coax her, and said a lot of good things.

"I'm not going to hide it from you. I met your mother, Chen Mingzhu, once when she was boating on the stream, and I was moved by a good poem. I gave her a pot of eucalyptus, which was also a handkerchief. I heard that later She married into the Ding family, so we lost all news."

Ding Yuchen opened his eyes wide, listening to Jiang Ruoqing's story.

"Later, your Ding family provoked many people for some reason. I don't know exactly what happened. I only know that it involved the Daliao Ghost Kingdom. Your mother asked the family's son to come to my door with that pot of eucalyptus. I Thinking of some affection in the past, I asked Mengmiao to take in your brother and sister in the name of offering sacrifices."

"God, sorry, those brainless relatives in your clan, wish you could kill the two of you sooner, so as to divide up the title that was supposed to be inherited—remember it seems that the title of the Ding family can be inherited for two more generations?"

The corners of Jiang Ruoqing's mouth curled up into a beautiful arc, sarcastic with disdain.

"These people are all blinded by greed, and they don't know how to live to such an old age. Your father is the pillar of the Ding family, and the whole clan is worthless except for him. Once he falls, the Ding family will not have many people." It was swallowed up by powerful households in [-], and the county magistrate found a few excuses to allocate them to the frontier. Until last year, the last branch of the Ding family that was able to conquer the title was also robbed, and more than a dozen members of the family died. clean."

"You are lucky to have met me, otherwise the grave would have been overgrown by now. Those villains, what means can't be used for the title!"

This is half-truth and half-false. Ding Yuchen admits that this goddess does have the grace of shelter, but it is a lie to say that she takes care of her mother's affection.

She and her brother have stayed here for seven years and have never seen this goddess pay much attention to her. Even today is the first time they have met alone.If it's really true, why did you go early.

Something must have happened, it's just something Ding Yuchen still doesn't know.

But it seems to be a good thing, otherwise, with the temperament of this goddess, she would not pay attention to her!
Secretly heaved a sigh of relief, Ding Yuchen also showed a smile, this time he will be much more sincere.

No matter what, the other party is indeed kind to her. Right now, the siblings are just a servant here, so how can they really fight against the master.

"The Goddess has a great kindness to the maidservant, and the maidservant has nothing to repay. I wish to serve the Goddess forever and ever."

Jiang Ruoqing pretended to be displeased and said:
"I know your mother very well, you should call me aunt."

Ding Yuchen hastily declined and dared not.

"How dare maidservant..."

"That's it, just call me Auntie!"

"...Yes, Auntie."

Ding Yuchen had no choice but to change his words.

That's why Jiang Ruoqing was satisfied. She took her hand and talked sweetly, talking about her daughter's family, and gossip about the private life of ghosts and gods.

Don't look at Jiang Ruoqing's chaotic private life, in fact, she is relatively clean.

Comparing that she was born in a famous family at any rate, she also needs to pay attention to the style of the family.

After those wild goblins and wild monsters in the mountains turned into forms, it was really called a chaos.

Without the guidance of an expert, without understanding of human etiquette, illiterate, and reading, judging right from wrong based on likes and dislikes, joy and anger, often causing all kinds of troubles.

Listening to Jiang Ruoqing telling her about the various chaotic images of the natural spirits in the mountains and rivers after they ascended to the gods, Ding Yuchen really opened his eyes.

It turned out that someone like Jiang Ruoqing was quite self-sufficient. Anyway, she only occasionally picked up a few handsome white faces to hook up with. After all, she didn't have a husband either.

There are many goddesses, they are goddesses on the surface, but in private they are similar to prostitutes in the world.

From the conversation, one could hear Jiang Ruoqing's strong disdain.

"Today I know the true face of the gods..."

For some reason, Ding Yuchen thought of a sentence he had heard before.

"The wise and upright become gods after death."

It is really better to replace the land that is so rotten to the root as a whole, and let the heroes of the world replace them.

……

Just now when Jiang Ruoqing calculated Ding Yuchen's fortune, she mentioned Ding Lingwei's name. Although she didn't pronounce it out, she thought of it more than once in her heart, and even calculated it to him.

"Jiang Ruoqing..."

Hundreds of miles away, outside the gate of the county seat, a thin old man in a blue Taoist uniform walked in with his hands behind his back.

He kept muttering in his mouth, and his voice was not low, but others seemed to be unable to hear him.

"Hmph, another shameless goddess!"

Jiang Ruoqing calculated him, and he felt it here, Jiang Ruoqing thought of his name again, and then even his thoughts were quietly sensed by him.

He simply stopped walking, and changed on the spot. He spread his hands and danced, and he became a white crane with a whole body.

Under the horrified eyes of everyone, the white crane flapped its wings, flew up to a tall pillar on the city gate, and then spoke out.

"There are birds and birds, Ding Lingwei. They have been home for thousands of years. The city is the same as before, and the people are angry. Why don't you learn from the fairy tombs?"

Repeated it dozens of times, and shouted whenever he saw anyone, the white crane stopped at the highest point of the gate tower, and the sensation caused spread throughout the county within half a moment.

In the end, even the county magistrate who had been living in the county government office admiring antiques was alarmed, and personally brought a group of subordinates over to watch the so-called anecdote.

"This bird is unknown. It spouts people's words. It's either a ghost or a ghost. Left and right, bring me a bow and arrow to shoot it!"

For some reason, the county magistrate felt unhappy when he saw this white crane, so he ordered someone to shoot an arrow.

Dozens of feathered arrows shot crookedly and were easily dodged by the white crane.

"found it!"

The white crane flew over here, flew over the heads of the crowd, and landed in a house in the city.

"Isn't that the county lord's yard?"

Someone in the know exclaimed.

"What? Come after me!"

At this moment, the white crane flew out again, clutching a bronze bust at its feet, and fell heavily!
"Lake Immortal, Lake Immortal!"

The county magistrate ran wildly all the way, threw himself on the ground, but failed to catch it, and the statue was smashed to pieces. The county magistrate rolled his eyes on the spot and passed out.

"How dare a little adulterous priest dare to act like a demon in front of Lao Ding?"

The white crane curled its long beak in a humane manner, and then pecked from the air, as if breaking something invisible, a shrill woman's cry faintly resounded in the air, and then, the onlookers were chilled, as if the temperature suddenly It dropped a few degrees and was average.

"The county lord sacrificed to the evil god, but was broken by the crane."

"Fortunately, Immortal Baihe pointed out that this did not lead to a catastrophe. It is a blessing for this county!"

The county lieutenant was a little gloating. For such a serious crime, dismissal from office is considered a minor crime. I am afraid that the family will still be implicated.

He has always been at odds with the county magistrate, so of course he will be charged with killing him.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, who can easily reverse the case?
If the county magistrate trips over, maybe he can move up, such as the master book?

"The immortal blesses, the immortal manifests!"

The scene was chaotic for a while, the county magistrate was stunned and lost his mind, as if he had lost his spirit.

(End of this chapter)