Troubled times: Start practicing spiritual practice by taking care of your sister-in-law

The road leading to the Poison King Valley is beautiful and dazzling. Every time you reach an open area with water, you can see a village hidden in the mountains.

In a valley hidden in the mountains, a rushing waterfall flows down from the top of the cliff, forming a clear stream in the valley. Attics, pavilions, and stilted wooden buildings are built between the cliffs and on the giant trees.

They are connected in a piece like a paradise. There are also terraced fields surrounding the valley, and you can vaguely hear the discussions of men and women.

"We should be here soon."

"The saint's bee sent a letter two days ago, saying that they have arrived at the Locust Ridge. Calculating the time, it should be here at this time."

"Here it comes, my crow is back."

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A black crow circled in the sky, and soon flew lower and lower, landing on the shoulder of a middle-aged man, making a crow cry.

After hearing the crow's voice, the middle-aged man smiled and said, "Grand Elder, the Saint and the others have arrived and are coming down the stone steps."

"Hurry up and bring the bronze mirror, don't make any mistakes." Si Song, the Grand Elder of the Poison King Valley, who was sitting on the armchair, said to the disciple beside him.

The disciple brought the bronze mirror, and Si Song looked at herself in the bronze mirror, fixing her makeup. Seeing that her face was rosy and not pale, she was relieved and smiled, "Beat the gongs and cowhide drums for me. My son-in-law is a great benefactor of our Poison King Valley, and it's his first time to come to our Poison King Valley. We have to be more solemn and can't neglect it."

As soon as Chen Mo and his group went down to the valley, they heard the festive sound of gongs and drums.

"It's the Grand Elder and the others."

"The Grand Elder and the others are here to greet us."

The Second Elder and the others said.

"Miss Nalan." Han Anniang accompanied Nalan Yiren. Chen Mo and the others were all grown men, and they were definitely not as careful and comforting as Han Anniang. Seeing that she was still gloomy, he couldn't help but shake her hand.

"Ah." Nalan Yiren came back to her senses. Since she knew the situation of the great elder, she was in a low mood all the way.

"Miss Nalan, we're here." Han Anniang said.

"Oh." Nalan Yiren looked up, and there was still no joy on her face.

Han Anniang frowned, a little worried.

Chen Mo looked back and was about to say something, but saw that Nalan Yiren, who was still gloomy, suddenly laughed and greeted Si Song and the others:

"Great elder, I'm back."

"Uncle Zhao, Aunt Zhao."

"Slug, what are you looking at? I've only been away for a short time, and you don't recognize me?"

As Nalan Yiren spoke, she came to the mother and son, then bent down and reached out to touch the head of the child who looked only six or seven years old.

The child who was called a slug by Nalan Yiren was stunned for a moment, and then said stupidly: "You are a saint? Why don't you wear a mask?"

When this was said, Nalan Yiren and the child's mother both laughed.

Then the child's mother greeted Nalan Yiren, and the disciples in the valley next to them and their families also waved and shouted.

These people have lived here for generations, and their ancestors were disciples of the Nalan family. They respect the Nalan family. For thousands of years, they are not relatives, but better than relatives.

So, although they respect the Nalan family as the leader, they are not serious. When they see Nalan Yiren bringing her son-in-law back, some elders will make fun of her.

"The Saint has found a husband, so of course she doesn't need to wear a mask anymore."

"This is the son-in-law, so handsome."

"I heard from the Great Elder that the son-in-law and the Saint had secretly agreed to spend their lives together when they were in Yelang."

"Saint, you brought the son-in-law back this time, when do you plan to get married? We are still waiting to drink your wedding wine."

"Drink wedding wine, drink wedding wine"

The children also followed suit.

"The Saint is shy, I didn't expect the Saint to be shy."

"The Saint is also a woman, all women are shy."

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Nalan Yiren blushed slightly, looking at Si Song.

Si Song stroked his beard, a satisfied smile appeared on his face, and said with a smile: "Yiren, you are back."

Nalan Yiren nodded, suppressed the urge to expose in his heart, and smiled: "I am back."

"Great Elder, long time no see." Chen Mo smiled and stepped forward.

"I greet His Majesty the Emperor of Wei." Si Song bowed.

"Grand Elder, you are slapping me in the face. If you are not satisfied with me, just say it directly." Chen Mo pretended to be dissatisfied.

"Today is different from the past. Your Majesty is the monarch of a country. For the sake of his beloved, it is an honor for our Poison King Valley to come to such a remote place like ours. We must not lose the etiquette."

"Grand Elder, if you talk like this again, I will turn back."

"Then I will dare to call your Majesty a wise grandson-in-law first." Si Song said.

"It should be so." Chen Mo said.

Seeing that the Majesty and the others had almost finished talking, Chen Xiu and Han Anniang looked at each other, then stepped forward and said, "Meet the Grand Elder."

"Who are you?" Si Song was stunned.

"I am Chen Xiu, the Minister of Rites of the Great Wei. At the request of your Majesty, I came to the Poison King Valley with your Majesty's sister-in-law to propose marriage to the Poison King Valley."

When Chen Xiu said this, Han Anniang stepped forward, took out the engagement letter, and handed it to Si Song.

The Engagement Letter recorded Chen Mo's age and birth date.

This was an essential step in proposing marriage.

Si Song was stunned. Although Nalan Yiren had sent bees to deliver the message in advance, the information conveyed by the poisonous bees was limited. He never expected that the man would attach so much importance to it that he even brought the Minister of Rites with him.

"Xuanzi, hurry up and get Yiren's engagement letter." Si Song gestured to the middle-aged man beside him.

The middle-aged man was stunned and a little confused.

Engagement letter, how could he have the Saint's engagement letter.

"Grand Elder, I'll go get it." The second elder said.

"I'll trouble you, second elder." Si Song glared at the middle-aged man with a look of disappointment, and the latter realized that the Grand Elder wanted him to go down and prepare now.

"Master Chen, wait a moment." Si Song said.

"No hurry."

As he said that, Chen Xiu clapped his hands and said, "Grand Elder, this is the betrothal gift that His Majesty prepared for the National Master."

Sun Meng gestured.

The guards behind him carried the betrothal gifts one by one in front of them, and soon they piled up into a small mountain.

And at Sun Meng's signal, these boxes were opened one by one.

The gold, silver, jewels, jade jewelry and silks inside almost blinded the eyes of everyone in the valley.

"Hiss, so much gold."

"These jewelry are so beautiful."

"My son-in-law is so generous."

"I have never seen so much money in my life."

"With so much money, I am afraid you can buy our entire Poison King Valley."

"The Saint is so lucky."

"The Saint has a good eye."

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Everyone chattered, their eyes full of envy.

Si Song didn't care about this at first, but when he saw the pile of gold, silver and jewelry like a small mountain, he still showed some surprise and surprise in his eyes, but it can also be seen that the other party really cares about Yiren.

Nalan Yiren looked at the satisfied expressions of everyone in the valley, and looked at Chen Mo with a look that was obviously gentle and virtuous.

Chen Mo's move also made her look good.

"Grandson-in-law, this betrothal gift is too expensive." Si Song said.

"It's just a few boxes of gold, silver and jewelry. Yiren is priceless in my heart." Chen Mo looked at Nalan Yiren, and then held Nalan Yiren's hand in front of everyone.

"Hand in hand."

"The son-in-law and the saint are holding hands."

There was a cheer around, and some people whistled.

The valley was full of acquaintances. Although Nalan Yiren was still worried, she couldn't help but blush and lowered her head, but she didn't pull her hand away.

And this reaction, in the eyes of those young men, made them even more excited.

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The smile on Si Song's face also became a little stronger.

Maybe he was too happy, and he actually coughed while laughing.

This scared the third elder and some people who knew the details, and they all looked at Si Song.

Nalan Yiren's face also changed: "Grand Elder, what's wrong with you?"

"It's okay, I'm too excited. I finally see that you, Yiren, have found your sweetheart. I'm very happy, especially happy." Si Song quickly calmed down with his power.

Nalan Yiren opened her mouth wide, wanting to say something but stopping herself, and finally didn't expose it.

Si Song was also afraid of being exposed, so he quickly changed the subject and said: "Okay, don't stand here, go in, Xuanzi, hurry up, take people to arrange for the nobles to stay."

The middle-aged man called Xuanzi by Si Song did not look very smart. He actually said in front of everyone: "Grand Elder, there are so many of them, and we don't have so many houses in the valley."

The smile on Si Song's face froze, and even the third elder's face changed, wishing to go over and kick him.

The truth is so, but can you say this to his face?

And can't you find a way to solve it?

"Grand Elder, don't bother. They are all soldiers. They don't need to live in houses. Just find an open place and set up camp for them." Chen Mo also knew that it was difficult to arrange for more than a thousand people to live in houses.

"This"

Si Song wanted to say something else, but Chen Mo had already told Sun Meng to pass it on.

"Old Third, go find a place for them." Si Song didn't dare to call Xuan Zi anymore.

The Third Elder nodded and said, "Xuan Zi, come here."

He obviously wanted to take Xuan Zi with him.

"Everyone, please come in." Si Song smiled.

Chen Mo nodded, held Nalan Yiren's hand, and walked into the valley with Chen Xiu and Han Anniang.

The population in the Poison King Valley is not large. According to Si Song, there are only about 500 households, no more than 2,000 people.

As they walked into the valley, many people came out of the stilt houses on both sides, including women, children, the elderly and the young.

Han Anniang was startled because she saw some children playing with snakes among these people, and the snakes did not bite them.

A middle-aged woman saw that the foreign nobles were frightened. She was afraid that the elder would be angry, so she hurriedly stepped forward with a stern face, picked up the children playing with snakes, and walked into the house. From time to time, she heard words: "You are itching, who told you to take out the snakes to play with? What did the elder say, you forgot!"

Si Song's mouth twitched slightly, and he smiled: "Don't be afraid, these poisonous creatures are trained, very docile, and will not scare people. From children to the elderly, no one is afraid of them. They are almost like pets."

Han Anniang smiled reluctantly and took the snake as a pet.

Han Anniang was frightened all the way.

Although Si Song had asked people to collect the poisonous creatures in the valley in advance.

But there were too many poisonous creatures in the valley, and the vegetation in the valley was dense, so it was difficult for there to be "slippery fish".

So Han Anniang not only saw poisonous snakes, but also scorpions, spiders, and toads.

In short, all the poisonous creatures in the world can be found in the Poison King Valley.

The most important thing is that these poisonous creatures go in and out of these buildings in the valley, but the people in the valley are not surprised.

When a child about six years old saw it, he seemed to remember what the elder had said before, so he grabbed a poisonous snake and stuffed it into his crotch, obviously trying to hide it in his crotch.

This scene scared not only Han Anniang, but also Chen Mo.

Oh my god, is this how you play?

"Elder, is this really okay?" Chen Xiu's mouth twitched slightly.

"It's okay, even if it bites, it won't be poisonous." Si Song said.

"Why, isn't it a poisonous snake?" Chen Xiu said in surprise.

Nalan Yiren smiled and said, "Master Chen, you don't know that children born in the Poison King Valley, as long as they can walk, have been bitten by poisonous snakes and poisonous insects dozens or hundreds of times. They are bitten more and more, and slowly become immune."

Chen Xiu: "..."

Chen Mo's forehead also had a few black lines.

Oh my god, he is born with a poisonous body.

"Okay, we've arrived at your place." Si Song said.

The place where Si Song arranged for Chen Mo and the others to live was a loft built on a cliff, about ten feet above the ground, and could only be reached by a rope ladder.

Of course, for warriors, only low-grade warriors could jump up if they used their body skills.

"Great elder, do all the people in the Poison King Valley live in this kind of house?" Han Anniang asked curiously.

"Not all of them, most of them still live below, such as the old and young women and children in the valley. But I see that you are more afraid of poisonous insects, so I arranged for you to live here." Si Song explained.

"Then you should live here." Compared to being high, Han Anniang is still more afraid of poisonous insects.

"Great elder, the engagement card."

At this time, the second elder came over with the engagement card.

Si Song took it and gave it to Chen Xiu.

In fact, there is no need to look at this, it's just a process.

"That, great elder, Yiren's dowry is also ready." The second elder said and glanced at Chen Mo.

The great elder also looked at Chen Mo.

Chen Xiu whispered in Chen Mo's ear.

It turned out that there was another process before the marriage, called viewing the dowry.

That is, the man went to the woman's house to move the dowry (dowry), and the woman placed the dowry in the hall for people to see, which was called "viewing the dowry".

After that, when the woman married to the man's house, she also had to be placed in the hall for the man's people to see.

After Chen Mo understood, he smiled and said, "Grand Elder, don't rush this, let's set the wedding date first."

"Yes, set the wedding date first." Chen Xiu also said.

They couldn't stay in the Poison King Valley for too long, so they should set the wedding date as soon as possible.

"Okay, okay."

Si Song stroked his beard, he wished it would be as soon as possible. If possible, it would be best to get married tomorrow. After all, for him now, every day is a day.

Next, Chen Xiu and Han Anniang went to the ancestral temple of the Nalan family to discuss the wedding date.

Chen Mo and Nalan Yiren were waiting outside.

Chen Mo looked at Nalan Yiren: "Yiren, are you really okay?"