Chapter 21 Downhill

Not long after Tang Yi left, a female disciple named Tian Xiang came quickly, walked up to Tang Susu and whispered something in a low voice, Tang Susu frowned, sneered for a while, and whispered a few more words.

After a while, another person came to see him outside the door, and it was none other than Song Yanqing.

Song Yanqing, who was allowed to enter, saw Tang Susu handed a letter to Tian Xiang beside him, and explained: "Let Niu Youdao go down the mountain and hand it over to Nanshan Temple in Xiaonanshan, Guangyi County, and ask him to send it to you by the way! "

"Yes!" Tian Xiang answered the letter with both hands, and glanced at Song Yanqing quietly as she turned to leave.

Song Yanqing stared at the letter in her hand very carefully, then turned around and saluted Tang Susu respectfully: "Disciple pays homage to the elder!"

Tang Susu cheerfully raised her hand, signaling that there is no need to be too polite.

However, Song Yanqing remained expressionless, and said calmly: "Elder, I heard that Niu Youdao is going down the mountain to serve as the guardian of the Shang Dynasty Zongfa master?"

Tang Susu nodded slightly, "There is such a thing."

Song Yanqing's face tensed a little, and he said in a deep voice: "Elder, you just promised that the Shang Qingzong would not let the Shang sect follow the mages." He returned to the Shang Qingzong before Shang Shuqing, He had already greeted Shang Qingzong in advance, and now Shang Qingzong wanted to send someone to Shang Chaozong, and he couldn't deal with his family about this matter later.

Tang Susu sighed: "It's really an accident. Princess Shang took out the token of gratitude that Shangqingzong gave to King Ning back then, and went up the mountain to find the door in person. How can Shangqingzong evade it? Shangqingzong is a well-known decent school. You owe someone a kindness, and they want you to pay it back now. If you don’t pay it back, what face will Shang Qingzong have in meeting people in the practice world in the future? You will be poked in the back and made a joke, Yanqing, this is not optional It's such a small thing, it's really helpless."

Song Yanqing said: "If you don't repay your kindness, I don't know much about the past, so I don't want to make judgments. I only know that the words from the capital have been brought to the Shang Qingzong, and now the actions of the Shang Qingzong are beyond the expectations of the capital. The disciple would like to ask the elder, how should the disciple explain to the capital?" The tone was a little deep and a bit aggressive.

Tang Susu hehe said: "Don't worry too much, don't you know how much Niu Youdao weighs? Just because he can be a follower mage? It's purely perfunctory to the Shang Dynasty." Actually, at the beginning It is true that he never thought of sending someone to Shang Chaozong, but he came to the door and took out a token, which is related to the reputation of a sect, so it is not easy to refuse directly, so he has to deal with him. Asking Shang Shuqing to meet Niu Youdao is also to let Shang Shuqing retreat in the face of difficulties. After all, Niu Youdao is at such a young age. The Shang Qingzong was a little bit hard to get off.

Song Yanqing said indifferently: "I haven't been in Shang Qingzong these years. I don't know what's going on with Niu Youdao. I only know that the meaning of the capital is that you can't send people to Shang Dynastyzong, not even one!"

"You!" Tang Susu pointed at him, shook his head slightly and said, "I'm thinking about you, can't you see it?"

"Uh..." Song Yanqing was stunned for a moment, "For the sake of the disciple? The disciple can't see where he is thinking of the disciple!"

Tang Susu said casually, "There is one thing you may not know. The leader Tang Yi doesn't like Niu Youdao at all. He hasn't even met him a few times in so many years. He hasn't consummated with Niu Youdao so far. The leader is still An innocent virgin. As I told you in the early years, the head of the sect is just to take on important responsibilities, not because he really wants to commit himself to Niu Youdao. How could the head of the sect fall in love with a villager? Compared with you, Niu Youdao , Sect Leader, can’t you tell which one is better? But Sect Leader is the daughter of the previous Sect Leader, and she has to bear some responsibilities. As a man, you must understand her difficulties as a woman.”

"..." Song Yanqing was completely stunned, hesitant to speak, his eyes gradually brightened, and his heart became active again. Tang Susu had already hinted clearly what it meant.

Tang Susu paid attention to his reaction, and continued: "Everyone knows what happened to the Shang Dynasty Zong, and it is destined to be full of crises and will not end well. Besides, Niu Youdao has no self-protection ability at all. What is the difference between following the Shang Dynasty Zong and courting death? Some things It is not easy for the Shang Qingzong to do it clearly. You should understand the reason. It is not appropriate for people to have an accident in the Shang Qingzong. If they are implicated by the Shang Dynastyzong, it is another matter. The relationship between King Ning and Dongguo Haoran I also know that Shang Chaozong appointed Dong Guo Haoran's disciples to come out of the mountain, and the other disciples of Shangqingzong can also understand, and there will be no doubts."

Song Yanqing's eyes flickered, he was thinking about something, but his tense face eased down.

The hall was silent for a while, and Tang Susu, who was watching the words and expressions, suddenly laughed again: "Of course, everything has accidents. Maybe the Shang Dynasty Zong can survive many crises and keep Niu Youdao safe by the way. That can only be said to be his luck. The relationship between the door and his husband and wife has to be maintained. Yanqing, the Shangqingzong has the difficulties of the Shangqingzong, and Niu Youdao is not a mage's retinue. You have to explain the situation to the capital for the sect Clear!"

Song Yanqing forced a smile on his face, nodded again and again and said: "This disciple is also a disciple of the Shangqing Sect, so he naturally speaks for the master. Don't worry, the elder, this disciple knows how to explain to the capital."

Tang Susu nodded: "That's good, that's good, I really saw the right person."

"If the elder has no other orders, the disciple will leave first!" Song Yanqing said with cupped hands.

Tang Susu happily waved his sleeves and said, "Go, go."

Song Yanqing took a few steps back respectfully, then turned around and left quickly.

As soon as he left here, he immediately went back to find Xu Yitian and Chen Guishuo, two followers. One was asked to prepare the horses, and the other was asked to ask the sect for leave because he wanted to go back to the capital.

Everything was ready, and the three hurriedly left Shangqingzong.

Along the way, Song Yanqing was quite excited, excited by Tang Susu's words. Tang Yi and Niu Youdao had a relationship in name only, which is really surprising. It seems that this flower still has to wait for him to pick it. He made up his mind. Determined to get Tang Yi this time, Tang Susu should know the consequences of fooling him again and again, dare not cooperate and give it a try!

"Brother, you're going in the wrong direction, that's not going to the capital!"

The three riders ran out of the area of ​​Shangqingzong, just waded through the shallow water and ran across the river to the opposite bank. Song Yanqing, who was leading the horse, ran in the opposite direction, and Chen Guishuo, who caught up, hurriedly shouted a reminder.

"Nonsense! I'm not blind, just follow me!" Song Yanqing turned around and cursed.

Xu Yitian and Chen Guishuo looked at each other, not knowing what he was going to do, so they had to speed up to keep up...

Tang Susu, who was cross-legged and eyes closed on the futon, was silent, the lights in the hall were not too bright, and the light was half immersed in the dimness.

Tian Xiang quickly broke in from outside the hall, knelt down in front of Tang Susu and said in a low voice, "Elder, no one is heading towards the capital!"

"Idiots think beautifully!" Tang Susu opened her eyes and sneered...

The next day, just after dawn, a disciple of the Shangqing Sect came to the 'Peach Blossom Spring' and asked Niu Youdao to come down the mountain, asking if there was anything he could help clean up.

It could be seen that the disciple's eyes were obviously curious about the head husband, but when Niu Youdao asked him something, he was careful not to say anything.

Niu Youdao didn't have anything to clean up, so he packed two sets of change of clothes and packed them together with the sword sent by Shang Shuqing on his back, and went down the mountain like this.

Walking along the zigzag steps that cut through the steep place in the middle of the cliff all the way to the bottom of the mountain, passing a stone bridge, I saw Shang Shuqing waiting there.

Shang Shuqing was followed by four burly men, two of them were dressed in cyan clothes, and the other two were dressed in earth gray clothes, with leather wrist guards on their wrists and leather waist protectors tied around their waists. There was a murderous and fierce aura, and weapons such as bows, crossbows, and swords were hung on the horses beside him.

"Master!" Shang Shuqing cupped his hands in salute.

Niu Youdao nodded and smiled, Tian Xiang led a bay red horse with a handsome coat, and pointed to the package hanging on the horse after seeing the ceremony: "Master, here is the gold and silver that the sect prepared for you, and Some dry food for the road." Then he took out a sealed letter from his sleeve and handed it over, "This is a letter that the headmaster asked you to take to the presiding officer of Nanshan Temple in Xiaonanshan, Guangyi County on the way. The place, you can ask for the detailed location, and the head tells you to remember to deliver it."

Niu Youdao received it and looked it over, but he didn't see the signature on the envelope, so he stuffed it into the package hanging on the horse, looked up at the direction of Shangqing Palace, and asked, "Don't I need to say goodbye?"

Tian Xiang smiled and said: "The head said no need, said the Princess and the others still have to hurry."

"Oh! Let's go then." Niu Youdao smiled self-deprecatingly.

For so many years, he has never had any choice here, and it is the same this time, too much talk is nonsense, he took the reins, and got on the horse neatly.

The princess and his party quickly got on their horses, turned around and galloped away first, and Niu Youdao followed behind.

A group of horses galloped wildly and galloped away.

Under a pine tree by the cliff of Shangqing Palace, Tang Yi, whose clothes fluttered like a fairy, was condescending, watching the scene of riding with a frown, and became more and more suspicious of Niu Youdao's origin. Youdao received riding training in his early years? A poor boy in a mountain nest has this condition?

Amidst the sound of horseshoes rushing and snapping, Niu Youdao looked back at the 'Peach Blossom Spring', only to see that the peach blossoms were still brilliant, and wondered if he would have a chance to come back...

The territory of Shangqingzong is not small, and the fast horse galloped for a while between the mountain and forest roads. When it was about to leave the boundary, several riders in front suddenly stopped on the forest road, forcing Niu Youdao behind to stop quickly , Looking up, I saw the one-eyed and lame Tuhan blocking the road ahead.

"Princess, I have something to talk to him alone." Tuhan pointed to Niu Youdao behind him, with a rough voice.

Shang Shuqing looked back and saw that Niu Youdao had no objection, so she waved and left with four followers.

Niu Youdao jumped off his horse and said with a smile, "What needs to be said here?"