Chapter 35 The Truth Comes to Light
Zhongli Qian thought that if he continued to recite poems, the girl in front of him would probably become his sworn brother, so he quickly recited a line like "Picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence, leisurely seeing the southern mountains". Seeing Baili Qingmiao's proud expression change to leisurely, he suddenly realized and laughed at himself.
"What's wrong, Master Zhongli?" Baili Qingmiao felt Zhongli Qian's mood and couldn't help asking.
"I suddenly thought of something, and then I realized that I was being too humble." Zhongli Qian smiled humbly, "I was worried that my mood would be affected by Miss Baili and I would lose my rationality, so I forced myself to suppress my emotions. In fact, it's not that my willpower is stronger than yours, but Miss Baili is more considerate. When both of us were influenced by each other, you did not deliberately change your emotions to suppress me, but went along with me, which prevented you and me from losing control of our emotions because of competing for superiority, and thus going astray."
Baili Qingmiao was a little embarrassed, and waved his hands and said, "It's not like that. I think it's not a good thing to always complain about myself. Young Master Zhongli has helped me a lot."
"How about this, let's make an agreement," Zhongli Qian said, "Before we think of a way to remove the Tongxin Gu, no matter who is too impulsive, the other person must help her calm down. No other emotions are needed, just calm down and think twice before acting." "
That's great!" Baili Qingmiao clasped his fists and said, "Seeing is believing. When I was in Shangqing Sect, I often heard rumors about the Zhongli family. It's a bit embarrassing to say that most sects choose to hide from the world and have a slight prejudice against the cultivation families who enter the world to practice. Some even say that the cultivation families are all those who seek fame and reputation. Today, I met Master Zhongli and finally understood what nobleness is."
"Miss, you are too kind. This nobleness is not easy." Zhongli Qian said lightly, "Qian's feelings are difficult to hide
from Miss Baili. It's better to be frank. I also want to be a crazy man who rides a horse and drinks. I don't have to force myself to save people I don't like for this reputation and this luck." The responsibility is for Zhongli Qian, which is both a skill and a constraint. He himself doesn't know whether it is better to let it go or to carry him.
The two of them turned around in the Nether Fire Altar for a few times and met a few ghost cultivators who followed Wen Ren'e's orders to scare them. Wen Ren'e didn't give up the idea of "a friend in need is a friend indeed", hoping that sparks could be created between them.
Unfortunately, the more they get along, the more they act like brothers rather than lovers. No sparks fly, but Zhongli Qian is alert.
They fight off another wave of attacking ghost cultivators. Zhongli Qian stands there, holding a scroll in his hand, looking up at the stars in the sky. The morning star is shining brightly, and dawn is about to come.
He taps the palm of his hand with the scroll, and says confidently, "I understand."
"What does Master Zhongli understand?" Baili Qingmiao asks with his head tilted.
Zhongli Qian puts away the scroll, and says loudly to the void, "Mr. Wenren, I don't mean to fall in love with Miss Baili anyway. It would be a waste of time to waste time. Why don't you show up and meet her?"
Wenren'e was stunned. It was not difficult for Zhongli Qian to guess that everything was his order, but how did he guess that he wanted Zhongli Qian to fall in love with Baili Qingmiao?
He appeared in front of the two with Yin Hanjiang, and asked in a cold voice: "How did Master Zhongli find out?" "
Ah! Senior Wenren, I'm so glad you're okay!" Baili Qingmiao said with a look of surprise, "I thought there was unrest in Xuanyuan Sect, and you were harmed by that ghost-faced man!"
"No one can harm your Excellency." Yin Hanjiang said coldly.
"Of course the ghost-faced man will not harm Mr. Wenren, that's because Sect Master Yin is the ghost-faced man." Zhongli Qian said.
At this moment, Wenren E looked at Zhongli Qian and looked him up and down. This male third was much wiser than he thought. This wisdom made people doubt. How could Zhongli Qian fall in love with Baili Qingmiao in the original book?
It was very simple for Zhongli Qian to guess that Wenren'e wanted to match him with Baili Qingmiao. When he and Baili Qingmiao were looking for a way out, he had asked in detail about the encounter between Wenren'e and Baili Qingmiao, and learned about the Wanli Icefield, the death of Miss Shu Lian, and the treasure from the Golden Coast Cliff. Baili Qingmiao was not a scheming person, and she trusted Zhongli Qian at this time, so she told him everything she saw and heard. Cultivators have good memories, and under Zhongli Qian's questioning, she basically restored all the events.
Through Baili Qingmiao's description, Zhongli Qian initially determined that Miss Shu Lian was definitely Shu Yanyan, the right protector who had met him once before. He Wenchao was one of the eyes of the Absolute Spirit Array. Wenren'e had ordered the right protector to seduce He Wenchao many years ago. It was easy to break the Absolute Spirit Array, but it took ten years, until all the cultivators participating in the war were unable to use their own spiritual energy to attract the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to break the array.
"Zhongli Qian admires everything Mr. Wenren has done for the people. It is difficult to guess Mr. Wenren's intentions maliciously. We can only think in the most reasonable direction." Zhongli Qian did not avoid Baili Qingmiao and expressed his guess in front of the four people.
Baili Qingmiao was stunned, and he suffered a huge blow from the inside out.
"Senior Wenren, is Miss Shu really the right protector of Xuanyuan Sect? She, she is not dead?" Baili Qingmiao couldn't help but grab Wenren'e's sleeve and looked at him with his only remaining right eye.
"I can ask her to come to see you herself." Wenren'e said.
Suddenly, a dazzling sight fell on Baili Qingmiao's hand. Wenren'e did not look at the source of the sight, but seemed to pull out his sleeve casually. Sure enough, after avoiding Baili Qingmiao's touch, the gaze from Yin Hanjiang's direction disappeared.
Is Yin Hanjiang hostile to Baili Qingmiao? No, Wen Ren'e had already told Yin Hanjiang part of the plot in "Sad Love" before, and told him about his relationship with Baili Qingmiao. Yin Hanjiang would not misunderstand like in the book, so why did he show hostility now?
Wen Ren'e couldn't figure it out for a while, and he didn't want to show it in front of Zhong Liqian, so he had to put his doubts aside for the time being, summoned Shu Yanyan with a communication talisman, and ordered her to rush to the Nether Fire Altar as soon as possible.
"Mr. Wenren has met Miss Baili three times. Although his method is a bit rough, it reveals his intention to train her. Miss Baili is very talented. Qian guessed that Mr. Wenren wanted to give her some advice. But Miss Baili is concerned about He Wenchao, who has had affairs with Miss Shu and then with Junior Sister Liu mentioned by Miss Baili. He also keeps saying that he loves Miss Baili deeply." Zhongli Qian smiled and said, "In addition, Mr. Wenren has planted a Heart-to-Heart Gu on Qian and Miss Baili. The Heart-to-Heart Gu is used by Miao women to maintain their relationship with their husbands. Combining the above points, it is not difficult to see that Mr. Wenren hopes to help Miss Baili get rid of the sin of love through me."
His words made the three people present look at him with new eyes. Zhongli Qian has obviously been an outsider. All his knowledge of the matter came from Baili Qingmiao, who was not so clear-headed. With such limited information, he was able to guess the truth that Shu Yanyan and other insiders of Xuanyuan Sect did not see through. It was really amazing.
"How do you know I'm the Ghost-Faced Man?" Yin Hanjiang took out the ghost mask and put it on his face. Baili Qingmiao shuddered when she saw his face. A fear from the bottom of her heart made her afraid of this mask.
Zhongli Qian comforted Baili Qingmiao: "Don't be afraid, girl. Sect Master Yin disguised himself very well. It was just a word that was leaked. He said that we are not worthy of Mr. Wenren's token. This must be something that only someone who respects Mr. Wenren very much can say. So our previous guess that the Ghost-Faced Man secretly harmed Mr. Wenren does not exist.
"Similarly, since the Ghost-Faced Man respects Mr. Wenren so much, if he is killed, the Ghost-Faced Man will never be in the mood to pay attention to us, so Mr. Wenren must be safe. Qian has been observing the people of Xuanyuan Sect these days. The only one who meets this condition is Sect Master Yin, so he made a bold guess and was lucky to guess it right. "
The morning star twinkled above Zhongli Qian's head, like the only ray of light in the night sky. He smiled humbly, making people feel like they were bathed in a spring breeze, just in line with the saying, 'The man on the street is like jade, and there
is no one like him in the world.' "Pa", "pa", "pa"! Wen Ren'e clapped his hands three times in a row and praised, "Zhongli Qian is worthy of being a hero of the time."
It is well worth the author to set Zhongli Qian as an important male supporting role. People like him are worthy of being the third male after the second male Wen Ren'e.
"Mr. Wenren, you are too kind." Zhongli Qian said neither humbly nor arrogantly, "There is only one thing I don't understand. Why do you think that Miss Baili and I can have feelings for each other? Miss Baili is a kind person, and Qian admires her in his heart, but it seems that it is not right to be so frivolous to fall in love with her?"
"I don't understand this matter either, and I need Mr. Zhongli to solve my doubts." Wenren'e said.
Zhongli Qian raised his eyebrows, his doubts almost penetrated the cloth covering his eyes, and he just waited for Wenren'e to answer.
Wenren'e thought for a moment, and carefully considered the wording, "I have been peeping into the secrets of heaven, and Mr. Zhongli may have a relationship with Baili Qingmiao."
"Can you be more detailed? Qian also wants to know under what circumstances he will be tempted?" Zhongli Qian said.
They talked back and forth, and Baili Qingmiao looked at Wenren'e for a while, and then looked at Zhongli Qian, her mind became a mess. These two people were obviously talking about their own things, but they were very cautious in their words, taking into account her as the person involved, and not embarrassing her at all.
Baili Qingmiao stared at Zhongli Qian, wondering how could Master Zhongli fall in love. He was such a free and easy person, he wouldn't be as stubborn as herself...
Before she could think about it, she was knocked unconscious by Wenren'e. The revised version of "Sad Love" is told from Baili Qingmiao's perspective. Wenren'e didn't want the plot of the book he picked up to appear in the revised version exactly, so he knocked Baili Qingmiao unconscious.
"According to fate, you will meet Baili Qingmiao who is imprisoned in the back mountain of Shangqing Sect on the day of He Wenchao's wedding. You pity her and help her escape. After meeting again, you see that she is deeply in love and can't extricate herself, so you help her again. As you help her, you fall in love with her, and you also promise her to give up the Zhongli family and travel around the world with her. I also want to know why." Wenren'e asked.
Zhongli Qian had never heard anyone describe fate in such detail, as if he had seen it with his own eyes. If someone else told the story, he would definitely not believe it. But Wen Ren'e was not the kind of person who would say such ridiculous things. Seeing that he was serious, Zhong Li Qian also began to think deeply.
After thinking for a long time, until the morning star disappeared and the weak sunlight shone into Guimang Mountain, Zhongli Qian suddenly said: "After all, it didn't happen, it's hard to guess what I was thinking at the time. I thought about it for a long time, imagining the situation described by Mr. Wenren, there seems to be only one explanation, that is, empathy."
"What do you mean?"
Zhongli Qian laughed bitterly: "To put it in a very treasonous way, He Wenchao to Baili Qingmiao is almost the same as the Zhongli family to Qian, they are shackles. Qian carries the fate of the Zhongli family, and his words and deeds must abide by the family rules. He cannot be careless, cannot have his own ideas, and cannot do things that go against the Zhongli family style; Miss Baili carries a bad fate, and wants to break free but is concerned about He Wenchao. Qian is bound by family rules, and Miss Baili is also bound by love.
"If fate is really as the Lord said, there is only one reason why Qian would give up the Zhongli family, not because he admires Miss Baili, but because he hopes to draw courage from her. If she can let go of love, can Qian also follow her heart once? "
"So that's it." Wen Ren'e understood.
In the book, Zhong Liqian never expressed his love to Baili Qingmiao, but his words and deeds led readers to misunderstand. After all, this is a romance novel. The presence of such an excellent man who takes care of the heroine and is willing to give up his family business for her, readers will naturally understand it as love.
Like Wen Ren'e's love tribulation and repaying a favor, Zhong Liqian's love also has a reason.
Baili Qingmiao is also suffering. She is entangled with so many men, but none of them really loves her.
"I wish to get the heart of one person and stay together until we are old. Baili Qingmiao, your heart for one person has never existed." Wen Ren'e said to the unconscious Baili Qingmiao.
It's a pity that she couldn't hear these words while she was unconscious.
"Even if you guess it, I won't solve the heart-to-heart Gu and the curse for you," Wen Ren'e said to Zhong Liqian domineeringly, "If you don't want to fall in love with He Wenchao like Baili Qingmiao, you should help me do things well. "
Zhongli Qian was not angry. There was a hint of relief in his words: "The Zhongli family will not let a person who is blind and has been infected with the same heart poison be the heir. What the Lord has done is also giving Qian a chance."
"The reputation and fortune of the Zhongli family can enable you, a cultivator in the fusion stage, to display strength beyond the Mahayana stage. Will you be reluctant to let go?" Wen Ren'e said.
"In the Mahayana stage, I can practice it myself in the future." Zhongli Qian said, "Qian plans to return home to relieve his duties and travel around the world with Miss Baili. After a few decades, Qian may be able to understand the way of heaven."
As he said, Wen Ren'e's approach has opened up a new path for Zhongli Qian, and Zhongli Qian is willing to give it a try.
"After you reach the Mahayana stage, you can fight with me!"
Zhongli Qian said: "Qian first thanks the Lord for his appreciation. "
While speaking, Shu Yanyan had already rushed to Guimang Mountain with an unhappy face, and landed beside Wen Ren'e and said, "It's so stinky. Qiu Congxue actually asked me to bring a piece of ownerless bone from Guimang Mountain for her to remember by. I really want to beat her to death! Unfortunately, I can't beat her."
"Protector Shu." Zhongli Qian greeted Shu Yanyan.
"Your eyes..." Shu Yanyan said with a sad face, "Why can't you see with your eyes? Did your lord dig out your eyes?"
"No..."
Before Zhongli Qian finished speaking, Shu Yanyan turned to Wen Ren'e and said, "Your lord, why don't you let your subordinates dig out his eyes! I can do it. When I think that the last scene in his eyes before he died was my face, I... I am very happy!"
Baili Qingmiao woke up slowly. The first thing he saw was Miss Shu's face. The first sentence he heard was her words. He was so shocked that he almost fainted again.
"Miss Shu, are you still alive?" Baili Qingmiao stood up and asked.
"It's you, little fool. "When Shu Yanyan saw the presence of other women, she immediately put on her posture as a guardian of the Demon Sect and said calmly and forcefully, "Is there anything wrong with me being alive? You and your senior brother have been fooled by me, are you happy? You're right to be unhappy. This guardian likes to see others unhappy the most~"
"No, happy." A line of tears slowly flowed from Baili Qingmiao's right eye, "It's great that you're alive."
Even though she was deceived, the moment she found out that she was deceived was that she didn't kill anyone, and that the people of the Demon Sect were despicable and shameless, deceiving the feelings of them, the righteous people.
Even Shu Yanyan was made a little uncomfortable by Baili Qingmiao's words. She said with a straight face, "It's right to be happy, and you should also thank this guardian for helping you recognize the true face of He Wenchao in advance."
Shu Yanyan raised her hand to wipe away Baili Qingmiao's tears, and said softly, "I will only say this kind of thing once, as compensation for lying to you. I have seen many men like He Wenchao. He voluntarily had sex with me, but he said I seduced him. He is greedy for beauty, but he said that you are the only one in his heart. He puts all the responsibility on women. What kind of person is he!
"This kind of man is not worthy of you, silly girl."