There is a Wanhua Tower in the Jiuchen Valley, but not many people in the back mountain know about it.

Those who knew about it only knew about it, including the three elders, and they had only heard about it.

Of course, the person who said this was the jade servant who was lucky enough to be chosen to go to the front mountain to do work. But the jade servants had never left the palace, and the opportunities to go to the front mountain were few and far between. Once they heard the discussions of the people and guards in the front mountain, they would remember them silently in their hearts, and then parrot them back to others, without understanding the so-called brothel and the land of tenderness.

A group of ascetic monks who were born to be trapped in the back mountain, all things that might make them "lose their ambition" were forbidden, and they had no chance to leave the back mountain without becoming elders. As elders, their scope of activities was only expanded to the Elders' Court and the Blade Hall, and they could not even go to the four palaces in the front mountain openly.

So not only do they not understand what a ridiculous place Wanhua Tower is where one has to pay for laughs, they don't even have the concept of money. At most, they know that they have to pay to buy things there and can sell things for money, but they have no idea of ​​the hard work involved.

The old swordsman who used to travel the world naturally wouldn't be kind enough to explain these things to them. To make people accept their fate, they could only prevent problems from happening. When they met, they talked about business. Occasionally, they sat down to chat about family matters and complained about their son. Even when they thought about the past, they only talked about traveling and didn't mention anything else. When asked about Gong Ziyu's visit to Wanhua Tower, he vaguely said that there was a beautiful girl in Wanhua Tower and Gong Ziyu went to drink.

Due to limited cognition, over time, the elders also thought that Wanhua Tower was just a place with beautiful girls to drink with, and did not think it was strange.

But at a time like today, Gong Ziyu, the culprit who had just angered Old Zhiren, wanted to go to Wanhua Tower to drink, and even ignored the martial law at the palace gate and tried to force his way in. How could the elders not be angry?

As soon as Gong Shangjiao and Elder Xue walked to the side hall, they could hear Elder Hua's thunderous curses.

Hongyu's servant Jin Yi stood at the door of the side hall with a stern face and a sword in his hand, listening to the scolding silently, with pleasure occasionally appearing in his eyes.

When he saw Gong Shangjiao, he saluted obediently and took the initiative to report: "Young Master, Old Zhiren has gone to bed after drinking the medicine."

From "Master Blade" to "Old Blade", he did not flatter the new Blade, but it also showed his attitude. Gong Hongyu's resignation was a foregone conclusion, the situation was stronger than people, Gong Hongyu's adopted son and his own son were unreliable, and he also hoped that Gong Shangjiao would take care of Gong Hongyu after he took over, so that Gong Hongyu would not have a miserable old age.

Gong Shangjiao nodded, also expressing his attitude to reassure the old swordsman's personal attendant, "Just take good care of the old swordsman, and tell Jin Fu if you need anything."

There were still more than ten steps to the small hall, but Gong Shangjiao and Elder Xue slowed down their pace at the same time. Firstly, they wanted to hear clearly who Elder Hua was scolding and what he was scolding for, and secondly, Elder Hua's voice was too loud, and listening at a close distance might not be acceptable to their ears.

Zhang Xueming understood this principle better than the other two. Before Elder Hua slapped the tea table, he had already used his internal energy to block nine-tenths of his hearing.

She found that Gong Yuanzheng was shocked by Elder Hua's "ridiculous" and squinted his eyes. His face was a little pale. He was still stupidly not taking any protection. He was excited and his eyes were wide open and his ears were erected, waiting to hear Elder Hua scold Gong Ziyu. She quickly used her inner strength to wrap up the silly boy's dog ears, leaving only a slit, filtering out at least 80% of the volume, in exchange for a look that was first full of surprise, and then became sticky.

They didn't stay together for long before the elder scolded Gong Ziyu. It was the first time in history that this happened. Even though Gong Ziyu was not present, he could not interrupt, but he was still very happy.

Zhang Xueming couldn't bear to watch. What's wrong with this kid? No matter how happy he is, he can't smile so brightly when others are angry and cursing. Is he afraid that others don't know that he is gloating?

Thinking that he had the inner strength as a barrier, if he failed, the elders wouldn't notice it, so he tried the method from martial arts novels to gather sound into a line and transmit it into the ears: [A Yuan.]

The elders did not respond, and Gong Yuanzheng turned to look at her in confusion.

It was successful on the first try.

[Don't say anything, just hold my hand when you hear me speak. ]

Feeling his hand tighten, Zhang Xueming suddenly felt relieved. While paying attention to the movements of the elders, he issued instructions to them: [Don't look at me, face forward, lower your head, and don't laugh.]

She was a little nervous when she said it. Although Gong Yuanzheng showed that he cared about her and was close to her, she was not sure whether he would do what she said. It was just a try. If he didn't listen to her, she would never say it again. It was his choice to turn back or not.

Gong Yuanzheng's pupils contracted for a moment, but he put away his smile without hesitation and lowered his head.

【A Yuan, remember these words: The blood of the palace is the same, my brother did something ridiculous, and I, as his brother, am ashamed. He and I have never been on good terms, and he should be punished for breaking the family rules. I don't want to plead for him, but today I have to ask for mercy. Old Zhiren can't be provoked again. Elders, please think twice - A Yuan, remember this, if the elders ask, you should answer like this.】

Gong Yuanzheng didn't understand and didn't accept it. He tightened the soft hand in his palm and pouted his lips. Gong Ziyu was going to be punished, and he was kind enough not to add fuel to the fire and let Gong Ziyu be punished more severely. Why?

[A Yuan, do you want to get your brother's praise? If you want, just do it.] Zhang Xueming didn't want to waste this effort, but he didn't want the good situation to be disrupted by Gong Yuanzhengtu's momentary pleasure.

At least not today.

Gong Shangjiao would be taking over the helm of the sword soon, and there would be no new robes, no red carpets, no firecrackers and crowds of guests. The succession ceremony with only a few people witnessing it was already shabby enough. It would be too embarrassing for the elders to take the opportunity to warn him "not to cause quarrels among brothers" during the ceremony.

He has suffered for so many years, it's time for him to have a little sweetness.

Gong Yuanzheng carefully turned his head and glanced at her secretly, still feeling a little reluctant.

[Gong Yuanzheng, today is a good day for your brother. ]

There is no point in talking too much, just do your best.

Zhang Xueming withdrew his hand, and his internal strength was also withdrawn. He carefully filled the kettle with water, and could not wait to put it on the stove to slowly boil. He covered his palm upwards, and soon, hot steam came out.

She threw two sterculia lychnophora and a few slices of licorice into it, "burned" it for a while, poured out the cold medicinal tea in the two elders' tea cups, and after rinsing them, poured one cup for each of them.

Then he flicked his fingers and the bamboo tongs used for pinching medicinal materials fell to the ground with a small "thump", just when Elder Hua stopped to catch his breath, and also woke up Elder Yue who had been staring at something in a trance.

"Grandpa Hua, would you like some water to moisten your throat?" Zhang Xueming smiled and reached out to push the teacup towards him.

Elder Hua glanced at her unhappily, sat down angrily, blew away the hot air and took a sip.

The sweet taste and warmth flowed into his stomach. He squinted his eyes and saw Gong Yuanzheng lowering his head and pouting his lips in displeasure. He asked in a bad tone, "Yuanzheng, what are you doing? That expression, are you unconvinced?"

"No. We are all of the same bloodline, and it's embarrassing for Brother Ziyu to do such a ridiculous thing. Brother Ziyu and I have never been able to play together. He broke the family rules, so he deserves to be punished."

When Gong Shangjiao heard this from outside, he thought his stupid brother was gloating and adding fuel to the fire, and he was so anxious that he wanted to fly in and cover his mouth.

The next second, Gong Yuanzheng said, "I don't want to plead for him, but today I have to. Old Zhiren has worked hard for the palace over the years and has made great contributions. Now... he can't be provoked anymore. Elders, please think twice."

At this moment, not to mention the elders inside and outside the hall, even Gong Shangjiao couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise.

Has Gong Yuanzheng changed his personality?

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