Hearing Zhang Shan's words, Yang Kai nodded blankly, lowered his head and looked at Gu Yan's broken body, feeling more and more sad, sobbing, and feeling heartbroken.

Seeing Yang Kai so sad, I felt really sad. I wanted to comfort him but I didn't know what to say.

Zhang Shan unbuttoned his cloth, took off his Taoist robe, covered Gu Yan's riddled body, and turned to say, "Although the competition is over, there are still many unfinished matters. We still have to deal with the aftermath.

There are carriages and horses from Baoqing Inn at the entrance of the alley, you and Yang Shaoxia will escort Senior Gu back to the mansion first."

He nodded in agreement and accompanied Yang Kai to leave the crowd. Behind the crowd was a waiter from Baoqing Inn. When he saw the two people coming out, he hurriedly led the way and brought them to the carriage.

Yang Kai was completely confused at this time, so he boarded the car with him and took a detour to return.

Along the way, Yang Kai was sometimes in a daze, sometimes sad and crying. It was obvious that he wanted to forcefully restrain his sadness, but he couldn't.

I can really empathize with Yang Kai's sadness. Although Gu Yan has been crazy and confused for so many years, at least he is still there, and Yang Kai still has sustenance. Now that Gu Yan is gone, Yang Kai has become alone.

A lonely person.

He had no relatives. When Wang Mazi died, he was still young and didn't remember much. But when Lao Huang died, this was the feeling in his heart. His only relative was gone. In addition to sadness, he also felt the emptiness and confusion of being without a friend.

Because the carriage needed to take a detour, it was already midnight when it arrived at the Qingyun Mountain Villa. Yang Kai was overly sad and top-heavy. He almost fell down when he got out of the car with Gu Yan's body in his arms. He hurriedly stepped forward to help and took over from Yang Kai to carry Gu Yan's body.

The body was carried into the inner hall.

The two of them had just placed Gu Yan's body on the bed when the porter came in and announced, "Sir, a group of people have come outside. They only said that they are servants of the Ni family. They were shocked by the bad news and were sent by the master's family to help arrange the funeral hall."

"Let them come in." He nodded.

It was Ni Tai and others who came. Yang Kai was distracted at this time, so he left him in the inner room and went out to meet Ni Tai and others. He had learned about funeral matters in Longhu Mountain, so he arranged the mourning hall with Ni Tai and others.

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It was not without reason that Ni Zhuo became the richest man in the Tang Dynasty. Knowing Yang Kai's relationship with him, not only did he send people to help, but he also sent people including burial clothes, coffins, and mourning items wrapped in linen and mourning.

After the coffin was brought in, the room was filled with fragrance, and everyone looked confused. Ni Tai hurriedly explained, "Uncle, this longevity material is made from Lingnan sandalwood. Golden Nan is exclusively used by the royal family. We can't exceed the production. In fact, this thing is better than Golden Nan."

More valuable."

He nodded, took the shroud and went to the inner room, and said to Yang Kai who was sitting blankly,

"You go out and help, and I'll clean up and change your clothes."

Yang Kai naturally refused and insisted on doing it himself. After repeated persuasion to no avail, he had no choice but to let him go. The result was just as he had guessed. Seeing Gu Yan's body covered with wounds again, Yang Kai couldn't stop feeling sad.

Crying, and eventually feeling so sad that he fainted in front of the bed.

After Yang Kai fainted, he took over. If Yang Kai had not fainted, he still had some scruples. There was no one around him at this time, so he felt a lot of regret. Although he was not related to Gu Yan, he had no idea about Gu Yan's character.

He was extremely respectful, especially Gu Yan's care for Yang Kai and his calm demeanor in life and death, which shocked and moved him. When people live in the world, everyone shoulders responsibilities, but most people fail to fulfill their responsibilities.

, but for Yang Kai, Gu Yan fulfilled his responsibility as a master.

After wiping Gu Yan's body and changing clothes, it was clearly discovered that although there were a lot of wounds on Gu Yan's body, there were very few blood stains on the injured areas. As Zhang Shan said, Gu Yan's blood almost dried up on the way back to Chang'an, and he had been relying on his pure

The spiritual energy cultivation can barely support it.

At this moment, I thought of my dead master. In order to obtain the Golden Pill of Return to Heaven that day to extend the life of his beloved, Luo Yangzi used the method of soul sealing to force his soul into his body. He endured the pain and suffering of the conflict between yin and yang and persisted for several days.

, Gu Yan is worthy of respect, and Master Luo Yangzi is also worthy of respect, because their persistence is not for themselves, but for their relatives and friends.

After changing Gu Yan's clothes, he woke up Yang Kai. The burial must be carried out by the descendants of the deceased himself and cannot be done by outsiders.

Under Yang Kai's instructions, he carried Gu Yan's body into a sandalwood coffin that had been cushioned with yellow silk. Ni Tai in the hall hurriedly presented a wooden tray, on which were placed the hand-held and oral coffins.

Waiting for the jade objects, he took the wooden plate and instructed Yang Kai to put the jade cicada, jade turtle and other jade objects into Guy Yan's mouth and hand respectively.

Then he was covered with a yellow quilt. Since Gu Yan did not die of his old age, he could only be covered with a yellow quilt instead of a red quilt.

When the coffin was being covered, Yang Kai fainted again and helped him aside. Ni Tai and others then placed an offering table in front of the coffin, with incense burners, wax sticks, flower tubes, and offerings on the table. These were all prepared by the Ni family.

Along with the silk curtains and filial piety clothes, everything is complete.

While he was busy, Datou came over after hearing the news. The reason why he was not there during the day was because he was asked to sort out all the files on all the unsolved cases in the past ten years, and also bring up all the unsolved cases in Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment. He has been busy all day

this.

Roughly pass through Datou

Already knew, after a brief conversation, Da Tou knew the inside story. Seeing Yang Kai leisurely wake up, he hurriedly stepped forward to express comfort.

Datou is very smart and very good at comforting people. He doesn't say any nonsense like don't be sad or sad. He only says that Gu Yan's great revenge will be avenged, his kindness will be repaid, and there will be successors, so there will be no regrets.

Seeing Duo Duo's frustration, Da Tou took the opportunity to comfort him, "Sir, if you hadn't acted righteously, the ancient senior would never have been able to wake up, let alone recover his spiritual energy. Not to mention revenge, even the Zhoutian Divine Art would have been lost.

Since the legend has been lost, why don't you allow the ancient predecessors to repay the favor to others? What's more, Master Zhang led everyone from the Three Qing Dynasties to work together to preserve the soul of the ancient predecessors. This is already the best result."

Da Tou's words were not only comforting, but also comforting Yang Kai. Every word was precious and every sentence made sense. Listening to Da Tou's words, the gloom in the two people's hearts was slightly relieved. Yang Kai came to the mourning hall and burned yellow paper money from the copper basin.

To commemorate and pay homage. ??

After decorating the mourning hall and preparing the coffin for burial, Ni Tai and others said goodbye and left. There were several maids and nurses in the Qingyun Mountain Villa. They were all servants who signed the contract of sale. Whoever is the owner of the house is theirs.

The master of the house, so at this time, the maids and nursing staff are also wearing linen and wearing mourning like Yang Kai.

The maids made dinner, and Yang Kai naturally couldn't eat it. Fortunately, after Da Tou's persuasion, his sadness was slightly reduced. Although he didn't eat, he drank a few mouthfuls of soup, and had a simple meal with Da Tou. Yang Kai was worried, and he didn't want to go back.

Nothing happened, so the two of them stayed at the house and kept vigil with Yang Kai.

Nearing the third watch, Zhang Shan came alone. After paying homage to the coffin, he comforted Yang Kai a few words. He didn't have the ability to speak anymore and only said that he was sorry and would change.

After comforting Yang Kai, Zhang Shan turned around and said, "Come out and speak."

Hearing this, his heart trembled, and he followed Zhang Shan to the front hall. The two of them sat down, and the boss urged the maids to bring them tea and a brazier.

After the idlers had retreated, Zhang Shan spoke seriously, "We were able to achieve a complete victory in this competition, and you are indispensable."

Hearing Zhang Shan's words, he felt relieved and hurriedly spoke humbly, "Master, my uncle's words were serious, but I didn't do anything."

Zhang Shan waved his hand and said, "There is no need to belittle yourself. You won the top prize in the children's ranking competition, and we won two more seats in the main ranking competition. After this battle, Longhu Mountain shocked the world and became famous all over the world."

nod.

Zhang Shan added, "What gratifies me the most is that in this battle, all the sects and sects of the Three Qing Dynasties can put aside their past grudges and work together as one. It is really a blessing for the Taoist sect."

"yes,"

Nodding again, "Uncle, we have won two champions, who did you give the other one to?"

"As a Sanqing family, after discussing with all my colleagues, I decided to only take one seat and abolish the other seat directly," Zhang Shan said, "The Beggar Clan camp has evil intentions and we must not hand over the power of commanding the army to them.

"

"The power to command troops?" He frowned.

Zhang Shan nodded, "At present, the feudal towns are divided and bandits are everywhere, which has become a serious problem. The purpose of the imperial military examination is to select the pillars of the country, lead the troops to fight, suppress the bandits and suppress the rebellion. In this competition, our Taoist camp defeated the others and won honorably.

, Victory is bright, if nothing goes wrong, tomorrow morning, the court will confer me the title of Real Protector of the Country, and when the new army is formed, I will command the new army to suppress the rebellion. "

"Shaolin Temple is also the master of the competition. They also want to suppress rebellion?" he asked.

Zhang Shan nodded and said, "The imperial court has planned to recruit 300,000 new troops to fight against the rebels and suppress the bandits. Although the Shaolin Temple is also the leader, they cannot win with force. It is not their turn to fight against the rebellion. Since they like to preach,

To influence the world, there is no need for soldiers and horses, just let them take the monks from their headquarters to persuade the bandits to surrender."

Seeing that Zhang Shan was dissatisfied with the Buddhist camp in his words, he cautiously said, "Uncle, the monk who came on stage today is not from the same group as the Buddhist camp in China."

"Of course I know," Zhang Shan said coldly, "but I will not forget that at the beginning of the competition, they were instigated by the Beggar Clan camp and tried to monopolize two seats and squeeze us out."

No answer.

After a brief silence, Zhang Shan asked casually, "We told you not to act rashly, why did you suddenly come to power today?"

What he was most afraid of was that Zhang Shan would ask this, but Zhang Shan still asked, and suddenly an idea came to him under his nervousness, "There are two reasons. First, the four major villas are coming for me. If I avoid them without fighting, I will avoid being looked down upon by them."

Secondly, my uncle has been so kind to me, but Dongfang Chen is so rude and frivolous, I can't be more angry."

"Is there no third reason?" Zhang Shan looked directly at him.

"No." He shook his head hastily.

After I had finished speaking, I shook my head before I realized what was happening. Oh no, I spoke too quickly and shook my head too early. It was obvious that I had a guilty conscience and had a ulterior motive.

Zhang Shan might not have discovered anything, or he might have discovered it but pretended not to notice it. After nodding, he said, "Although you are from Longhu Mountain, you are an official of the imperial court. In the future, you must be sensible and have a sense of scale when doing things.
Chapter completed!