Deputy head

Chapter 5 I've Been Down the Mountain for a Long Time

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In order to divert the attention of people in the arena from the Bronze School and the treasures of the previous dynasty, I insisted on going down the mountain to spread rumors myself.Wang Xi seemed extremely worried about this, and intentionally asked Liu Sizhang to accompany me. I don't know what he was thinking, but he wanted to go with me himself, but I held him down.

Seriously, this secret operation is really shameful, wouldn't it be asking for trouble with him?This man himself is the center of the scandal, and the news that I tried my best to spread is probably not as good as the romantic anecdote he left casually.Although Wang Xi has a reputation for being romantic, he is still one of the young chivalrous men with excellent apoplexy ratings among the younger generation. This reputation is hard-won. If there is any mistake, it will be me who will be devastated.

And he must also stay in the Bronze Sect. If something happens, there must be no one in charge of the overall situation.

Saying goodbye to the sect leader and law enforcement elder respectively, I stepped out of the Bronze Sect for the first time since I was seven years old.

The last time I went down the mountain, it was Uncle Rong Cheng who secretly took me and his son down the mountain to watch the lantern... No, that was the last time. The last time I went down the mountain was to arrest people, Mo Yiling, who was going to take the imperial examination.

In fact, arresting Moyiling is not something I can do alone. This kid is very tricky. If I don't have Rong Cheng to ask for help, if I want to see Moyiling again, I'm afraid I have to wait until next year to rescue him at the robbery field. It's time for people.

As an excellent deputy head, it is always beneficial to know more people.This Rong Chengxun is the son of Uncle Rong Cheng back then. Although he is two years younger than me, he is very capable. Because his lightness kung fu is extremely powerful, even Mo Yiling, who is extremely skilled at escaping, cannot escape Rong Chengxun's palm.

This is also the reason why I didn't write back to Wang Xi at the beginning—in fact, the matter of Mo Yiling's participation in the imperial examination was quite a big deal, and Wang Xi also wrote to ask about Mo Yiling, and even came back to help me arrest him.

But I pretended I didn't receive the letter, and turned to Rong Cheng for help.If I want to say why, it is actually because of my selfishness.

At that time I didn't want Wang Xi to come back because it was always difficult for me to face him.As soon as I saw Wangxi, my mood became very complicated. How can I describe this feeling... It is probably like the feeling of the king of the current dynasty seeing the royal family of the previous dynasty after the change of dynasty, but there are some subtle differences : I want to see him, but I don't want to see him. I wish I could get rid of him quickly, but I also know that the starting point of this desire for him to disappear is neither hatred nor disgust.

I'm just confused, and once I'm with him, I can't help myself.

Others only know that I am loyal to Wang Xi, and I have been in charge of everything in the Bronze Sect during the years when he left the sect, but no one would have imagined that such a hard-working deputy head actually doesn't want to see his own head's face at all.

The only one who knows about this is Rong Chengxun.

When Rong Chengxun was a child, he was a chubby fat boy, holding snacks in his hand every day, and when he was scolded by Uncle Rong Cheng, he just laughed and laughed. Who would have thought that such a little guy would grow into a turning swallow, and neither did I.But, to be honest, I hope he's still that clumsy little chubby guy, at least better than the lean and sloppy one he is now.

Ever since he captured Mo Yiling, the two had been fighting each other. Every day they were either fighting or bickering. It was very lively.This is a good thing for me. First, it can mobilize Rong Chengxun's vitality, and second, it can consume the excess energy of Mo Yiling. In this way, the number of times they get into trouble can be reduced. If possible, I will They all hope that they can get married and live together for the rest of their lives.

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This time I went to spread false news, I originally planned to call Rong Chengxun, although my relationship with him is not the closest, but he is the only person I can really trust.

This is not to say that Lao Zhang and Liu Sizhang are untrustworthy, but...if the relationship is too close, some things cannot be said.On the contrary, Rong Chengxun is neither far nor close to me, and has the greatest common interests with me, so I don't have to hide anything from him.

Even the fact that I lied to everyone in the Bronze Sect, there is no need to hide it from him.

He didn't hide it from me, we hate each other, but we know each other's details best.

Wang Xi and the others just thought that I was going to spread some fake news to confuse people's attention, and they went back as soon as they went, but they didn't know that my trip down the mountain was to turn those rumors about the Bronze Sect into facts that everyone believed. Let the whole Jianghu stare at the Bronze Sect, even the people in the court, I want to alarm.

I'm so bad.

"You're really out of breath, you're a rotten person." Rong Chengxun said after listening to my plan. At this time, he was making old fake treasure maps.

He didn't stop his hands all the time, he suddenly paused, suddenly seemed to remember something, raised his head and said to me: "I'm helping you, don't tell Mo Yi."

"It's really strange, you actually care what other people think of you?" I looked at him in amazement, trying to find some emotion from his indifferent and lazy face, but it ended in failure as usual. Gan Xin continued to ask, "I'm curious, why don't you want Mo Yi to know?"

"He was always looking for trouble for me, and he was surprisingly energetic. If he really hated me, he would definitely come to seek revenge every day, and I couldn't resist."

This rhetoric is indeed reasonable, but when listening to people, you must listen to the essence under the surface, so Rong Chengxun's words can be distilled into one key point:

"I don't want him to hate me."

Hey hey, Rong Chengxun is really a little awkward.But that's the way to look, she's much cuter than usual.

If you want to talk about bad personality, I'm actually not qualified to say that about him. He's just being mean and awkward, and there's nothing serious about it. I've never been awkward. I'm going to put on a gray wig, pretend to be a daughter, and continue spreading rumors about the Bronze School.

That's right, the gray-haired man Liu Sizhang didn't find out was actually me.

Who would have thought that this rumor was actually spread by the deputy head of the Bronze Sect?No one will suspect me.

All these years, I stayed at the Bronze Sect without leaving home, waiting for an opportunity, and Moyiling gave me this opportunity—everyone thought that I went down the mountain to find Moyiling with great anxiety, even Wangxi thought so .No one will carefully consider what is wrong with it - I asked Rong Chengxun to capture Moyiling, so what did I do after I went down the mountain?

Naturally, it is to carry out a secret plan that no one knows except Rong Chengxun.

Even Liu Sizhang, who is thoughtful and quick-witted, can only find out that the source of the rumor is an unidentified tall, gray-haired woman, who only thinks of the deceased Mr. Wang.This is not because Liu Sizhang's investigation ability is insufficient, but because I know him too well, I know how he will investigate, those people, and what clues he will use, so I avoid all occasions that may reveal my identity, and said when spreading rumors His words were also carefully considered and reconsidered.

He only thought of the deceased Mr. Wang, but forgot about me. My face and Mr. Wang's face have one thing in common. We are more feminine than ordinary people. I was regarded as Mr. Wang's child, and now I have arrived You can pretend to be Mr. Wang's age.

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In fact, it’s okay not to pretend to be Mr. Wang, but I still couldn’t help the impulse in my heart and pretended to be Mr. Wang.

Speaking of which, this is not the first time for me to pretend to be someone who has passed away out of some kind of psychological need. no one knows.

Actually, I didn't want Rong Chengxun to know, but I bumped into him when I was pretending to be Uncle Rong Cheng, and Rong Chengxun just punched him without saying a word, but I'm deep into the drama, how can there be any reason for a son to beat me, I caught him for a round of criticism and education.

Rong Chengxun was really angry with me that time, and he didn't want to say a word to me for the next six months.

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Pretending to be Mr. Wang and spreading rumors is very effective.

With my unremitting efforts, the news that "the Bronze Sect has a huge treasure left over from the previous dynasty" is widely spread throughout the world.Even the death of the head mistress of the Bronze Sect was brought up, and everything related to the Bronze Sect smacked of conspiracy.

The trustee of Wuxi brought me a lot of letters. At the beginning, his words were flickering, as if he was worried that the contents of the letters would be harmful to me. Later, he became more and more straightforward. The latest letter made me return quickly, but it was not Ask me to go back and explain why things went wrong, and worry about what happens to me when I'm out there.

Count him as having a conscience.

But I knew from the beginning that he was actually a rare good man.The reason why I complained to him was that I didn't want to admit my own inferiority. Some people would be like this, they would focus on finding fault with excellent people, and once they found good and powerful people If there is such a little smudge, you will be happy, and you will suddenly become a superior judge, and you will feel an inexplicable sense of superiority.I am such a person, vicious, mean, and critical, always staring at his shortcomings, constantly magnifying his shortcomings, and then creating some unwarranted crimes on him, so as to seek my inner balance.

Rong Cheng scoffed at this, he denounced me as an ungrateful quail, and said that if I didn't have Wang Xi, I wouldn't have been able to be the deputy head at all.

I smiled and said yes, Rong Chengxun wrinkled his nose and punched the cotton, very unhappy.

He's right, and I don't have to deny it.

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Wangxi is good, it is me who is bad, this is a fact.He was too naughty when he was a child, but he always took good care of me. I was just a book boy at that time, but he never regarded me as a book boy. Although he always instructed me to pick fruits and catch house sparrows, what is there to eat The fun ones are always shared with me.

When we were older, we started to learn serious knowledge. The elders originally wanted me to concentrate on the literature, and I planned to follow the elders' direct gaze, but I just didn't follow me and begged the elders to allow me to join me. Maybe it's because he knows that I like martial arts.Looking at it now, there is some truth to this self-willedness. If I hadn't practiced martial arts back then, I might be in the grave of the Bronze Sect now.

Every year during the Chinese New Year, the Bronze School will distribute new clothes to the more diligent juniors, and those who receive the clothes will wear new clothes during the New Year.But I always felt that the clothes were too plain, not like the ones worn during the Chinese New Year. I told Wang Xi about this before, and he nodded, as if he agreed with it. I thought it was over after I said it.But at some point he sneaked into my room, took away the new clothes I prepared, and hired someone to embroider patterns on them according to his own preferences.As a result, that New Year's Eve was the most humane New Year's Eve I have ever spent. Everyone was so warm to me. They couldn't help smiling when they saw me, because my clothes were embroidered with realistic A style of firecrackers.

Firecrackers... Firecrackers!I have to wear new clothes during the Chinese New Year, but I only have this new one, and I found out that it was already New Year’s Eve when the new clothes were embroidered, and the tailor had to celebrate the New Year, so I had to bite the bullet and wear a firecracker to celebrate the New Year, the old master They couldn't help but cover their mouths and giggle.Because of this incident, I was called "King Blast" for a year, but after that, my New Year's clothes naturally became less plain, and there is no one who can't get used to it.

Later, on Chinese Valentine's Day, he went down the mountain, and my elders left me on the mountain. Uncle Rong Cheng couldn't stand it anymore, so he quietly took Rong Chengxun and me down the mountain to watch the lanterns.There is a local custom, it is said that if you write the name of your loved one into the lantern and put it in the river, you can communicate with each other. I don't know how other people are.I carefully wrote Wangxi's name stroke by stroke in the lantern, and put it in the river piously, but I didn't expect that Wangxi was just downstream. I didn't see him until after I put up the lantern, but he had already passed away. Seeing me, I deliberately picked up my lantern and took a look.

Then I saw him stunned like a wooden man, falling into the water together with the lamp, and really like a wooden man, floating on the water and flowing with the water.

The next day, I didn't become a member of the Bronze School, and no one gave me strange looks. I only saw Wang Xi's flushed face.He didn't tell anyone about it, he just said that it's too early to think about it now, you have to learn your skills, and from now on we are still brothers.

Isn't this an exchange of ideas?He knows I like him and I know he doesn't like me.

But even so, Wang Xi is still the same Wang Xi.Since then, when a little girl who admired him came to him intentionally, he would also pay attention to avoiding me, lest I feel uncomfortable seeing it.

As for the subsequent fame of being romantic, it was actually done on purpose by Wang Xi.

I complained in my heart that he was too dissolute. In fact, this kind of complaint was unreasonable at all. Those elders and hall masters didn’t know it, but I knew it. It was even a joint decision between me and Wang Xi The result - the head of the school died unexpectedly, and then the Bronze Sect was besieged by thieves, and it was on the verge of collapse.Everyone in the school is in danger, Hua Yumen, one of the instigators, has the intention of killing the grass and roots, and has hired killers several times to assassinate Wang Xi.Although Wang Xi's martial arts are excellent, he can't resist the killer's wheel battle, and the environment inside the sect is worse than the outside world at this time, so I discussed countermeasures with Wang Xi. Let your guard down on him.Wang Xi has been wandering outside all year round, but it is just a helpless move to avoid the killers. Only when he lives in no fixed place and wanders around, the killers are difficult to track.

At that time, I didn't even dare to communicate with him, lest the killer and the letter would come to him together, so we agreed on other ways to report safety, that is, before leaving a certain place, Wang Xi would leave a romantic anecdote there, so that I could We can know through rumors that he is still alive and well.

Later, the situation improved, and there were fewer gossips about Wangxi in Jianghu, and we could communicate normally. Wangxi sent special products from various places together with letters describing the customs of each place. Although I couldn't leave the Bronze Sect, I was able to Seeing the painted walls of the Diaolang and the beautiful mountains and rivers, he didn't really become a shopkeeper, it's just that he couldn't come back yet. In fact, Wang Xi has always been with me in his unique way.

He was so nice to me that it overwhelmed me.So I'd rather fall in love with someone else than receive kindness like this.

We agreed to be brothers, but neither he nor I really regarded each other as brothers.

The author has something to say: the first few chapters will be crazy foreshadowing

There's a reason why Wang Yii thinks so badly of himself

There is an easter egg in this chapter☆ What makes it lethal is the later plot, and those who understand it will naturally understand >W<