Above the stars

Luojia Mountain. Bamboo sea.

Under the scorching sun, Shen Qingping's forehead was dripping with sweat, and his clothes were already soaked in sweat.

However, he still knelt on the ground unrestrainedly, with his back straight, not daring to slack off in the slightest.

He knew very well that this test would be difficult to pass.

Life and death, that's all.

However, the longer I waited, the more frightened I became, and the longer I waited, the more frustrated I became.

The heat outside the body and the coldness inside the body form a sharp contrast.

"I just wanted to do a trivial thing, why did it get to this point?"

Shen Qingping couldn't figure it out.

At this moment, a tall figure walked over from the exit of the bamboo forest.

Shen Qingping was full of expectations. Could it be that the second master agreed to let him in?

However, when he saw his father's gloomy, sad and angry face, he felt that things were not that simple.

Shen Anyuan walked up to Shen Qingping, forced a smile on his face, and said, "Qingping, get up."

"Second Master, do you agree for me to go in?" Shen Qingping asked aloud.

"You get up first." Shen Anyuan reached out to take his son's arm and said, "Let's get up and talk."

"I won't get up." Shen Qingping knelt on the ground and said resolutely, "If the second master doesn't allow me to enter the house, I will kneel here and not get up. When will he allow me to enter the house, I will get up again."

"This door." Shen Anyuan glanced at the way he came and said harshly, "You can't get in for the time being."

"Dad, what do you mean?" Shen Qingping asked in a deep voice.

Shen Anyuan threw the wooden sign in his hand to the ground and said: "Second Master Qin asked you to take this to the Undead Army to find Wang Hai, and take the initiative to ask Ying to guard the Ghost Mountain for three years. The Shen family will welcome you back."

"Ghost Mountain?" Shen Qingping looked at his father with wide eyes.

He knew where Ghost Mountain was, and everyone in the Phoenix Empire knew it.

That is the most dangerous area on the border, and what they have to defend is the barbarians living in the caves.

Usually those sent there are veterans who have made serious mistakes, or death row prisoners who have committed serious crimes.

"Second Master actually wants to send me to that kind of place? It's better to kill me with one knife." Shen Qingping couldn't suppress the anger in his heart.

This is not a deportation, this is an exile.

Let him die.

"Qingping, you must not have such thoughts." Shen Anyuan became anxious and advised: "You have been practicing cultivation since you were a child. You have a very good foundation. You have entered the Netherworld at a young age. You have spent a lot of time in Ghost Mountain. Next year, maybe there will be another harvest.”

"Besides, your second master is angry right now. When he subsides, I will talk to him and say good things to him to bring you back. It is said to be three years, but it may only be three or two months."

"Dad, you know the second master's temperament. If I go, I won't be able to come back."

"No, you will definitely be able to come back. I promise you, I will find a way for you, and I will also ask Xinglan to help you talk. You two can just have a small relationship. He doesn't want anything to happen to you. I will definitely try every means to deal with it. You take it back."

"If we can't pick him up, it's useless for anyone to say anything." Shen Qingping was heartbroken.

He imagined countless answers, but he didn't expect such a result.

This is worse than the worst possible outcome.

"Qingping, please don't give up. Even if you can't come back, let's treat it as an experience. Just like a trip to the Blood Glacier. The environment of the Blood Glacier is so harsh. Won't you come back safely?"

"different, different"

"Qingping, you have to remember that your mother and I are waiting for you at home. We are waiting for you to come back at home."

Shen Qingping picked up the wooden sign on the ground, gritted his teeth and said, "Guishan, I'm going. Don't wait any longer."

This time, there is no chance of death.

"Qingping." Shen Anyuan looked at his son and said sadly: "Before you leave, go back and see your mother. If you leave without saying hello, your mother will be worried."

"I won't go back, lest she feel uncomfortable seeing it."

Shen Qingping turned around and kowtowed three times in the direction of their house in the west, and said: "I kowtow to her here. My son is unfilial and cannot serve his parents in front of them. You should just pretend that I don't have a son."

"Qingping." Shen Anyuan's eyes were wet, he knelt on the ground and held his son tightly in his arms.

As a well-known tycoon in the business world, when his son had an accident, he was just an ordinary father.

Sending his son to die is something that no father can bear.

"Come back alive."

"We must come back alive."

——

Phoenix Palace.

After listening to Chen Fenglei tell the whole story, Zhong Daolong said with a smile: "Hey, Shang Xiulin is so tough this time? How dare he take action against the Shen family? So, you can't offend scholars. These people are naturally proud. What a shame to them. If it gets mad, the tiger will dare to go up and pluck a few hairs from its head."

"That's right. Shang Xiulin is a good old man who lives up to his reputation. He devotes himself to learning all day long. He has been the dean of the First Military Academy of the Empire for decades, even if the king gives him a promotion. If he is willing, Hasn’t the position of Minister of Education been his favorite for a long time?” Chen Fenglei echoed.

"You mean something else, right?" Zhong Daolong stared at Chen Fenglei and asked.

"No, no, I'm just following the leader's words and saying a few words, but I don't mean anything else."

"You want to say that he, Shang Xiulin, is only willing to hide in the campus and teach students how to write essays, but he is not willing to enter the court and be the high official I promised him. Is that what you mean?"

"Master, I didn't mean that. You really wronged me." Chen Fenglei smiled bitterly and quickly denied it.

"But from what you said, it really makes sense." Zhong Daolong looked thoughtful and said, "Does he think that I am not a benevolent king, so he is unwilling to work for me?"

"Master, I don't dare to say this."

"You just say what I ask you to say, what are you afraid to say? You old man is getting more and more cunning now, and I can't even hear a few words of truth from your mouth."

Chen Fenglei was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and said, "I dare not hide anything from the king."

"Okay, get up. You don't have to kneel down in front of me, and I don't mean to punish you." Zhong Daolong said, "We have been partners for so many years, and we have this little trust and affection. There are still some.”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your attention. I am just a slave, serving the Lord. I dare not say that I am working with the Lord. I also ask the Lord not to say such words again. If those people outside hear it, I am afraid that I will die without a burial place." .”

"Don't worry, you, Chen Fenglei, are the only one who can take someone's head. How can anyone else take your head?"

"If the king wants Chen Fenglei's head, he can take it at any time." Chen Fenglei said with a flattering look.

"What do I want your head for? As a wine bottle or as a chamber pot?" Zhong Daolong said with a smile: "It's an old face that I've seen for decades. If I accidentally see it at night, I'm afraid I'll have nightmares."

"What the king said is that his subordinates are indeed old, but the king is still very handsome and looks exactly the same as when he was just crowned king." Chen Fenglei said with emotion.

"How can anyone be so heroic all the time?" Zhong Daolong sighed and said, "Governing a country and manipulating people's hearts is not an easy task."

"The king has done a very good job. He is a wise king who is rare to see in a century."

"Hehehe, those scholars don't think so. Do they usually scold me less?" Zhong Daolong said with a smile.

"What do these scholars know?"

"They don't understand, but they hold grudges. They hide their hatred in their hearts and write it on paper. It is everywhere. It lasts ten, twenty, one hundred and two hundred years. Do you think these scholars are scary? Isn’t it hateful?”

"The king doesn't need to worry about it. He's a useless scholar. Let them go." Chen Fenglei comforted him and said, "If there is someone the king doesn't like, or someone who scolds or jumps hard, I'll let them do it." Go catch a few and lie down on the interrogation chair, I want to see how tough they are."

"Didn't the Lord just say that students have pride in their studies? I will pull out their bones one by one and let my subordinates see what pride looks like."

"That's all. How can we really be on the same level as them?" Zhong Daolong said with a smile.

After a pause, he suddenly asked: "Does Shang Xiulin want to give Tang Li a sigh of relief?"

Chen Fenglei's eyelids twitched and he said, "So many years have passed and he is still thinking about this matter?"

"He was jumping up and down back then, and he was always struggling. He had been silent for so many years, why did he suddenly explode? Nothing happened recently, right?"

"No." Chen Fenglei said with assurance: "Our people are keeping an eye on those dangerous people."

"Yes." Zhong Daolong nodded and said, "Don't take it lightly. Even the ashes of death can rekindle. Don't worry if you have pride, but don't grow a backbone."

"Yes, Lord."

"Also, Phoenix is ​​back. Let her come and have dinner with me. Why is this little girl doing so many things?"

"Yes, Lord."

"Haha." Zhong Daolong remembered something interesting and asked with a smile: "Do you think they are dog biting dogs?"

"."

Chen Fenglei didn't dare to accept this.

"To be too old to die is to be a thief. No wonder I always feel so sly when I look at you now."

"."

——

"What? Tang Bandit hasn't woken up yet? Did the doctor say when he will wake up?"

"Oh, it doesn't matter. Just bring my kindness to classmate Xiu Xue and say that our Tianzi class welcomes classmate Tang Bandi to join."

"Okay, okay, today we are proud of classmate Tang Bandi, and tomorrow classmate Tang Bandit will definitely be proud of our class."

——

Ran Ran's arrival was an introduction, and then teachers from other classes in the ancient martial arts department came one by one to report "poaching people."

There were also people who wanted to learn from Shang Xiulin and accept Tang Bandit as a closed disciple, but Fenghuang rejected them one by one because Tang Bandit had not woken up yet.

After seeing off a teacher again, Fenghuang said: "We have to go back quickly, we can't stay here any longer."

"I think so too." Bandit Tang nodded. He had already received several teachers lying here. "Let's go back first."

"What should I do about Little Fatty?" Phoenix asked.

"If Xiaopang, let's leave him here first." Bandit Tang said. "The rehabilitation equipment in the martial arts hall is pretty good, and there are doctors on call 24 hours a day, so you don't need to use it in vain. But you don't have such conditions when you return to the small hospital."

"That's what I thought too. After the two of us go back, just send him a message."

"That's it." Tang Bandit said.

So, the two of them cleaned up briefly, then drove back to the courtyard secretly.

"Are you hungry? I'll cook for you," Tang bandit said.

I thought it was just a simple assessment, but I didn't expect so many things to happen in the middle.

After a hard fight with Shen Qingping and lying on the hospital bed for so long, Tang Bandit just felt hungry now.

"Hungry." Phoenix nodded and said, "I'm so hungry that my chest is touching my back."

Tang Bandit glanced at her chest and said, "No, no, no."

"Tang Bandit, where are you aiming?"

"You said the front is against the back, let me see if that's the case. How can you lie to others?"

"."

Tang Bandit wanted to cook, but Fenghuang stopped him.

"Okay, okay, you are so tired today, how can I let you cook?" Fenghuang opened the refrigerator and said, "Let me cook."

"You know how to cook?" Tang Bandit asked in surprise.

Your Royal Highness, the Princess of the Phoenix Empire, shouldn’t you live a wealthy life where you can eat food and wear clothes?

"Of course, don't underestimate people." Phoenix said, "What do you want to eat?"

"Can we still order food?"

"certainly."

"Have some boiled live fish."

"This won't happen."

"Beef with pickled peppers?"

"No."

"Cola chicken wings?"

"Won't."

"Braised pork ribs? Sautéed pork trotters? Stewed sand chicken overlord?"

"Neither."

"Then what do you know?" Tang Bandit was shocked.

He almost finished all the ingredients in the refrigerator

Could it be that she only knows how to cook palace dishes?

Phoenix raised the eggs in his left hand and the tomatoes in his right hand, and said, "Can't you order scrambled eggs with tomatoes?"

"What about scrambled eggs with tomatoes?"

"No problem." Phoenix said happily. "Guest, please wait a moment."

So Fenghuang ran to the kitchen to work.

"oops"

"What's wrong?" Tang Bandit asked while sitting on the sofa.

"it's okay no problem."

"Ouch."

"What's wrong?" Tang Bandit asked again.

"It's okay, it's okay. Just watch TV. The food will be ready soon."

"Ah!" Phoenix's scream suddenly came from the kitchen.

"What's going on?" Tang Bandit rushed over quickly.

Found a raging fire burning in the pot, Phoenix was waving a towel to put out the fire

Then the towels burned.

Tang Bandit quickly ran over, took the burning towel from her hand, turned on the water faucet to rinse and soak it, and poured the oil in the pot into the vegetable sink.

Hiss.

A puff of black smoke blew in the face, choking Tang Bandit and Fenghuang to cough non-stop.

Fenghuang's hair was messy, and her face was patched with gray and white. She looked very embarrassed and did not look like an imperial princess at all.

"Why is it burning?" Tang Bandit asked.

Fenghuang looked aggrieved and said: "I followed the instructions in the video to boil the oil first, and then poured the eggs into the oil pan. I accidentally dropped the eggshells, and then the pan caught fire."

"I wanted to put out the fire with a towel, but I didn't expect that the towel also burned."

On the virtual screen in the kitchen, "Teacher Xiao Ai teaches you how to cook" is playing.

The newbie in love doesn't know how to cook a single dish, and he's learning on the spot by watching cooking videos.

The princess character instantly stood up.

(ps: Thank you to the children of the Bloody Cherry Blossom Festival for becoming our cute stars in the galaxy. The mountains and seas are always white at night. Who said that a mottled fate only leaves sadness? Didn’t expect that you, a thick-browed and big-eyed person, can also write poetry?)